Chapter Summaries

Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass evolved into the Blue Silver King and his Soul Power reached level forty-three. Meanwhile, Tang Hao told Tang Yuehua that Ah Yin had vanished, and Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun arrived at an underground hall with the black-robed man.

• Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass changed into the Blue Silver King, and his Soul Power rose to level forty-three.
• Tang Hao arrived at Moonlight Pavilion and told Tang Yuehua that someone had taken Ah Yin from the collapsed cave.
• Tang Hao asked Tang Yuehua to investigate powerful people who could use spatial techniques or erase every trace.
• Tang Yuehua warned Tang Hao that he and Little San might also be targets, and Tang Hao left to search for Ah Yin.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun followed the black-robed man to an underground hall, where he introduced them as abandoned children.

Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun were sent to endure a blood pool, while Jiang Chen formed spear intent and proved his strength to Chen Xin. The chapter ended with Chen Xin increasing his Title Douluo pressure as Jiang Chen used it to temper his Soul Power.

• The tall black-robed man assessed Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, then ordered them to purge their impurities in a blood pool for three days.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun entered the blood pool and endured its painful effects as they resolved to survive and grow stronger.
• Seven days later, Jiang Chen demonstrated his newly formed spear intent against Chen Xin and lasted a hundred moves without being defeated.
• Jiang Chen asked Chen Xin to test him with Title Douluo pressure and endured the force with his body alone.
• Chen Xin increased the pressure while Jiang Chen circulated his Soul Power and used the Green Lotus to temper it.

Jiang Chen broke through to level forty-five under Chen Xin’s pressure and prepared to leave the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Ning Fengzhi thanked him for helping Ning Rongrong evolve her Martial Soul by giving him a soul bone, and Jiang Chen left with Ning Rongrong still at his side.

• Jiang Chen endured Chen Xin’s pressure, broke through to level forty-five, and thanked Chen Xin for his help.
• Jiang Chen told Ning Rongrong and Chen Xin that he planned to return to the academy, and Chen Xin urged him to say goodbye to Ning Fengzhi.
• Ning Fengzhi gave Jiang Chen a left arm soul bone as thanks for helping Ning Rongrong achieve Martial Soul Evolution.
• Jiang Chen teased Ning Rongrong as they left the main hall, then gently pinched her cheek and calmed her down.
• Ning Rongrong asked Jiang Chen not to tell anyone what had happened in the Sect, and he agreed.

After emerging from seclusion, Xue Qinghe reviewed reports about Jiang Chen and decided to visit him herself. Meanwhile, Jiang Chen returned to Blue Tyrant Academy and found Dugu Bo there, where the Poison Douluo announced he intended to become an academy elder and live nearby.

• Xue Qinghe learned that the Emperor's condition had worsened without Dugu Bo's treatment and ordered Porcupinefish Douluo to investigate Dugu Bo's recent connections and opportunities.
• Xue Qinghe considered writing to Jiang Chen, then decided to make the trip herself.
• Jiang Chen and Ning Rongrong arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy and sensed Dugu Bo waiting inside.
• Dugu Bo joked with Jiang Chen about losing the Herb Garden and explained that he had come to check on Dugu Yan and consider joining Shrek Academy as an elder.
• Dugu Bo said he would live at the academy and keep an eye on Dugu Yan so she would not be bullied.

Dugu Bo joined Shrek Academy as an elder and defended Jiang Chen when Titan arrived seeking revenge for his son and grandson. Jiang Chen challenged Titan to fight with his Soul Power suppressed to Soul Saint level, and Titan agreed.

• Dugu Bo built a cabin at the training grounds and announced that he had become a Shrek Academy elder to guide Dugu Yan and protect the students.
• Titan stormed into Shrek Academy and confronted Jiang Chen about injuring Tai Nuo and Tai Long.
• Dugu Bo intervened when Titan released his pressure against Jiang Chen, asserting his authority as an academy elder.
• Jiang Chen proposed a fight with Titan restricting his Soul Power to Soul Saint level, and Titan reduced his power to the seventy-first level and accepted.
• Xiao Wu worried about Jiang Chen's chances, while Ning Rongrong trusted that he had a reason to accept the fight.

Jiang Chen fought Titan at Blue Tyrant Academy and proved strong enough to withstand his attacks and knock back his Martial Soul Avatar. Titan accepted Jiang Chen’s strength and ended the grudge with the Strength Clan, while Tai Nuo and Tai Long noticed that Titan’s arm was injured as he left.

