Chapter Summaries

As Tang Hao attacked Spirit Hall’s convoy, the academies and observers reacted to the clash, and Ning Fengzhi concluded that Spirit Hall had prepared a powerful response for him. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang arrived in Spirit City using Ning Fengzhi’s borrowed Pope Token.

• Huo Wushuang and Shui Bing'er stopped Huo Wu from approaching the battle, and the three allied academies formed a defensive formation.
• Dragon Duke Meng Shu sensed that a Title Douluo was attacking Spirit Hall’s convoy, and he and Snake Matriarch Chao Tianxiang hurried toward it with Meng Yiran.
• Sword Douluo identified the attacker as Tang Hao and sensed Yue Guan, Dugu Bo, and Snake Lance among Spirit Hall’s powerful defenders.
• Ning Fengzhi refused to interfere in the conflict but went with Sword Douluo to observe, reasoning that Spirit Hall had likely prepared a trap for Tang Hao.
• Yu Xiaogang reached Spirit City after a rapid journey and entered with the Pope Token he had borrowed from Ning Fengzhi.

Yu Xiaogang went to the Pope Palace to meet Bibi Dong and obtain knowledge about Twin Martial Souls and Super Limit Spirit Ring Absorption for Tang San. After being stripped of his borrowed Pope Token and left waiting hungry for hours, he heard Bibi Dong arrive and prepared to face her.

• Yu Xiaogang entered Spirit City and approached the Pope Palace, recalling his humiliations there and resolving to meet Bibi Dong.
• Palace Guard Knights stopped Yu Xiaogang, took his borrowed Pope Token, and let him enter only after warning him to behave.
• A Palace Guard Knight brought Yu Xiaogang to the Council Hall and told him that Bibi Dong was occupied.
• Yu Xiaogang waited alone for hours without food or water, growing weak as he hoped to obtain the knowledge he needed for Tang San.
• Bibi Dong arrived at the Council Hall and ordered the guards to keep everyone away, while Yu Xiaogang hurried to compose himself and look toward the entrance.

Tang Hao escaped after fighting Yue Guan, Dugu Bo, and She Long, while Ye Qifeng’s group continued toward Spirit City with Meng Yiran joining them. There, Bibi Dong confronted Yu Xiaogang, rejected his request for Spirit Hall secrets, and challenged him over a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect token.

• Tang Hao drove back Yue Guan, Dugu Bo, and She Long with Ring Detonation Profundity, then fled; the three withdrew after confirming he posed no further threat.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo arrived to probe Ye Qifeng and Yue Guan, while Meng Shu, Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Yiran arrived too late to help; Ye Qifeng let the worried Meng Yiran travel with them.
• Bibi Dong received Yu Xiaogang in the Council Hall, rebuked him for addressing her by name, and forced him to call her Your Holiness.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Bibi Dong to reveal how she overcame the Twin Martial Souls obstacle and how to absorb Spirit Rings beyond established limits, but she refused.
• Bibi Dong produced a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Pope Token and demanded that Yu Xiaogang explain how it had come into his possession.

Bibi Dong exposed Yu Xiaogang’s attempt to obtain Spirit Hall secrets for Tang San and had him beaten and expelled from Spirit City. Meanwhile, the tournament participants reached Spirit City, where Ma Hongjun had advanced to level 40 and the Heaven Dou teams settled in for the finals.

• Bibi Dong revealed that she knew Tang San’s identity and refused to share the Twin Martial Souls and Super Limit Spirit Ring Absorption secrets, declaring Tang San an enemy of Spirit Hall.
• Yu Xiaogang threatened Bibi Dong over Tang San, so she blasted him with Soul Power and ordered guards to break his legs and throw him out of Spirit City.
• After Tang Hao’s Ring Detonation left him unable to use his Spirit Rings, the convoy continued south, and Prince Xue Xing arranged extra protection for the frightened academy teams.
• Ma Hongjun reached level 40 five days from Spirit City, and Flender took him to find a suitable Spirit Beast for his Fourth Spirit Ring.
• Seven days later, the group arrived in Spirit City, and a Cardinal escorted the Heaven Dou Empire’s participating teams to an inn.

