Chapter Summaries

Qian Renxue recruited Ning Rongrong to secretly monitor Xiao Xuan and planned to bring her to Spirit City, while Qin Ming invited Shrek Academy to consider joining the Royal Academy. After Shrek defeated Yu Tianheng's team, Qin Ming reunited with Flander, whose group reacted angrily when Xiao Xuan came up.

• Ning Rongrong accepted Qian Renxue's request to track Xiao Xuan, and Qian Renxue planned to use the arrangement to pressure Ning Fengzhi and benefit Spirit Hall.
• Qian Renxue ordered a banquet for Shrek Academy and told Qin Ming to sound out whether they would join the Royal Academy.
• Tang San led the Shrek Team to a narrow victory over Yu Tianheng's team, and both sides praised each other and agreed to fight again.
• Qin Ming respectfully greeted Flander and discussed bringing Shrek Academy to the Royal Academy while preserving its organization.
• When Qin Ming suggested Xiao Xuan might join Shrek Academy, Zhao Wuji angrily said Xiao Xuan had badly wronged him and Flander.

Flander agreed to join the Heaven Dou Royal Academy after Qian Renxue persuaded Shrek, Yu Xiaogang, and Tang San, while insisting Shrek keep its own identity and tournament team. Tang Hao beat and threatened Dugu Bo into watching over Tang San, leaving the Poison Douluo to report to the Royal Academy as his unwilling nanny.

• Flander agreed to attend a banquet and consider Qin Ming's invitation after Yu Xiaogang returned angry over his nephew praising Xiao Xuan.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San warmed to Qian Renxue after she voiced opposition to Xiao Xuan, and Shrek agreed to join the Royal Academy while keeping its name and forming its own tournament team.
• The next day, Qin Ming led Shrek to the Royal Academy, where Meng Shenji welcomed them and outlined their teaching duties and employment terms.
• Tang Hao beat Dugu Bo in the woods, threatened him over Tang San's safety, and ordered him to watch over Tang San.
• Dugu Bo reluctantly headed to the Royal Academy to meet Tang San and serve as his nanny.

Xiao Xuan worried over Ning Rongrong’s sudden arrival in Spirit City and sought help from Yue Guan. Yue Guan agreed to meet her, but first asked Xiao Xuan for a Hidden Weapon to prepare for an upcoming duel with Dugu Bo.

• Xiao Xuan planned to reach level fifty and obtain a twenty-thousand-year spirit ring, hoping the Three Illusion Gods could help him again.
• Xiao Xuan learned that Ning Rongrong had come to Spirit City and was asking where he lived, leaving him unsure how to respond.
• Yue Guan teased Xiao Xuan about his romantic troubles and offered to meet Ning Rongrong on his behalf.
• Xiao Xuan offered to trade Yue Guan something from his Energy Card Boxes for help handling Ning Rongrong.
• Yue Guan asked Xiao Xuan for a Hidden Weapon to use in his impending duel with the old poisoner, Dugu Bo.

Xiao Xuan gave Chrysanthemum Douluo a one-use Spirit Power Card called Hanno's Noble Power to help him in his coming fight with Dugu Bo, and warned him about Tang San's Hidden Weapon. The chapter left Chrysanthemum Douluo prepared to test the card against the Mother-Child Soul Chasing Life-Taking Gallbladder.

• Xiao Xuan remembered that Dugu Bo and Chrysanthemum Douluo were due for another life-or-death battle and decided to help Chrysanthemum Douluo.
• Xiao Xuan gave Chrysanthemum Douluo a Trap Card called Hanno's Noble Power, which could reflect a single-target soul skill or Hidden Weapon attack.
• Xiao Xuan demonstrated how Spirit Power Cards worked and told Chrysanthemum Douluo that Bibi Dong already knew about them.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo regretted that the cards could not be mass-produced and praised Xiao Xuan's invention.
• Xiao Xuan warned Chrysanthemum Douluo about Tang San's Mother-Child Soul Chasing Life-Taking Gallbladder and told him to use the Trap Card against it.

Ning Rongrong arrived in Spirit City to find Xiao Xuan and seek enrollment at Spirit Hall Academy, prompting Chrysanthemum Douluo and Bibi Dong to consider using her admission to influence the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Hu Liena went to the academy and found Ning Rongrong sitting with Zhu Zhuqing before Xiao Xuan arrived.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo flew to Spirit City after Xiao Xuan warned him about a dangerous hidden weapon.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo found Ning Rongrong at Spirit Hall Academy, where she said she wanted to find Xiao Xuan and enroll.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo reported Ning Rongrong's request to Bibi Dong and proposed using her education to bring the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect closer to Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong approved the plan and sent Hu Liena to the academy to check on Ning Rongrong.
• Hu Liena arrived and found Ning Rongrong sitting with Zhu Zhuqing while they chatted.

