Recaps

After Heavenly Water Academy defeated Elephant Armor Academy, Li Ang left the VIP seats and spent the night instructing the team. The tournament organizers then assigned Heavenly Water Academy Blazing Academy as its next opponent, while Shrek Academy was matched against Thunder Academy, revealing Salas's targeting of both teams.

• Li Ang mocked Salas after Heavenly Water Academy decisively defeated Elephant Armor Academy, then went to the team's lounge to instruct his students.
• Li Ang spent the day and night with the Heavenly Water Academy girls, and the rejuvenated team assembled with him for its next match.
• Li Ang joined the team in the lounge instead of returning to the VIP seats, where Bai Chi announced that Blazing Academy would be their next opponent.
• Li Ang said he expected Salas to target them and asked Shui Bing'er to discuss the lineup with Xue'er.
• Bai Chi told Li Ang that Shrek Academy had been drawn against Thunder Academy, and Li Ang used his system's plug-ins to learn Salas had targeted them too.

Heavenly Water Academy finalized a cautious lineup featuring Yu Hairou for its match against Blazing Academy. After both teams entered the arena, Shui Bing'er’s level fifty-six Soul King introduction left Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu feeling awkward and surprised.

• Li Ang noted that the plot rewrite had advanced another 0.1 percent after Shrek Academy’s opponent changed to Thunder Academy.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu selected a Heavenly Water Academy lineup that included Yu Hairou, a level forty-eight Power Attack Soul Master.
• Shui Bing'er led Heavenly Water Academy onto the arena to face Blazing Academy, whose team included captain Huo Wushuang and vice captain Huo Wu.
• At the referee’s request, Shui Bing'er introduced herself as a level fifty-six Control System Battle Soul King.
• Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu felt awkward and disbelieving when Shui Bing’er announced her cultivation level.

Blazing Academy and Heavenly Water Academy began their match, with Shui Bing'er’s stronger team gaining the upper hand. When Huo Wu tried to save her teammates with Repelling Fire Ring, Shui Bing'er countered with Repelling Ice Ring and sent four Blazing Academy fighters off the arena.

• Huo Wushuang and the Blazing Academy team faced Shui Bing'er and Heavenly Water Academy after the referee started the match.
• Blazing Academy attacked while Shui Bing'er used Ice Seal and Ice Ring Armor to disrupt and protect her teammates.
• Yu Hairou and Gu Qingbo overwhelmed Huo Wushuang, leaving him close to being thrown off the arena.
• Huo Wu used Repelling Fire Ring to push back Heavenly Water Academy’s three Power Attack Soul Masters and rescue Huo Wushuang.
• Shui Bing'er countered with the stronger Repelling Ice Ring, which defeated Huo Wu’s skill and sent four Blazing Academy fighters off the arena.

Huo Wu launched her powerful Fire Dance Sun at Shui Bing'er, but Shui Bing'er countered it with Rapid Freeze Ray. After the attack failed, Yu Hairou knocked Huo Wu off the stage, and the Heavenly Water Academy girls defeated the two Blazing Academy support members.

• Huo Wu abandoned her teammates and charged a white sphere of flame by combining her Soul Rings with support from two Blazing Academy Soul Masters.
• Li Ang reassured Bai Chi that Shui Bing'er and her team would withstand Huo Wu's ultimate move.
• Huo Wu unleashed Fire Dance Sun, exhausting herself and the two support members as the sphere flew toward Shui Bing'er.
• Shui Bing'er fired Rapid Freeze Ray, and the two attacks canceled each other out in a burst of smoke.
• Yu Hairou slapped Huo Wu off the stage, while the Heavenly Water Academy girls beat the two support members and threw them off as well.

Shrek Academy and Thunder Academy fought a fierce match after their strongest attackers were eliminated, leaving Shrek with four competitors against Thunder Academy’s three. Ning Rongrong ended the battle with a devastating attack that shattered the stage and knocked out all three opponents, stunning the arena and its VIP guests.

• Dai Mubai and Shrek Academy’s other Power Attack Soul Masters were knocked off the stage, while Thunder Academy lost four competitors.
• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Tang San worked together to suppress Thunder Academy’s remaining members.
• Li Ang briefly watched the match, then stopped paying attention because he expected Shrek Academy to win.
• Ning Rongrong unleashed Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler, shattering the stage and sending Yu Tianxin, Lei Tian, and Lei Dong flying off it.
• The spectators and VIP guests were stunned by Ning Rongrong’s attack, and they regarded Ning Fengzhi with newfound wariness.

