Chapter Summaries

Ye Lingling defended Ning Rongrong and Oscar from Hu Liena’s attacks, but Hu Liena overwhelmed them and knocked them down. As Ye Lingling stood to fight again, her Nine Star Begonia transformed into the Ten-Star Begonia, leaving Hu Liena startled.

• Ye Lingling used Begonia's Blessing to shield herself, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar from Hu Liena’s mental attack.
• Hu Liena shattered Ye Lingling’s barrier with Fox-Tail Bind, then used mental force to knock Ning Rongrong and Oscar unconscious.
• Hu Liena struck Ye Lingling and sent her crashing to the arena floor while Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, and Tang San remained pinned down by their opponents.
• Ye Lingling rose despite her injuries and refused to surrender as Dugu Yan urged her to stop fighting.
• The Nine Star Begonia in Ye Lingling’s palm burst into golden light and grew a new petal, becoming the Ten-Star Begonia.

Ye Lingling awakened a Ten-Star Begonia and trapped Hu Liena in a barrier to buy Tang San time. Tang San unleashed his fully blackened form against Xie Yue.

• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong realized Ye Lingling had evolved her Nine Star Begonia into a Ten-Star Begonia and speculated that her brow mark signaled a divine inheritance.
• A tearful woman who resembled Ye Lingling watched from a concealed corner of the spectator stands.
• Ye Lingling used Life Link—Shared Realm to trap herself and Hu Liena inside a barrier, intending to hold her for three minutes.
• Tang San understood Ye Lingling’s plan, then unleashed his third Soul Ring and transformed before Xie Yue.

Tang San overwhelmed Xie Yue with his Eight Spider Lances until Li Hua took a devastating hit meant for Xie Yue. Driven to fight for his teammate, Xie Yue unleashed a combined attack that pursued Tang San, who stopped to meet it with a defensive barrier.

• Tang San boosted his strength and speed, then battered Xie Yue with his Eight Spider Lances and trapped him with a variant of Spider Web Restraint.
• Tang San launched Spider Emperor Awl at Xie Yue, but Li Hua intercepted the attack and collapsed, badly injured.
• Xie Yue laid Li Hua down and resolved to make his sacrifice count, then unleashed his fifth Soul Skill and stacked his other four Soul Skills onto the Moon Blade.
• The enormous Moon Blade pursued Tang San as he dodged, and he turned to block it with the defensive variant of Spider Web Restraint.

Tang San blocked Xie Yue’s desperate attack, then used a sudden strike to defeat him and helped his teammates overwhelm the remaining Spirit Hall fighters. With the golden barrier shattered and Ye Lingling collapsing, only Hu Liena remained on the Spirit Hall Team.

• Tang San blocked Xie Yue’s Moon Blade, and Xie Yue prepared a Soul Skill that would burn away his remaining Soul Power and spiritual power.
• Tang San struck Xie Yue from behind with an Eight Spider Lance before he could swing, and Xie Yue fell.
• Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing defeated Yan, then Tang San helped Xiao Wu knock down the gray-haired man.
• Tang San helped Dugu Yan force the defense-type Soul Master to surrender.
• The golden barrier shattered, Ye Lingling collapsed, and Dugu Yan caught her as Hu Liena remained the Spirit Hall Team’s last fighter.

Hu Liena conceded, making Shrek Academy the tournament champion, but Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan interrupted the awards to accuse Tang San of belonging to the Clear Sky Sect. Tang San denied it as Ning Rongrong and Oscar defended him, while the hidden Yu Xiaogang watched for a chance to strike.

• Hu Liena conceded to Tang San, and the referee declared Shrek Academy the tournament champions.
• The Shrek Academy members celebrated their victory, and Bibi Dong announced their rewards and Spirit Hall's recognition.
• Yue Guan interrupted the awards and revealed that Tang San was a member of the Clear Sky Sect.
• Yu Xiaogang watched from the crowd and thought the uproar would give him an opportunity to strike.
• Tang San denied the accusation, and Ning Rongrong and Oscar stepped forward to oppose Yue Guan's demand to examine Tang San's Martial Soul.

At the Spirit Hall finals, Yue Guan and Bibi Dong pressed Tang San to reveal whether he had a second Martial Soul, while Ning Fengzhi suspected Tang San was Tang Hao’s son. Bibi Dong threatened to expose him by force, and the chapter ended with her refusing Ning Fengzhi’s request to let the matter go because she suspected ties to the Clear Sky Sect.

