Chapter Summaries

Salas limited the Shrek Team’s recovery extension, and Tang Hao later confronted Ji Wuming over Tang San’s injuries. Dugu Bo intervened, fought Tang Hao, and pursued him after poisoning his hand.

• Salas told Yu Xiaogang that the Shrek Team had ten days to recover before they would have to withdraw from the competition.
• Tang Hao demanded that Ji Wuming come with him, but Ji Wuming tried to leave with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.
• Tang Hao used his Titled Douluo pressure to stop Ji Wuming until Dugu Bo arrived and drove it away.
• Tang Hao revealed himself as the Clear Sky Douluo and threatened Ji Wuming, prompting Dugu Bo to protect him and help him escape.
• Tang Hao and Dugu Bo clashed, and Dugu Bo’s poison spread across Tang Hao’s right hand.
• Tang Hao fled Heaven Dou City, and Dugu Bo pursued him.

Tang Hao and Dugu Bo fought fiercely after Tang Hao fled Heaven Dou City, leaving both Titled Douluo injured and Tang Hao poisoned as he escaped. Chrysanthemum Pass arrived at the battlefield, recognized the Clear Sky Hammer’s mark, and realized the man in black had been Tang Hao.

• Dugu Bo pursued Tang Hao and attacked him with his Poison Mist, forcing Tang Hao to turn and fight using Ah Yin’s healing soul skill.
• Tang Hao and Dugu Bo clashed, and Dugu Bo’s strength and poison overwhelmed Tang Hao’s old injuries despite Tang Hao’s powerful hammer strike.
• Tang Hao detonated three Soul Rings and attacked Dugu Bo’s domain, but the poison pierced his leg before he escaped with spatial jumps.
• Dugu Bo, seriously injured and exhausted, stopped pursuing Tang Hao, who had been poisoned by his Innate Virulent Poison.
• Chrysanthemum Pass arrived at the battlefield, spotted the Clear Sky Hammer mark, and identified Tang Hao as the man who had fought Dugu Bo.

After fighting Chrysanthemum Pass and Dugu Bo, Tang Hao fled to Moonlight Pavilion Manor, where Tang Yuehua desperately sought help for his severe poisoning. His condition began improving on its own, and he asked Tang Yuehua to dismiss the healers so he could tell her something important.

• Chrysanthemum Pass pursued Tang Hao through Heaven Dou City but lost his trail in a commoner district.
• Dugu Bo returned to Ye Family Medical Hall, reassured Ye Wuyi that Ji Wuming and the others need not worry, and received healing that helped his Soul Power rise another level.
• Tang Yuehua found her badly injured second brother, Tang Hao, and summoned Moonlight Pavilion's healers, who could only suppress his poison.
• The healers suggested inviting Dugu Bo, but Tang Hao objected, so they proposed asking Ye Wuyi to remove the poison instead.
• Ye Wuyi refused the messenger's request because she resented Tang Yuehua, and Tang Yuehua cursed her after hearing the refusal.
• Tang Hao's poison began dissipating on its own; after waking, he told Tang Yuehua to send the healers away because he had something important to say.

Tang Hao refused Tang Yuehua’s offer to return to the Clear Sky Sect and planned to take Tang San away after the tournament. After the preliminary matches ended, Xue Ye rewarded the advancing teams and warned Spirit Hall; Shrek Academy then began preparing for the next stage while Ji Wuming stayed cautious of his enemies.

• Tang Hao told Tang Yuehua he would not return to the Clear Sky Sect, but planned to take Tang San away for three to five years after the tournament and later bring him to Moonlight Pavilion.
• Spirit Star Academy and Shrek Team completed their final preliminary matches, and Xue Ye announced the six advancing teams.
• Xue Ye granted noble titles to the teams, promised greater rewards for a championship, and offered spirit beasts to the three strongest performers in the advancement matches.
• Tang San and Yu Tianheng directed their hatred toward Ji Wuming, while Dugu Yan urged Ji Wuming to stay at the academy during the month-long break.
• Ji Wuming agreed to keep a low profile and train his team; after the teams returned to their academies, Yu Xiaogang and Flender led Tang San and Ma Hongjun north from Heaven Dou City.

