Chapter Summaries

Shrek Academy faced Skywater Academy in its final Preliminary Round match, while Tang San and Yu Xiaogang chose to protect their tactics because Shrek had already secured advancement. Away from the arena, Dugu Bo warned Wu Qi that Spirit Hall and the Peerless Dragon Serpent Couple were watching him.

• Xue Ye congratulated Ning Fengzhi on the Seven Treasures Team's Preliminary Round success, and Ning Fengzhi worried about the academy's future expectations.
• Yu Xiaogang told Shrek Academy to avoid fighting Skywater Academy at full strength, and Tang San persuaded Dai Mubai not to reveal their trump cards.
• Shrek Academy and Skywater Academy took the arena for their final match, while Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wu discussed Skywater's strengths.
• Wu Qi left the venue after receiving Dugu Bo's voice transmission and learned that Spirit Hall had begun gathering information on him.
• Dugu Bo told Wu Qi that the Peerless Dragon Serpent Couple were also keeping an eye on him.

Wu Qi discussed Meng Shu’s ambitions and the upcoming final with Dugu Bo, while the Heaven Dou regional Preliminary Round concluded with Shrek’s defeat by Skywater Academy. The five advancing teams received their honors and rewards, leaving the Seven Treasures Team in first place and Tang San determined to recover his standing.

• Dugu Bo told Wu Qi that Meng Shu likely wanted him to marry Meng Yiran to raise the Dragon Serpent Family’s status, and Wu Qi dismissed the idea.
• Wu Qi asked whether Dugu Yan had absorbed her Soul Bone, then heard that Wu Qin had told her he was from the Wu Family; Wu Qi denied the implication without elaborating.
• Skywater Academy defeated Shrek Academy after Shui Bing’er’s low temperatures crippled Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass, and Shrek’s team left the match discouraged.
• Tang San urged his teammates to trust his plan for the finals, while Yu Xiaogang announced a month-long break after the closing ceremony.
• Xue Ye announced the five advancing teams, with the Seven Treasures Team first, Skywater second, Thunder third, Wind Fire fourth, and Shrek fifth.
• Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi presented the teams with advancement certificates and prize money, and Wu Qi gave the Seven Treasures Team’s ten thousand Gold Soul Coins to its four substitutes.

The Preliminary Round ended with Shrek Academy receiving its certificate but not its prize money, while Xue Ye offered noble titles to the competing teams and challenged Spirit Hall’s influence. After leaving the arena, Wu Qi met with the Skywater and Wind Fire Teams to discuss their plans for the Qualifying Round.

• Xue Ye left without giving Shrek Academy its prize money, and Salas said the organizing committee would use it to cover other teams’ damages.
• Xue Ye promised captains and vice-captains viscount titles and the other competitors baron titles, prompting Salas to object and Xue Ye to rebuff him.
• Xue Ye announced that the Qualifying Round would take place at the Royal Hunting Grounds after a month of preparation and promised help hunting Soul Beasts.
• After the Preliminary Round ended, the Seven Treasures Team received greetings from other teams as they left the arena.
• Wu Qi met Shui Bing'er and the Wind Fire Team to discuss the Qualifying Round; Shui Bing'er said Skywater would forfeit against the Seven Treasures Team, while Wind Fire wanted to test its strength.

At Seven Treasures Academy, Wu Qi set the team’s training plans as Ning Fengzhi promised a huge championship reward. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang revealed two risky methods for cultivating Tang San’s Twin Martial Souls, leaving Tang Hao doubtful about proceeding.

• Ning Fengzhi gave the Seven Treasures Team rewards and promised each member at least one million Gold Soul Coins if they won the championship.
• Wu Qi scheduled afternoon one-on-one training for the Seven Treasures Team and let substitutes decide how to train.
• Yu Xiaogang told Shrek Academy that the champions would receive three Soul Bones and ordered the team to train for the title.
• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang about cultivating his Twin Martial Souls, and Yu Xiaogang proposed limiting the Clear Sky Hammer to two Spirit Rings or waiting three days between using the two Martial Souls.
• Tang Hao learned that Yu Xiaogang’s second method was only an untested theory and worried about risking Tang San’s future.

