Chapter Summaries

Dai Yao prepared to face Shrek Academy despite his depleted Soul Power, anticipating their secret trump card. When the Shrek Seven Devils unleashed their Seven-in-One Fusion Skill and Tang San’s Haotian Avatar, Dai Yao froze time and space, broke the fusion apart, and left the team injured; the spectators suspected he had used an unusual power.

• Dai Yao forfeited Oakland’s earlier match and recovered his Soul Power while his teammates trusted him to have a reason.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo worried about Ning Rongrong’s persistent coughing and planned to examine her after the match.
• Dai Yao told Oakland’s team to stay out of the fight, then faced Shrek Academy with half his Soul Power restored.
• The Shrek Seven Devils formed their Seven-in-One Fusion Skill, and Tang San used the Clear Sky Hammer’s Haotian Avatar.
• Dai Yao used his Fourth Spirit Skill, Time-Space Freeze, and disrupted the fusion by striking Ning Rongrong, causing the gathered Soul Power to backlash and injure Shrek’s team.
• Bibi Dong suspected Dai Yao’s power was not a Spirit Bone skill and wondered what he was hiding.

After the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill failed, Shrek Team turned on Ning Rongrong, while Dai Yao refused to explain his involvement. Ning Rongrong collapsed after Tang San accused her of conspiring with Dai Yao, and Tang San revealed Godly Zhuge Crossbows as Shrek's final trump card.

• Ning Rongrong's failed Ring Fusion left the Shrek members injured, and Dai Mubai accused her of ruining their chance to defeat Dai Yao.
• Ning Fengzhi stopped Sword Douluo Chen Xin from intervening and questioned Tang San's gratitude toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Tang San suspected Ning Rongrong had deliberately sabotaged the fusion for Dai Yao, and the Shrek teammates began doubting her.
• Dai Yao denied owing Shrek an explanation, while Xiao Wu demanded that he clarify his connection to Ning Rongrong.
• Tang San accused Ning Rongrong of colluding with Dai Yao, and she fainted after realizing Dai Yao had disrupted her Ring Fusion.
• Tang San and the other five conscious Shrek members drew Godly Zhuge Crossbows, making Dai Yao realize Shrek still had a final move.

Dai Yao stopped Tang San’s Godly Zhuge Crossbow attack, then used Spirit Hall’s hesitation over Tang San’s arrest to challenge Shrek. He exposed Xiao Wu as a transformed soul beast by taking the Lovesick Heartbreak Red from her.

• Dai Yao shielded the Oakland Battle Team from the Shrek Six Monsters’ Godly Zhuge Crossbow volley with Feng Qianli’s help, and recovered Soul Power from Zhu Zhuqing, Feng Wutong, and Dugu Yan.
• Spirit Hall tried to arrest Tang San, but Yu Xiaogang presented Tang Hao’s Elder Token and Ning Fengzhi persuaded Bibi Dong to postpone the matter until after the tournament.
• Dai Yao challenged Shrek’s accomplices to answer for their actions through strength, then charged at Tang San while Tang San was exhausted and unable to defend himself.
• Xiao Wu stepped in front of Tang San, and Dai Yao struck her before taking the Lovesick Heartbreak Red from her chest and placing it in his Ruyi Treasure Pouch.
• The Titled Douluo focused on Xiao Wu after the flower’s removal revealed her identity as a soul beast.

Xiao Wu’s identity as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast was exposed, and Tang San vowed to protect her as Spirit Hall moved to capture her. As Chrysanthemum and Ghost approached, a voice from above the Pope’s Palace announced Tang Hao’s arrival.

• Bibi Dong and the other Titled Douluo recognized Xiao Wu as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast after Dai Yao took away the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• Tang San accepted Xiao Wu’s identity and declared his love for her, while the Shrek members stood by them and Ning Rongrong woke in grief.
• Bibi Dong ended the match, disqualified Shrek, and ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to seize Xiao Wu.
• Bibi Dong revealed her red hundred-thousand-year soul ring and suppressed the crowd, allowing Chrysanthemum and Ghost to press toward Xiao Wu.
• Tang San struggled helplessly as Chrysanthemum and Ghost closed in, while Dai Yao concealed himself and anticipated Tang Hao’s arrival.
• Tang Hao’s voice rang over the Pope’s Palace, warning Chrysanthemum and Ghost not to harm his son.

