Ch. 21Real Combat Was the Best Training

Zhao Su and Zhao Wuji clashed with Qian Cheng and his Spirit Hall team after a saber wielder insulted Zhao Su. Zhao Su drove off most of the attackers while Tang San and the others fought four Soul Kings, leaving Zhao Wuji still battling Qian Cheng.

  • A saber-wielding man attacked Zhao Su, but Zhao Su sent him flying with a burst of soul power.
  • Zhao Wuji beat the saber wielder and threw him out of the shelter after the man attacked Zhao Su.
  • Qian Cheng revealed his Soul Douluo strength and charged Zhao Wuji, who met him head-on but was gradually outmatched.
  • Qian Cheng's teammates attacked Zhao Wuji and Tang San's group, while Zhao Su let Tang San and the others fight four Soul Kings for training.
  • Zhao Su struck the remaining attackers with single punches, shattering their martial souls and leaving Qian Cheng and the four opponents fighting Tang San's group.

Ch. 22They Needed Teamwork, Yet Rifts in Their Hearts

Zhao Su directed the Shrek students through a coordinated fight, then killed Qian Cheng, an old pursuer from Spirit Hall's Qian Family, and framed the conflict as a feud between Shrek Academy and Spirit Hall. The next morning, he began cultivating tensions among the students as Ning Rongrong, Oscar, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Mubai reacted to one another.

  • Zhao Su coached Tang San and the others until their teamwork overwhelmed four Soul Kings, then sent Zhao Wuji to help finish them off.
  • Zhao Su stopped Qian Cheng, revealed that Qian Cheng had once hunted him, and killed him after sealing his soul power.
  • Zhao Su told the witnesses that the fight was a private feud between Shrek Academy and Spirit Hall, intending to set the academy against Spirit Hall.
  • The witnesses left the shelter during the night, and Zhao Su's group stayed until morning.
  • Ning Rongrong brought Zhao Su water and called him Brother Su, while Oscar felt discouraged and Zhu Zhuqing felt jealous as Dai Mubai watched her.
  • Zhao Su revealed that his mental strength had kept his voice lingering in Zhu Zhuqing's mind and was part of his plan to create discord.

Ch. 23Netherworld White Fox

Zhao Su led the group through the Star Dou Great Forest, where they encountered Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation hunting a white fox for Hu Liena. He trapped two Titled Douluo while Zhu Zhuqing and the others killed the fox, and he watched as she began absorbing its purple soul ring.

  • After failing to find suitable soul beasts, Zhao Su agreed with Zhao Wuji to leave and rest if they found none by nightfall.
  • Zhao Su’s group found Hu Liena and six other Spirit Hall members fighting a Netherworld White Fox, with Ghost Leopard Douluo and Demon Bear Douluo concealed nearby.
  • Zhao Su told Zhu Zhuqing the fox suited her and claimed he would risk his life to help her obtain its soul ring.
  • Zhao Su trapped Ghost Leopard Douluo and Demon Bear Douluo in his Sword Array while Zhao Wuji fought Hu Liena’s group.
  • Tang San and the others attacked the weakened fox, and Zhu Zhuqing killed it and began absorbing its purple soul ring.

Ch. 24Playing hard to get

Zhao Su helped Zhu Zhuqing absorb a soul ring, then stayed behind to face Ghost Leopard and Demon Bear while Zhao Wuji led the others to safety. After revealing his identity as Zhao Su of Spirit Hall, he returned safely, but his calculated indifference disappointed Zhu Zhuqing.

  • After Zhu Zhuqing absorbed her soul ring, Ghost Leopard and Demon Bear broke through Zhao Su's Sword Array and knocked him away.
  • Zhao Su sent Zhao Wuji and the others ahead, then revealed his Pope Token bearing the Twelve-Winged Holy Angel emblem to Ghost Leopard, Demon Bear, and Hu Liena.
  • Hu Liena recognized Zhao Su and demanded to know why he had helped someone else take her soul beast, but Zhao Su dismissed her concern and left.
  • Zhao Su caught up with Zhao Wuji and the others, and they rested in a sheltered spot before leaving the Star Dou Great Forest.
  • Zhu Zhuqing brought Zhao Su roasted meat and thanked him for helping her, but his claim that he would have helped Rongrong or Fatty too left her disappointed.

Ch. 25Zhao Su and Ning Rongrong's Agreement

After returning from the Star Dou Great Forest, Ning Rongrong learned Zhu Zhuqing’s feelings for Zhao Su and her betrothal to Dai Mubai, then struck a deal with Zhao Su to help him win Zhu Zhuqing over in exchange for his help evolving her family’s martial soul. The group later returned to Shrek Academy with all seven students at rank thirty, leaving Flender regretting that he had missed the chance to seek Zhao Su’s help with his own cultivation.

