Chapter Summaries

Liu Xing joined Blazing Academy’s lineup for its eleventh-round match against Shrek Academy, drawing alarm from Shrek’s members and supporters. The teams prepared to face off, with Tang San choosing to fight normally despite recognizing Liu Xing’s strength.

• Blazing Academy and Shrek Academy both finished the first ten rounds with perfect records, while Elephant Armor Academy fell to the middle of the standings.
• Liu Xing asked Huo Wu to let him compete against Shrek Academy, and she agreed after he provoked her.
• Shrek Academy fielded its usual lineup, while Blazing Academy brought Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, Liu Xing, and their teammates to the central arena.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Xiao Wu recognized Liu Xing, and Shrek’s companions worried that his presence made the match unwinnable.
• Tang San decided Shrek would fight normally and prioritize avoiding serious injuries, while Dai Mubai wondered whether a Martial Soul Fusion Skill could defeat Liu Xing.

Liu Xing revealed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and challenged Shrek Academy to fight him, overwhelming the team with his speed and strength. As Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Dai Mubai launched a coordinated attack, Liu Xing burned away their control and mental assaults, leaving the battle unresolved amid a pillar of flames.

• Liu Xing displayed his five spirit rings, including a red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, shocking Huo Wu, the spectators, and the VIP guests.
• Liu Xing provoked Shrek Academy into attacking, and Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, Jing Ling, Huang Yuan, and Tai Long charged while Tang San and Jiang Zhu stayed back.
• Liu Xing blasted the attackers with a crimson shockwave, smashed Jing Ling into the stage, knocked Huang Yuan out of the arena, and felled Tai Long with a punch.
• Dai Mubai and Xiao Wu attacked Liu Xing while Tang San used Blue Silver Cage, and Jiang Zhu activated Recovery Aura to heal their teammates.
• Liu Xing resisted Xiao Wu's Charm with Golden Flame and burned Tang San's Blue Silver Grass to ash, then summoned a towering pillar of flames around himself.

Liu Xing crushed Shrek Academy in a one-against-seven match, forcing Dai Mubai to surrender after Tang San was badly burned. Blazing Academy celebrated its newfound championship prospects, while Feng Xiaotian arrived and regarded Liu Xing as a romantic rival for Huo Wu.

• Xiao Wu suffered backlash from her broken Charm soul skill, and Tang San revealed his Eight Spider Lances before attacking Liu Xing in anger.
• Liu Xing broke through Tang San’s defenses with his flames, and Dai Mubai surrendered to stop the fight after Tang San was caught in a huge explosion.
• Jiang Zhu healed Tang San as spectators and academy leaders reacted to Liu Xing’s overwhelming victory and debated his connection to powerful forces.
• Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang accepted Liu Xing as a qualified teammate, and Liu Xing promised to lead Blazing Academy to the championship while saying Firefly was even stronger.
• Feng Xiaotian approached Blazing Academy to congratulate Huo Wu, but he regarded Liu Xing with wariness and hostility.

Liu Xing entered Blazing Academy’s final Preliminary match against Skywater Academy, eager to meet its captain, Shui Bing’er, and consider recruiting her. As the teams began fighting, Liu Xing and Shui Bing’er focused on one another while their teammates clashed.

• Feng Xiaotian mistook Liu Xing’s relationship with Huo Wu and promised to treat him to a meal after Liu Xing clarified they were teammates.
• After recovering, Tang San led Shrek Academy to more victories, while Blazing, Godwind, Skywater, Thunder, and Shrek secured the Preliminary’s top five positions.
• Liu Xing chose to compete against Skywater Academy, hoping to meet Shui Bing’er and assess her as a potential recruit.
• Shui Bing’er and her teammates faced Liu Xing and Blazing Academy before an excited crowd, while Shui Yue’er openly admired Liu Xing.
• Both teams released their Spirit Souls, and Huo Wushuang and the others engaged Skywater Academy’s attackers as Liu Xing and Shui Bing’er watched each other.