Tang Hao agreed to delay Tang San’s risky Clear Sky Hammer cultivation while Yu Xiaogang considered seeking Bibi Dong’s Twin Martial Soul method. Meanwhile, Dugu Bo took Wu Qi into Heaven Dou City’s underground district to show him a way to prepare for defeating the Shrek Team.

• Tang San trusted Yu Xiaogang’s theories and volunteered to try cultivating his second Martial Soul, but Tang Hao forbade him from risking his life.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang Hao he planned to ask Bibi Dong for the Twin Martial Soul cultivation method, and Tang Hao warned him to plan carefully and protect Tang San’s identity.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Tang Hao not to tell Liu Erlong about the plan until afterward.
• Tang Hao took Tang San to Sunset Forest while the Seven Treasures Team began a brief holiday.
• Dugu Bo offered to help Wu Qi prepare to defeat six or seven opponents and warned him that the training might involve acts at the edge of the law.
• Dugu Bo gave Wu Qi a mask and led him into a dark alley in Heaven Dou City, explaining that the area had once been an iron mine pit.

Dugu Bo brought Wu Qi to an underground city and introduced him to the mysterious Death Spirit, hoping he could help Wu Qi. Death Spirit recognized something unusual about Wu Qi, gave him a letter meant for a future destination, and began discussing how to improve his cultivation.

• Dugu Bo led Wu Qi through an underground city where people traded rare goods and arranged unsavory services.
• Dugu Bo introduced Wu Qi to Death Spirit, a former Support-Type Spirit Master with unusual abilities.
• Death Spirit examined Wu Qi and sensed a familiar scent, then gave him a letter to open only if he reached a certain place.
• Dugu Bo urged Death Spirit to explain how he could help Wu Qi and pushed him to begin.
• Death Spirit asked Wu Qi whether Soul Power Level or soul power quality mattered more, and Wu Qi explained that both needed to develop together.

Wu Qi received a permanent enhancement to his Soul Power quality from a hidden Support-Type Soul Douluo, then learned from Dugu Bo that the change would improve his cultivation and recovery without greatly slowing his progress. Meanwhile, Tang Hao told Tang San to add two Soul Rings to his Clear Sky Hammer first, while privately dismissing Yu Xiaogang’s theories and influence.

• The stall owner revealed that Old Poison had brought Wu Qi to him because he could permanently enhance Soul Power quality, and Dugu Bo shielded the stall while the owner used his eight Soul Rings to enhance Wu Qi.
• Wu Qi worried that the enhancement would slow his cultivation, but he gave the exhausted stall owner a Tianshan Snow Lotus before leaving with Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo explained that the stall owner’s ability increased Soul Power cultivation and recovery speed, and that Wu Qi’s Soul Power capacity had roughly doubled, leaving him as depleted as if he had spent half his power.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that he should first add two Soul Rings to his Clear Sky Hammer and wait for Yu Xiaogang to understand the secrets of cultivating Twin Martial Souls before adding the rest.
• Tang San praised Yu Xiaogang’s wisdom, while Tang Hao privately scorned Yu Xiaogang and reminded Tang San that theories only helped when understood and applied.

The Seven Treasures Team began training together, and Wu Qi’s sparring match with Feng Xiaotian revealed that Wu Qi had grown stronger and could maintain his speed with little fatigue. Meanwhile, Tang San and Tang Hao found a seven-thousand-year-old Mighty Demon Bear for Tang San’s first Clear Sky Hammer Soul Ring, leaving Tang San intent on surpassing Wu Qi.

• The Seven Treasures Team’s main and substitute members gathered for training, while Ning Rongrong and Ning Tianyu watched from the sidelines.
• Wu Qi and Feng Xiaotian sparred, and Wu Qi’s endurance and strength gave him control of the match.
• Bai Li Kuan questioned Wu Qi’s abundant Soul Power, but Sun Buyu saw no cause for concern.
• Tang San chose a seven-thousand-year-old Mighty Demon Bear for his Clear Sky Hammer Soul Ring, and Tang Hao beat it into submission.
• Bai Li Kuan ended the spar and pointed out Feng Xiaotian’s mistakes as Feng asked why Wu Qi had gotten stronger again.

