Chapter Summaries

Tang San and his teammates fought the Black Flood Dragon formed by Ming Tiangang and Shen Xukong, winning after Tang San unleashed the Clear Sky Hammer. Tang San collapsed from the strain, while the arena was left stunned by the hammer’s appearance.

• A figure protected the unconscious Ma Hongjun with the Invincible Golden Body, and Tang San sent him out of the arena.
• Xiao Wu broke the Black Flood Dragon’s horn, but its tail struck her out of the arena and left her injured.
• Enraged by Xiao Wu’s injury, Tang San bound the Black Flood Dragon with Blue Silver Grass and drew the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San struck the Black Flood Dragon thirty-six times, leaving Ming Tiangang and Shen Xukong motionless in a crater.
• Flander stopped Tang San, caught him as he collapsed, and carried him away for treatment.
• The Soul Masters and religious officials watched in shock as the Clear Sky Hammer emerged.

Wang Xiaofeng treated Dai Mubai after the physicians failed to remove Ming Tiangang’s Soul Power, while Shrek prepared for its five-day break from the tournament. When Zhu Zhuqing went to buy medicine, two Soul Saints trapped her in an alley, and Dai Mubai sensed something was wrong.

• Wang Xiaofeng used his Gourd to remove the foreign Soul Power from Dai Mubai, who woke and reunited with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Grandmaster sent Zhu Zhuqing to buy medicinal ingredients after Shrek’s supply ran low and Flander balked at Spirit Hall’s treatment fees.
• Zhu Zhuqing bought the medicine, then noticed she was being followed through a quiet alley.
• Two masked figures revealed themselves and trapped Zhu Zhuqing behind walls of light; she saw that they had fourteen Soul Rings between them.
• Dai Mubai told Wang Xiaofeng that he had a bad feeling after Zhu Zhuqing left.

After Zhu Zhuqing was attacked in Spirit City, Wang Xiaofeng tracked the assassins to a village and joined Zhao Wuji and Liu Erlong in destroying their hideout. The chapter ended with Davis ordering Shadow One to punish those behind the attack.

• Wang Xiaofeng stopped Dai Mubai from getting up and went with Flander to investigate Zhu Zhuqing’s sudden danger.
• Flander learned that Zhu Zhuqing had been injured and taken to a medical clinic, while Wang Xiaofeng searched the alley for clues.
• Wang Xiaofeng used his enhanced senses to identify two attackers and followed their Star Luo Empire perfume trail east.
• Wang Xiaofeng recruited Zhao Wuji and Liu Erlong, and they attacked a village where 137 disguised assassins were hiding.
• Wang Xiaofeng found a document offering five million Gold Soul Coins to keep Zhu Zhuqing out of the upcoming matches.
• Davis ordered Shadow One to punish those who had attacked Zhu Zhuqing.

After Zhu Zhuqing was drugged and rendered unconscious, Wang Xiaofeng and the others prepared for the competition while Dai Mubai and Oscar confided their fears to him. A three-day purge by Spirit Hall and the Star Luo Empire devastated the underground faction before the third round of the Finals began.

• Wang Xiaofeng failed to remove the sedative fused with Zhu Zhuqing's Soul Power, so Jiang Zhu took charge of caring for her while the others trained.
• Dai Mubai wondered whether his brother Davis had arranged Zhu Zhuqing's attack, but Wang Xiaofeng noted that Spirit Hall might also be involved; Dai Mubai resolved to recover before confronting Davis.
• Oscar worried that he could not protect Ning Rongrong and decided to pursue an assault-type path, so Wang Xiaofeng gave him information about Mirror Shadow Beasts and their replication Soul Skill.
• Spirit Hall and the Star Luo Empire continued their purge for three days, killing at least ten Soul Saints and three Soul Douluo before withdrawing as the underground faction united.

Flander accepted apology gifts from the major factions on Shrek’s behalf before Shrek faced Star Luo Royal Academy in the third round. The match began with Dai Mubai confronting Davis and Zhu Zhuyun over the danger to Zhu Zhuqing, while Wang Xiaofeng and the others prepared to support him.

• Wang Xiaofeng found Oscar leaving his room, and Ning Rongrong mistakenly thought the two had spent the night together.
• Flander showed Wang Xiaofeng the valuable apology gifts sent by the major factions and said he had accepted them on Shrek’s behalf.
• Dai Mubai asked his teammates to help him face Star Luo Royal Academy so he could settle matters with Davis and Zhu Zhuyun.
• Wang Xiaofeng and Xiao Wu took positions to attack Star Luo Royal Academy’s back line while the rest of Shrek’s team prepared to hold off the others.
• Dai Mubai confronted Davis and Zhu Zhuyun about Zhu Zhuqing’s injury, and Zhu Zhuyun threatened to gouge out his eyes.