• Jiang Chen exchanged blows with Titan, who praised his strength before escalating the fight with his Soul Skills and Martial Soul Avatar.
• Jiang Chen blocked Titan’s avatar-powered punch with his Green Lotus Domain and Ice Fire Golden Body, then struck a weakness in Titan’s defenses and knocked him back.
• Titan withdrew his Martial Soul Avatar, declared the grudge between the Strength Clan and Jiang Chen settled, and offered help in Heaven Dou City.
• Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, Flender, and Liu Erlong reacted to Jiang Chen’s victory and the damage to the training ground.
• Tai Nuo and Tai Long met Titan outside Blue Tyrant Academy, and Tai Long noticed that Titan’s arm was injured.

After Titan admitted that Jiang Chen had wounded him and ordered his clan to avoid the boy, the story shifted to Shrek’s preparations for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament. Flender assigned registration duties while Jiang Chen made an excuse to visit Sunset Forest, and Xiao Wu asked to go with him.

• Titan dismissed Tai Nuo and Tai Long’s complaints, acknowledged Jiang Chen’s strength and ordered the clan to avoid him.
• A year later, Jiang Chen had reached level forty-seven, Tang San level forty-six, and the other Shrek students had also grown stronger.
• Flender announced that tournament registration would open in three days and assigned Tang San to register the team at the Spirit Hall Branch.
• Flender urged Jiang Chen to focus on the team, but Jiang Chen teased him and claimed he had important business involving a rare medicinal herb.
• Liu Erlong told Tang San to take Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to register, while Jiang Chen said he needed to visit Sunset Forest.
• Xiao Wu asked Jiang Chen to take her to see the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, but he refused.

Jiang Chen visited Ah Yin at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where she was steadily recovering and discussed the Dragon King inheritance and its warning about the Sky Watchers. Meanwhile, Tang Hao returned to meet Yu Xiaogang and learned that Jiang Chen remained the center of the academy team, deepening his resentment.

• Jiang Chen left the academy and told everyone he would return before registration closed in three days.
• Jiang Chen found Ah Yin nearly recovered, brought her osmanthus cakes, and heard that the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings' power was merging with her.
• Ah Yin warned Jiang Chen that the Dragon King inheritance might attract the Sky Watchers, though her aura and the spring could conceal it.
• Jiang Chen inspected the Immortal Herbs and considered bringing Lingling to help them grow.
• Tang Hao met Yu Xiaogang in the back mountain and learned that Tang San had reached rank forty-six but the team still revolved around Jiang Chen.
• Tang Hao asked when Dugu Bo joined the academy, then reacted with bitter laughter as he fixated on Jiang Chen.

Tang Hao and Yu Xiaogang investigated a mysterious intruder in the forest, while Tang San, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing registered for the tournament and encountered a changed Imperial Fighting Team. The chapter left Tang San and his companions surprised to find Oscar selling candied hawthorns in Heaven Dou City.

• Tang Hao ordered Yu Xiaogang to keep watching Jiang Chen, then failed to catch a concealed Fallen Soul Master who overheard them.
• Tang Hao sent Yu Xiaogang back to observe the team and resolved to deal with the intruder himself.
• Tang San, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing registered for the tournament at the Spirit Hall Branch in Heaven Dou City.
• Yu Tianheng confronted the trio with two new Imperial Fighting Team members, and Tang San noticed the sword-carrying youth concealed his Soul Power.
• Tang San and his companions decided to warn their teammates about the changed lineup, then ran into Oscar selling candied hawthorns.

Tang San and his companions encountered Star Luo soul masters in Heaven Dou City, while a black-robed figure began plotting against them and left a strange mist on Oscar. Jiang Chen reached a burning village, protected a child, and began fighting the black-robed soul master who had attacked the settlement.

• Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar saw a Star Luo group led by an elderly man, who fixed his gaze on Zhu Zhuqing before heading to Spirit Hall.
• A black-robed figure watched Tang San and the others, then left Oscar with a cluster of pitch-black mist on his neck.
• Jiang Chen found a village burning with eerie flames and rescued a frightened child from an earthen house.
• The child told Jiang Chen that a black-clad stranger had set the fires and taken villagers away.
• The black-robed man attacked the child with gray-black mist, but Jiang Chen blocked it with his Green Lotus barrier and countered with an ice-and-fire punch.
• Jiang Chen dodged the man's mist tentacles and tore one apart with spear intent, catching the black-robed man off guard.

Jiang Chen tested his newly created Icefire Yin-Yang Spear against a fallen Soul Master, overpowering the man's ghostly avatar and forcing him to use a sacrificial rune. The black-robed man then escaped toward the village outskirts, leaving Jiang Chen poised to pursue.

• The black-robed man trapped Jiang Chen with Soul-Devouring Bind and threatened to turn him into a puppet, but Jiang Chen dispersed the mist with golden light.
• The black-robed man unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar, and Jiang Chen moved the child to safety before unveiling his Icefire Yin-Yang Spear.
• Jiang Chen shattered the ghostly avatar's claw and drove the black-robed man back with spear strikes that dispersed his black mist.
• The black-robed man tried to flee, but Jiang Chen caught his ankle with a fiery lash and froze part of his leg.
• The black-robed man activated a sacrificial rune, raised his power to that of a high-level Soul Saint, and attacked with ghostly claws before using the clash to escape toward the village outskirts.

Jiang Chen killed a black-robed Soul Master who had sacrificed a village and rescued the lone surviving child. After learning the fallen Soul Masters might target the upcoming tournament, he returned to Blue Tyrant Academy with a sack of black-robed scraps.

• Jiang Chen caught the fleeing black-robed man and killed him after learning the villagers had been sacrificed to the Sacred Mark.
• Jiang Chen found the village's only surviving child, promised to take him to a nearby town, and heard that the black-robed man had mentioned the tournament as a chance to find blood food.
• Jiang Chen took the child toward a nearby town, suspecting fallen Soul Masters planned to cause trouble during the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Three days later, Jiang Chen returned to Blue Tyrant Academy carrying a bulging sack, and Zhu Zhuqing questioned him about the trouble he had encountered.

Jiang Chen brought evidence of a Sacred Mark Cult Soul Saint’s sacrifice to Dugu Bo, who warned that the cult might exploit the Soul Master Tournament to attack. As the Shrek Seven Devils resolved to stay alert and focus on training, Oscar was ambushed on his way back to the academy.

• Jiang Chen showed Tang San and the others the bone plaques and black liquid he had recovered after killing a Soul Saint who sacrificed villagers.
• Dugu Bo identified the markings as belonging to the Sacred Mark Cult and explained that the cult targeted villages and had resurfaced after being nearly destroyed decades earlier.
• Dugu Bo warned that the tournament offered the cult opportunities to prey on young Soul Masters, especially on the roads and around their lodgings.
• Jiang Chen and the others agreed to stay alert while prioritizing their tournament preparations.
• Oscar pushed a cart toward the academy when a black-clad figure sprang from an alley and attacked him from behind.

Dai Mubai lured Oscar to a ruined temple, warned him that the Sacred Mark Cult planned to attack Shrek Academy during the Soul Master Tournament, and sent him away with recorded hideout locations. After Oscar left, Dai Mubai revealed that his apparent loss of control had been an act, and Ma Hongjun emerged from the shadows.

• A hooded man abducted Oscar and brought him to a ruined temple, where he revealed himself as Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai refused to return to Shrek Academy and urged Oscar to follow him for power.
• Dai Mubai appeared to lose control and told Oscar that he and Ma Hongjun had been tricked into joining the Sacred Mark Cult two months earlier.
• Dai Mubai warned that the cult planned to attack Shrek Academy during the Soul Master Tournament and gave Oscar a note listing hideouts to share with Tang San.
• Oscar fled with the note, promising to save Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun.
• Dai Mubai dropped his distressed act, and Ma Hongjun emerged from the temple's shadows.

Ma Hongjun revealed his superior strength and asserted his authority over Dai Mubai, while the two continued their plan to lure Shrek Academy into the ruined temple. Oscar escaped and rushed to Blue Tyrant Academy to alert the dean.

• Ma Hongjun admitted that he had faked his earlier loss of control to win Oscar's sympathy and draw the academy into their plan.
• After Dai Mubai called him a wild chicken, Ma Hongjun knocked him down, burned him with wicked fire, and demanded that he be addressed as Holy Son.
• Ma Hongjun threatened to have Dai Mubai punished in the blood pool and said they would capture, toy with, and sacrifice people once Shrek Academy arrived.
• Dai Mubai silently swore revenge while Ma Hongjun mocked him and waited for Oscar to deliver the news.
• Oscar fled the ruined temple, reached Blue Tyrant Academy, and rushed into the dean's office shouting that something terrible had happened.

