Chapter Summaries

Shangguan Li nervously prepared to meet Ning Fengzhi, with Shaohua and Qiao Di accompanying her to discuss the restaurant’s business. After Ning Fengzhi arrived with his family and Gu Rong, he met Shangguan Li and Shaohua, and Shangguan Li introduced herself as the manager.

• Shangguan Li agreed to meet Ning Fengzhi with Shaohua and Qiao Di by her side.
• Ning Fengzhi arrived at the Happy Hot Pot Restaurant with Yun Qin, Ning Rongrong, and Gu Rong.
• Ning Rongrong chose to eat before the adults discussed business, and the family enjoyed a meal at the restaurant.
• After the meal, Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong went upstairs to meet Shangguan Li and Shaohua.
• Shangguan Li introduced herself and Shaohua to Ning Fengzhi, who felt doubts after seeing Shangguan Li.

After a year in seclusion, Shangguan Li and Shaohua attended the Soul Master Tournament opening ceremony, where Dugu Yan told them Yu Xiaogang had failed to recruit Yu Tianheng. The chapter ended when Qiao Di reported that he had identified the person behind the trouble at the Hotpot Restaurant.

• Shangguan Li emerged from seclusion and invited Shaohua to attend the Soul Master Tournament opening ceremony with her.
• Shangguan Li and Shaohua met Dugu Yan in Heaven Dou City and asked whether she had encountered danger.
• Dugu Yan told them Yu Xiaogang had tried to persuade Yu Tianheng to transfer to Shrek Academy, but Yu Tianheng had refused.
• Dugu Yan described Yu Xiaogang's repeated failed attempts to recruit students from other academies, earning him a reputation as a talent-poaching grandmaster.
• Qiao Di entered Dugu Yan's private box and said he had identified the person behind the trouble at the Hotpot Restaurant a year earlier.

Ning Fengzhi decided to pursue acknowledging Shangguan Li as his daughter, while Tang San received Asura God's guidance and resolved to pursue her as well. Meanwhile, Shaohua and Qiao Di investigated Wuxie's influence and suspected the possessed person might be in the Divine Realm.

• Ning Fengzhi told Bone Douluo he intended to acknowledge Shangguan Li despite Bone Douluo's objections.
• Yun Ming explained to Shangguan Li that he had driven Sword Douluo away because Ning Fengzhi might be trying to acknowledge her.
• Asura God revealed to Tang San that he had arranged Tang San's reincarnation, chosen him as his successor, and warned him to be careful of Xiao Wu.
• Tang San decided to pursue Shangguan Li, though he could not get near her and she strongly disliked him.
• Qiao Di told Shaohua that signs of Wuxie's influence appeared around the City of Slaughter and remote regions, but he had not found the person possessed by that power.
• Shaohua suspected Wuxie might have possessed someone in the Divine Realm, and Shangguan Li considered the same possibility.

As the Imperial Fighting Team prepared to leave Suotuo City, Flender asked Qin Ming to arrange a friendship match between them and Shrek Academy. After discussing it with the team, Dugu Yan agreed on the condition that she would take the field.

• Tang Hao realized Shangguan Li knew a cultivation method for Twin Martial Souls and planned to use Yin Lan to obtain it, unaware that Shangguan Li had imprisoned Yin Lan for life.
• After three months in Suotuo City, the Imperial Fighting Team had earned Soul Fighting badges, and Qin Ming prepared to lead them back to Heaven Dou City.
• Flender brought Zhao Wuji and Yu Xiaogang to meet Qin Ming and asked him to arrange a friendship match with Shrek Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang argued with Qin Ming over whether he could decide for the team, and Flender took Yu Xiaogang and Zhao Wuji back to the academy.
• Qin Ming asked the Imperial Fighting Team whether they would accept the match, and Dugu Yan agreed, insisting that she take the field.

