Chapter Summaries

Ning Rongrong explained that Ye Lingling’s Nine Heart Begonia could heal everyone nearby, making her the Imperial Fighting Team’s greatest threat. Tang San rallied the Shrek Six Monsters, won authority to direct their tactics, and left them preparing for the fight despite Xiao Wu’s concern about the opposing Soul Ancestors’ unknown spirit rings.

• Ning Rongrong identified Ye Lingling as Shrek’s primary target and explained the Nine Heart Begonia’s rarity and powerful area healing, leaving Yu Xiaogang stunned by his ignorance of the martial soul.
• Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai doubted Shrek could win, but Tang San urged the group to trust their abilities and cooperate.
• Yu Xiaogang handed Tang San control of the battle tactics, and Tang San assigned the Shrek Six Monsters their roles before arranging a private tactic with Ma Hongjun.
• Xiao Wu questioned whether the Imperial Fighting Team’s Soul Ancestors had hidden over-limit spirit rings, but Yu Xiaogang and Tang San dismissed the possibility.
• Xiao Wu set aside her lingering unease about the two Soul Ancestors after Tang San and Yu Xiaogang insisted their spirit rings were likely standard.

Qin Ming selected Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Osler, Yu Feng, and the Shi Mo brothers to face the Shrek Six Monsters, while Yu Tianheng refused to compete. Dugu Yan confronted Qin Ming over his demand for restraint and exposed his desire to help Shrek; after the others left, Yu Tianheng went to watch the match and unexpectedly encountered his uncle.

• Qin Ming finalized the Heaven Dou Royal Team lineup without Yu Tianheng, who chose to stay behind and cultivate.
• Qin Ming ordered the team not to kill or cripple their opponents, but Dugu Yan objected and accused him of favoring Shrek Academy.
• Qin Ming withdrew his demand that the team avoid crippling their opponents, while still insisting that nobody be killed.
• Qin Ming led the six competitors to the Main Central Spirit Fighting Platform, and Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan followed after exchanging a knowing glance.
• Yu Tianheng failed to settle his mind through cultivation, left the VIP room to watch the match, and unexpectedly met his uncle.

Yu Xiaogang reunited with his nephew Yu Tianheng at the Suotuo Great Soul Arena and discussed the reasons he had not returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. They discovered that Yu Xiaogang was coaching the Shrek Six Monsters against Yu Tianheng’s Heaven Dou Royal Team, but Yu Tianheng said he would not fight.

• Yu Tianheng recognized Yu Xiaogang and urged his uncle to return to the clan, but Yu Xiaogang gave no commitment because he feared Yu Luomian and preferred his freedom.
• Yu Tianheng explained that he had joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy and was training with the Heaven Dou Royal Team under Yu Yuanzhen’s arrangements.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed that he coached the Shrek Six Monsters and praised his direct disciple Tang San, surprising Yu Tianheng.
• Yu Tianheng told Yu Xiaogang that he would not participate in the coming Soul Fight, and the arena’s commotion signaled that the match was about to begin.

The Imperial Fighting Team and Shrek Six Monsters entered the Main Spirit Fighting Arena for a special six-person match. Ye Lingling recognized Tang San and Xiao Wu as the pair who had offended the Holy Son and silently directed killing intent at them, leaving Tang San wary as the fight was about to begin.

• Doudou introduced the special match and announced the Imperial Fighting Team and the Shrek Six Monsters.
• Both teams entered the arena, with Shrek wearing matching black outfits and green masks to hide their identities.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Tang San stared at Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, prompting Xiao Wu to complain and Ning Rongrong to regard Ye Lingling with curiosity and hostility.
• Dugu Yan noticed the Shrek men's leering and showed her displeasure, while Ye Lingling ignored them and recognized Tang San and Xiao Wu as the pair who had offended the Holy Son.
• Ye Lingling's killing intent made Xiao Wu shiver and Tang San sense a sudden chill, but he could not identify its source and told Xiao Wu to stay close during the fight.

