Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiao Gang and his companions were threatened at the Heaven Dou Auction House after they could not pay for the Mysterious Water Pill, but Toad Tang San negotiated a deal with Xue Ye, who paid the one billion Gold Soul Coins. Back at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Yu Xiao Gang used the pill to reach level 30, while its black energy passed into Roaring Three Cannons and then vanished into the shadows.

• Prince Xue Xing ordered the guards to seize Yu Xiao Gang, Toad Tang San, Flender, and Xue Ya after Yu Xiao Gang admitted they had no money.
• Toad Tang San asked to speak with Xue Ye, and Xue Ya used her Soul Power to drive back the guards and capture Prince Xue Xing until the emperor arrived.
• Toad Tang San made a secret deal with Xue Ye, who paid the one billion Gold Soul Coins and later revealed that the payment had earned him a Titled Douluo.
• Xu Xin watched the events from the shadows and left alongside Toad Tang San after Yu Xiao Gang and the others headed to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Yu Xiao Gang swallowed the Mysterious Water Pill and broke through to level 30 as black energy flowed into Roaring Three Cannons and then disappeared into the shadows.

Yu Xiao Gang tried to absorb a 1,700-year-old Skunk Pig spirit ring, but the black aura hidden in his body drained his Soul Power and caused him to faint. When he woke, his rank had fallen back to 29, and Xue Ya and Toad Tang San suspected the spirit ring was responsible while Flender defended his choice.

• Xu Xin secretly placed black aura inside Yu Xiao Gang after allowing him to reach rank 30.
• Yu Xiao Gang rejected Xue Ya’s suggestion of a dragon-type spirit ring and chose a 1,700-year-old Skunk Pig instead.
• Yu Xiao Gang began absorbing the Skunk Pig’s purple spirit ring, but the black aura eroded his Soul Power until he and Roaring Three Cannons fainted.
• Xue Ya, Flender, and Toad Tang San discovered Yu Xiao Gang had returned to rank 29.
• Toad Tang San suspected the Skunk Pig’s spirit ring had caused the failure, while Flender insisted the beast was not at fault.

Yu Xiao Gang’s Soul Power unexpectedly fell back to level 29 after Soul Ring Integration, and he remained unconscious as the tournament approached. Xu Xin welcomed Feng Xiaotian’s powerful Shadow Hall Team, then visited Zhu Zhuqing and promised her another surprise after the tournament.

• Xue Ya and Flender decided to wait until Yu Xiao Gang woke up before explaining that his Soul Power had dissipated after Soul Ring Integration, and they took him back to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Yu Xiao Gang remained unconscious for three weeks, leaving only three days before the Soul Master Tournament began.
• Xu Xin praised Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, Shui Bing’er, and Ye Lingling for reaching Soul King rank and discussed their chances against Qian Renxue and the Spirit Hall Team.
• Xu Xin told the Shadow Hall Team’s younger members to avoid fighting his Junior Sister recklessly, and the seven left together to prepare for the tournament.
• Xu Xin visited Zhu Zhuqing at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, praised her level 38 cultivation, and promised her another surprise after the tournament.

Xu Xin asked Zhu Zhuqing about her fellow students and kept his identity secret, promising she would learn it at the tournament finals. At the tournament opening ceremony, Yu Xiao Gang despaired after falling back to level 29, while Xue Ya suggested Tang San’s divine inheritance could help him break through again.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Xu Xin that Dai Mubai had reached Soul Ancestor, while Tang San, Xiao Wu, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Ning Rongrong remained Soul Elders, and said Xue Luochuan's team had disappeared for special training.
• Xu Xin refused to reveal his identity to Zhu Zhuqing until the finals and encouraged her not to worry about a divine inheritance that was not meant for her.
• Three days later, Shrek attended the tournament opening ceremony in Heaven Dou Royal Academy uniforms, with Yu Xiao Gang leading the team in a gloomy state.
• Yu Xiao Gang woke up back at level 29 and demanded that Tang San explain why he had lost the level 30 breakthrough and soul ring he believed he had gained.
• Tang San tried to comfort Yu Xiao Gang, then left him alone as Yu Xiao Gang wept and lost hope.
• Xue Ya told Yu Xiao Gang that Tang San obtaining a divine inheritance could make his breakthrough effortless, leaving Tang San stunned because he had not promised to help his teacher.

