Chapter Summaries

Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun fled the Zhu Family’s deadly sister-versus-sister contest and enrolled at Dream Academy. After they left to complete enrollment, Qian Renxue arrived to apply for a teaching position, surprising Shi Meng.

• Ning Rongrong invited Shi Meng to see the day’s unusual applicants, and he found Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun waiting together.
• Shi Meng recognized the sisters and asked Zhu Zhuyun why she had come to Dream Academy with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuyun explained that Zhu Zhuqing had persuaded her to flee after showing her evidence of the Zhu Family’s erased genealogy and its brutal rules.
• Shi Meng welcomed both sisters to Dream Academy, and Ning Rongrong took them to complete enrollment.
• Hu Liena questioned whether Zhu Zhuqing knew Shi Meng, but he denied it and led her away to cultivate.
• Qian Renxue arrived at the academy and told Shi Meng and Hu Liena that she had come to apply for a teaching position.

Qian Renxue arrived at Dream Academy to apply for a teaching position, while reborn Tang San learned that Shi Meng had become a powerful force at the academy. At the Soto Great Soul Arena, Shi Meng defeated a level-fifty-three Soul King in less than a second, stunning the crowd and impressing Sword Douluo.

• Qian Renxue introduced herself to Hu Liena as a level-sixty-one Six-Winged Angel and confirmed her identity, while Ning Rongrong overheard them.
• Tang San reflected on his rebirth and blamed Shi Meng for the changes that had separated Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing from him.
• Dai Mubai questioned Tang San about the Mysterious Heaven Skill, and Ma Hongjun told them Shi Meng was challenging a level-fifty-three Soul King.
• Zhu Zhuyun doubted Shi Meng could win, but Zhu Zhuqing confidently said he could.
• Shi Meng used his first soul skill, Temporal Sequence Slash, to knock Liu Guiji off the stage in less than a second.
• Ning Rongrong celebrated Shi Meng's victory, Zhu Zhuyun noticed Zhu Zhuqing's pride, and Sword Douluo regretted that Shi Meng was Spirit Hall's Holy Son.

After Shi Meng easily defeated a Soul King, Tang San grew alarmed by his strength and resolved to advance faster. That night, four Titled Douluos fought near Shrek Academy, wrecking its buildings while Tang San hid and suspected Shi Meng was connected to Spirit Hall.

• Shi Meng dismissed the Soul King he had defeated, while Zhu Zhuyun blushed at his glance and Tang San watched in shock and anger.
• Tang San began cultivating at Shrek, but a sword strike destroyed his room and revealed four Titled Douluos fighting in the night sky.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin faced Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and Snake Lance Douluo She Long in a supposed sparring match that was really intended to demolish Shrek Academy.
• The four Douluos' attacks damaged Shrek buildings and struck Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar, while Flender shouted that he knew Tang Hao.
• Tang San hid beneath a table, recognized the three Spirit Hall Douluos, and concluded that Shi Meng might be from Spirit Hall; a burly figure abandoned the idea of joining the fight.

Tang Hao hid instead of fighting as the four Titled Douluos demolished Shrek. At Dream Academy, Shi Meng reached level fifty at age twelve, and a crowd of girls competed to join his trip to the Star Dou Great Forest before he decided they would all go together.

• Tang Hao arrived near Shrek, saw four Titled Douluos, and withdrew into hiding rather than risk fighting them.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, Sword Douluo, and She Long left after Shrek collapsed into rubble, leaving Flender and the others to mourn the damage.
• Shi Meng awoke at level fifty, and the system reported that his combat strength was equivalent to a Soul Saint while he still lacked a fifth soul ring.
• Hu Liena, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Qian Renxue offered to accompany Shi Meng to the Star Dou Great Forest, while Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun watched.
• Qian Renxue confessed that she liked Shi Meng and argued with Hu Liena over joining him, so Shi Meng decided that everyone would go together.

After Tang San and Oscar broke through to rank thirty amid Shrek Academy’s ruins, Flender sent them with Zhao Wuji to hunt soul rings. At Dream Academy, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing revealed they had all been reborn and formed an alliance to contend with Qian Renxue for Shi Meng’s affection, unaware that someone was listening outside.

• Tang San reached rank thirty in Shrek Academy’s ruins and vowed to surpass Shi Meng and bring Xiao Wu back.
• Oscar also broke through to rank thirty, so Flender ordered Zhao Wuji to take both students to the Star Dou Great Forest for soul rings.
• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu admitted they were reborn and agreed that Qian Renxue was their strongest rival for Shi Meng.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong confronted Zhu Zhuqing, who confirmed she too had been reborn and still loved Shi Meng.
• Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing formed the Reborn Alliance to stand together against outside rivals while competing for Shi Meng themselves.
• An unidentified person listened outside Zhu Zhuqing’s door and remarked that their rebirths were interesting.

