Chapter Summaries

The team discussed how to counter the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, focusing on its Level 8 Soul Tools and the need to gather intelligence. Jiang Yuheng claimed he could win the individual matches, then angered Wang Dong by asking for her care as a child, and she hit him for staying up late.

• Bei Bei and Jiang Nannan warned that the Sun Moon Team was powerful and urged the team to learn whether it had binding-type Soul Tools.
• Wang Dong reminded everyone that Jiang Yuheng was their hidden trump card, and he predicted he would win every individual match.
• Xu Sanshi boasted that he could make up the entire team, prompting the others to mock his shamelessness.
• Wang Dong encouraged Jiang Yuheng to imitate Xu Sanshi, and he said he was still a child who needed Dong'er's care.
• Jiang Yuheng realized he had said it in front of the team, and Wang Dong punched him and scolded him for staying up late.

Jiang Yuheng secretly met Old Su, the Dragon Slaying Sect leader, and offered to help him seek revenge against the Sun Moon Empire. He left Old Su sworn to secrecy and introduced himself as Shafulin.

• Wang Dong shoved Jiang Yuheng out of the room, and he headed toward the Dragon Slaying Sect's crowded lounge.
• Old Su grieved over his disciples' deaths as other sect leaders urged him to unite against the Sun Moon Empire.
• Jiang Yuheng used time reversal to stop Old Su from sacrificing himself with the Dragon Slaying Sect's secret technique.
• Jiang Yuheng calmed Old Su and claimed he wanted revenge because the Sun Moon Empire had taken his children.
• Old Su agreed to follow his original plan to flee Mingdu and report the matter, swearing not to reveal their meeting.
• Jiang Yuheng gave Old Su the false name Shafulin before leaving.

After Jiang Yuheng returned from manipulating Old Su, he and Wang Dong prepared to act together under the names Shafulin and Zofi. When Old Su arrived early, Wang Dong's Trident mark compelled Jiang Yuheng to stop time across the Douluo World, and Sister Luo intervened as the Sea God suffered a backlash.

• Old Su refused his friends' pleas to flee and insisted he had a way to protect himself, while one friend went to seek reinforcements from Shrek Academy.
• Jiang Yuheng told Wang Dong how he had baited Old Su, and she warned him not to overwork himself before agreeing to accompany him that night.
• Jiang Yuheng and Wang Dong joked about using the names Shafulin and Zofi as they prepared to act together.
• Old Su arrived earlier than expected, and Wang Dong's Trident mark appeared as she stared at Jiang Yuheng.
• Jiang Yuheng stopped time throughout the Douluo World, severely straining his body, until Sister Luo appeared and dispelled the mark on Wang Dong's forehead.
• The Sea God vomited blood in the Divine Realm, and Sister Luo warned that Jiang Yuheng's exhaustion had left him vulnerable.

Jiang Yuheng erased Tang San’s Divine Sense from Wang Dong and used his remaining Divine Power to kill the Holy Spirit Cult attackers. After helping the injured Old Su, he returned to the hotel with Wang Dong, who noticed that using his power had weakened him.

• Jiang Yuheng erased the Trident pattern from Wang Dong’s sea of consciousness and discussed his decision with Sister Luo.
• Jiang Yuheng killed the five Holy Spirit Cult Soul Sages, concealed his and Wang Dong’s identities, and woke Wang Dong and Old Su.
• Jiang Yuheng treated Old Su’s injuries, and Old Su celebrated the attackers’ deaths before asking him to kill Xu Tianran.
• Jiang Yuheng placed Old Su inside his Time Domain, while Wang Dong noticed his weakened Life Force and white hair.
• Jiang Yuheng and Wang Dong avoided monitored areas and returned to the hotel, where they ordered orange juice while wearing masks.

Jiang Yuheng discussed the Spirit Pagoda’s tournament strategy with Wang Dong, who worried about the life force he had lost, before Zhang Lexuan joined them with tournament news. The Body Sect had secretly entered Mingdu, and Zhang Lexuan asked them to tell Huo Yuhao that Shrek Academy was willing to cooperate with them.

