Recaps

Tang Si refused to give Liu Erlong an Immortal Herb and continued training at Shrek while Ye Lingling’s Martial Soul curse remained unchanged. Ten days later, Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo arrived, and Sword Douluo attacked Tang Si after suspecting he was flirting with both Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu.

• Ye Lingling refined the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, but her Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul did not evolve or lose its curse.
• Ma Hongjun and Liu Erlong pressed Tang Si to share an Immortal Herb, but he refused and asked Flender about the training plan.
• Flender said Xiao Wu would wait to obtain her fourth Soul Ring, while Shrek’s students continued training for the tournament one year later.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Ning Rongrong arrived at Shrek and watched Tang Si defeat Tai Nuo with his Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul.
• Sword Douluo questioned Tang Si about his relationships with Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu, then attacked him with the Seven Kill Sword as Ning Rongrong begged him to stop.

Tang Si fought Sword Douluo, then revealed the low cost and lucrative potential of Marrow-Washing Glue to Ning Fengzhi while proposing an exclusive business partnership. The chapter ended with Tang Si warning that the simple formula could be discovered by anyone experienced enough to identify it by smell.

• Sword Douluo overwhelmed Tang Si’s Blue Silver Emperor vines, but Tang Si used Nine Yang Divine Skill to withstand a powerful strike and keep fighting.
• Tang Si formed a massive Blue Silver Grass hammer, and Flender arrived with Liu Erlong and Zhao Wuji to ask Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo to show mercy.
• Flender revealed that Ning Rongrong had known Tang Si was two-timing her, enraging Ning Fengzhi; Sword Douluo stopped attacking after blasting Tang Si away.
• Xiao Wu realized she had survived without Sword Douluo discovering her identity and credited the Stone Jade Flower Tang Si had given her.
• Tang Si offered Ning Fengzhi the Marrow-Washing Glue formula in exchange for letting the Seven Treasure Guild operate the business exclusively, and explained its low production costs and high profit potential.
• Tang Si warned Ning Fengzhi that anyone experienced could identify the Marrow-Washing Glue formula by smelling it, then proposed signing the contract.

Tang Si sold the Marrow-Washing Glue formula to Ning Fengzhi, traded a Cinnabar Lotus for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Heart Separation Control technique, and used a beating from Sword Douluo to temper his body. The footage later showed Bone Douluo arriving to fight him, then skipped ahead to Meng Yiran leaving Tang Si’s room before she and Meng Shu discussed hunting Soul Rings and searching for Immortal Herbs.

• Tang Si sold the Marrow-Washing Glue formula to Ning Fengzhi for twenty-five million Gold Soul Coins, then revealed it was made by melting Whale Rubber.
• Tang Si traded Ning Fengzhi a Cinnabar Lotus and one million Gold Soul Coins for Heart Separation Control, with the condition that he would not pass on the technique.
• Ning Rongrong declared she would marry no one but Tang Si, and Sword Douluo beat Tang Si while he used the attacks to advance his Hardened Golden Bell Shield.
• The next day, Gu Rong appeared above Shrek Academy as a bone dragon to fight Tang Si, and the footage quickly moved on.
• The livestream showed Meng Yiran sneaking out of Tang Si’s room, after which Meng Shu told her to refine Whale Rubber before they hunted Soul Rings.
• Meng Yiran suggested sneaking into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to look for remaining Immortal Herbs, but no one acted on the idea.

Dugu Bo discovered that Dugu Yan was one of Tang Si’s girlfriends and beat Tang Si, while two academies joined forces to hunt Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest. As the group entered the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast area, Yu Xiaogang assigned their positions and duties.

• Dugu Bo learned that Dugu Yan was Tang Si’s girlfriend, beat Tang Si, and raised his Hardened Golden Bell Shield progress to 85.5%.
• The two academies met at the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest, while Dugu Bo secretly accompanied them.
• Tang San claimed that the Soul Beasts he hunted were all evil, prompting Bibi Dong to call him a brain-damaged idiot.
• Tang Xiao ordered the Clear Sky Sect elders to find Hao and Tang San and help Tang San enter the Blue Silver Forest for his Martial Soul’s Second Awakening.
• Tang Si considered finding a venomous snake Soul Beast for Dugu Yan and later thought of searching Thunderclap Grand Canyon for dragon-blooded Soul Beasts.
• After the group entered the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast area, Yu Xiaogang assigned Tang Si to lead, Xiao Wu and Dugu Yan to cover the flanks, Ye Lingling to heal, and Zhu Zhuqing to scout ahead.

