Chapter Summaries

Ning Fengzhi learned from Ning Rongrong that Feng Yao had overwhelmed Shrek in their earlier battle, while the tournament standings placed Shrek and four elemental academies at the top. Shrek then lost to Blazing Fire Academy without Tang San, leaving Feng Yao to suspect that the world’s events had diverged and Huo Wu to demand to know why Tang San was absent.

• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong that Feng Yao had defeated Shrek and badly injured Tang San with his Zither Sound.
• The tenth round ended with Shrek and four elemental academies undefeated, while Elephant Armored Academy had fallen to five wins and five losses.
• Feng Yao noticed Tang San was missing from Shrek’s lineup against Blazing Fire Academy and suspected that Shi Nian had already been dealt with and Tang San was injured.
• Huo Wu repeatedly disrupted Shrek’s attacks, and Dai Mubai conceded after Yu Tianheng and the others were exhausted.
• Huo Wu asked Dai Mubai why Tang San had not fought, and Dai Mubai promised Shrek would not lose again as Huo Wu asked him to tell Tang San she wanted to face him.

After Shi Nian was exposed for attempting to murder Shrek Academy members, Feng Yao left the tournament to consolidate what he had learned. He tested the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, then chose the Brocade Rosy Tulip, whose energy began reshaping his Martial Souls.

• The tournament referee announced that Shi Nian had been suspected of trying to murder Shrek Academy members, and Shrek Academy received a bye in the next round.
• Feng Yao decided he had learned enough from watching the matches and returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where he shared a meal and joked with the Imperial Dou Team.
• Feng Yao considered his feelings for Qian Renxue while examining his Immortal Grade herbs, then tried and failed to make the Lovesick Heartbreak Red bloom.
• Feng Yao used the Innate Bagua Plate to choose the Brocade Rosy Tulip, whose properties resonated with the Zhen Hexagram.
• Feng Yao absorbed the Brocade Rosy Tulip as the Fuxi Qin and Innate Bagua Plate changed, and he realized the herb was reshaping his Martial Souls.

Feng Yao gave Qian Renxue a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, and she endured its painful effects to awaken crimson-gold flame power in her Angel bloodline. A few days later, the Preliminary Tournament ended with Shrek advancing despite struggling without Tang San’s full strength.

• Feng Yao discovered that the Brocade Rosy Tulip had strengthened his Martial Souls and reduced their Soul Power consumption.
• Feng Yao gave Qian Renxue a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower and warned her about absorbing it; she realized he had taken a special place in her heart.
• Qian Renxue consumed the Immortal Herb and endured its effects while Feng Yao waited outside, sharing her pain through their connection.
• Qian Renxue emerged with crimson-gold flames and enhanced Six-winged Angel wings, thanked Feng Yao, and told him to continue their cultivation that night.
• The Preliminary Tournament ended with Shrek advancing, but Tang San’s absence and injury left the team unable to overcome the Four Element Academies’ extreme elemental tactics.

After the Preliminary Tournament defeats shook Tang San’s faith in Blue Silver Grass, he chose to switch his cultivation focus to the Haotian Hammer. Tang Hao approved the decision but forbade him from adding Spirit Rings for now, and promised to train him personally at dawn.

• After two days of despair over Blue Silver Grass’s weakness against elemental opponents, Tang San collapsed from exhaustion and Xiao Wu caught him.
• When Tang San woke, he told Yu Xiaogang that he wanted to cultivate the Haotian Hammer instead, prompting Flander to argue with Yu Xiaogang over the risks and motives behind the choice.
• Tang San left the room and insisted to Flander that switching cultivation was his own decision, explaining that he believed it was time to use the hammer to protect the grass.
• Tang Hao emerged from the shadows, agreed to Tang San’s switch, and said he must first understand the Haotian Hammer’s essence rather than add Spirit Rings immediately.
• Tang Hao told Tang San to meet him at the academy’s rear mountain at dawn for personal training, and Tang San reaffirmed his resolve to face the coming matches with the Hammer.

Feng Yao comforted Qian Renxue after she learned Tang San had used the Haotian Hammer, then traveled with the qualifying teams toward Spirit City while considering the rift between Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong. In Spirit City, Grandmaster arrived at the Papal Palace and revealed his Elder token, demanding an audience with the Pope.