After five years of running the hotpot restaurant, Shangguan Li learned that Ning Rongrong was leaving for Shrek Academy, while Tang Sam, Xiao Wu, and Li Pei arrived in Suotuo City. Ning Rongrong witnessed Dai Mubai’s conduct at the Rose Hotel and decided she despised him, but Lin Ying reminded her she still had to enroll.

• Xue Qinghe’s patronage helped make the Happy Hot Pot Restaurant famous, and Shangguan Li and Shaohua ran it for five years as Shaohua reached rank ninety-seven.
• Ning Rongrong told Shangguan Li she planned to leave Heaven Dou City with Lin Ying and asked her to keep it secret; Shangguan Li said she would not volunteer the information but would answer truthfully if asked.
• Ning Rongrong and Lin Ying left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for Shrek Academy, reminding Shangguan Li that the Shrek story was about to begin.
• Tang Sam, Xiao Wu, and Li Pei arrived in Suotuo City and decided to spend a few days exploring before enrolling at Shrek Academy.
• Ning Rongrong and Lin Ying reached the Rose Hotel and saw Tang Sam and Dai Mubai finish a fight; Ning Rongrong despised Dai Mubai for appearing with two women and said she would not attend Shrek Academy.
• Lin Ying told Ning Rongrong she had to enroll because Ning Fengzhi had instructed her to ensure Rongrong entered Shrek Academy.

Zhu Zhuqing reaffirmed that she would reclaim her name, while Shangguan Li and Shaohua discussed Yin Lan’s lingering feelings for Tang Hao and their plans to control her. Yin Lan watched Tang San fight, and after days of sensing her gaze, Tang San stopped her to ask why she had been watching him.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Shangguan Li that she wanted to use her own name again and mentioned Yin Lan’s strange behavior.
• Shangguan Li summoned Shaohua, and they realized erasing Yin Lan’s memories had not removed her feelings for Tang Hao and Tang San.
• Shangguan Li decided to keep Yin Lan around for now and later turn her into a puppet, while Shaohua proposed trying to alter more of her memories.
• Yin Lan watched Tang San compete and wept, while Tang Hao observed her reaction from the shadows.
• Tang San tracked down Yin Lan after his battle and asked why she had been watching him.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy defeated Spirit Hall Academy in the tournament final after Dugu Yan revealed her Spirit Emperor strength and overcame Demon Charm. After the match, Dugu Yan refused Bibi Dong’s invitation to join Spirit Hall, while a stray attack had broken the disguise concealing Xiao Wu’s aura.

• Hu Liena and Xie Yue used Demon Charm, but Dugu Yan devoured much of its red mist and revealed that she had reached the Spirit Emperor realm.
• Zhu Zhuqing eliminated Spirit Hall Academy’s support soul master while Yu Tianheng held off Yan, allowing Heaven Dou Royal Academy to defeat most of the opposing team.
• Dugu Yan used Dragon Abyss and Dragon God Domain to bring down Demon Charm and fling it out of the arena, and Heaven Dou Royal Academy won after Yan was also defeated.
• A stray wisp of Dugu Yan’s Venom Dragon Roar struck Xiao Wu and broke the disguise Gu Yuena had placed on her, exposing her aura in Spirit City.
• Dugu Yan accepted the three soul bones, refused Bibi Dong’s invitation to join Spirit Hall, and offered the agility-type leg bone to Yu Feng, Osler, or Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing declined the soul bone, saying her teacher would prepare soul bones for her.

After the Spirit Temple was poisoned, Flender realized that Tang San might have killed Yu Xiaogang and used the attack to frame Spirit Hall. He told Liu Erlong what he had discovered, leaving her shocked by the accusation.

• Xue Qinghe ordered an investigation into the poisoning and learned that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had no known motive or knowledge of Yu Xiaogang’s killer.
• Liu Erlong celebrated the attack as revenge for Yu Xiaogang, while Flender worried that Spirit Hall might trace it to Tang San and Shrek Academy.
• Flender visited the Heaven Dou City Spirit Temple, saw victims being carried out, and later told Liu Erlong that he believed the poisoner had died.
• Tang San overheard Flender and Liu Erlong discussing the attack, felt relieved that suspicion had shifted away from him, and left Shrek Academy.
• Flender spotted Tang San’s presence and privately told Liu Erlong that Tang San might have killed Yu Xiaogang.

