Chapter Summaries

Lu Feng taught Dugu Yan his Phantom Step while Dugu Bo emerged from seclusion with a crystal Poison Soul Core. Dugu Bo revealed that the core had stabilized his poison and raised him to Rank 93, though Lu Feng judged it unlike a true Soul Core that absorbed outside Soul Power.

• Lu Feng explained ways to improve Dugu Yan’s physical fitness and offered to teach her Phantom Step.
• Dugu Bo emerged from seclusion and showed Lu Feng and Dugu Yan his green crystal core.
• Dugu Bo took Lu Feng aside and questioned him about Dugu Yan, and Lu Feng said he had embraced two gold bricks.
• Dugu Bo explained that he had fused his poison and Soul Power into the crystal core, containing his poison and converting it into Soul Power.
• Lu Feng said the core was still far from the Soul Core described in his book, and Dugu Bo revealed that he had reached Rank 93.
• Dugu Bo said he had not learned to absorb external Soul Power, but was considering consuming highly poisonous substances to cultivate further.

Lu Feng left Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan to hunt the Sacred White Tiger in the Star Dou Great Forest, where he collected its Holy Attribute and prepared to take its soul ring. The White Tiger submitted to the aura of Lu Feng’s newly synthesized Holy Attribute, leaving him surprised by its power.

• Dugu Bo offered to help Lu Feng obtain a third soul ring, but Lu Feng declined and told Dugu Yan that Tang Si was his alias and his real name was Tang Wu.
• Lu Feng arrived at Soul Hunting Town, summoned Cannon Five, and entered the forest to track the Sacred White Tiger.
• Lu Feng collected a Thousand-Year Fire Lingzhi from a cliff, then continued deeper into the forest with Cannon Five.
• Lu Feng and Cannon Five defeated the fifteen-hundred-year-old Sacred White Tiger after fighting it for a month.
• Lu Feng collected enough Holy Attribute fragments to synthesize the attribute, and the White Tiger submitted to the sacred aura as Lu Feng prepared to kill it and absorb its soul ring.

Lu Feng saved the Sacred White Tiger from Dai Mubai, then clashed with Zhao Wuji after the two confronted him in the forest. Zhao Wuji’s Martial Soul Avatar faced Lu Feng’s Golden Sacred Dragon, leaving their fight poised to begin.

• Lu Feng used a piece of lingzhi and two beams of energy to heal the Sacred White Tiger, which fled into the forest.
• Zhao Wuji and Dai Mubai confronted Lu Feng, who introduced himself as Tang Er of Blue Tyrant Academy and claimed his teacher was nearby.
• Lu Feng retreated and triggered Cannon Five’s ambush, but Zhao Wuji shielded Dai Mubai from the attack and Dai Mubai was badly injured.
• Lu Feng summoned the Golden Sacred Dragon, which ignored Zhao Wuji’s gravity control and struck him into a boulder.
• Zhao Wuji activated his Great Strength Vajra Bear Martial Soul Avatar and stood facing the Golden Sacred Dragon.

Lu Feng and Cannon Five escaped Zhao Wuji and reached a foggy valley containing the ruins of the Dragon King's Treasure. Lu Feng uncovered carvings suggesting an ancient war against enemies from beyond the heavens, then woke at night to a powerful white light outside his tent.

• Zhao Wuji protected Dai Mubai from the Golden Sacred Dragon, which eventually flew away, and carried him off to seek a safer place to hunt for his third soul ring.
• Lu Feng and Cannon Five pursued a White Tiger over a cliff and entered a strange valley where oversized soul beasts roamed.
• Lu Feng found an ancient altar marked on Flender's treasure map and identified it as the Dragon King's Treasure.
• Lu Feng examined the altar's carvings and suspected that humans and soul beasts had once united to fight invaders from beyond the heavens.
• Lu Feng spent the night in the valley, then sensed a powerful white light outside his tent.

