Chapter Summaries

Lu Ning returned to Shrek Academy and gave Flender an eighty-thousand-year Thunder Eagle Soul Bone, then passed a system-rewarded Wind-Tearing Cloud-Plucking Right Arm Bone to Dai Mubai. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi prepared to visit Lu Ning while Chen Xin focused on strengthening his Sword Intent for a coming confrontation with Spirit Hall.

• Lu Ning returned to Flender’s office and offered him an eighty-thousand-year Thunder Eagle Soul Bone.
• Flender absorbed the Thunder Eagle Soul Bone while Lu Ning stood guard, and Lu Ning received an eighty-thousand-year Wind-Tearing Cloud-Plucking Right Arm Bone from his system.
• Lu Ning summoned Dai Mubai and gave him the Wind-Tearing Cloud-Plucking Right Arm Bone to absorb.
• Chen Xin told Ning Fengzhi that Lu Ning had returned and said he needed to strengthen his Sword Intent for the coming battle against Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi decided to visit Lu Ning and discuss his plans, while preparing for the possibility that Spirit Hall’s Worship Hall might intervene.

Lu Ning distributed and rerolled powerful Soul Bones among the academy’s faculty, then absorbed the Void-Stepping Skull and its sword-defining and illusion-piercing abilities. Meanwhile, Ning Fengzhi waited three days at Shrek Academy without gaining an audience, and Li Yusong asked him to keep waiting.

• Lu Ning had Zhao Wuji absorb the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Left Arm Bone and arranged Soul Bone exchanges and rerolls for Dai Mubai, Meng Shenji, and the others.
• Lu Ning summoned Ma Hongjun and gave him the Azure Luan Soul Bone to absorb.
• Lu Ning distributed four Soul Bones among the faculty, kept two ordinary arm bones, and set aside the Bone Dragon Left Leg Bone for a suitable candidate.
• Lu Ning absorbed the Void-Stepping Skull, gaining Define the Sword Dao and See Through All Illusions.
• Ning Fengzhi complained to Li Yusong that he had been unable to meet Meng Shenji or other senior faculty during three days of visits, and Li Yusong asked him to wait longer.

Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong discovered that five powerful Soul Masters were gathered at Shrek Academy and feared the academy had joined Spirit Hall. After returning to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, they met Lu Ning, who asked Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo to leave the sect with him.

• Ning Fengzhi dismissed the seclusion excuse, and Gu Rong probed Shrek Academy, where Flender, Meng Shenji, Zhi Lin, Bai Baoshan, and Dugu Bo joined forces to repel him.
• Gu Rong sensed five presences as powerful as Titled Douluo, so he and Ning Fengzhi returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, suspecting Spirit Hall had taken control of Shrek Academy.
• At Shrek Academy, Dugu Bo stayed to guard Lu Ning while the Four Faculty Members prepared to hunt Soul Rings; Lu Ning said he would go to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and asked Dugu Bo to take Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing ahead.
• Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Chen Xin discussed the mysterious powers at Shrek Academy and wondered whether Lu Ning and Dugu Bo were involved.
• Lu Ning appeared inside the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and asked Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong to leave the sect together, offering payment for their help.

Lu Ning arranged for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s three leaders to leave Heaven Dou City conspicuously, drawing attention away while he stayed behind to guard the sect and lure Spirit Hall into acting. As Soul Masters rushed toward Spirit City ahead of the coming bet, Xue Qinghe and his Titled Douluo attendants questioned what trap the sect might have prepared.

• Lu Ning asked Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong to leave in separate groups and help his teachers hunt Soul Rings, while he guarded the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as bait for Spirit Hall.
• Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Ning Fengzhi departed for the Star Dou Great Forest with a dramatic display, prompting Soul Masters across Heaven Dou to set out for Spirit City ahead of the bet.
• Dugu Bo told Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing that they would leave their stalled carriage and take a side route to Spirit City, where Spirit Hall might try to intercept them.
• Xue Qinghe learned that his grandfather had arranged everything and urged him to finish the proceedings before returning to his Divine Examination.
• Xue Qinghe and Snake Lance Douluo debated whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s conspicuous departure was a trap, but Snake Lance could not identify any force left in Heaven Dou capable of ambushing a Titled Douluo.

Bibi Dong sent Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo with a force of Soul Ancestors to attack the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, despite recognizing Lu Ning’s trap. Lu Ning detected the ambush and confronted the two Titled Douluos as they began their assault.

• Xue Qinghe rejected Snake Lance Douluo’s offer to secretly protect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, saying he trusted Lu Ning’s preparations.
• Bibi Dong decided to send Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while telling Yu Xiaogang that her actions were for him.
• Five days later, Lu Ning sensed dozens of Soul Ancestors eliminating the sect’s hidden sentries and detected two Titled Douluos among them.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo launched a surprise attack, aiming to kill the sect’s Soul Masters and direct descendants before the imperial palace could respond.
• Lu Ning confronted them, asking how a chrysanthemum and a little ghost dared to hurt his people.

