Chapter Summaries

Key events

• Zhu Zhuqing challenges Ling Yun to a direct speed comparison, with both using their Martial Souls. Ling Yun holds back his fourth Soul Skill and does not use his Mist Veil, so the contest remains focused on movement.
• Zhuqing’s explosive straight-line speed lets her attack repeatedly, but Ling Yun’s water-based Wave Treading gives him a major advantage when changing direction. Tang San and Yu Xiaogang identify this as the deciding factor.
• Zhuqing uses Netherworld Hundred Claws to restrict Ling Yun’s escape routes. He counters by sliding under her attack, sweeping at her ankle, then using his scarf and a sudden change of direction to throw her off balance. He ends the match with a hand on her shoulder rather than a strike.
• Zhuqing accepts the loss without excuses, recognizing that Ling Yun could have ended the fight with a more damaging attack. Ling Yun acknowledges that her speed would be more difficult to handle without the water-covered field.
• Xiao Wu argues that Ling Yun’s success comes from choosing tactics suited to his strengths. She proposes a two-on-one match: she and Zhuqing will face him together.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhu Zhuqing proves composed, direct, and willing to accept defeat. She recognizes the importance of both her opponent’s tactics and the battlefield conditions.
• Ling Yun continues to demonstrate adaptability and restraint, winning through positioning rather than overwhelming force. He compliments Zhuqing and does not mock her after the match.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang analyze the contest, identifying Ling Yun’s turning ability—not simply his top speed—as his key advantage.
• Dai Mubai becomes more troubled by the defeats. Zhuqing’s loss is especially hard to explain away because her match was a straightforward test of speed.
• Xiao Wu challenges Ling Yun’s pattern of tailoring each fight to his own strengths and raises the stakes by proposing teamwork with Zhuqing.

Significant themes

• Adaptability over raw power: Ling Yun wins by exploiting his movement skills and the environment.
• The battlefield as part of a Soul Master’s strength: Zhuqing accepts that conditions matter rather than treating them as an excuse.
• Individual skill versus teamwork: The chapter shifts from one-on-one contests toward the possibility of two fighters cooperating against Ling Yun.
• Respect through competition: Despite the losses, the characters acknowledge one another’s abilities and meet the outcomes without hostility.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• Xiao Wu challenges Ling Yun to a two-on-one match with Zhu Zhuqing, unwilling to accept that he has defeated three Shrek students in succession.
• Zhu Zhuqing’s speed and Xiao Wu’s Teleportation make an effective combination: Zhu Zhuqing steers Ling Yun’s movements while Xiao Wu attacks from unexpected angles. Their teamwork briefly catches him off guard.
• Ling Yun adapts by anticipating Xiao Wu’s teleportation and using Water Shadow Clones. He then focuses on Zhu Zhuqing, catches her off balance, and forces her to concede.
• Xiao Wu continues alone, but without Zhu Zhuqing’s support, Ling Yun reads her attacks and keeps her from getting close enough to use her grappling techniques.
• Xiao Wu pretends to twist her ankle and admits defeat, hoping Ling Yun will let his guard down. When he turns away, she teleports behind him and attempts a Waist Bow.
• Ling Yun catches her by the ankle, slams her to the ground, and knocks her into the stone railing. Tang San rushes to her aid.
• Yu Xiaogang questions Ling Yun’s force, but Ling Yun points out that Xiao Wu had conceded before launching a surprise attack. Zhu Zhuqing agrees that Xiao Wu broke the rules.
• Tang San acknowledges Xiao Wu’s wrongdoing but says that, as her brother, he cannot ignore her injuries. He returns to the field and challenges Ling Yun to the next match.

