Chapter Summaries

Jin Jiuxiao watched Zi JI’s cultivation surge after she gained the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King’s recognition and inheritances. The next morning, Zi JI emerged from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and enthusiastically thanked Jin Jiuxiao, provoking Bi Ji.

• Jin Jiuxiao’s First Soul Ring gained golden patterns as Zi JI’s cultivation climbed past five hundred thousand years, astonishing Dugu Bo, Xiong Jun, and Bi Ji.
• Bi Ji teased Xiong Jun about losing his second-place standing, while Xiong Jun insisted that his combat strength mattered more than cultivation.
• Dugu Bo realized that Ferocious Beasts were far stronger than humans understood and felt relieved that Jin Jiuxiao sought peace rather than war.
• Zi JI’s cultivation reached six hundred thousand years, and Jin Jiuxiao explained that she had likely received the Ice Dragon King’s and Fire Dragon King’s inheritances.
• The following morning, Zi JI emerged from the well amid powerful Dragon Might, kissed Jin Jiuxiao, and teased Bi Ji about her way of thanking him.

After inheriting the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King's legacies, Zi JI revealed that her cultivation had risen to 730,000 years and sparred with Xiong Jun to test her new power. She defeated and froze him with her domains and abilities, then explained her new divine skills to Jin Jiuxiao.

• Zi JI told Jin Jiuxiao that her cultivation had reached 730,000 years, surpassing Xiong Jun's by 310,000 years.
• Xiong Jun challenged Zi JI to a spar, and Bi Ji and Jin Jiuxiao followed them outside.
• Zi JI suppressed Xiong Jun with her domains, froze him with Abyssal Ice Dragon Breath, and burned him with World-Destroying Dragon Flame.
• When Xiong Jun unleashed Sky-Rending Claw, Zi JI stopped it and froze him with Absolute Zero.
• Zi JI told Jin Jiuxiao that the Dragon Kings had taught her divine skills and that she had also comprehended Twin Dragons Devour the Heavens.

After Zi JI inherited the legacies of the Ice Dragon King and the Fire Dragon King, she returned to the Star Dou Great Forest to fetch the Blue Silver Emperor for Jin Jiuxiao. Di Tian learned how she had risen to seven hundred and thirty thousand years of cultivation and accepted Jin Jiuxiao’s secrets and plans without challenging his loyalty.

• Bi Ji healed Xiong Jun after he conceded that Zi JI’s new strength was too much for him.
• Jin Jiuxiao asked Zi JI to bring the Blue Silver Emperor to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and she flew toward the Star Dou Great Forest’s Core Area.
• The Myriad Demon King blocked Zi JI with vines and alerted Di Tian to a powerful dragon entering the area.
• Di Tian and the Myriad Demon King recognized Zi JI, and Di Tian was astonished by her cultivation and the auras of the two Dragon Kings.
• Zi JI explained how Jin Jiuxiao had led her to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where she obtained the Dragon Kings’ legacies without facing tribulation lightning.
• Di Tian said he trusted Jin Jiuxiao and accepted his plans, including bringing a human Titled Douluo under his command.

Jin Jiuxiao returned the Blue Silver Emperor to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then went back to Nuoding City and resumed his studies. Four peaceful years later, he headed to Nuoding Academy for graduation, ready to begin the next step of his cultivation.

• Zi JI brought the Blue Silver Emperor to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Bi Ji planted her after she recovered to fifty-seven thousand years.
• Jin Jiuxiao left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, leaving Dugu Bo to continue purifying his Soul Power and Uncle Xiong to guard the well.
• Jin Jiuxiao returned to Nuoding Academy and told the dean he had surpassed level twenty before announcing he would resume regular classes.
• Bi Ji and Zi JI settled into life in Nuoding City, and four peaceful years passed while Jin Jiuxiao's Soul Power reached level fifty.
• Jin Jiuxiao went to Nuoding Academy for graduation and considered forming his first Soul Core after raising his Spiritual Power further.

