Chapter Summaries

Sword Douluo Chen Xin confronted the Shrek group for Ma Hongjun’s harassment of Ning Rongrong and crippled him with a strike. Chen Xin left, while the group remained stunned and trapped in fear by his overwhelming power.

• Chen Xin’s sword intent forced the Shrek group off their horses and pinned them to the ground, leaving Ma Hongjun unconscious.
• Flender recognized Chen Xin as Sword Douluo and humbly asked why he had stopped them.
• Chen Xin said Ma Hongjun had attempted to molest the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s sect master’s daughter and had to be punished.
• Chen Xin struck Ma Hongjun with concentrated sword energy, causing him to wake and scream in agony as he clutched his lower body.
• Chen Xin departed, leaving Ma Hongjun screaming and the Shrek group stunned on the road.

Flender realized Ma Hongjun had harassed Ning Rongrong, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect master's daughter, and collapsed in despair after seeing how badly Sword Douluo Chen Xin had injured him. In Suotuo City, Ning Rongrong thanked Lin Qing, Xiao Wu, Dugu Bo, and the others for protecting her, and she confirmed she was unharmed.

• Flender and the others found Ma Hongjun bleeding and learned that Sword Douluo Chen Xin had destroyed his manhood.
• Flender realized Ma Hongjun had harassed Ning Rongrong and understood why Dugu Bo and Chen Xin had punished him.
• Flender blamed himself for teaching Ma Hongjun that those who avoided trouble were mediocrities, spat blood, and collapsed.
• Yu Xiaogang supported Flender and urged the others to treat Ma Hongjun and save his life.
• In Suotuo City, Ning Rongrong thanked Dugu Bo for intervening, and he said anyone who harmed an Azure Throne student would pay the price.
• Ning Rongrong thanked Lin Qing, Xiao Wu, Meng Yiran, and Zhu Zhuqing for protecting her, and told them Ma Hongjun had not touched her.

Lin Qing learned that Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin were secretly observing him and his companions, but chose not to confront them. Back at Riverview Pavilion, Ning Fengzhi wondered whether Dugu Bo had become someone’s subordinate, leaving Chen Xin puzzled about what had prompted the suspicion.

• Dugu Bo secretly told Lin Qing that Sword Douluo Chen Xin and a Soul Saint were watching them.
• Lin Qing deduced that the Soul Saint was Ning Fengzhi and decided to ignore the pair as long as they caused no trouble.
• Chen Xin told Ning Fengzhi that he had dealt with Ma Hongjun but had not killed him, since Dugu Bo’s poison had already badly damaged him.
• Ning Fengzhi revealed that Dugu Bo had discovered them, and Chen Xin agreed that the Title Douluo’s perception would have made that inevitable.
• Ning Fengzhi asked whether Dugu Bo could serve another person, surprising Chen Xin, who argued that Dugu Bo had never submitted to anyone.

Ning Fengzhi suspected that Lin Qing held authority over Dugu Bo and predicted he would become a major presence on the continent. Back at Azure Throne Academy, Ye Lingling joined the group, and Ning Rongrong explained that her Nine Heart Begonia martial soul could heal nearly any injury.

• Ning Fengzhi reflected on Dugu Bo's deference to Lin Qing and told Sword Douluo that Lin Qing would greatly surprise him.
• Lin Qing's group returned to Azure Throne Academy, where Dugu Yan greeted them and heard how Ma Hongjun had harassed Ning Rongrong before Dugu Bo intervened.
• Dugu Yan introduced Ye Lingling as her former Imperial Heaven Team teammate who intended to join Azure Throne Academy.
• Ye Lingling introduced herself as a healing Soul Master with the Nine Heart Begonia martial soul, and Ning Rongrong reacted with shock.
• Ning Rongrong explained that the Nine Heart Begonia had only one wide-area healing skill but could restore even severely injured people as long as they still had a breath.

Lin Qing confirmed that the Nine Heart Begonia martial soul carried a curse allowing only two living bearers at a time, and Ye Lingling learned he believed it might be broken. He agreed to help her if she joined Azure Throne Academy, while planning a careful treatment using a pill refined from an Immortal Herb.

• Er Ni said the Nine Heart Begonia martial soul bore a curse, and Lin Qing explained its rule that a new inheritor could appear only after a bearer died.
• Ning Rongrong confirmed that the curse had prevented the Nine Heart Begonia from becoming a major sect.
• Ye Lingling asked Lin Qing whether he could break the curse, and he said there was a possibility.
• Ye Lingling begged Lin Qing for help, and he lifted her to her feet and offered to help if she joined Azure Throne Academy.
• Lin Qing considered refining an Immortal Herb into a pill to transform the martial soul's origin safely over time.

