Chapter Summaries

Chen Xi visited Shrek Academy with Dugu Bo, then used the Pen of Destiny to alter Tang Hao’s next move and sent a letter to Yang Wushuang through Zhu Zhuqing. The chapter ended with Flender bringing a Healing Spirit Master to examine Yu Xiaogang.

• Dugu Bo rejected Xiao Wu’s carrot while Chen Xi and Ning Rongrong argued; Xiao Wu warned Ning Rongrong that Chen Xi had defeated Dai Mubai in two moves.
• Chen Xi and Dugu Bo toured Shrek Academy, ate Flender’s midday feast, and left, while Flender decided to find a Healing Spirit Master for Yu Xiaogang.
• Back at the hotel, Chen Xi used the Pen of Destiny to learn that Tang Hao planned to send Xiao Wu to the Star Dou Great Forest, then added that Tang Hao would fight the Titan Giant Ape there.
• Chen Xi wrote a letter to Yang Wushuang and asked Zhu Zhuqing to deliver it to Heaven Dou City; Zhu Zhuqing agreed and left.
• Flender brought an elderly Healing Spirit Master to Yu Xiaogang’s room, where the old man began examining his injuries.

An old healer treated Yu Xiaogang’s injuries but warned Flender that Yu Xiaogang might never be able to perform again. Meanwhile, Meng Shu decided to meet Chen Xi before choosing whether the Gai Shi Dragon Serpent Family would join him, and Chen Xi accepted Meng Shu’s banquet invitation.

• The old healer told Flender that he could treat Yu Xiaogang’s injuries, but the damage below the belt might leave him unable to perform.
• The old healer used his sixth spirit ring to heal Yu Xiaogang as much as possible, and Flender paid him before leaving the room.
• Chao Tianxiang praised Chen Xi as a peerless genius, and Meng Shu decided to meet him with Meng Yiran before making a decision about joining him.
• A disciple of the Gai Shi Dragon Serpent Family delivered Meng Shu’s banquet invitation to Chen Xi.
• Chen Xi accepted the invitation and returned to cultivating, seeing the banquet as a chance to persuade the family to join the World Serpent Dragon.

Chen Xi met Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang to invite the Gai Shi Dragon Serpent Family into his faction. After laying out the family’s succession crisis and his faction’s advantages, he left Meng Shu to consider the proposal.

• Meng Yiran waited eagerly for Chen Xi and Dugu Bo to arrive at Liuli Restaurant.
• Meng Shu welcomed Chen Xi and Dugu Bo, but his attempt to probe Dugu Bo’s strength was brushed aside.
• Meng Shu said the Gai Shi Dragon Serpent Family had no need to join a faction and suggested the Upper Three Sects were better choices.
• Chen Xi warned that the family’s strength depended on Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang, while Meng Yiran might not become a strong enough successor in time.
• Chen Xi described his faction’s mutual support, powerful backers, strong foundation, and lack of subordination, then cited his own progress as a twelve-year-old five-ring Soul King.

Chen Xi secured Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang's clans as members of her faction, offering them Hall Master positions in the Frost Snow Hall. After a banquet brought Chen Xi and Meng Yiran closer, the two young women left together for a walk.

• Meng Shu asked what positions his clan would receive, and Chen Xi promised him and Chao Tianxiang Hall Master roles alongside the Breaking Clan and Defense Clan patriarchs.
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang agreed to join Chen Xi's faction and formally greeted her as the Little Hall Master.
• Meng Shu told Meng Yiran about the agreement and Chen Xi's status as a five-ring Soul King, and Meng Yiran greeted Chen Xi before asking about her cultivation.
• Chen Xi and Meng Yiran chatted over the banquet, and Meng Yiran invited Chen Xi to take a walk after the meal.
• Chen Xi left with Meng Yiran after asking Dugu Bo to entertain Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Shu toasted Dugu Bo.

