Chapter Summaries

Shrek Academy was banned from the current tournament and barred from competing for twenty years after the match exposed its members’ secrets. Zhang Qing gained a powerful soul bone and a second martial soul, while Lin Yuan and Xuan Gu began maneuvering against each other over the prize.

• Shi Nian threatened to continue the match until the authorities disqualified Shrek Academy from the tournament and banned it for twenty years.
• Zhang Qing released the Five-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill, revealing the injured Shrek members and the secrets they had exposed in the illusion.
• Tang San realized that his secrets, including his rebirth, had been revealed and threatened Zhang Qing, but his mental injuries left him unable to attack.
• Zhang Qing mocked Tang San, whose trust in him reached ninety percent and triggered the system to grant Zhang Qing a 90,000-year wisdom skull and a second martial soul.
• Lin Yuan and Xuan Gu noticed Zhang Qing’s sudden increase in spiritual power, and Xuan Gu offered to share the soul bone if Lin Yuan helped kill Shi Nian.

At the Great Soul Arena, Tang San learned that Tang Weiwei had slept with Oscar, Jing Ling, and Huang Yuan, and turned his affections back to Xiao Wu. Lin Yuan later collected Oscar’s blood and used it to activate Tang Weiwei’s system, obtaining a fire-wood dual spirit root.

• Oscar admitted that he had slept with Tang Weiwei, and Jing Ling and Huang Yuan confirmed they had too, leaving Tang San convinced she had betrayed him.
• Tang San cursed Tang Weiwei and decided that only Xiao Wu could fill his heart, ending the Shrek group’s dispute before it became a fight.
• That night, Lin Yuan infiltrated Shrek Academy, rendered Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai unconscious, collected Oscar’s blood, and gave the three men an aphrodisiac.
• Tang Hao took Tang San away from Heaven Dou City to begin his true training, while Lin Yuan followed them as far as Holy Soul Village.
• Lin Yuan dripped Oscar’s blood onto Tang Weiwei’s System Crystal Ball, which shattered and revealed a pill identified as a fire-wood dual spirit root.

Tang Hao told Tang San that Spirit Hall had caused Ah Yin’s death, then sealed Tang San’s soul power and began training him. Lin Yuan left Holy Soul Village, while Oscar, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun woke after a violent incident and accused Tang San of arranging it.

• Tang Hao told Tang San that Yu Xiaogang’s plan to consult the Pope had been exposed and explained that Spirit Hall had forced Ah Yin to sacrifice herself, while hiding his own role in events.
• Tang Hao sealed Tang San’s soul power using the Clear Sky Sect method and began special training.
• Lin Yuan considered stealing the Clear Sky Sect’s secret techniques from Tang Hao, then left Holy Soul Village for Heaven Dou City.
• Lin Yuan found Oscar, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun naked and injured in their dormitory after Zhao Wuji had cleared away the watching students.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun beat Oscar and demanded to know what he had done to them.
• Oscar blamed Tang San, and Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun fell silent as they considered their resentment toward him.

After fleeing Shrek Academy, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun sought refuge with Spirit Hall, believing Tang San would hunt them down. Xuan Jian accepted Dai Mubai and Oscar but killed Ma Hongjun, while Lin Yuan watched and Xuan Jian realized a Transmigrator was behind the events.

• Zhao Wuji warned Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun to leave Shrek Academy, and Flender gave them travel money at the side gate.
• Oscar persuaded Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun to seek refuge with Spirit Hall, and all three headed there.
• Lin Yuan overheard their conversation and reflected on how they had mistaken his actions for Tang San's revenge.
• Xuan Jian killed Ma Hongjun by slicing off the top of his head, then questioned Dai Mubai and Oscar.
• After realizing a Transmigrator had orchestrated the situation, Xuan Jian kept quiet and accepted Dai Mubai and Oscar into Spirit Hall.

Xuan Jian recruited Oscar and tried to enlist Dai Mubai to kill Yu Xiaogang, but Lin Yuan killed Dai Mubai after he left Heaven Dou City. Half a month later, the Spirit Hall deputy team won the Qualifying Tournament.

