Chapter Summaries

After Dugu Bo badly injured Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, Shrek Academy debated retaliation, and Yu Tianheng proposed secretly using Spirit Hall against Poison Douluo. Dugu Bo remained in the forest, sensing the hidden watcher behind Shrek and recognizing that the person was revealing themselves.

• Dugu Bo knocked Tang San unconscious and struck Yu Xiaogang, while Flender stopped Liu Erlong from attacking him.
• Flender led Shrek Academy away to find treatment for Yu Xiaogang, and the group discussed how they might retaliate against Dugu Bo.
• Yu Tianheng proposed exploiting Dugu Bo's grudge against Spirit Hall and arranging matters so the royal family would not trace the scheme back to them.
• Flender advised the group to abandon retaliation for now, but Liu Erlong insisted on acting, and he reluctantly accepted Yu Tianheng's plan.
• Dugu Bo stayed in the forest and sensed Shrek Academy departing as the person who had been watching him stopped concealing their aura.

Dugu Bo confronted Tang Hao in Sunset Forest, and their battle began as Dugu Bo exploited Tang Hao’s lingering injuries and poison. At Seven Treasures Academy, Ning Fengzhi addressed calls for a team selection tournament while keeping the current main members in place.

• Dugu Bo accepted Shen Tianchen’s advice to prioritize his current strength after absorbing the Torso Bone and gaining Soul Power.
• Tang Hao revealed himself and challenged Dugu Bo, who recognized Tang Hao’s plans involving Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• Tang Hao threatened Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo and Tang Hao fought with their Martial Soul Avatars in Sunset Forest.
• Dugu Bo used poison to aggravate Tang Hao’s old injuries and wore him down, while spirit masters nearby fled or halted their hunts.
• Ning Fengzhi rejected replacing the Seven Treasures Team’s main members and allowed eligible students to claim a main spot by defeating a current member.

After returning to Seven Treasures Academy, Shen Tianchen's team learned that they would face a substitute selection tournament and could be challenged for their main-team positions. In Sunset Forest, Dugu Bo defeated Tang Hao, who fled with his injuries worsened and warned Dugu Bo not to expose Tang San's identity.

• Lin Changqing told the returning Seven Treasures Team that the academy would hold a substitute selection tournament and that main members other than Ning Rongrong would have to defend their places against the winners.
• Shen Tianchen agreed with Zhou Qi's plan to pause strenuous training and Soul Arena matches so the team could rest and prepare.
• Dugu Bo used the Jade Scale Serpent Emperor's Time Freeze and venom to injure Tang Hao during their battle in Sunset Forest.
• Tang Hao shattered several spirit rings to break free and counterattack, but Dugu Bo enhanced his venom with Snowy Swan's Kiss and forced him to retreat.
• Tang Hao warned Dugu Bo not to reveal Tang San's identity before fleeing to treat his worsening injuries, and Dugu Bo cleaned up the battlefield.

Shen Tianchen warned Dugu Bo about Tang Hao and gave him more Snowy Swan's Kiss leaves, while the Shrek Seven Devils blamed Shen for Yu Xiaogang's injuries and discussed searching Thunder Gorge for immortal herbs. The chapter left Tang San planning to search secretly with Yu Tianheng's clan contacts.

• Dugu Bo told Shen Tianchen that Tang San had tried to pry into the immortal herbs and that Tang Hao had attacked him after he taught Tang San a lesson.
• Shen Tianchen gave Dugu Bo more Snowy Swan's Kiss leaves and warned him to watch for Tang Hao while the academy selection trials continued.
• The Shrek Seven Devils gathered outside Yu Xiaogang's room, where Liu Erlong watched over him as he remained unconscious from his severe injuries.
• Dai Mubai, Yu Tianheng, and Ma Hongjun blamed Shen Tianchen for their troubles, while Zhu Zhuqing urged the group to focus on cultivating.
• Yu Tianheng proposed searching Thunder Gorge for immortal herbs after hearing that a clan member had once found a herb there that increased Soul Power.
• Tang San agreed to have Yu Tianheng send trusted clan members to search secretly and argued that they could keep any herbs until they learned their effects.

