Chapter Summaries

Tang Xuan agreed to an exhibition match between Imperial Dou and Godwind Academy, intending to uncover who had arranged it and provoke Tang San into revealing his Clear Sky Hammer. As the teams entered the Royal Hunting Forest, Tang Xuan decided to face Godwind alone and baited Tang San to watch his technique.

• Tang Xuan agreed with Qin Ming to hold the exhibition match, hoping to discover who had arranged it and draw out Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer.
• At the Royal Hunting Forest, Ma Hongjun asked whether Tang Xuan would fight, and Tang Xuan asked Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan to take the match; both declined so they could cultivate.
• Feng Xiaotian introduced himself as a level 44 Power Attack Battle Soul Ancestor and questioned Tang Xuan's confidence in facing seven opponents alone.
• Tang Xuan said he would fight Godwind Academy himself, then urged Meng Yiran to watch and learn, intending to provoke Tang San into studying his moves.

Tang Xuan defeated all seven Godwind Academy members without releasing his Martial Soul, stunning the arena and earning the name Sword Demon. After Feng Xiaotian conceded, Tang Xuan looked toward Salas, who had arranged the match to test Imperial Dou’s strength.

• Salas arranged the exhibition match to probe Imperial Dou Academy, while Ning Fengzhi defended Tang Xuan’s confidence to Xue Ye and Salas.
• Feng Xiaotian ordered Godwind Academy’s team into the air to bombard Tang Xuan with wind blades, but Tang Xuan evaded every attack.
• Tang Xuan unleashed overwhelming Soul Power and Sword Momentum, forcing the seven Godwind members to fall from the air.
• Tang Xuan used only his Sword Finger to incapacitate six opponents and hold it at Feng Xiaotian’s throat, then explained his technique when Feng Xiaotian asked what he had done.
• Feng Xiaotian conceded, the crowd cheered for Tang Xuan as the Sword Demon, and Tang San clenched his fists in resentment.
• Tang Xuan withdrew his Sword Finger and calmly turned his gaze toward Salas.

Tang Xuan’s provocation and display of strength left Salas humiliated, while Tang San fought Feng Xiaotian in the Promotion Tournament and revealed his Clear Sky Hammer. Salas recognized Tang San as Tang Hao’s son and began to harbor murderous intent.

• Ning Fengzhi stopped Salas from leaving, and Tang Xuan told Meng Yiran to contemplate the lesson that only speed could not be broken.
• Shrek Academy faced Godwind Academy, and Feng Xiaotian defeated an exhausted Dai Mubai before Tang San entered the match.
• Feng Xiaotian’s Thirty-Six Consecutive Wind Wolf Slashes pushed Tang San to the brink, so Tang San summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and struck Feng Xiaotian’s wings.
• Feng Xiaotian recognized the Clear Sky Hammer and revealed that Tang San had Twin Martial Souls, prompting Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi to speculate about his origins.
• Salas inferred that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son, and killing intent spread through his heart.

Tang Xuan and Ning Fengzhi maneuvered to make Salas focus on Tang San, whose Clear Sky Hammer and victory over Feng Xiaotian intensified Spirit Hall’s interest in him. After learning about his heritage and Spirit Hall’s feud with the Clear Sky Sect, Tang San qualified for the next stage, while Tang Xuan worried about the coming ambush on the way to Spirit City.

• Tang San resumed his battle with Feng Xiaotian and defeated him with the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer while Salas watched and grew more suspicious.
• Salas left the arena, and Tang Xuan recognized that Ning Fengzhi was helping direct Spirit Hall’s attention toward Tang San.
• After Tang San won, Salas decided that dealing with him took priority because of his Twin Martial Souls and his connection to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang about the Clear Sky Hammer, and Yu Xiaogang explained his inheritance and the Clear Sky Sect’s enmity with Spirit Hall.
• Xue Ye awarded the tournament teams and granted them three days to rest, frustrating Salas as talented competitors became grateful to the royal family.
• Tang Xuan anticipated that Spirit Hall would intercept the team on its way to Spirit City and worried that either Tang San or the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could be caught in the conflict.

Tang Xuan traveled with the Heaven Dou Empire's tournament teams toward Spirit City, worried that Spirit Hall would attack Tang San and searching unsuccessfully for Tang Hao. Xue Qinghe revealed her hatred of Tang San and desire for revenge, then realized she had nearly exposed herself and resolved to control her emotions around Tang Xuan.

