Chapter Summaries

Luo Ling and Qian Renxue defeated Snake Lance Douluo with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while Luo Ling’s Martial Souls fully fused and his Soul Power rose to level 64. Tang San completed the Blood Devil Ritual and reached level 50, believing that five Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings on his Clear Sky Hammer would let him defeat Luo Ling.

• Luo Ling and Qian Renxue used their Fallen Angel fusion to defeat Snake Lance Douluo, who admitted defeat after Evil God's Roar left him vulnerable.
• Luo Ling and Qian Renxue ended the fusion, and Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo decided to report their powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill to the Pope and the Grand High Priest.
• Tang San began the Blood Devil Ritual with corpses taken from Spirit Hall's Prison, hoping to reach level 50 and obtain Soul Rings for both his Martial Souls.
• Luo Ling’s Raven Shadow Puppet and Soul of Desire fused into one Martial Soul as he absorbed excess energy from Tang San’s ritual, raising him two levels to level 64.
• Tang San completed the ritual, rose three levels to level 50, and told Yu Xiaogang he planned to give his Clear Sky Hammer five Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings and win the competition for Shrek.

After two years away, Luo Ling returned to Spirit City and revealed his powerful Soul Emperor abilities and new Martial Soul changes to Spirit Hall. Yu Xiaogang arrived seeking an audience with Bibi Dong, but Luo Ling ordered him thrown out, and Bibi Dong approved.

• Xue Ye appointed Crown Prince Xue Qinghe to oversee the coming Soul Master Competition Finals, and the teams departed for Spirit City with Liu Erlong leading Shrek.
• Luo Ling returned to Papal Hall, where Hu Liena greeted him emotionally and Bibi Dong and the others reproached him for being away.
• Luo Ling displayed his fused Martial Soul and six Soul Rings, including a red ring, and explained how his Martial Souls and future Soul Rings had changed.
• Luo Ling confirmed that he and Qian Renxue could fuse into an Evil Angel powerful enough to fight a Titled Douluo, prompting astonishment and jealousy among those present.
• An Archbishop reported that Yu Xiaogang had arrived with the Pope's Order, and Luo Ling ordered him thrown out and the Order reclaimed; Bibi Dong agreed.

Bibi Dong ordered Yu Xiaogang expelled from Spirit City, and an Archbishop beat him and threw him out. Yu Xiaogang blamed Spirit Hall and promised to retaliate, while Tang San insisted on obtaining Soul Rings for his Clear Sky Hammer so he could defeat Luo Ling at the Finals.

• Bibi Dong told Luo Ling to stay with Hu Liena and ordered him to kill Yu Xiaogang when he had the chance.
• An Archbishop beat Yu Xiaogang after telling him Bibi Dong had ordered him expelled from Spirit City, then had soldiers throw him outside.
• Tang San and the others found Yu Xiaogang, who blamed Spirit Hall and vowed to make the Archbishop pay at the Soul Master Competition.
• Flender asked Yu Xiaogang about the Twin Martial Souls cultivation method, but Yu Xiaogang admitted he had not obtained it.
• Tang San insisted he would defeat Luo Ling at the Finals, so Yu Xiaogang agreed to help him obtain Soul Rings for his Clear Sky Hammer if he stopped at the first sign of danger.

Tang San returned to Spirit City as a level 55 Soul King, and Yu Xiaogang announced that the Shrek Team would build its Finals strategy around him. As the tournament began, Luo Ling reassured Ning Rongrong that Tang San could not threaten him, while anticipating that Tang Hao would appear.

• Tang San arrived in Spirit City with Yu Xiaogang and revealed he had reached level 55 and gained six Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Yu Xiaogang told Liu Erlong and the Shrek Team that Tang San had broken through to Soul King, then declared him the core of their Finals strategy.
• The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament began, and Heaven Dou Royal Academy received a bye in the first round.
• Blazing Academy forfeited its match against the Shrek Team, frustrating Tang San, who had hoped to show off his strength.
• Ning Rongrong warned Luo Ling that Tang San had become a Soul King, but Luo Ling dismissed the threat and said he was confident even against Tang Hao.

