Chapter Summaries

Lin Manshan advised Huo Wu on developing her spirit abilities, then the tournament continued as Shrek Academy grew confident before facing Godwind Academy. Feng Xiaotian’s team won with a Multi-person Fusion Skill, leaving Tang San injured and furious as Lin Manshan departed pleased with the result.

• Lin Manshan praised Huo Wu’s skill and suggested ways to extend her Huo Wu Blazing Sun and Rejection Fire Ring, then invited her team to lunch to discuss Tang San and Shrek Academy.
• The tournament continued, with Shrek Academy defeating Elephant Armored Academy and Plant Academy while Skywater Academy lost to Tian Xing Academy and Shrek Academy.
• Shui Bing’er’s Ice Seal Seven-Chain Control crushed Elephant Armored Academy, and Ma Hongjun helped Shrek Academy defeat Plant Academy.
• Feng Xiaotian led Godwind Academy in using a Multi-person Fusion Skill to trap Shrek Academy in a tornado, forcing Tang San to surrender.
• A Godwind Academy teammate lost control of the tornado, but Sword Douluo suppressed it before the Shrek members were badly hurt; the referee awarded Godwind Academy the victory.
• Tang San glared at the departing Godwind Academy team with hatred, while Lin Manshan left the arena pleased.

Shrek Academy lost to Blazing Fire Academy after Huo Wu and her teammates trapped Tang San’s group with coordinated fire attacks, leaving most of them badly injured. That night, Tang San blamed Lin Manshan, Feng Xiaotian, and Huo Wu and vowed revenge.

• Qin Ming and Flender reassured Shrek’s team after their loss to Godwind Academy and urged them to prepare for the Finals.
• Shrek Academy sent Tang San, Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, and four teammates to face Blazing Fire Academy, while Tang San used vines to coordinate their movements.
• Huo Wu and Blazing Fire Academy exploited Tang San’s tactics, burned through his vines, and drove Shrek’s fighters into a trap with their fire attacks.
• Huo Wu’s team overwhelmed Shrek with explosions, leaving Tailong unconscious and most of the group severely burned; the referee declared Blazing Fire Academy the winner.
• Tang San carried the shaken Xiao Wu to bed that night, then cursed Lin Manshan, Feng Xiaotian, and Huo Wu and swore they would die.

Tang San’s bald head and ruthless victory over Mars Academy drew ridicule, while Lin Manshan led Tian Xing Academy to defeat Godwind Academy with a devastating blade strike. Tang San comforted himself by imagining that future training and the Clear Sky Sect’s techniques could let him match Lin Manshan in the Finals.

• At the Great Soul Arena, spectators mocked Tang San’s bald head as Shrek Academy entered the Qualifying Round’s final day.
• Tang San used Spider Web Restraint to overwhelm Mars Academy, but the crowd booed Shrek Academy for attacking a weaker team without restraint.
• Lin Manshan competed alongside six Tian Xing Academy teammates against Godwind Academy in the final match of the Qualifying Round.
• The Divine Wind Team unleashed its Storm Tornado, but Lin Manshan’s Dark Night Fierce Light cleaved through it and cut into distant platforms.
• Feng Xiaotian surrendered, and the audience and VIP spectators reacted with astonishment to Lin Manshan’s power.
• Tang San reassured himself that mastering the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill and learning the Clear Sky Sect’s Ultimate Skill could let him challenge Lin Manshan in the Finals.

After Tian Xing Academy won the qualifying round, Lin Manshan arranged for five Skywater Team members to join his team for the Finals. He later watched Tang Hao train Tang San and studied how he countered the Clear Sky Hammer.

• Xue Ye awarded the top teams and offered noble titles and imperial support, prompting Salas to object and leaving the teams to weigh the Empire against Spirit Hall.
• Bai Xue told Lin Manshan that Skywater Academy would relocate to Tian Xing Academy, and he offered its team members a chance to compete in the Finals.
• Lin Manshan secured Salas's approval to add five Skywater Team members to Tianxing Team, while Haiyan and Qingqing stayed behind to train.
• Lin Manshan hosted a meal at the academy, where the women teased one another about their feelings for him.
• Tang Hao began training Tang San in combat with the Clear Sky Hammer, while Lin Manshan watched and learned from Tang Hao's techniques.

