Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• Poseidon reflects that faith-based gods depend on people continuing to suffer. He deliberately left dangerous sea beasts alive to preserve the sea’s reliance on him. The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s suppression may reduce his followers’ faith, but Poseidon decides the remaining Evil Spirit Orcas are enough to sustain it. He then turns his attention to a Divine Realm meeting, where the Five Great God Kings have become six.
• Bo Saixi witnesses Rex Lapis, Morax, effortlessly suppress the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King. Impressed, she thanks him and invites him to Sea God Island. Liyue settles after the crisis.
• Bai Ranmo gains Emotion Points from the whale king’s continuing pain and resentment. Ning Fengzhi quietly memorizes what he has learned about Sea God Island and Liyue, hoping to recruit both into the United Front Squad against Spirit Hall. Ningguang bids the visitors farewell, while Bibi Dong plans to tell Qian Daoliu about Morax—creating another opportunity for Bai Ranmo to earn Emotion Points.
• At Shrek Academy, Tang San’s injuries are treated. His Third Soul Ring raises his Soul Power to Level 31, and a Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma given by Hei Ranbai boosts it further to Level 36. Tang San credits the medicine to Hei Ranbai’s father; Dai Mubai eagerly asks to buy more, but Hei Ranbai has none.
• Toji becomes a specially appointed teacher and trains students with punishing slaps, while Gangzi is reduced to cooking after Toji intimidates him out of his rock-running regimen. Tang San discovers his Third Soul Ring is the Poison Attribute Man Faced Demon Spider rather than the Life Attribute he had wanted, and blames Gangzi.
• In Suotuo City, Tang Hao visits his sister Tang Yuehua. Her affectionate welcome softens his anger, but he remains conflicted over her role in Ah Yin’s resentment toward him.
• Tang San travels to buy materials for Hidden Weapons he promised to make for Hei Ranbai. On his way back, he sees the blue-haired woman from the Star Dou Great Forest and feels an unexplained bond with her, which he senses comes from blood rather than attraction.

Character developments and interactions

• Poseidon is shown as calculating and willing to preserve danger to maintain his worshippers’ dependence on him.
• Bo Saixi recognizes Morax’s exceptional strength and approaches him respectfully.
• Ning Fengzhi looks for ways to build political alliances, while Bibi Dong sees a chance to provoke further Emotion Points by informing Qian Daoliu.
• Tang San gains power but is bitter about his Poison Attribute Soul Ring and fixates on blaming Gangzi. His promise to craft Hidden Weapons also keeps him tied to Hei Ranbai.
• Dai Mubai quickly warms to Hei Ranbai after receiving the valuable spirit medicine.
• Toji establishes himself as a fearsome trainer; even Gangzi yields to him.
• Tang Hao struggles between anger toward Tang Yuehua and his protective feelings as her brother.
• Tang San’s instinctive connection to the blue-haired woman foreshadows a significant family or bloodline revelation.

Significant themes

• Faith and manufactured dependence: Poseidon sustains belief by allowing threats to persist.
• Power, control, and political maneuvering: Characters seek alliances and leverage others’ knowledge or circumstances.
• Resentment and blame: The suppressed whale king’s suffering fuels Emotion Points, while Tang San directs his frustration over his Soul Ring toward Gangzi.
• Family bonds and divided loyalties: Tang Hao’s feelings for Tang Yuehua conflict with his anger over Ah Yin’s hurt.
• Inherited connection: Tang San’s response to the blue-haired woman suggests that blood ties can surface before conscious recognition.

Key plot points and events

• Tang San follows the departing Hanami into a forest outside Suotuo City. She reveals that she is his mother, and their Blue Silver Emperor bloodlines resonate, confirming their relationship.
• Jogo interrupts their reunion. He criticizes Tang San for choosing a poison-attribute third soul ring and says it could have damaged his Blue Silver Grass without a rare medicinal herb.
• Tang San asks about his parents and why he has only now met his mother. Jogo claims Hanami is a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor who took human form, and identifies Tang Hao as the Clear Sky Douluo.
• Jogo then delivers a sensational account portraying Tang Hao as a schemer: he supposedly pursued Hanami to exploit her, engineered her sacrifice, neglected Tang San, and later turned to Tang San’s aunt, Tang Yuehua. He further blames Tang Hao for the deaths of Tang San’s relatives and the downfall of the Clear Sky Sect.
• Hanami supports Jogo’s accusations, arguing that Tang Hao’s neglect left Tang San undernourished and contributed to his Blue Silver Grass developing into only a Blue Silver King. Tang San begins to doubt his idealized view of his father.

Character developments

• Tang San moves from joyful disbelief at meeting his mother to confusion and growing suspicion about Tang Hao. His strong respect for family makes the revelations especially unsettling.
• Hanami is tender and protective toward Tang San, but visibly bitter when Tang Hao is mentioned.
• Jogo acts as a provocateur, using mockery and a long, damaging story to reshape Tang San’s understanding of his family.
• Tang Hao is depicted through Jogo and Hanami’s accusations as selfish and manipulative, though these claims are presented by other characters rather than independently confirmed.

Significant themes

• Family and belonging: Tang San’s longing for a mother makes their reunion deeply moving.
• Trust and disillusionment: The chapter challenges Tang San’s reverence for Tang Hao by introducing a radically different account of his father.
• Identity and inheritance: Learning that his mother is a transformed soul beast prompts Tang San to wonder what that makes him.
• Manipulation and uncertain truth: Jogo’s dramatic narrative may influence Tang San, leaving the reader to question how reliable it is.

Character interactions

• Tang San and Hanami share an emotional reunion, with their matching bloodline strengthening their bond.
• Tang San initially protects Hanami from Jogo, but accepts him as her friend after she intervenes.
• Hanami and Jogo jointly criticize Tang Hao, while Tang San listens, asks questions, and gradually becomes less certain of his father’s love.

