Chapter Summaries

The Heaven Dou Royal Academy team and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect convoy set out together for Spirit City, while Shrek Academy departed separately. The chapter leaves Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Oscar troubled by Xiao Yun and the people who had left Shrek.

• Liu Erlong told Xiao Yun she would miss him during the trip, and he promised to return and stay by her side.
• Xiao Yun and Meng Shenji led fourteen team members out of Heaven Dou Royal Academy with a large guard escort.
• The academy convoy met Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect convoy, then the two groups traveled south together.
• Ning Fengzhi said Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo would join them along the way and suggested Xiao Yun would help protect the group.
• Flender chose to send Shrek Academy to the competition in separate, shabby carriages rather than travel with Heaven Dou Academy.
• Tang San suspected Xiao Yun was connected to Yu Xiaogang's disappearance, while Dai Mubai and Oscar brooded over Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong leaving.

Shrek Academy left Heaven Dou City for Spirit City, where Bibi Dong ordered Moon Guan and Ghostly to test Tang San and took an interest in Xiao Yun. On the road south, Xiao Yun noticed Shrek’s convoy following at a distance, then returned to camp and offered the bored academy girls a deck of playing cards.

• Flender ordered Shrek Academy to prepare to leave, and Yu Xiaogang said he would attend the tournament, help Tang San investigate his Twin Martial Souls, and see Xiao Yun.
• Shrek Academy’s convoy left Heaven Dou City, and carrier pigeons carried reports of its departure to several destinations.
• Bibi Dong received a report suggesting Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and sent Moon Guan and Ghostly to test the Shrek team without killing him.
• Xiao Yun spotted Shrek’s convoy trailing the Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect convoy, and explained to Meng Shenji why he would not invite them to travel together.
• The girls gathered in Xiao Yun’s carriage complained of boredom, so he took out two decks of playing cards.

Xiao Yun’s group camped in the wilderness before reaching Jialing Pass, while Xiao Yun sensed Shrek’s nearby camp and Tang San wondered what might have happened if they had not pursued him. At the pass, Xiao Yun questioned its strategic design before the caravan entered the fortress and camped inside.

• Xiao Yun taught Ye Lingling, Qin Yue, and Golan to play Dou Dizhu, then reminded the students to cultivate after nightfall.
• The group camped in the wilderness, and Xiao Yun sensed Shrek’s camp nearby while Tang San asked Dai Mubai how things might have turned out if they had not gone after Xiao Yun.
• Moon Guan and Ghostly traveled with Spirit Hall elites to find a place to intercept the caravan.
• On the fourth day, the caravan reached Jialing Pass, where Meng Shenji explained its history and Xiao Yun questioned what the pass was built to defend and how it might fare in war.
• Meng Shenji and Ning Fengzhi presented their golden Tokens, allowing the caravan to enter through a special passage; the group camped inside the pass that night.

Xiao Yun met Xiao Wu in secret after sensing her fear and learned that she distrusted Yu Xiaogang, who had changed in a disturbing way. He strengthened her disguise and gave her a teleportation talisman before she returned to camp, while he suspected a larger threat was developing around the journey to Spirit City.

• Xiao Yun left the Heaven Dou Academy camp at midnight and used Spiritual Sense to call Xiao Wu out of the Shrek camp.
• Xiao Wu told Xiao Yun that Yu Xiaogang’s gaze frightened her and that Tang San had dismissed her concerns.
• Xiao Yun sensed Yu Xiaogang noticing his probe, put him into a deep coma, and discovered that Luo Sanpao and its soul rings had changed while Yu Xiaogang carried a sinister aura.
• Xiao Yun strengthened Xiao Wu’s concealment, gave her a Spirit-Gathering Teleportation Talisman, and refused to promise revenge against Spirit Hall.
• Xiao Wu warned Xiao Yun that several Shrek students had disappeared, and he urged her to stay near Tang San, Dai Mubai, and the others.
• After Xiao Wu returned to camp, Xiao Yun considered Yu Xiaogang’s changes and the missing students as he headed back toward the Heaven Dou Academy camp, suspecting a storm was approaching Spirit City.

Xiao Yun sensed a Spirit Hall ambush in Yellow Earth Gorge, and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect convoys passed safely under Sword Douluo Chen Xin’s protection. Xiao Yun then watched from above as Shrek Academy entered the gorge, where an avalanche of boulders began attacking them.

