Chapter Summaries

Xuan Jian defeated Shrek and humiliated Yu Xiaogang in public, while Ning Fengzhi considered whether Gu Yuan might be an even greater talent. As Lin Yuan watched for a chance to target Zhang Qing, Xuan Gu Old Demon secretly proposed they work together.

• Xuan Jian swiftly defeated Shrek, and the referee declared Spirit Hall Academy's reserve team the winner.
• Ning Fengzhi recalled the mysterious soul master with a red soul ring and wondered if Gu Yuan had been the person they pursued, then suggested visiting Ning Rongrong at Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Lin Yuan's hired shills questioned Xuan Jian and Yu Xiaogang, and Xuan Jian exposed Yu Xiaogang's poor knowledge until Yu Xiaogang fled in humiliation.
• Lin Yuan lamented that Zhang Qing remained protected by Shi Nian and the two Titled Douluos, Chrysanthemum Ghost.
• Xuan Gu Old Demon secretly contacted Lin Yuan and proposed joining forces against Zhang Qing.

Lin Yuan confronted Xuan Gu Old Demon after the old demon revealed he knew Lin Yuan was a Transmigrator from Blue Star. Xuan Gu proposed they cooperate to kill Zhang Qing, but Lin Yuan remained wary and ended by accepting that Xuan Gu really was the shameless original.

• Xuan Gu repeatedly contacted Lin Yuan telepathically and threatened to expose his identity if he kept pretending not to hear.
• Lin Yuan countered that he would reveal Xuan Gu’s Profound Yin Art to Xuan Jian and the Spirit Hall, and Xuan Gu said he was the real Xuan Gu rather than an impostor.
• Xuan Gu explained that he had detected Lin Yuan spying and tracked him by probing hotels and inns with secret arts while disguising himself.
• Xuan Gu praised Lin Yuan’s plot involving Yu Xiaogang and Xuan Jian, then suggested they cooperate to kill Zhang Qing before competing on their own.
• Xuan Gu claimed he had been reincarnated in a village after Han Li defeated him and that he had killed a Transmigrator who tried to attack him.
• Lin Yuan said Xuan Gu’s shamelessness convinced him that he was the real Xuan Gu.

Lin Yuan rejected Xuan Gu’s suspicious offer of cooperation and watched several factions pursue their own plans after Shrek’s defeat. When Tang Weiwei left the arena, Lin Yuan secretly followed her to investigate whether she possessed a system.

• Xuan Gu taught Lin Yuan the Form-Changing Art and asked him to cooperate, but Lin Yuan postponed his answer for three days while doubting his motives.
• Tang San left the Great Soul Arena alone after his defeat, while Tang Weiwei considered using her system again to help him grow stronger.
• Shi Nian lured Tang San out of Heaven Dou City as Xuan Gu and Tang Hao followed them, and Lin Yuan tracked their movements with his Golden Lightning Domain.
• Zhu Qing and Ning Rongrong followed Tang Weiwei, while Xuan Jian sent the Counterfeit Six Sword Slaves after her and Zhang Qing worried that Shi Nian would be killed by Tang Hao.
• Lin Yuan decided to follow Tang Weiwei secretly to find out whether she was another system owner.

Tang Weiwei used three encounters to obtain rewards for Tang San, while Lin Yuan followed the group. Zhu Qing and Ning Rongrong ambushed Tang Weiwei in the grove, but the Six Sword Slaves killed their three Soul Sage guards and cornered them.

• Tang Weiwei booked three hotel rooms, changed into a Shrek uniform and mask, and began pursuing rewards through encounters with boys.
• After her second session, Tang Weiwei received a hundred-thousand-year soft bone rabbit left arm bone and hurried to secure another reward for Tang San.
• Tang Weiwei received a Spirit Descent Talisman after her third session, then ran toward the grove, unaware that Shi Nian had already lured Tang San outside Heaven Dou City.
• Lin Yuan followed the group in disguise, intending to intervene and take Tang Weiwei's treasures.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Qing ambushed Tang Weiwei in the grove, knocking her unconscious and taking her Soul Tool.
• The Six Sword Slaves surrounded Ning Rongrong and Zhu Qing after killing their three Soul Sage guards, leaving the two women terrified.

