Chapter Summaries

Jiang Nannan and Wang Dong reached Notting City by escaping their respective dangers, while Huo Yuhao, Tang San, and Xiao Wu gathered in Dorm Seven. Jiang Nannan reunited with Xiao Wu, changing the original story’s opening, as Xu Sanshi and Wang Dong secretly watched from outside.

• Jiang Nannan transformed into a rabbit, escaped Scarlet King’s notice, and followed his directions toward Notting City to find Xiao Wu.
• Wang Dong defeated Clear Sky Sect guards with her improved hammer technique, reached level ten, and flew down from the mountain on her butterfly wings.
• Huo Yuhao met Tang San and Xiao Wu in Dorm Seven, where Wang Sheng prepared to challenge the newcomers.
• Jiang Nannan burst into Dorm Seven and embraced Xiao Wu, while Huo Yuhao recognized that the timeline had begun to change.
• Xu Sanshi and Wang Dong watched the dormitory from the playground and discovered each other spying on the scene.

Di Tian organized the soul beasts to make the Star Dou Great Forest a forbidden zone for human soul masters, while Jiang Nannan reunited with Xiao Wu in Notting City. Wang Dong arrived in Dorm Seven and challenged Tang San, leaving the room poised for another fight.

• Di Tian gathered the Star Dou Great Forest's powerful soul beasts and ordered Biji and Xiong Jun to establish a forest-wide sensory network and guard against human hunters.
• Wang Qiuer revealed that she had gained the skill Fate Guidance and sensed that Tang San, the Child of Fortune, had appeared; Di Tian warned Scarlet King not to let Xiao Wu sacrifice herself.
• Jiang Nannan reunited with Xiao Wu in Dorm Seven and won her trust by telling her that Da Ming and Er Ming missed her.
• Xiao Wu defeated Wang Sheng with her Eight-Stage Throw, and Tang San conceded that she could become Dorm Seven's boss.
• Wang Dong entered Dorm Seven carrying a Clear Sky Hammer, challenged Tang San, and demanded that he obey her and comb her hair if he lost.

Tang San and Wang Dong fought to a draw before Huo Yuhao brought their group together over grilled fish. Meanwhile, Xiao Hongchen tested his homemade bombs and set out with Ju Zi, while Tang San and Wang Dong headed for the Soul Hunting Forest, where Scarlet King awaited the approaching factions.

• Wang Dong attacked Tang San with her Clear Sky Hammer, and the two fought until Tang San tripped her with Blue Silver Grass and they called a halt.
• Wang Dong promised to protect Tang San, and Huo Yuhao brought Tang San, Xiao Wu, Wang Dong, and Jiang Nannan together over grilled fish.
• Xiao Hongchen used his system to make Heaven-Shaking Thunders and demonstrated their explosive power to Spirit Hall officials.
• Ju Zi joined Xiao Hongchen as he prepared to hunt Soul Rings and field-test his bombs.
• Grandmaster set out for the Soul Hunting Forest with Tang San and Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong joined after revealing her Clear Sky Hammer and Level 10 Soul Power.
• Xiao Hongchen and Ju Zi traveled toward the same destination as Scarlet King watched from the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest.

At the Soul Hunting Forest, Huo Yuhao used his Spirit Eyes and Tactical Mark function to help Tang San and Wang Dong survive a chaotic fight against Xiao Hongchen, Ju Zi, a Datura Snake, and Scarlet King. Tang San began absorbing the snake’s Soul Ring, while Huo Yuhao decided he needed to acquire advanced weapons of his own.

