Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tian defeated Tang San after countering his hidden weapons with Sword Intent and Three Absolute Sword Qi, while Tang San narrowly dodged a serious injury with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track. The victory triggered a Critical Reward, and Xiao Tian began eyeing Tang San’s future growth as a chance for another reward.

• Xiao Tian taunted Tang San into fighting while Xiao Wu watched, and Tang San attacked with Blue Silver Grass vines.
• Tang San fired ordinary hidden weapons from his Soul Tool, but Xiao Tian’s Sword Qi swords knocked them away.
• Tang San launched Silent Sleeve Arrows, and Xiao Tian used Three Absolute Sword Qi to repel them and threaten him.
• Tang San dodged Xiao Tian’s sword qi with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, but Xiao Tian declared that Tang San had lost.
• The system awarded Xiao Tian a 2,000-year Ethereal Sword Wings External Soul Bone for defeating Tang San while he used hidden weapons.
• Xiao Tian guessed that defeating Tang San after he reached level twenty might trigger another Critical Reward, leaving Tang San alarmed by Xiao Tian’s stare.

Xiao Tian returned to Notting Academy with Tang San and Xiao Wu, then used brutal sparring to keep Tang San training while he prepared to absorb the External Soul Bone from the system. With Tang San and Xiao Wu left at the academy, Xiao Tian went to an inn to absorb the Ethereal Sword Wings External Soul Bone away from Tang Hao's watchful gaze.

• Xiao Tian promised to put Tang San and Xiao Wu through Devil Training after they returned to the academy.
• Xiao Tian, Xiao Wu, and Tang San traveled to Craftsman Soul Village, where Tang San became interested in the local blacksmiths.
• Xiao Tian beat Tang San during several days of sparring, leaving him injured in Dorm Seven while Xiao Wu remained unharmed.
• Yu Xiaogang confronted Xiao Tian about Tang San's injuries, but Xiao Tian defended the training and Yu Xiaogang left.
• Xiao Tian left the academy for an inn to absorb the system's Ethereal Sword Wings External Soul Bone.

After revealing his rapid cultivation and extraordinary Soul Rings to Xiao Wu and Tang San, Xiao Tian offered to explain his unusual strength. Tang San was left confronting evidence that Xiao Tian had surpassed Grandmaster’s Soul Ring limit theory.

• Xiao Tian absorbed the Ethereal Sword Wings External Soul Bone, gained two levels of Soul Power, and received the Ethereal Sword Qi ability.
• Over the next year, Xiao Tian trained Tang San and Xiao Wu; Tang San reached level twenty and obtained a Ghost Vine Soul Ring, while Xiao Tian reached level twenty-four and Xiao Wu level twenty-two.
• Xiao Wu questioned Xiao Tian about his strength, and he revealed that his Soul Power had reached level twenty-four through tempering his Sword Intent.
• Xiao Tian displayed two purple Soul Rings, and Tang San arrived, shocked that both were thousand-year Soul Rings.
• Xiao Tian invited Tang San and Xiao Wu to Grandmaster’s office, where he promised to explain his strength and Soul Rings.

Xiao Tian explained that Yu Xiaogang’s advice to cover himself in Sword Intent had strengthened his body and sped up his cultivation, allowing him to risk absorbing thousand-year Spirit Rings. His story left Tang San regretful and Yu Xiaogang sweating under everyone’s scrutiny.

• Xiao Tian teased Yu Xiaogang by claiming his rapid improvement and thousand-year Spirit Rings came from the Grandmaster’s guidance.
• Xiao Tian explained that constantly covering himself in Sword Intent had improved his Sword Dao comprehension, physique, and Soul Power cultivation.
• Xiao Tian said he had absorbed the thousand-year Azure Jade Silkworm after finding it dying, and Tang San questioned why he had taken such a risk.
• Tang San regretted that Yu Xiaogang had not tested his limits before his first Spirit Ring, while Xiao Wu challenged the Grandmaster’s stated age limits and scolded Xiao Tian for going alone.
• Xiao Tian enjoyed watching Yu Xiaogang sweat as Tang San and Xiao Wu questioned him about his guidance and Xiao Tian’s dangerous Spirit Ring absorption.

