Chapter Summaries

Chen Xin challenged Ye Liuyun to prove himself in the tournament, but learning that Xiao Wu had helped carry Shrek to the finals made Ye worry for her safety. He decided to go to Spirit City with Chen Xin to watch the finals, where the Pope’s arrival was announced.

• Chen Xin urged Ye Liuyun to enter the tournament and spoke of Xiao Wu’s sudden strength helping Shrek reach the finals.
• Ye Liuyun felt pride in Xiao Wu’s progress, then worried that fighting in Spirit City could expose her identity and put her in danger.
• Chen Xin teased Ye Liuyun for hesitating, and Ye resolved to travel with him to Spirit City to watch the finals.
• Spirit City filled with elite Spirit Masters and tournament spectators, while Xue Qinghe, Ning Fengzhi, Dugu Bo, and other dignitaries took their seats.
• A ceremonial announcement declared that the Pope had arrived.

At the tournament finals, Zhu Zhuqing appeared as a starting member of Spirit Hall Academy, shocking her former Shrek teammates. She rejected Dai Mubai’s demand that she return and openly challenged him, leaving the two teams poised to fight.

• Bibi Dong opened the finals and declared the tournament match begun.
• Shrek Academy entered with its two-frontline formation, followed by Spirit Hall Academy and its Golden Generation.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai recognized Zhu Zhuqing among Spirit Hall’s starters, and the Shrek members reacted with disbelief.
• Dai Mubai urged Zhu Zhuqing to return to Shrek, but she rejected him and refused to explain her choice.
• Zhu Zhuqing recalled Bibi Dong’s support and raised her claws, challenging Dai Mubai to fight.

The Martial Soul Hall Team overwhelmed Shrek until Xiao Wu and Tang San reversed the fight with a surprise counterattack. Yan then unleashed his fifth spirit skill, and Xiao Wu was blasted out of the arena after risking herself to recover the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.

• Zhu Zhuqing exploited Shrek's weak defense, while Xie Yue and Yan drove the team into a corner with their attacks.
• Tang San called for Xiao Wu, who used Teleportation and Waist Bow to throw Yan into Xie Yue as Tang San's Blue Silver Grass disrupted the Martial Soul Hall Team.
• Tang San trapped Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu used Explosive Kill Eight-Stage Throw to knock her into Hu Liena, breaking the opponents' formation.
• Yan recovered and unleashed his fifth spirit skill, Flying Sand Wild Flame, as Xie Yue and Hu Liena revealed their Soul King-level pressure.
• The Lovesick Heartbreak Red fell from Xiao Wu's clothing, and she risked the incoming attack to retrieve it before Yan's flames struck and hurled her out of the arena.

The Martial Soul Hall Team defeated the Shrek Seven Devils after Xiao Wu was forced out, and Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer failed to turn the match around. Afterward, Flender tried to encourage the injured team, while Yu Xiaogang claimed the loss had been part of his plan.

• Xie Yue ordered the Martial Soul Hall Team to eliminate Shrek after Xiao Wu left the arena, and the team quickly knocked out the remaining fighters except Tang San.
• Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and attacked Xie Yue, but Xie Yue caught the hammer’s handle and Yan and Zhu Zhuqing struck Tang San down.
• Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena combined their Soul Power to send Tang San out of the arena, completing Shrek’s defeat.
• The injured Shrek team mourned the loss, while Xiao Wu worried that her identity might have been exposed.
• Flender reassured the team that their youth gave them another chance to win the next tournament.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed he had planned the defeat to give his disciples a setback and spur their growth.

At the Spirit Hall awards ceremony, Bibi Dong exposed Xiao Wu as a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and ordered her and Tang San killed. Tang Hao appeared just as the attack was about to land, driving back the pursuing Douluo and shielding his son.

• Flender brought the defeated Shrek group to watch the Martial Soul Hall Team receive its Spirit Bone prizes from Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong stopped the Shrek group from leaving and revealed that Xiao Wu was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Tang San stepped in front of Xiao Wu and defied Bibi Dong, who accused him of betraying humanity and ordered the guards to kill them.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo charged at Tang San and Xiao Wu as the Hall-Guarding Knights surrounded the Shrek group.
• Tang Hao descended with his Clear Sky Hammer, blasted Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo backward, and stood before Tang San.

Tang Hao detonated all nine Spirit Rings to unleash his Great Sumeru Hammer against Bibi Dong, but she stopped it with one finger and revealed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring of her own. Having found resolve to pursue freedom and remake the world, Bibi Dong left Tang San and Xiao Wu convinced they were doomed.

