Chapter Summaries

Li Yuan watched Spirit Hall attack Shrek Academy and intervened to get Ning Rongrong out of danger, while Yue Guan’s fascination with immortal herbs disrupted the assault. The chapter ended with Yue Guan pledging to protect Xiao Wu after recognizing the Lovesick Heartbreak Red in her possession.

• Qian Renxue told Li Yuan that she did not know why Spirit Hall was targeting the Soul Master Academies and dismissed the threat of offending them.
• Spirit Hall’s six Spirit Douluo overwhelmed Flender and Zhao Wuji, while Liu Erlong struggled against three opponents and the Shrek Seven Devils faced the Golden Eagle Spirit Douluo.
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang stepped in to protect the Shrek Seven Devils, but they withdrew when Yue Guan arrived and warned them away.
• Xiao Wu’s Lovesick Heartbreak Red helped the Shrek Seven Devils resist Yue Guan’s pressure, and Li Yuan grabbed Ning Rongrong and blocked the Golden Eagle’s attack before carrying her to safety.
• Yue Guan recognized Li Yuan’s scent as that of someone who had consumed many Immortal Grade Medicinal Herbs and let him leave with Ning Rongrong.
• Yue Guan became transfixed by the Lovesick Heartbreak Red in Xiao Wu’s hand and promised to protect her, angering Qian Renxue.

Yue Guan halted Lor Diarra’s attacks, recognized Zhu Zhuqing’s Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, and accepted her as his disciple after she agreed to spare Tang San. When Yue Guan resumed his attempt to kill Tang San, Dugu Bo withdrew under Li Yuan’s influence, but Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi arrived to protect Tang San and confront Spirit Hall.

• Lor Diarra tried to attack the Shrek Academy students, but Yue Guan struck him down again when Zhu Zhuqing counterattacked.
• Yue Guan recognized that Zhu Zhuqing had consumed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, empowered her, and offered to take her as his disciple; Zhu Zhuqing accepted and asked him to spare Tang San.
• Yue Guan refused to spare Tang San, and Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai while pleading for Tang San as Liu Erlong attacked Yue Guan and was severely injured.
• Dugu Bo arrived to defend Tang San, but Li Yuan prompted him to withdraw, leaving Yue Guan free to attack Tang San.
• Chen Xin appeared with Ning Fengzhi’s support and blocked Yue Guan’s attack, while Ning Fengzhi declared that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would protect Tang San.

Spirit Hall’s ambush drove Tang Hao to flee under pursuit by five powerful Titled Douluo, while Li Yuan concluded that Qian Renxue had targeted him to avenge her father. After the battle, Li Yuan assessed Tang San’s dangerous Protagonist Halo and considered ways to counter it.

• Yue Guan and Gui Mei threatened Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin, who began preparing to withdraw rather than risk fighting Spirit Hall.
• Tang Hao appeared to save Tang San, but Golden Crocodile Douluo, Qian Jun, and Dragon Subduing arrived and overwhelmed him with Spirit Hall’s forces.
• Tang Hao fled as the five Titled Douluo pursued him, leaving Tang San stunned and Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin relieved they had not stood their ground.
• Li Yuan suspected Qian Renxue had orchestrated the operation to punish Tang Hao for wounding Qian Xunji, and he realized his meddling had changed the story.
• After the attackers retreated, Li Yuan saw that Flender had lost an arm and a leg, Zhao Wuji had been crippled, and Liu Erlong had survived with lesser injuries.
• Li Yuan concluded Tang San’s Protagonist Halo could impair the judgment of allies and enemies, and he began considering ways to counter it.

The convoy reached Spirit City, where Li Yuan spent three days cooking rare spirit beast meat before the tournament finals began. As the teams gathered at the arena, Ning Rongrong had beaten Dai Mubai after he provoked her, while Tang San remained worried about Tang Hao.

• Ning Fengzhi refused Tang San's plea to send Sword Douluo to rescue Tang Hao, then helped Qian Renxue restore order in the convoy.
• Ning Rongrong openly embraced Ning Fengzhi, revealing her identity as his daughter to the other academies.
• Dai Mubai accused Ning Rongrong of abandoning the group, and Ning Rongrong beat him with her Crimson Flame Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Qian Renxue led the soul master teams into Spirit City, where Li Yuan stayed near Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin and cooked a sixty-thousand-year-old Lightning Leopard.
• Li Yuan used the Golden Kitchenware to improve his Soul Power and Lightning Attribute, while the kitchenware also evolved from cooking high-level ingredients.
• The tournament teams gathered at Spirit City's arena as the finals were set to begin, with thirty-three teams competing under a five-round format.

