Chapter Summaries

Ning Rongrong visited Shi Quan, who used an exercise by the water to encourage her to observe and learn from the world around her. A hidden Dark Guard was impressed by Shi Quan’s words and recorded them to report to Ning Fengzhi.

• Ning Rongrong watched Qin Ming train the Heaven Dou Battle Team, and Qin Ming warned the team that a formidable new student would compete for a place next week.
• Ning Rongrong went to Shi Quan’s cabin and interrupted his research into ways to evolve her Martial Soul.
• Shi Quan demonstrated how he could redirect Ning Rongrong’s punch and urged her to study the forces behind things rather than judge them by their surface.
• Ning Rongrong pondered Shi Quan’s advice as he returned to his work.
• A hidden Dark Guard wrote down Shi Quan’s remarks to report them to Ning Fengzhi.

Shi Quan and Ning Rongrong encountered Xue Beng and his followers outside Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Cafeteria, where a confrontation became a public demonstration of Shi Quan’s unusual spirit abilities. He left the seven youths restrained by hardened Blue Silver Grass as Xue Beng kept struggling to break free.

• Ning Rongrong dragged Shi Quan to the Cafeteria, where Xue Beng and several young men blocked their way and insulted Shi Quan as a servant.
• Shi Quan identified Ning Rongrong as Ning Fengzhi’s daughter, but Ning Rongrong denied being the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s little princess, prompting Xue Beng to attack.
• Shi Quan dodged Xue Beng’s punch and quickly struck several of the youths, sending some flying and knocking others down.
• Xue Beng ordered his followers to summon their Spirit Souls, and Shi Quan revealed a purple second Spirit Ring that astonished the onlookers.
• Shi Quan used Blue Silver Growth and Blue Silver Hardening to bind all seven youths in tough vines, while Xue Beng futilely struck at his restraints.

Shi Quan subdued Xue Beng and his companions with his Blue Silver Grass, then denied Ning Rongrong’s belief that he had mastered Heart Separation Control. He later punished her for her troublemaking by forcing her to hold a Horse Stance, leaving her crying in the simulated cultivation environment.

• Shi Quan trapped Xue Beng and six others in a Blue Silver Grass cage until Xue Beng surrendered, then released them.
• Ning Rongrong mistook Shi Quan’s control of seven vines for Heart Separation Control, but he said his skill came from understanding his Martial Soul.
• At lunch, Shi Quan told Ning Rongrong to focus on mastering her Horse Stance, while Heaven Dou Battle Team members discussed the threat he posed to their positions.
• Shi Quan ordered Ning Rongrong to hold her stance in the simulated cultivation environment and whipped her when she refused to stand or cursed him.
• Ning Rongrong fell and burst into sobs as Shi Quan told her to get up and continue standing.

Shi Quan disciplined Ning Rongrong after she recklessly provoked a fight, then explained how her arrogance endangered companions. He attended the Heaven Dou Battle Team Selection Tournament, where he planned to enter the Second Team and challenge the main team.

• After Ning Rongrong finished her training and got lost trying to run away, Shi Quan carried her, exhausted, to his cabin and used inner force to ease her fatigue.
• Ning Rongrong woke refreshed, ate the breakfast Shi Quan had left, and insisted that she had not forgiven him for punishing her.
• Shi Quan confronted Ning Rongrong about provoking seven opponents without knowing his strength and warned her that her pride could endanger her companions.
• Shi Quan went to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Soul Arena for the annual Battle Team Selection Tournament.
• At the Candidate Waiting Area, Shi Quan found only four participants and anticipated quickly joining the Heaven Dou Second Team before challenging the Heaven Dou Battle Team.

Shi Quan defeated Xiong Er in the Heaven Dou Second Team selection and then challenged the Heaven Dou Battle Team. His match against Osler began, with Osler dodging the Blue Silver Grass as Ning Rongrong watched tensely.

