Chapter Summaries

Ming Sui and Tang San uncovered Spirit Hall military equipment near the Clear Sky Sect, forcing their elders to investigate. At Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong praised Cole’s work preparing the academy team, then ordered action to protect the exposed Little Highness and advance her plan for the Heaven Dou throne.

• Ming Sui and Tang San found a cave containing Spirit Hall military equipment, and Tang Yunhua and the elders went to investigate it.
• Bibi Dong praised Cole’s work with the Martial Soul Hall Academy Team and questioned him about the tournament’s contenders.
• Bibi Dong ordered Parson to monitor Moss Academy and told Cole to oversee the Elite Competition arrangements.
• Lawrence reported that the Little Highness’s condition and royal-family scrutiny put her identity at risk of exposure.
• Bibi Dong ordered her people to muddy the waters and secure the crown prince’s position while the emperor’s death remained part of her plan.

Ming Sui and her family watched the Heaven Dou preliminaries, where Xue Xing told them the scandalous story behind Blue Tyrant Academy. Ming Zhen and Tang Yunhua then met with Ning Fengzhi to discuss the fake Xue Qinghe, and Ning Fengzhi resolved to teach his former disciple one final lesson.

• Ming Zhen brought Tang Yunhua and the children to their former residence in Heaven Dou Imperial City, where Xue Xing visited and invited them to watch the preliminaries from his private box.
• Xue Xing explained how Yu Luomian’s daughter founded Blue Tyrant Academy after a disastrous romance and her later demand for recognition.
• Ming Sui and Tang San watched Blue Tyrant Academy’s dragon-spirit fighters defeat Lyra Academy’s weapon-spirit team in a chaotic battle.
• Ming Zhen and Tang Yunhua met Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and learned the Heaven Dou Royal Family still had not acted against the fake Xue Qinghe.
• Ning Fengzhi concluded that the real Xue Qinghe had likely been killed and decided to teach the fake Xue Qinghe an important lesson.

Ming Sui and Tang San discussed the imbalance in soul master training before sharing a meal at Tianyi Zhai. Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing arrived in Heaven Dou Imperial City after stealing two spirit bones from the Star Luo Imperial Palace, and they reunited with Tang San as they sought help getting to Calais City.

• Ming Sui and Tang San discussed how wealthy schools, nobles, and sects gained advantages over commoner soul masters.
• Tang San took Ming Sui to Tianyi Zhai for stewed fish, where the manager told them two youths carrying Ming Zhen's token had arrived.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing planned to steal two spirit bones from the Star Luo Imperial Palace, then entered the vault while its Soul King guards were away.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing escaped with the Thunderstorm Dragon palm bone and Diamond Tiger Left Arm Bone, then traveled discreetly to Heaven Dou Imperial City.
• Tang San disguised himself as a waiter and recognized Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing at Tianyi Zhai, while Ming Sui ordered more fish for them.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing returned after stealing two soul bones from the Star Luo Empire, and Ming Zhen’s family helped them prepare to absorb the bones while warning them about the danger. Later, Ming Sui and Tang San watched Blue Tyrant Academy face Fire Element Academy, whose coordinated elemental attacks kept the match fiercely contested.

• Ming Sui and Tang San welcomed Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing home, where Dai Mubai asked about Tang San’s changed appearance and learned his martial soul had undergone a Second Awakening.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing revealed that they had stolen soul bones from the Star Luo Empire, and Ming Zhen and Tang Yunhua warned them about the danger to themselves and their subordinates.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing asked to absorb the soul bones at Ming Zhen’s residence, and Tang Yunhua opened the mechanism box so they could begin.
• Tang San showed Ming Sui his Asura Void-Breaking Claw and explained that its power was difficult to sustain and risky to reveal, while Ming Sui considered making him a disguising glove.
• Flender, Zhao Wuji, Grandmaster, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Xiao Wu joined Ming Zhen’s group to watch Blue Tyrant Academy face Fire Element Academy.
• Fire Element Academy used coordinated fire attacks to seize the initiative, but Blue Tyrant Academy’s water and lightning combination struck their team before both sides launched another attack.

