Chapter Summaries

Xu Yuan faced Di Tian and the Star Dou Great Forest’s Ferocious Beasts, then used his fifth Soul Skill to summon the Evil God’s projection. The projection’s arrival turned the sky and moon gray, alerting the Silver Dragon King, who wondered whether the Evil God King had attacked.

• Xu Yuan intimidated Xiong Jun and the Scarlet King, while Di Tian demanded he return the Star Dou Great Forest’s fortune and the Emperor Auspicious Beast asked Di Tian not to kill him.
• Di Tian prepared to strike Xu Yuan with his Dragon God Claw, but Xu Yuan activated his fifth Soul Skill, Evil Descent.
• Xu Yuan explained that Evil Descent summoned a wisp of the Evil God’s projection to fight for him.
• A towering gray figure appeared, filling the Star Dou Great Forest with an evil presence and turning the sky and moonlight gray.
• The Silver Dragon King opened her eyes and wondered whether the Evil God King had come attacking from the Divine Realm.

Xu Yuan used Evil Finger to overwhelm Di Tian, but the Silver Dragon King rescued the Ferocious Beasts and withdrew them from Star Dou. Xu Yuan left with Xiao Wu to seek the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, while the Evil God King and the God King of Goodness discussed Xu Yuan’s potential as a successor and his unusual Martial Soul.

• Xu Yuan summoned the Projection of the Evil God and struck at Di Tian with Evil Finger, suppressing divine powers across the Douluo Continent.
• Di Tian answered with Dragon God Claw, but the clash threatened his body and Soul Cores.
• The Silver Dragon King appeared, rescued Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts through a spatial vortex, and escaped after examining Xu Yuan and his Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Xiao Wu.
• Xu Yuan avoided pursuing the Silver Dragon King and left Star Dou with Xiao Wu, setting his sights on the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King as a seventh Soul Ring candidate.
• The Evil God King showed the God King of Goodness Xu Yuan’s feats, and they discussed his unusual Martial Soul and whether he should inherit the Evil God's divine position.

The Silver Dragon King analyzed Xu Yuan’s unusual Soul Ring connections and planned to use his path toward godhood to prepare Soul Beasts for a future return to the Divine Realm. She ordered Di Tian to have the Emperor Auspicious Beast investigate his method and bring Bi Ji along, while Di Tian questioned the risk of refining the Star Dou fortune.

• Di Tian apologized to the Silver Dragon King for acting without permission, but she thanked him because the crisis revealed an extraordinarily gifted human Soul Master.
• The Silver Dragon King explained that Xu Yuan’s Soul Rings were connected to the moon, life, destiny, and traces of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings, and that these connections might lead to a divine seat.
• The Silver Dragon King decided the Emperor Auspicious Beast should investigate Xu Yuan’s method of becoming a god, since she could potentially use her destiny power to attain a God King seat.
• The Silver Dragon King said she could help the Emperor Auspicious Beast refine the Star Dou fortune and quickly reach ten thousand years of cultivation, but Di Tian warned that this could permanently consume that fortune.
• The Silver Dragon King ordered Di Tian to send Bi Ji along, and Di Tian considered sending Zi JI to investigate where the two Dragon Kings had fallen.

After Da Ming and Er Ming sacrificed themselves, Xu Yuan comforted Xiao Wu with the possibility that gods could resurrect them and reassured her that they might one day challenge Spirit Hall together. Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu left the Star Dou Great Forest with plans to withdraw from Nuoding Academy and travel overseas, while Tang San meditated nearby, unaware of Yu Xiaogang’s mournful cries.

• Xiao Wu grieved for Da Ming and Er Ming, and Xu Yuan suggested that a god might resurrect them using their soul rings and bones.
• Xu Yuan revealed his six powerful Soul Rings, and Xiao Wu agreed he had a high chance of becoming a god.
• Xiao Wu worried that Spirit Hall might recruit Xu Yuan and make them enemies, so Xu Yuan promised they could join forces against Spirit Hall if necessary.
• Xu Yuan explained that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had tried to possess him through its sacrifice, and Xiao Wu worried about his safety.
• Xu Yuan told Xiao Wu they would withdraw from Nuoding Academy, visit Heaven Dou City, and then seek a seventh Soul Ring overseas.
• Tang San meditated after training and failed to notice the mournful cries coming from Yu Xiaogang’s dorm room.

