Chapter Summaries

After Dai Mubai was beaten unconscious, Dugu Chen decided to leave him for someone else to retrieve, and the group returned to Suotuo City. Later, they reviewed potential Soul Arena opponents, where Oscar spotted someone with a Purple Gold Medal.

• Dai Mubai exhausted his Soul Power and passed out after the group attacked him, while Zhu Zhuqing struggled over what to do with him.
• Dugu Chen sensed someone approaching and told the group to leave Dai Mubai behind; a round red figure arrived shortly afterward and called out to Boss Dai.
• Ning Rongrong took Zhu Zhuqing into Suotuo City, and the group spent the evening exploring before reviewing Soul Arena competitors gathered by Qin Ming.
• Dugu Chen recognized the Fierce God Team among the listed opponents, and Oscar exclaimed that someone in Suotuo City possessed a Purple Gold Medal.

Qin Ming confirmed that Tang San was a fifteen-or-younger level-thirty-three Soul Elder, while Dugu Chen recognized him as the Blue Silver Grass Soul Master from Nuoding City. At Shrek Academy, Dai Mubai woke after being beaten and prepared to use the incident to test the strength and loyalties of the people involved.

• Oscar read Tang San's Great Soul Arena record, and Qin Ming confirmed its details to the astonished group.
• Dugu Chen and Dugu Yan suspected the record belonged to Tang San, and Dugu Chen explained that his faster cultivation came from having more time to practice and medicinal baths at Shrek.
• Flender, Zhao Wuji, Shao Xin, Ma Hongjun, and Yu Xiaogang discussed Dai Mubai's injuries while Shao Xin treated him with a candy bean.
• Yu Xiaogang approached Tang San, who continued to regard him as a father figure after six years at Shrek.
• Dai Mubai woke, remembered the people who had beaten him, and asked Flender to stand up for him as he planned to test which faction they belonged to.

Dai Mubai persuaded Flender and the others to confront Dugu Chen’s group, but Flender realized they had provoked people with formidable backing. When the Shrek group arrived, Qin Ming recognized both sides and found himself caught between his former teachers and his current companions.

• Dai Mubai told the Shrek teachers a distorted account of his fight and used a hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins to persuade Flender to seek justice for him.
• Dugu Chen searched for Tang Hao’s presence, found no trace of him, and took his companions out of the city to sightsee.
• Flender heard a mysterious voice in his mind and realized Dugu Chen’s group was not simple, but he still led Shrek to meet them.
• Dugu Chen and his companions grilled meat outside the city as Flender’s group approached, with Gu Feng and Liu Ze stepping forward to protect the others.
• Qin Ming greeted Flender and Zhao Wuji, then awkwardly heard Flender ask whether Zhu Zhuqing truly intended to leave Dai Mubai.

Dugu Chen confronted Flender and the Shrek group over Dai Mubai’s fight with Zhu Zhuqing and the Heaven Dou Royal Team. Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai, and Ning Rongrong declared that the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile School would protect her, while Dugu Chen considered whether to kill Tang San.

• Qin Ming indicated to Flender that Dugu Chen was in charge, and Dugu Chen asked Flender what Dai Mubai had told him about the team.
• Flender introduced himself and the Shrek teachers, while Dugu Chen identified himself as captain of the Heaven Dou Royal Team.
• Oscar and Ning Rongrong taunted Dai Mubai, and Flender realized Dai Mubai had misled him about the conflict.
• Flender asked whether Zhu Zhuqing would give Dai Mubai another chance, but Zhu Zhuqing’s expression showed she would not forgive him.
• Dai Mubai invoked the Star Luo Imperial Family, and Ning Rongrong declared Zhu Zhuqing a member of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile School with Gu Feng’s support.
• Tang San questioned Zhu Zhuqing’s decision, and Dugu Chen challenged him for knowing nothing about their past before considering whether to kill him.

Dugu Chen confronted Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, challenging the Grandmaster’s theories and his role in Tang San’s success. Unable to answer Dugu Chen’s accusation that his research was stolen, Yu Xiaogang left, and Tang San chased after him.

• Dugu Chen refrained from attacking the group, then greeted Yu Xiaogang, who recognized him and reacted with anger.
• Dugu Chen criticized Yu Xiaogang’s teaching, while Tang San revealed his Rank 33 strength and defended his teacher.
• Dugu Chen argued that Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass might not be an ordinary martial soul and questioned the choice of beast-type soul rings for it.
• Dugu Chen challenged Yu Xiaogang to explain how he had established soul ring age limits and accused him of basing his research on a child’s death.
• Yu Xiaogang could not answer and left in humiliation, followed by Tang San, Flender, and the others.