Toad Tang San privately lost faith in Yu Xiao Gang while promising to help him reach Rank 30 if Tang San obtained a divine inheritance. At the tournament opening ceremony, Xue Ya drew Shadow Hall as Shrek's first opponent, leaving Yu Xiao Gang and Flender shaken.

• Toad Tang San resented Yu Xiao Gang and privately resolved to keep playing along with him until he could claim a divine inheritance.
• Yu Xiao Gang regained hope after Tang San promised to ask about his level problem if he obtained a divine inheritance.
• Yu Xiao Gang, Xue Ya, and Flender led Shrek's group into the tournament venue, where the teams gathered for the opening ceremony.
• Dai Mubai performed a dance that disgusted the crowd, while a mysterious woman watched him with interest.
• Xue Ya drew Shrek's first opponent, and Yu Xiao Gang and Flender reacted in shock when they saw it was Shadow Hall.

Feng Xiaotian faced Toad Tang San and Heaven Dou Royal Academy's Second Team alone after Shadow Hall drew them in the tournament. The match began with Toad Tang San summoning his grotesque Toad Spirit, leaving Feng Xiaotian disgusted as he watched without awakening his own spirit.

• Feng Xiaotian told Xu Xin and Di Qiuer that Shadow Hall had drawn Heaven Dou Royal Academy's Second Team, and Xu Xin sent him to the match alone.
• Yu Xiao Gang advised Toad Tang San and his teammates to surrender if they could not win, but Toad Tang San led them onto the arena.
• Feng Xiaotian called out Toad Tang San and claimed that he alone was enough to defeat Heaven Dou, angering Toad Tang San and Xue Ye.
• Toad Tang San shouted for his teammates to awaken their spirits, and the Shrek members summoned their animal-like spirits, including his Toad Spirit.
• Feng Xiaotian recoiled at the drooling Toad Spirit, called it disgusting, and stood watching without awakening his own spirit.

Feng Xiaotian faced Toad Tang San in the tournament and won after humiliating him and eliminating the rest of Shrek’s team. The Shadow Hall Spirit Academy Team was declared the winner, while Toad Tang San and Yu Xiao Gang were left unconscious and covered in pus.

• Toad Tang San used Martial Soul Possession and transformed into a foul-smelling giant toad, prompting spectators and officials to flee.
• Toad Tang San unleashed Toad Entanglement, but Feng Xiaotian dodged the tongue and kicked Zhu Zhuqing out of the arena.
• Feng Xiaotian eliminated the other Shrek team members with five rapid kicks, leaving Toad Tang San alone.
• Feng Xiaotian slapped and brutalized Toad Tang San, then wrapped him in his tongue and kicked him into Yu Xiao Gang, covering Yu Xiao Gang in pus.
• The host announced that the Shadow Hall Spirit Academy Team had won, and Feng Xiaotian left to wash up.

Feng Xiaotian humiliated Toad Tang San, whose foul condition drove him to kill the servants sent to clean him. Later, Toad Tang San told Yu Xiao Gang about his Second Martial Soul and asked to cultivate it, leaving him wondering if his teacher was the key to mastering it.

• Flender arranged for servants to take Toad Tang San and Yu Xiao Gang away to be cleaned, but Toad Tang San killed the servants when they tried to untie him.
• Feng Xiaotian returned to Shadow Hall still smelling foul, where Huo Wu kicked him away and Ye Lingling treated him.
• Feng Xiaotian warned Xu Xin, Di Qiuer, Huo Wu, and the others about Toad Tang San's disgusting nature, and Xu Xin told them to let Feng Xiaotian handle him if they met again.
• Toad Tang San met Yu Xiao Gang at night and revealed that he had a Second Martial Soul, which he wanted to cultivate.
• Yu Xiao Gang said A Jing had told him about the Second Martial Soul long ago, and Toad Tang San wondered whether his teacher was the key to cultivating it.

