Chapter Summaries

Tang San challenged Yu Tianheng for the Shrek Team captaincy after Yu Tianheng questioned his qualifications, but Xiao Wu’s betrayal of Tang San’s secret techniques helped Yu Tianheng defeat him. Dai Mubai rejected Yu Tianheng’s claim that the match decided who became captain.

• Yu Tianheng challenged Tang San’s right to lead the Shrek Eight Devils, and Tang San accepted a match to determine the captain.
• Tang San agreed not to use hidden weapons, while Yu Tianheng promised not to use any Martial Soul skills.
• Tang San attacked with Blue Silver Grass and his Tang Sect techniques, but Yu Tianheng countered them with the same techniques and revealed that Xiao Wu had taught them to him.
• Distraught by Xiao Wu’s role, Tang San lost focus, and Yu Tianheng threw him out of the arena to win.
• Yu Tianheng declared himself captain, but Dai Mubai healed Tang San with Oscar’s sausages and said the academy, not the match, appointed the captain.

Tang San refused to give up the captaincy after Yu Tianheng defeated him, and the team’s vote deadlocked before Yu Xiaogang kept Tang San in charge. Tang San stayed captain but felt humiliated and vowed to defeat Yu Tianheng.

• Dai Mubai warned Tang San that Yu Tianheng would choose himself and Xiao Wu for matches, so Tang San refused to honor their wager.
• Ma Hongjun proposed a vote for captain, and Yu Tianheng gained Xiao Wu’s support to tie the vote at three to three.
• Yu Tianheng taunted Tang San, put a green hat on his head, and declared he would lead the team to the tournament championship.
• Oscar suggested that Yu Xiaogang decide the captaincy, and Yu Xiaogang chose to keep Tang San as captain.
• Yu Tianheng told Tang San he was clinging to the seat after losing, and Tang San resolved to defeat him someday.

Yu Xiaogang kept Tang San as captain despite the Shrek Team’s growing divisions, while Tang San’s friends reassured him and Dai Mubai explained his rapid cultivation. The chapter ended with Tang San promising to help Dai Mubai in his struggle for the Star Luo Empire’s throne.

• Flender warned Yu Xiaogang that keeping Tang San as captain would worsen the Shrek Team’s divisions, but Yu Xiaogang guilted him into agreeing to the decision.
• Yu Xiaogang reflected that Tang San lagged behind his teammates and admitted he kept him as captain to protect Tang San’s chance at fame and his own reputation.
• Tang San felt the others’ doubts but stayed captain because he could not bear to let Yu Tianheng perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Xiao Wu.
• Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Tailong reassured Tang San that they still regarded him as the leader of the Shrek Seven Devils.
• Tang San asked how his friends had cultivated so quickly without Immortal Herbs, and Dai Mubai said he had trained desperately because Zhu Zhuqing had left him and he needed to survive his rivalry with his brother.
• Tang San believed Dai Mubai and promised that he and their friends would help him win the struggle for the Star Luo Empire’s throne.

Tang San questioned his companions about their rapid cultivation, and each claimed to be working two hundred times harder. Spirit Hall announced three Soul Bones as tournament prizes, prompting suspicion that the Blue Silver Emperor bone was bait for Tang Hao, who left seclusion and headed toward Heaven Dou City.

• Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Tailong each gave Tang San an excuse for their fast cultivation, claiming they had driven themselves to work exceptionally hard.
• Tang San apologized to Oscar over Ning Rongrong and promised to support whatever Oscar wanted to do in this life.
• Bibi Dong announced that Spirit Hall would offer two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bones and a Fifty-Thousand-Year Soul Bone as Spirit Master Tournament prizes.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong suspected Spirit Hall was using the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone to lure Tang Hao into the open.
• Tang Hao emerged from seclusion as a level 96 Super Douluo and set out for Heaven Dou City to see Tang San.
• At an inn, Tang Hao overheard Soul Masters discussing the two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bones offered as prizes.

Tang Hao murdered civilians while blaming Spirit Hall for Ah Yin’s death and the theft of her Seed of Life. At Shrek Academy, Tang San learned his mother’s Soul Bone was among the tournament prizes, while Xiao Wu resolved to reclaim her mother’s Soul Bone and saw Tang Hao as her true enemy.

• Tang Hao demolished a hotel and killed everyone inside after hearing people discuss the Blue Silver Emperor, then vowed that Tang San would destroy Spirit Hall.
• Flender told the Shrek Eight Devils that the tournament prizes included the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit Right Arm Bone, and a spiritual Head Soul Bone.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu were shocked to learn that the Soul Bones belonging to their mothers were in Spirit Hall’s possession, while Yu Tianheng imagined how the prizes could benefit their team.
• Tang San recalled that his father had left his mother’s Soul Bone in the Water Curtain Cave and wondered how Spirit Hall had obtained it.
• Tang San promised Xiao Wu he would win her mother’s Soul Bone back, but Xiao Wu rejected his sympathy and decided Tang Hao was her true enemy.

