Chapter Summaries

At the Elite Competition, Xiao Xian’s intimidating presence frightened the other academies, while he quietly focused on Blazing Academy and Huo Wu’s Ring Fusion. After watching Thunder Academy lose, Master asked Xiao Xian which team posed the greatest threat, and Xiao Xian named Skywater Academy.

• Master said Blazing Academy’s withdrawal showed that the alliance against Xiao Jue had fallen apart, while Tang San felt proud of Senior Brother’s strength.
• Xiao Xian spotted Huo Wu among Blazing Academy’s contestants, and she and Huo Wushuang lowered their heads, afraid of provoking him.
• Xiao Xian considered how Huo Wu’s Ring Fusion and Feng Xiaotian’s Self-Created Soul Skill might help his own research, then led Shrek Team to the stands.
• Spectators cheered for Shrek, and the other contestants made room as Xiao Xian and his team took their seats.
• Thunder Academy lost its match, and Tang San wondered whether his Purple Jade Body could withstand lightning.
• Master asked which team posed the greatest threat, and Xiao Xian answered Skywater Academy.

Xiao Xian assessed the other academies, planted Sunlight Spores in Huo Wu to investigate her Ring Fusion talent, and decided to stay off the field so he could observe her matches. Shrek prepared for tougher opponents, while Spirit Hall's plans to pressure the team faltered as more academies considered forfeiting.

• Xiao Xian explained to Master how Heaven Dou's academies pursued extreme strengths while adapting toward team balance, surprising Master with his knowledge.
• Xiao Xian secretly planted Sunlight Spores throughout the competitors' viewing area and inside Huo Wu, but found no unusual Soul Power circulation in her body.
• Shrek watched the other academies compete and realized that Godwind Academy, Thunder Academy, and the rest had formidable strengths.
• Xiao Xian led Shrek back to the academy, passing Blazing Academy, whose members remained troubled after forfeiting their match.
• Salas saw that Elephant Armor had lost, Blazing Academy had forfeited, and Thunder Academy planned to refuse cooperation, while Ning Fengzhi worried about Spirit Hall targeting Shrek.
• Xiao Xian told his teammates he would stop taking the field unless they faced a Five Elements Academy, so he could watch Huo Wu and plant spores in other competitors.

Xiao Xian tried to understand Huo Wu’s Ring Fusion while Shrek’s opponents kept forfeiting, allowing the team to finish the Preliminary Round in first place. The chapter ended as the five qualifying teams’ captains and vice-captains gathered for the awards ceremony.

• Xiao Xian asked Ning Rongrong to demonstrate Ring Fusion, but his attempt to study how it worked failed again.
• Xiao Xian watched Huo Wu use Ring Fusion against Elephant Armor Academy, while Feng Xiaotian mistook his close attention for romantic interest.
• Over twenty days, every remaining opponent forfeited to Shrek, and Shrek finished with twenty-seven wins and first place despite fighting only twice.
• Blazing Academy defeated Canghui Academy after Huo Wu’s Ring Fusion, while Skywater Academy and Canghui Academy drew after both teams’ techniques proved difficult to counter.
• The Preliminary Round ended with Shrek, Godwind, Thunder, Blazing, and Skywater advancing; Xiao Xian and Dai Mubai joined the other teams’ captains and vice-captains onstage for the awards ceremony.

Xue Ye rewarded the ten team captains and vice captains with viscount titles and promised further honors and spirit beasts to the Promotion Tournament’s strongest performers, prompting Salas to challenge the Empire’s actions. A month later, Shrek Academy arrived at the Royal Hunting Ground for the tournament, newly determined to prepare for powerful opponents.

