Chapter Summaries

Qian Renhan returned to Spirit Hall after surviving his battle with Di Tian, while Tang San and Xiao Wu discovered the devastation left in the Star Dou Great Forest. With Da Ming dead and her mother and Er Ming missing, Xiao Wu sought revenge as Tang San tried to protect her and escape the approaching Soul Beasts.

• Qian Renhan thanked Asura God for saving him, accepted the advice to claim Di Tian's Spirit Ring someday, and flew back to Spirit Hall.
• Tang San reassured Xiao Wu that he still considered her his little sister after she revealed she was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form.
• Xiao Wu and Tang San returned to the battlefield, where Xiao Wu found Da Ming's severed head and feared her mother and Er Ming had also died.
• Xiao Wu cried in Tang San's arms and asked for revenge, while Tang San hid the pain of his severe back wound.
• Soul Beasts gathered to devour the remains and pursue Xiao Wu, so Tang San carried her toward the forest's edge while using his hidden weapons to fight through them.

Qian Renhan announced new fees for Spirit Hall’s services and required poor commoners to worship the Angel Goddess Statue to receive them. When a Cardinal resigned in protest, Qian Renhan let him leave and stood by his policies.

• Qian Renhan addressed Ghost Douluo and the Cardinals after taking the Pope’s throne, while Qian Xunji remained imprisoned and forced to sew.
• Qian Renhan ended free martial soul awakenings, canceled subsidies for soul masters outside Spirit Hall Academy, and imposed fees for suppressing rampaging soul masters.
• Qian Renhan ordered Angel Goddess Statues placed across the continent and promised free awakenings and protection to poor commoners who worshipped them.
• Qian Renhan rejected a Cardinal’s warning that the policies would cost Spirit Hall the people’s support and declared the orders nonnegotiable.
• An aged Cardinal resigned, and Qian Renhan let him depart while concluding that Spirit Hall had to rule the people ruthlessly.

Qian Renhan rejected Qian Renxue’s plea to bring Bibi Dong back, insisting that his duties as Pope came before family. Across the continent, Spirit Hall’s new policies reshaped political alliances and drove Soul Masters toward greater disorder, while Feng Xiaotian renewed his determination to catch up to Qian Renhan.

• Qian Renxue confronted Qian Renhan about Bibi Dong, but he refused to reverse his decision and blasted her from Papal Palace.
• Qian Daoliu secretly arranged protection for Bibi Dong and hoped Qian Renxue would focus on the Angel God Trial.
• Xue Ye welcomed Spirit Hall’s policies, and Xue Luochuan proposed replacing Spirit Hall’s subsidies with payments for students at the Heaven Dou Empire’s official advanced academies.
• Dai Tianfeng praised Spirit Hall’s new direction and ordered Dai Weisi to approach Qian Renhan at the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament.
• Feng Xiaotian delayed giving Huo Wu an answer, then learned Qian Renhan and Qian Renxue were alive and rushed to train in Gale Canyon.
• Soul Hunting Squads began slaughtering Soul Beasts for Soul Bones, while fewer people entered the City of Slaughter and Soul Masters caused more chaos across the continent.

After Shrek returned from the Star Dou Great Forest, Tang San and the others learned that Spirit Hall had stopped distributing Soul Master allowances, while Flender refused to register Shrek Academy with the empire. Meanwhile, Spirit Hall’s new fees and Angel Goddess statues met resistance in Holy Soul Village, where Old Jack defended the village’s Soul Saint pillar.

• Flender and Yu Xiaogang learned that Zhao Wuji had died and Tang San’s External Soul Bone had been taken, and Yu Xiaogang and Ning Rongrong promised to investigate.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, and the other Shrek students went to the Suotuo City branch hall to register as Soul Elders, but learned that allowances would be reduced and distributed by the empires instead of Spirit Hall.
• Flender refused to let Shrek register with the empire, leaving Ma Hongjun, Tang San, and Oscar without the allowances they depended on.
• Su Yuntao arrived in Holy Soul Village to build an Angel Goddess statue and explained that martial soul awakenings would require worship or a ten-Gold-Soul-Coin fee.
• Old Jack refused to let Su Yuntao demolish the Soul Saint pillar or use village land, and reassured the villagers that the empire would provide free awakenings.

