Chapter Summaries

Tian Hao defeated Qian Xunji, secretly took power from Dai Xueyi through a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and fought his clone to a draw in the Soul Master Competition. He then accompanied Bo Saixi to the Clear Sky Sect ruins, where he raided the ancestral tomb while Tang Chen watched from hiding and refused to meet her.

• Tian Hao, disguised as Wang Zhou, defeated Qian Xunji after swallowing her in his Dark Demon Domain, then used Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Xueyi to perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill and extract Dai Xueyi's Soul Ring Origin and other powers.
• Tian Hao left a clone behind and returned as Hai Bodong; the next day, he and his Wang Zhou clone fought with giant ice-dragon and tiger manifestations before Chen Xin stopped them and the match was ruled a draw.
• Xue Qinghe and the Nether Duke agreed to provide an additional set of Soul Bones, and Tian Hao and his clone received awards before the group toured Spirit City and the Great Wall Defense Line.
• Tian Hao and Bo Saixi traveled to the Clear Sky Sect ruins so Bo Saixi could summon Tang Chen, while Tian Hao used the Sea God Trident to locate and enter the ancestral tomb.
• Tian Hao rummaged through the Clear Sky Sect's coffins for gifts Ghost Douluo had hidden there, while Tang Chen watched Bo Saixi from a spatial gap and postponed meeting her until he could shed his corrupted appearance.

Tian Hao and Sea God Divine Sense plundered Clear Sky Sect’s ancestral tombs, while Tang Chen learned of the theft and Asura God's Will plotted to kill the Sea God and seize his inheritance. After Sea God Divine Sense transformed a stolen Sacred Light Divine Tree into a Sea God Sacred Tree on Sea God Island, Tian Hao continued courting Bo Saixi and learned that Little White had feelings for him; the chapter ended with him explaining what he loved about Bo Saixi.

• Tian Hao and Sea God Divine Sense left Clear Sky Sect’s cemetery with its treasures, and Tang Chen discovered the opened ancestral coffins and vowed to kill the Sea God.
• Asura God's Will urged Tang Chen to target the Sea God’s inheritance and Trident, while Tian Hao toured other ancestral grounds and received noble titles from Prince Xue Zhou; Wang Zhou’s avatar also accepted a title from the Star Luo Emperor.
• Tian Hao and Sea God Divine Sense secretly took a Sacred Light Divine Tree from the Great Wall defense line, and Sea God Divine Sense refined it into a Sea God Sacred Tree on Sea God Island.
• Sea God Divine Sense promised Sea Dragon and the others that he would expand the Sea God Sacred Trees across the island, while Bo Saixi imagined how they could protect Sea God Island.
• Sea Witch confronted Little White about her feelings for Tian Hao, and Tian Hao warned Little White to distinguish gratitude from love before beginning a relationship.
• Tian Hao watched the sunrise with Bo Saixi in the sacred tree’s branches, and when she asked what he loved about her, he said her beauty first attracted him before he came to value her other qualities.

After a year on Sea God Island, Tian Hao helped create the first new Sea God Sacred Tree, then left to strengthen his plans across the continent. He prepared the Far North Soul Beasts for future threats and coordinated with Spirit Hall on godhood candidates and a plan in Sunset Forest.

• Sea God Divine Sense used the accumulated power of the first Sea God Sacred Tree to grow a second tree beside the Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar, and the group celebrated its creation.
• Tian Hao told Bo Saixi he had to leave to improve his cultivation and protect her from sacrifice; they kissed at sunrise, and he flew toward the continent after she told him they would discuss marriage when he became a god.
• At the Far North Great Wall, Tian Hao gave Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and the Titan Snow Demon King knowledge about a godhood method, then Snow Empress and Ice Empress knocked him unconscious and tried to conceive children with him.
• Tian Hao met Ghost Douluo outside Star Luo City and learned that Dai Xueyi and Zhu Zhuyu were set to hunt Spirit Rings together in Sunset Forest.
• Tian Hao helped Qing Luan Douluo perfect the fusion of attributes in an Immortal Herb intended for Dai Xueyi, then discussed godhood candidates and plans to draw Feng Xiaotian and other heirs toward Tang San.

