Chapter Summaries

Tang San learned that Tang Hao had left to reclaim what belonged to him, while Xiao Yan comforted him and their lives continued for three years. During an annual meeting between the two Xiao Yans, the Douluo Xiao Yan’s Soul Division Martial Soul carried him into the Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Yan’s body, leaving him face-to-face with Xun’er.

• Tang San read Tang Hao’s letter saying he had left and that Tang San should not look for him, then resolved to meet his father again someday.
• Xiao Yan helped Tang San and Xiao Wu clean their house and encouraged Tang San to keep cultivating, while Tang Hao told Grandmaster that he had erased the deacon’s memories of the twin Martial Souls.
• Three years passed, and ten-year-old Xiao Yan reached Soul Power Level 21 and obtained his second Soul Ring.
• The Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Yan told the Douluo Xiao Yan that his Dou Qi Vortex had vanished after he condensed it and that his Dou Qi was slowly disappearing.
• As their meeting space faded, the Douluo Xiao Yan’s Soul Division Martial Soul merged with the Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Yan, and he awoke in an unfamiliar room in that world as Xun’er called to him.

Xiao Yan found himself in the Battle Through the Heavens World and took his counterpart’s place, then accompanied Xun'er to Wutan City’s marketplace. There, Jia Lie Rong provoked Xun'er over a jade hairpin, and Xiao Yan stepped in to defend her.

• Xiao Yan realized he had entered his Battle Through the Heavens counterpart’s body and confirmed he could still summon the Bone Spirit Cold Flame Martial Soul.
• Xiao Yan went with Xun'er through the Xiao Clan and noticed that the clansmen’s praise masked jealousy tied to his reputation as a prodigy.
• Xiao Yan and Xun'er visited the eastern marketplace, where Jia Lie Rong snatched a jade hairpin from Xun'er and ordered her cousin Jia Lie Qi to attack her.
• Xiao Yan shielded Xun'er and mocked Jia Lie Rong and Jia Lie Qi.

Xiao Yan attacked Jia Lie Qi in the marketplace, triggering a clash between the Xiao Clan and Jia Lie Family. As the battle continued, Jia Lie Rong secretly killed Jia Lie Qi, and a Dou Zhe guard charged at Xiao Yan.

• Jia Lie Qi threatened Xiao Yan and demanded that he kneel and apologize to Jia Lie Rong.
• Xiao Yan struck Jia Lie Qi with Stone Shattering Palm, sending him flying and revealing himself as Xiao Yan of the Xiao Clan.
• Jia Lie Family guards rushed Xiao Yan, Xiao Clan members moved to protect him, and a melee erupted in the marketplace.
• Jia Lie Rong used the jade hairpin to kill the wounded Jia Lie Qi while pretending to comfort him; Xiao Yan and Xun'er noticed.
• A Jia Lie Family guard who had reached the Dou Zhe level charged at Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan prepared Sky-Rending Claw.

Xiao Yan fought a Jia Lie Family guard in the marketplace, using his Bone Spirit Cold Flame Martial Soul and Soul Skills to overcome the stronger opponent. He killed the guard after the man used a Bloodburst Pill, while Xun'er watched in shock at Xiao Yan's unfamiliar abilities.

• Xiao Yan used Swift Step and attacked the Jia Lie Family guard, but the Three-Star Dou Zhe blocked his strike.
• Xiao Yan summoned his Bone Spirit Cold Flame Martial Soul and formed an ice-crystal spear with Cold Flame, Condensed Soul Stab.
• The guard grabbed the spear, was slowed by its chill, and narrowly avoided Xiao Yan's strike to his neck.
• The guard swallowed a Bloodburst Pill and surged with power as Xun'er explained its effects.
• Xiao Yan activated Cold Flame · Soul Armor and struck the guard with his spear, breaking the man's arm before the weapon shattered.
• Xiao Yan used the chill from his armor to slow the guard, then pierced him with Condensed Soul Stab, leaving his corpse frozen like an ice sculpture.

