Chapter Summaries

Ning Rongrong overwhelmed Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team with her combat skills, helping Shrek Academy win in seconds. The VIP spectators realized her strength could change how they assessed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Salas and Xue Ye each considered how to respond.

• Li Ang suspected Xiao Wu used a treasure to conceal her soul beast aura.
• Ning Rongrong buffed herself and her teammates, then charged into battle despite Tang San reminding her that she was support.
• Ning Rongrong knocked down Heaven Dou Royal Academy Soul Masters with her martial arts, while Zhu Zhuqing and the rest of Shrek Academy joined the attack.
• Shrek Academy eliminated all seven members of Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team in only a few dozen seconds.
• Xue Ye and Salas reconsidered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's strength after seeing Ning Rongrong fight.
• Salas considered reporting Ning Rongrong's abilities to Bibi Dong, while Xue Ye thought about winning over the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Ning Fengzhi was stunned by Ning Rongrong’s strength and self-created Soul Skills, while Xue Ye and Bishop Salas misread his reactions as signs of deeper Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect power. The chapter ended with Shrek Academy winning its opening match as the Preliminary Competition began.

• Ning Fengzhi realized Ning Rongrong’s self-created Soul Skills explained her newfound combat strength and decided to question her after the match.
• Bishop Salas praised Ning Rongrong, then took Ning Fengzhi’s modest reply as a warning about hidden strength within the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Xue Ye proposed that Crown Prince Xue Qinghe marry Ning Rongrong, but Ning Fengzhi declined to bind the sect to the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Li Ang watched the leaders scheme and nearly laughed at Xue Ye’s marriage proposal.
• Shrek Academy overwhelmed the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team, and the Preliminary Competition began with teams competing in batches across five arenas.

Li Ang watched the Preliminary Competition and focused on the match between Heavenly Water Academy and Elephant Armor Academy, two Five Element Academies. The teams took the stage with Heavenly Water Academy fielding only three of its main members, and the match was about to begin.

• After Shrek Academy and Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s match, the Preliminary Competition continued across five stages, and Li Ang grew bored with the ordinary bouts.
• Heavenly Water Academy and Elephant Armor Academy drew the attention of Xue Ye, Salas, Ning Fengzhi, and the other VIPs as the two Five Element Academies prepared to face each other.
• Salas tried to provoke Hu Yanzhen and Li Ang by asking for their predictions, but Li Ang dismissed the bait.
• Heavenly Water Academy fielded Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Gu Qingbo against Elephant Armor Academy.
• The teams exchanged pleasantries before the referee called for them to bow, and the atmosphere grew solemn.

Shui Bing'er shocked the tournament audience by revealing she was a fifty-sixth-rank Soul King, then led Heavenly Water Academy into its match against Elephant Armor Academy. The teams began fighting, with Elephant Armor advancing together while Heavenly Water froze the arena.

• Shui Bing'er introduced herself as a fifty-sixth-rank Control-type Soul King, stunning Hu Yanli, the audience, and the VIP guests.
• Li Ang teased Salas about Elephant Armor Academy's chances, and Salas could not claim it would win against Shui Bing'er.
• The referee started the match, and both teams summoned their Soul Spirits; Elephant Armor's seven members all transformed through their Diamond Mammoth Soul Spirits.
• Heavenly Water Academy's support Soul Master buffed her teammates and covered the arena in ice and snow.
• Hu Yanli led Elephant Armor Academy in linking their auras and steadily advancing to limit their opponents' room to maneuver.

Heavenly Water Academy used Shui Bing'er's Ice Seal to control Elephant Armor Academy and won the match decisively. Hu Yanli's head soul bone saved him from an early knockout, but coordinated attacks from Gu Qingbo and Shui Yue'er eventually sent him and his remaining teammates off the arena.

• Shui Bing'er covered Heavenly Water Academy in icy armor, then froze all seven Elephant Armor Academy members as her teammates attacked.
• Gu Qingbo struck Hu Yanli with her Fourth Soul Skill, but his head soul bone protected him from being knocked off the arena.
• Ning Fengzhi pointedly remarked on Hu Yanli's head soul bone, and Hu Yanzhen angrily rebuffed him from the VIP Seats.
• Heavenly Water Academy knocked four Elephant Armor Academy members off the arena, while Hu Yanli failed to activate his Fourth Soul Skill before Shui Bing'er froze the three remaining members.
• Shui Yue'er and Gu Qingbo joined forces to blast Hu Yanli off the arena, and Heavenly Water Academy eliminated the final two opponents to win in under a minute.

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.