Chapter Summaries

Lin Qingmo revealed three purple Spirit Rings and a black Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, shocking the arena and the Imperial Fighting Team before their match began. As Yu Xiaogang, Dai Mubai, and Tang San struggled with jealousy, resentment, and doubt, Dugu Yan recognized that Lin Qingmo was the Young Master her grandfather treated with great respect.

• Lin Qingmo's four Spirit Rings silenced the Great Soul Arena and left Yu Xiaogang shaken as he tried to convince himself that the Imperial Fighting Team would still win.
• Xiao Wu defended Lin Qingmo and argued with Yu Xiaogang, while Dai Mubai silently wished the Imperial Fighting Team would crush him.
• Tang San watched Lin Qingmo with his Purple Demon Eye, wondering whether Yu Xiaogang's theories about Blue Silver Grass were right.
• The Imperial Fighting Team reacted with disbelief to Lin Qingmo's three purple rings and black Ten-Thousand-Year Fourth Spirit Ring.
• Dugu Yan recovered from her shock and regarded Lin Qingmo with melancholy, recalling the respect her grandfather Dugu Bo showed the Young Master.

Lin Qingmo used his fourth spirit ability to defeat the entire Imperial Fighting Team in seconds, leaving Sapphire Star the winner of the Soul Fighting match. The arena fell silent as the referee declared the result.

• Yu Tianheng rallied the Imperial Fighting Team, and its members surrounded Lin Qingmo and launched a coordinated attack.
• Lin Qingmo activated Blue Silver Thunderous Endowment, filling the arena with lightning-charged Blue Silver Grass that blocked Yu Tianheng's attack and restrained the Shi Brothers.
• Lin Qingmo electrocuted and threw Yu Feng and Osler out of the arena, while Dugu Yan's poison failed and he gently set her outside the ring.
• Ye Lingling stopped before attacking, leaving Yu Tianheng as the only member still standing.
• Yu Tianheng charged Lin Qingmo with his thunder dragon, but Lin Qingmo's Blue Silver Wall blocked him before lightning-charged vines bound and threw him from the arena.
• The referee declared Sapphire Star the winner of the Soul Fighting match.

Sapphire Star defeated the Imperial Fighting Team alone in under a minute, stunning the Soto Great Soul Arena. Qian Renxue ordered Snake Lance Douluo to investigate him without making contact, while the defeated team struggled to face the enormous gap in strength.

• Sapphire Star won the Soul Fighting match, and the crowd celebrated his victory over the entire Imperial Fighting Team.
• Qian Renxue asked Snake Lance Douluo to investigate Sapphire Star's life and connections, but forbade him from approaching or interrogating the man.
• Yu Tianheng and the other Imperial Fighting Team members returned to their lounge devastated by their defeat.
• Qin Ming scolded the team for their arrogance and urged them to identify their weaknesses and train.
• Yu Tianheng and Osler said Sapphire Star had overwhelmed them so completely that the difference in their strength felt impossible to overcome.

After Lin Qingmo defeated the Imperial Fighting Team alone, he was celebrated by Shrek Academy while Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Yu Xiaogang simmered with resentment. Dugu Yan walked out of the defeated team’s lounge, followed by Yu Tianheng.

• Dugu Yan snapped at Qin Ming for repeating that the team should accept its loss, then stormed out of the lounge.
• Yu Tianheng followed Dugu Yan after telling Qin Ming he would check on her.
• Shrek’s spectators crowded around Lin Qingmo and cheered his victory; Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong excitedly praised him, while Zhu Zhuqing offered him water.
• Zhao Wuji and Flender praised Lin Qingmo, and Flender offered to pay for whatever he wanted at the victory banquet.
• Dai Mubai resented Lin Qingmo taking the spotlight, while Tang San grew jealous of the cheers and Yu Xiaogang brooded that Lin Qingmo had overshadowed his disciple and Martial Soul theories.

After Lin Qingmo defeated the Imperial Fighting Team, Yu Xiaogang dismissed the victory, prompting Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Lin Qingmo to confront him and Tang San. Dugu Yan then approached Lin Qingmo for a private conversation, and Ma Hongjun’s insinuation about their relationship angered Xiao Wu.

• Yu Xiaogang called Lin Qingmo’s victory over the Soul Elders nothing to be proud of, and Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing challenged him.
• Tang San defended Yu Xiaogang, but Lin Qingmo accused both of them of hypocrisy and favoritism.
• Dugu Yan arrived at Shrek’s resting area and asked Lin Qingmo to speak with her alone.
• Ma Hongjun suggested that Lin Qingmo might be having an affair with Dugu Yan, and Xiao Wu angrily threatened him.

