Chapter Summaries

Canghui Academy unleashed its Seven Asura Illusion Realm, a dazzling Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill that swallowed the arena and left the spectators stunned. Yu Xiaogang rushed to the field, ready to stop the match to protect Tang San, as the outcome remained undecided.

• Canghui Academy spread its Seven-Colored Light across the arena, trapping the Blue Tyrant Academy Team inside the Seven Asura Illusion Realm.
• Tang San kept his team in place while the other six members closed their eyes and formed a circle around him.
• The light stunned the spectators, commentators, and watching teachers, and nearby matches came to a halt.
• Yu Xiaogang hurried down from the stands, prepared to surrender and stop the match if Tang San’s life was in danger.
• Liu Erlong came down with Yu Xiaogang as the crowd began to view Canghui Academy’s power as a sign of its rise.

Yu Xiaogang explained to Liu Erlong that Canghui Academy’s seven-person technique was a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill, not the legendary Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill. He warned that it could still overwhelm Tang San’s team, leaving Liu Erlong worried that Canghui Academy would take revenge on them.

• Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong stood up when Canghui Academy began its seven-person skill, and Liu Erlong tried to rush onto the stage to save Tang San’s team.
• Yu Xiaogang stopped Liu Erlong and dismissed the technique as a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill rather than a divine Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that the skill coordinated seven people’s soul skills and could make each member of Tang San’s team seem to face seven opponents.
• Liu Erlong challenged Yu Xiaogang’s confidence, warning that Canghui Academy might not spare Tang San’s team if they gained the upper hand.

Tang San mocked Canghui Academy’s Seven Asura Illusion Realm and believed he had found a way to break it. He sent the six members of the Blue Tyrant Academy Team flying, then unleashed his Purple Demon Eyes as the illusion realm trembled.

• Liu Erlong pressed Yu Xiaogang to explain whether Tang San and the others could withstand Canghui Academy’s Seven-in-One Fusion Skill.
• Yu Xiaogang said Canghui Academy’s control-type soul masters were poorly suited to their fusion skill and told Liu Erlong to trust his judgment.
• Inside the Seven-Colored Light, Canghui Academy’s members taunted Tang San and claimed their Seven Asura Illusion Realm would torment him.
• Tang San mocked his opponents and thought the illusion realm’s weakness gave him a way to break the deadlock.
• Tang San kicked the six members of the Blue Tyrant Academy Team away, then fired Purple Gold light in seven directions with his Purple Demon Eyes.

Tang San defeated Canghui Academy’s Seven Asura Illusion Realm with a spiritual attack, but both teams collapsed and the Canghui students suffered permanent brain damage. After Blue Tyrant Academy was declared the winner, Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that he could no longer see.

• Tang San struck back against Canghui Academy’s Seven Asura Illusion Realm, and all fourteen contestants fell as the light vanished.
• Senior Soul Masters determined that the Canghui Academy students had suffered Soul Skill backlash, leaving them permanently brain-damaged.
• The referee announced Blue Tyrant Academy’s victory, and Canghui Academy’s people carried their contestants away.
• Yu Xiaogang rushed to Tang San, who told his teacher that he could not see.

Tang San's blindness after the match against Canghui Academy prompted Yu Xiaogang and the authorities to investigate both teams. Meanwhile, the Shrek and Skywater Academy match resumed, with Shui Bing'er freezing the Shrek attackers before Dai Mubai broke free and counterattacked.

• Yu Xiaogang realized blood was still seeping from Tang San's eyes and feared that he had gone blind.
• Canghui Academy reported that its seven contestants had lost their ability to think and demanded punishment for Blue Tyrant Academy.
• The Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall formed an investigation team and sent two healing-type Soul Saints to treat the injured contestants.
• Dai Mubai and the Sparta Brothers charged at Skywater Academy, but Shui Bing'er froze all three with her first Soul Skill.
• Shui Bing'er shielded five Skywater Academy fighters with ice armor, while Dai Mubai shattered his ice prison and launched White Tiger Light Wave at her.
• Shui Bing'er calmly instructed Xue Wu to begin and covered herself with ice armor.

