Chapter Summaries

Dugu Bo revealed that his poison had caused the deaths of Dugu Yan’s parents and could threaten them both, then learned Xiao Tian had recognized Dugu Yan’s condition. He warned Dugu Yan that Yu Tianheng had likely approached her to gain Dugu Bo’s support, leaving her disillusioned with him.

• Dugu Bo confessed that his martial soul’s poison had passed to his family and caused Dugu Yan’s parents to die, while reassuring her that he could suppress it for now.
• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo about Xiao Tian recognizing her poisoning, and Dugu Bo decided to investigate whether Xiao Tian could help them.
• Dugu Bo warned Dugu Yan to keep her distance from Yu Tianheng and explained that Yu Tianheng might be using her to secure support in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s succession struggle.
• Dugu Yan realized Yu Tianheng may have sought her out to gain Dugu Bo’s backing and felt her favorable impression of him collapse.

Xiao Tian and his companions were accepted into Heaven Dou Royal Academy after the Three Great Education Committee members assessed their abilities. Zhi Lin tested Xiao Tian with escalating Soul Power Pressure, and Xiao Tian endured it until pressure at rank 72 forced him to reveal his External Soul Bone.

• Ning Fengzhi brought Xiao Tian, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing to meet the Three Great Education Committee, who agreed to assess them for enrollment.
• Xiao Tian displayed Sword Fifteen and four purple Spirit Rings, impressing the committee enough to earn admission and first-team treatment.
• Zhi Lin offered to test Xiao Tian’s endurance with Soul Power Pressure, and Xiao Tian asked him to begin at rank 60.
• Xiao Tian withstood the pressure through rank 65 before summoning Sword Fifteen and forming a Sword Shield, then endured up to rank 70 as he circulated the Xuanyuan Sword Scripture.
• At rank 72, Xiao Tian revealed his Ethereal Sword Wings External Soul Bone, prompting Zhi Lin and the committee to praise him and anticipate success in the Soul Master Competition.
• Chen Xin taunted Gu Rong over Xiao Tian’s performance, while Chen Xin wondered why Ning Rongrong had not told him about Xiao Tian’s External Soul Bone.

Xiao Tian revealed another External Soul Bone and became the Heaven Dou Royal Team One captain before meeting Dugu Bo, whom he had summoned to discuss his poison. The chapter ended with Xiao Tian offering to save Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, while Dugu Bo questioned why he should believe him.

• Ning Fengzhi and the Education Committee members praised Xiao Tian’s strength, and Meng Shenji made him the team’s new captain.
• Dugu Bo arrived to find Xiao Tian, and Xiao Tian confirmed he had asked Dugu Yan to bring him.
• Xiao Tian left with Dugu Bo after Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin warned Dugu Bo not to harm him.
• Xiao Tian explained that Dugu Yan’s Bi Lin Snake Venom could kill her as her strength grew or her martial soul evolved.
• Xiao Tian offered to cure Dugu Bo, who demanded to know why he should believe a twelve-year-old.

Xiao Tian treated Dugu Bo’s poison with massage and acupuncture, easing his pain and helping him break through to Rank ninety-two Soul Power. Dugu Bo remained in danger because the Bi Lin Snake Emperor Poison could grow harder to control as his strength increased.

• Dugu Bo tested Xiao Tian’s speed, but Xiao Tian appeared beside him and convinced him to try the treatment.
• Dugu Yan waited with Dugu Bo and promised to do anything if Xiao Tian could detoxify her grandfather.
• Xiao Tian massaged Dugu Bo and used silver needles to draw corrosive purple toxins from his body.
• Dugu Bo endured the treatment as the needles corroded, then broke through to Rank ninety-two Soul Power.
• Xiao Tian warned Dugu Bo that easing the poison was not enough and that he still had to bring the Bi Lin Snake Emperor Poison under control.

Xiao Tian promised to help Dugu Bo cure his poison and arranged to visit the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well the next day. After telling Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong he might be away for a while, he left them to train at the academy.

• Dugu Yan offered to listen to Xiao Tian if he saved Dugu Bo, while Dugu Bo agreed to take Xiao Tian to his herb-filled grounds the next day.
• Dugu Bo suspected Xiao Tian was helping because he fancied Dugu Yan, but Xiao Tian denied it and said he wanted to befriend Dugu Bo.
• Xiao Tian hinted that he might be strong enough to defeat Dugu Bo, then considered whether Dugu Bo's poison core could be the key to curing him.
• Xiao Tian inspected his luxurious dormitory and went to the cafeteria to tell Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing he would visit the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Dugu Bo.
• Xiao Wu asked to accompany Xiao Tian, and Ning Rongrong offered to ask Sword Grandpa to go with him, but Xiao Tian reassured them and urged them to train at the academy.