Tang Hao rescued Tang San and Xiao Wu, then battled Spirit Hall’s seven Titled Douluo and turned his attack on Dai Yao. Chen Xin intervened before Tang Hao could kill Dai Yao, and Tang Hao fled with Tang San and Xiao Wu.

• Tang Hao appeared as Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo moved to seize Xiao Wu, then used his Clear Sky Hammer to knock all seven aside and devastate Spirit City.
• Tang Hao targeted Dai Yao with another hammer strike, and Dai Yao blasted his teammates out of danger before preparing to defend himself with Green Lotus Phantom.
• Dugu Bo charged at Tang Hao to protect Dai Yao, while Ning Rongrong pleaded with Ning Fengzhi to save him.
• Ning Fengzhi gave Chen Xin permission to act, and Chen Xin intercepted Tang Hao’s attack with the Seven Kill Sword.
• Tang Hao fled with Tang San and Xiao Wu, vowing revenge on Spirit Hall, while Bibi Dong arrived and angrily called after him.

After Tang Hao fled, Dai Yao reunited with Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing, while Bibi Dong compensated Oakland and maneuvered Ning Fengzhi away from him. Dai Yao resolved to thank Ning Fengzhi personally before the final, as Feng Wutong admitted she wanted to be close to Dai Yao but felt she had no place beside him.

• Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing embraced Dai Yao after he survived Tang Hao's attack, and Dugu Bo entrusted Dugu Yan to him.
• Bibi Dong apologized to Oakland and promised to provide its members with their fifth spirit rings, then invited Ning Fengzhi and Dugu Bo to a banquet and led them away.
• Dai Yao suspected Bibi Dong had concealed her strength and decided to visit Ning Fengzhi that evening to thank him for saving the team.
• Feng Qianli told Oakland to rest for its final against Spirit Hall, and Dai Yao said he would recover by the next day.
• Kite Douluo praised Feng Wutong, who confessed that she wanted to hold Dai Yao but felt there was no place for her beside him.

Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin discovered that Ning Rongrong’s weakness came from damage to her foundation caused by Shrek Academy’s excessive training and inadequate recovery. As Chen Xin prepared to attack Shrek, a maid announced that Dai Yao had come to visit.

• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin discussed Spirit Hall’s growing strength and worried that Bibi Dong’s power could push the continent toward turmoil.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin returned to find Ning Rongrong pale, exhausted, and refusing to eat, so Ning Fengzhi examined her.
• Ning Fengzhi discovered that Ning Rongrong’s foundation had been damaged and questioned her about her training at Shrek Academy.
• Ning Rongrong explained that Shrek’s strenuous training was paired with recovery meals she had considered meager, leading Ning Fengzhi to blame inadequate replenishment for her condition.
• Ning Fengzhi told Chen Xin that Shrek’s training and medicinal baths had been insufficient for Support System Soul Masters, and Chen Xin angrily prepared to attack the academy.
• A maid arrived and told Ning Fengzhi that Dai Yao had come to visit.

Dai Yao gave Ning Fengzhi the Eight Petal Immortal Orchid and an Illusion Head Bone to treat Ning Rongrong’s ruined foundation and strengthen her martial soul. Ning Rongrong ran after Dai Yao to thank him, but they parted without resolving the gulf between them as he left to prepare for his match against the Spirit Hall Battle Team.

• Ning Fengzhi told Dai Yao that Ning Rongrong’s foundation had been damaged by repeatedly overexerting herself, and that her condition would worsen without a suitable heavenly treasure.
• Dai Yao gave Ning Fengzhi the Eight Petal Immortal Orchid to heal Ning Rongrong and Shi Nian’s Illusion Head Bone for her to absorb afterward.
• Ning Fengzhi told Ning Rongrong about her injuries and showed her Dai Yao’s gifts, prompting her to cry and ask whether Dai Yao had come to see her.
• Ning Rongrong rushed to find Dai Yao, but Sword Douluo told her that he had already left for the main gate.
• Ning Rongrong caught Dai Yao at the gate, thanked him, and wished him luck in his match, but he left for Spirit Hall while she watched him go.