Key plot points and events

• Hanami—formerly Ah Yin—reveals that she survived because Jogo resurrected her. She tells Tang San a fabricated version of events that blames Tang Hao for her death and for Grandfather’s, and Tang San believes her.
• Furious over Tang Hao’s neglect and the harm he thinks his father caused to his cultivation, Tang San declares that he has severed their relationship and will kill him.
• Hanami urges Tang San to conceal his anger if Tang Hao approaches, since the group needs Tang Hao’s strength to oppose Spirit Hall. She also says Tang San may stop treating Yu Xiaogang as his teacher, though he chooses to keep up the appearance of loyalty for the sake of their plans.
• Jogo, Mahito, and Dagon are introduced as Tang San’s uncles and benefactors. Jogo gives him an eighty-thousand-year-old left-arm Soul Bone, to be absorbed only after Tang Hao is dealt with.
• Meanwhile, Tang Hao briefly senses danger but dismisses it. He is still contemplating using Tang Yuehua as a grotesque “proof” of his love if Ah Yin rejects him.
• Back at Shrek Academy, Tang San is distracted by his new family while forging hidden weapons for Hei Ranbai. When Hei Ranbai offers to let him rest, Tang San insists on finishing them to support his friend’s training.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang San’s grief turns into hatred of Tang Hao, while Hanami’s embrace gives him a sense of maternal warmth and belonging. He now regards Hanami and the beasts as family and promises to repay them.
• Hanami acts affectionately toward Tang San but also steers him toward her revenge plans, asking him to hide his true feelings from Tang Hao.
• Tang San and Hei Ranbai show mutual concern: Hei Ranbai worries about Tang San’s exhaustion, while Tang San prioritizes helping Hei Ranbai prepare for his challenge.
• Jogo reinforces the bond between Tang San and Hei Ranbai by crediting Hei Ranbai with purifying Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor.

Significant themes

• Manipulation and unreliable truth: Tang San’s hatred rests on a deliberately fabricated story, which he accepts because it fits his painful memories.
• Family and belonging: Tang San’s longing for a caring family makes Hanami’s affection and the “uncles’” welcome especially powerful.
• Revenge and strategic deception: Hanami’s group plans to use Tang Hao against Spirit Hall while concealing their hostility.
• Loyalty and sacrifice: Tang San is willing to endure discomfort and lose sleep to help those he now considers family.

Plot points and events

• After two months of harsh combat training, Shrek’s students have grown more resilient to beatings and have learned to farm Emotion Points around class.
• Tang San completes Yama’s Invitation and two Mother-Child Soul-Chasing Life-Taking Orbs. He gives them to Hei Ranbai, who has deliberately stayed at level 49 so the summoned Mahoraga will be at Soul King strength rather than Soul Emperor strength.
• Since Flender refuses to let the ritual take place at the academy, Hei Ranbai summons Mahoraga in an uninhabited area ten kilometers away.
• Hei Ranbai and his Shikigami wear Mahoraga down with lightning, Max Elephant’s weight and water, and attacks from Toad, Tiger Funeral, and Divine Dog: Totality. Mahoraga adapts to the lightning and poison, however, and severely outmatches the Shikigami in direct combat.
• Hei Ranbai uses poison not as a killing method but to slow Mahoraga and weaken its recovery. Shadow Binding and Dark Shadow’s Grand Burial restrain and crush it, while Piercing Ox builds momentum and smashes its body apart.
• With the Dharma Wheel still intact and Mahoraga likely to recover, Hei Ranbai detonates a large cache of explosives, intending to finish it while it is badly injured. He protects himself with Cursed Technique Reversal: Divine Light. The blast creates a small mushroom cloud and sends the distant Shrek onlookers flying.

Character developments and interactions

• Hei Ranbai demonstrates careful planning: he suppresses his level, uses the Shikigami to create openings, and treats poison and explosive force as tools to exploit Mahoraga’s weakened state rather than relying on them alone.
• Tang San supports the ritual by providing his newly completed hidden weapons.
• Flender prevents the ritual from damaging the academy, forcing Hei Ranbai to relocate it.
• The Shrek students, including Dai Mubai, watch from a distance but are still caught by the blast’s shockwave.

Significant themes

• Adaptation versus strategy: Mahoraga can adapt to repeated attacks, so Hei Ranbai must vary his methods and exploit temporary vulnerabilities.
• Preparation and teamwork: Success depends on Hei Ranbai’s planning, Tang San’s weapons, and coordinated Shikigami attacks.
• Power with collateral consequences: Even a carefully chosen remote battlefield does not spare the observers from the fight’s destructive force.

• Ranbai’s promotion: After Hei Ranbai subdues Mahoraga, Toji helps him break through to Soul King level and takes him away to hunt for a Fifth Soul Ring. Gangzi is left in charge of Shrek Academy’s students. Tang San resents Gangzi’s training, especially being made to run with heavy stones.
• Shrek’s next challenge: Gangzi proposes that the students enter the Great Soul Arena as a seven-person team to gain experience. Since Ranbai is away and the group has only six members, he asks Flender to find a level-39 Soul Elder to fill the final spot.
• Yu Tianheng confronts Ye Lingling: At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Yu demands to know why Ye prefers Sasuke. He struggles to convince even himself that he compares favorably, admitting Sasuke is more talented, stronger, and better-looking. He insists that his years of devotion should count for something, while Ye repeatedly asks him to leave her alone.
• Sasuke intervenes: When Sasuke passes by, Ye looks at him, prompting Yu to challenge him. Sasuke defeats the level-39 Yu with Genjutsu, despite being level 37.
• Ye’s unexpected reaction: Ye offers to heal Sasuke, but he rebukes her and makes clear that he fought Yu only because Yu was in his way—not because of her. Rather than feeling hurt, Ye is thrilled that Sasuke spoke to her and finds him especially attractive when he scolds her.
  Character developments and interactions: Ranbai’s successful breakthrough earns Toji’s approval, while Gangzi takes on a confident teaching role. Flender is cautious but accepts Gangzi’s Arena plan. Yu’s jealousy and frustration deepen as Ye ignores his devotion and fixates on Sasuke. Sasuke remains cold and detached, treating both of them dismissively; Ye’s infatuation only grows, while Yu is left humiliated and bewildered.
  Significant themes: The chapter contrasts disciplined training with practical combat experience, and explores unrequited love, jealousy, and the gulf between sincere devotion and attraction. Its comic irony comes from Ye interpreting Sasuke’s rejection as a thrilling sign of attention, while Yu cannot understand why his persistence fails.

