Chapter Summaries

At the Spirit Master Tournament, Dugu Bo warned Shrek Academy that Mo Lin was their greatest obstacle, while the academies prepared for an individual elimination match. Shrek chose to focus on wearing down its opponents, and Thunderclap Academy received a bye in the first round.

• Dugu Bo told Grandmaster that Mo Lin was Shrek Academy's greatest threat, and Grandmaster began considering how to deal with him.
• Bibi Dong announced that the three teams would compete in an individual elimination match, with the winner advancing directly to the finals.
• Mo Lin dismissed Xie Yue's concern about a possible alliance between Shrek Academy and Thunderclap Academy, citing their existing grudge.
• Dai Mubai asked Grandmaster for a chance to fight Yu Tianxin, then accepted Grandmaster's reminder to put the team first.
• Grandmaster told Shrek Academy to use the individual match to wear down its opponents, and Tang San agreed that they should advance cautiously.
• Jing Ling took the field for Shrek Academy, and Thunderclap Academy received a bye in the first round.

Shrek Academy and Thunderclap Academy struggled over whether to send contestants against Martial Soul Hall Academy, while Grandmaster tried to use Thunderclap to wear down Martial Soul Hall’s Golden Generation. The chapter ended with Yan provoking Shrek, whose members began arguing over whether to respond, as Mo Lin explained that emotion could disrupt even genuine bonds.

• After Yu Yuanzhen advised him that he had already achieved his goal, Yu Tianxin sent Lei Dong to fight, and Lei Dong defeated a Martial Soul Hall contestant after a long battle.
• Grandmaster held Shrek back while Thunderclap and Martial Soul Hall exchanged contestants, then sent Tailong to challenge a depleted defender; both fighters fell from the stage.
• Yu Tianxin realized Shrek was using Thunderclap to exhaust Martial Soul Hall, so he told his teammates to conserve their strength and withdraw after short bouts.
• Thunderclap used all seven contestants without sending Yu Tianxin, entered the losers’ bracket, and left Grandmaster weighing whether Shrek should avoid risking injuries.
• Yan taunted Shrek for refusing to fight, prompting Flender, Liu Erlong, and Dai Mubai to urge a response while Tang San tried to calm them.
• Hu Liena asked Mo Lin whether Shrek’s unity had been an act, and Mo Lin replied that their bonds were genuine but could falter when emotion overcame reason.

Shrek Academy forfeited the individual competition after an argument over whether to keep fighting Spirit Hall, leaving Flender and Dai Mubai angry and the Master looking cowardly to Bibi Dong. With the afternoon match against Thunderclap Academy approaching, Tang San tried to unite the team around planning for it.

• Mo Lin explained that Shrek Academy's emotional members were arguing because they wanted to retaliate against Yan, while the Master favored rational planning.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun volunteered to fight, but Dugu Bo urged everyone to follow the Master's decision.
• The Master forfeited the individual competition, prompting Flender and Dai Mubai to leave angrily and the rest of Shrek Academy to withdraw in dejection.
• Bibi Dong accepted the forfeit, judged the Master a coward, and ended the morning's matches before returning to the Papal Palace.
• Mo Lin and Xie Yue discussed Shrek Academy's damaged reputation and said the afternoon match against Thunderclap Academy could affect it further.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu urged the silent Shrek Academy team to set aside their grievances and discuss the afternoon match.

Tang San and Grandmaster prepared Shrek Academy to face Thunderclap Academy, but the match took an unexpected turn when Thunderclap revealed a formation designed to counter Shrek’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill. As the Hell White Tiger neared completion, Yu Tianxin and his teammates unveiled their own Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Armored Yinglong.