• Three days later, Xue Qinghe led the Heaven Dou Empire's fifteen tournament teams toward Spirit City, accompanied by Chen Xin and the Royal Knights.
• After a week of travel, Tang Xuan searched for Tang Hao with his Mental Power but found no trace of him.
• Xue Qinghe visited Tang Xuan and asked if his worries were about Tang San, while silently expressing hatred toward him.
• Xue Qinghe suggested killing Tang San during the tournament, and Tang Xuan rejected the idea while warning her not to speak recklessly.
• Xue Qinghe returned to her carriage, noticed her palms were sweating, and resolved to control her emotions around Tang Xuan.

Tang Xuan anticipated an ambush in the gorge and arranged for Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma to hide Xiao Wu while protecting Shrek. Imperial Dou faced five powerful attackers, but Tang Xuan and Qin Ming swiftly killed their Soul Emperor and Soul Saint, leaving the battle elsewhere at a stalemate.

• Tang Xuan told Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin not to reveal their full strength during the coming ambush.
• Tang Xuan instructed Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang to join Shrek and conceal Xiao Wu without causing trouble.
• Black-clad attackers ambushed the teams in the gorge after the Royal Knights shielded them from deliberately arranged falling rocks.
• The competitors charged the attackers, but the coordinated bandits and their powerful Spirit Masters brought the wider battle to a stalemate.
• Tang Xuan suppressed the enemy Soul Saint while Qin Ming used Soul Skills to kill the Soul Emperor and fatally wound the Soul Saint.
• Qin Ming finished the Soul Saint and dismissed the attackers' attempt to kill or delay Imperial Dou.

Tang Xuan and Imperial Dou’s allies annihilated the attackers, then moved to support the other teams in the tournament. When a fierce battle broke out near Shrek, Tang Xuan joined Qin Ming to investigate, confident that Dragon Duke had already gone there.

• Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan stopped the fleeing Soul Kings with their soul skills, and Yu Tianheng killed one of them in close combat.
• Dugu Yan dissolved the remaining two Soul Kings in her poison rain, completing the annihilation of the attackers.
• Chen Xin and Dugu Bo bickered over whose granddaughter was more impressive, while Ning Fengzhi watched them.
• Tang Xuan ordered Imperial Dou’s allies to recover and then dispatched them to support the competing academies according to their needs.
• After sensing a powerful battle near Shrek, Qin Ming asked to go check on the team, and Tang Xuan went with him, noting that Dragon Duke had already been sent there.

Tang Xuan arrived at Shrek’s battle and used Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling’s support to unleash Prison Suppression, devastating the enemy forces. The attack drew out a powerful White Clad Masked Man, who interrupted Qin Ming and Flender’s fight and confronted Tang Xuan.

• Qin Ming crippled the enemy Soul Emperor, then used Oscar’s Flying Mushroom Sausages to join Flender against Lor Diarra in the air.
• Tang Xuan received boosts from Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling and used Prison Suppression to kill or disable hundreds of enemies without harming any allies.
• Dugu Bo and Ning Fengzhi recognized the precision and power of Tang Xuan’s large-scale attack, while Chen Xin reacted with growing seriousness.
• Lor Diarra cried out for reinforcements, and a White Clad Masked Man appeared and blasted Qin Ming and Flender back to the ground.
• The White Clad Masked Man warned Tang Xuan after acknowledging the losses he had inflicted.

Dugu Bo confronted Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei, who had come to kill Tang San, while Tang Xuan helped turn the gathered teams against them. Ghost Douluo lunged at Tang San, but Sword Dao Chen Xin blocked the attack with an azure-blue longsword.

• Dugu Bo recognized Yue Guan and challenged him, explaining that he had come because his granddaughter was among the Heaven Dou Empire teams.
• Gui Mei joined Yue Guan and demanded that Dugu Bo step aside, but Dugu Bo threatened them with the Snow Swan Kiss.
• Tang Xuan and Dugu Bo exposed the attackers’ Spirit Hall identity and stirred the competing teams’ anger, leaving Yue Guan and Gui Mei with few ways to proceed.
• Gui Mei abandoned negotiation and charged at Tang San, but an azure-blue longsword intercepted his ghost claw.
• The crowd recognized the sword’s wielder as Sword Dao Chen Xin.

Tang Xuan and his allies drove Spirit Hall’s Chrysanthemum Ghost forces from the canyon, then healed the Heaven Dou teams and gained their gratitude. Xiao Wu returned unharmed after secretly condensing her fourth soul ring, while Meng Shu revealed he had discovered her identity but let her go.

• Chen Xin arrived to protect the Heaven Dou teams, and Chrysanthemum Ghost retreated after receiving Spirit Hall’s signal.
• Tang Xuan asked Ye Lingling to heal the wounded, and the grateful teams praised him, Chen Xin, Dugu Bo, and Ye Lingling.
• Tang Xuan suggested Spirit Hall might have taken Xiao Wu, provoking Tang San until Xiao Wu suddenly returned.
• Xiao Wu claimed she had gone out to clear her head, while Tang Xuan privately questioned Meng Shu about what had happened.
• Meng Shu told Tang Xuan that Xiao Wu had left to condense her fourth soul ring, and that he had recognized her as a hundred-thousand-year-old shapeshifting soul beast but spared her.

Tang Xuan and the Imperial Dou Fighting Team arrived in Spirit City and prepared for the tournament, while Tang San and Yu Xiaogang’s relationship deteriorated. Liu Erlong realized Yu Xiaogang had chosen his own path and found comfort in Flender.

• After the Royal Knights cleared the boulders, Tang Xuan’s group continued traveling and reached Spirit City nearly ten days later.
• Tang Xuan told Qin Ming that the Imperial Dou Fighting Team needed no special tactics, but he would handle the Martial Soul Hall Team’s powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that Bibi Dong had refused to explain how to cultivate Twin Martial Souls, and Tang San left to discuss tactics with Xiao Wu and the Shrek Team.
• Yu Xiaogang insisted that Tang Xuan had corrupted Tang San and refused Liu Erlong’s suggestion to train another disciple.
• Liu Erlong realized Yu Xiaogang had changed by his own choice, then wept in Flender’s arms as he comforted her.

Tang Xuan agreed to protect Zhu Zhuqing and declared that Dai Weisi had to die, while Dai Mubai resolved to defeat him and remove his claim to the throne without killing him. The chapter ended with Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing facing the coming battle against Star Luo Royal Academy.

• Tang Xuan dismissed the New Divine Wind Team by sending Yu Tianheng to fight alone.
• Dai Mubai told Tang Xuan he feared losing to Dai Weisi and asked him to save Zhu Zhuqing if that happened.
• Zhu Zhuqing stopped Dai Mubai from kneeling and declared she would die with him if he lost.
• Tang Xuan accepted the request, promised to protect Zhu Zhuqing, and said Dai Weisi's death was his only fate.
• Dai Mubai rejected killing Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun, deciding instead to win and strip Dai Weisi of his claim to the throne.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing agreed that Dai Weisi should be crippled rather than killed, and Tang Xuan supported Dai Mubai as a potentially compassionate emperor. In the tournament match, Shrek’s teamwork and Oscar’s recovery sausages helped Dai Mubai turn the fight against Dai Weisi, who then began a martial soul fusion with Zhu Zhuyun as Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing did the same.

• Dai Mubai told Zhu Zhuqing he would cripple Dai Weisi, and he reasoned that Tang Xuan would likely allow his brother to live.
• Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi exchanged taunts before their tournament match, while Zhu Zhuyun urged Zhu Zhuqing to leave Dai Mubai and serve Dai Weisi.
• The match began, and Shrek’s attacks disrupted the Star Luo Royal Team while Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi fought one another.
• Dai Mubai used Oscar’s Recovery Great Sausages to heal rapidly and fight recklessly, shifting the advantage against Dai Weisi.
• Dai Weisi called Zhu Zhuyun to him, and Zhu Zhuqing joined Dai Mubai, as both couples prepared to fight together.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s Hell White Tiger reached its final form and overwhelmed Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun’s fusion. As Dai Mubai prepared to finish the match, Tang San’s attempt to claim the decisive blow was stopped, leaving Tang Xuan’s plans close to fruition.

• Dai Mubai revealed that his and Zhu Zhuqing’s fusion compatibility had risen to ninety-nine percent, allowing their Hell White Tiger to grow wings.
• Dai Mubai struck Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun’s Hell White Tiger, then joined Ma Hongjun in a combined Tiger-Phoenix attack.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Thorn Array to stun Star Luo’s fighters and leave Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun barely able to maintain their fusion.
• Tang San tried to attack again and take the finishing blow, but Ma Hongjun blocked him and insisted that Dai Mubai finish the battle.
• Yu Xiaogang grew frustrated when Dai Mubai’s performance derailed his plan for Tang San, while Flender could only sigh.
• Tang Xuan reflected that Dai Mubai was about to win and that the Mysterious Heavy Sect’s development path and his larger plan were nearly ready.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing defeated Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun, securing Shrek’s place in the final three alongside Imperial Dou and Spirit Hall. At the finals before Pope’s Palace, Bibi Dong arrived and addressed Tang Xuan after he refused to kneel.

• Dai Mubai defeated Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun, then ordered Ma Hongjun to spare them as the referee declared Shrek the winner.
• Dai Mubai looked to Tang Xuan, who acknowledged him before leaving the venue.
• Shrek defeated a ragtag team in the fourth round and advanced to the final three with Imperial Dou and Spirit Hall.
• Hu Liena told Xie Yue that the Pope had warned her to be careful of Tang Xuan, while Yan vowed to protect her.
• Bibi Dong emerged from Pope’s Palace, and Tang Xuan, Imperial Dou, and Shrek bowed without kneeling.
• A Cardinal challenged Tang Xuan for refusing to kneel, but Bibi Dong stopped him and praised Tang Xuan’s principles.

