Chapter Summaries

After Yu Xiaogang saw the scars and aging caused by his untreated injuries, Liu Erlong accused Lin Manshan of deliberately disfiguring him, but Dugu Bo explained the damage and warned that Yu Xiaogang would not live past sixty. As Shrek considered how to save him, Spirit Hall summoned Lin Manshan to refine medicines from newly found rare herbs, leaving Ning Fengzhi worried that Spirit Hall would grow even stronger.

• Yu Xiaogang removed his bandages and discovered extensive scars and a prematurely aged appearance, prompting Liu Erlong to rush off and confront Lin Manshan.
• Dugu Bo explained that Yu Xiaogang's untreated wounds and illness had caused the damage, then warned that his organ decline meant he would not live past sixty.
• Flender brought Liu Erlong and the Shrek team back to Yu Xiaogang, where Tang San suggested rare treasures or sacred medicines might help, and Yu Xiaogang agreed to discuss asking Lin Manshan for help after the competition.
• Ghost Douluo summoned Dugu Bo and Lin Manshan to help the Pope refine medicine from herbs Spirit Hall had found.
• Ning Fengzhi feared that Spirit Hall's access to rare herbs would create another future Titled Douluo, while Sword Douluo could offer no solution.

Lin Manshan met with Bibi Dong at Spirit Hall, where they discussed Tang Hao, the Clear Sky Sect, and a powerful Spirit Beast in the Extreme North before he examined the Pope’s strange impurity. The chapter ended with Bibi Dong asking Lin Manshan what he thought of Spirit Hall.

• Lin Manshan arrived at Pope’s Palace with Dugu Bo, and Bibi Dong gave him six Recording Stones to help monitor Tang Hao and his allies.
• Dugu Bo proposed secretly killing Tang Hao before Spirit Hall moved against the Clear Sky Sect, and Bibi Dong agreed that his plan suited her.
• Dugu Bo and Lin Manshan told Bibi Dong about a Super Spirit Beast in the Extreme North and explained the Lightning Tribulations faced by powerful Spirit Beasts.
• Dugu Bo described Yu Xiaogang’s injuries and ruined health, while Bibi Dong learned that he had taken a damaged Spirit Beast book from Spirit Hall’s library.
• Bibi Dong privately revealed that she had devoured a fire attribute Spirit Beast’s soul and body, and Lin Manshan examined her blood and the Ten-Thousand-Year Holy Soul Grass.
• Lin Manshan said he could begin refining a treatment, but Bibi Dong asked him what he thought of Spirit Hall.

Lin Manshan expressed support for Bibi Dong’s plans for unification and refined a pill to remove the harmful remnant of Qian Xunji’s Angel Martial Soul from her body. As rumors about Yu Xiaogang’s past spread through Spirit City and ruined his reputation, he resolved to lead Shrek to victory; Bibi Dong began taking the pill while Lin Manshan drew out the golden light.

• Lin Manshan told Bibi Dong he hoped she would unify the continent peacefully and treat commoners well, then described his plans to run Tian Xing Academy and travel with his wives.
• Bibi Dong gave Dugu Bo a Pope’s Order and ordered Ghost Douluo to investigate how Yu Xiaogang had obtained money after leaving Pope’s Palace; Qian Daoliu agreed to accompany her to examine a Super Spirit Beast after the Soul Master Competition.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo led Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo to his Alchemy Room, where Lin Manshan spent the day refining Bibi Dong’s pill.
• Stories of Yu Xiaogang’s past conduct spread through Spirit City, prompting the crowds to condemn him and the Shrek group to feel ashamed of him.
• Yu Xiaogang refused Flender’s suggestion that he stay away from the competition and asked Liu Erlong to get him a mask, while Tang San resented having taken him as his teacher.
• Lin Manshan gave Bibi Dong the pill, and as her body reacted to its medicinal power, he began gathering the golden specks rising from her skin into his palm.

Lin Manshan refined a Pill that cleared the impurities from Bibi Dong’s soul, and he secretly kept the Golden Bead that formed from the Six-winged Angel Martial Soul Origin. After Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo returned to the inn, Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo discussed how the Pill and other rare medicines had changed the balance of the Soul Master Competition.