Xiao Tian left Notting City for Holy Soul Village, where he found Ah Yin and persuaded her to leave the cave with him. The system rewarded him with a Soul Spirit contract method and a movement skill, while Xiao Tian began plotting how to help Ah Yin transform and draw her away from Tang Hao and Tang San.

• Four years passed, and as graduation approached, Xiao Tian left Notting Academy under the pretense of obtaining his Third Soul Ring, refusing to let Tang San, Xiao Wu, or Yu Xiaogang accompany him.
• Xiao Tian hinted to Xiao Wu that he knew she was hiding something, leading her to suspect he had discovered her identity as a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Xiao Tian reached Holy Soul Village, recovered the box containing the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, and found Ah Yin growing as Blue Silver Grass in a cave.
• Xiao Tian told Ah Yin that Tang San and Tang Hao were in Notting City and urged her to leave with him, questioning her assumptions about Tang San and her sacrifice to Tang Hao.
• Ah Yin stopped resisting and agreed to go with Xiao Tian, who planned to help her transform and eventually become his wife.
• The system awarded Xiao Tian the Soul Spirit. Equal Contract method and Shrinking the Earth to an Inch after he subdued Ah Yin.

Xiao Tian revealed that he had known Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form and reassured her that he would not harm her. After hearing about her mother, he suggested there might be more to Bibi Dong’s actions than Xiao Wu realized, leaving Ah Yin questioning Tang Hao’s motives.

• Xiao Wu confronted Xiao Tian about when he learned her true identity and said she had stayed because she trusted him.
• Xiao Tian comforted Xiao Wu and admitted he had guessed that Spirit Hall was connected to her hatred of it.
• Xiao Wu told Xiao Tian how Bibi Dong had killed her mother, and Xiao Tian suggested her mother might still be resurrected.
• Xiao Tian questioned why Bibi Dong had not captured Xiao Wu and proposed that they would need to meet Bibi Dong to learn the truth.
• Xiao Tian urged Xiao Wu to cultivate harder, and she angrily kicked at him before he dodged.
• Ah Yin, listening from Xiao Tian’s Soul Guidance Ring, wondered whether Tang Hao had been watching Xiao Wu and had arranged her sacrifice.

Xiao Tian, Xiao Wu, Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang headed toward Shrek Academy, where Xiao Tian hoped to meet Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing. On the road, they found an unconscious, poisoned Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Tian arranged for her treatment while dismissing a system warning about Dai Mubai.

• Xiao Wu questioned Xiao Tian about going to the obscure Shrek Academy, and he reassured her that they could leave if Yu Xiaogang had misled them.
• Tang San said Yu Xiaogang had agreed to travel with them, and Yu Xiaogang explained that Shrek Academy was founded by Flender, a level seventy-eight Soul Saint.
• Xiao Tian reflected on Tang San's Eight Spider Lances and looked forward to testing his strength against him after reaching Shrek Academy.
• On the road to Suotuo City, Xiao Tian and the others encountered an unconscious Zhu Zhuqing with a poisoned wound on her back.
• Xiao Tian gave Xiao Wu healing medicine and asked her to treat Zhu Zhuqing; Xiao Wu cleaned and bandaged the wound while becoming jealous of Zhu Zhuqing's figure.
• Xiao Tian dismissed a system warning to avoid physical contact with Zhu Zhuqing because of Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing woke after half an hour.

After Xiao Tian and the others rescued Zhu Zhuqing, she learned that they were all headed to Shrek Academy and became curious about Xiao Tian’s unusual strength. Xiao Wu grew wary as Zhu Zhuqing focused her questions on her brother, leaving the group preparing to travel to Suotuo City together.

• Zhu Zhuqing awoke in Xiao Wu’s tent, discovered her poison had been cured, and introduced herself after changing into spare clothes.
• Xiao Wu and the others learned that Zhu Zhuqing was also headed to Shrek Academy, where she was searching for someone from the Star Luo Empire.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Zhu Zhuqing to join Shrek Academy, while she privately suspected Dai Mubai might be trying to challenge his family.
• Zhu Zhuqing was shocked to learn that Xiao Tian had only level-five Innate Soul Power despite being stronger than Xiao Wu and Tang San.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Xiao Wu questions about Xiao Tian, making Xiao Wu worry that Zhu Zhuqing had become interested in her brother.

