Chapter Summaries

Tang San tried to exploit Dugu Bo's supposed poisoning to gain his support and access to his Medicine Field, but Dugu Bo exposed the deception and nearly attacked the group. The Shrek group escaped the forest, while Tang San felt an increasingly intense pain in his heart and wondered what he had lost.

• Tang San claimed Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo were suffering from poison and proposed using a spirit bone to contain Dugu Bo's poison, hoping to win his favor.
• Dugu Bo pointed out that the spirit bone method would only postpone a fatal backlash, exposing Tang San's incomplete advice and hidden motives.
• Yu Xiaogang threatened to spread news of Dugu Bo's poisoning, but Dugu Bo revealed his youthful appearance and showed that he was not poisoned.
• When a Saber-Toothed Tiger returned, Flender led the Shrek group in a flight from Dugu Bo, and they escaped after running more than fifty li.
• Tang San guessed Dugu Bo had hunted the tiger for a medicine shop, and Liu Erlong recalled that Seven Treasures Mall was preparing to open one.
• As the group left the forest, Tang San felt a stronger stabbing pain in his heart and wondered what had left him.

Dugu Bo harvested the mature herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and prepared to sell them through Dugu Clan Pharmacy, using Ning Tianchen’s advice to protect their value. After the pharmacy opened drew attention in Heaven Dou City, Tang San borrowed money and went with Xiao Wu to look for immortal herbs.

• After the Shrek group left, Dugu Bo stopped fighting the Saber-Toothed Tiger, rewarded it with a medicinal herb, and harvested the mature herbs to minimize his losses.
• At Seven Treasures Academy, Ning Tianchen saw Dugu Bo’s harvest and advised him to sort the herbs, limit sales of high-grade stock, and feature a treasure that customers could only view.
• Dugu Bo said he had enough reserves to stock the shop and went to the herb market to buy more herbs.
• News of Dugu Clan Pharmacy’s opening spread through Heaven Dou City and reached Shrek Academy, where Tang San said he wanted to search the shop for immortal herbs.
• Tang San borrowed money from Jiang Zhu, Tai Long, Yu Tianheng, and Dai Mubai, then agreed with Xiao Wu to sell some Hidden Weapons at the Heaven Dou City Auction House after visiting the pharmacy.

Tang San and Xiao Wu visited Dugu Clan Pharmacy, where Tang San failed to buy the Sub-Immortal Herb he wanted, then sold four Mechanism Hidden Weapons at the Heaven Dou Auction House. The weapons went to Ning Fengzhi, while Chen Xin sensed something unusual about Xiao Wu and Ning Fengzhi ordered an investigation into their identities.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu entered Seven Treasures Mall, where Tang San saw Prince Xue Xing deliver gifts to Dugu Yan at Dugu Clan Pharmacy.
• Tang San discovered that the pharmacy's high-quality Sub-Immortal Herb was not for sale and that his desired pre-order herb would take years to arrive, while Xiao Wu bought an aura-concealing herb.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu left the mall, and Tang San decided to auction four Mechanism Hidden Weapons at the Heaven Dou Auction House.
• Ning Fengzhi acquired all four hidden weapons, and Chen Xin sensed an unusual aura from Xiao Wu.
• Ning Fengzhi told Chen Xin to send the weapons to Rong Rong and ordered someone to investigate Tang San and Xiao Wu's identities.

The Seven Treasures Battle Team struggled to coordinate the high-risk Bewitching Butterfly Knight tactic, which relied on Yu Die and Cai Die overcoming their resistance to Ning Tianchen. After Ning Fengzhi revealed four Hidden Weapons bought at auction, Ning Tianchen urged him to wait while he considered developing a repeat-fire weapon for the sect.

• Ke Jie criticized the team's flawed coordination during Bewitching Butterfly Knight training and made it their primary practice goal.
• Ning Tianchen explained that Yu Die and Cai Die's resistance made it difficult for him to ride their Mottled Bewitching Butterfly and coordinate the team.
• Ning Fengzhi gave Ning Rongrong four Hidden Weapons and said he planned to visit Shrek Academy to buy Tang San's blueprints.
• Ning Rongrong objected to dealing with Tang San, while Ning Tianchen warned that the weapons were single-use and Tang San would not sell the blueprints.
• Ning Tianchen proposed developing a simple, repeat-fire weapon for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to wait until after the Spirit Master Competition.

