Chapter Summaries

Huang Tian began receiving the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ inheritance and three Spirit Bones, starting her transformation into human form. Meanwhile, the Claes Team completed its challenge tour, recruited Feng Qing, and entered the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament preliminaries in Heaven Dou City.

• Qian Xunji gave Huang Tian the Mountain Dragon King torso bone to absorb alongside the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ inheritance.
• The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ remnant souls and god-tier Spirit Bones entered Huang Tian, whose five elements balanced as her transformation began.
• The Claes Team challenged Blazing Fire, Godwind, and Thunderclap Academies, then recruited Feng Qing from Godwind Academy.
• Feng Qing joined the Claes Team on its return to Heaven Dou City, completing the roster.
• The tournament preliminaries opened in Heaven Dou City, where the Claes Team entered after the Heaven Dou Royal Academy First Team.

Shrek Academy entered the Preliminary Round opening ceremony in absurd green sponsor-covered uniforms and faced ridicule from the audience and Platinum Bishop Salas. After Ning Fengzhi defended the team, Salas grew suspicious of Shrek and prepared to manipulate the afternoon drawing.

• The audience mocked Shrek Academy as its members entered the arena in bright green, patch-covered uniforms.
• Emperor Xue Ye was angered by Shrek's appearance, while Salas ridiculed the team and Ning Fengzhi defended its right to be judged by its strength.
• Salas hinted that Ning Fengzhi was protecting Shrek because his daughter Ning Rongrong was on the team, and Ning Fengzhi acknowledged her choice to attend the academy.
• The opening ceremony ended, and Salas presided over the afternoon drawing while secretly planning to tamper with it.
• Salas recalled Ning Fengzhi's defense and concluded that Shrek Academy must be hiding something.

Salas paired Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team, the Claes Team, against Shrek Academy in the opening match, hoping to expose both teams' abilities. As the match approached the next morning, Qian San resolved to target Xiao Wu, while Tang San prepared to exploit Titan again to improve his odds.

• Salas drew Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team against Shrek Academy in the opening match.
• Fu Lanya welcomed the matchup, while Qian San decided he could target Xiao Wu without violating the divine trial's ban on killing Tang San.
• Flender worried that a crushing defeat would cost Shrek its newly secured sponsorships, and Tang San sensed danger in Qian San's strength.
• Tang San planned to make Titan work overtime again so he could gain strength before the battle.
• The next morning, Shrek Academy's team made its final preparations in the arena's preparation area.

Shrek Academy faced the Heaven Dou Royal Second Team in the tournament’s opening match, but Qian San’s team countered Shrek’s aerial strategy with flying fighters, Liquid Battle Armor, and airborne summoned beasts. The match began with Shrek outnumbered in the sky, while Emperor Xue Ye realized the strength of the academy’s second team.

• Before the match, Flender urged Shrek’s fighters to display their sponsors, while Tang San revealed that he had reached level forty-seven after absorbing Tai Tan’s vital energy.
• Yu Xiaogang watched Tang San closely, wondering how he had gained another level overnight, and gave the team no tactical guidance.
• Qian San appraised Xiao Wu with killing intent, provoking Tang San to shield her and threaten anyone who would harm her; Qian San replied that anyone surnamed Tang would face his wrath.
• When the match began, Shrek’s fighters ate Flying Mushroom Sausages and took to the air, boosted by Ning Rongrong’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Qian San covered Claes Team in Liquid Battle Armor as Ao Shushun supplied flying sausages, while Yu Rongrong summoned a Sky-Rending Armor-Piercing Eagle, a Saber-Toothed Tiger, and a Snow Ape, then gave the land beasts wings with sausages.
• Claes Team’s seven fighters and three Soul Beasts surrounded Shrek in the air, and Emperor Xue Ye was surprised that a team with a Soul King belonged to the academy’s second team.