At Pope's Palace, Bibi Dong revealed three Soul Bones as the tournament prize and arranged an individual elimination round that Tang Xuan recognized as a scheme to assess Imperial Dou. The chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang forfeiting Shrek's individual match and Bibi Dong calmly accepting his decision.

• Bibi Dong noticed Tang San and Xiao Wu refusing to kneel, but kept her plans to capture Xiao Wu and use her to lure Tang Hao into conflict with Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong presented three top-tier Soul Bones as the championship reward and announced an individual elimination round followed by a team battle for the other finals berth.
• Tang Xuan realized the format could reveal Imperial Dou's strength to Spirit Hall and help it prepare targeted countermeasures.
• Yu Xiaogang announced that Shrek Academy would forfeit the individual round and compete for the finals berth in the team battle.
• Bibi Dong agreed that forfeiting was Shrek's right and apologized to Yu Xiaogang.

Tang Xuan negotiated the elimination match pairings with Bibi Dong, who insisted Yan face the Imperial Dou Fighting Team’s core member. Tang Xuan and his teammates secretly treated the exchange as a performance, then he challenged Yan to a fight.

• Tang Xuan proposed three path-matched battles between the Imperial Dou Fighting Team and the Martial Soul Hall Team, with victory decided by the best two out of three.
• Bibi Dong countered by assigning Yan to face the Imperial Dou Fighting Team’s core figure, hoping to use Yan against Tang Xuan and secure favorable matchups for her other members.
• Tang Xuan pretended to fear Yan and requested that Xie Yue face him instead, but Bibi Dong imposed her decision.
• Tang Xuan privately understood Bibi Dong’s strategy and played along while Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng acted grave about the matches.
• Yu Tianheng said his Nine Heavens Thunder Tribulation could guarantee victory but would damage him too much to use in the grand finals.
• Tang Xuan challenged Yan to trade moves, continuing the team’s act before the elimination matches.

Tang Xuan overwhelmed Yan in their arena match, revealing a terrifying gap in strength and drawing the attention of Spirit Hall’s leaders. After Yan refused to surrender, Bibi Dong finally stopped the beating and declared him defeated, leaving the venue stunned and wary of Tang Xuan.

• Tang Xuan and Yan entered the arena while Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong urged Tang San and Hu Liena to study their opponents.
• The fighters revealed their Spirit Rings, and Tang Xuan’s exceptionally powerful fifth ring shocked the Spirit Hall spectators and drew Bibi Dong’s scrutiny.
• Tang Xuan shattered Yan’s defenses with his heavy sword and crushed his chest, then asked him to surrender.
• Yan refused to give up, so Tang Xuan continued beating him until Bibi Dong intervened and declared Yan’s surrender.
• The referee named Tang Xuan the winner, and the spectators moved aside as he left the arena.

Bibi Dong pressured Tang Xuan to have Ye Lingling treat Yan, demanding that he recover in time for the next matches. Tang Xuan agreed only to keep Yan alive, but Oscar then offered his Recovery Great Sausage as an alternative.

• Bibi Dong claimed Spirit Hall's healer was unavailable and used Yan's condition to threaten Imperial Dou's tournament eligibility unless Tang Xuan agreed to treatment.
• Ning Fengzhi challenged Bibi Dong's claim, but she proposed a wager using Imperial Dou's qualification, and he withdrew.
• Tang Xuan told Ye Lingling to treat Yan only enough to keep him alive, refusing Bibi Dong's demand that Yan be ready for the upcoming matches.
• After Tang Xuan told Ye Lingling to make the treatment brief, Oscar stepped forward and offered to keep Yan alive with his Recovery Great Sausage.

After Tang Xuan persuaded Bibi Dong to let Oscar heal Yan, the next match began between Xie Yue and Yu Tianheng. Yu Tianheng gained the upper hand, prompting Xie Yue to unleash his self-created Soul Skill, Full Moon.

• Tang Xuan convinced Bibi Dong to allow Oscar to feed the unconscious Yan a Recovery Great Sausage, and Yan's injuries began to heal.
• The referee announced Xie Yue versus Yu Tianheng, and the two exchanged taunts before the fight began.
• Yu Tianheng and Xie Yue entered close combat, but Yu Tianheng's lightning speed and Dragon Transformation gave him the advantage.
• Xie Yue, struggling against Yu Tianheng, announced his self-created Soul Skill and unleashed Full Moon.