Chapter Summaries

Xue Bingchen met Ye Zhilan and Ye Lingling, confirmed that he had become the Title Douluo Ice Snow, and heard Ye Zhilan's plea for the Nine Heart Begonia Family to pledge allegiance to him. Ye Zhilan explained that Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had driven her family toward ruin, leaving Xue Bingchen to decide how to respond.

• Xue Bingchen encountered Ye Zhilan and Ye Lingling waiting for him in a quiet street in Heaven Dou City.
• Ye Zhilan asked whether Xue Bingchen had broken through level ninety, and he confirmed it and gave his title as Ice Snow Douluo.
• Ye Zhilan invited Xue Bingchen to a private teahouse to discuss an important matter.
• Ye Zhilan offered the Nine Heart Begonia Family's allegiance to Xue Bingchen.
• Ye Zhilan said Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had monopolized healing work, cut off the Ye Family's resources, and threatened its allies, pushing the family toward a dead end.

Ye Zhilan asked Xue Bingchen to protect the Nine Heart Begonia Family in exchange for its allegiance, and he agreed while revealing that he knew of the clan’s inheritance curse. He promised he could resolve the flaw, but made the benefit conditional on the Ye Family proving its loyalty and usefulness.

• Ye Zhilan explained that the Nine Heart Begonia Family needed a powerful protector and believed Xue Bingchen planned to establish his own force with Tang San.
• Ye Zhilan rejected joining Spirit Hall because the clan feared becoming a target without a Title Douluo to defend it, and offered the Ye Family’s support to Xue Bingchen.
• Xue Bingchen agreed to let the Ye Family follow him, then asked Ye Zhilan about the Nine Heart Begonia’s curse limiting each generation to one heir.
• Xue Bingchen claimed he could resolve the martial soul flaw, leaving Ye Zhilan shocked and excited.
• Xue Bingchen privately recognized that his promise depended on finding a suitable Immortal Herb, and told Ye Zhilan the Ye Family would have to prove its loyalty and make meaningful contributions.

Ye Zhilan pledged the Nine Heart Begonia Family’s loyalty to Xue Bingchen and brought Ye Lingling to serve beside him, but Xue Bingchen instead promised to protect her. The next morning, he brought Ye Lingling to join the Imperial Fighting Team, where Dugu Yan teased Xiao Wu about the new arrival.

• Ye Zhilan swore the Nine Heart Begonia Family’s loyalty to Xue Bingchen and offered Ye Lingling as a hostage and attendant.
• Xue Bingchen helped Ye Lingling up, promised to protect her and the Ye Family, and Ye Zhilan arranged for Lingling to meet him at the academy the next morning.
• Xue Bingchen brought Ye Lingling to the Imperial Fighting Team’s Training Ground and announced that she would join as its Support-type Soul Master.
• Dugu Yan teased Xiao Wu about supposedly bringing Ye Lingling in to provoke her, and Xiao Wu realized she could not compete with Dugu Yan’s figure.

Xue Bingchen finalized the Imperial Fighting Team’s training plans and anticipated its future clash with Shrek Academy. At Shrek, Dai Mubai remained at level 29 after five years of training under Yu Xiaogang, who insisted that the punishing exercises were building his foundation.

• Xue Bingchen declared the Imperial Fighting Team’s lineup nearly complete and assigned captain Tang San responsibility for tactics and team coordination.
• Xue Bingchen promised to personally help the team hunt suitable Soul Beasts when its members reached their next bottlenecks, then looked forward to facing Shrek Academy.
• At Shrek Academy, Dai Mubai struggled to run while carrying a massive boulder as Yu Xiaogang urged him to push past his limits.
• Dai Mubai recalled that five years of Yu Xiaogang’s weighted running had left his Soul Power unchanged at level 29, despite Yu Xiaogang’s assurances that his physique and willpower were improving.

Oscar and Ma Hongjun mocked Yu Xiaogang while waiting to watch Shrek Academy’s admissions, where Ning Rongrong arrived to enroll. She had been sent by Ning Fengzhi to avoid Heaven Dou City’s political tensions and build ties with Shrek’s connections, but she doubted the shabby academy until its boastful sign challenged her pride.

