Chapter Summaries

The Spirit Hall Academy Team used Xie Yue and Hu Liena’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill to defeat the Heaven Dou Royal Team, while the top-six draw set Skywater Academy against Godwind Academy and Shrek Academy against Thunder Academy. Skywater Academy and Shrek Academy won their fourth-round matches, and the three finalists stood one step away from the championship.

• Hu Liena and Xie Yue combined into Demonic Charm and defeated the Heaven Dou Royal Team, leaving Yu Tianheng alive because he belonged to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Xie Yue and Yan taunted Skywater Academy, and Xiao Han answered with mocking gestures before telling Shui Yue'er what they meant.
• The draw matched Skywater Academy with Godwind Academy, Shrek Academy with Thunder Academy, and Spirit Hall Academy with the second-ranked Star Luo Empire academy.
• Xiao Han told Feng Xiaotian that Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu also had a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Feng Xiaotian agreed to treat their upcoming match as a friendly contest.
• Spirit Hall Academy advanced by forfeit, Shrek Academy defeated Thunder Academy, and Skywater Academy beat Godwind Academy in an exhibition-like match.

On the eve of the final showdown, Yue Guan secretly visited Xiao Han and warned him that Spirit Hall’s team would be difficult to defeat, but Xiao Han remained determined to compete for the championship. The finalists gathered before Pope’s Palace, where Bibi Dong arrived and acknowledged Xiao Han and Tang San.

• Yue Guan visited Xiao Han and asked how he had obtained the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum Immortal Herb, and Xiao Han said he had found it in Sunset Forest and borrowed a copy of the Immortal Herb Compendium through Xue Qinghe.
• Xiao Han told Yue Guan he could not join Spirit Hall before graduation but was willing to be friends, and Yue Guan accepted while warning him about Spirit Hall’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill and the three Soul Bones offered as the prize.
• Yue Guan left after asking Xiao Han to keep the visit secret, and the three finalist teams assembled the next morning in the square before Pope’s Palace.
• Bibi Dong arrived with Yue Guan, Gui Mei, Sword Douluo, and Ning Fengzhi; Spirit Hall members knelt, but Xiao Han’s teammates and the Shrek Seven Devils remained standing.
• Bibi Dong stopped a Red Bishop from rebuking the teams, recognized Xiao Han, and then greeted Tang San as Grandmaster’s disciple.

Bibi Dong revealed the three Soul Bone prizes and announced an elimination format that advantaged the stronger teams. Yu Xiaogang withdrew Shrek Academy into the losers' bracket, and Xiao Han then refused to withdraw Skywater Academy, asking whether Spirit Hall would exchange the Flame Right Arm Bone if they won the championship.

• Bibi Dong introduced three high-quality Soul Bones as the championship rewards and explained the semifinal format.
• Yu Xiaogang judged the elimination tournament too dangerous for Shrek Academy and announced the team would withdraw into the losers' bracket.
• Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils understood Yu Xiaogang's plan to make Spirit Hall Academy and Skywater Academy compete for direct advancement.
• Bibi Dong accepted Shrek's withdrawal, frustrating Spirit Hall Academy's plan to target Tang San in the elimination matches.
• Xiao Han declared that Skywater Academy would not withdraw and asked Bibi Dong to exchange the Flame Right Arm Bone for a suitable Soul Bone if his team won.

Xiao Han asked Bibi Dong for a spare Soul Bone, and she agreed to prepare one if he defeated the Spirit Hall Academy Team and advanced to the final. He faced Yan in the next match and countered Yan’s fiery attack with his ice powers, leaving Yan trapped beneath ice shards.

• Xiao Han requested a spare Soul Bone from Bibi Dong, who agreed to prepare one if he defeated the Spirit Hall Academy Team and reached the final.
• Xiao Han chose to face Yan first, and the two released their opposing ice and fire martial souls.
• Yan attacked with his fifth Soul Skill, Flying Sand Blazing Flames, to trap and overwhelm Xiao Han.
• Xiao Han countered with Blizzard Arrow, weakening Yan’s flames with his True Ice Power.
• Yan activated Hellfire to strengthen his flames, but Xiao Han’s Ice Blast Arrow exploded beside him and covered his body in ice shards.

