Chapter Summaries

Shrek overwhelmed Blazing Fire Academy with Lin Chuan’s unconventional training and pre-match support buffs. The battle continued with Oscar revealing unexpected combat ability by knocking Huo Lie out of the fight.

• Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling buffed and prepared to heal Shrek before Huo Wu finished her opening taunt, leaving her stunned.
• Huo Wushuang ordered Ma Hongjun to counter Dugu Yan’s poison, but Dugu Yan’s concentrated poison dragons bypassed his flames and bit him.
• Tang San evaded Huo Wushuang’s attacks, while Xiao Wu engaged Huo Wu and Zhu Zhuqing gained the upper hand against Huo Yun.
• Huo Lie charged Oscar, but Oscar used his enhancements and a forceful elbow strike to send the Fire Leopard Soul Master flying.
• Oscar asked the referee whether his attack counted as a foul as the arena fell silent.

Oscar stunned the Great Soul Arena by defeating Huo Lie with a single blow, while Dugu Yan used poison to bring down the airborne Ma Hongjun. Shrek’s victory left Yu Xiaogang questioning why the fighters he favored kept losing.

• Qian Renxue praised Oscar’s physique, while Salas fumed over Blazing Fire Academy’s performance.
• Yu Xiaogang watched Oscar knock Huo Lie down with one elbow and dismissed Lin Chuan’s training methods.
• Oscar challenged Huo Yu, who backed away after seeing Huo Lie defeated.
• Dugu Yan poisoned Ma Hongjun with her venomous snakes, slowing him and provoking him into taking flight.
• Dugu Yan turned her poison into needles that vaporized in Ma Hongjun’s heated air currents, and the resulting toxic gas made him fall and convulse.
• Yu Xiaogang watched Ma Hongjun lose and wondered whether he was cursed with a poisonous mouth.

Shrek Academy defeated Blazing Fire Academy after Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing disrupted Huo Wu’s attempt to unleash her ultimate attack. The victory left rival teams wary of Shrek, while Qian Renxue saw Lin Chuan as a piece in her plans and Ma Hongjun regretted leaving the team.

• Huo Wushuang tried to buy Huo Wu time to charge Blazing Sun, but Tang San kept him bound as Xiao Wu drove off the support Soul Masters and Zhu Zhuqing knocked out Huo Yu.
• With her teammates defeated and her attack unstable, Huo Wu surrendered, and the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner.
• Qian Renxue taunted Salas over Blazing Fire Academy’s defeat and considered Lin Chuan essential to her plans.
• Feng Xiaotian, Yu Tianxin, Huyan Li, and Shui Bing'er watched Shrek’s victory and worried about facing the team, while Shui Bing'er identified Lin Chuan as its most frightening strength.
• Yu Xiaogang left the arena in jealousy and resentment, while Ma Hongjun heard spectators mock him and regretted leaving Shrek.

After Shrek’s victory, Lin Chuan ignored the defeated Ma Hongjun and exposed Yu Xiaogang’s lie about being too ill to attend the match, then left with the team. Back at the academy, Qin Ming brought Lin Chuan a stack of letters.

• Yu Xiaogang watched Ma Hongjun’s defeat from the stands and tried to slip away without being seen.
• Lin Chuan and the Shrek group walked past the injured Ma Hongjun without stopping, leaving him convinced they no longer considered him one of their own.
• Lin Chuan caught Yu Xiaogang trying to enter an alley and questioned his claim that he had been too ill to watch the match.
• Yu Xiaogang denied seeing the match and argued that one victory did not disprove his theories, but Lin Chuan dismissed him and led the group away.
• Tang San followed Lin Chuan, while Flender told Yu Xiaogang to take care of himself; Yu Xiaogang vowed to prove his theories right.
• After dinner, Lin Chuan returned to his academy office, where Qin Ming handed him a stack of letters.

