Chapter Summaries

Flender and the others bought a fake Water of Life from Han Yu, and Ma Hongjun drank liquor disguised as the cure. Three intruders broke into Shrek Academy’s girls’ dormitory, where Ma Hongjun’s drunken behavior made him appear responsible, and the academy began searching for the real perpetrators.

• Flender bought the supposed Water of Life for ten thousand Gold Soul Coins after Tang San identified its scent, while Han Yu received a reward for passing off the fake as genuine.
• Flender gave the bottle to Ma Hongjun, who drank its contents and believed the liquor’s burn matched Yu Xiaogang’s description of the Water of Life.
• Bu Le, E Kao, and Tian Ya infiltrated Shrek Academy and entered girls’ dormitory rooms, intending to prey on the residents.
• Ma Hongjun, drunk from Han Yu’s strong liquor, burst into Jiang Zhu’s room and began doing push-ups on her bed, leading Bu Le and the others to flee.
• Flender knocked Ma Hongjun unconscious and told Zhao Wuji to search for intruders, while Tang San was asked to examine Ma Hongjun.

Han Yu killed Bu Le and his companions after they fled Shrek Academy, while Flender tried to clear Ma Hongjun by revealing that he was a eunuch. The secret spread through Heaven Dou City, leaving Ma Hongjun disgraced and Flender hoping the scandal would fade.

• Han Yu learned that Bu Le and his companions had caused trouble at Shrek Academy and flew out to find them.
• Bu Le, Tian Ya, and E Kao discussed fleeing Heaven Dou City, but Han Yu confronted and burned them to nothing with the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Tang San told Flender that Ma Hongjun had not recovered and that the supposed Water of Life was strong liquor with unknown ingredients.
• Flender tied up Ma Hongjun, apologized to the students, and exposed his injury to argue that Ma Hongjun could not have committed the assault as accused.
• Jiang Zhu decided not to pursue the matter, but news that Ma Hongjun was a eunuch spread throughout Heaven Dou City.
• Flender ordered Tang San to keep Ma Hongjun out of sight while he recovered.

Canaan Academy began a transparent Selection Competition to choose its Academy Team, drawing contestants from other academies and prompting Shrek Academy to consider sending its students. Ma Hongjun remained at Shrek recovering, while Tang San and Dai Mubai offered him hope of treatment if they performed well in the Soul Master Grand Competition.

• Han Yu announced the Selection Competition, divided contestants by Soul Power rank, and established a separate assessment for support-type Soul Masters.
• Han Yu allowed students from other academies to compete and offered Gold Soul Coin prizes, while Sun Buyu was told to exclude non-advanced Soul Masters.
• Dugu Yan and Ling Xiao urged their friends to avoid competing against one another early, and Tian Yue registered to compete first.
• Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong supported Shrek Academy students attending the competition to observe rival teams, and Flender reluctantly agreed while advising that Ma Hongjun stay behind.
• Ma Hongjun asked Tang San whether his condition could be treated, and Tang San and Dai Mubai said a Healing-Type Soul Saint might help if Shrek achieved strong results in the Grand Competition.

Yu Xiaogang sent Tang San and several Shrek Academy members to Canaan Academy’s Selection Competition, where they encountered Zhu Zhuqing and her new companions. Meanwhile, Han Yu arranged for students from Skywater, Blazing, and Godwind Academies to experience Canaan Academy’s Heavenly Burning Soul Refining Tower, leaving them impressed by its cultivation environment.

• Yu Xiaogang sent Tang San, Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, and Tian Heng to the competition, while Ma Hongjun stayed behind to recover.
• Ling Xiao and the others celebrated advancing, then spotted Shrek Academy; Zhu Zhuqing confirmed Dai Mubai was no longer her fiancé, and Tian Yue hoped to challenge him.
• Han Yu discussed Feng Xiaotian’s potential with Sun Buyu and invited Skywater, Blazing, and Godwind Academies to experience the Heavenly Burning Soul Refining Tower.
• Feng Xiaotian and the other academy members accepted Han Yu’s invitation and entered the tower for a two-hour experience.
• Huo Wu, Feng Xiaotian, and Shui Binger felt the tower’s powerful cultivation effects, and Teacher Gu explained that Han Yu had built it.

