Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and his teammates overcame the Imperial Fighting Team as Shi Mo and Osler were forced off the platform and Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan admitted defeat. The chapter ended with Xiao Wu celebrating the victory and Zhu Zhuqing recovering with help from Ning Rongrong and Oscar.

• Tang San absorbed Dugu Yan's poisonous mist with his Eight Spider Lances, leaving her stunned.
• Xiao Yan stopped Shi Mo from reaching his teammates and forced him to admit defeat inside the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Xiao Wu used Teleportation, charm, and Waist Bow to kick Osler off the platform.
• Yu Tianheng shielded Dugu Yan as the opposing team surrounded them, then admitted defeat to avoid further injuries.
• Xiao Wu celebrated the win as Xiao Yan saw Zhu Zhuqing standing with support from Ning Rongrong and Oscar.

After the Shrek Team defeated the Imperial Fighting Team, Qin Ming encouraged his students and reunited with his former teachers at Shrek Academy. Flender revealed that the Grandmaster was Yu Tianheng’s uncle and came from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, prompting the Grandmaster to leave in anger.

• Doudou announced the Shrek Team as the winners, while Ye Lingling healed the defeated Imperial Fighting Team.
• Qin Ming told Yu Tianheng and his teammates to learn from their loss and rise again.
• The Grandmaster granted the Shrek Team half a month off after their victory, while Ma Hongjun learned that a third stage of training was planned.
• Qin Ming greeted Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the Grandmaster, and Flender introduced him to the Shrek Team as a former student and the Imperial Fighting Team’s teacher.
• Flender revealed that the Grandmaster was Yu Tianheng’s uncle and belonged to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and the Grandmaster angrily walked away.

After defeating the Imperial Fighting Team, the Shrek Eight Monsters collected their rewards and Soul Fighting Badges, with Tang San advancing straight to Gold. Outside the arena, the Grandmaster reunited with Yu Tianheng and began questioning him about the match.

• Qin Ming praised Xiao Yan and the others, while Flender sent them to collect their points and badges.
• Xiao Yan and Dai Mubai explained the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Oscar speculated that Qin Ming was at least a Soul Emperor.
• Manager Ao gave the Shrek Eight Monsters ten thousand Gold Soul Coins and tallied their points; everyone except Tang San earned a Silver Soul Badge, while Tang San earned a Gold Soul Fighting Badge.
• Ma Hongjun worried that Tang San's Gold badge would force the team to face Gold-ranked opponents, but Manager Ao said there were likely no level-thirty Gold teams in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• The Grandmaster appeared before the defeated Imperial Fighting Team and spoke privately with Yu Tianheng, who urged him to return to the family.
• The Grandmaster declined to go home and asked Yu Tianheng where he had gone wrong in the battle.

Grandmaster comforted Yu Tianheng after his defeat and revealed that the Shrek Team’s two strongest fighters were his disciples, both nearly thirteen. Back at the hotel, Grandmaster proposed that Shrek’s students and teachers join Heaven Dou Imperial Academy for training and a chance to compete in its name, and Qin Ming agreed.

• Grandmaster told Yu Tianheng to set aside his pride, then revealed that Xiao Yan and Tang San were his disciples and were nearly thirteen.
• Yu Tianheng asked Grandmaster to teach him, but Grandmaster refused and encouraged him to grow stronger.
• Qin Ming was shocked to learn how young the Shrek students were and praised their talent to Flender.
• Grandmaster proposed that the Shrek Eight Monsters train at Heaven Dou Imperial Academy and compete under its name, with Shrek’s teachers directing instruction and free to leave.
• Flender reluctantly allowed Grandmaster and Qin Ming to discuss the plan, and Qin Ming agreed to the terms on Heaven Dou Imperial Academy’s behalf.

After the Shrek Eight Monsters completed the Grandmaster’s second phase of training, the group returned to Shrek Academy and received two months to recover, review their battles, and raise their Soul Power Levels before moving to Heaven Dou Imperial Academy. Xiao Yan worried about the approaching anniversary of his meeting with his other self, while Tang San prepared to settle his deal with Ning Rongrong and the girls shared private gossip.

• The Shrek Eight Monsters returned to Shrek Academy after a month of daily Soul Fighting Arena battles, and the Grandmaster set their departure for Heaven Dou Imperial Academy two months later.
• The Grandmaster told the group to absorb their combat experience, address their weaknesses, and raise their Soul Power Levels during their break.
• Xiao Yan worried that another year would soon pass and wondered whether he would see his Battle Through the Heavens self again, while the Grandmaster’s experiments had made no progress on triggering the Soul Division Martial Soul.
• Tang San planned to use the break to settle his deal involving Ning Rongrong and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing teased one another about their looks and figures, and Ning Rongrong explained that her sect forbade direct descendants from marrying support-type Soul Masters.