• Tang San and Grandmaster decided Shrek could save its Seven-in-One Fusion Skill and fight Thunderclap Academy with its usual formation.
• Dai Mubai and Yu Tianxin exchanged taunts before the match, and Tang San noticed Thunderclap had fielded three support-type Soul Masters.
• Mo Lin identified Ning Rongrong’s Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda as a Pseudo Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda because its ninth level appeared dim.
• Yu Tianxin attacked Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing as they began forming the Hell White Tiger, but Xiao Wu used her Invincible Golden Body to block his strike.
• Yu Tianxin persuaded Lei Dong and Lei Tian to use their untested technique, while Thunderclap’s three support Soul Masters boosted the trio.
• Yu Tianxin, Lei Dong, and Lei Tian revealed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Armored Yinglong, as the Hell White Tiger was nearly complete.

Yu Tianxin, Lei Tian, and Lei Dong successfully fused their martial souls into Armored Yinglong and battled Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s Hell White Tiger while Shrek’s team defeated Thunderclap Academy’s remaining fighters. As both fused beasts weakened, Yu Tianxin realized his team had to finish the fight quickly before their fusion collapsed.

• Yu Tianxin, Lei Tian, and Lei Dong formed Armored Yinglong and attacked the Hell White Tiger, trading blows in the air.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ma Hongjun defeated Thunderclap Academy’s four other fighters, while Ning Rongrong boosted Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Tang San stopped Oscar and Ma Hongjun from joining the aerial battle, saying they would only hinder the Hell White Tiger.
• Mo Lin predicted Shrek Academy would win because Ning Rongrong could fully support the Hell White Tiger, while Thunderclap Academy’s first successful fusion was unstable and unfamiliar.
• After the dragon and tiger fought to exhaustion, Lei Dong warned Yu Tianxin that their fusion was about to fall apart, and Yu Tianxin decided they had to end the fight quickly.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing defeated Yu Tianxin’s Armored Yinglong with the Hell White Tiger, sending Shrek Academy into the finals. After the match, Mo Lin secretly guided Yu Yuanzhen to a message, and Yu Yuanzhen told his grandson he would train him personally after the tournament.

• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing faced Yu Tianxin’s Armored Yinglong in a final clash of their Martial Soul Fusion Skills.
• The Hell White Tiger and Armored Yinglong collapsed, and the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner and finalist.
• Dai Mubai and Yu Tianxin acknowledged each other after the battle, while Tang San helped Dai Mubai leave the arena.
• Mo Lin secretly told Yu Yuanzhen to check the Soul Tool in Thunderclap Academy’s door handle, where Yu Yuanzhen found a written message about Yu Tianxin’s guidance.
• Yu Yuanzhen visited the recovering Thunderclap Academy team, praised Yu Tianxin, and promised to train him personally after the tournament.

Mo Lin tested how much Soul Power Qi Body Origin Flow could add to his body as he prepared for Spirit Hall’s final against Shrek Academy. After recognizing that his team could counter Shrek’s hidden Seven-in-One Fusion Skill together, he asked Hu Liena to gather the competitors for a morning meeting.

• Mo Lin left Spirit Hall’s meeting and used Qi Body Origin Flow at the training grounds while the other competitors watched.
• Hu Liena recognized that Mo Lin was temporarily increasing his Soul Power, and Yue Guan confirmed it was his first Soul Skill.
• Mo Lin reached a limit of about level sixty-nine, coughed up blood, and decided he needed to prepare more talismans.
• Yue Guan departed, and Mo Lin told Hu Liena he was only sixty percent confident of beating Shrek because of their hidden trump card.
• Mo Lin realized Spirit Hall’s seven-person lineup could counter the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill together and asked Hu Liena to arrange a morning meeting.

Mo Lin revealed his identity and extraordinary soul rings in the final against Shrek Academy, distracting them while Xie Yue and Hu Liena unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill. He caught Oscar in a trap that disabled Shrek’s support, leaving the match underway with the remaining competitors facing Martial Soul Hall.

• Mo Lin reminded his teammates to follow the plan, and both teams took their positions for the final.
• Shrek changed formation to prepare its Seven-in-One Fusion Skill, but Mo Lin’s identity and five soul rings stunned the audience and Shrek’s team.
• Xu Yu supported Xie Yue and Hu Liena as they fused into Demon Charm, while Mo Lin used talismans to enhance its range and speed.
• Tang San pulled his teammates together with Blue Silver Grass, then hurled the other six out of Demon Charm’s red mist.
• Dai Mubai warned his teammates to escape the Yin Five Thunders, but Oscar covered himself with it while saving Ning Rongrong, leaving Shrek’s support disabled.

Mo Lin’s talismans and Yan’s enhanced magma attacks gave Martial Soul Hall Academy control of the arena, leaving Shrek’s fighters scattered and struggling. As Tang San faced Xie Yue and Hu Liena’s fusion skill inside the red mist, he summoned the Clear Sky Hammer, drawing Yu Yuanzhen’s attention.

• Mo Lin placed Five Strongmen Talismans and Long Resentment Curses on Yan, Sun Chuantao, and Zhang Ping, and Yan used his enhanced Magma Surge to divide the Shrek team.
• Xiao Wu protected Ning Rongrong from Sun Chuantao’s Holy Ring, then tried to reach Mo Lin before Zhang Ping intercepted and suppressed her.
• Yan’s magma separated Dai Mubai from Zhu Zhuqing, while Ma Hongjun evaded the attacks from above and Mo Lin continued writing talismans.
• Dugu Bo told Flender that Shrek was already at a disadvantage, and Grandmaster admitted that the team had no contingency plan beyond its Seven-in-One Fusion Skill.
• Inside the red mist, Tang San summoned and enlarged the Clear Sky Hammer as he considered how to escape Xie Yue and Hu Liena’s fusion skill.
• Yu Yuanzhen recognized the lightning as a sign of the Clear Sky Hammer and concealed his murderous intent toward the Clear Sky Sect.

Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer during his fight with Xie Yue and Hu Liena, but the siblings continued their assault and inflicted numerous wounds on him. When they ended their martial soul fusion, Tang San was left battered, and the other Shrek fighters had lost ground after being distracted by his screams.

• Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer appeared in the red mist, alarming the Martial Soul Hall elders and worrying the Shrek Academy team.
• Bibi Dong questioned Mo Lin about Tang San's hammer, while Mo Lin ordered Yan to stay focused on the battle.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena resumed their attack on Tang San with greater force, while fights across the arena continued and Yan kept Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun occupied.
• Tang San's screams distracted the other fighters, allowing Zhang Ping, Sun Chuantao, and Yan to land attacks on Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena ended their martial soul fusion, leaving Tang San covered in minor cuts with his Eight Spider Soul Bone protrusions severed.

Tang San used a hidden weapon made from the fragments of his shattered Eight Spider Soul Bone in a desperate attempt to save Shrek Academy, but Mo Lin absorbed the poison and kept the Martial Soul Hall team in the fight. With Shrek outnumbered and unable to recover, Dai Mubai surrendered, and Martial Soul Hall Academy won the tournament.

• Xie Yue urged Tang San to surrender, but Tang San refused and Mo Lin told him to use his remaining moves, promising he could save him.
• Tang San scattered the Eight Spider Soul Bone fragments at his opponents, poisoning several Martial Soul Hall members, while Mo Lin let the fragments pierce him.
• Mo Lin absorbed the poison from the fighters and the fragments, then healed his wounds and concealed the ability with a talisman.
• The Martial Soul Hall team returned to fighting shape, leaving Shrek Academy outnumbered four to seven with no path to victory.
• Dai Mubai surrendered on behalf of Shrek Academy, and the referee declared Martial Soul Hall Academy the tournament champions.

After the match, Mo Lin healed Tang San’s life-threatening injuries despite Shrek Academy’s suspicion and resistance. He left after secretly warning Xiao Wu to conceal her identity, while Tang San noticed their exchange and kept his questions to himself.

