Chapter Summaries

Ye Wen turned Tang San’s Dragon Whisker Needles against him, defeated him, and secured the tournament championship for Heaven Dou Royal Academy. As Tang San lay gravely injured, Ye Wen approached the wary Shrek members, saying he meant to help before Tang San died.

• Tang San launched Dragon Whisker Needles at Ye Wen, but Ye Wen stored them in his Armament Soul Skill’s internal space and fired them back.
• Tang San was struck by the needles, and Ye Wen kicked him out of the arena, leaving him badly wounded.
• Yu Xiaogang accused Ye Wen of trying to murder Tang San, but the referee declared Heaven Dou Royal Academy the champions.
• The Shrek members could not remove the needles or treat Tang San, so Ye Wen approached them and said he had come to prevent Tang San from dying.

Ye Wen removed the Dragon Whisker Needles from Tang San and had Ye Xixi heal him, while Tang Hao watched from hiding. Later, Tang San discovered lasting meridian damage and realized Ye Wen had taken his needles, leaving him furious and in pain.

• Ye Wen reshaped and extracted the Dragon Whisker Needles from Tang San, and Ye Xixi healed Tang San's injuries.
• Tang Hao watched from the shadows, feared for Tang San, and restrained his killing intent toward Ye Wen.
• Ye Wen kept the wagered soul bone and planned to award it through the Medical Alliance's contribution point system.
• That night, Tang San found that his meridians had been damaged, especially the Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian, and blamed Ye Wen.
• Tang San realized Ye Wen had also taken his Dragon Whisker Needles, then aggravated his injuries when he erupted in anger.

Tang San and the Spirit Hall Team prepared for a decisive rematch, with Tang San planning to crush Hu Liena’s trio using the Clear Sky True Body. The match began with both sides unleashing level-seventy power, leaving Tang San and Hu Liena’s Demon Charm to face off.

• Tang Hao examined Tang San, decided Ye Wen’s actions had not affected his cultivation talent, and focused on recovering before the battle for the soul bones.
• Tang San discussed tactics with Yu Xiaogang and chose to use the Clear Sky True Body against the Spirit Hall Team.
• Qian Renxue announced the match, and the Spirit Hall Team prepared to defend Hu Liena’s trio while striving to protect Spirit Hall’s reputation.
• Ma Hongjun used Great Fire Annihilation, but two defensive Soul Ancestors shielded Hu Liena’s group as Tang San summoned the Clear Sky True Body.
• Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue merged into the Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Demon Charm, reaching level seventy and matching Tang San’s power.
• Yu Xiaogang reacted in shock to Demon Charm, while Liu Erlong accused Bibi Dong of stealing Yu Xiaogang’s achievement; Tang San and Hu Liena then began their showdown.

Hu Liena and the Spirit Hall Team used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and support boosts to overwhelm Shrek in the arena, leaving Tang San to face their attacks with Ning Yuan and Oscar. Hu Liena unleashed her powerful Dying Moon Tribulation at Tang San.

• Hu Liena's Violet Flame Barrage exploded around Shrek, while Tang San's hammer struck two Spirit Hall defenders after Hu Liena dodged it.
• Hu Liena boosted herself with help from Xiao Jing and Xiao Yu, then knocked Dai Mubai and the other fighters off the arena as the match narrowed to three against three.
• Tang San told Ning Yuan to strengthen him and sent Oscar into the air, while the two support Soul Masters empowered Hu Liena to advanced Soul Saint level.
• Hu Liena formed her flaming blades into a violet-black crescent and attacked Tang San with Demonic Charm: Dying Moon Tribulation.

Tang San used an advanced Clear Sky Hammer technique to break Hu Liena and her teammates’ Martial Soul Fusion Skill and win the battle. After collapsing from exhaustion, he left Shrek’s victory to the cheering spectators, while Qian Renxue accepted the defeat and ordered the three Spirit Hall fighters taken for treatment.

• Ye Tianhun criticized the Asura God for interfering in the battle, then noticed his mother gazing dreamily at his father.
• Tang San compressed his Clear Sky Hammer into a smaller form and used his newly advanced Purple Demon Eye to discern the weakness in Death Moon Tribulation.
• Tang San hurled the Clear Sky Hammer into the spinning blade, shattered the attack, and sent the hammer flying toward Hu Liena.
• Yan took control of Demon Charm and punched the Clear Sky True Body, but the impact broke the fusion and sent Hu Liena and the other two out of the arena.
• Qian Renxue ordered the defeated fighters taken for treatment, while Tang San raised his hand in victory and collapsed from exhaustion as the crowd cheered.

After Heaven Dou Royal Academy won the tournament, Ye Wen accepted the soul bone reward and declined Bibi Dong’s invitation to join Spirit Hall. As he left, Tang Hao attacked to seize the soul bones, but Bibi Dong intervened, and the two powerful Soul Masters prepared to clash.

• Qian Renxue announced Heaven Dou Royal Academy as champion, Shrek Academy as runner-up, and Spirit Hall Academy in third place, then Ye Wen claimed the champion’s soul bone reward.
• Qian Renxue invited Ye Wen to join Spirit Hall, but Ye Wen refused on behalf of the neutral Medical Alliance.
• Qian Renxue declared the tournament over, and Tang Hao appeared with Ring Detonation to attack Ye Wen and seize the soul bones.
• Bibi Dong intercepted Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer strike and carried Ye Wen out of danger.
• Tang Hao detonated his first eight Soul Rings, and Bibi Dong activated her Death Spider Emperor True Body.

Qian Renxue and Spirit Hall fought to contain Tang Hao while Bai He escaped with Tang San and Bai Chenxiang. Tang Hao broke through Qian Renxue’s web restraint but found himself surrounded and began looking for a way to flee.

• Qian Renxue ordered those below Titled Douluo to evacuate and summoned the Spirit Hall elders to protect them from Tang Hao’s attacks.
• Ghost Douluo tried to seize Tang San, but Bai He carried Tang San and Bai Chenxiang away at tremendous speed.
• Bai He reflected that he had helped Tang Hao under pressure, then focused on hiding Tang San and Bai Chenxiang and protecting the Speed Clan.
• Tang San resented finishing second and worried that Tang Hao might die, but convinced himself he could eventually surpass Ye Wen through the Tang Sect inheritance.
• Tang Hao broke through Qian Renxue’s Death Spider Web Restraint and shattered her Thousand Blades Myriad Shields, then recognized that he needed to escape before the surrounding Titled Douluo trapped him.

Qian Renxue and Spirit Hall’s elders trapped Tang Hao and attacked him before he could escape. Tang Hao broke through their domains with the Great Sumeru Hammer, but his existing injuries worsened, and Qian Renxue kept him pinned in the fight.

• Qian Renxue summoned Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, who joined their powers to trap Tang Hao with the Two Instruments Forbidden Domain.
• Qian Renxue’s Death Domain collided with Tang Hao’s Divine Slaughter’s Domain, while she avoided using her own god-bestowed domains.
• Qian Renxue possessed the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor and struck Tang Hao with her Sixth Soul Skill, Eternal Wound.
• Tang Hao detonated his final Soul Ring and used the Great Sumeru Hammer to shatter Eternal Wound and break the domains, worsening his severe internal injuries.
• Qian Renxue repeatedly unleashed Eternal Wound, while the other Titled Douluo kept Tang Hao from escaping.

The Asura God watched Tang Hao’s battle with Qian Renxue and intervened just enough to help him escape. Tang Hao fled after awakening Asura Hell, while Qian Renxue confronted Qian Daoliu over his late arrival.

• The Asura God discovered Tang Hao fighting Spirit Hall and decided to let him suffer before stepping in to protect his plans.
• Qian Renxue used her Death Spider Emperor’s Undying Body to withstand Tang Hao while she and her allies stalled for Qian Daoliu.
• Tang Hao awakened the Divine Slaughter's Domain Evolution Skill, Asura Hell, and wounded those caught in his domain.
• Tang Hao escaped as a streak of crimson light before the Worship Hall elders could arrive.
• Qian Daoliu apologized to Qian Renxue, who rebuked him for arriving too late.

Qian Renxue used Tang Hao’s attack on Spirit Hall as a reason to bring the Worship Hall into action, then stopped Shrek as they tried to leave. She accused Yu Xiaogang of harboring Tang San, whom she identified as a Soul Beast, and publicly exposed his past relationship with her and his alleged plagiarism of Spirit Hall research.

• Qian Daoliu apologized to Qian Renxue and declared that the Worship Hall would act against threats to Spirit Hall.
• Qian Renxue blocked Shrek’s retreat and dismissed Yu Xiaogang’s claim that Spirit Hall was suppressing talented students.
• Qian Renxue sealed Shrek’s Soul Power and accused Yu Xiaogang of harboring a Soul Beast and Tang Hao’s wanted son, Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang appealed to Qian Renxue by invoking their past, but she said he had deceived her to access Spirit Hall’s texts.
• Qian Renxue accused Yu Xiaogang of plagiarizing Spirit Hall’s research in his Ten Core Competencies of Martial Souls, stunning the crowd.

Qian Renxue had Yu Xiaogang examined after he collapsed, and Chrysanthemum Douluo discovered that his cultivation pill had consumed his lifespan and bodily essence. Flender learned that the Shrek students had suffered similar harm and begged Qian Renxue to have them treated.