• Wang Dong told Jiang Yuheng that the team planned to have Huo Yuhao compete with his Twin Martial Souls to conceal their strength.
• Wang Dong noticed Jiang Yuheng had lost half his Life Force and had white hairs, and urged him to put his health first.
• Zhang Lexuan teased Wang Dong and Jiang Yuheng, then discussed Shrek’s tournament prospects and Wang Qiuer’s strength with them.
• Zhang Lexuan revealed that the Body Sect had entered the tournament and that its leaders had secretly infiltrated Mingdu.
• Zhang Lexuan asked Jiang Yuheng and Wang Dong to have Huo Yuhao tell the Body Sect that Shrek Academy was willing to cooperate.

Jiang Yuheng and Wang Dong discussed Shrek Academy’s plans for the competition and worried about Zhang Lexuan’s devotion to Bei Bei. Meng Hongchen then reunited with Wang Dong and shared intelligence about Xu Tianran and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

• Jiang Yuheng promised Zhang Lexuan that he and Wang Dong would convey the academy’s intentions to the Body Sect, and Zhang Lexuan said they could fight freely because the academy would send additional protection.
• Zhang Lexuan asked after Bei Bei, and Jiang Yuheng said he was recovering; she promised to keep searching for a way to save Xiaoya.
• Wang Dong and Jiang Yuheng discussed Zhang Lexuan’s feelings for Bei Bei before Meng Hongchen rushed into Wang Dong’s arms at the bar.
• Meng Hongchen told Wang Dong that Xu Tianran had forced her and her brother out of the competition and was moving to control Mingde Hall.
• Meng Hongchen described Xu Tianran’s distrust and fear of assassination, then said Jiang Yuheng was even more complicated than Xu Tianran.

Jiang Yuheng quickly defeated the Earth Dragon Gate’s challengers in the tournament’s first one-on-one match of the second day. The match continued as Nan Qiūqiū stepped forward and vowed to marry him if she failed to knock him off the stage.

• Wang Dong and Jiang Yuheng exchanged affectionate teasing before the second day of the tournament began.
• Jiang Yuheng and the Spirit Pagoda drew a one-on-one match against the Earth Dragon Gate, relieving the team that their strength would not be exposed in a group battle.
• Xu Tianran watched Jiang Yuheng compete and sent an inspector to investigate why he had joined an obscure sect instead of Shrek Academy.
• Jiang Yuheng sent Xu Shenshu flying off the stage with one palm, then defeated four more Earth Dragon Gate challengers with a single move each.
• Nan Qiūqiū entered the match and declared that she would marry Jiang Yuheng if she could not knock him off the stage.

Jiang Yuheng persuaded Nan Qiūqiū to wager that the Earth Dragon Gate would join the Spirit Pagoda if he won, then overwhelmed her with the Frost Dragon’s power. Afterward, he defended revealing his strength as a way to protect the Spirit Pagoda and draw the Sun Moon Empire’s attention.

• Nan Qiūqiū challenged Jiang Yuheng to a wager, but he refused until she agreed to a fairer condition.
• Jiang Yuheng proposed that the Earth Dragon Gate join forces with the Spirit Pagoda if he won, while Nan Qiūqiū could deal with him as she wished if he lost.
• Nan Qiūqiū and Jiang Yuheng swore their agreement and began fighting on the Competition Stage.
• Jiang Yuheng summoned his Frost Dragon and spread freezing mist across the stage, leaving Nan Qiūqiū overwhelmed by its bloodline suppression.
• Wang Dong worried that Jiang Yuheng had exposed too much of his strength, but Jiang Yuheng said the risk would protect the Spirit Pagoda and attract the Sun Moon Empire’s attention.

After Jiang Yuheng’s plan helped the Spirit Pagoda defeat Nan Qiūqiū, she came to confront him but ended up agreeing to join the Spirit Pagoda, subject to her mother’s approval. Wang Dong’s charm sparked Meng Hongchen’s jealousy, and the chapter ended with her clinging to Wang Dong after Jiang Yuheng released her from his Time Domain.

