Chapter Summaries

Flender begged the Fire Dragon King to spare Liu Erlong and offered his life in exchange, and she let them leave the forest. More than a month later, Liu Erlong struggled with her feelings for Flender and Yu Xiaogang, while Tang San showed signs of conflict between his two Martial Souls.

• Jia Lin continued enduring the Fire Dragon King's Dragon Flame training under the Ice Dragon King's supervision.
• Lusen tended the plants at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while Liu Erlong waited nearby.
• Flender reached the well and pleaded with the Fire Dragon King to release Liu Erlong, offering himself in exchange.
• The Fire Dragon King spared Flender and Liu Erlong, then sent them out of the forest; Flender fainted from his injuries.
• More than a month later, Liu Erlong withdrew from Flender and Yu Xiaogang, while Tang San developed signs of conflict between his two Martial Souls.

Yu Xiaogang discovered that Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer was clashing with his partially awakened Blue Silver Emperor and traveled to Spirit City to seek Bibi Dong’s help. In Spirit City, Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue reunited for Qian Renxue’s birthday, but a guard interrupted them to announce an elder’s request for an audience.

• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that using the Clear Sky Hammer caused pain, and Yu Xiaogang concluded that Tang San should avoid using it while it recovered.
• Yu Xiaogang left Shrek Academy and traveled toward Spirit City to consult Bibi Dong about Tang San’s Twin Martial Souls.
• Xue Qinghe’s apparent illness concealed Qian Renxue’s return to Spirit City, while a neurotoxin kept Xue Ye bedridden in Heaven Dou City.
• Qian Renxue gave Bibi Dong a flower for her birthday and reassured her that Heaven Dou’s court was distracted by Xue Ye’s illness.
• A guard interrupted Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue to announce that an elder requested an audience.

A flower stolen from Yue Guan’s garden triggered strict searches throughout Spirit City, delaying Yu Xiaogang as he tried to reach Bibi Dong. After he returned the next day and was finally granted an audience, Bibi Dong recognized him and her smile vanished.

• Qian Renxue picked a flower from Yue Guan’s garden, prompting Yue Guan to strengthen its defenses and order thorough searches at Spirit City’s gates.
• The searches caught a wanted criminal, while guards repeatedly stopped Yu Xiaogang, first at the city gate and then outside the Pope Palace.
• Tie Gang refused to report Yu Xiaogang’s request because he misunderstood it, and Bibi Dong declined to meet him that day.
• Yu Xiaogang returned the next morning, clearly asked the guards to report his request, and waited in the Council Hall.
• Bibi Dong finished her work and went to meet Yu Xiaogang, but her gentle smile disappeared when she recognized him.

Yu Xiaogang asked Bibi Dong to help resolve his disciple Tang San’s conflicting Twin Martial Souls, but she deduced Tang San’s connection to Tang Hao and refused. Qian Renxue drove Yu Xiaogang out, and Bibi Dong hinted that she had plans to make him regret deceiving her.

• Bibi Dong confronted Yu Xiaogang about his Pope Decree and rejected his friendly greeting, reminding him of their broken relationship.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Bibi Dong how she had overcome the conflict between her Twin Martial Souls so he could help his gifted disciple.
• Bibi Dong offered to help only if Yu Xiaogang’s disciple joined Spirit Hall, but Yu Xiaogang refused and guaranteed the boy would never become her enemy.
• Bibi Dong deduced that Yu Xiaogang’s disciple was Tang Hao’s son, accused Yu Xiaogang of concealing the truth, and ordered him to leave.
• Qian Renxue held a sword to Yu Xiaogang’s throat, and Bibi Dong revealed that Qian Renxue was her biological daughter.
• After Yu Xiaogang left, Qian Renxue offered to deal with him, but Bibi Dong declined and said he would regret his actions.

Bibi Dong prepared Spirit Hall’s team for the upcoming Spirit Master Tournament by granting Yan, Xin, and Lei spirit bones and warning them about Tang San. Meanwhile, Ye Qing set the final stage of his plan in motion, directing Qin Luo to prepare for action after the tournament.

