Chapter Summaries

Lu Ning returned to Heaven Dou Academy, corrected Ma Hongjun’s misunderstanding about the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, and learned how his friends had progressed. He reunited with Zhu Zhuqing, and the chapter ended as the academy’s Three Faculty Members arrived looking for him.

• Ma Hongjun told Lu Ning he had found identical twins but was afraid the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower would make him lose his manhood, and Lu Ning explained that Dugu Yan had misled him about the herb’s effects.
• Ma Hongjun insulted Dugu Yan, prompting Dugu Bo to seize him and reveal that he was her grandfather.
• Ma Hongjun told Lu Ning that Zhu Zhuqing had reached level forty-three, Dai Mubai level forty-two, Oscar level thirty-six, and he himself level thirty-four.
• Lu Ning went to the Main Courtyard, where Zhu Zhuqing defeated a Soul Ancestor instructor and rushed to greet him after half a year apart.
• Lu Ning embraced Zhu Zhuqing as students wondered who he was, and the Three Faculty Members arrived asking where he was.

Lu Ning returned to Shrek Academy and reunited with Zhao Wuji, who took him to discuss funding with Flender and Xue Qinghe. Xue Qinghe revealed that Lu Ning would serve as a bargaining chip in negotiations with a sect master, and invited him to come along.

• Zhao Wuji arrived at Shrek Academy, noticed Lu Ning's increased physical toughness, and asked him to come with him.
• Lu Ning agreed to go with Zhao Wuji and told Ma Hongjun to absorb his Immortal Herb soon because he would need his help later.
• Zhu Zhuqing excused herself to give Lu Ning and Zhao Wuji privacy before Lu Ning followed Zhao Wuji to Flender's office.
• Xue Qinghe discussed Shrek Academy's request for two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins with Flender and suggested seeking investment from a sect master.
• Flender welcomed Lu Ning back, and Xue Qinghe said Lu Ning's strength made him a useful bargaining chip before inviting him to meet the sect master.

Xue Qinghe brought Lu Ning to meet Ning Fengzhi, while Dugu Bo discovered that the white-robed Sword Douluo Chen Xin was far beyond his strength. Ning Fengzhi sensed Lu Ning’s remarkable improvement and left their old five-year appointment unresolved, calling it a jest and mentioning that Ning Rongrong missed her former schoolmates.

• Xue Qinghe led Lu Ning out of Shrek Academy and teased him about having Dugu Bo as a guardian, while Dugu Bo said he would guard whoever he pleased.
• At the teahouse, Dugu Bo sensed the white-robed Sword Douluo Chen Xin and realized he was no match for him.
• Xue Qinghe introduced Lu Ning to Ning Fengzhi, who recalled their unpleasant previous meeting and the five-year appointment with Sword Douluo Chen Xin.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin noted Lu Ning’s improvement, and Ning Fengzhi secretly sensed Lu Ning’s Soul Power and was stunned by how much it had grown.
• Ning Fengzhi called the five-year appointment a jest, explained that he had been protective of Ning Rongrong, and said she missed her bonds with her former schoolmates.

Lu Ning rejected Ning Fengzhi’s invitation to meet Ning Rongrong on the sect leader’s terms, insisting he would visit only by his own choice. Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin discovered that Lu Ning was nearing the Soul Saint realm, and the chapter ended with Dugu Bo asking about the old friction between Lu Ning and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Lu Ning clarified that he was not refusing to see Ning Rongrong forever, but would visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect only when he chose to.
• Xue Qinghe redirected Ning Fengzhi and Lu Ning toward business talks, satisfied that neither side intended to make an enemy of the other.
• Ning Fengzhi privately told Chen Xin that Lu Ning was close to becoming a Soul Saint, stunning the Sword Douluo.
• Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi departed after Chen Xin claimed he had gained an insight, and Ning Fengzhi urged Lu Ning to treat Ning Rongrong well.
• Dugu Bo asked Lu Ning what had caused friction with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Lu Ning said Ning Rongrong liked him.

Lu Ning stopped Tai Long from pursuing Zhu Zhuqing and defeated him when Tai Long attacked. He dragged Tai Long toward Blue Tyrant Academy to confront its Dean, while Dugu Bo followed eagerly.

• Lu Ning and Dugu Bo encountered Tai Long pestering Zhu Zhuqing on the streets of Heaven Dou City.
• Lu Ning pinned Tai Long in place and told him Zhu Zhuqing did not like him.
• Tai Long revealed his Great Strength Gorilla Martial Soul and attacked Lu Ning, who caught his fist and broke his right arm.
• Lu Ning dragged Tai Long toward Blue Tyrant Academy, and Dugu Bo followed while urging him to steal a bride.
• Blue Tyrant Academy students rushed to warn the Dean that Lu Ning had returned with Tai Long.

