Chapter Summaries

Su Mo predicted that Yu Xiaogang’s second stage of special training would take place in the Soul Arena, and Yu Xiaogang confirmed the plan for the Shrek students to compete there. Su Mo then prepared to keep Dugu Yan from becoming interested in Tang San so he could avoid involving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Su Mo and Ning Rongrong discussed Shrek Academy’s resources, and Su Mo suggested the Soul Arena could make up for its lack of Environment Simulation Training.
• Yu Xiaogang announced that the second stage of special training would take place at the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena, with both individual duels and team competitions.
• Ning Rongrong correctly guessed the training venue, and Yu Xiaogang also praised Tang San for reaching the same conclusion.
• Su Mo noticed that Yu Xiaogang repeatedly arranged training to raise Tang San’s standing among the team.
• Su Mo planned to publicly reveal that Realgar Wine combined with Burning Flames could counter snake poison, hoping Dugu Yan would not become interested in Tang San.
• Su Mo decided he would seek help from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to take over the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well if Dugu Yan still drew Tang San’s attention.

Flender learned that Yu Xiaogang was targeting Su Mo to protect Tang San’s place as the team’s core, while Yu Xiaogang admitted Su Mo’s success stirred his own insecurity. That night, Yu Xiaogang organized Shrek Team’s debut at the Soul Arena, where the members adopted masks and titles.

• Yu Xiaogang told Flender he was trying to keep Tang San as Shrek Team’s absolute core, and admitted that Su Mo’s success made him feel like a failure.
• Flender reassured Yu Xiaogang, while Bibi Dong overheard their conversation and left distressed by what she learned.
• Su Mo noticed Bibi Dong leaving and continued cultivating, satisfied that her view of Yu Xiaogang had changed.
• Yu Xiaogang brought Shrek Team to the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena and instructed the members to wear masks and use titles.
• Su Mo questioned the secrecy plan, then accepted a mask and chose the title Soul Hunting Spear.

Shrek Team began its first Team Competition against the powerful Berserker Team, with Tang San commanding the match. After the Berserker Team’s support member unleashed Berserk Aura, Tang San used Oscar’s Mushroom Sausages to keep most of the team airborne and planned to face the weakened opponents alone; Bibi Dong criticized Shrek Team’s performance.

• Yu Xiaogang named the team Shrek Team, assigned its Duo Teams, and chose Tang San, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, Dai Mubai, Su Mo, Xiao Wu, and Ma Hongjun to compete against Berserker Team, leaving Zhu Zhuqing on the sidelines.
• Yu Xiaogang gave Tang San command of the match, and Tang San briefed the team before Shrek Team’s first Team Competition began.
• Tang San trapped two Berserker Team members with Blue Silver Grass while Su Mo defeated a rank thirty-seven opponent, and Xiao Wu and Ma Hongjun targeted the opposing support Soul Master.
• The Berserker Team’s support Soul Master unleashed Berserk Aura, so Tang San had Shrek Team eat Oscar’s Mushroom Sausages and fly out of reach while the opponents lost control.
• Tang San ordered the others to leave the field when their flight ended and stayed behind in the air, expecting the Berserker Team to weaken; Su Mo reassured Ning Rongrong that Tang San could win.
• Bibi Dong called Shrek Team’s performance awful, and Su Mo looked to her to explain her criticism.

After the Shrek Team defeated the Berserker Team, Bibi Dong criticized Tang San’s decisions while Yu Xiaogang praised the team and especially Tang San. Su Mo explained to Ning Rongrong why Yu Xiaogang was protecting his disciple, then hesitated when she asked whether they could use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill in their upcoming doubles match.

• Bibi Dong criticized the Shrek Team’s coordination and Tang San’s choice to end the match early.
• Tang San bound the weakened Berserker Team and forced their surrender, securing Shrek’s victory.
• Su Mo warned the team that their performance had been poor, but Yu Xiaogang praised everyone and singled out Tang San’s judgment.
• Su Mo told Ning Rongrong that Tang San had made serious mistakes and that Yu Xiaogang had praised the team to protect him.
• Ning Rongrong asked Su Mo if they could use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill in the doubles match, and Su Mo resisted the idea.