After graduating, Jin Jiuxiao received a recommendation to Shrek Academy and told Dugu Bo where he would be staying. Dugu Bo shared his preparations for a possible war between humans and soul beasts, including a detailed Heaven Dou Empire defense map, and proposed ending the conflict by killing those who opposed peace.

• Yu Xiaogang gave Jin Jiuxiao and Tang San recommendation letters for Shrek Academy, including Xiao Wu in Tang San's letter.
• Jin Jiuxiao said he would travel separately and told Yu Xiaogang he would join them later.
• Jin Jiuxiao returned home and told Dugu Bo he would be staying at Shrek Academy in Suotuo City.
• Dugu Bo reported that Heaven Dou's officials cared little about peace, but he had contacted Ning Fengzhi and gathered information on the empire's factions.
• Dugu Bo showed Jin Jiuxiao his booklet, which included Heaven Dou's troop deployments, defenses, vulnerabilities, and possible invasion routes.
• Dugu Bo argued that the humans and soul beasts might soon fight to the death and suggested killing those who refused to pursue peace.

Jin Jiuxiao, Zi JI, and Bi Ji traveled to Suotuo City so Jin Jiuxiao could enroll at Shrek Academy. He arrived with Tang San and Xiao Wu, and Flender selected them along with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to enter the academy.

• Dugu Bo told Jin Jiuxiao he would support him and keep watch for trouble.
• Jin Jiuxiao, Zi JI, and Bi Ji left for Shrek Academy, renting a courtyard in Suotuo City.
• Jin Jiuxiao met Tang San and Xiao Wu on the road and continued with them toward Shrek.
• The group discovered Shrek Academy was housed in a shabby village, where Jin Jiuxiao spotted Flender hiding nearby.
• Jin Jiuxiao and Tang San gave Flender their recommendation letters, and Flender silenced the crowd by revealing his seven Soul Rings.
• Flender chose Jin Jiuxiao, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing to follow him into the village.

Flender brought Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Jin Jiuxiao to Zhao Wuji for the Fourth Trial. While the others were told to endure Zhao Wuji’s attacks together, Flender assigned Jin Jiuxiao a separate assessment and ordered him to fight at full strength.

• Flender explained that Soul Masters above rank twenty-five before age thirteen could skip the earlier trials, and he wondered why he could not sense Jin Jiuxiao’s cultivation.
• Flender introduced Zhao Wuji as the examiner, who told the five applicants to withstand his attacks for the time it took an incense stick to burn.
• Dai Mubai arrived with Oscar and warned the applicants about the assessment, while Flender assured him Zhao Wuji would hold back.
• Flender told Jin Jiuxiao to face Zhao Wuji alone, saying the standard was lower, and Jin Jiuxiao agreed to go all out.
• Dai Mubai explained that Jin Jiuxiao’s assessment was actually harder because Zhao Wuji was a Soul Saint, leaving Ning Rongrong worried for him.

Tang San organized a plan for the group to last against Zhao Wuji, while Jin Jiuxiao stayed out of the assessment and struck up a friendship with Oscar over his grilled sausages. As the test began, Jin Jiuxiao remained relaxed and joked that his own sausage was bigger than anyone else’s.

• Dai Mubai explained Zhao Wuji’s strength and Martial Soul to the students, and Tang San introduced himself before outlining a battle plan with Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ning Rongrong revealed that she was a descendant of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and described her support abilities, while Jin Jiuxiao identified his Martial Soul as Rey, an electric elemental spirit.
• Tang San’s group prepared to face Zhao Wuji, while Jin Jiuxiao stepped aside to watch with Oscar.
• Jin Jiuxiao bought Oscar’s grilled sausages and accepted them without minding Oscar’s soul incantation, making Oscar grateful.
• Jin Jiuxiao ate a sausage and joked to Dai Mubai that his own was bigger.