Chen Xi spent time with Meng Yiran in Suotuo City while Yang Wushuang rushed there after receiving news about Tang Hao. A month later, Tang Hao abducted Xiao Wu from Shrek Academy and brought her to the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Dugu Bo toasted Meng Shu and agreed that joining Chen Xi's force had been the right decision.
• Chen Xi invited Meng Yiran to return with him to Heaven Dou City, and she said she would ask her grandfather; they then spent the day exploring Suotuo City.
• After reading a letter in Heaven Dou City, Yang Wushuang sent a message to his big brother urging him to go to Suotuo City and attack Tang Hao, then headed there himself.
• A month later, Tang Hao broke into Xiao Wu's room at Shrek Academy and seized her while she was cultivating.
• Tang Hao carried Xiao Wu to the Star Dou Great Forest and set her down at its outskirts, where she cautiously backed away without showing much fear.

Xiao Wu called the Titan Giant Ape to protect her when Tang Hao revealed he had known she was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and had planned to make her Tang San's Spirit Ring. The Three-Eyed Golden Lion observed Tang Hao's strange destiny and Ring Detonation as he fought the Titan Giant Ape, but Tang Hao escaped the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Tang Hao told Xiao Wu he was Tang San's father and had once planned to imprison her as Tang San's future Spirit Ring.
• Xiao Wu fled and shouted for Erming, bringing the Titan Giant Ape to attack Tang Hao.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion noticed Tang Hao's unusual, chaotic destiny and urged the Titan Giant Ape not to let him escape.
• Tang Hao repeatedly detonated Spirit Rings to empower his Clear Sky Hammer, injuring himself as he fought the Titan Giant Ape.
• Tang Hao sent the Titan Giant Ape flying after detonating two Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings and escaped, while the Three-Eyed Golden Lion urged the Titan Giant Ape to pursue him.

Yang Wudi, Yang Wushuang, and Niu Gao found the badly injured Tang Hao outside Suotuo City and attacked him to avenge the Breaking Clan. Tang Hao warned them to withdraw, but Yang Wudi challenged him to detonate his remaining soul rings, leaving the confrontation poised to continue.

• The Titan Giant Ape chased Tang Hao to the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, then followed her back after Tang Hao disappeared.
• Yang Wudi and Niu Gao questioned Yang Wushuang's information as the three searched a forest outside Suotuo City for Tang Hao.
• The three heard a thud and found Tang Hao badly injured beside his Clear Sky Hammer, with only three soul rings remaining.
• Yang Wudi attacked Tang Hao with his Soul Piercing Spear, and Tang Hao injured himself further while blocking the strike.
• Yang Wushuang and Niu Gao joined Yang Wudi in attacking Tang Hao, and Yang Wudi's spear pierced Tang Hao's shoulder.
• Tang Hao threatened the three with his Clear Sky Hammer, but Yang Wudi challenged him to detonate his remaining soul rings.

Yang Wudi, Yang Wushuang, Niu Gao, and She Long joined forces to defeat Tang Hao, while Tang San searched Shrek Academy for the missing Xiao Wu. The chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang claiming he could use his connections to investigate her disappearance.

• Yang Wushuang stood with Yang Wudi against Tang Hao, and She Long arrived to support them.
• Tang Hao detonated his remaining soul rings and attacked with the Great Sumeru Hammer, but Yang Wudi, Yang Wushuang, Niu Gao, and She Long fought back.
• She Long pierced Tang Hao with his Snake Lance, and Yang Wudi and Yang Wushuang shattered the Clear Sky Hammer and pinned Tang Hao to the ground.
• She Long collected Tang Hao's six soul bones, while Yang Wushuang helped the injured Niu Gao and Yang Wudi and Yang Wushuang cleaned up the battlefield.
• Tang San, Flender, and Zhao Wuji searched Shrek Academy for clues about Xiao Wu's disappearance but found nothing.
• Yu Xiaogang promised Tang San that he would use his connections to investigate Xiao Wu's disappearance.