Li Yuan led Dawn Team against the flying Soul Masters of Raptor Academy and overwhelmed them with explosive clay clones while fighting as Deidara. Six opponents were knocked unconscious, and their captain surrendered after being intimidated by Li Yuan’s remaining creations.

• Spirit Hall announced the finals matchups, and Dawn Team drew Raptor Academy, a strong Star Luo Empire team of bird-type Soul Masters.
• Raptor Academy’s captain insulted Li Yuan and demanded that Dawn Team surrender before the match began.
• Li Yuan switched to his Deidara clone as Dawn Team’s other members retreated, then sent a flock of clay-bird clones against the airborne opponents.
• Li Yuan’s clones exploded and blasted six Raptor Academy members out of the air, while the captain survived by using his defensive Soul Skills.
• Li Yuan surrounded the captain with more explosive clay figures and a C2 Dragon, frightening him into surrendering before Li Yuan could attack again.

After receiving a bye, Li Yuan spent the week cooking before learning that his Dawn Team would face the Imperial Dou Team. He then interrupted Dai Mubai's attempt to recruit Tang San to the Star Luo Empire and offered to assassinate either prince, leaving Dai Mubai stunned.

• Li Yuan's first-place finish earned his Dawn Team a bye in the second round, so he spent the next seven days cooking.
• The third-round draw paired Li Yuan's Dawn Team against the Imperial Dou Team and Shrek Academy against the Star Luo Royal Academy Team.
• Dai Mubai told Tang San about the stakes of facing Dai Weisi and urged him to help Shrek win, then tried to persuade Tang San to join him in the Star Luo Empire.
• Li Yuan entered the lounge, mocked Dai Mubai's boasts about the Star Luo Empire, and offered to assassinate Dai Weisi or even Dai Mubai's father for the right price.
• Li Yuan told Dai Mubai and Tang San that he had just visited Dai Weisi to discuss an assassination job and that killing Dai Mubai would be easier.

Li Yuan rejected neither Dai brother outright, instead planting suspicion between them before his team defeated Imperial Dou and he watched the tournament’s other matches. Shrek Academy defeated Star Luo Royal Academy, leaving the Dai brothers’ rivalry unresolved after both were eliminated.

• Li Yuan offered to assassinate Dai Weisi for a price, but Dai Mubai refused and Li Yuan returned to his waiting room, pleased that he had sown distrust between the brothers.
• Li Yuan fought in his original form and easily defeated Imperial Dou Team, advancing Dawn Team to the final six.
• Spirit Hall Representative Team used Hu Liena and Xie Yue’s Demon Charm against Skywater Academy, but Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu countered with their Ice Phoenix fusion before Spirit Hall won.
• Dai Weisi overwhelmed Dai Mubai while Zhu Zhuqing gained the advantage over Zhu Zhuyun, and Tang San led Shrek Academy’s other members to eliminate Star Luo Royal Academy’s teammates.
• Zhu Zhuqing knocked Zhu Zhuyun from the arena, and Dai Weisi sent Dai Mubai flying out before Shrek’s remaining four fighters defeated him.

The fourth round sent Li Yuan and the Spirit Hall Representative Team into the finals, while Shrek Academy collapsed after Tang San and Xiao Wu fled with Tang Hao and its remaining members withdrew or defected. The championship became a battle between Li Yuan and Spirit Hall’s seven members, and the chapter ended as Pope Bibi Dong made her ceremonial entrance before the final.

• Li Yuan defeated Fierce Beast Academy, and the Spirit Hall Representative Team crushed Thunderclap Academy with its Demon Charm fusion skill.
• Shrek Academy used a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill to let Tang San wield a Clear Sky Hammer Avatar and defeat Feng Xiaotian, eliminating Godwind Academy.
• Tang Hao infiltrated Spirit City and secretly escaped with Tang San and Xiao Wu, leaving behind a letter that revealed their departure.
• Ning Rongrong and Dai Mubai withdrew, Zhu Zhuqing joined Spirit Hall as Yue Guan’s disciple, and Yu Xiaogang withdrew Shrek Academy from the tournament.
• The finals were reduced to Li Yuan facing the Spirit Hall Representative Team, and Bibi Dong appeared before the gathered teams at Pope’s Palace.

At the Spirit Hall finals, Bibi Dong singled out Li Xiaoyuan after her aura failed to affect him, then revealed three valuable soul bones as the championship reward. Dawn Team began its team battle against the Spirit Hall Representative Team, with Li Yuan controlling three clones and supporting them from the rear.

• Dawn Team members saluted Bibi Dong without kneeling, and Bibi Dong tested Li Xiaoyuan with her aura before asking his name and calling him interesting.
• Bibi Dong presented three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones as the reward for the winning team, and Gui Mei identified them and described the Wisdom Skull's origin.
• After Shrek Academy withdrew, Dawn Team and the Spirit Hall Representative Team began their final match before Bibi Dong, Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Gui Mei, and Yue Guan.
• Li Yuan chose Foshan Naruto, Zhang Chulan, and Deidara to fight alongside him, while the other clones remained in reserve.
• Hu Liena opened with her Charm, but Li Yuan shut off his senses and sent Foshan Naruto to overwhelm her with Wing Chun.
• Xie Yue attacked Foshan Naruto with his Moon Blades, and Li Yuan countered with a Rasengan as Zhang Chulan struck with Palm Lightning.

Li Yuan and Dawn Team faced Spirit Hall’s Representative Team, but his clones’ explosive ambush and his overwhelming strength quickly turned the match in their favor. After Yan surrendered to avoid Li Yuan’s final blow, the arena and the watching Spirit Hall leaders were left stunned by Li Yuan’s power.

• Hu Liena and Xie Yue fused into Demon Charm, whose domain weakened Dawn Team, while Yan and the other Spirit Hall contestants prepared to attack.
• Li Yuan detonated more than a hundred clay bombs before Spirit Hall could strike, leaving four teammates badly injured and only Yan and Demon Charm still standing.
• Li Yuan’s three clones fought Demon Charm while Li Yuan knocked Yan down and repeatedly struck him with his keyboard.
• Xie Yue threw a Moon Blade at Li Yuan, who caught it and hurled it back, forcing Xie Yue to block before Li Yuan’s clones drove him back.
• Yan used his Lava Roll and Flying Sand Mad Flame to foul Li Yuan, who retaliated with a devastating keyboard strike; Yan surrendered, and Li Yuan struck the arena instead.
• The blow split the arena, shocking the spectators and Spirit Hall’s VIPs, while Dugu Bo remained unsurprised by Li Yuan’s strength.

Li Yuan defeated Xie Yue and Hu Liena’s Full Moon, securing the tournament championship for Heaven Dou Royal Academy and its rewards. As the ceremony ended, Bibi Dong addressed him with a question about his name.

• After Yan conceded, Xie Yue challenged Li Yuan to face his self-created Soul Skill, Full Moon, while Li Yuan sent his clones off the arena.
• Li Yuan clashed with Xie Yue and Hu Liena’s spinning Full Moon repeatedly, overpowering it while managing his strength.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena exhausted their Soul Power and conceded, confirming the Dawn Team’s victory.
• Bibi Dong announced Heaven Dou Royal Academy as the champion and presented the team with its rewards, including three Soul Bones.
• As the tournament ended, Bibi Dong asked Li Yuan whether she should call him Li Xiaoyuan or Li Xiaoyao.

Bibi Dong exposed Li Yuan as Li Xiaoyao and ordered Spirit Hall to capture him, while Qian Renxue was prevented from intervening. As Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo attacked, Li Yuan revealed his true form and used a seemingly four-person Martial Soul Fusion Skill to transform into a gigantic Keyboard.

• Bibi Dong bluffed about knowing Li Xiaoyuan was Li Xiaoyao, and Li Yuan's reaction confirmed his identity, prompting her to order his arrest.
• Qian Renxue tried to rescue Li Yuan, but Qian Daoliu stopped her so Spirit Hall could investigate him.
• Ning Fengzhi refused to help Li Yuan, while Ning Rongrong pleaded for his aid and Dugu Bo worried about being dragged into the conflict.
• Li Yuan dropped his disguises, revealed his enormous form and strange Soul Rings, then created three figures resembling himself as Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo attacked.
• Li Yuan activated the Four-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill, One Key Transforms into Three Purities, and fused with the three figures into a gigantic black Keyboard wrapped in silver lightning.

