Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiaogang and his companions remained imprisoned as Qian Renxue rejected Spirit Hall’s request to spare him. She ordered the redemption price increased and declared that Yu Xiaogang must die.

• A jailer told Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong that they owed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect over twenty million Gold Soul Coins, while Yu Xiaogang could not redeem himself because of his low Soul Power and the killing charge.
• Yu Xiaogang persuaded Liu Erlong not to break out, saying he trusted Xiao San to rescue them, while Liu Erlong accused him of still believing in Bibi Dong.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo asked Qian Renxue to persuade the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to spare Yu Xiaogang, but she ordered another ten million Gold Soul Coins added to the redemption price.
• Qian Renxue learned from Chrysanthemum Douluo that Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong had a history together, and she revealed that she already knew they had been former lovers.
• Qian Renxue refused to let Spirit Hall pay Yu Xiaogang’s redemption costs and declared that Yu Xiaogang must die.

Qian Renxue ordered Yu Xiaogang's execution, but Spirit Hall took him away under Bibi Dong's orders, leaving Qian Renxue feeling powerless and betrayed. When a visitor from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect arrived, she found a new focus.

• Qian Renxue sentenced Yu Xiaogang to public execution in three days and ordered Snake Lance Douluo and Bloodthorn Douluo to guard him.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo offered Snake Lance Douluo and Bloodthorn Douluo thirty million Gold Soul Coins to help him and Ghost Douluo carry out Bibi Dong's orders.
• Li Xun learned Spirit Hall had taken Yu Xiaogang from prison and planned to ask Xue Qinghe to uphold justice for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Qian Renxue swept items from the table after learning Yu Xiaogang had been taken, then brooded over her dependence on Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu.
• A visitor from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect arrived, and Qian Renxue told the attendant to let him in.

Qian Renxue revealed her true identity to Li Xun and asked for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s help against Bibi Dong’s influence in Spirit Hall. Li Xun agreed to support her bid for power, then challenged the flaws in her plan to take over the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Li Xun found Qian Renxue in Xue Qinghe’s disguise after Spirit Hall had taken Yu Xiaogang and delivered thirty million Gold Soul Coins as ransom.
• Qian Renxue explained that Spirit Hall’s internal conflict had prompted her to reveal her identity and seek Li Xun’s help.
• Li Xun deduced that Bibi Dong had protected Yu Xiaogang and had weakened Qian Renxue’s authority and support.
• Qian Renxue offered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect a position second only to her and promised Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo in return for its aid.
• Li Xun agreed to support Qian Renxue and then began listing weaknesses in her plan to seize the Heaven Dou Empire, offending her.

Li Xun exposed weaknesses in Qian Renxue’s plan to take over the Heaven Dou Empire and urged her to remove potential rivals and power holders. Qian Renxue accepted his advice, and Li Xun gave her a list of people to eliminate or replace.

• Li Xun made Qian Renxue sign a contract promising him one condition if his criticisms proved correct.
• Li Xun pointed out that Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing might be more capable and influential than Qian Renxue assumed, especially through Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Li Xun noted that Qian Renxue lacked control over the military, Royal Guards, and finances, leaving her vulnerable if her identity were exposed and rival forces backed Xue Beng.
• Li Xun warned that the Clear Sky Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan could intervene, and Qian Renxue acknowledged the risks.
• Li Xun proposed paralyzing Emperor Xue Ye and killing Xue Beng, Prince Xue Xing, Marshal Ge Long, commander Roxon, Finance Minister Julian, and other officials, then replacing them with Qian Renxue’s followers.

Li Xun advised Qian Renxue on using Snake Lance Douluo and Bloodthorn Douluo to weaken Emperor Xue Ye without exposing her role, while warning her not to take the throne too soon. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang recovered from his beating as the Shrek group blamed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and debated retaliation.

• Li Xun urged Qian Renxue to use Snake Lance Douluo and Bloodthorn Douluo for covert work while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect supported her openly.
• Li Xun proposed paralyzing Emperor Xue Ye and having Dugu poison him mute, then warned Qian Renxue to keep him alive so Spirit Hall would not gain too much influence.
• Liu Erlong treated Yu Xiaogang’s wounds as Tang San and the Shrek group gathered around him, and Flender stopped Xiao Wu from confronting the jailer.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Crown Prince had ordered the attack, while Tang San blamed himself for provoking the sect.
• Xiao Wu accused the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect of stealing back Tang San’s twenty million Gold Soul Coins and vowed to teach them a lesson, then asked Dai Mubai what he thought.

