Chapter Summaries

Zhu Zhuqing confronted Dai Mubai at Shrek Academy and declared that she was ending their engagement, while Dugu Yan backed her up. Dai Mubai refused to let her leave, and the chapter ended with Zhu Zhuqing condemning him for fleeing his duties as a Star Luo prince.

• Lan Hong explained to Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan that Shrek Academy used its reputation to draw hopeful parents into paying a nonrefundable registration fee.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan confronted Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing slapped him before declaring she wanted nothing more to do with him.
• Dai Mubai refused to accept the broken engagement and activated his Martial Soul Possession as Zhu Zhuqing prepared to fight him.
• Dugu Yan stepped in to defend Zhu Zhuqing and revealed her Seclusive Dragon martial soul and four Spirit Rings.
• Li Yusong intervened on Dai Mubai's behalf, and Zhu Zhuqing turned to leave before Dai Mubai again tried to stop her.
• Zhu Zhuqing rebuked Dai Mubai for abandoning his fiancée and running away from his responsibilities as a Star Luo prince.

Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing confronted Dai Mubai at Shrek Academy, while Lan Hong stayed hidden and watched the academy’s enrollment continue. Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong challenged Zhao Wuji’s assessment terms, and the chapter left them preparing to fight him alongside Tang San.

• Dai Mubai attacked Dugu Yan, but she countered with poison until Li Yusong intervened; she revealed that her grandfather was Poison Douluo Dugu Bo, and Li Yusong let her and Zhu Zhuqing leave.
• Lan Hong told Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing to return to Suotuo City and remained hidden from Tang Hao as Shrek Academy’s enrollment continued.
• Xiao Wu, Tang San, and Ning Rongrong passed the earlier enrollment stages, while Dai Mubai overturned Oscar’s sausage stall and drove him away.
• Zhao Wuji set the final assessment as surviving one incense stick against him, prompting Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong to object and threaten to leave.
• Zhao Wuji agreed to defend without attacking, and Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Tang San introduced their spirit levels and martial souls before the assessment began.

Lan Hong helped Xiao Wu pass Zhao Wuji’s test, then left Shrek Academy and reunited with Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing in Suotuo City. Tang Hao arrived in the city and barged into Zhu Zhuqing’s room, intending to return her to Dai Mubai.

• Ning Rongrong boosted Xiao Wu and Tang San with her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, but Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and Xiao Wu’s attacks failed to hurt Zhao Wuji.
• Lan Hong warned Xiao Wu against using Charm and directed her to target Zhao Wuji’s vital areas, helping her break through his defense and pass the test.
• Lan Hong left Shrek Academy, met Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing in Suotuo City, and planned to leave the following day.
• Tang Hao told Flender that Tang San was his son and considered using Shrek Academy’s students, including Dai Mubai, as support for Tang San’s revenge against Spirit Hall.
• Tang Hao decided to capture Zhu Zhuqing and return her to Dai Mubai, then barged into her room despite Lan Hong’s warning.

Tang Hao tried to force Zhu Zhuqing back to Dai Mubai, but Lan Hong and his allies rescued her and learned that Tang Hao was maneuvering to support Tang San. After deciding to train in the Star Dou Great Forest, Lan Hong returned to Holy Soul Village and took the Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin from Tang Hao’s cave.

• Tang Hao revealed his nine Soul Rings and demanded Zhu Zhuqing return to Dai Mubai, but she refused.
• Lan Hong and Hong Mao ambushed Tang Hao with the Three Swords Combination, then escaped with Zhu Zhuqing aboard Purple Crystal Cloud after Lan Hong used powders and bombs to stall him.
• Lan Hong told Zhu Zhuqing that Tang Hao was trying to recruit Dai Mubai for Tang San’s future power base, and Zhu Zhuqing vowed to become strong enough to control her own fate.
• Lan Hong set off for the Star Dou Great Forest with Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan, while Tang Hao returned to Shrek Academy and vowed revenge.
• Lan Hong flew to Holy Soul Village, found the Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin in a cave behind a waterfall, and dug it up along with its Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.

