Chapter Summaries

The Round-Robin Tournament began as the Spirit Pagoda profited from the Myriad Beast Platform and Qiangu Dongfeng considered how its secret could let the Pagoda control Spirit Masters. After the opening matches, Nan Fusheng was announced to face Chi Shanming, leaving the audience waiting to discover Nan Fusheng’s martial soul and strength.

• Nan Fusheng ended his confrontation with Lan Fuzi peacefully and left with Xu Xiaoyan and the others.
• The Spirit Pagoda opened the Myriad Beast Platform alongside the tournament, selling its limited entry slots for enormous fees.
• Qiangu Dongfeng reviewed the profits and considered using the platform’s hidden ability to reclaim Spirit Power to control Spirit Masters.
• Lan Fuzi apologized to Nan Fusheng, offered to help him twice during the tournament, and insisted she would not yield Gu Yuena to him.
• The tournament began, and Group One featured Naruto Uzumaki winning a Titled Douluo match and a Soul Saint upsetting a Soul Douluo.
• Commentator Ai Fei announced Nan Fusheng’s Group Two match against War God Temple Reserve War God Chi Shanming and noted that Nan Fusheng’s martial soul and Soul Power Level remained unknown.

Nan Fusheng faced the Tyrant Fire Douluo Chi Shanming in the tournament and used his eighth soul skill, World Harmony, to turn Chi Shanming’s attack back on him. He discovered that the Scapegoat Ring drew on human luck and that he could also summon the luck of Soul Beasts.

• Commentator Ai Fei introduced Nan Fusheng and Chi Shanming, a powerful Titled Douluo and War God Temple Reserve War God.
• Nan Fusheng revealed seven black spirit rings and one red ring, while Chi Shanming displayed four purple and five black rings.
• Chi Shanming charged and struck Nan Fusheng, but World Harmony reflected the damage and left Chi Shanming badly injured.
• Nan Fusheng explained that his Scapegoat Ring absorbed his injuries and inflicted doubled misfortune on Chi Shanming.
• Nan Fusheng sensed human luck flowing into the ring, then summoned Soul Beast luck from the Dragon Valley Minor World into himself.

Nan Fusheng tested World Harmony against Chi Shanming, using its luck-based effects to turn the fight in his favor. As Nan Fusheng gained the upper hand, Gu Yuena recognized the ability’s connection to Qingque, while Qiangu Zhangting’s jealousy of Nan Fusheng grew.

• Nan Fusheng sensed World Harmony strengthening his connection to the world and challenged Chi Shanming to continue fighting.
• Chi Shanming tried to activate Fire Element True Body, but bad luck caused his Soul Power to reverse and injure him.
• Nan Fusheng tested an elemental sword against Chi Shanming’s armor, then found his own attack enhanced as the armor weakened.
• Gu Yuena suspected Nan Fusheng’s Eighth Spirit Ring was Qingque and considered the cost of the Soul Spirits binding their origins to his.
• Qiangu Zhangting told Gu Yuena that Nan Fusheng’s abilities would not overcome strength, while privately resenting him for marrying Fors and Xu Xiaoyan.
• Nan Fusheng continued pressing Chi Shanming as their battle neared its end.

Nan Fusheng defeated Chi Shanming when Chi conceded after his attacks repeatedly backfired and his battle armor was badly damaged. Tang San’s Divine sense explained that Nan Fusheng carried an extraordinary concentration of Fate, then urged Tang Wulin to date him so he could help the Tang Sect and Shrek overcome their threats.

• Chi Shanming conceded to Nan Fusheng after his attacks rebounded and Nan Fusheng shattered his battle armor.
• The referee announced Nan Fusheng as the winner, and the crowd erupted at the upset.
• Tang Wulin sensed that Nan Fusheng’s ability was unusual, and Tang San’s Divine sense awakened to explain that it involved Fate.
• Tang San told Tang Wulin that Fate had scattered across the continent after the Golden Ancient Tree’s death, but Nan Fusheng possessed an unusually large share of it.
• Tang San warned Tang Wulin about the dangers facing Shrek and the Tang Sect, then told her to date Nan Fusheng for their future.

