Chapter Summaries

Lu Ning spent time with Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming by the lake, then tried to leave the Star Dou Great Forest. Xiao Wu refused to let him go, and Er Ming attacked as Lu Ning used his sword bone and fourth soul ring to defend himself.

• Zhu Zhuqing reluctantly answered Ning Rongrong's probing questions about her relationship with Lu Ning.
• Lu Ning arrived at the lake with Xiao Wu, where he shared roasted meat with her, Da Ming, and Er Ming.
• After night fell, Lu Ning rose to leave, but Da Ming questioned him and Xiao Wu asked him to stay.
• Xiao Wu refused to let Lu Ning leave until she could conceal her identity, and she ordered Er Ming to throw him into the lake.
• Lu Ning turned incorporeal with his sword bone as Er Ming's arm swept toward him, while his fourth soul ring began draining his spiritual power, stamina, and soul power.

Lu Ning used his anger-enhanced strength and the Life Soul Bone to wound Da Ming and threaten Xiao Wu, forcing Da Ming to concede defeat. He demanded to leave the Star Dou Great Forest with Xiao Wu as a hostage, but Da Ming refused, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Lu Ning activated his anger option and wounded Da Ming with his Fourth Soul Skill, breaking the Sky Azure Bull Python’s domain.
• After the next day began, Lu Ning restored himself with the Life Soul Bone and threatened Er Ming with another sword strike.
• Lu Ning sped past Er Ming and targeted Xiao Wu, forcing Da Ming and Er Ming to stop fighting and admit that he had won.
• Lu Ning seized Xiao Wu by the neck and explained that he would not release her because Da Ming and Er Ming could then suppress him together.
• Lu Ning demanded to leave the forest with Xiao Wu as a hostage, but Da Ming refused, and Lu Ning placed his sword against her neck.

Lu Ning forced Da Ming to let Xiao Wu leave the Star Dou Great Forest with him, then reunited with Dugu Bo and prepared to return to Shrek Academy with Xiao Wu and the Blue Silver Emperor. The chapter ended with Dugu Bo sealing Xiao Wu’s soul power source to conceal her from other Titled Douluos.

• Xiao Wu persuaded Da Ming to let her leave the forest with Lu Ning, and Da Ming reluctantly ordered them to get lost.
• Lu Ning took Xiao Wu out of the Inner Area, dismissed her complaints, and said she would be his seventh soul ring before Dugu Bo arrived.
• Dugu Bo recognized Xiao Wu as another hundred-thousand-year soul beast and revealed that he had retrieved a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and a Blue Silver Grass plant.
• Xiao Wu identified the Blue Silver Grass as a soul beast with an imperial bloodline, and Lu Ning stored it in the Hundred Treasures Pouch.
• Lu Ning decided to return to Shrek Academy with Xiao Wu, and Dugu Bo offered to seal the source of her soul power to hide her identity.

Ning Rongrong reunited with Lu Ning at Shrek Academy, where he gave her an immortal herb that could evolve her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. The chapter ended as Flender and Xue Qinghe arrived and Flender asked Lu Ning to guess who Spirit Hall's leading elder was.

• Flender assigned Ning Rongrong a place on Heaven Dou Royal Academy's tournament team, and Zhu Zhuqing explained that the academy had not yet announced the team's final arrangements.
• Dugu Bo, Xiao Wu, and Lu Ning arrived at Shrek Academy, where Ning Rongrong ran to Lu Ning and wept in his arms.
• Lu Ning gave Ning Rongrong the Aromatic Silk Beauty, which could evolve her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Xiao Wu told Ning Rongrong that Heaven Dou Academy had rejected Grandmaster and that Tang Hao had appeared, while keeping her Soul Beast identity secret.
• Flender and Xue Qinghe came to greet Lu Ning, and Flender asked him to guess Spirit Hall's leading elder.

