Chapter Summaries

Flender and Yu Xiaogang prepared Shrek and the Imperial Fighting Team for a match, with both sides planning to exploit their numerical advantages against Lu Ning. The teams took the stage, and the battle began.

• Flender warned Lu Ning that Tang San and Xiao Wu had joined the Imperial Fighting Team, and Lu Ning said Grandmaster would struggle to counter him because he had only shown his first Soul Skill.
• Yu Xiaogang advised Yu Tianheng's team to use their numbers, eliminate Shrek's other members, and leave Lu Ning for last.
• Dugu Yan chatted with Xiao Wu about Lu Ning, while Tang San urged them to focus on the coming match.
• Lu Ning led Shrek's five remaining members onto the stage, where two additional Soul Masters brought their team to the required seven.
• The referee ordered both teams to summon their Martial Souls and began the match.

Lu Ning used his unusual Soul Skills to shield Shrek from Dugu Yan’s poison and draw the Imperial Fighting Team toward Ye Lingling. He then left the barrier with Zhu Zhuqing, while Tang San took command and sent the team to stop them.

• Osler and Yu Feng opened the match, while Xiao Wu and Tang San held back as the newly joined members of the Imperial Fighting Team.
• Dugu Yan spread poison across the arena, but Lu Ning’s second Soul Skill blocked it and revealed his purple, purple, and black Soul Rings.
• Yu Tianheng rallied the Imperial Fighting Team, and their formation moved to attack Shrek, but Lu Ning’s barrier also stopped Yu Feng and the other attackers.
• Lu Ning used his first Soul Skill to draw the Imperial Fighting Team toward the barrier, then focused the suction on Ye Lingling as Ma Hongjun attacked the Blue Silver Grass linking her to Tang San.
• Lu Ning put away the Wine Gourd and left the barrier with Zhu Zhuqing; Tang San ordered the Imperial Fighting Team to stop them, while Lu Ning told Zhu Zhuqing to target Ye Lingling and said he would handle the others.

Lu Ning used his Sword Bone Soul Skill, Intangibility, to defeat Dugu Yan and the Shi Mo brothers almost instantly, helping Shrek take control of the match. Yu Xiaogang conceded, and as the teams dispersed, someone called for Lu Ning to wait.

• Lu Ning evaded Dugu Yan’s poison with Intangibility, then threw her off the platform and sent the Shi Mo brothers flying with a kick.
• Zhu Zhuqing broke through Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and charged toward Ye Lingling while the Imperial Fighting Team failed to break Lu Ning’s light barrier.
• Yu Xiaogang conceded after seeing the Imperial Fighting Team’s disadvantage, and the referee declared Shrek the winner.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar complained that Lu Ning had ended the match before they could show their abilities, but Lu Ning said they could ask the dean to share his betting winnings.
• Ma Hongjun urged everyone to collect the money, and an unidentified familiar voice called for Lu Ning to wait as he left.

Lu Ning defeated Dugu Yan and drew Yu Tianheng’s respect before Qin Ming invited the Shrek teachers to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Flender refused. Elsewhere, Tang San reunited with Tang Hao, who warned him to change his path, while Xiao Wu feared the Titled Douluo might expose her identity.

• Dugu Yan questioned Lu Ning about how he had resisted her poison, and he said he could neutralize it and revealed that her body was saturated with Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison.
• Yu Tianheng challenged Lu Ning, saw his four Soul Rings, accepted the gap between them, and left with Dugu Yan.
• Qin Ming met Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Lu Ning, asked them to help Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang enter Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and then invited the teachers to join the academy; Flender refused.
• Tang San recognized Tang Hao by the roadside, and Tang Hao told him to change the path he was taking.
• Xiao Wu sensed Tang Hao’s Titled Douluo pressure and feared he would discover that she was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Tang Hao sent Xiao Wu back to the Star Dou Great Forest and took Tang San away to train him himself, while Yu Xiaogang was rejected by Heaven Dou Royal Academy. After the Imperial Fighting Team returned from its defeat, Xue Qinghe learned that Shrek's young students had beaten them and asked about their Dean.

• Tang Hao told Xiao Wu to return to the Star Dou Great Forest, and she reluctantly left before he took Tang San in the opposite direction.
• Tang Hao said he would teach Tang San himself after Yu Xiaogang was turned away by Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Qin Ming told Yu Xiaogang that Tang San and Xiao Wu had already been taken away by their parent and passed on a message criticizing him.
• The Imperial Fighting Team returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy after losing nine against seven to Shrek's twelve- and thirteen-year-old students.
• Xue Qinghe asked Qin Ming about the Shrek students and their Dean after hearing that Qin Ming had failed to recruit them.

