Chapter Summaries

Shrek Academy continued its winning streak while Canghui Academy revealed a powerful Seven-in-One Fusion Skill and defeated Blazing Academy. Oscar explained the illusion skill’s weakness to Shrek’s team, leaving them aware that Canghui had likely forfeited because it feared Dai Mubai’s strength.

• Oscar drew Canghui Academy as Shrek Academy’s opponent, but Canghui forfeited before their match began.
• Godwind Academy defeated Skywater Academy by using its members’ ability to fly while both teams concealed their trump cards.
• Canghui Academy’s seven Gemstone Martial Soul users used the Seven Asura Illusory Realm to defeat Blazing Academy and leave its members unconscious with spiritual damage.
• Feng Xiaotian rushed onto the platform in anger, but a Soul Saint stopped him while the medical team confirmed Blazing Academy’s members would recover.
• Tang San identified Canghui Academy’s fusion skill as an illusion based on Spiritual Power, and Oscar explained that superior Spiritual Power or illusion-breaking abilities could counter it.

Shrek Academy faced Godwind Academy in the nineteenth round, where Godwind’s aerial tactics initially threatened to wear down Shrek’s Soul Power. Tang San’s Fourth Spirit Ability turned the pressure back on Godwind, but he noticed Feng Xiaotian’s wing attacks growing stronger and prepared for a counterattack.

• Canghui Academy rose in popularity after defeating Blazing Academy, while Shrek Academy won its next matches and was paired against Godwind Academy in the nineteenth round.
• Tang San selected Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, Tai Long, Jing Ling, and Jiang Zhu for Shrek’s lineup against Feng Xiaotian’s team.
• Godwind Academy’s fighters took to the air, used their Wind Chime support abilities to boost their speed, and tried to drain Shrek’s Soul Power while avoiding direct attacks.
• Feng Xiaotian used his wings to evade Dai Mubai and countered Tang San’s Fourth Spirit Ability, Plucking Leaves and Flying Flowers, with support from his teammates.
• Tang San sustained his barrage with Jiang Zhu’s recovery support, forcing Godwind Academy to spend Soul Power defending and evading his daggers.
• Tang San noticed Feng Xiaotian’s wing strikes growing more powerful and quietly wrapped vines around his teammates in preparation for what Feng might do next.

Shrek Academy defeated Godwind Academy after Tang San turned Feng Xiaotian’s aerial attack against him and trapped the opposing team with Blue Silver Kings. Feng Xiaotian conceded, then vowed to defeat Tang San in the Promotion Match, while Tang San said he would have to get past Dai Mubai first.

• Feng Xiaotian used his flight and a feint to lure Dai Mubai away while building power with his Self-Created Soul Skill, Thirty-Six Consecutive Wind Wolf Slashes.
• Dai Mubai’s teammates shielded Tang San from Feng Xiaotian’s diving attack, and Tang San’s Blue Silver Blades wounded Feng Xiaotian and planted seeds in his arm.
• Tang San activated Parasite to bind Feng Xiaotian during his Fourth Spirit Ability, causing backlash that left him badly injured.
• Tang San repeatedly wounded and bound the Godwind Academy members, while Dai Mubai prepared to strike Feng Xiaotian as he fell.
• A middle-aged man from Godwind Academy caught Feng Xiaotian and conceded the match, giving Shrek Academy the victory.
• Feng Xiaotian challenged Tang San to face him in the Promotion Match, and Tang San replied that Feng Xiaotian would have to get past Dai Mubai first.

Shrek Academy began its twentieth-round match against Thunderclap Academy, whose lightning-powered fighters targeted everyone except Tang San. As the battle settled into several stalemates, Tang San was left wondering why his opponents were ignoring him.

• Huo Wu watched Shrek defeat Godwind Academy, then left with Huo Wushuang and her teammates while criticizing Feng Xiaotian.
• Thunderclap Academy defeated Skywater Academy, and Tang San later learned that Shrek would face Thunderclap the next day.
• Shrek and Thunderclap fielded their teams at the Great Soul Arena, where Yu Tianxin led Thunderclap's all-Battle-Spirit lineup against them.
• The match began with Dai Mubai holding off Yu Tianxin and two teammates, while Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Huang Yuan, and Tai Long engaged their opponents.
• Thunderclap Academy left Tang San unchallenged, puzzling the spectators and Tang San as the other fighters traded attacks.