Ma Hongjun lay near death from Dugu Bo’s poison, and the Shrek Academy members found no way to treat him. Yu Xiaogang urged Flender to beg Dugu Bo for an antidote at Azure Throne Academy, while Tang San left humiliated and swore to make Lin Qing and the others pay.

• Yu Xiaogang’s medicines failed to slow the poison, and Tang San examined Ma Hongjun before declaring that no cure existed.
• Yu Xiaogang told Flender that begging Dugu Bo for an antidote was their only chance to save Ma Hongjun.
• Flender struggled to choose between preserving Shrek Academy’s dignity and saving the disciple he regarded as his son.
• Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Zhao Wuji stood helplessly by Ma Hongjun, with Zhao Wuji blaming himself for failing to stop the incident.
• Tang San brooded over his weakness before Sword Douluo and Dugu Bo, grew jealous of Lin Qing, and vowed to make Azure Throne Academy, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Dugu Bo, and Lin Qing pay.

After leaving seclusion, Lin Qing learned that Shrek had joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy instead of Blue Tyrant Academy. He ordered Wu Yun to capture Liu Erlong discreetly, aiming to keep Tang San away from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

• Lin Qing emerged from a month of seclusion and asked Dugu Bo about Shrek's movements.
• Dugu Bo admitted he had not monitored Shrek after driving Flender away when he begged for Ma Hongjun's antidote.
• Lin Qing used the Space-Awareness Silk to review Wu Yun's memories and discovered that Shrek had moved to Heaven Dou City and joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Lin Qing realized that Dugu Bo's absence from Heaven Dou Royal Academy had allowed Shrek to join without Prince Xue Xing driving them out.
• Lin Qing ordered Wu Yun to stop watching Shrek and secretly capture Blue Tyrant Academy headmaster Liu Erlong.
• Wu Yun accepted the mission, and Lin Qing considered the danger posed by the powerful Title Douluo in Heaven Dou City.

Lin Qing emerged from seclusion and presented immortal pills he had refined from Immortal Herbs, explaining their transformative power to the women at Azure Throne Academy. As Er Ni and Dugu Yan confirmed that Immortal Herbs had transformed them, the others were left astonished.

• Lin Qing reconsidered his plans for the four single-attribute clans and resolved to prevent Tang San from gathering them, either by winning them over or crippling them.
• Lin Qing ordered Dugu Bo to guard the Blue Silver Grass named Ah Yin.
• Lin Qing summoned Ning Rongrong and the others, then showed them more than a dozen pills he had made during his month of seclusion.
• Lin Qing explained that Immortal Herbs could transform a person's Martial Soul and aptitude, and that immortal pills were refined using Immortal Herbs.
• Er Ni revealed that an Immortal Herb had evolved her wildflower Martial Soul into Lovesick Heartbreak Red and helped her become a Soul Ancestor.
• Dugu Yan said an Immortal Herb had cured her poison, evolved her Jade Phosphorous Serpent into the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, and raised her to Soul King, shocking Xiao Wu and the others.

Lin Qing gave Ye Lingling a Martial Soul Evolution Pill designed to evolve her Nine Heart Begonia and remove its inherited restrictions. After swallowing it, Ye Lingling reached the threshold of rank 40 and her Martial Soul transformed, leaving Ning Rongrong wondering whether the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda could also be freed from its limitation.

• Dugu Yan told Ye Lingling that an Immortal Herb had evolved her Martial Soul and eliminated her poison backlash.
• Lin Qing presented Ye Lingling with a Martial Soul Evolution Pill and explained that it could bring about a Martial Soul’s perfect evolution while removing inherent restrictions and backlash.
• Ye Lingling hesitated to accept the precious pill, but Lin Qing said it was promised to her and that he had many similar pills.
• Ye Lingling accepted the pill, bowed to Lin Qing, and swallowed it as the other girls watched.
• Ye Lingling’s Soul Power rose to the threshold of rank 40, and her Nine Heart Begonia evolved into a pure white flower with golden patterns.
• Dugu Yan confirmed that Ye Lingling’s Martial Soul had truly evolved, while Ning Rongrong wondered whether the same method could break the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda’s limitation.

Ye Lingling’s Nine Heart Begonia evolved after she took Lin Qing’s pill, breaking its inheritance curse and gaining powerful purification abilities. Lin Qing then gave Xiao Wu a pill made to erase special auras, and she realized he had prepared it specifically to conceal her Soul Beast identity.