Xue Qinghe revealed that Yu Xiaogang had become Spirit Hall’s team elder through an Elder Token, Bibi Dong’s nomination, and his influence over the Training Camp. Lu Ning remembered Yu Xiaogang’s three-year promise and Xue Qinghe offered to help challenge his elder status if Lu Ning won the championship.

• Xue Qinghe told Lu Ning that Yu Xiaogang was leading Spirit Hall’s team as its elder.
• Xue Qinghe explained that Yu Xiaogang held an old Elder Token and had earned support through his theories and experiments at the Training Camp.
• Lu Ning recalled Yu Xiaogang’s promise to run three laps naked after their three-year deadline, which was approaching around the finals.
• Zhao Wuji and Flender joked about the promise, and Xue Qinghe said he would ask a Titled Douluo to challenge Yu Xiaogang’s status if Lu Ning won the overall championship.
• Lu Ning thanked Xue Qinghe and said he wanted to rest, while Zhu Zhuqing blushed at his attention.

Lu Ning spent time with Zhu Zhuqing while Ning Rongrong began absorbing the Aromatic Silk Beauty under Xiao Wu’s watch. Meanwhile, Xue Qinghe discussed the tournament teams with the instructors, but they struggled to see how both teams could reach the Finals.

• Xue Qinghe left with the education committee members to discuss arranging the First and Second Teams, while Ning Rongrong took Xiao Wu away.
• Lu Ning explained to Zhu Zhuqing that Bone Douluo Gu Rong was guarding Ning Rongrong, then teased Zhu Zhuqing about her cat ears and tail after she released her martial soul.
• Ning Rongrong began absorbing the Aromatic Silk Beauty, and Gu Rong sensed its energy from a distance but chose not to interrupt her.
• Meng Shenji told Xue Qinghe that splitting the academy’s geniuses between two teams was unnecessary and would undermine the First Team’s chances.
• Xue Qinghe recognized the difficulty of assembling two competitive teams on short notice, and Meng Shenji began to explain his alternative.

Xue Qinghe agreed to showcase Shrek Academy’s strength with a friendly match, while keeping Lu Ning’s Martial Soul hidden. After taking an immortal herb, Ning Rongrong discovered that her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda had evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, giving her the potential to become a Titled Douluo.

• Meng Shenji and Flender proposed that Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Second Team face its first team in a friendly match to display the gap between the former academy and Shrek.
• Xue Qinghe accepted the plan on the condition that Lu Ning not reveal his Martial Soul, and proposed setting a trap for Grandmaster.
• Lu Ning and Zhu Zhuqing continued their intimate encounter, and Zhu Zhuqing remarked that his speed was difficult to match.
• Ning Rongrong awakened after the Aromatic Silk Beauty raised her Soul Power by six levels, bringing her to level 38 and close to level 39.
• Ning Rongrong discovered that her Martial Soul had evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and realized it could let her reach level 90.
• Ning Rongrong called for Grandpa Bone so he could see her evolved Martial Soul.

Ning Rongrong’s Immortal Herb transformed her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and Gu Rong brought her back to the sect to tell Ning Fengzhi. Ning Fengzhi resolved to ask Lu Ning whether he could find another herb, while Lu Ning and Zhu Zhuqing were left together in the cabin.

• Ning Rongrong showed Gu Rong her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and he celebrated her transformation after she absorbed Lu Ning’s Immortal Herb.
• Gu Rong took Ning Rongrong back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and privately recognized Xiao Wu as a valuable Soul Beast, choosing not to tell Ning Fengzhi about her.
• Gu Rong told Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin that the herb had raised Ning Rongrong six levels and granted her the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Fengzhi resolved to visit Lu Ning with gifts and ask whether he could obtain another Immortal Herb.
• Lu Ning grabbed Zhu Zhuqing’s tail and leaned against her in the cabin, and she protested that he should not do it inside.