Lu Ning confronted Blue Tyrant Academy after Tai Long harassed his girlfriend, then demanded that Liu Erlong stay at his academy. When she refused, Dugu Bo knocked her unconscious and carried her away, while urging Lu Ning to act according to his strength; the group returned to Shrek Academy with Liu Erlong.

• Lu Ning dragged Tai Long to Blue Tyrant Academy after beating him for pestering his girlfriend and claiming he wanted to be Lu Ning’s grandfather.
• Liu Erlong acknowledged Blue Tyrant Academy was at fault and asked Lu Ning for his terms, but refused his demand to keep her under house arrest because she was waiting for Yu Xiaogang.
• Dugu Bo poisoned Liu Erlong into unconsciousness after she refused, then told Lu Ning that powerful people did not need to follow the rules imposed on the weak.
• Zhu Zhuqing agreed with Dugu Bo’s view that strength determined the rules, and Lu Ning told the group to leave.
• Dugu Bo carried Liu Erlong back to Shrek Academy, where Ma Hongjun complained that Lu Ning had gone to smash up the place without inviting him.

Dugu Bo brought Liu Erlong to Shrek Academy and sent Ma Hongjun to fetch Flender, while Lu Ning and Zhu Zhuqing spent the evening together. Flender learned that Liu Erlong had been kidnapped and prepared to see her again after a long separation.

• Dugu Bo praised Ma Hongjun’s courage, learned he had reached rank thirty-nine thanks to an immortal herb, and had him help carry Liu Erlong to a room.
• Dugu Bo asked Ma Hongjun about Flender’s feelings for Liu Erlong and said he would arrange a reunion for them.
• Lu Ning took Zhu Zhuqing to her lakeside room, where they shared an intimate evening and showered together.
• Ma Hongjun told Flender that Dugu Bo had brought Liu Erlong to Shrek Academy and threatened to kill her if Flender did not come.
• Flender questioned Ma Hongjun about the kidnapping, insisted that he call her Teacher Erlong, and worried about meeting her after so long.

Flender chased Dugu Bo out of Shrek Academy after discovering the Poison Douluo had interfered with him and Liu Erlong. Zhu Zhuqing told Lu Ning that the Star Luo Empire would kill them both if it learned they were together.

• Flender unleashed his eight soul rings and pursued Dugu Bo, while Meng Shenji and Bai Baoshan tried to stop him.
• Flender banned Dugu Bo from Shrek Academy, and Ma Hongjun secretly slipped toward the exit to hide.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Lu Ning that Star Luo succession losers were killed and that the empire would hunt them both if it discovered their relationship.

Lu Ning reassured Zhu Zhuqing that they could overcome the Star Luo Empire’s succession struggle by becoming too strong to control. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin learned how much Lu Ning and the Shrek students had progressed, and considered sending Ning Rongrong back to them.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Lu Ning she wanted to survive the succession struggle alongside him, and he said their strength could free them from the Star Luo Empire’s rules.
• Ning Rongrong tended flowers at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect while Gu Rong discussed her year apart from her Shrek friends and hinted that Lu Ning had appeared again.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin discussed Lu Ning’s astonishing rise from Soul Ancestor to Soul Saint and Dugu Bo’s reported level 93 soul power.
• Chen Xin listed the Shrek students’ soul levels, revealing that Ning Rongrong had fallen behind her former classmates.
• Ning Fengzhi rejected Gu Rong’s suggestion to test Lu Ning and proposed letting Ning Rongrong return to see her friends.

Ning Fengzhi allowed Ning Rongrong to return to Shrek Academy in three days to rejoin her classmates and prepare for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament. At Shrek, Lu Ning faced Tai Long’s furious father, who had come to confront him over his son’s injuries.

• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong discussed Yu Xiaogang’s whereabouts and decided they did not need to investigate further.
• Ning Rongrong told her father she was level thirty-two, and Ning Fengzhi offered her a chance to return to Shrek Academy as a reward for repenting.
• Gu Rong said Ning Rongrong could leave in three days and should prepare gifts for her classmates.
• Dugu Yan told Lu Ning that Tai Long’s parent was waiting outside Shrek Academy to confront him over the fight at Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Tai Long’s father shouted at the academy gates, and Lu Ning admitted that he had hurt Tai Long.