Character developments and interactions

• Xiao Wu begins frustrated and determined to prove herself. Her teamwork with Zhu Zhuqing is effective, but her pride and anger push her to keep fighting after Zhu Zhuqing’s defeat. Her deliberate feigned injury and attack after conceding reveal her willingness to use underhanded tactics when she feels humiliated.
• Ling Yun remains confident and observant, studying Xiao Wu’s habits and exploiting openings. His response to her sneak attack is forceful, and he insists that her admission of defeat ended the spar.
• Zhu Zhuqing works well with Xiao Wu and recognizes that Ling Yun has defeated her. She later speaks up against Xiao Wu’s rule-breaking.
• Tang San analyzes the pair’s strategy and initially sees a chance for them to win. He recognizes Xiao Wu’s familiar trick but cannot stop her in time. Though protective of her, he refuses to excuse her conduct.
• Yu Xiaogang challenges Ling Yun’s response, prompting Ling Yun to defend it as a consequence of Xiao Wu’s attack after conceding.

Significant themes

• Pride and accepting defeat: Xiao Wu’s refusal to stop turns a competitive loss into a serious confrontation.
• Fairness and boundaries: The chapter distinguishes an ordinary spar from an attack launched after surrender.
• Loyalty and accountability: Tang San protects Xiao Wu while still acknowledging that she was wrong.
• Adaptation and teamwork: Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing initially challenge Ling Yun through coordinated tactics, but he adjusts once he understands their pattern.

Key plot points and events

• Tang San steps into the training ground not to compete for a team position, but to defend Xiao Wu after Ling Yun injured her. He acknowledges that Xiao Wu’s ambush was wrong, but argues Ling Yun hit her too hard.
• Ling Yun counters that Xiao Wu had surrendered before attacking again, and teases Tang San about how personally he takes her injuries. His remarks make the onlookers wonder whether the pair are more than ordinary companions.
• Tang San recognizes that Ling Yun is deliberately provoking him and steadies himself rather than letting his concern for Xiao Wu cloud his judgment.
• Tang San opens with a carefully planned control strategy: he spreads Blue Silver Grass across the field, uses his Purple Demon Eye to track Ling Yun through his Water Shadow Clones, and activates Parasitic using seeds planted during the earlier matches.
• Ling Yun cuts free with a Water Shuriken and meets Tang San in close combat. The two trade rapid attacks, with Tang San using Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and Ling Yun matching his movements.
• Tang San retreats behind layers of Blue Silver Grass and reaches toward his Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges. Ling Yun realizes he is preparing his hidden weapons, and the chapter ends just before they are used.

Character developments

• Tang San shows both his deep attachment to Xiao Wu and growing tactical discipline. He considers Ling Yun’s argument, recognizes the provocation, and fights with a deliberate plan rather than blind anger.
• Ling Yun remains teasing and confident, using personal remarks to unsettle Tang San while demonstrating his ability to adapt and keep pace.
• Xiao Wu is frustrated by her earlier failure to restrain Ling Yun, but takes comfort in Tang San’s early control of the fight. Her concern grows as their close combat intensifies.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and affection: Tang San’s willingness to fight for Xiao Wu reveals how important she is to him, even as their exact relationship remains unspoken.
• Fairness and accountability: Ling Yun insists that Xiao Wu’s second attack after surrendering has consequences, challenging Tang San’s instinct to defend her.
• Composure versus provocation: Tang San’s ability to recognize Ling Yun’s psychological tactics becomes as important as his combat skills.
• Strategy and adaptation: The fight contrasts Tang San’s planned control tactics with Ling Yun’s speed and improvisation.

Character interactions

• Ling Yun confronts Tang San about Xiao Wu’s ambush, then needles him with teasing references to her as a “little rabbit” and hints about their relationship.
• Tang San and Ling Yun exchange both verbal jabs and increasingly intense attacks, each assessing the other’s methods.
• Xiao Wu encourages Tang San from the sidelines, while Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, and Yu Xiaogang observe and react to the tension and tactics.