Tang San used Gold-Devouring Viper venom to corrode the Claes Team’s Liquid Metal Armor, but Qian San rapidly repaired it and matched Tang San’s hidden-weapon assault. As the teams’ cores fought in midair, Feng Qing broke through Shrek’s defenses and Dai Zhuqing crushed Dai Mubai, while Zhu Zhuqing tried to reach Yu Rongrong.

• Emperor Xue Ye was shocked by the Claes Team’s strength and delighted that its members wore Heaven Dou Royal Academy uniforms.
• Tang San attacked the Claes Team with hidden weapons coated in Gold-Devouring Viper venom, corroding their Liquid Metal Armor.
• Qian San repaired the damaged armor and countered Tang San by forming and launching metal hidden weapons.
• Feng Qing tore through Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass defenses and charged toward Ning Rongrong and Oscar, but Dai Mubai moved to intercept her.
• Dai Zhuqing confronted Dai Mubai, shattered his White Tiger Protection Barrier with a kick, and sent him flying.
• Zhu Zhuqing circled toward the Claes Team’s rear to target Yu Rongrong, who sensed her approach.

Xiao Qing and Qian San overwhelmed Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San in the arena. Xiao Wu was brutally injured and sent flying out of the arena, leaving her fate unknown.

• The Sky-Rending Armor-Piercing Eagle and winged saber-toothed tiger trapped Zhu Zhuqing while the Snow Ape guarded Yu Rongrong.
• Xiao Qing overpowered Xiao Wu's Waist Bow, seized her ankle, and hurled her into the arena, leaving her badly injured.
• Tang San fired his Godly Zhuge Crossbow at Xiao Qing, but Qian San blocked the bolts with Liquid Metal and redirected them toward Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Qing exhausted Xiao Wu's Teleportation, broke her right shin and several ribs, and left her unable to fight.
• Tang San fired two Godly Zhuge Crossbows at Xiao Qing, but her Metal Armor deflected the poisoned bolts.
• Qian San formed a massive iron ball from scattered Liquid Metal and struck Xiao Wu, sending her out of the arena and into the surrounding wall.

After Tang San used hidden weapons in the arena, Qian San reported Shrek Academy for breaking tournament rules, and Yu Xiaogang surrendered while counter-reporting the opposing team. Liu Erlong found Xiao Wu gravely injured and charged at Qian San and Xiao Qing in a rage, leaving Qian San facing her attack.

• Tang San mourned Xiao Wu and fired hidden weapons, prompting Qian San to report Shrek Academy for violating tournament rules.
• The audience and referee saw the crossbows and poisoned arrows, and the referee ordered Shrek to stop attacking.
• Yu Xiaogang surrendered the match and accused Qian San and Xiao Qing of trying to kill and maim their opponents.
• Liu Erlong found Xiao Wu barely alive with severe injuries and rushed to attack Qian San and Xiao Qing.
• Qian San stood his ground as Liu Erlong charged at him with her Fire Dragon martial soul.

After Liu Erlong attacked Qian San, Fu Lanya and Zhao Youji intervened and left her unconscious in the arena wall. Emperor Xue Ye condemned Shrek Academy’s rule-breaking, while Salas used the incident to call for a Spirit Hall investigation that could expose the Heaven Dou Second Team’s origins.

• Qian San raised three metal shields that stopped Liu Erlong’s charge across the arena.
• Fu Lanya and Zhao Youji attacked Liu Erlong together, knocked her out, and sent her crashing into the arena wall.
• Healing soul masters prepared stretchers for the unconscious Xiao Wu and Liu Erlong.
• Emperor Xue Ye denounced Shrek Academy’s use of weapons and its leaders’ intervention, while Ning Fengzhi stayed silent.
• Salas pointed out that the Heaven Dou Royal Academy second team’s leaders were both Soul Douluos, prompting Emperor Xue Ye to question their origins.
• Salas called for Spirit Hall to investigate the weapons incident and the Heaven Dou Second Team.

