Chapter Summaries

Xu Peinian refined two immortal herbs, reached Soul Power level thirty, and returned to Spirit City while Tang San and Yu Xiaogang dealt with the humiliating aftermath of Tang San’s new soul skills. At Spirit Hall Academy, Hu Liena asked Xu Peinian to spare some time for her.

• Xu Peinian consumed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum while Golden Crocodile Douluo stood guard, and Dugu Bo returned after refining the Earth Dragon Golden Melon and neutralizing his poison.
• Tang San used his Purple Demon Eyes to find Yu Xiaogang, the dean, and a dead man in the pink mist, then released his second soul skill to disperse it.
• Yu Xiaogang and the dean woke up, concealed what had happened, and asked Tang San whether his soul ring had given Blue Silver Grass the devouring trait.
• Xu Peinian finished refining the Eight-Petal Orchid, reached Soul Power level thirty, and returned to Spirit City with Golden Crocodile Douluo.
• After hearing his spies’ report about Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, Xu Peinian entered Spirit Hall Academy, where Hu Liena playfully asked him to spend time with her.

Xu Peinian chose Pleasant Goat’s abilities for his third soul ring and set off to cultivate with Hu Liena. Meanwhile, Qian Daoliu quietly hoped Xu Peinian would become a companion and future support for Qian Renxue, though Xu Peinian knew nothing of his plan.

• On the journey back, Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang whether someone was manipulating their misfortunes, and Yu Xiaogang grew uneasy as he considered the possibility.
• Xu Peinian reviewed three soul-ring choices and selected Pleasant Goat’s Hurricane Blade and Wisdom Bearer abilities, rejecting the luck-based Handsome Brother option.
• Hu Liena waited outside Xu Peinian’s dormitory in black stockings and persuaded him to go cultivate with her, while Yan watched them leave in distress.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo questioned Qian Daoliu’s favor toward Xu Peinian, and Qian Daoliu implied that he wanted Xu Peinian and Qian Renxue to grow close so Xu Peinian could keep her company and support her.

Xu Peinian, now Spirit Hall Academy’s top student, met Zhu Zhuqing again when she arrived to enroll, having come to find him. He took her to tour the academy while leaving Hu Liena, whose jealousy toward Zhu Zhuqing had surfaced, behind.

• Xu Peinian served as Spirit Hall Academy’s public face on recruitment day, while Hu Liena clung to him beside the registration area.
• Zhu Zhuqing introduced herself as a level thirty-one agility-attack battle Soul Elder and asked the registration student where Xu Peinian was.
• Zhu Zhuqing reunited with Xu Peinian and confirmed she had come to join Spirit Hall Academy after his earlier invitation.
• Hu Liena embraced Xu Peinian and watched Zhu Zhuqing with jealousy as the two young women met.
• Xu Peinian introduced Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena, then took Zhu Zhuqing to tour the academy.

Xu Peinian showed Zhu Zhuqing around Spirit Hall Academy, where she shared her resolve to become strong enough to control her fate and asked him to call her Zhuqing. He went to reassure jealous Hu Liena, but their conversation was interrupted by a familiar woman looking for him.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Xu Peinian that Aunt Ruo had sacrificed herself to protect her and said she wanted to become strong enough to control her own fate.
• Xu Peinian offered to help Zhu Zhuqing with any difficulties, and she accepted his kindness.
• Dugu Yan greeted Xu Peinian, and after she left, Zhu Zhuqing asked him to call her Zhuqing because they were friends.
• Zhu Zhuqing left to ask about her dormitory, and Xu Peinian headed to Hu Liena's courtyard to calm her jealousy.
• Hu Liena complained that Xu Peinian was spending time with Zhuqing, and he reassured her that she was the only one in his heart.
• A familiar woman arrived outside the courtyard and asked Xu Peinian if he lived there too.

Xu Peinian struggled to manage Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing after Zhu moved into the courtyard beside his, then left for the Elder Hall to consider his next steps. Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing were left separately wrestling with their feelings for him.

• Zhu Zhuqing revealed that the academy had assigned her the courtyard beside Xu Peinian's, and Hu Liena challenged her claim that she and Xu were only friends.
• Xu Peinian suggested moving away, but after both women objected, he ordered them back to their rooms.
• Xu Peinian considered seeking a powerful soul bone and recalled one near Holy Soul Village, where he might also deal with Tang Hao.
• Xu Peinian reviewed the offensive abilities of his fourth soul ring and decided to leave his Netherworld Blade's third and fourth soul-ring slots open for stronger soul beasts.
• Xu Peinian left for the Elder Hall while Hu Liena vented her frustration and Zhu Zhuqing quietly dwelled on their reunion.

Xu Peinian helped Zhu Zhuqing avoid an unwanted sparring partner and began training with her, promising to improve her physical condition. A month later, he set off with Zhu Zhuqing, Hu Liena, Golden Crocodile Douluo, and Light Feather Douluo to retrieve something that might lead them to a Spirit Hall enemy.

• Zhu Zhuqing asked to change sparring partners, but Teacher Wang refused until Xu Peinian bribed him with a reminder of the snow ginseng he had given him.
• Xu Peinian became Zhu Zhuqing's sparring partner, reassured her after training, and promised to show her a way to improve her physical condition.
• Over the next month, Xu Peinian trained and supervised Zhu Zhuqing while also making time for Hu Liena.
• Xu Peinian waited outside Spirit Hall Academy with Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena for Golden Crocodile Douluo and Light Feather Douluo to arrive.
• Xu Peinian asked the two Douluo to accompany him to retrieve something that might reveal an enemy of Spirit Hall, and the five of them departed.

After reaching Rank 91, Dugu Bo welcomed Xu Peinian and his companions to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Xu Peinian offered Zhu Zhuqing and Hu Liena immortal herbs. The chapter ended with Hu Liena spraying her blood onto the Lovesick Heartbreak Red to test whether it would accept her.

• Dugu Bo broke through to Rank 91 and greeted Xu Peinian when he arrived with his companions.
• Xu Peinian introduced the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and offered Zhu Zhuqing the Black Jade Divine Bamboo, which she chose to refine.
• Xu Peinian gave Hu Liena the Narcissus Jade Muscle and Bone and explained the legend and requirements of the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• Hu Liena approached the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and sprayed blood onto its petals as everyone watched.

Hu Liena revealed that she loved Xu Peinian, and he persuaded Golden Crocodile Douluo and Light Feather Douluo to let her remain close to him. He left Dugu Bo to guard Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing while he departed with the two elders.

• Hu Liena accepted the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and Zhu Zhuqing wondered who Hu Liena loved as she felt an ache in her heart.
• Hu Liena kissed Xu Peinian and told him she had never loved anyone but him, leaving him flustered.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo pressured Hu Liena over her feelings, but Xu Peinian asked him and Light Feather Douluo to spare her and argued that she could be won over from Bibi Dong.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo and Light Feather Douluo withdrew their pressure, while Hu Liena chose to keep the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and absorb Narcissus Jade Muscle and Bone instead.
• Xu Peinian asked Dugu Bo to guard Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing, then left with Golden Crocodile Douluo and Light Feather Douluo.

Xu Peinian led Golden Crocodile Douluo and Light Feather Douluo to Tang Hao’s hidden chamber, where they found Ah Yin and the Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone. Back at Spirit Hall Academy, Zhu Zhuqing watched Xu Peinian leave with Hu Liena and walked away alone, unwilling to return to her dormitory.

• Xu Peinian searched Holy Soul Village with Golden Crocodile Douluo and Light Feather Douluo, then guided them to the waterfall behind which Tang Hao’s chamber was hidden.
• The three entered the chamber and found Ah Yin, the Blue Silver Emperor, growing beneath an opening in the ceiling.
• Xu Peinian touched Ah Yin’s leaves and uncovered a hidden compartment containing the Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo took Ah Yin away with the earth mound, and the group returned to Spirit City with the soul bone.
• After returning to Spirit Hall Academy, Zhu Zhuqing watched Xu Peinian walk away beside Hu Liena, then chose not to go back to the dormitory.

Xu Peinian learned that Zhu Zhuqing had left without saying goodbye and sent someone to watch over her while he stayed behind with Hu Liena. Zhu Zhuqing registered at the Suotuo Great Soul Arena, where she prepared for her first battle.

• Xu Peinian ordered a black-clothed bishop to follow Zhu Zhuqing without revealing himself unless there was an emergency.
• Hu Liena lured Xu Peinian back to the dormitory with a revealing outfit, and they spent the night together.
• Zhu Zhuqing entered the Suotuo Great Soul Arena and registered as an Iron Soul Battle contestant to improve her combat skills.
• Zhu Zhuqing was announced as the opponent of Niu Lai in her first one-on-one match at the Eighteenth Spirit Arena.

Zhu Zhuqing won ten consecutive solo battles in Suotuo City and watched the Imperial Fighting Team defeat its opponents. Xu Peinian learned that Zhuqing and the team were at the same arena and decided to wait before appearing.

