Chapter Summaries

Xue Qinghe shared her dream of unifying the continent and improving commoners’ lives, and Tianlin promised to help while privately resolving to protect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. After Sky Dream Ice Silkworm urged him to become strong enough to secure coexistence without ruling the world, Tianlin committed to cultivating harder.

• Xue Qinghe told Tianlin she wanted to unify the continent, curb the nobles’ power, and improve commoners’ lives, and she asked him to support her future efforts.
• Tianlin agreed to help Xue Qinghe but privately decided he would not let Spirit Hall use the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as a stepping stone.
• Tianlin questioned whether he was selfish for putting his sect before the continent, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm reassured him that protecting his loved ones was not wrong.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said Tianlin needed to become powerful enough to deter the God Realm and let the sect and Spirit Hall coexist, while warning him not to interfere with the continent’s natural development.
• Tianlin promised to remember his humanity, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm urged him to temper his right leg bone with the loosened two-hundred-thousand-year energy in his Soul Ring.

Tianlin completed tempering his Gale Demon Wolf Right Leg Bone into a hundred-thousand-year soul bone and tested its new skill before resuming meditation. After Gu Ran reached level forty-eight, Tianlin took him to request leave so they could return to the sect for special training.

• Tianlin ignored the academy students ostracizing him and continued preparing with his Royal Fight Team friends for the approaching tournament.
• Tianlin finished tempering his Gale Demon Wolf Right Leg Bone, gained a longer-range Teleportation, and reached level fifty-eight.
• Tianlin tested Hurricane Vacuum Slash, which created a brief vacuum barrier that could suffocate anything caught inside it.
• Gu Ran told Tianlin he had reached level forty-eight, and Tianlin praised him and promised him a big gift.
• Tianlin and Gu Ran asked Qin Ming for leave to return to the sect for special training, and Qin Ming approved their request.

Tianlin brought Gu Ran to Sunset Forest to obtain his fifth Soul Ring, revealing how his Illusory Water Shocking Thunder could help Gu Ran break through a cultivation bottleneck. After choosing to seek a Netherworld Spirit Horse for its ghostly attacks, Tianlin lured it out with his exposed soul, but the disturbance attracted another powerful Soul Beast as well.

• Tianlin revealed the secret of his fifth soul skill to Gu Ran and warned him to keep it hidden.
• Gu Ran said he wanted a bizarre attacking skill to complement his Skeleton Warhorse's strong defense.
• With the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's advice, Tianlin chose to hunt a Netherworld Spirit Horse for its ability to unleash stored evil ghosts.
• Tianlin asked Gu Ran to use Death Aura to separate his soul from his body and lure the Soul Beast out.
• After a horse's neigh and a dragon's roar sounded from the forest, Tianlin returned his soul to his body and prepared Gu Ran for battle.

Tianlin helped Gu Ran choose the Netherworld Spirit Horse while turning the Death Tyrant Dragon into a source of extra power for Gu Ran’s fifth soul ring. Gu Ran successfully absorbed the enhanced ring and reached Rank Fifty, becoming a Soul King.

• A ten-thousand-year Death Tyrant Dragon and the Netherworld Spirit Horse appeared, leaving Gu Ran unsure which soul beast to choose.
• Gu Ran trapped the Death Tyrant Dragon with Domain of Bones while Tianlin froze the fleeing Netherworld Spirit Horse.
• Tianlin wounded and weakened the Death Tyrant Dragon with Icefire God Sealing, then boosted Gu Ran’s cultivation so he could force the dragon’s soul out.
• Tianlin used Heart Seizing to make the Netherworld Spirit Horse swallow the Death Tyrant Dragon’s soul, then enhanced the horse’s age before Gu Ran killed it.
• Gu Ran absorbed the Netherworld Spirit Horse’s fifth soul ring, which contained the Death Tyrant Dragon’s soul power, and emerged with five rings and Rank Fifty Soul King strength.

Gu Ran obtained a powerful fifth Soul Ring that let him command ghostly bones and summon a Bone Dragon, while Tianlin saved the Death Tyrant Dragon’s body for Tianheng and Dugu Yan. After Gu Ran returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy as the team’s second-strongest member, Yu Tianheng pushed himself to train and catch up.

• Gu Ran explained that his fifth soul skill, Ghost God Bone, let him steer ghostly bones and use the Death Tyrant Dragon’s preserved soul to summon a Bone Dragon.
• Tianlin stored the still-living Death Tyrant Dragon’s body, planning to save it as a suitable Soul Ring for Tianheng or Dugu Yan.
• Tianlin and Gu Ran returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Gu Rong celebrated Gu Ran’s breakthrough and Chen Xin teased him about Tianlin’s help.
• Dugu Bo envied Tianlin’s support for Gu Ran, and Tianlin promised to help Dugu Yan find the best Soul Rings for her sixth through ninth rings.
• After Tianlin and Gu Ran returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Gu Ran credited his breakthrough to Gu Rong’s secret technique, and Yu Tianheng began training frantically to catch up.

