Chapter Summaries

The Canaan Academy and Spirit Hall Academy teams began their final match, while Spirit Hall’s elders trapped and captured Tang Hao in the Papal Hall. The battle remained evenly matched, but Canaan held an advantage in a prolonged fight through Ye Lingling’s healing.

• Tian Chen displayed the twelve soul bones, and Tang San and Xiao Wu recognized their mothers’ bones but could not seize them.
• The teams entered the arena, and Han Yu learned that Huang Tian’s pufferfish martial soul could counter Dugu Yan’s poison.
• Tang Hao entered the Papal Hall seeking Ah Yin, where Golden Crocodile and five other elders immobilized and captured him.
• Huang Tian absorbed Dugu Yan’s poison, but she revealed her External Soul Bone and fought back as the teams clashed.
• Tian Yue pressured Yan, while Hu Liena searched for a way to break through to Canaan Academy’s rear line.
• Dugu Bo and Han Yu observed that Ye Lingling’s healing gave Canaan Academy the advantage in a drawn-out battle.

The Canaan Battle Team defeated the Spirit Hall Team to win the tournament championship, with Ye Lingling’s hidden attack on Hu Liena turning the fight. The teams prepared to receive their awards as Bibi Dong opened the case containing a soul bone.

• Yan, Zhang Zhenyu, and their teammates unleashed powerful skills as the match reached its climax, while Tian Yue and Dugu Yan countered their attacks with defense and poison.
• Hu Liena controlled Zhang Zhenyu, then rushed toward Ye Lingling, but Ye Lingling struck her with Fallen Flame Palm and Huang Doudou tossed her from the arena.
• The Canaan Battle Team counterattacked and won after Zhu Zhuqing brought the match to an end, with five Canaan members eliminated.
• Tian Chen announced Canaan Academy as champion, and the team celebrated after Ye Lingling treated their injuries.
• The Canaan members chose Ye Lingling to accept the award, and Bibi Dong descended to open the case containing a soul bone.

After the Soul Master Grand Competition ended, Spirit Hall exposed Xiao Wu as a hundred-thousand-year transformed soul beast and moved to capture her. Tang San and the Shrek group fought to protect her, while Han Yu waited for a chance to intervene.

• Bibi Dong gave the championship soul bones to Ye Lingling, who handed them to Han Yu for safekeeping.
• Han Yu marked Xiao Wu’s temple with Fallen Heart Flame, prompting Bibi Dong to order Guimei and Yue Guan to seize her.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin opposed Spirit Hall, while Tang San and the Shrek group stood between Xiao Wu and her pursuers.
• Bibi Dong warned Ning Fengzhi not to interfere, but Ning Rongrong continued supporting Tang San and the others.
• Han Yu told Dugu Bo to take the students away and prepared to act when the time was right.
• The Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo defeated the Golden Iron Triangle and knocked down the Shrek group, leaving Xiao Wu helpless as they approached.

Han Yu and Golden Crocodile intervened at the Soul Master Grand Competition, where Golden Crocodile executed Tang Hao and ordered the Shrek group arrested. As the chapter ended, Ma Hongjun revealed that he had passed intelligence about Shrek Academy to Han Yu.

• Han Yu killed Liu Erlong when she shielded Yu Xiaogang, while Bibi Dong prepared to fight him over Xiao Wu.
• Golden Crocodile arrived and announced that Spirit Hall had captured Tang Hao for killing Dai Hua.
• Golden Crocodile showed Zhu Feng recordings of Tang Hao killing Dai Hua and Dai Mubai fawning over him, then executed Tang Hao.
• Golden Crocodile ordered the Shrek group arrested, and Spirit Hall guards seized them.
• Ma Hongjun begged Han Yu to save him and admitted he had passed Han Yu intelligence about Shrek Academy, prompting Yu Xiaogang to condemn him.

Ma Hongjun left Shrek Academy and joined Han Yu after revealing his grievances, while Han Yu honored his promise to help him. Han Yu fought Bibi Dong over Xiao Wu’s soul ring and struck her down with his ninth soul skill, though the chapter left her fate unclear.

