Chapter Summaries

Ning Rongrong clashed with Dai Mubai after spotting him leaving a hotel with two women, and their argument escalated into a fight when she shot at him with a Handgun. Tang San rescued Dai Mubai and became fixated on the weapon, while Ning Rongrong urged him to help kill Dai Mubai.

• Ning Rongrong mocked Dai Mubai for leaving a hotel with two women, and Dai Mubai attacked her with his Soul Power.
• Ning Rongrong landed safely using her boots’ Magic Circles and fired three bullets at Dai Mubai with a Handgun.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to pull Dai Mubai clear of the bullets and confronted Ning Rongrong about her weapon.
• Dai Mubai declared his intent to kill Ning Rongrong, while Tang San tried to stop him and warned him about the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Rongrong offered Tang San money and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support if he helped her kill Dai Mubai.

Tang San disarmed Ning Rongrong’s Handgun as Dai Mubai moved to strike her, but Wu Ling arrived and broke Dai Mubai’s arm. Wu Ling’s sudden intervention left the conflict unresolved, with Dai Mubai injured and Ning Rongrong facing her father’s feared Holy Son.

• Tang San sided with Dai Mubai and urged Ning Rongrong to apologize, then knocked her Handgun away with a hidden weapon and cut her finger.
• Dai Mubai shoved Tang San aside, slapped a small bottle from Ning Rongrong’s hand, and raised his hand to strike her.
• Wu Ling switched places with his Sixth Clone, found Tang San through Hundred Personas’s clones, and arrived just as Dai Mubai was about to hit Ning Rongrong.
• Wu Ling grabbed Dai Mubai’s wrist, and Dai Mubai activated White Tiger Vajra Transformation to resist him.
• Wu Ling crushed Dai Mubai’s wrist and left his right arm limp and apparently broken.

Wu Ling crippled Dai Mubai and confronted Tang San outside Shrek Academy. Tang San attacked with hidden weapons and the Purple Demon Eye, but Wu Ling melted the weapons with a wall of fire, leaving Tang San to retreat and reassess his opponent.

• Tang San intervened when Wu Ling attacked Dai Mubai, while Xiao Wu ran to notify Zhao Wuji and the others.
• Tang San launched hidden weapons as Dai Mubai used two Spirit Skills to counterattack and retreat, but Wu Ling evaded them and crippled all four of Dai Mubai’s limbs.
• Dai Mubai recognized Wu Ling and urged Tang San to find Headmaster Flender, but Tang San found himself unable to leave.
• Wu Ling identified Tang San as Tang Hao’s son, and Tang San activated the Purple Demon Eye before firing ten hidden weapons.
• Wu Ling raised a wall of fire that melted Tang San’s hidden weapons, and Tang San retreated with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track while assessing Wu Ling’s fire abilities.

Wu Ling overwhelmed Tang San, crippled him, and revealed that he knew the truth about Tang San’s second Martial Soul. Dai Mubai identified Wu Ling as Spirit Hall’s Holy Son and warned Tang San to run.

• Tang San attacked Wu Ling with hidden weapons and Blue Silver Grass, but Wu Ling’s flames burned the vines and his body repelled the weapons.
• Wu Ling caught Tang San’s Dragon Whisker Needle and used it to blind Tang San’s left eye, then broke both his wrists when he tried to attack again.
• Wu Ling slapped Tang San and shot him three times in the right knee with his Handgun.
• Wu Ling mocked Tang San’s techniques and teacher Yu Xiaogang, then suggested Tang San did not know the true name of his second Martial Soul.
• Tang San realized Wu Ling was from Spirit Hall, and Dai Mubai identified him as Spirit Hall’s Holy Son and urged Tang San to run.

Wu Ling confronted Shrek Academy after crippling Dai Mubai and Tang San, and the teachers rushed out to defend them. Zhao Wuji unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar and full strength against Wu Ling, but Wu Ling overwhelmed him, leaving the fight underway when Flender and Ma Hongjun arrived.

• Tang San recognized Wu Ling as Spirit Hall's Holy Son and recalled Yu Xiaogang's reaction to Wu Ling's strength three years earlier.
• Li Yusong attacked Wu Ling with his Dragon Pattern Staff, but Wu Ling caught the strike and sent Li Yusong flying into another teacher.
• Zhao Wuji recognized Wu Ling, then attacked him after seeing Dai Mubai and Tang San badly injured.
• Zhao Wuji activated his Martial Soul Avatar and combined several Spirit Skills in a full-force assault, but Wu Ling sent him flying with sheer physical strength.
• Flender and Ma Hongjun arrived as Zhao Wuji and Wu Ling continued fighting.

