Chapter Summaries

Su Chen revealed that his Myriad Dragon Cloak was an External Soul Bone that let him fly, frustrating Zhao Wuji’s attempt to take it from him. After taunting Zhao Wuji into fighting on his terms, Su Chen opened the second gate and began overpowering him.

• Hu Liena and Zhao Wuji learned that Su Chen possessed a rare External Soul Bone, and Zhao Wuji considered killing him to claim it.
• Su Chen revealed that his Myriad Dragon Cloak enhanced his abilities and allowed him to fly, leaving Zhao Wuji unable to reach him.
• Su Chen mocked Zhao Wuji for bullying a Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster despite being a Soul Sage, then opened the Eight Gates’ second gate.
• Su Chen attacked Zhao Wuji with Leaf Whirlwind, evaded his counterattack with an illusion, and kicked him into the air.
• Su Chen bound Zhao Wuji with red ribbons, spun him headfirst toward the ground, and used Front Lotus.

Su Chen defeated Zhao Wuji with a devastating self-created combat technique, then demanded payment for the fight. Zhao Wuji paid him ten thousand Gold Soul Coins and left, while Tang Hao remained hidden nearby.

• Ghost Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo rushed to the battlefield after Tang Hao threatened to answer for any harm to Hu Liena or Zhang Ping.
• Su Chen emerged from the crater unharmed, and Zhao Wuji slowly climbed out after taking the full force of Su Chen’s attack.
• Ghost Leopard Douluo prepared to confront Zhao Wuji for injuring Su Chen, but Su Chen explained that his own technique had caused the injuries.
• Su Chen demanded ten thousand Gold Soul Coins from Zhao Wuji for losing the fight, and Zhao Wuji handed over a crystal card with the money.
• Su Chen mocked Zhao Wuji as he left and invited him to come back for another fight if he brought enough Gold Soul Coins.

After three months of Yu Xiaogang’s training, the Shrek Seven Devils had grown stronger and prepared to resume competing at the Great Soul Arena, where they had previously lost to Su Chen. Yu Xiaogang led them toward Suotuo City, and Tang San, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu declared they would not back down.

• Zhao Wuji punished Oscar and Xiao Wu with a week of practical combat classes after they teased him about his bruised face.
• Yu Xiaogang trained the Shrek Seven Devils for three months, and four of them reached the Soul Elder realm before he announced stricter training.
• Yu Xiaogang reminded the group that several of them had suffered defeats against Su Chen at the Great Soul Arena.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu vowed not to fear returning, while Tang San resolved to make Su Chen pay for hurting Xiao Wu.
• Yu Xiaogang led the Shrek Seven Devils to the Great Soul Arena in Suotuo City.

Yu Xiaogang laid out rules for the Shrek Seven Devils’ training at Suotuo City’s Great Soul Arena, requiring them to earn Silver Soul Badges in several match categories. The group worried that they might encounter Su Chen, whose past actions still affected the girls, as they prepared to fight masked and without hidden weapons.

• Yu Xiaogang told the Shrek Seven Devils that his training would continue until they earned Silver Soul Badges in one-on-one, two-on-two, and seven-on-seven matches.
• Dai Mubai questioned how long the training could last, while Ma Hongjun made a lewd joke and Dai Mubai slapped him.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered the group to conceal their names and faces with masks, prompting Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing to remember Su Chen, who always wore one.
• Yu Xiaogang prohibited hidden weapons, including Tang San’s, and required everyone to compete at least twice, including Oscar and Ning Rongrong.
• Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong worried about facing Su Chen, while Ning Rongrong dreaded both the arena and returning to the hellish training.

The Shrek Seven Devils registered for matches at Suotuo City's Great Soul Arena, where they discovered Su Chen fighting under the alias Divine Dragon Asura. Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong then learned they would face Su Chen’s team, leaving them to enter the arena wary of another humiliating encounter.

• Yu Xiaogang instructed the Shrek Seven Devils to use aliases, while Su Chen’s report had earlier forced Shrek Academy to refund its improperly collected registration fees.
• Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu recognized Su Chen after he won his thirtieth one-on-one match as Divine Dragon Asura, and Yu Xiaogang hoped to study his fighting style.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu entered their team match, followed by Dai Mubai and Oscar for theirs.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong worried that the Divine Dragon Flying Swallow Combination might include Su Chen, but Yu Xiaogang urged them to compete.
• The announcer introduced Su Chen as their opponent, and Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong faced him in the arena.

Su Chen continued his two-on-two match alone against Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, despite the risk of losing his ten-match winning streak. After Ning Rongrong boosted Zhu Zhuqing, Zhu Zhuqing attacked Su Chen, but he vanished and appeared behind Ning Rongrong, leaving the match poised for his next move.