Toad Tang San asked Yu Xiao Gang about his hidden identity and Second Martial Soul, then insisted on cultivating it despite the risk of wasting its early soul rings. Yu Xiao Gang accepted his choice, secretly eager to study the process.

• Toad Tang San asked Yu Xiao Gang whether his identity and Second Martial Soul were connected to the Clear Sky Sect, and Yu Xiao Gang confirmed the connection.
• Toad Tang San explained how he had deduced his identity from Flender's remarks in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Yu Xiao Gang praised his intelligence.
• Yu Xiao Gang warned Toad Tang San that cultivating his Second Martial Soul now could leave it with weaker soul rings than waiting until he reached the Title Douluo stage.
• Toad Tang San rejected the idea of waiting and argued that even thousand-year soul rings would be acceptable if he later obtained a divine inheritance.
• Yu Xiao Gang let Toad Tang San choose, and Toad Tang San firmly decided to cultivate his Second Martial Soul.

Toad Tang San tried to cultivate his Second Martial Soul by absorbing a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, but failed and struggled even with a thousand-year ring. He chose to risk another low-age ring to reach level 40, leaving him with a fourth ring and the hope of obtaining a divine inheritance.

• Toad Tang San persuaded Yu Xiao Gang to take him to Sunset Forest and attempt to absorb a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Xue Ya brought a ten-thousand-year Howling Moon Ape, and Toad Tang San revealed his Two-Headed Toad Hammer as his Second Martial Soul.
• Toad Tang San failed to absorb the ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, then managed to absorb a thousand-year ring despite struggling.
• Toad Tang San insisted on continuing until he reached level 40, and Yu Xiao Gang agreed that risking another Soul Ring was worth the chance of a divine inheritance.
• Xue Ya brought back a nine-hundred-year Soul Beast, and Toad Tang San barely absorbed its Soul Ring, reaching level 40.

Toad Tang San reached level 40 and absorbed a fourth soul ring from a Climbing Poison Vine, gaining a poisonous stomp skill. He and Yu Xiao Gang celebrated the result, while Xue Ya worried that Yu Xiao Gang’s guidance was misleading and that Toad Tang San’s foundation was unstable.

• After Toad Tang San reached level 40, Yu Xiao Gang advised him to absorb a roughly 5,000-year-old poisonous Plant Spirit Beast, and Xue Ya went to capture one.
• Xue Ya returned with a 4,900-year-old Climbing Poison Vine, which Toad Tang San killed and absorbed without difficulty.
• Toad Tang San became a level 41 Soul Ancestor, while Xue Ya noticed his foundation was unstable and Yu Xiao Gang urged him to show his new soul skill.
• Toad Tang San demonstrated Fourth Soul Skill: Toad Stomp, crushing a tree and leaving poisonous pus where it landed.
• Yu Xiao Gang praised the skill and encouraged Toad Tang San to use his worsening stench as an offensive advantage, while Xue Ya silently doubted his teaching.

Toad Tang San returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy after breaking through to Soul Ancestor and prepared to face Elephant Armor Academy. The match began with the Elephant Armor Sect members shielding themselves from his foul attack, and their diamond defenses left Shrek facing a difficult fight.

• Toad Tang San told Yu Xiao Gang and Flender that he could defeat Elephant Armor Academy by getting his poison into an opponent's wound, while hiding how he had reached Soul Ancestor.
• Xu Xin explained to Feng Xiaotian that Toad Tang San had Twin Martial Souls, easing their worries about another rival surpassing them.
• Toad Tang San transformed into a giant toad and spread his foul breath and pus across the field, prompting Shrek and the Elephant Armor Sect members to cover their faces.
• Toad Tang San asked Zhu Zhuqing to pull away the opponents' face coverings, and she agreed that her speed would let her do it.
• The Elephant Armor Sect members summoned Diamond Mammoth Spirits and covered themselves in thick diamond armor, while Hu Yan Zhen confidently celebrated their advantage and received congratulations from allied factions.