With the tournament less than three days away, Qin Ming introduced Huan Yin as Imperial Fight’s new control-type substitute and warned the team that Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation had prepared to challenge Tianlin. The team rallied around Tianlin, and Qin Ming’s pre-battle speech renewed their determination to compete.

• Qin Ming introduced Huan Yin, a level-forty control-type Soul Master and Yu Feng’s girlfriend, as a substitute who could rotate with Dugu Yan.
• Qin Ming explained the tournament rules and revealed that the final prize would be three soul bones.
• Qin Ming warned that Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation had secret measures prepared for Tianlin and believed it could defeat the rest of Imperial Fight.
• Yu Tianheng, Gu Ran, Ye Lingling, the Shi Mo brothers, and Osler pledged to support Tianlin in the tournament.
• Tianlin realized Qin Ming had deliberately stirred the team’s fighting spirit, and Imperial Fight finished its pre-battle mobilization.

At the Heaven Dou division’s opening ceremony, Shrek Academy’s ridiculous uniforms drew ridicule while Tianlin reunited with Ning Rongrong. A confrontation with Canghui Academy ended when the formidable Soul Saint Can Meng Shi Nian appeared.

• The academies entered the packed Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena, and Shrek Academy was mocked for its poop-green uniforms.
• Tianlin observed that Ning Rongrong had reached level forty-five and that the other Shrek students had also improved, though most were still Soul Elders.
• After registration, Qin Ming greeted Flender and Zhao Wuji, while Ning Rongrong asked Tianlin to help her deal with the embarrassment of Shrek’s uniforms.
• Canghui Academy insulted Shrek, and Tai Long charged at them before Can Meng Shi Nian arrived and Flender and Zhao Wuji stepped in front of their students.

Tianlin and the others attended the Soul Master tournament’s opening ceremony, where Spirit Hall arranged for Elephant Armor Academy to face the Royal Fight Team in order to test Tianlin. Tianlin accepted the challenge and leaped onto the stage, leaving the match about to begin.

• Tianlin warned his companions that Shi Nian was a dangerous illusion-wielding Soul Master and considered how to intercept the spiritual skull Shi Nian possessed.
• Tang San failed to gauge Tianlin’s strength with his Purple Demon Eyes, then reassured himself that his Twin Martial Souls gave him greater potential.
• The academies entered the tournament venue, where Tianlin recognized Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, Huyan Zhen, and Salas among the VIPs.
• Ning Fengzhi praised the Royal Fight Team, while Salas privately focused on Tianlin and Spirit Hall’s strengthened Golden Generation.
• Spirit Hall arranged for Elephant Armor Academy to face the Royal Fight Team first, prompting Qin Ming to consider keeping Tianlin off the stage.
• Tianlin insisted on competing and leaped onto the Soul Fighting Stage, telling Qin Ming he would not lose.

Royal Fight and Elephant Armor Academy began their preliminary match, with Huyan Li ordering his team to focus their attack on Tianlin. Tianlin stopped Huyan Li’s crushing stomp with both hands, apparently unharmed.

• Huyan Zhen identified his grandson Huyan Li as Elephant Armor Academy’s strongest young disciple and said the team aimed for the top three.
• Dou Dou started the match, and both teams revealed their Martial Souls; Tianlin displayed five Soul Rings, including two black ones.
• Elephant Armor Academy activated defensive Soul Skills and advanced, while Huyan Li announced that they would target Tianlin with their third Soul Skills.
• Yu Tianheng directed the Shi Brothers to defend Tianlin while Osler and Yu Feng harassed the opposing Soul Ancestors.
• Huyan Li stomped at Tianlin, who caught the crushing attack with both hands and appeared unharmed.

Imperial Fight defeated Elephant Armor Academy after Huan Yin’s third soul skill let her teammates ignore the opponents’ defense. Yu Tianheng’s attempt to finish Huyan Li within thirty seconds was thwarted by a soul bone, but Tianlin knocked Huyan Li out of the arena, and the team left while teasing Yu Tianheng.

• Tianlin lifted Huyan Li and threw him toward the edge, while Huan Yin prepared her third soul skill.
• Huan Yin played Cold Plum Reflecting Snow, and Yu Tianheng ordered the team to defeat Elephant Armor Academy within thirty seconds.
• Osler, Yu Feng, the Shi Brothers, and Tianlin quickly eliminated Huyan Li’s teammates by overcoming their defenses.
• Ning Fengzhi realized Huan Yin’s skill let Imperial Fight ignore defense, while Huyan Zhen secretly intervened and Huyan Li’s skull bone repelled Yu Tianheng.
• Tianlin knocked Huyan Li out of the arena before he could counterattack, then mocked Yu Tianheng as the team teased their captain on the way out.