Flender, Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and Ma Hongjun arrived in Skywater City to discuss Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire and a possible marriage to Shui Bing'er. The Shui Family elders welcomed the idea of Ma Hongjun joining the family, while Shui Wuliang questioned their plan to decide Bing'er’s future without her consent.

• Ma Hongjun admired the women of Skywater City, and Flender warned him to control his Evil Fire and focus on marrying Shui Bing'er.
• Tang San questioned whether the Shui Family would accept Ma Hongjun, and Yu Xiaogang explained that Ma Hongjun and Shui Bing'er might develop a Martial Soul Fusion Skill that could help Shrek Seven Devils prepare for the finals.
• Flender and Yu Xiaogang brought Tang San and Ma Hongjun to the Shui Family residence, where Shui Wuliang recognized both students and invited them inside.
• Ma Hongjun summoned his Fire Phoenix Martial Soul, and the Shui Family Great Elder invited him to join the family and offered to arrange his marriage to Bing'er if she liked him.
• Shui Wuliang objected that Bing'er should be consulted, but the Great Elder argued that she should repay the family for raising her and providing her resources.

Shui Wuliang exposed the Great Elder’s corruption and had him arrested after he tried to attack Shui Bing'er. With the family crisis settled, Yu Xiaogang asked Shui Bing'er to help Ma Hongjun control his Evil Fire, but she refused, citing his treatment of girls.

• Shui Wuliang entered with Shui Bing'er and condemned the Great Elder for trying to decide her future.
• Shui Wuliang presented the old patriarch’s token and ledgers proving the Great Elder and other elders had embezzled family assets.
• The Great Elder lunged at Shui Bing'er, but Shui Wuqing knocked him down and ordered him publicly executed.
• Yu Xiaogang persuaded Flender to wait and asked Shui Wuqing to let Shui Bing'er help Ma Hongjun dispel his Evil Fire.
• Shui Bing'er refused, saying Ma Hongjun had to ruin girls whenever he resolved his Evil Fire problem.

Ma Hongjun and the Shrek group failed to persuade the Shui Family to help control his Evil Fire, while Shui Bing'er revealed that she liked Ji Wuming. The Shui Family agreed to trade with the Breaking Clan for Mystic Water Pills, and Yang Wudi later established several trade routes.

• Shui Bing'er refused to help Ma Hongjun and said she already liked Ji Wuming.
• Tang San blamed Ji Wuming for obstructing Ma Hongjun and vowed to eliminate him.
• Yu Xiaogang offered the Shui Family future support from himself, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and the Clear Sky Sect, but Shui Wuliang still rejected the proposal and dismissed the Shrek group.
• Shui Bing'er told the Shui Family elders about the Mystic Water Pills and Ji Wuming's offer of ten pills a month in exchange for help trading with the Breaking Clan.
• The Shui Family agreed to the trade, and Yang Wudi later established routes to supply medicinal materials to the Breaking Clan.
• Ji Wuming stored one-third of the monthly Mystic Water Pills and used the rest for the Alliance's internal development rather than selling them.

Ji Wuming overwhelmed Thunder Academy’s first fighter, Lei Tian, and forced the team to surrender after unleashing his third Soul Skill. Xiao Wu sensed a familiar, repulsive aura in Ji Wuming’s third Soul Ring, drawing Yu Xiaogang’s interest.

• Yu Tianheng vowed to defeat Ji Wuming, while Yu Tianxin promised to do his best against him.
• Ji Wuming opened the match against Thunder Academy, and Lei Tian took the field as the team’s first fighter.
• Lei Tian’s attacks failed against Ji Wuming’s third Soul Skill, and Ji Wuming stopped the spear barrage before it could kill him.
• Thunder Academy’s team leader surrendered, but Yu Tianheng protested before returning to his team.
• Xiao Wu told Tang San that Ji Wuming’s third Soul Ring carried a familiar, repulsive aura, and Yu Xiaogang became interested.

