Chapter Summaries

Dugu Yan faced Feng Xiaotian in a high-profile match between Exotic Beast Academy and Godwind Academy. She held off his Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes, and the battle remained unresolved as Feng Xiaotian launched another attack.

• Jiang Jing arranged for Dugu Yan to fight first against Godwind Academy, with Yu Yan and Xiao Wu ready to follow if needed.
• Feng Xiaotian challenged Dugu Yan, but their opening clash sent him flying back and revealed her powerful offense.
• Feng Xiaotian took to the air and repeatedly attacked with Wind Blade Array, while Dugu Yan knocked away the blades and conserved her strength.
• Feng Xiaotian began the Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes, and Dugu Yan blocked the attacks until the increasingly powerful blows wounded her.
• Dugu Yan used Emerald Dragon Breath and her concealed ten-thousand-year fourth spirit skill to counter the later slashes, while Feng Xiaotian gathered himself for another attack.

Dugu Yan defeated Feng Xiaotian with her fourth spirit skill, then withdrew so Yu Yan could continue the match against Godwind Academy. Yu Yan defeated all six of their remaining competitors in succession and left the arena unscathed.

• Feng Xiaotian unleashed the final strike of his Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes, and Dugu Yan countered with her Jade Blood Jade Dragon Claw.
• Dugu Yan crushed Feng Xiaotian’s slash, and Feng Xiaotian admitted defeat as the spectators applauded them.
• Dugu Yan withdrew from the match, and Yu Yan took her place against Godwind Academy’s vice-captain.
• Yu Yan used the Mystic Ice Chains to defeat Godwind Academy’s vice-captain and then five more competitors.
• Yu Yan defeated all six members of Godwind Academy in eighteen minutes and left the arena without a stain on his clothes.

At Shrek Academy, Tang San explained how Yu Yan’s precise control had let him defeat Godwind Academy one against six, while Yu Xiaogang outlined the limits of what the team could learn about Yu Yan’s strength. The chapter left Ma Hongjun urged to set aside revenge, since Yu Yan could not be beaten one-on-one and would require teamwork or exhaustion of his Soul Power.

• Ma Hongjun complained that Godwind Academy had failed to injure Yu Yan and resented Yu Yan’s victory.
• Tang San explained that Yu Yan had restricted Godwind Academy’s movement with precise control of his four Ice Chains.
• Ma Hongjun asked whether avoiding the Mystic Ice Chains would be enough to defeat Yu Yan.
• Tang San explained that Yu Yan’s Ice and Fire Twin Dragons gave him eight Soul Skills and that he had not revealed his full strength.
• Yu Xiaogang advised that Yu Yan could only be defeated by wearing down his Soul Power or using team tactics.

Shrek Academy defeated Thunder Academy through Yu Xiaogang’s tactics, then lost to Skywater Academy before Tang San revealed his twin martial souls against Godwind Academy. Yu Yan confirmed to Xiao Wu that Tang San possessed the Blue Silver Emperor and Clear Sky Hammer, leaving her doubtful that his grass-like martial soul looked like an emperor.

• Shrek Academy used Haixing and Tang San to drain Yu Tianxin’s soul power and defeat Thunder Academy, earning Yu Xiaogang brief acclaim for his strategy.
• Yu Yan pointed out that Yu Xiaogang’s knowledge of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan explained the tactics, and later gossip about his background damaged his reputation.
• Shrek Academy lost to Skywater Academy as Shui Bing’er’s Ice Phoenix overcame Tang San and Ma Hongjun’s weaknesses.
• Tang San defeated Feng Xiaotian and Godwind Academy by revealing the Clear Sky Hammer and using Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• Xiao Wu asked Yu Yan whether Tang San was the child of Tang Hao and a transformed female soul beast, and Yu Yan confirmed Tang San had twin martial souls: the Blue Silver Emperor and Clear Sky Hammer.

Yu Yan and his teammates planned their match against Shrek Academy, while Yu Xiaogang prepared a lineup despite expecting Shrek to lose. The final-day match began with Dugu Yan defeating Tai Long and showing a precise control technique.

• Yu Yan explained that Tang San's Blue Silver Grass was an incompletely awakened Blue Silver Emperor, and Xue Ye resumed the Promotion Tournament after speaking with Ning Fengzhi.
• Dugu Yan, Yu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu chose their targets for the upcoming match against Shrek Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang arranged Shrek Academy's lineup and told Tang San to use his Clear Sky Hammer, then admitted to Flender that Shrek had little chance of winning.
• Dugu Yan opened the match for Exotic Beast Academy, and Tai Long entered for Shrek Academy with his Great Strength Gorilla Martial Soul.
• Dugu Yan struck Tai Long with her First Spirit Skill, Blood Jade Corrosive Claw, then bound and threw him out of the arena with her Second Spirit Skill, Blood Jade Dragon Bind.

