Chapter Summaries

After Lu Xiao revealed his newly acquired Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, he and the others left the Star Dou Great Forest under Du Busi’s protection. They encountered an injured Thousand-Year Man Faced Demon Spider, which Lu Xiao nearly killed, but its failure to use its web left him suspicious.

• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing joined Lu Xiao and Xiao Wu, and Lu Xiao showed them his five Soul Rings, including a red Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring from the Sky Azure Bull Python’s sacrifice.
• Du Busi urged everyone to leave the area and followed behind them with his aura concealed.
• Lu Xiao sensed an injured Thousand-Year Man Faced Demon Spider and warned the others as they formed a battle formation.
• Ning Rongrong used her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to enhance Lu Xiao and the others, while Lu Xiao rushed at the spider.
• Lu Xiao shattered the spider’s front legs and struck it with Golden Dragon Shakes the Earth, leaving it near death.
• Lu Xiao questioned why the spider had not sprayed its web, since Man Faced Demon Spiders usually attacked prey with their venomous webs.

Lu Xiao killed the Man Faced Demon Spider and secretly took its External Soul Bone before Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran arrived. After defeating Meng Yiran in a fight without using his martial soul or soul skills, he left her captivated by him as she declared that she had her eye on him.

• Lu Xiao killed the Man Faced Demon Spider and concealed its External Soul Bone in his Storage Soul Guidance Device.
• Chao Tianxiang confronted Lu Xiao over the Man Faced Demon Spider, but backed down after seeing his powerful Soul Rings and learning Ning Rongrong's identity.
• Meng Yiran challenged Lu Xiao, and he agreed to fight using only his body.
• Lu Xiao dodged Meng Yiran's attacks and disarmed her, prompting her to admit defeat.
• Lu Xiao praised Meng Yiran and rubbed her head, and she kissed his cheek before declaring that she had her eye on him.

Lu Xiao reunited with Tang San and brutally defeated Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai after they provoked him. Shrek Academy vice dean Zhao Wuji confronted Lu Xiao and launched a soul skill attack, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Lu Xiao greeted Tang San, who remembered how Lu Xiao had gotten him and Yu Xiaogang expelled from Notting Academy.
• Ma Hongjun tried to defend Tang San, but Lu Xiao slapped him flying into a tree and knocked out several of his teeth.
• Dai Mubai activated his White Tiger Martial Soul and attacked Lu Xiao, who blocked his strike and kicked him into Ma Hongjun, seriously injuring both.
• Oscar gave Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun sausages to help them recover, while Zhao Wuji stepped forward to challenge Lu Xiao.
• Zhao Wuji activated his Vigorous Vajra Bear Martial Soul and attacked Lu Xiao with his second soul skill, Vigorous Vajra Palm.

Lu Xiao fought Zhao Wuji and overwhelmed him with powerful Soul Skills, forcing Zhao Wuji to transform and unleash a coordinated attack. The chapter ended as Zhao Wuji’s Mighty Vajra Palm descended on Lu Xiao, trapped by Gravity Compression.

• Lu Xiao revealed his Soul Rings, including a hundred-thousand-year ring, and stopped Zhao Wuji’s opening strike with a punch.
• Lu Xiao tore through Zhao Wuji’s Unmoving Bright King Body with Sky-Ripping Claw, then sent him crashing into a boulder with a sweeping kick.
• Zhao Wuji used Gravity Enhancement and Position Tracking, but Lu Xiao countered with Annihilation Wind Thunder and badly injured Zhao Wuji’s arm.
• Zhao Wuji activated his Martial Soul Avatar and Mighty Vajra Roar, injuring the Shrek students while Du Busi shielded Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhao Wuji used Gravity Compression to pull Lu Xiao toward him and brought down his Vigorous Vajra Palm.

Lu Xiao defeated Zhao Wuji with a single lightning-charged punch, forcing Zhao Wuji and the Shrek students to kneel before letting them go. After the group fled, Tang San's resentment grew, and a strange dark power briefly appeared in his Blue Silver Grass.

• Lu Xiao used his soul skills and Sky Azure Bull Python soul bone skill to shatter Zhao Wuji's Martial Soul Avatar and badly injure him.
• Zhao Wuji apologized and begged Lu Xiao to spare the students, then ordered Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Oscar to kneel.
• Lu Xiao told the group to get lost, and Zhao Wuji carried the unconscious Ma Hongjun away with the others.
• Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing praised Lu Xiao after the Shrek group fled.
• Zhao Wuji collapsed from his injuries while Oscar treated him, and Tang San silently seethed over his humiliation.
• A dark-purple gleam appeared around Tang San's Blue Silver Grass as a nearby plant turned to black ash, but nobody noticed.

