Chapter Summaries

Su Ming tested Bai Ningbing in a sparring match, breaking free of her Ice Eye Technique and demonstrating his Head Soul Bone skill, Emerald Light. Bai Ningbing agreed to let him decide the winner with one move, unaware of what he would use next.

• Bai Ningbing froze Su Ming’s Pure Qi with her fourth soul skill, but Su Ming shattered the ice and praised her technique.
• Su Ming activated his Head Soul Bone and unleashed Emerald Light, forcing Bai Ningbing to dodge its life-threatening blast.
• Flender explained that Su Ming’s background was extraordinary, while he and Zhao Wuji watched the duel and the others reacted to the ruined training field.
• Bai Ningbing recognized Emerald Light’s overwhelming power but restrained herself from using her domain because it could cause casualties and ruin her plans with the Heaven Dou Royal Family.
• Su Ming proposed settling the match with one move, clarifying that he would attack once and that he would not use Emerald Light; Bai Ningbing accepted.

Su Ming and Bai Ningbing resumed their spar after she recovered, and Bai Ningbing unleashed the Netherworld Ice Soul’s power in a massive iceberg attack. Su Ming shattered it with his Evil God Transformation, and the two agreed to spar again after Bai Ningbing mastered her hidden power.

• Bai Ningbing rested and recovered while Su Ming waited, and Dugu Yan told Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong that Bai Ningbing was the Imperial Fighting Team captain who had come to challenge Su Ming.
• Bai Ningbing resumed the fight and released the Netherworld Ice Soul, covering Shrek Academy in ice and forcing Flender and Zhao Wuji to protect the spectators.
• Bai Ningbing formed a towering iceberg and sent it at Su Ming, whose Clear Sky Hammers failed to stop it.
• Su Ming used his Shadow Demon Wolf Right Leg Bone skill and Evil God Transformation to smash the iceberg, and Bai Ningbing admitted defeat.
• Su Ming suggested they spar again once Bai Ningbing had mastered her hidden power, and she agreed before Su Ming restored the surroundings.

After Su Ming ended his battle with Bai Ningbing, he arranged for the Shrek Team to face the Imperial Fighting Team and encouraged them to prepare despite their doubts. Bai Ningbing left to enter seclusion, and Su Ming prepared to take Dugu Yan to meet Qin Ming using a ten-thousand-year Winged Tiger.

• Bai Ningbing decided to enter seclusion after her battle with Su Ming so she could master the Netherworld Ice Soul and prepare to challenge him again.
• Su Ming introduced Bai Ningbing to the Shrek group and revealed that he had invited the Imperial Fighting Team to compete against them in the Spirit Arena.
• Dugu Yan described the Imperial Fighting Team's strength, leaving Ma Hongjun and the others uneasy, while Su Ming promised to participate with restricted strength.
• Tang San and Ning Rongrong encouraged the Shrek group to keep their confidence and prepare for the upcoming battle.
• Bai Ningbing left to enter seclusion and asked Dugu Yan to explain her absence to Teacher Qin.
• Su Ming offered to take Dugu Yan directly to meet Qin Ming, then summoned a ten-thousand-year Winged Tiger that descended obediently beside him.

Su Ming brought Dugu Yan to the Soto Great Spirit Arena, where she met Qin Ming and learned that he had graduated from Shrek Academy. After clearing up Qin Ming’s misunderstanding about Su Ming’s role and finances, they arranged a match between the Imperial Fighting Team and the Shrek Team, leaving Dugu Yan bored as Yu Tianheng, Osler, and the others entered the room.

• Su Ming and Dugu Yan rode in his luxurious carriage, pulled by a Winged Tiger, to the Soto Great Spirit Arena.
• Dugu Yan led Su Ming to Qin Ming’s private room, where Su Ming introduced himself as a Shrek Academy School Board Director and the person who invited the Imperial Fighting Team to compete.
• Dugu Yan explained Su Ming’s background after Qin Ming mistakenly thought his plans would worsen Shrek Academy’s finances, and Qin Ming apologized.
• Su Ming explained that he wanted the Imperial Fighting Team to challenge the Shrek Team, and said he would take the field to stop Bai Ningbing.
• Su Ming and Qin Ming set a date for the match and discussed Shrek Academy while Dugu Yan waited quietly.
• Yu Tianheng, Osler, and the others entered the private room as Su Ming and Qin Ming continued talking.

Ye Lingling reported that Su Ming, a thirteen-year-old Soul Ancestor with an unprecedented spirit-ring configuration, dominated the Suotuo City Spirit Arena, and Dugu Yan revealed he was meeting Qin Ming. Qin Ming introduced Su Ming’s invitation for the Imperial Fighting Team to face the Shrek Team, then led the team to compete and prepare for the match.

