Chapter Summaries

The Shrek group fled Dragon Duke and Snake Granny, while Meng Chen searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a ten-thousand-year lightning Soul Beast. At night in the inner region, he discussed the Slaughter City with Ye Xishui before a gigantic figure charged toward their camp.

• Dragon Duke and Snake Granny caught up with the Shrek group, and Zhao Wuji stayed behind to fight them while Dai Mubai led the others away.
• Ning Rongrong buffed herself and Zhu Zhuqing with her speed skill, then fled with Zhu Zhuqing instead of helping Dai Mubai and the others.
• Meng Chen heard the distant clash and continued searching for a ten-thousand-year lightning-attribute Soul Beast with Ye Xishui.
• At their nighttime camp in the forest's inner region, Meng Chen asked whether Ye Xishui could defeat Di Tian and suggested gathering wronged souls from Slaughter City to build the Death God Tower.
• As Ye Xishui began asking about Slaughter City's true history, a huge figure charged toward their camp beneath the moon.

Meng Chen followed the Titan Giant Ape to Heavy Cloud Ravine, where it had gathered hundreds of thunder-element Soul Beasts for him to choose from. He spotted a rare Innate Thunder Spirit and learned from Ye Xishui that it would make the most suitable Soul Ring for him.

• The Titan Giant Ape grabbed Meng Chen and swung him around for more than half an hour before tossing him to the ground.
• The Titan Giant Ape led Meng Chen to Heavy Cloud Ravine, where hundreds of thunder-element Soul Beasts were trapped by the heavy gravity and its intimidation.
• Meng Chen realized the Titan Giant Ape had brought him there to choose a Soul Beast for his Soul Ring and began searching among the creatures.
• Meng Chen noticed a purple streak devouring thunder energy, and Ye Xishui identified it as an Innate Thunder Spirit and urged him to catch it.

Meng Chen had the Titan Giant Ape capture an Innate Thunder Spirit in Heavy Cloud Ravine, then used his Thunder Hell Vines to devour it and obtain its Soul Ring. He began absorbing the roughly thirty-thousand-year Soul Ring while the Titan Giant Ape guarded him.

• Meng Chen asked the Titan Giant Ape to catch the elusive Innate Thunder Spirit in Heavy Cloud Ravine.
• The Titan Giant Ape used its Gravity Control Domain to slow and imprison the Innate Thunder Spirit, then brought it to Meng Chen.
• Meng Chen bound the Innate Thunder Spirit with Thunder Hell Vines, devoured its lightning energy, and shattered its exposed origin core with a Thunder Hell Spear.
• Meng Chen drew the Innate Thunder Spirit’s roughly thirty-thousand-year Soul Ring and began absorbing it as the Titan Giant Ape stood guard.
• Meng Chen endured the Soul Ring’s violent Soul Power and Soul Shock while refining it.

Meng Chen absorbed the Thunder Spirit Soul Ring, gained his fourth soul skill, Innate Thunder Body, and gave the Titan Giant Ape a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum in thanks for guarding him. The Titan Giant Ape ate the herb in the Star Dou Core Area and began absorbing its medicinal power while Xiao Wu and the Sky Azure Bull Python watched.

• Meng Chen absorbed the Thunder Spirit Soul Ring, reached level forty-six, and gained the fourth soul skill Innate Thunder Body.
• Meng Chen tested Innate Thunder Body, which let him become lightning, ignore physical attacks, resist lightning attacks, and boost his lightning power and Soul Power.
• Meng Chen thanked the Titan Giant Ape for guarding him and gave it a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum to strengthen its body.
• The Titan Giant Ape returned to the Star Dou Core Area and showed the flower to Xiao Wu, who told it to eat it because she already had a flower from A-Chen.
• The Titan Giant Ape swallowed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and began absorbing its medicinal power as Xiao Wu explained the situation to the Sky Azure Bull Python.

Meng Chen rescued the injured Zhu Zhuqing in the Star Dou Great Forest, then returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy with another ten-thousand-year soul ring. He reunited with Xiao Wu after visiting Xiahe Village.

• Meng Chen found Zhu Zhuqing wounded in the brush, treated her injuries, and left before she fully awoke.
• Dai Mubai, Tang San, and the others found Zhu Zhuqing, and she refused Dai Mubai's offer to help her walk.
• Meng Chen returned to Xiahe Village, confirmed the old village chief had used the Dragon Ganoderma Leaf, and then headed to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Meng Chen reported to Director Chen, revealed his fourth soul ring was another ten-thousand-year ring, and learned that Xiao Wu had returned from hunting for hers.
• Xiao Wu hugged Meng Chen at the dormitory, forgave him for returning late, and asked him to take her out to eat.

