Chapter Summaries

Jiang Chen suspected Shadow Academy's leader had absorbed an evil soul beast's Soul Ring after Shadow Academy defeated Blazing Fire Academy. Shrek Academy then faced Thunder Academy, and Jiang Chen stayed on the sidelines as the teams prepared to fight.

• Jiang Chen noticed Shadow Academy's leader concealed his left hand and guessed that the dark color of his Soul Rings came from an evil soul beast.
• Shadow Academy defeated Blazing Fire Academy, and its leader told Blue Tyrant Academy he looked forward to facing them.
• Tang San led the group away to prepare for their match while Jiang Chen briefly watched Shadow Academy's retreat.
• Thunder Academy's Yu Tianxin challenged Jiang Chen, but Jiang Chen said he would spectate because Shrek Academy did not need him to fight.
• Tang San faced Thunder Academy as all seven opponents revealed their Soul Rings, while Jiang Chen sat out the match.

Tang San led Shrek Academy to defeat Thunder Team and win three matches in one day. After leaving his teammates, Jiang Chen went to a village outside Heaven Dou City and watched several dark figures at its entrance.

• Tang San trapped Yu Tianxin with Blue Silver Grass while Ning Rongrong boosted the team, and Xiao Wu quickly disabled a Thunder Team member.
• Tang San countered Yu Tianxin’s thunder dragon with Blue Silver Grass as Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing held off the other opponents.
• Shrek Academy defeated Thunder Team, and Yu Tianxin conceded while promising to return at the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament.
• After Shrek Academy won all three of its matches, Jiang Chen left alone on personal business.
• At night, Jiang Chen watched a village outside Heaven Dou City and noticed several dark figures near its entrance.

Jiang Chen defeated a Sacred Mark Cult squad targeting a village, searched its leader’s memories, and traced the cult to a hidden stronghold. He confronted the black-robed man inside, where the story left off with the man demanding to know who he was.

• Jiang Chen ambushed seven Shadow Academy men as they prepared to raid the village and defeated them alone.
• Jiang Chen searched the leader’s memories with the Glazed Divine Eyes and learned the cult had been ordered to find him in Heaven Dou City and gather blood food.
• Jiang Chen used the memory clues to locate a hidden entrance in the mountains thirty li outside Heaven Dou City.
• Jiang Chen knocked out the man guarding the entrance and followed the passage into an underground hall.
• Jiang Chen confronted a tall black-robed man studying a map and challenged him for not recognizing the person his cult had been seeking.

Jiang Chen stormed a Sacred Mark Cult hideout and defeated its Soul King guards before facing the branch leader, a Soul Saint. The leader transformed into a Shadow Demon Wolf as he attacked, and Jiang Chen used Void Traverse to avoid the strike just before the chapter ended.

• Jiang Chen entered the hideout and revealed himself to the black-robed leader, who summoned seven or eight black-robed fighters.
• Jiang Chen activated Divine Descent and knocked out the Soul King guards one after another with his speed, Dragon Wings, and Void Traverse.
• The leader revealed his seven Soul Rings and attacked Jiang Chen with a poisonous purple-black wolf phantom, which Jiang Chen purified with Green Lotus Domain.
• The leader used his seventh Soul Skill to transform into a Shadow Demon Wolf Avatar and lunged at Jiang Chen's throat.
• Jiang Chen activated Green Lotus: Void Traverse just before the wolf's claws reached him.

Jiang Chen defeated the Shadow Demon Wolf and discovered that a hidden restriction destroyed the creature before it could reveal the Sacred Mark Cult’s secrets. He then sensed a mysterious power that might be merit, while Tang San grew suspicious of the soul bones Jiang Chen had given him and left the dormitory to study them.

• Jiang Chen overpowered the Shadow Demon Wolf and tried to search its memories for the Sacred Mark Cult’s headquarters and the person who had sent it.
• A restriction in the Shadow Demon Wolf’s memories detonated its soul, leaving Jiang Chen unable to learn who was behind the attack.
• Jiang Chen reasoned that whoever had placed the restriction was likely a powerful spiritual-type Soul Douluo or Titled Douluo, then sensed a mysterious power gather inside him and wondered if it was merit.
• Tang San noticed that the two soul bones Jiang Chen had given him bore hand-carved patterns and a Clear Sky Hammer mark.
• Tang San decided Jiang Chen must have his reasons for keeping secrets, then quietly left the dormitory to examine the valuable soul bones alone.