The Six Sword Slaves cornered Zhu Qing and Ning Rongrong, but Lin Yuan rescued them and killed Tang Weiwei in their place. He confronted the six Soul Sages with his fifth soul skill, Hell Prison Divine Thunder, leaving the outcome of the attack unresolved.

• The Six Sword Slaves attacked Zhu Qing and Ning Rongrong, who believed they were about to die.
• Lin Yuan carried Zhu Qing and Ning Rongrong to safety, causing the Six Sword Slaves to strike and kill Tang Weiwei instead.
• The Six Sword Slaves recognized Lin Yuan and launched a coordinated attack to stop him from using a soul skill.
• Lin Yuan revealed his soul rings and unleashed Hell Prison Divine Thunder at the Six Sword Slaves.
• The golden lightning sphere erupted into a massive, target-locking blast that the Six Sword Slaves could only face head-on.

Lin Yuan obliterated the Six Sword Slaves and Tang Weiwei, rescued Zhu Qing and Ning Rongrong, and took the soul bones and Tang Weiwei's system. He left Shrek Academy in disguise after hearing that Ning Rongrong had been collecting immortal herbs for him.

• Lin Yuan used Hell Prison Divine Thunder to destroy the Six Sword Slaves and caught the soul bones and Tang Weiwei's Female Player System from the aftermath.
• Lin Yuan reunited with Zhu Qing and Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Qing thanked him for saving her again.
• Ning Rongrong demanded to choose an item from Tang Weiwei's Storage Soul Tool, but Lin Yuan took it and flew away when he sensed people approaching.
• Ning Rongrong broke down over losing Tang Weiwei and the chance to obtain immortal herbs for Gu Yuan, while Zhu Qing tried to comfort her.
• Lin Yuan left Shrek Academy in disguise and realized Ning Rongrong had been gathering immortal herbs for him.

Ning Rongrong repeated Lin Yuan’s account of Tang Weiwei’s alleged behavior and attempted murder, while Gu Rong and Ning Fengzhi confronted Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong. Flender confirmed Tang Weiwei had booked rooms with different men two years earlier, and the group learned that a mysterious Titled Douluo had killed Tang Weiwei and three Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect guards.

• Lin Yuan used his spiritual network to tell Ning Rongrong what to say in exchange for an immortal herb for her sweetheart.
• Ning Rongrong accused Tang Weiwei of trying to kill her and Zhu Qing, prompting Yu Xiaogang to demand evidence and Liu Erlong to threaten her.
• Gu Rong slapped Liu Erlong after she insulted Ning Rongrong, while Ning Fengzhi urged her to show respect to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Rongrong said Tang Weiwei had revealed a Clear Sky Hammer martial soul and tried to silence her and Zhu Qing after they witnessed her with several men.
• Flender confirmed he had seen Tang Weiwei booking rooms with different men two years earlier, and Ning Rongrong reported that a Titled Douluo with a Golden Giant Dragon martial soul had killed Tang Weiwei and three guards.
• Gu Rong asked Ning Fengzhi about the mysterious Titled Douluo and his powerful lightning attack.

Ning Rongrong claimed Zhu Qing’s boyfriend had rescued them from the Golden Sacred Dragon Soul Douluo, prompting Ning Fengzhi to take his daughter and Zhu Qing away from Shrek Academy. Flender and Yu Xiaogang were left to face the fallout, and Yu Xiaogang insisted they conceal the events from Tang San.

• Yu Xiaogang questioned how Ning Rongrong and Zhu Qing had survived, and Ning Rongrong credited Zhu Qing’s boyfriend with saving them from the Titled Douluo.
• Ning Rongrong described the boyfriend’s soul rings, and Ning Fengzhi recognized him as the young man who had escaped Sword Douluo’s pursuit in Sunset Forest.
• Ning Fengzhi told the Golden Triangle Romance that he would remove Ning Rongrong and Zhu Qing from Shrek Academy while continuing to investigate the deaths of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Soul Sages.
• Ning Rongrong told Yu Xiaogang that Zhu Qing’s boyfriend was no older than Tang San, then left with Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong on Gu Rong’s Bone Dragon.
• Flender reflected on Shrek Academy’s mounting troubles, while Yu Xiaogang ordered him and Liu Erlong not to tell Tang San what had happened.