After the Royal Fight Team won its opening match, Xue Ye praised the team and considered recruiting Qin Ming, while Ning Fengzhi worried about the growing conflict between Spirit Hall and the empires. Tianlin learned that Huyan Li carried a valuable 40,000-year Emperor Golden Elephant skull and resolved to claim it during the Soul Hunting Operation, as Shrek prepared to compete.

• Xue Ye praised the Royal Fight Team and ordered Meng Shenji to bring Qin Ming to meet him after the match.
• Huyan Zhen stormed out, and Ning Fengzhi reflected on the worsening political tensions and resolved to consult Tianlin after the tournament.
• Tianlin noticed Huyan Li's hostility, then learned from Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that Huyan Li possessed a roughly 40,000-year Emperor Golden Elephant skull.
• Tianlin considered which of his allies should receive the soul bone and decided he would obtain it during the Soul Hunting Operation.
• Shrek entered its match with six of the Seven Devils and Jiang Zhu in place of Ning Rongrong, while Tianlin watched Ma Hongjun and Oscar from the stands.

Shrek defeated Purple Star Academy with a coordinated One-Strike Flow tactic built around Ma Hongjun’s overwhelming Fire Phoenix attack. After the match, Qin Ming regretted that Ma Hongjun was already the headmaster’s disciple.

• Ning Fengzhi told Xue Ye and Salas that Ma Hongjun and Oscar belonged to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and that Ning Rongrong studied at Shrek.
• Xue Ye signaled Prince Xue Xing to arrange for Princess Xue Ke to leave home and recruit talented Soul Masters.
• Dai Mubai called Shrek’s One-Strike Flow tactic, and the team used Oscar’s sausages, coordinated attacks, and Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass to gather and briefly restrain Purple Star’s seven fighters.
• Ma Hongjun enhanced his flames with his Soul Skills and unleashed Phoenix Howl Sky Strike, knocking all seven Purple Star fighters down.
• Jiang Zhu’s Healing Array helped Purple Star’s fighters avoid lasting injuries, and Qin Ming lamented that Ma Hongjun was already the headmaster’s disciple.

After Shrek’s victory, Tianlin discussed Spirit Hall’s flaws with Qian Renxue while concealing that he could see her true identity. Qian Renxue resolved to reclaim the Pope’s position, and they turned to cultivation.

• Tianlin invited Qin Ming to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and train Ma Hongjun after the tournament.
• Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, and Ning Fengzhi admired Shrek’s strength and considered its promise for the future.
• After returning to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Tianlin found Xue Qinghe waiting in his room and spoke casually with Qian Renxue.
• Tianlin told Qian Renxue that he did not hate Spirit Hall and argued that it needed a wise, broad-minded Pope to correct its leadership failures.
• Qian Renxue privately decided to reclaim the Pope’s position from Bibi Dong, while she and Tianlin agreed to cultivate Heaven Snow Power.

Tianlin sat out Royal Fight’s match against Godwind so Soul King Gu Ran could gain experience, while the teams prepared for battle. Gu Ran revealed his five soul rings, and the chapter ended as Yu Tianheng challenged Godwind’s Wind Sword Sect vice-captain.

• Tianlin asked Qin Ming to let Gu Ran replace him against Godwind, saying Gu Ran needed combat experience after reaching Soul King.
• Gu Ran joined Royal Fight on the arena as spectators questioned Tianlin’s absence, and Gu Rong and Tianlin urged him to show his strength.
• Gu Ran summoned his Skeleton Warhorse and revealed two yellow, two purple, and one black soul rings, surprising Salas.
• Feng Xiaotian assigned himself to face Gu Ran, while Godwind’s vice-captain prepared to fight Yu Tianheng.
• Yu Tianheng recognized the vice-captain’s Wind Sword and declared that he would face him himself.

The Royal Fight Team faced Godwind Academy in a match that turned against them as Feng Moheng and Feng Xiaotian gained the upper hand. Yu Tianheng revealed that he had been holding back against Feng Moheng and ended the chapter calmly catching the Wind Sword Sect disciple’s attacks with his eyes closed.

• Yu Tianheng and the Royal Fight Team formed a two-two-three formation to counter Godwind Academy’s two-three-two formation.
• Feng Xiaotian and Feng Moheng fought Gu Ran and Yu Tianheng while support skills strengthened the Godwind Academy fighters.
• Feng Moheng used Wind Swordplay’s Chapter of Gale Wind to wound Yu Tianheng, while Feng Xiaotian completed his charged attack and pressed Gu Ran.
• Feng Moheng launched his fourth soul skill, Sword Transforms into Divided Light, but Yu Tianheng caught the sword tip between his fingers.
• Yu Tianheng closed his eyes and caught Feng Moheng’s repeated sword strikes without moving or being injured.