Ning Rongrong overwhelmed Thunder Academy with her self-created Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler, leaving Ning Fengzhi amazed and worried about the attention her strength would attract. Shrek’s matches continued over the next dozen days, while Heavenly Water Academy faced weak opponents and their strange schemes after Salas stopped targeting them.

• Ning Fengzhi recalled Ning Rongrong’s story about finding her self-created Soul Skills and an Immortal Herb in a tomb, and he worried about the consequences of her revealing such power.
• Ning Rongrong used the Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler to send Thunder Academy’s remaining fighters off the arena, exhausting herself and damaging more than half the arena.
• Li Ang warned Ning Rongrong that she had exposed a powerful trump card too early and told her to watch for opponents targeting her.
• Ning Rongrong assured Li Ang she would be careful, though she remained confident in her strength and her evolved Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Salas stopped targeting the academies, and the next dozen days of matches proceeded normally.
• Heavenly Water Academy easily faced weaker teams, whose contestants resorted to bizarre schemes against its members.

Heavenly Water Academy won thirteen consecutive matches while Shrek Academy faced consequences after Tang San crippled Canghui Academy’s team. Bibi Dong ruled that Shrek could keep competing for lack of evidence, and Shi Nian later died after threatening the team; Li Ang’s plot-rewriting progress reached 26.9%.

• Heavenly Water Academy won thirteen consecutive matches, while Tang San crippled Canghui Academy’s seven disciples during their match against Shrek Academy.
• Shi Nian appealed to the Tournament Organizing Committee, but Salas sought Bibi Dong’s ruling because he feared acting against Yu Xiaogang’s connection to her.
• Bibi Dong instructed Salas to find Shrek Academy innocent unless Canghui Academy produced evidence, and Salas allowed Shrek to continue competing.
• Shi Nian threatened to kill everyone from Shrek Academy, disappeared the next day, and was found dead in a forest outside Heaven Dou City three days later.
• Li Ang’s plot-rewriting progress reached 26.9%, and his points rose to 2,874.

Heavenly Water Academy and Shrek Academy prepared to face each other in the competition’s most anticipated match, with both teams fielding their strongest available lineups. The chapter ended as Tang San introduced himself as Shrek’s captain before the match began.

• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu decided that Heavenly Water Academy would field all seven main members against Shrek Academy.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang chose Shrek’s full available lineup, with Tai Long replacing Ma Hongjun, who could no longer fight after losing his Soul Power.
• Both teams entered the main arena to a large crowd, and tension rose between them before the match started.
• At the referee’s request, Tang San stepped forward and introduced himself as Shrek Team’s level forty-three Control System Battle Soul Master.

Tang San became Shrek Academy’s captain and drew an extraordinary amount of attention from Heaven Dou City’s nobles, while Li Ang’s secret efforts deterred mercenaries from trying to capture him. The chapter ended as Shui Bing’er introduced herself before the match against Shrek Academy.

• Yu Xiaogang and Flender chose Tang San as captain because Dai Mubai was too weak for the role and Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing would not accept him.
• Tang San’s striking appearance and captaincy drew cheers, love confessions, and proposals from spectators who knew he was a boy.
• Li Ang’s intelligence revealed that the bounty on Tang San had reached 2.4 million gold soul coins, with the patrons demanding he be captured alive and unharmed.
• Mercenaries who targeted Tang San were killed, including Soul Douluo-level fighters, and the violence deterred others from pursuing the bounty.
• Shui Bing’er introduced herself as Heavenly Water Academy’s level-fifty-six captain, though she received far less attention from the crowd than Tang San.

Heavenly Water Academy’s superior cultivation shocked the audience and alarmed Xue Ye and Salas, while Shrek Academy launched its attack. Tang San tried to restrain the opposing team, but he was frozen before his skill could take effect.

• Xue Wu revealed five soul rings, including a black one, and the audience learned that all seven Heavenly Water Academy members had Soul Power above level forty.
• Xue Ye and Salas suspected that Li Ang had a method for rapidly increasing Soul Power and worried about the Black Beast Kingdom’s growing strength.
• Dai Mubai led Shrek Academy’s opening charge as Ning Rongrong buffed the team and Oscar made Strength Purple Sausages.
• Zhu Zhuqing vanished to engage Heavenly Water Academy’s Agility Attack Soul Masters, while Xiao Wu joined the frontal attack.
• Tang San activated his first soul skill, Entangling, but was frozen in solid ice before it could be released.