Lu Feng experienced a vision of ancient Douluo Planet, acquired the complete Martial Soul Imprint Technique, and learned how it allowed Martial Souls to recover their heroic bloodlines. After testing the technique with his Black Tortoise Turtle Martial Soul, he began wondering how else its possession form might change.

• A mysterious force transported Lu Feng and Cannon Five into a secluded valley, where Lu Feng met Az and watched him awaken a black cat Martial Soul.
• Az explained that ancient gods had created the Martial Soul Imprint Technique to summon fallen heroes as Martial Souls and help humanity resist Netherworld invaders; Lu Feng promised they would win.
• Lu Feng awoke in the real valley with a golden mark on his palm, obtained and synthesized ten fragments of the Martial Soul Imprint Technique, and briefly saw a horned man in a golden realm.
• At Life Lake, the Silver Dragon told Di Tian that the Dragon God and other God Kings had created the technique from fallen heroes, and explained how humanity's Beast and Tool Martial Souls originated.
• Lu Feng cultivated the technique and learned that his Black Tortoise Turtle Martial Soul could develop its past bloodline; its possession form changed into fitted armor, prompting him to consider further changes.

Lu Feng absorbed the Sacred White Tiger’s Soul Ring, reached level thirty-five, and awakened his powerful third Soul Skill, Justice Iron Fist. After testing his new strength, he considered pursuing Tang San and reflected on the attributes he needed for his next Soul Ring.

• Lu Feng used Cannon Five’s possession to defeat the Sacred White Tiger, which had grown to three thousand years, and absorbed its Soul Ring.
• Lu Feng completed the absorption in just over ten minutes and discovered that his Soul Power had risen to level thirty-five.
• Lu Feng tested Justice Iron Fist, which doubled his attributes for an hour, cleared abnormal conditions, and strengthened his suppression of darkness and evil.
• Lu Feng decided that he wanted to find Tang San and renew their brotherly kinship, but he calmed himself and meditated in a secluded cave.
• Lu Feng found that metal could not connect to his wood and fire attributes, and concluded that his fourth Soul Ring needed an earth or water attribute.

Lu Feng returned from a secret realm to find that a year had passed, rescued Doudou, and went back to hosting at the Soul Fighting Arena in Suotuo City. He entered the ring as a Soul Elder contestant and faced Dai Mubai, who recognized him as a familiar host.

• Lu Feng realized time had passed differently in the secret realm and expected the Shrek Seven Devils to gather in Suotuo City within half a year.
• Lu Feng rescued Doudou from two Soul Grand Masters, killing both men.
• Lu Feng helped Doudou hunt a Lightning Falcon Soul Ring, and she gained an offensive ability.
• Doudou introduced Lu Feng to her uncle, who repaid his claimed two years of withheld wages and promoted him to silver-ranked host.
• Lu Feng announced his own match against Evil Eye White Tiger, and Dai Mubai entered the arena, recognizing Lu Feng as a familiar host named Tang Si.

Lu Feng defeated Dai Mubai with a single punch, then revealed that he had absorbed the soul ring of Dai Mubai’s Sacred White Tiger. Half a year later, Dai Mubai accused the Soul Fighting Arena of match-fixing after losing to Lu Feng repeatedly.

• Dai Mubai recognized Lu Feng as the man who had humiliated him at a tavern and challenged him to a match.
• Dai Mubai unleashed his three White Tiger soul skills, but Lu Feng shattered his attack with one punch.
• Dai Mubai surrendered and questioned Lu Feng about his third soul ring, learning that Lu Feng had absorbed the ring of a badly injured White Tiger.
• Dai Mubai left the stage in tears, and Ma Hongjun comforted him and offered to drink with him.
• After half a year of repeated defeats, Dai Mubai stopped a match to accuse Doudou and the Soul Fighting Arena of arranging his bouts against Lu Feng for betting profits.

Lu Feng trained with Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Martial Soul and reached level thirty-eight before finding a disguised girl spying on him. He mistook her silence and disheveled appearance for hardship, then left her with food and money, and she revealed herself as Dai Mubai’s furious enemy.

