Chapter Summaries

At the individual finals, Gu You drew attention from contestants and attendants alike as the bracket set up possible matches with Dai Yun'er and Dai Yueyan. The first elimination match began with Gu You taking the stage, while his opponent had yet to appear.

• Seven attendants approached Gu You with offers of food and drink, prompting Xie Xie to complain and Yue Zhengyu to tease him.
• Dai Yun'er vowed to defeat Gu You if they met in the next round, while Dai Yueyan noted that he could face Gu You in the third round and Long Yue only in the final.
• Fang'er descended onto the stage and announced the start of the sixty-four-contestant one-on-one finals.
• Fang'er introduced Gu You as the first contestant, and Gu You leaped from the waiting area and walked onto the stage as Monster Academy watched.

Gu You defeated Sima Xian by making him hallucinate that he was being carved up for meat, then left the arena. The tournament continued while Dai Yun'er wondered whether she could beat Gu You in their upcoming match.

• The chapter recounted how Long Yue had robbed Sima Xian outside Monster Academy, prompting Sima Xian to attend Star Luo Royal Academy instead.
• Gu You shouted that he wanted to eat meat, causing Sima Xian to collapse unconscious from fear.
• Fang'er confirmed Gu You's victory after he had already left the arena.
• Dai Yun'er worried about facing Gu You next, and Dai Yueyan told her to prepare herself.
• The tournament continued, including a match won by a contestant piloting a Purple Grade Mecha.

Yuan En Yehui defeated Teng Teng, deepening Monster Academy’s troubles and raising the importance of the team matches. As the individual competition moved into the top thirty-two, Gu You learned that he would face Dai Yun’er, who prepared Soul Tools and vowed to defeat him.

• Yuan En Yehui defeated Teng Teng, damaging his Battle Armor and eliminating him from the individual competition.
• Monster Academy’s other four contestants advanced to the top thirty-two, and Long Yue won his match with ease.
• Gu You wore a hood to avoid hostile attention as he entered Star Luo Grand Stadium for the next round.
• Dai Yun’er confronted Gu You and demanded that he forfeit, but he called her brainless and walked away.
• Dai Yun’er grew furious and resolved to use the Soul Tools she had obtained from the emperor against Gu You.
• The top thirty-two matches began, with the crowd anticipating the match between Dai Yun’er and Gu You.

Gu You faced Princess Dai Yun'er in the tournament, where she used powerful Rank Nine Soul Guide Devices to overcome the gap between their abilities. The match took a dangerous turn when her shield absorbed his attacks and she landed a close-range strike.

• Xie Xie and Yuan En Yehui won their matches and advanced to the top sixteen before Gu You's bout began.
• Dai Yun'er challenged Gu You and rushed at him with her Hell Stab, briefly disrupting his consciousness with her blue-eyed power.
• Gu You recovered using the Purple-Gold Dragon Body and Purple Emperor's Roar, but Dai Yun'er revealed that she had two Rank Nine defensive Soul Guide Devices and three attribute-enhancing devices.
• Gu You attacked with a punch and a kick, but Dai Yun'er's shield absorbed the damage and caused pain in his foot.
• Dai Yun'er seized the opening and slashed at Gu You's waist from close range, leaving him unable to evade.

Gu You defeated Dai Yun'er by using Destruction Power to bypass her Rank Nine Soul Guide Device, then learned that she possessed the Spirit Eye Martial Soul. As the tournament advanced to the top sixteen, Gu Yue continued investigating Long Yue’s inheritance and the things she had lost.

• Gu You endured Dai Yun’er’s attacks, erased her protective barrier with Destruction Power, and lifted her by the foot before dropping her.
• Gu You asked about Dai Yun’er’s unusually strong Spiritual Power, and she revealed her second Martial Soul, the Spirit Eye.
• Gu You reached the top sixteen, joining Yuan En Yehui, Xie Xie, and three Monster Academy competitors as the tournament’s next round approached.
• Dai Yun’er smashed vases in frustration while Long Yue and Dai Yueyan tried to calm her.
• Gu Yue’s purple-gowned subordinate reported that Long Yue’s Mountain Dragon King Martial Soul likely came from an inheritance, and Gu Yue ordered her to keep investigating without alerting Monster Academy.