• Oscar and Ma Hongjun watched Dai Mubai train and called Yu Xiaogang a liar for making him run with a rock on his back.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun headed to the village entrance to look for pretty girls on Shrek Academy’s admissions day.
• Li Yusong collected fees from applicants whose parents believed Flender’s grand promises about Shrek Academy.
• Ning Fengzhi sent Ning Rongrong to Shrek instead of Heaven Dou Royal Academy to protect her from political risks and cultivate ties with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Star Luo Imperial Family.
• Ning Rongrong complained about Shrek’s filthy surroundings, then decided her talent made her worthy of its “monsters only” claim.
• Ning Rongrong reached the front of the admissions line.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing arrived at Shrek Academy to register, impressing Li Yusong with their powerful martial souls and talent. Ma Hongjun and Oscar lusted after Zhu Zhuqing, who was disgusted by Ma Hongjun and disappointed that Dai Mubai had stayed at the academy.

• Ning Rongrong revealed her Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda, and Li Yusong let her skip straight to the final entrance test.
• Oscar claimed he had fallen in love with Ning Rongrong, while Ma Hongjun mocked him for confusing lust with love.
• Ma Hongjun ogled Zhu Zhuqing, and she turned away in disgust while thinking about Dai Mubai's choices.
• Zhu Zhuqing registered with her Hell Spirit Cat martial soul and revealed that her Soul Power was level twenty-seven.
• Li Yusong celebrated the arrival of two exceptionally talented applicants.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing passed Shrek Academy’s first test and were led inside, where they learned about the academy’s staff and students. Zhu Zhuqing’s composure faltered when she heard Dai Mubai was nearing a Spirit Ring breakthrough, but Ma Hongjun’s confused reply left his actual level uncertain.

• Li Yusong sent Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to the fourth test, then silenced angry applicants by revealing his six Spirit Rings and refusing to refund their fees.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar escorted Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing into Shrek Academy and introduced themselves and their strengths.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun praised Shrek Academy’s powerful teachers, and Ning Rongrong judged that it had a remarkable faculty for such a shabby place.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked whether the academy had other students, and Ma Hongjun identified Dai Mubai as its strongest and most senior student.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Dai Mubai’s current strength after hearing he was nearing a Spirit Ring breakthrough, and Ma Hongjun reacted with confusion when she suggested he might be reaching level forty.

Zhu Zhuqing learned that Dai Mubai was still only level twenty-nine after five years of training and remained deeply disappointed despite Ma Hongjun’s explanation that he had focused on building a foundation. At Shrek Academy’s fourth test, Zhao Wuji delegated the examination to Qin Ming, who assigned Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing a no-Soul-Power endurance run carrying baskets of stones.

• Ma Hongjun told Zhu Zhuqing that Dai Mubai was almost level thirty, and claimed his slow progress came from years of physical training under Yu Xiaogang.
• Zhu Zhuqing doubted the explanation and judged Dai Mubai harshly, noting that she was twelve and already level twenty-seven.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar brought Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to the fourth test site, where Zhao Wuji decided not to examine them himself.
• Zhao Wuji called Qin Ming over and left the fourth test to him.
• Qin Ming instructed Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to carry baskets of stones around the village without using Soul Power.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing began Shrek Academy’s weighted running assessment, but Zhu Zhuqing sensed Dai Mubai nearby and followed the bloodline resonance into a grove. She found him meditating beneath a tree, with Ning Rongrong close behind.

• Qin Ming told Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to run laps carrying weighted bamboo baskets without using Soul Power, claiming the exercise would strengthen their foundations.
• Zhu Zhuqing accepted the assessment to investigate Dai Mubai, and Ning Rongrong followed despite her complaints about the training.
• During the run, Zhu Zhuqing felt her Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul resonate with a compatible Evil Eye White Tiger and realized Dai Mubai was nearby.
• Zhu Zhuqing changed course toward a grove, and Ning Rongrong hurried after her, eager to discover what was happening.
• Zhu Zhuqing pushed through the bushes and recognized Dai Mubai meditating beneath a tree.

Zhu Zhuqing arrived at Shrek Academy and found Dai Mubai still at level twenty-nine, shattering her hopes that he had spent five years preparing to challenge their families’ deadly succession contest. Dai Mubai began breaking through to level thirty, but Zhu Zhuqing left him behind, and his breakthrough turned dangerous when he lost focus.

