Chapter Summaries

Li Yuan and Dawn Team defeated Shrek Team in the tournament after Li Yuan knocked Tang San from the arena and survived Xiao Wu’s Eight Section Fall. The match ended with Heaven Dou Royal Academy victorious, while the VIPs began plotting how to recruit or undermine Dawn Team.

• Li Yuan shattered Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances and nearly finished him, but Xiao Wu’s Charm weakened the punch enough to send Tang San off the arena alive.
• Xiao Wu used Eight Section Fall to throw Li Yuan repeatedly, but he stood up with only minor injuries and challenged Shrek Team to send someone else.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong attacked Li Yuan together, while Ning Fengzhi watched in shock as his daughter wielded the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda as a weapon.
• Xue Ye, Xue Xing, Ning Fengzhi, and Salas considered Dawn Team’s potential and their own plans after reading Saitama’s registered information.
• Li Yuan knocked the remaining Shrek Team members off the arena, and the referee declared Heaven Dou Royal Academy the winner.

After the Dawn Team defeated Shrek, Ning Fengzhi invited Li Yuan and Tang San to meet Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, who revealed that Tang Hao’s disappearance was connected to Spirit Hall. Li Yuan recognized that Xue Qinghe was Qian Renxue and was left wondering why she calmly explained the past to Tang San, whose father had helped cause her father’s death.

• Li Yuan left the arena with the Dawn Team and encountered Ning Fengzhi, who tried to recruit the Shrek Seven Devils and the Dawn Team.
• Ning Rongrong teased Li Yuan about bullying her, while Ning Fengzhi asked Li Yuan to introduce his teammates and invited them to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Dai Mubai led the Shrek students away, but Ning Fengzhi asked Tang San to stay and offered information about Tang Hao; he then invited Li Yuan to come along as well.
• Ning Fengzhi brought Li Yuan and Tang San to meet Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, whom Li Yuan recognized as Qian Renxue in disguise.
• Qian Renxue told Tang San that Tang Hao’s disappearance was connected to Spirit Hall and described the past pursuit of Tang Hao and Ah Yin.
• Li Yuan wondered why Qian Renxue was helping Tang San and resolved to ask her about it after Tang San and Ning Fengzhi left.

Li Yuan told Qian Renxue the truth about Qian Xunji’s death and her parents’ history, prompting her to leave Heaven Dou City to question Qian Daoliu. Three days later, Li Yuan’s Dawn Team faced Elephant Armored Academy, whose members began their match by revealing their massive Diamond Mammoth forms.

• After Tang San left, Li Yuan told Qian Renxue that Tang Hao had gravely injured Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong had delivered the fatal blow.
• Li Yuan explained how Bibi Dong had become pregnant with Qian Renxue after Qian Xunji stopped her from leaving Spirit Hall for Yu Xiaogang.
• Qian Renxue accepted that Li Yuan might be telling the truth and left Heaven Dou City that afternoon to seek answers from Qian Daoliu.
• Three days later, Li Yuan brought the Dawn Team to face Elephant Armored Academy in the central arena, using his Zhang Chulan clone for the match.
• The seven Elephant Armored Academy fighters removed their shirts, summoned their Diamond Mammoth martial souls, and transformed as the match began.

Li Yuan used overwhelming speed and power to defeat the Elephant Armored Academy team, while his Dawn Team continued its winning streak in the tournament. After the victory, the VIPs wondered about the team’s origins, Shi Nian reluctantly promised to deal with them, and Li Yuan considered finding a way into Skywater Academy.

• Li Yuan broke through the Elephant Armored Sect’s formation, shattered Huyan Li’s Unbreakable Shield with Palm Lightning, and knocked out the other disciples with his Golden Light Spell and lightning attacks.
• Huyan Li surrendered after Li Yuan warned him not to use Crushing Kill, giving the Dawn Team the victory over Elephant Armored Academy.
• The VIP spectators were shocked by the Dawn Team’s strength, while Ning Fengzhi wondered whether Li Xiaoyuan might be a spy and Huyan Zhen endured the others’ teasing.
• Shi Nian promised the discouraged Canghui Academy members that he would handle Heaven Dou Royal Academy, despite privately fearing the consequences of attacking the Dawn Team.
• After the first six tournament rounds, the Dawn Team, Thunderclap Academy, and Godwind Academy each had six consecutive victories, and Li Yuan’s wealth had grown substantially.
• Li Yuan recalled his interest in Skywater Academy and considered sneaking in, since it did not accept male students.