Dai Yao confronted the Purple Droplet in his spiritual world and learned it was the Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine, which called itself Thunder Prison Vine and wanted to cultivate using the Chaos Cyan Lotus. As Dai Yao resumed recovering his Soul Power ahead of the final battle, an old man on the mountain reflected on the Spirit Beast Clan’s plan and Dai Yao’s potential.

• Dai Yao summoned the Purple Droplet and discovered that it was the Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine, restored by the Chaos Cyan Lotus after he absorbed its spirit ring.
• Thunder Prison Vine warned Dai Yao that attacking her could trigger her Thunder God Bloodline and damage his mind, then said they both wanted to keep the Chaos Cyan Lotus secret.
• Thunder Prison Vine demonstrated how the Chaos Cyan Lotus helped her cultivate, and explained that she had exposed herself to retaliate against Hu Liena’s mental assault.
• Dai Yao accepted the name Thunder Prison Vine but remained cautious, then returned to cultivating so he could face the next day’s decisive battle at full strength.
• An old man in golden robes discussed the Spirit Beast Clan’s plan involving Xiao Wu and Tang San, then noted that Dai Yao had the makings of a god but no suitable female spirit beast remained to take human form.

The Oakland Battle Team prepared to face Spirit Hall in the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament Finals, with Dai Yao and his teammates agreeing on a three-part battle plan. The match began at Pope's Palace, and Dai Yao charged toward Xie Yue and Hu Liena as they moved to confront him.

• Jackson encouraged the Oakland Battle Team to fight at their best and return safely, and Dai Yao led them toward Pope's Palace.
• Xie Yue mocked Oakland's weaker teammates, but Feng Qianli vowed they would prove themselves in the team match.
• Spirit Hall and other powerful figures gathered to watch the Finals, and the referee announced that the match would begin in fifteen minutes.
• Dai Yao outlined a plan dividing the battle among himself, Feng Wutong and Zhu Zhuqing, and the remaining Oakland members; the team joined hands and roared for victory.
• Both teams released their martial souls, and the referee started the match.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue charged at Dai Yao, who activated White Tiger Dark Gold Transformation and rushed toward them.

Dai Yao entered Xie Yue and Hu Liena’s red mist while Zhu Zhuqing and Feng Wutong held Yan at bay and Oakland’s remaining fighters resisted Spirit Hall’s team. The other battles reached a stalemate, and a sudden boom from the red mist left the match’s outcome dependent on Dai Yao’s fight.

• Xie Yue and Hu Liena activated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill as Dai Yao charged into the expanding red mist.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Feng Wutong combined their domains and attacks to withstand Yan’s assaults, then used their Fourth Spirit Skills to overcome his fifth Spirit Skill.
• Feng Qianli, Dai Yuan Yi, Luo Ling, and Dugu Yan coordinated to block and disrupt the remaining Spirit Hall fighters.
• A muffled explosion sounded from the red mist, drawing everyone’s attention to the battle between Dai Yao and Demon Charm.

Dai Yao battled Xie Yue and Hu Liena’s Demon Charm to the brink of defeat, then revealed a second External Soul Bone to block its Full Moon attack. He prepared to counterattack with the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear’s left palm bone as the match’s outcome remained undecided.

• Dai Yao and Demon Charm fought an exhausting close-quarters battle, leaving both severely wounded while Bibi Dong and the spectators watched.
• Demon Charm announced its Self-Created Soul Skill, Full Moon, and launched it at Dai Yao, who escaped after his Cloud Pattern Hand shattered.
• Dai Yao evaded Full Moon’s pursuit, and Sword Douluo recognized that his patterned movements showed he was holding back.
• Dai Yao blocked Full Moon with the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear’s left palm bone, revealing that he possessed a second External Soul Bone.
• Dai Yao knocked Full Moon aside and gathered Soul Power around the newly revealed palm bone for a counterattack.

Dai Yao defeated Xie Yue and Hu Liena’s Demon Charm with his Tear Sky Claw, securing the tournament championship for the Oakland Battle Team. After distributing the three championship soul bones to his teammates, he fulfilled his promise to Bibi Dong and announced that he would join Spirit Hall.