Lin Chuan received letters from his friends in Nuoding City and learned Salas had been investigating them, so he went to Sunset Forest to draw him out. Salas arrived with six Soul Kings or stronger, and Lin Chuan confronted him as his violet eyes changed.

• Lin Chuan read warm letters from Village Chief Old Jack, Ma Xiunuo, and Su Yuntao, then resolved to kill Salas for threatening his friends.
• Salas learned Lin Chuan had left Shrek Academy for Sunset Forest and decided to ambush him there with a team of soul masters.
• Lin Chuan entered a clearing, revealed that he knew he was being followed, and called Salas out.
• Salas emerged with six powerful soul masters and used his eight soul rings to seal off the clearing, boasting that Lin Chuan had no chance without Dugu Bo.
• Lin Chuan told Salas that villains died from talking too much and lacking information, then his eyes turned violet.

Lin Chuan revealed his extraordinary four-ring configuration and used his Azure Sky Wings and combined soul skills to kill five Soul Kings. Salas coveted Lin Chuan’s Spirit Bone and sent three Soul Emperors to attack while concealing his plan to kill his own subordinates.

• Lin Chuan activated his Purple Demon Eye and revealed purple, purple, purple, and black soul rings, shocking Salas and his men.
• Salas dismissed Lin Chuan as only a Soul Ancestor and ordered five Soul Kings to kill him.
• Lin Chuan used his Azure Sky Wings, Golden Crow Possession, and Xun Wind Tornado to kill all five Soul Kings.
• Salas recognized Lin Chuan’s wings as a powerful Spirit Bone and secretly decided to kill his three Soul Emperor subordinates to keep it for himself.
• Salas urged the three Soul Emperors to attack Lin Chuan, and they charged from three sides with their strongest soul skills.

Lin Chuan fought off three Soul Emperors, but Salas killed them himself to monopolize Lin Chuan’s External Soul Bone. When Lin Chuan explained that the fused bone could not be taken, Salas flew into a rage and attacked him.

• Lin Chuan blocked the combined strike of three Soul Emperors with his Blue Silver Golden Spear.
• Salas used his Blazing Lion Martial Soul Avatar to kill the three Soul Emperors and leave no witnesses.
• Salas demanded Lin Chuan’s wings and the secret of his beyond-limit soul ring, revealing his greed for the soul bone.
• Lin Chuan told Salas that the External Soul Bone had fused with his life essence and would not drop if he died.
• Salas blamed Lin Chuan for his own actions, then went berserk and vowed to kill him.

Lin Chuan outmaneuvered Salas, then used his overwhelming spiritual power to break the Soul Douluo’s attack and defeat him. After Salas begged for mercy and tried to bargain with secret information, Lin Chuan killed him and looted his corpse.

• Lin Chuan evaded Salas’s attacks for several minutes while Salas exhausted much of his Soul Power.
• Salas unleashed his eighth soul skill, Blazing Heaven Incineration, to blanket the area with fire and magma.
• Lin Chuan used the fourth realm of Purple Demon Eye to overwhelm Salas’s mind and interrupt the attack.
• Salas tried to ambush Lin Chuan, but Lin Chuan used Mental Strangulation and forced him to beg for mercy.
• Lin Chuan confronted Salas over his plots against Ma Xiunuo, Su Yuntao, and Village Chief Jack, then killed him with his spear.
• Lin Chuan pulled out his spear and looted Salas’s corpse.

Lin Chuan looted Salas's Soul Tools, destroyed the bodies and evidence, then returned to Shrek Academy and assured Tang San that Salas was gone. After Lin Chuan gave Tang San rare cultivation resources, Tang San resolved to become strong enough to fight beside him, triggering a bond reward for Lin Chuan.

