Chapter Summaries

Dai Huabin fought Ji Li and suffered a corrosive injury from the Brain-Eating Beast Martial Soul’s poisonous tongue. Xiao Xiao identified Ji Li’s abilities, while Huo Yuhao secretly aided Dai Huabin during the fight, and Liu Xing chose not to report the suspected cheating.

• Ji Li used his Brain-Eating Beast abilities to break through Dai Huabin’s defenses and strike his left hand with a corrosive tongue.
• Dai Huabin cut away the poisoned flesh and continued facing Ji Li’s close-range attacks.
• Xiao Xiao identified Ji Li’s Martial Soul as the rare Brain-Eating Beast and explained its strengths and weaknesses to Huo Yuhao and the Tang Sect team.
• Firefly and Gu Yuena sensed a concealed spiritual fluctuation linking Huo Yuhao to Dai Huabin, and Firefly quietly alerted Liu Xing.
• Liu Xing suspected Huo Yuhao of cheating but decided not to report him because he hated the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Huo Yuhao’s voice reached Dai Huabin, whose vision sharpened and allowed him to evade Ji Li’s Poison Tongue Assaults.

Huo Yuhao secretly guided Dai Huabin through his fight against Ji Li, helping him exploit the Brain-Eating Beast Spirit’s weakness and evade attacks. Dai Huabin tore off Ji Li’s tongue but was badly wounded, and the battle continued with him retreating under Huo Yuhao’s warning.

• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection Sharing to reveal Ji Li’s lack of ranged attacks and guide Dai Huabin’s movements.
• Dai Huabin feigned weakness until he spotted an opening and slashed at Ji Li’s venomous tongue.
• Ji Li enhanced his tongue instead of retreating, pierced Dai Huabin’s chest, and pressed his attack.
• Dai Huabin seized the tongue, kicked Ji Li, and tore off part of it before retreating.
• Huo Yuhao warned Dai Huabin of Ji Li’s counterattack, allowing the wounded Dai Huabin to avoid a purple-black current.

Dai Huabin used Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection Sharing to fight with uncanny foresight and badly injure Ji Li, while Zhang Lexuan recognized the assistance and wrestled with whether it compromised Shrek Academy’s honor. Poisoned but still fighting, Dai Huabin unleashed White Tiger Meteor Shower against Ji Li’s purple-black barrier.

• Ji Li stared in disbelief after Dai Huabin anticipated his attack and severely injured him.
• Zhongli Wu and the Shrek Academy spectators were astonished by Dai Huabin’s apparent ability to predict his opponent’s moves.
• Zhang Lexuan recognized Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection Sharing behind Dai Huabin’s perception but chose to overlook it because their opponents were Evil Spirit Masters.
• Dai Huabin spat blood tinged with poison but continued fighting while his enhancement skills remained active.
• Dai Huabin unleashed White Tiger Meteor Shower, and Ji Li raised a purple-black barrier to meet the golden spheres.

Dai Huabin used a Light-attributed Soul Tool to kill the Evil Spirit Master Ji Li after breaking through his defenses with a surprise attack. Shrek Academy celebrated the victory but worried that the Holy Spirit Sect would adapt and that Ji Li had only been a vanguard.

• Dai Huabin wore Ji Li down with ranged attacks until Ji Li's sixth soul skill collapsed, then charged toward him.
• Dai Huabin drew a golden lightning-wreathed saber and struck Ji Li with the Evil Cleaving Strike, purifying him until his body turned to ash.
• Unbreaking Douluo Zheng Zhan did not intervene to save Ji Li, and the stunned spectators watched the match end.
• Tang San and the others learned that the saber was a Class 6 Light System Soul Tool prepared by Shrek Academy; Huo Yuhao credited He Caitou and the Bright Holy Dragon's power.
• Huo Yuhao warned that the Holy Spirit Sect would prepare for their strategy, and he feared Ji Li had been only a vanguard.

