Chapter Summaries

Dai Mubai learned that returning to the Star Luo Empire might leave him powerless, while Dai Weisi and the emperor kept him away from home. Meanwhile, Qin Ming accepted the Heaven Dou Royal Academy deans’ challenge to lead his team into the competition finals.

• Dai Mubai resolved to return to the Star Luo Empire, but Oscar reminded him that Dai Weisi had likely spent three years consolidating support and that he might return only to become a puppet prince.
• Flender announced that Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar would accompany him to see how his friend’s students worked.
• Meng Shenji told Qin Ming that the Heaven Dou Royal Team could earn Mega Evolution Devices by reaching the finals, and Qin Ming vowed to lead them there.
• After half a month without a summons home, Dai Mubai traveled toward Nuoding City and concluded that Dai Weisi and the Star Luo Emperor were deliberately keeping him away.

Flender brought his Shrek Academy disciples to Nuoding Academy to meet Yu Xiaogang and observe Gula’s training. After seeing Gula’s power and the other students’ progress, Flender asked him to train Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and another disciple, leaving Dai Mubai to understand why the dean had traveled so far.

• Flender arrived at Nuoding Academy with Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai, intending to show them how the students there trained.
• The group witnessed Gula training under a thirtyfold Gravity Domain, and Yu Xiaogang explained that Gula’s Bloodline Power came from extreme physical training.
• Tang San continued practicing with a Forging Hammer, while Zhu Zhuqing concealed herself beneath the Ginkgo Tree and Xiao Wu trained against her Moonlight Clones.
• Xiao Wu struck Ma Hongjun with a ginkgo leaf when he stared at her, and Flender reprimanded him.
• Flender asked Gula to train Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and the other disciple, and Gula agreed.

Gula and the others met Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar at the training ground, where Dai Mubai recognized Zhu Zhuqing and told her the Star Luo imperial family had changed its succession rules. Zhu Zhuqing rejected his claim over her and challenged him to a duel, which Gula agreed to referee as the two summoned their martial souls.

• Gula offered energy cubes to Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing after training, and Dai Mubai noticed Zhu Zhuqing emerging from the shadows beside him.
• Dai Mubai introduced himself, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar, while Gula, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing gave their names and ranks.
• Dai Mubai recognized Zhu Zhuqing and said the Star Luo family no longer required them to compete with their elder siblings for succession.
• Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai's approach, and Xiao Wu defended her when Dai Mubai grew angry.
• Zhu Zhuqing challenged Dai Mubai and demanded that he stop harassing her if he lost; Dai Mubai accepted, and Gula agreed to referee.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing activated their martial souls, with Zhu Zhuqing completing her possession slightly faster.

Zhu Zhuqing defeated Dai Mubai using her Shadow Cat King transformation and Mega Evolution Device, while Gula prepared to put Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar through special training. The chapter left Dai Mubai determined to regain his pride and the three boys set to begin training at dawn.

• Zhu Zhuqing used her Dark Curtain and Shadow Claw against Dai Mubai, then activated the Mega Evolution Device to transform her Hell Spirit Cat into the Shadow Cat King.
• Dai Mubai's White Tiger attacks failed against Zhu Zhuqing's Pseudo Shadow Domain, and her Shadow Thrust broke through his defense and wounded him.
• Gula declared Zhu Zhuqing the winner, and Tang San healed Dai Mubai while he struggled with the loss.
• Ma Hongjun's remark about Dai Mubai's behavior toward women deepened Zhu Zhuqing's disgust, and Dai Mubai decided to stop pursuing her.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar agreed to special training with Gula, who scheduled it to begin at dawn.

Gula served the Shrek students Energy Cubes for breakfast and charged them for the rare, powerful food. After they learned how valuable the cubes were, he told them to earn money if they wanted to keep eating them.

