Chapter Summaries

Salas reported to Bibi Dong that Tai Tan, the master of Divine Craftsman Pavilion, had become a Title Douluo with a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to try recruiting him, while warning that the Strength Clan would be destroyed if he refused.

• Salas arrived at Pope Palace and told Bibi Dong that Tai Tan had a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei speculated that Tai Tan had killed the escaped hundred-thousand-year soul beast that had taken human form.
• Bibi Dong concluded that the escaped soul beast was the most likely source of Tai Tan's ring and lamented that Spirit Hall had lost the chance to recruit it.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to recruit Tai Tan and spare him and the Strength Clan if he joined Spirit Hall; otherwise, she planned to destroy the clan in a future Soul Hunting Operation.
• Salas presented Bibi Dong with Soul Guidance Weapons and Storage Rings purchased from Divine Craftsman Pavilion.

Bibi Dong chose to seize the Strength Clan’s Soul Guidance Weapon technology by force, while news spread that Tai Tan would become the Heaven Dou Empire’s State Protector Elder. In the Star Luo Empire, Yang Wudi revealed that he had become a Title Douluo with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

• Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei examined the Soul Guidance Weapons and decided Spirit Hall would attack the Divine Craftsman Pavilion and force Tai Tan to surrender the technology.
• Salas urged Bibi Dong to threaten the Strength Clan’s people, and she approved a surprise attack instead of recruiting them.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong discussed Tai Tan’s appointment as State Protector Elder and the growing threat posed by the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Yang Wudi announced that he had become a Title Douluo and offered free pills to customers who topped up at the Pill Pavilion.
• Yang Wudi revealed his nine Soul Rings, including a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, shocking the crowd.

Yang Wudi revealed that he had become the Spear Douluo with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, prompting Dai Weisi to report the news to the Star Luo Great Emperor. The emperor ordered Dai Weisi to offer Yang Wudi the position of State Protector Elder, while Dai Weisi grew more confident that he would become crown prince and threatened his brother Dai Mubai in his thoughts.

• Yang Wudi withdrew his nine Soul Rings after displaying his Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and introduced himself as Spear Douluo.
• Dai Weisi learned that Yang Wudi had become a Title Douluo and hurried to inform the Star Luo Great Emperor.
• Dai Weisi told the Star Luo Great Emperor that Yang Wudi possessed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and the emperor agreed to offer him the position of State Protector Elder if he joined the Star Luo Imperial Family.
• The Star Luo Great Emperor sent Dai Weisi to personally ask Yang Wudi whether he would accept the offer.
• Dai Weisi took the emperor's decision as proof that he was the future crown prince and vowed that Dai Mubai would die if he returned.

Dai Weisi recruited Yang Wudi into the Star Luo Imperial Family and arranged to confer on him the title of State Protector Elder in three days. After learning of Yang Wudi and Tai Tan’s advancements, Bibi Dong suspected a conspiracy and planned to sow discord between the empires and the two Title Douluo.

• Dai Weisi brought Yang Wudi treasures and invited him to join the Star Luo Imperial Family as a State Protector Elder.
• Yang Wudi accepted the offer and agreed to attend the conferment ceremony at the Star Luo Imperial Palace in three days.
• Lou Gao and the Divine Craftsman Tower began selling Soul Guidance Weapons while keeping Lou Gao’s advancement to Title Douluo secret.
• Bibi Dong learned that Yang Wudi and Tai Tan had become Title Douluo with Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and suspected a conspiracy.
• Gui Mei proposed using the Clear Sky Sect and Yang Wudi’s relationship with Tai Tan to make the Heaven Dou Emperor and Star Luo Great Emperor distrust them.
• Bibi Dong approved the scheme and ordered Gui Mei to notify Snake Lance to carry it out.

Qian Renxue received Bibi Dong’s order to sow distrust between Xue Ye and Tai Tan, then visited Xue Ye and raised doubts about Tai Tan’s ties to Yang Wudi. Xue Ye remained unconvinced and planned to win Tai Tan’s loyalty; three days later, Tai Tan arrived at the palace for his investiture.

• Snake Lance delivered Bibi Dong’s secret letter, and Qian Renxue agreed to follow its instructions in her own way.
• Xue Ye learned that Yang Wudi had also become a Title Douluo with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and lost his earlier excitement about Tai Tan joining Heaven Dou.
• Xue Qinghe told Xue Ye that Tai Tan and Yang Wudi might have revealed their strength together for a reason and could refuse to fight or switch sides in a war.
• Xue Ye said he would keep watch but would not raise suspicions publicly, and he intended to win Tai Tan’s loyalty after the investiture.
• Three days later, Tai Tan arrived at the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace for his investiture.

