Chapter Summaries

Lin Mian left Ning Rongrong under strict remote supervision as she swept and worked the fields, while he returned to the Judgment Hall to show Lou Gao something special at the Soul Tool Research Center. Ning Rongrong was left facing more labor after insulting Xiao Xi, and Lin Mian began a reunion with Lou Gao.

• Lin Mian gave Ning Rongrong a floating Communication Soul Tool to monitor her work and warned her not to slack off.
• Ning Rongrong finished sweeping Shrek and was ordered to clear and plant a patch of land before eating.
• Ning Rongrong insulted Xiao Xi when the girl tried to teach her how to use the hoe, and Xiao Xi ran away crying.
• Lin Mian threatened Ning Rongrong with more work and a night without rest, while an unfamiliar voice asked whether he had taken in a disciple.
• Lin Mian arrived at the Judgment Hall's Soul Tool Research Center and met Lou Gao, whom he led to the laboratory to show him something good.

Lin Mian visited Lou Gao and Dugu Bo, bringing new Communication Soul Tools and learning how the Judgment Hall had advanced its research and academy. The chapter ended with Lin Mian and Dugu Bo realizing that two women had arrived at the doorway.

• Lin Mian gave Lou Gao blueprints and a Communication Soul Tool, and Lou Gao recognized that their technology could rapidly advance the Judgment Hall's Soul Tool research.
• Lin Mian provided Lou Gao with six samples, and Lou Gao eagerly began dismantling one for study.
• Lin Mian visited Dugu Bo, who explained that he was developing pills for the academy and had created Calm Heart Pills and Body Tempering Pills.
• Dugu Bo told Lin Mian that his granddaughter had reached Rank 40 and obtained a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.
• Dugu Bo warned Lin Mian to visit two women before they learned he had left seclusion, but Lin Mian revealed that they had already arrived.

Lin Mian reunited with the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, who confronted him for emerging from seclusion without telling them. He claimed he had found a way for them to advance together, then escaped their questioning to catch up with Dugu Bo and the others.

• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress appeared before Lin Mian and Dugu Bo, reminding Lin Mian of their wager to guard Judgment Hall in exchange for his help reaching godhood.
• The Ice Empress and Snow Empress questioned Lin Mian about leaving seclusion without notifying them and suspected he had been visiting another woman.
• Dugu Bo tried to send the pair away from his medicinal herbs, but the Snow Empress invited Lin Mian to speak with them elsewhere.
• Lin Mian told the two soul beasts he had found a path for them to advance together, though the Ice Empress remained unconvinced.
• The Snow Empress let Lin Mian leave to catch up with Dugu Bo and the others, then the Ice Empress asked why she had let him go so easily.

Lin Mian returned to Suotuo City after secretly asking his companions to hide his whereabouts from the Ice Empress and Snow Empress, while Qian Renxue overheard clues about his two disciples. Ning Rongrong was punished for arriving late by being made to wash Lin Mian’s feet, and she endured the task while wishing for help.

• The Snow Empress proposed using the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass to conceal their auras and follow Lin Mian.
• Lin Mian drank with Lou Gao, Dugu Bo, and Tai Tan, told them he had taken two disciples, and asked them to keep his location secret from the Ice Empress and Snow Empress.
• Qian Renxue brought Lin Mian a jar of wine and overheard Lou Gao mention Suotuo City and two disciples.
• Lin Mian returned as Ning Rongrong finished her hundred-li run and punished her for being late by denying her dinner and ordering her to wash his feet.
• Ning Rongrong boiled water, carried it to Lin Mian’s room, and reluctantly began washing his feet while thinking of Grandpa Sword and Grandpa Bone.

Lin Mian frightened Ning Rongrong into believing he had poisoned her, and she became more obedient as she adjusted to her punishment. Meanwhile, the Ice Empress and the Snow Empress arrived outside Shrek Academy and discovered that their Hall Master had taken female disciples and made them wash his feet.

• Lin Mian tricked Ning Rongrong into swallowing a Body Tempering Pill by claiming it was poison, and her attempt to throw foot-washing water at him backfired.
• Ning Rongrong woke the next morning believing she was dead, then realized she was alive and resumed her chores in fear of Lin Mian.
• Ning Rongrong noticed her strength had improved, while Zhu Zhuqing observed that she had become more restrained after one day.
• Lin Mian ordered Ning Rongrong to run another twenty li and wash his feet if she failed to finish within six hours, and she agreed while secretly planning to get the antidote.
• The Ice Empress and the Snow Empress arrived outside Shrek Academy and grew angry when they learned Lin Mian had female disciples who washed his feet.

