Chapter Summaries

Xiao Wu defeated Dai Mubai, and Sword Douluo criticized Dai Mubai’s conduct while defending Xiao Wu. Xiao Tian then faced the veteran Dark Night Assassin in the arena, where his four purple spirit rings shocked the crowd and his Sword Eye revealed the assassin’s hidden position.

• Xiao Wu’s supporters defended her after Dai Mubai lost to her, and Zhu Zhuqing mocked Dai Mubai for failing to resist Xiao Wu’s Charm.
• Chen Xin criticized Dai Mubai’s temperament and questioned Flender’s standards, while Dai Mubai suppressed his anger toward the Titled Douluo.
• The host announced Xiao Tian’s match against Dark Night Assassin, a forty-sixth-rank Soul Ancestor on a five-win streak.
• Xiao Tian revealed four purple spirit rings, shocking the spectators and Manager Ao.
• Dark Night Assassin vanished with Shadow Concealment, but Xiao Tian activated Sword Eye and spotted him directly in front of him.

Xiao Tian defeated the Dark Night Assassin by seeing through his concealment and exploiting the Soul Arena’s lighting. Before Shrek Team’s match against Mad War Team, Xiao Tian stopped Mad Rhino from harassing Zhu Zhuqing, while Manager Ao warned Mad War Team to behave.

• Xiao Tian dodged the Dark Night Assassin’s invisible attack, then explained that he could see him moving around.
• The Dark Night Assassin used Shadow Escape, but Xiao Tian’s sword qi struck him and sent him out of the arena, giving Xiao Tian the victory.
• Chen Xin explained to Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing that Xiao Tian’s Sword Intent strengthened his Mental Power enough to pierce the assassin’s concealment.
• Dai Mubai remarked that Shrek Team might have to fight seven opponents with only six members after he forfeited his two-on-two match.
• Mad Rhino entered the lounge with Mad War Team and harassed Zhu Zhuqing, but Xiao Tian pressed Fifteen to his neck and threatened him.
• Manager Ao arrived and warned Mad War Team against harassing opponents before a match.

The Shrek Team learned that the Mad War Team, led by Level 39 Mad Rhino, would be their first team battle opponents. As the match began, Xiao Tian stayed back to protect the support members while the other Shrek fighters engaged the Mad War Team.

• Mad Rhino led the Mad War Team away after Manager Ao intervened, and the team recognized Xiao Tian as a serious threat.
• Manager Ao told the Shrek Team that the Mad War Team had won five matches in a row and that Mad Rhino had Level 39 Soul Power.
• Xiao Wu and the others asked Xiao Tian to hold back during the match so they could fight, and Xiao Tian agreed to stay out of the action.
• Manager Ao introduced both teams and started the battle, while Ning Rongrong and the opposing Wishful Plate Soul Master enhanced their teammates.
• Tang San ordered Zhu Zhuqing and Ma Hongjun to attack the flanks and sent Xiao Wu to stop Mad Rhino; the Spider Woman broke Xiao Wu’s Charm with an attack, and Mad Rhino charged at her.

Xiao Wu’s attempt to knock out Mad War Team’s support Soul Master failed when the team’s coordination let him awaken and use Frenzy. As Mad War Team gained its temporary boost, Xiao Tian stepped forward and prepared to fight with Condensing Qi into Sword.

• Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to bind Mad Rhino, and Xiao Wu kicked him into the Twin Sheep Brothers before Spider Woman pulled them back.
• Following Xiao Tian’s voice transmission, Xiao Wu used Instant Transmission and Charm on the wishful plate soul master, but the Twin Monkey Brothers jolted him awake so he could activate Frenzy.
• Mad War Team’s members received a temporary boost to every attribute, while the spectators and Shrek’s observers discussed the teams’ coordination and chances.
• Xiao Wu admitted her attempt had failed, and Xiao Tian told her to leave the rest to him.
• Xiao Tian walked forward, raised his Sword Intent, and used Condensing Qi into Sword as he called, “Fifteen, enlarge!”