• Tang Hao revealed his Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and detonated his Spirit Rings to power his Great Sumeru Hammer.
• Bibi Dong saw Zhu Zhuqing standing firm under the hammer's pressure and realized she had imprisoned herself in the past; she resolved to become the umbrella that covered the world.
• Bibi Dong stepped behind Zhu Zhuqing and halted Tang Hao's hammer with one finger, then flicked it apart and sent him flying with a four-word dismissal.
• Bibi Dong revealed her own Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, leaving the Spirit Masters in the plaza stunned and bowing their heads.
• Xiao Wu and Tang San watched Bibi Dong's overwhelming display and thought they were doomed.

After Bibi Dong defeated Tang Hao and ordered Tang San killed and Xiao Wu taken, Ye Liuyun burst into the Papal Palace plaza carrying two coffins and challenged her. The crowd mocked him as he declared he would take Xiao Wu away, leaving his fate to be decided.

• Bibi Dong defeated Tang Hao, ordered a Cardinal to kill Tang San, and commanded that Xiao Wu be brought to her.
• A black coffin smashed the Cardinal into the Papal Palace wall before he could reach Xiao Wu.
• Ye Liuyun entered through the shattered gates carrying another coffin and told Bibi Dong he was taking Xiao Wu away.
• The crowd mocked Ye Liuyun, but he said that if he could not take Xiao Wu, one coffin would be for Bibi Dong and the other for himself.

Ye Liuyun unleashed his destructive Spirit Bone Fusion Skill against Bibi Dong to protect Xiao Wu, giving Tang Hao time to escape with Tang San. After damaging the Papal Palace, Ye Liuyun fled with Xiao Wu, and Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to pursue both groups.

• Ye Liuyun stepped forward to shield Xiao Wu as Bibi Dong and the crowd dismissed him, then revealed a vast life force and both arm bones.
• Ye Liuyun combined the Convergence and Wither Spirit Bone skills, recalled a past vision, and unleashed his self-created Spirit Bone Fusion Skill, Heavenly Kingdom Lament, at Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong and Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo raised defenses, but the attack wounded them and shattered more than half of the Papal Palace.
• Tang Hao seized Tang San and escaped while Bibi Dong was stunned by the attack.
• Ye Liuyun grabbed Xiao Wu, used her coffin to strike the pursuers, and fled in the opposite direction.
• Bibi Dong emerged from the ruins and ordered Spirit Hall to split into two groups and capture both fleeing parties.

Ye Liuyun fled Spirit City with Xiao Wu while Dugu Bo’s poison outbreak distracted Bibi Dong’s forces. He forced his way past Chen Xin and Qian Daoliu and escaped into the forest after threatening to expose Spirit Hall’s secrets, leaving both powerful Douluos stunned.

• Dugu Bo released a nonlethal poison in Spirit City, forcing Bibi Dong to pause the pursuit and handle the crisis.
• Ye Liuyun killed the Spirit Masters blocking his escape route while carrying Xiao Wu, but Qian Daoliu appeared at the city gate.
• Chen Xin charged ahead to challenge Qian Daoliu, but Ye Liuyun shoved him aside and kept running.
• Ye Liuyun threatened to reveal Qian Renxue’s identity and Qian Xunji’s abuse of Bibi Dong, causing Qian Daoliu to freeze.
• Ye Liuyun pushed Qian Daoliu to the ground and escaped into the forest, leaving Chen Xin, Qian Daoliu, and Spirit Hall’s pursuers in shock.

After a thousand-mile pursuit, Ye Liuyun reached the Star Dou Great Forest with the unconscious Xiao Wu, but Bibi Dong intercepted them. Daming and Erming arrived to protect Xiao Wu, and Bibi Dong prepared to face all three Spirit Beasts and Ye Liuyun.

• Ye Liuyun fought off waves of Spirit Masters while carrying Xiao Wu, draining his life force and growing increasingly withered.
• Ye Liuyun killed a Spirit Saint with his Seven Kill Wither-Prosper Fist and continued toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xiao Wu rejoiced at seeing the forest, but Bibi Dong arrived and trapped her and Ye Liuyun beneath her pressure.
• Ye Liuyun stood in front of Xiao Wu and told her to go, insisting that he had protected her because he stood by his brothers.
• Daming and Erming arrived to defend Xiao Wu, and Bibi Dong welcomed the prospect of fighting them.

Xiao Wu, Daming, and Erming combined their power in a dangerous fusion skill and defeated Bibi Dong, but the effort left Xiao Wu dying. As Ye Liuyun and the others faced the aftermath, Xiao Wu asked whether she had avenged Mother.

• Daming and Erming argued over who would stay behind to protect Xiao Wu, but Xiao Wu offered herself to Bibi Dong to save them.
• Ye Liuyun urged everyone to fight on, and Xiao Wu proposed a fusion skill powered by all three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
• Xiao Wu, Daming, and Erming combined their powers to unleash the Trinity · Hundred-Thousand-Year Martial Soul Fusion Skill—Sigh of the Beast God.
• The attack erased Bibi Dong and cleared the dark clouds, but Xiao Wu’s body and meridians were shattered by the immense power.
• Xiao Wu collapsed near death and asked whether she had avenged Mother.

Ye Liuyun used the Lovesick Heartbreak Red to stabilize Xiao Wu after their battle and returned with her to the Star Dou Great Forest. As he recovered at the Life Lake, his contingency remained sealed because he was alive, and he sent a clone to retrieve something from the Prosperity Chamber of Commerce.

• Ye Liuyun fed the Lovesick Heartbreak Red to Xiao Wu, whose breathing steadied as she fell asleep, and the Sky Azure Bull Python carried them back to the core region.
• The chapter revealed that Ye Liuyun had left Ahu a sealed Blue Silver Grass containing letters and Immortal Herbs to be delivered to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect if he died.
• Ahu watched the Blue Silver Grass recover its color and realized Ye Liuyun was still alive.
• Ye Liuyun recuperated beside the Life Lake and sent a clone to the Prosperity Chamber of Commerce in Heaven Dou City to retrieve something.

Ye Liuyun returned to check on the Blue Silver Grass and thanked Ahu before leaving. After Ning Fengzhi confronted Ning Rongrong about the risks to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, she resolved to avenge her friends and face Spirit Hall.

• Ye Liuyun visited Ahu, confirmed the Blue Silver Grass had recovered, and told Ahu that his debt was repaid.
• Ning Fengzhi confronted Ning Rongrong over her hunger strike and explained why he could not openly oppose Spirit Hall.
• Ning Rongrong reflected on Xiao Wu and Ye Liuyun as people, despite their being Spirit Beasts.
• Ning Rongrong decided to settle the score with whoever had harmed her friends and embraced the name Little Witch.

Ye Liuyun secretly returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and reunited with Ning Rongrong, who had believed him dead. He offered her the Aromatic Silk Beauty and asked her to help change the world, and she accepted his cause as his friend.

• Sword Douluo Chen Xin recognized Ye Liuyun, let him pass, and told him Ning Rongrong had been refusing food because she thought he was dead.
• Ning Rongrong opened her door, struck Ye Liuyun in anger and relief, and denied that she was worried about him.
• Ye Liuyun showed Ning Rongrong the Aromatic Silk Beauty and explained that it could evolve her Martial Soul into the Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda.
• Ning Rongrong refused to accept the herb as payment for helping him and said friends did not need to make a deal.
• Ye Liuyun apologized for having been wrong and asked Ning Rongrong to help him change the world; she took the herb and pledged to stand with him.

With Bibi Dong in seclusion and all three factions needing to recover, Ye Liuyun planned to build power in the Star Luo Empire. Before leaving, he revealed Qian Renxue’s identity to Ning Rongrong, who suggested killing her, but Ye Liuyun warned that doing so could provoke catastrophic retaliation.

• Gu Rong reported that Bibi Dong had survived and entered seclusion, while Ye Liuyun and Tang San also needed time to recover.
• Ye Liuyun decided to travel to the Star Luo Empire to prepare for the coming conflict and told Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong to monitor Heaven Dou and Spirit Hall.
• As he said goodbye, Ye Liuyun warned Ning Rongrong to avoid private contact with Xue Qinghe and revealed that Xue Qinghe was Qian Renxue in disguise.
• Ning Rongrong proposed secretly killing Qian Renxue, but Ye Liuyun rejected the plan because Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong could retaliate against the continent.
• Ye Liuyun entrusted Ning Rongrong with making decisions while he was away, then departed.

Ye Liuyun tried to leave the Star Dou Great Forest for the Star Luo Empire, but Xiao Wu confessed that she loved him and refused to let him go alone. Before they could resolve their standoff, Xiong Jun arrived and ordered them to meet his lord, then attacked Xiao Wu; Ye Liuyun unleashed his supreme pressure in response.

• Ye Liuyun's clone dispersed after its limited Soul Power ran out, and his main body prepared to leave the Life Lake for the Star Luo Empire.
• Xiao Wu clung to Ye Liuyun and confessed that she loved him, refusing to let him leave without her.
• Xiong Jun landed at the Life Lake and ordered Ye Liuyun to come meet his lord in the forbidden region.
• When Xiao Wu continued to cling to Ye Liuyun, Xiong Jun swept a claw toward her to pull her away.
• Ye Liuyun turned on Xiong Jun and released the overwhelming pressure of his supreme origin.

Ye Liuyun and Xiao Wu entered Life Lake’s hidden world, where Di Tian invited him to join the Spirit Beasts’ plan to overthrow the God Realm. Ye Liuyun rejected Di Tian’s strategy and provoked the ferocious beasts, then offered to share a plan of his own as Di Tian prepared to attack.

• Xiong Jun backed down when he sensed Ye Liuyun’s power and urged him to meet the lord of the Spirit Beasts.
• Xiao Wu insisted on staying with Ye Liuyun, and Daming and Erming joined them as they crossed the barrier into Life Lake’s hidden world.
• Di Tian welcomed Ye Liuyun and described his plan to wait for the Spirit Beast sovereign to awaken before attacking the God Realm.
• Ye Liuyun mocked Di Tian’s strategy, arguing that the Spirit Beasts had lost even at the height of their power and refusing to join them.
• Xiong Jun and Wan Yao Wang reacted angrily, and Di Tian gathered destructive power to kill Ye Liuyun.
• Ye Liuyun calmly challenged Di Tian and offered to explain a plan of his own.

Ye Liuyun persuaded Di Tian and the ferocious beasts that their current strength could not defeat the God Realm and that they needed someone able to become a god. He claimed his human body let him bypass the Heavenly Tribulation and offered to help restore the Spirit Beasts if they supported him, leaving the beasts wondering whether they had been recruited in reverse.

• Di Tian stopped Xiong Jun from attacking Ye Liuyun and gave him a chance to explain himself.
• Ye Liuyun asked whether the ferocious beasts could defeat the God Realm, and they admitted through their silence that they had no real plan or hope of winning.
• Ye Liuyun argued that the God Realm had grown stronger while the Spirit Beasts had weakened, and said they needed to replenish their god-level strength.
• Ye Liuyun claimed he had reincarnated as a human to bypass the rule preventing Spirit Beasts from becoming gods.
• Ye Liuyun asked the ferocious beasts to support him and promised to aid the Spirit Beasts after ascending to godhood.
• Xiong Jun and Wan Yao Wang questioned how their attempt to recruit Ye Liuyun had left them feeling like his underlings, while Scarlet King asked Di Tian if they had been recruited in reverse.

Ye Liuyun persuaded Di Tian and the ferocious beasts to treat him as one of their own and support his rise to godhood. The beasts agreed to help make him stronger, leaving Ye Liuyun with their forces committed to his cause.

• Di Tian and the ferocious beasts weighed whether to accept Ye Liuyun and support him as an undercover agent against the Asura God.
• Ye Liuyun asked Xiong Jun whether he would side with the Spirit Beasts if he became human, and Xiong Jun said he would.
• The ferocious beasts agreed that their hearts would remain with the Spirit Beasts even if their bodies changed.
• Ye Liuyun argued that he would stand with the Spirit Beasts and should receive their resources so he could become a god and help them later.
• Di Tian and the ferocious beasts accepted Ye Liuyun’s reasoning, and Di Tian asked what they should do next.
• Ye Liuyun said they should do everything possible to make him stronger.

Di Tian showed Ye Liuyun and Xiao Wu the Silver Dragon King’s wound from Asura God and struck a deal: he would support Ye Liuyun’s path to godhood if Ye Liuyun tried to heal her afterward. The Star Dou Great Forest’s fierce beasts began an intense training regimen, with Di Tian taking charge of sparring.

• Di Tian led Ye Liuyun and Xiao Wu into the forbidden core region, where they saw the Silver Dragon King sleeping with a devastating wound.
• Di Tian explained that Asura God’s sword strike had left the Silver Dragon King gravely injured and that Ye Liuyun’s vitality had briefly awakened her.
• Di Tian offered the Star Dou Great Forest’s resources in exchange for Ye Liuyun trying to heal the Silver Dragon King after becoming a god, and Ye Liuyun agreed without promising success.
• Di Tian announced special training and said he would negotiate with reclusive Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts for Spirit Rings and Spirit Bones.
• Bi Ji restored Ye Liuyun’s vitality, Wan Yao Wang made Ye Liuyun and Xiao Wu soak in medicinal liquid, and Di Tian stepped in to spar with them after stopping Xiong Jun.