• Ning Rongrong asked Zhu Zhuqing whether they should surrender, but Zhu Zhuqing chose to fight Su Chen again and Ning Rongrong agreed to support her.
• Su Chen recognized the masked pair as Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhu Zhuqing vowed to overcome her earlier humiliation.
• Su Chen revealed that his partner was absent and chose to fight alone, risking the end of his ten-match winning streak.
• Ning Rongrong used her first two soul skills to boost Zhu Zhuqing's strength and speed, and Zhu Zhuqing rushed at Su Chen with Hell Stab.
• Zhu Zhuqing's claws struck a piece of wood instead of Su Chen, who appeared behind Ning Rongrong as Zhu Zhuqing warned her to run.

Su Chen defeated Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing in a two-on-one match at the Great Soul Arena, then learned that Ning Rongrong was offering money and Shrek Academy funding to have him killed. The chapter left Zhao Wuji worried that Flender might accept, despite Su Chen’s powerful backing.

• Su Chen used Thousand Years of Death to defeat Zhu Zhuqing after she tried to attack him from behind, and Ning Rongrong revealed her identity as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s young mistress.
• Zhu Zhuqing left the arena, and the host declared Su Chen and his teammate the winners of their tenth consecutive match.
• Yu Xiaogang told Zhu Zhuqing that anger and underestimating Su Chen had cost her the match, while she acknowledged that her injury still hurt.
• Ning Rongrong offered Zhao Wuji twenty thousand, then fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins to kill Su Chen, but Zhao Wuji refused because he lacked the strength and courage to challenge him.
• Ning Rongrong offered Flender unconditional funding for Shrek Academy if he killed Su Chen, and Zhao Wuji worried about whether Flender would act without knowing Su Chen had a Titled Douluo protecting him.

After defeating Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, Su Chen entered a team battle alone against the Shrek Seven Devils as the Divine Dragon Team. The match was about to begin, while Zhang Ping and Ghost Leopard Douluo worried that Su Chen had taken on seven opponents by himself.

• Tang San, Xiao Wu, Oscar, and Dai Mubai returned from their victories and learned that Su Chen had defeated Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Yu Xiaogang urged the Shrek Seven Devils to set aside their emotions and focus on their upcoming team battle, and Tang San devised a battle plan.
• The Shrek Seven Devils heard that their opponents were the Divine Dragon Team and suspected Su Chen might be involved.
• Su Chen appeared alone in the arena as the Divine Dragon Team, facing the Shrek Seven Devils' coordinated formation.
• Zhang Ping worried as she watched Su Chen, and Ghost Leopard Douluo questioned why he had been allowed to fight seven opponents alone.

Su Chen entered a Great Soul Arena match alone against the Shrek Seven Devils, intending to test their abilities ahead of the Continental Elite Soul Master Tournament. After the match began, he avoided Dai Mubai’s attack and tried to reach Ning Rongrong, but Zhu Zhuqing intercepted him.

• Ghost Leopard Douluo learned that the arena manager had replaced the scheduled opponents with the Soul Elder-level Divine Dragon Team after Su Chen presented the Pope Token.
• Su Chen agreed to fight the Shrek Seven Devils alone and said he would not use his Martial Soul yet.
• Tang San directed the Shrek team to protect Ning Rongrong and Oscar from Su Chen’s wood-transformation Soul Skill.
• Ning Rongrong boosted her teammates, and Dai Mubai transformed and attacked Su Chen with his White Tiger Fierce Light Wave.
• Su Chen used the Substitution Technique to dodge Dai Mubai’s attack and move toward the rear line, but Zhu Zhuqing blocked him with her Soul Skills.
• Su Chen used Explosive Step to shoot sideways and evade Zhu Zhuqing’s claws.

Su Chen endured the Shrek Seven Devils’ coordinated attacks and stood back up, then removed his heavy training armor to continue the match at full strength. The Shrek Seven Devils realized he had been fighting them while carrying more than 190 jin of equipment as he challenged them to attack again.

• Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu combined their attacks, and Xiao Wu slammed Su Chen into the arena with her Waist Bow.
• Su Chen rose and praised the Shrek Seven Devils’ teamwork, while Tang San warned the others about the ten-meter range of Su Chen’s log-transformation skill.
• Su Chen removed his armor and bracers, revealing that his equipment had weighed more than 190 jin in total.
• Su Chen warmed up and challenged the Shrek Seven Devils to fight him without his equipment.

Su Chen outmaneuvered the Shrek Six Monsters in their match, defeating Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar while revealing that he could fly with an External Soul Bone. He left Ning Rongrong stunned by hinting that Zhao Wuji already knew about his ability.