Li Yuan used a four-in-one Martial Soul Fusion Skill to attack the Pope's Palace, then tried to escape with Juhua, but Bibi Dong stopped them and surrounded them with Spirit Hall's Titled Douluo. With Li Yuan and Juhua trapped, Li Yuan called on Grandpa Duke to save him.

• Li Yuan fused with his Keyboard Martial Soul, attacked the Pope's Palace, and was struck down by Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.
• Juhua appeared and tried to carry the injured Li Yuan into the void, but Bibi Dong's Soul Skill forced it to dodge and abandon the escape.
• Bibi Dong accused Li Xiaoyuan of colluding with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and surrounded him and Juhua with Spirit Hall's Titled Douluo.
• Ning Rongrong tried to rush to Li Xiaoyuan, while Qian Renxue silently urged Qian Daoliu to intervene.
• Facing the encirclement, Li Yuan called out to Grandpa Duke to save him.

Li Yuan’s bodyguard, Black Heart Douluo Du Shixiong, appeared to stop Spirit Hall from capturing him, but Qian Daoliu arrived and fought Du Shixiong in the sky. With his protector occupied, Li Yuan escaped the surrounding Titled Douluo by switching places with a clone and reappeared in the VIP stands.

• Li Yuan learned that Grandpa Duke had concealed his identity and was Black Heart Douluo Du Shixiong, a level ninety-nine Limit Douluo with a Black Brick Martial Soul and exceptional swordsmanship.
• Du Shixiong blocked the pressure of Spirit Hall’s seven Titled Douluo and demanded that Bibi Dong let Li Yuan leave.
• Qian Daoliu arrived, confronted Du Shixiong over their old grudge, and took their fight into the sky above Spirit City.
• With Du Shixiong away, Bibi Dong ordered the remaining Spirit Hall Titled Douluo to capture Li Yuan, while Juhua slipped into the void.
• Li Yuan charged the pursuers with a clone, detonated it, and switched places with another clone to appear in the VIP stands instead of fleeing Spirit City.

Li Yuan escaped Spirit Hall by taking Yu Xiaogang hostage, exposing Bibi Dong’s relationship with him and forcing her to stand down. After Duke defeated Qian Daoliu and helped Li Yuan leave Spirit City, Li Yuan hid in the Extreme North Land, where he and Juhua were left battered after an unseen danger half a year later.

• Li Yuan used Shadow Demon Clone to appear in the VIP stands, captured Yu Xiaogang, and threatened Bibi Dong until she ordered Spirit Hall’s spirit masters to retreat.
• Duke defeated Qian Daoliu, then escorted Li Yuan out of Spirit City as rumors about Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang spread across the continent.
• Bibi Dong kept Yu Xiaogang in Spirit Hall for his safety, drawing scrutiny and political attacks while Li Yuan fled to Heaven Dou City.
• Li Yuan said farewell to Ning Rongrong and Qian Renxue, then traveled with Juhua to the Extreme North Land to hide and search for Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• Half a year later, Li Yuan and Juhua escaped a danger in the Extreme North Land, badly wounded and exhausted, and collapsed near Snow Wolf Valley.

After a failed attempt to capture the unexpectedly powerful Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Li Yuan and Juhua escaped the Extreme North Land’s core region and were met by Snow Wolf Knights. Li Yuan returned to find that Snow Wolf Valley had grown into a major force with thousands of followers and an arms factory.

• Li Yuan recalled how the roughly Seven Hundred Thousand Years Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had nearly killed him and Juhua after they tried to capture it, and suspected that a God Realm law enforcer had weakened it in the future.
• Li Yuan and Juhua collapsed in the snow after escaping the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, then heard someone approaching.
• A pack of Snow Wolf Knights found Li Yuan, greeted him as their chief, and escorted him toward Snow Wolf Valley.
• Li Yuan explained that he had taken over Zhang Mazi’s bandit group half a year earlier and recruited people to build his own force.
• Li Yuan discovered that Snow Wolf Valley had grown to several thousand followers, including nearly a thousand soul masters, and that Ri Xiong had established an arms factory using Li Yuan’s firearm blueprints.

