Chapter Summaries

Cheng Xiao defeated Dai Mubai, then faced Tang San, who attacked with Hidden Weapons, Blue Silver Grass, and his Eight Spider Soul Bone. After Cheng Xiao summoned shadow Soul Beasts, Tang San charged at the Man Faced Demon Spider, and their spider limbs collided.

• Cheng Xiao crushed Dai Mubai's Soul Power, and Tang San healed his injured brother before confronting Cheng Xiao.
• Tang San launched Hidden Weapons at Cheng Xiao, but Cheng Xiao blocked them with his Short Swords.
• Tang San bound Cheng Xiao with Blue Silver Grass, released his Eight Spider Soul Bone, and fired sleeve arrows at Ye Lingling.
• Cheng Xiao escaped the bindings, protected Ye Lingling, and summoned dozens of shadow Soul Beasts, including a Man Faced Demon Spider.
• Tang San charged toward Cheng Xiao, and his Eight Spider Lances clashed with the Man Faced Demon Spider's front legs.

Cheng Xiao defeated Tang San and Dai Mubai in the Two-on-Two Soul Battle after Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances and Godly Zhuge Crossbow failed against the Shadow Soldiers. Cheng Xiao and Ye Lingling left victorious as the spectators cheered for the Shadow Begonia Begonia Combination.

• The Man Faced Demon Spider overwhelmed Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances, injuring him and nearly breaking the External Soul Bone.
• Cheng Xiao urged Tang San to concede, but Tang San brought out his Godly Zhuge Crossbow as his final trump card.
• The Shadow Soldiers blocked all sixteen crossbow bolts, and Cheng Xiao punched Tang San off the stage.
• Cheng Xiao kicked Dai Mubai off the stage, ending the battle, while Shrek’s teachers rushed to help the defeated students.
• Cheng Xiao recalled the Shadow Soldiers and left with Ye Lingling as the audience chanted for their combination.

After Cheng Xiao returned from the Soul Duel, Flender confronted him over his beating of Shrek Academy’s students and threatened him with a Soul Saint’s pressure. As Cheng Xiao prepared to fight back, an unidentified person greeted Flender from behind.

• Cheng Xiao returned to the Imperial Dou Team, reassured Qin Ming that he was unharmed, and received Yufeng’s praise for protecting Ye Lingling.
• Qin Ming dismissed the team from competition for the night, then took Cheng Xiao and Ye Lingling to a crowded restaurant for dinner.
• Flender descended in front of Cheng Xiao and Ye Lingling, and Cheng Xiao shielded Ye Lingling while challenging the headmaster’s intentions.
• Flender threatened to beat Cheng Xiao, but Cheng Xiao warned that Shrek Academy would soon cease to exist, making Flender hesitate.
• Flender pinned Cheng Xiao down with Soul Saint pressure, and an unseen person greeted him from behind.

Flender learned that Cheng Xiao was backed by Crown Prince Xue Qinghe and tried to recruit him to Shrek Academy while apologizing, but Cheng Xiao stayed at dinner with Ye Lingling. Before dawn, the injured Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun decided to visit a brothel, leaving Tang San alone in the dormitory.

• Flender withdrew his Soul Power and confronted Qin Ming after Cheng Xiao and Ye Lingling went to the restaurant.
• Qin Ming told Flender that Crown Prince Xue Qinghe had recommended Cheng Xiao, alarming Flender, who then tried to persuade Cheng Xiao to join Shrek Academy.
• Cheng Xiao ate with Ye Lingling while Snake Lance Douluo Yu Long left Porcupinefish Douluo hidden nearby and went to report to the young master.
• At Shrek Academy, Ma Hongjun urged Dai Mubai to visit a brothel, and Dai Mubai agreed after reflecting on Zhu Zhuqing's rejection.
• Ma Hongjun dragged Dai Mubai away and left the injured Tang San lying alone in the dormitory.

Tang San tried to understand why Cheng Xiao had defeated him, while Master urged him to wait before cultivating his second martial soul and promised to prepare countermeasures for the tournament. Outside Tang San’s room, Flender told Master that Cheng Xiao had refused his attempt to recruit him for Shrek Academy.

• Tang San told Master that his Blue Silver Grass, Eight Spider Soul Bone, and hidden weapons had failed against Cheng Xiao, and he believed cultivating his second martial soul was his only chance to win.
• Master proposed that Cheng Xiao’s Shadow Soldier martial soul had mutated and combined the traits of Beast and Tool Martial Souls.
• Tang San said he wanted to cultivate his second martial soul early, but Master told him to endure Blue Silver Grass’s weak phase and promised to train him to counter Cheng Xiao at the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament.
• Flender summoned Master outside and learned that Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun had gone out after recovering.
• Flender told Master that Cheng Xiao was talented, backed by the Heaven Dou Royal Family, and had refused Flender’s attempt to recruit him for Shrek Academy.

