Chapter Summaries

Qin Xuan secretly replaced Yu Xiaogang’s Golden Sacred Dragon Martial Soul with a sow and planted suggestions in Xue Qinghe’s mind. The next morning, Yu Xiaogang celebrated reaching Level-Thirty, only to discover his new Martial Soul was an old sow that produced a piglet with its first Soul Skill.

• Qin Xuan sealed Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire, then used a Martial Soul Extraction Card to take Yu Xiaogang’s Golden Sacred Dragon and replace it with a pregnant sow.
• Qin Xuan planted suggestions in Xue Qinghe to be attracted to Chang Gong Miao and take the bottom position.
• Yu Xiaogang woke after eating the Golden Dragon-Nurturing Fruit and excitedly announced that he had reached Level-Thirty.
• Yu Xiaogang summoned his Martial Soul, and Flender and the other teachers discovered it was a filthy old sow.
• Yu Xiaogang used his first Soul Skill, and the sow launched a piglet into the air.

Yu Xiaogang discovered that his new soul skills made him give birth to piglets, but Flender encouraged him to become a Food System Soul Master and organized a whole-pig feast. Meanwhile, Tang San and the others reported their gains from the Immortal Herbs, and Tang Hao warned them about Spirit Hall and revealed Heaven Dou’s plans to expand its army.

• Yu Xiaogang used his second soul skill to produce thirty piglets, then collapsed from exhausted Soul Power.
• Flender reassured Yu Xiaogang that he could be a Food System Soul Master and ordered the others to prepare a whole-pig feast.
• Tang Hao told the awakened Shrek Four Uglies that piglets were filling Yu Xiaogang’s courtyard and asked about their Immortal Herb gains.
• Oscar reached Level-Forty, Ma Hongjun and Tang San reached Level-Thirty-Nine, and Dai Mubai reached Level-Forty after absorbing the Immortal Herbs.
• Tang Hao warned that Spirit Hall had at least three Peerless Douluo and said Heaven Dou planned to raise its army to three million with support from the Soul Master Guild and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Tang Hao agreed to take Tang San and his companions away for two years of harsh training, while Xue Qinghe visited Shrek Academy hoping to see Chang Gong Miao. The chapter ended with Tang Hao and Tang San identifying Xue Qinghe as Qian Xunji’s daughter and watching her depart.

• Tang Hao gave Tang San’s companions a month to prepare for two years of training and agreed that Dai Mubai and Oscar could bring Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong.
• Tang San gave Oscar an Aromatic Silk Beauty for Ning Rongrong, while Ma Hongjun voiced his hatred of Spirit Hall and the Soul Master Guild over Bai Chenxiang’s death.
• Dai Mubai returned to report that Xue Qinghe had arrived, and Flender told the crown prince that Chang Gong Miao was away and Tang San was cultivating.
• Xue Qinghe left a Crown Prince Token for Chang Gong Miao and departed after learning he was not at the academy.
• Tang Hao and Tang San watched Xue Qinghe leave, and Tang San identified her as Qian Xunji’s daughter, who had been undercover in the Heaven Dou Empire.

Tang San and Tang Hao agreed to wait for Qian Renxue to make her move before exposing her, while Tang San's group set out to reunite with Ning Rongrong. Chang Gong Miao met Xue Qinghe and accepted her invitation to the Crown Prince's Residence, and Tang San, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun reached the Soul Master Guild Academy to ask for Rongrong.

• Tang San persuaded Tang Hao not to confront Qian Renxue yet and proposed waiting until she was close to taking the throne before acting.
• Tang San sent Dai Mubai to the Star Luo Empire with the dean and planned to accompany Oscar and Ma Hongjun to find Ning Rongrong.
• After reaching level forty by refining two Immortal Herbs, Chang Gong Miao left the hotel and unexpectedly met Xue Qinghe's carriage.
• Xue Qinghe invited Chang Gong Miao to the Crown Prince's Residence, and she instinctively took his hand as he boarded her carriage.
• Tang San, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun arrived at Soul Master Guild Academy and asked a cold young gatekeeper to notify Ning Rongrong.
• The gatekeeper agreed to inform Rongrong after Tang San explained her identity and said Ning Fengzhi had sent them, but warned them that outsiders could not enter.