Xiao Tian reassured Xiao Wu before leaving with Dugu Bo for Sunset Forest, and advised Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing about their future soul skills. On the road, Xiao Tian challenged Dugu Bo over his ties to Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng, leaving their disagreement unresolved.

• Xiao Tian secretly told Xiao Wu that Da Ming and Er Ming could now use their full strength through the improved Soul Spirit Contract, easing her worry about his departure.
• Xiao Tian suggested Ning Rongrong pursue a Soul Power amplification for her Third Soul Ring and advised Zhu Zhuqing to seek an invisibility skill.
• Dugu Bo waited for Xiao Tian early in the morning, admitted he had slept peacefully, and promised to help if Xiao Tian could cure him and Yan Yan.
• Xiao Tian and Dugu Bo left Heaven Dou City for Sunset Forest, where Dugu Bo revealed that Prince Xue Xing had asked him to teach Xiao Tian a lesson.
• Dugu Bo explained that he supported Prince Xue Xing because the prince had once saved him, while Xiao Tian criticized Dugu Bo for aiding Xue Beng and the corrupt Heaven Dou Royal Family.

Xiao Tian left Heaven Dou City with Dugu Bo and reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest. He explained the value of the treasure land and its herbs to Dugu Bo, who let him use them freely.

• Dugu Bo explained that he had helped Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing to repay them for saving his life, and Xiao Tian said strength gave people the right to speak.
• Qian Renxue learned that Xiao Tian had left Heaven Dou City with Dugu Bo, while Xiao Wu gave Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing Whale Tendon for their cultivation.
• Dugu Bo led Xiao Tian through a poison formation and gave him an Antidote Pill, which Xiao Tian swallowed without hesitation.
• Xiao Tian recognized the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and explained the medicinal herbs and their levels of rarity to Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo admitted he had not realized how precious the herbs were and told Xiao Tian he could use them as he pleased.

Xiao Tian guided Dugu Bo in refining a pill from Immortal Herbs to strengthen his resistance to poison, then gathered more herbs and began absorbing the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew. In Xiao Tian’s Mental Space, Ah Yin sensed an unusual aura aiding her recovery, and Da Ming wondered whether she should leave.

• Xiao Tian selected the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, the Infernal Delicate Apricot, and auxiliary herbs for a pill that could improve Dugu Bo’s resistance to poison.
• Xiao Tian used Qi Swords to bring the two Ultimate-attribute Immortal Herbs together, then instructed Dugu Bo through the pill refinement.
• Dugu Bo successfully refined the pill, and Xiao Tian gave him a Soul Tool that restored Soul Power.
• Dugu Bo allowed Xiao Tian to take Immortal Herbs for his companions and promised to accept one for himself and Dugu Yan.
• Xiao Tian gathered useful Immortal Herbs and began absorbing the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew while Dugu Bo took the pill.
• In Xiao Tian’s Mental Space, Ah Yin sensed an aura improving her recovery, and Da Ming asked whether the environment helped her cultivation.

Xiao Tian promised Dugu Bo a cultivation art to help him control his poison, then spent three days devising the Poison Spirit Purifying World Art. After completing it, he stumbled from exhaustion, and Dugu Bo caught him.

• Ah Yin told Da Ming that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well could speed her recovery, and Da Ming advised her to wait until Xiao Tian finished cultivating because Dugu Bo might see her.
• Xiao Tian absorbed the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, raising his Mental Power to the Soul Douluo realm, and learned that Dugu Bo’s condition had improved after taking the pill.
• Xiao Tian showed Dugu Bo the Ten Thousand Poisons Return to Origin Flower and explained that he needed to control his source poison before absorbing it.
• Xiao Tian began deducing a cultivation art for poison-attribute Soul Masters while Ah Yin, Da Ming, and Er Ming quietly protected him.
• After three days, Xiao Tian completed the Poison Spirit Purifying World Art, then stumbled from dizziness and was caught by Dugu Bo.

Xiao Tian gave Dugu Bo the Poison Spirit Purifying World Art, which helped him control his poison and advance his cultivation. After Dugu Bo tested the art, Ah Yin asked to cultivate at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Xiao Tian agreed to bring her there once Dugu Bo had begun practicing.

• Xiao Tian explained that his dizziness came from the mental strain of deriving a cultivation art and gave Dugu Bo the Poison Spirit Purifying World Art.
• Xiao Tian agreed that Ah Yin could cultivate at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after Dugu Bo had started practicing, but said they could stay only one or two months.
• Dugu Bo practiced the art for two hours, controlled some of the toxins in his body, and advanced to rank ninety-three.
• Dugu Bo discovered that the art included the powerful Myriad Poisons Transformation technique and thanked Xiao Tian for relieving the poison that had troubled him for years.

Xiao Tian revealed his soul spirits and Soul King strength to Dugu Bo, proving he could defeat him and entrusting him with a secret. He chose to stay at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for several more months to help Ah Yin grow and prepare gifts for his companions.