• Xiao Hongchen and Ju Zi arrived at the forest, insulted Tang San’s group, and entered with a Pope’s personal token.
• Huo Yuhao detected a nearly four-hundred-year Datura Snake, and Yu Xiaogang’s Luo Sanpao blasted it but failed to defeat it.
• Xiao Hongchen crippled the snake with a Heaven-Shaking Thunder, while its blast accidentally hit Scarlet King and provoked him to attack the group.
• Huo Yuhao activated Tactical Mark to reveal enemy weaknesses and attack trajectories, helping Wang Dong send Xiao Hongchen’s grenade back at him and Tang San strike the Datura Snake’s weak point.
• Scarlet King fled, Xiao Hongchen and Ju Zi withdrew, and Tang San began absorbing the Datura Snake’s Soul Ring.
• Huo Yuhao reflected that the Heaven-Shaking Thunder was dangerous and resolved to find a way to obtain advanced weapons.

After six years of automatic cultivation, the players arrived at Shrek Academy, where Huo Yuhao used his spiritual power to fool the admissions examiner and Xiao Xiao revealed her formidable abilities. Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, and the other players passed into the academy, while Xiao Hongchen and Ju Zi prepared to observe the admissions.

• Huo Yuhao showed Wang Dong how his Simulation skill changed the appearance of his Soul Ring, then explained how his spiritual power could deceive Shrek’s examiner.
• Xiao Hongchen’s attempt to build a Soul Tool cannon failed, so he gathered materials for simpler weapons and went with Ju Zi to observe Shrek’s admissions.
• Oscar tried selling sausages to He Caitou, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan, but they rejected his sales pitch.
• Huo Yuhao used his spiritual power to make Li Yusong believe he was a hidden spiritual-type genius, and Li Yusong admitted him.
• Xiao Xiao summoned her Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron and Nine-Phoenix Welcoming Flute, impressing Li Yusong and gaining entry to Shrek Academy.

Dai Huabin challenged Dai Mubai for the position of Shrek's student leader, and he and Zhu Lu used their Hell White Tiger fusion skill before Tang San intervened to save Dai Mubai. Zhao Wuji began the fourth test, challenging the examinees to last one incense stick against him or knock him down.

• Huo Yuhao and the other examinees met Dai Mubai, who was overseeing the fourth test while Zhao Wuji slept.
• Dai Huabin arrived with Zhu Lu and challenged his older brother Dai Mubai for the Shrek student leader position.
• Dai Mubai and Dai Huabin exchanged attacks, but Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu formed the Hell White Tiger and nearly struck him down.
• Tang San used his Blue Silver Grass to pull Dai Mubai clear and hinder the Hell White Tiger, ending the fight before it could become fatal.
• Zhao Wuji woke, introduced himself as a Level 76 Battle Soul Sage, and set the examinees a one-incense-stick challenge for the fourth test.

Huo Yuhao led the freshmen in a battle against Zhao Wuji and used a Wind Baboon skill card to help win admission. That night, Tang Hao arrived to confront Zhao Wuji, while Huo Yuhao kept Wang Dong from interrupting.

• Huo Yuhao directed the freshmen as Xu Sanshi drew Zhao Wuji’s attention and the others attacked along routes marked by Huo Yuhao.
• Zhao Wuji blasted away the close-range attackers and charged Huo Yuhao, who used his Wind Baboon Soul Ring Skill Card to stun him.
• Tang San struck Zhao Wuji with Dragon Beard Needles during the stun, and Zhao Wuji conceded the trial and admitted the freshmen.
• Dai Huabin resented Huo Yuhao’s success, while Ning Rongrong considered recruiting him for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Tang Hao appeared behind Zhao Wuji at night and confronted him about beating up his son, as Huo Yuhao stopped Wang Dong from going out to meet him.

Tang Hao punished Zhao Wuji for mistreating the students and revealed that Wang Dong was the daughter of an old friend. The next morning, Flender assigned the students to earn Silver Soul Fighter Badges at the Soto Great Soul Arena, and Huo Yuhao suggested teaming up with Wang Dong.

