Chapter Summaries

After the match left Shrek's students badly injured and emotionally shattered, Flender tried to comfort them while taking them back to the academy. Meanwhile, Lin Nuo celebrated with the Worship Hall and rewarded Tian Yue and the other members of Imperial Fighting Team 2 with Immortal Herbs to strengthen their Martial Souls.

• Ning Fengzhi treated Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Yu Tianheng, and Tailong, who gradually regained consciousness from their injuries.
• Flender urged Tang San and the others to leave the crowded arena and reassured the defeated Shrek students, despite losing the academy's funds in his bet.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo praised Tian Yue for the victory, and she boasted that she would defeat Hu Liena and humiliate the former Pope.
• Lin Nuo gave Tian Yue a Golden Dragon-Infused Fruit that could evolve or purify her Golden Crocodile Martial Soul, and she ate it immediately.
• Lin Nuo handed compatible Immortal Herbs to the other five members of Imperial Fighting Team 2 to improve their Martial Souls and cultivation.

After the six members of Imperial Fighting Team 2 absorbed their Immortal Herbs and reached the level-fifty bottleneck, Lin Nuo received Huyan Zhen and Huyan Li, who mistook him for Bibi Dong’s son and offered their loyalty. Lin Nuo told Huyan Zhen that Elephant Armor Academy could prove its worth by facing Shrek Academy without holding back.

• Tian Yue’s Golden Crocodile martial soul evolved into the Golden Crocodile King, and the other five members of Imperial Fighting Team 2 completed their transformations and reached the level-fifty bottleneck.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo and Guangling Douluo left to find suitable fifth Soul Rings for the six students.
• Huyan Zhen arrived with Huyan Li to visit Lin Nuo, convinced that Lin Nuo was Bibi Dong’s beloved son.
• Lin Nuo told Qian Renxue to meet Huyan Zhen as Xue Qinghe and to keep her true identity secret.
• Huyan Zhen declared his loyalty to Lin Nuo, who challenged him to prove himself by having Elephant Armor Academy face Shrek Academy without testing them or holding back.

After Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun learned their injuries could not be healed, Tang San rallied them by promising the Blue Silver Emperor’s Seed of Life might let him restore their limbs someday. Shrek Academy then learned Elephant Armor Academy would be its next opponent, and Flender urged the team to recover from its defeat one match at a time.

• A healing-type soul master told Ning Fengzhi that Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun’s injuries could not be restored, leaving both men devastated.
• Tang San encouraged Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun by saying the Seed of Life might help him regenerate their limbs after he became a Title Douluo.
• Tang San privately told Tang Xiao he had made the promise to steady the team, and Tang Xiao accepted that he would not take Ah Yin’s relic for himself.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Tang Xiao about the Clear Sky Sect’s plans regarding Lin Nuo, and Tang Xiao said he would discuss the matter with Tang Hao if he learned where his brother was.
• Yu Xiaogang announced that Shrek’s next opponent was Elephant Armor Academy and claimed his tactics would overcome its defense-focused team.
• Flender encouraged the Shrek team to win its remaining matches and reach the finals to avenge its defeat.

Tang San brooded over his damaged Blue Silver Grass and his lack of a Twin Martial Soul cultivation method, then resolved to pressure Yu Xiaogang. The next day, Shrek Academy faced Elephant Armor Academy, whose leader Huyan Li was ordered to win decisively for Lin Nuo.

• Tang San doubted that his Blue Silver Grass could keep up with Lin Nuo and weighed consuming his mother Ah Yin’s Seed of Life against focusing on the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San decided not to risk adding soul rings to the Clear Sky Hammer without a proper method and privately called Yu Xiaogang “Gangzi,” blaming him for failing to find one.
• Ning Fengzhi arranged overnight healing for Shrek’s injured team before the second round of the tournament began.
• Shrek Academy prepared to take out its anger on Elephant Armor Academy after its defeat by Imperial Fighting Team 2.
• Huyan Zhen told Huyan Li that Elephant Armor Academy needed to defeat Shrek decisively to earn Lin Nuo’s favor, and Huyan Li promised to do so.

