Chapter Summaries

Qi Dao used threats and Sword Intent to stop Tang Hao from killing him and secure a chance to escape. Tang San and Yu Xiaogang were left with Sword Intent inside their bodies as Qi Dao planned to return to Heaven Dou City with his parents.

• Yu Xiaogang panicked at Qi Dao's threat to involve Dugu Bo, while Tang San condemned Qi Dao and Tang Hao dismissed the danger.
• Tang Hao offered to let Qi Dao go, secretly planning to attack once he had an opening.
• Qi Dao sent strands of Sword Intent into Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, threatening their lives if Tang Hao acted against him.
• Tang Hao released his pressure in anger, but the Sword Intent at Tang San's neck forced him to stop.
• Qi Dao explained that the strands could remain for months and planned to take his parents to Heaven Dou City for safety.

Qi Dao threatened Tang Hao with Sword Intent planted inside Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, forcing Tang Hao to stop pursuing him. After Tang Hao failed to remove Yu Xiaogang’s Sword Intent safely, Tang San guessed Qi Dao was a traveler from another world; Tang Hao then hid before Teacher Wang arrived.

• Qi Dao threatened to detonate the Sword Intent inside Tang San and Yu Xiaogang if Tang Hao attacked, then flew away on his sword.
• Tang Hao tried to remove Qi Dao’s Sword Intent from Yu Xiaogang, but it awakened and made Yu Xiaogang convulse and pass out.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that the Sword Intent in him would fade within a few months and warned him not to fight until then.
• Tang San guessed Qi Dao was a traveler from another world whose past-life swordsmanship and cultivation technique explained his abilities.
• Tang Hao hid when someone approached and told Tang San to conceal his identity from Xiao Wu.
• Teacher Wang hurried over and cried out at the scene.

After returning safely, Qi Dao thanked Headmaster Hans for sending a warning to Poison Douluo and prepared to leave Notting City with his parents. He took them aboard his Flying Sword and flew toward Heaven Dou City.

• Qi Dao reassured Hans that the watcher had not harmed him, and Hans warned him to handle his conflict with Yu Xiaogang and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan carefully.
• Hans expressed disappointment in Yu Xiaogang, while Qi Dao explained that his achievements had wounded Yu Xiaogang's pride.
• Qi Dao told Hans he would take his parents to Heaven Dou City to protect them from Tang Hao, and Hans wished him well as he departed.
• Qi Dao reached home before Hans's messenger and told Qi Father and Qi Mother that enemies might target them, so they needed to leave immediately.
• Qi Dao enlarged his Flying Sword with his Second Soul Skill, brought his parents aboard, and flew away with them.

Hans confronted Yu Xiaogang over his hostility toward Qi Dao and his lack of contributions to Notting Academy, then ordered him to leave. Yu Xiaogang angrily rejected Hans's decision, while Hans accepted that Tang San and Xiao Wu might leave with him.

• Teacher Wang treated Tang San and Xiao Wu, but their injuries would take a long time to heal.
• Yu Xiaogang confronted Hans for warning Qi Dao and accused him of betraying their twenty-year friendship.
• Hans challenged Yu Xiaogang's reasons for targeting Qi Dao, and Yu Xiaogang's resentment over Qi Dao's success and rejection became clear.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed that Qi Dao had left Sword Intent inside him, making his life and death dependent on Qi Dao.
• Hans listed Yu Xiaogang's lack of service to Notting Academy and ordered him to pack and leave within three days.
• Yu Xiaogang accused Hans of abandoning him for Qi Dao, while Hans felt relieved but worried that Tang San and Xiao Wu might leave too.

After Yu Xiaogang left Notting Academy, Tang Hao told Tang San how Ah Yin had sacrificed herself and why he had hidden in Holy Soul Village, fueling Tang San’s hatred of Spirit Hall. Qi Dao then sought Dugu Bo’s protection from Tang Hao, and the two discussed killing him when he was weakened.

• Yu Xiaogang left Notting Academy after Hans refused to change his decision.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that Spirit Hall had attacked him and Ah Yin, who sacrificed herself to save him and their newborn son.
• Tang San vowed to avenge Ah Yin and restore the sect, and Tang Hao expressed his confidence in him.
• Qi Dao returned to Heaven Dou City, then went to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and told Dugu Bo about his clash with Tang Hao.
• Dugu Bo promised to protect Qi Dao and proposed finding a chance to kill Tang Hao.
• Qi Dao considered waiting until Tang Hao had crippled himself and fallen to Level 75.

Dugu Bo joined Heaven Dou Academy as an Honorary Elder to help protect Qi Dao, who asked Xue Qinghe to shelter his parents after surviving Tang Hao’s attack. Half a month later, Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy with Tang San and Xiao Wu, and Flender welcomed them.

