Chapter Summaries

Huo Feng overwhelmed the Royal Fight Team after Tang San fled the Duel Arena and sacrificed Ma Hongjun and Oscar. The system’s main quest reached 5/7, and Huo Feng received a Soul Ring Age Increase Card.

• Tang San fell off the Duel Arena, ran away, and left Yu Xiaogang stranded in his wheelchair in the stands.
• Shi Mo withdrew from the team battle, while Osler used his Leopard Shadow Clone against Huo Feng.
• Huo Feng repelled Dai Mubai and struck Yu Tianheng down with his Thunderclap Sword.
• Huo Feng defeated Ma Hongjun and sacrificed him, bringing the system’s main quest to 4/7.
• Huo Feng knocked Oscar down and sacrificed him, completing quest progress 5/7 and earning a Soul Ring Age Increase Card.

Huo Feng's team won the morning group battle after he swiftly incapacitated several opponents, then won the afternoon match as well. Flender and Zhao Wuji decided the Shrek students needed special training, while Tang San stayed away from the afternoon fight.

• Huo Feng knocked Oscar and Ma Hongjun out of the morning battle, leaving the opposing team badly weakened before retreating to let his teammates fight.
• Dai Mubai, Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Shi Mo helped secure an easy victory for Huo Feng's team.
• Tang San returned to the arena, carried Yu Xiaogang away in his wheelchair, and drew mocking remarks from the spectators.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji agreed that the Shrek students needed special training to close the growing gap with Huo Feng.
• Tang San did not appear for the afternoon draw, and Huo Feng's team won the second group battle after he overwhelmed the opposition.

Huo Feng used a Soul Ring Age Increase Card, raising the age of all four soul rings by a thousand years and his Soul Power to level forty-seven. After hiding the rings’ true colors with the Soul Ring Simulator, he agreed to go explore Heaven Dou City at night with Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing.

• After the banquet, Huo Feng returned to his room and tested the four forms of his Nine Swords of Dugu Martial Soul.
• Huo Feng used the Soul Ring Age Increase Card, turning his first soul ring purple and deepening the colors of the other three.
• Huo Feng adjusted the Soul Ring Simulator to make his first and second soul rings look yellow again.
• Huo Feng checked his status and discovered that his Soul Power had risen from level forty-two to level forty-seven.
• Huo Feng saw that he had more than ten thousand Sacrifice Points and decided to save them.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing invited Huo Feng to explore Heaven Dou City, and he agreed.

Huo Feng used a wanted flyer to alert Flender that Yu Xiaogang was suspected of stealing from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, prompting Yu Xiaogang and Tang San to flee Heaven Dou Royal Academy overnight. They reached Heaven Dou City disguised and discovered a recruitment notice for Blue Tyrant Advanced Soul Master Academy, which Yu Xiaogang decided to investigate.

• Huo Feng recognized Yu Xiaogang on the wanted notice, took a flyer, and slipped it into Flender's room.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji agreed to report Yu Xiaogang and claim the reward, but Tang San overheard their plan from the latrine.
• Tang San warned Yu Xiaogang, and the two packed and fled Heaven Dou Royal Academy before dawn.
• Yu Xiaogang disguised himself with a fake limb, and he and Tang San went to Heaven Dou City's gate.
• Yu Xiaogang learned that Blue Tyrant Academy accepted only commoner students and decided to visit it.

Yu Xiaogang brought Tang San to Blue Tyrant Academy to apply for a teaching position and began the assessment. Elsewhere, two visitors claiming to represent the Blue Tyrant Overlord Sect arrived to meet the dean and were led through the forest toward a secluded lakeside hut.

• Yu Xiaogang told the receptionist he wanted to teach at Blue Tyrant Academy and hoped Tang San could study there as his disciple.
• The receptionist led Yu Xiaogang and Tang San through the academy to the assessment hall.
• Three Soul Masters explained that Yu Xiaogang would need a Soul Power Level above forty and must spar for ten minutes to pass.
• Two mysterious visitors claiming to be from the Blue Tyrant Overlord Sect asked to meet the academy dean.
• An academy senior teacher led the visitors through the forest, where they heard a sorrowful song and found a woman watering flowers beside a secluded hut.