Zhang Erhe broke through to Soul Douluo and prepared to hunt Golden Tower Soul Douluo, while Ning Tianchen focused on training for the approaching Spirit Master Competition. With two months left, Ning Tianchen sought leave to use the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to reach Spirit King.

• Zhang Erhe returned to Seven Treasures Academy with Dugu Bo after obtaining his Eighth Spirit Ring, and he thanked Ning Tianchen for healing his injuries.
• Ning Tianchen confirmed Zhang Erhe could kill Golden Tower Soul Douluo and warned him to avoid fighting inside Barack City.
• Zhang Erhe overcame his hesitation, said farewell to his daughters, and set out for Barack City to assess the situation.
• Ning Tianchen concentrated on cultivation as the Shrek Seven Devils endured Yu Xiaogang's punishing training.
• Four months later, Ning Tianchen's Soul Power reached rank forty-eight, and he asked Ke Jie for leave to use the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to pursue Spirit King.

Ning Tianchen and Dugu Bo traveled to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after discussing reports from Barack City and a recent assassination attempt near Heaven Dou City. Ning Tianchen began a two-month cultivation retreat in the springs, where the ice and fire energy gradually strengthened his body and resistance to both elements.

• Dugu Bo told Ning Tianchen that Zhang Erhe had spotted a Golden Tower Soul Douluo and an unidentified black-robed figure in Barack City, and Ning Tianchen suspected the latter might be Tang Hao.
• Dugu Bo reported that Xue Qinghe had survived an assassination attempt thanks to his powerful young guard, Brother Qing, whose strength Ning Tianchen found surprising.
• Dugu Bo led Ning Tianchen through the Poisonous Mist to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where he stayed to guard him and tend to the medicinal herbs.
• Ning Tianchen cultivated at the boundary of the two springs, then gradually moved closer to the center as he grew able to endure their extreme temperatures.
• After several days, Ning Tianchen endured the spring water’s ice and fire energy, which toughened his body and increased his resistance to both elements.
• Dugu Bo observed Ning Tianchen’s transformation and considered trying the springs himself to improve his physical strength.

Ning Tianchen reached Spirit King and prepared to hunt a Giant Claw Dragon for his fifth spirit ring before the Spirit Master Competition. At Shrek Academy, Tang San considered revealing his Clear Sky Hammer to defeat Ning Tianchen, but Tang Hao appeared and reunited with him.

• Ning Tianchen broke through to Spirit King, learned that the competition was ten days away, and agreed to hunt a twenty-one-thousand-year Giant Claw Dragon.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang he had reached Level 43, while Yu Xiaogang ended the Shrek Seven Devils' intensive training so they could rest before the competition.
• Tang San argued that he should use his Clear Sky Hammer to defeat Ning Tianchen, but Yu Xiaogang warned that revealing it would put him in danger.
• Tang Hao entered Yu Xiaogang's office, removed his hood, and reunited with Tang San after eight years apart.

Tang Hao revealed to Tang San that he was a Titled Douluo and warned him to keep his identity and Clear Sky Hammer hidden. He urged Shrek to win Spirit Hall’s three spirit bones, while Yu Xiaogang assessed the team’s difficult path to the championship and promised a new tactic; Tang Hao then asked Tang San to bring Xiao Wu to him.

• Tang Hao thanked Yu Xiaogang for guiding Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that his father was the youngest Titled Douluo, Clear Sky.
• Tang Hao refused to explain his past, ordered Tang San to conceal his identity and Clear Sky Hammer, and said Spirit Hall had offered three spirit bones to the champion.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang described the formidable rival teams, and Tang Hao learned that the Seven Treasures Battle Team was likely beyond Shrek’s strength.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that hidden weapons were forbidden in the competition and said his new tactic might improve Shrek’s chances before the finals.
• Tang Hao entrusted the competition arrangements to Yu Xiaogang and told Tang San to bring Xiao Wu over for an important conversation.

