Chapter Summaries

Ning Chen and Ye Lingling registered as the Star Sea Team and entered their first two-person spirit battle at the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena. Their opponents, the level forty-four assault Soul Ancestors Zhao Lie and Qian Yan, released their Martial Souls as the match began.

• Qin Ming led the group to the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena and assigned Ye Lingling to partner with Ning Chen in two-person battles.
• Ning Chen and Ye Lingling registered as the Star Sea Team, with Ning Chen agreeing to fight alongside her without conserving his Soul Power for solo matches.
• The Star Sea Team was assigned to face Zhao Lie and Qian Yan of the Crimson Flame Team in the seventh subsidiary spirit arena.
• The host introduced Ning Chen as Cao Benqi, a level forty-seven assault-type Battle Soul Ancestor, and Ye Lingling as a level thirty-five Support-type Soul Elder, prompting jeers from the audience and their opponents.
• Ning Chen told Ye Lingling to ignore the mockery and focus on healing him, and Zhao Lie and Qian Yan released their Martial Souls as the match prepared to begin.

Ning Chen dominated the opening of the match against the Crimson Flame Team, turning aside Zhao Lie and Qian Yan’s attacks while protecting Ye Lingling. He left Qian Yan knocked out of the arena and Zhao Lie injured, with the spectators stunned.

• Zhao Lie and Qian Yan launched a coordinated attack on Ning Chen, but he dodged Zhao Lie’s punch and redirected Qian Yan’s Flame Slash into the arena barrier.
• Zhao Lie and Qian Yan followed with a barrage and a flanking blade vortex, but Ning Chen blocked Zhao Lie with Stellar Shield and powered himself up with Stellar Force Surge.
• Ning Chen struck Zhao Lie with an amplified punch, sending him skidding to the edge of the arena with injured hands.
• Qian Yan bypassed Ning Chen and attacked Ye Lingling, but Ning Chen’s Stellar Shield appeared to protect her.
• Ning Chen used Voidstep to reach Qian Yan and punched him out of the arena, leaving the spectators and host speechless.

After winning their Contest Arena match, Ning Chen persuaded Ye Lingling to try the more dangerous Gambling Arena and wagered one thousand Gold Soul Coins on their team. As they waited for their match, a leering man approached and propositioned Ye Lingling.

• Ning Chen defeated Zhao Lie's partner, and Zhao Lie surrendered, giving Star Sea Team the victory.
• Ning Chen invited Ye Lingling to try the Gambling Arena, and she agreed to go with him.
• Ning Chen and Ye Lingling registered as a Soul Ancestor-level team and wagered one thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• A lanky man approached them in the waiting area, insulted Ning Chen, and propositioned Ye Lingling.

Ning Chen and Ye Lingling faced the Wind Wolf brothers, Feng Ying and Feng Sun, after Feng Ying insulted Ye Lingling. As the match began, Ning Chen blocked Feng Ying’s attack and used Starlight Chains to pull Feng Sun away from Ye Lingling.

• Feng Ying provoked Ye Lingling with lewd insults, and Ning Chen calmly warned him that he would pay for them.
• Feng Ying and Feng Sun challenged Ning Chen and Ye Lingling in the Spirit Arena, and the host announced their match.
• Feng Ying and Feng Sun revealed their Wind Wolf Martial Souls and attacked Ning Chen from both sides, with Feng Sun targeting Ye Lingling.
• Ning Chen blocked Feng Ying’s Wind Wolf Claw with Stellar Shield and used Starlight Chains to yank Feng Sun off course.
• Ning Chen pulled Feng Sun toward him with the Starlight Chains.

Ning Chen defeated Feng Sun and Feng Ying with two crushing punches, securing the Star Sea Team’s victory before winning five more gambling matches with Ye Lingling. After Ye Lingling’s Soul Power ran low, she returned to recover, while Ning Chen decided to keep fighting solo matches.

• Ning Chen used Stellar Force Surge to evade Feng Ying and crippled Feng Sun with a punch.
• Ning Chen shattered Feng Ying’s Wind Wolf’s Fury and struck him down, winning the match for the Star Sea Team.
• Ning Chen and Ye Lingling won five more consecutive gambling matches, with Ye Lingling healing him after each battle.
• After seven battles left Ye Lingling nearly out of Soul Power, Ning Chen told her to rest before the team battle.
• Qin Ming sent Ye Lingling to recover, and Ning Chen returned to the Gambling District to fight solo matches.