• Qian Renxue told Feng Yao that Tang San had defeated seven opponents with the Haotian Hammer, and she revealed that she blamed Tang Hao for her father’s death.
• Feng Yao soothed Qian Renxue with a piece on the Fuxi Qin, and they cultivated together after the month-long Promotion Tournament ended with Shrek Academy in first place.
• Xue Ye appointed Crown Prince Xue Qinghe as special envoy and sent him to lead the fifteen qualifying teams to Spirit City with five hundred Royal Knight Order members.
• Feng Yao traveled in the Imperial Dou Team’s carriage, wondered what Bibi Dong was like, and resolved to try to ease the conflict between her and Qian Renxue.
• Grandmaster entered Spirit City, presented his Elder token at the Papal Palace, and ordered the guards to take him to the Pope.

Feng Yao and the convoy were ambushed on the road to Spirit City, but Dugu Bo protected the Imperial Fighting Team while Shrek and the other academies fought off the attackers. Chen Xin arrived to face Yue Guan, and with Ning Fengzhi’s support he broke the Two Poles Stillness Domain, forcing Yue Guan and Ghostly to retreat.

• Feng Yao sensed danger as the convoy passed between two hills, and falling boulders revealed black-clad attackers waiting on the cliffs.
• Dugu Bo killed the hidden attackers with the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, while the academies fought more than fifteen hundred bandits and Shrek used Zhuge Divine Crossbows and Hidden Weapons to gain ground.
• Two Soul Sages and a Soul Douluo appeared to target Shrek, so Dugu Bo kept the Imperial Fighting Team back until Yue Guan emerged and trapped the Shrek group in a chrysanthemum cage.
• Chen Xin arrived and fought Yue Guan with the Seven Kill Sword, while Feng Yao and the Imperial Fighting Team watched the clash between the Title Douluos.
• Ghostly appeared and joined Yue Guan to form the Two Poles Stillness Domain, but Ning Fengzhi enhanced Chen Xin, who broke the Domain and wounded both opponents.
• Yue Guan and Ghostly admitted defeat and fled, and the black-clad attackers retreated as Chen Xin sheathed his sword.

After the attack on the procession, Feng Yao helped Qian Renxue understand that Bibi Dong’s assault had also tested the other powers’ willingness to oppose her. The teams reached Spirit City safely, where Feng Yao noticed a golden building crowning the mountain at the city’s center.

• Dugu Bo warned the Imperial Fighting Team to stay cautious and told Feng Yao to beat the Shrek team, especially Yu Tianheng, in the arena.
• Feng Yao visited Qian Renxue and inferred that Bibi Dong’s attack had tested the other powers’ reactions as well as targeting Tang San.
• Feng Yao urged Qian Renxue to face her complicated relationship with Bibi Dong, and promised to stand by her whatever she chose.
• Qian Renxue dropped her Xue Qinghe disguise, while She Long and Ci Xue watched over her protectively.
• Qian Renxue strengthened the procession’s escort, and the Spirit Master teams reached Spirit City without further incident.
• Feng Yao explored Spirit City and noticed a gleaming golden building atop the mountain at its center.

Qian Renxue confronted Bibi Dong over Spirit Hall’s plans for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament began. Feng Yao’s Imperial Dou Team drew Heavenly Water Academy, and the chapter ended as their first-round match started.

• Qian Renxue asked Bibi Dong whether she intended to destroy the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Bibi Dong said it must disappear unless Qian Renxue could find another way to resolve the conflict.
• Bibi Dong proposed that Feng Yao marry Ning Fengzhi’s daughter to secure the sect’s submission, but Qian Renxue rejected the idea and left the Papal Palace.
• Sun Buyu drew Heavenly Water Academy as the Imperial Dou Team’s first-round opponent, while Divine Wind Academy received a bye.
• At the tournament, Feng Yao revealed his black fourth Spirit Ring, shocking the spectators, Ning Fengzhi, Qian Renxue, Yu Xiaogang, and Shui Bing’er.
• The referee began the match between the Imperial Dou Team and Heavenly Water Academy as Shui Bing’er gathered cold energy and Feng Yao played the Fuxi Qin.