Qian Renhan expanded Spirit Hall’s paid enforcement system and turned the captured Miles into a Puppet. In Notting City, Bibi Dong failed to find Yu Xiaogang, lost her belongings to a scheme, and learned she could not afford Spirit Hall’s fee to recover them.

• Qian Renhan ordered villages that refused to build Angel Goddess Statues to pay for their construction or send their descendants to kneel before one, and Chrysanthemum Douluo reported growing demand for paid Soul Master arrests.
• Two four-winged Soul Masters brought Miles to Qian Renhan, who used his Fallen Angel Martial Soul to make him a Puppet.
• Bibi Dong reached Notting Academy hoping to see Yu Xiaogang, but the gatekeeper told her he had gone to Scarab Academy in Suotuo City.
• Bibi Dong tried to pawn an expensive dress, but the shopkeeper arranged for a Soul Grandmaster to steal her bundle and flee.
• Bibi Dong went to the Notting City Martial Soul Branch Hall for help, but the staff demanded fifty Gold Soul Coins or fifty two-hour periods kneeling before the Angel Goddess Statue.

After losing her money and being unable to find steady work, Bibi Dong endured poverty and repeated humiliation as she tried to earn enough to reach Suotuo City and reunite with Yu Xiaogang. Two Angel Clan members watched her under Qian Daoliu’s orders, intervening only when men threatened her life or chastity and keeping her suffering secret from Spirit Hall.

• Bibi Dong pawned her gown for twenty Gold Soul Coins and planned to hire a carriage to Suotuo City.
• A young soul master stole Bibi Dong’s money pouch, struck her when she tried to recover it, and moved to assault her before an unseen pressure made him flee.
• Two Angel Clan members revealed that Qian Daoliu had sent them to watch Bibi Dong and that they intended to reclaim her soul bones once she could no longer endure her hardship.
• Bibi Dong struggled through a succession of menial jobs, suffered scolding and beatings, and eventually survived on rice porridge and wild vegetables.
• The Angel Clan members repeatedly intervened against men with lustful intentions but never reported Bibi Dong’s suffering to Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong clung to the hope of seeing Yu Xiaogang again as her former pride and strength wore away.

Tang Hao discovered that Tang San’s External Soul Bone had been taken and confronted Yu Xiaogang before returning to the Clear Sky Sect to seek resources for his son. The chapter ended with Tang Xiao accidentally triggering Tang Hao’s internal injuries, causing him to collapse.

• Yu Xiaogang wrote to the Clear Sky Sect about Tang San losing his External Soul Bone, and Tang Hao found the letter.
• Tang Hao slapped Yu Xiaogang in the cafeteria, accidentally causing a pot and hot food to spill over him.
• Tang Hao questioned Yu Xiaogang about the person who took Tang San’s External Soul Bone, then left to find a way to recover it.
• Tang Hao returned to the Clear Sky Sect and asked Tang Xiao for resources to repair Tang San’s damaged foundation.
• Tang Xiao struck Tang Hao’s shoulder, triggering his internal injuries and making him collapse.

Tang Hao recovered in the Clear Sky Sect as its elders agreed to support Tang San, while Qian Renhan prepared to grow stronger before targeting the sect. Bibi Dong reached Shrek Academy only to learn it had moved, so she continued toward Heaven Dou City in hopes of seeing Yu Xiaogang.

• Tang Hao woke in a secret chamber, explained his injuries from fighting Qian Xunji, and the Clear Sky Sect elders agreed to provide Tang San with resources after the tournament.
• A Spirit Hall spy reported the Clear Sky Sect elders had gathered, and Qian Renhan suspected they were preparing for Tang San to return to the sect.
• Qian Renhan began cultivating in an underground chamber with dark herbs, aiming to comprehend his Fallen Angel Martial Soul and approach level 97.
• A year later, Bibi Dong arrived in Suotuo City after months of hardship and learned Shrek Academy had moved to attend the tournament.
• Bibi Dong decided Yu Xiaogang would be in Heaven Dou City and resumed her journey there, hoping to see him.

Qian Renhan reached Rank 97 and fully fused with his Fallen Angel Martial Soul before Qian Daoliu introduced Ye Lingling as his fiancée. He accepted the engagement and promised to shoulder his responsibilities, though he believed he would never love her.

• Qian Renhan unleashed a devastating sword strike after perfecting his understanding of the Fallen Angel Martial Soul, then reflected that his cultivation could advance without years of deliberate nurturing.
• Qian Daoliu summoned Qian Renhan to Elder Hall and introduced Ye Lingling as the fiancée he had chosen during Qian Renhan’s absence.
• Qian Daoliu left them alone, and Qian Renhan used his Mental Power to sense Ye Lingling’s loneliness and her willingness to honor their marriage agreement.
• Qian Renhan accepted Ye Lingling as his fiancée and told her to call him by his name, while resolving to fulfill his duties without expecting to develop feelings for her.

Qian Renhan gave Ye Lingling an Aromatic Silk Beauty and guarded her as she refined it, helping her Martial Soul evolve. After arranging a residence for his fiancée, he told her to withdraw from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, leaving her torn between his authority and her attachment to her teammates.

• Qian Renhan gave Ye Lingling an Aromatic Silk Beauty and instructed her to consume it while he stood guard.
• Ye Lingling asked to delay having children because she feared the Nine-Hearted Rattan's curse would cost her parents their lives, and Qian Renhan agreed.
• Ye Lingling refined the herb, gained four Soul Power ranks to reach level 45, and evolved her Martial Soul into the Moonspirit Rattan.
• Qian Renhan took Ye Lingling to her new residence and removed her veil, assuring her that no one could bully her as his fiancée.
• Ye Lingling said she needed to return to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to coordinate with Heaven Dou Team One, but Qian Renhan told her to withdraw and said he would send a letter.

Yu Xiaogang worried that Shrek Academy's weakened team could not qualify for the tournament finals, while Tang San and the others brooded over their own reasons for competing. Watching Tang San's lingering hatred of the Royal Fighting Team, Tang Hao decided to ask the Clear Sky Sect for help and wondered whether his brother had found a flower to conceal Xiao Wu's Soul Beast aura.

• Yu Xiaogang and Flender reviewed Shrek Academy's prospects for the tournament and worried that the team's strength fell far short of its rivals.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and the others each focused on their personal goals and fears, from seeking revenge to escaping execution.
• Tang Hao saw that Tang San's defeat by the Royal Fighting Team might become an inner demon.
• Tang Hao decided to ask his brother for help and wondered whether he had found the Broken Heart Flower to hide Xiao Wu's Soul Beast aura.

Ning Rongrong returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and learned that Qian Renhan had crippled Bone Douluo and Sword Douluo and devastated the sect. Ning Fengzhi warned her never to provoke Qian Renhan, while Ning Rongrong secretly remained furious with him.

• Ning Rongrong returned to the sect after two years and was shocked to see Ning Fengzhi aged, Bone Douluo missing an arm and a leg, and Sword Douluo covered in wrinkles.
• Ning Fengzhi told Ning Rongrong that Qian Renhan had crippled Bone Douluo, ruined Sword Douluo's chance to advance, and taken two billion Gold Soul Coins from the sect.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could not rely on the other Upper Three Sects and urged Ning Rongrong to respect others' fate and avoid meddling.
• Ning Fengzhi recognized Ning Rongrong's description of the man who had slapped her in the Star Dou Great Forest as likely Qian Renhan and warned her never to provoke him.
• Ning Rongrong agreed aloud but privately cursed Qian Renhan and predicted that Spirit Hall would eventually be destroyed under his leadership.

Qian Renhan ordered Spirit Hall’s tournament team to win while Hu Liena secretly vowed to reclaim her former status. That night, Tang Hao discovered Xiao Wu’s identity as a transformed soul beast but chose to let her stay with Tang San, revealing that Tang San’s mother had been one too.

• Qian Renhan assembled Spirit Hall’s seven tournament members, demanded victory, and laid out the herbs and spirit bones reserved as rewards.
• Hu Liena resented Qian Renhan for crippling Bibi Dong and resolved to become a Title Douluo, restore her teacher, and take back the Saintess position.
• Xiao Wu worried that she could not safely compete in the tournament without exposing herself, while her absence would weaken the Shrek Team.
• Tang Hao sealed Xiao Wu’s room, revealed his identity as Tang San’s father, and showed her his hundred-thousand-year spirit ring.
• Tang Hao told Xiao Wu that he would let her stay with Tang San and protect her, then explained that Tang San’s mother had also been a transformed soul beast.

Tang Hao gave Xiao Wu a Broken Heart Flower to suppress her soul beast aura and encouraged her relationship with Tang San before leaving her to join the tournament. Three days later, the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament opened in Heaven Dou City, where Shrek Academy arrived in its unusual uniforms and the impoverished Bibi Dong watched from an alley.

• Tang Hao gave Xiao Wu the Broken Heart Flower and said he accepted her relationship with Tang San, then left before she could ask him to avenge her mother, Da Ming, and Er Ming.
• Xiao Wu reassured herself that Tang San and his family could avenge her loved ones and looked forward to returning to the ancestral clan with him.
• Three days later, the Heaven Dou Empire division of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament opened at the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena.
• Liu Erlong urged Flender and Yu Xiaogang to help Shrek Academy achieve a strong ranking, while Flender revealed that Clear Sky Sect disciples had joined as substitutes.
• Bibi Dong, now a destitute beggar, watched the academy teams from a dark alley after scraping together the fee to enter Heaven Dou City.

Bibi Dong entered Heaven Dou City and found Yu Xiaogang among the Shrek Academy students, but chose to wait until after the tournament to approach him. At the tournament’s opening, she watched the Emperor from outside the arena and remembered how she had lost her former position.

• Bibi Dong entered Heaven Dou City after begging and recognized Yu Xiaogang when Shrek Academy arrived for the tournament.
• Bibi Dong decided not to approach Yu Xiaogang in front of the crowd and planned to meet him after the tournament.
• The competing teams gathered at the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena, where Feng Xiaotian drew attention and Tang San noticed a noblewoman watching him.
• Xue Ye declared the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament officially open.
• Bibi Dong watched Xue Ye through a Soul Tool projection and resented the loss of the position she had held two years earlier.

Salas countered public criticism of Spirit Hall by defending its new policies and shifting responsibility for the Soul Hunting Forest to the Heaven Dou Empire, then pressured the Upper Three Sects to help commoners. The preliminary tournament began with the first matchups announced.

• Ning Fengzhi gave a restrained speech and avoided openly criticizing Spirit Hall, while Xue Ye and others watched Salas face questions about Spirit Hall's policies.
• Salas defended Spirit Hall's fees and kneeling requirement, arguing that commoners could choose whether to seek its services and that soul masters also needed to earn a living.
• Salas asked Xue Ye whether the Soul Hunting Forest belonged to the Heaven Dou Empire, and Xue Ye accepted responsibility and promised repairs and guards.
• Salas reminded the crowd that the Upper Three Sects also held Pope Decrees and urged Ning Fengzhi to help the people, leaving Ning unable to refuse publicly.
• Salas drew the first preliminary matchups: Canghui Academy versus Flame Glory Academy, and Shrek Academy versus Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team.

Shrek Academy defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team in under two minutes, silencing the audience and drawing Ning Fengzhi’s attention to Tang San’s lineage. After the team left the arena, Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong encountered a ragged Bibi Dong, reuniting after a long separation.

• Dai Mubai, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and their Shrek teammates took the arena against Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team to settle old grievances.
• Shrek overwhelmed the opposing team in less than two minutes, leaving its members badly injured while Shrek’s fighters remained unharmed.
• Tang San argued that Shrek had not broken the rules because Jiang Zhu had been healing the opposing team, and the referee accepted his explanation.
• Ning Fengzhi recognized Tang San as Tang Hao’s son and considered how Tang San could become a weapon against Spirit Hall.
• Tailong took Tang San to meet an important person, while Ning Fengzhi reunited with Ning Rongrong and Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong left the group together.
• Bibi Dong, disguised as a ragged beggar, called out to Yu Xiaogang as she finally met him and Liu Erlong again.

Bibi Dong revealed her identity to Yu Xiaogang after he initially mistook her for a beggar, while Tang San met his aunt Tang Yuehua and learned that his father was the legendary Clear Sky Douluo. Tang Hao appeared at the end, as Tang Yuehua prepared to explain the truth about Tang San’s family.

• Bibi Dong told Yu Xiaogang she had lost her cultivation, been robbed, and endured two years of hardship trying to find him.
• Yu Xiaogang recognized Bibi Dong through their private memories, and Liu Erlong felt pity for her.
• Tailong brought Tang San to meet Tang Yuehua in a teahouse, where she revealed that she was his aunt.
• Tang Yuehua showed Tang San her Clear Sky Hammer and explained that he belonged to the Clear Sky Sect’s direct line and that Tang Hao was the Clear Sky Douluo.
• Tang Yuehua called on Tang Hao to tell Tang San the truth, and Tang Hao appeared before his son.

Tang San learned the truth about his parents and resolved to enter the Soul Master Tournament to claim herbs that could help heal Tang Hao. At Shrek Academy, Liu Erlong fed Bibi Dong and offered her a place to stay, leaving Bibi Dong feeling that she finally had a home.

• Tang Hao told Tang San that his mother had been a blade of grass and that Spirit Hall had driven her to her death, while Tang Yuehua explained how Tang Hao had secretly supported Tang San.
• Tang San revealed that a powerful Title Douluo had stolen his soul bone and killed the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python, and Tang Hao suspected that the culprit was Qian Renhan.
• Tang Hao urged Tang San to avoid the tournament, but Tang San insisted on competing for medicinal herbs that could help heal Tang Hao and strengthen himself.
• Tang Hao agreed to let Tang San compete and promised to protect him if Spirit Hall tried to interfere.
• At Shrek Academy, Liu Erlong gave Bibi Dong food and a dress, and Bibi Dong thanked her for taking her in and making her feel at home.

Bibi Dong told Liu Erlong how Qian Xunji assaulted her, imprisoned her, and sealed her cultivation, and how Qian Renhan later crippled her again and drove her from Spirit Hall. Outside the dining hall, Yu Xiaogang revealed that he had brought her to Shrek to help Tang San cultivate Twin Martial Souls, deciding she might have to suffer longer for Tang San’s future.

• Liu Erlong asked Bibi Dong how her cultivation had been crippled, and Bibi Dong made her promise not to tell anyone, especially Yu Xiaogang.
• Bibi Dong recounted how Qian Xunji attacked and assaulted her after learning she loved Yu Xiaogang, then imprisoned her and sealed her cultivation while she carried Qian Renhan and Qian Renxue.
• Bibi Dong said she later became Pope, regained her strength, and began seeking revenge, but Qian Renhan returned, sided with the Angel Clan, crippled her cultivation, and drove her out of Spirit Hall.
• Flender confronted Yu Xiaogang for bringing Bibi Dong to Shrek Academy and warned that Spirit Hall might discover Tang San’s identity.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that he wanted Bibi Dong to teach Tang San how to cultivate Twin Martial Souls, and he decided to let her suffer longer for Tang San’s future.