Yu Xiaogang reunited with Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils in Spirit City after Bibi Dong had broken his legs and confiscated the Pope Token, but he refused to explain what happened. As the Grand Finals approached, the teams rested and prepared for the knockout tournament, while Flender returned with Ma Hongjun, who had become a Soul Ancestor.

• Yu Xiaogang crawled to the Shrek Seven Devils, and Tang San recognized his injured teacher and helped carry him back to the hotel.
• Lin Yi treated Yu Xiaogang's broken legs, but he remained slightly disabled and refused to tell Tang San and the others what Spirit Hall had done.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo learned that Yu Xiaogang had failed to obtain Spirit Hall's secrets and had lost the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Pope Token.
• Tang San stayed at the hotel under Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo's protection as the teams rested for three days before the Grand Finals.
• Flender returned with Ma Hongjun, who had gained a Thousand-Year Earth King Spirit Ring and advanced to level forty-one.
• The Grand Finals' thirty-three teams prepared for a five-round knockout tournament, with seeded teams and qualifying-round winners receiving byes.

Yu Xiaogang learned that Bibi Dong would not help him and that Liu Erlong had refused to protect him, so he relied on Flender for safety in Spirit City. Meanwhile, Zhu Zhuyun’s distraction weakened her Hell White Tiger training with Dai Weisi, who suspected her feelings had shifted to someone else.

• Yu Xiaogang told Flender that Bibi Dong had changed and refused to share the twin martial soul cultivation method, but claimed his own research had revealed clues.
• Yu Xiaogang learned Liu Erlong had refused to come, grew furious, and ordered Flender to stay close because he feared Bibi Dong would harm him.
• Dai Weisi reprimanded Zhu Zhuyun for losing focus during training and asked whether Zhu Zhuqing was the cause.
• Zhu Zhuyun concealed that someone she had met once was on her mind, leaving her and Dai Weisi unable to bring their Hell White Tiger fusion skill to its full strength.
• Dai Weisi promised to spare Zhu Zhuqing after their victory, while privately wondering whether Zhu Zhuyun had been unfaithful to him.

Bibi Dong and Ye Qifeng assembled Spirit Hall’s two tournament teams and prepared them for the Grand Finals, with Ghost Douluo Gui Mei warning the First Team to win the championship. After the teams left, Ye Qifeng massaged Bibi Dong and purified the Rakshasa Evil Thought that had accumulated while he was away.

• Bibi Dong presented the Martial Soul Hall First Team and Second Battle Team, while the chapter detailed the First Team’s powerful members and cultivation levels.
• Ghost Douluo Gui Mei told Xie Yue and the First Team that they had to win the championship to secure the Spirit Bones, threatening to send them to the Lost Trace Grand Canyon for three years if they lost.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan encouraged the seven girls of the Second Battle Team to aim for the championship, and Bibi Dong dismissed both teams to prepare for the Grand Finals.
• After the others left, Bibi Dong asked Ye Qifeng to massage her, and he used his Light and Shadow and Shadow Martial Souls to purify her Rakshasa Evil Thought.

Shrek received a first-round bye after Blazing Academy withdrew, then watched the newly merged Fire Water Wind Team crush its opponent. After the round, Shrek protested the merger, but Spirit Hall ruled it was allowed and told the complainers they could withdraw.

• Flender told Shrek that Blazing Academy had withdrawn, giving the team a first-round bye, and instructed them to scout the other teams.
• Spirit Hall opened the Grand Finals, where Exotic Beast Academy also received a bye after Skywater Academy withdrew.
• Shrek watched Godwind Academy compete as the Fire Water Wind Team, with members of Blazing and Skywater Academies, and saw them decisively defeat Longkui Academy.
• The first round eliminated seven teams from the kingdoms and duchies, while several Heaven Dou City teams advanced; the Star Luo side mocked Heaven Dou's poor results.
• Shrek's team protested the merger of Blazing, Skywater, and Godwind Academies, but Spirit Hall ruled that it followed the rules and said the team could withdraw if dissatisfied.

