Chapter Summaries

Shrek defeated the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Reserve Team in one minute, then prepared to face Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo Team. After learning that the opposing team’s members were all at least Soul Ancestors and likely Shrek’s age or younger, Tang San declared his intent to fight, while the three Gou siblings fled.

• Prince Xue Xing insulted Shrek and angered Spirit Hall’s Ayan and Bishop Salas, who called the Heaven Dou Royal Academy board members traitors and severed their ties with Spirit Hall.
• Tang San trapped the reserve team with Blue Silver Prisons, and Shrek defeated them quickly; the referee declared Shrek the winner after Tang San argued that none of the opponents were dead.
• Ayan promised that her Titled Douluo Team would restore the Royal Academy’s honor, while Shrek’s members worried about facing the team and Ma Hongjun fretted over Bai Chenxiang.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flender revealed that Spirit Hall had sent the Titled Douluo Team to the Heaven Dou region and that every member was at least a Soul Ancestor, likely around Shrek’s age or younger.
• Tang San vowed to defeat the Titled Douluo Team, but the three Gou siblings ran away; Tang San let them go without paying them.

Shrek Team faced the Titled Douluo Team in the preliminaries, only to discover that every opponent had exceptional talent and powerful Soul Rings. As the Titled Douluo Team launched its opening attack, Tang San ordered Dai Mubai and Chang Gong Miao to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Tang San chose the lineup for the match and told Dai Mubai to save the Flying White-Green Tiger fusion for Shrek Team's strongest opponents.
• Ma Hongjun tried to court Qin Chenxiang, who offered him a chance if he could defeat her.
• Salas taunted Ning Fengzhi about his niece, and Ayan revealed that she was Jing Ni Douluo's daughter.
• Shrek Team and the Titled Douluo Team released their Martial Souls, revealing that the opponents included two Soul Kings, five Soul Ancestors, and a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda user.
• Sa Xiaoman boosted her teammates as Qin Chenxiang, Gui Gu, and Xiong Kuohai charged Shrek Team; Tang San cast Blue Silver Prison and ordered Dai Mubai and Chang Gong Miao to fuse.

The Titled Douluo Team defeated Shrek in under a minute, brutally injuring its members and leaving Tang San stunned by the team’s strength and Qiangu Pomo’s identity. Elder Ye healed Shrek’s injuries at Ayan’s request but left Tang San’s forehead groove and the four boys’ nether regions unrepaired.

• Tang San ordered Dai Mubai and Chang Gong Miao to fuse, but Guang Dagu and the Titled Douluo Team’s attacks overwhelmed Shrek and injured or incapacitated most of its members.
• Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and used Disorderly Wind Splitting Dance, but Qiangu Pomo and Qiangu Jianglong knocked him into the air and struck him between their staffs.
• The Qiangu sisters battered Tang San back and forth until Guang Dagu called time, while Sa Xiaoman knocked Ning Tian off the arena to complete Shrek’s defeat.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded that the Titled Douluo Team be disqualified, but the referee declared its complete victory in one minute, and spectators laughed at Shrek’s complaint.
• Prince Xue Xing taunted Ning Fengzhi before Elder Ye used the Nine-Heart Begonia to heal Shrek’s members.
• Ayan told Elder Ye to leave the boys’ nether regions unrepaired and preserve the groove in Tang San’s forehead, so Elder Ye healed the rest and left those injuries untouched.

Ye Renxin revealed himself as a healing Titled Douluo and treated the defeated Shrek team after the qualifiers’ opening ceremony. Tang San woke with a badly deformed skull and falsely claimed his injuries below the waist had healed before leading Shrek back to the academy.

• Ye Renxin displayed his nine Soul Rings, including a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and healed the injured Shrek team.
• Xue Xing praised Ye Renxin and taunted Ning Fengzhi, while Salas teased Ning Fengzhi before leaving with Ayan.
• Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Tai Long discovered that their missing lower parts had not regenerated, and Tang San woke with a deep groove in his skull.
• Tang San failed to fix his skull, then discovered his remaining injuries below the waist had not healed, but he lied to the others and said they had recovered.
• Tang San told Shrek to return to the academy and promised they would find a way to retaliate against the Titled Douluo Team.