Shrek faced the Elephant Armor Team in the arena while the crowd mocked them and Ning Fengzhi worried about the Elephant Armor Sect’s allegiance to Spirit Hall. The match began with Shrek launching coordinated attacks, but the Elephant Armor Team held firm and pushed them toward the edge.

• The crowd ridiculed Shrek, while Flender brooded over lost advertising contracts and Ning Fengzhi worried about the Elephant Armor Sect joining Spirit Hall.
• Salas warned Huyan Zhen that Shrek had ties to the Upper Three Sects and the Star Luo Imperial Family, then revealed Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and Tang Xiao was secretly guarding him.
• Salas claimed Tang San’s mother was not human, leaving Huyan Zhen stunned by the rumor.
• When the match began, Tang San used Blue Silver Entangle and Ning Rongrong boosted Shrek’s fighters, but Huyan Li’s team formed a defensive circle that blocked the attacks.
• The Elephant Armor Team advanced toward the arena’s edge, and Shrek concentrated its attacks on one point, but the blows barely affected their opponents.

Xiao Wu’s Charm rebounded from Huyan Li’s soul bone and left her unconscious, prompting Tang San to abandon Shrek’s strategy and reveal his Clear Sky Hammer. The spectators and Spirit Hall’s observers recognized his Twin Martial Souls, putting his identity and plans at risk as the match continued.

• Xiao Wu used Charm on Huyan Li, but his soul bone reflected the attack and knocked her unconscious; Tang San carried her off the arena and swore revenge.
• Tang San’s Hidden Weapons failed to penetrate the Elephant Armor Team’s shared defense, while Ning Rongrong and Tailong were forced out of the arena.
• With Shrek close to defeat, Tang San dismissed his Blue Silver Grass and summoned the Clear Sky Hammer, revealing his Twin Martial Souls to the crowd.
• Yu Xiaogang and Ning Fengzhi worried that Tang San had exposed the hammer too soon, while Azure Luan Douluo questioned Ning Fengzhi about Tang San’s identity.
• Hidden nearby, Tang Xiao lamented that Tang San had revealed the Clear Sky Hammer again because of Xiao Wu.

Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer against the Elephant Armor Team, but Huyan Li used the team’s formation and a timely attack to eliminate Shrek’s remaining members. Shrek lost the match, leaving Tang San furious after his charge-up was interrupted.

• Tang San brought out his unringed Clear Sky Hammer as Huyan Li reorganized the Elephant Armor Team into a charging formation that gathered their Soul Power into him.
• Huyan Li unleashed a mental shockwave that disoriented Dai Mubai, Yu Tianheng, and Ma Hongjun, then knocked them out of the arena.
• Alone against the seven Elephant Armor members, Tang San refused to surrender and began building power with the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• Lin Nuo secretly told Huyan Li how to interrupt the hammer technique, and Huyan Li charged in while Tang San swung his fourth strike.
• Huyan Li struck Tang San in the chest and knocked him out of the arena, and the referee declared Elephant Armor Academy the winner.

After waking from another defeat, Tang San blamed Lin Nuo and Spirit Hall for his misfortunes, then turned on Yu Xiaogang over his failed guidance. Tang Xiao prevented the conflict from ending their alliance, reminding Tang San that he still needed Yu Xiaogang to obtain Bibi Dong’s Twin Martial Soul cultivation method.

• Tang San woke in Shrek's camp, raged over his defeat, and cursed Elephant Armor Academy, Lin Nuo, and Spirit Hall.
• Yu Xiaogang scolded Tang San for exposing the Clear Sky Hammer, but Tang San interrupted him and called him "Gangzi."
• Tang San accused Yu Xiaogang of giving him poor soul-ring choices and no Twin Martial Soul cultivation method, then threatened to sever their ties.
• Yu Xiaogang protested that he had lost his right hand while hunting a soul ring for Tang San and condemned him as ungrateful.
• Tang Xiao intervened, apologized to Yu Xiaogang, and secretly told Tang San to keep him as a teacher until they obtained Bibi Dong's cultivation method.

