Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tianyang reassured Master about his plans for the competition and his ability to handle Spirit Hall, then disguised himself and met Saber, Zhou Cheng, and Fei Xue in Heaven Dou Imperial City. He began discussing the competition with his companions.

• Xiao Tianyang told Master that his preparations were complete and that he had gained two partners who had entered Heaven Dou Imperial City separately.
• Xiao Tianyang assured Master that he could protect himself if his identity was exposed, though Master warned him not to underestimate Bibi Dong.
• Xiao Tianyang left the academy disguised as Edward and went to an aristocratic hotel, where the front desk manager mistook him for a possible Titled Douluo.
• Xiao Tianyang met Saber, Zhou Cheng, and Fei Xue, joked about spending Miao Zhenshan's money at his businesses, and turned the conversation to the competition.

Xiao Tianyang explained the dangers of the competition and Spirit Hall’s interest in him to Fei Xue, Zhou Cheng, and Saber, then arranged code names and disguises for the group. That night, he worried about how to protect Shrek Academy and the people close to him if the major powers’ support failed to hold.

• Xiao Tianyang revealed his Soul Power Cuisine and Spirit Hall’s attention, but Fei Xue, Zhou Cheng, and Saber reassured him that they would stay cautious and protect their identities.
• Xiao Tianyang assigned the competition code names Bai Xue, Great Mountain, Edward, and Knight, and gave Fei Xue and Zhou Cheng disguises that concealed their details.
• Fei Xue coaxed Xiao Tianyang into giving her a pair of Swift Boots, and he left with Saber after settling the preparations.
• Back at Shrek Academy, Xiao Tianyang worried that Spirit Hall might target the academy and considered whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the royal family, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would support it.
• Xiao Tianyang feared that the alliance around Shrek Academy could fall apart early if the timeline shifted.

As the All-Continent Elite Soul Master Competition opened in Heaven Dou Imperial City, Xiao Tianyang considered the risks of Spirit Hall’s growing attention and joined Shrek Academy’s team in disguise. He left the uniformed students to speak with Saber about who would compete, trying to persuade her to hold back.

• Xiao Tianyang weighed the dangers of Spirit Hall’s power and resolved to make preparations rather than abandon his plans.
• The All-Continent Elite Soul Master Competition officially opened in Heaven Dou Imperial City, and Xiao Tianyang and Saber traveled with Shrek Academy’s team.
• Xiao Tianyang teased Flender about Shrek’s green uniforms, while Flender explained that sponsorships funded the academy’s development.
• Xiao Tianyang encouraged Tang San and the others to wear their uniforms proudly, and Flender and Liu Erlong argued over the design.
• Xiao Tianyang went to Saber to discuss the competition and tried to persuade her not to insist on fighting.

Qian Renxue learned about Xiao Tianyang’s difficult past and quietly reflected on their differences. At the competition rest area, Shrek’s team clashed with students from another academy before Xiao Tianyang arrived with Saber, Fei Xue, and Zhou Cheng, shocking everyone with the revelation that he was within the competition’s age limit.

• Qian Renxue’s maidservant told her that Xiao Tianyang and Saber had been childhood sweethearts and described the hardships they had endured.
• Qian Renxue felt distressed by Xiao Tianyang’s past and wondered about their differences.
• Ning Rongrong and Oscar noticed that Xiao Tianyang and Saber were missing from Shrek Academy’s rest area, and Tang San guessed the teachers had summoned them.
• Ma Hongjun insulted a group of students who mocked Shrek Academy, and the two sides began trading barbs.
• Edward arrived, and Tang San and the others realized he was eligible to compete in the All-Continent Elite Soul Master Competition.
• Xiao Tianyang returned with Saber, Fei Xue, and Zhou Cheng, who carried the heavy Congyun Blade over his shoulder.

Flender and Master warned Tang San’s group about Shi Nian and revealed that Edward and Knight were around their age, strengthening their resolve before the competition. Xiao Tianyang’s team entered the arena last, and he welcomed being underestimated as the tournament began.

• Zhou Cheng’s Congyun Blade crashed to the ground, drawing attention to Xiao Tianyang’s group and prompting Shi Nian to take the Canghui Academy students away.
• Master identified Shi Nian and described his illusion-based Martial Soul, while Flender warned that he was dangerous and vindictive.
• Master revealed that Edward, Knight, Great Mountain, and Bai Xue were about the same age as Tang San’s group, shocking them with the thought that Edward could rival or surpass Xiao Tianyang.
• Flender urged the students to face powerful opponents with determination, and Tang San’s group and the substitutes set off for the arena with renewed fighting spirit.
• Xiao Tianyang’s team was introduced last because its academy was obscure, and he welcomed the low expectations as a chance to surprise the crowd.

