Chapter Summaries

Xue Qinghe sent Ning Chengyi and Snake Lance Douluo to rescue two women being transported by the Blue Silver Gang. Ning Chengyi ambushed the gang in a forest, killed two members, and engaged the rest as they began splitting up to deal with him.

• Xue Qinghe told Ning Chengyi that rescuing the captives would count as special training and sent Snake Lance Douluo to take him to Suotuo City.
• Snake Lance Douluo left Ning Chengyi in a forest outside the city to intercept the Evil Soul Masters transporting the women.
• Ning Chengyi concealed himself as seven members of the Blue Silver Gang approached with two bound, gagged women.
• Ning Chengyi killed Second Brother with a poisoned spear and crushed Old Seven's windpipe before disguising himself in Old Seven's clothes.
• Eldest Brother investigated the men's disappearance, recognized the danger, and ordered the others to stay alert.
• When Ning Chengyi attacked Eldest Brother, the gang sent Sixth Brother to take the women away while the other three went to help.

Ning Chengyi killed the Blue Silver Gang members who had attacked him and rescued two captive women, while She Long secretly intervened to fulfill the Sword Venerable’s beloved’s wish. Ning Chengyi set out to find the gang’s headquarters, and the young woman he freed returned to the forest to search for someone.

• Ning Chengyi killed Eldest Brother, Fifth Brother, and the other Blue Silver Gang members who fought him.
• Ning Chengyi chased down the last gang member, killed him, and freed the two women he had captured.
• Ning Chengyi told the Sword Venerable’s beloved that the Sword Venerable had sent him, then left the women with Xue Qinghe’s bundle.
• She Long watched Ning Chengyi’s killings, then carried the Sword Venerable’s beloved to Nightglow Tower in Suotuo City and gave instructions.
• Ning Chengyi planned to change clothes and find the Blue Silver Gang’s headquarters, while the young woman returned to the forest to search along the group’s trail.

Ning Chengyi encountered Zhu Zhuqing while bathing, then tracked the evil soul masters’ camp as she launched a solo attack against them. After she escaped the encirclement, he hid along her pursuers’ route, preparing to ambush the two Soul Grandmasters chasing her.

• Ning Chengyi bathed in a stream and discovered that his Phantom Butterfly could absorb moonlight.
• Zhu Zhuqing came to thank Ning Chengyi for saving her, but fled after seeing him in the water.
• Ning Chengyi tracked the evil soul masters to their camp and found Zhu Zhuqing watching it from nearby.
• Zhu Zhuqing attacked the camp alone, killing several men before the evil soul masters surrounded her.
• Ning Chengyi saw Zhu Zhuqing flee, wounded and pursued by two Soul Grandmasters, and hid to ambush them.

Ning Chengyi rescued Zhu Zhuqing from two Evil Soul Masters and treated her injuries. The next morning, Zhu Zhuqing confronted him about seeing her naked, and he held her back as she tried to attack him.

• Ning Chengyi watched as two men overpowered Zhu Zhuqing and prepared to assault her.
• Ning Chengyi ambushed the men with his spear and killed them, then carried the unconscious Zhu Zhuqing away.
• Ning Chengyi treated Zhu Zhuqing's wounds, dressed her in his clothes, and let her rest against him beneath a banyan tree.
• Zhu Zhuqing woke the next morning and demanded to know what Ning Chengyi had done to her.
• Ning Chengyi explained that he had treated her injuries, and he caught and held her when she tried to attack him.

Ning Chengyi cared for the wounded Zhu Zhuqing, and the pair grew closer while they ate and planned a nighttime attack on the Blue Silver Gang. They infiltrated the gang’s territory to kill its members, and Zhu Zhuqing joined the fight after the alarm was raised.

• Ning Chengyi teased Zhu Zhuqing, told her he had rescued her while hunting Evil Soul Masters, and promised her injuries would heal soon.
• Ning Chengyi carried Zhu Zhuqing down from the tree, caught and cooked fish with her, and later revealed his name after she called him Broken Throat.
• The Blue Silver Gang’s chief ordered stronger patrols, suspecting that someone was targeting the gang.
• Ning Chengyi and Zhu Zhuqing entered the gang’s territory late at night and found that its patrols had doubled.
• Ning Chengyi killed two guards, took their clothes, and attacked another patrol, triggering an alarm.
• Zhu Zhuqing watched Ning Chengyi fight, then attacked the nearby Evil Soul Masters herself.