Xiao Tian’s group reached Suotuo City and checked into the Rose Hotel, where Dai Mubai arrived with twin girls and was recognized by Zhu Zhuqing as her betrothed. Zhu Zhuqing’s hope that Dai Mubai had been secretly preparing to face their royal family’s trials collapsed, leaving the group confronting the fallout of their encounter.

• Xiao Tian received a system reward of a Xuanyuan Sword Sheath after Zhu Zhuqing developed curiosity about him.
• Xiao Tian’s group chose the Rose Hotel in Suotuo City and booked rooms for the night.
• Dai Mubai entered the hotel with twin girls and learned that his reserved room had been prepared.
• Zhu Zhuqing recognized Dai Mubai by his distinctive eyes and realized he was the betrothed who had fled the Star Luo Empire.
• Zhu Zhuqing saw Dai Mubai’s debauched behavior and lost the hope that he had been secretly preparing for the royal selection trials.

Dai Mubai recognized Zhu Zhuqing as his fiancée and tried to stop her from leaving, but Xiao Tian intervened when Dai Mubai grabbed her. After Dai Mubai challenged him, Xiao Tian released his Sword Intent and prepared to fight, leaving Dai Mubai shaken.

• Dai Mubai approached Zhu Zhuqing and tried to introduce himself, but she coldly rejected him and turned away.
• Dai Mubai recognized Zhu Zhuqing and reached for her arm, so Xiao Tian grabbed his hand to stop him.
• Dai Mubai used Soul Power to break free and demanded to know who Xiao Tian was, then announced his level and challenged him to a fight.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to defuse the situation, but Xiao Tian stepped forward and unleashed his Sword Intent.
• Xiao Tian summoned Fifteen and taunted Dai Mubai, while Xiao Wu laughed and Tang San sensed that Dai Mubai was in danger.

Xiao Tian fought Dai Mubai in the hotel lobby, overpowering him with sword qi and reflecting his attack back at him. After learning Dai Mubai might become his classmate at Shrek Academy, Xiao Tian questioned whether he still wanted to join and revealed his three purple Spirit Rings before launching another Soul Skill.

• Xiao Tian introduced himself as a Level 36 Battle Soul Master, surprising Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Xiao Tian wounded Dai Mubai with a sword-qi strike, forcing him to use his First Soul Skill for defense.
• Dai Mubai attacked with White Tiger Light Wave, but Xiao Tian reflected it with his Sword Qi Barrier and Dai Mubai blocked it using his Third Soul Skill.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to stop the fight, but Xiao Tian questioned joining Shrek Academy if its students settled disputes through strength.
• Xiao Tian revealed three purple Spirit Rings and used his Second Soul Skill, Sword Qi Surging, against Dai Mubai.

Xiao Tian defeated Dai Mubai after he mistreated Zhu Zhuqing, then received the Xuanyuan Sword Scripture and the Sword Heart Eye External Soul Bone as rewards. After returning to his room, Xiao Tian absorbed the soul bone, reached rank thirty-eight, and gained two new abilities.

• Xiao Tian struck Dai Mubai with Ten Sword Return to Origin, leaving him badly injured but alive, and Dai Mubai admitted defeat and apologized to Zhu Zhuqing.
• Flander arrived, heard Yu Xiaogang explain what had happened, and ordered Dai Mubai to train at the academy until he reached level forty.
• The system rewarded Xiao Tian with the Xuanyuan Sword Scripture and the five-thousand-year Sword Heart Eye External Soul Bone after Zhu Zhuqing gained favor toward him.
• Xiao Tian examined the rewards and absorbed the Sword Heart Eye, raising his Soul Power to rank thirty-eight.
• Xiao Tian discovered that the soul bone granted Sword Insight and Sword Intent Gaze, which enhanced his perception and let him attack enemies with mental pressure.

