Chapter Summaries

The Preliminary Tournament neared its end as Shrek Academy prepared to face Skywater Academy without revealing its strongest tactics. While the match began, Wu Qi met Dugu Bo and learned that Spirit Hall and the Overwhelming Dragon Snake Couple were watching him.

• Xue Ye congratulated Ning Fengzhi on the Seven Treasures Team's undefeated Preliminary Tournament record.
• Yu Xiaogang told Shrek Academy to conserve its trump cards against Skywater Academy because their advancement was already secure.
• Tang San persuaded Dai Mubai that revealing their strategies would hurt them in the Finals, and Yu Xiaogang selected Taira to test a new system.
• Wu Qi left the venue after hearing Dugu Bo's voice transmission and met him in a secluded corner.
• Dugu Bo warned Wu Qi that Spirit Hall was gathering information on him and that the Overwhelming Dragon Snake Couple were also watching him.

Wu Qi dismissed Meng Shu’s plans for the Dragon Snake Family and questioned why Wu Qin was telling Dugu Yan that he belonged to the Wu Family. After Seven Treasures Team and the other advancing teams received their certificates and prizes, Tang San vowed to grow stronger with his Clear Sky Hammer as the story moved toward the Promotion Tournament.

• Dugu Bo told Wu Qi that Meng Shu likely wanted him to marry Meng Yiran and help raise the Dragon Snake Family’s status, but Wu Qi dismissed the idea.
• Wu Qi learned that Dugu Yan had absorbed her Soul Bone and began planning how to face her Poison Skill in the Finals.
• Dugu Bo asked Wu Qi about Wu Qin telling Dugu Yan that Wu Qi was from the Wu Family, and Wu Qi brushed off the claim.
• Skywater Academy defeated Shrek Academy in the final Preliminary Tournament match after Shui Binger’s extreme cold countered Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San encouraged Shrek Team and privately resolved to cultivate his Clear Sky Hammer, while Yu Xiaogang announced a month-long break after the closing ceremony.
• Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi presented the advancing teams with certificates and prizes, and Wu Qi gave Seven Treasures Team’s ten thousand Gold Soul Coins to its four Substitute members.

After the Preliminary Tournament, Xue Ye awarded noble titles to the competing teams and announced plans for the Promotion Tournament, drawing objections from Salas. Wu Qi’s Seven Treasures Team met with the Skywater and Wind Fire Teams to discuss their upcoming matches before everyone went back to rest.

• Xue Ye left without giving Shrek Academy its prize money, and Salas said the committee would use it to pay compensation owed to other teams.
• Salas distributed Spirit Hall rewards, then Xue Ye granted each team's captain and vice-captain the title of Viscount and its other members the title of Baron, prompting Salas to object.
• Xue Ye announced that the Promotion Tournament would take place at the Royal Enclosure after a month of preparation, and offered assistance with Soul Hunting.
• Teams greeted the Seven Treasures Team after it left the arena, recognizing its record-setting Preliminary Tournament performance.
• Wu Qi met with Shui Binger and the Wind Fire Team to discuss the Promotion Tournament; Shui Binger said the Skywater Team would forfeit to the Seven Treasures Team, while the Wind Fire Team wanted to compete.
• The Seven Treasures, Skywater, and Wind Fire Teams agreed to rest and continue their discussions in a few days.

After the tournament, Ning Fengzhi rewarded the Seven Treasures Team and promised an even greater prize if they won the championship. At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang prepared to help Tang San cultivate his twin martial souls, but his riskier method had never been tested.

• Ning Fengzhi gave the Seven Treasures Team rewards and promised each member at least one million Gold Soul Coins if they won the championship.
• Wu Qi set afternoon training for the main players while allowing the substitutes to choose how they trained.
• Yu Xiaogang told the Shrek group that the champion would receive three Soul Bones and ordered them to resume training the next day.
• Tang Hao arrived at Yu Xiaogang's dormitory, where Yu Xiaogang presented two methods for cultivating Tang San's twin martial souls.
• Yu Xiaogang recommended limiting the Clear Sky Hammer to two Soul Rings, while his untested alternative required Tang San to wait three days before switching martial souls.
• Tang Hao questioned the untested method, concerned that Tang San would risk his life if the theory failed.

