Chapter Summaries

The Seven Treasures Team faced the Thunder Team on the final day of the Preliminary Match, with a perfect record and a place in tournament history at stake. After winning, Shen Tianchen turned his attention to researching the teams they would face in the Promotion Match.

• Shao Xin and the others decided to leave Heaven Dou City with Flender rather than retire from the academy.
• Shen Tianchen selected Feng Xiaotian, Chen Wei, Li Ping, and four substitutes to face the Thunder Team.
• Yu Tianxin and Feng Xiaotian exchanged remarks before both teams used conventional formations and fought cautiously.
• Yu Xiaogang, Yu Tianheng, and Tang San criticized the Thunder Team's conservative approach and discussed their confidence against the Seven Treasures Team.
• Shen Tianchen asked Zhou Qi to gather information about northern teams and their group battles in the Promotion Match.
• The Seven Treasures Team defeated the Thunder Team with four members eliminated and completed the Preliminary Match undefeated.

The Preliminary Match concluded with the Seven Treasures Team celebrated for its perfect record, while Shrek prepared to face the Skywater Team without revealing its strongest tactics. Shen Tianchen learned that both Spirit Hall and the Dragon Snake Couple were watching him.

• Xue Ye congratulated Ning Fengzhi on the Seven Treasures Team's outstanding Preliminary Match record, and Ning Fengzhi worried about maintaining the academy's success.
• Yu Xiaogang told Shrek to conserve its Trump Cards against the Skywater Team because its advancement was already secure.
• Tang San explained to Dai Mubai that revealing their strongest tactics would bring little benefit, and Yu Tianheng backed his reasoning.
• Shen Tianchen left the venue after sensing Dugu Bo's summons and met him in a secluded corner.
• Dugu Bo warned Shen Tianchen that Spirit Hall was gathering information about him and that the Dragon Snake Couple was also keeping an eye on him.

Shen Tianchen dismissed the Dragon Snake Couple’s attempts to claim a connection to him while considering how to protect his teammates in the finals. After the preliminary matches ended, the five advancing teams received their promotion certificates and prizes, with Seven Treasures Team recognized for its undefeated record.

• Dugu Bo guessed that Meng Shu wanted to marry Meng Yiran to Shen Tianchen to raise the Dragon Snake Family’s standing, and Shen Tianchen rejected the idea.
• Dugu Bo asked about Li Jian’s claim that Shen Tianchen was connected to the Li Clan, and Shen Tianchen denied having any ties to them.
• Skywater Team defeated Shrek Team, whose Blue Silver Grass was countered by Shui Bing’er’s ice-attribute martial soul.
• Tang San urged Shrek Team not to lose hope and said he would explain his plans in a few days, while Yu Xiaogang told the team to rest during their vacation.
• Xue Ye presented promotion certificates to the five advancing teams, and Ning Fengzhi awarded Seven Treasures Team ten thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Shen Tianchen and his teammates agreed to divide the prize money among Li Ping, Chen Wei, and three substitute members, giving each two thousand Gold Soul Coins.

At the end of the Preliminary Match, Xue Ye awarded the teams’ members noble titles to recruit them for the Heaven Dou Empire, drawing objections from Salas. Afterward, Shen Tianchen met with the Skywater and Wind Fire Teams to discuss their plans for the Promotion Match.

• Xue Ye left after awarding Shrek Academy its Promotion Certificate, and Salas said its prize money would instead cover compensation owed to other teams.
• Salas distributed rewards to the top three teams, then Xue Ye announced noble titles for every team’s captains, vice-captains, and remaining members if they joined the empire after graduation.
• Salas challenged Xue Ye’s decision, but Xue Ye rejected Spirit Hall’s interference and announced that the Promotion Match would begin after a month of preparation at the Royal Hunting Ground.
• The Seven Treasures Team left the venue to greetings from other teams, then Shen Tianchen met with the Skywater and Wind Fire Teams to discuss avoiding the exposure of too many Trump Cards.
• Shui Bing'er said the Skywater Team would forfeit its Promotion Match against the Seven Treasures Team, while the Wind Fire Team wanted to spar; Shen Tianchen agreed, and the teams headed back to rest.

