Chapter Summaries

After Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan settled their feelings for Xia Yuan, both sat beside him, each claiming one of his wings. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi revealed his plan to send Ning Rongrong to Shrek Academy, despite the protests of Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong.

• After Dugu Yan's toxins entered Xia Yuan, he healed the small wound, and Ye Lingling asked Dugu Yan to speak with her alone.
• Ye Lingling told Dugu Yan that she and Xia Yuan had formed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill and demanded that Dugu Yan accept a lesser position or withdraw; Dugu Yan chose to pursue him despite Ye Lingling's warning.
• Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan returned to Xia Yuan and sat on either side of him, making their intentions clear as each claimed one of his wings.
• Ning Fengzhi told Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong that he intended to send Ning Rongrong to Shrek Academy, and the two guardian Douluo angrily left after he ordered them not to seek her out.

Ning Rongrong joined the students training under Qin Ming, and Xia Yuan used Empty Handed to obtain her Ring Fusion talent instead of the Distraction Control Method he wanted. After Qin Ming forbade Ning Rongrong from asking about the conflict between the teachers and students, their argument ended with him ordering her to run twenty laps and showing her Ning Fengzhi’s letter authorizing strict discipline.

• Zhi Lin introduced Ning Rongrong to the class and placed her in Qin Ming’s care for training.
• Xia Yuan used Empty Handed on Ning Rongrong and obtained the Ring Fusion talent through a lucky critical.
• After class, Ning Rongrong followed Qin Ming’s group and asked about the students who had split off to train separately.
• Qin Ming scolded Ning Rongrong for asking about the situation, then ordered her to run twenty laps without eating.
• Ning Rongrong challenged Qin Ming’s authority, and he showed her Ning Fengzhi’s letter instructing him to discipline her harshly.

Ning Rongrong rejected Qin Ming’s authority and followed Xia Yuan’s group out of Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where she challenged Xia Yuan about their training. Xia Yuan began to answer her, leaving his response unfinished.

• Ning Rongrong refused to obey Qin Ming despite his handwritten letter from Ning Fengzhi, and Qin Ming angrily threatened to complain to her father.
• Yu Tianheng praised his uncle Yu Xiaogang, and Qin Ming promised to introduce Yu Tianheng to his own teacher after they proved Xia Yuan’s training wrong.
• Ning Rongrong followed Xia Yuan and the others to a lake below the academy, where Xia Yuan told Yu Feng and Shi Mo to train in the new cultivation environment.
• Ning Rongrong told Xia Yuan’s group that she had left Qin Ming after he ordered her to run twenty laps before eating.
• Xia Yuan began replying to Ning Rongrong by saying he did not answer to “hey.”

Xia Yuan refused Ning Rongrong at first, then agreed to train her if she followed his instructions and received approval from the education committee. He outlined training plans for Shi Mo and Yu Feng, and Ning Rongrong returned with permission to train with his group while her father’s decision was pending.

• Xia Yuan rejected Ning Rongrong’s request to join his team unless she agreed to follow his orders and obtained the education committee’s approval.
• Ning Rongrong hurried off to seek approval, while Xia Yuan explained that Shi Mo would temper his Black Tortoise defense through environmental training and Yu Feng would learn to sense and merge with the wind.
• Xia Yuan assigned the group training plans for the next three months and planned to use Dugu Yan’s venom to stimulate the medicinal power in his body.
• Ning Rongrong returned and said the education committee had allowed her to train with Xia Yuan until her father replied, confirming that Ning Fengzhi had chosen Qin Ming for her instruction.

Xia Yuan set Ning Rongrong’s training goals around precise support, tactics, and teamwork, while Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo went to observe his lessons at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. The chapter left them watching Xia Yuan and Qin Ming train their students in very different ways.

• Xia Yuan told Ning Rongrong to follow his rules and designed training to improve her control precision, tactical awareness, and teamwork as a support Soul Master.
• Dugu Yan questioned whether Ning Rongrong might leave with Xia Yuan’s training methods, but Xia Yuan said this was only the first step.
• Ning Fengzhi received a letter about Rongrong, and Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo argued over who should visit her at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Ning Fengzhi decided Sword Douluo would go first, while he planned to visit the academy himself later.
• Several days later, Meng Shenji, Ning Fengzhi, and Sword Douluo secretly watched Qin Ming’s students do weighted running and Xia Yuan’s students train in different environments.

Xia Yuan’s training helped Ning Rongrong improve her Soul Skill casting, while Sword Douluo and the others recognized his abilities. Three months later, Xia Yuan copied the Distraction Control Method from Ning Rongrong and began outlining the next phase of training for everyone.