Shrek faced Star Luo Royal Academy as Davis and Dai Mubai’s rivalry fueled the tense match. Wang Xiaofeng held off the opposing fighters while Xiao Wu advanced, but Zhu Zhuyun bypassed him and charged toward Tang San.

• Wang Xiaofeng and Xiao Wu confronted Davis and Zhu Zhuyun before the match, and both teams prepared for battle.
• Davis showed killing intent toward Dai Mubai after seeing how close their Soul Power levels had become.
• When the match began, Ning Rongrong enhanced Wang Xiaofeng and Xiao Wu, and Wang Xiaofeng blocked Zhu Zhuyun so Xiao Wu could advance.
• Zhu Zhuyun received a support enhancement, moved at startling speed around Wang Xiaofeng, and charged toward Tang San.
• Wang Xiaofeng struck the opposing attack-type Soul Master with his Gourd, but the young man withstood the blow and demanded a direct exchange of punches.

Dai Mubai and Davis fought to a draw while the other battles turned against Star Luo Royal Academy. Davis and Zhu Zhuyun then combined their Martial Souls to summon the Hell White Tiger, facing Wang Xiaofeng and Shrek Academy.

• Dai Mubai and Davis exchanged soul skills and fought hand to hand, but neither gained a clear advantage.
• Ma Hongjun used Oscar's Mushroom Sausage to pursue and attack a Star Luo Royal Academy Soul Master with Golden Flame.
• Xiao Wu used Charm, Teleportation, and Waist Bow to throw two of Star Luo Royal Academy's Soul Masters out of the arena, overcoming the Mirror Martial Soul's reflected attacks.
• Zhu Zhuyun feinted past Tang San and returned to Davis, prompting Tang San to warn Dai Mubai about their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Davis and Zhu Zhuyun fused into the Hell White Tiger as Wang Xiaofeng watched with an inscrutable smile.

Davis and Zhu Zhuyun’s Hell White Tiger battered Shrek Academy’s team, driving most of its members off the arena and badly injuring Tang San. Wang Xiaofeng then seized the exhausted beast and smashed it into the Protective Barrier, breaking its fusion and leaving the match’s outcome unresolved.

• The Hell White Tiger unleashed a devastating roar that Tang San’s vines and Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Dance of Nine Heavens weakened before Ma Hongjun was swept off the arena.
• Oscar gave Ning Rongrong a Mushroom Sausage and shielded her, but Xiao Wu carried them both off the arena to escape the sound waves.
• The Hell White Tiger charged Tang San, shattered his Blue Silver Grass defense, and was pierced by his Eight Spider Lances before blasting him away with another roar.
• Dai Mubai fired his White Tiger Meteor Shower at the fading Hell White Tiger, but Davis maneuvered through the projectiles and lunged toward him.
• Wang Xiaofeng grabbed the Hell White Tiger’s hind legs, dragged it down, then caught its tail and hurled it into the Protective Barrier, causing it to split back into Davis and Zhu Zhuyun.

Shrek Academy defeated Star Luo Royal Academy, changing Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s fates, while Wang Xiaofeng helped the injured Dai Mubai recover. The next match began between Spirit Hall Academy and Heaven Dou Royal Academy, whose overwhelming opponents revealed the strength of their Golden Generation.

• The referee declared Shrek Academy the winner after Wang Xiaofeng turned the fight around and helped defeat Davis and Zhu Zhuyun.
• Jiang Zhu treated Dai Mubai, while Spirit Hall physicians healed Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ma Hongjun’s external injuries at great cost to Flander.
• Wang Xiaofeng predicted Spirit Hall Academy would defeat Heaven Dou Royal Academy in one minute, while Dai Mubai guessed five.
• Wang Xiaofeng teased Nidya after admitting that Hu Liena was pretty, then ran from her when she chased him.
• Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena revealed their high Soul Power levels, but Yu Tianheng charged at Spirit Hall Academy as the match began.

Spirit Hall Academy crushed Heaven Dou Royal Academy in the tournament, and the final six teams were announced. Wang Xiaofeng and Dai Mubai headed to check on Xiao San and Xiao Wu after visiting Nidya and hearing Ma Hongjun complain in the infirmary.

• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan overcame Heaven Dou Royal Academy with charm attacks and a fiery assault, forcing Yu Tianheng to surrender.
• Dai Mubai and Wang Xiaofeng discussed Spirit Hall Academy's strength and worried about their own team’s missing trump card while Zhu Qing remained unconscious.
• Nidya revealed that she captained Star Moon Academy and was its highest-level member at level forty-eight.
• The final six teams were announced as Shrek Academy, the new Divine Wind Academy, Spirit Hall Academy, Star Moon Academy, Heavenly Water Academy, and Asura Academy.
• Wang Xiaofeng, Dai Mubai, and the others heard Flander scolding Ma Hongjun in the infirmary, then decided to visit Xiao San and Xiao Wu.

