Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong used their Mind Storm Martial Soul Fusion Skill to defeat Poxiao and Divine Weapon Pavilion, securing Shrek Academy’s victory in the semifinal. The onlookers discussed how Poxiao’s condition and the team’s misunderstanding of the attack had shaped the outcome.

• Huo Yuhao realized Divine Weapon Pavilion would not settle for a draw, while Poxiao struggled to follow Xuanyuan Azure Dragon’s order to give everything in every match.
• Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong launched Mind Storm, and the referee stopped the match and declared Shrek Academy the winner.
• Wang Qiu'er caught Tang Wutong, while exhausted Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi failed to catch Huo Yuhao before he hit the arena.
• Poxiao accepted the loss without making excuses, while the important figures assessed Shrek Academy’s powerful fusion skill and Divine Weapon Pavilion’s mistaken defense.
• Xiao Tianyang, Yan Lingji, and Snow Woman discussed how Poxiao’s mental state and Xuanyuan Azure Dragon’s pressure might have affected the match.

Xiao Tianyang watched the Divine Might competition and learned how Spirit Hall and the Tang Family maintained their rivalry through an annual exchange conference. The chapter introduced the Tang Family’s prodigies as the Tang and Spirit Hall teams began their match.

• Xiao Tianyang assessed the major factions’ rising strength and asked Snow Woman to note several promising young talents for a possible training camp.
• Snow Woman told Xiao Tianyang that Spirit Hall and the Tang Family held an annual exchange conference with regular tournaments and heir-versus-heir matches, rewarding the losers with cultivation resources.
• Xiao Tianyang and Snow Woman turned their attention to the tense match between the Spirit Hall Team and the Tang Family team, which included members of the Ning Family.
• The chapter described Tang Ming, an exceptionally strong Soul Douluo who had joined Divine Might, and Tang Yu, the Tang Family’s designated heir.
• The chapter explained that Tang Tian was being raised as a clan pillar and had been sent to Shrek Academy while the family focused on Tang Yu, though both siblings received equal cultivation resources.

Xiao Tianyang deduced that the Tang Family’s trump card was a Four-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while the chapter explained how that concept first emerged from a desperate battle near Demon Forest. The Tang Family’s match was underway, and the skill’s origins suggested that others had since begun experimenting with the idea.

• Snow Woman told Xiao Tianyang that the Tang Family had secretly trained Tang Yu and Ning Jing, and Xiao Tianyang guessed their trump card was a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• The chapter explained that ordinary Martial Soul Fusion Skills had become less effective as individual strength improved, while bonds between humans and Soul Beasts were difficult to recreate.
• Two Divine Might employees were cornered near Demon Forest by more than ten top-tier Evil Demons and triggered a fusion of their four Martial Souls.
• Their attack took the form of a giant Earth Qilin, destroyed the surrounding area, and crushed the pursuing Evil Demons before the two employees fell unconscious.
• After Divine Might shared the incident internally, pioneers in the Spirit Master World began experimenting with Four-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skills.

Tang Yu and Ning Jing unleashed their Four-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill, prompting Ye Guyi to face them alone with her Holy Angel Domain and her teammates’ support. The battle remained undecided as both sides held back their trump cards.

• Tang Yu and Ning Jing emerged from a milky-white cloud in a fused form with a Titled Douluo-level aura.
• Ye Guyi ordered her teammates to withdraw and activated her Holy Angel Domain and several soul skills.
• Ye Guyi revealed her five pairs of wings, while her teammates transferred their defenses and support to her before leaving the stage.
• Xiao Tianyang told Snow Woman that neither side had used its trump cards and refused to bet on the winner.
• Xiao Tianyang deduced that Ye Guyi absorbed some soul essence from creatures she killed and recognized that she had sent her teammates away to avoid leaving an opening.

Tang Yu and Ning Jing fought Ye Guyi to a draw after all three sustained damage to their Martial Souls, and the Competition Committee restored them. The City Lord then changed the tournament rules and announced new rewards and training opportunities before the competition resumed.

• Tang Yu and Ning Jing battled Ye Guyi for over twenty minutes, with neither side gaining a decisive advantage.
• Both sides unleashed powerful attacks that damaged their Martial Souls, then agreed to avoid their final trump cards and decide the match with normal attacks.
• The Competition Committee declared a draw and sent emerald-green lotus flames to heal Tang Yu, Ning Jing, and Ye Guyi.
• Tang Yu left with Ning Jing and told Ye Guyi they would meet backstage, while Ye Guyi hesitated before departing.
• The referee announced that the tournament rewards would be doubled, the top three would receive special rewards, the City Lord would select contestants for special training, and teams outside the four major factions could add members.
• The referee said the competition would resume in half an hour.