Qian Renxue ordered Snake Lance Douluo Yu Long to alert Elder Ju after learning that Cheng Xiao had been threatened, and she resolved to keep Cheng Xiao safe and use his presence to win allies. Meanwhile, Cheng Xiao and the Imperial Dou Team built an undefeated reputation in Suotuo City before preparing to leave, while Shrek Academy’s Master was summoned by the Great Soul Arena’s supervisor.

• Master told Flender that he was analyzing Cheng Xiao’s martial soul abilities so Shrek’s students could prepare to face him, while Flender urged the students to rest and save their Gold Soul Coins.
• Snake Lance Douluo Yu Long reported to Qian Renxue that Shrek Academy’s headmaster had threatened Cheng Xiao, and Qian Renxue ordered him to notify Elder Ju and ensure Cheng Xiao stayed safe.
• The Imperial Dou Team continued winning Soul Duels in Suotuo City, and Cheng Xiao’s Shadow Soldiers earned him the nickname Shadow Monarch as he and Ye Lingling set a record winning streak.
• Qin Ming arranged for the Imperial Dou Team to return to Heaven Dou City, while Shrek Academy avoided them and continued competing separately.
• When Master brought the Shrek Seven Devils to register for a team battle, a staff member said the Great Soul Arena’s supervisor wanted to meet him.

Manager Ao persuaded Master to enter the Shrek Seven Devils in a Central Main Soul Arena duel against the Imperial Dou Team by offering substantial rewards. Master accepted for Shrek Academy’s sake, then reviewed the Imperial Dou Team’s files and grew concerned when he saw Cheng Xiao’s name.

• Manager Ao told Master that heavy bets on the Imperial Dou Team threatened the Great Soul Arena with bankruptcy and asked Shrek to compete.
• Master initially refused, but Manager Ao offered five hundred Gold Soul Coins to each Soul Master and a special reward of ten thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Master accepted and demanded information on every Imperial Dou Team member, which Manager Ao provided.
• Master returned to the lounge and told Flender that the academy needed the money to support his teaching plan.
• Master and Flender reviewed the files, recognized Dugu Yan’s rare surname and martial soul, and found Cheng Xiao listed as a Rank 37 Assault-type War Soul Master.

Master concealed the possibility that Cheng Xiao might fight while preparing Shrek for its Team Soul Duel against the Imperial Dou Team. As both teams readied themselves, Qin Ming summoned Cheng Xiao outside, leaving his plans for the match unclear.

• Flender told Master that Shrek would struggle against the Imperial Dou Team if Cheng Xiao participated, then left to handle Cheng Xiao himself.
• Master showed Shrek the opponents’ information, encouraged the team to fight, and put Tang San in charge of their tactics.
• Tang San rallied the Shrek Seven Devils, and the team vowed to win without surrendering or severely injuring their opponents.
• Yu Tianheng warned the Imperial Dou Team not to underestimate Shrek, while Cheng Xiao said Qin Ming had not told him to participate.
• Qin Ming arrived, told Yu Tianheng to arrange the tactics, and asked Cheng Xiao to speak with him outside.

Cheng Xiao agreed to enter the match against Shrek Academy but promised not to fight, asking that one Shrek member also hold back to protect Ye Lingling. Both teams took the platform at Soto Great Soul Arena, and the battle began with Cheng Xiao and Ye Lingling still expected to stay out of the fight.

• Qin Ming told Cheng Xiao that Flender had asked Imperial Dou Team to let Shrek win, and Cheng Xiao agreed to take the field without attacking if one Shrek member also refrained from fighting.
• Qin Ming accepted Cheng Xiao’s proposal and planned to speak with Flender, warning that Shrek would bear the consequences if its members retaliated against Ye Lingling.
• Host Doudou introduced Imperial Dou Team and Shrek Seven Devils Team at Soto Great Soul Arena.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun discussed taking revenge on Cheng Xiao’s teammates, while Tang San reminded them that the match would be six against five.
• Xiao Wu said she would stay beside Ning Rongrong and Oscar, and both teams released their martial souls when Doudou announced the match’s start.

Tang San led Shrek Team’s counterattack against the Imperial Dou Team, but Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s Hell White Tiger fusion unexpectedly collapsed when Yu Tianheng struck it. With Shrek’s chances of victory slipping away, Tang San prepared to fight on as Yu Tianheng charged him.

• Dai Mubai leaped past the Shi Brothers toward the Imperial Dou Team, but Tang San pulled him out of Yu Tianheng’s Thunder Dragon Claw with Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San restrained most of the Imperial Dou Team with Blue Silver Grass, and Ma Hongjun attacked them with Phoenix Flame.
• Tang San revealed his Eight Spider Lances and used his third soul skill to trap Yufeng and pull him from the air.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing attempted their Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but Yu Tianheng’s attack broke it and sent them crashing to the platform.
• Tang San told Ning Rongrong to enhance him and Ma Hongjun to follow his commands, while Yu Tianheng charged at him and Tang San responded with a mocking smile.