Qin Ming moved the Emperor Team from Heaven Dou City to Suotuo City so they could face opponents who would fight without fearing the team’s connections. After half a year of hard training, most members had reached Silver Soul status, while Ning Chen had earned a Gold Soul badge, but the team still needed one more victory to reach Silver in team battles.

• After opponents in Heaven Dou City repeatedly held back or forfeited, Qin Ming decided to take the Emperor Team to Suotuo City for more serious matches.
• The Emperor Team traveled to Suotuo City and began competing at the Soto Great Soul Arena.
• Over six months, Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, Shi Mo and Shi Mo, Yu Feng, Osler, and Ye Lingling earned Silver Soul badges, while Ning Chen became the team’s first Gold Soul.
• The Emperor Team struggled in team battles without Ning Chen and remained one victory short of Silver status.
• The team’s next opponent was the Mad Battle Team, a notorious group of Soul Elders known for fierce, brutal matches.

Qin Ming briefed the Emperor Team on the Mad Battle Team, and they defeated them without Ning Chen joining the fight. As the Emperor Team prepared for its final Soto team battle against the Shrek Seven Devils, Ning Chen remained intent on making Ning Rongrong and Ning Fengzhi pay for the original owner's death.

• Qin Ming warned the Emperor Team about the Mad Battle Team's strength and ruthless tactics, but Ning Chen declined to fight.
• The Emperor Team kept its original lineup and defeated the Mad Battle Team, earning a Silver Soul Badge for team battles.
• Ning Chen recalled that Ning Rongrong had escaped meaningful punishment for the original owner's death and resolved to make her and Ning Fengzhi pay.
• Four days later, the Emperor Team gathered in its VIP lounge before its final team battle in Suotuo City, which was against the Shrek Seven Devils.
• Yu Feng and Osler joked with the team, while only Ye Lingling sat close to Ning Chen.

Qin Ming and Yu Xiaogang warned their teams that the Shrek Seven Devils’ match against Emperor Team would be a serious challenge, especially with the formidable Cao Benqi likely to fight. Tang San rallied his teammates, and the highly anticipated battle began at Soto Great Soul Arena as the host introduced the teams.

• Qin Ming presented Emperor Team with information about the Shrek Seven Devils, and Ning Chen warned that Tang San was a formidable strategist and fighter.
• Ning Chen volunteered to fight for Emperor Team, and Qin Ming agreed to let him take the field.
• Yu Xiaogang warned the Shrek Seven Devils that Cao Benqi was stronger than Yu Tianheng and might join the match.
• Tang San encouraged his teammates to believe they could win, and Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun rallied behind him.
• Yu Xiaogang entrusted Tang San with the team's battle plan, and both teams entered the central arena as Doudou began introducing them.

Emperor Team and the Shrek Seven Devils began their Spirit Arena battle with all fourteen contestants displaying optimal Spirit Ring configurations. Yu Tianheng and Dai Mubai clashed head-on, while Tang San’s tactics helped the Shrek team counter Emperor Team’s attempts to surround them; the battle continued with Yu Tianheng trapped among the Seven Devils.

• Doudou sent Emperor Team and the Shrek Seven Devils onto the stage, where both teams released their Martial Souls and drew an excited response from the spectators.
• Yu Tianheng charged Dai Mubai with Thunderclap Dragon Claw, but Dai Mubai blocked him with White Tiger Barrier, and their first clash ended in a draw.
• When the Shi brothers tried to surround Dai Mubai, Tang San pulled him back with Blue Silver Grass, and Ning Rongrong amplified Dai Mubai’s strength as he faced the brothers.
• Yu Tianheng broke away to attack Tang San, but Tang San evaded him with elusive footwork and left him isolated inside the Shrek Seven Devils’ encirclement.
• Tang San restrained Yu Tianheng with Blue Silver Grass, while Zhuqing used Ning Rongrong’s speed support to slip past Yu Feng.

The Shrek Seven Devils coordinated a relentless assault that badly injured Yu Tianheng, but Dugu Yan answered with her Jade-Scale Purple Poison. Tang San neutralized the poison with realgar wine, leaving Dugu Yan and Ning Chen stunned.

• Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Tang San, and Xiao Wu trapped Yu Tianheng in a coordinated attack, forcing him to unleash Thunderous Fury.
• Dai Mubai clashed with Yu Tianheng, and Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu followed up with attacks that left Yu Tianheng seriously injured.
• Dugu Yan sprayed Jade-Scale Purple Poison across the arena, forcing Tang San to pull his teammates back from the poisonous mist.
• Tang San threw water skins of realgar wine into the venom, and Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun's attacks turned the wine into mist that neutralized the poison.
• Dugu Yan cried out in shock, while Ning Chen wondered what made Tang's realgar wine effective against snake venom.