• Dugu Bo became an Honorary Elder at Heaven Dou Academy and told Dugu Yan that his poison backlash had been cured.
• Qi Dao told Xue Qinghe about Yu Xiaogang’s attempt to discover his cultivation secret and Tang Hao’s attack, then asked her to protect his parents.
• Xue Qinghe agreed to shelter Qi Dao’s parents and ordered Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo not to act rashly against Tang Hao.
• Half a month later, Yu Xiaogang brought Tang San and Xiao Wu to Shrek Academy and described it as a school for exceptional students.
• Flender welcomed Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and Xiao Wu to Shrek Academy.

After a year of cultivation at Heaven Dou Academy, Qi Dao reached level 39 and returned with Dugu Bo to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to absorb the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum. He survived its violent medicinal power, broke through the level 40 bottleneck, and prepared to hunt for his fourth Soul Ring.

• Qi Dao advanced five levels in a year, while Dugu Yan gained four levels and reached level 46.
• Dugu Bo escorted Qi Dao to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after strengthening the poison formation around it.
• Qi Dao ate the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, but its medicinal power rampaged through his body and caused him severe pain.
• After several hours, Qi Dao absorbed the herb's power, strengthened his physique, and broke through the level 40 bottleneck.
• Dugu Bo offered to take Qi Dao to the Star Dou Great Forest in a couple of days to hunt for a Soul Ring, and Qi Dao hoped to find the 20,000-Year Dark Gold Bear.

Qi Dao told Xue Qinghe he had reached Level 40 and set out with Dugu Bo to hunt a Soul Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest. They found the 20,000-Year Dark Gold Bear, but it was accompanied by a 70,000-Year Dark Gold Bear, and Dugu Bo began fighting the larger beast.

• Xue Qinghe was shocked by Qi Dao’s rapid cultivation and grew more determined to train, then heard he would go Soul Hunting with Dugu Bo.
• Qi Dao visited his parents, whose Soul Power had both reached Level 39, before returning to the academy.
• Three days later, Qi Dao and Dugu Bo searched the Star Dou Great Forest for nearly a month and found the 20,000-Year Dark Gold Bear beside a 70,000-Year Dark Gold Bear.
• The 20,000-Year Dark Gold Bear recognized Qi Dao, and the 70,000-Year Dark Gold Bear attacked him.
• Dugu Bo knocked the larger bear back with his poison-laced Soul Power, then transformed and used his Eighth and Sixth Soul Skills to continue the fight.

Dugu Bo defeated two Dark Gold Bears, allowing Qi Dao to absorb the 20,000-Year Dark Gold Bear’s Soul Ring as his fourth ring. After three hours of absorption, Qi Dao reached Level 44, while the wounded 70,000-Year bear escaped.

• Dugu Bo used Time Freeze and his Sixth and Eighth Soul Skills to grievously wound the 70,000-Year Dark Gold Bear.
• Dugu Bo caught the fleeing 20,000-Year Dark Gold Bear and crippled it with a palm strike and his venom.
• Qi Dao killed the weakened 20,000-Year Dark Gold Bear with Peerless, and a black Soul Ring appeared above its body.
• The wounded 70,000-Year Dark Gold Bear recovered enough to flee, knowing it could not defeat Qi Dao and Dugu Bo.
• Qi Dao absorbed the 20,000-Year Soul Ring and, three hours later, told Dugu Bo he had reached Level 44.

Qi Dao revealed that his Fourth Soul Skill, Dark Gold Armor-Piercing Sword Aura, greatly enhanced his Peerless Sword, and demonstrated its power to Dugu Bo. After they returned to Heaven Dou City, Dugu Yan came to celebrate Qi Dao’s breakthrough with pastries, medicinal wine, and a sparring match.

• Dugu Bo praised Qi Dao’s rapid cultivation and discussed how fortune and talent had shaped their paths.
• Qi Dao revealed that his Fourth Soul Skill increased the Peerless Sword’s hardness and armor-piercing power by three hundred percent for half an hour.
• Qi Dao struck Dugu Bo’s Soul Power barrier with a plain sword slash, and Dugu Bo judged the blow strong enough to split an ordinary Soul King in two.
• Three days later, Qi Dao and Dugu Bo returned to Heaven Dou City, where Dugu Yan came to congratulate Qi Dao on reaching Level 40.
• Dugu Yan offered Qi Dao new pastries and medicinal wine, then proposed a sparring match and asked him to go easy on her.

Over the course of a year, Qi Dao reached Level 49 while Dugu Yan and their friends advanced, and Heaven Dou Academy gained a promising new teacher. The chapter then shifted to Shrek Academy’s registration site, where an old man refused a family’s refund and called for Mu Bai and Xiao San.