Key plot points and events

• Tang San grows increasingly serious after Ling Yun taunts him about protecting Xiao Wu, eventually bringing out his Hidden Weapons.
• Using his Purple Demon Eye and careful observation of Ling Yun’s habits, Tang San predicts his movements and combines Hidden Weapons, Blue Silver Grass, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, and Mysterious Jade Hand to restrict him.
• Ling Yun counters with his Water Shuriken and Water Shadow Clones, then reveals he has been using the spar to test his abilities. Tang San’s Spider Web Restraint briefly narrows Ling Yun’s escape routes.
• Ling Yun unleashes his Fourth Soul Skill, Mist Veil, confusing Tang San’s senses and undermining his carefully arranged control. He provokes Tang San further by questioning his judgment and his feelings for Xiao Wu.
• Ling Yun catches Tang San off balance and stops a knee strike just short of landing it. He tells Tang San to understand who broke the rules before rushing to defend someone.
• Tang San responds by summoning the Clear Sky Hammer, signaling that the fight is not over. Yu Xiaogang reacts with alarm, while Ling Yun welcomes the escalation.

Character developments

• Tang San shows tactical intelligence and composure, but his concern for Xiao Wu makes him vulnerable to Ling Yun’s provocations. Though he initially restrains his anger, he eventually escalates the fight with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Ling Yun proves both skilled and psychologically astute. He uses teasing to disrupt Tang San, while also treating the spar as an opportunity to test himself.
• Xiao Wu is embarrassed by Ling Yun’s suggestion that she is special to Tang San and urges Tang San not to listen to him.
• Dai Mubai recognizes that Ling Yun’s taunts are deliberate attempts to unsettle Tang San.

Significant themes

• Strategy versus strength: Tang San’s planning and control challenge Ling Yun’s speed and physical advantage, while Ling Yun’s mist disrupts Tang San’s carefully built tactics.
• Emotional vulnerability: Tang San’s loyalty to Xiao Wu is genuine, but it can cloud his judgment and be exploited.
• Knowing the facts before taking sides: Ling Yun challenges Tang San to distinguish defending someone from defending them without understanding what happened.
• Testing limits: Both fighters use the spar to assess one another, and Tang San’s final weapon raises the stakes.

Character interactions

• Ling Yun repeatedly needles Tang San about his protectiveness toward Xiao Wu, while Tang San tries to stay focused and answer with tactics rather than words.
• Xiao Wu calls out to Tang San, visibly affected by the exchange.
• Tang San and Ling Yun trade increasingly forceful attacks, with Ling Yun ultimately gaining the upper hand through Mist Veil and a close-range feint.
• The onlookers—especially Dai Mubai and Yu Xiaogang—observe the psychological and physical stakes rising as Tang San brings out the Clear Sky Hammer.

Key plot points and events

• Tang San reveals his hidden Second Martial Soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, during his duel with Ling Yun. Yu Xiaogang urges him to put it away, but Tang San insists he will use only the hammer itself, without Soul Skills.
• Tang San attacks with speed and force, but Ling Yun evades the hammer using Wave Treading and Water Shadow Clones. Tang San realizes that its strength is useless if he cannot land a blow.
• Tang San spreads Blue Silver Grass across the training ground to restrict Ling Yun’s movement. Ling Yun cuts through the vines with a Water Shuriken and avoids a devastating hammer strike that leaves a crater.
• Tang San then uses the grass to divide the field and limit Ling Yun’s escape routes. Ling Yun counters with a mist technique, using the fog and water shadows to disorient him.
• Ling Yun catches Tang San’s hammer wrist with his Soul Power tongue-scarf, redirects himself around Tang San, and kicks him away. Tang San remains standing but is visibly weakened.
• Ling Yun mocks Yu Xiaogang’s earlier dismissal of his Martial Soul, pointing out that Tang San’s celebrated Twin Martial Souls have not defeated it. Flender ends the duel and demands an explanation from Yu Xiaogang about the Clear Sky Hammer.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang San reveals a major secret and shows determination, but his choice is impulsive: he disobeys his father’s warning to keep the Clear Sky Hammer hidden until he is stronger. He adapts tactically when brute force fails, yet Ling Yun still exploits his difficulty landing hits and his fatigue.
• Ling Yun remains confident and resourceful, countering each of Tang San’s tactics with mobility, misdirection, and precise timing. His taunts also turn the duel into a challenge to Yu Xiaogang’s judgment.
• Yu Xiaogang is troubled both by Tang San’s public reveal and by Ling Yun’s accusation that the Clear Sky Hammer—not Blue Silver Grass—may have been what first attracted him to Tang San.
• Flender, initially observing the fight, steps in once the Clear Sky Hammer is exposed and confronts Yu Xiaogang. Xiao Wu and the other students watch, while the students’ laughter at Ling Yun’s jokes contrasts with the growing seriousness of the adults.