• Xuan Jian promised Oscar support against the Clear Sky Sect and the Tang family, and Oscar accepted him as his boss.
• Xuan Jian offered Dai Mubai power and an Immortal Herb in exchange for an initiation pledge: Yu Xiaogang’s head.
• Dai Mubai agreed to kill Yu Xiaogang, then staged a public falling-out with Spirit Hall and left Heaven Dou City to pursue him.
• Lin Yuan followed Dai Mubai and killed him with a single strike, then burned his body to ash.
• The Four Elements Academy, Canghui Academy, and Spirit Hall deputy team qualified for the next stage, and the Spirit Hall deputy team won the Qualifying Tournament.

Lin Yuan disguised himself as Flender and brought Yu Xiaogang to Spirit City, then followed him to the Papal Palace in Xuan Jian’s appearance. There, he seized Yu Xiaogang’s Pope Token and struck him, leaving Yu Xiaogang humiliated before the palace knights.

• Xuan Jian sent Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to watch Zhang Qing and traveled toward Spirit City with Snake Lance and Pufferfish.
• Lin Yuan disguised himself as Flender, caught up with Yu Xiaogang, and flew him toward Spirit City while keeping ahead of Xuan Jian’s party.
• Lin Yuan left Yu Xiaogang outside the city, then disguised himself as a middle-aged man and followed him inside.
• Yu Xiaogang presented Tang Hao’s Pope Token at the Papal Palace gates, and the lead palace knight began to kneel and call him Elder.
• Lin Yuan appeared as Xuan Jian, redirected the palace knights’ greetings, snatched Yu Xiaogang’s token, and slapped him across the face.

Lin Yuan exposed Yu Xiaogang as an impostor and had him taken away, while Yunlan Douluo briefly appeared and puzzled him with her resemblance to Yun Yun. After Lin Yuan left Spirit City, Xuan Jian arrived and hurried to Bibi Dong’s office, relieved to find her safe.

• Lin Yuan struck Yu Xiaogang twice, challenged his claim to a Pope Token, and ordered Hall Guard Knights to seize him.
• Yunlan Douluo arrived, heard that Yu Xiaogang was impersonating a Spirit Hall Elder, and told Lin Yuan that Bibi Dong was in the palace.
• Lin Yuan secretly ordered the guards to torment Yu Xiaogang before interrogating him, then concealed himself as Snake Lance, Pufferfish, and Xuan Jian passed by.
• Lin Yuan changed his appearance and left Spirit City while Xuan Jian rushed to Bibi Dong’s office, fearing Yu Xiaogang had already reached her.
• Xuan Jian found Bibi Dong safely enjoying afternoon tea and felt relieved after learning Yu Xiaogang had arrived in Spirit City.

Bibi Dong, furious over the damage Xuan Jian’s Soul Master Cultivation Manual had done to Yu Xiaogang and her plans, drove Xuan Jian from her office. Xuan Jian left for an audience with Qian Daoliu, questioning whether his achievements could ever change Bibi Dong’s devotion to Yu Xiaogang.

• Bibi Dong summoned Spirit Hall’s elders and enshrined members to propose starting the Soul Hunting Operation early, but Qian Daoliu and the elders rejected the plan as premature.
• Bibi Dong learned that Tang San no longer recognized Yu Xiaogang as his teacher and planned to kill him after using him, leaving Yu Xiaogang in despair.
• Xuan Jian entered Bibi Dong’s office without knocking, and she blasted him with her aura until Gui Mei relayed Qian Daoliu’s request to see him.
• Bibi Dong ordered Xuan Jian to return to Heaven Dou City and bring back the championship, then warned him not to offend her again.
• Xuan Jian left, doubting that his strength, reputation, and evidence against Yu Xiaogang could ever outweigh Bibi Dong’s old attachment to him.

Gui Mei comforted Xuan Jian after learning he remained devoted to the Pope despite her intent to kill him, and vowed to protect him. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang was delivered to the Avici Purgatory, where he tried to flee after learning the jailers planned to cripple his Soul Power.