Lan Hong cleansed Zhu Zhuqing’s meridians, taught her the Purple Cloud Heart Method, and asked her to choose between learning unarmed combat or swordsmanship. At Shrek Academy, Xiao Wu stirred up trouble alongside Ning Rongrong, while Oscar announced that he had reached level 30 and Flender assigned the students to eat his sausages.

• Lan Hong explained his plan to take the Blue Silver Emperor away, and Hong Mao and Lan Mao agreed after hearing how she and Tang Hao had developed.
• Lan Hong used Golden Thread needles and a pill to clear Zhu Zhuqing’s clogged meridians, then taught her the Purple Cloud Heart Method and helped her circulate Soul Power.
• Lan Hong warned Zhu Zhuqing to build up gradually toward cultivating instead of sleeping, offered her a choice between unarmed combat and swordsmanship, and said he would cleanse Dugu Yan’s meridians next.
• At Shrek Academy, Xiao Wu reprimanded Ma Hongjun after he spoke rudely during his breakup with Cuihua, then argued with Flender and befriended Ning Rongrong.
• Oscar arrived late to assembly and told Flender he had reached level 30, so Flender announced that the students would eat Oscar’s sausages as their training assignment.

Xiao Wu and the Shrek students traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest, where a clash with Canghui Academy exposed the gap between Shrek’s bravado and its actions. Meanwhile, Lan Hong trained Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan near the forest, and the chapter ended with Xiao Wu rejecting Shrek’s motto after Zhao Wuji drove off their opponents.

• Xiao Wu told Oscar that he could change his Soul Curse and warned she would not eat his sausages unless he did; Flender sent Zhao Wuji to arrange a soul hunt.
• Lan Hong sparred with Zhu Zhuqing and used a painful medicinal bath to temper her body, while Dugu Yan helped care for her.
• Shrek Academy reached a town outside the Star Dou Great Forest and clashed with Canghui Academy after Ma Hongjun flirted with its female students.
• Tang San challenged Ye Zhi Qiu and used Tang Sect arts and Hidden Weapons, but his attacks could not overcome the Spirit King’s defense.
• Zhao Wuji stepped in and defeated Ye Zhi Qiu, prompting Xiao Wu to condemn Shrek’s bullying and return to her room.

Lan Hong watched as Er Ming carried Xiao Wu back to Da Ming in the Star Dou Great Forest, while Tang Hao pursued them and fought Er Ming. The chapter ended with their battle still underway.

• Lan Hong learned that Xiao Wu was calling Da Ming and Er Ming, then secretly followed her as the Titan Giant Ape approached the Shrek camp.
• Er Ming seized Xiao Wu and carried her toward the forest’s center; Tang San pursued them, but Tang Hao knocked him unconscious and ordered Zhao Wuji to take him away.
• Lan Hong followed Tang Hao, while Xiao Wu reunited with Da Ming and told the two spirit beasts that Tang Hao had treated her as a reserve Spirit Ring for his son.
• Da Ming sensed Tang Hao approaching, and Er Ming left Xiao Wu with Da Ming before confronting him.
• Tang Hao activated his Haotian True Body and fought Er Ming with the Clear Sky Nine Extremes.

Tang Hao fought Da Ming and Er Ming in the Star Dou Great Forest, using Spirit Ring Detonation and the Great Sumeru Hammer before fleeing. After the battle, Lan Hong reunited with Xiao Wu and offered to help the wary Soul Beasts.

• Tang Hao used Divine Slaughter's Domain against Er Ming, then clashed with the Titan Giant Ape's Gravity Domain as Lan Hong watched from a distance.
• Da Ming and Er Ming joined forces against Tang Hao, who struck Er Ming with the eighty-one blows of Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer before hidden injuries forced him to spit blood.
• Da Ming's Azure Nether Lightning struck Tang Hao, but an unexplained power intervened, allowing him to detonate four Spirit Rings and unleash the Great Sumeru Hammer.
• Tang Hao's hammer shattered Er Ming's Titan Giant Star and badly injured him, so Tang Hao fled while Xiao Wu checked on Da Ming and Er Ming.
• Da Ming detected Lan Hong, who emerged and reunited with Xiao Wu; after Da Ming and Er Ming showed distrust, Lan Hong offered to prove his goodwill by helping them.