Significant themes

• Power versus practical effectiveness: The Clear Sky Hammer is extraordinarily powerful, but Ling Yun’s speed and tactics prevent Tang San from using that power effectively.
• Secrets and consequences: Tang San’s hidden heritage becomes public, creating immediate tension and prompting questions about Yu Xiaogang’s motives.
• Confidence and reputation: Ling Yun challenges the belief that his Martial Soul is useless, while Tang San’s prestigious abilities do not guarantee victory.

Key plot points and events

• Tang San reveals his second Martial Soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, after losing his duel with Ling Yun. Ning Rongrong confirms its identity and reputation as a powerful inherited Martial Soul.
• Flender asks Yu Xiaogang whether he knew about it. Yu Xiaogang admits he recognized Tang San’s Twin Martial Souls when Tang San became his disciple.
• Ling Yun challenges Yu Xiaogang’s motives, arguing that he treated Ling Yun’s unknown Martial Soul as too uncertain to cultivate, yet saw Tang San’s equally unusual case as valuable—especially once the Clear Sky Hammer was involved.
• Tang San defends Yu Xiaogang, saying his teacher’s later instruction was genuine, though he concedes the original judgment may have been limited. Ling Yun does not accuse Yu Xiaogang of taking Tang San on only for his Martial Soul, but points out the apparent contradiction in his principles.
• Liu Erlong ends the argument and confirms that Ling Yun has won the sparring match. Flender accepts him as captain, and the others offer little resistance.
• Tang San argues that individual strength does not prove a person can lead a team, and proposes one final team battle to test coordination. Ling Yun agrees—but says he will face all seven Shrek members alone.

Character developments

• Ling Yun remains confident and provocative, using the duel’s outcome to expose what he sees as Yu Xiaogang’s inconsistency and past unfairness toward him.
• Tang San is visibly unsettled by the criticism and his defeat, but defends Yu Xiaogang and shifts the question from individual combat to team leadership.
• Yu Xiaogang admits he chose Tang San partly because Twin Martial Souls offered research value, but cannot answer Ling Yun’s charge that he applied his beliefs differently to the two boys.
• Liu Erlong understands Ling Yun’s resentment because she remembers the hardships he faced as a child; she steps in before the confrontation worsens.
• Flender and the Shrek students recognize Ling Yun’s victory, though Tang San insists that team compatibility still needs to be tested.

Significant themes

• Principles versus practice: Yu Xiaogang’s claim that no Martial Soul is useless is questioned by his different responses to two unfamiliar cases.
• Talent, privilege, and opportunity: Ling Yun’s lack of background and support contrasts with Tang San’s valuable lineage and the attention it attracted.
• Individual strength versus teamwork: The chapter moves from a one-on-one victory to the question of whether Ling Yun can lead a coordinated team.
• Resentment and recognition: Ling Yun’s challenge is rooted not just in theory, but in the unequal treatment he believes he experienced seven years earlier.

Character interactions

• Ling Yun confronts Yu Xiaogang over his past decision, while Tang San steps in to defend his teacher.
• Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai react with shock and suppressed amusement; Ning Rongrong identifies the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Liu Erlong recognizes the personal history behind Ling Yun’s anger and cuts off the argument.
• Tang San challenges Ling Yun’s suitability as captain, leading to Ling Yun’s offer to fight all seven Shrek members at once.