• Xiao Tian offered Dugu Bo a poison cultivation technique and warned that its exposure could endanger Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.
• Xiao Tian summoned Ah Yin, Da Ming, and Er Ming, and introduced them as his soul spirits to Dugu Bo.
• Xiao Tian explained the Soul Spirit Contract and revealed his five Spirit Rings, showing that he was a Soul King.
• Xiao Tian told Dugu Bo he planned to stay for several months so Ah Yin could grow at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and he could prepare things for his companions.
• Xiao Tian gave Ah Yin, Da Ming, and Er Ming three Immortal Herbs suited to them to help increase their cultivation.

Xiao Tian gained Ah Yin's favor and received the Nine Swords of Dugu, while Flender's group arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy and reunited with Liu Erlong. After hearing a distorted account of Xiao Tian's departure from Shrek, Liu Erlong decided to confront him, and Flender warned that Xiao Tian had powerful backing.

• Xiao Tian gave Immortal Herbs to Ah Yin and the other two, and the system rewarded him with the Nine Swords of Dugu.
• Flender led Yu Xiaogang and the Shrek teachers and students to Blue Tyrant Academy to seek refuge with Liu Erlong.
• Liu Erlong welcomed Yu Xiaogang and agreed to rename her academy Shrek Academy, with Flender as dean and herself as vice dean.
• Dai Mubai and Yu Xiaogang blamed Xiao Tian for taking Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong, while Shao Xin silently recognized that they were omitting the reasons.
• Liu Erlong angrily demanded to know where Xiao Tian was and grabbed Flender by the collar when he warned that someone powerful backed him.

Liu Erlong learned that Xiao Tian was protected by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and turned her anger on Tang San and the others for failing to protect the women they loved. Later, Flender revealed that Yu Xiaogang had become a eunuch, leaving Liu Erlong devastated and furious.

• Flender explained that Xiao Tian was close to Sword Douluo Chen Xin and that Ning Rongrong was one of the girls Xiao Tian had taken away.
• Liu Erlong scolded Tang San, Dai Mubai, and the others, while Flender urged them to train for the Soul Master Competition and win back the women they had lost.
• Flender told Liu Erlong that Shrek's new students had strong talent, giving her hope that Blue Tyrant Academy could compete in the Soul Master Elite Competition.
• During a nighttime walk, Liu Erlong asked Yu Xiaogang about his changed voice and orchid-finger gesture, and Flender revealed that Yu Xiaogang had become a eunuch.
• Liu Erlong seized Flender and demanded to know who had done it, then calmed down after he explained what had happened and cried.

Two months after arriving at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Xiao Tian prepared to return with Dugu Bo and Ah Yin so Xiao Wu and the others could use the Immortal Herbs. Dugu Bo had reached level 96, Ah Yin had recovered to twenty thousand years of cultivation, and Da Ming said Xiao Tian had promised to seek a way to ease the conflict between soul masters and soul beasts.

• Liu Erlong grieved that her reunion with Yu Xiaogang meant they would become sisters rather than spouses, while Flender encouraged her to seek a cure for him.
• Ning Rongrong told Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing that Flender’s group had arrived in Heaven Dou City and warned them they might encounter the Shrek group at Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing focused on cultivation and their future soul rings, while Xiao Wu felt uneasy about her friends hunting soul beasts.
• After two months at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Xiao Tian said it was time to return so Xiao Wu and the others could take their Immortal Herbs.
• Dugu Bo revealed that he had reached level 96 and Ah Yin had recovered to twenty thousand years of cultivation, then discussed finding Dugu Yan a Fourth Soul Ring.
• Da Ming acknowledged that soul masters hunted soul beasts to grow stronger and said Xiao Tian had promised to seek a way to improve their conflict once he became a great powerhouse.

Xiao Tian advised Dugu Bo to guide Dugu Yan toward close-combat fighting and gave him an Eight Spider Lances soul bone for her Fourth Soul Ring. After returning to Heaven Dou City, Xiao Tian reunited with Xiao Wu and the others while Dugu Bo went to find his granddaughter.

• Xiao Tian told Dugu Bo that Dugu Yan should use her venom in assault or agility assault combat rather than relying only on poison-based control.
• Xiao Tian recommended a Man Faced Demon Spider for Dugu Yan's Fourth Soul Ring and gave Dugu Bo the Eight Spider Lances soul bone, warning that Tang Hao might recognize it.
• Dugu Bo accepted the soul bone and planned to find Dugu Yan at Heaven Dou Royal Academy before she obtained her Fourth Soul Ring.
• Xiao Tian and his group returned to Heaven Dou City, where he gathered Xiao Wu and the others at the cultivation room.
• Xiao Wu rushed to Xiao Tian and greeted him after he had been away for two months.

