Chapter Summaries

Tang Hao took Tang San into the Mist Forest, where Earth Dragon Kings attacked them and Tang San fell into a concealed hollow. Tang San survived and discovered five incomplete immortal herbs, leaving the pair to search for more.

• Tang Hao and Tang San entered the Mist Forest after Tang Hao warned him about its dangers and shielded them from its poisonous fog.
• At Shrek, Ma Hongjun fell behind in training, was mocked by Dai Mubai, and grew resentful of everyone there.
• An Earth Dragon King knocked Tang Hao aside, and Tang San fell while escaping another beast into a concealed hollow.
• Tang Hao killed the Earth Dragon Kings with his Clear Sky Hammer and rushed into the hollow to find Tang San.
• Tang San landed safely on Blue Silver Grass and found five incomplete immortal herbs, then agreed with Tang Hao to search nearby for more.

Tang San distributed weak Pseudo Immortal Herbs to the Shrek team, leaving Ma Hongjun with another empty promise, while Han Yu learned of the herbs and prepared the Canaan Battle Team for the Soul Master Grand Competition. The chapter ended with the team receiving their uniforms on the eve of the competition.

• Tang Hao advised Tang San to stop searching the cavern and give the final Pseudo Immortal Herb to Tai Long rather than Ma Hongjun.
• Tang San distributed the Pseudo Immortal Herbs among the Shrek team, gave one to Tai Long, and placated Ma Hongjun with a promise of something better.
• The Shrek members absorbed the herbs and each gained two levels of Soul Power.
• Han Yu received a spy's report about Tang San's herbs, sent payment to the spy, and resolved to keep taking what he could from the Asura God.
• On the day before the Soul Master Grand Competition, Han Yu praised the Canaan Battle Team and gave them personally designed uniforms.

Han Yu and Sun Buyu briefed the Canaan Battle Team on the competition rules, schedule, and strategy, while Shrek Academy prepared its own team. The chapter ended with Jing Ling and Huang Yuan joining Shrek as substitutes.

• Han Yu explained that the competition's ban on killing was meant to preserve peace and warned the Canaan Battle Team against bringing weapons into the arena.
• Sun Buyu outlined changes to the advancement slots and finals format, and Han Yu urged the team to take first place in the advancement matches.
• Han Yu told Zhu Zhuqing and Tian Yue to focus on breaking through and kept Yanzi out of the Preliminary Competition to conceal her abilities.
• Tian Yue persuaded Han Yu to let her compete against Shrek Academy, and he warned the team to save its trump cards for later rounds.
• Yu Xiaogang explained Shrek Academy's strategy and introduced Jing Ling and Huang Yuan as substitutes after Jiang Zhu had applied for graduation.

Shrek Academy prepared for the tournament by hiding some of its strongest members, while Flender unveiled its embarrassing sponsored uniforms. At the Heaven Dou division’s opening ceremony, Canaan Academy met rival teams and Han Yu resisted Shi Nian’s attempted illusion, leaving the competition about to begin.

• Yu Xiaogang assigned Tai Long, Tian Heng, and Xiao Wu to sit out the Preliminary Competition so the team could conceal their strength, leaving Ma Hongjun as a substitute.
• Flender showed the team the shit-green uniforms he had designed to attract sponsorship, and Yu Xiaogang announced that their training would pause as they focused on winning the championship.
• At the opening ceremony, Ling Xiao and the others saw Spirit Hall staff broadcasting the tournament across the continent, and Tian Yue briefly appeared on camera.
• Zhang Zhenyu asked why so many female spectators had come, and Zhu Dazhi pointed out Feng Xiaotian drawing a crowd of admirers.
• The Skywater Team greeted Canaan Academy, and Ling Xiao confidently told Shui Binger that his fire would break through her ice.
• Shi Nian secretly used a Soul Skill while greeting Han Yu, but Han Yu remained unaffected and told him to rest if he felt unwell.

Han Yu repelled Shi Nian’s spiritual attack and the arena turned its ridicule on Shrek Academy before the Canaan Battle Team entered as the tournament’s celebrated dark horse. As the opening ceremony continued, Xue Ye declared the competition open and Ning Fengzhi was invited to speak.

• Shi Nian tried to ambush Han Yu with a spiritual Soul Skill, suffered backlash, apologized, and hurried away.
• Shui Ningbing explained Shi Nian’s ambush tactics, while Han Yu dismissed him as a clown.
• The Shrek Academy members drew ridicule for their uniforms, Ma Hongjun’s scandal, and their registration slogan as they entered the arena.
• The host introduced the Canaan Battle Team as a dark horse, and Sun Buyu questioned its boastful slogan.
• Dugu Bo sat among the VIPs in Han Yu’s place, and the Shrek group vowed to defeat Canaan Academy and Spirit Hall.
• Xue Ye declared the tournament open, Salas mocked him, Gu Rong threatened Salas, and Ning Fengzhi was called to give a speech.

Han Yu predicted that Salas would manipulate the opening draw to pit the Canaan Academy Team against Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s first team, and his prediction came true. The Canaan Battle Team revealed its overwhelming strength, leaving its opponents and spectators stunned as the match began.

• Ning Fengzhi named Shrek as the team he favored, and Han Yu recognized the political interests behind his choice.
• Salas drew the opening matches, pairing Canaan Academy with Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s first team and Shrek with its second team.
• Han Yu sent Zhu Qing and Tian Yue to compete as the Canaan Battle Team faced Yu Feng and the Imperial Fighting Team.
• The Canaan Battle Team revealed three Soul Kings and a Soul Ancestor with a ten-thousand-year Fourth Ring, shocking the audience and Dai Mubai.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San analyzed Canaan’s lineup and urged Shrek to exploit what they saw as its weaknesses.
• Yu Feng asked the Canaan Battle Team to defeat his team with dignity, while Han Yu told Shui Ningbing he still lacked confidence in winning the tournament.

After Canaan Battle Team won its opening match, Shrek faced the Royal Fight Second Team, and Tang San’s disfigured face was exposed when he removed his mask. Shrek won in under a minute through a brutal assault, and Tang San defended the attack by pointing out that the opponents were still alive and had been given healing sausages.

• Han Yu congratulated Canaan Battle Team and told Tian Yue and Zhu Qing to enter seclusion after the opening ceremony.
• Tang San and Shrek prepared to face the Royal Fight Second Team, and a staff member made Tang San remove his mask before the match.
• The Royal Fight Second Team mocked Tang San’s appearance and Shrek’s history, while Ning Fengzhi and Xue Ye reacted uneasily to the insults.
• Tang San ordered Shrek to finish the match within a minute, and the team attacked before the Royal Fight Second Team activated their Martial Souls.
• The referee declared Shrek the winner after fifty-nine seconds, and Tang San argued that the battered opponents had not died and had received healing sausages.

After Shrek Academy’s brutal victory drew public outrage, the organizers let the team keep its result, and the group celebrated while setting its sights on stronger opponents. Han Yu discussed Zhu Zhuqing’s ten-thousand-year Fourth Ring with Ning Fengzhi, who left considering how to help Ning Rongrong achieve one.

• The organizers declined to punish Shrek after Xue Ye intervened, and Tang San taunted Xue Xing while spectators jeered.
• Dai Mubai and Tang San celebrated the victory, and Yu Xiaogang urged the team to rest before its packed schedule of daily matches.
• Han Yu watched Shi Nian after leaving the arena, then went with Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo to discuss Zhu Zhuqing’s ten-thousand-year Fourth Ring.
• Han Yu told Ning Fengzhi that strong Spiritual Power and a trained physique could help Ning Rongrong withstand Soul Shock and absorb a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Gu Rong warned Ning Fengzhi that Shrek’s conduct could provoke the other teams to join forces against them.

The Canaan Battle Team finally faced Godwind Academy after several teams forfeited, and both sides entered their most anticipated match. The battle began with Feng Xiaotian attacking the Canaan substitutes while Huang Doudou restrained Godwind’s other members.

• The Canaan Battle Team spent four days receiving forfeits, and Sun Buyu told them they would face Godwind Academy and its Soul King, Feng Xiaotian.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flender arranged for the Shrek Team to watch the upcoming match, hoping Feng Xiaotian would reveal his hidden abilities.
• Feng Changlin asked Han Yu to keep the Blazing Academy substitutes’ situation confidential, and said his academy would consider joining Canaan if Canaan won the tournament.
• Ye Lingling ordered Huang Doudou to control Godwind’s other members while the Canaan substitutes focused on Feng Xiaotian.
• Feng Xiaotian opened the match with Wind Blade Array, Zhu Dazhi blocked the attack with Boar Armor Defense, and Huang Doudou bound Godwind’s other members with Thread Coil.

The Canaan Battle Team defeated Godwind Academy after Huang Doudou’s needles kept Feng Xiaotian’s teammates from aiding him, though Han Yu had deliberately allowed the team to reveal some abilities. Han Yu then arranged with Feng Changlin for their teams to compete over who would defeat Shrek Academy faster, while Yu Xiaogang proposed that Shrek strategically surrender its upcoming matches and Tang San insisted on fighting Godwind.

• Feng Xiaotian flew past Canaan’s defenses and knocked Zhu Dazhi down, while Ling Xiao injured Godwind’s vice-captain and Zhang Zhenyu boosted Canaan’s Soul Power.
• Huang Doudou’s silver needles injured six Godwind members, leaving Feng Xiaotian isolated, and Canaan won the match by eliminating him.
• Yu Xiaogang recorded the teams’ Soul Skills, while Tang San concluded that Canaan had exposed its control-system Soul Master’s methods; Han Yu had planned that exposure to secure the win.
• Canaan defeated Canghui Academy without using its seven-person Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Shi Nian made no move against the team afterward.
• Han Yu persuaded Feng Changlin and Feng Xiaotian to compete against Shrek Academy, then Yu Xiaogang proposed that Shrek surrender its matches against Godwind, Canaan, and Blazing Academy.
• Tang San declared that he wanted to fight Godwind, and Yu Xiaogang angrily rebuked him.

Tang San persuaded Yu Xiaogang to face Godwind Academy, but Feng Xiaotian's team crushed Shrek in thirty seconds. Yu Xiaogang's murder accusation was dismissed, and he prepared to accuse Godwind of breaking the rules.

• Tang San convinced Yu Xiaogang to field a team against Godwind, with Tai Long replacing Ma Hongjun and Xiao Wu and Yu Tianheng held back.
• Tang San assigned Tai Long and Dai Mubai to restrain Feng Xiaotian, who launched his attacks as soon as the match began.
• Feng Xiaotian used a self-created Soul Skill to break through Shrek's formation, and Godwind eliminated the Shrek team while severely injuring its members.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded that Godwind's result be voided for murder, but the referees confirmed that Shrek had suffered no casualties.
• The audience mocked Shrek for repeating its earlier conduct, and Yu Xiaogang turned to accusing Godwind of breaking the rules.

Yu Xiaogang used a Pope Token to challenge the referee after Godwind Academy defeated Shrek, but Li Tian confronted him with Han Yu’s token and exposed his lack of authority. Godwind was declared the winner, while Bibi Dong denied giving Yu Xiaogang the token and Golden Crocodile Douluo warned her about the fallout.

• Yu Xiaogang accused Godwind Academy of attacking before the match and demanded that the referee void its results, but the referee reviewed the footage and ruled that Godwind had committed no violation.
• Yu Xiaogang produced a Pope Token and used it to pressure the referee, while Flender took Tang San and the others away for treatment.
• Han Yu gave Li Tian his Pope Token, and Li Tian challenged Yu Xiaogang’s authority, revealed himself as a Titled Douluo, and called Yu Xiaogang a fake elder.
• The referee declared Godwind Academy the winner, and Li Tian struck Yu Xiaogang, knocking out several teeth and leaving him unconscious.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo confronted Bibi Dong, who denied giving Yu Xiaogang the token, and he threatened to kill Yu Xiaogang if the scandal worsened.
• Li Tian suspected Yu Xiaogang’s token was connected to someone surnamed Tang, but Han Yu told him to leave the matter to the Grand Elder.

After Shrek Academy recovered from its defeat and returned to competition, Shi Nian targeted Tang San to eliminate Shrek’s commander. Han Yu followed Shi Nian and secretly recorded his attack as Tang San fell into an illusion.

• Tang San awoke, learned Yu Xiaogang was injured, and led Shrek Academy to forfeit its match against Canaan Academy.
• After Shrek’s defeat by Godwind Team, Tang San resolved to cultivate his Clear Sky Hammer martial soul, while Flender gave the team time to recover.
• Yu Xiaogang regained consciousness, and after several days of rest and encouragement, Shrek Team returned to the arena and rebuilt its winning streak.
• Shi Nian followed Tang San after he left the competition grounds and trapped him in an illusion that made him wander out of Heaven Dou City.
• Han Yu followed Shi Nian and placed an Image Stone nearby, recording Shi Nian’s attack.

Han Yu interrupted Shi Nian’s illusion attack on Tang San, looted copies of Tang San’s secret records, and captured Shi Nian for the Organizing Committee. Tang San woke up and left with Yu Xiaogang without thanking Han Yu, while Shi Nian faced severe punishment.

• Han Yu watched Tang San struggle against Shi Nian’s illusion until Tang San recognized it but could not break free.
• Shi Nian trapped Tang San in the vision of Ghost Weeping Sorrow, and Han Yu appeared behind Shi Nian and confronted him.
• Han Yu protected himself with Heavenly Flames, searched Tang San’s Soul Tool, and copied the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record and Hidden Weapon blueprints with an Image Stone.
• Shi Nian tried to escape through the flames, was set alight, and was later brought to the Organizing Committee by Han Yu.
• Tang San woke in the Organizing Committee’s office, learned Shi Nian had attacked him, and agreed with Yu Xiaogang that Shi Nian should be severely punished.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang returned to Shrek Academy without thanking Han Yu, and Gu Rong questioned their attitude.

After Shi Nian was sentenced to death, Han Yu executed him and claimed the rare soul bone that appeared. Ning Fengzhi failed to buy it or take it by force, and regretted his choices as he considered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s strained ties with Han Yu and its investment in Shrek Academy.

• Ning Fengzhi, Salas, and Xue Qinghe agreed that Shi Nian should be severely punished, and Han Yu volunteered to execute him.
• Han Yu killed Shi Nian with the Fallen Heart Flame, and a twenty-thousand-year gemstone illusion-type head soul bone appeared.
• Han Yu claimed the soul bone, and Xue Qinghe backed him while Ning Fengzhi reluctantly accepted his decision.
• Ning Fengzhi offered Han Yu soul bones in exchange, but Han Yu refused and warned him against trying to seize the soul bone.
• Gu Rong urged Ning Fengzhi to take the soul bone by force, but Ning Fengzhi warned that doing so would offend Xue Qinghe.
• Ning Fengzhi regretted not sending Ning Rongrong to Canaan Academy and questioned whether supporting Shrek Academy had been a mistake.

Tang San abandoned plans to cultivate his Clear Sky Hammer after Yu Xiaogang promised a Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Technique, while the Canaan Battle Team remained undefeated in the Preliminary Competition. Han Yu gained a Wind Fury Dragon Flame and a mission to have his team sweep the promotion matches one against seven, with doubled rewards if they faced Shrek.

• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang to help him attach soul rings to his Clear Sky Hammer, but Yu Xiaogang persuaded him to rely on a planned fusion technique instead.
• Canghui Academy was expelled after Shi Nian's crimes were exposed, and the Canaan Battle Team maintained its undefeated lead.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Tian Yue told Han Yu they had reached rank fifty, and he sent them to hunt soul beasts so they could compete in the final preliminary match.
• Han Yu finished copying Tang San's Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record and Hidden Weapons blueprints, earning a Wind Fury Dragon Flame and receiving a promotion-match sweep mission.
• Han Yu absorbed the Wind Fury Dragon Flame and reached rank 96, with eight red soul rings and one gold soul ring.

Canaan Academy finished the Preliminary Competition undefeated and joined five other teams in advancing. After the closing ceremony, Han Yu set his students a seven-opponent streak challenge ahead of the advancement matches.

• The Canaan Battle Team defeated Elephant Armor Academy, completing a record of twenty-nine consecutive Preliminary Competition victories.
• Tian Yue arrived too late to see the match, but Han Yu told her she could attend the closing ceremony.
• The Organizing Committee announced that Canaan Academy, Godwind Academy, Skywater Academy, Blazing Academy, Shrek Academy, and Thunder Academy had advanced.
• Xue Ye congratulated the six teams and promised noble titles as rewards for success in the finals.
• On the way back, Han Yu said Dugu Yan would wait until the finals to compete and challenged the students to defeat seven opponents in a row for small requests.
• Tian Yue asked Han Yu for his Soul Guidance Ring if she won the challenge, and he reminded her he had already given her a Soul Guidance bracelet.

Han Yu trained Tian Yue, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ling Xiao to defeat all seven members of Shrek Academy, giving them the Mysterious Heaven Skill to help them cultivate. He then sent Dugu Bo to investigate the theft of Canaan Academy’s tobacco shipment and the rumors of Blood Soul Masters near the western route to Vast Sea City.

• Tian Yue, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ling Xiao agreed to try to defeat all seven Shrek Academy members, and Ling Xiao asked Han Yu for an Immortal Herb if she succeeded.
• Han Yu arranged a month of training focused on efficient Soul Skill use and gave the students an improved version of the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• Han Yu reflected that Tang San’s early cultivation of the Mysterious Heaven Skill had helped him achieve Innate Full Soul Power.
• Dugu Bo told Han Yu that Great Bull Commerce’s tobacco shipment had been stolen on the way to West Far City and that investigators had disappeared.
• Dugu Bo recalled local legends of Blood Soul Masters, and Han Yu discussed how they differed from Evil Soul Masters.
• Han Yu ordered Dugu Bo to investigate the area and open a route to Vast Sea City, where Han Yu hoped to track Tang San’s future movements.

As Shrek Academy trained for the advancement round, Han Yu rejected Hu Yanzhen’s request to let A Li compete for Canaan Academy and realized Bibi Dong’s move could draw dangerous attention to his team. He decided to make a show of force, while a mysterious black-robed figure traveled toward Canaan City to save Ah Yin.

• Yu Xiaogang pushed Shrek’s team through sparring with Zhao Wuji and Liu Erlong, and Ma Hongjun was forced back into training despite his exhaustion.
• Yu Tianheng defended Ma Hongjun and then asked Liu Erlong to train with him so she could help improve his dragon-type martial soul.
• Sun Buyu told Han Yu that he had reached Soul Emperor and asked to leave for his Sixth Soul Ring; he also reported that Hu Yanzhen had arrived.
• Hu Yanzhen asked Han Yu to let A Li compete as a substitute for the Canaan Battle Team, but Han Yu refused and forced Hu Yanzhen to his knees before throwing him out.
• Han Yu suspected Bibi Dong was drawing attention to Canaan Academy’s championship prospects and resolved to strike first against potential threats.
• A black-robed figure appeared on the road to Canaan City and vowed to save Ah Yin.

Ye Lingling worried after her grandfather, Ye Tianxin, failed to arrive at Canaan Academy, while Han Yu searched for him. Tang Hao had kidnapped and healed himself through Ye Tianxin before abandoning him, and Han Yu found the old man, who suspected a Titled Douluo had attacked him.

• Ye Lingling told Han Yu that Ye Tianxin had not arrived as expected, and Han Yu promised to search for him.
• Tang Hao revealed he had kidnapped Ye Tianxin to heal his injuries, then knocked him unconscious after receiving treatment.
• Han Yu learned that Ye Tianxin’s carriage had crashed near Canaan City and organized a search.
• Li Tian found traces of Soul Power east of the city, and Han Yu went to investigate.
• Han Yu found Ye Tianxin, who said a Titled Douluo had ambushed him.