Lan Hong revealed that he had condensed his own Spirit Rings and gained Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming's trust. He brought Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan to Star Lake in the Star Dou Great Forest's Core Circle to cultivate, while Tang San's group struggled without Xiao Wu.

• Lan Hong showed Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming his five Self-Condensed Soul Rings and explained his goal of ending the slaughter between Spirit Masters and Spirit Beasts.
• Lan Hong told Xiao Wu that Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan had come with him, then said he would bring them to the Core Circle and guide their cultivation.
• Lan Hong returned to camp, collected Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan, and led them deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xiao Wu introduced Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan to Da Ming and Er Ming at Star Lake, where Er Ming brought Xiao Wu a pile of fruit before going to recover.
• Without Xiao Wu, Tang San seemed despondent, and Zhao Wuji took Oscar to find a Spirit Ring; Oscar's third ring came from a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.

Tang Hao revealed his identity and Xiao Wu’s nature to Tang San, urging him to grow strong and reclaim her. Meanwhile, Lan Hong trained Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu in the Star Dou Great Forest, then planned to help Zhu Zhuqing form a Self-Condensed Soul Ring.

• Tang Hao told Tang San that he was a Titled Douluo, that the Clear Sky Sect had fallen into seclusion because of him, and that Xiao Wu was a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast Transformation who would meet Tang San again.
• Tang San reached level 30, and Flender took him to Sunset Forest, where he obtained a thousand-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider as his third Spirit Ring; Yu Xiaogang later arrived at Shrek Academy to teach its five remaining students.
• In the Core Circle of Star Dou Great Forest, Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing sparred while Lan Hong trained under Er Ming’s Gravity Domain and learned to move freely under triple gravity.
• Xiao Wu asked Lan Hong to teach her swordsmanship, and he began teaching her the Ice Soul Heart Method and Ice Soul Sword Style after discovering her compatibility with the method.
• Zhu Zhuqing reached level 30, and Lan Hong decided to help her form a Self-Condensed Soul Ring; Zhu Zhuqing accepted the experiment as part of her voluntary choice to become his disciple.

Lan Hong helped Zhu Zhuqing create a Self-Condensed Soul Ring, which gave her a purple sword Spirit Skill. After testing her swordsmanship, Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu began training under Lan Hong, while he continued his own difficult practice against the Titan Giant Ape.

• Lan Hong used his consciousness, Lan Mao, Hong Mao, and Zhu Zhuqing's Soul Power to construct her Spirit Ring, completing its pattern with blood from the Titan Giant Ape.
• Zhu Zhuqing awakened with a purple sword Spirit Skill that matched her wish to learn swordsmanship from Lan Hong.
• Lan Hong sparred with Zhu Zhuqing, praised her progress, and sent her to recover in a medicinal bath.
• Xiao Wu decided to learn swordsmanship too, and she and Zhu Zhuqing trained until they were both covered in wounds and fainted in the painful medicinal bath.
• The Titan Giant Ape trained Lan Hong with its Gravity Domain and fingers, sometimes slapping him to the ground as he practiced swordsmanship.

Lan Hong trained in the Star Dou Great Forest, then condensed his Soul Core under Er Ming’s sevenfold Gravity Domain and reached level 60. He returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing, where they reunited with Dugu Bo.