  • Ning Rongrong learned that Zhu Zhuqing liked Zhao Su but was betrothed to Dai Mubai, heir to the Star Luo Imperial Family.
  • Ning Rongrong told Zhu Zhuqing to choose her own future, then agreed with Zhao Su to help him win Zhu Zhuqing over in return for his help evolving her family’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
  • After two days of rest, Zhao Su and his companions returned to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Zhu Zhuqing began avoiding Zhao Su.
  • Five days later, the group found suitable soul beasts for Ma Hongjun and Ning Rongrong, obtained their soul rings, and returned to Shrek Academy.
  • Flender learned from Zhao Wuji that all seven students had reached rank thirty and regretted not joining the trip so Zhao Su might have helped him advance.

Ch. 26Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang's Doubts

Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy and challenged Zhao Su’s ability to improve martial souls and raise soul power, insisting that such gains could only come from burning vitality. After Flender warned him about Zhao Su’s victory over Tang Hao, Yu Xiaogang remained troubled but confronted Zhao Su at the Training Ground, where Zhao Su dismissed his research and Ten Great Theories.

  • Zhao Wuji suggested asking Zhao Su to help Flender break through to Soul Douluo, but Yu Xiaogang warned that external methods could not raise soul power without burning vitality.
  • Zhao Wuji challenged Yu Xiaogang’s claim by showing his strengthened Great Strength Vajra Bear and arranged for the children to be examined at the Training Ground.
  • Flender told Yu Xiaogang that Zhao Su had beaten Tang Hao, leaving Yu Xiaogang questioning whether such a powerful sixteen-year-old could exist.
  • Yu Xiaogang and Flender arrived at the Training Ground, where Tang San and the other students, Zhao Su, Zhao Wuji, and Shrek’s teachers had gathered.
  • Yu Xiaogang demanded that Zhao Su explain how he changed martial souls and raised soul power, and Zhao Su angrily mocked Yu Xiaogang’s research and Ten Great Theories.

Ch. 27Grandmaster's Confidence Crumbled

Zhao Su disproved Yu Xiaogang’s claims by showing him how the Shrek Seven Devils’ martial souls had evolved, forcing Yu Xiaogang to admit defeat and try to leave. A system mission then prompted Zhao Su to persuade Yu Xiaogang to stay and investigate the golden sacred dragon remnant soul within him.

  • Zhao Su argued that Tang San’s talent, not Yu Xiaogang’s theories, was responsible for his potential, and challenged Yu Xiaogang’s claim that there were no useless martial souls.
  • Ning Rongrong revealed her Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, while Zhu Zhuqing and Ma Hongjun showed Zhao Su’s other students’ evolved martial souls.
  • Yu Xiaogang accepted that the students’ increased soul power came from their martial soul evolutions and apologized to Zhao Su.
  • Yu Xiaogang announced that he was leaving, but Flender grabbed his arm and tried to make him stay.
  • Zhao Su received a system mission to keep Yu Xiaogang at the academy and uncover the connection between his mutated martial soul and the golden sacred dragon.

Ch. 28Keeping Grandmaster with the Promise of Martial Soul Evolution

Zhao Su persuaded Yu Xiaogang to stay at Shrek Academy by promising to help evolve Luo Sanpao, though his first attempt failed. He learned that evolving it into the Golden Sacred Dragon required reuniting the Golden Iron Triangle and obtaining two clan heirlooms, then planned to bring Shrek to Heaven Dou City.

  • Zhao Su convinced Yu Xiaogang to stay and train the students by offering to help evolve his martial soul.
  • Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Zhao Wuji discussed reuniting the Golden Iron Triangle, and Yu Xiaogang agreed to take charge of the students’ training.
  • Over the next month, the Shrek Seven Devils underwent intense training while Zhao Su tried and failed to evolve Luo Sanpao with his sacred essence.
  • Zhao Su learned that the Dragon Seal and Dragon Transformation Soul Bone, along with the reunited Golden Iron Triangle, were needed to summon the Golden Sacred Dragon.
  • Zhao Su sent his shadow to Heaven Dou City to gain Liu Erlong’s trust and planned to lead Shrek Academy to Blue Tyrant Academy.
  • Zhao Su asked the system about the Nine-Winged Yinglong’s missing bones, then considered visiting the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to seek information from Gu Rong.