Shui Bing'er and the Skywater Academy Team fought back against Shrek Academy, freezing Dai Mubai and soaking the rest of his teammates with a strange rain. At Blue Tyrant Academy, Liu Erlong warned Yu Xiaogang and the others that an investigation team would soon arrive, while Tang San remained unconscious.

• Shui Bing'er blocked Dai Mubai's White Tiger Light Wave, then froze him again after he broke free.
• Pan Sen and a female Skywater Soul Master traded attacks, sending Pan Sen flying and leaving the girl hurt.
• The black-haired Skywater girl danced and summoned rain that drenched Shrek Academy's fighters while sparing her teammates.
• Liu Erlong told Yu Xiaogang and the others that the Competition Organizing Committee would send an investigation team to the academy within two hours.
• Tang San remained unconscious as Yu Xiaogang and the other six competitors looked dazed and troubled.

After the match, Liu Erlong sent the participating students into secluded cultivation while she and Yu Xiaogang checked on Tang San. When investigators came to ask how he broke Canghui Academy’s Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Liu Erlong told him to claim he knew nothing and could not see what had happened.

• Liu Erlong ordered the six students who had participated in the match to enter secluded cultivation under the academy teachers’ guard.
• Tang San woke and told Yu Xiaogang that his left eye could vaguely see, but his right eye remained blind.
• Liu Erlong instructed Tang San to tell investigators that he did not know how the opponents’ fusion skill had been broken.
• Liu Erlong said they would blame the Canghui Academy students’ condition on backlash from losing control of their soul skills, while Yu Xiaogang muttered that the plan was shameless.

The organizing committee sent Ning Fengzhi and Salas to investigate the Canghui Academy students who had become idiots, while Salas secretly hoped to use the incident to expel Blue Tyrant Academy from the tournament. Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang welcomed the officials, and the group entered Shrek Academy to begin the investigation.

• Salas planned to use the investigation to target Yu Xiaogang and remove Blue Tyrant Academy from the tournament.
• Ning Fengzhi volunteered to lead the investigation team, forcing Salas to accompany him in person.
• Ning Fengzhi and Salas arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy with a group of more than ten people.
• Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang greeted Ning Fengzhi and Salas at the academy gates.
• Liu Erlong led the officials and their retinues into Shrek Academy.

Salas and Ning Fengzhi visited Blue Tyrant Academy with their attendants, and Liu Erlong used the academy’s poverty to embarrass Salas over the tea she served. Salas was left furious and nauseated, while Liu Erlong’s purpose in receiving them remained unresolved.

• Salas arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy with two cardinals and ten Temple Knights, while Ning Fengzhi brought only Gu Rong.
• Salas surveyed the academy and noted its connection to Yu Xiaogang and its team’s performance in the tournament.
• Liu Erlong seated Salas and Ning Fengzhi in the places of honor and hosted them with Master in the First Conference Room.
• Salas tasted Liu Erlong’s years-old Baby’s Breath tea and reacted with disgust.
• Ning Fengzhi remarked that the tea was poor, and Liu Erlong explained that the academy spent its money on training students and could not afford better tea.
• Salas was left livid and nauseated by Liu Erlong’s unexpected response.

Salas accused Shrek Academy of crippling Canghui Academy’s contestants and demanded an investigation, while Liu Erlong insisted her own students were badly injured and could not be questioned. Ning Fengzhi challenged Salas’s threat to expel the academy, leaving the investigation unresolved.

• Salas told Liu Erlong that all seven Canghui Academy contestants had become idiots and that the Organizing Committee was investigating Shrek Academy.
• Liu Erlong protested that Shrek Academy’s students were seriously injured, including Tang San, whose eyes had been blinded by a flash.
• Salas demanded that Shrek Academy summon its competitors for separate questioning and threatened to remove the academy from the tournament if Liu Erlong refused to cooperate.
• Ning Fengzhi argued that Salas should not make a rash decision before investigating, given Shrek Academy’s contestants’ injuries.

