Chapter Summaries

Cheng Xiao reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Dugu Bo confronted him about trespassing and asked how he had neutralized Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison. Cheng Xiao revealed that Dugu Bo’s poison cultivation was harming him and his descendants, prompting Dugu Bo to ask whether Cheng Xiao could help detoxify him.

• Cheng Xiao descended into the valley and found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and its unfamiliar plants.
• Dugu Bo appeared behind Cheng Xiao and warned him not to approach the spring.
• Cheng Xiao told Dugu Bo that the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison had no effect on him rather than claiming he could neutralize it.
• Dugu Bo released Soul Power pressure at Cheng Xiao, but stopped when Cheng Xiao said Dugu Bo’s poison cultivation was harming him and his descendants.
• Cheng Xiao warned that Dugu Yan might die before Dugu Bo found a cure, and Dugu Bo asked whether Cheng Xiao could help him detoxify.

Cheng Xiao explained Dugu Bo’s inherited Jade Phosphorous Serpent poison and offered ways to manage or remove it, while Dugu Bo weighed the risks to his life against losing his poison arts. The chapter left Cheng Xiao searching for a safer temporary solution after Dugu Bo agreed to use a spirit bone.

• Cheng Xiao told Dugu Bo that his family’s inherited poison had grown more severe over generations and that Dugu Yan could also be cured.
• Dugu Bo offered Cheng Xiao access to his herb garden if Cheng Xiao could remove the poison, and Cheng Xiao described transferring it into a spirit bone as a risky temporary measure.
• Cheng Xiao said a permanent solution would require dispelling Dugu Bo’s poison arts, while another safer option might take at least ten years.
• Dugu Bo chose to try the spirit-bone method, but Cheng Xiao warned him not to use his head spirit bone for the poison.
• Cheng Xiao sat down to think of another solution because his Shadow Power could not safely help Dugu Bo.

Cheng Xiao entered Ashborn’s resting place to seek Great Shaman Candiaru’s magic so he could cure Dugu Yan. Ashborn granted him new skills and Candiaru’s magical blessing, and Cheng Xiao emerged with greatly increased power and the ability to cast spells.

• Dugu Bo left Cheng Xiao to search for a cure, hoping his immunity to poison would help Dugu Yan.
• Cheng Xiao entered Ashborn’s resting place and learned that Ashborn and Sung Jin-woo were one and the same.
• Cheng Xiao asked Great Shaman Candiaru to teach him magic, and Ashborn ordered Candiaru to grant his request.
• Candiaru blessed Cheng Xiao with mastery of magical spells while Ashborn raised his skill levels.
• Cheng Xiao’s Soul Power broke through level forty, all four of his Soul Rings reached forty thousand years, and he summoned a fire dragon.

Cheng Xiao purged more than half of Dugu Bo’s toxins, leaving him rejuvenated and grateful. Cheng Xiao then asked Dugu Bo to bring someone of roughly equal strength without attacking him, in exchange for helping Dugu Yan.

• Dugu Bo returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and questioned Cheng Xiao about his sudden increase in Soul Power.
• Dugu Bo made Cheng Xiao swallow his Pill Pearl as a precaution before Cheng Xiao began treating him.
• Cheng Xiao used detoxification spells to cleanse Dugu Bo, who moaned with comfort as the toxins left his body.
• After about two hours, Dugu Bo felt that more than half his toxins had been purged and promised Cheng Xiao three requests.
• Cheng Xiao asked Dugu Bo to bring someone he knew and refrain from attacking him, promising to help Dugu Yan purge her poison in return.

After Dugu Bo left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to save Dugu Yan, Cheng Xiao returned to Heaven Dou City and planned to ask Qian Renxue for help contacting Chrysanthemum Douluo. Meanwhile, the Shrek group settled at Blue Tyrant Academy, where Liu Erlong reunited with Master and gave the academy to him and Flender; Cheng Xiao's night was interrupted by a lecherous voice in the street.

• Dugu Bo hurried to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to have Cheng Xiao purge Dugu Yan's poison, and Cheng Xiao left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to return to the academy and contact his teacher.
• After Prince Xue Xing expelled them from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Flender brought Master and the Shrek group to Blue Tyrant Academy, where Master reunited with Liu Erlong.
• Liu Erlong gave Blue Tyrant Academy to Flender and Master, renamed it Shrek Academy, and arranged lodging for the group.
• Master took Tang San out for a walk after dinner, unable to face Liu Erlong's loving gaze.
• Cheng Xiao returned to Heaven Dou City at night and decided to seek Qian Renxue's help reaching Chrysanthemum Douluo.
• A lecherous voice announced plans to visit Heaven Dou City's pleasure quarter.

Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun lured Ning Rongrong away from the academy under the pretense of finding Oscar, then revealed their intention to assault her. Zhu Zhuqing intervened, but Dai Mubai caught her attack and held her in place.

• Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai left the dormitory to seek women, and Dai Mubai dismissed his relationship with Zhu Zhuqing while warning Ma Hongjun not to pursue her.
• Ning Rongrong asked the two men about Oscar, and Ma Hongjun lied that he knew where Oscar was before leading her toward a remote area.
• Zhu Zhuqing saw the men deceive Ning Rongrong and followed them, worried about her safety.
• When Ning Rongrong questioned why Oscar was nowhere to be found, Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai exposed their intentions to take advantage of her.
• Zhu Zhuqing attacked Ma Hongjun with her first Soul Skill, Hell Stab, but Dai Mubai stopped her by gripping her arm.

Cheng Xiao rescued Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing from Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, who had attacked them. Ning Rongrong arranged a humiliating punishment for the unconscious men and gave Cheng Xiao a gold card before leaving.

• Dai Mubai overpowered Zhu Zhuqing and knocked her unconscious while Ma Hongjun charged at Ning Rongrong.
• Cheng Xiao's black-armored Soul Beast struck Ma Hongjun away, and his Shadow Soldiers restrained both men.
• Cheng Xiao handed the unconscious Zhu Zhuqing to Ning Rongrong and asked how she wanted to deal with Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun.
• Ning Rongrong ordered Cheng Xiao to strip and hang the two men from a streetlamp in Heaven Dou City.
• Ning Rongrong gave Cheng Xiao a gold card and left, while he laughed at her lavish generosity.

After Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun were found beaten and naked on a streetlamp, Flender promised to investigate, while Master urged him to seek justice for the Shrek students. The matter remained unresolved as Flender postponed the investigation, and Dai Mubai silently resented Master's defense of what had happened.

• People in Heaven Dou City found Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun hanging naked from a streetlamp, and Blue Tyrant Academy brought them back for treatment.
• Oscar visited Dai Mubai, who realized Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing had kept the previous night's events from Flender and the others.
• Ma Hongjun asked Flender to avenge them, and Master proposed cutting off the source of his evil fire before Flender promised to investigate the attack.
• Dai Mubai tried to persuade Flender to drop the matter, but Master insisted that Shrek's students should not let others bully them and defended Ma Hongjun's actions.
• Flender postponed the investigation because of academy business, while Dai Mubai silently cursed Master for misunderstanding the incident.

Flender left Master to care for Ma Hongjun, while Ning Rongrong reassured Zhu Zhuqing that Dai Mubai had not harmed her and Oscar arrived to speak with Ning Rongrong privately. Cheng Xiao reached the Prince’s Mansion to meet Qian Renxue.

• Flender asked Master to study Ma Hongjun’s evil fire and urged him to stop avoiding Liu Erlong before leaving the infirmary.
• Master tried to persuade Ma Hongjun that cutting off his manhood would help him become a powerful Spirit Master, while Dai Mubai listened in disgust.
• At the Spirit Mimicry Training Ground, Ning Rongrong told Zhu Zhuqing that someone had rescued them and Dai Mubai had failed to harm her, but she hid the rescuer’s identity.
• Oscar arrived and asked Ning Rongrong to speak with him alone, and she agreed.
• Cheng Xiao went to the Prince’s Mansion to meet Qian Renxue.

Cheng Xiao visited the Prince's Mansion to ask Qian Renxue to contact Chrysanthemum Douluo, while teasing her under her Xue Qinghe disguise. Qian Renxue was disappointed that he had come only for business, and Cheng Xiao left saying he would return.

• Cheng Xiao used Qian Renxue's token to enter the Prince's Mansion and met Xue Qinghe, who introduced himself as Qian Renxue's cousin.
• Cheng Xiao asked Qian Renxue to contact Chrysanthemum Douluo so he could consult his teacher.
• Qian Renxue changed back into her female appearance and asked whether Cheng Xiao had come for anything besides that request.
• Snake Lance Douluo suspected something had happened between Qian Renxue and Cheng Xiao, while Porcupinefish Douluo failed to understand her behavior.
• Qian Renxue offered to show Cheng Xiao around, but he declined because he had other matters to attend to.
• Qian Renxue told Cheng Xiao she did not want him to visit only for business, and he said he would return.