Tang San and Ma Hongjun pressed the Imperial Dou Team, but Cheng Xiao intervened to protect Ye Lingling and unleashed a devastating attack with Holy Energy and Shadow Power. His explosive greatsword struck the stage beneath a shroud of black smoke, leaving the soul battle’s outcome unclear.

• Tang San poisoned the Shi Brothers, countered Dugu Yan’s poison, and left Yu Tianheng, Cheng Xiao, and Ye Lingling able to fight.
• Tang San restrained Yu Tianheng and hurled Hidden Weapons at Ye Lingling while Ma Hongjun attacked them with boosted Phoenix flames.
• Ning Rongrong gave Ye Lingling a speed boost, and Cheng Xiao’s sword deflected Tang San’s Hidden Weapons.
• Cheng Xiao summoned the Three-Eyed Demon Ape to withstand Ma Hongjun’s flames, then used its roar to disrupt the Shrek group.
• Cheng Xiao shrouded the stage in black smoke and detonated a greatsword infused with Holy Energy and Shadow Power.

Cheng Xiao’s explosive attack left most of the Shrek team severely injured, and Flender ended the match by surrendering. Doudou declared the Imperial Dou Team the winners as Shrek’s members left the platform for treatment.

• Cheng Xiao cleared the smoke to reveal Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and the rest of the Shrek team injured by the explosion.
• Ning Rongrong urged Oscar to surrender, but Master insisted that Oscar revive Tang San so Shrek could continue fighting.
• Flender rushed onto the platform, while Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu used sausages to treat the unconscious Shrek members.
• Flender announced Shrek’s surrender and carried Tang San and Ma Hongjun away as Oscar, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong helped the others leave.
• Doudou announced the Imperial Dou Team as the winners, and the team headed to the soul master lounge.

After the Imperial Dou Team defeated Shrek, the two groups met and arranged to reunite at a hotel, while Master unexpectedly encountered his nephew Yu Tianheng. Master rejected the idea of returning to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, saying he had not had a home for a long time.

• Flender confronted Cheng Xiao about his treatment of the Shrek students, then invited him to join Shrek, but Cheng Xiao declined.
• Qin Ming introduced the Shrek students as his junior brothers and sisters, and Ye Lingling healed them after Cheng Xiao gave his approval.
• Dai Mubai woke angry at Zhu Zhuqing, while Tang San silently clenched his fist after seeing Cheng Xiao; Master took pride in Tang San's determination.
• Qin Ming and Flender agreed to meet with their students at the Suotuo City Grand Hotel in two hours.
• Yu Tianheng recognized Master as his uncle, and Master walked away before Flender explained their connection to Qin Ming.
• Yu Tianheng followed Master down a secluded street and asked him to come home, but Master said he had not had a home for a long time.

Yu Xiaogang tried to persuade Yu Tianheng to leave the Imperial Dou Team and join Shrek, boasting of Tang San’s talent and his own teaching. Meanwhile, Flender brought the Shrek students to a banquet with Qin Ming, where Xiao Wu was distracted by the absence of the person she wanted to see.

• Yu Xiaogang asked Yu Tianheng to join Shrek and help him prove himself, but Yu Tianheng said he needed his father and grandfather’s approval.
• Yu Xiaogang praised Tang San’s level thirty-three Soul Power at thirteen and his External Soul Bone before leaving Yu Tianheng to consider the offer.
• Flender led the Shrek group to meet Qin Ming at a banquet, while Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, Cheng Xiao, and Ye Lingling stayed away.
• Ma Hongjun eagerly reached for the food, and Zhao Wuji explained that Shrek rarely had such a feast.
• Flender introduced Qin Ming as a thirty-four-year-old level sixty-two Soul Emperor and former Shrek student, and the group began eating.
• Xiao Wu found the meal tasteless because the person she wanted to see had not come.

Master tried to persuade Yu Tianheng to join Shrek Academy by claiming it had produced a Spirit Hall Titled Douluo, but Qin Ming and the others exposed the claim as a fabricated recruitment pitch. After revealing Shrek had run out of money, Qin Ming proposed merging it into Heaven Dou Royal Academy, leaving Flender to accept that the academy could not continue on its own.

