Chapter Summaries

Ning Chen continued cultivating while Shrek Academy failed to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy after Dugu Bo intervened, and Qin Ming left with them. Flender led the group toward Blue Tyrant Academy to reunite with Liu Erlong, while Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng quietly welcomed the academy’s failure.

• Ye Lingling told Ning Chen that Dugu Bo had accompanied Xue Beng to confront Shrek Academy, but Ning Chen chose not to watch.
• Over two months, Ning Chen reached rank eighty-five Soul Power and advanced his Thousand Mountains Formula to eleven mountain phantoms.
• Dugu Bo’s interference kept Shrek Academy out of Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Qin Ming left with the Shrek group.
• Xue Xing and Xue Beng secretly felt relieved because they feared Shrek Academy would end up under Xue Qinghe’s influence.
• Flender abandoned his plan to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy first and led Shrek Academy toward Blue Tyrant Academy to find Liu Erlong.

After Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang reunited, Tang San realized he loved Xiao Wu, but Dugu Bo ambushed him and carried him into Sunset Forest. Tang Hao intercepted Dugu Bo and demanded that he release Tang San, while Dugu Bo pleaded to keep him because he hoped Tang San could cure his granddaughter’s poison.

• Liu Erlong handed Blue Tyrant Academy to Flender, who renamed it Shrek Academy, while Xiao Wu remained away and Tang San was left with her letter and a three-year promise.
• Yu Xiaogang went to Liu Erlong, and Tang San realized his feelings for Xiao Wu went beyond sibling affection.
• Dugu Bo appeared in the clearing, poisoned Tang San into unconsciousness, and carried him away to investigate how he had neutralized Dugu Yan’s poison.
• Tang Hao blocked Dugu Bo in Sunset Forest with his Clear Sky Hammer and ordered him to put Tang San down.
• Dugu Bo acknowledged Tang Hao’s identity but asked to keep Tang San, saying the boy held secrets that might save the Jade-Scaled Snake lineage.

Tang Hao attacked Dugu Bo after discovering that he had abducted Tang San, overwhelming him with the Clear Sky Hammer. He spared Dugu Bo and demanded that he choose between secretly protecting Tang San and dying.

• Tang Hao ignored Dugu Bo's explanation and struck him with the Clear Sky Hammer, badly injuring his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor avatar.
• Dugu Bo used his eighth Spirit Skill, Time Freeze, but Tang Hao's Clear Sky Avatar shattered the control effect.
• Dugu Bo counterattacked with his serpent's tail, but Tang Hao smashed it apart and forced him out of his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Tang Hao suppressed his urge to kill Dugu Bo and offered him a choice: secretly protect Tang San or be killed.

Tang Hao forced Dugu Bo to agree to secretly protect Tang San for five years by threatening Dugu Yan, then warned him to hide the truth from Tang San. Dugu Bo took the unconscious Tang San back to the Icefire Yin-Yang Well, still intending to learn how Tang San could cure Dugu Yan’s Jade-Scale Purple Poison.

• Dugu Bo refused Tang Hao’s demand to protect Tang San and said he would rather die than serve as a child’s bodyguard.
• Tang Hao threatened to kill Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo pleaded for his granddaughter’s life before learning Tang San was Tang Hao’s son.
• Tang Hao offered Dugu Bo a choice between protecting Tang San for five years and death for both Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo accepted the deal and promised that no one would harm Tang San during those five years.
• Tang Hao checked Tang San, warned Dugu Bo to conceal his identity and their encounter, and vanished into the forest.
• Dugu Bo treated his injuries and carried Tang San to his lair at the Icefire Yin-Yang Well, hoping to learn how he would resolve Dugu Yan’s poison.

As the Continental Elite Soul Master Tournament began, Shrek Academy dominated the Heaven Dou division’s preliminary rounds while the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Team waited for the finals. Ning Chen’s team kept its strongest fighter, Cao Benqi, hidden as a planned surprise for Star Luo.

• Dugu Bo grew close to Tang San and became an advisor to Shrek Academy, frustrating Dugu Yan and confusing Xue Xing.
• The Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Team’s members improved their Soul Power, while Cao Benqi reached Level 53 and was kept out of the public lineup.
• Shrek Academy replaced the absent Xiao Wu with Jing Ling and entered the tournament with the Shrek Seven Devils largely matching their original strength.
• Shrek Academy defeated the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team, then beat Elephant Armored Academy, Blazing Fire Academy, Thunderclap Academy, and other opponents.
• Shrek Academy secured a qualifying position, while Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and their teammates grew impatient waiting to compete in the finals.

