Chapter Summaries

Zhao Wuji told Lin Xiao and the girls that he would train them instead of Yu Xiaogang, then presented a plan Lin Xiao criticized and replaced with more advanced methods. Zhao Wuji went back to test Lin Xiao’s Soul Power body-tempering technique, while the girls chose to rest and Lin Xiao prepared to begin training himself.

• Zhao Wuji announced that he would train Lin Xiao and the three girls, while Yu Xiaogang trained Tang San and the others.
• Lin Xiao and the girls welcomed the arrangement and read Zhao Wuji’s physical-training plan, which Lin Xiao judged crude and inefficient.
• Lin Xiao proposed Soul Power body-tempering, nightly medicinal baths, and actual combat to improve physical strength, Soul Power, and spiritual power.
• Lin Xiao offered to teach the body-tempering method, and Zhao Wuji decided to return to his courtyard to test it himself.
• Ning Rongrong asked to stroll with the girls and begin training the next day, while Lin Xiao agreed and planned to train on his own.

Lin Xiao independently developed a body-tempering method and received the Nine Revolutions Profound Art from the system, then used it to cultivate. After Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo arrived, Ning Fengzhi offered Lin Xiao the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s protection, and Lin Xiao agreed to visit the sect in the future.

• Lin Xiao struggled to combine meditation with body tempering, then received the Nine Revolutions Profound Art as a system reward for developing his method.
• He began cultivating the art, which accelerated his Soul Power growth, and planned to try Thunderfire Body Tempering while relying on Invincible Golden Body if danger arose.
• After returning from shopping, Ning Rongrong brought Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo to meet Lin Xiao.
• Ning Fengzhi asked whether Lin Xiao had a master, and Lin Xiao said he had no background and came from the mountains.
• Ning Fengzhi offered to have the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect protect Lin Xiao from Tang Hao, and Lin Xiao thanked him and said he hoped to visit Seven Treasure City.

Ning Fengzhi gave Lin Xiao ten million Gold Soul Coins and planned further gifts to secure the prodigy’s loyalty to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. As Lin Xiao began teaching Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San approached Ning Fengzhi and was kicked away.

• Ning Fengzhi gave Lin Xiao a Gold Soul Card containing ten million Gold Soul Coins and encouraged him to spend time with the girls.
• Lin Xiao began teaching Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing body-tempering methods and acupoint identification.
• Ning Fengzhi told Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo to prepare Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures and Soul Bones for Lin Xiao.
• Ning Fengzhi reasoned that Lin Xiao could become unmatched as a Titled Douluo and that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect should invest in him before other factions did.
• Tang San blocked Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo, introduced himself, and Ning Fengzhi kicked him more than twenty meters away.

Ning Fengzhi kicked Tang San for secretly following him and refused to hear his proposal for hidden weapons, prompting Tang San to swear revenge on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. In Spirit City, Bibi Dong learned of Lin Xiao’s extraordinary talent and ordered Spirit Hall to recruit him while investigating Tang Hao, Shrek Academy, and Ning Fengzhi’s activities.

• Ning Fengzhi kicked Tang San and warned him against following people whose cultivation far exceeded his.
• Tang San tried to offer Ning Fengzhi his hidden weapons, but Ning Fengzhi left with Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo without hearing him out.
• Tang San vowed to make the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect pay and returned to the Shrek Academy Dormitory, still fixated on Xiao Wu and Lin Xiao’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo gave Bibi Dong a dossier on Lin Xiao, and Bibi Dong ordered a Suotuo City branch hall deacon to approach him and investigate Tang Hao and Shrek Academy.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo reported Ning Fengzhi’s presence in Suotuo City and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Path Guardians, and Bibi Dong ordered a thorough investigation.

Spirit Hall decided to recruit Lin Xiao or at least avoid making an enemy of him after learning that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect might seek him out. At Shrek Academy, Bishop Tu Ling paid Lin Xiao for his completed mission and revealed that Spirit Hall had rewarded him for intelligence about Clear Sky Douluo, beginning to explain why Lin Xiao had provided it.