• Bibi Dong explained that Dai Yao had survived Demon Charm’s attack because his White Tiger Eight Wings had protected him, and Yan, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena conceded the match.
• Bibi Dong declared the Oakland Battle Team the tournament champions and presented Dai Yao with the three soul bone rewards.
• Dai Yao accepted the soul bones and gave them to Zhu Zhuqing, Feng Wutong, and Dugu Yan, promising his other teammates herbs as compensation.
• Bibi Dong reminded Dai Yao to fulfill his promise, and Dai Yao announced that he had decided to take his talent to Spirit Hall.

Dai Yao joined Spirit Hall alongside Zhu Zhuqing and Feng Wutong, and the Oakland team celebrated their tournament victory and impending parting. At the Pope’s Palace, Bibi Dong urged the defeated Golden Generation to train, while Hu Liena asked to prove herself through Death Canyon before attempting Slaughter City.

• Ferdinand and Salas celebrated that Dai Yao had finally joined Spirit Hall, while Ning Rongrong left without saying goodbye to him.
• Dai Yao announced that Zhu Zhuqing and Feng Wutong would join Spirit Hall too; Feng Wutong accepted Cyan Luan Douluo and Kite Douluo as mentors, and Zhu Zhuqing became Ghost Douluo’s disciple.
• Bibi Dong scheduled the three newcomers’ joining ceremony for three days later and sent Kite Douluo to protect them as they carried their Spirit Bones.
• Dai Yao gave the Oakland team their promised herbs, and the teammates shared food, wine, and farewells after the tournament.
• Bibi Dong sent the defeated Spirit Hall Battle Team to cultivate and offered them a chance to challenge Dai Yao after passing Death Canyon.
• Hu Liena rejected the idea of using authority to control Dai Yao and asked to enter Slaughter City after first proving herself in Death Canyon; Bibi Dong agreed to let her try.

After Oakland toured Spirit City with Hu Liena, Dugu Yan spent her last night with Dai Yao before returning to the Heaven Dou Empire. Dai Yao gave her a Green Lotus to evolve her Martial Soul and asked her to guard the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well from Tang San.

• Hu Liena guided Oakland around Spirit City, and the group left the nobles’ marketplace disturbed by its treatment of women with mutated Martial Souls.
• Dugu Yan privately told Zhu Zhuqing something, while Dai Yao gave Feng Wutong a phoenix-patterned hairpin and matching ribbon.
• Dugu Yan visited Dai Yao, confessed how he had earned her love, and spent the night with him before leaving for the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Dai Yao gave Dugu Yan a Green Lotus that could evolve her Martial Soul and explained why he had waited until after the tournament to give it to her.
• Dai Yao asked Dugu Yan to watch over the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and keep Tang San away, and Dugu Yan urged him to make Feng Wutong his woman.

After Dugu Yan left Dai Yao, he comforted Zhu Zhuqing and prepared to join Spirit Hall, while Dugu Yan explained her devotion to him to Dugu Bo. A month later, the Green Lotus transformed Dugu Yan’s appearance and evolved her Jade Scale Serpent Spirit into an Azure Dragon, and she asked Dugu Bo to conceal Dai Yao’s role.

• Dai Yao woke to find Dugu Yan gone, then apologized to Zhu Zhuqing when she confessed she regretted letting them spend the night together.
• Dai Yao and Zhu Zhuqing joined Feng Wutong to see off their Oakland teammates, and Feng Wutong discussed Dai Yao’s Spirit Hall induction and new residence.
• On the carriage to the Heaven Dou Empire, Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo she had given herself to Dai Yao because she feared losing her place beside him, and said she would support him if he left Spirit Hall.
• One month later at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Dugu Yan revealed that the Green Lotus had transformed her appearance and evolved her Jade Scale Serpent Spirit into an Azure Dragon.
• Dugu Yan asked Dugu Bo to claim her evolution came from a heavenly treasure and conceal Dai Yao’s involvement, then wondered whether Dai Yao would recognize her when they met again.