• Lin Manshan examined the Golden Bead formed from Bibi Dong’s Martial Soul Origin, stored it, and wondered whether to fuse it with his Martial Soul.
• Bibi Dong awoke, changed clothes, and gave Lin Manshan a drop of blood to inspect; he confirmed the Pill had cleared the impurities and would help stabilize her soul.
• Bibi Dong offered Lin Manshan a reward, but he declined and counted the Pill as one of the refining opportunities Elder Ghost had exchanged for a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Bibi Dong told Lin Manshan to show everything he could in the Soul Master Competition, then sent Chrysanthemum Douluo to escort him and Dugu Bo out.
• Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo returned to the inn, reassured their companions, and went to rest.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo discussed how the medicines taken by the Tianxing Team, Spirit Hall Team, and Shrek Team could shape the competition, and Ning Fengzhi predicted the champion would come from the first two teams.

Lin Manshan’s group watched the first day of the Finals, where Blazing Fire Academy joined Godwind Academy and Tian Xing Academy defeated its opponent with ease. Dai Weisi learned that his father expected him to deliver Lin Manshan a letter dissolving his engagement to Zhu Zhuyun.

• The teams gathered at the venue, where Spirit Hall announced the matchups and Shrek Academy learned it had a first-round bye after Blazing Fire Academy withdrew.
• Godwind Academy entered its match with Blazing Fire Academy’s competitors, and Yu Xiaogang recognized that the teams had merged to challenge Tian Xing Academy and Spirit Hall.
• Godwind Academy defeated Dragon Kui Academy decisively, then Tian Xing Academy’s Shui Bing’er froze Hidden Dragon Academy and secured another one-sided victory.
• Dai Weisi watched Lin Manshan leave and resented that Zhu Zhuyun had joined his academy, while reflecting that his father had ordered him to deliver a letter ending their engagement.

Shrek Academy won its matches against Thunderclap Academy and Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Tian Xing Academy defeated Star Luo Royal Academy. Zhu Zhuyun, Zhu Zhuyu, and Zhu Zhuqing helped sever their ties to the Star Luo Empire, and Zhu Zhuyun accepted letters from Dai Weisi before rejoining Lin Manshan.

• Shrek Academy defeated Thunderclap Academy in the second round, then beat Heaven Dou Royal Academy in the third round.
• Dai Mubai worried that he would not get a chance to face Dai Weisi before the tournament ended.
• Zhu Zhuyun led Tian Xing Academy against Star Luo Royal Academy, and her team overwhelmed Dai Weisi's side.
• Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuyu restrained the support-system Spirit Masters while Zhu Zhuqing and their teammates defeated the rest of Star Luo Royal Academy.
• After Star Luo Royal Academy surrendered, Dai Weisi gave Zhu Zhuyun letters from her family and told her that she was free.
• Zhu Zhuyun stored the letters, then returned to Lin Manshan and sat beside him with Zhu Zhuyu and Zhu Zhuqing.

After the Star Luo royals dissolved Zhu Zhuyun, Zhu Zhuyu, and Zhu Zhuqing’s engagements, Lin Manshan comforted the three women. The next day, Tian Xing Academy swept Cloud Sea Academy, while Tang San prepared and then unleashed a hidden-weapon attack against Godwind Academy, ending with spores exploding across the arena.

• Dai Mubai realized Zhu Zhuqing was no longer bound to him and worried that he had nowhere to go after graduating from Shrek Academy.
• Dai Weisi considered his defeat by Tian Xing Academy fortunate because it removed Dai Mubai as a potential rival for the throne.
• Zhu Zhuyun, Zhu Zhuyu, and Zhu Zhuqing read letters dissolving their engagements and expressing little genuine family affection, so Lin Manshan comforted them.
• The teams learned that Shrek Academy would face Godwind Academy, and Tang San promised Flender he had a way to win quickly without revealing their previous tactics.
• Tian Xing Academy defeated Cloud Sea Academy in under three minutes, while Spirit Hall Academy also won its morning match decisively.
• Tang San used a Fusion Skill and a barrage of poisoned fragments and spores to bring down Godwind Academy’s teammates, then detonated the spores as Feng Xiaotian cleared the dust around Huo Wu.

Tang San used poisoned hidden weapons and his Eight Spider Lances to defeat Godwind Academy, while the team deliberately endured his attacks before surrendering. Lin Manshan treated the injured with his own External Soul Bone, exposing the contrast with Tang San’s use of its devouring ability and leaving many Spirit Masters suspicious of him.

