Chapter Summaries

The Shrek Team was mocked for its ridiculous, advertisement-covered uniforms as it entered the Soul Master Competition. The Heaven Dou Royal Vice Team was drawn as its first opponent, and Dugu Yan prepared to lead the team against Shrek.

• The Shrek Team took the field in its humiliating green uniforms, drawing laughter from the spectators and other teams.
• Meng Shenji reminded Xue Ye that Shrek Academy had been formed from students expelled from Heaven Dou Academy and that Flender had renamed Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Flender defended the uniforms as an investment, while Liu Erlong worried that the students were being embarrassed.
• Salas announced that the Shrek Team would face the Heaven Dou Royal Vice Team in the first preliminary match.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran asked Dugu Yan to let them fight their former teammates, and Dugu Yan agreed to replace Lingling and Osler while she took command.

Shrek Team learned they would face the Heaven Dou Vice Team and considered surrendering because of the strength gap. Tang San rallied them into accepting the match, and they headed for the stage believing they could win.

• Salas announced that Shrek Team would face the Heaven Dou Vice Team, leaving Shrek’s members frightened by the mismatch.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun urged Shrek Team to surrender, but Yu Tianheng refused because of his pride and his former teammates.
• Tang San declared that Shrek Team could win and encouraged Yu Tianheng, Dai Mubai, and the others by praising their strengths.
• Tang San’s speech stirred Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun, and Tailong into agreeing to fight, while Yu Tianheng and Dai Mubai only feigned confidence.
• After the host called them to the stage, Tang San told Shrek Team to go, and they prepared to face the Heaven Dou Vice Team.

The Shrek Team faced the Heaven Dou Vice Team, whose lineup included Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran in place of two stronger members, giving Shrek hope of winning. The match began with Dugu Yan revealed as a Soul King, and both teams launched into battle with Ning Rongrong's powerful support buffs in place.

• The Shrek members saw Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran on the opposing team and believed their chances of victory had improved.
• Ning Rongrong offered Yu Feng money to injure Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, while Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran resolved to prove themselves.
• Dugu Yan ordered her team to crush Shrek, and the referee started the match as both teams released their Martial Souls.
• Dugu Yan revealed a black ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, stunning the crowd and making the Shrek members falter.
• Tang San assigned Yu Tianheng to hold Dugu Yan back and directed the others to target the Heaven Dou Vice Team's support and fighters.
• Ning Rongrong boosted her teammates with her Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda, granting them strength, speed, and Soul Power enhancements.

The Heaven Dou Vice Team overwhelmed Shrek in the tournament match, eliminating its support and several fighters before Dugu Yan struck Tang San and Yu Tianheng as the referee announced the result. Shrek’s surrender did not prevent Dugu Yan from sending the two of them flying off the platform.

• Yu Feng shattered Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and pressured Dai Mubai, while Dugu Yan defeated Yu Tianheng with her poison technique.
• Zhu Zhuqing ambushed Oscar and knocked him unconscious, then evaded Tang San’s Spider Web Binding.
• Tang San used Oscar’s remaining Flying Mushroom Sausages to send himself and Dai Mubai into the air, but Yu Feng overwhelmed Dai Mubai with Wind Blades.
• Shi Mo knocked Ma Hongjun out with Black Tortoise Charge, and Zhu Zhuqing defeated Tailong with Nether Hundred Claws.
• Flender asked the referee to accept Shrek’s surrender, and Xue Ye approved it on the team’s behalf.
• Dugu Yan struck Tang San and Yu Tianheng off the platform, and the referee declared the Heaven Dou Vice Team the winner.

The Heaven Dou Vice Team decisively defeated Shrek, leaving Tang San and Yu Tianheng badly injured and shocking the other academy teams. As the victors departed, Yang Yuan realized that Xiao Wu had exposed that she was not human, and Dugu Bo called him to come along.

• Tang San and Yu Tianheng crashed off the platform, and the referee declared the Heaven Dou Vice Team the winners.
• Flender rushed to the injured pair while Yu Xiaogang and the Shrek teachers feared the crushing loss would traumatize their students.
• Xiao Wu hurried toward Tang San, while Ning Rongrong rewarded Yu Feng and Shi Mo with Gold Soul Coins for their efforts against Shrek.
• Dugu Yan led the Heaven Dou Vice Team away as rival academies reacted with alarm and regret at their strength.
• Yang Yuan recognized that Xiao Wu was not human, and Dugu Bo asked him to come with him.

