Chapter Summaries

Gu Xuan observed the distinguished guests as Emperor Xue Ye opened the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament and Ning Fengzhi delivered an address. Ning Fengzhi hinted that he favored an unnamed team among the twenty-eight entrants, prompting the Platinum Bishop to search the arena for it.

• Gu Xuan recognized Emperor Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, a Platinum Bishop, and other dignitaries seated on the distinguished guests' platform.
• Emperor Xue Ye formally declared the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament open and urged the contestants to honor the empire.
• Ning Fengzhi praised the young Spirit Masters and encouraged them to bring honor to their academies and the empire.
• Ning Fengzhi said he favored an unnamed team among the twenty-eight qualifying teams and believed it could win the tournament.
• The Platinum Bishop opened his eyes and searched the teams, while spectators speculated about Ning Fengzhi's choice.

Shrek Academy drew Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team Two as its first opponent in the Qualifying Rounds, while Salas announced that Spirit Hall would recruit students who reached the Grand Finals. The teams prepared to enter the arena, where Shrek’s members faced the crowd’s ridicule and the opposing team’s dazzling presentation.

• Salas drew the first-round matchups, pairing Shrek Academy with Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team Two.
• Salas swore the draw was fair and announced that students who reached the Grand Finals could join Spirit Hall, darkening Xue Ye’s expression.
• After Flender left the match arrangements to them, Gu Xuan selected Tang San, Jing Ling, Huang Yuan, Tailong, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar to compete.
• Tang San grew confident that Shrek would defeat Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team Two and prove itself before the spectators.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team Two entered the arena in shining uniforms, and Huang Yuan and Jing Ling complained that the organizers were making Shrek look inferior.

Shrek Academy faced Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team Two in the opening match of the Qualifying Rounds, while Tang San concealed his anger behind a show of ease. The match began as Ning Fengzhi and Platinum Bishop Salas clashed over which team he favored.

• Gu Xuan led Shrek Academy's team onto the arena, where they faced Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team Two.
• Xiao Wu and Tailong traded insults with the opposing captain and a female student, escalating the hostility before the match.
• The referee called for both sides to salute, then sent the extra members off the arena and arranged the seven competitors from each team.
• Xue Ye asked Ning Fengzhi to assess the teams, and Ning Fengzhi said their strengths were close.
• Salas pressed Ning Fengzhi to name his championship contender, but Ning Fengzhi refused and Xue Ye intervened.
• Salas set aside the dispute, and the referee announced that the first match of the Qualifying Rounds had begun.

Shrek Team began its first Qualifying Rounds match against Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team Two, whose members underestimated Tang San because of his white spirit ring. Gu Xuan’s opening strategy caught the opponents off guard, and Jing Ling gained the upper hand against their Control System Spirit Master as the fight continued.

• Both teams revealed their spirit rings, and the audience was surprised that three Shrek members had four rings while Tang San had a white first ring.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team Two’s members looked down on Tang San, then the petite Control System Spirit Master urged his teammates to move.
• Tailong, Huang Yuan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Jing Ling charged the opposing front line while Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass restrained all five opponents.
• Tailong slammed one trapped opponent into the ground, while Huang Yuan battered another with repeated attacks.
• Jing Ling activated Berserk Battle and attacked the petite Control System Spirit Master, whose rings could not keep pace with Jing Ling’s strikes.

Shrek Academy defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team Two in a brutal Qualifying Round match after Tang San provoked the opponents and was targeted by all seven. The referees awarded Shrek the victory, while Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong watched from the stands.

• Yu Xiaogang praised Tang San’s supposed battlefield control to Liu Erlong, though Tang San had contributed little to Shrek’s advantage.
• Shrek overwhelmed Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team Two, and Tang San taunted the battered opponents.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team Two unleashed twenty-one spirit skills at Tang San, blasting him away before Shrek’s teammates pressed their attack.
• The opposing supervising teacher threw in a towel and protested that Shrek’s assault had violated the rules, while Tailong argued that the opponents were still alive.
• After conferring, the referees declared Shrek Academy the winner, and the audience reacted with shock at Tang San’s conduct and the brutality of the match.

Shrek Academy won its opening Qualifying Round match, but Yu Xiaogang criticized Tang San’s performance while Tang San claimed tactics could not overcome absolute strength. Afterward, Ning Fengzhi met the team outside the arena, advised them to avoid making enemies, and asked Ning Rongrong to introduce her companions.