• Qi Dao sparred with Dugu Yan, whose poison had no effect on him.
• After learning Qi Dao had reached Level 44, Xue Qinghe devoted herself to cultivation so he would not surpass her.
• A year later, Qi Dao reached Level 49, while Dugu Yan remained at Level 49 and Ye Lingling reached Level 41 after consuming the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid.
• Yu Tianheng reached Level 41, Qin Ming joined Heaven Dou Academy as a teacher, and Qi Dao heard that Ning Rongrong had run away from home.
• At Shrek Academy, an old man rejected a thirteen-year-old applicant and refused to return his family’s registration fee.
• The old man called for Mu Bai and Xiao San to deal with the boy’s father.

Tang San and Dai Mubai turned away applicants seeking refunds as Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong passed Shrek Academy’s tests, completing the Shrek Seven Devils. At Heaven Dou Academy, Dugu Bo invited Qi Dao to watch him confront Chrysanthemum Douluo and revealed that he had reached Level 95.

• Dai Mubai and Tang San refused to return the registration fee to a father and son, and Dai Mubai noticed Zhu Zhuqing’s Martial Soul resonated with his White Tiger Martial Soul.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong passed Shrek Academy’s tests, completing the Shrek Seven Devils.
• Qin Ming asked Qi Dao and Dugu Yan to join his practical-training team, but both declined, so he departed with seven students as the Imperial Fighting Team.
• Dugu Bo invited Qi Dao to accompany him to settle an old score with Chrysanthemum Douluo, while explaining that he did not expect the encounter to be fatal.
• Dugu Bo revealed that he had broken through to Level 95, and Qi Dao agreed to go with him and watch the battle.

Dugu Bo took Qi Dao to Heavenly Mountain Canyon to confront Chrysanthemum Douluo, his longtime rival. He called Chrysanthemum Douluo out, and the two Spirit Hall Douluo arrived, wary of Dugu Bo’s newfound confidence.

• Dugu Bo told Qi Dao they were heading to Heavenly Mountain Canyon, where Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo often stayed in seclusion.
• During their half-month journey, Dugu Bo explained that his feud with Chrysanthemum Douluo began when he refused Spirit Hall’s recruitment and lost their first fight.
• Dugu Bo and Qi Dao traveled into the canyon and followed its stream upstream until Dugu Bo stopped near Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo’s secluded pavilion.
• Dugu Bo called out Chrysanthemum Guan, and Chrysanthemum Douluo complained to Ghost Douluo before agreeing to meet him.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo arrived after making Dugu Bo wait, and Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo privately wondered why Dugu Bo seemed so confident.

Qi Dao met Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo alongside Dugu Bo, and Chrysanthemum Douluo offered to help him absorb the remaining medicinal properties of the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum. The boost could let Qi Dao withstand a 70,000-year Fifth Soul Ring, though Chrysanthemum Douluo abandoned the idea of taking him as a disciple after learning Bibi Dong disliked him.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo teased Dugu Bo, then noticed Qi Dao and asked whether he had taken a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.
• Qi Dao confirmed he had taken the herb, and Chrysanthemum Douluo offered to make him his disciple because his Martial Soul was the same chrysanthemum.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo recognized Qi Dao's name and explained that Bibi Dong had taken an interest in him after reports of his arena record and a later campaign against Fallen Soul Masters.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo decided not to make Qi Dao his disciple because Bibi Dong disliked him, but offered him a favor instead.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo said he could help Qi Dao fully absorb the herb's remaining medicinal properties within seven days, strengthening him enough to attempt a 70,000-year Fifth Soul Ring.

Chrysanthemum Douluo agreed to help Qi Dao absorb the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum’s medicinal power after settling accounts with Dugu Bo. As Ghost Douluo and Qi Dao watched from the air, Dugu Bo’s enhanced strength let him drive Chrysanthemum Douluo back in their opening exchange.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo told Qi Dao that helping him absorb the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum would take three to five days and challenged Dugu Bo to fight first.
• Ghost Douluo escorted Qi Dao into the air to watch the battle, and Qi Dao used his Second Soul Skill to ride a Flying Sword.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo attacked Dugu Bo with his Fifth Soul Skill, but Dugu Bo blocked the golden petals with his own Fifth Soul Skill.
• Dugu Bo released his Jade Phosphor Bewildering Formation, then charged Chrysanthemum Douluo through the poisonous mist and struck him with a python-shaped punch.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo was forced back more than thirty meters, leaving Ghost Douluo and Qi Dao shocked by Dugu Bo’s strength.

Dugu Bo defeated Chrysanthemum Douluo by outlasting him with his Soul Core, then withdrew before Ghost Douluo could join the fight. Chrysanthemum Douluo brought Qi Dao and Dugu Bo to the wooden huts and promised to help Qi Dao absorb the Immortal Herb's medicinal power after recovering.