• Lin Chuan found Salas's spatial ring and bracelet, took the valuable wealth and materials, and burned Salas and his eight subordinates with Golden Crow Fire.
• Lin Chuan searched the area for traces, then flew back to Shrek Academy, where Tang San had been anxiously waiting for him.
• Lin Chuan told Tang San that Salas was gone and advised him to keep cultivating his spiritual power.
• Lin Chuan gave Tang San high-quality Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue and medicinal herbs from Salas's collection.
• Tang San accepted the gifts and vowed to become strong enough to fight alongside Lin Chuan, triggering a bond reward that increased Lin Chuan's Soul Power Recovery Speed by 10%.

Lin Chuan gained a powerful Soul Power recovery passive and gave Tang San more cultivation resources, while Spirit Hall investigated Salas’s disappearance. Bibi Dong learned that Salas had been watching Lin Chuan and began questioning whether an unknown Title Douluo was protecting him.

• Lin Chuan received the passive entry Soul Power Recovery Speed +10% and decided to push Tang San’s training harder.
• Lin Chuan gave Tang San Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue and medicinal herbs, and Tang San began cultivating to repay his kindness.
• Three days after Salas and eight guards disappeared, Spirit Hall sent news of the incident to the Pope Palace.
• Gui Mei and Yue Guan reported that Salas had last been seen near Sunset Forest, where investigators found a scorched wasteland and traces of an unusual yang fire aura.
• Gui Mei and Yue Guan revealed that Salas had been watching Shrek Academy and targeting Lin Chuan, prompting Bibi Dong to ask about his background and his possible Title Douluo protector.
• Bibi Dong struck the ground with her scepter when Yue Guan said Lin Chuan had replaced Yu Xiaogang as Shrek Academy’s team leader and tactical instructor.

After Salas’s death sent shockwaves through Heaven Dou City, Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue considered who was responsible while Dugu Bo confronted Lin Chuan. Tang San reported his progress to Lin Chuan, whose own Soul Power rose to Level 48.

• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan to go to Heaven Dou City, stabilize Spirit Hall’s position, and watch Lin Chuan, Shrek Academy, and Yu Xiaogang.
• Qian Renxue considered whether Dugu Bo or Lin Chuan had killed Salas and grew more interested in Lin Chuan.
• Dugu Bo confronted Lin Chuan about Salas’s death, and Lin Chuan’s calm response convinced him that Lin Chuan was responsible.
• Flender told the Shrek students about Salas’s death, while Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong dismissed the news and Tang San connected it to Lin Chuan’s earlier words.
• Tang San reported that he had reached Soul Power Level 47 and learned the improved Four Apertures Heart Separation Control method; Lin Chuan praised him and advanced to Level 48.

Lin Chuan advised Tang San on how to better understand and wield the Great Evolution Hammer, while Shrek arrived at the Exchange Tournament and drew attention from rival academies. The opening matchups were announced, leaving Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng preparing to face each other as Yu Xiaogang wondered whether Bibi Dong would come find him.

• Lin Chuan explained that Tang San needed to sense the Great Evolution Hammer’s changing properties instead of treating it like a heavy tool.
• Shrek entered the arena, where Huo Wu challenged Feng Xiaotian to defeat Shrek, Dai Mubai watched Zhu Zhuqing, and the other academies reacted to their arrival.
• Qian Renxue announced that Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan was observing the tournament, prompting Yu Xiaogang to wonder whether Bibi Dong would seek him out.
• Qian Renxue drew Thunder Academy versus the Imperial Fighting Team for the first match and Shrek versus Godwind Academy for the second.
• Dai Mubai vowed to prove himself against the Imperial Fighting Team, while Yu Tianheng prepared to demonstrate his improved lightning and the Shi brothers anticipated using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

The Imperial Fighting Team faced Thunder Academy as the Shi brothers blocked its opening assault and Yu Tianheng defeated Dai Mubai and Yu Tianxin with concentrated lightning. After the Imperial Fighting Team won, its members thanked Lin Chuan, drawing the arena’s attention to him again.