Ning Fengzhi rewarded the Seven Treasures Team and promised even greater prizes for winning the tournament, while Shen Tianchen arranged their training during the break. At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang shared his plans to pursue the championship and discussed two risky Twin Martial Soul cultivation methods with Tang San and Tang Hao.

• Ning Fengzhi distributed Gold Soul Coins and Cultivation Resources to the Seven Treasures Team, then promised larger rewards for placing first or winning the championship.
• Shen Tianchen and Zhou Qi arranged afternoon intensive training for the Seven Treasures Team during its month of rest.
• Liu Erlong complained about Salas and the withheld prize money, while Yu Xiaogang told Shrek Academy that the champion would receive three soul bones and urged the students to train for first place.
• Tang Hao arrived at Yu Xiaogang's dormitory, where Yu Xiaogang proposed limiting the Clear Sky Hammer to two soul rings or waiting three days between using the two martial souls.
• Tang Hao rejected Yu Xiaogang's untested second theory as too dangerous for Tang San.

Tang Hao rejected Yu Xiaogang’s risky cultivation plan for Tang San, while Yu Xiaogang proposed seeking Bibi Dong’s method for cultivating Twin Martial Souls. Dugu Bo then took Shen Tianchen in disguise to a former mine beneath Heaven Dou City, hinting at a way to help him win the Promotion Match.

• Tang Hao forbade Tang San from attempting Yu Xiaogang’s dangerous cultivation idea, and Tang San left while Tang Hao and Yu Xiaogang spoke privately.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang Hao he planned to visit Bibi Dong and ask for her Twin Martial Souls cultivation method, while Tang Hao warned that Spirit Hall might be investigating Tang San.
• Tang Hao took Tang San to Sunset Forest the next morning as the Seven Treasures Team received a short holiday.
• Dugu Bo asked Shen Tianchen about his plan to defeat Shrek Academy alone, then warned him that his proposed approach would skirt the edge of the law.
• Dugu Bo gave Shen Tianchen a mask and led him through a dark alley, explaining that the area had once contained a mine pit left unfilled when Heaven Dou City was built.

Shen Tianchen and Dugu Bo visited an underground city, where Dugu Bo brought him to Dead Ghost, a former Support-type Spirit Master who sensed something unusual about Shen Tianchen and gave him a letter for a mysterious place. Dead Ghost then began assessing Shen Tianchen’s condition and discussed the balance between Soul Power Level and Spirit Power Quality.

• Dugu Bo led Shen Tianchen into the underground city and explained that its residents dealt in information and discreet services.
• Dugu Bo introduced Shen Tianchen to Dead Ghost, a withered former Support-type Spirit Master who ran a stall.
• Dead Ghost examined Shen Tianchen, praised his robust physique, and sensed an extraordinary Sword Spirit and a familiar scent.
• Dead Ghost gave Shen Tianchen a letter that would reveal its contents only when opened at a particular place, warning Dugu Bo not to interfere with Shen Tianchen’s opportunity.
• Dead Ghost brought Shen Tianchen and Dugu Bo into his shop and asked Shen Tianchen to compare Soul Power Level with Spirit Power Quality.

Shen Tianchen had his Spirit Power Quality enhanced by a hidden Support-type Soul Douluo, then learned from Dugu Bo that the improvement would also boost his cultivation and recovery. Meanwhile, Tang Hao and Tang San planned to add two soul rings to Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer while Yu Xiaogang investigated Twin Martial Souls.

• The stall owner revealed that he could permanently improve Spirit Power Quality, and Dugu Bo shielded the house while he used his eight soul rings to enhance Shen Tianchen.
• Shen Tianchen worried that the enhancement would slow his cultivation, thanked the exhausted stall owner with an Ice Mountain Snow Lotus Root, and left with Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo explained that the stall owner's ability also increased Soul Power cultivation and recovery speed, and warned Shen Tianchen that he was not yet strong enough to pursue the opportunity the stall owner had mentioned.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that they would first add two soul rings to his Clear Sky Hammer while Yu Xiaogang studied Twin Martial Souls.
• Tang San praised Yu Xiaogang's theories, but Tang Hao dismissed them and told him to learn to apply theory flexibly.