Xiao Han defeated Yan in the individual knockout match, but Bibi Dong had the Spirit Hall Academy Team forfeit to preserve its strength for the match against Shrek Academy. In the Pope's Palace, Bibi Dong revealed her plan to defeat Shrek and secretly eliminate Tang San.

• Xiao Han froze Yan with his Ice Blast Arrow and knocked him out of the competition area with the True Ice Bow, while sparing him serious injury.
• Bibi Dong tested Xiao Han's mental strength, and Hu Liena prepared to challenge him before the Spirit Hall Academy Team's teacher requested a forfeit.
• Bibi Dong accepted the forfeit and announced that Skywater Academy would advance directly to the grand finals while Spirit Hall and Shrek would compete for the other spot.
• Xiao Han and Shui Bing'er recognized that Bibi Dong had forfeited strategically to preserve her team's strength for its match against Shrek Academy.
• Bibi Dong reassured Yan about his loss and warned Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan not to underestimate Shrek Academy because Yu Xiaogang coached the team.
• Bibi Dong secretly ordered the three Spirit Hall students to eliminate Tang San during their match against Shrek Academy.

Shrek Academy prepared for its semifinal against the Spirit Hall Team, with Tang San devising a risky plan to counter Xie Yue and Hu Liena’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill. The two teams took the field, and their tense match was about to begin.

• Yu Xiaogang warned Shrek that Spirit Hall Academy had preserved its strength and might be targeting Tang San.
• Dai Mubai said he and Zhuqing would use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while Tang San named it and the Seven-in-One Fusion among Shrek’s trump cards.
• Tang San revealed a plan to use poisoned Eight Spider Lance fragments and hidden weapons, then explained how he would restrain Demonic Charm while his teammates took to the air.
• Shrek agreed to follow Tang San’s strategy and vowed to win the semifinal and the tournament.
• Xiao Han predicted Shrek would likely win because Spirit Hall might underestimate them, while Shui Bing’er listened beside him.
• The Spirit Hall Team and Shrek faced off, and Xie Yue and Dai Mubai exchanged taunts before the match began.

The Spirit Hall Team used Hu Liena and Xie Yue’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill to trap the Shrek Team in red mist, but Oscar’s Flying Mushroom Sausages let most of Shrek take to the air. Xie Yue’s assault badly injured Tang San before the fusion skill ended, and Tang San collapsed after secretly launching Spider Lance Fragments at the Spirit Hall Team.

• Hu Liena and Xie Yue fused into a red-haired demon and spread red mist that restricted the Shrek Team’s movement and senses.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to lift his teammates beyond the mist, and Oscar gave them Flying Mushroom Sausages so they could fly.
• Ma Hongjun and Xiao Wu kept the Spirit Hall Team’s flying Soul Master occupied while Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing distracted Yan, buying Tang San time to outlast the fusion skill.
• Xie Yue attacked Tang San with his Self-Created Soul Skill, Full Moon, and severed most of Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances before Tang San struck back with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• The red mist vanished when Hu Liena and Xie Yue ran low on Soul Power, and Xie Yue taunted the bloodied Tang San.
• Tang San used Batwing Reincarnation to launch Spider Lance Fragments at the Spirit Hall Team, then coughed up blood and collapsed.

Tang San’s poison helped Shrek Academy defeat Spirit Hall Academy in the semifinals, though Bibi Dong stopped the match to save Hu Liena and the others. Shrek advanced to the final against Skywater Academy, while Xiao Han warned Shui Bing'er to prepare for Tang San’s tactics.

• Tang San’s Spider Poison incapacitated Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and the other Spirit Hall Academy members as Shrek’s fighters pressed their attack on Yan.
• Yu Xiaogang argued that Tang San’s Soul Bone fragments did not violate the rules, and Bibi Dong stopped the match so Tang San could detoxify Hu Liena and the others.
• Ning Fengzhi treated Tang San, who then used Spider Lance fragments to cure the Spirit Hall team while secretly absorbing their life force.
• Xiao Han warned Shui Bing'er to guard against Tang San’s poison and hidden tactics in the final against Shrek Academy.
• The referee declared Shrek Academy the semifinal winner, and Bibi Dong watched Yu Xiaogang with lingering admiration and regret.

Tianshui Academy and Shrek Academy prepared competing strategies for the championship match, each planning around the other’s strongest techniques. Before the final, Spirit Hall’s Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan urged Xiao Han to defeat Shrek and told him of a right arm Soul Bone prize.

• Lin Zhiruo assigned Tianshui’s fighters to their opponents and told Shui Bing’er to use Freeze immediately, while Xiao Han warned that Shrek might have another trump card.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San planned to use the Seven-in-One Fusion before Shui Bing’er could freeze them, with Tang San’s poison as their backup strategy.
• Tang San warned Xiao Wu to protect herself during the match and promised to avenge her mother by killing Bibi Dong someday.
• Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan met Xiao Han before the final, revealed the Soul Bone prize, and asked him to defeat Shrek for Spirit Hall.
• Xiao Han and the Tianshui team reached the square, where the Shrek Seven Devils were waiting.

Skywater Academy attacked Shrek Academy before the Shrek Seven Devils could complete their Seven-in-One Fusion. Shui Bing'er and her teammates eliminated the support masters and trapped the remaining fighters in a powerful ice attack, leaving Shrek in danger.

• Dai Mubai confronted Xiao Han, who mocked Shrek Academy and its methods before the final began.
• The Shrek Seven Devils formed a circle and gathered Soul Power for their Seven-in-One Fusion, but Xiao Han's Ice Blast Arrow struck them before they released their Martial Souls.
• Shui Bing'er froze the Shrek team, and Shen Liuyu and Gu Qingbo knocked Oscar and Ning Rongrong out of the arena.
• Tang San ordered Shrek's remaining fighters to use their second plan, but Skywater Academy destroyed his Blue Silver Grass attack.
• Xue Wu and Shui Bing'er unleashed their Ice Snow Falling Martial Soul Fusion Skill, surrounding Tang San, Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing with a vortex of Snowflake Blades.

Skywater Academy overwhelmed Shrek Academy with its Martial Soul Fusion Skill and Xiao Han’s ice attacks, while Xiao Wu was gravely wounded and exposed as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. As Shui Bing'er led the other girls away, Xiao Han prepared to face Tang San and Dai Mubai alone.

• Tang San sheltered Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu behind his Eight Spider Lances, while Xiao Han shot Ma Hongjun down with ice arrows.
• Xiao Han’s Ice Blast Arrow shattered four of Tang San’s spider lances and blasted Zhu Zhuqing out of the arena, but Shui Bing'er’s Ice Ring Armor blocked Tang San’s Spider Lance Fragments.
• Xiao Wu teleported in front of Tang San and used Invincible Golden Body to shield him, but Xiao Han’s follow-up Frost Arrow pierced her chest when the skill wore off.
• Xiao Wu’s severe bleeding revealed her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast aura, stunning Bibi Dong, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Dugu Bo.
• Xiao Han told Shui Bing'er to take her senior sisters off the field and stayed behind to face Tang San and Dai Mubai.

Xiao Han led Skywater Academy to defeat Shrek Academy, while Ning Fengzhi treated several injured Shrek members but deliberately left Xiao Wu without his help. As Bibi Dong revealed a reward for second place, Yu Xiaogang agreed that Shrek should stay for the ceremony, where trouble seemed to be approaching.

• Xiao Han used his Ice and Snow Storm and Frost Shot to knock Tang San and Dai Mubai out of the arena, securing Skywater Academy's victory.
• Jiang Zhu, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong treated the injured Shrek members, while Ning Fengzhi healed Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun but not Xiao Wu.
• Ning Fengzhi told Bibi Dong that Ning Rongrong was likely unaware of the situation, and Bibi Dong praised him for his actions.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flender urged the Shrek members to look ahead to the next tournament, while Liu Erlong prepared to take Xiao Wu away.
• Bibi Dong announced that second-place Shrek Academy would receive twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Yu Xiaogang agreed to stay for the award ceremony.

