Recaps

Zhongli and Wang Chen confronted the City of Slaughter, while Shrek struggled with its losses and the tournament continued. The City was remade as the Netherworld, Zhongli returned to Heaven Dou, and Shrek prepared to face Blazing Fire Academy while postponing revenge.

• Yu Luomian tried to take Liu Erlong away from Shrek, but she refused to abandon her friends, and Yu Yuanzhen later spared Flender’s life while breaking both his legs.
• Tang San returned to Shrek and resolved to protect Xiao Wu, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing left the academy and the tournament roster weakened.
• Wang Chen reunited with Zhongli and Paimon, then rescued Zhu Zhuqing from Shi Nian and killed him after learning about the City of Slaughter.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Qian Renxue that she remembered another life in dreams, and Qian Renxue proposed discussing cooperation with her.
• Wang Chen entered the City of Slaughter and fought its residents and enforcement squad, while Zhongli confronted the King of Slaughter and learned that the Rakshasa God had corrupted the city.
• Zhongli spared the City on condition that its rules punish the guilty, renamed it the Netherworld, and made the former King of Slaughter King Yama under contract.
• Zhongli returned to the tournament, where Xue Ye considered marriage plans for the royal family, while Shrek’s students blamed the academy’s downfall on the empire’s officials.
• Liu Erlong urged Shrek to set revenge aside and focus on the coming match against Blazing Fire Academy, reassuring Ma Hongjun that the others did not blame him.

Shrek struggled through tournament defeats as Ma Hongjun lost control and Tang San sought new strength by cultivating his Clear Sky Hammer. Meanwhile, Xue Ye tried to draw Chiyu closer to the Royal Family, and Azure Radiance Team’s dangerous fusion skill left Divine Wind Team shaken before Tang San faced Elephant Armor Academy.

• Zhongli learned that Douluo Continent’s consciousness had been guided away from its intended path and asked him to deal with Tang San, while Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire overwhelmed him during Shrek’s match against Blazing Fire Academy.
• Liu Erlong stopped Ma Hongjun after he attacked his teammates, and Shrek forfeited the match as Zhongli invited Qian Renxue to dinner.
• Ning Fengzhi decided Ning Rongrong would not succeed him after she insulted two sect relatives, while Zhongli offered Zhi Qing a choice of Soul Bones and Zhi Qing chose to compete for the tournament prize.
• Xue Ye encouraged Qian Renxue to court Chiyu, and Qian Renxue brought Chiyu into the Royal Family’s plans by giving her a Hundred Thousand Year Torso Soul Bone as compensation for cooperating.
• Shui Bing’er’s team used its Ice Crystal Phoenix Martial Soul Fusion Skill against Shrek, and Tang San and Dai Mubai surrendered after Tang San judged they could not win.
• After Shrek’s defeat, Tang San blamed Yu Xiaogang and began cultivating the Clear Sky Hammer, absorbing a five-thousand-year Earth Savage Bull Soul Ring in Sunset Forest.
• Azure Radiance Team used the Seven Asura Illusory Realm against Divine Wind Team, and Tang San claimed his Purple Demon Eyes could break the fusion skill’s illusion.
• Tang San vowed to win the championship, while Zhongli noticed his abnormal Soul Power and the observers learned that Tang San had reached Soul King level before facing Elephant Armor Academy.

Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer, while Zhongli strengthened ties with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect by trading soul bones and helping Ning Fengzhi evolve his martial soul. As the advancement tournament began, Shrek faced mounting challenges and its match against the Imperial Dou Second Team remained underway.

• Tang San used his Clear Sky Hammer against the Elephant Armor Team, then promised to become the tournament’s overall champion after they conceded.
• Chiyu absorbed a soul bone, and Zhongli taught her how to condense a Soul Core while Tang San identified Spirit Hall and Zhongli as obstacles.
• Tang San saw through Azure Radiance’s Seven-in-One Fusion Skill and defeated the team, earning them Zhongli’s promised soul bone.
• Ning Fengzhi traded a fifty-thousand-year left-leg soul bone and five million Gold Soul Coins for Zhongli’s ten-thousand-year Gem Type Head Soul Bone.
• Zhongli gave Ning Fengzhi an Aromatic Silk Beauty, allowing him to break through Rank 80 and evolve his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• The advancement tournament began, and Tang San’s display of his Clear Sky Hammer led Barak Academy to concede, and other teams also surrendered rather than face powerful opponents.
• Bibi Dong gave Hu Liena a head soul bone and lent soul bones to Xie Yue and Yan, warning them against fighting the Innate Sect’s disciples to the death.
• The Imperial Dou Second Team gained the upper hand against Shrek as Yu Tianheng defeated Huang Yuan, Jing Ling, and Dai Mubai, but Ma Hongjun took the field and attacked with his Dark Phoenix.

The tournament teams reached Spirit City, where the Innate Sect’s fighters dominated the early rounds and Shrek advanced toward the championship. Xiao Wu sacrificed herself for Tang San, leaving him newly empowered and grieving as Spirit Hall and Tang Xiao considered what to do next.

• Ma Hongjun defeated Yu Tianheng and Yu Feng before Osler knocked him out, and Tang San then defeated Osler, the former captain, and the Shi Mo brothers before facing Dugu Yan.
• Tang San defeated Dugu Yan to win Shrek’s match, and the teams traveled to Spirit City, where Qian Daoliu recognized Zhongli as a god and revealed the deception surrounding Qian Renxue’s Angel God trials.
• Li Qing and Zhi Qing defeated Divine Wind Team, with Zhi Qing’s Brain Storm leaving its members confused, and Du Siji later led Imperial Dou First Team past Star Luo Royal Academy’s Hell White Tiger.
• On finals day, the Martial Soul Team and Shrek Academy both chose the losers’ bracket, where Tang San fought Xie Yue and Hu Liena’s fused form until Xiao Wu revealed herself as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
• Xiao Wu sacrificed herself to save Tang San, giving him a red soul ring and a soul bone, while Bibi Dong ruled that Spirit Hall’s interference meant the Martial Soul Team had to concede.
• Tang San learned that Xiao Wu’s soul had fused with his new powers and resolved to win the competition before finding a way to revive her.
• Tang Xiao suspected Tang San’s role in Xiao Wu’s sacrifice but planned to take him to the Clear Sky Sect, while Bibi Dong forbade action against Tang San until the tournament ended.