Ning Chengyi and Zhu Zhuqing wore down and wiped out the Evil Soul Masters, then parted ways after Zhu Zhuqing gave Ning Chengyi her kitten’s bell. Ning Chengyi reached Suotuo City, where Snake Lance Douluo confirmed the assignment was complete and took him back toward Heaven Dou City.

• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Chengyi repeatedly harassed the Evil Soul Masters, keeping them from resting until they were exhausted.
• Ning Chengyi killed the chief in a duel, and he and Zhu Zhuqing defeated the disorganized Evil Soul Masters, leaving none alive.
• Ning Chengyi erased traces of the battle, and Zhu Zhuqing gave him a bell before leaving; he stored it beside Little Black’s tooth.
• Ning Chengyi traveled to Suotuo City and rested at the Nightglow Tower.
• Snake Lance Douluo inspected the battlefield, confirmed Ning Chengyi had completed the assignment, and took him toward Heaven Dou City.

After Ning Chengyi returned from his mission, Su Yao confronted him, and Xue Qinghe ordered resources and accelerated training to test his potential. Zhu Zhuqing waited at Shrek, thinking of Ning Chengyi and watching a blond man she despised.

• Snake Lance Douluo She Long returned with Ning Chengyi and reported the grisly, one-strike deaths of the Evil Soul Masters to Xue Qinghe.
• Su Yao confronted Ning Chengyi for returning late, then fled in embarrassment after realizing her nightdress had exposed her.
• Porcupinefish Douluo Ci Xue told Xue Qinghe that Her Eminence had approved his request to nurture Ning Chengyi, and Xue Qinghe ordered resources, testing, and a second soul ring within the month.
• Su Yao told Ning Chengyi his training would intensify with medicinal baths and Evil Soul Master hunts to prepare him for a major assessment.
• Zhu Zhuqing stood at Shrek's entrance, watched a blond man with disgust, and remembered her encounters with Ning Chengyi until someone called to her.

Zhu Zhuqing passed Shrek Academy’s entrance test but rejected Dai Mubai’s advances and was disgusted by the academy’s sausage seller, Oscar. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong disguised herself and set out for Heaven Dou City, while Yu Shuo and Yu Tianheng headed to Heaven Dou Imperial Academy.

• Zhu Zhuqing met Xiao Wu and Tang San, then passed Shrek Academy’s test with two Soul Rings.
• Dai Mubai offered to escort Zhu Zhuqing inside, but she rebuffed him and walked away; he remained determined to pursue her.
• Dai Mubai stopped Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong from eating Oscar’s sausages by revealing how Oscar summoned them.
• Bibi Dong received a report, announced she was entering seclusion, disguised herself, and left for Heaven Dou City.
• Yu Shuo learned Yu Tianheng had not found or avenged the person who injured him, then persuaded him to visit Heaven Dou Imperial Academy.

Ning Chengyi trained with a medicinal bath and went with Su Yao to watch the Imperial Fighting Team face the Heavenly Apex Class. When the rival teams gathered, the Heavenly Apex Class appeared to have only six members, until a familiar voice challenged the claim that they were short a fighter.

• Ning Chengyi absorbed the medicinal bath’s properties, bringing his Soul Power close to level eighteen, and asked Su Yao about Ye Heng’s training.
• Su Yao took Ning Chengyi to the academy’s crowded sparring hall, where she introduced him to Qin Ming and showed him profiles of the Imperial Fighting Team.
• The seven members of the Imperial Fighting Team and the six members of the Heavenly Apex Class entered as their supporters traded cheers and insults.
• Yu Tianheng questioned why the Heavenly Apex Class had only six fighters, and Ye Heng insisted that his team did not need anyone else.
• As the Heavenly Apex Class fell silent under questions about its missing members, an unexpected voice declared, “Who says our class is short a fighter?!”

Ning Chengyi entered the arena and provoked Yu Tianheng’s team before the match began. As both teams fought, Dugu Yan targeted Ning Chengyi, who had lured her toward him, while Yu Tianheng unleashed his full power.

• Ning Chengyi introduced himself to Yu Tianheng and mocked Yu Feng, then Yu Shuo identified him as the person who had beaten him.
• Ning Chengyi taunted Yu Shuo and Yu Tianheng, arranged to handle Dugu Yan while Ye Heng fought the others, and the teams prepared for the match.
• Meng Shenji announced the start, and both teams summoned their martial souls and attacked.
• Ye Heng and Yu Tianheng clashed, while Dugu Yan spotted Ning Chengyi in a corner and threatened him with her poison.
• Ye Heng called for the others to protect Ning Chengyi, but Yu Tianheng unleashed his full Soul Elder aura and urged Dugu Yan to attack.