Scarface became a Nuoding noble and academy vice dean, while Yu Xiaogang endured his new situation and continued managing Tang San’s training with meals and encouragement. Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu returned to Nuoding Academy to withdraw, prompting Yu Xiaogang to object because he still wanted to study Xu Yuan’s Wish-Granting Tree Martial Soul.

• Scarface gave Yu Xiaogang five hundred Gold Soul Coins and announced he had accepted a noble title and the post of honorary vice dean at Nuoding Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang cooked Tang San a medicinal meat broth, reassured him that his tingling legs meant his muscles were growing, and considered using Spirit Hall remedies to improve Tang San’s eyesight.
• Xiao Wu returned to Nuoding Academy, and Tang San and Yu Xiaogang both wondered whether Xu Yuan had returned with her.
• Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu said they had come to complete withdrawal procedures, and Yu Xiaogang objected because they were only seven and he still wanted to study Xu Yuan’s Martial Soul.

Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu revealed that they had both reached level twenty, prompting Yu Xiaogang to question why Tang San had only reached level sixteen. After Xiao Wu’s taunts and Yu Xiaogang’s disappointment, Tang San challenged Xu Yuan to prove his progress, and Xu Yuan prepared to use the opportunity to fleece him and Yu Xiaogang.

• Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu revealed their first two Soul Rings and said they had both reached level twenty and wanted to enter a higher-level academy.
• Yu Xiaogang reacted in disbelief that Xiao Wu and Xu Yuan had surpassed Tang San, while Xiao Wu accused Tang San of not working hard enough.
• Tang San froze when Xiao Wu questioned his cultivation, and Yu Xiaogang concluded that Tang San had been pretending to work hard.
• Tang San challenged Xu Yuan, claiming Yu Xiaogang’s training had improved his combat skills and that his broken right leg had healed.
• Xu Yuan accepted the challenge and said he had created several Soul Skills after obtaining his second Soul Ring.

Xu Yuan defeated Tang San by using Wish-Granting Golden Body and Fate's Sorrow, while the fortune he drew from Tang San and Yu Xiaogang evolved the Eye of Destiny and granted him visions of the future. Tang San’s Burst Step then shattered his weakened leg bones, leaving him collapsed as Yu Xiaogang rushed to help him.

• Tang San used Burst Step to attack Xu Yuan, but Xu Yuan’s Wish-Granting Golden Body nullified his strike and sent him flying.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San that golden-body Soul Skills had limits, and Tang San resolved to continue fighting.
• Xu Yuan used Fate's Sorrow and his self-created Bring Fortune skill to draw fortune from Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, evolving the Eye of Destiny so it could see future scenes.
• Xu Yuan avoided Tang San’s Blue Silver Entanglement while Fate's Sorrow weakened the physical defenses of Tang San and Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang San’s Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and Burst Step triggered the hidden damage in his bones, and his left leg shattered when he struck the ground.
• Tang San collapsed with both legs broken, and Yu Xiaogang rushed to his side.

After Tang San broke both legs during sparring, Yu Xiaogang admitted he had pushed his seven-year-old disciple too hard and promised to revise his training. Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu prepared to leave, while Tang San asked to use Xu Yuan’s Wish-Granting Tree to heal his injuries.

• Xu Yuan withdrew his Soul Skill, and Yu Xiaogang realized Tang San’s fractures had likely been caused by the violent Burst Step training and excessive exertion.
• Yu Xiaogang apologized to Tang San, promised him two or three months of recovery and expert treatment, and decided to focus his future training on eye exercises.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to persuade Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu to attend a special academy that accepted only monsters, but Xu Yuan dismissed the suggestion and started to leave with Xiao Wu.
• Tang San asked Xu Yuan to grant a wish to heal his legs, and Yu Xiaogang reluctantly allowed him to do so.