• Zhu Zhuqing defeated Niu Lai with a single strike and continued winning battles at the Great Soul Arena.
• Xu Peinian learned that Zhu Zhuqing had gone to Suotuo City and asked Grandpa Qian to arrange for a consecrated one to accompany him there.
• Zhu Zhuqing won her tenth consecutive solo match and advanced to Silver Soul Fighter.
• Zhu Zhuqing watched the Imperial Fighting Team defeat another seven-member team without suffering injuries.
• Xu Peinian learned that Zhu Zhuqing and the Imperial Fighting Team were at the arena, then decided not to show himself yet.

Xu Peinian watched Zhu Zhuqing defeat Osler in the Great Soul Arena, but after Yu Tianheng was arranged as her next opponent, she lost to him and left battered. Xu Peinian arrived at the Sixth Soul Arena just afterward and saw Zhu Zhuqing’s defeat and Osler’s mockery.

• Xu Peinian entered the Great Soul Arena in disguise and watched Zhu Zhuqing face Osler, a level-thirty-six Ghost Leopard Soul Master.
• Osler attacked from above, but Zhu Zhuqing evaded him and defeated him with Hell Stab and Nether Slash, ending his fight with a surrender.
• Arena officials arranged for Yu Tianheng to face Zhu Zhuqing next, while Xu Peinian left for his own spirit battle.
• Yu Tianheng defeated Zhu Zhuqing, who left the arena injured as he acknowledged that she had managed to wound him.
• Osler mocked Zhu Zhuqing for losing, and Xu Peinian arrived at the Sixth Soul Arena and saw her battered and dejected.

Xu Peinian comforted Zhu Zhuqing after her defeat, then fought his way through the Soul Battle Arena under the name Netherworld and demanded a match against Yu Tianheng. The chapter ended as their highly anticipated battle began, with Zhu Zhuqing watching anxiously from the VIP room.

• Xu Peinian found Zhu Zhuqing in the contestants' lounge, comforted her, and left medicine for her injuries before departing.
• Xu Peinian won ten consecutive one-on-one matches and insisted on fighting until he faced Yu Tianheng.
• The arena arranged a match between Xu Peinian, now known as Ghost-Masked Netherworld, and undefeated Silver Soul Fighter Yu Tianheng.
• Zhu Zhuqing watched from the VIP room as Xu Peinian and Yu Tianheng traded taunts on the main platform.
• Doudou announced the start of the battle, and Yu Tianheng summoned his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul while Xu Peinian gripped his blade.

Xu Peinian defeated Yu Tianheng in the Soul Fighting Arena with the second form of the Netherworld Three Forms, leaving him severely wounded but alive. He reminded Yu Tianheng that he had been the challenger, then left the story with the match decided.

• Yu Tianheng attacked Xu Peinian with his dragonized arm, but their first clash ended without either gaining a clear advantage.
• Xu Peinian used Netherworld Soul-Luring to cut Yu Tianheng’s back, provoking him to activate Thunderous Fury and unleash a barrage of lightning arrows.
• Xu Peinian countered the lightning arrows with Cold Nether Maelstrom, then prepared his strongest attack as Yu Tianheng charged at him.
• Xu Peinian struck Yu Tianheng with Senluo Soul-Slaying, severing his right arm and leaving him unconscious with severe chest and abdominal wounds.
• Xu Peinian woke Yu Tianheng by striking his cheeks with his blade and told him, “You are the challenger.”

Xu Peinian defeated Yu Tianheng, then confronted the Imperial Fighting Team after Osler insulted Zhu Zhuqing. Dai Mubai arrived and claimed Zhu Zhuqing was his arranged fiancée, but she denied it, leaving both men facing off.

• Xu Peinian defeated Yu Tianheng, who was carried away for treatment, and reunited with Zhu Zhuqing below the stage.
• Osler insulted Zhu Zhuqing, and Xu Peinian demanded that the Imperial Fighting Team punish him before they could leave.
• Dai Mubai arrived with Tang San and the others and ordered Xu Peinian to release Zhu Zhuqing's hand.
• Dai Mubai claimed Zhu Zhuqing was his arranged fiancée, but Zhu Zhuqing rejected his claim.
• Xu Peinian shielded Zhu Zhuqing and challenged Dai Mubai's right to call her his fiancée.

Xu Peinian and Zhu Zhuqing confronted Dai Mubai and the Shrek Six Monsters after Dai Mubai claimed Zhu Zhuqing was his fiancée. Xu Peinian defeated them, but Flender and Yu Xiaogang arrived, prompting him to call for his grandfather.