Xiao Tian used his sword skills to defeat the Mad War Team almost instantly, securing a victory for Shrek Team and winning over the audience. The system rewarded him for impressing Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, while he set aside the rewards for later use.

• Xiao Tian had Fifteen carry Xiao Wu and the others into the air while he faced the Mad War Team alone.
• Tang San tried to ensnare the opponents with Blue Silver Grass, but Spider Woman melted it and the team broke free.
• Xiao Tian used Azure Sky Swift Sword Dance to knock most of the Mad War Team out of the arena, then struck Mad Rhino and sent him and Spider Woman flying.
• Manager Ao declared Shrek Team the winner, and the crowd cheered for Xiao Tian.
• Xiao Tian received Gangzi's Complete History of Black Material and a fifty-thousand-year Custom Soul Bone, which he stored for later.
• Da Ming and Er Ming discussed Xiao Tian's strength, while Ah Yin continued cultivating in the Mental Space.

After Xiao Tian revealed that Xiao Wu was his girlfriend, he offered to teach her and Ning Rongrong Sword Control Technique, though Chen Xin doubted anyone without a sword Martial Soul could learn it. The next morning, Xiao Tian began their experiment with wooden swords, warning that it could take time and might require great comprehension.

• While flying back to Shrek Academy, Xiao Tian agreed to teach Xiao Wu Sword Control Technique, and she kissed him on the cheek.
• Xiao Tian announced that Xiao Wu was his girlfriend, shocking Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing and leaving Tang San jealous and murderous.
• Chen Xin questioned whether Sword Control Technique could be taught, while Xiao Tian argued that Soul Power might let other Soul Masters control swords too.
• Ning Rongrong asked to learn the technique, and she rebuked Oscar when he dismissed the idea.
• The next morning, Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong waited outside Xiao Tian's room, and he gave them wooden swords while warning that learning might be difficult and take more than a day or two.

Xiao Tian began teaching Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong the Sword Control Technique after accepting Zhu Zhuqing’s apology. Chen Xin and Tang San watched as Xiao Tian demonstrated sword control, and the three girls asked him to teach them more slowly.

• Xiao Tian invited Zhu Zhuqing to learn the Sword Control Technique and gave her a Wooden Sword.
• Zhu Zhuqing apologized to Xiao Tian for having sided with Dai Mubai, and Xiao Tian told her he had already let the matter go.
• Xiao Tian gave the three girls handwritten copies of the technique’s essentials and recited its mnemonic while Chen Xin, Tang San, and the others watched.
• Xiao Tian demonstrated controlling Ning Rongrong’s Wooden Sword without using his Martial Soul, surprising Ning Rongrong and impressing Chen Xin.
• Tang San wondered whether Xiao Tian came from the Shushan Sword Sect, while Xiao Wu asked Xiao Tian to slow down and teach the technique again.

Xiao Tian taught Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong the principles of the Sword Control Technique and had them practice precise soul power control. A few days later, Tang San demonstrated his completed Godly Zhuge Crossbow to Chen Xin, who asked how he planned to sell it.

• Xiao Tian explained that the Sword Control Technique relied on mental power, while the girls could practice using carefully controlled soul power.
• Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong spent the morning training with Wooden Swords, breaking them as they practiced.
• Xiao Tian told Chen Xin that the girls might need mental power or a suitable skull Soul Bone to control ordinary swords effectively.
• A few days later, Tang San brought his Godly Zhuge Crossbow to Chen Xin and demonstrated it by firing dozens of bolts at him.
• Chen Xin deflected the bolts with his Seven Kill Sword, praised the crossbow's power, and asked Tang San how he intended to sell it.

Tang San negotiated with Chen Xin to sell the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect one thousand Godly Zhuge Crossbows at 120 Gold Soul Coins each, while Chen Xin kept their relationship strictly business. Over the following days, Xiao Tian taught Rongrong and the others sword techniques and discussed the Sword Dao with Chen Xin, who neared a breakthrough to level 97.