• Xiao Yun detected Moon Guan, Ghostly, and Spirit Hall scouts waiting ahead, so Meng Shenji ordered the Heaven Dou convoy to hurry through the gorge.
• Ning Fengzhi learned of the ambush, summoned Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect convoy to speed up and prepare its Glazed Pistols.
• Moon Guan and Ghostly abandoned their ambush when Chen Xin’s Sword Qi warned them not to act, and both convoys passed through safely.
• Xiao Yun left his carriage, flew above the gorge, and waited to observe Shrek Academy’s response to danger without Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s protection.
• Shrek Academy entered the narrow gorge unaware of the ambush, and Tang San shouted a warning as dozens of boulders began rolling down from the cliffs.

An ambush trapped the Shrek group and the merchant caravan, and Yu Xiaogang ordered the group to abandon the wounded and fight their way out. As Shrek escaped, Xiao Yun discovered that Yu Xiaogang was absorbing the battlefield’s resentment and death energy through what seemed to be an Evil Spirit Master cultivation method.

• Yu Xiaogang ordered Zhao Wuji to protect Shrek from the arrows, leaving the caravan outside the gravity field to suffer heavy casualties.
• Yu Xiaogang stopped Oscar and Xiao Wu from helping the wounded and ordered Shrek to retreat, while Tang San and Ma Hongjun obeyed.
• Twelve hidden attackers blocked the escape route, and Yu Xiaogang organized Shrek’s fighters and supports to break through.
• Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Qin Ming opened a route through the attackers, allowing the Shrek group to flee with Flying Mushroom Sausages.
• Xiao Yun watched from above and discovered that Yu Xiaogang was absorbing resentment and death energy, intensifying the evil aura around him.

Shrek’s group was overwhelmed by the Hall of Souls forces until Tang San’s hidden weapons briefly turned the tide. As the exhausted fighters faced defeat, a massive Clear Sky Hammer appeared above the canyon and fell in a devastating strike.

• Four Soul Douluos and more than twenty Soul Emperors caught Shrek’s group and battered Dai Mubai, Tailong, and Ma Hongjun.
• Tang San saved Yu Xiaogang from an assassin, then used hidden weapons to kill six Soul Emperors and force the remaining attackers to hesitate.
• Yu Xiaogang absorbed Negative Energy from the deaths while greedily coveting Tang San’s techniques.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji’s Martial Soul Avatars began to fail as Tang San and the others ran low on strength and Soul Power.
• A gigantic Clear Sky Hammer appeared above the canyon, and its pressure nearly forced the Soul Douluos and Soul Emperors to their knees.
• The Clear Sky Hammer fell with the Great Sumeru Hammer technique.

Tang Hao appeared in Yellow Earth Canyon after breaking Moon Guan and Ghostly's Two Poles Still Domain, then held them off while Shrek fled. Moon Guan and Ghostly exploited a taunt about Tang San to unleash their killing move against Tang Hao.

• Moon Guan and Ghostly's Two Poles Still Domain slowed Tang Hao's Clear Sky Hammer, but the domain shattered and the impact devastated the canyon.
• Tang Hao emerged from the dust and confronted Moon Guan and Ghostly, who had been ordered to test Tang San and force Tang Hao out.
• Tang Hao attacked Moon Guan and Ghostly, forcing them to defend while Yu Xiaogang urged the Shrek group to flee toward the canyon exit.
• Ghostly taunted Tang Hao by warning that a trap awaited his son, and Moon Guan and Ghostly fused their powers into the Death Withering · Myriad Ghosts Devour Souls attack.

Tang Hao broke through Moon Guan and Ghostly’s attack and pursued them as Xiao Yun followed, while the battered Shrek group reached the canyon exit only to find Spirit Hall forces blocking their escape. The chapter ended with Shrek trapped between the new ambush and the pursuers behind them.

• Tang Hao used his Clear Sky Hammer avatar to shatter Moon Guan and Ghostly’s light web, giving them an opening to pursue Shrek before he chased after them.
• Xiao Yun absorbed the battle’s Soul Power and the Two Extremes Forbidden Domain’s Space-Time aura into his Martial Soul Bead, then followed Tang Hao toward Spirit City.
• The exhausted Shrek group approached the canyon exit, with Yu Xiaogang’s sinister energy continuing to evolve within Luo Sanpao.
• Two Soul Douluo and twelve Soul Emperors blocked the exit and prepared to attack Shrek.
• Shrek’s members found themselves nearly powerless and surrounded, while Yu Xiaogang studied the Soul Douluo and weighed his next move.

Yang Wudi and the Breaking Clan rescued the wounded Shrek group from Spirit Hall and brought them to Silver Construction City. After debating whether to turn back or continue to Spirit City, the group decided to go on.