Yu Xiaogang planned to seek Bibi Dong’s method for cultivating Twin Martial Souls, while Tang Hao urged him to prepare carefully and keep Tang San from taking risks. Meanwhile, Dugu Bo led Wu Qi into a masked visit to Heaven Dou City’s underground district, beginning to explain the site’s history.

• Tang San trusted Yu Xiaogang’s judgment, but Tang Hao forbade him from risking his life on the proposed cultivation method.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang Hao he would seek Bibi Dong’s Twin Martial Soul cultivation method, and Tang Hao warned him to plan carefully and not involve Liu Erlong yet.
• Tang Hao took Tang San to Sunset Forest the next morning, while Dugu Bo approached Wu Qi about his goal of defeating six or seven opponents in the Promotion Tournament.
• Wu Qi agreed to hear Dugu Bo’s idea, and the two masked themselves before entering a dark alley in Heaven Dou City.
• Dugu Bo explained that the area had once been an Iron Mine Pit that the Royal Family left unfilled when the city was built.

Dugu Bo brought Wu Qi to an underground city to seek help from Dead Guy, a former Support-Type Soul Master with unusual abilities. Dead Guy gave Wu Qi a mysterious letter for a future opportunity and agreed to help improve his Soul Power, leaving their discussion of Soul Power Level and quality underway.

• Dugu Bo took Wu Qi into the underground city, where he said its residents traded information and handled covert jobs.
• Dugu Bo led Wu Qi to Dead Guy, a withered stall owner whose empty eye sockets and strange reputation unsettled Wu Qi.
• Dead Guy examined Wu Qi’s physique and remarked that he was an Agile Attack System Soul Master, then guessed he had the Qing Luan Martial Soul from a familiar scent.
• Dead Guy gave Wu Qi a letter that would reveal its writing only when he reached a particular place, and warned Dugu Bo not to interfere with that opportunity.
• Dead Guy asked Wu Qi whether Soul Power Level or Soul Power quality mattered more, and Wu Qi explained that both needed to develop together.

Wu Qi received a permanent enhancement to his Soul Power quality from a hidden Soul Douluo Support-Type Soul Master, then learned from Dugu Bo that the change would not slow his cultivation. Meanwhile, Tang Hao told Tang San to add two Soul Rings to the Clear Sky Hammer first while Yu Xiaogang investigated Twin Martial Soul cultivation.

• The stall owner revealed that Old Poison had sent Wu Qi to receive a permanent Soul Power quality enhancement, and Wu Qi agreed to cooperate.
• The stall owner revealed his eight Soul Rings and used his Martial Soul to increase Wu Qi's Soul Power quality and capacity.
• Wu Qi gave the exhausted stall owner a Tian Shan Snow Lotus Flower, and Dugu Bo led Wu Qi outside to rest.
• Dugu Bo explained that the enhancement would also improve Wu Qi's cultivation and recovery speed, and estimated that his Soul Power capacity had doubled.
• Tang Hao told Tang San to add two Soul Rings to the Clear Sky Hammer while Yu Xiaogang worked out how to cultivate Twin Martial Souls.
• Tang San praised Yu Xiaogang's wisdom, but Tang Hao dismissed his theories and warned Tang San to understand them for himself.

The Seven Treasures Team trained together, and Wu Qi’s spar with Feng Xiaotian revealed his improved endurance and strength. Meanwhile, Tang San and Tang Hao found a seven-thousand-year-old Great Strength Demon Bear for Tang San’s first Clear Sky Hammer Soul Ring.

• The Seven Treasures Team’s substitute members joined training while the main players also practiced team coordination.
• Wu Qi and Feng Xiaotian sparred, and Wu Qi maintained his speed while Feng Xiaotian gradually tired.
• Bai Likuan ended the spar and pointed out mistakes Feng Xiaotian had made under pressure.
• Tang San chose a seven-thousand-year-old Great Strength Demon Bear as a suitable first Soul Ring for his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Hao defeated the Great Strength Demon Bear with his fists while Tang San waited nearby and imagined defeating Wu Qi.