• Gui Mei admitted that the Great Enshrined had not summoned Xuan Jian and warned him that the Pope might kill him.
• Xuan Jian insisted he would accept death at the Pope’s hands, and Gui Mei promised to protect him because Xuan Jian treated him as a human being.
• Xuan Jian secretly vowed to kill Tang San after the Soul Master Tournament so Gui Mei would not meet his fate from the original work.
• Two Hall Guard Knights delivered Yu Xiaogang to the Avici Purgatory and instructed the jailers to put him in a filthy cell and interrogate him after the prisoners had served him.
• The jailer told Yu Xiaogang his Soul Power had to be crippled before he entered, so Yu Xiaogang broke free and tried to run but was stopped by two jailers.

Yu Xiaogang was crippled and sent to Avici Purgatory, where the jailers placed him among prisoners to torment him. Xuan Jian discovered someone had used his name to imprison Yu Xiaogang and decided to kill him before the scheme could be exposed, but arrived to find the abuse already underway.

• A jailer crippled Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Power and ordered him sent to Cell No. 11 to be tormented by Scar and the prisoners.
• The jailers mocked Yu Xiaogang and warned him that he would never leave Avici Purgatory after offending Lord Xuan Jian.
• Xuan Jian and Gui Mei learned that Yu Xiaogang had been imprisoned under Xuan Jian’s name, and Xuan Jian realized someone was plotting against him.
• Xuan Jian decided to kill Yu Xiaogang and destroy the evidence, while a disguised jailer told the Pope that Tang Hao had supplied the Pope Token.
• Xuan Jian and Gui Mei reached Cell No. 11 and found Yu Xiaogang being tormented by the prisoners; the head jailer offered to arrange another batch.

Xuan Jian tried to kill Yu Xiaogang, but Bibi Dong intervened and forced a standoff. She let Xuan Jian leave, and he realized she would never return his feelings before severing their teacher-disciple bond.

• Xuan Jian ordered Gui Mei to kill the other prisoners and moved to execute Yu Xiaogang himself.
• Bibi Dong arrived and attacked Xuan Jian, but Gui Mei carried him out of the collapsing underground prison.
• Gui Mei warned Bibi Dong that killing Xuan Jian would turn Spirit Hall against her, while Xuan Jian threatened Yu Xiaogang to keep them both safe.
• Yu Xiaogang pleaded for Bibi Dong to save him, and she dismissed her Martial Soul Possession and agreed to spare Xuan Jian and Gui Mei.
• Xuan Jian asked why Bibi Dong preferred Yu Xiaogang, then left after she refused to answer and told him to go.

Bibi Dong arranged for Yu Luomian to target Xuan Jian during the Heaven Dou Empire's Promotion Tournament, while Lin Yuan watched and continued cultivating. Two months later, Xuan Gu introduced Ye Feng as his new helper, and Lin Yuan recognized that Xuan Gu had placed him under control.

• Xuan Jian left Spirit City with Yu Xiaogang, and Bibi Dong ordered the Warden to treat Yu Xiaogang and ban him from the city.
• Bibi Dong secretly tasked Yun Yun with contacting Yu Luomian and arranging to blame the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect for Xuan Jian's death.
• Lin Yuan overheard Bibi Dong's plan, then spent two months cultivating and strengthening his techniques while remaining at Soul Emperor rank sixty-three.
• Xuan Gu brought Ye Feng to meet Lin Yuan and said Ye Feng had created a powerful Thunder-Attribute Cultivation Technique.
• Lin Yuan recognized the eerie green energy controlling Ye Feng, who explained that Xuan Gu had threatened his clan and forced him to obey.

Xuan Gu explained that Xuan Jian was using Zhang Qing as bait and recruited Ye Feng and Lin Yuan to help him deal with the threat. He revealed two powerful corpse puppets, but Lin Yuan remained confident because his Evil-Exorcising Divine Thunder could counter them.

