Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yu revealed that he had beaten Tang San to lure out Tang Hao, who confronted him and demanded he kneel and apologize. Asura intervened to protect Xiao Yu, and he and Tang Hao began a fierce battle that was still underway.

• After leaving Suotuo City, Xiao Yu told Huo Wu and Ye Lingling that he had beaten Tang San to draw out the person behind him.
• Tang Hao appeared on the road and revealed himself as Tang San’s father, demanding Xiao Yu cripple a limb and apologize.
• Xiao Yu mocked Tang Hao as an outcast of the Clear Sky Sect, prompting Tang Hao to attack with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Asura appeared, knocked Tang Hao’s hammer aside, and declared that anyone who threatened his Young Master deserved death.
• Tang Hao unleashed his Divine Slaughter’s Domain, but Asura countered it with his Holy Light Sword Qi.
• Tang Hao and Asura exchanged their Sixth Spirit Skills, with Asura’s sword light destroying Tang Hao’s hammer phantoms.

Xiao Yu’s group intervened in the battle between Tang Hao and Asura after both suffered injuries from their strongest attacks. Tang Hao learned that Xiao Yu had no interest in him, Tang San, or the little rabbit, though Xiao Yu still wanted the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape.

• Xiao Yu moved Ye Lingling and Huo Wu away from the battle, while Milo and Aiolia shielded them from the shockwaves.
• Tang Hao detonated a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring and struck Asura with the Great Sumeru Hammer, but both combatants were injured in the clash.
• Xiao Yu ordered Milo and Aiolia to stop the fight, and Tang Hao gave up resisting their combined strength.
• Tang Hao invoked the Clear Sky Sect’s name, but Xiao Yu exposed his troubled standing with its elders.
• Xiao Yu told Tang Hao he had no interest in his life, Tang San, or the little rabbit, while admitting he wanted the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape.

Xiao Yu forced Tang Hao to enter the City of Slaughter and retrieve the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's Inner Core, intending to keep him away while he searched for the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone. He left Tang Hao alive because he feared divine intervention and the Clear Sky Sect's retaliation, while planning to use Tang Hao and Tang San to draw the sect into wider conflicts.

• Xiao Yu ordered Tang Hao to fetch the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's Inner Core from the City of Slaughter, secretly aiming to keep him away from Holy Soul Village.
• Xiao Yu threatened Tang Hao's son and the little rabbit, and Tang Hao reluctantly agreed to the task.
• Xiao Yu considered competing theories about when the Asura God chose Tang San and feared that obtaining Divine Slaughter's Domain could expose him to divine interference.
• Xiao Yu decided not to kill Tang Hao because of the Clear Sky Sect's likely retaliation and Nine Stars Hall's ongoing growth.
• Xiao Yu planned to use Tang Hao and Tang San as bait to draw the Clear Sky Sect into factional conflict and make it a target for Spirit Hall.

Xiao Yu sent Hui Huo and Radamanthys to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a Titan Giant Ape for Hui Huo’s ninth spirit ring, while deciding not to recruit the Shrek Seven Devils. At Shrek Academy, Zhao Wuji tested Tang San and the others, and Ning Rongrong had already reached Soul Elder rank because of Xiao Yu’s influence.

• After learning Hui Huo had become a Titled Douluo, Xiao Yu ordered him to meet at the Star Dou Great Forest and planned to help him hunt a Titan Giant Ape.
• Xiao Yu had Radamanthys accompany Hui Huo because Asura was injured, then left Asura in Suotuo City and traveled toward the forest.
• Xiao Yu considered recruiting the Shrek Seven Devils but rejected the idea because of their loyalties, political ties, or personal circumstances.
• At Shrek Academy, Zhao Wuji personally tested Tang San and the other three applicants.
• Ning Rongrong entered the test as a thirty-first-rank Soul Elder after Ning Fengzhi tightened her training and bought her a medicinal pill from the Nine Stars Hall.

Zhao Wuji tested Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing, but Ning Rongrong’s Soul Tool shielded her from his opening attack. Tang San endured Zhao Wuji’s blows until the examination ended, and Zhao Wuji sent Dai Mubai to arrange rooms for the group.

• Zhao Wuji targeted Ning Rongrong, but her Seven-Colored Heart Soul Tool blocked his attack, and she explained that it could withstand a Soul King's full-force strike.
• Tang San was distracted by Ning Rongrong's Soul Tool, allowing Zhao Wuji to slap him and send him flying.
• Xiao Wu charged Zhao Wuji after seeing Tang San hurt, but Zhao Wuji knocked her back, and her Charm failed against his Soul Power.
• Tang San attacked Zhao Wuji with hidden weapons, but without the Dragon Beard Needle he could not pierce Zhao Wuji's defenses; he endured Zhao Wuji's blows until the incense stick burned down.
• Zhao Wuji ended the examination and told Dai Mubai to arrange accommodations for the group.