Heavenly Water Academy used ice-based soul skills to suppress Shrek Academy, injuring Dai Mubai and knocking Tai Long from the arena. Shui Bing'er nearly fell to Xiao Wu's attack, then froze Xiao Wu and targeted Tang San and Oscar as Tang San dodged and rescued Oscar.

• Shui Bing'er froze the four Shrek members charging at the front, and Heavenly Water Academy's Power Attack Soul Masters knocked Tai Long out of the arena and injured the others.
• Ning Rongrong held back Heavenly Water Academy's three attackers while Dai Mubai and Xiao Wu reached the opposing rear, and Shui Bing'er repeatedly froze Tang San.
• Xue Wu unleashed her Third Soul Skill, sending deadly ice and snow at Xiao Wu and Dai Mubai and leaving Dai Mubai severely wounded.
• Xiao Wu teleported to Shui Bing'er and briefly stunned her before Shui Bing'er escaped the Eight Stage Throw with her Repelling Ice Ring.
• Shui Bing'er froze Xiao Wu with a controlled Rapid Freeze Ray, then fired rays at Tang San and Oscar; Tang San dodged and rescued Oscar with Blue Silver Grass.

Tang San’s trap let Shrek Academy eliminate two Heavenly Water Academy members, but Shui Bing’er answered with her fifth Soul Skill, freezing much of the arena. Ning Rongrong resisted the attack, while Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing struggled inside the ice and Shui Bing’er ordered her teammates to finish them off.

• Tang San feinted an attack on Shui Bing’er, then trapped the Heavenly Water Academy team with Blue Silver Prisons.
• Ning Rongrong knocked Yu Hairou off the arena, while Zhu Zhuqing eliminated one Agility Attack Soul Master and seriously injured Shui Yue’er.
• Shui Bing’er unleashed her fifth Soul Skill, Ice Phoenix Breath, freezing Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar.
• Ning Rongrong used Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler to break through the icy breath and open a patch in the frozen arena.
• Shui Bing’er saw Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing struggling inside the ice and ordered her remaining teammates to finish them off.

Heavenly Water Academy defeated Shrek Academy and Divine Wind Academy, then finished the Preliminary Competition undefeated and ranked first. The five advancing teams were set to compete next in the Advancement Tournament, which would determine their order in the Finals.

• Shui Bing'er knocked Ning Rongrong out of the match, and the frozen Shrek members did not reveal their hidden abilities.
• Thunder Academy conceded to Heavenly Water Academy, while Shui Bing'er led her team to defeat Divine Wind Academy.
• The Preliminary Competition ended with Heavenly Water Academy first, Divine Wind Academy and Shrek Academy tied for second, and Thunder Academy and Blazing Academy also qualifying.
• Elephant Armor Academy finished sixth after losing to the other Five Element Academies and Shrek Academy.
• The Advancement Tournament was announced as a ranking contest in which teams would send out contestants one at a time until one side ran out of competitors.

Huo Wu visited Li Ang to ask for help becoming stronger after Blazing Academy’s poor performance in the Preliminary Competition. Li Ang confirmed he could rapidly improve her strength and talent, then hinted that his help would come at a price, leaving Huo Wu uneasy.

• During the month-long rest before the Advancement Tournament, the Heavenly Water Academy girls began targeted training based on Li Ang’s plan.
• Huo Wu asked Shui Bing’er to introduce her to Li Ang, hoping to find a way to grow stronger.
• Shui Bing’er brought Huo Wu to Li Ang’s estate, where Huo Wu asked him for help.
• Li Ang confirmed he had a method to quickly improve a soul master’s strength, talent, and physique without leaving hidden dangers.
• Huo Wu said she was willing to pay any price, while Li Ang smiled ominously and Shui Bing’er remained unsurprised.

Li Ang offered to take Huo Wu as his disciple, requiring her to obey the sect’s orders, and tempted her with a rare Fire Essence that could strengthen her and possibly evolve her martial soul. Huo Wu accepted, and Li Ang kept Shui Bing'er from slipping away so he could review her lessons too.

• Huo Wu left the choice to Li Ang, who asked her to become his disciple.
• Li Ang told Huo Wu that disciples had to obey the sect’s orders completely, and she hesitated over the lifelong obligation.
• Li Ang showed Huo Wu a Fire Essence and explained that it could increase her Soul Power, improve her affinity for flames, and possibly evolve her martial soul.
• Huo Wu accepted Li Ang as her master in exchange for the chance to gain the Fire Essence and reach the Titled Douluo realm.
• Li Ang gave Huo Wu the Fire Essence and stopped Shui Bing'er from leaving so he could review her lessons.