Dugu Chen brought his team to their final group battle in the Suotuo Great Soul Arena, where they faced the brutal Fierce God Team. The fight began with Dugu Chen unleashing a powerful Thousand-Year Soul Skill that stunned the spectators and left the Fierce God Team exposed.

• Dugu Chen told his teammates that everyone, including Ning Rongrong, had to fight, promising to control the danger while they gained experience facing bloodshed.
• Meng Li and the Fierce God Team welcomed the challenge, eager to vent their frustration after other teams had refused to fight them.
• Dugu Chen led his seven teammates into the arena against the Fierce God Team's eight strongest members, while Shrek watched from the stands.
• Dugu Chen charged forward, raised an earth wall to split the opposing team, and drew four members toward himself.
• Dugu Chen unleashed his Thousand-Year Qilin Soul Skill, whose sound wave overwhelmed the arena and stunned the Fierce God Team and Shrek's spectators.

Dugu Chen overwhelmed the Fierce God Team with his strength and Qilin suppression while his allies defeated the remaining opponents. After Meng Li was struck down, Dugu Chen led the shaken members of his team out of the arena with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling clinging to him.

• Dugu Chen smashed one Fierce God Team member with his halberd, crushed another's chest with his dragon claw, and used his Qilin aura to disable the two who remained.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Yu Xiaogang, and Tang San were shaken by Dugu Chen's overwhelming suppression and strength.
• Dugu Yan and her allies weakened and restrained their opponents while Oscar, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong prepared to face the last enemy with swords.
• Dugu Chen's earth power pinned the Fierce God Team, allowing Shi Mo and Shi Mo, Dugu Yan, and the four sword-wielding allies to attack Meng Li, who fell with four swords in his body.
• Oscar, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong fled in shock, while Dugu Chen comforted Oscar and checked on the Shi Brothers.
• Dugu Chen led the stunned Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling out of the arena, with one girl holding each of his arms.

After the tournament fight, Dugu Chen’s group recovered from the shock of killing and left Suotuo City, while Shrek Academy decided to seek a better-equipped school because it had run out of money. Yu Xiaogang, shaken by Dugu Chen’s strength, worried that Tang San would fall behind without greater resources.

• Gu Feng tried to comfort Ning Rongrong and the others after they reacted to the deaths in the fight, and Dugu Yan took the girls back to her room after teasing Dugu Chen.
• Dugu Chen’s group left Suotuo City before dawn, and Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing appeared to have recovered more quickly than Oscar.
• Yu Xiaogang persuaded Flender to leave Shrek Academy and seek a suitable school in Heaven Dou City, pointing out that they had no money and needed a mimetic cultivation environment for the students.
• Yu Xiaogang reflected on Dugu Chen’s victory and feared that Tang San would fall behind unless he gained access to better resources.

After a year and a half of battles and travel, Dugu Chen and his team returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Xue Qinghe revealed Spirit Hall’s tournament reward and asked whether Dugu Chen wanted Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones. The chapter left Dugu Chen wondering what Xue Qinghe was proposing.

• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing struggled to keep pace as the Shi Mo brothers advanced to Soul Ancestor during the team’s travels.
• Dugu Chen and his companions returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and rested after their exhausting journey.
• Dugu Chen met Xue Qinghe, who teased him about becoming a Soul King and privately revealed that Spirit Hall planned to award three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones to the tournament champions.
• Xue Qinghe told Dugu Chen that Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation had already reached Soul King and asked whether he wanted the soul bones.

Dugu Chen discussed Spirit Hall’s formidable Golden Generation with Xue Qinghe and asked him to accompany him when he claimed the tournament’s soul bone rewards. Their teasing escalated until Dugu Chen provoked Xue Qinghe into angrily ordering him out of the Crown Prince’s Mansion.

• Xue Qinghe told Dugu Chen that Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan made Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation a serious threat, and described their abilities.
• Dugu Chen said the contest could be troublesome and asked Xue Qinghe to accompany him in case Spirit Hall tried to seize the rewards.
• Xue Qinghe mocked Dugu Chen’s cautious attitude and joked that he should become an Internal Affairs Manager who followed the Crown Prince around.
• Dugu Chen teased Xue Qinghe about having no consort and suggested he might like men, making Xue Qinghe flush with anger.
• Xue Qinghe shouted for Dugu Chen to leave, and Dugu Chen chuckled as he fled the mansion.

Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile School’s guardians discussed Ning Rongrong’s growth, her relationship with Oscar, and their support for a girl fleeing the Star Luo Zhu Family. At Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong announced the Soul Master Tournament prize, and Hu Liena warned that Dugu Chen was a formidable opponent.