The grand finals narrowed to ten teams, and the third-round draw paired the Martial Soul Hall Second Team against the Star Luo Royal Academy and the Fire Water Wind Team against the Heaven Dou Royal Academy. As Zhu Zhuqing prepared to face her sister Zhu Zhuyun, Huo Wu and Dugu Yan met for their match and agreed to fight without letting personal feelings involve Xiao Feng.

• Prince Xue Xing and Ning Fengzhi stopped Yu Xiaogang and the others from escalating the earlier dispute, and the first round concluded with eighteen teams advancing.
• The second round ended with ten teams remaining, including the Martial Soul Hall teams, four teams from each empire, and the Shrek Seven Devils Team.
• The third-round draw matched Zhu Zhuqing's Martial Soul Hall Second Team against the Star Luo Royal Academy, while the Fire Water Wind Team drew the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team.
• Zhu Zhuqing told her five sisters that she intended to settle matters with Zhu Zhuyun herself but would accept their help if needed.
• Huo Wu and Dugu Yan faced off before the opening match, acknowledged their teams' rivalry, and agreed to fight without turning it into a personal grudge involving Xiao Feng.

The Fire Water Wind Team defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy with a coordinated fusion skill, then the Shrek Seven Devils encountered Star Luo Royal Academy before its match against the Martial Soul Hall Second Team. Dai Mubai confronted his brother Dai Weisi over their rivalry for the Star Luo throne and hinted that Dai Weisi might also have trouble with his fiancée.

• Huo Wu led the Fire Water Wind Team in using its coordinated Team Fusion Skill, empowering Feng Xiaotian to break through Dugu Yan's defense and suppress Ye Lingling's healing, securing victory over Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• The Shrek Seven Devils encountered Star Luo Royal Academy on their way to the spectator stands before its match against the Martial Soul Hall Second Team.
• Dai Weisi taunted Dai Mubai, explaining that the Star Luo Imperial Family's rule meant only one brother could live and accusing Dai Mubai of still seeking the throne.
• Dai Mubai admitted that he and Dai Weisi were enemies and declared that the succession remained undecided until one of them defeated the other.
• Dai Weisi mocked Dai Mubai for losing Zhu Zhuqing, but Dai Mubai retorted that Dai Weisi might face the same fate, leaving Dai Weisi demanding to know what he meant.

Ye Qifeng’s team encountered Star Luo Royal Academy before their Grand Finals match, bringing Zhu Zhuqing face to face with her sister Zhu Zhuyun and the brothers Dai Weisi and Dai Mubai. The teams took the ring for their top-six match, where Dai Weisi released his White Tiger Martial Soul Possession as Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun prepared to clash.

• Dai Weisi and Dai Mubai traded insults about each other’s appearance and strained relationships with Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ye Qifeng arrived with the Martial Soul Hall Second Team, and Zhu Zhuqing greeted Zhu Zhuyun after more than two years apart.
• Zhu Zhuqing rejected Zhu Zhuyun’s invitation to return home and warned her not to hold back in their upcoming match.
• Zhu Zhuyun called Ye Qifeng a lecher, creating a misunderstanding that embarrassed him and angered Dai Weisi.
• The referee announced the match between the Martial Soul Hall Second Team and Star Luo Royal Academy, with the winner advancing to the top six.
• Dai Weisi released his White Tiger Martial Soul Possession as the match began.

The Martial Soul Hall Second Team revealed five Soul Kings and two advanced Soul Ancestors, shocking Star Luo Royal Academy and Zhu Zhuyun. When the match began, Jin Yue'er stopped Dai Weisi's charge while Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun clashed, leaving the battle underway.

• Star Luo Royal Academy released its martial souls, showing that all seven members were Soul Ancestors, but the Martial Soul Hall Second Team answered with five Soul Kings and two advanced Soul Ancestors and extraordinary spirit rings.
• Zhu Zhuyun questioned Zhu Zhuqing about her rapid rise in strength, while Dai Weisi regarded Zhu Zhuqing with killing intent and Dai Mubai watched from the stands with satisfaction.
• Dai Weisi charged toward Zhu Zhuqing as Zhu Zhuyun circled toward her, and Rui Wen ordered Xiao Mingyue to boost the Second Team's speed with her spirit skill.
• Jin Yue'er intercepted Dai Weisi and struck him back thirty feet with a single blow.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun began fighting one another.