• Dugu Yan led Osler and the others out of Su Ming’s private room, where they wondered who the guest was and why their teammates had returned together.
• Ye Lingling explained that she had investigated local spirit-fighting teams and learned that Su Ming was a four-ringed Soul Ancestor with one yellow, two purple, and one black spirit ring.
• Yu Tianheng and the others connected Su Ming to the person Dugu Yan and Gu He had discussed, and Dugu Yan confirmed he was speaking with Qin Ming inside.
• Qin Ming introduced Su Ming as Shrek Academy’s School Board Director and explained that he had invited the Imperial Fighting Team to face the Shrek Team.
• Su Ming said he would also participate in the match, and the team teased Dugu Yan about how she addressed him as Brother Ming.
• Qin Ming stopped the team from prying into Dugu Yan’s private affairs, led them to the Spirit Arena, and told them to give their all in the upcoming match.

The Imperial Fighting Team overwhelmed the Berserker Team in their Spirit Battle, with Yu Tianheng quickly gaining the upper hand over Mad Rhino. The fight continued as Yu Tianheng struck Mad Rhino with his second soul skill, Thunderous Fury.

• Spectators recognized the Imperial Fighting Team as students from Heaven Dou Royal Academy and reacted to their powerful Martial Souls.
• The Imperial Fighting Team and the Berserker Team released their Martial Souls, and Mad Rhino urged his team to fight for a win.
• Dugu Yan watched from a private room while Yu Tianheng and the others fought without her or Senju Hashirama.
• Yu Tianheng struck Mad Rhino with Thunder Dragon Claw, forcing him back and exposing the gap between their strength.
• A strange black shadow took out the Berserker Team's Support-type Spirit Master, while the Imperial Fighting Team held the other members at bay.
• Yu Tianheng activated Thunderous Fury and struck Mad Rhino with lightning, making him scream in pain.

Yu Tianheng’s attacks left Mad Rhino defeated, but Mad Rhino swallowed a black crystal given to him by a mysterious man and gained overwhelming strength. As Mad Rhino drove Yu Tianheng back, Yu Tianheng refused Gu He’s help and prepared to fight with his dragonified arm.

• Yu Tianheng’s lightning subdued Mad Rhino, who collapsed as his Berserker Team neared defeat.
• Mad Rhino swallowed the mysterious black crystal, unleashing a powerful shockwave across the arena.
• Mad Rhino crushed Yu Tianheng’s lightning attack and charged at him with greatly increased strength.
• Yu Tianheng activated Wrath of Thunder, but Mad Rhino’s attacks forced him to retreat.
• Gu He offered to help, but Yu Tianheng refused and struck at Mad Rhino with his dragonified right arm.

Yu Tianheng was knocked out of the arena by Mad Rhino, whose strength had surged after swallowing a mysterious crystal. Senju Hashirama revealed that Mad Rhino’s power came from burning his life force, while Gu He continued fighting him in the arena.

• Mad Rhino defeated Yu Tianheng with a sudden burst of strength, sending him out of the arena.
• Dugu Yan contacted Yu Tianheng and urged him to return to the private room to learn how Mad Rhino had beaten him.
• Gu He took over the fight against Mad Rhino and discovered that the opponent’s enhanced strength surpassed his own.
• Gu He used his Third Soul Skill, Dance of the Iron Thread, forcing Mad Rhino to retreat from his attack.
• Senju Hashirama told Yu Tianheng that the mysterious crystal made Mad Rhino burn his life force for increased strength.

Yu Tianheng and Qin Ming suspected Mad Rhino’s power came at the cost of his life force, and Qin Ming went to alert the Soto Great Spirit Arena’s manager. As Mad Rhino’s condition worsened during his fight with Gu He, Ye Lingling realized that each power boost made him more violent and less rational.

• Yu Tianheng questioned why Mad Rhino would burn his life force for one spirit battle, and Qin Ming guessed that Mad Rhino did not know the power’s cost.
• Qin Ming left to find the Soto Great Spirit Arena’s manager and seek an end to the battle and answers about Mad Rhino’s power.
• Senju Hashirama sensed Mad Rhino’s life force burning away rapidly, so Dugu Yan, Yu Tianheng, and Senju Hashirama left to find Qin Ming.
• Mad Rhino continued fighting Gu He, boasting that the mysterious crystal’s power would let him defeat the Imperial Fighting Team.
• Ye Lingling observed that Mad Rhino grew more violent with each boost, stopped using soul skills, and fought increasingly on instinct.

Gu He fought Mad Rhino until Mad Rhino’s mysterious power drove him to exhaustion, prompting Soto Great Spirit Arena manager Zhong Sitian to stop the match. Mad Rhino then broke free, aged decades in an instant, and became enveloped by a deadly aura as Zhong Sitian sealed the arena and called for help.