Plot points and events

• Sasuke returns to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to say goodbye before Qin Ming takes the Imperial Fighting Team out of Heaven Dou City. On the way, he notices Ye Lingling’s intense interest in him and finds it baffling.
• At the sect, Sasuke finds Li Bai and Ning Rongrong practicing swordplay together. Ning Fengzhi gives Rongrong the Aromatic Silk Beauty, which brings her to Rank 30 and awakens the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Delighted by Rongrong’s breakthrough, Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo argue over who will take her to find her third Soul Ring. Sasuke quietly shows his approval but keeps his usual detached manner.
• Sasuke tells Ning Fengzhi that the team plans to compete at the Great Soul Arena on the way to Suotuo City. Rongrong asks him to punish Shrek Academy if he encounters them, describing the people she dislikes there. Sasuke gives no explicit reply.
• The next day, Qin Ming sets out with the team and asks Sasuke to prepare a tactical analysis. Sasuke dismisses the need for tactics, claiming he can defeat their opponents alone.
• Yu Tianheng tries to court Ye Lingling with a rose, but she ignores him and follows Sasuke into his carriage. His teammates silently mock him as a clown, and he ends up sharing a carriage with Qin Ming.
• Meanwhile, Shrek Academy’s team is building a strong reputation in Suotuo City after a string of victories. Gangzi is unhappy that an elderly recruit has weakened the group’s image and is already considering whom else he might trick into joining.

Character developments and interactions

• Sasuke maintains his cold, arrogant façade, though his quiet, approving look toward Rongrong suggests affection and goodwill. He continues to prioritize confidence over preparation.
• Ning Rongrong gains a major advancement and behaves playfully with Li Bai, while revealing her contempt for several Shrek students. Her relationship with Li Bai is affectionate and teasing.
• Ning Fengzhi sees Sasuke as increasingly attached to the sect and is optimistic about its future, imagining it becoming the strongest sect as its promising young members mature.
• Ye Lingling’s fixation on Sasuke deepens, while Yu Tianheng is humiliated by her rejection.
• Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo show their affection for Rongrong through a comical dispute over who will guide her next step.

Significant themes

• Ambition and the sect’s future: Rongrong’s Nine Treasure Pagoda and the other youths’ potential inspire Ning Fengzhi’s hopes for the sect’s rise.
• Affection and misunderstanding: Sasuke’s restrained concern is read as belonging, while Ye Lingling’s devotion and Yu Tianheng’s courtship create awkward comedy.
• Confidence versus preparation: Sasuke rejects tactical planning, reflecting his overwhelming self-assurance.
• Rivalry and reputation: Rongrong’s hostility toward Shrek and the academy’s growing fame set up a likely encounter between the teams.

Plot points and events

• The Imperial Fighting Team arrives in Suotuo City on a winning streak and prepares to face the Shrek Seven Devils. Sasuke has been defeating entire teams by himself, which has made his teammates confident—perhaps overconfident.
• Qin Ming warns the team not to underestimate Shrek. Sasuke dismisses the warning and predicts they will win in under a minute; Qin Ming lets him learn from the coming fight.
• Shrek studies the Imperial team’s profiles. Gangzi wrongly dismisses Ye Lingling’s Nine Heart Begonia as an unremarkable healing martial soul, though Tang San suspects it is more important than Gangzi claims.
• The match begins. Sasuke uses a Great Fireball to block Dai Mubai’s view, then strikes him with Chidori. Dai Mubai resists briefly with his third soul skill but is badly hurt and thrown aside.
• Oscar tries to heal Dai Mubai, but Sasuke interrupts him with a shuriken. Sasuke then slaps Dai Mubai into the ground, fulfilling his promise to avenge Ning Rongrong for Dai Mubai’s insult. The battle is still underway at the chapter’s end.

Character developments and interactions

• Sasuke remains aloof and supremely confident, relying on speed, deception, and overwhelming force. His attack on Dai Mubai is also personal, driven by his promise to Ning Rongrong.
• Qin Ming takes a cautious, responsible approach, while recognizing that Sasuke may need a setback to temper his arrogance.
• The Imperial team trusts Sasuke so completely that even Yu Tianheng lets his guard down.
• Tang San questions Gangzi’s expertise and retains suspicion toward Dai Mubai. He deliberately withholds help when Dai Mubai is attacked.
• Gangzi confidently gives Tang San bad information about Ye Lingling’s martial soul, undermining his own credibility.
• Ye Lingling quietly focuses her attention on Sasuke, while otherwise remaining withdrawn.

Significant themes

• Overconfidence and caution: Sasuke’s certainty and his teammates’ reliance on him contrast with Qin Ming’s warning.
• Knowledge versus presumed expertise: Gangzi’s mistaken judgment shows the danger of treating confidence as proof of understanding.
• Grudges and consequences: Sasuke’s retaliation for Dai Mubai’s insult illustrates the chapter’s harsh idea that people must bear the consequences of provoking stronger opponents.
• Hidden hostility: Tang San’s apparent improvement in relations with Dai Mubai conceals continuing murderous intent.

Key plot points and events

• Sasuke’s lightning and sword attacks repeatedly disrupt the Shrek team’s coordinated fighting. Dai Mubai is slapped off the platform, while Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun, and the others are occupied by separate opponents.
• Sasuke disables Oscar before he can provide Tang San with a Flying Mushroom Sausage. Tang San then uses Spider Web Restraint, but Sasuke’s Fire Release destroys it.
• Sasuke traps Tang San in a Sharingan illusion. Tang San initially believes his Purple Demon Eye can break it, but the illusion’s vision of Xiao Wu in danger overwhelms him. He fires a hidden weapon, striking Ma Hongjun.
• After realizing what happened, Tang San turns on Sasuke. Sasuke sends him off the platform, making his apparent charge look like a sudden, uncontrolled rush to the audience.
• The remaining fighters eliminate the black bear Soul Master. Xiao Wu is the last Shrek member standing, but Sasuke overpowers her Charm with the Sharingan’s stronger mental force.
• Sasuke’s team defeats the supposedly undefeated Shrek Seven Devils in exactly sixty seconds.