Tang Wulin rejected Tang San’s proposal to use romance with Nan Fusheng to benefit the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy, while Tang San privately reflected on how he had manipulated his family’s fortunes. Outside the stadium, Lan Fuzi insisted that Nan Fusheng let her repay her favors, but he kept suggesting targets she could not safely attack.

• Tang San urged Tang Wulin to pursue Nan Fusheng so his status and fortune could help the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy, but Tang Wulin refused to exploit their friendship.
• Tang San recalled how he had arranged Tang Wutong’s relationship with Huo Yuhao and blamed Xu Yunhan’s birth for disrupting his plans and diverting the Tang Family’s fortune.
• Tang San concluded that Nan Fusheng could be dealt with after his grand plan succeeded, then withdrew into Tang Wulin’s Sea of Consciousness.
• Lan Fuzi stopped Nan Fusheng outside Ming Capital’s stadium and offered to punish anyone he disliked so she could repay her two favors.
• Nan Fusheng named Qiangu Dongfeng and then the Federation Parliament Speaker as targets, but Lan Fuzi refused because the risks were too great.
• Lan Fuzi accused Nan Fusheng of deliberately making impossible requests and insisted that he name a realistic target before she let him leave.

Nan Fusheng teased Lan Fuzi about her infatuation with Gu Yuena, then reassured her after she began doubting her feelings. The conversation ended with Lan Fuzi questioning Nan Fusheng’s claim that he liked Gu Yuena like his wife.

• Nan Fusheng invited Lan Fuzi to a teahouse, and she agreed to count the tea as repayment for his favor.
• Lan Fuzi told Nan Fusheng she believed her feelings for Gu Yuena were true love, and he teased her into admitting she had submissive fantasies about Gu Yuena.
• Nan Fusheng accused Lan Fuzi of disguising lust as love, making her doubt herself until he admitted he had only been joking and reassured her.
• Lan Fuzi realized Nan Fusheng had fooled her, then stopped him from leaving and asked again whether he liked Gu Yuena.
• Nan Fusheng said he liked Gu Yuena like his wife, and Lan Fuzi warily asked whether he meant it as a metaphor.

Nan Fusheng told Lan Fuzi that his two wives supported his participation in the Martial Arts Matchmaking Convention, then Nahida arrived to take him home. Nahida frightened Lan Fuzi with her overwhelming spiritual power and exposed her identity as a whale, while Lan Fuzi was left wondering how Nahida and Nan Fusheng were connected.

• Nan Fusheng told Lan Fuzi that he had two wives and that they supported his participation in the convention.
• Nahida interrupted Lan Fuzi as she tried to stop Nan Fusheng from leaving and claimed she was his wife.
• Lan Fuzi dismissed Nahida's claim as a child's misunderstanding, so Nahida dropped the act and left with Nan Fusheng.
• Nahida used her spiritual power to stop Lan Fuzi from following and called her "Little Whale," exposing her hidden identity.
• After Nan Fusheng and Nahida departed, Lan Fuzi suspected Nahida was a powerful Soul Beast and wondered how she had become involved with Nan Fusheng.
• Nahida asked Nan Fusheng to carry her on his back, and he took her toward the Spirit Pagoda.

Group Six began its round-robin matches, and the supposedly weakest contestant, the Heaven Forging goose Bianka, defeated Lu Xingyu with ease. The Big White Goose left the arena victorious after plucking a patch of hair from Lu Xingyu, while Tang Wulin watched and reconsidered the group’s strength rankings.

• Spectators anticipated Group Six’s clashes because it contained nine Titled Douluos and the Big White Goose, while Tang Wulin reviewed the contestants’ rankings from the resting area.
• Qiangu Zhangting tried to probe the Big White Goose with his Spiritual Power, and it insulted him by calling him “Shunzi” and “grandson.”
• The first Group Six match began between Bianka and Lu Xingyu, who transformed into yellow sand and attacked with his Heavenly Road of Yellow Sand.
• Bianka countered Lu Xingyu’s sandstorm with wind, resisted his attacks, and located him hiding within the sand.
• Lu Xingyu surrendered after Bianka pounced on him and tore out a lock of his hair, and the referee declared Bianka the winner.