Xiao Wu told her companions that Spirit Hall had her mother's Soul Bone, while Tang Hao reunited with Tang San and learned how much his son's life had diverged from his expectations. The chapter left Tang Hao wondering about Dugu Bo's death and the uncertain fate of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Xiao Wu confirmed that the Soft Bone Rabbit Soul Bone belonged to her mother and that Tang Hao had possessed it before Spirit Hall obtained it.
• Dai Mubai, Yu Tianheng, and Xiao Wu's other companions promised to win her mother's Soul Bone back for her.
• Tang Hao arrived at Shrek Academy and was shocked that Xiao Wu was stronger than Tang San and that the expected teammates and Immortal Herbs were missing.
• Tang Hao secretly met Tang San, who recounted his experiences but hid Yu Tianheng's pursuit of Xiao Wu and the limits of his own relationship with her.
• Tang Hao learned that Dugu Bo had died and worried about the future of Jialing Pass and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Tang San and Tang Hao entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well seeking its Immortal Herbs, each planning to claim the valley for the Tang Family. They found its treasures intact, but the Ice Fire Twin Dragon Kings awakened and confronted them.

• Tang Hao told Tang San to win the Spirit Master Tournament and recover the Blue Silver Emperor Spirit Bone left by his mother.
• Tang San asked Tang Hao to take him to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and they left Shrek Academy for Sunset Forest.
• Tang Hao defeated the Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Beasts they encountered as he and Tang San made their way through the forest.
• Tang San found that the valley's Immortal Herbs, including the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, remained untouched.
• Tang Hao and Tang San planned to claim the valley's resources for their family, but the Ice Fire Twin Dragon Kings appeared and challenged them.

Tang San and Tang Hao tried to claim treasures from the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings, but Tang Hao’s attack failed and the two were forced to roll out of the valley. They landed in a miasma that showed them the women they longed for, and both reached for the illusions.

• Tang San demanded the treasures, and Tang Hao reluctantly prepared to fight the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings.
• Tang Hao unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar and exploded his Soul Rings, but the Ice Dragon King froze him with a blast of icy breath.
• Tang San apologized and tried to leave with Tang Hao, but the Dragon Kings ordered them to roll out and then knocked them from the valley.
• Tang San and Tang Hao landed in a misty thicket, where a familiar melody and the miasma conjured Xiao Wu and Ah Yin.
• Tang Hao and Tang San ignored their doubts and took the hands of the women they saw.

Tang San and Tang Hao returned from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well empty-handed, and Tang Hao left to seek treatment for his injuries. Back at Shrek Academy, Tang San reunited with his teammates and told them the Dragon Souls had taken over the well.

• Tang Hao and Tang San left Sunset Forest after their ordeal with a Joyful Ape, and Tang San blamed the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King for their troubles at the well.
• Tang Hao said he had to find someone who could heal his injuries, then escorted Tang San back to school and left.
• Yu Xiaogang rushed to greet Tang San at Shrek Academy, but Tang San rejected his claims of family closeness and said his father had taken him away to train.
• Tang San told Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well still held Immortal Herbs but was controlled by the two Dragon Souls.
• Tang San claimed Tang Hao had fought the Dragon Souls and narrowly lost while trying to reclaim the well.

Tang San’s friends learned that Tang Hao would be away searching for Ye Renxin, and Xiao Wu planned to use the Spirit Master Tournament to make Tang San cultivate his Clear Sky Hammer. At the tournament’s opening in Heaven Dou City, Yu Xiaogang was humiliated by Yu Xiaomen, now a Level 93 Titled Douluo.

• Tang San told Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar that Tang Hao was injured and would search for Ye Renxin, though he had promised to return for the tournament finals.
• Xiao Wu decided to use Tang Hao’s absence to push Tang San to cultivate his Second Martial Soul, while Oscar warned that an early return could ruin their plan.
• Yu Xiaogang led the Shrek Team toward the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena for the tournament opening.
• Yu Xiaomen appeared and used his Soul Power to force Yu Xiaogang to the ground.
• Yu Xiaozhu slapped Yu Xiaogang twice and demanded that he address Yu Xiaomen as Your Majesty Xiaomen or Your Majesty Saint Dragon.
• Yu Xiaomen mocked Yu Xiaogang over the Golden Dragon-Nourishing Fruit he had taken from him and left after disparaging the Shrek students.

Yu Xiaogang faced the success of his younger brother Yu Xiaomen, now a Titled Douluo and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s young sect leader. Yu Xiaomen reaffirmed his loyalty to Huo Qiqiang and learned his mother could be brought back, before receiving an invitation from Ning Fengzhi.

