Chapter Summaries

Ning Rongrong revealed Tang San’s identity to Yang Wudi and reminded him of the Clear Sky Sect’s past betrayal, turning Yang Wudi against Tang San. Yang Wudi summoned his Soul Breaking Spear and confronted Tang San, while Yu Xiaogang remained trapped in his wheelchair and Ning Rongrong watched from the sidelines.

• Ning Rongrong stopped Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, and Yang Wudi, then introduced herself as a Shrek Academy student from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Rongrong reminded Yang Wudi that he was supposed to be an enemy of the Clear Sky Sect, stirring up his hatred over the clan’s past abandonment of the Breaking Clan.
• Ning Rongrong revealed that Tang San was the son of the Clear Sky Douluo, exposing that he had told Yang Wudi his name was Yu Xiaosan.
• Yang Wudi accused Tang San of deceiving him and said he regretted saving him and Yu Xiaogang.
• Yang Wudi summoned his Soul Breaking Spear and faced Tang San, while Yu Xiaogang pleaded from his wheelchair and Ning Rongrong stepped back to watch.

Tang San tried to persuade Yang Wudi to overlook his ties to the Clear Sky Sect and recruit the Breaking Clan into the Tang Sect, but Ning Rongrong reminded Yang Wudi that Tang San’s father was connected to his son’s death. Yang Wudi attacked Tang San and charged at him again after Tang San dodged, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang tried to calm Yang Wudi, but Yu Xiaogang’s claim of belonging to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan only angered him further.
• Yang Wudi declared that his son was dead and he would not listen to explanations.
• Tang San claimed he hated the Clear Sky Sect too and offered to share his cultivation methods if Yang Wudi led the Breaking Clan into the Tang Sect.
• Ning Rongrong pointed out that Tang San’s father, the Clear Sky Douluo, was responsible for the Clear Sky Sect’s retreat, reigniting Yang Wudi’s fury.
• Yang Wudi promised to spare Tang San if he survived one spear strike and attacked him with his third soul skill.
• Tang San dodged the spear, but its blast threw Yu Xiaogang and his wheelchair to the ground; Yang Wudi then charged at Tang San again.

Yu Xiaogang tried to stop Yang Wudi from killing Tang San, but Tang Xiao arrived and blocked Yang Wudi’s spear. Xue Beng, now provisional crown prince, reached the scene and attempted to enforce order as Yang Wudi renewed his attack.

• Yu Xiaogang threatened Yang Wudi with consequences for the Breaking Clan and blamed Ning Rongrong for provoking the conflict.
• Tang Xiao struck Yang Wudi’s Soul Breaking Spear aside with his Clear Sky Hammer, saving Tang San.
• Yang Wudi recognized Tang Xiao and angrily accused the Clear Sky Sect of causing his son’s death and abandoning the four clans.
• Xue Beng arrived with guards and ordered Yang Wudi and Tang Xiao to obey Heaven Dou City’s ban on private fighting.
• Yang Wudi ignored Xue Beng and thrust his spear toward Tang San behind Tang Xiao, while Tang San feared being caught in the Clear Sky Sect’s feud.

Tang Xiao defeated Yang Wudi and stopped the confrontation, then revealed that he was Tang San’s uncle and offered to speak with him at Moonlight Pavilion. Tang San left with Tang Xiao and Yu Xiaogang, quietly plotting against Ning Rongrong and hoping his uncle could help rescue Tang Hao.

• Tang Xiao unleashed his Title Douluo aura and struck Yang Wudi down, then promised that the Clear Sky Sect would eventually explain the past.
• Yang Wudi rejected Tang Xiao’s promise, declared that the Breaking Clan would never forgive the Clear Sky Sect, and left.
• Tang Xiao recognized Tang San as Tang Hao’s son, accepted his thanks, and invited him and Yu Xiaogang to Moonlight Pavilion.
• Tang San noticed Ning Rongrong and secretly vowed to repay her, but decided not to ask Tang Xiao to attack her.
• As he followed Tang Xiao with Yu Xiaogang, Tang San hoped his uncle would help free Tang Hao and reminded himself to assess benefits carefully.

Ning Rongrong returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and showed her family that her Martial Soul had evolved into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda. Her father and elders celebrated her achievement and Shrek Academy, while the host received three special-teacher rewards.

• Ning Rongrong returned to the sect, and Ning Fengzhi panicked, thinking Shrek Academy had expelled her.
• Ning Rongrong reassured Ning Fengzhi that she had permission to visit and explained she would study with Teacher Ya Li while remaining at Shrek Academy in Suotuo City.
• Ning Rongrong revealed her Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, and Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong celebrated her evolution.
• Ning Fengzhi called for a grand banquet, and the host received Long Bing, Ruheng, and Yehui as special-teacher rewards.

Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Yun'er returned to Shrek Academy's Star Luo City Branch, where Dai Tianling began their lessons. He led them to a cave and revealed it was a passage to the Demon Plane.

• Zhu Zhuqing arrived in Star Luo City with Dai Yun'er and reflected on her difficult past and how Shrek Academy had become a home to her.
• Dai Yun'er told Zhu Zhuqing that Dai Tianling was her father and promised to look after her.
• Dai Tianling met the two girls at the training ground and insisted they begin lessons immediately, criticizing Dai Yun'er over their defeat in the competition.
• Dai Tianling led Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Yun'er to a cave with a frigid aura and told them it was a passage to the Demon Plane.

Dai Tianling told Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Yun'er that the Fallen Angel Martial Soul had opened a gate linking the Demon Plane to the Douluo Continent, and that Shrek Academy had suppressed the invaders and turned their plane into a training ground. He warned them that other, stronger planes threatened the continent, then led them onto the battlefield, where he revealed they would face a vast demon army alone.

• Dai Tianling explained that a nine-ring Fallen Angel Soul Master would open a gate connecting the Demon Plane and the Douluo Continent.
• Dai Tianling said Shrek Academy had suppressed the Demon Plane and made it a training ground, but warned Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Yun'er that other planes might invade.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Yun'er set aside their complacency after hearing that the Douluo Continent could become a resource world for stronger planes.
• Dai Tianling led Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Yun'er through a passage into a desolate battlefield filled with Hellhounds, Demonkin, and Flying Demons.
• Dai Yun'er asked whether she and Zhu Zhuqing had to fight the tens of thousands of demons, and Dai Tianling confirmed they did.

Dai Yun'er and Zhu Zhuqing fought a seemingly endless demon army after Dai Tianling sealed the passage and left them to fend for themselves. Just as they ran out of Soul Power and faced death, Dai Tianling returned and wiped out the demons with one punch.

• Dai Tianling sealed the passage, leaving Dai Yun'er and Zhu Zhuqing trapped in the desolate world.
• Dai Yun'er and Zhu Zhuqing released their Martial Souls and divided the demon horde between them, with Zhu Zhuqing attacking Hellhounds and Dai Yun'er weakening and fighting Flying Demons.
• Dai Yun'er and Zhu Zhuqing battled the endless enemies until exhaustion left them with almost no Soul Power.
• Dai Yun'er and Zhu Zhuqing tried to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but they lacked the Soul Power to activate it and barely dodged a fatal attack.
• Dai Tianling appeared and destroyed the surrounding Hellhounds, Flying Demons, and Demonkin with a single punch, prompting Dai Yun'er to compare him to the Xuan Zi Teacher.

Dai Tianling explained to Dai Yun'er and Zhu Zhuqing that battlefield numbers mattered only when their opponents were not overwhelmingly stronger, then asked about the strange Soul Power recovery they had experienced. After surviving the Demon Plane trial, the two returned to Shrek Academy's Star Luo City Branch, with Zhu Zhuqing determined to grow stronger.

• Dai Yun'er accused Dai Tianling of acting like Xuan Zi by making her and Zhu Zhuqing fight tens of thousands of demons while he faced a Greater Demon alone.
• Dai Tianling told Dai Yun'er that battles were not one-on-one and that numbers mattered only when a fighter lacked sufficient strength.
• Dai Yun'er admitted she and Zhu Zhuqing had failed to use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill but felt some Soul Power recover after trying another method.
• Dai Tianling said their next lesson would address the experience and led them out of the passage to the training grounds.
• Dai Yun'er and Zhu Zhuqing returned to Suotuo City, treated their injuries, and went back to Shrek Academy's Star Luo City Branch.
• Zhu Zhuqing decided she needed to keep growing stronger so she would no longer hold Dai Yun'er back or remain helpless.

Dai Tianling brought Dai Yun'er and Zhu Zhuqing to learn the Martial Soul Resonance Art, a technique that lets Soul Masters with similar Martial Souls recover Soul Power faster. After Dai Tianling and Dai Yueyan demonstrated it, the two girls began training and reached its threshold, learning that further mastery could let one person's Soul Power circulation restore both of them.

• Dai Tianling led Dai Yun'er and Zhu Zhuqing to an empty classroom, where they reunited with Dai Yueyan.
• Dai Tianling explained that the Martial Soul Resonance Art used matching Martial Souls and synchronized Soul Power to increase recovery, with its strength growing alongside mutual understanding.
• Dai Tianling and Dai Yueyan demonstrated the technique, and Dai Yun'er asked why Wu Siduo was not training with them; Dai Tianling said Wu Siduo had other arrangements.
• Dai Tianling and Dai Yueyan guided Dai Yun'er and Zhu Zhuqing as they adjusted their Soul Power rhythms and began to sense each other's circulation.
• Dai Tianling told them that advanced mastery could let one person circulate Soul Power while both recovered rapidly, astonishing Dai Yun'er and Zhu Zhuqing.