Tang Si replaced Zhu Zhuqing as scout in the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast territory and used the Blue Silver Emperor to search for a suitable beast. He found a ten-thousand-year Black Jade Lynx matching Zhu Zhuqing’s attributes, subdued it with his soul bones and spear, and kept it barely alive with healing.

• Tang Si objected to Yu Xiaogang sending Zhu Zhuqing to scout dangerous Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast territory and took her place.
• Tang Si used his high-speed Self-Created Soul Skill to race into the forest, impressing Meng Shenji.
• Tang Si planted the Blue Silver Emperor and spread its life energy and his mental power through the forest to locate Soul Beasts.
• After searching from several locations, Tang Si found a 10,109-year-old Black Jade Lynx suited to Zhu Zhuqing.
• Tang Si struck the lynx with Soul Shock and his spear, then used the Blue Silver Emperor’s Blessing of Light to keep it from dying.

Tang Si brought Zhu Zhuqing a Ten Thousand Year Black Jade Lynx Soul Ring, and she began absorbing it despite the teachers’ warnings. As Tang Si and Ye Lingling worked together to heal her, their Martial Souls resonated, hinting at an undiscovered fusion skill.

• Tang Si returned to the group with a bound Black Jade Lynx, and Zhu Zhuqing killed it to obtain its Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Tang Si assured the teachers that he could help Zhu Zhuqing survive the absorption, and Zhu Zhuqing chose to trust him.
• Tang Si sent Xiao Wu into the forest to keep watch, giving her a chance to condense a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring herself.
• Yu Xiaogang admitted that his Soul Ring theories were incomplete and claimed that a third Soul Ring could not exceed ten thousand years.
• Zhu Zhuqing’s body began cracking under the Soul Ring’s power, so Tang Si used the Blue Silver Emperor and Ye Lingling used the Nine Heart Begonia to heal her.
• Tang Si and Ye Lingling sensed a faint resonance between their Martial Souls, suggesting they might possess a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Zhu Zhuqing’s attempt to absorb a ten-thousand-year third Soul Ring nearly killed her, but the Lovesick Heartbreak Red saved her and helped her complete the process. With Zhu Zhuqing safe, Yu Xiaogang asked Liu Erlong to help him obtain an Immortal Herb so he could break through his Martial Soul’s limits.

• Tang Si threatened Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong when they criticized Zhu Zhuqing as she absorbed her Soul Ring.
• The remnant soul in Zhu Zhuqing’s ten-thousand-year Soul Ring overwhelmed her, causing her body to crack despite Ye Lingling’s healing.
• The Lovesick Heartbreak Red emerged from Zhu Zhuqing’s bosom, halted her collapse, and strengthened her soul.
• Zhu Zhuqing resumed absorbing the Soul Ring, and the herb’s medicinal power destroyed the remnant soul and healed her injuries.
• Tang Si restrained his anger toward Yu Xiaogang so Zhu Zhuqing’s absorption would not be disturbed, while Flender criticized Yu Xiaogang’s remarks.
• Yu Xiaogang privately asked Liu Erlong to help him obtain an Immortal Herb to break through his Martial Soul’s limits.

Zhu Zhuqing awakened a powerful third Soul Skill after absorbing the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, while Xiao Wu secretly obtained a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring. The group learned that Zhu Zhuqing’s skill could lock onto targets and deliver a two-stage attack, leaving Tang Si aware of its threat even to high-level Soul Kings.

• Yu Xiaogang persuaded Liu Erlong to help him obtain an Immortal Herb, and Bibi Dong privately interpreted his actions as proof that he still loved her most.
• Zhu Zhuqing woke feeling refreshed and demonstrated her third Soul Skill, Netherworld Hunting Hour, a two-stage attack with power comparable to two ten-thousand-year Soul Skills.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed that the skill consumed about one-third of her Soul Power, could be used three times, and that her Soul Power had reached level 39.
• Xiao Wu returned claiming she had absorbed a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring from a wounded beast, and Tang Si scolded her while she secretly signaled that she was acting.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Tang Si that Netherworld Hunting Hour locked onto its target, could not be dodged, and currently had a range of about fifty meters.