• Ye Feng told Xuan Gu that Lin Yuan had nearly killed him during their previous encounter, and admitted Lin Yuan still made him feel endangered.
• Xuan Gu said Xuan Jian was using Zhang Qing as bait and that Zhang Qing might become a god, leaving them no choice but to confront the scheme together.
• Lin Yuan demanded Xuan Gu's plan, and Xuan Gu proposed attacking Canghui Academy when it was alone during the Qualifying Tournament.
• Xuan Gu revealed two corpse puppets resembling Shi Nian and concealed six black soul rings, including a ninety-thousand-year sixth ring, while having advanced to rank sixty-six.
• Lin Yuan recognized the puppets as powerful Titled Douluo-level opponents but remained unafraid because his Evil-Exorcising Divine Thunder could counter them.

Xuan Jian confronted Qian Renxue after breaking with Bibi Dong and warned that a mysterious Transmigrator was plotting against Spirit Hall. Qian Renxue recognized the threat as Gu Yuan and demanded to hear how he had outmaneuvered Xuan Jian.

• Xuan Gu proposed that he and Lin Yuan work together against Shi Nian while Ye Feng used Earth Escape to attack Zhang Qing, and they agreed to the plan.
• Xuan Jian entered the Crown Prince's Residence and told Qian Renxue he had broken with Bibi Dong, then condemned both women and called Qian Renxue unworthy of his loyalty.
• Qian Renxue ordered Snake Lance and Ci Xue to kill Xuan Jian, but they hesitated and suggested seeking the Great Enshrined's instructions.
• Xuan Jian warned Qian Renxue that the person who had taken the External Soul Bone and the Hundred Thousand Year Transformed Soul Beast was plotting to topple Spirit Hall and knew her identity.
• Qian Renxue, Snake Lance, and Pufferfish realized Gu Yuan was the person who knew Qian Renxue's identity, and she demanded that Xuan Jian explain how he had been plotted against.

Xuan Jian told Qian Renxue how a mysterious impostor had framed him and turned Bibi Dong against him. Qian Renxue suspected that Gu Yuan was the same mysterious man and insisted on joining Xuan Jian’s hunt, while Xuan Jian warned her not to fall for him.

• Xuan Jian recounted how the mysterious man impersonated him, had Yu Xiaogang imprisoned, and caused Bibi Dong to attack him.
• Snake Lance and Pufferfish were alarmed by the scheme, while Qian Renxue asked whether the man could hide his cultivation and aura.
• Xuan Jian said the man had evaded his senses, leading Qian Renxue to suspect that Gu Yuan was the mysterious man who had defeated him and stolen the external soul bone and transformed soul beast.
• Qian Renxue offered to help Xuan Jian with Snake Lance and Pufferfish, but insisted on going with them herself.
• Xuan Jian suspected Qian Renxue wanted to challenge Gu Yuan alone and warned her not to fall for him if she lost.

Qian Renxue dismissed Xuan Jian’s warnings and prepared to kill the mysterious person she suspected was Gu Yuan, while Xuan Jian laid a trap at the Promotion Tournament. Lin Yuan, Xuan Gu, and Ye Feng struck first, beginning an ambush against the Canghui Academy party and Spirit Hall’s hidden forces.

• Qian Renxue rejected Xuan Jian’s concerns, ordered Snake Lance to have her double impersonate Xue Qinghe, and vowed to eliminate the mysterious man herself.
• The Heaven Dou Empire’s Promotion Tournament opened, and Xuan Jian arranged for Zhang Qing to bait Lin Yuan while Shi Nian and the Chrysanthemum Ghost pair waited to attack.
• Lin Yuan, Xuan Gu, and Ye Feng traveled underground with Earth Escape Talismans and chose a grove near the Canghui Academy party as their attack site.
• Xuan Gu told Ye Feng to kill Zhang Qing while he engaged the Chrysanthemum Ghost pair, and Lin Yuan gave him the false name Han Li.
• Xuan Gu summoned Corpse Puppets made from Tang Bai and Tang Shuang and sent them lunging at the Chrysanthemum Ghost pair.