Iron Pagoda’s Douluo Federation team prepared for its semifinal match during the competition break and discussed the threat posed by Ghost Gate Pass’s Ghost Princess. Iron Pagoda kept the team’s Rush Tactic in place and promised to handle any surprises himself.

• The competition paused for half an hour, and Iron Pagoda returned with his team to their waiting room.
• Hank told Iron Pagoda that Ghost Gate Pass had entered Ghost Princess, the Ghost Lord’s youngest daughter, whose Martial Soul was the Hundred Ghosts Night Parade Scroll.
• Strand reasoned that Ghost Princess might already be near the Soul Douluo realm, while Bao Lan and Bao Hong asked to sit out but changed their minds when Iron Pagoda warned they would forfeit rewards.
• Strand asked whether the team would keep using its Decapitation Strategy against the new opponent.
• Iron Pagoda ordered the team to stick to its original Rush Tactic and said he would handle anything unexpected.

As the match between Iron Pagoda and Ghost Princess began, Snow Woman assessed the teams and judged that Iron Pagoda was the weaker side in a four-six split. Her intelligence revealed that Ghost Princess had cultivated powerful underworld figures through her Hundred Ghosts Night Parade Scroll, and Xiao Tianyang wondered how the restrictions on her abilities differed from Bai Ya’s.

• The two teams took the field as Xiao Tianyang anticipated the clash between Iron Pagoda and Ghost Princess.
• Snow Woman reviewed her intelligence and estimated that Ghost Princess had a four-to-six advantage over Iron Pagoda.
• Snow Woman explained that Ghost Princess had begun building an underworld and cultivated its Third Master and Fourth Master, whose strength rivaled powerful Soul Douluos.
• Xiao Tianyang wondered whether Ghost Princess’s Martial Soul could eventually create a true underworld.
• Xiao Tianyang asked whether Ghost Princess’s abilities were restricted like Bai Ya’s, and Snow Woman asked if he was sure he wanted to know.

Xiao Tianyang assessed Ghost Princess’s Hundred Ghosts Night Parade Scroll and judged that her development had serious limitations, though her current strength remained uncertain. As the match began, Ghost Princess unleashed her domain and soul skills, and Iron Pagoda countered by releasing the Blood Fiend Energy sealed beneath his armor.

• Xiao Tianyang used his Ancient Divine Eyes to inspect Ghost Princess and learn the abilities and limits of her Martial Soul.
• Xiao Tianyang concluded that Ghost Princess had developed along the wrong path, spread her resources too thin, and might not be worth the investment to retrain.
• The referee started the match, and Ghost Princess activated her Underworld Domain, soul skills, and External Soul Bone skill.
• Ghost Princess filled the arena with yin energy and ghostly mist, creating an oppressive aura for the opposing team.
• Iron Pagoda loosened his armor clasps and unleashed dense Blood Fiend Energy, which formed a vortex and stirred the surrounding yin energy.

The Blood Pagoda Squad and Ghost Gate Pass fought in a direct, evenly matched battle as Iron Pagoda and Ghost Princess targeted each other while Ding Hao challenged Gui Wuming. Xiao Tianyang and Snow Woman discussed Iron Pagoda’s dangerous sealed powers and the shifting odds, and the match remained undecided.

• Iron Pagoda attacked Ghost Princess with a blood-powered crescent slash, but she extinguished it with ghostfire before Bao Lan countered and restrained her.
• Ding Hao stopped Bao Lan from pressing the attack and took on Gui Wuming, while Jack fought the opposing Assault System Soul Master.
• Xiao Tianyang noticed both teams had abandoned elaborate tactics to show their individual strengths, and Snow Woman said the odds might shift from the original Four-Six Split.
• Snow Woman explained that Iron Pagoda’s Blood Fiend Body and Sea of Corpses and Blood were restrained by custom armor, anti-magic runes, and Six-Star Shackles.
• Xiao Tianyang reflected that Iron Pagoda might rival Huo Yuhao as Douluo Continent’s protagonist, while the fierce match continued without a clear winner.

Xiao Tianyang analyzed the arena battle as Lanster and Jack struggled to break through the Ghost King Shield Soul Master's defense, while Iron Pagoda and Ghost Princess fought to a stalemate. Iron Pagoda and Ghost Princess unleashed their full power and began a decisive clash, with Ghost Princess striking first.

• Xiao Tianyang observed that the Ghost King Shield Soul Master had trapped Lanster and Jack in a two-on-two fight and burdened them with negative effects.
• Iron Pagoda and Ghost Princess exchanged dozens of blows in the arena's center before retreating to recover their stamina.
• Ghost Princess decided she had to break the stalemate, while Iron Pagoda prepared his true Sea of Corpses and Blood stance.
• Iron Pagoda and Ghost Princess raised their power beyond ordinary Soul Douluo levels, prompting everyone else to retreat to the arena's edges.
• Ghost Princess launched the first attack, sweeping her Yin Yang Staff as ghostfire and a Ghost King phantom appeared.

