Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiaogang asked Bibi Dong to let Tang San enter the Soul Master Tournament, and she agreed on the condition that he end his relationship with Liu Erlong afterward. After Yu Xiaogang knelt to ask how she had cultivated her Twin Martial Souls, Bibi Dong let him leave while privately admitting she had made the deal so she could see him again.

• Yu Xiaogang asked Bibi Dong whether Spirit Hall Academy's Ye Han had the Sky-Piercing Spear Martial Soul, and she denied that he did.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Bibi Dong to allow Tang San, who possessed the Clear Sky Hammer and Blue Silver Grass, to participate in the Soul Master Tournament.
• Bibi Dong offered to spare Tang San trouble if he swore loyalty to her, then demanded Yu Xiaogang choose between Tang San and Liu Erlong.
• Yu Xiaogang promised to end his relationship with Liu Erlong after the tournament, and Bibi Dong accepted his promise.
• Yu Xiaogang knelt and asked how Bibi Dong had overcome the difficulties of cultivating Twin Martial Souls, then left the hall.
• After Yu Xiaogang departed, Bibi Dong stood where he had been and privately admitted she had allowed Tang San to compete so she could see Yu Xiaogang again.

Ye Han, Qianjun Douluo, and Demon Subduing Douluo encountered the Titan Giant Ape at the Star Dou Great Forest lake and fought it alongside the Sky Azure Bull Python. Qianjun Douluo pinned the ape with his ultimate skill, allowing Ye Han to blind and kill it with his spear.

• Ye Han warned Qianjun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo about the Titan Giant Ape’s strength and Gravity Domain as it attacked them.
• Qianjun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo joined forces with their Coiling Dragon Staffs and wounded the Titan Giant Ape.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python emerged from the lake and attacked Demon Subduing Douluo, who engaged it while Qianjun Douluo and Ye Han faced the ape.
• Qianjun Douluo used his ninth Soul Skill, Bodhi Attainment, to pin the Titan Giant Ape beneath a pillar of light.
• Ye Han struck the Titan Giant Ape’s eyes with his Coiling Dragon Staff, then pierced its head with the Sky-Piercing Spear, killing it.

After Ye Han killed the Titan Giant Ape, the Sky Azure Bull Python fled from Demon Subduing Douluo. Ye Han began absorbing the Titan Giant Ape’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring while Qianjun Douluo cultivated and broke through to Rank Ninety-Seven.

• Ye Han killed the Titan Giant Ape, and the Sky Azure Bull Python fled into the lake after Demon Subduing Douluo’s golden dragon phantom frightened it.
• Demon Subduing Douluo guarded Ye Han as he prepared to absorb the Titan Giant Ape’s Spirit Ring, while Qianjun Douluo cultivated to recover.
• Ye Han drew the Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring to himself, and the Coiling Dragon Staff phantom and Golden Light Wings helped suppress its energy.
• Demon Subduing Douluo found the Titan Giant Ape’s left arm Spirit Bone beside its corpse.
• Qianjun Douluo woke after breaking through to Rank Ninety-Seven, and he and Demon Subduing Douluo agreed to give the Spirit Bone to Ye Han.

After absorbing the Titan Giant Ape’s Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone, Ye Han gained powerful new abilities and helped Qianjun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo learn to condense Soul Cores. Months later, the three headed for Spirit City ahead of the Soul Master Tournament, while Tang Hao took Tang San to the Blue Silver Forest for his Martial Soul’s second awakening.

• Ye Han awoke after absorbing the Spirit Ring, received the Titan Giant Ape’s strength-type Spirit Bone, and left the lake with Qianjun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo as the Sky Azure Bull Python vowed revenge.
• Ye Han fused the Spirit Bone and gained the Titan Sky Cannon and Gravity Domain, bringing his Soul Power to level fifty-eight and giving him four Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring skills in total.
• Ye Han explained Soul Core condensation to Qianjun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo, then trained with them in a secluded valley of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Qianjun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo each condensed a Soul Core and mastered the second form of the Unyielding Staff Technique, while Ye Han’s Soul Power reached level fifty-nine.
• Ye Han, Qianjun Douluo, and Demon Subduing Douluo left for Spirit City with one month remaining before the Soul Master Tournament.
• Tang Hao brought Tang San to the Blue Silver Forest to seek a second awakening for Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, while Tang San’s Soul Power surpassed level forty and Xiao Wu’s reached level forty-seven.