Xiao Wu realized Ji Wuming’s Third Soul Ring seemed to come from a Soul Beast’s sacrifice, while Shrek advanced to face his Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team. Ji Wuming shattered Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer with his Fourth Soul Skill but withdrew the attack before it could kill him, leaving their future cooperation tied to Shrek reaching the finals.

• Xiao Wu recognized the unsettling feeling from Ji Wuming’s Third Soul Skill as the sign of a Soul Beast Sacrifice and suspected he had betrayed the transformed Soul Beast who sacrificed herself for him.
• Tang San and Shrek Academy defeated Barak Academy, and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team advanced through later matches as rival teams conceded.
• Shrek Academy met Ji Wuming’s Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team in the advancement match, and Tang San trapped Ji Wuming in a Blue Silver Cage before charging the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• Ji Wuming’s Fourth Soul Skill transformed Thunderous Blood Net into a Blood Thunder Battle Spear, which collided with Tang San’s hammer and shattered it.
• Ji Wuming withdrew his attack before it struck Tang San’s neck, then planned to rely on Shrek reaching the finals so he could pursue the Spirit Hall Soul Bones.

Ji Wuming and the Shrek Team traveled toward Spirit City for the Soul Master Tournament finals, but Spirit Hall ambushed the teams in a gorge. As Chrysanthemum Pass attacked Tang San, the Dragon-Serpent Couple intervened with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Ji Wuming decided that his spiritual power could help Shrek reach the Championship Decider, and the team conceded its advancement match after Tang San exhausted his Soul Power.
• The Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team, Thunder Academy, Divine Wind, Tianshui Academy, Shrek Academy, and Blazing Fire Academy qualified for the finals, and Xue Ye sent them to Spirit City under Xue Qinghe's escort.
• On the journey, Ji Wuming sensed hundreds of black-robed Soul Masters waiting above a gorge, and Yang Wudi and Dugu Bo protected the students from falling boulders.
• More than two hundred masked Soul Masters attacked Shrek, while three Soul Saints drew away Flender, Liu Erlong, and the other leading teachers.
• Chrysanthemum Pass moved to kill Tang San, but Duke Dragon and Granny Serpent appeared and used their Dragon-Serpent Combined Attack to slam him into a cliff.

Spirit Hall’s attempt to kill Tang San failed after Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi intervened, and the Heaven Dou teams reached Spirit City for the finals. Ji Wuming learned the champion’s prize included a fifty-thousand-year Head Soul Bone and drew the Star Luo Royal Academy Team as Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s first opponent.

• Chrysanthemum Pass’s attack on Tang San was stopped by Chen Xin, who forced Chrysanthemum Pass and Ghost to retreat and drove off Spirit Hall’s other Soul Masters.
• Dugu Bo warned Ji Wuming to stay cautious on the journey to Spirit City and not leave the team’s hotel after they arrived.
• Bibi Dong presented three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones as the finals prize, and Ji Wuming decided he had to obtain the Skull of Wisdom of Spirit Condensation.
• Ji Wuming drew the Star Luo Royal Academy Team as Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s first opponent.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy defeated the Star Luo Royal Academy Team after Ji Wuming poisoned and incapacitated Dai Weisi and their support Soul Master. The six teams advancing to the Winner Bracket semifinals were decided, with Shrek Academy drawing a bye and Spirit Hall Academy winning its match.

• Ji Wuming drew the Star Luo Royal Academy Team as Heaven Dou Royal Academy's opponent, while Shrek Academy drew a bye into the semifinals.
• Ji Wuming revealed his Ten-Thousand-Year Fourth Soul Ring, drawing Bibi Dong's attention as both royal academy teams began fighting.
• Ji Wuming repeatedly wounded Dai Weisi with his spear and blood poison until Dai Weisi collapsed unconscious.
• Zhu Zhuqing struck Zhu Zhuyun while she was distracted, and Ji Wuming helped incapacitate the Reflection Realm support Soul Master.
• Zhu Zhuyun surrendered for the Star Luo Royal Academy Team, and Spirit Hall Academy later won its match.
• After three days of competition, Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Shrek Academy, Fire Wind Team, Spirit Hall Academy, Skywater Academy, and Wind Sword Team advanced to the Winner Bracket semifinals.

