Chapter Summaries

Ning Chuan revealed to Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo that he had reached level ten and awakened the true form of his martial soul, the Creation Exquisite Pagoda. The chapter left the three elders stunned by its thirteen stories.

• Ning Fengzhi and the two Titled Douluos discussed Ning Rongrong's return from the Star Dou Great Forest and Yu Xiaogang's journey to Shrek Academy.
• Ning Chuan returned to the study and told Ning Fengzhi he planned to hand his merchant guild over to his brothers so he could focus on cultivation.
• Ning Fengzhi offered to defend Ning Chuan against the rumors about his martial soul and his accomplishments, but Ning Chuan said the gossip did not concern him.
• Ning Chuan revealed that he had broken through to level ten and summoned the Creation Exquisite Pagoda.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo watched the pagoda unfold, and Bone Douluo exclaimed that it had thirteen stories.

Ning Chuan and Sword Douluo searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a suitable first soul ring, while Ning Chuan insisted his martial soul needed a stronger beast. They encountered the Peerless Dragon Snake and Meng Yiran, and the chapter ended with Sword Douluo agreeing to let Ning Chuan and Meng Yiran get acquainted.

• Sword Douluo captured a three-hundred-and-eighty-year Cloud-Eared Deer, but Ning Chuan claimed his Creation Exquisite Pagoda considered its cultivation too low, so they continued deeper into the forest.
• Ning Chuan learned from the system that the Creation Exquisite Pagoda could accommodate any soul ring, and Sword Douluo stopped when he sensed others nearby.
• Sword Douluo immobilized a Purple-Eyed Swift Shadow Snake being pursued by Meng Yiran, Dragon Duke, and Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang, then identified himself as Sword Dao Chen Xin.
• Sword Douluo returned the snake to Dragon Duke, who explained how Shrek Academy had taken two soul beasts from the Peerless Dragon Snake couple.
• Sword Douluo praised the couple's honorable conduct and revealed that Ning Rongrong belonged to Shrek Academy, then allowed Meng Yiran and Ning Chuan to meet.

Ning Chuan met Meng Yiran and her grandparents in the Star Dou Great Forest, where they learned that his calm manner differed from his bad reputation. After Sword Douluo refused to seek a powerful soul beast for Ning Chuan’s first ring, Ning Chuan revealed that he had a second, sword-shaped martial soul to persuade him.

• Dragon Duke, Snake Granny, and Meng Yiran were surprised to learn Ning Chuan was Ning Chuan, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s fifth son, and Meng Yiran politely introduced herself to him.
• Dragon Duke warned Sword Douluo that the Titan Giant Ape had appeared near the forest’s outskirts, then advised Meng Yiran to befriend Ning Chuan if she met him again.
• Sword Douluo urged Ning Chuan to choose a Cloud-Eared Deer for his first soul ring, but Ning Chuan asked for a soul beast older than the nearly two-thousand-year-old Purple-Eyed Swift Shadow Snake.
• Sword Douluo refused to hunt a three-to-five-thousand-year-old soul beast until Ning Chuan offered to reveal a secret.
• Ning Chuan revealed that he had a second, sword-shaped martial soul, and Sword Douluo eagerly agreed to his request so he could see it.

Ning Chuan revealed his Chaos Sacred Sword and accepted Sword Douluo as his master, then chose to develop the Creation Exquisite Pagoda first. He proved the pagoda could obtain a first soul ring from a 3,200-year-old Earth Rock Bear, and his soul power rose to level thirteen.

• Ning Chuan showed Sword Douluo the Chaos Sacred Sword, whose sword-path pressure overwhelmed Sword Douluo’s Seven Kill Sword.
• Sword Douluo asked Ning Chuan to become his direct disciple, and Ning Chuan agreed to call him Grandmaster before completing the master-disciple ceremony.
• Sword Douluo warned Ning Chuan not to add soul rings to both martial souls at once, and Ning Chuan chose the Creation Exquisite Pagoda as his primary martial soul.
• Sword Douluo captured a 3,200-year-old Earth Rock Bear, and Ning Chuan used the pagoda and System Sprite to persuade it to sacrifice its body.
• The Creation Exquisite Pagoda gained a purple first soul ring, and Ning Chuan’s soul power surged to level thirteen as the system mission was completed.