Feng Yao used the Fuxi Qin to defeat Heavenly Water Academy, revealing precise control over sound, Soul Power, and Spiritual Power while interrupting their Martial Soul Fusion Skill. After Heaven Dou Royal Academy won, Feng Yao explained his technique, leaving Yu Tianheng and Tang San watching him as future rivals.

• Feng Yao shattered Shui Bing'er's ice attacks and armor with his zither music while the Imperial Dou Team pressed their assault.
• Feng Yao disrupted Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu's Martial Soul Fusion Skill with a Mental Impact, allowing Oslo and Yu Feng to subdue Heavenly Water Academy's remaining members.
• The Spirit Hall Golden Generation and Shrek Academy's Yu Tianheng and Tang San recognized Feng Yao's growing strength and discussed how to face him.
• The referee declared Heaven Dou Royal Academy the victor, and Shui Bing'er thanked Feng Yao for showing mercy.
• Feng Yao explained to his teammates how his zither sound disrupted opponents' Soul Power and Spiritual Power at critical moments.
• Feng Yao exchanged a calm greeting with Yu Tianheng and Tang San as their teams passed one another.

Spirit Hall Academy crushed its first opponent, and Feng Yao recognized how Hu Liena’s victory was meant to unsettle the other teams. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong ordered an investigation into Feng Yao, while Qian Daoliu discovered that Qian Renxue’s Martial Soul had changed after receiving his gift and agreed to meet him after the tournament.

• Spirit Hall Academy’s Golden Generation, led by Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena, overwhelmed its opponent, leaving the Imperial Dou Team worried about facing them.
• Feng Yao realized Hu Liena’s team had used its swift victory to plant fear in the competing teams and strengthen the effect of her charm.
• Bibi Dong reviewed Feng Yao’s dossier, ordered a Black-robed Cardinal to investigate his history and relationships, and summoned Snake Lance and Ci Xue.
• Qian Renxue showed Qian Daoliu the crimson-gold patterns on her Six-winged Angel Martial Soul and explained that Feng Yao had given her a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower.
• Qian Daoliu recognized that Qian Renxue’s Martial Soul now carried True Sun Fire and agreed to assess Feng Yao and meet him after the tournament.

Shrek Advanced Spirit Master Academy faced Star Luo Empire Royal Advanced Spirit Master Academy in an elimination match, where Tang San revealed the Clear Sky Hammer and learned to wield it with the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes. Shrek won with a combined spirit skill, while Feng Yao studied Tang San’s technique and realized how he might refine his own zither attacks.

• Feng Yao watched as Shrek and Star Luo Royal Academy took the stage, with Zhu Zhuqing facing her sister Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Mubai facing Dai Weisi.
• Tang San summoned his ringless Clear Sky Hammer, and Feng Yao explained how its weight and quality still made it powerful despite its lack of soul skills.
• Star Luo Royal Academy revealed six Soul Ancestors, then Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun used a mirror-like ability to bypass Shrek’s front line and attack its support members.
• Tang San countered Dai Weisi’s White Tiger Fierce Light Wave with the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes, and Feng Yao studied his force and wrist techniques through ultrasonic perception.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun unleashed their Hell White Tiger, while Yu Tianheng and Dai Mubai formed the Blue Electric White Tiger Break to defeat it and eliminate five Star Luo team members.
• Feng Yao recognized the limits of Shrek’s tactic and reflected on how Tang San’s use of force could improve his zither techniques.

Heaven Dou Royal Advanced Spirit Master Academy faced Thunderclap Academy in the tournament’s third round, where Feng Yao used inaudible qin attacks alongside Dugu Yan’s poison to overwhelm his opponents. The referee declared Heaven Dou Royal the winner, leaving Thunderclap’s team wounded but healed and Feng Yao’s strange technique drawing attention.

• Sun Buyu announced that Heaven Dou Royal Advanced Spirit Master Academy would face Thunderclap Academy in the third round.
• Feng Yao provoked Yu Tianxin by mocking his role as a support fighter, and the Red-robed Referee rejected Yu Tianxin’s proposal for a one-on-one duel.
• Dugu Yan spread Jade Phosphor Snake Poison across the arena as Feng Yao attacked Lei Tian with invisible, inaudible qin strikes.
• Feng Yao’s hidden attacks wounded Thunderclap Academy’s members, and Yu Tianxin led his team into the toxic mist despite the danger.
• Dugu Yan withdrew her poison and Ye Ling Ling healed the injured Thunderclap members after Feng Yao said he had avoided their vital areas.
• The Red-robed Referee declared Heaven Dou Royal Advanced Spirit Master Academy the victor.