Tang Si and Zhu Zhuqing found a 17,560-year-old Azure Phosphorous Venomous Flood Dragon for Dugu Yan’s fifth Soul Ring, and Dugu Bo subdued it for them. After Dugu Yan absorbed the ring, the group parted ways, while the broadcast comments revealed infighting over the Blue Lightning Clan’s young clan leaders.

• Tang Si’s thoughts about Zhu Zhuqing’s Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring and a supposed External Soul Bone reached the Different World, confusing the viewers.
• Five days later, Tang Si and Zhu Zhuqing scanned a rocky pool and found a 17,560-year-old Azure Phosphorous Venomous Flood Dragon for Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo arrived, used Time Solidification and a punch to defeat the flood dragon, then let Tang Si carry it back.
• Yu Tianxin announced that the Blue Lightning Clan had named him a young clan leader, prompting Liu Erlong to insist Yu Xiaogang held the title too; an elder clarified that the clan had two young clan leaders.
• Dugu Yan absorbed her fifth Soul Ring and reached level 51, then Meng Shenji and the others parted from Flender’s group.
• Tang Si invited Ye Lingling to cultivate together next time, and she quietly agreed.

On the way back to Heaven Dou City, Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang tried to obtain an Immortal Herb from Tang Si, but he refused and threatened Yu Xiaogang when he continued pressing. Liu Erlong attacked Tang Si, Zhao Wuji intervened, and Flender stopped the fight before leading everyone back to Shrek together.

• Liu Erlong asked Tang Si to sell her an Immortal Herb, but he demanded one hundred million Gold Soul Coins and refused to sell on credit.
• Yu Xiaogang offered Tang Si his book, Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul, in exchange for an Immortal Herb, and Tang Si mocked the offer and threatened to kill him if he kept bothering him.
• Liu Erlong stepped in front of Yu Xiaogang to block Tang Si's Blue Silver Emperor vines, then summoned her Fire Dragon Martial Soul and attacked him.
• Zhao Wuji blocked Liu Erlong's punch, and Flender restrained both of them before ordering everyone to stop fighting.
• Flender chose not to side with either group and led everyone back to Shrek together.

Yu Xiaogang persuaded Liu Erlong that Tang Si was suitable for her and urged her to seek happiness with him, while concealing his desire for Tang Si’s Immortal Herb. Liu Erlong agreed to approach Tang Si and give the herb to Yu Xiaogang, as the live-broadcast viewers mocked her devotion and discussed Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul evolution.

• Yu Xiaogang told Liu Erlong he felt useless because Tang Si dismissed his theories and he could not break through Luo Sanpao’s limitations.
• Liu Erlong explained that Tang Si wanted her body in exchange for an Immortal Herb, and Yu Xiaogang encouraged her to accept the bargain.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed he was letting Liu Erlong go for her sake and named Tang Si as the man he had chosen for her.
• Liu Erlong agreed to do as Yu Xiaogang asked and offered to give him the Immortal Herb she obtained.
• The viewers criticized Liu Erlong’s devotion, while Dugu Yan revealed that her Martial Soul had evolved and her Soul Power had reached Rank 48.

Liu Erlong offered to sleep with Tang Si for one night in exchange for an immortal herb, but he mocked her valuation and shut the door in her face. Meanwhile, the sky screen exposed tensions in Spirit Hall as Bibi Dong decided to tolerate Golden Crocodile Douluo's defiance for now.

• Liu Erlong visited Tang Si's bedroom and offered him one night with her in exchange for an immortal herb.
• Tang Si asked whether Liu Erlong knew the herb's value, called her offer ridiculous, and slammed the door on her.
• The sky screen commenters mocked Liu Erlong and argued about Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Bo.
• Bibi Dong realized Golden Crocodile Douluo was defying her and considering joining Qian Renxue, but chose to endure it until the Spirit Hall Empire was established.

Tang Si trained at Shrek Academy and fought Titan, the Strength Clan’s Mighty God Soul Douluo, after refusing his recruitment offer. Though Tang Si’s new spear technique forced Titan back, Titan activated his Martial Soul and sent him crashing through Shrek’s outer wall.