• Xue Ye granted the ten representatives viscount titles, promised their teammates baron titles, and offered additional rewards if a team won the final competition; Salas objected that the titles were unprecedented and too high.
• Xue Ye announced that the Promotion Tournament would include teams from the Empire’s duchies and kingdoms, and that its three top performers could choose spirit beasts for their next rings.
• Xiao Xian and Dai Mubai gave the prize money to Flender, then Xiao Xian evaded Huo Wu and returned to secluded cultivation.
• Salas reviewed reports showing Xiao Xian had advanced from Soul Elder to Soul King in two years, then read a letter from the Pope.
• Master warned the Shrek group that their final opponents included three Soul Kings and four powerful Soul Ancestors, driving them to train harder.
• The Shrek group arrived at the Royal Hunting Ground and saw the ten thousand Royal Knights stationed there.

Shrek Academy arrived at the Royal Hunting Ground for the Promotion Tournament, where the teams would compete in individual battles. Xiao Xian let his teammates choose the first six lineup slots and planned to fight seventh, leaving Oscar eager to sign up.

• Roxon escorted the Shrek group into the Royal Knights' camp and explained the Promotion Tournament schedule and restrictions.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Master to teach young Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples at Shrek Academy, and Flender reluctantly agreed.
• The Shrek group attended the Promotion Tournament's opening day, where Flender had drawn Barak Academy as their opponent.
• Xiao Xian offered the first six lineup slots to teammates who wanted practice and reserved the seventh for himself.
• Dai Mubai and Tang San signed up, and Oscar asked Xiao Xian for permission to compete too.

Shrek Academy began its Promotion Tournament match against Barak Academy, and its members defeated their opponents with unexpected ease before Xiao Xian took the stage for the final bout. The chapter ended as Xiao Xian rushed toward Barak’s last Spirit Master, a Soul Elder, and raised his hand to strike.

• Xue Ye opened the Promotion Tournament, and Blazing Academy defeated Fabia Academy with Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu.
• Ma Hongjun defeated Barak Academy’s first competitor with a gust and sticky flames, then Dai Mubai beat the second by blowing its poisonous mist back at it.
• Shrek’s remaining competitors, including two Food System Spirit Masters, defeated Barak’s next fighters, prompting Salas and Xue Ye to praise the team’s shared Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Xiao Xian stepped in to face Barak Academy’s final competitor, a wary Soul Elder, as the other teams expected an upset and the Four Elemental Academies braced themselves.
• At the referee’s signal, Xiao Xian swiftly moved in front of the Barak Spirit Master and lightly pushed out his right hand.

Xiao Xian secured Shrek Academy’s win over Barak Academy, and the next day Shrek faced Blazing Academy as Huo Wushuang targeted the team before Xiao Xian could enter the arena. Tailong’s opening clash with Huo Wushuang ended with Tailong’s fist breaking through the flames and striking his opponent.

• Xiao Xian knocked Barak Academy’s final contestant out of bounds, giving Shrek Academy the victory and completing Heaven Dou City’s clean sweep.
• Flender drew Blazing Academy as Shrek’s next opponent, and Huo Wushuang told his teammates to attack Shrek ruthlessly unless Xiao Xian took the field first.
• Master selected Tailong, Dai Mubai, and Tang San to open Shrek’s lineup, with Xiao Xian assigned seventh.
• Tang San watched the other academies compete and noted the strength of Xilas Academy and the unusual Control System Spirit Masters of Plant Academy.
• Huo Wushuang opened for Blazing Academy against Tailong, but Tailong withstood his charge and smashed through his fiery attack with a giant fist.

Shrek Academy defeated Blazing Academy after Tailong, Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Xiao Xian swiftly overcame their opponents, including Huo Wu. During the Promotion Tournament, Oscar reached level forty and returned after obtaining his fourth soul ring.

• Tailong instantly defeated Huo Wushuang and warned the Shrek members that Blazing Academy's fighters seemed intent on injuring them.
• Dai Mubai defeated Huo Yun, and Tang San defeated Huo Yu before Shrek's other contestants traded wins with Blazing Academy's remaining fighters.
• Huo Wu challenged Xiao Xian to fight without his martial soul, but he knocked her off the stage with a single strike.
• Shrek left the arena early, and Oscar reached level forty on the fifth day, prompting Flender to arrange a soul-beast hunt with Zhao Wuji.
• Oscar returned on the eleventh day with a fourth soul ring from a four-thousand-year Explosive Demon Bear after he and Zhao Wuji could not find a Sunlight Blood Dragon Vine.