• Jiang Yuheng and Wang Dong discussed how his Frost Dragon’s victory over Nan Qiūqiū would make rival teams wary before the Underground Soul Tool Competition.
• Nan Qiūqiū attacked Jiang Yuheng, but Wang Dong struck her back and revealed enough strength to make Nan Qiūqiū suspect she was a Soul Emperor.
• Wang Dong persuaded Nan Qiūqiū to consider bringing the Earth Dragon Gate into the Spirit Pagoda, and Nan Qiūqiū agreed to honor their competition-stage oath even if her mother objected.
• Meng Hongchen arrived, saw Nan Qiūqiū holding Wang Dong’s hand, and charged at her until Jiang Yuheng trapped her in his Time Domain and knocked her unconscious.
• After Nan Qiūqiū left to seek her mother’s approval, Jiang Yuheng released Meng Hongchen, who threw herself into Wang Dong’s arms and accused her of falling for another girl.

Wang Dong recovered from the attention she received while disguised as a man, while Nan Shuishui confronted Nan Qiūqiū over her defeat and her binding agreement with Jiang Yuheng. Nan Shuishui decided to meet Jiang Yuheng herself, and she and Nan Qiūqiū arrived at Spirit Pagoda’s lounge as its members waited to see what she would do.

• Wang Dong complained about the trouble of disguising herself as a man, and Jiang Yuheng teased her about her charm.
• Nan Shuishui rebuked Nan Qiūqiū for losing to Jiang Yuheng and agreeing to a condition on behalf of Earth Dragon Gate.
• Nan Qiūqiū explained Jiang Yuheng’s six black Spirit Rings and how his Martial Soul had suppressed hers, prompting Nan Shuishui to decide to meet him.
• Nan Shuishui told Nan Qiūqiū she would consider the agreement if Jiang Yuheng’s strength was as extraordinary as reported, then had her lead the way to Spirit Pagoda’s lounge.
• Huo Yuhao spotted Nan Shuishui and Nan Qiūqiū at the door, and Jiang Yuheng invited them inside.

Nan Shuishui verified Jiang Yuheng’s strength and agreed to entrust Nan Qiūqiū to the Spirit Pagoda, hoping to secure her daughter’s future and the Earth Dragon Gate’s survival. She left believing Jiang Yuheng’s ambition and power could help the sect, while Nan Qiūqiū was left shocked at being handed over.

• Nan Shuishui asked Jiang Yuheng to reveal his six Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings before entrusting Nan Qiūqiū to the Spirit Pagoda.
• After seeing Jiang Yuheng’s rings, Nan Shuishui agreed to let Nan Qiūqiū join the Spirit Pagoda, provided she could return to the Earth Dragon Gate and would not be mistreated or coerced.
• Jiang Yuheng promised that the Spirit Pagoda could help Nan Qiūqiū advance ten ranks within three years and told Nan Shuishui where the Spirit Pagoda was located.
• Nan Shuishui left Nan Qiūqiū with the Spirit Pagoda, and Wang Dong comforted the stunned girl.
• In the Earth Dragon Gate’s resting area, Nan Shuishui reflected that Jiang Yuheng’s character, strength, and hidden ambition made him a promising investment for her daughter and the sect’s future.

The Holy Spirit Cult Team’s first match against Heavenly Capital Academy ended in a gruesome death, exposing the team’s dangerous methods and prompting Heavenly Capital Academy to withdraw from the tournament. The other teams waited to see whether the Sun Moon Empire would respond before the next matches.

• As the match began, Nan Qiūqiū clung to Wang Dong and showered him with questions and admiration, while Jiang Yuheng and the others watched with amusement.
• A Holy Spirit Cult competitor released Purple Mist and killed Heavenly Capital Academy’s Soul King in under ten seconds.
• Jiang Yuheng and the others used Spirit Detection Sharing to see that blade-like energy creatures inside the mist devoured the victim’s soul and brain matter.
• Bei Bei identified the opponent as an Evil Soul Master, while the Holy Spirit Cult’s leader dismissed Heavenly Capital Academy’s protest over the killing.
• Heavenly Capital Academy’s teacher conceded the match, announced the academy’s withdrawal, and led his students away.
• The spectators wondered whether the Sun Moon Empire would punish the Holy Spirit Cult, since other academies might refuse to compete without a response.

