Chapter Summaries

Tang Hao took Tang San to the Blue Silver Forest, hoping the Blue Silver King could awaken Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor martial soul, but the king drove them away. Tang Hao promised to train Tang San for six months and seek another way to awaken it, while the Blue Silver King remained concerned that he might return.

• Tang San woke from a nightmare about Xiao Wu and learned from Tang Hao that he might use the alias Tang Yin after his martial soul awakened again.
• Tang Hao brought Tang San to the Blue Silver Forest and guided him toward the Blue Silver King, but Tang San could not sense anything on his own.
• The Blue Silver King refused to help, accusing Tang Hao of deceiving the Blue Silver Empress and rejecting Tang San despite his connection to her.
• Tang Hao started to confront the Blue Silver King but grabbed Tang San and fled the forest instead of risking a fight.
• Tang Hao promised to train Tang San for half a year and find another method to awaken his martial soul, then led him away to improve.
• The Blue Silver King worried that Tang Hao might return to the Blue Silver Forest.

As Shrek Academy worried over the missing Xiao Wu and struggled to rebuild its team, Xia Yuan returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy after gaining her Soul Ring and grew stronger. On the eve of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, the Imperial Fighting Team prepared to watch the preliminaries and assess its rivals.

• Flender and the Shrek Academy members worried that Xiao Wu had gone after Tang San, while Yu Xiaogang angrily defended his absent student and argued with Liu Erlong.
• Flender assigned Jiang Zhu, Jing Ling, and Huang Yuan to fill out the Shrek team while Tang San and Xiao Wu were away, and Zhu Zhuqing worried about facing Star Luo Royal Academy.
• Xia Yuan returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy with his Soul Power at level sixty-seven after absorbing Xiao Wu's Soul Ring, then reached level sixty-eight through Empty Handed.
• Xia Yuan gained Xiao Wu's Soft Bone Lock and Eight-Stage Explosive Kill Soul Skills, along with Soul Bone abilities, and decided to save his strength against ordinary tournament teams.
• The Imperial Fighting Team stopped training on the day before the tournament opened, while Heaven Dou City completed its preparations.

Tang San returned to Shrek Academy before the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, hiding his identity as the Purple-Red Grass Soul Master Tang Yin while searching for news of Xiao Wu. Shrek defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team in the opening match, and Tang San secretly drained some of their life force with his Eight Spider Lances.

• The tournament opened at the Tiandou Great Soul Arena, where the Shrek team drew attention in their conspicuous green uniforms.
• Tang San returned with Tang Hao, having reached the Soul Ancestor realm and evolved his Blue Silver Grass into purple-red grass, and introduced himself to Shrek as Tang Yin.
• Tang San learned that Xiao Wu had gone looking for him and worried when she had not returned, while Tang Hao hinted that he knew where she had gone.
• Bishop Salas drew Shrek Academy as Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team’s opponent for the opening match.
• Yu Tianheng led Shrek to victory and challenged the academy’s education committee members, while Tang San secretly used his Eight Spider Lances to drain a little life force from the defeated team.

Tang Hao told Tang San that Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast who had likely returned to the Star Dou Great Forest, easing Tang San’s worries. Later, Shi Nian trapped Tang San in an illusion, where Tang San’s fears and memories produced increasingly shocking scenes as Xia Yuan watched from the shadows.

• Tang Hao revealed that Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form and explained that she had probably returned to the Star Dou Great Forest to stay safe during the tournament.
• Tang San resumed competing with Shrek Academy, which defeated Elephant Armored Academy after using the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Hell White Tiger.
• Shi Nian followed Tang San after a tournament match and trapped him in an illusion with his Remnant Dream Martial Soul and soul bone, while Xia Yuan secretly observed them.
• Tang San’s illusion returned him to Ghost's Sorrow, where the Tang Sect elders tormented him before Xiao Wu and Bu Le appeared.
• Tang San forcefully broke the illusion involving Xiao Wu and Bu Le, but Shi Nian’s next illusion showed Xiao Wu with the Titan Giant Ape, stunning both Shi Nian and Xia Yuan.

