Chapter Summaries

Zhongli’s poem captivated Spirit City and left Bibi Dong and the Shrek Academy group astonished. Tang San grew jealous that Zhongli excelled at poetry, while Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai turned to their own worries; Liu Erlong withdrew to cultivate.

• Spirit City praised Zhongli’s poem, and Bibi Dong wondered whether he had written it for Qian Renxue.
• At the Shrek Academy hotel, Tang San struggled with jealousy because he could not match Zhongli’s poem.
• Ma Hongjun urged Tang San to write a poem criticizing Zhongli, but Tang San dismissed poetry as a minor pursuit.
• Ma Hongjun considered abandoning cultivation to visit pleasure houses, then remembered his teacher’s grudge and the complications surrounding revenge.
• Dai Mubai worried about facing the Hell White Tiger in the finals without help from a Zhu Family daughter.
• Liu Erlong put away the poem and returned to her room to cultivate, leaving the others puzzled.

The Innate Sect team planned its matches while Xiaofeilian promised to stay out of the competition until the championship. The next morning, Golden Crocodile brought Zhongli to meet Qian Daoliu, while Bibi Dong wondered whether the meeting concerned Xue'er.

• Xiaofeilian told the Innate Sect team that it had a first-round bye and that she would not fight before the championship.
• Du Siji arranged lots to decide which teammates would face one another, and Zhi Qing drew last but received the first match slot.
• Golden Crocodile visited Zhongli and respectfully asked him to come meet Qian Daoliu.
• Zhongli agreed to go with Golden Crocodile, passing Pope's Palace as Bibi Dong watched them leave.
• Bibi Dong wondered what Qian Daoliu wanted from Zhongli and whether it involved Xue'er.

Zhongli met Qian Daoliu at the Angel Shrine, where Qian Daoliu revealed that he had recognized Zhongli as a true god. Zhongli accepted the recognition and invited Qian Daoliu to address him by name and associate with him as an equal.

• Qian Daoliu personally welcomed Zhongli at the Angel Shrine and sent Golden Crocodile away before speaking with him privately.
• Qian Daoliu explained that the shrine was simple and addressed Zhongli as the Martial God, making clear that he knew Zhongli was a god.
• Zhongli praised the shrine and Qian Daoliu, and Qian Daoliu knelt before him in reverence.
• Zhongli accepted Qian Daoliu's recognition but said that gods were merely people who were somewhat stronger.
• Zhongli asked Qian Daoliu to call him Zhongli and associate with him as an equal, and Qian Daoliu agreed.

Zhongli told Qian Daoliu that Angel God had fallen and that other deities were scheming around her legacy, leaving Qian Daoliu determined to protect Qian Renxue and uncover the truth. After Zhongli left the Angel Shrine, Bibi Dong invited him into the Pope’s Palace and thanked him for revealing the deception.

• Qian Daoliu hosted Zhongli for tea, and Zhongli said Qian Daoliu seemed more suited than Qian Renxue to inherit Angel God's legacy.
• Qian Daoliu admitted he still regretted never fighting Tang Chen again, and Zhongli said he would come to Angel God's Nine Trials.
• Zhongli revealed that Angel God had already fallen and that her Deity Position was being used in a scheme involving Qian Renxue.
• Qian Daoliu begged Zhongli to save Qian Renxue, then resolved to hide his suspicions until the Nine Trials revealed the truth.
• Zhongli left the Angel Shrine and entered the Pope's Palace after Bibi Dong invited him inside and thanked him for exposing the deception.

After Zhongli returned to Yue Guan’s home, the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament’s elimination rounds began in Spirit City. As the Golden Generation braced for the Innate Sect’s strength, Shrek Team learned that Barak Academy had forfeited, giving them two days to rest before studying their next rivals.

• Zhongli left Bibi Dong and returned to Yue Guan’s home to stay.
• The elimination rounds began at Spirit City’s Great Soul Arena, where spectators discussed the Golden Generation and the Innate Sect’s strength.
• Hu Liena warned the Golden Generation that Xiaofeilian and Du Siji were formidable, and urged her teammates not to hold her back.
• Zhao Wuji told Shrek Team that Barak Academy had forfeited, giving them two consecutive days of rest.
• Zhao Wuji urged Shrek Team to study the Imperial Dou First Team and Martial Soul Team, then reminded them to grow strong enough to avenge their headmaster and academy.

Imperial Dou First Team faced Divine Wind Team in the second round, but its members offered to let only Li Qing and Zhi Qing fight all seven opponents. The chapter ended as both Soul Kings revealed their Martial Souls and two ten-thousand-year soul rings, leaving Divine Wind Team stunned before the match began.