After Tang San apologized, Yu Xiaogang secretly planned to travel to Spirit City and obtain methods and resources from Bibi Dong, intending to make Tang San submit before teaching him. Tang San rejected the idea of relying on Yu Xiaogang and decided to cultivate his Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul.

• Tang San apologized to Yu Xiaogang, who left the room still resentful.
• Yu Xiaogang privately resolved to visit Bibi Dong at dawn for Twin Martial Soul cultivation methods, over-limit soul ring methods, and Immortal Herbs.
• Tang Xiao reprimanded Tang San for revealing his Clear Sky Hammer and acting rashly toward Yu Xiaogang, but promised to protect him and Xiao Wu from Spirit Hall.
• Tang San reflected on his defeats and the weakness of his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, then told Tang Xiao to add soul rings to his Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul.

Tang San persuaded Tang Xiao to help him cultivate the Clear Sky Hammer early so he could gain strength for the Soul Master Tournament, and Tang Xiao agreed to accompany him to Star Dou Forest for one soul ring. Lin Nuo learned of their plan and sent Yue Guan to arrange for Spirit Hall consecrates to influence Tang San’s soul ring choices.

• Tang Xiao warned Tang San that adding soul rings to the Clear Sky Hammer early could trigger conflict between his martial souls and squander the advantage of his Twin Martial Souls.
• Tang San argued that his damaged Blue Silver Grass and uncertainty about Yu Xiaogang obtaining Bibi Dong’s cultivation method made early Clear Sky Hammer cultivation necessary, and he proposed testing one soul ring first.
• Tang Xiao agreed to accompany Tang San to Star Dou Forest, with instructions to stop if the martial souls conflicted.
• Yu Xiaogang left for Spirit City while Tang Xiao and Tang San secretly departed Heaven Dou City for Star Dou Forest.
• Lin Nuo received intelligence about their departure and told Yue Guan to summon available consecrates to Star Dou Forest and arrange Tang San’s soul ring selection.

Lin Nuo rewarded Huyan Zhen’s Elephant Armor Sect disciples and arranged for one of them to meet Yu Xiaogang in Spirit City. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang traveled there with a borrowed Pope Token, confident that Bibi Dong would help him regrow his severed arm and discipline Lin Nuo.

• Lin Nuo gave Huyan Zhen spirit herbs for the seven Elephant Armor Sect members who had competed and promised them further opportunities if they performed well.
• Lin Nuo asked Huyan Zhen for a disciple with a taste for men, then explained that he wanted to arrange a companion for Yu Xiaogang in Spirit City.
• Huyan Zhen named a loyal disciple who fit Lin Nuo’s request, and Lin Nuo privately told him what to do after reaching Spirit City.
• Yu Xiaogang continued toward Spirit City, troubled by Tang San’s revealing his Twin Martial Souls and by the strange looks he and Tang Xiao had given him.
• Yu Xiaogang borrowed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Pope Token from Ning Fengzhi, agreeing to share the Twin Martial Souls cultivation method in return.
• Yu Xiaogang resolved to demand that Bibi Dong help regrow his arm and punish Lin Nuo for disrespecting him.

Tang San hunted a ten-thousand-year Savage Bull for his Clear Sky Hammer, claiming the grass-eating beast was evil because it had eaten Blue Silver Grass. As he began absorbing its soul ring, Guangling Douluo and two others appeared and challenged Tang Xiao and Tang San.

• Xiao Wu joined Tang Xiao and Tang San in Star Dou Forest, hoping to find out what had happened to her younger brothers and asking Tang San whether all soul beasts deserved to die.
• Tang San promised Xiao Wu he would hunt only evil soul beasts, and the three headed into the forest to find a Clear Sky Hammer soul ring and later search for traces of the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python.
• Tang Xiao found and wounded a ten-thousand-year Savage Bull, and Tang San justified killing it by claiming it had harmed his Blue Silver Grass clansmen.
• Tang San killed the Savage Bull and began drawing its black soul ring toward his Clear Sky Hammer, saying he could withstand it.
• Guangling Douluo interrupted the absorption with ice arrows, mocked Tang San's reasoning, and was joined by two figures who criticized Tang Xiao's sect and junior.