Tang Hao rescued Tang San from Shi Nian’s illusion and killed Shi Nian, allowing Xia Yuan to secretly obtain Shi Nian’s skull bone. Xia Yuan gave the soul bone to Ye Lingling, who gained a team-supporting illusion skill, and the chapter ended when Ning Rongrong arrived.

• Tang Hao sensed Shi Nian tormenting Tang San, broke the illusion, and killed Shi Nian with his hammer.
• Xia Yuan used Empty Handed on Shi Nian and triggered a Lucky Critical that copied Shi Nian’s Ten Thousand Year skull bone.
• Xia Yuan retrieved Shi Nian’s skull bone and decided to give one of his two matching soul bones to Ye Lingling and the other to Ning Rongrong.
• Xia Yuan gave Ye Lingling a Ten Thousand Year Head Soul Bone, and she absorbed it safely, gaining Illusion Space.
• Ning Rongrong arrived at Ye Lingling’s room and found Xia Yuan at the door.

Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo visited Xia Yuan to ask about his future and his relationships with Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling. Meanwhile, Tang San woke from a terrifying dream, then regained his confidence by defeating Canghui Academy with his Purple Demon Eye.

• Ning Rongrong visited Ye Lingling, while Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo waited outside Xia Yuan's dormitory to discuss her feelings for him.
• Xia Yuan told Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo that he planned to gain experience after the Soul Master Tournament and then help Brother Xue; he openly called Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling his girlfriends.
• Tang San woke from a vivid nightmare, asked Tang Hao to take him to find Xiao Wu, and agreed to wait until after the Soul Master Tournament.
• Tang San faced Canghui Academy's seven-in-one fusion skill and used his Purple Demon Eye to reduce all seven members to idiots.
• Tang San secretly drained Canghui Academy's members while their illusion mist concealed the match, then regained his confidence.

After Shrek Academy struggled against Blazing Fire Academy and lost to Skywater Academy, Tang San doubted his Blue Silver Grass and asked Yu Xiaogang whether he should cultivate the Clear Sky Hammer instead. Yu Xiaogang urged him to keep cultivating Blue Silver Grass, while Tang Hao secretly agreed and hoped Tang San would abandon the idea.

• Shrek Academy defeated Elephant Armored Academy after Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and Oscar showed his flight ability.
• Blazing Fire Academy countered Tang San's Blue Silver Grass with fire, and after Huo Wu blasted Yu Tianheng away, Tang San surrendered on Shrek Academy's behalf.
• Skywater Academy quickly froze Shrek Academy's Soul Ancestors and sent Oscar and Huang Yuan flying, leaving Tang San convinced his Blue Silver Grass was useless.
• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang whether he should cultivate the Clear Sky Hammer, and Yu Xiaogang slapped him before rebuking him for wallowing in self-pity.
• Yu Xiaogang argued that mastering Blue Silver Grass would let Tang San surpass his father and great-grandfather, while Tang Hao secretly listened and agreed.

Shrek Academy reached the finals after a string of defeats, and the tournament teams arrived in Spirit City. Yu Xiaogang confronted Bibi Dong for help with Tang San’s twin martial souls, then rejoined Shrek Academy as Xia Yuan explained the finals rules to the Imperial Fighting Team.

• Shrek Academy finished fifth in the promotion rounds, and Xue Ye announced that Xue Qinghe would represent him at the finals in Spirit City.
• Yu Xiaogang used a token from the Clear Sky Douluo to enter Pope Hall and asked Bibi Dong how she had overcome the drawbacks of twin martial souls; she refused and ordered him to leave.
• Yu Xiaogang returned to Shrek Academy and told Liu Erlong that Bibi Dong had refused to help Tang San, while Liu Erlong was relieved that he had visited for Tang San rather than renewed his feelings for Bibi Dong.
• Xia Yuan explained the five-round finals format to the Imperial Fighting Team, including the byes and the requirement to keep the same lineup once a team took the field.
• Xia Yuan returned to his room and found someone waiting there.

