Chapter Summaries

A year and a half after Bibi Dong began refining the Rakshasa Magic Scythe, she completed the Third Trial and learned that her Fourth Trial required passing the God of Love’s Heart-Questioning Trial. Duanyu Fan reassured her, then traveled to Heaven Dou City to serve as a judge and inspector for the upcoming tournament.

• The Kindness God King and Evil God King discussed Duanyu Fan and planned to send him, Bibi Dong, Hu Liena, and another woman into the God of Love’s secret realm for a Heart-Questioning Trial.
• Bibi Dong mastered the Rakshasa Magic Scythe, completed the Third Trial, gained the Rakshasa Domain, and received the Fourth Trial’s conditions.
• Duanyu Fan found Bibi Dong distressed by the new trial, reassured her about their relationship, and she admitted her love and jealousy of Hu Liena.
• Duanyu Fan said goodbye to Bibi Dong, Hu Liena, and the elders, then rode to Heaven Dou City ahead of the tournament.
• Duanyu Fan arrived at Heaven Dou Saint Hall and told Skoda and Ghost Leopard Douluo that he would judge and inspect the Heaven Dou Empire Division.

Duanyu Fan attended the Heaven Dou Empire tournament opening ceremony as Spirit Hall’s notary, where he exchanged hostile words with Emperor Xue Ye, Qian Renxue, and Tang Xiao. After the competition was declared open, he warned the contestants against bringing personal grudges onto the field and demonstrated his strength, leaving Tang San resentful.

• Duanyu Fan arrived at the ceremony with Ghost Leopard Douluo and Platinum Bishop Skoda and confronted Xue Ye, Qian Renxue, and Tang Xiao over their hostility toward him.
• Ning Fengzhi introduced Tang Xiao as the Clear Sky Sect master, and Duanyu Fan inferred that Tang San had returned to the sect and that Tang Hao was likely dead.
• The Heaven Dou City teams entered, including Shrek Academy, where Duanyu Fan recognized Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Ning Rongrong.
• Xue Ye declared the tournament open, and Ning Fengzhi and Duanyu Fan delivered remarks to the contestants.
• Duanyu Fan warned the teams against crippling or killing opponents over personal grudges, then released his aura and impressed the crowd while Tang San silently resented his strength.

Duanyu Fan presided over the Heaven Dou Division tournament draw and examined Shrek Academy’s roster, noting Tang San’s strength and the Clear Sky Sect’s involvement. Shrek faced the Elephant Armor Team in the opening match and began breaking through its defenses with powerful attacks.

• Duanyu Fan warned the teams against malicious conduct, then instructed Bishop Skoda to investigate Shrek Academy’s roster.
• Duanyu Fan reviewed Shrek’s lineup and inferred that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Clear Sky Sect had aligned themselves with Tang San’s team.
• Yu Xiaogang chose seven competitors for Shrek’s preliminary matches and told the rest to conceal their strength.
• Duanyu Fan drew the matchups, pairing Shrek with the Elephant Armor Team for the tournament’s first match.
• Tang San’s team entered the arena, where Tang Tian revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and startled the spectators and Tang Xiao.
• Tang Long shattered the Elephant Armor Team’s defensive barrier, and Tang San and Dai Mubai followed with attacks that left the opposing team heavily injured.

After the Shrek Battle Team defeated the Elephant Armor Team, Duanyu Fan summoned Hu Yanzhen and Shi Nian and warned them not to ambush the Shrek members. Yu Xiaogang confronted Duanyu Fan over the tournament draw and made a false accusation about his origins, so Duanyu Fan humiliated and beat him before Flender and Liu Erlong arrived.

• The Shrek Battle Team defeated the Elephant Armor Team, and Duanyu Fan left the tournament to return to his private room.
• Duanyu Fan had Ghost Leopard Douluo summon Hu Yanzhen and Shi Nian, then warned them not to attack the Clear Sky Sect members in Shrek's team.
• Yu Xiaogang barged into Duanyu Fan's room and accused him of arranging the draw to exhaust the Shrek Battle Team.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed Duanyu Fan was the son of Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong, prompting Duanyu Fan to laugh and then pressure him until he knelt.
• Duanyu Fan stepped on Yu Xiaogang's head, injured him, and threatened further consequences before Flender and Liu Erlong arrived and Ghost Leopard Douluo restrained them.

Duanyu Fan released Flender and Liu Erlong after Yu Xiaogang was injured, while Shrek Battle Team treated Yu Xiaogang and prepared to continue the tournament. The next day, Shrek won its second match, and the chapter ended as its match against Canghui Team began.

• Duanyu Fan ordered Ghost Leopard Douluo to let Flender and Liu Erlong take the unconscious Yu Xiaogang away, then warned Shi Nian and Hu Yanzhen against tournament scheming.
• Flender brought Yu Xiaogang back to Shrek Battle Team, and Liu Erlong hired a Healing Spirit Master to treat his wounds.
• Tang San secretly admitted he resented Yu Xiaogang and Duanyu Fan, while Yu Xiaogang falsely claimed Duanyu Fan had attacked him after losing an argument.
• Yu Xiaogang told Shrek Battle Team to focus on the tournament, and the team later defeated Heaven Dou Royal Second Team for its second straight victory.
• Duanyu Fan and Ning Fengzhi discussed Shrek Battle Team's chances against Canghui Team as the third-day match began.
• Canghui Team stood back with mocking smiles after Tang San released his martial soul, causing Tang San to hesitate.

Canghui Team used its Seven-in-One Fusion Technique to trap Shrek Battle Team in an illusion and prepared to kill them, but Duanyu Fan intervened, exposed his strength, and expelled Canghui Academy from the tournament. The chapter ended with Tang San injured after attacking Canghui’s captain and the competition resuming.

• Tang San recognized Canghui Team’s provocation as a trap, but Canghui’s captain eventually activated the Seven Asura Illusion Realm and ensnared Shrek Battle Team.
• Tang San saw visions of Xiao Wu and Tang Hao, while Canghui Team members approached the helpless Shrek fighters with daggers.
• Duanyu Fan dispelled the illusion, revealed his eight spirit rings—including two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings—and stopped both teams from moving.
• Duanyu Fan permanently banned Canghui Academy from the tournament, and Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi agreed with his decision.
• Tang San attacked Canghui’s captain with a Hidden Weapon, but Duanyu Fan deflected it and injured Tang San before assigning Shrek Battle Team minus one point.
• Duanyu Fan returned to his seat, spoke with Ning Fengzhi about reaching rank 90, and the host resumed the competition.

After Tang San recovered from his injuries, he resolved to finish a hidden weapon that he hoped would let him kill Duanyu Fan. On the fourth day of the Preliminary Competition, Shrek faced Blazing Academy, whose fire-based fighters countered Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass as the battle began.

• Tang San left the arena, healed himself with Spring Breeze Blows Again, and vowed to use his hidden weapon against Duanyu Fan.
• Duanyu Fan ordered Ghost Leopard Douluo to warn Shi Nian not to retaliate against the contestants.
• Shrek Battle Team began its match against Blazing Academy, whose lineup was led by Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang.
• Tang San tried to restrain Blazing Academy’s attackers, but Huo Yun and Huo Yu dodged his Blue Silver Entanglement while Huo Wushuang confronted Tang Long.
• Huo Wu burned away Tang San’s Spider Web Restraint and pressed him in close combat, damaging his Mysterious Jade Hand.
• Tang San withdrew from Huo Wu and used his fourth soul skill, Blue Silver Cage, to create a single cage.

The Shrek Battle Team lost to the Blazing Fire Team and then the Skywater Team, exposing its poor coordination and leaving it with three consecutive losses. Tang San decided Shrek would stop hiding its strength and field its strongest lineup against the Divine Wind Team.

• Huo Wu used her fused fourth soul skill, Huo Wu's Radiance, to break through Tang San's Blue Silver Cage and defeat the Shrek Battle Team.
• Yu Xiaogang arranged for Jiang Zhu to heal the injured Shrek members, then warned Tang San that the team needed special training to improve its coordination.
• The next day, Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Frost Phoenix, and defeated Shrek again.
• After Shrek's third consecutive loss, Tang San told Yu Xiaogang they could no longer hold back their strongest fighters.
• Yu Xiaogang selected Tang San, Tang Tian, Tang Hu, Tang Long, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong to face the Divine Wind Team.

Duanyu Fan advised the Blazing Fire and Skywater Teams, then reunited privately with Qian Renxue before the tournament continued. Shrek revealed three Clear Sky Hammer users and defeated the Divine Wind Team after Tang Tian injured Feng Xiaotian, who conceded.

• Feng Xiaotian analyzed Shrek’s hidden strength with Huo Wu and worried about their next match against Divine Wind.
• Duanyu Fan encountered the Blazing Fire and Skywater Teams, advised them to temper themselves after graduation, and spoke with Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue met Duanyu Fan at the Heaven Dou Saint Hall, teased him about the Skywater Team, and shared a private moment with him.
• Tang San led Shrek into its match against Divine Wind with Tang Tian, Tang Hu, and Tang Long, revealing three Clear Sky Hammers and Ning Rongrong’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Feng Xiaotian attacked Shrek from the air, but Tang Tian’s Heavenly Strike shattered his soul skill and injured him.
• Feng Xiaotian conceded, and the host declared Shrek the winner.

Shrek Battle Team dominated the Preliminary Competition and claimed one of its five qualifying slots, while Xue Ye offered the advancing teams titles and rewards to win their loyalty. After the competition, Duanyu Fan declined to report by letter and went with Dugu Bo to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to gather Immortal Herbs for his teammates.

• Shrek Battle Team defeated Divine Wind Team in one minute, and Qin Ming's Heaven Dou Royal Battle Team discussed Shrek's strength and Spirit Hall's Soul Kings.
• Yu Xiaogang told Shrek Battle Team he would prepare a new trump card during the month before the Finals, while Duanyu Fan planned to use Tang San as a pretext to keep some of them behind.
• Shrek Battle Team won its later matches quickly, and the Preliminary Competition ended with Thunder Team, Skywater, Blazing, Shrek, and Divine Wind taking the five qualifying places.
• Xue Ye awarded the five teams Gold Soul Coins, noble titles, and further rewards, while announcing that the Advancement Tournament would take place in one month.
• Duanyu Fan told Skoda he would report the results to the Pope in person, then met Dugu Bo and learned Dugu Yan had reached level 55 and Dugu Bo had advanced to level 94.
• Duanyu Fan and Dugu Bo reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Duanyu Fan identified the Seven Deadly Azure Phosphorus Flower as the source of the poisonous miasma and began inspecting the Immortal Herbs.

Duanyu Fan discovered a mysterious fire-and-light Immortal Herb in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and suspected it was perfectly suited to Qian Renxue. He brought her to see it, where her Six-Winged Angel Spirit immediately craved the flower.

• Duanyu Fan found four high-grade spirit herbs for Xu Yu and three others near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Duanyu Fan spotted a hidden white-flamed flower, named it the White Flame Holy Light Flower Immortal Grade, and decided to show it to Qian Renxue.
• Duanyu Fan left Dugu Bo to guard the valley and hurried to the Crown Prince Residence to fetch Qian Renxue.
• Duanyu Fan explained Immortal Herbs to Qian Renxue as they traveled to Sunset Forest and entered the valley.
• Duanyu Fan introduced Qian Renxue to Dugu Bo and led her to the White Flame Holy Light Flower, which her Six-Winged Angel Spirit wanted to consume.

Qian Renxue absorbed the White Flame Holy Light Flower, restoring her Six-Winged Angel spirit to its god-level bloodline and raising her Soul Power to Level 85. After revealing Spirit Hall’s divine inheritance and Dugu Yan’s chance to receive a God’s Trial, Duanyu Fan left for Spirit City while Qian Renxue returned to the Crown Prince Residence.

• Qian Renxue absorbed the White Flame Holy Light Flower, which transformed her spirit and formed a red soul ring with golden patterns.
• Dugu Bo recognized Qian Renxue’s Six-Winged Angel spirit, and Duanyu Fan confirmed her identity and explained her role in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Qian Renxue told Duanyu Fan that her spirit had regained the Angel God’s pure bloodline, and he reassured her that her grandfather likely would not need to sacrifice himself for her godhood.
• Duanyu Fan revealed Spirit Hall’s Angel God inheritance to Dugu Bo and told him that Dugu Yan might receive a God’s Trial after reaching the Titled Douluo level.
• Duanyu Fan and Qian Renxue returned to Heaven Dou City, where she resumed her Xue Qinghe disguise and went into the Crown Prince Residence.
• Duanyu Fan told Ghost Leopard Douluo he was leaving for Spirit City, then set out to deliver spiritual herbs to Xu Yu and the other three.

Duanyu Fan returned to Spirit City, gave four Spirit Hall teammates rare herbs that raised them to Soul King level, and briefed Bibi Dong on Shrek Academy and the forces gathering around it. After a short stay in Heaven Dou City and the end of the month-long break, he attended the Advancement Tournament draw, where Shrek drew Barak Academy for its first match.

• Duanyu Fan arrived in Spirit City, visited Hu Liena and Spirit Hall Academy, and warned the team that Shrek Battle Team could threaten their championship.
• Duanyu Fan gave Sun Chuantao, Xu Yu, Zhang Ping, and Li Kai rare Spirit Herbs and Flowers, which raised all four to Soul King level; they later traveled to Star Dou Forest to obtain fifth soul rings.
• Duanyu Fan told Bibi Dong and Hu Liena about Shrek Academy's prominent members and his suspicions that Clear Sky Sect and other powers might be joining forces.
• After the break, Duanyu Fan returned to Heaven Dou City, heard Qian Renxue explain the effects of her Immortal Herb, and attended the Advancement Tournament draw with Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi.
• Ning Fengzhi drew the match order, and Shrek Battle Team's first opponent was Barak Academy.

Duanyu Fan oversaw the Advancement Tournament, where the Shrek Battle Team won first place with fourteen consecutive victories. As the teams prepared to travel to Spirit City, Duanyu Fan left to stop Yu Xiaogang from seeking a method for cultivating Twin Martial Souls.

• Duanyu Fan approved the tournament draw and warned contestants not to cripple or kill their opponents.
• Tang Tian swept the Barak Team alone, and the Shrek Battle Team went on to finish the Advancement Tournament undefeated.
• Xue Ye announced that Crown Prince Xue Qinghe and five hundred Royal Knights would escort the sixteen teams to Spirit City in three days.
• Xue Ye introduced Dugu Yan as captain of the Heaven Dou Royal Battle Team and revealed that she had reached Soul King level.
• Duanyu Fan rejected Skoda’s suggestion to ambush the teams, then departed with Ghost Leopard Douluo for Shrek Academy to disrupt Yu Xiaogang’s plan to visit Spirit City.

Yu Xiaogang planned to meet Bibi Dong to obtain a method for solving Tang San’s Twin Martial Souls problem, but Duanyu Fan confronted him and destroyed the Pope’s Decree he intended to use. Duanyu Fan offered to reveal the method if he lost a fight, and the chapter ended with him challenging Liu Erlong, Flender, and Tang Xiao to choose their opponents.

• Flender praised Shrek Academy’s tournament victory, while Yu Xiaogang revealed his plan to visit Bibi Dong and seek a solution to Tang San’s Twin Martial Souls problem.
• Liu Erlong objected to Yu Xiaogang meeting Bibi Dong, then agreed to go with him after he explained that Tang Hao had given him the Pope’s Decree he still possessed.
• Duanyu Fan and Ghost Leopard Douluo entered the office, where Duanyu Fan mocked Yu Xiaogang and crushed the Pope’s Decree.
• Duanyu Fan challenged Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender to a fight, offering the Twin Martial Souls method if they defeated him and demanding a price if they lost.
• Liu Erlong and Flender went to accept the challenge, and Tang Xiao joined them; Duanyu Fan revealed his Second Spirit and its soul rings, then offered them a choice of how to fight.

Duanyu Fan challenged Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender to test their trinity Martial Soul Fusion Skill against his Seraphim. He overwhelmed their Golden Giant Dragon and left Tang Xiao and Ghost Leopard Douluo alarmed by his strength.

• Yu Xiaogang accepted Duanyu Fan’s challenge, and Tang Xiao agreed to keep others from interrupting the fight.
• Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender formed their trinity Martial Soul Fusion Skill and transformed Luo San Pao into a Golden Giant Dragon.
• Duanyu Fan blocked the Golden Giant Dragon’s attacks, caught its tail, and struck it repeatedly after strengthening himself with Seraphim soul skills.
• Yu Xiaogang unleashed the Golden Sacred Dragon’s Holy Dragon True Form, but Duanyu Fan’s Seraphim Avatar and protective shield stopped its charge.
• Tang Xiao and Ghost Leopard Douluo recognized that Duanyu Fan’s defenses might withstand even powerful attacks from a Titled Douluo.

Duanyu Fan defeated Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender’s Golden Sacred Dragon fusion and enforced the wager, crippling Flender’s spirit and having Ghost Leopard Douluo cut out Yu Xiaogang’s tongue. He gave Liu Erlong a recording of a past conversation with Yu Xiaogang, then left with Ghost Leopard Douluo while Tang San and Tang Xiao watched.

• Tang Xiao stopped Shrek Academy’s students and teachers from approaching the battle, then warned Tang San and the others against ambushing Duanyu Fan.
• Duanyu Fan blasted the Golden Sacred Dragon with Holy Light Cross and Lightning of Repentance, forcing it to dissipate and leaving Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender badly injured.
• Duanyu Fan gave Liu Erlong an Image Sound Recorder containing his old conversation with Yu Xiaogang, then shattered Flender’s Cat Eagle spirit source and reduced his realm to level 69.
• Duanyu Fan ordered Ghost Leopard Douluo to cut out Yu Xiaogang’s tongue and used Healing Prayer to stop the trio’s bleeding.
• Tang Xiao accepted the defeat and said he had other matters to handle, while Duanyu Fan departed with Ghost Leopard Douluo for Spirit City.

After Duanyu Fan left the injured Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong behind, Tang San arranged for them to receive treatment. Liu Erlong later heard a recording of Yu Xiaogang admitting he had deceived her, and confronted him after he woke, only for him to faint again when he realized his tongue was gone.

• Tang Xiao told Tang San to get Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong to the office for treatment, and a healing Spirit Master stabilized them.
• After nearly a day of recovery, Liu Erlong played the Image Sound Recorder and heard Yu Xiaogang confess that he had abandoned her after their wedding because he had had enough of her.
• Liu Erlong recalled suspicious details about her wedding and went to confront the still-unconscious Yu Xiaogang, while Flender and Tang San tried to restrain her.
• Liu Erlong shook Yu Xiaogang awake and demanded to know whether his recorded words were true.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to answer but discovered his tongue was gone, then fainted again in shock.

Liu Erlong watched the recording of Yu Xiaogang’s confession and rushed after Duanyu Fan to ask whether it was true. Yu Xiaogang found his severed tongue and collapsed in despair, while Liu Erlong left for Spirit City after Duanyu Fan defended the recording.

• Liu Erlong fled Heaven Dou City, and Flender and Tang San watched the recording she had left behind.
• Tang San suspected the mention of the Blue Silver King meant his Blue Silver Grass could evolve, while Flender doubted Yu Xiaogang’s recorded confession was genuine.
• After Yu Xiaogang woke, he smashed the recording, then searched the place where Duanyu Fan had fought him and found his dried tongue.
• Liu Erlong caught up with Duanyu Fan in a canyon and demanded proof that Yu Xiaogang’s words were true.
• Duanyu Fan said Yu Xiaogang had revealed his hidden thoughts under the influence of his Spirit, demonstrated his power, and continued toward Spirit City.
• Liu Erlong wept, wiped her tears, and set off toward Spirit City.

Duanyu Fan returned to Spirit City, where he reunited with Bibi Dong and Hu Liena and prepared to oversee the Finals. Liu Erlong arrived and made clear that she no longer trusted Yu Xiaogang, while the tournament’s first round began with Spirit Hall offering three spirit bones as the champion’s reward.

• Duanyu Fan entered Spirit City with Ghost Leopard Douluo, and Liu Erlong followed them into the city, struck by its peaceful streets and harmonious residents.
• Duanyu Fan reunited with Bibi Dong and Hu Liena at the Pope Palace, and the three shared dinner before Bibi Dong assigned them to oversee the Finals.
• Liu Erlong met the Shrek Academy group and called Yu Xiaogang her cousin, showing that her lingering attachment to him had ended.
• Duanyu Fan announced that the champion would receive three spirit bones, stirring excitement among the competing academy teams.
• The Finals’ first round began with fifteen duels, and Duanyu Fan and Hu Liena later reported the day’s developments to Bibi Dong.