Tang Xiao confronted Golden Crocodile Douluo, Mighty Lion Douluo, and Guangling Douluo after Guangling destroyed Tang San’s ten-thousand-year soul ring. The three Worships demanded control over Tang San’s next soul ring and offered him a four-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit, leaving Tang San and Xiao Wu horrified.

• Guangling Douluo’s icy arrow destabilized and shattered Tang San’s ten-thousand-year soul ring.
• Tang Xiao shielded Tang San and Xiao Wu, but Guangling Douluo gave Tang San a choice between letting Spirit Hall choose his next soul ring or surrendering Xiao Wu.
• Tang San stepped in front of Xiao Wu and vowed to protect her, while the Worships mocked his display of loyalty.
• Guangling Douluo presented a barely breathing four-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit as a suitable first soul ring for Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer.
• Xiao Wu sensed the rabbit’s similar bloodline, and Tang San realized Spirit Hall had put him in conflict with his promise to hunt only evil soul beasts.

The three consecrators forced Tang San to kill a Soft Bone Rabbit and absorb its soul ring, then demanded that he demonstrate the resulting Clear Sky Hammer skill. Tang San’s new skill made him perform an alluring dance, leaving Tang Xiao stunned.

• Guangling Douluo reminded Tang San that Xiao Wu had eaten Blue Silver Grass, then the three consecrators threatened to kill him unless he absorbed the Soft Bone Rabbit’s soul ring.
• Tang San abandoned his plan to attack, killed the rabbit, and absorbed its four-thousand-year soul ring, reaching level forty-two.
• Xiao Wu forgave Tang San, who asked the consecrators to let them leave after absorbing the ring.
• Mighty Lion Douluo demanded that Tang San demonstrate his first soul skill, and Tang San reluctantly summoned the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San’s Soft Bone Charm skill forced him to dance around the hammer and project alluring spiritual power, leaving Tang Xiao speechless.

Spirit Hall’s three worshippers mocked Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer soul skill and insisted he absorb more Soft Bone Rabbit soul rings. When Tang Xiao attacked to stop them, they defeated him and forced Tang San to choose between complying and watching his uncle die.

• Guangling Douluo, Golden Crocodile Douluo, and Mighty Lion Douluo laughed at Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer skill and joked that the Clear Sky Sect had risen by selling hooks.
• Tang San asked the worshippers to leave the Star Dou Forest, but Guangling Douluo said they would fill the hammer’s remaining three soul ring slots.
• Tang Xiao protested that the worshippers had never promised to make Tang San absorb more rings, and Guangling Douluo summoned another Soft Bone Rabbit and declared it suitable for a second ring.
• Tang Xiao attacked the three worshippers with the Nine Absolutes of the Clear Sky, but they swiftly defeated him and left him badly injured.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo told Tang San to absorb the new soul ring or watch Tang Xiao die, and Tang San reluctantly agreed.

Tang San absorbed four Soft Bone Rabbit soul rings into his Clear Sky Hammer under the three worshippers’ watch, gaining strange skills and reaching level forty-six. After the worshippers left, Tang Xiao explained how the Great Sumeru Hammer and Ring Detonation could make the hammer’s power matter more than its soul skills, giving Tang San hope again.

• Tang San absorbed the five-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit’s soul ring, reached level forty-three, and gained the Soft Bone Lock skill.
• Guangling Douluo supplied two more Soft Bone Rabbits, and Tang San absorbed their rings, gaining Soft Bone Leap and Soft Bone Stomp as his Soul Power rose to level forty-six.
• The three worshippers mocked Tang San’s four purple soul rings before leaving, while Xiao Wu wept and Tang Xiao watched in regret.
• Tang San furiously smashed trees and lamented that his Clear Sky Hammer was ruined.
• Tang Xiao explained the Great Sumeru Hammer and Ring Detonation, and Tang San regained hope by remembering his other techniques and future soul ring slots.