Xiao Tianyang attended the competition’s opening ceremony, learned that his team would face Canghui Academy, and received new system missions hinting at a future conflict. He prepared to send Fei Xue into the match while wondering how he would face three Titled Douluo.

• Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, and Platinum Bishop Salas discussed the Whitebeard Team and considered investigating and recruiting its members.
• Xue Qinghe, disguised as Qian Renxue, exchanged a brief glance with Xiao Tianyang during the ceremony.
• Salas conducted the match lottery, which paired Shrek Academy’s secondary team with Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s secondary team and Xiao Tianyang’s team with Canghui Academy.
• Xiao Tianyang told Fei Xue to finish their match quickly, and she volunteered to compete.
• Xiao Tianyang saw system missions to win the championship, cover allied personnel’s retreat, and face three Titled Douluo without being overpowered.

Xiao Tianyang returned to Shrek Academy’s team after removing his disguise and helped Tang San plan their five-person lineup against Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team. As the match approached, Zhu Zhuqing asked him to travel to the Star Luo Empire with her after the competition.

• Xiao Tianyang rejoined the team and refused Ma Hongjun’s attempts to persuade him to compete.
• Xiao Tianyang outlined three possible strategies, and Tang San chose a decapitation plan with Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, Jiang Zhu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Jing Ling.
• Dai Mubai agreed he could hold off the opposing team’s pressure while the others carried out the plan.
• Ning Rongrong asked to join Xiao Tianyang and Saber’s training after learning Zhu Zhuqing might go too, but Xiao Tianyang warned that the conditions were harsh.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Xiao Tianyang to visit the Star Luo Empire with her after the competition, and he agreed.

Xiao Tianyang watched Shrek Academy crush Heaven Dou Royal Academy while Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo analyzed the team's tactics. Sword Douluo concluded that Xiao Tianyang was likely the strategist behind them.

• Xiao Tianyang watched Shrek Academy overwhelm Heaven Dou Royal Academy, with Dai Mubai holding off four opponents and Zhu Zhuqing silently taking one down.
• Meng Shenji lamented that Heaven Dou Royal Academy could have achieved glory, making Prince Xue Xing feel guilty as Xue Ye looked sharply at him.
• Prince Xue Xing sent a maidservant to approach Qian Renxue, while Salas questioned Ning Fengzhi about the Shrek students' vitality.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo realized Shrek's fighters were holding back and discussed how their lineup targeted Heaven Dou Royal Academy's support fighters.
• Sword Douluo judged that Xiao Tianyang, rather than Tang San, had likely devised Shrek's novel tactics.

Fei Xue faced all seven Canghui Academy students alone and revealed a shocking Soul Ring Configuration before defeating them in seconds with her Mental Power. The match ended with the audience stunned by her strength and the nature of her Martial Soul.

• Ma Hongjun and Oscar argued with Xiao Wu about whether they could defeat seven opponents, while Xiao Tianyang wondered where Bubu had gone.
• Fei Xue appeared on the arena alone, and the audience was shocked when she revealed five Soul Rings, including three black ones.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo suspected that Fei Xue was Xiao Tianyang's disciple and discussed the Body Type School and Edward.
• Fei Xue used Mental Tremor to incapacitate the seven Canghui Academy students, then struck them with Mental Shock until they fainted.
• Salas recognized that Fei Xue's Martial Soul was likely a special type, as the match ended in under ten seconds.

Ning Fengzhi provoked Salas by warning him that Edward was difficult to approach, while Tang San and the others analyzed Bai Xue’s mental attack and their prospects against the Whitebeard Team. The group recognized Edward as their biggest obstacle, and Xiao Tianyang urged them not to worry before they knew whether they would face his team.

• Ning Fengzhi told Salas that Edward was difficult to get along with, and Salas dismissed his warning.
• Tang San explained that Bai Xue’s invisible attack relied on Mental Power, and Xiao Tianyang said the Shrek students could resist it by strengthening their own Soul Strength.
• Tang San listed Shrek Academy’s advantages and argued that the Whitebeard Team would draw Spirit Hall’s attention away from them.
• Ma Hongjun reminded Tang San that all seven Shrek members had previously failed to defeat Edward, leaving Tang San without an answer.
• Xiao Tianyang encouraged the others not to worry because they were unlikely to encounter the Whitebeard Team soon.

Tang San and the others continued their daily matches and training under Xiao Tianyang, while Ning Fengzhi met them after a match and recruited three Shrek substitutes for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. The chapter ended with Ning Rongrong questioning her father after he turned his attention toward Xiao Tianyang.

