Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiaogang briefed the Shrek team on the revised Continental Elite Spirit Master Tournament rules, which allowed killing and imposed few restrictions. Tang San remained uneasy about the danger as the team prepared to compete.

• Tang San insisted on absorbing a 7,000-year Cave Spider soul ring, and Flender eventually agreed to help him find one.
• A month later, Yu Xiaogang gathered the Shrek Five Devils, Huang Yuan, Jing Ling, and Jiang Zhu at Slime Academy to discuss the tournament.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that the tournament now admitted sects, allowed contestants under thirty, removed the seven-person team limit, and permitted killing unless a contestant personally surrendered.
• Dai Mubai dismissed Tang San's warnings about powerful opponents, while Tang San worried that Spirit Hall's Soul Emperors could kill them before they could surrender.
• Tang San asked whether he could use Hidden Weapons, and Yu Xiaogang said contestants could use any means, including assassination and poisoning, to win.
• Oscar welcomed the lack of restrictions and hoped Tang San's Hidden Weapons would help the team win, but Tang San remained uneasy.

Yu Xiaogang explained the revised tournament format and warned Slime Academy that qualifying would be difficult. Six days later, the Heaven Dou Division’s opening ceremony drew huge crowds, and Slime Academy’s ragged uniforms and advertising pitch made the spectators laugh.

• Yu Xiaogang explained that academy and sect teams would compete in the Preliminary Tournament, with sixteen qualifying slots in each empire’s division and rankings affecting the finals.
• The Slime Academy team acknowledged Yu Xiaogang’s warning to study their opponents and prepare carefully.
• Six days later, spectators packed the area around the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena for the opening ceremony.
• Teams arriving at the arena drew cheers until Slime Academy appeared in burlap-like green uniforms advertising sponsorship rights, prompting the crowd to laugh.

Slime Academy faced ridicule at the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena before the Glazed Team arrived and drew the crowd’s attention. The Imperial Dou Team then provoked Tang San’s group, reviving their anger over Qin Ming’s death, and both teams left promising to settle things in the arena.

• Spectators mocked Slime Academy’s uniforms and members as they entered the venue.
• The Glazed Team of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect arrived, led by Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and received an enthusiastic welcome.
• Dai Mubai and the others recognized Ning Rongrong, while Flender and Liu Erlong warned that the Glazed Team could be a formidable opponent.
• Xue Haicang insulted Slime Academy, and Yu Feng and Osler traded accusations with the team over Qin Ming’s death.
• Tang San restrained the Slime Team and declared that they would settle their dispute in the arena.
• Xue Haicang and Osler vowed to teach Tang San’s team a brutal lesson when they met again.

At the Heaven Dou Division Preliminary Tournament’s opening ceremony, Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena spotted Zhu Zhuqing among the competing teams and realized their earlier attempt to kill her had failed. The Spirit Hall Team entered to thunderous cheers, setting the stage for the tournament.

• Bai Bing warned Yan, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena not to underestimate their opponents as they watched the arena from a VIP room.
• Yan and Xie Yue recognized Zhu Zhuqing among the entering teams, and Xie Yue vowed to cut off her head himself.
• The announcer introduced the Upper Three Sects and Lower Four Sects teams, followed by Slime Academy and its mocked slogan, “champions without opponents.”
• The announcer introduced the Spirit Hall Team as specialists in beating champions without opponents, and Hu Liena led her team into the arena.
• The Spirit Hall Team took their place, completing the lineup of teams for the Heaven Dou Division Preliminary Tournament.

Tang San watched the tournament opening ceremony and was alarmed by changes to the Golden Generation and the VIP seating, disrupting his plans for the Preliminary Tournament. The ceremony ended with Ye Muyun preparing to present the champion team's Hundred Thousand Year Humanoid Spirit Beast prize.

• Tang San noticed Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan had become cautious and humble, with concealed savagery, and resolved to pursue Dual God Integration regardless.
• Tang San saw Golden Crocodile Douluo, Ye Muyun, Ning Fengzhi, Yu Yuanzhen, and Emperor Xue Ye in the VIP front row, while the expected officials sat behind them.
• Emperor Xue Ye officially opened the Continental Elite Spirit Master Tournament.
• Ning Fengzhi praised the tournament and said he favored the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's team, led by Chen Ming and Gu Zhen.
• Ye Muyun rose to present the champion team's Hundred Thousand Year Humanoid Spirit Beast prize.

Xiao Wu was brought before the arena as a captured Hundred Thousand Year Humanoid Spirit Beast, and Ye Muyun ordered her to be tortured and displayed. Tang San’s defense of her drew ridicule, and the chapter ended with Xiao Wu hanging from the arena gate beam as the tournament’s prize.