Tang Hao brought Tang San and Xiao Wu to the Blue Silver Forest, where they discovered the Blue Silver King had been destroyed, costing Tang San a chance to awaken his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and gain a powerful fourth Spirit Ring. Tang Hao took them to the Star Dou Great Forest to find Tang San a replacement Spirit Ring, where a Soul-Eating Demon Vine ambushed them.

• Tang Hao led Tang San and Xiao Wu into the Blue Silver Forest, intending to have the Blue Silver King help Tang San awaken his Martial Soul and condense a fourth Spirit Ring.
• Tang Hao found the Blue Silver King shattered and long dead, then explained its role to Tang San and collapsed from grief and his injuries.
• Tang San examined the remains and concluded that a powerful Soul Master had destroyed the Blue Silver King and likely stolen his mother's Spirit Bone.
• Tang Hao recovered enough to take Tang San and Xiao Wu to the Star Dou Great Forest to find Tang San a suitable Spirit Beast.
• Tang Hao had Tang San and Xiao Wu search for Spirit Beasts on their own while he watched from the shadows.
• A Soul-Eating Demon Vine ambushed Tang San and Xiao Wu, but Tang San recognized it as a creature with just over ten thousand years of cultivation.

Tang San killed a Soul-Eating Demon Vine and absorbed its Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring despite Xiao Wu’s warnings. He emerged with a new fourth spirit skill and increased strength, while Tang Hao agreed that they would remain in the spirit beast forest to train before the Soul Master Tournament.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu defeated the Soul-Eating Demon Vine, and Tang San chose its Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring as his fourth ring.
• Xiao Wu warned Tang San that absorbing the ring was dangerous, but Tang San insisted he needed to grow stronger, and Tang Hao allowed him to proceed.
• Tang San endured the Spirit Ring’s energy and mental shock for a day and night before successfully absorbing it.
• Tang San reached Level Forty-Two and gained the fourth spirit skill Dark Blue Silver Transformation, which gave his Blue Silver Grass poisonous, corrosive, and life-devouring properties.
• Tang Hao praised Tang San, and the family decided to stay in the spirit beast forest so Tang San and Xiao Wu could continue training before the Soul Master Tournament.

Ye Han returned to Spirit City, taught Qian Daoliu how to condense a Soul Core, and received an Elder Token that made him answer only to Qian Daoliu. He then returned to Spirit Hall Academy ahead of the Soul Master Tournament and reunited with his teammates.

• Qian Daoliu condensed a golden Soul Core after Ye Han explained the method and speculated that Tang Chen might have used one when they fought.
• Qian Daoliu told Ye Han that Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena had received Purple Record Medals, but Ye Han said he cared more about defending Spirit Hall through strength.
• Qian Daoliu gave Ye Han the last Elder Token from his time in office, granting him authority within Spirit Hall and making him answer only to Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Daoliu urged Ye Han to rejoin Spirit Hall Academy's team before the Soul Master Tournament, and Ye Han promised that another team would not take the championship.
• Xie Yue, Yan, Li Kai, and the others discussed Ye Han's return until Yan spotted him approaching the training grounds.
• Xie Yue welcomed Ye Han back, and Ye Han remarked that he had heard Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena had become five-ring Soul Kings.

Ye Han defeated Xie Yue in a contest of Self-Created Soul Skills, then revealed that he possessed the Sky-Piercing Spear as a second Martial Soul. After Yue Guan told Bibi Dong, she ordered him to bring Ye Han to her.

• Xie Yue challenged Ye Han to a contest, and Ye Han revealed that he had also reached Soul King rank.
• Ye Han blocked Xie Yue's Full Moon with Heaven-Shrouding Earth-Covering, then shattered the attack and won the spar.
• Xie Yue acknowledged Ye Han's strength and offered him the captain's position, but Ye Han insisted that Xie Yue remain the leader.
• Hu Liena asked about the Sky-Piercing Spear soul master, and Ye Han revealed that he was the one with the second Martial Soul.
• Yue Guan reported Ye Han's victory and Twin Martial Souls to Bibi Dong, who ordered him to bring Ye Han to her.

