Chapter Summaries

Ouyang Ling advised Qian Renxue on how to rule Heaven Dou Empire even if her identity was exposed, urging her to earn popular support and manage nobles and Soul Master factions. He also told her about Shrek Academy, prompting her to consider investigating and recruiting its promising commoner Soul Masters.

• Qian Renxue asked Ouyang Ling how she should respond if her identity was exposed after she became Emperor of Heaven Dou Empire.
• Ouyang Ling argued that exposure was inevitable and advised her to plan for acceptance by serving the people and balancing the nobles and Soul Master factions.
• Qian Renxue praised Ouyang Ling’s insight and treated him as an equal while listening to his governing proposals.
• Ouyang Ling reminded Qian Renxue to prioritize ordinary people’s livelihoods, and their discussion ended with Heaven Dou’s future in their hands.
• Ouyang Ling told Qian Renxue about Flander’s Shrek Academy and its talented commoner Soul Masters, leading her to consider investigating and cultivating them.

In Douluo Hall, Qian Daoliu and the consecrators discussed Qian Renxue’s wish to sever her relationship with Bibi Dong and considered removing Bibi Dong as Pope. Qian Daoliu decided Bibi Dong would remain in office for now but sent her a stern warning, which prompted her to react with anger and then composure when a black shadow appeared.

• Qian Daoliu shared Qian Renxue’s letter with the consecrators, who praised her for worrying about them.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo and the other consecrators urged Qian Daoliu to support Qian Renxue’s decision and criticized Bibi Dong’s leadership.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo proposed stripping Bibi Dong of the Pope position and returning it to Qian Renxue.
• Qian Daoliu rejected appointing Qian Renxue as Pope for now, citing her lack of strength to control Spirit Hall’s elders and bishops, but decided to warn Bibi Dong.
• The consecrators began writing replies to Qian Renxue, while Qian Daoliu’s warning reached Bibi Dong and angered her.
• A black shadow appeared behind Bibi Dong, and she regained her composure before speaking to it.

Qian Renxue arranged for Ouyang Ling to enroll at Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, hoping he would overwhelm its young talents and help win their families over. She escorted him to meet the Education Committee, where the three Spirit Douluo recognized his exceptional strength.

• Qian Renxue told Ouyang Ling she wanted him to attend Heaven Dou Imperial Academy and encouraged him to compete openly and claim the championship.
• Qian Renxue explained that Ouyang Ling could use his strength to win over Heaven Dou Imperial Academy’s gifted students and influence their families.
• Ouyang Ling agreed to enroll, and five days later Qian Renxue escorted him onto the academy’s main campus as Xue Qinghe.
• Qian Renxue and Ouyang Ling met the three Education Committee members, who welcomed the Crown Prince and showed keen interest in the eight-year-old Ouyang Ling’s level 25 cultivation.

Ouyang Ling enrolled at Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, where the Education Committee placed him in the strongest Heaven Ultimate class and showed him the academy’s facilities. On the first morning of school, just as he arrived at the cafeteria, an uninvited guest confronted him.

• Qian Renxue introduced Ouyang Ling to Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhilin, who praised his talent and promised to support his cultivation.
• Ouyang Ling chose to join the strongest Heaven Ultimate class so he could compete against other geniuses.
• Meng Shenji arranged Ouyang Ling’s enrollment and a single dormitory, then had a teacher show him the academy and its Mimetic Cultivation grounds.
• Ouyang Ling tried the ice-themed Mimetic Cultivation grounds at a lake with a frozen island and was impressed by their benefits.
• On the first morning of school, Ouyang Ling went to the cafeteria and encountered an uninvited guest.

Ouyang Ling fought a group of younger Soul Masters who tried to pick a fight with him in the cafeteria, then accepted an invitation to eat with a black-haired Heaven Ultimate student who intervened. The chapter ended with the two classmates heading to breakfast together.

• Ten younger Soul Masters blocked Ouyang Ling and challenged him in the cafeteria.
• Ouyang Ling blocked the leader's attack with his frozen tray and beat him, leaving him with superficial injuries and a badly bent finger.
• The black-haired young man stepped between Ouyang Ling and the leader's lackeys, causing the group to leave.
• Ouyang Ling showed the young man his Heaven Ultimate badge and clarified that they were classmates.
• Ouyang Ling invited the black-haired young man to breakfast, and he agreed.

Ouyang Ling dismissed warnings about beating Xue Beng and went to meet his new teacher, while Xue Beng planned to report the fight to the Education Committee. Ouyang Ling introduced himself to Qin Ming as a newly enrolled student in Heavenly Grade Class One.