Oscar warned Flender that Dai Mubai had been marked by the Sacred Mark Cult and that the cult planned to cause trouble during the tournament. Flender secretly contacted Poison Douluo, then rejected Yu Xiaogang’s attempt to take over the Shrek Seven Devils and offered him an advisory role instead.

• Oscar told Flender that Dai Mubai, acting with glowing red eyes, had abducted him and warned him about the Sacred Mark Cult’s tournament plot.
• Flender ordered Oscar to keep the warning from Tang San and the others, then contacted Poison Douluo through a crystal ball.
• Yu Xiaogang questioned Flender about Oscar’s visit and demanded to know about Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun.
• Flender dismissed Yu Xiaogang’s combat ability and argued that Jiang Chen already led the team effectively.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded control of the Shrek Seven Devils, but Flender refused and offered him a role analyzing opponents as an accompanying advisor.

Jiang Chen gave Dugu Bo a rare herb that could evolve his Martial Soul and recruited him to help target Tang Hao. After Dugu Bo took the herb, a golden light and dragon roar marked a dramatic change in his Martial Soul.

• Flender persuaded Yu Xiaogang to stop thinking about coaching the Shrek students, and Yu Xiaogang left.
• Jiang Chen gave Dugu Bo the Three-Turn Golden Dragon Claw and asked him to help ambush Tang Hao by revealing his location to Spirit Hall.
• Dugu Bo agreed to help, though he warned Jiang Chen to flee if the plan went wrong, then went inside to test the herb.
• A golden light and dragon roar erupted from Dugu Bo's house as his Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Martial Soul appeared transformed into a horned, dragon-like serpent.
• Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar hurried to the rear mountain and witnessed Dugu Bo's changed Martial Soul.

Dugu Bo broke through to rank ninety-four, while Jiang Chen gave Oscar an Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid Spirit Bead that spurred him to promise to cultivate harder. The chapter ended with a Holy Church agent confronting Tang Hao with clues about the person who stole the Blue Silver Emperor, leaving Tang Hao demanding more information.

• Dugu Bo emerged from his breakthrough at rank ninety-four, and Flender, Liu Erlong, and Zhao Wuji asked him for cultivation advice.
• Jiang Chen gave Oscar a Spirit Bead condensed from the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid and guided him through absorbing it.
• Oscar reached rank thirty-nine, vowed to train seriously, and then headed to the cafeteria to eat.
• Tang Hao returned to his thatched hut, where a black-clad Holy Church agent offered clues about the Blue Silver Emperor's disappearance.
• The agent told Tang Hao that the culprit used a spatial Soul Skill and could conceal himself and erase a Title Douluo's Soul Power marks.

Tang Hao agreed to work with the Sacred Mark Cult to lure Jiang Chen outside Heaven Dou City during the tournament, suspecting he might have killed a Holy Church overseer and touched the Blue Silver Emperor. Hidden nearby, Jiang Chen overheard their plan and realized he might be their target.

• The man in black accused Jiang Chen of possibly killing a Holy Church temple overseer, and Tang Hao rejected the claim that a Soul Ancestor could defeat a Soul Saint.
• The man in black escaped Tang Hao’s hammer in a cloud of black mist and proposed that the Sacred Mark Cult lure Jiang Chen outside the city on the tournament’s opening day.
• Tang Hao agreed to the plan after the man in black said the cult wanted the thing Jiang Chen carried, dead or alive.
• After the man in black vanished, Tang Hao warned that Jiang Chen would regret it if he had touched the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Jiang Chen secretly watched and listened from a spatial rift, inferred that Tang Hao and the Sacred Mark Cult had made a deal involving him, and considered whether Tang San was involved.

Jiang Chen warned Qian Renxue about Tang Hao’s hiding place, and she chose to act on the information. Three days later, Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo ambushed Tang Hao, and their fight continued as Snake Lance Douluo unleashed a soul skill.

• Jiang Chen decided to move his plan forward and used Spatial Traverse to leave.
• Jiang Chen met Qian Renxue in a forest, revealed that he knew her identity, and gave her a parchment with Tang Hao’s location.
• Qian Renxue accepted the information and set out to confront Tang Hao.
• Three days later, Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo ambushed Tang Hao outside his abandoned house.
• Tang Hao fought off their attacks, but Snake Lance Douluo launched his Second Soul Skill, Snake Fang Thrust.