• Yu Xiaogang regretted giving up the Golden Dragon-Nourishing Fruit, while Tang San helped him up but did not defend him from Yu Xiaomen.
• Yu Xiaogang resolved to rely on Tang San to surpass Yu Xiaomen and avenge his humiliation.
• Yu Xiaomen rejected his clansmen’s suggestions to further cripple Yu Xiaogang and entered his Garden Estate to meet Huo Qiqiang.
• Yu Xiaomen told Huo Qiqiang he resented the clan for how it had treated him and his mother, and credited Huo Qiqiang for his success.
• Huo Qiqiang told Yu Xiaomen that his mother’s soul could be brought back, and Yu Xiaomen vowed to complete his tasks.
• Yu Xiaoren told Yu Xiaomen that Ning Fengzhi had invited him to meet, along with the Body Sect’s Sect Master Huo.

Ning Fengzhi brought the Body Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan together to discuss a possible alliance against Spirit Hall, though they made no formal pact. At the Spirit Master Tournament opening, Shrek Academy drew ridicule for its uniforms, while its members looked forward to their first match and the Spark Team entered the arena.

• Ning Fengzhi introduced Xue Qinghe to Huo Qiqiang and Yu Xiaomen and warned them that Spirit Hall threatened the continent’s order.
• Ning Fengzhi proposed a Shared-Fate Alliance, persuading Huo Qiqiang and Yu Xiaomen somewhat, but the representatives left without forming an alliance.
• Ning Fengzhi told Xue Qinghe that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, the Body Sect, and Shrek Academy gave him hope of resisting Spirit Hall, while regretting the Clear Sky Sect’s absence.
• Flender’s deliberately ugly, advertisement-covered Shrek uniforms drew mockery at the tournament opening, while Dai Mubai and Tang San discussed defeating Imperial Dou Team B quickly.
• Snow Girl led the Spark Team into the arena in ordinary matching uniforms, drawing little attention from the crowd.

At the tournament opening, Shrek Academy learned that its first match would be against Spark Academy, the team that had defeated them before. Flender and Ning Fengzhi weighed Shrek’s chances against Spark’s formidable lineup as the tournament’s first match was set to begin.

• Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun discussed Shrek Academy’s strength and Tang San privately felt discouraged by how far his former peers had advanced.
• Emperor Xue Ye declared the tournament open, and Ning Fengzhi, Huo Qiqiang, and Yu Xiaomen each named a favored team without revealing its identity.
• Salas drew Shrek Academy against Spark Academy, surprising Tang San and the other returnees, who resolved to win their first match.
• Flender explained Spark Team’s powerful roster to Liu Erlong and argued that Shrek’s progress and Soul Power gave the Little Monsters a chance to defeat them.
• Ning Fengzhi revealed to Huo Qiqiang that he favored Shrek Team, while the final draw paired Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Opales Academy.

After the Spark Team and Shrek Academy exchanged taunts, Yu Xiaogang predicted the Spark Team’s strength and Shrek prepared for their opening match. Tang San chose a lineup that excluded Yu Tianheng, Xiao Wu, and Er Ming, sparking an argument that ended with him claiming Xiao Wu’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill should be saved for later.

• Tang San confronted the Spark Team and declared that Shrek would avenge its earlier defeat, while both teams held back from fighting.
• Yu Xiaogang analyzed the Spark Team and predicted that all its members were Soul Ancestors, with two possibly above level forty-five.
• Flender left the match lineup and tactics to Tang San, who selected himself, Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, Huang Yuan, and Tailong.
• Yu Tianheng and Er Ming challenged Tang San’s decision to bench them and Xiao Wu, and Dai Mubai and Oscar defended the lineup as tensions rose.
• Xiao Wu asked Tang San why he would not let her use her Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Yu Tianheng or Er Ming, and Tang San said they should keep it secret for now.

Tang San’s team challenged Yu Tianheng over the planned tournament lineup, and Tang San invoked a wager that Dai Mubai accepted on his behalf. Xiao Wu condemned Tang San’s possessiveness and turned away from him, while Tang San resolved to win the next day’s match and secretly plotted to kill Yu Tianheng.

• Yu Tianheng questioned Tang San’s plan and asked what would happen if the team lost, while Tang San’s friends pledged their support.
• Tang San wagered that Yu Tianheng would stay away from Xiao Wu if Shrek won, and Yu Tianheng proposed that he would handle the next round’s tactics if Shrek lost.
• Dai Mubai accepted Yu Tianheng’s terms before Tang San could respond, and Xiao Wu praised Yu Tianheng, called Tang San selfish, and walked away from him.
• Tang San’s friends criticized Yu Tianheng and praised Tang San’s abilities, while Tang San insisted that the team focus on winning the tournament match.
• Tang San resolved to prove himself to Xiao Wu through victory and secretly vowed to kill Yu Tianheng afterward.