Shrek Team advanced through the second round as Tang San revealed his Soul King strength and brutally injured all seven opponents. Heaven Dou Royal Academy then faced Star Luo Royal Academy, where Luo Ling overwhelmed Dai Weisi and challenged him to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Tang San used his Ten Thousand Year Fifth Soul Ring to control and severely injure all seven members of Shrek Team's opponent, drawing criticism from other academies.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Star Luo Royal Academy were paired in the second round, and Dai Weisi recognized Luo Ling as the Soul King who had defeated him two years earlier.
• Zhu Zhuyun encouraged Dai Weisi, who regained his confidence and took the stage with her to face Luo Ling and Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Luo Ling reminded Dai Weisi of his earlier defeat, provoking him before the match began.
• Dai Weisi attacked with his White Tiger soul skills, but Luo Ling's Evil Qi easily split and swallowed his strongest attack without Luo Ling using a soul skill.
• Luo Ling told Dai Weisi the match was not worth continuing unless he used the Star Luo Empire's Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Luo Ling overwhelmed Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun with a devastating scythe strike, defeating Star Luo Royal Academy despite its Soul Saint leader’s intervention. The remaining Star Luo members surrendered, leaving Luo Ling’s team victorious and the arena in ruins.

• Dai Weisi attacked Luo Ling with White Tiger God Extinguishing Annihilation, but Luo Ling dodged and countered with an Evil Qi Giant Scythe.
• Zhu Zhuyun called for a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but Dai Weisi hesitated, and Star Luo Royal Academy’s Dragon Martial Soul leader rushed in to protect them.
• The leader used his Dragon Armor Barrier against Luo Ling’s attack, but the scythe cut through the defense and shattered the arena while Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun were knocked unconscious.
• Luo Ling said he had deliberately avoided killing the three Star Luo fighters and warned that the Soul Saint could not have stopped him if he had meant to kill them.
• The remaining three Star Luo Royal Academy members surrendered, and their leader accepted that they could not continue the match.

Luo Ling overwhelmed Star Luo Royal Academy and left the other teams fearing a match against Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Yu Xiaogang then revealed a Four-in-One Fusion Skill he had developed to help Shrek Team defeat Luo Ling.

• Luo Ling defeated Star Luo Royal Academy with a single devastating attack, while Tang San left believing Yu Xiaogang had a way to counter him.
• Luo Ling promised Dugu Yan he would play support in future matches except against Shrek Team, and he admitted he had bad blood with them.
• Hu Liena reassured Yan that Luo Ling planned to leave the tournament after facing Shrek Team and would not fight Spirit Hall Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang gathered Tang San, Yu Tianheng, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun at the hotel and unveiled a Four-in-One Fusion Skill that combined their Soul Power in one person.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed he had excluded Ning Rongrong and the other girls to keep the technique secret from Luo Ling, though he could not create a fusion skill involving more people.

The Shrek Team drew Godwind Academy in the fourth round of the Finals, and both sides prepared strategies for the matchup. As the teams faced each other, Feng Xiaotian’s suspicion about Tang San’s rapid rise in strength made Tang San fear that his secret had been exposed and consider killing him.

• Star Luo Royal Academy was eliminated, while Heaven Dou Royal Academy became the bookmakers’ favorite to win the Finals.
• Luo Ling served as a support in the third round, and Dugu Yan performed well as Heaven Dou Royal Academy advanced.
• Tang San brutally defeated a Star Luo Empire team, while the fourth-round draw paired Shrek with Godwind Academy.
• Liu Erlong and the Shrek group worried about Godwind Academy’s increased strength, but Tang San said he was ready to fight and Yu Xiaogang inferred he planned to reveal the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Feng Xiaotian assigned Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang to hold Tang San back while his other teammates targeted Shrek’s remaining strong fighters.
• At the match’s opening, Feng Xiaotian accused Tang San of gaining power through heretical means, and Tang San feared he had discovered the Blood Devil Ritual and Primal God Sect secret.

Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and its five Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings during the match against Godwind Academy, overwhelming Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang. Feng Xiaotian attacked him in a rage, but Tang San’s Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer surpassed Feng Xiaotian’s limit-breaking assault.

• Tang San suspected Feng Xiaotian knew about the Blood Devil Ritual and resolved to silence him as the match began.
• Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer with five Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings and used Slaughter Storm to blast Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang out of the arena.
• The spectators and VIPs were shocked by Tang San’s Twin Martial Souls, while they regretted that he had already attached Soul Rings to his second Martial Soul.
• Feng Xiaotian charged Tang San with Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes after seeing Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang defeated.
• Tang San’s Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer reached forty strikes as Feng Xiaotian pushed his attack to forty-eight, and Tang San struck him with the Clear Sky Hammer.

Tang San led Shrek Team to defeat Godwind Academy and revealed his Clear Sky Hammer, drawing attention to the Clear Sky Sect’s possible return. Three days later, the Finals began before the Papal Hall, where Bibi Dong appeared as Pope and Luo Ling greeted her with a respectful bow rather than kneeling.

