Chapter Summaries

Ling Qingyue staged a divine manifestation that won the crowd’s devotion and prompted Huang San to recognize her gathering the Power of Faith. The tournament then opened with Feng Xiaotian defeating Plant Academy alone without releasing his Martial Soul, leaving Huang San stunned.

• Ling Qingyue appeared on a giant snow lotus, and its scattered motes healed illnesses and helped some Soul Masters break through.
• Ling Qingyue credited the blessings to the Ice Snow Goddess and urged the crowd to keep their faith, while Huang San realized she was gathering and directing the Power of Faith.
• The opening ceremony moved to the first-round draw, and Godwind Academy faced Plant Academy in the opening match.
• Feng Xiaotian defeated Plant Academy’s seven members with precise wind blades, dismantling their vines and dispersing their poisonous mist without releasing his Martial Soul.

As the Shrek group ate dinner, Dai Mubai suspected the lamb came from Ma Hongjun’s earlier misadventure, while Shao Xin assured him it was fresh. The next day, Ning Rongrong watched the tournament with Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin, who identified Shrek’s talented students and revealed the scandalous history of Tang San and Huang San.

• Dai Mubai questioned whether the roasted lamb was the sheep Ma Hongjun had used, and Shao Xin told him it had died and been disposed of before he bought fresh meat.
• Tang San noticed Shao Xin was not eating, and Shao Xin said he had already eaten something in the kitchen.
• Ning Fengzhi, Ning Rongrong, and Chen Xin watched the matches from the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena’s VIP platform.
• Ning Fengzhi described Shrek Academy as a struggling third-tier school whose talented students were being wasted.
• Chen Xin named Huang San, Tang San, and Oscar as Shrek’s students with Innate Full Soul Power and disclosed Tang San’s connection to Yu Xiaogang and Huang San’s parentage and Twin Martial Souls.

Ning Rongrong asked Ning Fengzhi to arrange a future individual match against Huang San, while Shrek Academy began its bout against XX Academy. The Zhang Brothers stunned the arena by using their Mourning Stick and Spirit Tablet Martial Souls to weaken their opponents and empower Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun.

• Ning Rongrong asked Ning Fengzhi to arrange for her to face Huang San in an individual match, and Ning Fengzhi agreed while warning her to prioritize safety.
• Shrek Academy took the arena against the defense-focused XX Academy.
• Zhang Sang knelt and wailed over his Mourning Stick, covering the opposing team in mourning clothes and overwhelming them with grief.
• Zhang Miao kowtowed before his Spirit Tablet and sent its pale smoke into Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, boosting their Soul Power and aggression.
• The audience, Ning Fengzhi, and Chen Xin stared in stunned silence at the Zhang Brothers' bizarre opening moves.

Shrek Academy defeated Iron Shield Academy in under a minute after Zhang Sang and Zhang Miao’s unusual Spirit Skills disrupted and weakened their opponents. Flender celebrated the victory by promising to treat the team to a meal, leaving them stunned by his generosity.

• Zhang Sang’s Spirit Skill overwhelmed Iron Shield Academy with grief, while Zhang Miao’s Spirit Skill enhanced Shrek Academy’s fighters.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun attacked the distracted opponents, and Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to topple more of them.
• The referee declared Shrek Academy the winner after Iron Shield Academy could no longer continue.
• Spectators analyzed the brothers’ skills and began calling Shrek Academy a dark horse in the qualifiers.
• Flender regretted not betting more money on Shrek Academy, then promised the team a meal at the best restaurant in Heaven Dou City.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Huang San stared at Flender in disbelief.

Flender capitalized on Shrek Academy’s victories by securing sponsorships and turning the team’s uniforms into advertisements. The students challenged him over the embarrassing outfits and negotiated a share of the advertising revenue, though Flender still planned to control how much they received.

• After Shrek Academy defeated Elephant Armor Academy, merchants and hotels offered Flender sponsorships and support for the team.
• Flender convinced sponsors to pay more to advertise on the students’ uniforms and signed contracts tied to the team’s performance.
• Dai Mubai protested when the team received gaudy uniforms covered in business names and advertisements.
• Flender claimed the outfits would test the students’ character, but Oscar and Ma Hongjun demanded a share of the advertising money.
• Flender negotiated with the students and agreed that they would receive thirty percent of the revenue, while the academy kept seventy percent.
• Flender privately thought he could still decide how much money to distribute because only he knew the actual amount.

Huo Wu entered the match alone and knocked Ma Hongjun out of the arena with a single strike from her greatsword. She then overwhelmed the Shrek team, sending several more members flying from the stage as Tang San tried to stop her.

• The Shrek team entered the arena in their advertising uniforms and was met with laughter and jeers.
• Ma Hongjun flirted with Huo Wu, but she kicked the Sinking Flame Greatsword into him and knocked him out of the match.
• Huo Wu destroyed Zhang Sang’s mourning attack and summoned the greatsword back to her hand.
• Huo Wu struck Zhang Miao, Zhang Sang, and Dai Mubai off the stage with a rapid sweep of her greatsword.
• Tang San tried to evade Huo Wu and bind her with Blue Silver Grass, but she struck him and sent him flying.

Huo Wu defeated Shrek Academy’s team in seconds, leaving its students gravely injured. Flender reluctantly agreed to pay a healing Soul Saint five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins to treat them as the healing began.

• Huo Wu swiftly knocked out the Shrek Academy fighters and was declared the winner for Blazing Fire Academy.
• Spirit Arena staff carried the injured Tang San and the others to the preparation area, where Shao Xin said his Sugar Beans could only provide limited treatment.
• Flender hurried off to find a healer, worried about the cost and Shrek Academy’s match against Godwind Academy the next day.
• A healing Soul Saint examined the students and demanded five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for complete treatment.
• Flender reluctantly accepted the price, and the Soul Saint summoned his Spring Willow Martial Soul to begin healing them.

After Shrek’s defeat, Flender paid a Soul Saint a steep fee to heal Tang San and the others, who returned to their courtyard for a meal and a scolding. The next morning, they waited outside Ma Hongjun’s room as Huang San concluded that his worsening Evil Fire would likely cripple or kill him within a year without a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower.

• A Soul Saint healed Tang San and the others, and Flender paid him fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Flender explained to Shao Xin that healing Soul Masters were charging enormous fees during the tournament because demand was high.
• Tang San and the others woke, received a long lecture from Flender, and returned to the courtyard, where Li Yusong served them roasted goat.
• The next morning, Flender, Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, Huang San, Zhang Sang, and Zhang Miao waited outside Ma Hongjun’s room as his Evil Fire backlash continued.
• Huang San judged that Ma Hongjun’s increasingly frequent and intense Evil Fire would likely cripple or kill him within a year without an Immortal Herb such as the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower.

Flender gathered Shrek Academy’s team for the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena, complaining about their expenses and asking Shao Xin how much his sugar-pill stall had earned. Shao Xin claimed he had made less than two hundred Gold Soul Coins, but a Black Card slipped from his robe, and Flender snatched it up.

• Flender explained that Shao Xin had gone to sell sugar pills to help cover Shrek Academy’s costs.
• A sheep cried out in the western wing after Ma Hongjun had been there, and Li Yusong later dragged the dead ewe toward the cooking shed rather than waste it.
• Flender rushed Shao Xin back from his stall to the preparation area before Shrek Academy’s match.
• Shao Xin said the stall had earned less than two hundred Gold Soul Coins and handed Flender a money pouch.
• A Black Card fell from Shao Xin’s robe, and Flender swiftly grabbed it.

Flender took Shao Xin’s twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins and pressured him to keep serving Shrek Academy. Shao Xin decided to leave the Academy and make money in the Spirit Arena as Shrek prepared to face Godwind Academy.

• Flender discovered that Shao Xin’s Black Card held twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins, seized it, and praised Shao Xin for supposedly supporting the Academy.
• Shao Xin cursed Flender over the stolen money, then heard that Shrek Academy’s match against Godwind Academy would begin in ten minutes.
• Shao Xin headed to the treatment area to sell Sugar Beans, planning to deposit his earnings and retire in Heaven Dou City after the tournament.
• Shrek Academy and Godwind Academy entered the arena as spectators bet on the undefeated Godwind team to win.

Feng Xiaotian defeated Shrek Academy in seconds, using precise Wind Blades to incapacitate five of its members and throw the Zhang Brothers from the stage. Godwind Academy won, while Shrek’s fighters lay bleeding and their condition remained unknown.

• Godwind Academy sent Feng Xiaotian to face Shrek Academy’s seven contestants alone.
• At the opening whistle, Feng Xiaotian seized Zhang Sang and Zhang Miao before they could begin their funeral-crying routine.
• Feng Xiaotian unleashed Wind Blades that tore through Shrek’s defenses and badly wounded Tang San, Dai Mubai, Huang San, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun.
• Feng Xiaotian tossed Zhang Sang and Zhang Miao off the stage, then ended his attack as Shrek’s five fighters collapsed.
• The referee declared Godwind Academy the winner, and the spectators erupted in astonishment.

After Shrek Academy’s seven students lost badly to Feng Xiaotian’s team, their lack of timely treatment turned their wounds into life-threatening injuries that could permanently cripple their cultivation. Flender brought them back to the courtyard and called for Li Yusong, with the only hope of saving their futures being the costly help of Ye Shiyu.

• Spectators mocked Shrek Academy after its seven students were defeated, while the injured students were left bleeding in their empty preparation area.
• Flender returned and summoned a healing Soul Saint, who warned that delayed treatment had drained the students’ life essence and damaged their future cultivation.
• The Soul Saint said Ye Shiyu’s Nine-Heart Begonia might heal them, but Flender realized he could not afford her and accepted temporary stabilization instead.
• Flender hired laborers to carry Tang San and the other six students to a rented carriage and transport them back to the courtyard.
• When the carriage arrived, Flender called out for Li Yusong to come help.

A mysterious man named Tang Xiao rescued Tang San and the other students by paying for their treatment at the Ye Family estate. The students recovered, while Flender returned to the courtyard and found Shao Xin still missing.

• Li Yusong saw the bloodied, unconscious students and asked Flender what had happened.
• A powerful cloaked stranger appeared at the courtyard gate, and Flender asked whether he had come to the wrong place.
• Tang Xiao paid for Ye Shiyu to heal Tang San and the other six students, restoring them within moments.
• Flender led the recovered students back to the courtyard and marveled at Tang Xiao's strength and wealth.
• Flender looked for Shao Xin and learned from Li Yusong that Shao Xin had not returned since leaving to sell Sugar Beans.

Shao Xin celebrated earning 35,000 Gold Soul Coins but decided to return to Shrek Academy until the tournament ended before resigning. Outside the city, Tang Xiao and Tang Lie worried over the Clear Sky Sect’s finances and speculated about why Zhao Linchuan might abdicate.

• Shao Xin left the Continental General Bank with a 35,000 Gold Soul Coin deposit certificate and planned to save enough to buy a courtyard.
• Shao Xin recalled Flender taking 20,000 Gold Soul Coins from him, then decided to return to Shrek Academy and resign after the tournament.
• Tang Xiao admitted to Tang Lie that he had spent the Clear Sky Sect’s next-year budget to pay for Tang San’s treatment.
• Tang Lie and Tang Xiao discussed rumors that Zhao Linchuan intended to abdicate and hoped the new ruler might pardon the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Xiao wondered if Zhao Linchuan’s health had failed, but Tang Lie suspected a deeper reason for the abdication.

Tang Xiao agreed to travel to the Outer Sea with Tang Hao to earn money for the Clear Sky Sect. Meanwhile, Yu Luomian praised the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect’s profitable partnership with Spirit Hall before probing Yu Lingfeng about his cultivation and readiness to inherit responsibility.

• Tang Lie warned Tang Xiao to avoid unknown contacts, and Tang Xiao agreed to be cautious.
• Tang Xiao said he would go to the Outer Sea to hunt rare Sea Soul Beasts and find resources to support the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Lie suggested Tang Hao accompany Tang Xiao, and Tang Xiao reluctantly agreed.
• Yu Lingfeng reported that Protector Liu’s annual share was ready and said he would deliver it to the Immortal Spirit Pavilion.
• Yu Luomian emphasized the importance of honoring Liu Er Long’s share and credited her intervention with securing the sect’s power-grid business.
• Yu Luomian asked about Yu Lingfeng’s cultivation and succession plans, and Yu Lingfeng claimed he remained stuck at the Soul Douluo bottleneck.

Yu Lingfeng spoke with Yu Luomian about succession and Thunderclap Academy, then left uncertain of his uncle’s intentions. Alone, Yu Luomian revealed that Immortal Spirit Pavilion expected him to suppress dissent within the sect, and he chose to remain its compliant Sect Master to preserve its prosperity.

• Yu Lingfeng assured Yu Luomian that he would not compete for the Sect Master position and praised his uncle’s claim to it.
• Yu Luomian urged Yu Lingfeng to focus more on cultivation, then agreed to attend a Thunderclap Academy match.
• After leaving the hall, Yu Lingfeng wondered whether Yu Luomian’s words were a genuine offer of succession or a warning.
• Yu Luomian recalled Liu Erlong’s letter demanding that he maintain stability and suppress voices opposed to the Empire’s policies and Immortal Spirit Pavilion.
• Yu Luomian accepted being a puppet to protect the sect’s standing and rejected the aims of invitations from declining powers seeking to change the current state of affairs.

Yu Luomian reflected on his loyalty to the Empire and reported secret Titled Douluo to Immortal Spirit Pavilion, while Shrek Academy prepared to face Thunderclap Academy with the Zhang Brothers’ Martial Soul Fusion Skill. The chapter ended as Yu Luomian watched the teams prepare for their match from the VIP seats.

• Yu Luomian secretly sent Liu Erlong details about three unfamiliar Titled Douluo and dismissed the idea of overthrowing the Empire as a threat to his sect’s prosperity.
• The Zhang Brothers told Flender that they possessed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill requiring cooperation from their teammates.
• Flender ordered Shrek Academy to use the skill against Thunderclap Academy, warning the team that another loss could bankrupt the academy.
• Dai Mubai objected to Flender’s demands, but Flender insisted that Shrek Academy had to win and led the team out.
• Yu Lingfeng urged Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin to protect Thunderclap Academy’s and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect’s honor before Yu Luomian.
• Yu Lingfeng joined Yu Luomian in the VIP section as the Shrek Academy versus Thunderclap Academy match was announced.

Zhang Sang and Zhang Miao unleashed a funeral-themed martial soul fusion skill that overwhelmed Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin, forcing them to kneel and weep before a phantom coffin. As the arena and audience reeled at the spectacle, the coffin carried by Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Huang San suddenly moved.

• Yu Lingfeng told Yu Luomian that Thunderclap Academy's contestants were confident, and Yu Luomian watched as both teams entered the arena.
• Thunderclap Academy fielded only Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin, while Shrek Academy arranged the Zhang Brothers at the front and Tang San among the other four members.
• At the referee's signal, Zhang Sang and Zhang Miao shouted funeral cries and fused their Soul Rings, summoning suona music, falling paper coins, mourning clothes, and a phantom coffin.
• The funeral skill forced Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin to their knees, where they wept and kowtowed as though their relatives had died.
• The audience erupted in shock, while Yu Luomian grew furious and Yu Lingfeng was left speechless with humiliation.
• The pitch-black coffin phantom carried by Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Huang San suddenly moved.

Tang San emerged from the coffin and helped Shrek Academy defeat the Thunderclap Academy brothers, though the bizarre victory left him furious and humiliated. Shrek’s reputation rebounded as a dangerous dark horse, while Yu Luomian left the VIP seats in anger.

• Tang San burst out of the coffin in a burial robe and demanded answers from Zhang Sang, who urged him to attack before the fusion skill failed.
• Tang San grabbed the grieving Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin and threw them out of the arena.
• Zhang Sang and Zhang Miao collapsed as their fusion skill ended, and the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner.
• Spectators praised Shrek’s bizarre mental attack and began calling the team a dark horse hiding its strength.
• Yu Luomian left the VIP section in fury, while Tang San hurried away from the arena as his teammates struggled to suppress their amusement.

Shrek Academy secured a place in the Team Competition’s top eight through its bizarre Funeral Stream strategy, and the group moved on to preparing for the individual tournament. Flender, Dai Mubai, and Oscar discussed finding Ma Hongjun a woman to manage his Evil Fire, while Tang San objected to their talk of buying women.

• Tang San left the preparation area in anger, and the others burst into laughter over his funeral clothes and coffin entrance.
• Shrek Academy’s victory in the Team Competition preliminaries earned it qualification for the next stage.
• Dai Mubai complained about Ma Hongjun’s morning routine and suggested that Flender find him a woman.
• Tang San rebuked Dai Mubai for treating women as tradable resources, and Dai Mubai defended his views by contrasting his mother with common women.
• Flender considered Dai Mubai’s suggestion to seek an older female Soul Master, and Oscar said Ma Hongjun would accept almost anyone suitable.