Zhu Zhuqing agreed to visit Shrek Academy, hoping to grow stronger despite her doubts about Dai Mubai. On the way there, Xiao Tian challenged Yu Xiaogang’s claims about the academy, prompting Yu to invent a secret Titled Douluo whose identity left the group puzzled.

• Zhu Zhuqing decided to visit Shrek Academy because she had few alternatives and hoped Xiao Tian could guide her cultivation.
• Yu Xiaogang led Xiao Tian, Xiao Wu, Tang San, and Zhu Zhuqing from Suotuo City to the village where Shrek Academy stood.
• Xiao Tian questioned Yu Xiaogang’s claim that Shrek Academy’s remote location meant its teachers were powerful, asking whether it secretly had a Titled Douluo.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed that a Titled Douluo was affiliated with the academy and said he could defeat the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s two Titled Douluo.
• Yu Xiaogang identified the supposed expert as Tang Hao, while Tang Hao listened from the shadows and restrained his anger.

Xiao Tian and the others met Ning Rongrong on their way to Shrek Academy, where Yu Xiaogang avoided discussing the Titled Douluo rumored to back the school. At the entrance, they witnessed the academy reject an applicant and refuse to return his fee, leaving Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong questioning Shrek’s standards and honesty.

• Ning Rongrong approached Xiao Tian’s group, asked to join them on the way to Shrek Academy, and questioned Yu Xiaogang about the Titled Douluo he had mentioned.
• Yu Xiaogang denied saying anything about the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s elders and redirected the group’s attention to the long registration line.
• Ning Rongrong learned that the middle-aged man was Yu Xiaogang and privately wondered whether Shrek’s rumored Titled Douluo was Yu Yuanzhen.
• A rejected youth argued that he met Shrek’s Spirit Ring requirement, but the white-haired old man turned him away for being too old and refused to refund his ten Gold Soul Coins.
• Xiao Wu challenged Yu Xiaogang over Shrek’s high, nonrefundable registration fee, and Ning Rongrong accused the academy of swindling applicants.

At Shrek Academy, Xiao Tian challenged the nonrefundable registration fee, and Flender intervened before Li Yusong could make trouble with the group. Xiao Tian, Xiao Wu, and Tang San revealed their powerful Spirit Rings, leaving Li Yusong and the others stunned, while Ning Rongrong asked Xiao Tian how he had grown so strong.

• Li Yusong summoned his Dragon Pattern Staff and restated the academy's entrance requirements and nonrefundable registration fee.
• Ning Rongrong confronted Li Yusong, and Dai Mubai hesitated to challenge Xiao Tian after recalling their fight the previous day.
• Dai Mubai told Li Yusong what had happened, but Flender arrived and persuaded Li Yusong to refund the boy's fee and let the matter go.
• Flender invited Yu Xiaogang inside and explained that the fourth trial involved enduring Dai Mubai's attacks for the time it took an incense stick to burn.
• Xiao Tian, Xiao Wu, and Tang San revealed their martial souls and Spirit Rings, shocking Li Yusong with their Soul Power levels and Xiao Tian's three thousand-year rings.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong questioned Xiao Tian about his sudden increase in strength, and he blamed a breakthrough in his Sword Dao realm.

Xiao Tian, Tang San, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing advanced to Shrek Academy’s fourth test, where Zhao Wuji challenged them to defeat him. As the group prepared, Xiao Tian rejected Dai Mubai’s plan to stall and called for an all-out fight.

• Ning Rongrong revealed her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect identity and martial soul, while Zhu Zhuqing stated her martial soul and rank.
• Li Yusong sent the qualified applicants to the fourth test with Dai Mubai, and Tang San considered selling Hidden Weapons to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Dai Mubai led the group to Zhao Wuji, who introduced himself as the examiner and started an incense stick, giving them time to plan before they fought him.
• Dai Mubai advised the group to stall until time ran out, but Xiao Tian argued they had to attack from the beginning and turned to Tang San.

Xiao Tian led the group against Zhao Wuji, wounding him with his defense-piercing Third Soul Skill. As the battle continued, Tang San revealed his Eight Spider Lances and joined the fight, while Xiao Tian moved to protect Ning Rongrong.