Xia Yuan warned Qian Renxue about the Spirit Hall Golden Generation and gave her a life-force herb for the Second Worship. As the tournament finals began, the Imperial Fighting Team faced Blazing Fire Academy, and Xia Yuan revealed a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring.

• Qian Renxue told Xia Yuan that Xie Yue and Hu Liena could use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Xia Yuan offered her a life-force herb for the Second Worship.
• Qian Renxue said the other Worships would join forces against Tang Yin from Shrek Academy, while Golden Crocodile could not act unless it was critical.
• Shrek Academy defeated Nightshade Academy and then Thunderclap Academy, while the Spirit Hall Team crushed Godwind Academy with its three Soul Kings.
• The Imperial Fighting Team and Blazing Fire Academy took the field, with both sides showing several Soul Ancestors.
• Xia Yuan released his Blue Silver Emperor and revealed six Soul Rings, including a hundred-thousand-year red ring.

Xia Yuan revealed that he was a Soul Emperor with a Hundred-Thousand-Year soul ring and led the Imperial Fighting Team to crush Blazing Fire Academy. His victory shook the tournament, and the next draw paired Imperial Fighting with Skywater Academy and Shrek Academy with Star Luo Royal Academy.

• Tang San, Yu Tianheng, and Qin Ming insisted that Xia Yuan's cultivation and Hundred-Thousand-Year soul ring were disguises, while the other academies and Spirit Hall's Golden Generation reacted with alarm.
• Xia Yuan bound Huo Wu and the two Mars Soul Masters, kicked the Mars Soul Masters from the arena, and accepted Huo Wu's surrender.
• Xia Yuan's clone and teammates eliminated the remaining Blazing Fire Academy fighters, confirming the Imperial Fighting Team's overwhelming victory.
• Bibi Dong learned that Xia Yuan was a Soul Emperor with a Hundred-Thousand-Year soul ring and wondered where he had obtained it.
• The third-round draw matched the Imperial Fighting Team against Skywater Academy and Shrek Academy against Star Luo Royal Academy.

Zhu Zhuqing explained that she and Dai Mubai had to defeat Star Luo Royal Academy to survive their families’ succession struggle, and Shrek’s team vowed to help them. In the next match, Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ice and Snow Drift, against Xia Yuan, who had yet to counter it.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Shrek’s team that she and Dai Mubai were fighting for their lives against their older siblings at Star Luo Royal Academy.
• Dai Mubai vowed to stop running, and Tang San, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Yu Tianheng, and Jiang Zhu pledged to win with him and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Shui Bing’er proposed that Skywater Academy’s two Martial Soul Fusion Skill users face Xia Yuan alone, and the tournament committee approved the match format.
• Xue Wu danced to summon rain while Shui Bing’er embraced her, and the two formed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ice and Snow Drift.
• Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu sent a vortex of sharp snowflakes toward Xia Yuan while Xia Yuan watched without moving.

Xia Yuan defended against Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu’s Ice and Snow Drift, then destroyed their Ice Phoenix with his Blue Silver Tyrant Spear. Shui Bing'er admitted defeat, while Tang San watched Xia Yuan resentfully and wondered how his Blue Silver Grass had become so powerful.

• Xia Yuan used Blue Silver Tree World Wall to withstand Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu’s Ice and Snow Drift.
• Shui Bing'er transformed the snowstorm into an Ice Phoenix that froze and broke through part of Xia Yuan’s wall.
• Xia Yuan charged his Blue Silver Tyrant Spear while the Ice Phoenix attacked, then pierced and destroyed it before it could strike him.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu, exhausted after the attack, admitted defeat to Xia Yuan.
• Tang San watched Xia Yuan with bloodshot eyes and resented that Xia Yuan received the praise he believed should have been his.

