Chapter Summaries

After absorbing the Blue Silver Empress’s Soul Bone, Mu Ci discovered that the Ambrosial Arbor could gather Faith Power and questioned Ah Yin about her past with Tang Hao. He brought her to the Blue Silver Ancestral Land and offered the Blue Silver King the chance to become the new Empress.

• Mu Ci gained flight from Ah Yin’s Soul Bone and discovered that the Ambrosial Arbor could absorb Faith Power.
• Mu Ci threatened Ah Yin with harm to Tang San and the rabbit until she answered his questions about Tang Hao and her sacrifice.
• Ah Yin admitted she loved Tang Hao, did not regret choosing him, and would make the same choice again.
• Mu Ci carried Ah Yin to the Blue Silver Ancestral Land, where the Blue Silver King welcomed her back.
• Mu Ci revealed the Ambrosial Arbor’s overwhelming aura and asked the Blue Silver King whether he wanted to become the new Empress.

Mu Ci stripped Ah Yin of her Blue Silver Empress authority, raised Lan into a hundred-thousand-year Fierce Beast, and began condensing his Lifebound Soul Ring with the Blue Silver Clan’s power. Meanwhile, Tang San sensed that someone close to him had vanished, and Ning Rongrong began sharing news about changes to the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

• Mu Ci transferred Ah Yin’s imperial bloodline to the Blue Silver King and confined Ah Yin to the Blue Silver Ancestral Land.
• Mu Ci’s Abundance Domain empowered the Blue Silver Clan, and the Blue Silver King became a hundred-thousand-year Fierce Beast named Lan after surviving two tribulations.
• Lan pledged the Blue Silver Clan’s faith to Mu Ci, who then gathered the clan’s life energy to condense his Lifebound Soul Ring.
• Tang San felt that someone close to him had disappeared and suspected that his father was in danger.
• At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang criticized the team’s battle performance, while Tang San hid his distress and reassured Xiao Wu.
• Ning Rongrong announced that she had insider news about changes to the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

After Ning Rongrong revealed that Spirit Hall would execute a long-wanted criminal in Spirit City after the tournament finals, Tang San suspected the prisoner was his father, Tang Hao, and lost control before apologizing to the Shrek students and teachers. The chapter ended with Flender offering to arrange a sparring match against a renowned team from the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Ning Rongrong told the Shrek students that the tournament finals would be held in Spirit City, where three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones were rewards, and Spirit Hall would publicly execute a long-wanted criminal afterward.
• Tang San reacted furiously to the news, shouted at Yu Xiaogang, and frightened Xiao Wu and the other students.
• Yu Xiaogang realized Tang San might believe the prisoner was Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao and panicked at the thought that Tang Hao had been captured.
• Tang San reasoned that Tang Hao had been injured and captured, considered seeking help from the Clear Sky Sect, and then calmed himself when Flender and other teachers arrived.
• Tang San apologized to Yu Xiaogang, Ning Rongrong, and the others, claiming his outburst came from distress over his recent mistakes and his doubts about leading the Shrek Team.
• Flender told the students that a former Shrek graduate would bring a renowned Heaven Dou Empire team to Suotuo City, where they could spar before the tournament.

Mu Ci emerged from his Azure Gold egg at level seventy-three and hurried to Suotuo City, where the Heaven Dou Team was defeating Shrek. As Tang San launched a hidden crossbow attack on Ye Lingling, Mu Ci watched with killing intent fixed on him.

• Flender told the Shrek Team that they would spar with the Heaven Dou Team, and Tang San confidently promised victory if the teams fought on equal terms.
• Mu Ci emerged from the giant egg after five days, reached level seventy-three, and ordered Blue to spread faith in Abundance across Douluo Continent.
• Mu Ci flew to Suotuo City and arrived as the Heaven Dou Team, led by Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, overwhelmed Shrek in the Great Soul Arena.
• Tang San gathered Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong and called for their backup plan.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ma Hongjun produced black boxes and fired steel crossbow bolts at Ye Lingling.

Dugu Yan retaliated after Tang San used poisoned hidden weapons in the team fight, seriously injuring him, Xiao Wu, and Ma Hongjun while securing victory for the Heaven Dou Team. As Shrek's teachers demanded Ye Lingling heal the injured and Zhao Wuji threatened the pair, Mu Ci arrived and challenged them.