• Lan Hong trained Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing in swordsmanship, but their attempt at the Twin Swords Combination failed because they lacked the matching set of seven swords.
• Lan Hong gathered medicinal herbs and refined them into pills as he and the others trained, raising Dugu Yan to level 44, Xiao Wu to level 37, Zhu Zhuqing to level 36, and himself to level 58.
• Lan Hong asked Er Ming to train him under seven times gravity, where he compressed his Soul Power until he condensed his Soul Core and reached level 60.
• Lan Hong agreed to let Xiao Wu return with the group after warning her to follow his instructions, and they said farewell to Da Ming and Er Ming before flying to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Lan Hong and his companions reunited with Dugu Bo, and Lan Hong introduced Zhu Zhuqing as his student and Xiao Wu as his childhood friend.

Lan Hong reached level sixty and condensed his sixth Self-Condensed Soul Ring before helping Lan Mao form a third ring. He then began removing Dugu Bo’s Martial Soul Poison, leaving Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing alarmed by Dugu Bo’s screams during the final detoxification step.

• Dugu Yan recounted the group’s experiences, and Dugu Bo promised to protect Zhu Zhuqing from the Dai and Zhu families.
• Lan Hong explained Self-Condensed Soul Rings to Dugu Bo, then entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and condensed his sixth Spirit Ring.
• Lan Mao condensed his third Spirit Ring with Lan Hong’s help, drawing out the well’s ice-element energy and testing Lan Hong’s body and spiritual will.
• Lan Hong used golden needles and Dugu Bo’s poison pill to gather the toxins in Dugu Bo’s meridians into the pill.
• Lan Hong made Dugu Bo soak in medicinal liquid to force out toxins in his body, while Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing heard his screams and worried about him.

After curing Dugu Bo’s poison, Lan Hong demonstrated the Thunderclap Sword and Green Light Sword’s combined power against him, then returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to choose immortal herbs for Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing.

• Dugu Bo emerged cured of his poison and one level stronger, then watched Dugu Yan demonstrate her improved poison techniques.
• Lan Hong fought Dugu Bo with the Thunderclap Sword and Green Light Sword, combining them to withstand his Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor’s Break and strike his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Lan Hong reflected on his need to grow stronger and discussed whether he could learn the Sword Control Technique and complete the Seven Swords Convergence.
• Lan Hong asked Dugu Bo for immortal herbs for Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, then began selecting herbs for them at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Lan Hong refined powerful pills for Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, then helped them reach level 40 and discussed the dangers of Spirit City. Zhu Zhuqing gained her fourth Spirit Ring, while Xiao Wu revealed that her fourth ring was her Ice Soul Sword.

• Lan Hong explained that the Primordial Immortal Herb was a better choice for Zhu Zhuqing, while Narcissus Jade Bone suited Xiao Wu, and Xiao Wu gained the Lovesick Heartbreak Red's recognition.
• Lan Hong completed pills for Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, who consumed them and reached level 40 after a day of cultivation.
• Lan Hong considered obtaining the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Mind Splitting Control Method to improve his Sword Control Technique.
• Lan Hong warned that Spirit City was dangerous because of its powerful Angel and Rakshasa God inheritors, and Dugu Yan decided not to enter the tournament there with Xiao Wu.
• Lan Hong condensed Zhu Zhuqing's fourth Spirit Ring, granting her the speed-enhancing skill Instant Shadow.
• Xiao Wu revealed that her fourth Spirit Ring was an ice-blue longsword, her Ice Soul Sword, and said she could choose her own soul skills.

Lan Hong tested Xiao Wu’s swordsmanship before taking her and Zhu Zhuqing to Heaven Dou City, where they learned that Shrek had defeated the Heaven Dou Royal Team and planned to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy. After suggesting Xue Beng might disrupt the plan, Lan Hong and the others began visiting the city’s academies.

• Lan Hong sparred with Xiao Wu, praised her sword techniques, and advised her to adapt better when defending against stronger opponents.
• Lan Hong, Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing arrived at Dugu Manor and explored Heaven Dou City.
• Dugu Yan and Lan Hong met Ye Lingling, who explained that Shrek had beaten the Heaven Dou Royal Team in Suotuo City, with Tang San leading the victory.
• Ye Lingling revealed that Shrek Academy planned to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Lan Hong suggested Xue Beng might cause trouble for them.
• Lan Hong and the others visited Blue Tyrant Academy, which Ye Lingling described as an academy that admitted only commoner soul masters.