Blue Tyrant Academy defeated Fire Element Academy in a restrained tournament match, after which Flender’s reunion with Liu Erlong led to a private confrontation about their painful past. Liu Erlong found clarity in the conversation, while Master realized he had lost her forever.

• Blue Tyrant Academy countered Fire Element Academy’s fire-enhancing buffs with coordinated wind, lightning, water, and ice attacks, then won once the buffs faded.
• Flender assigned the Shrek students match reports, and the group encountered Liu Erlong in the corridor after the match.
• Liu Erlong left her team to ride with Flender and Master, and Flender brought everyone to Ming Sui’s home before sending the students away.
• Liu Erlong told Master how his abrupt departure had hurt her and reflected on how both of them had been trapped by circumstances and expectations.
• Master apologized and struggled to explain his past choices, while Liu Erlong urged him to face her with the dignity of an adult and teacher.
• Master finally met Liu Erlong’s clear gaze and understood that he had lost her forever.

Liu Erlong and Flender caught up and discussed her breakup with Master, while Ming Sui and Tang San examined stored spirit bones. Ming Zhen and Tang Yunhua announced that Tang Hao had come out of seclusion, leaving Tang San with a chance to help awaken his mother, Ah Yin.

• Liu Erlong met Flender for tea, heard about Shrek Academy, and explained that she would not rekindle her relationship with Master because he would not oppose the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan for her.
• Liu Erlong asked Flender to introduce her to his new partners so their academies could arrange an exchange, and Flender agreed to ask the City Lord.
• Ming Sui and Tang San searched through concealed spirit bones; they found one roughly thousand-year-old light-attributed skull bone that could enhance Spiritual Power, while several others were damaged.
• Ming Zhen and Tang Yunhua told Tang San that Tang Hao had come out of seclusion and that they would return to Calais City to prepare to awaken Ah Yin.
• Ming Zhen explained that Ming Sui and Nian Nian would provide Life Aura while Tang San used Spiritual Power to try to awaken Ah Yin, and Ming Sui wondered whether their friends would return to Calais City with them.

Tang San reunited with his mother, Ah Yin, as Ming Zhen, Tang Yunhua, Ming Sui, and Nian Nian helped awaken her consciousness. Ah Yin absorbed the Angel Heart’s divine power to prepare for Humanoid Transformation, leaving the family ready to continue her revival.

• Tang San followed Tang Hao, Tang Yunhua, Ming Zhen, Ming Sui, and Nian Nian to Ah Yin’s garden, where he saw his mother’s Blue Silver Emperor body.
• Tang Yunhua and Tang Hao sealed off a space while Ming Sui and Nian Nian filled it with Life Aura, and Tang San used his blood to help Ah Yin sense her child and awaken.
• Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Emperor grew into a tree-sized form and manifested a human-shaped image, reuniting with Tang Hao and Tang San and greeting Ming Sui and Nian Nian.
• Ah Yin decided to absorb part of the Angel Heart’s power for Humanoid Transformation and seal the rest for gradual use, while Tang San took the exhausted Ming Sui and Nian Nian aside to rest.
• Ah Yin bound the Angel Heart with her vines and absorbed its divine power until the gemstone disappeared.

Ming Sui learned that Ah Yin’s Humanoid Transformation had succeeded, received a Life Crystal from her, and helped Tang San adjust to having his mother back. Meanwhile, Flender pushed Yu Xiaogang to return to his responsibilities, and Ming Zhen shared new information with Ning Fengzhi about Spirit Hall’s factions and a martial-soul-sealing device.

• Ming Sui woke after the rescue and learned from Tang San that Ah Yin had completed her Humanoid Transformation and gone into seclusion with Tang Hao.
• Tang San gave Ming Sui a Life Crystal from Ah Yin, and Ming Sui gave Tang San a glove that concealed his Asura Void-Breaking Claw.
• Ming Sui asked how Tang San felt about gaining a mother, and he admitted that her return still did not feel real.
• Flender confronted Yu Xiaogang about withdrawing from Shrek and reminded him of his duties to Tang San and the other students.
• Yu Xiaogang returned the next day to take the students to watch matches, and Ma Hongjun was scolded after failing to finish his match report.
• Ming Zhen told Ning Fengzhi that different Spirit Hall factions had arranged the fake Xue Qinghe and the recent trouble, then offered to sell him a device that could seal a martial soul.