• The Wind, Water, and Fire families’ Soul Douluos brought Xiao Wu out in chains, prompting shock and insults from the crowd.
• Ye Muyun ordered the Soul Douluos to pierce Xiao Wu’s shoulder blades and hang her at the entrance.
• Tang San stepped forward to defend Xiao Wu, but the crowd mocked him instead of praising his devotion.
• Yu Xiaogang slapped Tang San, made him apologize, and claimed his mind was unclear.
• Xiao Wu drove iron hooks through both of her shoulder blades while the Shrek group watched helplessly.
• Ye Muyun ordered Xiao Wu hung from the beam outside the Spirit Dueling Arena as the competition’s champion’s prize.

Xiao Wu was hoisted onto the arena crossbeam while Ye Muyun publicly revealed her identity as a hundred-thousand-year-old rabbit. Xue Ye drew the tournament matchups, setting Slime Academy against Spirit Hall Team in the first round and leaving Tang San convinced the draw had been manipulated.

• The Sacred Spirit Sect Soul Douluo lifted Xiao Wu by her chains and impaled her on the arena's highest crossbeam, and Ye Muyun warned the crowd that she was a hundred-thousand-year-old rabbit.
• Ning Fengzhi and Ye Muyun consulted Golden Crocodile Douluo, who agreed that Xue Ye should conduct the match draw.
• Tang San told Dai Mubai and Oscar that he saw the tournament as a chance to take revenge on Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Xue Ye drew the first-round matchups, including Spirit Hall Team versus Slime Academy Team and Heaven Dou Royal Academy versus Blue Lightning Academy.
• Liu Erlong, Flender, Yu Xiaogang, Oscar, and Dai Mubai debated whether the matchups were rigged, and Tang San insisted Spirit Hall had secretly used an illusion on Xue Ye.

Slime Academy debated whether to forfeit its match against the Spirit Hall Team, but Tang San insisted they fight to expose the team’s abilities. As the teams prepared to face each other, Xie Yue threatened Zhu Zhuqing and planned to kill her.

• Imperial Dou Academy defeated Blue Lightning Academy in five minutes, alarming Slime Academy ahead of its match with the Spirit Hall Team.
• Yu Xiaogang proposed forfeiting to let other teams reveal the Spirit Hall Team’s abilities, but Tang San argued they should fight and probe their opponents.
• Yu Xiaogang agreed to Tang San’s plan, and Slime Academy vowed to fight without retreating.
• The Spirit Hall Team and Slime Team arrived for their match, and Xie Yue told Zhu Zhuqing he would make sure she died this time.

The Spirit Hall Team faced the Slime Team, and Bai Lan stunned the arena by revealing five ten-thousand-year spirit rings. As the Slime Team prepared to attack, Flender realized the mismatch could be deadly and urged that the match be stopped.

• Dai Mubai released his martial soul, while Hu Liena, Yan, and Bai Bing withdrew and left Xie Yue with three teammates in the arena.
• Bai Lan dismissed Dai Mubai’s team, and Tang San questioned Yang Yi about his connection to the Breaking Clan.
• After the match began, Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, and Jing Ling charged toward Xie Yue with Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass supporting them.
• Bai Lan summoned her Blue Silver Emperor and revealed five black spirit rings, shocking the crowd and exposing the vast gap in strength.
• Yu Xiaogang rejected the possibility of Bai Lan’s spirit-ring configuration, while Flender warned that the Slime Team was in mortal danger and called for the match to be stopped.

Yu Xiaogang rushed to stop the match, but the Slime Team’s fight against Bai Lan and her allies had already reached its climax. Xie Yue brutally killed Zhu Zhuqing, leaving the teams facing the aftermath of her death.

• Yu Xiaogang realized the children were in danger and sprinted toward the arena to stop the match.
• Tang San rallied the Slime Team, and Dai Mubai renewed his attack on Bai Lan while Tang San tried to bind her with Blue Silver Grass.
• Bai Lan’s Blue Silver Emperor destroyed Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass, while Yang Yi, Bai Lan, and Niu Feng easily repelled the Slime Team’s attacks.
• Xie Yue seized Zhu Zhuqing before she could surrender, severed her remaining arm and legs, pierced her heart, and cut off her head.
• Zhu Zhuqing realized the headless corpse was her own, then her consciousness faded into darkness.

Zhu Zhuqing was brutally killed in the arena, and the changed rules allowed the Spirit Hall team to continue fighting. After Bai Lan punished Tang San for refusing to surrender, Tang San finally gave in.