• Ma Hongjun denounced Tang San and Yu Xiaogang for mistreating and excluding him, and said he had chosen Han Yu because Han Yu promised to heal his injuries.
• Han Yu told Golden Crocodile Douluo to let Ma Hongjun stay, then sent Ma Hongjun to wait at Canaan Academy’s hotel.
• Han Yu challenged Bibi Dong to settle the matter through strength, and they activated their Martial Soul Avatars before fighting in the Papal Hall.
• Han Yu and Bibi Dong summoned clones, but Han Yu’s staff techniques and Flame Clone put Bibi Dong at a disadvantage.
• Han Yu unleashed his ninth soul skill, Fire Dragon, World Annihilation, and the fire dragon tore Bibi Dong apart as Yue Guan and Guimei were kept from intervening.

Han Yu defeated Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall asserted its strength, while Ning Fengzhi worried about opposing Spirit Hall and Han Yu prepared to part ways with his graduating students. The chapter ended with Tian Yue staying in Spirit City and the others proposing to reunite at Canaan Academy in five years.

• Han Yu killed Bibi Dong temporarily with his soul skill, but her Undying Body restored her, and she admitted defeat before returning to the Papal Hall.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo praised Han Yu, promised to send him the rabbit, and decided to train Tian Yue in Spirit City.
• Ning Fengzhi told Xue Qinghe that Spirit Hall threatened the sects and empires, while Xue Qinghe concealed her satisfaction and said she could not rescue the rest of Shrek Academy.
• Han Yu received Xiao Wu, had Dugu Bo take her away, and gave Ma Hongjun a pill intended to restore his severed body part.
• Han Yu distributed soul bones to his students, congratulated them on graduating, and told Tian Yue she would remain in Spirit City.
• Ling Xiao proposed a reunion at Canaan Academy in five years, and Han Yu reminded her that the next Soul Master Grand Competition should belong to younger students.

Han Yu persuaded Xiao Wu to sacrifice her Soul Ring and Soul Bone to Ye Lingling in exchange for rescuing Tang San. Xiao Wu’s sacrifice made Ye Lingling a Soul Emperor, while Xiao Wu was left as a Soft Bone Rabbit.

• Han Yu left the academy students to discuss their futures and went to confront the imprisoned Xiao Wu.
• Han Yu told Xiao Wu that Tang San and the others faced years in Spirit Hall’s Heavenly Prison, and Xiao Wu agreed to sacrifice herself if he rescued Tang San.
• Han Yu summoned Ye Lingling and explained that Xiao Wu’s Sacrifice would let her absorb a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring despite her current level.
• Xiao Wu sacrificed her Soul Ring and Soul Bone to Ye Lingling, whose Soul Power rose to level sixty and who became a Soul Emperor.
• Han Yu asked Xiao Wu to keep only Intangibility and Teleport among the Soul Bone Skills, and Ye Lingling chose to keep the remaining Soft Bone Rabbit as a pet.

After Xiao Wu traded her Soul Ring and Soul Bone for their release, most of the Shrek group left Spirit Hall’s Heavenly Prison while Yu Xiaogang was kept behind. Han Yu received rewards from the Ten Thousand Fires System, including the Purifying Lotus Demonic Flame, and considered whether he could refine it.

• Ning Fengzhi arranged for Yu Tianheng’s release, and Yu Tianheng promised to find a way to free the others before leaving.
• Yu Xiaogang blamed Flender for Ma Hongjun’s betrayal, and Flender finally argued back.
• Jiang Mo Douluo announced that Xiao Wu had exchanged her Soul Ring and Soul Bone for the group’s freedom, then struck Tang San aside when he demanded answers.
• Jiang Mo Douluo let the others leave but ordered Yu Xiaogang held in a separate cell.
• The Ten Thousand Fires System rewarded Han Yu with the Purifying Lotus Demonic Flame, a Shadowless Finger manual, and two God-Given Soul Rings.