• Yang Wudi led the Breaking Clan in defeating two Spirit Hall Soul Douluo and driving their forces away from the valley entrance.
• Xiao Yun observed the rescue, while Moon Guan and Ghostly confirmed Tang San was Tang Hao's son and withdrew; Tang Hao watched the Shrek group depart despite his wound flaring up.
• Yang Wudi sheltered Shrek in Silver Construction City and asked about Tang San's father and the group's plans.
• Zhao Wuji and Qin Ming argued that Shrek should turn back, but Yu Xiaogang and Flender urged the group to continue toward Spirit City.
• Tang San agreed to go, citing his resolve to face his father's enemies and Shrek Academy's need to compete in the tournament.

Tang Hao visited Yang Wudi to apologize for the four clans’ suffering and thank him for saving Tang San. He argued that Spirit Hall had used Qian Xunji’s death as a pretext to suppress the Clear Sky Sect, leaving Yang Wudi to reconsider where his hatred belonged.

• Tang Hao entered Yang Wudi’s study and bowed, accepting responsibility for the disaster that had displaced the four clans and thanking Yang Wudi for saving Tang San.
• Yang Wudi challenged Tang Hao to explain how he could compensate the clans, pointing out that Tang Hao was hunted and badly wounded.
• Tang Hao revealed his Angel Curse and coughed up dark blood after describing how he had worsened his injuries fighting Moon Guan and Ghostly.
• Tang Hao told Yang Wudi that he had come to protect his only son, Tang San, and questioned whether his attack could really have killed Qian Xunji.
• Tang Hao accused Spirit Hall of staging Qian Xunji’s death to justify suppressing the Clear Sky Sect and blamed it for the four clans’ ruin.
• Yang Wudi remained conflicted, but his hatred began to shift toward Spirit Hall.

Tang Hao persuaded Yang Wudi to secretly protect Tang San and the Shrek Team on their journey to Spirit City, while Yang Wudi secured a place for Yang Zongbao as their escort. Yang Zongbao met the team, whose members had gathered to consider his addition.

• Tang Hao appealed to Yang Wudi by describing Tang San's talent and promising that his success could restore the Breaking Clan's standing.
• Yang Wudi agreed to protect Tang San and the others on their journey to Spirit City, provided that Yang Zongbao joined the Shrek Team as an escort.
• Tang Hao agreed to Yang Wudi's condition and left, while Yang Wudi hoped Tang San would live and grow well.
• Tang Hao sent Flender and Yu Xiaogang a voice transmission explaining his plan, and they resolved to continue the journey.
• Yang Wudi brought Yang Zongbao to meet Flender and Yu Xiaogang, who said the team members should discuss whether to accept him.
• Flender gathered the Shrek Team and explained the situation, leaving the assembled members scrutinizing Yang Zongbao.

Yang Zongbao joined Shrek’s team, prompting Dai Mubai to challenge him in a spar to test his strength. Their evenly matched fight ended when Yang Zongbao’s spear nearly struck Dai Mubai, who acknowledged his skill and accepted him.

• Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Dai Mubai objected to Yang Zongbao joining the team, while Tang San wondered whether he could be trusted.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that Yang Zongbao was a level forty-three Assault Type Battle Soul Sect and would strengthen the team.
• Dai Mubai challenged Yang Zongbao to a spar, and the group moved to the backyard to watch.
• Dai Mubai attacked with his White Tiger Spirit Skills, but Yang Zongbao used precise spear techniques to counter him through dozens of exchanges.
• Dai Mubai unleashed his fourth Spirit Skill, and Yang Zongbao answered with Army-Breaking Thrust, grazing Dai Mubai and demonstrating that the strike could have seriously injured him.
• Dai Mubai praised Yang Zongbao’s spear technique, and Yang Zongbao returned the courtesy, ending the dispute over his place on the team.

Yang Zongbao joined Shrek Academy after earning the team’s respect, while Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Yang Wudi planned a route to Spirit City. Xiao Yun later told Meng Shenji that Tang Hao had rescued Shrek from Spirit Hall, then dismissed concerns that Tang Hao would retaliate against him.

• Flender welcomed Yang Zongbao to Shrek Academy after no one objected to his joining.
• Dai Mubai apologized to Yang Zongbao, and Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and the others introduced themselves.
• Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Yang Wudi discussed how Shrek Academy could reach Spirit City despite Spirit Hall’s spies.
• Xiao Yun told Meng Shenji that Chrysanthemum Douluo Moon Guan and Ghost Douluo Ghostly had attacked Shrek, and identified Tang Hao as the one who drove them off.
• Meng Shenji warned Xiao Yun that Tang Hao might seek revenge, but Xiao Yun said Tang Hao’s injuries would prevent him and suggested that even an uninjured Tang Hao might not defeat him.

Xiao Yun and Meng Shenji decided to hurry toward Spirit City rather than wait for Shrek Academy after the attack. The convoy reached Huangsha Town, where Xiao Yun secretly entered the Vast Wilderness Realm.

