Chapter Summaries

Shrek Academy defeated Star Luo Royal Academy after Tang San’s pollen illusion interrupted Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Zhu Zhuqing returned to her team with her rivalry resolved and shared a quiet moment of thanks with Tang San.

• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun taunted Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing before the match began.
• Tang San and Dugu Yan limited their abilities while boosting Shrek’s fighters, and Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing fought Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun with Ye Lingling’s healing support.
• Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, and Tai Long defeated Star Luo Academy’s other five fighters, leaving the two pairs to battle.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun began their Hell White Tiger fusion, but Tang San triggered Dreamlike Illusion Realm and disrupted their concentration.
• Dai Mubai knocked Dai Weisi down with White Tiger Vajra Transformation, and Zhu Zhuqing defeated Zhu Zhuyun with Netherworld Slash, securing Shrek’s victory.
• Zhu Zhuqing returned to Shrek’s team, exchanged a nod with Tang San, and softly thanked him.

Shrek, Spirit Hall, and New Divine Wind advanced from the final six to the tournament’s final three, with Tang San and Shui Bing’er sharing a hopeful farewell. The three teams gathered before the Pope’s Palace for the championship round, whose unusual format was about to begin.

• Qin Ming selected Tang San, Xiao Wu, Huang Yuan, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, Jing Ling, and Tai Long to face the second-place Star Luo Empire team, and Shrek won in under five minutes.
• Spirit Hall defeated the Thunder Team, while New Divine Wind beat Skywater Academy through Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wu’s wind-and-fire coordination.
• Shui Bing’er congratulated Tang San after Shrek’s victory and urged him to win the championship.
• Shrek, Spirit Hall, and New Divine Wind were confirmed as the final three, with the title to be decided through individual bouts followed by team battles.
• The three teams assembled before the Pope’s Palace, where twelve cardinals announced the arrival of His Holiness the Pope.

Bibi Dong opened the final three-team competition by presenting four rare Soul Bones as the prize for the championship. Tang San openly declared his loyalty to Xue Qinghe and refused to kneel to the Pope, leaving the teams to compete for the valuable reward.

• Bibi Dong emerged from the Pope's Palace as the Spirit Hall crowd knelt, while Tang San and the Shrek Team remained standing.
• Tang San resisted Bibi Dong's mental pressure and told her that he served Xue Qinghe, drawing glares from the Spirit Hall Team.
• Bibi Dong exchanged formal remarks with Xue Qinghe and Tang San, then ordered the kneeling crowd to rise.
• Bibi Dong displayed four Soul Bones, and Ghost Douluo identified them as rare remains from Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
• Bibi Dong announced that the championship-winning team would receive all four Soul Bones.

The three top teams began the individual elimination match that would decide who advanced directly to the championship final. New Godwind Academy forfeited, leaving Shrek and Spirit Hall to face each other, while Tang San resolved to fight through to the end.

• The Pope announced the individual elimination rules and offered four Soul Bones as rewards for the tournament’s top three teams.
• Tang San decided Shrek would not forfeit, determined to defeat Spirit Hall fairly and reassure Qian Renxue.
• Tang San encouraged his teammates to fight without overexerting themselves, and Huang Yuan drew a bye for Shrek in the first round.
• Feng Xiaotian announced that New Godwind Academy was forfeiting the individual match and would enter the afternoon’s losers’ bracket contest.
• Bibi Dong showed displeasure at Feng Xiaotian’s decision, and the individual match became a direct showdown between Shrek and Spirit Hall.

Shrek and Spirit Hall exchanged fighters in the individual matches, with both teams losing several members as Shrek’s planned rotation wore down their opponents. The seventh match began with Xiao Wu facing Zhang San, whose inexplicable sense of closeness toward her contrasted with her hostility.

• Huang Yuan surrendered to Sun Chuantao after draining about half of his Soul Power.
• Tai Long defeated Sun Chuantao, then lost to Zhang Ping, who surrendered to Jing Ling after he depleted most of her Soul Power.
• Dai Mubai defeated Zhang Ping, then fought Zhao Ming to a draw as both exhausted their Soul Power.
• After six matches, Shrek had Tang San, Dugu Yan, and Xiao Wu remaining, while Spirit Hall had Xie Yue, Yan, Hu Liena, and Zhang San.
• Xiao Wu and Zhang San began the seventh match, and both activated their Martial Soul Possession.

Xiao Wu defeated Zhang San by exploiting her Soul Power advantage, then fought Xie Yue to drain his strength before surrendering. The match continued with Xie Yue weakened and Shrek preserving an opportunity for Dugu Yan and Tang San.

• Zhang San activated his Man-Faced Spider Emperor Martial Soul, drawing disgusted reactions from the spectators and deepening Xiao Wu's dislike of him.
• Xiao Wu used Charm against Zhang San, but his Purple Demon Eye broke its effect, and they fought at close range with their Soul Skills and techniques.
• After a prolonged battle, Xiao Wu bound Zhang San with Bone Shadow Lock and used Waist Bow to throw him out of the arena.
• Xie Yue entered the arena with his Moon Blades, and Tang San recognized that Spirit Hall had sent him out to wear down Shrek before Yan's match.
• Xiao Wu used Teleportation and Invincible Golden Body to evade Xie Yue's attacks and drain his Soul Power, then surrendered when she ran out of Soul Power.

Dugu Yan defeated Xie Yue with her Eight Spider Lances and poison, then Tang San replaced her for the match against Hu Liena. Hu Liena’s Charm failed to affect Tang San, who counterattacked with his Blue Silver vines.

• Dugu Yan used her Eight Spider Lances to overwhelm Xie Yue, poison him, and knock him from the platform.
• Zhang San and a healing Soul Master treated Xie Yue, and the referee declared Dugu Yan the winner.
• Tang San asked Dugu Yan to step down before her match with Hu Liena, then took her place.
• Hu Liena attacked Tang San with her Charm skill, but his powerful Spiritual Power left him unaffected.
• Tang San sent Blue Silver vines across the ground toward Hu Liena.

Tang San defeated Hu Liena and Yan in the individual competition, humiliating the Spirit Hall team while protecting his Blue Silver Grass from their attacks. Shrek won the match, and Tang San vowed to defeat Spirit Hall again in the final the next day.

• Tang San caught Hu Liena with Blue Silver vines and tossed her out of the arena, ending her match in under a minute.
• Yan challenged Tang San and attacked him with fire skills, but Tang San's Blue Silver Grass shield withstood every attack.
• Tang San bound Yan, whipped him repeatedly, and threw him out of the arena after humiliating him in front of the spectators.
• The referee declared Shrek Academy the winner and announced that Spirit Hall Academy and New Divine Wind Academy would compete in the losers' bracket for the other place in the final.
• Tang San returned to Shrek's team, and they vowed to win the final the next day as Xue Qinghe watched proudly and Bibi Dong left for the Pope's Palace.

The New Divine Wind Team targeted Yan in the losers' bracket match, knocking him unconscious before Spirit Hall defeated them and advanced to the final. Tang San then promised to face Demon Charm in tomorrow's championship match.

• Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian combined their power, while Xie Yue and Hu Liena activated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Demon Charm.
• Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, Feng Xiaotian, and the other New Divine Wind Team members concentrated their attacks on Yan, breaking his armor and knocking him unconscious.
• Feng Xiaotian conceded after the Spirit Hall Team gained the advantage against the depleted New Divine Wind Team.
• The referee declared Spirit Hall the winner and advanced them to the final.
• Tang San told the Shrek Team he would take on Demon Charm in the final.

Bibi Dong ordered the Spirit Hall Team to recover and use Demon Charm immediately in the final against Shrek. Tang San’s team countered the fusion skill and took control of the battle, while the fight remained underway.

• Bibi Dong criticized the Spirit Hall Team’s performance, arranged for healing, and instructed them to defeat Shrek quickly with Demon Charm.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena persuaded Yan to regain his confidence, and Yan entered the final vowing revenge on Tang San.
• Tang San provoked the Spirit Hall Team before the match, then used Blue Silver Heart-Link and Dreamlike Illusion Eyes to free Shrek from Demon Charm’s suppression and see through its red mist.
• Tang San attacked Demon Charm with his Blue Silver Overlord Spear, damaging Xie Yue’s Moon Blade and forcing the fusion to evade.
• Dugu Yan battled Yan with her Eight Spider Lances, while Xiao Wu used the team’s enhancements to suppress Zhang San.

Tang San and his teammates eliminated the Spirit Hall Team’s strongest fighters, leaving Zhang San as the sole opponent. Zhang San challenged Tang San to a duel, but Tang San easily evaded his attacks until Zhang San trapped him in an Underground Cave Cage.

• Tang San defeated Xie Yue and Hu Liena’s Demon Charm fusion, while Dugu Yan brought Yan down and threw him from the arena.
• Tang San and his teammates eliminated Sun Chuantao, Zhang Ping, and Xu Yu, leaving only Zhang San on the arena.
• Zhang San challenged Tang San to fight one-on-one, and Tang San accepted after his teammates withdrew.
• Tang San used Dreamlike Illusion Eyes to read Zhang San’s movements and dodged his spider-leg attacks and Soul Skills.
• Zhang San used his Fourth Soul Skill, Underground Cave Cage, to trap Tang San.

Tang San defeated Zhang San after shrugging off his poison, blocking his Zhuge Repeating Crossbow bolts, and throwing him out of the arena. The referee looked to Bibi Dong, who gave a slight nod.

• Tang San healed the cut from Zhang San’s poisoned web and declared Zhang San’s poison garbage.
• Zhang San attacked recklessly, but Tang San pierced one of his spider legs with the Blue Silver Overlord Spear.
• Zhang San revealed his Second Martial Soul, the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow, and fired three volleys of bolts at Tang San.
• Tang San deflected all forty-eight bolts, knocked the crossbow away, and pierced Zhang San’s right shoulder before hurling him out of the arena.
• Zhang San fainted, and Spirit Hall Academy’s teachers carried him away after Tang San said he had shown mercy.
• The referee looked toward Bibi Dong, who gave a slight nod.

Shrek Academy won the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, and Tang San accepted the four Soul Bones after refusing Bibi Dong’s offer to join Spirit Hall. The team distributed the rewards and prepared to return to the Heaven Dou Empire with Xue Qinghe the next morning.

• The referee declared Shrek Academy the tournament champion, and the team celebrated by tossing Tang San into the air.
• Bibi Dong presented the champion’s reward, while Tang San declined her invitation to join Spirit Hall and said he would follow Xue Qinghe.
• Jing Ling and the substitutes gave up their claims to the Soul Bones, and Flender proposed how the team should distribute them.
• Tang San accepted Flender’s plan, storing the two skull bones and giving the Flame Right Arm Bone to Tai Long and the Rapid Advance Wind Chasing Left Leg to Dai Mubai.
• Xue Qinghe congratulated Tang San and told the Shrek group to prepare to leave for the Heaven Dou Empire the next morning.

Bibi Dong ordered five Titled Douluo to ambush Tang San’s party, recover the Soul Bones, and kill Yu Xiaogang. As the convoy traveled toward Heaven Dou City, Tang San gave Qian Renxue what sounded like a farewell, then recognized the hills as ideal ambush terrain and realized the danger was near.

• Bibi Dong ordered Ghost Douluo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Demon Bear Douluo, Ghost Leopard Douluo, and Ling Yuan Douluo to kill Tang San’s companions, recover all four Soul Bones, and kill Yu Xiaogang.
• Shrek Academy and the New Divine Wind Team left Spirit City with Xue Qinghe’s Royal Knights, while Shui Bing’er stayed to wait for Tang San.
• Tang San visited Qian Renxue’s carriage, urged her to cultivate and be careful, and told her she would always be his Fairy Sister; Qian Renxue mistook his words for concern about Shui Bing’er.
• During the journey, Tang San spent most of his time in Qian Renxue’s carriage, and she misunderstood his unusual attentiveness as flirtation.
• On the fifth day, Tang San saw the convoy enter steep, narrowing hills and recognized the terrain as a likely ambush site, believing Bibi Dong’s forces were watching them.

Spirit Hall ambushed Tang San's convoy with five Titled Douluo, forcing Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin to withdraw while Dugu Bo stayed to fight. As the attackers targeted Shrek Academy, Tang San faced Demon Bear Douluo and briefly stunned him with Annihilation Light.

• The Royal Knights spotted an ambush as black-clad crossbowmen appeared on the canyon hills and five Titled Douluo descended before the convoy.
• Ning Fengzhi weighed the odds, then took Ning Rongrong and Chen Xin away after Tang San urged them to leave.
• Dugu Bo refused Yue Guan's offer to withdraw and attacked Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo, holding the pair off with his evolved Martial Soul and poison.
• Demon Bear Douluo charged Tang San, Ghost Leopard Douluo targeted Yu Xiaogang, and Ling Yuan Douluo moved to restrain Shrek Academy's teachers.
• Tang San activated his External Soul Bones and Dreamlike Illusion Eyes, then used Annihilation Light to daze Demon Bear Douluo for less than a second.

Tang San struggled to hold off Demon Bear Douluo while Yu Xiaogang was killed by Ghost Leopard Douluo. Just as Tang San was about to be overwhelmed, a Clear Sky Hammer crashed down and forced Demon Bear Douluo to retreat.

• Tang San used his Blue Silver Overlord Spear and vines to slow Demon Bear Douluo, but his attacks barely affected the Titled Douluo.
• Ghost Leopard Douluo pierced Yu Xiaogang's chest, and Yu Xiaogang died in Flender's arms.
• Tang San blocked Demon Bear Douluo's blows with Blue Silver shields, then used his flight skill and Indestructible Thunder Heart to survive the assault.
• Qian Renxue prepared to call Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo to rescue Tang San, risking exposure of her identity.
• A giant black hammer struck the ground between Tang San and Demon Bear Douluo, and Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo recognized it as the Clear Sky Hammer.

Tang Hao and Tang Xiao revealed themselves to protect Tang San from five Spirit Hall Titled Douluo. Tang Hao challenged the attackers, and both sides faced an apparently unavoidable battle.

• Tang Hao and Tang Xiao descended before Tang San, revealing themselves as the Clear Sky Twin Stars and displaying their immense strength.
• The chapter recounted Tang Hao's return to the Clear Sky Sect, his rise to Level 97, and the brothers' secret protection of Tang San.
• Dugu Bo joined Tang San after holding off Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, while Tang San struggled with his feelings about Tang Hao.
• Yue Guan warned Tang Hao and Tang Xiao that the Clear Sky Sect would violate its agreement by interfering, but Tang Hao dismissed the threat and declared that the five could not kill his son.
• The five Titled Douluo hesitated under Tang Hao's pressure but feared Bibi Dong's punishment if they retreated, leaving a fight imminent.

Tang Hao fought five Titled Douluo alone and overwhelmed their coordinated attacks with his Clear Sky Hammer. He trapped Ling Yuan Douluo in midair, where she counterattacked with a barrage of white-hot flaming arrows.

• Tang Hao asked Tang Xiao and Dugu Bo to protect Tang San and the others while he faced the five Titled Douluo alone.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, Demon Bear Douluo, Ghost Leopard Douluo, and Ling Yuan Douluo attacked Tang Hao together.
• Tang Hao shattered Chrysanthemum Douluo's blades and used a hammer strike to expose and repel Ghost Douluo.
• Tang Hao unleashed the Shock Formula, blasting Ghost Leopard Douluo away, scattering Ling Yuan Douluo's firebird, and stopping Demon Bear Douluo's charge.
• Tang Hao launched himself toward Ling Yuan Douluo and used the Entanglement Formula to trap her in the air.
• Ling Yuan Douluo activated Boiling Blood and fired a barrage of white-hot flaming arrows at Tang Hao.

Tang Hao defeated Spirit Hall’s five Titled Douluo in the canyon by overwhelming them with the Clear Sky Hammer and detonating a Soul Ring with the Great Sumeru Hammer. The attackers fled, and Tang Hao returned to Tang San and the others after the battle.

• Ling Yuan Douluo’s arrows failed to damage Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer, and its blow shattered her shoulder and left her unable to fight.
• Tang Hao’s Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer overwhelmed Demon Bear Douluo, whose strongest attack left his arms broken and sent him crashing into a mountainside.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo used the Two Extremes Stillness Domain while Ghost Leopard Douluo prepared to attack Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao detonated his fifth Soul Ring and shattered the domain with the Great Sumeru Hammer, severely injuring Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo ordered a retreat, and the five Titled Douluo and the men in black fled the canyon.
• Tang Hao put away his Clear Sky Hammer and walked back to Tang San and the others.

Tang San parted from Qian Renxue and left with Tang Hao and the others after Bibi Dong’s threat made his departure necessary. At their mountain hideout, Tang San planned to cultivate until he became a Soul Emperor, while Tang Xiao urged him to return to the Clear Sky Sect.

• Tang Hao warned Tang San that Bibi Dong would pursue him, and Qian Renxue silently accepted his departure.
• Tang San gave Flender a Gold Soul Coin card to arrange Yu Xiaogang’s proper burial, then said goodbye to Qian Renxue.
• Tang Hao carried Tang San and Xiao Wu away, while Tang Xiao and Dugu Bo followed with the other women.
• At a cave on an uninhabited mountaintop, Tang Hao introduced Tang Xiao as Tang San’s eldest uncle and the Clear Sky Sect’s master.
• Tang San said he would cultivate in seclusion until he broke through to Soul Emperor, and Tang Xiao invited him to return to the Clear Sky Sect.