• Ning Fengzhi defended Gu Feng’s handling of Rongrong’s training and said she needed to grow up, despite Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo’s protests.
• Gu Feng reported Rongrong’s closeness with Oscar, and Ning Fengzhi and the guardians agreed to wait and see whether their relationship developed.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo backed Rongrong’s decision to help a girl from the Star Luo Zhu Family and dared the Star Luo Imperial Family to challenge them.
• Bibi Dong announced that the Soul Master Tournament’s champion would receive three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones and warned Hu Liena and the others that Spirit Hall had to win.
• Hu Liena cautioned Bibi Dong about Dugu Chen’s strength, and Xie Yue said he would face Dugu Chen himself.

Spirit Hall prepared Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue for a final assessment against Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Dugu Chen learned Qin Ming had left the academy to join Shrek. Dugu Chen reassured his teammates about Shrek and encouraged Oscar to pursue Ning Rongrong, ending when something soft brushed his palm.

• Yan dismissed Dugu Chen, but Hu Liena warned him that Dugu Chen was strong, and Bibi Dong set Heaven Dou Royal Academy as the trio’s final assessment, threatening them with three years in Death Valley if they lost.
• Liu Ze told Dugu Chen and the others that Qin Ming had withdrawn from Heaven Dou Royal Academy and joined Shrek in Heaven Dou City.
• Dugu Chen explained that Shrek had settled at Blue Tyrant Academy, while Oscar expressed envy over Liu Erlong giving the academy to Flender and the others.
• Dugu Chen urged Oscar to pursue Ning Rongrong, and Oscar resolved to become the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile School’s son-in-law.
• Shi Mo worried that Qin Ming might tell Shrek about their abilities, but Dugu Chen reassured the team that Shrek would be no match for them.
• As Dugu Chen watched his teammates relax, a soft sensation brushed his palm.

Dugu Chen secretly held hands with Ye Lingling while Heaven Dou’s tournament team received a call to arms. At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang assembled his team and explained the tournament rules, leaving Tang San eager to face Heaven Dou Royal Academy in the Finals.

• Dugu Chen recognized Ye Lingling’s hand, blocked the others’ view, and squeezed her palm while she blushed behind her veil.
• Liu Ze urged the Heaven Dou team to win the Soul Master Tournament and bring glory to the Empire.
• Yu Xiaogang surveyed Shrek’s lineup, which included Tang San and the former Blue Tyrant Academy team members, and prepared them for the tournament.
• Yu Xiaogang explained the tournament rules, and Tang San asked whether they would face Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Qin Ming explained that Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Star Luo Royal Academy, and the Martial Soul Hall Team advanced directly to the Finals, while Yu Xiaogang named Martial Soul Hall their chief rival.

The day before the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament opened, Dugu Chen and his teammates explored the crowded Heaven Dou City and encountered Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang. Feng Xiaotian renewed his challenge, while Huo Wu declared Blazing Fire Academy would defeat Heaven Dou Royal Academy in the Finals.

• Dugu Chen led Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Oscar, and the others through Heaven Dou City as they admired the tournament crowds.
• Feng Xiaotian stopped Dugu Chen and challenged him to settle their defeat from six years earlier, but Dugu Chen dismissed him and warned him about Tang San.
• Huo Wu remembered Dugu Chen's mention of Tang San and Shrek Academy as possible signs of a formidable opponent.
• Feng Xiaotian explained that Dugu Chen had easily defeated him six years earlier, and Huo Wu vowed Blazing Fire Academy would teach Heaven Dou Royal Academy a lesson in the Finals.
• Huo Wu shoved Feng Xiaotian aside and walked off with Huo Wushuang, leaving Dugu Chen's group to watch Feng Xiaotian call after her.

The Heaven Dou Empire division of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament opened with a grand ceremony in Heaven Dou City. Dugu Chen’s team watched the procession, including Shrek Academy’s humiliating entrance, and he considered using A Xiao to make Tang San reveal his Clear Sky Hammer.

• The Heaven Dou Royal main team entered as a seeded team and bypassed the Preliminary Round, while the reserve team and other academies joined the procession.
• Dugu Chen admired Skywater Academy’s uniforms, irritating Dugu Yan, then placated her before they took their seats.
• Shrek Academy entered in ugly, sponsor-covered uniforms, prompting the arena to erupt in laughter.
• Ma Hongjun complained to Dai Mubai about the uniforms, but Tang San ended the argument and led the team onward.
• Dugu Chen watched Shrek and then looked toward Godwind Academy, deciding he would rely on A Xiao to expose Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer.