Xiao Yan killed Jia Lie Qi and a Jia Lie Family guard in the marketplace, prompting Xiao Zhan to arrive and force the Jia Lie and Ao Ba families to withdraw. Xiao Zhan reassured Xiao Yan of the clan’s support, then left determined to confront the Jia Lie Family.

• Xiao Zhan arrived with Xiao Clan disciples, checked on Xiao Yan, and confronted the surrounded Jia Lie and Ao Ba family members.
• Oba Pa denied intending to attack and distanced the Ao Ba Family from Jia Lie Bi’s conflict with the Xiao Clan.
• Jia Lie Bi blamed Xiao Yan for Jia Lie Qi’s death, but Xiao Zhan denied the accusation and drove both families from the marketplace.
• Xiao Zhan privately praised Xiao Yan, promised that the Xiao Clan would support him, and left with killing intent toward the Jia Lie Family.

After defeating a Jia Lie Family fighter, Xiao Yan recovered from his injuries and drew attention across Wutan City. He went to the council hall to join Xiao Zhan and the three elders as they argued over a clan decision.

• Xun'er gave Xiao Yan a healing pill and asked him not to overexert himself.
• Xiao Yan took the pill, healed his injury, and noticed his Soul Power had become unusually active.
• News spread that Xiao Yan had killed a Three-Star Dou Zhe, making the Xiao Clan and its young master the focus of Wutan City’s factions.
• Xiao Yan decided to involve himself in the clan’s affairs and learned that Xiao Zhan and the three elders were arguing in the council hall.
• Xiao Yan entered the council hall after Xiao Zhan granted him permission, and the patriarch asked why he had come.

Xiao Yan confronted the three elders over the Xiao Clan’s response to the Jia Lie Family and argued that Xiao Zhan’s decision to fight was for the clan’s future, not just for him. He left the elders considering who could lead the clan after Xiao Zhan and what would become of a clan that failed to support its younger members.

• Xiao Zhan declared that the Xiao Clan should fight the Jia Lie Family after it attacked Xiao Yan, but the third elder objected and blamed Xiao Yan for starting the conflict.
• Xiao Yan mocked the elders’ narrow thinking and argued that elders should protect the younger generation rather than rely on age to command respect.
• Xiao Yan said that blaming him after he stood up to the Jia Lie Family would discourage other young clan members from defending the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan asked who could succeed Xiao Zhan as patriarch and established that no one in the younger generation matched his talent or Xiao Zhan’s strength and prestige.
• Xiao Yan explained that Xiao Zhan had argued with the elders out of respect for them and had chosen to act against the Jia Lie Family for the clan’s sake.
• Xiao Yan warned that a clan that failed to support its younger members would lose their loyalty and unity.

Douluo Xiao Yan confronted the Xiao Clan elders and discovered that a strange ring was absorbing his Soul Power, likely causing Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Yan's Dou Qi Vortex to disappear. The two Xiao Yans reunited in the mysterious space, where Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Yan revealed he had restored his Dou Qi Vortex in the Douluo World and was stunned by Douluo Xiao Yan's actions against the Jia Lie Family and the elders.

• Xiao Yan promised Xiao Zhan and the three elders that he would lead the Xiao Clan in a fight against the Jia Lie Family, apologized for offending the elders, and returned to his courtyard.
• While cultivating, Xiao Yan noticed Soul Power flowing toward a grayish-brown ring and confirmed that the ring absorbed it, so he sealed the ring in a wooden box.
• Xiao Yan withdrew the Soul Division Martial Soul and reunited with Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Yan in the mysterious space.
• Douluo Xiao Yan told Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Yan that the ring had likely drained his Dou Qi and that it might contain a powerful expert's inheritance.
• Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Yan said he had restored his Dou Qi Vortex in the Douluo World, then reacted with disbelief when Douluo Xiao Yan described provoking conflict with the Jia Lie Family and scolding the elders.

