Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiaogang agreed to have the Shrek Team face the undefeated Royal Fighting Team after the Great Soul Arena offered a large appearance fee and victory reward. The match was scheduled and publicized, while Qin Ming shared Shrek’s information with the Royal Fighting Team, whose members dismissed their opponents.

• Yu Xiaogang registered the Shrek Team and met Manager Ao, who asked them to fight in the Central Main Soul Arena.
• Manager Ao offered Shrek a ten-thousand-Gold-Soul-Coin appearance fee, a hundred-thousand reward for winning, and a level thirty-nine Soul Elder to join them.
• Yu Xiaogang accepted the match and asked the Great Soul Arena to prepare information about their opponents.
• The Great Soul Arena scheduled and publicized the showdown, and Qin Ming learned Shrek’s lineup and spread word of their hidden strength.
• Qin Ming showed Shrek’s information to the Royal Fighting Team, and Yu Feng mocked Shrek’s lower-ranked members.

Qin Ming prepared the Royal Fighting Team for its match against Shrek, while Tang San and Yu Xiaogang devised an attrition strategy for Shrek. Dai Mubai discovered that his fiancée Zhu Zhuqing was on the opposing team, and Yu Xiaogang urged him to persuade her to join Shrek.

• Qin Ming benched Yu Feng and assigned Zhu Zhuqing, Ling Xiao, and Zhu Dazhi to compete, then left Yu Tianheng to lead the tactical discussion.
• Yu Tianheng’s team planned to target Shrek’s support members, while Han Yu chose not to warn Zhu Zhuqing and the others about Tang San’s Hidden Weapons.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang identified the Royal Fighting Team’s lack of support and control Soul Masters and planned to win by dragging out the battle.
• Dai Mubai recognized Zhu Zhuqing as his fiancée, and Yu Xiaogang urged him to persuade her to leave the opposing team and become Shrek’s seventh monster.

Tang San prepared the Shrek Team for its soul duel against the Royal Fighting Team, while Han Yu secretly bet on the Royal Fighting Team and planned to foil Qin Ming's scheme. As the match approached, both teams gathered confidently, unaware that the contest might not go as Tang San expected.

• Tang San assigned Ma Hongjun to hold back Ling Xiao and told the Shrek Team that his tactics would guarantee victory.
• Flender reassured Dai Mubai that reuniting with Zhu Zhuqing might restore his virility, and Dai Mubai returned to his teammates newly confident.
• Dai Mubai announced that Shrek would soon welcome its Seventh Monster, and the team joined hands to declare that Shrek would win.
• Han Yu watched Shrek's preparations, suspected Qin Ming was trying to use the nobles against him, and bet one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins on the Royal Fighting Team.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ling Xiao wondered if Han Yu was watching them, while Ao Feng volunteered to hold back Yu Tianheng before the match.

The Royal Fighting Team and Shrek Team assembled for their arena battle as Dai Mubai tried to persuade Zhu Zhuqing to return to Shrek. Both teams summoned their martial souls, and the chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang confident that Tang San’s Hidden Weapons would give Shrek an advantage.

• Han Yu watched from the front row while Ling Xiao promised to avenge Zhu Dazhi for Ma Hongjun’s earlier insults.
• Ao Feng taunted the Royal Fighting Team, and Zhu Dazhi asked Yu Tianheng to let him face Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai asked Zhu Zhuqing to return to Shrek, but she rejected him, and Tang San urged him to discuss it after the match.
• Dou Dou began the preparation period, and both teams summoned their martial souls as the crowd admired Yu Tianheng’s Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon and Ning Rongrong’s Glass Pagoda.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Flender about the Royal Fighting Team’s strength but remained confident in Tang San’s Hidden Weapons.

Tang San directed Shrek’s team as the battle against their opponents intensified, while Ling Xiao overwhelmed Ma Hongjun with her phoenix flames and crippled him. The fight continued with Flender forced to watch from the stands, unable to intervene.

• Tang San gave Dai Mubai, Oscar, and the others their battle assignments, while Dai Mubai attacked Zhu Dazhi and Ao Feng held Yu Tianheng and Osler back.
• Han Yu praised Ao Feng’s restraining skill, but Yu Xiaogang rejected Flender’s suggestion to recruit Ao Feng as a teacher.
• Ling Xiao baited Ma Hongjun into attacking, then used Prairie Fire to overpower his flames and burn away Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San sent Xiao Wu to support Ma Hongjun, but the Shi Mo brothers held her back as Ling Xiao struck Ma Hongjun unconscious.
• Ling Xiao burned Ma Hongjun’s lower body, and Flender rushed to carry him away while Zhao Wuji and Yu Xiaogang stopped Flender from interfering.