• Dugu Yan shielded Ye Lingling and the Shi Brothers from Tang San's poisoned bolts, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing withdrew rather than follow Tang San's plan.
• Tang San launched a barrage of hidden weapons, prompting Dugu Yan to use her Fifth and Fourth Soul Skills to blast them aside and strike the Shrek fighters with her dragon's roar.
• Dugu Yan shattered Tang San's Eight Spider Lances and broke his chest with a punch, leaving Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ma Hongjun seriously injured as the Heaven Dou Team won.
• Qin Ming accused Dugu Yan of using too much force, but Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling condemned his defense of Shrek; Flender then asked them to heal the injured students.
• Zhao Wuji threatened Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, who stood together as the Shrek group prepared for a confrontation.
• Mu Ci arrived with an angry challenge, shocking Ning Rongrong and leaving Qin Ming pale.

Mu Ci reunited with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling after their match, then confronted Shrek over Tang San’s hidden weapons and Qin Ming’s actions. He left Zhao Wuji gravely injured, forced the Shrek group out of the Great Soul Arena, and ordered the Medicine King Clinic to refuse them treatment.

• Mu Ci embraced Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, gave them bouquets, and dismissed Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing from the lounge.
• Mu Ci fired Qin Ming and rebuffed Yu Xiaogang’s offer to take him as a disciple, then demonstrated the poison in Tang San’s hidden weapon by shooting Yu Xiaogang in the thigh.
• Flender tried to slow the poison in Yu Xiaogang’s body, while Zhao Wuji attacked Mu Ci with his Martial Soul and soul skills.
• Mu Ci shattered Zhao Wuji’s attack, burned his arm with Golden Thunder, and blasted him into a wall, leaving him unconscious and near death.
• The Great Soul Arena supervisor asked Mu Ci to end the confrontation, and Mu Ci ordered Qin Ming to leave with Shrek.
• Mu Ci sent Yu Feng to the Medicine King Clinic to ensure the Shrek group would be refused treatment.

A heavenly lightning bolt struck near the Shrek group on their way back from Suotuo City, while golden light began healing Tang San. After Tang San woke and gave Flender antidotes for Yu Xiaogang, Mu Ci decided to return to Heaven Dou City with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.

• A purple-white lightning bolt narrowly missed the Shrek group and blasted a glassy crater into the roadside wasteland.
• Golden light spread through Tang San’s body and began restoring him as the group continued toward the academy.
• Tang San woke, learned Yu Xiaogang had been poisoned by his hidden weapons, and gave Flender the antidotes.
• Flender treated Yu Xiaogang and urged the group to hurry back to the academy to save Zhao Wuji.
• Mu Ci cared for Ye Lingling at Dugu Yan’s room, then agreed to return to Heaven Dou City with them.

Tang San woke at Shrek Academy with most of his injuries healed but discovered that his True Spirit energy had fallen below half, and he suspected Mu Ci was responsible. He operated on Yu Xiaogang’s poisoned groin, then requested leave as Flender announced an extended academy break.

• Tang San woke and suspected Mu Ci had caused the loss of much of his True Spirit energy.
• Oscar fetched Flender and Shao Xin, and Flender brought Tang San to see Yu Xiaogang’s severe poison injuries.
• Flender chose amputation rather than seeking Ye Lingling, and Tang San secretly removed Yu Xiaogang’s damaged tissue.
• Tang San told Flender that Yu Xiaogang would survive but would have to squat to relieve himself, then asked to go home for a few days.
• Flender approved Tang San’s leave and announced an extended academy break, while Oscar went to knock on the door of an exquisite little house.

Ning Rongrong comforted Zhu Zhuqing and offered her a path away from the Star Luo Imperial Family, while admitting she wanted a devoted partner like Mu Ci. Yu Xiaogang discovered he had lost his manhood, and Tang San returned to his mother’s resting place intending to awaken the Blue Silver Empress Martial Soul and challenge Mu Ci.