After Shrek’s defeat, Ning Fengzhi explained Spirit Hall’s history and spoke with Oscar about his feelings for Rongrong. The chapter ended with Ning Fengzhi learning that the supposed Immortal Herb Oscar gave Rongrong was Blood Ginseng that could ruin her potential and life force, and suspecting Tang Hao had endangered Tang San and the others as well.

• Ning Fengzhi met the Shrek group, explained Qin Chenxiang’s connection to the Speed Clan, and described Spirit Hall’s past coercion of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Chang Gong Miao left to meet Xue Qinghe, while Ning Fengzhi told Tang San the hidden-weapon parts were ready for their later transaction.
• Oscar pleaded with Ning Fengzhi not to marry Rongrong to the Soul Master Guild and confessed that he intended to marry her; Ning Fengzhi said Rongrong’s wishes would decide.
• Sword Douluo brought Ning Fengzhi the Blood Ginseng Rongrong had returned and revealed it was a dangerous drug, not an Immortal Herb.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo blamed Tang Hao for the deception and feared that Tang San and the other Shrek members had also used Blood Ginseng.

Ning Fengzhi sent Sword Douluo to investigate Shrek and consider recruiting Chang Gong Miao, while Spirit Hall’s Hu Liena captured Fasinuo City and proclaimed new policies under the Angel God. At the tournament, Ayan received Huyan Zhen’s respectful greeting, and Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo discussed her formidable strength as the qualifiers continued.

• Ning Fengzhi told Sword Douluo to investigate whether Shrek had taken the Blood Ginseng, check the contestants’ ages, and watch Chang Gong Miao as a possible recruit.
• Hu Liena’s forces seized Fasinuo City, arrested officials and tax collectors, announced tax relief and the abolition of slavery, and executed the guilty.
• Shrek arrived for the tournament’s second qualifier round, where Tang San asked Flender whether their opponent would be Elephant Armor Academy.
• Huyan Zhen arrived at the VIP stands, knelt before Ayan, and addressed her as “Young Mistress.”
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo discussed Ayan’s cultivation, while Ayan secretly heard them and chose not to alarm Ning Fengzhi further.

Ning Fengzhi learned that Tang San and several Shrek members had concealed their ages, while Yu Xiaogang warned Shrek that Spirit Hall Academy graduates strengthened many rival teams. Yue Shen and Qin Rongrong arrived at the tournament, where Rongrong reunited with her father before Elephant Armor Academy crushed Thunderclap Academy.

• Sword Douluo reported that Dai Mubai, Tang San, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun were older than they had claimed, and Ning Fengzhi planned to reveal the evidence after Shrek won the tournament.
• Yu Xiaogang told Shrek that they had drawn a bye and that many formidable competitors were Spirit Hall Academy graduates, including Feng Xiaotian, Shui Bing'er, Huo Wu, and Huyan Li.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that Thunderclap Academy had rejected Spirit Hall graduates and was now facing Elephant Armor Academy, whose ties with the other element academies had grown stronger.
• Yue Shen and Qin Rongrong arrived at the VIP seating area, and Rongrong called Ning Fengzhi Daddy before telling him that Dongjun Douluo would accompany them to the finals.
• Huyan Li led Elephant Armor Academy to defeat Yu Tianxin and Thunderclap Academy in one minute, leaving the arena silent.

Shrek learned that its next match was against Godwind Academy and debated whether to forfeit after weeks of byes and public suspicion. Tang San rallied the team to fight, arguing that their strength gave them a real chance to win, and the chapter left the team facing its decision.

• Elephant Armor Academy crushed Thunderclap Academy, while Godwind, Blazing Fire, and Skywater also won their matches.
• After six rounds, Shrek had six points despite receiving repeated byes, and an investigation found no proof of rigging while the public continued to distrust the team.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Shrek that Feng Xiaotian was a powerful former Spirit Hall Academy graduate and advised the team to forfeit its match against Godwind Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed that Shui Bing'er was another former Spirit Hall Academy Ten Elite, ranked above Feng Xiaotian.
• Tang San urged Shrek to fight, citing the team's Soul Kings, Soul Ancestors, Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Twin Martial Souls as reasons they could defeat Godwind Academy.

Tang San led the Shrek Team into its match against Godwind Academy, where Feng Xiaotian revealed himself to be a Soul Saint and overwhelmed them with his speed and strength. The chapter ended with Oscar, Ning Tian, Ma Hongjun, and Xiao Wu badly injured or knocked out, while Tang San and Chang Gong Miao continued fighting in fury.

