Chapter Summaries

Ning Fengzhi, Tang Xiao, and Yu Yuanzhen agreed to join forces against a dangerous enemy, while Tang Hao was prevented from going because of his injuries. At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang’s anticipated breakthrough failed when he passed gas and lost the gathered Soul Power, leaving him devastated and withdrawing to his room.

• Ning Fengzhi arranged for Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo to go after their enemy, and Yu Yuanzhen offered to join them.
• Tang Hao insisted on going, but Tang Xiao stopped him because his injuries had not healed.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to break through to Rank 30 as Liu Erlong, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and the others watched.
• Yu Xiaogang passed gas, lost the Soul Power he had gathered, and failed to break through.
• Liu Erlong and the others tried to comfort Yu Xiaogang, but Xiao Wu said the Mysterious Heaven Skill was not at fault.
• Yu Xiaogang recognized their consolation as insincere, said he was tired, and went into his room.

Jiang Ming reunited with Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan in Spirit City after dominating the Promotion Tournament, then hinted that the finals might never take place. He left the city that night and called out to the Pope, who had followed him to a secluded valley.

• Jiang Ming visited Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan at Spirit City's finest hotel, where they recalled his overwhelming victory over them three years earlier.
• Jiang Ming said he had forcibly taken first place in the Promotion Tournament, ended it early, and subdued a Soul Douluo headmaster.
• Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena reacted with disbelief to Jiang Ming's strength, and Xie Yue asked him to go easy on them if they met in the finals.
• Jiang Ming hinted that there might be no final round, leaving Hu Liena uneasy, but did not explain what he meant.
• Jiang Ming left Spirit City alone that night, stopped in a secluded valley, and called out to the Pope, telling them to stop hiding.

Bibi Dong confronted Jiang Ming over his injuries to Yu Xiaogang, but Jiang Ming provoked her by insulting Yu Xiaogang and mocking her concern for him. After Jiang Ming countered several of her Soul Skills, Bibi Dong activated her Martial Soul Avatar, escalating the fight.

• Bibi Dong appeared in the valley in her Death Spider Emperor possession and demanded to know why Jiang Ming had hurt Yu Xiaogang.
• Jiang Ming denied hurting Yu Xiaogang, then ridiculed his abilities and called him a coward, enraging Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong attacked with Death Poison Mist and Death Spider Web Restraint, but Jiang Ming dispelled the mist and compressed the web with spatial abilities.
• Bibi Dong fired Bloodsucking Spider Spikes at Jiang Ming, who redirected them through spatial rifts; she blocked them with Thorn Spider Armor and questioned his background.
• Jiang Ming further taunted Bibi Dong about Yu Xiaogang, and she activated her Martial Soul Avatar.

Jiang Ming fought Bibi Dong to a stalemate until Qian Daoliu intervened and persuaded her to leave. After discussing Bibi Dong and her motives, Jiang Ming turned to business and asked Qian Daoliu to honor their agreement for the five powerful enemies he had killed.

• Bibi Dong and her Spider Emperor Clone attacked Jiang Ming, but his Void Form and swordsmanship kept them from gaining the advantage.
• Jiang Ming taunted Bibi Dong about Yu Xiaogang, and she threatened to die with him if he spoke again.
• Qian Daoliu arrived and ordered Bibi Dong to stop; she withdrew after threatening Jiang Ming with a murderous look.
• Jiang Ming and Qian Daoliu discussed Bibi Dong, with Qian Daoliu explaining her importance to Spirit Hall and his sympathy for her.
• Jiang Ming reminded Qian Daoliu that he had killed five Soul Douluo and Titled Douluo from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile and Clear Sky Sects, and asked for the agreed Space Soul Beast in return.

Jiang Ming turned down Qian Daoliu’s attempt to arrange a match with Qian Renxue, while Qian Daoliu promised him a rare Space Soul Beast once he reached level sixty. Outside Spirit City, six Titled Douluo gave up waiting for Jiang Ming to leave and planned to join the coming fight there, as Tang Hao warned Tang San that the finals would bring a Titled Douluo battle.

• Qian Daoliu praised Jiang Ming for killing a Haotian Sect Titled Douluo and promised to find him a Space Soul Beast when he reached level sixty.
• Qian Daoliu proposed a match with his granddaughter Qian Renxue, but Jiang Ming joked that she would need to bring a brick of gold to marry him.
• Three days later, Tang Xiao, the Haotian Sect elders, Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo, and Yu Yuanzhen abandoned their vigil outside Spirit City and decided to wait inside for Bibi Dong to act.
• Tang Hao read a report that the assassination had failed and Jiang Ming had fought Bibi Dong, then warned Tang San that the finals would bring a battle between Titled Douluo.