Xue Qinghe agreed to petition the emperor to recruit Shrek Academy’s teachers and students after Qin Ming warned that other powers were watching the academy. Poison Douluo Dugu Bo arrived and asked Dugu Yan who had upset her.

• Qin Ming told Xue Qinghe that Shrek Academy had three Soul Saint teachers and a twelve-year-old Soul Ancestor with exceptional talent.
• Xue Qinghe and the Three Faculty Members discussed recruiting Shrek Academy, and Qin Ming urged them to act quickly because several major powers were interested.
• Xue Qinghe agreed to join the Three Faculty Members in petitioning the emperor to welcome Shrek’s talent.
• Dugu Bo noticed Dugu Yan’s low spirits and asked whether the Three Faculty Members had offended her.
• Dugu Yan’s dejection turned to petulant anger as she began to answer Dugu Bo.

Dugu Bo left with Dugu Yan after learning about Lu Ning’s unusual ability to withstand her poison, while Xue Qinghe continued his efforts to recruit Shrek Academy. Back at the academy, Lu Ning visited Flender and found Xue Qinghe discussing the academy’s relocation, leaving him curious about what offer could sway Flender.

• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that Lu Ning’s body had let her poison pass through without harming him, and Dugu Bo decided to meet him.
• Dugu Bo brushed off Xue Qinghe’s attempt to delay him, then left with Dugu Yan after she reminded him to show respect to the crown prince.
• The Three Faculty Members reassured Xue Qinghe that Dugu Bo’s arrogance was not personal, and Xue Qinghe prioritized bringing Shrek Academy’s students and teachers to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Lu Ning visited Zhu Zhuqing, then heard from her that Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the others had returned and that guests were visiting.
• Lu Ning arrived at Flender’s office and found Xue Qinghe, Qin Ming, and Dugu Yan discussing Shrek Academy’s relocation with Flender.

Flender accepted Xue Qinghe’s generous terms for relocating Shrek Academy to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Lu Ning told Dugu Yan how to manage the toxins harming her. As Lu Ning escorted Xue Qinghe away, the Crown Prince quietly asked what he thought of Spirit Hall.

• Xue Qinghe offered Shrek’s teachers noble titles and promised the academy would retain its name and teaching methods while affiliating with Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Flender asked Lu Ning to show Dugu Yan around, and she asked how he had detected the toxins in her body and whether they could be cured.
• Lu Ning explained that Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo could force excess toxins into a Soul Bone, and Dugu Yan promised to give him a satisfying answer after Shrek relocated.
• Flender finalized the relocation terms with Xue Qinghe, then asked Lu Ning to escort the Crown Prince beyond the academy grounds.
• Xue Qinghe leaned close to Lu Ning and asked what he thought of Spirit Hall.

Lu Ning and Shrek Academy moved to Heaven Dou City after Xue Qinghe offered Lu Ning his backing and recruited him to his faction. After Lu Ning reached the Soul King realm, the group arrived in the city, where Flender noticed a recruitment notice for Blue Tyrant Academy and Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Meng Shenji welcomed them.

• Xue Qinghe praised Lu Ning’s view of Spirit Hall, gave him a token of authority, and invited him to join his camp.
• Shrek Academy spent half a month packing and selling its buildings; Lu Ning absorbed a God-bestowed Soul Ring, reaching five rings and the Soul King realm.
• Flender told Lu Ning that Xue Qinghe had offered relocation terms, and he had negotiated an additional six million Gold Soul Coins.
• On the road into Heaven Dou City, Flender stared at a Blue Tyrant Academy recruitment notice, and Lu Ning suspected it reminded him of someone from his past.
• Meng Shenji welcomed Flender on the crown prince’s behalf and asked whether the group wanted to rest or visit Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Flender brought Shrek Academy’s staff and students to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where he revealed Lu Ning was a twelve-year-old Five-Ring Soul King and that Flender himself had become a Soul Douluo. After the academies discussed the new campus and the Imperial Fighting Team, Ma Hongjun set off to challenge Blue Tyrant Academy over Flender’s unrequited love for its dean.

• Meng Shenji asked Flender whether Shrek Academy had a twelve-year-old Soul Ancestor, and Flender revealed Lu Ning was actually a twelve-year-old Five-Ring Soul King.
• Bai Baoshan checked Lu Ning’s age by feeling his bones, while Lu Ning told Meng Shenji that Flender had become a Soul Douluo.
• Meng Shenji led the group to Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s mountain campus and discussed its Mimicry Cultivation Environments and whether the Imperial Fighting Team could join Shrek.
• Ma Hongjun took Lu Ning aside and said he wanted to challenge Blue Tyrant Academy, believing its dean had wronged Flender.
• Lu Ning explained that Flender loved Blue Tyrant Academy’s dean, but Ma Hongjun insisted on fighting her students to force the issue.

