Chapter Summaries

Yun Tian examined Dugu Bo’s fatal poison-related tags and gave him an Earth Dragon Golden Melon to consume, expecting it to cure his affliction. As Dugu Bo’s tags began changing, Yun Tian watched over him and gathered herbs, planning to strengthen his own spear techniques.

• Yun Tian used Destiny’s Eye to reveal Dugu Bo’s tags, including Poison-Bone Chronic Affliction and Lifespan Overdraft.
• Yun Tian chose an Earth Dragon Golden Melon for Dugu Bo and reassured him that he had another solution for Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo gave Yun Tian a Ruyi Treasure Pouch before eating the Earth Dragon Golden Melon and beginning to refine it.
• Yun Tian saw Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphor Emperor Body and two fatal tags start changing while Myriad Poison Control remained unchanged.
• Yun Tian used the Ruyi Treasure Pouch to gather immortal herbs and considered taking the Velvet Sky-Piercing Chrysanthemum and Gazing Autumn Water Dew to improve his spear skills.

Yun Tian helped Dugu Bo refine the Earth Dragon Golden Melon, transforming his Jade Phosphor Snake Emperor into a Jade Phosphor Poison Dragon Emperor and raising his strength. They left for Heaven Dou Royal Academy so Yun Tian could help Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, who were waiting outside his dormitory.

• Yun Tian watched Dugu Bo refine the Earth Dragon Golden Melon while reflecting that Tang San had lost access to the immortal herbs.
• Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphor Snake Emperor evolved into a Jade Phosphor Poison Flood Dragon Emperor, and Yun Tian used his system to change the flood dragon into a true dragon.
• Dugu Bo completed his transformation, gained powerful new traits, and reached soul power rank ninety-four.
• Dugu Bo thanked Yun Tian, agreed that Yun Tian could keep the immortal herbs, and flew with him toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Dugu Yan knocked on Yun Tian's dormitory door, but Ye Lingling persuaded her to stop because Yun Tian might be resting after what happened with Tang Hao and Xiao Wu.

Dugu Yan briefly underwent a strange bloodline transformation while Yun Tian and Dugu Bo encountered Crown Prince Xue Qinghe at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Xue Qinghe invited them to see visiting students, and Dugu Bo offered to examine Emperor Xue Ye’s worsening health, unaware that Xue Qinghe believed the illness-causing poison could not be detected.

• Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent manifested as her bloodline boiled, then returned to her body; Ye Lingling healed her and the two left Yun Tian’s quarters.
• Dugu Bo and Yun Tian met Xue Qinghe outside Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Xue Qinghe praised Yun Tian and considered recruiting him.
• Xue Qinghe explained that another academy had come for study and exchange, and Yun Tian persuaded Dugu Bo to accompany them to see the visitors.
• As the three walked through the academy, Dugu Bo asked about Emperor Xue Ye’s health, and Xue Qinghe said his condition was worsening despite medicinal tonics.
• Dugu Bo offered to examine Xue Ye in a few days, while Xue Qinghe inwardly dismissed the offer because he believed his specially formulated poison could not be detected.

Flender and Zhao Wuji visited Heaven Dou Royal Academy to ask Ye Lingling to heal Dai Mubai, but she refused because Sword Douluo had injured him. The visitors left without help, while Yun Tian discovered that Xue Qinghe possessed an Angel inheritance.

• Dugu Bo, Xue Qinghe, and Yun Tian entered the Education Committee office, where they met Flender and Zhao Wuji.
• Yun Tian used Destiny's Eye on Xue Qinghe and saw entries revealing an Angel inheritance and a concealed identity-altering ability.
• Ye Lingling arrived and refused Flender's request to treat Dai Mubai, saying that healing him would offend Sword Douluo.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji left after Ye Lingling cited Sword Douluo's involvement.
• Ye Lingling explained Shrek Academy's role in the Suotuo City incident, and Yun Tian revealed that Sword Douluo had cut off Dai Mubai's most sensitive body part.

After Dai Mubai was expelled from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Xue Qinghe learned that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and chose to investigate discreetly. Flender’s group returned to their inn, where Yu Xiaogang decided to take Shrek to Blue Tyrant Academy and face Liu Erlong so they could compete in the Soul Master Tournament.

• Dugu Bo, Yun Tian, and Ye Lingling left the Education Committee’s office, while Xue Qinghe questioned Meng Shenji about the clash between Tang Hao and Chen Xin.
• Meng Shenji revealed that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son, and Xue Qinghe decided not to risk an immediate assassination, choosing instead to have people watch him in secret.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji returned to the inn and told Dai Mubai and the others that Ye Lingling had refused to treat him.
• Yu Xiaogang proposed taking Shrek to Blue Tyrant Academy, where he would face its dean, Liu Erlong.
• Tang San and Yu Tianheng noticed Yu Xiaogang’s and Flender’s reactions, but Yu Xiaogang told them only that Liu Erlong was a good person and resolved to secure a place for Shrek in the Soul Master Tournament.