• Dugu Yan challenged Yue Guan for demanding Tang San reveal the Clear Sky Hammer, and Yue Guan questioned how Tang San could have Blue Silver Grass with Innate Full Soul Power.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong suspected Tang San was a Twin Martial Soul wielder and possibly Tang Hao’s son, while Ning Fengzhi also wondered whether Jiang was involved in a hidden plot.
• Bibi Dong ordered Tang San to release all his Martial Souls, and Tang San refused, saying she had no right to force him to reveal a private matter.
• Bibi Dong threatened to force Tang San to reveal his Martial Soul, prompting Ning Rongrong to defend him and appeal to her father.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Bibi Dong to let the matter rest, but she refused, citing the possibility that members of the Clear Sky Sect were active outside their hiding place.

Jiang Chen appeared at the Spirit Hall gathering and challenged Yue Guan to protect Tang San from Bibi Dong. He narrowly dodged Yue Guan’s opening attack, and their battle remained unresolved.

• Jiang Chen descended from the sky, blocked Bibi Dong’s view of Tang San, and declared Tang San his friend under his protection.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan to fight Jiang Chen but told him not to kill the young man.
• Jiang Chen told Tang San to stay back while Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar watched the impending fight.
• Yue Guan revealed his Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and launched a golden blade at Jiang Chen.
• Jiang Chen dodged the blade, which cut a lock of his hair and scorched the ground.

Jiang Chen fought Yue Guan, combining his Soul Skills and elemental powers to break through the Title Douluo’s defenses. Yue Guan unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar and attacked with a storm of golden petals, leaving Jiang Chen braced behind layered shields.

• Yue Guan attacked Jiang Chen with his Second Soul Skill, but Jiang Chen blocked the golden blades with his Green Lotus Domain.
• Jiang Chen activated Demon Empress Descends and combined his Ice-Fire Twin Dragon Wings with lightning and Red Lotus Karma Fire to attack Yue Guan.
• Jiang Chen struck Yue Guan’s golden barrier with his Extreme Ice Spear and a lightning-and-fire fist, shattering it and forcing Yue Guan to teleport away.
• Yue Guan activated his Martial Soul Avatar, transforming into an enormous Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and launching a rain of golden petals at Jiang Chen.
• Jiang Chen reinforced a five-colored shield with his folded Ice-Fire Twin Dragon Wings and prepared to withstand Yue Guan’s attack.

Jiang Chen fought Yue Guan, a level ninety-five Title Douluo, and surprised the arena by trading blows with him despite being a Soul King. Bibi Dong watched Jiang Chen closely and considered the danger of leaving his power beyond her control.

• Jiang Chen strengthened his shield with lightning and fire, then used his fourth Soul Ring to appear behind Yue Guan and strike him.
• Yue Guan blocked Jiang Chen's attack, wounded him with golden petals, and offered to recommend him for an elder position in Spirit Hall.
• Jiang Chen refused Yue Guan's offer, and the two resumed their clash with golden petals meeting Jiang Chen's ice, fire, and lightning.
• The spectators and Shrek Academy students watched in disbelief as Jiang Chen fought Yue Guan, while Bibi Dong sensed a greater power hidden within him.

Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan to unleash his full power against Jiang Chen, who survived the Title Douluo’s devastating attack by combining his ice, fire, and lightning abilities. Impressed by Jiang Chen’s strength but unwilling to let him grow into a threat, Bibi Dong stopped Yue Guan and confronted Jiang Chen herself.

• Bibi Dong told Yue Guan to stop holding back and use his full strength against Jiang Chen.
• Yue Guan unleashed his ninth Soul Skill, Chrysanthemum Remnant, Wounds Cover the Ground; Flowers Fall, Hearts Break, sending a storm of golden petals at Jiang Chen.
• Jiang Chen activated his ice, fire, and lightning powers along with Dragon Transformation, then collided head-on with the petal attack.
• The clash wounded both Jiang Chen and Yue Guan, but Jiang Chen stood back up while Yue Guan prepared to attack again.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan to stand down, approached Jiang Chen, and declared that she could not allow him to live.

Jiang Chen escaped Bibi Dong’s ultimatum when black-clad attackers stormed Pope’s Palace, then used his spatial Soul Skill to protect Shrek Academy and take them away. Bibi Dong turned her attention to the attackers, regarding them as prey.

• Bibi Dong threatened to kill Jiang Chen unless he joined Spirit Hall, but he rejected her offer.
• Black-clad figures attacked the arena, killing a contestant and targeting several groups, including Shrek Academy.
• Ye Lingling healed Jiang Chen while he prepared to defend his friends.
• Jiang Chen teleported beside Tang San and the others, killed an attacker, and protected the group.
• Jiang Chen used Green Lotus: Void Traverse to evacuate Shrek Academy and Ye Lingling through the venue’s dome.
• Bibi Dong prepared to attack the remaining black-clad figures, who did not realize she considered them prey.

Jiang Chen reunited with Qian Renxue, who treated his wounds and agreed to help him and his companions escape Spirit City. She disguised the group as civilians and led them toward the main gate, claiming she could get them through the guards.

• Jiang Chen and the others met Qian Renxue in a courtyard, and she gave him a healing pill for his injuries.
• Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing questioned Jiang Chen about his connection to Qian Renxue, while he explained they had arranged to meet.
• Qian Renxue told the group that Bibi Dong had sealed Spirit City and ordered them to follow her instructions if they wanted to escape.
• Qian Renxue supplied ordinary clothes, told the group to pose as civilians, and led them toward the main gate.
• Jiang Chen questioned how they could pass the gate guards, and Qian Renxue said she had a way to make them let the group through.

Qian Renxue used her authority to lead Jiang Chen and the others out of Spirit City, and Jiang Chen chose Sea God Island as their next destination. Three days later, they were aboard a merchant ship crossing the Vast Sea, where the Shrek Academy group struggled with the voyage.

• Qian Renxue showed a worshiper's token at Spirit City's western gate and persuaded the guard to let her group leave despite the Pope's order.
• After the group reached safety beyond the city walls, Tang San and Ning Rongrong asked Jiang Chen where they would go next.
• Qian Renxue gave Jiang Chen the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and he announced that the group would head to Sea God Island.
• Qian Renxue revealed that she had already arranged a ship and led the group toward the harbor.
• Three days later, the Shrek Academy group lay sprawled on the deck of a merchant ship crossing the Vast Sea, and one of them complained that they could not take it anymore.

Jiang Chen gathered the Shrek Academy group and Qian Renxue on deck, saying he would help improve their strength. He trapped them in his Green Lotus Domain and unleashed his scorching flames, leaving Qian Renxue unaware of the danger as the others braced themselves.

• Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Dugu Yan joked about Jiang Chen and Qian Renxue, prompting Jiang Chen to call everyone onto the deck.
• Jiang Chen ordered Qian Renxue to join the Shrek Seven Devils, promising to explain why he wanted to go to Sea God Island.
• Jiang Chen activated the Green Lotus Domain, sealing everyone on the deck inside a barrier.
• Jiang Chen criticized the group for being weak and said he would help them improve their strength.
• Jiang Chen lit the second Crimson Lotus Petal, filling the domain with intense heat, while Oscar warned Qian Renxue that Jiang Chen's flames were no ordinary fire.

Jiang Chen subjected Qian Renxue and the others to an hour and a half of Red Lotus Karma Fire to temper their bodies, revealing that the flames could burn their souls while also improving their meridians and Soul Power. Qian Renxue endured the agony rather than admit weakness, while the others struggled through the training aboard the ship.

• Qian Renxue approached Jiang Chen's Red Lotus Karma Fire confidently, but recoiled when it burned through her skin, bones, and soul.
• Qian Renxue noticed the fire slightly widened her meridians and improved the flow of her Soul Power as Jiang Chen announced the session would last an hour and a half.
• Jiang Chen explained to Qian Renxue that Red Lotus Karma Fire was made to burn souls, while Tang San realized the flames had grown stronger along with Jiang Chen.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and the others pleaded and complained as they endured the fire, but Jiang Chen insisted they needed to grow stronger before going to Sea God Island.
• Jiang Chen raised the flames' temperature when Dugu Yan said she would rather stay in Heaven Dou City, making her apologize before he lowered the heat again.

Jiang Chen put the group through Karma Fire tempering, healed them with his Green Lotus, then began a harsher round of Heavenly Thunder training. As the lightning struck, Qian Renxue noticed it was strengthening her meridians and accelerating her Soul Power circulation.