Tang San gave Ning Rongrong a complete set of Hidden Weapons while the Shrek students trained, and Grandmaster continued researching Xiao Yan’s Soul Division Martial Soul. Grandmaster discovered that it could briefly connect with another person, while Xiao Yan’s Soul Power reached level thirty-two as he trusted his teacher’s intentions.

• Tang San discussed cooperation with Ning Rongrong and later gave her a complete set of Hidden Weapons, so she postponed returning to her clan until the group reached Heaven Dou Imperial City.
• Zhu Zhuqing advanced to level twenty-nine and Ning Rongrong reached level twenty-eight while the students trained; Tang San ordered iron blocks and shut himself in a forging room, with Xiao Wu bringing him supplies.
• Grandmaster found that Xiao Yan’s Soul Division Martial Soul could briefly connect with another person and recorded its suspected ability to boost Xiao Yan’s attributes three to five times and fuse with others.
• Grandmaster applied medicinal spiritual liquid to Xiao Yan to balance his Soul Power during the research, and Xiao Yan’s Soul Power rose to level thirty-two, nearing level thirty-three.
• Xiao Yan washed the medicinal markings off in a river and reflected that Grandmaster’s experiments had shown no ill intent, reaffirming his trust in the teacher he regarded as a father.

Douluo Xiao Yan reached level thirty-three and reunited with Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Yan, who recounted the Xiao Clan’s recovery and how he had drained his Dou Qi into the Storage Ring after his father was captured. Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Yan survived but lost his cultivation, and the chapter left him believing the ring had done nothing.

• Douluo Xiao Yan broke through to Soul Power level thirty-three and returned to the starry space, where Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Yan appeared.
• Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Yan told Douluo Xiao Yan that Xiao Zhan had disappeared, the Xiao Clan had been destroyed, and Ling Ying and the Nalan Family had helped the clan rebuild.
• After returning to Wutan City, Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Yan opened the long-sealed box and deliberately poured his Dou Qi into the ancient-looking Storage Ring.
• Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi Vortex shattered, and he kept feeding the ring until he collapsed and spat out blood.
• Yao Lao appeared, restored the unconscious Xiao Yan to his bed, and returned the Storage Ring to his finger.
• Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Yan woke with his cultivation reduced to Dou Qi Third Stage and concluded that the ring was only an ornament.

Xiao Yan endured the Xiao Clan’s rebuilding and the scorn that followed his cultivation falling to Dou Qi Third Stage, while his father remained missing. When Yao Lao finally emerged from the ring, he calmed Xiao Yan’s desperation and offered to help him.

• Xiao Yan welcomed Nalan Jie, who learned that Xiao Yan’s cultivation had fallen but left him pills and offered to arrange his Misty Cloud Sect recommendation.
• Nalan Jie returned to the imperial capital after the Xiao Clan’s residence was rebuilt, while rumors about Xiao Yan’s lost strength spread among the clan.
• Xun’er continued supporting Xiao Yan as he grew more mature through his father’s disappearance and his clansmen’s changing attitudes.
• After a month, the ring glowed and Yao Lao appeared, admitting that he had absorbed Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi to awaken.
• Xiao Yan begged Yao Lao to rescue Xiao Zhan, but Yao Lao explained that his remaining soul was too weak and urged Xiao Yan to stay calm.
• Yao Lao offered to help Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan respectfully asked him for guidance.

Xiao Yan accepted Yao Lao as his master and began learning alchemy while the Xiao Clan recovered and remained secure in Wutan City. After sharing a Black Tier High-Level Dou Technique with Douluo Xiao Yan, he struggled to practice Eight Extremes Collapse in the Douluo World until Zhu Zhuqing arrived with food.

• Xiao Yan respectfully took Yao Lao as his master, and Yao Lao reassured him that rebuilding his cultivation from Dou Qi Third Stage could strengthen his foundation.
• Over the next two months, the Xiao Clan returned to normal, Xiao Yan learned alchemy from Yao Lao, and the clan's disciples began looking down on him because of his low cultivation.
• Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Yan shared Eight Extremes Collapse with Douluo Xiao Yan, who felt reassured that the Xiao Clan was safe.
• Douluo Xiao Yan tried to circulate Soul Power through his undeveloped meridians to practice Eight Extremes Collapse, but his progress remained slow.
• Zhu Zhuqing found Xiao Yan training and offered him several cold buns because he had missed breakfast.