Xiao Tian gave Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing Immortal Herbs and encouraged them to absorb them. Ning Rongrong’s martial soul evolved into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing were still absorbing their herbs.

• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing told Xiao Tian about their cultivation progress and Zhu Zhuqing described her Netherworld Hidden Slash skill.
• Xiao Tian gave the three girls Lovesick Heartbreak Red, Dark Night Soul-Chasing Grass, and Aromatic Silk Beauty, and Ning Rongrong realized the herbs might affect martial souls.
• Xiao Wu gained Lovesick Heartbreak Red’s recognition, and Xiao Tian persuaded her to absorb it despite her concern about wasting its medicinal effects.
• Ning Rongrong finished absorbing her herb, rose from rank thirty-two to rank thirty-eight, and discovered her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda had evolved into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Rongrong kissed Xiao Tian in excitement and explained that the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda meant a great deal to her sect.

Zhu Zhuqing reached level forty after absorbing the immortal herb and gained the Dark Night Soul-Chasing ability, whose hidden effects Xiao Tian believed could transform a clone-based Fourth Soul Ring. Zhu Zhuqing agreed to take the risk, and Xiao Wu then revealed that she had also reached level forty.

• Zhu Zhuqing gained seven Soul Power levels, reached level forty, and discovered that Dark Night Soul-Chasing enhanced her abilities in darkness and helped her sense nearby enemies.
• After Zhu Zhuqing said her instinct favored clone abilities for her Fourth Soul Ring, Xiao Tian realized the herb might strengthen her clones and let her switch between them.
• Xiao Tian proposed that Zhu Zhuqing seek a clone-type Fourth Soul Ring in Sunset Forest, and she agreed to gamble on his theory.
• Xiao Wu finished absorbing her immortal herb and told Xiao Tian she had reached level forty, with the possibility of gaining even more Soul Power after obtaining her Fourth Soul Ring.

Xiao Tian gave Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing pills and two cultivation techniques, revealing that he had reached rank fifty-six. Dugu Bo returned to Dugu Yan with gifts from Xiao Tian and learned that the academy had named Xiao Tian captain of its first team.

• Xiao Tian gave Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing pills refined from two Immortal Herbs and explained their benefits.
• Xiao Tian revealed his five spirit rings and rank fifty-six Soul King status, then gave the three girls the Spirit Heart Illusion Art and Star Body Tempering Art.
• Xiao Tian received a Critical Reward containing a Spirit Origin Gem, Soul Tool forging experience, and the Divine Sword Control Thunder True Art.
• Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan that Xiao Tian had cured his poison and gave her a pill, a technique manual, an Immortal Herb, and the Eight Spider Lances External Soul Bone.
• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that the Three Great Education Committee had appointed Xiao Tian captain of the first team and planned to reselect its official members after half a year.

Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that Yu Tianheng had been expelled from the academy after targeting Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, while Xiao Tian learned that Flender’s group had taken over Blue Tyrant Academy and renamed it Shrek Academy. As Ning Rongrong returned to her sect to discuss sharing treasured techniques with Xiao Tian, Xiao Wu confided her worries about her mother and Bibi Dong, and Xiao Tian promised to protect her and help reunite them.

• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that Xiao Wu had beaten Yu Tianheng and that she had persuaded the Three Great Education Committee to expel him; Yu Tianheng had gone to find his uncle.
• Dugu Yan explained that Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and the Shrek group had taken over Blue Tyrant Academy, renamed it Shrek Academy, and made Flender its dean and Liu Erlong its vice dean.
• Xiao Tian learned about Yu Tianheng’s expulsion and the academy’s change, then said he would have Old Monster take the group to obtain Spirit Rings after they rested.
• Ning Rongrong told Xiao Tian that Shao Xin had joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy as a Food System teacher, then returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to discuss sharing her secret techniques with Xiao Tian.
• Xiao Wu visited Xiao Tian at night and told him she wanted to see her mother, wondering whether Bibi Dong would let her and why Bibi Dong had seemed evil.
• Xiao Tian promised to protect Xiao Wu and help her see her mother, and Xiao Wu handed him a comb and asked him to comb her hair.

Xiao Tian and Xiao Wu grew closer after he comforted her fears about his future confrontation with Bibi Dong. They spent the night together, and the next morning Xiao Wu playfully continued what she believed would beautify her skin and preserve her youth.

• Xiao Tian reassured Xiao Wu that he was strong enough to face Bibi Dong and combed out her braid.
• Xiao Tian and Xiao Wu kissed, went to his room, and spent the night together.
• Xiao Tian woke first and pretended to sleep while Xiao Wu watched him.
• Xiao Wu tried to ease Xiao Tian's discomfort, and he opened his eyes and asked what she was doing.
• Xiao Wu said she believed him when he claimed it would beautify her skin and preserve her youth.