Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan fought Xiao Wu and Tang San after Shrek Academy’s students came to avenge Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai. Qin Ming and the Imperial Fighting Team forced Tang San’s group to retreat, and Xiao Yan challenged Tang San to seek revenge at the Soto Great Soul Arena.

• Xiao Wu attacked Xiao Yan, but he repelled her and tore out a tuft of her hair when she tried to use Explosive Eight-Stage Throw.
• Xiao Yan activated Dark Gold True Body, and Xiao Wu’s Charm failed against his Spiritual Power, leaving her unconscious.
• Tang San rescued Xiao Wu and prepared to fight Xiao Yan, while Ma Hongjun urged him to avenge them.
• Qin Ming arrived with the Imperial Fighting Team and ordered Tang San’s group to leave under the pressure of their Soul Rings.
• Oscar persuaded Tang San to retreat with Xiao Wu, and Xiao Yan mocked him for backing down before challenging him to meet at the Soto Great Soul Arena.

The Imperial Fighting Team defeated the brutal Reaper Team in a Soto Great Soul Arena match, while Tang San learned that Yan Xiao was competing there. Angry that Flender would not immediately avenge Xiao Wu, Tang San dressed in black and secretly left Shrek Academy to kill Yan Xiao.

• Qin Ming registered seven members of the Imperial Fighting Team to fight the Reaper Team, whose captain was Mu She.
• Xiao Yan placed three thousand gold soul coins on the Imperial Fighting Team, and a fat spectator wagered fifty thousand after hearing they had powerful backing.
• Yu Tianheng and the Imperial Fighting Team overwhelmed the Reaper Team, and the arena announced their victory.
• Tang San told Flender that Yan Xiao had injured Ma Hongjun and caused Xiao Wu to suffer a backlash, then complained when Flender said he would handle the matter.
• Tang San returned to his dormitory, decided to assassinate Yan Xiao at the Soto Great Soul Arena, changed into black clothes, and slipped out of Shrek Academy.

After the Imperial Fighting Team’s victory, Xiao Yan confronted Tang San, who had come to kill him over Xiao Wu, and defeated him in a humiliating fight. By morning, Tang San reached Xiao Wu safely but arrived at training with his face swollen, leaving Grandmaster and the others shocked.

• After the team’s soul fight, Qin Ming praised the students’ coordination and urged them to learn from their opponents’ underestimation.
• That night, Tang San confronted Xiao Yan outside the inn and attacked him with his Blue Silver Grass soul skills.
• Xiao Yan countered Tang San’s attacks with his Dark Gold Dreadclaw and Green Lotus Core Flame, mocked Tang San’s soul skills, and beat him until Tang San fled after striking him with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• At dawn, Tang San visited Xiao Wu and admitted he had failed to protect her, while hiding the cause of his swollen face.
• At training, Grandmaster failed to recognize the swollen Tang San until Tang San identified himself and Grandmaster spotted his Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges.

Tang San told Grandmaster that Xiao Yan had beaten him after he attacked someone to avenge Xiao Wu, and Grandmaster warned him against acting impulsively. At the Soto Great Soul Arena, Xiao Yan and Ye Lingling defeated a strong pair before being matched against Tang San and Xiao Wu’s Three-Five Combination.

• Oscar gave Tang San a Recovery Big Sausage, and Grandmaster announced that the students would train at the Great Soul Arena until they earned Silver Soul Badges.
• The Shrek students chose their two-on-two partners, received masks, and settled on aliases for soul fighting.
• Grandmaster confronted Tang San about his injuries, learned he had attacked someone to avenge Xiao Wu, and warned him to preserve his life rather than act rashly.
• Tang San told Grandmaster that Yan Xiao was probably Xiao Yan, and Grandmaster encouraged him to use his external soul bone if they met again.
• Xiao Yan and Ye Lingling registered as the I Love Eating Rabbit Meat combination and defeated the Absolute Offense and Defense combination.
• The Great Soul Arena announced that the Three-Five Combination would face I Love Eating Rabbit Meat, leaving Tang San and Xiao Wu surprised by the name.

At the Great Soul Arena, Xiao Yan revealed himself during a match against Tang San and Xiao Wu, but Tang San conceded to avoid a fight. Xiao Wu attacked anyway, and after Xiao Yan injured her and clashed with Tang San, he denounced Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and Grandmaster’s instruction, leaving both master and disciple furious.