• Tang San defeated Feng Xiaotian with the Clear Sky Hammer’s Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, and Yu Tianheng and Ma Hongjun drove the remaining Godwind Academy members off the platform to secure Shrek Team’s victory.
• The spectators were shocked by Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer and Twin Martial Souls, prompting several forces to leave and report the Clear Sky Sect successor’s appearance.
• Tang San resented Luo Ling for seeming unimpressed by his performance and vowed to defeat him in the fifth round of the Finals.
• Three days later, Luo Ling and the other finalists gathered before the Papal Hall, where Bibi Dong emerged in ceremonial dress as the crowd hailed her.
• When the finalists and Spirit Hall members knelt before Bibi Dong, Luo Ling and Shrek Team remained standing, and Luo Ling bowed respectfully to his Teacher.

At the Finals ceremony, Bibi Dong announced three valuable Soul Bones as the prize for the champion team, then set the tournament’s elimination rules. Spirit Hall Academy forfeited its match against Heaven Dou Royal Academy, leaving Shrek to face Luo Ling’s team as Yu Xiaogang tried to address Bibi Dong.

• Luo Ling and Ning Rongrong bowed to Bibi Dong, and Zhu Zhuqing followed; Bibi Dong dismissed the Cardinal’s objection to the group’s conduct.
• Bibi Dong ignored Yu Xiaogang and announced three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones as the reward for the final champion team, while Luo Ling remained uninterested in them.
• Bibi Dong explained that the morning’s matches would determine one finalist, with the two defeated teams competing for the other place the following afternoon.
• Shrek received a bye, then Spirit Hall Academy forfeited its match against Heaven Dou Royal Academy, prompting Yu Xiaogang and Tang San to realize Spirit Hall wanted the other teams weakened.
• Yu Xiaogang stepped forward to ask for a pause, but Bibi Dong’s indifferent expression shattered his hope that she still cared for him.

Bibi Dong punished Yu Xiaogang after he challenged her authority while asking to forfeit Shrek’s match. During the public beating, his clothes were torn away and the crowd discovered that he was a eunuch.

• Yu Xiaogang tried to address Bibi Dong by name, and she blasted him away before Flender apologized on his behalf.
• Yu Xiaogang asked to forfeit the match, and Bibi Dong agreed but ordered thirty strokes for his disrespect.
• Bibi Dong added twenty strokes, while a Cardinal was ordered to heal Yu Xiaogang so he would survive the punishment.
• The Guardian Knights stripped off Yu Xiaogang’s tattered pants, revealing that he was a eunuch.
• Tang San remembered rumors from Notting City that Yu Xiaogang had been crippled and fell silent.

Yu Xiaogang was publicly exposed as a eunuch and humiliated, then pinned his hopes on Tang San winning the Finals to restore his reputation. After Shrek Team and Heaven Dou Royal Academy forfeited, Spirit Hall Academy advanced directly to the championship match, leaving the other two teams to face each other in the afternoon Loser's Bracket battle.

• Yu Xiaogang discovered that his lower body had been exposed, fainted in shame, and was ordered by Bibi Dong to be dressed and spared further punishment.
• Flender suggested that Yu Xiaogang leave to rest, but Yu Xiaogang stayed to watch Tang San and the others compete.
• Luo Ling announced Heaven Dou Royal Academy's forfeit, saying he wanted to save his strength for a later match against Shrek Team.
• Bibi Dong advanced Spirit Hall Academy directly to the championship match and scheduled Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Shrek Team to meet in the afternoon Loser's Bracket battle.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that his reputation depended on Tang San winning the championship, and Tang San promised to win.

At the Loser's Bracket match, Luo Ling sent his teammates away and challenged Tang San and Shrek alone, claiming he had never used his true strength. The match began with Luo Ling revealing a second figure and six Soul Rings, including a red ring, leaving the venue stunned.

• The Shrek group returned to the Competition Venue, and Liu Erlong saw Yu Xiaogang recovering from his injuries.
• Tang San confronted Luo Ling and vowed to defeat him, but Luo Ling dismissed him and sent Dugu Yan and the others away to fight alone.
• Luo Ling told Tang San he had never used his true strength, while Yu Tianheng urged Tang San not to be intimidated.
• When the referee started the match, Luo Ling revealed an identical figure and six Soul Rings, including a red sixth ring, shocking the spectators.
• Luo Ling lit his third Soul Ring, and the figure before him formed the black giant scythe.

Luo Ling revealed that his scythe was only a Soul Skill and unveiled his true Puppet Martial Soul, using its abilities to overwhelm Shrek’s team. The battle left Tang San isolated against Luo Ling’s puppet, which slapped him across the arena.