• Gula and Tang San completed their morning Purple Demon Eye practice, while Gula used his Psychic talent to see through illusions and fog.
• Gula offered Flender, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Xiao Wu Energy Cubes for one hundred gold coins per meal.
• Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai tasted the cubes and discovered that they were delicious and helped their soul power circulate; Gula explained they mainly replenished energy and slightly raised soul power's upper limit.
• Flender identified the cubes as being made from rare spirit fruit, and Gula told the students to earn money through arena fights, gathering herbs, hunting spirits, or guard work.
• Dai Mubai offered to lend Oscar and Ma Hongjun money, so Gula announced that his cubes would cost Dai Mubai three times as much and refused to let him buy on credit.

Gula assigned Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar demanding specialized training under a gravity field, while also training and coaching them himself. The three began their exercises at Shrek Academy, with Flender watching over Dai Mubai.

• Gula activated a five-times Gravity Field and assigned the students physical conditioning followed by individualized Soul Control training.
• Gula instructed Dai Mubai to repeatedly release and cancel his White Tiger Martial Soul and learn to control its fierce aura, while Flender agreed to watch him.
• Gula ordered Ma Hongjun to exhaust his stamina and soul power five times a day, recover, and practice controlling his evil fire; Flender supported the plan after Gula warned against letting Ma Hongjun become a sex fiend.
• Gula told Oscar to train with a weapon and defend himself against Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun; Oscar chose to practice the staff.
• Gula adjusted the Gravity Field, began his own training, and gave Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun further guidance on controlling their auras and flames.

Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Dai Mubai reached level thirty and set out with Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Gula to hunt for soul rings in the Star Dou Great Forest. Gula foresaw that factions were gathering to hunt soul beasts for valuable soul bones, while Flender recognized Shi Nian among the suspicious Soul Masters in town.

• Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Dai Mubai broke through to level thirty during special training, and Flender led the group toward the Star Dou Great Forest while Oscar and Ma Hongjun went to the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Yu Xiaogang joined the expedition to advise on soul beasts, and the group noticed an unusually large crowd of Soul Masters in the town near the forest.
• Gula used his prediction ability to discover that factions including the Star Luo Empire, Spirit Hall, the Lower Four Sects, and the Clear Sky Sect were converging to hunt soul beasts for soul bones.
• Tang San sensed someone watching the group, and Yu Xiaogang warned Dai Mubai to conserve his soul power because the hunt might be dangerous.
• Flender recognized Shi Nian, whose students included four rank-thirty youths, and Shi Nian exchanged hostile words with him before departing after taking an interest in Gula.

Flender led the group into the Star Dou Great Forest to find an Adamantine Tiger for Dai Mubai’s Third Soul Ring. They defeated a powerful tiger, and Dai Mubai prepared to absorb its Purple Soul Ring.

• Flender warned the group about Shi Nian and urged them to proceed cautiously through the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Dai Mubai chose an Adamantine Tiger over a Light Tiger, and Yu Xiaogang supported his decision to prioritize steady cultivation.
• Tang San sensed an approaching beast, and the group identified a fifteen-hundred-to-eighteen-hundred-year-old Adamantine Tiger.
• Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, Tang San, and Gula worked together to weaken and restrain the tiger, while Flender held the line from above.
• Gula used Gravity Crush and Gravity Expansion to create an opening, allowing Dai Mubai to kill the Adamantine Tiger and reveal its Purple Soul Ring.

Tang San and Xiao Wu hunted soul beasts in the Laurel Tree Forest, where Tang San gained a seven-thousand-five-hundred-year Laurel Wood soul ring and Xiao Wu began absorbing the Silver Ring Bee Queen. The group rested by a stream at dawn while Gula prepared to make honey-grilled fish.

