Chapter Summaries

Wang Xiaofeng faced Thunder Academy’s strongest contestant, Yu Tianxin, and revealed more of his strength in their battle. After Yu Tianxin’s lightning forced Wang Xiaofeng to abandon his gourd, Yu Tianxin questioned whether Wang Xiaofeng was wearing prohibited armor.

• Oscar remarked that Wang Xiaofeng had hit Qiu Yue too hard, and Ning Rongrong overheard him.
• Yu Tianxin apologized for his teammates’ actions but insisted that Thunder Academy alone had the right to punish them, then released his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul.
• Yu Tianxin used Dragon Might and charged Wang Xiaofeng with lightning, while Wang Xiaofeng formed a defensive tornado with Spiral Flash.
• Yu Tianxin wore down the tornado with his soul skills, reached Wang Xiaofeng inside the pit, and exchanged dozens of blows with him.
• Yu Tianxin’s lightning forced Wang Xiaofeng to throw his gourd aside, after which Yu Tianxin asked whether he was wearing prohibited armor.
• Wang Xiaofeng showed Yu Tianxin the weight on his wrist and said it was Weighted Gear.

Wang Xiaofeng resumed his match against Yu Tianxin after officials confirmed his Weighted Bracelets were training equipment, not prohibited armor. He defeated Yu Tianxin and won the match for Shrek Academy.

• Wang Xiaofeng accidentally injured the referee when he tossed him one of his Weighted Bracelets, and the Organizing Committee ruled that the weights were permitted.
• Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo learned that Wang Xiaofeng had fought wearing eight thousand pounds of weights, while Salas left the VIP seating area to pursue his interest in recruiting him.
• Wang Xiaofeng returned to the arena, and Yu Tianxin used lightning to boost his speed and charged at him.
• Yu Tianxin struck Wang Xiaofeng into the air, but Wang Xiaofeng launched his Gourd at Yu Tianxin and broke through his Thunder shield.
• Wang Xiaofeng caught the Gourd before it hit Yu Tianxin, flicked Yu Tianxin unconscious, and secured Shrek Academy's victory.

Wang Xiaofeng and Shrek Academy celebrated their undefeated finish in the Heaven Dou Empire division, then studied their rivals before departing for Spirit City. Ma Hongjun described a mysterious encounter at Giant Sword Mountain Market, which left Wang Xiaofeng wondering whether the meeting had been a coincidence.

• Wang Xiaofeng returned from his victory over Thunder Academy, and Shrek Academy finished the Advancement Tournament with fourteen wins and first place.
• Wang Xiaofeng bought intelligence on rival teams and studied the Star Luo Empire competitors with Tang San during the teams’ break.
• Ma Hongjun told Wang Xiaofeng that the uncle whose food he had brought to thank him had supposedly never set up a stall at the market, making Ma Hongjun fear he had met something supernatural.
• Wang Xiaofeng reassured Ma Hongjun but privately wondered about the strange encounter as the dishes piled up beside him.
• After four days of rest, the teams and their escorts set out from Giant Sword Mountain for Spirit City.

Shrek Academy’s group discussed Spirit Hall Academy’s strength while traveling with the Royal Knights, and Wang Xiaofeng noticed that the forest had grown unnaturally quiet. When birds suddenly burst from the trees, the Legion Commander called the knights to alert, leaving the approaching threat unresolved.

• The Royal Knights routed a bandit ambush, while Oscar complained about the dull journey and Wang Xiaofeng worked on his research.
• Xiao Wu and Tang San discussed Liu Erlong’s anger over Grandmaster’s unexplained departure.
• Tang San shared information that Spirit Hall Academy’s team members were all above Rank 45, including a 23-year-old member of the Golden Generation who had reached Rank 53.
• Wang Xiaofeng remarked that the remote road was unusually quiet, prompting Zhao Wuji, Flander, and Liu Erlong to scan the surroundings and find almost no animals.
• Birds suddenly flew out of the forest as the Legion Commander was having the bandits’ corpses buried, and he ordered the Royal Knights to prepare for an enemy attack.

The Knights Order and the academies were ambushed by a large, well-coordinated force, and the battle quickly escalated when a Soul Saint targeted Tang San. Wang Xiaofeng unleashed a devastating attack to save him, leaving the Soul Saint standing amid widespread destruction.

• The Knights Order formed a defensive formation against arrows and Soul Master attacks, but the ambushers’ cavalry charged and inflicted casualties.
• Flander led the academies away from the main clash, while Wang Xiaofeng’s support skill strengthened the Heaven Dou knights and rallied them to counterattack.
• Tang San killed dozens of bandits, and Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun fought off Soul Kings trying to reach him.
• A Twin-Winged Yin Tiger Soul Saint attacked Tang San, while a Soul Douluo and another Soul Saint blocked Flander, Zhao Wuji, and Liu Erlong from helping.
• Wang Xiaofeng enlarged his Gourd and used the Combination Soul Skill Heavy Impact against the Soul Saint, blasting the surrounding area into ruins.

