Chapter Summaries

Tang San returned from his failed meeting with Xue Qinghe and took out his frustration on Oscar, who had tried to comfort him. Flender sided with Tang San and dismissed Oscar’s complaints, leaving their conflict unresolved.

• Xue Qinghe rejected her guard’s suggestion to punish Tang San and ordered that future visitors be refused.
• Tang San returned to Shrek Academy’s group, cursed them, and vowed to make them regret it after he won the championship.
• Oscar asked Tang San what had upset him, but Tang San insulted him and struck him with Blue Silver Grass, leaving him injured.
• Flender ignored Oscar’s injury and blamed him for disturbing Tang San before the finals.
• Oscar challenged Flender over the unfair treatment, but Flender called him weak and told him to leave Shrek Academy if he wanted fairness.
• Flender took Tang San away and treated anyone who upset him as an enemy.

Oscar tried to leave Shrek Academy for Du Cheng’s group, but Tang Hao crippled him before he could reach them. Du Cheng examined strange lottery rewards when Oscar arrived and begged for help.

• Oscar decided to leave Shrek Academy and seek out Du Cheng after Flender, Tang San, and the others left him behind.
• Tang Hao stopped Oscar and secretly crippled him, draining the Soul Power from his body.
• Du Cheng inspected three lottery rewards: a Martial Skill Transfer Card, a Devil Muscle Man Assimilation Card, and a Bionic Soul Power Storage Device.
• Xiao Wu spotted Oscar staggering toward their carriage, and Du Cheng went out to meet him.
• Oscar told Du Cheng that he had been crippled and fell to his knees.

Oscar begged Du Cheng for help after being crippled and unable to retain Soul Power. Du Cheng made him his servant and used three cards on him, leaving Oscar transformed into a towering, muscular fighter who pledged himself to his new master.

• Oscar told Du Cheng that an unknown attacker had crippled him and that he could no longer store Soul Power.
• Du Cheng offered Oscar strength and healing in exchange for becoming his servant, and Oscar accepted without hesitation.
• Du Cheng gave Oscar three cards and told him to tear them up, triggering a painful transformation.
• Du Cheng told the girls, including Xiao Wu, to return to the carriage while Oscar endured the transformation and focused on his hatred.
• Oscar grew into a nearly three-meter-tall giant, rose despite his injuries, and knelt to greet Du Cheng as his master; Du Cheng told him to call him Young Master.

Du Cheng accepted Oscar’s loyalty and made him a member of Blue Tyrant Academy, while Feng Xiaotian proposed that Godwind Academy and Blazing Academy form an alliance for the Finals. Huo Wu raised concerns about the proposal.

• Du Cheng told Oscar he could compete for Blue Tyrant Academy, and Oscar agreed after confirming he had never joined the Shrek Team.
• Du Cheng assigned Oscar to Blue Tyrant Academy and encouraged him to adapt to his newly strengthened body before the Finals.
• Feng Xiaotian gathered the students of Godwind Academy and Blazing Academy and argued that the Finals would be difficult against the strongest teams.
• Feng Xiaotian proposed that the two academies form a joint team, but Huo Wu expressed reservations.

Huo Wu agreed to merge Blazing Academy and Godwind Academy for the competition after Feng Xiaotian accepted her condition to set aside his feelings and focus on training. During the journey, the teams grew stronger, while Oscar prepared to prove that a Support Soul Master could fight.

• Feng Xiaotian told Huo Wu that Godwind Academy's members and teachers would withdraw and compete under Blazing Academy's name, and Huo Wu accepted the merger.
• Huo Wu asked Feng Xiaotian to keep their cooperation focused on the competition despite his feelings for her, and he agreed.
• Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian shook hands and planned to coordinate their training and develop a second Soul Skill or a Fusion Skill.
• Several Soul Masters were turned away when they tried to visit Xue Qinghe, and rumors about Tang San demanding an audience turned resentment toward Shrek Academy.
• Oscar trained for more than ten days, developed new fighting techniques, and believed he could challenge weaker battle Soul Masters.
• Du Cheng neared level 70, the girls reached level 57, Oscar reached level 47, and Tang San broke through to level 53 and displayed his Soul Skills.

A caravan of Soul Masters was ambushed by black-clothed Soul Masters, and Tang San joined the fight after judging the attackers’ initial strength manageable. Three powerful enemies then targeted Tang San, forcing him to flee toward Flender for help.