Salas moved to disqualify Blue Tyrant Academy for refusing an investigation, while Liu Erlong insisted the students had only defended themselves. Yu Xiaogang interrupted Salas before he could announce his decision.

• Salas accused Blue Tyrant Academy of obstructing the investigation and asked Ning Fengzhi whether the committee should treat it as a refusal to cooperate.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Liu Erlong whether the students’ injuries were severe and whether the student in better condition could be questioned.
• Liu Erlong said Tang San was blind and near death, argued that Canghui Academy’s attack had forced her students to defend themselves, and challenged Salas to disqualify them.
• Liu Erlong said she would appeal to the Pope, while Salas ordered the Temple Knights and bishops to stand ready to arrest the academy’s representatives.
• Salas began announcing Blue Tyrant Academy’s disqualification, but Yu Xiaogang interrupted and warned him to think carefully.

Yu Xiaogang stopped Salas from expelling Blue Tyrant Academy by revealing a Pope Order, which carried the authority of a Spirit Hall Elder. Salas recognized the token and treated Yu Xiaogang with respect, leaving the group to sit and talk.

• A red-robed bishop rebuked Yu Xiaogang for addressing Platinum Bishop Salas by name as Salas prepared to expel Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang threw an object at Salas, and a Temple Knight tried to intercept it before Salas stopped the attack and sent the knights away.
• Salas caught the object, recognized it, and bowed to Yu Xiaogang as an Elder.
• Ning Fengzhi and Liu Erlong realized Yu Xiaogang held a Pope Order, a token granting its bearer the prestige and authority of a Spirit Hall Elder.
• Yu Xiaogang invited Salas and the others to sit and talk.

Yu Xiaogang used the Pope Order to stop Salas from investigating the injured Blue Tyrant Academy students until they had recovered. Salas withdrew, but Liu Erlong suggested questioning Tang San instead.

• Salas realized he could not challenge Yu Xiaogang without risking his position and Spirit Hall's standing with the Upper Three Sects.
• Yu Xiaogang accepted the Pope Order and demanded that the Blue Tyrant Academy students be treated fairly, with any investigation delayed until their injuries healed.
• Salas apologized and called off the investigation before leaving.
• Liu Erlong stopped Salas and proposed questioning Tang San, who was the team captain and whose injuries were not serious.

Yu Xiaogang bluffed Salas and Ning Fengzhi by revealing his honorary elder status in Spirit Hall, but Liu Erlong confronted him afterward about the Pope Order. The chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang explaining that Tang San’s father had given it to him, surprising Liu Erlong.

• Salas accepted Yu Xiaogang’s assurance that the tournament was fair and left with the red-robed bishops.
• Ning Fengzhi remarked that Yu Xiaogang was an honorary elder of Spirit Hall, then departed with Bone Douluo.
• Liu Erlong warned Yu Xiaogang that Spirit Hall would pay closer attention to him after his bluff.
• Liu Erlong grabbed Yu Xiaogang’s ear and accused him of staying in contact with the woman who had given him the Pope Order.
• Yu Xiaogang told Liu Erlong that Tang San’s father had given him the Pope Order, and Liu Erlong reacted with surprise.

The Shrek Team and Skywater Academy ended their match in a draw after both sides conceded. Flender encouraged the Shrek students to learn from the fight, and the top five teams gathered to receive their Promotion Tournament credentials.

• Yu Xiaogang took Liu Erlong's hand and said, "Title: Clear Sky!" as they walked toward the academy.
• The Shrek Team and Skywater Academy both conceded, ending their match in a draw and disappointing the crowd.
• Dai Mubai apologized for his poor tactics, while Ma Hongjun and the others reminded him that Shrek had not used its full strength.
• Flender encouraged the students to treat the match as valuable experience, and Dai Mubai renewed his determination to win.
• After the Preliminary Tournament ended, the top five teams' captains and vice-captains walked onto the podium to receive their Promotion Tournament credentials.