Toad Tang San and the Shrek team faced the Elephant Armor Sect, whose combined defense resisted their attacks. Toad Tang San coated the arena with toxic saliva, causing the charging Diamond Mammoth Elephants to slip and fall, and the chapter ended with them vomiting from the stench.

• Hu Yan Zhen confidently expected the Elephant Armor Sect to crush the Heaven Dou Second Team.
• Toad Tang San attacked with Toad Spits Water as Hu Yanli ordered the Diamond Mammoth Elephants to charge.
• The Shrek members’ Soul Skills failed to break the Elephants’ diamond defense, so they focused on helping Toad Tang San evade their attacks.
• Toad Tang San repeatedly spat toxic saliva beneath the seven Elephants while his teammates distracted them and Oscar restored his strength.
• Hu Yanli led the Elephants into another charge, but they slipped on the saliva and crashed to the ground.
• Zhu Zhuqing tore away their face coverings, and Hu Yanli and the others vomited after inhaling Toad Tang San’s stench.

Shrek defeated Hu Yanli’s team after Toad Tang San’s revolting saliva attack, but Hu Yanli turned the tables by using a head soul bone to withstand Toad Tang San and flatten him. Hu Yanli surrendered and left the stage, while Yu Xiao Gang rushed to Toad Tang San’s side.

• Toad Tang San’s saliva left Hu Yanli’s teammates vomiting, allowing Shrek to knock them off the stage.
• Hu Yanli used a head soul bone to block Toad Tang San’s Fourth Soul Skill, then grabbed him and stomped him into the ground.
• Dai Mubai stopped Hu Yanli from continuing, and Hu Yanli surrendered and jumped off the stage.
• Yu Xiao Gang accused Hu Yanli of murder, but Hu Yanli slapped him and asked whether Toad Tang San was dead.
• Yu Xiao Gang carried Toad Tang San away from the fight as the Shrek team avoided his accusing glare, while Ma Hongjun was pleased by Toad Tang San’s misfortune.

After Toad Tang San was badly injured in the match, Yu Xiao Gang reluctantly agreed to take him to Shadow Hall for treatment. Ye Shengxin waited at the Shadow Hall Clinic, where Ye Lingling arrived with a message from her teacher and said the upcoming tournament fight posed no concern.

• Shi Nian crossed Toad Tang San off his assassination list because he found him too disgusting to target, while the other factions agreed to beat him if they could not win.
• Yu Xiao Gang angrily blamed the Shrek group for failing to save Toad Tang San, but Zhu Zhuqing defended their decision to pursue victory.
• Flender and Xue Ya persuaded Yu Xiao Gang to take Toad Tang San to Shadow Hall, where Ye Shengxin might heal him that day.
• Yu Xiao Gang, Flender, and Xue Ya left for Shadow Hall by carriage while Zhu Zhuqing and the others stayed behind to cultivate.
• Ye Lingling visited Ye Shengxin at the Shadow Hall Clinic and relayed that her teacher had told him to enjoy the show and handle matters as he saw fit.
• Ye Lingling said her team would face an academy under the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan the next day and that she did not care about the inheritance.

Ye Shengxin discovered that Toad Tang San was A Jing's child and connected his birth to an old scheme involving the Great Enshrined. He offered to heal Tang San for a large fee, leaving Yu Xiao Gang and his companions unable to pay.

• Ye Shengxin let Xue Ya, Yu Xiao Gang, and Flender bring the foul-smelling Toad Tang San to him for help.
• Ye Shengxin examined Tang San and asked who his mother was, then learned her name was A Jing.
• Ye Shengxin remembered treating A Jing and realized Tang San was Tang Hao's child and had been caught up in the Great Enshrined's scheme.
• Ye Shengxin offered to restore Tang San for two, three, or five million Gold Soul Coins, depending on how quickly he healed him.
• Yu Xiao Gang asked for a lower price, but Ye Shengxin pointed to the door, and Yu Xiao Gang looked to Xue Ya and Flender because he had no money.