Wu Ling confronted Flender over Shrek Academy’s lack of authorization and high student death rate, then marked Tang San while warning that Spirit Hall would monitor him. The chapter left Flender unwilling to resist Wu Ling, while Wu Ling planned to use Tang San to locate the Asura God.

• Flender stopped Zhao Wuji from attacking and apologized to Wu Ling, who said he had come to challenge Shrek Academy’s authority to operate.
• Wu Ling confronted Flender about Shrek’s sixty-two talented students, of whom only fourteen had graduated, and accused the academy of letting the others die or suffer severe injuries.
• Wu Ling said he would not punish Flender for past events but warned that Spirit Hall would stop recommending graduates to Shrek Academy.
• Wu Ling pressed a mark onto Tang San’s forehead, slapped Xiao Wu away when she attacked, and kicked Tang San aside.
• Wu Ling told Flender that Spirit Hall would monitor Tang San until the person behind a recent battle was caught, and Flender chose not to oppose him.
• Wu Ling intended to use Tang San, the Asura God’s future successor, to locate the Asura God.

Wu Ling left Ning Rongrong with Bone Douluo after revealing his presence, then returned to the inn with the hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone. He planned to absorb it that night and travel to Heaven Dou City the next day.

• Ning Rongrong asked Wu Ling to take her with him, and he agreed after sensing Bone Douluo nearby.
• Wu Ling exposed Bone Douluo's hiding place and asked him to tell Ning Fengzhi that he might visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Rongrong told Bone Douluo that Dai Mubai had tried to bully her, so Gu Rong struck the Shrek teachers and severed Dai Mubai's right arm.
• Wu Ling returned to the inn, told Hassan of the Hundred Faces to keep watching Tang San, and examined the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone he had obtained.
• Wu Ling decided to absorb the Soul Bone that night and head to Heaven Dou City the following day.

Wu Ling met Qian Renxue in the imperial palace garden and told her to accelerate the plot to poison Emperor Xue Ye, explaining that he had personally ordered the plan because he no longer wanted to hide his strength. Qian Renxue accepted his decision and agreed to proceed.

• Wu Ling reunited with Xue Qinghe, teased him, and asked him to drop his disguise.
• Xue Qinghe revealed herself as Qian Renxue, and Wu Ling praised her appearance before turning to business.
• Wu Ling gave Qian Renxue ten vials of poison and instructed her to administer one to Xue Ye each month.
• Qian Renxue questioned who had ordered the accelerated plan, and Wu Ling said he had given the order himself.
• Wu Ling admitted that he had made the crater outside Suotuo City after beating Tang Hao, and Qian Renxue agreed to carry out the plan.

Wu Ling and Qian Renxue planned to poison Xue Ye with a tonic that would gradually destabilize his body, with Dugu Bo as a safeguard if treatment was attempted. Wu Ling also set his sights on the Clear Sky Sect’s affiliated clans, beginning with the Strength Clan.

• Qian Renxue learned that Wu Ling’s power rivaled Qian Daoliu’s and discussed arranging Xue Ye’s death two years later.
• Wu Ling explained that his tonic would initially make Xue Ye seem healthier before causing his organs to fail, and outlined the plan’s weaknesses.
• Wu Ling brought Dugu Bo into the plan as a backup who could sabotage any treatment Xue Ye received.
• Gui Mei gave Wu Ling intelligence gathered in Heaven Dou City, including information on the Strength Clan.
• Wu Ling said he intended to recruit or destroy all four families under the Clear Sky Sect and proposed using the Clear Sky Douluo’s attack as a pretext against the Strength Clan.

Wu Ling led Spirit Hall in exterminating the Strength Clan and learned that Xue Ye would distance the Heaven Dou Empire from the attack. After Gui Mei located the Speed Clan, Wu Ling sent Medea, Karna, and Sasaki with him to destroy it.

• Wu Ling revealed Tai Long’s severed head to Tai Tan, who attacked and was killed by Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo.
• Wu Ling left the Strength Clan compound burning after Spirit Hall wiped out the clan.
• Salas met with Xue Ye, who issued Spirit Hall’s prepared explanation to distance the Heaven Dou Empire from the massacre.
• Gui Mei reported that he had found the Speed Clan’s gathering place.
• Wu Ling summoned Medea, Karna, and Sasaki, assigned them roles in the attack, and ordered Gui Mei to accompany Elder Ju and leave no one alive.