Tang San weighed Tang Hao’s warning about the danger in Spirit City against his friends’ reasons for entering the finals. He agreed to compete, and Ning Rongrong proposed using the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Ring Fusion technique to combine the Shrek Seven Devils’ Soul Power.

• Tang Hao urged Tang San to give up the finals, warning him about the Title Douluo battle in Spirit City and the danger Xiao Wu would face if her identity were exposed.
• Xiao Wu decided to stay in Heaven Dou City so Tang San could compete without worrying about her safety.
• Dai Mubai told Tang San that he had to compete to preserve his chance of surviving the struggle for the Star Luo throne, and Zhu Zhuqing said her fate depended on his victory.
• Tang San agreed to enter the finals after hearing Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing explain that they had no way back.
• Ning Rongrong revealed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Ring Fusion secret technique and proposed combining the Shrek Seven Devils’ Soul Power.

Tang San and his companions planned to master Seven-in-One Ring Fusion, and Yu Xiaogang prepared to train them through combat against Tang Hao. In Spirit City, Ning Fengzhi warned Tang San and Ning Rongrong to stay far away on the day of the finals.

• Ning Rongrong proposed fusing the Soul Power of all seven companions, and Tang San agreed to control the combined power.
• Yu Xiaogang explained Ring Fusion’s risks and introduced the more demanding Seven-in-One technique.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered high-intensity sparring against Tang Hao so the group could build coordination, with no one sleeping that night.
• Days later in Spirit City, Ning Fengzhi told Tang San about Spirit Hall’s three level fifty-five Soul Kings: Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan.
• Ning Fengzhi warned Tang San to keep his distance on the day of the finals, then called Ning Rongrong into the room.

Ning Rongrong learned that seven Titled Douluo were expected to target Jiang Ming, while Tang Hao revealed that Jiang Ming and Dugu Bo had destroyed the Clear Sky Sect’s four affiliated clans. At the Soul Master Tournament finals in Spirit City, Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun confronted their younger relatives, while the Heaven Dou Imperial Team watched Jiang Ming from across the competitors’ area.

• Ning Fengzhi warned Ning Rongrong to stay far from the finals and said he could confirm that seven Titled Douluo would appear.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that the Strength, Breaking, Defense, and Speed Clans had been wiped out by Jiang Ming and Dugu Bo.
• The Soul Master Tournament finals began in Spirit City, where Ning Fengzhi described the obsidian fighting platform to Tang San and the others.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun insulted Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Weisi threatened to show no mercy if they met on the platform.
• Yu Tianheng intervened in the confrontation, while the Heaven Dou Imperial Team focused on Jiang Ming standing with six others at the edge of the competitors’ area.

Bibi Dong appeared ahead of schedule at the tournament alongside six powerful figures, including five Titled Douluo, shocking the assembled teams and spectators. When the Red-Robed Bishop ordered everyone to kneel, the Shrek Six Monsters and Dai Mubai remained standing, with Tang San staring at Bibi Dong in hatred.

• Yu Tianheng, Osler, and Yu Feng said the Heaven Dou Imperial Team should surrender rather than face Jiang Ming, while Bai Chi and Zhi Zhang challenged their defeatism.
• Xie Yue warned the Spirit Hall team to obey Jiang Ming and surrender against Flame Radiance Academy rather than provoke him.
• Bibi Dong emerged from Pope Palace with Yu Yuanzhen, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, Ning Fengzhi, Yue Guan, and Ghost, stunning the crowd with their unexpected arrival.
• Yu Xiaogang lowered his head as Liu Erlong stepped between him and Bibi Dong, shielding him from the viewing stand.
• The Red-Robed Bishop ordered the teams and spectators to kneel, but Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Ning Rongrong remained standing.

Jiang Ming defied Bibi Dong at the tournament draw ceremony, then learned Flame Radiance Academy would face Shrek Academy in the first round. As the teams prepared for the tournament, Bibi Dong spotted Yu Xiaogang among Shrek’s party, while Tang San glared at Jiang Ming and blamed him and Dugu Bo for killing his clansmen.

• Jiang Ming refused to kneel before Bibi Dong, dismissing Shrek’s team as ants and telling the Pope she was only in the Fellow Daoist Realm.
• Bibi Dong restrained the angry Temple Knights and continued the draw ceremony, announcing that the champions would receive five Spirit Bones.
• Jiang Ming considered acting during the finals or sooner and hoped Dugu Bo would keep up his apparent act.
• Bibi Dong noticed Yu Xiaogang behind Liu Erlong among Shrek Academy’s party.
• The draw paired Flame Radiance Academy with Shrek Academy in the first round, and Tang San blamed Jiang Ming and Dugu Bo for killing his clansmen.

The finals began with Jiang Ming facing Shrek Academy alone, while Shrek revealed its powerful lineup and Tang San’s six-in-one technique. Jiang Ming knocked Jiang Zhu out with one slap, and Yu Xiaogang celebrated Tang San’s enormous Clear Sky Hammer as the Star Luo Division watched in shock.