After Dai Huabin killed Ji Li but was left gravely injured, Ma Hongjun replaced him for Shrek Academy’s second match against the Holy Spirit Sect. Huo Yuhao identified Wang Xiaolei’s strength as long-range attacks and warned Ma Hongjun, who began the match by charging in to force close combat.

• Ji Li died in his match against Dai Huabin, who was poisoned, severely injured, and unable to continue.
• Tang Ya sent Wang Xiaolei to compete next, and Shrek Academy selected Ma Hongjun to replace Dai Huabin.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection Sharing to help Dai Huabin’s victory and then secretly told Ma Hongjun that Wang Xiaolei excelled at long-range attacks.
• Zheng Zhan started the match, and Ma Hongjun unleashed his Phoenix Martial Soul and charged straight at Wang Xiaolei.

Wang Xiaolei used his Evil Spirit Master abilities against Ma Hongjun, trapping him in the chilling Evil Frost while revealing the grisly power behind his attacks. Ma Hongjun’s purified Phoenix Martial Soul gave him a chance to resist, but Wang Xiaolei gathered more evil power as the battle continued.

• Wang Xiaolei summoned bone claws from the arena floor to halt Ma Hongjun’s charge, and Ma Hongjun burned them away with Phoenix Fire Line.
• Wang Xiaolei completed his Second Soul Skill, Evil Frost, and enveloped Ma Hongjun in a freezing white light that carried the resentment of Grievance Souls.
• Qian Renxue and Chen Xin reacted with fury and disgust to Wang Xiaolei’s use of innocent souls, while Liu Xing chose not to interfere because of his political position.
• Ma Hongjun resisted the evil cold with the help of the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, which had purified and evolved his Martial Soul into a True Fire Phoenix.
• Wang Xiaolei revealed his bone-only right arm and gathered purple-black energy as Evil Frost continued to threaten Ma Hongjun’s body, Martial Soul, and sense of self.

Wang Xiaolei attacked Ma Hongjun with his Death Whip, but Ma Hongjun broke free of Evil Frost and used Phoenix True Fire and the Gathering Light Bracelet to counter the Evil Spirit Master's powers. Wang Xiaolei revealed his skeletal form and unleashed Death Wither, while Zhongli Wu reacted angrily to Shrek Academy's light-based countermeasures.

• Wang Xiaolei launched his fifth soul skill, Death Whip, at the apparently immobilized Ma Hongjun.
• Ma Hongjun erupted with red light, broke free of Evil Frost, and caught the Death Whip with his Phoenix True Fire.
• Wang Xiaolei revealed his skeletal body and used his sixth soul skill, Death Wither, to empower the whip and overwhelm Ma Hongjun with death aura.
• Ma Hongjun's Gathering Light Bracelet released a golden phoenix whose light dispersed Wang Xiaolei's purplish-black mist and checked his attack.
• Zhongli Wu snorted at Shrek Academy's use of Light System Soul Tools and questioned whether light could truly counter the Holy Spirit Cult.

Ma Hongjun pressed his attack on Wang Xiaolei, whose Sea of Undead strengthened his defenses and weakened incoming flames. Ma Hongjun ended the chapter by unleashing Phoenix Meteor Shower over the Sea of Undead.

• Ma Hongjun shattered Wang Xiaolei’s Death Wither with the Gathering Light Bracelet’s light and counterattacked with Phoenix True Fire.
• Ma Hongjun charged through Wang Xiaolei’s bone claws as his Phoenix Shadow burned them away, while Wang Xiaolei recognized he was losing the exchange.
• Wang Xiaolei activated Death Guard and Sea of Undead to strengthen his soul skills and sustain his Grievance Souls.
• Wang Xiaolei’s Sea of Undead drained Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Fire Line, and Wang Xiaolei used ice to suppress the Flame Pillar beneath him.
• Ma Hongjun unleashed Phoenix Meteor Shower, sending a rain of fireballs toward Wang Xiaolei and the Sea of Undead.

Ma Hongjun was trapped in Wang Xiaolei’s Sea of Undead, but a Light Phoenix unleashed by the Gathering Light Bracelet turned the fight around and killed Wang Xiaolei. Ma Hongjun emerged victorious and smug, despite his pale face and the help he received from Huo Yuhao.

• Ma Hongjun charged into Wang Xiaolei’s Sea of Undead, where its evil frost and death power slowed and threatened him.
• Wang Xiaolei unleashed Death Wither across the Sea of Undead and expected to kill Ma Hongjun and absorb his soul into the Death Whip.
• Ma Hongjun’s teasing smile alerted Wang Xiaolei to the Gathering Light Bracelet at his feet, which erupted and released a Light Phoenix.
• The Light Phoenix struck Wang Xiaolei, and a golden pillar of light appeared before his body vanished without a trace.
• Ma Hongjun emerged from the fading light, pale from spending Soul Power but pleased with his victory over Wang Xiaolei.

Ma Hongjun defeated Wang Xiaolei, giving Shrek Academy a 2–0 lead, but his next opponent was revealed as Tang Ya, the former Tang Sect Sect Master and Bei Bei’s former love. The chapter ended as Tang Ya and Ma Hongjun prepared to fight, with Shrek’s chances in the individual matches hanging on the outcome.

• Ma Hongjun taunted the Holy Spirit Sect after defeating Wang Xiaolei, then used a Milk Bottle to recover his Soul Power.
• Tang Ya entered the stage and revealed her identity, leaving Bei Bei in pain and Ma Hongjun briefly stunned by her beauty.
• Ma Hongjun flirted with Tang Ya, angering Bei Bei, while Tang Ya’s killing intent made Ma Hongjun nervous.
• Ning Tian and the others recognized Tang Ya as a former Shrek Academy student and Tang Sect Sect Master who had joined the Holy Spirit Sect.
• The spectators and Shrek’s team considered how important Tang Ya’s match was to their path toward a Team Battle.
• Unbreaking Douluo Zheng Zhan started the third match between Ma Hongjun and Tang Ya.

Tang Ya, now a seven-ring Spirit Sage, fought Ma Hongjun in the tournament and used her stronger Soul Power to withstand his Phoenix True Fire despite her Blue Silver Grass being countered by fire. The battle continued with Ma Hongjun's attack failing to break through her defenses.

• Ma Hongjun charged Tang Ya as the match began, and Tang Ya revealed seven Soul Rings, shocking the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy spectators.
• Tang Ya attacked with her Shaluo Snake Web and encircling vines, but Ma Hongjun burned the web away with Phoenix True Fire and rushed toward her.
• Tang Ya used her Blue Silver Thrusting Array, but Ma Hongjun avoided the spears with help from Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection Sharing.
• Ma Hongjun fired a Phoenix Fire Line, and Tang Ya raised a Blue Silver Grass barrier to block it.
• Tang Ya's barrier endured the flames because her greater Soul Power protected the Blue Silver Grass, briefly unsettling Ma Hongjun.

Tang Ya overcame Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix True Fire and formed a Blue Silver Overlord Spear, preparing a potentially fatal attack. Tang San declared surrender as Tang Ya thrust the spear toward Ma Hongjun, while a mysterious woman in the stands prevented Unbreaking Douluo from intervening.

• Tang Ya endured Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix True Fire with her greater Soul Power and summoned a spear that absorbed her Blue Silver Grass vines.
• Tang San recognized Tang Ya’s Blue Silver Overlord Spear and warned Ma Hongjun, while Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection Sharing to alert him as well.
• Ma Hongjun, weakened and unable to react properly, barely raised his guard as Tang Ya launched the attack.
• Bei Bei cried out to Tang Ya, briefly halting her thrust, but she regained her cold resolve and attacked Ma Hongjun.
• A dark-haired woman in the stands used an overwhelming pressure to stop Unbreaking Douluo from rescuing Ma Hongjun.
• Tang San shouted to Unbreaking Douluo that they surrendered as Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong watched in alarm.

Tang Ya killed Ma Hongjun with her Blue Silver Overlord Spear, and Tang San and the others failed to save him. Xuan Zi confronted Tang Ya, but Zhongli Wu intervened, leaving the tournament’s officials to contain the conflict.

• Tang Ya pierced Ma Hongjun through the chest, and his friends and Shrek Academy mourned as Flender caught him.
• Tang San used his Blue Silver Domain and Immortal Herbs to try to save Ma Hongjun, but Ma Hongjun died in his arms.
• Xuan Zi attacked Tang Ya in anger, while Bei Bei, Huo Yuhao, and others tried to stop him.
• Zhongli Wu blocked Xuan Zi’s attack and argued that Ma Hongjun’s death should be answered for by a life from Shrek Academy.
• Xu Tianran urged Xuan Zi and Zhongli Wu to stand down, and Xuan Zi reconsidered the public and political consequences of escalating the fight.

After Ma Hongjun's death, Liu Erlong attacked Zhongli Wu, prompting Zhang Lexuan to save her and Xuan Zi to unleash his power against the Holy Spirit Sect leader. As Xuan Zi and Zhongli Wu prepared to fight, a mysterious white-haired elder intervened and effortlessly shattered Xuan Zi's pressure.

• Xuan Zi ordered Ma Hongjun's body sealed in ice until the tournament ended, while Liu Erlong demanded that his death not go unanswered.
• Liu Erlong attacked Tang Ya, but Zhongli Wu destroyed her fire dragon and sent a dark-red needle toward her brow.
• Zhang Lexuan blocked the needle and appeared before Liu Erlong, while Xuan Zi confronted Zhongli Wu over the attempted killing.
• Xuan Zi transformed and released the overwhelming aura of his nine soul rings, while Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin discussed the strength of the combatants.
• Bibi Dong spotted a mysterious white-haired elder on a rooftop and an alluring woman carrying the aura of the Rakshasa God.
• As Xuan Zi and Zhongli Wu prepared to fight, the white-haired elder appeared between them and broke through Xuan Zi's pressure with his own aura.

Long Xiaoyao intervened to stop Xuan Zi and Zhongli Wu from escalating their conflict, allowing the tournament to continue. Tang Ya then lost control on the competition stage, and Ma Xiaotao carried her away while Bei Bei and the others were held back.

• Long Xiaoyao suppressed Xuan Zi’s pressure, ordered him and Zhongli Wu to leave, and ended their confrontation.
• Xuan Zi accepted Long Xiaoyao’s mediation but warned that Shrek Academy would remember the debt.
• Tang Ya screamed and released surging Dark Blue Silver Grass after hearing Bei Bei call to her.
• Zhang Peng subdued Tang Ya when she attacked him with vines, and Ma Xiaotao caught her as she collapsed.
• Ma Xiaotao carried Tang Ya to the Rest Area while Huo Yuhao and the others restrained Bei Bei and considered how to save her secretly.
• Zhongli Wu suspected Tang Ya’s memories had not been erased thoroughly, while the Sinister Woman smiled at Tang San’s pain.

After Ma Hongjun’s death, Shrek Academy forfeited the remaining Individual Eliminations and prepared to face the Holy Spirit Sect in the Team Battle. Tang San and his teammates met four previously hidden opponents on the stage, and the match began.

• The Sinister Woman confirmed Ma Hongjun’s soul was gone, then noticed Lan Fozi with Bai Xiuxiu; Lan Fozi recognized her mother but concealed it from Bai Xiuxiu.
• Shrek Academy carried Ma Hongjun’s body away, and Huo Yuhao sealed it in ice while Tang San blamed referee Zheng Zhan for failing to save him.
• Tang San announced Shrek Academy would forfeit the remaining Individual Eliminations and proceed to the Team Battle.
• After fifteen minutes, Tang San, Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Cao Jinxuan faced the Holy Spirit Sect’s Lu Genggeng, Yan Feng, Tang Dai, and Gu Yu.
• Zheng Zhan started the Team Battle as both sides took their positions.

