Chapter Summaries

Jiang Che discovered that the Crimson Blade’s blade spirit was a temperamental pink loach and learned he could not safely use the weapon yet. He trained against Chen Xin in the Bamboo Grove while Bibi Dong read intelligence about Jiang Che, Tang San, Tang Hao, and Yu Xiaogang.

• Jiang Che met the Crimson Blade’s blade spirit, which claimed to be a true dragon and expelled him from its space with flames.
• The Crimson Blade attacked Jiang Che after he returned to the real world, so he stored it and read that its blade spirit liked red sun items.
• Jiang Che bought a sharpened long saber and went to the Bamboo Grove, where Chen Xin arranged for a Healing Soul Master to treat him after training.
• Jiang Che fought Chen Xin with real skills, endured his swordsmanship despite his injuries, and Ning Fengzhi watched in disbelief from a tall building.
• Bibi Dong read Salas’s intelligence on Jiang Che, Tang San, Tang Hao, and Yu Xiaogang and trembled as she read.

Bibi Dong considered Yu Xiaogang’s connection to Tang San while Jiang Che continued to grow stronger and draw closer to Dugu Yan. Dugu Bo summoned Jiang Che to discuss his exceptional physique, hoping to learn how he could absorb Soul Rings beyond the usual age limit.

• Bibi Dong read about Jiang Che’s progress and worried that Qian Daoliu might discover Tang Hao’s whereabouts through Yu Xiaogang.
• Over three months, Jiang Che reached rank 34, developed his understanding of his path, and mastered the second form of the Lingyun Flower Rain Blade.
• Dugu Yan invited Jiang Che to dinner, where he teased her and ignored Yu Tianheng’s jealous glare.
• Dugu Yan brought Jiang Che to Dugu Manor, where Dugu Bo praised his progress and questioned his unusually strong physique.
• Dugu Bo privately hoped to uncover Jiang Che’s secret so Dugu Yan could absorb a Soul Ring beyond the usual age limit for her fourth Soul Ring.

Jiang Che revealed to Dugu Bo that properly prepared whale rubber could improve physical fitness, hoping to build trust and eventually learn about the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. After Dugu Yan began absorbing it, Jiang Che asked Dugu Bo whether the Jade Phosphorus Snake Martial Soul had a flaw, leaving Dugu Bo wary.

• Jiang Che told Dugu Bo that roasting whale rubber of the right age could improve a Soul Master's physique, and Dugu Bo went to obtain some himself.
• Jiang Che warned that Dugu Yan needed whale rubber at least five thousand years old but not so old that its effects overwhelmed her.
• Dugu Yan teased Jiang Che about how he had discovered whale rubber's effects, and Jiang Che told her she would find out how capable he was that night.
• Dugu Bo prepared ice and followed Jiang Che's instructions while Dugu Yan absorbed the whale rubber; Jiang Che and Dugu Bo waited in the study.
• Jiang Che asked Dugu Bo whether he and Dugu Yan had been born with their distinctive hair and eye color, then asked if their Martial Souls had a flaw.
• Dugu Bo's killing intent briefly rose at Jiang Che's question, but he suppressed it.

Jiang Che convinced Dugu Bo that he knew how to remedy the Jade Phosphorus Snake Martial Soul’s poison backlash, prompting Dugu Bo to bring him and Dugu Yan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Jiang Che identified many immortal herbs there, leaving Dugu Bo hopeful that one could cure the flaw.

• Jiang Che told Dugu Bo that the Jade Phosphorus Snake’s poison backlash could be eased by forcing poison into a Soul Bone or cured at its root with a suitable natural treasure.
• Dugu Bo decided to take Jiang Che to a secret hot spring where many unusual plants grew, once Dugu Yan finished absorbing the whale rubber.
• Dugu Bo brought Jiang Che and Dugu Yan through the canyon of poisonous creatures to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Jiang Che used the Record of Ten Thousand Herbs to identify the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, infernal delicate apricot, octagonal mysterious ice grass, and many other immortal herbs.
• Jiang Che told Dugu Bo that the spring held quite a few of the treasures he had described, and Dugu Bo eagerly asked whether that was true.