Xiao Yu encountered Zhao Wuji and the Shrek Seven Devils at an inn near the Star Dou Great Forest, where he planned to hunt Soul Beasts for Oscar. Ning Rongrong had become Shrek Academy’s creditor after Tang San broke her Soul Tool, and the chapter ended with the group surrounding Xiao Yu over their old grudge.

• Xiao Yu booked rooms for his group before their planned trip into the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain a Soul Ring for Little Ao.
• Xiao Yu unexpectedly saw Zhao Wuji and the Shrek Seven Devils at the inn and considered how he could find the Titan Giant Ape and Man Faced Demon Spider without relying on them.
• Ning Rongrong had earned the Shrek Seven Devils’ resentment by demanding payment after Tang San broke her rank-five Defense Soul Tool, so Flender had issued her an IOU on behalf of the academy.
• Xiao Wu recognized Xiao Yu, and Dai Mubai, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong gathered around him.
• Zhao Wuji stayed back, confident that his students could handle Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu faced the Shrek Seven Devils after Dai Mubai challenged him, and Tang San organized the group to fight as a team. Xiao Yu revealed overwhelming strength without using his martial soul, and the battle continued with Dai Mubai defeated and Zhu Zhuqing incapacitated.

• Xiao Yu mocked Dai Mubai and told the Shrek Seven Devils to fight him outside the inn.
• Tang San devised a team strategy, assigning Dai Mubai to attack while the others supported and Xiao Wu waited to strike.
• The Shrek Seven Devils released their martial souls, and Ning Rongrong boosted Dai Mubai as he charged Xiao Yu.
• Xiao Yu broke a bone in Dai Mubai's hand with a punch and kicked him away, leaving him spitting blood.
• Zhu Zhuqing rushed to catch Dai Mubai, but Xiao Yu blocked her, dodged her attack, and knocked her unconscious with a restrained blow.

Xiao Yu swiftly defeated Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun before Hui Huo intervened when Zhao Wuji threatened Xiao Yu. After Hui Huo overwhelmed Zhao Wuji, Zhao Wuji pleaded with him to spare the Shrek students.

• Xiao Yu knocked Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing out of the fight, then defeated Ma Hongjun despite his Phoenix Fire attacks.
• Zhao Wuji arrived and demanded that Xiao Yu apologize, then prepared to fight him as the remaining Shrek students watched.
• Hui Huo stepped in to defend Xiao Yu and revealed his Bennu Bird Martial Soul and eight soul rings.
• Zhao Wuji used Vajra Bear Avatar and charged Hui Huo, who repelled him with Corona Gale and left him burning in a crater.
• Tang San and Oscar helped Zhao Wuji and gave him a sausage, after which Zhao Wuji admitted defeat and asked Hui Huo to spare his students.

Xiao Yu spared Tang San’s group after Ning Zhou revealed Ning Rongrong’s identity, then led his companions into the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt the Titan Giant Ape. The ambush began far from the Lake of Life, and the chapter ended as Xiao Yu caught Ye Lingling amid the battle’s shockwaves.

• Ning Zhou identified Ning Rongrong as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s eldest young lady and persuaded Xiao Yu to let Tang San’s group go.
• Tang San’s group left for another town with their injured companions, while Xiao Yu dismissed the consequences of disrupting their plans.
• Xiao Yu set out with several Titled Douluo, Ye Lingling, and Huo Wu, then waited near the Lake of Life for the Titan Giant Ape to leave.
• After two days, Rhadamanthus, Aiolia, Milo, and Hui Huo sensed the Titan Giant Ape approaching, and Xiao Yu ordered the group to follow it away from the lake.
• Rhadamanthus, Milo, and Aiolia attacked the Titan Giant Ape with their Martial Soul Avatars, and Xiao Yu caught Ye Lingling when the shockwaves made her stumble.

Rhadamanthus, Milo, and Aiolia defeated the Titan Giant Ape, and Hui Huo began absorbing its hundred-thousand-year soul ring. As Rhadamanthus retrieved a soul bone from the corpse, he sensed someone hiding nearby.

• The Titan Giant Ape used its gravity domain, but Rhadamanthus, Milo, and Aiolia attacked together and Milo pierced its chest with Crimson Thorn Pierce.
• The Titan Giant Ape countered with Titan Sky Shatter, and Milo met it with Scarlet Needle Fire while Rhadamanthus and Aiolia struck from behind with their ninth soul skills.
• Milo overpowered the Titan Giant Ape, and Hui Huo finished it with an attack of black flames.
• Xiao Yu urged Hui Huo to absorb the Titan Giant Ape's soul ring quickly before the Sky Azure Bull Python noticed the battle.
• Rhadamanthus pulled a glowing Soul Bone from the Titan Giant Ape's left arm, then confronted a hidden presence in the shadows.