Dugu Yan surrendered to Dai Mubai, leaving Shrek Academy with its first point, and Zhu Zhuqing faced Dai Mubai in the Promotion Tournament. After revealing their former engagement, Zhu Zhuqing repeatedly overpowered him, while Dai Mubai continued fighting and launched his Fourth Spirit Skill.

• Dugu Yan defeated Jing Ling, then surrendered when Dai Mubai entered the arena, giving Shrek Academy its first point.
• Dai Mubai activated his White Tiger Martial Soul and recognized Zhu Zhuqing by her Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul.
• Zhu Zhuqing confirmed her identity and knocked Dai Mubai toward the edge of the arena with Hell Stab.
• Xue Ye learned that Zhu Zhuqing was betrothed to Dai Mubai and watched the match with increased interest.
• Dai Mubai used White Tiger Vajra Transformation, but Zhu Zhuqing sent him flying again with a single claw strike.
• Dai Mubai rose and unleashed his Fourth Spirit Skill, White Tiger Meteor Shower, against Zhu Zhuqing.

Zhu Zhuqing defeated Dai Mubai in the Promotion Tournament and rejected his proposal to join forces against Dai Weisi and Zhu Qiaoyun. When Shrek Academy sent Ma Hongjun to face her next, Zhu Zhuqing conceded.

• Zhu Zhuqing evaded Dai Mubai's White Tiger Meteor Shower and overwhelmed him with faster attacks, using Hell Rift Flash to deny his final chance to trade injuries.
• Dai Mubai urged Zhu Zhuqing to cooperate with him, but she condemned his past failures and kicked him off the arena.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she did not need Dai Mubai to defeat Dai Weisi and Zhu Qiaoyun, while Tang San swore to punish Exotic Beast Academy if he met them again.
• Yu Xiaogang sent Ma Hongjun to exhaust Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun nervously glanced at Xiao Wu before taking the stage.
• Zhu Zhuqing conceded when she saw Ma Hongjun, ending her winning streak on the arena.

Xiao Wu frightened Ma Hongjun into conceding, then Yu Yan took the stage for Exotic Beast Academy and defeated Huang Yuan with a Mystic Ice Chain. The chapter left Tang San and the others recognizing Yu Yan’s exceptional control as Shrek Academy prepared its next contestant.

• Xiao Wu took the arena, and Ma Hongjun collapsed and conceded when he saw her Martial Soul Possession.
• Xiao Wu withdrew after Ma Hongjun surrendered, and the host ordered both academies to send new contestants.
• Yu Yan took the stage, while Yu Xiaogang told Shrek Academy that Yu Yan was a powerful Soul Master with the Ice and Fire Twin Fish Martial Soul.
• Yu Yan used a Mystic Ice Chain to predict Huang Yuan’s movement, bind him, and throw him out of the arena.
• Tang San comforted Huang Yuan and acknowledged that Yu Yan’s control techniques surpassed his own.

Yu Yan defeated Haixing by freezing him with a Mystic Ice Chain, then faced Tang San in the Promotion Tournament. Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass attacks failed to break through Yu Yan’s defenses, and Yu Yan sent him flying before pressing his attack.

• Yu Xiaogang sent Haixing to fight Yu Yan and try to drain his Soul Power.
• Yu Yan trapped Haixing in cold air that slowed his Soul Power, then threw him back to Shrek Academy’s side.
• Haixing recovered with help from Oscar and Jiang Zhu, warned Tang San about the cold air, and watched him enter the arena.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Entanglement, but Yu Yan’s two Mystic Ice Chains blocked the Blue Silver Grass and kept it five meters away.
• Tang San tried to slip past the chains with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, but Yu Yan struck him with a newly condensed chain and sent him flying.
• Tang San landed with Blue Silver Grass and blocked Yu Yan’s next chain attack with Blue Silver Entanglement.

Tang San brought out the Clear Sky Hammer against Yu Yan, prompting a debate among the VIPs over whether Twin Martial Souls or a Companion Martial Soul was stronger. Yu Yan’s Mystic Ice Chains withstood sixteen hammer strikes, and after disrupting Tang San’s technique, he calmly waited to see what Tang San would do next.

• Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and charged Yu Yan while controlling Blue Silver Grass, as Bishop Salas asked the VIPs to judge which fighter was stronger.
• Ning Fengzhi avoided predicting the winner, and the nobles argued over Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer and Yu Yan’s current advantage.
• Yu Yan blocked Tang San’s approach with Mystic Ice Chains, and Tang San used the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer to strike one chain sixteen times before breaking it.
• Yu Yan sent two strengthened chains at Tang San, disrupting his hammer technique and nearly making him fall, but Tang San braced himself with Blue Silver Grass.
• Yu Yan explained that he had held back because he wanted to see Tang San’s other methods, and Tang San accused him of arrogance.

