Chapter Summaries

Le Bai helped Tang San meet Tai Tan, patriarch of the Strength Clan, who pledged the clan’s loyalty and agreed to keep Tang San’s identity discreet. Le Bai urged Tang San to build a foundation for rebuilding the Tang Sect, then began training Oscar in a new Soul Power method.

• Le Bai explained that the Strength Clan had once served Tang Hao and suggested that revealing Tang San’s identity to Tai Tan could win him support.
• Tai Tan knelt before Tang San, apologized for Tai Long’s disrespect, and pledged the Strength Clan’s loyalty after hearing about Tang Hao.
• Le Bai advised Tai Tan to keep his connection to Tang San quiet to avoid drawing Tang Hao’s enemies’ attention, and Tai Tan left Tai Long with Tang San.
• Le Bai told Tang San that the Strength Clan could help him rebuild the Tang Sect, and Tang San agreed to start cultivating that foundation.
• Le Bai took Oscar to the grove to teach him a systematic Soul Power method suited to his Scale Armor.

Le Bai began teaching Oscar a systematic method of using Soul Power, explaining its characteristics and demonstrating how understanding a target affects Augmentation. Oscar learned to reinforce a branch more completely, but Le Bai left him considering how his own Soul Power use had neglected parts of his body.

• Le Bai brought Oscar to an open space and described his organized study of Soul Power, asking Oscar to identify its characteristics.
• Le Bai summarized Soul Power's characteristics as Augmentation, Property Conversion, and Growth, then demonstrated Augmentation with a branch.
• Le Bai and Oscar struck their Soul-Power-reinforced branches together, and Oscar's branch broke because he had focused on its destructive power rather than its overall strength.
• Le Bai explained how cognition shaped Soul Power's effects and used Oscar's understanding of money to illustrate how concepts could broaden.
• Oscar tried again with a broader concept of a branch, and neither branch broke when they clashed.
• Oscar questioned Augmentation's usefulness in combat, and Le Bai urged him to consider which aspects of his body he had neglected when reinforcing himself.

Le Bai taught Oscar how Soul Power could augment the body, change properties, and grow, then pushed him to practice those applications. Oscar learned to reproduce his First Soul Skill’s healing effect without using a Soul Ring, and Le Bai ordered him to recover and continue training.

• Le Bai ended Oscar’s grueling physical training and explained how Soul Power could augment the body and change its properties and form.
• Le Bai instructed Oscar to imitate his First Soul Skill by converting his remaining Soul Power, and Oscar healed himself without activating a Soul Ring.
• Le Bai explained that Soul Power’s growth trait could be developed through long-term compression and that Soul Power Crystallization required mastery of three applications.
• Oscar asked about Le Bai’s faster, stronger Soul Power Crystallization, and Le Bai attributed it to his increased Soul Power Level and proficiency.
• Le Bai gave Oscar bread to restore his Soul Power and ordered him to continue practicing, despite Oscar asking for more rest.

As the tournament approaches, Le Bai helps prepare the Shrek team while Flender promotes his Storage Soul Tools and outfits the competitors in advertising-bearing uniforms. The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament begins, and the Shrek group arrives at the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena for the opening ceremony.

• Le Bai trains Oscar and develops his skills while Flender moves his shop to Heaven Dou City and spreads word of Le Bai's Storage Soul Tools to encourage Soul Tool research.
• Flender plans advertising uniforms for the competitors, but Le Bai supplies free military-green uniforms with removable advertising cloaks.
• Grandmaster explains the tournament format, and Oscar volunteers to serve as Shrek's secret weapon during the Preliminary and Qualifying Rounds.
• Two days later, the tournament opens, and the Shrek group walks through the crowds toward the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena in their distinctive uniforms.
• Le Bai comments on the crowd, Ning Rongrong enjoys the excitement, and Ma Hongjun notes that their poor former villages are unlikely to have sent spectators.

Shrek Academy entered the Great Soul Arena, faced taunts from a Blue Sunshine Academy student, and learned that his teacher, Shi Nian, was a dangerous Soul Saint. After the opening ceremony and draw, Shrek Academy was matched against Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

• Le Bai hid Shrek Academy’s advertising cloaks in the waiting area and verbally humiliated a Blue Sunshine Academy student who mocked their uniforms.
• Flender returned, intimidated the student, and warned Shrek Academy that Shi Nian was a vengeful Soul Saint who could kill with illusions.
• Le Bai advised the students to use their looks to distract the audience from the advertisements, and they drew spectators’ attention as they entered the arena.
• Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, and Salas attended the opening ceremony, and Spirit Hall conducted the preliminary-round draw.
• Le Bai saw that Shrek Academy had drawn Heaven Dou Royal Academy and worried that Salas might target them afterward.