• Dai Mubai and Yu Tianxin launched a powerful opening attack, but the Shi brothers stopped it with their Black Tortoise: Mountain-Shaking Wall.
• The Shi brothers looked to Lin Chuan with gratitude, while Yu Xiaogang reflected that he could not have trained them to achieve such a defense.
• Dai Mubai, Yu Tianxin, and their teammates repeatedly attacked the barrier, then provoked Yu Tianheng into stepping out to fight.
• Yu Tianheng compressed his lightning into a single Thunder Dragon Claw strike that defeated Dai Mubai and Yu Tianxin at once.
• Thunder Academy collapsed after losing its two main attackers, and the Imperial Fighting Team won the match.
• The Imperial Fighting Team thanked the Crown Prince and bowed to Lin Chuan, turning everyone’s attention toward him again.

After the Imperial Fighting Team defeated Thunder Academy, Yu Tianheng publicly thanked Lin Chuan for his guidance, drawing attention from Qian Renxue, the academy committees, and rival teams. Dai Mubai fainted after Zhu Zhuqing ignored him, while the crowd turned its attention to Shrek Academy’s upcoming match.

• After the victory, Yu Tianheng bowed to Lin Chuan and thanked him for his guidance, surprising the arena.
• Qian Renxue grew more determined to recruit Lin Chuan, while Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin worried that Spirit Hall might claim him.
• Shui Bing'er decided to ask Lin Chuan for guidance on Skywater Academy’s Ice and Snow Drifting, while the Elephant Armored Sect, Feng Xiaotian, and Huo Wu reacted to his influence.
• Tang San admired Yu Tianheng’s transformed control of lightning, and Yu Xiaogang felt bitter that Lin Chuan had achieved what he could not.
• Dai Mubai saw Zhu Zhuqing speaking with Lin Chuan without looking at him, spat blood, and fainted as Thunder Academy carried him away.
• Ma Hongjun questioned whether Shrek had been wrong, and the audience turned its attention to Shrek Academy’s upcoming match.

Feng Xiaotian challenged Tang San to a duel after Godwind Academy failed to break through Shrek’s poisonous, healing defense. As Feng Xiaotian’s escalating Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes pressed Tang San, Tang San avoided using the Clear Sky Hammer and formed a massive Blue Silver Overlord Hammer from compressed Blue Silver Grass.

• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling helped Shrek withstand Godwind Academy’s wind blades with poison and healing, leaving Feng Xiaotian unable to break their defense.
• Feng Xiaotian challenged Tang San to a one-on-one duel, and Tang San accepted after Lin Chuan silently encouraged him to fight freely without using the Great Evolution Hammer.
• Feng Xiaotian transformed with his Gale Two-Headed Wolf spirit and attacked Tang San with wind blades and close-range strikes, but Tang San evaded him with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Feng Xiaotian took to the air and unleashed his Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes, steadily increasing the force of each descending blow.
• Tang San decided to create a substitute hammer and compressed countless strands of Blue Silver Grass into the Blue Silver Overlord Hammer.

Tang San defeated Feng Xiaotian by adapting the Blue Silver Grass into a hammer and turning his opponent’s momentum against him. The match ended with Godwind Academy conceding, while Tang San credited Lin Chuan’s guidance and left the other academies wary of his strength.

• Tang San used a Blue Silver Hammer to counter Feng Xiaotian’s Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes, and the two built momentum through repeated clashes.
• Tang San transformed the hammer into vines, bound Feng Xiaotian, and slammed him into the arena floor while cushioning the impact with Blue Silver Grass.
• Feng Xiaotian accepted his defeat, shook Tang San’s hand, and conceded the match for Godwind Academy.
• Tang San bowed to Lin Chuan, recognizing that his guidance had expanded Tang San’s understanding of martial souls.
• Huo Wu complained about Feng Xiaotian and Tang San making peace, while Ma Hongjun and Huyan Li reflected on Tang San’s growing strength.

After Tang San’s victory over Kamikaze Academy, Lin Chuan drew the attention of rival students and powerful figures alike. Qian Renxue and Yue Guan visited Shrek, while Shui Bing’er was left to wait for another chance to approach Lin Chuan.