• Tang San blinded Godwind Academy with dust and struck its members with poisoned hidden weapons, then charged through a Spider Web Restraint to attack them with his Eight Spider Lances.
• Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wushuang recognized Tang San’s intentions, used Lin Manshan’s antidote pills, and let him injure them until Huo Wu called for surrender.
• The referee declared Shrek Academy the winner, while spectators accused Tang San of deliberately using his External Soul Bone to drain his opponents’ Life Energy.
• Lin Manshan treated the injured team members by drawing out their poison and restoring their Life Energy with his Soul Devouring Demon Spider External Soul Bone.
• Spectators saw Lin Manshan’s treatment work and began questioning whether Tang San could control his own devouring ability, changing how they viewed him.

Lin Manshan healed Feng Xiaotian and the other New Godwind Academy fighters, while Tang San’s explanation of his External Soul Bone left Spirit Masters suspicious of him. Three days later, the finalists gathered before the Pope’s Palace, where Bibi Dong presented the championship Soul Bones and Tang San resolved to claim the Head Bone.

• Liu Erlong accused Lin Manshan of withholding Life Energy from Yu Xiaogang, while Ning Rongrong rejected her complaint.
• Flender questioned Tang San about whether his External Soul Bone could store Life Energy; Tang San denied being able to use its devouring ability actively, but other Spirit Masters remained suspicious.
• Lin Manshan healed Feng Xiaotian and the injured New Godwind Academy fighters, and Feng Xiaotian thanked him and offered to buy dinner.
• Spirit Hall defeated its opponent to secure a place in the top three alongside Tian Xing Academy and Shrek Academy, and the fifth round was scheduled before the Pope’s Palace three days later.
• Bibi Dong presided over the finalists’ gathering before the Pope’s Palace and revealed the three Soul Bones offered as championship rewards.
• Tang San fixed his gaze on the Head Bone and inwardly vowed that it would ultimately belong to him.

Bibi Dong punished Yu Xiaogang for publicly challenging her, while Shrek Academy and Tian Xing Academy both forfeited the Individual Match. The morning competition was canceled, and Tang San began plotting to kill Yu Xiaogang as Lin Manshan noticed his killing intent.

• Bibi Dong announced the Individual Elimination Match format, and Yu Xiaogang declared that Shrek Academy would forfeit and enter the Losers' Bracket.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yu Xiaogang seized, sentenced him to twenty public strokes, and placed him on Spirit Hall's Unfriendly List.
• Palace Guard Knights beat Yu Xiaogang until he fainted, and Flender and Liu Erlong carried him back while Jiang Zhu treated him.
• Lin Manshan politely announced that Tian Xing Academy would also forfeit the Individual Match, so Bibi Dong canceled the morning competition.
• Tang San decided that Yu Xiaogang's disgrace threatened the sects' reputations and resolved to kill him, while Lin Manshan sensed Tang San's killing intent.

Yu Xiaogang insisted on attending Shrek Academy’s crucial match against Tian Xing Academy despite his injuries, eager to witness the result of his research. As Tang San’s team unveiled a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill that let him wield an Artifact Soul True Body, Lin Manshan remained calm and asked whether Tang San was ready.

• Yu Xiaogang woke from his injuries and insisted that Liu Erlong help him attend the afternoon match.
• Yu Xiaogang joined the team on the way to Pope’s Palace, where Bibi Dong noticed him in the rest area.
• Shrek Academy fielded seven competitors against Tian Xing Academy’s five, and Tang San led Shrek into a formation around Ning Rongrong and Oscar.
• Tian Xing Academy formed a linked line behind Lin Manshan as a green mark appeared on his forehead.
• Shrek’s Seven-in-One Fusion Skill channeled power into Tang San, who summoned a giant Clear Sky Hammer and activated the Artifact Soul True Body.
• Yu Xiaogang celebrated his achievement until Lin Manshan calmly asked Tang San if he was ready.

Lin Manshan defeated Tang San after catching his full-force Clear Sky Hammer strike and countering with a powerful blade attack. Tang San was left unconscious and seriously wounded, while Tang Hao resolved to kill Lin Manshan and considered using him to aid Tang San’s cultivation.

