Chapter Summaries

Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi discussed Salas’s claim that Shrek Team’s success came from deliberate tactics, while Salas left without waiting for permission. In the match, Thunder Academy’s Lei Dong used his Thunder Spider skill to track Xiao Wu and advanced toward her as she ran around the arena’s edge.

• Salas told Xue Ye that Shrek Team’s performance resulted from tactical planning, then left the vip section before Xue Ye could respond.
• Xue Ye complained privately to Ning Fengzhi that Salas was becoming increasingly arrogant.
• Shrek Team sent Xiao Wu to face Thunder Academy’s Vice-Captain, Lei Dong, a level 43 Control Type Battle Spirit Elder.
• Lei Dong used his third spirit skill to spread a blue lightning web across the ground, letting him track Xiao Wu with his eyes closed.
• Lei Dong advanced toward Xiao Wu, and she accelerated as she ran along the arena’s outer edge.

Xiao Wu struggled to escape Lei Dong’s lightning net as her dwindling Soul Power limited her Teleportation. She used a series of precise aerial movements to avoid his attacks and launched herself straight toward the net.

• Xiao Wu kept her distance from Lei Dong and focused on avoiding defeat.
• Lei Dong lifted the blue light net and sent it after Xiao Wu, while two strands of lightning attacked her from opposite sides.
• Xiao Wu twisted past the lightning strands and used her scorpion braid to delay the descending net.
• Xiao Wu braced herself and activated Rabbit Spiral Dash, shooting directly toward the lightning net.

Xiao Wu escaped Lei Dong's lightning net by slipping through a weak point, then used the brief recovery from paralysis to rush toward him. Lei Dong grew panicked as she dodged his lightning threads and closed in, finally activating his fourth soul ring.

• Xiao Wu passed through a wider gap in Lei Dong's lightning net, but the electricity paralyzed her as she fell.
• Lei Dong sent lightning threads toward Xiao Wu, expecting to secure his victory.
• Xiao Wu's paralysis faded just before she hit the ground, and her Rabbit Spiral Dash sent her leaping over the threads.
• Xiao Wu changed direction repeatedly and dodged Lei Dong's lightning attacks as she charged at him.
• Lei Dong panicked as Xiao Wu approached and activated his fourth soul ring.

Xiao Wu helped Shrek Academy secure an undefeated first-place finish in the Heaven Dou Empire Qualifying Rounds. The teams then prepared to travel to Spirit City, where Spirit Hall would host the Grand Finals.

• Xiao Wu used her fourth soul skill, Invincible Golden Body, to survive Lei Dong’s God Locking Ring, and both fighters left the arena.
• Thunder Academy’s remaining fighter conceded, giving Shrek Academy its twelfth consecutive victory; Shrek later defeated Godwind Academy and received a forfeit in its final match.
• Shrek Academy finished the fourteen Qualifying Rounds with fourteen victories and ranked first among the fifteen teams.
• Xue Ye announced that Crown Prince Xue Qinghe would represent him and accompany the Heaven Dou Empire teams to the Grand Finals.
• After three days of preparation, the fifteen teams and their escorts set out for Spirit City, where Spirit Hall had moved the Grand Finals.

Yu Xiaogang and Tang San arrived in Spirit City, where Yu Xiaogang revealed his plan to meet Bibi Dong at Pope's Palace. The Palace Guard Knights recognized his token and escorted him toward the Pope.

• The Heaven Dou Empire's academies set out for Spirit City to compete in the Grand Finals, which Spirit Hall restricted to Spirit Masters.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San entered Spirit City after passing inspection.
• Yu Xiaogang settled Tang San at an inn and went alone to Pope's Palace.
• The Palace Guard Knights stopped Yu Xiaogang, but he presented a token bearing six symbols.
• The guards knelt and addressed Yu Xiaogang as an Elder, and he ordered them to take him to the Pope.

Yu Xiaogang met with Bibi Dong, the Pope of Spirit Hall, and confronted the distance between them and their shared past. The chapter ended with Bibi Dong asking why he had come to see her.

• Yu Xiaogang waited alone in the Pope's Palace council hall after arranging a meeting.
• Bibi Dong entered and ordered her attendants to wait outside.
• Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong exchanged greetings, and she asked him to address her as the Pope or Your Excellency.
• Yu Xiaogang returned to his seat, troubled by their past, while Bibi Dong briefly struggled to approach him.
• Bibi Dong asked Yu Xiaogang what he had come to see her about.

Yu Xiaogang asked Bibi Dong how she had overcome the Twin Martial Souls obstacle so he could help his disciple Tang San, but she refused and ordered him to leave. Bibi Dong revealed that she still hated Yu Xiaogang for rejecting her and vowed to deny him what he wanted.