Ji Wuming led Heaven Dou Royal Academy against Spirit Hall Academy, turning the team’s Demonic Charm and red mist against them with a coordinated counterattack. He incapacitated most of Spirit Hall’s fighters, but Yan remained standing and launched a powerful attack as Bibi Dong threatened Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

• Bibi Dong warned Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan that they must defeat Heaven Dou Royal Academy or train in Death Grand Canyon, and they promised to win.
• Ji Wuming rallied Heaven Dou Royal Academy and adjusted the team’s battle plans before the match.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue unleashed Demonic Charm, but Ji Wuming ordered his teammates out of the red mist and combined Dugu Yan’s quicksand with his Blood Tornado.
• Dugu Yan, the Shi Brothers, and Yang Yong attacked through the mist, knocking two Spirit Hall fighters unconscious, while Ji Wuming broke Hu Liena and Xie Yue’s assault by striking them with his spear.
• Bibi Dong threatened Heaven Dou Royal Academy as Yan launched his Fifth Soul Skill, Flying Sand Mad Flame, and Ji Wuming formed a blood-colored barrier with his second Self-Created Soul Skill.

Ji Wuming led Heaven Dou Royal Academy to defeat Spirit Hall Academy and advance through the Winner Bracket, then faced Shui Bing'er and Skywater Academy in the final match of the day. Shui Bing'er trapped him with her fifth Soul Skill and launched a giant ice blade at him.

• Ji Wuming reflected Yan's flowing flames into Spirit Hall Academy's formation, knocking out two Soul Masters and forcing Yan to surrender.
• Fire Wind Academy and Skywater Academy defeated their Star Luo Empire opponents, while Shrek Academy advanced after receiving a bye.
• Yu Xiaogang forfeited Shrek Academy's match against Skywater Academy, and Fire Wind Academy later lost to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Bibi Dong moved the final Winner Bracket match to that evening, and Ji Wuming's team faced Skywater Academy.
• Ji Wuming shattered Shui Bing'er's ice phoenix attack and blasted her back with his spear.
• Shui Bing'er used her fifth Soul Skill to bind Ji Wuming in ice chains and sent a giant ice crystal blade slashing toward him.

Ji Wuming and Shui Bing'er clashed with their strongest techniques, and Heaven Dou Royal Academy defeated Skywater Academy in the Winner Bracket finals. As Ye Lingling healed the fighters, Bibi Dong resolved to destroy the young Soul Masters and everything Yu Xiaogang cherished.

• Ji Wuming and Shui Bing'er exchanged powerful attacks, but Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu then unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ice and Snow Falling.
• Ji Wuming hurled his Blood Thunder Battle Spear, transformed into a Blood Dragon, against the Mystic Frost Ice Phoenix, and their collision shattered the Soul Fighting Plaza's energy barrier.
• Shui Bing'er conceded, and the host declared Heaven Dou Royal Academy the winner of the finals.
• Ji Wuming gathered Shui Bing'er into his arms, while Ye Lingling began healing the injured members of both teams.
• Bibi Dong watched the young Soul Masters and resolved to kill them and destroy everything Yu Xiaogang cherished.

Spirit Hall Academy lost to Shrek after Tang San used poison from his Eight Spider Lances, leaving Shrek to face Skywater Academy for the final championship slot. The Loser Bracket Final began with Shrek confident in its hidden weapons, while Skywater remained unconcerned.

• Bibi Dong urged Hu Liena and Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation to win the Loser Bracket and protect Spirit Hall’s honor.
• The Loser Bracket draw paired Skywater with Star Luo Royal Academy, Shrek with Meteor Star Academy, and Spirit Hall with Fire Wind Academy.
• Shui Bing’er led Skywater to victory over Star Luo Royal Academy, while Tang San and Shrek defeated Meteor Star Academy and Spirit Hall beat Fire Wind Academy.
• Tang San poisoned Spirit Hall’s team with fragments of his Eight Spider Lances, and Yan conceded the match to Shrek.
• Shrek entered the Loser Bracket Final against Skywater, confident in its Eight Spider Lances poison and an unused secret weapon.