Shrek Academy faced Star Luo Royal Academy, where Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing confronted their elder siblings Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun. As the two pairs formed Hell White Tigers, Tang San revealed his Eight Spider Lances and launched his true plan.

• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun taunted Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing before both teams released their Martial Souls.
• Star Luo Royal Academy fielded six Soul Ancestors, while Shrek Academy had only three, leaving Shrek at a disadvantage.
• Tang San used Oscar's Flying Mushroom Sausage to take to the air while Zhu Zhuyun pressured Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Weisi targeted Yu Tianheng.
• Zhu Zhuyun tore Zhu Zhuqing's uniform, distracting Dai Mubai and allowing his opponent to strike him.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing fused into a Hell White Tiger, as did Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun.
• As the two Hell White Tigers clashed, Tang San revealed the Eight Spider Lances and dove toward the opposing side.

Tang San poisoned a Star Luo Royal Academy support Soul Master and exposed his Eight Spider Lances, drawing attention to the rare External Soul Bone. As the arena reached a stalemate over whether Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun would save their poisoned teammates, Dai Mubai's Hell White Tiger launched a surprise attack.

• Tang San used the Eight Spider Lances to poison a Star Luo Royal Academy support Soul Master and then moved to target the rest of the team.
• Dai Weisi realized his teammate had been poisoned, while high-level Soul Masters recognized Tang San's Eight Spider Lances as an External Soul Bone.
• Yu Xiaogang worried that Tang San had exposed a valuable Soul Bone, then noticed Xia Yuan's remarkable cultivation and unusual Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
• Tang San threatened Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun, but they refused to give up their fight to save their teammates.
• Dai Mubai's Hell White Tiger suddenly attacked Dai Weisi's Hell White Tiger.

Shrek Academy defeated Star Luo Royal Academy after Tang San’s tactics and the Hell White Tiger’s failure to dominate the field, then drew Heaven Dou Royal Academy for the decisive fourth round. As Pope Bibi Dong arrived to watch, Shrek’s six standing members refused to kneel, as did Xia Yuan and Ning Rongrong.

• Tang San drained and weakened Star Luo Royal Academy’s fighters with the Eight Spider Lances while Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s Hell White Tiger held Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun back.
• Shrek Academy eliminated Star Luo Royal Academy’s remaining fighters and forced Dai Weisi out of his Martial Soul Fusion, winning the match.
• Dai Weisi blamed Tang San and vowed to place a bounty on “Tang Yin” and his External Soul Bone.
• The teams drew lots for the fourth round, pairing Shrek Academy against Heaven Dou Royal Academy while Spirit Hall Academy drew a weaker team.
• Pope Bibi Dong arrived at Pope Hall’s plaza with Ghost Douluo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Dugu Bo, Sword Douluo, and Ning Fengzhi.
• Six members of Shrek Academy, along with Xia Yuan and Ning Rongrong, remained standing instead of kneeling to Bibi Dong.

At the tournament, Chrysanthemum Douluo forced six Shrek Academy members to their knees for disrespecting Bibi Dong, then challenged Yu Xiaogang’s claim that he was a Spirit Hall Elder. Bibi Dong ended the dispute to protect Yu Xiaogang, leaving Qian Renxue convinced Spirit Hall could not be entrusted to her; the matches resumed, and Shrek Academy’s bout against Heaven Dou Royal Academy was next.

• Xia Yuan and Ning Rongrong showed Bibi Dong basic courtesy, while six Shrek Academy members and Yu Tianheng refused to kneel or salute.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo used his pressure to force the six Shrek Academy members to their knees, and Ma Hongjun protested that others had not been punished.
• Yu Xiaogang entered with an Elder Token, but Chrysanthemum Douluo accused him of impersonating an elder because the token belonged to the Clear Sky Sect and questioned his connection to Tang Hao.
• Bibi Dong ended the confrontation, and Qian Renxue concluded that Spirit Hall should be controlled by her and Xia Yuan rather than Bibi Dong.
• The tournament resumed, with the Spirit Hall Team defeating its opponent before Shrek Academy was scheduled to face Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Tang San led the Shrek Seven Devils into a formation that let him absorb their power and unleash the Clear Sky Hammer’s Tool Soul True Body. As Ning Rongrong boosted Xia Yuan, Xia Yuan suppressed Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and prepared a powerful spear attack.