Tai Tan and Yang Wudi were formally appointed State Protector Elders by the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires, respectively. The Star Luo Great Emperor dismissed Bibi Dong’s warning as an attempt to sow discord and resolved to win over both men as he dreamed of conquering the continent.

• Emperor Xue Ye appointed Tai Tan as Heaven Dou’s State Protector Elder, and Tai Tan accepted the title as part of the Li Family’s infiltration plan.
• The Star Luo Emperor appointed Yang Wudi as the empire’s first State Protector Elder, and Yang Wudi accepted while resolving to repay the Li Family despite his guilt.
• Yang Wudi privately reflected that the Li Family had enabled his breakthrough and the advancement of his Ninth Soul Ring, and he decided to save as many civilians as he could when the time came.
• After the ceremonies ended, the Star Luo Great Emperor recalled Bibi Dong’s warning about Yang Wudi and Tai Tan but dismissed it as an attempt to sow discord.
• The Star Luo Great Emperor decided to maintain his relationship with Yang Wudi and hoped to recruit Tai Tan, imagining that two powerful elders would help him conquer the continent.

Bibi Dong planned to pressure the two empires into surrendering the techniques for Soul Guidance Weapons and Pills, while hoping to obtain a level 4 Soul Guidance Weapon for Yu Xiaogang. At Shrek Academy, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing were gathered as class was about to begin.

• Bibi Dong ordered Gui Mei and Yue Guan to invite the Star Luo and Heaven Dou empires and their State Protector Elders to a meeting about Soul Guidance Weapons and Pills.
• Bibi Dong considered the costly Pill that might fix Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul, but decided to pursue a level 4 Soul Guidance Weapon for him instead.
• Bibi Dong prepared to secretly leave Spirit Hall to obtain a weapon for Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing enrolled at Shrek Academy and were astonished by its scale and luxury.
• Dai Mubai approached Zhu Zhuqing and told the group to gather because class was about to begin.

Yu Xiaogang received a Cheng Ying Sword from a mysterious black-robed woman and set out for Shrek Academy. After ending his long seclusion, Li Fei learned of the gift and Yu Xiaogang’s journey, then began arranging a game for his arrival.

• Yu Xiaogang learned that Tang San and Xiao Wu had joined Shrek Academy and left Nuoding for Suotuo City.
• A black-robed figure suppressed Yu Xiaogang, used his blood to bind him to the Cheng Ying Sword, and vanished without confirming whether she was Dong'er.
• Yu Xiaogang discovered that the growth-type Soul Guidance Weapon granted him the strength of a Four-Ring Soul Ancestor and continued toward Shrek Academy.
• Li Fei emerged from seclusion after completing Soul Spirit research and learned from Uncle Li Fu that Yu Xiaogang was expected to arrive that night.
• Li Fei declined Uncle Li Fu’s offer to kill Yu Xiaogang and instructed him to set up a game.

Li Fei met Tang San and the new Shrek Academy students, drawing the attention of Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu while Tang San grew jealous. Li Fei recognized Xiao Wu’s true form and became interested in Tang San’s Blue Silver Empress bloodline, leaving Tang San with growing hostility toward him.

• Li Fei appeared before Tang San and the others, and Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun greeted him as Brother Li.
• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu introduced themselves to Li Fei, who praised them and made them blush.
• Tang San grew jealous as Xiao Wu showed Li Fei attention, while Li Fei identified her as a rabbit spirit and considered using a Human Transformation Pill on her.
• Li Fei questioned Tang San about his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and learned from Xiao Wu that he had Innate Full Soul Power.
• Tang San secretly marked Li Fei as someone he wanted dead.

Li Fei offered to guide the Shrek Seven Devils in a fight and effortlessly defeated them, revealing Tang San’s Twin Martial Souls and exposing the limits of his attacks. Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer and hidden weapons failed against Li Fei, leaving him overwhelmed and questioning his strength.

• Li Fei praised Xiao Wu’s Blue Silver Grass talent, then invited the seven students to attack him together.
• Dai Mubai revealed his Azure Dragon Divine Tiger Martial Soul and five Soul Rings, shocking Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Li Fei shattered Tang San’s Blue Silver Entanglement and advised him to pursue a life-based path, then revealed that Tang San had Twin Martial Souls.
• Li Fei defeated the seven students in an instant, and Tang San summoned his Clear Sky Hammer to attack him after Xiao Wu was injured.
• Li Fei stopped the Clear Sky Hammer with one finger and knocked Tang San down after blocking his repeated strikes.
• Tang San fired Sleeve Arrows at Li Fei, who crushed them into powder with a gesture, leaving Tang San despairing over his hidden weapons.