Shen Tianchen discussed the Seven Treasures Academy selection tournament with Xue Qinghe and recounted Shrek Academy’s encounter with Tang Hao in Sunset Forest. Xue Qinghe learned Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and wanted revenge, but Shen Tianchen urged him to wait.

• Tang San proposed that the group leave Sunset Forest for Star Dou Great Forest to find a soul ring for Dai Mubai once Grandmaster recovered, and Xiao Wu agreed.
• Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe attended Seven Treasures Academy’s open selection tournament as guests, while Xia Mu challenged Li Ping for a main team position.
• Xue Qinghe asked Shen Tianchen about his trip, and Shen Tianchen summarized it while withholding the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and details about the mine.
• Xue Qinghe asked whether he should recruit Shrek Academy, and Shen Tianchen advised against it after describing the group’s clash with Tang Hao in Sunset Forest.
• Xue Qinghe learned Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and wanted to kill him, but Shen Tianchen warned that provoking Tang Hao could lead to mutual losses.

Xue Qinghe and Shen Tianchen discussed why Spirit Hall should not retaliate against Tang Hao by targeting weaker branch halls, while Seven Treasures Academy’s selection matches continued. The chapter ended with the Shrek Seven Devils learning that students had gone to watch the matches and Xiao Wu urging Flender to forbid them from going.

• Shen Tianchen warned Xue Qinghe that attacking weaker branch halls would weaken Spirit Hall and suggested seeking value from Tang San without recruiting him.
• Li Ping defeated Xia Mu by forcing him out of the arena, and the referee announced a waiting period before anyone could challenge Li Ping.
• Yu Qi challenged Chen Wei, prompting Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wushuang to warn Chen Wei not to underestimate him.
• Shen Tianchen returned to his seat after speaking with Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe.
• Flender worried that Shrek Academy’s falling enrollment could eventually force it to close, while the Shrek Seven Devils discovered students had gone to watch Seven Treasures Academy’s matches.
• Xiao Wu accused Seven Treasures Academy of plotting to humiliate Shrek and urged Flender to ban students from attending, but he could not control their choices.

Shrek Academy’s students considered leaving as Flender agreed to help the Shrek Seven Devils hunt soul beasts, while Seven Treasures Academy prepared for the Spirit Master Tournament. Shen Tianchen later received a forged Spirit Hall report accusing Dugu Bo of murder and sent it to Dugu Bo, suspecting the Shrek Seven Devils were behind it.

• Flender stopped complaints about Shrek Academy and assigned Yu Tian Heng to organize training, then agreed to lead the Shrek Seven Devils to the Star Dou Great Forest under the cover of hunting soul beasts.
• The Elemental Academies Alliance admitted Seven Treasures Academy, became the Six Academies Alliance, and held an exchange event alongside Seven Treasures Academy’s team selection competition.
• Zhou Qi and Shen Tianchen scheduled nightly team spirit battles while the Seven Treasures Team focused on preparing for the tournament.
• Xue Qinghe sent Shen Tianchen a black-enveloped Spirit Hall letter accusing Dugu Bo of killing Spirit Hall spirit masters in Sunset Forest.
• Shen Tianchen recognized the report as an obvious attempt to frame Dugu Bo, suspected the Shrek Seven Devils, and sent the letter to Dugu Bo.

The Shrek Seven Devils left Heaven Dou City confident that Yu Tianheng’s letter would bring trouble down on Dugu Bo, while Shen Tianchen prepared the Seven Treasures Team for the Spirit Master Tournament. Ning Fengzhi gave Shen Tianchen the early stages of Heart Separation Control to honor the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s ties with the Worship Hall.

• The Shrek Seven Devils departed Heaven Dou City, and Yu Xiaogang and Dai Mubai praised Yu Tianheng for sending the letter and urged the group to keep the matter secret.
• Yu Tianheng told the group to focus on hunting a spirit beast for Dai Mubai and growing stronger for the Spirit Master Tournament.
• Seven Treasures Academy completed its team selection, naming four substitutes, and Shen Tianchen assigned them to train for their specific roles.
• Ning Fengzhi summoned Shen Tianchen and gave him the manual for Heart Separation Control up to the Four Aperture Constant Heart.
• After Shen Tianchen left, Ning Fengzhi explained to Chen Xin that sharing the manual let the sect show sincerity to the Worship Hall without giving up anything valuable.