Liu Xing defeated Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu after they unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ice and Snow Fluttering, and invited them to seek his help in becoming stronger. After Blazing Academy won the Preliminary, Xue Ye awarded titles to the top five teams, intensifying the rivalry between the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall.

• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu combined their powers into Ice and Snow Fluttering, but Liu Xing shattered the attack and exhausted them in the clash.
• Shui Bing'er admitted defeat, and Liu Xing invited her to find him after the tournament if she wanted to grow stronger.
• The referee declared Blazing Academy the winner, and Shui Yue'er teased Shui Bing'er as the teams left the arena.
• The top five teams received qualification certificates and ten thousand Gold Soul Coins each at a simplified ceremony.
• Xue Ye granted titles to the teams' captains, vice-captains, and members, and promised fiefs to the leaders, drawing opposition from Salas.

Liu Xing and Firefly prepared for the Promotion Tournament, while the other teams recovered and trained after the Preliminary. At the Royal Hunting Ground, the tournament began with Tang San still determined to challenge Liu Xing again.

• Liu Xing discussed the teams and Shrek Seven Devils with his companions through his Communication Spirit Tool, while Meng Hongchen reported that she and her brother were being treated fairly at Shrek Academy.
• Tang San struggled with his defeat by Liu Xing until Dugu Bo stopped him from abandoning his Blue Silver Grass martial soul for the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Liu Xing and Firefly cultivated during the month of preparation and rose from Level 55 to Level 56.
• Liu Xing arrived with Blazing Academy at the Royal Hunting Ground, where the teams were housed in military barracks and the Royal Knights guarded the tournament grounds.
• Tang San watched Liu Xing with fighting spirit, believing his Hidden Weapons could have changed the outcome of their previous match.
• Xue Ye announced the Promotion Tournament's start, and the Royal Knights answered with cheers and raised lances.

Blazing Academy advanced through the Promotion Tournament, with Fire Dance’s improved strength drawing attention, before losing to Shrek Academy without Liu Xing and Firefly. Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and Twin Martial Souls while defeating Feng Xiaotian, and the tournament ended with the Finals ahead.

• Huo Wushuang defeated three Fabia Academy opponents before losing, and Fire Dance then defeated four after training under Firefly’s guidance.
• Shrek Academy defeated Barak Academy, where Xiao Wu used Lovesick Heartbreak Red to win while spectators mistook its power for a soul bone.
• Blazing Academy drew Shrek Academy and lost after Liu Xing and Firefly chose not to compete, prompting Fire Dance to seek more training.
• Feng Xiaotian forced Tang San to use the Clear Sky Hammer and Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, exposing Tang San’s Twin Martial Souls and Clear Sky Sect ties to Salas.
• The Promotion Tournament ended, and Xue Ye looked ahead to the Finals, hoping Blazing Academy would win the championship for the Heaven Dou Empire.

The Heaven Dou Empire’s tournament convoy was ambushed in a narrow valley by thousands of black-clothed attackers, who coordinated their assault against the academy teams. Liu Xing noticed the attackers avoided his group and focused heavily on Shrek Academy as the battle began.

• Prince Xue Xing led the tournament delegation toward Spirit City, and Liu Xing traveled with Blazing Academy alongside friends from Godwind and Skywater Academies.
• Ten days into the journey, Liu Xing and Firefly sensed a sinister aura while the convoy crossed a shortcut between two hills.
• Rocks fell from both hills, and the Royal Knights and academy Soul Masters protected the convoy as it hurried through the valley.
• After a whistle sounded, thousands of black-clothed men charged down the hills, while more than thirty Spirit Kings engaged the Lead Teachers.
• The attackers avoided Liu Xing and Firefly’s group but concentrated on Shrek Academy, where Tang San fought back with hidden weapons and Godly Zhuge Crossbows.

