Chapter Summaries

Yin Shu turned away Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Xue Qinghe because Xiao Yu and Liu Erlong were occupied cultivating. After the visitors left, Ning Rongrong joined the girls waiting outside the wooden house, where Xiao Yu and Liu Erlong were still at it by dusk.

• Yin Shu saw the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's procession arrive at Blue Tyrant Academy and greeted Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Ning Rongrong, and the Crown Prince, Xue Qinghe.
• Yin Shu explained that Xiao Yu and Liu Erlong could not be disturbed, so Ning Fengzhi agreed to return another time and asked Ning Rongrong to invite Xiao Yu to the sect when he was free.
• Xue Qinghe left for the palace and resolved to conceal Xiao Yu's whereabouts and recruit him before another woman could.
• Ning Rongrong went to the wooden house, joined the girls for tea, and waited for Xiao Yu and Liu Erlong to finish.
• By dusk, the house was still shaking, and Meng Yiran and Zhu Zhuqing discussed whether Zhu Zhuqing's clones could withstand Xiao Yu's strength.

Ning Rongrong offered to use her evolved Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to help the girls recover while they protected her from Xiao Yu. After Liu Erlong and Xiao Yu emerged from their encounter, they discussed Flender and Yu Xiaogang’s arrival, and Liu Erlong affirmed that Xiao Yu came first; the chapter ended with the group sharing dinner.

• Ning Rongrong promised to support the girls with her evolved Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, while Xiao Wu silently missed her Third Brother.
• After the wooden house stopped shaking, Xiao Yu found Liu Erlong exhausted and suggested she sleep in his house because hers had been damaged.
• Xiao Yu told Liu Erlong that Flender and Yu Xiaogang had interrupted them and had tried to bargain with him using her name.
• Liu Erlong told Xiao Yu that he was her man and that she would put his feelings before Flender and Yu Xiaogang, whom she now regarded as distant acquaintances.
• Xiao Yu called Liu Erlong “Teacher wife,” leaving her flustered, and then took her to bathe and arranged food for the group.
• Meng Yiran returned with the food, and Xiao Yu, Liu Erlong, and the girls ate dinner together.

Tang San discovered that his Blue Silver Grass could drain soul beasts’ life force and Soul Power, letting him advance quickly, and he set his sights on Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo. At Blue Tyrant Academy, Dai Mubai confronted Zhu Zhuqing, only to be shocked when she revealed four soul rings.

• Meng Yiran asked where Dugu Yan was, and Xiao Yu said she had gone to receive Dugu Bo’s private inheritance at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Tang San drained poisonous spiders and snakes in Sunset Forest, raising his Soul Power from level thirty-three to level thirty-four overnight.
• Tang San spotted Dugu Yan and decided to wait until he was strong enough to drain her and Dugu Bo’s toxins and Soul Power.
• Dai Mubai returned to Blue Tyrant Academy and confronted Zhu Zhuqing, demanding that she leave Xiao Yu and become his slave.
• Ning Rongrong enhanced Zhu Zhuqing, who prepared to fight Dai Mubai; he was stunned when four soul rings appeared beneath her feet.

Dai Mubai confronted Zhu Zhuqing after learning she had reached Rank 40, while a mysterious senior urged him to steal her Netherworld Power. Dugu Yan poisoned and blinded Dai Mubai for harassing Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San treated him before Yin Shu hung him beside Flender.

• Dai Mubai's mysterious senior told him to drain Zhu Zhuqing's Netherworld Power so his Martial Soul could evolve, and Dai Mubai prepared to attack her.
• Dugu Yan's emerald poison mist weakened Dai Mubai, and she accused him of provoking Zhu Zhuqing and trying to harass her.
• Dugu Yan sprayed poison into Dai Mubai's eyes, corroding them and leaving him screaming in agony.
• Teacher Yin Shu and the others arrived, and Dugu Yan ordered Yin Shu to take Dai Mubai to the entrance before leaving with Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong.
• Tang San drew Jade Python Poison from Dai Mubai with his Blue Silver Grass, saving him while taking some of his life force and Soul Power.
• Yin Shu ignored Oscar and Ma Hongjun's protests and hung Dai Mubai beside Flender.