• Spectators debated whether Dai Mubai’s repeated matches against Lu Feng had been rigged, while Flender promoted his antique shop and Doudou declared Dai Mubai defeated for interfering.
• Dai Mubai left the arena and decided to avoid soul fights for half a year while pursuing a pair of twin sisters.
• After half a year of training, Lu Feng used Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Martial Soul and White Tiger War God Scroll to reach level thirty-eight.
• Lu Feng blasted apart a boulder with his White Tiger Blazing Light Wave and discovered a disheveled girl hiding behind it.
• Lu Feng mistook the girl’s silence for muteness, gave her food, water, and Gold Soul Coins, and left the forest.
• The girl crushed the water jug, tore off her chest binding, and angrily cursed Dai Mubai.

A girl who recognized Lu Feng as Dai Mubai confronted him, convinced he had abandoned her, while Lu Feng denied knowing her and wondered whether he had become a scapegoat. Their argument ended when the real Dai Mubai appeared across the street with two identical girls.

• The girl trained her claws on a boulder, compared her control unfavorably with Dai Mubai’s, and resolved to make him regret abandoning her.
• Lu Feng joked with Doudou at the Soul Fighting Arena, commentated on ten matches, and left after his shift rather than working overtime.
• The girl approached Lu Feng and ordered him to meet her alone, prompting Doudou to assume he had abandoned her and leave in anger.
• At a restaurant, Lu Feng demanded an explanation, but the girl called him Dai Mubai and accused him of playing dumb.
• Dai Mubai called back from across the street while shopping with two identical girls.

Zhu Zhuqing confronted Dai Mubai after finding him with twin women, and he dismissed her as a burden while insisting he could survive the Star Luo succession rules through his own cultivation. Lu Feng reconsidered Dai Mubai as a dangerous future enemy, then urged Zhu Zhuqing to retaliate by betraying him; Zhu Zhuqing bristled, insisting she had come to Balak Kingdom for her own plan, not to help Dai Mubai seize the throne.

• Lu Feng recognized Zhu Zhuqing, treated her bleeding palm, and realized she had mistaken him for Dai Mubai because of their martial souls.
• Dai Mubai entered the restaurant with twin women, saw Zhu Zhuqing with Lu Feng, and accused her of being involved with him.
• Dai Mubai defended his affairs, boasted about his cultivation, and told Zhu Zhuqing that without him she was nothing before going upstairs.
• Lu Feng judged Dai Mubai to be a scheming threat and concluded that he must not be allowed to survive.
• Zhu Zhuqing struck the table in anger, then told Lu Feng that Dai Mubai was her fiancé and that he had abandoned her.
• Lu Feng suggested Zhu Zhuqing cuckold Dai Mubai in revenge, but she warned him with a cold glare and explained that she had not come to Balak Kingdom to join Dai Mubai's bid for the throne.

Lu Feng used Zhu Zhuqing’s guilt over disrupting his work to win her favor and a generous payment, while Tang San and Xiao Wu arrived in Suotuo City. At the Great Soul Arena, Lu Feng analyzed Zhu Zhuqing’s difficult match and left the audience waiting for his third suggestion.

• Zhu Zhuqing explained why she wanted to escape the Star Luo Empire, and Lu Feng reminded her that her actions had cost him his friend and job security.
• Zhu Zhuqing apologized and offered compensation, so Lu Feng accepted three black-gold cards and introduced himself as Tang Si.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu entered Suotuo City to take the Shrek Academy entrance exam, and Tang San recalled his old companion Lu Feng.
• Zhu Zhuqing struggled against Jie La’s thorn-based attacks in the Great Soul Arena as the hosts and audience predicted her defeat.
• Lu Feng said Zhu Zhuqing had three ways to break the stalemate, explained two of them, and paused before revealing the third.