• Tang San activated his Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul Avatar and charged Lin Manshan with a full-force Nine Absolutes of Clear Sky strike.
• Lin Manshan used Destiny Artifact Infusion and caught Tang San’s giant hammer with one hand, astonishing the spectators and revealing his team’s more refined Multi-person Fusion Skill.
• Lin Manshan overwhelmed Tang San’s hammer with Blade Light, then struck him with Dark Night Fierce Light. Slash after Yu Xiaogang called for surrender.
• Tang San’s Martial Soul Avatar dissipated, and he fell unconscious with serious chest injuries; Flender ran to the arena while Liu Erlong restrained Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang Hao stopped himself from intervening and decided Lin Manshan must die, considering a plan to use him as nourishment for Tang San.
• Lin Manshan wiped Tang San’s blood from his face and burst into laughter.

Lin Manshan exposed that Tang San could have used his Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng-enhanced blood to save Yu Xiaogang but had not, and the claim was confirmed when Yu Xiaogang drank the blood. Shrek Academy left the arena in disgrace after Tian Xing Academy was declared the winner, with the finals set for the next morning.

• Lin Manshan told Flender that Tang San's blood could have healed Yu Xiaogang because Tang San had consumed Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng.
• Liu Erlong collected Tang San's blood and forced Yu Xiaogang to drink it, after which Yu Xiaogang's color improved and the spectators accepted Lin Manshan's claim as true.
• Liu Erlong grew furious at Tang San but backed down when Flender warned her, while Xiao Wu stepped in to protect him.
• Yu Xiaogang spat blood and collapsed, prompting Flender and Liu Erlong to rush to his aid.
• A bishop announced Tian Xing Academy's victory and the finals for the next morning, and Flender's group left as the other teams silently made way.

After Tang San and Yu Xiaogang remained unconscious, Flender and Liu Erlong discussed Tang San’s betrayal and arranged to hide Yu Xiaogang. The Shrek group considered their futures, while Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo judged Tang San untrustworthy and planned closer ties with Lin Manshan; Lin Manshan waited to see what Tang Hao would do.

• Liu Erlong blamed Tang San for Yu Xiaogang’s condition, but Flender urged her to wait and planned to hide her and Yu Xiaogang at Shrek Academy.
• Flender asked the graduating Shrek students about their plans, and Oscar, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Qin Ming, Jiang Zhu, Huang Yuan, and Jing Ling discussed staying, traveling, or returning to their sects.
• Ning Rongrong chose to watch the Soul Master Competition finals before returning to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with her father.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo agreed that Tang San was not a trustworthy ally and considered sending Ning Rongrong to study at Tian Xing Academy and pursuing cooperation with Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo.
• Lin Manshan listened to Ning Fengzhi’s plans and wondered what choice Tang Hao would make.

Tang Hao secretly took Tang San and Xiao Wu away from Shrek Academy, leaving a brief letter that angered Flender and Liu Erlong. At the competition finals, Lin Manshan faced the Spirit Hall Team, whose members showed goodwill toward him, while Hu Liena wondered about his looks beneath his mask.

• Tang Hao entered Xiao Wu’s room, left a letter, and carried Tang San and Xiao Wu away before dawn.
• Flender and Liu Erlong read Tang Hao’s letter, and Liu Erlong condemned Tang Hao and Tang San for leaving Yu Xiaogang without helping him.
• The Shrek students speculated about Tang San and Xiao Wu’s disappearance before the teams gathered for the finals.
• Lin Manshan and his teammates entered the arena and faced the Spirit Hall Team, where Yan thanked him for his help and vowed to fight seriously.
• Hu Liena studied Lin Manshan’s reputation and wondered how handsome he was beneath his mask.

The Tianxing Team’s overwhelming Spirit Ring lineup shocked the audience and Spirit Hall, while Hu Liena and Xie Yue used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to envelop the arena in red mist. Lin Manshan readied himself against their attacks and revealed that his perception and strength could counter their advantage.

• Hu Liena and the others saw Tianxing Team’s Spirit Rings, and the crowd, Bibi Dong, and Ning Fengzhi reacted with shock at Ye Lingling’s Spirit King strength.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue fused into a long-haired figure and spread a red mist across the arena, obscuring everyone inside.
• Lin Manshan identified the mist’s effects and blocked a Moon Blade attack by sensing its direction.
• Lin Manshan struck the fused pair back and claimed his Spiritual Power and reduced Fusion Skill strength let him resist them.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue concluded that Lin Manshan had activated a Fusion Skill during their own fusion, while the audience praised his tactical intelligence.