After the Heaven Dou Vice Team crushed Shrek, Shao Xin treated the fallen fighters and revealed the severity of Dai Mubai’s injuries. Yang Yuan admitted he knew Xiao Wu was a shapeshifting Soul Beast and declined to take her Soul Ring and Soul Bone, then hinted at a third Titled Douluo at the arena.

• Xiao Wu panicked over Tang San’s condition, and Flender reassured her while Yu Xiaogang arrived and angrily called the match attempted murder.
• Shao Xin revived Oscar and Tailong, then reported that Fatty had suffered extensive broken bones and one of Dai Mubai’s eggs had been completely pierced and burst.
• Xue Ye and the VIPs praised the Heaven Dou Vice Team’s one-sided victory over Shrek.
• Dugu Bo offered Yang Yuan a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone, and Yang Yuan revealed that he had long known Xiao Wu’s identity but would not absorb them.
• Yang Yuan warned that another Titled Douluo had been at the arena and invited Dugu Bo to watch a good show.

Sword Douluo identified Xiao Wu as a shapeshifting Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, prompting Ning Fengzhi to arrange for her capture before Spirit Hall learned of her. At Shrek, Yu Xiaogang steadied Tang San after his loss, but Tang Hao’s sudden arrival brought Sword Douluo face-to-face with him while Yang Yuan and Dugu Bo watched in secret.

• Sword Douluo told Ning Fengzhi that Xiao Wu carried the aura of a Soul Beast, and Ning Fengzhi left the arena after agreeing that Sword Douluo should take her away quietly.
• Yu Xiaogang encouraged Yu Tianheng to develop a Self-Created Soul Skill and persuaded Tang San to keep cultivating Blue Silver Grass rather than switch to the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San went to see Xiao Wu, and Tang Hao unexpectedly appeared in the forest, prompting Tang San to recognize him as his father.
• Tang Hao detected Sword Douluo’s presence and called him out, and Sword Douluo emerged from the woods.
• Yang Yuan and Dugu Bo watched from hiding and anticipated a confrontation over Xiao Wu.

Tang Hao refused to surrender Xiao Wu to Sword Douluo, who wanted her Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, and the two prepared to fight. Before their battle began, Yang Yuan and Dugu Bo appeared after sealing off the area’s sounds and auras.

• Sword Douluo demanded Xiao Wu, but Tang Hao refused, while Tang San learned that Xiao Wu was being targeted for her Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Tang Hao realized he was weakened by lingering poison and likely could not defeat Sword Douluo, so Tang San challenged the fairness of the duel and proposed they fight in ten years.
• Sword Douluo rejected the delay, and Tang Hao accepted the fight as their auras collided and battered the forest.
• Sword Douluo sensed that someone had sealed off the area, and Tang Hao called on the hidden intruders to reveal themselves.
• Yang Yuan and Dugu Bo emerged, and Dugu Bo greeted Tang Hao with a mocking remark.

Tang Hao, Dugu Bo, Sword Douluo, and Yang Yuan faced off over Xiao Wu and her Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, while Yang Yuan insisted he had no interest in it. Tang Hao suddenly attacked Yang Yuan, and Yang Yuan sentenced him to death.

• Dugu Bo appeared and joined Sword Douluo and Yang Yuan in a standoff with Tang Hao, Tang San, and Xiao Wu.
• Tang San tried to persuade Yang Yuan to make Dugu Bo protect Xiao Wu, but Yang Yuan rejected his appeal to their former classmates’ friendship.
• Xiao Wu begged Yang Yuan for help, while Dugu Bo told Sword Douluo that he would follow Yang Yuan’s wishes.
• Tang Hao decided to seize Yang Yuan to force Dugu Bo to cooperate, then lunged at him.
• Sword Douluo and Dugu Bo attacked to stop Tang Hao, but he reached Yang Yuan and grabbed for his throat; Yang Yuan sentenced him to death.

Yang Yuan stopped Tang Hao’s attack and, with help from Sword Douluo and Dugu Bo, severely injured him before shattering his wrist and punching him away. Tang Hao emerged from the dust with his hammer, resolved to die, and had quietly made his final arrangements with Tang San.

• Tang Hao attacked Yang Yuan, but Yang Yuan caught his wrist and halted him.
• Sword Douluo and Dugu Bo struck Tang Hao, while Yang Yuan’s Treasure Bone released a terrifying aura that overwhelmed Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• Yang Yuan shattered Tang Hao’s wrist and punched him in the face, sending him flying.
• Tang San rushed toward his injured father as Sword Douluo and Dugu Bo reacted with shock.
• Tang Hao emerged from the dust with his hammer, and Tang San recalled his father’s final arrangements before the fight.

Yang Yuan transported Tang Hao, Dugu Bo, and Sword Douluo into his Chaos Battlefield after Tang Hao prepared to fight them. He challenged Tang Hao alone and struck him into the ground with a replicated Clear Sky Hammer, leaving the battle underway.

• Tang Hao revealed his nine Soul Rings, including a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, shocking Xiao Wu and Tang San.
• Sword Douluo and Dugu Bo joined Yang Yuan in confronting Tang Hao, and their combined auras clashed with his.
• Yang Yuan used Double Pupils Open Heaven to create a Chaos Battlefield and pulled Tang Hao, Dugu Bo, and Sword Douluo inside.
• Yang Yuan stopped Dugu Bo and Sword Douluo from intervening and chose to fight Tang Hao himself.
• Yang Yuan replicated the Clear Sky Hammer, met Tang Hao's attack head-on, and blasted him into the ground.

Yang Yuan fought Tang Hao in a brutal hammer duel, matching and then surpassing the Clear Sky Sect’s Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer. Tang Hao, exhausted and enraged by Yang Yuan’s taunts, unleashed his final hidden card, Explode Ring.

• Tang Hao activated Clear Sky True Body and challenged Yang Yuan to a head-on clash, while Sword Douluo and Dugu Bo watched anxiously.
• Yang Yuan and Tang Hao traded powerful hammer blows, with Tang Hao briefly gaining the advantage through Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• Dugu Bo told Sword Douluo that Yang Yuan had hidden strength of his own, while Tang Hao boasted that Yang Yuan could not defeat him.
• Yang Yuan revealed that he could use a stronger version of Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, then fought Tang Hao through another fifty exchanges without tiring.
• Yang Yuan taunted Tang Hao for being too weak, driving Tang Hao into a rage that led him to explode his first five Soul Rings with Explode Ring.

Yang Yuan revealed his immense giant form and defeated Tang Hao’s five-ring Explode Ring attack with a single hammer strike. Tang Hao detonated his remaining rings and launched one final attack, but Yang Yuan answered with Double Pupils Open Heaven, unleashing a Chaos World that engulfed him.

• Dugu Bo told Sword Douluo that Yang Yuan had not yet revealed his true trump card.
• Yang Yuan used his Treasure Bone to transform into a giant over twenty meters tall, overwhelming Tang Hao with his pressure.
• Tang Hao exploded five Soul Rings and struck with the Clear Sky Hammer, but Yang Yuan’s Destruction Giant Hammer crushed his attack and sent him crashing into a crater.
• Tang Hao struggled to his feet, then exploded his remaining Soul Rings, including his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, to unleash his strongest strike.
• Yang Yuan put away his hammer and used Double Pupils Open Heaven, summoning a Chaos World that descended upon Tang Hao.

Yang Yuan killed Tang Hao and collected his six Soul Bones, giving three to Dugu Bo. The chapter left Tang San and Xiao Wu facing Yang Yuan, Dugu Bo, and Sword Douluo as Tang San realized his father was dead.

• Tang Hao's final attack failed, and Yang Yuan killed him with the Chaos World.
• Dugu Bo and Sword Douluo watched six Soul Bones fly from Tang Hao's remains, while Dugu Bo thought about Yang Yuan's growing power and his granddaughter Yanyan.
• Yang Yuan collected the six Soul Bones, deciphered their skills, and gave three to Dugu Bo despite his initial refusal.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu waited outside the Chaos Battlefield, and Xiao Wu apologized for drawing the Titled Douluo to them.
• Tang San felt a sudden palpitation as Yang Yuan, Dugu Bo, and Sword Douluo emerged from a rift, and he realized Tang Hao was dead.

Yang Yuan revealed to Tang San that he had killed Tang Hao and considered killing Tang San as well. Instead, he spared him and offered him time to grow stronger, confident Tang San would never catch up.

• Xiao Wu pleaded with Yang Yuan to spare Tang San after learning Yang Yuan had killed Tang Hao.
• Tang San accused Yang Yuan of fearing that he would eventually become strong enough to seek revenge.
• Yang Yuan saw through Tang San's hope that Yang Yuan's pride and mercy would keep him alive.
• Yang Yuan said he would spare Tang San and give him a chance to catch up, while warning him and his teacher not to provoke him.
• Yang Yuan revealed that he had known about Tang San's twin Martial Souls since they first met.

Yang Yuan took Xiao Wu with him so she could help him cultivate, while Tang San was forced to let her go. The chapter left Tang San newly aware of his love for Xiao Wu and vowing to surpass Yang Yuan and make him regret separating them.

• Tang San confronted Yang Yuan but held onto his belief that he could catch up by following Tang Hao's instructions about his mother's Soul Bone, the Blue Silver Forest, and Slaughter City.
• Dugu Bo asked Yang Yuan what he planned to do with Xiao Wu, and Yang Yuan said he wanted her to help him cultivate.
• Tang San tried to protect Xiao Wu, but Xiao Wu agreed to go with Yang Yuan after saying she believed he would not hurt her.
• Yang Yuan took Xiao Wu into the air and departed with Dugu Bo, while Sword Douluo also left.
• Tang San realized he loved Xiao Wu and swore that Yang Yuan would regret taking her away.

After Sword Douluo described Yang Yuan's overwhelming strength, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect leaders discussed how to secure Ning Rongrong's standing with him. Yang Yuan brought Xiao Wu to Heaven Dou Academy, ordered her to stay and cultivate, and placed her in her former dormitory beside Zhu Zhuqing.

• Sword Douluo told Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo that Yang Yuan had defeated Tang Hao and might soon become unmatched on the continent.
• Ning Fengzhi argued that the sect should strengthen its relationship with Yang Yuan and help Ning Rongrong remain on equal footing with Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo parted from Yang Yuan to absorb the three Soul Bones he had obtained.
• Yang Yuan warned Xiao Wu not to leave Heaven Dou Academy or condense a Soul Ring without his permission, threatening to make her his Soul Ring if she disobeyed.
• Yang Yuan arranged for Xiao Wu to stay in her former dormitory beside Zhu Zhuqing.

Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo traded rare poisonous herbs and a mutant snake with Dugu Bo for a chance to obtain Spirit Medicine for Ning Rongrong. Yang Yuan confirmed that Dugu Bo had medicine capable of evolving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, leaving Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo poised to seek his help.

• After Yang Yuan brought Xiao Wu to Heaven Dou Academy, Qian Renxue wondered why he had chosen to bring her there.
• Ning Fengzhi offered Dugu Bo four poisonous herbs and a Mutant Venomous Snake in exchange for Spirit Medicine for Rongrong.
• Dugu Bo accepted the trade and told Ning Fengzhi to ask Yang Yuan whether his Spirit Medicine could help the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo visited Heaven Dou Academy and saw its students cultivating diligently.
• Yang Yuan confirmed to Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo that Dugu Bo had Spirit Medicine capable of evolving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

Ning Rongrong absorbed the Aromatic Silk Beauty and evolved her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, gaining enough Soul Power to reach level forty. After she joined Heaven Dou Vice Team, her support helped the team build a nine-match winning streak, and their next opponent was Cang Hui.

• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo brought the Aromatic Silk Beauty to Yang Yuan and Ning Rongrong, and Yang Yuan explained how she should absorb it.
• Ning Rongrong absorbed the Aromatic Silk Beauty and evolved her Martial Soul into a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, reaching level forty.
• Ning Rongrong excitedly embraced Yang Yuan, while Ning Fengzhi hinted that he approved of their future together.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo took Ning Rongrong to absorb her fourth Soul Ring, and she returned three days later at level forty-three.
• Ning Rongrong strengthened Heaven Dou Vice Team, which extended its winning streak to nine matches before facing Cang Hui.

After the Heaven Dou Vice Team easily won another match, Shi Nian targeted them for assassination, but Yang Yuan detected him and dragged him out of hiding. The chapter ended with Shi Nian pinned to the ground before Yang Yuan.

• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing defeated their opponents in under three minutes, and the team headed back to Heaven Dou Academy.
• Ning Rongrong showed renewed dedication to cultivation, while Dugu Yan worried that she was becoming closer to Yang Yuan.
• Shi Nian secretly followed the team and decided to attack them, intending to spare Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan.
• Outside Heaven Dou City, Shi Nian created an illusion around the Heaven Dou Vice Team and tried to pull Yang Yuan into a dreamscape.
• Yang Yuan seized Shi Nian with an invisible hand and slammed him to his knees, mocking his nerve and lack of strength.