• Gu He realized Mad Rhino was exhausted and believed the battle was nearing its end.
• Zhong Sitian ordered the spirit battle stopped, and Gu He used Shadow Soldiers to restrain Mad Rhino.
• Zhong Sitian told Qin Ming to take the Berserker Team away while she went toward the arena.
• Mad Rhino screamed, broke free of the Shadow Soldiers, and appeared to age decades as a deathly aura surrounded him.
• Zhong Sitian ordered the main spirit battle area sealed and requested Lord Su Ming and a Spirit Hall deacon.

Spirit Hall investigated Mad Rhino’s life-draining medicine and concluded that a dangerous group of Fallen Spirit Masters might be behind it. As Mad Rhino woke near death, the group prepared to question him about the medicine’s source and the person responsible.

• A Spirit Hall deacon confirmed that Mad Rhino’s condition bore signs of Fallen Spirit Masters, and Bishop Roska praised Qin Ming for noticing the irregularity.
• Qin Ming asked how Spirit Hall handled Fallen Spirit Masters, and Roska explained that this case was serious enough to report to Pope’s Palace because the medicine might be produced by an organized group.
• Senju Hashirama warned that Mad Rhino was about to die, so Qin Ming urged Zhong Sitian to wake him and question him quickly.
• Zhong Sitian woke Mad Rhino, and Qin Ming told Roska that Senju Hashirama had discovered the abnormality.
• Zhong Sitian told Mad Rhino that he had been used by Fallen Spirit Masters and urged him to reveal where the medicine came from and who was behind it.

Mad Rhino recounted how a stranger lured him into buying strength-enhancing crystals, which led to his fatal condition. Spirit Hall departed with plans to investigate the Fallen Spirit Master, and Mad Rhino died after Senju Hashirama stopped sustaining his life.

• Mad Rhino told Zhong Sitian and the others that a staged tavern fight had led him to buy crystals from a mysterious figure.
• Mad Rhino explained that he had used a new crystal against the Imperial Fighting Team and was left dying afterward.
• A Spirit Hall deacon questioned Mad Rhino, but learned few useful details beyond the tavern witnesses who might help identify the stranger.
• Roska said Spirit Hall would report the case and investigate the Fallen Spirit Master, then led his people away.
• At Qin Ming's request, Senju Hashirama stopped sustaining Mad Rhino, and Mad Rhino died.

Su Ming’s concealed plan involving Fallen Spirit Masters and X Crystals began drawing attention after Mad Rhino’s death was exposed in Suotuo City. As Spirit Hall received Roska’s urgent report, Su Ming anticipated the Pope’s Palace would investigate.

• Newsboys sold papers reporting that a Fallen Spirit Master had caused Mad Rhino’s death and injured others at the Soto Great Spirit Arena.
• Zhong Sitian discovered that the truth had spread despite her efforts to disguise Mad Rhino’s death as the result of forbidden drugs and old injuries.
• Su Ming sensed Votive Power surging and revealed that the X Crystal plot was designed to harvest it from Spirit Hall.
• Roska’s report reached Spirit City by relay carrier pigeon, and a bishop brought it directly to the Pope’s Palace after reading it.
• Roska’s report had understated the danger to prevent panic among the arena, the Imperial Fighting Team, and the major factions.

Bibi Dong learned that Fallen Spirit Masters had resurfaced in Suotuo City and ordered Yue Guan to lead an investigation with Temple Knights. She also directed him to bring Spirit Hall’s long-hidden Holy Son, and rumors about the heir began spreading through Spirit City.

• Bishop Skaso reported traces of Fallen Spirit Masters in Suotuo City, and Ghost Douluo delivered Roska’s letter to Bibi Dong.
• After reading the letter, Bibi Dong judged the threat serious and worried the Elder Hall’s consecrated elders would use it against her.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan to lead twenty Temple Knights to Suotuo City, find the Fallen Spirit Masters, and eliminate the danger.
• Bibi Dong told Yue Guan to bring the Holy Son along so he could gain experience and be seen by the major powers.
• Yue Guan left believing Bibi Dong was preparing to reveal the Holy Son, and rumors about the heir spread through Spirit City that night.

Spirit Hall Academy students discussed the newly revealed Holy Son, and Hu Liena confirmed that her teacher had told her the position had been decided years ago. Xie Yue speculated that the Holy Son might surpass the Golden Generation, while Hu Liena was left confronting the threat to her ambitions.