Dai Yao, Zhu Zhuqing, and Feng Wutong joined Spirit Hall in a grand ceremony, prompting concern among its rivals and across the continent. As Tang San resolved to grow strong enough to defeat Dai Yao and Ning Rongrong began preparing to lead her sect, the Star Luo Empress decided to summon Dai Mubai back.

• Dai Yao arrived at the Pope's Palace with Zhu Zhuqing and Feng Wutong, where Bibi Dong welcomed them into Spirit Hall and granted them Purple Record Medals and status equal to the Golden Generation.
• A man in the Worship Hall worried that Dai Yao's growing power threatened the Angel Clan, while Tang San learned of Dai Yao's allegiance from Tang Hao and vowed to become strong enough to defeat him.
• Ning Fengzhi discussed the pressure Spirit Hall's recruitment placed on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Ning Rongrong asked to begin learning the family's affairs and committed to strengthening herself.
• The Star Luo Empress learned that Dai Yao had defeated Dai Weisi and that the Crown Prince's position was weakening, then decided to summon Dai Mubai back as a potential successor.

Bibi Dong pressured Dai Yao to reveal how he absorbed powerful spirit rings and helped other martial souls evolve, but Thunder Prison Vine warned him that revealing the truth could get him killed. Dai Yao instead disclosed his second martial soul, earning Bibi Dong’s trust and stronger protection as she prepared Hu Liena to succeed her.

• Bibi Dong questioned Dai Yao about his spirit rings and Feng Wutong’s martial soul evolution, and he concealed the truth about the Chaos Cyan Lotus.
• Bibi Dong summoned Yue Guan, who exposed that the Phoenix Tail Cockscomb Sunflower could not have caused Feng Wutong’s martial soul evolution.
• Thunder Prison Vine warned Dai Yao not to reveal his secret, so he refused Bibi Dong’s demand to explain the evolution.
• Dai Yao presented the God Slaying Spear as his second martial soul, and Bibi Dong recognized him as a twin martial soul master.
• Bibi Dong raised Dai Yao’s guard level and told Yue Guan to carry out the order without question.
• Bibi Dong considered Hu Liena’s future as pope and resolved to destroy the Angel Clan if she became a god.

After surviving Bibi Dong’s pressure, Dai Yao rejected a lavish manor in favor of a waterfall cultivation ground that reminded him of home. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong began the Rakshasa inheritance, and a mysterious black-purple opening appeared before the Chaos Cyan Lotus.

• Dai Yao left the Pope’s Palace shaken, then walked with Hu Liena after she ordered a guard to stand down.
• Hu Liena told Dai Yao that Feng Wutong was preparing his manor, but Dai Yao asked instead for a waterfall Simulated Cultivation Environment.
• Bibi Dong learned that Dai Yao wanted a waterfall cultivation ground, urged Hu Liena to build a sincere friendship with him, and entered a mysterious opening to begin her path to godhood.
• Dai Yao told Zhu Zhuqing and Feng Wutong about changing his residence plans, and both women welcomed the choice.
• In his spiritual world, Dai Yao thanked Thunder Prison Vine, who warned him that the Chaos Cyan Lotus could tempt even gods because it held power to create a world.
• The Chaos Cyan Lotus released chains of cyan light and formed a black-purple opening before Dai Yao and Thunder Prison Vine.

Dai Yao and Thunder Prison Vine were pulled into a zombie-filled god test where their Soul Power was suppressed, and they explored the danger while searching for a reward. They discovered the room was a safe house and that zombie head crystals could raise Soul Power, leaving Dai Yao convinced the trial offered them an opportunity.

• Dai Yao and Thunder Prison Vine awoke in a decayed version of Dai Yao's room and found most of their Soul Power sealed away.
• Thunder Prison Vine identified the place as an evil god's test, and Dai Yao suspected it was Bibi Dong's Rakshasa God inheritance.
• Dai Yao found he could return through the Chaos Cyan Lotus from inside the room, then persuaded Thunder Prison Vine to disguise herself and explore with him.
• Dai Yao and Thunder Prison Vine left the room, discovered that zombies had to be killed by cutting off their heads, and retreated after their fight drew more zombies.
• Dai Yao extracted a red prism crystal from a zombie's head and concluded that the crystals could increase Soul Power and were the trial's reward.