• Tang San used Blue Silver Prison and led the Shrek Seven Devils into Yu Xiaogang’s One-Line Long Snake Formation.
• Tang San revealed the Clear Sky Hammer and absorbed the team’s power, shocking Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong.
• Ning Rongrong used Ring Fusion to boost Xia Yuan, while Xia Yuan made Tang San’s Blue Silver Prisons vanish through Martial Soul suppression.
• Xia Yuan transformed his Blue Silver Emperor into a Black Jade Blue Silver Spear and charged his Blue Silver Tyrant Spear with Ning Rongrong’s forty percent boost.
• Tang San gathered power equivalent to a Soul Saint’s and activated the Clear Sky Hammer’s Tool Soul True Body.

Tang San’s attack was shattered by Xia Yuan, who nearly struck him down before Tang Hao intervened and used Ring Detonation. As Yu Xiaogang fled with Tang San and several others, Tang Hao detonated his rings again to block the pursuing Worshippers.

• Tang San unleashed his Clear Sky Hammer phantom while Xia Yuan attacked with a Black Jade Blue Silver Spear empowered by Dark Demon Evil God Thunder, shattering Tang San’s attack and wounding him.
• Yu Xiaogang cried out Tang San’s identity, and Tang Hao appeared, detonating a soul ring to block Xia Yuan’s spear; Xia Yuan’s Empty Handed ability took Tang Hao’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• The Sixth Worshipper Qian Jun, the Seventh Worshipper Jiang Mo, and three other Worshippers arrived, while Tang Hao realized Spirit Hall had been waiting for him.
• Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender formed the Golden Sacred Dragon and escaped with Tang San, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Tang Hao detonated eight soul rings to stop the Worshippers from pursuing his son.

The Worship Hall overpowered Tang Hao and stripped him of his title as Clear Sky Douluo, while Bibi Dong’s attempt to stop Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo from pursuing Yu Xiaogang was overruled by Qian Daoliu. The Soul Master Tournament resumed amid the Spirit Hall power struggle, with Heaven Dou Royal Academy advancing to the final after another team forfeited.

• Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to return, but Qian Daoliu countermanded her order and they continued pursuing Yu Xiaogang.
• Qian Jun Douluo and Jiang Mo Douluo knocked Tang Hao off the platform, and Tang Hao suffered the backlash from detonating all eight rings.
• Qian Jun Douluo declared Tang Hao stripped of the title of Clear Sky Douluo for his crimes.
• Ning Fengzhi considered Xia Yuan’s strength and worried that Tang Hao’s affair could damage the Heaven Dou Empire’s alliance with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• The tournament referee ruled Heaven Dou Royal Academy the winner, and the remaining team forfeited the final round.

The Soul Master Tournament final began between the Spirit Hall Team and Heaven Dou Royal Academy, with two Soul Bones offered as the champion’s reward. Xia Yuan resisted Hu Liena’s charm and countered her mental attack, prompting Xie Yue and Hu Liena to begin their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Bibi Dong presented two Soul Bones and announced that the tournament victors would receive them.
• The Spirit Hall Team and Heaven Dou Royal Academy took their positions before Pope Hall as the final began.
• Hu Liena’s charm affected Yu Feng and the Shi brothers, but Xia Yuan remained unaffected.
• Xia Yuan used Purple Demon Eye and Mental Control against Hu Liena, forcing her to stumble and strike herself.
• Xie Yue recognized Xia Yuan as their main threat, and he and Hu Liena began activating their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.