Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiaogang left Spirit City after waiting in vain to see Bibi Dong, who learned of his visit too late and decided to travel to Heaven Dou City. Meanwhile, Li Xun offered Ning Rongrong a rare Soul Bone, and Yu Yuanzhen confronted Shrek Academy over Yu Tianheng’s disappearance.

• Yu Xiaogang waited several days outside Pope Palace, then left Spirit City after the guards repeatedly failed to connect him with Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong learned that Yu Xiaogang had come carrying a Pope Decree, but discovered he had already left; she arranged to visit Emperor Xue Ye and inspect the Soul Master Competition.
• Li Xun showed Ning Rongrong Shi Nian’s thirty-thousand-year gemstone-type Head Spirit Bone, and Ning Rongrong chose to absorb it.
• Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai reported that their searches had found no trace of Yu Tianheng, prompting Yu Yuanzhen to condemn the places they had searched.
• Yu Yuanzhen berated Liu Erlong over her relationship with Yu Xiaogang and her failure to watch over Yu Tianheng, leaving her pale and hurt.

Liu Erlong left after Yu Yuanzhen rebuked her, and the meeting turned to Yu Tianheng’s disappearance as the others pointed suspicion toward Li Xun. Li Xun planned to deal with the rumors by giving his target Whale Rubber, then faced the Skywater Team in a match and opened with an enormous forest attack.

• Yu Yuanzhen scolded Liu Erlong and warned her about Yu Tianheng, so she wept and left the meeting room.
• Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai suggested that Li Xun might be connected to Yu Tianheng’s disappearance, but Yu Yuanzhen refused to be provoked and planned to seek information from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Li Xun read news from Shrek, decided to give his target Whale Rubber, and went to wake Ning Rongrong before the match.
• Li Xun’s team met the Skywater Team at the Heaven Dou Grand Soul Arena, where Shui Bing’er praised his Soul Rings and arranged her team’s formation.
• Li Xun summoned a massive wave of trees with Wood Style, Descent of the Tree World, and sent it crashing toward the Skywater Team.

Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu unleashed the Skywater Team’s Ice and Snow Dance Martial Soul Fusion Skill, cutting through Li Xun’s forest of vines. Li Xun answered with Wood Style: Wood Dragon Jutsu, and the Wood Dragon restrained the Ice Phoenix while draining its energy.

• Shui Bing’er coated the Skywater Team in Ice Armor and ordered them to freeze Li Xun’s approaching vines, but their ice attacks failed to stop them.
• Shui Bing’er told Shui Yue’er and the other girls to leave the stage while Xue Wu completed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu summoned a storm of cutting ice and snow that began destroying Li Xun’s forest of trees.
• Li Xun warned Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and the others to leave as the Ice Phoenix emerged from the fusion attack.
• Li Xun used Wood Style: Wood Dragon Jutsu, and the giant dragon coiled around the Ice Phoenix and began absorbing its energy.

Li Xun defeated Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu, then invited them to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with generous benefits. Back at the sect’s residence, he learned that Yu Tianheng had gone missing, and Yu Yuanzhen’s visit raised suspicions about the sect’s involvement.

• Shui Bing'er conceded defeat after Li Xun’s Wooden Dragon suppressed her and Xue Wu’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Li Xun invited Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, offering core disciple privileges, Whale Rubber, and a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone for each; they asked for time to consider.
• Li Xun returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s residence and found Yu Yuanzhen visiting.
• Yu Yuanzhen revealed that Yu Tianheng had gone missing, and Ning Fengzhi asked whether he suspected the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Yu Yuanzhen sought the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s help finding Yu Tianheng, while Li Xun advised Ning Fengzhi that Pope Bibi Dong’s impending visit could entangle the sect in Spirit Hall’s conflict with the Clear Sky Sect. Li Xun revealed Qian Renxue was Bibi Dong’s daughter and proposed using Tang San’s identity to force Bibi Dong to choose between Qian Renxue and Yu Xiaogang.

• Yu Yuanzhen asked Ning Fengzhi and the others to help find Yu Tianheng, and they assured him the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had not harmed Yu Tianheng.
• After Yu Yuanzhen left, Dugu Bo suggested telling him where Yu Tianheng’s corpse was, but Li Xun argued the sect should preserve the scene and avoid getting involved.
• Li Xun warned Ning Fengzhi that Bibi Dong might soon visit Heaven Dou because of Qian Renxue and Yu Xiaogang, and explained their past relationship.
• Li Xun argued that the sect’s failure to act against the hundred-thousand-year soul beast could make Spirit Hall suspect it had concealed ties to the beast and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Li Xun revealed that Qian Renxue had told him Bibi Dong was her mother, and proposed letting Bibi Dong discover Tang San’s identity to test whether she cared more about Qian Renxue or Yu Xiaogang.