Two Corpse Puppets attacked Chrysanthemum Pass and Gui Mei while Zhang Qing’s group fled toward the Heaven Dou Royal Hunting Ground. Lin Yuan warned Xuan Gu that the Spirit Hall Douluos could use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, delaying their pursuit and leaving Ye Feng wary of both Xuan Gu and the mysterious transmigrator.

• Two Corpse Puppets emerged from vortex portals and clashed with Chrysanthemum Pass and Gui Mei, whose cultivation had reached level 96.
• Gui Mei warned Chrysanthemum Pass to avoid close combat and told Shi Nian to target Ye Feng if he appeared.
• Zhang Qing fired a signal flare for Shi Nian, received no response, and led Canghui Academy toward the Heaven Dou Royal Hunting Ground.
• Xuan Gu ordered Ye Feng to act, but Lin Yuan warned that Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo’s Two Extremes Still Domain could immobilize even a level 98 Peak Douluo.
• Xuan Gu agreed to use the Corpse Puppets to draw Chrysanthemum Douluo away before making a move, while Ye Feng considered the danger posed by Xuan Gu and the mysterious transmigrator.

As Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo battled two corpse puppets, Shui Bing'er recognized the danger and kept Skywater Academy out of the conflict. Xuan Gu ordered Ye Feng to attack Zhang Qing, but a golden streak killed Zhang Qing before Ye Feng could act.

• Shui Bing'er recognized Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo and advised Skywater Academy to stay away from the battle.
• Shui Bing'er led her academy behind a large rock, and the other Four Elements academies followed suit.
• Yu Luomian took Yu Tianxin toward the Royal Hunting Ground while the Thunder Academy principal stayed with the students.
• Xuan Gu ordered Ye Feng to attack Zhang Qing as the fleeing Canghui Academy group ran ahead.
• A golden streak struck Zhang Qing and turned him into a mist of blood before Ye Feng could move.

Lin Yuan escaped Shi Nian’s illusion by relying on his Autumn-Gazing Eyes and confronted Xuan Gu, who unleashed a host of corpse puppets against him. After using a Soul-Descending Talisman and the Evil-Exorcising Divine Thunder to defeat the attackers, Lin Yuan pursued Xuan Gu underground.

• Lin Yuan collected Zhang Qing’s dropped soul bones and tools, then was trapped in Shi Nian’s purple illusion mist.
• Lin Yuan recognized Xuan Gu behind Shi Nian’s false claim and taunted him about fearing the Evil-Exorcising Divine Thunder.
• Xuan Gu summoned hundreds of corpse puppets, including a ninety-thousand-year Soul-Eating Spider Emperor, Yu Tianlong, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect’s eighth elder.
• Lin Yuan used the Soul-Descending Talisman to transform into a half-dragon Soul Douluo and unleashed golden lightning bamboo, destroying the corpse puppets and dispelling Shi Nian’s mist.
• Lin Yuan struck Shi Nian with his spear and trapped the Soul-Eating Spider Emperor in a thundercloud, then used an Earth Escape Talisman to pursue Xuan Gu underground.

Lin Yuan discovered that Xuan Gu had escaped by possessing Ye Feng and pursued him toward the Heaven Dou Royal Hunting Ground. Meanwhile, Chrysanthemum Pass and Gui Mei learned what had happened and headed after Lin Yuan, while the Four Elements Academy decided to withdraw from the Soul Master Tournament.

• Lin Yuan killed the fleeing fake Xuan Gu, identified him as Ye Feng transformed by the Possession Great Art, and collected the Soul Bone and System Crystal Ball he dropped.
• Lin Yuan used Autumn-Gazing Eyes to locate the real Xuan Gu and saw that eight External Soul Bones and his escape techniques made him exceptionally fast.
• Chrysanthemum Pass and Gui Mei questioned Shui Bing'er, who described Lin Yuan's fight against Zhang Qing, Shi Nian, and the Soul-Eating Spider Emperor.
• Shui Bing'er urged the Four Elements Academy Deans to withdraw from the Soul Master Tournament, and they agreed.
• Lin Yuan pursued Xuan Gu toward the Heaven Dou Royal Hunting Ground, and Xuan Gu warned that continuing would let Xuan Jian reap the benefits.