Chapter Summaries

Yu Tianheng returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan after losing to Chen Xi, and Yu Tianxin offered to help him get even. Meanwhile, Chen Xi and Zhu Zhuqing visited the Heaven Dou Grand Auction House, then spotted Yu Tianheng and another clan member approaching them on the street.

• Yu Tianheng told Yu Tianxin that he had lost to Chen Xi by half a move after roughly two hundred rounds, concealing that he had taken only two moves.
• Yu Tianxin said he would take Yu Tianheng to get even after he recovered, while Yu Tianheng tried to persuade his cousin to reconsider.
• Chen Xi and Zhu Zhuqing entered the Heaven Dou Grand Auction House and learned that its staff were also treated as merchandise.
• Chen Xi reflected that the auction house's open slave trading must have powerful backing, then left with Zhu Zhuqing after finding nothing worth buying.
• Zhu Zhuqing pointed out Yu Tianheng and another young man in Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan attire, and Chen Xi asked why they seemed to be looking for her again.

Chen Xi received the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, but the Sea God's divine consciousness attacked him and was destroyed by purple lightning in his Sea of Consciousness. The Sea God then went to find Asura, concerned about the Sea God's Heart.

• Yu Tianxin challenged Chen Xi after Yu Tianheng lost, but withdrew when he saw Chen Xi's five soul rings.
• Chen Xi and Zhu Zhuqing returned to their residence, where She Long gave Chen Xi a covered tray.
• Chen Xi uncovered the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and the Sea God's phantom wounded him while testing whether he could withstand its power.
• The Sea God's phantom entered Chen Xi's Sea of Consciousness and was destroyed by purple lightning.
• The Sea God realized his divine consciousness had been destroyed and went to Asura God Hall to speak with Asura.

Sea God complained to Asura God after Destruction destroyed his divine consciousness, but Asura blamed him for striking Chen Xi with the Sea God's Heart and suggested he seek help from the Forest of Life or the Hall of Destruction. Back in Heaven Dou City, Chen Xi secured the artifact, arranged for Yang Wushuang to treat Dugu Bo, and proposed a dangerous plan to She Long that he admitted he could not carry out.

• Sea God told Asura God that Destruction had destroyed his divine consciousness and that he wanted to retrieve the Sea God's Heart.
• Asura God showed Sea God Chen Xi kicking the artifact away, blamed Sea God for hitting her, and pointed him toward the Forest of Life or the Hall of Destruction.
• Chen Xi put the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud in a box beneath her bed after she found she could not store it in her Storage Bracelet.
• Chen Xi gave Yang Wushuang instructions to resolve Dugu Bo's snake venom backlash and asked him to treat Dugu Bo the next day.
• Chen Xi whispered her dangerous plan to She Long, who said he could not defeat the person involved.

Chen Xi persuaded She Long to help him confront Tang Hao in Suotuo City by using the Pen of Destiny to reveal that Tang Hao’s injuries remained unhealed. After Dugu Bo agreed to accompany Chen Xi and Zhu Zhuqing, they set out for Suotuo City, while She Long secretly followed.

• Chen Xi showed She Long the Pen of Destiny’s prediction that Tang Hao was still severely injured and secretly protecting someone in Suotuo City, then convinced him to join the plan.
• Chen Xi arranged for She Long to fight Tang Hao head-on while Chen Xi attacked from behind and triggered Tang Hao’s injuries.
• After ten days, Chen Xi visited Dugu Bo and asked to travel to Suotuo City while Yang Wushuang continued treating Dugu Yan’s snake venom backlash.
• Dugu Bo agreed to accompany Chen Xi, and the next morning he met Chen Xi and Zhu Zhuqing outside their residence.
• Chen Xi and Zhu Zhuqing left Heaven Dou City with Dugu Bo, then Chen Xi used his Fire Phoenix Wings to carry Zhu Zhuqing toward Suotuo City as She Long followed from the shadows.

After reaching Suotuo City, Chen Xi brought Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Bo to the Rose Hotel, where they encountered Tang San and Xiao Wu. Dai Mubai arrived with twin sisters to claim the last room, and Zhu Zhuqing confronted him as Chen Xi watched and stirred the situation.

• Chen Xi and Zhu Zhuqing traveled through the night with Dugu Bo and reached Suotuo City at dawn.
• Chen Xi recognized Tang San and Xiao Wu outside the Rose Hotel, while Dugu Bo recognized Xiao Wu as a hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit in human form.
• Chen Xi took Zhu Zhuqing into the hotel and waited as Tang San and Xiao Wu tried to book its last room.
• Dai Mubai arrived with twin sisters and demanded that the attendant give him the room, prompting Tang San to point out that he and Xiao Wu had arrived first.
• Zhu Zhuqing coldly confronted Dai Mubai, and Chen Xi made remarks that further stoked the tension while Xiao Wu and Tang San watched.