Character developments

• Tang San’s deepening feelings for Xiao Wu become clear: the illusion of her in danger makes him lose his composure and forget he is being manipulated. His reaction also leads to Ma Hongjun being wounded.
• Xiao Wu’s determination to avenge Tang San is evident, but her attempt to use Charm against Sasuke fails.
• Sasuke demonstrates tactical control as well as overwhelming strength, exploiting the team’s reliance on cooperation and using the illusion to provoke Tang San.

Significant themes

• Strength versus teamwork: Shrek’s coordination is repeatedly broken, leaving its members vulnerable.
• Psychological warfare: Sasuke’s illusion turns Tang San’s strongest emotional attachment into a weakness.
• The cost of losing control: Tang San’s panic injures a teammate and leaves him open to defeat.
• Sudden reversals: Shrek’s undefeated reputation is overturned in a single, decisive minute.

Character interactions

• Sasuke repeatedly interrupts Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s attempted fusion, and later confronts Tang San directly.
• Tang San’s concern for Xiao Wu makes him vulnerable to Sasuke’s Genjutsu; his hidden weapon instead strikes Ma Hongjun.
• Xiao Wu tries to protect Tang San by challenging Sasuke, but her Charm rebounds against her.
• Sasuke’s team works together to contain the Shrek fighters and finish the match.

Plot points and events

• After the arena fight, Flender protests that Sasuke’s team tried to kill the Shrek players. Sasuke dismisses the complaint, arguing that death is a risk in the Great Soul Arena and noting that Ye Lingling has been healing the injured. He leaves with her.
• Qin Ming confronts Sasuke and demands that he apologize to Shrek. Sasuke refuses and accepts Qin Ming’s threat to remove him from the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team.
• Sasuke points out to his teammates that Qin Ming is more concerned about Shrek than about the students he coaches, several of whom were injured.
• Qin Ming visits Shrek, where Zhao Wuji criticizes Sasuke and Qin Ming promises to make him apologize. Yu Tianheng recognizes the masked Gangzi as his uncle.
• Gangzi invites Yu Tianheng to join Shrek, claiming its teaching will help him grow stronger. Yu Tianheng is tempted by the prospect of defeating Sasuke—and hopes that doing so will win Ye Lingling’s attention.
• Qin Ming approves of the transfer rather than objecting, convinced that Shrek’s teachers care more about him than Heaven Dou Royal Academy does.

Character developments and interactions

• Sasuke remains cold and unapologetic, treating the arena’s danger as a fact of life. His blunt criticism exposes Qin Ming’s apparent favoritism.
• Qin Ming reacts emotionally to Sasuke but is deferential toward Shrek’s teachers. His loyalty to his former academy overrides his concern for his current students.
• Ye Lingling quietly supports Sasuke and heals the wounded before leaving with him.
• Gangzi uses Yu Tianheng’s frustration and ambition to recruit him, presenting Shrek as the answer to his stalled progress.
• Yu Tianheng is pleased to reconnect with his uncle and becomes interested in transferring, motivated both by rivalry with Sasuke and his crush on Ye Lingling.
• The Imperial Fighting Team is unsettled by Sasuke’s observation that Qin Ming appears not to care about their injuries.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and favoritism: Qin Ming’s attachment to Shrek makes his current students seem secondary.
• Risk and responsibility: Sasuke sees arena combat as inherently dangerous, while Flender and Zhao Wuji frame the fight as wrongdoing.
• Persuasion and ambition: Gangzi recruits Yu Tianheng by promising instruction, strength, and the chance to prove himself.
• Belonging and self-interest: Qin Ming views Shrek as a place of genuine care, while Yu Tianheng’s decision is also shaped by personal hopes.

Key plot points and events

• Gangzi proposes keeping Shrek Academy independent while its teachers instruct students at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Yu Tianheng eagerly agrees, and Qin Ming promises to negotiate with the academy’s education committee.
• After Qin Ming leaves, he discovers Sasuke has checked out every room at the hotel and taken the Imperial Fighting Team students with him. The group has chosen Sasuke over Qin Ming and can no longer return to their old team.
• In the Star Dou Great Forest, Bai Ranmo—now above Soul Power level 60 after absorbing the Titan Giant Ape’s torso bone—seeks a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. When he cannot obtain one through the Shop, he decides to capture the Sky Azure Bull Python.
• Bai Cangyue and Itadori attack the python away from the Lake of Life, avoiding an immediate clash with Di Tian and the other powerful beings there. Itadori’s Black Flash defeats the python and prevents it from using its domain or gathered lightning.
• As the python threatens to self-destruct rather than surrender its Soul Ring and Soul Bone, Bai Ranmo threatens to hunt Xiao Wu. The python is left stunned.

Character developments and interactions

• Qin Ming is confident Shrek’s arrangement will work, but his authority over his students is undermined when they leave without telling him. He restrains his anger around the receptionist, though his fury is clear.
• Sasuke asserts control over the team and makes clear that the students are free to return to Qin Ming. Their decision to follow him reflects their growing loyalty and their view that he is more powerful and worth backing.
• The Imperial Fighting Team students collectively reject Qin Ming’s leadership, believing he has not shown enough care for them.
• Bai Ranmo uses intimidation and calculated force to pursue his desired Soul Ring, showing little hesitation about exploiting the python’s bond with Xiao Wu.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python is grieving his brother, the Titan Giant Ape, when the ambush turns his solitude into a desperate fight to protect his Soul Ring and Soul Bone.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and authority: The students’ departure shows that a formal teacher–student relationship does not guarantee respect; loyalty must be earned.
• Power and influence: Sasuke’s strength shapes the team’s allegiance, while Bai Ranmo and Itadori overwhelm a formidable Soul Beast through superior force.
• Grief and exploitation: The python’s mourning makes him vulnerable, and Bai Ranmo uses his concern for Xiao Wu as leverage.
• Calculated restraint: Bai Ranmo avoids provoking the Lake of Life’s strongest inhabitants, preferring to isolate and defeat his target.