Ning Chuan received the Suppression Seal, a cultivation method, and the Sword Manipulation Technique after absorbing the Earth Rock Bear’s soul ring. He revealed the pagoda’s preserved soul spirits to Sword Douluo and tested Suppression Seal, discovering it could weaken even a Titled Douluo before nearly exhausting him.

• Ning Chuan mastered the beginner soul power cultivation method and began learning the Sword Manipulation Technique.
• Ning Chuan explained that the Earth Rock Bear had sacrificed itself and showed Sword Douluo its soul spirit inside the Creation Exquisite Pagoda.
• Ning Chuan recalled that the souls of Xue Qinghe and the Heaven Dou Empire’s second and third princes also slept in the pagoda.
• Ning Chuan activated Suppression Seal, and Sword Douluo felt his soul power weaken beneath the pagoda.
• Sword Douluo resisted and sent the pagoda flying, nearly draining Ning Chuan’s soul power and mental power.

Ning Chuan gave Sword Douluo a powerful soul power cultivation method and demonstrated the suppressive effects of his first soul skill. In Suotuo City, they met Meng Yiran and learned that Tang San had defeated her again, leading Sword Douluo to suspect Tang San had a second martial soul or an unusual mutation.

• Ning Chuan transmitted the cultivation diagram to Sword Douluo, who found that it accelerated soul power cultivation and made soul power purer.
• Sword Douluo warned Ning Chuan to keep the method secret and decided not to reveal it publicly until someone powerful could oversee its use.
• Ning Chuan tested Suppression Seal on young soul beasts and confirmed it prevented weaker or equal-level targets from using soul power without weakening them physically.
• Ning Chuan and Sword Douluo traveled to Suotuo City to visit Ning Rongrong at Shrek Academy and ask Yu Xiaogang about twin martial souls.
• Dragon Duke invited Ning Chuan and Sword Douluo to lunch, where they learned Meng Yiran had lost to Tang San for the third time.
• After hearing Tang San had blue silver grass and innate full soul power, Sword Douluo suspected his martial soul had mutated or that he possessed a second martial soul.

Ning Chuan arrived at Shrek Academy to visit Ning Rongrong and confronted the Shrek Seven Devils after Tang San defended Yu Xiaogang. He said he had come to seek an apology and fixed his attention on Dai Mubai.

• Sword Douluo sensed someone drawing him away, left Ning Chuan with the Dragon Duke and his companions, and went to deal with the distraction.
• The Dragon Duke, Snake Granny, and Meng Yiran escorted Ning Chuan to Shrek Academy, where Flender led them to the training ground.
• Ning Rongrong happily greeted Ning Chuan, and Ma Hongjun mistakenly assumed he was her suitor before learning he was her brother.
• Ning Chuan called himself a failure like Yu Xiaogang, prompting Tang San to demand that he apologize to his teacher.
• Ning Chuan said he had come to seek an apology and looked toward Dai Mubai.

Ning Chuan confronted Dai Mubai at Shrek Academy for mistreating Ning Rongrong and forced him to apologize, while exposing the weakness of the others who had failed to defend her. The confrontation continued when Ning Chuan demanded Dai Mubai kneel, despite Rongrong asking him to let the matter go.

• Ning Chuan revealed that he knew Dai Mubai had insulted and laid hands on Ning Rongrong, then condemned Dai Mubai for fleeing his engagement and bullying her.
• Meng Yiran warned that Sword Douluo was nearby, prompting Flender to urge Dai Mubai to apologize to Ning Rongrong.
• Dai Mubai apologized, and Ning Rongrong accepted, but Ning Chuan demanded that Dai Mubai kneel as well.
• Oscar and Ning Rongrong tried to stop Ning Chuan from escalating the dispute, but Ning Chuan challenged Oscar for failing to defend Rongrong.
• Ma Hongjun attempted to make peace, and Ning Chuan rebuked him as being no better than Dai Mubai.