Dugu Bo delayed his trip to Spirit City to help the Black-Clad Man Leader’s threatened families, while Shangguan Li discovered signs that Tang San had become an Evil Soul Master. As the Grand Finals began, Flender learned that Shrek Academy had drawn Blazing Fire Academy as its first-round opponent.

• Dugu Bo agreed to reach Spirit City only when the tournament began after the Black-Clad Man Leader begged him to help protect their families.
• Shangguan Li sensed dark attributes in Tang San’s soul power and suspected he had turned to consuming soul masters to grow stronger.
• Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong discussed his concerns about Bibi Dong and Tang San before Yu Xiaogang gathered the Shrek Eight Monsters to review the Grand Finals strategy.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to lead the team’s decisions and conceal Shrek Academy’s hidden strengths.
• Flender returned to Shrek Academy’s rest area and announced that their first-round opponent was Blazing Fire Academy, prompting Li Pei to remark on his bad luck.

Shaohua and Shangguan Li took Zhu Zhuqing as their disciple, taught her the Transforming Freedom Technique, and helped her reach Level 30. After her enrollment at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, the academy's leaders brought her to Qin Ming to discuss adding her to the Heaven Dou Team.

• Shaohua persuaded Zhu Zhuqing to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy and become her and Shangguan Li's disciple, then Shangguan Li displayed her powerful martial soul to prove their strength.
• Shaohua taught Zhu Zhuqing the Transforming Freedom Technique and cleared her Eight Extraordinary Meridians, raising her soul power to Level 30; Shangguan Li gave her a pill to stabilize her foundation.
• Shangguan Li arranged for Dugu Bo to handle Zhu Zhuqing's enrollment and explained that they would seek a suitable third soul ring for her in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Dugu Yan learned that Zhu Zhuqing was Shangguan Li and Shaohua's disciple and happily promised to look after her at the academy.
• After Zhu Zhuqing consolidated her foundation, Chief Meng Shenji introduced her to Qin Ming and proposed adding her to the Heaven Dou Team.

Shangguan Li anticipated Tang San’s attempt to approach Dugu Yan and used his warning about their poison to advance her plan. Tang San left believing he had impressed Shangguan Li, while she and Dugu Yan prepared to tell Dugu Bo.

• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that Tang San had noticed her Jade Phosphor Purple Poison, and Shangguan Li advised waiting to see whether he would approach them through her.
• Yu Xiaogang gave Tang San information about the Heaven Dou Team, and Tang San asked Qin Ming where the team was staying before deciding to stake out a shared path.
• Xiao Wu let Tang San leave after he said he had business with the education committee, and Tang San waited until Dugu Yan walked by alone.
• Tang San told Dugu Yan that she and Dugu Bo had severe poison in their bodies, but she rejected his warning and told him she had a boyfriend.
• Shangguan Li arrived and let Tang San explain the poison, then told Dugu Yan she would inform Dugu Bo and left with her.
• Dugu Yan praised Shangguan Li’s plan, while Tang San believed he had impressed Shangguan Li and resolved to study soul-master knowledge more.

Oscar reached Spirit Elder and revealed his flight-granting third spirit skill, while Shangguan Li arranged for the Titan Giant Ape to confront Tang San. The Titan Giant Ape arrived and demanded that the person who called soul beasts cultivation resources step forward.

