Chapter Summaries

The Datura Snake hatched after absorbing the Snowy Swan Kiss, gaining stronger poison and a new snake-swarm soul skill. Xia Yan arrived at the Star Dou Great Forest with Chen Xin, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing, prepared to face the dangers that had nearly trapped them there before.

• The Datura Snake emerged from its egg with six thousand years of cultivation and greatly enhanced poison.
• The Datura Snake revealed its new soul skill, summoning a massive swarm of venomous snakes that frightened a family of Cloud Cluster Ground Rats unconscious.
• Xia Yan noted that the Datura Snake and Jade Green Luan’s evolved abilities had increased his strength by at least fifty percent.
• Chen Xin flew from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to the Star Dou Great Forest in less than four days.
• Xia Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing reached the forest with Chen Xin, who promised to protect them from the hundred-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape.
• Ning Rongrong reflected that chasing after Xiao Wu had helped her realize she had fallen for Xia Yan.

Xia Yan guided Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong through absorbing powerful Soul Rings, with immortal herbs letting them exceed normal limits and gain substantial Soul Power. Zhu Zhuqing obtained a shadow-teleportation skill, while Ning Rongrong gained an amplification skill; her healing Soul Ring remained undecided.

• Xia Yan told Chen Xin that immortal herbs could raise Soul Ring absorption limits to around 2,300 or 2,400 years, and Chen Xin took the group to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Chen Xin captured a 2,500-year-old Shadow Panther, and Zhu Zhuqing absorbed its Soul Ring despite the age exceeding the usual third-ring limit.
• Zhu Zhuqing reached level thirty-seven and gained Netherworld Traverse, which let her teleport between shadows.
• Chen Xin found a roughly 2,200-year-old Wind Spirit Deer for Ning Rongrong, who gained Soul Power Amplification and raised her first two skills' amplification from thirty to forty percent.
• Xia Yan and the others left Ning Rongrong's healing Soul Ring for later because they needed to choose the soul beast carefully.

Dugu Bo confirmed that the Aromatic Silk Beauty eased his toxin backlash, while Ning Fengzhi kept Ning Rongrong’s Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda secret. Back at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Xia Yan met with Xue Xing, who began discussing the Imperial Heaven Dou Battle Team.

• Dugu Bo tested the Aromatic Silk Beauty and found that it lessened the backlash from his poison.
• Ning Fengzhi hid Ning Rongrong’s evolution into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and increased her protection.
• Xia Yan returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy after his recent work with immortal herbs and Soul Rings.
• Xue Xing visited Xia Yan and praised him before raising the subject of the Imperial Heaven Dou Battle Team.

Xia Yan used Xue Xing’s offer of captaincy to confront him about rumors targeting Yu Tianheng and suggest Xue Qinghe was behind them. He then proposed leading Xue Beng to victory in the Soul Master Tournament, leaving Xue Xing alarmed and insisting that Xue Beng had no ambition for the throne.

• Xue Xing offered Xia Yan absolute authority as captain of the second team and promised to remove any obstacles.
• Xia Yan said rumors were being manipulated to drive a wedge between him and Yu Tianheng, then asked whether Xue Xing suspected Xue Qinghe.
• Xue Xing rejected the suggestion and warned Xia Yan not to speak carelessly about the crown prince.
• Xia Yan said he could lead either team and suggested that Xue Beng could join him and share in a tournament victory.
• Xue Xing insisted Xue Beng had no desire to take the throne and warned Xia Yan not to stir conflict between the brothers.
• Xia Yan argued that Xue Beng had no chance of inheriting the throne while the people praised Xue Qinghe and despised Xue Beng.

Xia Yan offered Xue Xing a partnership against Xue Qinghe and demanded to borrow the Heaven Dou Empire's Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. Xue Xing left without agreeing, but Xia Yan gave him until the Soul Master Tournament to reconsider.

• Xia Yan told Xue Xing that he opposed Xue Qinghe's succession and suggested they could work together against him.
• Xue Xing denied any conflict between Xue Qinghe and Xue Beng, then warned Xia Yan not to repeat his accusations.
• Xia Yan asked to borrow the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, offering the prospect of a tournament champion in exchange.
• Xue Beng questioned why Xia Yan wanted the national treasure, but Xia Yan refused to explain and insisted he receive it before the tournament.
• Xia Yan said he could ask Xue Qinghe for the Shroud instead, then told Xue Xing to consider the deal.
• Xue Xing left grimly, weighing the risks of cooperating with Xia Yan and knowing Dugu Bo would not help him kill Xia Yan.