Xu Yuan used the wish-granting tree martial soul to restore Tang San’s legs by removing the effect of his right leg soul bone, while secretly learning how the tree extracted vitality. Tang San regained his ability to move and challenged Xu Yuan to a rematch.

• Xiao Wu demanded five hundred Gold Soul Coins from Yu Xiaogang to fund her and Xu Yuan’s trip, and he reluctantly paid.
• Tang San wished for his legs to return to their condition before he gained the soul bone’s effect.
• Xu Yuan examined Tang San’s injuries and saw the wish-granting tree drain his soul power and twenty years of lifespan through his damaged blue silver grass martial soul.
• Xu Yuan imitated the tree’s vitality-extraction technique, then watched it reduce Tang San’s thousand-year soul bone to an origin under ten years old.
• Tang San’s right leg recovered, and he tested his movement with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track before demanding a rematch with Xu Yuan.

Tang San proposed a wager to persuade Xu Yuan to attend Yu Xiaogang’s Shrek academy, but Xu Yuan challenged him to withstand one punch without Soul Power or Soul Skills. The chapter ended as Xu Yuan struck and Tang San braced himself with Mysterious Jade Hand.

• Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu tried to leave, while Tang San insisted on challenging Xu Yuan and proposed a wager using hidden weapons and physical strength.
• Xiao Wu noticed Tang San’s confidence seemed suspicious, and Xu Yuan praised her insight before refusing his wager and heading toward the teaching building.
• Tang San blocked Xu Yuan, so Xu Yuan offered to accept Tang San’s conditions if he could withstand one punch without falling.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San agreed, believing Xu Yuan’s strength without Soul Skills would be limited.
• Tang San set his stance and covered his hands with Mysterious Jade Hand as Xu Yuan threw a normal punch.

Tang San’s hidden weapons catastrophically misfired after Xu Yuan knocked him down, injuring Tang San and poisoning Yu Xiaogang. Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu graduated from Nuoding Academy and left for Heaven Dou City, while Yu Xiaogang was carried away for treatment.

• Xu Yuan struck Tang San, sending him crashing to the ground and triggering the faulty hidden weapons concealed on his body.
• Tang San’s crossbow, poisoned needles, and other weapons burst out; Xu Yuan shielded himself, Xiao Wu, and Yu Xiaogang, but Yu Xiaogang was grazed by a poisoned bolt.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San were taken away for treatment after the Dean of Nuoding intervened, and Xu Yuan promised to remember Shrek and possibly promote Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul Theory.
• Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu applied to graduate, received recommendation letters, and said goodbye to the work-study students in Dorm Seven.
• Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu left Nuoding City by carriage and headed for Heaven Dou City, while Xu Yuan dismissed the idea of visiting Shrek Academy.

At a teahouse meeting, Xue Qinghe felt his Martial Soul respond to someone in Heaven Dou City and realized a powerful compatible Martial Soul might be nearby. She spotted Xu Yuan on the street and invited him to talk, hoping to recruit him.

• Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi discussed Xue Beng's recent misfortunes while Xue Beng suspected Xue Qinghe was behind them.
• Xue Beng apologized to Xue Qinghe, who promised to protect him, leaving Xue Beng even more uneasy.
• Xue Qinghe felt her Martial Soul stir and told Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi she sensed a possible Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Xue Qinghe noticed Xu Yuan outside while he took Xiao Wu shopping and invited him into the teahouse for a chat.

Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu encountered Xue Qinghe, whose Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul resonated with theirs, and joined him and Ning Fengzhi in a teahouse. There, Ning Fengzhi recognized their potential Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Xu Yuan prepared to talk about Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang.