Tang San fused two inherited soul bones, while Jiang Chen received two powerful soul bones through the Triple Return and tested his new abilities. Jiang Chen then sought out a durable soul beast and woke a forty-thousand-year Earth Violent Bear.

• Tang San endured the opposing ice and fire forces as he fused the left leg bone and Right Arm Bone, gaining greater strength and two soul bone skills.
• Tang San noticed the Clear Sky Hammer mark on the bones and wondered what Brother Chen was hiding from him.
• Jiang Chen received a 120,000-year Green Lotus Creation Bone and a 120,000-year Purple Sky Dragon Arm Bone when Tang San absorbed his inherited soul bones.
• Jiang Chen tested the new powers, told Ah Yin he was going out, and flew from the underground palace into Sunset Forest.
• Jiang Chen found a sleeping forty-thousand-year Earth Violent Bear, shouted it awake, and watched it crash into two trees as it sprang up.

Jiang Chen tested the skills of his Purple Sky Dragon Arm Bone and Green Lotus Creation Bone, then left the forest. At Clear Sky Sect, Tang Xiao learned that Tang Hao had missed his appointment and ordered an investigation while secretly monitoring Tang San.

• Jiang Chen defeated the Earth Violent Bear with Violet Heaven: Dragon Roar Break and discovered that Green Lotus: Skystep let him leap and step through the air.
• Jiang Chen used Green Lotus: Skystep to land safely, then flew away with his Dragon Wing as the Earth Violent Bear pretended to be dead.
• A messenger delivered Tang Yuehua's urgent report that Tang Hao had missed their appointment and might be in trouble.
• Tang Xiao recalled that Tang Hao had last left a contact marker about half a month earlier and concluded that something might have happened to him.
• Tang Xiao ordered hidden agents to investigate Spirit Hall's recent activity near Heaven Dou City and sent someone to observe and protect Tang San at Blue Tyrant Academy.

Liu Erlong urged Yu Xiaogang to seek Jiang Chen’s help, but Yu Xiaogang recoiled at the thought of begging and drove her away. Alone in his dormitory, he stared at his bleeding palm as an ink-black mark spread across his neck.

• Liu Erlong told Yu Xiaogang that Jiang Chen might be able to awaken his potential if he met him, but that he had to ask for help in person.
• Yu Xiaogang hesitated, fearing another failure, and Liu Erlong told him to make up his own mind and find Jiang Chen without her.
• Yu Xiaogang interpreted Liu Erlong’s exhaustion as proof that she thought him worthless and shouted at her to leave.
• Liu Erlong walked out, and Yu Xiaogang collapsed onto his bed, trembling and crying.
• Yu Xiaogang stared at the bloody nail marks on his palm as an ink-black mark expanded at his neck.

As the Heaven Dou Division preliminaries began, Shrek Academy entered the Great Soul Arena in new uniforms and drew attention, especially Jiang Chen. He sat out the opening match against Skywater Academy, insisting he would not compete until the finals.

• The Shrek Seven Devils arrived at the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena in their new uniforms as the preliminaries opened.
• The crowd cheered for Jiang Chen when he entered, and he waved back while his teammates reacted to the attention.
• Tang San checked the schedule and saw that Shrek would face Skywater Academy in the morning and Blazing Fire Academy in the afternoon.
• Tang San began discussing Skywater Academy's coordinated water-attribute tactics, but Jiang Chen told the team to fight without him.
• Jiang Chen took a seat and said he would remain a spectator until the finals.

Tang San led Shrek Academy against Shui Bing'er and Skywater Academy, whose Ice Phoenix Domain froze his initial tactics. He unleashed a life-enhanced Blue Silver Grass skill that overwhelmed the arena, leaving Skywater Academy scrambling to escape the vines.

• Shui Bing'er opened the match with Ice Seal, freezing the arena as Ning Rongrong boosted Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing attacked Skywater Academy’s flanks while Dugu Yan’s dragon breath forced several members back.
• Tang San detonated frozen Blue Silver Grass, but Shui Bing'er summoned her Ice Phoenix Domain and froze the hidden seeds.
• Tang San used his fourth Soul Skill, Life, to make Blue Silver Grass break through the ice and grow more vigorously under the frost.
• Shui Bing'er ordered her team to spread out and raised an ice wall, but vines caught one member’s ankle and continued surging toward them.