Xia Yan visited Imperial Heaven Dou Team One with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing after Qin Ming invited him, while the team members assessed the potential newcomer. Yu Tianheng welcomed Xia Yan as captain, but the meeting left tension over Xia Yan’s place on the team.

• Xia Yan considered how he could pressure Dugu Bo and persuade Xue Xing to hand over the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Two days later, Xia Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing arrived at Imperial Heaven Dou Team One’s training ground at Qin Ming’s invitation.
• Yu Feng, Osler, Shi Mo, and Ye Lingling watched the visitors, while Yu Tianheng continued cultivating and Dugu Yan remained absent.
• Qin Ming explained that Dugu Yan had been called away by her grandfather, and he brought Xia Yan to meet the team.
• Yu Tianheng introduced himself as captain and shook Xia Yan’s hand, while Qin Ming announced Xia Yan’s exceptional age and Soul Ancestor rank.

Xia Yan met Imperial Heaven Dou Team One, whose members learned about his extraordinary level and second soul ring. When Yu Tianheng challenged him, Xia Yan proposed an immediate spar and claimed Tianheng would win only if he could touch him.

• Qin Ming introduced Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to the Imperial Heaven members, then described Team One's members and abilities.
• Xia Yan suspected Dugu Yan's absence was connected to the letter he had sent Dugu Bo.
• Qin Ming told Imperial Heaven Dou Team One to split into two groups for an exhibition match.
• Yu Tianheng challenged Xia Yan to spar after the team match, but Xia Yan said they should fight immediately and that Tianheng would win if he could touch him.
• Yu Tianheng accepted, confident his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul and Dragon Transformation would let him overcome Xia Yan.

Xia Yan accepted Yu Tianheng’s challenge and revealed the Black Tower’s powerful wind field. As Yu Tianheng charged, Xia Yan expanded the breeze into an enormous tornado that engulfed him.

• Yu Tianheng challenged Xia Yan to fight in the Soul Fighting Arena, and Qin Ming warned Xia Yan about the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon’s strength while urging them to wait a month.
• Xia Yan refused to back down, and Yu Tianheng transformed his right arm and introduced himself as a level-thirty-nine assault-type battle Soul Master.
• Xia Yan summoned the Black Tower and a dense purple Soul Ring, then told Yu Tianheng he would win if he could break through the wind barrier and touch him.
• Xia Yan’s wind field suppressed Yu Feng’s martial soul, and Ye Lingling noticed her distress.
• Yu Tianheng activated Dragon’s Fury and charged, but Xia Yan expanded the wind field into a towering azure tornado that forced everyone back.

Xia Yan trapped Yu Tianheng inside his Azure Wind Tornado, overpowering his attacks with a wind barrier that tore at his body and left him unable to advance. Yu Tianheng continued to resist as the chapter ended with him battered, struggling to breathe, and shielding himself from the gale.

• Yu Feng told Qin Ming that Xia Yan's power was suppressing his Wind Chime Bird, while Meng Shenji, Zhilin, and Bai Baoshan marveled at the tornado's immense and unusually pure wind.
• Zhilin raised a viewing platform for the onlookers as Yu Tianheng was driven to the edge of the Soul Fighting Platform by Xia Yan's wind.
• Yu Tianheng used Thunder Dragon Claw to break into the tornado, but the wind trapped him and cut into his body.
• Yu Tianheng unleashed Thunderous Fury and repeatedly attacked the invisible barrier, yet he could not move forward and his clothes, scales, and skin were torn away.
• Yu Tianheng continued charging and fighting despite his exhaustion, while the wind battered his lungs and he raised his damaged dragon claw to shield himself.

Xia Yan defeated Yu Tianheng with a single move, shocking Royal Heaven Dou Academy and drawing the attention of Xue Xing, Qian Renxue, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Qian Renxue decided to exploit Xia Yan against rival factions before having him captured and crippled.

• Xia Yan sent Yu Tianheng flying from the platform, leaving him critically injured until Ye Lingling used her healing spirit ability to stabilize him.
• Xue Xing learned of Yu Tianheng's defeat and crushed his rosewood table in anger, realizing his plans to use Yu Tianheng against Xia Yan had failed.
• Snake Lance and Bloodthorn urged Qian Renxue to have Xia Yan killed or captured, but she ordered them to provoke him into eliminating rival factions first.
• Ning Fengzhi was shocked by the news, while Gu Rong praised Xia Yan and vowed to kill anyone who provoked him.