• Feng Xiaotian and Divine Wind Team learned they had drawn Imperial Dou First Team, and Huo Wu proposed using a risky soul skill if they could buy her time.
• Xiaofeilian and the others stepped off the arena, leaving Li Qing and Zhi Qing to face Divine Wind Team alone.
• Feng Xiaotian accepted the challenge, hoping the unusual arrangement would give his team a chance to win.
• Li Qing introduced himself as a fifty-third-level Soul King with the Both Hands Martial Soul and two black soul rings.
• Zhi Qing revealed his Brain Martial Soul, his fifty-sixth-level Soul King rank, and two black soul rings.

At the tournament, Li Qing and Zhi Qing revealed how their linked mental powers could fuel a bizarre, coordinated assault against the Divine Wind and Blazing teams. Li Qing overwhelmed the opposing fighters, and Zhi Qing began unleashing Brain Storm as the match continued.

• Zhi Qing’s level fifty-six strength stunned the Golden Generation and the other tournament teams.
• Zhi Qing linked his Mental Power with Li Qing’s, greatly amplifying Li Qing’s mental abilities.
• Li Qing used Sky Sound Wave and Dragon Tail Swing to send Feng Xiaotian into the attack’s path, then evaded Huo Wu’s Repelling Fire Ring.
• Li Qing returned and knocked Huo Wushuang into several teammates before striking Huo Wu and sending her crashing to the ground.
• Zhi Qing told Li Qing to stop, then unleashed his fourth soul skill, Brain Storm, through their linked Mental Power.

Zhi Qing used Brain Storm to overwhelm the Divine Wind Team with false knowledge, leaving its members in a bizarre, contemplative state. After Heaven Dou Royal Academy's first team was declared the winner, the referee questioned Zhi Qing about the opponents' condition.

• Zhi Qing's fourth soul skill flooded the Divine Wind Team with false knowledge until he stopped the attack, warning that they would need several days to recover.
• Li Qing noticed foundation powder on his hand from Huo Wu's face, and Zhi Qing and Li Qing observed that their attacks had left the team with only minor physical injuries.
• Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang rose and began pondering questions and statements prompted by Brain Storm's false knowledge.
• The referee declared Heaven Dou Royal Academy's first team the winner and stopped Zhi Qing to ask whether the Divine Wind Team would remain foolish.

Zhi Qing faced accusations of deliberately injuring the Divine Wind Team, but a mental-type Soul Douluo found no lasting harm and the referee declared Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s First Team the winner. Feng Xiaotian and his teammates embraced their strange new ideas and hurried away to record them before they forgot.

• Spectators and Tang San hoped the referee would disqualify Zhi Qing’s team, but Zhi Qing invited an expert to examine the Divine Wind Team.
• A mental-type Soul Douluo examined Huo Wu and the others, finding no damage to their brains, souls, or Mental Power, only a state of confusion.
• The expert questioned Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian, who revealed that they were pondering unfamiliar ideas, including why birds flew.
• Feng Xiaotian and the other Divine Wind Team members refused to return to normal and left to record their new thoughts.
• The referee ruled that Zhi Qing had not deliberately injured anyone, confirmed Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s First Team as the winner, and apologized to Zhi Qing.
• Zhi Qing and Li Qing returned to their resting area, where the second team congratulated them; Zhi Qing remarked that the next match would likely be in the finals bracket.

Tang San watched Imperial Dou First Team clear its name and Shrek Academy defeat Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team, while the remaining teams fought for the final top-three spot. Imperial Dou First Team faced Star Luo Royal Academy with only two disciples, whose displayed levels stunned the audience.

• Tang San suspected the contestants and inspector had stayed silent about Imperial Dou First Team because they feared Innate Sect, then watched Martial Soul Team and Azure Radiance Team compete.
• Two days later, Canghui Academy conceded to Martial Soul Academy, sending Hu Liena and her teammates into the top three.
• Shrek Academy defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team, and Tang San's five soul rings overwhelmed Yu Tianheng's group.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun prepared to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill as Star Luo Royal Academy faced Imperial Dou First Team for the last top-three place.
• Huo Huo introduced himself as a level fifty-nine Battle Soul King, and Du Siji revealed he was a level sixty-four Battle Soul Emperor.

Du Siji faced Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun’s Hell White Tiger fusion skill at the competition and defeated it with one blow. Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun were left injured and admitted defeat.