Li Ang trained Huo Wu alongside the Heavenly Water Academy girls, helping her rapidly increase her strength and transform her martial soul. After an Immortal Pill brought her to level fifty, he took her to Sunset Forest to obtain her Fifth Soul Ring before the Advancement Tournament.

• Huo Wu learned how the Heavenly Water Academy students had grown stronger and chose to remain Li Ang's disciple.
• Huo Wu moved into Li Ang's estate and trained with the Heavenly Water Academy girls, while Feng Xiaotian visited and received her usual indifference.
• Li Ang's guidance and Fire Essence raised Huo Wu's Soul Power from level forty-three to level forty-eight.
• Li Ang gave Huo Wu an Immortal Pill, which helped her break through to level fifty and further transform her martial soul.
• Li Ang told Huo Wu they would go to Sunset Forest to obtain her Fifth Soul Ring before the Advancement Tournament.

Li Ang took Huo Wu to Sunset Forest to hunt her Fifth Soul Ring, and she chose a powerful offensive skill over an enhancement skill. He planned to find a Fireball Dragon for her, leaving them headed into the forest to hunt one.

• Li Ang considered whether Huo Wu should choose an enhancement skill or an attack skill for her Fifth Soul Ring.
• Huo Wu decided she wanted a high-power attack skill to strengthen her chances in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Li Ang accepted her choice and proposed a Fireball Dragon as the source of her Fifth Soul Ring.
• Li Ang and Huo Wu flew into Sunset Forest, where Li Ang headed toward the areas where Fireball Dragons lived.
• Li Ang planned to hunt a Fireball Dragon and use its meat to make charcoal-grilled dragon ribs.

Li Ang subdued a thirty-thousand-year Fireball Dragon for Huo Wu to kill and harvest its soul ring, then prepared to cook the dragon’s ribs while she absorbed it. When he sensed Golden Crocodile Douluo fighting nearby, Li Ang prepared to go watch the battle involving Tang Hao.

• Li Ang concealed his aura and entered a Fireball Dragon’s territory with Huo Wu to find a suitable soul beast for her.
• The Fireball Dragon attacked, but Li Ang swallowed its fireball with his wolf-head soul skill and pinned the beast down with black pillars.
• Huo Wu killed the wounded Fireball Dragon and began absorbing its black soul ring while Li Ang prepared the dragon ribs for grilling.
• Li Ang sensed Golden Crocodile Douluo and several other powerful Soul Masters fighting nearby, and he decided to go watch Tang Hao being attacked.
• Huo Wu woke from her cultivation as Li Ang prepared to create two clones to protect her before leaving.

After Huo Wu absorbed her Fifth Soul Ring, Li Ang took her to watch a battle between Golden Crocodile Douluo and Tang Hao. Tang Hao escaped wounded, and Golden Crocodile Douluo ordered Spirit Hall to track him down so he could avenge Qian Xunji.

• Huo Wu absorbed a Thirty Thousand Year Fifth Soul Ring, advanced to level forty-two, and told Li Ang she felt uneasy.
• Li Ang took Huo Wu on his flying horse to watch the Titled Douluo battle, leaving clones to tend the roasting dragon ribs.
• Li Ang arrived in time to see Tang Hao clash with Golden Crocodile Douluo, vomit blood, and flee using a long-range Teleport soul skill.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo stopped two Spirit Hall Titled Douluo from pursuing Tang Hao and ordered them to report any sightings instead.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo vowed to hunt down the injured Tang Hao and avenge Qian Xunji, while Bibi Dong had only sent the pursuit party to satisfy Spirit Hall.

Li Ang reunited with Golden Crocodile Douluo and learned that he had come to capture Tang Hao. Li Ang ordered the Mercenary Association to help find Tang Hao, and the search quickly exposed his whereabouts.

• Li Ang appeared before Golden Crocodile Douluo, who recognized him and realized he had become a Super Douluo.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo told Li Ang that he had come to capture Tang Hao for Qian Xunji’s sake.
• Li Ang offered his help and ordered the Mercenary Association to search for Tang Hao around Heaven Dou City.
• Mercenary Groups searched the area, and Tang Hao’s whereabouts were quickly exposed.

Li Ang joined Golden Crocodile Douluo’s pursuit of Tang Hao, who escaped each confrontation with his teleportation Soul Skill, while Li Ang considered how to counter it. Back in Heaven Dou City, the Advancement Tournament began at the Royal Hunting Ground, where Xue Ye’s attempt to intimidate Spirit Hall with the Heaven Dou Royal Knights failed to impress Li Ang or Salas.