The Shrek Six Monsters and the Imperial Fighting Team began their six-person team soul fight, with both sides releasing their martial souls and taking up their formations. The opening exchanges ended in a stalemate as Dai Mubai fought the Shi Brothers, Xiao Wu faced Yu Feng, and Ma Hongjun battled Osler.

• Yu Xiaogang returned to the Shrek passage with his nephew Yu Tianheng and introduced him to Flender and Zhao Wuji.
• Qin Ming watched from the Imperial Fighting Team's passage, and Flender and Zhao Wuji recognized him while leaving their connection unexplained.
• Doudou announced the match, and both teams summoned their martial souls, with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling remaining in reserve.
• After Doudou started the fight, Dai Mubai charged the Shi Brothers while Xiao Wu and Ma Hongjun engaged Yu Feng and Osler.
• The Shi Brothers blocked Dai Mubai, and Tang San's Blue Silver Grass helped Xiao Wu evade Yu Feng, leaving all three opening bouts in a stalemate.

The Shrek Six Monsters struggled against the stronger Imperial Fighting Team as Tang San hesitated over how to counter Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling. Yu Tianheng told Yu Xiaogang that Shrek had no chance of winning.

• Tang San watched Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling hold back while he considered how to revise Shrek's tactics.
• Dai Mubai failed to break the Shi Brothers' defenses, broke his leg, and was pushed into a desperate fight against them.
• Osler wounded Ma Hongjun while Yu Feng and Xiao Wu remained evenly matched, with Tang San pulling Xiao Wu out of danger.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji grew anxious as the Shrek fighters fell behind, while Yu Xiaogang remained confident in Tang San.
• Yu Tianheng praised the Shrek members but told Yu Xiaogang that their team had absolutely no hope of winning.

Yu Tianheng warned Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Zhao Wuji that Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling made the Imperial Fighting Team formidable, then began to explain their abilities before Xiao Wu’s scream drew everyone’s attention. On the Spirit Fighting Platform, Yu Feng evaded Xiao Wu’s attacks and kicked her in the face, while Tang San vowed to take revenge and Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling appeared to devise a plan.

• Yu Tianheng told Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Zhao Wuji that Dugu Yan was terrifying and Ye Lingling’s Nine Heart Begonia surpassed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda in healing, then agreed to describe their Spirit Skills.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to spin and launch Xiao Wu toward Yu Feng while Ning Rongrong boosted the Shrek fighters’ strength and speed.
• Xiao Wu used Teleportation to approach Yu Feng, but her charm Spirit Skill failed because Yu Feng was female, and Yu Feng kicked her in the face.
• Tang San caught the injured Xiao Wu, gave her a Recovery Big Sausage, and promised to punish anyone who hurt her.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling exchanged glances and smiled as Tang San glared at Yu Feng.

Dai Mubai and the Shrek team fought back against the Imperial Fighting Team, with Tang San and Xiao Wu taking revenge on Yu Feng. When Ye Lingling revealed her four spirit rings, including a ten-thousand-year ring, Yu Xiaogang was left doubting his theories.

• Dai Mubai used Ning Rongrong’s boosts to injure the Shi Brothers with White Tiger Intense Light Wave, while Ma Hongjun struggled against Osler.
• Tang San bound Osler with Blue Silver Bind, giving Ma Hongjun a chance to attack, then trapped Yu Feng with Spider Web Restraint as he came to Osler’s aid.
• Tang San handed the poisoned, immobilized Yu Feng to Xiao Wu, who battered him with Explosive Kill Eight-Stage Throw until he was gravely injured.
• Dugu Yan caught Yu Feng and confronted Xiao Wu, while the Shi Brothers withdrew to shield their injured teammates.
• Ye Lingling revealed her Jade Heart Begonia and four spirit rings, including a black ten-thousand-year ring, shocking the Shrek team and leaving Yu Xiaogang questioning his martial soul theory.