Tang San broke through Skywater Academy’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill and won the match for Shrek Academy. As the team prepared to face the Elephant Armored Sect, Jiang Chen refused to join the next fight and left the others to test their strength.

• Xue Wu and Shui Bing'er combined their powers with the rest of Skywater Academy to unleash the Ice and Snow Drift: Ice Phoenix Martial Soul Fusion Skill against Tang San.
• Tang San revealed his Eight Spider Lances and charged through the frost storm, using their strength and his dragon-scale aura to break free and reach Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu.
• Tang San stopped his Eight Spider Lances just short of Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu, and Shui Bing'er admitted defeat as the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner.
• Ye Lingling healed Tang San, while Jiang Chen teased him for revealing his trump card; Jiang Chen then refused Xiao Wu’s request to fight in the next match.
• Dugu Yan warned that the Elephant Armored Sect would be their next opponent, and Tang San explained that all seven of its members were high-ranked defense-type Soul Masters led by Huyan Li.

Shrek Academy sent Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan to face the Elephant Armored Sect, and the three quickly overwhelmed their opponents with boosted speed, powerful strikes, and poison. Huyan Li formed a combined defensive technique, but Dugu Yan’s poison began eating through its barrier.

• Tang San said the match was for Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan, and the three stepped forward to face Huyan Li’s team.
• Ning Rongrong boosted the three fighters with her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda as the match began.
• Xiao Wu kicked Huyan Li backward, while Zhu Zhuqing forced one opponent to surrender and Dugu Yan punched another off the stage.
• Xiao Wu shattered a teammate’s defensive shield and sent him off the stage, leaving Huyan Li and four members to form Mammoth Charge.
• Dugu Yan sent poison mist at the Mammoth Elephant formation, and the fumes began corroding its Soul Power barrier.

Shrek Academy won its third consecutive preliminary match, defeating Blazing Fire Academy after Dugu Yan’s poison forced their opponents to surrender. The team celebrated at Imperial Feast Tower, where a drunken Ning Rongrong clung to Jiang Chen as he took her back to her dormitory.

• Dugu Yan poisoned Huyan Li and his teammates, and Shrek Academy won after the opponents surrendered.
• Xiao Wu bragged to Jiang Chen about their earlier victory, but he teased her for taking nearly five minutes to defeat seven opponents.
• Shrek Academy defeated Blazing Fire Academy, completing three consecutive preliminary victories and gaining fame in Heaven Dou City.
• Flender treated the team to dinner at Imperial Feast Tower, where several members drank until they were drunk.
• Ning Rongrong fell asleep against Jiang Chen, who carried her toward her dormitory after Ye Lingling gave him directions.

Ning Rongrong confessed to Jiang Chen and kissed him while he carried her back, and Zhu Zhuqing secretly witnessed the scene. The next day, Shrek Academy began its individual advancement matches, and Jiang Chen was called to face Zhang Heng of Canghui Academy.

• Ning Rongrong told Jiang Chen she liked him, kissed the corner of his mouth, and rambled about her feelings as he carried her to the dormitory.
• Zhu Zhuqing watched Jiang Chen and Ning Rongrong from beneath an old locust tree and took comfort that Jiang Chen had not answered the confession.
• Jiang Chen complained about his sleepless night at training, while Zhu Zhuqing acted colder than usual and Ning Rongrong blushed as she remembered the night before.
• Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and Tang San joked about how quickly Jiang Chen would lose in the individual advancement matches.
• Jiang Chen was called to fight Zhang Heng of Canghui Academy and faced the Soul Ancestor without releasing his Martial Soul.

Jiang Chen, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, and Tang San each defeated their opponents in rapid succession, securing five wins for Shrek Academy. The chapter ended with Tang San trapping Thunder Academy’s speed-focused fighter and forcing him to surrender.

• Jiang Chen caught Zhang Heng’s spear between two fingers and knocked him out of the arena, winning his match.
• Xiao Wu knocked out an Elephant Armored Sect member with a single spinning kick.
• Zhu Zhuqing bypassed a Canghui Academy fighter’s attack-reflecting copper mirror and forced him to surrender.
• Dugu Yan dodged a Blazing Fire Academy fighter’s flames and knocked him down with an uppercut.
• Tang San ensnared a fast Thunder Academy fighter with Blue Silver Grass and won when he surrendered.

Shrek Academy won all five of its individual advancement matches on the first day. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang followed a black-clad man to a Sacred Mark Cult altar to awaken his Golden Sacred Dragon bloodline, where he unexpectedly encountered Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun.

• Shrek Academy's competitors won all five matches, and Ning Rongrong congratulated them.
• Yu Xiaogang waited for the black-clad man, then agreed to follow him after asking whether the Golden Sacred Dragon bloodline claim was true.
• The black-clad man took Yu Xiaogang to a Sacred Mark Cult altar and told him to soak overnight in a blood pool to awaken his bloodline.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun appeared at the altar, recognized Yu Xiaogang, and welcomed him as a future brother in the Holy Church.

Yu Xiaogang underwent a bloodline awakening in a blood pool and rose from level twenty-nine to the threshold of level forty. The man in black sent him to change clothes and prepare to learn his way around the Holy Church.

• Yu Xiaogang reunited with Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, who said they were doing better than they had at Shrek Academy despite a difficult journey.
• At the man in black’s instruction, Yu Xiaogang entered the blood pool to awaken his bloodline.
• Yu Xiaogang endured intense pain as golden patterns appeared on his body and his Soul Power surged past level thirty-five.
• Yu Xiaogang’s power climbed from level twenty-nine to the threshold of level forty without a Soul Ring, while the man in black said the Sacred Mark Cult would soon return.
• The man in black told Yu Xiaogang to change clothes before Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun showed him around the Holy Church.

Yu Xiaogang reached level forty and imagined how Shrek Academy would regret rejecting him, while Clear Sky Sect elders traced Tang Hao’s last signal toward Sunset Forest. In Heaven Dou City, the masked woman from the Crown Prince’s Residence entered Jiang Chen’s room and said the Crown Prince wanted to discuss a deal.

• Yu Xiaogang emerged from the blood pool as a level-forty Soul Ancestor, and Ma Hongjun pictured Shrek Academy begging him to return.
• Clear Sky Sect’s Third Elder and Second Elder arrived in Heaven Dou City to investigate Tang Hao’s death and found his last hidden mark.
• Third Elder used the Blood-Guided Return secret technique and sensed a direction near Sunset Forest.
• The unmasked golden-haired woman entered Jiang Chen’s room at the Grand Hotel and told him the Crown Prince had sent her to discuss a deal.

Qian Renxue visited Jiang Chen to question him about a man in black, Tang Hao, and Poison Douluo, but he avoided revealing much. She then challenged Jiang Chen to another fight and, after reaching an open clearing outside the city, caught his opening punch with one hand.

• Qian Renxue questioned Jiang Chen about a man in black carrying a spear, Tang Hao, and Poison Douluo's move to Shrek Academy, while Jiang Chen gave evasive answers.
• Qian Renxue reminded Jiang Chen that he had removed her mask at the Crown Prince's Residence and demanded another fight.
• Jiang Chen and Qian Renxue left the hotel for a clearing outside Heaven Dou City, where Qian Renxue revealed her seven Soul Rings.
• Qian Renxue agreed to fight with one hand behind her back, but caught Jiang Chen's opening punch with her right hand and said she was serious this time.

Jiang Chen and Qian Renxue fought, escalating from hand-to-hand combat to powerful Soul Skills as Qian Renxue pressed her attack. The chapter ended with Jiang Chen activating Demon Empress Descends and transforming as Qian Renxue charged him.

• Jiang Chen and Qian Renxue traded blows without using Soul Skills or Soul Power, and Jiang Chen noticed how much her martial arts had improved.
• Jiang Chen broke through Qian Renxue's golden defensive barrier with a series of punches, then used his Glazed Green Lotus to withstand her light sword.
• Qian Renxue unleashed Angel Roar and followed with a golden beam that narrowly missed Jiang Chen and destroyed a boulder.
• Qian Renxue charged Jiang Chen with a light sword and compressed ball of energy as Jiang Chen activated his third Soul Skill, Demon Empress Descends, and began to transform.