Tang San tried several combat techniques against Yu Yan, but Yu Yan’s defenses stopped his attacks until Tang San landed a barrage of poisonous bindings. As Tang San waited for victory, Yu Yan emerged from the mist still standing, leaving the match unresolved.

• Tang San attacked Yu Yan with Bat Wing Reincarnation, but Yu Yan caught the Clear Sky Hammer with Frost Scale Armor and threw it back.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to swing the Clear Sky Hammer and then tried One Thousand and One Nights, but Yu Yan blocked the attacks with Mystic Ice Chains.
• Tang San covered Yu Yan with Blue Silver Grass and unleashed his Parasite, Spider Web Restraint, and Blue Silver Poison Bind Spirit Skills.
• Jiang Jing prepared to intervene as Yu Yan was struck, while Xiao Wu calmly watched and Ma Hongjun cheered for Tang San.
• Yu Yan emerged from the mist wrapped in Frost Armor and asked Tang San if he thought he had already won.

Yu Yan defeated Tang San in the Promotion Tournament, and Exotic Beast Academy won first place in the Heaven Dou Empire division. As the teams traveled to Spirit City for the grand finals, Yu Yan prepared for a possible ambush while Tang San and Huo Wu made plans to challenge their rivals.

• Yu Yan forced Tang San into a stalemate, and Yu Xiaogang conceded the match for Shrek Academy.
• Exotic Beast Academy finished the Promotion Tournament with fourteen consecutive victories and earned a first-round bye in the grand finals.
• Xue Ye promised titles and fiefs to the empire's representatives, named Xue Qinghe as envoy, and sent the fifteen teams toward Spirit City with five hundred Royal Knights.
• Yu Yan explained that Spirit Hall had chosen Spirit City to showcase Hu Liena and the Golden Generation, and he assured Jiang Jing that Exotic Beast Academy would win.
• Tang San planned to use the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill against Exotic Beast Academy, while Huo Wu persuaded Feng Xiaotian to merge their academies for the finals.

Yu Yan and the academies were ambushed by a massive force of black-clad Soul Masters, whom he recognized as Spirit Hall attackers targeting Tang San. After Tang San’s weapons cleared space around Shrek Academy, three powerful assailants charged him, and Flender and Liu Erlong moved to protect the group.

• Yu Yan and the Royal Knights sensed danger as boulders rolled down from the mountains, followed by roughly fifteen hundred black-clad Soul Masters attacking the convoy.
• Yu Yan fought off several opponents while keeping Exotic Beast Academy safe and realized the assault was likely Spirit Hall’s attempt to kill Tang San.
• Tang San and other Shrek students used Godly Zhuge Crossbows and Hidden Weapons to kill attackers and clear the area around their formation.
• Three powerful black-clad Soul Masters rushed toward Tang San, who threw six Mother-Child Soul-Chasing Life-Taking Balls at them.
• The three attackers charged through the poison mist, and Flender and Liu Erlong activated their Martial Soul Avatars to shield Shrek Academy.

Lor Diarra and his allies attacked Shrek Academy, targeting Tang San, while Yu Yan watched from the sidelines. Several powerful figures interrupted the assault, and the chapter ended with Chen Xin confronting Yue Guan.

• Lor Diarra and two Soul Saints attacked Shrek Academy, while Flender and Liu Erlong fought the Soul Saints and Li Yusong was sent crashing into a cliff.
• The headmasters of Godwind Academy, Blazing Fire Academy, and Skywater Academy intervened, forcing Lor Diarra to summon a white-clad masked Title Douluo.
• The masked man threatened the three headmasters, who withdrew, and Lor Diarra resumed his attack on Tang San.
• Tang San used Hidden Weapons and the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, but Lor Diarra knocked him away and prepared to strike again.
• Chen Xin appeared and stopped Lor Diarra's next attack, then challenged Yue Guan for bullying the Shrek Academy students.

Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Xue Qinghe stopped Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo from killing Tang San, and the Heaven Dou Empire’s teams continued their journey to Spirit City. They arrived safely and learned that the grand finals would begin three mornings later.

• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin confronted Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo arrived to support him.
• Xue Qinghe invoked the Heaven Dou Empire’s authority and persuaded Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to leave without harming Tang San.
• Ning Fengzhi treated the unconscious Tang San, while Yu Yan rejected Xiao Wu’s offer to kill him.
• Xue Qinghe restored order and led the Heaven Dou Empire’s teams onward, with Ning Fengzhi visiting Exotic Beast Academy to check on his daughter.
• Xue Qinghe led the fifteen Soul Master teams into Spirit City, where a Red-Clad Archbishop told them the grand finals would begin three mornings later.