Ye Lingling used her ten-thousand-year soul ring to heal Yu Feng, Osler, and the Shi Brothers, restoring the Imperial Fighting Team’s strength and crushing Shrek’s morale. Dugu Yan sent the four recovered teammates off the platform and faced the Shrek Six Monsters with Ye Lingling, as Tang San’s team launched its attack.

• Ye Lingling’s healing petals completely restored Yu Feng, Osler, and the Shi Brothers, and Yu Feng complained that she had waited too long to heal him.
• The Shrek Six Monsters and their teachers realized that Ye Lingling’s healing had undone their efforts and made her their priority target.
• Dugu Yan ordered Yu Feng, Osler, and the Shi Brothers to leave the platform, then accepted Yu Feng’s request to target Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• Dugu Yan confronted the Shrek Six Monsters, while Xiao Wu hid behind Tang San and Tang San assigned his teammates to attack Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.
• Tang San sent blue silver grass at Dugu Yan, Dai Mubai charged her with his tiger claws, and Xiao Wu teleported toward Ye Lingling to attack her with her braid.

Dugu Yan used her speed to intercept Xiao Wu, then activated her evolved Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor martial soul and revealed a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring. After Dugu Yan hurled Xiao Wu into Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Fire Line, Xiao Wu was gravely injured, Ye Lingling refused to heal her, and Tang San turned toward the opposing team on the verge of going berserk.

• Dugu Yan evaded Tang San and Dai Mubai’s attacks with the Meteor Phantom Movement Technique and stopped Xiao Wu from reaching Ye Lingling.
• Xiao Wu’s Waist Bow failed against Dugu Yan’s serpent body, and Dugu Yan pulled her down by her braid and struck her in the face.
• Dugu Yan revealed her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor martial soul and a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, shocking the arena and Yu Xiaogang.
• Dugu Yan threw the injured Xiao Wu into Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Fire Line, leaving her unconscious and badly burned.
• Tang San gave Xiao Wu a Recovery Big Sausage and asked Ye Lingling to heal her, but Ye Lingling refused because they were opponents.
• Tang San left Xiao Wu with Ning Rongrong and Oscar, then faced Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling as Ye Lingling warned Dugu Yan that he was about to go berserk.

Tang San tried to avenge Xiao Wu by leading an attack on Dugu Yan, but her Jade Phosphorous Purple Poison forced the Shrek team onto the defensive. His prepared countermeasure of igniting realgar wine failed, and Dugu Yan revealed that her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison was immune to fire.

• Tang San asked Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun to help him avenge Xiao Wu, and the two agreed to attack Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling with him.
• Dugu Yan released her Jade Phosphorous Purple Poison, and Tang San pulled his teammates back as the deadly mist spread across the platform.
• Ye Lingling protected herself from the poison with her Healing Spirit Light while Tang San considered how to counter Dugu Yan's attack.
• Tang San threw two waterskins of realgar wine into the poisonous mist, and Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun ignited the liquid with their spirit skills.
• The flames failed to disperse the poison, and Dugu Yan told Tang San that her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison was immune to fire.

Dugu Yan overwhelmed the Shrek Six Monsters with her evolved Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor’s deadly poison, poisoning the team until Tang San was the only one still standing. When he summoned the Clear Sky Hammer to threaten her, the arena discovered that he possessed twin martial souls, and the secret spread through the Main Spirit Fighting Arena.

• Tang San’s Realgar Wine tactic failed against Dugu Yan’s poison, so the Shrek Six Monsters ate Oscar’s Flying Mushroom Sausages and took to the air.
• Dugu Yan spread her poisonous mist throughout the arena, and Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Dai Mubai were poisoned in turn.
• The Shrek Six Monsters landed as their flight ended, leaving Tang San alone to resist the poison while Yu Xiaogang stopped Flender from conceding.
• Dugu Yan warned Tang San that Xiao Wu might die without treatment, and Tang San summoned a black hammer and threatened her.
• The spectators and fighters recognized Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer and realized he possessed twin martial souls, and the news spread through the Main Spirit Fighting Arena.

Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and fought Dugu Yan, but she used her superior strength and countering techniques to overwhelm him. After Dugu Yan broke his chest and left him unable to stand, she dismissed his twin martial souls as meaningless against his weakness.