Tang Wulin watched Qiangu Zhangting defeat Xin Nan, then entered the arena to fight Bei Miao. As their match began, she unleashed Mystic Ice Dragon Soar.

• Tang Wulin realized Big White Goose had overwhelmingly suppressed Lu Xingyu rather than winning by luck.
• Qiangu Zhangting and Xin Nan fought an intense battle, and Qiangu Zhangting eventually defeated him.
• Tang Wulin recalled that Xin Nan and four other War God Temple contestants had undergone similar sudden growth and Martial Soul mutations, raising her suspicions about the Temple.
• The referee called Tang Wulin, competing as Yu Longyue, to fight Bei Miao.
• Tang Wulin and Bei Miao faced off, and Tang Wulin began the match with Mystic Ice Dragon Soar.

Qingque complained to Nan Fusheng that Fu Xuan was making her work and planned to take her back to the War God Temple, but he refused to intervene. Qingque returned with a wager and revealed a size chart drawn on her stomach, leaving Nan Fusheng astonished.

• Qingque clung to Nan Fusheng and complained that Fu Xuan had beaten her in a fight and forced her to handle War God Temple work.
• Qingque told Nan Fusheng that Fu Xuan intended to take her to the War God Temple, and he suggested settling the dispute with a fair fight.
• Nan Fusheng refused to take sides or plead with Fu Xuan, and Qingque tried to persuade him with a flirtatious offer.
• Qingque proposed a wager with herself as the stake, stormed out when Nan Fusheng declined, then returned and showed him a size chart inked on her stomach.

Nan Fusheng beat Qingque at Imperial Jade Tile and collected on her promise, leaving her defeated after an unexpected injection. Zheng Yiran came to summon him to a tea gathering but discovered a misleadingly intimate scene and fled in embarrassment.

• Qingque challenged Nan Fusheng to a two-player Imperial Jade Tile bet, and Nan Fusheng won the first two rounds with enormous fan counts.
• Qingque insisted on playing a third round, but Nan Fusheng won immediately with a Heavenly Hand, leaving her to concede the game and her promise.
• Nan Fusheng stopped Qingque from leaving and used a syringe on her, prompting her to cry that she had lost everything.
• Zheng Yiran went to Nan Fusheng's room to tell him about Fors's tea gathering and heard Qingque's voice from the inner room.
• Zheng Yiran peered through the bedroom door, misunderstood what Nan Fusheng and Qingque were doing, and hurried away in embarrassment.

Nan Fusheng faced Ao Wuchang in Group Two’s featured match, billed as a contest between the convention’s strongest Soul Douluos. Ao Wuchang revealed that he had advanced to Titled Douluo and summoned three powerful Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, then sent them to attack Nan Fusheng.

• Ai Fei introduced Nan Fusheng and Ao Wuchang’s match as a clash between two contestants who had defeated Titled Douluos.
• Ao Wuchang taunted Nan Fusheng, who calmly accepted the challenge.
• At the start of the match, Ao Wuchang revealed nine Soul Rings and showed that he had advanced from Soul Douluo to Titled Douluo.
• Ao Wuchang summoned three Demon Wolves, the Jade Phoenix, and the Golden Lion Mastiff, then used his Martial Soul Avatar to summon the Wolf Emperor.
• After judging that his Soul Power was nearly exhausted, Ao Wuchang ordered the three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts to attack Nan Fusheng.

Nan Fusheng fought Ao Wuchang and his three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts at the Martial Arts Matchmaking Convention, while the beasts’ power was suppressed by Ao Wuchang. After their ultimate clash, Ao Wuchang conceded and collapsed, leaving Nan Fusheng to realize the match had been fixed.

