Chapter Summaries

Qian Renxue and the Spirit Hall group slaughtered the men in black, then punished Zhu Zhuqing for using ordinary soul masters as a distraction. After Xie Yue threw her into a pond to drown, Zhu Zhuqing’s consciousness faded.

• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, and Bai Zhi revealed their powerful soul rings, and Zhu Liu identified them as members of Spirit Hall.
• Qian Renxue killed Zhu Liu and the other men in black with a single sword strike.
• Qian Renxue severed Zhu Zhuqing’s right arm and rejected her apology.
• Qian Renxue ordered Xie Yue to break Zhu Zhuqing’s limbs and drown her in the river.
• Xie Yue severed Zhu Zhuqing’s remaining limbs, dismissed her claims about the Star Luo Empire, and threw her into a freezing pond.
• Zhu Zhuqing began drowning as her consciousness faded.

After Qian Renxue left the scene, Tang San and Xiao Wu found the slaughtered guards of the Duke of Netherworld Estate near a pond. Tang San discovered Zhu Zhuqing alive but gravely mutilated at the bottom and carried her to the surface.

• Qian Renxue ordered Xie Yue and the others to head for Suotuo City.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu emerged from the forest and discussed their cultivation and plans to return to Shrek Academy.
• They found more than a dozen dead guards from the Duke of Netherworld Estate and noticed signs that someone had been dragged toward a pond.
• Tang San jumped into the pond to search for the person he sensed had been thrown in.
• Tang San found Zhu Zhuqing alive in the silt, drove away the feeding fish, and carried her toward the surface.

Tang San rushed the gravely wounded Zhu Zhuqing back to Shrek Academy while Qian Renxue learned of the academy’s claims and threatened to punish it. At the Sacred Spirit Sect, Feng Xiaotian tested his self-created technique against Feng Yao’s defensive skill, exposing its dangerous recoil.

• Tang San carried the barely breathing Zhu Zhuqing toward Shrek Academy, while Xiao Wu followed with Zhu Zhuqing’s severed hand and foot.
• Qian Renxue reprimanded the Suotuo City branch hall master for tolerating Shrek Academy’s claims and resolved to deal with the academy.
• The former Four Elements City was identified as Sacred Spirit City, headquarters of the Sacred Spirit Sect.
• Feng Xiaotian used his Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes against Feng Yao’s Soul Emperor-level defensive barrier.
• Feng Xiaotian’s attack struck the barrier, and its backlash shook his body through his wolf wings.

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling rushed to find Ye Muyun after Dugu Bo’s poison flared up, but Ye Muyun refused to save him because he had rejected her offer years earlier. When Dugu Yan threatened to force Ye Muyun to go, Shui Bing’er froze her and ordered Ye Lingling to take her away.

• Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan interrupted the training ground to tell Shui Bing’er that Dugu Bo was dying from a poison flare-up.
• Shui Bing’er refused to reveal Ye Muyun’s location, explaining that Ye Muyun was in seclusion and that the sect had no obligation to help Dugu Bo.
• Ye Muyun arrived and said she would not save Dugu Bo because he had refused her offer of help five years earlier.
• Dugu Yan threatened Ye Muyun, and Shui Bing’er used Ice Seal to freeze her inside a block of ice.
• Ye Lingling dragged the frozen Dugu Yan away, while Ye Muyun ordered the others to return to cultivating.

Dugu Bo succumbed to his venom while Ye Renxin tried to heal him, and Zhu Zhuqing was treated at Shrek Academy after Tang San brought her there. Dai Mubai recognized Zhu Zhuqing as his fiancée, and the chapter ended as the healer came out of the infirmary.

• Dugu Bo told Ye Renxin he had waited for someone who could change everything and asked him to look after Yanyan.
• Dugu Bo stopped breathing, and Ye Renxin wept over his death.
• At Shrek Academy, Tang San explained that he had rescued the badly injured Zhu Zhuqing, while Ma Hongjun tried to claim credit.
• Dai Mubai recognized Zhu Zhuqing as his fiancée and wondered who had attacked her.
• The infirmary healer came out, and Flender asked how Zhu Zhuqing was.

Zhu Zhuqing recovered consciousness after Spirit Hall fighters severed her right arm, and she told Dai Mubai and Tang San about the powerful enemies who had attacked her. Tang San recognized some of them and was troubled by how much the events differed from what he remembered, before learning that Ning Rongrong was coming to enroll at Shrek Academy.

