Chapter Summaries

Shrek faced Skywater Academy without Yang Xiong and was overwhelmed by Shui Bing’er’s ice-based control and her fusion skill with Xue Wu, suffering a decisive defeat. The loss exposed weaknesses in the team’s tactics and coordination, while Shui Bing’er left wishing she could have tested her ice against Yang Xiong.

• Yang Xiong took leave before the match, so Xiao Wu filled in as Shrek’s Agility System Soul Master.
• Shui Bing’er’s Ice Seal disrupted Shrek’s formation and countered Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and Dugu Yan’s poisonous mist.
• Shui Bing’er used Repelling Ice Ring to drive back Shrek’s attackers, then joined Xue Wu in unleashing their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ice and Snow Fall.
• Tang San and the others refused to surrender, but the Ice Phoenix knocked them off the arena and the referee declared Skywater Academy the winner.
• Shui Bing’er asked why Yang Xiong had not competed and said she had wanted to test her ice against him.
• The defeat left Yu Xiaogang and the Shrek Team questioning their tactics and coordination, especially with Yang Xiong absent.

Yang Xiong went to the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well to fuse his Dragon Claws External Soul Bones, gaining ice and fire powers and reaching rank thirty-nine. On the journey back, he told Lin Gong he hoped to help him become a Titled Douluo, then returned to find his teammates still in Heaven Dou City.

• Yang Xiong took five days off and went with Lin Gong to the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well while Dugu Bo was away.
• Yang Xiong endured two days of tempering in the spring and fused his External Soul Bones, naming them the Blazing Flame Dragon Claw and Frost Dragon Claw.
• Yang Xiong tried to dive deeper into the well but was blocked, then discovered his soul power had risen to rank thirty-nine.
• Yang Xiong and Lin Gong camped in Sunset Forest, where Yang Xiong said he planned to leave the academy after the Soul Master Competition and asked whether Lin Gong wanted a different future.
• Yang Xiong suggested he might help Lin Gong break through to Titled Douluo, and Lin Gong warned him not to speak of it carelessly.
• Yang Xiong returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and found Oscar, Qin Shuang, and the others training while the rest of the team was likely in Heaven Dou City.

Yang Xiong and the Shrek team faced Godwind Academy in the final Heaven Dou Area match and lost after struggling against their flying wind-element fighters. The preliminaries ended with Shrek qualifying in fifth place, and Yang Xiong left with Ning Rongrong before meeting Feng Xiaotian and the other Element Academy members.

• Yang Xiong returned to the Shrek team and learned that they had fallen to fifth place after losing to Skywater Academy, though they later won enough matches to secure qualification.
• Shrek fought Godwind Academy, whose members used flight and wind attacks to overwhelm the team; Yang Xiong eliminated three opponents before finally admitting defeat to the remaining three.
• The Heaven Dou Area preliminaries ended with Godwind, Thunder, Skywater, Blazing Fire, and the Shrek Team qualifying, while Elephant Armor Academy was eliminated.
• Xue Ye awarded the qualifiers their prizes, while Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng received the certificates and Tang San and Yu Xiaogang appeared gloomy about their defeat.
• Yang Xiong left the team with Ning Rongrong and ran into Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, and Shui Bing'er, where Ning Rongrong teased Feng Xiaotian about his interest in her.

Yang Xiong spent a month in seclusion reflecting on his Body Martial Soul, then joined the Shrek Team for the Promotion Tournament, where they took first place. Tang San lost his individual battle against Feng Xiaotian but drew Spirit Hall’s attention, while Yang Xiong continued to consider his own cultivation and future role.

• Yang Xiong took leave from Yu Xiaogang and returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to cultivate in seclusion and consider the development of his Body Martial Soul.
• During the month of seclusion, Yang Xiong advanced the Purple Demon Eyes to peak Minute Observation and decided that his Yin-Yang Meditation Method complemented them.
• Tang San broke through to Soul Ancestor, reached Soul Power Level 41, and gained a fourth Soul Ring from a Man Faced Demon Spider.
• The Shrek Team swept through the Promotion Tournament and claimed first place, with Yang Xiong assigned as the final contestant but never needing to fight.
• Tang San lost to Feng Xiaotian after a hard battle, but the Shrek Team defeated Godwind Academy, and Spirit Hall’s Platinum Archbishop Salas took notice of Tang San’s Twin Martial Souls and External Soul Bone.