As the individual round of sixteen to eight began in Star Luo City, the tournament’s rewards and the importance of earning a Nobility Title were announced. Xie Xie prepared to face Monster Academy’s Lin San, while the contestants waited for their matches to begin.

• Fang'er walked through Star Luo City in disguise and heard crowds eagerly discussing the tournament.
• Xie Xie asked Yuan En Yehui to be his girlfriend if he won his match, but she refused and warned him not to throw the match.
• Xie Xie sized up Lin San, the quiet Wind King of Monster Academy, as their bout approached.
• Fang'er introduced the round of sixteen to eight and announced that reaching the individual event’s top eight earned a baron title, while winning the championship earned a viscount title.

Xie Xie faced Lin San, the Wind King of Monster Academy, in a speed-focused match with a Nobility Title at stake. Lin San revealed his strength and gained the upper hand, leaving Xie Xie wounded as their fight continued.

• The contestants learned that reaching the top eight could earn them a Nobility Title, and Xie Xie prepared to fight Lin San.
• Lin San revealed five Soul Rings, including two black ones, and Xie Xie realized he had hidden his true strength in earlier matches.
• Xie Xie and Lin San clashed using Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, and Lin San was sent flying while Xie Xie suffered a cut to his shoulder.
• Lin San destroyed Xie Xie's three clones and taunted him, while Xie Xie's Light Dragon Dagger failed to land a hit.
• Lin San kept striking and retreating, inflicting minor wounds as Xie Xie struggled to match his speed.

Xie Xie fought Lin San and gained an insight into the wind, but Lin San conceded because he believed his advantage made victory unworthy. The competition continued as Dai Tianling and En Ci discussed Yue Yan’s slim chances against Gu You.

• Xie Xie endured Lin San’s rapid attacks and stood still with his eyes closed as he searched for an opening.
• Xie Xie struck Lin San’s wind blade, and Lin San recognized that Xie Xie had reached an insight of his own.
• Lin San used his speed-enhancing Soul Skill to overwhelm Xie Xie, who declared that the wind would eventually break.
• Lin San conceded, saying that victory through an overwhelming advantage would not be glorious, and left as a gust of green wind.
• Dai Tianling asked En Ci about Yue Yan’s chances against Gu You, and En Ci estimated that Yue Yan had at most a ten percent chance of winning.

As Gu You faced Dai Yueyan in the tournament’s main event, Xie Xie realized that freedom was essential to his growth as an agility-attack Soul Master and confessed his feelings to Yuan En Yehui before falling asleep. The match began as senior Douluo Continent representatives watched Gu You, and Tang Bingyao asked Elder Cai what he thought of him.

• Dai Tianling worried that Dai Yueyan’s performance against Gu You would affect whether the court accepted him as heir to the throne.
• As the crowd cheered for Dai Yueyan, Xie Xie laughed and explained that he had found the freedom he needed to overcome his cultivation bottleneck.
• Xie Xie embraced Yuan En Yehui, told her he wanted to become worthy of her, and fell asleep; she supported him back onto the sofa.
• Gu You and Dai Yueyan began their match, and Gu You transformed by manifesting purple-gold scales and Dragon Claws.
• Tang Bingyao asked Elder Cai for his opinion of Gu You while representatives from the Douluo Continent delegation watched the fight.

Gu You defeated Dai Yueyan in the round of sixteen after overpowering his White Tiger transformations and battle armor. The Guardian Official stopped Gu You’s finishing punch, Dai Yueyan conceded, and the tournament advanced to the top eight with Long Yue as Monster Academy’s only remaining contestant.

• Dai Yueyan and Gu You traded powerful blows, and Dai Yueyan realized Gu You had been holding back.
• Gu You revealed his five Blood Essence Soul Rings as Dai Yueyan activated White Tiger Demon God Transformation.
• Gu You’s dragon aura knocked Dai Yueyan from the air, prompting Dai Yueyan to equip his One-Word Battle Armor, Tiger.
• Gu You launched a powerful punch, but the Guardian Official entered the arena and blocked it before it could hit Dai Yueyan.
• Dai Yueyan conceded and left the arena as the crowd protested; the round of sixteen ended with Long Yue as Monster Academy’s only contestant in the top eight.

The tournament finalists were set as Gu You and Long Yue, and their match was promoted as a clash between two Dragon Kings. As the contestants traveled to Star Luo Grand Stadium for the final, Gu Yue resolved to defy fate while the stadium filled for the showdown.