• Xie Yue killed Zhu Zhuqing and then cut her corpse into pieces as the spectators and her teammates watched in shock.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San protested the killing, but the referee said that killing and using Soul Tools were permitted under the match rules.
• Dai Mubai, Oscar, Huang Yuan, and the others surrendered, while Tang San stubbornly refused.
• Bai Lan struck Tang San with Blue Silver Grass vines and whipped him until he was badly injured.
• Tang San lost his strength and surrendered.

After Slime Academy forfeited its bloody match against Spirit Hall, Ning Fengzhi advised the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to forfeit its upcoming match against the Sacred Spirit Sect. At Slime Academy, Tang San proposed a way for his team to reach Soul Saint-level combat strength, but the method was not yet revealed.

• The referee declared Slime Academy's forfeiture, and spectators from the sects praised the deadly match while academy students reacted with fear.
• Chen Ming and Ning Rongrong argued about Slime Academy before Gu Zhen redirected their attention to the upcoming match against the Sacred Spirit Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to forfeit, citing the Element Team's unknown strength, and Sword Douluo warned that a three-level gap at the peak was enormous.
• Gu Zhen agreed to forfeit and wait for other teams to test the Element Team, while Ning Rongrong received permission to visit Slime Academy and offer condolences.
• At Slime Academy, Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and the others lamented Spirit Hall's strength and their own helplessness.
• Tang San claimed he had a way to raise their combat strength to the Soul Saint level, prompting Flender and the others to ask what it was.

Tang San urged Yu Xiaogang to develop a Four-in-One Spirit Avatar Fusion Skill, while the group reviewed the competition matchups. At the arena, Spirit Hall and Plant Academy prepared to face each other as spectators gathered to assess Spirit Hall’s strength.

• Tang San proposed that Flender, Liu Erlong, Yu Xiaogang, and the others develop a Four-in-One Spirit Avatar Fusion Skill, and Yu Xiaogang agreed to work on it.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San and the others to study the competing teams, then learned that they would face the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan the next day.
• Flender told the group that Spirit Hall would face Plant Academy and the Sacred Spirit Sect would face the Elephant Armored Sect.
• Xue Ye and other influential figures attended the arena as Spirit Hall and Plant Academy entered the stage.
• Yu Xiaogang, Shui Bing'er, Xue Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Chen Ming watched the Spirit Hall match to gauge the team’s strength.
• Plant Academy’s seven members faced Spirit Hall’s seven members, whose earlier brutality had left spectators viewing them as vicious fiends.

Bai Bing faced Plant Academy alone and overwhelmed them with her Super Spirit, seven black spirit rings, and Extreme Ice Domain. She defeated the team in under a minute, leaving the spectators and Tang San stunned by the Spirit Hall Team’s power.

• Plant Academy’s seven members summoned their Martial Souls, while six members of the Spirit Hall Team withdrew and left Bai Bing alone in the arena.
• Bai Bing revealed her Super Spirit and seven black spirit rings, shocking Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and the spectators.
• Bai Bing released her Extreme Ice Domain, weakening and slowing Plant Academy’s members while hiding herself in the icy mist.
• Bai Bing struck Plant Academy’s captain from behind with Ice Feather Claw and sent him out of the arena.
• Bai Bing used Extreme Ice Feast to overwhelm the remaining six members, ending the match in less than a minute.

After watching Spirit Hall Team and Sacred Spirit Sect crush their opponents, Tang San and his teammates worried about qualifying but resolved to keep fighting. Before their match against Thunder Team, Tang San proposed a three-duel contest, and Yu Tianheng agreed.

• Bai Bing led Spirit Hall Team to defeat Plant Academy with only two soul skills, leaving Yu Xiaogang and Tang San unable to learn the rest of her abilities.
• Flender and Liu Erlong reported that Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang had both surpassed level fifty-eight and swept Elephant Armored Academy aside.
• Tang San encouraged his teammates to persist despite the powerful competition, then outlined a plan to face Thunder Team under the changed rules.
• Yu Tianheng insulted Tang San over his severed finger, but Tang San restrained himself and let Dai Mubai and Oscar provoke Yu Tianheng into accepting a challenge.
• Tang San proposed three one-on-one duels against Thunder Team, with the winner decided by the best of three, and Yu Tianheng agreed.

Dai Mubai faced Yu Xiaoqiang in the first one-on-one match between Slime Academy and Thunder Team, only to discover that Yu Tianheng’s uncle was a Level 57 Soul King. Yu Xiaoqiang broke Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Light Wave with a single spirit skill, leaving Dai Mubai at a severe disadvantage.

