Chapter Summaries

Chen Ci, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing left Shrek Academy after Ning Rongrong clashed with Flender and Dai Mubai. They set off for Heaven Dou City, while Tang San and Xiao Wu were left to decide whether to stay at Shrek.

• Flender told Ning Rongrong to leave Shrek Academy, and Chen Ci insisted that she was leaving of her own accord rather than being expelled.
• Chen Ci invited Zhu Zhuqing to go with him and Ning Rongrong to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Dai Mubai's objection pushed Zhu Zhuqing to accept.
• Chen Ci, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing left Shrek Academy and headed toward Heaven Dou City.
• After the three had gone, Xiao Wu asked Tang San whether they should stay or leave.

Tang San and Xiao Wu left Shrek Academy to consult Yu Xiaogang, while Shrek continued to lose students and Flender considered its future. Chen Ci, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing reached Heaven Dou City and enrolled at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

• Tang San told Xiao Wu he wanted to leave Shrek and speak with Yu Xiaogang before deciding whether to return.
• Flender changed Dai Mubai and Oscar's training plans and ordered Dai Mubai to keep Ma Hongjun in prison longer.
• More than half a month later, a testing Soul Master told Flender that Shrek was struggling to recruit students, and Flender considered seeking help from Liu Erlong.
• Chen Ci, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing entered Heaven Dou City using the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's emblem and settled at a hotel.
• Chen Ci told the admissions officer that the three were twelve years old and gave their Soul Power levels, and they successfully enrolled at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Ning Rongrong pinched Chen Ci's waist after noticing him glance at the admissions officer.

Chen Ci, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing enrolled at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Song Zhinan arranged for them to study together. A letter from the Education Committee summoned Chen Ci and Ning Rongrong to meet the Heaven Dou imperial family, and they found Xue Qinghe among those waiting.

• Song Zhinan escorted Chen Ci, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing to the academic affairs office and arranged their enrollment as Heaven Dou Grade students.
• Song Zhinan introduced herself and recommended that the three choose Qin Ming as their mentor.
• Ning Rongrong insisted on sharing a couples’ room with Chen Ci, while Zhu Zhuqing took the room next door.
• Ning Rongrong received a letter addressed to her and Chen Ci from the Education Committee, and Chen Ci decided to answer the invitation.
• Chen Ci and Ning Rongrong followed the letter’s Soul Power guidance to the Education Committee and found members of the Heaven Dou imperial family, including Xue Qinghe.

Chen Ci and Ning Rongrong attended a meeting with Heaven Dou’s princes and princesses, who tried to recruit them and gain the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support. Qian Renxue invited them onto her team and promised them Soul Bones, while Chen Ci then sought an audience with Dugu Bo, who challenged him to clarify whom he represented.

• Ning Rongrong worried that the meeting with the Heaven Dou imperial family had a hidden purpose, and Chen Ci reassured her.
• Xue Beng and the other princes offered Ning Rongrong lavish rewards to join their teams, but Chen Ci politely declined their offers on her behalf and his own.
• Qian Renxue invited Chen Ci and Ning Rongrong to join her team, promised that other princes would leave them alone, and offered them two Soul Bones; Chen Ci accepted.
• Chen Ci took Ning Rongrong to the Dugu Family’s manor and requested an audience with Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo called out to Chen Ci and asked whether he wanted to meet as Sword Douluo Chen Xin’s disciple or as a friend of the eldest prince, Xue Qinghe.

Chen Ci left Dugu Manor after explaining that his ties to Xue Qinghe did not mean he had joined the imperial family’s power struggles. Back at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, he practiced until he created his own sword technique and formed passionate sword intent, while an unseen golden light descended into him.

• Chen Ci reassured Dugu Bo that he remained Sword Douluo Chen Xin’s disciple and left the manor with Ning Rongrong.
• Chen Ci practiced the Seven Kill Sword Technique at the academy’s training grounds as Ning Rongrong watched.
• Qin Ming arrived and recognized that Chen Ci’s swordsmanship was approaching the nascent form of intent.
• Chen Ci summoned his ornate sword and three purple Thousand-Year Soul Rings, then repeated his inspired sword movements until he completed his own technique.
• Chen Ci formed nascent passionate sword intent, drawing a golden light that merged into his body, while Qin Ming contained its effects across the training grounds.

Chen Ci used his Soul Skills to defeat Yu Tianheng and subdue Dugu Yan during the sparring match, discovering that Sincerity behaved differently when amplified by his Passionate Sword Technique. Qin Ming stopped Chen Ci from experimenting further, and Dugu Yan ended the battle ashamed and newly curious about him.

• Yu Tianheng feinted around Chen Ci to attack Ning Rongrong while Dugu Yan sent poison mist at Chen Ci.
• Chen Ci used Once to rewind Yu Tianheng’s movements and amplified Sincerity to make Dugu Yan fall in love with him and stop her attack.
• Chen Ci struck Yu Tianheng with Remorse, briefly disrupting his Soul Power, then held his sword to Yu Tianheng’s throat and won.
• Dugu Yan’s feelings for Chen Ci were interrupted when Yu Tianheng cried out, but Chen Ci used Sincerity again and made her regard him as family or a close friend.
• Qin Ming ended the sparring match, and Chen Ci withdrew Sincerity; Dugu Yan recovered, felt ashamed and curious about Chen Ci, and judged Yu Tianheng weak.