Key plot points and events

• Bai Ranmo pressures the Sky Azure Bull Python into sacrificing itself, threatening that otherwise he may target Xiao Wu. He swears on his Martial Soul that he will neither capture her nor order anyone else to do so.
• Trusting the oath, the Sky Azure Bull Python sacrifices its hundred-thousand-year cultivation to Bai Ranmo. Before dying, it bids farewell to Xiao Wu and remembers its “second brother.”
• Bai Ranmo gains a hundred-thousand-year sixth Soul Ring, rises from level 61 to 65, and receives two abilities: Sky Azure Sluggish Divine Claw, which slows a struck target’s senses, movement, and thoughts, and Azure Sky Annihilation Dragon Soul, a powerful dragon-shaped attack.
• A Sky Azure Bull Python Right Arm Bone also appears. Bai Ranmo chooses not to absorb it, partly to avoid reaching level 70 and being pushed into his Divine Trial before the next Soul Master Tournament. He decides to give the bone to Tianyue.
• Qian Daoliu is astonished by Bai Ranmo’s new Soul Ring and eager for him to begin his Divine Trial. Bai Ranmo insists on competing in the tournament first; Qian Daoliu reluctantly accepts the delay.
• Bai Ranmo returns to Tianyue, who is irritated that he kept his Limitless ability active and wouldn’t let her touch him. He presents her with the Soul Bone, and she recognizes its great value.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Ranmo shows himself to be ruthless and calculating, using Xiao Wu as leverage, but he does keep his personal oath. He is also confident, playful, and intent on pursuing his own plans rather than rushing into divine advancement.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python chooses sacrifice over risking Xiao Wu’s life. His farewell reveals his affection for her and his acceptance of death.
• Qian Daoliu shifts from shock to excitement at Bai Ranmo’s progress, but ultimately respects his decision to delay the Divine Trial.
• Tianyue is annoyed by Bai Ranmo’s earlier avoidance but responds with curiosity and amazement when she sees his gift, suggesting their relationship mixes teasing with genuine generosity.

Significant themes

• Sacrifice and loyalty: The Sky Azure Bull Python gives its life to protect Xiao Wu.
• Trust and manipulation: Bai Ranmo secures the sacrifice through a binding oath, while exploiting the Python’s concern for someone he loves.
• Ambition versus personal choice: Qian Daoliu prioritizes divine power and Spirit Hall’s future; Bai Ranmo prefers his own timing and the tournament.
• Power and its cost: Bai Ranmo gains immense strength through another being’s death, while choosing to postpone further advancement for practical and personal reasons.

Key plot points and events

• Bai Ranmo reveals that his Sixth Soul Ring is a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and gives Tianyue a Hundred-Thousand-Year Sky Azure Bull Python left arm bone. Tianyue accepts it and embraces him.
• His clone, Hei Ranbai, returns from hunting his Fifth Soul Ring, resentful that Bai Ranmo gave the Soul Bone to Tianyue rather than to him. He learns Shrek is heading to Heaven Dou City.
• Shrek travels to Heaven Dou Royal Academy after defeating the Fierce God Team with Tang San’s Zhuge Repeating Crossbows. Meanwhile, Evil Soul Master Clones are preparing an ambush around the city.
• At the academy, Xue Beng insults the newcomers. Dai Mubai beats him badly, and Flender has to stop him. Yu Tianheng chooses not to intervene, partly because Xue Beng had mocked him over Ye Lingling.
• Qin Ming, a Shrek graduate and teacher at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, sides with Shrek and orders Xue Beng and his companions to run laps. Humiliated, Xue Beng goes to complain to his father, Emperor Xue Ye.
• Xue Beng finds Xue Ye meeting with Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and White Snake Douluo, a powerful Star Luo Empire envoy. Xue Ye is courteous to White Snake but privately worries about the threat he could pose.
• Xue Beng recounts the beating. Xue Ye becomes furious when he hears that Qin Ming punished his son rather than defending him.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Ranmo and Tianyue: Bai Ranmo’s generous gift deepens their intimacy; Tianyue accepts it and shows her affection.
• Hei Ranbai: His jealousy of his main body’s attention to Tianyue—and resentment over the Soul Bone—adds a comic note to his return.
• Dai Mubai and Xue Beng: Dai Mubai responds to Xue Beng’s mockery with overwhelming violence, while Xue Beng turns to his royal status to seek redress.
• Yu Tianheng: He lets Dai Mubai act, influenced by Xue Beng’s earlier taunts and the confidence of the Shrek group.
• Qin Ming and Shrek: Qin Ming openly respects his former academy and its dean, prioritizing that loyalty over Xue Beng’s demand for help.
• Xue Qinghe: He presents himself as a sympathetic older brother, though the narration reveals that he is secretly an Angel Clan Soul Master in disguise.
• Xue Ye and White Snake Douluo: Xue Ye maintains diplomatic politeness while fearing the Star Luo Empire’s military advantage if their relations sour.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and divided allegiance: Qin Ming’s loyalty to Shrek clashes with his official role at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Power and privilege: Xue Beng expects royal status to shield him, while the presence of elite Soul Masters shapes the political scene.
• Humiliation and retaliation: Xue Beng’s public beating becomes a personal and political grievance.
• Diplomacy and hidden threats: The cooperation talks between the empires are shadowed by Xue Ye’s fear of White Snake’s strength and by concealed identities.

Plot and key events

• Emperor Xue Ye becomes furious with Qin Ming, accusing him of betraying Heaven Dou Royal Academy by siding with Shrek and failing to protect its students—especially Sasuke and the other injured members of the first team. Xue Ye also resents that he previously rewarded Qin Ming with a valuable Soul Bone.
• Xue Qinghe urges restraint at first, suggesting Qin Ming could simply be expelled, but argues that allowing Prince Xue Beng to be beaten was an insult to the imperial family. Xue Ye decides to visit Shrek’s meeting with the academy himself.
• Ning Rongrong asks to join the visit so she can confront the academy she believes mistreated her. Ning Fengzhi agrees and brings Sasuke and Li Bai; Sasuke is reluctant, while Li Bai drags him along.
• At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Flender demands that Shrek retain its own name after joining and compete in the next Soul Master Elite Tournament as “Shrek Academy,” not as the academy’s second team. The Three Education Committee Members see these terms as an attempt to use their resources without accepting the academy’s identity and reject them.
• Qin Ming insists Shrek’s rejection would harm the empire, further alienating the committee members.
• Xue Ye arrives with Xue Qinghe, Xue Beng, Ning Fengzhi, Orochimaru, and their entourages. After hearing the committee’s account, he confronts Qin Ming and demands that whoever struck Xue Beng step forward.

