Chapter Summaries

Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Qian Bing visited Heaven Dou City's auction house, where Tang San offered his concealed weapon Sand Projection for appraisal. He demonstrated its poison-laced needles in the weapons testing room, leaving the appraisers to assess its value and potential for auction.

• Du Gu Bo departed the academy, and Tang San struggled with his unsettled feelings after their farewell.
• Flander and Liu Erlong accompanied Grandmaster and Dai Mubai to Sunset Forest, while Ning Rongrong returned home and the other students resumed classes.
• Tang San attended the advanced class, where Tai Long challenged him over Xiao Wu and lost an arm-wrestling match.
• Xiao Wu invited Tang San and Qian Bing to explore Heaven Dou City, and the three went to its auction house.
• After learning that entry required bidding credentials or an item for sale, Tang San presented his small black box, Sand Projection, for appraisal.
• Tang San demonstrated Sand Projection in the weapons testing room, releasing hair-thin steel needles and a faint yellow poisonous mist.

Tang San demonstrated Sand Projection and entered the Heaven Dou Auction House with Xiao Wu and Qian Bing to sell it. While they learned about the auction house and its captive attendants, a mysterious middle-aged man spoke with them, and the next auction item was revealed to be a young woman with pointed ears.

• Tang San demonstrated that Sand Projection could fire poisoned steel needles three times, and the appraiser accepted it for auction with a starting price of one thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• The receptionist helped Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Qian Bing establish an auction account and escorted them into the auction center, where they were assigned seats in the white section.
• A middle-aged man explained that the auction house's attendants had been bought and raised as inventory, prompting Xiao Wu to feel sympathy for them.
• The middle-aged man praised the group's strength and guessed their age as the Spirit Ball Spirit sold for forty-three thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• The host unveiled a young woman in an iron cage as a rare auction item with a reserve price of one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, then revealed her small pointed ears.

Xiao Wu, Qian Bing, and Tang San watched a Catwoman being auctioned as a pet until a refined middle-aged man rescued her with a high bid. After buying Tang San’s Sand Projection as well, the man invited the three to accompany him and asked about their origins.

• Xiao Wu protested the Catwoman’s sale, while Qian Bing and Tang San watched as a middle-aged man bid to save her.
• The middle-aged man stood openly against Xue Xing Prince, and the Catwoman was sold to him for one hundred and eighty thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Tang San recognized his Sand Projection on the auction stage, and the middle-aged man bought it after bidding ten thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• The middle-aged man led Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Qian Bing to a private room, where the Catwoman and several other young women were delivered to him.
• Tang San explained how to use Sand Projection and gave the middle-aged man a Silent Sleeve Arrow; Xiao Wu revealed that Tang San alone belonged to Tang Sect.

Tang San declined the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Leader’s offer to buy his hidden weapons in bulk, while Ning Rongrong returned home and reunited with Ning Fengzhi and her grandfathers. After learning she had advanced ten Soul Power ranks at Shrek Academy, her family feared she had used a dangerous method, and she began explaining her training.

• Tang San refused the middle-aged man’s offer to buy Silent Sleeve Arrows and Sand Projection in bulk, then left with Xiao Wu and their companion.
• Ning Rongrong waited for Ning Fengzhi at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and playfully reunited with Bone Douluo and Sword Douluo.
• Ning Fengzhi returned, and Ning Rongrong dodged his embrace while boasting that her Soul Power had risen ten ranks.
• Sword Douluo confirmed that Ning Rongrong had reached rank thirty-seven, causing Ning Fengzhi and the two elders to fear she had used a harmful cultivation method.
• Ning Rongrong began recounting her year at Shrek Academy and describing her training and fellow students.

Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi and the two elders how Shrek’s training and an Immortal Herb had raised her Soul Power and evolved her martial soul into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. She revealed Tang San’s hidden weapons and tested them on Sword Douluo Chen Xin, who deflected each attack as she escalated her demonstration.

• Ning Rongrong explained that an Aromatic Silk Beauty Immortal Herb had raised her Soul Power and transformed her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Fengzhi and the elders marveled at Ning Rongrong’s evolved martial soul, and she said Tang San had given Immortal Herbs to all the Shrek students.
• Ning Rongrong recognized the Sand Projection and Silent Sleeve Arrow Ning Fengzhi had bought as Tang San’s work and asked whether the clan could equip hidden weapons.
• Ning Rongrong took Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong into the courtyard to demonstrate the weapons, and Chen Xin agreed to defend himself.
• Ning Rongrong fired Silent Sleeve Arrows, the Zhuge Divine Crossbow, and a poisoned needle attack, but Chen Xin cut apart or deflected every strike.
• Ning Rongrong approached Chen Xin and launched more hidden weapons at his face and lower body.