• Long Yue advanced to the semifinals with a bye, and Yuan En Yehui forfeited her quarterfinal against Gu You.
• Lin San challenged Long Yue in the semifinals but lost, while Gu You won his own match and secured the final against Long Yue.
• Gu You told Gu Yue that the final was a battle of Dragon God against Dragon King.
• Yuan En Yehui cultivated alone, while Yue Zhengyu watched Xu Xiaoyan sleep and reflected on his life and growing feelings for her.
• Gu Yue worried about Gu You's coming match, then vowed to destroy fate if it stood in their way.
• The next morning, Gu You and the other Shrek contestants traveled to a packed Star Luo Grand Stadium for the final.

Emperor Dai Tianling opened the tournament final between Long Yue and Gu You, promising the victor a Soul Bone and an additional reward. Gu You revealed his seven Soul Rings and attacked, while his dragon bloodline aura suppressed Long Yue’s Mountain Dragon King and left him questioning what Gu You truly was.

• Dai Tianling welcomed the audience and announced that Long Yue would receive a viscount title if he won, while Gu You would receive resources or a title if he became a citizen of the Star Luo Empire.
• Xie Xie asked whether Gu You wanted the viscount title, and Gu You dismissed it before stepping onto the competition platform.
• The referee began the final, and Gu You and Long Yue released their Martial Souls and Soul Rings.
• Gu You charged Long Yue in Purple Gold Dragon Armor, and their dragon roars clashed.
• Gu You’s bloodline aura weakened Long Yue’s Mountain Dragon King phantom and made Long Yue feel pressure to submit.
• Long Yue wondered whether Gu You carried the Dragon God’s bloodline as Gu You sprang into the air.

Gu You and Long Yue fought a clash of overwhelming strength, with Gu You’s destructive power meeting Long Yue’s Mountains and Rivers. Long Yue reveled in finally facing an equal opponent as Gu You continued to drive him back.

• Long Yue used Mountains and Rivers to shatter Gu You’s attack, but Gu You transformed into a dragon and destroyed the mountains with Purple Gold Annihilation Kill.
• Gu You and Long Yue exchanged a powerful blow, sending Long Yue crashing into the protective barrier.
• Long Yue summoned a massive double-tipped spear, and he and Gu You began trading weapon strikes across the arena.
• En Ci watched in astonishment as Gu You matched Long Yue’s strength, while Dai Yueyan recognized how far beyond him Gu You was.
• Gu You’s halberd forced Long Yue to retreat, and Long Yue roared for another exchange.

Gu You and Long Yue escalated their duel as Long Yue’s mountain-and-river domain briefly engulfed Gu You, who shattered the illusion with his dragon power and froze Long Yue’s marsh attack. Long Yue then drove his spear into the ground, leaving the battle poised for his next move.

• Gu You’s halberd struck Long Yue and blasted him across the platform, though Long Yue recovered and acknowledged Gu You’s strength.
• Gu You released his Two-Word Battle Armor as Long Yue summoned his Mountain Dragon armor, raising both fighters to Titled Douluo-level strength.
• Long Yue created a world of mountains and rivers that surrounded Gu You with crushing pressure and attacks.
• Gu You summoned a giant purple dragon and golden light, breaking apart Long Yue’s illusory world.
• Long Yue turned the ground into a real marsh, but Gu You froze it with Dragon God’s Wrath.
• Long Yue drove his double-tipped spear into the ground as the clash continued.

Gu You fought Long Yue, breaking through his earth-based attacks and clashing with him in a furious hand-to-hand battle. As Gu You launched a potentially fatal halberd strike, En Ci and a red-clad figure intervened, and En Ci deflected it away from Long Yue.

• Long Yue used his Mountains and Rivers abilities to trap Gu You in mud, launch him into the air, and slam him against the arena barrier.
• Gu You recovered and acknowledged Long Yue’s powerful skills, while Long Yue’s blood-red eyes showed that his Dragon Madman frenzy was taking hold.
• Long Yue and Gu You exchanged rapid punches as their battle armor clashed and the soul tool barrier began to shake.
• Gu You used Ice God Kick to send Long Yue skyward, then launched the Purple Gold Dragon God Halberd with This Strike, Piercing the Stars.
• En Ci tore open the barrier and deflected Gu You’s halberd strike, while a red-clad figure also rushed onto the competition platform.