Lu Ning confronted Tai Nuo after beating Tai Long and defeated him with a single kick, then waited for the Strength Clan chief to arrive. Tai Tan appeared with Tai Nuo, demanding to know who had injured his son.

• Lu Ning admitted to injuring Tai Long, and Dugu Yan and Oscar explained that Tai Long had harassed a female student.
• Tai Nuo attacked Lu Ning with a punch, but Lu Ning stopped it with one hand and kicked him down.
• Tai Nuo activated his Martial Soul, then left to fetch someone after Lu Ning challenged him to bring more opponents.
• Lu Ning stayed at Shrek Academy while students discussed his strength and the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament.
• Tai Nuo returned with Tai Tan, who loudly demanded that the person who injured his son step forward.

Lu Ning faced Tai Tan, the Strength Clan chief, after defeating Tai Nuo, and revealed his astonishing six-ring configuration, including a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring. He wounded Tai Tan with his sword skills, then unleashed his fifth soul skill as Tai Tan activated his Martial Soul Avatar.

• Tai Nuo identified Lu Ning as the person who defeated him, and Tai Tan challenged Lu Ning to make the first move.
• Tai Tan summoned his Great Strength Gorilla martial soul and attacked Lu Ning with his eighth soul skill.
• Lu Ning revealed six soul rings, including a red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and evaded Tai Tan's punch by turning incorporeal.
• Lu Ning wounded Tai Tan's right arm with his first soul skill, Banishing Immortal Sword Breaks Illusions.
• Lu Ning unleashed his fifth soul skill, Azure Lotus Alone Transforms into Ten Thousand Swords, and Tai Tan activated his Great Strength Gorilla Martial Soul Avatar.

Lu Ning unleashed the Azure Lotus Sword’s two Sixth Soul Skills and defeated Tai Tan’s Great Strength Gorilla Avatar, leaving Tai Tan injured and weakened. Lu Ning spared him, and Flender praised Lu Ning’s newfound strength.

• Tai Tan attacked Lu Ning with his Great Strength Gorilla Avatar while four Soul Douluos contained the battle near the academy gates.
• Lu Ning activated his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and used his Sixth Soul Skill One, Yin Tianzi, filling the academy with a blood-red aura.
• Lu Ning unleashed his Sixth Soul Skill Two, Hundred Ghosts Night Parade, and the ghost kings shattered Tai Tan’s Martial Soul Avatar.
• Tai Tan survived but suffered Martial Soul backlash and lost a Soul Power level; he admitted Lu Ning’s strength rivaled that of an ordinary Titled Douluo.
• Lu Ning descended without killing Tai Tan, and Flender congratulated him on his growth.

Lu Ning left Heaven Dou Royal Academy after defeating Tai Tan, while Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin arrived too late to witness the fight. Ning Fengzhi agreed to help conceal Lu Ning's strength, and Ye Lingling learned that Lu Ning had gone to Sunset Forest.

• Lu Ning told Flender he was going to see Dugu Bo, then left the academy.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin arrived at the academy, found Tai Tan injured, and asked how strong Lu Ning was; Tai Tan said he did not know and left.
• Chen Xin questioned Flender about Lu Ning's sinister aura, and Flender claimed Lu Ning had only been playing around.
• Ning Fengzhi offered to say Chen Xin had unleashed the sword strike to protect Lu Ning's strength, and Meng Shenji readily agreed.
• Dugu Yan told Ye Lingling that Lu Ning had gone to Sunset Forest and teased her about taking the initiative with him.

Lu Ning used his Wine Gourd Martial Soul’s third Soul Skill to lure Tang Hao away from the mountain cave while Dugu Bo approached it. Tang Hao pursued the gourd-shaped Lu Ning, leaving Tang San behind to treat the poison, and the chapter ended with Dugu Bo entering the cave.

• Dugu Bo questioned Lu Ning’s two-month search for a fortuitous encounter, but Lu Ning insisted on searching one final mountain range.
• At a waterfall, Tang San practiced his hammer technique while Tang Hao watched from a cave and vowed to teach him and give him what Ah Yin had left for him.
• Tang Hao sensed an approaching expert and confronted the gourd-shaped Lu Ning, who spat poisonous saliva at him and Tang San before fleeing.
• Tang San treated the poison while Tang Hao chased Lu Ning, believing the gourd Soul Beast might have an antidote.
• Lu Ning struggled to keep ahead of Tang Hao using his third Soul Skill, while Dugu Bo headed into the cave after their auras disappeared.