Liu Erlong told Flender and Yu Xiaogang to leave Blue Tyrant Academy, explaining that their conflicts with Xiao Yu’s group threatened her disciple’s future. She also revealed that she no longer loved Yu Xiaogang, leaving him furious as Xiao Yu confronted him.

• Dugu Yan told Xiao Yu what had happened with Shrek, and Liu Erlong decided that Flender and his group could not stay at the academy.
• Xiao Yu teased Liu Erlong about leaving with Dugu Yan, prompting her to chase and punish him while the others joined in the playful scuffle.
• Liu Erlong brought Xiao Yu and the others to the meeting room and offered Flender one hundred thousand gold coins to reopen Shrek Academy in Suotuo City.
• Liu Erlong explained to Flender and Yu Xiaogang that she was sending them away because of their deep conflict with Xiao Yu and his loved ones.
• Liu Erlong said she no longer loved Yu Xiaogang because he had abandoned her when he fled their wedding.
• Yu Xiaogang angrily protested that he was still her fiancé, and Xiao Yu rebuked him for abandoning Liu Erlong and then refusing to accept being rejected himself.

After Yu Xiaogang insulted Liu Erlong and Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu had him restrained and exposed the pride and insecurity behind his outburst. Xiao Yu then publicly kissed Liu Erlong, revealing their relationship and leaving Yu Xiaogang devastated.

• Yu Xiaogang lost control after Liu Erlong dumped him and insulted her and Xiao Yu.
• Xiao Yu ordered two Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan Soul Saints to seize Yu Xiaogang and keep Flender and the others at bay.
• Xiao Yu defended Liu Erlong’s strength and status, then told Yu Xiaogang that he had relied on her affection to soothe his inferiority.
• Xiao Yu said he was grateful Yu Xiaogang had let Liu Erlong go and called her luscious, prompting Yu Xiaogang to demand an explanation.
• Xiao Yu walked to Liu Erlong and kissed her; she did not pull away, and Yu Xiaogang screamed in despair.

Liu Erlong chose Xiao Yu over Flender and Yu Xiaogang, forcing the former Shrek group to leave Blue Tyrant Academy. Three months later, Xiao Yu and Dugu Yan reached new cultivation milestones and set out with Xiao Wu and Dugu Bo for the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain soul rings.

• Liu Erlong declared Xiao Yu her future husband and warned Flender that opposing him meant opposing her, so Flender led the Shrek group away.
• Xiao Yu and his companions saw the former Shrek group off, and the departure restored peace at Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Over the next three months, Ning Fengzhi asked Xiao Yu about another Aromatic Silk Beauty, while Xue Qinghe established contact with him and sought to recruit him.
• Xiao Yu reached level sixty and Dugu Yan reached level fifty, so they traveled with Xiao Wu and Dugu Bo to the Star Dou Great Forest for soul rings.
• The Titan Giant Ape learned that Xiao Wu had arrived and hurried toward the forest's outskirts, leaving the weakened Sky Azure Bull Python under a new gaze.

Xiao Yu and Xiao Wu reached Central Lake, where they found the wounded Da Ming fighting an Earth Dragon Lizard. After Xiao Yu claimed the lizard as his next soul beast, Xiao Wu desperately begged him to save Da Ming, offering her own soul in exchange.

• Xiao Yu and the others met Er Ming, who told Xiao Wu that Da Ming had been badly injured while exploring Central Lake.
• Er Ming led them to the lake, where they found the Earth Dragon Lizard attacking the already wounded Da Ming.
• Xiao Yu asked Dugu Bo to capture the Earth Dragon Lizard for his soul ring, and Dugu Bo and Er Ming quickly overwhelmed it.
• Er Ming went to check on Da Ming as Xiao Yu watched, and Xiao Wu pleaded with Xiao Yu to heal him.
• Xiao Yu refused and threatened to take Da Ming's soul ring later, so Xiao Wu offered her own soul if Xiao Yu would save Da Ming.