Lin Manshan arranged combat training for the five newly arrived Skywater Academy women and planned to help them develop their Martial Soul abilities. He gave them access to advanced cultivation techniques before sending everyone off to cultivate.

• Lin Manshan planned for Xue Wu, Shui Bing'er, and Yue'er to practice a three-person Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and for Shui Bing'er and Dugu Yan to explore flying through their Martial Souls.
• Lin Manshan arranged one-on-one sparring between Xue Wu and the other five women and Yanzi, Zhu Yun, and their companions to assess their abilities.
• After the women recovered in medicinal baths, Lin Manshan gave Xue Wu and the others the core students' Meditation Method and Startled Swan Steps to study.
• Xue Wu and the others thanked Lin Manshan for the techniques, then returned to their rooms to cultivate.
• Yu Hairou and the other women teased Qi Yatou about warming her bed, while Zhu Zhuyun flirted with Lin Manshan before he urged her to cultivate.

Lin Manshan sent Bibi Dong a letter revealing Yu Xiaogang’s plans and his castration, provoking an emotional reaction before she resolved to hear Yu Xiaogang out. Meanwhile, Tang San learned the Nine Absolutes of Clear Sky and grew confident he could defeat Lin Manshan, who planned to refine his Blade Art using the technique’s principles.

• Ning Fengzhi learned that Tian Xing Academy’s strength had grown substantially after Skywater Academy merged with it.
• Yu Xiaogang told Liu Erlong he would visit Bibi Dong alone after the Promotion Tournament to ask about cultivating Twin Martial Souls, and Lin Manshan learned of their conversation through a spider.
• Lin Manshan sent Bibi Dong a letter reporting Yu Xiaogang’s plans, his relationship with Liu Erlong, and his castration.
• After reading the letter, Bibi Dong destroyed it, laughed, and decided she would see how Yu Xiaogang tried to persuade her.
• Tang Hao taught Tang San the Nine Absolutes of Clear Sky, and Tang San became confident he would defeat Lin Manshan.
• Lin Manshan considered combining the Nine Absolutes’ force techniques with his Eternal Night Blade Technique and planned to use Tang San as a sparring partner.

Flender told Shrek Team about Tianxing Academy’s rule-bending reinforcements and the three valuable Soul Bones offered as tournament prizes, which fueled Tang San and his teammates’ hopes of winning. Outside the barracks, Tang Hao decided to follow his original plan and target whoever won the Wisdom Skull, whether Lin Manshan or a member of Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation.

• Flender explained that five former Skywater Academy contestants had temporarily joined Tianxing Team and that Tianxing had a bye in the next round.
• Flender revealed that the tournament prizes were three top-quality Soul Bones, including a Wisdom Skull suited to Tang San and an arm bone suited to Ma Hongjun.
• Flender warned that Spirit Hall’s three Spirit Kings were favored to win and that the final would be held in Spirit City, but Yu Xiaogang dismissed the risk of Spirit Hall attacking them.
• Ning Rongrong privately doubted Shrek Team could defeat Tianxing Team or Spirit Hall, whose members had formidable strength and hidden advantages.
• Tang Hao rejected the idea of helping Tang San become a Spirit King and decided to seize the Wisdom Skull by killing its winner, whether Lin Manshan or a Spirit Hall contestant.

Lin Manshan watched the Promotion Tournament begin, then saw Xiao Wu badly burned by a Barak Academy Spirit Master's attack. Tang San entered the next match in a rage after Liu Erlong was ordered out of the grounds, leaving the contest to resume with him facing Xiao Wu's attacker.

• Xue Ye opened the Promotion Tournament, and Tian Xing Academy received a bye for the first day.
• Blazing Fire Academy defeated Fabia Academy, and Xiao Wu later knocked out her Shrek Academy opponent with a brutal attack.
• A Barak Academy Soul Ancestor poisoned Xiao Wu with his Sun Flower Martial Soul and burned her with repeated explosions.
• Tang San and Liu Erlong rushed onto the field, but Salas objected and Xue Ye ordered Liu Erlong expelled from the grounds.
• Flender persuaded Liu Erlong to take Xiao Wu away with Jiang Zhu and Oscar for treatment.
• Tang San returned to his position opposite the Barak Academy Spirit Master, and the host started their match.