• Oscar chanted his awkward third spirit skill, revealing that his mushroom sausage allowed flight.
• Zhao Wuji and Qin Ming decided their groups would continue traveling together despite Shangguan Li and Yu Tianheng wanting to separate.
• Shangguan Li told Shaohua she had planted Tang San's words in the Titan Giant Ape's mind to make it teach him a lesson.
• The Titan Giant Ape sensed Xiao Wu and charged toward her, believing a memory that Tang San had called soul beasts cultivation resources.
• Zhao Wuji ordered everyone to prepare as the Titan Giant Ape emerged, and the beast demanded that the speaker of those words step forward.

Little Pear led Shangguan Li and Shaohua to Wuxie's hidden presence in the Sunset Forest, where they overheard the Asura God discussing Tang San’s trial. They realized Tang San might be sent to kill them, while an unidentified cloaked woman arrived at Shangguan Li’s house.

• Shangguan Li said Qiao Di had marked Tang San’s movements, but Shaohua proposed relying on Little Pear to sense Wuxie.
• Little Pear identified Wuxie’s location in the Sunset Forest and led Shangguan Li and Shaohua there.
• Little Pear concealed the group as Shangguan Li heard the Asura God speaking with Tang San about his trial.
• Shangguan Li and Shaohua realized Tang San might be ordered to kill them, and Little Pear vowed to protect Shangguan Li.
• A mysterious cloaked woman arrived at Shangguan Li’s house.

Shrek Academy defeated Blazing Fire Academy, and Tang San drew attention from Spirit Hall and Shangguan Li and Shaohua because of his unusual strength and Wuxie aura. As the tournament continued, Tang San privately savored his performance, unaware that the shadow behind him smiled with him.

• Tang San detoxified the Blazing Fire Academy students after Shrek Academy won, while secretly draining some of their vitality.
• Shangguan Li asked Dugu Yan whether she could defeat Tang San, and Dugu Yan confidently said she could.
• Bibi Dong questioned Tang San’s origins and later asked Hu Liena to identify threats; Hu Liena singled out Tang San and promised to keep observing him.
• Shaohua detected a refined Wuxie aura in Tang San, and Shangguan Li and Shaohua worried that its growing power could endanger Dugu Yan and the continent.
• Tang San meditated in his room and smiled as he recalled his performance, while the shadow behind him smiled too.

Ya Li worried over Qian Renxue’s Angel God Trial while Shangguan Li sensed trouble in the Douluo Continent. Tang San left the City of Slaughter with the Asura God’s trial and learned that Tang Hao planned to take him to his aunt, Tang Yuehua.

• Ya Li worried that Qian Renxue might not pass the Angel God Trial, and Yun Ming reassured her that he was her junior.
• A year later, Tang San emerged from the City of Slaughter and told Tang Hao that the Asura God had granted him a divine trial.
• The Asura God teleported Tang San and Hu Liena out of the blocked Hell Road, then assigned Tang San his first trial: obtaining the complete Divine Slaughter’s Domain.
• Tang San received 5% Asura Affinity and vowed to destroy Spirit Hall.
• Tang Hao said Tang San needed help hiding or cleansing his killing intent, and revealed that his aunt Tang Yuehua ran Moonlight Pavilion in Heaven Dou City.

Shangguan Li returned to Heaven Dou City and found Bibi Dong seeking help against the Evil Soul Masters. In the Divine Realm, Wuxie asked the Rakshasa God to have his successor attack Shangguan Li and Shaohua, offering him the God of Destruction’s position in return.

• Shangguan Li and her companions saw Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples and plainclothes knights searching for Tang San outside Heaven Dou City, then went home.
• Bibi Dong visited Shangguan Li and asked her and Shaohua to help Spirit City fight the Evil Soul Masters.
• Wuxie went to the Rakshasa God and asked his successor to deal with Shangguan Li and Shaohua, showing him their images.
• The Rakshasa God recognized Shangguan Li as the God of Destruction’s successor and refused to oppose the God of Destruction.
• Wuxie promised the Rakshasa God the God of Destruction’s position and said he had already discussed his plan with the God of Evil.