Shrek Academy and the Holy Spirit Sect began their match, as Huo Yuhao recognized the undead creatures among the Evil Spirit Masters and warned Tang San’s team about their abilities. The match remained underway, with Lu Genggeng and Tang Dai advancing in monstrous forms while Xu Tianran considered how to contain the Holy Spirit Sect.

• Ning Tian, Tang San, Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, Wu Feng, and Cao Jinxuan prepared Shrek Academy for battle with their martial souls and abilities.
• Lu Genggeng transformed into a huge, poisonous Abomination and charged toward Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection Sharing to warn Tang San and the others that the Abomination could consume corpses to strengthen itself and recover.
• Tang Dai transformed into a towering Skeleton King, and Huo Yuhao warned Shrek Academy about its formidable defenses and close-combat strength.
• Qian Renxue recoiled from the undead creatures, while Xu Tianran decided he would make the Holy Spirit Sect forfeit if it won its match.

The Holy Spirit Sect revealed the strength and complementary abilities of its remaining fighters as Yan Feng transformed and exposed his Spirit Sage cultivation. The Shrek Team faced a formidable lineup of aerial, ground, and ranged threats.

• Yan Feng revealed his seven soul rings and transformed, his body covered in ice-blue dragon scales.
• Gu Yu displayed his Bone Staff and its sinister purple flames, confirming his standing as a Spirit Emperor.
• Yan Feng unfurled his bone wings and rose above Lu Genggeng and Tang Dai to claim the air.
• The Holy Spirit Sect’s fighters showcased a lineup combining ground combat, aerial attacks, and ranged power, leaving the Shrek Team facing a grave challenge.

The Shrek Team launched a coordinated attack against the Holy Spirit Sect, aiming to eliminate Gu Yu first. Wu Feng’s fire-dragon strike hit him, but Gu Yu survived by activating his Void soul skill, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Tang San ordered the Shrek Team to attack as Abomination, the Skeleton King, and Yan Feng charged forward, while Gu Yu prepared an auxiliary skill.
• The Hell White Tiger and Ning Tian attacked Yan Feng, while Tang San’s vines bound the Skeleton King and Cao Jinxuan’s Time Lock stopped Abomination.
• Wu Feng raced past the restrained opponents and attacked Gu Yu as a fire dragon, with Tang San’s vine briefly paralyzing him.
• Gu Yu was swallowed by Wu Feng’s flames but activated his sixth soul skill, Void, and became intangible, causing her attack to pass through him.
• Wu Feng realized the planned one-hit elimination had failed because Gu Yu possessed Void instead of an Invincible Shield.

Tang San killed Gu Yu with the Tang Sect Hidden Weapon King of Hell Summons after Gu Yu emerged from his Void skill. As the witnesses questioned Tang San’s technique and the Tang Sect’s decline, Liu Xing realized that Tang San had withheld some of his strongest inheritance from the sect.

• Tang San seized the moment Gu Yu left Void and struck him with the King of Hell Summons, killing him as its poison and fragments destroyed his body.
• Xu Tianran asked Jing Hongchen and Zhongli Wu what had killed Gu Yu, and they identified it as a Hidden Weapon powered by Tang San’s exceptional throwing technique.
• Xu Tianran questioned why the Tang Sect had declined despite such techniques, but Jing Hongchen and Zhongli Wu could not explain it.
• Huo Yuhao and Bei Bei wondered whether the Tang Sect’s core inheritance had been lost over time or during its war with the Sun Moon Empire.
• Liu Xing recalled that Tang San had left a separate inheritance at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and concluded that Tang San had withheld powerful techniques from the Tang Sect.