Chapter Summaries

Lan Hong sparred with Sword Douluo Chen Xin at Dugu Manor, impressing him with his swordsmanship and revealing the flaws in Chen Xin’s own approach. After the duel, Lan Hong introduced himself and invited Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi to discuss another matter.

• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin visited Dugu Bo, and Chen Xin recognized Lan Hong from their encounter in Sunset Forest.
• Chen Xin challenged Lan Hong to a swordsmanship spar, suppressing his cultivation to match Lan Hong’s level.
• Lan Hong and Chen Xin traded techniques until Chen Xin’s sixth spirit skill forced Lan Hong to retreat, ending the spar.
• Chen Xin admitted Lan Hong’s swordsmanship surpassed his and said the duel had given him insight.
• Lan Hong introduced himself to Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin, then invited them to discuss another matter.

Lan Hong traded an offensive Soul Tool and its blueprint to Ning Fengzhi for the Mind Splitting Control Method, while Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin discussed Lan Hong’s extraordinary potential. After learning about Tang San’s hidden weapons, Ning Fengzhi decided to meet the Shrek Academy delegation and hear their offer.

• Lan Hong and Ning Fengzhi agreed to exchange the Mind Splitting Control Method for an offensive Soul Tool and its design blueprint.
• After Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin left, Lan Hong told Dugu Bo that the Soul Tool would not quickly change the balance of power, and Dugu Bo expressed interest in following him.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin discussed Lan Hong’s combat strength, possible second Martial Soul, and the need to befriend him.
• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong about Tang San’s powerful hidden weapons and the Zhuge Crossbow.
• Ning Fengzhi decided to meet the Shrek Academy delegation, bringing Ning Rongrong along under Chen Xin’s supervision.

Ning Fengzhi agreed to let Ning Rongrong return to Shrek Academy once it found a new home, while arranging to buy Hidden Weapons from Tang San. Flender chose Blue Tyrant Academy as Shrek’s new base, and Lan Hong continued training the Mind Splitting Control Method.

• Ning Fengzhi told Shrek Academy that Poison Douluo had detained Ning Rongrong at Prince Xue Xing’s request, then said she could return once the academy found a place to settle down.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to buy five hundred sets of Hidden Weapons from Tang San within five months.
• Ning Fengzhi and the elders discussed the deal and Rongrong’s return, while Flender and Yu Xiaogang searched for a new home for Shrek Academy.
• Flender spotted a Blue Tyrant Academy recruitment notice and decided that Shrek would relocate there.
• Lan Hong cultivated the Mind Splitting Control Method, reached the Four-Aperture Constant Heart, and practiced controlling a third sword while holding two.
• Dugu Bo told Lan Hong that Blue Tyrant Academy had been renamed Shrek Academy and that Ning Rongrong had enrolled there; Lan Hong asked him to test his new method.

Lan Hong tested his Three Swords Combination against Dugu Bo, then went to Shrek Academy to challenge Liu Erlong. Flender mistakenly arranged Tailong as Lan Hong’s opponent, and the chapter ended with Lan Hong beginning a spar against Flender.

• Lan Hong’s Three Swords Combination broke through Dugu Bo’s Time Stasis but failed to penetrate his Serpent Celestial Shield.
• Lan Hong told Dugu Bo he planned to begin challenging academies, starting with Blue Tyrant Academy, now Shrek Academy.
• Liu Erlong received Lan Hong’s challenge letter, while Flender assumed Lan Hong was a weaker student and arranged Tailong as his opponent.
• Lan Hong arrived at Shrek Academy, struck Tailong down after Tailong insulted him, and revealed that he was a level 62 Battle Soul Emperor.
• Flender agreed to spar with Lan Hong, who drew the Thunderclap Sword and rushed at him as Flender used Eagle Wing Slash.

Lan Hong defeated Flender in a spar and then faced Liu Erlong at Shrek Academy. He held the advantage in their opening exchanges, and the duel was still underway when the chapter ended.

• Lan Hong used thunder and sword attacks to defeat Flender, then asked him to take him to Liu Erlong.
• Flender brought Lan Hong to Liu Erlong, explained that he had misunderstood the challenge, and warned her that Lan Hong was a powerful Soul Emperor.
• Yu Xiaogang cleared the field so the Shrek Team could watch Liu Erlong spar with Lan Hong.
• Liu Erlong attacked Lan Hong with her Fire Dragon abilities, but he blocked her strikes and repeatedly forced her back.

Lan Hong defeated Liu Erlong despite her Martial Soul Avatar and asked the reunited Golden Iron Triangle to show him their Three-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Yu Xiaogang recognized Lan Hong as a former Nuoding Academy student, and the chapter ended as the trio began forming the Golden Sacred Dragon.

• Liu Erlong activated her Crimson Dragon True Body and attacked Lan Hong with fire, but he countered with the Changhong Swordplay and emerged unharmed from her flames.
• Lan Hong and Liu Erlong traded their strongest attacks, and Flender cleared the smoke to reveal Liu Erlong injured and defeated.
• Lan Hong thanked Liu Erlong, then asked Flender, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang to demonstrate the Golden Iron Triangle's fusion skill.
• Yu Xiaogang recognized Lan Hong from Nuoding Academy, while Tang San recalled Lan Hong's closeness with Xiao Wu and reacted with jealousy.
• Flender, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang formed a triangular formation, drawing their sixteen Spirit Rings onto Yu Xiaogang's Luoshanpao.

Lan Hong defeated the Golden Sacred Dragon formed by the Golden Iron Triangle, leaving Yu Xiaogang badly injured before departing Shrek Academy. Yu Xiaogang and Tang Hao then encouraged Tang San by suggesting Lan Hong might have received a Godly Inheritance, and Tang Hao promised to take Tang San to a place that could help him grow stronger.

• Lan Hong used his lightning-enhanced Three Swords Combination to break through the Golden Sacred Dragon, causing Liu Erlong, Flender, and Yu Xiaogang to suffer backlash.
• Jiang Zhu treated Yu Xiaogang while Tang San angrily accused Lan Hong of going too far, but Lan Hong left without further conflict.
• Tang San considered attacking Lan Hong from behind but held back, and Tang Hao's murderous intent faded after Lan Hong left the area.
• Yu Xiaogang woke and told the others that Lan Hong had not even revealed his Cat Martial Soul, while Tang San confirmed Lan Hong's Martial Soul from his Spirit Hall certificate.
• Yu Xiaogang speculated that Lan Hong might have gained strength through a Godly Inheritance, and Tang Hao told Tang San he would take him to a place that could increase his strength.

Lan Hong brought Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing to Godwind Academy so they could challenge its team, while he sparred with Dean Feng Qingyang. After Feng Qingyang activated his Martial Soul Avatar, Lan Hong drew the Purple Cloud Sword and began the real match.

• Lan Hong tested Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing's Twin Swords Combination and told them to defeat the entire Godwind Team.
• Lan Hong sent Feng Qingyang a formal challenge, then brought his masked disciples to Godwind Academy.
• Lan Hong revealed that he was a sixty-second-rank battle Spirit Emperor, and Feng Qingyang agreed to spar with him.
• Lan Hong and Feng Qingyang exchanged attacks, with Lan Hong breaking through Feng Qingyang's defenses and countering his Storm Dragon Tornado.
• Feng Qingyang activated his Martial Soul Avatar, and Lan Hong drew the Purple Cloud Sword and covered the field with Purple Smoke Scatter.

Lan Hong defeated Feng Qingyang in their arena match, then arranged for Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing to challenge the entire Godwind Academy Team. The two began the match by quickly removing the team’s Support System Soul Master and forcing another member out.

• Feng Qingyang swept away Lan Hong’s purple mist, but Lan Hong escaped his wind-blade attack and trapped him in an explosive forest of sword-energy flowers.
• Lan Hong defeated Feng Qingyang, who suffered only superficial wounds and praised Lan Hong’s skill.
• Lan Hong told Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing to focus on gaining real combat experience, then asked Feng Qingyang to let them face the entire Godwind Academy Team.
• Feng Qingyang agreed, and Feng Xiaotian led his team in an attack while they coordinated to support him and harass the two girls.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing outpaced the attackers, kicked the team’s Support System Soul Master off the stage, and forced another flanker out with a sword strike.

Lan Hong and his students defeated the Godwind Academy Team with their Twin Swords Combination, then returned to Dugu Manor, where Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo Gu Rong invited him to the Heaven Dou Auction House. On the way, Lan Hong questioned Yu Xiaogang’s theories and revealed his rumored connection to Bibi Dong, prompting Gu Rong to question Rongrong’s place at Shrek Academy.

• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing wore down the airborne Godwind Academy Team, then joined forces to defeat the entire team with Twin Swords Combination.
• Lan Hong declined to enter the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament and left Godwind Academy with Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing.
• At Dugu Manor, Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo Gu Rong praised Lan Hong and invited him to visit the Heaven Dou Auction House.
• As they traveled, Ning Fengzhi asked Lan Hong to assess Yu Xiaogang, and Lan Hong criticized the Ten Core Spirit Abilities Theories as mostly speculation or common knowledge.
• Lan Hong suggested Yu Xiaogang had obtained Spirit Ring records through his past relationship with Bibi Dong, leading Gu Rong to argue that Rongrong should leave Shrek Academy.

Lan Hong confronted Ning Fengzhi about Yu Xiaogang’s theories and the exploitation of people at the Heaven Dou Auction House. After Ning Fengzhi bought a cat girl and gave her to Lan Hong, Lan Hong brought her to Dugu Bo’s residence to test whether she could cultivate without Innate Soul Power.

• Lan Hong criticized Yu Xiaogang’s incomplete theories, arguing that his claims had led commoner soul masters to die pursuing Spirit Ring limits.
• Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo accompanied Lan Hong into the Heaven Dou Auction House, where Lan Hong saw enslaved maidservants and struggled to contain his anger.
• Lan Hong recognized the cat girl offered for auction and decided to save her if Ning Fengzhi did not bid on her.
• Ning Fengzhi outbid Prince Xue Xing, bought the cat girl, and gave her to Lan Hong as a gift in hopes of receiving his help with Soul Tools.
• Lan Hong took the cat girl to Dugu Bo’s residence and said he wanted to test whether she could cultivate through a Cultivation Method despite having no Innate Soul Power.

Lan Hong tried to help Fei Ju, a cat girl with no detectable Innate Soul Power, cultivate and proved that a faint trace of Soul Power could be developed through training. Fei Ju began cultivating at Soul Power level two, while Dugu Bo agreed to watch Lan Hong’s efforts to change the stagnant Douluo Continent.

• Lan Hong told Dugu Bo that people considered to have zero Innate Soul Power might still possess a nearly undetectable trace, then offered Fei Ju the choice to become his test subject or stay as a maid.
• Fei Ju chose to cultivate because she wanted revenge, and Lan Hong discovered that her meridians were blocked.
• Lan Hong used golden needles and internal energy to open Fei Ju’s meridians and expel a drug the Heaven Dou Auction House had given her.
• Lan Hong guided Fei Ju’s faint Soul Power through the Flying Rainbow Heart Method until she could circulate it herself.
• Fei Ju tested at level two Soul Power, and Lan Hong invited Dugu Bo to join him in challenging the stagnant order of the Douluo Continent.

Lan Hong’s ideas, published by Ning Fengzhi, provoked Yu Xiaogang and made Lan Hong famous in Heaven Dou City. Lan Hong visited Blazing Fire Academy for a spar, where Huo Wu recognized him and he began fighting Dean Huo Kun.

• Ning Fengzhi circulated an article co-signed with Lan Hong that challenged Yu Xiaogang’s theories and argued that Soul Masters should choose paths suited to their Martial Spirits.
• Yu Xiaogang brooded over the article, while Tang San grew more resentful of Lan Hong and made a note of Ning Fengzhi.
• After Fei Ju’s cultivation progressed, Lan Hong sent a challenge to Blazing Fire Academy, whose dean, Huo Kun, prepared Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang for the match.
• Lan Hong arrived at Blazing Fire Academy with Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Fei Ju, and explained that Ning Fengzhi had published their casual discussion without his knowledge.
• Huo Wu recognized Lan Hong as the Hong Mao she had met before and vowed to defeat him someday.
• Lan Hong began sparring with Huo Kun, who blocked his probing attack with his First Spirit Skill, Exploding Fire Dragon Armor.

Lan Hong defeated Huo Kun in a fierce duel that devastated the training grounds, then Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing challenged the Blazing Fire Academy Team. Their battle began with Xiao Wu knocking Huo Chui away, while Huo Wu’s Resisting Fire Ring pushed Zhuqing back and the team rallied to defend its support members.

• Huo Kun unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar and powerful fire attacks, but Lan Hong shattered his giant fireball and defeated him with a series of sword strikes.
• Huo Kun admitted his mistake for endangering the spectators, and Huo Wushuang welcomed Lan Hong and his companions after the dean went to change clothes.
• Huo Wu challenged Lan Hong, but he declined to fight her and instead announced that he, Xiao Wu, and Zhuqing would challenge the Blazing Fire Academy Team.
• Huo Kun approved the team battle, and the Blazing Fire Academy Team took the arena with Huo Wu as its commander.
• Xiao Wu froze and kicked Huo Chui away while Zhuqing targeted Huo Jun, but Huo Wu used Resisting Fire Ring to repel Zhuqing as her teammates converged on the two challengers.

Lan Hong's group defeated Blazing Fire Academy with Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing's Martial Soul Fusion Skill, then returned to Dugu Manor as Lan Hong planned his next challenges. In Spirit City, Bibi Dong reacted angrily to an article from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and ordered Yue Guan to investigate Lan Hong.

• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing shattered Blazing Fire Academy's coordinated assault with Twin Swords Combination, defeating the team and revealing their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Huo Kun accepted the loss, while Huo Wu made Lan Hong her goal and the group departed from Blazing Fire Academy.
• Lan Hong returned to Dugu Manor, where he corrected Dugu Yan for treating Fei Ju disrespectfully, and Dugu Yan apologized.
• Lan Hong planned to challenge four more academies before the tournament preliminaries and hoped to complete Four Swords Combined.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan to travel to Heaven Dou City and investigate Lan Hong, who had co-authored an article with Ning Fengzhi.

Xue Qinghe learned that Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation was coming to Heaven Dou City and investigated reports about Lan Hong, while Lan Hong discovered that cultivating beside his students increased their cultivation speed. The chapter ended with Lan Hong beginning to study the effect, suspecting it might come from an array formation.

• Xue Qinghe learned that Yue Guan was bringing Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation to Heaven Dou City and dismissed rumors that Lan Hong was comparable to a Titled Douluo before deciding to visit his teacher.
• Fei Ju asked to cultivate in Lan Hong’s room, and Lan Hong discovered that cultivating beside her slightly increased both their cultivation speeds.
• Dugu Yan asked Lan Hong to teach Ye Lingling a cultivation method, and Ye Lingling agreed to undergo Xiao Wu’s painful medicinal bath.
• Lan Hong cultivated alongside Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Fei Ju, and Dugu Yan, and they all felt their cultivation speed increase.
• Lan Hong sent Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Fei Ju back to their usual cultivation before investigating the effect and considering an array formation.

Lan Hong developed the Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams Array, trained Ye Lingling, and brought his companions to challenge Skywater Academy. His spar with Dean Shui Linglong ended unfinished when she conceded after he broke free of her freezing spirit skill.

• Lan Hong questioned Ye Lingling about her determination, then cleansed her meridians and bones and taught her the Rain Flower Heart Method and Rain Flower Swordplay.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Lan Hong perfected the Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams Array with Xiao Wu as its other focal point.
• Lan Hong sent a challenge to Skywater Academy, and Shui Linglong warned her team that he and his companions had defeated Blazing Fire Academy and Godwind Academy.
• Lan Hong sparred with Shui Linglong, evaded her ice swords, and broke free from her Frozen Time spirit skill.
• Shui Linglong conceded before Lan Hong could counterattack, leaving their spar unfinished.

Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing fought the Skywater Academy team, countering Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu's Martial Soul Fusion Skill to secure a draw. After the battle, Xue Qinghe waited for Lan Hong outside Skywater Academy and invited him into his carriage to talk.

• Xue Qinghe visited Dugu Manor to find Lan Hong, learned he was at Skywater Academy, and went there.
• Shui Bing'er froze Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, but they broke free and froze most of the Skywater Academy team with their counterattack.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu completed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ice Snow Falling, while Shui Yue'er and other teammates held off Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing combined their sword skills to shatter the Ice Phoenix, leaving Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu unconscious and both sides unable to continue.
• Shui Linglong accepted the result as a draw, then invited Lan Hong to visit Skywater Academy and watch the tournament.
• Xue Qinghe met Lan Hong outside Skywater Academy and invited him into his carriage, while Lan Hong sent Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Fei Ju back to Dugu Manor.

Lan Hong rejected Xue Qinghe’s request to challenge Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation, then traveled with the First Prince to Thunder Academy to challenge its dean and battle team. Yu Luohui accepted Lan Hong’s sparring challenge, and they prepared to fight on the training grounds.

• Lan Hong told Xue Qinghe he would not join the royal family’s disputes and refused to help counter Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation.
• Lan Hong returned to Dugu Manor and said he planned to challenge Thunder Academy before the tournament preliminaries began.
• Yu Luohui received Lan Hong’s calling card and agreed to meet him because it bore Dugu Bo’s mark.
• Xue Qinghe joined Lan Hong on his visit to Thunder Academy, where Lan Hong challenged Yu Luohui and the Thunder Academy Battle Team.
• Yu Luohui accepted Lan Hong’s challenge, and Lan Hong readied his Thunderclap Sword on the training grounds.

Lan Hong fought Yu Luohui, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s Soul Fighting Douluo, in a head-on battle and defeated him by breaking his Eighth Spirit Skill with the Three Swords Combination. After Yu Luohui conceded, Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing began challenging the Thunder Academy team.

• Yu Luohui attacked Lan Hong with his transformed Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, but Lan Hong met his strikes with the Thunderclap Sword and countered his Myriad Thunderbolts.
• Yu Luohui activated his Martial Soul Avatar and unleashed Thunderous Rampage, but Lan Hong absorbed the lightning and struck him down with Thunderclap Ten Thousand Miles.
• Yu Luohui used his Eighth Spirit Skill, True Dragon Violent Thunder Strike, and Lan Hong broke through it with the Three Swords Combination, shattering Yu Luohui’s Martial Soul Avatar.
• Yu Luohui admitted defeat, while Xue Qinghe congratulated Lan Hong and privately questioned her own pride.
• Yu Luohui left the training ground and told Yu Tianxin to arrange the Thunder Academy team’s challenge; Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing then began their challenge.