• Ning Rongrong repeatedly used her Soul Skills on caged Soft Bone Rabbits, and Sword Douluo noticed that her casting speed had increased.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Meng Shenji secretly watched Xia Yuan cultivate, and Sword Douluo praised him while criticizing Ning Fengzhi’s plan to send Rongrong to Shrek Academy.
• After three months, Xia Yuan used Empty Handed on Ning Rongrong and triggered a Lucky Critical Hit that copied the Distraction Control Method.
• Yu Feng and Shi Mo became convinced of Xia Yuan’s training after their combat strength improved, and Dugu Yan received a Ten Thousand Year left arm bone from Dugu Bo.
• Xia Yuan and Ye Lingling tested their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and developed its second stage, All Things Breath, which restored allies while draining enemies.
• Xia Yuan assigned the group their next training goals, including raising Ning Rongrong’s Soul Power and having Dugu Yan condense her poison into tangible forms.

After a year of training, Qin Ming arranged for both groups to demonstrate their results in Soul Arenas across the route from Tiandou to Suotuo City. Xia Yuan named his group the Armor Warriors, but three days later the group was startled by the masks he had prepared.

• Yu Tianheng praised Qin Ming’s training, while Osler and Shi Mo silently hoped their year of grueling training was over.
• Qin Ming proposed that both groups wear masks and public titles for Soul Battles, though Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling disliked his comical green masks.
• Qin Ming planned a series of Soul Arena battles from Tiandou south to Suotuo City, and Meng Shenji told Xia Yuan’s group to prepare masks and titles too.
• Xia Yuan named his group the Armor Warriors and promised Ning Rongrong a mask after she changed her mind about wanting one.
• Three days later, Xia Yuan’s group saw their masks and questioned whether this was what the Armor Warriors were supposed to look like.

Xia Yuan and the others registered for Soul Fighting at the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena, where Xia Yuan and Ye Lingling formed the Snow Emperor Team. Xia Yuan began his first one-on-one match against Peng Yue, and Yu Tianheng mocked him as he stood still against Peng Yue’s charge.

• Xia Yuan assigned hero codenames to Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, Yu Feng, Shi Mo, and Ning Rongrong, naming himself Emperor Hero.
• Meng Shenji and Zhi Lin led the group to Heaven Dou City’s Great Soul Arena, where both teams registered as Iron Soul Fighters.
• Yu Tianheng and three others fought one-on-one matches wearing green masks, while Xia Yuan and Ye Lingling registered their two-on-two team as the Snow Emperor Team.
• Xia Yuan entered his one-on-one match against Peng Yue, a Mars Ape Soul Elder with nine consecutive victories.
• Peng Yue powered up and charged at Xia Yuan, who remained motionless, prompting Yu Tianheng to mock him and Dugu Yan to defend him.

Xia Yuan defeated Peng Yue without using a soul skill, prompting Qin Ming to question how his Blue Silver Emperor could bind an opponent. He then teamed with Ye Lingling against the Laike and Laibi brothers, whose coordinated attacks left the fight unresolved.

• Xia Yuan dodged Peng Yue's attacks, bound him with his Blue Silver Emperor, and flung him out of the arena without using a soul skill.
• Qin Ming wondered how Xia Yuan had a binding ability without using a soul skill, while Yu Tianheng speculated about a soul bone.
• Xia Yuan and Ye Lingling entered the two-on-two match against Laike and Laibi, a pair of three-ringed Soul Elders.
• Laike and Laibi attacked together, but Xia Yuan's Rock Scale-enhanced Blue Silver Emperor withstood their weapons as they spun into a coordinated defense.

Xia Yuan and Ye Lingling defeated Laike and Laibi in a two-on-two match, with Xia Yuan handling their attacks and knocking them unconscious. After the Snow Emperor Team won, Dugu Yan and the others registered for one-on-one matches, while Meng Shenji grew frustrated with Qin Ming’s refusal to acknowledge Xia Yuan’s performance.

• Spectators discussed Xia Yuan’s Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul as Meng Shenji, Qin Ming, Yu Tianheng, and Zhi Lin watched the match.
• Laike and Laibi unleashed their third soul skills, Lightning Whirlwind Cleave, while Xia Yuan and Ye Lingling closed their eyes and retreated together.
• Xia Yuan formed a Blue Silver Emperor shield wall and hurled an incomplete Blue Silver Tyrant Spear into Laike and Laibi’s attack, creating a powerful explosion.
• The host confirmed that Laike and Laibi were alive but unconscious, then declared the Snow Emperor Team the winner.
• Dugu Yan and the others registered for one-on-one matches, and Meng Shenji praised Xia Yuan while becoming irritated by Qin Ming’s attitude.

The Imperial Fighting Team reached Suotuo City after Xia Yuan’s group consistently outperformed Qin Ming’s trainees in Great Soul Arena matches. At Suotuo Great Soul Arena, they arrived as Dai Mubai won a bout, while Xia Yuan and Ye Lingling prepared to face Soul Elder opponents.