Flender confronted Yu Xiaogang over letting pride endanger Shrek, and Yu Xiaogang agreed to contact his clan. Meanwhile, Li Xun, Ning Fengzhi, and Dugu Bo rushed to the palace after Qian Renxue moved against Emperor Xue Ye.

• Ma Hongjun urged Shrek to retaliate against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and asked Yu Tianheng to involve the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, but Yu Xiaogang refused.
• Flender condemned Yu Xiaogang for clinging to pride and for wronging Liu Erlong, then stormed out.
• Yu Xiaogang admitted he could not let go of his pride, while Tang San and the others promised to prove his theories at the Soul Master Competition.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Yu Tianheng to contact his grandfather so he could meet him, and Yu Tianheng hurried away.
• Li Xun, Ning Fengzhi, and Dugu Bo traveled to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace after news spread that Emperor Xue Ye had suffered a stroke.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Dugu Bo to use his poison skills if Emperor Xue Ye's condition worsened, and Dugu Bo agreed.

Ning Fengzhi and Dugu Bo examined Emperor Xue Ye, but neither offered a cure, and Xue Qinghe was left to care for his father. After leaving the palace, Ning Fengzhi told Li Xun that Qian Renxue’s poisoning was obvious and would take months to incapacitate the emperor.

• Xue Qinghe welcomed Ning Fengzhi to the palace and brought him to Emperor Xue Ye’s bedchamber.
• Ning Fengzhi examined Emperor Xue Ye and said he could not treat the illness, while Dugu Bo found no signs of poisoning.
• Ning Fengzhi warned Xue Qinghe that Emperor Xue Ye might lose the ability to move within two or three days and urged him to care for his father.
• Xue Qinghe returned to the bedchamber as Ning Fengzhi, Dugu Bo, and Li Xun left the palace.
• Ning Fengzhi told Li Xun that Qian Renxue’s poison was easy to detect and would take at least another half year to incapacitate Emperor Xue Ye.

Li Xun and Ning Fengzhi planned to use the crisis around Xue Qinghe’s succession to increase the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s influence, while Yu Xiaogang and Flender argued over whether Shrek should risk competing. Yu Yuanzhen arrived at Blue Lightning Advanced Academy and confronted his estranged son, leaving Yu Xiaogang to follow him inside.

• Li Xun told Dugu Bo to watch Xue Qinghe’s supporters and leave Xue Beng alive so Qian Renxue would continue relying on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Flender warned Yu Xiaogang that entering the Soul Master Competition amid the royal succession crisis would endanger the students, but Yu Xiaogang refused to withdraw.
• Yu Tianheng returned from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and announced that Yu Yuanzhen had arrived.
• Yu Yuanzhen praised Flender for his concern, then scolded Yu Xiaogang for leaving the sect and disappearing for years.
• Yu Tianheng urged Yu Xiaogang to go inside after Yu Yuanzhen entered the dormitory.

Yu Yuanzhen agreed to help Yu Xiaogang prove himself but urged Liu Erlong to stay away from him, while Prince Xue Xing tried to flee Heaven Dou City with Xue Beng. Their escape ended when an unseen attacker stopped their carriages and rendered them unconscious.

• Yu Yuanzhen confronted Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong about their relationship and the Yu Clan's reputation, then agreed to help Yu Xiaogang prove himself.
• Yu Xiaogang left the room, and Yu Yuanzhen told Liu Erlong that she should stay away from him for his own good.
• Liu Erlong broke down crying after Yu Yuanzhen left her alone.
• Prince Xue Xing took Xue Beng out of Heaven Dou City by carriage, fearing Xue Qinghe and planning to hide in the Balak Kingdom.
• The carriages stopped in the dark, and an unseen figure silenced the guards and driver before Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng fell unconscious.

Yu Yuanzhen visited Blue Lightning Advanced Academy and recognized Xiao Wu as a human-form Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. After learning she was protected by Tang Hao’s son, Tang San, he reluctantly decided not to capture her for now.

• Yu Yuanzhen toured the academy and invited the talented Shrek Eight Monsters to consider joining the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Yu Yuanzhen kept Yu Xiaogang behind and revealed that Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form.
• Yu Yuanzhen planned to capture Xiao Wu for the clan but reconsidered when Yu Xiaogang explained that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son.
• Yu Yuanzhen weighed the clan’s need for strength against the danger of provoking Tang Hao, while Yu Xiaogang urged him to leave Xiao Wu alone and trust Tang San’s future potential.

Yu Yuanzhen decided to seek an alliance with Tang Hao as the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan prepared for coming turmoil, while warning Yu Xiaogang about stubbornly refusing to return to the clan. In Heaven Dou, Qian Renxue handled the aftermath of Xue Xing’s capture, leaving Snake Lance Douluo and Bloodthorn Douluo worried that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had learned her identity and displaced them as her trusted advisers.

• Yu Yuanzhen rejected Yu Xiaogang’s belief that Tang San and Xiao Wu were truly in love, but decided not to target Xiao Wu and told Yu Xiaogang to ask Tang San to contact Tang Hao.
• Yu Yuanzhen explained that Tang Hao could return to the Clear Sky Sect through sincere repentance and urged Yu Xiaogang to learn from that example.
• Qian Renxue told Bloodthorn Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had intercepted Xue Xing, while Xue Beng had likely been moved away.
• Qian Renxue gave the two Douluo a list of people connected to Xue Xing, marked for execution or surveillance, and warned them not to mishandle the task again.
• Bloodthorn Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo noticed the list was written in unfamiliar handwriting and suspected that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect knew Qian Renxue’s identity.

Snake Lance Douluo and Bloodthorn Douluo tried to use Qian Renxue to obtain the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Hidden Weapon blueprints for Spirit Hall, but she recognized Bibi Dong’s influence behind their request. She ordered the two elders to pursue the blueprints from Yu Xiaogang, even threatening his life if he refused.

• Snake Lance Douluo and Bloodthorn Douluo discussed how the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect might exploit Qian Renxue’s conflict with Bibi Dong to gain influence in Heaven Dou.
• Snake Lance Douluo proposed asking the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for its Hidden Weapon blueprints because Bibi Dong wanted them and Yu Xiaogang had refused to cooperate.
• Snake Lance Douluo told Qian Renxue that Spirit Hall wanted the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s blueprints to equip its forces.
• Qian Renxue rejected the request and reminded Snake Lance Douluo that Yu Xiaogang owed Spirit Hall for saving his life.
• Qian Renxue assigned Snake Lance Douluo and Bloodthorn Douluo to obtain the blueprints from Yu Xiaogang, telling them to take his life if he refused.
• Snake Lance Douluo and Bloodthorn Douluo left to ask Yu Xiaogang for the blueprints.

Li Xun arranged political and military roles for Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect members as the Crown Prince struggled to govern, then sent Sword Douluo to help Xue Beng in the Balak Kingdom. At Blue Lightning Advanced Academy, Snake Lance Douluo and Bloodthorn demanded weapon blueprints from Yu Yuanzhen as payment for rescuing Yu Xiaogang, who arrived with Tang San.

• Li Xun explained that sect members would take government posts temporarily and that disciples unable to advance their Soul Power could serve the empire.
• Li Xun recommended Yang Wudi as military commander, and Yang Wudi accepted the position.
• Li Xun asked Sword Douluo to travel to the Balak Kingdom and help Xue Beng, while Dugu Bo and Bone Douluo received a list of targets to deal with.
• Snake Lance Douluo and Bloodthorn visited Yu Yuanzhen to demand the weapon blueprints as payment for Spirit Hall rescuing Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Yuanzhen pretended not to know the details and summoned Yu Xiaogang, who arrived with Tang San.

Snake Lance and Bloodthorn demanded compensation from Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, who refused to surrender Tang San’s hidden-weapon methods. Yu Xiaogang handed over the Pope Decree as collateral for Spirit Hall’s ten-million-Gold-Soul-Coin ransom, and Yu Yuanzhen took him aside after the envoys left.

• Snake Lance offered Yu Xiaogang twenty million Gold Soul Coins for the hidden-weapon blueprints, but Tang San refused to disclose the methods.
• Snake Lance demanded repayment of the ten million Gold Soul Coins Spirit Hall had paid to bail Yu Xiaogang out, and Yu Xiaogang said he would repay Bibi Dong directly.
• Bloodthorn asked for collateral, and Yu Xiaogang presented the Pope Decree Tang Hao had given him.
• Snake Lance took the Pope Decree and revealed that he had come under Young Master's orders before leaving with Bloodthorn.
• Yu Yuanzhen asked Yu Xiaogang to take a walk with him.

Yu Yuanzhen warned Yu Xiaogang that Tang San was cold-hearted and controlling, while Qian Renxue and Li Xun handled imperial affairs. Snake Lance Douluo returned with Yu Xiaogang’s Pope Decree as collateral for the money he owed, leaving Qian Renxue satisfied with the result.