• Shi Quan used hardened Blue Silver Grass to trap Xiong Er, who surrendered after failing to break free.
• Shi Quan won a place on the Heaven Dou Second Team and asked to challenge for a spot on the Heaven Dou Battle Team.
• After recovering, Shi Quan faced Osler, whose speed and agility let him evade the vines as their match began.

Shi Quan defeated Osler in a selection match and joined the Heaven Dou Battle Team. At the team’s training ground, Qin Ming explained Shi Quan’s Spirit Ring Limit Theory and planned to let him help direct training, but Shi Quan declined the authority.

• Yu Tianheng recognized that Shi Quan’s spreading Blue Silver Vines were limiting Osler’s movement, while Osler pressed on and attacked through the hardened thorns.
• Shi Quan raised a hardened wall of Blue Silver Vines to block Osler’s crescent blade, and the teacher stopped the match before Osler could land on the thorns.
• The teacher named Shi Quan a member of the Heaven Dou Battle Team, and Ye Lingling used her Nine Hearted Begonia to heal Osler.
• Qin Ming welcomed Shi Quan and led him to the team’s training ground, where he introduced him to Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and the other teammates.
• Qin Ming explained Shi Quan’s Spirit Ring Limit Theory and announced that Shi Quan would help formulate training plans, but Shi Quan agreed with Dugu Yan that he should be treated as an ordinary team member.

Shi Quan joined the Heaven Dou Battle Team and impressed its members with his growth from Innate Rank One Soul Power through hard work and unusual cultivation methods. After Qin Ming planned training with him, the team shared a meal and learned about Shi Quan’s martial soul and spirit abilities.

• Qin Ming told Yu Tianheng and the other five that Shi Quan had started with Innate Rank One Soul Power, reached rank twenty-two before turning eleven, and earned his progress through study and effort.
• Qin Ming discussed future training plans with Shi Quan, who arranged for basic training equipment and looked for a chance to investigate Dugu Yan’s poisoning and draw Dugu Bo’s attention.
• Qin Ming led Shi Quan to the Heaven Dou Battle Team’s communal Dormitory, where Shi Quan chose a room and introduced himself to the team as Xiao Quan.
• At dinner, Shi Quan explained that his Second Spirit Ring came from a thousand-year-old Ink Jade Bamboo and described how his Growth and Hardening abilities worked together.
• Shi Quan revealed that he could control almost ten Blue Silver Grass vines through practice, prompting Qin Ming to urge the team to learn from his perseverance.

Shi Quan continued building ties with the Heaven Dou Battle Team while Ning Rongrong resolved to surpass him, and Ning Fengzhi told Chen Xin about Shi Quan's talents. After Ning Rongrong joined Shi Quan at the team's training ground, Chen Xin arrived to see her.

• Shi Quan planned to earn Dugu Bo's trust by advancing his Spirit Soul Theory research before revealing Dugu Yan's poisoning.
• Ning Rongrong vowed to surpass Shi Quan, and Ning Fengzhi explained Shi Quan's achievements to Chen Xin, who decided to visit him.
• Shi Quan and Ning Rongrong ate together, then went to the Heaven Dou Battle Team's training ground, where the team tested Shi Quan's new equipment.
• Ning Rongrong questioned why Shi Quan had not given her the same training equipment, and Shi Quan began explaining that her training needed to differ from the team's.
• An aged voice called out to Ning Rongrong, announcing that her grandpa had come to see her.

Sword Douluo Chen Xin arrived after Ning Rongrong complained that Shi Quan had bullied her, and he challenged Shi Quan to a lesson. Their fight began with Shi Quan's Blue Silver Grass techniques, and Chen Xin sensed a dangerous change in the Vine Whip as Shi Quan activated his second Spirit Ring.