Li Fei revealed that Tang San possessed the Clear Sky Hammer and challenged the theories of Tang San’s teacher. Later, Zhu Zhuqing asked Li Fei to help her grow stronger, while Tang Hao arrived with hostility as Li Fei had anticipated.

• Li Fei identified Tang San’s second Martial Soul as the Clear Sky Hammer and dismissed it as inferior to his Dragon Pattern Staff.
• Li Fei argued that Dai Mubai’s successful absorption of a ten-thousand-year third Soul Ring disproved Tang San’s teacher’s theories, then advised Tang San to pursue the path of life.
• Zhu Zhuqing visited Li Fei’s villa at night and asked to cultivate under his guidance, and Li Fei accepted.
• Li Fei transmitted a technique that cultivated Soul Power, the body, and the spiritual soul, leaving Zhu Zhuqing surprised and flustered.
• Li Fei sensed a hostile presence, recognized Tang Hao’s arrival, and vanished from the stone platform.

Li Fei confronted Tang Hao in the forest and revealed his overwhelming strength, including eight Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and a Million-Year Soul Ring. After their battle, Li Fei left Tang Hao buried beneath rubble and barely alive.

• Tang Hao confronted Li Fei to avenge Tang San, whom Li Fei had beaten at Shrek Academy.
• Li Fei revealed his Azure Dragon Staff, eight red Soul Rings, one gold Soul Ring, and level-98 Super Douluo power, shocking Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao and Li Fei fought, but Tang Hao discovered that Li Fei’s staff suppressed his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Hao unleashed Chaotic Cloak, Nine-Nine Returns to One, and Li Fei answered with Azure Dragon Heaven and Earth Staff.
• Li Fei’s strike sent Tang Hao’s hammer flying, shattered his defenses, and buried him beneath rubble, barely alive.

Li Fei defeated Tang Hao’s Great Sumeru Hammer with his Azure Dragon Staff and left Tang Hao buried in a valley, intending to keep him alive for later use. Meanwhile, Tang San resolved to cultivate harder, and Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu found Zhu Zhuqing meditating at Li Fei’s villa.

• Tang Hao summoned Clear Sky True Body and fused his nine Soul Rings into the Clear Sky Hammer, then unleashed the Great Sumeru Hammer against Li Fei.
• Li Fei fused his nine Soul Rings into the Azure Dragon Staff and transformed it into an Eastern Azure Dragon that shattered Tang Hao’s hammer and blasted him into a mountainside.
• Li Fei returned to the academy without killing Tang Hao, whom he planned to use against Martial Soul Hall.
• Tang San woke with a racing heart, reflected on how far stronger his peers were, and began cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Skill to pursue his third Soul Ring.
• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu sneaked into Li Fei’s villa to look for Zhu Zhuqing and found her meditating alone on a stone platform.

Li Fei announced that Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu would receive private training from him, prompting Tang San to object because he feared growing closer to Xiao Wu. Tang Hao survived Li Fei's attack and set off to seek the Nine Heart Begonia, while Tang San insisted on joining Xiao Wu's training.

• Li Fei surprised Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu in his dormitory and invited them to cultivate with him.
• Tang Hao woke among the rocks, realized Li Fei had spared him, and decided to seek the Nine Heart Begonia to treat his injuries.
• The Shrek students trained in the morning and wondered why Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing were absent.
• Li Fei told Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun that he would privately train the three girls.
• Tang San objected to Li Fei's plan and said he wanted to cultivate alongside Xiao Wu because he was responsible for her.

Li Fei revealed that he knew Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit and offered her a Human Transformation Pill in exchange for becoming his woman and bearing his children. Xiao Wu accepted, leaving her identity and future tied to Li Fei.

• Tang San objected to Li Fei training Xiao Wu, but Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun urged him to respect her choice.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun revealed they were close to Level 40, while Dai Mubai had reached Level 53, making Tang San realize he was the weakest among them.
• Li Fei returned to the villa area and gave Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu special training before calling Xiao Wu aside.
• Li Fei trapped Xiao Wu inside a Soul Power Barrier, revealed that he knew her true form, and displayed his nine Soul Rings to frighten her.
• Li Fei offered Xiao Wu a Grade 7 Human Transformation Pill that would conceal her Soul Beast identity, in exchange for becoming his woman and bearing his children.
• After Li Fei warned that other Title Douluos could hunt her and Tang San, Xiao Wu agreed to his offer.