Qin Yan fought the Six Sword Slaves to a standstill before Qin Xuan and Qin Yue arrived to praise him and tease him about his sisters. The chapter ended with Qin Yuanyuan appearing behind Qin Yan after he mocked her, leaving him frozen in fear.

• Qin Yan fought off the Six Sword Slaves as they attacked him at the same Soul King cultivation level.
• Qin Xuan and Qin Yue arrived, and Qin Xuan praised Qin Yan's skill in battle.
• Qin Yue told Qin Yan that Qin Yuanyuan had gone to serve as gatekeeper for several expected visitors.
• Qin Yan joked that Qin Yuanyuan should be renamed Qin Bingbing and threatened Qin Xuan and Qin Yue not to tell her.
• Qin Yuanyuan appeared behind Qin Yan and joined Qin Xuan and Qin Yue in saying they would let him get beaten up.

Qin Xuan and Qin Bingbing welcomed three visitors who had come to see Rongrong, while Qin Xuan and Qin Yue planned to deal with them after making them wait. Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar waited outside the academy all day for Rongrong, and the chapter ended when she finally appeared.

• Qin Xuan agreed that Qin Yuanyuan should use the name Qin Bingbing, and Qin Yue joined their embrace while Qin Yan fled.
• Qin Bingbing told Qin Xuan that three powerful young men had arrived to see Rongrong, and Qin Xuan invited Qin Yue to play a game with them.
• Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar waited outside Soul Master Guild Academy for three hours, hungry and sweating as Oscar guarded the Aromatic Silk Beauty.
• A gatekeeper told the trio that Qin Bingbing was Yue Shen's daughter, Little Yue Shen, and warned them against pursuing her.
• After waiting until evening, Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar saw 'Ning Rongrong' arrive, and Oscar hurried over to greet her.

Qin Yue disguised herself as Ning Rongrong and persuaded Oscar, Tang San, and Ma Hongjun to return to Shrek, accepting Oscar’s Aromatic Silk Beauty before getting them drunk. She revealed her identity to the hotel manager and rejoined Qin Xuan and Qin Bingbing, while the manager prepared to carry out further instructions.

• Disguised as Ning Rongrong, Qin Yue met Oscar, Tang San, and Ma Hongjun outside Soul Master Guild Academy and invited them to dinner.
• At the hotel, Oscar asked Qin Yue to return to Shrek and presented her with the Aromatic Silk Beauty, which he said could evolve her martial soul.
• Qin Yue accepted the herb and agreed to drink with them, then got Oscar, Tang San, and Ma Hongjun drunk.
• Qin Yue changed back into herself and told the hotel manager to carry out instructions from Qin Xuan.
• Qin Yue joined Qin Xuan and Qin Bingbing in the next room, where she showed Qin Xuan the herb and asked if he thought her acting had been good.

After Qin Xuan arranged a secret scheme, Ma Hongjun, Tang San, and Oscar woke up with injuries and confused memories of the previous night. Oscar then learned Ning Rongrong had left, and the trio discovered they still owed the hotel 8,000 Gold Soul Coins.

• Qin Xuan praised Qin Yue and hinted that he had arranged something for Tang San and the others.
• Ma Hongjun woke up beside Tang San and Oscar, realized they had been harmed while drunk, and accused Oscar of mistaking him for Ning Rongrong.
• Tang San and Ma Hongjun confronted Oscar, then the three dressed and agreed to keep the incident secret.
• A waiter gave Oscar a note from Ning Rongrong explaining that she had returned to the Soul Master Guild Academy for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and asking him to forget her.
• The hotel staff demanded payment for extra drinks, and Tang San was shocked to see the bill totaled 8,000 Gold Soul Coins.

Tang San, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun were forced to work off a hotel debt before reuniting with Dai Mubai and Tang Hao, while Chang Gong Miao left Xue Qinghe to resume cultivation. Two years later, tax enforcers broke into Old Jack’s home in Sacred Soul Village to demand payment.