Yue Guan brought Ye Han to meet Bibi Dong, who tested his deference and strength after he refused to kneel or reveal his Spirit Rings. Ye Han used the Coiling Dragon Staff’s evil-breaking power to resist her pressure, leaving Bibi Dong even angrier.

• Yue Guan warned Ye Han to be careful when answering Bibi Dong, then led him into the Papal Hall.
• Ye Han showed Bibi Dong his Sky-Piercing Spear and refused to reveal his Spirit Rings or kneel.
• Bibi Dong exerted her Title Douluo pressure, but Ye Han endured it without yielding.
• Ye Han switched to the Coiling Dragon Staff, whose Evil-Breaking Dragon Might dispersed much of the evil force in Bibi Dong’s pressure.
• Bibi Dong recognized the staff’s ability to counter evil and grew angrier at Ye Han’s resistance and seamless Martial Soul switch.

Ye Han endured Bibi Dong’s level-eighty Soul Power pressure without bending, prompting her to stop before the conflict drew in the Worship Hall. After leaving the Papal Hall, Ye Han revealed Qian Daoliu’s Elder Token and persuaded Yue Guan to join him and Demon Subduing Douluo on a trip to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Bibi Dong raised her Soul Power pressure to level eighty, but Ye Han resisted with his Coiling Dragon Staff and Break Evil Dragon phantom without bending his legs.
• Yue Guan interrupted Bibi Dong, who withdrew her pressure and praised Ye Han before dismissing him and the elders.
• After Ye Han left, Bibi Dong considered him a threat and planned to deal with him after securing the Soul Master Tournament championship.
• Ye Han showed Yue Guan and Gui Mei the Elder Token given to him by Qian Daoliu, and Demon Subduing Douluo arrived to check on him.
• Ye Han told Yue Guan about the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest, and Demon Subduing Douluo agreed to accompany them there.

Tang San and Xiao Wu returned to Shrek Academy just before the Soul Master Tournament, bringing news of Tang San’s ten-thousand-year fourth Spirit Ring and Xiao Wu’s level forty-eight cultivation. Their reunion turned sour when Tang San revealed that Ye Han was a Spirit Hall member protected by Demon Subduing Douluo, leaving Yu Xiaogang shaken by the rival’s Twin Martial Souls.

• Ye Han, Demon Subduing Douluo, and Yue Guan headed to Sunset Forest, where Ye Han planned to find the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and later obtain the dragon bones beneath it.
• At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang and the students worried that Tang San and Xiao Wu had not returned for the tournament, until the two arrived.
• Tang San revealed that he had reached nearly level forty-three and gained a ten-thousand-year fourth Spirit Ring, while Xiao Wu disclosed that the Lovesick Heartbreak Red had raised her to level forty-eight.
• Tang San demonstrated his fourth spirit skill, Dark Blue Silver Transformation, which strengthened the effects of his first three skills.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang and the others that Ye Han belonged to Spirit Hall and was protected by Demon Subduing Douluo, then revealed Ye Han’s Twin Martial Souls.
• Yu Xiaogang realized Ye Han’s Coiling Dragon Staff and Sky-Piercing Spear made him an even more dazzling tournament rival than Tang San.

Yu Xiaogang confirmed that Ye Han possessed the Coiling Dragon Staff and Sky-Piercing Spear, shaking Shrek Academy’s hopes before the tournament. Tang Hao brought Tang San to meet his aunt Tang Yuehua and asked her to care for him if Tang Hao died, while refusing to return to the Clear Sky Sect.

• Yu Xiaogang told the Shrek team that Ye Han had two formidable Tool Martial Souls, and Tang San vowed to surpass them with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San and Tang Hao visited Tai Tan, where Tang San learned the Strength Clan could mass-produce his hidden weapons.
• Tang Hao brought Tang San to Moonlight Pavilion, where Tang San met his aunt Tang Yuehua.
• Tang Hao privately told Tang Yuehua that his injuries might prove fatal and asked her and the sect master to look after Tang San.
• Tang Hao refused to return to the Clear Sky Sect unless Spirit Hall was destroyed, and Tang Yuehua promised to protect Tang San.