• Xu Peinian revealed his identity to Dai Mubai, and Tang San recognized him as a former Notting Academy classmate with Innate Full Soul Power.
• Dai Mubai and the Shrek Six Monsters challenged Xu Peinian to fight outside the Soul Arena, and Zhu Zhuqing joined Xu Peinian despite his confidence that he could win alone.
• Xu Peinian struck Dai Mubai down with Netherworld Demon Slash, then used Dreamland Gravity and a barrage of blade attacks to defeat Tang San and the other four Monsters.
• Flender and Yu Xiaogang arrived and angrily confronted Xu Peinian, who called out for his Fifth Grandpa to face them.

Xu Peinian and Light Feather Douluo confronted Flender’s group, but Tang Hao intervened and fought Light Feather long enough to escape with Tang San and Gangzi. Light Feather pursued them after shooting Tang Hao down, while Xu Peinian and Zhu Zhuqing stayed behind to wait for news.

• Light Feather Douluo appeared at Xu Peinian’s request and used his pressure to pin Yu Xiaogang and Flender down.
• Xu Peinian ordered Light Feather to kill the group but spare the rabbit, and Light Feather prepared to shoot them with his divine bow.
• Tang Hao arrived and shattered Light Feather’s arrow, then asked him to spare Flender and the others.
• Flender escaped with Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and others, while Tang Hao fought Light Feather and fled with Tang San and Gangzi.
• Light Feather struck Tang Hao down with a pursuing arrow and rushed after him, leaving Xu Peinian and Zhu Zhuqing beside the unconscious Ning Rongrong.
• Xu Peinian reassured Zhu Zhuqing that she had not caused trouble, and they waited for Light Feather to return.

After Spirit Hall's ambush failed to capture Tang Hao and the others, Xu Peinian took Ning Rongrong prisoner and tried to force her to cooperate with Spirit Hall. The chapter ended with Ning Rongrong detained in Spirit City's prison and Xu Peinian offering her a way to avoid further mistreatment by abandoning Shrek Academy and helping forge ties with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Light Feather Douluo returned after Tang Hao escaped, and Xu Peinian reassured him before taking Zhu Zhuqing back toward Spirit Hall.
• Spirit Hall forces began a large-scale search for someone in the surrounding area.
• Ning Rongrong woke in a filthy prison cell and recognized Xu Peinian, who told her she was in Spirit City's Heavenly Prison.
• When Ning Rongrong threatened him with her family's power, Xu Peinian slapped her repeatedly until she fell silent, then applied ointment to her swollen cheeks.
• Xu Peinian told Ning Rongrong that Shrek had abandoned her and offered to spare her further suffering if she left Shrek Academy and helped Spirit Hall establish a relationship with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Xu Peinian forced Ning Rongrong to accept Spirit Hall’s terms and sent her to be cared for, while Ning Fengzhi learned of her capture and prepared to go to Spirit Hall to negotiate. The chapter ended with Chen Xin accompanying him and Gu Rong staying behind to guard the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Xu Peinian found Ning Rongrong frightened and unconscious in her cell, then forced her to swallow a pill and threatened her into agreeing to help Spirit Hall form a partnership with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Xu Peinian ordered Spirit Hall attendants to take Ning Rongrong away and ensure she was properly cared for.
• Ning Fengzhi received a letter from Xu Peinian revealing that Ning Rongrong had been captured and that Shrek Academy’s headmaster had abandoned her after a failed fight.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong agreed that Ning Fengzhi would go to Spirit Hall with Chen Xin, while Gu Rong remained to guard the sect.

Xu Peinian manipulated Ning Rongrong into distrusting Shrek Academy and considering a future at Spirit Hall Academy before bringing her to meet Ning Fengzhi. The chapter ended with Ning Rongrong defending her choice as Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin confronted the Spirit Hall elders.

• Xu Peinian told Ning Rongrong that Shrek Academy had abandoned her and promised her a place at Spirit Hall Academy, then arranged for Zhu Zhuqing to keep her company and influence her.
• Three days later, Xu Peinian brought Ning Rongrong to meet Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin at the Spirit Hall Reception Hall.
• Xu Peinian told Ning Fengzhi that the meeting concerned cooperation and his daughter, prompting Ning Fengzhi to object to Rongrong being kept at Spirit Hall.
• Ning Rongrong said she wanted to study at Spirit Hall Academy because Shrek Academy had abandoned her, while Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin suspected she had been threatened.
• Chen Xin and Golden Crocodile Douluo released their pressure against each other, and Ning Rongrong called for them to wait.