Chapter Summaries

Qin Xiao defeated Tang Xiao after Tang Hao fled the battlefield, then revealed that Tang Hao’s departure had been essential to his victory. As Qin Xiao prepared to kill Tang Xiao, the wounded sect master begged Ning Fengzhi to save him.

• Tang Xiao urged Tang Hao to withdraw, and Tang Hao immediately fled, leaving his elder brother to face Qin Xiao alone.
• Tang Xiao detonated three soul rings and survived Thunder Tai Tan’s blast, while Qin Xiao’s armor shattered and his strength fell to rank ninety-two.
• Qin Xiao used the Thunder Emperor Finger to crush Tang Xiao’s Clear Sky Hammer and leave him crippled.
• Qin Xiao explained that Tang Xiao, not Tang Hao, had been his target, and privately revealed that Tang Hao’s escape had prevented Qin Xiao from losing the fight.
• Qin Xiao threatened to kill Tang Xiao and suggested the Clear Sky Sect might blame Tang Hao, while Tang Xiao pleaded with Ning Fengzhi to save him.

Qin Xiao killed Tang Xiao and collected the six soul bones he left behind. He offered the complete set to Ning Fengzhi, who accepted despite recognizing that Qin Xiao meant to drive a wedge between the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Clear Sky Sect.

• Qin Xiao killed Tang Xiao with a lightning strike, and six soul bones fell from Tang Xiao's remains.
• Qin Xiao gathered the soul bones while Flender and the others watched in shock and Zhao Wuji praised him.
• Qin Xiao offered all six soul bones to Ning Fengzhi, intending to sell them and provoke tension between the great sects.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo discussed the risks and benefits, with Ning Fengzhi deciding the valuable set could strengthen Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo.
• Ning Fengzhi offered Qin Xiao thirty million Gold Soul Coins for the complete set, calling the price fair.

After selling six Soul Bones to Ning Fengzhi, Qin Xiao gave Flender money to rebuild Shrek and agreed to move its staff and students to Heaven Dou Royal Academy. He set out toward Heaven Dou City with plans involving Dugu Bo, while Tang Hao mourned Tang Xiao and vowed revenge.

• Qin Xiao traded six Soul Bones to Ning Fengzhi for ten black cards and gave Flender a million Gold Soul Coins to rebuild Shrek Academy.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo departed, and Flender realized from Sword Douluo's challenge that Qin Xiao had defeated him in a private spar.
• Flender proposed moving Shrek's teachers and students to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Qin Xiao agreed to leave immediately.
• Qin Xiao planned to visit Dugu Bo's Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and pursue other ways to hinder Tang San and Tang Hao.
• Fifty kilometers away, Tang Hao knelt toward Shrek, mourned Tang Xiao, and vowed to avenge him and care for the Clear Sky Sect.

Tang Hao learned that Meng Yiran possessed a growing External Soul Bone and headed for Ten Thousand Beasts Academy to claim it. Meanwhile, Flender and the Shrek group reached Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where they were welcomed by the Education Committee, whose request to see the students’ abilities left Flender unsure how to handle Qin Xiao.

• Tang Hao beat two Ten Thousand Beasts Academy students until they revealed that Meng Yiran had obtained an External Soul Bone and was the granddaughter of the academy’s dean.
• Driven by his need for strength, Tang Hao set out for Ten Thousand Beasts Academy, prepared to kill for the bone if necessary.
• Ning Rongrong led the Shrek group to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Xue Beng insulted them and Dai Mubai knocked several academy students down.
• Qin Ming arrived and escorted Flender and the others to meet the three Soul Douluo members of the Education Committee.
• Meng Shenji asked to see Shrek’s students demonstrate their abilities, leaving Flender wondering how to make Qin Xiao perform.

Qin Xiao accepted Meng Shenji’s challenge and endured steadily increasing soul power pressure, hoping to strengthen his second Soul Ring through the system’s quest. When Meng Shenji raised the pressure to level 65, Qin Xiao finally reacted, leaving the chairman feeling mocked.

• The system gave Qin Xiao a quest to withstand Meng Shenji’s soul power pressure, promising to increase the age of his second Soul Ring for every level endured above 50.
• Qin Xiao stepped forward and let Meng Shenji test him, while the Shrek group watched and Ning Rongrong struggled to hold back her laughter.
• Meng Shenji increased his pressure from level 40 to level 60, but Qin Xiao remained unmoved as the other Shrek students retreated.
• Bai Baoshan and Zhi Lin debated Qin Xiao’s cultivation and speculated about how he could withstand the pressure.
• Meng Shenji raised the pressure to level 65, and Qin Xiao frowned and shook his head, making Meng Shenji feel insulted.