After the Holy Spirit Cult’s brutal victory and the Competition Committee’s refusal to act, Jiang Yuheng decided to seize the opportunity Xu Tianran had handed him. He welcomed Nan Qiūqiū into the Spirit Pagoda, then learned from Nana about a massive underground Soul Engineer Tournament offering Rare Metal as prizes.

• Xu Tianran told the Black Cloak Man to rein in the Holy Spirit Cult’s fighters to protect his reputation, while the Competition Committee ignored protests over the cult’s conduct.
• Jiang Yuheng criticized Xu Tianran’s disregard for public opinion and vowed not to waste the opportunity he had been given.
• Jiang Yuheng welcomed Nan Qiūqiū as an official member of the Spirit Pagoda, and his teammates asked him to make fried noodles for breakfast.
• Jiang Yuheng and Wang Dong went to the Coffee Shop, where Nana explained that the underground tournament allowed qualified soul engineers under thirty to compete for increasing amounts of Rare Metal.

Jiang Yuheng decided to enter the Xi Shui Alliance’s underground competition to secure Rare Metal, with Wang Dong and Nana accompanying him. After gaining entry as a Level Six Soul Engineer, the three were offered private services, leaving Wang Dong curious about the coded phrase.

• Wang Dong warned Jiang Yuheng about the dangers of visiting Mingdu’s underground world, but he insisted that obtaining Rare Metal would help the Spirit Pagoda and the Douluo Continent.
• Jiang Yuheng, Wang Dong, and Nana traveled to the Xi Shui Alliance’s venue and learned that the Xi Shui Alliance, Pingfan Alliance, and Aodu Chamber of Commerce controlled different underground industries.
• Jiang Yuheng chose the Xi Shui Alliance because its dangerous, profitable businesses could yield more Rare Metal and funding, and Wang Dong promised to finance his plans.
• At the Qingse hotel, Jiang Yuheng presented his Level Six Soul Engineer badge, and the guards admitted the three to the competition venue.
• A female attendant offered Jiang Yuheng private service, but he showed his wedding ring and she left; Wang Dong then asked what the phrase meant.

Jiang Yuheng entered the Xi Shui Alliance’s Soul Engineer tournament and quickly passed the Qualifying Tournament assessment. After selling his completed Soul Tool for seven thousand Gold Soul Coins, he received a competition certificate and was left poised to claim his Rare Metal reward.

• Jiang Yuheng explained to Wang Dong that the waitress had offered him sexual services and that showing his wedding ring had stopped her.
• A Xi Shui Alliance representative escorted Jiang Yuheng to the competition venue and offered him a direct place in the Main Tournament, but Jiang Yuheng chose to compete for the money.
• The venue assigned Jiang Yuheng a prominent central station, and he completed a Level 3 Defensive Soul Tool in ten minutes.
• The elderly judge praised Jiang Yuheng’s Soul Tool and confirmed that he had passed the Qualifying Tournament assessment.
• Jiang Yuheng agreed to sell the Soul Tool to the Xi Shui Alliance for seven thousand Gold Soul Coins and received a Black Gold Card and his competition certificate.

After winning the competition, Jiang Yuheng negotiated a share of his future Rare Metal profits with Chen An, the Xi Shui Alliance Golden Hall supervisor. Jiang Yuheng discovered Chen An belonged to the Holy Spirit Cult and used his Time Domain to take control of him.

• The elderly man presented Jiang Yuheng with his gold qualification badge, and Jiang Yuheng prepared to leave after acknowledging Wang Dong and Nana.
• Chen An stopped Jiang Yuheng and invited him to discuss a private cooperation deal in the Golden Hall.
• Chen An offered to help Jiang Yuheng gather information, increase wagers, and handle problems in exchange for a share of the profits.
• Jiang Yuheng agreed to give Chen An thirty percent of the profits, and Chen An promised him support in the competition zone.
• Jiang Yuheng activated his Time Domain, revealed that he knew Chen An was a member of the Holy Spirit Cult, and began taking control of his soul and consciousness.

Jiang Yuheng told the group about his plan to control Chen An and his suspicions that the Xi Shui Alliance was connected to the Holy Spirit Cult, while Wang Dong urged him to stay cautious and rest. After the tournament’s second round ended, Xu Sanshi drew the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy as the Spirit Pagoda team’s next opponent.

• Jiang Yuheng explained that he planned to control Chen An to obtain Rare Metal and revealed that Chen An’s dark power suggested a connection between the Xi Shui Alliance and the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Wang Dong warned Jiang Yuheng to be careful and secured his promise to share details of his dealings with the Xi Shui Alliance.
• Wang Dong persuaded Jiang Yuheng to stop working and rest with her.
• The second round of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament concluded, with forty-two teams advancing to the third round.
• Xu Tianran discussed a plan to increase deaths in battles involving sects during an Imperial Palace meeting.
• Xu Sanshi drew the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy as the Spirit Pagoda team’s next opponent, and Jiang Nannan scolded him for his bad luck.

The team debated whether to concede their match against the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, then Wang Dong chose to fight for Shrek Academy's honor and the Spirit Pagoda's reputation. The group left united behind her decision, while Jiang Nannan punished Xu Sanshi for drawing the unwanted lot.

• Xu Sanshi blamed the draw on a faulty machine, and Jiang Nannan rebuked him while Huo Yuhao argued that their team could defeat the opposing Soul Engineers.
• Bei Bei proposed conceding because the team's points were already enough to advance, but Xiao Xiao and Jiang Nannan insisted that beating the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy would raise the Spirit Pagoda's reputation.
• The team looked to Jiang Yuheng and Wang Dong, who applauded the arguments for fighting, and Wang Dong declared that the team should seek a decisive victory for Shrek Academy and the Spirit Pagoda.
• Jiang Nannan praised Wang Dong as her dream prince and joked that she would marry her if Wang Dong were a boy, making Xu Sanshi jealous.
• Jiang Yuheng put a green hat on Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan stripped him of drawing-lot privileges and sentenced him to the dungeon.

The Spirit Pagoda became the center of public attention after the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy forfeited their match, while Xu Tianran explained the decision to Zhang Moyu. Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao remained calm as Huo Yuhao questioned whether someone had influenced the academy to surrender.

• Wang Dong ordered the Spirit Pagoda team to face the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy at full strength, but they decided not to field Jiang Yuheng.
• The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy forfeited its third-round match against the Spirit Pagoda, drawing widespread attention and confusion.
• Xu Tianran asked Zhang Moyu how the academy members had reacted to the order, and Zhang Moyu said they opposed it but would obey.
• Xu Tianran praised Zhang Moyu’s loyalty and told him to remind the team that obedience was a soldier’s duty.
• After Xu Tianran left, Zhang Moyu reflected uneasily on his extreme and sinister nature as a ruler.
• Huo Yuhao told Wang Dong that the academy’s sudden surrender seemed strange and asked whether someone had put the idea in their heads.

Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao recognized that the Sun Moon Empire’s public attention could help promote the Spirit Pagoda, while the tournament’s violence and biased judging fueled public anger. Jiang Yuheng and Wang Dong then prepared for the first day of the competition, where Jiang Yuheng entered a Soul Engineer challenge amid plans to profit from betting and rising Rare Metal prices.

• Xiao Xiao convinced Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong that the Spirit Pagoda could benefit from the attention surrounding the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s surrender, and they gathered everyone to plan how to use it.
• The third-round matches saw heavy casualties and the Holy Spirit Sect attack opponents viciously while Sun Moon Empire judges looked away, prompting public condemnation and an official promise to reduce deaths.
• After the third round, Jiang Yuheng and Wang Dong met Chen An at the Qingse hotel, where he reported that the Xi Shui Alliance had increased the competition rewards and handed over their betting winnings.
• Jiang Yuheng told Wang Dong to bet everything again and withdraw when the third round arrived, while Wang Dong planned to exchange their earnings for Rare Metals before prices shifted.
• Chen An told Jiang Yuheng that the first day’s task was to make a Level 3 Milk Bottle or higher within three hours, and Jiang Yuheng took a central seat among the Soul Engineers.