• Bibi Dong concluded that Ning Fengzhi and two Titled Douluo were in Suotuo City to guard against Tang Hao and possibly recruit Lin Xiao, and ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo to win Lin Xiao over without offending him.
• Lin Xiao spent the night teaching Xiao Wu and the other girls acupoints, then saw Tang San leave while seething with jealousy over Xiao Wu staying at Lin Xiao's courtyard.
• Teacher Shao Xin told Lin Xiao that Flender wanted to see him, and Lin Xiao found Bishop Tu Ling and two deacons waiting in the dean's office.
• Lin Xiao handed in the Man Faced Demon Spider legs for his completed mission and received his commission.
• Bishop Tu Ling gave Lin Xiao a Gold Soul Card containing five million gold soul coins as a reward for intelligence about Clear Sky Douluo, alarming Flender and Zhao Wuji.
• Bishop Tu Ling began explaining why Lin Xiao had provided the intelligence, saying there was more to the matter than Flender assumed.

Bishop Tu Ling explained that Tang Hao had ambushed Lin Xiao and Ning Rongrong, prompting Lin Xiao to report him and Spirit Hall to increase patrols around Shrek. Lin Xiao refused Spirit Hall’s recruitment offer and chose to remain at Shrek, but accepted resources sent by Bibi Dong as a goodwill gesture.

• Bishop Tu Ling told Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Lin Xiao that Tang Hao had attacked Lin Xiao and Ning Rongrong because Lin Xiao had grown close to Xiao Wu, and that Spirit Hall was guarding against further retaliation.
• Flender condemned Tang Hao after learning he had tried to kill the young students and silence them.
• Bishop Tu Ling invited Lin Xiao to join the Spirit Hall of the Saints, offering resources and protection.
• Lin Xiao declined the invitation and said he wanted to continue training at Shrek.
• Bishop Tu Ling accepted Lin Xiao’s decision and gave him a Storage Soul Tool containing resources approved by Bibi Dong.

Flender decided to relocate Shrek Academy to Heaven Dou City to protect Lin Xiao and the other students from Tang Hao. Meanwhile, Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun planned to deal with Lin Xiao, with Tang San developing a poison and the group intending to challenge him during training.

• Bishop Tu Ling left after delivering Spirit Hall's offer, while Zhao Wuji noted that other factions might also seek Lin Xiao.
• Flender decided to move Shrek Academy to Heaven Dou City, and he told Zhao Wuji to continue the usual lessons while he worked out the details.
• Lin Xiao returned to his courtyard and told Xiao Wu and the others to prepare for formal training the next day.
• Tang San brooded over Lin Xiao's connections with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Spirit Hall.
• Dai Mubai, Tang San, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun discussed how to deal with Lin Xiao; Tang San said he was still preparing a poison.
• Dai Mubai urged the group to avoid Lin Xiao until the poison was ready and suggested they prove themselves during training, which Tang San accepted.

Lin Xiao and Tang San’s groups were assigned to separate training teams, but Yu Xiaogang protested and Lin Xiao openly insulted him. Tang San demanded an apology, and Lin Xiao beat him before Tang San retaliated with hidden weapons.

• Tang San and his companions waited for training while Lin Xiao arrived with Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Flender assigned Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun to Yu Xiaogang, and Lin Xiao, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing to Zhao Wuji.
• Yu Xiaogang argued that all eight students should train together, but Flender kept the teams separate.
• Lin Xiao refused Yu Xiaogang’s training and mocked his Rank 29 strength, prompting Tang San to demand an apology.
• Lin Xiao dodged Tang San’s Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and kicked him into a tree, then warned him not to keep acting crazy.
• Tang San rose, shouted at Lin Xiao, and launched hidden weapons from Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moon Night as he charged.

Lin Xiao easily defeated Tang San after blocking his poisoned hidden weapons, then severely beat him while Flender slowed the poison in Yu Xiaogang’s foot. As Lin Xiao left to train with Xiao Wu and the others, Yu Xiaogang insisted on coaching them, prompting Zhao Wuji to confront him.

• Lin Xiao protected Xiao Wu and the others with Invincible Golden Body, then teleported beside Tang San and knocked him down.
• Yu Xiaogang stepped on one of Tang San’s poisoned hidden weapons, and Flender warned everyone to avoid the weapons while slowing the poison’s spread.
• Lin Xiao slapped Tang San repeatedly and threatened to kill him, while Tang San pretended to be unconscious and privately planned to poison Lin Xiao later.
• Lin Xiao joined Xiao Wu and the others as Zhao Wuji suggested they train at Lin Xiao’s courtyard because the playground was covered in poisoned weapons.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded that Zhao Wuji let him train the students, and Zhao Wuji walked toward him to make his position clear.

