Chapter Summaries

Orugu Academy crushed Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Second Team in under a minute, while Ning Rongrong suffered an evil qi backlash and attacked Oscar. After the victory, Qian Yuxi mocked Yu Xiaogang and began challenging his claims about teaching Tang San.

• Ning Rongrong’s Rakshasa Evil Qi and Destruction Intent overwhelmed her, and Bone Douluo knocked her unconscious after she pounced on Oscar.
• Flender surrendered for Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Second Team, and the referee declared Orugu Academy the winner after the forty-second match.
• Yu Xiaogang angrily complained that Orugu Academy had tried to kill his students, but the referee slapped him and ordered him to show respect.
• Xue Ye withheld Yu Xiaogang’s teacher’s salary for the month, while Qian Yuxi insulted him and mocked his Level 29 strength.
• Yu Xiaogang praised his teaching of Tang San, and Qian Yuxi pointed out that Tang San was known as Thousand-Hand Asura, making Tang San’s expression change.

Qian Yuxi exposed Tang San’s past use of Zhu Zhuqing as a shield, turning the spectators and Dai Mubai against him. Tang San fled the arena and shut himself away, where he contacted the recovered Script System.

• Qian Yuxi revealed that Tang San had used a teammate as a shield during the battle against the Orugu Seven Ghosts, and spectators confirmed the accusation.
• Dai Mubai realized Tang San had lied about Zhu Qing’s death, while Tang San left amid the spectators’ curses.
• Xue Xing considered expelling Tang San from the Royal Academy, and Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo were shocked by his past actions.
• Dai Mubai confronted Tang San in the lounge, but Tang San blamed him for being too weak and claimed Zhu Zhuqing’s sacrifice had saved Shrek.
• Tang San used Divine Slaughter’s Domain to force Dai Mubai away, then locked himself in a room and asked the Script System whether it had recovered.

Tang San learned from the Script System that the mysterious Death Canyon might hold a powerful neutral ally who could help him face Spirit Hall. Meanwhile, Feng Xiaotian reunited with Herya at the tournament, where she told him that Heaven Dou Second Team was the Shrek Seven Devils and that Spirit Hall had decided to eliminate them.

• Tang San told the Script System about the past two years and admitted that he could not defeat Spirit Hall or repair the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud without the Heart of the Sea God.
• The Script System told Tang San about Death Canyon and its legendary purple-black butterflies, suggesting that a mysterious expert there might aid him.
• Feng Xiaotian led Kamikaze Academy to victory and left the arena after spotting Herya and Huo Wu waiting for him.
• Feng Xiaotian ignored Huo Wu and greeted Herya, who said her Boss wanted to speak with him and confirmed that Heaven Dou Second Team was the Shrek Seven Devils.
• Herya warned Feng Xiaotian that Spirit Hall had decided to wipe out the Shrek Seven Devils, while Huo Wu prepared for Blazing Academy's match against Canghui Academy.

Qian Yuxi offered Feng Xiaotian another soul bone in exchange for joining Spirit Hall personally, killing one of their enemies in the tournament arena, and testing a Soul Bone Armor cultivation method. Feng Xiaotian accepted the conditions and left with the bone and blueprint, becoming Qian Yuxi’s experimental subject.

• Qian Yuxi asked Feng Xiaotian whether he was satisfied with the soul bones he had already received, and Feng Xiaotian said they had helped him reach level 47.
• Qian Yuxi offered Feng Xiaotian another soul bone if he joined Spirit Hall personally and agreed to two conditions.
• Qian Yuxi required Feng Xiaotian to kill one of the remaining five opponents, excluding Tang San and Hu Liena, during an arena match.
• Qian Yuxi gave Feng Xiaotian a blueprint for cultivating Soul Bone Armor, and Feng Xiaotian agreed to achieve one-fifth completion before his next one-on-one ranking match.
• Qian Yuxi gave Feng Xiaotian the Right Leg of Bloodlust Frenzy Hurricane and explained to Qian Renxue and Jin Yuetian that he intended to use Feng Xiaotian to test whether similar soul bones could fuse into Soul Bone Armor.

