Chapter Summaries

Ye Zhiqiu prepared the Shrek Team for its match against the Imperial Fighting Team, but chose not to compete himself. At the Soto Great Soul Fighting Arena, Host Doudou announced Tang San as the Shrek Team’s acting captain and stirred up the opposing team before both sides entered the stage.

• Ye Zhiqiu warned the Shrek Seven Devils that the Imperial Fighting Team was a formidable opponent, and Dai Mubai rallied the group with a promise to celebrate if they won.
• Huoyan Chen announced the match would begin at nine, and Ye Zhiqiu led the team to the Central Great Soul Fighting Arena.
• Host Doudou introduced the Imperial Fighting Team’s captain, Yu Tianheng, then discovered that Ye Zhiqiu was absent and named Tang San as the Shrek Team’s acting captain.
• Doudou suggested Ye Zhiqiu might be looking down on the Imperial Fighting Team, angering the purple-haired young woman Yan’er while Yu Tianheng urged her to stay calm.
• Doudou welcomed both teams onto the stage as the arena spotlights turned toward two opening doors.

The Shrek Team faced the Imperial Fighting Team in a team Soul Fight, with Ye Zhiqiu choosing to let his students gain experience rather than fight himself. The match began with both sides holding their positions, and Yu Tianheng mocked Shrek for Ye Zhiqiu’s absence as Ning Rongrong defended him.

• Doudou explained the Soul Fight rules while Ye Zhiqiu told Huoyan Chen that the outcome mattered less than Shrek gaining experience.
• The Shrek Team formed its usual battle formation around Tang San, while the Imperial Fighting Team revealed its defensive Shi Family Brothers, captain Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and other fighters.
• Shrek remembered Ye Zhiqiu’s warnings about Dugu Yan and the hidden Nine Heart Begonia Support Soul Master and prepared for a difficult fight.
• After Doudou announced the start, neither team attacked, and Yu Tianheng challenged the absent Ye Zhiqiu’s reputation as the Battle God.
• The Wind Chime Bird Soul Master mocked Ye Zhiqiu, and Ning Rongrong angrily insisted that the Imperial Fighting Team was not worthy of making him fight.

Shrek Team launched a coordinated attack against the Imperial Fighting Team, using Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun’s combined spirit abilities to target the Shi Family Brothers’ defenses. The explosion created an opening for Xiao Wu to infiltrate the enemy’s formation, while Tang San protected Shrek’s support members from the Wind Chime Bird Soul Master.

• Yu Tianheng wondered whether Ning Rongrong’s mention of Zhiqiu referred to Ye Zhiqiu, then dismissed the possibility and signaled the Imperial Fighting Team to advance.
• The Imperial Fighting Team pressed forward in formation, forcing Shrek Team to abandon its plan to wait and react.
• Dai Mubai charged the Shi Family Brothers as bait, then joined Ma Hongjun in firing enhanced spirit abilities at the two Mystic Turtle Soul Masters.
• The Blue Silver Grass pulled Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing away from the blast, while Xiao Wu’s Blue Silver Grass loosened and she vanished into the explosion’s glare.
• The combined attack erupted against the Shi Family Brothers, and Xiao Wu used the distraction to get close to the Imperial Fighting Team.
• Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass blocked the Wind Chime Bird Soul Master from reaching Shrek Team’s support members, forcing him to consider retreating.

Shrek seized the advantage against the Imperial Fighting Team by isolating its support Soul Master and exploiting the resulting confusion. Xiao Wu and Ye Lingling were eliminated together, but Shrek also knocked the Wind Chime Bird Soul Master from the arena, leaving the Imperial Fighting Team weakened and the battle tilted toward Shrek.