• Jiang Chen ended the first half-hour of Karma Fire tempering, leaving the exhausted group sprawled across the deck.
• Qian Renxue discovered the fire had widened her meridians by ten percent and sped up her Soul Power circulation.
• Jiang Chen used the Green Lotus Petal to heal the group, then revealed that the Karma Fire session had only been a warm-up.
• Jiang Chen explained that Heavenly Thunder tempered meridians and unleashed lightning across the Green Lotus Domain.
• Xiao Wu, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, and Qian Renxue endured the lightning, and Qian Renxue noticed her meridians growing tougher and her Soul Power speeding up.

Jiang Chen explained that Heavenly Thunder Tempering had quickly improved everyone’s meridians and Soul Power circulation, though they had to recover without healing abilities. After learning Jiang Chen had reached level fifty-nine and believed he could defeat Yue Guan as a Soul Emperor, the group got moving again for a promised seafood feast.

• Jiang Chen told the group their Soul Power absorption had become about thirty percent faster after the thunder tempering, and everyone confirmed they felt the improvement.
• After half an hour, Jiang Chen ended the Green Lotus Domain and instructed the exhausted group to let their meridians recover naturally instead of using healing abilities.
• Qian Renxue and Tang San found their meridians had grown tougher and their Soul Power circulated more smoothly as they recovered.
• Tang San asked Jiang Chen about his level, and Jiang Chen revealed he was level fifty-nine and expected to have a seventy percent chance of beating Yue Guan as a Soul Emperor.
• Jiang Chen promised the group a seafood feast, prompting Oscar and the others to get up and start moving despite their pain.

Bibi Dong learned that two attackers with Dragon-type and Phoenix Martial Souls had escaped, but let the Shrek Academy group go after learning they had left with the Grand Pontiff’s Offering Token. The group reached Vast Sea City and began searching for a ship to take them to Sea God Island, but captains refused because of the danger.

• Bibi Dong absorbed the life energy of captured black-clad assassins and learned that two attackers had escaped with Dragon-type and Phoenix Martial Souls.
• Gui Mei told Bibi Dong that the Shrek Academy group had disappeared and left through the west gate carrying the Grand Pontiff’s Offering Token.
• Bibi Dong ordered Gui Mei not to pursue the group, saying Jiang Chen would return and she had her own arrangements.
• Jiang Chen and his companions arrived in Vast Sea City and decided to find a sturdier ship and an experienced captain for the voyage to Sea God Island.
• Tang San and Ning Rongrong returned after captains refused to sail to Sea God Island, which they described as a deadly home of sea soul beasts.

Jiang Chen took the Shrek group to Vast Sea City's trading hall to find a vessel suited for their journey, avoiding an expensive sailing ship because he expected it would not survive the voyage. He asked an elder about the Dragon Abyss Boat, and learned that the trading hall had one but that it would not be cheap.

• Jiang Chen proposed buying a ship at an auction house, and Tang San agreed that they should look for one capable of long-distance travel.
• The group visited the Vast Sea Chamber of Commerce's auction house, where a maid offered them the Sea Emperor for a starting bid of two million Gold Soul Coins.
• Jiang Chen decided the Sea Emperor was not worth buying and led the group to the trading hall instead.
• Jiang Chen let the group shop and named Ning Rongrong, or Qian Renxue, as the one who would pay; Ning Rongrong agreed to cover their purchases.
• Jiang Chen searched the trading hall for the Dragon Abyss Boat and asked an elderly Soul Emperor about it, who confirmed it was available but expensive.

Jiang Chen bought the Dragon Abyss Boat after bargaining its price down, while Ning Rongrong and the others purchased their own supplies. He led the group to the Black Market Port to find a ship for their voyage, where they spotted a massive black cruise ship that made Tang San uneasy.

• Jiang Chen examined the Dragon Abyss Boat and bargained the old man down from thirty thousand to twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Xiao Wu showed off her purchases, Ning Rongrong revealed she had bought Water-Repelling Pearls, and Tang San said he had purchased materials for hidden weapons.
• Jiang Chen led the group toward the harbor instead of explaining their destination, then took them to the Black Market Port.
• Jiang Chen ignored the sailors soliciting customers and led everyone to a huge black cruise ship at the far end of the shoreline.
• Tang San frowned at the ship, saying it felt strange.