The top five teams received their qualification certificates and rewards, and Xue Ye announced noble titles for their student representatives. Salas objected, but Xue Ye insisted the honors were an internal matter of the empire.

• Godwind Academy ranked first, Thunder Academy second, Shrek Team third, Blazing Fire Academy fourth, and Skywater Academy fifth.
• Gu Xuan and Dai Mubai represented Shrek Team as the five advancing teams received qualification certificates and ten thousand Gold Soul Coins each.
• Xue Ye congratulated the students and announced viscount titles for the teams’ captains and vice-captains and baron titles for the other competing students.
• Salas objected that the titles had no precedent and were too high for qualifying in the Preliminary Tournament.
• Xue Ye told Salas that granting titles was an internal matter of the empire and a reward for the students.

Emperor Xue Ye promised rewards to the academy teams competing in the tournament and explained the upcoming Promotion Tournament. The captains were excited by the chance to choose a Soul Beast for their next advancement, while Huo Feng remained calm.

• Xue Ye promised that the winning team's members would each gain a noble rank, while their academy would receive the Royal prefix and imperial funding.
• Salas reacted with displeasure to Xue Ye's offer, and the captains sensed tension between them.
• Xue Ye announced that the Promotion Tournament would take place at the Royal Hunting Grounds, where the five academy teams would face ten teams from the duchies and kingdoms.
• Xue Ye promised Soul Beasts of up to thirty thousand years for the three students with the most victories, letting them choose the type.
• Huo Feng stayed calm because the system's rewards made Soul Beasts and Soul Rings unappealing to him.

A month after Xue Ye urged the academy teams to choose between the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall, the Promotion Tournament began at the Royal Hunting Ground. Shrek arrived to find the fifteen Heaven Dou Empire teams separated for the event and guarded by the Royal Knights.

• Xue Ye told the ten elite captains and vice-captains to make breakthroughs before the Promotion Tournament and hinted they must choose between the Empire and Spirit Hall.
• A month passed, and the Promotion Tournament began without spectators, with teams competing separately within the Two Great Empires.
• Fifteen teams registered on the Heaven Dou Empire's side, while teams from the kingdoms and duchies arrived early with promises of rewards for strong results.
• The imperial family housed each of the fifteen participating teams in separate locations to prevent trouble and keep them from scouting one another.
• The Shrek group arrived at the Royal Hunting Ground and saw the massive Royal Knights.

Shrek Academy arrived at the Heaven Dou Royal Knights’ camp for the Promotion Tournament and learned the competition would begin the next day. They settled into their barracks as the tournament preparations were finalized.

• Flender presented Shrek Academy’s credentials to the Royal Knights, and Captain Roxon escorted the group into the military camp.
• Roxon showed them the grassland and explained that the Promotion Tournament would take place at the center of the camp for safety and privacy.
• The Shrek Team received five clean barracks, where they would stay throughout the Promotion Tournament.
• Roxon told Flender that the round-robin tournament would begin tomorrow without an opening ceremony, with Empire and Spirit Hall personnel judging the matches.

Gu Xuan welcomed Ning Fengzhi and Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, whose flawless disguise concealed that he was Qian Renxue. Ning Fengzhi reunited with Ning Rongrong and asked Flender to let young Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples study at Shrek, leaving Flender stunned by the request.

• Flender assigned rooms to Gu Xuan and the others at their temporary residence.
• Gu Xuan greeted Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe, who said he had come to watch the Promotion Tournament and visit him.
• Gu Xuan recognized that Xue Qinghe was Qian Renxue in disguise and noticed how convincingly he concealed his identity.
• Ning Rongrong ran out to embrace Ning Fengzhi, while Xue Qinghe signaled Gu Xuan not to reveal who he was.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Shrek's guidance of Ning Rongrong and asked Flender to accept young disciples from the sect when the school term began.
• Flender was astonished that the influential Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect wanted to send disciples to Shrek.