Royal Fight Team defeated Godwind Academy as Yu Tianheng overpowered Feng Moheng, Gu Ran endured Feng Xiaotian’s full thirty-six-slash attack, and Huan Yin knocked out Godwind’s five rear members. The referee declared Royal Fight Team the winner.

• Yu Tianheng used Dragon Transformation and Divine Dragon Sky Dance to break through Feng Moheng’s Breeze Shield and knock him down.
• Feng Xiaotian struck Gu Ran with all thirty-six slashes, but Gu Ran rose unharmed and prepared to counterattack.
• Huan Yin, aided by the Shi Brothers’ Black Tortoise Displacement and her Conqueror Order, gathered Godwind’s five rear members in front of her.
• Huan Yin unleashed Echoing Valley and knocked out all five Godwind members with her soundwave attack.
• Yu Tianheng and Gu Ran attacked the exhausted Feng Xiaotian and Feng Moheng, and the referee announced Royal Fight Team as the winner.

Tianlin watched Shrek's defeat by Blazing Fire Academy and saw that their next match against his Royal Fight Team could help him draw Shi Nian's attention. Shrek chose to fight despite Grandmaster's objections, and the chapter ended as Tang San attacked Huan Yin after Shrek broke through the Royal Fight Team's shield formation.

• Blazing Fire Academy defeated Shrek after Huo Wu and her teammates overwhelmed Tang San and the rest of the team.
• Tianlin noticed that Shrek would face Canghui after playing his Royal Fight Team and devised a plan.
• Grandmaster urged Shrek to forfeit, but the team insisted on competing and left Ning Rongrong off the field.
• Tianlin and Tang San exchanged courteous greetings before the match began, and the Shi Brothers used the Black Tortoise Shield Formation to protect the Royal Fight Team.
• Meng Yiran pierced a hole in the shields, allowing Shrek's attackers to break through the formation.
• Tang San sent Blue Silver Strangulation toward Huan Yin's neck.

Yu Feng’s solo combination skill devastated Shrek, but Huan Yin’s illusion and Tang San’s counterattack turned the match into a narrow defeat. Shi Nian noticed Tang San’s Purple Demon Eyes and began considering him a threat ahead of Canghui Academy’s next match.

• Yu Feng unleashed Storm Sweeps the Firmament, incapacitating three Shrek members before Tang San restrained him with Blue Silver Grass.
• Huan Yin used Red Dust Bewilderment to trap the remaining fighters in illusions, while Tianlin sent Xiao Wu out of the arena.
• Tang San resisted the illusion with his Purple Demon Eyes and hurled Yu Feng, Osler, and Yu Tianheng out of the arena.
• Tang San conceded after Imperial Fight’s remaining members surrounded him, satisfied that he had fought well despite Shrek’s loss.
• Shi Nian learned that Tang San’s Purple Demon Eyes could counter illusions and decided to target him as a potential threat.

Tianlin used Tang San’s arena performance and a valuable soul bone to draw the lurking Shi Nian’s attention, while settling his remaining debt to Tang San. Tang San left eager to absorb the bone, unaware that Tianlin had set a trap for him and Shi Nian.

• Tianlin revealed that Yu Tianheng, Osler, and Yu Feng had faked their defeats to make Tang San stand out and attract Shi Nian.
• Tianlin promised Yu Tianheng a bottle of True Origin Pills and erased Osler’s debt before leaving the Imperial Fight lounge.
• Tianlin asked Tang San to speak privately and offered a Poison Attribute Skull Soul Bone to repay the true value of Tang San’s blueprints.
• Tang San accepted the soul bone and left to absorb it, while Tianlin stayed behind, intending to make both Tang San and Shi Nian pay for taking the bait.

Tang San was trapped by Shi Nian’s illusion and overwhelmed by visions of Xiao Wu in danger. Just as Shi Nian moved to kill the unconscious Tang San, Tianlin intervened.

• Tang San sensed that the road to Shrek Academy was repeating and realized Shi Nian had trapped him in an illusion.
• Shi Nian revealed that he intended to kill Tang San for the tournament and his soul bone, then shifted the illusion to a wilderness outside Heaven Dou City.
• Shi Nian’s visions brought Tang San back to Ghost Sorrow Cliff and showed Xiao Wu being assaulted, causing Tang San to collapse.
• Shi Nian grabbed the unconscious Tang San by the throat, but Tianlin struck his hand with a flying stone and stepped forward to stop him.