Ye Han, Yue Guan, and Demon Subduing Douluo found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest and learned that someone had taken its Immortal Herbs. Ye Han asked whether the herbs’ effects could be recovered from the person who consumed them, and Yue Guan confirmed they could be refined from that person’s blood.

• Tang San shocked the Heaven Dou Division tournament audience by revealing his Spirit Rings and Dark Blue Silver Grass, while Qian Renxue judged him no match for Ye Han.
• Ye Han led Demon Subduing Douluo and Yue Guan through Dugu Bo’s poisonous mist to a hollow at the summit of a mountain in Sunset Forest.
• The three found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Yue Guan recognized its paired hot and cold springs.
• Yue Guan examined the regrown plants and concluded that someone had uprooted many of the Immortal Herbs about half a year earlier.
• Ye Han asked whether consumed Immortal Herbs could still be recovered, and Yue Guan said their effects could be refined into Blood-Coagulating Pills from the consumer’s blood.

Ye Han and Yue Guan concluded that the people who took the Immortal Herbs could be dangerous future enemies of Spirit Hall, and Ye Han identified Shrek Academy students as likely candidates. They decided to investigate them at the arena and postpone any action until after the Soul Master Tournament.

• Ye Han learned that Blood-Coagulating Pills refined from the blood of Immortal Herb users could retain about half of the herbs’ medicinal effects, and Yue Guan named Yang Wushuang as a possible pill refiner.
• Ye Han persuaded Yue Guan that the Immortal Herbs’ consumers might become a group of Title Douluo-level threats, so they agreed to trace clues through Dugu Bo in Heaven Dou City.
• Yue Guan gathered several ordinary medicinal herbs, and he, Ye Han, and Demon Subduing Douluo left the valley for Heaven Dou City.
• At the inn, Yue Guan told Ye Han how he and Gui Mei had joined Spirit Hall and come to regard it as home.
• Ye Han told Yue Guan that several unusually strong students from Shrek Academy, including Tang San, might have consumed the Immortal Herbs.
• Yue Guan and Ye Han agreed to inspect the arena the next day and wait until after the Soul Master Tournament before acting against the students.

Demon Subduing Douluo and Qian Renxue suspected Shrek Academy’s rapid growth came from Immortal Herbs, while Ye Han borrowed Yue Guan’s illustrated guide to identify them. At Shrek’s match against Elephant Armored Academy, Yue Guan recognized that Dai Mubai had consumed a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.

• Demon Subduing Douluo told Qian Renxue about Tang Hao’s attack on Ye Han, Ye Han’s new hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring, and his help condensing Soul Cores.
• Qian Renxue and Demon Subduing Douluo concluded that Shrek’s members might have consumed Immortal Herbs, but agreed not to act against them yet because they were under protection.
• Demon Subduing Douluo returned to Ye Han and Yue Guan and relayed what he had learned from Qian Renxue.
• Ye Han borrowed Yue Guan’s illustrated guide to Immortal Herbs and studied it before the tournament match.
• Ye Han, Demon Subduing Douluo, and Yue Guan watched Shrek Academy face Elephant Armored Academy, and Yue Guan recognized Dai Mubai’s Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.

Yue Guan confirmed that several Shrek students had consumed Immortal Herbs and Spirit Hall decided to target them after the tournament. Tang San killed Shi Nian, obtained a spirit bone and a book on multi-person Martial Soul Fusion Skills, and Yu Xiaogang began planning a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill to defeat Ye Han.

• Yue Guan identified Dai Mubai as the consumer of the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and Xiao Wu as the master of the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, while suspecting other Shrek members had consumed Immortal Herbs.
• Ye Han agreed with Yue Guan that Dai Mubai should be captured alive after the tournament, and Demon Subduing Douluo urged Spirit Hall to eliminate threats among the Shrek students.
• Tang San returned after killing Shi Nian with the Soul-Seeking Life-Reaping Yama Token and gave Yu Xiaogang the seven-colored head spirit bone to inspect.
• Tang San handed Yu Xiaogang a worn book containing theories about multi-person Martial Soul Fusion Skills, and Yu Xiaogang believed the Shrek Seven Monsters might achieve a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to keep the plan secret, then studied Multi-in-One Fusion Theory and resolved to use the fusion skill to help Shrek defeat Ye Han and Spirit Hall.

