Chapter Summaries

Ning Rongrong asked Lu Ning for whale rubber and agreed to keep its value secret, while the group camped in the Star Dou Great Forest. Zhu Zhuqing volunteered to keep watch, and she told Lu Ning she would try to suppress the remaining medicinal effects herself.

• Flender flew back to Shrek Academy, leaving Lu Ning, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing to walk out of the forest.
• Ning Rongrong put away her signal flare after Zhu Zhuqing urged her not to summon the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Rongrong asked Lu Ning for whale rubber, and he gave her a large piece while warning her to keep its value secret until they became Titled Douluo.
• Ning Rongrong proposed secretly stockpiling whale rubber to sell later at a high price, then asked Lu Ning how to soften it.
• Lu Ning chose to camp because his Soul Power and mental power had not recovered, and Zhu Zhuqing volunteered to keep watch.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Lu Ning she would try to suppress the remaining medicinal effects herself because he had been too rough.

Ning Rongrong prepared whale rubber while Zhu Zhuqing hesitated to warn her about its side effects. At Shrek Academy, Flender learned that Grandmaster’s training expenses had nearly emptied the academy’s funds and asked him to find a solution.

• Lu Ning and Zhu Zhuqing discussed Ning Rongrong’s likely reaction to the whale rubber’s side effects, but decided not to warn her directly.
• Ning Rongrong heated the whale rubber in her tent and asked Zhu Zhuqing to check whether it had softened enough to take.
• Zhu Zhuqing said Ning Rongrong’s whale rubber seemed softer than the piece she had taken, and Ning Rongrong sent her outside before taking it.
• Flender returned to Shrek Academy and learned from Zhao Wuji that Grandmaster’s training costs had left only two Gold Soul Coins in the accounts.
• Flender told Grandmaster the academy had run out of money and asked him to help find a solution.

Yu Xiaogang took the academy’s last two Gold Soul Coins and planned to send Tang San and Xiao Wu to win money at Suotuo City’s Soul Fighting Arena. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Lu Ning gave Zhu Zhuqing a rare Soul Bone, and she agreed to spend the night with him while wondering about Ning Rongrong.

• Yu Xiaogang persuaded Flender to hand over the academy’s remaining Gold Soul Coins and proposed betting on Tang San and Xiao Wu at the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to feign weakness before the match, and Tang San offered his own savings to support the academy.
• Lu Ning presented Zhu Zhuqing with a Fifty-Thousand-Year Thunder Shadow Leopard Left Leg Bone, and she accepted it.
• Lu Ning teased Zhu Zhuqing about spending the night together, and she agreed before asking whether Ning Rongrong would be left alone.

Ning Rongrong struggled with the whale rubber’s side effects while Lu Ning and Zhu Zhuqing entered a tent so Zhu Zhuqing could absorb a soul bone. Lu Ning received a one-hundred-thousand-year sword bone from the system, then heard suspicious sounds and realized Ning Rongrong might be responsible.

• Ning Rongrong tried to suppress the whale rubber’s effects and watched Lu Ning carry Zhu Zhuqing into their tent.
• Lu Ning told Zhu Zhuqing to absorb the Thunder Shadow Leopard left leg bone before they returned to the academy.
• Zhu Zhuqing began absorbing the soul bone, which appeared to suit her well.
• The system awarded Lu Ning a one-hundred-thousand-year left leg sword bone with two soul skills.
• Lu Ning heard hurried panting and a triumphant hum, and suspected Ning Rongrong was making the sounds.

Ning Rongrong suffered overwhelming side effects after eating a large piece of Thousand-Year Whale Rubber and sought Lu Ning’s help. While they went into her tent, Zhu Zhuqing finished absorbing her soul bone, broke through to Level 30, and discovered Lu Ning was gone.

• Ning Rongrong’s attempts to ease the whale rubber’s effects failed, and she went looking for Lu Ning.
• Lu Ning found Ning Rongrong struggling to stand, and she explained that the Thousand-Year Whale Rubber had affected her intensely.
• Ning Rongrong pleaded for Lu Ning’s help, and he agreed after realizing how much whale rubber she had consumed.
• Ning Rongrong led Lu Ning into her tent and asked him to begin helping her with the medicinal effects.
• Zhu Zhuqing awakened after absorbing the Thunder Shadow Leopard Left Leg Bone, broke through to Level 30, and gained a Crescent-Shaped Qi soul skill.
• Zhu Zhuqing looked around for Lu Ning but could not find him.

After Ning Rongrong and Lu Ning spent the night together, Lu Ning helped Zhu Zhuqing hunt a soul beast after she reached Level 30, and she obtained a powerful third soul skill. The group prepared to return to Shrek Academy, where Yu Xiaogang boasted to Flender that his disciple could provide all the funds they needed.