Tang San used his Blue Silver King and Tang Sect techniques to control Shrek Academy’s movements, helping Dai Mubai defeat Thunderclap Academy’s fighters. After Xiao Wu saved Zhu Zhuqing from a coordinated attack, Yu Tianxin conceded the match, though both teams had revealed powerful abilities.

• Tang San wrapped Blue Silver Kings around his teammates and used them to shift Dai Mubai and Tai Long, letting Dai Mubai knock out a Thunder Umbrella Soul Elder.
• Yu Tianxin used Dragon Transformation and attacked Tai Long, but Tang San pulled him back and helped Dai Mubai block her strike.
• A Thunder Spider Soul Ancestor bound Zhu Zhuqing with God Locking Ring while a Thunder Eagle Soul Ancestor prepared a diving attack.
• Dai Mubai unleashed White Tiger Meteor Shower, defeated Yu Tianxin and two Soul Elders, then rushed to save Zhu Zhuqing.
• Xiao Wu used Teleportation and Invincible Golden Body to shield Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Mubai tore apart the Thunder Eagle and freed Zhu Zhuqing.
• Yu Tianxin conceded for Thunderclap Academy before Dai Mubai could attack Lei Dong.

After Shrek Academy secured its twentieth consecutive victory, Dai Mubai and his teammates reflected on the battle and prepared for Skywater Academy. In Spirit City, Hu Liena worried about Ao Yue and discussed his coming contest with his younger brother, while Xie Yue urged her to let him prove himself.

• Thunderclap Academy surrendered after Dai Mubai overwhelmed its fighters, and Shrek Academy earned its twentieth straight victory.
• Dai Mubai checked on Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar encouraged the team to rely on their strength against Skywater Academy rather than worry about revealing their abilities.
• Hu Liena told Xie Yue she missed Ao Yue and explained that his tournament contest against his younger brother could determine whether they could be together without further obstacles.
• Xie Yue warned Hu Liena not to interfere in Ao Yue's contest, and she agreed to focus on training while insisting she would defeat both Ao Yue's younger brother and Ao Yue himself.

Shrek Academy faced Tianshui Academy on the final day of the Preliminary Round, with a perfect record and noble titles at stake. Both teams revealed their lineups and released their Spirits as the match began.

• Shrek Academy continued its winning streak and earned widespread attention, while the Sword Sect sponsored the academy and promised yearly instruction from Titled Douluo.
• Xue Ye offered both teams baron titles and fiefs if they won, and Shrek Academy would become the first team to finish the Preliminary Round undefeated if it defeated Tianshui Academy.
• Shui Bing'er studied the Shrek team and suspected Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Dugu Yan, and Ning Rongrong were hidden trump cards.
• Shrek Academy and Tianshui Academy entered the central arena, and Dai Mubai and Shui Bing'er introduced themselves and their Soul Power ranks.
• Both teams arranged their formations and released their Spirits and Soul Rings; the referee started the match.

Shui Bing'er repeatedly froze Shrek Academy’s fighters while Skywater Academy’s Xue Wu prepared a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu unleashed an Ice Phoenix, leaving Dai Mubai and his teammates facing the full force of their trump card.

• Tang San used the Blue Silver King to launch Shrek’s assault, but Shui Bing’er repeatedly Ice Sealed him and Dai Mubai’s team.
• Dai Mubai broke free and counterattacked, while Tang San rescued Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing from Skywater Academy’s attacks with Blue Silver King.
• Tang San realized Xue Wu was preparing a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Shui Bing’er protected her with Ice Ring Armor as Skywater Academy charged.
• Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu froze Tang San’s Blue Silver Blades, then unleashed a blizzard that forced Shrek’s fighters back.
• Shui Bing’er appeared atop a gigantic Ice Phoenix, while Ma Hongjun recognized a resonance between their phoenix Martial Souls and Ning Rongrong worried about Dai Mubai.