Wang Xiaofeng protected Tang San and the others from a Soul Douluo’s attack, while a sudden intervention by Sword Douluo halted the battle. A mysterious superior ordered the Black Cloak Soul Douluo to withdraw and said the mission was beyond his ability to handle.

• Wang Xiaofeng blocked a Black Cloak Soul Emperor’s sneak attack and kept him at a standoff while the other powerful fighters remained occupied.
• Tang San suspected Spirit Hall had sent the attackers to kill him, unaware that he was likely only a secondary target.
• A Soul Douluo broke away from Flander and Liu Erlong and attacked Tang San’s group, but Wang Xiaofeng used the limp Soul Emperor as a shield and pulled the students clear with a vine.
• The Black Cloak Soul Douluo redirected his attack toward Xue Qinghe, but Sword Douluo’s slash carved a vast chasm through the battlefield and forced both sides to stop fighting.
• A mysterious superior rebuked the Black Cloak Soul Douluo and ordered him to leave the matter to others.

Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi confronted Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to protect Tang San, while Spirit Hall offered Wang Xiaofeng a mercenary arrangement before a huge blast struck nearby. The chapter ended with Sword Douluo and the two Spirit Hall Douluo clashing in a battle of powerful techniques.

• Sword Douluo recognized Chrysanthemum Douluo and warned him against attacking Tang San, while Ghost Douluo appeared to support him.
• Ning Fengzhi joined Sword Douluo, and Chrysanthemum Douluo signaled Spirit Hall’s disguised forces to withdraw.
• A seven-ringed Soul Saint offered Wang Xiaofeng paid missions for Spirit Hall, and Wang Xiaofeng accepted the token before being warned to leave.
• A signal flare was followed by a massive explosion, and Wang Xiaofeng escaped with Flash and ate Oscar’s sausages to restore his Soul Power.
• Sword Douluo, enhanced by Ning Fengzhi, launched Sword Five against Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo’s Two Extremes Stillness Domain.

Sword Douluo drove off Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, while Dugu Bo protected the academies during the attack. After the convoy regrouped, Xue Qinghe organized recovery efforts, and Oscar made Sausages to replace the destroyed food supplies.

• Sword Douluo split the Chrysanthemum-Ghost Fusion Skill and forced Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to retreat, though he was wounded in the fight.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo assessed Sword Douluo's strength and discussed beginning the Soul Hunting Plan and purging opposition within Spirit Hall.
• Dugu Bo protected the Shrek group and other academies, then went to inspect the battlefield as Tang San led everyone to safety.
• Wang Xiaofeng and the students rested at his barbecue spot until the Knights Order Commander found them and led them back to the convoy.
• Xue Qinghe directed the convoy's recovery, and Wang Xiaofeng found that the enemy had destroyed most of the food supplies.
• Oscar made enough Sausages for seven hundred people to eat one meal, then collapsed from exhaustion while Ning Rongrong teased him.

After Spirit Hall’s attack on the convoy, Xue Qinghe strengthened its protection and led the group safely to Spirit City. Wang Xiaofeng explored the city with Ma Hongjun and discovered a mysterious Angel Statue that seemed to emit a familiar power.

• Xue Qinghe learned the convoy’s casualty figures, heard that Tang San had earned the title Thousand Hands Asura, and ordered that his protection be strengthened.
• Xue Qinghe summoned additional soldiers and Soul Saints, and the convoy traveled without further attacks to the outskirts of Spirit City.
• A Red-Clothed Archbishop welcomed the convoy and led it to its inn in Spirit City.
• Wang Xiaofeng and Ma Hongjun explored the city, then found an enormous Angel Statue in a square.
• A teenage girl with three Soul Rings stopped Wang Xiaofeng from touching the statue, and Wang Xiaofeng decided to return that night to investigate its familiar power.

Wang Xiaofeng and Ma Hongjun got lost in Spirit City after leaving the square, then reunited with Nidya, who had disguised herself as a strange passerby to prank them. Nidya offered to guide them through the city, and they followed her and a cloaked man into the night.

• Ma Hongjun and Wang Xiaofeng escaped the guards with Mimicry Wallpaper, and Wang Xiaofeng said the Angel Statue's energy felt familiar.
• Wang Xiaofeng and Ma Hongjun got lost while searching for food and spotted the same passerby who had given them directions.
• The passerby approached them strangely, but revealed herself as Nidya after Wang Xiaofeng readied his Sleeve Sword.
• Ma Hongjun teased Wang Xiaofeng about Nidya being his rumored girlfriend, and Wang Xiaofeng told him to stop talking.
• Nidya offered to guide the lost pair through Spirit City and summoned a cloaked man to lead them.