• Tang San offered Chen Xin Godly Zhuge Crossbows for 300 Gold Soul Coins each and a discounted set price, but Chen Xin challenged the cost and the weapons’ usefulness.
• Chen Xin negotiated the price down, and Tang San agreed to sell the sect one thousand Godly Zhuge Crossbows for 120 Gold Soul Coins each, with bolts for three rounds of firing and a 20 percent deposit.
• Tang San viewed the deal as a way to build ties with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Chen Xin remembered Xiao Tian’s warning that they were only business partners.
• Xiao Tian and the others trained at the academy by day and fought in Suotuo City by night as Chen Xin stayed behind to learn sword techniques and discuss the Sword Dao with Xiao Tian.
• Chen Xin sensed that he was close to breaking through to level 97.

Xiao Tian learned that the Royal Fight Team was coming to Suotuo City and planned to use the encounter to leave Shrek Academy for Heaven Dou Royal Academy. He persuaded Chen Xin to help arrange the move, while preparing to keep the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s business ties with Tang San separate from personal conflicts.

• Manager Ao told Xiao Tian and Yu Xiaogang that a team of Soul Elders from Heaven Dou City, led by a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul user, was on its way.
• Yu Xiaogang identified the captain as a candidate from his clan and considered the team a possible route to certification for Shrek Academy.
• Xiao Tian decided to use the Royal Fight Team’s arrival to make contact with Dugu Yan and leave Shrek Academy.
• Chen Xin warned Xiao Tian that the captain was Yu Tianheng, Yu Xiaogang’s nephew, and suggested the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect recommend Xiao Tian to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Xiao Tian got Chen Xin to agree to help arrange the move and said the sect could continue buying Tang San’s hidden weapons as a separate business matter.

Xiao Tian suggested that Ning Rongrong use her connection to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to learn Tower Control, which might also help her with Sword Control. He saw the pagoda as a potential weapon for her Soul Fusion Ring talent, while Ning Rongrong accepted his advice and grew flustered by their close interaction.

• Xiao Tian reflected that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would likely have faced a bad fate whether it opposed Spirit Hall or submitted to it.
• Chen Xin pretended to receive a message from Ning Fengzhi and left the group, easing Tang San and the others' tension.
• Xiao Wu made slight progress with Sword Control, while Ning Rongrong struggled and asked Xiao Tian for advice.
• Xiao Tian suggested that Ning Rongrong practice controlling her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, then proposed using Soul Fusion Ring to power it as a defensive weapon.
• Ning Rongrong agreed to try Tower Control, became embarrassed after Xiao Tian held her shoulders, and hurried away when Zhu Zhuqing noticed her flushed face.

Qian Renxue learned that Shrek Academy’s team included Ning Rongrong and members with the Star Luo royal family’s inherited martial souls, and ordered Snake Lance to investigate the academy. At the Soto City Great Spirit Arena, Tang San proposed using realgar wine against Dugu Yan’s Bi Lin Snake Venom, but Xiao Tian and Ning Rongrong challenged his reasoning.

• In the Mental Space, Er Ming worried that Xiao Tian’s popularity with women could affect Xiao Wu, and Da Ming said they should leave the matter to her.
• Snake Lance and Pufferfish reported to Qian Renxue that Chen Xin had left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and that Shrek’s team included Soul Masters with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, Evil Eye White Tiger, and Hell Spirit Cat martial souls.
• Qian Renxue ordered Snake Lance to investigate Shrek Academy in Soto City.
• At the Great Spirit Arena, Yu Xiaogang presented the Royal Fight Team’s information and asked Shrek’s members to discuss how to handle the match.
• Tang San claimed that Ma Hongjun could use Phoenix Flame to ignite realgar wine and neutralize Dugu Yan’s Bi Lin Snake Venom.
• Xiao Tian and Ning Rongrong argued that Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Flame alone could counter the venom and that Tang San’s realgar wine was unnecessary.