The Seven Treasures Team began training together, and Shen Tianchen’s spar with Feng Xiaotian revealed his remarkable stamina and strength. Meanwhile, Tang San and Tang Hao found a suitable spirit beast for Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer and prepared to hunt it.

• Du Zhi and the other substitutes joined the team’s training, while Ning Rongrong and Ning Yu watched and cheered them on.
• Shen Tianchen and Feng Xiaotian sparred, and Shen Tianchen maintained his speed while Feng Xiaotian grew tired.
• Lu Yuntian noticed Shen Tianchen’s unusually profound strength as the team watched the spar.
• Tang San and Tang Hao found a seven-thousand-year-old Vajra Bear, and Tang Hao beat it down so Tang San could take its spirit ring.
• Lu Yuntian stopped the spar and pointed out how Feng Xiaotian’s poor handling of fatigue and air currents had given Shen Tianchen an advantage.

Shen Tianchen impressed Lu Yuntian with his sparring and continued training with the Seven Treasures Team, while Tang San gained two Clear Sky Hammer soul rings. Yu Xiaogang secretly left for Spirit City to seek Bibi Dong’s Twin Martial Souls cultivation method, leaving Tang San to lead Shrek’s training as the others wondered where their teacher had gone.

• Lu Yuntian praised Shen Tianchen’s controlled sparring performance, and Shen Tianchen told Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wushuang that his Spirit Power Quality had improved.
• The Seven Treasures Team began sparring with unfamiliar teachers, exposing mistakes and improving through continued practice.
• Tang San added a seven-thousand-year Vajra Bear ring and a ten-thousand-year One-Eyed Demonic Tiger ring to his Clear Sky Hammer, reaching Soul Power level forty-six and a half, and Tang Hao advised him to wait before absorbing more.
• Yu Xiaogang secretly departed for Spirit City to seek Bibi Dong’s method for cultivating Twin Martial Souls, while Tang Hao promised to watch over Tang San and the team.
• When Yu Xiaogang failed to appear for training, Liu Erlong and the Shrek Seven Devils grew concerned, but Tang Hao privately told Tang San that Yu Xiaogang had gone on business.
• Tang San reassured Liu Erlong and stopped Tailong from asking his family to search for Yu Xiaogang.

As the Promotion Match approached, Shen Tianchen and the Seven Treasures Team watched rival teams battle at the Great Soul Arena and clashed with Shrek Academy. Meng Yiran then tried to bring Shen Tianchen to meet her grandfather, but he refused and his teammates warned her against threatening him.

• The Shrek Team trained for the Promotion Match while the Seven Treasures Team rested after its special training ended.
• Shen Tianchen and the Seven Treasures Team visited the Great Soul Arena, where spectators discussed Shrek Academy's controversies and the Seven Treasures Team's unbeaten record.
• Dai Mubai taunted the Seven Treasures Team, but Feng Xiaotian stopped Huo Wushuang from retaliating and urged him to wait for the Promotion Match.
• Meng Yiran asked Shen Tianchen to meet her grandfather, Meng Shu, but Shen Tianchen declined unless Xue Qinghe or Ning Fengzhi approved.
• The Seven Treasures Team confronted Meng Yiran and warned her that the Dragon Snake Family would face powerful retaliation if it harmed Shen Tianchen.

Meng Shu tried to force Shen Tianchen to accept Meng Yiran’s invitation, but Dugu Bo intervened and threatened the Dragon Snake Family. Shen Tianchen left with Dugu Bo, while Meng Shu and Meng Yiran departed under warning, and Chao Tianxiang asked what had happened.

• Meng Yiran confronted the Seven Treasures Team, and Meng Shu arrived to demand that Shen Tianchen join them for tea.
• Shen Tianchen and the team rejected Meng Shu’s pressure, and Meng Shu released his Soul Douluo aura to intimidate them.
• Dugu Bo appeared, declared Shen Tianchen his brother, and threatened to slaughter Meng Shu’s family if they harmed him.
• Meng Shu left with Meng Yiran, and Shen Tianchen warned Chen Wei to be more careful before following Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo cautioned Shen Tianchen that Meng Shu might retaliate secretly, while Meng Yiran complained that her grandparents should not have yielded.
• Chao Tianxiang asked Meng Shu how his invitation had turned into a confrontation with Dugu Bo.

Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang concluded that Shen Tianchen’s connection with Dugu Bo made him an unsuitable match for Meng Yiran. Two days later, the Seven Treasures Team arrived at the Royal Hunting Ground for the Promotion Match, where Shen Tianchen set the team’s sights on first place and an unbeaten record.

• Meng Shu suspected Shen Tianchen had helped Dugu Bo rapidly improve his strength, while Chao Tianxiang warned that Dugu Bo might have chosen Shen Tianchen as his grandson-in-law.
• Meng Yiran insisted she did not want to marry anyone and preferred to stay with her grandparents, so Meng Shu suggested finding her a live-in son-in-law.
• The academy teams traveled to the Royal Hunting Ground, where Ning Rongrong proposed choosing a secluded camp so the team could rest and hunt.
• Shen Tianchen, Ning Rongrong, and Zhou Qi agreed on a secluded rest area for the Seven Treasures Team, and Shen Tianchen assessed the arena’s size and its effect on his planned solo matches.
• Zhou Qi explained the grounds’ rules and restrictions, then Feng Xiaotian asked Shen Tianchen about his plans for the tournament.
• Shen Tianchen told the team to eliminate as many opponents as they could and said they needed to win the Promotion Match without losing so they could secure a finals bye and fulfill Ning Fengzhi’s promise.

Shrek Team was forced to endure a garbage dump beside its rest area, while Seven Treasures Team learned it would face Exotic Beast Academy in the first match. The chapter ended with Zhou Qi advising the team to seek revenge without humiliating its opponent.

• Shrek Team entered last and settled for a secluded rest area, while the Promotion Match opening ceremony emphasized one-on-one competition.
• Staff members dumped garbage beside Shrek Team’s camp and blamed the team for making a mess, but Tang San restrained himself from attacking them.
• Yu Tianheng suggested that Liu Erlong file a complaint, but Shrek Team had to remain at the garbage-strewn rest area.
• Seven Treasures Team drew Exotic Beast Academy as its opponent for the next day’s match.
• Zhou Qi described Exotic Beast Academy’s strength and influence, then urged Huo Wu and the others not to go too far despite their grievance.

The Seven Treasures Team prepared to face the Exotic Beast Team, while Meng Yiran demanded a chance to challenge Shen Tianchen and her instructor planned to concede if the match turned against them. Feng Xiaotian opened the match by quickly defeating the Exotic Beast Team’s first fighter, giving the Seven Treasures Team a one-to-zero lead.

• Shen Tianchen chose Feng Xiaotian to open the match and instructed the team not to field Wushuang.
• Meng Yiran asked to fight Shen Tianchen, but Meng Shu and the Exotic Beast Team’s instructor warned her against it and planned to concede at an appropriate time.
• The Shrek Academy Team defeated the Barak Academy Team five to seven, with Yu Tianheng taking down three opponents and Tang San never entering the arena.
• Meng Yiran challenged Shen Tianchen before the match, but he refused to change the Seven Treasures Team’s planned order.
• The Exotic Beast Team sent a Soul Elder to face Feng Xiaotian, who quickly knocked him out of the arena and put his team ahead one to zero.

Feng Xiaotian led the Seven Treasures Team to an easy victory over the Exotic Beast Team, prompting other academies to fear their strength and forfeit future matches. The team planned to share opportunities in upcoming bouts, while the Shrek Team continued preparing to face its rival.