Yu Xiao Gang and Xue Ya paid Ye Shengxin to heal Toad Tang San, and Ye Shengxin exposed Tang San’s secret while treating him. Yu Xiao Gang carried Tang San away, and Xue Ya asked Flender what had happened as they prepared to talk.

• Xue Ya offered two million Gold Soul Coins and Flender offered two hundred thousand to pay Ye Shengxin for Toad Tang San’s treatment, but Yu Xiao Gang returned Flender’s money.
• Xue Ya paid Ye Shengxin two million Gold Soul Coins, and he used his Nine Heart Begonia to heal Toad Tang San enough for him to speak.
• Ye Shengxin called Toad Tang San and Yu Xiao Gang sisters, prompting Xue Ya to realize that Tang San had suffered the same fate as his teacher.
• Toad Tang San admitted that he had been castrated and told Yu Xiao Gang that becoming a god would restore him; Flender’s denial made both of them resent him.
• Yu Xiao Gang carried Toad Tang San away, and Xue Ya asked Flender what had happened as they left.

Flender told Xue Ya about the events in the Star Dou Great Forest and admitted he did not know what had happened to Yu Xiao Gang. After Xue Ya vowed to investigate Xiao Gang’s past, Yu Xiao Gang and Toad Tang San blamed Shadow Hall for their troubles and were thrown from a carriage and whipped by its driver.

• Flender asked Ye Shengxin to keep the exposed secret confidential, then explained the past events to Xue Ya.
• Flender said he suspected Yu Xiao Gang had been that way before they met, and Xue Ya vowed to investigate what happened in Coconut Grove City.
• In the carriage, Toad Tang San blamed Shadow Hall for his suffering while Yu Xiao Gang listened and cursed the organization.
• The carriage driver stopped, dragged Yu Xiao Gang and Toad Tang San out, and whipped them for insulting Shadow Hall.
• Yu Xiao Gang shielded Toad Tang San from most of the blows, and the two embraced and wept after the driver left.

After returning to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Yu Xiao Gang and Toad Tang San learned that they would face Exotic Beast Academy, then underestimated their opponents. The match ended with Meng Yiran’s team surrendering as their seven attacks struck Toad Tang San, leaving him collapsed on the stage.

• Yu Xiao Gang returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Toad Tang San, and Xue Ya told them their next opponent was Exotic Beast Academy.
• Xue Ya described Feng Xiaotian’s victory over Yu Tianxin’s group, but Toad Tang San insisted he was confident he could face Feng Xiaotian.
• Toad Tang San faced Meng Yiran and her teammates in a sparsely attended match and taunted them from the stage.
• Meng Yiran ordered her team to attack Toad Tang San, then shouted that they surrendered before their seven soul skills hit him.
• Toad Tang San failed to defend against the attacks and collapsed, while Meng Yiran ran off the stage.

Toad Tang San was injured after Exotic Beast Academy launched soul skills and immediately surrendered, while Yu Xiao Gang reframed the incident as proof of Tang San’s greatness. Thunder Academy drew Heaven Dou Royal Second Team and planned to target Tang San with lightning, while Yu Xiao Gang considered surrendering the match.

• Dai Mubai carried the injured Toad Tang San back to the academy, where Tang San explained that Exotic Beast Academy had attacked and surrendered before Shrek could react.
• Yu Xiao Gang reassured Toad Tang San that the opponents targeted him because they envied his talent, and Tang San agreed that this proved he might receive a divine inheritance.
• Zhu Zhuqing lamented that Tang San drew the opponents’ attention and left her little chance to demonstrate her progress.
• Yu Tianxin learned Thunder Academy had drawn Heaven Dou Royal Second Team and discussed taking down Toad Tang San first, with his teammates suggesting his saliva could conduct their lightning.
• Xue Ya returned with the draw results, and Yu Xiao Gang asked whether Toad Tang San’s team should surrender the match.