Wu Qi continued his training while Tang San strengthened his Clear Sky Hammer, and Yu Xiaogang secretly left for Spirit City to seek the Twin Martial Soul Cultivation Method from Bibi Dong. The chapter ended with Liu Erlong and the Shrek Seven Devils learning Yu Xiaogang was gone as Tang San moved to check for a letter.

• Bai Likuan praised Wu Qi's sparring and advised him to adapt his tactics to different opponents, while Wu Qi attributed his endurance to improved Soul Power quality.
• The Seven Treasures Team trained against unfamiliar teachers, and Tang San absorbed a ten-thousand-year second Soul Ring into his Clear Sky Hammer, reaching level 46 before Tang Hao told him to wait before absorbing more.
• Tang Hao agreed to Yu Xiaogang's plan to travel to Spirit City and warned him to prioritize his safety when meeting Bibi Dong.
• Yu Xiaogang left Shrek Academy without telling Liu Erlong, while Tang Hao promised to watch over Tang San and the others during the Promotion Tournament.
• Liu Erlong discovered Yu Xiaogang's absence at training, and Tang San reassured her that he would look for a letter rather than raise an alarm.

As the Promotion Tournament approached, Wu Qi and the Seven Treasures Team watched rival teams fight at the Great Soul Arena and faced hostility from the Shrek Seven Devils. Meng Yiran tried to summon Wu Qi to meet her grandfather, but he refused and his teammates warned her against threatening their captain.

• Wu Qi and the Seven Treasures Team went to the Great Soul Arena to observe the visiting teams, where spectators criticized Shrek Academy and its Spirit Hall connections.
• The Shrek Seven Devils passed the Seven Treasures Team, Dai Mubai taunted them, and Tang San vowed to defeat them in the Promotion Tournament.
• Meng Yiran approached Wu Qi on Meng Shu's behalf, but Ning Rongrong rejected her and Wu Qi declined to meet her grandfather.
• When Meng Yiran threatened Wu Qi with Meng Shu's status as a Soul Douluo, Feng Xiaotian, Ning Rongrong, and Qiangu Changkong warned that their families and powerful allies would protect him.

Meng Shu tried to pressure Wu Qi and the Seven Treasures Team into accepting his invitation, but Dugu Bo intervened and forced him to retreat. Afterward, Dugu Bo warned Wu Qi to watch for retaliation, while Meng Yiran questioned why her grandparents had backed down.

• Meng Yiran and Meng Shu confronted Wu Qi and the Seven Treasures Team after Meng Yiran's invitation failed, and the two sides traded insults.
• Meng Shu released his Soul Douluo pressure, but the Seven Treasures Team remained unfazed, and Dugu Bo appeared to protect Wu Qi.
• Dugu Bo threatened Meng Shu and warned him to control Meng Yiran, so Meng Shu left with her.
• Wu Qi thanked Dugu Bo, who cautioned that Meng Shu or Chao Tianxiang might retaliate through hidden means.
• Meng Yiran asked why Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang had backed down from Dugu Bo, and Meng Shu explained that their Martial Soul Fusion Skill could not defeat a Title Douluo.

Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang concluded that Wu Qi was likely already promised to Dugu Bo’s granddaughter, while Meng Yiran insisted she was not interested in him. Two days later, the Seven Treasures Team arrived at the Royal Hunting Grounds for the Promotion Tournament, chose a secluded camp, and prepared for the opening ceremony and matches.

• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang suspected Dugu Bo had helped Wu Qi grow stronger and had chosen him as a grandson-in-law, while Meng Yiran rejected the idea of pursuing him.
• The academy teams traveled to the Royal Hunting Grounds, where Royal Knights guarded the route and tournament grounds.
• At Ning Rongrong’s suggestion, Wu Qi and the Seven Treasures Team chose a quiet camp near the arena and the surrounding mountains.
• Sun Buyu explained the grounds’ strict rules, including restrictions on leaving the camp and requirements for hunting.
• Feng Xiaotian asked Wu Qi about his plans, and Wu Qi said the team would aim for first place and avoid losing any matches.