Ning Chengyi pretended Dugu Yan's poison had left him helpless, drawing her close before revealing he had secretly neutralized it. The chapter ended as he unleashed his first Soul Skill and struck back with his spear.

• Dugu Yan engulfed Ning Chengyi in Jade Phosphor Purple Poison and taunted him, while the spectators feared the poison would kill him.
• Ning Chengyi secretly used Phantom Butterfly to absorb the poison, then released poisonous butterfly dust and faked severe symptoms.
• Dugu Yan approached the apparently weakened Ning Chengyi to finish him as Ye Heng and the others struggled to reach him.
• Ning Chengyi suddenly shed his feigned weakness, activated his first Soul Skill, and charged at Dugu Yan with his spear, scattering the poison mist.

Ning Chengyi turned Dugu Yan’s poison against the Imperial Fighting Team, striking her from the arena and clashing with Yu Tianheng. As Ye Lingling healed her teammates, Ning Chengyi revealed that he had poisoned Yu Tianheng and began counting as the poison took effect.

• Ning Chengyi used his hidden strength to knock Dugu Yan out of the arena with a spear strike.
• Yu Tianheng attacked Ning Chengyi in a rage, but Ning Chengyi countered with his first Soul Skill and sent him flying back.
• Ye Lingling healed Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan while Ning Chengyi arranged for Golden Bell Flower to restore his Soul Power.
• Ning Chengyi revealed that he had poisoned Yu Tianheng using the Poison Butterfly Powder and counted down as the poison began to affect him.

Ning Chengyi’s concealed poison crippled Yu Tianheng and Ye Lingling, allowing the Heavenly Apex Class to defeat the Imperial Fighting Team. After the Three Education Committee Members declared the result, Ning Chengyi refused Yu Feng’s demand to cure them and kicked him.

• Ning Chengyi’s poison left Yu Tianheng writhing in agony, while the stunned crowd realized a rank-seventeen Soul Master had defeated him.
• The Shi Brothers advanced toward Yu Tianheng as Ye Lingling tried to heal him, but she coughed blood and lost her ability to fight.
• Ning Chengyi revealed that he had planned the poisoning and used Dugu Yan’s poisonous fog to conceal his Second Martial Soul.
• Ye Lingling surrendered as the Heavenly Apex Class overwhelmed the Imperial Fighting Team, and the Three Education Committee Members declared the Heavenly Apex Class the winner.
• Yu Feng demanded that Ning Chengyi cure the poisoned teammates, but Ning Chengyi kicked him and refused; Ye Lingling pleaded for help.

Ning Chengyi cured Ye Lingling and Yu Tianheng with his blood after the Education Committee Members intervened, then left the sparring room while Su Yao chased him. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong entered the Star Dou Great Forest to find the Twin Spider Brightflower, but she staggered back to Star Dou Town days later in a badly weakened state.

• Ning Chengyi restored Ye Lingling's complexion with his blood and then cured Yu Tianheng after the Education Committee Members ordered him to do so.
• Meng Shenji silenced the spectators and ordered them not to reveal what had happened, while Qin Ming threatened Ning Chengyi before leaving.
• Ning Chengyi refused to tell Su Yao how he had learned to use poison and ran from her.
• Bibi Dong disguised herself and traveled to Star Dou Town before entering the Star Dou Great Forest to seek the Twin Spider Brightflower.
• Several days later, Bibi Dong staggered out of the forest covered in grime, pale and badly weakened.

Bibi Dong was poisoned by a Twin Spider Nether Flower and lost most of her cultivation as two elderly strangers came to her aid. Meanwhile, Ning Chengyi prepared to leave for wilderness training in the Star Dou Great Forest, leaving Ye Heng in charge of the Heavenly Apex Class.

• Bibi Dong realized she had mistaken the poisonous Twin Spider Nether Flower for a Twin Spider Brightflower, and her cultivation fell to Soul Saint level as the toxins spread.
• An elderly man and woman found Bibi Dong unconscious and helped carry her away.
• Xue Qinghe approved Ning Chengyi's training trip to the Star Dou Great Forest and instructed She Long to keep him at the academy until he reached level twenty.
• Su Yao failed to get permission to accompany Ning Chengyi and warned him repeatedly before he left.
• Ning Chengyi told the Heavenly Apex Class that Ye Heng would lead them while he was away, and the students promised to follow his instructions.
• Ning Chengyi departed with She Long as the class settled into cultivation and Ye Heng praised the change in its discipline.