Tang San defeated a Barak Academy Spirit Master with his Eight Spider Lances, prompting Lin Manshan to reveal that the bone could drain Soul Power and Life Energy and spark accusations that Tang San might become an Evil Soul Master. Tang San avoided punishment, but the crowd grew wary of him; Lin Manshan treated the injured fighter, Barak Academy withdrew, and the teams returned to their lodgings after the matches ended.

• Tang San overwhelmed his opponent with his spirit abilities and Eight Spider Lances, leaving the Barak Academy Spirit Master gravely injured.
• Lin Manshan treated the fighter and explained that the Eight Spider Lances had drained his Life Energy, while the Barak Mentor appealed to have Tang San disqualified as a suspected Evil Soul Master.
• Tang San argued that soul abilities and soul bones could not determine whether someone was evil, and Salas stopped short of punishing him for lack of evidence.
• Spectators became fearful and distrustful of Tang San, while Lin Manshan restored the injured fighter and refused payment for his pill.
• Barak Academy withdrew from the tournament, and the remaining matches concluded by dusk before the teams returned to their lodgings.

Lin Manshan told Huo Wu and her companions the truth about his External Soul Bone and discussed how its contrast with Tang San’s could damage Tang San’s reputation. The next day’s draw matched Tianxing Team against Shrek Academy, and both sides prepared for their Promotion Tournament bout.

• Lin Manshan revealed his External Soul Bone to Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, and Feng Xiaotian, explaining that he used its stored Life Energy to heal people and could control its devouring ability.
• Lin Manshan gave Huo Wu Detoxification Pills and declined to fight Blazing Fire Academy unless they met Shrek Team; Feng Xiaotian suggested publicly comparing Lin Manshan’s healing with Tang San’s harmful use of his Soul Bone.
• The Promotion Tournament continued as Tianxing, Blazing Fire, and Godwind focused on giving their members experience while Shrek Academy prioritized wins and points.
• The draw matched Tianxing Team against Shrek Academy the following afternoon, and Yu Xiaogang planned to use Ma Hongjun to exhaust Tianxing’s fighters before sending Tang San last.
• Tang San vowed to defeat Lin Manshan and later take revenge on Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian, while Lin Manshan said Tang San would not get to face them the next day and planned to prepare for Ma Hongjun.

Shui Bing'er used her self-created flight technique and ice control to defeat Ma Hongjun, leaving Shrek unable to counter her aerial attacks. Tang San entered the arena next, but Lin Manshan replaced Shui Bing'er to face him.

• Ma Hongjun and Shui Bing'er began their match, and Shui Bing'er revealed that she could fly without using a flying Soul Skill.
• Shui Bing'er dodged Ma Hongjun's flames, pursued him through the air, and froze him with Ice Seal, forcing Flender to concede.
• Xiao Wu offered to fight next, but Tang San stopped her and entered the arena himself.
• Shui Bing'er left the arena, and Lin Manshan took her place to face Tang San.

Tang San challenged Lin Manshan with the Clear Sky Hammer and several inherited techniques, but Lin Manshan repeatedly read and evaded his attacks. The chapter ended with Tang San charging again using the Nine Absolutes of Clear Sky, Penetrate, and his Eight Spider Lances.

• Tang San opened with the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, stacking fifty-five strikes before Lin Manshan broke through with one precisely timed slash.
• Lin Manshan criticized Tang San’s reliance on accumulated power and poor combat experience, while Tang San retreated from a Blade Light.
• Tang San attacked with the Nine Absolutes of Clear Sky, but Lin Manshan dodged the sweeping strike and mocked his aim and technique.
• Sword Douluo, Xue Ye, and Ning Fengzhi discussed Tang San’s limited experience, while Salas disparaged his reliance on techniques left by Tang Chen.
• Enraged by Lin Manshan’s taunts about his father and his skills, Tang San charged with his Eight Spider Lances extended and used the Nine Absolutes of Clear Sky, Penetrate.