• Fors and Xu Xiaoyan wondered why Ao Wuchang seemed hostile toward Nan Fusheng, while Fors trusted Fusheng’s strength.
• Ao Wuchang ordered the Wolf Emperor, Jade Phoenix, and Golden Lion Mastiff to attack Nan Fusheng, but World Harmony reflected the Wolf Emperor’s first strike back at it.
• Nan Fusheng learned that Ao Wuchang had restricted most of the summoned beasts’ power, then watched Ao Wuchang prepare his strongest move.
• Ao Wuchang unleashed Myriad Beast Tribulation, and Nan Fusheng countered with a powerful strike from his Elemental Sword.
• The clash unsummoned all three beasts, and Ao Wuchang admitted defeat before collapsing unconscious.
• Nan Fusheng realized Ao Wuchang had openly fixed the match.

Nan Fusheng celebrated his victory over Ao Wuchang while concealing how much of the attack he had truly endured, then reunited with his friends and learned about Kiana and Gu Yuena’s dinner. At the dessert shop, Kiana told Gu Yuena that two mysterious objects fused with Nan Fusheng could not be removed unless he died, and forcing them out might kill him.

• Nan Fusheng received cheers as the strongest Soul Douluo, though he knew Ao Wuchang had directed most of Myriad Beast Tribulation away from him.
• Lan Fuzi and Xu Xiaoyan checked on Nan Fusheng, and Xu Xiaoyan said their group planned to dine with Kiana and Gu Yuena and invite Ye Xinglan.
• Kiana ordered desserts with Gu Yuena, whose other consciousness, Na'er, briefly took control to order the same set.
• Gu Yuena confronted Kiana about the key and Monocle placed on Nan Fusheng, and Kiana said they were treasures that helped him grow stronger without violating their Blood Pact.
• Kiana told Gu Yuena that the objects had fused with Nan Fusheng’s body and soul and could not be removed unless he died, warning that forceful removal might kill him.

Gu Yuena questioned Kiana about why she had targeted Nan Fusheng and learned that his Monocle and Key could cause horrific consequences if their fusion failed. Gu Yuena offered Myriad Beast Platform authority in exchange for Nan Fusheng’s Ninth Soul Ring slot, but Kiana refused, and the others arrived at the dessert shop.

• Gu Yuena asked why Kiana had chosen Nan Fusheng, and Kiana explained that Fors had only been bait while Nan Fusheng’s Monocle-like object had attracted her attention.
• Gu Yuena asked whether the Monocle and Key endangered Nan Fusheng, and Kiana described the monstrous outcomes that could follow a failed fusion.
• Gu Yuena asked about Kiana’s goals and requested Nan Fusheng’s Ninth Soul Ring slot, but Kiana refused and warned her not to interfere.
• Gu Yuena offered Kiana seventy percent authority over the Myriad Beast Platform, but Kiana rejected the deal and warned her against acting behind their backs.
• Nan Fusheng, Xu Xiaoyan, Fors, and their companions entered the dessert shop, and Kiana welcomed them to the table.

At a lively dessert-shop gathering, Lan Fuzi nervously greeted Gu Yuena and Kiana while struggling to understand her attraction to several women. Fors confronted Xu Xiaoyan about Nan Fusheng’s supposed cheating, and the chapter ended as she began to name the person involved.

• Xu Xiaoyan invited Gu Yuena to dinner, and Nan Fusheng encouraged the hesitant Lan Fuzi to greet Gu Yuena and Kiana.
• Gu Yuena recognized Lan Fuzi as a disguised Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and decided to have Di Tian investigate her later.
• Lan Fuzi returned to her seat, confused by her attraction to Gu Yuena, Fu Xuan, Qingque, and Kiana, while Na Nali wondered why Lan Fuzi seemed familiar.
• Fors asked Nan Fusheng to buy drinks across the street, then stopped Xu Xiaoyan from accompanying him and brought up Xu Xiaoyan’s claim that he had secretly cheated.
• Fors suggested that someone among the women was acting like a guilty fox spirit, and Xu Xiaoyan’s nervous response narrowed Fors’s suspicion to those who had lived together.
• Fors fixed her gaze on one person and began to reveal who had supposedly cheated with Nan Fusheng.