Key plot points and events

• After defeating four Shrek students individually, Ling Yun accepts Tang San’s challenge to fight all seven Shrek members at once. He mocks the team for turning to a group battle after losing one-on-one, while Tang San argues that teamwork is central to the Soul Master Tournament.
• Xiao Wu joins despite having surrendered in an earlier fight. Ling Yun teases her about that surrender, and Tang San tells her to ignore him.
• The Shrek team sets up a coordinated formation: Dai Mubai leads the attack, Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu restrict Ling Yun’s movement, Tang San controls the field with Blue Silver Grass, and Oscar and Ning Rongrong provide support from the rear.
• Tang San uses Blue Silver Grass as a sensory net and has Oscar prepare his sausages in advance. With Ning Rongrong’s boosts, the team corners Ling Yun and Dai Mubai’s attack forces him back.
• Ling Yun sends three Water Shadow Clones toward the support members, but Tang San anticipates the move and pulls Ning Rongrong out of danger. The team stays intact, demonstrating the advantage of coordinated combat.
• After Yu Xiaogang explains that teammates can cover one another’s weaknesses, Ling Yun agrees—and declares that he will break up their teamwork rather than attack them one by one.

Character developments and interactions

• Ling Yun remains confident, sharp-tongued, and observant. Though he jokes throughout, he recognizes Tang San’s sound tactics and takes the team’s coordination seriously. He begins shifting from direct attacks to disrupting the formation.
• Tang San shows growth as a strategist: he studies Ling Yun’s habits, uses the terrain to track him, and protects the support members. Ling Yun’s taunts about Tang San’s earlier loss irritate him, but he keeps his focus on the fight.
• Xiao Wu returns to battle despite her earlier surrender, while Ling Yun’s teasing embarrasses her. Tang San tries to shield her from the provocation.
• Yu Xiaogang offers tactical analysis, only for Ling Yun to turn it into a joke by pointing out that the advice reveals what to watch for.
• The Shrek team demonstrates stronger coordination than in the individual fights, with each member serving a clear role and covering for the others.

Significant themes

• Individual strength versus teamwork: Ling Yun’s power is formidable, but Shrek’s coordinated roles make him harder to handle.
• Adaptation and strategy: Both sides study the other’s habits and adjust their tactics.
• Confidence and provocation: Ling Yun uses humor and taunts to unsettle opponents, while Tang San attempts to keep the team disciplined.

Plot points and events

• After Ling Yun survives the Shrek team’s opening attack, Tang San organizes the seven into a tight formation, using Dai Mubai to pressure from the front, Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu to attack from the air, Ma Hongjun to block routes with Phoenix Fire Line, and Ning Rongrong and Oscar to support.
• Ling Yun provokes Xiao Wu over her earlier feigned surrender and mocks Tang San for turning a lost duel into a team battle. He also needles Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang, whose tactical commentary Ling Yun claims gives away Tang San’s plans.
• When the team’s coordinated assault begins to contain him, Ling Yun uses Water Shuriken to manipulate their responses. He repeatedly forces Ma Hongjun to counter with fire, producing vapor, and makes the others move to protect one another—gradually disrupting their formation.
• Tang San realizes Ling Yun is steering their movements and orders the group to hold formation. But either spreading out or clustering together gives Ling Yun an advantage.
• With the field now filled with vapor, Ling Yun activates his fourth Soul Skill, Mist Veil, engulfing all seven Shrek fighters and leaving the outcome unresolved.

Character developments and interactions

• Ling Yun combines combat skill with taunting, using the team’s emotional attachments and protective instincts as tactical tools. He stays in control of the encounter and turns Grandmaster’s explanations into material for further mockery.
• Tang San remains disciplined despite Ling Yun’s personal jabs, quickly identifies the tactic behind the Water Shurikens, and tries to adapt. Still, Ling Yun has already created the conditions for Mist Veil.
• Xiao Wu is easily provoked by Ling Yun’s remarks and is quick to react, though she also recognizes that Ma Hongjun should not waste fire countering every attack.
• Ma Hongjun becomes an unwitting part of Ling Yun’s plan, repeatedly using fire to evaporate the Water Shurikens and thicken the vapor.
• Yu Xiaogang offers tactical analysis, but Ling Yun argues that sound theory cannot guarantee success against an opponent who controls the situation. His public embarrassment grows as events bear out Ling Yun’s point.
• Dai Mubai and the others follow Tang San’s instructions and protect their teammates, but that cooperation also makes them predictable and vulnerable to being maneuvered.