• The hotel’s Soul Saint guards seized Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar for trying to leave without paying, and the three had to work for a month to cover their debt.
• Dai Mubai told Tang San, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun that Zhu Zhuqing had gone to Spirit Hall Academy and that his engagement had been canceled; the three newcomers broke down in tears over their month of hardship.
• Tang Hao appeared and stopped Tang San, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun from crying.
• Chang Gong Miao left the Crown Prince’s Residence after telling Xue Qinghe he needed to cultivate, while promising to visit her often.
• Two years later, tax enforcers entered Old Jack’s home in Sacred Soul Village and demanded the overdue taxes.

Heaven Dou Empire tax collectors ransacked Sacred Soul Village, but Su Yuntao arrived with Spirit Hall relief food and drove them away. Old Jack learned that Spirit Hall had blacklisted Tang San and was left doubting the boy he had once supported, while Tang San remained unaware of the village’s suffering.

• Tax collectors seized Old Jack’s rice seeds and beat him, prompting him to despair and call for the Angel God.
• Su Yuntao arrived with two Spirit Hall deacons and food, forcing the thugs to return the stolen goods and flee.
• The bearded tax collector planned to return in a month after the villagers had used up the relief food, leaving them afraid and pleading with Su Yuntao.
• Su Yuntao arranged treatment for Old Jack and told him Spirit Hall had blacklisted Tang San for associating with wanted criminals and noblemen.
• Old Jack grieved over Tang San’s apparent ingratitude, while Tang San remained unaware of Sacred Soul Village’s persecution and focused on Shrek’s Four Uglies’ impending Soul Power increase.

After two years of training under Tang Hao, Shrek's Four Uglies had their sealed Soul Power released, with Dai Mubai and Oscar reaching Level-Fifty and Tang San and Ma Hongjun reaching the Level-Forty bottleneck. Meanwhile, Ayan led a meeting in Spirit City that officially established the Spirit Hall Empire, beginning the final stage of its push to unify the continent.

• Tang Hao released Dai Mubai's seal, revealing that his Soul Power had reached Level-Fifty.
• Tang Hao unsealed Oscar, who had also reached Level-Fifty after starting at Level-Forty-Two.
• Tang San and Ma Hongjun had their seals lifted and both reached the Level-Forty bottleneck.
• Tang San planned to hunt a Ten Thousand Year Cave Demon Spider for his fourth Martial Soul, and Tang Hao agreed to take him to Sunset Forest and intervene if necessary.
• Ayan led a meeting of Spirit Hall's Titled Douluo in Spirit City, where Spirit Hall officially established the Spirit Hall Empire.

Ayan and Qin Xuan finalized Spirit Hall’s plan to conquer the two great empires while the Soul Master Tournament proceeded, and Qin Xuan announced the Spirit Hall Empire’s founding and his heirs. Meanwhile, Heaven Dou Emperor Xue Ye believed He Shen had secured the military funds, unaware that the money had been diverted to Spirit Hall and the people.

• Ayan assigned elders and worshippers to seize the duchies and cities around both empires, then capture the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, Heaven Dou City, and Star Luo City during the tournament.
• When Elder Spirit Sword raised concerns about leaks and the Soul Master Guild, Qin Xuan revealed that Dongjun Douluo and Yue Shen were his women and that he had secretly supported the guild.
• Qin Xuan declared the Spirit Hall Empire established, named himself its founding emperor, appointed Qin Yan as its first successor and Qian Renxue as Spirit Hall’s first successor, and set the conquest plan to begin in one month.
• Xue Ye asked He Shen about the military funds, and He Shen falsely claimed the taxes could support an army of three million while privately recalling that the money had gone to Spirit Hall and the people.
• Xue Ye praised He Shen and told Marshal Ge Long that the military funds did not need to be deposited in the treasury.

Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi worried that Spirit Hall was preparing a major move after the Soul Master Tournament, while Shrek’s students grew stronger ahead of the competition. Three days before the tournament, Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Tang San returned to Shrek Academy from training, with Tang San nearly dying after absorbing a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring.