• Qing Yi and Qing Xuan warned Du Cheng as rocks began tumbling down onto the traveling group.
• Tang San stopped Ma Hongjun from charging into the attack until black-clothed Soul Masters revealed themselves, including dozens of Soul Kings.
• Tang San bound the attackers with Blue Silver Grass while Ma Hongjun struck them and Tang San added Hidden Weapons to the assault.
• A Soul Douluo and two Soul Saints lunged at Tang San, who dodged their attacks and rushed toward Flender for help.
• Flender panicked as Tang San approached, knowing he could not handle all three powerful attackers.

Tang San drew Flender into a fight with the black-clothed attackers, while Du Cheng's group faced Chrysanthemum Douluo, who claimed he had only come to observe Du Cheng. Xiao Wu recognized Chrysanthemum Douluo as one of the people who killed her mother and confronted him.

• Tang San hid behind Flender as the black-clothed Soul Douluo's group surrounded them, and Flender stood firm to protect his student.
• Du Cheng refused Oscar's suggestion to intervene, but Chrysanthemum Douluo appeared and challenged him.
• Du Cheng ordered Qing Yi and Qing Xuan to capture Chrysanthemum Douluo, and the two Titled Douluo quickly held swords to his neck.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo explained that his target was elsewhere and that he had come to see Du Cheng, so Du Cheng agreed to release him.
• Xiao Wu demanded that Chrysanthemum Douluo be punished and accused him of killing her mother, leaving him shocked.

Xiao Wu confronted Chrysanthemum Douluo over his role in her mother's death, but chose not to kill him to avoid endangering Du Cheng. Du Cheng proposed that Chrysanthemum Douluo become Xiao Wu's Dao Protector, and Chrysanthemum Douluo eagerly agreed after learning Lovesick Heartbreak Red had recognized her, though Xiao Wu objected.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo tried to persuade Xiao Wu not to kill him by warning that his death could bring trouble to Du Cheng.
• Du Cheng suggested that Xiao Wu take all five of Chrysanthemum Douluo's limbs as punishment.
• Xiao Wu reluctantly agreed to postpone her revenge until after the finals, when she had grown stronger.
• Du Cheng refused to release Chrysanthemum Douluo without gaining something in return and demanded that he protect Xiao Wu until she became a Titled Douluo.
• Du Cheng revealed that Xiao Wu had gained the recognition of Lovesick Heartbreak Red, prompting Chrysanthemum Douluo to enthusiastically accept the role.
• Xiao Wu objected to having Chrysanthemum Douluo as her Dao Protector, while Du Cheng argued that keeping a Titled Douluo nearby would be useful.

Du Cheng told Xiao Wu that her mother could be revived, then freed Chrysanthemum Douluo and warned him about his subordinates. Tang Hao and Master confronted Chrysanthemum Douluo until Ghost arrived with the Pope’s order to cancel the attack, leaving Spirit Hall’s conflict with Tang Hao for after the competition.

• Du Cheng assured Xiao Wu that her mother could be revived, and Xiao Wu said she was willing to wait.
• Xiao Wu rejected Chrysanthemum Douluo as her Dao Protector, and Du Cheng had Qing Yi and Qing Xuan release him.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo discovered Tang Hao had defeated his men and was pursuing the fleeing Soul Douluo.
• Tang Hao revealed himself, and Master accused Spirit Hall of attacking competition participants to eliminate rivals.
• Ghost arrived and relayed the Pope’s order not to attack participants before the competition ended, so Chrysanthemum Douluo canceled the operation.

After Spirit Hall’s ambush, Tang Hao let Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo retreat, and Tang San insisted that Shrek continue the Elite Soul Master Competition. The convoy reached Spirit City, where Xiao Wu and Du Cheng noticed that its commoners seemed less afraid of soul masters than people elsewhere.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo ordered the attackers to retreat, and Tang Hao told Tang San that killing the two Titled Douluo would provoke Spirit Hall before the competition ended.
• Tang San vowed to surpass Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo and eventually make Spirit Hall pay, while Tang Hao praised his confidence.
• Ma Hongjun asked whether Shrek should withdraw, but Master, Flender, and Tang San argued that competing would protect Tang San and uphold the academy’s ambitions.
• The convoy continued its journey and arrived in Spirit City less than half a day later.
• Xiao Wu looked around Spirit City, and Du Cheng pointed out that its commoners seemed more comfortable around soul masters than those in other cities.

Xiao Wu learned why the commoners of Spirit City viewed Soul Masters as a hopeful future, while Chrysanthemum Douluo explained that good and evil depended on perspective. In Pope's Hall, Master tried to rekindle his past relationship with Bibi Dong, but she rejected him and demanded he address her as Your Holiness before he revealed he had come to discuss something.