• After Shi Mo defeated his agility-type opponent, Qin Ming insisted that the wager would continue until Suotuo, and Zhi Lin and Meng Shenji looked forward to the team’s progress.
• Tang San grew frustrated that his cultivation had stalled at a bottleneck and worried about Xia Yuan’s early graduation, then focused on cultivating again.
• A month later, Qin Ming and Yu Tianheng arrived in Suotuo with the Imperial Fighting Team, troubled by their repeated losses compared with Xia Yuan’s group.
• At Suotuo Great Soul Arena, Dai Mubai won a one-on-one match, drawing cheers from the audience.
• The Imperial Fighting Team entered the arena, where Xia Yuan and Ye Lingling had reached Silver Soul rank and would face Soul Elder opponents.

The Imperial Fighting Team completed its Soul Arena matches, and Qin Ming agreed to take the group to Shrek Academy after they asked to see his alma mater. The visit left Qin Ming worried when the group saw the shabby academy and questioned whether it was properly certified.

• Dai Mubai defeated Osler in the Soul Arena, while Xia Yuan remembered that Flender possessed plate crystal hair gold and resolved to consider taking it before Tang San could use it against him.
• The Imperial Fighting Team finished its matches, and Meng Shenji and Zhi Lin concluded their evaluation of the students.
• Zhi Lin suggested that Qin Ming show them his alma mater, and Qin Ming agreed after learning that Dai Mubai might be a new Shrek Academy student.
• Qin Ming led the group outside Suotuo City to Shrek Academy, where Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan criticized its rundown appearance and questioned its certification.
• Qin Ming realized Shrek Academy might lack Soul Master Academy qualifications and feared he had brought trouble upon it.

Qin Ming brought Meng Shenji, Zhi Lin, and the others to Shrek Academy, where its strict admission standards, high fees, and forceful gatekeeper made them question its quality. After many applicants left, Dugu Yan asked a departing parent about the Spirit Hall recommendation, and he revealed that someone had grabbed and directed them to the academy.

• Qin Ming explained that Shrek Academy accepted only children under thirteen with at least two soul rings and Soul Power above rank twenty-one, prompting Dugu Yan to suggest Xia Yuan apply.
• Meng Shenji and the others heard claims that Shrek graduates became imperial viscounts and learned the academy charged ten Gold Soul Coins to apply and one hundred in tuition.
• Li Yusong rejected an applicant whose cultivation was too low, displayed his Soul Emperor strength, and warned that Shrek would not refund registration fees.
• Ye Lingling called the academy's practices fraud and kidnapping, while the group argued with Qin Ming and watched dozens of applicants leave.
• Dugu Yan asked a departing applicant's father about the Spirit Hall recommendation, and he said someone near Soto Intermediate Soul Master Academy had grabbed them and sent them to Shrek.

Qin Ming and Yu Tianheng left Heaven Dou Royal Academy after a confrontation with its education committee and headed to Shrek Academy. As Meng Shenji and Zhi Lin continued on, they encountered a village where martial souls were being awakened, and Xia Yuan suspected the bespectacled man might be Flender.

• Ning Rongrong challenged Qin Ming's claims about Shrek Academy, and Meng Shenji and Zhi Lin lost interest in meeting its headmaster.
• Qin Ming threatened to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Zhi Lin told him not to return; Yu Tianheng declared he would leave with Qin Ming, while Osler kept his distance.
• Qin Ming and Yu Tianheng met Li Yusong at Shrek Academy, where Li welcomed Yu Tianheng and offered to take them to Headmaster Flender.
• Meng Shenji and Zhi Lin decided Yu Tianheng's departure had to be reported to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• The group came across a village where martial souls were being awakened, and Xia Yuan wondered whether the bespectacled man was Flender.

Xia Yuan stole Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Origin and returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Meng Shenji placed him in charge of the Imperial Fighting Team’s future. The chapter ended with Xia Yuan naming his Phoenix-infused Blue Silver Grass the Dragon-Phoenix Blue Silver Emperor.

• Flender tested the village children, spoke with Meng Shenji and Zhi Lin, then left with Ma Hongjun.
• Xia Yuan used Empty Handed on Ma Hongjun and successfully stole his Phoenix Origin.
• Meng Shenji granted Xia Yuan Heaven-Dou Tier teacher authority and entrusted him with the Imperial Fighting Team’s future.
• Ning Rongrong asked to join the Imperial Fighting Team, and Xia Yuan offered her a substitute spot in the next Soul Master Tournament.
• Xia Yuan summoned his Phoenix-infused Blue Silver Grass and named it the Dragon-Phoenix Blue Silver Emperor.