Dai Xueyi’s expedition to Sunset Forest was attacked by a Hundred-Thousand-Year Iron Claw Cat-Hawk Emperor, but Zhu Zhuyu killed it and survived through the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng. Dai Xueyi fused its Soul Ring into her Eighth Soul Ring, gained three External Soul Bones and a new Immortal Herb, then left with Zhu Zhuyu as Tian Hao and Qing Luan Douluo confirmed their plan was proceeding without flaws.

• Tian Hao and Qing Luan Douluo discussed potential inheritors for several godhoods while Tian Hao helped Dai Xueyi fuse the modified Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.
• Dai Xueyi led a large Soul Ring expedition into Sunset Forest, sensed danger, and warned Zhu Zhuyu to stay close to her.
• A Hundred-Thousand-Year Iron Claw Cat-Hawk Emperor attacked the camp, pursued Dai Xueyi, and captured her after exhausting her soul power.
• Zhu Zhuyu used her Shadow Teleportation skill to attack the Iron Claw Cat-Hawk Emperor from within its wound, killing it, while Dai Xueyi used the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng to heal her.
• Dai Xueyi fused the Emperor’s Blood Red Soul Ring into her Eighth Soul Ring, raising it to two hundred thousand years, gaining three External Soul Bones, and consuming a compatible Immortal Herb that brought her to level 97.
• Dai Xueyi flew toward Star Luo City with Zhu Zhuyu, while Tian Hao and Qing Luan Douluo watched them depart and discussed how their plan had succeeded.

Dai Xueyi returned to the Star Luo Imperial Palace with the unconscious Zhu Zhuyu and revealed her new Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and External Soul Bones, prompting the old emperor to mark them as heirs to the White Tiger and Nine Lives Cat godhoods. Meanwhile, Tian Hao returned to Spirit City, discussed having children with Ling Yuan and Qian Ruyi, and learned that Qian Renxue had secretly become Xue Qinghe’s substitute to infiltrate the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Dai Xueyi brought Zhu Zhuyu to the palace healers, who said Zhuyu had suffered Martial Soul backlash and remained unconscious with a mysterious blood dragon on her back.
• Dai Xueyi explained how her Iron Claw Cat-Hawk Emperor Soul Ring had become a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and revealed the three External Soul Bones she had gained.
• The old emperor offered Dai Xueyi the White Tiger Godhood and marked her and Zhu Zhuyu as inheritors of the White Tiger and Nine Lives Cat godhoods.
• Dai Weisi explained that he had forced Xiao Mubai to leave the empire, and Dai Xueyi warned him to treat Zhu Zhuyu well.
• Tian Hao returned to Spirit City, discussed divine cultivation and having children with Ling Yuan, and then learned from Qian Ruyi that Qian Renxue had become Xue Qinghe’s substitute to deceive the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Tian Hao promised to cultivate Sacred Light Soul Power to godhood within two years, and Qian Ruyi asked him to love her.

Tian Hao refined his Three Flowers Gathered at the Crown cultivation method, then learned Bai Chenxiang had entered Phantom Sound Academy and agreed to help her pursue the Wind God inheritance. He brought Xiao Lan to Ah Yin and A Wu, revealed the danger facing Xiao Wu, and proposed a plan to help her seize the Asura Godhood; A Wu chose to become his partner in exchange for his protection of her daughter.

• Tian Hao explained that his Triple Life Twin Lotus could combine essence, qi, and spirit, though he still wanted to fuse the three powers into a single lotus.
• After a month of testing the method with Qian Ruyi, Tian Hao trained with Ling Yuan and Tang Yuehua, whose Soul Power and other abilities improved; Tang Yuehua told him Bai Chenxiang was studying the Sword Path at Phantom Sound Academy.
• Tian Hao agreed to help Bai Chenxiang pursue the Wind God inheritance and brought Xiao Lan to Ah Yin for guidance in awakening her Blue Silver Tree potential.
• Tian Hao showed Ah Yin and A Wu memories revealing Tang Hao's plans for Xiao Wu, then proposed using her connection to Tang San to help her seize the Asura Godhood.
• A Wu accepted Tian Hao as her partner and demanded that he protect Xiao Wu, while Ah Yin began guiding Xiao Lan beneath the Blue Silver Divine Tree.

After A Wu and Tian Hao reconciled, they discussed Xiao Wu’s danger and Xiao Lan’s training while Tian Hao explained his plans for the Nine-Colored Blue Silver Tree and future clashes with Tang San. The chapter left Ah Yin caring for Xiao Lan and watching Tian Hao’s plans unfold as they waited for Xiao Wu to mature.

• A Wu regretted rushing into her relationship with Tian Hao, but he insisted she belonged to him now and reassured her that Xiao Wu might survive Tang Hao’s plans.
• Tian Hao and Ah Yin discussed Xiao Lan’s poor talent, and he chose a support-and-control path based on the Nine-Colored Blue Silver Tree for her cultivation.
• Ah Yin questioned whether Tian Hao intended to scheme against the Nine-Colored Blue Silver Tree, and he reaffirmed his alliance with the soul beasts while suspecting Asura God and Tang San had their own designs.
• Tian Hao explained that Yu Xiaogang would push Tang San to enter three Soul Master Competitions to prove himself, giving Xiao Lan chances to confront Tang San and challenge Shrek Academy.
• Tian Hao asked Ah Yin to care for and teach Xiao Lan, while Ah Yin criticized Xiao Wu’s recklessness and accepted that they could not interfere with her situation.

Tian Hao reached Level 100 through a heavenly tribulation, transformed his Sacred Light Swordgrass, and used the Jade Shard to deduce a cultivation technique at great cost to his health. After recovering, he arranged pregnancies and gathered cultivation insights before leaving to set his plans against Tang San and the Asura God in motion.

• Tian Hao endured the Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, reached Level 100, and transformed his Sacred Light Soul Power and Nine-Leaf Foxtail Swordgrass into divine power and a God-level Martial Soul.
• Tian Hao activated the Jade Shard to deduce a technique for cultivating the nine elemental attributes, but the effort consumed much of his Fortune and severely damaged his brain.
• Ah Yin helped Tian Hao recover in the Blue Silver Divine Tree, and he later slept with her and A Wu before visiting Qian Ruyi and making her pregnant.
• Tian Hao gave Qian Ruyi his incomplete Longevity Art and collected cultivation insights from the God of Slaughter's memories from her and the other gods.
• Tian Hao told Qian Ruyi that Tang San was about to graduate from Notting Academy and enter Shrek Academy, then visited Bibi Dong and insisted that she belonged to him alone.

Tian Hao visited Liu Erlong and Leng Qing'er, then reviewed intelligence on Shrek Academy and planned the coming God War with Tang Yuehua. He went to Suotuo City and secretly attacked Dai Mubai at the Rose Hotel, leaving him poisoned and injured as Ma Hongjun and Oscar rushed to save him.

• Bibi Dong admitted that she had once considered destroying Spirit Hall and the Angel Clan over her lost love, then threw Tian Hao out of the Papal Hall when he teased her.
• Tian Hao reunited with Liu Erlong at Twin Soaring Fortress, explained why he had ignored her during the Finals, and discussed having a child with her before meeting Leng Qing'er.
• Tian Hao reviewed Tang Yuehua's intelligence on the Shrek students, assessed their strengths and weaknesses, and explained that Sea God Island and the Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan were his primary targets in the planned God War.
• Tian Hao reached the Rose Hotel and found Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar partying with six young women; he entered their room after incapacitating them with medicine.
• Tian Hao posed as an agent of Dai Weisi and offered Dai Mubai freedom if he abandoned his claim to the throne, then struck him with a poison needle when he refused.
• Oscar gave the others Antitoxin Sausages, and Ma Hongjun prepared to operate on Dai Mubai while Dai Mubai endured the injury in humiliation.

After maiming Dai Mubai, Tian Hao left him hoping the Nine Heart Begonia could eventually restore him, then traveled to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and learned of Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan’s relationship. Meanwhile, Xue Qinghe prepared the Royal Academy’s Soul Master Competition team and spoke with Qian Renxue, who warned that she would soon leave and pursue godhood.

• Dai Mubai used Oscar’s Recovery Sausages to heal his wound, swore Ma Hongjun and Oscar to secrecy, and decided they should return to Shrek Academy while he sought the Undead Sect’s healing.
• Tian Hao watched Dai Mubai and his companions leave, considered arranging Ye Lingling’s future, then teleported to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and saw Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan together.
• Yu Tianheng told Dugu Yan that his cousin was Luo Tianxin, Young Sect Leader of the Violet Lightning Demon Dragon Clan, and refused her offer to help him defeat his cousin.
• Xue Ye reproached Xue Qinghe after learning Dugu Yan had chosen Yu Tianheng, then ordered him to use the empire’s resources to complete the Royal Academy team for the Soul Master Competition.
• Xue Ye and Dugu Bo discussed Yu Zhenlong’s Thunder Tribulation research and their regret over losing Sea God Island’s support, while Xue Ye cursed Tang Zhen.
• Xue Qinghe met with Qian Renxue in private, discussed Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing, and learned that Qian Renxue’s ambition was to become a god and that she intended to leave.

Tian Hao secretly harvested Martial Soul Origins, strengthened Immortal Herbs, and infiltrated Canghui Academy as Shinian to recruit its seven battle-team members as disciples. After beginning to replace their Soul Rings, he rewarded Lian Xuefeng for enduring the pain and taught her a method to ease her severe menstrual cramps.

• Tian Hao extracted tiny amounts of Martial Soul Origin from Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling while they slept, then joined Spirit Hall experts to infuse Immortal Herbs with Ultimate Attributes and prepared Martial Soul Origins.
• Tian Hao entered Canghui Academy in disguise as Canmeng Shinian, met Dean Shen Sicheng, and recruited Shen Xinshui, Zhang Jingyang, Dong Heguang, Zhu Zizhang, Lin Ziping, Liu Haosi, and Lian Xuefeng as disciples.
• Tian Hao began replacing the seven students’ first Soul Rings with ten-thousand-year rings; Lian Xuefeng endured the painful process, while the other six passed out before completing it.
• After Ye Zhiqiu discovered that Lian Xuefeng suffered severe menstrual cramps, Tian Hao gave her a Head Soul Bone and taught her a Soul Power method to ease the pain.
• Tian Hao completed the other six students’ Soul Ring replacements, and Lian Xuefeng memorized the pain-relief method as warmth spread through her abdomen.

Tian Hao trained the Canghui Battle Team by replacing their Soul Rings and teaching them new development paths, while Tang Hao recruited Flender to help establish a future academy for Tang San. Tang Hao then planned to strengthen himself by hunting Super Soul Beasts in the Far North Lands before challenging the Black Dragon in the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Tian Hao explained the seven disciples’ new Martial Soul paths, warned them that Soul Ring replacement caused painful headaches, and persuaded them to endure the process for the chance to bear stronger Soul Rings.
• Shen Xinshui and the others requested replacements for their second Soul Rings, then endured a prolonged and agonizing extraction as Tian Hao completed the upgrades and gave them Self-Created Soul Skills.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu left Notting Academy through a secret tunnel, while Tang Hao visited Flender’s black shop and asked him to support Tang San and Shrek Academy.
• Flender agreed to gamble on Tang Hao’s plan after hearing that Tang Hao expected to become a god, and Tang Hao left him a Soul Ring and bracelet with instructions.
• Tang Hao traveled to Notting City to protect Tang San and Xiao Wu, then planned to hunt four Super Soul Beasts in the Far North Lands to prepare for killing the Black Dragon.

Tang San and Xiao Wu reached Suotuo City, met Flender at his Soul Tool shop, and learned he was the dean of Shrek Academy. After spending the night under his protection, they arrived at the shabby academy and joined the enrollment line, where Dai Mubai confronted an angry applicant.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu explored Suotuo City and discovered Flender’s shop, where Xiao Wu put on a bracelet that suppressed her Soul Beast aura and Tang San found a crystal he wanted.
• Flender revealed his nine Soul Rings, pressured Tang San and Xiao Wu, then invited them to join Shrek Academy after learning Tang San was Grandmaster’s disciple.
• Tang San traded his Godly Zhuge Crossbow for the crystal, Xiao Wu’s bracelet, and low-level Storage Soul Tools, then fashioned the tools into a belt he named Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges.
• Flender brought Tang San and Xiao Wu to Shrek Academy the next morning, where they were shocked by its shabby appearance and saw many applicants leave.
• When an applicant demanded his registration fee back, Dai Mubai released his four Spirit Rings and challenged him to win a refund by defeating him.

Li Zimu confronted Shrek Academy over its improper fees and illegal status, forcing Flender to repay the victims and register the school. Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing passed the entrance checks, and the group proceeded toward the next assessment after Ning Rongrong calmly ate Oscar’s Soul Skill sausages.

• Li Zimu ordered Flender to refund fees collected from 1,048 applicants, register Shrek Academy, and pay Spirit Hall within three days.
• Ning Rongrong arrived at Shrek Academy, and Tang San and Xiao Wu passed the preliminary age checks before Li Yusong recognized Tang San’s unusual strength and criticized his Soul Ring Configuration.
• Zhu Zhuqing arrived, passed the preliminary test, and exchanged hostile looks with Dai Mubai, whom she had come to meet.
• Ning Rongrong identified the effects and source of Oscar’s sausage Soul Skills, ate several sausages, and left the others stunned.
• Dai Mubai led the new applicants through the remaining assessments and toward the small mountain behind the village.

Tian Hao, disguised as Teacher Yue, tested the four newcomers and accepted Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing as his disciples before beginning Shrek Academy’s combat assessment. The battle left Xiao Wu unconscious after Tian Hao’s Sword Intent rebounded her Charm, while Tang San moved to protect her.

• Dai Mubai led Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing to meet Teacher Yue, and the group waited while he finished playing chess.
• Tian Hao judged Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing worthy of discipleship because of their patience and resolve, while he rejected Tang San and Xiao Wu over their temperaments and Tang San’s mixed Martial Soul aura.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing accepted Tian Hao as their teacher, and he warned Dai Mubai not to interfere before setting the four newcomers a combat assessment.
• The four discussed their abilities and tactics, then Ning Rongrong boosted the others as they attacked Tian Hao with coordinated soul skills.
• Tian Hao easily countered their attacks and explained that Tang San could develop his soul skills through Fusion Ring, while Zhu Zhuqing fought effectively under Ning Rongrong’s support.
• Xiao Wu used Teleport and Charm against Tian Hao, but his Sword Intent shattered her spiritual attack and knocked her unconscious, prompting Tang San to pull her back in alarm.

Tang San and his companions faced Tian Hao’s assessment, which tested their teamwork and endurance, and passed only after Tang San revealed his hidden techniques and Clear Sky Hammer. Afterward, the students recovered and learned about Shrek Academy’s sparse enrollment before Ning Rongrong displayed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s Distraction Control Method while cleaning their dormitory.

• Tang San lost focus after Xiao Wu was injured, while Zhu Zhuqing used the Eight Demonic Steps until Tian Hao stopped her and Ning Rongrong helped her withdraw.
• Tang San regained his composure and attacked Tian Hao with hidden weapons, but Tian Hao blocked every strike and declared the group had failed for lacking teamwork.
• Tang San used Blood Tears with his Clear Sky Hammer and Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer technique; Tian Hao caught the attack and then granted the group passage.
• Tian Hao warned Flender about the risks of accepting Tang San, while Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing reacted to Tang San’s Twin Martial Souls and Clear Sky Hammer.
• Flender took the injured Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing down the mountain, and Dai Mubai carried the exhausted Tang San; the group discussed academy life and the Soul Master Competition.
• Dai Mubai led the students to their dusty dormitory, where Ning Rongrong used the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and Distraction Control Method to clean it with watery tentacles.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing built trust as classmates and fellow disciples while discussing their backgrounds, abilities, and plans. Tian Hao defeated Tang Hao in a brief encounter, then began guiding Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing toward stronger cultivation, showing Ning Rongrong how spiritual control could deepen her Soul Bone Skills.