Shen Tianchen prepared for the Spirit Master Tournament while Dugu Bo confronted Chrysanthemum Douluo, who showed him a foolish letter meant to manipulate Spirit Hall. Meanwhile, the Shrek group searched the Star Dou Great Forest for treasures and a spirit beast for Dai Mubai, but found almost nothing.

• Shen Tianchen focused on practicing tactical formations and treated the Heart Separation Control method as a temporary aid for the tournament.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo lured Dugu Bo to a valley outside Heaven Dou City and mocked him with a letter from the Spirit Hall branch.
• Dugu Bo read the letter, realized it had tried to manipulate Spirit Hall, and prepared to fight Chrysanthemum Douluo to demonstrate his improved strength.
• The Shrek group entered the Star Dou Great Forest, and Xiao Wu led them east toward places where she believed treasures might be found.
• Tang San assured Ma Hongjun that a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower would be his if they found one, while the group also sought a spirit beast for Dai Mubai.
• After several days, the Shrek group had found little beyond a small aura-concealing flower, which Xiao Wu wore.

The Shrek group followed Xiao Wu’s directions to a valley, where Tang San identified four immature Quasi Immortal Herbs. Their attempt to dig them up disturbed a nest guarded by two powerful Wind Spirit Eagles, leaving the group facing a dangerous fight.

• Liu Erlong wounded a tiger-type soul beast, and Dai Mubai killed it and absorbed its soul ring, advancing to Soul Ancestor.
• Yu Xiaogang grew impatient on the journey, but Xiao Wu reassured the group that the scent of the herbs was getting stronger.
• The Shrek group reached a sunny valley and found four herbs that Tang San identified as immature Quasi Immortal Herbs.
• Tang San struck several eggs while digging, revealing that the herbs lay beside a soul beast’s nest.
• Two roughly fifty-thousand-year-old Wind Spirit Eagles arrived, and Flender reminded Yu Xiaogang that the Golden Iron Triangle could fight them together.

Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong used their Three-in-One Fusion Skill to form the Golden Sacred Dragon and fight the Wind Spirit Eagles while Tang San gathered the Quasi Immortal Herbs. The group escaped into a cave, where they began discussing how to divide the herbs.

• Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong formed the Golden Sacred Dragon, astonishing the Shrek Seven Devils with its power.
• Yu Xiaogang attacked the Wind Spirit Eagles, but their speed and his inexperience kept him from defeating them quickly.
• Tang San packed up the Quasi Immortal Herbs and urged the group to retreat as their Soul Power dwindled.
• Yu Xiaogang unleashed Sacred Dragon Manifestation, giving Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng time to lead everyone away.
• Xiao Wu guided the group into an underground cave, and Dai Mubai pulled Ma Hongjun through a narrow crack before the eagles could catch him.
• Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong blamed Flender for disrupting the fusion skill, while Tang San and Yu Tianheng eased the argument and the group turned to dividing the herbs.

Tang San and the Shrek group divided four Quasi Immortal Herbs while trapped in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Flender and Liu Erlong stayed behind to recover before they could leave. In Heaven Dou City, Shen Tianchen agreed to visit an upcoming auction with Dugu Bo, while an unknown watcher targeted an auction-house carriage carrying valuable cargo.

• Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and the others agreed that some would wait for news from Yu Tianheng’s group before receiving herbs, and Yu Xiaogang chose to wait while Tang San received one.
• Yu Tianheng gave his share to Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun gave his share to Oscar, and Zhu Zhuqing urged those who received herbs to absorb them on the road; Xiao Wu said she could sense no other treasures.
• Flender and Liu Erlong began recovering their Soul Power while the others prepared to absorb the herbs, as two Wind Spirit Eagles circled overhead.
• Dugu Bo told Shen Tianchen about a Heavenly Grade Auction three days away, and Shen Tianchen agreed to go with him despite the rare soul bone being beyond their means.
• Dugu Bo asked why Shen Tianchen had not told him about the secret letter, and Shen Tianchen said he had not been certain Tang San’s group was responsible and suggested they confront the Shrek Team at the Spirit Master Tournament.
• An unknown watcher fixed their attention on a Heaven Dou Auction House carriage racing toward Heaven Dou City with an important shipment.