Yang Xiong traveled with Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe toward Spirit City, where an ambush aimed at Shrek’s team brought Tang Hao into the open. After the attackers withdrew, Yang Xiong confronted Xue Qinghe about the hatred he had shown toward Tang Hao.

• Yang Xiong and Xue Qinghe traded teasing remarks during the journey, while their conversation touched on the Angel Clan and its rumored surviving descendant.
• Black-clad attackers ambushed the convoy more than ten days into the trip, and Dugu Bo fought a mysterious ghostly opponent as other experts came under attack.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo attacked Flender, prompting Tang Hao to appear and strike him with his blood-red hammer.
• Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi blocked Ghost Douluo, and the Spirit Hall attackers withdrew after Tang Hao and the other Titled Douluo made their plan impossible.
• Yang Xiong noticed Xue Qinghe’s hatred as he watched Tang Hao leave, then asked whether Tang Hao had killed his father.

Yang Xiong and the Heaven Dou team reached Spirit City, where the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Elite Competition finals began. As Tang San finalized the team lineup, Yang Xiong warned Ning Rongrong to keep her Eight Spider Soul Bone hidden.

• Ning Fengzhi identified the powerful Titled Douluo as Tang Hao and warned Xue Qinghe, Yang Xiong, and Ning Rongrong to be careful around him.
• Yang Xiong secretly gave Lin Gong a map and an envelope, asking him to handle an urgent task and return to the sect without going to Spirit City.
• Ning Fengzhi told Yang Xiong the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would support him, while Yang Xiong agreed not to provoke the Clear Sky Sect or the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan unless necessary.
• Xiao Wu broke through to the Soul Ancestor realm, obtained the Invincible Golden Body skill, and joined the team when they arrived in Spirit City.
• The finals began after the teams rested, and Tang San selected Tang San, Dai Mubai, Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, Yang Xiong, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong as the seven main members.
• Yang Xiong returned to the Defense System position and warned Ning Rongrong not to reveal her Eight Spider Soul Bone.

As the tournament revealed the overwhelming strength of the Martial Soul Hall Team, Star Luo Royal Academy, and New Divine Wind Team, Yu Xiaogang concluded that Shrek Team had little chance against them. He pinned some hope on Yang Xiong’s unknown abilities, while the team returned to the hotel shaken by the gap in strength.

• Blazing Fire Academy conceded its match against Shrek Team, while three of its Soul Ancestors joined Godwind Academy to form the powerful New Divine Wind Team.
• Godwind Academy defeated a Star Luo team in one minute, and the Star Luo Royal Academy and Martial Soul Hall Teams also displayed their formidable lineups.
• During the day off, Yang Xiong and Ning Rongrong toured Spirit City while Yu Xiaogang analyzed the competition teams with Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San that New Divine Wind and Star Luo Royal Academy could defeat Shrek Team, and that Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun could form a powerful Hell White Tiger.
• Yu Xiaogang said Yang Xiong’s unknown Soul Skills and growing physical strength might give Shrek Team a chance against the strongest teams.
• Yang Xiong and Ning Rongrong returned to find Shrek Team subdued, with Dai Mubai distressed by Dai Weisi’s strength and Yu Xiaogang hesitant to speak.

Yang Xiong challenged Shrek’s unfair reliance on him, then agreed to fight at full strength against Star Luo Royal Academy in exchange for first pick of a soul bone if they won the championship. After advancing to the top six, he devised a new lineup to face New Divine Wind Academy, and Shrek revealed an unprecedented formation for the match.

• Yang Xiong confronted Yu Xiaogang about being overlooked in tactics and refused to shoulder the team’s burden without fair treatment.
• Dai Mubai revealed his Star Luo Empire heritage and asked Shrek to help him defeat Star Luo Royal Academy; Yang Xiong agreed in exchange for first pick of a soul bone if they won the championship.
• Shrek defeated a weak opponent to advance into the top six, with Yang Xiong moved to the Attack System position.
• Yang Xiong proposed using the Shi brothers and a Battle Soul Master lineup to wear down New Divine Wind Academy, and Tang San understood the strategy.
• Shrek faced New Divine Wind Academy with a two-one-four formation, placing Shi Mo, Shi Mo, Dai Mubai, Yu Tianheng, and Yang Xiong at the front, with Tang San and an unfamiliar Soul Master at the back.

Shrek Team used Ye Lingling’s healing and the Shi Family brothers’ defense to wear down the New Divine Wind Team, while Yang Xiong faced Feng Xiaotian’s strongest attacks. Shrek defeated the New Divine Wind Team, and the crowd was left marveling at Yang Xiong and Ye Lingling’s impact.