• Dai Mubai tested his White Tiger Vajra Transformation while Yu Xiaogang considered how the White Tiger Martial Soul’s soul-ring tradition might limit its evolution.
• Gula used a Zoroark Illusion Crystal to conceal Xiao Wu’s unusual soul-ring process, and the group chose Laurel Wood for Tang San and the Silver Ring Bee Queen for Xiao Wu.
• Flender defeated a seven-thousand-five-hundred-year Laurel Wood, allowing Tang San to dig it up and successfully absorb its soul ring.
• Flender crippled the Silver Ring Bee Queen and escaped a swarm of pursuing bees with the queen and a honey-filled section of the hive.
• Xiao Wu stabbed the weakened queen and began absorbing its soul ring under the illusion, while Gula caught a fish and suggested making honey-grilled fish for breakfast.

Tang San and Xiao Wu showed off the new abilities they gained from their Soul Rings, while Yu Xiaogang studied their unusual changes. The group remained by the stream, where Xiao Wu shared her thoughts on Soul Ring fusion with Yu Xiaogang.

• Tang San revealed that his Blue Silver Grass had gained a strong Light attribute and improved Life Force, though it had not fully evolved, and he demonstrated his group-healing Soul Skill, Blue Silver Moonlight Fall.
• Xiao Wu joined the campfire meal and described Moon Shadow Flash, a short-range teleportation skill that could switch places with her clone and hinder enemies' Soul Power.
• Xiao Wu demonstrated the skill against Gula, but he quickly saw through her clone and stopped her attack with his Gravity Field.
• Yu Xiaogang questioned how the Silver Ring Bee Queen could grant a spatial Soul Skill, and Xiao Wu attributed it to the soul beast's mutation.
• Tang San agreed to buy Xiao Wu three meals, after which she explained her understanding of Soul Ring fusion and left Yu Xiaogang considering whether she was a genius.

Gula and Flender prepared to hunt a twenty-eight-thousand-year Great Earth Demonic Bear, and Gula lent Flender a Mega Evolution Device to help defeat it. On the way, they encountered Soul Masters fleeing a battle after obtaining a soul bone, bringing danger toward the group.

• Gula revealed that his Third Soul Ring could reach thirty thousand years, and Flender agreed to guide him to a Great Earth Demonic Bear.
• Gula lent Flender a Mega Evolution Device made from a White-bellied Swiftfalcon Left Arm Bone, and Flender inferred that Gula was the Extreme Earth Soul Master associated with Oak.
• Flender kept the group together because he feared Shi Nian might attack them, then led them toward the Great Earth Demonic Bear's lair as Yu Xiaogang explained the beast's abilities.
• Flender sensed a fierce battle nearby and warned the group to go around it.
• Three fleeing Soul Masters approached Flender, and their leader shouted that they had obtained a soul bone and urged his companions to run.

Flender and Shrek were drawn into a confrontation over a stolen soul bone after the Mo Family mistook his actions for helping the thieves. As Shui Qianqiu and Mo Wushuang attacked Gao Baitai’s group, Gula watched the battle from nearby.

• Yu Xiaogang identified the pursuing Mo Family and Shui Family, and Flender led Shrek aside rather than compete for the soul bone.
• One of the fleeing thieves threw a Storage Soul Tool to Flender, who caught it before realizing it was a ploy to implicate him.
• Mo Wushuang found the Storage Soul Tool held only clothes and rations, then accused Flender and prepared to fight him.
• Shui Qianqiu used his ice Soul Skill to slow the fleeing thieves, while Gao Baitai revealed his identity as a Fire Leopard Sect Soul Sage.
• Shui Qianqiu and a Shui Family woman attacked Gao Baitai’s group as Mo Wushuang moved in, while Flender stayed out of the fight and Gula watched.

Flender’s group withdrew as a Nether Frost Shadow Raven flock attacked the hunters, driving Mo Wushuang and his people into the territory of two Great Earth Demonic Bears. The bears struck at Mo Wushuang and then turned on the approaching ravens, leaving the battle raging.