After absorbing Quasi Immortal Herbs, Tang San and the Shrek Team improved their Soul Power and planned to hunt for Tang San’s fourth soul ring. Meanwhile, Shen Tianchen joined Dugu Bo to investigate the theft of a gemstone-type soul bone, suspecting Shi Nian but finding the crime scene already cleaned.

• Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Zhu Zhuqing gained Soul Power from their herbs, and Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong discussed the team’s prospects in the Spirit Master Tournament.
• Flender led the Shrek group out of the forest so they could help Tang San obtain his fourth soul ring.
• Dugu Bo and Chen Xin examined the robbed Heaven Dou Auction House carriage, but found no clues to the stolen gemstone-type soul bone.
• Dugu Bo summoned Shen Tianchen, who suspected Shi Nian might be responsible but kept his theory to himself.
• Shen Tianchen followed Dugu Bo to the guarded crime scene, where they found that the cleanup had erased some traces.

Shen Tianchen used his spirit bones to reconstruct the attack on Dugu Bo’s people and identified Remnant Dream Shi Nian and a hidden accomplice as likely attackers. Meanwhile, Tang San wanted a Ten-Thousand-Year fourth spirit ring to match Shen Tianchen, but his teachers and Xiao Wu warned him of the dangers.

• Shen Tianchen combined his spirit bone skills to reconstruct the carriage ambush from the victims’ memories.
• Dugu Bo identified Shi Nian as a likely attacker, and Shen Tianchen detected a second, concealed mental fluctuation at the scene.
• Dugu Bo agreed to avoid rash action and keep the investigation secret, hoping to claim the spirit bone for Yan Yan.
• Tang San argued that he needed a Ten-Thousand-Year fourth spirit ring to compete with Shen Tianchen, but Yu Xiaogang and Flender warned him against imitating him.
• Xiao Wu explained the risks of soul shock, and Yu Xiaogang admitted that even a level-fifty quasi-Spirit King faced great danger absorbing a Ten-Thousand-Year spirit ring.

Shen Tianchen attended the Heaven Dou Auction with Dugu Bo and the Seven Treasures Team, using Ning Rongrong’s appraisal skills to seek bargains. The auction continued as Shen Tianchen bought items for his companions, while Feng Changlin reminded Feng Xiaotian to speak with him before tensions arose.

• Tang San accepted Xiao Wu and Yu Xiaogang’s advice and decided to absorb a spirit ring between six and seven thousand years old.
• Feng Xiaotian and the others left Shen Tianchen’s group to sit with their families, while Ning Rongrong chose to accompany Shen Tianchen.
• Dugu Bo told Shen Tianchen that the stolen auction goods included a damaged ancient Soul Tool intended for Mental Type Spirit Masters.
• Shen Tianchen bid thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins for a twenty-cubic-meter Soul Tool and gave it to Li Ping.
• Ning Rongrong told Shen Tianchen she wanted a gemstone necklace, and their group bought several ordinary auction items.
• Feng Changlin reminded Feng Xiaotian to speak with Shen Tianchen to prevent a future internal conflict.

Dugu Bo won Blood Growing Grass for his medicinal herb business, while Shen Tianchen arranged to trade rare healing herbs for a privately consigned Nine Treasures Ruyi Soft Armor. The seller accepted the exchange, leaving Dugu Bo surprised by the herbs’ high value.

• Dugu Bo outbid VIP Yellow No. 6 for Blood Growing Grass, planning to cultivate it at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Shen Tianchen considered buying the Nine Treasures Ruyi Soft Armor as a prize for the Spirit Master Tournament, while Ning Fengzhi declined to buy it for Ning Rongrong.
• Shen Tianchen offered rare healing and pain-relieving herbs in exchange for the privately consigned armor, and Dugu Bo named the herbs he would provide.
• The seller accepted a deal valued at five hundred and fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins and requested at least one of each herb, prompting Dugu Bo to marvel at their value.

