Chapter Summaries

Yao Yan defeated Tang San in hand-to-hand combat and spiritual power, then provoked him by questioning his cultivation and Yu Xiaogang’s teaching. Yu Xiaogang charged toward the arena in fury, while Tang Hao watched from the shadows but was held back by his injuries.

• Shrek admitted defeat in the team battle so Dugu Yan could detoxify Xiao Wu, but Tang San challenged Yao Yan to a one-on-one fight.
• Tang San proposed fighting without Martial Souls or Soul Rings, and Yao Yan used Taiji to repel him and knock him down.
• Tang San attacked with Purple Demon Eyes, but Yao Yan’s Eye of Destiny overwhelmed his spiritual power, forcing Flender to concede the match.
• Yao Yan taunted Tang San about his weakness and claimed his hidden weapons and Blue Silver Grass could not rival him.
• Yao Yan questioned whether Yu Xiaogang had taught Tang San correctly, and the furious Yu Xiaogang charged toward the arena.
• Tang Hao watched Yao Yan from the shadows and tried to attack, but chest pain forced him to suppress his injuries.

Yao Yan publicly denounced Master Yu and beat him in the arena, prompting Yu Tian Heng to challenge him and lose their clash. Flender stopped Yao Yan from continuing, and after Master Yu left, Yu Tian Heng vowed to avenge his uncle while Shrek and the Imperial Fighting Team agreed to meet at a hotel.

• Master Yu rushed to defend Tang San, but Yao Yan mocked his teaching and called him a plagiarist who had misled Tang San.
• Yao Yan grabbed Master Yu and beat him while Tang San tried to intervene; Flender knocked Tang San unconscious, and the crowd jeered at Master Yu.
• Yu Tian Heng rushed in to defend his uncle and challenged Yao Yan, but Yao Yan's dark-golden claws overpowered his Dragon Claw.
• Flender activated his seven Soul Rings and seized Yao Yan, but Qin Ming intervened, and Flender released him.
• Flender introduced Qin Ming to the students and introduced Master Yu, who refused to stay and left after requesting Recovery Big Sausages.
• Yu Tian Heng vowed to avenge Master Yu and chased after him, while Shrek and the Imperial Fighting Team agreed to discuss matters at a hotel.

Yu Xiaogang persuaded Yu Tian Heng to help investigate the secret behind Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul Evolution. After blaming Yao Yan for Dugu Yan’s changed behavior and urging Tian Heng to put clan ambitions first, he began considering a potion for their next move.

• Yu Tian Heng found Yu Xiaogang in the rain and urged him to return to the clan, but Yu Xiaogang said he would go back later and hoped Tang San would help him prove himself.
• Yu Xiaogang invited Yu Tian Heng to join Shrek and asked about Dugu Yan’s unusual close-combat strength, and Yu Tian Heng said her Jade Phosphorous Serpent might be undergoing a Second Awakening.
• Yu Tian Heng described Dugu Yan’s recent changes, and Yu Xiaogang accused Yao Yan of having an affair with her and coached Tian Heng on how to win her back.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Yu Tian Heng to uncover the secret behind Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul Evolution, arguing that it could help their clan and Tian Heng’s succession prospects.
• Yu Tian Heng agreed to test the waters with Dugu Yan, while Yu Xiaogang began recalling a potion that might help with their plan.

At dinner, Qin Ming proposed that Shrek join Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Master Yu agreed under strict conditions. As the teams clashed over the arrangement and Flender tried to recruit Yao Yan, four black shadows entered Suotuo City in the night.

• At the hotel dinner, Qin Ming suggested that Shrek join Heaven Dou Royal Academy so its students could compete in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Master Yu arrived with Yu Tian Heng and agreed to the move, demanding that Shrek remain an exchange student, compete under its own name, and retain control of its teachers and training.
• Dugu Yan mocked Shrek, prompting Ma Hongjun to argue with her before Qin Ming stopped the confrontation.
• Flender agreed to take Shrek to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and asked Yao Yan to join the Shrek Team, but Master Yu refused to teach him.
• Four black shadows silently entered Suotuo City during the night.

Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to surround Shrek Academy and prepare an ambush as the group debated Shrek’s dangerous record and Flender’s claims about a powerful graduate. The argument ended when Bibi Dong’s voice came from outside the private room, demanding to know which elder Flender meant.

• Bibi Dong received Xiao Yan’s letter and ordered Spirit Hall forces to drive Shrek’s group toward the East City Gate while arranging troops to guard the gates and an ambush near the gorge.
• Yao Yan challenged Flender over Shrek Academy’s high student death rate, and Dugu Yan questioned whether its teachers had protected their students.
• Flender defended Shrek by apologizing to the Seven Devils, while Qin Ming said he had been unable to withstand a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Master Yu drunkenly claimed that one Shrek graduate had become Spirit Hall’s youngest elder, prompting Dai Mubai to demand the senior’s support.
• Flender tried to deny the claim, but Bibi Dong’s voice came from outside and asked who the elder was.

Tang Hao warned the academies that Spirit Hall had surrounded them to capture Tang San, and the teachers and students fought their way out of the encirclement. Tang Hao then confronted Bibi Dong above Suotuo City, and their clash unleashed a devastating shockwave across the city.

• Tang Hao learned that Spirit Hall had surrounded the Suotuo Grand Hotel and warned Flender that the group needed to escape.
• Flender led the academies out through a window, where more than two hundred Spirit Hall Soul Masters surrounded them and the Vice Archbishop demanded Tang San as Tang Hao’s son.
• Flender, Qin Ming, Li Yusong, and the students fought through the encirclement, while Dugu Yan and the other Imperial Dou Team members refused to join the battle.
• Tang Hao faced Bibi Dong in the sky, invoked Divine Slaughter’s Domain, and attacked with Clear Sky True Body.
• Bibi Dong transformed into her Soul-Eater Spider Emperor True Body and countered with Eternal Wound, and their attacks collided with a blast that devastated Suotuo City.

Yao Yan and Long Qiuer shielded the Imperial Dou Team from the blast while Flender led Shrek’s group away from collapsing buildings and Spirit Hall pursuers. Above the city, Bibi Dong wounded Tang Hao with poison and struck him down with her Eternal Wound, leaving him crashed into a tall building.

• Yao Yan and Long Qiuer joined forces to protect the Imperial Dou Team from the explosion’s debris and shockwave.
• Flender led Shrek’s group out of a collapsing alley as the Vice Archbishop and Spirit Hall forces pursued them.
• Yu Xiaogang recognized the danger of heading for the West City Gate and proposed splitting up before regrouping to break through at the East City Gate.
• Bibi Dong used her Half Moon attack and scythes to harass Tang Hao, pierce his blood-red barrier, and poison his waist and abdomen.
• Tang Hao and Bibi Dong exchanged powerful attacks until Bibi Dong disappeared and reappeared beneath him with her Sixth Soul Skill, Eternal Wound.
• Tang Hao blocked the cross-shaped ripple with his Clear Sky Hammer, but the attack pierced him and sent him crashing into a tall building.

Yu Xiaogang led the group into a trap at Suotuo City's east gate, where Han Feng's forces and Ghost Douluo surrounded them. Ghost Douluo overwhelmed the Shrek group, leaving Tang San injured and several others unconscious.

• Yu Xiaogang convinced Flender and the others that the lightly guarded east gate was their best escape route, and the three teams gathered to break through.
• Flender attacked the gate guards, allowing the group to rush out, but concealed attackers struck as soon as they reached the open ground.
• Han Feng surrounded the group with Soul Masters and soldiers, while the city gate fell shut and the Vice Archbishop revealed the ambush.
• Han Feng demanded that the group surrender Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang proposed that Flender escape with him while the others stayed behind.
• Ghost Douluo appeared, injured Tang San with a glance, and crushed Flender and the Shrek group with his Title Douluo pressure.

Ghost Douluo’s forces moved to seize the dying Tang San, but a divine intervention drove Shrek’s teachers to sacrifice themselves so Flender could escape with him. The rest of Shrek was captured by the Vice Archbishop, while Spirit Hall pursued Flender.