• Ning Rongrong ran into Chen Xin's arms and accused Shi Quan of bullying her with his Blue Silver Grass martial soul.
• Chen Xin confronted Shi Quan, then agreed to spar with him after Ning Rongrong asked him not to beat Shi Quan to death.
• Chen Xin promised to fight without Soul Power and lit an incense stick to time the lesson.
• Shi Quan summoned his Blue Silver Grass, attacked with a Vine Whip and the White Python Whip Technique, and used Nine Shadows Shift to evade Chen Xin's sword qi.
• Shi Quan activated his second Spirit Ring as Chen Xin advanced, prompting Chen Xin to turn his sword fingers into a palm against the darkened Vine Whip.

Shi Quan fought Sword Douluo Chen Xin, using hardened Blue Silver Grass, martial arts, and the Indestructible Divine Skill to withstand his sword energy. After testing Chen Xin’s strength, Shi Quan challenged him to a swordsmanship contest, which continued with the two exchanging techniques.

• Chen Xin cut through Shi Quan’s hardened Blue Silver Grass attacks as Shi Quan advanced and wrapped himself in Blue Silver Armor.
• Shi Quan used Nine Shadows Shift to strike Chen Xin’s sword-energy barrier, breaking it with a follow-up punch, then endured Chen Xin’s counterattack with only bleeding arms.
• Shi Quan judged that he could continue the fight, formed an ink-black Blue Silver Vine Sword, and asked Chen Xin to teach him swordsmanship.
• Chen Xin made a wooden sword and attacked first, while Shi Quan used Clear Wind Swordplay, Cloud Sword, and Star Shift to deflect and counter.
• Shi Quan and Chen Xin exchanged flowing sword techniques as their contest of swordsmanship began.

Shi Quan sparred with Chen Xin, rapidly improving his swordplay before Chen Xin struck him with the first move of the Seven Kill Swordplay and sent him flying. After Ye Lingling healed him, Shi Quan returned to training and began planning a more rigorous program for the Heaven Dou Battle Team.

• Shi Quan used Chen Xin as a whetstone to improve his swordplay, but Chen Xin grew serious and warned him with his Killing Intent.
• Chen Xin used the first move of the Seven Kill Swordplay, breaking Shi Quan's Blue Silver Vine Sword and knocking him down as Ning Rongrong called for the match to stop.
• Chen Xin spared Shi Quan, praised his comprehension, and told Ning Rongrong to stay and cultivate with him before flying away.
• Ye Lingling healed Shi Quan with her Nine Hearted Begonia, and Shi Quan challenged Ning Rongrong to earn recognition through her own abilities.
• Shi Quan joined the others in training and planned detailed individual practice for the Heaven Dou Battle Team to strengthen them before they reached Suotuo City.

After the team endured Qin Ming’s punishing training, Shi Quan planned individualized regimens and escorted Ning Rongrong back to her dormitory, warming her with Inner Force along the way. The next morning, he began examining Yu Tianheng’s Martial Soul and Spirit Abilities so he could create a training plan and strengthen Dugu Bo’s trust in his Spirit Soul Theory.

• Qin Ming pushed the exhausted team back into training, and Shi Quan announced that he would tailor plans to their Martial Souls and abilities.
• Ning Rongrong followed Shi Quan to move her belongings, and he used Inner Force to warm her when the night wind chilled her damp hair.
• After Shi Quan left, Ning Rongrong realized the warmth reminded her of the night she had stayed at his place and wondered whether he had helped her then, too.
• The next morning, Shi Quan asked Yu Tianheng to release his Martial Soul and examined his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon’s Dragon Transformation and Spirit Abilities.
• Shi Quan began formulating Yu Tianheng’s training plan, knowing that successful results would help earn Dugu Bo’s trust in his Spirit Soul Theory.

Shi Quan examined Dugu Yan while preparing her personalized training plan and discovered that her body contained a chaotic mixture of toxins. When he tested whether his poison-resistant Inner Force could help detoxify her, she convulsed and collapsed, leaving the dormitory in alarm.