After Shrek Academy was stripped of its competition results, Flender and his companions faced an uncertain future while Yu XiaoGang suffered another ordeal in prison. Han Yu’s group prepared for their next journeys, and Han Yu considered how to secure enough teachers for Canaan Academy before the new term.

• Spirit Hall announced that Shrek Academy had been permanently barred from the Soul Master Grand Competition and that its results were voided, leaving Flender fearing the academy would have to close.
• Yu XiaoGang was transferred to the women's ward in the Heavenly Prison, where Hua Jie and the other prisoners attacked him.
• Tian Yue said goodbye to Han Yu and the others, while Zhu Zhuqing chose to remain at the academy and help Han Yu.
• Han Yu told Zhu Dazhi to visit his family and then train at a place he had recommended.
• Dugu Bo asked Han Yu about finding teachers for Canaan Academy, and Han Yu considered asking Feng Changlin's academy to lend teachers and coordinating with the Wind, Water, and Fire Families' academies.

Han Yu and Dugu Bo traveled toward the Heaven Dou–Star Luo border, using attacks on their carriage to rob the would-be attackers. Meanwhile, Tang Lie and Tang Yin set out for Spirit City to reclaim Tang Hao’s soul bones, but Han Yu confronted them on the road as Tang Lie prepared to attack.

• Han Yu warned Dugu Bo that the tense border region made their journey dangerous, while Dugu Bo boasted that he could wipe out both empires’ armies.
• Han Yu killed attackers who approached their carriage and told Dugu Bo to collect their Soul Tools for the academy.
• Tang Lie and Tang Yin discussed traveling to Spirit City, where they believed Spirit Hall would have to return Clear Sky Sect’s inherited soul bones.
• Tang Lie and Tang Yin recognized Ling Xiao and Ye Lingling beside Han Yu’s carriage and decided to attack for the four Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones.
• Han Yu appeared behind Tang Lie, greeted him, and faced Tang Lie’s furious demand for revenge.

Han Yu killed two Clear Sky Sect elders who attacked him, then returned to Canaan Academy and learned that Shrek Academy had been ordered to disband. Flender returned to the deserted academy with his group, while Yu Tianheng departed to assume his position as Young Master of his clan.

• Tang Lie attacked Han Yu with his Clear Sky Hammer, but Han Yu caught it and killed Tang Lie and Tang Yin with his Heavenly Flame Domain.
• Han Yu returned to the carriage and told Dugu Bo that the two dead men were Clear Sky Sect elders, prompting Dugu Bo to worry about possible retaliation.
• Han Yu reached Canaan City and found a mountain of academy documents, along with a Spirit Hall letter reporting Spirit Crane Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo's search for Wolf Thieves.
• Han Yu learned that the Heaven Dou Empire had ordered Shrek Academy to disband and that some former Shrek students had transferred to Canaan Academy.
• Flender returned to Shrek Academy with his group and wept when Zhao Wuji and the other remaining members welcomed him.
• Yu Tianheng left the group to return to his clan and take up his position as Young Master.

Flender mourned Shrek Academy and Liu Erlong as Ma Hongjun recovered and left to gain experience with Oscar. Meanwhile, Han Yu persuaded Godwind Academy and the leaders of the other two elemental academies to relocate to Canaan City, and they agreed.

• Flender grieved over the abandoned Shrek Academy, and Dai Mubai and Zhao Wuji promised to stay with him.
• Ma Hongjun told Flender that Dean Han had resolved his Evil Fire problem, then left to gain experience with Gold Soul Coins from Flender.
• Oscar left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to cultivate, met Ma Hongjun, and agreed to travel the continent with him.
• Feng Changlin told Han Yu that Godwind Academy would relocate to Canaan City, and Han Yu offered the other academies free access to the Heavenly Burning Soul Refining Tower.
• Feng Changlin convinced Huo Lie and Shui Ningbing that Han Yu's strength made Canaan City a safe choice, and they agreed to relocate their academies.

