Chapter Summaries

After Liu Bai ended the confrontation with Shrek, Ma Hongjun was left badly injured, and Ye Lingling refused to heal him. Liu Bai and the others left, and half a month later he was training with Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling.

• Qin Ming thanked Liu Bai for holding back, then Flender rushed to find the unconscious Ma Hongjun.
• Oscar could not feed Ma Hongjun a Recovery Sausage, and Ye Lingling refused Qin Ming's request to heal him.
• Liu Bai led Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling away while Flender reflected on Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Tang San remembered Liu Bai's name.
• Dugu Yan told Liu Bai she had wanted to poison the Shrek students, and Liu Bai said he no longer considered Tang San and the others a threat.
• Half a month later, Liu Bai sparred with Dugu Yan while Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling supported her; he praised their coordination and Dugu Yan's progress.

Qin Ming brought Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and the Shrek students to meet Liu Bai and proposed that they join Liu Bai’s understaffed second team. Liu Bai rejected most of them, leaving Qin Ming pleading for the group to be given a chance.

• Qin Ming arrived at the training ground with Flender, Zhao Wuji, Yu Xiaogang, and the Shrek students.
• Qin Ming introduced the visitors to Liu Bai, who reacted with barely concealed amusement when he met Yu Xiaogang.
• Qin Ming proposed that the Shrek students join Liu Bai’s second team and train together.
• Liu Bai said he thought little of the group apart from Zhu Zhuqing and Oscar, angering Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun and darkening Tang San’s gaze.
• Qin Ming asked Liu Bai to give the Shrek students a chance.

Liu Bai allowed Qin Ming to assign the Shrek students to the Second Team, but warned that they would be removed if they failed to meet his standards. Yu Xiaogang tried to take charge and boast about his theories, and the chapter ended with Tang San defending him.

• Liu Bai agreed to let the Shrek students temporarily join the Second Team, while warning Qin Ming he would remove them if they failed in training or combat.
• Yu Xiaogang proposed introductions and training plans, declaring that the team should aim for the championship.
• Dugu Yan challenged Yu Xiaogang for acting like he was in charge and reminded him that the Second Team had already been aiming for the championship.
• Yu Xiaogang boasted that his theoretical knowledge was the strongest on the continent, but Dugu Yan pressed him to reveal his Soul Power Level of twenty-nine.
• Tang San stepped forward and argued that a teacher's ability should not be judged only by personal strength.

Tang San challenged the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team to prove Yu Xiaogang’s teaching, but Liu Bai arranged for Dugu Yan to spar with him. The chapter left Tang San facing Dugu Yan’s overwhelming Soul Power advantage as he tried to convince himself he could still win.

• Tang San offered to spar with a Second Team member, and Liu Bai accepted the challenge.
• Tang San requested an equal Soul Power level, but Liu Bai chose Dugu Yan to fight him instead.
• Liu Bai set rules forbidding weapons while allowing Self-Created Soul Skills, and Tang San agreed to fight without suppressing their Soul Power.
• Tang San introduced himself as a thirteen-year-old Level 33 Soul Elder with Blue Silver Grass, while Dugu Yan revealed she was a twenty-year-old Level 56 Soul King.
• Tang San was shaken by the twenty-three-level gap but resolved to rely on his Tang Sect skills and techniques to win.

Dugu Yan revealed that Liu Bai was only thirteen, stunning Shrek and forcing Tang San to face her himself. Tang San’s attacks failed to restrain Dugu Yan, and the chapter ended as she countered his Spider Web Restraint with a jade-green palm of Soul Power.

• Dugu Yan taunted Tang San and revealed Liu Bai’s age, shocking Shrek with the strength he had displayed at thirteen.
• Tang San refused to switch opponents and launched Blue Silver Entanglement at Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan destroyed the vines with her Soul Power and rushed Tang San with Drifting Flocculent Breeze.
• Tang San used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to evade her palm and then unleashed Spider Web Restraint.
• Dugu Yan advanced into the attack and formed a massive jade-green hand of Soul Power to counter it.

Dugu Yan defeated Tang San by overwhelming his Blue Silver Grass with her Nether Poison Palm and incapacitating him with mixed poison. Tang San recovered with her antidote, but Yu Xiaogang attributed his loss to the gap in their Soul Power levels.

