Chapter Summaries

Ji Hongchen stunned Qin Ming’s students by defeating all seven with one sword, then challenged Qin Ming to test himself against a Soul Emperor. He wounded Qin Ming with an unseen sword strike, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Qin Ming introduced Ji Hongchen, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu to the students, and Yu Tianheng grew jealous of Ji Hongchen’s age and strength.
• Ji Hongchen refused teammates and faced Yu Tianheng’s seven-person team alone, knocking them all off the platform with one sword strike.
• Qin Ming challenged Ji Hongchen to a soul fighting match and revealed his level-sixty-three Blazing Fire Wolf martial soul.
• Ji Hongchen shattered Qin Ming’s gray wolf attack with his fourth soul skill and cut Qin Ming’s arm, forcing him back.
• Qin Ming launched his sixth soul skill as Ji Hongchen used Dash and sent the Shadowstrike Sword toward him.
• Qin Ming dodged the flying sword but was struck in the chest by Ji Hongchen’s unseen attack.

After defeating Qin Ming, Ji Hongchen accepted Xue Qinghe’s invitation and offered her a pill that could strengthen her Martial Soul, then led her to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to refine it. Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo lost track of them, while Xue Qinghe invited Ji Hongchen to join her in the spring.

• Ji Hongchen defeated Qin Ming, and Heaven Dou Royal Academy accepted its loss.
• Xue Qinghe praised Ji Hongchen and invited him to her palace to discuss swordsmanship, while he considered using her to obtain Spirit Hall’s rare metals.
• Ji Hongchen gave Xue Qinghe a sacred, fire-attribute pill and warned her that distracting thoughts could cause a dangerous backlash.
• Ji Hongchen persuaded Xue Qinghe to travel with him to a treasure land in Sunset Forest, and Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo struggled to follow without exposing themselves.
• Ji Hongchen brought Xue Qinghe to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and told her to undress before entering the spring to refine the immortal herb.
• Xue Qinghe blushed at the suggestion but invited Ji Hongchen to join her.

Ji Hongchen comforted Qian Renxue through the painful effects of a pill, and she fell asleep in his arms before waking with newfound affection for him. After reaching level seventy, Qian Renxue refused to return to Spirit Hall, choosing to remain undercover in the Heaven Dou Empire and pursue Ji Hongchen.

• The pill's effects overwhelmed Qian Renxue, causing her to relive the pain of her mother's abandonment and lose control of her emotions.
• Ji Hongchen reminded Qian Renxue that her grandfather loved her, held her as she cried, and promised that he loved her too.
• Qian Renxue fell asleep in Ji Hongchen's arms, and he carried her to a clean spot, dried her, and changed her clothes.
• Qian Renxue woke, thanked Ji Hongchen, and discovered that her soul power had reached level seventy.
• Qian Renxue reunited with Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo, then refused to return to Spirit Hall and ordered them not to tell her grandfather about her breakthrough.
• Qian Renxue decided to stay in the Heaven Dou Empire to grow closer to Ji Hongchen and promised the two elders soul bones from the Heaven Dou Treasury.

Ji Hongchen and his companions hunted soul rings in the Star Dou Great Forest, gaining new abilities before he seized a Man Faced Demon Spider near Tang San’s group. He left Tang San and the others to continue fighting over the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.

• Xiao Wu condensed a four-thousand-five-hundred-year third soul ring and gained Teleportation.
• Dugu Yan absorbed a twelve-thousand-year Emerald Snake King soul ring, reached rank forty-one, and gained the Jade Phosphorus Poison Formation.
• Ning Rongrong absorbed a five-thousand-year Brightlight Beast soul ring and gained Threefold Soul, which more than doubled Ji Hongchen’s soul power.
• Ji Hongchen heard a commotion and led Dugu Bo to search nearby for an opportunity.
• Ji Hongchen killed a two-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider before Tang San’s group arrived, then told them to keep fighting over the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.

Ji Hongchen found an external soul bone on the Man Faced Demon Spider and left with Dugu Bo, while the Snake Lord forced Zhao Wuji's group to give up the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent. Back at Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang proposed that Ma Hongjun use his body as an outlet for his evil fire, leaving Ma Hongjun horrified.

• Ji Hongchen found a poison-attributed external soul bone on the Man Faced Demon Spider and stored it for later.
• The Snake Lord arrived, confronted Zhao Wuji's group, and made them abandon their claim to the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.
• Tang San told his companions that Ji Hongchen had been his classmate and claimed that cultivating twin martial souls would eventually kill him.
• Half a month later, Tang San and the others returned to Shrek Academy after obtaining soul rings, including Tang San's Blue Silver Bind and Oscar's Explosively Spicy Mushroom Sausage.
• Flender asked Yu Xiaogang to find a way to relieve Ma Hongjun's evil fire, and Yu Xiaogang suggested that Ma Hongjun let someone use his body as an outlet.