Ma Hongjun challenged Blue Tyrant Academy and defeated eight opponents before mocking the school and trying to leave with Lu Ning. Liu Erlong stopped them and attacked, but Lu Ning blocked her punch and revealed himself to be a Soul King.

• Ma Hongjun challenged Blue Tyrant Academy, and the teacher matched him against a rank-twenty-eight student, whom Ma Hongjun quickly defeated.
• Ma Hongjun beat seven more opponents in succession, then demanded a Soul Elder challenge and insulted the academy when the teacher hesitated.
• The Blue Tyrant teacher tried to stop Ma Hongjun from leaving, but Ma Hongjun argued that the academy could not accept victories and reject defeat.
• Lu Ning urged Ma Hongjun to leave, but Liu Erlong kicked Ma Hongjun into a wall and charged at Lu Ning.
• Lu Ning blocked Liu Erlong's punch with his Azure Lotus Sword and revealed five Soul Rings, shocking the crowd with his Soul King strength.

Lu Ning battled Liu Erlong at Blue Tyrant Academy after she injured Ma Hongjun, then used his fifth Soul Skill to force a stalemate and leave with him. Lu Ning healed Ma Hongjun with his Life Soul Bone, while a veiled woman recognized the healing aura as resembling the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul.

• Liu Erlong confronted Lu Ning and demanded to know who his teacher was after seeing his unusual Soul Rings.
• Lu Ning struck Liu Erlong with his first Soul Skill, and his sword energy drove back her attack despite her being a Soul Saint.
• Liu Erlong used her Crimson Dragon True Body, and Lu Ning answered with his fifth Soul Skill, Azure Lotus Alone Transforms into Ten Thousand Swords.
• Liu Erlong blocked Lu Ning's sword barrage but admitted she could not keep him there, so Lu Ning carried Ma Hongjun out of Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Lu Ning used his Life Soul Bone to restore Ma Hongjun and himself, then told Ma Hongjun to keep the incident secret.
• A veiled woman watched Ma Hongjun recover and wondered how Lu Ning's ability could exist if only two Nine Heart Begonia wielders were allowed at once.

Ye Lingling approached Lu Ning to ask about his healing soul skill, but Dugu Yan interrupted and took him away after confirming she had obtained a thousand-year soul bone. Back at Shrek Academy, Ma Hongjun told Flender that Lu Ning had been asked out by another girl and guessed he had gone to a hotel.

• Ye Lingling asked Lu Ning whether his healing ability came from a third martial soul and sought a private conversation about its possible connection to her Nine Heart Begonia.
• Dugu Yan arrived looking for Lu Ning, teased Ye Lingling, and sent her away with plans to visit Shrek Academy later.
• Dugu Yan told Lu Ning that her grandfather had obtained a thousand-year soul bone, and Lu Ning said it would be enough to help manage her toxins for now.
• Dugu Yan took Lu Ning by the wrist and led him toward the outskirts of Heaven Dou City to get extra insurance.
• Ma Hongjun returned to Shrek Academy and told Flender he was jealous that girls kept asking Lu Ning out, then guessed Lu Ning had gone to a hotel.

Lu Ning followed Dugu Yan into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where she revealed that she had brought him there to secure her own safety while absorbing a soul bone. After poisoning and weakening him, she initiated an intimate encounter that left both of them exhausted, and the chapter ended with her asking him to examine her.

• Dugu Yan led Lu Ning into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and said her grandfather had gone to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a ten-thousand-year soul beast.
• Dugu Yan shut the cabin door, poisoned Lu Ning, and explained that she wanted him to help ensure her survival if something went wrong while she channeled soul power into the soul bone.
• Dugu Yan and Lu Ning became intimate, and Lu Ning's recovery weakened the poison enough for him to take control.
• Dugu Yan said her grandfather would likely accept Lu Ning if his method could solve the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul's cultivation problems.
• After the night passed, Dugu Yan set aside absorbing the soul bone and asked Lu Ning to examine her.

Lu Ning helped Dugu Yan absorb a Soul Bone at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while his Life Soul Bone removed the poison she had passed to him. After spending the day together, they realized Dugu Bo had returned to the valley.