• Dugu Yan destroyed Tang San's web with her Nether Poison Palm and detonated the attack into poisonous mist that overwhelmed him.
• Dugu Yan drew the mist back into her palm and told Tang San she had overestimated him.
• Oscar, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun rushed to Tang San, and Dugu Yan gave them an antidote that helped him recover.
• Tang San resented losing to poison but recognized that Dugu Yan's footwork and palm techniques surpassed the Tang Sect's secret arts.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that the Soul Power gap had decided the match, and Tang San accepted his explanation.

After Dugu Yan defeated Tang San, Liu Bai set rules separating the Second Team’s training from Shrek’s and decided to teach Ning Rongrong the Azure Wood Spirit Technique. He warned her to keep it secret, and she prepared to begin learning.

• Dugu Yan told Yu Xiaogang to stop interfering with training after Tang San’s defeat, and Yu Xiaogang accepted the result in silence.
• Liu Bai assigned the former Shrek members to train under Yu Xiaogang and Flender while his group continued separately.
• Liu Bai told Ning Rongrong he would teach her the Azure Wood Spirit Technique, the same cultivation method Ye Lingling used.
• Ning Rongrong promised to keep the technique secret, while Dugu Yan teased her about trying to steal Liu Bai.
• Liu Bai told Ning Rongrong to come closer and close her eyes.

Liu Bai taught Ning Rongrong the Azure Wood Spirit Technique and gave her the Immortal Herb Aromatic Silk Beauty, which raised her to level thirty-eight. Watching from afar, Tang San grew convinced Liu Bai and his companions had gained their strength through secret techniques and Immortal Herbs, and began plotting how to obtain them.

• Liu Bai transmitted the Azure Wood Spirit Technique to Ning Rongrong, who cultivated it and found her Soul Power much more effective.
• Liu Bai gave Ning Rongrong Aromatic Silk Beauty, and she absorbed the Immortal Herb while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling watched.
• Tang San observed Liu Bai teaching Ning Rongrong and giving her the Immortal Herb, then concluded Liu Bai's group had used such treasures and secret techniques to grow stronger.
• Tang San decided he needed to make Liu Bai hand over an Immortal Herb, since he could not take one by force.
• Ning Rongrong finished absorbing Aromatic Silk Beauty and announced that she had gained seven Soul Power levels and reached level thirty-eight.

Liu Bai revealed that his Immortal Herb had transformed Ning Rongrong’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. Ning Rongrong’s joyful kiss prompted Dugu Yan to tease her about liking Liu Bai.

• Ning Rongrong thanked Liu Bai for the Immortal Herb after learning how much it had increased her cultivation.
• Liu Bai told Ning Rongrong to summon her Martial Soul, and she discovered it had become the nine-level Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Rongrong threw herself into Liu Bai’s arms and kissed his cheek in excitement, then blushed and apologized.
• Dugu Yan pulled Ning Rongrong into her arms and teased her about kissing Liu Bai and possibly liking him.
• Liu Bai smiled and raised a hand to stop Dugu Yan’s teasing.

Ning Rongrong prepared to use Liu Bai’s pill to break through to Level 40, while Tang San realized Liu Bai’s group had gained the advantage through Immortal Herbs. After Liu Bai, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Ning Rongrong left for Sunset Forest to obtain Ning Rongrong’s fourth Soul Ring, Tang San told Yu Xiaogang what he had discovered.

• Liu Bai told Ning Rongrong to take the pill he had given her so she could break through to Level 40 and seek her fourth Soul Ring.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun mocked Liu Bai’s group for seeming idle, but Tang San silently recognized that Immortal Herbs had transformed their prospects.
• The next morning, Liu Bai left Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Ning Rongrong for Sunset Forest.
• Tang San visited Yu Xiaogang and said he had seen Liu Bai give Ning Rongrong an Aromatic Silk Beauty, which he identified as an Immortal Herb.
• Tang San also told Yu Xiaogang that Dugu Yan’s movement and palm techniques resembled a complete cultivation and martial arts system rather than Soul Skills.