Character developments and interactions

• Xue Ye shifts from controlled questioning to open rage, defending the imperial family’s authority and treating the assault on Xue Beng as a public insult.
• Xue Qinghe supports his father’s anger while initially proposing a measured response. His comments also reveal his interest in removing Qin Ming, whom he sees as a potential future threat.
• Qin Ming remains devoted to bringing Shrek into Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but his defense of Shrek makes him appear disloyal to the committee and the emperor.
• Flender is firm about preserving Shrek’s independence, even while seeking access to the academy’s superior resources. He is willing to pursue a fallback—Liu Erlong’s Blue Tyrant Academy—if negotiations fail.
• The Three Education Committee Members move from welcoming Shrek to rejecting its conditions, feeling that Flender’s demands are unreasonable and Qin Ming’s advocacy is misguided.
• Ning Rongrong openly expresses anger toward Shrek; Sasuke remains aloof and uninterested in revisiting past victories, while Li Bai playfully insists he come.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing react uneasily when the emperor arrives, hinting at personal stakes in the confrontation.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and institutional identity: The dispute centers on whether Shrek can benefit from Heaven Dou Royal Academy while refusing to represent or identify with it.
• Power, authority, and political insult: Xue Ye sees the treatment of Xue Beng not merely as violence but as an affront to the imperial family.
• Self-interest disguised as duty: Flender’s demands and Qin Ming’s claim that Shrek’s rejection would harm the empire expose competing ideas of who owes what to whom.
• Reputation and entitlement: The committee believes Shrek expects resources and recognition without earning them, while Shrek insists on preserving its autonomy.

Plot points and events

• Emperor Xue Ye identifies Dai Mubai as the man who injured Fourth Prince Xue Beng and orders his arrest and execution.
• Dai Mubai reveals that he is the Star Luo Empire’s Third Prince, hoping this will save him. Orochimaru says Dai has been in exile for three years and that Heaven Dou may punish him as it sees fit.
• Xue Ye decides not to execute Dai, avoiding a diplomatic crisis, but accepts Li Bai’s suggestion to send him to Spirit Hall for judgment and imprisonment.
• Qin Ming intervenes, arguing that Dai and Xue Beng should settle their dispute with apologies. Xue Ye reacts angrily, accusing Qin Ming of ingratitude and treason for supporting Shrek and bringing Dai and Zhu Zhuqing into the academy.
• Xue Ye orders Qin Ming’s execution. When Flender tries to defend him, Orochimaru uses soul pressure to immobilize the teachers.

Character developments

• Dai Mubai is exposed as the Star Luo Third Prince, but his royal status does not protect him from consequences. His terror of Spirit Hall’s prison reveals lingering trauma.
• Xue Ye shows himself as politically cautious toward a foreign prince but ruthless toward someone he considers disloyal.
• Qin Ming risks his position and life to defend Dai and Shrek, demonstrating loyalty and compassion; Xue Ye interprets his resistance as betrayal.
• Orochimaru remains detached from Dai’s fate, while intervening decisively when the teachers are threatened.
• Flender openly stands by Qin Ming, despite the danger.

Character interactions

• Xue Ye confronts Dai Mubai through Xue Beng’s accusation; Dai then appeals to Orochimaru and Mitsuki for recognition and help.
• Mitsuki recommends killing Dai, while Orochimaru distances the Star Luo Empire from him. Li Bai proposes Spirit Hall as a way to punish Dai without direct political responsibility.
• Qin Ming challenges Xue Ye’s judgment, and Flender backs Qin Ming. Xue Ye responds by ordering Qin Ming’s execution; Orochimaru’s intervention halts the teachers.

Significant themes

• Political expediency: Xue Ye spares Dai to avoid conflict with the Star Luo Empire, yet still seeks punishment that protects Heaven Dou from blame.
• Loyalty and obligation: Xue Ye frames Qin Ming’s defense of Shrek as betrayal, citing the academy’s past support and gifts.
• Power and justice: Decisions about guilt and punishment are shaped as much by imperial interests and personal resentment as by the original assault.
• Fear and vulnerability: Dai’s panic and Zhu Zhuqing’s helplessness contrast with the authority wielded by the emperor and powerful officials.

Plot points and events

• Under Orochimaru’s soul-pressure, Qin Ming is helpless as Meng Shenji kills him. His final thoughts dwell on regretting his choice to join Shrek: he believes his talent could have taken him much further elsewhere.
• Emperor Xue Ye condemns Shrek for harboring Star Luo prince Dai Mubai but spares the group because of Orochimaru’s connection to Heaven Dou. Dai Mubai is dragged away and humiliated by Xue Beng and Ning Rongrong, whose kick accidentally strikes a particularly painful spot.
• Xue Ye orders Qin Ming’s body destroyed and the recovered soul bone returned to the imperial treasury. Flender is too intimidated to challenge him.
• Shrek leaves the academy. Flender plans to take the group to Blue Tyrant Academy to see Liu Erlong, while worrying that she may reject the masked, disfigured, and physically afflicted Gangzi.
• Dai Mubai is taken to prison. Toji cannot secure his release, since the emperor and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect are behind his imprisonment.
• In his cell, Dai Mubai discovers his notorious former tormentor, Scarface. Scarface approaches him, having been placed in the prison by the story’s “kindhearted Saint Son.”

Character developments and interactions

• Qin Ming dies regretting his past decision, while Flender proves unable—or unwilling—to defy powerful authorities, despite his anger over Qin Ming’s fate.
• Dai Mubai is first publicly abused and then terrified by the prospect of facing Scarface again; his imprisonment turns the chapter’s humiliation into a new threat.
• Xue Ye uses his authority to punish Shrek and deny Flender even the dignity of retrieving Qin Ming’s body. Xue Beng and Ning Rongrong add their own taunts and violence toward Dai Mubai.
• Orochimaru and Mitsuki ignore Dai Mubai’s pleas for help. Zhu Zhuqing, by contrast, worries about what he may have endured in prison, though she knows little about his past there.
• Flender remains hopeful that Liu Erlong’s love will outweigh Gangzi’s changed appearance and condition.