Han Yu negotiated with the deans of the Wind, Water, and Fire Families over access to the Heavenly Burning Soul Refining Tower and invited them to move their academies to Canaan City. Meanwhile, the Selection Competition continued, with the Shrek group preparing for difficult matches.

• After leaving the Heavenly Burning Soul Refining Tower, Feng Xiaotian urged Teacher Gu to tell his family about its cultivation benefits, while Han Yu watched them depart.
• Yu Tianheng won his Soul Elder arena match, but Xiao Wu lost to a control-type Soul Master whose yarn martial soul trapped her.
• The second round paired Dai Mubai against Yu Tianheng, and Tang San declared confidence in winning his division if Han Yu did not compete.
• Feng Changlin, Huo Lie, and Shui Ningbing arrived at Canaan Academy to negotiate exclusive access to the tower.
• Han Yu proposed that the three families move their academies to Canaan City and offered them tower access for one hundred Gold Soul Coins per shichen.

Tang San lost to Zhu Zhuqing in the Selection Competition semifinals after her rapid attacks broke through his defenses and drove him off the undersized arena. Yu Xiaogang disputed the result and accused Canaan Academy of rigging the competition.

• Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng left their match, and Yu Xiaogang praised Yu Tianheng while Tang San boasted that his own opponent had been weak.
• A student challenged Yu Xiaogang, but a teacher maintaining order stopped the confrontation by warning them about the Heavenly Prison.
• Tang San faced Zhu Zhuqing in the semifinals while Yu Tianheng prepared to face Shui Binger, and Tang San urged Zhu Zhuqing to join Shrek Academy.
• Zhu Zhuqing used all three Soul Skills and a series of lunges to break Tang San's Blue Silver Grass blockade and force him off the smaller arena.
• Yu Xiaogang complained to the referees about the arena's size, then accused Canaan Academy of fixing the competition because Zhu Zhuqing was Han Yu's personal disciple.

After Canaan Academy's students advanced through the Selection Competition, Han Yu announced that the strongest contender in the open challenge matches would win a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone. Huang Doudou and Zhang Zhenyu joined the prospective team, which prepared for the challenges and upcoming team training.

• Yu Tianheng told Yu Xiaogang that he had lost because he could not break free from his opponent's control, and Yu Xiaogang left with Tang San and the others.
• Dai Mubai asked Tang San about his loss to Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San blamed the smaller arena before Yu Xiaogang cursed Canaan Academy.
• Zhu Zhuqing, Ling Xiao, Tian Yue, and the rest of their group discussed their semifinal matches, while Ye Lingling said she had tied for first among healing-type Soul Masters.
• Han Yu announced the Selection Competition results and awarded medals and prize money to the top three in each division.
• Han Yu revealed that Emperor Xue Ye had offered a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone to the strongest participant in the open challenge matches.
• Huang Doudou and Zhang Zhenyu introduced themselves as new prospects, and Sun Buyu told the students to learn one another's Soul Skills before team training began.

Han Yu visited Holy Soul Village and found the Blue Silver Emperor and a hidden Soul Bone in the cave behind a waterfall. Tang Hao sensed something was wrong with Tang San, but found him safe with Xiao Wu and left without revealing himself.

• After Canaan Academy's challenge tournament ended, Han Yu traveled to Holy Soul Village and watched Su Yuntao conduct the children's martial soul awakening ceremony.
• Han Yu followed a trail of blood to a waterfall, entered the cave behind it, and found the Blue Silver Emperor sealed inside.
• Han Yu revived the Blue Silver Emperor slightly, transplanted it into a flowerpot, and took a hidden Soul Bone from a brocade box.
• Tang Hao recovered from his injuries, watched Tang San from afar, and planned for them to seize Canaan Academy and return to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Hao sensed a sudden feeling of loss and rushed to Shrek Academy, where he saw Tang San with Xiao Wu before leaving unnoticed.
• Tang San sensed a familiar presence where Tang Hao had vanished, but Xiao Wu reassured him as he remembered his past in the Tang Sect.