After restoring his control of Snow Wolf Valley, Li Yuan learned that he had been invited to a continent-wide Green Forest conference in Skywater City, where he decided to compete for the Top Leader of the Twenty-Three Provinces. He prepared to face several Spirit Douluo-level opponents and reflected on his new Soul King strength and unusual spirit skill.

• Li Yuan spent ten days settling Snow Wolf Valley's affairs, suppressing dissent, and leaving its management to Zhang Mazi.
• Zhang Mazi showed Li Yuan an invitation to the All-Continent Green Forest Heroes Representative Conference, where the Greenwood Path would select its Top Leader.
• Li Yuan agreed to attend the conference in Skywater City after learning that Snow Wolf Valley was one of its organizers and Lin Dong Province's representative.
• Zhang Mazi explained that the conference used deadly matches and that five powerful contenders, including the previous Top Leader Zhang San, were expected to compete.
• Li Yuan recalled that he had reached Soul King after absorbing a seventy-thousand-year-old Three-Headed Sculpture and gained the Dust Release: Keyboard Stripping Technique.

Monkey D. Dragon, the alias Li Yuan used as Snow Wolf Valley’s chief, traveled to Skywater City to represent Lin Dong Province at the Green Forest Conference. After meeting the previous Top Leader, Zhang San, the two tested each other’s strength, and Zhang San asked whether Dragon wanted the position of Top Leader of the Twenty-Three Provinces.

• Li Yuan gained the Dust Release: Keyboard Stripping Technique soul skill, reached Soul Power level fifty-three, and decided to attend the Green Forest Conference.
• Li Yuan led Zhang Mazi and several dozen Snow Wolf Knights on a week-long journey from Snow Wolf Valley to Skywater City, where they helped prepare for the conference.
• As representatives arrived in Skywater City, Zhang Mazi told Li Yuan that the previous Top Leader, Zhang San, had invited him to coordinate and co-host the conference.
• Li Yuan and Zhang San clashed by releasing their Soul Power, but neither could overpower the other, and Zhang San eventually withdrew first.
• Li Yuan introduced himself as Monkey D. Dragon, and Zhang San asked whether he wanted the position of Top Leader of the Twenty-Three Provinces.

Li Yuan formed a wary alliance with Zhang San before attending the Greenwood Conference, where twenty-three powerful representatives gathered to choose a new Top Leader. As the competition began, Li Yuan learned that six candidates were vying for the position, including Zhang San, Hassan, and Bluebeard.

• Li Yuan and Zhang San agreed to cooperate at the Greenwood Conference, though both expected the alliance to be temporary and unreliable.
• Li Yuan returned to his lodgings, and the next morning he and Zhang Mazi traveled to the conference venue in the Soul Hunting Forest.
• Li Yuan spotted Shangguan Jinqian among the arriving representatives but kept his disguised identity and did not approach him.
• Zhang San opened the conference before twenty-three Spirit Sage-level-or-higher representatives, including Spirit Douluos Hassan, Bluebeard, and Xie Sanniang, gathered.
• Zhang San ended his opening remarks and announced the selection of a new Top Leader; six candidates, including Li Yuan, stepped forward, while Xie Sanniang declined to compete.

The Greenwood Gathering’s first round began with Zhang San matched against Hassan, while Li Yuan faced Bluebeard and Zhao Jiang fought Cheng Yizhen. Li Yuan and Bluebeard traded powerful attacks and continued battling without a clear victor as the other match also remained fierce.

• The six competitors drew lots, pairing Zhang San with Hassan, Li Yuan with Bluebeard, and Zhao Jiang with Cheng Yizhen.
• Zhang San and Hassan began their fight and flew away from the gathering site.
• Bluebeard attacked Li Yuan, who revealed his giant form and led him into the air for a proper battle.
• Li Yuan used Universal Pull and Dust Release: Keyboard Stripping Technique, while Bluebeard countered with his Martial Soul Avatar and a forty-meter greatsword; their attacks exploded and blasted them both from the sky.
• Bluebeard unleashed repeated soul skills against Li Yuan, who struggled to defend himself without summoning his martial soul.
• Zhao Jiang and Cheng Yizhen began fighting with their Battle Axes and Horse Spear, and neither gained a clear advantage.