Qin Xiao endured Meng Shenji and Bai Baoshan’s combined Soul Power pressure while concealing his true strength and hoping to draw Zhi Lin in as well. Meanwhile, Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect without Ning Rongrong, bringing Soul Bones that quickly changed Bone Douluo’s mind.

• Meng Shenji raised his Soul Power pressure to rank eighty-eight, but Qin Xiao remained standing and told him he was ready.
• Bai Baoshan joined Meng Shenji in pressuring Qin Xiao, who feigned strain to encourage them to keep going.
• Bone Douluo welcomed Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo back and learned Ning Rongrong had chosen to stay with Qin Xiao.
• Sword Douluo revealed that Ning Fengzhi had brought Bone Douluo an important gift, and Bone Douluo suspected it was a Soul Bone.
• Bone Douluo changed his tune and said Ning Rongrong could gain experience outside the sect.

Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo showed Bone Douluo six high-grade soul bones, then revealed they had bought them after Qin Xiao killed Tang Xiao. At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Qin Xiao continued resisting the pressure of the senior officials, leaving Bai Baoshan and Meng Shenji desperate for Zhi Lin to help subdue him.

• Bone Douluo examined six soul bones, all over thirty thousand years old, and was astonished by their quality and range.
• Ning Fengzhi said he had purchased the soul bones after witnessing Qin Xiao kill Tang Xiao, shocking Bone Douluo.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that eighteen-year-old Qin Xiao had defeated Tang Xiao and Tang Hao in battle, killing one and gravely injuring the other.
• At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Bai Baoshan raised his pressure to rank eighty-five, but Qin Xiao still appeared barely able to withstand it.
• Bai Baoshan and Meng Shenji urged Zhi Lin to help subdue Qin Xiao, regretting that they had tested him.

Qin Xiao endured the three Education Committee members’ combined pressure, earned a stronger Second Soul Ring, and broke through to level 93, revealing that he was a Titled Douluo. After he rested, Meng Shenji offered Flender generous terms to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy and invited him to become its fourth Education Committee member.

• Zhi Lin joined Meng Shenji and Bai Baoshan in pressuring Qin Xiao, but the three eventually stopped when they could not discern his strength.
• Qin Xiao received a 25,600-year increase to his Second Soul Ring and broke through to level 93.
• Qin Xiao released his aura and displayed nine Soul Rings, revealing his Titled Douluo status and astonishing the Shrek group and the committee members.
• Qin Xiao thanked the committee members and asked Flender to continue negotiating Shrek’s entry into Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Meng Shenji offered to preserve Shrek’s autonomy, provide benefits for its teachers and students, and appoint Flender as the academy’s fourth Education Committee member.

Flender and the Shrek group considered joining Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Prince Xue Xing opposed them and called on Dugu Bo to punish them. Qin Xiao intervened by striking Xue Beng down with an invisible force, leaving Xue Xing and Dugu Bo stunned.

• Flender and Zhao Wuji discussed the academy’s generous offer while Qin Xiao left the decision to them.
• Prince Xue Xing arrived with Xue Beng and Dugu Bo, objected to Shrek Academy joining, and demanded they answer for striking Xue Beng.
• Meng Shenji tried to defend Shrek Academy, but Zhao Wuji and the others realized Xue Xing would make their lives difficult if they stayed.
• Dugu Bo revealed himself as a Titled Douluo and prepared to act against the group.
• Qin Xiao stepped forward and sent Xue Beng flying with an invisible attack, while Dugu Bo admitted he had been unable to stop him.

Qin Xiao revealed himself as a Titled Douluo and drew Dugu Bo away from the Education Committee, leaving Prince Xue Xing to manage the confrontation with Shrek Academy. Prince Xue Xing apologized and offered money to persuade them to stay, but Xue Beng woke and demanded punishment for them, prompting Flender to ask what he intended to do.

• Qin Xiao revealed nine Soul Rings, including a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, and told Dugu Bo he had come to wait for him.
• Dugu Bo followed Qin Xiao outside, leaving Prince Xue Xing to face Meng Shenji and Shrek Academy alone.
• Prince Xue Xing blamed Meng Shenji, then apologized to Flender and offered one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins to Shrek's teachers and students if they stayed.
• Xue Beng woke, complained of his injuries, and demanded that Shrek Academy be barred from joining the academy and severely punished.
• Zhao Wuji moved to attack Xue Beng, but Flender stopped him and asked Xue Beng how he intended to deal with them.

After Xue Beng’s outburst forced Flender and the others to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Qin Xiao privately confronted Dugu Bo and offered to cure his Jade Phosphor Snake Poison in exchange for his retreat. Dugu Bo began to consider the deal after Qin Xiao invoked Dugu Yan, but recoiled when he learned Qin Xiao wanted the retreat itself.