• Shi Quan designed a Thunder Force control exercise for Yu Tianheng, who struggled to regulate the metal’s brightness despite Shi Quan’s advice and Dugu Yan’s encouragement.
• Shi Quan asked Dugu Yan how her Jade Phosphor Serpent Spirit Soul stored toxins, and she insisted that she was not poisoned.
• Shi Quan used his Blue Silver Grass and Inner Force to examine Dugu Yan and sensed mixed toxins throughout her body.
• Shi Quan suspected that his poison-resistant Inner Force could help detoxify Dugu Yan and decided to test the idea.
• When Shi Quan infused his Inner Force again, Dugu Yan convulsed and screamed, prompting Yu Tianheng and the others to rush to her aid.

Shi Quan accidentally triggered Dugu Yan’s toxic backlash while examining her, then pretended to investigate Poison Attribute Beast Spirit Souls to keep her from suspecting that he had discovered her poisoning. He focused on delaying her visit to Dugu Bo and earning his trust, while Yu Tianheng grew jealous of Shi Quan’s attention toward Dugu Yan.

• Shi Quan told Dugu Yan to dismiss her Martial Soul Possession after his Inner Force triggered a painful reaction, and he concealed his suspicion that she was poisoned.
• Shi Quan staged a search through books and rushed to the Library, while Dugu Yan wondered whether her symptoms meant she was poisoned and decided she needed to consult Dugu Bo.
• Shi Quan worried that Dugu Bo might discover his knowledge of the poison, then began drafting a theory and planned to keep Dugu Yan from visiting her grandfather too soon.
• Shi Quan asked Dugu Yan to cooperate with his study of her Poison Attribute Beast Spirit Soul and postponed her individual training plan.
• Ning Rongrong complained that Shi Quan kept spending time with Dugu Yan, and Yu Tianheng admitted through his irritation that Shi Quan’s attention was disrupting his plans to confess to Dugu Yan.

Shi Quan visited Dugu Bo to discuss his research into Dugu Yan’s condition and Spirit Soul, after explaining his Spirit Ring theory and earning Dugu Bo’s interest. Dugu Bo recognized Shi Quan’s suspicion that Dugu Yan’s inherited Spirit Soul might be connected to her illness and arranged to speak with him privately, leaving Dugu Yan aware that something was being hidden from her.

• Shi Quan asked Dugu Yan to introduce him to Dugu Bo, and she agreed to bring him once her grandfather returned to Heaven Dou City.
• A week later, Dugu Yan invited Shi Quan to visit Dugu Bo, and Yu Tianheng finally admitted that he liked her before she declared him her boyfriend.
• Shi Quan accompanied Dugu Yan to Dugu Bo’s estate, where Dugu Bo questioned his abilities after hearing about his encounter with Sword Douluo and his thousand-year second Spirit Ring.
• Shi Quan explained his New Limit Spirit Ring Theory and gave Dugu Bo research notes about Dugu Yan’s development and possible inherited poisoning.
• Dugu Bo concealed the notes from Dugu Yan and asked to speak privately with Shi Quan, while Dugu Yan realized her grandfather was hiding something about her condition.

Shi Quan told Dugu Bo that Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphor Serpent Spirit Soul was poisoning her and proposed using a Spirit Bone to store its toxins. Dugu Bo agreed to help if Shi Quan could cure her, while Shi Quan asked how Dugu Bo suppressed his own poison, leaving Dugu Bo to weigh his deduction.

• Shi Quan explained that Dugu Yan’s Spirit Soul was the source of her poisoning and said resolving the Spirit Soul problem could prevent the toxins from harming her.
• Shi Quan admitted he wanted Dugu Yan on his tournament team and hoped Dugu Bo would become another backer, and Dugu Bo challenged him to prove his ability.
• Shi Quan showed Dugu Bo records of poison-attribute Spirit Souls that stored toxins in specific locations and proposed storing Dugu Yan’s toxins in a Spirit Bone.
• Dugu Bo recognized the method’s potential and promised to do one thing for Shi Quan if he cured Dugu Yan.
• Shi Quan asked how Dugu Bo suppressed his own toxins and reasoned that Dugu Bo’s rank suggested he had a way to contain them.
• Dugu Bo questioned Shi Quan’s deduction and considered his answer.

