Chapter Summaries

Wang Qiu'er fought Xue Bing of Mingyu Sect and overwhelmed him despite his Soul Tools and pseudo Martial Soul Avatar. After her victory, Cain realized Mingyu Sect had no clear way to match the Sun Temple.

• Wang Qiu'er took the first match for the Sun Temple while Wang Dong'er rested.
• Cain sent Xue Bing to face Wang Qiu'er, who dismissed his early attacks without moving.
• Xue Bing used his Soul Tools to grow into a giant forest boa and attacked Wang Qiu'er with poisonous mist.
• Wang Qiu'er struck Xue Bing with her Golden Dragon Fist, then battered him with her Golden Dragon Spear until he could no longer fight.
• Cain refused Ade's offer to fight and privately concluded that Mingyu Sect had no answer to the Sun Temple.

Wang Qiu'er defeated Cain in the individual match, prompting Mingyu Sect to forfeit the rest of its contest against Sun Temple. Afterward, Xu Tianran ordered Zhongli Wu to eliminate every participating team once the competition ended.

• Cain activated her Martial Soul Possession and attacked Wang Qiu'er with her Three-Headed Bat abilities, but Wang Qiu'er blocked her strikes and resisted her spiritual assault.
• Wang Qiu'er destroyed Cain's clones and scattered her concealment mist with Golden Dragon Explosion, then shattered Cain's Blood Thorn Wild Dance with Golden Dragon Roar.
• Wang Qiu'er charged through Cain's final sound-wave attack and sent her flying with the Golden Dragon Spear, breaking her Martial Soul Possession.
• Cain conceded the individual match and announced Mingyu Sect would forfeit the team match as well.
• Xu Tianran told Zhongli Wu to carry out their plan to kill all the participating teams after the competition, and Zhongli Wu promised the Holy Spirit Cult's cooperation.
• Dai Huabin and the others at Shrek Academy worried that the Sun Temple had become a power they could no longer overlook.

Snow Demon Sect sent Huo Yuhao to face Shrek Academy's Dai Huabin in the first individual match, and Bei Bei recognized his missing junior brother. Huo Yuhao used Spirit Detection and his spiritual abilities to evade Dai Huabin's attacks and stagger him, leaving the match unresolved.

• Lin Yaoyang stayed to watch the match between Snow Demon Sect and Shrek Academy, while both teams entered the waiting area.
• Long Aotian chose Huo Yuhao for Snow Demon Sect's first individual match, and Bei Bei sent Dai Huabin out for Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin took the stage, and Bei Bei realized that Huo Yuhao was his missing junior brother.
• Huo Yuhao used Spirit Detection to evade Dai Huabin's attacks, then halted his White Tiger Meteor Shower with Three-Eyed Soul-Devouring Pupil.
• Huo Yuhao advanced on the disoriented Dai Huabin and activated Simulation.

Huo Yuhao defeated Dai Huabin in the tournament, then faced Bei Bei, who tried to persuade him to return to Shrek and the Tang Sect. Their match began with Huo Yuhao accusing Bei Bei of abandoning Tang Ya and failing to preserve the Tang Sect.

• Huo Yuhao used his Frost Eye Soul-Sealing Seal and Ten Thousand Eye Etherealization to cripple Dai Huabin, and the referee declared Huo Yuhao the winner.
• Zhu Lu helped Dai Huabin off the stage while Bei Bei resolved to challenge Huo Yuhao for answers.
• Huo Yuhao rejected Bei Bei's concern and said he had left Shrek and the Tang Sect; Bei Bei declared that he would beat Huo Yuhao awake.
• Bei Bei attacked with his Thunder Dragon skills, but Huo Yuhao dodged with Spirit Detection and met Bei Bei's Thunder Dragon Head with his Three-Eyed Soul-Devouring Pupil.
• Huo Yuhao accused Bei Bei of doing nothing after Tang Ya disappeared and of failing to hold on to the people and cause he claimed to protect.