Shrek struggled to understand Feng Yao’s invisible sound-wave attack, while Feng Yao explained its limits to the Imperial Dou Team and used its mystery to strengthen opponents’ fear. After the fourth round, the three strongest teams gathered before Papal Palace for the final, where Bibi Dong arrived and Shrek’s refusal to kneel contrasted with Feng Yao’s respectful salute.

• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang failed to identify how Feng Yao’s attacks struck through the poison mist, and Tang San resolved to pursue the Wisdom Skull despite the danger.
• Feng Yao told the Imperial Dou Team that his Fuxi Qin’s inaudible vibrations could attack from inside an enemy’s body, while warning that the move had limits and could only be used once against an opponent who understood it.
• Xiao Wu told the hidden Tang Hao that she would keep competing because Tang San wanted to win the championship, and Tang Hao accepted her decision.
• Spirit Hall Academy, Shrek Academy, and Heaven Dou Royal Academy advanced through the fourth round without facing one another and gathered before Papal Palace for the final.
• Bibi Dong emerged before the finalists, and Feng Yao knelt respectfully while the Shrek team remained standing.

At the Spirit Hall finals, Bibi Dong announced three precious Spirit Bones as the champion’s reward, and Feng Yao faced Yan in the individual elimination match after Shrek Academy withdrew from the morning round. Feng Yao defeated Yan with controlled sonic attacks, giving Heaven Dou Royal Academy the first victory.

• Bibi Dong confronted the Shrek Seven Devils, recognized Tang San as Yu Xiaogang’s disciple, and revealed three Spirit Bones as the finals reward.
• Bibi Dong announced that the individual elimination match would determine the advantage for the finals, and Feng Yao stepped forward as Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s first contestant.
• Hu Liena advised Xie Yue to have Yan test Feng Yao, while Tang San withdrew Shrek Academy from the morning matches and entered the afternoon losers’ bracket.
• Yan unleashed his Flame Lord Martial Soul and charged Feng Yao, but Feng Yao blocked the attack with his Fuxi Qin’s sonic barrier.
• Feng Yao disrupted Yan’s Soul Power with a Bass Note, struck his consciousness with a sonic vibration, and knocked him unconscious.

Feng Yao defeated Yan, prompting the Martial Soul Hall Academy Team to withdraw from the individual matches, and Bibi Dong appointed Feng Yao an Honorary Elder. As the semifinals began, Shrek launched a sudden Hell White Tiger attack, leaving Feng Yao to reassess their unusual tactics.

• Yu Tianheng explained that Feng Yao’s sound-wave attack had overwhelmed him before, while Tang San resolved to win the tournament.
• Hu Liena requested that the Martial Soul Hall Academy Team withdraw, and Bibi Dong declared Heaven Dou Royal Advanced Spirit Master Academy the winner of the individual match.
• Bibi Dong praised Feng Yao’s Martial Soul research and appointed him an Honorary Elder of Spirit Hall, a title Dugu Bo warned could draw the attention of major powers.
• The Shrek Seven Monsters and the Martial Soul Hall Academy Team took their positions for the semifinals, and Bibi Dong ordered the match to begin.
• Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan formed a triangle as Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai merged into the Hell White Tiger and charged at Spirit Hall’s team.
• Feng Yao realized Shrek was not attempting a Seven-in-One Spirit Power Fusion Skill as Yan rushed toward Yu Tianheng.

Shrek used Tang San’s hammer, Ning Rongrong’s enhancements, and Oscar’s Recovery Sausages to outlast and defeat Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation. Bibi Dong left the arena in silence, while Shrek celebrated its victory and Feng Yao anticipated an even more interesting battle tomorrow.