• Shrek Team’s new lineup absorbed the New Divine Wind Team’s attacks while Ye Lingling healed their injuries.
• Feng Xiaotian used Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes to break through the Shi Family brothers’ defenses, seriously injuring them.
• Yang Xiong took the brothers’ place and fought off Feng Xiaotian’s attacks with Steel Tendons Iron Bones.
• Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wu unleashed their strongest attacks, but Yang Xiong countered with a massive golden Rasengan and left Feng Xiaotian seriously injured.
• Ye Lingling healed Yang Xiong as the New Divine Wind Team ran low on strength, and Shrek Team knocked every opponent off the arena.
• The crowd praised Yang Xiong’s power and Ye Lingling’s healing, while Yang Xiong reflected that he had used only about seventy percent of his strength.

The three finalist teams gathered at the Pope's Palace, where Bibi Dong announced the soul-bone prizes and the final-round rules. Shrek forfeited the morning individual matches, and after one-sided losses, the Star Luo Royal Academy Team also withdrew, leaving the afternoon contest to determine who would face the Martial Soul Hall Team.

• Three days after Shrek defeated the New Divine Wind Team, Yang Xiong drank with Feng Xiaotian before the finals began.
• Bibi Dong arrived at the Pope's Palace with Sword Douluo, Ning Fengzhi, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo, then displayed three top-tier soul bones as the championship reward.
• Bibi Dong announced that the three teams would compete in individual elimination matches, with the winner securing a place in the next day's final.
• Yu Xiaogang recalled Shi Mo and declared that the Shrek Team was forfeiting the morning matches, drawing displeasure from the Heaven Dou Empire and surprise from the other teams.
• Bibi Dong accepted Shrek's forfeit and addressed Yu Xiaogang as an elder of Martial Soul Hall, startling the assembled spectators.
• Dai Weisi sent two Soul Elders to compete against the Martial Soul Hall Team, then forfeited after their crushing defeat.

Shrek faced Star Luo Royal Academy in the losers' bracket, where its slower defensive lineup struggled against the opposing team's balanced offense and strong support. Yang Xiong dominated Zhu Zhuyun and stopped a coordinated attack from her and Dai Weisi, while Shrek remained under pressure elsewhere on the field.

• Yu Xiaogang kept the defensive lineup for Shrek's match against Star Luo Royal Academy, whose team included Dai Weisi, Zhu Zhuyun, and three Agility System Soul Masters.
• Tang San ordered Shrek to scatter as Star Luo launched a three-pronged assault, and the teams split into separate fights across the arena.
• Dai Weisi overpowered Dai Mubai and knocked Shi Mo backward, while Ye Lingling healed Dai Mubai and Shi Mo.
• Yang Xiong used Eight Trigrams Footwork and Tai Chi techniques to suppress Zhu Zhuyun, then endured her Hell Stab with Steel Tendons Iron Bones and wounded her.
• Lin Yao used his Flame Eagle to counter Tang San's Blue Silver Grass, while the Shangshan Ruoshui Sisters healed and supported Star Luo's fighters.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun coordinated attacks against Yang Xiong, but he broke both attacks and sent Zhu Zhuyun flying again.

The Shrek Team struggled against the Star Luo Royal Academy Team’s coordinated tactics and Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Yang Xiong broke through to Soul Ancestor, revealed his Dark Tortoise Armor, and helped secure Shrek’s victory.

• Tang San launched a coordinated assault on Dai Weisi, but Zhu Zhuyun and the Star Luo agility-system Soul Masters counterattacked while the teams’ support members were knocked from the arena.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun fused their martial souls into the Hell White Tiger, which sent Ye Lingling and the Shi Family brothers out of the match and overwhelmed Shrek’s remaining fighters.
• As the Hell White Tiger struck at Dai Mubai, Yang Xiong shoved him aside and took the attack, breaking through to level forty under the pressure.
• Yang Xiong revealed his Dark Tortoise Armor and used its defense to withstand the Hell White Tiger’s attacks, then blocked its final black beam with Impregnable Fortress.
• The Hell White Tiger split back into Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun, who collapsed unconscious, and Yang Xiong defeated Star Luo’s last fighter to earn Shrek the match victory.

After Shrek defeated the Star Luo Royal Academy Team, Yang Xiong’s External Soul Bone drew attention and he refused to rush his Fourth Soul Ring before the final. The chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang accepting that Shrek’s chances against Martial Soul Hall were poor.