At the tournament, Orugu Academy faced Elephant Armor Academy with its star competitors absent, while Qian Yuxi and Qian Renxue robbed Shi Nian of the Seven-in-One Fusion Spirit Skill manual. After they left, Tang San and Hu Liena confronted Shi Nian and demanded the manual and his head spirit bone, provoking him to unleash his seventh spirit skill.

• Jin Yuetian introduced himself as Orugu Academy’s acting captain, and Hu Yanli introduced himself as Elephant Armor Academy’s captain as the teams entered the arena.
• Qian Yuxi and Qian Renxue forced Shi Nian to hand over his Seven-in-One Fusion Spirit Skill manual, then left him a healing potion and disappeared.
• After recovering, Shi Nian was ambushed by Tang San and Hu Liena, who demanded his fusion-skill secret and head spirit bone.
• Shi Nian summoned his seven spirit rings and used his Seventh Spirit Skill, Nightmare, against Tang San and Hu Liena.

Shi Nian trapped Tang San and Hu Liena in Nightmare illusions built from their deepest traumas, but Qian Yuxi and Qian Renxue returned before the pair could be defeated. Qian Yuxi briefly broke the illusion, forced them back into it, and ordered Shi Nian to keep it going so he could watch.

• Qian Yuxi sensed Shi Nian's battle outside the city and returned with Qian Renxue to investigate.
• Shi Nian's Nightmare made Tang San relive his punishment at Ghost's Lament Cliff and visions of Xiao Wu and Hu Liena in danger, while Hu Liena saw Xie Yue and Yan die and faced the Poisonous Deer Fierce Python.
• Shi Nian gloated over Tang San and Hu Liena as they convulsed, believing his illusion was about to defeat them.
• Qian Yuxi and Qian Renxue arrived, and Qian Yuxi taunted Shi Nian as cracks appeared in the illusion and the pair began to recover.
• Qian Yuxi slapped Tang San and Hu Liena back into the illusion with the Eight Ghost Claws, summoned the Destruction Demonic Eye, and told Shi Nian to continue Nightmare because he enjoyed watching it.

Tang Hao ambushed Qian Yuxi and Qian Renxue, but Qian Jun Douluo and Jiang Mo Douluo stopped him while Shi Nian renewed Tang San and Hu Liena’s nightmares. Qian Yuxi watched their illusions and considered how Shi Nian’s rare martial soul could be used, then noticed Hu Liena’s nightmare shift to a purple-black butterfly.

• Tang Hao appeared with recovered legs and Rank 97 cultivation, attacked Qian Yuxi and Qian Renxue, and was confronted by Qian Jun Douluo and Jiang Mo Douluo.
• Qian Yuxi and Qian Renxue moved Tang San, Hu Liena, and Shi Nian out of the battle’s reach, then pressured Shi Nian to continue the nightmares.
• Shi Nian renewed Tang San and Hu Liena’s nightmare illusions, and Qian Yuxi used his mental power to watch them.
• Tang San’s illusion showed Qian Renxue torturing him and Xiao Wu, while Hu Liena’s illusion showed her being attacked by the Poisonous Deer Fierce Python.
• Qian Yuxi decided to spare Shi Nian for the potential of his Remnant Dream martial soul, then saw Hu Liena’s nightmare change to a purple-black butterfly.

Qian Yuxi witnessed the terror haunting Hu Liena in Shi Nian’s illusion, including a mysterious nine-ringed girl, then withdrew and left with Qian Renxue. He planned to keep Shi Nian alive for his illusion ability and to use it to expose Shrek’s Seven Wastes during a future Evil Qi backlash.

• Qian Yuxi watched Hu Liena relive a nightmare in the Misty Trace Grand Canyon, where purple-black butterflies killed her companions and a mysterious nine-ringed girl appeared.
• Shi Nian explained that the nightmare repeated once it had revealed everything Hu Liena feared, and Qian Yuxi accepted the explanation for the moment.
• Qian Yuxi and Qian Renxue departed with Qian Jun and Jiang Mo Douluo, leaving Shi Nian alive because his Lingering Dream Martial Soul remained useful.
• Qian Yuxi planned to use Shi Nian’s illusion livestreaming ability to record Shrek’s Seven Wastes suffering an Evil Qi backlash and vowed revenge on the Sea God and Asura God.