Dai Mubai unleashed his fifth Spirit Ability and defeated Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu's Ice Crystal Phoenix, securing Shrek Academy's twenty-seventh consecutive victory over Skywater Academy. After the teams congratulated each other, Salas considered whether Spirit Hall Academy could overcome Shrek in the future.

• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to attack Shrek, but Dai Mubai countered their Ice Phoenix with his Spirit Abilities.
• Dai Mubai activated White Tiger Demon God Transformation and struck the Ice Crystal Phoenix with Comet White Tiger Break, shattering it and defeating Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu.
• Tang San caught the falling women with Blue Silver Kings, and Jiang Zhu treated them as the referee declared Shrek the winner of its twenty-seventh consecutive match.
• Shui Bing'er praised Dai Mubai and promised that Skywater Academy would grow stronger and challenge him again; the teams bowed and left the arena.
• Oscar led Shrek's team to Lingyu Restaurant to celebrate, while Salas decided to report Dai Mubai's strength to Spirit Hall.

After Shrek Academy completed a perfect twenty-seven-match run, the top five teams received their Promotion Match qualifications and heard Xue Ye announce generous imperial rewards. Xue Ye’s offers and Salas’s objections exposed the choice facing the young competitors between the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall as they prepared for the Promotion Match.

• Shrek Academy’s captain Oscar and vice-captain Dugu Yan joined the representatives of Godwind, Thunderclap, Skywater, and Blazing Academies onstage to receive their qualifications.
• Xue Ye awarded the five teams’ captains and vice-captains viscount titles and promised noble titles and fiefs to the other competing students.
• Salas challenged Xue Ye’s rewards, but Xue Ye said the titles were an internal imperial matter and promised to raise the winners’ noble ranks and grant their academy the Royal prefix.
• Xue Ye announced that the Promotion Match would begin in one month at the Royal Hunting Ground and that its three top performers could choose soul beasts for their next advancement.
• The competitors understood that Xue Ye’s offers put them between the empire and Spirit Hall, and the ceremony ended.

After the Preliminary Round, Shrek’s team prepared for the Promotion Match while Spirit Hall identified Shrek as a formidable rival. Bibi Dong appointed Yu Xiaogang to train the Golden Generation, giving him a chance to prove himself and rekindle his connection with her.

• Shrek’s team returned to the academy and began a month of cultivation, while Tai Long prepared to break through to rank 40.
• The Star Luo Emperor regretted granting the Sword Sect’s Lingyu Team a tournament slot after seeing its strength, though his son had benefited from the Sect’s guidance.
• Bibi Dong told Hu Liena that Shrek might have at least two Spirit Kings, and Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan vowed to defend Spirit Hall’s championship.
• Bibi Dong introduced Yu Xiaogang as a Spirit Hall elder and assigned him to train the Golden Generation for two months.
• Yu Xiaogang promised Bibi Dong he would not retreat, while she recalled finding him gravely wounded and learned how his experiences had changed his theories and ambitions.

After Yu Xiaogang's Martial Soul evolved and he began a new chapter of his life, Shrek Academy prepared for the tournament's Promotion Match under the headmasters' training. Qin Ming visited to share advice, and the chapter ended with Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe visiting Shrek's camp as the competition approached.

• Yu Xiaogang's Martial Soul evolved after he consumed a rare treasure, and a beautiful woman rescued him when he was later wounded by Spirit Beasts.
• Oscar put Shrek's students through a month of intense training against Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Liu Erlong while Tai Long secluded himself to attempt a breakthrough to level 40.
• Flender brought Qin Ming to Shrek Academy, where Qin Ming advised the students to seek experience through actual combat and looked forward to meeting them in the Grand Finals.
• Shrek's team arrived at the Royal Hunting Grounds for the Promotion Match, and Dai Mubai and Tang San discussed the order of their team's appearances.
• Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe visited Shrek's camp, where Ning Rongrong greeted her father and Xue Qinghe briefly looked at Oscar and Dugu Yan.