Xiao Tian chose Oscar to remain a substitute for the match against the Royal Fight Team, explaining that Oscar’s support skills would be less useful than a quick attack on Ye Lingling, the team’s Nine Heart Begonia healer. Ning Rongrong revealed the healing martial soul’s rarity and curse, while Xiao Tian argued that its area healing could be countered by attacking during its duration.

• Xiao Tian rejected Tang San’s claim that Realgar Wine could counter Bi Lin Snake Venom and said he could disperse Dugu Yan’s poison mist with Sword Qi.
• Xiao Tian named Oscar as the substitute, and Oscar objected, believing Xiao Tian was favoring Zhu Zhuqing.
• Xiao Tian gave three reasons for benching Oscar: his detoxifying sausage would not help against Dugu Yan’s poison, his flying sausage would be ineffective, and his healing was outmatched by Ye Lingling’s Nine Heart Begonia.
• Tang San wondered why Yu Xiaogang had never told him about the Nine Heart Begonia, while Ning Rongrong explained its rarity and the curse limiting how many people could possess it.
• Xiao Tian said the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda offered more comprehensive support and that the team could attack Ye Lingling while her area healing was taking effect.

Xiao Tian arranged for Oscar to sit out and prepared to use the match against Royal Fight Team as a chance to provoke Shrek before leaving with Xiao Wu. As the battle began, Dugu Yan unleashed poison mist at Shrek, whose sausage-type support Soul Master was absent.

• Xiao Tian explained the Nine Heart Begonia martial spirit’s value as a battlefield healer and persuaded Oscar to sit on the bench.
• Manager Ao announced that Xiao Tian would fight, while secretly offering Royal Fight Team a bonus if they defeated Shrek.
• Qin Ming recognized Flander and Yu Xiaogang as Shrek’s leaders and brought Royal Fight Team to fight them.
• Manager Ao introduced Royal Fight Team, including Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling, before the match began.
• Yu Tianheng signaled Dugu Yan, who released a wide cloud of poison mist toward Shrek after her team had taken antidote pills.

Xiao Tian and the Shrek Team broke through Dugu Yan’s poison and launched a coordinated attack against the Royal Fight Team. Xiao Wu knocked Dugu Yan out of the arena, while Xiao Tian defeated the two Black Tortoise Turtle Soul Masters and confronted Ye Lingling.

• Xiao Tian directed Ma Hongjun to burn through Dugu Yan’s poison while his Sword Qi scattered the poison mist and strengthened the flames.
• Dai Mubai and Tang San attacked the Royal Fight Team’s back row, but the Black Tortoise Turtle Soul Masters blocked their assaults and cut through Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass.
• Dugu Yan withdrew her poison and the teams engaged in direct matchups, with Xiao Wu facing Dugu Yan and Xiao Tian targeting the two turtle Soul Masters.
• Xiao Tian kept Dugu Yan’s poison away from Xiao Wu, allowing Xiao Wu to use Instant Transmission, Charm, and Waist Bow to send Dugu Yan off the arena.
• Xiao Tian struck Shi Mo Shi Mo and sent them flying in opposite directions, then asked Ye Lingling whether she would leave the arena herself.

Xiao Tian led Shrek Team to victory over Royal Fight Team, but Yu Xiaogang revealed Xiao Tian’s real name and urged Yu Tianheng, his nephew, to concede. After the match, Xiao Tian, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing announced that they were leaving Shrek, leaving Flender demanding an explanation.

• Xiao Tian knocked Ye Lingling off the platform safely, then unleashed a storm of sword shadows at Yu Tianheng, Yu Feng, and Osler.
• Yu Xiaogang called out Xiao Tian’s real name and urged his nephew Yu Tianheng to concede, prompting Royal Fight Team to forfeit.
• Xiao Tian withdrew the sword shadows before they hit the opposing team, and Manager Ao declared Shrek Team the winner.
• Xiao Tian asked Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing whether they were ready to leave Shrek, and all three agreed.
• Xiao Tian and the three girls announced their departure to Yu Xiaogang and Flender as Qin Ming and Royal Fight Team watched in shock.
• Flender demanded to know why Xiao Tian and the girls were leaving.