Xiao Xuan avoided meeting Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Hu Liena by entering seclusion, while Chrysanthemum Douluo helped Ning Rongrong join Spirit Hall Academy. Chrysanthemum Douluo then flew to confront his rival, Dugu Bo.

• Xiao Xuan suspected Qian Renxue had orchestrated Ning Rongrong's admiration for him and entered seclusion to avoid the three girls.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo told Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Hu Liena that Xiao Xuan could not meet them and offered Ning Rongrong a place at Spirit Hall Academy.
• Ning Rongrong joined the academy team, and Zhu Zhuqing took her to the residence.
• Hu Liena teased the two girls about being family, then left after realizing they both seemed to have feelings for Xiao Xuan.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo flew to a dense forest and called out to his rival, the poison-wielding Dugu Bo.

Dugu Bo and Yue Guan fought over their old grudge, with both revealing new abilities and hidden weapons. Dugu Bo’s poisoned needles were reflected by Yue Guan’s Soul Power Card, leaving Dugu Bo struck by his own attack.

• Dugu Bo emerged from the bushes and challenged Yue Guan to settle their old score.
• Yue Guan attacked Dugu Bo with his Fifth Soul Skill and Thorn of Hatred Soul Bone Skill, exposing him from the poisonous mist.
• Dugu Bo boosted himself with his soul skills and fought Yue Guan, but Yue Guan’s level-ninety-five power overwhelmed him.
• Dugu Bo used his Martial Soul Avatar and soul skills, then tried to catch Yue Guan with Medusa’s Gaze and a Mother-Child Soul Chasing Life-Taking Gallbladder.
• Yue Guan activated a Soul Power Card and raised a Sacred Shield that reflected Dugu Bo’s poisoned needles back into him.

Tang San cultivated with Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while Dugu Bo dealt with Spirit Hall, but Dugu Bo returned gravely wounded by the Mother-Child Soul Chasing Life-Taking Gallbladder. After Tang San saved him, Dugu Bo accused him of setting him up, and Tang San realized his father might be the Clear Sky Douluo.

• Tang San gathered rare herbs at Dugu Bo's Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well under their arrangement that he would help cure Dugu Bo's poison in exchange for access to the garden.
• Tang San consumed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Blazing Apricot Blossom and soaked in the spring to temper his body.
• Dugu Bo crashed into the garden, badly injured and pierced by poison needles, and Tang San treated him with the herbs.
• Dugu Bo woke days later without Soul Power and accused Tang San of using the Mother-Child Soul Chasing Life-Taking Gallbladder to harm him.
• Tang San denied intending to hurt Dugu Bo and asked what had happened, while realizing Dugu Bo's mention of the Clear Sky Douluo suggested Tang Hao was a major figure.

Tang San and Dugu Bo resolved their misunderstanding over the reflected Hidden Weapon and blamed Xiao Xuan, while Tang San suspected Xiao Xuan had countered his weapons. Tang San returned to Shrek and gave Immortal Herbs to his teammates, boosting their cultivation as they prepared to face Xiao Xuan and Spirit Hall in the Soul Master Tournament.

• Tang San and Dugu Bo discussed the failed Hidden Weapon attack and agreed that Xiao Xuan might have been responsible for reflecting it.
• Dugu Bo apologized to Tang San and urged him to teach Xiao Xuan a lesson in the upcoming All-Continent Advanced Academy Elite Competition.
• Tang San returned to Shrek at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and distributed Immortal Herbs to his friends, including Tailong and Jiang Zhu.
• Tang San's teammates absorbed the herbs, with several reaching level forty and Tailong, Jiang Zhu, and the others advancing to level thirty-nine.

After reaching level fifty, Xiao Xuan sought a twenty-thousand-year soul beast for his fifth soul ring, despite Bibi Dong's warnings about the danger. Bibi Dong agreed to accompany him to the Star Dou Forest, where she let him choose his target while hoping to discover what gave him confidence.

• After four months of cultivation, Xiao Xuan broke through to level fifty and needed a twenty-thousand-year soul beast for his fifth soul ring.
• Xiao Xuan asked Bibi Dong to help him find a suitable soul beast, but she warned him that absorbing one could be fatal.
• Bibi Dong agreed to accompany Xiao Xuan to the Star Dou Forest and offered to protect him during the hunt, though she could not interfere with the absorption.
• On the way, Bibi Dong told Xiao Xuan he could choose any species or attribute and urged him to prioritize reducing the risk.
• Bibi Dong and Xiao Xuan reached their destination, and she asked him to choose his target.