Huo Yuhao used his Titan Snow Demon Martial Soul to defeat Bei Bei, and the Snow Demon Sect went on to eliminate Shrek Academy from the team match. After learning that Titled Douluo were converging on the Sun Moon Empire, Lin Yaoyang considered the danger to the tournament teams and spoke with the Ice Empress and Snow Empress.

• Huo Yuhao transformed into his Titan Snow Demon form and defeated Bei Bei, forcing Shrek Academy to forfeit the individual match.
• Long Aotian led the Snow Demon Sect team to eliminate the injured Shrek members, securing victory and deepening Shrek's tournament crisis.
• Lin Yaoyang left the arena with the Sun Temple while the Holy Spirit Sect mistook their presence in the stands for interest in its tactics.
• Ye Guyi told Lin Yaoyang that Titled Douluo from the Three Douluo Kingdoms were moving toward the Sun Moon Empire and that Shrek Academy had recently shown unusual activity.
• Lin Yaoyang warned the Ice Empress and Snow Empress about the approaching Titled Douluo, but assured them he could handle the situation himself.

The Sun Temple faced the Holy Spirit Sect in the tournament, and Xiao Xiao fought Tang Dai in the first match. She defeated him with her Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron and Titan Giant Ape, leaving Tang Dai dead and the Sun Temple victorious.

• Lin Yaoyang chose Xiao Xiao to represent the Sun Temple in the first match, while Tang Ya sent Tang Dai to fight for the Holy Spirit Sect.
• Xiao Xiao and Tang Dai declared that the match would be decided by life or death, then began fighting.
• Tang Dai transformed into a giant skeleton and used bone armor and blades to press Xiao Xiao, but her cauldron blocked his attacks.
• Xiao Xiao summoned the Titan Giant Ape, which broke through Tang Dai's defenses and pinned him down.
• Xiao Xiao crushed Tang Dai with her sixth soul skill, and the referee declared him dead and Xiao Xiao the winner.

Xiao Xiao killed Tang Dai in the tournament before Tang Ya, now revealed as the Blue Silver Saintess of the Holy Spirit Sect, challenged her. Tang Ya’s Dark Blue Silver Grass struck first, but Xiao Xiao’s cauldron repelled it as their battle began.

• Xiao Xiao killed Tang Dai, prompting outrage and making the other tournament teams wary of the Holy Spirit Sect.
• Tang Ya agreed to face Xiao Xiao after Lu Genggeng praised her, and she walked onto the stage.
• Bei Bei recognized Tang Ya and realized she had joined the Holy Spirit Sect as an evil soul master.
• Tang Ya released her Dark Blue Silver Grass and used Entanglement to attack Xiao Xiao from all sides.
• Xiao Xiao’s Cauldron Shock repelled and shattered the vines, but Tang Ya used Parasitism to send fine black threads toward Xiao Xiao’s feet.

Xiao Xiao used her Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron to counter Tang Ya’s Dark Blue Silver Grass and overpower her in their competition match. After the cauldron crashed down through Tang Ya’s defenses, Xiao Xiao sensed something beneath it and waited for the dust to clear.

• Xiao Xiao’s Martial Soul Avatar suppressed Tang Ya’s Ten-Thousand-Vine Soul-Eroding Array, but Tang Ya transformed into her Dark Blue Silver Avatar and attacked with Parasitism and her Blue Silver Overlord Spear.
• Xiao Xiao’s cauldron suppressed Tang Ya’s spores and halted her spear, then Xiao Xiao used Ten-Thousand-Jun Cauldron Crush against the vines.
• Tang Ya layered her vines into a thick wall, but Xiao Xiao’s cauldron crushed through it and broke apart her avatar.
• Tang Ya reverted to her frail form as the cauldron descended, while Bei Bei watched helplessly from the stands.
• The cauldron slammed into the competition platform, filling it with dust and debris, and Xiao Xiao sensed something beneath it but kept waiting for the haze to clear.

Zhongli Wu intervened to save Tang Ya after Xiao Xiao’s attack, then threatened Xiao Xiao before Lin Yaoyang stepped in to protect her. Lin Yaoyang turned the confrontation against Zhongli Wu by exposing the Holy Spirit Cult’s history of killing competitors and the Sun Moon Empire’s failure to punish it, leaving Zhongli Wu unable to press his accusation without condemning himself.