Ghost Princess and Iron Pagoda unleashed their full strength in a fierce duel that shook the arena, leaving both teams to consider the danger their opponents posed. The battle continued without a victor as the referee monitored the crumbling arena.

• Gui Wuming recognized that Ghost Princess was fighting at nearly full strength and was astonished by Iron Pagoda's equally formidable display.
• Iron Pagoda and Ghost Princess's blade-and-staff clash unleashed powerful shockwaves that sent team members flying and fractured the arena.
• The referee rescued the airborne competitors and watched the battle, suspecting that Xiao Tianyang's influence had helped produce so many exceptional fighters.
• Ding Hao wondered whether Iron Pagoda's strength came from having his idol present, while Lanster warned that Ghost Gate Pass could become a major threat.
• Lanster explained that the tournament's elimination format made points and strategy crucial, and he judged Gui Wuming capable of reaching the top ten or even the top three.

After Iron Pagoda narrowly defeated Ghost Princess, Xiao Tianyang reflected on the tournament and the political situation, then sent a sealed letter by mechanical bird. He later explained his deductions to Yan Lingji and Snow Woman, who asked whether Ghost Princess could be rescued.

• Iron Pagoda defeated Ghost Princess by half a move, and Xiao Tianyang judged both fighters to be promising.
• Xiao Tianyang considered the tournament, the weakened Sun Moon Empire, and his plans to select talented young contestants while waiting for Yue Shen's plan to conclude.
• After the matches ended, Xiao Tianyang returned to the hotel with Yan Lingji and Snow Woman, wrote a letter, and sent it away on a mechanical bird.
• Xiao Tianyang explained his conjectures to Yan Lingji and Snow Woman over dinner, and they reacted differently to his deductions.
• Snow Woman asked whether Ghost Princess could be rescued, and Xiao Tianyang explained that her unusual Martial Soul made the outcome depend on her future fortune.

Xiao Tianyang explained Ghost Princess’s limited long-term potential and offered to help her develop further, though she might refuse and stay on Douluo Continent. He returned to the tournament with Yan Lingji and Snow Woman, where the matches continued in a more direct, brutal style as he searched for talented recruits.

• Xiao Tianyang compared Ghost Princess’s Martial Soul to a bottle with a fixed capacity and warned that her growth could falter beyond Douluo Continent.
• Yan Lingji asked whether Ghost Princess could accept giving up her progress, and Xiao Tianyang said he would advise her to stay if she refused his help.
• Snow Woman asked whether Xiao Tianyang wanted Ghost Princess to withdraw from the competition, and he said he had not planned that and had not sent her the letter directly.
• Xiao Tianyang brought Yan Lingji and Snow Woman back to the tournament venue the next morning as the factions prepared to reveal their strongest contestants.
• The tournament continued with direct, savage duels, while Snow Woman’s list of qualified geniuses grew and Xiao Tianyang privately met several faction leaders.

The third semifinal round was set to test teams’ overall ability as they fought for points and arena-champion positions over two days and one night. Xiao Tianyang arrived with Yan Lingji and the Snow Woman as the reorganized arenas and camps were prepared, with the Competition Committee’s rules emphasizing judgment, stamina, and survival.

• The Competition Committee gave contestants three days to recover before the final two-day-and-one-night gauntlet, where teams had to earn points and claim an arena-champion position to reach the top forty.
• Xiao Tianyang felt relaxed as Divine Might sent him good news about Douluo Continent’s development, and he planned to consult Yue Shen before acting on his larger plans.
• After the rest period, Xiao Tianyang arrived with Yan Lingji and the Snow Woman, and a referee used his Loess Martial Soul to send the central arena underground.
• The venue was arranged with forty arenas and one hundred equipped camps where teams could rest, cook, and treat injuries themselves.
• The Competition Committee established that teams could be eliminated if they required rescue and judged contestants by how well they managed their condition, benefits, and hardship.

Xiao Tianyang introduced a rule awarding points for every hour a team held the arena champion title, forcing contestants to rethink their third-round strategies. Shrek Academy split over whether to preserve its original plan or save its strength for a final arena battle, and the vote exposed opposing factions within the team.