At Shrek Academy, Zhao Wuji returned from the Star Dou Great Forest with his right arm severed, while he defended Ning Rongrong’s decision to escape and bring help. In Heaven Dou City, Xue Qinghe invited Meng Chen to Moonlight Pavilion, and Meng Chen accepted, aware of Xue Qinghe’s true identity as Qian Renxue.

• Zhu Zhuqing wondered whether the mysterious young man had saved her as she recalled being treated while unconscious.
• Ning Rongrong returned to Shrek Academy with Zhao Wuji and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Soul Masters, and Dai Mubai accused her of abandoning the group.
• Zhao Wuji stopped Dai Mubai from confronting Ning Rongrong and explained that she had saved his life by bringing reinforcements.
• Ning Rongrong offered Zhao Wuji compensation for his lost arm, but he refused and said protecting his students was his duty.
• After reading a report about Meng Chen’s breakthrough and ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring, Xue Qinghe sent him an invitation to Moonlight Pavilion.
• Meng Chen accepted Xue Qinghe’s invitation and told Xiao Wu he wanted to learn what the crown prince intended to do.

Meng Chen met Xue Qinghe at Moonlight Pavilion, where the crown prince offered imperial resources in exchange for future service and tested Meng Chen's ties to a Titled Douluo. Back at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Yu Tianheng learned Meng Chen had reached Soul Ancestor and challenged him to a rematch after he advanced.

• Xue Qinghe offered Meng Chen access to imperial texts and medicinal herbs, while asking him to win the Soul Master Tournament and consider serving the empire after graduation.
• Meng Chen agreed to exchange equivalent contributions for resources and told Xue Qinghe that a reclusive Titled Douluo had taught him, warning him not to seek a meeting.
• Xue Qinghe accepted Meng Chen's terms and escorted him from Moonlight Pavilion, leaving them with a cooperative relationship.
• Meng Chen returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and revealed his four soul rings and claimed Soul Power level of forty-third to Yu Tianheng and the others.
• Yu Tianheng vowed to challenge Meng Chen again after reaching Soul Ancestor, and Meng Chen accepted while reminding him to prepare a stake.

Meng Chen and Ye Xishui returned to the Icefire Yin Yang Well to gather medicinal herbs and found Dugu Bo waiting inside his poison array. Meng Chen began negotiating compensation and a deal, while Dugu Bo faced the threat of Ye Xishui’s overwhelming power.

• Ye Lingling invited Meng Chen to the Ye Residence, and Xiao Wu insisted on accompanying him the next morning.
• Meng Chen stayed up to copy a list of rare herbs, then traveled with Ye Xishui to the Icefire Yin Yang Well.
• Meng Chen and Ye Xishui entered the herb garden despite Dugu Bo’s poison array, protected by the Aromatic Silk Beauty.
• Dugu Bo emerged after Meng Chen destroyed a venomous python and demanded to know why they had stolen his herbs.
• Dugu Bo demanded the stolen herbs and Meng Chen’s arm, but Ye Xishui’s pressure pinned him until Meng Chen stopped her.
• Meng Chen offered compensation and a deal, while Dugu Bo warned that he would destroy the garden rather than let them take it by force.

Meng Chen used Ye Xishui’s overwhelming strength and the promise of curing Dugu Bo’s poison backlash to force him to submit. Dugu Bo agreed to become an elder of the Holy Spirit Cult and protect Meng Chen, while Ye Xishui claimed the cult had a secret art suited to treating his poison.

• Dugu Bo tried to resist Ye Xishui, but her nine Soul Rings and crushing pressure forced him to his knees and revealed her as a Peerless Douluo.
• Meng Chen offered to resolve Dugu Bo’s poison backlash and named symptoms that convinced Dugu Bo he understood his affliction.
• Meng Chen demanded that Dugu Bo submit and threatened Dugu Yan’s life, leaving Dugu Bo no choice but to agree.
• Meng Chen helped Dugu Bo up, told him to call him Young Master Chen, and appointed him an elder of the Holy Spirit Cult and his protector.
• Ye Xishui said the Holy Spirit Cult had a secret art that used poison to nourish poison, giving Dugu Bo hope that he and Dugu Yan could be cured.

Ye Xishui taught Dugu Bo the Spring Autumn Poison method, while Meng Chen planted Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Emperor beside the Icefire Yin Yang Well and asked Dugu Bo to guard her. Tang Hao discovered that Ah Yin was missing and began searching in a rage, unaware that Meng Chen had taken her.