• Tang San and Yu Tianheng agreed to decide the match between their teams through one-on-one duels.
• Dai Mubai volunteered for the first match and activated his White Tiger Possession with four spirit rings.
• Yu Tianheng revealed his uncle, Yu Xiaoqiang, who possessed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul and had reached Level 57.
• Yu Xiaoqiang attacked Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Light Wave with his Lightning Dragon Claw and shattered it.
• Yu Xiaoqiang mocked Dai Mubai’s inferior Martial Soul, Soul Power, and spirit-skill use.

Yu Xiaoqiang defeated Dai Mubai in the first match, breaking his barrier and leaving him with a shattered wrist and back injuries. After the referee declared Yu Xiaoqiang the winner, Yu Xiaowei entered the arena and challenged the Slime Academy Team to send out its next fighter.

• Dai Mubai used his White Tiger skills against Yu Xiaoqiang, but Yu Xiaoqiang dodged his attacks and mocked his strength.
• Yu Xiaoqiang vanished and struck Dai Mubai from behind with Lightning Dragon Claw, shattering his barrier and breaking bones in his back.
• Yu Xiaoqiang kicked Dai Mubai's arms, breaking his left wrist and knocking him out of the fight.
• The referee declared Yu Xiaoqiang the winner of the first match and called for the second contestants.
• Yu Xiaowei revealed his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul and five Spirit Rings, then asked the Slime Academy Team who would fight next.

After Thunder Team fielded another Soul King, Tang San surrendered the match, and Slime Academy fled under the crowd’s jeers. Tang San then met Ning Fengzhi privately to discuss the upcoming matches, only to find Xue Qinghe waiting in the tea house and wonder whether he was actually Qian Renxue in disguise.

• Tang San decided Slime Academy could not overcome Thunder Team’s remaining opponents and surrendered the match.
• The referee declared Thunder Team the winner, and the audience mocked Slime Academy’s champion slogan as Dai Mubai and his teammates left the arena.
• Flender took the injured Dai Mubai for treatment, while Yu Xiaogang went to confront Thunder Team and Liu Erlong praised him.
• Ning Fengzhi warned Tang San that the competition rules forced Slime Academy to face older opponents, and Tang San insisted they would keep going.
• Tang San asked to speak with Ning Fengzhi privately, then recognized the young man waiting in the tea house as Xue Qinghe and questioned whether he was Qian Renxue in disguise.

Tang San met Ning Fengzhi and Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, then learned that Spirit Hall would take four Peerless Douluo to defeat. After Tang San unexpectedly touched Xue Qinghe to check whether he was disguised as a woman, Xue Qinghe slapped him, leaving Tang San furious and stunned.

• Xue Qinghe welcomed Ning Fengzhi respectfully, while Tang San grew angry at being ignored.
• Ning Fengzhi introduced Tang San to Xue Qinghe, who treated him coolly.
• Tang San urged Ning Fengzhi to unite the continent against Spirit Hall, and Ning Fengzhi explained that Spirit Hall's strength required four Peerless Douluo to overcome.
• Ning Fengzhi revealed that Ye Muyun and the other sect master of the Sacred Spirit Sect were both level 99 Peerless Douluo, and Xue Qinghe rebuked Tang San for insulting Ye Muyun.
• Tang San suddenly touched Xue Qinghe's chest to test whether he was a woman in disguise, then reacted with disappointment when he found Xue Qinghe was genuine.
• Xue Qinghe slapped Tang San, who stared at him in disbelief and anger.

Tang San revealed his connection to Tang Chen and his Twin Martial Souls to Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe, then shared the locations of Tang Chen and Bo Saixi as potential allies against Spirit Hall. He left the palace with Xue Qinghe’s gold token and returned toward Slime Academy.

• Ning Fengzhi slapped Tang San three times before Tang San revealed that Tang Hao was his father and displayed his Clear Sky Hammer, shocking Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe with his Twin Martial Souls.
• Tang San told Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe that Tang Chen was in the City of Slaughter, and Ning Fengzhi reasoned that Tang Chen might be trapped there or have suffered a mishap.
• Tang San revealed that Bo Saixi, a level ninety-nine Peerless Douluo, lived on Sea God Island and might help them oppose Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi and Tang San agreed to seek Bo Saixi and rescue Tang Chen, believing their support could help destroy Spirit Hall.
• Xue Qinghe gave Tang San the Heaven Dou Crown Prince’s gold token, and Tang San accepted it before leaving the palace for Slime Academy.