• Xiao Wu noticed commoners offering to guide Soul Masters, and Du Cheng explained that Spirit Hall's free awakenings gave Spirit City's people hope that their descendants could become Soul Masters.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo appeared to keep his promise as Xiao Wu's Dao Protector and told her that Spirit Hall could be kind to commoners yet appear evil to its enemies.
• Master met Bibi Dong in Pope's Hall, asked whether she had been well, and claimed that their past separation had been caused by a misunderstanding.
• Bibi Dong rebuked Master, struck him down with Soul Power, and ordered him to address her as Your Holiness the Pope.
• Master swallowed his anger, addressed Bibi Dong as Your Holiness, and said he had come to discuss something with her.

Yu Xiaogang asked Bibi Dong to reveal how she had overcome the backlash from possessing Twin Martial Souls so he could save his disciple, Tang San. Bibi Dong refused, forced him to his knees, and warned that she would deal with Tang San and his father after the tournament.

• Bibi Dong demanded to know why Yu Xiaogang had come, and he admitted he wanted to learn how she had overcome Twin Martial Soul backlash.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that Tang San had Twin Martial Souls and asked Bibi Dong to share her secret, promising Tang San would never oppose Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong mocked Yu Xiaogang for expecting her help and reminded him that she had once leaked Spirit Hall's secrets for his sake.
• Yu Xiaogang threatened to destroy Spirit Hall if anything happened to Tang San, and Bibi Dong subdued him with her pressure.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yu Xiaogang to leave and said she would settle matters with Tang San and his father after the tournament.
• Yu Xiaogang left in fear, deciding to keep the dangers of Twin Martial Souls hidden, while Bibi Dong regretted ever trusting him.

Du Cheng and his companions arrived in Spirit City, where Yue Guan showed them around and treated them to the city's specialties. On the eve of the competition, Liu Erlong reviewed the rules with the team as Du Cheng declared his intention to win the championship and claim his promised request.

• Ning Fengzhi admired Spirit City's imposing walls and its abundance of Soul Master goods.
• Yue Guan guided Du Cheng and the others through the city, introduced them to Lao Chen, and treated them to his cooking.
• Yue Guan showed the group Spirit City's landmarks and told them the competition would begin in three days.
• The team spent the next three days preparing for the competition.
• Liu Erlong gathered everyone on the eve of the competition, questioned Du Cheng about his plans, and explained the rules.

The Finals began with five rounds and brutal elimination rules, but Shrek Academy advanced without fighting when Godwind Academy forfeited. Du Cheng discovered that Godwind Academy had merged with Blazing Academy, leaving Flender to challenge the Organizing Committee as the newly combined team faced Dragon Sunflower Academy.

• Liu Erlong explained the Finals format and warned that Spirit Hall Academy was Shrek Academy's greatest threat.
• Xiao Wu drew Shrek Academy's first-round opponent, then reported that Godwind Academy had forfeited, sending Shrek into the top ten.
• Du Cheng and the others watched Blazing Academy face Dragon Sunflower Academy and spotted Godwind Academy members competing for Blazing Academy.
• Flender left to protest the merger to the Organizing Committee while the match continued.
• Huo Wu, Feng Xiaotian, and Huo Wushuang led the combined team, whose members were all Soul Ancestors.

Master explained that Godwind Academy and Blazing Academy had merged through a rules loophole, and the Organizing Committee refused to overturn the arrangement. As the Finals advanced to the third round, Zhu Zhuqing prepared to face a seeded team from the Star Luo Empire, while her exchange with Du Cheng hinted that she had a personal stake in the match.

• Master told Tang San that registered students could temporarily switch academies, but it was too late for Shrek Academy to copy the maneuver.
• Flender reported that the Organizing Committee would not interfere with the merger, and Master persuaded him not to risk trouble for Shrek Academy.
• The first two rounds ended, the top ten teams were determined, and Blue Tyrant Academy received a chance to compete in the third round against a seeded team.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Du Cheng she would win the upcoming match, and he reassured her that he would support her.
• Xiao Wu asked whether someone on the Star Luo royal team was Zhu Zhuqing's enemy and offered to help her take revenge.

