Chapter Summaries

Lin Xiao watched as Na'er and the Shrek students prepared to face Zhao Wuji in the academy assessment. The battle began with Zhao Wuji shrugging off the students' first attacks and sending Zhu Zhuqing flying.

• Zhao Wuji made Oscar produce sausages with his Martial Soul incantation, prompting Na'er, Tang San, and Xiao Wu to reject them in disgust.
• Dai Mubai arrived with a woman in black and explained that the students had to endure one incense stick under Zhao Wuji, a level-seventy-six Soul Saint.
• Na'er told Lin Xiao that her Silver Dragon Spear Martial Soul had level-thirty-two Soul Power, then joined the others to discuss their plan.
• Lin Xiao told Zhao Wuji not to hurt Na'er and urged him not to underestimate Tang San before sitting down to read.
• Ning Rongrong boosted the group as Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu attacked Zhao Wuji, but he caught Xiao Wu and threw her before kicking Zhu Zhuqing away.

Lin Xiao tested the Shrek students after Na'er struck Zhao Wuji with the Silver Dragon Spear. He overwhelmed the group with his Ice Phoenix martial soul and then turned Tang San’s hidden weapons against him, leaving Tang San pierced by the returning needles.

• Na'er struck Zhao Wuji with the Silver Dragon Spear, and Lin Xiao caught her as Zhao Wuji crashed into an abandoned warehouse.
• Lin Xiao took Zhao Wuji’s place and summoned his Ice Phoenix martial soul, freezing the ground and stopping the students from reaching him.
• Tang San and the others attacked Lin Xiao, but his icy power shattered Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and left Tang San coughing blood.
• Tang San refused Xiao Wu’s suggestion to surrender and attacked Lin Xiao with hidden weapons.
• Lin Xiao cut the hidden weapons apart with sword qi, then sent the fallen needles flying into Tang San.

Lin Xiao joined Shrek Academy to train his younger sister Gu Yuena and lent Flender a Heaven Dou Empire Blue Gold Card to cover the academy’s expenses. Flender eagerly spent the imperial funds, and the chapter ended with a guard reporting that thirty million Gold Soul Coins had vanished from the Heaven Dou treasury and the amount was still rising.

• Tang San was injured by Lin Xiao’s sword qi, accused Lin Xiao of ambushing him, then fainted after Zhao Wuji condemned his hidden-weapon tactics.
• Zhao Wuji declared that Lin Xiao and Gu Yuena had passed the assessment, and Lin Xiao took Gu Yuena to the girls’ dormitory to rest.
• Zhao Wuji introduced Lin Xiao to Shrek Academy’s dean, Flender, and identified him as the Heaven Dou Empire’s Imperial Tutor.
• Lin Xiao told Flender that he had come to experience life and arrange training for Gu Yuena, then lent him a Blue Gold Card to fund the academy.
• Flender repeatedly swiped the card for academy expenses, while a guard reported that thirty million Gold Soul Coins had disappeared from the Heaven Dou treasury.

Lin Xiao used Xue Ye’s Blue Gold Card to fund Shrek Academy’s expenses and a private apartment, then faced Tang Hao, who confronted him over the defeat of his son. Lin Xiao trapped Tang Hao in a crimson domain, leaving the Titled Douluo sinking into its ground.

• Xue Ye learned that Lin Xiao had spent thirty million Gold Soul Coins, while Flender continued using the Blue Gold Card at Shrek Academy and ran the bill up to fifty million.
• Lin Xiao agreed to have a private apartment built in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace style, and Flender assigned Zhao Wuji to handle the construction.
• Lin Xiao returned to his room, recorded events in a notebook, and later heard a Titled Douluo call him outside.
• Lin Xiao flew to Shrek Academy’s back mountain and identified the visitor as Tang Hao, who had come because Lin Xiao defeated his son.
• Tang Hao threatened Lin Xiao, but Lin Xiao summoned a blood-red sword and sealed him inside a crimson domain, where the ground began swallowing him.

Lin Xiao fought Tang Hao and overwhelmed him with the Asura Divine Sword and his six hundred-thousand-year soul rings. Tang Hao escaped the clash, leaving Lin Xiao to wait for another chance to capture him.

• Lin Xiao and Tang Hao clashed with their weapons, and Lin Xiao gained the advantage despite Tang Hao's greater cultivation and experience.
• Tang Hao unleashed his Fifth Soul Skill, Soaring Sky Strike, but Lin Xiao met it head-on without being shaken.
• As Tang Hao's giant Clear Sky Hammer descended, Lin Xiao summoned six hundred-thousand-year soul rings and used his Fourth Soul Skill, Blood Demon's Wrath.
• The collision destroyed the surrounding forest, but Tang Hao survived through a life-preserving method and escaped.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji arrived to find the devastated area, while Lin Xiao noted that his Sixth Soul Skill could have killed Tang Hao but was limited to one use per day.

