Chapter Summaries

Asura God told Poseidon that he was a dispensable subordinate and ordered him to obey, threatening to withdraw his protection. Poseidon was left terrified and shaken as Asura God claimed control over Tang San's Sea God Trials.

• Asura God wounded Poseidon and explained that, as a God King, he had no need for Poseidon's services or Super Divine Tool.
• Rakshasa God confirmed Asura God's account while keeping secret that Evil God King had asked Asura God to save Poseidon.
• Poseidon struggled to accept that Asura God had never depended on him and had regarded him as a replaceable pawn.
• Asura God ordered Poseidon to obey him and said he would personally approve the contents and rewards of Tang San's Sea God Trials.
• Asura God threatened to abandon Poseidon, who feared that Evil God King, Destruction God King, and the gods he had offended would kill him.

The Asura God forced Poseidon to back down from giving Tang San extra benefits and took control of all future God Trials and their rewards. After Poseidon left, the Asura God admitted to the Rakshasa God that he wanted Tang San to struggle in the tournament, while Tang San grew furious when Poseidon gave him nothing.

• Poseidon begged the Asura God not to abandon him and agreed that he had been wrong to try to strengthen Tang San.
• The Asura God warned Poseidon not to benefit Tang San again and claimed authority over the content and rewards of every God Trial.
• Poseidon left the Asura God Temple, and the Asura God privately told the Rakshasa God that he wanted Tang San to suffer in the Soul Master Tournament.
• Poseidon returned without speaking to Tang San or giving him the promised compensation, leaving Tang San furious.

The Food God and the Nine-Colored Goddess sought the Asura God’s help rebuilding their ruined Divine Temple, offering to establish their own inheritance on Douluo Continent in return. The Asura God said he could not help, and the Rakshasa God explained that they first needed territory in their own Divine Domain.

• The Food God and the Nine-Colored Goddess failed again to repair their Divine Temple and decided to ask the Asura God for help.
• The Food God proposed passing down their inheritances on Douluo Continent to support the Asura God’s side and gain his favor.
• The couple visited the Asura God Temple and offered to let the Asura God and Rakshasa God choose their High Priestess and inheritors.
• The Asura God asked what reward they wanted, and the Food God requested help restoring their Divine Temple.
• The Asura God said he could not help, and the Rakshasa God explained that the couple needed territory in their own Divine Domain to build a temple.

The Food God and Nine-Colored Goddess learned that they had to reopen their own Divine Domains, but the Asura God arranged for the Food God to choose Oscar as his successor and Shao Xin as his High Priest. Oscar received the Food God's Nine Trials, while Shao Xin became a Limit Douluo, and Oscar began his first trial with a God-Bestowed Spirit Bone.

• The Rakshasa God explained that the Food God and Nine-Colored Goddess could not build temples until they reopened their own Divine Domains.
• The Asura God showed the Food God Oscar and Shao Xin, and the Food God chose Oscar as his successor and Shao Xin as his High Priest.
• The Rakshasa God offered the Food God and Nine-Colored Goddess his empty temple and gave them marks to pass its barrier.
• The Food God summoned Oscar and Shao Xin into an illusory world, granted Oscar the Food God's Nine Trials, and appointed Shao Xin as High Priest.
• Shao Xin rose to Limit Douluo, while Oscar began the First Trial and received a God-Bestowed Spirit Bone that could reach one hundred thousand years.

Oscar received the Food God's God Trial and Shao Xin became the Food God High Priest and a Limit Douluo. As Shrek prepared to face Thunder Academy, several Limit Douluo arrived to congratulate Shao Xin and escort him to the VIP seats.

• Oscar absorbed a God-Bestowed Spirit Bone as his left arm bone, gaining a 3,800-year-old bone and a Soul Bone Skill before he and Shao Xin awoke from the divine encounter.
• Shao Xin revealed that he had become the Food God High Priest and a level ninety-nine Limit Douluo, while Oscar confirmed that his God Trial had been real.
• Flender announced that Shrek's next opponent was Thunder Academy, and Tang San avoided explaining where he had gone the previous night.
• Shrek discussed its approach to Thunder Academy and headed for the competition venue.
• Tang Chen, Danielle, Bo Saixi, Lucifer, and three other Limit Douluo congratulated Shao Xin, and Tang Chen invited him to join them in the VIP seats.

Shrek's Dai Mubai fought Thunder Academy after Tai Long was defeated by Lei Jiuchong. Dai Mubai beat Lei Jiuchong, then faced Lei Mie and chose to counter his lightning attacks head-on.