Ning Rongrong and Tang San faced Ning Fengzhi’s marriage conditions, which required Tang San to become a Titled Douluo and their children to bear the Ning surname. Ning Rongrong then wagered that she would give up her position as heir if Tang San still chose to marry her.

• Ning Fengzhi set difficult conditions for Tang San and Ning Rongrong’s marriage, and Tang Hao objected to the requirement that their children take the Ning surname.
• Tang San told Ning Rongrong the conditions were impossible but promised he would not give up, while secretly plotting to marry her regardless.
• Tang San returned to Ning Fengzhi and accepted the conditions before leaving the sect with Tang Hao.
• Ning Rongrong confronted Ning Fengzhi about the demands and learned that her duties as heir made the marriage complicated.
• Ning Rongrong proposed that Ning Fengzhi conceal her status and appoint another disciple as heir; if Tang San still wanted to marry her, Ning Fengzhi would approve, but otherwise she would remain in the sect.

Shangguan Li discovered that the peaceful town in the Otherworld was populated by descendants of the Hero, whom the King's Army treated as livestock and drained for their power. After learning the Empire was preparing for war, she returned to the village with Little Pear and Qiao Di, where Little Pear urged her not to interfere and to wait for a chance to return to the Douluo Continent.

• Shangguan Li learned from Little Pear that the continent contained war-torn lands and peaceful towns where powerful people were kept like livestock.
• The King's Army arrived and forced the villagers to give their blood through a transparent, needle-filled device while Shangguan Li and Little Pear hid.
• Shangguan Li followed the army and overheard its soldiers call the villagers descendants of the Hero, whose power the Empire planned to use for war.
• The commander warned the soldiers to keep the Hero's bloodline secret and said the collected power would help the Empire unify the continent.
• Shangguan Li returned to the village with Little Pear and Qiao Di, but Little Pear stopped her from questioning the villagers and told her to wait for a chance to return to the Douluo Continent.

As Ning Rongrong was gravely wounded during the Spirit Hall’s attack, Xiao Wu sacrificed herself to save her, leaving Ning Rongrong with Xiao Wu’s power and a vow to resurrect her. Tang San could only watch as Shangguan Li arrived and witnessed the sacrifice.

• Lin Ying stood between Ning Rongrong and the Spirit Hall’s attackers, but she fell under their assault, and Ning Rongrong was pierced by an unknown Soul Master.
• Ning Rongrong’s memories revealed that she had manipulated events to gain Xiao Wu’s trust and intended to use her sacrifice to advance her plans against the Spirit Hall and Tang San.
• Xiao Wu sacrificed herself to save Ning Rongrong, explaining that she wanted to repay her and help her take revenge on their common enemies.
• Xiao Wu’s sacrifice immobilized those present, and a crimson beam descended onto Ning Rongrong as Xiao Wu entrusted what came next to her.
• Ning Rongrong resolved to resurrect Xiao Wu in the Divine Realm while Tang San cried out helplessly and Shangguan Li witnessed the scene.

Shangguan Li suspected that Shaohua and Wuxie were two sides of the same person, and Qiao Di confirmed his suspicions about Shaohua’s soul. Shaohua and Wuxie then argued privately, revealing how Wuxie gained independence and why Shaohua feared for Shangguan Li.

• Shangguan Li told Qiao Di that Wuxie’s gaze and other clues made her suspect a connection between Wuxie and Shaohua.
• Qiao Di revealed that his Dark Elf ability let him see souls, and that Shaohua’s soul lacked an evil side; he had long suspected Wuxie was that separated side.
• Shangguan Li questioned Shaohua’s claim that sealing Wuxie had cost her nearly a thousand years of energy, and asked Qiao Di to keep watching her.
• Shaohua confronted Wuxie for exposing their connection and damaging her friendship with Shangguan Li, while Wuxie said she had acted to save Tang San without harming Shangguan Li.
• Shaohua recalled that she had separated her dark side to improve her cultivation, but it gained its own consciousness during a chaotic era and eventually escaped her control.