After leaving the Star Dou Great Forest, Lu Xiao and his companions settled at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s inn in Suotuo City. Lu Xiao opened his Soul King Gift Pack and gained the Craftsman God's Myriad Weapon Seal, an inheritance that could bring advanced Soul Tool knowledge to the continent.

• Lu Xiao showed the Man Faced Demon Spider’s External Soul Bone to the group, but Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong declined it, so he saved it for Dugu Yan.
• After leaving the forest, Du Busi led the group to Suotuo City, then disappeared to seek local delicacies while Lu Xiao and the others decided to rest there.
• Ning Rongrong brought Lu Xiao, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Glazed Immortal Abode and secured its top-floor suite.
• Lu Xiao opened his Soul King Gift Pack in the cultivation room and received the Craftsman God's Myriad Weapon Seal, which contained an ancient forging inheritance.
• The Myriad Weapon Seal turned the Soul Tool descriptions Lu Xiao examined into more than a hundred organized books, and Lu Xiao resolved to use the knowledge to establish a Soul Tool system.

Lu Xiao went to dinner with Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing in Suotuo City, where the Three Lewd Scoundrels harassed the girls. He killed all three and left the restaurant with his companions.

• Lu Xiao joined Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing for barbecue at a restaurant in Suotuo City.
• Bule, E Kao, and Tianya approached the girls and threatened them, prompting the diners to flee.
• Lu Xiao killed Tianya with a slap before Bule and E Kao could attack.
• Lu Xiao shattered Bule's martial soul and killed him with his Dark Gold Dreadclaw.
• Lu Xiao caught E Kao as he tried to escape and killed him with a Golden Dragon Fist.
• Lu Xiao paid the restaurant owner compensation and returned to the Glazed Immortal Abode with the three girls.

Lu Xiao absorbed his second Golden Dragon Blood Essence Pill, overcame the Golden Dragon King bloodline’s negative will, and evolved his Wind-Thunder Demon Dragon Spine into golden scales. After spending seven days in seclusion, he went shopping in Suotuo City with Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing, then arrived at the Great Soul Arena to register.

• Lu Xiao swallowed the second Golden Dragon Blood Essence Pill and used the Nine-Turn Dragon Transformation Art to defeat the bloodline’s negative will.
• Lu Xiao’s Wind-Thunder Demon Dragon Spine transformed, covering his upper body and arms in stronger golden scales.
• Lu Xiao emerged from seven days of cultivation and learned that Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling would arrive in three to five days.
• Lu Xiao kept his promise and explored Suotuo City with Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Lu Xiao and the three girls entered the Suotuo Great Soul Arena wearing masks, and Lu Xiao registered as the Level 55 assault-system Battle Soul King, Golden Dragon Emperor.

Lu Xiao, revealed as the undefeated Golden Dragon Emperor, arrived at the Suotuo Great Soul Arena with Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing and was scheduled for the evening’s finale. He defeated Zhao Feng with overwhelming dragon armor and strength, while Yu Xiaogang watched and considered recruiting him for Shrek.

• Lu Xiao presented his Purple Gold badge, and Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing revealed their Golden Soul Fighting badges as they registered for matches.
• Manager Wang arranged Lu Xiao’s match as the main arena finale and ordered the venue to announce the Golden Dragon Emperor’s arrival.
• Lu Xiao entered the arena to face level fifty-six Soul King Zhao Feng, whose Earth-Splitting Slash struck his dragon armor without harming him.
• Lu Xiao’s dragon-claw strike bent Zhao Feng’s axe, shattered his breastbone, and forced him to surrender.
• Lu Xiao helped the defeated Zhao Feng up and was declared the winner as the crowd erupted in cheers.
• Yu Xiaogang watched Lu Xiao and considered bringing him to Shrek for the Soul Master Tournament.

Lu Xiao and the three girls encountered Flender and Yu Xiaogang, who tried to recruit them into Shrek Academy and offer Lu Xiao dragonification secrets. When Lu Xiao refused, Flender attacked, but the girls revealed their martial souls and Ning Rongrong’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda made Flender realize they had powerful backing.

• Lu Xiao sensed Flender and Yu Xiaogang following the group and led the three girls into a forest to confront them.
• Flender introduced himself as Shrek Academy’s headmaster and offered to recruit the group, while Yu Xiaogang promised Lu Xiao the secrets of dragonification if he became his disciple.
• Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong mocked the offer, and Lu Xiao rejected both Yu Xiaogang’s teaching and Shrek Academy.
• Flender attacked the group, claiming he would teach them to respect their seniors, and released his Soul Sage pressure.
• Lu Xiao shielded Ning Rongrong as Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing summoned their martial souls and Ning Rongrong activated her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda to strengthen them.
• Flender recognized Ning Rongrong’s pagoda and asked whether the group belonged to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Lu Xiao overwhelmed Flender with his Golden Dragon power, while Yu Xiaogang collapsed from fear. Flender fled with Yu Xiaogang, who was gravely injured when he struck a broken branch, and Lu Xiao recalled his spear.