Ch. 29The Devouring-Heaven Dragon Cat and the Yin-Yang Spirit Cat

Zhao Su awakened the Devouring-Heaven Dragon Cat to pursue a Martial Soul fusion skill with Zhu Zhuqing, then revealed that he possessed three Martial Souls. As the group prepared to begin soul fighting in Suotuo City, his impossible five-ring configuration stunned Grandmaster and the others.

  • Zhao Su reached level fifty-one, exchanged for a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, and awakened the Devouring-Heaven Dragon Cat after learning it could fuse with Zhu Zhuqing's Yin-Yang Spirit Cat.
  • Ning Rongrong told Zhao Su that Zhu Zhuqing had visited Suotuo City alone and might accept a marriage alliance with Dai Mubai.
  • Grandmaster scheduled the Shrek Seven Devils to start practical soul fighting in Suotuo City after three days off, and Zhao Su joined the group traveling there.
  • Zhao Su told Zhao Wuji he had another Martial Soul, then revealed the Devouring-Heaven Dragon Cat to the group.
  • Zhao Su revealed his Twelve-Winged Holy Angel Martial Soul and its five Soul Rings, shocking Grandmaster and the others.

Ch. 30Don't Worry About It, Just Let Them Repel Each Other

At the Suotuo City Soul Fighting Arena, Grandmaster questioned how Zhao Su handled the repulsion between his martial souls, and Zhao Su told him to let them repel each other. The Shrek Seven Devils chose their two-person teams, while Zhu Zhuqing struggled with her family’s plans for her and her growing feelings for Zhao Su before their match began.

  • Zhao Su told Grandmaster to let his martial souls repel each other, leaving Grandmaster shaken.
  • Grandmaster assigned the Shrek Seven Devils their two-person teams, pairing Zhao Su with Zhu Zhuqing and Ma Hongjun with Ning Rongrong.
  • Zhao Su asked Zhu Zhuqing why she did not want to team up with him, and she struggled to explain her feelings.
  • Zhu Zhuqing recalled her family’s demand that she develop her relationship with Dai Mubai and prepare their Hell White Tiger fusion skill.
  • Zhao Su offered Zhu Zhuqing his hand as their soul fight began, but she walked toward the fighting platform without taking it.

Ch. 31Winning Zhu Zhuqing's Heart Again

Zhao Su stopped Zhu Zhuqing from killing an opponent and comforted her, while Dai Mubai watched their closeness with resentment. After Shrek’s winning streak, Zhao Su confronted Mad Rhino for trying to remove Zhu Zhuqing’s mask and prepared to lead the team against Mad Battle Team.

  • Zhu Zhuqing nearly killed Zhang Yuren after he surrendered, but Zhao Su restrained her, calmed her, and accepted Zhang Yuren’s thanks for saving his life.
  • Dai Mubai watched Zhao Su and Zhu Zhuqing leave together, while Oscar and Ning Rongrong told Dai Mubai he had no chance with Zhu Zhuqing.
  • The Shrek Seven Devils won their matches, but Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing failed to perform their Martial Soul Fusion Skill during the team battle.
  • Over the following days, the Shrek Seven Devils built a reputation in the Great Soul Arena, and spectators speculated that they belonged to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
  • Mad Rhino tried to pull Zhu Zhuqing’s mask off, so Zhao Su struck him and agreed to settle the dispute on the Soul Fighting stage.
  • Zhao Su replaced Ning Rongrong in the upcoming team battle and told Tang San and the others to defeat Mad Battle Team quickly.

Ch. 32Crushing the Mad Battle Team in Seconds

Zhao Su and the Shrek Seven Devils defeated the Mad Battle Team in under a minute, then celebrated at a tavern where Zhu Zhuqing chose Zhao Su over Dai Mubai. On the way back to Shrek Academy, Zhao Su admitted to Zhao Wuji that he was from Spirit Hall and claimed he wanted to unite it and the continent.

  • Zhao Su snapped Mad Rhino’s horn and arm while Tang San and the others subdued the rest of the Mad Battle Team, securing a swift victory.
  • Zhao Su and the others redeemed their points and celebrated at a tavern, where Dai Mubai asked Zhu Zhuqing to speak with him privately.
  • Dai Mubai returned looking relaxed, and Zhu Zhuqing sat beside Ning Rongrong with an affectionate gaze toward Zhao Su, revealing her choice.
  • Flender sent Zhao Wuji to find the drunken group, and Zhao Wuji helped Zhao Su back toward Shrek Academy.
  • Zhao Su admitted to Zhao Wuji that he was from Spirit Hall and said he wanted to unite Spirit Hall and the continent.