• Xiao Yan removed his mask and revealed his identity to Tang San and Xiao Wu, and Tang San conceded the match to protect Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu ambushed Xiao Yan after the concession, but he repelled her; Tang San then bound Xiao Yan with Blue Silver Grass while Ye Lingling dispelled its poison.
• Xiao Wu fired Silent Sleeve Arrows at Ye Lingling, and Xiao Yan caught them before unleashing the Green Lotus Core Flame and injuring Xiao Wu with Eight Extremes Collapse.
• Tang San treated Xiao Wu, then challenged Xiao Yan and attacked him with hidden weapons, but Xiao Yan caught them all with Dark Gold True Body.
• Tang San used three Blue Silver Grass soul skills and revealed his Eight Spider Soul Bone, but Xiao Yan burned through the restraints and criticized Tang San’s martial soul choices and Grandmaster’s teaching.

Xiao Yan defeated Tang San in the Soul Fighting Arena, shattered his Eight Spider Lances, and challenged his loyalty to Tang Hao and Yu Xiaogang. Afterward, Flender confronted Xiao Yan in the street, claiming he had come to demand justice for his injured disciple.

• Tang San attacked Xiao Yan over his accusations against Tang Hao, while Xiao Yan argued that Tang Hao had never cared for them as a father.
• Xiao Yan used Dark Gold Dreadclaw-Rend to shatter Tang San's Eight Spider Lances and send him flying.
• Xiao Yan accused Yu Xiaogang of exploiting Tang San's talent and questioned Tang San's claim that he and his teacher were as close as father and son.
• Tang San launched Bat Wing Reincarnation, but Xiao Yan burned the fragments and kicked him off the stage, winning the match.
• Xiao Yan escorted Ye Lingling back to the Imperial Fighting Team's room, then left alone to clear his head.
• Flender confronted Xiao Yan in a deserted street and said he had come to demand justice for the fat boy Xiao Yan had beaten.

Flender tried to recruit Xiao Yan to Shrek Academy, while Grandmaster helped Tang San explain away his defeat and plan to surpass Xiao Yan. Over the following weeks, Xiao Yan's team dominated the Great Soul Arena, and Shrek's team arrived to compete just as the arena's supervisor requested a meeting with Grandmaster.

• Flender confronted Xiao Yan to draw Qin Ming out, then tried to recruit Xiao Yan to Shrek Academy, but Xiao Yan declined and left with Qin Ming.
• Grandmaster assured the injured Tang San that he would recover, and Tang San blamed his defeat on Xiao Yan's martial soul and external soul bone before resolving to grow stronger and settle his grudges.
• Flender asked Grandmaster about Tang San's injuries and complained that he had not recruited Xiao Yan when he attended Nuoding Academy; Grandmaster concealed that Xiao Yan had rejected him before.
• Qian Renxue questioned Snake Lance Douluo about leaving Xiao Yan, accepted that two Soul Saints were guarding him, and told Snake Lance Douluo to keep their surveillance secret.
• The Imperial Fighting Team won more than a dozen team matches, while Xiao Yan earned thirty-eight consecutive individual victories alongside Ye Lingling.
• After Tang San and the others recovered, Grandmaster brought the Shrek Seven Devils to register for team battles, and a staff member told him the supervisor wanted to meet him.

Manager Ao recruited Grandmaster and the Shrek Seven Devils to face the Imperial Fighting Team for a large reward, and Grandmaster agreed before learning Xiao Yan was among their opponents. He concealed Xiao Yan’s presence from the students, who resolved to fight, while Qin Ming summoned Xiao Yan aside before the match.

• Manager Ao offered Grandmaster an extra ten thousand Gold Soul Coins if the Shrek Seven Devils won in the central main arena, and Grandmaster accepted.
• Grandmaster learned the opposing Imperial Fighting Team included Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and Xiao Yan, then regretted agreeing to the match.
• Flender left the Shrek lounge, suggesting Xiao Yan might not enter the arena, while Grandmaster hid the team information from the students.
• Grandmaster encouraged the Shrek Seven Devils to fight, and Tang San led them in declaring that Shrek would win.
• In the Imperial Fighting Team’s lounge, Qin Ming brought the opponents’ information and asked Xiao Yan to step outside with him.