Zhao Wuji beat Yu Xiaogang for repeatedly insulting his teaching and warned him to leave Shrek Academy. Flender did not intervene, and Yu Xiaogang’s standing with his old friend fell further as Zhao Wuji left with Lin Xiao and the others.

• Zhao Wuji confronted Yu Xiaogang over mocking his teaching and struck him, leaving him badly injured.
• Zhao Wuji slapped Yu Xiaogang again and threatened to keep beating him if he spoke up.
• Lin Xiao reflected that Tang San’s protagonist halo had protected the protagonist’s camp from consequences.
• Yu Xiaogang stopped arguing and obeyed Zhao Wuji’s order to leave him alone.
• Zhao Wuji led Lin Xiao and the other three away, while Flender questioned Yu Xiaogang’s decision to provoke him.
• Flender’s view of Yu Xiaogang worsened as Yu Xiaogang silently resented his friend’s words.

After falling out with Yu Xiaogang over his demand to train Lin Xiao and the others, Flender left, and Lin Xiao began teaching the three girls his Body Tempering Method. Zhao Wuji joined them and received Lin Xiao’s meridian chart, while Lin Xiao ended the day determined to deal with Dai Mubai and his companions if they tried to intrude again.

• Flender told Yu Xiaogang that Shrek would not force students to accept his training, and Yu Xiaogang’s anger convinced Flender their decades-long friendship was over.
• Lin Xiao, the three girls, and Zhao Wuji returned to Lin Xiao’s courtyard, where Lin Xiao taught the girls the Body Tempering Method from the Nine Revolutions Profound Art.
• Zhao Wuji observed that the girls’ Soul Power was strengthening their bodies and accepted Lin Xiao’s meridian chart and permission to use the method.
• After a day of cultivation, Lin Xiao explained that a stronger body could allow Soul Masters to absorb older Soul Rings, and Zhao Wuji believed the theory could transform the Soul Master World.
• Zhao Wuji told Lin Xiao that Flender had visited and that he had turned Dai Mubai and the others away; Lin Xiao vowed to beat them if they tried to intrude again.

Lin Xiao and the others continued body-tempering cultivation for ten days, while Zhao Wuji kept Tang San and his companions away from the courtyard. As Lin Xiao planned the next stage of training, Dai Mubai proposed hiring help from the Black Market to deal with him.

• Zhao Wuji drove Tang San and the others away whenever they tried to enter Lin Xiao's courtyard, and he beat Yu Xiaogang after Yu Xiaogang criticized his training.
• After ten days of body tempering, Lin Xiao had reached Rank 36, Ning Rongrong's strength had greatly increased, and Zhao Wuji had also felt his body grow stronger.
• Lin Xiao said he would spend another twenty days completing the first stage of body tempering and would investigate combining the method with Soul Power cultivation.
• Tang San grew furious at being unable to see Xiao Wu and decided to keep developing poison against Lin Xiao.
• Dai Mubai, Oscar, and the others agreed they needed a plan, and Dai Mubai suggested finding people outside to teach Lin Xiao a lesson.
• Tang San recognized that Dai Mubai meant the Black Market, where they could pay to have someone killed.

Dai Mubai, Tang San, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun went to Suotuo City's black market to hire an assassin to kill Lin Xiao. Tang Hao remained unable to approach Shrek Academy because of Spirit Hall and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect patrols, while an unknown observer watched the four students leave.

• Dai Mubai proposed hiring an assassin through the black market, and Tang San explained how it worked.
• Dai Mubai, Tang San, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun agreed to go together and set out for Suotuo City's black market at night.
• Tang Hao watched Shrek Academy from a distance and resolved to keep guarding Tang San, since patrols from Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect blocked his way inside.
• Tang Hao learned Lin Xiao had reported him to Spirit Hall and blamed him for the growing danger around Tang San.
• Tang Hao withdrew to a cave, while an unseen watcher observed Dai Mubai and the others racing toward the city.

Flender discovered that Dai Mubai, Tang San, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun had hired three Soul Emperors to assassinate Lin Xiao, then arranged for the academy to protect him. Lin Xiao remained unruffled and asked how long Flender and Zhao Wuji would take to deal with the matter.