• Yu Tianheng realized Xiao Wu had restrained Ye Lingling, preventing her from healing the badly injured Shi Family Brothers.
• Tang San ordered Shrek to attack, and his teammates pressured the Imperial Fighting Team while Dugu Yan split the battlefield with poison mist.
• Shrek’s fighters surrounded and overwhelmed the Wind Chime Bird Soul Master, while Xiao Wu retreated to the arena’s edge with Ye Lingling.
• Xiao Wu dragged Ye Lingling off the arena, and the Wind Chime Bird Soul Master was knocked out shortly afterward.
• The Imperial Fighting Team was left without its healer, and the contest began to favor Shrek.

The Shrek Team defeated the Imperial Fighting Team after Tang San used realgar liquor and fire to burn away Dugu Yan’s poison mist, forcing Yu Tianheng to admit defeat. After Shrek celebrated and collected their rewards, Ye Zhiqiu ended their second phase of training and said he would hand them back to Grandmaster, prompting Ma Hongjun and Oscar to protest as someone knocked at the door.

• Yu Tianheng ordered the injured Shi Mo brothers to withdraw, and they left the arena while Dugu Yan spread her poison mist toward Shrek.
• Tang San threw water skins into the air, and Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun burst and ignited them, burning away Dugu Yan’s poison mist with realgar liquor.
• Yu Tianheng rejected the Black Panther Spirit Master’s call to keep fighting and admitted defeat on behalf of the Imperial Fighting Team.
• Doudou announced Shrek as the winner, and the team received applause before leaving to collect their points and Gold Soul Coin rewards.
• Ye Zhiqiu praised Shrek’s performance, ended their second training phase, and said he would return them to Grandmaster.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar protested against resuming Grandmaster’s training as someone politely knocked at the open door.

Qin Ming met Ye Zhiqiu and the Shrek students after their spirit fight, then joined them and the Imperial Fighting Team for a meal. Ye Zhiqiu took both teams to an expensive restaurant and ordered almost everything on the menu, leaving Qin Ming stunned by the unexpected extravagance.

• Qin Ming introduced himself as Shrek Academy's first graduate and invited the students to visit Flender and Zhao Wuji, and Ye Zhiqiu agreed to lead them.
• Ye Zhiqiu gathered the Shrek students and Qin Ming's Imperial Fighting Team at the Great Soul Arena and chose Golden Wind Jade Dew for their meal.
• Yu Tianheng asked why Ye Zhiqiu had not fought, and Ning Rongrong and Ma Hongjun described how Ye Zhiqiu had crushed the Shrek students without using a soul skill.
• At the restaurant, Qin Ming saw Ye Zhiqiu initially order inexpensive dishes and assumed Shrek was still poor.
• Ye Zhiqiu canceled the order and requested every other dish and the restaurant's most expensive wine, astonishing Qin Ming and alarming Dai Mubai.

Ye Zhiqiu paid for a lavish feast with a mountain of Gold Soul Coins, stunning Qin Ming and the Imperial Fighting Team. After revealing his identity as Spirit Hall’s Holy Son, Ye Zhiqiu joined everyone in a drinking contest that Ma Hongjun lost almost immediately.

• When the waitress questioned whether the group could pay, Ye Zhiqiu conjured nearly a million Gold Soul Coins and teased Dai Mubai about owing him a favor.
• Qin Ming was astonished by Shrek’s wealth, then welcomed the news that the young Shrek students had beaten his team.
• After the Shrek students removed their masks, Yu Tianheng deduced Ye Zhiqiu’s identity, and Ye Zhiqiu confirmed he was Spirit Hall’s Holy Son.
• Ye Zhiqiu invited both teams to drink expensive wine and challenged them to finish the Gold Soul Coins without using Soul Power to counter the alcohol.
• Ma Hongjun boasted that Shrek could outdrink the Imperial Fighting Team, then passed out after one jug, prompting the others to laugh.

After the Shrek students and the Imperial Fighting Team recovered from their drinking contest, Flender and Yu Xiaogang debated moving Shrek Academy to Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Ye Zhiqiu supported the move under conditions that preserved Shrek’s independence, while privately weighing how it would affect Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong.