Yu Xiaogang took charge of Shrek Academy and planned to assemble the Shrek Seven Devils, while Qian Renxue eagerly received Ji Hongchen’s letter and arranged to send him rare minerals. In Suotuo City, the Heaven Dou team prepared to face Shrek Academy, leaving Qin Ming excited to see his old school compete.

• Ma Hongjun reluctantly followed Yu Xiaogang’s advice, while Yu Xiaogang learned from Flender how Shrek Academy had been damaged and promised to train its students.
• Yu Xiaogang told Flender to recruit two more students so he could form the Shrek Seven Devils and take them to the Soul Fighting Arena in Suotuo City.
• Qian Renxue fretted over Ji Hongchen’s silence until Snake Lance delivered his letter and a box of pills, then she asked Snake Lance to request rare minerals from her grandfather.
• Yu Feng and Osler complained that their team’s victories were too easy, while Yu Tianheng resented Ji Hongchen for taking the place he expected to hold.
• Qin Ming entered and anticipated the match against Shrek Academy, his former school, after reviewing the team’s young but uneven lineup.

The Heaven Dou Team faced the Shrek Seven Devils, and Dugu Yan overwhelmed them with her ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring and poison. After Shrek surrendered, Yu Xiaogang blamed Heaven Dou Academy and vowed to destroy it.

• Qin Ming left Ji Hongchen and Ning Rongrong off the field and chose Yu Tianheng to fight Shrek Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang reassured the Shrek Seven Devils and told Tang San he could use hidden weapons.
• Dugu Yan revealed her ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring, shocking Shrek and driving Yu Xiaogang to question his theory.
• Dai Mubai and the others fired Zhuge Repeating Crossbows at the start, but Dugu Yan and the Shi Mo brothers blocked the bolts.
• Dugu Yan filled the arena with poisonous mist and attacked with venomous serpents until Yu Xiaogang surrendered for Shrek.
• Dugu Yan removed the poison and left, while Yu Xiaogang vowed to destroy Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Ji Hongchen mocked Yu Xiaogang after overhearing him blame Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Zhu Zhuqing worried that Dai Mubai could never rival Dai Weisi. Qin Ming reunited with Flender and, after hearing Shrek’s account of its losses, proposed bringing the academy into Heaven Dou Royal Academy; Flender and Yu Xiaogang agreed to consider using its resources to strengthen Shrek.

• Ji Hongchen ridiculed Yu Xiaogang for blaming others and falling behind, while Zhu Zhuqing compared him with Dai Mubai and questioned her future.
• Qin Ming visited Flender, saw that Flender and Zhao Wuji had each lost an arm, and asked who had injured them.
• Zhao Wuji blamed Ji Hongchen and described Ma Hongjun’s assault and the deaths of Li Yusong and Lu Qibin, prompting Qin Ming to want to confront Ji Hongchen.
• Flender stopped Qin Ming from confronting Ji Hongchen and explained that he wanted to keep Shrek Academy running.
• Qin Ming invited Flender to bring Shrek Academy into Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Yu Xiaogang argued they could use its resources to raise Shrek’s students.
• Flender accepted Yu Xiaogang’s reasoning, and Qin Ming considered the plan a way to help Shrek grow while also benefiting Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Yu Xiaogang persuaded Yu Tianheng to join Shrek, claiming he had lost opportunities to Ji Hongchen. Ji Hongchen then broke through to level 43 and manipulated Ah Yin into believing her family had abandoned her, leaving her consumed by hatred.

• Yu Tianheng brooded over Ji Hongchen until Yu Xiaogang appeared and told him that Ji Hongchen had taken the opportunities that should have been his.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Yu Tianheng to join the Shrek Seven Devils and said Shrek might merge with Heaven Dou Royal Academy; Yu Tianheng agreed.
• Ji Hongchen broke through to level 43 and examined the Blue Silver Emperor, Ah Yin.
• Ji Hongchen frightened Ah Yin with a flame and lied that her child was dead and Tang Hao no longer cared about her.
• Ah Yin broke down and began to hate Tang Hao and Tang San as Ji Hongchen asked whether she wanted revenge for her child.

Ji Hongchen persuaded Ah Yin to seek revenge, then transformed her into a semi-mechanical Life Battle Armor. After testing its power, he found it boosted his attributes and could repair itself while Ah Yin assisted in battle.