The Promotion Match began at the Royal Knights' Grand Training Ground, where Shrek Academy faced Barak Academy in the first match. Tai Long and Xiao Wu secured a decisive victory, leaving Shrek's remaining competitors unused as the tournament continued.

• Xue Ye opened the Promotion Match before the participating teams and the assembled Royal Knights.
• Flender urged Shrek Academy to crush Barak Academy, and Tai Long entered first against its captain, Orbai.
• Tai Long defeated Orbai and three more opponents before Barak Academy's fifth competitor finally stopped him.
• Xiao Wu defeated three Barak Academy competitors in succession, giving Shrek Academy seven wins and one loss overall.
• The remaining Shrek competitors watched without fighting as Shrek's strength established it as a major obstacle in the Promotion Match.

Shrek Academy faced Blazing Academy in the eighth round, where Huo Wu’s tactics and Ring Fusion gave her team a chance to challenge Shrek. Xiao Wu ultimately avoided Huo Wu’s locked-on attack and won, while Oscar warned the team not to seriously injure opponents in the competition.

• Shrek Academy’s early fighters lost or drew against Blazing Academy’s fire-based competitors, but Zhu Zhuqing defeated two Soul Elders before drawing with Huo Wushuang.
• Xiao Wu defeated Huo Xing Soul Elder with her Third and First Spirit Abilities, leaving Huo Wu as Blazing Academy’s final competitor.
• Huo Wu used Resisting Fire Ring to hold Xiao Wu at bay while charging Ring Fusion, then launched her Fourth Spirit Ability, Huo Wu’s Blazing Sun.
• Xiao Wu used Teleportation to seize Huo Wu and turn her toward the locked-on fireball, but Oscar told her to let Huo Wu go before the attack hit.
• The referee contained the fireball, Huo Wu was knocked unconscious, and Oscar explained that serious injuries could get competitors banned even though Xiao Wu had acted appropriately against an enemy.

Oscar obtained the Eight Spider Lances and sent them to Dugu Yan, while Shrek Academy faced Thunderclap Academy in the Promotion Match. Tai Long defeated Lei Hong with a devastating punch, revealing a strength that left even Tang San wondering about its resemblance to his father's technique.

• Huo Wu confronted Feng Xiaotian about Blazing Academy's loss to Shrek Academy, and Feng Xiaotian left to fight in the next match.
• Oscar killed a roughly two-thousand-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider, obtained its Eight Spider Lances, and sent the External Soul Bone to Dugu Yan.
• Shrek Academy began its match against Thunderclap Academy, where Jing Ling and Huang Yuan each drew their bouts.
• Tai Long fought Lei Hong, endured his lightning attacks, and baited him into using his strongest diving strike.
• Tai Long activated two enhancement abilities and destroyed Lei Hong's Thunder Eagle with one punch, winning the match and surprising the spectators.

Tai Long defeated Lei Hong but conceded to Lei Mie after being trapped, and Xiao Wu then defeated Lei Mie before battling Yu Tianxin. When Yu Tianxin nearly struck the incapacitated Xiao Wu, Oscar intervened with a single sword slash, revealing his formidable strength to the tournament spectators.

• Tai Long overwhelmed Lei Hong with a punch, then fought Lei Mie until Shrek Academy conceded after the God Locking Ring trapped him.
• Xiao Wu used Charm, Teleportation, and Waist Bow to defeat Lei Mie, then challenged Yu Tianxin.
• Yu Tianxin countered Xiao Wu’s attacks with her lightning and Dragon Transformation, while Xiao Wu used Invincible Golden Body to land a Waist Bow that sent Yu Tianxin flying.
• Yu Tianxin’s lightning left Xiao Wu unable to move, and she charged to strike her before the referee could intervene.
• Oscar sent Yu Tianxin flying with an azure Jade Sword and declared Xiao Wu’s concession, startling the spectators with his power.

