Chapter Summaries

Bai Ge selected Shrek’s lineup and tactics for its match against Chihuo Academy, keeping his own strength concealed while ensuring the team could counter Chihuo’s powerful fire-based attackers. As the teams faced off in the arena, Huo Wu gave Bai Ge a scornful, provocative look, leaving him unsure why she was hostile.

• Bai Ge explained Chihuo Team’s strengths and planned a lineup that included Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tailong.
• Bai Ge assigned Dai Mubai to face Huo Wushuang, Tailong to hold off Huo Lie, Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing to target Chihuo’s support and control members, and Ma Hongjun to cover them.
• Grandmaster approved the lineup, and Bai Ge led Shrek Team from the waiting room into the central arena.
• Bai Ge observed Chihuo Team’s members, including captain Huo Wushuang and control specialist Huo Wu, as they took their positions opposite Shrek.
• Huo Wu gave Bai Ge a scornful, provocative look, and Bai Ge wondered whether he had offended her.

Bai Ge and the Shrek Team faced Huo Wushuang and the Chihuo Team in the Soul Fighting Arena. Chihuo launched a full-team charge powered by its fire-based skills, and the teams clashed as the match began.

• Huo Wushuang respectfully greeted Bai Ge, while Huo Wu challenged him and vowed to end Shrek's winning streak.
• Bai Ge and the Shrek Team summoned their Martial Souls, and Huo Wushuang and the Chihuo Team did the same.
• After the referee started the match, Huo Wushuang ordered the Chihuo Team to charge and activate their First Soul Skills.
• The Chihuo Team's Support Spirit Masters sent Fire Stars into their teammates, strengthening their flames and physical power.
• Huo Wushuang ordered an attack and unleashed dark red flames from his mouth.

Bai Ge led Shrek Team through Chihuo Team’s opening fire assault and ordered a counterattack aimed at its support Spirit Masters. As the fighters engaged across the arena, Ma Hongjun flew to help Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing pressure the Chihuo back line.

• Huo Wushuang, Huo Lie, Huo Yun, and Huo Yu launched fire attacks, but Bai Ge ordered Shrek Team to retreat and avoid them.
• Bai Ge used Thorn Strangler against Huo Chui and Huo Jun, but Huo Wu pushed the support Spirit Masters out of the vines’ path.
• Dai Mubai charged Huo Wushuang, while Tailong confronted Huo Lie and Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing pursued Huo Chui and Huo Jun.
• Dai Mubai and Huo Wushuang traded powerful punches, while Tailong countered Huo Lie’s flaming claw with a kick that sent him flying.
• Huo Yun and Huo Yu turned back to defend their support Spirit Masters, and Ma Hongjun flew over to assist Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing.

Bai Ge turned the fight against the Chihuo Team by trapping and poisoning its members, then asked Huo Wu to admit defeat. Huo Wushuang and Huo Lie were bound, leaving Huo Wu facing the loss of her team.

• Ma Hongjun attacked Huo Chui and Huo Jun with Phoenix Firewire, but Huo Wu blocked it with Flame Guard while Huo Yun pursued Ma Hongjun.
• Bai Ge used Heavenly Net and Thorn Strangler to capture and poison Huo Yun, then decided to end the battle.
• Bai Ge’s vines missed Huo Wu but struck Huo Chui and Huo Jun, knocking them unconscious and cutting off the Fire Star energy supporting Huo Wushuang and Huo Lie.
• Bai Ge bound Huo Wushuang and Huo Lie as Dai Mubai and Tailong attacked, leaving the Chihuo Team unable to continue.
• Bai Ge dispelled the poison from Huo Yun, Huo Chui, and Huo Jun, then asked Huo Wu if she would admit defeat.

Shrek Academy defeated Chihuo Academy, but Huo Wu remained unconvinced by Bai Ge and blamed his victory on superior strength and surprise tactics. Feng Xiaotian proposed using his team’s ability to fly against Shrek, and Huo Wu left after warning that Shrek’s Control System Spirit Masters could counter them.

• Bai Ge called for the referee to announce the result, and Shrek Academy was declared the winner over Chihuo Academy.
• Huo Wu watched Bai Ge leave and refused to accept his abilities, believing he had not demonstrated the control or combat skill to earn her respect.
• Huo Wushuang comforted Huo Wu and explained that her competitiveness and jealousy of Bai Ge’s praise had fueled her hostility toward him.
• Feng Xiaotian approached Huo Wushuang and claimed his team could defeat Shrek by flying and attacking relentlessly rather than allowing Shrek to pick them off.
• Huo Wu warned Feng Xiaotian that Shrek’s two Control System Spirit Masters could block the sky with plants, then told him to return after defeating Shrek and left through a Competitor Channel.