Wu Qi impressed Bai Li Kuan in sparring while the Seven Treasures Team trained against unfamiliar opponents, and Tang San gained a ten-thousand-year second spirit ring for his Clear Sky Hammer. Yu Xiaogang left for Spirit City to seek Bibi Dong, leaving Tang San to lead training while Liu Erlong worried about his unexplained departure.

• Bai Li Kuan praised Wu Qi's flawless sparring performance and advised him to adapt his strategy to different opponents.
• Wu Qi told Feng Xiaotian that his improved Soul Power quality explained his exceptional endurance, and Huo Wushuang warned him that it could slow his cultivation.
• The academy brought in unfamiliar teachers as sparring partners, helping the Seven Treasures Team expose mistakes and improve.
• Tang San absorbed a ten-thousand-year second spirit ring into his Clear Sky Hammer, reached Soul Power level forty-six, and agreed with Tang Hao to stop at two rings for now.
• Tang Hao saw Yu Xiaogang off as he left alone for Spirit City to find Bibi Dong, and promised to watch over Tang San and the others during the Qualifying Round.
• When Yu Xiaogang failed to appear for training, Liu Erlong panicked, but Tang San heard from Tang Hao that Yu Xiaogang had gone on business and set out to look for a letter.

As the Qualifying Round approached, Wu Qi and the Seven Treasures Team watched rival academies at the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena and faced insults from the Shrek Seven Devils. Meng Yiran then tried to summon Wu Qi to meet her grandfather, but he refused and his teammates warned her against threatening him.

• Wu Qi and the Seven Treasures Team visited the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena to observe teams from other competition regions, where spectators discussed Shrek Academy and the Seven Treasures Team's strength.
• The Shrek Seven Devils arrived, Dai Mubai provoked the Seven Treasures Team, and Tang San vowed to defeat them in the Qualifying Round.
• Meng Yiran approached the Seven Treasures Team and demanded that Wu Qi come meet her grandfather, Meng Shu.
• Wu Qi refused to meet Meng Shu unless the Crown Prince or Ning Fengzhi agreed to the meeting, and Meng Yiran threatened him with her grandfather's strength.
• Feng Xiaotian, Ning Rongrong, and Qian Gu Changkong warned Meng Yiran that their families and powerful allies would retaliate if Wu Qi came to harm.

Meng Shu’s attempt to recruit Wu Qi turned into a confrontation, and Dugu Bo intervened to protect his brother and drive Meng Shu and Meng Yiran away. Afterward, Meng Shu warned that the Dragon Serpent Family could not defeat Dugu Bo, while Chao Tianxiang asked how the dispute began.

• Meng Yiran and Meng Shu confronted Wu Qi and the Seven Treasures Team after Meng Yiran failed to recruit him, and the group refused Meng Shu’s invitation.
• Meng Shu released his Soul Douluo pressure to intimidate the Seven Treasures Team, but they remained unaffected and Qian Gu Changkong mocked him.
• Dugu Bo appeared with nine Soul Rings, subdued Meng Shu with soul pressure, and threatened to destroy the Dragon Serpent Family if Wu Qi was harmed.
• Wu Qi thanked Dugu Bo for his help, and Dugu Bo warned him that Meng Shu or Chao Tianxiang might still plot against him.
• Meng Yiran questioned why Meng Shu had backed down, and Meng Shu explained that he and Chao Tianxiang could not defeat Dugu Bo.
• Chao Tianxiang asked Meng Shu how inviting Wu Qi had led to a confrontation with Dugu Bo.

Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang concluded that Wu Qi was probably already promised to Dugu Bo's granddaughter, while Meng Yiran rejected their attempts to find her a match. Two days later, the Seven Treasures Team arrived at the Royal Hunting Grounds, settled into camp, and prepared for the Qualifying Round to begin.

• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang discussed Dugu Bo's alliance with Wu Qi and decided Meng Yiran had little chance with him, but Meng Yiran said she did not want to leave her grandparents.
• The teams traveled to the Royal Hunting Grounds, where the Royal Knights checked their identities and escorted them into the competition grounds.
• Ning Rongrong proposed that the Seven Treasures Team choose a quiet camp near the wilderness, and Wu Qi and Sun Buyu agreed.
• The Seven Treasures Team chose a southeastern camp near the arena and barren mountains, while Wu Qi noted that the arena's size could make his plan to face seven opponents more exhausting.
• Sun Buyu explained the grounds' rules and urged the team to rest, and Wu Qi told Feng Xiaotian they would act within their limits while aiming to win the Qualifying Round and secure a bye.