• Li Ang sent Huo Wu back to Heaven Dou City with a clone so she could continue competing while he followed Golden Crocodile Douluo to hunt Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao repeatedly fled Spirit Hall’s experts with his long-range Teleport Soul Skill, and Li Ang realized he would need a way to restrict it.
• The Advancement Tournament began across the Heaven Dou Empire, Star Luo Empire, and Black Beast Kingdom regions, with the Heaven Dou Empire holding its matches at the Royal Hunting Ground.
• Xue Ye assembled the Heaven Dou Royal Knights around the arena to demonstrate the empire’s military strength to Spirit Hall.
• Salas and Li Ang dismissed the knights as no match for a Titled Douluo, leaving Xue Ye confused as Ning Fengzhi urged him to calm down.

During the Advancement Tournament, Huo Wu fought as Blazing Academy’s first fighter and overwhelmed Fabiya Academy’s captain with her evolved fire abilities. She sent him off the arena, leaving Blazing Academy in control of the match.

• Ning Fengzhi realized Spirit Hall’s strength was far greater than he had expected.
• The Advancement Tournament began, with Shrek Academy facing Barak Academy, Blazing Academy facing Fabiya Academy, and Heavenly Water Academy facing Divine Wind Academy.
• Huo Wu volunteered to fight first against Fabiya Academy and intimidated its level-forty-one captain with her five Soul Rings.
• Huo Wu’s Burning Soul Skill engulfed the captain in crimson flames that consumed his Soul Power.
• Huo Wu used Repelling Fire Ring to send the captain off the arena.

After Huo Wu dominated her match with her newly powerful area attack, Salas questioned Li Ang about his teaching methods and invited him to teach at Spirit Hall. The nobles of the Heaven Dou Empire began considering sending their own young people to Li Ang, while Salas avoided letting him teach Hu Liena.

• Huo Wu defeated all seven members of Fabiya Academy and smugly challenged Tang San and Shui Bing'er with her gaze.
• Salas asked Li Ang whether he had taught Huo Wu, and Li Ang admitted that he had given her some guidance.
• Salas invited Li Ang to teach at Spirit Hall Soul Master Academy, and Li Ang eagerly asked to meet Hu Liena.
• Salas declined to commit to sending Hu Liena to Li Ang, wary because she was Bibi Dong's designated successor as Saintess.
• Xue Ye and the Heaven Dou nobles considered sending young members of their families to Li Ang after seeing his effect on Huo Wu.

The Advancement Tournament continued as Shrek Academy defeated Barak Academy, with Tang San using Realgar Wine to neutralize a poison-based martial soul and Ning Rongrong finishing the remaining opponents. Heavenly Water Academy’s Shui Bing’er then swept through Divine Wind Academy’s first six contestants, leaving Feng Xiaotian to face her.

• Xiao Wu defeated Barak Academy’s first Soul Ancestor, and a poison-wielding contestant briefly won a bout before Tang San countered his poison with Realgar Wine.
• Tang San defeated several Barak Academy contestants before stepping down from Soul Power exhaustion, and Ning Rongrong easily defeated the final two.
• Shui Bing’er took the field against Divine Wind Academy and used Ice Seal and Repelling Ice Ring to defeat its first six contestants.
• Feng Xiaotian entered the arena as Divine Wind Academy’s final contestant and faced Shui Bing’er.

Feng Xiaotian faced Shui Bing'er in the Advancement Tournament, hoping to prove himself despite her overwhelming advantage. After their introductions revealed Shui Bing'er's Ice Phoenix martial soul, the match began and Feng Xiaotian launched his opening attacks.

• Feng Xiaotian focused on proving his strength to Huo Wu and planned to defeat Heavenly Water Academy after his earlier loss to them.
• After Divine Wind Academy's six other members were defeated without significantly tiring Shui Bing'er, Feng Xiaotian stepped into the arena.
• Feng Xiaotian and Shui Bing'er announced their ranks and martial souls, and Shui Bing'er's Ice Phoenix startled the spectators and officials.
• Feng Xiaotian opened with his First Soul Skill, Wind Blade Array, sending ten wind blades toward Shui Bing'er.
• Shui Bing'er used her Third Soul Skill, Repelling Ice Ring, to deflect the blades, while Feng Xiaotian activated his second and third Soul Rings together.