Qian Renxue left Judgment Hall to travel, while Xiao Wu arrived at Shrek Academy seeking to enroll and wait for Tang San. Lin Mian invited Xiao Wu to stay at the academy, and Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo continued toward Suotuo City to rescue Ning Rongrong.

• Snow Empress and Ice Empress worried that the God Realm might prevent soul beasts from becoming gods.
• Qian Renxue told Dugu Bo she was leaving to travel, accepted his pills, and headed toward Suotuo City.
• Xiao Wu arrived at Shrek Academy, unaware that Lin Mian had taken it over, and asked to enroll.
• Lin Mian recognized Xiao Wu as a hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit, received a mission to take her as a disciple, and let her stay at the academy.
• Zhu Zhuqing led Xiao Wu inside, while Snow Empress and Ice Empress wondered about Lin Mian's intentions.
• Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo hurried toward Suotuo City, arguing about Ning Rongrong and the person holding her.

Ning Rongrong performed her foot-washing duty for Lin Mian in hopes of receiving an antidote, unaware that he had given her harmless pills and was using the ruse to keep her obedient. After Lin Mian detected two powerful watchers with his domain, he recognized Ice Empress and Snow Empress and panicked about how they had found him.

• Ning Rongrong failed her 120-li run again and prepared to wash Lin Mian's feet to earn her dinner and avoid punishment.
• Ning Rongrong asked Lin Mian for the antidote to yesterday's poison, and he gave her a Clear Heart Pill and a Meditation Diagram while pretending they would cure her.
• Lin Mian gave Ning Rongrong another Body Tempering Pill, claiming it was today's poison, and she left believing she would need to serve him again for an antidote.
• Ice Empress and Snow Empress watched Lin Mian deceive Ning Rongrong and wondered how he had become even more vile.
• Lin Mian spread his domain, recognized Ice Empress and Snow Empress among the watchers, and worried that Old Lou and Old Poison had revealed his secret.

Lin Mian avoided confronting two familiar figures while Tang San and the others neared the end of their sentences, and Dai Mubai began reconsidering his engagement. Ning Rongrong’s grandfathers arrived in Suotuo City, and Sword Douluo found her running and heard her cry for help.

• Lin Mian avoided facing the two figures because he still could not recover from what had happened decades earlier.
• Flender told Ma Hongjun to handle his Evil Fire himself, while Dai Mubai offered to pay for a night out after their release.
• Tang San refused to join them because he had Xiao Wu, and Dai Mubai decided he should be faithful to his unknown fiancée.
• Flender told Dai Mubai to take care of Shrek Academy after getting out, and Dai Mubai wondered whether his fiancée already knew about his behavior.
• Ning Rongrong kept running as she waited for her grandfathers, and Sword Douluo found her on the road to Shrek Academy.
• Ning Rongrong burst into tears and told Sword Douluo how much she had missed him.

Ning Rongrong reunited with Chen Xin and Gu Rong and told them that her captor had tormented and poisoned her. Chen Xin found no toxins in her body and decided they needed to capture the person responsible, taking Zhu Zhuqing with them.

• Ning Rongrong wept in Chen Xin's arms, and he and Gu Rong promised to punish whoever had bullied her.
• Ning Rongrong complained that she had been made to perform menial tasks, run without food, and wash her captor's feet every night.
• Ning Rongrong claimed her captor poisoned her daily, while Zhu Zhuqing suspected she had mistaken a Body Tempering Pill and a Visualization Diagram for poison and its antidote.
• Chen Xin examined Ning Rongrong and found no toxins, but discovered that her physical strength and spiritual power had improved.
• Chen Xin decided to find the person who had poisoned Ning Rongrong and said they would take Zhu Zhuqing from the Soul Tool Car as well.

Chen Xin and Gu Rong confronted Lin Mian at Shrek Academy to demand an antidote for Ning Rongrong, only to learn that he had never poisoned her. After Lin Mian rescued Zhu Zhuqing from Chen Xin’s attack, he challenged the two elders to stop leaves from his hand if they wanted Ning Rongrong back.

• Ning Rongrong told Chen Xin that Zhu Zhuqing and the others had treated her well, so Chen Xin decided to take Zhu Zhuqing as leverage for an antidote.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong brought Ning Rongrong to Shrek Academy, where she confronted Lin Mian and threatened to make him suffer.
• Lin Mian revealed that Ning Rongrong had never been poisoned and that he had given her no antidote, leaving her and the elders stunned.
• Chen Xin struck at Zhu Zhuqing, but Ning Rongrong and Xiao Xi pleaded for him to stop, and Lin Mian silently rescued Zhu Zhuqing.
• Lin Mian brought Ning Rongrong to his side and challenged Chen Xin and Gu Rong to block several leaves with their Soul Skills to win her back.