At a hotel, Zhu Zhuqing confronted Dai Mubai over finding him with twin sisters, and Chen Xi helped her beat him. Chen Xi and Zhu Zhuqing left to find another place to stay, while Dugu Bo recognized Tang San’s name.

• Chen Xi mocked Dai Mubai’s excuses to Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Bo suppressed Dai Mubai when he threatened Chen Xi.
• At Zhu Zhuqing’s request, Chen Xi knocked Dai Mubai down, then Zhu Zhuqing beat him while the twin sisters fled.
• The hotel manager let Zhu Zhuqing finish the beating and accepted her payment for the damage.
• Tang San asked to check in, but Chen Xi and Zhu Zhuqing left after the manager deferred to them; Dugu Bo recognized Tang San’s name.
• The manager ordered the server to check Tang San and Xiao Wu in and send the unconscious Dai Mubai back.

Dugu Bo reconsidered whether Tang San was connected to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while Tang Hao and She Long watched the Rose Hotel and weighed their next moves. Inside, Tang San and Xiao Wu settled into their room, unaware that powerful figures were observing them.

• Dugu Bo sent Chen Xi and Zhu Zhuqing to find a hotel, then considered whether Tang San was the person who had entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well six years earlier.
• Tang Hao secretly watched Dugu Bo and reconsidered his plans for Tang San and Xiao Wu after realizing Dugu Bo had seen through Xiao Wu's identity.
• She Long watched Xiao Wu from the shadows and decided to wait rather than interfere with Chen Xi's plans.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu entered their Rose Hotel room, where they found roses arranged in a heart and a ribbon declaring, “You are my only one.”
• Xiao Wu mocked Dai Mubai and relaxed on the bed while Tang San offered to have the flowers removed and awkwardly reflected on his secret habit of eating roast rabbit.

Chen Xi rewrote the future so Tang Hao’s old injury would flare up and prevent him from using Ring Detonation against Dugu Bo. Tang Hao confronted Dugu Bo outside Suotuo City, but She Long arrived to intercept him, leaving Tang Hao fighting two Titled Douluo.

• Chen Xi comforted Zhu Zhuqing after she found Zhu Zhuyun unwilling to resist the Star Luo Imperial Family’s rules, then checked into a hotel with her.
• Chen Xi used the Pen of Destiny to alter the future of Tang Hao’s battle with Dugu Bo, then fell asleep from exhaustion.
• Dugu Bo approached Tang San and Xiao Wu’s room at the Rose Hotel, but Tang Hao summoned him to a forest outside Suotuo City.
• Tang Hao revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and 100,000-year soul ring, and Dugu Bo recognized him before summoning the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor.
• Tang Hao attacked Dugu Bo, but She Long intervened with his Snake Lance and joined the fight against Tang Hao.

She Long and Dugu Bo fought Tang Hao, whose old injuries weakened him but did not prevent him from battling them fiercely. After all three were injured in their final clash, Tang Hao escaped, She Long left, and Dugu Bo headed to Suotuo City to recover.

• Dugu Bo joined She Long against Tang Hao, and Tang Hao's old injuries flared up and weakened his attacks.
• She Long and Dugu Bo pressured Tang Hao, but he blocked their techniques and sent She Long flying with the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• She Long used his Serpent Spear Avatar to entangle Tang Hao while Dugu Bo attacked, but Tang Hao's Clear Sky Hammer drove Dugu Bo back.
• Tang Hao's injuries worsened as She Long and Dugu Bo launched a combined attack, and all three were sent flying by the clash.
• Tang Hao spat blood and fled; She Long left soon afterward, and Dugu Bo went to Suotuo City to recover.

Chen Xi learned from She Long about Tang Hao’s injuries and the danger he still posed, then went sightseeing in Suotuo City with Zhu Zhuqing. At a drink stall, Chen Xi recognized Ning Rongrong, and the two exchanged a pointed remark before he left with Zhu Zhuqing.

• She Long told Chen Xi about his fight with Dugu Bo, assessed Tang Hao’s weakened condition, and warned that Tang Hao could still use Ring Detonation to kill a Titled Douluo.
• Chen Xi told She Long not to touch the transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast girl, and She Long left for Heaven Dou City to recover.
• Chen Xi invited Zhu Zhuqing to explore Suotuo City, while Dugu Bo stayed at the hotel to recuperate.
• Chen Xi and Zhu Zhuqing stopped for fruit juice and encountered Ning Rongrong, who told the stall owner to serve them first because she did not want to compete with children.
• Chen Xi paid for the drinks and left with Zhu Zhuqing after recognizing Ning Rongrong from their earlier meeting in Heaven Dou City.

Chen Xi found and bought a Banjin Hair Crystal from Flender for eight hundred Gold Soul Coins after Tang San and Xiao Wu entered the shop. Tang San regretted losing the chance to buy it, while Xiao Wu dismissed the crystal as worthless.

• Chen Xi and Zhu Zhuqing entered Flender’s shop, where Chen Xi searched through crystals for a Banjin Hair Crystal.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu arrived, and Tang San asked whether the crystal in Chen Xi’s hand was for sale.
• Flender demanded two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and claimed the crystal might have an undiscovered use.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu could offer only seven hundred Gold Soul Coins, while Chen Xi offered eight hundred.
• Chen Xi started to leave, so Flender accepted the eight hundred Gold Soul Coins and sold him the crystal.
• Tang San watched Chen Xi leave with the crystal, and Xiao Wu complained that they could not afford such a purchase.

Chen Xi showed Zhu Zhuqing how the Banjin Hair Crystal contained Hairgold, a concealed weapon he considered useful against enemies, and offered to teach her the technique he used to break the crystal. He then took Zhu Zhuqing to visit the Gai Shi Dragon Serpent Family, presenting her as the visitor because his own name carried little weight in the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Chen Xi shattered the Banjin Hair Crystal and revealed the Hairgold hidden inside it.
• Chen Xi demonstrated that Hairgold could pierce a tree and explained how it could injure an unsuspecting enemy; Zhu Zhuqing thought the tactic might be immoral, but accepted Chen Xi's distinction between opponents and enemies.
• Chen Xi offered to teach Zhu Zhuqing his technique for breaking an object by concentrating Soul Power at one point, and she happily agreed.
• Chen Xi told Zhu Zhuqing they would visit Dragon Lord Meng Shu and Serpent Granny Chao Tianxiang at the Gai Shi Dragon Serpent Family.
• At the family gates, Chen Xi introduced Zhu Zhuqing as the second young lady of the Netherclaw Dukedom, explaining that his own name might not get them admitted.

Chen Xi and Zhu Zhuqing visited the Gai Shi Dragon Serpent Family, where Chen Xi invited Serpent Granny Chao Tianxiang and Dragon Lord Meng Shu to join her new force. Chao Tianxiang said she needed to wait for Meng Shu to return before deciding and promised to send them an answer.

• Chen Xi and Zhu Zhuqing entered the Gai Shi Dragon Serpent Family and met Serpent Granny Chao Tianxiang in the main hall.
• Chao Tianxiang sensed Zhu Zhuqing's strength but could not determine Chen Xi's level, then asked about Chen Xi's background.
• Chen Xi said she had come to gain experience on her teacher's orders and hinted that her teacher was a renowned powerhouse.
• Chen Xi invited Chao Tianxiang and Meng Shu to join her new force, saying the Breaking Clan, Strength Clan, and Poison Douluo had already joined.
• Chao Tianxiang said she would discuss the invitation with Meng Shu when he returned from Exotic Beast Academy and then send Chen Xi an answer.

After leaving Chao Tianxiang’s estate, Chen Xi and Zhu Zhuqing were followed through Suotuo City and watched Ma Hongjun challenge Bu Le, only to be beaten. Bu Le then targeted Chen Xi and Zhu Zhuqing, but Chen Xi revealed his Soul King strength; Bu Le tried to redirect his attention toward Dugu Bo as the old man emerged from the hotel.

• Chen Xi and Zhu Zhuqing left Chao Tianxiang’s estate, and Chao Tianxiang praised Chen Xi as a daughter favored by heaven.
• While walking back to their hotel late at night, Chen Xi and Zhu Zhuqing noticed two people following them and waited in a pavilion.
• Bu Le approached the pair with lecherous intentions, but Ma Hongjun stepped in, hoping to play the hero and impress them.
• Bu Le revealed his four Spirit Rings and quickly defeated Ma Hongjun, who fled after threatening him.
• Bu Le turned toward Chen Xi and Zhu Zhuqing, but Chen Xi revealed his five Spirit Rings and overwhelmed him with his Soul King aura.
• Bu Le claimed he had meant to confront Dugu Bo, pointed at the old man emerging from the hotel, and called him over.

Chen Xi forced Bu Le to agree to ambush Yu Xiaogang, while Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai set out for Suotuo City after Ma Hongjun was beaten. Bu Le gathered E Kao and Tian Ya at the city gates, where they ran into Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar.