Xiao Yan struggled to make progress cultivating the Eight Extremes Collapse, while Zhu Zhuqing showed concern and gave him ointment for his bruises. After forty-nine days in the forging room, Tang San returned with a new Hidden Weapon, the Flying God Claw, and demonstrated how it could pull him through the air.

• Xiao Yan spent five days cultivating the Eight Extremes Collapse without reaching the beginner stage and wondered what was wrong.
• Zhu Zhuqing brought Xiao Yan food, noticed his bruised elbow, and gave him a bottle of ointment before going to cultivate.
• Tang San emerged from the forging room after forty-nine days, having turned the iron blocks into Hidden Weapons.
• Tang San demonstrated the Flying God Claw, using its retractable claws and rope to travel to a tree and back.

The Shrek group left their academy for Heaven Dou Royal Academy, with Flender pushing them through a punishing journey. After covering four hundred kilometers on the first day, they rested in a town and teased Tang San about Xiao Wu calling him outside.

• The Shrek Eight Monsters accepted Tang San's Flying God Claws, while Xiao Yan still had not mastered Eight Extremes Collapse before departure.
• Flender and the group said goodbye to Shrek Academy and set out for Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Flender increased their pace until the students exhausted much of their Soul Power, then let them recover with food and drinks.
• The group traveled four hundred kilometers in a day and spent the night in a town, where Flender booked three rooms.
• Xiao Wu called Tang San outside, and the others later teased him by joking about what they had overheard.

Flender brought the Shrek group to Silves City and took them to the Great Soul Arena, hoping to profit from their team fight. When no suitable opponents were available, Grandmaster chose the notorious Fierce God Team, and the chapter ended with both teams eager for the match.

• Flender treated the Shrek group to a lavish meal before revealing that he wanted them to compete in a team Soul Fight.
• The Great Soul Arena could not find an opponent in the Shrek Team's tier, so it offered a higher-tier challenge instead.
• Grandmaster selected the Fierce God Team, known for killing and maiming its opponents, and persuaded Flender that the students should face them.
• The Shrek Team registered eight participants to fight the Fierce God Team, whose captain welcomed the chance to earn gold and kill again.

The Shrek Eight Monsters faced the higher-ranked Fierce God Team in Silves Great Soul Arena, while Flender and a bettor who had seen Shrek fight wagered on their victory. The match began with the Fierce God Team charging, and the Shrek members struck first with Tang San’s Godly Zhuge Crossbows, leaving their opponents pierced by bolts.

• Flender bet thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins on the Shrek Team, and a middle-aged man who had seen them fight in the Balak Kingdom also placed a large bet on them.
• The Grandmaster warned the Shrek Eight Monsters to admit defeat if they could not hold their own and emphasized that their safety mattered most.
• The Fierce God Team appeared with murderous intent as the spectators cheered for them, while the Shrek Eight Monsters prepared their Godly Zhuge Crossbows.
• The Grandmaster explained to Flender that the crossbows could be blocked by higher Soul Skills but would likely catch the Fierce God Team off guard.
• When the host started the match, the Shrek Eight Monsters fired their crossbows at the charging Fierce God Team and pierced all eight opponents with bolts.

After the Shrek team killed the Fierce God Team with Tang San’s hidden weapons, the survivors struggled with the shock of taking lives and gradually recovered while traveling toward Heaven Dou City. Ning Rongrong explained that Heaven Dou Royal Academy was located outside the city, where the group expected to arrive that day.

• The Shrek team won after the Godly Zhuge Crossbow killed all eight members of the Fierce God Team, and the shaken spectators watched them leave the arena.
• Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun vomited, while Xiao Yan comforted Zhu Zhuqing and carried her back to the hotel.
• Grandmaster told the students that killing was a lesson every Soul Master had to face, and Flender rejected invitations from factions at the arena.
• The Shrek group quietly left Silves City the next morning and traveled slowly as the students recovered from the killings.
• Flender asked where Heaven Dou Royal Academy was, and Ning Rongrong said it stood outside Heaven Dou City and that she had visited it before.

Flender and the Shrek group arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Dai Mubai fought off students who insulted them. Qin Ming welcomed the group and arranged comfortable lodgings, with a meeting with the academy's leaders planned for the next day.