Jiang Che harvested rare herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, giving Dugu Bo a nine-grade dragon ganoderma to test whether it could evolve his Martial Soul. He then consumed the octagonal mysterious ice grass and infernal delicate apricot and jumped into the spring to absorb their power.

• Jiang Che picked aromatic silk beauty and harvested two nine-grade dragon ganoderma, leaving their rootstocks so they could continue growing.
• Jiang Che explained that dragon ganoderma could help beast Martial Souls transform, and Dugu Bo chose to consume one before Dugu Yan tried hers.
• Dugu Bo began meditating after eating a dragon ganoderma, while Dugu Yan kept the other one.
• Jiang Che used iron to harvest octagonal mysterious ice grass and jade to harvest infernal delicate apricot, following the instructions in the Record of Ten Thousand Herbs.
• Jiang Che asked Dugu Yan to turn around, removed his clothes, consumed both herbs, and jumped into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as Dugu Yan watched anxiously.

Dugu Bo’s martial soul evolved after he absorbed the dragon ganoderma, while Jiang Che endured the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s tempering. Jiang Che woke with his Blue Silver Emperor and Emperor-Suppressing Armor strengthened, and the others remained unaware of his transformation.

• Dugu Bo emerged from a blood mist with an evolved dragon martial soul, new draconic features, and soul power that had risen to rank ninety-three.
• Dugu Bo realized Jiang Che was in the spring and feared for his safety, but Dugu Yan reassured him that Jiang Che had taken two medicinal herbs.
• Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan she could follow the power attack route, then urged her to take the dragon ganoderma.
• Jiang Che regained consciousness after the spring and two immortal herbs tempered his body, remedied his plant martial soul’s flaw, and granted him resistance to ice and fire.
• Jiang Che’s Blue Silver Emperor gained intertwined gold, red, and blue threads, while his Emperor-Suppressing Armor was tempered and strengthened.

After Dugu Bo’s Martial Soul improved, Jiang Che harvested the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s rare herbs and used Dew of Forgetting Autumn to advance his Starry Eyes. Dugu Yan then completed her Martial Soul evolution, and Jiang Che was startled by how much she had changed.

• Jiang Che surfaced after absorbing the medicinal effects, and Dugu Bo told him that his Martial Soul had improved dramatically.
• Dugu Bo agreed that Jiang Che could take more herbs, and Jiang Che harvested the immortal herbs and other rare plants to keep them from being stolen.
• Jiang Che explained how to harvest and care for several herbs, then gave Dugu Bo two Earth Dragon Golden Melons for him and Dugu Yan.
• Jiang Che collected Brightfire Sunflowers and consumed the Dew of Forgetting Autumn, awakening Mental Projection in his Starry Eyes.
• Dugu Yan completed her Martial Soul evolution, and Jiang Che was shocked by the extent of her transformation.

After Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul evolution transformed her appearance and strengthened her, Jiang Che tested his own physique and spent a week cultivating. The Heaven Dou Team One then prepared to tour the empire’s Great Soul Arenas and pursue promotion to the Golden Soul Fighting Group.

• Dugu Yan thanked Jiang Che for helping her evolve, while Dugu Bo approved of their closeness.
• Dugu Bo tested Jiang Che’s physique and judged it comparable to a peak Soul King’s, then reinforced the poison formation around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Jiang Che cultivated at the Jiang Residence for a week, gaining one Soul Power level, while Dugu Yan reached level 38.
• Jiang Che and Dugu Yan returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where their classmates were stunned by Dugu Yan’s changed appearance and Jiang Che confirmed her identity.
• Qin Ming announced that Heaven Dou Team One would tour the Heaven Dou Empire’s Great Soul Arenas and compete until it advanced to the Golden Soul Fighting Group.

