Chapter Summaries

After the tournament, Han Yu rewarded Tian Yue and Dugu Bo with soul bones while keeping his stockpile secret. The chapter ended with Dugu Bo accepting a seventy-thousand-year soul bone and Han Yu warning him not to give it to his granddaughter.

• Han Yu took back the soul bones, gave Tian Yue a seventy-thousand-year Black Pool Crocodile Right Arm Bone and a Soul Tool, and promised her the Hundred Thousand Year Golden Dragon Turtle Torso Bone if she performed well in the Soul Master Grand Competition.
• The Academy Exchange Tournament ended with Canaan Battle Team in first place, three academies tied for second, and Thunder Academy last; Dugu Yan and her teammates discussed how opponents might counter her poison.
• Yu Xiaogang watched the Canaan students and believed the Shrek Team would defeat them after learning their Soul Skills.
• Dugu Bo told Han Yu that herbs had been stolen from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and found battle traces in the forest; Han Yu explained that he had fought Tang Hao, who fled while injured.
• Han Yu gave Dugu Bo a seventy-thousand-year Seven-Colored Underworld Python Torso Bone as compensation for his work and told him to absorb it himself rather than save it for his granddaughter.

Han Yu rewarded key academy staff with Soul Bones and absorbed a hundred-thousand-year Glided Flying Kite Left Leg Bone. He gained two powerful Soul Skills but remained just short of Rank Ninety.

• Han Yu told Dugu Bo he planned to offer eight high-year Soul Bones as prizes at the Soul Master Grand Competition and asked him to keep the matter secret while overseeing Canaan City and settling refugees.
• Han Yu praised Sun Buyu and Huang Min for their tournament results and gave them ten-thousand-year Soul Bones, which they accepted after he insisted.
• Han Yu gave Li Tian a thirty-thousand-year Soul Bone and told him to seek Poison Douluo's help obtaining a ninth Soul Ring if he broke through to Rank Ninety.
• Han Yu absorbed a hundred-thousand-year Glided Flying Kite Left Leg Bone, gained the teleportation skill Kite Walk and the defensive skill Glided Body, and rose only one Soul Power rank to Rank Eighty-Nine.

Han Yu completed secluded cultivation and reached level ninety, then kept his new Titled Douluo status secret while considering how to obtain his ninth soul ring. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang pressured the Shrek group into a six-month training regimen for the upcoming Soul Master Grand Competition.

• Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San and the others that their rivals were stronger and urged them to begin his fourth stage of training.
• Ning Rongrong and Oscar questioned the need to train so hard, while Dai Mubai argued with them and Tang San tried to mediate.
• Han Yu finished twenty days of secluded cultivation and broke through to level ninety, deciding not to reveal his advancement yet.
• Han Yu reviewed academy reports and noted that Canaan City's factory buildings were nearly ready to operate.
• Han Yu weighed hunting Two Licking Beasts against searching the sea for a suitable ninth soul ring for his Fire Cloud Staff.

Han Yu descended into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and used the Ten Thousand Fires System to refine the remains of the two Dragon Kings into a golden Soul Ring and a right arm Soul Bone. He reached Titled Douluo, unlocked a third martial soul, and left the weakened treasure land stable enough to cultivate herbs.

• Han Yu plunged into the red spring and descended until he found the enormous remains of a dragon.
• The dragon skull attacked Han Yu, but the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire shielded him, and he ordered the system to refine the skeleton into a Soul Ring.
• The system gave Han Yu a golden Soul Ring, strengthened his Fire Cloud Staff with a dragon pattern, and awakened his Dragon Flame Domain.
• Han Yu crossed into the icy depths, where the system refined the Ice Dragon King's skeleton into a right arm Soul Bone that he absorbed without discomfort.
• Han Yu advanced to Level 94 Titled Douluo, unlocked a third martial soul, and chose Emperor as his title while considering Fire Emperor.
• Han Yu returned to the surface and found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well weakened but stable, with its newly sprouted Immortal Herbs still alive.