• Xiao Tianyang took over training Tang San and the others so they could keep competing without exhausting themselves, and a month passed without Salas or Qian Renxue making a move.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo met the team outside the Great Soul Arena, where Ning Rongrong greeted her father and recognized that he was hiding the reason for his late visit.
• Ning Rongrong introduced Xiao Tianyang, Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, Saber, the rest of the team, and the substitutes, then warned Ning Fengzhi not to pressure those who valued freedom.
• Ning Fengzhi recruited Jiang Zhu, Huang Yuan, and Jing Ling into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while deciding that recruiting the other talents would be difficult.
• Ning Fengzhi turned his attention toward Xiao Tianyang, and Ning Rongrong asked whether he still intended to recruit him.

Xiao Tianyang began teaching the Shrek students Dual-Mindedness to address their slowing cultivation, using a juggling and reading exercise to train them. Tang San returned from meeting Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe, then joined the exercise and quickly regretted it.

• Ning Fengzhi borrowed Tang San from Xiao Tianyang, who told Tang San to make up his missed training that night.
• Xiao Tianyang explained that he would teach the students to divide their focus between mind and body so cultivation would become instinctive like breathing.
• After Tang San returned to Shrek Academy, he heard Ma Hongjun scream and found the students juggling colorful balls while reading a difficult passage and dodging Xiao Tianyang's pebbles.
• Xiao Tianyang called Tang San over and made him join the exercise, teaching him while he trained.

Xiao Tianyang explained that his Devil Training Plan deliberately left Tang San and the others mentally exhausted before their matches to train multitasking and make combat instinctive. He revealed that the method might help them improve their Mental Power and could offer Master a way to study new Cultivation Methods, though success remained uncertain.

• Ma Hongjun told Master and Flender that Xiao Tianyang's training had left Tang San and the others mentally exhausted.
• Xiao Tianyang assured them the group was physically fit and explained that combat should become instinctive even when perception was dulled.
• Xiao Tianyang described the Devil Training Plan, which allowed no sleep or seated rest outside basic needs and aimed to train multitasking.
• At the Great Soul Arena, Xiao Tianyang said the plan's success depended on whether the students endured its first trial, with roughly a fifty percent chance if they did.
• Flender revealed that Master hoped to change conventional Cultivation Methods, and Master said even one successful student would give his research a useful example.
• Xiao Tianyang warned that only a few students might succeed and that their results could fall short of his own, but he continued because even partial gains would give them an advantage.

Xiao Tianyang joined Shrek Team’s match against the Elephant Armored Sect as a support member, despite the team’s injured condition and numerical disadvantage. As Hu Yan Zhen watched alongside Salas, Ning Fengzhi remained confident in Shrek’s chances, leaving Salas to wonder whether Xiao Tianyang was their secret weapon.

• Xiao Tianyang agreed to support Shrek Team in its match, and Tang San selected Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, Tailong, and Huang Yuan as the other fighters.
• Xiao Tianyang learned that Shrek Team would face the Elephant Armored Sect, whose Diamond Mammoth Martial Soul excelled in strength and defense.
• Xiao Tianyang and the others joked with Ma Hongjun while waiting for their turn to compete.
• Hu Yan Zhen arrived beside Salas, and Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong suspected that the two had joined forces against Shrek Team.
• Shrek Team entered the arena with five members, prompting Salas to mock their lineup while Ning Fengzhi expressed confidence.
• Salas noticed Xiao Tianyang among the five and wondered whether he was Shrek Team’s trump card.

Xiao Tianyang led Shrek Team into their match against the Elephant Armored Sect, drawing attention with his level and extraordinary Soul Ring configuration. He empowered Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing with Flame Armor as the Elephant Armored Sect formed a defensive circle.

• Xiao Tianyang discussed how Shrek Team could break through or lure out the Elephant Armored Sect, then ordered Tailong and Huang Yuan to stay off the field.
• The host introduced Xiao Tianyang as a Level 46 Comprehensive Spirit Master, prompting Xue Xing to tell Xue Ye about his achievement and Hu Yan Zhen to dismiss his claims.
• At the referee's command, Xiao Tianyang revealed his purple, black, black, and black Soul Rings, while Hu Yan Li ordered his teammates to form a defensive circle.
• Xiao Tianyang used his First Soul Skill, Flame Emperor, to engulf Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing in fire and cover them in Flame Armor.