Lin Manshan dominated Tang San in their match, countering the Nine Absolutes of Clear Sky with his own formidable blade art. Tang San then unleashed Nine-Nine Return to One, and Lin Manshan prepared to end the battle by breaking it.

• Lin Manshan knocked Tang San back and damaged the Eight Spider Lances, then taunted him about his use of the Nine Absolutes of Clear Sky.
• After spectators mocked him, Tang San charged his Clear Sky Hammer with blue lightning and attacked Lin Manshan.
• Lin Manshan revealed his blade art and won their direct clash, forcing Tang San back while barely yielding ground.
• Tang San repeatedly attacked with the Nine Absolutes of Clear Sky, but Lin Manshan repelled each move as Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi assessed his power.
• Tang Hao watched from hiding and decided Lin Manshan had to die, while worrying that Tang San’s next attack would consume the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng’s medicinal power.
• Tang San unleashed Nine-Nine Return to One, and Lin Manshan raised his blade and declared he would break the attack to end the match.

Lin Manshan defeated Tang San and then took down Shrek Academy’s remaining challengers while pretending to be badly injured. After securing Tian Xing Academy’s victory, he returned to camp with his team to prepare dinner.

• Lin Manshan overwhelmed Tang San with his blade techniques, severed his Eight Spider Lances, and left him unconscious before feigning injury.
• Yu Xiaogang sent Jing Ling, Huang Yuan, Tailong, and Dai Mubai against Lin Manshan, who quickly defeated each of them while acting exhausted.
• Xiao Wu used Teleportation and Waist Bow against Lin Manshan, but could not move him and was thrown to the ground until Flender surrendered.
• Lin Manshan revealed that he had been faking his exhaustion, swallowed a red pill, and recovered as spectators realized his ruse.
• Tian Xing Academy won the match, and Lin Manshan led his team back to camp to prepare dinner.

Tian Xing Academy faced Thunderclap Academy, Blazing Fire Academy, and Godwind Academy after Shrek forfeited its remaining Promotion Tournament matches. Dugu Yan defeated Feng Xiaotian with Medusa’s Gaze, leaving Tian Xing victorious over Godwind Academy.

• Flender decided Shrek would forfeit its remaining matches, and Qin Ming encouraged the team to rest and prepare for the Finals.
• Zhu Zhuyun quickly defeated Yu Tianxin before conceding to Thunderclap Academy’s flying Soul Ancestor, and Shui Bing’er then grounded the opponent’s flier.
• Shui Bing’er defeated Huo Wu, Huo Yun, and Huo Yu, while Zhu Zhuqing overwhelmed Huo Wushuang; Dai Mubai secretly plotted to claim Zhu Zhuqing and take revenge on Lin Manshan.
• Dugu Yan displayed her ability to fly, dodged Feng Xiaotian’s Wind Blade Array, and petrified him with Medusa’s Gaze.
• Godwind Academy’s mentor conceded after Dugu Yan safely carried Feng Xiaotian to the ground.

After Tian Xing Academy won the Promotion Tournament, Tang Hao encouraged Tang San by explaining his plan to strengthen the Clear Sky Hammer, while Lin Manshan considered how to track and eventually kill Tang San. As the teams departed for the Finals in Spirit City, Huo Wu spoke privately with Feng Xiaotian and seemed pleased by his answer.

• Feng Xiaotian ended the match by proposing ground combat practice, and the teams sparred before Tian Xing Academy was announced as the Promotion Tournament champion.
• Tang Hao told Tang San to cultivate his Blue Silver Grass to the Titled Douluo realm before adding Soul Rings to his Clear Sky Hammer, and urged him to learn from defeats.
• Lin Manshan reasoned that Tang Hao would postpone retrieving the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone and considered tracking Tang San through the City of Slaughter and Moonlight Pavilion.
• After the three-day rest, the academy teams set out for Spirit City under Royal Knights escort, and Huo Wu privately asked Feng Xiaotian about the Finals and whether he would support her decisions.

Yu Xiaogang visited Bibi Dong to ask how she had overcome the danger of possessing Twin Martial Souls, hoping to help Tang San. Bibi Dong exposed his ties to Tang Hao, confiscated his Pope’s Order, and ordered his Martial Soul abolished; afterward, she read Lin Manshan’s letters and agreed to his requests concerning the tournament and preparations against the Clear Sky Sect.