Tang Hao returned Tang San to Shrek after Shi Nian escaped, then ordered Yu Xiaogang to train Tang San in his second martial soul and conceal Tang Weiwei’s death from him. Lin Yuan watched the exchange and went to a club to hide from Xuan Gu Old Demon, where he examined Tang Weiwei’s Storage Soul Tool and its system rewards.

• Tang Hao brought the unconscious Tang San back to Liu Erlong’s cabin after a mysterious green-armored Titled Douluo rescued the wounded Shi Nian.
• Tang Hao told Flender and Liu Erlong to claim Tang Weiwei had returned to the Clear Sky Sect to train, and he allowed Yu Xiaogang to remain Tang San’s teacher.
• Tang Hao instructed Yu Xiaogang to make Tang San master his second martial soul so he could surpass Xuan Jian and Zhu Family girl’s boyfriend.
• Lin Yuan observed Tang Hao’s conversation through his Golden Lightning Domain and suspected Xuan Gu Old Demon might have Shi Nian.
• Lin Yuan rented a suite at a Heaven Dou City club to avoid Xuan Gu Old Demon, then examined Tang Weiwei’s Storage Soul Tool and its three system rewards.

Lin Yuan sorted through the spoils from Tang Weiwei and her allies, gaining a way to raise his cultivation temporarily and strengthening his Golden Lightning Bamboo Head Soul Bone. He planned to recruit Oscar to test the System Crystal Ball and visit Ning Rongrong before investigating Xuan Gu’s Form-Changing Art; meanwhile, Ning Rongrong told Zhu Qing that Lin Yuan had promised her an immortal herb.

• Lin Yuan stored the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and several soul bones, then learned that the Soul-Descending Talisman could raise his cultivation by two soul-ring ranks up to an ordinary Titled Douluo.
• Lin Yuan absorbed the Illusory Wisdom Skull into his Golden Lightning Bamboo Head Soul Bone, increasing his spiritual power and Mental Barrier’s reduction of enemy spiritual attacks to sixty percent.
• Lin Yuan decided to have Oscar use the System Crystal Ball to test whether it could claim rewards through Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, and planned to visit Ning Rongrong and investigate Xuan Gu’s Form-Changing Art.
• At the Seven Treasure Hotel, Zhu Qing visited Ning Rongrong, who apologized for her earlier anger and said Lin Yuan had promised to give her an immortal herb.

Lin Yuan cleared up the truth about Zhu Qing's rescue and learned that she wanted to repay him by choosing him. After revealing his face, he prepared to resume his training journey, and Zhu Qing asked to go with him.

• Ning Rongrong left Lin Yuan and Zhu Qing alone, urging Zhu Qing to pursue him before he was gone.
• Lin Yuan explained that he had saved Zhu Qing once, while another man had rescued her near the Star Dou Great Forest and died fighting him.
• Lin Yuan told Zhu Qing that her sister had never intended to kill her, and Zhu Qing realized this might be true.
• Encouraged by Ning Rongrong, Zhu Qing declared that she would choose Lin Yuan regardless of his appearance and removed his disguise.
• Zhu Qing mistook Lin Yuan for someone who merely resembled Gu Yuan, and Lin Yuan said he would bring Ning Rongrong's promised immortal herb to Gu Yuan.
• Lin Yuan set out to continue his training journey, and Zhu Qing asked to accompany him.

Lin Yuan left Zhu Qing after promising to return, while Zhu Qing and Ning Rongrong discussed him and Gu Yuan. In Heaven Dou City, Xuan Jian learned that his Six Sword Slaves were likely dead and that Gu Rong and Ning Fengzhi had taken Zhu Qing and Ning Rongrong away.