Tang San tried to help Oscar claim a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent before Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran arrived to contest it. Shi Meng appeared with powerful allies, denied Shrek's accusation that his academy had destroyed theirs, and Meng Yiran asked him whether the serpent would be more suitable for her.

• Tang San urged Zhao Wuji and the others to hurry after the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Zhao Wuji knocked it unconscious so Oscar could claim its soul ring.
• Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran arrived and claimed that Chao Tianxiang had wounded the serpent three days earlier.
• Shi Meng arrived with a group that included four Titled Douluos, prompting Chao Tianxiang to hold back her challenge.
• Zhao Wuji accused Shi Meng's academy of destroying Shrek Academy, but Shi Meng denied it and demanded proof.
• Tang San stopped Zhao Wuji from escalating the confrontation, and Shi Meng prepared to leave.
• Meng Yiran stopped Shi Meng and asked whether the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent would be more suitable for her.

Shi Meng led his group through the Star Dou Great Forest toward the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, his chosen target for a fifth soul ring. When the tiger appeared and threatened Xiao Wu and the others, Shi Meng ordered his powerful companions into battle, leaving the fight poised to begin in earnest.

• Meng Yiran tried to ask Shi Meng for help finding a soul ring, but Chao Tianxiang stopped her and Shi Meng left with his group.
• Xiao Wu guided Shi Meng’s party through the forest while Hu Liena questioned her familiarity with it, and Zhu Zhuyun wondered whether Xiao Wu loved Shi Meng.
• Xiao Wu sensed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger approaching, and the beast emerged to threaten her and the rest of the group over its old grudge.
• Shi Meng placed himself between Xiao Wu and the tiger, assigned the others their roles, and told Xiao Wu to watch the beast’s tail from a distance.
• Sword Douluo attacked with his soul skills and shattered the tiger’s energy shield, but the tiger leaped back and spread its wings as Shi Meng charged toward its flank.

Shi Meng and four Titled Douluos fought the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, with Shi Meng stacking marks of Weight of Ages until he could detonate them and weaken the beast. He called for the others to use their finishing moves, and all four attacks struck the weakened tiger at once.

• Shi Meng repeatedly slashed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger while Gui Mei, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and She Long distracted it and helped him stack Weight of Ages.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger unleashed Evil God's Advent, blasting the fighters back and cloaking the battlefield in darkness as it attacked them.
• Shi Meng summoned four shadow attendants and continued striking the tiger, then used Divine Light Slash to crack its black armor.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger rammed Shi Meng, but he detonated all the accumulated marks, shattering its armor and draining its soul power, vitality, and spiritual power.
• Shi Meng ordered the finishing moves, and Sword Douluo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and She Long struck the weakened tiger together.

After defeating the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, Shi Meng absorbed its Soul Ring and claimed its Natal Pearl before the Titan Giant Ape seized Xiao Wu and carried her into the forest. Shi Meng went after them alone, leaving the others to realize that he had known Xiao Wu was a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast.

• Shi Meng stopped the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger from using Evil God Hook and killed it with Divine Light Slash.
• Shi Meng absorbed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Soul Ring, reached level fifty-three, and gained his fifth Soul Skill.
• Shi Meng seized the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Natal Pearl and hid it in his Storage Soul Tool.
• Er Ming arrived, grabbed Xiao Wu, and ran into the forest with her.
• Shi Meng stunned Hu Liena when she tried to stop him, then went after Xiao Wu alone.
• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Qian Renxue, Zhu Zhuyun, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and Sword Douluo remained in the valley and discussed Xiao Wu's identity and Shi Meng's intentions.

Xiao Wu revealed her identity as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast and confessed her feelings to Shi Meng before leaving to break through her bottleneck. At Shrek’s ruins, Yu Xiaogang returned, learned what had happened, and vowed to investigate Shi Meng and make Dream Academy pay.

• Hu Liena learned that everyone else had known Xiao Wu was a soul beast, and agreed to wait for Shi Meng to handle the situation.
• Xiao Wu stopped Er Ming from attacking Shi Meng, told him she was a hundred-thousand-year soft bone rabbit, and confessed that she liked him.
• Xiao Wu kissed Shi Meng, then left with Er Ming to break through the rank-thirty bottleneck as a purple eye opened in Star Lake.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy’s ruins, and Flender told him that four Titled Douluos had destroyed the academy while fighting.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered harsher training for Shrek’s students and told Flender to investigate Shi Meng, vowing that Shi Meng would pay for touching Shrek.

The Silver Dragon King awakened and ordered every Soul Beast over ten thousand years old in Star Dou Great Forest to gather, then sent Bi Ji and Zi JI to find Shi Meng. She focused her spiritual power on Luoxing City and recalled how Shi Meng had once taken in a hungry, nameless girl and called her Na'er.

• Xiong Jun challenged Di Tian over who should lead Star Dou Great Forest, but the Silver Dragon King emerged from the Lake of Life and silenced them.
• The Silver Dragon King ordered every Soul Beast over ten thousand years old to gather within two days, threatening to kill those who failed to come.
• The Silver Dragon King told Bi Ji and Zi JI to find Shi Meng and secretly follow him until she arrived.
• The Silver Dragon King focused her spiritual power on Luoxing City and remembered how Shi Meng had shared flatbread with a hungry girl, named her Na'er, and took her along on his travels.
• Na'er recalled witnessing Shi Meng help Soul Beasts and oppressed commoners, and reflected on the hatred and suffering between Soul Beasts and humans.

The Silver Dragon King recalled how Shi Meng created the Soul Bonding system and built the Spirit Hall Empire before Tang San’s coalition destroyed it and killed him. Reborn in the Star Dou Great Forest with her memories restored, she vowed to reclaim what she and Shi Meng had lost and spread their ideals.

• The narrator described how Shi Meng spent five years developing Soul Bonding and proved the system could unite Soul Masters and Soul Beasts.
• Shi Meng became pope, founded the Spirit Hall Empire, and promoted Soul Bonding with help from the narrator and their allies.
• Tang San returned as a Titled Douluo and led a coalition against the Spirit Hall Empire, whose defenders were killed in the battle at Jialing Pass.
• Shi Meng gave the narrator his Soul Bonding knowledge and sent her away before Tang San killed him.
• The narrator’s sealed memories returned, revealing she was the Silver Dragon King, and she spent her remaining power attacking the coalition before awakening in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The narrator remembered Shi Meng and vowed to reclaim what belonged to them and carry their ideals across the world.

After returning to Suotuo City, Tang San reunited with Yu Xiaogang, who proposed three plans against Shi Meng and Dream Academy. Tang San rejected them, and Yu Xiaogang collapsed with heartburn after drinking Flender’s wild dog milk.

• Flender drank wild dog milk outside his shop as Zhao Wuji and the others returned from the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang San embraced Yu Xiaogang, and Flender eventually pulled them apart after their tearful reunion dragged on.
• Yu Xiaogang proposed smearing Shi Meng’s name, cutting off Dream Academy’s resources, or arranging Shi Meng’s death.
• Tang San rejected all three plans, explaining that Dream Academy had powerful backing and Shi Meng was guarded by three Titled Douluo.
• Yu Xiaogang developed heartburn after drinking Flender’s dog milk and accused Flender of poisoning him.

Tang San planned to relocate Shrek Academy to Blue Tyrant Academy in Heaven Dou City and launch false rumors against Dream Academy before leaving Suotuo City. When Shi Meng returned to Dream Academy, he faced a staged mob accusing him of abducting and abusing people, and began exposing the accusers’ claims as fabricated.

• Tang San proposed moving Shrek Academy to Blue Tyrant Academy and asked Flender to seek Liu Erlong’s help.
• Tang San assigned Dai Mubai to spread allegations about Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun, while Ma Hongjun and Oscar helped stir up rumors about Shi Meng.
• False stories about Shi Meng spread through Suotuo City, and over a hundred people gathered outside Dream Academy to protest.
• Shi Meng returned with Hu Liena, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Zhu Zhuyun, Qian Renxue, and four Titled Douluos, then challenged a woman accusing him of harming her daughter.
• The woman could not provide a clear date for the alleged incident, and Shi Meng turned to address the crowd.

Shi Meng exposed Ma Hongjun and Oscar as the source of the rumors, punished them by cutting out their tongues, and sent them back to Shrek. He decided Dream Academy would go to Heaven Dou City next and prepared to use his restored time authority against Tang San.

• Shi Meng challenged the alleged victims and their supporters to provide basic details, exposing their stories as false.
• Under Hu Liena's charm skill, Ma Hongjun confessed that Tang San had ordered him and Oscar to spread the rumors, while Oscar tried to flee and was stopped by Zhu Zhuqing.
• Shi Meng cut out Ma Hongjun's and Oscar's tongues, then ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to take them back to Shrek with a warning.
• Shi Meng told Hu Liena and the others that Dream Academy would go to Heaven Dou City, and kept his interest in the nearby Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well secret.
• Shi Meng sensed that his time authority had been restored after his Soul Ring breakthrough and resolved to give Tang San something spectacular.

At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang examined Tang San’s External Soul Bone, which everyone inexplicably believed was eight pig bristles, and devised tactics for using it. He then assigned crude special training to the students and asked Tang San to demonstrate his Soul Skills, leaving Tang San startled by his white Soul Ring.

• Yu Xiaogang asked Tang San to reveal his External Soul Bone, and eight fuzzy gray-black appendages emerged from his back.
• Tang San and the others accepted the appendages as pig bristles from a Man Faced Demon Pig, and Yu Xiaogang proposed three pig-bristle fighting tactics.
• Yu Xiaogang assigned Dai Mubai push-ups, squats, and claw exercises, Ma Hongjun iron-plate heating, and Oscar sausage-making.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Tang San to demonstrate his Blue Silver Grass Soul Skills, and Tang San noticed that one of his three Soul Rings was white.