Xiao Yan agreed to fight for the Imperial Fighting Team after Qin Ming explained that Shrek Academy needed the prize money, but he prepared a safeguard against the Shrek team's plan to target Ye Lingling. The match turned into a one-sided rout for Shrek until Ye Lingling revealed a scorching Azure Lotus, leaving Tang San stunned by her face.

• Qin Ming told Xiao Yan that Flender wanted him to sit out so Shrek Academy could win money, and Xiao Yan chose to participate to protect Ye Lingling from retaliation.
• At the arena, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Tang San recognized Ye Lingling and plotted to take revenge on her, while the teams released their Martial Souls and began fighting.
• Tang San's Blue Silver Grass, Ma Hongjun's flames, and the Eight Spider Lances helped Shrek disable Yu Feng and the Shi Brothers, while Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing's Hell White Tiger severely injured Yu Tianheng.
• Tang San neutralized Dugu Yan's poison and sent Xiao Wu and Ma Hongjun to attack Ye Lingling as Ning Rongrong tried to help her escape.
• As Xiao Wu and Ma Hongjun approached, Ye Lingling's veil shifted, Tang San recognized her face and froze, and an Azure Lotus appeared in her hand with heat powerful enough to warp space.

Xiao Yan defeated Shrek’s attackers with an explosive green fire lotus, leaving Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing badly injured. As Tang San challenged Xiao Yan and declared their brotherhood over, Flender stopped the fight by surrendering, while Grandmaster lodged a complaint about Xiao Yan’s disguise.

• Tang San recognized Ye Lingling as Xiao Yan and warned Xiao Wu, while Ma Hongjun and Xiao Wu attacked; Xiao Yan’s green fire lotus overwhelmed them.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s Hell White Tiger shielded Xiao Wu and Ma Hongjun from the blast, but all four were badly injured and Shrek lost most of its fighting strength.
• Tang San rescued Xiao Wu and the others, then confronted Xiao Yan; Dugu Yan explained that Shrek had taken the bait by targeting Lingling.
• Tang San accused Xiao Yan of harming Xiao Wu and insulting Yu Xiaogang and Tang Hao, declared their brotherhood severed, and prepared to fight him.
• Flender intervened and surrendered for Shrek, but Grandmaster rushed in and demanded that the Imperial Fighting Team lose because Xiao Yan had disguised himself as a woman.

Xiao Yan defeated the Shrek Team and beat Yu Xiaogang after Yu Xiaogang protested the result, while Qin Ming and Yu Tianheng revealed their connections to Shrek and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Later, Yu Xiaogang urged Yu Tianheng to join Shrek and boasted of Tang San’s talent, still determined to prove himself.

• Doudou declared the Imperial Fighting Team the winner after Xiao Yan showed his Soul Master badge, and Xiao Yan attacked Yu Xiaogang when he continued to dispute the result.
• Xiao Yan struck Yu Xiaogang twice before Qin Ming intervened, and Yu Tianheng’s plea stopped Xiao Yan from continuing the beating.
• Flender and Qin Ming exchanged greetings, and Flender explained that Yu Xiaogang was Yu Tianheng’s uncle from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Ye Lingling healed the injured Shrek members, while Flender accepted Qin Ming’s invitation to meet at the Soto Grand Hotel.
• Yu Tianheng found Yu Xiaogang in the city and asked him to return to the clan, but Yu Xiaogang refused until he had proved himself.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Yu Tianheng to bring the Imperial Fighting Team to Shrek Academy and boasted that Tang San would have defeated Xiao Yan without Flender’s intervention.

Flender's group shared a banquet with Qin Ming's Imperial Fighting Team, where Grandmaster's claims about a Shrek graduate becoming a Spirit Hall Titled Douluo nearly exposed Flender's enrollment fiction. Flender announced Shrek would merge with Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Xiao Yan and Ye Lingling encountered a mysterious black-robed man on the road to Heaven Dou City.

• Flender introduced Qin Ming to the Shrek students, and everyone shared a meal with the Imperial Fighting Team.
• Grandmaster urged Yu Tianheng to join Shrek and claimed a former student had become a young Spirit Hall Titled Douluo, prompting Ning Rongrong to question the story.
• Qin Ming and Flender explained that the Titled Douluo had been a former Shrek teacher, and Qin Ming kept the man's identity secret.
• Flender told Grandmaster that Shrek Academy had gone bankrupt and proposed merging with Heaven Dou Royal Academy instead of recruiting Yu Tianheng.
• Xiao Yan and Ye Lingling traveled toward Heaven Dou City, but their carriage stopped after the driver passed out.
• Xiao Yan left the carriage and confronted a tall, black-robed man who emerged from behind a tree.