• Oscar told Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing that Shrek Academy was suspending classes, and the two discussed leaving after the Spirit Fighting Arena incident.
• Ning Rongrong invited Zhu Zhuqing to join her at Heaven Dou Royal Academy or one of her sects, but Zhu Zhuqing said she needed more time to decide.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked why Ning Rongrong rejected Oscar, and Ning Rongrong said she wanted a devoted partner who measured up to Mu Ci.
• Flender told Yu Xiaogang that Tang San was recovering, then helped Yu Xiaogang up; Yu Xiaogang discovered he had lost his manhood.
• Tang San returned to Nuoding City and went to the valley where his father had planted his mother’s remains, planning to awaken the Blue Silver Empress Martial Soul and defeat Mu Ci.

Tang San returned to the waterfall cave to find his mother’s remains and Soul Bone gone, then sought the Blue Silver King in hopes of awakening his Blue Silver Empress bloodline. He discovered that Lan had become the Blue Silver Empress, rejected Tang San’s claim to the throne, and began forcibly extracting his bloodline.

• Tang San crossed the waterfall and found the cave empty, with no trace of his mother and her Lead Box discarded nearby.
• Tang San blamed Spirit Hall, Mu Ci, and the Medicine King Sect, then went to the Blue Silver Forest seeking the Blue Silver King.
• Blue Silver Grass vines restrained Tang San, and Lan appeared, declaring that he had no human son.
• Lan accused Ah Yin of abandoning her people and responsibilities, and said Tang San was unfit to inherit the Blue Silver Empress bloodline.
• Lan exposed Tang San’s grotesque Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and began forcibly stripping the hidden Blue Silver Empress Bloodline from him.

After Lan stripped Tang San of his Blue Silver Empress bloodline, Tang San discovered that his corrupted Blue Silver Grass could drain life and resolved to use the Holy Spirit Cult’s secret arts. Meanwhile, Mu Ci reported the Shrek incident at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, then visited Qian Renxue, who teased him about the Snow Empress.

• Lan cast Healing Light on the unconscious Tang San and ordered him thrown out, and Tang San later found his Blue Silver Grass had lost its Blue Silver Empress bloodline.
• Tang San vented his rage in a grove, where his mutated Blue Silver Grass drained a Soft Bone Rabbit and revealed its life-draining potential.
• Tang San recalled the Holy Spirit Cult’s secret arts and vowed to consume Spirit Hall, Mu Ci, and the Blue Silver King.
• Mu Ci told Meng Shenji about Qin Ming’s conduct, and Meng Shenji apologized to Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling while agreeing that Shrek Academy should be investigated.
• Mu Ci left Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to return to the sect and went to Crown Prince Manor to see Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue discussed Shui Bing’er’s God Trial with Mu Ci, then teased him about the Snow Empress and suspected she had followed him because of him.

Qian Renxue asked Mu Ci to help remove the powerful hereditary nobles by using the Medicine King Sect to create a pretext for taking them down, and he agreed. A staged warehouse raid prompted Xue Ye to order an investigation, and five days later Xue Qinghe confronted Finance Minister Duke Fagu in court about the attack.

• Qian Renxue explained that she planned to ally with Ge Long's military faction and use the Medicine King Sect to implicate and displace nobles led by Finance Minister Fagu, and Mu Ci agreed to help.
• Masked attackers raided a Medicine King Sect warehouse, but the supervisor ordered the disciples to retreat and save their lives rather than the stored goods.
• A white wolf Spirit Saint engaged the raiders' white eagle Spirit Saint while the masked men escaped with the pills and medicinal supplies.
• Xue Ye ordered Xue Qinghe to give Ge Long and the Medicine King Sect authority to investigate the raid, while Xue Qinghe secretly smiled after leaving the emperor.
• Five days later, Xue Qinghe questioned Duke Fagu in the deliberation hall about the attack on the Medicine King Sect warehouse.

Mu Ci and Xue Qinghe exposed Duke Fagu’s crimes and led a purge of nobles connected to the Medicine King Sect robbery. At the Medicine King Sect, Mu Ci revealed a potion that could evolve martial souls, while Tang San returned to Shrek Academy transformed by his killings and carrying a strong scent of blood.

• Mu Ci accused Duke Fagu of harboring stolen goods and treason, and Xue Qinghe ordered Ge Long and Dugu Bo to arrest him and seize the assets of his allies.
• Dugu Bo poisoned Duke Fagu into unconsciousness, and Xue Qinghe ordered the implicated ministers imprisoned and their martial souls crippled.
• Mu Ci told Qian Renxue that the Medicine King Sect’s Induction Evolution Potion could evolve inferior martial souls, but warned that widespread use could cause ecological collapse.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling learned that the imperial army had taken Osler and Yu Feng because of their ties to the disgraced nobles, and Mu Ci said Qian Renxue’s identity would remain secret for now.
• Tang San returned to Shrek Academy and Xiao Wu hesitated to embrace him because he smelled strongly of blood, but he explained that his martial soul had mutated.
• Tang San showed the students his Dark Blue Silver Grass, whose blades had turned blackish red after his slaughter and devouring.