After the tournament awards, Bibi Dong exposed Xiao Wu as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and ordered the elders to kill Tang San as well. As Shrek's members prepared to protect Xiao Wu, Tang Hao's immense Soul Power descended and he declared he would defend his son.

• Bibi Dong awarded Skywater Academy the championship Soul Bones and distributed Gold Soul Coins to the top three teams.
• Bibi Dong stopped Tang San and Xiao Wu from leaving, revealing that Xiao Wu was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Liu Erlong, Flender, Tang San, and the other Shrek members stood with Xiao Wu and vowed to protect her.
• Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum and Ghost to attack and kill Tang San too.
• Tang Hao's Soul Power pressed down on the plaza as he declared that no one would touch his son.

Tang Hao attacked Spirit Hall to rescue Tang San and Xiao Wu, but his assault on the Pope's Palace served as a diversion that let them escape. After the battle, Xiao Han vanished, and Lin Zhiruo realized Dugu Bo might have taken him and pursued them.

• Tang Hao appeared in Spirit City and confronted Bibi Dong, declaring that no one would harm Tang San.
• Xiao Han led his mother and senior sisters toward the disguised Qian Renxue for safety as Tang Hao and Bibi Dong revealed their Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.
• Tang Hao used his Clear Sky True Body to strike at the Pope's Palace, forcing Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall's elders to defend it.
• The clash left Tang Hao weakened, but he disappeared with Tang San and Xiao Wu, while Xiao Han also vanished from the plaza.
• Lin Zhiruo noticed Dugu Bo was missing and suspected he had taken Xiao Han, so she left to pursue him.

Dugu Bo abducted Xiao Han to force him to surrender the Immortal Herbs, but Guangling Douluo intervened and took Xiao Han as his disciple. After driving Dugu Bo away, Guangling Douluo prepared to return with Xiao Han to Skywater Academy.

• Dugu Bo seized Xiao Han during the chaos and planned to demand the remaining Immortal Herbs and use him to pressure Skywater Academy.
• Guangling Douluo confronted Dugu Bo and offered to let him pass if he released Xiao Han, then accepted Xiao Han as his disciple.
• Dugu Bo attacked Guangling Douluo and Xiao Han with his Martial Soul Avatar and Medusa's Gaze, but Guangling Douluo's attacks overwhelmed him.
• Dugu Bo fled after Guangling Douluo wounded him and pursued him with Boundless Arrival, warning him not to target Xiao Han again.
• Xiao Han thanked Guangling Douluo, who explained that he had followed Dugu Bo and told Xiao Han they should return to Skywater Academy.

Xiao Han returned to the plaza after Guang Ling Douluo rescued him from Dugu Bo and accepted Guang Ling as his teacher. With Guang Ling's protection, Xiao Han and his companions left Spirit City carrying the tournament's three Soul Bones, which Xiao Han was asked to distribute.

• Lin Zhiruo and the others searched for Xiao Han after Dugu Bo took him away, while Bibi Dong and the others turned their attention to his disappearance.
• Xiao Han returned with Guang Ling Douluo, who revealed that he had rescued Xiao Han and warned everyone not to harm him.
• Xiao Han accepted Guang Ling Douluo as his teacher and received a token that would let him seek Guang Ling's help.
• Bibi Dong let the three tournament Soul Bones go, and Lin Zhiruo handed them to Xiao Han to distribute among the team.
• Xiao Han and the Skywater Academy group departed Spirit City alongside Xue Qinghe and the Royal Knights, then discussed absorbing the Soul Bones during their journey.

Xiao Han and the others distributed three Soul Bones, then Xiao Han absorbed the Head Soul Bone and gained the Invisible Arrow skill. As the group prepared to part ways, Xiao Han and Lin Zhiruo headed for the Ice Sealed Forest to hunt for his Sixth Soul Ring, while Tang San swore revenge on Xiao Han.

