Chapter Summaries

Meng Hongchen used her cold poison to defeat four Shrek contestants in succession. With the remaining contestants unable to withstand her tactic, Cai Meier withdrew Shrek from the match.

• Meng Hongchen pierced through Dai Huabin’s White Tiger Annihilation Kill and revealed that her poisoned icy arena had weakened him before kicking him out of the ring.
• Zhu Lu entered the arena to avenge Dai Huabin but collapsed from the poison before she could strike Meng Hongchen.
• Nanmen Yun’er tried to attack from the air, but Meng Hongchen’s poisoned cold air brought her down.
• Wu Feng challenged Meng Hongchen with her Red Dragon flames, but Meng Hongchen poisoned her with Ice Toad Poison.
• Seeing that the Lan Family Sisters and Ning Tian could not overcome Meng Hongchen, Cai Meier withdrew Shrek and admitted defeat.

Shrek conceded to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, ending its long championship reign, while Ghost Valley manipulated its group results to face the Holy Spirit Sect in the bracket. The chapter ended with the crowd cheering Yuwen Tuo as he prepared to hunt down the evil soul masters.

• Cai Meier conceded for Shrek, and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy celebrated its victory over Shrek.
• Huo Yuhao comforted Shrek’s members and suggested the Tang Sect could still restore their honor by winning.
• Long Aotian revealed that Ghost Valley had another Soul Saint, then conceded to Sky Dragon Gate after saying Yuwen Tuo wanted to eliminate teams that should not be competing.
• The tournament bracket placed the Tang Sect, Holy Spirit Sect, and Ghost Valley on the same side after Ghost Valley advanced in second place.
• Nan Qiuqiu realized Yuwen Tuo had arranged to intercept the Holy Spirit Sect, and the crowd cheered him.

Zhongli Wu and Xu Tianran agreed that the Holy Spirit Sect could forfeit if Yuwen Tuo entered the tournament, while the Tang Sect worried that Ghost Valley would target them too. At the hotel, Yuwen Tuo met Shangguan Wei'er, leader of the Pingfan Alliance, who had come to seek Ghost Valley's help against Evil Soul Masters.

• Zhongli Wu asked Xu Tianran to disqualify Yuwen Tuo, but Xu Tianran said there were no grounds to do so.
• Xu Tianran allowed the Holy Spirit Sect to forfeit if Yuwen Tuo took the field, and Zhongli Wu accepted.
• Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan worried that Yuwen Tuo's bracket assignment would make it difficult for the Tang Sect to reach the finals.
• Xiao Xiao waited with the others at the hotel, where Yuwen Tuo found two unfamiliar women outside his room.
• Miao Xin recognized that the alluring woman was a Titled Douluo, while the blonde woman said she had come to seek Ghost Valley's help against Evil Soul Masters.
• Yuwen Tuo identified the alluring woman as Shangguan Wei'er, leader of the Pingfan Alliance, who admitted her identity.

Ye Guyi joined Yuwen Tuo’s Ghost Valley to fight Evil Soul Masters, after Shangguan Wei'er introduced her. Welcomed by the sect’s powerful young members, she became convinced that Ghost Valley could help her fulfill her mission.

• Yuwen Tuo confronted Shangguan Wei'er about her past and asked what she intended to do about the Evil Soul Masters.
• Shangguan Wei'er introduced Ye Guyi, who asked to join Ghost Valley so she could fight Evil Soul Masters alongside them.
• Ye Guyi explained that she had rejected the Shrek Supervision Corps and chosen Ghost Valley because Yuwen Tuo had proven his strength against Evil Soul Masters and had powerful backing.
• Yuwen Tuo recognized Ye Guyi’s Sacred Angel martial soul, and Xiao Xiao, Ling Luochen, and Qiu'er welcomed her into Ghost Valley.
• Shangguan Wei'er left after telling Ye Guyi not to lose her sense of justice, and Xiao Xiao introduced her to the others.
• After meeting Ghost Valley’s talented members, Ye Guyi felt confident she had chosen the right place to pursue her mission.

