Chapter Summaries

Gu Qingnian revealed he had only pretended to be unconscious and used a sudden escape to reunite with Ma Xiaotao as their enemies closed in. He unleashed his Purple attack and called on the Ice Empress before launching a final assault, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Gu Qingnian admitted he had never passed out, then fled from the two Soul Saints and led them toward Ma Xiaotao.
• Ma Xiaotao and Gu Qingnian reunited as the two Soul Saints, four Soul Kings, and two Soul Emperors surrounded them.
• Gu Qingnian stepped in front of Ma Xiaotao and unleashed Hollow Technique-Purple against the eight enemies.
• As the enemy group prepared a combined counterattack, Gu Qingnian told Ma Xiaotao to stand back and asked the Ice Empress to lend him her strength.
• Gu Qingnian summoned thirty Golden Giant Elephants and sent them charging after Purple.

Gu Qingnian used his jade-green domain to cripple the attackers, then Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe arrived and captured them. As they praised Gu Qingnian and questioned him about his domain and Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone, he spotted danger behind them and shouted a warning.

• Gu Qingnian unleashed a frigid jade-green domain that froze the attackers in place and sent four Soul Kings plummeting.
• Ma Xiaotao caught Gu Qingnian as he fell, and he stopped her from chasing the remaining attackers.
• Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe arrived, used a golden phoenix and a dark-yellow palm to knock down and bind all eight attackers.
• Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe praised Gu Qingnian's judgment and strength, and Xuan Zi identified his domain as a skill from his Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone.
• Ma Xiaotao reacted in surprise to Gu Qingnian's domain and soul bone, then Gu Qingnian spotted something behind Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe and shouted, "Watch out!"

After the captives’ attempt to self-destruct was stopped, Gu Qingnian returned safely to Shrek City, where Jiang Nannan and Wang Dong’s feelings toward him became apparent. Elder Lin revealed that Gu Qingnian had been treated as the Treasure Vault Deputy Master, a status that strengthened the academy elders’ interest in him.

• The eight captives tried to self-destruct, but Xuan Zi and his companion suppressed them and sealed their powers and mouths.
• Yan Shaozhe brought Gu Qingnian back to Shrek City, where Wang Dong and Jiang Nannan rushed to meet him and Jiang Nannan showed him affection.
• Wang Dong reacted with heartache to Gu Qingnian and Jiang Nannan’s closeness, while Xu Sanshi’s jealousy and awkwardness drew teasing from Bei Bei.
• Elder Lin praised Gu Qingnian’s domain-type skill and said she also wanted him as her disciple, prompting Xuan Zi to insist that Gu Qingnian had to become his disciple.
• Elder Lin told Yan Shaozhe and his companion to deal with the attack on someone from the Treasure Vault, then revealed that Gu Qingnian was its Deputy Master.

After the attack on Gu Qingnian, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong, Shrek Academy uncovered leads pointing toward Dai Huabin but kept the investigation quiet. Dai Huabin honored his wager by kneeling and apologizing in public, while Gu Qingnian vowed the matter was not over.

• Shrek Academy's captives destroyed their martial souls, leaving seven dead and only a few leads pointing toward the Star Luo Empire.
• Dai Huabin saw Gu Qingnian, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong return unharmed and grew fearful that his attack had failed.
• Gu Qingnian reminded Dai Huabin of their wager, and Dai Huabin knelt, kowtowed three times, and shouted that he was wrong.
• Cui Yajie advised Zhu Lu to join Dai Huabin while he still had interest in her, and Zhu Lu left without helping him.
• Shrek Academy blacklisted Dai Huabin and decided he would never enter the Inner Court, while Gu Qingnian told Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao the matter was not over.

Gu Qingnian left Shrek Academy for Star Luo City after securing four days of leave from Zhou Yi, despite her worries about his safety. At an inn near the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, he claimed rewards that granted him major swordsmanship accomplishment and began absorbing the skill.

• Gu Qingnian told Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong he would leave the academy for several days, leaving Wang Dong with an unexplained sense of loss.
• Gu Qingnian visited Zhou Yi, persuaded her to approve his leave, and left the academy without trouble.
• Gu Qingnian traveled to Star Luo City and stayed at an inn outside the White Tiger Duke's Mansion.
• Gu Qingnian claimed rewards for intercepting Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong's destiny and Dai Huabin's romantic fate, receiving major swordsmanship accomplishment, five hundred million gold soul coins, and the Ice Soul Longsword.
• Gu Qingnian entered a meditative state as memories and insights in swordsmanship flooded his mind.

Gu Qingnian abducted the unconscious Dai Huabin from Shrek Academy and took him to Star Luo City, where he claimed rewards for disrupting Dai Huabin’s fate. He gained major swordsmanship accomplishments and began cultivating the Sword Dao.