Shrek Academy faced a temporary Heaven Dou Royal Academy team in the first Preliminary Round match, with Tang San fighting alone while his teammates stayed back. He defeated all seven opponents with a combined Blue Silver Grass Soul Skill, securing a crushing victory.

• Le Bai told Shrek’s team that their opponents were weaker than the academy’s strongest team, and Tang San promised to show off his recent progress.
• Shrek’s members entered the Arena, then Tang San stepped forward alone as the other six stayed behind him.
• The audience and VIPs questioned whether Tang San could face all seven opponents, while Salas predicted he would lose.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Spider Silk and Spider Web Restraint together to trap and poison all seven Heaven Dou Royal Academy contestants, leaving them unable to fight.

Tang San led Shrek Academy to a swift victory over Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team, and Ning Fengzhi later met with the group at Blue Tyrant Academy. He asked Tang San and Le Bai about their inventions and training methods, and the chapter ended with Le Bai offering them in exchange for a price.

• Tang San used a combined Soul Skill to defeat all seven Heaven Dou Royal Academy members, then withdrew most of the poison after their teacher surrendered.
• Le Bai advised the team to disguise themselves as they returned to Blue Tyrant Academy, where Ning Fengzhi greeted Ning Rongrong and invited Oscar to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Shrek Academy’s victory and said he had asked Tang San and Le Bai to stay behind to discuss two matters.
• Tang San offered to provide Hidden Weapon component blueprints and help with assembly, but refused to explain how to make them.
• Le Bai offered Ning Fengzhi the Pressure Bracers, the combat-training method for Support System Soul Masters, and help training a group, prompting Ning Fengzhi to ask what price he wanted.

Le Bai asked Ning Fengzhi to give Oscar a chance to be with Ning Rongrong, then refused to meet Ning Fengzhi’s secret student because he feared revealing future information. After analyzing the danger surrounding Qian Renxue and training to calm himself, Le Bai watched Shrek win easy matches and earn sponsorship money before the team learned that Elephant Armor Academy was their next opponent.

• Le Bai asked Ning Fengzhi to approve of Oscar and Ning Rongrong being together, and Ning Fengzhi agreed if Oscar could meet the sect’s combat standards.
• Ning Fengzhi invited Le Bai and Tang San to meet his student, but Le Bai refused, warned that the student would affect the whole continent, and disappeared using Stealth.
• Le Bai worried that Qian Renxue had become interested in him, analyzed the risks, and trained his skills after deciding there was no immediate danger.
• Shrek defeated several weak opponents over two days, while spectators mocked Le Bai’s Soul Ring configuration and assumed he was only a substitute.
• Flender secured a sponsor and shared part of the net income with the eight students.
• On the fourth day of the Preliminary Round, Grandmaster and Liu Erlong told Shrek that their opponent was Elephant Armor Academy, founded by the Elephant Armor Sect.

Shrek Academy faced Elephant Armor Academy, and Le Bai’s plan was to restrain the opposing team while Ma Hongjun’s small fires slowly heated them. As the match continued, Le Bai secretly trapped the steam rising from the seven opponents, turning the Arena into a sauna.

• Grandmaster explained that Tang San’s Blue Silver Spider Silk could restrain Elephant Armor Academy, but their defenses would make direct damage difficult, so Le Bai proposed using heat against them.
• At the match’s start, Shrek sent only Tang San, Le Bai, and Ma Hongjun to summon their Martial Souls, drawing scorn from Huyan Zhen and Bishop Salas.
• Tang San bound all seven Elephant Armor Academy members with Blue Silver Spider Silk, while Ma Hongjun placed small fires beneath them.
• Le Bai told Shrek’s other members to sit and rest as the audience and Tang San struggled to understand the plan.
• Huyan Li told his team to conserve Soul Power and wait for Shrek to make a move, while Le Bai secretly gathered the steam rising from the bound opponents around them.

Shrek Academy defeated Elephant Armor Academy after Le Bai and Tang San used heat, control, and Soul Power to wear down their opponents. The chapter ended with the team discussing the strategy and the unfair warning that had disrupted it.

• Bone Douluo Gu Rong explained that Shrek had been making Elephant Armor Academy sweat until they risked collapsing from exhaustion.
• Huyan Zhen secretly warned Huyan Li, who ordered his teammates to break through with Soul Skills.
• Le Bai altered his Soul Power to obstruct the opponents’ breathing while Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass held them back, and the Elephant Armor Academy members collapsed one by one.
• Huyan Li recognized Le Bai’s role before fainting, and the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner.
• Le Bai explained the strategy and the warning to his teammates, then stopped Ning Rongrong from reporting the cheating because there was no evidence.

Shi Nian lured Tang San and Le Bai into an Illusion, but Flender ambushed and killed him. As Le Bai searched Shi Nian’s corpse for a Soul Bone, a teacher from Mystic Turtle Team confronted him and attacked.

• Shi Nian secretly watched Shrek Academy, and the group prepared to use Tang San and Le Bai as bait to draw him out.
• Shi Nian trapped Tang San and Le Bai in an Illusion, but Le Bai resisted it and Flender killed Shi Nian with his eighth Soul Skill.
• Tang San recovered from Shi Nian’s Illusion, and Flender took him back to the academy while Le Bai stayed behind.
• Le Bai began burning Shi Nian’s left arm to recover the Soul Bone, then discovered the Mystic Turtle Team teacher hiding nearby.
• The teacher demanded Shi Nian’s Soul Bone and attacked Le Bai with his third Soul Skill, Mystic Ice Surge.

Ye Zhiqiu followed Shi Nian to watch Shrek’s students suffer, but after Shi Nian died, he targeted Le Bai for the Soul Bone in Shi Nian’s arm. Le Bai resisted Ye Zhiqiu’s attacks and struck back hard enough to dent his tortoise shell.

• Ye Zhiqiu followed Shi Nian because he hated Shrek and wanted to watch him torture its students.
• After Shrek’s Dean killed Shi Nian and left, Ye Zhiqiu saw Le Bai discover the Soul Bone in Shi Nian’s left arm.
• Ye Zhiqiu attacked Le Bai with Mystic Ice Surge, but Le Bai survived and ambushed him as the ice cracked.
• Ye Zhiqiu used Mystic Water Ice Seal and followed it with Mystic Ice Surge, while Le Bai protected himself with an air shield and waited behind the ice.
• Le Bai closed in through the mist and punched Ye Zhiqiu’s tortoise shell with Soul Power Crystallization, leaving a dent.

Le Bai fought Ye Zhiqiu while his Soul Power kept rising, but Ye Zhiqiu convinced himself that Le Bai’s strength was only an illusion. The chapter ended with Le Bai reaching Level 60 and unleashing his Ultimate: Divine Sandstorm against Ye Zhiqiu’s immobile ice armor.

• Le Bai knocked Ye Zhiqiu down again, revealed that his Soul Power had risen to around Level 47, and challenged him to keep fighting.
• Ye Zhiqiu used his Fourth Soul Skill to cover himself in black ice armor, then concluded that Le Bai had Twin Martial Souls and was using illusions.
• Le Bai’s Soul Power surpassed Ye Zhiqiu’s, and his crystallized fists shattered the black armor created by Ye Zhiqiu’s Fourth Soul Skill.
• Ye Zhiqiu activated his Fifth Soul Skill, encasing himself in thorny black mystic ice that could automatically counterattack.
• Le Bai resumed Soul Power Breathing and raised his Soul Power to Level 60, while Ye Zhiqiu dismissed the increase as an illusion.
• Le Bai charged up a Soul Power Storm and launched his Ultimate: Divine Sandstorm at Ye Zhiqiu.

Le Bai killed Ye Zhiqiu, concealed the murder, and returned to Shrek Academy, where the group later prepared to fight Blazing Fire Academy. After Shrek revealed its Soul Ancestors and Ning Rongrong’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, Blazing Fire Academy forfeited, leaving the eager Shrek team disappointed.

• Le Bai used vibrating Soul Power Crystallizations to kill Ye Zhiqiu, then buried the remains and returned to Heaven Dou City after confirming he had recorded Shi Nian’s threat.
• Over the following days, Shrek won routine matches, and Le Bai planned for the team to face Blazing Fire Academy without relying too heavily on Tang San’s fire-immune Blue Silver Grass.
• Shrek revealed that all its members were Soul Ancestors and that Ning Rongrong wielded the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, prompting Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu to reconsider fighting.
• Huo Wushuang announced Blazing Fire Academy’s forfeit just before the match began, and Shrek returned to the academy disappointed that it had not fought.
• Grandmaster offered to have Zhao Wuji spar with the group after Le Bai explained that they were upset because the match had ended before they could fight.

Shrek analyzed Canghui Academy’s concealed seven-person mental attack and prepared for their match. When Canghui revealed four previously unseen Gem-type Soul Masters, Le Bai drew the captain’s attention as the battle began.

• Le Bai warned Shrek that Canghui likely hid a powerful mental illusion attack coordinated by its Gem-type Soul Masters.
• Tang San feared the attack might bypass his eye-based defenses, but Le Bai trusted his perception ability to resist it.
• Shrek faced Canghui Academy, and its four previously unseen participants revealed Gem-type Martial Souls.
• The Shrek members moved behind Le Bai and Tang San as Tang San stepped forward, while Le Bai claimed he was Shrek’s main fighter and provoked Canghui’s captain.

During Shrek Academy’s match against Blue Sunshine Academy, Le Bai and Tang San overcame the opposing team’s Seven Asura Illusion, leaving all seven opponents unconscious. The Organizing Committee withheld the match result and questioned Shrek, while Salas threatened to disqualify them.

• The Blue Sunshine Team formed a seven-person fusion skill that filled the Arena with colored mist, and Ning Fengzhi explained its nature to Xue Ye and Salas.
• Inside the mist, Le Bai and Tang San mocked the Blue Sunshine captain as he boasted about the Seven Asura Illusion.
• At Le Bai’s signal, Tang San dispelled the mist, and Le Bai threw his bread Martial Soul into the captain’s face, causing all seven Blue Sunshine members to collapse.
• Xue Ye ordered the match stopped and the competitors treated, and the Organizing Committee withheld the result pending an investigation.
• Ning Fengzhi and Salas arrived with an investigation team, and Salas accused Shrek of causing the Blue Sunshine members’ condition and threatened disqualification.

Le Bai persuaded Bishop Salas to stop targeting Shrek by revealing information about the Pope’s old lover and offering him a chance to make contact. The investigation cleared Shrek of responsibility for Canghui Academy’s collapse, and Le Bai left the Spirit Hall branch hall after securing Salas’s cooperation.

• Salas questioned Le Bai about the incident, but Le Bai argued that Canghui Academy’s Seven-in-One Fusion Skill had backfired on its own.
• Le Bai privately told Salas that he knew about the Pope’s old lover and that they wanted Salas to act as their contact.
• Salas ended the questioning and later defended Shrek, helping the investigators rule that Canghui Academy had suffered a backlash from its dangerous skill.
• The referee announced that Shrek was not responsible, and Canghui Academy could not overturn the decision.
• Le Bai visited Salas at the Spirit Hall branch hall, where Salas agreed to consider the opportunity Le Bai had offered.

Shrek chose to fight Skywater Academy so Ma Hongjun could showcase his Fire Phoenix Martial Soul and attract the attention of its members, especially Shui Bing'er. As Shui Bing'er and Xuewu unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Le Bai prepared Ma Hongjun to reveal his full strength.

• Le Bai persuaded Grandmaster and the Shrek team not to forfeit against Skywater Academy, explaining that he wanted Ma Hongjun to make a strong impression on its women.
• During introductions, Shui Bing'er became interested when she learned Ma Hongjun had a Fire Phoenix Martial Soul.
• Shui Bing'er froze Le Bai, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Dai Mubai, while her teammates attacked Zhu Zhuqing and Xuewu prepared a powerful skill.
• Following Le Bai's directions, Zhu Zhuqing and Ma Hongjun defeated Skywater's two Agility Attack System members, while Tang San secretly bound three Power Attack System members with Blue Silver Grass.
• Shui Bing'er and Xuewu joined hands and activated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill as Le Bai ordered the Shrek team to protect Ma Hongjun and let him go all out.

Ma Hongjun used his Black Fire to wear down Shui Bing'er and Xuewu’s Ice Phoenix, helping Shrek defeat Tianshui Academy. The chapter ended with Shui Bing'er and Xuewu watching Ma Hongjun return to his teammates, while the author added a note about Ma Hongjun’s original pairing.

• Ma Hongjun attacked Shui Bing'er and Xuewu’s Ice Phoenix with a condensed Phoenix Fire Line, marking it for his Fourth Soul Skill.
• Ma Hongjun’s Black Fire Phoenix tracked the Ice Phoenix, split into smaller flames when struck, and grew by consuming Soul Power.
• Shui Bing'er concentrated the ice and snow to destroy the Black Fire Phoenix, but Ma Hongjun appeared behind her and unleashed Black Fire at close range.
• Ma Hongjun spread Black Fire sparks across the Ice Phoenix, while Shrek’s members stopped Tianshui’s three Power Attack System girls from interfering.
• Shui Bing'er and Xuewu released their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and fell; Ma Hongjun caught them, set them down, and returned to Shrek after telling them they were strong.
• Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass brought down Tianshui’s remaining fighters, and the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner.

Le Bai told Grandmaster the truth about Bibi Dong’s past and the future in which she started a war and died. Grandmaster resolved to help her, and Le Bai urged him to tell her that his love had never faded.

• Le Bai and the others declined Yu Tianheng’s team’s challenge so they could avoid revealing their strength before the Grand Finals.
• Le Bai told Qin Ming of their decision, then waited for Grandmaster and asked to continue discussing Bibi Dong.
• Le Bai explained that Bibi Dong killed Qian Xunji and stayed in Spirit Hall because Qian Daoliu threatened her, and he revealed that she would eventually start a war and die in Grandmaster’s arms.
• Grandmaster decided to help Bibi Dong change her future and asked Le Bai for assistance.
• Le Bai warned Grandmaster not to risk his life to save her and urged him to tell Bibi Dong that he still loved and longed for her.