The Martial Soul Hall Second Team gained the upper hand over the Star Luo Royal Academy Team as Zhu Zhuqing defeated Zhu Zhuyun and Jin Yue'er struck Dai Weisi. With five teammates knocked unconscious, Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun used their martial soul fusion skill, Netherworld White Tiger, leaving the battle poised against the seven girls.

• Zhu Zhuqing used Xiao Mingyue’s speed amplification to suppress Zhu Zhuyun, while Jin Yue'er battered Dai Weisi and Ye Lan and Bai Chenxiang pushed back the other Star Luo Royal Academy members.
• Jin Yue'er pierced Dai Weisi’s defensive barrier and sent him flying, while Zhu Zhuqing blasted Zhu Zhuyun backward.
• Ye Lan stunned the Star Luo Royal Academy team with blue silver grass, allowing Bai Chenxiang’s feather attack to knock out five members.
• Dai Weisi called on Zhu Zhuyun to perform the Netherworld White Tiger, and she reluctantly agreed.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun fused into a giant white tiger that deflected Bai Chenxiang’s attack and faced the Martial Soul Hall Second Team.

Zhu Zhuqing and the Martial Soul Hall Second Team defeated Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun after their Hell White Tiger fusion skill collapsed from their lack of harmony. Zhu Zhuqing then rejected her sister’s demand that she claim the Zhu Family inheritance, declaring that she wanted freedom from her family and belonged to Spirit Hall.

• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun unleashed the Hell White Tiger, but Xiao Mingyue enhanced the Martial Soul Hall Second Team with her Forbidden Curse.
• Rui Wen and Feng Xian matched the fusion beast’s strength and held back its attack as Dai Weisi prepared to use Hell White Tiger Break.
• The Hell White Tiger suddenly disintegrated, throwing Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun apart and leaving them badly injured.
• Zhu Zhuqing recognized that her sister’s resistance had disrupted their fusion, then told Zhu Zhuyun that she had lost.
• Zhu Zhuyun offered Zhu Zhuqing the Zhu Family inheritance and asked her to kill her, but Zhu Zhuqing said she had never wanted either her life or the family leadership.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that she had fought to escape her family’s control and declared that she belonged to Spirit Hall.

Zhu Zhuqing reconciled with Zhu Zhuyun and chose to remain in Spirit Hall, while the Martial Soul Hall Second Team defeated Star Luo Royal Academy and advanced to the top six. With the tournament nearing its end, the Second Team still faced Spirit Hall’s First Team and the Fire Water Wind Team as major obstacles to the championship.

• Zhu Zhuqing forgave Zhu Zhuyun, acknowledged that her sister had secretly shown her mercy, and asked her to tell their parents she would stay in Spirit Hall.
• Dai Weisi charged at Zhu Zhuqing, but Rui Wen and Feng Xian struck him down before Jin Yue'er kicked him out of the ring.
• The referee declared the Martial Soul Hall Second Team the winner after every member of Star Luo Royal Academy was defeated.
• Ye Qifeng celebrated the Second Team’s victory but looked ahead to its upcoming challenges against the Fire Water Wind Team and Spirit Hall’s First Team.
• The third round ended with six teams remaining, including both Spirit Hall teams, and the tournament draw was set for the following day.

Hu Liena and Meng Yiran became friendly before their fourth-round match, and Meng Yiran conceded to the Spirit Hall First Team. The Spirit Hall Second Team and Fire Water Wind Team then opened their match with both sides unleashing their strongest techniques, leaving their clash underway.

• Hu Liena greeted Meng Yiran, who introduced herself and then linked arms with Hu Liena after they spoke about Ye Qifeng.
• Meng Yiran conceded the match to the Spirit Hall First Team, which the referee declared the winner.
• Rui Wen and Huo Wu agreed that the Spirit Hall Second Team and Fire Water Wind Team would decide the match with one clash of their strongest techniques.
• Huo Wushuang and a Fire Attribute Support-type Spirit Master empowered Huo Wu, who used her Ring Fusion Secret Technique to raise her Soul Power to level 60.
• Xue Wu created dark clouds, rain, ice, and snow across the Competition Ring, while Shui Yue'er moved toward her to activate the Ice and Snow Fluttering Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Shui Yue'er and Xue Wu unleashed Ice and Snow Fluttering, helping Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er reveal their powerful Ice Fire Phoenix Martial Soul Fusion Skill. The Martial Soul Hall Second Team responded with Xiao Mingyue’s Puppet Theater domain and Ye Lan’s Blue Silver Domain, setting the stage for the battle to intensify.