• Shao Xin took his place as Food God High Priest and joined Tang Chen and the others at the arena.
• Tai Long challenged Lei Jiuchong, who outmaneuvered him and left him badly wounded before he collapsed.
• Dai Mubai entered the arena and defeated an exhausted Lei Jiuchong with a single palm strike.
• Lei Mie faced Dai Mubai and blocked his White Tiger Meteor Shower with Thunder Light Pillar.
• Lei Mie unleashed Thunder Fourfold, and Dai Mubai decided to meet the lightning attack with force.

Dai Mubai and Lei Mie knocked each other out, and Zhu Zhuqing was badly defeated by Lei Tian before Ma Hongjun beat Lei Tian. Yu Tiankuo entered the arena to face Ma Hongjun as Yu Tianheng stayed behind and reflected on his engagement to Ning Rongrong.

• Lei Mie broke Dai Mubai's defenses and battered him, but Dai Mubai struck back with his White Tiger Intense Light Wave, and both fighters collapsed in a draw.
• Lei Tian used his Thunder Eagle's lightning attacks to paralyze and defeat Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ma Hongjun flew above Lei Tian's attack and defeated him with a Phoenix Fire Line.
• Yu Tiankuo stopped Yu Tianheng from challenging Ma Hongjun because Yu Tianheng could not fly, then encouraged him to spend time with Ning Rongrong.
• Yu Tiankuo entered the arena, where his flames clashed with Ma Hongjun's lightning-filled battlefield.

Yu Tiankuo defeated Ma Hongjun and faced Tang San, mocking him for abandoning the Clear Sky Hammer despite his teacher Yu Xiaogang’s teaching that there were no trash Martial Souls. The argument left Tang San enraged and drew attention to a masked Shrek teacher who appeared to be Liu Erlong.

• Yu Tiankuo overwhelmed Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire Domain with his Nirvana Thunder Domain and struck him down with Thunder Thrust.
• After Ma Hongjun was carried away, Tang San entered the arena and summoned his Blood Sea Trident to face Yu Tiankuo.
• Yu Tiankuo taunted Tang San for changing Martial Souls and accused him of disregarding Yu Xiaogang’s teachings.
• Tang San angrily defended Yu Xiaogang and insisted he had never forgotten his teacher’s words.
• A masked Shrek teacher shouted at Yu Tiankuo and struggled against the other Shrek teachers holding her back, while spectators recognized her voice as Liu Erlong’s.

Yu Tiankuo challenged Tang San and Liu Erlong over their defense of Yu Xiaogang, arguing that Tang San’s replacement Martial Soul contradicted Yu Xiaogang’s teachings. Yu Yuanzhen then disowned Yu Xiaogang and cut Liu Erlong off from the World-Destroying Thunder Dragon Sect, leaving the arena stunned.

• Liu Erlong and Tang San grew angry as the arena’s teams and teachers discussed Tang San, then turned their attention to Yu Tiankuo for insulting Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Tiankuo argued that Tang San’s replacement Martial Soul showed that he and Yu Xiaogang did not live by the claim that there were no useless Martial Souls, only useless Soul Masters.
• Yu Tiankuo declared that Yu Xiaogang was no longer his uncle and that the Yu Clan and World-Destroying Thunder Dragon Sect had no connection to him.
• Yu Yuanzhen confirmed Yu Tiankuo’s stance, stripped Yu Xiaogang of his surname, expelled him from the sect, erased his name from the family register, and renamed him Xiaogang.
• Yu Yuanzhen also severed Liu Erlong’s ties to the sect, while sparing her from repaying her cultivation resources.
• The spectators and VIP guests were stunned as they realized Yu Yuanzhen had finally disowned his son.

Ao Zhan and Qian Renxue planned to save the news of Yu Xiaogang’s expulsion from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect until just before his execution. At the promotion matches, Liu Erlong attacked Yu Yuanzhen over his treatment of Yu Xiaogang, but he seriously injured her, and Shao Xin stabilized her while the tournament was set to continue.

• Ao Zhan decided to have Qian Xunji tell Yu Xiaogang about his expulsion shortly before his execution, and Qian Xunji shared the news with Qian Daoliu and the worshippers.
• Liu Erlong erupted after Yu Yuanzhen revealed that Yu Xiaogang had been stripped of his surname and removed from the family genealogy.
• Yu Yuanzhen asked Tang Chen, Bo Saixi, and Danielle for permission to handle the family dispute, and they agreed as long as he did not kill Liu Erlong.
• Liu Erlong transformed into her Fire Dragon Martial Soul Avatar and challenged Yu Yuanzhen, who struck her with Nirvana Lightning and forced her out of the transformation.
• Shao Xin fed Liu Erlong a Sugar Bean to stabilize her injuries, and Yu Tiankuo announced that the match would continue.