Significant themes

• Theory versus practice: Knowing the right principles is not enough when an opponent can shape the battlefield.
• Teamwork as both strength and weakness: The Shrek team’s instinct to support one another helps them coordinate, but Ling Yun exploits those connections to control their movements.
• Emotional composure and provocation: Ling Yun’s taunts are not merely personal insults; they test discipline and influence decisions.
• Control of the battlefield: Ling Yun wins the strategic advantage by dictating the team’s choices and preparing the environment for his signature technique.

Ling Yun used Mist Veil and water shadows to dismantle the Shrek Seven Devils’ formation, eliminating Oscar and Ning Rongrong while mocking Yu Xiaogang’s advice. He then exposed Tang San’s instinct to prioritize Xiao Wu, leaving the team’s vulnerability clear as the battle continued.

• Tang San spread Blue Silver Grass through the fog to sense Ling Yun, but Ling Yun’s water shadows made the signals unreliable.
• Ling Yun severed Oscar’s vines with a Water Shuriken and dragged him out of the arena, cutting off Shrek’s healing and supply support.
• Ling Yun exploited the team’s shifting defense to reach Ning Rongrong and eliminate her, removing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s amplification.
• Ling Yun argued with Yu Xiaogang over his criticism of the fog and Tang San’s tactics, while Tang San insisted that the fight continue.
• Xiao Wu charged at Ling Yun’s voice, prompting Tang San to redirect his Blue Silver Grass to protect her.
• Ling Yun named Xiao Wu as the team’s weakness, and Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing immediately closed ranks around her.

Ling Yun defeated Tang San’s team by exploiting Tang San’s instinct to protect Xiao Wu, then Flender appointed Ling Yun captain of the reorganized Blue Tyrant Academy main team. Ling Yun ended by warning that he would choose the next day’s lineup, especially questioning whether Xiao Wu belonged among the starters.

• Ling Yun baited Tang San into shifting the team’s defenses toward Xiao Wu, then eliminated Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar and Ning Rongrong left the arena.
• Ling Yun taunted Tang San for prioritizing Xiao Wu, and Dai Mubai was eliminated after Tang San stayed back to protect her.
• Ling Yun provoked Tang San into blocking an apparent attack on Xiao Wu, then defeated Tang San and won the team contest.
• Flender named Ling Yun captain and announced that the captain would propose the initial roster for the reorganized Blue Tyrant Academy main team.
• Ling Yun said he would reassess which of the Shrek Seven Devils suited his team, singling out Xiao Wu for faking surrender and breaking the sparring rules.

Ling Yun left Tang San off Shrek’s starting lineup after criticizing his decision to prioritize Xiao Wu over the team during their previous match. He challenged Tang San to watch the others train without him, leaving the team questioning whether their coordination depended too much on him.

• Ling Yun announced a starting lineup of seven that excluded Tang San, explaining that Tang San’s choices during the previous match had harmed the team’s coordination.
• Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong described how Tang San’s repeated focus on Xiao Wu had left teammates unsupported and exposed a weakness opponents could exploit.
• Ling Yun rejected Xiao Wu’s and Yu Xiaogang’s defenses of Tang San, arguing that past contributions and prior coordination did not excuse his mistake or prove the team needed him as its core.
• Ling Yun told Tang San to sit out and watch as he led the others through coordination practice, promising to restore Tang San to the lineup if they fell apart without him.
• Tang San accepted the challenge as Dai Mubai and the others began to consider whether Shrek’s teamwork belonged to all seven members or depended on Tang San.

Ling Yun led Shrek through a training battle without Tang San, and the team fought smoothly under his sparse commands. Tang San challenged Ling Yun to another team battle, and Ling Yun agreed, telling him to choose his teammates carefully.

• Ling Yun told Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar to rely on their own judgment rather than wait for constant instructions.
• The team used Ling Yun’s brief calls to break the opponents’ formation, eliminate several students, and avoid losing anyone.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang watched as the team coordinated smoothly without a Control System soul master, while the others acknowledged the comfort of Ling Yun’s approach.
• Flender halted the match after Shrek isolated and defeated the opposing team, and Ling Yun challenged Yu Xiaogang’s claim that Tang San was indispensable.
• Tang San asked Flender for a team tomorrow and challenged Ling Yun to another team battle; Ling Yun accepted and told Tang San to choose his teammates well.