Han Yu discussed Canaan Academy’s cultivation tower and the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud with Xue Qinghe, who refused to retrieve the imperial treasure. At the chapter’s end, Han Yu encouraged the Canaan Battle Team to face stronger opponents at the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena.

• Han Yu kept the Blue Silver Emperor in his office and welcomed Xue Qinghe, who asked about letting Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples study at Canaan Academy.
• Han Yu explained the Heavenly Burning Soul Refining Tower’s benefits and fire-poison risks, while Xue Qinghe warned him not to clash with Shrek Academy because Ning Fengzhi had invested in it.
• Han Yu asked Xue Qinghe to bring out the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, but she refused because it was a national treasure and its use was unknown.
• Sun Buyu arranged team Soul Duel training for the Canaan Battle Team, and Zhu Zhuqing suggested rotating all six fighters so everyone could practice.
• Han Yu arrived as the team worried about facing stronger Soul Masters and reassured Tian Yue that their Martial Souls were among the finest.

Several months later, Shrek Academy journeyed to Sunset Forest to obtain Soul Rings for Ning Rongrong and Ma Hongjun. On the way back, Tang San sensed a hidden treasure beyond a poisonous miasma, but Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong persuaded everyone to leave, and Tang San departed reluctantly.

• Yu Xiaogang told the group that Flender would accompany their Soul Ring hunt and appointed Tang San to command them.
• Ning Rongrong asked Tang San to sell Hidden Weapons blueprints for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and he agreed to sell the Silent Sleeve Arrow blueprints at a high price.
• The Shrek group obtained Soul Rings for Ning Rongrong and Ma Hongjun in Sunset Forest.
• The group found poisonous miasma around a mountain, and Tang San identified Azure Phosphorus Seven Absolutes Flowers that were gathering the poison.
• Tang San sensed a Treasure Basin beyond the miasma and urged the group to investigate, but Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong warned of the danger and led everyone away.
• Tang San looked back at the mountain reluctantly as the group left.

Han Yu used the Qingfeng Longevity Pill to draw Prince Xue Xing into a costly auction, while ensuring Xue Ye would not receive it. The bidding ended with Xue Xing forced to rely on Xue Beng’s money as Yue Guan kept raising the price.

• Han Yu learned that the Shrek group had retreated from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and planned to use Dugu Bo’s favor to advance his scheme against Xue Xing.
• Xue Beng told Xue Xing about the Qingfeng Longevity Pill, and Xue Xing resolved to buy it to extend Xue Ye’s life and improve their political prospects.
• Han Yu explained to Xue Qinghe that the pill’s lifespan-extending effect came from the Flame of Life and would not work on Soul Emperors or stronger Soul Masters.
• After Xue Qinghe’s inside information led Ning Fengzhi to withdraw from the auction, Xue Xing attended with Xue Beng to bid for the pill.
• Yue Guan disguised himself and repeatedly outbid Xue Xing, driving the price above three million Gold Soul Coins.
• Unable to pay the rising price himself, Xue Xing told Xue Beng to contribute his remaining money in exchange for a share of the credit.

Yue Guan exposed Prince Xue Xing’s ambush after winning the Qingfeng Longevity Pill, forcing Xue Xing to spend his favor with Dugu Bo to save Xue Beng. Meanwhile, Tang San recognized the mountain in Sunset Forest as the site of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and told Yu Xiaogang it might hold Immortal Herbs.