After a year apart, the two Xiao Yans reunited and discussed their progress, including the growing conflict between the Xiao Clan and the Jia Lie Family. They decided to use the Soul Division Martial Soul to bring Douluo Xiao Yan into the Battle Through the Heavens World, where he awoke near the Xiao Clan.

• Douluo Xiao Yan returned to Holy Soul Village and discovered that the Soul Division Martial Soul had weakened after connecting the two worlds.
• Over the following year, Douluo Xiao Yan advanced to rank twenty-six while studying Martial Souls and practicing Dou Techniques.
• Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Yan told Douluo Xiao Yan that he had reached Three-Star Dou Zhe and that the Xiao Clan's conflict with the Jia Lie Family had intensified.
• Douluo Xiao Yan warned Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Yan to beware of the Jia Lie Family's possible counterattack and the Ao Ba Family's motives.
• Douluo Xiao Yan and Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Yan used the Soul Division Martial Soul to send Douluo Xiao Yan into the Battle Through the Heavens World.
• Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Yan woke on a rock in the hills behind the Xiao Clan and asked whether his brother was there.

The Xiao Clan prepared to destroy the Jia Lie Family, while Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Yan and Douluo Xiao Yan investigated the mysterious ring and sensed a link between it and Douluo Xiao Yan’s Martial Soul. That night, the Jia Lie Family walked into the Xiao Clan’s trap, and Xiao Zhan confronted Jia Lie Bi as the ambush began.

• Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Yan attended the Xiao Clan meeting, where Xiao Zhan ordered the clan to attack the Jia Lie Family that night.
• Xun'er joined Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Yan and reassured him that Xiao Zhan could handle the Jia Lie Family.
• Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Yan showed Douluo Xiao Yan the ring that had absorbed his Dou Qi Vortex, and Douluo Xiao Yan sensed something inside it shared his Martial Soul’s lineage.
• Battle Through the Xiao Clan waited for the night battle, but Jia Lie Family fighters attacked before nightfall and were drawn toward the clan’s outer grounds.
• Xiao Zhan and the three elders surrounded the front hall while Xiao Clan disciples protected the core area, revealing that the daytime mobilization had been bait for Jia Lie Bi.
• Jia Lie Bi warned Oba Pa that the Ao Ba Family would not escape disaster after helping the Xiao Clan.

The Xiao Clan and Ao Ba Family joined forces to destroy the Jia Lie Family, while Xiao Yan watched from the roof. Xiao Zhan later told Xiao Yan that his alliance with the Ao Ba Family was connected to Xiao Yan’s childhood betrothal to a Nalan Family girl, who had recently become the Misty Cloud Sect Master's final disciple.

• Xiao Zhan and Oba Pa surrounded Jia Lie Bi and attacked him as their clans fought the Jia Lie Family.
• Oba Pa helped the Xiao Clan because he believed Xiao Yan’s connection to the Nalan Family and Nalan Yanran could bring the Xiao Clan powerful support.
• Xiao Zhan and Oba Pa defeated Jia Lie Bi, and Xiao Clan forces took over the Jia Lie Family’s territory and resources.
• Xiao Zhan confronted Xiao Yan for watching from the roof and explained that Xiao Yan’s childhood betrothal had helped bring Oba Pa to their side.
• Xiao Zhan told Xiao Yan that his grandfather had arranged his betrothal to a Nalan Family girl who had recently become the Misty Cloud Sect Master's final disciple.

Xiao Yan learned that his Battle Through the Heavens counterpart had a fiancée and returned to the Douluo World, where he and Tang San graduated as level twenty-nine Soul Grandmasters. The three arrived in Suotuo City to seek Shrek Academy and found that the Rose Hotel had only one room left.