Ning Rongrong used Tang San’s hidden weapons to surprise Sword Douluo, convincing Ning Fengzhi that their maker was worth recruiting. At Shrek, Qian Bing, Tang San, Oscar, and Xiao Wu discussed the tournament and wondered whether Rongrong would return.

• Ning Rongrong’s hidden weapons forced Sword Douluo to reveal his Spirit, and a close-range crossbow bolt poisoned his tongue when he caught it in his mouth.
• Ning Rongrong apologized to Sword Douluo, who forgave her and urged Ning Fengzhi to recruit Tang San; Ning Fengzhi decided to visit Shrek with Rongrong the next day.
• Qian Bing and Tang San discussed the upcoming tournament and the strength of their rivals as they walked to breakfast.
• Oscar worried that Ning Rongrong might not return to Shrek, while Xiao Wu reassured him that Rongrong seemed to like him and teased him about pursuing her.
• Tang San, Qian Bing, Oscar, and Xiao Wu bought breakfast and sat together in a corner of the cafeteria.

After Tang San injured Tai Long, Titan, the Strength Clan’s level-eighty-six Soul Douluo, challenged him to endure his pressure until an incense stick burned out. Tang San accepted a revised wager that would send Tai Long to the future Tang Sect if Titan lost, then struggled against Titan’s overwhelming strength-based oppression.

• Shrek students told Tang San that Tai Long’s father and grandfather had come to the academy, so Tang San, Qian Bing, and Oscar went to meet them while Xiao Wu sought Zhao Wuji.
• Titan confronted Tang San over injuring Tai Long and proposed that Tang San join the Strength Clan if he could not endure Titan’s pressure until an incense stick burned out.
• Qian Bing pointed out that Titan’s proposed wager was unfair, and Tang San countered that Tai Long should join his planned Tang Sect if Titan lost.
• Titan accepted the revised wager, and Oscar secretly gave Tang San a Recovery Sausage before retreating with Qian Bing.
• Titan released about sixty percent of his pressure, forcing Tang San to step back and release his Martial Soul as the crushing force made his bones creak.

Tang San endured Titan’s overwhelming pressure during their wager, then used his Purple Demon Eyes to stagger Titan before summoning the Clear Sky Hammer. Ning Fengzhi, Ning Rongrong, and Bone Douluo Gu Rong intervened as Tang San neared collapse, and Bone Douluo asked Titan to end the wager.

• Tang San resisted Titan’s rising pressure with Blue Silver Grass, the Eight Spider Lances, and his inner force while Zhao Wuji and Xiao Wu watched anxiously.
• Titan increased the pressure to ninety percent, but Tang San struck him with a Mental Impact from his Purple Demon Eyes, forcing him to step back.
• Tang San discovered a crack in his Yang Wei Meridian, yet refused to admit defeat even as his injuries left him barely able to stand.
• Tang San summoned the Clear Sky Hammer, causing Titan’s pressure to weaken as seven-colored light from Ning Fengzhi’s pagoda surrounded him.
• Ning Fengzhi, Ning Rongrong, and Bone Douluo Gu Rong appeared, and Bone Douluo asked Titan to call off the wager.

After Ning Fengzhi restored Tang San, Titan recognized the hammer in Tang San’s hand and learned that he was Tang Hao’s son. Titan knelt and called Tang San his young master, leaving Tang San eager to learn about his father as they went to speak privately at Shrek Academy.

• Gu Rong and Ning Fengzhi recognized the Clear Sky Hammer, and Titan called off his wager with Tang San.
• Ning Fengzhi used the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to heal and restore Tang San, then introduced himself and offered Tang San his goodwill.
• Titan asked whether Tang San’s father was Tang Hao, then knelt with Tai Nuo and Tai Long and addressed Tang San as his young master.
• Ning Fengzhi suggested they talk at Shrek Academy, where Zhao Wuji led Titan’s group, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Tang San inside.
• Tang San cleaned up and headed to the fourth-floor conference room, focused on discovering why Titan served his father.

Tang San learned from Titan that his father, Tang Hao, was a direct descendant of the Clear Sky Sect and that Tang San had inherited its Clear Sky Hammer. After pledging the Strength Clan to Tang San, Titan urged him to avoid joining the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Tang San went to meet Ning Fengzhi.

• Zhao Wuji warned Tang San to stay calm when meeting Titan and Ning Fengzhi, and Tang San chose to see Titan first.
• Titan recognized Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer and identified Tang Hao as his former master and a direct descendant of the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang San showed Titan the letter Tang Hao had left, and Titan confirmed the handwriting while refusing to reveal the private events behind Tang Hao's departure.
• Titan declared that the Strength Clan, with 217 Soul Masters, would become Tang San's vassal, and Tang San asked him to keep his origins secret.
• Tang San declined to join any sect, then entered the conference room where Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo Gu Rong were waiting.