Lin Manshan and his teammates countered the Spirit Hall team’s attacks with Shui Bing’er’s powerful ice abilities, breaking the red-and-white whirlwind and stopping the battle. With both sides paused amid the ice-covered arena, Lin Manshan warned the Spirit Hall team to surrender before anyone was hurt.

• Xie Yue used his Full Moon Self-Created Soul Skill, but Lin Manshan’s Blade Lights halted the spinning whirlwind.
• Yan’s magma attacks failed against Shui Bing’er’s ice, while Dugu Yan restrained Zhang Ping and Zhu Zhuyun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Shui Yue’er advanced toward the Spirit Hall team.
• Shui Bing’er froze Yan’s magma path, allowing Zhu Zhuyun and the others to cross and press forward.
• Yan unleashed Sandstorm Fury, but Shui Bing’er’s Ice Cone Technique slowed the tornadoes and covered the arena in ice flowers.
• Lin Manshan’s attacks and Shui Bing’er’s Ice Cones broke Xie Yue and Hu Liena’s whirlwind, and both teams temporarily stopped fighting.
• Lin Manshan warned the Spirit Hall team that they had lost and urged them to surrender before anyone was injured.

Lin Manshan’s plan forced the Spirit Hall Team to concede Tian Xing Academy’s victory before the layered ice and poison attacks could injure them. Tian Xing Academy received the championship and its Soul Bone reward, while Dugu Bo exchanged one Soul Bone with Bibi Dong before the teams departed.

• Lin Manshan explained how Shui Bing’er’s ice explosions, Shui Yue’er’s water droplets, and Dugu Yan’s poison could disable or kill the Spirit Hall Team, prompting Yan and his teammates to realize they had been outmaneuvered.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue recognized Lin Manshan’s bait-and-control strategy, and Bibi Dong acknowledged the Spirit Hall Team’s defeat as the referee declared Tian Xing Academy the winner.
• Bibi Dong named Tian Xing Academy the competition’s champion and handed Lin Manshan the three-Soul-Bone reward.
• Dugu Bo asked Bibi Dong to exchange the Fire Attribute Right Arm Bone for an agile or Water Attribute Soul Bone, and she traded him a Shadow Cat Right Arm Bone.
• Lin Manshan stored the Soul Bones, and Dugu Bo led Tian Xing Academy away as Bibi Dong returned to the Pope’s Palace.

Ning Fengzhi hosted the Shrek group after the tournament, then they set out for Heaven Dou City with Yu Xiaogang still unconscious. Lin Manshan explained how to wake him, and Flender used Tang Hao’s letter and a lie about Tang San to bring Yu Xiaogang around.

• Ning Fengzhi invited the Shrek group to dinner and tried to recruit the students, but they all declined.
• Xue Qinghe announced that the group would return to Heaven Dou City, and Flender carried the still-unconscious Yu Xiaogang onto the carriage.
• Liu Erlong and Flender asked Lin Manshan to help Yu Xiaogang, and Lin Manshan explained that Yu Xiaogang had to accept reality before he could recover.
• Flender stimulated Yu Xiaogang’s acupoints to wake him, then told him Tang Hao had taken Tang San and Xiao Wu away and showed him Tang Hao’s letter.
• Yu Xiaogang believed Flender’s explanation and expected Tang San to return, while Flender and Liu Erlong felt pained by how little their affection seemed to matter to him.

Ning Fengzhi discussed Tang Hao’s potential threat to Lin Manshan, his daughter’s studies, and a business partnership with Dugu Bo. Meanwhile, Tang Hao sent Xiao Wu away from Tang San and began planning to hunt the two powerful beasts connected to her.

• Ning Fengzhi warned Dugu Bo that Tang Hao had likely witnessed Lin Manshan injure Tang San, then asked about enrolling his daughter at Tian Xing Academy and having her guided by Lin Manshan and the girls.
• Dugu Bo refused to let Ning Fengzhi’s daughter live with his granddaughters but agreed she could register normally, and he accepted Ning Fengzhi’s proposal to purchase medicines in bulk.
• Xiao Wu awoke in Tang Hao’s camp, and he revealed that Tang San’s mother had also been a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Tang Hao told Xiao Wu to return to the Star Dou Great Forest until Tang San grew strong enough to protect her, and she left after asking to wait until Tang San woke.
• Tang Hao deduced that Xiao Wu knew the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python, considered them suitable targets for Tang San, and woke Tang San, who learned that Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.