Qian Daoliu learned why Tang San and Tang Hao might be pursuing the tournament’s Spirit Bone prizes and resolved to stop Tang San from growing into a threat to Spirit Hall. Shrek advanced to the finals and arrived in Spirit City confident that its Seven-in-One Fusion Skill could defeat Ye Han and Spirit Hall’s team.

• Qian Daoliu concluded that Tang San’s talent, grudge against Spirit Hall, and interest in Spirit Bones made him too dangerous to leave unchecked.
• Ye Han suggested Tang San’s team might be seeking Spirit Bones to strengthen their bodies for the Clear Sky Sect’s Ring Detonation technique, and Qian Daoliu agreed they could be a target.
• Qian Daoliu told Ye Han he trusted him to keep the championship from Shrek, while Demon Subduing Douluo prepared to respond if Tang Hao threatened Spirit Hall.
• Tang San dominated the Heaven Dou Division preliminaries and promotion tournament, though Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu defeated him with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Yu Xiaogang guided the Shrek Seven Monsters in completing a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill that concentrated their strength in Tang San and empowered his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Shrek entered the finals as the Heaven Dou Division’s top team and traveled to Spirit City believing its fusion skill could defeat Ye Han and Spirit Hall.

With the Soul Master Tournament finals approaching, Bibi Dong prepared three championship Spirit Bones for Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan while deliberately excluding Ye Han. Yue Guan told Ye Han that Spirit Hall would need his strength against Shrek, and Ye Han resolved to claim the champion’s Spirit Bone himself.

• Ye Han reached level sixty but postponed hunting for his sixth Spirit Ring until after the tournament.
• Bibi Dong summoned Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan, showed them three Spirit Bones, and warned them that Shrek Academy and Tang San were formidable opponents.
• Bibi Dong privately planned to help Shrek reach the final three so she could see Yu Xiaogang again, but intended Spirit Hall to win the championship and resented Ye Han.
• Yue Guan told Ye Han that he and Gui Mei would lead Spirit Hall’s team and that Ye Han might need to step in against Shrek.
• Ye Han said he did not care for ordinary Spirit Bones, revealed his intention to take the champion’s Spirit Skull himself, and judged that Shrek had grown stronger than in the original story.

Qian Renxue returned to Spirit Hall and reunited with her grandfather, Qian Daoliu, who told her about Ye Han’s importance and arranged for them to meet. As Qian Renxue and Ye Han met formally, Ye Han decided that her romantic fixation could still be corrected.

• Qian Renxue returned to the Worship Hall and reunited emotionally with Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Daoliu reassured Qian Renxue that she mattered more to him than the undercover plan and told her how highly he valued Ye Han.
• Qian Daoliu left to bring Ye Han to meet Qian Renxue, explaining that he hoped Ye Han would help her lead Spirit Hall.
• Ye Han entered the hall and met Qian Renxue formally for the first time without his mask.
• Ye Han judged that Qian Renxue’s romantic fixation needed to be cured while she was still young.

Ye Han and Qian Renxue met formally, discussed their strength and Spirit Hall’s hopes for the tournament, while Spirit Hall elders speculated about their future together. As the finals progressed, the Spirit Hall Team reached the third round, where they faced Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Tang San fixed his gaze on Ye Han with open hostility.

• Ye Han greeted Qian Renxue calmly and learned that her soul power had reached level fifty-eight, while he had just reached level sixty.
• Ye Han praised Qian Renxue’s sacrifices for Spirit Hall and promised to secure the tournament’s 60,000-Year Wisdom Skull of Spiritual Condensation reward.
• Qian Daoliu and the other elders discussed Ye Han and Qian Renxue’s meeting and speculated about the martial souls their offspring might inherit.
• The finals began in Spirit City with a single-elimination format, and the Spirit Hall Team advanced through its first-round bye and an easy second-round victory.
• Spirit Hall Academy drew Heaven Dou Royal Academy in the third round, and Tang San spotted Ye Han in the viewing area and showed undisguised killing intent.