Lan Hong’s group toured Heaven Dou City’s academies while Shrek Academy arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy seeking to join its team. Prince Xue Xing was summoned to decide whether Shrek could take the second team’s tournament slot.

• Xiao Wu froze Tailong with one attack after he challenged her at Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Lan Hong planned discreet training matches at several academies and gave Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing masks and a disguise technique to avoid recognition.
• Xue Beng insulted the arriving Shrek Academy students, and Dai Mubai beat him before Xue Beng went to fetch Prince Xue Xing.
• The Three Great Committee Members met Shrek Academy and said they could not approve its request to replace the Heaven Dou Royal Team’s second team without the princes’ decision.
• Prince Xue Xing arrived and questioned why the committee members had summoned him over Shrek Academy’s request.

Prince Xue Xing offered Shrek Academy a place as Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team, but Flender accepted Dugu Yan’s challenge for the first-team position. As the teams prepared to fight, Lan Hong asked Dugu Bo to detain Ning Rongrong so he could negotiate a deal with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Prince Xue Xing opposed Shrek Academy’s use of Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s slot, while Xue Qinghe defended the students and proposed they join as the second team.
• Dai Mubai demanded the first-team position, and Dugu Yan challenged Shrek Academy to defeat her for it.
• Dugu Bo agreed to make the challenge decisive: Shrek could rename the second team if it won, but would have to leave the academy if it lost.
• Dugu Yan told the Heaven Dou Royal Team to watch while she faced Shrek alone, and Yu Tianheng warned that the Shrek students were formidable.
• Lan Hong asked Dugu Bo to detain Ning Rongrong under Xue Qinghe’s authority, explaining that he wanted to make a deal with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Lan Hong revealed his knowledge of Shrek Academy’s hidden connections and Dugu Bo warned Xue Qinghe about its students before offering to return Ning Rongrong to her sect. The match between Shrek Academy and the Heaven Dou Royal Team began, with Dugu Yan’s poison quickly incapacitating Ning Rongrong and Oscar as Tang San and Dai Mubai attacked.

• Lan Hong reminded Dugu Bo that Ning Fengzhi would accept a valuable deal and pointed out that Shrek Academy linked the Upper Three Sects through Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and Ning Rongrong.
• Dugu Bo introduced Lan Hong to Xue Qinghe, then had Dugu Yan describe Shrek’s students and offered to take Ning Rongrong back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Xue Qinghe questioned Dugu Bo’s motives but said she could persuade Ning Rongrong herself before the match began.
• The teams released their martial souls, and Dugu Yan’s poison made Ning Rongrong and Oscar faint as Tang San recognized the danger.
• Tang San’s attacks were destroyed by Dugu Yan’s poison, while Yu Tianheng blocked Dai Mubai’s charge and Dai Mubai called for Ma Hongjun to attack.

Shrek Academy lost to the Heaven Dou Royal Team, and Ning Rongrong was taken back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Dugu Bo and his companions discussed Shrek Academy’s likely move to Blue Tyrant Academy before preparing to receive an arriving guest.

• Dugu Yan’s poison incapacitated Shrek’s fighters, and Meng Shenji declared the Heaven Dou Royal Team the winner.
• Xue Qinghe tried to keep Ning Rongrong at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Dugu Bo knocked her unconscious and sent Shrek Academy away.
• Ning Rongrong woke at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and demanded to return to Shrek, while Ning Fengzhi decided to arrange another school for her.
• Ning Fengzhi planned to visit Dugu Bo with Sword Douluo Chen Xin and asked Bone Douluo Gu Rong to watch Rongrong.
• Dugu Bo and his companions predicted that Shrek Academy would join Blue Tyrant Academy and change its name, then sent Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing downstairs to meet an arriving guest.