• Mo Lin ended the Yin Five Thunders’ effect on Oscar as Shrek Academy’s teachers and members gathered around their injured teammates.
• Jiangzhu treated the Shrek Seven Monsters, but Tang San’s severely damaged arms and torn Eight Spider Soul Bone did not recover.
• Mo Lin arrived to heal Tang San, and Xiao Wu allowed him to help despite Dai Mubai’s objections.
• Mo Lin struck Dai Mubai aside and treated Tang San, restoring his arms, face, and damaged soul bone.
• Tang San and Mo Lin exchanged familiar, teasing remarks after Tang San woke, while Xiao Wu grew jealous.
• Mo Lin secretly warned Xiao Wu to hide her identity and be careful, and Tang San noticed their exchange before Mo Lin returned to the Martial Soul Hall team.

Martial Soul Hall Academy received the championship and its three soul bones, while Tang San explained Mo Lin’s origins and exceptional talent to the Shrek Academy team. Mo Lin distributed the bones among his teammates, giving the Wisdom Skull to Hu Liena.

• Bibi Dong presented Martial Soul Hall Academy with the championship and three soul bones, recommending the Wisdom Skull to Mo Lin.
• Tang San told the Shrek Academy team that Mo Lin had grown up with him in Holy Soul Village and had possessed Innate Full Soul Power; the team realized Mo Lin was a fifteen-year-old Soul King.
• Xiao Wu wondered how Mo Lin had discovered her identity and worried that Tang San might soon discover it too.
• Mo Lin gave the Bursting Flame Right Arm Bone to Yan and the Swift Pursuit Left Leg Bone to Xie Yue, joking that Xie Yue could give it to his future wife.
• Mo Lin handed the Wisdom Skull of Spiritual Condensation to Hu Liena, insisting that she keep it.

Mo Lin gave Hu Liena a sixty-thousand-year soul bone and challenged Spirit Hall’s belief that soul bones should only strengthen a person’s greatest strengths. After Tang Hao appeared in Mo Lin’s room, Mo Lin explained why killing him in Spirit City would provoke a devastating manhunt, leaving Tang Hao to consider the consequences.

• Mo Lin refused to take back the sixty-thousand-year soul bone and argued that soul masters needed soul bones to cover weaknesses when teammates were absent.
• Mo Lin returned to his room and discovered Tang Hao hiding on his balcony.
• Mo Lin explained how he deduced Tang Hao’s presence and warned that killing him could bring Tang Hao and Tang San to Qian Daoliu’s attention.
• Tang Hao asked what trouble killing Mo Lin and fleeing with Tang San would cause.
• Mo Lin argued that Spirit Hall would launch an intense manhunt to defend its dignity if Tang Hao attacked inside Spirit City and escaped.

Mo Lin persuaded Tang Hao not to kill him, then planned techniques to prepare for Slaughter City. After the tournament, the Shrek Seven Monsters chose their next steps, while Tang San and Xiao Wu declined Ning Fengzhi’s invitation to stay with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Mo Lin warned Tang Hao that attacking him would draw the attention of Spirit Hall, and Tang Hao withdrew his killing intent and left.
• Mo Lin revealed his life-saving talisman and planned to learn Ghost Gate Needles, Dragon Claw Hand, and Flower-Pinching Finger before going to Slaughter City.
• Flender declared the Shrek Seven Monsters ready to graduate, and Ning Fengzhi prepared to take Ning Rongrong home.
• Oscar joined the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing planned to return to the Star Luo Empire, and Ma Hongjun chose to travel before returning to Shrek Academy.
• Ning Fengzhi invited Tang San and Xiao Wu to stay with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Tang San declined after Xiao Wu signaled that she did not want to go.

Tang Hao arrived and took Tang San and Xiao Wu away from Spirit City to train in seclusion. Mo Lin altered Dai Weisi’s memories to make him a loyal instrument within the Star Luo Empire, then prepared for his own future plans.

• Ning Rongrong urged Tang San and Xiao Wu to come to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with her and Oscar, but Xiao Wu resisted.
• Tang Hao arrived, reunited with Tang San, and announced that he would train him away from Shrek Academy; he agreed to take Xiao Wu along as well.
• Tang Hao took Tang San and Xiao Wu away from Spirit City.
• Mo Lin secretly subdued Dai Weisi and changed his memories and mindset so he would serve as a foothold in the Star Luo Empire.
• Mo Lin collected the factory’s earnings, ordered ten thousand steel needles, and practiced the Ghost Gate Needles for use in Slaughter City.