Xiao Yu pressured Xiao Wu into pledging herself to him in exchange for an Immortal Herb that stabilized Da Ming’s injuries, and his conquest reward granted him a master-servant soul mark method. After Xiao Yu absorbed the Earth Dragon Lizard’s soul ring, he opened his eyes as Dugu Yan, Dugu Bo, and Xiao Wu came over.

• Xiao Yu demanded Xiao Wu sincerely submit to him before he would save Da Ming, and Xiao Wu knelt and pledged herself as his Dance Slave.
• Xiao Yu received Xiao Wu’s first-stage gift pack, which increased his soul ring lifespans and Soul Power, granted him the master-servant soul mark method, and reduced Xiao Wu’s Realm Aura.
• Xiao Yu gave Xiao Wu an Immortal Herb, and she fed it to Da Ming with Er Ming’s help until Da Ming’s condition stabilized.
• Xiao Wu asked Er Ming to find a poison-type soul beast around fifteen thousand years old for Dugu Yan, and Er Ming said there were plenty in the forest.
• Dugu Yan grilled the Earth Dragon Lizard while Xiao Yu absorbed its soul ring, and Dugu Yan, Dugu Bo, and Xiao Wu approached him when he finished.

After absorbing the Earth Dragon Lizard’s soul ring, Xiao Yu reached level sixty-four and gained a nearly cost-free Spirit Ability that added earth-attribute splash damage to his attacks. He agreed to stay overnight at the Lake of Life, where Xiao Wu’s portraits of Tang San left her fearing Xiao Yu’s reaction.

• Xiao Yu told Dugu Bo and the others that he had reached level sixty-four and described his Sixth Spirit Ability, Bright Trample.
• The Titan Giant Ape thanked Xiao Yu for helping Da Ming and offered to hunt a suitable poison-attribute soul beast with him the next day.
• Xiao Yu agreed to stay overnight, then followed Xiao Wu to her wooden house with Dugu Yan.
• Xiao Yu and Xiao Wu found the bedroom walls covered with portraits of Tang San that Xiao Wu had drawn.
• Xiao Wu offered to remove the portraits, but Xiao Yu told her to leave them hanging as a reminder for the night.

Xiao Yu, Dugu Yan, and Xiao Wu prepared to help Dugu Yan hunt for a soul ring, but a dragon’s roar announced that Da Ming was breaking through the two-hundred-thousand-year threshold. As storm clouds and white lightning gathered over the central lake, they watched the breakthrough begin.

• Xiao Yu and Dugu Yan spent the night with Xiao Wu in her cabin, and Xiao Yu healed her the next morning with his First Spirit Skill.
• Dugu Bo went fishing by the central lake while Xiao Yu and the others got dressed to leave the cabin.
• A dragon’s roar made Xiao Wu collapse and Dugu Yan lean against Xiao Yu as they went outside to investigate.
• Xiao Yu identified the roar as a sign that Da Ming was breaking through the two-hundred-thousand-year threshold after absorbing the Immortal Herb.
• Dugu Bo expressed amazement at witnessing the breakthrough, then black storm clouds and white lightning gathered over the lake.

Da Ming endured a heavenly lightning tribulation as he attempted to break through to two hundred thousand years of cultivation, leaving him near death. Bi Ji and Scarlet King arrived, and Scarlet King challenged Dugu Bo, forcing Xiao Yu to flee with Dugu Yan and Xiao Wu.

• Dugu Bo moved Xiao Yu, Dugu Yan, and Xiao Wu away from the lake while Er Ming rushed toward Da Ming.
• Da Ming endured half an hour of lightning strikes, which left him charred and barely breathing.
• Xiao Yu explained that Da Ming had to complete his breakthrough unaided, or he would die unless a god intervened.
• Bi Ji and Scarlet King appeared by the lake, and Scarlet King dismissed Er Ming before threatening Dugu Bo and the others.
• Dugu Bo transformed into his Jade Python Dragon form to face Scarlet King, who revealed his Three-Headed Scarlet Mastiff form and overwhelming power.
• Xiao Yu carried Dugu Yan and Xiao Wu toward the forest’s outskirts, telling Dugu Yan that leaving would give Dugu Bo a chance to escape.