• Tang Hao used the Clear Sky Hammer to beat Zhao Wuji and told him that Tang San was his son and Wang Dong was the daughter of an old friend.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong watched Tang Hao leave, and Wang Dong realized he had been watching over her.
• At morning assembly, Flender collected tuition while the students tried to hide their laughter at Zhao Wuji's injuries.
• Ma Xiaotao introduced herself as Ma Hongjun's distant cousin and said she would control his Evil Fire by sparring with him.
• Flender ordered the students to earn Silver Soul Fighter Badges at the Soto Great Soul Arena, and Huo Yuhao asked Wang Dong to form a team.

At Soto Great Soul Arena, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong won their first two-versus-two match through precise coordination. Their celebration ended when the Golden Team publicly challenged Shrek Academy, leaving Huo Yuhao wary of Xiao Hongchen’s advanced weapons.

• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong registered as the Haodong Team, while Xu Sanshi failed to persuade Jiang Nannan to partner with him.
• Huo Yuhao used his tactical assistance and Spiritual Interference to help Wang Dong defeat Tie Long and Tie Hu.
• The Haodong Team claimed victory, and Wang Dong praised Huo Yuhao’s commands.
• The Golden Team issued a public challenge to Shrek Academy, and Xiao Hongchen insulted Shrek on the arena broadcast.
• Dai Mubai and Tang San reacted to the challenge, while Huo Yuhao recognized Xiao Hongchen’s weapons as a threat to Tang San’s hidden weapons.

Huo Yuhao helped Shrek counter the Golden Team’s Soul Tool tactics, enabling Tang San to use the Godly Zhuge Crossbow and secure victory. Xiao Hongchen vowed revenge for the upcoming tournament, while Shi Nian became interested in obtaining Tang San’s weapon.

• Xiao Hongchen and Ju Zi used flash pods, smoke bombs, and other Soul Tools to defeat Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun in the opening match.
• Huo Yuhao explained the Golden Team’s weapons and persuaded Flender to change Shrek’s lineup for the seven-man rematch.
• Huo Yuhao used his system’s Drawing Function to guide Shrek through the smoke and identify the Golden Team’s openings.
• Tang San fired the Godly Zhuge Crossbow at Xiao Hongchen during a reload, while Wang Dong stopped an opposing defender from intervening.
• Shrek overwhelmed the Golden Team after Ning Rongrong boosted their abilities, and Xiao Hongchen surrendered before vowing revenge.
• Shi Nian watched Tang San’s crossbow and plotted to get the weapon for himself.

Flender announced Oscar’s breakthrough and sent the Shrek group toward the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain his third Soul Ring. After Xu Sanshi stood up to Canghui Academy in a restaurant, Di Tian began a plan to target Xiao Wu and the Shrek group.

• Flender revealed that Oscar had reached Level 30 and assigned Zhao Wuji to lead the students to the Star Dou Great Forest for Oscar’s Soul Ring.
• The Shrek group stopped at a town, where Canghui Academy students mocked them and Ma Hongjun attacked with his Phoenix Fireline.
• Xu Sanshi challenged Ye Zhiqiu, absorbed his Blackwater Freeze, and knocked the Soul King back with Xuanming Shock.
• Zhao Wuji confronted Ye Zhiqiu with his seven Soul Rings, and Ye Zhiqiu withdrew and led Canghui Academy away.
• Di Tian ordered Wang Qiuer and Er Ming to act against the arriving Shrek group, naming Xiao Wu as the target.

Shrek secured Oscar’s Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent after Ji Juechen defeated Meng Yiran and Chao Tianxiang’s challenge, and Oscar gained a flying sausage. That night, the Titan Giant Ape abducted Xiao Wu and Jiang Nannan, leaving Huo Yuhao and the others to pursue them.