• The spectators learned that Du Siji was a level sixty-four Soul Emperor with three ten-thousand-year soul rings, and Dai Weisi resolved to face him without showing fear.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun challenged Du Siji together, announcing they could use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while Huo Huo and the other Star Luo contestants left the arena.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun fused into the Hell White Tiger, and Du Siji met it with his Flame Blade Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Du Siji’s strike engulfed the Hell White Tiger in flames, broke the fusion, and sent Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun crashing to the ground.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun, badly injured and weakened, acknowledged their defeat.

Du Siji defeated Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun, but the two left on friendly terms, and Dai Weisi resolved to visit the Innate Sect to apologize for the old dispute over the spies. As the finalists prepared for the championship match, Tang San remained determined to win while Xiao Wu struggled with her distrust of him and her uncertain future.

• Du Siji helped Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun to their feet, and they exchanged friendly words after the referee declared Heaven Dou Royal Academy First Team the winner.
• Dai Weisi decided to visit the Innate Sect and apologize for the deaths of the two Star Luo spies, hoping to strengthen ties with Du Siji.
• Du Siji promised Huo Huo another chance to compete, while the Golden Generation accepted that their goal was to take second place.
• Tang San refused to accept runner-up as an outcome, and a blood-red mist rose around him as he brooded over the sacrifices he had made.
• Xiao Wu questioned whether Tang San had to win, reflected on her suspicions about Tang San and Tang Hao, then murmured that she would help Third Brother win if the moment came.
• The Star Luo group departed Spirit City after Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun recovered from their injuries.

At Yue Guan’s residence, Zhongli explained that peace depended on what one sought, while Paimon turned the conversation to the competition and predicted Chiyu’s team would win the championship. The discussion left Yue Guan shocked to learn that Dugu Bo was nearly Rank 95 and that She Long and Ci Xue had become benchmarks of strength.

• Yue Guan asked Zhongli what the continent needed to become peaceful, and Zhongli said absolute strength could secure peace for a region.
• Paimon urged Yue Guan and Zhongli to discuss something happier, then predicted that Chiyu’s team would win the championship.
• Paimon argued that Tang San might lead Shrek Academy to second place because he and his allies often overcame crises by unleashing their potential.
• Paimon said Chiyu could defeat even Titled Douluo like She Long and Ci Xue with Silver Rank Second Awakening and a Martial Soul Avatar.
• Yue Guan asked why She Long and Ci Xue were considered benchmarks, and Paimon explained that Dugu Bo was nearly Rank 95, leaving Yue Guan astonished.

Zhongli, Paimon, and Yue Guan gathered at Pope's Palace for the finals as Spirit Hall prepared to display its strength. Outside, Tang San promised Xiao Wu that Shrek would win the championship, while Yan taunted them ahead of the competition.

• Yue Guan asked Paimon about her prediction that Tang San's team might defeat the Martial Soul Team, and she clarified that it was only possible before refusing to gamble.
• Zhongli suspected Asura planned to use the trace of consciousness within Xiao Wu to spur Tang San on, and decided the truth would be clear after the finals.
• On finals day, Zhongli, Paimon, and Yue Guan arrived at Pope's Palace, where Bibi Dong assembled Spirit Hall elders, bishops, and knights to display its strength.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin greeted Zhongli at the palace, and Bibi Dong joined the gathering before the attendees waited for the opening ceremony.
• Outside the palace, Xiao Wu asked Tang San whether they truly had to win, and Tang San vowed that Shrek would claim the championship.
• Yan taunted Shrek Academy and claimed the runner-up spot for the Martial Soul Academy, while Dai Mubai and the others insisted that they were aiming only for the championship.

Pope Bibi Dong opened the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament finals by presenting three soul bones as the champion’s rewards. The Martial Soul Team and Shrek Academy both conceded the opening ring battle and entered the losers’ bracket, leaving the afternoon matches to decide who would advance.

• Bibi Dong emerged from Pope’s Palace with the Twelve Red-robed Bishops, golden-armored elders, Zhongli, Ning Fengzhi, and Chen Xin, while Sacred Knights lined the steps and gathered around the mountain.
• Bibi Dong addressed the crowd and displayed three soul bones, prompting Tang San to feel an unexplained connection to the Spirit-Concentrating Head Soul Bone and vow to obtain it.
• The tournament announced that lots would select the first two teams for a ring battle, with the losing teams entering the losers’ bracket and the winner advancing to compete for the championship.
• The Martial Soul Team conceded and chose the losers’ bracket rather than face the Imperial Dou First Team in the ring battle.
• Shrek Academy also conceded, hoping to face the Martial Soul Team in the losers’ bracket, so the morning match ended before it began.
• Paimon ate the food provided by Spirit Hall while Yue Guan offered her more delicacies from his Storage Soul Tool.