• Ji Hongchen convinced Ah Yin that Tang San and Tang Hao had betrayed her, and she agreed to obey him in exchange for a chance at revenge.
• Ji Hongchen brought Ah Yin to the Blue Silver Forest, where the eighty-thousand-year-old Blue Silver King helped restore her strength and accepted her offer to inherit the Blue Silver Emperor's throne.
• After receiving quasi-divine materials from Qian Renxue, Ji Hongchen took control of Ah Yin's body and modified her into a semi-mechanical life-form.
• Ji Hongchen merged Ah Yin's essence into himself and tested the Life Battle Armor, which boosted his attributes by 200 percent and could repair itself while Ah Yin used Blue Silver Entanglement.

Ji Hongchen drew Ah Yin into an intimate relationship, then joined his companions on the way to meet guests at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang proposed using ice- or water-type Soul Rings to suppress Ma Hongjun’s evil fire.

• Ah Yin grieved over her lost child, and Ji Hongchen comforted and persuaded her to accept the possibility of having another child with him.
• The next morning, Ji Hongchen concealed the scent of Ah Yin from Ning Rongrong, who teased him about their future together.
• Ji Hongchen, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Yan headed to Heaven Dou Royal Academy after hearing that Qin Ming’s honored guests would visit.
• Qin Ming told Yu Xiaogang and Flender that Ji Hongchen had killed a Soul Emperor and gained favor with the crown prince, but Yu Xiaogang and Flender dismissed his prospects.
• Ma Hongjun’s evil fire flared up, and Yu Xiaogang recommended that he seek ice- or water-type Soul Rings to counteract it.

The Shrek Academy group tried to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Yu Xiaogang rejected the committee's terms and traded insults with them. Qin Ming quit his post and left with Shrek, while the committee members were left furious at his departure.

• Ma Hongjun drew the anger of Heaven Dou Royal Academy students by staring at them, and Qin Ming intervened to calm the confrontation.
• Meng Shenji offered the Shrek group places in ordinary classes before they could join the second team, but Yu Xiaogang demanded immediate access to the core team.
• Ji Hongchen arrived, and the committee members defended his first-team admission by citing his exceptional talent and criticizing Shrek's performance.
• Yu Xiaogang accused the committee members of lacking sincerity and announced that Shrek Academy would leave; Meng Shenji responded with insults and told them to go.
• Qin Ming defended Shrek Academy, removed his instructor's uniform, and left with the group, prompting Meng Shenji and Bai Baoshan to condemn him.

After Dai Mubai beat Prince Xue Beng, Xue Beng accused the Shrek group of plotting rebellion, forcing them to flee their hotel when Prince Xue Xing came to arrest them. Dai Mubai struck Xue Beng again and escaped through a window, leaving the others facing the imperial soldiers.

• Dai Mubai insulted the Heaven Dou Empire and beat Xue Beng after Xue Beng and his companions confronted the Shrek Seven Devils.
• After the Shrek group left, Xue Beng ordered his people to tell Prince Xue Xing that they were Star Luo spies plotting rebellion.
• Yu Xiaogang found a notice that Blue Tyrant Academy was recruiting, and the group planned to apply there the next morning.
• Prince Xue Xing and soldiers surrounded the Shrek Seven Devils at their hotel, and Xue Beng demanded that Dai Mubai be arrested.
• When Xue Beng demanded that Dai Mubai lick his shoes and crawl between his legs, Dai Mubai punched him and jumped out the window to escape.

Dai Mubai was captured after fleeing Heaven Dou City, while Ji Hongchen comprehended his own sword intent by uniting his four swords. Qian Renxue visited him, and they went inside to talk as Snake Lance and Pufferfish waited outside.

• Flender bribed Prince Xue Xing, then he and Yu Xiaogang planned to seek Yu Tianheng's help to rescue Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai tried to escape Heaven Dou City, but Soul King guards defeated and captured him after discovering his White Tiger Martial Soul.
• Ji Hongchen practiced with Jinghong, Shadowstep, Rainbow, and Sun-Piercer, then united the four swords and comprehended his own sword intent.
• Qian Renxue arrived while Ji Hongchen was practicing and asked to speak with him inside.
• Snake Lance and Pufferfish stayed outside while Qian Renxue and Ji Hongchen talked privately.

Qian Renxue confessed her feelings to Ji Hongchen and promised him the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall, while he comforted her. After receiving Bibi Dong’s order to assassinate Ji Hongchen, Qian Renxue sent Snake Lance to protect him.

• Qian Renxue asked Ji Hongchen why he had not visited and told him to call her Xue’er.
• Ji Hongchen warned Qian Renxue not to act impulsively, but she promised him the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall and kissed him.
• Qian Renxue rested in Ji Hongchen’s arms before returning to the Crown Prince’s Eastern Palace as Xue Qinghe.
• Snake Lance delivered a letter from Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue learned that the Pope planned to assassinate Ji Hongchen.
• Qian Renxue ordered Snake Lance to protect Ji Hongchen and offered him a Thousand-Year Soul Bone as a reward.