Mo Jia arrived at Spirit City and fought Qian Jun Douluo and Jiang Mo Douluo outside the Papal Palace, forcing Mo Lin to rush in and explain that the clash was a misunderstanding. After Bibi Dong intervened, the elders withdrew, and Mo Lin was summoned to the Papal Palace’s main hall.

• Mo Jia reached Spirit City after traveling for a day and night and landed outside the Papal Palace, drawing Qian Jun Douluo and Jiang Mo Douluo into a fight.
• Mo Jia gained the upper hand against the two offering elders, who prepared to use their Weapon Soul True Bodies before Mo Lin arrived.
• Mo Lin told the elders the clash was a misunderstanding, and his argument with Mo Jia revealed that they were uncle and nephew.
• Bibi Dong spoke from the Papal Palace and persuaded Qian Jun Douluo and Jiang Mo Douluo to let the matter go.
• Mo Lin told Mo Jia to wait in his room, then heard Bibi Dong summon him to the Papal Palace’s main hall.

Mo Lin explained to Bibi Dong why Spirit Hall should develop each soul master's talents and teach them to compensate for their weaknesses. Bibi Dong then asked whether he would be stronger if Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang had taught him, leaving Mo Lin to answer a personal question about the man she once loved.

• Bibi Dong asked Mo Lin about his new ideas on Spirit Hall's cultivation approach, and he argued that soul masters should develop all their talents rather than follow a single role.
• Mo Lin used Yan's performance against Shrek Academy to explain how a soul master could excel in several combat paths and exploit opponents' weaknesses.
• Mo Lin described how Shrek's members were hindered by their weaknesses, and Bibi Dong and Hu Liena considered his argument.
• Bibi Dong connected Mo Lin's advice to his gift of a skull bone to Hu Liena, whose training in charm skills had left her short on offensive methods.
• Bibi Dong asked Mo Lin whether he thought he would be stronger if Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang had taught him.

Mo Lin embraced Bibi Dong after she mistook his silence for a sign that he might leave her, and the two recognized that their feelings went beyond a teacher-disciple relationship. Bibi Dong sent him to find a place for his family to stay, leaving their feelings acknowledged but undefined.

• Bibi Dong asked Mo Lin whether he thought the Grandmaster was a better teacher, and Mo Lin hesitated as he tried to find a reassuring answer.
• Bibi Dong took Mo Lin's silence as an answer and turned to leave, but Mo Lin stepped forward and tightly embraced her.
• Bibi Dong rested against Mo Lin and realized she feared losing him and felt toward him as a peer rather than merely as a student.
• Mo Lin released Bibi Dong and checked whether she was angry, but she responded gently and told him to find his family a place to stay.
• Bibi Dong picked up her scepter and left the main hall.

After Bibi Dong’s conversation with Mo Lin, he delayed his trip to Slaughter City for half a year to train himself and Hu Liena in martial arts. As they finally departed with Mo Jia as their guard, Mo Jia hinted to Hu Liena that Bibi Dong and Mo Lin had feelings for each other, leaving Hu Liena stunned.

• Mo Lin changed his plan and asked Hu Liena to wait another half year before going to Slaughter City so they could prepare for fighting without soul skills.
• Mo Lin taught Hu Liena Eight Extremes Fist, while he trained in Dragon Claw Hand, Flower-Pinching Finger, and Ghost Gate Needles.
• After half a year of training, Mo Lin and Hu Liena set out for Slaughter City with Mo Jia escorting them as their guard.
• Mo Jia noticed the intimate way Mo Lin and Bibi Dong interacted and warned Hu Liena not to bury her feelings or wait too long.
• Hu Liena realized Mo Jia was suggesting that Bibi Dong had feelings for Mo Lin and reacted with disbelief.