Xia Yuan absorbed the Black Jade Divine Bamboo at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, evolving his Blue Silver Emperor and gaining five Soul Power levels. He left with Dugu Bo for the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a powerful soul beast, while Ma Hongjun suffered worsening discomfort at Shrek Academy.

• Xia Yuan returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and told Dugu Bo that Dugu Yan had confessed to him.
• Xia Yuan absorbed the Black Jade Divine Bamboo, evolving his Martial Soul and raising his Soul Power by five levels.
• Xia Yuan asked Dugu Bo to help him hunt a soul beast over thirty thousand years old, and they set out for the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Ma Hongjun complained to Flender that his discomfort had become unbearable, prompting Flender to wonder whether Ma Hongjun was truly ill.

Ma Hongjun’s evil fire and excessive use of an excitatory toxin caused a crisis, and a doctor removed his trouble root while healing the wound. Back at Shrek Academy, Qin Ming called the loss both tragic and a blessing, while Ma Hongjun refused to accept it.

• Flender and Dai Mubai rushed Ma Hongjun to a clinic after his condition became dangerously swollen and uncontrollable.
• The doctor diagnosed extreme overstimulation from an excitatory toxin and said he would have to remove Ma Hongjun’s trouble root.
• Ma Hongjun’s condition ended in an explosion, and the doctor later woke him and explained that he had healed the wound and expected his evil fire to lessen.
• Dai Mubai carried the sobbing Ma Hongjun back to Shrek Academy, where Flender told him to accept what had happened.
• Qin Ming congratulated Ma Hongjun as well as mourning him, arguing that losing his trouble root might have saved him from eventually dying to his evil fire.
• Ma Hongjun shouted that he would not accept the loss.

Xia Yuan and Dugu Bo searched the Star Dou Great Forest for suitable spirit beasts and encountered teams from Skywater Academy and Blazing Fire Academy. After a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger drove the academy teams into a panic, Xia Yuan learned its aura and decided to hunt it, while the academies offered to help find his spirit beast.

• Xia Yuan and Dugu Bo entered the Star Dou Great Forest to search for stronger spirit beasts, and Dugu Bo laid down a nonlethal poison when two groups approached.
• Dugu Bo introduced himself to teams from Skywater Academy and Blazing Fire Academy, who then left to continue hunting for a student's spirit ring.
• Xia Yuan and Dugu Bo encountered the two academy teams again in the mixed zone as they fled from a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• Xia Yuan sensed that the tiger had stopped pursuing the teams and used the Blue Silver Grass to remember its aura, deciding to make it a target for his Blue Silver Emperor martial soul.
• The academy teams thanked Dugu Bo for driving off the tiger and offered to help Xia Yuan search for a suitable spirit beast.

Xia Yuan and Dugu Bo helped Skywater Academy and Blazing Fire Academy find soul beasts for Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er after the Frozen Forest became unsafe. Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er learned that Xia Yuan was seeking his fourth soul ring, and the group found an Ice Lin Beast for Shui Bing'er while continuing to help Xia Yuan search.

• Skywater Academy's teacher explained that a madman had damaged the Frozen Forest while fighting a Spirit Hall Title Douluo, forcing Shui Bing'er to hunt in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xia Yuan used his Blue Silver Domain to locate a thousand-year Fire Lin Beast, and Dugu Bo weakened it so Huo Wu could claim its soul ring and reach rank thirty-one.
• Huo Wu challenged Xia Yuan to fight, but he revealed that he was hunting his fourth soul ring, shocking her and Shui Bing'er.
• The group encountered an Ice Lin Beast for Shui Bing'er, and the academy teachers offered to help Xia Yuan search without knowing his desired soul-ring age.

Xia Yuan and Dugu Bo searched deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest, where they found and killed a thirty-thousand-year Black-Armored Dragonblood Tree. Xia Yuan absorbed its soul ring as his fourth, then returned with Dugu Bo before nightfall.

• Shui Bing'er absorbed her soul ring and reached rank thirty-one, while Huo Wu stopped challenging Xia Yuan.
• Xia Yuan explained to Dugu Bo that he wanted to find a spirit beast group and continued searching with Blue Silver Grass deeper in the forest.
• A plant-type spirit beast lured Xia Yuan's life-aura clone away, leading Xia Yuan and Dugu Bo to a Black-Armored Dragonblood Tree.
• Dugu Bo poisoned the tree, and Xia Yuan destroyed its roots with his Blue Silver Tyrant Spears.
• Xia Yuan recovered before absorbing the tree's ten-thousand-year soul ring, resisting its remnant soul with his spiritual power.
• Xia Yuan finished absorbing his fourth soul ring by dusk and left with Dugu Bo, who wondered how far Xia Yuan's future soul ring limits would rise.