• Yu Xiaogang used a Pope’s Order to enter Pope’s Palace and asked Bibi Dong how she had survived having Twin Martial Souls so he could guide Tang San.
• Bibi Dong deduced that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son, accused Yu Xiaogang of helping a future enemy of Spirit Hall, and made him kneel by threatening Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang surrendered the Pope’s Order, and Bibi Dong stripped him of his Honorary Elder position and ordered Ghost Douluo to abolish his Martial Soul.
• Ghost Douluo carried out the punishment and ordered the guards to leave the unconscious Yu Xiaogang in Spirit City without further harm.
• Ghost Douluo delivered Lin Manshan’s letters and Salas’s report to Bibi Dong, who ordered him to follow Lin Manshan’s tournament requests and considered his team’s strength and innovations.

After Bibi Dong destroyed Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul and publicly exposed his actions, he fled Spirit City to reunite with Tang San but struggled to survive without Soul Power. Three days later, he collapsed on the road and was recognized by a convoy, whose passengers reacted with shock and grief.

• Yu Xiaogang woke in Spirit City, realized his Martial Soul had been destroyed, and decided to leave to warn Tang San about Bibi Dong’s hostility.
• Yu Xiaogang read a public notice identifying him as Mu Xiaogang and condemning his conduct at Pope’s Palace, then retrieved money and clothes from his Soul Tool at a reception center.
• Yu Xiaogang left Spirit City by carriage, but fled on the driver’s horse when Wild Wolves approached and was thrown onto the road, losing his supplies and fracturing his arm.
• Yu Xiaogang gathered his scattered belongings, cleaned and bound his wounds with improvised materials, and endured a cold rain while blaming Bibi Dong and vowing to see Tang San defeat Spirit Hall.
• On the third day, Yu Xiaogang collapsed as a convoy approached, and a soldier recognized him as Shrek Academy’s Mentor before people nearby cried out over his condition and destroyed Soul Power.

Lin Manshan treated Yu Xiaogang’s severe, infected wounds after Flender pleaded for help, but warned that Yu’s health and lifespan remained badly diminished. After Yu woke, he summoned Tang San and urged him to withdraw from the finals, blaming himself for revealing Tang San’s identity to Bibi Dong.

• Ning Fengzhi said he could not treat Yu Xiaogang and told Flender that Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo might be able to help.
• Flender asked Lin Manshan to treat Yu, and Lin agreed in exchange for Yu personally apologizing after he recovered.
• Lin Manshan directed Flender and Liu Erlong as they removed Yu’s necrotic tissue, treated his wounds, and gave Flender blood-replenishing pills for Yu’s recovery.
• Other academy students praised Lin Manshan for helping Yu and criticized Tang San for not assisting, while Tang San wondered who had crippled Yu’s Martial Soul.
• Yu Xiaogang woke the next afternoon and told Tang San not to participate in the finals, explaining that Bibi Dong had discovered Tang San’s identity and crippled Yu’s Martial Soul.
• Tang San’s anger toward Bibi Dong rose, and his renewed appreciation for Yu Xiaogang disappeared.

Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San that Bibi Dong intended to kill him and urged him to withdraw from the Soul Master Competition, but Tang San insisted on facing the Finals and defeating Lin Manshan. The group arranged to travel home under Ning Fengzhi’s protection, while Lin Manshan secretly listened to their conversations and learned of Yu Xiaogang’s promised apology.

• Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San that Bibi Dong knew his identity and might arrange an arena accident or pursue him after the competition.
• Tang San refused to withdraw, saying he would not abandon his teammates and believed he could withstand Spirit Hall’s threats and defeat Lin Manshan.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Ning Fengzhi to let Shrek Academy travel back with his group, and Ning Fengzhi promised to protect Tang San.
• Flender told Yu Xiaogang that Lin Manshan had treated his injuries on the condition that Yu Xiaogang apologize in person for the past; Yu Xiaogang postponed the discussion until he recovered.
• Lin Manshan revealed that he had used insects to secretly listen to conversations in the Shrek and Ning Fengzhi carriages, then resumed cultivating.