• Yu Tianheng worried that the Shrek Team’s weaker fighters could not overcome the Seven Treasures Team, but Tang San insisted that the Team Battle was their trump card.
• Feng Xiaotian defeated the Exotic Beast Team captain with a single kick, eliminated two more contestants, and forced the team to surrender.
• Feng Xiaotian told Shen Tianchen that he had used little Soul Power but lost more than half his stamina, and estimated that One-vs-Six was his limit.
• Shen Tianchen planned for every Seven Treasures Team member to compete in their first match, with Feng Xiaotian going second in later matches and Shen Tianchen staying last.
• After the first day of the Promotion Match, several weaker teams began forfeiting against the Seven Treasures Team, leaving its members with little to do.

Yu Xiaogang arrived in Spirit City and went to Papal Palace, hoping to obtain Bibi Dong’s Twin Martial Soul cultivation method for Tang San. Qian Daoliu learned of his visit and went to confront him, determined to make him pay for impersonating a Spirit Hall Elder while keeping him alive.

• Yu Xiaogang entered Spirit City, rented a room, and headed for Papal Palace with the Papal Edict, believing Bibi Dong still had feelings for him.
• The guards recognized Yu Xiaogang as an honorary Elder and reported his arrival to Bibi Dong in advance.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo urged Qian Daoliu to punish Yu Xiaogang for damaging Spirit Hall’s reputation, and Qian Daoliu concluded Yu Xiaogang likely wanted Bibi Dong’s Twin Martial Soul cultivation method for Tang San.
• Qian Daoliu ordered Golden Crocodile Douluo to wait outside Papal Palace and went to deal with Yu Xiaogang himself, planning to make Bibi Dong confront him.

Yu Xiaogang visited Bibi Dong to ask about cultivating Twin Martial Souls, while Qian Daoliu suspected his real motive was to help Tang San. Bibi Dong confirmed that suspicion, and Yu Xiaogang left after denying that Tang San possessed a second martial soul.

• Qian Daoliu wagered with Bibi Dong that Yu Xiaogang had come to ask for the Twin Martial Souls cultivation method, and Bibi Dong agreed to spare his life if he had.
• Yu Xiaogang entered the Papal Palace and tried to rekindle his relationship with Bibi Dong, but she rejected him and ordered him to leave.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed he wanted Bibi Dong's help with his research into Twin Martial Souls, and Bibi Dong accused him of seeking it for Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang denied that Tang San had a second martial soul and departed after Bibi Dong refused to help him.

Bibi Dong exposed Tang San’s identity to Yu Xiaogang, while Golden Crocodile Douluo discovered that Yu Xiaogang’s Papal Edict implicated him in ties to the Clear Sky Sect. Spirit Hall imprisoned Yu Xiaogang and publicly branded him an impostor, leaving Tang Hao unable to learn his fate as Yu Yuanzhen called a clan meeting.

• Bibi Dong showed Yu Xiaogang Spirit Hall’s files connecting Tang San to Tang Hao, and Yu Xiaogang realized Tang San’s identity had been exposed.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo seized Yu Xiaogang and used the hidden mark on his Papal Edict to question his ties to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Yu Xiaogang was sent to the Heavenly Prison, where he confessed to impersonating a Spirit Hall elder under questioning.
• Spirit Hall announced that Yu Xiaogang had used a Papal Edict to impersonate an elder, and suggested he had obtained it by robbing a grave.
• Tang Hao saw the announcement, worried about Yu Xiaogang’s fate, and failed to learn any further information from Spirit Hall.
• Yu Yuanzhen convened a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan meeting to discuss Yu Xiaogang and the scandal surrounding him.

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan debated Yu Xiaogang’s scandal and removed his name from the family tree. Yu Luomian then went to Shrek Academy’s camp to learn why Yu Xiaogang had gone to Spirit City, where Liu Erlong faced the clan delegation.

• Yu Luomian challenged Yu Yuanzhen over the Papal Edict Yu Xiaogang had used, and the elders argued that Yu Xiaogang had brought disgrace on the clan.
• The elders voted to strip Yu Xiaogang of his status as a clan member, and Yu Yuanzhen removed his name from the family tree.
• Yu Luomian led clan members to Shrek Academy’s camp to investigate Yu Xiaogang’s trip to Spirit City and arranged better lodging for Liu Erlong.
• Liu Erlong came out to confront the noisy visitors, and a clan elder asked her to explain what she knew about Yu Xiaogang.