• Ning Rongrong explained that Heaven Dou Royal Academy occupied an entire mountain and its surrounding grounds as the Shrek group approached.
• A student insulted Flender and the others at the gate, so Dai Mubai kicked him and defeated the students who surrounded him.
• Sun Buyu recognized the group as Shrek Academy and led them inside, while the beaten student vowed to make them leave.
• Sun Buyu described the academy's facilities and more than a hundred Mimicry Cultivation Environments as he guided the group to the main campus.
• Qin Ming greeted Flender, said the academy's leaders had agreed to welcome them, and planned a meeting for the next day.
• Qin Ming led the group to a well-prepared courtyard, and they ate a simple dinner before retiring to their rooms.

Qin Ming explained Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s organization and brought the Shrek teachers to meet its Education Committee. Their welcome was interrupted by Prince Xue Xing, who arrived with the student Dai Mubai had beaten and a powerful, unreadable elder.

• Qin Ming described the academy’s student and teacher tiers, its Education Committee, and the salaries offered to Heaven Dou Grade teachers.
• Flender and the Shrek group met Education Committee members Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin, who welcomed them warmly.
• Prince Xue Xing arrived with the student Dai Mubai had defeated and two attendants, one of whom was too powerful for the group to sense.
• Meng Shenji introduced the Shrek teachers to Prince Xue Xing, and Flender greeted the prince.

Prince Xue Xing disrupted Shrek Academy’s agreement to join Heaven Dou Academy by demanding its teachers face Dugu Bo, the Poison Douluo. The Shrek group left rather than risk a battle, and Qin Ming quit Heaven Dou Academy to follow them.

• Prince Xue Xing accused the Shrek teachers of disrespecting Xue Beng and demanded they withstand Dugu Bo for five minutes or leave.
• Dugu Bo revealed his nine Soul Rings, while Xiao Wu hid her presence and grew pale at the sight of him.
• The Grandmaster persuaded Flender to withdraw, but Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin prepared to defend the Shrek group against Dugu Bo.
• Flender led Shrek out of Heaven Dou Academy, and Xiao Yan gave Xue Beng a searching look as they passed.
• Qin Ming resigned from Heaven Dou Academy and followed the departing Shrek group.

After Prince Xue Xing drove Shrek Academy from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Flender initially refused to rebuild the school but reconsidered when he saw Blue Tyrant Academy seeking teachers. The Shrek group reached the academy to apply for positions and ask about enrolling their disciples.

• Prince Xue Xing left after Meng Shenji warned that he would report the incident to the emperor, then told Xue Beng to improve quickly if he hoped to compete for the throne.
• Dai Mubai urged Flender to rebuild Shrek Academy, while Ning Rongrong offered her family's castle as shelter; Flender declined both proposals at first.
• Qin Ming knelt to apologize for Shrek Academy's humiliation, but Flender reassured him and led the group toward Heaven Dou City to find a place to rest.
• Flender noticed Blue Tyrant Academy's recruitment notice, learned from Qin Ming that it admitted only commoners, and decided the group should visit.
• The Shrek group reached Blue Tyrant Academy, where a gate attendant said the disciples might enroll if the teachers' applications succeeded.

Shrek’s teachers impressed Blue Tyrant Academy with their strength and were led to meet its dean. When Grandmaster recognized her singing, Flender stopped him from fleeing and brought him face-to-face with the woman he had avoided for years.

• Qin Ming revealed he had left Heaven Dou Academy and sought a teaching position at Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Flender and the other Shrek teachers released their Martial Souls, stunning the academy’s assessors, who agreed to take them to the dean.
• Yin Shu led the group through the forest toward the dean’s home after explaining that she preferred solitude.
• Grandmaster heard the dean singing and tried to run, but Flender stopped him and urged him to face her.
• The group reached a cottage by a lake, where the dean turned at their footsteps and dropped her watering can when she saw them.

Liu Erlong reunited with Grandmaster and welcomed Flender’s Shrek Academy teachers and students into Blue Tyrant Academy, handing Flender control and agreeing to rename it Shrek Academy. After a day of settling in, Grandmaster took Xiao Yan and Tang San for a walk, while Liu Erlong made clear she would not let Grandmaster leave again.

• Liu Erlong recognized Grandmaster and reunited with him, then greeted Flender as the three members of the Golden Iron Triangle met again.
• Flender explained how Heaven Dou Royal Academy had mistreated Shrek, and Liu Erlong invited the whole group to stay at Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Liu Erlong gave Flender authority over the academy and arranged for it to be renamed Shrek Academy.
• Liu Erlong showed the newcomers the campus and its Mimicry Training Grounds and arranged accommodations for them.
• After dinner, Grandmaster took Xiao Yan and Tang San into the forest, while Liu Erlong told Flender she would keep Grandmaster by her side.