• Ning Rongrong explained her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s alliance with the Clear Sky Sect and urged Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San to trust one another during the Soul Master Competition.
• Ning Rongrong helped Zhu Zhuqing recover from injuries caused by using the Eight Demonic Steps, and Zhu Zhuqing revealed that Dai Mubai was her fiancé and that she did not want to return to her family.
• Tian Hao refused Tang Hao’s challenge at first, then dodged his attack and cut his throat with the Evil-warding Swordplay before promising to keep Shrek Academy safe.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing brought breakfast to Tian Hao, who told them he would guide them toward the path of the Heaven’s Chosen and asked about their future goals.
• Ning Rongrong described her spiritual Soul Bone and its defensive skills, and Tian Hao demonstrated how spiritual power could develop those skills into new effects.

Tian Hao taught Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing how to develop their soul skills and gave them several cultivation manuals, while Tang San learned about the Clear Sky Sect’s history and received a Soul Ring from Tang Hao. Yu Xiaogang left for Shrek Academy but was chased by bandits and prepared to use an embarrassing Soul Skill to escape.

• Tian Hao showed Ning Rongrong how to redirect her support skill onto herself, then assigned cultivation tasks and gave both girls manuals for mental control, body tempering, and Purple Haze Meditation.
• Tian Hao outlined ways Zhu Zhuqing could develop and combine her soul skills, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing returned to their dormitory and began studying their new manuals.
• Xiao Wu confronted Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing about being left alone, but they rebuffed her and shut her out of their room.
• Flender told Tang San about the Clear Sky Sect’s conflict with Spirit Hall and the story of Tang Yuehua, then gave him the hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring Tang Hao had prepared.
• Flender told Tang San that Tang Hao had visited and that Yu Xiaogang would later join Shrek Academy, while Tang San grew wary of Flender’s omissions.
• Yu Xiaogang left Notting for Snow Peak City to evade Spirit Hall’s watchers, but three Soul Masters pursued him for his Storage Soul Tool, forcing him to prepare a humiliating Soul Skill.

Yu Xiaogang used a brutal fart-based soul skill to kill three bandits pursuing him, while Spirit Hall elders watched in shock. At Shrek Academy, Tian Hao taught Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing Purple Haze Steps, then accompanied the students to the Great Soul Arena for practical combat.

• Yu Xiaogang blasted three pursuers with his first soul skill, then shot them with crossbows to ensure they were dead.
• Three Spirit Hall elders arrived after Yu Xiaogang left and wondered why he had blamed Spirit Hall for the bandits' attack.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing practiced Purple Haze Meditation and trained their soul skills while Tang San considered whether to teach Xiao Wu his Tang Sect techniques.
• Tian Hao demonstrated Purple Haze Steps and taught Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing how to practice the footwork alongside their meditation.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing practiced Purple Haze Steps throughout the day and prepared to use the technique at the Great Soul Arena.
• Tian Hao joined Flender and the students on their trip to the Great Soul Arena, warned Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing against gambling, and revealed that Flender paid him only one hundred Gold Soul Coins each month.

Tian Hao guided the Shrek students through the Soto Grand Spirit Arena, teaching them to value safety and learning over victory while arranging stronger opponents for their training. Ning Rongrong won her first solo match through patient evasion, and Zhu Zhuqing began a dangerous bout as Ao Ying sought to bring his daughter to Shrek Academy.

• Tian Hao stopped Flender from setting the students a Silver Spirit Battle Badge goal and urged them to prioritize safety, improvement, and sound judgment in combat.
• Tian Hao revealed that he had used his Sword Domain to filter the arena’s matches, then asked supervisor Ao Ying to arrange strong opponents for the students and let Ao Ying experience his Sword Domain.
• Ao Ying offered ten thousand Gold Soul Coins and proposed that his daughter Jiu'er join Shrek Academy as a teacher or teaching assistant; Flender accepted the offer.
• Ning Rongrong used the Purple Haze Steps and her second soul skill to evade a Power-Type Soul Master until he exhausted himself, avoided his feigned opening, and won the match.
• Xiao Wu accused Ning Rongrong of copying Tang San’s techniques, but Tang San explained that their methods only looked similar, while Tian Hao described the Purple Haze Steps and encouraged Tang San to create his own Sword Path.
• Zhu Zhuqing began her solo match against a level-thirty-nine Agility Attack System soul master, relying on the Purple Haze Steps to survive as Tian Hao explained its many variations.