Ch. 33Zhao Wuji Was Well and Truly Aboard the Pirate Ship

Zhao Su secured Zhao Wuji’s allegiance and spent five years helping Shrek’s students grow stronger while keeping his own power hidden. When the Imperial Fighting Team challenged Shrek, Zhao Su recognized a chance to bring the Golden Iron Triangle together, and the team agreed to fight.

  • Zhao Su invited Zhao Wuji to join his plans to unify the continent, and Zhao Wuji agreed after Zhao Su warned he would kill everyone at Shrek Academy if his plans were exposed.
  • Zhao Su gave Zhao Wuji Soul Gathering Pills and returned to Shrek Academy; the next morning, Zhu Zhuqing shared a flirtatious moment with Zhao Su on the roof.
  • Five years passed, and all seven Shrek students surpassed soul power level fifty while Zhao Su deliberately kept his level in the fifties.
  • Zhao Su became the Shrek Team’s core leader, while Zhu Zhuqing remained close to him and Dai Mubai resumed his debauched lifestyle.
  • Zhao Wuji told the group that the undefeated Imperial Fighting Team had challenged them, and Zhao Su accepted the match after the team agreed to follow his lead.

Ch. 34Heading to Heaven Dou Royal Academy

Zhao Su urged Shrek Academy to move to Heaven Dou City and revealed to Zhu Zhuqing that he had known her identity and approached her with an ulterior motive. The group set off for Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Zhu Zhuqing kept her distance from Zhao Su and he reminded Ning Rongrong of her promise.

  • Grandmaster warned the Shrek team about the Imperial Fighting Team's powerful martial souls, but Zhao Su told the level-fifty fighters to handle the match themselves, and the Shrek Seven Devils won.
  • Qin Ming reunited with Flender and Zhao Wuji after the match, and Flender decided the next day to move Shrek Academy to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
  • Zhao Su found Zhu Zhuqing crying, admitted he had known she was from the Zhu Family and had approached her with an ulterior motive, and she angrily shut him out.
  • Zhao Su resolved to push Zhu Zhuqing back toward the Star Luo Empire, and three days later Shrek Academy departed for Heaven Dou City as Zhu Zhuqing avoided him.
  • Ning Rongrong asked Zhao Su whether he and Zhu Zhuqing had fought, and Zhao Su changed the subject to remind her of her promise.

Ch. 35Since You Like Poison, I'll Give You Your Fill

At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Zhao Su confronted Dugu Bo after the Titled Douluo tried to intimidate Shrek Academy. Zhao Su overwhelmed him with poison, then led Shrek away toward another academy, leaving Dugu Bo intrigued by the relief his toxin had brought.

  • Dai Mubai taught a rude student a lesson as Shrek Academy arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Qin Ming arranged their lodgings.
  • Prince Xue Xing brought Xue Beng and Dugu Bo to confront Shrek Academy before the board members, while Dugu Bo's pressure helped Tang San open his meridians.
  • Zhao Su insulted Dugu Bo, let his venom enter his body unharmed, then sealed Dugu Bo's Soul Power and forced snake venom down his throat.
  • Zhao Su urged Flender to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Flender, Zhao Wuji, Grandmaster, and the others agreed and departed with Qin Ming following.
  • Zhao Su told Dugu Bo to seek him at Blue Tyrant Academy to remove his accumulated toxins, and Dugu Bo noticed that the venom had eased his affliction.

Ch. 36The Selfish, Hypocritical Yu Xiaogang

After Shrek Academy left Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Flender chose Blue Tyrant Academy as their next home, where Zhao Su reunited with Shadow and learned more about the Golden Sacred Dragon. Zhao Su hurried to Sunset Forest to witness the Golden Iron Triangle’s fusion technique, and the chapter ended as a golden light rose into the sky.

  • Flender decided the group would seek positions at Blue Tyrant Academy after Ma Hongjun spotted its recruitment notice.
  • Shadow recognized Zhao Su and invited the group to eat, but Zhu Zhuqing left after seeing Shadow’s intimacy with him, and Flender sent Tang San and the others after her.
  • Shadow told Zhao Su that Liu Erlong was her close friend and that Liu Erlong’s account of the trio’s fusion technique suggested they could summon the Golden Sacred Dragon.
  • Zhao Su explained to Shadow that Liu Erlong was Yu Xiaogang’s wife and younger cousin, then told her to conceal their relationship at Blue Tyrant Academy.
  • Zhao Su left for Sunset Forest, uncertain whether Dugu Bo would still abduct Tang San, and saw a golden light shoot into the sky when he arrived.