• Yu Xiaogang visited Bibi Dong after twenty years and asked how she had overcome the cultivation obstacle of Twin Martial Souls.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that his disciple Tang San had Twin Martial Souls and promised Tang San would never oppose Spirit Hall if Bibi Dong helped him.
• Bibi Dong refused to share her method and questioned why she should help Yu Xiaogang raise a potential opponent.
• Yu Xiaogang grabbed Bibi Dong's shoulders and said Tang San was like a son to him and his only hope.
• Bibi Dong confronted Yu Xiaogang about rejecting her for his sister, declared that she hated him, and ordered him to leave.

Yu Xiaogang rejected Bibi Dong and ended their bond, leaving her shaken as memories began to reveal the truth about their past. Meanwhile, the Shrek Academy group continued cultivating and grew stronger, with everyone but Ma Hongjun advancing a level.

• Yu Xiaogang told Bibi Dong that he had once loved her and left after declaring their bond over.
• Bibi Dong reeled from his words and began reconsidering what had happened between them and the late Pope.
• Bibi Dong sat in Yu Xiaogang's seat and drank the tea he had left behind.
• The Shrek Academy group trained in their carriage while Dai Mubai handled outside matters with Flender and the others.
• Gu Xuan, Dai Mubai, Oscar, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing each advanced a level, while Ma Hongjun failed to break through.

The Heaven Dou Empire delegation arrived in Spirit City, where Gu Xuan explored the city and learned about its unusual layout and the buildings on its central hill. He left with a strong impression of the smaller jade-white building above the Pope’s Palace.

• The group reached Spirit City, and Xue Qinghe left the Ironclad Army and Royal Knights outside while leading the fifteen Soul Master teams into the city.
• A cardinal in red welcomed the delegation and settled its more than two hundred members at a hotel, where the staff were all Soul Grand Masters or stronger.
• Gu Xuan explored Spirit City and discovered that its hexagonal walls surrounded a hill topped by two prominent buildings.
• Gu Xuan learned that the larger golden building was the Pope’s Palace, where Spirit Hall’s ruler lived and where the Elder Hall was located.
• Gu Xuan found himself more deeply impressed by the smaller jade-white building at the hill’s summit.

Ning Fengzhi explained the Douluo Hall’s status in Spirit Hall, while the academies rested before the Grand Finals. Flender gathered the Shrek team to explain the elimination format and warn them about the coming matches.

• Ning Fengzhi told Gu Xuan that the Douluo Hall housed deceased Titled Douluo and ranked above the Pope’s Palace.
• Spirit Hall announced that the competition would begin in three days, and the academies from the two empires were lodged on opposite sides of Spirit City.
• Shrek Academy spent three days meditating and cultivating their Soul Power.
• Flender called the Shrek team together and explained that thirty-three teams would compete in five rounds, with three Seed Teams receiving first-round byes.
• Flender warned the team that opponents would reveal their hidden abilities and explained that the Qualifying Rounds’ top teams would receive second-round byes.

Flender explained the Grand Finals format and prepared Shrek for its opening match, urging the team to conceal their strengths while fighting at their best. The chapter ended with the tournament’s enormous reinforced arena in Spirit City being described.

• Flender explained the Grand Finals rounds, byes, and final championship format to the Shrek team.
• Flender chose all seven main team members to enter the first match and assigned Gu Xuan to direct the battle.
• Flender told Gu Xuan to reveal as little of Shrek’s strength as possible, while warning the team to stay alert for powerful Star Luo Empire opponents.
• Flender encouraged the young Shrek members to trust their potential and bring out their true strength in battle.
• The chapter described the vast granite arena in central Spirit City, reinforced with Soul Tools for the Grand Finals.

At the Grand Finals venue, Flender told Shrek Team that they had drawn Blazing Fire Academy for the first round, only to reveal that the academy had withdrawn and forfeited. Shrek Team therefore received byes in both the first and second rounds.

• Spirit Hall prepared the Grand Finals arena near Pope's Palace and announced that the Pope would crown the final champion there.
• Spirit Hall staff led the participating academies to the grounds, and Flender went to draw lots for Shrek Team.
• Flender announced that Shrek Team's first-round opponent was Blazing Fire Academy, a strong team they had faced before.
• Flender revealed that Blazing Fire Academy had withdrawn from the Grand Finals and forfeited automatically.
• Flender told Shrek Team that the withdrawal gave them byes in the first two rounds.

The Shrek Team watched the Grand Finals begin and were shocked when four members of Blazing Fire Academy appeared on Godwind Academy’s roster. After Godwind Academy crushed its opponent, Xiao Wu realized the same loophole might let Shrek switch teams too.

• Flender told the Shrek Team to study their opponents, since the tournament’s early byes gave them time to assess their strength.
• Oscar and Dai Mubai remarked on the quiet Grand Finals, and Dai Mubai said the matches before Pope's Palace would be the real climax.
• The Shrek Team saw four Blazing Fire Academy members competing for Godwind Academy, prompting Flender to leave and question the organizing committee.
• Huo Wu, Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wushuang, and their teammates overwhelmed Dragon Kui Academy, with all seven Godwind Academy competitors revealed as Soul Ancestors above level 40.
• Zhao Wuji explained that registered students could switch academies because the rules did not explicitly forbid it, and Xiao Wu asked whether the Shrek Team could do the same.