• Dai Mubai gathered his Soul Power beneath a tree and struggled to break through the level-thirty bottleneck.
• Zhu Zhuqing sensed Dai Mubai’s level-twenty-nine cultivation and realized he was attempting a breakthrough.
• Dai Mubai recognized Zhu Zhuqing and lost focus as she told him she had expected him to grow stronger during his five years away.
• Zhu Zhuqing left, convinced Dai Mubai was too weak to survive the contest against their siblings.
• Dai Mubai’s Soul Power ran wild, and he spat blood before resuming his attempt to control it and break through.
• Ning Rongrong wondered why no teacher was guarding Dai Mubai, unaware that Yu Xiaogang was nearby and could not help him.

Dai Mubai broke through to level thirty and rushed after Zhu Zhuqing, hoping to prove that his years of slow progress had followed Yu Xiaogang’s guidance. Zhu Zhuqing discovered Yu Xiaogang was only level twenty-nine and condemned both teacher and student, leaving Dai Mubai’s explanation in ruins.

• Zhu Zhuqing’s departure triggered Dai Mubai’s breakthrough to level thirty after five years stuck at the bottleneck.
• Dai Mubai chased Zhu Zhuqing to Shrek Academy’s training ground and insisted his slow progress came from Yu Xiaogang’s foundation-building training.
• Dai Mubai called Yu Xiaogang over, expecting his teacher’s theories to convince Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing sensed Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Power was only level twenty-nine and realized Dai Mubai had followed an unqualified teacher’s advice.
• Zhu Zhuqing angrily cursed Dai Mubai and Yu Xiaogang and refused to continue speaking with Dai Mubai.

Yu Xiaogang offered Zhu Zhuqing a place as his disciple, but she rejected him and walked away, leaving Dai Mubai and Yu Xiaogang humiliated. Ning Rongrong decided to investigate Shrek Academy and its Grandmaster, while Tang San led the Imperial Fighting Team to another victory in Heaven Dou City.

• Yu Xiaogang praised his guidance of Dai Mubai and offered to accept Zhu Zhuqing as his disciple.
• Zhu Zhuqing rejected Yu Xiaogang and left, while Dai Mubai was unable to follow because his breakthrough had not stabilized.
• Yu Xiaogang told Dai Mubai to let Zhu Zhuqing go and claimed she would regret rejecting him.
• Ning Rongrong watched the confrontation and decided to investigate Shrek Academy and Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang San led the Imperial Fighting Team to crush its opponents at the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena, displaying five Spirit Rings and his level fifty-five Soul King strength.

Xue Qinghe became more interested in winning Xue Bingchen than recruiting Tang San, while Tang San decided to establish the Tang Sect and oppose the Clear Sky Sect. Xue Bingchen advised him to begin by bringing the Speed Clan under their command.

• At the Soul Arena, Xue Qinghe praised Tang San's talent and privately imagined becoming Xue Bingchen's wife and treating Tang San like a beloved stepson.
• Tang San reported his progress to Xue Bingchen, then said he wanted to establish the Tang Sect and take revenge on the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang San proposed subduing the four clans that had once relied on the Clear Sky Sect, noting that Tai Tan and the Strength Clan had already submitted.
• Xue Bingchen recommended that Tang San approach the Speed Clan first because its members were fast but had almost no offensive power.

Xue Bingchen advised Tang San on how to recruit the four single-attribute clans, using Hidden Weapons to attract the Speed Clan and force as a fallback against the Breaking Clan. Half a month later, they arrived at the ruined Speed Clan residence in Longxing City, where Tang San prepared to offer the Zhuge Crossbow.

• Xue Bingchen revealed that Bai He of the Speed Clan was Tang San’s granduncle and advised Tang San to use Hidden Weapons to win the clan over.
• Xue Bingchen explained that Bai He could help recruit the Defense Clan’s patriarch, Niu Gao, and said he would personally subdue the Breaking Clan’s Yang Wudi if necessary.
• Tang San accepted Xue Bingchen’s plan and pledged to carry it out.
• Half a month later, Tang San and Xue Bingchen arrived at the dilapidated Speed Clan residence in Longxing City.
• Xue Bingchen criticized the Speed Clan for refusing to use its speed for profitable work, and Tang San concluded that its members would eagerly accept the Zhuge Crossbow.

Tang San and Xue Bingchen arrived at the Speed Clan, where Tang San revealed himself to Bai He as Tai Tan’s master. Bai He reacted with fury and unleashed his Spirit Douluo pressure on Tang San.

