Chapter Summaries

Tang San negotiated a hidden-weapon order with Ning Fengzhi and asked Grandmaster about his father and Twin Martial Soul cultivation. As the Shrek Seven Devils prepared for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament and their eventual graduation, Xiao Wu overheard Tang San worrying that she was not strong enough, though she knew she could form a fifth soul ring.

• Tang San refused to sell his hidden-weapon manufacturing methods but agreed to provide component blueprints and assemble five hundred sets for Ning Fengzhi at ten thousand Gold Soul Coins each.
• Ning Fengzhi gave Tang San five million Gold Soul Coins and offered another million for the Aromatic Silk Beauty, but Tang San declined payment for the herb he had gifted Ning Rongrong.
• After the visitors left, Oscar confessed his feelings to Ning Rongrong, while Ning Fengzhi objected because the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect required its sect master's partner to be a Battle System Soul Master.
• Grandmaster privately discussed Tang Hao, Tang San's unknown mother, and Twin Martial Soul cultivation with Tang San, then said the Shrek Seven Devils would graduate after the tournament.
• Tang San worried that Xiao Wu's refusal to eat the Lovesick Red Sausage left her underpowered, and Xiao Wu overheard him while knowing she could form a fifth soul ring.

Tang San combed Xiao Wu’s hair as she remembered her mother’s blessing that one day the man she loved would comb it for her, though Tang San did not understand the confession. The next morning, the Shrek Seven Devils prepared to leave and hunt Spirit Beasts, with Flanders telling them the trip would test them unless they faced mortal danger.

• Xiao Wu challenged Tang San to spar after he reassured her about her cultivation, then asked him to comb her hair with the red sandalwood comb her mother had left her.
• As Tang San combed Xiao Wu’s hair, her memories showed Ah Rou giving her the comb and blessing her to find a man who would comb her hair for life.
• Xiao Wu’s family discussed the possibility that Ah Rou had died in the future shown by the Sky Screen, and Ah Rou agreed to make Xiao Wu a similar comb.
• Tang San escorted Xiao Wu back to the dormitory, and she cultivated through the night; the next morning, Ning Rongrong noticed her crooked hairstyle and Oscar teased Tang San about it.
• Flanders told the Shrek Seven Devils to check their supplies before hunting Spirit Beasts on their own, explaining that the teachers would intervene only if they faced mortal danger.

The Shrek Seven Devils hunted for fourth spirit rings, and Tang San endured the risks of absorbing a ten-thousand-year ring. The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament then opened, leaving the Shrek Team facing ridicule over their advertising-covered uniforms.

• Ma Hongjun and Oscar gained fourth spirit rings, and Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong later obtained theirs while Tang San chose to attempt a ten-thousand-year ring.
• Xiao Wu warned Tang San about soul shock, but he insisted on challenging himself; after a Man Faced Demon Spider poisoned Xiao Wu, Tang San drained its life force with his Eight Spider Lances and then endured the Cave Spider's ten-thousand-year ring.
• Liu Erlong made Xiao Wu her goddaughter, and the Shrek Seven Devils returned to the academy after their spirit-ring hunt.
• Flender and Grandmaster introduced Huang Yuan, Jing Ling, Jiang Zhu, and Taron as substitute team members, while Flender brought competition uniforms bearing advertisements.
• The tournament opening ceremony began, and the Shrek Team was mocked by spectators and Canghui Academy for its ugly uniforms.

The Shrek Team crushed the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team in the tournament’s opening match, then Ning Fengzhi introduced Tang San to Xue Qinghe. Xue Qinghe told Tang San a version of Tang Hao’s past and gave him a personal token before Tang San left to prepare for the tournament.

• Salas drew the opening match, pairing the Shrek Team with the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team, and the Shrek Team defeated them in under a minute.
• Tang San’s Ten Thousand Year fourth Spirit Ring astonished Xue Ye and impressed Salas, while Ning Fengzhi reminded Xue Ye that Prince Xue Xing had driven Tang San from Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Ning Fengzhi caught up with the Shrek Team and arranged a private conversation between Tang San and Xue Qinghe, who wanted to recruit Tang San.
• Xue Qinghe told Tang San that Tang Hao had left the Clear Sky Sect to protect it from Spirit Hall, then became a Title Douluo during a battle and disappeared.
• Tang San asked about his mother, declined Xue Qinghe’s lunch invitation, and accepted Xue Qinghe’s personal token after Ning Fengzhi urged him to take it.

Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi discussed Tang San and the pressures facing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Grandmaster began training Ning Rongrong in Heart Separation Control. The chapter left Grandmaster planning to seek help from a former friend who had successfully cultivated Twin Martial Souls.

• Crown Prince Xue Ye approved of Xue Qinghe befriending Tang San, while Ning Fengzhi advised Xue Qinghe to build a genuine friendship with him rather than recruit him.
• Ning Fengzhi reasoned that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect might ally with the Heaven Dou Empire in the future to withstand Spirit Hall’s pressure.
• After the Shrek Team returned to the academy, Dai Mubai negotiated with Flanders and secured permission for the team to change out of their embarrassing uniforms.
• Grandmaster questioned Ning Rongrong’s weak Heart Separation Control training and explained how mastering it could make her support abilities more effective and conserve Soul Power.
• Grandmaster admitted that he wanted Tang San to observe Ning Rongrong’s training so Tang San could learn the method, prompting criticism from the continent’s forces.
• Grandmaster planned to seek guidance from a former friend with Twin Martial Souls, hoping to learn how to cultivate them safely.

The Shrek Team faced the Elephant Armored Academy Team, and Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s Hell White Tiger secured Shrek’s victory. Tang San then mastered Three Orifice Heart Control in a day, leaving Ning Rongrong with a tougher training goal before the next match.

• Grandmaster and Ning Fengzhi speculated about Tang Hao’s conflict with Spirit Hall, while Tang Xiao joked that Tang Hao might be beaten if he used his real name.
• Ning Rongrong received Ning Fengzhi’s permission to teach Tang San the Mind Separation Control Method, and Grandmaster urged the Shrek Team to concede against the Elephant Armored Academy Team.
• The Shrek Team fought the Elephant Armored Academy Team, using Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and Oscar’s Flying Mushroom Sausages to take to the air before Hu Yan Li countered their attacks with his head spirit bone ability.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing summoned the Hell White Tiger, knocked Hu Yan Li from the arena, and helped the Shrek Team defeat the remaining Elephant Armored Academy members.
• Grandmaster trained Tang San, who mastered Three Orifice Heart Control in a day, then set Ning Rongrong the goal of mastering Four Orifice Constant Heart before the next match.

After Othello Academy forfeited, Tang San was lured into Shi Nian’s illusion and killed the Soul Saint with King Yama’s Post. He returned exhausted to Shrek Academy, where Xiao Wu cared for him, and later told Grandmaster what had happened.

• Grandmaster told the Shrek Team that Othello Academy had forfeited, then led them to watch Thunder Academy face Elephant Armored Academy.
• Tang San left the Great Soul Arena alone and realized Shi Nian had trapped him in an illusion that led him outside Heaven Dou City.
• Shi Nian used his Remnant Dream martial spirit to torment Tang San, but Tang San broke free and killed him with King Yama’s Post.
• Tang San found a spirit bone in Shi Nian’s remains, stored it, and returned to Shrek Academy, where he fainted in front of Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu stayed by Tang San while he recovered; they woke the next morning sharing a bed, and Tang San left to meet Grandmaster.
• Tang San told Grandmaster that Shi Nian had ambushed him.

Tang San told Grandmaster that he had killed Remnant Dream Shi Nian and obtained a soul bone, then Shrek defeated Blazing Fire Academy in the tournament. With Canghui Academy next, the team prepared for a match that could settle their old grudge.

• Tang San told Grandmaster how he killed Remnant Dream Shi Nian and showed him the gemstone-type soul bone, which Grandmaster advised him to keep secret and trade only when he had enough support.
• Shrek Academy defeated Blazing Fire Academy, with Tang San using his Blue Silver Grass’s fire immunity against Huo Wu’s attack.
• Feng Xiaotian visited Huo Wu and agreed to defeat Shrek Academy as the condition for winning her acceptance.
• Feng Xiaotian left believing he could lead Godwind Academy to beat Shrek, while Ning Fengzhi and Madam Ning disagreed about whether Shrek could defeat a Soul King.
• As Shrek prepared to face Canghui Academy, Tang San warned the team not to underestimate them and suggested Zhu Zhuqing take Jiang Zhu’s place.
• Grandmaster refused Ma Hongjun’s request to compete, and Dai Mubai declared that Shrek would settle its grudge with Canghui Academy.

