Chapter Summaries

Shang An confronted Ning Fengzhi and demanded that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect submit to Spirit Hall, using its overwhelming strength to pressure the sect master. After making Ning Fengzhi consider the threat of destruction, Shang An began to offer terms by bringing up the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda’s flaw.

• Shang An revealed that he represented Spirit Hall and demanded the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s submission, prompting Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi to refuse.
• Ni Huang released her aura as Shang An threatened the sect, and Ning Fengzhi protected Ning Rongrong while resisting the demand.
• Shang An claimed Spirit Hall had more than thirty Title Douluo and said Ni Huang alone could destroy the sect, leaving Ning Fengzhi fearful and uncertain.
• Shang An offered to discuss conditions, then raised the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s inability to advance beyond seven tiers and Ning Fengzhi confirmed the legend.

Shang An offered Ning Fengzhi an Aromatic Silk Beauty in exchange for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect submitting to the Spirit Hall. Ning Rongrong absorbed it and awakened the Nine Treasure Glazed Pagoda, leaving Ning Fengzhi overjoyed at the sect’s long-awaited breakthrough.

• Shang An promised he could evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda into the Nine Treasure Glazed Pagoda, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to lead his sect in submitting to the Spirit Hall.
• Shang An presented the Aromatic Silk Beauty and explained how Ning Rongrong should absorb it.
• Ning Fengzhi gave the Immortal Herb to Ning Rongrong, deciding she had a better future with it than he did.
• Ning Rongrong absorbed the Aromatic Silk Beauty as Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo watched.
• Ning Rongrong summoned a nine-level Nine Treasure Glazed Pagoda, and Ning Fengzhi celebrated the sect’s dream coming true.
• Ning Rongrong discovered that her Soul Power had risen seven levels to level thirty.

Shang An secured Ning Fengzhi’s submission to Spirit Hall and took over Crystal Academy’s tournament slot for his own team. At the Heaven Dou City preliminaries, his group encountered Shrek Academy and mocked its ridiculous uniforms.

• Ning Rongrong’s improved talent helped convince Ning Fengzhi to submit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to Spirit Hall.
• Shang An forced Crystal Academy’s headmaster to give him the tournament slot and the title of team-leading instructor for the Crystal Palace Team.
• After discovering Ah Yin met the tournament’s age requirement, Shang An brought her and the other women to compete, hoping she would face Tang San.
• The team reached the Heaven Dou City preliminary division, where Xiao Wu dismissed the other teams and Shang An settled the women into rooms at Crystal Academy’s grounds.
• Shang An saw Shrek Academy’s students being ridiculed for their ugly uniforms, and Tang San urged his teammates to focus on winning the championship.
• Someone mocked Shrek Academy as a bunch of toads for aspiring to win the championship.

At the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament opening ceremony, Shrek Academy clashed verbally with Canghui Academy and was ridiculed for its uniforms, while Shang An watched from Crystal Academy. The tournament opened under Emperor Xue Qinghe, and Tang San considered using hidden weapons to profit from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Canghui Academy students mocked Shrek Academy, Tai Long nearly attacked them, and Yu Xiaogang led Shrek away after Canghui's teacher berated them.
• Shang An observed Crystal Academy's entry and noted that Shrek had assembled its Seven Devils with new members and faced a difficult path to the finals.
• Shrek Academy entered last in its ugly uniforms, drawing laughter from the host and audience; Tang San threatened Dai Mubai when he grew angry.
• Xue Qinghe, Salas, and Ning Fengzhi attended the opening ceremony, and Xue Qinghe declared the tournament open.
• Tang San considered selling Hidden Weapons to Ning Fengzhi's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect so he could earn money for materials and build more weapons.

Ning Fengzhi hinted that he favored an unnamed team in the qualifiers, while Shrek Academy drew Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team for its opening match. Salas announced a Spirit Temple opportunity for finalists, and the chapter ended as both teams took the stage and traded insults.

• Ning Fengzhi praised Heaven Dou Royal Academy and hinted that another team could win the tournament, while Salas recognized Shang An among the competitors.
• The draw paired Shrek Academy with Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team, and Tang San and his teammates welcomed the chance to take revenge.
• Shang An warned that Tang San remained dangerous, reassured Zhu Zhuqing about her identity, and encouraged Xiao Wu to confront Tang San.
• Salas promised finalists a chance to join the Spirit Temple, prompting Xue Qinghe’s displeasure and Tang San’s hopes of gaining allies against Spirit Hall.
• Shrek selected Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Tai Long, Jing Ling, and Jiang Zhu for the match, then exchanged insults with Heaven Dou Royal Academy as the teams took the stage.