Significant themes

• Regret and consequence: Qin Ming’s death prompts him to reconsider the path he chose.
• Power and helplessness: Shrek’s members can do little against imperial authority and influential allies.
• Humiliation and revenge: Dai Mubai is subjected to public mockery and faces the return of a former tormentor.
• Loyalty and acceptance: Flender hopes that love will allow Liu Erlong to accept Gangzi despite his flaws.

Key plot points and events

• Flender and his companions apply for teaching jobs at Blue Tyrant Academy. Their high ranks let them bypass the entrance test, while masked Gangzi—only rank 29—quietly resents being the lone exception.
• The group meets the academy’s dean, Liu Erlong, who recognizes Gangzi as her former love, Yu Xiaogang. Flender forces the reluctant Gangzi to face her.
• In private, Liu Erlong removes Gangzi’s mask and recoils at his disfigured appearance. She insists she still loves him, despite his appearance and severe digestive problems. Gangzi tries to push her toward Flender, but she refuses. He emerges wearing a fresh pair of pants, with Liu Erlong holding his arm.
• Blue Tyrant Academy is renamed Shrek Academy. Gangzi prepares to resume his rock-carrying training, but Toji intervenes, accusing him of imposing his bad theories on Hei Ranbai.
• Toji slaps Gangzi into a wall. Liu Erlong attacks to defend him and is slapped away too; she crashes into Gangzi, knocking him unconscious. Flender is then slapped, and lands atop Liu Erlong. Yu Tianheng’s protest earns him the same treatment, while Ma Hongjun backs down.

Character developments and interactions

• Gangzi remains insecure about his low rank and sensitive to rejection. Though he claims to want Liu Erlong to move on, he still loves her and fears she may choose someone else. His embarrassment over his condition contrasts with her determined devotion.
• Liu Erlong openly reaffirms her love for Gangzi, but her physical reactions to his appearance and smell create awkward comedy. She fiercely defends him against Toji.
• Flender reunites warmly with Liu Erlong and continues to show his affection for her, but is quickly incapacitated when he intervenes.
• Toji asserts authority through blunt, overwhelming force, striking Gangzi and anyone who challenges him.
• Ma Hongjun chooses self-preservation over standing up for Flender, while Yu Tianheng’s loyalty to Gangzi prompts him to confront Toji—and get slapped.

Significant themes

• Love and acceptance: Liu Erlong insists that her feelings for Gangzi survive his disfigurement and physical problems.
• Pride and humiliation: Gangzi’s shame, Flender’s romantic hopes, and Yu Tianheng’s clan pride are all undercut by comic physical punishment.
• Power and authority: Toji’s effortless dominance abruptly ends Gangzi’s attempt to resume training and establishes who controls the academy.
• Crude comedy: The reunion’s emotional declarations are repeatedly disrupted by gagging, flatulence, and slapstick violence.

Key plot points and events

• Orochimaru uses Impure World Reincarnation to raise over a thousand dead Soul Masters, chosen because they had suffered injustice at the hands of Heaven Dou’s nobles.
• He tells them they have limitless soul power and bodies that regenerate, then urges them to attack the city’s nobles. The resurrected warriors quickly set out, many seeking personal revenge.
• Qin Ming discovers former Shrek students among the revived. When they call on him to help destroy Shrek, he refuses, still regarding the academy as home. He ultimately chooses to attack Emperor Xue Ye, who had ordered his death.
• At the same time, Bai Ranmo’s Evil Soul Master clones raid noble estates, loot their treasuries, and help spread chaos through Heaven Dou City.
• The nobles’ guards initially pulverize some of the resurrected attackers, but the bodies reassemble. The rebels’ regeneration and inexhaustible soul power let them overwhelm resistance.
• Xue Ye learns that Qin Ming and other rebels have fought their way into the palace, leaving him stunned.

Character developments and interactions

• Qin Ming is torn between loyalty to Shrek and anger at the empire. He rejects his former students’ call for revenge against Shrek but decides to target Xue Ye instead.
• The revived former Shrek students turn their resentment toward the academy, blaming it for abandonment and deaths; they leave Qin Ming behind when he refuses to join them.
• The resurrected Soul Masters are united less by a common cause than by personal grievances against nobles who exploited, abused, or killed them.
• Orochimaru acts as their recruiter and manipulates their fury by emphasizing their newfound power and immortality.
• The nobles, confronted by people they had harmed and forgotten, respond with force, only to discover that ordinary attacks cannot permanently stop the revived.

Significant themes

• Revenge and injustice: The uprising is fueled by accumulated abuses that the powerful ignored or forgot.
• Power and vulnerability: The nobles’ status offers little protection once their victims return with overwhelming abilities.
• Manipulation and divided loyalties: Orochimaru channels personal hatred toward his own ends, while Qin Ming’s conflicted attachment to Shrek shapes his choice of target.
• Escalating chaos: The combination of the reincarnated army and the Evil Soul Masters turns individual grievances into a citywide crisis.

Key plot points and events

• Reanimated former Soul Masters overwhelm the Heaven Dou City guards. Unable to die or tire, they frustrate even two Soul Douluo defending the palace. Emperor Xue Ye panics, summons powerful allies, and equips an ancestral defensive Soul Tool.
• Toji leaves Shrek Academy to protect the emperor, explaining that he owes the Heaven Dou Empire for helping reduce Dai Mubai’s sentence. Flender claims he, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang can defend the school with their Golden Sacred Dragon fusion skill.
• Flender organizes the teachers to guard Shrek’s gates, but at the main entrance finds two students down and confronts reanimated former student Zhao Changsheng.
• Zhao says Flender’s past decision to send him into a conflict with another academy led to repeated attacks and ultimately his suicide to protect his family. He has returned seeking revenge.
• Flender easily smashes Zhao’s head, but Zhao regenerates and lands a surprise cleaver strike that wounds Flender. Even when broken apart, Zhao reforms and keeps attacking.
• Other resurrected Shrek alumni join the assault. Ma Hongjun arrives to help, whereupon former student Wang Luo confronts him over money Ma says he stole to visit a brothel.