Chen Xi learned that Yang Wudi had pledged the Breaking Clan to serve him after Tang Hao’s death, then planned to use the news of Tang Hao’s supposed death in the Star Dou Great Forest to provoke the Clear Sky Sect. He went to see Yang Wudi, leaving their next conversation to come.

• At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang stayed silent under Tang San’s questioning while Flender worried about Liu Erlong.
• Chen Xi watched the scene through his martial soul and decided to deal with Tang San slowly after taking care of the one with the big hammer.
• Yang Wudi pledged himself and all 172 members of the Breaking Clan to Chen Xi, who told the injured Yang Wudi, Yang Wushuang, and Niu Gao to rest before discussing matters further.
• She Long explained that he had pinned the weakened Tang Hao with his Snake Lance, then gave Chen Xi the soul bones taken from Tang Hao’s body.
• Chen Xi ordered She Long to spread the news that Tang Hao had fallen in the Star Dou Great Forest, hoping the Clear Sky Sect might lose men if it sought revenge there.
• After finishing his white fungus soup, Chen Xi went to Yang Wudi’s room, where Yang Wudi welcomed him as his subordinate.

Chen Xi offered Yang Wudi a Ninth Grade Purple Ganoderma, but Yang Wudi advised him to reserve it for someone who could gain more from it. After leaving Yang Wudi to recover, Chen Xi sought Meng Shu’s help finding a Healing Spirit Master for the injured leaders of the Breaking Clan and Defense Clan.

• Chen Xi offered Yang Wudi a Ninth Grade Purple Ganoderma and asked whether it could help him break through to Titled Douluo.
• Yang Wudi said the herb might raise his Soul Power by a few levels but would not change his prospects, and suggested giving it to a Soul Sage to help them become a Soul Douluo.
• Chen Xi put the Ninth Grade Purple Ganoderma away, and Yang Wudi pledged the Breaking Clan’s loyalty; Chen Xi promised he would never let his followers fall before him.
• Yang Wudi began recovering from his injuries as Chen Xi left for the Gai Shi Dragon Serpent Family to find treatment for the injured patriarchs of the Breaking Clan and Defense Clan.
• Chen Xi asked Meng Shu to hire the best Healing Spirit Master in Suotuo City, and Meng Shu offered to contact a skilled healer on good terms with his family.

Chen Xi arranged healing for the injured clan leaders as rumors spread that Tang Hao had died in the Star Dou Great Forest. He prepared to return to Heaven Dou City after visiting the Gai Shi Dragon Serpent Family, while Meng Shu suspected Chen Xi and his allies were behind Tang Hao’s death.

• Chen Xi brought a six-ringed Healing Spirit Master to the hotel, where he treated Niu Gao, Yang Wudi, and Yang Wushuang.
• A rumor that the Clear Sky Douluo had died in the Star Dou Great Forest spread through Suotuo City and the Spirit Master world.
• At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang rejected the rumor, while Flender said it might be true and planned to take the trainees to the Spirit Arena.
• Chen Xi told She Long to return to Heaven Dou City and inform his sister about Tang Hao, then arranged to leave the next day after visiting the Gai Shi Dragon Serpent Family.
• Meng Shu told Chao Tianxiang that Tang Hao’s reported death seemed plausible and suspected Chen Xi’s Titled Douluo allies had helped defeat him.

Chen Xi visited Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang before leaving for Heaven Dou City, while Meng Shu inferred that Chen Xi was behind the Clear Sky Douluo’s reported death. The next morning, Chen Xi and his companions departed, and Meng Shu took Meng Yiran to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain her Soul Ring.