• Shui Yue'er and Xue Wu fused into Ice and Snow Fluttering, filling the arena with cutting snow that strengthened Shui Bing'er.
• Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er fused their powers into the Ice Fire Phoenix, a Martial Soul Fusion Skill whose pressure reached the level of a Soul Saint.
• Feng Xiaotian used Whirlwinds to carry Huo Wushuang, the support Spirit Master, Shui Yue'er, and Xue Wu off the Competition Ring.
• Rui Wen ordered the Martial Soul Hall Second Team to prepare, assigning Xiao Mingyue to lead their response.
• Xiao Mingyue activated her Ring Fusion Secret Technique and fused Black Rose with Crazy Bear to unleash her Puppet Theater Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Ye Lan activated Blue Silver Domain—Myriad Manifestations, filling the Competition Ring with Blue Silver Grass.

Rui Wen and Feng Xian defeated Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er in a fierce fourth-round match, and the Shrek Seven Devils beat the Star Luo Empire team to secure the third place in the finals. After three days of rest, the three finalist teams assembled before the Pope Palace, where the Pope was about to appear.

• Rui Wen and Feng Xian joined forces against Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er, whose Ice Fire Phoenix unleashed Ice Fire Dual Heavens.
• Rui Wen and Feng Xian won after a prolonged battle, aided by Ye Lan and Xiao Mingyue's support, and Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er accepted the result graciously.
• The Shrek Seven Devils defeated the Star Luo Empire's remaining team, completing the final three alongside Spirit Hall's First Team and Second Battle Team.
• The three finalist teams rested for three days before gathering at the Pope Palace for the final matches.
• Twelve Cardinals announced the Pope's arrival, and the assembled teams watched as the palace gates began to open.

Bibi Dong emerged to preside over the tournament’s final match, while Tang San and the Shrek group refused to kneel in salute. Ye Qifeng ordered a punishment, and Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan’s pressure forced them all to their knees, leaving Tang San and Yu Xiaogang furious and vowing revenge.

• Bibi Dong emerged from the Pope Palace with Ye Qifeng, Yue Guan, Gui Mei, Ning Fengzhi, and Chen Xin, and Spirit Hall’s members knelt to salute her.
• Tang San and the Shrek group remained standing, and Bibi Dong’s gaze singled out Tang San after Yue Guan alerted her to him.
• Ye Qifeng asked Gui Mei what punishment disrespecting the Pope warranted, and Gui Mei answered that it meant death.
• Ye Qifeng suggested forcing the defiant group to kneel, and Yue Guan unleashed his Soul Power pressure after Bibi Dong stopped Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin from intervening.
• Yue Guan’s pressure forced the Shrek group, including Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, to their knees, and both men silently vowed revenge against Spirit Hall.

Pope Bibi Dong announced the four Spirit Bone rewards and the rules for the Top Three Finals, where the winning team in a round-robin individual elimination battle would advance directly to the championship match. The first competitors drew lots, and the Martial Soul Hall Second Team received a bye as Xie Yue and a Shrek substitute prepared to fight.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan suppressed the Shrek Seven Devils until they knelt, and Bibi Dong ordered everyone to rise.
• Bibi Dong displayed four Spirit Bones as the tournament prize, and Yue Guan named and described them to the crowd.
• Bibi Dong announced that three teams would compete in a seven-person king-of-the-hill elimination round, with the winner advancing directly to the championship match.
• Bibi Dong sat Ye Qifeng between herself and Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei, while Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin sat on her other side.
• The teams drew lots, and the Martial Soul Hall Second Team received a bye; Xie Yue entered for the Martial Soul Hall First Team while Yu Xiaogang sent a Shrek substitute.