Li Fei gave Xiao Wu a Grade 7 Human Transformation Pill, which let her freely switch between human and Soft Bone Rabbit forms and restored her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast power. He told her Tang Hao had already known her identity and had been defeated by Li Fei, then took Xiao Wu into the villa.

• Li Fei gave Xiao Wu the Human Transformation Pill, which he had secretly altered to make her heart lean toward him.
• Xiao Wu swallowed the Pill and discovered that she could freely change between her human form and her true form.
• Xiao Wu revealed that her strength had returned to the equivalent of a level 95 Title Douluo, though she still needed to condense her remaining Soul Rings.
• Li Fei told Xiao Wu that Tang Hao had known her identity before she met Tang San and that Li Fei had defeated him in a fight.
• Li Fei said Tang Hao was badly injured but alive, then took Xiao Wu into a room in the villa.

Wounded Tang Hao reached the Nine Heart Begonia Sect and asked its master, Ye Shasha, to heal him in exchange for a great favor. Ye Shasha agreed and summoned her Martial Soul to begin treating him.

• Tang Hao crossed the dangerous outskirts of Heaven Dou City and entered the hidden Nine Heart Begonia Sect.
• Ye Shasha told Tang Hao that her sect’s Divination Art had foretold a visitor seeking help.
• Tang Hao introduced himself as the Clear Sky Douluo, offered a great favor for the sect’s aid, and said an enormous monster had injured him.
• Ye Shasha and her husband were shocked by Tang Hao’s condition, but Ye Shasha agreed to help without questioning him further.
• Ye Shasha summoned her Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul.

After learning that Tang Hao’s injuries would take a long time to heal, Li Fei prepared to confront Spirit Hall and reveal the Eastern Seven Stars Sect. The sect emerged from hiding, while Li Fei continued developing a powerful artificial Soul Spirit and planned to become a god.

• Ye Shasha treated Tang Hao and told him his extensive internal injuries would take a long time to heal.
• Xiao Wu woke at Shrek Academy, remembered her night with Li Fei, and found the flowers he had left behind.
• Tai Tan told Li Fei that Spirit Hall had summoned several factions, and Li Fei decided to attend and refuse any demand for Soul Guidance Weapon research.
• Li Fei planned to reveal Soul Spirits as a warning and continued raising the Soul Spirit Ancestor God as a potential Soul Ring.
• Li Fei resolved to reach Rank Ninety-Nine and inherit the Eastern Azure Dragon Godhood.
• The Eastern Seven Stars Sect revealed its headquarters on Seven Stars Mountain, supported by the Li Family and staffed largely by talented recruits from Blue Tyrant Academy and Shrek Academy.

Li Fei visited the Eastern Seven Stars Sect, praised Flender and Liu Erlong for their management, and rewarded them with two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones. He told them to keep the sect hidden while secretly supporting the Divine Craftsman Pavilion and Tower, then introduced Soul Spirit technology and ordered the sect to stop hunting Soul Beasts.

• Flender and Liu Erlong praised the Li Family's strength and reported on the Eastern Seven Stars Sect's progress to Li Fei.
• Li Fei rewarded Flender and Liu Erlong with two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones, which they accepted and stored away.
• Li Fei told Flender and Liu Erlong that the sect should remain hidden and secretly help the Divine Craftsman Pavilion and the Divine Craftsman Tower.
• Li Fei gave Flender a ring containing Spirit Balls with Soul Spirits and shared his knowledge of Soul Spirit creation with both Flender and Liu Erlong.
• Flender and Liu Erlong agreed to stop hunting Soul Beasts and use Soul Spirits instead.

Bibi Dong convened the continent’s powers to demand that the Divine Craftsman Pavilion share its Soul Guidance Weapon technology, but Tai Tan fiercely refused and the talks nearly turned violent. Bibi Dong then proposed restricting the weapons’ spread, and Yu Yuanzhen supported the idea.

• Bibi Dong asked the Divine Craftsman Pavilion to share its Soul Guidance Weapon technology for the continent’s benefit.
• Tai Tan angrily refused, cited Spirit Hall’s past killings of his clan, and declared that the pavilion would only cooperate or sell its weapons.
• Bibi Dong released her killing pressure against Tai Tan, who shattered it with his mutated Martial Soul and nine Soul Rings, including a red one.
• Bibi Dong stopped pressing him and proposed controlling Soul Guidance Weapons to protect Soul Masters from ordinary people who might wield them.
• Yu Yuanzhen agreed that Soul Guidance Weapons should be restricted and controlled by the highest authorities.