Shrek Academy defeated Thunderclap Academy and continued its winning streak through the Promotion Match, with Zhu Zhuqing overcoming Yu Tianxin and Skywater Academy drawing with Xiao Wu. In the final match against Godwind Academy, Dai Mubai faced Feng Xiaotian in a wagered one-on-one battle, and their fight began.

• Oscar intervened to protect Xiao Wu from Yu Tianxin’s lightning attack, then advised Tang San not to let confidence become arrogance.
• Zhu Zhuqing used her speed and Netherworld Shadow Clone to evade Yu Tianxin’s ultimate attack, and Thunderclap Academy conceded.
• Shrek Academy extended its winning streak to nine matches, then drew with Skywater Academy when Xiao Wu and Shui Bing’er exhausted each other.
• Feng Xiaotian challenged Dai Mubai to a one-on-one match, wagering that the loser’s academy would concede, and Dai Mubai accepted.
• Dai Mubai and Feng Xiaotian released their Martial Souls, and the final Promotion Match’s opening battle began.

Dai Mubai and Feng Xiaotian fought in a high-level tournament match, trading spirit abilities as Feng Xiaotian used his speed and flight to challenge Dai Mubai’s strength. Feng Xiaotian launched his Self-Created Soul Skill, and the chapter ended as Dai Mubai met his first descending slash with a golden-lit punch.

• Dai Mubai shattered Feng Xiaotian’s Wind Blade Formation and fought him at close range, overcoming his Twin Wolf Possession with superior strength.
• Dai Mubai unleashed White Tiger Blazing Light Wave, but Feng Xiaotian retreated and used Swift Wind Wings to evade the attack from the air.
• Feng Xiaotian’s Magic Wolf Storm clashed with Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Comet Blast, leaving Dai Mubai standing while Feng Xiaotian began to fall behind in Soul Power.
• Feng Xiaotian strengthened himself with Twin Wolf Possession and Swift Wind Wings, then launched his Self-Created Soul Skill, Thirty-Six Consecutive Wind Wolf Slashes.
• Feng Xiaotian cut through Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Blazing Light Wave during his dive, and Dai Mubai countered his first slash with a golden-lit punch.

Dai Mubai defeated Feng Xiaotian in a fierce duel, enduring the growing power of his thirty-six Gale Wolf Slashes before overwhelming him with his own strength. Feng Xiaotian conceded, and Dai Mubai left him with a warning from the captain as Shrek Academy extended its undefeated Promotion Match record.

• Dai Mubai countered Feng Xiaotian’s increasingly powerful wing slashes with punches, then used White Tiger Meteor Shower as Feng Xiaotian reached his thirty-third strike.
• Dai Mubai activated White Tiger Demon God Transformation and let Feng Xiaotian land his thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth slashes while he defended.
• Dai Mubai and Feng Xiaotian collided in their final attacks, and Dai Mubai remained standing while Feng Xiaotian fell badly injured.
• Feng Xiaotian conceded for Godwind Academy, and Dai Mubai gave him a restorative sausage and relayed the captain’s warning about talent and experience.
• The referee declared Shrek Academy the winner and announced that it had achieved an undefeated Promotion Match record.

After the Promotion Match ended, the Shrek Academy Team set out with the other teams for the Grand Finals in Spirit City. On the eleventh day of the journey, an ambush of falling rocks struck their convoy in a narrow mountain pass.

• The Shrek Academy Team won all fourteen Promotion Match contests, and Xue Ye awarded prizes to Feng Xiaotian, Tai Long, and Huo Wu for their individual records.
• Xue Ye named Crown Prince Xue Qinghe as his envoy to accompany the fifteen teams to Spirit City for the Grand Finals.
• The teams traveled in luxurious carriages with an escort of five hundred Royal Knights, while Spirit Hall barred non-Spirit Masters from watching the finals in Spirit City.
• On the eleventh day, Oscar and the others sensed a chilly aura as the convoy passed between two hills, and the Royal Knights captain ordered everyone to prepare for danger.
• Attackers sent countless rocks rolling down both hills, and the Royal Knights formed a line with their lances to knock the stones aside as the academies abandoned their carriages and hurried out of the pass.