• Yu Xiaogang and his allies dismissed the Heavenly Screen’s accusations, while Zhao Wuji privately wondered whether Yu Xiaogang had misled them.
• Tang Si trained with Zhao Wuji, Xiao Wu, Zhuqing, and Yiran, then learned that Tai Long’s grandfather Titan had come to see him.
• Tang Si used Second Form: Candle Dragon Presses Down from Above to force Titan back several steps, but refused to join the Strength Clan.
• Titan agreed to fight using only his Martial Soul, shattered Tang Si’s spear, and knocked him through Shrek Academy’s outer wall with one punch.

Tang Si defeated Tai Tan in a brutal fight, then revealed that he was Tang Hao’s son and accepted Tai Tan’s apology. He considered whether to reunite the Four Single-Attribute Clans with the Clear Sky Sect or form his own sect, prompting Yang Wudi to react to the possibility that Tang San had recruited them all.

• Tang Si used his Blue Silver Emperor’s healing power to recover from Tai Tan’s increasingly forceful punches, but Tai Tan eventually struck his abdomen and nearly injured his organs.
• Tang Si revealed that he was Tang Hao’s son and showed Tai Tan his Clear Sky Hammer, leading Tai Tan, Tai Long, and Tai Nuo to kneel and pay their respects.
• Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Meng Yiran rushed in to defend Tang Si, and Tai Tan knelt again after learning he had struck the Young Master with intent to cripple him.
• Tang Si told Tai Tan that he had several girlfriends and asked Xiao Wu and the others to leave while he discussed matters with the Strength Clan.
• Tang Si wondered whether to return the Four Single-Attribute Clans to the Clear Sky Sect or establish his own sect, and Yang Wudi reacted in the comments by asking whether Tang San had recruited them all.

Dugu Bo announced that he would exterminate the Strength Clan at dawn, while the livestream awarded Tai Long and Bai Chenxiang Immortal Herbs and gave Liu Erlong a chance to question Tang Si. Tang Si’s response began exposing his view of Tang San’s motives for sharing Immortal Herbs, but the comparison was still unfolding when the chapter ended.

• Dugu Bo offered to protect Tai Suo, then warned the Strength Clan to flee before he attacked at dawn and declared that he would join Spirit Hall.
• The livestream ended and selected Tai Long, Bai Chenxiang, and Liu Erlong as lucky viewers, awarding the first two Immortal Herbs and giving Liu Erlong one question for Tang Si.
• Tai Long said he planned to save his reward for Third Young Master, while Tai Tan began arranging for the Strength Clan to leave its grounds.
• Liu Erlong asked why Tang Si would not share Immortal Herbs with his companions as Tang San had, prompting a mission to compare their approaches.
• Tang Si began explaining that Tang San shared Immortal Herbs to win allies and support for rebuilding the Tang Sect, and questioned whether Tang San had truly repaid Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.

Tang Si criticized Tang San on the heavenly screen, prompting Tai Long and others to react while Spirit Hall seized on the revelations. After completing his mission with an extremely poor evaluation, Tang Si began to suspect that his attacks on Tang San and Yu Xiaogang were affecting his score.

• Tang Si's broadcast condemned Tang San as a hypocritical, selfish egoist, and Tai Long briefly doubted Tang San before Yu Xiaogang persuaded him to dismiss the screen's claims.
• Liu Erlong, Yu Xiaogang, Tai Long, and the others reacted to the broadcast, while viewers supported Tang Si and asked for details about Tang San's future impact on the continent.
• The Spirit Hall Grand Elder invited soul masters and commoners to join Spirit Hall, and Bibi Dong announced its coming nation-founding ceremony.
• Tang Si completed his mission and received an extremely poor evaluation, a thousand-year increase to all his Soul Rings, and 21,820 Popularity Points.
• Tang Si reviewed his status and noticed that missions tended to receive low evaluations when he focused on attacking Tang San and Yu Xiaogang.

The Wind Clan and other major families weighed their options as the continent approached war, while Bai He decided the Speed Clan would align with whoever arrived first. After Golden Crocodile came to claim the Immortal Herbs, Bai Chenxiang’s safety and the Speed Clan’s protection were secured in exchange for her joining Spirit Hall.

• Feng Yu decided the Wind Clan would quietly consolidate resources and secretly sell properties while he contacted the families behind Four Elements Academy about joining Spirit Hall.
• Bai He ruled that the Clear Wind Swallowtail Flower belonged to Bai Chenxiang and told the Speed Clan to accept whichever faction arrived first.
• Bai He urged Bai Chenxiang to refine the herb, and she condemned the Clear Sky Sect for treating the Speed Clan as disposable vassals.
• Golden Crocodile arrived at the Speed Clan’s territory, and Bai He agreed to have Bai Chenxiang join Spirit Hall in exchange for a guarantee of her safety.
• Golden Crocodile publicly claimed both Immortal Herbs and warned that he would defend the Speed Clan from anyone who continued to threaten it.

Tang Xiao confronted Bai He over giving the Immortal Herbs to Spirit Hall, but Bai He condemned the Clear Sky Sect for abandoning the Speed Clan and ignoring its plight. Tang Xiao’s contemptuous remark about commoners was exposed on the sky screen, and he panicked as he summoned his Clear Sky Hammer.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo agreed to wait overnight while Bai He's granddaughter refined her Immortal Herb.
• Tang Xiao arrived at the Speed Clan with two Title Douluo elders and demanded to know why Bai He had given the Immortal Herbs to Spirit Hall.
• Bai He accused Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect of abandoning the Four Great Clans fourteen years earlier and disregarding the Speed Clan's circumstances again.
• Tang Xiao argued that the Speed Clan's choice endangered the Clear Sky Sect, the Two Great Empires, and their cause, then dismissed commoners as lowly.
• The sky screen showed Bai Chenxiang's version of Tang Xiao's words, and Tang Xiao denied saying them before summoning his Clear Sky Hammer.

Golden Crocodile Douluo confronted Tang Xiao and two Clear Sky Sect elders, then fought off their ring detonations and powerful hammer techniques. He unleashed his hundred-thousand-year ninth Soul Ring and overwhelmed the Clear Sky trio, leaving them and the Speed Clan beneath the pressure of his next attack.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo revealed he still held the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng and challenged the First Elder over the Clear Sky Sect's claim to its immortal herbs.
• Tang Xiao and the two elders formed a triangular encirclement, detonated their first four Soul Rings, and attacked Golden Crocodile Douluo together.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo blocked their combined Clear Sky Hammers with his Golden Crocodile King Martial Soul and countered with his sixth Soul Skill, breaking their Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer assault.
• Tang Xiao and the other two activated their Martial Soul Avatars and unleashed their strongest techniques, but Golden Crocodile Douluo answered with his hundred-thousand-year ninth Soul Skill and destroyed much of the Speed Clan's territory.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo activated another ninth Soul Skill beneath gathering dark clouds, leaving Tang Xiao, the two elders, and the watching Speed Clan struggling under its immense pressure.

Golden Crocodile Douluo defeated the Clear Sky Sect elders, while the Fourth Elder sacrificed himself to help Tang Xiao and the First Elder escape. Dugu Bo reached Level 95 and challenged Tang Hao, and the chapter ended with Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue confronting each other in Spirit Hall.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo used his 100,000-Year Torso Bone to overpower Tang Xiao and the elders, sending the Fourth Elder crashing into the Speed Clan ruins.
• The Fourth Elder burned his life force and detonated himself and his Clear Sky Hammer, blasting Golden Crocodile Douluo away so Tang Xiao and the First Elder could escape.
• Dugu Bo refined the Earth Dragon Golden Melon, reached Level 95, and challenged Tang Hao to meet him at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• The Star Luo Empire prepared for war, the Heaven Dou Empire handled King Xue Ye's worsening condition, and Spirit Hall continued evacuating its branch halls.
• Azure Luan Douluo returned to Spirit Hall with Qian Renxue, where he warned Bibi Dong to act carefully as the empire's founding approached.
• Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue faced each other in the palace, with resentment and motherly love complicating their confrontation.

Ten months later, the livestream resumed at an auction house, where Tang Si and his companions met Qian Renxue disguised as Xue Qinghe. When Tang Si exposed the auction house’s sale of commoner girls as slaves, the heavenly screen’s viewers condemned Heaven Dou’s nobles and called for the empire’s fall.

• Ning Rongrong greeted Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo at the auction house, where Tang Si and four girls had gathered.
• Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, approached Ning Fengzhi and met Tang Si and the others.
• Tang Si recognized Qian Renxue and thought about killing Xue Beng to help her plans succeed.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that the auction house sold the commoner girls it had raised, including their lives.
• Tang Si challenged Qian Renxue over how the Heaven Dou Empire could ban slavery while nobles sold commoners at auction.
• Viewers condemned Heaven Dou’s treatment of commoners and called for the empire to be overthrown in favor of Spirit Hall.

As commoners across the continent erupted in anger over nobles buying slaves, Spirit Hall saw an opportunity to win popular support. On the livestream, Tang Si criticized Heaven Dou’s laws, while Ning Fengzhi bought the cat-eared girl and Tang Si revealed his plans for high-age Spirit Bones, provoking the Bear Lord to threaten him over hunting Di Tian.

• Commoners recognized Prince Xue Xing among the nobles bidding for the cat-eared girl, and Spirit Hall secretly encouraged the unrest as Qian Renxue welcomed the public’s support.
• Tang Si criticized Heaven Dou’s slave trade in front of Ning Fengzhi and Qian Renxue, while his thoughts lamented the cost of power and wondered why Ning Fengzhi had not bought the girl.
• Ning Fengzhi changed the subject in the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect council hall, and elders discussed the difficulty of changing noble rule and the possibility of a Spirit Hall Empire.
• Prince Xue Xing challenged the other bidders on the livestream but backed down after noticing Ning Fengzhi and the Heaven Dou crown prince; Ning Fengzhi later told Ning Rongrong he bought the cat-eared girl to help her escape the auction house.
• Tang Si advised Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Meng Yiran to avoid absorbing low-age Spirit Bones, and viewers speculated that he could obtain numerous high-age bones by hunting powerful Soul Beasts.
• The Bear Lord mocked Tang Si’s idea of hunting Di Tian and splitting Spirit Bones, threatened to beat him, and Di Tian ordered him to shut up.

The heavenly screen showed Ning Fengzhi bidding against Tang Si for an eighty-thousand-year piece of Whale Rubber, while Tang Si warned Qian Renxue that Xue Beng was plotting against him. Tang Hao obtained the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from Xue Beng, Emperor Xue Ye died, and the screen later revealed the Shrek Team’s updated levels before the tournament.

• Ning Fengzhi bid one million Gold Soul Coins for the eighty-thousand-year Whale Rubber after Tang Si asked to buy it.
• Tang Si warned Qian Renxue that Xue Beng was secretly working with Prince Xue Xing to attack him.
• Tang Hao proved his identity to Xue Beng and took the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to bring to Little San.
• Emperor Xue Ye woke briefly, entrusted the empire to Xue Beng, and died.
• Tang Si asked Ning Rongrong to persuade her father to obtain Whale Rubber to strengthen his physique before the tournament.
• The heavenly screen revealed the twelve members of the Shrek Team and their Soul Power levels, Martial Souls, and Soul Rings.

Tang Si’s thoughts mocked Feng Xiaotian’s slow cultivation during the Soul Master Tournament’s opening, while the comments exposed the Heaven Dou Empire’s social abuses. The tournament began, but news that Xue Beng had died suddenly left Qian Renxue and Emperor Xue Ye demanding an investigation as Xue Beng’s comments revealed he was faking his grief.

• Emperor Xue Ye opened the Soul Master Tournament and urged the competitors to fight for the empire’s glory, while comments criticized the Heaven Dou royal family’s treatment of commoners.
• Tang Si searched the teams for Shui Bing’er and Huo Wu, then spotted Feng Xiaotian and mocked his cultivation speed, accidentally insulting himself as well.
• The Shrek Team prepared to face the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team after the opening ceremony and Ning Fengzhi’s interview.
• A guard reported that Xue Beng had died suddenly at an inn, shocking Emperor Xue Ye and Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue insisted that Xue Beng could not have died naturally, and Emperor Xue Ye ordered a thorough investigation while Xue Beng’s comments exposed his grief as an act.

After Xue Beng’s death, the tournament was suspended, and Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang visited Shrek to see Meng Yiran and confront Tang Si. Three days later, the tournament resumed, where Tang Si’s ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring drew the attention of the continent’s major factions.

• In another world, Xue Beng ordered two hundred thousand troops into Heaven Dou City after commoner Soul Masters rebelled against his rule.
• The tournament was suspended after Xue Beng died and Xue Ye was overcome with shock.
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang visited Shrek, saw Meng Yiran’s Martial Soul and Soul Power growth, and warned Tang Si not to let her down.
• Three days later, the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament resumed, and Tang Si revealed his ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring.
• Salas recognized Tang Si as the person who had sold the Whale Rubber secret to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while spectators debated how Tang Si had endured the Soul Ring’s remnant soul.