Lin Xiao reflected on his longing for Bo Saixi while Shrek Academy's students returned from their Soul Arena assessment. The chapter ended with Dai Mubai confronting Ning Rongrong outside the academy gates.

• After Lin Xiao defeated Tang Hao and shattered his Clear Sky Hammer, Flender and Zhao Wuji surveyed the destruction and realized Lin Xiao was a Titled Douluo.
• Lin Xiao learned that Flender had taken the students to the Suo Tuo Grand Soul Arena and that someone had briefly used spiritual power to scan Shrek Academy.
• Lin Xiao recalled Bo Saixi and explained to Wang Zhaojun that he would not return to Sea God Island because Bo Saixi was preparing to inherit the Sea God's divine position.
• Tang San and the other students returned after ten at night, and Flender praised Gu Yuena for dominating the battles.
• Dai Mubai grabbed Ning Rongrong by the collar and threatened her, but Ning Rongrong remained defiant.

Lin Xiao intervened when Dai Mubai threatened Ning Rongrong, knocking him unconscious and warning the students not to disrespect their teachers. The next day, Lin Xiao joined Zhao Wuji and the Shrek Seven Devils on their journey to the Star Dou Great Forest to help Oscar obtain a third Soul Ring.

• Dai Mubai attacked Ning Rongrong and threatened to take her by force, prompting Lin Xiao to step in.
• Dai Mubai ignored Lin Xiao and continued insulting Tang San and the others, so Lin Xiao slapped him unconscious and warned the students against disrespecting teachers.
• The following day, Flender announced that Zhao Wuji would lead the students to find a suitable Soul Beast for Oscar, who had reached rank thirty.
• Lin Xiao told Flender he would accompany the group, and they set out for the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Lin Xiao and Zhao Wuji agreed to stay in a nearby town overnight before heading to the forest at dawn.

At the tavern, Lin Xiao killed the Blue Sunshine Academy students after they insulted the girls and refused to apologize. He then killed their teacher, leaving Zhao Wuji and the Shrek Seven Devils stunned by his ruthlessness.

• The group ate at a tavern, and Lin Xiao ordered ordinary poultry for Na'er when she refused to eat soul beast meat.
• The Blue Sunshine Academy students arrived, demanded rooms, and their teacher smashed a table when the owner said none were available.
• Lin Xiao ordered the teacher to apologize after the table fragments landed near his food and the students leered at the girls.
• Lin Xiao threw chopsticks that pierced the skulls of every Blue Sunshine Academy student except their teacher, killing them instantly.
• The teacher begged for mercy, but Lin Xiao pierced his heart with a chopstick and told the waiter to clean up the bodies.

After Lin Xiao killed the attackers who had threatened the group, he led the Shrek Seven Devils into the Star Dou Great Forest to find Oscar a Soul Ring. They subdued a thousand-year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Oscar faced the choice of killing it to claim his third Soul Ring.

• Lin Xiao warned the Shrek Seven Devils to fight back when bullied after he killed their attackers, and the group set out for the Star Dou Great Forest the next morning.
• Zhao Wuji ordered everyone to stay alert and close together as they searched for a Soul Beast suitable for Oscar.
• Zhu Zhuqing spotted a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Lin Xiao judged it to be a suitable thousand-year Soul Beast for Oscar.
• Tang San restrained the serpent with Blue Silver Grass, Dai Mubai blasted it with his White Tiger Fierce Light Wave, and Na'er struck its head with her Silver Dragon Spear.
• Lin Xiao gave Oscar a dagger and told him to kill the helpless serpent, while Zhao Wuji warned that it might break free as Oscar raised the weapon.

Lin Xiao and Zhao Wuji argued with Chao Tianxiang over the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, which Oscar needed for his soul ring. Chao Tianxiang yielded after Lin Xiao revealed the overwhelming pressure of a titled Douluo, and she left with Meng Yiran.

• Chao Tianxiang arrived with Meng Yiran and claimed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for her granddaughter, pointing out wounds from her cane as proof that they had found it first.
• Tang San confirmed the wounds, while Zhao Wuji refused to give up the serpent because Oscar also needed its soul ring.
• Lin Xiao explained the strength of Chao Tianxiang and Dragon Duke Meng Shu, and Zhao Wuji warned him not to attack in case Dragon Duke was nearby.
• Lin Xiao released his killing intent, making Chao Tianxiang realize he was a titled Douluo, and she respectfully agreed to yield the serpent.
• Meng Yiran demanded that her grandfather come kill them, so Chao Tianxiang knocked her unconscious and prepared to leave.