• Shrek Team defeated the Star Luo Royal Academy Team after Yang Xiong used his External Soul Bone to withstand Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun’s Hell White Tiger.
• Bibi Dong and Ning Fengzhi discussed Yang Xiong’s rare Soul Bone, while Sword Douluo’s sharp gaze quieted the crowd.
• Xue Qinghe and Yang Xiong traded barbs about Soul Bones, prompting Ning Fengzhi to offer Xue Qinghe one from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Rongrong reproached Yang Xiong for keeping his External Soul Bone secret, and he reassured her that he would reveal any secrets to her first.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Yang Xiong to obtain a Fourth Soul Ring before the final, but Yang Xiong refused because he needed a rare, suitable Soul Beast and suspected Martial Soul Hall would stop him.
• Yu Xiaogang accepted that he had been too fixated on winning, as the others recognized the gap between Shrek Team and Martial Soul Hall.

Yang Xiong enjoyed a quiet moment with Ning Rongrong, refused to let Spirit Hall target him, and advised Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing on overcoming their rivals. As the final match approached, Yu Xiaogang chose a risky plan against the Martial Soul Hall Team, and Yang Xiong revealed he had a dangerous way to eliminate one opponent.

• Yang Xiong warned Ning Rongrong that Spirit City’s peace might not last as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Martial Soul Hall grew toward conflict.
• Xue Qinghe ordered Snake Lance Douluo to tell the Pope that Yang Xiong was his target and forbade anyone else from killing him.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing thanked Yang Xiong for saving them, then listened as he urged them to train through dangerous battles and build true trust.
• Yu Xiaogang estimated that Yang Xiong could hold off Charm Demon for about five minutes and planned to have the rest of the team defeat Martial Soul Hall’s other fighters before joining him.
• Yang Xiong questioned Yu Xiaogang’s plan and offered a risky tactic that could eliminate one opponent but might cause the team to collapse.

The Shrek Team faced the stronger Martial Soul Hall Team in the final match for the three soul bones, relying on Ning Rongrong’s powerful support and Yang Xiong’s tactics to strike back. After five minutes, Yang Xiong was exhausted, Charm Demon’s Red Mist began engulfing the team, and Shrek’s prospects grew grim.

• Ning Rongrong boosted the Shrek Team as Yang Xiong charged into the Red Mist to hold back the fused Xie Yue and Hu Liena, while the other teammates attacked the Martial Soul Hall Team.
• The teams clashed across the arena, with Yu Tianheng fighting Yan, Dai Mubai facing Sun Chuantao, Xiao Wu battling Li Kai, and Tang San protecting Ning Rongrong from Zhang Ping.
• Yang Xiong used Dark Tortoise Displacement to switch places with Xu Yu, causing Charm Demon to wound the opposing support and letting Yang Xiong and Tang San injure Sun Chuantao and Xu Yu.
• Zhang Ping attacked Ning Rongrong, but Dugu Yan and Yang Xiong intervened; Yan then unleashed his Ten Thousand Year group attack, and Yang Xiong switched places with Tang San to pull him out of the Red Mist.
• After five minutes of fighting, Yang Xiong’s arms were badly wounded and his spiritual power was nearly exhausted as Charm Demon drove him out of the Red Mist.
• Charm Demon declared that no one could stop him, and the Red Mist spread toward the remaining Shrek Team members.

The Shrek Team lost the championship to the Martial Soul Hall Team, and the award ceremony exposed Xiao Wu as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast. As Bibi Dong ordered Xiao Wu seized, Tang San and the Shrek group united to protect her, leaving the crowd poised for a confrontation.

• Yang Xiong conceded the match after Charm Demon overwhelmed the Shrek Team, and the referee declared the Martial Soul Hall Team the champions.
• During the recovery and award ceremony, Dragon Saliva Grass fell from Xiao Wu, drawing the attention of the powerful soul masters present.
• Bibi Dong awarded Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan their soul bones and announced Hu Liena as Martial Soul Hall's Saintess.
• Bibi Dong ordered Xiao Wu seized and declared that Spirit Hall would not tolerate a Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast.
• Xiao Wu confessed her identity to Tang San, who vowed to protect her, and the Shrek members and their teachers stepped forward to stand between her and Spirit Hall.