Tang San and Shrek Academy were attacked by Spirit Hall forces, but Dragon Duke Meng Shu intervened to protect his granddaughter and the others. When a white-clothed Titled Douluo appeared and overwhelmed Meng Shu and Snake Granny, the battle turned against the defenders.

• Tang San used poisoned Hidden Weapons and Mother-Child Soul Chasing Life Stealing Pellets to evade an assault by a Soul Douluo and two Soul Saints, while Ning Rongrong boosted his speed.
• Liu Xing realized Spirit Hall was targeting Tang San and suspected Platinum Bishop Salas, while Flender and Liu Erlong were pinned down by Soul Saints and Tang San faced Lor Diarra's Martial Soul Avatar.
• Firefly sensed Tang Hao, Dugu Bo, and Spirit Hall Titled Douluo nearby, and Dragon Duke Meng Shu appeared to protect his granddaughter and help Shrek Academy resist Lor Diarra.
• Lor Diarra summoned an accomplice, causing Meng Shu to consider retreating, but a white-clothed masked Titled Douluo appeared and forced Meng Shu and Snake Granny to combine their auras to withstand his pressure.

Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo attacked Shrek Academy to kill Tang San, but Dugu Bo, Sword Dao Chen Xin, and Ning Fengzhi intervened. The Spirit Hall forces retreated, leaving Tang San and the others safe for now.

• Dragon Lord left the valley with Snake Granny and Meng Yiran after the man in white threatened them.
• The man in white recognized Xiao Wu's Lovesick Heartbreak Red and Dai Mubai's Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum, then moved to spare Xiao Wu and recruit Dai Mubai while insisting Tang San must die.
• Dugu Bo emerged to protect Tang San, but Ghost Douluo arrived and fought him while Chrysanthemum Douluo attacked Tang San and his companions.
• Sword Dao Chen Xin appeared and destroyed Chrysanthemum Douluo's petals before they could reach Tang San.
• Ning Fengzhi and Prince Xue Xing joined Chen Xin, forcing Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to withdraw with the Black-clothed Men.

After Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin helped drive off the Black-clothed Men, Ning Fengzhi invited Liu Xing and Firefly to discuss their origins and Soul Tools. The chapter ended with Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin shocked to learn that Liu Xing and Firefly carried a Rank 9 Fixed-Array Soul Cannon Shell.

• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin forced back the Black-clothed Men, and Prince Xue Xing restored the convoy's formation.
• Ning Fengzhi invited Liu Xing and Firefly into his carriage, where he asked about their origins and why they had joined the tournament.
• Liu Xing explained that he and Firefly came from another plane to find a friend and had entered the tournament to observe young talents.
• Ning Fengzhi asked about Soul Tools, and Liu Xing described their types and power, including the Rank 9 Fixed-Array Soul Cannon Shell.
• Firefly produced a sealed case containing a Rank 9 Fixed-Array Soul Cannon Shell, leaving Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo shocked by its power.

Liu Xing used the Rank 9 Fixed-Array Soul Cannon Shell Light of the Scorching Sun to demonstrate his backing and negotiate a spirit-tool trade between Eternal Night Palace and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. The deal was signed with a ten-million-Gold-Soul-Coin deposit, while Ning Fengzhi concluded that his sect needed to prepare for the coming danger.

• Liu Xing explained that Rank 9 Fixed-Array Soul Cannon Shells were rare, then revealed that Light of the Scorching Sun had been a reward from an elder.
• Firefly opened the box and showed Light of the Scorching Sun, and Liu Xing described its range and destructive power to Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo.
• Firefly revealed that Liu Xing could make decisions for their family, and Liu Xing offered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect a range of spirit tools in exchange for money and rare metals.
• Ning Fengzhi accepted Liu Xing's list and signed a contract with him on behalf of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, paying a ten-million-Gold-Soul-Coin deposit.
• Liu Xing and Firefly left, and Ning Fengzhi told Sword Douluo that cooperation was necessary to arm the sect against the coming tide.