After Orugu Academy defeated Elephant Armor Academy, Qian Yuxi studied Shi Nian’s Seven-in-One Fusion Spirit Skill and planned to combine its principles with Ring Detonation. He arranged for Qian Renxue to reveal her Praying Angel Martial Soul against Godwind Academy while considering how to counter Tang San’s Asura God Sword.

• Jin Yuetian defeated Hu Yanli, and the referee declared Orugu Academy the winner.
• Qian Yuxi showed his companions the materials on Shi Nian’s Seven-in-One Fusion Spirit Skill and suggested they practice it.
• Dugu Yan reported that Ning Rongrong had used only one support soul skill, and Qian Yuxi suspected the Destruction Intent in her Martial Soul was worsening.
• Qian Yuxi ordered Herya to arrange a match against Godwind Academy and planned for Qian Renxue to use the Praying Angel Martial Soul.
• Qian Yuxi assigned Tailong to take his place and prepared for the possibility that Tang San would wield techniques from the Asura God Sword.

During the preliminaries, Qian Renxue revealed her Praying Angel martial soul as Orugu Academy overwhelmed Kamikaze Academy, drawing Gu Rong’s attention to her healing power. Yu Xiaogang broke down at the sight of her twin martial souls, while Tang San noticed Tai Long and began considering the Strength Clan as potential allies.

• Orugu Academy faced Kamikaze Academy with Qian Yuxi sitting out and Qian Renxue leading the team.
• Qian Renxue revealed her Praying Angel martial soul, stunning the crowd and prompting Yu Xiaogang to rage over her twin martial souls and Hundred-Thousand Year Spirit Ring.
• Gu Rong grabbed Yu Xiaogang by the throat for disrupting the match, then suspected Qian Renxue might be able to heal Ning Rongrong and resolved to report back to Ning Fengzhi.
• Empowered by Qian Renxue’s aura, Orugu Academy relentlessly attacked Kamikaze Academy and left it unable to fight back.
• After Shrek’s Heaven Dou Second Team won its match, Tang San watched Orugu’s bout and recognized Tai Long, deciding the Strength Clan could help him.

Herya defeated Feng Xiaotian in the tournament match but recognized his potential and helped him recover. After Orugu Academy won, Qian Yuxi confronted Titan Giant Ape, who demanded to take Tailong away immediately, and agreed to escort him to his grandson.

• Herya's flaming meteor overwhelmed Feng Xiaotian until he unleashed Demonic Wolf Storm and shattered her Fifth Spirit Skill.
• Herya caught the half-conscious Feng Xiaotian, acknowledged his potential, and secured Orugu Academy's victory; Qian Renxue healed him.
• Qian Yuxi noticed a powerful figure monitoring him, left the Great Soul Arena, and confronted the old man in Heaven Dou City.
• The old man identified himself as Titan Giant Ape, clan leader of the Strength Clan, and said he intended to take Tailong away from Orugu Academy.
• Qian Yuxi questioned Titan Giant Ape's urgency but agreed to take him to Tailong, while secretly signaling Jiang Mo Douluo to stand down.

Qian Yuxi confronted Titan Giant Ape over his attempt to remove Tailong from Orugu Academy and explained that the Strength Clan’s master, Tang Hao, had likely returned. He warned Tailong and the other substitute team members that leaving the academy would make them his enemies, while those who stayed would remain his teammates.

• Titan Giant Ape arrived at Orugu Academy and ordered Tailong to pack up and transfer to another academy.
• Qian Yuxi interrupted them and took Tailong aside, asking whether he wanted to obey his grandfather or stay at Orugu Academy.
• Qian Yuxi told Tailong and the substitutes that Vast Sky Douluo Tang Hao had likely returned as the Strength Clan’s master.
• Tailong asked whether Qian Yuxi belonged to Spirit Hall, and Qian Yuxi confirmed that he and the teammates who had fought alongside Tailong were from Spirit Hall.
• Qian Yuxi warned Tailong, Jing Ling, and Jiang Zhu that he would treat them as beyond saving if they left Orugu Academy, but would keep them as teammates if they stayed.