• A doctor told Flender and the others that Zhu Zhuqing's right arm could not be reattached, though her other limbs were mostly unharmed.
• Dai Mubai confronted Zhu Zhuqing about her attackers, and she revealed that four Soul Emperors and a Soul Saint from Spirit Hall had defeated her.
• Zhu Zhuqing described the attackers' spirits to Tang San, who recognized Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, and Qian Renxue and wondered why their strength and actions differed from his memories.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Tang San to leave so she could rest, and he found that Flender, Oscar, and his godfather had gone to pick someone up.
• Ma Hongjun told Tang San and Dai Mubai that Ning Rongrong planned to enroll at Shrek Academy, then warned them not to compete with him for her.

Qian Renxue’s group reached Shrek Academy and watched Li Yusong reject applicants while keeping their registration fees. When Li Yusong refused to refund Xie Yue, Xie Yue demanded five million Gold Soul Coins for a Soul Emperor’s life, leaving Li Yusong furious.

• Qian Renxue watched families lose their registration fees after Li Yusong rejected their children and threatened them with his Soul Emperor aura.
• Qian Renxue ordered the line cleared, and Xie Yue and Yan forced a path through the crowd with their clubs.
• Li Yusong took Xie Yue’s ten Gold Soul Coins, then rejected him for being too old and refused to return the fee.
• Xie Yue asked Yan to estimate a Soul Emperor’s value, then demanded five million Gold Soul Coins from Li Yusong or threatened him with death.
• Li Yusong slammed the table and sprang to his feet, his face livid.

Xie Yue, Yan, and Qian Renxue confronted Shrek Academy’s Li Yusong over its registration fee and his use of Spirit Hall’s name. After Yan killed Li Yusong, Qian Renxue threatened Ma Hongjun and sent him to fetch someone from the academy.

• Li Yusong attacked Xie Yue, but Yan struck him down and Xie Yue severed his arm.
• Yan demanded to know why Shrek Academy refused to refund the registration fee, while Li Yusong boasted about the academy and its supposed Spirit Hall connections.
• Xie Yue revealed that he knew no Shrek graduate serving as a Spirit Hall elder, and Li Yusong realized the group were from Spirit Hall.
• Qian Renxue ordered Yan to kill Li Yusong, and Yan crushed his head.
• Qian Renxue found Ma Hongjun hiding in a tree, placed a golden light inside him, and gave him one minute to bring someone from Shrek Academy before sending him running inside.

Qian Renxue confronted Shrek Academy after killing Li Yusong over an unpaid debt and demanded that Zhao Wuji answer for harming Spirit Hall’s reputation. The chapter ended with her revealing seven soul rings, including a red one, and crushing Zhao Wuji with her pressure.

• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Zhao Wuji praised Shrek Academy while Tang San took Xiao Wu shopping.
• Ma Hongjun reported that someone was causing trouble at the academy, and Zhao Wuji went to the village entrance with him; Ning Rongrong followed with Ning Fengzhi’s permission.
• Zhao Wuji found Li Yusong’s headless corpse, and Qian Renxue said Li had died because he could not repay five million Gold Soul Coins.
• Qian Renxue mocked Zhao Wuji and told him to make amends for the damage to Spirit Hall’s reputation, while Ma Hongjun demanded that she remove the supposed problem in his body.
• Qian Renxue revealed an angel phantom and seven soul rings, including one red ring, then unleashed a terrifying pressure on Zhao Wuji.

Qian Renxue crushed Zhao Wuji with her Angel Domain after confronting Shrek Academy over using Spirit Hall’s name to swindle people. She stopped short of killing him when Ning Rongrong intervened, but slapped and threatened her, leaving Rongrong shaken by Qian Renxue’s recollection of the Clear Sky Sect’s destruction.

• Qian Renxue unleashed her Angel Domain and overwhelmed Zhao Wuji despite his Martial Soul Avatar, forcing him to the ground and stepping on his head.
• Qian Renxue prepared to kill Zhao Wuji, but Ning Rongrong arrived and asked her to let the matter end for her sake.
• Ning Rongrong invoked her father Ning Fengzhi’s status as a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect leader and Spirit Hall honorary elder, but Qian Renxue mocked him and slapped her.
• Qian Renxue reminded Ning Rongrong that she and another person had slaughtered their way through the Clear Sky Sect, and that Ning Fengzhi had stayed silent when his uncle died there.
• Ning Rongrong recalled Sword Douluo’s warnings about Spirit Hall’s higher-ups and stood in horror as Qian Renxue dismissed her status.