Shi Quan convinced Dugu Bo that his unusual Soul Power could help Dugu Yan with her poison and secured a promise to visit the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Three months later, Dugu Bo brought Shi Quan and Dugu Yan to a cave in Sunset Forest, where Dugu Yan began absorbing a Jade Phosphor Serpent torso Spirit Bone.

• Shi Quan explained that his Soul Power could counteract poison, and Dugu Bo agreed to let him help Dugu Yan and take him to a place of extreme heat and cold.
• Shi Quan kept Dugu Yan's poisoning secret, and she challenged him to a spar; her poison had no effect on him because of his poison immunity.
• Over three months, the Heaven Dou Battle Team improved under Shi Quan's training, and Dugu Bo returned with a suitable Spirit Bone for Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo carried Shi Quan and Dugu Yan to a cave in Sunset Forest and gave Dugu Yan a five-thousand-year Jade Phosphor Serpent torso Spirit Bone.
• Dugu Yan pressed the Spirit Bone to her chest, and it turned into green light and merged into her body.

Shi Quan and Dugu Bo descended into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Shi Quan received an Automated Alchemy Furnace and discovered that the opposing energies did not harm him. After Shi Quan warned Dugu Bo about the dangerous herbs and offered to identify their properties, Dugu Bo accepted him as family, and Shi Quan began testing his plant-sensing ability.

• Dugu Bo brought Shi Quan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where the system awarded Shi Quan an Automated Alchemy Furnace for arriving first.
• Dugu Bo found that the well’s opposing energies entered Shi Quan’s body without clashing, though Shi Quan still felt alternating heat and cold.
• Shi Quan suggested that the two herbs in the pool might help suppress Dugu Bo’s toxins and warned him not to consume their powerful properties undiluted.
• Dugu Bo was moved by Shi Quan’s concern, asked him to call him Grandpa, and accepted Shi Quan as family.
• Shi Quan said his Blue Silver Grass might sense medicinal properties, then sat down to try while Xiao Meng confirmed that Natural Affinity could help.

Shi Quan cultivated at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan about their inherited poison and the Spirit Bone he had found for her. Shi Quan and Dugu Yan completed her first detoxification session, and Dugu Bo began considering how to make Shi Quan his grandson-in-law.

• Shi Quan discovered an Automated Alchemy Furnace in his storage space and cultivated, spreading his Blue Silver Grass across the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Yan woke from cultivation, and Dugu Bo told her that they were both poisoned and that he had found her a Jade Scale Snake Torso Bone to contain her toxins.
• Shi Quan guided Dugu Yan through her first detoxification session, driving her toxins into the Spirit Bone with his inner force and her Soul Power.
• Dugu Bo ended the session after half an hour, and Shi Quan helped Dugu Yan recover from the well's Water and Fire Power.
• Dugu Yan said she felt relieved, and Dugu Bo decided to find out how she felt about Shi Quan and try to bring them together.

Shi Quan stayed at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to cultivate and tested the Bloodline Extractor and Automated Alchemy Furnace. The extractor failed to draw a Dragon King bloodline from the spring, but the furnace began extracting medicinal essences from herbs, leaving Shi Quan to wait for Dugu Bo’s reaction before taking more.

• Shi Quan asked Dugu Bo to let him cultivate at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Dugu Bo agreed while warning him not to disturb the spring or herbs.
• As they left, Dugu Bo learned that Dugu Yan was already dating Yu Tianheng and privately regretted that she was unavailable to Shi Quan.
• Shi Quan tried to use the Bloodline Extractor on the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, but it failed to obtain a Dragon King bloodline.
• Shi Quan extracted the Automated Alchemy Furnace and used it to create a prescription based on his desired improvements and the herbs around the well.
• The furnace extracted medicinal essence from several herbs, so Shi Quan stopped before taking more and planned to watch Dugu Bo’s reaction the next day.