• Ouyang Ling told the black-haired young man he had deliberately beaten Xue Beng, then left to find his teacher.
• The black-haired young man, identified as Tianheng, greeted Yanzi and Lingling and told them Xue Beng had been beaten badly.
• Xue Beng scolded his lackeys, reflected on Ouyang Ling's talent, and headed to the Education Committee to begin his planned complaint.
• Ouyang Ling entered the Heavenly Grade teachers' office, where the teachers reacted with surprise at his age and uniform.
• Qin Ming stood and introduced himself as the teacher of Heavenly Grade Class One.

Ouyang Ling joined Heavenly Grade Class One as an eight-year-old level 25 Great Soul Master with the Sea God Dragon martial soul, astonishing his classmates and drawing Yu Tianheng’s interest. Qin Ming exposed Yu Feng and Oslo’s lack of progress over the holiday and took the class to the Spirit Arena for their first lesson.

• Yu Feng teased Dugu Yan, then bickered with Oslo until Yu Tianheng asked how much they had cultivated over the holiday.
• Qin Ming welcomed the class back and introduced Ouyang Ling, whose age, level, and Sea God Dragon martial soul stunned the students.
• Yu Tianheng recognized Ouyang Ling and looked forward to sparring with him, while Ye Lingling watched Ouyang Ling with a confused expression.
• Qin Ming admonished the class about greater talents beyond the academy, then called out Yu Feng and Oslo for making no cultivation progress during the holiday.
• Qin Ming ordered the class to the Spirit Arena, and Ouyang Ling suggested Yu Feng and Oslo would be the focus of the lesson.
• Yu Tianheng told Yu Feng and Oslo to hurry, while Dugu Yan threatened to poison them if they kept dawdling.

Ouyang Ling joined Class One’s practical combat lesson and instantly defeated Yu Feng in the duel arena. The students watched as Qin Ming began assessing Ouyang Ling’s fighting ability.

• Ouyang Ling criticized Heaven Dou Imperial Academy for offering too little practical combat training, and Yu Tianheng explained that many students avoided duels.
• Ouyang Ling said he might tell the Crown Prince, and Yu Tianheng realized Ouyang Ling was connected to the Crown Prince’s faction.
• Qin Ming asked Ouyang Ling to fight Yu Feng or Oslo so he could assess him, and Ouyang Ling agreed.
• Yu Feng expected to use flight and hit-and-run tactics, but Ouyang Ling’s Deep Sea Illusion left him vulnerable.
• Ouyang Ling rushed in and beat Yu Feng unconscious before the students could follow the fight.

Ouyang Ling defeated Yu Feng and Oslo in rapid succession during Qin Ming’s training match. Yu Tianheng then stepped onto the Spirit Arena and challenged Ouyang Ling, who eagerly accepted.

• Ye Lingling healed Yu Feng, and Qin Ming warned him that his careless loss would earn him extra training.
• Qin Ming ordered Oslo to fight Ouyang Ling, and Oslo attacked swiftly with his Ghost Leopard martial soul.
• Ouyang Ling trapped Oslo’s claws with ice, struck him with a punch and dragon-tail sweep, and froze him in a block of ice.
• Qin Ming declared Ouyang Ling the winner, while Oslo was carried away to be thawed.
• Yu Tianheng challenged Ouyang Ling, and Ouyang Ling immediately agreed to fight him.

Ouyang Ling and Yu Tianheng began their spirit duel, revealing Ouyang Ling’s Thousand-Year second Soul Ring and clashing with their water, ice, and lightning abilities. After Ouyang Ling wounded Yu Tianheng, both fighters escalated their attacks, leaving the outcome unresolved as Ouyang Ling activated Riptide.

• Ouyang Ling displayed his Thousand-Year second Soul Ring, stunning Class One and drawing Qin Ming’s admiration.
• Dugu Yan teased Ye Lingling about watching Ouyang Ling, and Ye Lingling said he looked familiar.
• Yu Tianheng charged with Thunderclap Dragon Claw, but Ouyang Ling froze the arena’s water and trapped his feet in ice.
• Ouyang Ling used an ice block to distract Yu Tianheng, punched him into the ice, then tore open his chest with ice claws.
• Yu Tianheng countered with Thunderous Might and lightning-wreathed dragon claws, while Ouyang Ling activated his second soul skill, Riptide.

Ouyang Ling defeated Yu Tianheng in a spar, then began connecting with the future Imperial Battle Team during practical combat lessons. The chapter ended with Ye Lingling recognizing him as the boy who had bought Whale Glue from her father, while Ouyang Ling continued to deny remembering her.