Tang San returned to Shrek Academy with a mutated Blue Silver Grass and Level 35 Soul Power, then learned Zhao Wuji had died from injuries inflicted by Mu Ci. Flender announced that the group would join Blue Tyrant Academy for the tournament, and three months later Yu Tianheng, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun faced an unclear predicament in Sunset Forest.

• Tang San revealed his savage, poisonous Blue Silver Grass, demonstrated its power by crushing a boulder, and shocked the Shrek teachers and students.
• Flender told Tang San that Zhao Wuji had died after forcibly releasing his Martial Soul Avatar despite his devastating internal injuries.
• Flender announced that Shrek would join Blue Tyrant Academy so its students could compete in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Yu Xiaogang privately asked Tang San to teach him the secret technique behind the Martial Soul mutation, and Tang San agreed while concealing its corrupting side effects.
• Three months later, Liu Erlong welcomed the Shrek group to Blue Tyrant Academy but was devastated to see Yu Xiaogang and could not retaliate against Mu Ci or the Medicine King Sect.
• In Sunset Forest outside Heaven Dou City, Yu Tianheng, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun exchanged troubled looks.

Tang San persuaded Yu Tianheng, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun to use his evil secret technique, transforming their Martial Souls and strengthening them. Yu Xiaogang also embraced the technique and became a level thirty-three Soul Elder with a transformed Dark Evil Dragon, while Liu Erlong struggled to accept what he had become.

• Tang San provoked Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun with their fears and resentments, then told Yu Tianheng he could accept a subordinate life under Yu Tianxin or choose the secret technique.
• Yu Tianheng bathed in the blood of a dying Sub-Dragon Soul Beast, circulated Tang San’s technique, and transformed into a level forty-two Purple Lightning Tyrant Dragon.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun accepted the technique and became the Slaughter Blood Tiger and Fallen Evil Phoenix.
• Liu Erlong begged Yu Xiaogang to stop cultivating and seek help, but he revealed his level thirty-three Soul Elder cultivation and summoned his transformed Dark Evil Dragon.
• Yu Xiaogang told Liu Erlong he was content with his transformation and asked her to support him; he suggested they could live as sisters, and Liu Erlong clung to him in tears.

Dai Mubai urged Zhu Zhuqing to join him in using Tang San’s secret method to seize power in the Star Luo Empire, but she rejected his transformation and ambitions. He attacked and choked her before leaving her in despair, and Ning Rongrong found and comforted her.

• A student told Zhu Zhuqing that Dai Mubai was looking for her, and Ning Rongrong warned her not to let their engagement dictate her life.
• Dai Mubai showed Zhu Zhuqing his blood-red eyes and explained that Tang San’s secret method had rapidly increased his strength, then proposed they defeat Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun and claim the throne.
• Zhu Zhuqing condemned Dai Mubai’s transformation and questioned whether the Star Luo Imperial Family would accept him without his White Tiger Martial Soul.
• Dai Mubai seized Zhu Zhuqing by the neck, displayed his four Soul Rings and Slaughter Blood Tiger, threatened her, then left after demanding her answer the next day.
• Ning Rongrong found Zhu Zhuqing sobbing and bruised in the Mimicry Cultivation Area, embraced her, and offered to call on her family for help.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Ning Rongrong what Dai Mubai had said and done, and Ning Rongrong learned that he had not forced himself on her.

After Dai Mubai’s forbidden technique nearly killed Zhu Zhuqing, she chose to leave Shrek Academy with Ning Rongrong and pursue revenge on her own terms. They sought places on the Heaven Dou Team and in the Medicine King Sect, where Zhu Zhuqing explained to Mu Ci that she wanted to live for herself, but his questions brought her painful past back to mind.