• Tasif shared information about the Holy Son at Spirit Hall Academy because his father Tarick had been instructed to spread it by Pope Bibi Dong.
• Yan told Xie Yue and Hu Liena that students were spreading rumors about the Holy Son.
• Hu Liena confirmed that her teacher had told her the Holy Son's position had been decided many years earlier and kept secret because of his special circumstances.
• Xie Yue argued that the Holy Son's long-standing position suggested he had exceptional talent and might be stronger than the Golden Generation.
• Yan worried that Hu Liena had no chance of becoming Holy Maiden, and Hu Liena told him not to call her "Nana."

Xie Yue explained how the newly revealed Holy Son could ease pressure on himself, Hu Liena, and Yan while they worked to strengthen Hu Liena’s claim to become Holy Maiden. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong learned that Yue Guan had gone to Misty Canyon to welcome the Holy Son, whose Martial Soul she believed could help her oppose the Qian Family and unify Douluo Continent.

• Xie Yue told Hu Liena and Yan that the Holy Son’s arrival had drawn competitors’ attention away from them, giving them time to cultivate and help Hu Liena contend for Holy Maiden.
• Hu Liena and Yan accepted Xie Yue’s advice and resolved to work harder toward becoming Soul Kings, while Xie Yue privately worried that the Holy Son might be far beyond their ability to challenge.
• A subordinate reported to Bibi Dong that Yue Guan had led a team to Misty Canyon to welcome the Holy Son.
• Bibi Dong felt pleased with her plan, believing the Holy Son’s unusual Martial Soul could spite Qian Daoliu and eventually aid her unification of Douluo Continent.

Yue Guan led a squad of Temple Knights to Misty Canyon to welcome the Holy Son before traveling to Suotuo City to investigate the Fallen Spirit Masters. After presenting his official pass, Yue Guan told the canyon’s commander their purpose, leaving the commander astonished.

• Baggett asked Yue Guan about the Holy Son, and Yue Guan urged the Temple Knights to support him and solve the Fallen Spirit Master case.
• Yue Guan ordered the squad to travel through the night and reach Misty Canyon by dawn.
• Yue Guan and the Temple Knights arrived at the canyon’s entrance, where its commander requested an official pass.
• Yue Guan presented the pass and explained that they had come to welcome the Holy Son, prompting the commander to exclaim in surprise.

Deck allowed Chrysanthemum Douluo and twenty Temple Knights to enter Misty Canyon to welcome the Holy Son, unaware that the young man was already inside. The young man prepared to begin his plan after learning that Bibi Dong had begun pursuing the Rakshasa God's inheritance.

• Deck doubted that the Holy Son was in Misty Canyon, but Chrysanthemum Douluo suppressed him with his Titled Douluo aura and proceeded inside with twenty Temple Knights.
• The Abyssal Shadow Ink Dragon emerged from the lake and told its master that powerful figures had entered the canyon.
• The young man appeared above the lake and told the Abyssal Shadow Ink Dragon that the visitors had come to welcome him.
• The young man concluded that Bibi Dong had begun making contact with the Rakshasa God's inheritance and decided that his own plan could begin.

The Imperial Fighting Team discussed the suspension of spirit battles in Suotuo City and speculated about their coming fight with Shrek Academy. Meanwhile, Dugu Bo arrived at Shrek Academy with Dugu Yan to meet Su Ming, where Flender greeted them.

• Yu Feng worried that the Imperial Fighting Team could not battle Shrek Academy or stay safely in Suotuo City, and Osler explained that the Fallen Spirit Master incident had halted spirit battles.
• Yu Tianheng reassured Yu Feng that the team should conserve its strength, and Yu Feng asked whether Bai Ningbing could defeat Su Ming.
• The Imperial Fighting Team discussed Su Ming’s ten-thousand-year fourth spirit ring while Bai Ningbing remained in seclusion after her previous battle with him.
• Dugu Bo arrived in Suotuo City to protect Dugu Yan and meet his collaborator Su Ming, then visited Shrek Academy with her.
• Dugu Yan defended Shrek Academy’s reputation to Dugu Bo, and Flender flew out to greet them.

Dugu Bo visited Shrek Academy to see Su Ming, but Flender told him Su Ming was in seclusion, so Dugu Bo left with Dugu Yan. On the way back, Dugu Bo teased his granddaughter about Su Ming and reflected on the growing threat of conflict across the continent.

• Dugu Bo asked Flender whether he was Shrek Academy's dean and said he had come to see Su Ming.
• Flender told Dugu Bo that Su Ming was in seclusion for at least half a month and had ordered that no one disturb him.
• Dugu Bo accepted that he could not see Su Ming and departed Shrek Academy with Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo asked Dugu Yan about her relationship with Su Ming, and she said she only admired him.
• Dugu Bo thought Su Ming's strength would likely grow again and considered how the continent's apparent peace could soon give way to war.