Gu Rong and Chen Xin tested their strength against Lin Mian, who used the power of heaven and earth to effortlessly counter their attacks. Chen Xin launched his sword technique, leaving the outcome of his assault unresolved.

• Gu Rong transformed into his Bone Dragon True Body and attacked Lin Mian with Heart-Chasing Bone Spike.
• Lin Mian tossed a leaf that split apart and used the power of heaven and earth to neutralize Gu Rong's bone spikes.
• Gu Rong realized Lin Mian had wielded the rules of heaven and earth, then yielded the fight to Chen Xin.
• Chen Xin merged with his Seven Kill Sword and unleashed Ten Thousand Swords Return to Sect, sending countless swords toward Lin Mian.

Lin Mian revealed himself as the Arbiter and used his Order Seal to suppress Chen Xin’s strongest sword. Chen Xin understood that the next step of the Sword Dao was mastering Rules and began to break through.

• Lin Mian shattered Chen Xin’s Ten Thousand Swords Return to Sect with a leaf infused only with Soul Power, shocking Chen Xin, Ice Empress, and Snow Empress.
• Zhu Zhuqing concluded that Lin Mian was the legendary Judgment Douluo, while Xiao Wu concealed her presence after seeing Chen Xin’s attack fail.
• Chen Xin unleashed his ninth soul skill, God and Demon Dual Slash, and Lin Mian agreed to show his martial soul.
• Lin Mian summoned the Order Seal and displayed his nine Spirit Rings, confirming his identity as His Excellency the Arbiter.
• Lin Mian used the Order Seal to suppress and erase Chen Xin’s strongest sword, prompting Chen Xin to realize that the Sword Dao’s next step was mastering Rules and begin a breakthrough.

Chen Xin broke through after comprehending the Sword Domain and a technique called Sword Embodiment, while Lin Mian watched and asked him to demonstrate his new power. Chen Xin transformed himself and everything connected to him into a giant sword, whose full power remained to be revealed.

• Gu Rong and Ning Rongrong were delighted when Chen Xin began breaking through, while Zhu Zhuqing recognized Lin Mian as the Arbiter she admired.
• Lin Mian let Chen Xin complete his breakthrough and explained that powerful Title Douluo could wield rule-based powers such as strength and the sea.
• Chen Xin thanked Lin Mian for the opportunity, then demonstrated his newly comprehended Sword Domain, which restrained opponents and disrupted their soul skills.
• Chen Xin explained that he had learned to become one with the sword and named his technique Sword Embodiment.
• Chen Xin transformed his body, soul, Soul Power, Spirit Rings, domain, and past into a giant Seven Kill Sword, while Lin Mian's sealed surroundings prevented the destruction from reaching nearby villages.

Lin Mian defeated Chen Xin’s Sword Dao Rules with his Order domain, then restored the devastated surroundings and assured everyone Chen Xin would recover. Gu Rong took Chen Xin back to the sect and left Ning Rongrong with Lin Mian, who reminded her that she had wanted someone to teach him a lesson.

• Chen Xin unleashed his Sword Dao Rules against Lin Mian, who revealed his Order domain and summoned an identical sword to meet him head-on.
• The swords and their domains destroyed each other, leaving Chen Xin exhausted and unconscious; Lin Mian used Reassembly to restore the surroundings and said Chen Xin would recover and likely improve.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Lin Mian whether he was the Arbiter, and he casually confirmed it while joking that he was handsome.
• Gu Rong apologized to Lin Mian, left Ning Rongrong in his care, and carried Chen Xin back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for treatment.
• Ning Rongrong watched Gu Rong leave, and Lin Mian asked why she had let them go when she had wanted them to teach him a lesson.

Lin Mian spared Ning Rongrong after she apologized and continued her daily training, while Xiao Wu confronted him about whether he wanted her Spirit Ring and Soul Bone. He told Xiao Wu she could leave freely, but she remained too afraid to trust him or escape.

• Ning Rongrong tearfully apologized to Lin Mian, and Xiao Xi and Zhu Zhuqing pleaded for him to spare her.
• Lin Mian kept Ning Rongrong's punishment in place but privately felt pleased that she had defended Zhu Zhuqing and could still be guided.
• Ning Rongrong brought Lin Mian foot-washing water, accepted the pills he called poison, and swallowed them after returning to her room.
• Xiao Wu asked Lin Mian why he had let her stay, fearing he wanted her Spirit Ring and Soul Bone.
• Lin Mian said he had no interest in Xiao Wu's Spirit Ring or Soul Bone and would not stop her from leaving, but Xiao Wu remained afraid to make a run for it.