Lin Xiao confronted the Titan Giant Ape when it appeared in the Star Dou Great Forest and attacked Xiao Wu and the others. He wounded the beast’s left arm with the Asura Divine Sword, leaving everyone shocked by his power.

• Lin Xiao threatened Chao Tianxiang, then ordered Oscar to absorb the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s spirit ring.
• After Oscar finished absorbing the ring, flying spirit beasts fled as the Titan Giant Ape arrived and focused on Lin Xiao and Xiao Wu.
• Zhao Wuji tried to reason with the Titan Giant Ape, then attacked it while ordering Dai Mubai and the others to retreat.
• The Titan Giant Ape effortlessly knocked Zhao Wuji away, and Dai Mubai charged to protect the others.
• Lin Xiao drew the Asura Divine Sword and slashed the Titan Giant Ape’s left arm, making it bleed as Xiao Wu and the others watched in shock.

Lin Xiao wounded the Titan Giant Ape and let it escape with Xiao Wu, then followed Tang San and found him fighting a Man Faced Demon Spider. Lin Xiao chose not to help Tang San and ordered Li Bai to keep Zhao Wuji and the others away while he prepared to take something for himself.

• Lin Xiao used the system's guidance to strike the Titan Giant Ape's left arm, then watched it flee with Xiao Wu after its Gravity Enhancement domain pinned him down.
• Oscar gave Recovery Sausages to the injured Shrek group, and Lin Xiao left to follow Tang San while Na'er ate food he provided.
• Lin Xiao found Tang San being stalked by a three-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider and watched from a tree with Li Bai.
• Lin Xiao told Li Bai to stop Zhao Wuji and the others from reaching them while Tang San fought the spider.
• The Man Faced Demon Spider poisoned Tang San, who collapsed unconscious.

Tang San defeated the Man Faced Demon Spider, but Dragon Duke Meng Shu tried to force him to join his family after hearing about the Titan Giant Ape. Just as Meng Shu threatened Tang San, Lin Xiao arrived and was recognized as the Title Douluo.

• Tang San woke from the Man Faced Demon Spider's web, defeated it, and prepared to absorb its soul ring.
• Lin Xiao waited for Chao Tianxiang, Meng Yiran, and Meng Shu to approach before Tang San met them.
• Meng Shu offered to help Tang San find Xiao Wu if Tang San joined his family, but Tang San revealed that a Titan Giant Ape had taken her.
• Chao Tianxiang urged Meng Shu to leave because the Titan Giant Ape was too dangerous, but Meng Shu demanded that Tang San join his family.
• Tang San refused, so Meng Shu pinned him against a tree and threatened him; Lin Xiao appeared and challenged Meng Shu.

Lin Xiao confronted the Peerless Dragon Snake couple after they attacked Tang San, while Tang San waited for a chance to strike. The couple and Meng Yiran died, Tang San was left unconscious, and Li Bai continued keeping Zhao Wuji and the others away from the battle.

• Lin Xiao freed Tang San, refused the Peerless Dragon Snake couple's offer of compensation, and challenged them to a fight.
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang unleashed their Dragon-Snake Combined Strike, but Lin Xiao fought them off with his sword and froze their golden dragon.
• Tang San fired the Godly Zhuge Crossbow at Meng Yiran, killing her as the couple remained frozen.
• The enraged couple broke free and struck Tang San, leaving him badly injured, before Lin Xiao froze them again and shattered their golden dragon, killing them.
• Tang San fell unconscious, while Li Bai kept Zhao Wuji and the others, including Na'er, from entering.

Lin Xiao secretly removed Tang San’s Eight Spider Lance bone and deceived him into absorbing a weak sheep’s hundred-year soul ring instead of the Man Faced Demon Spider’s. After Tang San gained a third soul skill, Lin Xiao secretly amplified its display and earned the Hou Yi reward.

• Lin Xiao removed the Eight Spider Lance bone from the Man Faced Demon Spider and told Li Bai to bring Zhao Wuji and the others over.
• Lin Xiao claimed Tang San had provoked the Peerless Dragon Snake couple, and Zhao Wuji found the couple and Meng Yiran dead nearby.
• Lin Xiao persuaded Tang San and the others that an eight-hundred-year sheep’s soul ring was suitable, and Tang San absorbed it.
• Tang San gained the third soul skill Blue Silver Thrust, and Lin Xiao secretly made its attack destroy a tree.
• Lin Xiao received Archer Hou Yi as a reward for misleading Tang San into absorbing a useless soul ring.