Ning Chen traveled toward Spirit City with the Heaven Dou delegation and told Qian Renxue he was confident facing the other tournament teams, though he acknowledged Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation. The imperial convoy came under a deliberate rockslide ambush, and Ning Chen and Qian Renxue suspected Spirit Hall was responsible.

• Xue Ye sent five hundred Heaven Dou Imperial Knight Corps soldiers and Xue Qinghe to escort the tournament teams to Spirit City.
• Qian Renxue summoned Ning Chen before departure and used the journey to speak with him about the tournament contenders.
• Ning Chen dismissed the threat from the Two Great Empires’ teams and Shrek Academy, while acknowledging Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation as formidable.
• The convoy encountered a deliberate rockslide ambush, and the Imperial Knight Corps split into columns to shield the teams as they passed through.
• Ning Chen told Qian Renxue the attackers were unlikely to be ordinary bandits, and she suspected Spirit Hall.

Spirit Hall ambushed the tournament convoy to kill Tang San, but Dugu Bo intervened and blocked the Soul Douluo’s attack. The Golden Eagle Douluo refused to abandon his mission and summoned a powerful ally.

• Spirit Hall attackers ambushed the convoy, overwhelming the Imperial Knight Corps and striking at the scattered academy groups.
• Tang San used hidden weapons to kill many attackers, while Qian Renxue praised his talent and considered recruiting him.
• A Soul Douluo and two Soul Sages attacked Tang San, engaging Flender and Liu Erlong and forcing Tang San to defend himself.
• Dugu Bo confronted the Golden Eagle Douluo and protected Tang San, refusing to let the attacker pass.
• The Golden Eagle Douluo rejected Dugu Bo’s ultimatum and called for a powerful figure to join the fight.

Dugu Bo tried to protect Tang San from Spirit Hall Elders Yue Guan and Gui Mei, but Sword Douluo Chen Xin intervened before Yue Guan could kill him. Ning Fengzhi arrived with Xue Qinghe and Ning Chen, while Ning Chen watched the sect master with unresolved resentment.

• Yue Guan urged Dugu Bo to stop defending Tang San, but Dugu Bo refused and warned that Tang Hao would retaliate.
• Gui Mei joined the battle and overpowered Dugu Bo, while Yue Guan sent a storm of chrysanthemum blades at Tang San.
• Chen Xin blocked Yue Guan's attack and confronted the Spirit Hall Elders.
• Ning Fengzhi declared that the Upper Three Sects stood together, arriving with Xue Qinghe and Ning Chen.
• Ning Chen watched Ning Fengzhi, remembering what he had suffered in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin helped drive off Spirit Hall’s attackers, and the group arrived safely in Spirit City for the tournament finals. After the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Team won its second-round match, it drew the Martial Soul Hall Academy Team in the third round, and Ning Chen urged his teammates to face the challenge.

• Ning Rongrong questioned Ning Chen, but Ning Fengzhi stopped her and explained that he had come to protect Xue Qinghe.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Dugu Bo’s arrival led Gui Mei and Yue Guan to order Spirit Hall’s masked soul masters to retreat.
• The group traveled peacefully to Spirit City, where the teams prepared for the tournament finals and the three seeded teams received first-round byes.
• The Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Team won its second-round match without sending Ning Chen into battle.
• The third-round draw matched the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Team against the Martial Soul Hall Academy Team, and Ning Chen encouraged his teammates to fight rather than lose heart.

The Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Team rallied before facing the Martial Soul Hall Academy Team, and Ning Chen revealed that he was a Soul King, startling the crowd and his opponents. The match began with both teams clashing across the arena, while Xie Yue found Ning Chen far more formidable than expected.