Han Yu responded to Canaan City's growing refugee population by turning collected Blue Silver Grass into cigarettes and arranging for refugees to produce them. He secured Great Bull Commerce as a distributor, giving the city a source of work and income while leaving plans for medicinal-herb sales uncertain.

• Dugu Bo warned Han Yu that Canaan City's growing population might strain its food supply and the city's funds.
• Han Yu showed Dugu Bo how to make Lucky Star Brand cigarettes from Blue Silver Grass and planned cheaper and higher-grade products.
• Han Yu hired refugees to lead cigarette production at the new factory, offering wages, bonuses, and penalties for poor quality.
• Han Yu and Dugu Bo met Qian Duoduo at Great Bull Commerce, where Qian agreed to distribute the cigarettes for a share of the profits.
• Han Yu required that Qian's smoking lounges sell cigarettes but not let customers smoke inside, and he declined to work with Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Han Yu took Zhu Zhuqing and Tian Yue into Sunset Forest to obtain their fourth Soul Rings, encouraging them to attempt ten-thousand-year rings. Tian Yue chose a safer six-thousand-year ring and absorbed it successfully, while Zhu Zhuqing resolved to face her family’s future on her own.

• Han Yu offered Zhu Zhuqing and Tian Yue the chance to absorb ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Rings; Zhu Zhuqing accepted the risk, but Tian Yue chose a six-thousand-year ring.
• Han Yu captured a six-thousand-year Black Marsh Crocodile, and Tian Yue killed it to claim its Soul Ring.
• While Tian Yue absorbed the Soul Ring, Zhu Zhuqing confided her fears about leaving the Zhu Family, and Han Yu urged her to follow her heart.
• Tian Yue endured the Soul Ring’s power overnight and successfully formed her fourth purple Soul Ring.
• Han Yu poured water over the sweat-soaked Tian Yue, who asked him to turn around so she could change clothes.

Zhu Zhuqing successfully absorbed a ten-thousand-year soul ring from a Moon Shadow Ghost Leopard, gaining its cloning ability after overcoming its Soul Shock. Months later, Ning Fengzhi investigated Great Bull Commerce’s goods from Canaan City and decided to visit Canaan Academy to discuss business.

• Han Yu let Zhu Zhuqing choose the Moon Shadow Ghost Leopard’s cloning ability over a Shadow Lynx’s burst power, then knocked the beast unconscious so she could absorb its soul ring.
• Zhu Zhuqing endured the remnant soul’s attacks in her Mental World, drawing strength from her determination and defeating it after two hours.
• Zhu Zhuqing completed the absorption and gained a black fourth soul ring; she thanked Han Yu, who reminded her and Tian Yue to keep training for the Soul Master Grand Competition.
• As Great Bull Commerce expanded through the market, Gu Rong told Ning Fengzhi that its goods came from Canaan City and that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could not profitably imitate them.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Gu Rong to accompany him to Canaan Academy to discuss the business in person.

Han Yu rejected Ning Fengzhi’s offers to sell or distribute his tobacco products, and Xue Qinghe intervened to protect their joint business. After Ning left, Han Yu said he used its profits to develop the city and support the academy.

• Xue Qinghe learned Ning Fengzhi had visited Canaan Academy and went there without She Long.
• Ning Fengzhi offered to sell Han Yu’s cigarettes through Seven Treasure Commerce, then offered ten million Gold Soul Coins for the tobacco formula, but Han Yu refused both proposals.
• Gu Rong threatened Han Yu, prompting Dugu Bo and Li Tian to step forward and escalate the tension.
• Xue Qinghe arrived and told Ning Fengzhi that the tobacco business was her joint venture with Han Yu, so Ning took his leave.
• After Ning Fengzhi left, Han Yu told Xue Qinghe that tobacco profits went toward developing the city and subsidizing the academy.