The Shrek Seven Devils continued fighting the Imperial Fighting Team after Ye Lingling healed Yu Tianheng. The Shi brothers badly injured Xiao Wu, sending Tang San into a fury as the battle intensified.

• Ye Lingling healed Yu Tianheng, who returned to the fight and reassured Dugu Yan.
• The teams clashed across the arena, with Xiao Wu struggling to hold off the Shi brothers while the others fought their opponents.
• The Shi brothers used their tortoiseshell shields to trap Xiao Wu in a storm of spinning fragments and wound her severely.
• Tang San abandoned his fight with Ning Chen, rescued Xiao Wu, and tried to stop her bleeding and heal her.
• Dugu Yan ordered her team to press forward, while Ma Hongjun powered up and attacked her with Phoenix Fire Line.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing used Hell White Tiger to knock Yu Tianheng and Yu Feng off the stage, but both were left unable to continue fighting. Enraged over Xiao Wu’s injuries, Tang San attacked the Shi brothers with his Eight Spider Lances, and Ning Chen intervened; their fight began with Ning Chen gaining the upper hand.

• Dai Mubai called Zhu Zhuqing to him, and they combined their powers to summon Hell White Tiger.
• Hell White Tiger defeated Yu Tianheng and Yu Feng, sending both off the stage before Zhu Zhuqing passed out and Dai Mubai lost the ability to fight.
• Tang San manifested his Eight Spider Lances and charged at the Shi brothers, while the lances absorbed Dugu Yan’s poison.
• Ning Chen shoved the Shi brothers out of danger and blocked Tang San’s attack with his Starlight Bracer.
• Tang San attacked Ning Chen with his Eight Spider Lances and Blue Silver Grass, but Ning Chen evaded and countered, breaking the grass restraint and closing in with a heavy punch.

Ning Chen overwhelmed Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils, securing victory for the Imperial Fighting Team. After the battle, Qin Ming warned Ning Chen that he had gone too far and left to handle other matters.

• Ning Chen shattered Tang San's Eight Spider Lances with Thousand Peaks Shaking Mountains and knocked him unconscious.
• Ning Chen used Illusory Stars on Oscar and Ning Rongrong, kicked Oscar away, and seriously injured Ning Rongrong with a punch.
• Flender caught Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu before they hit the ground, while Ning Chen restrained his killing intent.
• The host Doudou announced the Imperial Fighting Team's victory, though its members recognized that Ning Chen had decided the battle.
• Qin Ming told Ning Chen he had been too heavy-handed, and Ning Chen replied that Tang San had meant to kill him.
• Qin Ming sent the team back and hurried away to handle other matters.

After the Imperial Fighting Team defeated the Shrek Seven Devils, Qin Ming apologized to his former academy, while Yu Xiaogang left with Tang San, stung by the loss. Ning Chen later went to Shrek Academy at night, where a powerful stranger stopped him with killing intent.

• Yu Feng and the Imperial Fighting Team discussed Qin Ming’s connection to Shrek Academy, and Ning Chen and the others defended Benqi’s actions in the match.
• Qin Ming greeted Flender and Zhao Wuji, apologized to the Shrek Seven Devils, and learned that Yu Xiaogang had taken Tang San away in anger.
• Two days later, Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan prepared to hunt for Spirit Rings while the rest of the Imperial Fighting Team remained in Suotuo City to train.
• Ning Chen learned where Shrek Academy was and went there at night, intending to approach Ning Rongrong.
• A broad, powerful man beneath an old locust tree confronted Ning Chen with overwhelming killing intent.

Ning Chen’s nighttime attack on Ning Rongrong was derailed when Tang Hao discovered him and pursued him through the forest. Tang Hao recognized the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda as a potential threat to Xiao Wu and struck at Ning Chen, whose eighth Soul Ring activated at the last moment.

• Tang Hao noticed Ning Chen near Shrek Academy and questioned whether he recognized him, so Ning Chen used Voidstep to flee.
• Tang Hao pursued Ning Chen, who used the Nine Yang Divine Skill and the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s speed boost to escape through the forest.
• Tang Hao saw Ning Chen’s nine-tiered pagoda and suspected he could detect Xiao Wu’s identity as a transformed soul beast.
• Tang Hao summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and his nine Soul Rings, then swung the hammer at Ning Chen’s back.
• As the fatal blow descended, Ning Chen’s eighth Soul Ring lit up.