• Huo Yuhao detected the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Shrek captured it before Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran challenged them over the beast.
• Ji Juechen deflected all eighteen of Meng Yiran’s knives with a dead branch and left after declaring her attacks weak.
• Oscar absorbed the serpent’s Soul Ring and gained a Mushroom Sausage that let its user fly for one minute.
• Huo Yuhao sensed the approaching Titan Giant Ape, which seized Xiao Wu and Jiang Nannan and escaped into the forest.
• Tang San grieved over Xiao Wu’s abduction as Huo Yuhao urged the group to pursue, warning that Di Tian might be waiting.

Tang San pursued Xiao Wu but was forced to fight a Man Faced Demon Spider that Di Tian had strengthened with Black Dragon essence blood. With Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong's help, Tang San killed it, absorbed its over-limit soul ring, and gained the Eight Spider Lances.

• Tang San followed the Titan Giant Ape's trail and attacked a Man Faced Demon Spider blocking his way.
• Di Tian stopped himself from killing Tang San after sensing the Divine Slaughter's Domain, but strengthened the spider with Black Dragon essence blood.
• Wang Dong rescued Tang San from the spider's venom net, and Huo Yuhao identified its eyes as a weakness and used Soul Shock to stun it.
• Tang San pierced the spider's brain with a Sleeve Arrow, killing it, then fainted from his wounds.
• After waking, Tang San absorbed the spider's soul ring while Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong kept watch.
• Tang San gained the external soul bone Eight Spider Lances.

After Tang San learned that Di Tian had confined Xiao Wu in the Star Dou Great Forest’s Core Area until Tang San became a Titled Douluo, he vowed to grow strong enough to rescue her. As the Shrek group headed home, Huo Yuhao received a changed tournament quest and planned special training for the expanded team.

• Tang San defeated the Man Faced Demon Spider with help from Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, then demanded to know where Xiao Wu had been taken.
• Xu Sanshi read Jiang Nannan’s private message confirming that Xiao Wu and Jiang Nannan were safe but under house arrest, and that Di Tian forbade Xiao Wu from leaving before Tang San became a Titled Douluo.
• At the Lake of Life, Di Tian revealed his Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King bloodline, ordered Xiao Wu and Jiang Nannan to remain imprisoned, and challenged Tang San to grow strong enough to defeat him.
• Tang San accepted that he needed to become a Titled Douluo before rescuing Xiao Wu, and the Shrek group began its journey back to the academy.
• Huo Yuhao received a revised main quest to win the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament and help Tang San challenge the Star Dou Great Forest’s core, then proposed special training and reshuffling the team.

After the anti-addiction system forcibly logged everyone out of Douluo Online, the Origin Internet Cafe customers ate dinner and turned their in-game grudges into a real-life 5v5 match. Lu Yuan set the stakes as the group returned to Summoner’s Rift.

• The anti-addiction system ended everyone’s 24-hour session, returning Tang San, Huo Yuhao, Di Tian, and the others to their gaming pods.
• Wang Dong attacked Di Tian with a rolled-up magazine, but he parried it with a can of Sprite and taunted her.
• Lu Yuan stopped the customers from fighting and told them Cat Chef had prepared dinner.
• The hungry customers raced for food, with Huo Yuhao using Mental Detection to find the best dishes and Ji Juechen wielding chopsticks like swords.
• Lu Yuan announced a 5v5 grudge match on Summoner’s Rift, with the losing team paying everyone’s internet fees the next day.

Lu Yuan made the Human Team and Beast Team play Overcooked to improve their teamwork, but both groups suffered disastrous kitchen mishaps. The chapter ended with the players arguing furiously while Lu Yuan told them to return to the kitchen and wash the dishes.

• After a grudge-filled match, Lu Yuan criticized the players' teamwork and introduced Overcooked as a teamwork exercise.
• Huo Yuhao assigned the Human Team roles, but missed throws and a burning pot caused their truck kitchen to catch fire and earn a score of -20.
• Tai Tan struggled to chop ingredients while the Beast Team's sliding counters, a spreading fire, and Di Tian's collision sent Snow Empress and the extinguisher into the sea; the team earned a score of -50.
• The players removed their helmets and blamed one another for the failed orders, with Huo Yuhao confronting Wang Dong and Ice Empress confronting Di Tian.
• Lu Yuan called Overcooked the Ultimate Friendship Tester and ordered everyone back into the kitchen to wash the dishes.