Shrek Academy challenged Spirit Hall’s refusal to intervene in the academy merger, then entered the Grand Finals against Divine Might Academy with its full lineup. Gu Xuan led Shrek to a crushing victory, revealing himself as the team’s hidden expert.

• Zhao Wuji explained that the matches had begun and that Spirit Hall would not interfere with the merger as long as it followed the rules.
• Flender returned with Spirit Hall’s response, while the Heaven Dou Empire’s officials chose not to intervene.
• The first two rounds concluded, and Shrek Academy prepared to face Divine Might Academy in the third round.
• Shrek’s full lineup took the field, surprising Huo Wu, Feng Xiaotian, and the other teams from the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Gu Xuan led Shrek Academy to a flawless, crushing victory over Divine Might Academy.

Gu Xuan challenged Yu Tianheng to keep fighting despite the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team’s overwhelming disadvantage against Spirit Hall. The two Seed Teams took the stage, where three unfamiliar Spirit Hall members led their lineup with an intimidating presence.

• Yu Tianheng praised Gu Xuan’s strength and said the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team would try to expose Spirit Hall’s capabilities, even if they lost.
• Gu Xuan rebuked Yu Tianheng for giving up before the match, prompting Yu Tianheng to vow to show Spirit Hall how formidable his team was.
• The Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team and Spirit Hall Academy Team entered the Competition Stage as the arena fell silent in anticipation.
• Spirit Hall fielded three unfamiliar members at the front of its lineup, and Gu Xuan sensed their confidence and aura were unlike anything he had encountered.

Gu Xuan learned about Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation before the match began, including the strength and abilities of Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena. The teams released their martial souls, and Hu Liena made the first move for Spirit Hall.

• Flender identified Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena as Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation and explained their levels, martial souls, and abilities to Gu Xuan.
• The referee began the match, and Yu Tianheng’s confidence faltered when he saw the three front-line Spirit Hall members reveal five optimally configured soul rings each.
• Hu Liena made the first move for the Spirit Hall Academy Team.

Xie Yue and Hu Liena unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Bewitching Charm, against the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team. As their opponents were thrown from the red light, Flender realized the Spirit Hall Academy Team was concealing its other strengths.

• Hu Liena released her Martial Soul and used her charm to freeze Yu Tianheng and keep the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team from acting.
• Xie Yue charged into Hu Liena, and their collision created a red light that engulfed the opposing team.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena merged into a single figure and unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Bewitching Charm.
• Bewitching Charm weakened the opponents' senses, Soul Power, and movements as the fused figure attacked with enlarged Moon Blades.
• Five members of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team were thrown from the red light, and Flender said the Spirit Hall Academy Team was hiding its true strength.

Xie Yue and Hu Liena defeated Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, leaving the Spirit Hall Academy Team as the tournament’s strongest remaining seed. With six teams left, Shrek Academy rested while waiting for the next day’s draw to reveal its opponent.

• Xie Yue’s crimson domain weakened Dugu Yan’s poison, and he blasted her out of the arena while sparing Yu Tianheng for the sake of his family.
• Xie Yue struck Yu Tianheng down and made a throat-slashing gesture toward Gu Xuan and the Shrek Academy Team.
• The third round ended with six teams remaining; two of the three seed teams had been eliminated, leaving Spirit Hall Academy as the clear favorite.
• The Shrek Academy students returned to their rooms to rest, knowing the next day’s draw would determine their opponent.

The final three teams arrived at Pope's Palace for the tournament's last stage, with Shrek Academy, Spirit Hall Academy, and Wind Spirit Academy still in contention. As the palace doors opened for the Pope, even the confident Spirit Hall Academy contestants grew nervous.

• The fourth round ended without surprises, leaving Spirit Hall Academy, Shrek Academy, and Wind Spirit Academy as the final three teams.
• The teams arrived at Pope's Palace, where only the finalists were allowed to attend the last day's battles.
• The seven Shrek Academy contestants stood together on the plaza while their teachers waited outside its perimeter.
• Twelve red-robed bishops took their places, and the gathered spirit masters hailed the Pope as the palace doors opened.

Bibi Dong emerged from the Pope's Palace with three Titled Douluo and Ning Fengzhi, prompting the gathered Spirit Hall members and academy teams to kneel. The Shrek group remained standing, and Gu Xuan refused to bow to the Pope.

• Bibi Dong appeared in her ceremonial robes, and the Spirit Hall members knelt to greet her.
• Three Titled Douluo followed Bibi Dong, including Chen Xin of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi emerged as an honorary elder of Spirit Hall alongside the Pope and the Titled Douluo.
• The Godwind Academy team knelt, but the seven members of Shrek Academy stayed standing.
• Gu Xuan resolved that no one in the world could make him kneel.