Dai Mubai and the others were released from prison and began rebuilding Shrek, where he saw Zhu Zhuqing but could not tell whether she recognized him. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue arrived in Suotuo City, hoping to meet the Judgment Douluo and learn about his prospective disciple.

• Flender told Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun to rebuild Shrek as he and the others were escorted to Heaven Dou City.
• Dai Mubai, Tang San, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun completed their sentences and left the Judgment Hall, then headed to Shrek instead of stopping for food.
• Dai Mubai and the others bought the house and land opposite Shrek's former grounds and settled there.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun spotted Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing; Dai Mubai recognized Zhu Zhuqing, but she ignored him and entered the academy.
• Dai Mubai asked Ma Hongjun to help him win Zhu Zhuqing over the next day, while Qian Renxue arrived in Suotuo City seeking the Judgment Douluo.

Zhu Zhuqing confronted Dai Mubai and told him she wanted nothing to do with him, leaving him confused and devastated. Tang San guessed she had seen Dai Mubai with the twins at the Rose Hotel, then revealed his plan to overpower women and take their Spirit Rings and Soul Bones.

• Ning Rongrong noticed Zhu Zhuqing was distracted, and Zhu Zhuqing decided to sever her ties with Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai waited outside the academy gate, then rushed in front of Zhu Zhuqing's Soul Tool Car when she appeared.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Dai Mubai her name and said she had nothing to do with him, then drove away and told him to wait until she returned to hear why.
• Dai Mubai fell to the ground and asked Tang San why Zhu Zhuqing treated him coldly; Tang San suspected she had seen Dai Mubai take the twins into the Rose Hotel.
• Tang San told Dai Mubai that women could be subdued for their Spirit Rings and Soul Bones, while a figure preparing to leave the academy stopped upon hearing him.

Gu Rong returned Chen Xin to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Fengzhi learned that Chen Xin had broken through after meeting Ning Rongrong’s powerful master, His Excellency the Arbiter. In Suotuo City, Xiao Wu overheard Tang San and Dai Mubai dismissing women’s wishes, leaving her uncertain about Tang San as Lin Mian questioned her.

• Gu Rong brought Chen Xin back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Ning Fengzhi treated Chen Xin’s severe exhaustion with his martial soul and ordered precious herbs brought from the treasury.
• Gu Rong told Ning Fengzhi that Ning Rongrong was safe and that her master, His Excellency the Arbiter, had blocked their soul skills and helped Chen Xin break through to level 97.
• Ning Fengzhi guessed that Rongrong’s master was His Excellency the Arbiter, and Gu Rong said that becoming a god would never be a problem for him.
• Tang San encouraged Dai Mubai to disregard Zhu Zhuqing’s wishes and assume she would have to marry him, prompting Dai Mubai to mock her inability to resist.
• Xiao Wu overheard Tang San’s words and wondered whether his past kindness had been false, while Lin Mian appeared and asked why she was standing there instead of going outside to meet the person she had been looking for.

Lin Mian advised Xiao Wu to wait before deciding what to do about Tang San and offered to take her as his disciple. As Zhu Zhuqing returned, Dai Mubai confronted her and demanded an apology, but she rejected him and ended their relationship.

• Xiao Wu asked Lin Mian whether Tang San’s views on strength and women were right, and Lin Mian said strength mattered but women were independent people who deserved the freedom to choose.
• Lin Mian told Xiao Wu he wanted to take her as his disciple and advised her to wait until Zhu Zhuqing returned before deciding whether to leave Tang San.
• Xiao Wu stayed nearby and listened as Tang San and the others spoke crudely about women while waiting for Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ning Rongrong arrived in the Soul Tool Car with Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Mubai blocked their way and demanded that Zhu Zhuqing apologize to him.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Dai Mubai that they were finished and called him a repulsive parasite who relied on his family.
• Dai Mubai shouted at Zhu Zhuqing and accused her of acting that way because of her new master.

Zhu Zhuqing defied Dai Mubai’s demand to return to the Star Luo Empire, and Tang San revealed his contempt for women and his plans for Xiao Wu. When Xiao Wu ended their relationship and Tang San tried to seize her, Lin Mian appeared to protect his disciple.

• Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai’s claim over her and vowed to make the Star Luo Empire annul their engagement.
• Ning Rongrong challenged Dai Mubai and Tang San, and Zhu Zhuqing stopped Tang San from striking her.
• Tang San declared that women were destined to be used for political marriages or childbearing, leaving Xiao Wu devastated.
• Xiao Wu broke ties with Tang San and tried to leave, but Tang San pursued her with Blue Silver Grass.
• Lin Mian appeared just as Tang San was about to capture Xiao Wu and demanded to know who dared touch his disciple.