• Dugu Bo forced Bu Le to his knees, and Chen Xi gave him instructions to ambush Yu Xiaogang on the road to Suotuo City without killing him.
• Bu Le recruited E Kao and Tian Ya to help him wait for Yu Xiaogang at the city gates.
• Ma Hongjun returned to Shrek Academy bruised and told Oscar that Bu Le had beaten him.
• Dai Mubai learned that Zhu Zhuqing was among the women Ma Hongjun had encountered and admitted that he had also been beaten by her and Chen Xi.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar left for Suotuo City, where Ma Hongjun spotted Bu Le at the gates.

Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun confronted Bu Le, only to discover he had two Soul King allies. Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun were badly beaten, and Zhao Wuji took them back to Shrek Academy, saying the academy would handle revenge.

• Bu Le, E Kao, and Tian Ya surrounded Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun, revealing two Soul Kings and a Soul Ancestor among them.
• Dai Mubai ordered Oscar to fetch Zhao Wuji while he and Ma Hongjun fought, but both were quickly overwhelmed.
• Tian Ya stopped E Kao from killing Dai Mubai, and the three attackers left after Bu Le had beaten Ma Hongjun unconscious.
• Oscar returned with Zhao Wuji, who carried the injured Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun back to Shrek Academy and said the academy would handle revenge.

Bu Le, E Kao, and Tian Ya ambushed Yu Xiaogang on the road and beat him unconscious. Chen Xi found him, woke him, and offered to take him to Shrek Academy to collect the 800 Gold Soul Coins she claimed he owed, while Yu Xiaogang mistakenly trusted her kindness.

• Bu Le, E Kao, and Tian Ya waited on the road from Notting City to Suotuo City and identified Yu Xiaogang when he appeared.
• Tian Ya struck Yu Xiaogang with a club, and the three men beat him for five minutes before Bu Le went to report to Chen Xi.
• Chen Xi rewarded Bu Le with three Gold Soul Coins, then left Suotuo City with Dugu Bo to find Yu Xiaogang.
• Chen Xi woke the injured Yu Xiaogang with her Mental Power and claimed he owed her 800 Gold Soul Coins for medicine.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Chen Xi to take him to Shrek Academy so his disciple and friend could pay her, and Dugu Bo carried him there.

Chen Xi and Dugu Bo brought the battered Yu Xiaogang to Shrek Academy, where Flender recognized his old friend and learned that Chen Xi charged eight hundred Gold Soul Coins for the medicine that saved him. When Flender tried to bargain, Chen Xi refused and introduced Dugu Bo as a titled Soul Master.

• Dugu Bo carried Yu Xiaogang with Chen Xi to the shabby Shrek Academy.
• The admissions teacher failed to recognize Yu Xiaogang at first, then took him inside after he asked for Flender.
• Flender recognized Yu Xiaogang and asked how he had been injured.
• Yu Xiaogang told Flender that Chen Xi had saved him with rare medicine and asked Flender to pay her eight hundred Gold Soul Coins.
• Flender tried to lower the price, but Chen Xi refused and introduced Dugu Bo as Poison.

Chen Xi and Dugu Bo visited Shrek Academy, where Flender compensated them for Yu Xiaogang’s injuries and tried to recruit Chen Xi. Chen Xi challenged the academy’s claims about its teaching quality, then left after staying long enough to keep the hidden Tang Hao in Suotuo City.

• Flender examined Yu Xiaogang, heard how he had been attacked, and promised to find a Healing Spirit Master.
• Flender paid Chen Xi eight hundred Gold Soul Coins and explained that Shrek Academy had only six students before offering him discounted enrollment.
• Chen Xi argued that Shrek’s strict admissions meant its students were already gifted and questioned what made its teaching exceptional.
• Chen Xi reflected that he had brought Dugu Bo to Shrek to keep Tang Hao near Tang San and Xiao Wu while he prepared a gift for him.
• Chen Xi and Dugu Bo prepared to leave, but Flender offered to host a feast in gratitude for Chen Xi saving Yu Xiaogang.

Chen Xi and Dugu Bo accepted Flender’s invitation to a banquet at Shrek Academy, while Tang Hao watched from the shadows and considered how to deal with Xiao Wu. Chen Xi then traded insults with Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu offered Dugu Bo a carrot.

• Chen Xi and Dugu Bo accepted Flender’s invitation to breakfast, and Chen Xi asked him to prepare twenty or thirty dishes.
• Tang Hao watched Chen Xi and Dugu Bo from the shadows and resolved to find a way to deal with Xiao Wu.
• Chen Xi and Dugu Bo encountered Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu at the academy.
• Chen Xi and Ning Rongrong exchanged sharp remarks about each other’s age, height, and appearance.
• Xiao Wu offered Dugu Bo a carrot while he watched her cautiously.