Han Yu advised Xue Qinghe to choose a powerful Seventh Soul Ring and arranged for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to secure a steady tobacco supply. He prepared Canaan Academy for the Soul Master Grand Competition, while Tian Yue eagerly vowed to punish Dai Mubai when they faced Shrek.

• Han Yu advised Xue Qinghe to absorb a roughly fifty-thousand-year soul beast for her Seventh Soul Ring, and she seriously considered his warning about future Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.
• Ning Fengzhi decided not to press Xue Qinghe about the tobacco business, then had the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect sign a supply contract with Han Yu.
• Han Yu told Canaan Academy's students to stop soul battles and train together for the competition, assigned Sun Buyu to find substitutes, and urged Zhu Zhuqing and Tian Yue to cultivate toward Soul King.
• Tian Yue vowed to make Dai Mubai pay when Canaan Academy faced Shrek, while Dugu Yan and Sun Buyu warned her to keep her temper under control.
• Huang Doudou assured Tian Yue that she would keep Dai Mubai restrained.

Han Yu arrived in Spirit City and met with Qian Daoliu to discuss using image-recording soul guidance devices to broadcast the upcoming Soul Master Grand Competition. Qian Daoliu pointed out that Spirit Hall lacked enough working devices to spread the broadcasts widely.

• Han Yu entered Spirit City, where the guards recognized him as an elder, and greeted Spirit Crane Douluo at the gate.
• Han Yu was stopped from entering the Worship Hall because he lacked the required Titled Douluo strength, so he asked Azure Luan Douluo and Light Feather Douluo to summon the Grand Elder.
• Qian Daoliu met Han Yu and sensed a trace of divinity in him; Han Yu revealed his title was Fire Emperor Douluo.
• Han Yu proposed using an Image Stone and an Image Recording Soul Guidance Device terminal to let people across the continent watch the tournament matches.
• Qian Daoliu explained that Spirit Hall had few devices and that their projection functions were damaged, making it impossible to broadcast the matches widely.

Han Yu gave Qian Daoliu blueprints for an image-recording device and offered rare soul bones as prizes for the Soul Master Grand Competition. Qian Daoliu agreed to arrange broadcasts and the rewards, while Han Yu left the soul bones with Golden Crocodile for the championship ceremony.

• Han Yu gave Qian Daoliu the device blueprints, and Qian Daoliu agreed to have Spirit Hall broadcast the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Division matches and the finals.
• Han Yu told Qian Daoliu that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud could open the Sea God's God Trial, and Qian Daoliu promised to have Qian Renxue cooperate with him to obtain it.
• Han Yu revealed four Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones and four Nine-Thousand-Year Soul Bones, then offered them as Spirit Hall-sponsored prizes for the competition.
• Qian Daoliu told Han Yu to entrust the soul bones to Golden Crocodile, who could present them at the awards ceremony.
• Golden Crocodile tried to reserve a Golden Dragon Turtle Torso Bone for Yue Er, but Han Yu insisted that all eight soul bones go only to the championship team and told him to negotiate with Bibi Dong.

Bibi Dong countered the Worship Hall’s Soul Bone offer by adding Xiao Wu’s mother’s Soul Bone to the reward for second place, leaving Tang San with a difficult choice if Shrek competed. Han Yu learned that Spirit Crane Douluo planned to investigate reports of Wolf Thieves and Evil Soul Masters in the western Heaven Dou Empire.

• Bibi Dong confirmed that the Worship Hall had eight genuine Soul Bones and decided Spirit Hall’s team would accept them if it won the championship.
• Bibi Dong offered Xiao Wu’s mother’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone alongside three others as the reward for second place, and sent Yue Guan to inform the Worship Hall.
• Han Yu anticipated that the championship and runner-up prizes would force Tang San to choose between his mother and Xiao Wu.
• Spirit Crane Douluo visited Han Yu, learned that Ling Xiao had reached Soul Ancestor, and accepted the specialties Ling Xiao had sent her.
• Spirit Crane Douluo told Han Yu she would investigate reports of Wolf Thieves and Evil Soul Masters in the western Heaven Dou Empire, and Han Yu offered to help if needed.

After learning about Spirit Hall’s Soul Master Grand Competition rewards, Tang Hao sought Tang San while Ning Fengzhi planned to strengthen Shrek Academy so it could win the championship. The chapter ended with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect preparing to train Shrek’s team and promising them additional soul bones if they won.

• Xue Qinghe declined to help Han Yu obtain the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud but agreed to search the Heaven Dou Empire for Wolf Thieves and Evil Soul Masters.
• Tang Hao awoke, discovered Ah Yin was missing, concluded Spirit Hall had taken her, and decided to attack its branches for revenge.
• Tang Hao heard about the competition’s valuable soul-bone rewards and decided to find Tang San so he could compete.
• Ning Fengzhi learned that the competition offered five Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones and four Nine-Thousand-Year Soul Bones, and discussed how they could help Chen Xin and Gu Rong grow stronger.
• Ning Fengzhi arranged for Chen Xin and Gu Rong to train Shrek Academy’s team and promised them fifteen Thousand-Year Soul Bones if they won the championship.

As the academies and factions prepared for the Soul Master Grand Competition, Feng Changlin and Huo Lie planned to combine Godwind Academy and Blazing Academy’s teams for the finals. At Shrek Academy, Xiao Wu asked Tang San to let the team take second place so she could reclaim her mother’s soul bone, while the others confidently discussed the championship rewards.

• Yu Yuanzhen rejected the idea of sending elders to support Shrek Academy and ordered Elder Tian Yu to train Thunder Academy instead.
• Feng Changlin proposed that Godwind Academy and Blazing Academy compete separately in the early rounds, then merge their teams for the finals.
• Huo Lie agreed to Feng Changlin’s plan for secret training, while Feng Changlin said Shui had already accepted that Skywater Academy would treat the competition as experience.
• Xiao Wu asked Tang San to let Shrek Academy take second place so she could reclaim her mother’s Soft Bone Rabbit soul bone, and Tang San reassured her that they could still find a way to obtain it.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Tang San each claimed a soul bone they wanted, while Yu Xiaogang backed Tang San and Dai Mubai vowed to defeat the Canaan Battle Team.

Yu Xiaogang and the Shrek team prepared to compete for Spirit Hall’s Soul Bone rewards, while Ning Fengzhi arranged for Sword Douluo to train them. Han Yu urged the Canaan Battle Team to pursue the championship and discussed what his students would do after graduation.

• Yu Xiaogang warned the Shrek team not to relax and fantasized that Bibi Dong still cared for him and would let him claim the Soul Bones.
• Ning Fengzhi arrived with Chen Xin, offered the Shrek students cultivation resources, and had Sword Douluo begin training them.
• Han Yu told the Canaan Battle Team to win the competition and use the next two months to improve their Soul Power.
• Zhang Zhenyu said he would return home to inherit his family’s business, while Huang Doudou asked to come back as a teacher after visiting home.
• Ling Xiao said the students would likely stay at Canaan Academy and joked that they would rely on Han Yu to help them obtain their later Soul Rings.

Tang Hao arrived in Heaven Dou City and revealed to Tang San that his mother had been a soul beast whose soul bone Spirit Hall now held. Tang San chose to trust his father as they faced a conflict over the soul bones, while Tang Hao began negotiating with Ning Fengzhi.

• Tang Hao reached Heaven Dou City, destroyed a Spirit Hall branch, and decided to help Tang San win the competition and claim its soul bones.
• Chen Xin sensed Tang Hao approaching and clashed with him briefly before Tang San recognized his father and introduced him to the Shrek group.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that Xiao Wu was a soul beast and that Tang San's mother had also been one, prompting Tang San to swear vengeance on Spirit Hall.
• Xiao Wu revealed that the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone offered as a reward belonged to her mother, leaving Tang San torn over the competition's championship and runner-up prizes.
• Tang Hao promised that no one would take the soul bones from them, then met Ning Fengzhi to discuss the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's claim.