At the tournament opening ceremony, the teams registered and sized up their rivals while the Imperial Dou Team drew attention as a likely finalist. Dugu Chen and Shui Bing'er felt their martial souls resonate, and the teams gathered in the arena as the opening matches were about to begin.

• The teams registered, and contestants focused their attention on the formidable Imperial Dou Team.
• Shui Bing'er felt her martial soul resonate with Dugu Chen's, and Dugu Chen sensed their unusually high compatibility.
• Shui Yue'er became flustered after admiring Dugu Chen and accidentally slapped herself, drawing stares from the surrounding teams.
• Dugu Chen teased Dugu Yan by kissing her cheek, then led the Imperial Dou Team to the central seats in the rest area.
• Feng Xiaotian watched Dugu Chen and wondered why he had mentioned Shrek Academy as the arena filled with spectators and tournament staff prepared the teams to enter.

The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament began, and the draw matched Shrek Academy against Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Second Team. Both sides prepared for the opening match, which started after the teams exchanged insults.

• Emperor Xue Ye declared the tournament open, and Ning Fengzhi addressed the competitors.
• Platinum Archbishop Salas drew the matchups, pairing Shrek Academy with Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Ning Fengzhi described Shrek Academy as a lower-middle-tier opponent, while Qin Ming explained to Shrek that Heaven Dou’s Second Team was weaker than its First Team.
• Dai Mubai urged Shrek’s full lineup to win quickly, and the two teams took the arena stage.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Second Team mocked Shrek, and the referee began the match.

Shrek Academy's team overwhelmed Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team in the tournament, provoking Emperor Xue Ye while impressing the spectators. Afterward, Dugu Chen left with his companions, where teasing about his romantic prospects ended with him learning the Shi Mo brothers were already engaged.

• Dai Mubai led Shrek's team in releasing their martial souls, revealing that three of their members were Soul Ancestors and outclassing Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun launched a surprise combination attack that defeated the opposing team, and Jiang Zhu treated the injured contestants.
• Spectators reacted to Tang San's Blue Silver Grass martial soul, while Dugu Chen observed the match and Emperor Xue Ye left the arena in anger.
• Flender praised Shrek's performance as a success for their clothing advertisement, and Dugu Chen decided to leave with his group.
• Oscar teased Ning Rongrong, while Dugu Yan questioned Dugu Chen about other girls before walking away with Ye Lingling and Zhu Zhuqing.
• The Shi Mo brothers revealed that their families had arranged their engagements, leaving Dugu Chen stung by the news.

Dugu Chen watched Shrek Academy face Blazing Fire Academy and doubted Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass could withstand their flames. Blazing Fire Academy quickly knocked out two Shrek fighters and advanced against the remaining four.

• Dugu Chen watched Tang San defeat Elephant Armor Academy with four powerful Soul Skills, drawing attention from the major academies.
• Feng Xiaotian remained confident in Godwind Academy after reaching peak Rank 59, while the Imperial Dou Team arrived to watch Shrek face Blazing Fire Academy.
• Tang San ordered Shrek to test Blazing Fire Academy with a frontal assault, and Dai Mubai and Tailong charged forward.
• Dai Mubai clashed with Huo Wushuang, but Blazing Fire Academy’s Repelling Fire Ring blasted Dai Mubai and Tailong away.
• Blazing Fire Academy’s flames burned Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and knocked Huang Yuan and Jing Ling out of the fight.
• Huo Wu ordered Blazing Fire Academy’s seven members to advance against Shrek’s remaining four fighters.

Tang San and Shrek lost to Blazing Fire Academy after Tang San was overwhelmed by their fire-based counter to Blue Silver Grass. As the tournament neared its end, Shrek stood fifth and faced Godwind Academy in its final match, while Xue Qinghe investigated Tang San’s origins and suspected his connection to Tang Hao.

• Tang San surrendered after Blazing Fire Academy eliminated the rest of Shrek, and the referee declared Blazing Fire the winner.
• Dugu Chen’s group discussed Tang San’s self-created skills and his vulnerability to fire before leaving the arena; Feng Xiaotian said he looked forward to facing Tang San.
• Salas suspected an expert was behind Tang San’s abilities, while Xue Qinghe reviewed his background and grew more certain that he was Tang Hao’s son.
• The competition standings settled with Godwind Academy first, Skywater Academy second, Thunder Academy third, Blazing Fire Academy fourth, and Shrek fifth.
• Shrek and Elephant Armor Academy each had one match remaining, with Shrek scheduled to face Godwind Academy.