• Liu Erlong cursed Bibi Dong and struggled to free herself while Yu Xiaogang vomited blood under the Soul Power restraint.
• Qian Renxue ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ye Xixi to examine Yu Xiaogang and keep him alive for a lawful execution.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo found that Yu Xiaogang's pill had depleted his bodily essence and lifespan, and Liu Erlong blamed Spirit Hall before Flender asked for the students to be examined.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo reported that the Shrek students had also lost lifespan and bodily essence, making future breakthroughs much harder and likely ending their hopes of becoming Titled Douluo.
• Flender begged Qian Renxue to let Chrysanthemum Douluo treat the students, and Qian Renxue's gaze deepened.

After Shrek’s victory was exposed as the result of Tang San’s herbs exhausting his teammates’ potential, Tang San’s reputation suffered and Ning Fengzhi regretted investing in him. Qian Renxue refused Flender’s request to treat the Shrek students, rejected his offer to bring them into Spirit Hall, and condemned Qin Ming’s disloyalty, leaving him effectively blacklisted.

• Ye Wen realized Tang San had mixed potent ingredients into the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, while Dai Weisi gloated over Dai Mubai’s losses.
• Observers concluded that Tang San had used the Shrek students and that their victory had cost them their future potential, damaging Tang San’s reputation.
• Ning Fengzhi regretted investing in Tang San but felt relieved that Ning Rongrong had been moved to Ye Wen’s side.
• Qian Renxue refused to use Spirit Hall resources to treat the Shrek students, and Flender offered to have them join Spirit Hall in exchange for treatment.
• Dai Weisi objected to Dai Mubai joining Spirit Hall, but Qian Renxue dismissed his protest.
• Qian Renxue rejected Flender’s proposal, accused Qin Ming of disloyalty for leaving Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and effectively blacklisted him.

Flender pleaded with Qian Renxue to spare Qin Ming and Shrek, but she exposed the deaths and injuries among the geniuses who had attended his original academy. The crowd turned against Flender, and Qian Renxue questioned whether she could trust Shrek’s students enough to heal and recruit them into Spirit Hall.

• Flender begged Qian Renxue to believe Qin Ming was not disloyal, while Liu Erlong protested that Shrek were victims; Flender rebuked her for overlooking the students.
• Qian Renxue revealed that Spirit Hall had investigated the original Shrek Academy Flender founded in Suotuo City.
• Qian Renxue said the academy had admitted forty-two gifted students, and asked Flender what had happened to the twenty-eight who had not graduated.
• When Flender fell silent, Qian Renxue explained that some of the students had failed to reach Rank 40, died hunting Soul Beasts, or been killed in the Soul Fighting Arena.
• The crowd grew suspicious of Flender as Qian Renxue accused him of showing special concern for Ma Hongjun while neglecting other students.
• Qian Renxue said she would not withhold treatment from talented Soul Masters, but questioned whether she could trust students taught by Flender enough to bring them into Spirit Hall.

Qian Renxue spared Blue Tyrant Academy’s genuine commoner Soul Masters from punishment, though she refused to heal their damaged talent and shortened lifespans. After Ye Wen asked to take responsibility for their future, she released Oscar and the others into his care while threatening the Strength Clan over Tang Hao’s actions.

• Qian Renxue accused Ma Hongjun of wasting Spirit Hall’s stipend on brothels and offered the innocent former Blue Tyrant students a chance to join Spirit Hall, but refused to heal their injuries.
• Oscar and the other commoner Soul Masters pleaded for help, and Ye Wen interrupted Qian Renxue to clarify that she would spare the genuine Blue Tyrant students.
• Qian Renxue declared that Spirit Hall would show no mercy to the Strength Clan for Tang Hao’s latest affront, and she restrained Tailong before he could beg for mercy.
• Ning Fengzhi worried that Qian Daoliu’s presence might change the agreement to spare Clear Sky Sect.
• Ye Wen asked Qian Renxue to release Oscar and the other innocent students so he could arrange their futures, and she agreed and freed them.

Qian Renxue revealed that Ma Hongjun’s Martial Soul had awakened as a Dark Phoenix and that his lack of self-control had left him at risk of becoming a Fallen Soul Master. With no faction willing to take him, Flender begged Ye Wen to accept Ma Hongjun and offered himself as a subordinate.

• Flender pleaded with Qian Renxue to spare Ma Hongjun, but Ma Hongjun’s Martial Soul mutated into a Dark Phoenix as Qian Renxue counted down.
• Qian Renxue explained that Ma Hongjun had lost his reason and could become a Fallen Soul Master because his Evil Thoughts had grown dangerous under Flender’s irresponsible teaching.
• Qian Renxue invited the major factions to examine Ma Hongjun and warned that anyone who took him in would share responsibility if he fell.
• Ning Fengzhi and the other factions refused to take Ma Hongjun, recognizing the danger of his condition.
• Flender begged Ye Wen to take in Ma Hongjun and offered to serve the Medical Alliance in exchange.