Tang San negotiated a hidden-weapons deal with Ning Fengzhi after learning that his missing father, Tang Hao, was a Titled Douluo. Ning Fengzhi chose to befriend Tang San rather than harm him, while suspecting that upheaval would soon shake the Soul Master world.

• Ning Fengzhi told Tang San that his father was Tang Hao, the youngest Titled Douluo, and Tang San said his father had vanished eight years earlier.
• Tang San refused to sell his hidden-weapon designs but agreed to assemble five hundred sets for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, which would forge the parts and ammunition.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to pay ten thousand Gold Soul Coins per set and gave Tang San a deposit, while Tang San supplied detailed blueprints and declined extra payment for the Aromatic Silk Beauty.
• After Tang San and Ning Rongrong left, Gu Rong suggested eliminating Tang San, but Ning Fengzhi refused and argued that the sect should build a strong alliance with him.
• Ning Fengzhi warned Gu Rong that the continent's long peace might conceal an approaching storm and considered binding Tang San to the sect through marriage.

Tang San struggled to understand the truth about his missing father after learning of his connection to the Clear Sky Sect, while Oscar confessed his feelings to Ning Rongrong. The academy settled back into its routine, and five days later Yu Xiaogang, Flander, Liu Erlong, and Dai Mubai returned.

• Ning Fengzhi told Gu Rong to keep Tang San's possible connection to the Clear Sky Sect secret and considered the boy's future with Ning Rongrong.
• Tang San's friends welcomed him back without pressing him about his background, and he privately tried to piece together what had happened to his father and mother.
• Oscar confessed his feelings to Ning Rongrong, who could not reject him and decided to explain her sect's rules after the Advanced Soul Master Tournament.
• Ning Fengzhi left Rongrong in Zhao Wuji's care and encouraged her to learn from Tang San.
• Tai Long began following Tang San everywhere as his attendant and protector, as ordered by Titan.
• Five days later, Yu Xiaogang, Flander, Liu Erlong, and Dai Mubai returned to the academy, with Dai Mubai looking taller and more composed.

Yu Xiaogang revealed Tang San’s father was Tang Hao, the Clear Sky Douluo, and explained his legendary past and ties to the Clear Sky Sect. He also told Tang San that Tang Hao had secretly visited Shrek to protect him, easing Tang San’s resentment and urging him to keep cultivating so he could help his father.

• Dai Mubai thanked Tang San for the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and announced that his Soul Power had reached Rank 43.
• Qian Bing urged the Shrek Monster Team to reach Rank 40 and aim for the Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament championship.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that Tang Hao had given him the Heaven Douluo Six Imperial Badges and revealed his father’s identity and history as Clear Sky Douluo.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that Tang Hao had secretly beaten Zhao Wuji after Tang San first arrived at Shrek Academy, showing that he had come to protect his son.
• Tang San’s resentment toward his absent father eased, and Yu Xiaogang urged him to grow strong enough to help Tang Hao.

Yu Xiaogang explained the strengths and risks of Tang San’s Twin Spirits, including why his father had told him to cultivate Blue Silver Grass before the Clear Sky Hammer. Tang San resolved to focus on becoming stronger, and the Shrek Monster Team began six months of intensive preparation for the Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament.

• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang about his mother and why his father had forbidden him from cultivating the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that Tang San could cultivate Blue Silver Grass first, then give the Clear Sky Hammer powerful soul rings, though the two Spirits might conflict and threaten his life.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San to keep the Clear Sky Hammer secret, avoid seeking out the Clear Sky Sect until he was stronger, and not use the hammer in the upcoming tournament.
• Tang San agreed that strength mattered more than his family status and accepted Yu Xiaogang’s plan for the team to graduate after the tournament.
• Tang San left the meeting with renewed purpose, and the Shrek Monster Team began half a year of rigorous cultivation and tactical training.

During the six months before the Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament, the Shrek students advanced rapidly, and nearly all reached level forty. Qian Bing secretly tested Staryu, his new Soul Ring Spirit, then the chapter ended with the teachers gathering the students at the academy gates.

• The Immortal Herbs helped the Shrek students grow, and Oscar, Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, and Xu Lei reached level forty while Xiao Wu continued cultivating without taking her herb.
• Tang San completed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's hidden weapons, though its craftsmen could not reproduce or assemble them without his methods.
• Qian Bing secretly brought out the Spirit Illustrated Handbook Spirit and summoned Staryu, whose Psybeam precisely destroyed the leaves and vitality of nearby trees.
• Qian Bing recalled Staryu and fled the woods before academy teachers could discover the damage.
• Flander, Liu Erlong, Zhao Wuji, and Yu Xiaogang gathered at the academy gates and proudly looked over their students.