• After Shrek left the arena and changed out of their uniforms, Yu Xiaogang reviewed the substitutes’ match and warned Tang San not to repeat his disappointing performance.
• Tang San dismissed the threat of future tactics, drawing sneers from Tailong and the other substitutes.
• Ning Fengzhi stopped Shrek outside the arena, greeted Ning Rongrong, and cautioned the team against arrogance and injuring opponents unnecessarily.
• Ning Fengzhi praised the team and told Ning Rongrong to return to the academy with them so he would not appear to show favoritism.
• Ning Rongrong introduced Dai Mubai as a level 44 Battle Spirit Sect, and Dai Mubai admitted he was still far behind Gu Xuan.

Ning Fengzhi met the Shrek Team after their tournament match and learned about the talents of its members, admiring Gu Xuan most of all. As the others prepared to return to the academy, Ning Fengzhi asked Gu Xuan to speak with him privately.

• Ning Fengzhi invited Dai Mubai to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Dai Mubai politely declined recruitment without revealing his background.
• Ning Rongrong introduced Oscar, and Ning Fengzhi was astonished by the sixteen-year-old's rank and agreed to welcome him into the sect after graduation.
• Ning Rongrong introduced Gu Xuan as Shrek's captain and strongest member, and Ning Fengzhi praised him while recalling how he had amazed Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo.
• Ning Rongrong introduced Ma Hongjun, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Fengzhi learned that even Shrek's substitute members had surpassed rank 35.
• As spectators left the arena, Ning Fengzhi told the team to return to the academy and asked Gu Xuan to speak with him privately.

Ning Fengzhi brought Gu Xuan to meet Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, who was secretly Qian Renxue, and tried to draw him closer to the Heaven Dou Imperial Family. Gu Xuan left with a token, while Ning Fengzhi advised Qinghe to seek genuine friendship rather than recruit him.

• Ning Fengzhi took Gu Xuan to a tea house to meet someone who had heard of him.
• Gu Xuan recognized Crown Prince Xue Qinghe as Qian Renxue in disguise but concealed his realization.
• Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi chatted with Gu Xuan and indirectly suggested he consider joining the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, but Gu Xuan did not respond.
• Xue Qinghe gave Gu Xuan a gold token that would let him seek an audience at the palace, and Gu Xuan accepted it.
• After Gu Xuan left, Xue Qinghe praised him, and Ning Fengzhi advised Qinghe to become his true friend instead of trying to recruit him.

Flender took Ning Rongrong and Gu Xuan aside to train Ning Rongrong in Heart Separation Control, explaining how it could help her manage the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda’s heavy Soul Power consumption. He asked her to reach the Four-Orifice Constant Heart before the Grand Finals, and Ning Rongrong promised to work hard.

• Xue Qinghe accepted Ning Fengzhi’s guidance and thanked him.
• Flender took Gu Xuan and Ning Rongrong into the woods for special training.
• Flender explained that Ning Rongrong could sustain simultaneous support for all six teammates for only three seconds with her current abilities.
• Flender taught them that Heart Separation Control could help Ning Rongrong conserve Soul Power by timing her support skills.
• Flender urged Ning Rongrong to reach the Four-Orifice Constant Heart before the Grand Finals, and she agreed to practice diligently.

Gu Xuan and Ning Rongrong began cultivating Heart Separation Control together, and Gu Xuan reached the Three-Orifice Heart of Control in a day. As the second round of the Qualifying Rounds began, Tang San sat out his match after Flender banned him for one round, while Shrek Academy arrived in sponsor-branded uniforms.

• Flender suggested that Gu Xuan train Heart Separation Control alongside Ning Rongrong, and she eagerly agreed.
• Ning Rongrong taught Gu Xuan the technique, and he mastered the Three-Orifice Heart of Control after one day of practice.
• Flender banned Tang San from competing in the second round because of his performance in the first match, and Yu Xiaogang told him to attend and scout other teams.
• Shrek Academy’s first-round victory earned them more respect from spectators, while Flender secured a Floral Dew sponsorship and put the team in advertising uniforms.
• Shrek Academy entered the arena and went to the competitors’ Rest Area, where Dai Mubai asked Flender who their opponents were and Flender admitted he did not know.

Zhao Wuji warned the Shrek team that their next opponent, Elephant Armored Academy, was a formidable defensive team and outlined the risks of forfeiting, repeating their lineup, or fielding their strongest members. Gu Xuan chose a compromise lineup and prepared to face them without revealing all of Shrek’s strength.

• Flender joked about prioritizing advertisement deals, while Zhao Wuji explained that he had been studying Shrek’s opponents.
• Zhao Wuji described Elephant Armored Academy’s seven elite competitors, their powerful Diamond Mammoth martial souls, and the danger of fighting them in the small arena.
• The team debated forfeiting or preserving their strength, but Oscar warned that revealing their abilities could hurt them in later rounds.
• Gu Xuan rejected forfeiting and proposed fielding Tailong, Huang Yuan, Jing Ling, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, and Xiao Wu.
• Dai Mubai welcomed Gu Xuan’s lineup and asked him to arrange the tactics.