Su Mo and Ning Rongrong entered a Soul Fighting match and unveiled their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the Seven Treasures Soul Hunting Spear. Meanwhile, Dai Mubai predicted Su Mo would fall behind the others in cultivation, and Zhu Zhuqing remained uncertain about forgiving him.

• Ning Rongrong persuaded Su Mo to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and they registered for a match as the Spear Tower Combination.
• Zhu Zhuqing watched from the stands while Dai Mubai argued that Su Mo’s weak martial soul talent would eventually make him a substitute.
• Dai Mubai urged Zhu Zhuqing to forgive him so they could use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but she left the question unresolved.
• Su Mo and Ning Rongrong held hands and transformed their martial souls into the Seven Treasures Soul Hunting Spear, with Ning Rongrong leading the fusion.
• Ning Rongrong excitedly wielded the fused spear while Su Mo remained invisibly attached to her and offered to take control if needed.

Su Mo and Ning Rongrong used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to defeat the Iron Shield Combination in the arena. Afterward, Ning Rongrong celebrated their victory and agreed to let Su Mo teach her spear techniques.

• Ning Rongrong used the fused power of the Seven Treasures Soul Hunting Spear to break through the Iron Shield Combination's defense, astonishing the audience and Dai Mubai.
• Ning Rongrong struggled to wield the spear between soul skills, so she let Su Mo take control of her body.
• Su Mo used Thundering Flash and the Overlord Spear Technique to overwhelm the Iron Shield Combination and knock both opponents off the arena.
• The host declared the Spear Tower Combination victorious, and Su Mo and Ning Rongrong left the arena to update their points.
• Ning Rongrong excitedly said their master and companions would be surprised by the fusion skill, while Su Mo reminded her of her promise to him.

Su Mo and Ning Rongrong revealed that their Martial Soul Fusion Skill greatly increased both their strength and speed, but Yu Xiaogang argued that using it in team matches would cost the team Ning Rongrong’s support. Su Mo comforted Ning Rongrong and suspected Yu Xiaogang was deliberately limiting him, while deciding to focus on teaching her spear techniques.

• Ning Rongrong told the team that her and Su Mo’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill increased their strength and speed by 200%.
• Yu Xiaogang praised the pair, then privately compared Su Mo to himself and reconsidered keeping him in the substitute position.
• Yu Xiaogang learned that Ning Rongrong could not support the rest of the team while fused and advised them to avoid using the skill in team matches.
• The team agreed that Ning Rongrong’s support was too important to lose, leaving her unhappy about limiting the skill’s use.
• Su Mo reassured Ning Rongrong that they could use the skill in two-person matches and offered to teach her spear techniques.
• Su Mo suspected Yu Xiaogang was targeting him and decided to stop caring about the team’s fate.

Su Mo and the others stopped Bu Le from abducting a little girl, and Xiao Wu defeated him. The group argued over whether to kill Bu Le or hand him over to Spirit Hall, leaving Yu Xiaogang objecting to Spirit Hall’s involvement.

• Tang San spotted a man carrying an unconscious little girl, and Zhu Zhuqing led the group in pursuit.
• Bu Le restrained Zhu Zhuqing and attacked the others, but Xiao Wu used Charm and Exploding Kill Eight Stage Throw to knock him unconscious.
• Su Mo found the abducted girl and carried her back to the group, while Ma Hongjun identified Bu Le as one of Suotuo City's Despicable Three Musketeers.
• Su Mo called for Bu Le to be killed, but Yu Xiaogang and most of the others opposed killing him; Ning Rongrong supported Su Mo.
• Su Mo suggested handing Bu Le to Spirit Hall and its Slaughter City, and Yu Xiaogang objected that Spirit Hall should not interfere in Heaven Dou Empire's affairs.

After Shrek’s group humiliated the unconscious Bu Le instead of handing him to Spirit Hall, Su Mo secretly arranged for a Soul Douluo from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to deal with him. Bibi Dong approved of Su Mo’s resolve, then returned to his body as he waited in his dormitory for an unknown visitor.