• Xue Ye ordered Ge Long to expand the army after the tournament and entrusted Xue Qinghe with recruiting talent for it.
• Ning Fengzhi warned Xue Qinghe that Spirit Hall’s long silence felt ominous and urged him to be careful.
• Xue Qinghe told Ning Fengzhi that Chang Gong Miao had reached Level-Forty-Seven and Xiao Wu had become a Soul Ancestor.
• Ning Fengzhi wondered how his daughter Ning Rongrong was progressing at Soul Master Guild Academy and whether her Martial Soul had evolved.
• Three days before the tournament, Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Tang San returned to Shrek Academy after gaining new Soul Rings in Sunset Forest.
• Tang San absorbed a Ten Thousand Year Cave Demon Spider Soul Ring, reaching Level-Forty-Nine but nearly dying from the strain.

After two years of training with the Clear Sky Douluo, Shrek's Four Uglies returned to Shrek Academy and revealed their greatly increased strength. Li Yusong celebrated their prospects for the Soul Master Tournament, while Ma Hongjun asked how strong Chang Gong Miao had become.

• Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Tang San discussed Oscar's new copying Soul Skill and speculated about Chang Gong Miao's progress.
• Tang San and Ma Hongjun debated whether Chang Gong Miao might have received an Immortal Herb, and Ma Hongjun joked about his looks.
• Shrek's Four Uglies arrived at the academy gates, where Li Yusong demanded a registration fee before recognizing them.
• Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Tang San summoned their Martial Souls and announced their levels, including Tang San's ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring.
• Li Yusong praised their strength and predicted Shrek Academy would win the Soul Master Tournament, and Ma Hongjun asked Chang Gong Miao's Soul Power level.

Shrek's Four Uglies returned to the academy with greatly increased strength, surprising Flender and Yu Xiaogang. Tang San proposed recruiting additional students and considered bringing several loyal servants into Shrek, while hostility between his group and Chang Gong Miao remained unresolved.

• Li Yusong told Ma Hongjun that Chang Gong Miao had reached Level-Forty-Seven and reported that Xiao Wu had become a Level-Forty-Two Soul Ancestor.
• Li Yusong led Shrek's Four Uglies into the academy, where Flender and Yu Xiaogang were training Ning Tian, Chang Gong Miao, and Xiao Wu.
• Flender and Yu Xiaogang learned that Dai Mubai and Oscar were Soul Kings, while Tang San and Ma Hongjun had reached Level-Forty-Nine and Level-Forty.
• Tang San's group and Chang Gong Miao regarded each other with hostility after Tang San's companions surpassed Chang Gong Miao in Soul Power.
• Tang San suggested recruiting more students, and Flender explained that Shrek lacked a license and had a poor reputation.
• Tang San considered bringing Old Tai Tan and his surviving family into Shrek as loyal allies.

Chang Gong Miao confronted Dai Mubai about Tang San and Tang Hao stealing the Immortal Herbs, but Yu Xiaogang urged him to stay quiet and promised him the tournament’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast reward instead. Tang San then told Ma Hongjun that his father had taken the herbs from Chang Gong Miao, and the two arrived at a dilapidated manor.

• Tang San sent Ma Hongjun away with him, left Oscar to spend time with Ning Tian, and arranged for Dai Mubai to catch up with Chang Gong Miao.
• Chang Gong Miao questioned Dai Mubai about his increased Soul Power and accused Tang San and Tang Hao of taking the Immortal Herbs he had prepared for his friends.
• Dai Mubai’s silence confirmed Chang Gong Miao’s suspicion, but Yu Xiaogang told him to let the matter go and offered him the tournament’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast reward.
• Xiao Wu worried that the promised reward might be dangerous, while Dai Mubai agreed to keep the Immortal Herbs dispute secret.
• Chang Gong Miao left for the Crown Prince’s Residence, and Tang San admitted to Ma Hongjun that Tang Hao had obtained the five Immortal Herbs from Chang Gong Miao.
• Tang San and Ma Hongjun reached a battered manor with a damaged plaque bearing the character “Strength.”

Tang San recruited Tai Tan and the Strength Clan to help build the Tang Sect and prepare substitute competitors for the Soul Master Tournament, while persuading Tai Tan to approach the Breaking and Defense Clans. Meanwhile, Ayan gathered the Titled Douluo Team and took them toward the Heaven Dou Arena on her flying sword.