The Wind, Water, and Fire Families agreed to move their academies to Canaan City after seeing Han Yu’s strength, boosting the city’s influence. Flender sent Tang San to Moonlight Pavilion to seek help with his Twin Martial Souls, but Tang San arrived without knowing whom to ask for and was turned away at the entrance.

• Han Yu revealed nine soul rings, including eight red rings and one gold ring, and the leaders of the three families pledged their respect before learning his title was Fire Emperor.
• The Three Elements Academy announced that it would leave Element City and relocate to Canaan City, prompting concern among the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Ning Fengzhi.
• Flender told Tang San that Tang Hao had directed him to seek help at Moonlight Pavilion because Yu Xiaogang had not returned and Flender could not resolve Tang San’s cultivation problem.
• Tang San searched Heaven Dou City and found Moonlight Pavilion, where the attendants stopped him because his clothes were improper.
• Tang San admitted he did not know whom he was seeking, and the attendants mistook him for a troublemaker and ordered him away.

Han Yu confronted Tang Yuehua at Moonlight Pavilion, hinting that he knew she supplied the Clear Sky Sect and revealing that two Clear Sky Sect elders had died. After leaving, he was asked by Xue Qinghe whether he was certain Tang Yuehua belonged to the sect.

• Xue Qinghe introduced Han Yu to Tang Yuehua, who escorted them into Moonlight Pavilion after its guards turned away Tang San.
• Tang Yuehua sent Tang San away, while Xue Ke arrived and led Xue Qinghe off to meet her friends.
• Han Yu warned Tang Yuehua that Moonlight Pavilion’s excess supplies could expose her support for nearly a thousand people, but she denied any wrongdoing.
• Han Yu claimed he had heard two Clear Sky Sect Titled Douluo mention Moonlight Pavilion before they died, then advised Tang Yuehua to keep a lower profile.
• After Han Yu left, Xue Qinghe asked whether he was certain Tang Yuehua came from the Clear Sky Sect.

Han Yu and Xue Qinghe discussed using Moonlight Pavilion to feed the Clear Sky Sect chosen intelligence, while Tang San met his aunt Tang Yuehua and agreed to return to the sect. Han Yu refused Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi’s proposal to join an alliance against Spirit Hall, leaving the imperial audience without an agreement.

• Han Yu explained that Moonlight Pavilion could serve as a channel for misleading the Clear Sky Sect, and Xue Qinghe warned him not to accept any offer from Xue Ye.
• Tang Yuehua revealed to Tang San that she was his aunt and showed him Tang Hao’s letter about his family and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang San told Tang Yuehua that his Twin Martial Souls had been ruined through cultivation, and he agreed to return to the Clear Sky Sect for help.
• Tang San angrily warned Tang Yuehua not to trust Han Yu, so she decided to report what she had learned to the Clear Sky Sect in a letter.
• Han Yu refused to involve Canaan Academy in Ning Fengzhi and Xue Ye’s proposed alliance against Spirit Hall and declined investment limited to his academy.
• Han Yu’s refusal to accept the proposed alliance or investment left the audience with Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi on an unhappy note.

Han Yu followed Tang Yuehua’s letter courier to locate the village near the Clear Sky Sect, then left without approaching the sect. The Clear Sky Sect elders learned that the Great Sumeru Hammer technique was lost, and Tang Xiao decided to bring Tang San back to the sect.

• Han Yu followed a Clear Sky Sect disciple to the village outside the sect, confirmed its location, and departed before dawn.
• Tang Xiao and the elders received Tang Yuehua’s letter and concluded that Spirit Hall had taken the Great Sumeru Hammer technique and that the Fifth and Seventh Elders were likely dead.
• Tang Xiao rejected the Second Elder’s suggestion to demand the technique from Spirit Hall and postponed revenge until the sect returned to the world.
• Tang Xiao announced that he would bring Tang San back and raise him, and the elders agreed to accept him if he proved talented.
• Tang Xiao agreed to buy toys for the Second Elder’s three-year-old grandson, Xiao Ke, during his trip.