• Xiao Tianyang proposed awarding arena champions one point for each hour they held the title, and Snow Woman had the Competition Committee assess the change before announcing it.
• The Competition Committee accepted the rule for the third round, making arena control and defeating opponents both important ways to earn points.
• Lanster advised Iron Pagoda's team to build on its original plan and adjust their tactics according to their results, and Iron Pagoda agreed.
• Huo Yuhao told Shrek Academy that the new rule had invalidated their plans and urged the team to decide whether to conserve strength for a final battle.
• Tang Wutong and Wang Qiu'er voted for the new plan, while Huo Yuhao favored the original plan; Bei Bei, He Caitou, and Tang Tian backed the new plan, and Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Bo backed Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao explained why the team could still afford to follow their aggressive plan, and the others regained confidence as they considered the wider field of opponents. When the third semifinal round began, they waited for a suitable opportunity while Iron Pagoda put a points-farming strategy into motion.

• Bei Bei settled the disagreement by having the minority follow the majority, and Huo Yuhao apologized before explaining the team's limited chances and need to use their trump cards.
• Huo Yuhao described how the first two matches had forced the team to reveal much of its strength, while the larger pool of possible opponents made the next round more manageable.
• The team's confidence rose as they realized their opponents would not all be as powerful as Xuan Tie Men or Divine Weapon Pavilion.
• The arena masters began the matches, and Huo Yuhao's team waited rather than challenging immediately.
• Iron Pagoda's team deliberately stepped down from an arena to let another team take it, aiming to farm points while avoiding a future alliance against the strongest teams.

Xiao Tianyang watched the third-round matches as teams weighed the risks of becoming arena champions, then focused on three teams making their moves. Iron Pagoda, Ghost Princess, and Huo Yuhao each selected an opponent, leaving Xiao Tianyang especially curious about Huo Yuhao’s choice.

• Iron Pagoda and his teammates left the arena instead of becoming champions, choosing to control when they challenged and preserve their strength.
• Xiao Tianyang, Yan Lingji, and the Snow Woman observed the matches across the venue, while most spectators could not follow every arena.
• After half a day of battles, Iron Pagoda challenged the Griffin Treehouse, and Ghost Princess challenged Myriad Sword Manor.
• Huo Yuhao chose to challenge the Iron Fist Society, whose captain, Thompson, was a highly regarded young boxer.

Shrek Academy faced the Iron Fist Society in a semifinal match, with Huo Yuhao and his teammates preparing a surprise attack while Xu Sanshi, He Caitou, and Wang Bo held the opponents back. Huo Yuhao unleashed Group Weakness, creating an opening for Jiang Nannan and Wang Qiu'er to strike, and the match's outcome remained unresolved.

• Shrek Academy left Tang Ya out of the lineup and entered the match with seven fighters against the Iron Fist Society.
• Xu Sanshi and He Caitou pressured the opposing team while Wang Bo disrupted their movements with his magnetic-field abilities.
• Huo Yuhao charged up his third Soul Skill as Jiang Nannan and Wang Qiu'er stood nearby, then moved away from him.
• Huo Yuhao used Group Weakness to make Thompson and his six teammates feel as though their strength had been drained.
• Jiang Nannan rushed forward and Wang Qiu'er unleashed her destructive attack against the weakened opponents.

Huo Yuhao’s team won their match after Wang Bo’s magnetic affinity created an opening for Wang Qiu’er, though they lost two teammates. As the competition continued, Xiao Tianyang considered the increasingly unpredictable field and his approach to choosing and managing talented people.

• Xiao Tianyang realized Wang Bo’s sudden attack had helped Huo Yuhao’s team eliminate three opponents, while four enemies remained.
• Snow Woman explained that Wang Bo was a top genius whose innate affinity with magnetism let him distort magnetic force.
• Xiao Tianyang reviewed the competition’s rules and noted that hidden successors among the teams had undermined plans to choose predictable opponents.
• Huo Yuhao ended the match with two teammates fallen and secured victory for his team.
• Xiao Tianyang watched teams compete for points and reflected on how ability and character should guide whom he trusted and appointed.

Two days into the arena matches, Huo Yuhao’s team had completed its three scheduled fights but exhausted all its trump cards, leaving Xiao Tianyang to estimate their chances of becoming arena champion at under forty percent. As the strongest factions gathered points and many injured teams withdrew, Xiao Tianyang asked whether any exceptional talents remained hidden.

• Thompson endured severe wounds and fought the Iron Pagoda team for five hours, using his Sun Kangaroo King Martial Soul’s enhanced recovery to keep battling.
• As the second day wore on, many seriously injured teams, including the Iron Fist Society, withdrew from the competition.
• Huo Yuhao’s team finished its three scheduled matches, but Xiao Tianyang judged that their depleted trump cards left them with less than a thirty percent chance of winning.
• Snow Woman said the Douluo Federation had the highest score, with Spirit Hall and the True Body Sect close behind, followed by several other major factions.
• Xiao Tianyang asked Snow Woman and Yan Lingji whether they had found any new exceptional geniuses, and they recognized he meant talents whose strength might still be concealed.