• Dugu Bo successfully cultivated the Spring Autumn Poison, and Ye Xishui explained how it could nurture life or become lethal against enemies.
• Meng Chen planted Tang San's mother, the Blue Silver Emperor, beside the Icefire Yin Yang Well and told Dugu Bo to protect her from anyone who might want her.
• Tang Hao visited the waterfall where Ah Yin had been kept and found her spot empty.
• Tang Hao searched the cave, roared in fury, and smashed a small mountain with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Meng Chen returned to Heaven Dou City, unaware that Tang Hao had discovered Ah Yin was missing.

Meng Chen visited Ye Cixin’s residence with Xiao Wu, prompting Ye Cixin to assess their closeness while trying to bring her daughter Ye Lingling into Meng Chen’s life. The visit ended with Ye Cixin asking Meng Chen to look after Ye Lingling, and Xiao Wu sensing a hidden motive.

• Meng Chen introduced Xiao Wu to Ye Cixin as his friend, and Ye Cixin welcomed her while subtly steering her away from him.
• Ye Cixin served tea and watched Xiao Wu and Meng Chen interact; Xiao Wu grew jealous when Meng Chen stared at Ye Cixin and stomped on his foot.
• Xiao Wu recounted how she met Meng Chen in Notting City, and Ye Cixin praised his boundaries while advising Xiao Wu to keep her distance from boys.
• Ye Cixin asked Meng Chen about the medical books he had borrowed, then asked him to look after Ye Lingling and whether they saw each other often at the academy.

Ye Cixin tried to match Meng Chen with Ye Lingling, making Xiao Wu jealous and prompting her to follow him to find Ye Lingling. In Heaven Dou City, Meng Chen and Xiao Wu encountered a crowd gathered around Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, and Ning Yunxiao.

• Xiao Wu objected when Ye Cixin suggested Ye Lingling look after Meng Chen, then stomped on Meng Chen when she suspected he wanted to marry into the Ye Family.
• Ye Cixin praised Meng Chen and sent him to bring Ye Lingling home from the eastern market.
• Xiao Wu followed Meng Chen, jealous of his interest in Ye Lingling, while he tried to get her to explain her anger.
• Meng Chen and Xiao Wu reached a crowded street in Heaven Dou City and found Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan arguing with Ning Yunxiao.

Ning Yunxiao cornered Ye Lingling in Heaven Dou City, pretending to court her before threatening her when she rejected him. Dugu Yan fought to protect Ye Lingling, but Ning Yunxiao countered her poison with his fire as the confrontation continued.

• Ning Yunxiao approached Ye Lingling with a jade hairpin and pressed her to dine with him, but she refused and tried to leave with Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan rebuked Ning Yunxiao, and Ye Lingling firmly backed her and rejected his advances.
• Ning Yunxiao lost his temper, threatened Ye Lingling, and had his servants surround the two women.
• Ning Yunxiao used his Red Dragon Martial Soul, while Dugu Yan used her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Martial Soul and released purple venom.
• Ning Yunxiao burned away Dugu Yan's venom with his flames and taunted her as she continued attacking.

Xiao Wu rescued Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling from Ning Yunxiao, then Meng Chen escorted them back to the Ye Residence. After hearing what happened, Ye Cixin furiously accused Ning Fengzhi of enabling his son’s behavior.

• Ning Yunxiao exploited Dugu Yan’s weakness to fire and attacked her while taunting her, then lunged at her when her Soul Power ran out.
• Xiao Wu interrupted Ning Yunxiao, used her soul skills to throw him around, and left him unable to stand.
• Meng Chen confronted Ning Yunxiao with a display of purple lightning, prompting him to leave.
• Meng Chen, Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling returned to the Ye Residence, where Ye Cixin saw their disheveled condition.
• Ye Lingling recounted the attack, and Dugu Yan said Ning Yunxiao had blamed her for rejecting his marriage proposal.
• Ye Cixin thanked Meng Chen and Xiao Wu, then cursed Ning Fengzhi for supposedly approving Ning Yunxiao’s conduct.

Ning Fengzhi beat and reprimanded Ning Yunxiao for abducting women in public, then ordered him to apologize at Ye Residence the next day as part of a plan to annex the Ye Family. As Dugu Yan hurried home to tell Dugu Bo what had happened, Ning Fengzhi prepared to bring Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo in case the Poison Douluo refused to cooperate.

• A servant recounted Ning Yunxiao’s public harassment and abduction of women, and Ning Fengzhi dismissed him before confronting his son.
• Ning Fengzhi slapped Ning Yunxiao and condemned him for exposing the Sect’s behavior, while Ning Yunxiao protested that he had followed his father’s advice.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered Ning Yunxiao to apologize on his knees at Ye Residence the next day and told him to leave the bruises on his face visible.
• Ning Fengzhi resolved to bring Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo to the apology, intending to pressure Ye Cixin into handing over her daughter if Dugu Bo would not cooperate.
• Dugu Yan raced home to tell Dugu Bo that Ning Yunxiao had harassed her, but she did not arrive until nightfall.

Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that Ning Yunxiao had bullied her and Ye Lingling, prompting Dugu Bo to accompany her to Ye Residence and demand an apology. There, Dugu Bo concealed his relationship with Meng Chen, but Ye Cixin misunderstood his reaction and tried to apologize to him on Meng Chen’s behalf.

• Dugu Yan complained to Dugu Bo about Ning Yunxiao’s behavior and asked him to defend her and Ye Lingling.
• Dugu Bo promised to visit Ye Residence with Dugu Yan and confront Ning Fengzhi over his son’s actions.
• Dugu Bo arrived at Ye Residence with Dugu Yan and told Ye Cixin he would wait for Ning Fengzhi to apologize.
• Meng Chen appeared, and Dugu Bo hid his deference to him when Ye Cixin asked whether they knew each other.
• Ye Cixin tried to make Meng Chen bow and apologize to Dugu Bo, who panicked and begged her to stop.

Ye Cixin accompanied Dugu Bo and Meng Chen to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to confront Ning Fengzhi over Ning Yunxiao’s behavior. After Ning Yunxiao apologized, Dugu Bo killed him with poison, leaving Ning Fengzhi furious.

• Ye Cixin secretly brought Meng Chen along so Ning Fengzhi would believe Poison Douluo was protecting him.
• Ye Cixin and Dugu Bo arrived at the sect, where Ning Fengzhi summoned Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong to receive them.
• Dugu Bo clashed auras with Chen Xin and Gu Rong, then demanded that Ning Yunxiao be brought out.
• Ning Yunxiao knelt and recited an apology to Ye Cixin and Dugu Bo while inwardly remaining defiant.
• Dugu Bo unleashed poisonous mist that dissolved Ning Yunxiao, and Ning Fengzhi angrily confronted him.

Dugu Bo confronted Sword Douluo Chen Xin at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, hoping to test his improved combat ability, but he was badly outmatched by Chen Xin and left injured. Meng Chen told Dugu Bo to rest as Ye Cixin hurried to treat him.

• Dugu Bo sent Meng Chen back and challenged Chen Xin while Ye Cixin carried Meng Chen away from the fight.
• Chen Xin's sword strike destroyed the hall, but Dugu Bo used Medusa's Gaze and his fifth soul skill to withstand it.
• Bone Douluo opened a spatial gate to redirect Dugu Bo's poison, and Chen Xin attacked again while Dugu Bo could not use his city-destroying poison.
• Dugu Bo unleashed his ninth soul skill against Chen Xin's massive sword, but the collision severely injured him and forced him out of his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Ye Cixin rushed to treat Dugu Bo, and Meng Chen told him to rest.

Ning Fengzhi confronted Meng Chen over his son’s death, but Ye Xishui appeared and revealed overwhelming strength while protecting Meng Chen and his companions. She left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s two Titled Douluos badly outmatched, and Chen Xin’s strongest strike stalled against her blood sea.

• Ning Fengzhi angrily challenged Meng Chen, who revealed six black and three red soul rings.
• Ye Xishui emerged behind Meng Chen, asked him to spare Ning Fengzhi, and agreed to fight the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s defenders.
• Ning Fengzhi enhanced Chen Xin and Gu Rong, and Chen Xin’s Myriad Swords Return to Origin failed to pierce Ye Xishui’s scarlet shield.
• Gu Rong transformed into a Bone Dragon and attacked, but Ye Xishui absorbed his strike and blasted him into the ground with two palm strikes.
• Chen Xin used his Martial Soul Avatar and eighth soul skill, but Ye Xishui’s blood sea stopped his sword before it could reach her.

Ye Xishui defeated Chen Xin and Gu Rong when they unleashed their ultimate techniques to protect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Ning Fengzhi submitted to the Holy Spirit Cult, and Meng Chen dangled the possibility of turning his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

• Chen Xin unleashed his ninth soul skill, Sword Dao: Chen Xin, while Ye Xishui summoned a sea of blood and a terrifying phantom.
• Gu Rong used Bone Dragon Transformation to join Chen Xin's attack, but Ye Xishui's sea of blood shattered the bone dragon and forced the Seven Kill Sword back to its original form.
• Ye Xishui's attack wounded Chen Xin and Gu Rong, and Chen Xin realized that she was a level ninety-nine Ultimate Douluo.
• Dugu Bo introduced Ye Xishui as the leader of the Holy Spirit Cult and revealed that he was one of its elders, while Ye Xishui said Meng Chen was close to her.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to submit to Ye Xishui and obey her orders after she defeated the sect's guardian Douluo.
• Meng Chen told Ning Fengzhi that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda could become the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, but said he would reveal the method only if Ning Fengzhi proved himself.