• Dugu Bo and Chrysanthemum Douluo activated their Martial Soul Avatars and fought fiercely while Qi Dao and Ghost Douluo watched.
• Qi Dao recognized that Dugu Bo's Soul Core let him maintain his Soul Power, and Dugu Bo gradually forced Chrysanthemum Douluo onto the defensive.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo called for Ghost Douluo's help, but Dugu Bo declared victory and retreated before they could team up against him.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo complained to Ghost Douluo, and Qi Dao and Dugu Bo shuddered at their exchange.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo took Qi Dao and Dugu Bo to the wooden huts and said he would help Qi Dao absorb the Immortal Herb's medicinal power once he recovered.

Chrysanthemum Douluo spent seven days helping Qi Dao absorb the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum’s remaining medicinal power, greatly increasing Qi Dao’s physical resilience. Before Qi Dao and Dugu Bo left, Chrysanthemum Douluo gave Qi Dao an ancient book about medicinal herbs and Immortal Herbs.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo sensed traces of another Immortal Herb in Qi Dao and learned that Qi Dao had survived taking two Immortal Herbs.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo guided his Soul Power through Qi Dao for seven days, breaking down the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum’s medicinal power as Qi Dao cultivated and absorbed it.
• Qi Dao thanked Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Dugu Bo asked whether Qi Dao could now absorb the 70,000-Year Dark Gold Bear Soul Ring at Level 50.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo gave Qi Dao an ancient book about Supreme Medicinal Herbs and Immortal Herbs before Qi Dao and Dugu Bo prepared to leave.

Qi Dao told Xue Qinghe about Dugu Bo defeating Chrysanthemum Douluo and revealed that he had reached Level 49, shocking her with his rapid progress. After Dugu Yan became a Soul King, Qi Dao broke through to Level 50 and joined Dugu Bo in hunting the 70,000-Year Dark Gold Bear, which Dugu Bo defeated and left for Qi Dao to finish off.

• Qi Dao returned to Heaven Dou Academy with Dugu Bo and told Xue Qinghe that Dugu Bo had defeated Chrysanthemum Douluo and helped him absorb the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum's medicinal power.
• Xue Qinghe was shocked to learn that Qi Dao had reached Level 49 and asked how Immortal Herbs had helped his cultivation.
• Dugu Yan reached Level 50, hunted with Dugu Bo, and absorbed a twenty-thousand-year Soul Ring after consuming the Earth Dragon Golden Melon.
• Qi Dao broke through to Level 50 in the third month after returning to the academy.
• Qi Dao and Dugu Bo found the 70,000-Year Dark Gold Bear in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Dugu Bo quickly defeated it.
• Dugu Bo told Qi Dao to finish off the dying Dark Gold Bear.

Qi Dao absorbed the 70,000-Year Dark Gold Bear's Soul Ring, enduring its violent energy and Soul Shock. He gained an External Soul Bone and rose to Level 55, leaving Dugu Bo astonished by his rapid growth.

• Qi Dao killed the badly wounded Dark Gold Bear and began absorbing its 70,000-Year Soul Ring.
• Qi Dao endured the Soul Ring's violent energy and destroyed the bear's resentment-driven Soul Shock with his will.
• A dark-gold light emerged from Qi Dao's spine, and Dugu Bo recognized that he had gained an External Soul Bone.
• Qi Dao completed the absorption and learned that his strength and defense had increased and his Soul Power had risen to Level 55.
• Dugu Bo reacted with shock to Qi Dao's rapid advancement, while Qi Dao credited the External Soul Bone.

Qi Dao revealed that his External Soul Bone could nurture and improve the quality of his Martial Soul, while his Gold-Devouring Fang Soul Skill could strengthen it by consuming metal. Meanwhile, the Imperial Fighting Team battled in Suotuo City, and Yu Xiaogang began considering Tang San’s prospects for the Soul Master Tournament despite Shrek Academy’s ineligibility.

• Qi Dao showed Dugu Bo that he could draw the Peerless Sword from his spine and explained that his External Soul Bone could nurture and improve his Martial Soul.
• Qi Dao described Gold-Devouring Fang and considered whether he might eventually use it to strengthen the Peerless Sword with powerful Divine Artifacts.
• The Imperial Fighting Team fought a team of Level 45-and-above Soul Ancestors, with Yu Tianheng suppressing their strongest fighter and Ye Lingling healing the team.
• Qin Ming’s companion praised the Imperial Fighting Team, while Yu Xiaogang recognized Yu Tianheng and reflected on Tang San’s talent.
• Yu Xiaogang imagined Tang San dazzling the Soul Master Tournament, then realized Shrek Academy had no right to enter it.