• Ye Zhiqiu used Flying Thunder God to bring the drunken group back to Shrek Academy, where they woke in wooden cabins and began mingling more warmly with the Imperial Fighting Team.
• Qin Ming reunited with Flender and Zhao Wuji, and their conversation turned tense when Flender objected to Yu Xiaogang’s proposal to move Shrek’s students to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Ye Zhiqiu endorsed Yu Xiaogang’s proposal, suggesting Shrek sign an agreement that secured access to Heaven Dou’s facilities while keeping control of its students and teachers.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded that Shrek receive one of Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s two tournament spots, and Qin Ming believed the academy’s chiefs would accept the terms.
• Ye Zhiqiu wondered whether the move would prevent Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong from getting together, and considered whether Blue Tyrant Academy might be a better choice.

After two months of training and preparation, Shrek Academy left its old grounds and teleported to Heaven Dou Royal Academy. They were met at the mountain entrance by Xue Beng, who insulted them, and Dai Mubai attacked him.

• Ning Rongrong reached level 30 and obtained her third spirit ring with Ye Zhiqiu's help.
• During the two-month wait, the Shrek students trained, while Tang San assembled Hidden Weapons and reached level 33.
• The fifteen Shrek teachers and students left their academy, and Ye Zhiqiu teleported them to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• At the academy entrance, Xue Beng blocked the group and mocked them as country bumpkins.
• Dai Mubai used Martial Soul Possession and lunged at Xue Beng.

Shrek Academy’s delegation arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Dai Mubai beat Xue Beng and his fellow gate guards after they insulted the visitors. Qin Ming escorted the group to the Teaching Committee, where the elders welcomed them and Meng Shenji took a particular interest in Ye Zhiqiu.

• Dai Mubai attacked Xue Beng and drove the gate guards into a panic before Flender called him back.
• Xue Beng threatened the Shrek group, but Qin Ming arrived and apologized to Flender for the students’ behavior.
• Qin Ming led the Shrek delegation up the mountain to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Teaching Committee.
• Flender introduced himself to Meng Shenji and the other committee elders, and both groups exchanged introductions.
• The delegation took their seats in the plain committee hall, where Meng Shenji focused his attention on Ye Zhiqiu.

Meng Shenji welcomed Shrek’s teachers and students to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, promising they could retain the Shrek name and teach on their own terms. Their welcome was interrupted when Prince Xue Xing arrived with Dugu Bo and Xue Beng, demanding the group leave unless they could withstand Dugu Bo for five minutes.

• Meng Shenji praised Ye Zhiqiu and assured Flender that Shrek’s students could keep their name and would face no unwanted teaching duties at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Tang San endured Zhilin’s pressure, fused completely with the Eight Spider Lances, and gained a rank in Soul Power.
• Prince Xue Xing entered the Teaching Committee hall with Dugu Bo and Xue Beng, accusing the Shrek group of mistreating Xue Beng.
• Flender challenged Xue Xing’s account and asked why Xue Beng had been beaten.
• Prince Xue Xing demanded that Shrek leave unless someone could last five minutes against Dugu Bo, while Xue Beng threatened Dai Mubai.

Dugu Bo confronted the Shrek group at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and demanded that Xiao Wu stay behind, prompting Ye Zhiqiu to step in. Ye Zhiqiu countered Dugu Bo's poison with a green dragon, leaving their clash poised to escalate.

• Dugu Bo revealed himself as a Titled Douluo and singled out Xiao Wu, demanding that she stay while the others left.
• Meng Shenji and the other two Teaching Committee elders prepared to fight Dugu Bo, while Tang San moved to protect Xiao Wu.
• Ye Zhiqiu rose and mocked Dugu Bo as the weakest Titled Douluo on the continent.
• Dugu Bo sent a poisonous spirit snake at Ye Zhiqiu, who formed a green dragon that tore it apart and expelled the remaining poison toward Dugu Bo, Xue Xing, and Xue Beng.

