Chapter Summaries

Xia Tianling continued researching forging but remained unable to complete Spirit Forging because he lacked the power to create Creation Energy, leaving Battle Armor development stalled. Meanwhile, Dai Mubai gained a powerful fourth spirit ring and external soul bones, and Shrek’s group prepared to move to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

• Xia Tianling spent nearly two months forging and studying, improving his Thousand Forging while failing to overcome the final step of Spirit Forging.
• Xia Tianling used the Spirit Awakening Art and a blood sacrifice in attempts to awaken metal, but neither supplied the Creation Energy he needed.
• Flender decided to take Shrek’s remaining members to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Yu Xiaogang hoped to train Tang San and his other disciples for the upcoming tournament.
• Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Yu Xiaogang took Dai Mubai to the Star Dou Great Forest, where he absorbed a spirit ring from an Evil Vajra Ape and reached Level Forty-Two.
• Dai Mubai gained White Tiger Demonic Transformation and a pair of external soul bones connected to his forearms.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu trained daily and advanced to Level Thirty-Four and Level Thirty-Two, respectively.

The Shrek group reached Silvis City, where Yu Xiaogang proposed that Tang San and the others kill opponents in the arena, but Tang San and Xiao Wu refused. Dai Mubai fought Meng Li alone, revealing how his spirit and temperament had changed, while Flender grew worried that the change was turning him toward bloodlust and challenged Yu Xiaogang to ensure nothing went wrong.

• Yu Xiaogang proposed that Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Dai Mubai use Godly Zhuge Crossbows in the deadly arena, but Tang San and Xiao Wu refused to fight.
• Dai Mubai entered the arena alone and faced Meng Li, captain of the Fierce God Team.
• Dai Mubai unleashed three spirit skills and battled Meng Li in a brutal exchange that left both fighters badly wounded.
• Tang San sensed a faint, familiar bloody aura from Dai Mubai, whose White Tiger spirit had taken on a purplish-red hue after absorbing the Evil Vajra Ape's spirit ring and right arm bone.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji voiced concern that Dai Mubai's changes had made him cruel and bloodthirsty, but Yu Xiaogang insisted that proper guidance would prevent anything from going wrong.
• Flender confronted Yu Xiaogang and warned him that Dai Mubai was his student; Yu Xiaogang told him to trust him.

Dai Mubai’s growing bloodlust drove him into a savage Soul Arena battle, where he revealed a powerful External Soul Bone skill and brutally killed Meng Li. He left the arena victorious, still consumed by violence and determined to challenge Xia Tianling.

• Dai Mubai’s cultivation surged after a month of extreme training, while his irritability and urge to kill grew stronger despite Flender and Shao Xin trying to guide him.
• Xiao Wu questioned why Dai Mubai refused to use the Godly Zhuge Crossbow against Meng Li, and Tang San recognized that Dai Mubai seemed close to cultivation deviation.
• Dai Mubai activated the Evil Ape King Transformation from his External Soul Bone and overwhelmed Meng Li with a massive increase in strength.
• Dai Mubai shattered Meng Li’s arms, crushed his head, and tore his corpse apart as horrified spectators fled.
• The referee declared Dai Mubai the winner, and Dai Mubai left the stage after calling Meng Li trash.

After Dai Mubai’s brutal fight, Tang San realized the twin palm bones had badly depleted his bloodline power, while Flender confronted him over his growing blood aura and rapid cultivation. Flender declared Dai Mubai expelled from Shrek, but Dai Mubai challenged his authority and pointed out that the academy was about to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

• Tang San observed that Dai Mubai’s body and bloodline power had been weakened by using the Evil Ape King Transformation, whose palm bones could drain life essence and bloodline power.
• Flender sent the others to sleep and privately asked Dai Mubai whether he was cultivating an evil art.
• Dai Mubai denied wrongdoing, while Flender accused him of advancing five ranks in four months and of torturing the Evil Vajra Ape before killing it.
• Flender ordered Dai Mubai to leave and declared that he was no longer his student and Shrek would not welcome him.
• Dai Mubai questioned Flender’s authority, saying the Grand Master valued him and Shrek Academy was about to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Flender and Yu Xiaogang reached Heaven Dou City and met Qin Ming at the Great Soul Arena while looking for Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Flender asked his former student to help Shrek’s teachers and students join the academy, and he suspected Yu Xiaogang had come because Yu Tianheng was there.