Lu Yuan introduced Minecraft to the Origin Internet Cafe group, who explored crafting and building until nightfall brought monsters and Creepers. Tai Tan and Di Tian were blown up, while Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong hid underground, and the others vowed revenge.

• Lu Yuan launched an eight-player Minecraft survival server, and the group learned to chop trees and craft tools.
• Di Tian began building a dragon palace while Snow Empress and Ice Empress gathered animals and materials.
• Night fell, and Tai Tan killed a zombie before a Creeper exploded and killed him.
• A Creeper destroyed Di Tian’s dirt palace and killed him, prompting Lu Yuan to explain what Creepers did.
• Huo Yuhao hid with Wang Dong in a sealed dirt pit while monsters roamed above them.
• Tai Tan and Di Tian respawned and vowed to make equipment and hunt the Creepers.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong survived the night in Minecraft and began planning to gather food and build a house, while Di Tian’s reckless mining ended in a lava disaster. Xiao Hongchen discovered Redstone circuits and realized they could inspire automated technology beyond Soul Power, leaving Jing Hongchen impressed by their potential.

• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong emerged at sunrise, and Huo Yuhao pointed out that their hunger meant they needed to gather seeds, farm wheat, and find pigs.
• Di Tian ignored Lu Yuan’s warning and dug straight down toward diamonds, only to fall into lava with Tai Tan and lose his equipment.
• Niu Tian escaped the lava shaft, while Di Tian and Tai Tan died in the lava.
• Xiao Hongchen tested Redstone Dust with a lever and door, then used Redstone Torches and repeaters to build a pulsing circuit that operated a piston.
• Xiao Hongchen told Jing Hongchen that Redstone logic could inspire automated Soul Tool weapons and machines, and Jing Hongchen recognized the technology’s potential.

Ice Empress and Snow Empress struggled through the night and built a snow house in an icy biome, where Snow Empress accidentally created a Snow Golem. The golem provoked a Creeper, which blew up the house, the golem, and both Empresses, leaving them furious with Lu Yuan.

• Ice Empress and Snow Empress learned that everyone on the server had to sleep before night would pass, then waited out the night on a single bed.
• The two Empresses traveled to an Ice Spikes Plains biome and built a snow house after discovering that ordinary tools turned mined ice into water.
• Snow Empress placed a carved pumpkin on two snow blocks and accidentally created a Snow Golem that spread snow and attacked nearby enemies with snowballs.
• The Snow Golem pelted a Creeper with snowballs, provoking it to explode and destroy the snow house and Snow Golem while killing both Empresses.
• Ice Empress demanded that Lu Yuan remove Creepers from the game, and Di Tian agreed from the internet café lobby.

Wang Qiuer challenged a Minecraft Iron Golem and repeatedly died before Lu Yuan showed her how to defeat it by building a three-block dirt pillar. After winning, she abandoned her ideas about warrior honor and asked Lu Yuan how to loot the whole village.

• Wang Qiuer complained that Minecraft’s enemies were too weak, so Lu Yuan directed her to a village and pointed out its Iron Golem.
• Wang Qiuer attacked the Iron Golem, was launched into the air, and died; she respawned and was killed repeatedly while trying different tactics.
• Lu Yuan explained that Minecraft rewarded intelligence over strength and demonstrated how to tower three blocks above the Iron Golem’s reach.
• Wang Qiuer stood on the dirt pillar and struck the Iron Golem until it died, then collected its iron ingots and poppy.
• Wang Qiuer accepted Lu Yuan’s lesson that winning mattered more than honor and asked how to loot the entire village.