Gu Xuan prepared Shrek Team’s tactics for its match against Elephant Armored Academy, while Yu Xiaogang and Tang San hoped the team would lose without Tang San. As both teams entered the arena, Ning Fengzhi realized Shrek was holding back and suspected Salas had arranged the matchup deliberately.

• Gu Xuan called over the selected Shrek Team members and arranged their tactics as Zhao Wuji and Flender let them prepare on their own.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that Elephant Armored Academy had several members with Soul Power at Level 40 or above, and both hoped Shrek would struggle without Tang San.
• Heavenly Elephant Hu Yan Zhen appeared among the distinguished guests, prompting Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo Gu Rong to discuss his presence and the ties between the Elephant Armored Sect and Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi saw Dai Mubai, Tailong, and Huang Yuan take the stage and realized Shrek Team was again competing without its full strength, including Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Fengzhi noticed Salas’s hostile look and suspected that Salas had summoned Hu Yan Zhen and arranged Shrek Team’s matchup on purpose.

The Shrek Team faced the enormous Elephant Armored Academy in the first match of the Qualifying Rounds, while Yu Xiaogang expected them to lose without Gu Xuan. The match began with both teams revealing their spirit abilities, and Huyan Zhen declared that his grandson Huyan Li would lead the Elephant Armored Sect toward a top-three finish.

• Ning Fengzhi suspected Salas had arranged the Elephant Armored Academy's tactics to suppress Shrek and hoped the team would avoid a crushing defeat.
• The Elephant Armored Academy Team entered the stage, and Captain Huyan Li introduced himself as a Rank 43 Defense System Battle Spirit Master.
• Yu Xiaogang criticized Shrek's lineup for leaving Gu Xuan out and planned to mock Flender if the team lost.
• Dai Mubai introduced himself as Shrek's vice-captain, and the referee began the first match of the second-round Qualifying Rounds.
• The Elephant Armored Academy members transformed into massive, tusked fighters with hardened skin and revealed their spirit rings.
• Huyan Zhen praised his grandson Huyan Li to Salas and the other dignitaries, saying the Elephant Armored Sect aimed to place among the top three in the Grand Finals.

Xue Ye and the other VIPs learned that Flender led the Shrek Team, while Salas reacted with alarm at the mention of the Golden Iron Triangle and Yu Xiaogang. As the match began, Dai Mubai’s team followed Gu Xuan’s tactics and discovered that the Elephant Armored Academy’s defense barely yielded to their attacks.

• Xue Ye noticed that four Shrek Team members were Soul Ancestors, and Ning Fengzhi identified Flender as their leader and a member of the Golden Iron Triangle.
• Salas questioned whether Yu Xiaogang was with Flender, while Ning Fengzhi recalled rumors linking Yu Xiaogang to a treasury theft and a scandal involving private photos.
• The Qualifying Rounds began, and Dai Mubai ordered the Shrek Team to fall back as the Elephant Armored Academy’s seven members advanced with their first spirit rings activated.
• Dai Mubai used White Tiger Fierce Light Wave to test the opponents and realized their bodies and Soul Power gave them formidable strength and defense.

Shrek Team used Oscar’s Flying Mushroom Sausage to take all seven members into the air and bypass the Elephant Armored Academy’s ground-based strength and defense. The Elephant Armored fighters regrouped back-to-back and prepared to strike at the descending Shrek members.

• Dai Mubai ordered Shrek forward, then ate Oscar’s Flying Mushroom Sausage and carried Oscar into the air.
• The other five Shrek members lightened themselves so Dai Mubai could fly with all six teammates.
• The spectators and Xue Ye were surprised by the team’s flight, while Tang San felt disheartened and considered leaving.
• Oscar fed Dai Mubai a Restorative Great Sausage as the Elephant Armored Academy members reacted to Shrek’s aerial attack.
• Huyan Li gathered the seven Elephant Armored Academy members into a back-to-back formation, and they activated their second spirit rings as Oscar prepared another Flying Mushroom Sausage.

Dai Mubai led Shrek Team in a coordinated assault meant to defeat Huyan Li within twenty seconds, but Huyan Li’s defense and a sudden helmet turned the attack around. Huyan Li broke free of their restraints and powered up, leaving Dai Mubai to realize the helmet violated tournament rules.