• Ye Lingling awoke to find that her Nine Heart Begonia had evolved, its curse had vanished, and her healing abilities had doubled and gained area purification.
• Ye Lingling thanked Lin Qing for fulfilling his promise, while he reassured her that she owed him nothing.
• The other girls watched Lin Qing’s remaining pill with envy, and Ning Rongrong struggled to ask him for one.
• Lin Qing offered Xiao Wu the Soul Eternal Stabilization Pill, explaining that it could strengthen the soul and erase certain special auras.
• Xiao Wu understood that Lin Qing had prepared the pill to conceal her Soul Beast aura, accepted it tearfully, and thanked him.

Lin Qing gave Rebirth Pills to Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran and a Martial Soul Evolution Pill to Ning Rongrong, helping the group grow stronger. Ning Rongrong evolved her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, and the chapter ended with several girls kissing Lin Qing after he jokingly invited them all to do so.

• Lin Qing gave Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran Rebirth Pills and explained how the pills would improve their bodies, Soul Power, and talent.
• Lin Qing gave Ning Rongrong a Martial Soul Evolution Pill, and the girls swallowed their pills to support his goal of winning the upcoming Martial Soul Tournament.
• After digesting the pills, Xiao Wu reached Level 40 Soul Power, Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran also reached Level 40, and Ning Rongrong's Soul Power rose to Level 39.
• Ning Rongrong's Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda evolved into the nine-level Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, and she thanked Lin Qing with a kiss on his cheek.
• Xiao Wu kissed Lin Qing's other cheek, and after Lin Qing joked that they could all thank him together, Zhu Zhuqing, Meng Yiran, and Ye Lingling also kissed him.

Yu Xiaogang took over as the Imperial Heaven Team’s supervising teacher and announced a roster that gave several main positions to members of Shrek. Osler and Yu Feng challenged his favoritism, leaving the team’s new lineup disputed.

• Qin Ming handed the supervising teacher position to Yu Xiaogang, with approval from the academy’s Three Education Committees.
• Yu Xiaogang declared that he would revise the roster and training plan to prepare the Imperial Heaven Team for the Continental Soul Master Tournament.
• Yu Xiaogang kept Yu Tianheng as captain and named Dai Mubai and Oscar to the main roster, drawing resentment from veterans Osler and Yu Feng.
• Yu Xiaogang assigned Shi Mo and Shi Mo to defense and made Tang San the team’s control core.
• Osler and Yu Feng protested that Shrek members had taken three main roster positions despite losing to the Imperial Heaven Team at the Great Soul Arena in Suotuo City.

Yu Xiaogang forced Osler and Yu Feng to fight for the Imperial Heaven Team’s final agility-attack position. Osler won, and Yu Feng left the training ground after being defeated and excluded from the team.

• Yu Xiaogang dismissed Osler and Yu Feng’s objections and ordered them to compete for the final spot, with the loser required to become a substitute or leave.
• Osler and Yu Feng accepted the match after the other Imperial Heaven Team members and Teacher Qin Ming stayed silent.
• At Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Training ground No. 1, Osler and Yu Feng fought with their Ghost Leopard and Wind Bell Bird Martial Souls.
• Osler outlasted Yu Feng and struck him down with Ghost Leopard Claw after using his third Soul Ring.
• Yu Feng stood up, looked toward Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Yu Tianheng, then walked out of the training ground.

After the Imperial Fighting Team selected its final member, Dai Mubai and Oscar reflected on their new prospects and Ma Hongjun’s condition. Flender and Zhao Wuji watched over Ma Hongjun, whose injuries had ended his path as a Soul Master, while Flender mourned the end of Shrek Academy.

• Yu Xiaogang announced that Osler had won the final place on the Imperial Fighting Team and ordered the team to train in seclusion.
• Dai Mubai and Oscar celebrated joining the main lineup, then worried that Ma Hongjun might never recover enough to compete.
• The Three Education Committees’ treatment had kept Ma Hongjun alive, but Dugu Bo’s poison continued damaging his meridians and body.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji sat beside Ma Hongjun as Flender blamed himself for the boy’s injuries and for Shrek Academy’s fate.
• Flender recalled that he had merged Shrek Academy into Heaven Dou Royal Academy and refused the teaching position offered to him and Zhao Wuji.

Flender went to Blue Tyrant Academy to seek out Liu Erlong, who had not seen him for years. Liu Erlong learned he was waiting and prepared to meet him, leaving their reunion for later.