• Gula warned Flender that a disguised Star Luo squad was nearby, so Flender led his group away from the Shui Family.
• A Nether Frost Shadow Raven flock attacked the Mo Family and Fire Leopard Sect after the Mo Family had apparently killed one of its kin.
• Shui Qianqiu forced the hidden Star Luo squad into the open, but the Zhu Family Soul Saint led his team away without revealing its identity.
• Mo Wushuang blocked the raven flock’s attack, then fled with his clansmen as the ravens attacked indiscriminately and killed two Fire Leopard Sect Soul Emperors.
• Flender tied his group together with Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and flew toward Great Earth Demonic Bear territory.
• Two Great Earth Demonic Bears attacked Mo Wushuang, and when the ravens arrived, one bear began hurling rocks at the flock.

The Great Earth Demonic Bear revealed a Crystal Bear bloodline and unleashed a devastating attack while fighting the Nether Frost Shadow Raven, and Gula suspected the mutation was connected to abnormal ley lines. Flender negotiated an alliance with Shui Qianqiu and the Zhu Family Soul Saint to fight the beasts, securing a chance for Gula to deliver the Great Earth Demonic Bear’s final blow.

• The Great Earth Demonic Bear’s enraged roar split the ground and crystallized spikes impaled Mo Wushuang.
• Gula stabilized the earth and blocked a spike as Yu Xiaogang warned everyone to flee the ground; the Great Earth Demonic Bear then triggered a massive crystal explosion.
• Yu Xiaogang identified the bear’s Crystal Bear bloodline, while Gula suspected the mutation came from an abnormality in the ley lines and resolved to capture it.
• The Great Earth Demonic Bear and the Nether Frost Shadow Raven fought amid the wounded Dark Ravens, while Flender discovered Shui Qianqiu and the Zhu Family Soul Saint had been following him.
• Flender agreed to cooperate with Shui Qianqiu and the Zhu Family Soul Saint, on the condition that they leave Gula the Great Earth Demonic Bear’s final blow in exchange for one less share of the spoils.
• Gula endured his pain and used an Illusion Crystal to conceal himself as the alliance was finalized.

Flender, Shui Qianqiu, and the Zhu Family Soul Saint joined forces to kill two Great Earth Demonic Bears and a Nether Frost Shadow Raven, then discovered that the raven had left behind a valuable Ice-attribute Torso Bone. Flender used the Mega Evolution Device on his wrist to deter the others from breaking their agreement, and they sat down to discuss dividing the spoils while Gula absorbed a Soul Ring.

• Xiao Wu watched the group agree to hunt Soul Beasts for Soul Bones, while Gula comforted her.
• Flender coordinated the attack, and the four Soul Saints struck after the Great Earth Demonic Bear and Nether Frost Shadow Raven had weakened each other.
• The group killed the Nether Frost Shadow Raven and both Great Earth Demonic Bears, while Gula concealed a Soul Power fluctuation from the first bear’s corpse.
• A Star Luo Squad Soul Emperor retrieved a Storage Soul Tool containing a twenty-thousand-year Nether Frost Shadow Raven Torso Bone, prompting Shui Qianqiu and the Zhu Family Soul Saint to eye it covetously.
• Flender revealed his Mega Evolution Device, discouraging Shui Qianqiu and the Zhu Family Soul Saint from breaking their agreement.
• Shui Qianqiu, the Zhu Family Soul Saint, and Flender brewed tea and began discussing how to divide the spoils while Gula absorbed a Soul Ring.

Gula fused with the Great Earth Demonic Bear’s soul ring, gained Lord of the Land, and absorbed its right arm soul bone before returning with Flender to Nuoding Academy. There, Flender invited Gula and the others to Heaven Dou City to meet his friends and watch the upcoming Youth Soul Master Competition.