Wu Ling sent Sasaki Kojiro and Xiao Lan to Gengxin City to negotiate with Lou Gao about producing Spirit Tool components for their group. If Lou Gao refused, Gui Mei was ordered to replace him as president of the Blacksmith Association.

• Sasaki Kojiro reported that he had killed Bai He and the Speed Clan, and Wu Ling laughed at his dismissive assessment of Bai He's speed.
• Sasaki Kojiro asked Wu Ling not to assign him to work with Medea again because her presence made him uncomfortable.
• Wu Ling told Sasaki Kojiro that he would not force him to work with Medea and assigned him a negotiation mission instead.
• Wu Ling sent Sasaki Kojiro to escort Xiao Lan to Gengxin City and negotiate with Lou Gao using a Handgun as a demonstration.
• Wu Ling instructed Gui Mei to replace Lou Gao as president if he refused to join them.

Wu Ling gathered the Defense Clan and Craftsman Association and traveled to recruit the Breaking Clan, planning to use Yang Wushuang as a link to Yang Wudi. After a fake traffic accident involving a Flying Sword Sect disciple, Wu Ling ordered Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo to kill the sect master.

• Niu Gao agreed to pledge loyalty to Wu Ling personally after Wu Ling defeated him and showed him bloodstained tokens from the Strength Clan and Speed Clan.
• Wu Ling recalled that Lou Gao had joined after seeing a handgun and its blueprints, leaving the Breaking Clan as his remaining target.
• Wu Ling picked up Yang Wushuang and planned to challenge Yang Wudi in combat and medicine-making before asking Yang Wushuang to persuade him.
• A man claiming to be a Flying Sword Sect disciple pretended Wu Ling's vehicle had hit him and demanded compensation.
• Yang Wushuang confirmed the man was faking the accident and presented his head to Wu Ling.
• Wu Ling summoned Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo and ordered them to kill the Flying Sword Sect master.

Yang Wudi weighed whether to flee or fight Spirit Hall after learning the Strength and Speed Clans had been wiped out and the Defense Clan had submitted to Wu Ling. When Wu Ling arrived at the Broken Clan with Yang Wushuang and the freshly severed head of the Flying Sword Sect’s master, Yang Wudi became even more wary as he prepared to negotiate.

• Yang Wudi read Niu Gao’s letter describing the destruction of the Strength and Speed Clans and the Defense Clan’s submission to Wu Ling under a Self-Imposed Commandment contract.
• Yang Wudi decided he could neither flee nor fight and reasoned that submitting to Wu Ling would protect the Broken Clan and let it oppose the Clear Sky Sect.
• A clan member alerted Yang Wudi that Spirit Hall had arrived, so he hurried to the gate to greet Wu Ling.
• Yang Wudi recognized Yang Wushuang standing behind Wu Ling and was surprised that his younger brother was alive and apparently doing well.
• Wu Ling tossed the Flying Sword Sect master’s head at Yang Wudi’s feet, and Yang Wudi realized the Soul Douluo had been killed without his noticing.

Wu Ling confronted Yang Wudi and offered him a choice between submitting and facing battle or medicine-making. After Wu Ling defeated him and treated his injuries, Yang Wudi led the Breaking Clan in submitting to Wu Ling.

• Wu Ling told Yang Wudi that he had killed the Flying Sword Sect's master and would have the sect disbanded.
• Yang Wudi admitted that Niu Gao had told him about Wu Ling and chose to submit to Wu Ling before challenging him in both battle and medicine-making.
• Yang Wudi summoned his Soul Breaker Spear, and Wu Ling defeated him in a fight that lasted ten minutes.
• Wu Ling gave Yang Wushuang a potion, and Yang Wudi regained consciousness after drinking half of it.
• Yang Wudi knelt before Wu Ling and submitted the entire Breaking Clan to his command.

After returning home, Wu Ling teased Zhu Zhuqing with news of Dai Mubai, and she revealed how anxious she had been during his long absence. He rejected her offer to spend the night because of her age and his strength, but promised she could try again once she reached Soul King rank.

• Wu Ling returned home after subduing the Breaking Clan and relaxed while Zhu Zhuqing massaged him.
• Wu Ling showed Zhu Zhuqing evidence of Dai Mubai with other women, but she dismissed her former fiancé and said she was now Wu Ling's maid.
• Zhu Zhuqing complained that Wu Ling had left her alone for over a year and admitted she feared he might discard her.
• Zhu Zhuqing offered to spend the night with Wu Ling, but he declined because she was only twelve and his strength could seriously harm her.
• Wu Ling told Zhu Zhuqing to wait until she became a Soul King, and she made him promise not to take his word back.