Ning Fengzhi sought another immortal herb from Lu Ning, then arranged Ning Rongrong’s wedding to secure the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s ties to him. Three months later, Lu Ning absorbed a Dark Angel Wings soul bone and a God-bestowed Soul Ring as the Soul Master Tournament approached.

• Lu Ning told Ning Fengzhi that the immortal herb could not be found again, but described where the Aromatic Silk Beauty had grown.
• Ning Fengzhi said he would prepare Ning Rongrong’s dowry and hold the wedding after the Soul Master Tournament.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and decided to offer its treasures to secure their connection with Lu Ning.
• Over three months at Shrek Academy, Lu Ning received a God-bestowed Soul Ring and a hundred-thousand-year Dark Angel Wings soul bone, which he absorbed.
• Flender told Lu Ning that preparations for the Heaven Dou division’s competition were nearly complete and asked if he was ready.

Lu Ning and the Shrek group arrived at the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament, where he chose a lineup meant to showcase Shrek’s strength without giving Prince Xue Xing an excuse to dismiss their success. The opening ceremony began when Xue Ye arrived with Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and he asked Xue Qinghe about a supposed genius from the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Lu Ning named Yu Tianheng, Yu Feng, and Dugu Yan as Shrek’s members who would sit out the opening match.
• The Shrek group arrived at the packed tournament venue and joined Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin in the stands.
• Bai Baoshan revealed that the Second Team consisted of young nobles favored by Prince Xue Xing and said Lu Ning could defeat them in a match.
• Xue Qinghe spoke with Prince Xue Xing while they waited for Xue Ye, carefully avoiding his uncle’s attempt to rush the emperor.
• Xue Ye arrived with Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin, then asked Xue Qinghe whether he knew of the genius said to have emerged in the Heaven Dou Empire.

At the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament opening ceremony, Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi praised an unnamed Heaven Dou Royal Academy genius, while Emperor Xue Ye announced a friendly match between the academy’s First and Second Teams. Lu Ning prepared to lead the First Team into the exhibition match and said they should crush the Second Team.

• Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi told Emperor Xue Ye that a Heaven Dou Royal Academy prodigy could win the tournament, and Xue Xing warned them not to underestimate Spirit Hall.
• Salas arrived as Spirit Hall’s Platinum Bishop, and Meng Shenji told Lu Ning to appear in the opening match without revealing his strength.
• Emperor Xue Ye opened the tournament and announced that Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s First and Second Teams would play a friendly match.
• Lu Ning stood and declared that the First Team should crush the Second Team outright.
• The First and Second Teams entered the platform, and Xue Xing noted that the First Team had replaced Yu Tianheng.

At the exhibition match, Shrek Academy revealed that its six fighters were all Soul Ancestors, while Lu Ning kept his Martial Soul unreleased. In the VIP seats, Salas mocked Ning Fengzhi over Lu Ning’s engagement to his daughter, and the match began with Zhu Zhuqing and Ma Hongjun attacking the Second Team.

• Prince Xue Xing suspected Yu Tianheng had been replaced to conceal Shrek Academy’s strength, while the Second Team prepared nervously to face Shrek.
• Shrek’s six fighters released their Martial Souls and shocked the venue by revealing that they were all Soul Ancestors.
• Salas questioned why Lu Ning had not released his Martial Soul, and Xue Qinghe said Lu Ning was not a Soul King and was merely maintaining a little mystery as captain.
• Ning Fengzhi announced that Lu Ning was his son-in-law and that his marriage to Ning Rongrong had been arranged since childhood, prompting Salas to mock him.
• Zhu Zhuqing used Netherworld Shadow Clone against the Second Team, and Ma Hongjun followed with Phoenix Roaring Sky Strike.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s First Team overwhelmed the Second Team, prompting suspicions about its hidden captain and drawing attention from rival academies and Spirit Hall. Salas left after signaling Huyan Zhen, while Emperor Xue Ye decided to seek a meeting with the youngsters.

