Chapter Summaries

Tian Yao’s team overwhelmed Shrek in the arena, eliminating Tang San’s teammates one by one while Tang San barely survived Tian Yao’s explosive attack. Su Yurou froze Tang San, and Tian Yao punched him off the stage, ending the match with Shrek defeated.

• The Star Dou Forest overlords warned Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong not to interfere as Gu Ningqiu beat Xiao Wu.
• Qian Yang, Gu Ningqiu, Liu He, and Qi Kuang knocked Tai Long, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing out of the match.
• Qiangu Bowen struck Ma Hongjun out of the arena, while Su Yurou froze Oscar into an ice sculpture.
• Tang San survived the explosion of Tian Yao’s golden crocodile phantom by using most of his Soul Power, then discovered that his teammates had been defeated.
• Su Yurou froze Tang San with an Ice Arrow, and Tian Yao punched him off the stage.

After the Golden Team defeated Shrek, Tian Yao defended the team’s actions with a cutting speech, provoking Tang Chen and other powerful figures to pressure her. Ao Zhan appeared to protect her and confronted them, leaving the dispute poised to escalate.

• Tang San and the Shrek members lay badly injured after the match, and Yu Xiaogang demanded that the referee declare the Golden Team losers for attempting to kill them.
• Tian Yao told the referee that the team had followed the rules and argued that Shrek was responsible for losing because they had chosen to fight opponents they could not defeat.
• Tang Chen, Danielle, and Bo Saixi pressured Tian Yao, while Lucifer threatened Yu Xiaogang into silence and Yu Yuanzhen refused to defend his son.
• Tang Chen justified teaching Tian Yao a lesson by invoking her claim that strength ruled the world, and Yu Yuanzhen acknowledged that Yu Xiaogang had put Tang Chen in a difficult position.
• Ao Zhan appeared on the stage, drove back the pressure on Tian Yao, and challenged Tang Chen, Bo Saixi, and Danielle.

Ao Zhan intervened when Tang Chen and the others pressured Tian Yao, forcing Tang Chen to apologize and turning the audience against Shrek Academy over its alleged past abuses. Liu Erlong erupted at Ao Zhan, but Shui Ningbing immediately crushed her momentum with her pressure.

• Ao Zhan arrived to cheers, stopped the pressure on Tian Yao, and challenged the seven Limit Douluo to fight him.
• Lucifer urged Tang Chen to apologize, and Tang Chen admitted he should not have attacked Tian Yao; Tian Yao accepted the apology.
• Ao Zhan warned Tang Chen not to repeat the incident, then accused Shrek Academy's teachers of mistreating students and refusing to return their registration fees.
• Liu Erlong angrily denied Ao Zhan's accusations, prompting the audience to berate her and demand an investigation into Shrek Academy.
• Liu Erlong released her martial soul and Soul Sage aura, but Shui Ningbing stood up and overwhelmed her with pressure.

Shui Ningbing and the other heads of the elemental families overwhelmed Liu Erlong after she resisted, while Ao Zhan challenged Shrek’s leaders over their conduct. Bo Saixi swallowed her pride and asked Ao Zhan to punish Yu Xiaogang instead of Shrek Academy, leaving Ao Zhan surprised that she had backed down.

• Ning Fengzhi realized the three elemental family heads had become Title Douluos and concluded that Spirit Hall and its Mystic Beast allies were far more powerful than they appeared.
• Liu Erlong tried to break free from the three heads’ pressure, but Shui Ningbing struck her unconscious and gravely wounded her without endangering her life.
• Ao Zhan confronted Flender and Yu Xiaogang about their anger, prompting Yu Xiaogang to seek help from the VIP section.
• Bo Saixi and Danielle stepped forward because Tang San’s plans and the God Trials mattered, though Danielle had no special regard for Ma Hongjun.
• Bo Saixi asked Ao Zhan to spare Shrek Academy and punish Yu Xiaogang instead, surprising Ao Zhan after he had hoped she would challenge him.

Ao Zhan captured Yu Xiaogang after Shrek’s defeat, while Tang San and Liu Erlong learned of the capture and reacted with fury. Liu Erlong rushed after Ao Zhan, and Flender caught up with her as she feared Spirit Hall would punish Xiaogang.

• Bo Saixi and Danielle agreed that Ao Zhan should punish Yu Xiaogang, and Yu Yuanzhen refused to defend his son.
• Ao Zhan bound Yu Xiaogang with a vine, dragged him away, and the referee declared Golden Academy the winner.
• Bo Saixi healed Tang San, Xiao Wu, Liu Erlong, and the others, while Shrek’s reputation collapsed.
• Tang San and Liu Erlong learned that Ao Zhan had taken Yu Xiaogang and swore vengeance, but Tang San stayed to compete in the second round.
• Tang San’s team won its match amid the crowd’s curses, then fled the arena in disgrace.
• Flender caught up with Liu Erlong, who said she could not let Spirit Hall punish Yu Xiaogang.

