Chapter Summaries

Di Hong saved Tang San after Shi Nian attacked him, then returned to cultivate while Shrek continued its undefeated run in the tournament. Shrek defeated Canghui Academy’s illusion attack, but the match left Canghui’s students mentally ruined and prompted an investigation that made Flender suspect Salas was targeting Shrek.

• Xiao Wu reunited with Di Hong, who returned the unconscious Tang San to her and said Shi Nian had attacked him.
• Shrek defeated Blazing Fire Academy with difficulty, using Tang San’s Eight Spider Lance Spirit Bone and Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Di Yuan and Xue Qinghe watched Canghui Academy deploy a seven-person illusion technique, which Tang San overcame with his Purple Demon Eye.
• Canghui Academy’s students suffered severe backlash and became idiots after Shrek won the match.
• Salas and Ning Fengzhi joined the tournament committee’s investigation, and Flender suspected Salas had arranged it to target Shrek Academy.

Yu Xiaogang used Pope's Token to force Salas to end his investigation, while Shrek Academy advanced to the Promotion Tournament despite losing its final preliminary match to Skywater Academy. Tang San reached the fortieth level, Xue Ye granted the advancing teams noble titles, and Di Hong remained at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Dugu Bo.

• Yu Xiaogang presented Pope's Token and deterred Salas, ending the investigation into Shrek Academy.
• Shrek Academy won enough matches to secure advancement, then faced Skywater Academy for its final ranking.
• Di Yuan watched Skywater Academy's performance with Xue Qinghe, predicted Shrek's defeat, and left before the match ended.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ice Snow Falling, to crush Shrek Academy, while Tang San broke through to the fortieth level.
• Xue Ye awarded advancement certificates and noble titles to the qualifying teams, angering Spirit Hall.
• Di Hong asked why Dugu Bo had skipped the match, and Dugu Bo said he would watch when Dugu Yan competed in the finals.

As the Promotion Tournament approached, the academies prepared for the one-on-one matches, and Tang San trained after acquiring a six-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring. Di Yuan, Xue Qinghe, and Ning Fengzhi inspected the Royal Hunting Ground and visited Shrek Academy, where Ning Rongrong reunited with her father.

• Dugu Bo asked why Di Hong was studying weapon forging, and Di Hong said he planned to practice Artifact Refining and make Divine Artifacts.
• After the preliminaries, Shrek Academy intensified its training, while Tang San used a six-thousand-year Spirit Beast for his fourth Soul Ring and Xiao Wu worked toward Level 40.
• The Heaven Dou Empire prepared the Royal Hunting Ground for the Promotion Tournament, and Di Yuan, Xue Qinghe, and Ning Fengzhi arrived to inspect the venue and visit Tang San.
• Xue Qinghe asked Tang San to call him Brother Xue, and Tang San agreed as they walked through the camp.
• Ning Rongrong ran to embrace Ning Fengzhi, then playfully made amends with Di Yuan, leaving Oscar dejected.
• Ning Fengzhi introduced Xue Qinghe as his disciple and Di Yuan as the Vermilion Bird Douluo's only son, while Xue Qinghe signaled Tang San to keep his identity secret.

Ning Fengzhi proposed sending Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples to study at Shrek Academy and named Ning Rongrong as his future successor. On the way back, he asked Di Yuan to marry Rongrong, but Di Yuan refused, saying they saw each other as siblings and that he was waiting for someone else.

• Ning Fengzhi asked Flender to accept younger members of his sect at Shrek Academy, and Yu Xiaogang agreed to teach them.
• Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe congratulated Shrek and urged the students to do their best in the Promotion Tournament; Di Yuan encouraged Tang San and revealed their cousin relationship to the surprised students.
• Ning Fengzhi announced that Ning Rongrong would inherit the sect after graduating from Shrek, leaving Oscar despondent about the growing gap between them.
• As Ning Fengzhi, Xue Qinghe, and Di Yuan left, Ning Fengzhi praised Tang San's growth, while Xue Qinghe quietly reacted to Tang San's level of strength.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Di Yuan to marry Ning Rongrong, but Di Yuan declined, explaining that he loved someone else and that he and Rongrong regarded each other as siblings.