Dugu Bo raided Tang Hao’s cave while Lu Ning led Tang Hao away, but Tang Hao saw through the diversion and kept pursuing Lu Ning. After an all-night chase toward the Star Dou Great Forest, Lu Ning’s Soul Power ran out and he nearly fell from the sky.

• Dugu Bo paralyzed Tang San, entered the cave, and found a Soul Bone and a glowing blade of Blue Silver Grass, which he carefully placed in his Wishful Hundred Treasures Pouch.
• Dugu Bo taunted Tang San as Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan, then released his Titled Douluo aura and fled in another direction.
• Tang Hao sensed the aura near the cave but realized it was a diversion and continued pursuing Lu Ning, who changed course for the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Dugu Bo realized Tang Hao had not returned to the cave and flew toward the Star Dou Great Forest to help Lu Ning.
• Tang Hao pursued Lu Ning through the night, convinced he would run out of Soul Power before reaching the forest, and Lu Ning finally faltered and nearly fell.

Tang Hao abandoned his pursuit of Lu Ning when Dugu Bo used a singular velvet sky chrysanthemum to lure Yue Guan and Gui Mei out of Spirit City. The three Titled Douluos met in the forest, where Tang Hao recognized the Spirit Hall elders and confronted them.

• Lu Ning recovered his Soul Power with his Life Torso Bone's Second Soul Skill and fled deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest, while Tang Hao pursued him.
• Dugu Bo carried a singular velvet sky chrysanthemum toward Spirit City, and its aura drew Yue Guan out of the Elder Hall with Gui Mei.
• The chrysanthemum's aura vanished after Dugu Bo hid it in his Hundred Treasures Pouch, and Yue Guan and Gui Mei raced toward where they had sensed it.
• Dugu Bo erased his scent and hurried to the rendezvous point as Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Tang Hao arrived at the spot where he had disappeared.
• Gui Mei recognized Tang Hao's Clear Sky Hammer, and Tang Hao confronted him and Yue Guan as a rotten chrysanthemum and a little ghost.

Lu Ning escaped into the Inner Area of Star Dou Great Forest while Tang Hao attacked Gui Mei and Yue Guan with a devastating hammer strike. At the lake, Xiao Wu argued with Da Ming and Er Ming about whether humans could be trusted, and Da Ming suggested capturing the human Tang Hao was pursuing.

• Gui Mei fled toward Spirit Hall with Yue Guan as Tang Hao hurled his Clear Sky Hammer after them.
• Dugu Bo fled and vowed to stop guarding Lu Ning, blaming him for the dangerous scheme that had drawn out the Spirit Hall Douluos.
• Lu Ning reached the Inner Area, confirmed Tang Hao was not following him, and began recovering his Soul Power.
• Da Ming and Er Ming discussed Tang Hao's murderous aura with Xiao Wu, who defended the good humans she had met.
• Xiao Wu rejected Er Ming's offer to show her around the forest and complained that she wanted to experience the human world.
• Da Ming told Xiao Wu that Tang Hao's pursued target was nearby and suggested they capture Lu Ning for her to question.

Xiao Wu found Lu Ning in the Star Dou Great Forest and invited him to the Core Area despite his efforts to leave. Meanwhile, Tang Hao reunited with Tang San, blamed Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluos for the attack, and went to check what had been taken from the cave.

• Xiao Wu spotted Lu Ning beneath Er Ming and hurried down to greet him.
• Xiao Wu suspected Lu Ning had killed Tang San, but Lu Ning denied it and said he had argued with Grandmaster instead.
• Xiao Wu invited Lu Ning to the Core Area, while Da Ming and Er Ming blocked his escape.
• Tang San told Tang Hao that Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan had come to attack him and taken some things from the cave.
• Tang Hao vowed to kill the Spirit Hall Douluos and went into the cave, believing the soul bone and Ah Yin were probably safe.

Tang Hao discovered that the Blue Silver Grass he had cared for was gone and blamed Spirit Hall, while Ning Rongrong returned to Shrek Academy and learned Lu Ning had prepared a gift for her. The chapter left Ning Rongrong staying with Zhu Zhuqing and asking whether Lu Ning also got excited about her.

• Tang Hao found the corner where he had tended Blue Silver Grass empty and roared that Spirit Hall was responsible.
• Ning Rongrong returned to Shrek Academy and asked Zhu Zhuqing to show her around.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Ning Rongrong that Lu Ning had prepared an Immortal Herb for her and had left it with Poison Douluo.
• Ning Rongrong reunited with the teachers and Fatty, then stayed the night in Zhu Zhuqing's room.
• Ning Rongrong asked Zhu Zhuqing whether Lu Ning got excited about her, too.