Xiao Tian decided to leave Shrek with Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing, but Qin Ming and Yu Tianheng opposed their joining Heaven Dou Royal Academy. As Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Ma Hongjun moved to attack, Xiao Tian’s Fifteen sent Dai Mubai flying, and a battle was about to begin.

• Xiao Tian accused Flender and the Shrek teachers of failing to protect him and said he had used less than thirty percent of his strength against Yu Tianheng and the others.
• Xiao Tian announced that he and the three girls were leaving Shrek for Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Qin Ming refused to recommend them after choosing Flender’s side.
• Ning Rongrong revealed she was Ning Fengzhi’s daughter and said her father could arrange their enrollment, while Yu Tianheng opposed Xiao Tian joining.
• Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai, who attacked her, and Xiao Tian’s Fifteen easily sent him flying.
• Tang San and Ma Hongjun joined the attack on Xiao Tian as a battle was about to break out.

Xiao Tian left Shrek with Chen Xin, Dugu Yan, and the others after Chen Xin stopped Flender and Zhao Wuji from confronting him. They reached Heaven Dou City, where Xiao Tian prepared to enroll at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and warned Dugu Yan about her poison.

• Flender and Zhao Wuji confronted Xiao Tian, but Chen Xin arrived and drove Flender back with the Seven Kill Sword.
• Chen Xin ended the dispute, dismissed Qin Ming from his teaching role, and led Xiao Tian and the others away from Suotuo City.
• Xiao Tian received the Zhe Word Secret, a healing art that could restore even severe injuries.
• Snake Lance Douluo left Suotuo City to report information about Xiao Tian to Qian Renxue in Heaven Dou City.
• Several days later, Chen Xin brought Xiao Tian and the others to Heaven Dou City and planned to take them to meet the Three Great Education Committee the next day.
• Xiao Tian warned Dugu Yan that she was deeply poisoned and urged her to ask her grandfather, Dugu Bo, about it.

Qian Renxue learned of Xiao Tian’s extraordinary talent and ordered Snake Lance and Pufferfish to keep news of him from reaching Spirit Hall so she could recruit him herself. The next morning, Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong accompanied Ning Rongrong and Xiao Tian to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where they encountered Xue Beng.

• Dugu Yan reacted to Xiao Tian’s private warning that she was deeply poisoned and planned to ask her grandfather about it after returning to the academy.
• Snake Lance told Qian Renxue that twelve-year-old Xiao Tian had four thousand-year Spirit Rings, exceptional Sword Dao talent, and had refused the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s recruitment.
• Qian Renxue ordered Snake Lance and Pufferfish to suppress news about Xiao Tian until the Soul Master Competition and to watch for Xue Beng interfering with her plans.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong reunited with Ning Rongrong and thanked Xiao Tian for looking after her, then escorted them to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Xiao Wu admired the academy’s impressive grounds, and Xue Beng approached Ning Fengzhi and the others to ask why they had come.

Xiao Tian struck Xue Beng after the prince harassed Zhu Zhuqing, and Crown Prince Xue Qinghe arrived to make him leave and apologize. Meanwhile, Dugu Yan confronted Dugu Bo, who admitted that their Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Martial Soul caused their deadly poison and her parents’ early deaths.

• Xue Beng propositioned Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Tian struck him with Sword Fifteen, warning him to watch his mouth.
• Xue Qinghe arrived, ordered Xue Beng to leave, and apologized to Zhu Zhuqing on his behalf.
• Xue Qinghe spoke with Ning Fengzhi and Xiao Tian, then left to deal with Xue Beng.
• Ning Fengzhi and the others arrived at the reception room, where the three education committee members were waiting.
• Dugu Yan asked Dugu Bo whether she was poisoned, and he admitted that their Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Martial Soul afflicted them with deadly poison.