Tang Hao and Ning Fengzhi negotiated over the Soul Bones, then Tang Hao took charge of training Shrek Academy’s students. The chapter ended with Tai Long recognizing Tang Hao and returning to inform his clan.

• Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Yu Tianheng reacted to learning that Tang San’s father was a Titled Douluo, while Tang San concealed that he had Twin Martial Souls.
• Tang Hao demanded three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones from Ning Fengzhi, but they settled on two in exchange for Tang Hao helping teach the Shrek students.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Tang Hao announced an intense training plan for the Shrek group.
• Tang Hao ordered Yu Xiaogang to oversee the training while he took Tang San to hunt soul beasts the next day, and Ma Hongjun struggled to keep up.
• Tai Long recognized Tang Hao at the academy and hurried back to his clan, while Tang Hao resolved to announce his return.

Tai Long found Tang Hao at Shrek Academy, prompting Tai Tan to renew his loyalty and offer his grandson for the Soul Master Grand Competition. Tang Hao brought Tai Long into the training group while keeping his plans and Tang San’s identity hidden from Spirit Hall.

• Tai Long rushed home to tell Tai Tan that he had seen the Clear Sky Sect’s former master, and Tai Tan hurried with him to Shrek Academy.
• At Shrek Academy, Tang Hao criticized the exhausted Ma Hongjun and sent him to rest before going to meet Tai Tan.
• Tai Tan knelt before Tang Hao and explained that the Strength Clan had settled in Heaven Dou City while the other three clans were in the Star Luo Empire.
• Tang Hao confirmed that Tang San was his son and warned Tai Tan to keep the clan quiet so Spirit Hall would not discover them.
• Tai Tan offered Tai Long to join Tang Hao’s group, and Tang Hao told Tai Long to report to training and rotate with Ma Hongjun in future matches.

Yu Xiaogang gave Tang Hao his plan for Tang San’s Fourth Ring, while Han Yu learned of Tang Hao’s movements through a spy at Shrek Academy. Tang Hao eventually agreed to let Tang San attempt a six-thousand-year soul ring, and Tang San began absorbing an Iron Bramble Wood ring as a burst of light appeared.

• Yu Xiaogang asked Tang Hao to make Ma Hongjun a substitute and handed him a plan for Tang San’s Fourth Ring.
• Han Yu read a report about Tang Hao and revealed that he had planted a spy in Shrek Academy.
• Tang Hao took Tang San to Sunset Forest, where Tang San argued for a six-thousand-year Fourth Ring despite the risks.
• Tang Hao agreed to Tang San’s request and chose an Iron Bramble Wood soul beast for him.
• Tang Hao uprooted the Iron Bramble Wood, and Tang San killed it before beginning to absorb its soul ring.
• A burst of light shone from the Iron Bramble Wood as Tang San absorbed the ring.

Tang Hao killed a band of robbers who tried to steal a soul bone, then waited as Tang San absorbed his fourth soul ring and reached rank forty-two. After Tang San accepted the soul bone and agreed with Tang Hao’s plans, the two set off to explore a treasure map that might lead to Immortal Herbs.

• Tang Hao uncovered a six-thousand-year torso soul bone, then killed the robbers who demanded it and found a map marked with a possible treasure site.
• Tang Hao guarded Tang San as he endured the final stage of absorbing his soul ring overnight.
• Tang San completed the absorption, broke through to rank forty-two, and accepted the soul bone while agreeing to save it for later compensation.
• Tang Hao urged Tang San to cut ties with companions who might exploit the Tang Family’s name, and Tang San agreed with his reasoning.
• Tang San recognized the map’s marked area as a place that might contain Immortal Herbs, so he and Tang Hao set off to explore it.