Liu Erlong enlisted Flender to help rescue Yu Xiaogang, whom she believed Ao Zhan had taken to the Great Soul Arena. Ao Zhan had already sent Yu Xiaogang to Spirit City, and after he showed Liu Erlong a false image of Xiaogang being tortured, she charged into his private room.

• Liu Erlong told Flender that Yu Yuanzhen had abandoned Yu Xiaogang and asked him to help rescue Xiaogang; Flender agreed.
• Liu Erlong and Flender hid outside Ao Zhan's VIP room, hoping to find a chance to act, unaware Ao Zhan had detected them.
• Ao Zhan revealed that he had teleported Yu Xiaogang to Spirit City and was with Gu Yuena in the VIP room.
• Ao Zhan sent a false image of a bloodied, bound Yu Xiaogang into Liu Erlong's mind.
• Liu Erlong screamed Xiaogang's name and smashed through the VIP room door, leaving Flender alarmed.

Liu Erlong and Flender confronted Ao Zhan, who gravely wounded them and had them removed from his room. Gu Yuena then watched Gu Ningqiu lead Golden Academy to victory over Evil God Academy, while Ao Zhan said the tournament’s godly inheritors would struggle against Golden Team and Super Beast Team.

• Liu Erlong broke down Ao Zhan’s door, demanded to know where Yu Xiaogang was, and learned that he had already reached Spirit City.
• Ao Zhan struck Liu Erlong with a powerful gust, leaving her unconscious with severe injuries, then mocked her and Yu Xiaogang.
• Flender attacked Ao Zhan in anger, but Ao Zhan punched him into a wall and ordered staff to remove both wounded visitors.
• Gu Yuena watched Gu Ningqiu and Golden Academy defeat Evil God Academy, whose captain, Lu Mingfei, conceded after his teammates were knocked off the stage.
• Ao Zhan told Gu Yuena that Golden Team and Super Beast Team would be difficult for the tournament’s godly inheritors to defeat, then asked her to return to her silver dragon girl form.

Tang San told Tang Chen and Bo Saixi that Ao Zhan had badly injured Flender and Liu Erlong, and Bo Saixi healed their internal wounds. Liu Erlong’s facial scars remained permanent, and she woke furious at Ao Zhan.

• The Great Soul Arena returned Flender and Liu Erlong on stretchers, with Liu Erlong’s face and chest permanently damaged.
• Tang San rushed to Tang Chen and Bo Saixi for help after explaining what had happened.
• Bo Saixi healed Flender and Liu Erlong’s internal injuries but could not remove Liu Erlong’s scars.
• Liu Erlong woke and roared angrily at Ao Zhan, while Flender looked at her face in horror.

Yu Xiaogang endured Qian Xunji’s torture in Spirit City and demanded to know where Bibi Dong was. Qian Xunji told him she was dead, and Yu Xiaogang accused him of killing her before Qian Xunji slapped him.

• Qian Xunji tortured Yu Xiaogang with a red-hot branding iron, while Ye Renxin repeatedly healed him so the punishment could continue.
• After Ye Renxin left, Yu Xiaogang demanded to see Bibi Dong and asked whether Qian Xunji had imprisoned her.
• Qian Xunji told Yu Xiaogang that Bibi Dong was already dead.
• Yu Xiaogang accused Qian Xunji of killing Bibi Dong and cursed him for it.
• Qian Xunji put on gloves and slapped Yu Xiaogang across the face.

Qian Xunji exposed Yu Xiaogang’s selfish motives and condemned him to a future public ruin rather than killing him. Yu Xiaogang was taken to Spirit Hall Prison and left in a cell whose occupants hinted at trouble ahead.

• Qian Xunji accused Yu Xiaogang of using Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong to pursue fame and protect his reputation.
• Yu Xiaogang trembled as Qian Xunji revealed that he intended to discredit his theories and destroy his reputation before killing him.
• Qian Xunji had two men drag Yu Xiaogang to Spirit Hall Prison and place him in a cell.
• A prison guard told Yu Xiaogang that the cell had been arranged by the Pope, then left him pleading at the door.
• Someone in the cell told Yu Xiaogang to turn around.