Qian Renxue attacked Shrek Academy with her Eternal Blazing Sun after accusing it of impersonating Spirit Hall, but Sword Douluo intercepted the strike. She learned that Shrek claimed to have a student who was Spirit Hall’s youngest elder and ordered Bai Zhi to teach Yu Xiaogang a lesson.

• Qian Renxue unleashed her Eternal Blazing Sun toward Shrek Academy, terrifying Zhao Wuji, Ma Hongjun, and Ning Rongrong.
• Sword Douluo sensed the danger and intercepted the attack with a sapphire-blue sword beam, while Ning Fengzhi caught Ning Rongrong and warned her to stay silent.
• Ning Fengzhi recognized Qian Renxue as Qian Xunji’s bloodline and chose not to provoke her or risk the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s destruction.
• Qian Renxue accused Shrek Academy of impersonating Spirit Hall, and Ning Fengzhi denied having any objection to her destroying the academy.
• Flender claimed Shrek had a student who was Spirit Hall’s youngest elder, and Qian Renxue ordered Bai Zhi to teach Yu Xiaogang a lesson.

Bai Zhi severed Yu Xiaogang’s arm, and Qian Renxue discovered that his Pope’s Token was an invalid relic bearing the Clear Sky Hammer. Suspecting the incident was tied to Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue demanded that Flender and Zhao Wuji satisfy her conditions, but another Shrek teacher interrupted before she finished.

• Bai Zhi used her third soul skill to sever Yu Xiaogang’s left arm and freeze and shatter it.
• Yu Xiaogang produced a Pope’s Token, but Qian Renxue recognized its Clear Sky Hammer mark and suspected it had leaked from Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi told Yu Xiaogang that the token had become invalid when the Clear Sky Hammer was removed from the Upper Three Sects.
• Qian Renxue connected the token and Shrek’s dean knowing the former Pope to Bibi Dong, then demanded that Flender and Zhao Wuji appease her.
• Qian Renxue ordered Shrek’s teachers and students to choose three people to sever one of their own arms, but Lu Qibin interrupted her.

Qian Renxue killed Lu Qibin after he resisted her demand that Shrek Academy sacrifice two arms. The academy tried to choose victims by lot, and Oscar and Zhao Wuji both drew broken arrows.

• Qian Renxue blasted Lu Qibin's head with a golden ray when he protested her demand.
• Qian Renxue told Flender and the others to choose two people to lose an arm, while Hu Liena mocked them.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji considered sacrificing Yu Xiaogang, but Flender defended him.
• Ning Fengzhi proposed drawing lots, and Sword Douluo concealed the arrows with Soul Power to prevent cheating.
• Oscar drew a broken arrow, then Zhao Wuji drew the other broken arrow, leaving both men selected to lose an arm.

Qian Renxue forced the remaining Shrek Academy members to endure humiliating punishments, exposing Zhao Wuji's brutality and making them destroy their signboard. Flender and the others finished eating it, and Qian Renxue warned them never to use the name Shrek Academy again.

• Zhao Wuji killed Shao Xin to avoid severing his own arm, and Qian Renxue declared that he had passed.
• When Oscar accused Spirit Hall, Sword Douluo severed Oscar's left arm before he could say more, and Ning Fengzhi stabilized his injuries.
• Qian Renxue ordered the Shrek Academy signboard taken down and eaten, and Flender, Zhao Wuji, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Yu Xiaogang consumed it.
• Qian Renxue told Flender she never wanted to see the words “Shrek Academy” again, and he agreed.

After Qian Renxue left Shrek Academy, the group suffered a sudden bout of vomiting and decided to relocate, while Tang San returned and sought the Blue Silver Forest to awaken his martial soul. In Spirit City, Qian Renxue completed her mission and chose to accept Qian Cheng’s reward.

• After Qian Renxue departed, Flender and the others vomited, and Flender decided to rename the academy Slime Academy and take the group to Heaven Dou City.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu returned to Shrek Academy, where Tang San learned that Spirit Hall had killed Old Li and Old Lu and crippled Yu Xiaogang and Oscar.
• Yu Xiaogang suspected Qian Cheng had caused the attack and vowed to take revenge after Tang San became strong.
• Tang San asked Flender to help him find the Blue Silver Forest so he could awaken his Blue Silver Grass into the Blue Silver Emperor, and Oscar announced that he had reached level 30.
• After completing her mission, Qian Renxue visited Qian Cheng in his bath and chose to receive her reward first, beginning to untie her bathrobe.

Qian Cheng questioned Qian Renxue about her recent actions and explained Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong’s past, including how their relationship ended and how Qian Renxue was born. Qian Renxue accepted his account and fell asleep in his arms.