• Prince Xue Xing kicked Xue Beng out of the Education Committee and ordered the guards to gag him.
• Flender rejected Prince Xue Xing’s apology, then left the academy with Zhao Wuji and the others.
• Qin Xiao told Dugu Bo he could cure his Jade Phosphor Snake Poison and described its symptoms, alarming Dugu Bo.
• Qin Xiao warned Dugu Bo not to attack and pressured him by bringing up Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo asked what Qin Xiao wanted in return for a cure, and Qin Xiao revealed he wanted Dugu Bo’s retreat.
• Dugu Bo protested that giving up the retreat was like asking for his life, while Qin Xiao again invoked Dugu Yan.

Dugu Bo agreed to Qin Xiao’s terms for curing his poison, while Tang Hao forced his way into the Ten Thousand Beasts Academy to seize Meng Yiran’s external Soul Bone. The chapter ended with Tang Hao revealing his Clear Sky Hammer and threatening to kill everyone who had witnessed him.

• Dugu Bo agreed to Qin Xiao’s proposal, and Qin Xiao said Dugu Bo could take or grow poisonous herbs if he paid.
• Snake Granny and Dragon Duke discussed Meng Yiran’s nearly completed Soul Bone refinement and worried that the Soul Bone’s existence had leaked.
• Tang Hao attacked two students at the Ten Thousand Beasts Academy gates and demanded to know where Meng Yiran was.
• Dragon Duke and Snake Granny confronted Tang Hao, who insisted he wanted Meng Yiran’s external Soul Bone.
• Tang Hao revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and declared that everyone who saw it or witnessed his actions had to die.

Tang Hao defeated Dragon Duke and Snake Granny while demanding Meng Yiran, then slaughtered students at Ten Thousand Beasts Academy. Qin Xiao entered Dugu Bo’s poison formation and told him to bring his granddaughter the next day so he could purge their poison.

• Tang Hao attacked Dragon Duke and Snake Granny, overwhelming their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and demanding to know where Meng Yiran was.
• Snake Granny ruptured her own meridians and died rather than surrender Meng Yiran.
• Dragon Duke cursed Tang Hao and self-detonated, blasting him away before dying.
• Tang Hao emerged from the dust and began slaughtering the terrified students of Ten Thousand Beasts Academy.
• Qin Xiao passed through Dugu Bo’s poison formation using lightning and told Dugu Bo to bring his granddaughter the next day for treatment.
• Dugu Bo left Qin Xiao at the retreat, feeling uneasy about bringing his granddaughter to him.

Qin Xiao consumed immortal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, awakening the powerful Nine Heavens Tribulation Light technique through his martial soul. Meanwhile, Meng Shenji told Xue Qinghe how Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng had rejected Qin Xiao, and the two prepared to report the incident to Xue Ye.

• Qin Xiao harvested the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, but his Thunder Emperor martial soul absorbed their energy before he entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Qin Xiao fed numerous immortal herbs to his martial soul until the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid triggered its transformation and revealed the Nine Heavens Tribulation Light technique.
• Meng Shenji told Xue Qinghe that Qin Xiao was a young Titled Douluo whom Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng had driven away from Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Xue Qinghe agreed to accompany Meng Shenji to report the matter to Xue Ye, while privately welcoming the chance to undermine Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng.
• Meng Shenji said he would ask Xue Ye to punish the two princes and suggested they might have been won over by the Star Luo Empire or Spirit Hall.

After Meng Shenji reported Xue Xing and Xue Beng’s treatment of Shrek Academy, Emperor Xue Ye summoned them and angrily challenged their decision. Meanwhile, Meng Yiran found the Ten Thousand Beasts Academy in ruins and learned that Tang Hao had attacked it; the emperor’s confrontation with Xue Beng and Xue Xing continued unresolved.

• Xue Qinghe listened as Meng Shenji condemned Xue Xing and Xue Beng for turning away a Titled Douluo and his companions.
• Meng Shenji urged Emperor Xue Ye to strip Xue Xing of authority over the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Xue Ye summoned Xue Xing and Xue Beng.
• Meng Yiran found the Ten Thousand Beasts Academy destroyed and Snake Granny dead, then heard a dying student identify Tang Hao as the attacker.
• Xue Xing and Xue Beng appeared before Emperor Xue Ye, who accused them of rejecting gifted recruits and demanded an explanation.
• Xue Beng claimed the visitors had beaten him, but Emperor Xue Ye rebuked him for bringing disgrace on himself and the imperial family.