• Zhongli Wu caught Xiao Xiao’s Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron with one hand and saved Tang Ya from being crushed.
• Xiao Xiao challenged Zhongli Wu, who revealed himself as the Holy Spirit Cult’s leader and released his pressure at her.
• Lin Yaoyang protected Xiao Xiao and confronted Zhongli Wu over interfering in the tournament and threatening a child.
• Lin Yaoyang reminded Zhongli Wu that the Holy Spirit Cult had first killed competitors and that the Sun Moon Empire had allowed it to go unpunished.
• The audience began discussing Lin Yaoyang’s argument, while Zhongli Wu realized that pursuing Xiao Xiao would expose his own hypocrisy.

Lin Yaoyang accepted Zhongli Wu’s challenge to a duel after the Sun Temple defeated the Holy Spirit Sect in the tournament. Their battle began in the mountains, where Lin Yaoyang’s power surprised Zhongli Wu, who then escalated the fight with a fiery attack.

• Zhongli Wu admitted the Holy Spirit Sect’s defeat and challenged Lin Yaoyang to a duel, wagering that Lin Yaoyang would kneel if he lost.
• Lin Yaoyang accepted Zhongli Wu’s challenge and flew with him to a remote mountain while Xiao Xiao and the others returned.
• Zhongli Wu revealed his nine Soul Rings and summoned the Death God Puppet, while Lin Yaoyang transformed with his Corona Sword and Sun Star God True Body.
• Lin Yaoyang’s Sun Radiance broke through Zhongli Wu’s Death Abyss and overpowered the Bone Dragon King’s Extreme Wind, scorching its skull.
• Zhongli Wu unleashed Extreme of Fire and sent fiery meteors toward Lin Yaoyang, who answered with his fifth Soul Skill, Corona Judgment.

Lin Yaoyang battled Zhongli Wu, overpowering his strongest attacks and surviving a Death God Needle strike. After the Bone Dragon King swallowed him, Lin Yaoyang considered unleashing an attack from inside the beast.

• Lin Yaoyang's Corona Judgment overwhelmed the Bone Dragon King's meteors and injured Zhongli Wu in their ensuing clash.
• Zhongli Wu realized Lin Yaoyang had condensed a Soul Core and unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar and ninth Soul Skill, but Lin Yaoyang's Infinite Flash shattered the attack and left Zhongli Wu wounded.
• Zhongli Wu used the Bone Dragon King to distract Lin Yaoyang and fired his Death God Needle, but Lin Yaoyang struck it with the Corona Sword and consumed its Flame of Decay with Sun True Fire.
• Zhongli Wu commanded the Bone Dragon King to swallow Lin Yaoyang and the Death God Needle, while Lin Yaoyang considered attacking from inside the beast.

Lin Yaoyang defeated Zhongli Wu and confronted Long Xiaoyao, who arrived to rescue him. Long Xiaoyao escaped with Zhongli Wu, while Lin Yaoyang returned to Ming Capital and demanded an explanation from the Sun Moon Empire.

• Lin Yaoyang unleashed his Sixth Soul Skill, destroying the Bone Dragon King and leaving Zhongli Wu badly injured by the blast and backlash.
• Long Xiaoyao arrived and demanded that Lin Yaoyang let Zhongli Wu go, but Lin Yaoyang challenged him and taunted him about Zhongli Wu’s lack of respect.
• Lin Yaoyang pointed out that Zhongli Wu was Ye Xishui’s son and accused him of using Long Xiaoyao, prompting Zhongli Wu to protest.
• Jing Hongchen and other Sun Moon Empire experts arrived, so Long Xiaoyao grabbed Zhongli Wu and fled after Lin Yaoyang tossed him a piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow.
• Lin Yaoyang told Jing Hongchen he did not know where Zhongli Wu had gone, condemned Zhongli Wu’s attack on their tournament team, and flew back toward Ming Capital.