Qian Yuxi and Qian Renxue stalled Gu Rong’s request to treat Ning Rongrong, while Titan Giant Ape brought Tailong back and revealed Tang San as his Young Master. The chapter left Tailong stunned as Tang San silently watched him.

• Tailong asked Titan Giant Ape to take him back so he could reconsider Qian Yuxi’s offer, and his grandfather agreed.
• Qian Yuxi identified Tang Hao and Tang San as the Strength Clan’s backers and told his team to focus on the matches and cripple Shrek’s team if possible.
• Gu Rong asked Qian Renxue to treat Ning Rongrong, but she and Qian Yuxi said her healing abilities were insufficient for now and agreed only to visit and assess Ning Rongrong later.
• Titan Giant Ape brought Tailong to Tang San and knelt, addressing him as the Young Master.
• Tailong was shocked to learn Tang San was Titan Giant Ape’s Young Master, while Tang San stared at him in silence.

With Ning Rongrong unconscious and close to death, Qian Yuxi and Qian Renxue offered to treat her by transferring the evil qi inside her into Ning Fengzhi. Qian Renxue began preparing to force out the qi, while Qian Yuxi planned to exploit the transfer to ruin Ning Fengzhi’s Martial Soul and deepen the conflict with Tang San and Hu Liena.

• Gu Rong brought Qian Yuxi and Qian Renxue to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, giving Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin hope that Ning Rongrong could be saved.
• Qian Yuxi learned that Ning Rongrong had been unconscious for over twelve hours and estimated that she would die within forty-eight more hours without treatment.
• Qian Renxue examined Ning Rongrong and identified a fallen aura accelerating the erosion of her Martial Soul.
• Qian Renxue explained that she could force the evil qi out of Ning Rongrong and transfer it into someone with the same Martial Soul, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to cooperate.
• Qian Yuxi concealed his plan to let the evil qi damage Ning Fengzhi while using its removal to fuel a conflict between Ning Rongrong and Tang San and Hu Liena.

Tang Hao and Tang San confronted Tailong about the Strength Clan’s loyalty and Spirit Hall, while Hu Liena began probing Tailong’s perspective. Later, Qian Yuxi and Qian Renxue went shopping and spotted Herya meeting Feng Xiaotian, with Huo Wu apparently following them.

• Tailong asked to meet Tang San’s father, and Tang Hao appeared, earning Titan Giant Ape’s emotional devotion.
• Tang Hao urged Tailong to leave Orugu Academy and condemned Spirit Hall, while Tailong admitted he did not see the organization as wholly evil.
• Titan Giant Ape slapped Tailong for defending Spirit Hall, and Tang San invited him to explain his view as Hu Liena used her spiritual power on him.
• Qian Yuxi and Qian Renxue spent their free evening shopping together in Heaven Dou City.
• Qian Yuxi noticed Herya waiting for Feng Xiaotian, watched them leave together, and suspected Huo Wu was secretly following them.

Qian Yuxi watched Feng Xiaotian reject Huo Wu, then led Qian Renxue to enjoy the stalls. The next day, Orugu Academy defeated Thunderclap Academy after Qian Yuxi’s barrier reflected an attack and killed Lei Yu, leaving Yu Tianxin without an explanation for how the technique worked.

• Qian Yuxi watched Feng Xiaotian tell Huo Wu he no longer wanted to pursue her, then left with Qian Renxue to find food.
• Salas announced Orugu Academy’s match against Thunderclap Academy, and Qian Yuxi adjusted his lineup while learning Tailong had been transferred by the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Dugu Yan reported Tailong’s transfer, and Qian Yuxi suspected the empire hoped to weaken Spirit Hall.
• Thunderclap Academy launched a coordinated lightning attack, but Qian Renxue blocked it with her Hundred-Thousand Year spirit skill.
• Qian Yuxi enveloped the arena in his Coronation Barrier and reflected Lei Yu’s spirit skill, killing him instantly and prompting Yu Tianxin to surrender.
• Yu Tianxin asked how Qian Yuxi had reflected the attack, but Qian Yuxi refused to reveal the technique.