Yu Xiaogang tried to secure a teaching position at Blue Tyrant Academy, but accepted work as a janitor with Tang San instead. After spotting Liu Erlong, he began telling Tang San the story of the Golden Iron Triangle and his past with her, but was interrupted before he could finish.

• Liu Erlong learned that two visitors from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had arrived and ordered Yin Shu to bring them in.
• Yu Xiaogang failed to convince the academy official to hire him as a teacher or admit Tang San, so he and Tang San accepted janitor positions.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San waited inside Blue Tyrant Academy, which had a strong reputation for educating commoner Soul Masters.
• After seeing Liu Erlong, Yu Xiaogang began telling Tang San how he and Liu Erlong had formed the Golden Iron Triangle with Flender.
• Yu Xiaogang described how Liu Erlong chose the weak but knowledgeable young man, but the academy official interrupted before he revealed what happened next.

Flender discovered that Yu Xiaogang and Tang San had disappeared, while Tang San went alone to find a blacksmith shop to produce Hidden Weapon components. He negotiated with Liu Neng and challenged the shop to make his designs from Iron Essence.

• Flender sent Dai Mubai to check Yu Xiaogang's room and learned that Yu Xiaogang and Tang San had cleared out their belongings.
• Tang San disguised himself and searched Heaven Dou City for a blacksmith shop to help produce Hidden Weapon components.
• Tang San found Liu's Blacksmith Shop and showed an attendant his complex design drawing.
• Liu Neng examined the drawing, questioned Tang San about the cost, and advised him to bring an adult to negotiate.
• Tang San said he was a blacksmith, named the Iron Essence price, and pretended to leave when Liu Neng questioned his ability to pay.

Tang San negotiated with Liu Neng to have five complex items forged from Iron Essence and asked to discuss a larger cooperation deal privately. Liu Neng brought him into the workshop and then his office, where he questioned whether the young Tang San had any real blacksmithing experience.

• Liu Neng quoted the Iron Essence processing fees and offered Tang San a twenty percent labor discount for an order exceeding ten kilograms.
• Tang San ordered five items requiring about ten kilograms of Iron Essence and proposed speaking privately about cooperation.
• Liu Neng led Tang San through a busy workshop, where Tang San spotted two young blacksmiths with Soul Power.
• Liu Neng introduced his twin sons, Liu Long and Liu Hu, as the shop's best blacksmiths, while Tang San privately judged them inferior to himself.
• Liu Neng brought Tang San to his office and asked whether he had worked as a blacksmith before.

Tang San negotiated with Liu Neng to forge a large order of intricate items, offering a deposit and presenting his Soul Master Handbook as proof of identity. Liu Neng questioned the handbook’s record that Tang San had become a Soul Master in the same year he registered.

• Tang San told Liu Neng that he came from a family of blacksmiths and had enrolled at Blue Tyrant Academy, while hiding that he had been refused as a student and was working there as a cleaner.
• Liu Neng studied Tang San’s blueprints and warned that the molds and production costs made the order risky, so Tang San proposed paying a deposit of around one hundred Gold Soul Coins for a trial set.
• Liu Neng requested Tang San’s Soul Master Handbook as a guarantee, and Tang San took it from Twenty-Four Bridges Under the Moonlit Night and handed it over.
• Liu Neng read that Tang San’s martial soul was Blue Silver Grass and questioned the handbook’s record that he registered and reached Soul Master level in Douluo Calendar 2637.
• Tang San frowned as Liu Neng asked whether the records were wrong and challenged his identity as a Soul Master.

Tang San impressed blacksmith shop owner Liu Neng by revealing his rapid advancement and three Soul Rings, proving he was a thirteen-year-old Soul Elder. The display was interrupted when Liu Neng’s son entered and reacted to Tang San’s pressure.

• Tang San told Liu Neng that he had Innate Full Soul Power, and Liu Neng examined his Soul Master Handbook and apologized after seeing his recorded rank and registration history.
• Tang San said he had just turned thirteen, and Liu Neng asked to see his Soul Rings.
• Tang San revealed his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and three Soul Rings, explaining that he had not registered his new Soul Elder rank at Spirit Hall.
• Liu Neng struggled to believe Tang San’s age and rank as Tang San’s aura put pressure on him.
• Liu Neng’s tall son entered, and Tang San’s pressure forced the son to release his Martial Soul and two yellow Soul Rings.