Zhongli Wu escaped Lin Yaoyang with Long Xiaoyao, but a frost trap left Long Xiaoyao and his Dark Sacred Dragon encased in ice. Back at the Mingyue Hotel, Lin Yaoyang explained the Holy Spirit Cult's ties to its two Limit Douluos, Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao.

• Zhongli Wu urged Long Xiaoyao to help destroy Lin Yaoyang, but Long Xiaoyao ignored him and inspected the icy prism Lin had thrown at him.
• The prism shattered and released the Snow Empress's stored Soul Power, freezing Long Xiaoyao and his Dark Sacred Dragon as Long kicked Zhongli Wu clear.
• Zhongli Wu briefly delighted at Long Xiaoyao's apparent fall, then flew after him, claiming he would save him.
• Lin Yaoyang returned to the Mingyue Hotel, reassured his companions, and revealed that Long Xiaoyao had rescued Zhongli Wu.
• Lin Yaoyang told the group that Ye Xishui was Zhongli Wu's mother and that Long Xiaoyao had joined the Holy Spirit Cult largely because Ye was his first love.

Lin Yaoyang revealed more tangled ties among figures from Shrek Academy and the Holy Spirit Cult, then accepted apology gifts from the Sun Moon Empire after Zhongli Wu’s defeat. Meanwhile, Xu Tianran considered making the Death God Douluo his godmother, and Du Busi proposed simultaneous strikes on the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy and the imperial palace.

• Lin Yaoyang told Wang Dong'er and the others about Ye Xishui’s relationships with Long Xiaoyao and Mu En, and about Yan Shaozhe’s family ties to the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Two Sun Moon Empire officials delivered Class 6 Milk Bottles and Red Dust Protection as an apology on the Regent Prince’s orders, and Lin Yaoyang accepted the gifts.
• Xu Tianran condemned Zhongli Wu’s defeat and asked Ju Zi what she thought of him taking the Death God Douluo as his godmother.
• Du Busi proposed attacking the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy and the Sun Moon Imperial Palace at the same time, then called for discussion of the operation’s timing.

Xuan Zi arrived late to a meeting about confronting the Sun Moon Empire, having stopped to eat roast chicken, and found that the others had already made their plans without him. After Yan Shaozhe told him Shrek’s team might not reach the tournament’s top eight, Xuan Zi blamed Yan Shaozhe for the academy’s poor performance.

• Xuan Zi arrived at the meeting disheveled and carrying wine and a chicken drumstick, then entered after a Body Sect disciple recognized him.
• Du Busi told Xuan Zi the group had already settled its plans and that he should fight a Titled Douluo from the Sun Moon Empire when the time came.
• Xuan Zi insulted Xu Jiujiu, prompting Nebula Douluo and Xu Jiujiu to leave, followed by Du Busi, Wei Na, Long Aotian, and the others.
• Yan Shaozhe asked why Xuan Zi had been absent, and Xuan Zi admitted he had stopped to sample Sun Moon roast chicken.
• Yan Shaozhe explained that Bei Bei’s team had won few and lost many in the round-robin stage and might not make the top eight.
• Xuan Zi reacted with alarm and roared at Yan Shaozhe for running Shrek Academy poorly.

Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi argued over Shrek Academy’s declining tournament performance, and Xuan Zi joined the academy’s team for the match against Sun Temple. Wang Qiu’er overwhelmed Bei Bei in their opening duel, leaving him badly hurt as the match continued.

• Yan Shaozhe argued that Shrek Academy’s students had done their best, but Xuan Zi blamed him for the team’s poor results and decided to watch their next match.
• Shrek Academy drew Sun Temple in the first group round-robin match, and Xuan Zi guessed that Sun Temple’s Soul Sages had advanced by using Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones.
• Wang Yan led Shrek Academy’s team to the waiting area, while Xuan Zi stayed behind and refused to command them.
• Wang Qiu’er challenged Shrek Academy, and Wang Yan sent captain Bei Bei to face her first.
• Bei Bei unleashed his lightning Soul Skills, but Wang Qiu’er countered them with spear techniques and shattered his Thunder Shock Domain with one strike.
• Wang Qiu’er struck Bei Bei in the kidney with her next attack.