• Tang San and the Shrek Team rallied together before facing Feng Xiaotian and Godwind Academy.
• Feng Xiaotian provoked Tang San by insulting his origins and revealing that he had reached Soul Saint rank.
• The match began, and Feng Xiaotian dodged Tang San's attack before striking Oscar and Ning Tian off the stage.
• Feng Xiaotian defeated Ma Hongjun in midair, then wounded Xiao Wu while evading Tang San and the Flying White-Green Tiger.
• Tang San threw a Blue Silver Overlord Spear at Feng Xiaotian, but Feng Xiaotian deflected it back at him.

Feng Xiaotian single-handedly defeated Shrek, and the team later scraped into the tournament finals after a string of losses. Yu Xiaogang expected Shrek to receive its academy license, but Chang Gong Miao reported that Spirit Hall had withheld it after complaints about the team's attacks on its graduates.

• Tang San’s headwrap was sliced off by the Blue Silver Overlord Spear, leaving him with a tunnel-like haircut, before Feng Xiaotian defeated him and eliminated Shrek.
• Ayan and the spectators laughed at Tang San’s haircut, while Ning Fengzhi warned Xue Ye that Spirit Hall’s influence had spread through the academies.
• Feng Xiaotian defeated all seven Shrek members and was praised by Spirit Hall Academy graduates, including Shui Bing’er and Huo Wu.
• Shrek lost to several tournament rivals but qualified for the finals in fifth place, while Shi Nian was banned and taken to Spirit City for trying to hunt participants.
• Yu Xiaogang planned to seek Liu Erlong’s help with Tang San’s Twin Martial Souls and expected Shrek to receive its academy license after Xue Qinghe supported them.
• Chang Gong Miao told Flender that Spirit Hall had withheld Shrek’s approved student credentials after other academies complained about Tang San and his teammates targeting Spirit Hall graduates.

Shrek’s teachers and students dealt with the consequences of their poor tournament results as Tang San focused on the Tang Sect and a hidden-weapon deal with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. After Tang San and Oscar delivered the weapons, Gu Rong refused to pay, claiming Tang Hao had already received the money, and sent them away, leaving Tang San furious at the sect.

• Chang Gong Miao told the Shrek teachers that the academy could not reopen without authorization, while Yu Xiaogang promised he would resolve the issue after the tournament.
• Tang San rallied Shrek’s other Three Uglies, then planned to expose Qian Renxue after the tournament and use the hidden-weapon deal to fund the Tang Sect.
• Tang San and Oscar asked Ning Fengzhi to complete their transaction early, and Ning Fengzhi directed them to take a letter to Gu Rong.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo hurried to warn Gu Rong not to harm Tang San and Oscar, while Tang San and Oscar spent seven days assembling the hidden weapons.
• After inspecting the weapons, Gu Rong refused to pay, claiming Tang Hao had already been paid, and ordered Tang San and Oscar out of the sect.
• Tang San left with Oscar, angry at Gu Rong and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Ayan coordinated Spirit Hall’s dawn assault on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, and Heaven Dou City while addressing He Shen’s corruption. Tang San returned to Shrek Academy and learned that the sixty-million-Gold-Soul-Coin debt behind the hidden-weapon deal had been paid to the Clear Sky Sect years earlier, leaving Xiao Wu confronted with the truth about her mother’s death.

• Oscar and Tang San left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after Gu Rong refused to pay them, while Qin Rongrong returned and led Gu Rong toward the hidden-weapons warehouse.
• Ayan assigned Spirit Hall forces to attack the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect at dawn, seize Heaven Dou City by dusk, and prevent any escapees from getting away.
• Ayan told He Shen that his past embezzlement would be forgiven and promised to help him become a Soul Master, but warned him not to steal from the new Spirit Hall Empire.
• Tang San and Oscar returned to New Shrek Academy, where Xiao Wu explained that Spirit Hall Academy graduates had repeatedly targeted Shrek’s competitors, while she and Chang Gong Miao had avoided serious injuries.
• Oscar told the group that Gu Rong had denied their payment, and Ning Tian explained that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had advanced sixty million Gold Soul Coins to the Clear Sky Sect fifteen years earlier.
• The group realized that the old loan had funded the hunt for Xiao Wu’s mother, and Tang San stopped Ma Hongjun from saying more as Xiao Wu tried to hide her distress.