Li Yuan defeated Shi Nian, a Soul Sage from Canghui Academy, after the old man trapped him, Tang San, and Ning Rongrong in an illusion. He gave Shi Nian’s Head Soul Bone to Ning Rongrong and later learned that the Shrek teachers were shocked by his victory.

• Li Yuan led the Dawn Team to defeat Oserlo Academy, then watched Skywater Academy’s match and returned toward Shrek Academy with Ning Rongrong and Tang San.
• Shi Nian trapped the three in an illusion, but Li Yuan recognized the attack and subdued him with Tsukuyomi.
• Li Yuan killed Shi Nian, burned his body, and gave the recovered Head Soul Bone to Ning Rongrong.
• Li Yuan accompanied Ning Rongrong shopping while Tang San returned to cultivate.
• Tang San told the Shrek teachers about Shi Nian’s attack, and Flender revealed that Shi Nian had been a Soul Sage.

After learning that Li Yuan had defeated Shi Nian with an eye-based illusion, the Master warned Tang San to avoid his gaze. Li Yuan then used the same technique while disguised as Uchiha One-vs-Seven to instantly defeat Blazing Academy, leaving the referees and spectators stunned.

• The Master told Tang San that Shi Nian had been a level seventy-two Spirit Sage, and Tang San described the golden light in Li Yuan's eyes that preceded Shi Nian's defeat.
• The Master guessed that Li Yuan's technique required eye contact and warned Tang San to avoid looking at him during future matches.
• After ten preliminary rounds, the Dawn Team faced Blazing Academy, whose captain Huo Wu grew angry when Li Yuan appeared to stare at her.
• At the start of the match, Li Yuan stepped forward alone while the Dawn Team's clones hung back, and Blazing Academy's seven members glared furiously at him.
• Li Yuan disguised his illusion technique as a Three Tomoe Sharingan and incapacitated all seven Blazing Academy contestants before the fight could begin.
• The referee declared the Dawn Team victorious, and Li Yuan had to cast another illusion when Blazing Academy's confused contestants tried to resume fighting.

After Blazing Academy lost to Dawn Team through Li Yuan’s illusion, Feng Xiaotian promised Huo Wu he would defeat Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team to earn a date with her. Li Yuan offered to rig the match, then persuaded Feng Xiaotian to spar; Feng’s strongest attacks failed to injure Li Yuan.

• Blazing Academy accepted its inexplicable loss after the team was caught in Uchiha One-vs-Seven’s Illusionary Realm.
• Feng Xiaotian comforted Huo Wu and admitted he liked her when she demanded an answer.
• Huo Wu agreed to date Feng Xiaotian if he defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team, and Li Yuan teased him about it.
• Li Yuan offered Feng Xiaotian paid match-fixing packages, but Feng refused and agreed to spar with him instead.
• Feng Xiaotian took to the air and attacked Li Yuan with Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes, but Li Yuan remained unharmed.

Li Yuan overwhelmed Feng Xiaotian with his lightning technique, then sold him a million-Gold-Soul-Coin package to ensure Godwind Academy beat the Dawn Team. Meanwhile, Shrek Academy faced an investigation after its match left all seven Canghui Academy contestants crippled, with Salas accompanying Ning Fengzhi to monitor the inquiry.

• Li Yuan endured Feng Xiaotian’s thirty-sixth slash, then summoned lightning that left Feng Xiaotian charred and terrified.
• Feng Xiaotian accepted Li Yuan’s package and paid one million Gold Soul Coins to secure Godwind Academy’s victory over the Dawn Team.
• Li Yuan controlled the Dawn Team’s performance so Godwind Academy won without its members noticing the match had been thrown.
• Huo Wu set Feng Xiaotian another condition for dating her: he had to defeat Shrek Academy and Tang San.
• Canghui Academy protested after Shrek Academy’s Seven-in-One Fusion Skill left its seven contestants crippled, prompting the tournament committee to investigate.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to lead the investigation, while Salas brought a team to monitor him and Shrek Academy.