Ning Fengzhi reflected on the Clear Sky Sect’s retreat and the pressure it had placed on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Liu Xing hoped to eventually bring the sect under Eternal Night Palace. The Heaven Dou teams reached Spirit City, where they settled in before the tournament began in three days.

• Ning Fengzhi resented the Clear Sky Sect for withdrawing and leaving its allies exposed to Spirit Hall’s pressure.
• Liu Xing considered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s possible future submission to Eternal Night Palace and trusted that he and Firefly could help it grow powerful.
• Prince Xue Xing strengthened the teams’ escort, and Huo Wu and the others trained under Liu Xing and Firefly during the journey.
• Prince Xue Xing led the fifteen Heaven Dou Soul Master teams into Spirit City while the Iron Armor Army and Royal Knights remained outside.
• A red-clad bishop guided the teams to an inn, where they learned that the tournament would begin in three days and the Star Luo academies were lodged separately.
• Liu Xing and Firefly stayed in Spirit City without seeking out Ye Guyi, while the other competitors rested and prepared for the tournament.

Blazing Academy faced the seeded Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team in the third round of the Finals, while Liu Xing focused on assessing Ye Lingling. The match began with both teams entering the arena, leaving their confrontation yet to unfold.

• Liu Xing complained that the Finals lacked important figures, while Blazing Academy advanced through its first two rounds without needing him to fight.
• Blazing Academy drew Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Shrek Academy defeated Star Luo Royal Academy in the first match of the third round.
• Ye Guyi and Qian Renxue watched Shrek’s victory and discussed the team’s strength, their plans, and their anticipation of facing Liu Xing and Firefly.
• Yu Tianheng spoke with Tang San before the match and resolved to give Blazing Academy his best effort despite fearing Liu Xing’s strength.
• Liu Xing and Huo Wu faced Heaven Dou Royal Academy in the arena, and Liu Xing fixed his attention on the veiled Ye Lingling.

Liu Xing overwhelmed Heaven Dou Royal Academy, tested Ye Lingling’s healing power, and left determined to recruit her for Eternal Night Palace. After Blazing Academy, Spirit Hall Academy, and Shrek Academy advanced to the tournament’s final three, the teams gathered before the Papal Hall as Bibi Dong arrived.

• Liu Xing defeated Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and the other Heaven Dou Royal Academy members in seconds, then asked Ye Lingling to heal them and praised her Nine Hearted Begonia.
• Yu Tianheng conceded the match, and Liu Xing left the arena intending to recruit Ye Lingling for Eternal Night Palace.
• Blazing Academy, Spirit Hall Academy, and Shrek Academy advanced through the fourth round to become the tournament’s final three teams.
• Liu Xing and Firefly saw Ye Guyi and Qian Renxue among Spirit Hall Academy’s new members as the finalists assembled before the Papal Hall.
• Bibi Dong emerged before the gathered teams in her ceremonial robes while Spirit Hall’s members knelt and greeted her.

At the Finals, Pope Bibi Dong presented three valuable soul bones as the prize and announced an Individual Elimination match format that disadvantaged Shrek Academy. The Grandmaster conceded Shrek’s match, but Bibi Dong challenged his decision, leaving him under scrutiny.

• Bibi Dong greeted the contestants, showed special leniency toward Liu Xing and Firefly, and recognized Tang San as the Grandmaster’s disciple.
• Bibi Dong displayed the Mental Focus Wisdom Skull, Explosive Burning Flame Right Arm, and Rapid Advance Wind Chasing Left Leg as the champion’s reward.
• Liu Xing considered the soul bones as potential incentives for Ye Lingling, Huo Wu, and Feng Xiaotian to join Eternal Night Palace.
• After learning the morning round would use Individual Elimination, the Grandmaster conceded on Shrek Academy’s behalf because the format favored Spirit Hall Academy and Blazing Academy.
• Bibi Dong demanded the Grandmaster explain his concession, and he insisted that conceding was Shrek Academy’s right.