Tang Hao confronted Xiao Yan over his treatment of Tang San, beat him, and warned him to stay away from Spirit Hall and his younger brother. After the Shrek and Imperial Fighting teams discussed merging, Tang San awoke and learned what had happened; Grandmaster then told him he had found a way to deal with Xiao Yan.

• Tang Hao revealed himself as Xiao Yan’s father and demanded that Xiao Yan stop making things difficult for Tang San, but Xiao Yan rejected his authority.
• Tang Hao beat Xiao Yan and warned him not to join Spirit Hall or interfere with Tang San; after he left, Ye Lingling healed Xiao Yan, while Tang Hao suffered from his burned crotch.
• Grandmaster and Flender agreed to merge Shrek Academy into Heaven Dou Royal Academy under conditions that kept Shrek’s identity and teachers and sought Yu Tianheng’s transfer to the Shrek Team.
• Tang San woke in the girls’ dormitory, learned from Xiao Wu about the previous night, and vowed to avenge Xiao Yan’s injuries to her.
• Grandmaster called Tang San to his room and told him he had found a way to deal with Xiao Yan.

Tang San learned Grandmaster's plan to counter Xiao Yan by developing Blue Silver Grass with an ice-attribute soul ring, while Xiao Yan trained and followed a lead to Dugu Bo's poison formation in Sunset Forest. He crossed the formation safely with the Green Lotus Core Flame and discovered a divided hot spring surrounded by unusual plants.

• Grandmaster told Tang San that Shrek Academy would merge with Heaven Dou Royal Academy and explained his plan to recruit Yu Tianheng and eventually weaken Xiao Yan's team.
• Grandmaster advised Tang San to choose an ice-attribute soul beast for his fourth soul ring so Blue Silver Grass could resist and counter fire, and Tang San vowed to follow his teacher's plan.
• After two months of training, Xiao Yan sparred with Qin Ming, demonstrated the hidden force of Eight Extremes Collapse, and said he had reached level 39.
• Qin Ming told Xiao Yan that Dugu Bo lived in Sunset Forest and that Dugu Yan knew the location of his poison formation; Xiao Yan obtained the location through Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan.
• Xiao Yan entered the poison formation protected by the Green Lotus Core Flame, passed through its poisonous ring, and followed two scorching auras to a mountaintop hollow.
• Xiao Yan descended into the hollow and found a hot spring divided between milky-white and vermilion water, where a buried ginseng root ignited with green flame and moved through the soil.

Xiao Yan discovered that the green ginseng in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s medicinal garden concealed a heavenly flame and tore through the garden trying to capture it. Meanwhile, Dugu Bo confronted the Shrek group at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, then returned to find his garden wrecked and attacked Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan tested the two-colored lake, mistook the green-flame ginseng for an ordinary root, and realized it was a heavenly flame when it transformed and burrowed into the soil.
• Prince Xue Xing brought Dugu Bo to confront Shrek after Xue Beng accused the group of beating him, and Dugu Bo displayed his nine Soul Rings.
• Meng Shenji and the other committee members stood against Dugu Bo, while Flender led Shrek away without a fight; Qin Ming then left Heaven Dou Royal Academy as well.
• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that a friend had entered his poison formation, prompting him to hurry back to Sunset Forest.
• Xiao Yan captured the shape-shifting green ginseng after searching and damaging the medicinal garden for hours, but Dugu Bo appeared behind him and struck in anger.

Xiao Yan battled Dugu Bo over the heavenly-flame ginseng he had found in Dugu Bo’s ruined medicinal garden, using his flames to counter Dugu Bo’s poison. After revealing that he could treat the inherited poison afflicting Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo, Xiao Yan proposed that Dugu Bo’s illness came from soul ring poison, leaving Dugu Bo puzzled by the theory.