Bibi Dong took Xiao Xuan to the Star Dou Forest, where he used a Spirit Power Card to kill a Flame Lizard and absorbed three twenty-thousand-year soul rings. After returning to the main city, Bibi Dong told him to stabilize his cultivation and organize the Spirit Hall Battle Team for the upcoming tournament.

• Bibi Dong brought Xiao Xuan to the Star Dou Forest and captured a Flame Lizard suited to his Martial Soul.
• Xiao Xuan used Destruction's Blazing Gale Bullet to kill the Flame Lizard and began absorbing its soul ring.
• Xiao Xuan absorbed the Flame Lizard's soul ring, reaching level fifty-one with help from the Three Illusion Gods Martial Soul.
• Bibi Dong led Xiao Xuan to obtain soul rings for Giant Soldier and Winged Dragon, then returned with him to the main city.
• Bibi Dong told Xiao Xuan to stabilize his cultivation and prepare the Spirit Hall Battle Team for the All-Continent Elite Academy Tournament.

Xiao Xuan unlocked a Slaughter City mission that seemed to involve dealing with the Asura God's inheritance, and decided its divine power might nourish the Three Illusion Gods while keeping Tang San from claiming it. After half a month of cultivation, he emerged ready for the academy tournament and reviewed his newly mastered soul skills.

• Xiao Xuan discovered the Slaughter City mission and wondered what the system meant by dealing with the Asura God's inheritance.
• Xiao Xuan decided to enter Slaughter City after the elite tournament and considered consuming the Asura God's divine power to strengthen the Three Illusion Gods.
• Xiao Xuan spent half a month cultivating until he had mastered all three twenty-thousand-year soul rings.
• Xiao Xuan reviewed his fifteen soul skills, including Ancient Incantation, Soul Energy MAX, Dragon Guard, and Gift of the Gods.

Xiao Xuan assessed his new skills and went to meet his teammates, where he found Ning Fengzhi confronting Ning Rongrong about joining Spirit Hall Academy. Ning Fengzhi gave up trying to take her home, while Rongrong happily attached herself to Xiao Xuan and offered to support his training.

• Xiao Xuan judged Soul Energy MAX and God's Gift to be powerful, if risky, and looked forward to using God's Gift against Tang San.
• Xiao Xuan headed to the residence to help integrate the team ahead of the tournament and worried about tension among Hu Liena, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Fengzhi scolded Ning Rongrong for joining Spirit Hall Academy without permission, but she defended her choice and said she had reached level thirty.
• Ning Fengzhi worried Rongrong's decision had damaged the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's ties with the Heavenly Dou Imperial Family and suspected Xiao Xuan or Spirit Hall had engineered it.
• Xiao Xuan greeted Ning Fengzhi, who asked him to look after Rongrong before leaving the academy.
• Ning Rongrong linked arms with Xiao Xuan, invited him to see something amazing, and said she could now support him after reaching level thirty.

The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm drifted toward the Star Dou Forest while Xiao Xuan trained for the upcoming All-Continent Advanced Academy Elite Competition. Qian Daoliu abandoned his plan to openly target Xiao Xuan after the enshrining elders objected, but privately resolved to arrange an assassination after the tournament.

• The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm escaped danger at sea and drifted south toward the Star Dou Forest.
• Xiao Xuan trained with the Spirit Hall Battle Team as Spirit Hall prepared for the All-Continent Advanced Academy Elite Competition.
• Qian Daoliu proposed killing Xiao Xuan before his power grew, but Golden Crocodile Douluo and the other enshrining elders opposed him.
• Qian Daoliu publicly dropped the proposal but privately planned to have Soul Douluo assassins attack Xiao Xuan after the tournament.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo told the enshrining elders to return to secluded cultivation and hope the coming changes were not as dire as he feared.

The Heaven Dou Empire convoy arrived safely in Spirit City, where Tang San learned more about his father and vowed to challenge Xiao Xuan. Yu Xiaogang went to seek the Pope’s help for Tang San but was stopped by Ju Hua Guan, who refused to let him pass.

• Xue Qinghe told Tang San that his father had clashed with Spirit Hall, angering Tang San and strengthening his resolve to make Xiao Xuan suffer in the tournament.
• The convoy traveled for half a month and reached Spirit City without the ambush that had occurred in the original story.
• Xiao Xuan watched the convoy arrive, then returned to the Spirit Hall Battle Team to prepare for the finals.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San and Flander to go ahead while he went to handle something in the city.
• Yu Xiaogang used his Elder's Token to demand an audience with Bibi Dong, but Ju Hua Guan blocked him and ordered him to leave.

Xiao Xuan assigned Spirit Hall’s tournament strategy, planning to dominate matches himself while his teammates fought at least once. After Spirit Hall’s first-round rest, he drew the Star Luo Empire’s seeded team, led by Dai Mubai’s older lookalike, as their next opponent.