After Tang San mastered his soul skill under Lin Xiao’s guidance, the group escaped the Star Dou Great Forest and returned to Shrek Academy, where Lin Xiao met Yu Xiaogang. The chapter left Flender asking whether Tang San had absorbed a hundred-year soul ring.

• Tang San thanked Lin Xiao for his guidance, and Lin Xiao promised to train the students into Titled Douluo while approving their future soul rings.
• Lin Xiao and the others prepared to leave the forest, but Xiao Wu unexpectedly returned alive and reunited with Tang San.
• After three days of travel, the group returned to Shrek Academy, where the students went to rest and Lin Xiao and Zhao Wuji met Flender and Yu Xiaogang.
• Lin Xiao told Yu Xiaogang that he came from Sea God Island and said he had fought the Titan Giant Ape, while Zhao Wuji credited him with saving the group.
• Flender said Yu Xiaogang would train the students and asked whether Tang San had absorbed a hundred-year soul ring.

Lin Xiao clashed with Master over Tang San’s hundred-year soul ring, then revealed that the Peerless Dragon Snake couple had attacked Tang San and been killed. The group discussed the danger of the Star Dou Great Forest and learned more about the Sky Azure Bull Python.

• Master condemned Lin Xiao for choosing a hundred-year soul ring for Tang San, but apologized after Lin Xiao threatened to leave Shrek Academy.
• Zhao Wuji revealed the Peerless Dragon Snake couple’s Soul Tools and explained that Lin Xiao had killed them while rescuing Tang San from their ambush.
• Master urged the others to keep the couple’s deaths quiet to avoid trouble for Shrek Academy, while Lin Xiao said he was willing to face anyone who came after them.
• Zhao Wuji brought up Xiao Wu’s account of being saved from the Titan Giant Ape by a bull’s roar, and Master identified the creature as the Sky Azure Bull Python.
• Lin Xiao described the Sky Azure Bull Python’s habitat, appearance, and strength, explaining that it was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast comparable to a human Level 98 Title Douluo.

Lin Xiao left Flender's office after warning that he might visit the Forest Emperor, while Master decided to leave Shrek and entrust Tang San to Flender. Later, Lin Xiao met his old friend Zhou Yi, who had secretly descended from the God Realm, and the two went to drink together.

• Lin Xiao ended the meeting and left Flender's office, while Flender warned Master not to provoke him.
• Master refused to stay at Shrek and told Flender he would return in three years to take Tang San away.
• Zhao Wuji criticized Master and argued with Flender, who defended his close friend.
• Lin Xiao received a message to meet in the forest and went to the place where he had fought Tang Hao.
• Zhou Yi revealed himself, removed Lin Xiao's mask, and explained that he had secretly descended using his grandfather's spatial orb.
• Lin Xiao agreed to go drinking with Zhou Yi, who teased him for wanting to put his mask back on.

Lin Xiao and Zhou Yi reunited in Suotuo City and shared a meal, but their drinking contest was interrupted by a group of violent men. Lin Xiao and Zhou Yi killed the attackers, then returned to drinking together.

• Lin Xiao led Zhou Yi to a tavern, where Zhou Yi ordered every dish and the two caught up over food and wine.
• Zhou Yi challenged Lin Xiao to a drinking contest, but nearby burly men mocked them and provoked a confrontation.
• Lin Xiao caught the bald Soul King's cleaver between two fingers, then killed the other attackers when they drew their weapons.
• The bald man tried to flee, but Zhou Yi turned him to ashes with a wave of his feather fan.
• Lin Xiao and Zhou Yi argued briefly before sitting back down to continue drinking.

Lin Xiao brought Zhou Yi to Shrek Academy, where Zhou Yi gave Flender a fifty-thousand-year soul bone and examined the students. Zhou Yi recognized something unusual about Na'er, then questioned Lin Xiao over Tang San's eight-hundred-year third soul ring.

• Lin Xiao warned Zhou Yi that he could be punished for secretly descending to the lower realm, but Zhou Yi said he had left behind a clone and planned to enjoy his visit.
• Zhou Yi met Flender at Shrek Academy and presented him with the fifty-thousand-year Windchaser left leg soul bone, which Flender gratefully accepted.
• Zhou Yi examined the students and reacted when he saw Na'er, but Lin Xiao privately told him to keep her identity as his younger sister secret.
• After the students revealed their martial souls and soul rings, Zhou Yi questioned Lin Xiao about Tang San's eight-hundred-year third soul ring from a grass-eating sheep.