• Huyan Li warned his teammates to beware Tang San’s grass hammer, while Yu Tianxin and Dai Mubai confronted their teams’ defeats and Tang San’s growing strength.
• Shui Bing’er decided to seek out Lin Chuan after the competition, and Yu Xiaogang accepted a supporting role under Lin Chuan’s leadership.
• Qian Renxue admired Lin Chuan’s teaching, and Yue Guan asked her to introduce him to Shrek Academy.
• After the match, Qian Renxue and Yue Guan approached Lin Chuan and accepted his invitation to visit Shrek.
• Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu saw Lin Chuan leave with the Crown Prince and Yue Guan, so Shui Bing’er decided to wait until after the finals to speak with him.

Chrysanthemum Douluo visited Shrek Academy, praised Tang San’s mastery of his Blue Silver Grass, and mocked Yu Xiaogang while probing his current situation. Tang San broke through to level 48 during their discussion, and Yue Guan invited him to join Martial Soul Hall; as Yue Guan left, Dugu Bo blocked his way.

• Yue Guan praised Tang San’s refined Blue Silver Grass and questioned Yu Xiaogang’s ability to teach him, while Lin Chuan wondered why Spirit Hall seemed more concerned with Yu Xiaogang than Salas’s death.
• Tang San broke through from level 47 to level 48 while discussing plant properties with Yue Guan.
• Yue Guan invited Tang San to join Martial Soul Hall, and Lin Chuan suggested he first prove himself by winning the Spirit Master Tournament.
• Yue Guan agreed to ask again if Tang San reached the finals, then finished speaking with Yu Xiaogang and prepared to leave.
• Dugu Bo blocked Yue Guan at Shrek Academy’s entrance, and Yue Guan taunted him.

Dugu Bo warned Yue Guan to leave Lin Chuan alone, while Qian Renxue tested Lin Chuan over Salas’s disappearance and tried to recruit him. Lin Chuan refused, then revealed a breakthrough to level 49, leaving Qian Renxue intrigued and more determined to win him over.

• Dugu Bo told Yue Guan that Lin Chuan was under his protection because Dugu Bo’s granddaughter wanted to marry him, and Yue Guan departed without making a move against Lin Chuan.
• After the pressure at Shrek Academy lifted, Qian Renxue questioned Lin Chuan about Salas’s disappearance, but his casual reaction weakened her suspicion that he had killed the bishop.
• Qian Renxue invited Lin Chuan to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s education committee and eventually help govern the empire, but Lin Chuan said he would discuss it after Shrek won the tournament.
• Lin Chuan asked Qian Renxue to leave, then revealed his Soul Power had reached level 49 as she sensed his breakthrough nearby.
• Qian Renxue concluded that Lin Chuan was difficult to read and left for the palace, newly determined to win him over.

After Chrysanthemum Douluo dismissed Yu Xiaogang’s theories, Yu Xiaogang humbled himself and asked Lin Chuan how he had developed Tang San’s Blue Silver Overlord Hammer. Lin Chuan explained the principle, then went to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to complete Dugu Bo’s final detoxification, leaving Dugu Bo free of the poison that had plagued him for decades.

• Flender questioned Lin Chuan about rejecting the Crown Prince, and Lin Chuan joked that the Crown Prince wanted him as a handsome public face.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Lin Chuan how he had created Tang San’s Blue Silver Overlord Hammer, and Lin Chuan explained that extreme compression made the strands dense and hard.
• Yu Xiaogang praised Lin Chuan’s theory, bowed to him, and accepted his own shortcomings; Lin Chuan then left to meet Dugu Bo.
• Lin Chuan performed Dugu Bo’s final detoxification at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, removing the last trace of poison from his body.
• Dugu Bo expelled a cloud of black-purple poison and felt decades of pain and heaviness disappear.