• Ning Rongrong sent Lu Ning away after their encounter, then worried that he might leave her behind when she found the camp empty at dawn.
• Lu Ning and Zhu Zhuqing returned from the forest, and Lu Ning explained that Zhu Zhuqing had broken through to Level 30 and gained a strong new soul skill.
• Zhu Zhuqing credited her breakthrough to Lu Ning's wine gourd and her own hard work, while keeping her soul bone secret.
• Ning Rongrong took Lu Ning's wine gourd and vowed to work harder before the group headed back to the academy.
• Yu Xiaogang tossed Flender a pouch of gold soul coins and arrogantly claimed his disciple would not be inferior to anyone and could cover their funds.

Yu Xiaogang boasted that he would earn money for Shrek Academy, but the teachers exposed how little remained after he took funds for betting. When Lu Ning returned, Flender admitted the academy had no money left and might struggle to feed everyone the next day.

• Yu Xiaogang gave Flender several hundred Gold Soul Coins and claimed he would multiply the money and train more Shrek students.
• Zhao Wuji criticized Yu Xiaogang for spending academy funds mainly on Tang San and Xiao Wu, while Flender urged him to focus on earning money.
• Shao Xin explained that the academy had run out of food and medicinal ingredients, and Yu Xiaogang asked to take Gold Soul Coins from the pouch for betting.
• Lu Ning returned with two others and joked with the teachers before asking Flender whether he had pocketed the academy's money.
• Flender told Lu Ning that the academy was truly out of money and might not have enough to feed everyone the next day.

Lu Ning gave Flender a million gold soul coins for his retirement, prompting the teachers to make Yu Xiaogang answer for the academy’s financial crisis. After absorbing a sword soul bone and reaching rank forty-six, Lu Ning agreed to take Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to the Soul Fighting Arena to gain combat experience and challenge Tang San.

• Lu Ning gave Flender a million-gold-soul-coin card for his retirement and told him not to spend it on the academy.
• Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Shao Xin refused to cover the academy’s losses, and Yu Xiaogang agreed to earn the money back with Tang San.
• Lu Ning spent the night absorbing the sword bone, which transformed his physique and raised his soul power to rank forty-six.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing asked Lu Ning to take them to the Soul Fighting Arena for practical combat experience.
• Zhu Zhuqing resolved to restore Lu Ning’s dignity by defeating Tang San, and Lu Ning agreed to go with them.

Ning Rongrong shopped for clothes with Lu Ning while Zhu Zhuqing arranged a one-on-one match against Tang San at the Soto Great Soul Arena. The chapter ended with Zhu Zhuqing preparing to challenge Tang San, willing to spend thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins just to face him.

• Ning Rongrong abandoned her plan to cultivate and dragged Zhu Zhuqing and Lu Ning around Suotuo City’s clothing shops.
• Zhu Zhuqing left to check on the whale rubber, and Ning Rongrong tried on and bought a very short teal skirt despite Lu Ning’s warnings.
• Zhu Zhuqing met Lu Ning and Ning Rongrong outside the Soto Great Soul Arena with two newly delivered pieces of whale rubber.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she had paid thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins to arrange a one-on-one match against Tang San that night.
• Ning Rongrong questioned why Zhu Zhuqing would spend so much money just to defeat Tang San.

Zhu Zhuqing faced Tang San in a one-on-one match at the Soto Great Soul Arena, surprising him and the spectators by revealing that she had reached the Soul Elder Realm. The chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang stunned that her third Soul Ring was as intense as Tang San’s unusually powerful Man Faced Demon Spider ring.

• Lu Ning and Ning Rongrong went to watch Zhu Zhuqing’s match, while Yu Xiaogang and Xiao Wu discussed Tang San’s winning streak and their bet on him.
• The announcer paired Tang San, known as Thousand-Hand Asura, against Zhu Zhuqing, prompting Yu Xiaogang to suspect that she had advanced to the Soul Elder Realm.
• Yu Xiaogang speculated that Zhu Zhuqing might have become a Fallen Soul Master, while Xiao Wu struggled to understand his concern.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Tang San to use his full strength, and both fighters released their Martial Souls and three Soul Rings.
• Yu Xiaogang was shocked when Zhu Zhuqing’s third Soul Ring appeared nearly identical in intensity to Tang San’s Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Ring.

Zhu Zhuqing defeated Tang San with her enhanced strength and Netherworld Slash, but Yu Xiaogang forced Tang San to concede before he could use the Eight Spider Lances. Afterward, Yu Xiaogang accused Lu Ning of leading his students down the wrong path and threatened to confront him at the academy.