• Zhu Zhuqing trapped the Second Team with her clones, and Ma Hongjun’s flames swiftly ended the match while most of the First Team remained idle.
• Xue Ye questioned Ning Fengzhi about Lu Ning’s captaincy, and Ning Fengzhi said the team had a surprise for the emperor and Spirit Hall.
• Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wu speculated that Lu Ning was a Soul King whose unrevealed Martial Soul could discourage opponents from fighting.
• Shi Nian considered using underhanded methods against the First Team but rejected the idea because the Heaven Dou Empire would investigate.
• Salas left the venue after brushing Huyan Zhen’s hand, and Xue Ye decided to find a chance to meet the youngsters.

Salas recruited Huyan Zhen and Shi Nian to kill Lu Ning, promising them positions and rewards if they made the murder look like the Heaven Dou Empire’s doing. After Lu Ning left the opening ceremony alone, he sensed the ambush and called for the hidden attacker to reveal himself.

• Salas urged Huyan Zhen to kill Lu Ning, warning that Lu Ning’s ties to the Heaven Dou Empire and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could become a threat to Spirit Hall.
• Huyan Zhen wavered at Salas’s promises of a bishop’s seat and a higher position among the seven sects, then asked whether Salas had someone else to carry out the killing.
• Salas named Shi Nian, who had a bounty on him, and promised to help revoke it if he assassinated Lu Ning.
• Lu Ning and his companions left the opening ceremony, and Flender let Lu Ning get out of the carriage alone when he said he felt carsick.
• Ning Rongrong offered to accompany Lu Ning, but Dugu Yan held her back, and Lu Ning continued alone along the road.
• After confirming that few commoners were nearby, Lu Ning sensed the hidden attacker and challenged him to come out.

Lu Ning exposed Huyan Zhen and Shi Nian’s attempt to kill him, then resisted Shi Nian’s illusion with his overwhelming mental power. Meng Shenji, Flender, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin arrived and surrounded the two attackers.

• Lu Ning revealed that he had known Huyan Zhen and Shi Nian were following him, and rejected Huyan Zhen’s offer to join the Elephant Armor Sect.
• Shi Nian cast his Remnant Dream illusion to make Lu Ning kill himself while Huyan Zhen stood guard.
• Lu Ning resisted the illusion and mocked Shi Nian, revealing his mental power surpassed Shi Nian’s ability to control him.
• Shi Nian tried to flee, but Meng Shenji broke through the illusion and stopped him.
• Flender, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin joined Meng Shenji, and the four Soul Douluo surrounded Huyan Zhen and Shi Nian.

Lu Ning’s guardians confronted Huyan Zhen and Shi Nian after their failed attempt to kill him, and Dugu Bo joined the fight as a rank ninety-four Titled Douluo. Lu Ning revealed his seven Soul Rings, including two hundred-thousand-year rings, as Shi Nian realized Salas had set them up.

• Huyan Zhen prepared to fight the four instructors and asked them to spare the Elephant Armor Sect, but Flender and Bai Baoshan proposed destroying both it and Canghui Academy.
• Huyan Zhen and Shi Nian prepared to attack, but Dugu Bo arrived and revealed himself as a rank ninety-four Titled Douluo.
• Shi Nian realized Lu Ning had multiple powerful guardians, including a concealed Porcupinefish Douluo sent by Xue Qinghe.
• Lu Ning stepped forward with the Azure Lotus Sword and revealed seven Soul Rings, including two red hundred-thousand-year rings.
• Huyan Zhen and Shi Nian recognized they had no chance against Lu Ning, and Shi Nian cried out Salas’s name as Lu Ning’s sword and Soul Rings began to shine.

Lu Ning and his allies retaliated against the Elephant Armor Sect after an attempt on his life, while Xue Qinghe considered his growing strength an advantage for Spirit Hall. Back at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Lu Ning secluded himself after remembering a way to strengthen his Martial Soul further.