• Flender left Ma Hongjun in Zhao Wuji’s care and went to see someone.
• Liu Erlong put Blue Tyrant Academy’s students through a punishing training session before retreating to her courtyard.
• Liu Erlong recalled the Golden Iron Triangle and the years of separation from Flender and Yu Xiaogang.
• A student told Liu Erlong that Flender had arrived at the academy looking for her.
• Liu Erlong sent Flender to the reception hall and said she would join him shortly.

Wu Yun captured Liu Erlong while she was bathing and carried her back to Azure Throne Academy. Flender waited for Liu Erlong, then searched her residence and found her missing.

• Wu Yun used a Mental Shock to knock Liu Erlong unconscious in her bathroom.
• Wu Yun wrapped Liu Erlong in a bedsheet, carried her away, and received Lin Qing's order to bring her to Azure Throne Academy.
• Flender waited an hour for Liu Erlong, grew concerned, and asked a student to take him to her residence.
• Flender entered Liu Erlong's house and found the bathroom empty, with her clothes left behind.

Flender discovered that Liu Erlong had vanished from her courtyard without a trace, while Lin Qing learned that Wu Yun had captured her and brought her to Azure Throne Academy. The chapter ended with Wu Yun carrying the unconscious Liu Erlong to be dressed and restrained.

• Flender searched Liu Erlong's empty courtyard and used his Spiritual Power to look for clues, but found no trace of her or her captor.
• Lin Qing tended to Ah Yin's Blue Silver Grass true body and considered Liu Erlong a valuable hostage against the Golden Iron Triangle.
• Wu Yun arrived at Lin Qing's courtyard carrying the unconscious Liu Erlong, whom she had captured while Liu Erlong was bathing.
• Liu Erlong woke, realized she had been attacked, and tried to activate her Martial Soul, but Wu Yun knocked her unconscious with a Mental Shock.
• Lin Qing ordered Wu Yun to dress Liu Erlong, seal her mouth, and restrict her Soul Power and movements.

Lin Qing captured Liu Erlong and planned to use Space-Awareness Silk to control her mind, gaining leverage over Yu Xiaogang and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. He had Wu Yun wake Liu Erlong so he could begin.

• Lin Qing questioned Wu Yun about whether she had left traces while capturing Liu Erlong, and Wu Yun said she had avoided detection.
• Wu Yun reported that Flender had visited Blue Tyrant Academy before she acted, and Lin Qing realized he had captured Liu Erlong before Flender could meet her.
• Lin Qing considered how controlling Liu Erlong could let him manipulate Yu Xiaogang and disrupt the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Lin Qing decided to invade Liu Erlong's spiritual core with Space-Awareness Silk, relying on his powerful Spiritual Power and Heavenly Eye Martial Soul.
• Lin Qing ordered Wu Yun to wake Liu Erlong, who regained consciousness bound to a chair and saw Lin Qing and Wu Yun standing before her.

Lin Qing began using his Space-Awareness Silk to place a mental shackle on the captured Liu Erlong while preserving her memories and personality. As Wu Yun guarded the door, he focused on carefully infiltrating Liu Erlong’s spiritual core.

• Liu Erlong awoke bound and unable to use her Soul Power, then learned that Lin Qing and Wu Yun had captured her.
• Wu Yun revealed herself as a Title Douluo, leaving Liu Erlong overwhelmed by the gap in their strength.
• Lin Qing offered Liu Erlong a choice between obeying him and being forcibly controlled, but she refused and threatened him with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Lin Qing used his fourth Soul Ring to send Space-Awareness Silk into Liu Erlong’s sea of consciousness, overpowering her Spiritual Power.
• Lin Qing began weaving an invisible net through Liu Erlong’s spiritual core, while Wu Yun guarded the door to prevent anyone from interrupting.

Flender told Yu Xiaogang that Liu Erlong had vanished from Blue Tyrant Academy and urged him to enlist the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s help. Yu Xiaogang reacted with alarm to her disappearance, but recoiled when Flender mentioned the clan.

• Flender rushed to Yu Xiaogang’s office and sent Tang San and Yu Tianheng out so he could speak privately.
• Flender told Yu Xiaogang that Liu Erlong had disappeared and described signs that she had been taken from her residence at Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang initially said he did not want to hear about Liu Erlong, then froze when Flender explained that she might be in danger.
• Flender said he had asked the Three Education Committees to search Heaven Dou City and urged Yu Xiaogang to seek help from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Yu Xiaogang showed intense resistance and disgust when Flender mentioned the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.