• Tang San attacked Zhu Zhuqing with Blue Silver Entanglement and Spider Web Restraint, but she evaded his moves and cut through the web with Netherworld Slash.
• Zhu Zhuqing struck Tang San and nearly knocked him off the platform, leaving him considering the use of his Eight Spider Lances.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered Tang San to concede, and Tang San reluctantly surrendered the match to Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Lu Ning that Tang San had not used his trump card and that Yu Xiaogang had stopped him.
• Yu Xiaogang accused Lu Ning of leading his students down the wrong path, and Lu Ning replied that defeating Tang San had been easy.
• Yu Xiaogang told Lu Ning they would discuss the matter at the academy and warned that Flender would not be able to protect him.

Yu Xiaogang brought the Shrek group back to the academy and accused Zhu Zhuqing of using fallen methods after she defeated Tang San and reached Soul Elder rank. Lu Ning defended her and challenged Yu Xiaogang over his own low Soul Power, while a presence in the darkness drew his attention.

• Yu Xiaogang woke the Shrek teachers and revealed that Zhu Zhuqing had broken Tang San's Soul Fighting winning streak.
• Flender and the others questioned how Zhu Zhuqing could have defeated Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang disclosed that she had reached level thirty in just twenty days.
• Yu Xiaogang accused Zhu Zhuqing of gaining her strength through fallen methods and threatened to take her to Spirit City.
• Zhu Zhuqing denied using fallen methods and refused to explain herself to Yu Xiaogang, whom she did not consider her teacher.
• Lu Ning stepped forward to defend Zhu Zhuqing, told Yu Xiaogang to raise his Soul Power before criticizing others, and noticed a presence in the darkness.

Lu Ning deflected Yu Xiaogang’s accusations by revealing that Zhu Zhuqing’s rapid Soul Power growth came from absorbing a Soul Bone, which left Yu Xiaogang enraged and unconscious. After Flender warned that the bone could attract Clear Sky Douluo, Lu Ning explained why Zhu Zhuqing was not in immediate danger and revealed that someone from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had arrived.

• Yu Xiaogang tried to take Lu Ning’s supposed status as a Fallen Soul Master to Spirit Hall, but Flender stopped him and mocked his fart-based Martial Soul ability.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that a Soul Bone had raised her Soul Power by three levels, and Lu Ning claimed it was a hundred-year bone he had found after killing a Soul Beast.
• Yu Xiaogang realized his attempt to disgrace Lu Ning had backfired, grew furious, and fainted; Flender sent Tang San to carry him back to the dormitory.
• Flender privately warned Lu Ning that revealing Zhu Zhuqing’s Soul Bone could put her at risk from Clear Sky Douluo, but Lu Ning argued that the risks were limited.
• Lu Ning told Flender that someone from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had arrived, startling him.

Lu Ning and Flender realized Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi had come to Shrek Academy over Ning Rongrong. Flender tried to shield Lu Ning, and the chapter ended with Ning Fengzhi agreeing to have him hacked into eight pieces.

• Lu Ning sensed Chen Xin approaching and told Flender that two Titled Douluo were nearby.
• Flender feared Lu Ning would be killed and tried to give him a proper farewell, but Lu Ning offered him an eighty-thousand-year Soul Bone instead.
• Flender rejected the Soul Bone and vowed that he and Zhao Wuji would protect Lu Ning.
• Chen Xin appeared and confronted Flender about how he had cared for Ning Rongrong, while Ning Fengzhi arrived and demanded an explanation.
• Flender invited Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi into the academy, but Ning Fengzhi agreed to have Lu Ning hacked into eight pieces.

Ning Rongrong intervened to stop Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin from killing Lu Ning, and Chen Xin offered to spare him if he proved his strength. Lu Ning revealed a sword domain that astonished Chen Xin, then his anger strengthened him further as he prepared to face the Sword Douluo.

• Ning Rongrong ran between Lu Ning and Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin, insisting that Lu Ning had done nothing wrong.
• Chen Xin demanded that Lu Ning prove his strength, while Flender urged Ning Rongrong to let him fight for a chance to survive.
• Lu Ning activated his Sword Bone skill, revealing a domain that could suppress sword-type Soul Masters and startling Chen Xin.
• Ning Fengzhi recognized Lu Ning's potential, and Chen Xin invited him to use his strongest Soul Skill.
• Lu Ning's anger option activated and tripled all his attributes, causing Chen Xin to notice that his aura was still growing.

Lu Ning survived Sword Douluo Chen Xin’s challenge after unleashing a powerful sword strike, and Chen Xin decided to take him in. At Flender’s office, Ning Rongrong began explaining how Lu Ning’s advice about whale rubber led to her chastity mark disappearing.

• Ning Fengzhi joined Ning Rongrong while Chen Xin watched Lu Ning prepare to demonstrate his swordsmanship.
• Lu Ning used his fourth soul ring and struck Chen Xin with “One Sword Freezes Fourteen Provinces,” coating the village entrance and Chen Xin in frost.
• Chen Xin remained unharmed and announced that he would take Lu Ning, while Ning Fengzhi agreed to hear Flender’s explanation.
• Flender led Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and the exhausted Lu Ning to his office as Zhao Wuji sent the other teachers and students away to cultivate.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Ning Rongrong about her letter, and she said Lu Ning had told her whale rubber could improve physical constitution and raise the limit for absorbing soul rings.

Lu Ning showed his second martial soul and explained that Ning Rongrong’s intimate encounter with him had been a misunderstanding caused by the side effects of whale rubber. Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin took Rongrong back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, giving Lu Ning five years to come marry her, while Gu Rong angrily demanded to know why Chen Xin had spared him.

• Lu Ning revealed his Wine Gourd martial soul with two Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, and Ning Fengzhi asked whether whale rubber had produced them.
• Ning Rongrong explained that whale rubber’s side effects had nearly overwhelmed her and that Lu Ning had helped her, prompting Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi to apologize and offer the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support.
• Ning Fengzhi took Ning Rongrong back to the sect, and Chen Xin gave Lu Ning five years to come for her and threatened him with the sect’s pursuit if he did not.
• Flender warned Lu Ning about the five-year deadline, while Lu Ning said he would not marry under coercion and promised to cleave open the sect gates if he chose to marry Rongrong.
• Flender demanded Lu Ning’s Soul Bone as payment for his help, and Gu Rong angrily confronted Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin after they returned without killing Lu Ning.

After Chen Xin persuaded Ning Fengzhi to spare Lu Ning and watch his growth, Lu Ning continued training at Shrek Academy until Flender broke through after absorbing the Death Blood Tree Soul Bone. The system then began distributing a special Wealth Option reward, but its contents were not yet revealed.

• Chen Xin showed Ning Fengzhi the tiny wound Lu Ning had given him and argued that Lu Ning could become a reliable protector for Ning Rongrong; Ning Fengzhi agreed to watch Lu Ning for five years.
• At Shrek Academy, Lu Ning’s Soul Power reached a bottleneck near Soul King while Zhu Zhuqing trained with him and Yu Xiaogang trained Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• Ma Hongjun urged Lu Ning to bet on the winning Imperial Fighting Team or challenge them, but Lu Ning refused.
• Flender emerged from his office after breaking through by absorbing the eighty-thousand-year Death Blood Tree Soul Bone and praised Lu Ning for giving it to him.
• The Wealth Option system announced a special reward distribution and began revealing the reward.

Lu Ning learned that giving away valuable items had earned him a powerful Life Soul Bone, while Flender prepared to absorb a new Soul Ring. After hearing that Yu Xiaogang planned to leave for Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Lu Ning decided to challenge the Imperial Fighting Team at the Soto Great Soul Arena.

• Lu Ning discovered that the Life Soul Bone could revive him once and heal himself and others, and he realized his gift to Flender had brought him a major reward.
• Flender said he would delay absorbing a Soul Ring until he had settled Lu Ning’s affairs, and Zhao Wuji reported that Yu Xiaogang planned to leave with Tang San and Xiao Wu for Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Flender rejected Zhao Wuji’s suggestion to kill Yu Xiaogang and explained that Shrek Academy was not registered as an advanced academy and could not enter the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Lu Ning decided to challenge the Imperial Fighting Team at the Soto Great Soul Arena and proposed hiring two unaffiliated Soul Masters to meet the team-size requirement.

Flender arranged for Shrek Academy to compete in the Soto Great Soul Arena team match with Lu Ning under a masked identity, while Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and Xiao Wu left the academy. As the match approached, Yu Tianheng secured permission to add two fighters to the Imperial Fighting Team, and Lu Ning recognized Ye Lingling among the opposing team.

• Flender agreed to help Lu Ning pursue a fight against the Imperial Fighting Team in exchange for half the winnings, then gathered Shrek Academy for the team competition.
• Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and Xiao Wu left Shrek Academy after learning the team would compete that night.
• Flender persuaded the arena manager to let Lu Ning compete under a new identity and arranged for Shrek to add a Control System Soul Master and a support-type Soul Master.
• Yu Tianheng brought Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and Xiao Wu to the manager and won permission to add two members to the Imperial Fighting Team shortly before the match.
• Ma Hongjun ogled Dugu Yan, while Lu Ning recognized Ye Lingling and Zhu Zhuqing pinched his waist as he looked toward the doorway.