Qin Rongrong betrayed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect from within, helping Spirit Hall destroy the sect and defeat Gu Rong. She revealed her identity as the Pope’s daughter and confronted her mother, Min Rou, as Spirit Hall captured the surviving women.

• Qin Rongrong persuaded Zhang Wei to gather the patrols and guards, then killed them and collected the sect’s hidden weapons for Gui Mei.
• Gui Mei led Huyan Zhen, Dugu Bo, the Titled Douluo Team, and Spirit Hall forces in an assault that devastated the unprepared Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Huyan Zhen defeated Gu Rong, and Qin Rongrong severed Gu Rong’s limbs before revealing herself as Spirit Hall’s princess and ordering that he be kept alive for Qin Yan.
• Spirit Hall slaughtered nearly all the sect’s male disciples and captured the female disciples, including Qin Rongrong’s mother, Min Rou.
• Min Rou asked Qin Rongrong why she had destroyed the sect, and Qin Rongrong criticized the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for opposing Spirit Hall.

Qin Rongrong chose the fate of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s female disciples as Spirit Hall conquered the sect, while a staged killing let Yu Luomian take control of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Spirit Hall forces captured Heaven Dou City, and Demon Wolf Douluo confronted Ge Long’s army, where three of Ge Long’s own generals betrayed and killed him.

• Qin Rongrong spared her biological mother Min Rou and ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s other female disciples to be handled under Spirit Hall’s rules for the Clear Sky Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Xue Qinghe traveled toward Spirit City, reassured by the promised protection of the Six Great Swords and Dongjun Douluo.
• A disguised Tang Hao lured Yu Yuanzhen into a trap, and Yu Luomian returned with his brother’s corpse before taking command and ordering the clan to join Spirit Hall.
• Hu Liena’s forces entered and captured Heaven Dou City while Demon Wolf Douluo blocked Ge Long’s army outside the city.
• Demon Wolf Douluo urged Ge Long’s soldiers to turn against the Heaven Dou regime, and Otto, Basa, and Colin stabbed Ge Long to death.

Spirit Hall completed its conquest of the Heaven Dou Empire, taking control of the army and capturing Xue Ye and his officials. Xue Ye learned that Qin Xuan had secretly influenced him to trust He Shen, then died as the captured nobles were sent for public trial at Execution Market.

• Otto killed Ge Long’s deputy, rallied most of the army to Spirit Hall, and helped the eight commanders seize military control.
• Spirit Hall’s forces took Heaven Dou City, confiscated noble properties, and killed Old Tai Tan and his son while Xue Ye remained unaware at a banquet.
• Salas entered the palace and revealed his Titled Douluo status, but Xue Ye persuaded the three education committee members to defend him.
• Ayan appeared as Dugu Bo and Mo Ya killed the three committee members, then knelt to Ayan; He Shen revealed his loyalty to Spirit Hall.
• Ayan undid Qin Xuan’s old suggestion that Xue Ye trust He Shen, prompting Xue Ye to realize his own role in the empire’s fall before he died.
• Spirit Hall captured the Heaven Dou nobles and ordered them sent to Execution Market for public trial.

Qin Xuan received reports on Spirit Hall Empire’s advances, then Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing persuaded the Zhu Family to surrender before the Empire captured Star Luo City. The chapter ended with Qian Renxue ordering Guo Kai boiled alive for betraying the Empire by leaking its attack.

• A Red-Robed Cardinal reported the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s defeat, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon’s surrender, and Spirit Hall’s takeover of Heaven Dou City to Qin Xuan.
• Qin Xuan ordered his forces to monitor the Star Luo Empire and use the same methods employed against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect if its dukes resisted.
• Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing persuaded the Zhu Family Head to surrender and hand over command of the Netherworld Legion.
• Qian Renxue’s forces seized Star Luo City, killed the dukes and loyal imperial Soul Masters, arrested the remaining officials and nobles, and captured Dai Tianfeng.
• Franklin introduced the captured Guo Kai to Qian Renxue, who ordered him boiled alive after learning he had leaked the attack.

Yu Xiaogang entered Spirit City hoping to find Liu Erlong, but Spirit Hall guards arrested and tortured him before bringing him to Qin Xuan. Qin Xuan ordered his execution, and the chapter ended as Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong arrived.