• Gu Qingnian beat Dai Huabin unconscious, dragged him through Shrek Academy, and escaped with him in a burlap sack.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and the academy’s teachers and students witnessed the incident as it sparked an uproar throughout Shrek Academy.
• Gu Qingnian traveled to Star Luo City and stayed at an inn near the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion with Dai Huabin hidden in a sack.
• Gu Qingnian claimed rewards of major swordsmanship accomplishments, five hundred million gold soul coins, and the Ice Soul Longsword.
• Gu Qingnian absorbed the swordsmanship insights and entered meditation, where his sword practice advanced until his swings produced a white shape.

Gu Qingnian mastered new sword techniques, obtained Ice Soul, and used a One-Day Titled Douluo Experience Card before confronting the White Tiger Duke's Mansion. At Shrek Academy, Yan Shaozhe began an emergency Sea God Pavilion Meeting about Gu Qingnian and recent incidents involving him.

• Gu Qingnian finished his sword training, summoned Ice Soul, and discovered he could store it as a pattern on his hand.
• Gu Qingnian activated the One-Day Titled Douluo Experience Card, changed into a prepared robe, and put on a half-face mask.
• Gu Qingnian appeared above the White Tiger Duke's Mansion and demanded that everyone come out, kowtow, and apologize within a minute or be wiped out.
• Mu En convened an emergency Sea God Pavilion Meeting at Shrek Academy and asked Yan Shaozhe to preside.
• Yan Shaozhe told Mu En and the Senior Elders that the meeting concerned a major incident involving Core Disciple Gu Qingnian and events from the previous two days.

Yan Shaozhe told the Sea God's Pavilion Elders that Gu Qingnian had abducted Dai Huabin after an assassination attempt, possibly taking him to the White Tiger Duke's Mansion. The Elders faced the risk of conflict with the Star Luo Empire, though Shrek Academy's strength and far-reaching network gave it a decisive advantage.

• Yan Shaozhe reported that Gu Qingnian had requested leave, beaten Dai Huabin in class, and dragged him out of the academy in a burlap sack.
• Yan Shaozhe said the academy suspected Dai Huabin had arranged the assassination attempt on Gu Qingnian, but lacked proof, and Gu Qingnian might have taken Dai Huabin to the White Tiger Duke's Mansion.
• Yan Shaozhe warned the Elders that the incident could provoke conflict between Shrek Academy and the White Tiger Duke's household, potentially drawing in the Star Luo Empire.
• Yan Shaozhe compared Shrek Academy's forces with the Star Luo Empire's and concluded that Shrek vastly surpassed it at the middle, high, and top tiers of combat strength.
• Yan Shaozhe pointed out that Shrek's strongest advantage was its network of alumni spread throughout powers across the continent.

At the Sea God Pavilion Meeting, the elders weighed Gu Qingnian’s assault and abduction against the circumstances of the attack on him. Most agreed his actions were understandable, and the meeting turned to deciding a punishment that would preserve the academy’s authority.

• The chapter explained why the empires feared Shrek Academy’s power, influence, and independence.
• Mu En urged the silent pavilion members to speak and vote on Gu Qingnian’s case.
• Xian Lin'er argued that Gu Qingnian’s extreme response was understandable because Dai Huabin appeared connected to the assassination attempt.
• Elder Lin, Yan Shaozhe, Xuan Zi, Cai Mei'er, and Qian Duoduo joined Xian Lin'er in supporting Gu Qingnian while accepting that he must be punished.
• Mu En asked the elders to propose a punishment that would satisfy the students and uphold academy order.

Yan Shaozhe proposed punishments for Gu Qingnian, but Qian Duoduo argued that he deserved credit for removing an intruder from the academy. Meanwhile, Gu Qingnian’s shout shook Star Luo City, prompting the White Tiger Duke’s wife and the imperial court to respond.

• Yan Shaozhe proposed that Gu Qingnian clean the Academy Plaza, compensate Dai Huabin, write a public self-criticism, and receive a demerit for his actions.
• Qian Duoduo argued that Gu Qingnian should receive credit for apprehending an outsider who had trespassed into the academy.
• Gu Qingnian’s shout and pressure alarmed the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion and drew powerful figures’ attention across Star Luo City.
• The White Tiger Duke’s wife gathered her guards and headed out to confront whoever was making trouble outside her mansion.
• The Star Luo Emperor’s guards shielded him when Gu Qingnian’s shout reached the Imperial Palace.

