Chapter Summaries

Liu Bai used the Green Lotus Core Flame to begin removing Nalan Jie's Brand Poison, completing the first treatment and arranging to continue the next day. After leaving Nalan Mansion, he returned to the Imperial Palace to cultivate.

• Liu Bai carefully burned away more than half of the Brand Poison from one of Nalan Jie's major bones, stopping when their bodies neared their limits.
• Liu Bai told Nalan Jie that six or seven more treatments would be needed and gave Nalan Su a prescription to help restore Nalan Jie's damaged meridians.
• Nalan Su promised that the Nalan Clan would give Liu Bai the Seven-Illusion Green Spirit Saliva after the poison was removed, and Liu Bai left with Yun Yun.
• Yun Yun told Nalan Yanran that Liu Bai was a seventeen-year-old Seven-Star Dou Ling, leaving Nalan Yanran stunned.
• Liu Bai returned to the Imperial Palace and went to his secret chamber to begin cultivating.

Liu Bai fused his Dry Blue Water Flame and Golden Flame into a stable Purple Flame, then began merging it with the Green Lotus Core Flame. The Heavenly Flame resisted fiercely, and the chapter ended with the flames compressing into a spinning sphere that devoured the chamber’s heat.

• Liu Bai used his Martial Soul to bring the Dry Blue Water Flame and Golden Flame together despite their clashing forces.
• Liu Bai successfully fused the two flames into a stable Purple Flame.
• Liu Bai began merging the Purple Flame with the Green Lotus Core Flame, and their energy fields damaged the secret chamber.
• Liu Bai focused his consciousness on the Martial Soul’s origin and forced the flames toward the same frequency.
• Liu Bai compressed the intertwining flames into a spinning sphere that began devouring the surrounding heat.

Liu Bai successfully fused his three flames into a stable deep-violet flame and integrated it with his Martial Soul, gaining confidence that he could use Buddha Fury Fire Lotus. The next morning, he headed to the Nalan Clan to continue treating Nalan Jie while Qing Lin trained under Queen Medusa and Xiao Yi Xian’s cultivation advanced rapidly.

• Liu Bai fused the flames into a deep-violet flame and saw that its power could damage the Imperial Palace.
• Liu Bai merged the flame with his Martial Soul, completing his flame-fusion technique and believing he could now use Buddha Fury Fire Lotus.
• Liu Bai left the damaged secret chamber, cultivated through the night, and went to the Nalan Clan to continue purging Nalan Jie's poison.
• Queen Medusa instructed Qing Lin in the Snake-Person Tribe's cultivation methods, and Qing Lin began to show signs of progress.
• Xiao Yi Xian continued gaining Dou Qi rapidly, advancing a star every three days.

After completing Nalan Su’s detoxification, Liu Bai received the Seven-Illusion Green Spirit Saliva and used it to strengthen his soul. He experienced its seven emotions without losing control, and his Soul Power surged as if a shackle had been released.

• Liu Bai worried that Xiao Yi Xian’s growing strength would make her Woe Poison Body erupt sooner, and he resolved to seek materials for the Poison Core Method and information about the Nether Poison Flame.
• Liu Bai completed Nalan Su’s detoxification, and Nalan Su gave him the Seven-Illusion Green Spirit Saliva ahead of schedule.
• Liu Bai returned to the Imperial Palace and refined the herb with his Heavenly Flames.
• Liu Bai absorbed the Seven-Illusion Green Spirit Saliva and experienced its seven emotions without losing control.
• Liu Bai’s Soul Power surged after the final emotion faded.

Liu Bai’s Soul Power surged to the high stage of the Mortal Realm, drawing the attention of powerful figures across Gama Holy City. The next day, he announced that he would publicly refine pills, and commissions quickly began arriving at the Imperial Palace.

• Liu Bai released a vast wave of Soul Power that swept through the Imperial Palace and Gama Holy City.
• Jia Xingtian, Yun Yun, Fama, Medusa, and Qing Lin sensed Liu Bai’s Soul Power, and Medusa confirmed to Qing Lin that his soul had advanced.
• Liu Bai assessed his strengthened Soul Power and planned to cure Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison, obtain the Soul Fusion Pill formula, and later make plans for Han Feng.
• News spread that Liu Bai would publicly refine pills, prompting nobles, sect stewards, and others to send commissions to the Imperial Palace.

Liu Bai completed a month of pill refining in the Douluo world and removed Nalan Jie's Brand Poison before returning to Dugu Manor. He reunited with Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Ning Rongrong, then went with them to see how the academy was doing.

• Liu Bai refused special treatment for pill-refining requests and accepted ingredients plus payment in money, Magic Cores, Dou Techniques, cultivation methods, or secret arts.
• Liu Bai refined pills steadily for a month, improving his alchemy and mastering his Purple Flame while removing Nalan Jie's Brand Poison.
• Liu Bai returned to Dugu Manor, where Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Ning Rongrong had been training with Battle Through the Heavens cultivation methods.
• Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Ning Rongrong realized they had been away from Heaven Dou Royal Academy for a long time, so Liu Bai proposed visiting it.
• The group found the Shrek students running laps in iron uniforms while a hoarse voice urged them to train for survival in battle.

Liu Bai and his companions visited the training grounds, where Yu Xiaogang tried to get Liu Bai to share his cultivation method. Liu Bai refused and pointed out that Tang San had a method of his own, leaving Yu Xiaogang to wonder why Tang San had never shared it with him.

• Liu Bai, Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling watched the Shrek Seven Devils train before Yu Xiaogang approached them.
• Liu Bai told Yu Xiaogang that he and his companions had been cultivating on their own because the academy's training was mediocre.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Liu Bai to share his cultivation method, but Liu Bai refused, saying it was personal and unsuitable for everyone.
• Liu Bai asked Yu Xiaogang whether Tang San had shared his own cultivation method with him.
• Yu Xiaogang realized Tang San's cultivation differed from the method he had taught him and privately wondered why Tang San had kept his method secret.

Yu Xiaogang arranged a team battle between the Shrek Six Monsters and Liu Bai’s group, while advising the Shrek students to target the opposing support Soul Masters. The fight was about to begin, with Dugu Yan eager to face all six and Liu Bai confident the Shrek team posed no threat to him.

• Yu Xiaogang proposed an exchange match, and Liu Bai agreed to a team battle.
• Ning Rongrong wanted to fight, but Dugu Yan teased her for only knowing a support technique; Ye Lingling also expressed interest in battling.
• Yu Xiaogang chose the Shrek Six Monsters as Liu Bai’s opponents, and both teams prepared for the match.
• Yu Xiaogang told the Shrek team that Liu Bai was too powerful to defeat and identified Dugu Yan as the other major threat.
• Yu Xiaogang instructed the Shrek Six Monsters to focus on defeating Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling first, and Oscar understood the tactic.

Shrek planned to focus its attacks on Dugu Yan and the support fighters while Tang San prepared to hold Liu Bai back. Before the match began, Liu Bai allowed Tang San to use any techniques, including methods beyond his Martial Soul, and the gathered students watched as the teams faced off.

• Yu Xiaogang assigned Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, and Tang San roles in Shrek’s plan to defeat Dugu Yan’s team and contain Liu Bai.
• Tang San told Shrek he would handle Liu Bai, while Liu Bai stood aside and said Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling should treat the match as a test of their strength.
• Dugu Yan challenged all six Shrek members to take her on alone, and Liu Bai warned her not to underestimate them.
• Tang San asked Liu Bai whether he could use abilities beyond his Martial Soul, and Liu Bai gave him permission to use any techniques he had.
• Yu Xiaogang took the role of referee as students gathered to watch the two teams prepare to fight.

Dugu Yan withstood the Shrek Six Monsters’ opening attacks and countered with overwhelming poison-based Soul Skills. Tang San’s team coordinated a hidden assault, but Sacred Stamen Protection blocked Xiao Wu’s surprise Waist Bow, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Dugu Yan blocked the Shrek Six Monsters’ White Tiger Intense Light Wave and Phoenix Fire Line with her Jade Scale Heavenly Steel Shield.
• Dugu Yan fired her Jade Scale Poison Dragon Blast, forcing Tang San to scatter the team and warn them to avoid close combat.
• Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass obscured Dugu Yan’s vision, but she shattered it with Ghost Poison Palm as the others launched concealed ranged attacks.
• Xiao Wu teleported behind Dugu Yan and attempted a Waist Bow, but Sacred Stamen Protection shielded Dugu Yan from the attack.
• Dugu Yan tried to strike Xiao Wu, who teleported safely away before the blow landed.

Dugu Yan faced the Hell White Tiger after Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Their clash filled the training ground with poisonous mist, forcing the Shrek students to take antidotes and fly upward, while Liu Bai raised an invisible barrier.

• Dugu Yan thanked Ye Lingling for protecting her and recognized the threat posed by the opposing support Soul Masters.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing combined their Martial Souls to form the Hell White Tiger.
• Dugu Yan welcomed the challenge and used Drifting Flocculent Breeze to evade the Hell White Tiger's Intense Light Wave.
• Dugu Yan's Ghost Poison Palm collided with the attack and triggered an explosion that spread poisonous mist across the training ground.
• Tang San handed out antidotes, and Oscar helped the Shrek students escape the rising poison with Flight Sausages.
• Liu Bai raised an invisible wall of air at the edge of the training ground.

Tang San burned away Dugu Yan’s poisonous mist, but her poison broke apart Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s Hell White Tiger fusion. After sending the others out of the field, Tang San faced Dugu Yan alone and revealed his Eight Spider Lances.

• Tang San told Ma Hongjun to ignite the field and used hidden weapons to spread flames that burned away Dugu Yan’s poisonous mist.
• Dugu Yan’s poison overwhelmed the Hell White Tiger, breaking the fusion and leaving Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing poisoned and weak.
• Tang San gave Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing Detoxification Pills, then told everyone else to retreat while he fought Dugu Yan alone.
• Dugu Yan let the others leave and watched as Tang San revealed his Eight Spider Lances.

Tang San used hidden weapons, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, and the Eight Spider Lances to keep Dugu Yan at a distance, while her Jade Scale Heavenly Steel Shield blocked his attacks. Tang San prepared to use the Dragon Whisker Needle, and Liu Bai watched warily, believing Dugu Yan still had the advantage.

• Dugu Yan activated her Jade Scale Heavenly Steel Shield to block Tang San's barrage of hidden weapons, then charged at him with a poisonous palm.
• Tang San dodged Dugu Yan with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and used his Eight Spider Lances to retreat while firing more hidden weapons.
• Dugu Yan repeatedly tried to close in, but Tang San's hidden weapons and Blue Silver Grass disrupted her pursuit.
• Tang San realized his ordinary hidden weapons could not break Dugu Yan's shield and decided he needed the Dragon Whisker Needle.
• Liu Bai watched the fight and judged that Dugu Yan had greater strength but less combat experience, while believing Tang San's hidden weapons could still cause trouble.

Liu Bai turned Tang San’s Dragon Whisker Needles back on him during their spar, leaving him badly injured and unable to remove them. Tang San was carried away to recover while Liu Bai refused to help, and Xiao Wu confronted him without finding a defense for Tang San’s use of the needles.

• Liu Bai intercepted Tang San’s concealed weapons and caught three Dragon Whisker Needles before they could hit Dugu Yan.
• Liu Bai infused the needles with his Dou Qi and fired them back, piercing Tang San’s kidneys and gallbladder after knocking aside his Eight Spider Lances.
• Tang San failed to remove the needles, and Yu Xiaogang declared Liu Bai’s side the winner.
• Tang San asked Liu Bai to remove the needles, but Liu Bai denied knowing how and said Tang San might have to dig out the flesh around them.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun helped Tang San away, while Xiao Wu accused Liu Bai of hurting him and Liu Bai pointed out that Tang San had used the needles first.

Liu Bai warned Xiao Wu that her identity was known and let her leave, while Tang San painfully removed the Dragon Whisker Needles embedded in his body. As Xiao Wu fled Heaven Dou City, Liu Bai explained the hidden weapons’ danger to Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Ning Rongrong.

• Liu Bai hinted that Xiao Wu was a transformed Soul Beast and told her he would not stop her from leaving, while Xiao Wu resolved to escape Heaven Dou City.
• Tang San was carried back to the dormitory, sent everyone away, and carved the Dragon Whisker Needles out of his wounds before swearing vengeance on Liu Bai.
• Xiao Wu wrote Tang San a letter, then left without looking back.
• Dugu Yan asked Liu Bai why he had stopped her from attacking Tang San, and Liu Bai explained that Tang San’s Dragon Whisker Needles could pierce protective energy.
• Ning Rongrong complained that she had barely joined the fight, while Liu Bai cautioned the girls not to underestimate hidden weapons.

After learning that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son, Liu Bai resolved to keep Tang San alive for now and kill Tang Hao first. Yu Xiaogang spread rumors that Liu Bai’s strength came from a secret cultivation technique, and the chapter ended as Yu Xiaogang and the Shrek group arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s cafeteria to confront Liu Bai and his companions.

• Liu Bai told Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Ning Rongrong that two Dragon Whisker Needles had pierced Tang San’s kidneys, easing Dugu Yan’s anger.
• Liu Bai revealed that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and stopped Dugu Yan from going after Tang San, saying they still needed to keep him around.
• Liu Bai considered the threat of the Asura God, planned to kill Tang Hao at the Soul Master Tournament, and believed he could defeat Tang Hao with his own strength.
• Yu Xiaogang secretly spread rumors that Liu Bai’s special cultivation technique was the source of his power, and the gossip quickly reached Shrek’s students and Heaven Dou Academy.
• The Shrek group discovered that Xiao Wu had left behind a letter saying she had to return home, while Liu Bai’s companions noticed people whispering about their cultivation techniques.
• Liu Bai suspected Tang San or Yu Xiaogang had spread the rumor, and Yu Xiaogang arrived at the cafeteria with the Shrek Five Monsters and their teachers.

Yu Xiaogang tried to persuade Liu Bai to publish his cultivation technique, but Liu Bai exposed the flaws in Yu Xiaogang’s theories and mocked his claim that there were no trash Martial Souls, only trash Soul Masters. Yu Xiaogang left in humiliation as the cafeteria laughed, while the chapter ended with Tang Hao’s reappearance announced but not shown.

• Yu Xiaogang asked Liu Bai to hand over his cultivation technique so he could publish it, prompting Dugu Yan to threaten him.
• Liu Bai challenged Yu Xiaogang’s claim that he had researched the Ten Core Competitiveness Theories of Martial Souls himself.
• Liu Bai mocked Yu Xiaogang’s theories and pointed out that most were common knowledge, while one was wrong.
• Tang San defended Yu Xiaogang, but Liu Bai used the saying about trash Martial Souls to insult Yu Xiaogang.
• Dugu Yan joined the ridicule, and Yu Xiaogang turned to leave under the cafeteria’s laughter.

Liu Bai confronted Yu Xiaogang and Tang San at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, then fought Tang Hao after he rescued his son. Liu Bai unleashed stronger purple flames against Tang Hao’s Martial Soul Avatar, and their battle shook Heaven Dou City.

• Liu Bai accused Yu Xiaogang of exposing his cultivation technique, crushed him with pressure, and kicked him through the dining hall doors.
• Tang San attacked Liu Bai with hidden weapons, but Liu Bai’s purple flames melted them and then threatened Tang San.
• Tang Hao appeared, rescued Tang San, and revealed himself as a Title Douluo before facing Liu Bai in the sky.
• Liu Bai summoned a purple flame dragon, and Tang Hao countered with his Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul Avatar as their clash rocked Heaven Dou City.
• Tang Hao used Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, struggled to withstand Liu Bai’s flames, and activated Divine Slaughter’s Domain.

Liu Bai and Tang Hao unleashed their strongest attacks in a battle that shook Heaven Dou City. Tang Hao was left severely wounded, while Liu Bai survived by escaping through the Shuttle Gate, and the chapter ended with both men assessing how much strength the other had left.

• Tang Hao detonated six Soul Rings and used the Great Sumeru Hammer against Liu Bai’s Buddha Fury Fire Lotus.
• The attacks collided above Heaven Dou City, and Dugu Bo shielded Heaven Dou Royal Academy from the blast while Qian Renxue sent Snake Lance and Pufferfish to capture Tang Hao if they could.
• Tang Hao survived the explosion but suffered severe burns, coughed up blood, and felt his old injuries worsening.
• Liu Bai emerged without injuries after escaping to the Battle Through the Heavens world through the Shuttle Gate, though the Fire Lotus had consumed much of his Dou Qi.
• Liu Bai mocked Tang Hao, who argued that Liu Bai also seemed close to exhaustion.

Liu Bai defeated Tang Hao with another Buddha Fury Fire Lotus, forcing the badly wounded Title Douluo to flee with Tang San and leaving behind an arm and Spirit Bone. Liu Bai returned to Dugu Bo, then descended toward the injured Yu Xiaogang and the wary Shrek group.

• Liu Bai restored his Dou Qi, pursued Tang Hao, and detonated another Buddha Fury Fire Lotus after escaping the blast with a spatial soul skill.
• Tang Hao’s protection shattered, and the explosion hurled him into a crater before he grabbed Tang San and fled, leaving an arm behind.
• Liu Bai took the Spirit Bone from Tang Hao’s severed arm and returned to Dugu Bo, who said their battle had endangered Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Liu Bai told Dugu Bo that Tang Hao’s old injuries and new wounds meant he would likely die without a heaven-defying opportunity.
• Liu Bai descended toward Yu Xiaogang, who was barely alive and supported by Flender and the others, while the Shrek group watched him warily.