Ning Chuan confronted Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai over their treatment of ordinary women and Ning Rongrong, forcing Dai Mubai to apologize. He then invited Zhu Zhuqing to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, leaving her to consider the offer.

• Ning Chuan challenged Ma Hongjun's claim that his Evil Fire Phoenix forced him to visit women, and Flender could not deny that Ma Hongjun's evil fire permanently harmed ordinary people.
• Ning Chuan demanded that Dai Mubai kneel and apologize to Ning Rongrong, and the Dragon Duke agreed to cripple him if he refused.
• Dai Mubai knelt before Ning Rongrong and apologized as the Dragon Duke prepared to act.
• Ning Chuan invited Zhu Zhuqing to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and she thanked him and said she would consider it.
• Ning Chuan rebuked Dai Mubai for abandoning Zhu Zhuqing and told Tang San that Zhu Zhuqing could choose her own future.

Ning Chuan provoked Tang San and Shrek Academy by warning Xiao Wu and then mocking Yu Xiaogang, turning a confrontation in which Shrek had been in the wrong into a dispute over Ning Chuan’s conduct. Tang San refused to let the matter end and vowed to confront Sect Master Ning if Ning Chuan did not apologize.

• Xiao Wu refused to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and tried to leave with Flender, but Ning Chuan warned her to beware of Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun.
• Tang San accused Ning Chuan of relying on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s influence, and Ning Chuan used Tang San’s fierce defense of Xiao Wu to point out that Dai Mubai deserved harsher treatment.
• Tang San demanded that Ning Chuan apologize to Yu Xiaogang, and Ning Chuan offered an apology that immediately turned into another insult.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Tang San retaliated verbally, while Dragon Duke warned Ning Chuan that Shrek could portray him as abusing his powerful backing.
• Ning Chuan mocked Yu Xiaogang’s efforts as hard work at being useless, and Yu Xiaogang acted magnanimous while Tang San insisted Ning Chuan must apologize.
• Tang San vowed to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and confront Sect Master Ning if Ning Chuan refused to apologize.

Ning Chuan confronted Shrek Academy over Yu Xiaogang’s lack of support for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, turning the argument against him. Shrek Academy fell silent, and its dispute with Ning Chuan ended in defeat.

• Dai Mubai challenged Ning Chuan’s achievements, and Ning Chuan answered that he had established the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Merchant Guild while Yu Xiaogang had contributed nothing to his clan.
• Tang San called Ning Chuan a thief, but Ning Rongrong defended her brother and confirmed that he had founded the Merchant Guild; the Shrek members apologized for doubting him.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun tried to shift the argument to Ning Chuan’s refusal to apologize, but Ning Chuan demanded that Yu Xiaogang prove he had contributed more to his clan.
• Flender defended Yu Xiaogang by citing his research into martial soul theory and his clan’s opposition to his return, but Ning Chuan pointed out that Yu Xiaogang had never gone back to visit or help his father.
• Yu Xiaogang blushed as Shrek Academy fell silent, and the Dragon Duke, Snake Granny, and Meng Yiran watched Ning Chuan win the argument; Meng Yiran praised him.

Ning Chuan left Ning Rongrong at Shrek Academy after she chose to stay, warning Flender not to mistreat her. In the hills near Suotuo City, Tang Hao revealed to Sword Douluo that Tang San had twin martial souls and discussed how to safely add soul rings to the Clear Sky Hammer.

• Ning Chuan challenged Tang San to settle their grudge in two years, while Tang San vowed to surpass him as a business genius.
• Ning Rongrong chose to remain at Shrek Academy, explaining that she wanted to grow independently and help prevent a feud between Shrek and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Chuan asked Flender to protect Ning Rongrong, then took her to Suotuo City for two days.
• Sword Douluo and Tang Hao finished a spar that ended in a draw, then recognized their shared interest in their children at Shrek.
• Tang Hao told Sword Douluo that Tang San had twin martial souls, including the Clear Sky Hammer, and described his and Grandmaster's plan for adding its soul rings.