With Nidya's help, Wang Xiaofeng returned to the dormitory and shared an awkward farewell with her. Their classmates caught them together, then scattered after Wang Xiaofeng confronted Ma Hongjun, and an urban legend called “The Screamer” began spreading among the academies.

• Nidya helped Wang Xiaofeng and Ma Hongjun return to their dormitory, and Ma Hongjun slipped away to leave Wang Xiaofeng alone with her.
• Wang Xiaofeng offered Nidya a box of ginseng slices, but she covered his mouth, took the box, kissed his cheek, and fled.
• Wang Xiaofeng turned around and found Flander, Zhao Wuji, and the others spying on him; they made excuses and hurried away.
• Wang Xiaofeng asked Ma Hongjun how pigs died, then called him stupid when he answered, and Ma Hongjun screamed.
• An urban legend called “The Screamer” began spreading among the fifteen academies.

Wang Xiaofeng secretly siphoned golden energy from the Angel Statue in Spirit City, evaded the ensuing investigation, and spent three days experimenting with the energy. He finally captured a filament he identified as a cheap version of the Power of Faith.

• Wang Xiaofeng sneaked past Spirit City's guards and drew golden energy from the Angel Statue into his Gourd.
• The patrols detected a Soul Power reaction, but Wang Xiaofeng escaped and returned to his room disguised as a sleepy student.
• The Enforcement Team searched the inn and investigated the statue but found nothing missing and no culprit.
• Wang Xiaofeng refused Nidya's invitations and shut himself in his room for three days to study the stolen energy.
• On the morning of the Finals opening ceremony, Wang Xiaofeng caught a golden filament in a glass bottle and called it bargain-bin Power of Faith.

Wang Xiaofeng’s experiment ended in an explosion, after which Nidya confronted him for making her worry. He and Oscar rushed to the Finals opening ceremony, where Nidya returned to Star Luo Academy’s lineup and Oscar asked about her background.

• Wang Xiaofeng discarded an unstable energy mass and used his Gourd’s Adamantine Defense to shield himself from its explosion, though the blast wrecked the room.
• Nidya and Oscar arrived, and Wang Xiaofeng accidentally slammed the door into Nidya when she burst into the room.
• Nidya scolded Wang Xiaofeng for worrying her and made him agree to several demands while Oscar reminded them the opening ceremony was minutes away.
• Wang Xiaofeng, Oscar, and Nidya rode Mushroom Sausages to the venue just before the ceremony began.
• Nidya went to Star Luo Academy’s lineup, and Wang Xiaofeng told Oscar he did not know her background.

At the tournament opening ceremony, Bibi Dong welcomed the Soul Masters and announced three ten-thousand-year Soul Bones as the prize. Shrek Academy drew Shadow Academy as its first opponent, and Wang Xiaofeng stayed behind to meet Nidya, who asked him whether she or the Pope was prettier.

• Wang Xiaofeng and Ma Hongjun found Shrek Academy's place, and Grandmaster ordered Wang Xiaofeng and Oscar to double their training for being late.
• Bibi Dong entered the hall, announced the tournament prize, and left after her brief address.
• Flander drew lots for Shrek Academy and learned that their first opponent was Shadow Academy of the Star Luo Empire.
• Wang Xiaofeng stayed behind to meet Nidya while the rest of Shrek Academy returned, and she asked him who was prettier, her or the Pope.
• Wang Xiaofeng teased Nidya, who responded by pounding his chest with her fists.

Wang Xiaofeng spent time with Nidya, then returned to researching the mysterious power inside the Angel Statue’s glass bottle. Three days later, Shrek arrived at Spirit Hall’s Finals venue to face Shadow Academy, with the Grandmaster planning to reveal Ning Rongrong as a surprise.

• Wang Xiaofeng dodged Nidya’s punches, accompanied her around Spirit City, and declined her invitation to go out again the next night because the official matches were beginning.
• Nidya hinted that Shrek had a chance against Shadow Academy, and Wang Xiaofeng suspected she could sense other people’s emotions.
• Wang Xiaofeng returned to the dormitory and continued studying the dwindling power in the glass bottle, wondering what it was.
• Three days later, Flander reminded the Shrek students of the Finals rules as they arrived at the Spirit Hall arena.
• The Grandmaster decided to field Ning Rongrong against Shadow Academy, expecting her first appearance to surprise them.

Shrek watched the newly combined Divine Wind and Blazing Fire team dominate its match before preparing to face Shadow Academy in the Finals. Wang Xiaofeng sat out Shrek’s first battle, and the chapter ended with Grandmaster worrying that Shadow Academy had prepared a special counter for him.

• Wang Xiaofeng complained that few spectators had attended the Finals, and Wang Xiaofeng came out to support Shrek despite not competing.
• (New) Divine Wind Academy defeated its opponent using only hundred-year soul skills, with Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu coordinating well with Feng Xiaotian and the others.
• Shrek took the arena against Shadow Academy after the team encouraged one another.
• Shadow Academy’s teachers reacted grimly when they saw Wang Xiaofeng was not in Shrek’s lineup.
• Grandmaster warned that Shadow Academy might have prepared a trump card for Wang Xiaofeng, while Wang Xiaofeng predicted they could only force Xiao San to reveal his External Soul Bone.

Shrek faced Shadow Academy, whose Netherworld Dragon and corrosive mist put the team under pressure despite Tang San’s opening attacks. Tang San countered Fan Xiaotang’s puppet, while Oscar and Ning Rongrong stayed safely airborne, leaving Shrek ready to fight at full strength.

• Wang Xiaofeng identified Shadow Academy’s members and assessed their Martial Souls, abilities, and advantages over Shrek.
• Ming Tiangang released the Netherworld Dragon’s aura as both teams activated their Martial Souls, and Tang San trapped several opponents with Blue Silver Cage.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun attacked with powerful Soul Skills, but Fan Xiaotang’s puppet and Shen Xukong’s coffins blocked the assault while Bai Xue healed Fan Xiaotang.
• Ming Tiangang’s corrosive mist spread across the arena, while Daphne used shadows to evade Ma Hongjun and keep him from burning it away.
• The puppet attacked Tang San, but Tang San trapped it and pierced it with blood-red Blue Silver Grass, prompting Fan Xiaotang to use his Fourth Soul Skill and disappear.
• Oscar and Ning Rongrong stayed airborne on Mushroom Sausages, allowing Shrek to avoid the mist and prepare to fight without holding back.

Dai Mubai fought Ming Tiangang inside the corrosive black mist, unleashing his White Tiger Asura Transformation to smash Ming Tiangang’s spear and battle his summoned monsters. The monsters kept him at bay as the mist around them thinned.

• Ming Tiangang amplified his Netherworld Dragon’s Roar with a golden droplet, breaking Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Barrier and driving him across the arena.
• Dai Mubai activated his White Tiger Asura Transformation and crushed Ming Tiangang’s Netherworld God’s Spear in his paw.
• Ming Tiangang summoned black-energy monsters with his Power of the Dead to block Dai Mubai’s advance.
• Dai Mubai fought off more than twenty monsters but suffered additional wounds, while the mist around him grew less dense.

Dai Mubai struggled against Ming Tiangang’s Shadow Domain as the battle shifted across the arena. Zhu Zhuqing and Oscar were eliminated in separate surprise attacks, leaving Shrek’s remaining fighters facing a sudden counterattack.

• Ming Tiangang’s bone spears failed to stop Dai Mubai, but the dense fog and Corrosion Toxin began draining Dai Mubai’s Soul Power.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing located Shadow Academy’s back line and attacked Shen Xukong, Bai Guangjie, and Bai Xue.
• Xiao Wu threw what appeared to be Shen Xukong out of the arena, but the figure was a doll, and the real Shen Xukong reappeared behind his teammates.
• Fan Xiaotang used his threads to swap himself, Bai Xue, and Zhu Zhuqing with the doll, eliminating Zhu Zhuqing from the arena.
• Tang San and Ma Hongjun defeated Daphne with Ning Rongrong’s support, but Oscar then sacrificed himself to eliminate an attacker and fell beyond the arena with them.

Wang Xiaofeng treated Oscar’s wound before returning to find Shrek struggling against Shadow Academy’s remaining fighters. Ming Tiangang and Shen Xukong unleashed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Ma Hongjun met its dragon breath with Phoenix Dance of Nine Heavens, shattering the arena and shaking the Protective Barrier.

• Wang Xiaofeng removed the shadow energy from Oscar’s wound, allowing him to heal with a Sausage, then left to check the match.
• Tang San rescued Dai Mubai from Ming Tiangang after Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Fire Line cleared the fog, and Ning Rongrong gave the injured fighters Sausages.
• Ming Tiangang signaled Bai Guangjie and Bai Xue, who activated their Fourth Soul Skills and shielded themselves in a dome of light.
• Ming Tiangang and Shen Xukong combined into a Black Flood Dragon and unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill at Shrek.
• Ning Rongrong boosted Ma Hongjun, who countered the dragon breath with Phoenix Dance of Nine Heavens, and the collision shattered the arena and made the Protective Barrier sway.