Wang Xiaofeng and Dai Mubai discussed Shrek’s recovery and future plans before Wang Xiaofeng went to meet his family with Nidya. He ran into Wang Feng in the crowded city after Nidya accidentally pulled down his pants.

• Wang Xiaofeng and Dai Mubai visited Tang San and Xiao Wu, discussed Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation, and learned Tang San expected the team to recover much of its strength before the next match.
• Wang Xiaofeng and Dai Mubai agreed to visit the Star Luo Empire in half a year and discussed Dai Mubai’s future Soul Rings.
• Flander drew Star Moon Academy as Shrek’s next opponent, upsetting Nidya, who had hoped to meet them in the finals.
• Wang Xiaofeng told Nidya that his uncle and parents were arriving in Spirit City, and she joined him to meet them.
• In the crowded streets, Nidya crashed into Wang Xiaofeng and accidentally pulled down his pants just as Wang Feng appeared and teased them.

Wang Xiaofeng reunited with Wang Feng and met his old friend Su Yuntao, who gave him a letter from his parents explaining why they had missed his tournament match. The letter revealed that his parents were being kept in Star Luo by his grandfather and that his mother was close to giving birth to his little brother.

• Wang Xiaofeng introduced Nidya as his friend when Wang Feng arrived, and Wang Feng assumed they were hiding a relationship from the elders.
• Wang Feng led Wang Xiaofeng and Nidya through the alleys of Spirit City to a small house where he reunited with Su Yuntao after nine years.
• Su Yuntao asked Wang Xiaofeng and Nidya for their autographs, then ushered them into his messy home.
• Wang Feng gave Wang Xiaofeng a letter from his parents, who apologized for missing his match and explained that his grandfather had forced them to stay in Star Luo.
• He Li's letter revealed that she was close to giving birth, leaving Wang Xiaofeng to process the news that he would soon have a little brother.

Wang Xiaofeng learned more about his mother’s powerful family, then spent the day with Nidya before Shrek faced Star Moon Academy in the tournament. The match began with Shrek launching an aerial attack on Nidya’s heavily guarded team.

• Wang Xiaofeng declined Nidya’s offer to help his mother, and he and Nidya left for a barbecue while Wang Feng and Su Yuntao fought over a slap.
• Nidya asked Wang Xiaofeng not to go easy on Star Moon Academy, and he persuaded her to continue toward their lunch by describing lamb chops.
• Spirit Hall Academy defeated Heavenly Water Academy without difficulty in the fourth round.
• Wang Xiaofeng hesitated when he saw Nidya lead Star Moon Academy, while Shrek’s team recognized its Thorny Horned Lizard defenders and chose tactic number three.
• Dai Mubai and Xiao Wu used Mushroom Sausages to fly over Star Moon Academy’s defense with Ma Hongjun, and the three attacked Nidya as Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Meteor Shower rained down.

Star Moon Academy countered Shrek’s attacks and Nidya trapped the airborne fighters with her Black Moon Devour, leaving Wang Xiaofeng and Tang San as Shrek’s remaining combatants. Wang Xiaofeng and Tang San joined forces, then vanished from the arena in a rapid burst of movement.

• Star Moon Academy used sound waves and stone pillars to disrupt the Meteor Fireballs, then unleashed a barrage of spikes that forced Shrek’s fighters to dodge or take flight.
• Wang Xiaofeng boosted Tang San with three streams of colored light, and Tang San used Blue Silver Thrust Array to launch and stun Star Moon Academy’s team.
• Nidya avoided Tang San’s attack and used Black Moon Devour to trap the five airborne Shrek fighters in a powerful sphere of suction.
• After Star Moon Academy recovered, Wang Xiaofeng and Tang San agreed to fight together and disappeared in a burst of speed.

Tang San and Wang Xiaofeng led Shrek to victory over Star Moon Academy, after which Nidya collapsed from depleted Soul Power. Wang Xiaofeng followed her to the academy’s resting room and entered after she gave permission.

• Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to restrain Star Moon Academy’s Thorny Horned Lizard Soul Masters while Wang Xiaofeng overwhelmed two assault-type Soul Masters.
• Nidya surrendered, then fainted in Wang Xiaofeng’s arms after saying she did not want to be beaten by him again.
• A Soul Saint stopped the unstable energy sphere from exploding and safely dispersed it.
• Wang Xiaofeng followed Nidya’s team to their resting room and ignored the old man’s attempts to send him away.
• Nidya woke after resting and allowed Wang Xiaofeng to enter the small room.