• Qian Renxue told Qian Cheng that she had ordered Zhu Zhuqing’s limbs cut off and thrown her into a pond, and recounted what happened at Shrek Academy.
• Qian Cheng praised Qian Renxue for backing down when Chen Xin was present and warned her that her plan for Zhu Zhuqing could fail if someone found her.
• Qian Cheng told Qian Renxue that Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong had once been lovers, then described Yu Xiaogang’s efforts to obtain Spirit Hall secrets and his decision to abandon Bibi Dong on the night they planned to elope.
• Qian Cheng said Bibi Dong later mistook Qian Xunji for Yu Xiaogang while drunk and gave birth to Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue concluded that this explained Bibi Dong’s hatred of her, then fell asleep in Qian Cheng’s arms.

Yang Wushuang and Niu Hao received the Pope’s order to recruit Lou Gao with a Soul Tool blueprint, while Qian Renxue confronted Qian Daoliu over his past matchmaking scheme. Qian Cheng learned that Flender was also searching near the Blue Silver Forest, leaving the two parties on a potential collision course.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo ordered Yang Wushuang and Niu Hao to deliver a Soul Tool blueprint to Lou Gao and recruit him for the Pope.
• Qian Renxue woke beside Qian Cheng, recalled their night together, and went to the Worship Hall to confront Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Renxue scolded and pinched Qian Daoliu for arranging her relationship when she was nine, while he eagerly asked whether she was pregnant.
• Spirit Kite Douluo told Qian Cheng that Spirit Hall had located the Blue Silver Forest and that Flender had also been appearing nearby.

Qian Cheng learned that Flender was heading to the Blue Silver Forest and looked forward to tormenting the reborn Tang San. Meanwhile, Slime Academy arrived near the Star Dou Great Forest to seek spirit rings, where its students encountered Ye Lingling and her bound rival Dugu Yan.

• Qian Cheng dismissed Spirit Kite Douluo and wondered who had sent Flender to the Blue Silver Forest, resolving to make Tang San suffer.
• Zhao Wuji led the Slime Seven Monsters to a town outside the Star Dou Great Forest, where they checked into an inn before setting out at dawn.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun explained Slime Academy’s rules to Xiao Wu as the students shared a meal.
• Tang San said he planned to absorb a spirit ring of about fifteen hundred years, while Oscar described his flexible plans for a food-type spirit ring.
• Ye Lingling entered with Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, and Dugu Yan, who was bound with vines; Ye Lingling said she would not let Dugu Yan return to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and taunted her about their gap in strength.
• The Slime Academy students noticed the newcomers, and Tang San anticipated that Dai Mubai and the others would provoke them under the academy’s rule about daring to cause trouble.

Ye Muyun confronted Dai Mubai and the other Slime Academy students after they insulted her and her companions at a hotel. She left Dai Mubai writhing on the floor after stabbing out his right eye, and he swore to kill her.

• Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Oscar loudly objectified Ye Muyun and her companions, while Tang San recognized the women and worried about provoking them.
• Ye Muyun approached Slime Academy’s table and invited Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun to answer her riddle about having eyes but no pupils and a mouth but no tongue.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun answered with flirtatious remarks, and Ye Muyun said they were correct but not from the men she wanted to hear them from.
• Ye Muyun shot a chopstick into Dai Mubai’s right eye and explained that the injury was the real answer to the riddle.
• Dai Mubai’s companions rushed to help him, and he threatened to kill Ye Muyun.

Ye Muyun overwhelmed the Shrek group, neutralized Dai Mubai’s attack, and cut out Ma Hongjun’s tongue as punishment. Zhao Wuji arrived and saw Dai Mubai blinded in one eye and Ma Hongjun bleeding, then demanded to know who had hurt them.

• Ma Hongjun used Martial Soul Possession and tried to attack Ye Muyun, but she seized him by the neck and held him helpless.
• Dai Mubai transformed and fired White Tiger Light Wave at Ye Muyun, but the attack dissipated before reaching her.
• Tang San realized Ye Muyun’s power was unfathomable as she used bamboo chopsticks to remove Ma Hongjun’s tongue.
• Ye Muyun ordered the waiter to bring dishes of Fish Eyes Passed Off as Pearls and Crystal Duck Tongues, while Ning Rongrong confronted her and Zhao Wuji came downstairs.
• Zhao Wuji saw Dai Mubai blinded in one eye and Ma Hongjun bleeding, then demanded to know who had hurt them.