Oscar gained an explosive fourth spirit skill and defeated three Thunder Academy Soul Elders before retreating from their Soul Ancestor. After Shrek drew Godwind Academy, Xiao Xian visited their camp and asked Feng Xiaotian to show him his Self-Created Soul Skill.

• Oscar explained his explosive fourth spirit skill to Shrek, and Master put him in the first slot against Thunder Academy.
• Oscar defeated Thunder Academy's first three contestants with his explosive Blowing Fire Palm, then left the arena when their Soul Ancestor appeared.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai defeated Thunder Academy's remaining students, including Yu Tianxin.
• Xiao Xian reflected on Soul Power techniques he had studied and how they had improved Sunlight Spores and his other spirit skills.
• Flender drew Godwind Academy as Shrek's next opponent, and Xiao Xian went to their camp to ask Feng Xiaotian to demonstrate his Self-Created Soul Skill.

Xiao Xian faced Feng Xiaotian in the Promotion Tournament’s opening match between Shrek Academy and Godwind Academy, agreeing to test Feng’s Self-Created Soul Skill without using his Martial Soul. Feng Xiaotian summoned his mutated Gale Twin-Headed Wolf and launched his first attack, while Xiao Xian calmly prepared to meet it.

• Xiao Xian told Feng Xiaotian he would fight first and refrain from using his Martial Soul if Feng’s Self-Created Soul Skill satisfied him.
• Feng Xiaotian eagerly accepted the challenge and spent the night regulating his Soul Power as Godwind Academy speculated about Shrek’s Soul Skills.
• Shrek Academy and Godwind Academy met in the Promotion Tournament’s final match of the day, with Feng Xiaotian and Xiao Xian entering the arena first.
• Feng Xiaotian reflected on his hard-earned strength, acknowledged Xiao Xian’s superiority, and said he would demonstrate his full power and Self-Created Soul Skill.
• After the referee began the match, Feng Xiaotian charged Xiao Xian and used his first Soul Skill to send ten wind blades closing in from every direction.
• Xiao Xian calmly raised a hand against Feng Xiaotian’s attack.

Xiao Xian effortlessly overpowered Feng Xiaotian in close combat, prompting Feng to take to the air and unleash his strongest self-created soul skill. As Feng began his thirty-six consecutive slashes, Xiao Xian studied his technique and braced himself for the next attack.

• Xiao Xian blocked Feng Xiaotian’s wind blades and wolf claws, then struck him with a tornado that cut his chest.
• Feng Xiaotian accepted that he could not match Xiao Xian in a physical fight and revealed his Gale Wings and Twin Wolf Possession.
• Feng Xiaotian announced his self-created skill, Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes, and dove at Xiao Xian from the air.
• Xiao Xian struck Feng Xiaotian’s wing, sending him back into the air without damaging his hand, and studied how Feng used his power.
• Feng Xiaotian turned in midair and slashed down at Xiao Xian’s neck as he began his thirty-six consecutive attacks.

Xiao Xian demonstrated how to use Chaotic Cloak against Feng Xiaotian’s Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes, teaching Tang San as they fought. Feng Xiaotian’s attack ended in a fatal crash, while Tang San and the VIPs began questioning Xiao Xian’s knowledge of the technique.

• Feng Xiaotian repeatedly dove at Xiao Xian with alternating wing slashes, but Xiao Xian blocked each strike and explained that the attacks resembled Chaotic Cloak.
• Xiao Xian told Tang San to watch closely, then used his spinning body and right fist to build force with each rebound and overwhelm Feng Xiaotian’s slashes.
• Tang San recognized the technique as Chaotic Cloak, while Xiao Wu recalled that Tang San had taught it to Xiao Xian; the VIPs wondered how Xiao Xian had learned the Clear Sky Sect art.
• Xiao Xian’s repeated blows damaged Feng Xiaotian’s wings and left him unable to stop his attack, while a pulling breeze kept drawing him toward Xiao Xian.
• Xiao Xian withdrew and dodged, and Feng Xiaotian crashed into the arena, dying as Xiao Xian’s breeze kept the blood from reaching him.
• Tang San studied the breeze surrounding Xiao Xian and wondered whether he had combined Stars Shift, Heavenly Net, and Chaotic Cloak.