Li Xun persuaded Dugu Bo and the others to capture Xiao Wu when Bibi Dong came to Heaven Dou City, while Tang San grew impatient waiting for Yu Xiaogang and asked Flender to help add Soul Rings to his Clear Sky Hammer. Flender told Tang San to accept losing the Advancement Tournament.

• Li Xun explained that Bibi Dong might spare Tang San because of Yu Xiaogang, creating a rift with Qian Renxue, and said her arrival would give them a chance to capture Xiao Wu.
• Li Xun assigned Dugu Bo to wait near Shrek for Xiao Wu while Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo attended Bibi Dong’s arrival to avoid raising suspicion.
• Tang San reflected on his limited Soul Power growth, Shrek’s difficult qualification, and his belief that four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings on the Clear Sky Hammer could let him defeat Li Xun.
• Tang San went to Flender and asked for help obtaining Soul Rings, revealing that he had Twin Martial Souls and arguing that he could not wait any longer for Yu Xiaogang.
• Flender told Tang San that Yu Xiaogang had already disclosed the secret and replied that Shrek could simply lose the Advancement Tournament.

Tang San clashed with Flender and Zhao Wuji over his plan to add soul rings to his Clear Sky Hammer, then confronted Yu Xiaogang when his teacher returned without a solution. Their argument ended with Tang San accusing Yu Xiaogang of ruining his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.

• Tang San urged Flender to keep pursuing the Soul Master Competition, but Flender refused to let him hunt soul rings before Yu Xiaogang returned.
• Tang San learned Zhao Wuji already knew about his Twin Martial Souls and realized the staff would not help without Yu Xiaogang's approval.
• Tang San saw Yu Xiaogang return from Spirit City and asked whether he had found a solution for adding soul rings to the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to wait because adding a soul ring to his Second Martial Soul could kill him, and Tang San accused him of giving no useful information.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded to know whether Tang San had forgotten that he had helped his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, and Tang San said it had been ruined.

Tang San angrily challenged Yu Xiaogang’s theories before leaving the academy to seek a Spirit Ring in Sunset Forest. Meanwhile, Li Xun prepared to scout Star Dou Great Forest with Sword Douluo, whose speed could help them escape danger.

• Tang San accused Yu Xiaogang of taking credit for his Martial Soul’s development and recalled Yu’s mistaken advice about his Spirit Rings.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to calm down, and Tang San left for his room after Yu angrily struck the door.
• Tang San packed his belongings and hidden Gold Soul Coins, then hired a carriage to travel overnight to Sunset Forest.
• Li Xun told Ning Fengzhi he planned to scout Star Dou Great Forest and asked Sword Douluo to accompany him because his target lay in the core region.
• Li Xun warned that they might encounter a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and Sword Douluo agreed to go with him.

Li Xun and Sword Douluo traveled into the Star Dou Great Forest, where Li Xun shared his suspicions about hidden beings beneath Life Lake and warned that Spirit Hall might have access to godhood inheritances. Near the core area, Li Xun extended a vine underground and discovered a route to the bottom of Life Lake.

• Li Xun told Sword Douluo that the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape might only guard the core area, where stronger soul beasts could dwell beneath Life Lake.
• Li Xun explained that he needed powerful spirit rings and warned Sword Douluo about Bibi Dong's strength and the possibility that Spirit Hall possessed a godhood inheritance.
• Sword Douluo agreed that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect should prepare more Ten Thousand Year Spirit Rings to protect its power.
• After traveling through the forest for three days, Sword Douluo warned Li Xun that the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts might notice them if they went farther.
• Li Xun used his spirit ability to extend a vine underground toward Life Lake and sensed that it had reached the bottom of the lake.

Li Xun secretly extended vines into the underground world beneath Life Lake and found the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. He spoke to it through Spiritual Power, asking whether the Spirit Beasts were raising it as food.

• Li Xun used Doppelgangers to extend vines underground while Sword Douluo waited on the surface.
• Li Xun discovered an azure-lit underground space beneath Life Lake, but retreated when Scarlet King found the vines and carried them away.
• Li Xun followed Scarlet King's direction and circled toward the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's cave.
• Bi Ji kicked the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and left, frustrated by its incessant chatter.
• Li Xun contacted the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm through hidden vines and asked if the Spirit Beasts were raising it as food.