Tang San learned that Xiao Wu was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and chose to protect her, while Tang Hao helped conceal her identity so she could remain with the team. Elsewhere, Ning Tianchen absorbed a Giant Claw Dragon’s spirit ring and gained a powerful fifth spirit ability.

• Tang Hao revealed Xiao Wu’s identity as a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and Tang San vowed to protect her even if it meant opposing his father.
• Tang Hao warned Xiao Wu that powerful Spirit Masters could expose her and gave her an additional herb to conceal her aura so she could keep competing.
• Ning Tianchen and Dugu Bo found the twenty-thousand-year Giant Claw Dragon, and Dugu Bo weakened it before Ning Tianchen killed it and absorbed its spirit ring.
• Ning Tianchen demonstrated his fifth spirit ability, Quake the Four Directions, which unleashed sword energy that uprooted and pulverized trees across a thirty-meter radius.

With the Spirit Master Competition two days away, Ning Tianchen returned to Seven Treasures Academy after breaking through, and Ke Jie briefed the team on the academy's plans, rewards, stages, and rules. The team aimed to take first place in both the Preliminary Competition and the Advancement Tournament as they prepared for the matches.

• Ning Tianchen arrived after the team had waited for him, revealed that he had broken through, and gave Ning Rongrong a Golden Hair Ornament.
• Ke Jie explained the team's hotel arrangements, introduced the planned substitutes, and promised rewards from the academy and sect for winning the championship.
• Ke Jie outlined the Preliminary Competition and the Advancement Tournament, and Ning Tianchen and the others agreed to pursue first place in both.
• Ke Jie explained that Feng Xiaotian could attempt One Against Seven in the Advancement Tournament, except against the Feng Shui Huo Three Elements Academy.
• Ke Jie reviewed the competition rules and explained how teams could be eliminated for violating them.

Ke Jie explained the Spirit Master Competition’s rules, and Ning Tianchen’s team welcomed two substitute contestants before heading into Heaven Dou City. When the team encountered Elephant Armor Academy members bullying the crowd, Ning Tianchen prepared to confront them.

• Ke Jie outlined the rules against killing opponents and using Soul Tools or outside food during matches.
• Ning Tianchen’s team met substitutes Bao Zhen, a Control System Spirit Master, and Huang Wu, a Defense System Spirit Master, who were assigned to compete in the preliminaries.
• Ning Tianchen treated the ten-member Seven Treasures Battle Team to a meal as Heaven Dou City filled with competition visitors.
• Elephant Armor Academy members shoved people aside in the crowded street, and Ning Tianchen told Ning Rongrong and Xiao Ao to fall back while the others prepared to fight without using their martial souls first.

Ning Tianchen and the Seven Treasures Battle Team defeated the Elephant Armor Team in a street fight without using their martial souls. At the tournament opening ceremony, the team drew praise as Shrek faced ridicule over its uniforms and lack of money.

• Ning Tianchen and the Seven Treasures Battle Team formed up when Hu Yanli and the Elephant Armor Team confronted them in Heaven Dou City.
• Chen Huayu and Ning Tianchen led the team in defeating all seven Elephant Armor members without using their martial souls, and Hu Yanli fled with his teammates.
• Feng Xiaotian suspected the Elephant Armor Sect had been testing the Heaven Dou Empire's response on Spirit Hall's behalf, but Ning Tianchen dismissed the matter and went to eat.
• Two days later, Ke Jie and Sun Buyu prepared the Seven Treasures Battle Team for the tournament opening ceremony, where they were scheduled to appear first.
• The spectators praised the Seven Treasures Battle Team as it marched toward the arena, while the Royal Fight Second Team received less attention.
• The Shrek Team was mocked for its ugly uniforms and sponsor advertisements, and Tang San told his teammates to prove themselves in the competition.