• Ouyang Ling used Diamond Ice Dust Fist to destroy Yu Tianheng's thunder dragon, and Qin Ming stopped the remaining attack before declaring Ouyang the winner.
• Yu Tianheng accepted his loss, discussed their soul skills with Ouyang Ling, and invited him to spar again after he broke through level thirty.
• Qin Ming put the students through one-on-one battles, repeatedly pitting Yu Feng and Oslo against him while Ye Lingling healed them.
• Ouyang Ling used Deep Blue Purification to restore Yu Feng and Oslo's spirits, prompting Dugu Yan to suggest they could keep training with Ye Lingling and Ouyang's help.
• Dugu Yan introduced Ye Lingling to Ouyang Ling, and Ye Lingling recognized him as the child who had bought Whale Glue from her father while he pretended not to remember her.

During the semester, Ouyang Ling befriended Yu Tianheng’s group and helped the Shi Family brothers explore whether their Black Tortoise martial souls could produce a fusion skill. As the holiday began, he left the academy to meet Qian Renxue, whom he secretly called Sister Xue’er.

• Ouyang Ling sparred with the Shi Family brothers and defeated them after they used their coordinated Black Tortoise techniques against him.
• Ouyang Ling asked whether the brothers could merge their soul power, and they said their efforts to develop a Martial Soul Fusion Skill were beginning to work.
• The Shi Family brothers invited Ouyang Ling to dinner with their friends, but he declined because of a prior family matter and promised to cook for them another time.
• After parting with the brothers, Ouyang Ling left Heaven Dou Imperial Academy and greeted Qian Renxue as Brother Xue, then silently called her Sister Xue’er.

Ouyang Ling told Qian Renxue that Xue Beng might be feigning incompetence, and they discussed using the Fallen Ones as cover to cripple him without harming her claim to the throne. Qian Renxue also described her recruitment efforts at Shrek Academy, before Ouyang Ling revealed that Dugu Yan had been poisoned.

• Ouyang Ling told Qian Renxue about his suspicions that Xue Beng was pretending to be a wastrel, and she decided he must not be killed before she ascended the throne.
• Ouyang Ling suggested that the Fallen Ones could be blamed for crippling Xue Beng, and Qian Renxue approved the plan.
• Qian Renxue told Ouyang Ling she had assessed Shrek Academy's talented students and offered the academy free resources after Flander rejected her recruitment offer.
• Ouyang Ling told Qian Renxue that Dugu Yan had been poisoned.

Ouyang Ling persuaded Qian Renxue to let him use Dugu Yan’s poison as a way to draw in Dugu Bo and win his allegiance. Qian Renxue agreed but threatened to punish Ouyang Ling if Dugu Bo harmed him, while Ouyang Ling remained determined to obtain the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Eyes.

• Ouyang Ling told Qian Renxue that Dugu Yan’s poison likely came from birth and suggested that Dugu Bo might also be poisoned.
• Qian Renxue investigated the Dugu family and learned that physicians had attributed Dugu Bo’s condition to poisoning before they knew his identity.
• Ouyang Ling explained that he planned to cure Dugu Yan discreetly so Dugu Bo would discover the change and seek him out.
• Qian Renxue objected to Ouyang Ling approaching Dugu Bo alone but eventually agreed to his plan.
• Qian Renxue threatened to lock Ouyang Ling away until he reached Soul Sage or Titled Douluo if Dugu Bo attacked him.
• Ouyang Ling reaffirmed his determination to obtain the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Eyes and urged Dugu Bo not to disappoint him.

Ouyang Ling and the others gathered on a snowy hill for a barbecue, where they cooked, ate, and drank together. After Dugu Yan asked why he only called her by her surname, she challenged him to the fight they had previously agreed to, and Ouyang Ling eagerly accepted.

• Ouyang Ling and Yu Feng bought barbecue supplies in Heaven Dou City and joined the others on a hill outside the city.
• Yu Tianheng and Ouyang Ling started the grill, while Yu Feng and Oslo were sent to find game.
• Yu Feng and Oslo returned with a wild boar, a wild chicken, and rabbits, and Ouyang Ling prepared a beggar's chicken for the group.
• Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng fed each other while Ouyang Ling cooked, and everyone ate and drank until they were tipsy.
• Dugu Yan asked Ouyang Ling why he called her by her surname, and he said calling her Yanzi felt too ambiguous.
• Dugu Yan challenged Ouyang Ling to their previously agreed fight, and he accepted eagerly.

Ouyang Ling sparred with Dugu Yan and neutralized all three of her poison skills, proving that his water abilities countered her Jade Phosphor Snake. He then defeated her with a water prison, leaving Yu Tianheng startled to discover that she had turned black.