• Tang San’s enhanced Clear Sky Hammer drove Xie Yue back, while his Purple Demon Eyes resisted Hu Liena’s charm.
• Feng Yao explained how Shrek divided the battle into smaller fights, with Tang San keeping Xie Yue and Hu Liena from using their fusion skill.
• Oscar’s Recovery Sausages helped Shrek recover through the prolonged fight as Tang San continued pressuring Xie Yue.
• Shrek wore down the Golden Generation and won after its members fell one by one.
• Bibi Dong left without rebuking her defeated team, and Shrek celebrated its victory.

After Shrek defeated Spirit Hall, Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San that Feng Yao’s strength made him a formidable obstacle in the final. At the decisive match, Feng Yao wagered that he could defeat all seven Shrek members with one move, leaving Tang San to decide whether to accept.

• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that Shrek would need to break through its limits to defeat Feng Yao, while Flender urged the group to leave before Spirit Hall’s guards confronted them.
• Bibi Dong reprimanded Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation for losing and ordered them to train for three years in Misty Trail Grand Canyon after the competition.
• Bibi Dong told Ghostly and Yue Guan that she had already granted Feng Yao the position of Honorary Elder and viewed the tournament as a chance to assess talent and rival powers.
• The finalists assembled before the tournament’s decisive battle, and the Shrek team vowed to win as Heaven Dou Royal Academy faced them.
• Tang San challenged Feng Yao to settle the match with one move, and Feng Yao wagered that he would concede if all seven Shrek members could withstand a single attack from him.

Feng Yao began the final against the Shrek Devils alone and unleashed a sound attack that overwhelmed their Martial Souls. As his strike threatened to engulf them, Gu Rong intervened with his Bone Dragon True Body.

• Tang San accepted Feng Yao's challenge on behalf of the Shrek group, and Feng Yao sent the Royal Fighters to the arena's edge.
• The referee began the final, and Feng Yao warned that his next technique would be difficult to control.
• Feng Yao fused his four Soul Rings, raising his power and creating a resonance with the sounds of Papal Mountain.
• Feng Yao plucked his zither and unleashed a devastating sound wave that dispelled Ning Rongrong's Martial Soul, collapsed Yu Tianheng's and Dai Mubai's phantoms, and forced Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer back into his body.
• As Feng Yao's sound blades threatened the Shrek Devils, Gu Rong appeared in Bone Dragon True Body and blocked the strike.

Feng Yao’s Heaven Dou Royal Advanced Spirit Master Academy won the tournament, and he accepted the Spirit Bone prize while weighing the value of its spiritual power. After Bibi Dong ordered Xiao Wu seized, she revealed that Xiao Wu was a Shapeshifting Spirit Beast, and Xiao Wu admitted she was the Soft Bone Rabbit who had escaped her before.

• Feng Yao’s attack sent the Shrek group crashing to the ground, and Xiao Wu’s scraped palm drew the Title Douluo’s attention.
• Ning Fengzhi healed the Shrek group, and Bibi Dong declared Heaven Dou Royal Advanced Spirit Master Academy the tournament champion.
• Feng Yao accepted the three Spirit Bones and considered whether to absorb the Spirit Condensing Wisdom Skull or wait for another Spirit Bone.
• Bibi Dong ordered Ghostly and Yue Guan to seize Xiao Wu, while Tang San and the Shrek group moved to protect her.
• Bibi Dong identified Xiao Wu as a Shapeshifting Spirit Beast, and Xiao Wu confessed she was the Soft Bone Rabbit who had escaped her years earlier.

Tang Hao arrived at the Papal Palace to protect Tang San and Xiao Wu after Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to capture them. He challenged Bibi Dong and the other Title Douluo, then revealed the Clear Sky Hammer’s Haotian True Body as the confrontation escalated.

• Tang San shielded Xiao Wu and declared that anyone who wanted to take her would have to step over his corpse, while the other Shrek Seven Devils and the Golden Iron Triangle stood with them.
• Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to attack, and they overwhelmed the Golden Holy Dragon as Dugu Bo and Feng Yao watched.
• Tang Hao appeared, knocked Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo away, and stood between the Shrek group and Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong summoned four more Title Douluo, but Tang Hao’s nine soul rings and immense pressure eclipsed hers.
• Tang Hao formed the Clear Sky Hammer’s enormous phantom and announced that he would show them the true Haotian True Body.