Yu Xiaogang learned about the techniques and Immortal Herbs that had strengthened Liu Bai’s group and planned to pressure Liu Bai into sharing them. After the group left Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Liu Bai traveled with Medusa to Stone Desert City, where he stopped to buy her shoes.

• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that Liu Bai’s group had used techniques, Immortal Herbs, and martial skills, and Yu Xiaogang decided to keep the information secret.
• Yu Xiaogang planned to use righteousness to pressure Liu Bai into handing over his techniques or Immortal Herbs.
• Liu Bai’s group did not return to the training grounds after leaving to obtain their Soul Rings, and later Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling left the academy while Liu Bai went to the Battle Through the Heavens world.
• Liu Bai flew with Queen Medusa to Stone Desert City, where passersby stared at her as they entered the city.
• Liu Bai noticed Medusa walking barefoot on the rocky ground and led her into a shop to buy her shoes.

Liu Bai returned to the courtyard with Medusa after buying her a pair of high heels. Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin joyfully welcomed him home, and he discovered how much they had grown during his six-month absence before they noticed Medusa standing behind him.

• Liu Bai helped Medusa put on red high heels, and she approved of them despite her reserved manner.
• Liu Bai and Medusa left the shop and returned to the courtyard where he had been staying.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin rushed out to greet Liu Bai and embraced him.
• Liu Bai learned that Xiao Yi Xian had reached Dou Master and Qing Lin had become a One-Star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin noticed Medusa standing behind Liu Bai.

Liu Bai introduced Queen Medusa to Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, and Medusa recognized Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils as the Snake-Person Tribe’s Sacred Eyes. Qing Lin accepted Medusa as her master so she could grow stronger and help Liu Bai, while Medusa ended the chapter with an inscrutable look at him.

• Liu Bai introduced Queen Medusa as his friend and said she would stay with them for a while.
• Medusa recognized Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and explained that the Snake-Person Tribe called them the Sacred Eyes.
• Medusa asked Qing Lin to become her disciple and promised to train her to become exceptionally strong.
• Qing Lin agreed, knelt, and kowtowed to Medusa, saying she also wanted to help Liu Bai.
• Medusa accepted Qing Lin as her disciple, then turned a difficult-to-read gaze toward Liu Bai.

Liu Bai brought Medusa to Hai Bodong’s map shop so she could remove the seal suppressing his Dou Qi. After restoring Hai Bodong to the Dou Emperor realm, Liu Bai collected the other half of the Fragmented Map.

• Liu Bai took Medusa to Hai Bodong’s map shop and explained that she had come to remove his seal.
• Medusa extracted and destroyed the seven-colored energy snake sealing Hai Bodong.
• Hai Bodong regained his Dou Qi and returned to the Dou Emperor realm, then quieted himself when Medusa rebuked him.
• Hai Bodong gave Liu Bai the other half of the Fragmented Map.

Liu Bai led the group into the Magical Beast Mountain Range so Qing Lin could control two fifth-tier snake-type magical beasts. After successfully subduing a Green Flame Snake and a Four-Winged Black Snake King, the group used them as ground and flying mounts and prepared to return.

• Medusa led Liu Bai, Qing Lin, and the others into the Magical Beast Mountain Range to find snake-type magical beasts for Qing Lin.
• Medusa restrained a Green Flame Snake, and Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to make it submit.
• Medusa brought a near-peak fifth-tier Four-Winged Black Snake King to Qing Lin, who controlled it after struggling with the effort.
• Qing Lin weakened from consuming Soul Power, and Liu Bai gave her a medicinal pill to help her recover.
• Liu Bai and the others mounted the Green Flame Snake and Four-Winged Black Snake King, completing their ground and air mounts.

Liu Bai and his companions reached the Jia Ma Empire’s Imperial Capital aboard the Four-Winged Black Snake King. Jia Xingtian and the other leaders discovered that Medusa had become a Dou Zong, and Hai Bodong returned to confront his old rival.