Shrek Academy was forced to stay beside a garbage dump at the Promotion Tournament, leaving its members angry and unable to rest. Meanwhile, the Seven Treasures Team learned it would face Beast Academy the next day and was warned not to take revenge too far.

• Shrek Academy entered the arena last and received the rest area downwind from the Seven Treasures Team.
• The teams attended the brief opening ceremony, where Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, and Salas outlined the tournament and meal arrangements.
• Shrek Academy discovered that garbage had been piled beside its camp, and Dai Mubai scattered it with his kicks.
• Staff Members dumped more trash nearby and blamed Shrek Academy for making a mess, while Tang San restrained himself and Liu Erlong's complaint failed to change the Organizing Committee's decision.
• The Seven Treasures Team learned that Beast Academy would be its first opponent, and Sun Buyu cautioned the team to show restraint despite its grudge against Meng Yiran.

The Seven Treasures Team prepared to face Beast Academy, whose members planned to surrender rather than risk a humiliating defeat. Feng Xiaotian opened the match by quickly defeating Beast Academy’s first competitor.

• Wu Qi set the Seven Treasures Team’s lineup and ordered that Wu Shuang not compete against Beast Academy.
• Meng Yiran demanded a chance to fight Wu Qi, but Meng Shu and Beast Academy’s captain warned her against it.
• Shrek Academy faced Barak Academy, and Yu Tianheng won three matches in a row to secure victory for Shrek.
• Meng Yiran challenged Wu Qi during the pre-match ceremony, but he refused to change the planned order of competitors.
• Beast Academy’s teacher told Meng Yiran the team would surrender at an appropriate time, and she reluctantly accepted.
• Feng Xiaotian swiftly knocked Beast Academy’s first Soul Elder out of the arena, giving the Seven Treasures Team a one-to-zero lead.

Feng Xiaotian dominated Beast Academy in the Promotion Tournament, eliminating four opponents before their team conceded, while Shrek Team worried about facing the Seven Treasures Team. After the opening day, weaker teams began forfeiting against the Seven Treasures Team, leaving its members with several days of matches without a fight.

• Tang San reassured Shrek Team that he would arrange their lineup and said they would challenge the Seven Treasures Team in the finals, though Yu Tianheng remained concerned.
• Feng Xiaotian baited Beast Academy's captain into dropping his defense, then kicked him out of the arena and eliminated two more contestants.
• Beast Academy conceded before Feng Xiaotian could face more opponents, and spectators debated whether he could have achieved a One-vs-Six or One-vs-Seven.
• Feng Xiaotian told Qiangu Changkong and Wu Qi that he had used little Soul Power but more than half his stamina, making a One-vs-Six his likely limit.
• After the first day, several weaker teams forfeited their matches against the Seven Treasures Team, which then spent several days resting without competing.

Yu Xiaogang arrived in Spirit City hoping to persuade Bibi Dong to give him the Twin Martial Soul Cultivation Method for Tang San. Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo learned of his visit and prepared to hold him accountable for impersonating a Spirit Hall Elder while keeping him alive to avoid worsening Bibi Dong’s state.

• Yu Xiaogang entered Spirit City, rented a room, and headed to Pope Hall with the Pope’s Order, believing he could win Bibi Dong’s favor and obtain the cultivation method.
• The guards recognized Yu Xiaogang as an honorary Elder and sent word to Bibi Dong before he reached Pope Hall.
• Worship Hall spies reported Yu Xiaogang’s arrival, and Golden Crocodile Douluo urged Qian Daoliu to punish him for misusing Spirit Hall’s prestige.
• Qian Daoliu reasoned that Yu Xiaogang had come to obtain the Twin Martial Soul Cultivation Method for Tang San, whose identity and twin martial souls were known within Spirit Hall.
• Qian Daoliu ordered Golden Crocodile Douluo to wait outside Pope Hall and went to make Bibi Dong relent before confronting Yu Xiaogang over impersonating an Elder.