• The finals opened with Shrek Academy fielding seven fighters and Jiang Ming entering the arena alone for Flame Radiance Academy.
• Shrek released its Martial Souls, revealing Tang San as a Soul King with five Soul Rings and the rest of the team’s formidable lineup.
• Jiang Ming revealed five Soul Rings and walked toward Jiang Zhu, who refused to move aside.
• Jiang Ming slapped Jiang Zhu out of the arena, leaving her unable to fight.
• Tang San and the five remaining Shrek members performed Six-in-One, channeling their Soul Power into Tang San and enlarging his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Yu Xiaogang loudly claimed credit for the technique, while Liu Erlong held his clothes and Bibi Dong watched without reacting; the Star Luo Division stared in shock.

Jiang Ming effortlessly defeated Tang San and the Shrek team, then forced Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing to fight for survival. Bibi Dong intervened as Jiang Ming confronted her.

• Tang San used the Clear Sky Hammer's Martial Soul Avatar, but Jiang Ming blocked it and sliced the hammer apart with the Void Blade.
• Tang San screamed from the severed avatar's backlash, and the other five Shrek members were injured and scattered across the arena.
• Dai Mubai begged Jiang Ming to spare him and offered him control of the Star Luo Empire, but Jiang Ming ordered Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing to kill each other.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing fought brutally until Bibi Dong ordered them to stop.
• Jiang Ming challenged Bibi Dong's authority by asking whether he had given her too much face.

Jiang Ming publicly denounced Bibi Dong, provoking her but failing to make her attack him. After Yu Xiaogang challenged him on Spirit Hall’s behalf, Jiang Ming used Space Tear to kill him in front of the arena.

• Spirit Hall soul masters dragged Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing away, leaving blood trails across the arena.
• Jiang Ming cursed Bibi Dong as disloyal, unfilial, heartless, and unrighteous, while she restrained her killing intent.
• Yu Xiaogang stood up and demanded that Jiang Ming answer for insulting Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong recognized Jiang Ming’s smile as a sign that Yu Xiaogang had walked into a trap and shouted for him to run.
• Jiang Ming used Space Tear to sever Yu Xiaogang’s limbs and then behead him.

Jiang Ming killed Yu Xiaogang and had his remains transported to the spectator stands, where a poodle ate them. Liu Erlong collapsed into grief and blamed Jiang Ming, while the injured Shrek students could only watch; Ma Hongjun reflected that every cause had its consequence.

• Jiang Ming sliced Yu Xiaogang into pieces and used Spatial Shift to deposit his remains before a poodle.
• Liu Erlong rushed to Yu Xiaogang's remains, kicked the poodle away, and broke down in grief.
• Liu Erlong accused Jiang Ming of killing Yu Xiaogang and tried to charge at him before collapsing on the steps.
• Tang San, unable to move after his Martial Soul Avatar was cut apart, called for his teacher while Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar reacted to the tragedy.
• Ma Hongjun watched Liu Erlong silently and thought that every cause had its consequence.

Jiang Ming crippled Shrek’s five members and dodged Bibi Dong’s fatal attack, prompting her and six other Title Douluo to surround him in the Great Soul Arena. As the crowd fled, the battle began with Jiang Ming shattering Bone Douluo’s defense.

• Jiang Ming withdrew his finger after incapacitating Shrek’s five members and reprimanded them for obeying him.
• Bibi Dong unleashed her Soul Devouring Spider Emperor and fired Eternal Creation at Jiang Ming, but Void Form let him evade the attack; he then kicked her back.
• Yu Yuanzhen, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, Bone Douluo Gu Rong, Tang Xiao, and two Clear Sky Sect elders joined Bibi Dong to form a group of seven Title Douluo surrounding Jiang Ming.
• Ning Fengzhi enhanced the seven Title Douluo with his Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda as the audience fled the arena.
• Gu Rong attacked Jiang Ming with bone spikes, but they passed through him; Jiang Ming’s Void Blade then shattered Gu Rong’s Bone Defense, forcing him to retreat.

Jiang Ming evaded and redirected the attacks of the seven Titled Douluo, turning their assault against the Clear Sky Sect’s Second Elder. As Bibi Dong and Yu Yuanzhen prepared further attacks, the battle remained unresolved.

• Chen Xin’s Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Sect was redirected by Jiang Ming toward Ning Fengzhi, and Bone Douluo shielded him before Jiang Ming’s Space Tear shattered the bone shield and wounded Bone Douluo.
• Yu Yuanzhen and Tang Xiao attacked Jiang Ming from above and below, but his Void Form let their assaults pass through him and destroy the arena instead.
• Chen Xin deflected Jiang Ming’s Void Blade away from Yu Yuanzhen, while Tang Xiao’s repeated hammer strikes failed to hit Jiang Ming as he shifted through space.
• Bibi Dong’s fifth soul skill was redirected by Jiang Ming into the Clear Sky Sect’s Second Elder, sending him stumbling back and coughing blood.
• Bibi Dong attacked Jiang Ming with a barrage of poisoned light blades, and Yu Yuanzhen charged his ninth soul skill as nine enormous thunder dragons formed overhead.