Gu Qingnian confronted the White Tiger Duchess outside the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, using a burlap sack to unsettle her and demand an apology. As the Duchess's forces prepared to attack, he began revealing the bloodstained body inside the sack, leaving her pale and alarmed.

• Star Luo City's ruler sent forces to maintain order and suppress news of the disturbance, then offered support to the White Tiger Duke's Mansion if needed.
• Gu Qingnian waited above the mansion as its guards gathered, and the Duchess arrived with a group of powerful experts.
• The Duchess questioned Gu Qingnian, who showed her a burlap sack and demanded that everyone in the mansion kneel, kowtow, and apologize.
• The Duchess's experts prepared to attack, but Gu Qingnian began tearing open the sack, revealing bloodstained hands and feet and intensifying the Duchess's fear.

Gu Qingnian confronted the White Tiger Duke's Mansion with Dai Huabin captive, forcing the duchess to reckon with her son's role in an attempted assassination. When Xu Wenlong arrived with Star Luo City's guards, Gu Qingnian revealed Dai Huabin, leaving the duchess and her household stunned.

• Gu Qingnian kicked the sack and made Dai Huabin's muffled cries reveal his identity to the duchess.
• The duchess recalled sending Soul Kings and Soul Emperors after Gu Qingnian, then learned Dai Huabin had secretly mobilized a Soul Saint as well.
• Gu Qingnian demanded that the duchess lead the mansion in kneeling and kowtowing within three minutes, while the two sides remained at a standoff.
• Xu Wenlong arrived with several hundred guards and identified himself as commander of Star Luo City's guards.
• Gu Qingnian dismissed Xu Wenlong's intervention and tore away the sack, revealing Dai Huabin's battered, swollen face.

Gu Qingnian held Dai Huabin hostage outside the White Tiger Duke's Mansion and publicly accused the mansion of ordering an assassination. As the mansion's experts attacked him, Gu Qingnian unleashed a domineering aura.

• Gu Qingnian refused to wait for the Duke's wife to kneel and dislocated Dai Huabin's arms and legs, then tore off one of his arms.
• The Duke's wife offered compensation and promised to let Gu Qingnian leave if he spared Dai Huabin, while a guard's threat prompted Gu Qingnian to kill the guard who had spoken.
• Gu Qingnian gained 500 Evil Points when the system activated the Neither Righteous nor Evil function after his brutal treatment of Dai Huabin.
• Gu Qingnian identified Dai Huabin and told the crowd that Dai Huabin had arranged an assassination attempt after losing to Gu Qingnian's junior brother.
• Several White Tiger Duke's Mansion experts charged Gu Qingnian as he raised his foot and unleashed a domineering aura.

Gu Qingnian revealed his overwhelming power and confronted the White Tiger Duke's Mansion over its attempt to assassinate his junior brother, Huo Yuhao. After refusing the Star Luo Emperor's invitation to mediate, he flew toward the terrified household to settle the matter.

• Gu Qingnian unleashed his nine soul rings and a crushing aura, incapacitating guards and forcing experts and spectators to retreat.
• Gu Qingnian introduced himself as Spirit Ice Douluo and said he belonged to no faction, but acted to avenge his junior brother, whom Dai Huabin had targeted for assassination.
• The system rewarded Gu Qingnian for claiming Huo Yuhao's future title and awarded him 5,000 evil points.
• A guard told the commander that the Star Luo Emperor had invited Gu Qingnian to the palace to mediate, but Gu Qingnian refused and said the emperor could come to him.
• Gu Qingnian charged toward the White Tiger Duke's Mansion's people as the duchess and her followers realized the danger and scattered in fear.

Gu Qingnian unleashed Domain Expansion: Unlimited Void over the White Tiger Duke's Mansion and killed its weaker Soul Masters and the hidden figures watching him. Emperor Xu Jiawei learned of the attack as his advisers argued over whether to confront Gu Qingnian or try to calm him down.

• Gu Qingnian trapped everyone within a thousand meters in Unlimited Void, overwhelming their minds with endless information and immobilizing them.
• Gu Qingnian killed the White Tiger Duke's Mansion's Soul Masters below Soul Saint level and the powerful figures spying from nearby.
• Gu Qingnian noted that Unlimited Void lasted only thirty seconds and consumed immense Soul Power, then realized he could use it repeatedly because his Soul Power seemed infinite.
• Emperor Xu Jiawei saw the black sphere covering the White Tiger Duke's Mansion and learned that a Titled Douluo was attacking inside Star Luo City.
• Xu Jiawei's advisers argued about summoning the Guardian Douluo, approaching Gu Qingnian to calm him, or defending the empire's reputation.