Shen Tianchen bought a Nine Treasures Ruyi Soft Armor at the auction, then helped the group uncover a hidden Soul Tool core inside Ning Rongrong’s gemstone. They emptied its contents and discovered a family fortune worth at least one or two million Gold Soul Coins.

• Shen Tianchen bought and inspected the Nine Treasures Ruyi Soft Armor after explaining why he had not sold all his medicinal herbs at once.
• Shen Tianchen and Dugu Bo left the auction early after deciding the remaining Soul Bones were not worth bidding on.
• Ning Rongrong showed Shen Tianchen a gemstone she suspected was worth more than its price, and Li Ping smashed it open to reveal a transparent fragment inside.
• Shen Tianchen broke open Li Ping’s old Soul Tool and recognized the fragment as the core of a hidden one-cubic-meter Soul Tool.
• Shen Tianchen erased the Soul Tool’s weak spiritual imprint and released its contents, revealing gemstones, gold, and silver worth at least one or two million Gold Soul Coins.
• Feng Xiaotian and two others returned and reacted with amazement to the group’s unexpected fortune.

The Shrek group returned to Heaven Dou City, where Yu Tianheng brought back fifteen herbs from Thunder Gorge for Tang San to examine. Tang San found six were Pseudo Immortal Herbs, but they had all been ruined during harvesting or storage, leaving the Shrek group grieving and arguing over the Quasi Immortal Herb Oscar had already consumed.

• Ning Rongrong and Shen Tianchen distributed the auction treasures among their companions and set aside the remainder for team expenses.
• Yu Tianheng met Yu Nan, received more than a dozen herbs gathered in Thunder Gorge, and brought them back to Shrek Academy.
• Tang San examined the fifteen herbs and identified six Pseudo Immortal Herbs, but explained that mishandling had destroyed their medicinal effects.
• Yu Xiaogang staggered at the news, while Ma Hongjun lamented his lost herb and Yu Tianheng stood stunned.
• Ma Hongjun accused Oscar of keeping the Quasi Immortal Herb he had given him, and Tang San tried to calm both of them as Flender hesitated to intervene.

Ma Hongjun’s resentment over failing to obtain an immortal herb sparked a bitter argument among the Shrek Seven Devils, exposing old grievances and divisions. The dispute ended with both sides heading to a training ground to fight while Flender went to find Zhao Wuji.

• Ma Hongjun blamed the others for splitting into groups to search Thunder Gorge and accused Yu Xiaogang of using Flender, prompting Tang San and Xiao Wu to defend their teachers.
• Xiao Wu brought up Ma Hongjun’s past treatment of Cuihua, then reminded Dai Mubai of his own past behavior toward Zhu Zhuqing, escalating the argument.
• Tang San demanded an apology from Ma Hongjun, while Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun sided together and challenged Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• The Shrek Seven Devils ignored Flender’s attempts to calm them and left the meeting room for a nearby training ground.
• Dai Mubai drove away the students training there as the two sides took positions to fight, while Flender went to find Zhao Wuji.

The Shrek Seven Devils fought on the training grounds until Zhao Wuji intervened, while the Seven Treasures Team practiced a strategy centered on Chen Wei. News of Shrek's internal conflict reached Seven Treasures Academy, where Shen Tianchen still treated the team as a serious potential opponent.

• The Shrek Seven Devils fought viciously on the training grounds, alarming the watching teachers and students.
• Flender sent Zhao Wuji to mediate after Zhao Wuji questioned why Yu Xiaogang and Er Long were not handling the crisis.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu fought Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun until Zhao Wuji separated both sides and ordered them to rest.
• At Seven Treasures Academy, Shen Tianchen directed a spar built around Chen Wei and proposed a dual-core strategy for the Preliminary Match.
• Ning Yu told the team about Shrek Academy's internal conflict, and Huo Wu mocked the Shrek Seven Devils.