After defeating Yu Tianxin, Qian Yuxi left the arena while Tang San privately questioned Tailong about Qian Yuxi’s abilities. Tang San berated Tailong for defending Spirit Hall and insisted that he could never return to them, leaving Tailong regretful and caught between both sides.

• Yu Tianxin accused Qian Yuxi of humiliating Thunder Academy, but Qian Yuxi ignored him and led his teammates away.
• Tang San sensed that his Millennium Evil Qi feared Qian Yuxi’s Light-attribute power and recalled the Rakshasa God’s warning to avoid such Spirit Masters before reaching nine rings.
• Tang San dismissed Titan Giant Ape and demanded that Tailong tell him about Qian Yuxi’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Self-Created Soul Skills, and spirit skill effects.
• Tailong admitted that he did not know those details and said Spirit Hall had never mistreated him, prompting Tang San to accuse him of ingratitude and call Spirit Hall untrustworthy.
• Tang San cited Qian Yuxi’s killing of a Thunder Academy member as proof of Spirit Hall’s evil, while Tailong regretted being caught between Spirit Hall and Tang San.

The God of Destruction handed the lower-realm watch over to Asura God while the Goddess of Life delivered divine-trial rewards and a warning about Sea God's strange recovery. On Douluo Star, Tang San prepared to leave for Sunset Forest with Tang Hao, while Rakshasa God urged Hu Liena to use the God-Slaying Sword in the next match.

• The God of Destruction left the inspection room as Asura God arrived to take his shift, and the two exchanged wary remarks.
• The Goddess of Life gave Light God Water of Life for an inheritor's eighth trial and gave God of Fire a reward from Destruction for Little Xue, along with a warning to have Water God watch Sea God and his growing closeness to Rakshasa God.
• Tang San warned Tailong against being deceived by Spirit Hall, and Hu Liena told Tang San that her Millennium Evil Qi backlash might keep her from competing.
• Tang Hao arrived and said he would take Tang San to Sunset Forest to search for something needed for Tang San's inheritance of the Sea Cucumber Godhood.
• Rakshasa God contacted Hu Liena and told her to use the God-Slaying Sword in the next match, explaining that its blood-drinking power could suppress her evil qi.

On the final preliminary day, Aolugu Academy drew Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team, and Qian Yuxi's team quickly took control of the brutal match. Jin Yuetian overwhelmed Dai Mubai and battered Old Wu, leaving the fight—and Old Wu—still in danger.

• Ning Fengzhi drew Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team as Aolugu Academy's opponent, and Qian Yuxi ordered his teammates to fight without restraint.
• Qian Yuxi and his four flying teammates pressured Hu Liena's group, whose Evil Aura Eruption failed to stop Aolugu Academy from dominating the battle.
• Jin Yuetian overpowered Dai Mubai's attacks with his Destruction Earth-Splitting Fist and Golden Crocodile Scales.
• Old Wu clamped onto Jin Yuetian's neck and tried to throw him, but he used the Titan Giant Ape soul bone's gravity to pin her and slam her repeatedly into the arena.
• Dai Mubai fired a White Tiger Intense Light Wave at Jin Yuetian, who threw Old Wu into its path, causing the attack to badly injure her.

Jin Yuetian killed Ma Caoji and crippled Dai Mubai and Old Wu during the battle, leaving Heaven Dou Second Team with little chance of victory. Enraged, Hu Liena summoned the God-Slaying Sword and unleashed an overwhelming killing intent across the arena.

• Dai Mubai accidentally struck Old Wu with his White Tiger Intense Light Wave, and Jin Yuetian pressed his attack as Ma Caoji and Tailong rushed to help.
• Qian Renxue stopped Ma Caoji from aiding Dai Mubai, then threw him into the pile of Dai Mubai and Old Wu at Qian Yuxi's signal.
• Jin Yuetian struck all three with Divine Crocodile King's Teeth, killing Ma Caoji and leaving Old Wu and Dai Mubai severely injured.
• Hu Liena swallowed three Flying Mushroom Sausages, summoned the God-Slaying Sword, and unleashed a powerful wave of killing intent that shook the arena.