Tang San erupted after Ling Xiao burned Xiao Wu and used Hidden Weapons to cripple most of Royal Fighting Team. With only Ling Xiao and Zhu Zhuqing still standing, he flew after Ling Xiao and gained the upper hand.

• Ling Xiao's Spark of Fire engulfed Xiao Wu after Shi Mo destroyed Tang San's Blue Silver Grass, and Tang San swore revenge on anyone who hurt her.
• Zhu Zhuqing forced Oscar and Ning Rongrong to surrender, while Tang San carried Xiao Wu from the arena after confirming she was alive.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Dazhi eliminated Dai Mubai, and Ao Feng voluntarily left the arena, leaving Tang San alone against Royal Fighting Team.
• Tang San launched Hidden Weapons at Royal Fighting Team, disabling Yu Tianheng, Osler, and several others while Ling Xiao and Zhu Zhuqing remained able to fight.
• Tang San used Oscar's Flying Mushroom Sausage to take to the air and, with his combat techniques, began suppressing Ling Xiao.

Zhu Zhuqing and Ling Xiao defeated Tang San in the spirit fight with the help of the Heavenly Flames Han Yu had taught them. After Shrek Team conceded, Tang San tried to force Ye Lingling to heal Xiao Wu, but she knocked him unconscious, prompting Yu Xiaogang to berate her.

• Han Yu told Zhu Zhuqing to use the Heavenly Flames, and Zhu Zhuqing called on Ling Xiao to join her attack against Tang San.
• Ling Xiao ignited Heart Fire inside Tang San, leaving him unable to fight, and Flender conceded the spirit fight for Shrek Team.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling rushed to help their injured teammates while the nobles abandoned Qin Ming.
• Tang San grabbed a dagger and held it to Ye Lingling's neck, demanding that she heal Xiao Wu.
• Ye Lingling struck Tang San with Fallen Flame Palm and knocked him unconscious, and Yu Xiaogang angrily accused her of mistreating her former student.

Han Yu intervened when Flender tried to force Ye Lingling to heal Shrek’s injured members, then fought off the Great Soul Arena’s guards after they demanded compensation for the damage. He left with the Royal Fighting Team, whose injured members gathered at the Soto Grand Hotel for Ye Lingling to treat them.

• Dugu Yan slapped Yu Xiaogang, and Ning Rongrong identified Ye Lingling’s Nine Heart Begonia as an exceptionally powerful Healing-Type Martial Soul.
• Flender tried to force Ye Lingling to treat Shrek, but Han Yu appeared and struck Flender and Yu Xiaogang, sending the Shrek members fleeing under Zhao Wuji’s lead.
• The Great Soul Arena’s guards surrounded Han Yu over the damage, and he unleashed his Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Eighth Soul Skill, Fire Cloud Extinction.
• A well-dressed middle-aged man begged Han Yu to spare the guards, and Han Yu left with the Royal Fighting Team.
• At the Soto Grand Hotel, Ye Lingling treated the injured team members and remarked that Tang San’s hidden weapons had struck vital spots.

After the Royal Fighting Team recovered, Han Yu questioned Qin Ming’s absence while the team argued over his leadership. Qin Ming later found Shrek injured and broke, apologized for his students’ actions, then learned that Ling Xiao had badly injured Ma Hongjun and reacted angrily.

• Ye Lingling treated the Royal Fighting Team, and Yu Tianheng blamed Shrek while Dugu Yan confronted him for defending Qin Ming.
• Han Yu asked where Qin Ming was, and Ye Lingling revealed that he had not appeared during the match or Flender’s attempted kidnapping.
• At Shrek’s hotel, Flender learned that their betting losses had left them unable to hire healers, so Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar offered their savings.
• Qin Ming arrived at the hotel, apologized to Flender, and discovered that Ma Hongjun’s injury had worsened without treatment.
• After Zhao Wuji explained Ling Xiao’s history with Shrek Academy, Qin Ming condemned her and insisted that she take responsibility.

Yu Xiaogang accused Han Yu of mistreating Tang San and warned the others against accepting Ye Lingling’s healing, while Qin Ming searched for another healer. Later, Ye Lingling visited Han Yu and confessed her feelings, and the two spent the night together.

• Yu Xiaogang woke and claimed Han Yu had targeted him and Tang San at Nuoding Soul Master Academy, prompting Flender and Qin Ming to question his account of Han Yu’s strength.
• Qin Ming suggested Ye Lingling could heal the injured Shrek students, but Yu Xiaogang rejected the idea and accused her of having an improper relationship with Han Yu.
• Flender told Yu Xiaogang that Han Yu had robbed his shop, while Yu Xiaogang insisted Tang San’s identity would protect them from trouble.
• Qin Ming searched Suotuo City and found a Healing-Type Soul Master above Soul Ancestor rank.
• Han Yu learned through his Image Recording Soul Guidance Device terminal that Yu Xiaogang had slandered him and Ye Lingling.
• Ye Lingling visited Han Yu at night, kissed him, and the two spent the night together.