Wu Ling reviewed Spirit Hall intelligence, continued his research and training, and learned that the Red Embroidered Shoes had detected a signal from a mysterious place. He left Huyan Zhen with instructions to delay a meeting with three academy heads and tell them Wu Ling would visit in a month in exchange for offerings.

• Wu Ling reviewed Spirit Hall reports and discussed research on a giant skeleton with Xiao Fen, Medea, and Long Wu.
• Xiao Fen told Wu Ling the Red Embroidered Shoes had reacted and that she had traced their signal, but the mysterious place kept changing location.
• Wu Ling trained against Karna, Heracles, and Berserker Lancelot before Huyan Zhen requested an audience.
• Huyan Zhen told Wu Ling that the heads of Shenfeng Academy, Chihuo Academy, and Skywater Academy wanted to meet him.
• Wu Ling told Huyan Zhen to make them wait half a month and say he would visit in a month, provided they prepared offerings.

Wu Ling confronted the three Elemental Academy headmasters over their delayed decision to join Spirit Hall, using his overwhelming strength and unprecedented Spirit Rings to test them. After they endured his pressure, he welcomed them into Spirit Hall.

• Wu Ling's public slaughter of the Fire Leopard Sect and his later campaigns made the three academy headmasters fear that he might destroy their academies.
• The three headmasters met Wu Ling and indicated that they wanted to join Spirit Hall, but Wu Ling said their delay had displeased him.
• Wu Ling revealed two purple, two black, and three red Spirit Rings and subjected the headmasters to increasing pressure.
• The three headmasters summoned all twenty-four of their Spirit Rings and endured Wu Ling's pressure for five minutes.
• Wu Ling withdrew the pressure and welcomed the three headmasters into Spirit Hall.

After spending a month at the Elemental Academies, Wu Ling visited Qian Renxue in Heaven Dou City and learned that the Shrek group was nearing the city. The chapter ended with their arrival expected in three days, as the story returned to its original course.

• Wu Ling had the three academy headmasters sign the Self-Imposed Commandment and gave each a cultivation technique before leaving after a month.
• The headmasters regretted delaying their alliance with Wu Ling and discussed how their students might grow stronger with the new techniques.
• Wu Ling surprised Qian Renxue in the royal garden and blamed the headmasters for keeping him away for months.
• Wu Ling learned from Hassan of the Hundred Faces' intelligence that Tang San and the others had recovered, followed the original tournament events, and accepted Qin Ming's invitation to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Wu Ling learned that the Shrek group would arrive in Heaven Dou City in three days.

Shrek Academy was rejected by Heaven Dou Royal Academy after the Education Committee Members learned about its record of ruining or killing talented students. As Flender and Yu Xiaogang faced another refusal, Liu Er Long appeared and invited Flender to come to her instead.

• Qin Ming told Flender that the Education Committee Members had refused to meet Shrek, and he persuaded Flender to approach them in person.
• Qin Ming led Flender, Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and the others to intercept Meng Shenji, Zhi Lin, and Bai Baoshan.
• Zhi Lin refused to admit anyone from Shrek, and Meng Shenji condemned Flender for founding the academy after learning that forty-eight talented students had been crippled, ruined, or killed.
• Flender tried to change the Education Committee Members' minds, but they remained firm in their refusal.
• Liu Er Long called to Flender and invited him to come to her place, delighting Flender and darkening Yu Xiaogang's expression.

Liu Erlong offered Blue Tyrant Academy to Yu Xiaogang and Shrek, but Yu Xiaogang fled from her. Wu Ling confronted the Shrek group and attacked Qin Ming, draining his Soul Power and extracting his Martial Soul.

• Liu Erlong found Flender and offered to rename Blue Tyrant Academy as Shrek Academy, with Yu Xiaogang or Flender as dean.
• Yu Xiaogang ran away from Liu Erlong, then collided with Wu Ling and was knocked unconscious.
• Wu Ling approached the gathered academies, and Meng Shenji apologized for failing to welcome him.
• Qin Ming challenged Wu Ling over his past attack on Shrek Academy.
• Wu Ling struck Qin Ming and drew out a sphere containing Qin Ming's wolf-shaped Martial Soul as his Soul Power drained away.