• Xiao Han offered the Head Soul Bone to Shui Bing'er, who refused until the others urged her to accept it.
• Xiao Han assigned the right arm Soul Bone to Shui Bing'er and used a coin toss to give the left leg Soul Bone to Shui Yue'er over Gu Qingbo.
• Xiao Han, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er absorbed their Soul Bones while the others stood guard and cultivated; Shui Bing'er reached level fifty-seven and Shui Yue'er reached level forty-seven.
• Xiao Han absorbed the Head Soul Bone, rose to level sixty, and gained Invisible Arrow, a silent, invisible attack guided by spiritual power.
• The group split up the next day, and Xiao Han and Lin Zhiruo went to the Ice Sealed Forest to hunt for his Sixth Soul Ring.
• Tang San woke to find Tang Hao injured and Xiao Wu gone; Tang Hao said Xiao Wu was safe, and Tang San vowed to avenge himself on Xiao Han.

Xiao Han and Lin Zhiruo hunted a sixty-thousand-year Ice Armored Bear in the Ice Sealed Forest for Xiao Han’s Sixth Soul Ring. Xiao Han defeated it, and he began absorbing its black Soul Ring after they discovered a Soul Bone in its corpse.

• Xiao Han and Lin Zhiruo traveled to the Ice Sealed Forest and found a massive Ice Armored Bear in a hidden valley.
• Xiao Han and Lin Zhiruo split up to attack the bear, while Xiao Han used his arrows to wear down its powerful defenses.
• The Ice Armored Bear unleashed waves of snowblades and ice energy, but Xiao Han and Lin Zhiruo evaded its attacks and continued draining its strength.
• Lin Zhiruo used her Martial Soul Avatar and Absolute Zero to restrain the exhausted bear, allowing Xiao Han to shatter its ice armor with an invisible arrow and kill it.
• Xiao Han and Lin Zhiruo found an icy blue Soul Bone in the bear’s corpse, and Xiao Han began absorbing its sixty-thousand-year Soul Ring.

After absorbing the Ice Armored Bear’s Soul Ring, Xiao Han gained a powerful attack skill and persuaded Lin Zhiruo to take its Soul Bone. They decided to strike Dugu Bo before he recovered, using their strengths and Xiao Han’s poison-countering methods, and headed toward the forest’s edge to plan.

• Xiao Han awoke after absorbing the sixty-thousand-year Soul Ring and revealed that his Soul Power had risen to level sixty-four.
• Xiao Han demonstrated High-Explosive Piercing Strike, a powerful, freezing arrow attack that could be combined with his Head Soul Bone skill.
• Lin Zhiruo gave Xiao Han the Ice Armored Bear’s right arm Soul Bone, and he absorbed it in half an hour, gaining an ice-crystal armor skill that strengthened his True Ice Arrows.
• Xiao Han proposed that he and Lin Zhiruo kill the injured Dugu Bo before he recovered, explaining that his Poison-Immune Body and Immortal Herbs could counter Dugu Bo’s poison.
• Lin Zhiruo agreed that Dugu Bo posed a threat but warned that involving Dean Zhao could put Skywater Academy at risk, and she and Xiao Han set off toward the forest’s edge to plan their attack.

Xiao Han and Lin Zhiruo entered the Sunset Forest to confront the injured Dugu Bo, carrying a plan and an Aromatic Silk Beauty to counter his poison. They found him at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Dugu Bo demanded to know how Xiao Han had discovered the place and stolen the immortal herbs, then prepared to attack.

• Xiao Han gave Lin Zhiruo the Aromatic Silk Beauty before they entered the forest to counter Dugu Bo’s poison.
• Xiao Han and Lin Zhiruo flew through Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison Array and reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo sensed the intruders and confronted Xiao Han and Lin Zhiruo, suspecting they had accomplices nearby.
• Xiao Han admitted that he had picked the immortal herbs and told Dugu Bo that Lin Zhiruo had nothing to do with it.
• Dugu Bo recognized the fragrance of the Aromatic Silk Beauty on Lin Zhiruo and became furious, while Xiao Han and Lin Zhiruo released their martial souls to face him.