• Xue Qinghe invited Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu to the teahouse, but Xiao Wu suspected a trap and refused until he demonstrated Martial Soul resonance.
• Ning Fengzhi and Xue Ye vouched for Xue Qinghe, and Xu Yuan realized Qinghe was likely Xue Qinghe in disguise as Qian Renxue.
• Xue Qinghe activated his Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul at close range, letting Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu sense its resonance, and they agreed to join him upstairs.
• Xue Qinghe introduced Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu to Ning Fengzhi, Xue Ye, and Sword Douluo, while Xue Beng stayed hidden in the corner.
• Ning Fengzhi identified their connection as a possible Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Skill and described the Golden Iron Triangle and Yu Xiaogang.
• Xiao Wu recognized Ning Fengzhi as someone who knew Gangzi, and Xu Yuan confirmed that he and Xiao Wu knew Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang.

Ning Fengzhi recounted Yu Xiaogang’s background and mixed reputation, while Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu praised the Grandmaster before the emperor and court. The gathering ended with Ning Fengzhi reconsidering Yu Xiaogang’s expertise after learning that he had taken a Blue Silver Grass disciple with innate full Soul Power and vowed to make him one of the continent’s strongest.

• Ning Fengzhi explained that Yu Xiaogang was Yu Yuanzhen’s son, had a Level 29 limit, and had once made the Golden Iron Triangle famous with its Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Ning Fengzhi described Yu Xiaogang’s reputation as both a celebrated Martial Soul theorist and a fraud whose theories had never been proven in practice.
• Xiao Wu claimed Yu Xiaogang’s created Soul Skill was powerful enough that even a Titled Douluo would not dare face it head-on.
• Xu Yuan revealed that Yu Xiaogang had taken Tang San, a Blue Silver Grass Soul Master with innate full Soul Power, as his disciple and intended to make him one of the continent’s strongest.
• Ning Fengzhi rejected the idea that a Blue Silver Grass Soul Master could become a great expert, then reconsidered Yu Xiaogang’s ability if his claim about Tang San was true.

At a gathering with Emperor Xue Ye, Xue Qinghe, Ning Fengzhi, and others, Xu Yuan’s remark that “whoever gains Grandmaster gains the world” stirred political speculation about Yu Xiaogang and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. The discussion turned to Shrek Academy, while Ning Fengzhi privately wondered whether Yu Xiaogang’s disciple Tang San was connected to Tang Hao.

• Xiao Wu said Yu Xiaogang had never taught at Nuoding Academy and had taken Tang San as a disciple, while Xu Yuan had refused his offer.
• Xu Yuan said he had only promised to spread the fame of Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul theories, then repeated the claim that whoever gained Grandmaster gained the world.
• Ning Fengzhi rejected the claim, criticized Yu Xiaogang’s theories and Level 29 Soul Power, and argued that Yu Xiaogang could not help a prince win the throne.
• Xu Yuan repeated Yu Xiaogang’s boasts that Shrek Academy had Soul Saints as numerous as clouds and Soul Emperors as plentiful as rain, exciting Xue Beng and surprising Emperor Xue Ye.
• Ning Fengzhi questioned why Shrek had never appeared in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament and privately considered visiting Yu Xiaogang.
• Ning Fengzhi connected Tang San’s name to Tang Hao but dismissed the possibility that Tang San had Twin Martial Souls.

Emperor Xue Ye and Xue Qinghe tried to recruit Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu after learning they were seven-year-old Soul Grandmasters with Innate Full Soul Power and a possible Martial Soul resonance with Qinghe. Xu Yuan declined to settle in Heaven Dou City, but the promise of gifts from the imperial treasury made him reconsider, and the chapter ended with him asking when they could collect them.

• Xu Yuan told Xue Qinghe that he and Xiao Wu were both seven, and Xiao Wu revealed that she, Xu Yuan, and Tang San had all possessed Innate Full Soul Power.
• Sword Douluo pointed out that Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu had reached Soul Grandmaster at seven, prompting Emperor Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi to consider their future potential.
• Emperor Xue Ye and Xue Qinghe invited Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu to stay at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Xu Yuan declined because they planned to travel around the continent.
• Xue Qinghe tried to persuade them with Heaven Dou City's attractions and resources, then offered access to the imperial treasury and a welcoming gift.
• Emperor Xue Ye corrected Xue Qinghe's offer, insisting that Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu should each receive a gift, and Xue Qinghe urged them to call him Brother Xue.
• Xu Yuan accepted the form of address and asked when they could collect their welcoming gifts.

After Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu spent a lavish day in Heaven Dou City, Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin decided to travel to Nuoding City to investigate Tang San and Yu Xiaogang. Meanwhile, Tang San seized on Vice Dean Scarface’s wish to speak with his teacher as a chance to get Yu Xiaogang out of his way.

• Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu enjoyed Xue Qinghe’s hospitality, then returned to their hotel and settled into cultivation together.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin praised Xu Yuan and Xiao Wu, discussed Yu Xiaogang, and considered bringing Ning Rongrong to meet the pair.
• Ning Fengzhi suspected Tang San’s surname might connect him to the Clear Sky Sect and decided to visit Nuoding City with Chen Xin that night.
• Yu Xiaogang revised Tang San’s timetable to leave him less time for hidden weapons, and Tang San found the new schedule waiting at Dorm Seven.
• Vice Dean Scarface visited Tang San to ask about Yu Xiaogang, and Tang San offered to arrange a chance for them to speak alone.

Yu Xiaogang was trapped and humiliated by Scarface while dreaming of escaping Nuoding City with Tang San and proving his theories. Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin arrived to find Yu Xiaogang, but caught him in a compromising situation, leaving Yu begging Ning Fengzhi to save him.

• Scarface restrained Yu Xiaogang in his office while Tang San was away, and Yu endured the humiliation as he imagined escaping to Shrek with his disciple.
• Tang San slept in the dormitory, unaware that Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi had arrived at Nuoding Academy to find Yu Xiaogang.
• Chen Xin used his spiritual power to locate Yu Xiaogang, saw what was happening, and reacted with disgust before bringing Ning Fengzhi to the office.
• Ning Fengzhi peered through a hole in the wall, saw Scarface and Yu Xiaogang, then entered and awkwardly greeted the Grandmaster.
• Yu Xiaogang recognized Ning Fengzhi and pleaded with him to save him.

Ning Fengzhi intervened when Yu Xiaogang accused Scarface of coercing and abusing him, using the confrontation to gain leverage over Yu Xiaogang while sparing Scarface from death. After Yu Xiaogang asked him to keep the matter quiet, Ning Fengzhi questioned him about Tang San and grew more convinced that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son.

• Chen Xin subdued Scarface and Yu Xiaogang, and Ning Fengzhi asked Yu Xiaogang to explain the situation and his injured leg.
• Yu Xiaogang accused Scarface of retaliating against him, while Scarface claimed their relationship was mutual; Ning Fengzhi ordered Chen Xin to sever Scarface’s fifth limb.
• Ning Fengzhi refused to kill Scarface because he was an imperial noble, and Yu Xiaogang failed to stand when he tried to take revenge himself.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Ning Fengzhi to keep the incident secret and settle it with compensation, and Scarface promised not to bother him again.
• Ning Fengzhi brought up Tang San, prompting Yu Xiaogang to warn him against targeting his disciple; Ning Fengzhi’s suspicions that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son grew stronger.

Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin met Tang San at Nuoding Academy, healed him, and learned that he was Tang Hao’s son and Yu Xiaogang’s disciple. After Ning Fengzhi left, Yu Xiaogang feared Scarface would return and fled overnight with Tang San, planning to head for Shrek.

• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin left Yu Xiaogang’s office, and Ning Fengzhi criticized Yu Xiaogang’s dependence on compensation while Chen Xin lamented his lack of backbone.
• Ning Fengzhi met Tang San, healed his injuries with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and learned that his father was Tang Hao.
• Tang San showed Ning Fengzhi his Blue Silver Grass and described Yu Xiaogang’s theories; Ning Fengzhi dismissed Tang San as no threat and left Nuoding Academy with Chen Xin.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that Ning Fengzhi had healed him, and Yu Xiaogang decided to leave Nuoding City for Shrek before Scarface could return.
• Yu Xiaogang gave Tang San two steamed buns and ordered him to pull his wheelchair a hundred kilometers through the night.