• Xiao Xuan named the seven main members of the Spirit Hall Battle Team and said they should avoid fighting unless he judged it necessary, following Bibi Dong’s instructions.
• Xiao Xuan left the lounge with Hu Liena, while Zhu Zhuqing watched with conflicted feelings and Ning Rongrong cheerfully joined them.
• The first round concluded, including Divine Wind Academy’s victory and Blazing Fire Academy’s forfeiture after its members merged with Divine Wind Academy.
• Xiao Xuan waited until the end to draw a number and received number seven, matching him against the holder of number eight.
• Xiao Xuan recognized the opponent as the Star Luo Empire’s seeded team, led by a man who resembled Dai Mubai, and looked forward to facing them.

Xiao Xuan’s Spirit Hall Battle Team faced the Star Luo Royal Academy in its first tournament match, where Zhu Zhuqing’s reunion with her sister Zhu Zhuyun exposed her break with her family and shocked Dai Mubai. Xiao Xuan escalated the conflict before the match began, and both teams prepared to reveal their martial souls.

• Xiao Xuan led the Spirit Hall Battle Team into the arena to face Davis and Zhu Zhuyun’s Star Luo Royal Academy.
• Zhu Zhuyun recognized Zhu Zhuqing and demanded to know why she had joined Spirit Hall, while Zhu Zhuqing accused her sister and their clan of driving her away.
• Dai Mubai saw Zhu Zhuqing move close to Xiao Xuan and grab his clothes, then told Ma Hongjun and Oscar that she was his fiancée.
• Davis and Zhu Zhuyun challenged Zhu Zhuqing over her apparent betrayal, and Xiao Xuan declared that she belonged to Spirit Hall and urged them to settle matters in battle.
• The host began the match and ordered both teams to reveal their martial souls, drawing startled cries from the spectators.

The Spirit Hall Battle Team revealed its overwhelming strength before facing Star Luo Royal Academy, while Shrek watched in despair. The match began with Xiao Xuan standing alone against the opposing team as his six teammates withdrew.

• Star Luo Royal Academy and the Spirit Hall Battle Team revealed their martial souls and Soul Power levels, astonishing the audience with Xiao Xuan's three martial souls, level fifty-four strength, and unusual soul rings.
• The audience and Shrek reacted with shock to Spirit Hall's powerful lineup, while Tang San and Dai Mubai remained determined to find a way to defeat Xiao Xuan.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Shrek not to give up, privately blaming Spirit Hall's resources for the gap between the teams.
• The host started the match, and Davis's team formed a conventional two-three-two formation.
• Xiao Xuan's six teammates retreated, leaving him alone at the front as spectators recognized his intent to fight Star Luo Royal Academy by himself.

Xiao Xuan overwhelmed Davis and Zhu Zhuyun with multiple skills and Sun God's Flame, establishing his dominance in the tournament. As the rest of the Star Luo Team rushed to respond, their healers discovered they could not extinguish the divine fire.

• Davis charged Xiao Xuan while Zhu Zhuyun circled around to attack his flank, but Xiao Xuan used several skills to weaken and restrain them.
• Xiao Xuan fired Sun God's Flame at Davis, and its explosive area attack engulfed both Davis and Zhu Zhuyun.
• The spectators recalled Xiao Xuan's earlier seven-against-one victory over the Heaven Dou Royal Team and remarked on his overwhelming strength.
• Tang Hongning took command of the Star Luo Team, sending Ying Wei to protect the supports while she and Ling Yang attacked Xiao Xuan from range.
• The support Soul Masters tried to douse the flames around Davis and Zhu Zhuyun, but their water-based healing skills evaporated without affecting the divine fire.

Xiao Xuan overwhelmed the Star Luo team with his Sun God's Blaze and Thunder Summons while Zhu Zhuqing, Hu Liena, and Ning Rongrong agreed to visit his room after the match. The chapter ended with Xiao Xuan’s second blast of Sun God's Blaze engulfing Davis’s remaining teammates.

• Davis and Zhu Zhuyun escaped Xiao Xuan’s flames, badly scorched, and Zhu Zhuyun covered herself in embarrassment.
• Zhu Zhuqing watched Xiao Xuan with admiration, and Hu Liena teased her before agreeing to take her to his room after the match.
• Ning Rongrong overheard the girls and asked to join them, and Hu Liena agreed to bring her along.
• Xiao Xuan used charged Thunder Summons to hit Tang Hongning and Ling Yang, knocking them out of the arena.
• Davis ordered his remaining teammates to defend against Xiao Xuan’s next attack, but Sun God's Blaze engulfed all five.