• Flender followed the four students into Suotuo City's black market and learned they had posted a one-million-Gold-Soul-Coin assassination mission targeting Lin Xiao.
• Flender told Zhao Wuji about the plot, and Zhao Wuji demanded that the students be punished.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji weighed the danger of confronting Dai Mubai and Tang San because of their powerful connections, and decided to watch over Lin Xiao and discipline Oscar and Ma Hongjun.
• Flender ordered the teachers to take turns guarding the academy at night and went with Zhao Wuji to warn Lin Xiao.
• Lin Xiao laughed at the news and asked Flender how long he and Zhao Wuji would need to resolve the situation.

After learning that Dai Mubai and the others had hired assassins, Lin Xiao secured Flender's promise not to interfere if he chose to kill them later. As the Black Market accepted the contract, Zhu Zhuqing went to investigate the four students, who had secretly gathered in a dorm room at night.

• Lin Xiao told Flender he would take sole responsibility if he eventually killed Dai Mubai and the others, and Flender agreed not to interfere.
• Lin Xiao decided to wait until he had enough strength to face retaliation from Tang Hao and the Star Luo Imperial Family.
• Xiao Wu warned Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing that Dai Mubai and the others were plotting something, and Zhu Zhuqing volunteered to investigate.
• Flender told Zhao Wuji that the Black Market had accepted the assassination job and urged him to stay alert.
• Zhu Zhuqing found Dai Mubai and the others gathered in one dorm room after lights-out and began checking their other rooms for clues.

Lin Xiao and Zhu Zhuqing investigated Tang San’s dormitory and discovered that he was making Heart-Piercing Poison, while Lin Xiao learned Dai Mubai had placed a Black Market assassination contract on him. Lin Xiao prepared an antidote, and two days later Zhu Zhuqing’s growing affection for him was evident as she spent the evening in his courtyard.

• Lin Xiao joined Zhu Zhuqing in searching Tang San’s dormitory and recognized the herbs as ingredients for Heart-Piercing Poison.
• Lin Xiao told Zhu Zhuqing that Dai Mubai had arranged an assassination contract through the Black Market, but refused to kill him because of his royal status.
• Lin Xiao warned Zhu Zhuqing not to touch the poison and carried her out when Tang San approached; Zhu Zhuqing’s affection for Lin Xiao rose to 60.
• Lin Xiao prepared an antidote over the next two days while waiting for the Black Market assassins.
• After dinner, Zhu Zhuqing stayed in Lin Xiao’s courtyard with Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong, stealing glances at Lin Xiao and looking flustered when their eyes met.

Lin Xiao and his companions prepared for the Black Market assassins, but when the attack came, Lin Xiao revealed and killed the concealed Soul Emperor with his Third Soul Skill. Flender and Zhao Wuji went after the two remaining assassins, leaving Lin Xiao’s courtyard secure for the moment.

• Lin Xiao urged Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing to return to their courtyards, but they insisted on staying to help protect him.
• Flender detected two approaching assassins and realized a third Soul Emperor was hiding with a skill that evaded Spiritual Power detection.
• Lin Xiao trapped the concealed assassin in his Scarlet Sword Domain and killed him with a relentless barrage of blades.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji set out to confront the two remaining Soul Emperor assassins as Lin Xiao lowered his spatial confinement.

After Lin Xiao killed a Soul Emperor, Dai Mubai and his allies feared his strength and planned to use Tang San’s Heart-Piercing Poison against him. The next morning, Yu Xiaogang proposed taking the students, including Lin Xiao, to the Great Soul Arena.

• Lin Xiao killed a Soul Emperor, while Flender and Zhao Wuji killed the two remaining assassins and cleared away their bodies.
• Dai Mubai, Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar discussed Lin Xiao’s strength, and Tang San said he could prepare the Heart-Piercing Poison in half a month.
• Dai Mubai and the others agreed to focus on Yu Xiaogang’s training while Lin Xiao considered when to deal with them.
• Flender watched Yu Xiaogang make the students run with weights and reflected on the Body Tempering Method Lin Xiao had shared.
• Yu Xiaogang told Flender he planned to take the students, including Lin Xiao and the other three, to the Great Soul Arena.