Xu Jiawei and the continent’s factions reacted to the news that Gu Qingnian had a Titled Douluo senior brother and a sect backing him. As Shrek prepared to negotiate with the Star Luo Empire, the domain around the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion vanished, leaving the survivors terrified amid the bodies.

• Xu Jiawei ordered the news suppressed, contacted the White Tiger Duke, and set out to summon the Giant Strength Douluo and the Heavenly Fiend Douluo.
• Dai Hao received word of the crisis and sent Deputy Commander Dai and soldiers toward Star Luo City to save people if possible.
• Du Busi learned that Gu Qingnian had a sect behind him and celebrated the Body Sect’s chance to rise.
• Qian Duoduo, Fan Yu, and Zhou Yi discussed Gu Qingnian’s unexpected backing, then joined Xian Lin'er and Yan Shaozhe in a private meeting with Cai Mei'er.
• Shrek sent Qian Duoduo, Cai Mei'er, and others to negotiate with Star Luo Empire officials as factions across the continent began making moves.
• The domain around the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion dissipated, revealing headless bodies and leaving only a few people within its thousand-meter radius, gripped by terror.

Gu Qingnian let his domain lapse, then immediately activated Unlimited Void again and attacked the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion while its residents were helpless. He released the domain as imperial forces and other figures rushed toward the scene.

• Gu Qingnian taunted the duchess and Dai Huabin before his domain vanished, leaving the duchess, her guards, and the surviving experts exhausted and terrified.
• As the observers and Xu Jiawei learned that the domain had ended, Gu Qingnian activated Unlimited Void again over the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion.
• Gu Qingnian told Dai Huabin to watch, threw several experts aside, and used Almighty Push to devastate the ground and mansion gates.
• Gu Qingnian gathered the duchess, Dai Huabin, and two experts and released the domain as figures converged on the mansion and someone shouted for him to stop.

Gu Qingnian unleashed Almighty Push at the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, annihilating nearby experts and drawing powerful reinforcements who contained the blast. He then appeared beside Emperor Xu Jiawei, seized Dai Huabin, and treated the emperor with open irreverence as Xu tried to keep the encounter civil.

• After Unlimited Void vanished, Gu Qingnian told the newcomers to savor the pain as Almighty Push erupted around the White Tiger Duke's Mansion.
• The blast devastated the area and killed the immobilized experts, while several Titled Douluo and other reinforcements formed Soul Power barriers to protect Xu Jiawei and contain the attack.
• The barriers trapped the assault until they exploded, leaving the ground outside the mansion in ruins; Gu Qingnian watched without launching another attack.
• Gu Qingnian used Body Flicker to appear beside Xu Jiawei, patted his shoulder, and then grabbed Dai Huabin by the head.
• Gu Qingnian excused himself from bowing by claiming he had a bad back, and Xu Jiawei forced a smile and accepted his disrespectful greeting.

Gu Qingnian demanded that Xu Jiawei rule on Dai Huabin’s attempt to assassinate his junior fellow disciple, forcing the emperor to weigh the cost of opposing him against the damage to his authority. When Xu Jiawei hesitated, Gu Qingnian killed Dai Huabin and stopped an attacker’s spear, which led his enemies to accuse him of being an Evil Soul Master.

• Gu Qingnian asked Xu Jiawei to judge Dai Huabin for trying to assassinate his junior fellow disciple.
• Xu Jiawei weighed the political and military consequences of helping Gu Qingnian or refusing him.
• When Xu Jiawei hesitated, Gu Qingnian crushed Dai Huabin’s head and destroyed his body.
• The Duke’s Duchess cried out over Dai Huabin’s death, while nearby experts denounced Gu Qingnian.
• A spear flew toward Gu Qingnian, but it stopped at the hundred-meter perimeter, and an attacker accused him of being an Evil Soul Master.

Gu Qingnian unleashed a terrifying Soul Skill against the attackers surrounding him and Xu Jiawei, leaving the battlefield immobilized and battered by an eerie, penetrating sound. As the fighting subsided, Gu Qingnian watched the exhausted crowd and received system points.

• A Soul Douluo and dozens of black-clad fighters attacked Gu Qingnian, while another group launched an assault on Xu Jiawei.
• Xu Jiawei realized the attackers were a hostile faction’s deathsworn attempting to provoke war, and his guards moved to protect him.
• Gu Qingnian stood untouched as attacks and explosions stopped ten meters from him, while the Duke's Duchess watched in despair.
• Gu Qingnian released a blood-red aura that spread across the battlefield, frightening and disorienting fighters on both sides.
• Gu Qingnian shouted “Eight,” immobilizing everyone before an eerie sound tormented them for half a minute.
• Gu Qingnian observed the exhausted crowd as the system awarded him Evil Points and Righteousness Points.