Jin Jiuxiao accepted Oscar’s grilled sausages without hesitation and strengthened their friendship while Tang San’s group completed its assessment. After Tang San passed, Zhao Wuji called Jin Jiuxiao to take his turn, and Jin asked Oscar to prepare more sausages.

• Jin Jiuxiao told Dai Mubai to practice restraint, and Flender agreed with him.
• Oscar offered Jin Jiuxiao more grilled sausages and returned his Gold Soul Coin, while Jin reminded Oscar to keep his promise to grill sausages for him.
• Zhao Wuji caught Zhu Zhuqing and threw her from the field, and Dai Mubai caught her before she landed.
• Tang San lasted through the incense stick by using Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and Blue Silver Grass, and Zhao Wuji declared the group had passed.
• Zhao Wuji called Jin Jiuxiao to take his turn, and Jin asked Oscar to prepare a few more sausages.

Jin Jiuxiao revealed his astonishing Soul Ring configuration during his assessment and overwhelmed Zhao Wuji with his strength and speed. He continued to batter Zhao Wuji through the air while Tang San and the others struggled to follow his movements.

• Jin Jiuxiao summoned Rey and revealed that he was a rank fifty Battle Soul Ancestor with three Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings and one Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, causing Flender to faint.
• Zhao Wuji transformed with his Great Strength Vajra Bear and attacked Jin Jiuxiao, but Jin Jiuxiao caught his punch with one hand.
• Zhao Wuji activated his Martial Soul Avatar, but Jin Jiuxiao kicked him back dozens of meters and demonstrated his lightning speed.
• Jin Jiuxiao struck Zhao Wuji repeatedly from different angles, keeping him airborne while Tang San and the others could barely see his movements.

Jin Jiuxiao defeated Zhao Wuji despite Zhao activating his Martial Soul Avatar, then agreed to become a specially appointed teacher at Shrek Academy. Flender arranged for him to teach while Jin Jiuxiao continued living in his courtyard in Suotuo City.

• Jin Jiuxiao overpowered Zhao Wuji in a fight, and Zhao admitted that Jin Jiuxiao's strength was more than sufficient.
• Oscar gave Zhao Wuji two sausages to help him recover, while Flender realized Jin Jiuxiao was powerful enough to teach at Shrek.
• Flender offered Jin Jiuxiao a specially appointed teaching position, and Jin Jiuxiao accepted.
• Jin Jiuxiao declined academy lodgings and said he would commute from his courtyard in Suotuo City.
• Flender told Dai Mubai and Oscar that Tang San and the others had passed their assessment and instructed them to gather the next morning.
• Oscar celebrated Jin Jiuxiao's new position and promised to keep making sausages for him.

Jin Jiuxiao considered how to recruit human Soul Masters and prepare allies to challenge the Divine Realm. He explained his God-Making Plan to Zi JI and Bi Ji, naming Dugu Bo as its first participant and identifying Feng Xiaotian and Shui Bing'er as potential candidates for divine positions.

• Ning Rongrong decided to write to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and seek a chance to recruit Jin Jiuxiao, while Tang San questioned Yu Xiaogang's teachings after reconsidering Jin Jiuxiao's soul rings.
• Jin Jiuxiao returned to his courtyard, where Bi Ji and Zi JI asked what he planned to do in the Human World.
• Jin Jiuxiao said he would prevent Tang San from gaining extra advantages from the Asura God, including the Eight Spider Lances, and recruit talented human Soul Masters.
• Jin Jiuxiao explained that he wanted to use Ning Rongrong to draw the wealthy Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect into cooperation, then expand his influence among other factions.
• Jin Jiuxiao described the God-Making Plan: allies would inherit divine positions, ascend to the Divine Realm, and help breach it from within; Dugu Bo was its first participant.
• Jin Jiuxiao named Feng Xiaotian and Shui Bing'er as promising candidates for divine trials and noted that Tang San would miss out on the immortal herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Jin Jiuxiao explained his plan to create controlled human gods and reshape the Divine Realm, while Dai Mubai told Ma Hongjun about Jin Jiuxiao’s strength and extraordinary Soul Rings. The chapter left Ma Hongjun stunned by the revelation that Jin Jiuxiao had a hundred-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring.

• Jin Jiuxiao argued that Feng Xiaotian, Shui Bing’er, and other humans could become powerful gods under his control, and said he needed time to challenge the Divine Realm’s God Kings.
• After dinner, Dai Mubai returned to his dorm and replayed Jin Jiuxiao’s beating of Zhao Wuji in his mind.
• Ma Hongjun told Dai Mubai that Cuihua had agreed to sleep with him one last time, and Dai Mubai urged him to stop discussing such things.
• Dai Mubai told Ma Hongjun that Jin Jiuxiao was a twelve-and-a-half-year-old, level-fifty Soul Ancestor who had beaten Zhao Wuji even after Zhao used his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Dai Mubai revealed that Jin Jiuxiao had a ten-thousand-year first Soul Ring and a hundred-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring, leaving Ma Hongjun shocked.

Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun speculated about Jin Jiuxiao’s background, while Tang San struggled to reconcile Jin Jiuxiao’s strength with the Soul Ring limits in Yu Xiaogang’s notes. Tang San began considering whether to trade hidden weapons for Jin Jiuxiao’s secret art, as Oscar wondered if a lifetime of making sausages might earn him a chance.

• Ma Hongjun asked Dai Mubai about Jin Jiuxiao, and Dai Mubai guessed he was a wealthy young master from a Secluded Family and told Ma Hongjun to call him Teacher.
• Oscar asked Tang San how Jin Jiuxiao had gained his powerful Soul Rings, and Tang San questioned whether the accepted Soul Ring limits were wrong.
• Tang San recalled how Jin Jiuxiao had surpassed him in both the Tang Sect Secret Arts and Soul Power, leaving him struggling with the gap between them.
• Tang San concluded that Jin Jiuxiao likely had a secret art and considered offering powerful hidden weapons in exchange for it.
• Oscar wondered if grilling sausages for Jin Jiuxiao for the rest of his life would give him a chance, and Tang San stared at him in disbelief.

Oscar considered joining the force behind Jin Jiuxiao because a support-type Soul Master needed powerful backing, while Tang San reflected on how to improve his strength and absorb older Soul Rings. In the girls’ dormitory, Ning Rongrong wrote to her father about Jin Jiuxiao and questioned Xiao Wu about how much she knew of him.

• Oscar told Tang San that support-type Soul Masters needed Battle Soul Masters and considered joining the force behind Jin Jiuxiao.
• Tang San accepted Oscar’s choice and compared his own physical toughness and Soul Rings with Jin Jiuxiao’s, but realized he could not afford the herbs he wanted.
• Ning Rongrong wrote a letter to her father describing Jin Jiuxiao’s age, Soul Power, Soul Rings, and victory over Zhao Wuji, and planned to send it to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Rongrong asked Xiao Wu why she had not seemed surprised by Jin Jiuxiao’s strength, and Xiao Wu said they had attended the same academy.
• Ning Rongrong sensed Xiao Wu was evasive and asked whether Jin Jiuxiao had ever mentioned his family.

At the academy’s morning meeting, Ma Hongjun made lewd remarks about the girls and insulted Jin Jiuxiao, who swiftly beat him. Ning Rongrong urged Jin Jiuxiao to keep going, while Zhu Zhuqing’s disgust with Dai Mubai deepened.

• Zhu Zhuqing spent the night unable to sleep, wondering whether Jin Jiuxiao’s strength could help her escape her family’s control.
• Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Oscar, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun gathered at the meeting point before Jin Jiuxiao arrived.
• Ma Hongjun made lewd comments about the girls and mocked Dai Mubai, drawing disgust from Tang San and the girls, especially Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ma Hongjun insulted Jin Jiuxiao, who knocked him down, stamped on his hand, and kicked him in the face.
• Ning Rongrong mocked Dai Mubai and encouraged Jin Jiuxiao to continue beating Ma Hongjun.

At Shrek Academy, Jin Jiuxiao and Ning Rongrong confronted Flender over Ma Hongjun’s lewd behavior and the injuries he suffered. Ning Rongrong dared Flender to touch her and warned him that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo would retaliate, leaving Flender in a bind.

• Ning Rongrong mocked Dai Mubai, and Tang San worried that her taunts might provoke him.
• Flender arrived with Zhao Wuji, saw Ma Hongjun injured, and challenged Jin Jiuxiao for hurting a student.
• Jin Jiuxiao asked Oscar and then Tang San to recount Ma Hongjun’s remarks, and Tang San repeated them plainly.
• Jin Jiuxiao condemned Ma Hongjun, while Ning Rongrong accused Flender of being just like his student.
• Flender threatened to teach Ning Rongrong a lesson, but she challenged him to touch her and invoked Grandpa Sword and Grandpa Bone.
• Flender recognized the danger of provoking the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s elders and hesitated over whether to act.

After Ning Rongrong challenged Flender over Ma Hongjun’s behavior, Flender ordered her to run laps or leave Shrek, while Jin Jiuxiao questioned whether her criticism was justified. Chen Xin arrived at Shrek after learning Ning Rongrong had enrolled there, and she ran into his arms, delighted to see him.

• Flender ordered Ning Rongrong to run ten laps around Suotuo City or leave Shrek, and she refused to accept the punishment.
• Jin Jiuxiao asked whether Ning Rongrong had been wrong about Ma Hongjun, prompting her to repeat her accusations while Flender admitted he had failed to discipline him.
• Ma Hongjun demanded that Flender defend him, worsening Flender’s predicament, while Tang San grew more disappointed in him.
• At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi told Chen Xin and Gu Rong that Ning Rongrong had enrolled at Shrek Academy, and Chen Xin decided to visit her.
• Chen Xin arrived at Shrek, where Ning Rongrong rushed into his arms and greeted him happily.

Chen Xin arrived at Shrek after Ning Rongrong told him that Ma Hongjun had harassed the girls and Flender had tried to punish her. He forced Flender and Ma Hongjun to kneel until Ning Rongrong was satisfied, then left her smiling and boasting that his name carried more weight than her father’s or Grandpa Bone’s.

• Ning Rongrong told Chen Xin that Ma Hongjun had made lewd comments and that Flender had sided with him and threatened to discipline her.
• Chen Xin unleashed his sword intent, forcing Zhao Wuji to kneel and terrifying Tang San and the others as they realized he was Sword Douluo Chen Xin.
• Chen Xin cut Ma Hongjun’s scalp with Sword Qi and challenged Flender’s claim that the incident was a misunderstanding.
• Flender admitted Ma Hongjun was at fault and begged Chen Xin for mercy, but Chen Xin ordered both him and Ma Hongjun to kneel until Ning Rongrong was satisfied.
• Ning Rongrong’s anger subsided, and Chen Xin promised that she should use his name whenever anyone bullied her.

Chen Xin discovered that Jin Jiuxiao was a powerful Soul Beast who had undergone humanization, and Zi JI revealed herself to protect him. Jin Jiuxiao asked Chen Xin to deliver a cryptic offer about a chance for nine treasures to Ning Fengzhi.

• Chen Xin noticed Xiao Wu and Jin Jiuxiao had undergone Soul Beast Humanization, but Tang San shielded Xiao Wu from his gaze.
• Jin Jiuxiao shattered Chen Xin's probing Sword Qi, and Zi JI appeared and overwhelmed the gathering with her Dragon Might.
• Zi JI threatened Chen Xin but withdrew her pressure after Jin Jiuxiao told her to stop, and Chen Xin put away his Seven Kill Sword.
• Jin Jiuxiao said he had business related to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and asked Chen Xin to pass a message to Ning Fengzhi.
• Jin Jiuxiao told Chen Xin, "A chance for nine treasures," and Chen Xin agreed to relay the words to Fengzhi.