The Shrek Team faced Canghui Academy, whose seven members activated the Seven Asura Illusion, a powerful Seven-in-One Fusion Skill that shrouded the arena in white mist. Grandmaster explained that the technique combined Spirit Abilities rather than fusing Martial Souls, while Flender worried whether Tang San and the others could withstand it.

• Feng Xiaotian challenged Tang San's confidence in Shrek Academy, and Tang San said they would defeat Canghui Academy.
• Ning Fengzhi and Madam Ning discussed Feng Xiaotian's slow cultivation and speculated that Tang San's Mysterious Heaven Skill might explain his Innate Full Soul Power.
• Tang San restrained Dai Mubai from attacking Canghui Academy first and prepared to use Shrek's battle formation.
• Canghui Academy activated its Seven-in-One Fusion Skill, filling the arena with dense white mist and hiding the Shrek Team.
• Grandmaster stopped Flender from forfeiting and explained that the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill concentrated seven people's power in one person, potentially giving Canghui Academy's captain Soul King-level strength.

Lin Xianyu entered the Sky Screen System’s new Life Experience Dungeon, a virtual reality game based on Douluo Continent, and raced through its beginner quests. After helping gather ten players, she was transported with them to Holy Spirit Village for martial soul awakening, where Old Jack went to fetch Tang San.

• After the Sky Screen’s viewing ended, Lin Xianyu entered the Life Experience Dungeon and learned that her quasi-Rank 30 status limited her to three hours of play.
• Lin Xianyu customized her avatar, completed the beginner quest with a perfect evaluation, and learned that ten players had to finish before they could be transported to the awakening site.
• Lin Xianyu met players named Bibi Dong and Ah Yin, explained how to accept quests, and helped direct other players to the village chief.
• Once ten players had completed their beginner quests, the system teleported them to the martial soul awakening site in Holy Spirit Village.
• Old Jack led the players to the Spirit Sacred Hall, then went to find Tang San when he noticed Tang Hao’s son was absent.

In the Life Experience Dungeon, Lin Xianyu formed a party with Bibi Dong and Ah Yin and watched the Spirit Awakening ceremony in Holy Spirit Village. Tang San awakened Blue Silver Grass and Innate Full Soul Power, while the first player's martial spirit proved to be different from his original one.

• Lin Xianyu invited Bibi Dong and Ah Yin to join her party and said she would share her plan after their Spirit Awakenings.
• Old Jack brought Tang San to Su Yuntao, who began awakening the village children’s martial spirits.
• Su Yuntao mistook Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor for ordinary Blue Silver Grass, then tested him and discovered he had Innate Full Soul Power.
• Tang San declined Su Yuntao’s invitation to join Spirit Hall, citing his father and his wish to remain independent.
• Su Yuntao awakened the first player’s martial spirit, a great saber, and the player reacted with disbelief because it was not his original martial spirit.

Players underwent Spirit Awakening in Holy Spirit Village, where many unexpectedly gained Innate Soul Power and Su Yuntao recruited some for Spirit Hall. Bibi Dong and Ah Yin refused to join, while Lin Xianyu awakened a Three-Eyed Demon Fox Martial Soul with Innate Full Soul Power and also declined.

• The first player awakened a Martial Soul with Innate Soul Power Level Five and joined Spirit Hall, while the second awakened a sickle with Level Six Soul Power and refused Su Yuntao’s invitation.
• Five more players awakened Martial Souls with Soul Power, and three of the seven players joined Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong awakened Blue Silver Grass with Innate Soul Power Level Nine, then refused to join Spirit Hall despite Su Yuntao’s efforts to recruit her.
• Ah Yin awakened a spider Martial Soul with Innate Soul Power Level Eight and also refused to join Spirit Hall.
• Lin Xianyu awakened a Three-Eyed Demon Fox Martial Soul with Innate Full Soul Power and rejected Su Yuntao’s invitation.
• Su Yuntao took the players who had joined Spirit Hall to Nuoding City, while Bibi Dong and Lin Xianyu discussed their newly awakened Martial Souls.