After Tang San was removed from match leadership, Ling Yun gave Liu Erlong a rare immortal herb and mocked Yu Xiaogang for wanting one. The academy was then visited by Poison Douluo Dugu Bo, who had brought Dugu Yan and asked to see Ling Yun.

• Xiao Wu defended Tang San, but Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Zhu Zhuqing backed the decision to change the team’s leadership.
• Ling Yun gave Liu Erlong a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, an immortal herb suited to strengthening a Power Attack System soul master.
• Ling Yun teased Yu Xiaogang for staring at the herb and rejected his implied hope of receiving one, noting that Yu had been stuck at rank twenty-nine for years.
• A teacher announced that Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan had arrived and that Dugu Bo wanted to see Ling Yun.
• Dugu Bo called out from outside the academy, saying he had brought Yanyan to see Ling Yun.

Dugu Bo visited Shrek Academy with Dugu Yan, praised Ling Yun’s treatment of their poison, and entrusted him with her continued care. Dugu Yan then brought a challenge from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, leaving Ling Yun ready to face Yu Tianheng’s team in an exhibition match.

• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan arrived at Shrek Academy, where Ling Yun checked Dugu Yan’s recovery and said her accumulated poison had fallen by about seventy percent.
• Dugu Bo revealed that Ling Yun had found a way to treat the poison affecting both him and Dugu Yan, then gave Ling Yun back the token to his Medicine Garden.
• Ling Yun teased Yu Xiaogang about wanting to research immortal herbs, and Dugu Bo refused to let him access the Medicine Garden for that purpose.
• Dugu Bo entrusted Dugu Yan’s next stage of treatment to Ling Yun, who planned to clear the poison from her meridians gradually.
• Dugu Yan relayed that Yu Tianheng and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team had challenged Blue Tyrant Academy to an exhibition match and wanted to test Ling Yun’s ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring.

Ling Yun rejected Yu Xiaogang’s proposal to put Tang San back in the lineup for the exchange match and outlined how Blue Tyrant Academy would face the Imperial Fighting Team. After treating Dugu Yan, he met Yu Tianheng’s team when they arrived earlier than expected, and singled out Ye Lingling as a target.

• Dugu Yan told Ling Yun that Yu Tianheng wanted to test his rumored ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring, and Ling Yun mocked Yu Tianheng’s coming defeat.
• Yu Xiaogang argued that Tang San should return to the lineup against the Imperial Fighting Team, but Ling Yun defended his chosen team and Flender agreed to keep it.
• Ling Yun explained how the team could counter the Imperial Fighting Team, including targeting Ye Lingling, while Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan agreed to pass along the challenge.
• Ling Yun treated Dugu Yan, easing the discomfort in her right arm, and learned the exchange match was expected in three days.
• Yu Tianheng arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy with the Imperial Fighting Team the next afternoon, and Ling Yun said he wanted to test Ye Lingling’s healing.

Ling Yun used the threat of attacking Ye Lingling to disrupt the Imperial Battle Team’s formation and give Blue Tyrant Academy the advantage. Yu Tianheng recognized the tactic, rallied his team, and charged Ling Yun for a direct confrontation.

• Yu Tianheng challenged Ling Yun to reveal his Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, but Ling Yun said he would show it when the fight demanded it.
• Qin Ming set the rules for a seven-on-seven exchange match, and Ling Yun told his team to target Ye Lingling first.
• At the start of the match, Ling Yun’s threat made the Imperial Battle Team crowd around Ye Lingling, and he used the opening to help Dai Mubai pressure Yu Tianheng.
• Ling Yun and his teammates exploited the opposing team’s shifting positions, while Dugu Yan’s poison mist further restricted her own side’s movement.
• Yu Tianheng activated Thunderous Fury, ordered his team to stop worrying about Ye Lingling, and charged Ling Yun, who prepared to meet his attack.