After Huo Wu challenged Bai Ge to a duel, he agreed on the condition that she join the Pill Pavilion and keep its secrets if she lost. Their fight began in a forest clearing, where Huo Wu used her Fire Shadow Spirit and blasted Bai Ge back with her Resisting Fire Ring.

• Bai Ge cultivated in the Pill Pavilion while Ning Rongrong, Meng Yiran, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ye Lingling practiced martial arts he had taught them.
• Spirit Eye told Bai Ge that Huo Wu had come to see him, and Bai Ge went to meet her in the Castle's main hall.
• Huo Wu challenged Bai Ge to a duel, saying she wanted to test his strength for herself.
• Bai Ge offered to duel Huo Wu if she agreed to join the Pill Pavilion and keep its secrets should she lose, and Huo Wu accepted.
• Bai Ge led Huo Wu to a forest clearing, where she summoned her Fire Shadow Spirit and activated Flame Domain.
• Huo Wu attacked with a fireball and a Whip Kick, then used her Resisting Fire Ring to blast Bai Ge away and pursued him.

Huo Wu challenged Bai Ge to settle their fight with one final move, and unleashed her strongest Soul Skill, Huo Wu Blazing Sun. Bai Ge blocked the fiery attack with his evolved Cloud-Soaring Vine, leaving Huo Wu’s strongest technique ineffective.

• Bai Ge caught Huo Wu’s axe kick and hurled her into a tree, but her Flame Guard protected her from serious injury.
• Huo Wu refused to admit defeat and proposed that they each use their Martial Soul and Soul Skills for one final move.
• Bai Ge agreed, knowing that his evolved Cloud-Soaring Vine could withstand flames.
• Huo Wu gathered her power and fired her Fourth Soul Skill, Huo Wu Blazing Sun, at Bai Ge.
• Bai Ge summoned a vine wall with Thorn Strangler, and the Cloud-Soaring Vine swallowed the flames and blocked Huo Wu’s attack.

After Huo Wu lost to Bai Ge, she joined the Pill Pavilion to train as an alchemist, with the condition that Bai Ge accept a duel once a month. The next day, Shrek Academy prepared to face Thunderclap Academy, but its opponent forfeited before the match began.

• Bai Ge defeated Huo Wu when his Cloud-Soaring Vine wall withstood her flames, and Huo Wu agreed to join the Pill Pavilion.
• Bai Ge gave Huo Wu a Compendium of Herbs to study and agreed to duel her once a month.
• Grandmaster and Bai Ge discussed Shrek Academy’s lineup against Thunderclap Academy, choosing Tang San, Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Meng Yiran, Tailong, and Jiang Zhu.
• Tang San led Shrek Academy onto the arena, but Thunderclap Academy did not arrive before the deadline.
• A Thunderclap Academy representative told the referee that the team forfeited, and the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner.

After Thunderclap Academy conceded to Shrek Academy, Grandmaster warned the team not to grow complacent before the Martial Soul Hall Team. The spectators then witnessed Canghui Academy use a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill, only for Huo Wu's Blazing Sun to break it and leave the Canghui members motionless.

• Thunderclap Academy voluntarily conceded to Shrek Academy to preserve its strength for the contest against the other Five Elements Academies.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji celebrated the concession, while Grandmaster reminded the Shrek Team that the Martial Soul Hall Team remained their true challenge.
• Mei pointed out that Canghui Academy and Chihuo Academy's match was hidden inside a Seven-Colored Light pillar.
• Flender, Meng Shu, and Grandmaster identified the display as a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill rather than a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Huo Wu shouted "Huo Wu Blazing Sun," and her white-hot fireball shattered the light pillar and left the seven Canghui Academy members charred and motionless.

Chihuo Academy defeated Canghui Academy, and Ye Zhilan healed the injured students while Shi Nian swallowed his anger. Shrek Academy stayed undefeated through twenty rounds, then prepared to face Godwind Academy with a lineup designed to counter its flying fighters.

• Shi Nian tried to interfere after Huo Wu's attack, but Su Moshan and the referee made him leave the arena.
• Ye Zhilan used her Nine Heart Begonia to heal the seven Canghui Academy students, and the referee declared Chihuo Academy the victor.
• Canghui Academy lost its fourth match and suffered mental damage from the backlash of its broken Seven-in-One Fusion Skill.
• Shrek Academy won its first twenty qualifying-round matches, while Godwind Academy matched its record.
• Grandmaster announced that Shrek Academy would face Godwind Academy in the twenty-first round, and Ma Hongjun eagerly accepted his turn to compete.
• Bai Ge proposed a lineup with Tang San and himself restricting Godwind Academy's flight, supported by Oscar, Tailong, Jiang Zhu, Ma Hongjun, and Xiao Wu.