Tang San secured a blacksmithing partnership before returning to Blue Tyrant Academy, where two men investigating a wanted suspect brought him and Yu Xiaogang before Liu Erlong. Liu Erlong recognized Yu Xiaogang and welcomed him and Tang San to stay at her academy.

• Tang San arranged for Liu Neng's shop to make his hidden weapons and deliver blacksmithing furnaces and metal to Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Liu Neng asked whether his sons, Liu Long and Liu Hu, could attend the academy, but Tang San told him they did not meet its standards.
• Two Blue Tyrant Overlord Sect agents arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy to investigate a report that a wanted suspect was disguised as a janitor.
• Liu Erlong recognized Yu Xiaogang when he and Tang San were brought before her, and Yu Xiaogang introduced Tang San as his disciple.
• After hearing that Yu Xiaogang and Tang San had been driven out of Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Liu Erlong offered them a place at Blue Tyrant Academy.

Liu Erlong protected Yu Xiaogang from clan enforcers who discovered he had taken money from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and paid them to leave. Six months later, Shrek had grown stronger, and Flender gathered the team one week before the Soul Master Competition.

• Liu Erlong named Yu Xiaogang the owner of Blue Tyrant Academy and arranged a banquet for him and Tang San.
• Two Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan enforcers seized Yu Xiaogang and exposed his prosthetic arm while investigating a theft of five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Yu Xiaogang admitted he had taken two hundred and fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Liu Erlong gave the enforcers that amount so they would leave the academy.
• Over the next six months, Tang San became a student and Yu Xiaogang became a teacher at Blue Tyrant Academy.
• All seven Shrek members surpassed level forty, with Huo Feng reaching level fifty-four, and Flender gathered the team one week before the Soul Master Competition.

Flender explained the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament’s rules and format to the Shrek students seven days before it began. The Shrek Team would enter the Heaven Dou City preliminary rounds as Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team, with its path to the Finals running through both team and individual competitions.

• Flender kicked the dozing Ma Hongjun and warned the students to study the tournament rules and use them wisely.
• Flender explained the age limit, seven-competitor requirement, ban on killing, restrictions on supplies, and prohibition on weapons other than martial souls; Dai Mubai questioned the death rule.
• Flender described how the Shrek Team would compete under Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second-team name in the preliminary rounds, while the main teams of the two empires’ official academies advanced directly to the Finals.
• Flender outlined the regional preliminaries, the thirty teams that would qualify for the Finals, and the Promotion Tournament used to determine their order of appearance.
• Flender explained that preliminary rounds used team battles, while the Promotion Tournament pitted individual competitors against one another until each team was defeated.

Flender explained the thirty-three-team Finals format and told Shrek Academy to save its strength during the Heaven Dou City qualifiers. Huo Feng led preparations with the Sparta Brothers and chose a rotating lineup, while Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong were kept hidden ahead of the competition.

• Oscar asked Flender why the Finals had thirty-three teams, and Flender explained that Spirit Hall's team was the third seeded team.
• Flender outlined the elimination format and explained how the Promotion Tournament rankings would grant byes in later rounds.
• Flender said the Sparta Brothers, whose Martial Souls were the Sparta Spear and Sparta Shield, would start in the qualifiers and could use the Martial Soul Fusion Skill Great Wilderness Starfall.
• Flender assigned Huo Feng to direct tactics and choose competitors, advising Shrek to conceal the Shrek Seven Devils' abilities.
• Huo Feng trained the Sparta Brothers to coordinate with the team and selected Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Xiao Wu to rotate through the qualifier lineup, keeping Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong hidden.

Yu Xiaogang celebrated Tang San reaching level forty and becoming captain of the Blue Tyrant Team, which he believed could rival Shrek. Three days later, the tournament opening ceremony drew huge crowds to Heaven Dou City, where Shrek arrived embarrassed by its conspicuous uniforms.

• Yu Xiaogang admired Tang San's level-forty Soul Power and celebrated his appointment as captain of the Blue Tyrant Team.
• Yu Xiaogang reviewed the Blue Tyrant Team's six other members and felt confident about the upcoming competition.
• Tang San became attracted to Jiang Zhu but noticed she was keeping her distance from him.
• The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament opening ceremony brought a huge crowd to Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena.
• Ning Rongrong marveled at the crowd while Huo Feng and the other Shrek members tried to hide their ugly green uniforms.