Shrek Academy was assigned a rest area beside a garbage dump and forced to endure the stench after staff blamed the organizing committee’s decision. Meanwhile, the Seven Treasures Team learned that Beast Spirit Academy would be their first opponent, giving Wu Qi and the others a chance to settle their earlier grievance with Meng Yiran.

• Shrek Academy entered the arena last and settled into the only rest area left, which lay downwind from the Seven Treasures Team.
• Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, and Salas held a brief opening ceremony and explained the Qualifying Round’s rules and meal arrangements.
• A garbage pile near Shrek Academy’s camp prevented the team from resting, and Dai Mubai kicked trash toward their tents.
• Staff members dumped more garbage beside Shrek’s camp and said the organizing committee had designated the location as a dump; Tang San restrained himself from attacking them.
• The organizing committee refused to move the dump, leaving Shrek Academy to endure the stench.
• The Seven Treasures Team drew Beast Spirit Academy as its next-day opponent, and Sun Buyu warned Wu Qi and the others not to go too far despite their grudge against Meng Yiran.

The Seven Treasures Team prepared to face Beast Spirit Academy, whose leaders planned to concede before the match became a humiliating sweep. Feng Xiaotian opened the contest by quickly defeating Beast Spirit Academy’s first fighter, leaving the Seven Treasures Team ahead one to zero.

• Wu Qi ordered Feng Xiaotian, Chang Kong, and Wushuang to take the field in sequence and told Wushuang to stay out of this match.
• Meng Yiran demanded a chance to fight Wu Qi, but Meng Shu and the Beast Spirit Academy leader warned her against it and planned to concede at an appropriate time.
• Shrek Academy defeated Barak Academy five to seven, with Yu Tianheng defeating three opponents in a row; Tang San did not compete.
• Meng Yiran challenged Wu Qi before the Seven Treasures Team’s match, but Wu Qi refused to change the planned order.
• Feng Xiaotian swiftly knocked Beast Spirit Academy’s first Soul Elder out of the arena, giving the Seven Treasures Team a one-to-zero lead.

Feng Xiaotian led the Seven Treasures Team to an easy victory over Beast Spirit Academy, defeating four opponents before their captain conceded. As the Qualifying Round continued, weaker teams began forfeiting against the Seven Treasures Team, leaving them idle for several days.

• Tang San reassured the Shrek Team that he would arrange their lineup and that they could challenge the Seven Treasures Team in the finals, though Yu Tianheng remained worried about their rivals' strength.
• Feng Xiaotian waited for the Beast Spirit captain to drop his defensive skill, then kicked him out of the arena and easily eliminated two more opponents.
• The Beast Spirit team leader conceded, ending the match before Feng Xiaotian could face the remaining contestants.
• Feng Xiaotian told his teammates that he had used more than half his stamina and estimated that defeating six opponents would be his limit that day.
• After the first day of the Qualifying Round, several weaker teams began conceding to the Seven Treasures Team, which then spent several days resting as its matches were forfeited.

Yu Xiaogang arrived in Spirit City carrying a Papal Order, hoping to obtain Bibi Dong’s Twin Martial Soul cultivation method for Tang San. Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo realized Yu Xiaogang’s likely purpose and prepared to confront him over his misuse of Spirit Hall’s reputation.

• Yu Xiaogang reached Spirit City, rented a room for ten days, and headed to Papal Hall with his Papal Order.
• The guards let Yu Xiaogang pass but questioned his weak cultivation, so their captain sent word to Bibi Dong in advance.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo proposed punishing Yu Xiaogang, but Qian Daoliu insisted that Yu Xiaogang had to stay alive because he remained Bibi Dong’s last attachment.
• Qian Daoliu inferred that Tang San possessed Twin Martial Souls and that Yu Xiaogang had come to seek Bibi Dong’s cultivation method for them.
• Qian Daoliu decided to handle Yu Xiaogang’s impersonation of a Spirit Hall Elder personally and told Golden Crocodile Douluo to wait outside Papal Hall.