• Ning Chen, Ye Lingling, and Yu Tianheng rallied the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Team and declared their confidence in winning.
• Ning Chen took the front position as the teams entered the arena and released their Martial Souls.
• Ning Chen revealed five spirit rings, including a black ring, shocking the spectators and earning the Golden Generation's attention.
• Xie Yue attacked Ning Chen while Hu Liena used her Charm, but Dugu Yan's poison mist blocked it.
• Yan tried to burn away Dugu Yan's poison, and Yu Tianheng intercepted him with support from Ye Lingling.
• The teams engaged their opponents, and Xie Yue sensed that Ning Chen's skills and strength were exceptionally difficult to gauge.

Ning Chen used the Thousand Mountains Formula and concealed Earth Vein Aura to overpower Xie Yue, while the other Heaven Dou Imperial Academy fighters fell into danger. Hu Liena joined Xie Yue and fused their powers, emerging from a red curtain of light.

• Ning Chen dodged Xie Yue’s Moon Blades with Voidstep, then struck back with a mountain-heavy punch that sent Xie Yue stumbling.
• Ning Chen used Illusory Stars to disguise the Earth Vein Aura covering his fist and continued attacking Xie Yue.
• Ning Chen wounded Xie Yue and taunted him as the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy team struggled across the battlefield.
• Hu Liena knocked Dugu Yan off the arena and rushed to support Xie Yue.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena fused their Soul Power inside a spreading red mist, and a figure emerged from the light.

Xie Yue and Hu Liena’s Demon Charm fusion helped the Martial Soul Hall Academy Team eliminate all of Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s fighters except Ning Chen. Ning Chen refused to surrender and met Yan’s powerful attack head-on, leaving the outcome of their clash unresolved.

• Xie Yue and Hu Liena formed Demon Charm and spread red mist across the arena, disrupting Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s team.
• Yan kept Yu Tianheng occupied while the Martial Soul Hall Academy Team eliminated Dugu Yan and then Ye Lingling.
• After Ye Lingling was eliminated and her healing stopped, Yan defeated Yu Tianheng and helped clear the rest of Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s team.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena urged Ning Chen to surrender, but Ning Chen refused and charged at Yan and Demon Charm.
• Ning Chen and Yan exchanged punches, and their clash cracked the arena floor.

Ning Chen overwhelmed the Martial Soul Hall Academy Team’s Golden Generation, breaking Yan’s arm and shattering Xie Yue and Hu Liena’s Demon Charm fusion with his mountain-powered punch. After Xie Yue and Hu Liena fell, Ning Chen struck Yan down again, leaving him unconscious and badly injured.

• Ning Chen broke Yan’s forearm with one punch, and the Golden Scepter Support-type Soul Master used healing power to stabilize Yan.
• Demon Charm confronted Ning Chen and unleashed Xie Yue’s Self-Created Soul Skill, Full Moon.
• Ning Chen shattered the Full Moon with a punch and struck Demon Charm, breaking the fusion and injuring Xie Yue and Hu Liena.
• Yan attacked Ning Chen in his enlarged, flame-covered state, but Ning Chen punched him in the chest and sent him unconscious.

Ning Chen used the Starlight Bracer’s Star Lake domain and unleashed a final punch against the Spirit Hall team. His strike shattered the arena, leaving the spectators stunned by his immense power.

• The referee caught the unconscious Yan and arranged for Spirit Hall healers to stabilize his injuries.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena struggled back to their feet, but Ning Chen summoned the Star Lake domain and prepared his final attack.
• Ning Chen gathered starlight and power into his fist, then dove toward the center of the arena as the Spirit Hall team scattered.
• Ning Chen’s punch shattered the arena and blasted the Spirit Hall team back with its shockwave.
• The spectators and Spirit Hall’s high-ranking Soul Masters stared in disbelief as Ning Chen stood in the crater.

Ning Chen defeated the Martial Soul Hall Academy Team with a single punch, securing Heaven Dou Imperial Academy’s victory and shocking the tournament audience. News of the upset spread across the Two Great Empires, and Pope Bibi Dong received the report in a tense Papal Palace.

• Ning Chen asked whether the fallen Martial Soul Hall Academy Team wanted to continue, and Xie Yue admitted defeat.
• The Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Team celebrated Ning Chen’s victory while he calmly asked the referee to announce the result.
• The red-robed bishop declared Heaven Dou Imperial Academy the winner, prompting cheers from the team and spectators.
• News of the defeat spread through Spirit City and the Two Great Empires.
• A Spirit Hall knight reported the loss to Pope Bibi Dong, who sat in the Papal Palace beneath an oppressive silence.

