Vol. 3The Tournament and the Challenge

Han Li strengthened his allies and maneuvered through the Soul Master Competition as Tang San and Tang Hao pursued their own plans. After Skywater Academy won the finals and Tang San was exposed as a Soul Beast, Han Li challenged Tang Hao and fought him in the arena.

  • Han Li strengthened his companions, secured the Blue Silver King’s sacrifice and the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, and uncovered how clan grudges against Spirit Hall had been manipulated.
  • Tang Hao broke Yu Xiaogang’s leg, while Tang San secretly worsened the injury as he pursued a place on Royal Fight Team One.
  • Yu Xiaogang replaced his limb bones and restored his cultivation, while Tang San replaced his own bones and absorbed a ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring.
  • Han Li prepared Spirit Hall’s entrance to the competition, while Zhu Zhuqing and the Skywater Academy girls set out to meet their teammates.
  • Zhu Zhuqing led Skywater Academy to defeat Tang San’s team, and the political struggle around the former Shrek students intensified.
  • Ning Rongrong visited Han Li’s residence with her father’s message and asked Zhu Zhuqing to face Dai Mubai.
  • Skywater Academy defeated Spirit Hall Academy, and Han Li exposed Tang San as a Soul Beast before challenging Tang Hao.
  • Han Li interrupted Tang Hao’s hammer strikes and countered his domains as Tang Hao detonated his first three Soul Rings.
Chapters 202–301 Read from ch. 202

Arc 9Hidden Heirlooms and Old Grudges

Han Li strengthened his companions, secured the Blue Silver King’s sacrifice and the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, and exposed the truth behind the clans’ hostility toward Spirit Hall. Meanwhile, Tang Hao turned on Yu Xiaogang, and Tang San secretly worsened his teacher’s injury as he pursued a place on Royal Fight Team One.

  • Han Li entered Tang San’s dreams to steal knowledge of the Tang Sect’s techniques, then left Heaven Dou Royal Academy and helped Zhu Zhuqing refine Whale Rubber and train.
  • Han Li arranged Qian Renxue’s exchange for the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and brought Ye Lingling into his group, strengthening her and Zhu Zhuqing with immortal herbs.
  • Han Li forced the Blue Silver King to sacrifice itself for Ye Lingling, helped create a hundred-thousand-year soul bone, and led the group to hunt for more soul rings.
  • Han Li met Yue Guan and the Golden Generation in the Star Dou Great Forest, then obtained Zhu Zhuqing’s soul rings and advanced Ye Lingling’s cultivation.
  • Tang Hao confronted Ning Fengzhi over Zhu Zhuqing’s disappearance, realized someone had set them against each other, and returned to break Yu Xiaogang’s leg.
  • Han Li offered to heal Bai Ming, revealed that Tang Hao’s child had a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast mother, and secured the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng from Bai He.
  • Tang San found Yu Xiaogang injured and secretly ground fragments from his shattered leg into powder before carrying him to a healer.
Chapters 202–226 Summaries Read

Arc 10Bones Before the Tournament

Yu Xiaogang’s bone exchanges restored his cultivation and led Tang San to replace his own limbs and absorb a ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring. As the Soul Master Competition approached, Han Li prepared Spirit Hall’s entrance and the girls of Skywater Academy set out to meet their teammates.