Yu Yan and the Heaven Dou Empire contestants arrived in Spirit City for the Elite Advanced Soul Master Competition, where Exotic Beast Academy drew a favorable first-round opponent. The chapter ends with Yu Yan and Xiao Wu barely needing to fight as Dugu Yan defeated Pelagi Team, while Shrek Academy advanced after Blazing Fire Academy forfeited.

• Jiang Jing explained the five-round finals format and reassured the team that their second-round bye would help them reach the top ten.
• Jiang Jing drew Pelagi Team as Exotic Beast Academy's first-round opponent and described them as weak.
• Yu Yan left the tactical decisions to vice-captain Dugu Yan, while Jiang Jing still assigned Yu Yan and Xiao Wu to fight as control-type Soul Masters.
• Dugu Yan overwhelmed Pelagi Team with support from the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and Ye Lingling.
• Shrek Academy advanced to the second round without a fight after Blazing Fire Academy forfeited.

The Spirit Hall Team dominated Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Shrek Academy narrowly defeated Godwind Academy with a seven-in-one fusion skill. The third round ended with Exotic Beast Academy facing the Star Luo Royal Team, where Zhu Zhuqing prepared to confront her sister Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Weisi.

• Hu Liena and Xie Yue used their Demon Charm fusion skill to defeat Heaven Dou Royal Academy with only the two of them fighting.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, and their Shrek teammates used a seven-in-one fusion skill to narrowly defeat Godwind Academy.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked her Exotic Beast Academy companions to leave Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun to her, and Yu Yan agreed.
• Yu Yan led Exotic Beast Academy onto the arena to face the Star Luo Royal Team.
• Zhu Zhuyun taunted Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Weisi offered to let her withdraw or promised to spare her after he and Zhu Zhuyun took the throne.

Zhu Zhuqing fought Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun in the tournament, astonishing the crowd by holding her own against both at once. As her teammates gained the advantage elsewhere, Star Luo’s royal family questioned whether her strength could help Dai Mubai’s claim to the throne, given their apparent hostility.

• Dai Weisi agreed to Zhu Zhuqing’s challenge, while Dai Mubai expected her to lose without using Hell White Tiger with him.
• Ning Rongrong enhanced Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, and Meng Yiran as Yu Yan and Xiao Wu handled control, and Ye Lingling stood ready to heal them.
• Zhu Zhuqing outpaced Zhu Zhuyun with Hell Stab and sent her flying, then faced Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun together.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun attacked in coordination, but Zhu Zhuqing held her ground and drew cheers, leaving Dai Mubai grim-faced.
• Xiao Wu threw the opposing control-system Soul Master off the arena while Dugu Yan and Meng Yiran drove back the other Star Luo Royal Team members.
• Star Luo’s royal family saw that Zhu Zhuqing’s performance strengthened her side but had little to do with Dai Mubai, and decided to report the situation to the Star Luo Emperor.

Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun used the Hell White Tiger against Zhu Zhuqing, who countered with her Nether Field and repeatedly attacked its true form. As they unleashed a devastating area attack, Yu Yan protected everyone except Zhu Zhuqing, leaving her to face the blast herself.

• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun fused their Martial Souls into the powerful Hell White Tiger.
• Zhu Zhuqing activated Nether Field, filling the area with illusory clones that the Hell White Tiger could not distinguish.
• Zhu Zhuqing used Hell Stab and Hell Hundred Claws to strike the Hell White Tiger while shifting between her clones.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun endured Zhu Zhuqing's attacks and slammed the Hell White Tiger's paw into the arena to unleash a powerful area attack.
• Yu Yan created energy barriers to shield everyone except Zhu Zhuqing from the blast.

Exotic Beast Academy defeated Star Luo Royal Academy, with Zhu Zhuqing overcoming Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun through her own strength. After the fourth round confirmed Exotic Beast Academy, Shrek Academy, and Martial Soul Hall Academy as the finalists, the three teams gathered before the Pope Palace to await the finals.

• Zhu Zhuqing endured the Hell White Tiger's attacks and defeated Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun, securing Exotic Beast Academy's victory.
• Dai Mubai smashed a table in anger, while the Martial Soul Hall Academy team discussed the strength of their potential finals opponents.
• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Yu Yan, who credited her diligence, and Xiao Wu invited her to guide them around the Star Luo Empire after the competition.
• The fourth round ended with Exotic Beast Academy, Shrek Academy, and Martial Soul Hall Academy advancing to the finals.
• The three finalist teams gathered on the plaza before the Pope Palace, where they awaited Bibi Dong and the start of the finals.