• Xiao Yan dodged Dugu Bo’s attack with Explosive Step and apologized for wrecking the medicinal garden, but insisted he needed to keep the green ginseng.
• Dugu Bo attacked Xiao Yan with the Jade Phosphorous Bewitching Formation and his poison, but Xiao Yan’s azure and green lotus core flames burned away the poison and restored his arm.
• Xiao Yan told Dugu Bo that Dugu Yan’s poison could kill her before thirty and offered to cure both her and Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo agreed to let Xiao Yan take herbs if he could remove the poison, and Xiao Yan described using a Soul Bone as a temporary solution and a heavenly flame as a risky cure.
• Xiao Yan suggested Dugu Bo’s poison came from his Soul Rings rather than the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul, and Dugu Bo remained confused by the explanation.

Xiao Yan persuaded Dugu Bo that an incompatible poisonous soul ring had caused his family's inherited poison, then began treating him with the green lotus core flame. After Dugu Bo left, Xiao Yan refined the life spirit flame and recovered memories about its powers and alchemy.

• Xiao Yan explained his theory about Dugu Bo's inherited poison and asked him to risk a treatment for Dugu Yan's sake.
• Dugu Bo made Xiao Yan swallow his Core Pearl as insurance, then agreed to the treatment in exchange for his life and three conditions.
• Xiao Yan used the green lotus core flame to purge poison from Dugu Bo's bones, and Dugu Bo endured an hour of agony before they paused the treatment.
• Dugu Bo said he would return the next day and left Xiao Yan in the medicinal garden.
• Xiao Yan burned the green ginseng back into the life spirit flame and absorbed it, triggering memories of the flame and fragments of alchemy knowledge.

Xiao Yan absorbed the life spirit flame, gained alchemical knowledge, and broke through to soul power level 40 with a thirty-thousand-year Soul Ring. He offered to treat Dugu Bo and his granddaughter with the Poison Pill Method in exchange for Dugu Bo staying by his side, and Dugu Bo agreed on the condition that the pills and method worked.

• Xiao Yan absorbed the information from the life spirit flame, recalling alchemical lessons from his teacher as well as the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler and Three Thousand Lightning Movement techniques.
• Xiao Yan purified toxins left from treating Dugu Bo, absorbed the resulting energy to reach level 40, and condensed a thirty-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Xiao Yan used his awakened alchemical abilities to refine a green pill from ingredients near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo returned and questioned Xiao Yan about his breakthrough, and Xiao Yan offered the Poison Pill Method to treat the poison afflicting Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.
• Xiao Yan explained that Dugu Yan would need pills until she was strong enough to use the method herself, and Dugu Bo agreed to stay with him if the treatment worked.
• Xiao Yan began writing down the Poison Pill Method's instructions for Dugu Bo.

After Dugu Bo left with antidote pills for Dugu Yan, Xiao Yan gathered valuable herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. At Blue Tyrant Academy, Flender reunited the Grandmaster with Liu Erlong, while Ma Hongjun’s uncontrolled evil fire led him to target Xiao Wu and end up severely injured.

• Dugu Bo left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Xiao Yan collected several medicinal herbs, including the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower.
• Flender brought the Grandmaster and the Shrek group to Blue Tyrant Academy, where the Grandmaster reunited with Liu Erlong after more than twenty years apart.
• Liu Erlong gave Blue Tyrant Academy to Flender and the Grandmaster, who renamed it Shrek Academy.
• Ma Hongjun led Xiao Wu to a secluded place while his evil fire was raging, and Xiao Wu hurled him with her Explosive Eight-Stage Throw.
• Flender and the Grandmaster visited the badly injured Ma Hongjun, and the Grandmaster suggested cutting off the source of his evil fire before Ma Hongjun protested.

Xiao Yan developed pills and mastered the first stage of Three Thousand Lightning Movement while Dugu Bo recovered from his poison and neared a breakthrough. Xiao Yan decided to establish Soul Hall to sell his pills, and he and Dugu Bo set off for an auction house in Heaven Dou City.

• Flender left Grandmaster to care for the injured Ma Hongjun and study his evil fire.
• Dugu Bo found that Xiao Yan's Poison Pill Method eased his toxin pain and showed signs of breaking his level ninety-one bottleneck.
• Xiao Yan used the Life Spirit Flame to regrow medicinal herbs, developed several pill formulas, and practiced the Thunder Flash stage of Three Thousand Lightning Movement.
• Xiao Yan refined a pill that he said could raise innate soul power by one level and gave it to Dugu Bo for his granddaughter to try.
• Xiao Yan told Dugu Bo he planned to establish a force called Soul Hall to sell his pills, then invited him to go to an auction house in Heaven Dou City.