Tang Hao rescued Tang San and Xiao Wu from Spirit City after fighting Bibi Dong and six other Spirit Hall experts, destroying Papal Hall to create an escape. Later, he told Tang San that Xiao Wu had returned to the Star Dou Great Forest and criticized Tang San’s combat ability while promising to train him.

• Ning Fengzhi and Dugu Bo hesitated to intervene as Bibi Dong sent Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to attack the Shrek group, whose Golden Iron Triangle fusion was quickly overwhelmed.
• Tang Hao arrived, blasted the two Douluo away, and fought Bibi Dong and six other Spirit Hall members with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Hao detonated three soul rings and struck Papal Hall, then used the distraction to seize Tang San and Xiao Wu and escape Spirit City.
• Yang Xiong and the Heaven Dou teams returned to Heaven Dou City, while Yang Xiong reflected on Tang Hao’s strength and his own desire to grow stronger.
• Tang San woke to learn from Tang Hao that Xiao Wu had returned to the Star Dou Great Forest, and Tang Hao rebuked him for his weakness and began planning his training.
• Tang Hao explained that Yang Xiong had stronger physique, instincts, and spiritual power than Tang San, and suspected Yang Xiong had concealed much of his strength.

Tang Hao discovered that someone had stolen the last things he had hidden for Ah Yin and broke down in grief. Back at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Yang Xiong arranged leave and tried to recruit Zhao Wuji and Oscar to train with him, leaving both to consider their futures.

• Tang Hao found his hidden chamber behind the waterfall disturbed, discovered his belongings were gone, and mourned Ah Yin before Tang San.
• Yang Xiong and Ning Rongrong received leave from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Dai Mubai and Zhu Qing also planned to travel and train.
• Yang Xiong offered Zhao Wuji a well-paid private coaching job and promised to help him reach Titled Douluo, but Zhao Wuji said he needed time to think.
• Yang Xiong urged Oscar to leave the academy with him, described ways Oscar could gain combat power, and gave him the Rasengan cultivation method.
• Oscar questioned whether Yang Xiong truly believed in his talent, and Yang Xiong left him to decide for himself.

Yang Xiong returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Zhao Wuji, Oscar, and Qin Shuang, then warned Ning Fengzhi about Spirit Hall and proposed seeking new allies. Bone Douluo challenged Yang Xiong over claiming to be his disciple, but the confrontation ended with Yang Xiong revealing the strength of his Ice Fire Dragon Claws.

• Zhao Wuji and Oscar decided to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Yang Xiong, while the other former Shrek members made plans to travel, return to their clans, or remain at the academy.
• Yang Xiong brought Zhao Wuji, Oscar, and Qin Shuang back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Fengzhi arranged for Zhao Wuji and Oscar to stay near Yang Xiong's home.
• Yang Xiong told Ning Fengzhi that Zhao Wuji would train him and Yang Wei, while Oscar and Qin Shuang would travel under secret protection; he also warned that Spirit Hall had deployed at least seven Titled Douluo against Tang Hao.
• Yang Xiong suggested finding new allies and said he might travel to the Star Luo Empire, whereupon Ning Fengzhi agreed they could seek assistance there.
• Bone Douluo pressured Yang Xiong at the Training Field for claiming to be his disciple, but Yang Xiong endured the force and counterattacked with his Ice Fire Dragon Claw Soul Bone.
• Bone Douluo knocked Yang Xiong back, and Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo were shocked to discover that Yang Xiong possessed two powerful offensive External Soul Bones on his hands.

Yang Xiong revealed his ambitions to reach the pinnacle of soul masters and was accepted as a disciple by both Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo. He planned to travel with Teacher Lin Gong to Star Dou Great Forest for his Fourth Soul Ring, while Ning Fengzhi and the two elders discussed his unusual martial soul and Soul Bones.

• Yang Xiong told Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo that he had concealed his strength in Spirit City and wanted to become the strongest in the world.
• Yang Xiong described using his body as a martial soul to push his attack, defense, strength, speed, and physique beyond their limits.
• Sword Douluo offered to take Yang Xiong as his disciple, and Bone Douluo insisted on doing so as well.
• Ning Fengzhi proposed that Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo guide Yang Xiong together, and Yang Xiong asked both elders to accept him.
• Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo gave Yang Xiong their identity tokens and told him to obtain his Fourth Soul Ring in Star Dou Great Forest with Teacher Lin Gong.
• After Yang Xiong left, Bone Douluo noted that his martial soul had changed and that his three External Soul Bones had fused, while Ning Fengzhi hoped Yang Xiong and Rong Rong would help Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect reach new heights.