Wang Qiu'er defeated Bei Bei with her Golden Earth Dragon Prison, and Wang Yan sent Xu Sanshi to face her after following Xuan Zi's advice. Xu Sanshi opened the next match with Black Tortoise Quake, but Wang Qiu'er stood firm against it.

• Bei Bei unleashed his fifth Soul Skill, but Wang Qiu'er trapped him in her Golden Earth Dragon Prison and overwhelmed him with earth dragons.
• The referee declared Bei Bei unable to fight and awarded the match to Wang Qiu'er of the Sun Temple.
• Xuan Zi told Wang Yan to send Xu Sanshi next, believing Bei Bei had drained Wang Qiu'er's Soul Power.
• Wang Yan sent Xu Sanshi to fight despite his wish to forfeit, assuring him that Wang Qiu'er had been weakened.
• Xu Sanshi began the match with Black Tortoise Quake, but Wang Qiu'er remained unmoved by its shockwave.

Wang Qiu'er defeated Xu Sanshi, and Shrek Academy forfeited both the individual and team matches against the Sun Temple. After Xuan Zi berated Wang Yan and insisted the students should die for Shrek's glory, Ning Tian, Wu Feng, Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and the others walked away.

• Wang Qiu'er overcame Xu Sanshi's defenses and knocked him out of the arena, winning the individual match for the Sun Temple.
• Wang Yan announced that Shrek Academy was forfeiting the individual match and then the team match, leaving Xuan Zi stunned.
• The Sun Temple celebrated its victory as Wang Qiu'er left with Lin Yaoyang, Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, Li Yongle, and the others.
• Xuan Zi confronted Wang Yan in the competitors' passageway and accused him of destroying Shrek Academy's glory by forfeiting.
• Xuan Zi declared that the students had a responsibility to die for Shrek Academy's honor, prompting Ning Tian to leave with Wu Feng and the other students to depart for Ming Capital.

Xu Tianran and Ju Zi discussed Shrek Academy’s decline and the risks to their plans, while Jing Hongchen met Lin Yaoyang to arrange a meeting with Kong Deming about Lin’s Soul Tool design. Jing Hongchen also discovered that Lin Yaoyang had forgotten to bring Xuan Ziwen and the others along.

• Xu Tianran mocked Shrek Academy’s poor performance, and Ju Zi warned that Lin Yaoyang and the absent Dragon Emperor Douluo could disrupt their plans.
• Jing Hongchen met Lin Yaoyang outside the arena and told him his commissioned Soul Tool would take another year or two to finish.
• Jing Hongchen told Lin Yaoyang that Kong Deming wanted to discuss his design, which seemed to be approaching Level Ten.
• Jing Hongchen asked where Xuan Ziwen and the others were, and Lin Yaoyang admitted that he had forgotten to bring them.

Lin Yaoyang met Kong Deming to persuade him to help complete the Sky-Based Dragon-Slaying Cannon, claiming it would target Evil Soul Masters. Kong remained wary of the Sun Temple’s motives and considered the danger the weapon could pose to the Sun Moon Empire.

• Jing Hongchen confronted Lin Yaoyang about when he would return the people borrowed from the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy, and Lin Yaoyang evaded the question before going to see Kong Deming.
• Lin Yaoyang entered Jing Hongchen’s secret chamber in Mingde Hall and met Kong Deming, who had reviewed the cannon’s blueprints and praised their innovative direction.
• Kong Deming questioned why he should help an outsider design a super Soul Tool, and Lin Yaoyang said it would be used to strike Evil Soul Masters with precision.
• Lin Yaoyang tried to persuade Kong Deming by mentioning his fight with Zhongli Wu, but Kong dismissed the appeal and questioned why Lin Yaoyang feared the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Kong Deming weighed his interest in Soul Tool research against his duty to the Sun Moon Empire and worried that the Sun Temple might someday turn the cannon against Ming Capital.