Yu Xiaogang joined the Philosophy Society in his cell, where the members took him to bathe and discovered he lacked the body part they expected. The next day, Liu Erlong watched the Great Soul Arena in Heaven Dou City masked and grieving over her changed face, while Flender promised she would not lose Yu Xiaogang again.

• A Jie introduced Yu Xiaogang to the Philosophy Society members, and Billy made him an official member.
• Yu Xiaogang proudly revealed he was a Master of Martial Soul Theory, and Billy said the society’s newcomer rule required them to taste his Ginseng Fruit and have him pick up soap during a bath.
• The Philosophy Society members discovered Yu Xiaogang did not have the thing they expected, and their soap began falling to the ground.
• Liu Erlong appeared masked beside Shrek’s teachers at the Great Soul Arena in Heaven Dou City, and the spectators failed to recognize her.
• Flender comforted Liu Erlong about her changed face and promised he would not let Yu Xiaogang leave her.

Super Beast Academy faced Thunder Academy, and Huo Linfei provoked Yu Tiankuo before the match began. Ye Lingyun and the Super Beast Team took control of the fight, leaving Thunder Academy struggling to keep up.

• Huo Linfei mocked Thunder Academy’s Martial Souls and angered Yu Tiankuo with taunts about their ignorance.
• Yu Tiankuo charged Huo Linfei at the start, but Ye Lingyun blocked his Thunder Thrust with an unshaken barrier.
• Feng Yao kicked Yu Tiankuo away, while Yu Tianheng used Ning Rongrong’s buffs and his Thunder Dragon skills to stop his retreat.
• Yu Tiankuo and Yu Tianheng acknowledged the Super Beast Team’s strength but chose to keep fighting.
• Feng Yao defeated his opponent and sent him off the arena with a series of attacks and a spinning kick.
• Feng Ying overpowered and kicked her Thunder Leopard opponent off the arena while Ye Lingyun prevented Feng Yao from joining their fight.

Huo Linfei defeated Yu Tiankuo with his new Sunrise Blade, while Tian Yu finished Yu Tianheng to secure the Super Beast Team’s victory over the Thunder Team. Ning Rongrong was left as the sole standing member after the referee announced the result.

• Long Jian and Tai Lei defeated Yu Tianxin, while Huo Linfei and Tian Yu continued fighting Yu Tiankuo and Yu Tianheng.
• Huo Linfei and Yu Tiankuo clashed with Sunrise Blade and Thought-Piercing Void, and Huo Linfei remained standing as Yu Tiankuo fainted.
• Ye Lingyun and the others let Ning Rongrong continue boosting Yu Tianheng, confident she could not change the match’s outcome.
• Tian Yu defeated Yu Tianheng with Tian Yu Feather Slash, leaving Ning Rongrong as the only Thunder Team member still standing.
• The referee announced the Super Beast Team as the winner.

Ao Zhan recalled sending Tian Yao into eight brutal training environments to improve her physical abilities, then watched Golden Academy defeat Withered Wood Academy without her revealing any new strength. Shrek Academy prepared to face Skywater Academy, where Ma Hongjun asked Tang San to stop calling him Fatty because he had become a girl.

• Ao Zhan remembered how Tian Yao asked him to improve her base speed and physical abilities so she could counter fast opponents like Ye Lingyun.
• Ao Zhan created eight harsh training environments for Tian Yao and warned that she would need resolve to endure them without using her martial soul.
• Ao Zhan noted that Tian Yao had not yet shown the results of her training, and Golden Academy defeated Withered Wood Academy without forcing her to reveal them.
• Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er prepared Skywater Academy to fight Shrek Academy and planned to use their new move from the start.
• Tang San assigned Ma Hongjun to be Shrek Academy's main force, and Ma Hongjun asked him to stop calling him Fatty because the Rakshasa God Trial had turned him into a girl.

Shrek faced Skywater Academy in the tournament, but Shui Bing'er used her teammates' combined energy to freeze and defeat the Seven Devils. Tang San lost consciousness after trying to resist, and Skywater Academy won the match.

• Ma Hongjun told Tang San to call her Hongjun, and the Shrek Seven Devils prepared to face Skywater Academy.
• Shui Bing'er opened with Blizzard, but Ma Hongjun's Rakshasa Evil Flame drove back the storm and revealed Skywater transferring energy to Shui Bing'er.
• Tang San recognized the energy-transfer tactic and ordered the team to interrupt it, but Shui Bing'er unleashed Ice Snow Blast and froze all seven Shrek fighters.
• Shui Bing'er used Ice Blast to injure the frozen Shrek Seven Devils, then froze Tang San again when he tried to stay conscious and threaten her.
• The referee declared Skywater Academy the winner, and the crowd cheered.