The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition opened in Heaven Dou City, where Ning Tianchen’s Seven Treasures Battle Team drew attention and Ning Fengzhi voiced confidence in them. The first-round draw matched the Seven Treasures Battle Team against Purple Star Academy and Heaven Dou Royal Academy against Shrek Academy.

• Ning Tianchen led the Seven Treasures Battle Team into the arena, where the host introduced him as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s number one genius.
• The Shrek Team entered to ridicule from the audience, and Yu Xiaogang and Tang San said they would conceal their strength until they could prove themselves.
• Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi addressed the audience and officially opened the competition, while Ning Fengzhi said the Seven Treasures Battle Team would satisfy the emperor.
• Salas drew the first-round matchups, including Seven Treasures Battle Team versus Purple Star Academy and Heaven Dou Royal Academy versus Shrek Academy.
• Sun Buyu said the Seven Treasures Battle Team could easily defeat Purple Star Academy.

Ning Tianchen and his companions discussed Spirit Hall’s recruitment offer and the forces that might resist its growing influence. Shrek prepared for the opening match against the Royal Fight Second Team, with Tang San determined to make the team famous.

• Salas announced that students who reached the finals would be recruited directly into the Spirit Hall Sanctuary, angering Ning Fengzhi, Xue Ye, and Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Tianchen explained that Spirit Hall’s estimate of the continent’s spirit masters counted only those registered with it, while Yu Die noted that many factions kept their members unregistered.
• Yu Xiaogang told Shrek to prepare for its opening match against the Royal Fight Second Team, but the team worried their uniforms would make them a laughingstock.
• Tang San decided Yu Tianheng and Xiao Wu would sit out and assigned the remaining members to fight, while Yu Xiaogang warned him against killing anyone.
• Tang San vowed that Shrek would rise to fame by defeating Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Yu Tianheng privately questioned the team’s blame of Prince Xue Xing for Qin Ming’s death.

Shrek Team crushed the Royal Fight Second Team in under a minute, then Tang San and Yu Xiaogang challenged Xue Ye when the opposing team’s teacher demanded punishment. Ning Fengzhi ruled that Shrek had broken no tournament rules, but ordered them to pay compensation for the injuries.

• Tang San used his group-control Spirit Ability to bind the Royal Fight Second Team, and Shrek Team quickly defeated them.
• The Royal Fight Second Team’s teacher accused Shrek Academy of murder and asked Xue Ye to strip them of their qualification.
• Tang San said the opponents were still alive and revealed that Jiang Zhu had healed them during the match.
• Yu Xiaogang challenged the demand for punishment, warning that Shrek Academy could not be blamed if treatment was delayed.
• Ning Fengzhi treated the injured team and ruled that Shrek had violated no tournament rules, but had to pay compensation.

After Shrek Academy’s opening-match stunt stirred controversy, Ning Tianchen met Xue Qinghe, who questioned him about Tang San and Spirit Hall’s recruiting efforts. Their conversation left Xue Qinghe unsure whether Ning Tianchen should be treated as a threat.

• Ning Fengzhi ended the opening ceremony, and Shrek Academy’s taunting prompted weaker teams to prepare to fight hard against them.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that Shrek would delay paying compensation, while Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun celebrated and Yu urged the team to study its rivals.
• Ning Fengzhi arranged for Ning Tianchen to meet Xue Qinghe, who asked about Tang San’s background and whether his father belonged to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Ning Tianchen told Xue Qinghe that Spirit Hall offered excellent cultivation resources but that most noble contestants were unlikely to join it.
• After Ning Tianchen left, Xue Qinghe discussed whether he had been testing him with Azure Luan Douluo, who left the decision of treating Ning Tianchen as a threat to him.

Ning Tianchen prepared the Seven Treasures Battle Team to face Purple Star Academy, emphasizing that the team’s less experienced members should lead the match while Feng Xiaotian held back his strength. As the tournament’s first day began, the team entered the arena, and Shrek’s coaches and competitors watched closely to assess them.