Ye Zhiqiu confronted Dugu Bo after the elder targeted Xiao Wu, and the two clashed when Dugu Bo tried to seize her. The chapter ended with Ye Zhiqiu blocking Dugu Bo's attack while protecting Tang San and Xiao Wu.

• Dugu Bo gathered the little green dragon's poisonous fart into a ball and threw it outside, where it corroded a tree.
• Ye Zhiqiu warned Dugu Bo that provoking him could bring five or six Super Douluo after him, and Meng Shenji revealed that Ye Zhiqiu was the Spirit Hall Holy Son.
• Dugu Bo agreed to let the others leave but insisted that Xiao Wu stay, while Ye Zhiqiu declared that she was his little sister and would leave with him.
• Dugu Bo lunged toward Tang San and Xiao Wu, slipping past the Teaching Committee members, Flender, and Zhao Wuji.
• Ye Zhiqiu intercepted Dugu Bo with a powerful kick, and the two collided, shattering the hall's glass and floor while Ye Zhiqiu shielded Tang San and Xiao Wu.

Ye Zhiqiu confronted Dugu Bo after he threatened Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu, then unleashed the Seventh Gate of Wonder when Dugu Bo attacked again. Ye Zhiqiu overwhelmed Dugu Bo’s poisoned strike, but Dugu Bo escalated by summoning a massive serpent of toxic mist.

• Ye Zhiqiu warned Dugu Bo that he would spare him for Ning Rongrong’s sake, while Tang San asked Ye Zhiqiu to kill Dugu Bo for threatening Xiao Wu.
• Ye Zhiqiu teased Tang San, then revealed that Dugu Bo was preparing a sneak attack.
• Ye Zhiqiu opened the Seventh Gate of Wonder, transforming his jade-green energy into dark-blue power that swept across the arena.
• Ye Zhiqiu caught Dugu Bo’s venom-coated fist and physically suppressed him, while Dugu Bo’s poison had no effect.
• Dugu Bo released a stronger cloud of poisonous mist that formed into a huge serpent around him.

Ye Zhiqiu overpowered Dugu Bo after stopping his poison attack and preventing him from unleashing a soul skill in the Teaching Committee hall. They continued their fight outside, where Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng recognized the combatants and were stunned to see Dugu Bo injured.

• Dugu Bo sent a poison-mist python at Ye Zhiqiu, but Ye Zhiqiu's Amaterasu erased it.
• Ye Zhiqiu crushed Dugu Bo's hand and kicked him through the Teaching Committee hall wall before he could use a soul skill.
• Ye Zhiqiu told Tang San to check for lingering poison, then pursued Dugu Bo outside.
• Ye Zhiqiu and Dugu Bo fought above the forest, where Dugu Bo stood injured and Ye Zhiqiu had already closed the Eight Gates.
• Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng spotted Dugu Bo facing Ye Zhiqiu and were shocked to see them fighting.

Ye Zhiqiu faced Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor True Body and summoned two enormous wood constructs to demonstrate his strength before the watching crowd. The battle remained poised to begin in earnest, with Dugu Bo increasingly unsettled by Ye Zhiqiu’s abilities.

• Ye Zhiqiu challenged Dugu Bo to stop coveting his spirit ring and spirit bone, then declared he would use the battle to establish his reputation.
• Dugu Bo activated his seventh spirit ability, Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor True Body, and transformed into a massive poisonous serpent.
• Ye Zhiqiu created a huge wood dragon with his new self-created skill, Sage Art: Great Majestic Heavenly Dragon.
• Ye Zhiqiu’s clone summoned a towering wood golem with Sage Art: World Honored Jizo, surrounding Dugu Bo between the two constructs.
• Dugu Bo grew increasingly bewildered and uneasy as Ye Zhiqiu revealed yet more unfamiliar abilities.