• Ghost Douluo suppressed Shrek at the East City Gate, and Han Feng dragged Tang San away despite Master Yu and Yu Tian Heng trying to stop him.
• The red-armored figure in the Divine Realm saw Tang San’s danger and sent Asura Divine Power into Li Yusong and the other teachers, urging them to protect him.
• Flender resisted Ghost Douluo, while Li Yusong detonated himself to distract Spirit Hall and give Flender a chance to take Tang San.
• Shao Xin and another teacher sacrificed themselves in explosions that held Ghost Douluo back as Flender fled with Tang San in his Four-Eyed Owl form.
• The Vice Archbishop struck Qin Ming, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Xiao Wu, Huang Yuan, Yu Tian Heng, and Master Yu with poisoned claws, and Spirit Hall’s pursuers captured them.

Tang Ritian tried to escape Suotuo City after Bibi Dong's poison worsened his old injuries, but his attack on Yao Yan was stopped and Bibi Dong severed his left arm. Bibi Dong learned that Flender had escaped with Tang San, then ordered Master Yu released before heading toward the West City Gate.

• Tang Ritian transferred most of his hidden injuries into his left arm and spotted Yao Yan near the West City Gate, where he was healing civilians.
• Tang Ritian launched his mountain-sized Clear Sky Hammer at Yao Yan, but Snake Lance Douluo and Bibi Dong knocked it beyond the city gate.
• Bibi Dong pursued Tang Ritian and cut off his left arm; he escaped after exploding two more Soul Rings, while Bibi Dong took the Soul Bone from his severed arm.
• The Vice Archbishop told Bibi Dong that three Shrek teachers had self-destructed, allowing Flender to escape with the wounded Tang San, and that Ghost Elder had gone after them.
• The Vice Archbishop reported that Yu Xiaogang had been captured, and Bibi Dong ordered him released before leaving for the West City Gate.

As disaster relief continued in Suotuo City, Bibi Dong confronted Yao Yan and Long Qiuer after overhearing their discussion of her past in The Love Story of Dong'er and the Master. She recognized Yao Yan and attacked him, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Yao Yan watched the relief teams arriving in Suotuo City while Long Qiuer read a tragic alternate ending in the romance novel and scolded him for writing it.
• Yao Yan told Long Qiuer that Dong'er had idealized the Master and had not dared to learn his true nature.
• Bibi Dong appeared before Yao Yan and Long Qiuer, seized the book, and demanded to know who had written it.
• Yao Yan said he had bought the book from a street vendor, and Bibi Dong ordered Moon Pass to investigate its spread through the city.
• Bibi Dong recognized Yao Yan as the author and unleashed overwhelming Soul Power pressure against him.

Yao Yan showed Bibi Dong a token and recording of Yu Xiaogang’s conversation, revealing that Yu had exploited her feelings and wanted to drag her down from her position. Bibi Dong broke down on the ruined city wall as Yao Yan and the others escaped.

• Long Qiuer fused her Soul Power with Yao Yan’s to resist Bibi Dong’s pressure, but Bibi Dong forced the fused figure to its knees and struck Snake Lance Douluo down.
• Yao Yan presented a token associated with Yu Xiaogang, and Bibi Dong demanded to know where it came from.
• Di Tian explained that the Auspicious Beast had taken human form to guide Yao Yan and conceal his otherworldly aura, while a golden figure raced toward Suotuo City after hearing Bibi Dong had harmed his people.
• Yao Yan explained how Yu Xiaogang had used the token, then activated an Image Recording Bead showing Yu admitting that he wanted to pull Bibi Dong down from her pedestal.
• Bibi Dong dropped her scepter, cried out Yu Xiaogang’s name, and collapsed as her Soul Power shattered the city wall.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo saw Bibi Dong’s breakdown, then left to return to his battle in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Bibi Dong learned more about Yu Xiaogang’s past and blamed both him and Qian Xunji for ruining her life, vowing to destroy what they cherished. At Ah Yin’s hiding place, Tang Hao found her withered and, as he died from his injuries and poison, imagined her accusing him before waking alone beside the dead grass.