• Tang San and Ma Hongjun visited the ruined Strength Clan estate, where Tai Nuo recognized Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer and brought them to Tai Tan.
• Tai Tan pledged the Strength Clan's support after Tang San revealed his plans for the tournament and a new sect, his Level-Forty-Nine Soul Power, and the Hidden Weapons order worth sixty million Gold Soul Coins.
• Tai Tan described the Strength Clan's losses and his distrust of the Soul Master Guild, then agreed to help Tang San contact the Breaking and Defense Clans despite their past betrayal.
• The seven members of the Titled Douluo Team assembled at Spirit Hall Academy, and Qin Chenxiang remarked on the strength of the tournament teams.
• Ayan arrived, greeted the team, and carried them aboard her giant flying sword toward the Heaven Dou Arena.

Qin Xuan met the silver-haired Soul Beast sovereign, named her Gu Yuena, and told her to stay by his side and learn about humans. Three days later, Shrek Team clashed with Blue Sunshine Academy before the tournament opening, then froze when the Titled Douluo Team revealed its members.

• Qian Renxue led the Tang-Elimination Squad toward Star Luo City as Qin Xuan met the silver-haired woman in Papal Hall.
• The woman told Qin Xuan that her subordinates called her Lord and that she disliked the name Silver Dragon King, so Qin Xuan named her Gu Yuena and asked her to stay with him.
• At the tournament registration area, staff found that four Shrek Team members were older than their forms claimed, but allowed them to compete because they had not exceeded the age limit.
• Tai Long, Ma Hongjun, and other Shrek members confronted Blue Sunshine Academy after its students mocked their uniforms and called them eunuchs, but Tang San stopped them from fighting before the tournament.
• Shrek Team watched the Titled Douluo Team enter to loud cheers, and its members froze when the cloaked team revealed their faces.

At the Heaven Dou tournament opening ceremony, Shrek discovered Bai Chenxiang was alive and saw Ayan introduced as Spirit Hall Elder Yan, leader of the Titled Douluo Team. After Shrek drew the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Reserve Team, Ayan defended the draw, promised fair conditions for their next match, and announced Spirit Hall training camp opportunities for teams reaching the finals.

• Ma Hongjun recognized Bai Chenxiang among the Titled Douluo Team and rejoiced, while Tang San stopped him from approaching her before the ceremony ended.
• Salas introduced Ayan as Spirit Hall Elder Yan, surprising Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi with her apparent youth and Salas's deference.
• Ning Fengzhi praised an unnamed team he expected to succeed, while Ayan declined to address the crowd and Ye Renxin was introduced as the tournament's healer.
• Salas drew Shrek Team against the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Reserve Team, prompting Shrek to anticipate a chance to display its strength.
• When spectators accused Salas of rigging the draw, Ayan vouched for him, promised Ye Renxin would treat Shrek first and the Titled Douluo Team would allow an hour of rest, and announced Spirit Hall training camp qualifications for finalists.
• Huo Wu explained the training camps to Shrek and appeared more composed than they remembered, though she remained hostile toward them.

As Shrek prepared for the tournament preliminaries, Tang San and his teammates dismissed Spirit Hall’s training camps and grew suspicious of Chang Gong Miao’s closeness to Xue Qinghe. Far away, Spirit Hall’s rebellion began in Sacred Soul Village after Lan Si rescued villagers from abusive tax collectors, and popular uprisings spread toward the two great empires’ capitals.

• Huo Wu explained Spirit Hall’s four training camp tiers and named Feng Xiaotian, Shui Bing’er, and Qin Rongrong as potential Elite Training Camp candidates, while Shrek’s members openly scorned the camps.
• Tai Long revealed that Xiao Wu and Chang Gong Miao had taken a special route to the resting area, prompting Tang San and the others to speculate about Chang Gong Miao’s relationship with Xue Qinghe.
• Tang San led Ma Hongjun, Xiao Wu, Tai Long, and the three Gou siblings into the preliminaries against Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team, declaring that they would win in one minute after revealing his ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring.
• Lan Si killed the thugs who were terrorizing Sacred Soul Village, rescued the girls they had taken, and ordered the remaining thugs bound for judgment as Old Jack died in Old Tom’s arms.
• Lan Si led villagers from Emperor Soul Village and Sacred Soul Village toward Nuoding City, while similar uprisings spread across the outskirts of the two empires under Spirit Hall’s guidance.