The Shrek Seven Devils began their Soul Fighting circuit without Jiang Che, and two months later the team had become feared regulars at Suotuo City's Great Soul Arena. Tang San criticized Ma Hongjun’s poor cultivation and combat ability while privately counting on the team to help him win the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament.

• Qin Ming told the Shrek students to prepare for the Soul Fighting circuit and said Jiang Che would not join their seven-on-seven matches.
• Dugu Yan told Ye Lingling that her Martial Soul had evolved, while keeping the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well secret.
• Two months later, the Shrek Seven Devils ate in an isolated corner of the Great Soul Arena restaurant, where Ma Hongjun ogled female Soul Masters and asked Dai Mubai to take him out that night.
• Dai Mubai mocked Ma Hongjun but offered to pay for a cheap companion, while Ma Hongjun complained that Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong should be expelled.
• Tang San defended Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, criticized Ma Hongjun’s weak cultivation and fighting ability, and resolved to rely on the team for the upcoming tournament.

Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun insulted Dugu Yan, prompting Yu Tianheng to confront them. After Yu Tianheng mocked Dai Mubai as the Cowardly White Tiger, Dai Mubai attacked, but Yu Tianheng caught his wrist and struck him with a lightning dragon claw.

• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun leered at Dugu Yan and loudly praised her looks, angering Yu Tianheng.
• Yu Tianheng approached Dai Mubai with Shi Mo and demanded that Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun kneel and apologize.
• Ma Hongjun revealed Dai Mubai's royal identity, but Yu Tianheng mocked him as the Cowardly White Tiger.
• Dai Mubai activated White Tiger Possession and threw a punch at Yu Tianheng.
• Yu Tianheng transformed his right arm, caught Dai Mubai's wrist, and hit his chest with a lightning dragon claw.

Yu Tianheng retaliated against Tang San and Xiao Wu after Tang San attacked him with poisoned needles, overpowering them with his Thunder Dragon Claw. Tang San and Xiao Wu lay injured and stunned as the restaurant’s Soul Masters cheered.

• Yu Tianheng threw the lightning-struck Dai Mubai into Ma Hongjun, and Oscar rushed to help them.
• Tang San confronted Yu Tianheng, then launched poisoned needles at him; Shi Mo blocked them and warned Yu Tianheng about Tang San’s hidden weapons.
• Yu Tianheng recognized the needles were poisoned and charged at Tang San and Xiao Wu in fury.
• Xiao Wu stood in front of Tang San, and Tang San stepped in front of her to meet Yu Tianheng’s Thunder Dragon Claw.
• Yu Tianheng’s strike overwhelmed Tang San and sent him and Xiao Wu crashing through the restaurant tables as lightning convulsed their bodies.
• The Soul Masters whose tables were wrecked cheered Yu Tianheng and condemned Tang San and Xiao Wu’s underhanded attacks.

Tang San nearly lost control after the crowd mocked the Shrek Five Monsters, then demanded that Zhao Wuji punish the team that had hurt Xiao Wu. Zhao Wuji intervened but hesitated to escalate after Dugu Yan revealed that her grandfather was Dugu Bo, leaving Tang San bitter and still intent on revenge.

• Spectators mocked the Shrek Five Monsters as Tang San lay twitching from the lightning, and his killing intent surged until Zhao Wuji suppressed it.
• Tang San checked Xiao Wu's injuries, found they were superficial, and demanded that Zhao Wuji make the blue-and-white-clad team pay.
• Zhao Wuji blasted Yu Tianheng, Shi Mo, and Shi Mo away, and Ye Lingling healed them with her Nine Heart Begonia.
• Dugu Yan confronted Zhao Wuji and revealed that her grandfather was Dugu Bo, alarming him with the threat of a Titled Douluo's retaliation.
• Dugu Yan refused to leave until Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai apologized, while Zhao Wuji defended the Shrek Five Monsters.
• Zhao Wuji privately warned Tang San that Shrek Academy could not risk provoking Dugu Bo, and Tang San silently resented that the team had not been punished enough.