After Zhu Zhuqing lost her match, Lu Feng agreed to teach her and used a staged confrontation with the crowd to encourage her to live for herself. They reached the Rose Hotel, where Lu Feng recognized a blue-clothed youth as his brotherly kin.

• Zhu Zhuqing asked Lu Feng for guidance after her defeat, and he agreed to teach her away from the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Doudou watched them leave and cried as her uncle promised to transfer Lu Feng to Heaven Dou City once his Gold Medal Host application was approved.
• Lu Feng urged Zhu Zhuqing to ignore other people's judgments, then led her through a crowd that chased them out of the street.
• Lu Feng told Zhu Zhuqing to cultivate for herself and warned her that binding her chest could affect her growth and breathing.
• Lu Feng and Zhu Zhuqing reached the Rose Hotel, where Lu Feng spotted a blue-clothed youth fighting a white-clothed figure and recognized him as his brotherly kin.

Tang San and Dai Mubai fought in a hotel before Dai Mubai withdrew and left with the twin sisters. Lu Feng reunited with Tang San and Xiao Wu, then surprised them by claiming his Soul Power was around rank thirty-two.

• Tang San and Dai Mubai battled until Dai Mubai withdrew, revealed he knew they were seeking enrollment at Shrek Academy, and left with the twin sisters.
• Dai Mubai saw Zhu Zhuqing with Lu Feng, cursed her, and departed; Zhu Zhuqing told Lu Feng that Dai Mubai no longer mattered to her.
• Xiao Wu recognized Lu Feng and attacked him, but he caught her kick and threw her aside before she landed safely.
• Lu Feng reunited with Tang San and Xiao Wu, and Tang San declined to join them for a meal so he could recover and reflect on his battle.
• Tang San said he was nearing rank thirty and offered to help Lu Feng enroll at Shrek Academy, then asked Lu Feng about his Soul Power.
• Lu Feng claimed he had only barely reached rank thirty-two through medicinal resources, shocking Tang San and Xiao Wu while Zhu Zhuqing wondered whether he was their age.

After Tang San learned that Lu Feng’s exceptional Soul Power came from a Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma, he struggled with envy and doubts about his own Spirit. Lu Feng, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing spent the evening together, and Xiao Wu said she planned to attend the academy Tang San was applying to.

• Tang San questioned Lu Feng about the herbs he had eaten, then recognized the remaining lingzhi as a Thousand-Year Fire Lingzhi and inferred that Lu Feng had consumed a Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma.
• Tang San grew frustrated that the herb had improved Lu Feng’s aptitude, left the group, and went alone to his room.
• Tang San brooded over his Blue Silver Grass, then reassured himself by imagining the power of his Clear Sky Hammer and demonstrating a hidden weapon with a rose petal.
• Xiao Wu, Lu Feng, and Zhu Zhuqing ate together, joked, and playfully ganged up on Xiao Wu in the street.
• Lu Feng asked Xiao Wu about her plans, and Xiao Wu said she would go to the academy Tang San was applying to.

Lu Feng began Zhu Zhuqing’s special training after examining her soul skills and demonstrating his Phantom Step. Zhu Zhuqing tried to retreat while using her first soul skill, but tripped and fell.

• Lu Feng asked Xiao Wu about her family and learned that no one remained in her family; Xiao Wu bought sesame cakes for Tang San before leaving.
• Zhu Zhuqing questioned Lu Feng about his age and White Tiger Martial Soul, then agreed to his offer of special training.
• At Zhu Zhuqing’s courtyard, she showed Lu Feng her first and second soul skills, and he identified their dual-attribute enhancements.
• Lu Feng demonstrated Phantom Step and told Zhu Zhuqing to retreat instead of charging when using her first soul skill.
• Zhu Zhuqing attempted the retreating footwork with her first soul skill active, tangled her feet, and fell.

Lu Feng taught Zhu Zhuqing a movement-based technique to strengthen her attacks and urged her to seek allies at Shrek Academy. After sending her there as a supposed intelligence gatherer, he considered whether to steal Tang San’s future opportunities, but decided against risking his life.