Bibi Dong recovered from the poison under the care of an elderly couple and found purpose in helping them heal others. She then asked to become their daughter, and introduced herself as Zhu Qianxun.

• Ning Chengyi's reports pleased Emperor Xue Ye, who trusted Xue Qinghe more and gave him greater authority.
• The elderly couple cared for Bibi Dong through seven days of unconsciousness, and she woke with her Soul Power reduced to level forty.
• Bibi Dong learned to identify herbs and prepare antidotes, then treated a young Soul Master who had been poisoned by a spider.
• The old woman told Bibi Dong that the couple had lost their child in a Soul Beast forest and had spent nearly forty years healing others.
• Bibi Dong told the couple she wanted them to be her parents, and she gave them the name Zhu Qianxun.

Bibi Dong settled into life as the old couple’s adopted daughter, taking their advice about love to heart while recovering her strength. Meanwhile, Ning Chengyi reached Star Dou Town, met the local Nightglow Tower manager, and set out to visit its intelligence organization.

• The old woman advised Bibi Dong to pursue mutual love and let go of someone who refused to understand her, prompting Bibi Dong to think of a young man.
• Bibi Dong accompanied the old couple into the Star Dou Great Forest to gather antidote herbs and showed off her knowledge of plants.
• Bibi Dong decided to remain hidden from Spirit Hall until the poison was purged and her strength returned, while helping the old couple treat people in town.
• Snake Lance Douluo escorted Ning Chengyi to Star Dou Town, where Ning Chengyi entered Nightglow Tower and met manager Cao Deshuang.
• Ning Chengyi heard townspeople praise Old Zhu and his wife, then asked Cao Deshuang for directions and headed to the intelligence organization.

Ning Chengyi met Meng Yiran while gathering information in Small Town, beat her in a fishing contest, and learned about Old Zhu and the local mercenaries. He commissioned hidden weapons from the blacksmith and went to find Old Zhu, only to learn that Zhu had gone to pick up his daughter.

• Ning Chengyi caught fish easily, challenged Meng Yiran to a contest, and won after she caught only two tiny fish.
• Ning Chengyi shared his cooked fish with Meng Yiran, learned useful information from her, and gave her the rest of his catch.
• Ning Chengyi visited the blacksmith, commissioned a set of hidden weapons, and heard that Old Zhu led a reliable mercenary group.
• Ning Chengyi went to Old Zhu's home and learned from the people there that Old Zhu had gone to pick up his daughter.

Ning Chengyi joined Bibi Dong and a large group of Soul Masters heading into the Star Dou Great Forest, while Bibi Dong struggled with whether to reveal herself to him. Their journey was interrupted by the arrival of the Fierce Wolf Soul Hunting Group, whose members were known for robbing independent Soul Masters.

• Ning Chengyi asked Old Zhu's wife if he could join her family's trip into the Star Dou Great Forest, and she agreed.
• Old Zhu's wife told the injured Soul Masters that Bibi Dong would gather herbs, and many volunteered to escort her.
• Ning Chengyi arrived the next morning to find at least seventy Soul Masters gathered to protect Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong recognized Ning Chengyi in the crowd and wrestled with whether to reveal herself as the group set off.
• The Fierce Wolf Soul Hunting Group caught up with them, prompting the Soul Masters to warn Bibi Dong that the group robbed them for resources.

Ning Chengyi uncovered the Fierce Wolf Group’s sinister intentions and persuaded Bibi Dong and the escort party to split from them at the Star Dou Great Forest. The group’s young master planned to gather his forces, unleash a Soul Beast Tide, and abduct the girl from the Zhu Family.

• The Fierce Wolf Group joined Bibi Dong’s escort party, and Ning Chengyi learned they were led by a rank twenty-three Soul Grandmaster notorious for exploiting Small Town’s residents.
• The party reached the Star Dou Great Forest, where Ning Chengyi questioned the young master’s mission and suspected he was scheming.
• Ning Chengyi proposed that the party separate from the Fierce Wolf Group, and Bibi Dong supported him, so the escort party continued into the forest without them.
• The Fierce Wolf Group’s young master ordered his men to regroup and follow the party’s marks, then revealed his plan to cause a Soul Beast Tide and seize the Zhu Family girl.