• Flender attacked Lu Xiao with Eagle Claw Rend, but Lu Xiao's dragon scales blocked the strike and his dragon might frightened Yu Xiaogang into collapsing and losing control of his bladder.
• Lu Xiao struck Flender with a golden claw phantom and fought off his repeated attacks, forcing Flender onto the defensive.
• Flender used Cat Eagle Avatar, but Lu Xiao's Golden Dragon Claw shattered his claws and sent him flying backward.
• Flender grabbed the unconscious Yu Xiaogang and fled, but Lu Xiao threw his Golden Dragon Spear and damaged Flender's wing.
• Flender crashed into a tree, while Yu Xiaogang was flung onto a broken branch and gravely injured; Flender carried him away, and Lu Xiao recalled his spear.

Lu Xiao reunited with Dugu Yan and the Imperial Dou Team, while Qin Ming asked him to consider letting Shrek Academy merge with Heaven Dou Royal Academy for the tournament. At Shrek, Yu Xiaogang woke from his injuries and learned he had been mutilated, then joined Flender in planning to exploit Qin Ming’s connection to help their academy.

• Dugu Bo brought the Imperial Dou Team to Suotuo City, where Dugu Yan reunited with Lu Xiao and Ye Lingling greeted him from a distance.
• Du Busi praised the team’s progress and promised to take Ye Lingling to the Star Dou Great Forest for a soul ring after she broke through.
• During the welcoming banquet, Qin Ming asked Lu Xiao to consider merging Shrek Academy into Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Lu Xiao refused.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that his lower body had been ruined, and Yu Xiaogang blamed Flender for his injury.
• Flender told Yu Xiaogang that Qin Ming had brought the Heaven Dou Royal Team to Suotuo City, and they planned to use Qin Ming’s connection to advance Shrek Academy.

Dugu Yan arrived at Lu Xiao's room expecting an intimate encounter, only to discover that Xiao Wu was washing dates and Lu Xiao had summoned her to receive a Man Faced Demon Spider External Soul Bone. She successfully absorbed it, merging its venom with her own and gaining eight emerald-scaled spider legs as the story left her delighted by her greatly increased poison power.

• Dugu Yan entered Lu Xiao's room in a revealing dress, then mistakenly thought Xiao Wu was bathing there.
• Xiao Wu emerged carrying washed red dates, and Lu Xiao explained that he had called Dugu Yan to give her a Man Faced Demon Spider External Soul Bone.
• Lu Xiao gave Dugu Yan the Soul Bone and escorted her to the Cultivation Room to absorb it.
• Dugu Yan used her Jade Phosphorous Flood Dragon poison to merge with the spider venom through the painful absorption.
• Eight emerald-scaled spider legs emerged from Dugu Yan's back, and she realized her poison power had increased severalfold.

Lu Xiao helped Dugu Yan test her new External Soul Bone, which could absorb Soul Power and toxins, and she named it the Jade Phosphor Venom-Devouring Lance. After Xiao Wu reported that Qin Ming had brought the Shrek people, Lu Xiao and Dugu Yan prepared to meet them.

• Dugu Yan blamed Lu Xiao for letting her misunderstand his gift, then kissed him before he helped her get dressed and test the soul bone.
• Dugu Yan used the spider legs to pierce Tai Tan’s iron backplate, demonstrating increased attack power and speed.
• Dugu Yan discovered that the soul bone could absorb another person’s Soul Power and restore her own, as long as she could withstand the attack.
• Dugu Yan devoured the toxins in a Poison Tongue Orchid, gaining Soul Power, and named the soul bone the Jade Phosphor Venom-Devouring Lance.
• Xiao Wu announced that Qin Ming had brought the Shrek people, and Lu Xiao told Dugu Yan what Qin Ming had said the previous night.
• Dugu Yan criticized Qin Ming for being ungrateful, and Lu Xiao suggested they go out to see the visitors.

Lu Xiao challenged Shrek Academy's teachers and students to compete for a chance to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Dugu Yan faced Tang San, and the chapter ended as she promised to fight without using soul skills.

• Flender asked Lu Xiao to let Shrek Academy join Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Lu Xiao insisted its team compete against Shrek's students.
• Flender agreed to the competition and named Dai Mubai and Tang San, who introduced their Martial Souls and Soul ranks.
• Lu Xiao chose Dugu Yan to face Tang San, and Qin Ming warned both sides not to cause serious harm.
• Tang San revealed his Blue Silver Grass and two Soul Rings, while Dugu Yan displayed her Jade Phosphorous Flood Dragon and four Soul Rings, including a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Dugu Yan said she would not use soul skills, while Tang San prepared to fight and Flender remained confident in him.