• Dai Mubai teased Flender, who angrily threw him out and then ignored him during the group’s journey.
• Flender and Yu Xiaogang reached Heaven Dou City, where they searched for Heaven Dou Royal Academy after Ning Rongrong’s absence left them without a guide.
• Flender found his former student Qin Ming at the Great Soul Arena, and Qin Ming greeted him warmly and invited him and Yu Xiaogang to a VIP lounge.
• Yu Tianheng recognized his uncle Yu Xiaogang, and Flender wondered whether Yu Xiaogang had insisted on coming to Heaven Dou City to see him.
• Flender told Qin Ming that Shrek had effectively ended and asked whether Heaven Dou Royal Academy would welcome Shrek’s teachers and remaining students.
• Qin Ming welcomed the prospect, saying the academy would be glad to have them teach and train there.

Yu Xiaogang maneuvered Qin Ming and Yu Tianheng into inviting him and his companions to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where the group arrived the next morning. As they explored the academy grounds, Tang San and Dai Mubai reflected on the environment and their ambitions.

• Yu Tianheng reunited with Yu Xiaogang and urged him to return home, but Yu Xiaogang refused and mentioned his powerful disciple Dai Mubai.
• Yu Xiaogang hinted that he wanted his disciples admitted to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Qin Ming agreed to recommend the group to the Education Committee.
• Flender accepted Qin Ming's invitation, and Yu Tianheng eagerly welcomed Yu Xiaogang to the academy.
• The Education Committee approved the group's arrival, and Yu Tianheng led them through Heaven Dou Royal Academy's mountain grounds.
• Tang San sensed that the academy's environment aided cultivation, while Dai Mubai felt an urge to consume it and vowed to surpass Yu Tianheng and defeat him before Zhu Zhuqing.

The Shrek group met Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Education Committee, which welcomed them and tested Dai Mubai and Tang San. Tang San’s test helped him fully fuse his External Soul Bone, open his first Extraordinary Meridian, and gain a level of Soul Power.

• Qin Ming escorted the Shrek group to meet the Education Committee and explained the academy’s generous salaries and its plan to test the students.
• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin formally welcomed Flender and the Shrek teachers, and both groups introduced themselves.
• Zhi Lin tested Dai Mubai, while Yu Xiaogang explained that Dai Mubai’s depleted condition came from a recent fight and a skill that consumed Bloodline Power.
• Bai Baoshan offered Dai Mubai Heavenly Treasures and future resources to help restore him.
• The Education Committee tested Tang San, whose External Soul Bone fused completely as he opened his first Extraordinary Meridian and gained a level of Soul Power.

Yu Xiaogang revealed that Dai Mubai also possessed an External Soul Bone, helping persuade Heaven Dou Royal Academy to accept Shrek's students and appoint him team leader. The chapter ended with Crown Prince Xue Beng welcoming the newcomers and inviting them to a banquet.

• Yu Xiaogang told the Education Committee members that Dai Mubai possessed a rare pair of External Soul Bone palm bones, and they swore to keep the matter secret.
• Flender said Shrek's students owed their achievements to their own talents, and Meng Shenji promised them the academy's finest training facilities.
• Qin Ming offered to step aside as team leader for Yu Xiaogang, who accepted after initially pretending to refuse.
• Meng Shenji decided that Tang San's group of three would join the Imperial Dou Team, with Yu Xiaogang as team leader and Qin Ming as his assistant.
• Crown Prince Xue Beng arrived, greeted Flender and the others courteously, and invited them to a welcoming banquet.

Grand Master tested Yu Tianheng's objections to Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Xiao Wu joining the Imperial Dou Team by arranging a fight between them. Dai Mubai quickly overpowered Yu Tianheng and knocked Yu Feng out of the arena, while Ye Lingling began healing him.

• Qin Ming introduced Grand Master as the Imperial Dou Team's new leader and announced that Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Xiao Wu would join the team.
• Yu Tianheng challenged the newcomers' right to join, so Grand Master set a match between Yu Tianheng, Yu Feng, Osler, and Dugu Yan and the three Shrek students.
• Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng clashed, and Dai Mubai forced Yu Tianheng back despite his Thunderous Fury.
• Dai Mubai struck Yu Feng with a White Tiger Fierce Light Wave and a follow-up punch, sending him out of the arena.
• Qin Ming brought the injured Yu Feng to Ye Lingling, who used her Nine Heart Begonia to heal him.

Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Dai Mubai defeated the Imperial Dou Team, proving their strength and securing acceptance into the team. The Grand Master and Qin Ming urged the defeated members to learn from the loss and prepare to train together.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu worked together to bind and eliminate Osler, then subdued Dugu Yan and left the arena with her and Xiao Wu wrapped together.
• Dai Mubai overwhelmed Yu Tianheng and defeated him, giving Shrek Academy a complete victory over the Imperial Dou Team.
• The Grand Master stopped the fight, asked Yu Tianheng whether he accepted the defeat, and confirmed that the three Shrek members would join the team.
• Qin Ming told Dugu Yan and Osler that arrogance had caused their defeat and urged the Imperial Dou Team to learn from it.
• Qin Ming gave the team a week off to recover, while Yu Feng received treatment and the remaining members faced an awkward first meeting.