Tang Sect drew Ghost Valley for the Top Eight Competition, and Huo Yuhao devised a plan that could kill Yuwen Tuo. Qiu'er sensed the danger and urged Yuwen Tuo to compete, while his distant master discovered the threat; the competition then began with Sky Dragon Gate facing Mingdu Soul Engineer Academy.

• Jiang Nannan drew Ghost Valley as Tang Sect's opponent, and the four Top Eight matchups were set.
• Huo Yuhao told He and Dong'er that he had a way for Tang Sect to defeat Ghost Valley, even though it was underhanded and could kill Yuwen Tuo.
• Qiu'er sensed an ominous change and convinced Yuwen Tuo to enter the next match.
• Yuwen Tuo's master used the Kunlun Mirror to see that Huo Yuhao's scheme could kill his disciple, then resolved to warn him.
• The Top Eight Competition began, and Xu Tianzhen and Yu Tianlong entered the first individual match for their respective teams.

Xu Tianzhen and Yu Tianlong fought the first match of the Top Eight elimination round, with Yu Tianlong winning after countering her solar attacks. Xu Tianzhen cried after the loss, and her team abandoned the next match to comfort her.

• Xu Tianzhen and Yu Tianlong exchanged spectacular fire and lightning attacks, and Xu Tianzhen gained the advantage with Myriad Radiance and Sun Gaze.
• Yuwen Tuo and Jiang Peng recognized that Yu Tianlong was conserving his strength and waiting for Xu Tianzhen to tire.
• Yu Tianlong used Wind Whips Rain, Clouds Cover the Sun; Dragon Roams the Nine Heavens, Yu Tian Thunder to block the sunlight and launch a two-stage lightning attack.
• Unbreakable Douluo shielded Xu Tianzhen from Yu Tianlong's attack and declared Yu Tianlong the winner.
• Xu Tianzhen burst into tears, and her teammates refused to send anyone to fight next because they were busy comforting her.

Yu Tianlong advanced Sky Dragon Gate to the semifinals, while Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen secured Sun Moon Academy’s victory over Proud Sword Sect. The Holy Spirit Sect then brutally defeated Star Luo National Academy, and Qiu’er’s casual remark about eating brain matter left everyone wary of her.

• Mingdu Soul Engineer Academy forfeited its remaining matches after Yu Tianlong defeated Xu Tianzhen, sending Sky Dragon Gate to the semifinals.
• Yuwen Tuo comforted Xu Tianzhen, only for her to reveal that she had stopped crying and was happy her little brother cared about her.
• Meng Hongchen defeated four opponents before crippling Wu Bifan with Corrosive Ice, then Xiao Hongchen won two more matches to give Sun Moon Academy a 7–1 victory over Proud Sword Sect.
• Ji Li of Holy Spirit Sect killed three Star Luo National Academy competitors by devouring their brains, prompting Xu Jiujiu to concede.
• Qiu’er calmly said brain matter did not taste good and praised Yuwen Tuo’s Honey Eel, making the others recoil from her.

Bei Bei and Cao Jinxuan opened the Tang Sect versus Ghost Valley quarterfinal with a grudge-fueled duel. Cao Jinxuan gained the upper hand, and the chapter ended as he countered Bei Bei’s poisoned hidden weapons with Time Reversion.

• Bei Bei and Cao Jinxuan entered the arena as the first competitors in the Tang Sect versus Ghost Valley elimination match.
• Bei Bei accused Cao Jinxuan of betraying Shrek, but Cao Jinxuan defended his decision to leave after graduating from the Outer Court.
• Bei Bei attacked with Thunder Dragon Claw, but Cao Jinxuan used the Profound Yang Finger Technique to force him to retreat.
• Bei Bei activated Tyrant Emperor Lightning Domain and attacked with Thunder Dragon Head, but Cao Jinxuan froze and destroyed the attack with Time Mystery Lock.
• Cao Jinxuan used Fleeting Time and Ghost Valley sword forms to wound Bei Bei, who then fired poisoned Plum Blossom Darts with Batwing Reincarnation.
• Cao Jinxuan responded to Bei Bei’s hidden weapons with his third soul skill, Time Reversion.