After Ning Fengzhi’s assassination and a series of political killings threw the Heaven Dou Empire into turmoil, Xue Qinghe blamed a Spirit Hall bishop and the capital entered a brief peace. The Shrek Seven Devils resumed their training, then set out for Spirit City, where Tang San sensed an ambush on the road.

• Flender took the Shrek team back to Calais City, while Xue Qinghe investigated the attack on Ning Fengzhi and visited him for advice.
• Ning Fengzhi secretly ordered Bone Douluo to begin a clean-up operation after confirming Ning Rongrong had reached Shrek Academy.
• Several supporters of Fourth Prince Xue Beng were killed, and evidence pointed to four missing Spirit Hall Spirit Douluos; Xue Qinghe named a Spirit Hall bishop as the culprit, and the Emperor suspended spirit master subsidies.
• Ning Rongrong returned to Shrek, and the Seven Devils endured a month of intense training before preparing to travel to Spirit City.
• A'tu gave Xiao Wu a wooden token and told her to stay close to Heaven Shaking Your Excellency during the journey.
• Tang San sensed an ambush ahead as the Shrek party traveled toward Spirit City, and the children prepared for battle.

The Shrek Seven Devils defeated an ambush party and learned that Soul Devouring Powder had been given to their victims, then continued to Spirit City for the Elite Competition. As the opening match began, Blue Tyrant Academy and Tiger Academy faced off, with their captains trading taunts before battle.

• Dai Mubai, Tang San, and the Shrek Seven Devils defeated and bound the attackers, then learned that a mysterious employer had sent them to ambush the team and that the prisoners had taken Soul Devouring Powder.
• Ming Sui told the teachers about the danger in Mandis City, and the group left the area while the poisoned captives suffered the drug's fatal effects.
• Tang San realized the Asura God was stirring his negative emotions, while Ming Sui comforted him during their night watch; the group later reached Spirit City and stayed at Ming Zhen's courtyard.
• Cole exposed footage showing a guard captain sabotaging the competition's broadcast screens, and Bibi Dong dismissed Guard Captain Andy and ordered him to learn under Cole.
• The Shrek group attended the Elite Competition's opening ceremony, where Blue Tyrant Academy and Tiger Academy drew lots for a team battle and began exchanging taunts.

Blue Tyrant Academy defeated Tiger Academy in a fierce, respectful match, while Bibi Dong met with Spirit Hall's young team and reviewed corruption in the Guard Department. She ordered Cole to reorganize the department after the Elite Competition ended.

• Blue Tyrant Academy and Tiger Academy fought a hard match, and Tang San explained how Blue Tyrant Academy's coordination helped counter its opponents.
• Tiger Academy's members grew more compatible with their martial souls and fought with renewed ferocity, but Blue Tyrant Academy won with only its captain still standing.
• The captains praised one another after the match, and spectators recognized Tiger Academy for its impressive performance despite the loss.
• Bibi Dong encouraged Zhu Yan, Zhu Li, and Anton to study their opponents and attend important matches with Cole.
• Cole reported that about forty percent of the Guard Department's personnel were unsuitable for their positions, and Bibi Dong ordered him to straighten out the department after the competition.

While the Shrek students waited out the rain and worried over Xiao Wu, Ming Sui discovered that Tang San's snacks had made her gain weight. After Dai Weisi ordered an attack on Dai Mubai in Spirit City, Tang Yunhua and Flender kept the students close by saddling them with homework, leaving Dai Mubai unaware of the threat.

• Ming Sui, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing reassured Xiao Wu that they would help her, then teased Ming Sui about her chubby cheeks, prompting her to blame Tang San's snacks.
• Dai Weisi learned that Dai Mubai was in Spirit City and ordered his men to attack him, but the scouts sent to watch Dai Mubai never returned.
• Tang Yunhua received an intelligence report about Dai Weisi's plan and warned Flender that Dai Mubai was in danger.
• Flender and the other teachers decided to keep the students close by assigning them homework, while Flender chose not to tell Dai Mubai yet.

Dai Mubai learned that Dai Weisi had come to Spirit City intending to kill him, but the Shrek Seven Devils rallied around him and stayed out of trouble. They then watched Holy Sword Academy use a powerful Sword Array to defeat Lula Academy, leaving the tournament’s other teams to face an unfamiliar new technique.

• Flender told Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing that Dai Weisi was stirring up trouble, and Dai Mubai explained the threat to the Shrek Seven Devils.
• Ning Rongrong, Ming Sui, and the others offered to help Dai Mubai fight back, while Oscar and Xiao Wu reassured him that staying in was sensible and they could explore Spirit City another time.
• The Shrek Seven Devils watched Lula Academy face Holy Sword Academy, whose seven members formed a barrier with their Sword Array to withstand the Magic Apes’ sonic attack.
• Holy Sword Academy combined its Soul Power into a giant sword of light and overwhelmed Lula Academy’s captain after he ordered his team to spread out.
• Holy Sword Academy’s captain told Lula Academy’s captain that the team had saved the Sword Array for the tournament, and Lula Academy’s members carried their injured captain away for treatment.

Ming Zhen and Tang Yunhua learned that Spirit Hall and Heaven Dou Empire were exploiting Dai Weisi’s plot against Dai Mubai, while Bibi Dong prepared to manipulate the crisis and target the academy. Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing received protective gifts from their friends and resolved to train harder, as Liu Erlong met Bibi Dong, who admitted she could not let go of the past.

• Ming Zhen told Tang Yunhua that Heaven Dou Empire had publicized Dai Weisi’s assassination plot to divert attention from its weak tournament team, and they suspected Spirit Hall would use the crisis to pressure Star Luo Empire.
• Tang Yunhua asked whether she could strike first against Dai Weisi, while Ming Zhen considered the plan and agreed that protecting the children was their priority.
• Bibi Dong ordered Parson to stir up Dai Weisi’s faction, monitor the academy and Master, and prepare Spirit Hall forces to carry out an attack if Dai Weisi hesitated.
• Tang San gave Dai Mubai Sleeve Arrows, while Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Ming Sui, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu equipped him and Zhu Zhuqing with supplies for protection.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing resolved to train harder, prompting them to extend their morning training and complete their homework before cultivating.
• Liu Erlong met Bibi Dong, spoke candidly about her past jealousy, and heard Bibi Dong admit that she could not let go of her obsession.

Bibi Dong invited Liu Erlong to join Spirit Hall and help reshape the continent’s power structure, but Liu Erlong declined and was allowed to leave safely. Meanwhile, Dai Weisi ordered an attack on Dai Mubai, and Tang San and Ming Sui suspected the teachers’ sudden illness was caused by a harmful reaction between foods.

• Bibi Dong told Liu Erlong she admired her resolve and invited her to join Spirit Hall’s effort to overturn the continent’s entrenched customs.
• Liu Erlong asked how Bibi Dong would reward supporters, then declined the invitation and promised not to tell the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan; Bibi Dong let her go.
• Master explained how Holy Sword Academy’s Sword Array worked, and Dai Mubai and Tang San discussed testing ways to combine their Soul Power after returning to the academy.
• Dai Weisi ordered his subordinates to cripple Dai Mubai’s martial soul or kill him as discreetly as possible.
• Tang San stopped the teachers from eating when he noticed they were unwell, and Ming Sui suspected that different foods had combined to cause poisoning.

Shrek Academy's teachers ambushed Dai Weisi's attackers and used Lu Qibin's Star Luo Chess to overcome their numerical disadvantage. As the attackers were pinned down, a separate force prepared to make its move.

• Tang Yunhua reassured Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing that they were not to blame for Spirit Hall targeting the academy, then asked Dai Mubai to help Bone Douluo protect the others.
• Black Tiger led Dai Weisi's forces in an attack on the courtyard, where Zhao Wuji and the other teachers were ready to defend it.
• Zhao Wuji, Flender, and Li Yusong fought Black Tiger's group while Lu Qibin's Star Luo Chess and Shao Xin's Candy Beans helped them defeat three attackers.
• Lu Qibin trapped Black Tiger and the remaining attackers with his chessboard as the teachers and their clones overwhelmed them.
• A Peregrine Falcon soul master reported that the attackers had been stopped, and a man in active wear decided they would have to act themselves.

Shrek's students fought a Spirit Hall squad while Bone Douluo and the teachers guarded them, turning the attack into a lesson in battle. The students overcame the remaining opponents through teamwork, and Bone Douluo saw their potential as future Titled Douluo.

• Bone Douluo praised Ning Rongrong's growth as the children anxiously listened to the battle in the front courtyard.
• Four masked Spirit Douluo and their companions attacked, and Tang Yunhua and the teachers engaged the stronger opponents while Bone Douluo guarded the rear.
• Dai Mubai led the Shrek Seven Devils against Spirit Hall's Soul Elders and Soul Ancestors, and they quickly disabled several opponents with coordinated attacks.
• The Spirit Hall squad's remaining elites regrouped, but Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, and Tang San countered their spirit skills and broke through their formation.
• Ming Sui drained the remaining Spirit Hall fighters' Soul Power with her vines, allowing Shrek to overwhelm them as Bone Douluo recognized their potential.

After Shrek’s victory, Spirit Hall began mobilizing against the Star Luo delegation while the Shrek group repaired their courtyard and shared a celebratory meal. The chapter ended with Zhu Zhuqing comforting a tipsy Dai Mubai as he worried aloud about the future.

• Bibi Dong began a purge in Spirit City and Spirit Hall demanded an explanation from the Star Luo delegation for the attack on spectators.
• Tang Yunhua and Ming Zhen reviewed information while Bone Douluo stayed behind, and the Shrek group cleaned up and assessed the courtyard damage.
• Tang San and Ming Sui built replacement gates and a table after the others left them with the carpentry work.
• Shao Xin and Oscar assigned the rest of the group kitchen duties, and everyone eagerly ate the dishes before dinner was served.
• The Shrek Seven Devils drank together, and Ming Sui thanked her companions for their help.
• Zhu Zhuqing walked Dai Mubai back to their room and reassured him as he spoke of the moon halo and the coming wind.

After an attack in Spirit City, Bibi Dong met with the Heaven Dou and Star Luo representatives alongside the Second Worship to address Dai Weisi’s actions. Dai Weisi deflected blame toward Spirit City’s guards, leaving the Second Worship struggling to respond.

• Bibi Dong delayed meeting the Star Luo envoys while she considered how to proceed with her purge of the Angel Lineage.
• Bibi Dong invited Golden Crocodile Douluo to meet with the Heaven Dou and Star Luo representatives.
• Dai Weisi claimed that his men had only encouraged his brother Mu Bai and said the later assassins had been a greater threat.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin laughed at Dai Weisi’s excuses, disrupting the Second Worship’s attempts to challenge him.
• Dai Weisi accused Spirit City’s guards of failing to investigate the clash, shifting the blame toward Spirit Hall’s public security.

Six years after Shrek Academy’s return, Ming Sui and her friends prepared to travel to the Star Dou Great Forest by stocking up on supplies in a prosperous Calais City. Tang San and Oscar discussed Tang San’s feelings for Ming Sui and the importance of protecting their close-knit group.

• Bibi Dong ended the tense meeting after Dai Weisi provoked Second Worship, and the delegations left the main hall.
• Ming Sui, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong set out to buy supplies for their journey, while Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing went to handle a visitor.
• Ming Sui and her friends bought large quantities of snacks, food, and ingredients, including dairy products they could use to make desserts on the road.
• Oscar told Tang San that he and Dai Mubai hoped Tang San and Ming Sui could be together, but warned him that a change in their relationship could disrupt the group.
• Tang San accepted Oscar’s concern, and Oscar urged him to keep other boys from winning Ming Sui’s affection.