Jiang Che arrived as Zhao Wuji tried to leave, then ordered a hidden Soul Saint to attack him. With Meng Duo joining the fight, the injured Zhao Wuji fell under their combined assault while Tang San watched in fear.

• Zhao Wuji tried to leave with his group, but Jiang Che stopped him.
• Jiang Che mocked Yu Tianheng after noticing that Xiao Wu had wet herself, and Xiao Wu reacted with shame and unusual excitement.
• Jiang Che ordered Uncle Luo, a Soul Saint secretly assigned by Qian Renxue to protect him, to attack Zhao Wuji.
• Zhao Wuji activated Martial Soul Avatar, but Uncle Luo struck him through the building and worsened his injuries.
• Jiang Che sent Meng Duo to join the fight from the perimeter, leaving Zhao Wuji pressured by a Soul Saint and a Soul Emperor.
• Tang San trembled as Zhao Wuji lost ground, and Jiang Che noticed that Tang San's aura seemed sinister.

Zhao Wuji was defeated by the Golden Kui Eagle Soul Saint while Meng Duo harassed him from a distance, and Jiang Che stopped the fight once Zhao Wuji could no longer continue. Jiang Che then demanded that Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai kowtow to Dugu Yan, and Ma Hongjun complied despite Tang San’s objections.

• Zhao Wuji used Gravity Quagmire and Gravity Squeeze, but the Golden Kui Eagle Soul Saint escaped with Golden Shadow and wounded him with Light Blade.
• The Golden Kui Eagle Soul Saint blocked Zhao Wuji’s counterattack, and Zhao Wuji collapsed as Xiao Wu, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun treated his injuries.
• Jiang Che stopped the Golden Kui Eagle Soul Saint, but Xiao Wu confronted him and accused him of showing no mercy.
• Jiang Che mocked Xiao Wu and demanded that Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai kowtow to Dugu Yan for provoking the conflict.
• Ma Hongjun knelt and kowtowed three times, while Tang San watched him with displeasure.

Jiang Che defeated Dai Mubai after Ma Hongjun had already surrendered, then let the Shrek Academy group go when he sensed a powerful Titled Douluo nearby. Tang San and the others returned to Shrek Academy battered, where Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong learned that Jiang Che was back.

• Jiang Che shattered Dai Mubai's White Tiger Protection Barrier, bound him with Blue Silver Vines, and forced him to kowtow until he passed out.
• Tang San wondered whether his teacher had been wrong to take Blue Silver Grass down the poison path after seeing how easily Jiang Che defeated Dai Mubai.
• Jiang Che told Xiao Wu that the group had started the fight, then let them leave after sensing a Titled Douluo nearby and recognizing the presence as Tang Hao.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, and the others returned to Shrek Academy supporting Dai Mubai and Zhao Wuji, and Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong asked what had happened.
• Tang San blamed Jiang Che for Zhao Wuji and Dai Mubai's condition, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing reacted with delight to hearing that their teacher was back.

Tang San secretly slaughtered forty villagers to absorb their Soul Power, while Xiao Wu struggled with memories of mating as a Soul Beast. The next morning, Jiang Che warned his team about Shrek Academy’s dangerous fighters before they prepared for their rematch.

• Tang San used his Eight Spider Lances to kill everyone in a village and rapidly absorb their Soul Power.
• Xiao Wu lay awake, troubled by memories of being electrocuted and her former life as a Soul Beast.
• Qin Ming told his team that their next battle would be against Shrek Academy and urged them to fight seriously.
• Jiang Che warned the team about Tang San’s hidden weapons and his pattern of poisoning opponents who had hurt Xiao Wu.
• Jiang Che revealed that Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing were his disciples and cautioned the team about their abilities.
• Shi Mo asked about the Symbiosis Cult, and Yu Feng said it had started growing rapidly that month.