• Snake Lance Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo contained the destruction and cries coming from the hall while Bibi Dong reviewed evidence against Yu Xiaogang.
• Bibi Dong learned that Yu Xiaogang had spent years at Nuoding City Academy without teaching and had mocked Mang Tianchi after gaining influence.
• Bibi Dong blamed Yu Xiaogang and Qian Xunji for deceiving and imprisoning her, then vowed to destroy everything they cherished.
• Tang Hao reached Ah Yin’s hiding place and found the Blue Silver Grass with golden patterns withered.
• As poison and injuries overwhelmed him, Tang Hao dreamed that Ah Yin accused him of exploiting her and then disappeared.
• Tang Hao woke beside the withered grass, weeping and clutching it as he fell silent.

Tang Hao discovered that someone had taken Ah Yin and her Soul Bone, blamed Spirit Hall, and set out to rejoin Tang San. In Suotuo City, Bibi Dong reviewed Yao Yan’s record and summoned him to meet her.

• Tang Hao woke to find Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Grass crushed, then discovered a note saying someone had taken her and her Soul Bone.
• Tang Hao raged through the stone chamber, concluded Spirit Hall was responsible, and hurried to find Tang San and conceal the hundred-thousand-year rabbit’s identity.
• Bibi Dong heard Ghost Douluo’s account of Tang Hao interrupting his pursuit of Tang San and dismissed him.
• Bibi Dong read Yao Yan’s file, decided to recruit him, and ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo to bring him to her.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo reported that Xinhua Bookstore had vanished five days earlier while his subordinates continued searching for it.

Yao Yan met Bibi Dong after she summoned him and endured her pressure when she demanded that he join the Pope’s Palace. He challenged the value of her offer by asking Chrysanthemum Douluo about his years of service and Soul Bones, provoking Bibi Dong’s anger.

• Yao Yan ordered Suotuo City to provide disaster victims with housing and medical care for two years in exchange for a year of tax exemption.
• Snake Lance Douluo escorted Yao Yan to Spirit Hall, where Bibi Dong dismissed the other attendants and revealed Yao Yan’s three black Soul Rings by crushing his Simulation.
• Bibi Dong offered Yao Yan the position of Holy Son, elder-level treatment, her personal guidance, and Shadow Spider Number One if he joined the Pope’s Palace.
• Yao Yan summoned Chrysanthemum Douluo and asked how long he had served Bibi Dong and how many Soul Bones he possessed.
• Bibi Dong understood Yao Yan’s point and unleashed even greater pressure, cracking her throne as it bore down on him.

Yao Yan rejected Bibi Dong’s offer to join the Pope’s Palace and proposed three strategies to prevent the Spirit Hall Empire from falling. Bibi Dong agreed to awaken Xiao Ying, while Yao Yan positioned himself as a partner acting for the commoners.

• Bibi Dong attacked Yao Yan, but Golden Crocodile Douluo shielded him and warned her not to attack again.
• Yao Yan defended Chrysanthemum Douluo’s loyalty, and Bibi Dong acknowledged her oversight and offered Yao Yan Soul Bones if he joined the Pope’s Palace.
• Yao Yan refused Bibi Dong’s offer and revealed that he had three strategies to protect the Spirit Hall Empire from destruction.
• Yao Yan presented a Godly Zhuge Crossbow and explained that Hidden Weapons could let commoners kill Soul Masters, prompting Bibi Dong to ask how he would counter the threat.
• Yao Yan proposed forging Soul Master armor, dividing the Upper Three Sects by targeting Tang San, and winning public support through a battle for public opinion.
• Yao Yan said he would stand with the commoners and treat the Spirit Hall as a partner, and Bibi Dong began channeling Soul Power into Xiao Ying to awaken the spider.

Bibi Dong revived Xiao Ying and kept it by her side so it could cultivate with Rakshasa divine power, while Yao Yan accepted a way to contact her and vowed to take Xiao Ying back someday. On the road to Heaven Dou City, Tang San used his Eight Spider Lances to draw poison from Oscar and Dai Mubai, discovering that absorbing it also gave him a surge of life force.

• Bibi Dong used Rakshasa divine power to awaken Xiao Ying, which reunited affectionately with Yao Yan.
• Bibi Dong insisted that Xiao Ying remain with her to cultivate, gave Yao Yan a Soul Power mark for contact, and let him spend three days with Xiao Ying.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo warned Bibi Dong to stop pursuing Yao Yan, but she said he would eventually join her side because her daughter favored him.
• Tang Hao's group traveled toward Heaven Dou City while the poisoned Shrek members weakened, and Yu Xiaogang opposed entering a city for treatment because Spirit Hall might be waiting there.
• Tang San used his Eight Spider Lances to draw poison from Oscar and discovered that the process filled him with life force and rapidly increased his Soul Power.
• Tang San began drawing poison from Dai Mubai as he felt the same exhilarating surge.

After parting with Xiao Ying, Yao Yan gave Long Qiuer and Snake Lance Douluo precious Immortal Herbs and a cultivation manual. He and Long Qiuer left to arrange for Sister Yanzi to guard her while Snake Lance Douluo studied his new technique.

• Tang San cured the Shrek group of their poison, and Yu Tian Heng thanked him and offered his friendship.
• Yao Yan said goodbye to Xiao Ying, who left with Bibi Dong and the two Title Douluo for Spirit City.
• Yao Yan and Long Qiuer teased each other about marriage and his other romantic partners after Xiao Ying departed.
• Yao Yan gave Long Qiuer a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum for her Golden Dragon Martial Soul and Swan's Kiss for her relative Bi Ji.
• Yao Yan gave Snake Lance Douluo Dragon's Tear and the Inner Elixir Technique, and Snake Lance pledged his loyalty.
• Yao Yan and Long Qiuer left to ask Sister Yanzi to guard Long Qiuer, while Snake Lance Douluo stayed behind to study the technique.

Yao Yan helped Long Qiuer absorb an Immortal Herb while Snake Lance Douluo underwent a Martial Soul evolution, then recruited Dugu Yan to XinHuo Academy. After Long Qiuer advanced to level forty-eight and Snake Lance Douluo gained the Thunder Dragon Spear, the group prepared to return home.

• Yao Yan asked Dugu Yan to guard Long Qiuer as she absorbed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, then stood guard while Snake Lance Douluo absorbed Dragon's Tear.
• Yao Yan invited Dugu Yan to join XinHuo Academy, and she agreed after negotiating for a chance to compete for team captain.
• Yao Yan showed Dugu Yan evidence against Tang San and the others and planned to send it to Xue Beng to keep Shrek from benefiting from the Imperial Dou Team's resources.
• Long Qiuer's Golden Dragon defeated Snake Lance Douluo's two-headed flood dragon, and Long Qiuer emerged at level forty-eight.
• Snake Lance Douluo's fifth Soul Ring advanced to ten thousand years, and his Snake Lance evolved into the Thunder Dragon Spear and the Two-Headed Thunder Dragon Martial Soul.
• Yao Yan said the group would leave for home the next day, while Dugu Yan demanded his help arranging Soul Rings so she could challenge Long Qiuer for captain.

Master Yu studied a book that inspired him to try feeding Luo Sanpao supplements, then advised Yu Tian Heng to choose a poison-attribute Soul Beast for his fourth Soul Ring. Yu Tian Heng agreed to hunt a Man-Faced Demon Spider after the group settled at the academy.

• Master Yu read The Love Story of Dong'er and the Master and decided that supplements, especially aphrodisiacs, might help Luo Sanpao evolve.
• Master Yu asked Flender to buy aphrodisiacs for Luo Sanpao, and Flender left to get them.
• Yu Tian Heng told Master Yu that he had reached Level 40 and asked for advice about choosing his next Spirit Beast.
• Master Yu recommended a poison-attribute Soul Beast, arguing that poison would complement the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul's existing attacks.
• Yu Tian Heng suggested fire instead, but Master Yu defended poison as a more unexpected attack and recommended a Man-Faced Demon Spider.
• Master Yu told Yu Tian Heng to wait until they were settled at the academy before hunting, and Flender returned carrying bundles.