Ling Yun led the Blue Tyrant Main Team to defeat Yu Tianheng’s Imperial Battle Team by separating Yu Tianheng from his formation and forcing Ye Lingling to withdraw. After Tang San began assembling a rival team, he rejected Xiao Wu’s attempt to join while keeping her starter on Ling Yun’s team, then recruited Advanced Class students to challenge him.

• Ling Yun stopped spreading water to limit Yu Tianheng’s lightning advantage, then baited him away from his teammates and switched Dai Mubai in to hold him off.
• Ling Yun and his teammates exploited the Imperial Battle Team’s exposed backline, and Ling Yun used Mist Veil to reach Ye Lingling and make her withdraw.
• With the Nine Heart Begonia healer gone, Ling Yun’s team overwhelmed the separated opponents, and Yu Tianheng conceded before promising to retrain and challenge Ling Yun again.
• Xiao Wu offered to join Tang San, but Ling Yun insisted she leave the Blue Tyrant Main Team first; Tang San told her to stay and began recruiting from the Advanced Class.
• That night, Tang San visited a student with the roster and said he was recruiting people specifically to beat Ling Yun.

Tang San failed to recruit Tai Long, Huang Yuan, and Jing Ling for a team against Ling Yun, so Yu Xiaogang directed him to seek suitable fighters at the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena. Meanwhile, Ling Yun put his teammates through targeted training and challenged Xiao Wu to tag him in the mist without relying on Teleportation.

• Tang San offered Tai Long, Huang Yuan, and Jing Ling places on a team, but they refused because they would not help target Ling Yun and distrusted Tang San's hidden weapons.
• Yu Xiaogang dismissed the three students and suggested recruiting Xu Lie, Gu Changfeng, and Han Ce from the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena; Tang San agreed to go there the next day.
• Ling Yun trained Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar in skills tailored to their weaknesses.
• Ling Yun told Xiao Wu to avoid Teleportation and straight-line attacks, then challenged her to touch him in the mist without anyone's help.
• Xiao Wu lunged at false sounds and was tagged from behind before she could reach Ling Yun, who warned that she had to prove herself without Tang San rescuing her.

Ling Yun’s team showed the results of their grueling training in a spar against Zhao Wuji, though Xiao Wu still struggled with the Mist Veil. Meanwhile, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang searched for fighters whose abilities could counter Ling Yun, and Tang San recruited the seemingly blind Shen Tingfeng.

• Liu Erlong scolded Ling Yun for pushing the team too hard, but Zhao Wuji tested their progress by trying to touch Ning Rongrong.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar worked together to keep Zhao Wuji away from Ning Rongrong without waiting for Ling Yun’s orders.
• Ling Yun told Xiao Wu to continue training because she still had not learned to navigate the mist.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that Xu Lie, Gu Changfeng, and Han Ce could counter Ling Yun’s strengths, and Tang San planned to use Blue Silver Grass, the Purple Demon Eye, and hidden weapons against him.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang encountered Shen Tingfeng, who could track moving opponents with his eyes closed, and Tang San asked him to join an upcoming fight.

Tang San recruited Shen Tingfeng, Xu Lie, Gu Changfeng, and Han Ce to help devise a secret plan to defeat Ling Yun, combining their abilities with hidden weapons and a paralytic substance. The chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang approving a reduced dose of Tang San’s potent, nonlethal substance and ordering him to keep it from Erlong and the others.

• Tang San hired Shen Tingfeng to help fight Ling Yun and offered extra pay if they won.
• Tang San gathered Xu Lie, Gu Changfeng, and Han Ce and assigned them roles to locate, expose, restrain, and confront Ling Yun.
• Tang San revealed hidden needles, and Yu Xiaogang proposed coating them with a substance to slow Ling Yun’s reactions.
• Tang San said he would recruit a support fighter and a ranged attacker, while Yu Xiaogang ordered the team to keep their training secret.
• Tang San showed Yu Xiaogang a potent substance that could hinder soul power, and Yu Xiaogang told him to halve the dose and hide it from Erlong and the others.