Fors accused Zheng Yiran of cheating with Nan Fusheng, but her investigation showed Zheng Yiran was still a virgin and had never been intimate with him. Fors then suspected Gu Yuena before the group left the Dessert Shop for a meal.

• Fors accused Zheng Yiran of cheating with Fu Sheng, citing her past confession and her recent blushes and glances at him.
• Zheng Yiran denied the accusation, while Wu Sidu and Gu Yuena reacted uneasily to her comments about past confessions.
• Fors used the Zen Meditation Seal to freeze everyone in the Dessert Shop and examined Zheng Yiran with her Spiritual Power.
• Fors discovered Zheng Yiran was still a virgin, apologized, and then suspiciously questioned Gu Yuena.
• Xu Xiaoyan smoothed over the confrontation, and Nan Fusheng returned with milk tea before the group headed to Fors's reserved restaurant.

Nan Fusheng’s group reached the Endless Fire Domain Grand Hotel, where Fors explained the restaurant’s dish rankings and revealed a legendary Heaven Rank dish she had reserved. The dish unleashed blinding golden light as the waiter lifted its cover, leaving everyone unable to see it clearly.

• Nan Fusheng and Lan Fuzi bickered as the group walked, and Lan Fuzi agreed to look after him after Fors asked her to.
• Fors led the group to the Great Thousand Palace private room at the Endless Fire Domain Grand Hotel.
• Fors explained that the menu ranked dishes from Yellow to Heaven, with higher ranks requiring rarer ingredients and more advanced cooking.
• A waiter brought Fors’s reserved Heaven Rank dish, Great Heaven Creation Palm, prepared by the head chef.
• The waiter lifted the silver cover, and golden light burst from the dish, forcing Kiana and the others to shield their eyes.

Fors presented the heaven-tier Great Heaven Creation Palm, made from a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, and the group enjoyed it alongside other dishes while learning about Chef Liu Maoxing’s strange hidden menu. Gu Yuena then detected concealed Spatial Power and discovered Kiana and Qingque were secretly teasing Nan Fusheng beneath the table.

• Fors explained that the Great Heaven Creation Palm used a fifty-thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and rare ingredients, provoking Gu Yuena’s anger over the Spirit Pagoda’s hunting of soul beasts.
• The group tasted the dish and ordered more delicacies, while Gu Yuena reluctantly savored the bear meat and remembered the soul beast’s death.
• Xu Xiaoyan found the hidden menu, but Fors warned her that Liu Maoxing’s Creamy Baked Macaroni Dumplings had once disgusted the Dou Ling Emperor and led to Liu Maoxing being blacklisted.
• Gu Yuena sensed a faint Divine Power fluctuation concealing Spatial Power and noticed Nan Fusheng acting tense.
• Gu Yuena dropped her spoon and looked beneath the tablecloth, where she saw Kiana’s white-socked foot and Qingque’s black-stockinged foot teasing Squirtle beneath Nan Fusheng’s clothes.

At dinner, Gu Yuena joined Kiana and Qingque in secretly restraining Nan Fusheng’s Squirtle, and Fu Xuan and Nahida soon joined the struggle beneath the table. The Squirtle’s redirected Water Gun soaked Gu Yuena, prompting her and the others to leave for the restroom while Xu Xiaoyan wondered why they had all gone.

• Gu Yuena saw Kiana and Qingque teasing Nan Fusheng’s Squirtle beneath the table and secretly used a Space Gate to join them.
• Fu Xuan and Nahida squeezed into the cramped space, turning the three-way contest into a chaotic struggle among five women over Squirtle and its Pokemon Eggs.
• Squirtle tried to fight back with Water Gun, but Kiana and Qingque redirected its attack toward Gu Yuena.
• Gu Yuena withdrew her foot and left for the restroom, and Kiana, Qingque, Fu Xuan, and Nahida followed.
• Xu Xiaoyan watched them leave and wondered why everyone needed to wash their hands.