Xiao Tianyang’s team overwhelmed Hu Yan Li’s Elephant Armored Sect team by exploiting their slow speed and using coordinated attacks. Hu Yan Li revealed a Soul Bone-enhanced state, but Huang Yuan engaged him while Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu finished off the remaining opponent.

• Xiao Tianyang kicked Tailong and Huang Yuan into Hu Yan Li’s formation, where they broke through its defenses and injured two members.
• Zhu Zhuqing attacked one of the injured fighters, while Xiao Wu threw another out of the arena.
• Zhu Zhuqing’s Shadow Clones disrupted the opposing team as Xiao Wu threw out three more fighters, leaving Hu Yan Li and one teammate.
• Hu Yan Li’s arms swelled with a strange power, and he shoved Tailong back; Xiao Tianyang identified the power as a Soul Bone and ordered Huang Yuan to keep Hu Yan Li occupied.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu used Xiao Tianyang’s directions to throw the last teammate out of the arena.

Xiao Tianyang led Shrek Team to a one-sided victory over the Elephant Armored Sect, leaving the spectators impressed and Xue Ye regretting that the imperial family had rejected him. After joking with his teammates, Xiao Tianyang changed into his Edward identity and headed to the arena for his next match.

• Xiao Tianyang's kick helped Shrek Team break the Elephant Armored Sect's formation and eliminate six of its members, securing a decisive victory.
• Ning Fengzhi praised the outcome while Hu Yan Zhen argued that his team had been targeted and left the stands.
• Ma Hongjun and Tailong congratulated Tailong, but Tailong and Huang Yuan credited Xiao Tianyang's kick for the victory; Master pointed out that Xiao Tianyang had agreed not to fight.
• Xiao Tianyang left the resting area after teasing Ning Rongrong and changed into Edward's outfit.
• Saber urged Edward to hurry to his match, and the host introduced him as a level-forty-six fighter with the Scythe of Judgment Martial Soul.

Xiao Tianyang faced Blazing Academy’s team, led by Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu, in the arena. After Huo Wu challenged the legality of his Congyun Blade, Xiao Tianyang threw it offstage, astonishing the spectators with its apparent weight and leaving the match about to begin.

• Huo Wushuang warned Huo Wu that Xiao Tianyang’s teammates had shown overwhelming strength, but Huo Wu remained determined to fight.
• Xiao Tianyang entered the arena and assessed Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, and the Blazing Fire Team.
• Huo Wu asked the referee to rule that Xiao Tianyang’s Congyun Blade violated the competition rules.
• Xiao Tianyang agreed to set the blade aside and flung it off the arena, making the ground shake with its impact.
• Gu Rong and Ning Fengzhi concluded that the blade weighed a thousand jin and discussed Xiao Tianyang’s concealed identity and the danger Spirit Hall could pose if it were revealed.

Xiao Tianyang overwhelmed the Blazing Fire Team by extinguishing Huo Wushuang’s flames and shattering the team’s ranged fire attack with a shockwave. With two Fire Crane Soul Masters eliminated, Huo Wu ordered the team to use its trump card, Flame Hell.

• Huo Wushuang charged Xiao Tianyang while the Blazing Fire Team’s support Soul Masters strengthened their flames, but Xiao Tianyang caught his fist and extinguished its fire.
• Xiao Tianyang threw Huo Wushuang into the arena floor, and Master concluded that Xiao Tianyang’s suppression ability likely only countered flame-type Martial Souls.
• The Fire Crane Soul Masters attacked Xiao Tianyang with enhanced streams of fire, but his shockwave extinguished the flames and sent both fighters flying.
• The referee caught the two Fire Crane Soul Masters, who were eliminated from the match.
• Huo Wu overruled a support Soul Master’s objection and ordered the team to use its combined Soul Skill, Flame Hell.

Xiao Tianyang defeated the Blazing Fire Team after Huo Wushuang’s surprise attack and their fiery combination skill, destroying the arena in the process. The tournament was postponed, and Xiao Tianyang returned to Shrek Academy in his Edward disguise as others discussed the threat he posed.

• The Blazing Fire Team surrounded Xiao Tianyang with towering flames and attacked, but he shattered the arena and knocked every member off it, securing the Whitebeard Team’s victory.
• Xiao Tianyang told Huo Wu that the gap between them was too great, leaving her dazed and uncertain as he walked away.
• The damaged arena forced the organizers to postpone the competition until the following day.
• Xiao Tianyang dismissed Saber and removed his disguise before meeting Saber at their agreed location; Fei Xue and Zhou Cheng went to visit Miao Zhenshan.
• Xiao Tianyang and Saber returned to Shrek Academy, where they heard people discussing Edward, and Xiao Tianyang said he expected someone to look forward to facing him.