• Master urged Yu Tianheng to join Shrek Academy and claimed one of its graduates had become a Spirit Hall elder and Titled Douluo.
• Dugu Yan challenged the story by pointing out that the supposed Titled Douluo would have been younger than the youngest one officially recognized by Spirit Hall.
• Ma Hongjun and the other students pressed Flender for the elder's name, until Qin Ming claimed the powerhouse had been a former Shrek teacher rather than a graduate.
• Yu Tianheng said the clan had to decide whether he could transfer, while Master continued urging him to train under his guidance.
• Qin Ming revealed that Shrek Academy had run out of money after losing its final soul battle, and Flender confirmed it was facing bankruptcy.
• Qin Ming proposed merging Shrek Academy into Heaven Dou Royal Academy so its students could receive better training and tournament opportunities.

Master negotiated Shrek Academy’s merger into Heaven Dou Royal Academy, insisting that Shrek keep its identity and independence. After Flender intervened, the proposed second condition became a request for Yu Tianheng to join the Shrek Seven Devils, which Yu Tianheng left contingent on his family’s approval.

• Master agreed to the merger only if Shrek remained intact and Heaven Dou Royal Academy could not obstruct its choices or departure.
• Qin Ming accepted the first condition but struggled with the second, so Flender took Master aside to discuss changing it.
• Zhao Wuji reassured Qin Ming that Flender, not Master, would make the final decision for Shrek.
• Flender returned with a revised condition: Yu Tianheng would join the Shrek Seven Devils as their eighth member.
• Yu Tianheng said he would ask his father and grandfather for permission before joining, while Master urged him to consider the benefits of his spirit theory instruction.

After the Imperial Dou Team left Suotuo City, Master told Tang San about Shrek Academy's planned merger with Heaven Dou Royal Academy and claimed he had found a way to counter Cheng Xiao. The chapter ended as Master began explaining his method to Tang San.

• The Imperial Dou Team teased Cheng Xiao after he said goodbye to Xiao Wu, and Cheng Xiao arranged to meet her in Heaven Dou City a few months later.
• Master summoned Tang San, let him eat breakfast, and told him he had found a way to deal with Cheng Xiao.
• Master explained that Shrek Academy would merge into Heaven Dou Royal Academy and said Yu Tianheng might join the Shrek Team as its Eighth Monster.
• Tang San questioned whether Yu Tianheng could join without the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan leader's approval, and Master said the leader was his father.
• Master told Tang San that Yu Tianheng was not the method and began explaining his true way to counter Cheng Xiao.

Master proposed an unprecedented path for Tang San to strengthen Blue Silver Grass and counter Cheng Xiao by giving it a light-attribute soul ring. Tang San accepted the experiment and planned to pursue it once he reached rank forty.

• Master explained that Blue Silver Grass consumed little Soul Power, was easy to conceal, and could accept soul rings of any attribute.
• Master recommended a light-attribute, preferably plant-type Soul Beast for Tang San's fourth soul ring to restrain Cheng Xiao's darkness-based Shadow Monarch and Black Shadow Soul Beasts.
• Master speculated that the light-attribute soul ring might give Blue Silver Grass restorative abilities, and asked Tang San to help test his theory.
• Tang San agreed to the experiment and promised to prove Master right.
• Master told Tang San to pack his luggage and said Flender would take them to the Star Dou Great Forest once Tang San reached rank forty.

Cheng Xiao trained with the Imperial Dou Team and tested his strength against Qin Ming, impressing the Soul Emperor with his speed and power. Qin Ming then told the team that Flender and the others would arrive by the end of the month and asked them to limit contact with the newcomers.

• Cheng Xiao’s Shadow Soldiers battered the Imperial Dou Team during training, and Ye Lingling healed the members afterward.
• Yu Tianheng praised Cheng Xiao’s strength, and Qin Ming offered to test him in a sparring match.
• Cheng Xiao attacked Qin Ming with speed and precise strikes, then used Stealth and Swift Walk to evade Qin Ming’s fiery Soul Skills.
• Cheng Xiao and Qin Ming exchanged powerful punches, leaving Qin Ming’s arm numb and impressing him with Cheng Xiao’s strength.
• Qin Ming told the team that Flender and the others would arrive by the end of the month and asked them to limit contact with the newcomers.

Cheng Xiao sought out Dugu Bo after learning the Titled Douluo wanted to meet him, then traveled through Sunset Forest to Dugu Bo’s poison formation. Immune to the poison, he crossed the formation and descended toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Qin Ming learned Yu Tianheng’s family had held a clan meeting about sending him to Shrek Academy, then told Cheng Xiao that Dugu Bo was interested in him.
• Cheng Xiao asked Ye Lingling to help arrange a meeting with Dugu Bo, and Dugu Yan revealed that her grandfather had wanted to meet him.
• Dugu Yan gave Cheng Xiao a map marking the poison formation in Sunset Forest, and Cheng Xiao set out to find Dugu Bo.
• Cheng Xiao tested the poison formation with a Shadow Soldier, then entered it and remained unharmed by its poisonous miasma.
• Cheng Xiao sensed the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well beyond the formation and rode a Man Faced Demon Spider Shadow Soldier down into the mountain hollow.