Xiao Xian defeated Feng Xiaotian without using his Martial Soul, and Godwind Academy surrendered as Shrek finished the Promotion Tournament undefeated. The teams set out for Spirit City for the finals, but Master had disappeared before their journey began.

• Xiao Xian defeated Feng Xiaotian with several Self-Created Soul Skills, and Feng Xiaotian thanked him before declaring that Godwind Academy surrendered.
• Tang San explained that the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer had been taught to him by his father and that Xiao Xian had combined it with Heavenly Net and Stars Shift.
• Shrek's next opponent forfeited, giving Shrek fourteen victories and first place among the fifteen Heaven Dou Empire teams.
• Xue Ye announced that Xue Qinghe would judge the finals and accompany the teams to Spirit City, where the tournament would take place.
• After three days of rest, the teams began their long journey to Spirit City in luxury carriages, while Master remained missing and Liu Er Long watched the road in silence.

Master traveled ahead to Spirit City to seek Bibi Dong and investigate the secret of Twin Martial Souls, while the academies worried over the approaching finals. The chapter ended as Bibi Dong entered Pope's Palace to meet Master.

• Xiao Xian and the Shrek Team traveled toward Spirit City, with Tang San and the others worrying about facing Spirit Hall's Soul Kings in the finals.
• Huo Wu proposed that Blazing Academy withdraw and combine forces with Godwind Academy, and Feng Xiaotian agreed after considering her plan.
• Blazing Academy and Godwind Academy secretly joined forces, intending to challenge the Soul King teams despite the level gap.
• Master arrived at Pope's Palace, presented his token to the Palace Knights, and waited for the Pope.
• Bibi Dong entered the discussion hall and met Master, whose gaze was filled with complex memories.

Master confronted Bibi Dong about how she had overcome the Twin Martial Souls obstacle so he could help his disciple, Xiao Xian, but learned that Spirit Hall had prepared an ambush for him. As the convoy carrying Xiao Xian was attacked in a narrow pass, Xiao Xian kept the Shrek students inside their carriage while the adults guarded them.

• Master asked Bibi Dong how she had overcome the Twin Martial Souls obstacle, explaining that his gifted disciple also possessed Twin Martial Souls.
• Bibi Dong revealed that Spirit Hall had sent a force to ambush Master’s party and threatened Xiao Xian and Liu Er Long; Master warned her that Spirit Hall would pay and left.
• Xiao Xian sensed an ambush in the hills through his Sunlight Spores and warned the convoy to stay alert.
• Boulders rolled down from both hills, but the Royal Knights and the convoy’s Spirit Masters protected the carriages as they charged through the pass.
• Thousands of black-clad attackers rushed down the slopes, and Xiao Xian, Flender, and Liu Er Long guarded the Shrek carriage while the other Spirit Masters prepared to fight.

A coordinated force of black-clad Spirit Masters ambushed the academies, and Xiao Xian used Dragon Whisker Needles to kill dozens of attackers before powerful enemies confronted Shrek. As the white-robed masked man forced Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager to retreat and Golden Eagle Loerdia attacked Xiao Xian, Flender began activating the Sun Moon Shining Together Golden Turn.

• More than fifteen hundred black-clad attackers overwhelmed the scattered academy groups, while Flender and Liu Er Long defended Shrek’s carriage.
• Xiao Xian killed two Soul Kings and rapidly brought down more than a hundred attackers with Dragon Whisker Needles.
• Two Spirit Saints and the Soul Douluo Lor Diarra faced Flender and Liu Er Long, then Dragon Duke Meng Shu arrived to support Shrek.
• Lor Diarra summoned a white-robed masked man whose pressure forced Meng Shu, Snake Dowager Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Yiran to withdraw.
• The white-robed man immobilized the people in Shrek’s carriage, and Golden Eagle Loerdia attacked Xiao Xian as Flender activated the Sun Moon Shining Together Golden Turn.

Xiao Xian and Flender and Liu Er Long used the Golden Triangle Formation to summon Xiao Jue, who killed Golden Eagle Loerdia and badly wounded a white-robed Titled Douluo. Another Titled Douluo, Gui Mei, rescued the wounded man, who admitted defeat and ordered Gui Mei to take him away.

• Xiao Jue transformed into a Golden Giant Dragon and killed Golden Eagle Loerdia with a single tail strike.
• Xiao Xian kept Tang San and the others inside the carriage while he and Xiao Jue attacked the white-robed Titled Douluo.
• Xiao Jue used its Sunlight Spores and Dragon Wings to break through the Titled Douluo’s purple flower barrier and wound him severely.
• Gui Mei appeared and dragged the wounded Titled Douluo more than a hundred meters away as Xiao Jue returned to guard the carriage.
• Ning Fengzhi, Xue Qinghe, and Chen Xin watched from a nearby hill, and Chen Xin judged Xiao Jue to be no weaker than himself.
• The white-robed Titled Douluo admitted defeat and ordered Gui Mei to take him away.

Xiao Xian and the Shrek deans drove off Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo after their assassination attempt, with Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Xue Qinghe’s presence helping deter the attackers. The convoy resumed its journey to Spirit City, while the other academies learned of Xiao Xian’s strength and Meng Shu accepted that Spirit Hall was the real enemy.

• Ghost Douluo took the injured White-robed Titled Douluo and withdrew, and the black-clothed men carried off their dead while Xiao Xian recovered the Dragon Whisker Needle pellets from them.
• The Golden Giant Dragon vanished, and Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wu realized Xiao Xian had a powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill capable of injuring a Titled Douluo.
• Ning Fengzhi, Xue Qinghe, and Chen Xin reached the Shrek carriages, where Ning Rongrong reunited with her father and Xiao Xian thanked the newcomers for their support.
• Xue Qinghe restored the Royal Knights’ formation, and Ning Fengzhi advised the convoy to continue toward Spirit City because the attackers would not risk paying a greater price.
• The other academies recognized Xiao Xian as a Soul King, while Meng Shu regretted his earlier choices and concluded that Spirit Hall was the enemy.

Xiao Xian helped the Shrek group recover from the White-robed Titled Douluo’s lingering power and led them safely to Spirit City for the finals. Master arrived at their hotel and found Xiao Xian unharmed, though he still looked self-reproachful.

• Xiao Xian used his Eight Spider Lances to absorb the strange aura from the Shrek group and revealed that they were an External Soul Bone.
• Xue Qinghe arranged armed protection for the convoy while continuing to try to win Xiao Xian’s favor.
• The convoy reached Spirit City, where a red-robed bishop escorted the academies and guards to a hotel.
• Spirit Hall announced that the final tournament would begin in three days.
• Master found Xiao Xian safe at the hotel and sighed with self-reproach.

Master returned and briefed Shrek Academy on the finals, urging them to pursue the championship after Spirit Hall’s assassination attempt. He outlined a possible strategy for Xiao Xian to face Spirit Hall’s Soul Kings, and the team left to prepare for the tournament.

• Master regretted not taking Xiao Xian to Spirit Hall earlier, but Xiao Xian told him other factions would also have targeted them.
• Xiao Xian gathered the Shrek group and brought them to hear Master’s tactical plans.
• Master explained the finals format and warned the team that every match would be an elimination round with no second chances.
• Master changed Shrek’s goal from reaching the top three to winning the championship and defeating Spirit Hall’s team.
• Master suggested Xiao Xian could wear down Spirit Hall’s three Soul Kings in individual matches, and Xiao Xian said he could handle a relay battle against them.
• Master told the Shrek students to cultivate and avoid injuries, and they returned to their rooms to prepare.