Li Xun concealed his identity from Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and persuaded him that a Spirit Beast could revive after Sacrificing itself to a human who became a god. The chapter ended with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm offering his 980,000 years of cultivation to Li Xun, who refused.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm discovered Li Xun and concealed him from another powerful presence, while Li Xun pretended he had mistaken the silkworm for a prisoner.
• Li Xun claimed he could absorb Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts and planned to fill the slots in both of his Martial Souls with them.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm grew alarmed at Li Xun's plans, but Li Xun explained that a Spirit Beast could Sacrifice itself and later revive in the God Realm if its partner became a god.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, fearing he would otherwise be drained by the Spirit Beasts holding him captive, offered to Sacrifice his 980,000 years of cultivation to Li Xun.
• Li Xun replied, "No."

Li Xun rejected Tian Meng’s offer to sacrifice himself, then proposed that Tian Meng study how to divide and seal his energy so Li Xun could absorb it safely in stages. After leaving the lake, Li Xun told Sword Douluo about the powerful Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, while Tang San’s hired mercenaries continued hunting Soul Beasts for profit.

• Li Xun refused Tian Meng’s sacrifice because his immense energy would overwhelm Li Xun’s body, and Tian Meng explained that he was trapped in the cave.
• Li Xun warned Tian Meng that escaping would not keep him safe, then suggested that Tian Meng learn to seal and divide his cultivation for Li Xun to absorb through multiple Soul Rings over time.
• Tian Meng agreed to study the method, and Li Xun left the cave, promising to return for him.
• Li Xun told Sword Douluo about the powerful Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, including Beast God Di Tian, and Sword Douluo warned him not to rely on gods.
• Tang San watched his hired Soul Hunting Team kill a thousand-year Wind Spirit Wolf and set aside its corpse for sale to Xunyang Inn.
• Tang San and the mercenaries continued onward and encountered a Great Strength Ape with ten thousand years of cultivation.

Tang Hao rescued Tang San from the Hunting Soul Team and revealed that Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass came from his mother, the hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor. He promised to take Tang San to awaken it after the upcoming matches, leaving Tang San wondering whether the change could overcome his disadvantage.

• Tang Hao appeared in the forest and drove away the Hunting Soul Team after Tang San prepared to deliver the Great Strength Ape’s final blow.
• Tang San told Tang Hao that Blue Silver Grass had been outmatched and that Yu Xiaogang’s guidance had led him to waste its potential.
• Tang Hao admitted he had trusted Yu Xiaogang and told Tang San that his mother had been a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor.
• Tang San realized Blue Silver Grass might have greater potential than he had believed and asked Tang Hao what awakening meant.
• Tang Hao explained that a Blue Silver King could awaken Tang San’s Martial Soul into its true form and promised to take him after the upcoming matches.
• Tang San asked whether the awakening could change their current disadvantage.

Tang San learned that Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and chose to keep protecting her as his sister, while Tang Hao warned him to keep her out of the upcoming matches. After Tang San absorbed a ten-thousand-year spirit ring into his Clear Sky Hammer, he and Tang Hao continued hunting in Sunset Forest, unknowingly passing near Ah Yin.

• Tang Hao revealed Xiao Wu's identity and asked Tang San what he would do; Tang San affirmed that she was his sister and vowed to protect her.
• Tang Hao warned Tang San that Spirit Hall's Titled Douluo could expose Xiao Wu and said the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had already discovered her identity but would not act against them.
• Tang San absorbed the Great Strength Ape's ten-thousand-year spirit ring into his Clear Sky Hammer and concluded that his physique could support more ten-thousand-year rings.
• Tang Hao explained that his Divine Slaughter's Domain came from Slaughter City and promised to take Tang San there when he was stronger.
• Tang Hao and Tang San continued slaughtering and hunting Soul Beasts in Sunset Forest, while Ah Yin tried unsuccessfully to reach them from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Bibi Dong arrived in Heaven Dou City and met Qian Renxue, Emperor Xue Ye, and Ning Fengzhi, who arranged for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to join Spirit Hall. After Ning Fengzhi and Li Xun left, Bibi Dong urged Qian Renxue to take the throne, and Qian Renxue challenged her motives for coming.

• Bibi Dong's procession reached the palace, where Qian Renxue welcomed her and led her to see Emperor Xue Ye.
• Bibi Dong met Ning Fengzhi and agreed to admit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect into Spirit Hall after discussing terms and Poison Douluo's grudge against Chrysanthemum Douluo.
• Bibi Dong praised Li Xun, who greeted her before leaving with Ning Fengzhi.
• Bibi Dong told Qian Renxue to ascend the throne soon, and Qian Renxue accused her of coming to see someone else.
• Bibi Dong frowned and sharply demanded to know what Qian Renxue meant.

Qian Renxue confronted Bibi Dong over her apparent support for Yu Xiaogang, and their argument ended with Qian Renxue leaving. At Xunyang Inn, Tang San tried to sell Spirit Beasts from Sunset Forest but learned that the station limited purchases according to his Soul Ring configuration.

• Qian Renxue accused Bibi Dong of helping Yu Xiaogang, citing his Pope Decree, unpaid debt, and visit to Spirit City.
• Bibi Dong denied having a relationship with Yu Xiaogang and attacked Qian Renxue when she threatened to kill him.
• Qian Renxue called Yu Xiaogang Bibi Dong's old lover, declared that Heaven Dou was not Spirit Hall's territory, and walked out.
• Tang San arrived at Xunyang Inn's Spirit Beast purchasing station and registered after the receptionist recognized him as a member of the Shrek team.
• Tang San presented four ten-thousand-year, eight thousand-year, and ten hundred-year Spirit Beasts, but the receptionist said his Soul Ring configuration allowed him to sell only two hundred-year beasts, one thousand-year beast, and one ten-thousand-year beast.
• The receptionist warned Tang San that he could not sell Spirit Beasts again before reaching level fifty, and Tang San asked what the Blacklist was.

Tang San learned that the Blacklist could bring severe restrictions and fled surveillance while seeking a black-market sales channel. At Shrek Academy, Ma Hongjun beat a student who criticized the academy and its Grandmaster, then took food prepared for the dean.

• A receptionist explained to Tang San that the Blacklist could suspend subsidies and restrict services, and Tang San resolved to learn the truth about the Clear Sky Sect’s grudge with Spirit Hall.
• Tang San accepted the warning against indiscriminate Spirit Beast slaughter, collected his remaining beasts, and left the recycling station.
• Tang San sensed that people were following him and escaped with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track as his pursuers marked his Spirit Beasts for surveillance.
• At Shrek Academy’s cafeteria, a student complained about poor meals and tuition, and Ma Hongjun confronted him for insulting his teacher and Grandmaster Xiao Gang.
• Ma Hongjun kicked the student several meters away, then asked for lunch and accepted fish soup prepared for the dean.

Ma Hongjun’s evil fire erupted after he drank the fish soup, and Flender tried to suppress it by throwing him into a lake. When Ma Hongjun failed to resurface, Flender retrieved his blackened, shriveled body and found no sign of breath.

• Ma Hongjun drank the fish soup, which improved his physical condition but triggered a severe evil fire backlash.
• Tai Long tried to get help from the cafeteria students, but Yu Feng went to fetch Flender while Ma Hongjun writhed in agony.
• Flender carried Ma Hongjun to the lake, threw him into the water, and added stored ice to suppress the flames.
• Flender and the Shrek Eight Monsters waited as the lake grew still, but Ma Hongjun did not come up for air.
• Flender dove into the lake and brought up Ma Hongjun’s charred, shriveled body, which had no breath.

Ma Hongjun died after his evil fire erupted, and Shrek Academy locked down while Yu Xiaogang investigated the possibility of poisoning. Tang San found no evidence of poison, leaving Flender to arrange Ma Hongjun’s funeral.

• Flender questioned Tai Long and Yu Feng, who recalled Ma Hongjun drinking soup at the cafeteria before his evil fire erupted.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered the cafeteria staff detained and Shrek Academy sealed off to investigate possible poisoners and accomplices.
• Tang San returned, learned Ma Hongjun had died, and joined the others at the dormitories.
• Tang San examined Ma Hongjun’s body and found no signs of poisoning.
• Flender accepted Tang San’s findings and ordered Ma Hongjun’s funeral arrangements.

Tang San revealed his Twin Martial Souls and four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, then told Xiao Wu he knew her identity and urged her to stay out of the tournament. Li Xun learned of Tang San’s new strength and ordered his people to withdraw from Shrek and the palace before the matches began.

• Tang San reassured the despondent Shrek team by revealing his Clear Sky Hammer and its four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Tang San explained that his physical constitution let him attach soul rings to his second martial soul, while Yu Xiaogang left in defeat.
• Tang San told Xiao Wu that he knew she was a Spirit Beast and promised she would always be his little sister, then warned her not to compete or attend the matches.
• Aunt Xue informed Li Xun that Ma Hongjun had died and Tang San had returned with four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings on his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Li Xun ordered his people to withdraw from Shrek and the palace entrance, and said he would keep Ye Lingling with him after the match.