• Gula chose Lord of the Land from the Great Earth Demonic Bear’s inherited Soul Skills and absorbed its right arm soul bone, gaining Lava Crystal Burst.
• After Gula awoke, Flender led the group out of Star Dou Great Forest, and Gula agreed to trade the White-bellied Swiftfalcon’s Mega Evolution Device for ores gathered by Flender.
• Seven days later, Gula returned to Nuoding Academy and greeted Zhu Zhuqing, leaving Dai Mubai troubled by the gap between their abilities.
• Flender invited Gula and the others to Heaven Dou City to meet his friends and attend the Youth Soul Master Competition, hoping to reunite with Liu Erlong and complete the Golden Iron Triangle.

Tang San and the others traveled to Heaven Dou City for the Soul Master Tournament, while Yu Xiaogang resolved to face Liu Erlong and make amends for the past. At Blue Tyrant Academy, Liu Erlong worried over the loss of funding caused by Spirit Hall's attack on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.

• Flender agreed to take the group to the Soul Master Tournament and left to retrieve Ma Hongjun and Oscar.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar described the exhausting work and training they had endured to earn money during the month before the journey.
• The group reached crowded Heaven Dou City, and Flender led them toward Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang remembered abandoning Liu Erlong on their wedding day and vowed not to run away from her again.
• Liu Erlong worried that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect's Sealed Mountain Seclusion and its losses to Spirit Hall had cut off much of Blue Tyrant Academy's funding.

Liu Erlong reunited with Yu Xiaogang as Flender brought the group to Blue Tyrant Academy, while Gula began setting up a training ground and a geothermal energy device. Liu Erlong let Flender take over as dean so Yu Xiaogang could stay, and the Soul Master Tournament drew teams to Heaven Dou City.

• Liu Erlong worried that Blue Tyrant Academy could not pay its teachers before Flender arrived with Yu Xiaogang and the others.
• Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang reunited, while Gula and Tang San began building a training ground in her vegetable garden.
• Liu Erlong confronted Gula, but Flender persuaded her to let him take over as dean so Yu Xiaogang could stay.
• Gula installed a geothermal device and connected alloy pipes, while Flender ordered Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Oscar to help move the equipment.
• Teams arrived in Heaven Dou City for the Soul Master Tournament, each bringing prepared trump cards.

Qian Renxue learned that Gula, an exceptionally talented Extreme Attribute soul master, had arrived in Heaven Dou City and ordered a secret meeting with him. Xue Qinghe encountered Gula and Xiao Wu at a food stall, where Gula recognized him as the Crown Prince.

• Qian Renxue received a report that Gula had Innate Full Soul Power and was staying at Blue Tyrant Academy after traveling to the Star Dou Great Forest with Flender.
• Spine Dolphin Douluo reported that Tang San and another student also had Innate Full Soul Power, and Qian Renxue suspected Tang San had Twin Martial Souls, including the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Qian Renxue ordered Spine Dolphin Douluo to conceal the information about Tang San and quietly investigate whether Tang Hao was with him.
• Gula and Xiao Wu sampled street food in Heaven Dou City's West Market as Xue Qinghe arrived with his attendants.
• Xue Qinghe sat at Gula's table and asked how Gula knew him, after Gula recognized him as the Crown Prince.

Gula kept his distance from Xue Qinghe and attended the Youth Soul Master Competition, where Huoyan Shan used Gula’s Mega Evolution Device to transform into a Diamond Mammoth King. The Elephant Armored Sect gained the upper hand against Lightning Academy, and Lei Yu was knocked out of the arena.

• Gula refused Xue Qinghe’s invitation to become closer and left the restaurant with Xiao Wu.
• Gula spent the following week cultivating at Shrek Academy and occasionally exploring Heaven Dou City.
• At the Opening Ceremony, Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team staged a poor exhibition match against Shadow Academy, which won narrowly.
• On the seventh day of the Preliminary Competition, the Elephant Armored Sect faced Lightning Academy as Huoyan Shan activated his Mega Evolution Device.
• Huoyan Shan used Ancient Elephant Roar to disrupt Thunder Team, then leaped into the air and knocked Lei Yu out of the arena.