• Xiao Zhan told Xiao Yan that Xiao Xun'er was his fiancée and that the Ao Ba Family had supported the Xiao Clan after learning of the engagement.
• Douluo Xiao Yan teased Xiao Yan about his fiancée before returning to the Douluo World, where no time had passed.
• Over the next two years, Xiao Yan and Tang San became Nuoding Academy legends and graduated at level twenty-nine, while the Xiao Clan became Wutan City's leading family.
• Xiao Yan, Tang San, and Xiao Wu arrived in Suotuo City and decided to find lodging before visiting Shrek Academy the next day.
• Xiao Wu chose the Rose Hotel, but its attendant told Tang San that only one room remained, and Xiao Yan spoke up.

Tang San and Dai Mubai competed for the hotel’s last room, first fighting without Soul Power and then agreeing to continue after Tang San narrowly won. Dai Mubai revealed his White Tiger Martial Soul and level thirty-seven Soul Elder rank as Xiao Yan stepped beside Tang San for the looming battle.

• Dai Mubai arrived at the hotel and demanded the room, while Manager Wang confirmed that one was always reserved for him.
• Xiao Wu challenged Dai Mubai, and Tang San stepped forward to fight him without Soul Power.
• Tang San narrowly defeated Dai Mubai in their hand-to-hand match, but Dai Mubai asked to continue fighting and said the room would be theirs either way.
• Dai Mubai activated his White Tiger Martial Soul and revealed three Soul Rings, identifying himself as a level thirty-seven Battle Soul Elder.
• Xiao Yan moved beside Tang San as Dai Mubai formally challenged them.

Xiao Yan and Tang San teamed up to fight Dai Mubai, using coordinated attacks to test his defenses. Dai Mubai escaped Tang San’s Blue Silver Cage and countered Xiao Yan with a White Tiger Fierce Light Wave that sent him flying.

• Xiao Yan and Tang San revealed their Martial Souls and agreed to fight Dai Mubai together.
• Tang San trapped Dai Mubai in a Blue Silver Cage while Xiao Yan attacked with Soul-Concentrating Pierce ice crystals.
• Dai Mubai used White Tiger Protection Barrier to withstand the ice crystals, then tore open the cage and escaped.
• Dai Mubai charged Tang San, but Xiao Yan intercepted him with an ice-crystal spear.
• Dai Mubai unleashed White Tiger Fierce Light Wave; Xiao Yan’s Soul Armor and spear failed to stop it, and the blast sent him flying.

Xiao Yan and Tang San defeated Dai Mubai in a sparring match, then went sightseeing in Suotuo City with Xiao Wu. At a shop marked with Spirit Hall’s emblem, Tang San became captivated by a crystal near the entrance.

• Tang San trapped Dai Mubai with Blue Silver Entanglement and Parasite while Xiao Yan attacked alongside him, prompting Dai Mubai to admit defeat before demonstrating his White Tiger Vajra Transformation.
• Dai Mubai told Xiao Yan and Tang San to use his name if anyone caused trouble at Shrek Academy, then left the Rose Hotel with the twins.
• Xiao Yan persuaded Tang San to join Xiao Wu on an outing around Suotuo City, and the three went shopping together.
• Tang San noticed a Spirit Hall emblem above an ordinary shop, and Xiao Yan recognized its symbols as the Seven Kill Sword, Clear Sky Hammer, and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.
• Xiao Yan, Tang San, and Xiao Wu entered the shop and found shelves of unusual objects; Tang San became absorbed by a crystal near the entrance.

Tang San bought a rare crystal from a shopkeeper who recognized the Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges, then turned it into Dragon Whisker Needles and demonstrated their power to Xiao Yan and Xiao Wu. The next day, the three left Suotuo City to find Shrek Academy, but the road grew increasingly remote.

• Tang San agreed to pay five hundred Gold Soul Coins for the crystal, but the shopkeeper recognized the Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges and gave it to him for free; Tang San still left two hundred Gold Soul Coins behind.
• The shopkeeper noticed the Black Dragon on Xiao Yan's hand and wondered whether Xiao Yan's companion had taken on two new disciples.
• Tang San explained Hair Gold and Plate Crystal to Xiao Yan and Xiao Wu, then used the crystal to make Dragon Whisker Needles.
• Tang San demonstrated how a Dragon Whisker Needle pierced and crushed the bedding, explained its effect on a victim's body, and stored the needles in the Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges.
• The next day, Tang San, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Wu left through Suotuo City's south gate and followed the increasingly remote road toward Shrek Academy.