• Yu Xiaogang confirmed to Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Yu Tianheng that Tang San possessed twin martial souls, including the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San carried Xiao Wu and the other injured Shrek students off the platform, where a Healing-type Spirit Master treated them but failed to remove their poison.
• Tang San used the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer to clear a pocket in Dugu Yan’s poisonous mist, but Dugu Yan recognized the technique and attacked before he could build enough power.
• Dugu Yan outmatched Tang San in their close-combat exchanges, countering his Tang Sect techniques and injuring him despite withdrawing her poison.
• Dugu Yan knocked the Clear Sky Hammer away, broke Tang San’s chest with her serpent tail, and mocked him as too weak.

Dugu Yan defeated Tang San and shattered his Clear Sky Hammer, but Tang San refused to concede and launched a hidden-weapon attack with Bat Wing Reincarnation. Ye Lingling stopped every fragment with her Mental Domain, leaving Tang San stunned and his attack neutralized.

• Dugu Yan crushed Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer, and Ye Lingling joined her as Tang San lay gravely injured.
• Flender conceded for the Shrek Six Monsters, but Tang San secretly gathered hammer fragments and rose to continue fighting.
• Tang San used Bat Wing Reincarnation to send ten Clear Sky Hammer fragments toward vital points on Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.
• Ye Lingling released her Mental Domain, suspending all ten fragments in midair and countering Tang San’s attack.

Ye Lingling turned Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer fragments back on him, leaving him gravely wounded and poisoned as the Imperial Fighting Team won. After the fight, Qin Ming reunited with his former teachers, while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling concluded that his deference concealed an ungrateful nature.

• Ye Lingling used her Mental Domain and Psychic Object Manipulation to send Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer fragments back at him, crippling him and worsening his injuries with Dugu Yan’s poison.
• Flender conceded the match, and Doudou announced the Imperial Fighting Team’s victory; the arena’s healer treated the Shrek fighters but could not remove the poison.
• Qin Ming knelt before Flender and Zhao Wuji, apologized for his team’s actions, and affirmed his loyalty to Shrek Academy.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling interpreted Qin Ming’s behavior as evidence of an ungrateful nature and decided he was not worth emulating.
• Yu Tianheng introduced his uncle Yu Xiaogang to Qin Ming, who greeted him respectfully, while Yu Xiaogang demanded that they find a way to remove the poison.

After the Imperial Fighting Team defeated Shrek, Dugu Yan removed most of the poison from the unconscious Shrek Six Monsters, while Ye Lingling refused Qin Ming’s demand to heal them. The teams stayed at the same hotel, where Shrek’s leaders worried about their academy’s finances and uncertain future.

• Qin Ming reprimanded Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling for fighting too harshly, but Dugu Yan challenged his apparent bias toward Shrek and Ye Lingling refused to heal the defeated team again.
• Dugu Yan agreed to extract the poison as required by the Soul Fight agreement, but secretly left some toxin in Tang San, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun.
• Dugu Yan led the Imperial Fighting Team from the arena after their victory, while Tang San’s twin martial souls drew attention from Suotuo City’s nobles.
• With the city gates closed, the Shrek party stayed at the same hotel as the Imperial Fighting Team, and Qin Ming and Yu Tianheng helped carry the unconscious students there.
• Flender, Zhao Wuji, Yu Xiaogang, Qin Ming, and Yu Tianheng ate together, while Flender and Zhao Wuji worried that losing the promised prize money left Shrek Academy’s future in doubt.

At dinner, Qin Ming explained why he could not discipline Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, then learned that Shrek Academy might close and proposed moving its staff and students to Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Flender objected to giving up Shrek’s students, but Yu Xiaogang supported the move and began suggesting that Tang San and the others could go too.