The Shrek Team faced the Martial Soul Team in a losers' bracket team battle, where Bewitching Charm’s speed and mist kept Tang San from using his strength. Xiao Wu then unleashed a terrifying power that shattered the mist and exposed her identity as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.

• The teams refused to announce their names, and the match began as Tang San’s teammates quickly fell to the stronger Martial Soul Team.
• Tang San revealed his Eight Spider Lances and fought Xie Yue and Hu Liena’s fused form, Bewitching Charm, but the pink mist obscured his senses and slowed his attacks.
• Bewitching Charm repeatedly struck Tang San from the mist, while Xiao Wu ignored his warning and approached him.
• Xiao Wu told Tang San he would win and said she could not bear to leave him, then released an aura that tore apart the mist.
• The spectators recognized Xiao Wu as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.

Xiao Wu revealed herself as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Shapeshifting Soul Beast and sacrificed herself for Tang San during the competition, granting him a red soul ring, a soul bone, and a surge in Soul Power. Bibi Dong let the match continue, while the spectators questioned whether Shrek Academy had broken the rules.

• Xiao Wu began her sacrifice, exposing her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast aura and shocking Bibi Dong, Ghostly, Yue Guan, and the spectators.
• Bibi Dong asked Zhongli whether the sacrifice could be stopped, and he said no one below God level could break its force field.
• Xiao Wu vanished into Tang San, leaving him with a red soul ring and the Hundred Thousand Year Soft Bone Rabbit Right Arm Bone.
• Tang San discovered his Soul Power had risen from level fifty-two to level sixty, while Liu Erlong collapsed in grief and accused him of bewitching Xiao Wu.
• Bibi Dong refused to have Tang San captured during the competition, and the assembled officials questioned whether Shrek Academy had broken the rules.

Bibi Dong conceded the final to Shrek, leaving Tang San to mourn Xiao Wu’s sacrifice while Zhongli explained how Soul Beasts could become Fierce Beasts. During the three-day break before the championship and runner-up matches, Tang San discovered his new abilities and learned that Xiao Wu’s soul remained within her Soul Ring.

• Bibi Dong had the Martial Soul Team concede, citing Spirit Hall elders’ interference during Xiao Wu’s sacrifice, and Tang San was left furious and grieving.
• Paimon asked Zhongli about Soul Beasts turning human, and Zhongli explained that beasts reaching two hundred thousand years became Fierce Beasts whose strength varied.
• Three days passed before the championship and runner-up matches, and Tang San examined the four Soul Skills he had gained from Xiao Wu’s sacrifice.
• Tang San learned that Xiao Wu’s soul had fused with the Soul Ring and resolved never to use its skills if doing so would harm her.

Tang San gained a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone through Xiao Wu’s sacrifice, while the Shrek group suspected something was wrong with her death. He resolved to win the competition and later find a way to revive her, as Tang Xiao watched him in silence.

• Tang San learned the powers of his new Soul Ring and Soul Bone, then lamented that using the ring would harm Xiao Wu’s soul.
• Dai Mubai and the others comforted Tang San, while Dai Mubai and Liu Erlong privately suspected his role in Xiao Wu’s sacrifice.
• Tang San reveled in the strength of his new abilities and concluded that powerful Soul Rings helped explain the Innate Sect’s strength.
• Tang San decided to win the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Elite Competition before seeking a way to revive Xiao Wu.
• Oscar resigned himself to joining the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ma Hongjun considered his future, and Tang Xiao watched Tang San thoughtfully.

Tang Xiao suspected that Tang Hao might have pursued Ah Yin for her power, but he lacked proof and focused on getting Tang San safely out of Spirit City. At Pope's Palace, Bibi Dong ordered everyone to wait until the competition ended before acting against Tang San, clashed with Golden Crocodile Douluo, and reassured the defeated Golden Generation.

• Tang Xiao questioned Tang Hao's past actions toward Ah Yin after seeing Tang San set up Xiao Wu, but decided not to act without proof and planned to take Tang San back to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Bibi Dong told the elders and worshippers not to move against Tang San until the competition ended, but Golden Crocodile Douluo challenged her authority and left in anger.
• Bibi Dong comforted Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan over their loss, and the three left Pope's Palace relieved that their failure had not been raised.
• Yan complained that Xiao Wu's identity had made their fight against Tang San disastrous, and Ghostly's sudden appearance frightened him and the others.