Flander led the Shrek students to Sunset Forest for a Soul Beast hunt that would serve as the first stage of their graduation examination, with the Advanced Soul Master Competition as the second. After making camp, the group prepared to rest and resume their search the next day.

• Flander explained the graduation examination and told the students to hunt Soul Beasts without the teachers’ help unless necessary.
• Dai Mubai discussed suitable Fourth Soul Rings, and Qian Bing organized the students’ combat roles and hunting plan.
• The group reached Sunset Forest and found that its Soul Beasts were generally weaker and less abundant in high cultivation than those in Star Dou Great Forest.
• Flander’s group and the students set up camp, while Tang San marked the area with medicinal powders and Ma Hongjun lit a campfire.
• Qian Bing explained to Tang San why a campfire was safe, and the students ate dinner before Dai Mubai began the first watch shift.
• Yu Xiaogang hesitated by the fire because he was troubled by the sleeping arrangements beside Liu Erlong.

Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong nearly acted on their feelings in the tent before Dai Mubai’s warning interrupted them. Outside, a roughly 4,500-year-old Earth King attacked the camp, and Liu Erlong unleashed her Crimson Dragon True Body as it used its Magma Fissure Strike against her.

• Yu Xiaogang struggled with his feelings for Liu Erlong until she climbed beneath the blanket and embraced him, and he finally turned to face her.
• Dai Mubai shouted a warning, interrupting Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong just before they acted on their feelings.
• Dai Mubai reported that a suitable Soul Beast had appeared, and Qian Bing recognized it as a nine-segment, roughly 4,500-year-old Earth King.
• Liu Erlong charged the Earth King in anger and transformed with her seventh soul skill, the Crimson Dragon True Body.
• The Earth King stunned Liu Erlong with its distorted-air attack and launched its Magma Fissure Strike at her.

Liu Erlong brutally defeated the Desert King, and Ma Hongjun absorbed its soul ring to gain his fourth ring. As the group resumed its search for soul beasts, Qian Bing explained how a soul beast’s resentment or willingness to die could affect soul-ring absorption and soul-bone chances.

• Liu Erlong crushed and dismembered the Desert King, then Ma Hongjun killed it and began absorbing its soul ring.
• Ma Hongjun spent the night cultivating after absorption and emerged with two yellow and two purple soul rings and a stronger fire aura.
• Liu Erlong angrily confronted Flander after he mocked her temper, then retreated to her tent when Yu Xiaogang intervened.
• The group set off again with Liu Erlong walking apart from the others, while Ma Hongjun said his soul ring had been easy to absorb.
• Qian Bing explained that a soul beast’s resentment could increase the chance of a soul bone, while one that willingly accepted death could yield a soul ring without age restrictions; Dai Mubai said such willingness was virtually impossible.

Tang San used the Youxiang Qiluo Immortal Product to shield Shrek Academy from a poisonous fog created by more than a thousand Pink Ladies. The group learned that a Pink Empress was likely leading the swarm to avenge the Earth King Liu Erlong had killed, and Yu Xiaogang asked Tang San how they should escape.

• Tang San handed out Miasma Dispelling Pills as the group traveled through Sunset Forest, and Liu Erlong moved to guard Yu Xiaogang.
• A dense pink poisonous fog surrounded the group, and Tang San identified it as an attack by spirit beasts.
• Tang San brought out the Youxiang Qiluo Immortal Product, which cleared the poison from a ten-meter area and let the group see one another.
• Tang San recognized more than a thousand Pink Ladies in the fog, and Yu Xiaogang explained that a Pink Empress could be behind their attack.
• Qian Bing suggested the swarm was seeking revenge for the Earth King, and Yu Xiaogang agreed that the Pink Empress might have been its mate.
• Yu Xiaogang described ways to escape the poisonous fog and asked Tang San to recommend what they should do.

Tang San led the group out of the Pink Ladies’ poisonous encirclement, where Ma Hongjun tested his new soul skills against their Pink Empress. His Phoenix Sky Howl Strike defeated the creature, leaving it alive but badly injured.

• Tang San guided the group through the poisonous mist while Qian Bing ordered Oscar to prepare Flying Mushroom Sausages.
• The group flew out of the encirclement, and Liu Erlong attacked the Pink Ladies as they descended.
• A Pink Empress emerged and attacked Liu Erlong with poison, prompting Yu Xiaogang to order the group to subdue it without killing it.
• Ma Hongjun used Phoenix Wings Soaring to the Heavens, while Tang San restrained the Pink Empress with Spider Web Restraint.
• Ma Hongjun unleashed his fourth soul skill, Phoenix Sky Howl Strike, and left the Pink Empress badly burned and unable to stand.