Chapter Summaries

Xue Ye told Xue Qinghe to prepare to inherit the Heaven Dou Empire, strengthen his forces, and recruit Qin Xiao, while accusing Xue Xing of causing his illness. Meanwhile, Flender brought Shrek to Blue Tyrant Academy, where Liu Erlong was stunned to learn that Qin Xiao was an eighteen-year-old Titled Douluo.

• Xue Ye told Xue Qinghe that he would stop pursuing costly treatment and urged him to act decisively against Xue Xing and Xue Beng, recruit Qin Xiao, and beware of Xue Xing.
• Xue Qinghe agreed to visit Qin Xiao and seek his support for the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Flender led Qin Xiao, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and the others to Blue Tyrant Academy to meet its dean, Liu Erlong.
• Liu Erlong welcomed Flender and was shocked when he said Shrek would merge with Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Flender introduced Qin Xiao as an eighteen-year-old Titled Douluo, and Qin Xiao briefly used his Soul Power pressure to prove his strength.
• Liu Erlong apologized to Qin Xiao after feeling his pressure and realizing Flender had been telling the truth.

Xue Xing decided to eliminate Qin Xiao and asked Dugu Bo to kill him with poison, but Dugu Bo refused because Qin Xiao had saved him and Dugu Yan. Xue Xing tried to persuade him to use poison secretly, leaving Dugu Bo’s response unresolved.

• Liu Erlong met Qin Xiao and learned he was an extraordinary cultivator, while Qin Xiao left with Ning Rongrong for Ning Fengzhi’s banquet.
• Xue Xing blamed Xue Beng for provoking Qin Xiao, then decided Qin Xiao had to be destroyed because he could not be recruited.
• Xue Xing told Xue Beng to stop provoking Qin Xiao and keep their plan secret, then went to Dugu Manor to seek Dugu Bo’s help.
• Xue Xing was surprised to see that Dugu Bo looked younger, and Dugu Bo said a spiritual herb had caused the change.
• Xue Xing asked Dugu Bo to kill Qin Xiao, but Dugu Bo refused because Qin Xiao had saved his and Dugu Yan’s lives.
• Xue Xing urged Dugu Bo to use poison secretly, insisting that any method would suffice if Qin Xiao died.

Dugu Bo refused Xue Xing’s request to kill Qin Xiao, while Ning Fengzhi offered Qin Xiao the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support against the Clear Sky Sect. Later, Qin Xiao protected Zhu Zhuqing from Tai Long and sent him back injured to the Strength Clan, where Tai Nuo discovered his condition.

• Dugu Bo rejected Xue Xing’s plan to kill Qin Xiao and warned him to abandon it, prompting Xue Xing to decide he would act without Dugu Bo.
• Ning Fengzhi hosted Qin Xiao and pledged the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support if Qin Xiao faced trouble with the Clear Sky Sect.
• Meng Shenji urged Xue Qinghe to recruit Qin Xiao, and Xue Qinghe agreed to invite him to the Moonlight Pavilion.
• Zhu Zhuqing waited for Qin Xiao outside Blue Tyrant Academy, then told him Tai Long had been pestering her.
• Tai Long demanded that Qin Xiao hand Zhu Zhuqing over, but Qin Xiao struck him down with an invisible force and refused to let Zhu Zhuqing pursue him.
• The gatekeeper carried the bloodied Tai Long into the Strength Clan estate, where Tai Nuo was shocked by his injuries.

Qin Xiao killed Tai Long, Tai Nuo, and Tai Tan after the Strength Clan refused to submit, then returned to Blue Tyrant Academy. As news of the clan’s destruction spread through Heaven Dou City, Liu Erlong confronted Qin Xiao about the deaths, and he left her question unanswered.

• Tai Nuo rushed to Tai Long, learned Qin Xiao had gravely wounded him, and attacked Qin Xiao, who knocked him aside.
• Qin Xiao offered Tai Nuo a chance to submit, but Tai Long died under Qin Xiao’s soul-power pressure, and Tai Tan arrived in a rage.
• Tai Tan transformed into his Great Strength Gorilla Martial Soul Avatar and attacked Qin Xiao, who killed him with a powerful soul-bone skill.
• Qin Xiao killed Tai Nuo after he begged for mercy, then returned to Blue Tyrant Academy and reassured Zhu Zhuqing that the threat was over.
• Xue Xing ordered an investigation into the Strength Clan’s destruction, while Xue Qinghe asked Meng Shenji to investigate Tai Tan’s death.
• Liu Erlong confronted Qin Xiao about the deaths, and he replied that it did not matter whether he had killed them.