Xiao Yu met Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang in the forest and helped them find the Man Faced Demon Spider they had been pursuing. He warned them that it was too old for Meng Yiran’s third Spirit Ring, leaving the Peerless Dragon Snake couple deeply grateful to him.

• Meng Shu introduced himself to Xiao Yu, and Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran soon joined him.
• Xiao Yu offered to help the couple find the Man Faced Demon Spider, and Meng Yiran revealed that it was nearby with its eyes blinded.
• Aiolia returned with the dying Man Faced Demon Spider after Xiao Yu sent him to capture it.
• Xiao Yu pointed out that the spider’s legs showed it was over two thousand years old, too powerful for Meng Yiran’s third Spirit Ring.
• Meng Shu, Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Yiran thanked Xiao Yu for preventing a potentially fatal mistake and pledged their help.

Xiao Yu failed to find the Eight Spider Lances on the Man Faced Demon Spider and concluded that divine forces had arranged for Tang San to obtain them. After Tang San gained the Soul Bone and Meng Yiran absorbed a new spirit ring, Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang decided to send her to Nine Stars Academy so they could assess Nine Stars Hall.

• Xiao Yu killed the barely living Man Faced Demon Spider, collected its venom for Yang Wudi and Dugu Bo, and found no Soul Bone in its remains.
• Hui Huo absorbed a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring and advanced from rank ninety to rank ninety-two, after which Xiao Yu's group left the Star Dou Great Forest for Suotuo City.
• Tang San absorbed a thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider spirit ring with help from Zhao Wuji and the Shrek companions, and the Eight Spider Lances emerged from his back.
• An azure figure declared that he had given Tang San the Sea God Eight Wings and urged him not to disappoint.
• Meng Yiran absorbed a third spirit ring, and Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang agreed to enroll her at Nine Stars Academy while they evaluated Nine Stars Hall.

Xiao Yu and his companions found the Blue Silver Emperor’s hidden chamber beneath a waterfall near Holy Soul Village and recovered her Hundred Thousand Year Right Leg Bone. He gave it to Ye Lingling to absorb and decided to spare the regrown Blue Silver Emperor, leaving her fate unresolved.

• After learning Tang Hao had left Suotuo City for the City of Slaughter without visiting Holy Soul Village, Xiao Yu summoned Aphrodite to help locate the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Aphrodite used his ability to communicate with plants to find the Blue Silver Emperor’s hiding place beneath a waterfall, and Xiao Yu led Ye Lingling and Huo Wu into the secret chamber.
• Xiao Yu broke through a stone wall and found the Lead Box containing the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.
• Xiao Yu gave the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone to Ye Lingling, who began absorbing it.
• Xiao Yu considered reviving or destroying the regrown Blue Silver Emperor, then chose to spare her life.

Xiao Yu struggled with his feelings for Huo Wu because of his commitment to Ye Lingling and the conflict between their families. Huo Wu confessed her feelings and insisted she would handle her father, while Ye Lingling interrupted to say she did not mind.

• Xiao Yu reflected on why he had kept Huo Wu at a distance despite understanding her feelings for him.
• Huo Wu told Xiao Yu she would leave Nine Stars Academy and return to Blazing Academy after the school year, and his response made her believe he wanted her gone.
• Xiao Yu explained his commitment to Ye Lingling and the Nine Hearted Begonia Family, then assured Huo Wu that he did not dislike her.
• Huo Wu asked whether Xiao Yu liked her, embraced him, and demanded to know if he was willing to be with her.
• Xiao Yu warned that Ye Lingling might object, but Ye Lingling suddenly declared that she did not mind.

Ye Lingling finished absorbing Ah Yin’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and learned that Huo Wu loved Xiao Yu. Ye Lingling accepted Huo Wu as a sister, and Xiao Yu embraced them both before they set out to return to Nine Stars Hall.

• Ye Lingling finished absorbing the Soul Bone and revealed that she had heard Xiao Yu and Huo Wu’s conversation.
• Ye Lingling told Huo Wu she understood her feelings for Xiao Yu and brought her before him as a sister.
• Xiao Yu accepted both women, but Ye Lingling and Huo Wu fled when they noticed his physical reaction.
• Ye Lingling explained that the Soul Bone had raised her Soul Power by four ranks, evolved her Martial Soul, awakened the Saint Heart Domain, and granted her two Soul Bone skills.
• Xiao Yu warned Ye Lingling to stabilize her Soul Power before attempting to break through to Soul King.
• Xiao Yu, Ye Lingling, and Huo Wu prepared to return to Nine Stars Hall.