Han Yu and Ye Lingling made their relationship official while Han Yu gathered evidence of Qin Ming siding with Shrek Academy. Qin Ming pushed Yu Tianheng to apologize to Shrek and planned to use the Royal Fighting Team’s victory to advance Shrek Academy’s merger into Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Tang San and Xiao Wu recovered from their injuries.

• Dugu Yan discovered Han Yu and Ye Lingling together, and Ye Lingling told her they had made their relationship official.
• Han Yu showed Ye Lingling recordings of Qin Ming groveling before Shrek Academy and promised to deal with him.
• Qin Ming persuaded Yu Tianheng to apologize to Shrek Academy, angering Dugu Yan.
• Qin Ming planned to use the teams’ age difference and the Royal Fighting Team’s victory to ease Shrek Academy’s merger into Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu regained consciousness, and Tang San blamed himself for failing to protect her.

After Shrek's defeat, Tang San encouraged his teammates and met Qin Ming, who had arranged healers for them. Yu Tianheng apologized for the Royal Fighting Team, and the chapter ended with him revealing that Yu Xiaogang was his uncle and a member of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

• Tang San woke and accepted Yu Xiaogang's advice to learn from defeat, then found Ma Hongjun badly injured and encouraged the Shrek team.
• Qin Ming arrived, explained he had hired Healing-Type Soul Masters, and Tang San asked how he had become the Royal Fighting Team's leader despite rumors that he was a Spirit Hall elder.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji covered the rumor by describing a supposed former Soul Douluo teacher who had joined Spirit Hall.
• Qin Ming brought Yu Tianheng in and asked him to apologize for the Royal Fighting Team, but Tang San called the matter even.
• Yu Xiaogang met Yu Tianheng, who revealed that Yu Xiaogang was his father's brother and a member of their clan.

Qin Ming tried to persuade Flender to move Shrek Academy to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where its students could compete and its teachers could receive resources. Yu Xiaogang then urged Yu Tianheng to join Shrek Academy, hoping to strengthen Tang San’s team.

• Qin Ming told Flender that Heaven Dou Royal Academy could accept Shrek’s students and teachers, preserve the Shrek name, and provide the academy’s unused resources.
• Flender agreed to discuss Qin Ming’s proposal with Zhao Wuji and the other teachers before giving him an answer the next day.
• Yu Tianheng told Yu Xiaogang that Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling had surpassed him in soul power and that clan elders were criticizing his relationship with Dugu Yan.
• Yu Xiaogang considered how Yu Tianheng could help Tang San’s team and invited him to join Shrek Academy.

Yu Xiaogang tried to draw Yu Tianheng and the secret Soul Power technique toward Shrek Academy, while Shrek considered Qin Ming’s proposal to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Han Yu learned that the academy’s construction was stalled and decided to visit Spirit Hall to discuss its establishment.

• Yu Tianheng told Yu Xiaogang that Han Yu’s improved secret technique had helped Dugu Yan and the others raise their Soul Power, and Yu Xiaogang urged him to get Dugu Yan away from Han Yu and bring her to Shrek Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang recommended accepting Qin Ming’s proposal, and Zhao Wuji agreed that Shrek Academy lacked the resources to compete with Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s facilities.
• Yu Tianheng returned to the hotel and took Dugu Yan aside while Han Yu was teaching her to control the Netherworld Poison Fire.
• Han Yu reviewed recordings of Yu Tianheng’s visit to Shrek and considered using evidence of Qin Ming’s proposal against him, but planned to wait until Shrek arrived in Heaven Dou City.
• Han Yu read an unsigned letter from Qian Renxue stating that the academy’s land was ready but its qualifications were being delayed, so he decided to visit Spirit Hall to discuss the academy’s establishment.

Yu Tianheng joined Shrek Academy, and Flender agreed to move the academy into Heaven Dou Royal Academy while hoping to find a cure for Ma Hongjun. The chapter ended with Qin Ming explaining what he knew about Han Yu's secret method for increasing Soul Power.

• Yu Tianheng told Qin Ming he wanted to join Shrek Academy, and Qin Ming took him there that evening.
• Tang San proposed searching for Water of Life to restore Ma Hongjun, and Yu Xiaogang confirmed its life-restoring effects.
• Yu Tianheng officially joined Shrek Academy and was welcomed by Tang San and Dai Mubai.
• Flender agreed to bring Shrek Academy's students into Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where they would receive cultivation resources.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Qin Ming about Han Yu's secret method, and Qin Ming described the students whose Soul Power had risen without signs of harm.