Qian Daoliu wagered that Yu Xiaogang had come to ask Bibi Dong for the Twin Martial Soul Cultivation Method, and Bibi Dong agreed to spare Yu Xiaogang if he had not. When Yu Xiaogang revealed that he wanted her help with his Twin Martial Souls research for Tang San, Bibi Dong realized Qian Daoliu had been right and confronted him about Tang San’s identity.

• Qian Daoliu wagered that Yu Xiaogang would ask Bibi Dong for the Twin Martial Soul Cultivation Method, and Bibi Dong agreed to spare him if he had another purpose.
• Yu Xiaogang entered Pope Hall and tried to rekindle his relationship with Bibi Dong, who rejected him and told him to leave.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed he had come as a scholar seeking help with his Twin Martial Souls research.
• Bibi Dong asked why he cared about the theory and revealed she knew Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and likely possessed Twin Martial Souls.
• Yu Xiaogang denied knowing what Bibi Dong meant and insisted Tang San had only Blue Silver Grass before preparing to leave.

Bibi Dong exposed Tang San’s identity to Yu Xiaogang, who was arrested after Golden Crocodile Douluo discovered his Pope’s Order and questioned its origins. Spirit Hall publicly branded Yu Xiaogang an impostor who had found the token, leaving Tang Hao unable to learn what had happened as the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan convened to address the scandal.

• Bibi Dong showed Yu Xiaogang Spirit Hall’s files identifying Tang San as Tang Hao’s son, and Golden Crocodile Douluo carried Yu Xiaogang from Pope Hall.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo exposed a hidden mark on Yu Xiaogang’s Pope’s Order and had him thrown into the Celestial Prison, where he confessed to impersonating a Spirit Hall elder.
• Spirit Hall announced that Yu Xiaogang had found the Pope’s Order and impersonated an elder, while identifying him as Yu Yuanzhen’s son.
• Tang Hao learned of Yu Xiaogang’s imprisonment and suspected he had robbed a memorial tomb, but he could not get information from Spirit Hall.
• Yu Yuanzhen convened a Sect Assembly to discuss Yu Xiaogang’s actions and the damage to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan debated Yu Xiaogang’s role in the Spirit Hall scandal and voted to remove him from the clan register. Yu Luomian then went to Shrek Academy’s tournament grounds to learn what had happened, where he confronted Liu Erlong.

• Yu Luomian accused Yu Yuanzhen of giving Yu Xiaogang a Pope's Order, but Yu Yuanzhen denied it and suggested someone else had supplied it.
• The clan elders argued that Yu Xiaogang had humiliated the clan and voted to strip him of his clan status, which Yu Yuanzhen accepted.
• Yu Yuanzhen removed Yu Xiaogang’s name from the clan register before the ancestral tablets.
• Yu Luomian went to the Promotion Tournament grounds to investigate Yu Xiaogang’s situation and arranged better lodging for his daughter, Liu Erlong.
• Liu Erlong came out of Shrek Academy’s tent to confront the noisy visitors, and a clan elder demanded that she tell them the truth about Yu Xiaogang.

Yu Luomian learned that Spirit Hall had imprisoned Yu Xiaogang after he confessed to impersonating an elder with the Pope’s Order, while the Shrek Seven Devils could only respond by fighting harder in the tournament. Bibi Dong learned that Tang Hao and his son were involved, but chose not to act during the tournament, leaving their fate to Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong.

• Yu Luomian told Liu Erlong and the Shrek group that Spirit Hall had captured Yu Xiaogang and accused him of stealing the Pope’s Order and impersonating an elder.
• Tang San admitted he knew only that Yu Xiaogang had gone to Spirit City on business, and Yu Luomian’s group decided he would travel with the Heaven Dou teams to Spirit City to seek his release.
• After hearing that Yu Xiaogang was imprisoned, the Shrek Seven Devils fought more ruthlessly, with Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng defeating the Beast Academy Team.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed under torture that Tang Hao had given him the Pope’s Order, then suffered further abuse from prisoners in the Celestial Prison.
• Bibi Dong read Yu Xiaogang’s confession, rejected Hu Liena’s suggestion to attack Tang Hao and his son during the tournament, and left them to Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong.