Chapter Summaries

Qian Renxue and Ye Qingcang reaffirmed their friendship as the Heaven Dou Empire’s academy plaque campaign continued. At Blue Tyrant Academy, Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin arrived with Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing and heard about the challenges targeting academies across the empire.

• Qian Renxue called Ye Qingcang her friend, and he warned that resurrecting Chen Jianjun would weaken him and might provoke Chen Xin before departing.
• Qian Renxue ordered Spear Douluo to continue smashing academy plaques but to spare Thunder Academy and three other schools because of her friendship with Ye Qingcang.
• Qian Renxue burned a letter reporting that Bibidong had gone into seclusion and Hu Liena, Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Xie Yue had been confined.
• The Shrek Seven Devils split into factions, while Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing drew attention at Blue Tyrant Academy under its anti-harassment rules.
• Blue Tyrant Academy students discussed Wheel of Fate defeating Plant Academy, World defeating Azure Radiance Academy, and a new credit-reward challenge against academies across the empire.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin heard the students’ discussion after arriving at Blue Tyrant Academy with Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing.

Ning Rongrong returned to her father and Chen Xin with news that her martial soul had evolved and Blue Tyrant Academy’s Soul Tools were extraordinarily powerful. Violet invited Ning Fengzhi to meet Ye Qingcang and warned him not to underestimate the academy, while Ning Rongrong revealed that Ye Qingcang was a genuine God Trial Taker.

• Ning Rongrong showed Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin her evolved Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and said Ye Qingcang had given her the immortal herb that changed it.
• Ning Rongrong demonstrated her Tier 4 sword and Tier 5 bracer, and Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin were astonished by the Soul Tools’ power.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Ning Rongrong about Ye Qingcang, and she denied liking him, prompting Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi to conclude that she did.
• Violet appeared and offered to answer Ning Fengzhi’s questions through Ye Qingcang, advising him that Blue Tyrant Academy possessed multiple Tier 9 Soul Tools.
• Ning Rongrong identified Violet as a God Servant and told Ning Fengzhi that Ye Qingcang was a genuine God Trial Taker.

Ning Fengzhi learned from Ning Rongrong that gods and their inheritors had truly existed, and suspected Ye Qingcang’s meeting with him was a warning from Xue Qinghe. He went to meet Ye Qingcang, while Zhu Zhuqing reflected on her relationship with Dai Mubai and her feelings about Ye Qingcang.

• Ning Fengzhi concluded that Ning Rongrong was telling the truth about gods and decided to meet Ye Qingcang despite suspecting Xue Qinghe already knew he was there.
• Xiao Wu apologized to Ning Rongrong for doubting her, and Ning Rongrong forgave her as the two embraced with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing considered Dai Mubai’s jealousy and lack of resolve, while deciding she would rather face defeat than abandon her pride and seek Blue Tyrant Academy’s protection.
• Violet led Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing to the pavilion, where Ye Qingcang greeted Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin.
• Chen Xin praised Ye Qingcang and teased Ning Rongrong about him, while Ning Fengzhi admired Ye Qingcang’s composure.

Ye Qingcang explained to Ning Fengzhi that powerful people used excuses and force to justify sacrifices made for greater interests, then secured Ning Fengzhi’s cooperation in a coming political upheaval. Ning Fengzhi accepted that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was bound to Qian Renxue and demanded Ye Qingcang’s personal promise before agreeing.

• Ye Qingcang dismissed Ning Fengzhi’s warning about retribution and argued that the strong sacrificed lives for greater interests while using excuses to justify their actions.
• Ning Fengzhi recalled his mother’s lessons that strength underpinned reputation, wealth, and power, and recognized Ye Qingcang’s exceptional maturity and ambition.
• Ning Fengzhi concluded that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was already tied to Qian Renxue and that refusing Ye Qingcang would not prevent the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family from cooperating.
• Ning Fengzhi demanded a promise from Ye Qingcang, declaring that both Ye Qingcang and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect represented justice.
• Ye Qingcang agreed and proclaimed that his actions were justice.

As rain fell over Heaven Dou City, Qian Renxue and Ye Qingcang discussed the coming palace coup, her complicated feelings about Bibidong, and what they would do afterward. Ye Qingcang revealed his plan to seek power beyond this world and challenged the Gods’ control over the people within it.

• Qian Renxue asked whether her teacher had been sensible after learning the truth, and Ye Qingcang said he had accepted it despite having complaints about her.
• Qian Renxue asked how Ye Qingcang would handle the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family after the palace coup, and he said he would seek peace but could use force if necessary.
• Qian Renxue refused to discuss Bibidong further and insisted she could take back Spirit Hall without her mother’s help.
• Ye Qingcang asked Qian Renxue how large she thought the world was, then said he intended to travel beyond it to find resources for his cultivation.
• Ye Qingcang told Qian Renxue that the Gods treated them as chess pieces and that he intended to gain power outside their rules so he could turn the game against them.

Ye Qingcang explained to Qian Renxue how coordinates and Jade Talismans could let him reach beyond their world while shielding them from Deities. As the rain covered Heaven Dou City, assassins killed Xue Beng and attacked Prince Xue Xing, but a Rank 8 Soul Guidance Cannon struck before Xue Xing’s Soul Saint guard could act.

• Ye Qingcang told Qian Renxue that he could use Flying Thunder God coordinates and a sufficient price to teleport between worlds, and he gave her a Jade Talisman that blocked Deities’ gaze.
• Qian Renxue realized Ye Qingcang had prepared against the Deities’ surveillance, while Ye Qingcang said he hoped they would side with him but was ready for them to hunt him.
• An assassin killed Xue Beng in his bed during the rain.
• A Soul Saint guard stopped an assassin from killing Prince Xue Xing, but more assassins surrounded them and Xue Xing ordered the guard to take them alive if possible.
• A distant squad targeted the Soul Saint with a Rank 8 Soul Guidance Cannon, whose blast shook Heaven Dou City and raised a golden-red mushroom cloud near the Prince’s Mansion.

A coordinated uprising unfolded across Heaven Dou City as Palace Guards turned on one another and a massive explosion struck near Prince Xue Xing's Mansion. Ge Long realized the Crown Prince was behind the attacks and rushed to protect Xue Ye, unaware that his actions could make him look like a rebel.

• Shui Feng and other academy headmasters saw a mushroom-shaped explosion rise inside Heaven Dou City and feared it had targeted Prince Xue Xing's Mansion.
• Ge Long found Palace Guards fighting and ordered them detained, but deputy generals and soldiers revealed their allegiance to the Crown Prince and attacked him.
• Ge Long survived the ambush, killed the traitors, and concluded that Xue Qinghe had orchestrated the violence and likely killed Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng.
• Ge Long rushed toward Xue Ye's bedchamber to protect the Emperor, overlooking that abandoning the city defenses could make him appear to be rebelling against Xue Ye.

Xue Ye realized that Xue Beng and Xue Xing had framed Xue Qinghe for rebellion and tried to secure Qinghe’s succession with an imperial edict. Spirit Hall’s forces killed the imperial family and prepared a spectacle under Qian Renxue’s command.

• Xue Ye persuaded Ge Long that Xue Beng and Xue Xing had staged the rebellion to seize the throne and eliminate Xue Qinghe.
• Xue Ye gave Ge Long the Imperial Jade Seal and ordered him to reveal an edict naming Xue Qinghe as his successor.
• Ge Long recognized a vacant-eyed stand-in disguised as Xue Qinghe, then set off for the Crown Prince’s Residence.
• Spear Douluo struck Ge Long through the chest, and Ge Long died cursing Xue Beng, Xue Xing, and Spirit Hall.
• A Soul Saint reported that all male members of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family were dead and that the Evil Spirit Masters’ Blood Sacrifice Array was ready.
• Qian Renxue ordered the gathered witnesses to watch Spirit Hall deliver its supposed justice and judgment.

As Evil Spirit Masters spread chaos through Heaven Dou City, Ye Qingcang and Qian Renxue revealed themselves as God Trial Takers and accused Xue Qinghe of orchestrating the massacre at Blue Tyrant Academy and supporting the Evil Spirit Masters. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect then joined Blue Tyrant Academy and Spirit Hall in their crusade, leaving the city’s forces poised to strike back.

• Feng Wuji, Huo Lie, and Shui Feng arrived in Heaven Dou City, found it engulfed in fighting, and headed toward Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Ye Qingcang rose from Blue Tyrant Academy’s Back Mountain as Qian Renxue rose from Spirit Hall, astonishing the Soul Masters who recognized their divine trials.
• Ye Qingcang accused Xue Qinghe of arranging the deaths of twenty-two Blue Tyrant Academy Heaven’s Chosen in a Blood Sacrifice Array, while Qian Renxue accused him of poisoning the realm and enabling massacres by Evil Spirit Masters.
• Ye Qingcang declared himself an Asura God God Trial Taker and Qian Renxue declared herself an Angel God God Trial Taker, then called Blue Tyrant Academy and Spirit Hall to purge the Evil Spirit Masters in the city.
• Ye Qingcang offered academic credits for fighting Evil Spirit Masters and aiding victims through the Jade Seal Machine forum.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin announced that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would sever ties with Xue Qinghe and join Blue Tyrant Academy and Spirit Hall against Evil Spirit Masters.

After Qian Renxue destroyed the Crown Prince's Residence, Ye Qingcang helped her come to terms with her doubts and advised her on how to secure the Heaven Dou Empire without killing Xue Ke. He revealed a world ten thousand years in the future, and then departed for it, leaving Qian Renxue to accept their temporary farewell.

• Qian Renxue questioned whether destroying her loyal followers was righteous, and Ye Qingcang urged her to judge her actions by her conscience and correct them if they went against her intentions.
• Qian Renxue asked Ye Qingcang how to handle Yu Xiaogang and Xue Ke, and he said she should support Xue Ke's ascension before arranging for her to abdicate.
• Ye Qingcang showed Qian Renxue a photograph of Shrek Academy and explained that the other world lay ten thousand years in the future, where Tang San had defeated Spirit Hall.
• Qian Renxue grew furious at the other world's account of her family, but Ye Qingcang told her to stick to their original plan to destroy the Clear Sky Sect and reminded her that she was not bound by her counterpart's fate.
• Ye Qingcang vanished with the Jade Seal Machine, leaving Qian Renxue to realize he had departed without giving her a chance to ask for souvenirs.

Jiang Nannan had become an influential commoner Soul Master whose Sky Merchant Guild helped other commoners enter Shrek Academy, while Tang Ya accepted that she would not join the Tang Sect. After class, Jiang Nannan hurried out with a Jade Talisman, leaving Tang Ya to wonder if she was meeting Xu Sanshi.

• The chapter described how Shrek Academy's elite admissions had narrowed opportunities for commoner Soul Masters, while Jiang Nannan opened a path for them through her connections and recommendation letters.
• Jiang Nannan had built the Sky Merchant Guild after finding a Jade Seal Machine and befriending another person who possessed one.
• Tang Ya had twice asked Jiang Nannan to join the Tang Sect, but accepted her refusal to keep the Sky Merchant Guild independent.
• When class ended, Jiang Nannan packed quickly, took a Jade Talisman, and rushed outside.
• Tang Ya chased after Jiang Nannan and teased her about possibly meeting Xu Sanshi.

Jiang Nannan told Tang Ya about her history with Xu Sanshi and revealed that she was meeting the old friend who had saved her as a child. She changed into a dress and headed for the academy gates with Tang Ya, leaving the long-awaited reunion imminent.

• Tang Ya asked Jiang Nannan whether she liked Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan recalled how he had pursued her since they were children.
• Jiang Nannan explained that she had agreed to meet a close friend she had not seen in ten years and wanted to look her best for him.
• Tang Ya suspected Jiang Nannan's friend was a boyfriend and worried that Shrek Academy's boys, including Xu Sanshi, would challenge him.
• Jiang Nannan privately reflected that her friend might be powerful, then changed into her favorite dress.
• Tang Ya invited Jiang Nannan to eat grilled fish at her disciple's stall, and the two headed toward Shrek Academy's gates.

Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya met Ye Qingcang at the school gate and brought him to Huo Yuhao’s grilled-fish stall, where he recognized the freshmen’s concealed abilities. After Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yuhao revealed their secrets to one another, Ye Qingcang promised to keep them and offered to teach Huo Yuhao some practical tricks if he liked the grilled fish.

• Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya found Ye Qingcang at the school gate, exchanged introductions, and walked with him to Huo Yuhao’s stall.
• Tang Ya introduced Jiang Nannan and Ye Qingcang to Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao.
• Sky Dream Ice Worm recognized Ye Qingcang as a God Trial Taker, while Wang Dong suspected he shared a mark with her father.
• Ye Qingcang identified the freshmen’s hidden gifts, prompting Wang Dong to reveal her Clear Sky Sect origins and Twin Spirits, Xiao Xiao to reveal her Twin Spirits, and Huo Yuhao to explain that a dying soul beast had given him a second soul skill.
• Tang Ya promised the group would keep one another’s secrets, and Ye Qingcang offered to teach Huo Yuhao practical tricks in exchange for good grilled fish.

Huo Yuhao prepared grilled fish for Ye Qingcang and learned to control his emotions as Ye offered to teach him two moves. When Xu Sanshi attacked Ye over Jiang Nannan, Ye stopped him with a bamboo skewer and unleashed the Nine Sons of the Dragon in the Sleeve, leaving Xu Sanshi helpless.

• Sky Dream Ice Worm urged Huo Yuhao to seize Ye Qingcang’s offer, while Ye warned him not to let hatred control his emotions as he grilled the fish.
• Huo Yuhao calmed himself and prepared the fish with care, and Ye shared it with Jiang Nannan while chatting with her and the others.
• Xu Sanshi confronted Ye and claimed he could make trouble for him, prompting Jiang Nannan to object and reveal her four soul rings.
• Ye dismissed Xu Sanshi’s threats, and when Xu Sanshi charged with his Black Tortoise Turtle shield, Ye pierced it with a bamboo skewer and sent him flying.
• Ye released the Nine Sons of the Dragon in the Sleeve, and Chi Wen stripped Xu Sanshi of his ability to control water while taunting him for pursuing Jiang Nannan.

Ye Qingcang’s clash with Xu Sanshi escalated into a public challenge to Shrek Academy after Ye secured the academy leaders’ approval. He left a banner declaring Blue Tyrant Academy the greatest and invited Shrek students to defeat him within three days.

• Xiao Xiao questioned Ye Qingcang about his powerful bracelet, and Jiang Nannan identified it as an alchemical item.
• Xu Sanshi called for help and accused Ye Qingcang of causing trouble, prompting Jiang Nannan and the others to stand by Ye.
• Ye Qingcang asked Mu En to oversee the coming disturbance, and Mu En agreed to bear the consequences.
• Ye Qingcang recalled the Nine Sons of the Dragon and planted a banner challenging Shrek Academy to defeat him within three days.

Ye Qingcang challenged Shrek Academy to defeat him within three days, and Mu En gave Du Weilun the authority to accept. Wu Feng stepped forward as the first challenger, but Ye Qingcang defeated her with a single move.

• Ye Qingcang taunted Du Weilun for needing permission to fight and declared that he would challenge Shrek Academy alone.
• Sky Dream Ice Worm urged Huo Yuhao to adopt Ye Qingcang’s bold attitude and praised the influence of God Trial Takers.
• Mu En told Du Weilun to spread the challenge throughout Shrek Academy and said he would take responsibility for the consequences.
• Du Weilun accepted Ye Qingcang’s terms: if no Shrek student defeated him within three days, he would receive the academy plaque, but if he lost, he could never return.
• Wu Feng charged Ye Qingcang with her Fire Dragon Spirit, but he grabbed her by the throat and flung her out of the training field.

Ye Qingcang effortlessly defeated Shrek Academy students who challenged him, demonstrating the overwhelming gap between his skill and theirs. As the Lan Susu sisters became his fourth defeated opponents, he asked the crowd whether they would finally face reality or challenge him together.