Dugu Yan defeated Tang San in their duel, using her External Soul Bone and venom to turn his hidden weapons against him. She saved his life by absorbing the poison, but Tang San's face was left permanently disfigured.

• Flender urged Tang San to attack Dugu Yan, but her Jade Phosphor Venom-Devouring Lances melted his Blue Silver Grass, and Flender identified them as an External Soul Bone.
• Tang San charged Dugu Yan with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, but she shredded his vines and struck him hard enough to make him spit blood.
• Tang San used Parasitism and Dragon Whisker Needles, but Dugu Yan intercepted the needles and reflected them back, poisoning and disfiguring the left side of his face.
• Oscar fed Tang San sausages, but the poison worsened and Tang San passed out.
• Flender conceded the duel and begged Dugu Yan to detoxify Tang San; she absorbed the poison from his wound, but his face remained permanently scarred.

Zhu Zhuqing fought Dai Mubai in Lu Xiao’s place and defeated him with her speed, Soul Bone, and self-created Shadow Flash Instant Kill. She returned to Lu Xiao after piercing Dai Mubai’s shoulder, leaving him badly injured.

• Flender sent Dai Mubai to fight for Shrek, and Zhu Zhuqing volunteered to face him instead of Lu Xiao.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed her Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul, then used her speed and Shadow Civet Right Claw Bone to wound Dai Mubai through his defense.
• Dai Mubai strengthened himself with White Tiger Vajra Transformation and exchanged blows with Zhu Zhuqing, but she repeatedly outmaneuvered him.
• Zhu Zhuqing used her self-created Shadow Flash Instant Kill to pierce Dai Mubai’s shoulder and disable his right arm.
• Zhu Zhuqing returned calmly to Lu Xiao’s side after defeating Dai Mubai.

Lu Xiao’s team defeated Shrek, and Flender left the match convinced that Qin Ming had betrayed him. Back at Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang blamed Flender for the losses and announced that he would personally guide the students’ training.

• Lu Xiao kissed Zhu Zhuqing in front of Dai Mubai, who spat blood and collapsed, while Shrek’s team was defeated and Flender suspected Qin Ming had leaked information.
• Flender angrily left with Tang San and the others, accusing Qin Ming of studying Shrek’s students, and Qin Ming was left distrusted by both sides.
• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that Lu Xiao had given her an External Soul Bone, and Dugu Bo thanked Lu Xiao and lent him a jade-green pill furnace.
• Flender returned to Shrek Academy with the defeated group and instructed Oscar to care for Dai Mubai and Tang San.
• Flender told Yu Xiaogang about the match, and Yu Xiaogang blamed Flender before declaring that he would personally train Dai Mubai and the others.

On their way back to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Lu Xiao and his companions discovered that Canghui Academy soul masters had killed an entire village while testing their Seven Asura Illusion. Lu Xiao broke the illusion with his Golden Dragon Bloodline, killing the seven attackers, and ordered the massacre reported as he wondered whether Canghui Academy had directed them.

• Lu Xiao and his companions found a village where nearly a hundred residents had died in terror, and Du Busi sensed a disturbance on the back mountain.
• The group discovered seven Canghui Academy students using a gemstone-based fusion skill, and Lu Xiao ordered an attack while Du Busi and Dugu Bo guarded against escape.
• The Canghui Academy captain activated the Seven Asura Illusion, trapping Yu Tianheng and the others while Lu Xiao threw Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan out of its light.
• Lu Xiao unleashed the pressure of his Golden Dragon Bloodline and shattered the illusion and the seven students' gemstone Martial Souls, killing them through the backlash.
• Du Busi confirmed that no one else was nearby, and Lu Xiao ordered the massacre reported to the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall while questioning whether Canghui Academy had ordered it.

Lu Xiao returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and reunited with Qian Renxue, revealing his new hundred-thousand-year soul ring and recounting the Canghui Team’s massacre of a village. Qian Renxue challenged him to a spar, and their clash began with their Domains evenly matched and her sacred attack failing to penetrate his defenses.

• Lu Xiao returned to the academy, met Qian Renxue at a waterfall, and showed her the hundred-thousand-year soul ring he gained from the Sky Azure Bull Python’s sacrifice.
• Lu Xiao told Qian Renxue that the Canghui Team had used villagers to cultivate the Seven Asura Illusion, killing everyone in the village, and she vowed to investigate their ties to fallen soul masters.
• Qian Renxue warned Lu Xiao to beware of vindictive fallen soul masters, then challenged him to test his strength.
• Qian Renxue activated her Angel Domain while Lu Xiao countered with Slowing Domain, and the two Domains met evenly.
• Qian Renxue struck Lu Xiao with Angel Assault, but his dragon-scaled arm blocked the attack without harm and the recoil forced her back.