Dugu Yan sought out Lin Qingmo to show him respect on her grandfather Dugu Bo’s instructions, but Yu Tianheng mistook the scene for intimacy and attacked him. Lin Qingmo knocked Yu Tianheng unconscious, and the chapter ended with Qin Ming and Yu Xiaogang discovering the injured young man.

• Dugu Yan led Lin Qingmo away from the others and knelt before him, explaining that her grandfather had instructed her to treat him with respect.
• Lin Qingmo removed his mask, recognized Dugu Bo’s involvement, and helped Dugu Yan to her feet.
• Yu Tianheng secretly followed them, saw Dugu Yan kneeling before Lin Qingmo, and attacked Lin Qingmo in a jealous rage.
• Lin Qingmo dodged Yu Tianheng’s punch and kicked him into a wall, leaving him unconscious and badly injured.
• Xiao Wu, the Shrek group, and Qin Ming rushed to the corridor, where Qin Ming found Yu Tianheng with broken ribs and internal injuries.
• Qin Ming demanded to know what Lin Qingmo had done, while Yu Xiaogang reacted angrily to seeing his nephew injured.

After Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and Ma Hongjun accused Lin Qingmo of attacking Yu Tianheng and colluding with the Imperial Fighting Team, Lin Qingmo announced he was leaving Shrek Academy. Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong chose to leave with him, leaving the others stunned.

• Ma Hongjun and Tang San accused Lin Qingmo of secretly meeting the Imperial Fighting Team and assaulting Yu Tianheng, while Yu Xiaogang demanded an apology.
• Lin Qingmo defended himself and accused Yu Xiaogang of repeatedly targeting him, then told Flender he was leaving Shrek Academy.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai secretly celebrated Lin Qingmo's departure, but Xiao Wu immediately declared she would leave with him.
• Zhu Zhuqing also announced she was leaving Shrek Academy and joined Lin Qingmo.
• Ning Rongrong condemned the Shrek students and Yu Xiaogang, then took her place beside Lin Qingmo.

Lin Qingmo prepared to leave Shrek Academy with Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong, prompting Flender and Yu Xiaogang to try to stop them. Dugu Bo arrived after Qin Ming threatened to bar them from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, leaving Shrek’s teachers terrified of the Poison Douluo.

• Flender and Zhao Wuji begged Lin Qingmo not to withdraw, but he refused to reconsider.
• Xiao Wu rejected Tang San and chose to follow Lin Qingmo, while Zhu Zhuqing likewise dismissed Dai Mubai.
• Yu Xiaogang warned the students about leaving before the Soul Master Tournament, but Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong said Heaven Dou Royal Academy would take them.
• Qin Ming declared that Lin Qingmo and the others would not be accepted into the Imperial Fighting Team, and Dugu Bo appeared to challenge his authority.
• Dugu Yan greeted her grandfather affectionately, while Flender, Zhao Wuji, Yu Xiaogang, and Qin Ming feared the Title Douluo’s anger.

Dugu Bo forced Heaven Dou Royal Academy to accept Lin Qingmo and the girls after Qin Ming rejected them, and Lin Qingmo left with Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Dugu Yan. Shrek was left with only four members, while Yu Xiaogang insisted he had a way to save the team.

• Dugu Bo pressured Flender and Qin Ming, then agreed to secure the girls’ admission after Dugu Yan asked him to help her friends.
• Dugu Bo promised to protect Lin Qingmo and the others, while Tang San and Yu Xiaogang regretted their failed attempt to discredit Lin Qingmo.
• Lin Qingmo left with Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Dugu Yan, leaving Flender convinced he could not persuade them to stay.
• Zhao Wuji blamed Yu Xiaogang for Shrek losing half its members and lacking enough people to enter the tournament.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed he could still make Shrek compete and achieve good results, but refused to explain his plan.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Oscar brooded over the girls’ departures, while Ma Hongjun noted that four Shrek members remained.

Qian Renxue learned Lin Qingmo was heading to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and ordered him watched and welcomed. Meanwhile, Dugu Bo captured Shi Nian, a Soul Saint who had been spying on Lin Qingmo, and forced him to confess.

• Qian Renxue learned Lin Qingmo had left Shrek Academy and was going to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, so she ordered Snake Lance Douluo to keep watch and tell the academy to treat him well.
• On the carriage, Lin Qingmo reassured Xiao Wu that Lovesick Heartbreak Red concealed her Soul Beast essence, while Zhu Zhuqing watched him with unspoken jealousy.
• Lin Qingmo met Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan at a hotel and found Shi Nian bound and poisoned on the floor.
• Dugu Bo identified Shi Nian as a level 70 spiritual-type Soul Saint with a Residual Dream Martial Soul who had been watching Lin Qingmo.
• Dugu Bo tortured Shi Nian with poison until Shi Nian agreed to talk.

Lin Qingmo spared Shi Nian and ordered him to torment Shrek’s students with illusions, then told the Chat Group he was leaving Shrek Academy. His account of Shrek’s future arrival at Blue Tyrant Academy left Liu Erlong unsure whether to receive Flender and Yu Xiaogang.

• Shi Nian confessed that he had targeted Lin Qingmo because he mistook him for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and Lin Qingmo stopped Dugu Bo from killing him.
• Lin Qingmo ordered Shi Nian to visit Shrek Academy at midnight and trap Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Yu Xiaogang in tailored illusions, keeping poison inside him as a safeguard.
• Lin Qingmo told the Chat Group he had left Shrek Academy after taking Tang San’s opportunities, and Bibi Dong considered bringing him to Spirit Hall.
• Lin Qingmo described how Shrek would seek refuge at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, be expelled by Prince Xue Xing and Dugu Bo, and then turn to Liu Erlong’s Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Liu Erlong was shocked to learn that Flender would bring Yu Xiaogang and the Shrek students to her Academy, and she hesitated over whether to receive them.

Snow Empress feared becoming a stepping stone for a destined protagonist, while Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong clashed over where Lin Qingmo should study. Lin Qingmo chose Heaven Dou Royal Academy to obtain the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, which he revealed was the Sea God’s inheritance token.

• Snow Empress realized her Spirit Ring and Soul Bone might become opportunities for someone else and worried that she would become a stepping stone.
• Bibi Dong invited Lin Qingmo to join Spirit Hall Academy, while Qian Renxue argued that Heaven Dou Royal Academy was a better choice and insulted Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong grew suspicious of Golden Liquid Angel and threatened her after the insult, unaware that Qian Renxue was behind the messages.
• Lin Qingmo announced that he had decided to attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy because he wanted something the Heaven Dou Imperial Family possessed.
• Lin Qingmo revealed that the treasure was the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, a divine artifact Soul Tool and the Sea God’s inheritance token.

Lin Qingmo explained how the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud could qualify someone for the Sea God Nine Trials, revealing that completing them was necessary to inherit the Sea God’s divine position. His revelation left several characters eager to claim the relic, but Lin Qingmo said he wanted to become a god without choosing the Sea God’s position.

• Lin Qingmo explained that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was a token that could qualify its recognized bearer for the Sea God Nine Trials, and that completing the trials was required to inherit the Sea God’s divine position.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress realized the relic could offer a path to godhood and considered its significance for soul beasts.
• Qian Renxue decided she had to acquire the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from Xue Ye, while Ah Yin wondered whether a divine inheritance could help her resurrect.
• Ning Rongrong considered telling her father about the relic, Zhu Zhuqing judged herself unqualified to pursue it, and Bibi Dong resolved to keep it from Tang San and help Lin Qingmo obtain it.
• When Liu Erlong asked whether he wanted the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to become the Sea God, Lin Qingmo said he wanted godhood but did not like the Sea God’s divine position.

Lin Qingmo rejected the Sea God Divine Position but planned to claim it before Tang San could, then arranged a nightmare for Shrek Academy. Shi Nian infiltrated the academy and used his Residual Dream Martial Soul on Tang San, whose dream ended with Lin Qingmo hailed as the Blue Silver Douluo.

• Lin Qingmo explained why he disliked the Sea God Divine Position but intended to take it to deny Tang San the opportunity.
• Shi Nian entered Shrek Academy at night and sent his Soul Power through Tang San's window to cast him into a dream.
• Tang San dreamed that the Tang Sect elders condemned him for learning forbidden techniques and called him a traitor.
• Tang San then dreamed that Tang Hao disowned him for failing to protect the woman he loved and losing to Lin Qingmo.
• Tang San saw Lin Qingmo acclaimed as the Blue Silver Douluo while he stood helplessly among the crowd.

Lin Qingmo humiliated Tang San by exposing his stalled cultivation and shattered his faith in Yu Xiaogang’s theories. Dai Mubai was then tormented by visions of Zhu Zhuqing choosing Lin Qingmo and the Star Luo court mocking him, leaving him powerless and disgraced.