Flender and the Shrek Academy group arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy to apply for teaching positions, while Yu Xiaogang grew anxious about meeting Liu Erlong. Their powerful Soul Emperors and Soul Sages impressed the assessment teacher, and Liu Erlong appeared as the chapter ended.

• Tang San found a notice recruiting teachers above Rank 40, and Flender recognized Blue Tyrant Academy as Liu Erlong’s school.
• The group reached the academy, but Yu Xiaogang hesitated to enter, prompting Flender to question his resolve.
• The gate guard escorted the applicants to the assessment teacher, who asked them to reveal their Soul Power Levels.
• Flender and the others displayed their Martial Souls and Soul Rings, leaving the under-ranked assessment teacher unable to approve them himself.
• Liu Erlong arrived and learned that the applicants’ Soul Power Levels were too high for the assessment teacher to decide on his own.

Liu Erlong rejected Yu Xiaogang and agreed to visit Heaven Dou Royal Academy to ask Ye Lingling for help with Dai Mubai. Meanwhile, Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling asked Yun Tian whether he could help them, and Dugu Bo suspected his transformation had changed his granddaughter.

• Liu Erlong greeted Flender and coldly told Yu Xiaogang that she regretted ever loving him.
• Liu Erlong offered Flender a place at Blue Tyrant Academy but barred Yu Xiaogang from guiding its battle team.
• After Flender explained Dai Mubai’s predicament, Liu Erlong agreed to visit Heaven Dou Royal Academy and try to persuade Ye Lingling to help.
• At Yun Tian’s residence, Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling asked Yun Tian if he could help them.
• Dugu Bo asked Dugu Yan whether she felt different after his bloodline evolved, and Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling both reacted as if they had experienced a change.

Yun Tian gave Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling Immortal Herbs to absorb while Dugu Bo stood guard before leaving them to it. As their absorption began, Dugu Bo encountered a teacher urgently searching for Ye Lingling.

• Dugu Yan realized Yun Tian had helped Dugu Bo, and Yun Tian explained that Dugu Bo's changed bloodline had affected her.
• Yun Tian gave Dugu Yan the Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma and Ye Lingling the Eight-Petaled Immortal Orchid, while Dugu Bo offered to protect them.
• At Dugu Yan's request, Dugu Bo left Yun Tian to watch over the girls as they began absorbing their herbs.
• Ye Lingling's Nine-Heart Begonia appeared as she absorbed her herb, while Dugu Yan's Jade Phosphor Poison began changing.
• Dugu Bo walked through the academy plaza and stopped a teacher who was hurrying around and muttering Ye Lingling's name.

Dugu Bo drove Liu Erlong away when she came to seek Ye Lingling’s help, while Yun Tian transformed Dugu Yan’s poison trait into a Jade Phosphor Divine Body. Dugu Yan’s evolution erupted with a pillar of light, and Ye Lingling began showing changes as she refined her herb.

• A teacher told Dugu Bo that Liu Erlong had come to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to see Ye Lingling, and he went to the councilors’ office.
• Liu Erlong asked to meet Ye Lingling, but Dugu Bo arrived, pressured her, and ordered her to leave without help.
• Yun Tian converted Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphor Corrosion trait into the Rainbow-quality Jade Phosphor Divine Body.
• Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul transformation released a jade-green pillar of light, drawing Dugu Bo toward Yun Tian’s residence.
• Yun Tian shielded Ye Lingling from the disturbance and saw her begin to change as Dugu Yan’s evolution continued.

Yun Tian watched Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling complete their transformations after consuming Immortal Herbs, while Dugu Bo confirmed the changes had improved their bloodlines and abilities. The chapter ended with Yun Tian refusing Liu Erlong's request to borrow the Nine-Heart Begonia.

• Yun Tian changed Ye Lingling's Lone Lineage trait into Single Lineage Shared Transmission, breaking the Nine-Heart Begonia bloodline restriction.
• Dugu Bo rushed in as Dugu Yan's transformation neared completion, and Yun Tian explained that her Martial Soul was evolving through their bloodline connection.
• Dugu Yan's Jade Phosphorous Serpent evolved into a Jade Phosphor Poison Dragon, and her Soul Power rose from level thirty-eight to level forty.
• Ye Lingling awakened with a gentle healing aura that restored Yun Tian's fatigue and depleted Soul Power, then blushed when she realized how close he was.
• Dugu Bo told Yun Tian that Liu Erlong had come to borrow Ye Lingling's Nine-Heart Begonia for her injuries, and Yun Tian refused.