After seeing Skywater Team transmit energy to win, Ao Zhan taught Qian Xunji how the Angel Legion could use an Angel Formation to channel its Alien Energy into one fighter. He explained to Gu Yuena why this was safer than transmitting Soul Power, and she wondered whether their own energy could be stacked without limit.

• Ao Zhan recognized Skywater Team's energy-transmission tactic as similar to the Cloud Bat Formation and devised a way for the Angel Legion to use it.
• Ao Zhan contacted Qian Xunji with a communication Soul Tool and explained how the Angel Legion could channel its Alien Energy into one member.
• Qian Xunji thanked Ao Zhan, learned that Shui Bing'er had conceived the method, and ordered Qian Zhao to gather the Angel Legion for immediate formation drills.
• Ao Zhan told Gu Yuena that channeling external Alien Energy through a formation was safer than transferring Soul Power or allowing energy to surge uncontrollably inside the body.
• Gu Yuena asked whether she, her sister, Di Tian, and the others could transmit and stack Alien Energy to gain overwhelming power.

Ao Zhan explained why the Cloud Bat Formation was unsuitable for ground armies and warned Gu Yuena not to rely on gathered power instead of cultivating her own Alien Energy. The chapter ended as the Godwind Team and Wind God Team began their match.

• Ao Zhan pointed out that the Cloud Bat Formation left its energy sources vulnerable and worked best for flying armies such as the Angel Legion.
• Ao Zhan urged Gu Yuena to strengthen her own Alien Energy rather than fixate on shortcuts, and she acknowledged her mistake.
• Gu Yuena and Ao Zhan watched the Godwind Team face the Wind God Team in the arena.
• Simon mocked Feng Xiaotian and demanded that he surrender, but Feng Xiaotian refused.
• The referee started the match, and wind swept across the arena.

Feng Xiaotian defeated Simon despite Simon’s Wind God Martial Soul and Extreme Wind, leading Godwind Academy to victory over the Wind God Team. The loss enraged Kane and ruined his plan to raise the Wind God Sect’s prestige.

• Feng Xiaotian and Simon fought in the air as the two teams clashed across the arena.
• Simon questioned why his Extreme Wind could not suppress Feng Xiaotian, who refused to explain that Alien Energy protected him from its effects.
• Simon charged in anger, but Feng Xiaotian broke through his wind defense and knocked him off the arena.
• The Wind God Team panicked after Simon’s defeat, and the Godwind Team defeated its remaining members.
• The audience cheered for Godwind Academy, while Kane grew furious that the Wind God Team had lost.

Feng Xiaotian used his self-created Rasenshuriken to defeat Shrek Academy in under a minute. The badly injured Shrek team was left on the arena as Wind God Academy claimed victory.

• Shui Bing'er told Feng Xiaotian that Gu Ningqiu wanted him to crush Shrek Academy in under a minute and promised him a wind-attributed heavenly treasure if he succeeded.
• Feng Xiaotian accepted and planned to use the self-created soul skill he had recently mastered under the Azure Dragon War God's guidance.
• Flender warned Shrek's team that Wind God Academy was formidable, but Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun confidently promised to win.
• At the start of the match, Wind God Academy's members took to the air and pressured Shrek with wind blades while Feng Xiaotian gathered wind energy.
• Feng Xiaotian unleashed Rasenshuriken, and Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun's attacks triggered its explosion, whose wind elements pierced the Shrek team and spread Ma Hongjun's Rakshasa Evil Flame.
• Wind God Academy defeated Shrek Academy in under a minute, leaving everyone except Ma Hongjun severely burned and the whole team covered in wounds.

The Godwind Team defeated Shrek Academy so severely that spectators began wondering why Spirit Hall teams kept nearly crippling Shrek. Ao Zhan told Gu Yuena that he had seen a future in which Tang San betrayed the Soul Beast Clan, and the next day's draw matched Shrek against Thunder Academy.

• Liu Erlong and Flender called out to the injured Shrek members as Tang Chen, Bo Saixi, and Danielle reacted to the defeat.
• Ao Zhan told Gu Yuena that in the future he had seen, Tang San helped destroy Spirit Hall and schemed against the Soul Beast Clan and Gu Yuena.
• Gu Yuena grew furious at Tang San and vowed to make him pay for the future Ao Zhan described.
• Spectators noticed that Spirit Hall teams repeatedly inflicted severe injuries on Shrek and began looking forward to their next matchup.
• The next day's draw paired Shrek with Thunder Academy, while several other notable teams received their opponents.
• When Flender told the recovering Shrek members about the draw, Tang San's eyes lit up at the matchup.