Tang San learned that the Clear Sky Sect could not safely take him in and warned Tang Xiao against accepting Shrek Academy’s dangerous challenge to rescue Tang Hao. Tang Xiao stayed out of the wager and continued supporting Tang San from afar, while Tang San returned to Monster Academy to cultivate until he could reach level forty.

• Tang Xiao told Tang San that the Clear Sky Sect still resented Tang Hao and would not let Tang San study there.
• Tang Xiao explained that Shrek Academy demanded seven Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones or a duel between him and Wu Zhangkong to ransom Tang Hao.
• Tang San warned Tang Xiao that Shrek Academy’s Battle Armor could let Wu Zhangkong fight at Titled Douluo strength, so Tang Xiao declined the challenge.
• Tang Xiao continued visiting Monster Academy to bring Tang San cultivation resources and guide his training, but did not teach him the Clear Sky Sect’s secret techniques.
• Tang San trained at Monster Academy and focused on reaching level forty so he could return to Sunset Forest.

Tang San worried that Shrek Academy's team was too weak to win the Soul Master Tournament, then discussed his prospects and Yu Xiaogang's injured legs with his teacher. Yu Xiaogang proposed that Tang San enter the Clear Sky Sect by pretending to be Tang Xiao's illegitimate son, and Tang San considered the idea.

• Tang San practiced with a Sleeve Arrow and worried that his current strength and Shrek Academy's team were inadequate for the Soul Master Tournament.
• Tang San thought about Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, the other students, and Xiao Wu as he assessed their weaknesses and his uncertain prospects.
• Yu Xiaogang asked whether Tang San could restore his legs, and Tang San said it might be possible if his cultivation technique reached a profound level.
• Tang San explained that he could not enter the Clear Sky Sect as Tang Hao's son and that Tang Xiao had refused to risk conflict with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Yu Xiaogang suggested that Tang San claim to be Tang Xiao's illegitimate son to gain entry to the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang San considered the plan.

Yu Xiaogang advised Tang San to reveal himself as Tang Xiao’s illegitimate son so the Clear Sky Sect would support him despite his three White Soul Rings. Tang Xiao accepted the plan and took Tang San back to the Clear Sky Sect, leaving Yu Xiaogang behind.

• Tang San worried that his three White Soul Rings on the Clear Sky Hammer would make the Clear Sky Sect reject him.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that his own father had nurtured him despite his Trash Martial Soul, and said Tang Xiao would likewise support Tang San as his son.
• Tang San told Tang Xiao that he wanted the resources to grow stronger and rescue his father, then asked him to acknowledge him as his illegitimate son.
• Tang Xiao agreed, and Tang San began calling him Dad.
• Tang Xiao said Tang San could return to the Clear Sky Sect with him but Yu Xiaogang could not come along.
• Tang San followed Tang Xiao away from Monster Academy, determined to grow stronger and avenge his grievances.

Yu Xiaogang sent Tang San to the Clear Sky Sect, believing its guidance would help his disciple grow and reflect well on him. After Flender returned with an injured Dai Mubai and an unconscious Ma Hongjun, Ma Hongjun’s out-of-control Evil Fire knocked Yu Xiaogang unconscious, leaving Ma Hongjun to wake beside him in horror.

• Yu Xiaogang told Flender he had sent Tang San to the Clear Sky Sect so the boy could receive better training.
• Flender took Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun to the Soul Fighting Arena while Yu Xiaogang stayed behind.
• That evening, Flender rushed back with Dai Mubai injured and left Ma Hongjun with Yu Xiaogang, then hurried off to find healers.
• Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire erupted and swept over Yu Xiaogang, causing both of them to lose consciousness.
• Ma Hongjun woke beside the disheveled Yu Xiaogang, recalled his Martial Soul losing control, and feared that he had been violated.

With Xue Qinghe still missing, Xue Ye faced pressure to name Xue Beng acting heir and ordered a search of the Star Luo Empire. Xue Beng began handling state affairs alongside his father, while Xue Ye worried about whether he could rule well.

• A minister urged Xue Ye to make Xue Beng the official crown prince, but Xue Ye angrily demanded news of Xue Qinghe.
• The ministers reported that their extensive search had found no trace of Xue Qinghe.
• Xue Beng asked why Xue Ye favored his elder brother, and Prince Xue Xing proposed that Xue Beng serve as crown prince until Xue Qinghe was found.
• Xue Ye ordered Xue Beng to handle state affairs alongside him, and Xue Beng promised to study diligently.
• Xue Ye ordered agents to infiltrate the Star Luo Empire, suspecting it had abducted Xue Qinghe.

Qian Daoliu discussed Bibi Dong’s seclusion and Spirit Hall’s plans for the upcoming Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament, then set out for Sea God Island to visit Bo Saixi and find out whether Shrek Academy had opened there too.

• Qian Daoliu learned from Golden Crocodile Douluo that Bibi Dong remained in seclusion amid a terrifying energy fluctuation, while Qian Renxue continued trying to trigger her God Trial.
• Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo discussed whether Shrek Academy would enter the tournament and acknowledged that its young students were exceptionally powerful.
• Qian Daoliu raised the tournament reward to four Soul Bones and ordered a direct-elimination format with Spirit Hall’s participants competing from the start.
• Qian Daoliu placed Spirit Hall under Golden Crocodile Douluo’s command and flew toward Sea God Island to visit Bo Saixi and investigate whether Shrek Academy had reached there.

Qian Daoliu traveled by ship toward Sea God Island and encountered a technologically advanced fleet from Shrek Academy. After learning that Guan Yue was taking students to see continents beyond Douluo Continent, Qian Daoliu joined their voyage.

• Qian Daoliu hired a fleet to take him toward Sea God Island, and his display of Soul Power stopped the sailors from considering any tricks.
• Qian Daoliu recalled visiting Sea God Island with Tang Chen and wondered how Tang Chen was doing.
• Qian Daoliu spotted an unfamiliar, technologically advanced fleet and ordered his ships to approach it.
• Guan Yue introduced himself as a teacher from Shrek Academy's Sea God Island Branch and said he was taking children to see continents beyond Douluo Continent.
• Qian Daoliu asked to travel with Guan Yue's fleet, and Guan Yue welcomed him aboard.

Qian Daoliu traveled aboard Shrek Academy’s Warship and witnessed its Soul Cannon kill a fifty-thousand-year soul beast in one shot. The Warship reached an unfamiliar island, confirming that lands beyond the Douluo Continent existed, while Lin Feng received a new teacher as a reward.

• Qian Daoliu boarded Guan Yue’s Warship after his former crew sailed away, and Guan Yue said they were exploring beyond the Douluo Continent on Lin Feng’s instructions.
• Guan Yue ordered the Warship to accelerate, and Qian Daoliu was astonished by its speed and the possibility of reaching unknown lands.
• A fifty-thousand-year Ink Sea Demon Octopus rose from the sea, and a Two-Ring crewman killed it with one Soul Cannon shot on Guan Yue’s command.
• Qian Daoliu watched the Warship continue across open water until an island appeared on the horizon, confirming that lands beyond the Douluo Continent existed.
• Lin Feng received Yu Guanzhi, the Divine Brush Douluo, as a reward after Qian Daoliu’s recognition of Shrek Academy increased.

Guan Yue brought Qian Daoliu and the students to the Sun Moon Continent, where he quickly arranged passage, gathered information, and rented an empty shop. He used a transforming machine to build a new Shrek Academy, leaving Qian Daoliu wondering whether Guan Yue intended to establish academies all over the world.

• Guan Yue introduced Qian Daoliu to the benefits of technology as their battleship approached an unfamiliar harbor.
• Guan Yue reassured the wary locals that the travelers from Douluo Continent meant no harm, and they allowed the group to dock.
• Guan Yue led everyone into town, explained that the locals used Copper Soul Coins like people on Douluo Continent, and asked a restaurant attendant about the area.
• The attendant told Guan Yue that they were in the Sun Moon Continent, ruled by the Sun Moon Empire, and pointed out shops for rent.
• Guan Yue paid to rent an empty shop and used a machine to build a new academy in less than ten minutes.
• Qian Daoliu watched the academy take shape and wondered whether Guan Yue planned to build Shrek Academy around the world.

Guan Yue announced Shrek Academy’s free admissions and Jixiang demonstrated that its methods could help someone with zero Innate Soul Power cultivate. Lian Hongchen of the Hongchen Family challenged the academy to prove it was qualified to operate, and Jixiang accepted.

• Qian Daoliu asked whether Guan Yue would become dean, and Guan Yue said someone else would take the position after he brought the children to see the Sun Moon Continent.
• Guan Yue announced that Shrek Academy would admit students the next day without requiring talent, background, or fees, provided they passed its assessment.
• Jixiang said he had zero Innate Soul Power but gained Soul Power through an academy cultivation technique and reached level twenty-one Soul Grandmaster.
• Lian Hongchen introduced herself as a level-thirty-seven Soul Elder from the Hongchen Family and challenged the academy to prove its qualifications.
• Jixiang accepted Lian Hongchen’s challenge.