Sword Douluo and Tang Hao discussed twin martial souls and agreed to keep Tang San’s identity secret, while Sword Douluo avoided getting involved in Tang Hao’s conflict with Spirit Hall. Later, Sword Douluo and Ning Chuan gave Ning Rongrong the Cultivation Manual, and she discovered it helped her gather soul power faster.

• Tang Hao asked Sword Douluo about twin martial souls, and Sword Douluo agreed with Tang Hao’s theories while deciding to keep his and Tang San’s identities secret.
• Sword Douluo and Tang Hao returned to Suotuo City, where Tang Hao left after learning Ning Chuan and Ning Rongrong had arrived.
• Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Tang San comforted the Shrek students and urged them to forget Ning Chuan’s criticisms and focus on training.
• Ning Rongrong persuaded Sword Douluo to let her stay at Shrek Academy, and he cautioned her to be careful about trusting others now that her identity was known.
• Sword Douluo and Ning Chuan presented Ning Rongrong with the Cultivation Manual and taught her how to follow its soul power routes.
• Ning Rongrong connected her first acupoint and found that her soul power gathered faster.

Ning Rongrong mastered the basics of a cultivation method that accelerated Soul Power growth and saw Ning Chuan and Sword Douluo off as they returned to the sect. En route, Ning Chuan accepted a system quest to rescue a girl in a nearby village, where he learned that her fire-snake Martial Soul had badly burned her.

• Ning Rongrong learned the cultivation method from the illustrated manual, and Sword Douluo warned her not to teach it to anyone or rush her practice.
• Meng Yiran asked Ning Chuan to call on her if Shrek came after him, and he invited her to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Rongrong resolved to remain at Shrek, settle matters herself, and leave on her own terms; she tearfully watched Ning Chuan and Sword Douluo depart.
• Ning Chuan received a system quest to rescue a young girl and persuaded Sword Douluo to stop at a village three li to the south.
• The village chief welcomed Ning Chuan and Sword Douluo, then explained that a woman's daughter had been severely burned when her fire-snake Martial Soul awakened.

Ning Chuan discovered that Xiao Yun was suffering from a dangerous martial-soul backlash and used Suppression Seal to stop her flame soul power from harming her. He offered to take her to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where he hoped to keep her safe until he could cure her completely.

• The village chief told Ning Chuan and Sword Douluo that Xiao Yun had endured painful martial-soul backlash for eight years.
• Sword Douluo examined Xiao Yun and explained that he could suppress the backlash for half a year, but it would return more severely.
• Xiao Yun chose to accept Sword Douluo's temporary help, saying she wanted to spend some time without pain with her parents.
• Ning Chuan used Suppression Seal on Xiao Yun, bringing her flame soul power to a standstill and easing her pain.
• Ning Chuan told Xiao Yun he could free her from the backlash if she joined his sect and left the village with him for the time being.

Ning Chuan returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with a 3,200-year first soul ring, astonishing Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo with his soul ring and rapid cultivation. The chapter ended with them discovering his twin martial souls and learning that Sword Douluo had taken him as a direct disciple.

• Xiao Yun agreed to leave with Ning Chuan and Sword Douluo, and they brought her back to the sect after spending the night in her village.
• Sword Douluo revealed that Ning Chuan's first soul ring was 3,200 years old, and Ning Chuan confirmed it by releasing the Creation Exquisite Pagoda and the Earth Rock Bear's soul spirit.
• Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo marveled at Ning Chuan's soul ring and learned that his cultivation had reached level fourteen, with Sword Douluo predicting he could reach level twenty within months.
• Ning Chuan revealed his Chaos Sacred Sword, shocking Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo with his twin martial souls.
• Sword Douluo announced that Ning Chuan had become his direct disciple, while Bone Douluo pressed him to explain the remaining surprise.