• Lin Yuan rejected Zhu Qing's offer to prove her feelings, kissed her forehead, and promised to take her to see the world when he returned.
• After Lin Yuan left, Ning Rongrong asked Zhu Qing about him, and Zhu Qing said he was almost as handsome as Gu Yuan.
• Zhu Qing told Ning Rongrong that Lin Yuan would pass the immortal herbs to Gu Yuan, who might then return to find her.
• A Luo Net spy reported to Xuan Jian that a thunderous blast had destroyed part of the forest behind Shrek Academy and that the Six Sword Slaves had not returned.
• Xuan Jian suspected that the mysterious Transmigrator had killed the Six Sword Slaves, then learned that Gu Rong and Ning Fengzhi had taken Zhu Qing and Ning Rongrong away.

Xuan Jian learned that Yu Xiaogang had left Shrek for Spirit City and sought Long Aotian to arrange his assassination. At Qian Renxue’s residence, she ordered a search for the mysterious transmigrator and dismissed Long Aotian’s hopes of winning her favor; Long Aotian then arrived to meet Xuan Jian.

• Xuan Jian learned Yu Xiaogang had left Shrek and decided to ask Long Aotian to arrange a safe assassination.
• Snake Lance Douluo reported to Qian Renxue that the Six Sword Slaves, Tang Weiwei, and three Soul Sages had died in the lightning attack.
• Qian Renxue ordered Snake Lance Douluo to recruit the mysterious transmigrator or kill him if he refused to join Spirit Hall.
• Qian Renxue sent Long Aotian to meet Xuan Jian after an attendant announced Xuan Jian’s request.
• Long Aotian arrived and asked Xuan Jian if he wanted him to kill Yu Xiaogang.

Long Aotian agreed to Xuan Jian’s demand to kill Yu Xiaogang but fled to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect rather than trust him. Meanwhile, Lin Yuan discovered that Xuan Gu Old Demon had tampered with the Form-Changing Art and devised a plan to impersonate Xuan Jian and frame Yu Xiaogang.

• Xuan Jian threatened Long Aotian and offered him an immortal herb if he arranged Yu Xiaogang’s death, so Long Aotian pretended to agree.
• Long Aotian returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong and announced he was entering closed-door seclusion until he reached level sixty.
• Lin Yuan tested the Form-Changing Art and used Evil-Exorcising Divine Thunder to eliminate the hidden ghostly green soul power Xuan Gu Old Demon had planted in it.
• Lin Yuan recalled that Yu Xiaogang was traveling toward Spirit City and planned to impersonate Xuan Jian to frame him and send him to death row.

Lin Yuan returned to Heaven Dou City, reunited with Ning Rongrong, and gained a prize-wheel spin from Chang Gong Miao's system. After taking the rewards Ning Rongrong had prepared for him, he returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes, where the spin awarded him a First-Level God adaptive divine core.

• Lin Yuan returned to Heaven Dou City and used disguises to sneak into Ning Rongrong's room while Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong were at the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Ning Rongrong reunited with Lin Yuan, and he assured her he would visit often before the two became intimate, triggering a prize-wheel notification from Chang Gong Miao's system.
• Ning Rongrong asked when Lin Yuan would seek her father's approval; he said he would ask in five years, and she gave him whale rubber and a Blood Fiend Demon Whale Right Arm Soul Bone.
• Lin Yuan returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes, used the prize-wheel spin, and won a First-Level God adaptive divine core.

Lin Yuan obtained a Golden Crystal Ball containing divine power and an Attribute-less Law, giving him a risky path to godhood without an inheritance. At the Great Soul Arena, he agreed to work with Xuan Gu against Zhang Qing and Shi Nian, whose body had become a Corpse Puppet.

• Lin Yuan learned that refining the Golden Crystal Ball could make him a First-Level God, but warned himself that his foundation might not withstand its divine power.
• Three days later, Lin Yuan disguised himself and returned to the Great Soul Arena, where he saw Ning Rongrong, Zhu Qing, and Shi Nian.
• Lin Yuan recognized that Shi Nian had become a Corpse Puppet, and Xuan Gu privately contacted him.
• Lin Yuan agreed to help Xuan Gu kill Zhang Qing, while Xuan Gu said he could hold off the two hidden Titled Douluos and they could defeat Shi Nian together.
• Xuan Gu shared the six abilities of his Martial Soul, and Lin Yuan identified his own Martial Soul as Lone Bamboo before Xuan Gu asked whether it could use Evil-Exorcising Divine Thunder.