After Shrek Academy lost its opening match, Salas tried to expel the team, but Yu Xiaogang used the Pope’s Decree to preserve its place at the cost of a forfeit. Salas then turned his attention to the Heaven Dou Royal Second Team’s unusual strength and went to confront its teachers.

• Salas pressured Emperor Xue Ye to enforce the tournament rules against anyone who broke them, and the emperor agreed.
• Xiao Wu and Liu Erlong were carried away for treatment while Tang San led Shrek’s defeated members from the arena, glaring at Qian San.
• Salas arrived at Shrek Academy and threatened to revoke its tournament qualification for using weapons.
• Yu Xiaogang showed Salas the Pope’s Decree and accepted a forfeit for Shrek’s first match, preventing the team from being expelled.
• Yu Xiaogang privately hoped Tang San would reveal his hidden abilities in future matches, while Salas decided to investigate the Heaven Dou Royal Second Team’s powerful young Soul Kings.
• Salas went to confront the second team but found Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, Zhilin, Fu Lanya, and Zhao Youji waiting in the courtyard.

Salas failed to investigate the Claes Team at the academy but secretly sent the Pope Palace a report about Qian San and the team. Meanwhile, Huang Tian completed her transformation into the Spirit Dragon King and prepared to leave with Qian Xunji to obtain Spirit Rings.

• Meng Shenji and four other Soul Douluos blocked Salas from inspecting the students, forcing him to leave without learning anything.
• Salas wrote a secret report detailing the Claes Team members, especially Qian San's Liquid Metal armor and ten-thousand-year fourth Spirit Ring, and sent it to the Pope Palace.
• The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings sealed the last fragments of their souls into Huang Tian's arm bones before fading away.
• Huang Tian emerged from the cocoon as a six-year-old girl, having become the Spirit Dragon King with five balanced elements and level forty Innate Soul Power.
• Huang Tian showed Qian Xunji her new Martial Soul, and he lifted her to carry her out so they could find Spirit Rings.

After Xiao Wu was badly injured, Tang San secretly drained Titan’s Soul Power, blood, and life force to strengthen himself. Yu Xiaogang caught him in the act and confronted him, leaving Tang San unable to answer his teacher.

• Qian Xunji called Huang Tian his good daughter, and she bit his shoulder in anger.
• Healing Soul Masters stabilized Liu Erlong, but Xiao Wu remained gravely injured; Tang San left alone, consumed by rage and a desire for power.
• Yu Xiaogang secretly followed Tang San to an abandoned hut and saw Titan enter it.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed he could walk, then ordered Luo Sanpao to smash open the hut’s door.
• Yu Xiaogang found Tang San using barbed Blue Silver Grass to drain Titan’s power, blood, and life force.
• Titan offered a false explanation, but Yu Xiaogang confronted Tang San, who could not meet his teacher’s eyes or explain himself.

After discovering Tang San’s Soul Power-devouring method, Yu Xiaogang persuaded him to inject the stolen power into his own body, claiming he needed to test its dangers. Tang San agreed, deciding that making Yu Xiaogang share the secret would bind them together, and gave him a dagger to cut entry wounds.

• Yu Xiaogang confronted Tang San about devouring Soul Power, and Tang San broke down and confessed that he had sought strength after Xiao Wu was badly injured.
• Yu Xiaogang argued that the method could be justified if used to punish evil, then warned that it might carry hidden dangers.
• Yu Xiaogang volunteered to receive Titan’s extracted power so he could test its properties, while Titan sensed something was wrong but stayed silent.
• Tang San suspected Yu Xiaogang also coveted the power and decided that sharing it would make them accomplices and protect his secret.
• Yu Xiaogang insisted on proceeding, and Tang San handed him a dagger, explaining that he needed wounds as entry points for the Soul Power injection.

Tang San drained Titan’s life force to help Yu Xiaogang and Luo Sanpao absorb power, allowing Yu Xiaogang to break through to level thirty. Yu Xiaogang concealed his excitement and urged Tang San to study the dangerous method with him, while Tang San decided not to involve the rest of Shrek yet.