Ning Chen used his eighth soul skill, Nine Treasure Divine Light Body Protection, to survive Tang Hao’s attacks, but each hammer blow weakened his defenses. After failing to persuade Tang Hao to spare him, Ning Chen stopped pleading and prepared to fight back.

• Ning Chen’s protective light withstood Tang Hao’s first physical strike, but the blow staggered him as he tried to flee.
• Tang Hao struck Ning Chen again with a stronger, Soul Power-charged hammer blow, sending him crashing across the ground while his protective light dimmed.
• Ning Chen appealed to their ties to the Upper Three Sects, but Tang Hao dismissed him and declared that he must die.
• Ning Chen realized Tang Hao was killing him to protect Tang San and Xiao Wu, then abandoned his humble act and confronted him.
• Ning Chen unleashed his level eighty-three Soul Douluo aura and filled his Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda with nine-colored light.

Ning Chen used the Nine Treasure True Body and Thousand Mountains Formula to confront Tang Hao, first striking with five phantom mountains and then merging their power into his body. Tang Hao acknowledged Ning Chen’s strength but unleashed a crushing hammer blow, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Ning Chen activated Nine Treasure True Body and enhanced himself with his first six spirit skills.
• Ning Chen dodged Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer and attacked him with five phantom mountains from the Thousand Mountains Formula.
• Tang Hao shattered all five phantom mountains with precise hammer strikes, though the force drove the ground beneath him downward.
• Ning Chen summoned the phantom mountains again and merged them into his body, transforming his aura and challenging Tang Hao to kill him.
• Tang Hao admitted he had underestimated Ning Chen, then stepped forward and brought down a powerful Clear Sky Hammer strike.

Ning Chen fought Tang Hao and briefly matched one of his hammer strikes, but Tang Hao's Clear Sky Avatar overwhelmed him. Ning Chen survived the crushing blow and vowed to remember the defeat.

• Ning Chen fused seven phantom mountain peaks into his body and met Tang Hao's hammer strike with a punch, ending their clash in a draw.
• Tang Hao activated his seventh Spirit Ring and used Clear Sky Avatar to bring down his enormous Clear Sky Hammer.
• Ning Chen fused all ten phantom mountain peaks into himself and launched an all-out punch against Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao remained standing after the collision, while Ning Chen was hurled away and left severely wounded with a broken right arm.
• Ning Chen sat up, told Tang Hao he would remember this, and left Tang Hao frowning at his defiance.

Ning Chen escaped Tang Hao’s fatal attack with a Minor Teleportation Talisman and returned to Suotuo City after treating his grave wounds. Tang Hao decided Xiao Wu should return to the Star Dou Great Forest, while Ning Chen began recovering at the Imperial Fighting Team’s lodging.

• As Tang Hao prepared to kill him, Ning Chen activated a Minor Teleportation Talisman and vanished before the Clear Sky Hammer struck.
• Tang Hao realized Ning Chen had escaped and worried that Gu Rong and Chen Xin could threaten Xiao Wu, so he decided she should return to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Ning Chen reappeared in a forest over a hundred kilometers from Suotuo City, where he used medicinal herbs and the Nine Yang Divine Skill to stabilize his injuries.
• After leaving the forest, Ning Chen returned to the Imperial Fighting Team’s lodging in Suotuo City and continued treating his wounds with herbs and the Nine Yang Divine Skill.
• Ning Chen restored some movement to his arm but concluded that his internal injuries would take ten days to half a month to heal.

After escaping Tang Hao, Ning Chen returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and pushed himself to cultivate, inspiring his teammates to train harder as well. Two months later, Ye Lingling told him that Shrek Academy had arrived to join the academy but had already clashed with Prince Xue Beng.

• Ning Chen returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy with the Imperial Fighting Team after their soul-beast hunt and resolved to cultivate until he could protect himself from threats like Tang Hao.
• Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, the Shi brothers, Yu Feng, Osler, and Ye Lingling all trained harder after seeing Ning Chen's dedication, while Qin Ming watched over Ye Lingling to keep her from overtraining.
• Two months later, Ye Lingling told Ning Chen that the Shrek Seven Devils and their teachers had come to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to join it.
• Ye Lingling warned Ning Chen that Shrek Academy had clashed with Prince Xue Beng and that he would likely ask Prince Xue Xing to make trouble for them.