Dugu Bo agreed to arrange Soul Rings for Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, while Yun Tian and Ye Lingling shared a kiss before he began consuming two Immortal Herbs. At Blue Tyrant Academy, Liu Erlong confronted Flender after learning why Sword Douluo had punished Dai Mubai.

• Yun Tian and Dugu Bo planned to hunt Soul Rings for Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan, considering a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring for Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan finished absorbing her new power, and Dugu Bo promised to handle the Soul Rings for both girls.
• After Dugu Bo took Dugu Yan away, Ye Lingling kissed Yun Tian and fled in embarrassment.
• Yun Tian closed the room and began consuming the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.
• Liu Erlong demanded to know why Flender had not told her sooner that Dai Mubai had offended Ning Rongrong and been punished by Sword Douluo.

Flender sought Yu Xiaogang’s help after Liu Erlong refused to intervene in Dai Mubai’s case, and Yu Xiaogang claimed Tang San could reattach Dai Mubai’s severed limb. Flender brought Tang San to Dai Mubai, leaving the haggard young man shocked by the prospect of treatment.

• Liu Erlong refused to help Dai Mubai, and Flender left her office to seek another solution.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar overheard Flender and asked whether Dai Mubai could be saved.
• Yu Xiaogang told Flender that Tang San might be able to reattach Dai Mubai’s severed limb, reasoning that his skills with hidden weapons and poisons suited surgery.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang and Flender that he had reached level thirty, then admitted he did not know how to reconnect a limb.
• Flender hurried Tang San to Dai Mubai’s room and announced that someone there could treat him, leaving Dai Mubai astonished.

Dai Mubai begged Tang San to repair his injury, and Tang San agreed to try. Several days later, Qin Ming sent the Heaven Dou Royal Academy students to the Soul Arena so he could assess their teamwork and select the official team.

• Dai Mubai knelt before Tang San and pleaded for help, offering him the position of Imperial Preceptor if he became emperor.
• Tang San examined Dai Mubai's jar and said he was eighty percent confident he could treat him; Flender went to fetch Shao Xin and Oscar to help ease the pain.
• At the Heaven Dou Royal Academy training ground, Dugu Yan demonstrated her strength while Ning Rongrong watched, and Ye Lingling avoided explaining her embarrassment to Yun Tian.
• Ye Lingling's mother reported that the clan curse's drain on her Soul Power and vitality had stopped after Ye Lingling absorbed the Immortal Herb.
• Qin Ming announced that he would take the students to the Soul Arena to evaluate their teamwork and choose the official team members, making Osler, Yu Feng, and Zhu Zhuqing nervous.

Zhu Zhuqing regained confidence after Ning Rongrong promised to support her on the Imperial Battle Team, while Yun Tian, Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling headed to Sunset Forest to hunt Soul Rings. After learning Yun Tian was away, Xue Qinghe resolved to accelerate his plan to recruit him.

• Ning Rongrong comforted Zhu Zhuqing and promised to coordinate with her, restoring Zhu Zhuqing's confidence.
• Dugu Bo arrived at the training ground and took Yun Tian, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling toward Sunset Forest to hunt Soul Rings.
• Xue Qinghe visited the Imperial Battle Team and learned Yun Tian had gone to Sunset Forest with Dugu Bo.
• Xue Qinghe decided to recruit Yun Tian as soon as he returned, offering him a noble title, cultivation resources, or whatever else he wanted.
• Dugu Bo led the three young cultivators toward Sunset Forest and praised their endurance and progress.

Yun Tian, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Bo entered Sunset Forest to seek fourth Soul Rings for the two girls. As they began planning the hunt, Yun Tian identified promising Soul Beasts for each of them.

• Yun Tian carried the tired Ye Lingling while Dugu Yan protested, and Dugu Bo urged them onward toward Sunset Forest.
• Dugu Bo led the group into the forest, where Yun Tian set Ye Lingling down and the girls resumed teasing each other.
• Dugu Bo asked the girls what Soul Beasts they wanted to hunt, and both looked to Yun Tian for guidance.
• Yun Tian considered a Red Poison Fang Dragon, with poison and dragon bloodline traits, a suitable match for Dugu Yan.
• Yun Tian considered the Spirit Heart Jade Orchid or Azure Water Spirit Deer suitable choices for Ye Lingling's fourth Soul Ring.

Yun Tian recommended soul beasts for Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, while Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Tang San searched Sunset Forest for Tang San’s third Soul Ring. Their attempt to capture an Azure Water Spirit Deer was stopped by Dugu Bo, who appeared atop his transformed Jade Phosphor Poison Dragon Emperor.