• Qin Ming told Flender and Zhao Wuji that Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling opposed him, and Yu Tianheng explained their powerful family connections.
• Qin Ming described his position at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and praised the Shrek Six Monsters’ talent.
• Flender admitted that Shrek Academy’s financial troubles might force it to close, prompting Qin Ming to consider how he could help.
• Qin Ming proposed bringing Shrek Academy’s teachers and students to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Flender rejected the idea because he did not want to surrender the students.
• Yu Xiaogang backed Qin Ming’s proposal and said Tang San and the others could attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy while remaining Shrek Academy students.

Yu Xiaogang persuaded Flender and Qin Ming to arrange for Shrek Academy’s teachers and students to study at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and compete under its name, while keeping their education under Shrek’s control. After Flender and Zhao Wuji left, Yu Xiaogang asked Qin Ming how Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling absorbed their Ten Thousand Year Fourth Spirit Rings and whether Heaven Dou Royal Academy knew a method for Super Limit Spirit Ring Absorption.

• Yu Xiaogang proposed an exchange arrangement so Shrek Academy’s students could use Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s cultivation resources, and Flender eventually agreed with conditions to retain the students and secure positions for his old companions.
• Qin Ming warned that Heaven Dou Royal Academy might recruit the students and restrict resource access, so Yu Xiaogang proposed temporarily enrolling them to represent the academy in the next Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded that Shrek’s teachers retain control over the students’ education and be free to leave, while Heaven Dou Royal Academy accepted the honors won in competition.
• Qin Ming agreed to present Yu Xiaogang’s conditions to the Three Education Committee Members, and Flender and Zhao Wuji left the restaurant.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Qin Ming how Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling absorbed their Ten Thousand Year Fourth Spirit Rings and whether Heaven Dou Royal Academy had a method for Super Limit Spirit Ring Absorption.

Yu Xiaogang tried to learn how Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling obtained their Ten Thousand Year Fourth Spirit Rings, then concluded that Poison Douluo Dugu Bo must know how to help them absorb Spirit Rings beyond the limit. After Yu Tianheng explained that Dugu Bo was too powerful and dangerous to pressure, Yu Xiaogang left and began considering how to use Yu Tianheng’s lingering feelings for Dugu Yan.

• Yu Xiaogang questioned Qin Ming about Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s supposed method of Super Limit Spirit Ring Absorption, but Qin Ming said he knew of no such method.
• Yu Tianheng recalled that Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling had taken extended absences years earlier, leading Yu Xiaogang to conclude that Dugu Bo had helped them obtain their Spirit Rings.
• Yu Xiaogang suggested using Heaven Dou Royal Academy to make Dugu Bo hand over his method, but Yu Tianheng warned that Dugu Bo was the empire’s only Title Douluo and retaliated against anyone who offended him.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Qin Ming to bring the Heaven Dou Royal Team to visit Shrek Academy, and Qin Ming agreed.
• Yu Xiaogang learned that Yu Tianheng had pursued Dugu Yan on his grandfather’s orders, had fallen in love with her, and remained unwilling to accept her rejection.

Yu Xiaogang urged Yu Tianheng to pursue Dugu Yan, while Tang San’s confidence crumbled after his defeat and poisoning. At Shrek Academy, Tang San later defeated the Imperial Fighting Team with unrestricted hidden weapons, as Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling returned to Suotuo City and contacted Ye Qifeng before he set out for the southwestern mountains.

• Yu Xiaogang encouraged Yu Tianheng to show Dugu Yan his strengths and keep pursuing her, and Yu Tianheng decided to follow his advice.
• After recovering from Dugu Yan’s poison, Tang San remained devastated, shut himself in his dormitory, and stared blankly at his Blue Silver Grass and Clear Sky Hammer.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling toured Shrek Academy, rejected Qin Ming’s proposed team meeting, and left for Suotuo City despite Yu Tianheng’s attempt to stop them.
• Yu Xiaogang and Qin Ming arranged unrestricted one-on-one soul fights, and Tang San defeated the Imperial Fighting Team using hidden weapons.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling enjoyed Suotuo City, visited its Spirit Hall, and sent Ye Qifeng a report and letters before Ye Qifeng prepared to travel into the southwestern mountains.