Tang San and Tang Xiao reached Life Lake, where Xiao Wu mourned the destruction of her home and the Qianjun Ant Emperors confronted them. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang arrived in Spirit City and waited to meet Bibi Dong, convinced she would hear his complaint against Lin Nuo.

• Tang Xiao told Tang San he could not teach him the Great Sumeru Hammer or Ring Detonation and advised him to practice the Clear Sky Sect’s other techniques until he met his father.
• Tang San, Tang Xiao, and Xiao Wu traveled deeper into the Star Dou Forest and saw the damage around Life Lake, leaving Xiao Wu sobbing over her mother, Daming, and Er Ming.
• Three Qianjun Ant Emperors emerged and targeted Xiao Wu, but Tang Xiao raised his Clear Sky Hammer to confront them.
• Tang San denounced the Qianjun Ant Emperors as evil soul beasts and vowed to kill them and reclaim Life Lake when he was strong enough.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived at Spirit City with a token borrowed from Ning Fengzhi, gained entry to a reception hall, and waited for Bibi Dong while planning to complain about Lin Nuo.

Yu Xiaogang arrived at Pope Palace and asked Bibi Dong for secrets and treasures connected to Lin Nuo, but Hu Liena angrily challenged him. Bibi Dong had not yet answered when Hu Liena intervened.

• Qian Renxue's informants learned that Gangzi had entered Spirit City, and her agents planned to attack him after he left.
• Bibi Dong summoned Yu Xiaogang, hoping to learn about Lin Nuo's past, while Hu Liena believed her teacher wanted to reconnect with her son.
• Gui Mei escorted Yu Xiaogang to Pope Palace, where he greeted Bibi Dong by name and was ordered to address her as Your Holiness.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Bibi Dong for the Twin Martial Souls cultivation method, Lin Nuo's soul-ring technique, and Immortal Herbs.
• Hu Liena accused Yu Xiaogang of shamelessly trying to take Lin Nuo's secrets and treasures.

Yu Xiaogang asked Bibi Dong for help cultivating Tang San, along with an Immortal Herb and a way to restore his severed arm, but his arrogant demands enraged her. Bibi Dong crushed him with her Soul Power, and Yu Xiaogang left convinced that she had despised him and betrayed their past.

• Hu Liena rebuffed Yu Xiaogang’s request for an Immortal Herb, while Bibi Dong refused to help him obtain Spirit Hall’s secrets.
• Bibi Dong identified Tang San as Tang Hao’s son and explained that his family’s blood feud with Spirit Hall made him a threat.
• Yu Xiaogang promised Tang San could join Spirit Hall and demanded cultivation secrets, an Immortal Herb for Luo Sanpao, and reconciliation with Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong became furious when Yu Xiaogang referred to Lin Nuo as her child with another man and knocked Yu Xiaogang to his knees with her Soul Power.
• Yu Xiaogang accused Bibi Dong of despising the poor and demanded a Spirit Bone to restore his arm if she would not give him the Twin Martial Souls cultivation method.

Bibi Dong had Yu Xiaogang thrown out of Pope Palace after he threatened Spirit Hall over Tang San. Outside, two Angel Legion Soul Saints recognized Yu Xiaogang by the name “Rose” and prepared to take him away, while he threatened to expose Lin Nuo’s background.

• Bibi Dong said she knew Tang San possessed Twin Martial Souls and would destroy him if necessary, prompting Yu Xiaogang to threaten Spirit Hall if anything happened to him.
• Bibi Dong dismissed Yu Xiaogang’s claim to the Pope Token and ordered Gui Mei to throw him out of Pope Palace.
• Hu Liena comforted Bibi Dong, who promised her Spirit Bones and the position of Spirit Hall’s Holy Maiden if she won the Soul Master Tournament.
• Gui Mei handed the unconscious Yu Xiaogang to two Angel Legion Soul Saints waiting outside Pope Palace.
• The Soul Saints called Yu Xiaogang “Rose,” and he threatened to reveal Lin Nuo’s background across the continent.