Ye Zhiqiu fought Dugu Bo with enormous wooden constructs before revealing a massive purple sphere called Sage Art: Super Great Ball Rasengan. Dugu Bo escaped after withdrawing his Martial Soul Avatar, leaving the attack unanswered.

• The Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Shrek spectators watched as Ye Zhiqiu's wooden giant and wooden dragon fought Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor True Body.
• Ye Zhiqiu healed the wooden dragon with Life Energy after Dugu Bo's poison damaged it.
• Dugu Bo used his sixth soul skill, Jade Phosphor Light, to destroy the wooden dragon as Ye Zhiqiu leaped into the air.
• Ye Zhiqiu formed a purple sphere over fifty meters wide and announced that he called it Sage Art: Super Great Ball Rasengan.
• Dugu Bo realized the wooden giant still held his Martial Soul Avatar's tail, withdrew the avatar, and fled.

Ye Zhiqiu stopped Dugu Bo from attacking Shrek by displaying his overwhelming power and detonating Sage Art: Super Great Ball Rasengan on a distant mountain. After returning to his companions, he was greeted with fear and admiration, while Xiao Wu thanked him for protecting her.

• Dugu Bo fled as Ye Zhiqiu's clone caught the descending Super Great Ball Rasengan and carried it away from Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Ye Zhiqiu's clone detonated the Rasengan on a distant mountain, leaving only its base and creating a massive crater.
• Dugu Bo stared at the destruction in terror and ran away, while the onlookers realized Ye Zhiqiu had spared the academy from disaster.
• Ye Zhiqiu returned to Shrek's group, whose members looked at him with fear and reverence, and Xiao Wu hugged him to thank him for protecting her.
• Ye Zhiqiu told Xiao Wu not to hug him because of his injuries, teased Tang San about being jealous, and was guarded by Ning Rongrong and Zhu Qing.

After Ye Zhiqiu drove the Shrek group away from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, he led them toward Heaven Dou Imperial City and sent a clone to assassinate Xue Xing and Xue Beng. The chapter ended with the clone vanishing on its mission.

• Ning Rongrong warned Ma Hongjun that Ye Zhiqiu's burned-out body was painfully sensitive, and Ye Zhiqiu reassured everyone that his injuries would pass in a few hours.
• Meng Shenji invited Flender and the Shrek group to stay at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Ye Zhiqiu rejected the offer because of their conflict with Prince Xue Xing.
• Qin Ming apologized to Meng Shenji and the other committee members, then left to catch up with the Shrek group.
• Ye Zhiqiu led the group away from the academy and hinted that another place could become their home.
• Ye Zhiqiu summoned a clone and ordered it to secretly kill Xue Xing and Xue Beng and hang their heads from Heaven Dou City’s walls.

Ye Zhiqiu led the Shrek Academy group toward Heaven Dou Imperial City after assuring them the deaths of Xue Xing and Xue Beng would not bring imperial reprisals. They found the two men’s heads displayed above the city gate and a recruitment notice for Lan Ba Advanced Soul Master Academy, where Flender decided to apply for teaching positions.

• Yu Xiaogang worried that Xue Xing and Xue Beng’s deaths would bring trouble for the Shrek students, but Ye Zhiqiu assured the group the Heaven Dou Great Emperor would suppress the matter.
• The Shrek group reached Heaven Dou Imperial City and saw Xue Xing and Xue Beng’s heads pinned above the main gate, startling the students.
• Ye Zhiqiu directed the group to a recruitment notice seeking Soul Ancestors for Lan Ba Advanced Soul Master Academy, and Flender proposed they investigate.
• Flender and the others agreed to apply as teachers and hoped to enroll their disciples at the academy.
• Qin Ming introduced the group at Lan Ba Advanced Soul Master Academy, and its receptionist agreed to take them to the assessment.