Lu Ning ambushed Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect compound, but their Martial Soul Fusion Skill trapped everyone in the Two Extremes Prohibition Domain. Lu Ning exploited a weakness in the domain and forced the two Spirit Hall Douluo to flee, leaving their pursuit unresolved.

• Lu Ning confronted Yue Guan and Gui Mei, then used his fifth Soul Skill to kill the Soul Ancestors accompanying Yue Guan.
• Yue Guan attacked Lu Ning with his ninth Soul Skill while Gui Mei prepared to help him escape.
• Lu Ning used his sixth Soul Skill to turn Yue Guan's golden tornado back toward the two Douluo.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei activated their Two Extremes Prohibition Domain, freezing Lu Ning and the surrounding disciples.
• Lu Ning moved through the domain using his Void-Stepping Skull's second Soul Skill and told the two Douluo to run.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei fled toward the outskirts of Heaven Dou City.

Lu Ning pursued Gui Mei after breaking the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, captured him, and left him powerless to fight back. He then confronted Yue Guan, who weighed surrendering to Lu Ning against the consequences of betraying Bibi Dong.

• Gui Mei and Yue Guan fled in separate directions, but Lu Ning pursued Gui Mei through Heaven Dou City and ignored his threat to destroy it.
• Lu Ning caught Gui Mei after the fusion backlash made him falter, cut off his arm, and began battering his dantian with Soul Power.
• Gui Mei begged to surrender, and Lu Ning carried him toward the outskirts of the city while Yue Guan escaped alone.
• Lu Ning caught up with Yue Guan and revealed that his wings were a Soul Bone; Yue Guan recognized that Gui Mei’s survival meant Lu Ning might accept his cooperation.
• Lu Ning demanded that Yue Guan surrender and threatened to kill him, while Yue Guan considered the dangers of switching sides and angering Bibi Dong.

Lu Ning forced Yue Guan and Gui Mei to submit before setting out to find Dugu Bo, while Xue Qinghe considered how to reveal his identity to Lu Ning. Two days later, crowds and representatives of the Four Great Clans gathered outside Spirit City to see whether Spirit Hall would honor Yu Xiaogang’s promise.

• Lu Ning threatened Yue Guan, who knelt and declared his submission, while Gui Mei also bowed to Lu Ning.
• Lu Ning brought Yue Guan and Gui Mei with him to find Dugu Bo.
• Xue Qinghe praised Lu Ning’s victory to Snake Lance Douluo, while Porcupinefish Douluo urged him to reveal his true identity to Lu Ning.
• Xue Qinghe agreed that he would gradually show Lu Ning his real appearance after Lu Ning returned from Spirit City.
• Tai Tan brought Tai Long to Spirit City, where Tai Long reflected on Lu Ning’s reputation and his own stalled cultivation.
• Yang Wudi arrived with the Breaking Clan, and a white-clad figure landed beside him.

Bai Chenxiang joined Bai He and Yang Wudi as they discussed Spirit Hall and Lu Ning’s arrival, while Lu Ning’s carriage entered Spirit City. Tang San recognized the supposed Chrysanthemum Douluo in Lu Ning’s carriage and realized the man who had encountered him before was an impostor.

• Bai Chenxiang told Bai He and Yang Wudi that she had seen Lu Ning’s group enter Spirit City with only four people, including Dugu Bo.
• Yang Wudi criticized the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for abandoning Lu Ning, while Bai Chenxiang was startled by the elders’ boldness on Spirit Hall’s territory.
• Dugu Bo warned Lu Ning that his poison pill might only deter Gui Mei, and Lu Ning explained why Yue Guan would have reason not to betray them again.
• Zhu Zhuqing spotted Tang San among the crowd, and Lu Ning saw Tang Hao with him as their carriage passed.
• Tang Hao told Tang San not to take the stage, intending to capture Yue Guan and reclaim his stolen possessions, including Ah Yin and her Soul Bone.
• Tang San recognized a figure in Lu Ning’s carriage as the man who had posed as Chrysanthemum Douluo, and realized the impostor had likely deceived him before.

Lu Ning arrived at Spirit Hall with Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong to make Yu Xiaogang honor his three-year-old promise, while Bibi Dong prepared a backup plan. Before she could announce the outcome, Tuoba Xi and two other Titled Douluo reported that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had been nearly wiped out.

• Tang Hao rejected Tang San's suspicion that Lu Ning was impersonating Yue Guan, while Tang San resolved to find out the truth at the arena.
• Bibi Dong apologized to Yu Xiaogang, who accepted that he would endure public humiliation after failing to destroy the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Lu Ning brought Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong before Spirit Hall and demanded that Yu Xiaogang keep his promise.
• Bibi Dong began to announce the result, but Tuoba Xi, Ghost Leopard Douluo, and Ninth Elder arrived and interrupted her.
• Tuoba Xi reported that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had been attacked, its leader killed, and nearly all its members and Soul Saint-level experts slain.
• Lu Ning realized that Bibi Dong had arranged the destruction of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as a backup plan.

Bibi Dong used the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect’s destruction to shield Yu Xiaogang from the bet’s punishment, but Lu Ning refused to let her delay it. He demanded that Yu Xiaogang be brought back so he could wake him and enforce the agreement that day.

• Tuoba Xi reported that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect had been destroyed, and Yu Xiaogang fainted from shock.
• Bibi Dong caught Yu Xiaogang, blamed the sect’s destruction on unknown villains, and postponed the bet’s punishment until he recovered.
• Yang Wudi and Bai He discussed Bibi Dong’s ruthless political methods and expected Lu Ning to leave without enforcing the bet.
• Lu Ning offered to use a secret technique to wake Yu Xiaogang and demanded that he fulfill his promise that day.
• Bibi Dong refused to turn around and unleashed her Titled Douluo pressure over Spirit City as she shouted at Lu Ning.

Bibi Dong moved to punish Lu Ning after he demanded that Tuoba Xi honor their bet, but Dugu Bo and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect intervened. Gu Rong, Ning Fengzhi, and the injured Sword Douluo Chen Xin emerged from Lu Ning's vortex, leaving Bibi Dong to wonder whether they were his trump card.

• Dugu Bo confronted Bibi Dong and fought Ghost Leopard Douluo while commoners and weaker Soul Masters fled.
• Tuoba Xi approached Lu Ning and attacked him, but Lu Ning's black vortex absorbed his power.
• Bone Douluo Gu Rong emerged from the vortex and stood between Tuoba Xi and Lu Ning.
• Ning Fengzhi came out of the vortex, supported Dugu Bo with his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and questioned Bibi Dong about the fight.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin emerged from the vortex, injured but ready to face Bibi Dong in defense of Lu Ning.

Ning Fengzhi revealed four newly advanced Titled Douluo who joined Lu Ning’s side, turning the battle against Bibi Dong’s forces. As the fighting continued, Gui Mei betrayed Bibi Dong by attacking Tuoba Xi, leaving Bibi Dong wondering whether Yue Guan had also turned against her.

• Bibi Dong sent Ling Yuan Douluo to join Gui Mei, Tuoba Xi, and the Ninth Elder against Ning Fengzhi and his allies.
• Ning Fengzhi revealed four Titled Douluo who had been hidden in a vortex, giving Lu Ning’s side a powerful advantage.
• Flender displayed a red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, startling Tuoba Xi and the other Spirit Hall fighters.
• Ning Fengzhi’s allies gained the upper hand, though Ning Fengzhi judged that rescuing Yu Xiaogang from Bibi Dong would still be difficult.
• Lu Ning called out Gui Mei, who suddenly bound Tuoba Xi with shadowy hands and helped turn the fight into a three-against-one attack.
• Bibi Dong realized Gui Mei had betrayed her and began to suspect that Yue Guan might also be an undercover ally of Lu Ning.

Yue Guan defected to Lu Ning’s side with the unconscious Yu Xiaogang as Bibi Dong took the battlefield herself. Lu Ning challenged her with his sword domain and ghost-based skills, but the fight was interrupted when golden light from Worship Hall began to purge the area.

• Bibi Dong released her Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul after Yue Guan fled with Yu Xiaogang, and Yue Guan brought the unconscious man to Lu Ning.
• Lu Ning accepted Yue Guan’s return without reproach, then confronted Bibi Dong as she activated her Death Spider Emperor True Body.
• Lu Ning used his Sword Bone Domain to suppress Bibi Dong, who answered with her Death Spider Emperor Domain.
• Lu Ning summoned Ghost Kings with Yin Tianzi and Hundred Ghosts Night Parade, and they struck Bibi Dong through her Thorn Spider Armor.
• Bibi Dong began to use Rakshasa Ghost Eye, but golden radiance spread across the battlefield and the presence from Worship Hall intervened.

Qian Daoliu stopped the battle and signaled that the Worship Hall would protect Lu Ning, then redirected the Elders’ meeting toward removing Yu Xiaogang. After several Elders voted in favor, Bibi Dong invoked the Pope’s three votes, leaving the outcome undecided.

• Qian Daoliu and six consecrated halted the battle, suppressing Bibi Dong’s power and dispersing the Ghost Kings.
• Qian Daoliu questioned Yue Guan and Gui Mei about their defection, while Lu Ning defended them as friends who had protected him.
• Ning Fengzhi accepted responsibility for Lu Ning’s provocation, and Qian Daoliu invited Lu Ning to visit the Worship Hall before announcing a vote to strip Yu Xiaogang of his Elder position.
• Azure Luan Consecrated proposed Yu Xiaogang’s expulsion, and Ning Fengzhi, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei voted in favor.
• Bibi Dong objected and invoked the Pope’s three votes under the Elder Hall rules.