Shrek Academy’s team endured ridicule over Flender’s advertising-covered uniforms as they entered the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang proudly introduced Tang San as his personal disciple and voiced confidence in the Blue Tyrant Team.

• The Shrek group protested their humiliating uniforms, but Flender agreed to give them one-third of any advertising revenue.
• The crowd mocked Shrek Academy as its team entered the Heaven Dou Grand Soul Arena, prompting Huo Feng and the others to cover their faces with masks.
• Huo Feng promised the team they could discuss removing the words on their uniforms with Flender after the opening ceremony.
• The Blue Tyrant Team entered a separate section of the rest area without noticing Shrek Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang introduced Tang San as his personal disciple and predicted that the Blue Tyrant Team would achieve greater glory with Tang San as captain.

Yu Xiaogang rallied the Blue Tyrant Team before the tournament opening ceremony, while the Shrek Team encountered and clashed verbally with Canghui Academy. The chapter left Canghui’s strength uncertain after its students obeyed an unfamiliar elder who impressed Flender.

• Yu Xiaogang demanded confidence from the Blue Tyrant Team, and Tang San led them in shouting that they had it.
• Dai Mubai and the Shrek Team recognized Yu Xiaogang and Tang San and mocked them for still seeming weak after half a year.
• Flender returned after registering Shrek Academy and urged the students to keep their spirits up and aim for the championship.
• Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai traded insults with Canghui Academy students, and the two groups nearly fought before an elder ordered Canghui to leave.
• Flender recognized the elder and wondered whether Canghui Academy’s students were stronger than their earlier arrogance had suggested.

The Shrek Team entered the tournament arena last after staff delayed them, drawing jeers with their unusual uniforms and slogan. As the opening ceremony continued, Huo Feng recognized the emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire, Ning Fengzhi, and a Platinum Bishop among the VIPs, while Tang San and Yu Xiaogang nursed hopes of defeating Shrek.

• Flender warned the Shrek Team that Shi Nian's Remnant Dream martial soul created deadly illusions, then left for the stands.
• Tournament staff left the Shrek Team until last to enter, and the audience jeered at their uniforms and slogan, "champions without opponents."
• Dai Mubai nearly lost his temper but calmed down after Oscar urged him to wait and answer the jeers with their performance.
• Tang San blamed Shrek Academy's unequal allocation of resources for his past lack of progress, while Yu Xiaogang resolved to defeat the team to ease his resentment toward Flender.
• Huo Feng surveyed the arena and recognized Prince Xue Xing, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy education committee, the emperor, Ning Fengzhi, and a Platinum Bishop on the VIP platform.

The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition opened in Heaven Dou City, with Ning Fengzhi hinting that he favored one of the preliminary teams without naming it. Blue Tyrant Academy drew Zuan Academy for the first match, leaving Yu Xiaogang and Tang San confident of a victory and the fame it would bring.

• Emperor Xue Ye declared the competition open and urged the participating Soul Masters to bring glory to the Empire.
• Ning Fengzhi praised the young competitors and said he favored a team among the twenty-eight preliminary entrants but kept its identity secret.
• Platinum Bishop Salas drew the first-round matches, pairing Blue Tyrant Academy with the unfamiliar Zuan Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San welcomed the draw, expecting Blue Tyrant Academy to win decisively and gain recognition.
• Salas swore the draw was fair and announced that finalists would be allowed to join the Spirit Hall Holy Temple.

Tang San led Blue Tyrant Academy into its first preliminary match against Zuan Academy, determined to prove his team’s strength and reclaim his pride. The teams entered the arena, and the match was about to begin.

• The Platinum Bishop recruited Soul Masters in front of Xue Ye, while Ning Fengzhi calmed the emperor’s reaction.
• Tang San selected himself and six teammates for the match and told them to crush Zuan Academy within five minutes.
• Zuan Academy entered the arena under dramatic lighting, prompting Huang Yuan and Jing Ling to complain about how the teams were presented.
• Tang San led Blue Tyrant Academy onto the platform and wore a relaxed, disdainful expression as the match approached.