Qian Renxue and her Spirit Hall elders discussed Xia Yan’s overwhelming potential and decided he must be killed, while using him to weaken their rivals first. Meanwhile, Ning Fengzhi received Ning Rongrong’s report about Xia Yan’s victory, but found its contents difficult to believe.

• Bloodthorn warned Qian Renxue that Xia Yan could eventually overpower Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo, and She Long agreed that he had to be eliminated.
• She Long proposed capturing Xia Yan with the help of two more enshrined elders, crippling him, and forcing him to produce descendants with the Black Tower martial soul.
• Qian Renxue rejected the plan to preserve Xia Yan, declaring that the Sacred Angel inheritance could not be threatened by the Black Tower.
• Qian Renxue decided to provoke Xia Yan into conflicts with Spirit Hall’s enemies, then kill him after he had weakened them.
• Ning Rongrong sent news of Xia Yan’s match against Yu Tianheng to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Ning Fengzhi received the letter that night.

Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Chen Xin considered the political consequences of Xia Yan's victory over Yu Tianheng. Yu Tianheng awoke from his injuries, learned his defeat had become a citywide rumor, and tried to avoid other students as he headed into the forest.

• Ning Fengzhi read Ning Rongrong's letter about Xia Yan defeating Yu Tianheng and recognized how valuable Xia Yan had become to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Gu Rong vowed to kill anyone who provoked Xia Yan, while Chen Xin predicted that the imperial family and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had heard the news.
• Yu Tianheng awoke in his rest room, drank water, and recovered memories of Xia Yan's attack and his own defeat.
• Yu Tianheng emerged during the Imperial Dou team's training, but turned away without speaking to them.
• Yu Feng stayed silent rather than warn Yu Tianheng that rumors about his defeat and bald scalp had spread through Heaven Dou City.
• Yu Tianheng avoided three students by changing course into the forest, where a tall girl caught sight of something white through the trees.

After Xia Yan defeated Yu Tianheng, rumors spread through Royal Heaven Dou Academy about Yu Tianheng’s injuries, while Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong both considered how to recruit Xia Yan. Half a month later, his talent had alarmed the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, which saw him as a chance to strengthen itself.

• Yu Tianheng avoided five students on the academy path while vowing to repay Xia Yan for his humiliation.
• The five students spotted Yu Tianheng’s pale, bald appearance and pursued him to find out whether the rumors about his injuries were true.
• Xue Qinghe promised Xia Yan that he would help resolve any fallout with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan before leaving his dormitory.
• Bibi Dong read She Long’s letter about Xia Yan’s victory and decided she had to recruit him or kill him.
• Half a month later, Xia Yan’s battle had drawn widespread attention, and the poisoned Xue Ye regarded him as a peerless genius who could strengthen the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.

Xia Yan rejected most factions’ attempts to recruit him and continued preparing to obtain the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, while Yu Tianheng reached rank forty and went to Sunset Forest seeking a Soul Ring so he could take revenge. The chapter ended with the Shrek group entering the forest to find Ma Hongjun a Soul Ring.

• Xue Ye offered Xia Yan a title, territory, and wealth, but Xia Yan politely refused.
• Rumors about Xia Yan’s defeat of Yu Tianheng spread through the academy and Heaven Dou City as Xia Yan cultivated with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Xia Yan considered three plans for obtaining the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and dealing with Tang Hao, but reserved his riskiest plan as a last resort.
• Qin Ming told the Imperial Dou members that Yu Tianheng had left the academy, and six days later Yu Tianheng was seen hunting in Sunset Forest after reaching rank forty.
• Flender led the Shrek group into Sunset Forest to find Ma Hongjun a Soul Ring, while Zhao Wuji scolded Ma Hongjun for eating on the way.

Shrek's Group traveled through Sunset Forest while Ma Hongjun and Oscar joked around and Tang San resolved to grow stronger and win Xiao Wu. Their journey was interrupted by an injured lightning-attribute tyrannosaur, and Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang to identify it.

• Ma Hongjun and Oscar shared a roast chicken while Flender let them relax under the teachers' protection.
• Dai Mubai led the group, while Tang San reflected on Yu Xiaogang's care and vowed to surpass Xia Yan and win Xiao Wu.
• Flender sensed an injured Soul Beast approaching and warned the group to be careful.
• Ma Hongjun spotted the lightning-attribute tyrannosaur, and Zhao Wuji told the students to climb trees as it ran beneath them.
• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang what kind of Soul Beast the tyrannosaur was.

Yu Xiaogang and Yu Tianheng unexpectedly reunited in the forest, where Yu Xiaogang introduced Tang San as his twelve-year-old, level thirty-two disciple. Yu Xiaogang refused to return to the clan, while Yu Tianheng was stunned by Tang San’s abilities.