• Yun Tian suggested a Red Poison Fang Dragon for Dugu Yan and either a Spirit Heart Jade Orchid or an Azure Water Spirit Deer for Ye Lingling, and Dugu Bo agreed to search for them.
• Yu Xiaogang insisted Tang San choose a poison-attributed animal soul beast for his third Soul Ring, despite Tang San and Flender worrying about conflicts with his life-attributed rings.
• Tang San identified a roughly three-thousand-eight-hundred-year-old Azure Water Spirit Deer and asked Flender to catch it for him.
• Flender flew at the Azure Water Spirit Deer, but a huge green dragon blocked his claws and Dugu Bo confronted him.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flender recognized Dugu Bo, while Tang San reached toward his waist as Dugu Bo asked what he was trying to do.

Tang San and Flender encountered Dugu Bo and Ye Lingling in Sunset Forest, then Yun Tian arrived and accepted Flender’s challenge to a duel. The chapter ended as Flender revealed his Owl possession and prepared to fight Yun Tian.

• Tang San tried to use a hidden weapon against Dugu Bo, but Flender persuaded him and Yu Xiaogang to yield to the Poison Douluo.
• Ye Lingling recognized the Shrek Academy group, and Dugu Bo ordered them to leave the Azure Water Spirit Deer alone.
• Yun Tian arrived, and Tang San and Yu Xiaogang recognized him and challenged him over their past grievances.
• Tang San proposed a wager involving the method for mutating Martial Souls, and Dugu Bo set a penalty for Flender if he lost.
• Yun Tian agreed to duel Flender without restrictions on Martial Soul Avatars, and Dugu Bo cleared the fighting area.
• Flender revealed his Owl possession and seven Soul Rings as the duel began.

Yun Tian fought Flender in the arena, using his anti-flight Martial Soul trait and spear skills to offset Flender’s aerial advantage. After Flender wounded him with a Soul Skill, Yun Tian healed and covered the battlefield in shadowy mist before activating his Fifth Soul Skill.

• Yun Tian revealed his Rank 58 cultivation and hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, shocking Dugu Bo, Yu Xiaogang, and the others.
• Flender tried to take flight but Yun Tian’s Martial Soul trait prevented him from leaving the ground.
• Yun Tian pressed Flender with spear techniques that increased the surrounding gravity, while Flender injured him with Feather Blade Storm.
• Yun Tian’s wounds healed as he assessed his Fifth Soul Skill’s range, then spread shadowy mist across the battlefield with Shadow Dragon Earthshaker.
• Yun Tian activated Firmament-Born Spear Burial, and an astonishing sight appeared.

Yun Tian defeated Flender by overwhelming him with phantom attacks, debilitating effects, and a final empowered spear assault. Dugu Bo and the others gathered around Yun Tian as Flender lay unconscious, while Yu Xiaogang and Tang San struggled to understand his abilities.

• Yun Tian filled the pink field with phantoms that attacked Flender and exploded when struck, weakening Flender’s defenses.
• Flender activated his Cat Eagle Avatar and attacked indiscriminately, but Yun Tian withdrew when his fifth Soul Skill expired.
• Flender advanced on Yun Tian, who activated Imperishable Firmament Edge and unleashed a rapid series of Soul Skills.
• Yun Tian struck Flender with Silver Firmament Extinguishing Thorn, sealing his Soul Skills and destabilizing his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Yun Tian shattered Flender’s Martial Soul Avatar with Skyfall, sending Flender into a tree and knocking him unconscious.
• Dugu Bo restrained Yu Xiaogang and the others with his pressure, then approached Yun Tian with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to check on him.

Yun Tian and Dugu Bo punished Flender after he lost their wager, then Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling obtained the Soul Rings they needed. Back at the academy, Yun Tian accepted Xue Qinghe’s invitation to Moonlight Pavilion, where he found Xue Qinghe meeting with a richly dressed middle-aged man.

• Dugu Bo cut off Flender’s left arm and poisoned him, while Tang San and Yu Xiaogang carried him away with the severed limb.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling hunted their needed soul beasts and advanced to Soul Ancestors at Soul Power Levels forty-four and forty-two.
• A gatekeeper told Yun Tian that Xue Qinghe was waiting for him at Moonlight Pavilion and that a carriage had been prepared.
• Dugu Bo advised Yun Tian that the crown prince might be trying to recruit him and promised to support him if he refused to serve the royal family.
• Yun Tian traveled to Moonlight Pavilion and entered a private room, where he found Xue Qinghe talking with a richly dressed middle-aged man.