• Dugu Yan attacked Ouyang Ling with her Shadow-Seeking Snake Net and Blood-Boiling Poison, but he froze the snakes and absorbed the poison mist.
• Dugu Yan unleashed her Jade Phosphor Purple Poison, which Ouyang Ling erased with Deep Blue Purification.
• Yu Feng questioned whether Dugu Yan’s poison was real, and she punched him flying into the sky.
• Ouyang Ling used Vortex Water Cannon to trap Dugu Yan until she surrendered, then released her.
• Yu Tianheng helped Dugu Yan up and realized her skin had turned black.

After Ouyang Ling’s water cannon, Dugu Yan’s hair and eyes turned black, prompting concern from her friends. She returned home to ask her grandfather about the change and told him that her features had turned black.

• Dugu Yan discovered that her hair and eyes had turned black after Ouyang Ling’s water cannon, while she and the others could not explain why.
• Dugu Yan insisted she felt fine and planned to ask her grandfather, Poison Douluo, to examine her; Ouyang Ling gave her his address in case she needed help.
• The group cleaned the hill and left without Yu Feng, who returned to find everyone gone.
• Yu Tianheng asked Ouyang Ling whether the water had come from Deep Blue Purification, and Ye Lingling said she thought Dugu Yan’s change was a good thing.
• Dugu Yan returned to the Dugu Residence and told her grandfather that her hair and eyes had turned black.

Dugu Yan confronted Dugu Bo about the Jade Phosphor Snake Poison, and he revealed the truth about the Dugu Clan and her parents’ deaths. She brought him to Ouyang Ling, who was prepared for their visit and asked Dugu Bo whether a poisonous snake could be killed by its own venom.

• Dugu Bo examined Dugu Yan and realized her changed hair and eyes were real, but her poison had not been fully removed.
• Dugu Yan demanded the truth, and Dugu Bo confessed the Dugu Clan’s poisoning and the cause of her parents’ deaths.
• Dugu Yan persuaded Dugu Bo to take her to the person who had helped her, insisting she would lead him there herself.
• Ouyang Ling returned home, where Porcupinefish Douluo promised to protect him if Dugu Bo attacked.
• Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo arrived at Ouyang Ling’s residence, and Ouyang Ling welcomed them into the main hall.
• When Dugu Bo asked how he had cured Dugu Yan, Ouyang Ling asked whether a poisonous snake could be poisoned to death by its own venom.

Ouyang Ling explained that Dugu Bo’s family had been poisoned because Dugu Bo practiced Poison Cultivation, not because the Jade Phosphor Snake Martial Soul was flawed. Dugu Bo accepted the blame and offered Ouyang Ling three favors if he could cure Dugu Yan, then learned Ouyang Ling might also try to cure him.

• Ouyang Ling told Dugu Bo that poison-attribute beast martial souls did not normally poison their own masters and blamed Dugu Bo’s Poison Cultivation for his family’s suffering.
• Dugu Bo grabbed Ouyang Ling by the throat in anger, but Dugu Yan intervened and made him let go.
• Ouyang Ling explained that Dugu Bo’s deliberate cultivation of poison had caused the backlash, and Dugu Bo recalled how it had led to his family’s deaths.
• Dugu Bo accepted that Ouyang Ling was right and resolved to keep Dugu Yan from practicing Poison Cultivation after her poison was cured.
• Dugu Bo promised Ouyang Ling three favors if he cured Dugu Yan, and Ouyang Ling said he might also be able to try curing Dugu Bo.

Ouyang Ling cured Dugu Yan’s poison and offered Dugu Bo a way to preserve his poison cultivation using rare herbs from his medicinal garden. After Dugu Bo departed, Qian Renxue learned about the encounter and arranged for a comprehensive medicinal reference book for Ouyang Ling.

• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan agreed to be cured even if it meant losing the benefits of their poison cultivation, and Ouyang Ling offered an alternative method requiring rare herbs.
• Ouyang Ling used Deep Blue Purification to remove all the poison from Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo confirmed that she was free of toxins.
• Ouyang Ling told Dugu Yan to rest and nourish her body, then explained to Dugu Bo that he served Crown Prince Xue Qinghe but denied acting on the prince’s orders.
• Dugu Bo accepted Ouyang Ling’s explanation, gave him the address for his medicinal garden, and left with Dugu Yan.
• Porcupinefish Douluo reported the encounter to Qian Renxue, who sent him to Spirit Hall to obtain a comprehensive book on medicinal plants from Chrysanthemum Douluo.