• Yu Xiaogang warned the others that Slaughter City gathered criminals and evil soul masters, and urged them not to trust Spirit Hall.
• Tang San proposed hanging a mocking confession on the unconscious Bu Le, and the group laughed at the result.
• Su Mo found the Soul Douluo secretly guarding Ning Rongrong and asked him to return to Suotuo City to deal with Bu Le.
• The Soul Douluo agreed to Su Mo’s request, and Bibi Dong praised Su Mo for treating Bu Le’s crimes as unforgivable.
• Su Mo returned to his dormitory to cultivate, and an unidentified figure quietly slipped inside.

Yu Xiaogang persuaded Flender to inform the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect that Ning Rongrong was growing close to Su Mo, hoping to avoid the academy being blamed later. Ning Fengzhi replied with a brief thank-you, leaving Flender and Yu Xiaogang unsure what he meant.

• Ning Rongrong sneaked into Su Mo's room, and the next day Su Mo asked Tang San to forge her a lightweight Soul Hunting Spear for practice.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Flender that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect might object to Ning Rongrong choosing Su Mo and advised him to report the situation.
• Flender wrote to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Bibi Dong privately recognized Yu Xiaogang's plan and noted that Su Mo already had the sect's approval.
• Ning Fengzhi read Flender's letter, laughed that Shrek did not know Su Mo was an extraordinary genius, and sent a reply.
• Flender and Yu Xiaogang read Ning Fengzhi's short thank-you and wondered what the sect leader meant, while Bibi Dong laughed at their confusion.

Yu Xiaogang’s team rotation left Su Mo on the bench more often, and Ning Rongrong grew angry when Su Mo explained that Yu Xiaogang doubted his low talent. Su Mo comforted her and revealed that he had already found a way to solve his talent problem.

• Yu Xiaogang explained to Flender that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect already knew about Su Mo and Ning Rongrong and did not want them to interfere.
• Su Mo earned the Golden Badge for Individual Competition Soul Masters, continued fighting with Ning Rongrong through their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and helped her improve her spear techniques.
• Yu Xiaogang rotated Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, and Su Mo in team matches, leaving Su Mo on the bench most often.
• Ning Rongrong challenged Yu Xiaogang’s decision, and Su Mo told her he thought Yu Xiaogang was limiting his chances because of his low talent.
• Ning Rongrong insisted Su Mo was stronger than everyone else, and Su Mo realized she had considered his talent problem but still chose to stay with him.
• Su Mo reassured Ning Rongrong that he would not feel inferior and revealed he had already found a way to solve his talent problem.

Su Mo showed Ning Rongrong how Soul Tool Refinement had overcome his talent limitations and revealed that he was preparing to evolve his martial soul a second time. Ning Rongrong watched anxiously as he began refining the Mystic Iron Spear, and the chapter ended before the result was known.

• Su Mo promised Ning Rongrong he would explain how he had solved his talent problem and let her witness a miracle.
• Bibi Dong watched Su Mo and Ning Rongrong and reflected on how her relationship with Yu Xiaogang had differed from theirs.
• At his dormitory, Su Mo demonstrated that he could summon the Mystic Iron Spear without using his martial soul and explained Soul Tool Refinement to Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Rongrong excitedly embraced and kissed Su Mo after learning that Soul Tool Refinement had already evolved his martial soul and talent once.
• Su Mo announced he could evolve his martial soul again, then began refining the Soul Hunting Spear as Ning Rongrong watched nervously.

Su Mo completed his Soul Hunting Spear’s second evolution and reached Soul Power Level 26, then told Ning Rongrong that he planned to leave Shrek rather than share his Weapon Refining Soul Fusion secret with Yu Xiaogang. Ning Rongrong promised to leave with him, though they agreed to stay until they finished the second phase of special training.

• Su Mo finished refining the Mystic Iron Spear into his spirit, evolved the Soul Hunting Spear, and advanced from rank 25 to rank 26.
• Ning Rongrong tested the heavier spear and praised Su Mo, while Bibi Dong objected privately to her insults about Yu Xiaogang.
• Su Mo explained that he had kept his spirit’s ability to evolve secret and said Shrek’s team was built around Tang San.
• Su Mo told Ning Rongrong he intended to leave Shrek rather than share Weapon Refining Soul Fusion with Yu Xiaogang, and Ning Rongrong immediately agreed to go with him.
• Su Mo and Ning Rongrong decided to stay through the second phase of special training before leaving, then kissed.

Su Mo received a Purple Gold Soul Hunting Spear and planned to leave Shrek Academy with Ning Rongrong, while Bibi Dong welcomed the changes this would bring. As Shrek Team neared silver rank, Su Mo prepared for the Royal Fight Team’s arrival and tipped their next opponents off about using burning Realgar Wine against Dugu Yan’s snake venom.

• Ning Rongrong offered to get Su Mo a better spear, but Su Mo revealed his Purple Gold Soul Hunting Spear, and she promised to obtain an even better one for him later.
• Bibi Dong was pleased that Su Mo intended to leave Shrek Academy and take Ning Rongrong with him, believing this would weaken Shrek Team and change events surrounding Hu Liena and Tang San.
• Su Mo advanced to rank 24 as Shrek Team continued its special training and approached the silver rank.
• Su Mo spotted the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team competing under the alias Royal Fight Team and observed their strength.
• Su Mo met the Berserker Team before their match against the Royal Fight Team and advised them to burn Realgar Wine to counter Dugu Yan’s snake venom.

Su Mo watched the Berserker Team try his Realgar Wine method against the Royal Fight Team, then returned to Shrek and learned that Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai could use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill. As Shrek prepared to face the Royal Fight Team, Tang San proposed the same method to counter Dugu Yan’s poison, and Su Mo challenged Yu Xiaogang over his rule against external objects.

• The Berserker Team used Su Mo’s Realgar Wine method against Dugu Yan’s snake venom but lost, and their captain revealed that Su Mo had told him about it.
• Su Mo returned to Shrek, where Ning Rongrong told him that Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai had mastered their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and that Zhu Zhuqing seemed unhappy.
• Yu Xiaogang gathered the Shrek Team and reviewed the Royal Fight Team’s members before their upcoming match.
• Ning Rongrong highlighted Ye Lingling’s Nine Heart Begonia, while Ma Hongjun and Oscar worried that the Royal Fight Team was too strong.
• Tang San proposed using Realgar Wine and fire-based soul skills to burn away Dugu Yan’s poison, and Yu Xiaogang approved the plan.
• Su Mo reminded Yu Xiaogang that he had forbidden the team from using external objects.

Su Mo persuaded Shrek Team to lift the restrictions on his and Tang San’s external weapons and use their Martial Soul Fusion Skills to defeat the Royal Fight Team quickly. The Royal Fight Team studied Shrek’s records and realized Su Mo’s Soul Hunting Spear had an astonishing run of victories.

• Su Mo argued that Shrek could overwhelm the Royal Fight Team with his and Ning Rongrong’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s Hell White Tiger, and Tang San’s Hidden Weapons.
• Flender approved Su Mo’s plan for the prize money, and Yu Xiaogang agreed to a fast assault and left Oscar out of the Team Competition.
• Su Mo felt relieved that Shrek would not need Realgar Wine to counter Dugu Yan’s snake venom, preventing her from becoming curious about Tang San.
• Qin Ming gave the Royal Fight Team information about Shrek, and Dugu Yan was shocked by Su Mo’s Soul Grandmaster rank and long record of consecutive wins.
• Qin Ming warned the Royal Fight Team to prevent Su Mo and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile from using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Shrek Team crushed the Royal Fight Team, then agreed to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy so they could qualify for the Soul Master Competition. As Flender and Yu Xiaogang drank that night, Yu Xiaogang began telling him how he had become involved with Bibi Dong, while Bibi Dong listened.

• Su Mo and Ning Rongrong joined Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing in unleashing their Martial Soul Fusion Skills, while Tang San used Hidden Weapons to stop the Royal Fight Team from interrupting them.
• Shrek Team overwhelmed and defeated the Royal Fight Team with the Seven Treasures Soul Hunting Spear, Hell White Tiger, and Hidden Weapons.
• Flender introduced Shrek Team to Qin Ming, and Yu Xiaogang persuaded Flender to let the students join Heaven Dou Royal Academy in two months.
• Su Mo decided he would first go with the group to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, confirm that Dugu Bo had not taken Tang San away, and then leave Shrek.
• Flender asked Yu Xiaogang about his past with Liu Erlong and Bibi Dong, and Yu Xiaogang began recounting how he had become involved with Bibi Dong as she listened nearby.

Bibi Dong overheard Yu Xiaogang admit that he had deliberately manipulated her to gain access to Spirit Hall’s knowledge, then learned that he blamed her for their breakup. Enraged, she returned to Su Mo and demanded that he help her kill Yu Xiaogang, but hesitated when he asked why.

• Yu Xiaogang told Flender that he had deliberately attracted Bibi Dong’s attention and guided her into helping him enter Spirit Hall and study its knowledge.
• Bibi Dong realized her relationship with Yu Xiaogang had begun as his scheme and tried in vain to attack him with her Divine Sense.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed Bibi Dong had used him to compile Spirit Hall’s knowledge and abandoned him, and he vowed revenge on her and Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong grew furious when Yu Xiaogang blamed her for their separation, while Su Mo concluded that Yu Xiaogang had exposed himself to her.
• Bibi Dong returned to Su Mo and asked him to kill Yu Xiaogang, then hesitated when Su Mo demanded an explanation.

Bibi Dong revealed her past life and identity to Su Mo, who admitted that he knew her future and had been reborn with knowledge of coming events. Su Mo refused to kill Yu Xiaogang or join Spirit Hall for now, leaving Bibi Dong unsure how he could help her without risking his life.

• Bibi Dong told Su Mo the story of her life as Spirit Hall's Holy Maiden, her betrayal, and her death, then revealed that she was the Bibi Dong who had become his martial soul.
• Su Mo confessed that he had known Bibi Dong's identity and that he had been reborn with knowledge of people and future events.
• Bibi Dong asked Su Mo to kill Yu Xiaogang, but Su Mo refused because Pope Bibi Dong, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Tang Hao could retaliate.
• Su Mo persuaded Bibi Dong to seek revenge by defeating Tang San and making Yu Xiaogang's hopes collapse, beginning with Shrek's defeat in the upcoming Soul Master Competition.
• Bibi Dong urged Su Mo to join Spirit Hall, but he refused because Pope Bibi Dong might discover the future Bibi Dong inside him and destroy them both.

Su Mo told Bibi Dong that Tang San’s Immortal Herbs had helped the Shrek Seven Devils become gods and that one had enabled Yu Xiaogang to break through his talent limits. After learning that the herbs grew in Sunset Forest, Su Mo planned to keep them from Tang San and preserve control over them, while Bibi Dong asked how he intended to obtain them.

• Su Mo withdrew from his Spirit Space after telling Bibi Dong he would not kill Yu Xiaogang or join Spirit Hall yet, and Bibi Dong decided she might warn her present-day self about Yu Xiaogang during the Soul Master Competition.
• Su Mo told Bibi Dong he would leave Shrek after their trip to Heaven Dou Royal Academy in two months, once he had secured the Immortal Herbs Tang San was destined to find.
• Su Mo explained that the Immortal Herbs could transform talent, had enabled the Shrek Seven Devils to become gods, and had helped Yu Xiaogang reach Titled Douluo; Bibi Dong realized Yu Xiaogang’s breakthrough had come from a herb Tang San gave him.
• Bibi Dong remembered that her investigation into the Shrek Seven Devils had led to Poison Douluo Dugu Bo, and she identified his lair as being in Sunset Forest.
• Su Mo explained how Tang San might be taken to Dugu Bo’s lair, said he would seek help from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect only as a last resort, and told Bibi Dong he wanted to keep control of the herbs.