Yu Tiankuo defeated Tang San after countering his attempt to use Unfixed Storm and breaking through his blood-based defenses. Tang San was treated by Shao Xin, while the match ended with Yu Tiankuo victorious.

• Angry that Yu Tiankuo had damaged his reputation, Tang San attacked him with the Blood Sea Trident, but Yu Tiankuo's Nirvana Thunder Domain dispersed the blood wave.
• Yu Tiankuo interrupted Tang San's attempt to use Unfixed Storm by forcing him to defend against lightning aimed at his mask.
• Tang San used Divine Slaughter's Domain and several blood techniques to resist Yu Tiankuo's attacks, but Yu Tiankuo broke through the Blood Sea Barrier and scattered the Blood Sea Vortex.
• Yu Tiankuo slashed Tang San's chest and kicked him down without breaking his mask, and Xiao Wu caught him.
• Shao Xin stabilized Tang San's injuries with a Sugar Bean and said he would recover with rest and another Sugar Bean that night.

Yu Tiankuo defeated Xiao Wu with his Nirvana Lightning, securing Thunder Academy's victory over Shrek. After learning that Thunder Academy would face the Super Beast Team next, he rallied his demoralized teammates and showed Yu Yuanzhen how much he had grown.

• Xiao Wu used Teleportation to evade Yu Tiankuo's lightning, but he eventually struck her and forced her out of the match.
• Yu Tiankuo concluded that Thunder Academy had won after the rest of Shrek's team had been eliminated.
• Tang San woke up furious, then learned that Shrek would face Plant Academy the next day and expected an easy victory.
• Thunder Academy learned that its next opponent was the Super Beast Team, and Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin feared another crushing defeat.
• Yu Tiankuo reminded his teammates that fearing a strong opponent must not destroy their fighting spirit.
• Yu Yuanzhen and Thunder Academy's leading teacher overheard Yu Tiankuo's speech, and Yu Yuanzhen praised his growth.

Huo Linfei dominated the Thunder Team in the advancement tournament, defeating Lei Jiuchong and burning Lei Dong until he surrendered. The match continued as Yu Yuanzhen asked Shao Xin to treat Lei Dong.

• Ma Hongjun defeated all seven Plant Academy members without using a soul skill, while Liu Erlong remained absent to recover from her injuries.
• The Thunder Team sent Lei Jiuchong to face Huo Linfei, who suppressed his Thunder Leopard Martial Soul and defeated him with one fireball.
• Lei Dong entered the arena with his Thunder Spider Martial Soul, and Huo Linfei mocked its appearance and defended Tian Yu against Lei Dong's insults.
• Huo Linfei burned Lei Dong until he surrendered, leaving him severely injured.
• Yu Yuanzhen asked Shao Xin to treat Lei Dong, and Shao Xin agreed without blaming Yu Yuanzhen for Liu Erlong's family conflict.

Huo Linfei crushed the Thunder Team after Lei Dong insulted Tian Yu, defeating each member who challenged him. He faced Yu Tiankuo last and overwhelmed his Nirvana Lightning, leaving Yu Tiankuo engulfed by a Fire Cloud Art attack.

• Shao Xin gave Yu Yuanzhen Healing Sugar Beans, and Yu Yuanzhen left to tend to the enraged Thunder Team.
• Huo Linfei defended his attack on Lei Dong, then defeated Lei Tian with one Fire Cloud Art strike.
• Lei Mie, Yu Tianheng, and Yu Tianxin each challenged Huo Linfei and lost within a few moves.
• Yu Tiankuo released his World-Destroying Thunder Dragon and used Nirvana Thunder Domain, but Huo Linfei blocked his thunder ball barehanded.
• Huo Linfei launched a massive Fire Cloud Art fireball at Yu Tiankuo, who was swallowed by the attack after activating his defensive soul skills.

The Promotion Tournament’s final match began between Shrek and Super Beast Team, but Huo Linfei proposed changing the rules to make the predictable contest more entertaining. Shrek fielded all seven members against three opponents, and Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing used the Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Thunder Team recovered from its loss to Super Beast Team with Shao Xin’s Sugar Beans, while Shrek defeated Wind God Team.
• Super Beast Team defeated Golden Team in an exciting match, with Tian Yao choosing not to use Golden Skyline.
• Huo Linfei asked to face all seven Shrek members with three Super Beast Team fighters, and Golden Crocodile approved the change.
• Shrek sent all seven members onto the field, while Super Beast Team chose Feng Yao and Ye Lingyun to join Huo Linfei.
• At Tang San’s urging, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing performed the Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi discussed the Hell White Tiger’s connection to the Star Luo throne and the coming Imperial Family contest at the Grand Finals.