Wang Xiaofeng restored Nidya’s strength with a spiritual medicine, and Nidya confessed that she truly liked him before trying to kiss him. After returning to the hotel, Wang Xiaofeng heard that Asura Academy had defeated New Divine Wind, leaving Spirit Hall Academy, Shrek Academy, and Asura Academy to compete in the final match the next morning.

• Wang Xiaofeng gave Nidya a strand of thousand-year Azure Cloud Fungus, rapidly restoring her Soul Power and easing her weakness.
• Nidya embraced Wang Xiaofeng and confessed that she truly liked him, then tried to kiss him, but he stopped her.
• Wang Xiaofeng left the partitioned room under Old Man’s murderous stare and returned to the hotel after dark.
• Tang San told Wang Xiaofeng that Asura Academy had beaten New Divine Wind 5–7 despite Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wu using their fusion technique, Wind Dance Sun Radiance.
• Tang San and Wang Xiaofeng prepared for the final match, which would begin early the next morning with Spirit Hall Academy, Shrek Academy, and Asura Academy competing.

Wang Xiaofeng was shocked and attacked by a thief at the Moonlight Hotel, then fought Nidya after her martial soul sensed a treasure in his room. He survived Nidya’s bombardment and fled the hotel at dawn, vowing to remember the grudge.

• Nidya ordered Wind Grandpa to activate the Number Nine Prank Package, and Wang Xiaofeng was knocked unconscious by an electrified bathroom door.
• A masked thief searched Wang Xiaofeng’s belongings, but Wang Xiaofeng pretended to be unconscious, fought him off, and recovered his money pouch.
• Nidya sensed a treasure in Wang Xiaofeng’s room and rushed there, where he struck her before she could finish demanding it.
• Nidya used her soul skills to bombard Wang Xiaofeng until Wind Grandpa stopped her, and she left after accidentally seeing him exposed.
• Wang Xiaofeng treated his injuries, waited until dawn, then fled the Moonlight Hotel and vowed to remember Nidya’s attack.

After preparing tactics against Spirit Hall, Shrek traveled to Pope's Hall for the Elite Tournament finals, where Wang Xiaofeng brought the ailing Nidya along before she slipped away. Bibi Dong arrived before the assembled teams, and the members of Asura Academy resisted her spiritual pressure and refused to kneel.

• Wang Xiaofeng and Tang San spent the night developing strategies against Spirit Hall, then Shrek set out for Pope's Hall with Nidya clinging to Wang Xiaofeng.
• Wang Xiaofeng let Nidya come watch the competition, and she left to sneak inside by another route.
• The Shrek, Spirit Hall, and Asura Academy teams reached the plaza before Pope's Hall as Temple Knights lined the red carpet.
• Twelve red-robed cardinals announced Bibi Dong's arrival, and she emerged with Ghost Douluo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Sword Douluo, and Ning Fengzhi.
• Bibi Dong's spiritual pressure made many people kneel, but the members of Asura Academy resisted and remained standing before she gave a brief speech.

Bibi Dong announced the soul-bone rewards and the tournament’s individual elimination format, but Spirit Hall quickly overwhelmed Shrek and Asura Academy. Shrek and Asura Academy both surrendered, leaving them to fight this afternoon for the remaining place in the finals.

• Bibi Dong displayed three valuable soul bones and explained that the individual-match winner would advance directly to the finals.
• Spirit Hall asked Asura Academy to ally against Shrek, but Asura Academy refused to commit because it distrusted Spirit Hall.
• Spirit Hall defeated Asura Academy’s substitute and then beat Shrek’s Tailong in the individual matches.
• Wang Xiaofeng offered to fight Spirit Hall, but Grandmaster stopped him because he feared an injury would weaken Shrek.
• Grandmaster and Asura Academy’s leading teacher both surrendered, setting up a seven-man team battle that afternoon for the final place.

Shrek Academy fought Asura Academy for the final spot in the Elite Tournament, using blitz tactics against their opponents’ seven-person soul skill fusion technique. Asura Academy completed its charged attack after sacrificing two members, and its captain unleashed Asura One-Blade Strike at Xiao Wu.

• Shrek and Asura Academy left Pope's Hall Square after Spirit Hall defeated both academies, then prepared for their afternoon match.
• Wang Xiaofeng carried Nidya as she offered to reveal Asura Academy's trump card, but he chose to wait for the match.
• Shrek entered the arena in a three-two-two formation and launched its blitz, while Asura Academy retreated and began a seven-person soul skill fusion technique.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun attacked the formation, and two Asura Academy members sacrificed themselves to buy time for their captain to charge his strongest attack.
• Xiao Wu's Teleportation and Charm briefly dazed Asura Academy's captain, but he recovered and struck at her with the five-person fusion technique Asura One-Blade Strike.