Jiang Che learned that Galian had founded the growing Symbiosis Cult, while Shrek Academy prepared to face the powerful Heaven Dou Royal Team. The chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang warning the team about Dugu Yan's strength and her Jade Phosphor Dragon Emperor Martial Soul.

• Jiang Che asked Galian about the Symbiosis Cult and learned it had several hundred members, including a Soul Saint and two Soul Kings, while only six members had qualified to learn the Symbiosis Method.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing looked forward to seeing their teacher before Shrek's team Soul Fighting match.
• A bearded man brought Shrek the Heaven Dou Royal Team roster, and Tang San reacted with shock at the opponents' high Soul Power levels.
• Zhu Zhuqing encouraged the team, and Tang San pointed out that Ning Rongrong's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda could help offset the gap in strength.
• Dai Mubai explained the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul's power, and Yu Xiaogang warned the team that Dugu Yan was even stronger than Yu Tianheng.

Tang San prepared Shrek Academy to face the Heaven Dou Royal Team, distributing poisoned hidden weapons and making a tactical plan. As both teams took their positions in the arena, Ning Rongrong refused Tang San’s blue silver grass link, and Zhu Zhuqing cut one of its vines.

• Tang San claimed he could handle Dugu Yan’s poison and distributed poisoned hidden weapons, though Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong refused theirs.
• Tang San assigned Zhu Zhuqing to face Osler and Xiao Wu to protect Ning Rongrong.
• Jiang Che reviewed Shrek Academy’s information, warned his team about Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances, and joined the Heaven Dou Royal Team before its match.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing cheered for Jiang Che as both teams entered the arena.
• Tang San tried to link Shrek’s fighters with blue silver grass, but Ning Rongrong refused and Zhu Zhuqing cut a vine with her sword.

Shrek and the Heaven Dou Royal Team began their battle, with Tang San keeping his Blue Silver Grass links despite his teammates disconnecting. Shrek’s fighters struck back against the Imperial team’s opening moves, and the battle continued with Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu pressing the attack.

• Tang San chose to link Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and the others with Blue Silver Grass, while both teams completed Martial Soul Possession and the host started the battle.
• Dai Mubai charged Yu Tianheng, but Osler intercepted him; Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Fierce Light Wave was deflected by Shi Mo’s enhanced tortoise shell.
• Tang San pulled Dai Mubai out of Osler’s claw attack with Blue Silver Grass, while Yu Tianheng called his team closer and baited Shrek with the order.
• Zhu Zhuqing received Ning Rongrong’s speed enhancement and rushed toward Ye Lingling in the Imperial team’s rear line.
• Yu Feng dove at Xiao Wu, but Ning Rongrong enhanced Xiao Wu’s Waist Bow and strength, allowing Rabbit Kicks Eagle to dislocate Yu Feng’s right wing.
• Xiao Wu missed her follow-up scorpion-tail whip and began falling, but Tang San lifted her with Blue Silver Grass.

The Heaven Dou Royal Team countered Shrek’s attacks with healing, defense, and Yu Tianheng’s lightning, which overwhelmed Tang San and his teammates. The chapter ended with Tang San collapsing under the shocks as Xiao Wu fell into his arms and the spectators stared in disbelief.

• Ye Lingling healed Yu Feng with her Nine-Star Begonia, undoing the damage Xiao Wu had inflicted.
• Dugu Yan blocked Zhu Zhuqing’s attack, while Shi Mo stopped Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Ray.
• Yu Tianheng used Thunderous Might to send lightning through Tang San’s Blue Silver Vines, shocking Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Tang San.
• Tang San retracted his vines, but Yu Tianheng redirected the lightning along them, causing a stronger shock that made Tang San scream and kneel.
• Xiao Wu approached Tang San and was shocked as well; Yu Tianheng stopped his attack when its Soul Power cost became too high.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu collapsed together, leaving the spectators stunned by the scene.