Character developments and interactions

• Emperor Xue Ye is shaken by the assault and urgently seeks protection.
• Toji chooses to defend the emperor rather than remain at Shrek, citing his debt to the empire and Shrek’s role in it.
• Flender begins confidently, believing the attackers pose little threat, but Zhao’s regeneration and unexpected counterattack expose the danger of underestimating them.
• Zhao Changsheng emerges as a resentful former student whose grievance is tied to Flender’s decisions and the consequences for his family.
• Ma Hongjun rushes to defend his teacher, only to be confronted by Wang Luo, who accuses him of stealing his savings.
• The confrontation turns the old teacher-student relationships at Shrek into bitter disputes, as former students face their teachers and peers.

Significant themes

• Consequences of past decisions: Zhao’s revenge stems from events Flender’s earlier choices helped set in motion.
• Grievance and broken loyalty: Former students return not with affection but with accusations and violence.
• The threat of immortality: The reanimated attackers can be defeated momentarily but regenerate, making conventional strength and confidence insufficient.
• Debt and duty: Toji’s departure highlights obligations to the empire and the complicated loyalties linking it to Shrek.

Key plot points and events

• Shrek Academy is attacked by fighters whose bodies rapidly regenerate after being struck. Liu Erlong’s attacks cannot stop them, and Yu Xiaogang guesses they are using an Evil Soul Master technique.
• One attacker recognizes Xiaogang’s published Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul and blames its advice for his brother’s death after a first Soul Ring went disastrously wrong. Xiaogang’s summoned Luo Sanpao is ineffective against the attackers’ unusual bodies. Liu Erlong rushes to defend him as the academy descends into chaos.
• In Heaven Dou City, White Fox, a level-97 member of the Shadow Organization, demolishes buildings with explosive energy projectiles and attacks the Seven Treasure Trading Company.
• Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi confront him. White Fox’s projectiles can lodge in an opponent’s body and explode from within; Sword Douluo is forced to retreat and suppress one.
• White Fox’s Evil Soul Master allies surround them. Sword Douluo uses his Seven Kill True Body to protect Ning Fengzhi, but this leaves Ning pinned in place while White Fox keeps him from going to the palace.
• A Hell White Tiger appears at the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace. Ning Fengzhi fears it may be formed by the resurrected, seemingly immortal former Star Luo emperor Dai Kunlun and Zhu Wanwan. He and Sword Douluo realize the palace is in greater danger than they first thought and decide to go there.

Character developments and interactions

• Liu Erlong responds fiercely to the attack and shows unwavering trust in Yu Xiaogang, asking him to find a solution and then defending him directly.
• Yu Xiaogang maintains a confident pose despite having no answer to the attackers’ ability. His past theories are presented as having caused real harm, prompting an attacker’s revenge.
• Ning Fengzhi initially prioritizes protecting his trading company, but shifts focus once he understands the threat to the imperial family and Heaven Dou’s stability. The narration also suggests he had hoped to use Emperor Xue Ye’s death to advance Xue Qinghe and his own influence.
• Sword Douluo recognizes White Fox as a dangerous opponent, protects Ning Fengzhi, and reacts with alarm to the possibility that powerful former Star Luo rulers have returned as immortal beings.
• White Fox is composed and confident, using his destructive power and surrounding forces to keep Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo occupied.

Significant themes

• The consequences of expertise: Xiaogang’s published theories are blamed for a student’s death, showing how influential advice can have tragic consequences.
• Powerlessness and unusual threats: Conventional attacks fail against the regenerating fighters, while White Fox’s internal explosions and the possible return of immortal warriors challenge even elite defenders.
• Political self-interest versus public danger: Ning Fengzhi’s concerns about his business and political ambitions give way to the larger threat of the imperial family’s possible destruction.
• Loyalty and protection: Liu Erlong defends Xiaogang, while Sword Douluo shields Ning Fengzhi despite the danger.

Key plot points and events

• Unable to break into the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace by force, Orochimaru uses Impure World Reincarnation to revive former Star Luo Emperor Dai Kunlun and Zhu Wanwan.
• Orochimaru explains that the pair have immortal bodies and endless Soul Power, but are limited to Soul Douluo-level strength. He orders them to attack the Heaven Dou royal family.
• Dai Kunlun rejects Orochimaru’s authority and tries to attack him, but Orochimaru demonstrates that he can control Dai’s body. He forces both resurrected figures toward the palace.
• Once inside, Dai Kunlun regains control. He decides that killing the Heaven Dou royals could give the current Star Luo Emperor an opportunity to conquer Heaven Dou, so he chooses to proceed with the attack.
• Dai and Zhu combine their powers into the Hell White Tiger and attack Emperor Xue Ye. The palace defenders struggle to stop them; Bai Baoshan’s Heavenly Star Furnace is destroyed while blocking one strike.
• Just as Dai’s attack is about to hit Xue Ye, Toji knocks the Hell White Tiger away. Xue Ye flees, leaving Toji to face Dai and Zhu. Toji says he wants to “Subjugate” the beast, and Dai answers with a powerful energy blast.

Character developments and interactions

• Dai Kunlun emerges as proud and defiant, resisting Orochimaru’s control. Though he resents being manipulated, his ambition to serve Star Luo and his old dream of continental unification shape his decision to attack Heaven Dou.
• Zhu Wanwan is initially bewildered by her resurrection and wary of Orochimaru. She follows Dai’s lead and joins him in forming the Hell White Tiger.
• Orochimaru treats the resurrected pair as tools, openly asserting control over Dai rather than seeking his cooperation.
• Xue Ye is terrified by Dai’s return and quickly escapes once Toji intervenes, promising rewards and future gratitude.
• Toji is confident and dismissive of Xue Ye’s pleas, but eagerly takes on the Hell White Tiger, viewing it as a creature he wants to subdue.

Significant themes

• Power and control: Orochimaru’s ability to command the resurrected Dai clashes with Dai’s pride and desire for independence.
• Ambition beyond death: Dai’s resurrection revives not only his body but also his political ambitions and unfinished dream of uniting the continent.
• Shifting loyalties and political consequences: Dai’s attack is driven partly by what it could enable for Star Luo, making the assault more than a personal vendetta.
• Uncertain balance of power: The palace’s defenders are quickly overwhelmed, but Toji’s intervention abruptly changes the fight’s direction.