• Liu Bai teased Xiao Yi Xian as she leaned against him, while Qing Lin massaged his shoulders and Medusa watched with irritation.
• Liu Bai spotted the Imperial Capital and led the group toward it on the Four-Winged Black Snake King.
• Jia Xingtian, Yun Yun, Mite'er Tengshan, Fa Ma, and other powerhouses blocked their path through the air.
• Jia Xingtian recognized Liu Bai, who revealed that Medusa had come with him.
• The gathered leaders realized Medusa could fly without Dou Qi Transformation Wings and concluded she had reached the Dou Zong realm.
• Hai Bodong flew forward, attacked Jia Xingtian, and then laughed with his old rival after they exchanged blows.

Liu Bai reunited with Jia Xingtian and the Jia Ma Empire’s leaders, explaining that his year away was spent searching for Heavenly Flames in the Tagor Desert. After Medusa assured them she had no intent to provoke conflict, Liu Bai asked the Alchemist Association for help with a sixth-tier pill formula.

• Liu Bai calmed the tense reception and accompanied Medusa and the others into the Imperial Palace.
• Jia Xingtian asked Liu Bai where he had spent the past year, and Liu Bai said he had searched for Heavenly Flames in the Tagor Desert and met Hai Bodong there.
• Medusa told Jia Xingtian and the others she would not provoke conflict unless they looked for trouble with her, and Jia Xingtian promised the empire would not make enemies without cause.
• Fa Ma praised Liu Bai’s reputation and composure, and Liu Bai presented him with the sixth-tier Po'e Pill formula and requested the Alchemist Association’s help.

Liu Bai exchanged the Po'e Pill formula with Fa Ma for the Soul Fusion Pill formula and revealed that he had obtained the Green Lotus Core Flame. After Yun Yun asked for his help, Liu Bai traveled to the Misty Cloud Sect, where she met him to discuss the matter.

• Liu Bai traded the Po'e Pill formula to Fa Ma for the Soul Fusion Pill formula, then showed the Green Lotus Core Flame to the Alchemist Association.
• Yun Yun asked Liu Bai to visit the Misty Cloud Sect so they could discuss a matter in private, and he agreed.
• Liu Bai learned that Yao Ye was training with the army and Xiao Yue'er was studying alchemy at the Alchemist Association.
• Liu Bai brought Xiao Yi Xian to his palace in the Imperial Palace, then set off for the Misty Cloud Sect to help with Nalan Jie’s poison and obtain the Seven-Illusion Green Spirit Saliva.
• Yun Yun greeted Liu Bai when he arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect.

Liu Bai met with Yun Yun at the Misty Cloud Sect, where she asked him to cure Nalan Yanran’s grandfather, Nalan Jie, of his worsening Brand Poison. Liu Bai agreed in exchange for the Seven-Illusion Green Spirit Saliva, and Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran accepted.

• Yun Yun welcomed Liu Bai and brought him to a quiet courtyard to discuss her request.
• Nalan Yanran arrived, announced that she had reached the ninth stage of Dou Qi, and recognized Liu Bai from their earlier meeting.
• Yun Yun explained that Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison had worsened despite years of medicinal pills and asked Liu Bai to remove it.
• Liu Bai said he could cure Nalan Jie but asked for the Seven-Illusion Green Spirit Saliva as payment.
• Nalan Yanran said the Nalan Clan had the item and agreed to give it to Liu Bai, and Yun Yun confirmed she approved.

Liu Bai examined Nalan Jie and found the Brand Poison deeply entwined with his body, but said his Green Lotus Core Flame could purge it through several painful treatments with a roughly seventy percent chance of success. After Nalan Su and Nalan Yanran agreed to let him proceed, Liu Bai began the first treatment alone.

• Liu Bai, Yun Yun, and Nalan Yanran traveled to the Nalan Mansion to see Nalan Jie.
• Nalan Su welcomed them, and Nalan Yanran explained that Liu Bai could remove her grandfather’s Brand Poison in exchange for the Seven-Illusion Green Spirit Saliva.
• Liu Bai examined Nalan Jie and discovered that the Brand Poison had spread into his bones, organs, and meridians, intertwining with his vitality and Dou Qi.
• Liu Bai explained that treatment with a Heavenly Flame would be painful, require several sessions, and carry a roughly seventy percent chance of success; Nalan Su accepted the risk.
• Liu Bai sent everyone out, positioned Nalan Jie for treatment, and carefully controlled his Green Lotus Core Flame as he prepared to burn away the poison.