After Spirit Hall Pope Bibi Dong learned that Cao Benqi had defeated the Golden Generation, she ordered an investigation and developed killing intent toward Ning Chen. Meanwhile, the Shrek Seven Devils defeated the Star Luo Empire Royal Team, and Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing looked ahead to returning home with their victory.

• Bibi Dong heard that Cao Benqi had defeated Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan, and ordered a thorough investigation into his background.
• Bibi Dong’s resentment over the Golden Generation’s elimination fueled her killing intent toward Ning Chen, who remained unaware of her thoughts.
• The Shrek Seven Devils defeated the Star Luo Empire Royal Team and secured a place in the final showdown.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing discussed how their victory would change the Star Luo Empire’s view of them and agreed they could return home openly.

After Shrek defeated the Star Luo Imperial Academy Team, Master gathered the Seven Monsters for a final tactical briefing and praised their performance. He revealed that the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Team had decisively beaten the Martial Soul Hall Academy Team, leaving Shrek to face the tournament's strongest remaining rival.

• Ma Hongjun summoned Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing to Master's room for a final tactical briefing.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing joined the other Seven Monsters, while Ma Hongjun and Oscar teased them about their relationship.
• Master congratulated the team on defeating the Star Luo Imperial Academy Team and praised Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing in particular.
• Master announced that the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Team had defeated the Martial Soul Hall Academy Team.
• Master said Cao Benqi had beaten Yan, broken Xie Yue and Hu Liena's Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and forced Xie Yue to concede after smashing the arena with a punch.

After Cao Benqi's devastating punch, Grandmaster encouraged the Shrek Seven Devils to prepare a focused strategy for the final against Heaven Dou Imperial Academy. At the finals in Spirit City, Bibi Dong opened the top-three knockout matches, and Heaven Dou sent Ning Chen, appearing as Cao Benqi, out first.

• Grandmaster told the Shrek Seven Devils that Heaven Dou's other members were depleted, while Shrek's team was at full strength.
• Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San rallied the team and affirmed their confidence in their coordination.
• Grandmaster warned them not to underestimate Cao Benqi and began planning tactics to restrict him.
• The three teams and their representatives gathered in the square before the Papal Palace for the finals.
• Bibi Dong opened the knockout matches, and Ning Chen stepped forward from Heaven Dou's preparation area, prompting solemn reactions from Shrek and Godwind Academy.

Godwind Academy and the Shrek Seven Devils silently agreed to cooperate against the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Team, and Huo Wu sent her brother Huo Wushuang to wear down Ning Chen. Huo Wushuang attacked after Ning Chen mocked Blazing Fire Academy’s merger, but Ning Chen caught his flaming punch with ease.

• The Godwind Academy Team and the Shrek Seven Devils agreed to work together to eliminate the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Team.
• Huo Wu chose Huo Wushuang as Godwind Academy’s first contestant to drain Ning Chen’s Soul Power.
• Ning Chen taunted Huo Wushuang for leaving Blazing Fire Academy and joining Godwind Academy’s team.
• Enraged, Huo Wushuang activated his Martial Soul and charged Ning Chen with his second Soul Skill, Tyrannosaurus Rage.
• Ning Chen caught Huo Wushuang’s flaming fist without being harmed and mocked his strength.

After Ning Chen defeated Huo Wushuang, Yu Xiaogang sent Dai Mubai to face him and urged him to attack at full strength to wear him down for Shrek Academy's later fighters. Dai Mubai unleashed several boosted attacks that engulfed Ning Chen in a storm of golden explosions, leaving his condition unclear.

• Ning Chen sent Huo Wushuang flying out of the arena, and the referee declared Huo Wushuang defeated.
• Tai Long prepared to fight Ning Chen, but Yu Xiaogang stopped him and chose Dai Mubai instead.
• Yu Xiaogang told Dai Mubai to use his strongest attacks immediately to weaken Ning Chen for the teammates who would follow.
• Dai Mubai activated his White Tiger Martial Soul and enhanced himself with White Tiger Barrier and White Tiger Vajra Transformation.
• Dai Mubai fired White Tiger Fierce Light Wave and White Tiger Meteor Shower at Ning Chen, engulfing him in golden light and smoke.