• Lu Ning took Dugu Yan to the hot spring, where she absorbed the Soul Bone after forcing her poison into it.
• Lu Ning activated his Life Soul Bone’s second skill and purged the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison from his body.
• Dugu Yan told Lu Ning that the poison remaining in her body could still kill someone with a similar soul power level.
• Lu Ning and Dugu Yan spent the day together at the cabin, then rested until nightfall.
• Dugu Yan heard plants shifting outside and told Lu Ning that her grandfather, Dugu Bo, had returned.

Dugu Bo confirmed that Lu Ning’s method had eased the toxins in Dugu Yan’s body and offered Lu Ning anything he wanted from the medicinal valley. While drinking with Lu Ning, Dugu Bo learned about his background and offered to become his guardian.

• Dugu Yan showed Dugu Bo that Lu Ning’s method had eased her symptoms, though it made her Soul Skills slightly slower to release.
• Dugu Bo thanked Lu Ning and told him he could take any medicinal herbs from the valley; Lu Ning gave Dugu Yan a list of supplies to buy.
• Dugu Bo invited Lu Ning to drink and questioned him about his age, guardian, and origins.
• Lu Ning told Dugu Bo that Flender was his backing and that his teacher had recently become a Soul Douluo and joined Heaven Dou Academy.
• Dugu Bo offered to become Lu Ning’s guardian, hoping to protect a gifted youth who had saved Dugu Yan and might one day help him face his enemies.

Lu Ning became Dugu Bo’s guardian candidate, then his wine gourd’s effects helped Dugu Bo break through to Level 92. After discussing potential conflicts with Blue Tyrant Academy, Lu Ning headed toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Dugu Bo offered to act as Lu Ning’s guardian, and Lu Ning thanked him before they drank together late into the night.
• Lu Ning poured Dugu Bo’s wine into his wine gourd, and a taste from it helped Dugu Bo break through to Level 92.
• Lu Ning offered to help Dugu Bo reach Level 94 if Dugu Bo gave him all his fine wine, and Dugu Bo agreed.
• Dugu Bo asked about Lu Ning’s clash with a Soul Saint from Blue Tyrant Academy and urged him to hit back if attacked.
• Lu Ning said they would see what happened and walked toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Lu Ning entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to absorb the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, while Dugu Bo reluctantly stood guard. He emerged stronger but bald and naked, and Dugu Yan returned with the supplies he had requested.

• Lu Ning told Dugu Bo he intended to absorb the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, and showed his Soul Rings to prove his resolve.
• Dugu Bo warned Lu Ning of the danger but let him enter the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, hoping he would survive.
• Dugu Yan returned from a nearby town and searched for Lu Ning, while Dugu Bo revealed that he had entered the spring.
• Lu Ning emerged from the well with improved strength but no clothes or hair, prompting Dugu Bo to laugh at him.
• Dugu Yan said she had bought what Lu Ning wanted, then blushed after Dugu Bo reminded her that Lu Ning was naked.

Lu Ning stayed in Medicine Valley with Dugu Bo for two months, while Dugu Yan returned to Shrek Academy with an immortal herb for Zhu Zhuqing. At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, the Imperial Fighting Team realized Shrek Academy’s talented students might take their tournament places.

• Dugu Bo let Lu Ning stay in Medicine Valley and asked him to share his wine.
• Dugu Yan told Flender that Lu Ning would be away, then gave Zhu Zhuqing the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone and relayed Lu Ning’s cultivation estimate.
• Zhu Zhuqing accepted the herb and went to absorb it, while Dugu Yan headed toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Yu Feng and Yu Tianheng discussed Shrek Academy’s unusual students, and Dugu Yan urged the Imperial Fighting Team to take the coming tournament seriously.
• Ye Lingling pointed out that Shrek Academy’s members could take the Imperial Fighting Team’s places, leaving the group worried about who would qualify.

After spending six months cultivating with Dugu Bo, Lu Ning returned to Shrek Academy with greatly increased strength and a transformed appearance. He found the academy expanded within Heaven Dou Royal Academy and was recognized by Ma Hongjun.

• Dugu Yan told Ye Lingling that Lu Ning was cultivating at her home, and Ye Lingling asked her to inquire whether he could improve the healing effects of her Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul.
• Over six months, Lu Ning cultivated at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, reached the level-seventy bottleneck, and raised his Azure Lotus Sword's sixth soul ring to the hundred-and-twenty-thousand-year level.
• Dugu Bo complained that Lu Ning had stayed far longer than agreed and ordered him out of the cave, then followed as his guardian.
• Lu Ning and Dugu Bo arrived at Shrek Academy, which had grown to more than two hundred students within Heaven Dou Royal Academy, most of them nobles.
• Ma Hongjun walked past Lu Ning with two women before recognizing him, then exclaimed at how handsome Lu Ning had become.