Qian Renxue offered Ma Hongjun a chance to reform but judged Shrek Academy for its record of harming students. Flender accepted the loss of his academy and teaching rights, while Qian Renxue expected the judgment to weaken Tang San’s support.

• Ye Wen declined Flender’s request to join him, deciding he had no time to cultivate Flender and Ma Hongjun.
• Flender begged Qian Renxue to spare Ma Hongjun, and she agreed to give him a chance to reform while warning that future wrongdoing would bring no mercy.
• Flender acknowledged Shrek Academy’s crimes and accepted responsibility, blaming Yu Xiaogang for drawing him into danger.
• Qian Renxue revoked the name of Shrek Academy and banned Flender from accepting students or teaching cultivation.
• Qian Renxue spared Flender and expected her judgment to turn Oscar and Ma Hongjun away from Tang San.

After revoking Shrek Academy’s accreditation, Qian Renxue asked the Medical Alliance to establish an advanced academy for commoner Soul Masters. The proposal drew wide interest, and Ning Fengzhi offered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support in exchange for recommendations to graduates.

• Qian Renxue reflected on Shrek’s role in educating commoner Soul Masters and dismissed Yu Xiaogang’s theories while Liu Erlong defended him.
• Qian Renxue asked Dugu Bo whether the Medical Alliance would establish an advanced academy for commoner Soul Masters.
• Dugu Bo, unsure how to lead such a project, turned to Ye Wen for guidance as commoners and rival factions watched expectantly.
• Ye Wen weighed the proposal while other factions considered how the Medical Alliance’s academy could attract talented commoner Soul Masters.
• Ning Fengzhi offered the Medical Alliance complete financial support from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in exchange for recommending the sect to graduates.

Ning Fengzhi’s proposal made the Medical Alliance the center of a new commoner academy, while Qian Renxue backed its creation and reassured Liu Erlong that Spirit Hall would not punish her. Qian Renxue then confronted Yu Xiaogang over his past crimes, beginning with his theft and publication of secret manuals.

• Major powers offered funding to the new academy in exchange for access to its graduates, and Ye Wen approved the arrangement after Dugu Bo consulted him.
• Qian Renxue entrusted the commoner academy to Dugu Bo and promised Spirit Hall’s protection against anyone who tried to sabotage it.
• Yu Xiaogang regained consciousness and learned from Liu Erlong about the students’ fate and Flender’s disgraceful behavior, then realized his own failures had harmed the academy’s students.
• Liu Erlong offered to retreat with Yu Xiaogang, but Qian Renxue told her Spirit Hall would not punish her and then turned her attention to Yu Xiaogang.
• Qian Renxue asked Yu Xiaogang to acknowledge his crimes and accused him of stealing Spirit Hall’s secret manuals and his clan’s inherited knowledge before publishing them across the continent.

Qian Renxue condemned Yu Xiaogang for his past actions and sentenced him to death, then died as his disgrace and the new plagiarism law were proclaimed. Liu Erlong broke through to Rank 79 in grief and launched an attack on Bibi Dong.

• Qian Renxue exposed Yu Xiaogang's past attempt to obtain the Twin Martial Souls cultivation method for Tang San and condemned his selfishness.
• Qian Renxue sentenced Yu Xiaogang to death and ordered a Sinner's Monument erected, while establishing a law requiring scholars to cite the sources of their Martial Soul theories.
• Yu Xiaogang died in Liu Erlong's arms after hearing the judgment, unable to bear the disgrace awaiting him.
• Liu Erlong broke through to Rank 79 under the shock of Yu Xiaogang's death, and Flender tried to stop her.
• Liu Erlong activated her Fire Dragon Avatar and charged at Bibi Dong, intending to kill her.

Qian Renxue nearly killed Liu Erlong after she attacked the Pope, but Yu Luomian intervened and offered to accept punishment in her place. Qian Renxue rejected his proposed compensation, leaving Yu Luomian facing the consequences of his bargain.

• Qian Renxue suppressed Liu Erlong's Martial Soul Avatar and prepared to crush her for attacking the Pope.
• Yu Luomian blocked Qian Renxue's attack with his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul Avatar and pleaded for his daughter’s life.
• Qian Renxue considered using the confrontation to bring the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan closer to Spirit Hall.
• Yu Luomian offered to accept any punishment for Liu Erlong and promised to aid Spirit Hall three times in his personal capacity.
• Qian Renxue dismissed Yu Luomian’s offer as insufficient and pointed out that Spirit Hall had no shortage of Soul Douluo.