Tang San and the Imperial Dou Team trained together under Yu Xiaogang, who adjusted the regimen after Tang San threatened to leave. Yu Xiaogang chose the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as the team’s first challenge, unaware that Xia Tianling’s alliance with the sect had set a trap for him.

• Tang San and Dugu Yan bonded over their knowledge of poison, helping the Imperial Dou Team grow more comfortable with one another.
• Yu Tianheng returned, reconciled with Dai Mubai after mentioning Xia Tianling, and renewed his resolve to prove himself.
• Yu Xiaogang had the teammates spar, and Xiao Wu beat the unconvinced Osler before the team began weighted running.
• Tang San threatened to leave with Xiao Wu if Yu Xiaogang continued the long-distance running, so Yu Xiaogang replaced it with one week of weighted mountain climbing.
• Yu Xiaogang announced that the team’s first practical challenge would be a sparring exchange with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, intending to humble Ning Rongrong and build team unity.
• Unaware of the sect’s new alliance with Xia Tianling, Yu Xiaogang expected an easy victory and led the team toward a hidden setback.

Xia Tianling developed Fusion Forging and combined Douluo forging with Cultivation World Artifact Refining to create equipment that enhanced Zhu Zhuqing. His success brought him closer to developing Battle Armor and led him to plan to recruit Grand Master Lou Gao to advance their forging research.

• Xia Tianling abandoned Spirit Forging research for the time being and succeeded in Fusion Forging rare metals through repeated experiments.
• Xia Tianling forged Ghost Iron from Thousand Mechanisms Copper and Nether Iron, and Zhu Zhuqing completed its blood sacrifice during the final stage.
• Xia Tianling turned the Ghost Iron into the four-piece Little Nether Set and equipped Zhu Zhuqing with it.
• Zhu Zhuqing tested the Little Nether Set and found that it improved her Void Walking range, reduced Soul Power consumption, and strengthened her soul skills.
• Xia Tianling recognized that Cultivation World formations could replace Spirit Guiding Arrays with adjustments and planned to seek out Grand Master Lou Gao in Gengxin City.

Xia Tianling considered ways to improve Martial Spirits and reflected on the scientific and social obstacles to making such advances widely available. Meanwhile, Zhu Zhuqing enjoyed a newfound sense of safety and friendship at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where her guarded nature gradually softened.

• Xia Tianling developed a preliminary plan to use high-quality Spirited Alloy and Natal Treasure nurturing methods to permanently strengthen Tool Spirits.
• Xia Tianling concluded that he lacked a broadly applicable way to improve Beast Spirits and considered genetic inheritance, bloodline-tempering methods, and their limitations.
• Xia Tianling recognized that making his goal possible would require enabling everyone to cultivate Soul Power and improving the prospects of people with useless Martial Spirits.
• Zhu Zhuqing studied, cultivated, shared meals with Xia Tianling, and made friends during her stay at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Zhu Zhuqing reflected on how rescue, new cultivation methods, friends, and caring Division Commanders had changed her life and gradually made her less cold.

Zhu Zhuqing’s training led Sword Douluo to offer to take her as his disciple, but the offer was interrupted when the Imperial Dou Team arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for an exchange sparring match. Zhu Zhuqing followed Sword Douluo to Seven Treasures Hall, where her teammates had gathered and Ning Rongrong was angrily shouting.

• Zhu Zhuqing practiced thrusting hundreds of times and cut a wooden dummy’s head off with a strike that showed the beginnings of intent.
• Sword Douluo praised Zhu Zhuqing and offered to make her his disciple, giving her time to consider.
• A Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciple reported that the Imperial Dou Team had come to challenge the sect, led by Grand Master.
• Sword Douluo recognized Grand Master as Yu Xiaogang and hurried to Seven Treasures Hall to confront him.
• Zhu Zhuqing followed and found her teammates gathered outside Seven Treasures Hall, where Ning Rongrong was shouting while Oscar tried to restrain her.

Yu Xiaogang brought the Imperial Dou Team to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and demanded a sparring exchange, angering Bone Douluo and forcing Sword Douluo to let them stay. After the teams crossed paths, Yu Xiaogang questioned Dai Mubai about the Spirit Hall group and began reconsidering their plans.

• Bone Douluo confronted Yu Xiaogang, who claimed he had come to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect under orders to exchange and study.
• Yu Xiaogang asked for his disciples to spar with the sect’s younger generation, and Sword Douluo agreed to host the Imperial Dou Team until the Sect Master emerged from seclusion.
• Sword Douluo warned Bone Douluo that refusing the challenge would let Yu Xiaogang portray the sect as afraid, while their students were unlikely to win.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai saw Ning Rongrong and the Spirit Hall group; Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai exchanged hostile looks.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Dai Mubai about the Spirit Hall group, and Dai Mubai said they were probably not Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples because their teacher had been a Spirit Douluo.
• Yu Xiaogang sent Dai Mubai away and paced as he reconsidered their operation.