Han Yu set out to meet Qian Renxue in Spirit City after deciding to teach Yu Xiaogang a lesson for slandering him. Yu Xiaogang was arrested for disturbing public order and sentenced to half a month in jail.

• Yu Xiaogang criticized Han Yu for keeping a secret technique from Soul Masters, while Qin Ming asked Flender whether he would return with the Royal Fighting Team.
• Han Yu gave Ye Lingling and the others instructions, received a system mission to establish an academy, and left to find Yu Xiaogang before heading to Spirit City.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded treatment fees from Manager Ao at the Great Soul Arena, but Manager Ao refused and had guards remove him.
• Yu Xiaogang cursed the Great Soul Arena in its plaza, and Han Yu sent a letter to Hall Master Casey.
• Hall Master Casey alerted the Lord of Suotuo City, who sent City Guards to arrest Yu Xiaogang for disturbing public order and jail him for half a month.

Han Yu left Yu Xiaogang to endure a fifteen-day prison sentence and traveled to Spirit City to seek Spirit Hall's support for an academy. There, Qian Daoliu met him and offered him tokens naming him an elder of Spirit Hall and the future Eighth Elder of the Worship Hall, while Han Yu remained focused on securing funding.

• Han Yu watched Yu Xiaogang enter prison, where the guards threatened him and arranged for his meals to consist of slop.
• Han Yu traveled to Spirit City, entered after showing his Soul Master Handbook, and noticed a Soul Saint sweeping the street as punishment.
• A restaurant attendant led Han Yu to a private room reserved for him, where he met Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Daoliu asked why Han Yu wanted Spirit Hall's resources to establish an Advanced Soul Master Academy in the Heaven Dou Empire, and Han Yu said he wanted to cultivate talent rather than fight.
• Qian Daoliu gave Han Yu a Pope Token granting Spirit Hall elder status and an Angel Token marking him as the future Eighth Elder of the Worship Hall.

Han Yu went to Spirit Hall Academy to meet Dean Tian Chen and discuss the academy’s assessment for him. Tian Chen praised Han Yu’s theories and urged him to publish them through Spirit Hall, but Han Yu saw that they would not directly help establish an advanced academy.

• After Qian Daoliu left, Han Yu ate, found a map to Spirit Hall Academy, and traveled there.
• Xu Yu, a student assigned to wait for him, led Han Yu to the dean’s office and explained the academy’s long history.
• Han Yu showed his Pope Token to the guards, who recognized him as Elder Han and directed him to Tian Chen.
• Tian Chen showed Han Yu a booklet compiling his theories and praised his proposal to develop Blue Silver Grass Soul Masters along a healing path.
• Tian Chen asked Han Yu to publish the theory through Spirit Hall, while Han Yu noted that it focused on low-level Soul Masters and would not help much with an advanced academy.

Han Yu discussed soul-beast tribulations and Spirit Hall secrets with Tian Chen, while seeking support for his new academy. After Han Yu left, Golden Crocodile urged Tian Chen to pressure him for helping Qian Renxue and warned him not to approve the academy until Qian Daoliu decided.

• Han Yu said he would wait until leaving Heaven Dou Royal Academy to publish his research, and Tian Chen confirmed that Golden Crocodile Douluo possessed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Tian Chen told Han Yu that records described a Heavenly Tribulation after a soul beast lived for a thousand years beyond one hundred thousand, but offered no account of survivors.
• Han Yu and Tian Chen discussed soul-beast tribulations late into the night, and Han Yu left Spirit Hall Academy without getting a clear answer about his request for support.
• Golden Crocodile entered Tian Chen's office and explained that his attempt to evolve Tian Yue's martial soul had only changed her claws.
• Golden Crocodile told Tian Chen to pressure Han Yu to repay Qian Renxue's efforts, but forbade him from approving Han Yu's new academy before Qian Daoliu made a decision.

Han Yu tried to secure support for his proposed Spirit Hall academy by dealing with two Worship Hall elders. After offering Golden Crocodile Douluo a rare treasure, he persuaded him to arrange a meeting with Bibi Dong.

• Han Yu considered using Immortal Herbs to build connections in Spirit Hall and suspected Tian Yue had encountered trouble with her Martial Soul evolution.
• Light Feather Douluo tested Han Yu with an arrow, then asked about his flame and offered to speak in favor of the academy if Han Yu pleased him.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo arrived and rejected Light Feather Douluo's promise, but became interested when Han Yu revealed the Sweet Potato Golden Dragon.
• Han Yu bargained over the treasure and asked Golden Crocodile Douluo to arrange a meeting with Bibi Dong the next day.