Xue Xing and Xue Beng faced punishment from Emperor Xue Ye after their clash with the Shrek group, while Xue Qinghe gained temporary control of Heaven Dou Royal Academy. At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Qin Xiao offered Dugu Bo a supposedly useful herb, but Dugu Bo recognized it as one of his own plants and accused Qin Xiao of freeloading.

• Emperor Xue Ye reprimanded Xue Beng and ordered Xue Xing to resolve the Shrek dispute, then put Xue Qinghe in charge of Heaven Dou Royal Academy until the matter was settled.
• Xue Xing kicked Xue Beng away and told him to come along the next morning to meet the people from Shrek.
• Qin Xiao met Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Qin Xiao gave Dugu Bo a Fragrant Silk Rose, claiming it could control the Jade Phosphor Snake Poison in Dugu Bo's body.
• Dugu Bo recognized the flower as one of his own herbs and accused Qin Xiao of using his property to fool him and freeload at his villa.

Qin Xiao explained how the Fragrant Silk Rose could cure Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphor Snake Poison, then negotiated with Dugu Bo to become the retreat’s household guard. The chapter ended with Dugu Bo agreeing to the deal but balking at Qin Xiao’s price for leasing a medicinal garden.

• Qin Xiao told Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan to each consume half the Fragrant Silk Rose and force their remaining poison into a Soul Bone.
• Dugu Bo consumed half the herb, and its effects cured his poison and raised his Soul Power by one level.
• Dugu Bo thanked Qin Xiao, promised him the retreat, and offered to repay the favor; he then prepared to leave with Dugu Yan and the remaining herb.
• Qin Xiao offered Dugu Bo medicinal herbs at half price if he served as a household guard, and Dugu Bo accepted in exchange for a private medicinal garden.
• Qin Xiao offered to lease Dugu Bo a plot for fifty years for five million Gold Soul Coins, prompting Dugu Bo to complain that Qin Xiao could simply rob him.

Qin Xiao left Dugu Bo in charge of the medicinal garden after arranging payment, while Bone Douluo broke through to rank ninety-six and planned to thank Qin Xiao. Dugu Bo then treated the critically ill Xue Ye and revealed that the emperor’s medicine would cost five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.

• Qin Xiao told Dugu Bo to manage the medicinal garden and said he would stay at Blue Tyrant Academy, while Dugu Bo agreed to pay five million Gold Soul Coins when he had gathered the money.
• Bone Douluo emerged from seclusion after absorbing three Soul Bones and announced that he had broken through to rank ninety-six.
• Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo decided to thank Qin Xiao, then learned that Shrek’s people were staying at an inn in Heaven Dou City.
• A silver-armored guard told Dugu Bo that Xue Ye had fallen ill after raging at Prince Xue Xing, and Dugu Bo hurried to the palace.
• Dugu Bo treated Xue Ye and explained that his relapse was not serious, but the herbs for his medicine would cost about five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.

Xue Ye worried that the rising cost of Dugu Bo’s medicine would drain the empire’s wealth and leave Xue Qinghe vulnerable to Prince Xue Xing, so he summoned the crown prince. Meanwhile, Qin Xiao found Shrek Academy at a shabby inn, where Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng arrived.

• Dugu Bo told Xue Ye that the medicinal herbs would keep him alive for only seven days, and that the cost would rise as Xue Ye developed resistance.
• Xue Ye admitted that the treatment only prolonged his life and worried that Xue Xing might threaten Xue Qinghe after his death.
• Xue Ye decided to give Xue Qinghe another powerful supporter and ordered someone to summon the crown prince.
• Qin Xiao found Shrek Academy by searching for the cheapest inn in Heaven Dou City and rejoined Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Zhao Wuji, and Flender.
• Prince Xue Xing entered the inn with Xue Beng, who reacted with disgust to the shabby surroundings.

Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng apologized to Qin Xiao and offered him money, but Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo arrived with a larger gift and invited him to dinner. Meanwhile, Flender proposed visiting an academy in Heaven Dou City, and Xue Ye told Xue Qinghe that he had decided to give up treatment.

• Prince Xue Xing apologized to Qin Xiao for the previous day's offense and offered him five million Gold Soul Coins to discuss business again.
• Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo arrived, thanked Qin Xiao for his help, and gave him a card containing 8.88 million Gold Soul Coins.
• Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng left after seeing Qin Xiao accept Ning Fengzhi's gift, and Ning Rongrong stayed with Shrek instead of going with Bone Douluo.
• Ning Fengzhi invited Qin Xiao and the Shrek group to a welcoming dinner, while Flender suggested visiting his friend’s academy in Heaven Dou City.
• Xue Ye told Xue Qinghe that he had decided to give up treatment.