Ning Fengzhi arranged for Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, and the others to represent the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in a match against the Imperial Dou Team, backed by the sect’s alliance with Spirit Hall. Zhu Zhuqing told Xia Tianling about the plan, while Dai Mubai gained powerful new spirit equipment that could challenge Xia Tianling when he could not use Soul Power.

• Ning Rongrong volunteered to fight, and Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Hu Liena, and Zhu Zhuqing proposed that their group take the field for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi returned from seclusion at level eighty-four and explained that the sect’s alliance with Spirit Hall allowed them to present the fighters as jointly trained students of Seven Treasures Academy.
• Ning Fengzhi invited the six visitors and Ning Rongrong to form a seven-person team, and they agreed to help the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Xia Tianling about the challenge and the team’s decision, and he advised her to accept Ning Fengzhi’s rewards on behalf of everyone.
• Dai Mubai obtained a quasi-Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and two quasi-Ten-Thousand-Year External Soul Bones, giving him the ability to challenge Xia Tianling while Xia Tianling could not use Soul Power.

Tang San visited Xia Tianling’s forging room and learned that Xia Tianling could forge metal with far greater skill than he could. Xia Tianling agreed to teach Tang San, leaving him ready to accept an unknown condition.

• Tang San visited Xia Tianling’s forging room and excitedly examined his Deep Sea Deep Silver hammers.
• Xia Tianling promised Tang San a few hundred jin of Deep Sea Deep Silver if he met his requirements, then asked him to forge Pig Iron into Iron Mother.
• Tang San used the Chaotic Wind Hammer Technique to forge the Pig Iron, but Xia Tianling judged his brute-force method unsuitable for further refinement.
• Xia Tianling demonstrated Spirit Forging, turning Pig Iron into First Grade Thousand Forgings Iron Mother with only a few dozen strikes.
• Tang San asked Xia Tianling to teach him the method and offered to accept any condition, but Xia Tianling had not yet named it.

Xia Tianling explained the truth about transformed Soul Beasts and Tang San’s mother, then revealed that Bibi Dong had already killed Qian Xunji. Tang San was left stunned, unable to avenge his mother himself.

• Xia Tianling told Tang San that Xiao Wu was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and that he had concealed her aura to protect her.
• Xia Tianling challenged Tang San to consider whether he could avenge Xiao Wu without condemning Spirit Masters who hunted Soul Beasts, and Tang San admitted he did not know.
• Xia Tianling revealed that Tang San’s mother had been a transformed Blue Silver Emperor and that Qian Xunji had been responsible for her death.
• Tang San demanded that Xia Tianling stay neutral when he sought revenge against Qian Xunji.
• Xia Tianling told Tang San that Bibi Dong had already killed Qian Xunji, leaving Tang San stunned.

Xia Tianling explained Tang San’s family history and Spirit Hall’s role in his parents’ tragedy, leaving Tang San conflicted but hopeful that his mother could be revived. That night, Xia Tianling confronted Tang Hao, who had secretly followed his son.

• Xia Tianling told Tang San that his teacher had avenged Ah Yin, spared Tang Hao, and hidden Tang San’s identity from Spirit Hall.
• Tang San learned that Tang Hao was the Clear Sky Douluo and questioned why his father had let him undergo Spirit Awakening without warning him of the danger.
• Xia Tianling revealed that Ah Yin could be reborn and encouraged Tang San to cultivate until he could reach the gods’ domain.
• Xia Tianling went for a walk outside Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and detected Tang Hao hiding in a tree nearby.
• Tang Hao appeared and threatened to kill Xia Tianling, who dismissed the threat because Tang Hao was badly injured.

Xia Tianling confronted the injured Tang Hao, overpowered him, and warned him against challenging Spirit Hall. When Tang Hao tried to summon his Clear Sky Hammer, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo immobilized him, leaving Xia Tianling to reason with him.

• Tang Hao attacked Xia Tianling without using his Martial Soul, but Xia Tianling’s True Dragon Spirit and physical strength let him knock Tang Hao back and trigger an old injury.
• Xia Tianling showed Tang Hao private Tokens and summoned Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, who revealed they had secretly followed his group.
• Xia Tianling and Chrysanthemum Douluo warned Tang Hao that Spirit Hall had already dealt with his pursuers and could destroy the Clear Sky Sect if he threatened it.
• Tang Hao raised his Clear Sky Hammer, but Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to restrain him.
• Xia Tianling used Mind Interference to reason with Tang Hao while Ning Fengzhi observed from inside the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.