Tang San led Shrek Academy to a rough victory over Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s reserve team, while Shang Linglong rejected her past after Flender recognized her. The next day, Shang An brought the women to Crystal Academy’s match against Skywater Academy, where both teams took the arena.

• Tang San used Bind and Thorn Vines to defeat Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s reserve team, and the referee awarded Shrek Academy the match after confirming no one had died.
• Shang An took Liu Erlong for a walk, where Flender recognized her and asked her to return with him.
• Liu Erlong rejected her old identity, declared herself Shang Linglong, and used her Title Douluo power to blast Flender and Ma Hongjun away.
• Shang Linglong told Shang An she wanted only him, and he comforted her as she embraced him.
• The next day, Shang An led the women to Crystal Academy’s match against Skywater Academy, whose Shui Bing’er noticed that Crystal Academy’s team also consisted entirely of girls.

Crystal Academy defeated Skywater Academy in the preliminaries after Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing quickly eliminated several opponents and Dugu Yan withstood Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu's fusion skill. Tang San recognized Xiao Wu and was devastated when he saw her affectionately interact with Shang An.

• Tang San recognized Xiao Wu on Crystal Academy's team, while Dai Mubai thought Zhu Zhuqing looked familiar.
• Crystal Academy revealed its powerful Spirit Ring configurations, including Zhu Zhuqing's two black rings, shocking the spectators and Yu Xiaogang.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing knocked Shui Yue'er and Chen Liuyu off the stage, and their teammates eliminated Yu Hairou and Gu Qingbo.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu used their Ice and Snow Fluttering fusion skill, but Dugu Yan blocked it with her Jade Phosphorus Heavenly Shield until they ran out of Soul Power.
• The referee declared Crystal Academy the winner, and Xiao Wu happily sought Shang An's praise as he patted her head.
• Tang San watched Xiao Wu's affectionate exchange with Shang An, then dropped to his knees and struck the floor in despair.

Tang San went to Crystal Academy’s camp to confront Xiao Wu, but she rejected him and stayed close to Shang An. After Tang San attacked Shang An with a Zhuge Repeating Crossbow, Shang An beat him severely and sent Zhu Zhuqing to have Spirit Hall handle the matter.

• Tang San visited Crystal Academy’s camp to see Xiao Wu, but Zhu Zhuqing blocked him and threatened to fight.
• Xiao Wu refused to speak privately with Tang San and said she had nothing to do with him.
• Shang An came out and embraced Xiao Wu, prompting Tang San to fire his Zhuge Repeating Crossbow at him.
• Xiao Wu tried to shield Shang An, but Shang An’s Soul Power barrier stopped the bolts and he scolded her for reacting without using her Invincible Golden Body.
• Shang An immobilized Tang San and battered him with Air-Splitting Palm, then struck him so hard that his balls shattered.
• Shang An kicked Tang San away, gave Zhu Zhuqing a token to contact Spirit Hall, and returned to Xiao Wu, who asked him not to be angry.

Tang San was left injured and unconscious in a trash bin, while Shrek Academy faced Blazing Fire Academy without him and lost badly. Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang led the victory, leaving Shrek’s remaining team members defeated.

• Spirit Hall’s people dumped Tang San in a commercial street trash bin, where he passed out beneath a pile of garbage.
• As Tang San failed to return, Yu Xiaogang argued with Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai took charge of Shrek’s team for the match.
• Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang confronted Shrek’s team, and both academies released their Martial Souls when the match began.
• Huo Wushuang overpowered Dai Mubai, while Huo Wu burned and knocked Ma Hongjun out of the arena.
• Huo Yun and Huo Yu helped defeat Tai Long and Jing Ling, and the referee declared Blazing Fire Academy the winner.

After Shrek lost its second tournament match, Tang San woke in a garbage dump and discovered that Shang An had castrated him. He completed the God of Suffering’s Fifth Trial, gained five Soul Power levels, and headed to the tournament venue, where Yu Xiaogang recognized him.

• Yu Xiaogang blamed Shrek’s defeat on Dai Mubai and worried that Tang San had been harmed.
• Tang San woke inside a sack in a Heaven Dou City garbage dump, injured and grieving over Xiao Wu.
• Tang San discovered he had been castrated, raged in the garbage heap, and completed the God of Suffering’s Fifth Trial, gaining five Soul Power levels.
• Tang San decided to seek a way to restore himself and returned to the tournament venue to find his attacker and build influence.
• A guard mistook Tang San for a beggar, but Yu Xiaogang recognized him and asked who had injured him.