• Gui Mei delivered Zhang Wei a huge backlog of paperwork disguised as his leave assignment, giving him six days to process it.
• Bibi Dong learned from Yue Guan that Qian Renxue’s picked flower could survive and grow new shoots if properly cared for.
• Bibi Dong reviewed Tang San’s records, then gave Yan, Xin, and Lei spirit bones and told them to prepare for the tournament and watch Tang San’s team.
• Bibi Dong explained that Tang San had twin martial souls and likely carried the Clear Sky Hammer, and Yan ordered an investigation into his academy.
• Ye Qing placed a white stone on his continent-spanning board and told Qin Luo to notify Wan Ze’s side to prepare for action after the tournament.

Ye Qing ordered the expansion of East Wolf’s weapons production and agreed to attend the tournament finals after Xiao Wu urged him to go. In Star Luo City, Zhu Qinluo met Wan Ze and prepared the Wan Family’s covert operation for after the tournament.

• Ye Qing told Xiao Qing he would overturn the board if events strayed from his plan, then ordered more assembly lines and assigned Yuan Huan to work in East Wolf with Ah Rou.
• Yuan Huan reported on research developments and a new Soul Power-based energy source before leaving to prepare for his long-term assignment.
• Xiao Wu persuaded Ye Qing to attend the tournament finals, and he agreed to go.
• A black fog appeared in Star Luo City, allowing Wan Ze to meet Zhu Qinluo in secret.
• Zhu Qinluo revealed that she had reached Rank 96 and instructed Wan Ze to prepare the Wan Family’s operation for after the tournament.

As the Heavenly Demon Sect prepared to compete in the Heaven Dou division, Xie Yue and the others discussed their strength and the reasons Star Luo academies had requested the change. Meanwhile, Ning Rongrong discovered her Martial Soul had evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and learned that her father, Ning Fengzhi, had secretly reached Spirit Douluo.

• Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Dugu Yan discussed their Soul Power, Demon Charm, and plans to show their abilities at the tournament rather than immediately clearing the arena with poison.
• Xie Yue explained that Star Luo academies had appealed to send the Heavenly Demon Sect to the Heaven Dou division because they feared being overshadowed, and both empires had agreed to the change.
• The Death Spider Emperor summoned the group, and ten members of the Heavenly Demon Sect departed for Heaven Dou with Dugu Bo and Xiao Tong accompanying them; Ning Rongrong planned to meet them there.
• Ning Rongrong returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, thanks to the Aromatic Silk Beauty Xie Yue had given her.
• Ning Rongrong discovered that Ning Fengzhi had also advanced to Spirit Douluo and evolved his Martial Soul into the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, while Ning Fengzhi considered seeking more Aromatic Silk Beauties for the sect.

Ning Fengzhi showed Ning Rongrong the Seven Treasure World Treasury and formally named her the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Young Sect Master. In Heaven Dou City, Xue Ye recovered, and the academy’s committee members confronted him about Prince Xue Xing’s actions.

• Ning Fengzhi brought Ning Rongrong, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong to the hidden treasury beneath a tower in Seven Treasure City.
• Ning Rongrong discovered that the treasury’s outer chamber held Heaven Dou Royal Family valuables, while its true vault contained rare treasures belonging to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Rongrong declined to take a treasure as her birthday gift, and Ning Fengzhi officially named her the sect’s Young Sect Master.
• Heaven Dou’s imperial physicians remained baffled by Xue Ye’s and Xue Qinghe’s recoveries, while Dugu Xin reported that he could not identify Xue Ye’s poison.
• Meng Shenji and the other committee members told Xue Ye they wished to impeach Prince Xue Xing for driving talented students and a teacher away from Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Xue Xing defended his actions before Emperor Xue Ye by revealing that the expelled students included someone named Dai with a White Tiger Martial Soul, and Xue Ye postponed judgment until the tournament. At Shrek Academy and the Heavenly Demon Sect, the teams prepared for the competition as academies gathered in Heaven Dou City.

• Xue Xing told Xue Ye that one of the people he had expelled was a White Tiger Martial Soul user surnamed Dai, prompting Xue Ye to set aside the dispute until the tournament results were known.
• Xue Ye ordered Xue Xing to keep observing Xue Qinghe and Xue Beng while he considered choosing a Crown Prince.
• Yu Xiaogang assessed Shrek Academy's roster and instructed Tang San to stay out of most of the qualifying and Promotion Tournaments to conceal the team's strategy.
• Dugu Bo explained the tournament format and rules to the Heavenly Demon Sect team, warning Dugu Yan to avoid exposing her deadly venom.
• Academies from across the Heaven Dou Empire traveled to Heaven Dou City as the tournament approached.

The Heavenly Demon Sect arrived in Heaven Dou City for the Spirit Master Tournament, where Ning Rongrong mistook Xiao Wu in her normal-sized form for her older sister, Da Wu. At the opening ceremony, Xue Xing destroyed a drawing machine after seeing that Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team would face Heavenly Demon, and arranged to draw again.

• Ning Rongrong welcomed the Heavenly Demon Sect and mistook Xiao Wu for her older sister, whom Xiao Wu introduced as Da Wu.
• The tournament organizers transformed the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena into a venue for eighty thousand spectators, and Xue Qinghe led five thousand soldiers to maintain order.
• Xue Ye tested Xue Qinghe by leaving himself seemingly unprotected, but Xue Qinghe made no attempt to seize power and returned after the spectators entered.
• The teams attended the opening ceremony, where Shrek Academy drew ridicule for its green uniforms covered in advertisements.
• Xue Xing demonstrated the new drawing machine, saw that Heavenly Demon had been drawn to face Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team, and smashed the machine to arrange a new draw.

Xue Xing arranged for Shrek Academy to enter the tournament venue last, hoping to wear down the team’s patience, while Flender warned them about Canghui Academy’s sinister leader, Shi Nian. Hu Liena and Xie Yue recognized Shi Nian and argued over which of them had scarred him, leaving Dugu Yan to settle the dispute.

• Xue Xing ranked the participating academies by strength and ordered the staff to make Shrek enter the venue last to test their patience.
• Shrek and Canghui Academy traded insults in the rest area until Flender stopped Ma Hongjun and warned the team about Shi Nian’s Illusion Realm.
• Flender told the Shrek team he did not know who had scarred Shi Nian and urged them to prepare for the procession.
• Hu Liena recognized Shi Nian, and Xie Yue revealed that he or Hu Liena had inflicted Shi Nian’s scar during their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue argued over whose contribution counted, so Dugu Yan suggested they share the credit.

Shrek Academy and the Heavenly Demon Sect arrived at the Spirit Master Tournament, where the sect’s imposing entrance drew attention from the crowd and imperial officials. Xue Ye formally opened the tournament, and Salas began drawing lots for the matches.

• Xie Yue and Hu Liena’s past encounter with Shi Nian was recalled, including how they found his true body but failed to stop him from escaping.
• Dai Mubai recognized Zhu Zhuqing and, urged by Tang San, resolved to use the tournament to prove he had changed.
• Oscar regained his confidence after believing Ning Rongrong had smiled at him, while Tang San prepared Shrek Academy to enter the arena.
• The Heavenly Demon Sect made its grand entrance, and the VIP platform’s officials and sect leaders discussed the tournament and their formal attire.
• Xue Ye announced the tournament’s start, Ning Fengzhi gave ceremonial remarks, and Salas began drawing lots for the matchups.

Spirit Hall’s recruitment offer and the delayed opening match heightened tensions at the tournament, where Dragonfly Captain officiated as Shrek defeated the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team. Xue Ye left after the loss, while the tournament moved on with Shrek’s strength on display.

• Salas defended the advance drawing of lots and announced that teams reaching the Grand Finals could join Spirit Hall’s Spirit Temple, angering Xue Ye until Ning Fengzhi calmed him.
• Shui Bing’er explained the referee’s delay to Di Qiu’er, while Feng Xiaotian disparaged the competing teams and probed Di Qiu’er about Heavenly Demon.
• Dragonfly Captain arrived, revealed his dragonfly martial soul, and warned the teams that he would enforce the rules fairly.
• Yu Xiaogang kept Tang San off the field, and Dai Mubai and Tai Long led Shrek’s attack against the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team.
• Shrek eliminated the Heaven Dou Second Team after several minutes, and Xue Ye left without speaking.

Hu Liena led Heavenly Demon to a startling victory over North Rock Academy by using her Demon Fox’s Charm to make every opponent leave the stage. Her performance drew the attention of Shrek Academy and the other competitors, who began treating her as a serious threat.

• Ning Fengzhi prepared to leave the Heavenly Demon group, but Dugu Bo encouraged him to stay despite his tournament committee role; Dugu Yan stopped Dugu Bo from teasing him further.
• While awaiting their third-round match, the Heavenly Demon group joked about judging competitors’ movements, then chose Hu Liena to face North Rock Academy alone.
• Hu Liena used her innate Charm on North Rock Academy’s members and calmly asked them to walk off the stage, causing the referee to declare Heavenly Demon the winner.
• After leaving the arena, North Rock’s members argued over whom Hu Liena had smiled at, while their leader joined in and undermined his own authority.
• Flender and Tang San recognized Hu Liena’s control ability and warned Shrek Academy to be especially careful of her Charm.

Di Qiu'er fought Godwind Academy alone in Heavenly Demon's second tournament match, revealing her Rank 52 Golden Dragon Martial Soul and overwhelming strength. Her final attack left only three Godwind members standing, and the chapter ended before the match's result was stated.

• Flender warned Shrek Academy that advancing was not enough if they wanted to win the championship, while Yu Xiaogang urged them to study their opponents.
• The academies focused their attention on Heavenly Demon after Hu Liena's strange display, and Heavenly Demon drew Godwind Academy as its opponent on the second day.
• Di Qiu'er volunteered to fight Godwind Academy, and Xie Yue arranged for Ning Rongrong to support her.
• Di Qiu'er revealed her Golden Dragon Martial Soul and Rank 52 Soul King strength, suppressing Feng Xiaotian's Gale Two-Headed Wolf and knocking him back with a golden greatspear.
• Di Qiu'er hurled an explosive spear into Godwind Academy's formation, scattering its members and leaving only three standing.

At the tournament, Di Qiu'er overwhelmed Godwind Academy with repeated golden spear attacks before facing Feng Xiaotian in a close fight. After Feng Xiaotian broke several of her scales, Di Qiu'er praised him and asked whether he had considered joining Heavenly Demon.

• Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, and Salas discussed Heavenly Demon's team, and Salas noticed Ning Rongrong's Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Di Qiu'er hurled golden spears that knocked most of Godwind Academy off the arena, then repeatedly bombarded the remaining competitors.
• Feng Xiaotian stayed to defend Godwind Academy's dignity, using his Spirit Skills and Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes of the Gale Demon Wolf to fight Di Qiu'er.
• Di Qiu'er used Surging Waves to meet Feng Xiaotian's charging attacks, and her spear broke as his claws shattered several of her scales.
• Di Qiu'er told Feng Xiaotian he was impressive and asked if he had considered joining Heavenly Demon.

Xie Yue answered Mad Blade Academy’s demand that Heavenly Demon reveal its strength by fighting alone and exposing his Soul Emperor cultivation. He defeated Mad Blade’s berserk fighters without killing them, then faced their last member, whose blade was coated in deadly poison.

• Feng Xiaotian refused Di Qiu’er’s offer to join Heavenly Demon and left the arena after admitting defeat.
• Shrek Academy drew attention with its tournament results, while Flender’s advertising deal covered the team in funeral-service promotions.
• Mad Blade Academy protested Heavenly Demon’s secrecy and demanded that its members reveal their Martial Souls and levels.
• Xie Yue stepped forward for Heavenly Demon, revealed his six Spirit Rings and level of 68, and sent the rest of his teammates off the arena.
• Xie Yue dodged Mad Blade’s attacks and mocked the fighters before using his Moon Blades to wound and knock them from the arena.
• Mad Blade’s last fighter coated his blade in poison and threatened Xie Yue, then licked the blade to show off.

Xie Yue defeated Mad Blade when its final contestant poisoned himself, while Heavenly Demon’s strength alarmed the other academies. After Shi Nian lured Hu Liena away from Heaven Dou City and trapped her in his domain, Hu Liena revealed that she had seen through his illusion and attacked him.

• Xie Yue won the match after Mad Blade’s last contestant accidentally poisoned himself, and the referee fined Mad Blade Academy’s team leader for damaging the arena.
• Flender and Yu Xiaogang discussed Heavenly Demon’s powerful members and the difficulty of defeating them, while Shi Nian anticipated the coming match against Canghui Academy.
• Xie Yue returned to Chen Xin, while Hu Liena and the other Heavenly Demon members went shopping around Heaven Dou City.
• Shi Nian followed Hu Liena away from the busy streets, trapped her in his domain, and revealed that he intended to kill her and unsettle Xie Yue.
• Hu Liena summoned her Martial Soul, exposed Shi Nian’s illusion by attacking the real Shi Nian disguised as a stone, and struck him with her Demon Fox’s claw.

Hu Liena turned Shi Nian’s Residual Dream illusion against him and used her sixth spirit skill, Fox Demon Floating Life Dream, to defeat him in their mental domain. She destroyed him after learning from his memories that he had joined Canghui Academy to obtain its hidden foundational treasure, leaving the tournament without his interference.

• Shi Nian reflected on how he had joined Canghui Academy to become its headmaster and claim a hidden treasure, and decided to eliminate Hu Liena to clear his path to the championship.
• Shi Nian lured Hu Liena out of Heaven Dou City with his Residual Dream illusion, but she discovered his location and reversed control of the illusion with Fox Demon Floating Life Dream.
• Hu Liena made Shi Nian believe she had become a titled douluo with nine hundred-thousand-year spirit rings, while explaining that injuries in her mental domain would affect their real bodies.
• Shi Nian used his seventh spirit skill, Nightmare, and tried to reclaim control, but Hu Liena’s greater mental power and head spirit bone overcame his attack.
• Hu Liena searched Shi Nian’s memories, learned about the treasure hidden within Canghui Academy, and destroyed him with a beam of light from her head spirit bone.

Hu Liena defeated Shi Nian, uncovered information in his memories, and had Dugu Bo dispose of him and take his Spirit Bone. Later, Ning Rongrong bought a valuable ore from under Tang San, while tensions between Shrek and Blazing Fire Academy reflected Shrek’s recent defeat and Flender’s refund dispute.

• Hu Liena shattered Shi Nian’s body in her Illusion Realm and searched his memories before Dugu Bo arrived.
• Dugu Bo killed Shi Nian with poison and took his spiritual-power-boosting Head Spirit Bone to bring back to the Sect.
• Hu Liena and her companions returned to shopping and found Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, Feng Xiaotian, and members of Blazing Fire Academy gathered around a stall.
• Tang San interrupted Ning Rongrong’s bargaining for a heavy stone by offering three hundred Gold Soul Coins, so Ning Rongrong bought the stall for ten thousand and kept the ore.
• Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong began arguing, while Huo Wu objected to Shrek’s treatment of Ning Rongrong.
• A bystander explained that Blazing Fire Academy had defeated Shrek, prompting refund demands against Flender, who returned some money and lowered his advertisement prices.