• Ning Tianchen assigned Huang Wu and Bao Zhen to compete, rotated Ning Rongrong and Xiao Ao into the lineup, and put Feng Xiaotian in charge while he and Yu Die stayed out of the match.
• Ning Tianchen proposed selling commemorative versions of the team’s popular uniforms without School Badges, and Ke Jie agreed to discuss the idea with the sect’s stewards.
• Ning Tianchen urged the team to follow its tactics against Purple Star Academy and told them to listen to Feng Xiaotian if anything unexpected happened.
• Yu Xiaogang gathered Liu Erlong, Flender, and the Shrek team to watch the Seven Treasures Battle Team’s match and assess their Soul Power Levels.
• The Seven Treasures Battle Team’s six competitors revealed their martial spirits while Feng Xiaotian held position, and Flender was surprised by Oscar’s Level 45 Soul Power.

Yu Xiaogang assessed the Seven Treasures Battle Team’s strength and devised a plan to bring Zhu Zhuqing and Oscar into the Shrek Team. After the Seven Treasures Battle Team won its match, Ning Tianchen defended Chen Huayu’s cautious performance.

• Yu Xiaogang learned that the Seven Treasures Battle Team had several high-level Soul Ancestors and suspected Feng Xiaotian was a Spirit King, leaving Tang San unable to find an easy counter.
• Bao Zhen bound the Purple Star Team’s Control System Spirit Master, and Zhu Zhuqing and Cai Die exploited the opening to overwhelm the team.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Dai Mubai to reconcile with Zhu Zhuqing and recruit her and Oscar, claiming he could use a loophole to add them to Shrek’s roster.
• Dai Mubai agreed to speak with Zhu Zhuqing and Oscar that night, while Yu Xiaogang promised to await his news at the academy.
• After the Seven Treasures Battle Team won, Chen Huayu complained that the match had been easy, and Ning Tianchen defended his cautious approach.

The Three Elements Team and the other affiliated academies discussed arrangements for their upcoming spirit battles, while Oscar rejected Dai Mubai’s attempt to lure him back to Shrek Academy. Oscar reaffirmed his loyalty to Seven Treasures Academy and left with Chen Huayu, while Dai Mubai remained focused on winning over Zhu Zhuqing.

• Feng Changlin and Ke Jie agreed to discuss match arrangements, and Feng Changlin identified Thunder Academy, Shrek Academy, and Elephant Armor Academy as likely qualifiers alongside the four affiliated teams.
• At the banquet, Ke Jie told Feng Changlin he might help the Divine Wind Battle Team qualify, while Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wu sat together and Huo Wushuang teased his sister.
• Dai Mubai stopped Oscar on his way back to the hotel and urged him to return to Shrek Academy, claiming Ning Tianchen had led him astray.
• Oscar refused, cited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support and Shrek members’ past mistreatment, and told Dai Mubai they had no relationship anymore.
• Chen Huayu, Huang Wu, and Bao Zhen arrived, and Dai Mubai left after Chen Huayu warned him off.
• Chen Huayu checked on Oscar and offered to confront Dai Mubai in a later match, while Dai Mubai decided to keep pursuing Zhu Zhuqing.

Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai when he tried to win her back, and the Yu Die Sisters drove him off after he threatened her. Back at the hotel, Ning Tianchen's team discussed Shrek Academy's motives and planned to scout its match against Elephant Armor Academy.

• Dai Mubai blocked Zhu Zhuqing and her companions, pleaded with her to return, then cursed and threatened her when she rejected him.
• The Yu Die Sisters suppressed Dai Mubai with their Soul Power, and he fled after Yu Die called him a weak-kneed shrimp.
• Yu Xiaogang told Dai Mubai to leave Zhu Zhuqing alone for now and advised him to approach her again later.
• Ning Rongrong told Ning Tianchen and the others what Dai Mubai had done, and Ke Jie suggested Shrek Academy wanted information about the Seven Treasures Battle Team's tactics.
• Ke Jie said three elemental academy teams would forfeit their preliminary matches against them, leaving Thunder Academy, Elephant Armor Academy, and Shrek Academy as their main opponents.
• Ning Tianchen's team planned to watch Shrek Academy face Elephant Armor Academy the next day to study its tactics.