Xiao Yan, Tang San, and Xiao Wu found Shrek Academy and learned that its strict entrance requirements demanded applicants be no older than twelve and have at least level twenty-one Soul Power. After watching an overage applicant get rejected and a mysterious girl in white be admitted, Xiao Yan joined the line for testing, where Dai Mubai reacted with shock to someone behind them.

• Xiao Yan and his companions discovered that the run-down village was Shrek Academy, which the registration teacher called Monster Academy.
• The registration teacher revealed the academy's age and Soul Power requirements and displayed his strength as a Soul Emperor.
• The teacher rejected a boy with level twenty-one Soul Power because he had already turned thirteen, leaving Xiao Yan disapproving of the academy's cold rules.
• A girl in white challenged the academy's willingness to accept her, and the teacher allowed Dai Mubai to escort her inside.
• Dai Mubai greeted Xiao Yan, Tang San, and Xiao Wu, then looked behind them in shock, prompting Xiao Yan to turn around.

Xiao Yan, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and the girl in black passed Shrek Academy’s first entrance test, and Dai Mubai explained the academy’s strict admissions and dire finances. The group was sent directly to the fourth round alongside a girl in white, where they might form the academy’s largest incoming class.

• Xiao Yan, Tang San, and Xiao Wu passed the first test, and Xiao Yan predicted the girl in black would pass as well; she revealed two yellow Soul Rings and qualified.
• Dai Mubai led the group into Shrek Academy and told them that it had only three students because its dean refused to lower admission standards.
• Dai Mubai explained that applicants with Soul Power above rank twenty-five could skip the second and third rounds, then got permission for the group to advance directly to the fourth.
• The girl in white joined them, and Dai Mubai led the group toward the fourth-round testing ground, saying their admission could make this the academy’s largest class.

Xiao Yan and the others reached Shrek Academy’s fourth trial and learned they had to withstand Zhao Wuji, a level seventy-six Battle Soul Saint, for one incense stick. After introducing themselves and sharing their abilities, Tang San proposed a team strategy, and the group prepared to face Zhao Wuji.

• Dai Mubai brought Xiao Yan and the others to the fourth trial, where Zhao Wuji announced they had to last against him for one incense stick to pass.
• Dai Mubai revealed that Zhao Wuji was a level seventy-six Battle Soul Saint with a powerful Great Strength Vajra Bear Martial Soul.
• The girl in the white dress identified Zhao Wuji as the Immovable Wisdom King and recalled his past escape from sixteen Spirit Hall bishops.
• Xiao Yan, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing introduced themselves and described their Martial Souls and abilities.
• Tang San assigned himself to control Zhao Wuji, Xiao Yan and Xiao Wu to attack, Zhu Zhuqing to harass him, and Ning Rongrong to provide support.

Xiao Yan and the others fought Zhao Wuji in their entrance test, using Ning Rongrong’s support and coordinated attacks to challenge him. After Zhao Wuji sent Xiao Yan flying, Xiao Yan realized his Cold Flame had weakened the powerful examiner, and Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing charged again.

• Ning Rongrong used her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to boost Xiao Yan and the others as Zhao Wuji tried to disrupt them with a ground shockwave.
• Xiao Yan attacked Zhao Wuji with Bone Spirit Cold Flame while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing struck from close range, but Zhao Wuji repelled them.
• Tang San ensnared Zhao Wuji with Blue Silver Entanglement as Xiao Yan struck with Mountain-Bombarding Fist and Cold Flame · Soul Armor.
• Zhao Wuji sent Xiao Yan flying, but frost from the Cold Flame covered his arm and made him tremble.
• Xiao Yan said the Cold Flame had partly paralyzed Zhao Wuji, and Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing charged him again.