• Yu Xiaogang explained that the savage Terror Dragon’s malformed teeth caused it constant pain, and Ma Hongjun wondered how the beast reproduced.
• Yu Tianheng, covered in lightning and partly transformed into a dragon, caught sight of Yu Xiaogang and recognized his uncle after more than ten years apart.
• Yu Tianheng and Yu Xiaogang learned that they had both come to the forest for Soul Rings, and Yu Tianheng said he had only fought the Terror Dragon to let off steam.
• Yu Tianheng asked why Yu Xiaogang had stayed away, but Yu Xiaogang refused to discuss returning and said he would prove himself right.
• Yu Xiaogang introduced Tang San as his disciple, and Yu Tianheng was astonished to learn that twelve-year-old Tang San had reached level thirty-two with Blue Silver Grass.

Yu Xiaogang showed Yu Tianheng Tang San’s unusual Blue Silver Grass and revealed that Tang San had reached level thirty-two at twelve, prompting Yu Tianheng to hope his uncle could train him too. Yu Xiaogang refused to return to his family, and the chapter left him asking Yu Tianheng what level he had reached.

• Yu Xiaogang had Tang San demonstrate his three Soul Rings and strange Blue Silver Grass, then praised his strength to Yu Tianheng.
• Yu Tianheng assumed Yu Xiaogang had trained Tang San and excitedly asked whether his uncle would return and help him surpass Xia Yan.
• Yu Xiaogang recalled the humiliation he had suffered from his family and told Yu Tianheng that he could not go back.
• Yu Tianheng said he had come alone to hunt Soul Rings and grow stronger after losing a battle.
• Yu Xiaogang asked whether Yu Tianheng was now at level forty, reasoning that he had fought the Terror Dragon.

Yu Tianheng reunited with Yu Xiaogang and learned that the Shrek students were an extraordinary group of young geniuses. After Xia Yan met with Xue Xing, Yu Tianheng returned to Imperial Dou Academy and publicly challenged Xia Yan, setting up a fight three days later.

• Yu Xiaogang introduced the Shrek group to Yu Tianheng, whose admiration for his uncle grew as he saw their talent.
• Xue Xing promised Xia Yan he would find the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and said Xue Beng had no interest in winning the championship.
• Yu Tianheng urged Yu Xiaogang and Flender to join Imperial Dou Academy, but they refused and Yu Xiaogang encouraged him to defeat Xia Yan.
• Yu Tianheng publicly challenged Xia Yan to fight at the Soul Fighting Plaza in three days.
• Imperial Dou Academy students gathered at the forest mimicry grounds and spread news of the coming challenge.

Yu Tianheng insisted on a public rematch with Xia Yan, convinced his new strength would let him draw and restore his reputation, while Xue Xing tried to dissuade him. In the imperial palace, Xue Ye ordered his family not to antagonize Xia Yan, whom he hoped to win over amid the rivalry between powerful factions.

• Xue Xing rushed to Yu Tianheng's estate and urged him to postpone his challenge to Xia Yan and keep spectators away.
• Yu Tianheng demanded that the public watch, believing his fourth Soul Ring, level forty-two Soul Power, and dragonified arms would let him fight Xia Yan to a draw.
• Yu Tianheng planned to surpass Xia Yan as he gained more Soul Rings and dragonified more of his body.
• Xue Ye told his guard not to interfere with Xia Yan and Yu Tianheng's battle.
• Xue Ye explained that he hoped the imperial family could win over Xia Yan and benefit from tensions among Xia Yan, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and the Tyrant Dragon Family.
• Xue Ye ordered Xue Qinghe and Xue Xing to ensure Xia Yan developed no ill will toward the imperial family.

Xia Yan prepared to face Yu Tianheng’s renewed public challenge as excitement spread through Royal Heaven Dou Academy. The chapter ended with Osler taking bets on the fight, while students wagered heavily on Xia Yan.

• Xia Yan told Ning Rongrong that his coming fight with Yu Tianheng would be their last and that Yu Tianheng would give up afterward.
• The three Education Committee members concluded that they could not resolve the grudge between Xia Yan and Yu Tianheng.
• Students gathered at the Soul Fighting Plaza and speculated about the rematch, while members of the Imperial Dou team doubted Yu Tianheng could defeat Xia Yan.
• Osler began taking bets on the fight, and Bei Mu placed five hundred Gold Soul Coins on Xia Yan and another five hundred on Yu Tianheng.