Jiang Ming fought off seven Titled Douluos, using his spatial abilities to evade their attacks and expose gaps in their attempt to seal the arena. The battle ended with Yu Yuanzhen demanding that Bibi Dong make Yue Guan and Ghost join the fight, while the two Spirit Hall Douluos remained on the sidelines.

• Yu Yuanzhen’s lightning dragon attack collided with Jiang Ming’s golden dragon claw, which shattered Yu Yuanzhen’s claw and revealed a stronger dragon-type aura.
• Bone Douluo, Sword Douluo, Yu Yuanzhen, Tang Xiao, and two Clear Sky Sect elders combined their powers to seal the arena’s space, but Jiang Ming continued using Space Shift to evade them.
• Jiang Ming deflected Sword Douluo’s attack, dodged Bone Douluo’s bone whip, and clashed with Tang Xiao’s Clear Sky Hammer before redirecting its force into the ground.
• Jiang Ming used Spatial Stripping to isolate Yu Yuanzhen’s lightning, disrupting the seven Titled Douluos’ encirclement.
• Bone Douluo explained that gaps in the blockade left by the two weaker Clear Sky Sect elders prevented the group from fully closing their Heavenly Net.
• Yu Yuanzhen demanded to know why Yue Guan and Ghost were not helping, while Bibi Dong and the two Spirit Hall Douluos remained still.

Jiang Ming broke through Dugu Bo’s poison trap with the Golden Sacred Dragon’s power and used Spatial Shift to kill the Clear Sky Sect’s Third Elder. The battle continued with the other Titled Douluo still present.

• Bibi Dong failed to command Yue Guan and Ghost to attack Jiang Ming, while Qian Renxue declared that Jiang Ming would target Bibi Dong rather than Spirit Hall.
• As Jiang Ming prepared to escape, Dugu Bo trapped him and the seven Titled Douluo in a poison barrier, claiming he wanted revenge for his medicinal garden and Dugu Yan.
• Jiang Ming revealed the Golden Sacred Dragon and told Yu Yuanzhen that he had extracted its origin from Yu Yuanzhen’s son.
• Jiang Ming unleashed Dragon Emperor Annihilation Strike, dissolving Dugu Bo’s poison wall and forcing the seven Titled Douluo back.
• Jiang Ming used Spatial Shift to appear beside the Third Elder and severed his head with the Void Blade.

Jiang Ming vanished after taunting Qian Renxue, then reappeared to attack Ning Fengzhi and sever Chen Xin’s arm before escaping again. The arena was left shaken by his ambushes, while Shui Bing’er questioned why Dugu Bo had fought someone he had recently seemed close to.

• Jiang Ming disappeared from the arena after warning the Upper Three Sects and telling Qian Renxue he would chisel her when the time came.
• Bibi Dong berated the other fighters, and Tang Xiao confronted her over Yue Guan and Ghost’s refusal to act.
• Jiang Ming’s hidden Space Tear attacked Ning Fengzhi, but Gu Rong blocked it with his bone armor.
• Jiang Ming emerged from the void and severed Chen Xin’s left arm before escaping from Tang Xiao’s hammer strike.
• Ning Fengzhi treated Chen Xin as the assembled fighters reacted to Jiang Ming’s ambush, and Shui Bing’er questioned why Dugu Bo had opposed someone he had recently appeared close to.

After Jiang Ming left the tournament, the Spirit Hall Academy team won the championship, while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect vowed to fight him to the death. Three years later, Jiang Ming had trained in Moonwheel City, reached level sixty-three without gaining a Soul Ring, and developed powerful spatial abilities.

• Bibi Dong ordered the Soul Master Tournament to continue after the Titled Douluo left the arena, and Ning Rongrong blamed herself for Chen Xin's injuries.
• The Spirit Hall Academy team won the tournament with its three level-55 Soul Kings and Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Jiang Ming arrived at Xu Family Sword Hall and told Xu Youyou that he wanted her to take him as her master.
• Three years later, Jiang Ming demonstrated Dimensional Slash, combining Space Compression, Spatial Stripping, and Space Tear to destroy a rockery.
• Jiang Ming reflected on reaching level sixty-three without adding a Soul Ring, extracting the Blue Silver Emperor Spirit Bone's origin, and forming a fifty-meter Spatial Domain.
• Jiang Ming returned Dugu Bo's poison pill and continued attacking the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Clear Sky Sect.