Feng Yao suppressed the Hell White Tiger while Ye Lingyun overwhelmed Ma Hongjun, leaving the Shrek team in a worsening position. Xiao Wu’s surprise attack failed, and her shattered mask exposed her disfigured face to the audience, who blamed Spirit Hall.

• Feng Yao’s White Tiger Martial Soul destroyed the Hell White Tiger’s attacks and pressured Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s fusion form toward collapse.
• Ye Lingyun struck Ma Hongjun with Death Moon Tribulation, ignored his Rakshasa Evil Flame, and attacked him again while Huo Linfei blocked Tang San’s intervention.
• Xiao Wu teleported behind Feng Yao, but his martial soul’s pressure pinned her down, and he broke her mask with a kick before knocking her out with Holy Light Art.
• The audience saw Xiao Wu’s disfigured face and speculated that Spirit Hall had harmed her and Tang San during the month between tournament rounds, darkening Tang Chen and Bo Saixi’s expressions.

Tang San’s team lost Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tai Long as Feng Yao and Huo Linfei overwhelmed them. Oscar survived Huo Linfei’s fireball with a protective Spirit Bone Skill, leaving Tang San to face the remaining opponents.

• Ye Lingyun struck Ma Hongjun out of the arena, eliminating him and costing Tang San’s team its air superiority.
• Tang San restrained Feng Yao with Unfixed Storm, allowing Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s Hell White Tiger to blast him, but Feng Yao emerged unharmed and knocked them unconscious with two Flash Spirit Arts.
• Huo Linfei used Raging Flames Ravage the Plains and Flame Blade against Tang San, who dodged behind Tai Long and left him severely injured.
• Huo Linfei sent a fireball toward Oscar, but Oscar’s left-arm Spirit Bone Skill produced a protective barrier that blocked it.
• Tang San recognized Oscar’s defense as a Spirit Bone Skill and identified it as a defensive ability.

Oscar revealed that his Spirit Bone skill could return attacks blocked by its protective barrier, but Ye Lingyun identified its limits. Tang San and Oscar were defeated by Huo Linfei, Feng Yao, and Ye Lingyun, and the teams returned to Spirit City to prepare for the Grand Finals, where a major problem awaited them.

• Oscar demonstrated that his Spirit Bone skill could send an opponent's attack back at them, and Ye Lingyun deduced that the barrier had to withstand the attack and had a limit.
• Huo Linfei, Feng Yao, and Ye Lingyun launched a combined attack, and Tang San used Sea God's Thirteen Halberds—Never to Return, exhausting his Soul Power and damaging his second Martial Soul.
• The explosion knocked Tang San and Oscar down, and Feng Yao finished off Oscar as the three teammates' Martial Soul pressure overwhelmed him.
• Huo Linfei, Feng Yao, and Ye Lingyun crushed the Shrek Team, ending the Promotion Tournament.
• Ao Zhan and the others traveled to Spirit City with the Three Elemental Team and their teachers, where Qian Daoliu and Qian Xunji welcomed them alongside an enormous problem.

Gu Xiaoran confronted Gu Yuena for leaving her alone while traveling with Ao Zhan, then punished her before inviting Ao Zhan to her bedroom that evening. The chapter ended with Gu Xiaoran kissing Ao Zhan while Gu Yuena remained unconscious nearby.

• Gu Xiaoran angrily confronted Gu Yuena for leaving her alone and carried her to their shared bedroom while the others left.
• Gu Xiaoran sealed the bedroom with a golden barrier, and Ao Zhan agreed to visit her that night.
• Ao Zhan entered Gu Xiaoran's room and asked whether she had harmed Gu Yuena.
• Gu Xiaoran showed Ao Zhan the bound, unconscious Gu Yuena and explained that she had tickled and spanked her as punishment.
• Gu Xiaoran pulled Ao Zhan onto the bed and kissed him while Gu Yuena remained unconscious beside them.

The competing teams arrived in Spirit City, where Tang San discovered Spirit Hall’s formidable strength and decided to approach Lin Dongyao. Despite Tang Chen and Bo Saixi’s fears about the danger, Tang San persuaded them to accompany him, and the three waited near the gathered elders under the scrutiny of hidden experts.

• The Soul Master Tournament finalists arrived in Spirit City and were shocked by the number of powerful Spirit Hall soldiers and elders.
• Lin Dongyao sent Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo to take Tang Chen and the others to a hotel, where they warned them not to provoke Ao Zhan.
• Tang San proposed approaching Lin Dongyao to gain an ally inside Spirit Hall, but Tang Chen and Bo Saixi initially refused because the city was heavily guarded.
• Tang San persuaded Tang Chen and Bo Saixi to let him approach Lin Dongyao, and they insisted on going with him for protection.
• The three went near the gathered Spirit Hall elders and hid while the hidden Limit Douluo watched them closely.