• Xiao Yun and Meng Shenji agreed to accelerate the convoy toward Spirit City, believing Shrek Academy was safer with Tang Hao and the Breaking Clan nearby.
• Xiao Yun told Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Xivia, and Feng Hua that the clash had targeted another team and urged them to focus on the Grand Finals.
• Xiao Yun secretly reassured Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong that nothing had happened to Shrek Academy.
• The convoy shortened its rest stops and reached Huangsha Town, where everyone ate and settled into the Wind Sand Inn.
• Xiao Yun sealed his room with a barrier and entered the Vast Wilderness Realm.

Xiao Yun explored the newly appeared Martial Soul Divine Hall in White Jade Capital and learned how its Martial Souls and Soul Rings worked. After using the hall’s detection scrolls, he obtained several Soul Ring sets and traces of Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, which could strengthen Origin Abilities despite granting no Soul Skills.

• Xiao Yun entered the Martial Soul Divine Hall and inspected its Rare, Epic, Legendary, and Mythic Martial Soul sculptures.
• Xiao Yun learned that each Martial Soul required six Soul Rings of different types, with Mythic-grade Martial Souls demanding six Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Xiao Yun received one hundred Soul Ring Detection Scrolls and used them in the Martial Soul Detection Hall.
• The scrolls revealed seven Ten-Year sets, five Hundred-Year sets, three Thousand-Year sets, one Ten Thousand Year set, and four unusable traces of Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Xiao Yun discovered that the hall’s Soul Rings granted no Soul Skills but could enhance Origin Abilities.

Xiao Yun activated the legendary Purple Flame Glazed Pagoda and discovered how it could empower his war spirits and let him borrow martial souls in the outside world. After exploring the Godhead Condensation Hall, he returned to his inn at dawn and looked toward Spirit City.

• Xiao Yun activated rare and epic martial souls with collected spirit rings, learning their attribute bonuses, skills, and limits on registered war spirits.
• Xiao Yun used ten-thousand-year spirit rings and hundred-thousand-year residual aura to awaken the legendary Purple Flame Glazed Pagoda.
• Xiao Yun discovered that he could bestow activated martial souls on war spirits and borrow them himself outside the White Jade Capital.
• Xiao Yun examined the Godhead Core and learned that its milestone abilities required a rare chaos soul meridian he had not found.
• Xiao Yun returned to his inn as dawn approached, dispelled the barrier, and looked south toward Spirit City.

Xiao Yun and the others arrived at Spirit City, where Meng Shenji explained its five concentric districts and Spirit Hall’s power. The convoy passed through increasingly strict security into the luxurious third ring, with its final destination still ahead.

• Ning Rongrong, Xiao Yun, and the others were awed by Spirit City’s vast circular walls as Meng Shenji described its districts and Spirit Hall’s independent authority.
• The convoy entered through the outer gate after guards checked Meng Shenji and Ning Fengzhi’s documents and scanned the visitors’ Soul Power.
• Xiao Yun and his companions traveled through the tightly policed fifth ring and observed its crowded streets and diverse residents.
• The convoy passed stricter checkpoints into the fourth ring, where Soul Masters and shops selling their supplies became more common.
• The convoy reached the prosperous third ring, where silver-armored knights guarded luxury shops and establishments.

Xiao Yun led Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Xivia, and Feng Hua out to explore Spirit City after Meng Shenji gave them tournament badges and permission to go. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong reviewed an administrative report in the Pope’s Palace as a blonde girl massaged her shoulders.

• Dugu Yan asked Xiao Yun to take her sightseeing, and Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Xivia, and Feng Hua joined them.
• Meng Shenji agreed to let the group explore Spirit City, warning them not to cause trouble.
• Meng Shenji obtained tournament identification badges from a Cardinal and distributed them to the group.
• Xiao Yun noticed a strange premonition as he led the young women toward Spirit City’s bustling center.
• Bibi Dong reviewed a report from the Silves Kingdom while a blonde girl massaged her shoulders.

Hu Liena persuaded Bibi Dong to let her and Xie Yue explore Spirit City and scout the arriving tournament teams, while Bibi Dong studied intelligence about Xiao Yun. The chapter then shifted to Angel Street, where the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team had begun sightseeing.

• Hu Liena asked Bibi Dong to let her leave training and meet the tournament teams, claiming she would scout them.
• Salas reported that Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Godwind Academy had arrived, and Bibi Dong declined to have them specially watched.
• Bibi Dong warned Hu Liena about misusing her charm and allowed her to go out with Xie Yue, but not Yan.
• Hu Liena happily left to find Xie Yue, while Bibi Dong examined the report on Xiao Yun and wondered who he was.
• The scene moved to Angel Street in Spirit City, a busy and upscale district where Soul Masters and Silver Armored Knights filled the marble avenues.