Gu You won the individual match after Mu Ye and En Ci intervened to stop Long Yue, then withdrew from the team matches and left Shrek Academy a letter. He traveled to a mountain summit and opened a rift in the sky to contact the Dragon Clan.

• Mu Ye confronted En Ci for breaking the rules, while En Ci restrained Long Yue and explained that the Mountain Dragon King bloodline could make him lose control.
• Dai Tianling accepted En Ci’s explanation, and Gu You gave his low-grade Soul Bone reward to Xie Xie and the others.
• Monster Academy forfeited the team matches, and Gu You decided to withdraw and leave quietly.
• Gu You left a letter for Gu Yue and the teachers, saying he had suppressed Long Yue’s bloodline and expected them to meet again.
• Gu You reached a mountain summit, unleashed seven Soul Rings, and opened a rift in the sky to call to the Dragon Clan.

Gu You absorbed Dragon Clouds in Dragon Valley, strengthening his body and raising his Soul Power to Level 77. As he continued deeper and gathered souls, a black fissure opened in the sky and enormous claws began tearing it wider.

• Gu You released his bloodline aura, drawing Dragon Clouds of many colors through his body and absorbing their elemental energy.
• Gu You meditated, awoke with heightened perception of elemental particles, and returned to absorb more Dragon Clouds.
• Gu You repeatedly absorbed the clouds and meditated until his Soul Power reached Level 77 and his body began absorbing the energy directly.
• Gu You continued onward and drew the souls he encountered into his mind.
• A black fissure appeared deep in Dragon Valley, and enormous ink-black claws pulled it open as the Dragon Clouds descended in dragon forms.

Six powerful figures stabilized a rift so a silver-haired woman could enter Dragon Valley for seven days to search for something. Earlier, Gu You reached a valley filled with the bones of fallen True Dragons, where his roar stirred a distant silver figure and he began examining the remains.

• Five figures emerged from the rift and used their power to hold it open as a black dragon forced its way through and took human form.
• The silver-haired woman descended, and the six figures agreed to keep the rift stable while she searched Dragon Valley during a seven-day window.
• Half a month earlier, Gu Yue read a letter while Wu Changkong remained silent beside her.
• After absorbing seventeen True Dragon Dragon Souls, Gu You reached a vast valley filled with the bones of fallen dragons and cried out in grief.
• A silver figure at the far end of Dragon Valley heard Gu You's cry, reacted with shock, and struggled to suppress her own response.
• Gu You entered the valley, felt the dragons' sorrow through their remains, and began touching the Dragon Bones one by one.

Gu You traveled deeper into Dragon Valley and found the Dragon God's immense seven-colored Dragon Soul. When he touched it, the Dragon Soul awakened and unleashed a vision that overwhelmed him with pain, prompting the silver figure to intervene.

• Gu You walked through Dragon Valley, where he and a silver figure mourned the fallen dragons.
• Gu You found the Mountain Dragon King's enormous skeleton, split from head to tail, and discovered a deep valley behind it.
• Gu You descended into the seven-colored mist and found the Dragon God's Dragon Soul, whose presence stirred his bloodline.
• Gu You touched the Dragon God's Dragon Soul, awakening it and causing dragons and skeletons throughout the valley to react.
• Gu You saw a blood-red figure strike at him with a colossal sword, and the silver figure appeared and struck the Dragon Soul with her palm.

Gu You took the Dragon God's golden and silver cores from Gu Yuena and fused them into a Seven-Colored Crystal, while Gu Yuena and six others escaped through a rift in the small world. Gu You then began burying the Dragon Bones, and two months later only the Mountain Dragon King's skeleton remained.

• Gu You demanded the Dragon God's core and argued that Soul Beasts and dragons would have to leave the Douluo Plane to survive.
• Gu Yuena absorbed the seven-colored energy and Dragon Souls, restoring her damaged body and growing immensely powerful.
• Gu You stopped Gu Yuena from fusing with the silver crystal, took both crystals, and merged them into a Seven-Colored Crystal that fused into his heart.
• Gu Yuena tore open a huge rift and left with six men and women as the small world began to close.
• Gu You used his Spiritual Power and Soul Power to bury the Dragon Bones, finishing nearly all of them over two months.
• Gu You reached the second-to-last day of the burial with only the Mountain Dragon King's enormous skeleton left.