• Chen Xi warned Meng Shu not to yield if trouble arose while Meng Yiran obtained her Soul Ring, and Meng Shu assured him they could defend themselves.
• Meng Shu raised the rumor that the Clear Sky Douluo had fallen in the Star Dou Great Forest, and he concluded from Chen Xi’s reaction that Chen Xi was involved.
• Chao Tianxiang served Chen Xi pastries, and he chatted with Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang before leaving.
• The next morning, Chen Xi, Dugu Bo, Yang Wudi, Yang Wushuang, Niu Gao, and the others left for Heaven Dou City in carriages arranged by the Gai Shi Dragon Serpent Family.
• Meng Yiran watched Chen Xi depart, and Meng Shu took her toward the Star Dou Great Forest after she reached the level-thirty bottleneck.

Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran encountered Di Qiu'er in the Star Dou Great Forest and offered to escort her out, while an unseen guardian and a mysterious voice watched over her. They pursued the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, only to find Zhao Wuji’s group preparing to claim it, and Oscar struck the serpent despite Chao Tianxiang’s objection.

• Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran found Di Qiu'er wandering through the forest beside a thousand-year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Chao Tianxiang invited her to travel with them.
• Di Qiu'er said she had sneaked out to play and gave them her name while guarding the black scale at her waist.
• A black-robed figure revealed that Di Qiu'er had taken his Dragon Scale and transformed into human form, but an ethereal voice ordered him to let her go.
• Chao Tianxiang, Meng Yiran, and Di Qiu'er tracked the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and found it badly injured beside Zhao Wuji and the Shrek Academy group.
• Chao Tianxiang claimed the serpent because she had found and wounded it first, but Tang San signaled Oscar, who drove his dagger down.

Meng Shu arrived after the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent was killed and rejected Zhao Wuji’s request to take the spirit ring. He knocked Yu Xiaogang unconscious when Yu tried to invoke Tang Hao’s status, while Ning Rongrong revealed her identity in case a fight broke out.

• Meng Yiran tried to confront Oscar, but Chao Tianxiang stopped her and challenged Zhao Wuji over the killing of the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.
• Zhao Wuji politely asked Chao Tianxiang to let them keep the serpent, but Meng Shu arrived and refused to give him face.
• Meng Yiran told Meng Shu how the Shrek group had taken the serpent, and Meng Shu confronted Zhao Wuji with his Soul Douluo aura.
• Yu Xiaogang privately invoked Tang San’s connection to the Clear Sky Douluo, but Meng Shu dismissed the appeal and struck him unconscious.
• Ning Rongrong displayed her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul to make her identity clear as tensions threatened to turn into a fight.

Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang defeated Zhao Wuji and incapacitated the Shrek students after Tang San’s interference provoked them. Zhao Wuji led the injured group out of the Star Dou Great Forest, while Ning Rongrong reconsidered staying at Shrek Academy.

• Meng Shu rejected Zhao Wuji’s plea, attacked him, and sent him flying despite Zhao Wuji activating his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Chao Tianxiang accused Tang San of helping kill the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, knocked him unconscious beside Yu Xiaogang, and then struck down Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun.
• Oscar hid behind Ning Rongrong, who punched him, while Meng Shu continued beating Zhao Wuji until the serpent’s soul ring dissipated.
• Meng Shu spared Zhao Wuji because Ning Rongrong belonged to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then left with Chao Tianxiang, Meng Yiran, and Di Qiu'er.
• Ning Rongrong questioned whether she should leave Shrek Academy, and Zhao Wuji checked that the others were alive before ordering Oscar to take them back while he handled their injuries.

Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang agreed to take Di Qiu'er toward Heaven Dou City while searching for Meng Yiran's soul ring. In Heaven Dou City, Chen Xi reunited with Qian Renxue, who thanked him for avenging her father, and chose a site for his Frost Snow Hall.