Liu Erlong asked Qin Xiao to help her friend, while Zhao Wuji thanked him for killing Tai Tan. At the Lake of Life, Tang Hao reunited with Tang San, revealed that Tang Xiao had died and Qin Xiao had survived, then arranged for Tang San to go to Heaven Dou City under the Strength Clan’s protection.

• Liu Erlong delivered Xue Qinghe’s invitation to Qin Xiao and asked whether his secret technique could help her friend break through rank thirty Soul Power.
• Qin Xiao told Liu Erlong to consider what she could offer, leaving her conflicted about how to help Yu Xiaogang.
• Zhao Wuji thanked Qin Xiao for killing Tai Tan, his old enemy, and promised to repay the favor.
• Da Ming sensed a powerful presence approaching the Lake of Life, and Tang San feared Qin Xiao had come for them before Tang Hao arrived.
• Tang San learned that Qin Xiao had survived and that Tang Xiao had died protecting Tang Hao during their fight.
• Tang Hao told Tang San to leave the Star Dou Great Forest and study in Heaven Dou City, where Tai Tan and the Strength Clan could protect him.

Tang San and Xiao Wu accepted Tang Hao’s decision to send Tang San away while Xiao Wu stayed in the Star Dou Great Forest. At the Moonlight Pavilion, Qin Xiao asked Xue Qinghe for the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, while Tang Yuehua learned that Tang Xiao still had not returned to the Clear Sky Sect.

• Tang Hao told Xiao Wu to remain in the Star Dou Great Forest and ordered Tang San to leave with him to meet Tai Tan.
• Qin Xiao presented Xue Qinghe’s invitation at the Moonlight Pavilion and was welcomed by Xue Qinghe and Meng Shenji.
• Xue Qinghe asked Qin Xiao to become a Consecrated Douluo of his Crown Prince’s Residence, and Qin Xiao requested the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Xue Qinghe said he could not decide about the empire’s national treasure and planned to ask his father, while Qin Xiao departed.
• Tang Yuehua arrived too late to meet Qin Xiao, then learned that Tang Xiao had not returned and told the Purple-Clad Steward she did not know where he was.

Qin Xiao continued his cultivation with Zhu Zhuqing while Liu Erlong and Flender dealt with their suspicions and disappointment. Three days later, Tang Hao brought Tang San to Heaven Dou City and found the Strength Clan’s residence in mourning, then demanded that Tai Tan come out.

• Qin Xiao escorted Zhu Zhuqing to his quarters and used his lightning to help her cultivate, while Liu Erlong waited outside and misunderstood his remarks when he emerged.
• Flender worried that Liu Erlong had gone to Qin Xiao to help Yu Xiaogang, then left the academy to drink with Zhao Wuji and Ma Hongjun.
• After three peaceful days, Tang Hao and Tang San arrived in Heaven Dou City and discussed returning to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Hao and Tang San found white mourning lanterns outside the Strength Clan’s residence and learned someone important had died.
• The residence’s steward opened the door, and Tang Hao told him to summon Tai Tan instead of entering.

Tang Hao and Tang San fled Heaven Dou City after learning the Strength Clan had been killed and discovering that Qin Xiao was nearby. In Sunset Forest, Tang San found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, but its Immortal Herbs had already been harvested; when Tang Hao threatened Dugu Yan over them, a familiar gaunt figure stepped forward to confront him.

• Tang Hao learned that the Strength Clan's three generations had been killed, then decided to take Tang San to Tang Yuehua in Heaven Dou City.
• Xue Ye agreed to give Qin Xiao the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to win his support for Xue Qinghe.
• Tang Hao and Tang San visited Tang Yuehua, learned that Qin Xiao had disrupted Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and hurriedly left the city for Sunset Forest.
• Tang San discovered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and found that its Immortal Herbs had been harvested, leaving only their roots.
• Tang Hao pressured Dugu Yan to reveal who took the Immortal Herbs, but a gaunt figure stepped between them and challenged Tang Hao.

Tang Hao and Tang San sought immortal herbs from Dugu Bo but fled when they learned the garden belonged to Qin Xiao. Meanwhile, Xue Qinghe delivered the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to Qin Xiao and asked for his support, leaving Meng Shenji startled when Qin Xiao offered only a favor in return.

• Dugu Bo returned to find Tang Hao and Tang San confronting Dugu Yan, accepted Tang Hao’s apology, and ordered the father and son to leave.
• Tang San offered to treat Dugu Yan’s poison in exchange for many herbs, but Dugu Bo rejected his demand and revealed that Qin Xiao owned the Medicine Field and had taken the immortal herbs.
• Tang Hao and Tang San recognized Qin Xiao’s name, abandoned their request, and escaped toward the Star Luo Empire while Tang Hao promised he would eventually kill Qin Xiao.
• Liu Erlong told Qin Xiao that Xue Qinghe and Meng Shenji were waiting to see him at Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Xue Qinghe gave Qin Xiao the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and sought his support against Xue Xing; Qin Xiao agreed not to side with Xue Xing and said he owed Xue Qinghe a favor, disappointing Meng Shenji.

Xue Qinghe learned that Qin Xiao had killed Tai Tan and his family, while Qin Xiao used the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and agreed to train Meng Yiran so she could seek revenge on Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect. Meanwhile, Xue Xing planned to spread a false accusation linking Qin Xiao to Tai Tan’s death and provoke the Clear Sky Sect into attacking him.

• Qin Xiao explained to Xue Qinghe and Meng Shenji that he had killed Tai Tan, Tai Nuo, and Tai Long, and warned that the Clear Sky Sect might retaliate.
• Qin Xiao bonded with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, gained knowledge of its four skills, and then met Meng Yiran at the academy.
• Meng Yiran told Qin Xiao that Tang Hao had destroyed the Ten Thousand Beasts Academy and killed her grandparents, and Qin Xiao agreed to help her grow stronger.
• Xue Beng told Xue Xing that Xue Qinghe had given the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to Qin Xiao, and Xue Xing feared Qin Xiao might support the Crown Prince.
• A messenger reported that Tai Long had argued with Qin Xiao on the night Tai Tan died, and Xue Xing decided to spread the accusation to draw the Clear Sky Sect into conflict with Qin Xiao.
• Xue Xing instructed Xue Beng to enlist young nobles to spread the rumor throughout Heaven Dou City, and Xue Beng promised to do it within half a day.

Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng lost control of Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while the Clear Sky Sect learned that Qin Xiao might be connected to the Strength Clan’s destruction and sent elders to investigate. In Heaven Dou City, Zhu Zhuqing reached level thirty and went with Qin Xiao to hunt for a Soul Ring, leaving the Shrek students stunned by her rapid progress.

• Xue Xing received an imperial edict stripping him of authority over Heaven Dou Royal Academy and warned Xue Beng that exposing Xue Qinghe’s crimes would not help them.
• Tang Yuehua learned that Qin Xiao had argued with Tai Long and might be connected to Tai Tan’s death, then sent word to the Clear Sky Sect about a possible powerful expert behind him.
• The Clear Sky Sect’s Second Elder sent the Third and Seventh Elders to Heaven Dou City to investigate Qin Xiao and the Strength Clan’s destruction, telling them to prioritize their safety.
• Qin Xiao discovered that Zhu Zhuqing had reached level thirty and agreed to help her hunt for a Soul Ring in Sunset Forest.
• Zhao Wuji told Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar that Zhu Zhuqing had gone Soul Hunting, and the three were shocked by how quickly she had advanced.

Zhu Zhuqing reached level thirty-one, and Qin Xiao visited his Medicine Garden, where Dugu Bo paid him for herbs and warned that Tang Hao might be waiting to ambush him. Qin Xiao revealed his enmity with Tang Hao and led Dugu Bo to realize that Tang Hao and his son may have fled because they feared Qin Xiao.

• Zhao Wuji ordered Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar to run a hundred laps, while Dai Mubai insisted he had not been out indulging himself.
• Zhu Zhuqing absorbed a Thousand-Year Soul Ring and reached level thirty-one, then followed Qin Xiao to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo gave Qin Xiao a black card containing a million gold soul coins from herb sales and said Xue Ye was preparing to stop treatment.
• Dugu Bo warned Qin Xiao that Tang Hao and his son had visited the Medicine Garden and might be waiting nearby to ambush him.
• Qin Xiao said Tang Hao was his enemy, and Dugu Bo reconsidered the pair's panicked reaction before asking whether Tang Hao was truly no match for Qin Xiao.

Qin Xiao returned to Blue Tyrant Academy and confronted the Clear Sky Sect’s Third Elder and Seventh Elder, who had come over the destruction of the Strength Clan. After Qin Xiao defeated the Seventh Elder with one blow, the Third Elder tried to negotiate, but Qin Xiao rejected his demand and left their fate unresolved.

• Qin Xiao left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Zhu Zhuqing after teasing Dugu Bo about Tang Hao and Tang San’s setback.
• The Third Elder and Seventh Elder of the Clear Sky Sect arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy and demanded to meet Qin Xiao and the Titled Douluo they believed was there.
• Qin Xiao returned, identified himself, and admitted that he had wiped out the Strength Clan; he casually dispelled the Seventh Elder’s oppressive aura.
• Qin Xiao dismissed the Clear Sky Sect’s reputation, and the Seventh Elder attacked him in anger.
• Qin Xiao dodged the Seventh Elder’s punch and stomped him into a pit with one blow.
• The Third Elder offered to release Qin Xiao from responsibility for the Strength Clan in exchange for the Seventh Elder’s freedom, but Qin Xiao rejected the offer.

Qin Xiao forced the Clear Sky Sect elders to agree to pursue Tang Hao, then kept the Third Elder as a prisoner while the Seventh Elder returned to the sect. Meanwhile, Xue Beng and Xue Xing learned that Clear Sky Sect experts had arrived and planned to kill Qin Xiao and destroy Shrek Academy, but Xue Beng returned with grim news.

• Qin Xiao struck the Third Elder with lightning until the Seventh Elder stopped provoking him, then demanded that the Clear Sky Sect capture Tang Hao.
• The Third Elder agreed to return to the sect to discuss the demand, but Qin Xiao sent the Seventh Elder instead and sealed the Third Elder's cultivation.
• Flender, Liu Erlong, Zhao Wuji, and the others arrived, and Qin Xiao left with the Third Elder as his prisoner.
• Xue Beng told Xue Xing that at least two Titled Douluo-level Clear Sky Sect experts had arrived, leading them to expect Qin Xiao's death.
• Xue Xing ordered Xue Beng to check the situation and revealed his plan to destroy Shrek Academy after Qin Xiao was killed; Xue Beng soon returned looking grim.

Xue Xing and Xue Beng learned that Qin Xiao had defeated the Clear Sky Sect elders, while Xue Qinghe reconsidered his plans after hearing the same news. Qin Xiao left the captured Third Elder with Dugu Bo and then Tang Hao brought Tang San near the Clear Sky Sect to see their homeland before departing.

• Xue Beng told Xue Xing that one Clear Sky Sect elder had fled and another had been captured by Qin Xiao, so Xue Xing decided they should watch and wait for a chance to act.
• Xue Qinghe ordered Porcupinefish Douluo to protect Qin Xiao and consider recruiting him, but Meng Shenji reported that the elders had already been defeated and Xue Qinghe scrapped his previous plan.
• Qin Xiao brought the captured Third Elder to Dugu Bo and asked him to watch the prisoner and make poisons, then used Dugu Bo’s favor to secure his agreement.
• Tang Hao took Tang San to the forest near the Clear Sky Sect so he could glimpse his homeland before they left for the Star Luo Empire.

Tang San learned that Tang Hao could not rely on the Clear Sky Sect, while the elders discovered Qin Xiao had captured the Third Elder and demanded Tang Hao in exchange. As Tang Hao and Tang San approached the sect, they sensed Titled Douluo had come out to meet them.

• Tang Hao told Tang San that the Clear Sky Sect elders hated him and would not help them, and he regretted not having his late brother take elders to face Qin Xiao.
• The Fourth and Fifth Elders reassured the Second and Fourth Elders that the Third and Seventh Elders would return safely, but only the Seventh Elder came back.
• The Seventh Elder reported that Qin Xiao had captured the Third Elder and would release him only if the sect captured Tang Hao.
• The elders learned that Qin Xiao was the mysterious, exceptionally powerful Titled Douluo and that Tang Hao’s past actions had helped bring Qin Xiao into conflict with the sect.
• The Second Elder decided to leave with the others to find Tang Hao and determine the truth, while Tang Hao carried Tang San toward the Clear Sky Sect’s mountain gate.
• Tang Hao sensed Titled Douluo from the Clear Sky Sect approaching and told Tang San they would not be able to enter.

Tang Hao and Tang San escaped the Clear Sky Sect after its elders attacked them, while Qin Xiao used Dugu Bo’s map to find the hidden mountain refuge where Tang Hao had planted Ah Yin. The chapter ended with Qin Xiao entering the cave behind its waterfall to claim the Blue Silver Emperor.

• Tang Hao and Tang San found the Clear Sky Sect elders waiting for them, and the elders attacked Tang Hao to exchange him for the Third Elder.
• Qin Xiao obtained poison from Dugu Bo, learned the location of a remote mountain range, and planned to dig up the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Tang Hao detonated his ninth Soul Ring to break through the elders, then fled with Tang San while badly injured.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that Ah Yin had survived as a Blue Silver Grass plant, and Tang San proposed moving her to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well so she could grow faster.
• Liu Erlong asked Flender to summon Yu Xiaogang to Blue Tyrant Academy, claiming there was a way to solve his Martial Soul problem.
• Qin Xiao found the waterfall and cave in the mountains and entered, believing the Blue Silver Emperor was hidden inside.

Qin Xiao found the Blue Silver Emperor and brought her to the Blue Silver King, who sacrificed himself and his subjects to restore her power. Meanwhile, Tang Hao and Tang San discovered the dead blue silver grass in the cave, leaving Tang Hao devastated and Tang San furious.

• Qin Xiao replaced the Blue Silver Emperor with ordinary blue silver grass, charred it with lightning, and left with the real Emperor in a flowerpot.
• The Clear Sky Sect elders decided to ask Tang Yuehua to stall Qin Xiao while they sought Tang Xiao's help to rescue their captured Third Brother.
• Qin Xiao found the Blue Silver King, who welcomed the Blue Silver Emperor and sacrificed himself and countless blue silver grass to empower her.
• Qin Xiao left to take the Blue Silver Emperor to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, believing Tang San would now struggle to awaken.
• Tang Hao brought Tang San to the cave to see his mother, and they found only a dead, shriveled blade of grass.
• Tang San accused Tang Hao of killing their mother by leaving an opening through which lightning struck her, and Tang Hao broke down in shock.

Tang San found that lightning had destroyed the Blue Silver Grass that was Tang Hao’s wife, and he saved Tang Hao after he tried to die from grief. Qin Xiao returned with the Blue Silver Emperor, wagered Dugu Bo would see it take human form within ten days, and then learned of Shrek’s plans for the Continental Soul Master Tournament as the system issued him a mission.

• Tang San rebuked Tang Hao after discovering the lightning-charred Blue Silver Grass, then used golden needles to save him when grief drove Tang Hao to collapse and stop resisting.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that his Blue Silver Grass was the Blue Silver Emperor and promised to take him somewhere it could awaken; Tang San buried his mother before they left.
• Qin Xiao returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with the Blue Silver Emperor, while Dugu Bo made the Third Elder drink his medicine and watched him collapse foaming at the mouth.
• Qin Xiao planted the Blue Silver Emperor and bet Dugu Bo that it would take human form within ten days, with the Medicine Garden at stake.
• Liu Erlong and Flender formed a new team for the Continental Soul Master Tournament, and Qin Xiao arrived as they discussed what would happen if he competed.
• The system issued Qin Xiao a mission.

Qin Xiao joined the Shrek Team for the Continental Soul Master Tournament and received a hundred-thousand-year soul bone from the system. At the Heaven Dou Palace, Xue Ye announced that Xue Qinghe would inherit the throne in two days, prompting Xue Xing and Xue Beng to discuss how they might resist their loss of power.

• Qin Xiao completed a system mission without effort, claimed a hundred-thousand-year soul bone, and accepted a new mission to join the Shrek Team and win the tournament.
• Qin Xiao joined the Shrek Team and reserved another place for Meng Yiran, whom he arranged to train with the academy members.
• Xue Ye told Xue Qinghe that he would pass the throne to him in two days, retire Xue Xing, and send Xue Beng to his fief.
• Xue Beng warned Xue Xing that Xue Ye planned to transfer power to Xue Qinghe, and Xue Xing angrily rejected the idea of retiring quietly.
• Xue Beng admitted he lacked the resources to protect Xue Xing, then asked what his uncle planned to do.