• Lu Ning killed two attackers with a single sword strike, and Meng Shenji praised his strength before leading the others toward the Elephant Armor Sect.
• Porcupinefish Douluo reported Lu Ning's power and Dugu Bo's protection to Xue Qinghe, who told him to inform Grandfather and insisted Lu Ning's growth benefited them.
• Dugu Bo and the four instructors weakened the Elephant Armor Sect but spared its legacy and younger talents, then left Salas's fate for Lu Ning to decide.
• Dugu Bo and the others returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Dugu Yan told them Lu Ning had entered seclusion to pursue a newly remembered way to strengthen his Martial Soul.

Lu Ning tested a loophole in the Wealth Option by giving Ning Rongrong a seven-colored head Soul Bone and telling her to absorb it. In Heaven Dou City, Salas learned that Dugu Bo and Heaven Dou Royal Academy had devastated the Elephant Armor Sect and decided to report the incident to the Pope.

• Lu Ning recalled that giving Soul Bones to others had previously earned him rewards from the Wealth Option, and decided to test whether the pattern would happen again.
• Lu Ning gave Ning Rongrong the seven-colored head Soul Bone, which suited gem-type Soul Masters and could greatly increase her mental power.
• Ning Rongrong accepted the Soul Bone and began absorbing it in the Wooden Cabin while Zhu Zhuqing reassured her.
• Salas learned that four Heaven Dou Royal Academy instructors and Dugu Bo had killed the Elephant Armor Sect's Soul Emperor-level experts and above.
• A deacon told Salas that Dugu Bo had reportedly reached rank ninety-four, and Salas decided to report the incident to the Pope and meet Elder Yu.

After Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing absorbed Soul Bones from Lu Ning, his system rewarded him with increasingly powerful skulls, confirming that giving Soul Bones away fulfilled the Wealth scenario. Lu Ning considered who might benefit from his new eighty-thousand-year Azure Luan Soul Bone, then went to wake Zhao Wuji.

• Ning Rongrong thanked Lu Ning after absorbing the Seven-Colored Skull, and Lu Ning revealed a fifty-thousand-year Netherworld Skull.
• Zhu Zhuqing refused the Netherworld Skull at first, but Lu Ning tossed it to her, and she absorbed it while promising to reach five rings before the Finals.
• The system rewarded Lu Ning with an eighty-thousand-year Azure Luan Soul Bone, which he considered giving to Ma Hongjun or Flender.
• Lu Ning decided to hold onto the Azure Luan Soul Bone for now and went to Zhao Wuji's cabin.
• Zhao Wuji woke after Lu Ning's repeated knocking and asked whether he had come to show off his cultivation progress.

Lu Ning tried to give Zhao Wuji a thirty-thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Soul Bone, but Zhao Wuji refused to accept such a gift from a student. Back at the cabin, Lu Ning learned the tournament preliminaries could take months and said he would help Zhu Zhuqing obtain a Soul Ring before they returned.

• Lu Ning visited Zhao Wuji, who revealed that Flender had already bragged about receiving a Soul Bone from Lu Ning.
• Lu Ning offered Zhao Wuji the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear left arm bone, explaining that it suited Zhao Wuji’s Martial Soul and might help him approach the Titled Douluo realm.
• Zhao Wuji refused the Soul Bone, saying he could not take such a valuable gift from a student, and shut his door on Lu Ning.
• Ning Rongrong told Lu Ning that Dugu had asked him to decide what to do about Salas; Lu Ning said he could kill Salas whenever he wished.
• Ning Rongrong reported that she had reached level forty-four, while Zhu Zhuqing said she was level fifty and needed a Soul Ring to measure her improvement.
• Lu Ning said they could spend two months helping Zhu Zhuqing hunt for a Soul Ring, then draped his arms around both girls as they prepared to rest.