Cheng Xiao removed the poison from Dugu Yan and grew closer to Dugu Bo while waiting for a visitor. When Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan confronted them outside Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Dugu Bo challenged him, and Cheng Xiao stepped between their attacks.

• Cheng Xiao used primordial energy to cleanse the poison from Dugu Yan, who fell asleep as the toxins left her body.
• Over the following days, Dugu Bo's regard for Cheng Xiao grew, and he asked him to become his disciple, but Cheng Xiao refused.
• Cheng Xiao reminded Dugu Bo of his promise not to fight the person who was coming, and Dugu Bo agreed to keep his word.
• As Cheng Xiao and Dugu Bo left Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan appeared and ordered Dugu Bo to move aside.
• Dugu Bo refused to let Yue Guan approach Cheng Xiao, and the two Titled Douluo began fighting.
• Cheng Xiao stepped between their attacks and formed a protective barrier with Song of Protection.

Cheng Xiao survived the clash between Yue Guan and Dugu Bo, then revealed that Dugu Bo’s herbs might be Immortal Herbs that Yue Guan could identify. Yue Guan eagerly agreed to accompany Dugu Bo to see them, while Dugu Bo reminded Cheng Xiao that only one of his three promised conditions remained.

• Yue Guan and Dugu Bo halted their attacks when Cheng Xiao stepped between them, and Cheng Xiao’s Song of Protection barrier endured Yue Guan’s blade-petal assault for about five seconds before breaking.
• Yue Guan revealed that Cheng Xiao was his only disciple, and Cheng Xiao tried to calm the tension between his teacher and Dugu Bo.
• Yue Guan and Dugu Bo took Cheng Xiao to a hotel, where Dugu Bo ordered an expensive meal at Yue Guan’s expense and the two old enemies bickered.
• Cheng Xiao explained that Dugu Bo’s herbs were extraordinary, prompting Yue Guan to suspect they were legendary Immortal Herbs.
• Yue Guan urged Dugu Bo to take him to the herbs, and Dugu Bo agreed, reminding Cheng Xiao that one of the three conditions he had promised remained.

Cheng Xiao brought Yue Guan to Dugu Bo’s Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Yue Guan discovered the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, an Immortal Herb suited to improving his martial soul. Three days later, Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan found Cheng Xiao and Yue Guan cultivating nearby, and Dugu Yan confirmed Yue Guan was a Titled Douluo.

• Yue Guan recognized the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and excitedly declared that he and Dugu Bo would become brothers.
• Yue Guan discovered the Aromatic Silk Beauty and the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, which could help him cultivate an Indestructible Diamond Body.
• Cheng Xiao encouraged Yue Guan to find Dugu Bo an Immortal Herb, and Yue Guan began searching the garden for one suited to him.
• Three days later, Dugu Bo arrived with Dugu Yan and worried Cheng Xiao and Yue Guan had taken the herbs and fled.
• Dugu Bo found Cheng Xiao and Yue Guan cultivating beneath a tree, and Dugu Yan accepted that Yue Guan was a Titled Douluo.

Cheng Xiao helped Dugu Bo and Yue Guan obtain immortal herbs, then revealed his plan to establish Shadow Hall and the strength of his growing shadow army. Dugu Yan and Yue Guan began absorbing their herbs as Dugu Bo considered joining Cheng Xiao’s faction.

• Yue Guan excitedly brought Dugu Bo to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and explained the opportunity Cheng Xiao had found.
• Dugu Bo gave Dugu Yan a Sweet Potato Golden Dragon, which could evolve her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul, and she began absorbing it.
• Yue Guan swallowed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and began absorbing it while Dugu Bo stood guard.
• Cheng Xiao told Dugu Bo he planned to create a faction and invited him to join; Dugu Bo asked for a position worthy of a Titled Douluo.
• Cheng Xiao named the faction Shadow Hall and summoned shadow soul beasts, explaining that they would grow stronger as his Soul Power rank rose.

Dugu Yan and Yue Guan absorbed the immortal herbs, gaining a Martial Soul evolution and a breakthrough in strength. After Cheng Xiao revealed his plan to establish a faction and weaken the Pope’s power within Spirit Hall, Yue Guan chose to join him.

• Dugu Yan awakened to find that her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul had evolved into the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor and her Soul Power had risen by at least five levels.
• Yue Guan completed the Indestructible Diamond Body and broke through to level ninety-six, then thanked Dugu Bo for the immortal herb.
• Cheng Xiao told Yue Guan that he wanted to establish a faction and asked whether Spirit Hall could be dismantled from within.
• Yue Guan realized Cheng Xiao might be working with Qian Renxue to reshape Spirit Hall and escape Bibi Dong’s control.
• Yue Guan decided to join Cheng Xiao’s plan in pursuit of freedom.

After Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan left, Dugu Bo took Cheng Xiao and Dugu Yan to the Heaven Dou Auction House. There they encountered Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin, whose strength Cheng Xiao recognized, and the group prepared to enter the auction.

• Yue Guan bade farewell to Cheng Xiao, Dugu Bo, and the others, then flew away on his martial soul.
• Dugu Yan invited Cheng Xiao to visit the Heaven Dou Auction House, and Dugu Bo flew the two of them from Sunset Forest to Heaven Dou City.
• The auction house guards initially demanded proof of wealth, but they admitted the group after learning Dugu Bo was a Titled Douluo.
• A maid led Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Cheng Xiao inside, where they saw Ning Fengzhi accompanied by Chen Xin.
• Dugu Bo identified Ning Fengzhi as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's leader and Chen Xin as one of its guardian Douluo, while Cheng Xiao sensed Chen Xin's superior strength.
• Chen Xin noticed Dugu Bo and whispered to Ning Fengzhi, and Cheng Xiao reassured Dugu Bo after he admitted they had been spotted.

Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and Cheng Xiao attended the Heaven Dou Auction House, where Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi grew curious about Cheng Xiao and his relationship with Dugu Bo. As they waited for the auction, Cheng Xiao and Dugu Bo explained to Dugu Yan how the auction house exploited ordinary maids and urged her to grow strong enough to control her own fate.

• The auction house manager gave Dugu Bo a gold VIP Guest Card, and a maid led him, Dugu Yan, and Cheng Xiao to seats beside the crystal stage.
• Cheng Xiao noticed Sword Douluo Chen Xin watching him and casually waved, prompting Chen Xin to call him unusual and discuss him with Ning Fengzhi.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Chen Xin to keep an eye on Cheng Xiao, and they planned to speak with him and Dugu Bo after the auction.
• Dugu Yan asked why patrons were mistreating the maids, and Dugu Bo explained that the auction house owned and sold them.
• Cheng Xiao and Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan that strength could help people break free from the fate imposed on the weak.

Cheng Xiao attended an auction with Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, where Dugu Bo bought soft armor for Dugu Yan and Ning Fengzhi bought a girl to save her. Cheng Xiao waited to see whether the final lot would offer anything worth his interest.

• Cheng Xiao asked Dugu Bo whether ordinary people without Soul Power could become Soul Masters, and Dugu Bo explained Spirit Hall's role and the political obstacles.
• The auction began, and Dugu Bo bought the Fu Qing soft armor for one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins after other bidders stopped competing with him.
• The auction presented various weapons, medicines, treasures, eggs, and other unusual lots, none of which interested Cheng Xiao.
• A frightened girl was auctioned for three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Ning Fengzhi bought her, apparently to save her.
• Cheng Xiao waited in his seat for the final auction item, hoping it would interest him.

Cheng Xiao recognized the mysterious gloves as important to him, and Dugu Bo tried to secure them at auction. Ge Long ultimately won after Ning Fengzhi outbid him for four million Gold Soul Coins.

• The auctioneer presented a pair of mysterious gloves found in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Cheng Xiao sensed they would be useful to him.
• Dugu Bo bid eight hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for Cheng Xiao, prompting Ning Fengzhi to withdraw from the bidding.
• Ge Long bid one million five hundred thousand, and he and Dugu Bo raised the price until Dugu Bo stopped at three million.
• Ning Fengzhi suddenly bid four million, leaving Ge Long unable to continue and poised to win the gloves.

After Ning Fengzhi won the mysterious glove, he confronted Cheng Xiao over the gold card Cheng Xiao carried, which belonged to Ning Rongrong. Ning Fengzhi let Cheng Xiao keep the glove and ordered an investigation into his daughter’s connection to him, fearing she might have a boyfriend.

• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin arrived at the reception hall, where Chen Xin recognized Ning Rongrong’s gold card in Cheng Xiao’s pocket and demanded an explanation.
• Cheng Xiao said Ning Rongrong had given him the card, then returned it to Ning Fengzhi and suggested he ask his daughter about it.
• Ning Fengzhi gave the mysterious glove to Cheng Xiao as an apology, and Dugu Bo quickly took it before leading Cheng Xiao and Dugu Yan away.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Sword Douluo to investigate Rongrong’s relationship with Cheng Xiao, then wondered aloud whether his daughter had a boyfriend.
• Sword Douluo admitted that he feared Rongrong might have a boyfriend too.