Tang San returned to Shrek Academy, admitted responsibility for the team's defeat, and withdrew from Yu Xiaogang's questions. At Crystal Academy's residence, Shang An used his Intelligence-Reducing Aura to provoke Huo Wu into challenging him, then overwhelmed her with his power and demanded she honor her wager to become his maid.

• Yu Xiaogang brought the battered Tang San inside and scolded Dai Mubai for mocking his teammate.
• Tang San admitted that he had failed as captain, while Dai Mubai left to investigate something he had discovered.
• Huo Wu visited Crystal Academy after seeing Zhu Zhuqing dominate the arena and objected to her acting like Shang An's subordinate.
• Shang An silently activated his Intelligence-Reducing Aura, and Huo Wu forgot her original challenge to Zhu Zhuqing and challenged him instead.
• Huo Wu agreed that she would become Shang An's maid if she lost, and Shang An accepted.
• Shang An revealed his Spirit Rings and used his Soul Power to pin Huo Wu down, while she protested that he had ambushed her.

After Huo Wu accepted her defeat to Shang An, she became his maid and wore a maid outfit. Dai Mubai identified Zhu Zhuqing as his fiancée and went to the Crystal Academy residence, where she rejected him and attacked him, leaving him to accuse her of trying to kill her fiancé.

• Shang An made Huo Wu his maid, had her change into a maid outfit, and began training her in her duties.
• Dai Mubai obtained the contestants’ list, confirmed that the Crystal Academy contestant was Zhu Zhuqing, and assumed she would help him seize the throne.
• Dai Mubai dressed up and went to the Crystal Academy residence, where Huo Wu let him in after Shang An gave permission.
• Zhu Zhuqing came out and rejected Dai Mubai, while Huo Wu laughed at his attempt to take Zhu Zhuqing away with him.
• Zhu Zhuqing slashed at Dai Mubai, cutting his hair close to his eyes, and he accused her of trying to murder her fiancé.

Shang An protected Zhu Zhuqing from Dai Mubai, then used his Intelligence-Reducing Aura to make Huo Wu agree to become his maid. The next morning, Huo Wu realized something had been wrong, tried to escape, and was caught and punished by Shang An.

• Zhu Zhuqing kicked Dai Mubai, and Shang An used his Soul Power to pin him down and declared that Spirit Hall would protect her.
• Shang An ordered Huo Wu to throw Dai Mubai out, and she beat his face with a broom before tossing him into the corridor.
• Dai Mubai woke in a trash bin, lamented that Zhu Zhuqing had left him, and vowed to take revenge.
• Huo Wu woke in Zhu Zhuqing's bed, remembered agreeing to become Shang An's maid, and secretly removed his mask before trying to slip away.
• Shang An caught Huo Wu at the door and punished her for trying to escape.
• Shang An reflected that his Intelligence-Reducing Aura had worn off and considered testing it on Tang San next.

Huo Wu returned to Blazing Fire Academy after Shang An allowed her to compete, while Tang San regained his footing with Shrek Academy. As Tang San prepared for Shrek’s match against Canghui Academy, Shi Nian trapped him in an illusion outside Heaven Dou City and revealed his intent to kill him.

• Shang An allowed Huo Wu to return to her team for the remaining matches, and she promised to come back afterward.
• Huo Wu reunited with Huo Wushuang at Blazing Fire Academy but kept her time with Shang An secret.
• Tang San considered Shrek Academy’s upcoming match against Canghui Academy and worried about its Seven-in-One Fusion Skill.
• Tang San realized the road to Shrek Academy was an illusion and encountered Shi Nian, who admitted he had lured him away to kill him.
• Tang San fired his Zhuge Repeating Crossbow at Shi Nian, but the bolts passed through an illusion while Shi Nian taunted him about the gap in Soul Power.

Shi Nian trapped Tang San in a terrifying illusion that revisited his past and made him watch Xiao Wu with Shang An, driving him to the brink of collapse. The God of Suffering’s divine power awakened, allowing Tang San to break free and strike Shi Nian with a giant hammer.

• Shi Nian explained that Tang San was trapped in his Residual Dream, while Tang San searched for a flaw with his Purple Demon Eye.
• Shi Nian changed the illusion to Ghost Sorrow Cliff, where Tang San relived the Tang Sect elders’ brutal punishments.
• The illusion shifted to Crystal Academy, where Tang San watched Shang An embrace Xiao Wu and heard her declare her desire for him.
• As Tang San weakened in the illusion, the God of Suffering’s divine power awakened and he rose with a giant hammer.
• Tang San unleashed a dark-gold hammer attack at Shi Nian, who hurriedly raised a Soul Power barrier.