At the Competition, Tang San’s Shrek Team faced Spark Academy while spectators mocked Shrek’s uniforms and expected Spark to win. Tang San’s team revealed several Soul Ancestors, but the crowd booed when Tang San’s own Soul Power seemed weaker than his teammates’.

• Ning Fengzhi watched Luo Xingqi of Spark Academy and considered taking her away, but gave up after seeing Snow Girl’s strength.
• Tang San led Shrek’s seven competitors onto the platform, while Xiao Wu signaled Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar.
• Tang San predicted Spark would last five minutes, and Mu Yuanfang countered that Spark would eliminate Shrek in one minute.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, Tailong, and Huang Yuan revealed their Martial Souls, showing that four of them were Soul Ancestors.
• Tang San revealed his Blue Silver Grass and four Soul Rings, but the spectators booed because his Soul Power appeared weaker than his teammates’.

Spark Team revealed a lineup that outmatched Shrek Team, astonishing the spectators and VIPs. Tang San realized Shrek faced a formidable opponent but felt he had to win to impress Xiao Wu and overcome Yu Tianheng’s challenge.

• Mu Yuanfang challenged Tang San, and Spark Team revealed four Spirit Kings and three Soul Ancestors with rare Martial Souls and powerful Soul Rings.
• Ning Fengzhi recognized Luo Xingqi’s Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, while Xue Ye, Yuehua, and Salas reacted to the other members’ Martial Souls.
• Huo Qiqiang questioned Ning Fengzhi about Luo Xingqi, and Ning Fengzhi said he knew of no recorded connection between her and the Ning Family.
• Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Zhao Wuji doubted Shrek’s chances, while Flender reminded them that a round-robin loss would not eliminate them.
• Tang San worried that losing would cost him Xiao Wu’s attention, then saw Yu Tianheng watching smugly and blamed him for Shrek’s predicament.

Spark Team defeated Shrek Team in just twenty-eight seconds, leaving Tang San and his teammates badly injured but alive. Tang San left the arena humiliated and vowed that Shrek would avenge the loss next time.

• Tang San and Dai Mubai prepared Shrek Team to adapt during the match, while Su Qingqian spread a Healing Domain across the arena.
• Lu Kai's Sacred Flame burned through Tang San's Blue Silver Prison and engulfed him as Su Qingqian revealed her twin Martial Souls and Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Su Qingqian's Hell White Tiger knocked Huang Yuan and Tailong down, Mu Yuanfang shattered Dai Mubai's arm with his Clear Sky Hammer, Zhao Hengning incapacitated Oscar and Ning Rongrong, and Lin Chen defeated Ma Hongjun.
• Yu Xiaogang complained that Spark Team had tried to kill Shrek, but Mu Yuanfang pointed out that Su Qingqian's Healing Domain had been healing Shrek's members throughout the match.
• The referees declared Spark Team the winner, and Ning Fengzhi healed Shrek Team before its members left the arena on stretchers.
• Dai Mubai apologized to Tang San, who blamed their lack of intelligence on Spark Team and vowed to erase the humiliation in their next encounter.

After the Shrek Team’s defeat, Yu Tianheng taunted Tang San over their bet and his Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Xiao Wu, deepening Tang San’s resentment. As his friends urged him to rely on the Clear Sky Hammer, Tang San briefly summoned it but put it away.

• Xiao Wu, Yu Tianheng, and Er Ming blamed Tang San for the loss, and their words made him spit blood.
• Flender comforted the injured Shrek Team and said their best chance against the Spark Team was Xiao Wu, Er Ming, and Yu Tianheng’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Yu Tianheng reminded Tang San to honor their bet and boasted that his bond with Xiao Wu gave him the right to act arrogantly.
• Oscar, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun discussed killing Yu Tianheng and encouraged Tang San to use the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San summoned a small Clear Sky Hammer, considered using it, and then quickly put it away.

After Shrek Team’s opening defeat, Yu Tianheng took charge of its next lineup against Dragon Elephant Academy, leaving Tang San and several others on the sidelines. Tang San was hurt by Xiao Wu’s criticism and went back to train, while the chapter ended with an author’s note explaining his diminished intelligence.

• Salas announced Shrek Academy would face Dragon Elephant Academy in the second round after Sect Master Huo asked him to arrange a strong opponent for Shrek.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flender described Dragon Elephant Academy’s powerful roster and urged Shrek Team to win its next match.
• Yu Tianheng invoked his wager to choose the lineup, naming himself, Xiao Wu, Er Ming, Ning Rongrong, Jiang Zhu, Huang Yuan, and Jing Ling.
• Xiao Wu told Tang San that she and the others could have won the first match and promised to use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill the next day.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar left to train, and Tang San returned to his room determined to work harder.