Ning Chuan revealed that his Illustrated Manual could greatly accelerate cultivation and be shared, prompting the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's leaders to safeguard it. He moved into Sword Douluo's secluded mountain cavern to cultivate, determined to change the sect's future.

• Sword Douluo explained that Ning Chuan's Illustrated Manual could increase cultivation speed tenfold and that Ning Rongrong and he had also learned its method.
• Ning Chuan transmitted the Cultivation Manual to Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo, who confirmed its effects firsthand.
• Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo, and Sword Douluo agreed that only the five of them should know the method for now because it could disrupt the continent's balance and endanger the sect.
• Ning Fengzhi promised to support Ning Chuan's cultivation, and Sword Douluo offered him a quiet chamber in the cavern where he and Bone Douluo cultivated in seclusion.
• Ning Chuan settled into Sword Douluo's chamber and resolved to cultivate quickly, earn more system rewards, and avert the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's destruction.

After reaching level twenty, Ning Chuan set out with Sword Douluo to find a second soul ring for the Creation Exquisite Pagoda, seeking one over ten thousand years old. They found a Profound Feather Spirit Crane just short of that age, and Ning Chuan chose it anyway.

• Ning Chuan reached level twenty and mastered the Sword Manipulation Technique, which he had taught to Sword Douluo.
• Sword Douluo defeated Bone Douluo while the two argued over who would escort Ning Chuan to hunt his second soul ring.
• Ning Chuan urged Ning Fengzhi to let Sword Douluo teach the Sword Manipulation Technique to trusted sect disciples so support-type soul masters could defend themselves.
• Sword Douluo took Ning Chuan to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Ning Chuan insisted on seeking a soul ring over ten thousand years old.
• Sword Douluo pinned a Profound Feather Spirit Crane whose age was just under ten thousand years, and Ning Chuan chose it as his second soul ring.

Ning Chuan obtained his second soul ring from the Profound Feather Spirit Crane and gained the powerful restoration skill Origin Restoration. He also gave Sword Douluo new cultivation methods, helping him break through to level ninety-seven, and Sword Douluo promised to help Ning Chuan find stronger soul rings.

• Sword Douluo knocked out the Profound Feather Spirit Crane, and Ning Chuan used the Creation Exquisite Pagoda to make it his second soul ring.
• The system rewarded Ning Chuan with Origin Restoration, the Soul Cultivation Formula, and the Star River Sword Art.
• Ning Chuan tested Origin Restoration on Sword Douluo, restoring his spent soul power and confirming the skill could maintain itself when used on a single target.
• Sword Douluo agreed to help Ning Chuan hunt for soul rings of any age and received the Soul Cultivation Formula and Star River Sword Art.
• After studying the Soul Cultivation Formula, Sword Douluo broke through his bottleneck and advanced from level ninety-six to level ninety-seven.
• Sword Douluo thanked Ning Chuan for helping him advance and said he would focus on protecting Ning Chuan as he grew stronger.

Sword Douluo broke through to level ninety-seven after using Ning Chuan’s cultivation methods, while Ning Fengzhi discovered that the methods were beginning to evolve his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. Ning Chuan learned the pagoda could reach eight tiers within three years if Ning Fengzhi mastered both methods, leaving his father grateful and hopeful.

• Sword Douluo broke through to level ninety-seven in the cave and credited Ning Chuan’s cultivation methods.
• Ning Fengzhi told Bone Douluo that pure soul power from the Illustrated Manual’s cultivation method had loosened his martial soul’s bottleneck, while Bone Douluo reported reaching level ninety-six.
• Sword Douluo returned with Ning Chuan and revealed his level ninety-seven breakthrough, astonishing Bone Douluo.
• Ning Chuan gave Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo the Soul Cultivation Formula, and Ning Fengzhi’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda showed the outline of an eighth tier.
• The system told Ning Chuan that Ning Fengzhi could evolve the pagoda within three years by mastering both basic cultivation methods, and Ning Fengzhi hugged his son in gratitude.