• Yue Guan left the auction house with the Qingfeng Longevity Pill, and Prince Xue Xing’s two Soul Saint guards tried to seize it.
• Yue Guan revealed his identity as Chrysanthemum Douluo and restrained Xue Beng, while Prince Xue Xing pleaded for Dugu Bo’s help.
• Dugu Bo used his Blue Phosphorus Soul Confusion Array to rescue Xue Beng, then accepted Xue Xing’s offer to repay his favor and took Xue Xing and Xue Beng’s side in the dispute.
• Yue Guan and Dugu Bo staged a battle near Sunset Forest, after which Dugu Bo returned to Canaan Academy and thanked Han Yu for freeing him from Xue Xing’s favor.
• Tang San identified the mountain as the likely location of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and decided to claim its Immortal Herbs for himself.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that Immortal Herbs might help him break through Rank 30, shocking his teacher.

Tang San led Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to find Immortal Herbs, while Han Yu prepared his team for the Academy Exchange Tournament. At the well, Dugu Bo stopped the Shrek group and claimed the territory as his own.

• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender that he had found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and urged them to keep its location from outsiders.
• Han Yu warned Lingling and the others not to reveal their trump cards at the Academy Exchange Tournament and learned that the Royal Fighting Team was being reorganized.
• Flender entered the poisonous miasma to scout the valley, and Liu Erlong rushed in after him when a ghostly flame threatened him.
• Dugu Bo emerged from the miasma and blasted Flender and Liu Erlong back before Tang San could negotiate for access to the medicinal herbs.
• Yu Xiaogang challenged Dugu Bo's claim to the territory, while Dugu Bo insisted he had occupied it for ten years and ordered the group to leave.

Dugu Bo fought the Golden Iron Triangle after Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong challenged him, then defeated them with the Netherworld Poison Fire. Tang San tried to save the group by offering to cure Dugu Bo's poison.

• Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong formed the Golden Sacred Dragon to confront Dugu Bo, while Tang San retreated to safety.
• Dugu Bo used the poisonous miasma to evade the Golden Sacred Dragon and attack it from within his domain.
• Yu Xiaogang unleashed the Golden Sacred Dragon's fart-based attack, and Dugu Bo turned the Netherworld Poison Fire against the dragon.
• The Netherworld Poison Fire consumed the Golden Sacred Dragon, leaving Yu Xiaogang unconscious and Flender and Liu Erlong badly weakened.
• Tang San offered to cure Dugu Bo's poison and warned that killing them would bring him trouble.

Tang San tried to bargain with Dugu Bo by offering to cure his poison, but Dugu Bo had already found a solution and attacked him before sparing the group over the threat of Tang Hao. Dugu Bo returned to Canaan Academy and told Han Yu what happened, only to learn that Han Yu already knew Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and was not afraid of his revenge.

• Tang San warned Dugu Bo that poison threatened him and his granddaughter, Dugu Yan, and offered to provide a cure if Dugu Bo let the group go.
• Dugu Bo revealed that he had already cured his poison, struck Tang San down, and relented after Flender warned him that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son.
• Dugu Bo ordered Flender and the others to leave, then returned to Canaan Academy after confirming they had left Sunset Forest.
• Dugu Bo warned Han Yu about Tang Hao’s strength and recounted the confrontation with Tang San.
• Han Yu said he already knew Tang San was Tang Hao’s son, and he and Dugu Bo concluded that Tang San’s secret manual likely explained Dugu Bo’s symptoms and that Tang San might have wanted him to force the poison into his Soul Bones.

After Tang San and Yu Xiaogang were rescued and treated, Tang Hao learned of Dugu Bo's attack and revealed his identity as a Titled Douluo to his son. Tang Hao planned to confront Dugu Bo and search for Immortal Herbs, while Tang San stayed behind to recover.

• Flender brought the injured Tang San and Yu Xiaogang back to the academy, where Healing-Type Soul Masters treated them as Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun, and the others asked what had happened.
• Tang Hao discovered Tang San's injuries, seized Flender, and demanded an explanation; after hearing about Dugu Bo and the Immortal Herbs, he decided to stay until Tang San woke.
• Tang San woke and learned that Tang Hao was a Titled Douluo who was stronger than Dugu Bo, then agreed to focus on cultivating for the Soul Master Grand Competition.
• Tang San explained what he knew about the Immortal Herbs and insisted on accompanying Tang Hao, but Flender persuaded him to stay behind.
• Tang Hao planned to confront Dugu Bo and inspect the valley for Immortal Herbs, promising to bring Tang San there afterward if any remained.