• Luo Ling revealed his Raven Shadow Puppet as his true Martial Soul and sent it to fight Tang San.
• Luo Ling restrained Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing with Darkness Thread while his Night Raven Feathers defeated Ma Hongjun and Yu Tianheng.
• Luo Ling threw Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing out of the Competition Area and watched as his puppet kept Tang San occupied.
• Tang San realized that only he, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar remained in the arena, while his other teammates had been defeated.
• The Raven Shadow Puppet struck Tang San across the face and sent him crashing to the ground.

Tang San unleashed his fully enhanced Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and Hammer of Destruction against Luo Ling, who used his Ten Thousand Year Soul Skill to absorb and return Tang San’s Slaughter Storm. Their attacks collided in a massive shockwave that collapsed the competition grounds, leaving the outcome unclear.

• Tang San used his first three Clear Sky Hammer Soul Skills to strengthen himself and sent a Slaughter Storm at Luo Ling.
• Luo Ling used Evil Shadow Black Hole to swallow the Slaughter Storm without a trace.
• Tang San reached the 72nd strike of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and enhanced it with his Fifth Soul Skill, Hammer of Destruction.
• Luo Ling concentrated the black hole’s energy and the devoured storm into a black beam aimed at Tang San’s hammer.
• The black beam and Hammer of Destruction collided, collapsing the ground and filling the venue with dust.

During the tournament final, Tang San attacked his own teammates and drained their Soul Power and life force to raise his strength to the level of a Soul Saint. Bibi Dong left the decision to Luo Ling as Tang San prepared to fight him again.

• Luo Ling survived the collision with Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer and remained composed while Tang San was left with little Soul Power.
• Tang San refused to accept defeat and unleashed his crimson Eight Spider Lances.
• Tang San used the Eight Spider Lances to drain Oscar’s Soul Power and life force, knocking him unconscious.
• Tang San drained Ma Hongjun and Yu Tianheng as well, raising his strength to the level of a Soul Saint.
• The spectators condemned Tang San as an Evil Soul Master, while Bibi Dong watched and left Luo Ling to respond to his threat.

Luo Ling fought Tang San after the Blood Devil Ritual drove Tang San into a violent, evil state. Tang San unleashed a Clear Sky Hammer Avatar, but Luo Ling blocked its strike with the Soul of Desire Garment and ended the chapter using Soul Scythe to cut away part of Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer.

• Luo Ling and the Raven Shadow Puppet overwhelmed Tang San, who attacked with the Clear Sky Hammer while under the influence of evil.
• Tang San used the Eight Spider Lances to absorb Soul Power and unleashed a Clear Sky Hammer Avatar with his Hammer of Destruction.
• Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer Avatar struck Luo Ling, but the Soul of Desire Garment blocked the attack and then shattered.
• Luo Ling and the Raven Shadow Puppet vanished before Luo Ling reappeared beside Tang San and activated Soul Scythe.
• Luo Ling swung the Nether Shadow Sickle through Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer and sliced off part of the Martial Soul.

Luo Ling used Soul Scythe to destroy Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer and shatter all but one of its Soul Rings. Tang Hao arrived to rescue his son, and the chapter left him charging at Luo Ling after Luo Ling mocked him.

• Luo Ling discovered that Soul Scythe could damage Tang San’s Martial Soul and repeatedly struck the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer was reduced to its handle, its Soul Rings shattered, and his Soul Power fell to level 51.
• Tang Hao appeared and attacked Luo Ling, but Luo Ling escaped with Displaced Devil Shadow.
• Tang Hao found Tang San and learned the extent of the damage to his Martial Soul.
• Bibi Dong and six Spirit Hall Titled Douluos surrounded the arena as Tang Hao confronted them and fixed his attention on Luo Ling.
• Luo Ling mocked Tang Hao for having to uphold justice against his own son, and Tang Hao charged at him in fury.

During the Finals, Luo Ling accused Yu Xiaogang of enabling Tang San’s forbidden cultivation and connecting him to the Primal God Sect. Xue Qinghe produced evidence tying Yu Xiaogang to the prison raid, leaving him exposed before Spirit Hall’s gathered experts.

• Luo Ling withdrew behind Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo as Tang Hao tried to attack him, then suggested Yu Xiaogang had helped Tang San become an Evil Soul Master.
• Luo Ling accused Yu Xiaogang of knowing about Tang San’s life-force and Soul Power devouring, and linked him to the Primal God Sect and its prison raids.
• Luo Ling said he had seen Yu Xiaogang at the Heaven Dou City prison and demanded to inspect his Soul Tool, which Yu Xiaogang refused to hand over.
• Xue Qinghe revealed a notebook found in the prison containing Blue Silver Grass cultivation records and Soul Ring configurations matching Tang San’s.
• Luo Ling confronted Yu Xiaogang with the notebook as Spirit Hall’s soul masters prepared to act.