• Ye Qingcang knocked Wu Feng away without activating his Martial Soul, then defeated Huang Chutian with a single slap before Huang could finish preparing his first soul skill.
• Dai Huabin charged Ye Qingcang with his Martial Soul and soul skills, but Ye Qingcang crushed his White Tiger Fierce Light Wave and sent him flying with a punch infused with White Tiger Fist Intent.
• Huo Yuhao, distracted while grilling fish, asked Sky Dream Ice Worm about Ye Qingcang's punch and learned that it was Fist Intent and an exceptionally difficult self-created soul skill.
• Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo challenged Ye Qingcang with their Heavenly Net Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but he gathered their hair, tied them together, and tossed them aside.
• Ye Qingcang asked the growing crowd whether they still wanted to challenge him one-on-one or would finally face reality.

Ning Tian led six classmates in a team challenge against Ye Qingcang, but he defeated them almost instantly. After Ning Tian surrendered, Ye Qingcang revealed he was fifteen years old and at level forty-one, while Jiang Nannan warned Tang Ya not to challenge him.

• Ning Tian arrived at the training field and called Wu Feng, Nanmen Yun'er, Cui Yajie, Xie Huanyue, Long Xiangyue, and Cao Jinxuan to join her against Ye Qingcang.
• Xie Huanyue charged at Ye Qingcang under Ning Tian's boosts, but Ye Qingcang seized him and hurled him back toward Ning Tian.
• Ye Qingcang disabled Cui Yajie and Wu Feng, then sent Cao Jinxuan flying from the field despite his use of Time Delay.
• Ye Qingcang knocked Long Xiangyue out with her own boomerang, leaving Ning Tian as the only able fighter; Ning Tian surrendered and asked his age and Soul Power level.
• Ye Qingcang said he was fifteen and level forty-one, and Jiang Nannan stopped Tang Ya from challenging him.

Ye Qingcang continued crushing Shrek Academy students, including Soul Tool Department disciple He Caitou, whose cannon blast he absorbed and whose weapon he destroyed. As the Outer Court debated mass attacks, Sea God Pavilion summoned the Inner Courtyard with a massive reward for anyone who could defeat Ye Qingcang one-on-one.

• Shrek Academy students from the Spirit Department challenged Ye Qingcang one after another, but he defeated them with a single slap, prompting Xian Lin'er to demand that the Inner Courtyard step in.
• Yan Shaozhe allowed Soul Tool Department students to join and permitted group attacks, but required students with higher Soul Power than Ye Qingcang to fight alone.
• Fan Yu sent He Caitou to challenge Ye Qingcang, who erased He Caitou's Super Soul Guidance Cannon blast, twisted the cannon into a knot, and blasted He Caitou away with a cannon he formed from the earth.
• Fan Yu suggested sending dozens or hundreds of students against Ye Qingcang, while teachers speculated that Sea God Pavilion intended the challenge to test and temper the Outer Court.
• The old man on Poseidon Island offered a 100,000-Year Soul Bone, a 100,000-Year Spirit Ring, a Titled Douluo protector, and unlimited resources to any Inner Courtyard student who defeated Ye Qingcang one-on-one.

Ye Qingcang turned Shrek Academy’s hundreds of Outer Court students’ mass attack against them by creating ice and shadow replicas, overwhelming them on the field. As Ma Xiaotao and the gathered Inner Courtyard students arrived to challenge him, Xuan Zi appeared as well.

• Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Worm condemned the Outer Court students for ganging up on Ye Qingcang, while Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, Tang Ya, and Bei Bei worried about the odds.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu unleashed their Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but Ye Qingcang’s shadow Hell White Tiger attacked it and drove them back.
• Ye Qingcang created ice-crystal and shadow replicas of the Shrek students, turning the battle into a two-against-one assault that sent students flying off the field.
• Ma Xiaotao arrived and ordered the Outer Court students to withdraw, then introduced herself to Ye Qingcang and declared she would beat him up.
• Gongyang Mo, Xi Xi, Zhang Lexuan, Dai Yueheng, Ling Luochen, and the other Inner Courtyard students gathered behind Ma Xiaotao, and Xuan Zi appeared beside a white-haired old woman.