Qian Renxue heard Xue Ye’s plans to keep Dai Mubai and Ji Hongchen’s bloodlines in the Heaven Dou royal family, then secretly ordered Pufferfish to hasten Xue Ye’s poisoning. Dai Mubai was given an aphrodisiac and left in a prison cell with older palace maids.

• Xue Ye asked Qian Renxue what to do with the captured Dai Mubai, and she proposed keeping him to father children with the palace maids.
• Xue Ye ordered Dai Mubai held for a month and arranged for older palace maids to bear his children.
• Xue Ye proposed that Xue Ke become pregnant with Ji Hongchen’s child, and Qian Renxue reluctantly agreed to pass on the order.
• Qian Renxue returned to the Eastern Palace and told Pufferfish to increase the rate of Xue Ye’s poisoning so he would die before the tournament finals.
• A jailer forced an aphrodisiac pill on Dai Mubai and sent older palace maids into his cell, leaving him to plead for them to stay away.

Flender reunited with Liu Erlong, who agreed to seek help for Dai Mubai, while Yu Xiaogang continued to avoid their past relationship. At the Ye Family estate, Ji Hongchen taught Ye Lingling and Ye Qingxian pill refinement, then playfully punished Ye Lingling for losing focus.

• Liu Erlong met Flender outside Blue Tyrant Academy and agreed to help secure Dai Mubai's release.
• Flender took Liu Erlong to the hotel, where she confronted Yu Xiaogang about avoiding her, but he insisted they were not right for each other.
• Yu Xiaogang told Flender that Dai Mubai would remain detained for at least a month on Prince Xue Xing's orders.
• At the Ye Family estate, Ji Hongchen praised Ye Lingling's Spring Rejuvenation Pill and demonstrated how to refine Soul Recovery Pills with her.
• Ji Hongchen teased Ye Lingling for watching him instead of learning and playfully slapped her bottom.

After breaking through to level forty-four, Ji Hongchen went shopping with Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu, where he found life gold hidden in a piece of sinking silver. Tai Nuo and Tai Long confronted him over the purchase, and the chapter ended with them recognizing Ji Hongchen as Sword Lord after Ning Rongrong buffed him for battle.

• Ji Hongchen broke through to level forty-four after a month of cultivation and agreed to spend time with Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu.
• Ji Hongchen bought Xiao Wu a carrot charm and discovered life gold hidden inside a piece of sinking silver at a treasure shop.
• Tai Nuo and Tai Long arrived and demanded that everyone leave the shop so the Strength Clan could buy everything.
• Ning Rongrong insulted Tai Nuo and Tai Long, who revealed their soul rings and threatened her.
• Ji Hongchen stepped forward to fight while Ning Rongrong boosted his strength, and Tai Nuo recognized him as Sword Lord Ji Hongchen.

Ji Hongchen killed Tai Nuo and Tai Long after Tai Nuo provoked him and tried to seize his belongings, then left with Ning Rongrong. Tai Tan learned that Ji Hongchen and Ning Rongrong were responsible, and Tang San promised to help him avenge his family.

• Ji Hongchen cut Tai Nuo and Tai Long in half with a single sword strike, then left the Treasure Pavilion with Ning Rongrong.
• Tai Tan learned that Tai Nuo and Tai Long had been killed and grieved over their bodies.
• A Strength Clan messenger told Tai Tan that Ji Hongchen and Ning Rongrong had killed them after Tai Nuo spoke rudely and tried to seize Ji Hongchen's belongings.
• Tai Tan vowed to remember the grudge, while Tang San comforted him and denounced Ji Hongchen.
• Tang San promised Tai Tan a chance to kill Ji Hongchen himself when he was moving alone.

At Shrek Academy, Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun blamed Ji Hongchen for their misfortunes, and Zhu Zhuqing challenged their accusations. After Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun insulted her, Zhu Zhuqing left Shrek Academy in tears.

• Dai Mubai took Oscar’s Spring Rejuvenation Pill, learned Ji Hongchen had created it, and blamed Ji Hongchen for his ruined condition and the Shrek Seven Devils’ troubles.
• Ma Hongjun and Tang San joined Dai Mubai in condemning Ji Hongchen, while Zhu Zhuqing questioned why they blamed him for what Heaven Dou Royal Academy had done.
• Dai Mubai accused Zhu Zhuqing of defending Ji Hongchen and insulted her family and her relationship with him.
• Ma Hongjun called Zhu Zhuqing a hypocrite and told her to leave Shrek Academy.
• Zhu Zhuqing called Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun cowards, left Shrek Academy, and broke down in tears after walking away.