Qian Daoliu wagered with Bibi Dong that Yu Xiaogang had come to Spirit Hall seeking knowledge about cultivating Twin Martial Souls. Yu Xiaogang confirmed his motive, and Bibi Dong rejected him and confronted him about Tang San before he left.

• Qian Daoliu told Bibi Dong that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and likely had Twin Martial Souls, then wagered that Yu Xiaogang had come for a cultivation method.
• Yu Xiaogang entered the Papal Hall and tried to reconcile with Bibi Dong, but she rebuked him for denying his relationship with Liu Erlong.
• After Bibi Dong ordered him to leave, Yu Xiaogang claimed he needed her help with his Twin Martial Souls research.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Bibi Dong to explain how she cultivated her two Martial Souls, and she accused him of seeking knowledge for Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang denied knowing that Tang San had Twin Martial Souls and left the Papal Hall.

Bibi Dong exposed Yu Xiaogang’s use of the Papal Order, and Golden Crocodile Douluo had him imprisoned in Spirit Hall’s Sky Prison. Spirit Hall publicly disowned Yu Xiaogang and blamed him for finding the token, while Tang Hao waited for news and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan convened to address the scandal.

• Bibi Dong showed Yu Xiaogang the files identifying Tang San’s father as Tang Hao, and Golden Crocodile Douluo arrived to take Yu Xiaogang away.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo questioned Yu Xiaogang about the Papal Order’s hidden mark and ordered guards to throw him into Sky Prison.
• Spirit Hall announced that Yu Xiaogang was not an elder and had used a Papal Order he claimed to have found to preserve Shrek Academy’s competition qualification.
• Tang Hao read the announcement, suspected Yu Xiaogang had robbed a cenotaph, and searched for information about him in vain.
• Yu Yuanzhen convened a Sect Assembly to discuss Yu Xiaogang’s situation and the damage to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan debated how to limit the damage caused by Yu Xiaogang and removed his name from the family register. Yu Luomian then went to the Qualifying Round venue to question Shrek Academy about Yu Xiaogang, where Liu Erlong confronted him.

• Yu Luomian challenged Yu Yuanzhen over Yu Xiaogang's Papal Order, and the Elders pressured the clan master to address the clan's disgrace.
• Yu Yuanzhen agreed to a vote, and the Elders decided to strip Yu Xiaogang of his clan status; Yu Yuanzhen removed his name from the family register.
• Yu Luomian went to the Qualifying Round venue to investigate Yu Xiaogang's situation and arranged a better dormitory for Liu Erlong.
• Dai Mubai complained about the noise outside Shrek Academy's tent, and Liu Erlong came out to confront the visitors.
• A Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan Elder told Liu Erlong that they had come to question her about Yu Xiaogang.

Yu Luomian learned that Spirit Hall had imprisoned Yu Xiaogang, but neither Liu Erlong nor Tang San could explain what he had done in Spirit City. While the clan planned to seek his release, Yu Xiaogang confessed Tang Hao’s role in giving him the Papal Order and suffered brutal treatment in Sky Prison; Bibi Dong chose not to pursue Tang Hao herself, expecting others to deal with him and Tang San.

• Yu Luomian told Liu Erlong and the Shrek group that Spirit Hall had arrested Yu Xiaogang for stealing the Papal Order and impersonating an Elder, but they could not explain his actions in Spirit City.
• Yu Luomian’s group decided he would travel with the Heaven Dou Empire competition teams to Spirit City and use the empire’s name to help secure Yu Xiaogang’s release.
• The Shrek Seven Devils, unable to help Yu Xiaogang, channeled their anger into their matches, where Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng defeated the Beast Spirit Academy team and the group fought more ruthlessly afterward.
• Yu Xiaogang broke under torture and confessed that Tang Hao had given him the Papal Order, then endured further abuse from prisoners in Sky Prison.
• After reading Yu Xiaogang’s confession, Bibi Dong declined to send people after Tang Hao and his son, expecting Wu Qi and Qian Gu Changkong to deal with Tang San.