Lin Xianyu used a Sky Screen reward to reach level 35 and speculated that the Life Experience Dungeon was a real parallel world. As people across the continent investigated their lives in the dungeon, the Sky Screen resumed its broadcast, ending as Salas moved to expel Shrek Academy from the tournament.

• Lin Xianyu equipped her Blue Silver Grass with a reward soul ring, reached level 35, and decided to hide until she became a God King.
• Lin Xianyu and Ning Fengzhi suspected the Life Experience Dungeon was a real world, while Ning Fengzhi told Madam Ning that his dungeon martial soul was an offensive tower and that Spirit Hall's current Saintess would become its future Pope.
• Madam Ning complained that her Bamboo Sword martial soul and level-two Innate Soul Power had left her with poor prospects, and Ning Fengzhi speculated that martial souls could evolve or change.
• Yu Xiaogang told Yu Yuanzhen that he had awakened a Light Holy Dragon martial soul with Innate Full Soul Power in the dungeon and hoped to learn how to evolve his real Three-Eyed Demon Fox.
• Bibi Dong recalled meeting Ah Yin in the dungeon and resolved to investigate that world on her next visit.
• After three days, the Sky Screen broadcast Tang San breaking Canghui Academy's Shura Illusion Realm with the Purple Demon Eye, leaving its students mentally crippled, and Salas sought to use the incident to expel Shrek Academy from the tournament.

Grandmaster used the Pope’s Token from Tang San’s father to force Salas to abandon his attempt to disqualify Shrek Academy, while Shrek forfeited two matches and advanced to its final group-stage bout against Skywater Academy. The chapter ended with Shui Bing’er freeing her teammates from Tang San’s Mother’s Embrace as the match began.

• Grandmaster presented Clear Sky Douluo’s Pope’s Token, making Salas bow and leave without disqualifying Shrek Academy.
• Liu Erlong confronted Grandmaster over the token, then let go when he explained that Tang San’s father had given it to him.
• Shrek Academy forfeited two matches, later won whenever it competed, and reached its final match against Skywater Academy.
• Feng Xiaotian told Tang San that Godwind Academy feared Spirit Hall Team, while Dai Mubai wondered about the team’s strength and sought information about the Star Luo Division.
• Shrek Academy and Skywater Academy entered the arena with Shrek fielding Tang San, Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, and four substitutes.
• Shui Bing’er slowed Shrek’s advance with her first Spirit Ability, then used her second to free her teammates from Tang San’s Mother’s Embrace.

Shrek Academy fought Skywater Academy to a draw after Tang San survived Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu's Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ice Snow Fluttering. At the qualifiers' conclusion, Xue Ye offered titles and spirit-beast rewards to recruit talented teams, while Tang San rebuffed Huo Wu's challenge and Feng Xiaotian's devotion to her angered Godwind Academy.

• Shui Bing'er repeatedly froze Tang San, but he freed himself and worked with Dai Mubai to knock two Skywater Academy members off the stage.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu unleashed Ice Snow Fluttering, but Tang San used his Eight Spider Lances and ice immunity to survive the Ice Phoenix's attack; both captains conceded, and the match was ruled a draw.
• The Heaven Dou qualifiers ended with Godwind Academy first, Thunder Academy second, Shrek Academy third, Blazing Fire Academy fourth, and Skywater Academy fifth.
• Xue Ye offered noble titles to the five advancing teams and promised spirit beasts to the top three victors in the individual advancement matches, prompting Salas's anger and Ning Fengzhi's silent approval.
• Huo Wu challenged Tang San to fight without his martial soul, then attacked him when he refused; Tang San caught her kick and threw her into Huo Wushuang's arms.
• Huo Wushuang urged Huo Wu to train for the advancement matches, while Feng Xiaotian offered to help her; Godwind Academy students condemned Feng Xiaotian for pursuing her.

After being suppressed by Shui Bing'er, Tang San secluded himself to reconsider his strengths and resolved to further develop his poison arts. The Sky Screen then showed Dugu Bo defeating Yue Guan with a hidden weapon, leaving Spirit Hall’s observers impressed by Tang San’s weapon.

• Tang San admitted his mistake against Skywater Academy and entered seclusion, while Grandmaster ordered the Shrek Team to undergo a month of intensive training.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that Shui Bing'er had outmatched Tang San in control, prompting Tang San to question his reliance on his Blue Silver Grass and consider cultivating poison arts.
• Dugu Bo confronted Yue Guan over their past conflict, and the Sky Screen revealed how Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo had once nearly killed him.
• Dugu Bo used the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor and a hidden weapon Tang San had given him to wound Yue Guan, who fled from the fight.
• At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Yue Guan and Gui Mei discussed the hidden weapon’s power and lamented that Tang San had not reincarnated there to provide its blueprints.

Tang San regained confidence in Blue Silver Grass after Dugu Bo counseled him, but learned that Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation had three Soul Kings and refused to withdraw from the tournament. He reunited with Xiao Wu, and they rushed back to Shrek Academy after Liu Erlong’s rough training caused a huge commotion.

• Tang San agonized over whether to abandon Blue Silver Grass, but Dugu Bo helped him accept its potential and restore his confidence.
• Grandmaster’s special training ended, and Xiao Wu reached level thirty-nine while Ning Rongrong encouraged her to visit Tang San.
• Dugu Bo told Tang San that Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation had three level-fifty Soul Kings and other members above level forty-five, but Tang San refused to give up competing.
• Qian Xunji praised Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation and resolved to increase training for talented children.
• Xiao Wu sparred with Tang San, and the two hurried to Shrek Academy after a loud disturbance revealed Liu Erlong’s punishing training session.

Tang San returned to Shrek Academy and led the Shrek Seven Devils to defeat Liu Erlong in a sparring match, though she later beat them in their daily training. As the individual advancement tournament began, Ning Fengzhi and Crown Prince Xue Qinghe visited Shrek Academy, where Tang San welcomed them.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu returned to find the Shrek Seven Devils battered from Liu Erlong's training, and Tang San promised to lead them in their next match.
• Ning Fengzhi and Madam Ning discussed Ning Rongrong's progress and criticized how she had been raised.
• Tang San's plan and Blue Silver Spike Formation let the Shrek Seven Devils briefly defeat Liu Erlong, but she then beat them in earnest and continued training them harshly over the following days.
• The individual advancement tournament began, and Ning Fengzhi arrived at Shrek Academy with Xue Qinghe, the Crown Prince and Ning Fengzhi's disciple.
• Tang San enthusiastically welcomed Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe at the team's exclusive rest area.

Tang San and Xue Qinghe strengthened their connection as Ning Fengzhi visited Shrek Academy and announced Ning Rongrong as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s next heir. The Advancement Round began with Shrek drawn against Barak Academy, and Xiao Wu was chosen to fight first.

• Lin Xianyu watched Xue Qinghe interact with Tang San and speculated about Qian Renxue’s disguise and Spirit Hall’s future.
• Ning Fengzhi reunited with Ning Rongrong, met Shrek’s teachers, and asked to send Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples to study under Grandmaster after the tournament.
• Ning Fengzhi announced that Ning Rongrong was the sect’s next heir, leaving her worried about the sect’s marriage rule and how Oscar would react.
• Flender learned that Xue Qinghe belonged to the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, and Tang San asked him to keep the identity secret.
• The Advancement Round began, and Shrek drew Barak Academy as its opponent.
• Tang San volunteered to fight first, but Grandmaster assigned Xiao Wu to open the match, and she eagerly agreed.

Shrek Academy won its first advancement tournament match, and Tang San agreed to fight Huo Wu if their teams met. After the draw paired Shrek with Blazing Fire Academy for the next day, Grandmaster set Shrek’s lineup and warned the team to keep some strength in reserve.

• Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu defeated seven opponents between them for Blazing Fire Academy, while Meng Yiran also provoked Tang San after her match.
• Barak Academy’s confrontation with Shrek nearly turned into a brawl, but Liu Erlong and Salas restored order; Xiao Wu then defeated two opponents before Tang San won the match for Shrek.
• Huo Wu asked Tang San to fight her when their academies met, and he agreed only if their teachers’ arrangements allowed it.
• The tournament draw matched Shrek Academy against Blazing Fire Academy, and Grandmaster announced Tang San, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Dai Mubai as Shrek’s lineup.