Cao Jinxuan defeated Bei Bei and Zhou Sichen, then lost to Na Na, while Xu Sanshi and Chen Yu drew. After securing three points, Huo Yuhao forfeited the remaining individual matches and sent the tournament into the team battle, where Ghost Valley's hidden fighters awaited.

• Cao Jinxuan altered causality to defeat Bei Bei, prompting Yuwen Tuo to realize the Tang Sect was trying to force him to use his time-changing skill.
• Cao Jinxuan wore down Zhou Sichen's five summoned beasts and won, but Yuwen Tuo sent the exhausted fighter back to rest.
• Na Na defeated Jiang Nannan with her blades, then lost to Xu Sanshi after he activated his Black Tortoise Bloodline.
• Xu Sanshi and Chen Yu fought to a draw, leaving both teams with three individual-match losses.
• Huo Yuhao forfeited the remaining individual matches after securing three points and called for the team battle.

Yuwen Tuo and Yuwen Qiu entered the team battle against Tang Sect, whose members prepared to shield Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er as they formed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill. The two sides unleashed their perfectly fused skills against each other, and the chapter ended as the attacks collided.

• Yuwen Tuo and Yuwen Qiu stepped onto the stage as Ghost Valley's only participants, declaring that the two of them were enough for the team battle.
• Both sides released their Martial Souls, revealing that Yuwen Tuo and Yuwen Qiu each had Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Huo Yuhao arranged Tang Sect's five other fighters around himself and Wang Dong'er to protect them while they prepared their fusion skill.
• Yuwen Tuo and Yuwen Qiu joined hands and revealed their own Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er completed theirs.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er launched Truth Within Nothingness—Mind Storm against Yuwen Tuo and Yuwen Qiu's Beyond Reincarnation, and the skills collided.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er let the Yuwen siblings’ mental attack enter Wang Dong'er’s Sea of Consciousness, where Tang San’s Divine Sense confronted them. Yuwen Tuo’s hidden safeguard then destroyed Tang San’s phantom, leaving Tang San injured in the Divine Realm.

• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er initially resisted Yuwen Tuo and Yuwen Qiu’s Beyond Reincarnation with their Mind Storm, then withdrew their Mental Power at Huo Yuhao’s signal.
• Cai Meier feared the attack would collapse their Seas of Consciousness, while Zhou Yi trusted Huo Yuhao’s plan to use the power sealed within Wang Dong'er.
• Electrolux recognized that Huo Yuhao meant to use Wang Dong'er’s hidden power against Yuwen Tuo and warned him to withdraw, but Yuwen Tuo pressed his attack forward.
• Tang San’s Divine Sense appeared in Wang Dong'er’s Sea of Consciousness and attacked the Yuwen siblings with the Sea God’s Trident.
• Yuwen Tuo called on his master, and a Divine Fire Doppelganger wielding the Xuanyuan Sword destroyed Tang San’s phantom.
• Tang San was struck by the clash in the Divine Realm, dropped to his knees, and vomited blood.

Yuwen Qiu defeated the Tang Sect’s five remaining fighters in seconds, securing Ghost Valley’s victory after Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong’er, and Yuwen Tuo collapsed. The semifinals were moved up to the day after tomorrow, prompting Ghost Valley’s younger members to prepare for the Holy Spirit Sect match while Yuwen Tuo remained unconscious.

• After the clash in their Sea of Consciousness, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’er fell unconscious, while Yuwen Tuo was drawn into an alternate dimension by his master.
• Yuwen Qiu swept through the Tang Sect’s five remaining fighters in five seconds, and the Unbreakable Douluo declared Ghost Valley the winner.
• Qiu’er told Xiao Xiao and Ling Luochen that Yuwen Tuo was safe and receiving his master’s inheritance.
• Zhongli Wu and Xu Tianran agreed to speed up the semifinals, and the Unbreakable Douluo announced that they would begin the day after tomorrow.
• Cai Meier lamented Shrek’s defeat, while Long Aotian said he was ready to face the Holy Spirit Sect without Yuwen Tuo.
• Yun Yi called Wei Na aside, while Miao Xin anticipated that the other nations would come to discuss the Sun Moon Empire’s actions.