Bai Ge explained the Double Net Containment Tactic for trapping the agile Divine Wind Team, and Shrek prepared plans to separate Feng Xiaotian from his teammates. The teams entered the arena, and the chapter ended as Feng Xiaotian began summoning his Martial Soul.

• Bai Ge told Grandmaster that his Cloud-Soaring Vine could form a prison to divide the Divine Wind Team and help Shrek defeat them.
• Grandmaster warned Bai Ge that Shrek would be outmatched if Feng Xiaotian stayed with his team, so the group devised several plans to draw him away.
• The Shrek Team and Divine Wind Team entered the arena and bowed to each other.
• Feng Xiaotian said he intended to defeat Shrek to avenge the Chihuo Team for Huo Wu's sake, and Bai Ge wished him success.
• The referee explained the match rules, and Feng Xiaotian activated his Gale Twin-Headed Wolf Martial Soul Possession.

The Divine Wind Team opened its match against Shrek with an aerial wind-blade assault, but Bai Ge and Tang San countered with binding nets. Xiao Wu and Tailong used Oscar’s Flying Mushroom Sausages to launch a surprise attack, and Xiao Wu caught Feng Xiaotian with Charm and began a Waist Bow.

• Feng Xiaotian and the Divine Wind Team activated their Martial Soul Possession, while the Shrek members summoned or possessed their Martial Souls.
• At the referee’s signal, Feng Xiaotian led the Divine Wind Team into the air as Ma Hongjun flew up and Oscar prepared Flying Mushroom Sausages for Xiao Wu and Tailong.
• Feng Xiaotian and his teammates unleashed a barrage of wind blades, but Tang San’s Blue Silver Spider Web and Bai Ge’s Heavenly Net countered their assault.
• Xiao Wu and Tailong ate the sausages and flew through the vine fragments toward Feng Xiaotian.
• Xiao Wu used Charm to daze Feng Xiaotian, then Teleportation and Waist Bow to attack him from behind.

Shrek Academy trapped Feng Xiaotian and the Divine Wind Team in Bai Ge’s Cloud Prison, using Xiao Wu and Ma Hongjun to catch Feng Xiaotian off guard. Feng Xiaotian’s Wind Blade Array barely scratched the prison, and he prepared to use his ultimate move.

• Xiao Wu combined Charm, Teleportation, and Waist Bow to injure Feng Xiaotian and send him plunging through the air.
• Feng Xiaotian slowed his fall with Swift Wind Wings and renewed Twin Wolf Possession, but Ma Hongjun dived toward him and struck him with Phoenix Roaring Sky Strike.
• Bai Ge used Thorn Strangler Cloud Prison to cage the Divine Wind Team and isolate Feng Xiaotian, while Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Tailong stopped the others from escaping.
• Ma Hongjun’s attack erupted into a Lava Pillar that damaged Feng Xiaotian’s clothes and hair despite his defenses.
• Feng Xiaotian unleashed Wind Blade Array against the Cloud-Soaring Vine Wall, but his blades only left tiny scratches, so he resolved to use his ultimate move.

Feng Xiaotian unleashed his strongest attack against Bai Ge’s Cloud-Soaring Prison but failed to break through its vines. With Feng Xiaotian trapped and the Divine Wind Team confined, Shrek launched its planned assault and quickly overwhelmed them.

• Feng Xiaotian used Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes of the Gale Wolf against the Cloud-Soaring Vine, but barely damaged it and became trapped.
• Bai Ge called for Shrek to end the match according to plan, and Oscar, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Tailong, and Ma Hongjun prepared to attack.
• Ma Hongjun scattered the Divine Wind Team with Phoenix Firewire, which failed to damage the fire-resistant Cloud-Soaring Prison.
• Bai Ge and Tang San restrained Divine Wind Team members with Cloud-Soaring Vine and Blue Silver Spider Web while Xiao Wu and Tailong attacked.
• As Shrek knocked down nearly the entire team, Feng Xiaotian’s last two teammates surrendered.

Shrek Academy defeated Godwind Academy and entered the final round of the qualifying tournament with an undefeated record. Bai Ge and his teammates decided to fight Skywater Academy fairly, and Dugu Bo returned to the Pill Pavilion as Bai Ge considered how to deal with Canghui Academy.

• Feng Xiaotian conceded, and the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner over Godwind Academy.
• Grandmaster reviewed the standings and identified Skywater Academy as Shrek Academy's final qualifying-round opponent.
• Ning Rongrong suggested conceding to Skywater Academy, but Bai Ge, Meng Yiran, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ye Lingling agreed that Shui Bing'er would prefer a real match.
• Spirit Eye told Bai Ge that Dugu Bo had returned and was waiting in Reception Room Three.
• Bai Ge was relieved that Dugu Bo had returned in time to handle Canghui Academy without drawing the attention Meng Shu would attract.

Bai Ge learned that Shi Nian of Canghui Academy possessed a mental-attribute Head Spirit Bone and arranged for Dugu Bo to ambush him. When Canghui Academy withdrew from the tournament and left Heaven Dou Imperial City, Dugu Bo set out after them while Shi Nian's group stopped to rest in a forest.

• Bai Ge met Dugu Bo and learned that his Poison Pill had raised his strength to Ju Douluo's level.
• Bai Ge told Dugu Bo that Shi Nian possessed the Illusionary Wisdom Spirit Bone and asked him to ambush Canghui Academy after the qualifying round.
• Spirit Eye reported that Canghui Academy had withdrawn and left Heaven Dou Imperial City, so Bai Ge sent Dugu Bo after them.
• Dugu Bo departed after learning that Shi Nian's Spirit Bone was a mental-attribute skull bone.
• Shi Nian led Canghui Academy toward Suotuo City and stopped with his students in a forest to rest.

Dugu Bo ambushed Canghui Academy after Shi Nian withdrew from the tournament and killed the students and Shi Nian. Shi Nian’s corpse yielded the Illusionary Wisdom Spirit Bone that Bai Ge had been seeking.

• Shi Nian led Canghui Academy away from Heaven Dou Imperial City after collecting their rewards and withdrawing from the tournament.
• Dugu Bo attacked the group with poisonous mist, killing every student while Shi Nian narrowly escaped.
• Dugu Bo demanded Shi Nian’s Spirit Bone, and Shi Nian tried to trick him by cutting off his left arm and claiming the bone was there.
• Dugu Bo seized Shi Nian and poisoned him to death.
• Shi Nian’s body dissolved, revealing the Illusionary Wisdom Spirit Bone.

Dugu Bo returned to Bai Ge with the Illusionary Wisdom Spirit Bone, which Bai Ge planned to study as the foundation for a Mental Internet. He realized the bone had to be fused to use its abilities, then devised a way to test it without permanently binding himself to it.

• Dugu Bo retrieved the Illusionary Wisdom Spirit Bone after killing Shi Nian and kept it rather than giving it to Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo returned to the Pill Pavilion and presented the Spirit Bone to Bai Ge.
• Bai Ge considered using the bone’s Illusionary Space ability to create a Mental Internet and spread knowledge across the continent.
• Bai Ge discovered that the Spirit Bone’s abilities required fusion, which would prevent him from moving the bone’s supposed signal base station.
• Bai Ge realized he could use his Fifth Spirit Skill, Twin Flower Shadow, to make a clone fuse with the Spirit Bone.

Bai Ge tested the Illusionary Wisdom Spirit Bone by fusing it with his clone and exploring whether its Mental Link could transmit knowledge. He explained the experiment to Ning Rongrong and prepared to test the ability with her.

• Bai Ge activated Twin Flower Shadow, creating a clone while his true body turned invisible.
• Bai Ge's clone fused with the Illusionary Wisdom Spirit Bone and learned that it could create an Illusionary Space and connect allies' thoughts.
• Bai Ge considered whether the Mental Link could transmit memories and knowledge, potentially making it easier to share techniques and teach alchemy.
• Bai Ge's clone found Ning Rongrong playing Pokémon and asked her to help test the spirit bone.
• Bai Ge explained the spirit bone's abilities and his knowledge-sharing idea, and Ning Rongrong became interested.

Bai Ge tested Illusionary Space and Mental Link with Ning Rongrong, confirming that they could use the link to share cultivation knowledge. The next day, Shrek Academy prepared to face Skywater Academy, with Bai Ge choosing the lineup and tactics before the team entered the arena.

• Bai Ge activated Illusionary Space and Mental Link, and Ning Rongrong confirmed that she could sense his thoughts.
• Bai Ge shared his cultivation insights on Spiral Nine Shadows through Mental Link, and Ning Rongrong memorized them.
• Bai Ge revealed that his Fifth Spirit Skill, Twin Flower Shadow, created a clone, then teased Ning Rongrong about helping her catch up on cultivation.
• Shrek Academy faced Skywater Academy in the twenty-seventh round, and Bai Ge took the field because Tang San lacked immunity to fire and ice.
• Bai Ge selected Tailong, Jiang Zhu, Ma Hongjun, Xiao Wu, Meng Yiran, and Zhu Qing for the match, then discussed tactics before leading the team into the arena.