Ye Lingling broke through to level fifty, and Xiao Yu accompanied her into the Star Dou Great Forest to find her fifth spirit ring. After confronting a group that tried to drive them away from its camp, they met Xue Qinghe, who was escorting Princess Xue Ke to hunt for a spirit ring.

• Ye Lingling broke through the level-fifty bottleneck after three months of cultivation, and Xiao Yu congratulated her.
• Xiao Yu took Ye Lingling to the Star Dou Great Forest to seek her fifth spirit ring while Huo Wu remained in seclusion.
• Three men surrounded Xiao Yu and Ye Lingling, claiming the area as their camp and ordering them to leave.
• Xiao Yu knocked down two Soul Ancestors with slaps after they attacked him, prompting their Soul King leader to confront him.
• Xue Qinghe stopped the confrontation and told Xiao Yu that she was accompanying Princess Xue Ke to obtain a spirit ring.

Xiao Yu and Ye Lingling were caught in a Soul Beast assault led by the Sky Azure Bull Python, which sought revenge for the Titan Giant Ape. After Milo and Aiolia intervened to hold off the beast, Xiao Yu led Ye Lingling and the others through the horde’s weakest point to escape.

• Xue Qinghe invited Xiao Yu and Ye Lingling to stay at his camp, where they met Princess Xue Ke and spent the night meditating.
• A huge horde of Soul Beasts surrounded the camp, and the Sky Azure Bull Python appeared and targeted Xiao Yu for killing the Titan Giant Ape.
• Xiao Yu activated his Martial Soul and revealed that he had reached Soul Emperor, then urged Xue Qinghe to choose a path through the weakest part of the horde.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python trapped Xiao Yu in its Slow Domain and attacked, but Milo and Aiolia broke through the domain and confronted it.
• Xiao Yu took Ye Lingling and led the escape through the Soul Beast horde while Xue Qinghe, Xue Ke, and the royal guards followed.

Xiao Yu and the survivors faced a nearly fifty-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape ambush, and Qian Renxue revealed her true identity to fight beside him. The battle left the Titan Giant Ape wounded, but it was still raging as Qian Renxue struck its vital point.

• Xiao Yu defeated the last pursuing Silver Fang Wolf, while Ye Lingling healed him and Xue Qinghe suspected he had killed the Titan Giant Ape that provoked the attack.
• Xiao Yu sensed another Soul Beast, and he and the others retreated just before a nearly fifty-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape landed before them.
• Xiao Yu knocked Xue Ke unconscious and stored her in the Ruyi Treasure Pouch, then urged Xue Qinghe to abandon her disguise and help him fight.
• Qian Renxue revealed her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, while Ye Lingling spread her Saint Heart Domain to support Xiao Yu and Qian Renxue.
• Xiao Yu wounded the Titan Giant Ape's fist, then countered its earthy beam with his Fourth Spirit Skill as Qian Renxue pierced its vital point with her Sacred Sword.

Xiao Yu and Qian Renxue fought the Titan Giant Ape but were overwhelmed by its attacks. With Xiao Yu’s protective barrier close to breaking and no Titled Douluo nearby, they agreed to attempt a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Qian Renxue wounded the Titan Giant Ape, but it flung her away, and Xiao Yu caught her before she hit the ground.
• Xiao Yu and Qian Renxue launched physical and mental attacks, but the Titan Giant Ape struck them both and injured them.
• Ye Lingling healed Xiao Yu and Qian Renxue while the Titan Giant Ape prepared a massive barrage of Soul Power spheres.
• Xiao Yu used the Bell of Life to shield the three of them and learned that Qian Renxue had left her Titled Douluo guards in Heaven Dou City.
• Xiao Yu proposed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Qian Renxue agreed as their Underworld Apostle and Six-Winged Angel Martial Souls began to fuse.

Xiao Yu and Qian Renxue used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to kill the Titan Giant Ape, but the effort left them nearly powerless and forced them to abandon Ye Lingling’s fifth spirit ring for now. After the group escaped the Star Dou Great Forest and recovered, Ye Lingling learned Qian Renxue’s true identity and agreed to keep it secret.

• Xiao Yu and Qian Renxue fused into the Chaos Angel and killed the Titan Giant Ape with one strike, exhausting their Soul Power and nearly all their spiritual power.
• Ye Lingling healed Xiao Yu and Qian Renxue, and the three left the Star Dou Great Forest before resting at an inn.
• Milo and Aiolia escaped the Soul Beasts and reunited with Xiao Yu’s group, while Xiao Yu decided they could not return to the forest for Ye Lingling’s spirit ring anytime soon.
• Qian Renxue summoned powerful Soul Masters to escort her and Princess Xue Ke to Heaven Dou City, and Xue Ke awoke after twelve days unconscious.
• Xiao Yu told Ye Lingling that Qian Renxue was the Spirit Hall Saintess, and Ye Lingling agreed to keep her identity secret.