While Yuwen Tuo slept, Wei Na took charge of the next steps, and Huo Yuhao learned that Wang Dong'er would likely recover despite losing her third Martial Soul. Xu Jiujiu brought Shrek and the Tang Sect intelligence about a conspiracy linking the Sun Moon Empire and the Evil Soul Masters, while Yuwen Tuo spoke with his true self in his Sea of Consciousness.

• Yun Yi urged Wei Na to make decisions in Yuwen Tuo's absence, and Wei Na accepted responsibility for the team.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm explained that Wang Dong'er's third Martial Soul had shattered but that she should wake in a few days, and Huo Yuhao vowed to avenge her.
• Xu Jiujiu invited Shrek and the Tang Sect to Ghost Valley to discuss intelligence about the Sun Moon Empire and the Evil Soul Masters joining forces.
• Cai Meier agreed to go to Ghost Valley, judging that the threat warranted working temporarily with Yuwen Tuo and the Body Sect.
• Yuwen Tuo questioned his true self about why he had not appeared sooner, and True Yuwen Tuo dismissed Xiao Tuo's past suffering as an insignificant setback.

Yuwen Grand Tutor finished revising Xiao Tuo’s Divine Fire Doppelganger method and instructed him to forge a new path to godhood for his Xuanyuan Sword Soul. After his master vanished, Xiao Tuo began cultivating the improved method, while wondering what debt he still had to repay.

• Yuwen Grand Tutor spent hours criticizing Xiao Tuo’s self-modified Divine Fire Doppelganger before revealing that he had revised its later stages.
• Yuwen Grand Tutor explained that Xiao Tuo could use the Fire God Godhood to raise his Cultivation Power, but warned him not to let godhood eclipse his identity as the Xuanyuan Sword.
• Yuwen Grand Tutor told Xiao Tuo to combine the Secret of the Body with the improved method and explore a new path to godhood for the Xuanyuan Sword Soul.
• Yuwen Grand Tutor’s phantom disappeared, leaving Xiao Tuo wondering what he still owed and whether he would ever see his master again.
• The Ice Empress, Snow Empress, and Electrolux emerged from Xiao Tuo’s Second Sea of Consciousness, and the Snow Empress urged him to cultivate.
• Xiao Tuo sat cross-legged in the Sea of Consciousness as his Soul Power surged and Heaven and Earth Origin Power gathered around him.

Yuwen Tuo recovered and grew stronger as Wei Na, Xu Jiujiu, and Shrek’s leaders discussed the Sun Moon Empire’s trap around Mingdu. Wei Na proposed striking back, but Shrek argued that escaping through the deliberately open west was safer.

• Qiu'er and Ling Luochen sensed that Yuwen Tuo had recovered and increased his Cultivation Power.
• Xu Jiujiu told Wei Na that Star Luo scouts and Granny Man Yi had disappeared, suggesting Mingdu had been sealed off.
• Wei Na deduced that the Sun Moon Empire planned to eliminate the Titled Douluo protecting the tournament teams before invading the three nations.
• Xu Jiujiu proposed joining forces to break out, while Wei Na urged them to counterattack in Mingdu.
• Cai Meier revealed that the Sun Moon Empire had left the western route open and argued that Shrek should escape to protect its students.

Wei Na secretly proposed cooperating with Xu Jiujiu and Cai Meier against the Sun Moon Empire, while keeping Yuwen Tuo’s larger plan hidden from Shrek. After learning that the apparent plan was to assassinate Crown Prince Xu Tianran, Huo Yuhao and Cai Meier doubted it would work and chose not to participate.

• Huo Yuhao warned Cai Meier that the Sun Moon Empire might have left the Sun Moon Mountain Range open as a trap to gather and kill the enemy’s strongest fighters.
• Wei Na asked Long Aotian to guard the area, then privately proposed cooperation with Xu Jiujiu and Cai Meier against the Sun Moon Empire.
• Ma Xiaotao asked Cao Jinxuan about Yuwen Tuo’s condition, and Cao Jinxuan said his master was recovering.
• Wei Na told Xu Jiujiu and Cai Meier that their apparent plan was to feint against Illustrious Virtue Hall and assassinate Crown Prince Xu Tianran, while withholding Yuwen Tuo’s full plan.
• Cai Meier told Shrek and the Tang Sect about the discussion, and Huo Yuhao and Cai Meier decided not to join the assassination plan.

Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy defeated Sky Dragon Gate in the first semifinal, while Xiao Xiao left Yuwen Tuo’s side to fight Holy Spirit Sect with Ghost Valley. The second semifinal was about to begin, with both teams entering the arena.

• Yu Tianlong fought Meng Hongchen in the opening duel but lost after exhausting his Soul Power, and Meng Hongchen later withdrew after defeating another Sky Dragon Gate member.
• Xiao Hongchen defeated three more Sky Dragon Gate members before withdrawing, and Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy defeated the remaining opponents in the team battle.
• Xiao Xiao left Yuwen Tuo in Ling Luochen and Qiu'er's care and went to compete against Holy Spirit Sect in his place.
• Ghost Valley arrived without Yuwen Tuo and Yuwen Qiu, while Zhongli Wu judged Holy Spirit Sect had about a sixty percent chance of victory.
• Zheng Zhan called both teams to their waiting areas as the second semifinal was about to begin.

Xiao Xiao faced Ji Li of the Holy Spirit Sect in the first individual elimination match and killed him with her Soul Bone Fusion Skill, Blazing Aurora. The match ended with Long Xiaoyao realizing that Xiao Xiao possessed a rare power capable of threatening even stronger opponents.

• Ji Li and Xiao Xiao took the stage for the first match, and Ji Li revealed his six-ring Brain-Eating Beast Martial Soul.
• Xiao Xiao used her Nine Phoenix Auspicious Xiao, but Ji Li blocked her music with a soundproof Soul Tool.
• Ji Li launched his tongue at Xiao Xiao, but she restrained it with her Mental Power and activated her Soul Bone Fusion Skill, Blazing Aurora.
• Xiao Xiao's attack burned Ji Li to ashes before anyone could rescue him.
• Long Xiaoyao recognized Xiao Xiao's attack as a Soul Bone Fusion Skill and considered its extraordinary power.

Xiao Xiao defeated Holy Spirit Sect contestant Wang Xiaolei with her Ghost Demon Wolf soul bone skill, revealing another Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone. She then faced Gu Yu, whose opening attack tried to erode her bones, and the chapter ended as he used his sixth soul skill, Void.

• Jing Hongchen and others analyzed Xiao Xiao’s powerful soul bone fusion strike as Wang Xiaolei entered the arena.
• Wang Xiaolei attacked Xiao Xiao with his bone whip and Sea of Undead domain, but Xiao Xiao broke free and turned the undead against him.
• Xiao Xiao used Demon Wolf Soul Extinguishing Kill to shatter Wang Xiaolei, prompting the audience to cheer and Scorpion Tiger Douluo to plan her death.
• Zhang Peng sent Gu Yu to weaken Xiao Xiao with debuffs, and Gu Yu opened with Evil Bone Erosion.
• Xiao Xiao rushed Gu Yu with a speed-enhanced kick, but Gu Yu activated his sixth soul skill, Void.

Xiao Xiao exploited the limits of Gu Yu’s void skill to kill him, then faced Lu Genggeng, another Holy Spirit Sect soul master. Despite her curses and weakened condition, she began playing the Nine Phoenix Dancing Flute as Lu Genggeng attacked in his giant Abomination form.

• Gu Yu used his void skill, curses, and vision-sealing attack against Xiao Xiao, while Jiang Peng explained that she was deliberately relying on her other senses.
• Xiao Xiao shook the arena to locate Gu Yu and used the Overlapping Wave Force to build power in her kicks as his void state began to fail.
• Xiao Xiao struck Gu Yu’s Fish Border Acupoint with the Nine Phoenix Dancing Flute, forced him into solid form, and crushed his heart with a kick.
• Zhang Peng caught Gu Yu’s corpse and sent Lu Genggeng to fight Xiao Xiao rather than concede.
• Lu Genggeng claimed his soundproof Soul Tool would block Xiao Xiao’s flute and transformed into a massive Abomination, while Xiao Xiao smiled as if she had fought a similar opponent before.