Zhu Zhuqing explained that her engagement to Dai Mubai was part of a brutal family succession contest in which the losers were executed, and Xiao Wu comforted her. At the tournament arena, Zhu Zhuqing confronted her sister Zhu Zhuyun and brother-in-law Dai Weisi, while Dai Mubai admitted to Tang San that he feared his older brother's strength.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Xiao Wu that she had been expected to join Dai Mubai against Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Weisi, but Dai Mubai fled because the losing family members would be executed.
• Xiao Wu embraced Zhu Zhuqing and promised that neither Dai Mubai nor her family could control her anymore.
• Du Cheng led his team onto the arena, where Zhu Zhuyun confronted Zhu Zhuqing and criticized her for choosing another man.
• Dai Weisi threatened to teach Zhu Zhuqing to respect her family's rules, and Zhu Zhuqing rejected both him and Dai Mubai.
• Tang San learned that Zhu Zhuqing was Dai Mubai's fiancée, while Dai Mubai insisted that Dai Weisi was far stronger and impossible to defeat.

Dai Weisi confronted Du Cheng and Zhu Zhuqing, confident that his Starfall Academy team could defeat them. After seeing their overwhelming Soul Ring strength, Zhu Zhuqing chose to face Zhu Zhuyun, but Dai Weisi dismissed the display as an illusion and attacked her.

• Tang San scorned Dai Mubai for fleeing from the pressure of his coming battle with Dai Weisi.
• Dai Weisi challenged Du Cheng and Zhu Zhuqing, and Starfall Academy's seven members revealed four Soul Rings each.
• Du Cheng's group released a far more powerful aura, and Dai Weisi was shocked by their Soul Rings, including Du Cheng's two purple and four black rings.
• Zhu Zhuqing realized that Zhu Zhuyun was not as formidable as she had feared and chose to settle their past grievances herself.
• Dai Weisi insisted the opponents' strength was an illusion, then charged at Zhu Zhuqing with killing intent as the Nine Treasures boosts were invoked.

Zhu Zhuqing overwhelmed Zhu Zhuyun and rejected Dai Weisi’s offer to become his Royal Concubine, while he threatened her over defying their families. Du Cheng then struck Dai Weisi, sending him flying.

• Ning Rongrong enhanced the Blue Tyrant Academy team as Dai Weisi’s side targeted her, but the girls blocked their advance and gained the upper hand.
• Zhu Zhuqing taunted Zhu Zhuyun, then defeated her with the Eighteen Subduing Strikes and knocked her out of the arena.
• Dai Weisi acknowledged Zhu Zhuqing’s strength but warned that their families would oppose her relationship with Du Cheng.
• Dai Weisi offered to make Zhu Zhuqing his Royal Concubine and later Empress, but Zhu Zhuqing called him trash and attacked him.
• Dai Weisi dodged Zhu Zhuqing’s strike and threatened that her family would cripple her for staying with an outsider, but Du Cheng hit him and sent him flying.

Du Cheng defended Zhu Zhuqing after defeating Dai Weisi, and the referee declared Blue Tyrant Academy the winner. Yu Tianheng then proposed that his team help Tang San’s group scout Blue Tyrant Academy and the Spirit Hall Team, and Tang San agreed.

• Du Cheng apologized to Zhu Zhuqing for stepping in, and she said she understood why he had acted.
• Dai Weisi threatened Du Cheng, but the referee stopped him from interfering and announced Blue Tyrant Academy’s victory.
• Du Cheng warned Dai Weisi to prepare a coffin, and Dai Weisi left furious.
• Yu Tianheng told Tang San he wanted to cooperate by making his team reveal the strength of Blue Tyrant Academy and the Spirit Hall Team in upcoming matches.
• Yu Tianheng said Tang San’s team had the best chance to defeat those opponents, and Tang San agreed to the arrangement.

Yu Tianheng argued with Tang San about how they would face Du Cheng’s team, while the Spirit Hall team prepared for its match against Heaven Dou Royal Academy. The chapter ended as the two teams met on the arena, with Yu Tianheng facing the three powerful members of Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation.

• Yu Tianheng asked Tang San to force Du Cheng’s team to reveal as much of their strength as possible if they met first, but Tang San and his teammates dismissed the request.
• Yu Tianheng told Tang San that he would consider the Heaven Dou Empire’s interests and keep his promise against Blue Tyrant Academy or Spirit Hall.
• The Spirit Hall team discussed its chances, and its black-haired captain insisted that Soul rank alone did not determine victory.
• The referee announced the match between Spirit Hall Academy and Heaven Dou Royal Academy, surprising spectators because two seeded teams met so early.
• Yu Tianheng faced Xie Yue and identified him, Yan, and Hu Liena as the three powerful Soul Kings of Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation.