Chapter Summaries

Tang Hao returned to the Clear Sky Sect crippled and blamed Spirit Hall, but the elders condemned him for the disaster he had brought upon the sect. Tang San revealed his mother's identity and demonstrated his extraordinary talent, winning permission to return to the sect if he passed its three trials.

• Tang Xiao welcomed the crippled Tang Hao and vowed revenge on Spirit Hall, but the Second Elder and the other elders blamed Tang Hao for the sect's past losses.
• Tang San accepted responsibility for his father's actions, then revealed that his mother had been the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor hunted by Spirit Hall.
• Tang Hao asked Tang Xiao to let Tang San acknowledge his ancestors and return to the sect, while the Second Elder demanded proof that Tang San could surpass his peers.
• Tang San displayed his Clear Sky Hammer and five purple-and-black Spirit Rings, and Tang Hao announced that the fourteen-year-old was a level 57 battle Spirit King.
• Tang Xiao backed Tang San's return, and the elders agreed on the condition that he complete the sect's three great trials; Tang San accepted.

Tang San passed the Clear Sky Sect’s secretly weakened trials and received the Great Sumeru Hammer inheritance, while vowing revenge on Lin Qingmo. After Tang Hao revealed that Xiao Wu was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, Tang Xiao and the elders abandoned their seclusion and ordered the sect to descend from the mountain.

• Tang San defeated a Clear Sky Sect elite disciple and passed the trials, then received a jade slip containing the Great Sumeru Hammer’s principles from Tang Xiao.
• Tang San began studying the inheritance in the Back Mountain’s Secret Chamber while fantasizing about killing Lin Qingmo and reclaiming Xiao Wu.
• Tang Hao told Tang Xiao that Lin Qingmo had taken Xiao Wu, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form.
• Tang Xiao convened the elders, who eagerly plotted to seize Xiao Wu’s spirit ring and soul bone and kill Lin Qingmo.
• The seven elders unanimously agreed to end the sect’s seclusion, and Tang Xiao ordered the Clear Sky Sect to open its gates and descend the mountain.

Tang San returned to the Great Soul Arena during the top-eight round and took his place in Shrek's match against Star Luo Royal Academy. As he prepared to lead Shrek against Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun, he noticed Lin Qingmo was absent and arrogantly called for his team to crush their opponents.

• Shrek defeated its first-round opponents and advanced to the top sixteen, then won again to reach the top eight.
• The Imperial Fighting Team, led by the girls in Lin Qingmo's absence, swept through its matches and also advanced to the top eight.
• The top-eight draw matched Shrek Academy against Star Luo Royal Academy, bringing Dai Mubai face-to-face with his older brother Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuqing's older sister Zhu Zhuyun.
• Tang San arrived just before the match began, replaced Shi Mo in Shrek's lineup, and took command of the team.
• Tang San noticed Lin Qingmo's empty seat, assumed he was avoiding him, summoned the Clear Sky Hammer, and ordered Shrek to crush Star Luo Royal Academy.

Tang San defeated the Star Luo Team and revealed himself as a level-sixty-six Spirit Emperor, but Heaven Dou Royal Academy dismissed his unstable strength. Lin Qingmo returned as the qualifying rounds ended, leaving the three advancing teams set to face off in the finals.

• Tang San used his Clear Sky Hammer to defeat Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun, then revealed six Spirit Rings and his level-sixty-six Spirit Emperor cultivation.
• Xiao Wu and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy girls ignored Tang San's display, while Ning Rongrong, Bai Chenxiang, and Ye Lingling questioned how he had grown so powerful.
• Lin Qingmo returned with Liu Erlong and judged that Tang San's strength was unstable because he had forcibly fused a complete set of Soul Bones.
• The referee announced Spirit Hall Academy White Platinum Team, Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team, and Shrek Academy Team as the three finalists.
• Tang San glared at Lin Qingmo, who dismissed him and led the girls away to await the finals.

Xiao Wu reunited with Lin Qingmo in Spirit City, then asked what had happened between him and Ah Yin. Lin Qingmo explained that the Goddess of Life had turned Ah Yin’s sacrifice into an equal Companion Contract Spirit, leaving her alive and able to ascend with him.

• Xiao Wu reunited with Lin Qingmo in their hotel suite and teased him about their passionate reunion.
• Xiao Wu asked Lin Qingmo why Ah Yin had visited him after he went to the Blue Silver Forest.
• Lin Qingmo said the Goddess of Life had ordered Ah Yin to sacrifice herself to him.
• Lin Qingmo explained that the Goddess of Life preserved Ah Yin’s soul and made her his Companion Contract Spirit, letting her live within his spiritual sea and potentially ascend with him.
• Xiao Wu was astonished by the Goddess of Life’s favor and felt proud of Lin Qingmo.

Lin Qingmo told Xiao Wu that he had encountered Er Ming in the Star Dou Great Forest and promised to take her back to visit after the tournament. Later, he summoned Ah Yin, while Tang San prepared to face Lin Qingmo in the final the next day.

• Lin Qingmo told Xiao Wu that Teacher Er Long had fought Er Ming and that Er Ming returned to Life Lake after hearing Xiao Wu was safe.
• Xiao Wu said she missed Da Ming and Er Ming, and Lin Qingmo promised to take her to the Star Dou Great Forest after the tournament.
• Xiao Wu thanked Lin Qingmo, and he summoned Ah Yin, who appeared bashful but could not refuse him.
• Tang San sensed sorrow from his withered Blue Silver Grass, then resolved to defeat Lin Qingmo with his Clear Sky Hammer in the final.

The Imperial Fighting Team arrived at the Central Great Soul Arena for the tournament finals, where Lin Qingmo encountered the masked Qian Renxue and Tang San eyed him with hostility. After the rules were announced, Pope Bibi Dong made a grand entrance, leaving the arena under her imposing presence.

• Xiao Wu woke in Lin Qingmo's room, and he joked that she had mistaken carrots for grass before leading the Imperial Fighting Team to the arena.
• At the Central Great Soul Arena, Qian Renxue watched Lin Qingmo from the Spirit Hall Platinum Team, and he calmly waved at her across the arena.
• The referee announced that the finals would begin with rotating individual duels, followed by an unrestricted 7v7 team battle between the two teams with the most wins.
• Tang San welcomed the permissive injury rules and fixed his attention on Lin Qingmo, while Lin Qingmo remarked that the rules suited people who fought dirty.
• Bibi Dong entered the arena in full papal regalia, accompanied by Temple Knights, Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and three Spirit Hall Elder consecrators.

Pope Bibi Dong arrived at the tournament finals, and Lin Qingmo realized she was his elusive Master. She announced three exceptionally powerful Soul Bones as the reward before the defender individual battle began.

• Bibi Dong entered the arena and received the reverence of the hundred thousand spectators, while Tang San recognized her as his greatest enemy.
• Lin Qingmo realized Bibi Dong was his Master, and she met his gaze with a trace of amusement before addressing the crowd.
• Bibi Dong announced Spirit Hall's reward and revealed three Soul Bones, each more than fifty thousand years old.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin reacted to the Soul Bones' power, while Lin Qingmo wondered whether Bibi Dong had chosen them for him.
• Salas announced the start of the finals' defender individual battle and called for the three teams' lineups.

Yu Xiaogang had Shrek forfeit the Individual King-of-the-Hill Match so the team could conserve strength and study its rivals. Lin Qingmo sent Bai Chenxiang to face Spirit Hall’s first fighter, and she revealed that she was a five-ring Spirit King with a ten-thousand-year fifth Soul Ring.

• Yu Xiaogang announced that Shrek would forfeit the individual match, then defended his decision as a way to preserve strength and scout Spirit Hall and Imperial Fighting.
• Tang San accepted Yu Xiaogang’s reasoning, while Lin Qingmo and Dugu Yan discussed Shrek’s plan to wait for injured opponents in the Loser's Bracket.
• A level forty-six Spirit Hall Battle Soul Ancestor challenged Imperial Fighting, and Lin Qingmo chose Bai Chenxiang to respond.
• Bai Chenxiang revealed five Soul Rings, including a black ten-thousand-year ring, and confronted the startled Spirit Hall fighter from above.

Bai Chenxiang and Zhu Zhuqing each won a match for the Imperial Fighting Team, revealing that both were level fifty-three Spirit Kings and shocking Spirit Hall and the Star Luo royals. Yan then entered the arena to face Zhu Zhuqing, boasting that her speed would be useless against his Flame Lord.

• Yan was stunned by Bai Chenxiang’s level and black Spirit Ring, while Hu Liena mocked his earlier boasting and Xie Yue recognized the Imperial Fighting Team’s hidden strength.
• Bai Chenxiang defeated a Spirit Hall Soul Ancestor, then followed Lin Qingmo’s instruction to withdraw and let Zhu Zhuqing take the next match.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed that she was a level fifty-three Spirit King, leaving Dai Mubai humiliated and Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun shaken.
• Zhu Zhuqing swiftly defeated her opponent with a claw strike, giving the Imperial Fighting Team its second victory.
• Yan charged onto the arena, revealed himself as a level fifty-two Battle Soul King, and challenged Zhu Zhuqing.

Dugu Yan replaced Zhu Zhuqing in the match against Yan and revealed that she was a level-sixty-five Spirit Emperor with two black Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings. Her strength stunned the audience and left both the Shrek Team and the officials questioning how Imperial Fighting had concealed another Spirit Emperor.

• Lin Qingmo told Zhu Zhuqing to withdraw and let Dugu Yan handle Yan, and Dugu Yan eagerly took her place.
• Yan mocked Dugu Yan and threatened to burn her, but she calmly challenged him to look carefully.
• Dugu Yan revealed six Spirit Rings, including two black Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings, and her level-sixty-five pressure suppressed Yan's flames.
• Flender, Yu Tianheng, and the Shrek Team were shocked by Dugu Yan's strength, while Tang San insisted he could still defeat her.
• Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi admitted they had not known Dugu Yan was a Spirit Emperor, and Ning Fengzhi watched Lin Qingmo with growing astonishment.

Dugu Yan defeated Spirit Hall’s Yan and Xie Yue in succession, while Hu Liena and Qian Renxue forfeited their arena matches. Heaven Dou Royal Academy won the arena round and advanced to the finals, where Qian Renxue intended to face Lin Qingmo in the team battle.

• Dugu Bo celebrated Dugu Yan’s strength, while Lin Qingmo teased him about his pride.
• Dugu Yan poisoned Yan and defeated him; Xie Yue asked for an antidote, and she told him Yan would recover after six hours.
• Xie Yue refused to surrender but lost to Dugu Yan, giving her two victories over Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation.
• Hu Liena forfeited, explaining through her actions that she planned to save her strength for Spirit Hall’s team battle.
• Qian Renxue also forfeited, deciding she would face Lin Qingmo in the final team battle.
• Referee Salas announced that the Imperial Fighting Team won the arena round and advanced to the finals.

Shrek Team faced Spirit Hall Platinum Team in the Loser's Bracket final, with Tang San quickly eliminating three opponents using Hidden Weapons and the Clear Sky Hammer. Hu Liena and Xie Yue unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Demon Charm, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Tang San led Shrek Team into the match while Lin Qingmo predicted Spirit Hall would win because its hidden trump card had not yet acted.
• Tang San's Hidden Weapons pierced the defenses of Spirit Hall's two Battle Soul Ancestors and knocked them out of the arena.
• Tang San struck Yan with the Clear Sky Hammer, shattered his molten armor, and crippled him.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue joined their martial souls and activated Demon Charm, filling the arena with red fog and summoning a powerful figure.

Tang San shattered Spirit Hall’s Demon Charm Martial Soul Fusion Skill with the Clear Sky Hammer, leaving Qian Renxue as the Platinum Team’s sole competitor. She revealed her identity and transformed into a Six-Winged Angel, facing Tang San as the match continued.

• Tang San used the Great Sumeru Hammer to break through Demon Charm, injuring Xie Yue and Hu Liena and scattering their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• The crowd marveled at Tang San’s strength, while Yue Guan urged Bibi Dong to eliminate him and she refused, trusting Lin Qingmo to handle him.
• With Shrek leading seven to one, Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan teased Lin Qingmo, but he maintained that Spirit Hall would win.
• Qian Renxue stepped forward because the Golden Generation’s defeat had left Spirit Hall at risk of missing the final and her chance to challenge Lin Qingmo.
• Tang San dismissed the masked Qian Renxue, who broke her mask, revealed her face, and transformed into a Six-Winged Angel.

Qian Renxue revealed herself as a level-seventy Soul Saint with the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul and overwhelmed Shrek in the tournament. Tang San was left alone on the shattered arena, still gripping the Clear Sky Hammer as Qian Renxue challenged him to show his remaining trump card.

• Qian Renxue shattered her mask and revealed her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul and seven Spirit Rings, shocking the spectators and Shrek.
• Qian Renxue’s Soul Saint pressure forced Ma Hongjun and Oscar to their knees, while Tang San refused to surrender and rallied his teammates to attack.
• Qian Renxue conjured the Angel Holy Sword and used Holy Judgment to knock Dai Mubai, Yu Tianheng, and Shi Mo out of the arena.
• Qian Renxue released her Angel Domain, blasting Osler, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar unconscious and defeating nearly all of Shrek in three breaths.
• Tang San remained on one knee with the Clear Sky Hammer as Qian Renxue taunted him to reveal his trump card.

Qian Renxue defeated Tang San in the tournament semifinal after he pushed himself to the brink with Ring Detonation. As the Spirit Hall Platinum Team advanced to the finals, Qian Renxue regarded the unconscious Tang San as a dangerous threat and considered killing him.

• Tang San used his Clear Sky Hammer techniques, hidden weapons, and stacked boosts against Qian Renxue, but she blocked his attacks and wounded him with Angel Holy Light.
• Ignoring Yu Xiaogang’s plea to surrender, Tang San detonated his Spirit Rings and launched a powerful crimson hammer strike at Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue activated Angel Domain and Angel True Body, then crushed Tang San’s attack with Angel Judgment and left him unconscious.
• Salas declared the Spirit Hall Platinum Team the winners and announced their advancement to the finals.
• Qian Renxue stood over Tang San and, wary of his strength and his connection to Tang Hao, aimed her Angel Holy Sword at his throat.

Qian Renxue nearly killed the defeated Tang San, but Bibi Dong stopped her to preserve Spirit Hall’s authority and reputation. As the spectators departed, the Shrek Team was left devastated, with Tang San near death and Yu Xiaogang’s confidence in his ideals shattered.

• Qian Renxue aimed the Angel Holy Sword at Tang San’s throat, intending to kill him because she saw him as a future threat to Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong struck the arena floor with her scepter and ended the day’s matches, forcing Qian Renxue to stop her attack.
• Qian Renxue dispersed her sword, warned Tang San that he was lucky, and left the arena.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin discussed Qian Renxue’s strength and warned that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect needed to prepare for Spirit Hall.
• The injured Shrek Team gathered around the unconscious Tang San, whose condition was critical after the battle.
• Yu Xiaogang knelt beside the wreckage, muttering that everything he believed was fake.

After Shrek’s crushing defeat, a mysterious Title Douluo carried the unconscious Tang San away, and Yu Xiaogang suspected he came from the Clear Sky Sect. Lin Qingmo recognized that his caring mentor, “Eastern Emperor,” was actually his Master, Bibi Dong, who had secretly read his complaints and revelations in the Chat Group.

• Flender tried to console Yu Xiaogang, while Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun mourned Shrek’s lost chance at the championship.
• A powerful hooded man appeared in the contestants’ passageway, picked up the unconscious Tang San, and left without a word.
• Flender identified the stranger’s pressure and killing intent as that of a Title Douluo, and Yu Xiaogang suspected he was from the Clear Sky Sect.
• After the Imperial Fighting Team celebrated its victory, Lin Qingmo stood alone in his suite and reflected on Bibi Dong’s public identity as Pope and her private role as his mentor.
• Lin Qingmo realized Bibi Dong had found and accepted him as her disciple because she had seen his disclosures and complaints in the Chat Group.

Lin Qingmo realized Bibi Dong had concealed her identity as his master, Eastern Emperor, while growing deeply attached to him. After she rushed into his room and kissed him, she asked him to call her Dong'er, then admitted she was also the Chat Group member 'The Pope Herself.'

• Lin Qingmo recalled how Bibi Dong had chosen to stay with him and give him her trust and resources instead of controlling him for his knowledge of the future.
• Bibi Dong appeared at Lin Qingmo's room, and he recognized her as Eastern Emperor after their identities had been exposed.
• Bibi Dong embraced and kissed Lin Qingmo, asking him not to question her and to hold her tight.
• Afterward, Bibi Dong asked Lin Qingmo to call her Dong'er rather than Your Holiness.
• Lin Qingmo asked whether she had been the Chat Group member 'The Pope Herself,' and Bibi Dong admitted that she was.

Lin Qingmo accepted Bibi Dong’s confession and reassured her that he loved her before they resumed their intimacy in Spirit City. Tang San awoke injured in a secret chamber and discovered that the Clear Sky Sect’s Tang Xiao and seven elders had brought him there.

• Bibi Dong confessed that she had first kept Lin Qingmo close to control the future but had fallen in love with him.
• Lin Qingmo told Bibi Dong he did not blame her and valued her more than power or the world.
• Bibi Dong challenged Lin Qingmo, and the two spent the night together in Spirit City.
• Tang San awoke in a secret chamber, suffering from the backlash of shattering his Spirit Rings and Qian Renxue’s sword strike.
• Tang Xiao revealed himself to Tang San, and the other seven elders of the Clear Sky Sect removed their hoods.