• Yu Xiaogang cut his arm and thigh, then ordered Tang San to channel the energy stored in his meridians into his wounds.
• When Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Power bottleneck only began to loosen, he summoned Luo Sanpao and ordered Tang San to bind and feed it energy too.
• After Tang San’s stored energy ran out, he extracted Titan’s life force and blood essence and transferred it into Yu Xiaogang and Luo Sanpao.
• Yu Xiaogang broke through to level thirty and became a Soul Elder.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San to use the power-draining ability only with him present, and Tang San considered helping the other Shrek members before deciding the secret was too dangerous to share.

Yu Xiaogang considered how an evil-attribute Spirit Ring might help him break through, while Qian Xunji and Huang Tian searched the sea for dragon-type Soul Beasts. A Golden Dragon Carp revealed the locations and ages of two ancient true dragons, with a third still undisclosed.

• Yu Xiaogang learned that Tang San's Blue Silver Grass gained the ability to devour blood essence and Soul Power from the Soul-Devouring Baleful Wolf's Spirit Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang concluded that an evil-attribute Soul Beast might help him and Luo Sanpao advance.
• Qian Xunji and Huang Tian discussed whether Huang Tian's bloodline could make sea-dwelling dragon Soul Beasts sacrifice their Spirit Rings.
• Qian Xunji pulled a Golden Dragon Carp from the sea and demanded information about powerful true dragons.
• The Golden Dragon Carp named a Vast Sea Wind Dragon in the Raging Current Trench and a Netherwater Bone Dragon beneath the Extreme North Ice Sea.

Qian Xunji and Huang Tian found the hundred-and-thirty-thousand-year Vast Sea Wind Dragon, and Qian Xunji asked it to sacrifice itself as a Spirit Ring to help revive the Dragon God. The dragon remained uncertain, demanding proof that Huang Tian would become a god and restore it to life.

• The Golden Dragon Carp led Qian Xunji and Huang Tian to the Vast Sea Wind Dragon’s territory.
• Huang Tian released the Spirit Dragon King’s bloodline aura, drawing the Vast Sea Wind Dragon out of the sea.
• The Vast Sea Wind Dragon threatened the Golden Dragon Carp, but backed down after sensing Huang Tian’s rank and Qian Xunji’s overwhelming strength.
• Qian Xunji asked whether the Vast Sea Wind Dragon worshipped the Sea God, then told it he was working to revive the Dragon God.
• Huang Tian manifested five elements, and Qian Xunji explained that a willing sacrifice would preserve the dragon’s soul and allow it to be revived when Huang Tian regained her Godhood.
• The Vast Sea Wind Dragon questioned whether Huang Tian would truly become a god and worried that its soul would be destroyed if she died first.

Qian Xunji forced the Vast Sea Wind Dragon to sacrifice itself for Huang Tian, while the Golden Dragon Carp sought his protection. At Shrek Academy, Tang San used Titan to gather purified life force and began injecting it into the injured Xiao Wu.

• Qian Xunji severed the Vast Sea Wind Dragon's horn, and the dragon surrendered and burned itself into a hundred-thousand-year soul ring for Huang Tian.
• The Golden Dragon Carp hid behind Qian Xunji and pleaded for protection from the dragon's threat; Qian Xunji told it that its safety depended on how it behaved.
• After Yu Xiaogang broke through Rank Thirty, Tang San realized his devouring power could transfer life force and Soul Power to others.
• Tang San drained Titan again, purifying the life force and Soul Power before storing them in his dantian, then left Titan unconscious.
• Tang San visited the badly injured Xiao Wu and used Blue Silver Grass to inject the purified life force into her meridians.

Tang San cautiously used energy drawn from Tai Tan to help Xiao Wu recover, then began considering how to exploit the other clans that had once followed his father. At Shrek Academy, Flender celebrated Yu Xiaogang's breakthrough and prepared to leave the academy in Zhao Wuji and Erlong's care.

• Tang San continued channeling a small amount of energy into Xiao Wu until she woke and confirmed that it eased her pain without harming her.
• Tang San reflected that Tai Tan's power had helped him, Yu Xiaogang, and Xiao Wu, and considered seeking out the other clans that had served his father.
• Flender celebrated Yu Xiaogang's breakthrough to level thirty with meat and wine.
• Flender told Zhao Wuji that he and Erlong would be responsible for the academy over the next few days.

Huang Tian gained her first Spirit Ring from the Vast Sea Wind Dragon and revealed two powerful Soul Skills before setting off with Qian Xunji to find more true dragons. A week later, Yu Xiaogang returned to Shrek Academy after reaching level thirty-two and preparing to demonstrate his new Soul Skill.

• Flender and Yu Xiaogang traveled to Sunset Forest so Yu Xiaogang could obtain a Spirit Ring suited to his breakthrough.
• Huang Tian absorbed the Vast Sea Wind Dragon's hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring, while Qian Xunji collected its Soul Bone and preserved its dragon egg.
• Huang Tian described Dragon Ascension Transformation, which doubled her basic attributes, and Formless Kill, which planted a hidden wind seal inside an enemy.
• Qian Xunji carried Huang Tian as the Golden Dragon Carp led them toward the Extreme North Ice Sea to search for two more true dragons.
• A week later, Flender returned to Shrek Academy with Yu Xiaogang, who had reached level thirty-two and was asked to show everyone his third Soul Skill.

Yu Xiaogang demonstrated Luo Sanpao’s new poison-and-devouring Soul Skill, concealing its life-draining effect while calculating how to siphon power from stronger people. He planned to use Tang San and Tai Tan as a source of energy, and the Shrek Team’s struggle against Elephant Armored Academy offered a possible pretext.

• Yu Xiaogang summoned Luo Sanpao and demonstrated its new Soul Skill, which released poisonous gas and then sucked it back in while draining life force from nearby plants.
• Yu Xiaogang told Flender and the other teachers that the skill controlled areas, disrupted opponents, and recovered Soul Power, hiding its true devouring effect.
• Tang San watched the demonstration and silently recognized that Yu Xiaogang was now bound to him through their shared devouring ability.
• Yu Xiaogang recalled how little energy his Soul Skill had gained from weak Soul Beasts and decided he needed stronger nourishment, considering Flender and Liu Erlong as targets.
• Yu Xiaogang resolved to keep using Tai Tan as his safest energy source and to manipulate Tang San into continuing to draw on him.
• Yu Xiaogang considered using the Shrek Team’s difficult match against Elephant Armored Academy as an excuse to drain power under the guise of healing or an experiment.

After Shrek Academy’s victory left its fighters injured, Titan concealed how badly Tang San’s nightly draining had weakened him and urged Tyrone to obey the young master. In Spirit City, Bibi Dong learned that Qian Renxue had secretly formed Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team and sent Yue Guan to investigate, especially its leader, Qian San.

• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing unleashed Hell White Tiger, and Tang San exhausted himself to break Elephant Armored Academy’s defense and win the match, leaving nearly all the Shrek Seven Monsters injured.
• Yu Xiaogang planned to guide Tang San into draining Titan’s life force again so he could take some of Titan’s vital blood for himself.
• Tyrone found Titan gravely weakened, but Titan dismissed his concerns and ordered him to remain at Shrek Academy and obey the young master unconditionally.
• After Tyrone left, Titan spat out black blood and admitted to himself that Tang San’s nightly use of Blue Silver Grass had drained his Soul Power and life force.
• Bibi Dong read Salas’s report on Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team and realized Qian Renxue had assembled the team without her knowledge.
• Bibi Dong sent Yue Guan to investigate the team, its backers, and its ties to the Crown Prince, with special attention to Qian San.