Bibi Dong protected Yu Xiaogang after he defied her, prompting Qian Renxue to forfeit the Spirit Hall Team’s match in protest and send Blazing Academy to the Finals. Later, the Spirit Hall Team faced Shrek, whose Seven Devils began a mysterious formation as Hu Liena and Xie Yue unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Demonic Spirit; the battle was left unresolved.

• Bibi Dong acknowledged Yu Xiaogang as a Spirit Hall elder, defusing the red-robed bishops’ hostility toward him.
• Qian Renxue forfeited the Spirit Hall Team’s match, and Blazing Academy advanced to the Finals without fighting.
• Liu Xing and Firefly met Qian Renxue and Ye Guyi, and Firefly awkwardly asked whether they had taken a kinship test.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue fused into Demonic Spirit as the Spirit Hall Team and Shrek Team began their match.
• Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils formed a circle around Ning Rongrong and Oscar, then changed their formation into a line as Demonic Spirit charged.

The Shrek Seven Devils fused their power into Tang San, who drove Demonic Spirit back with the Clear Sky Hammer and unleashed a makeshift Spirit Soul Avatar. Qian Renxue broke the fusion with her Sacred Sword, leaving the team injured and drawing the Titled Douluo’s attention to Xiao Wu.

• Ning Rongrong used Ring Fusion to amplify the Shrek Seven Devils’ combined power, and Tang San became the focus of their Seven-in-One Fusion Skill.
• Demonic Spirit attacked Ning Rongrong and Oscar, but Tang San struck her with the Clear Sky Hammer and sent her flying.
• Tang San unleashed a pseudo Spirit Soul Avatar, knocking Yan back and forcing Ye Guyi to block his hammer strike.
• Qian Renxue revealed herself as a Spirit Emperor and shattered Tang San’s hammer phantom with her Sacred Sword, breaking the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill and injuring the Shrek Seven Devils.
• Xiao Wu picked up the fallen Lovesick Heartbreak Red as five Titled Douluo stared at her in shock.

After the Spirit Hall Team defeated Shrek, Bibi Dong identified Xiao Wu as a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and ordered her capture. Tang San and the Shrek elders defended her, and Tang Hao arrived to confront Spirit Hall.

• Ning Fengzhi healed the injured Shrek Seven Devils, and Bibi Dong declared the Spirit Hall Team the winner before ordering Xiao Wu's capture.
• Ning Fengzhi stepped aside when Bibi Dong threatened the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Grandmaster challenged her with his Elder Token.
• Bibi Dong revealed that Xiao Wu was a transformed soul beast, and Xiao Wu admitted she was the daughter of the woman Bibi Dong had killed.
• Tang San embraced Xiao Wu and vowed to protect her, while Dai Mubai and the others joined him and the Shrek elders formed the Golden Iron Triangle.
• Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to attack, then suppressed Poison Douluo with her nine soul rings.
• Tang Hao appeared, knocked Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo away, and stood before the Shrek group as Tang San called him Dad.

Tang Hao attacked Papal Hall and escaped, after which Qian Renxue ordered Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo to hunt him. Blazing Academy won the tournament by forfeit, and Huo Wu joined Liu Xing and Firefly’s Eternal Night Palace.

• Tang Hao used his hundred-thousand-year spirit ring to strike Papal Hall, blasting Bibi Dong and six other Titled Douluo back before fleeing with Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• Qian Renxue sent Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo after the injured Tang Hao, while Bibi Dong let the Shrek Academy members leave.
• Qian Renxue withdrew from the final, and Bibi Dong declared Blazing Academy the tournament champion.
• Ye Guyi chose to remain at Spirit Hall to improve her Soul Power, while Liu Xing and the others returned to Blazing Academy.
• Liu Xing invited Huo Wu to join Eternal Night Palace and offered her a fire-attributed spirit bone; Huo Wu accepted and registered as an Eternal Night Knight.