Lin Yuan agreed with Xuan Gu to target Zhang Qing and his system after the tournament, while Shrek faced Canghui Academy in the qualifying tournament. Zhang Qing revealed Canghui's Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill, leaving the match on the verge of beginning in earnest.

• Lin Yuan distrusted Xuan Gu's claims about killing system owners but agreed to attack Zhang Qing outside Heaven Dou City during the Promotion Tournament.
• Shrek fielded Tang San, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Tai Long, Jing Ling, and Jiang Zhu against Canghui Academy, while Huang Yuan stayed out of the match.
• Tang San recognized that Canghui's previously unused members showed no fear despite Shrek's taunts and low morale.
• Zhang Qing taunted Shrek and announced Canghui Academy's Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Nightmare Heart-Eater.
• Canghui's six gem-type martial soul users formed a hexagon around Zhang Qing as he released his gray, semitransparent martial soul haze.

Zhang Qing used Canghui Academy’s fusion skill to unleash a Remnant Dream illusion across the arena, trapping the Shrek team and spectators in painful memories. Tang San also fell into the illusion, which exposed his fears, regrets, and resentment toward people who had surpassed him.

• Tang San recognized Zhang Qing’s Remnant Dream martial soul and watched Canghui Academy’s soul power gather around him into a seven-colored pillar.
• Five Canghui Academy members vanished as Zhang Qing activated a fusion skill, and the competition grounds filled with mist.
• Zhang Qing received a system notification that Tang San’s trust had reached eighty percent, then used a five-in-one fusion skill to create a Remnant Dream Domain.
• The illusion made Ma Hongjun, Jiang Zhu, Oscar, Jing Ling, Tai Long, Dai Mubai, and Tang San relive painful memories and fears.
• Tang San’s illusions showed his guilt over stealing the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, jealousy of Lin Tian and other rivals, and regret over his choices involving Xiao Wu, Yu Xiaogang, and Tang Weiwei.

The Remnant Dream Domain exposed the Shrek students’ secrets, including Tang San’s origins, hidden power, and suspected role in Yu Tianlong’s death. Xue Ye and Bone Douluo considered seizing Tang San’s secrets and soul bones, but Ning Fengzhi stopped them and chose to protect him because of the threat from Spirit Hall.

• The spectators heard the Shrek students reveal their scandals, including Tang San’s resentment toward Yu Xiaogang and Tang Weiwei’s relationships with several teammates.
• The audience learned that Tang San had twin martial souls, rare soul bones, and an unknown background, and that he had wanted Yu Tianlong dead.
• Xue Ye suspected Tang San had killed Yu Tianlong and proposed arresting him, hoping to obtain his Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record and soul bones.
• Ning Fengzhi told Xue Ye that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and persuaded him to abandon the plan.
• Bone Douluo urged Ning Fengzhi to capture Tang San and take his secrets, but Ning Fengzhi refused and insisted that the sect protect him from Spirit Hall.

As Zhang Qing’s illusion exposed Shrek’s secrets, Tang Hao resolved to avenge the humiliation, while Liu Erlong attacked Tang San and Gu Rong stopped her. Xue Ye declared Canghui Academy the winner, but Zhang Qing kept the Shrek members trapped as Bishop Salas challenged the leniency of the ruling.

• Tang Hao learned that Tang San was not his son and vowed to kill Zhang Qing if he found him alone.
• Flender and Liu Erlong reacted with anger to Tang San’s revelations, and Liu Erlong transformed and lunged at him.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered Gu Rong to stop Liu Erlong, and Gu Rong struck her down and pinned her to the stage.
• Xue Ye declared Canghui Academy the winner after Liu Erlong interfered, but Zhang Qing continued the illusion as the Shrek members screamed and bled.
• Bishop Salas called Xue Ye’s ruling too lenient, and Ning Fengzhi asked what punishment Salas proposed.