  • Gou Master repaired Yu Xiaogang’s leg with Vegetable Dog bones, and Yu Xiaogang broke through after years without progress as Han Li began collecting the leaking Golden Sacred Dragon origin essence.
  • Yu Xiaogang was expelled from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Tang San secretly followed him and later staged plans that persuaded Yu Xiaogang he had devised a way to replace bones.
  • Yu Xiaogang replaced the bones in his limbs and absorbed a Thousand-Year Grass Dog soul ring, while Tang Hao watched over him and Han Li collected the last of his leaking origin essence.
  • Han Li escaped Tang Hao in Sunset Forest, then traveled with Zhu Zhuqing to Gengxin City, where he made Lou Gao swear an oath and commissioned forged equipment.
  • Tang Hao found Ah Yin’s cave empty and blamed the Wind Baboon race, while Han Li returned to Heaven Dou City and accepted the post of highest-ranking official of the Heaven Dou Division for the competition.
  • Tang Hao prepared a King Kong Baboon for Tang San, and Tang San underwent bone replacement before breaking through to Soul Ancestor and absorbing a ten-thousand-year Crypt Demon Spider soul ring.
  • With the Soul Master Competition about to begin, Han Li prepared to enter with Qian Renxue disguised as Xue Qinghe, while Zhu Zhuqing’s companions encouraged her before they went to meet Skywater Academy’s team.
Chapters 227–251 Summaries Read

Arc 11The Preliminary Tournament

Skywater Academy’s victory over Tang San’s team reshaped the tournament and intensified the political struggle around the former Shrek students. As Tang Hao sought to bring the Clear Sky Sect back into the world, Ning Rongrong arrived at Han Li’s residence with her father’s message and asked Zhu Zhuqing to face Dai Mubai.

  • Flender’s confrontation with Dugu Yan over Zhu Zhuqing and the former Shrek students alarmed the contestants, and Han Li addressed the opening ceremony before the tournament matches began.
  • Tang San led the Royal Fight Second Team to defeat Blue Tyrant Academy, while Han Li defended the opponents’ tactics and Xue Ye ordered an investigation into Flender and his associates.
  • Zhu Zhuqing revealed her strength as a level 55 Soul King and defeated Tang San’s team, leaving Tang San devastated by the loss and Xiao Wu’s injury.
  • Tang Hao met Tang Yuehua and Tang Xiao, revealed Xiao Wu’s identity and his plans for the Clear Sky Sect, and persuaded Tang Xiao to consider reemerging with Tang San as a test of Spirit Hall’s reaction.
  • Han Li learned of the Clear Sky Sect’s plans and wrote to Qian Daoliu, while Tang San received Tang Hao’s letter and agreed to forfeit the match against Canghui Academy after learning of its Spiritual Power attack.
  • Ning Rongrong visited Han Li’s residence at her father’s request, grew comfortable with Zhu Zhuqing and the other women, and asked Zhu Zhuqing to fight Dai Mubai in the Advancement Tournament.
Chapters 252–276 Summaries Read

Arc 12The Finals and Han Li’s Challenge

Han Li returned to Spirit City and maneuvered among the factions as the Soul Master Competition reached its finals. After Tang San’s identity as a Soul Beast was exposed, Han Li confronted Tang Hao in the arena, and their battle escalated into a clash of powerful domains and soul skills.

  • Han Li followed Tang Hao after Shi Nian left the competition venue, then killed Shi Nian and took his thirty-thousand-year Head Soul Bone after Tang Hao had already killed him.
  • Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer against Feng Xiaotian, and their final clash ended in a draw as news of Tang San’s weapon spread.
  • Han Li returned to Spirit City, gave Qian Daoliu three Mysterious Heaven Skill manuals, and arranged to distribute the technique while preparing a major move for Faith Power.
  • Han Li reunited with Qian Renxue, and they made a bet that the first to become a god could demand one condition from the other.
  • At the finals, Hu Liena’s team forced Tang San to reveal his Clear Sky Hammer, then used Xiao Wu against him until Tang San broke his arm and conceded.
  • Skywater Academy defeated Spirit Hall Academy, while Ye Lingling began treating the Royal Fight Second Team and a transformed Soul Beast’s presence alarmed the spectators.
  • Han Li publicly identified Tang San as a Soul Beast and challenged Tang Hao over protecting him, revealing his Ice Fire Divine Dragon Bow and extraordinary Soul Rings.
  • Han Li repeatedly interrupted Tang Hao’s hammer strikes with arrows, then countered Tang Hao’s Great Sumeru Hammer and Divine Slaughter’s Domain as Tang Hao detonated his first three Soul Rings.
Chapters 277–301 Summaries Read
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