• Zhu Zhuqing refused Ning Rongrong’s offer to summon Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, saying she would take revenge on Dai Mubai herself, then agreed to leave Shrek with her.
• Jiang Zhu told Yu Xiaogang’s class that Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing had left Shrek Academy with all their belongings, shocking Dai Mubai and Oscar.
• Dugu Yan offered Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing places on the Heaven Dou Team and said Zhu Zhuqing would need to take the Medicine King Sect’s assessment.
• Dugu Yan brought the two girls to meet Mu Ci and Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Mu Ci asked Zhu Zhuqing why she wanted to join the Medicine King Sect, and she said she wanted to escape the fate imposed on her and live for herself.
• Mu Ci challenged Zhu Zhuqing’s explanation by recalling that Dai Mubai had improved after she arrived, and she lowered her head with reddened eyes.

Mu Ci investigated Shrek Academy’s suspected secret techniques and welcomed Zhu Zhuqing into the Medicine King Sect, while Qian Renxue reported that her takeover of the Heaven Dou Empire was nearly complete. As the tournament teams arrived in Heaven Dou City, Mu Ci reunited with Li Qin and greeted the Plant Team, leaving the story on the arrival of several excited women.

• Ning Rongrong told Mu Ci that Dai Mubai had nearly killed Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhu Zhuqing explained that Dai Mubai’s corrupted Martial Soul had ended their fusion skill and strengthened her resolve to escape her family’s arranged fate.
• Mu Ci accepted Zhu Zhuqing as an official Medicine King Sect disciple, promised her a Martial Soul evolution pill, and ordered Shrek Academy to remain under surveillance until there was evidence for an arrest.
• After Dugu Yan escorted Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong away, Qian Renxue told Mu Ci that she controlled more than eighty percent of the Heaven Dou Empire and expected a change of dynasty after their return from Spirit City.
• Mu Ci learned that Tang San’s group had been slaughtering Soul Beasts in Sunset Forest and that Yu Xiaogang’s changed appearance might be linked to a secret technique, but he chose to focus on strengthening himself.
• At the Heaven Dou Royal Hotel, Mu Ci reunited with Li Qin and greeted the Plant Team, praising its Spirit King members and telling them he would not compete unless necessary.
• Several excited voices rang out in the hotel lobby as more arrivals drew everyone’s attention.

Mu Ci reunited with Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Huo Wu, learned that Shui Yue'er and Huo Wu had received Water God and Fire God Trials, and planned to seek suitable Godhoods for Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling. Three days later, the Heaven Dou Competition Zone opened, where Plant Team and Skywater Team drew attention and Shrek Team faced ridicule before its members revealed their dangerous Martial Souls.

• Mu Ci welcomed Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Huo Wu, then learned that the Water God and Fire God had selected Shui Yue'er and Huo Wu for Trials that would begin once they reached level sixty.
• Mu Ci discussed the God of Darkness and God of Light as possible matches for Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, and both women embraced him in gratitude.
• Huo Wu visited Mu Ci late that night, expressed hurt that she had been first to love him, and Mu Ci comforted her.
• Three days later, the Heaven Dou Competition Zone opened, and Mu Ci led Plant Team into the arena to cheers while Skywater Team also impressed the crowd.
• Spectators mocked Shrek Team’s appearance and sponsored uniforms, prompting Yu Tianheng, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun to reveal their intimidating Martial Soul phantoms before Tang San ordered them to stop.
• Qian Renxue, Ning Fengzhi, and Sword Douluo watched Shrek Team’s display, and Ning Fengzhi noted that Rongrong had been right to leave the academy.

The Shrek Team opened the Heaven Dou preliminary tournament against the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team, while Mu Ci and the other teams watched from the preparation area. Shrek’s corrupted fighters ignored their opponents’ surrender and slaughtered all seven in a brutal instant, leaving the tournament’s first match ended in bloodshed.

• Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi discussed the bloodlust surrounding Shrek’s students, while Xue Qinghe said they had only killed Soul Beasts and could not be arrested under imperial law.
• Mu Ci led the Plant Team into the arena and ignored Tang San, who resented how far behind Mu Ci he was.
• Yu Xiaogang urged the Shrek Team to prove its strength, and Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing exchanged hostile looks from opposing team areas.
• Shrek’s first match was announced against the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team, and Yu Tianheng, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun took the front while the other four Shrek members withdrew.
• The three corrupted fighters attacked before their opponents could finish surrendering and disemboweled all seven members of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team.