• Dai Mubai ordered Shrek Team to take down Huyan Li and used several soul skills while Oscar supplied restorative sausages.
• Dai Mubai directed five teammates to concentrate their attacks on Huyan Li’s head, while Huyan Zhen secretly tried to guide his grandson from the vip seats.
• Ning Fengzhi challenged Huyan Zhen over his apparent interference, and Huyan Zhen denied doing anything.
• Jing Ling, Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, and Huang Yuan struck Huyan Li in succession, breaking his outer ice-crystal defense but failing to injure him.
• A helmet appeared on Huyan Li’s head and blocked Dai Mubai and Huang Yuan’s combined strike, after which Huyan Li broke free and activated all four soul rings.
• Dai Mubai realized Huyan Li’s helmet was forbidden equipment under the tournament rules.

Huyan Li revealed a skull spirit bone to escape the Shrek Team’s assault, drawing envy and concern from the VIP stands. Still dazed and enraged, he attacked the Shrek members, while Xiao Wu dodged his strikes and countered with a powerful throw.

• Huyan Zhen revealed Huyan Li’s skull spirit bone to protect him from the Shrek Team’s repeated attacks.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that obtaining a spirit bone would make him stronger, but Tang San dismissed the promise as unrealistic.
• Ning Fengzhi congratulated Huyan Zhen on Huyan Li’s spirit bone and warned him to guard against people with ill intentions, prompting Huyan Zhen to rebuff him.
• Huyan Li broke free and lunged at Xiao Wu, who evaded his grasp and sprang into the air.
• Huyan Li used Pressing Kill against Huang Yuan, but Huang Yuan dodged and the attack smashed a crater into the arena.
• Xiao Wu used Rabbit Spiral Dash after eating the Excited Pink Sausage and hurled an Elephant Armored Sect disciple toward the ground.

Dai Mubai and the Shrek Team overwhelmed the Elephant Armored Academy fighters, while Tang San watched in shock at the gap between himself and Shrek’s official members. The match ended with all seven Elephant Armored Academy members unable to fight.

• Dai Mubai knocked Huyan Li unconscious, then sent two recovering Elephant Armored Sect disciples flying out of the arena before nearly collapsing.
• Tang San lost confidence as he realized he could not match the Elephant Armored Academy Soul Elders or the Shrek Team’s strength.
• Jing Ling and Zhu Zhuqing knocked another Elephant Armored disciple unconscious, while Xiao Wu battered her opponent and Oscar replenished the Shrek fighters’ Soul Power with restorative sausages.
• The two remaining Elephant Armored fighters attacked Dai Mubai and Xiao Wu with Pressing Kill, but Dai Mubai fought back and Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing redirected one attacker into the other.
• The two fat men crashed onto the Competition Stage, leaving all seven Elephant Armored Academy members unable to resist.

Shrek Team defeated Elephant Armored Team by targeting Huyan Li and breaking its defensive formation, thrilling the spectators and leaving Yu Xiaogang and Tang San overwhelmed by the cheers. The team left Heaven Dou Great Spirit Dueling Arena as its popularity surged, while Flender began thinking about turning the attention into advertising revenue.

• The referee declared Shrek Team the winner, stunning Huyan Zhen and Salas as Gu Rong praised the team's strategy of concentrating its attacks on Huyan Li.
• Dai Mubai and Huyan Li exchanged respectful words, though the Elephant Armored Sect members remained unwilling to accept their defeat.
• The spectators erupted in cheers for Shrek Team, and Yu Xiaogang and Tang San stood numb amid the deafening support.
• Ning Rongrong used her Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda to restore some Soul Power to Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing after their exertion.
• Shrek Team changed clothes and left Heaven Dou Great Spirit Dueling Arena before the crowd dispersed, while Flender considered seeking more advertisements and Zhao Wuji celebrated their victory.

Shrek Team completed the first six rounds of the Qualifying Rounds undefeated, while Gu Xuan still had not taken the field and Tang San struggled during his only appearance. After Aoseluo Academy forfeited their next match, Shrek encountered Canghui Academy and prepared to watch the showdown between Thunder Academy and Elephant Armored Academy.

• Shi Nian encouraged Canghui Academy to focus on winning after the team had lost to Elephant Armored Academy.
• Shrek Team won its first six matches, using substitute members in four bouts while Gu Xuan remained off the field.
• Tang San performed poorly in his only match since being banned from competition, while Gu Xuan's unused strength drew other academies' curiosity.
• Flender told Shrek Team that Aoseluo Academy had forfeited and suggested they watch Thunder Academy face Elephant Armored Academy.
• Shrek Team crossed paths with Shi Nian and Canghui Academy, and Dai Mubai and the others showed their hostility.
• Flender urged his students to stay calm and said only five participating teams could threaten them.