After Salas’s investigation cleared Shrek Academy of responsibility for Canghui Academy’s ruined students, the tournament continued, and the Heaven Dou City preliminaries approached their final round. Li Yuan brought Dawn Team to face Skywater Academy and challenged the whole team alone, leaving the match about to begin.

• Salas and the investigation team left Shrek Academy, and the tournament committee ruled that Shrek Academy had nothing to do with Canghui Academy’s students becoming idiots.
• Shrek Academy forfeited its next two matches, and the preliminaries’ standings placed Dawn Team third behind Godwind Academy and Thunderclap Academy.
• Huo Wu considered how Blazing Academy could qualify, while Li Yuan decided he would not try to defeat Skywater Academy because he wanted to see Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Li Yuan led Dawn Team into its final preliminary match against Skywater Academy, where Shui Yue’er showed interest in him and Shui Bing’er introduced herself as a level forty-three Control System Battle Soul Master.
• Li Yuan introduced himself as a level forty-four Support System Soul Master and challenged Skywater Academy’s entire team alone, prompting Shui Bing’er to question his decision.
• The referee started the match after Li Yuan assured Shui Bing’er that he had tricks of his own.

Li Yuan faced Skywater Academy in the tournament and battled through Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu's powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill. After their Ice Snow Falling Ice Phoenix froze him and collapsed the arena, the ice around Li Yuan began to crack, leaving the match's outcome uncertain.

• Shui Bing'er froze Li Yuan and his six clones with Ice Seal, but Li Yuan broke free and withstood Skywater Academy's attacks.
• Li Yuan knocked four Skywater Academy members out of the arena, then stopped attacking so Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu could prepare their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu combined Ice Seal and Xue Wu's storm to create Ice Snow Falling, but Li Yuan split its tornado form with a strike from his Keyboard.
• Shui Bing'er formed Ice Snow Falling Ice Phoenix and warned Li Yuan that she was losing control, but he chose to meet the attack head-on.
• The Ice Phoenix froze Li Yuan and covered the arena in frost, but the ice encasing him cracked as Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu awaited the referee's decision.

Li Yuan unexpectedly conceded the Dawn Team’s match against Skywater Academy, sending Skywater through to the finals and leaving the Dawn Team in fifth place. At the awards ceremony, Xue Ye offered the advancing teams noble titles and a Spirit Beast reward for the advancement round, while Salas objected to the empire’s recruitment efforts.

• Li Yuan broke free of Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu’s Ice Seal, then conceded the match to Skywater Academy, making them the winners.
• Huo Wu reacted with frustration to Blazing Academy’s failure to advance, while Feng Xiaotian tried to comfort her.
• Li Yuan told Dugu Yan he had conceded because Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill had frozen him, and she admired his supposed humility.
• The tournament committee ranked Godwind Academy first, Thunderclap Academy second, Shrek Academy third, Skywater Academy fourth, and the Dawn Team fifth after drawing lots.
• Xue Ye offered the top five teams prize money and noble titles, but the captains and vice-captains of the three element academies and the Dawn Team showed no interest.
• Salas challenged Xue Ye’s recruitment offer, but Xue Ye rebuffed him and announced that the advancement round would take place at the Royal Hunting Ground with a Spirit Beast reward for its top three students.

After the qualifiers, Li Yuan watched tensions flare between Shrek Academy and Godwind Academy, reassured Shui Bing'er about Skywater Academy’s victory, and spent the month preparing to claim a rare Spirit Beast as a delicacy. The advancement matches began, where the newly merged Blazing and Godwind Academies appeared as one team.

• Li Yuan encouraged Feng Xiaotian to intervene when Tang San beat Huo Wu, prompting a standoff between Shrek Academy and the Godwind and Blazing Academies until Shui Bing'er calmed everyone down.
• Shui Bing'er asked Li Yuan why he had conceded their match, and he convinced her that Skywater Academy had earned its advancement; she thanked him and left.
• Li Yuan and Juhua chose the Three Delicacies Dragon Fish as their preferred Ten Thousand Year Spirit Beast reward, then spent the month sampling delicacies around Heaven Dou City.
• The advancement matches began in a venue closed to spectators, with fifteen Heaven Dou Empire teams gathering to compete.
• Blazing Academy, though eliminated from the qualifiers, merged with Godwind Academy to form a single team for the advancement matches.

Huo Wu arranged for Blazing Academy and Godwind Academy to merge and align with Spirit Hall, worsening Xue Ye’s worries about the empire’s political position. As the promotion matches began, Li Yuan watched Ning Fengzhi negotiate with Shrek Academy and found himself caught between Ning Rongrong’s hopes and Qian Renxue’s teasing attention.

• Huo Wu used her dean father’s help to transfer herself and several teammates to Godwind Academy, then persuaded Feng Xiaotian and Salas to approve the merger with Spirit Hall’s support.
• Xue Ye grew anxious over the academies’ apparent shift toward Spirit Hall and delegated responsibility for the promotion matches to Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.
• Li Yuan led the Dawn Team to the Royal Hunting Grounds, where he encountered Ning Fengzhi and Qian Renxue disguised as Xue Qinghe visiting Shrek Academy.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Flender to accept Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples at Shrek Academy and announced that Ning Rongrong would become the sect’s next Sect Master Heir.
• Ning Rongrong and Qian Renxue both gave Li Yuan teasing looks, and Qian Renxue left after wishing him luck in the promotion matches.

The Promotion Tournament began, and Li Yuan watched as Huo Wu faced Tang San in Godwind Academy’s match against Shrek Academy. After Huo Wu’s all-out attack left her unable to defend herself, she tried to take Tang San down with her, forcing him to draw a black hammer to prevent her death.

• The Promotion Tournament opened at the Royal Knights' drill ground, and Li Yuan had a bye in the first round.
• Li Yuan joined Godwind Academy to watch its match against Shrek Academy and teased Feng Xiaotian about Huo Wu.
• Huo Wu used Repulsion Fire Ring to drive Tang San toward the edge, then launched an all-out attack enhanced by Ring Fusion.
• Tang San evaded Huo Wu's white sphere and used Blue Silver Grass to bind her, leaving her powerless to stop her own attack.
• Huo Wu embraced Tang San and bit his shoulder as the white sphere approached, intending to perish with him.
• Tang San threw Huo Wu aside and drew a black hammer so she would not die from her attack.

Tang San used the Clear Sky Hammer to defeat Huo Wu’s ultimate attack, but her unexpected kiss enraged Feng Xiaotian, who immediately challenged him. Their ensuing fight ended with both Feng Xiaotian and Tang San knocked unconscious, leaving the match’s outcome uncertain.

• Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer to counter Huo Wu’s Blazing Sun, and both he and Huo Wu were thrown back by the explosion.
• Tang San explained that he had saved Huo Wu because they were opponents, not enemies, and Huo Wu kissed his cheek before leaving the arena.
• Li Yuan teased Feng Xiaotian about Huo Wu kissing Tang San, and Feng Xiaotian went onto the arena to fight Tang San.
• Feng Xiaotian opened with his Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes, while Tang San used Blue Silver Grass and then the Clear Sky Hammer to counter him.
• Feng Xiaotian and Tang San exchanged all thirty-six slashes and hammer strikes, until Feng Xiaotian’s wings shattered and he was thrown out of the arena.
• Tang San was blasted away and lost consciousness after his Clear Sky Hammer vanished, leaving both fighters down.

Tang San and Feng Xiaotian’s draw left both Shrek Academy and Godwind Academy too injured to continue the advancement tournament, while Zhu Zhuqing secured Shrek’s narrow victory. The next day, Li Yuan faced Meng Yiran from Exotic Beast Academy and forced her to surrender, abruptly ending his flirtatious hold on her after sensing Ning Rongrong and Qian Renxue’s killing intent.

• Tang San and Feng Xiaotian were rescued from near-fatal injuries, and the referee declared their match a draw.
• Dai Mubai and Huo Wushuang fought to mutual injury, and the ensuing brutal matches left most of both academies’ contestants badly hurt.
• Zhu Zhuqing defeated Godwind Academy’s last two contestants, but Shrek Academy and Godwind Academy forfeited their remaining advancement tournament matches.
• Li Yuan recognized Meng Yiran as Exotic Beast Academy’s vice-captain and volunteered to face her in Dawn Team’s match.
• Li Yuan broke Meng Yiran’s attacks, caught her in an embrace, and released her after detecting killing intent from Ning Rongrong and Qian Renxue.
• Meng Yiran, nearly out of Soul Power, glared at Li Yuan and left the arena, conceding their match.

Li Yuan defeated Exotic Beast Academy and faced Thunderclap Academy captain Yu Tianxin in the advancement tournament final. After enduring Yu Tianxin’s strongest attacks without injury, Li Yuan smashed through his lightning techniques and began a close-quarters fight.

• Li Yuan knocked out Exotic Beast Academy’s captain with one punch and defeated the rest of its lineup by himself.
• Li Yuan looked forward to facing Thunderclap Academy, the last of the Four Elements Academy he had not fought.
• Yu Tianxin opened the match by proposing that Thunderclap Academy concede if Li Yuan beat him.
• Yu Tianxin unleashed his Blue Electric Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul and attacked Li Yuan with his Soul Skills, but could not injure him.
• Li Yuan broke Yu Tianxin’s lightning arrows and small lightning dragon with a flurry of punches and kicks, then entered close combat with him.

Li Yuan defeated Yu Tianxin so badly that Thunderclap Academy conceded, then claimed the promised Ten Thousand Year Spirit Beast reward. He chose a rare Three Delicacies Dragon Fish for food and traveled with Cao Zhongxian to the imperial Soul Hunting Forest, where the thirteen-thousand-year fish was presented to him.

• Li Yuan overwhelmed Yu Tianxin with punches, and the referee declared him the winner after Yu Tianxin was forced from the arena.
• Thunderclap Academy conceded the match, ending Li Yuan’s promotion tournament undefeated in thirteen bouts and securing his promised reward.
• Li Yuan asked Cao Zhongxian for the Ten Thousand Year Spirit Beast and requested a Three Delicacies Dragon Fish, revealing that he wanted to eat it.
• Cao Zhongxian led Li Yuan and the Royal Guards to an imperial Soul Hunting Forest where the empire kept powerful Spirit Beasts captive.
• The forest’s guards hauled out a healthy, thirteen-thousand-year Three Delicacies Dragon Fish for Li Yuan.

Li Yuan discovered that the soul bone from a Three Delicacies Dragon Fish was a pot that could preserve food’s energy, helping him raise his cultivation before he joined the Heaven Dou delegation traveling to Spirit City. As the teams departed, Li Yuan sought Qian Renxue’s protection, while Shrek Academy remained isolated from the other academies.

• Li Yuan found a pot-shaped External Soul Bone inside the Three Delicacies Dragon Fish and refined it, discovering that it could change size and temperature.
• Li Yuan used the pot to cook the fish, learned that it preserved food’s energy, and shared the meal with Juhua.
• Li Yuan spent three days eating spirit beast meat and raised his Soul Power Cultivation from level forty-four to level forty-five.
• Qian Renxue led the fifteen Heaven Dou Empire teams and their escorts toward Spirit City for the tournament finals.
• Li Yuan rode in Qian Renxue’s carriage to build rapport and secure her support, while the academies mingled and Shrek Academy remained isolated.

Yu Xiaogang traveled ahead to Spirit City to seek Bibi Dong’s secret for cultivating Twin Martial Souls, while Qian Renxue arranged an ambush against the teams heading there. As Spirit Hall’s disguised attackers singled out Shrek Academy, Li Yuan questioned Qian Renxue’s motives and Spirit Hall’s strategy.

• Yu Xiaogang left Heaven Dou City alone to ask Bibi Dong for the secret to cultivating Twin Martial Souls for Tang San.
• On the eleventh day of the journey, rocks fell on the teams as they passed between two hills, and over a thousand powerful disguised Spirit Hall soul masters attacked.
• Six Soul Douluo led the assault directly toward Shrek Academy’s carriage, while Li Yuan stayed safely in Qian Renxue’s carriage.
• Li Yuan guessed that Qian Renxue had arranged the attack to target Tang Hao and Tang San, and Qian Renxue confirmed it.
• Li Yuan asked why Spirit Hall was attacking the Advanced Soul Master Academies, and Qian Renxue had not yet answered.