• Xiao Tian assigned the group their tactics, telling Tang San to use poison, Xiao Wu to avoid her Second Soul Skill, and Ning Rongrong to watch for Zhao Wuji’s attack.
• Xiao Tian, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, and Ning Rongrong began the assessment, and Ning Rongrong boosted their strength and speed with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Xiao Tian used Sword Heart Blood Sever to cut Zhao Wuji’s forearms and explained that the skill ignored defense and caused bleeding.
• Zhao Wuji charged with Vajra Palm, so Tang San sent Ning Rongrong to Xiao Tian, evaded Zhao Wuji, and revealed his Eight Spider Lances.
• Xiao Tian told Xiao Wu and Zhuqing to protect Ning Rongrong while he went to help Tang San, and Zhao Wuji marveled at Tang San’s External Soul Bone.

Tang San and Xiao Tian joined forces against Zhao Wuji, using Tang San’s Hidden Weapons and Xiao Tian’s independently attacking Sword Fifteen to break through his defenses. Zhao Wuji was badly cut and struck by a Dragon Beard Needle, but he countered with gravity-based soul skills and pulled Fifteen toward him.

• Tang San dodged Zhao Wuji’s Vajra Palm, but Zhao Wuji’s Immovable Bright King Body blasted Tang San and Xiao Tian back.
• Xiao Tian told Tang San to use his Hidden Weapons while he prepared Sword Fifteen to attack, and Flender arrived with Yu Xiaogang to watch the assessment.
• Xiao Tian sent Sword Fifteen at Zhao Wuji, while Tang San fired Hidden Weapons and attacked from multiple angles with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Xiao Tian used Sword Heart Eye and sharpened Blue Silver Grass leaves with Sword Qi to join the assault on Zhao Wuji.
• Zhao Wuji was covered in bleeding cuts, and Tang San pierced him with a Dragon Beard Needle.
• Zhao Wuji used Gravity Enhancement and Gravity Squeeze to slow the attackers and pull Sword Fifteen toward him.

Xiao Tian used his perfected Sword Intent to unleash a new dual-sword technique against Zhao Wuji during the students’ trial. The time limit expired before Zhao Wuji could continue, and Oscar arrived to help the exhausted Xiao Tian.

• Xiao Tian dodged Zhao Wuji’s attacks, increased his power, and formed a second sword from sword qi.
• Xiao Tian interrupted Zhao Wuji’s gravity skills and launched Starburst Stream Slash with Ning Rongrong’s strength and speed boosts.
• Xiao Tian landed a sixteen-hit combo, while Tang San’s Dragon Beard Needles also continued to injure Zhao Wuji.
• Flender called time as the incense burned out, ending the trial before Zhao Wuji could retaliate.
• Xiao Wu used Instant Transmission to help Xiao Tian stand, and Dai Mubai called Oscar over.

Tang San removed the Dragon Beard Needles from Zhao Wuji, and Oscar made recovery and detoxifying sausages while Flender introduced Yu Xiaogang and arranged to obtain Oscar’s Third Soul Ring. Xiao Tian received a Scarlet Sakura Spirit Concealing Ring and the Precious Sword Red Dragon Tooth, then considered using the ring to protect Xiao Wu and making contact with Dugu Bo.

• Tang San apologized to Zhao Wuji and removed the Dragon Beard Needles, while Dai Mubai brought Oscar over to make sausages for Zhao Wuji.
• Oscar made recovery and detoxifying sausages, and Dai Mubai explained Oscar’s Food-Type Soul Master abilities to the new students.
• Flender announced that Oscar had reached Rank 30, introduced Yu Xiaogang, and said the group would later travel to the Star Dou Great Forest for Oscar’s Third Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang offered to study the students’ martial souls and soul skills so he could design suitable soul ring configurations.
• Xiao Tian received the Scarlet Sakura Spirit Concealing Ring and the Precious Sword Red Dragon Tooth, and considered giving the ring to Xiao Wu and seeking a connection with Dugu Bo.