Tang Hao invaded the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to search for Immortal Herbs, then encountered Han Yu outside Sunset Forest and fought him. The battle escalated as Han Yu tested his newly mastered Self-Created Soul Skill against Tang Hao’s Ninth Soul Skill.

• Tang Hao reached the poisonous miasma, entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and found no mature Immortal Herbs.
• Tang Hao plucked the herbs Dugu Bo had planted but left the Immortal Herb sprouts untouched.
• Han Yu intercepted Tang Hao near the exit of Sunset Forest and revealed his eight Soul Rings, including five Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.
• Tang Hao attacked Han Yu with his Clear Sky Hammer, and Han Yu countered with the Fire Cloud Staff and his Fourth Soul Skill.
• Tang Hao unleashed his Ninth Soul Skill, Blue Silver Clear Sky Strike, while Han Yu answered with his Self-Created Soul Skill, One Staff Without End.

Han Yu defeated Tang Hao, while Tang Hao told Tang San that the Immortal Herbs were only sprouts, leading Yu Xiaogang to suspect Dugu Bo had taken them. Han Yu refined another Heavenly Flame and tried to earn a reward by nurturing and pruning the Blue Silver Emperor, but the system gave him nothing.

• Han Yu confirmed that Tang Hao had fled after their evenly matched clash, and the system rewarded him with a Heavenly Flame for defeating Tang Hao through his own strength.
• Tang Hao returned to Tang San and claimed the Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well were only tender shoots, then left medicinal ingredients and hurried away.
• Yu Xiaogang suspected Dugu Bo had harvested the Immortal Herbs and urged Tang San to intercept him, but Flender warned him not to act on speculation.
• Han Yu refined the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire and reached Soul Power Level 88, then tried using the Flame of Life and scissors on the Blue Silver Emperor to trigger another reward, but received no notification.

Han Yu kept Tian Yue behind to care for the Fire Cloud Crane Hatchling, hoping it would lead him to its former nest. Meanwhile, Tang Hao discovered A Yin and her soul bone were gone, and Canaan Academy defeated Thunder Academy as Feng Xiaotian considered merging teams with Blazing Academy.

• Han Yu told Tian Yue to stay behind and care for the Fire Cloud Crane Hatchling because he suspected it knew the way to a hidden treasure site.
• Tang Hao returned to Water Curtain Cave, found A Yin and the hundred-thousand-year soul bone missing, and collapsed after roaring in fury.
• Villagers criticized Tang Hao and Tang San to Old Jack, while praising Niu Huahua for helping the village.
• Canaan Academy nearly swept Thunder Academy aside, impressing the spectators with its strength and Ye Lingling's high soul power.
• Feng Xiaotian recalled a note suggesting that Kamikaze Academy merge with Blazing Academy and wondered whether it was a trap or an attempt to help them.

Han Yu and Tian Yue followed the Little Fire Cloud Crane into Sunset Forest and discovered its hidden collection. They uncovered a trove of Soul Bones, Immortal Herbs, rare materials, Soul Tools, and lost records that Han Yu planned to take back to Canaan Academy.

• Tian Yue told Han Yu that the Little Fire Cloud Crane kept flying toward the northeast, and Han Yu decided they would follow it to Sunset Forest in search of treasure.
• Han Yu and Tian Yue traveled into Sunset Forest, where Han Yu let the Little Fire Cloud Crane lead them toward a hot area filled with Fire-Attribute plants.
• Han Yu found a vast cave in a cliff and used the Azure Lotus Core Flame to explore its tunnels while warning Tian Yue to stay alert for Soul Beasts.
• Han Yu sensed a hidden cave sealed by a Soul Power barrier and broke through it to reveal the Fire Cloud Crane's collection.
• Tian Yue gathered the scattered Soul Bones as Han Yu found rare metals, Immortal Herbs, Soul Tools, ancient records, and lost Soul Tool-making methods, which he planned to take back to Canaan Academy.