Di Yuan watched the Promotion Tournament as Shrek Academy defeated Balak Kingdom Academy, while Huo Wu confronted Tang San over their past loss. The next day’s match began with Shrek Academy fielding Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun, Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San faced Huo Wushuang first.

• Xue Ye opened the Promotion Tournament at the Royal Hunting Ground, where Blazing Fire Academy and Exotic Beast Academy won their opening matches.
• Di Yuan discussed Huo Wu’s improvement with Xue Qinghe and later watched Xiao Wu defeat Balak Academy captain Luofuji.
• Balak Academy members surrounded Xiao Wu after her victory, but Liu Erlong and Salas intervened, and the confrontation ended without a fight.
• Xiao Wu defeated three more Balak Academy opponents before Tang San defeated the rest, giving Shrek Academy an easy victory.
• Huo Wu challenged Tang San to compete against her in their upcoming match, but Tang San refused.
• The next day, Shrek Academy began its match against Blazing Fire Academy with Tang San facing Huo Wushuang first.

Tang San defeated six Blazing Fire Academy fighters in succession by overcoming his fire-attribute disadvantage with his martial techniques, but Huo Wu risked everything in their match. After her ring fusion attack locked onto him, Tang San pulled Huo Wu in front of himself to share its impact.

• Tang San defeated Huo Wushuang with his first three spirit skills and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, then easily won against Huo Yun and two more Soul Elders.
• Xue Qinghe recognized Tang San's talent as a potential threat, while he remained uncertain about which side the Di Family supported.
• Tang San won six consecutive matches against Blazing Fire Academy, leaving Huo Wu as its last fighter.
• Huo Wu surprised Tang San with stronger, faster attacks and drove him into the air after her Resisting Fire Ring dispersed his Blue Silver Grass.
• Huo Wu fused all four spirit rings into a homing orb made from her Soul Power, and Tang San wrapped Blue Silver Grass around her waist and pulled her in front of himself to block it.

Tang San conceded his match against Huo Wu after Di Yuan saved them from her devastating attack, giving Blazing Fire Academy the victory before Shrek won the overall contest. Shrek continued its winning streak, but Plant Academy swept its first three matches against them, leaving Ma Hongjun to fight next.

• Tang San shielded Huo Wu from her released orb, and Di Yuan caught it in Phoenix Flame and sent it exploding into the sky.
• Tang San admitted defeat, and the referee declared Huo Wu the winner; Di Yuan's intervention left both fighters unharmed.
• Yu Xiaogang suggested Di Yuan might help cure Ma Hongjun's Evil Fire problem, though the group was unsure how to approach him or Di Hong.
• Shrek continued winning over the following days, including against Silvis Academy, while Blazing Fire Academy's victory over Tang San still left Shrek victorious overall.
• Plant Academy swept Shrek's first three matches, so Shrek sent Ma Hongjun to face the plant-type Spirit Masters.

Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire flared out of control, but Shui Bing’er suppressed it with her ice-attribute Soul Power after Di Yuan summoned her. As the Promotion Tournament reached its final day, Xue Ye considered recruiting Yu Xiaogang, and Tang San prepared to face Feng Xiaotian in a decisive match.

• Ma Hongjun struggled with his Evil Fire during the match against Plant Academy, so Shrek conceded and sent Dai Mubai in his place.
• Tang San asked Di Yuan for help, and Di Yuan brought Shui Bing’er to Ma Hongjun; she used her ice-attribute Soul Power to suppress the Evil Fire.
• Di Yuan warned that the suppression was temporary and said Ma Hongjun needed his Martial Soul purified or ice-attributed heavenly treasures; he added that the Vermilion Bird Douluo could purify it but was in seclusion.
• Shrek narrowly defeated Plant Academy and Skywater Academy, then lost six matches against Thunder Academy before winning the crucial seventh.
• Xue Ye considered recruiting Yu Xiaogang after Ning Fengzhi praised him, while Shrek and Godwind Academy agreed to decide their final-day match through Tang San versus Feng Xiaotian.

Tang San narrowly defeated Feng Xiaotian in a one-on-one match, revealing his Clear Sky Hammer and the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer to the spectators. Spirit Hall learned of his Twin Martial Souls, leaving Tang San at risk even as Shrek entered the finals.

• Feng Xiaotian and Tang San agreed to settle the match in a one-on-one fight, and Feng Xiaotian initially gained the upper hand with his speed and attacks.
• Tang San chained several Spirit Skills to injure Feng Xiaotian, but Feng Xiaotian recovered with Gale Wings and launched his Gale Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes.
• Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer, shocking Di Yuan, Xue Qinghe, and the VIP spectators as Salas sent a subordinate away with instructions.
• Di Yuan warned Xue Qinghe that Spirit Hall would likely act against Tang San after seeing his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San used the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer to narrowly defeat Feng Xiaotian, and both fighters collapsed after the match.

Di Hong reviewed the kingdom’s growing control over the Heaven Dou Empire and discussed the coming rebellion with Dugu Bo. As the delegation departed for Spirit City, Di Yuan traveled with Xue Qinghe, Ning Fengzhi, and their guards to attend the tournament finals.

• Di Hong noted that the kingdom controlled the Imperial Guards and most of the imperial army, while its agents had surrounded Xue Qinghe within the Crown Prince Faction.
• Dugu Bo told Di Hong he was going to Spirit City to watch Dugu Yan compete and protect her from trouble involving Tang San.
• Di Hong said Spirit Hall would target Tang San but told Dugu Bo to focus on protecting Di Yuan, with help for Tang San left to circumstances.
• Di Hong warned that he would destroy the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect if Ning Fengzhi opposed the Di Family, though he believed Ning Fengzhi would avoid conflict with the kingdom.
• Di Yuan, Xue Qinghe, Dugu Bo, Ning Fengzhi, and Chen Xin traveled toward Spirit City after assembling with the delegation escorted by the Royal Knights.

As the tournament teams traveled toward Spirit City, Di Yuan learned that Martial Soul Hall Academy’s Golden Generation included three Spirit Kings, making Shrek Academy’s chances of winning look slim. The chapter also described Martial Soul Hall’s talent recruitment and its conflict with the Silves Kingdom over branch members who broke the law.

• The competing teams and their escorts gathered as they traveled, while Di Yuan focused on painting and Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi discussed the tournament.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that Martial Soul Hall Academy’s Golden Generation included Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan, all backed by three spirit bones offered as the tournament prize.
• Di Yuan doubted Shrek Academy could defeat Martial Soul Hall Academy because Shrek had only three Soul Ancestors, though he thought Ning Rongrong could help them reach the final stages.
• The chapter recounted how Bibi Dong’s recruitment of common-born spirit masters strengthened Martial Soul Hall but also brought lawless members into its ranks.
• The Silves Kingdom arrested and publicly executed Martial Soul Hall members who committed serious crimes, while Di Ming rejected the Hall’s protests and referred them to Di Hong.

Spirit Hall ambushed the convoy in a canyon, targeting Shrek Academy and Tang San. Di Yuan and Dugu Bo arrived just as Yue Guan was about to attack Tang San, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Di Yuan and Ning Fengzhi sensed danger in the canyon before boulders split the convoy and masked Spirit Hall Spirit Masters attacked.
• Ning Fengzhi suspected Spirit Hall was targeting Tang San, while Dugu Bo went to check on Yan Yan and returned after dealing with nearby attackers.
• Yue Guan attacked Tang San, severely injuring Liu Erlong, and the Peerless Dragon Snake could only delay him with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Xue Qinghe sent Di Yuan to help Shrek, and Di Yuan and Dugu Bo rushed to the battle.
• Di Yuan shielded Tang San and asked Yue Guan to spare his cousin, while Dugu Bo's presence gave Shrek hope and Gui Mei arrived beside Yue Guan.

Di Yuan helped drive off Spirit Hall's assassins, then escorted the group safely to Spirit City, where the final round began. Shrek advanced after Blazing Fire Academy forfeited, while the newly merged New Godwind Team drew protests for exploiting a loophole in the rules.

• Di Yuan warned Yue Guan and Gui Mei that Dugu Bo, Ning Fengzhi, and Chen Xin would stop them, so they withdrew their forces and left Tang San unharmed.
• Tang San thanked Di Yuan, Dugu Bo, Ning Fengzhi, and Chen Xin, while Di Yuan returned to Xue Qinghe's side.
• Xue Qinghe increased the escort, and the group reached Spirit City safely; Di Yuan stayed with Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe and discussed his hope of becoming a Titled Douluo.
• Blazing Fire Academy forfeited its first-round match against Shrek and joined Godwind Academy to form the New Godwind Team.
• Godwind Academy fielded members of both academies against Dragon Kui Academy, prompting other teams to protest; the organizing committee ruled the merger legal and promised to revise the rules.

Shrek Academy was overwhelmed by Star Luo Royal Academy in Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi’s high-stakes match, while Xiao Wu’s secret as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was exposed to several observers. Di Yuan left to warn Shrek and planned to ask Di Hong about Xiao Wu’s Vermilion Bird Feathers.

• Shrek Academy fielded its full team against Star Luo Royal Academy, but the stronger opponents quickly overwhelmed them.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun were eliminated, and Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing were knocked out after using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• A Vermilion Bird Feather fell from Xiao Wu, prompting Di Yuan and Ning Fengzhi to question her connection to Di Hong.
• Dugu Bo told Di Yuan that Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast who had taken human form, and Xue Qinghe suggested the feathers concealed her aura.
• Di Yuan left to urge Shrek to surrender and leave Spirit City, while Ning Fengzhi went to warn them.

After Shrek’s elimination from the tournament, Di Yuan discovered that Xiao Wu was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and announced that he would take her for his seventh Spirit Ring. Tang San, Liu Erlong, and the others moved to protect Xiao Wu as Di Yuan revealed the Vermilion Bird Feather had exposed her.

• Shrek lost to Star Luo Royal Academy, ending its tournament run, and several of the Shrek Seven Devils were injured or unconscious.
• Xiao Wu discovered that her Vermilion Bird Feathers were missing and feared that her identity had been exposed.
• Di Yuan and Dugu Bo visited Shrek, and Dugu Bo confirmed that Xiao Wu was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Di Yuan sent Ning Rongrong out of the room, then said he intended to take Xiao Wu despite Liu Erlong and the others objecting.
• Tang San and the others stepped between Di Yuan and Xiao Wu as Di Yuan revealed that he needed her for his seventh Spirit Ring and had identified her through the Vermilion Bird Feather.

After Xiao Wu was exposed as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, Tang San defended her against Di Yuan, who destroyed Yu Xiaogang’s Pope’s Token but ultimately let them leave. Bibi Dong learned that Shrek had departed and ordered Xiao Wu watched closely.

• Tang San declared that Xiao Wu was his sister and vowed to protect her, despite her being a soul beast.
• Di Yuan melted Yu Xiaogang’s Pope’s Token, suppressed Liu Erlong, Flender, and Yu Xiaogang, and melted Tang San’s crossbow bolt before Dugu Bo cautioned him against harming Xiao Wu.
• Di Yuan left after warning Tang San to take Xiao Wu away, while Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Xue Qinghe, and Ning Rongrong waited outside.
• Dugu Bo passed a hidden note through a tea stall server, who read and destroyed it.
• Bibi Dong learned that Shrek’s people had left Spirit City and ordered the Cardinal Bishop to monitor Shrek Academy and Xiao Wu.

After the tournament, the Shrek members went their separate ways, while Di Hong continued preparing his plans and strengthening himself. Four years passed as Spirit Hall expanded its influence and the former teammates pursued their own training.

• Martial Soul Hall Academy won the tournament, and Shrek Academy's members graduated and separated, agreeing to reunite at Shrek in five years.
• Dugu Bo told Di Hong that Di Yuan had tried to seize Xiao Wu, and Di Hong confirmed that the incident would not affect his plans.
• Tang Yuehua reprimanded Di Yuan and confined him to Moonlight Pavilion for further study.
• Di Hong suppressed the Dragon Souls and drew on their power and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to prepare for a breakthrough to Level 100.
• Bibi Dong expanded Spirit Hall's alliances while Di Yang kept the Silves Kingdom's intentions ambiguous.
• Tang Hao trained Tang San beneath a waterfall, Xiao Wu returned to the Star Dou Great Forest, and Oscar left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to grow stronger.

After years of preparation for a coming conflict with Spirit Hall, Tang Hao brought Tang San to Moonlight Pavilion so Tang San could learn to control his killing intent from Tang Yuehua. Their arrival was rejected by the pavilion’s steward Ode, and Tang San broke the arms of two men who attacked them.

• Di Hong sent Di Yuan from Heaven Dou City toward the Silves Kingdom as Di Ming and Di Yang managed preparations for a possible seizure of Heaven Dou City.
• Tang Hao brought Tang San, newly returned from training in the City of Slaughter, to Moonlight Pavilion to see Tang Yuehua.
• Two attendants stopped Tang Hao and Tang San at the entrance, but Tang San released his killing intent and frightened them into letting the pair enter.
• Tang Hao gave the receptionist a message for Yuehua, but steward Ode arrived and ordered the poorly dressed visitors removed.
• When two men attacked, Tang San shattered both of their arms after Tang Hao warned him not to kill anyone or damage the pavilion.

Tang San lost control and attacked Ode at Moonlight Pavilion, but Tang Yuehua's mysterious domain subdued him before she reunited with her brother, Tang Hao. She introduced herself as Tang San's aunt and urged Tang Hao to return to the Clear Sky Sect, but he refused, still grieving Ah Yin.

• Tang San suppressed Ode's Ghost King Vine with his Blue Silver Emperor, then went berserk after blood from a cut triggered his killing intent and bound Ode with Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang Yuehua descended and used a powerful domain to dispel Tang San's Divine Slaughter's Domain, free Ode, and suppress Tang San's Soul Power.
• Tang Hao and Tang Yuehua recognized each other, and Tang Yuehua wept over her brother's haggard appearance.
• Tang Yuehua told Tang San she was his aunt, and Tang San accepted the relationship after Tang Hao confirmed it.
• Tang Yuehua urged Tang Hao to return to the Clear Sky Sect and see Tang Xiao, but Tang Hao refused, saying he no longer belonged to the sect and his heart had died with Ah Yin.

Tang Hao left Tang San with Tang Yuehua for a year of study at Moonlight Pavilion, saying his son was his answer to the Clear Sky Sect. Tang San learned that Yuehua was a Level 93 Titled Douluo with a domain that could calm his killing intent, and wondered whether his uncle could help his teacher.

• Tang Hao told Tang Yuehua he would not return to help the sect and said Tang San was his answer to it, then gave Tang San a map and told him to meet him in a year.
• Tang Yuehua explained that Tang San would study noble etiquette and music at Moonlight Pavilion so he could learn to handle people and factions as well as grow stronger.
• Tang San reflected on his need to protect Xiao Wu and accepted that he would study with Tang Yuehua.
• Tang Yuehua showed Tang San her Noble Ring domain and revealed that she was a Level 93 Titled Douluo whose Martial Soul was the Ruyi Ring.
• Tang Yuehua said Tang Hao had helped her overcome her cultivation problem, but she could not help Tang San's teacher and suggested his uncle might be able to.