• During the journey to Spirit City, Tang San told Xiao Wu and the others that Yu Xiaogang had once been involved with Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong.
• Ning Tian said Liu Erlong was now a Titled Douluo, the dean of Spirit Hall Academy, and the current Pope's wife.
• Yu Xiaogang presented an old Papal Decree at Spirit Hall Academy, but the guards arrested him and sent him to the Enforcement Hall.
• After Yu Xiaogang confessed that he wanted to ask Liu Erlong about cultivating Twin Martial Souls, Qin Xuan ordered him brought to Papal Hall.
• Qin Xuan ordered Yu Xiaogang to be executed, and Yu Xiaogang pleaded that Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong would hate Qin Xuan.
• Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong entered Papal Hall and challenged Yu Xiaogang's claim.

Yu Xiaogang was maimed and sent to Cell Eleven, where Zhao Wuji introduced him to Queen A Whale. After A Whale revealed she was Tang Hao’s wife and that her Transformed Soul Beast identity had been part of Qin Xuan’s plan, Yu Xiaogang cursed Qin Xuan, and A Whale prepared to correct his misunderstanding.

• Yu Xiaogang insisted Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong still cared for him, but they rejected him, and Bibi Dong tore off his right arm while Liu Erlong burned out his right eye.
• Qin Xuan ordered Yu Xiaogang treated and sent to Cell Eleven, where he woke beside the emaciated Zhao Wuji.
• Zhao Wuji brought Yu Xiaogang before Queen A Whale, who named him Rose and ordered him to spend his first night serving her.
• A Whale removed Thousand Faces, revealing a face resembling Tang San’s and identifying herself as Tang Hao’s wife.
• A Whale told Yu Xiaogang that her Transformed Soul Beast identity had been fabricated as part of Qin Xuan’s plan, and Yu Xiaogang cursed Qin Xuan before A Whale raised her Soul Rings.

Yu Xiaogang was castrated after A Whale turned against him, while the competing teams arrived in Spirit City for the tournament. Tang San told Ning Fengzhi that Xue Qinghe was Qian Renxue in disguise, and Sword Douluo confirmed suspicious intimacy between Xue Qinghe and Chang Gong Miao, leaving Ning Fengzhi preparing to alert Dongjun Douluo.

• A Whale ordered Yu Xiaogang castrated after he asked to rest, and Zhao Wuji carried out the order.
• The Heaven Dou teams arrived in an expanded, prosperous Spirit City and settled in ahead of the competition.
• Tang San told Ning Fengzhi that Xue Qinghe was the Spirit Hall agent Qian Renxue and argued that the deaths of the princes and Chang Gong Miao's behavior supported his claim.
• Ning Fengzhi sent Sword Douluo to observe Xue Qinghe and Chang Gong Miao, and Sword Douluo overheard them behaving intimately that night.
• Ning Fengzhi decided to seek Dongjun Douluo, while Tang San told Oscar he expected the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to investigate and alert the Soul Master Guild.

Tang San tried to recruit the Defense Clan into the Tang Sect, but Niu Gao agreed only because Qin Xuan ordered him to play along. At the Soul Master Tournament finals, Shrek’s Four Uglies saw Zhu Zhuqing competing for Spirit Hall Academy and learned that their first opponent would be the Tang-Elimination Squad.

• Tang San, Oscar, and Tai Long visited the Defense Clan, where Niu Tian brought them to meet Niu Gao.
• Tang San proposed forming the Tang Sect to oppose Spirit Hall and demonstrated a Godly Zhuge Crossbow, but Niu Gao demanded a test of strength.
• Tang San forced Niu Gao to summon his Martial Soul, and Niu Gao agreed to leave Spirit Hall with the Defense Clan and persuade the Breaking Clan when Xue Qinghe’s identity was exposed.
• Qin Xuan revealed that he had ordered Niu Gao to agree to Tang San’s demands so the clans would pay for their foolish choices.
• At the finals venue, Shrek’s Four Uglies were shocked and angered to see Zhu Zhuqing representing Spirit Hall Academy.
• Flender announced that Shrek’s first opponent was the Tang-Elimination Squad and that the finals would use a points system before the top five teams advanced to compete before Papal Hall.