• Meng Shu asked Di Qiu'er where she was from and offered to take her toward her family, and Di Qiu'er said she was heading to Heaven Dou City too.
• Several days later, Chen Xi returned to Heaven Dou City with Yang Wushuang after arranging lodging for Yang Wudi and Niu Gao.
• Qian Renxue told Chen Xi she had been waiting for him and thanked him for bringing about Tang Hao's fall, which avenged Qian Xunji.
• Qian Renxue invited Chen Xi to inspect the proposed site for Frost Snow Hall, and he chose the former academy grounds for the faction.
• Qian Renxue teased Chen Xi by asking whether she should address him as Hall Master Chen.

Chen Xi and Qian Renxue commissioned a design for their faction’s token, eventually settling on a simple feather motif after Chen Xi’s own drawing became an embarrassing joke. Back at the residence, Chen Xi reunited with Zhu Zhuqing and invited her to help with something the next day.

• Chen Xi and Qian Renxue discussed organizing the faction and went to find an artist to design its token.
• Chen Xi requested numerous revisions, then drew a little beast holding a pancake herself before choosing the artist’s original feather design.
• Qian Renxue kept Chen Xi’s drawing and teased her about it as they encountered Zhu Zhuqing on the street.
• Zhu Zhuqing agreed to accompany Chen Xi the next day, and Chen Xi passed her a sour piece of fruit while insisting it was sweet.

After arranging the site and plans for Frost Snow Hall, Chen Xi welcomed Meng Shu, Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Yiran to Heaven Dou City. She also let Di Qiu'er stay with them for now and began discussing the construction with Meng Shu.

• Chen Xi assigned Niu Gao to plan Frost Snow Hall and summon the Defense Clan, then secured the site with Crown Prince Xue Qinghe's seal.
• Chen Xi and Zhu Zhuqing waited at the city gates for Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang's group to arrive.
• Meng Yiran introduced Di Qiu'er to Chen Xi, and Di Qiu'er asked to keep following Meng Yiran because she had no money for food.
• Chen Xi invited the group to a welcoming banquet and said Di Qiu'er could stay with them for now.
• Chen Xi told Meng Shu that the Frost Snow Hall site and blueprints were ready, but the Defense Clan might not have enough workers.

Chen Xi discussed recruiting Meng Shu’s family to help Frost Snow Hall, then became suspicious that Di Qiu’er might be the Three-Eyed Golden Lion after hearing her mention Di Tian. Di Qiu’er joined Frost Snow Hall when Chen Xi promised her eight meals a day, leaving Chen Xi pleased by the possibility of gaining a powerful ally.

• Meng Shu offered his family’s help with Frost Snow Hall, and Chen Xi thanked him.
• Di Qiu’er asked to join Frost Snow Hall and said Di Tian could avenge her because he was the best fighter in her family.
• Chen Xi recognized Di Tian’s name and wondered whether Di Qiu’er was the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, while questioning how Meng Yiran had brought her out of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Chen Xi offered Di Qiu’er eight different meals a day with dessert, and Di Qiu’er immediately agreed to join Frost Snow Hall.

Chen Xi hosted a gathering at Brocade Restaurant to discuss Frost Snow Hall’s development with its elders and allies. After Qian Renxue arrived as the second seat of honor, they agreed to focus on medicine and recruit smaller forces once the hall was established.

• Chen Xi brought Meng Shu, Chao Tianxiang, Meng Yiran, Di Qiu'er, Zhu Zhuqing, and the others to Brocade Restaurant, where Yang Wudi, Yang Wushuang, and Niu Gao were waiting.
• Dugu Bo arrived with Dugu Yan, who greeted Yang Wushuang, while the gathered guests wondered who would take the second seat of honor.
• Qian Renxue arrived late, and Chen Xi introduced her as his elder sister and invited her to sit beside him.
• Chen Xi proposed developing medicine as Frost Snow Hall’s main focus, and Yang Wudi, Yang Wushuang, and Niu Gao agreed.
• Meng Shu urged Chen Xi to recruit smaller families, and Chen Xi agreed to arrange it after Frost Snow Hall was established.
• The group finalized additional arrangements, and servers brought in the meal, delighting Di Qiu'er.