• Tang San and Xue Bingchen reached the Speed Clan’s gates, where guards tried to turn them away.
• Tang San demonstrated his speed and revealed his five Spirit Rings, convincing the guards to report their arrival.
• Bai He received Tang San and Xue Bingchen in the clan’s shabby inner hall and felt a frightening pressure from Xue Bingchen.
• Tang San clarified that he was not Tai Tan’s friend and declared that he was Tai Tan’s master.
• Bai He angrily rose and released his Spirit Douluo pressure toward Tang San.

Tang San proved his connection to the Clear Sky Sect to Bai He, while Xue Bingchen confirmed that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and revealed his overwhelming power. Bai He recognized Xue Bingchen as the newly risen Ice Snow Douluo, leaving the clan meeting focused on Tang San’s sincere offer.

• Tang San remained calm under Bai He’s pressure and summoned his Blue Silver Emperor and Clear Sky Hammer to prove his claims.
• Tang San showed Bai He the Pope Token, prompting Bai He to suspect that he was Tang Hao’s son.
• Bai He remarked that Tang San resembled Xue Bingchen more than Tang Hao, secretly delighting Tang San.
• Xue Bingchen confirmed Tang San’s identity and released enough frigid pressure to freeze the hall and immobilize Bai He.
• Bai He recognized Xue Bingchen as the Ice Snow Douluo, and Xue Bingchen told him that Tang San had come in sincerity.

Tang San persuaded Bai He to bring the Speed Clan into the Tang Sect by promising autonomy, demonstrating the Godly Zhuge Crossbow, and offering Xue Bingchen’s guidance for Bai Chenxiang. Bai He pledged the clan’s loyalty and presented Tang San with a treasured Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng.

• Tang San invited Bai He to join the Tang Sect and promised that the Speed Clan would keep its autonomy and gain a hall of its own.
• Tang San demonstrated the Godly Zhuge Crossbow, showing how it could give the Speed Clan powerful attacks without using Soul Power.
• Xue Bingchen offered to guide Bai Chenxiang, and Bai He agreed to pledge the Speed Clan to the Tang Sect.
• Bai He presented Tang San with a Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng as a gift of introduction.

Bai He brought his twelve-year-old granddaughter Bai Chenxiang to meet Xue Bingchen and Tang San after the Speed Clan pledged allegiance to the Tang Sect. Xue Bingchen offered her a rare Immortal Herb that could mutate her Martial Soul and improve her prospects, leaving Bai He overwhelmed with hope.

• Bai He introduced Bai Chenxiang to Xue Bingchen and Tang San as the Title Douluo and Tang Sect master whom the Speed Clan had sworn to follow.
• Bai Chenxiang, startled by her grandfather’s actions, composed herself and respectfully greeted Xue Bingchen and Tang San.
• Xue Bingchen assessed Bai Chenxiang’s rank-twenty-two Soul Power and considered how cultivating her could strengthen the Speed Clan’s loyalty to the Tang Sect.
• Xue Bingchen accepted the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng Bai He had offered and promised Bai Chenxiang an Immortal Herb that could mutate her Martial Soul and help her cultivation.
• Bai He reacted with excitement to the possibility that Bai Chenxiang could gain stronger abilities and someday reach the Title Douluo realm.

Bai Chenxiang accepted the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower from Xue Bingchen to transform her Sharp-Tailed Swift Martial Soul, while Bai He pledged the Speed Clan's loyalty to the Tang Sect. After swallowing the herb, Bai Chenxiang endured its searing effects as she circulated her Soul Power.

• Bai Chenxiang hesitated at the prospect of changing her Martial Soul, then agreed after Bai He urged her to accept the chance to strengthen herself and help their clan.
• Xue Bingchen explained that the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower could evolve Bai Chenxiang's Martial Soul into a fire-attributed avian Martial Soul, potentially the Fire Luan.
• Bai He knelt before Xue Bingchen and Tang San, swore the Speed Clan's loyalty to the Tang Sect, and vowed to serve them until death.
• Xue Bingchen gave Bai Chenxiang the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower and instructed her to swallow it whole and guide its heat with her Soul Power.
• Bai Chenxiang swallowed the herb, sat cross-legged, and endured its intense heat and pain without crying out.