Bi Ji and the Scarlet King stopped Xiao Yu and discovered that Sleeping Dragon carried the bloodline of the Bright Holy Dragon King. Bi Ji brought Xiao Yu to meet the Star Dou Great Forest’s king, who questioned him about the many dragon bloodline auras he carried.

• Bi Ji pulled Xiao Yu back and asked about the Bright Holy Dragon King’s bloodline, then examined his Martial Soul, Sleeping Dragon.
• The Scarlet King reacted with shock to Sleeping Dragon’s bloodline while Bi Ji ordered Xiao Yu to wait as they helped Da Ming.
• Da Ming emerged from his charred shell after advancing to two-hundred-thousand-year cultivation and thanked Bi Ji for saving him.
• Bi Ji took Xiao Yu away, leaving Dugu Bo’s group guarded by the Scarlet King, and brought him to meet her king.
• Di Tian challenged Bi Ji about bringing a human to the gate, but their lord ordered them to enter.
• The white dragon asked Xiao Yu how he had acquired the auras of the Bright Holy Dragon King, the Ice Fire Dragon King, the Golden Dragon, and the Earth Dragon.

The Silver Dragon King ordered Xiao Yu to use his Bright Holy Dragon King bloodline to incubate the Imperial Beast's Egg, threatening him with a Silver Dragon Scale embedded in his mind. Xiao Yu left with Bi Ji and Scarlet King to protect the egg, while the Silver Dragon King worried that the Holy King's emergence had brought a great war closer.

• The Silver Dragon King and Bi Ji discovered that Xiao Yu possessed multiple dragon bloodlines and a physique comparable to a Dragon General's.
• The Silver Dragon King demanded Xiao Yu's help incubating the Imperial Beast's Egg, and Xiao Yu agreed after learning he could not refuse.
• The Silver Dragon King planted a Silver Dragon Scale in Xiao Yu's mind and threatened to destroy him if he harmed the egg.
• The Silver Dragon King assigned Scarlet King to protect Xiao Yu and the egg, then sent them to visit the human world with Bi Ji escorting them out.
• The Silver Dragon King watched Xiao Yu leave with the egg and lamented that the Holy King's emergence had brought a great war near.

Xiao Yu took the Auspicious Beast’s egg from the Star Dou Great Forest after making a deal with its master, then helped Dugu Yan obtain a Spirit Ring. On their way out, they found Xiao San cultivating by draining Spirit Beasts, and Flender confronted them, believing Xiao Yu had come to target Shrek again.

• Di Tian and the other ferocious beasts let Xiao Yu take the Auspicious Beast’s egg after learning it was their master’s decision, and Bi Ji escorted him out to meet Dugu Bo and the others.
• With Er Ming’s guidance, the group hunted a twelve-thousand-year Purple Vine Python, and Dugu Yan gained the Azure Serpent Python spirit skill.
• Xiao Yu gave Scarlet King an Immortal Herb to conceal his Spirit Beast aura, and the group traveled toward the forest’s outskirts while Scarlet King guarded the egg.
• Scarlet King sensed movement and directed the group to Xiao San, who was absorbing a fourth thousand-year Spirit Ring among Spirit Beasts drained of their life force.
• Scarlet King prepared to attack Xiao San, but Flender blocked him and accused Xiao Yu of repeatedly taking Shrek’s students, Spirit Rings, and loved ones.

Flender confronted Xiao Yu and Scarlet King while Tang San absorbed a soul ring, believing Xiao Yu and Dugu Bo would not interfere. Scarlet King unleashed his aura after Flender underestimated him, sending Flender flying and vomiting blood.

• Onlookers recognized Flender and mocked Shrek Academy after hearing his complaints about its female students leaving.
• Xiao Yu told Flender that Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing had followed him willingly and that Scarlet King had acted on his own.
• Flender learned Xiao Yu and Dugu Bo would not interfere and assumed Scarlet King was a weak servant seeking revenge on Tang San.
• Flender warned Scarlet King not to disturb Tang San while he absorbed his soul ring and threatened to defend his student.
• Scarlet King released a fierce aura that darkened the sky and overwhelmed Flender, making him vomit blood and fly backward.

Scarlet King attacked Tang San while he absorbed a spirit ring, but Tang Hao intervened with his Clear Sky Hammer, giving Flender time to carry the injured Tang San to safety. Xiao Yu urged Scarlet King to report Tang San as an Evil Spirit Master, while the wounded Tang Hao regretted not killing Xiao Yu earlier.

• Scarlet King attacked Tang San during his spirit-ring absorption, and Flender rushed to save him.
• Tang Hao struck Scarlet King with his Clear Sky Hammer, and Flender escaped with Tang San while Scarlet King stayed behind to guard the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's Egg.
• Xiao Yu taunted Scarlet King and suggested reporting Tang San to Spirit Hall as an Evil Spirit Master.
• Flender carried Tang San away and tried to stabilize his chaotic Soul Power.
• Tang Hao, suffering from severe injuries and lingering back pain, regretted not killing Xiao Yu when he had the chance.

Tang San suffered a temporary loss of strength after his meridians were damaged, then continued absorbing spirit-beast life force to recover. When Spirit Hall discovered his method and sent a squad to arrest him, Tang Hao slaughtered the pursuers and witnesses, then attacked the nearby Spirit Hall branch.

• Tang San awoke at level thirty-nine and learned from Flender that Xiao Yu’s interference had disrupted his spirit-ring absorption.
• Tang San said he could regain his lost strength by absorbing life force and asked Flender to capture more spirit beasts.
• Xiao Yu and his companions spread news of the life-force cultivation method, prompting Spirit Hall to investigate and dispatch a squad into the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Spirit Hall’s squad found Tang San absorbing a spirit beast’s life force and tried to arrest him and Flender as Evil Spirit Masters.
• Tang Hao killed the squad and most nearby witnesses, while Tang San drained the life force from the fallen Soul Douluo and Soul Saints.
• Flender took Tang San away, and Tang Hao went to the Spirit Hall branch and killed everyone inside.

After the Star Dou Great Forest tragedy drew suspicion toward Shrek Academy, Xiao Yu returned to Blue Tyrant Academy and helped the Imperial Beast's Egg respond to his Innate Domain. Shrek struggled under public blame until the Soul Master Tournament finally began, leaving Flender depending on Tang San and his teammates to save the academy's reputation.

• Spirit Hall sent Qian Jun, Jiang Mo, Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo, and Ghost Douluo to investigate the Evil Spirit Masters and the destroyed branch, and they focused on Shrek Academy.
• Xiao Yu returned to Blue Tyrant Academy and used his Innate Domain to bathe the Imperial Beast's Egg in its light, prompting it to emit a dense life aura.
• Bibi Dong cleared Shrek Academy's name after Yu Xiaogang surrendered the Pope's Edict, but the families of the slain Soul Masters and the public continued to condemn Shrek.
• Tang San reached level forty, Dai Mubai reached level forty-five, and Ma Hongjun and Oscar each broke through to level thirty-five.
• Flender pinned his hopes on Shrek's students performing well in the Soul Master Tournament, which officially began at Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena.

Shrek Academy entered the Heaven Dou City tournament amid public contempt over rumors that it sheltered Evil Spirit Masters. Flender and Yu Xiaogang urged the team to prove its strength through victory, while their confrontations with Canghui Academy and the crowd left Shrek even more despised.

• The spectators reacted with disgust as Flender and Yu Xiaogang led Shrek Academy into the Great Soul Arena.
• At the neighboring waiting area, Canghui Academy accused Shrek of harboring Evil Spirit Masters, and Dai Mubai countered by invoking Spirit Hall’s ruling and their past victory.
• Ye Zhi Qiu warned Shrek that the tournament would expose any flaws, while Dai Mubai threatened to defeat Canghui Academy and Tang San called its students trash.
• Flender complained that the public still doubted Shrek despite Spirit Hall’s clearance, and Yu Xiaogang insisted that victory would make the critics bow to them.
• Flender encouraged the students to show Shrek’s strength, while the watching crowd hoped another team would crush the academy’s arrogance.