Tang San equipped Shrek Academy with fragments of his Eight Spider Lance Soul Bone for its loser-bracket final against Skywater Academy, and both teams traded attacks across Shui Bing'er's icy battlefield. Tang San's tactic left Xue Wu beneath a shower of falling ice crystals, with the match still underway.

• Dai Mubai ordered Shrek Academy to reveal its Martial Souls and Soul Rings, and the team armed itself with Eight Spider Lance fragments.
• Shui Bing'er froze the arena and stopped Tang San's opening attack, while Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai broke through her ice wall with fire and force.
• Shui Bing'er used Resistive Ice Ring to clear the field, and Shui Yue'er led Skywater Academy's assault, injuring Ma Hongjun and Tailong as Xiao Wu poisoned Shen Liuyu with a Lance fragment.
• Oscar healed the injured Shrek members, then flew Ning Rongrong to safety as Shui Bing'er targeted him.
• Tang San trapped Skywater Academy with his Blue Silver Thrust Array, and Shui Bing'er froze it to protect Xue Wu before Tang San withdrew the vines and sent the falling ice crystals toward her.

The Shrek Seven Devils battled Skywater Academy, with Tang San leading a seven-in-one Martial Soul Fusion Skill against Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu’s Ice and Snow Falling. Tang San poisoned Shui Bing'er, leaving Shrek victorious as Ji Wuming watched in concern.

• Tang San trapped Shui Bing'er, Xue Wu, and Qiu Ruoshui, but Shui Bing'er broke the Blue Silver Cage and wounded Shrek’s fighters with her Ice Transformation Luan Feather Strike.
• Shui Bing'er bound Tang San and struck with Frost Phoenix Extreme Ice Annihilation, but Xiao Wu shielded him with her Invincible Golden Body.
• Tang San used Eight Spider Lance Soul Bone fragments to poison Skywater Academy’s remaining fighters, leaving Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu standing.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ice and Snow Falling, while the six other Devils transferred their Soul Power to Tang San for the Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Tang San’s giant Clear Sky Hammer collided with the Mystic Frost Ice Phoenix, and he appeared behind Shui Bing'er with a poisoned fragment; Shui Bing'er collapsed as Ji Wuming watched with concern.

After Shrek Academy defeated Heavenly Water Academy, Ye Lingling used her evolved Acacia Evergreen Flower to purge Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances poison from Shui Bing’er and her teammates. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s leaders debated the threat posed by Ye Lingling’s healing ability, while Shui Bing’er wished Ji Wuming luck before his next match.

• The host declared Shrek Academy the winner, and Ma Hongjun privately fantasized about forcing Shui Bing’er to become his plaything.
• Ji Wuming stopped Tang San from treating the poisoned Heavenly Water Academy members, and Ye Lingling healed them with her Acacia Evergreen Flower.
• Ning Rongrong and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s leaders discussed whether Ye Lingling’s evolved Nine Star Begonia could threaten their sect, and Ning Fengzhi rejected killing her.
• Ye Lingling completely removed Tang San’s poison from Shui Bing’er and the other Heavenly Water Academy members.
• Shui Bing’er thanked Ji Wuming and Ye Lingling, then encouraged Ji Wuming to win his next match as Shui Yue’er teased her about him.

Bibi Dong announced that Shrek and Heaven Dou Royal Academy would meet in the championship match, while the other academies left Spirit City to avoid Spirit Hall. Three days later, the final began with Ji Wuming’s team and Shrek preparing to counter each other’s tactics.

• Bibi Dong scheduled the championship match for three days later and sent the teams back to prepare.
• The four elemental academies departed Spirit City, and Ji Wuming and Dugu Yan warned Shui Bing'er to travel safely; she and Ji Wuming said farewell.
• A Spirit City bishop urged Bibi Dong to attack the departing academies, but she refused and ordered Chrysanthemum Pass to focus on Tang San instead of Ji Wuming.
• Three days later, Ji Wuming recognized Tang San’s poison-based strategy, and he urged his teammates to defeat Shrek quickly before Tang San could use his technique.
• Tang San instructed Xiao Ao and Ning Rongrong to prepare their support for his move, and the host started the championship match between Shrek and Heaven Dou Royal Academy.