• Yu Yuanzhen questioned Yu Xiaogang about Tang San and judged him to be cold-hearted and controlling, but Yu Xiaogang defended his student.
• Li Xun offered to recover the money from Prince Xue Xing’s estate, but Qian Renxue kept him in the Imperial Study to help sort memorials.
• Snake Lance Douluo and Bloodthorn Douluo reported that Yu Yuanzhen’s presence had prevented them from acting against Yu Xiaogang.
• Snake Lance Douluo told Qian Renxue that Yu Xiaogang had returned the ten million Gold Soul Coins provided by Spirit Hall and handed over his Pope Decree as collateral.
• Qian Renxue thanked Snake Lance Douluo and Bloodthorn Douluo, then sent them to rest.

Li Xun accepted the Pope Decree from Qian Renxue, while Bibi Dong prepared Spirit Hall’s Soul Bone reward for the All-Continent Soul Master Competition. At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Li Xun revealed that he and his teammates were far stronger than the committee members had realized, leaving them stunned as the competition approached.

• Qian Renxue gave Li Xun the Pope Decree after he promised not to use it to mistreat ordinary people.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo told Bibi Dong that Yu Xiaogang refused to provide the Hidden Weapon blueprints, and Bibi Dong decided not to press him.
• Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo to announce three Soul Bones as the competition champion’s reward and to keep watching the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin urged Li Xun to hold back during the preliminary competition, but he promised Heaven Dou Royal Academy would win the championship.
• Li Xun’s teammates revealed they were all at four Soul Rings, and Li Xun displayed his fifth Soul Ring, astonishing the committee members by showing he had reached Spirit King.

Li Xun secured the Heaven Dou Royal Team’s approval to wear Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect uniforms in the Soul Master Competition and share the resulting profits. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang planned Shrek’s tournament strategy, leaving the team eager to face Li Xun and Tai Long excited at the prospect of competing.

• Li Xun asked the Teaching Committee to let the team wear Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect uniforms and split the merchandise profits, and Meng Shenji agreed to the request.
• Li Xun explained that the uniforms would promote the sect and earn money for the team, while he had already begun preparations.
• Yu Xiaogang named Yu Tianheng captain and Tang San vice-captain, then explained the tournament stages and the seed teams’ direct entry to the finals.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Shrek to prepare for Li Xun and proposed using substitutes to conceal the main team’s strength during the preliminaries.
• Tai Long eagerly accepted the possibility of competing, hoping to face Li Xun and Yang Qianjun and avenge his father.

Shrek prepared for the tournament with revenge on their minds, while Li Xun’s team arrived at the Heaven Dou Grand Soul Arena to cheers from the crowd. As the opening ceremony began, a rival team drew attention by criticizing another academy’s uniforms.

• Tai Long told Yu Xiaogang and Tang San that he wanted to beat Li Xun and Yang Qianjun, while Tang San promised Shrek would help him seek revenge during the competition.
• Ma Hongjun mocked Dai Mubai, and Dai Mubai silently resolved to use the tournament to avenge his old grudge.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Xiao Wu to speak with him after the team’s tactical arrangements.
• Li Xun and his teammates entered the renovated Heaven Dou Grand Soul Arena in Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect-style uniforms and received cheers from spectators who recognized them as Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s team.
• A hot-tempered spectator criticized an academy for wearing poorly designed uniforms as Li Xun’s team approached the arena.

Shrek entered the tournament venue in their mocked green uniforms and were ridiculed by spectators and Canghui Academy. Li Xun and the Heaven Dou Team received special treatment, while Tang San and his teammates noticed them and anticipated a possible future match.

• Spectators mocked Shrek’s uniforms as the team entered, prompting Tang San and the others to cover their faces and hurry inside.
• Ning Rongrong pointed out Shrek to Li Xun and laughed at their uniforms as the Heaven Dou Team passed them.
• Shrek found Canghui Academy’s students in the rest area, and the two teams exchanged insults over their past feud.
• Li Xun and the Heaven Dou Team were escorted to their reserved area while Shrek complained about the difference in treatment.
• Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, Yu Tianheng, and Tang San recognized Li Xun’s team and discussed the possibility of facing them.

Shrek Academy entered the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament amid public mockery, while Tang San urged his teammates to endure and conceal their strength. The tournament opened with Crown Prince Xue Qinghe’s announcement, and the teams awaited the competition.

• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to conceal the team's abilities if they drew an ordinary opponent.
• Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Yu Tianheng grew angry after the staff ignored Shrek and remembered their grievances against Li Xun.
• The announcer praised Heaven Dou Royal Team One and introduced Shrek Academy, prompting laughter and jeers from the audience.
• Tang San stopped Dai Mubai from confronting the spectators and recognized Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, Ning Fengzhi, and Chrysanthemum Douluo in the VIP section.
• Xue Qinghe officially opened the tournament.