Shang An killed Shi Nian after Tang San defeated him, took Shi Nian’s research notes, and blinded Tang San in one eye before leaving him unconscious. The next day, Tang San failed to appear for Shrek’s match, and Canghui Academy defeated Shrek with its Seven-in-One Fusion Skill.

• Shang An absorbed Shi Nian’s Martial Soul origin, collected his Spirit Bone and research notebook, and destroyed his recordings of past victims.
• Shang An discovered Tang San’s eye had healed, corroded his left eye with Corpse-Dissolving Liquid, and knocked him unconscious again.
• Tang San failed to return before Shrek’s match against Canghui Academy, so the remaining Shrek members entered the arena without him.
• Canghui Academy completed its Seven Asura Illusion Realm and trapped Shrek’s team in visions of their deepest fears.
• Canghui Academy won after Shrek’s members fell unconscious, and Dai Mubai left the arena shaken by what he had seen.

Tang San returned to Shrek after Shi Nian’s attack left him without his left eye, and he wrongly concluded that Flender was secretly targeting him. The preliminaries ended with five teams advancing, and Emperor Qinghe began awarding the teams and offering their leaders noble titles.

• Tang San woke in the small forest, discovered his left eye had been corroded away, and decided Flender must be the powerful mastermind behind the attacks on him.
• Tang San returned to Shrek, where Yu Xiaogang learned that Shi Nian had attacked him and urged the tournament committee to investigate.
• The investigation uncovered disappearances at several academies before matches against Canghui Academy, leading to Shi Nian being declared an Evil Spirit Master and Canghui Academy being banned.
• Shrek barely advanced alongside Crystal Academy, Godwind Academy, Blazing Fire Academy, and Skywater Academy as the preliminaries ended.
• Emperor Qinghe, Ning, and Salas awarded each advancing team ten thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Emperor Qinghe offered the ten captains and vice-captains noble titles if they joined the Empire.

After the Promotion Tournament, Xue Qinghe and Salas competed to recruit the five academies’ young talents, while Tang San resolved to seek alliances against Spirit Hall. Shang An encouraged Qian Renxue to meet Tang San, but Ning Fengzhi arrived first and was shocked to see Shang An call Xue Qinghe “Xue’er.”

• Xue Qinghe and Salas offered the five academies’ talents rewards and invitations, then Xue Qinghe announced that the Promotion Tournament would begin in one month.
• Shang An recognized that the public clash between Xue Qinghe and Salas had been staged, while Tang San interpreted it as proof that the Heaven Dou Empire opposed Spirit Hall.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang he had decided to seek revenge on Spirit Hall, and Yu Xiaogang promised to introduce him to Ning Fengzhi and help him pursue alliances using his Hidden Weapons.
• Qian Renxue asked Shang An whether she should meet Tang San, and Shang An agreed that she should.
• Ning Fengzhi arrived to see Shang An, found Xue Qinghe there, and became alarmed when Shang An called Xue Qinghe “Xue’er.”

Ning Fengzhi learned that Xue Qinghe belonged to Spirit Hall and reported Yu Xiaogang’s proposed cooperation and Tang San’s likely parentage to Shang An. After Qian Renxue left, Huo Wu returned to serve Shang An, and Ni Huang offered to take her as a disciple.

• Ning Fengzhi told Shang An that Yu Xiaogang wanted to cooperate and that Tang San was likely Tang Hao’s biological son, and Shang An urged him to negotiate for Tang San’s useful inventions.
• Ning Fengzhi left, and Shang An comforted Qian Renxue before she departed.
• Huo Wu returned to Shang An and began massaging his legs, having decided to accept her loss and stay by his side.
• Ni Huang introduced herself to Huo Wu as Spirit Hall’s Ninth Elder and offered to take her as a master.
• Shang An revealed that Ni Huang was a level 98 Peak Douluo, leaving Huo Wu astonished.

Huo Wu became Ni Huang’s disciple and was told to stay by Shang An’s side. Tang San sought help from Tang Yuehua for his worsening eye injury, left resentful when she could not promise Divine Doctor Ye would come, and then met Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi to pursue their cooperation.

• Huo Wu knelt to accept Ni Huang as her teacher, and Ni Huang told her to stay beside Shang An.
• Tang San arrived at Moonlight Pavilion, where Ode recognized him and led him to Tang Yuehua.
• Tang San showed Tang Yuehua the rotting hole where his left eye had been and asked her to contact Divine Doctor Ye.
• Tang Yuehua agreed to try but warned that Divine Doctor Ye might refuse, and Tang San left believing she would not help him.
• Tang San waited at Fengming Restaurant for Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi, who arrived with Porcupinefish Douluo and Sword Douluo and praised his talent.