Ch. 37Tang San's Forbearance

Zhao Su reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, secured Dugu Bo’s promise of future help in exchange for treating his poison, and took the immortal herbs growing there. He returned to Blue Tyrant Academy with Tang San and the others, where Zhao Wuji questioned how he had met Grandmaster and Flender.

  • Zhao Su learned that the Golden Sacred Dragon was incomplete and that Liu Erlong and Flender needed to reach Titled Douluo while Yu Xiaogang needed to reach Soul King.
  • Dugu Bo knelt before Zhao Su and agreed to help him with Heaven Dou Xue Ye in exchange for treatment of his poison.
  • Zhao Su told Grandmaster that Dugu Bo had to give him the immortal herbs from the mountain, then led the group to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
  • Tang San emerged safely from the spring with a strengthened physique, while Zhao Su gathered all the immortal herbs and Tang San concealed his resentment.
  • Zhao Su returned to Blue Tyrant Academy with Tang San, Grandmaster, Flender, and Liu Erlong, and Zhao Wuji asked how he had met the others.

Ch. 38The Terrifying Boost from the Holy Angel Set Soul Bones

Zhao Su received intelligence about Qian Renxue and Qian Daoliu, then cultivated his new techniques and absorbed a Holy Angel Set Right Arm Soul Bone. The soul bone unleashed a tremendous surge of spiritual power that was sensed throughout Shrek Academy.

  • Zhao Wuji privately asked Zhao Su whether taking the Golden Sacred Dragon would harm Flender and received assurances that Zhao Su would compensate him by helping him become a Titled Douluo.
  • Shadow told Zhao Su that Qian Renxue was posing as Xue Qinghe and might soon move against Xue Ye, while Qian Daoliu and Azure Luan might be targeting Zhao Su.
  • Zhao Su examined the Primordial Unrestrained Art, learned its Nine Serenities Underworld Art and Nine Heavens Yang Art, and raised his level to sixty-one after attaching a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring to his Twelve-Winged Holy Angel.
  • Zhao Su spent 100,000 energy points on the Holy Angel Set Right Arm Soul Bone and fused it with his right arm.
  • Zhao Su's spiritual power surged into golden liquid and flowed through his body, and Liu Erlong and the other Shrek Academy teachers sensed the terrifying power.

Ch. 39Suspicions from the Shrek Group

Flender, Liu Erlong, and Grandmaster suspected Zhao Su’s hidden power and possible connection to Spirit Hall, while Zhao Su completed his Soul Bone fusion and Blue Tyrant Academy became Shrek Academy. The chapter left Zhu Zhuqing accepting the Lovesick Heartbreak Red after seeing Zhang Ying close to Zhao Su.

  • Flender and Liu Erlong discussed Zhao Su’s immense spiritual force and wondered whether he had come from Spirit Hall for Grandmaster.
  • Zhao Su completed his fusion with the Right Arm Soul Bone and discovered a golden pool circulating liquid through his body.
  • Liu Erlong renamed Blue Tyrant Academy Shrek Academy, appointed Flender dean and herself and Zhao Wuji vice deans, and the Shrek Seven Devils chose to stay until the tournament ended.
  • Liu Erlong introduced Zhang Ying to Flender and Grandmaster, and Zhang Ying revealed that she was a level ninety-five Agility Attack System Titled Douluo.
  • Zhao Su offered Zhu Zhuqing the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, but she initially refused until Zhang Ying appeared and offered to take it; Zhu Zhuqing then said she wanted it.

Ch. 40Grandmaster Breaks Through the Level Thirty Limit

Zhao Su distributed immortal herbs to the Shrek group, helping Ning Rongrong evolve her martial soul and enabling Grandmaster to break through the level thirty limit. After everyone awakened, Grandmaster, Liu Erlong, and Flender left to find his third soul ring.

  • Zhu Zhuqing fed her blood to the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, caught the fallen blossom, and chose to keep it uneaten.
  • Zhao Su gave Ning Rongrong an Aromatic Silk Beauty, then gave Grandmaster an immortal herb intended to help him break through level thirty.
  • Zhao Su gave herbs to Liu Erlong and Flender, while Zhu Zhuqing and Zhang Ying refused theirs, so Zhao Su ate the extra herb himself.
  • After about two hours, Ning Rongrong's martial soul evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, Ma Hongjun's Evil Fire Phoenix was purified, and Grandmaster broke through level thirty.
  • Grandmaster, Liu Erlong, and Flender left Heaven Dou City to seek Grandmaster's third soul ring, placing the academy in Zhao Wuji's care.
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