Han Yu absorbed the Purifying Lotus Demonic Flame and reached Level 98, then arranged a joint enrollment plan with the Wind, Water, and Fire Families’ academies. Meanwhile, Tang Xiao met Tang San and agreed to discuss his Twin Martial Souls cultivation problems with the Clear Sky Sect elders.

• Han Yu retrieved the Purifying Lotus Demonic Flame and began absorbing it in seclusion.
• Tang Xiao met Tang San at Moonlight Pavilion, and Tang San explained his Twin Martial Souls cultivation problem.
• Tang Xiao said Tang San’s cultivation would be discussed after they returned to the Clear Sky Sect and consulted the elders.
• After several days, Han Yu finished absorbing the flame, reached Level 98, and learned that the three families’ relocation was mostly complete.
• Feng Changlin told Han Yu that the three academies planned to merge into Element Academy and share their Mimetic Cultivation Fields.
• Han Yu proposed that Canaan Academy manage enrollment and assign wind-, water-, and fire-attribute students to the three academies; they agreed on recruitment rules and began advertising.

Han Yu considered using Spirit Hall to establish a continent-wide media system, then published a theory on absorbing Soul Rings beyond their age limits and accepted Feng Xiaotian as a disciple on the condition that he train in Hurricane Canyon. Meanwhile, Ning Fengzhi visited the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan with Sword Douluo Chen Xin.

• Han Yu concluded that Spirit Hall was the only force capable of unifying public opinion and considered removing the Rakshasa God's influence to make its reforms possible.
• Han Yu published a theory on absorbing Soul Rings beyond one's age limit, warning readers that the practice was dangerous and depended on exceptional conditions.
• Feng Xiaotian asked Han Yu to take him as his master, and Han Yu agreed to plan his training after he completed a trial in Hurricane Canyon.
• Feng Changlin asked Han Yu for a token of appreciation, but Han Yu said Feng Xiaotian first had to prove himself in Hurricane Canyon.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin arrived at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, where Yu Yuanzhen assigned Yu Luomian and Yu Tianheng to receive them.

Ning Fengzhi secured the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s agreement to a mutual defense pact, while Han Yu oversaw Canaan Academy’s crowded enrollment and new student credit system. The academy prospered as rival schools struggled to attract students.

• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin visited Yu Yuanzhen and warned him about Spirit Hall’s strength, prompting Yu Yuanzhen to sign the Together in Solidarity Pact.
• Ning Fengzhi declined Chen Xin’s offer to search for the Clear Sky Sect, fearing the pact might draw them into Spirit Hall’s conflict with it.
• Ye Lingling woke Han Yu for Canaan Academy’s official enrollment, and Han Yu sent Zhu Zhuqing to handle a disturbance while he disappeared.
• Han Yu introduced a credit system that tied access to better resources and Heavenly Burning Soul Refining Tower training to tasks and performance, with Gold Soul Coin rewards for top students.
• Canaan Academy drew a huge enrollment, while Thunder Academy’s intake fell by ninety percent and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan offered no response after Dugu Bo drove its representative out of the city.

After receiving Spirit Hall’s information about Slaughter City, Han Yu prepared Zhu Zhuqing to undergo its deadly trial by giving her a head Soul Bone. Zhu Zhuqing chose to go, leaving Han Yu worried that his decision might cost her life.

• Han Yu explained to Dugu Bo that Canaan Academy’s missions would help students earn credits while handling the academy’s work and expenses.
• Dugu Bo delivered Spirit Hall’s letter confirming Slaughter City’s location and its role as a place for containing criminals.
• Han Yu gave Zhu Zhuqing a head Soul Bone to strengthen her Spiritual Power before the trial and warned her that Slaughter City was extremely dangerous.
• Zhu Zhuqing accepted the Soul Bone and decided to enter Slaughter City with Han Yu the next morning.
• Han Yu admitted to Dugu Bo that he feared Zhu Zhuqing might die because he had sent her there.