• Lin Qingmo contrasted his nine Spirit Rings with Tang San’s six and blamed Yu Xiaogang’s theories for wasting Tang San’s potential.
• Tang San failed to summon Soul Power and collapsed in despair as his convictions crumbled.
• Dai Mubai saw Zhu Zhuqing marry Lin Qingmo in a vision, where she mocked his escape from the Star Luo Empire and rejected him.
• Lin Qingmo insulted Dai Mubai’s manhood, provoking his fury before the scene shifted to the Star Luo imperial hall.
• Dai Weisi, the officials, and Dai Mubai’s father mocked and rejected him, while Dai Mubai could not move his Soul Power or defend himself.

Oscar and Ma Hongjun faced illusions of their worst possible futures, both overwhelmed by despair. Oscar was left convinced Tang San had ruined his life, while Ma Hongjun relived the prospect of dying to his Evil Fire.

• Oscar saw an aged future version of himself, who blamed Tang San for damaging his foundation and destroying his chance to inherit the Food God's divine position with Ning Rongrong.
• The future Oscar urged him to kill Tang San, and Oscar's hatred and killing intent grew as he accepted the accusation.
• Ma Hongjun experienced a vision of his Evil Fire running out of control as he neared the strength of a Title Douluo.
• Ma Hongjun's Evil Fire burned through his body while Flender and other Soul Masters mocked him for dying from it.
• Ma Hongjun watched the flames consume him and was overwhelmed by terror and despair.

Yu Xiaogang suffered a vivid nightmare in which Tang San condemned his Martial Soul theories and stabbed him, while Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong scorned and rejected him. He awoke before dawn, shaken by the dream and questioning whether Tang San truly resented him.

• Yu Xiaogang dreamed that Tang San accused him of deceiving and harming him with his flawed Martial Soul theories.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang he was unworthy to be his teacher, while Bibi Dong mocked him and Liu Erlong expressed deep disappointment.
• Tang San stabbed Yu Xiaogang in the heart, leaving him overwhelmed by despair as he believed his life's work and relationships had been a joke.
• Yu Xiaogang jolted awake drenched in cold sweat and noticed dawn approaching.

After Shi Nian’s illusion left Shrek’s students mentally shattered, Yu Xiaogang decided to seek help from Qin Ming and Yu Tianheng to rebuild the team. The chapter ended with Shi Nian reporting the illusion’s success to Lin Qingmo while hoping to receive the antidote to Dugu Bo’s venom.

• Tang San suspected Yu Xiaogang after dreaming that his father blamed the master’s teachings, and Yu Xiaogang recoiled from Tang San’s cold stare.
• Dai Mubai and Oscar glared at Tang San with hostility, while Ma Hongjun feared that growing stronger would make his Evil Fire kill him.
• Yu Xiaogang told Flender that they should find Qin Ming and Yu Tianheng to reorganize the team, and Flender agreed to go with him to Heaven Dou City.
• Shi Nian told Lin Qingmo that the Shrek members had fallen into his illusion and spent the night without sleep, then awaited the antidote for Dugu Bo’s venom.

Lin Qingmo had Shi Nian killed and took his sixty-thousand-year Illusion Wisdom Skull. He then arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Dugu Bo and the others, where the Education Committee’s angry meeting was interrupted by Dugu Bo’s arrival.

• Shi Nian tried to flee, but the venom in his body erupted, and Dugu Bo killed him on Lin Qingmo’s orders.
• Lin Qingmo extracted Shi Nian’s Illusion Wisdom Skull and stored the sixty-thousand-year Soul Bone.
• Dugu Bo led Lin Qingmo, Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuyun, and Xiao Wu through Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• At the Education Committee Office Building, Dugu Bo forced open the doors and found Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhilin enraged.
• Meng Shenji greeted Dugu Bo respectfully and wondered why he had come to the Academy.

Dugu Bo brought Lin Qingmo and his friends to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and asked the three Education Committee members to enroll them. After seeing the group’s identities and abilities, the committee members were stunned by Lin Qingmo’s extraordinary Spirit Ring configuration.

• Dugu Bo told Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhilin that he had brought promising talents who wanted to enroll at the Academy.
• Ning Rongrong revealed that she was Ning Fengzhi’s daughter and summoned her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, prompting Meng Shenji to welcome her.
• Zhu Zhuqing displayed her Rank 28 strength and Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul, and Bai Baoshan judged her qualified for admission.
• Xiao Wu revealed her Rank 38 strength and Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul, leaving Zhilin astonished by her talent.
• Lin Qingmo released his Rank 47 Soul Power and showed three thousand-year Spirit Rings and a ten-thousand-year fourth Spirit Ring, stunning the committee members.
• Dugu Bo told the committee that all the children were only twelve years old.