• Lu Feng demonstrated a hammer technique and devised a combined soul skill that used Zhu Zhuqing’s Nether Hundred Claws, Hell Stab, and movement to trap enemies in a Triangle Kill.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Lu Feng about her identity as the Zhu Family’s fourth young lady, her betrothal to Dai Mubai, and the Star Luo succession struggle.
• Lu Feng suggested Zhu Zhuqing could gain leverage by befriending talented students at Shrek Academy, and she suspected he had an ulterior motive.
• Lu Feng sent Zhu Zhuqing to Shrek Academy and instructed her to report back every two days, claiming he would help her analyze military intelligence.
• Lu Feng reviewed a notebook of Tang San’s future opportunities and considered taking the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone, but decided the risk was too great.

Zhu Zhuqing trained under Lu Feng’s guidance, while Oscar reached Rank 30 and the Shrek group prepared to seek his third soul ring in the Star Dou Great Forest. Lu Feng joined the expedition, and the group reached Soul Hunting Town as Ning Rongrong teased Zhu Zhuqing about her relationship with him and Dai Mubai.

• Zhu Zhuqing practiced Lu Feng’s Water Walking exercise, then bought breakfast for Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Rongrong startled Zhu Zhuqing after her bath, then asked what foods she liked; Zhu Zhuqing named fish, milk, and papaya.
• Oscar arrived at training and announced that he had reached Rank 30, astonishing the group and drawing Zhu Zhuqing’s attention.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Lu Feng that Oscar’s breakthrough meant they would go to the Star Dou Great Forest, and Lu Feng questioned Shrek Academy’s reputation and teaching.
• Lu Feng and Zhu Zhuqing joined Zhao Wuji’s group at the city gates and set out for the Star Dou Great Forest; Ning Rongrong teased Zhu Zhuqing about Lu Feng and Dai Mubai.
• The group traveled more than four hundred kilometers and reached Soul Hunting Town near the Star Dou Great Forest.

Lu Feng secretly helped the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent escape, preventing Oscar from gaining a soul ring and disrupting Tang San’s chance to advance. Xiao Wu left the camp for the forest, but a black-clad Title Douluo attacked her, and the shockwave sent Zhao Wuji and the students flying.

• Dai Mubai failed to stop the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Ma Hongjun teased him about a green glow over his head.
• Zhao Wuji’s group found a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent that Tang San identified as a suitable soul beast for Oscar, and Dai Mubai brought it down.
• Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran arrived, and Tang San dueled Meng Yiran while Lu Feng secretly sent Light Attribute energy into the serpent, helping it escape.
• Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran left, and Zhao Wuji berated Dai Mubai before the group made camp for the night.
• Xiao Wu volunteered to keep watch, then left the camp to return to the forest and her family.
• A black-clad Title Douluo confronted Xiao Wu and struck at her with a hammer, while Zhao Wuji warned everyone to leave their tents and a Soul Power shockwave sent the group flying.

The Titan Giant Ape attacked the Shrek group, and a black-robed Title Douluo intervened while the students escaped. When Xiao Wu failed to return, Lu Feng set out to search for her, leaving Tang San and the others at the Soul Hunting Market.

• The Titan Giant Ape’s shockwave injured Zhao Wuji and the Shrek students, but a black-robed Title Douluo shielded them and fought the beast.
• Dai Mubai led the students out of the forest, and they later waited at a hotel in the Soul Hunting Market for Zhao Wuji and Xiao Wu.
• Tang San tried to leave to search for Xiao Wu, but Dai Mubai blocked him and the group nearly fought until Oscar and Ma Hongjun intervened.
• Lu Feng volunteered to search the Star Dou Great Forest for Xiao Wu and told the others to wait ten days before deciding what to do.
• Tang San tearfully declared Lu Feng his brother, and Lu Feng asked Oscar for sausages before setting out.