• Su Chen evaded Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu, then pursued Ning Rongrong and Oscar, but Tang San trapped him in a spider web and Ma Hongjun attacked the bound substitute.
• Su Chen used the Substitution Technique to escape, knocked Ma Hongjun unconscious, and forced the remaining Shrek Six Monsters to take flight.
• Oscar gave the others Mushroom Sausages so they could fly, and Tang San planned to wear Su Chen down from the air.
• Su Chen revealed his golden cloak-like External Soul Bone, flew up to strike Ning Rongrong, then knocked Oscar out of the air.
• Su Chen asked Ning Rongrong whether Zhao Wuji had told her about his External Soul Bone, leaving her to wonder what Zhao Wuji knew.

Zhao Wuji urged Yu Xiaogang to stop the match, warning that Su Chen was leaving the Shrek Seven Devils with lasting psychological wounds, but Yu Xiaogang wanted to study the Spirit Hall student's abilities. Su Chen continued to overwhelm the team, leaving Tang San to face him as his companions lay injured or frightened.

• Yu Xiaogang questioned Zhao Wuji about Su Chen, and Zhao Wuji admitted he knew little about his Soul Skills and had failed to gain an advantage in their earlier fight.
• Zhao Wuji urged Yu Xiaogang to end the match, but Yu Xiaogang insisted that the fight would help the Shrek Seven Devils prepare to face Spirit Hall Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that he wanted to observe Su Chen because he expected him to compete in the Continental Elite Soul Master Tournament.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing were struck by Su Chen's attack, and Su Chen kicked Dai Mubai to the ground.
• Tang San descended after his flight time ran low and asked his companions whether they could continue; seeing Xiao Wu hurt, he grew furious with himself for failing to protect her.

Tang San ignored Dai Mubai’s call to surrender and used Ning Rongrong’s support to attack Su Chen with Tang Sect Hidden Weapons. Su Chen blocked Tang San’s poisoned needles with his cloak, but Tang San’s close-combat skill and concealed weapons kept the fight dangerous as it continued.

• Tang San ordered Ning Rongrong to support him while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing protected her, and he refused Dai Mubai’s suggestion to surrender.
• Ning Rongrong strengthened Tang San, and Tang San drew hidden weapons from his Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges despite Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang’s warning against using them.
• Tang San fired poisoned needles at Su Chen, but Su Chen’s cloak intercepted them all.
• Tang San continued firing needles and Su Chen flew in to attack at close range, but Tang San dodged his kicks and countered with hidden weapons.
• Tang San launched hidden weapons from his hair and shoes and used a Sleeve Arrow, leaving Su Chen struggling to guard against the attacks.

Su Chen fought Tang San in the Soul Fighting Arena, surviving Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and Sleeve Arrows before facing his Eight Spider Lances. He drank alcohol and unleashed a faster Taijutsu style, then fell asleep mid-match.

• Tang San bound Su Chen with Blue Silver Grass and fired Sleeve Arrows at his heart, but Su Chen opened the Eight Gates and shattered the vines, though the arrows wounded him.
• Zhu Zhuqing realized she was worried about Su Chen, then convinced herself she wanted to kill him herself.
• Tang San revealed his Eight Spider Lances and used them to leap into the air and attack Su Chen at close range.
• Su Chen drank from a container and used Youthful Intoxication, moving faster and forcing Tang San to defend against his Taijutsu.
• Su Chen lay down and fell asleep while the match was still underway.

Su Chen tricked Tang San into thinking he was asleep, then broke one of Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances and forced him to surrender. After the match was declared over, Su Chen attacked again and slammed Tang San into the Arena floor, leaving him in a crater.

• Tang San persuaded the Host to continue the match, while Ning Rongrong urged him to kill Su Chen.
• Tang San approached the apparently sleeping Su Chen and tried to stab his crotch with an Eight Spider Lance.
• Su Chen revealed the act, smashed Tang San’s spider lance with his rock-covered fist, and knocked him back with a Whirlwind Leg.
• Tang San surrendered after realizing Su Chen’s drunken movements made him too difficult to fight, and the Host declared Su Chen the winner.
• Su Chen immediately attacked Tang San again, wrapped him in ribbons, and drove him into the Arena floor with Front Lotus.

Su Chen defeated Tang San in the team match, broke one of his Eight Spider Lances, and was banned from competing for a month. Tang San awakened in the lounge, accepted blame for the loss, and Yu Xiaogang planned to restore his damaged spirit bone and use the suspension to help Shrek regain morale.

• Tang San passed out in the crater after Su Chen's brutal attack, while Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Dai Mubai gathered around him.
• Su Chen pretended not to hear Ning Rongrong and the host, and the host announced that Su Chen had won the match and would forfeit the winner's points and prize money and be banned for a month.
• The spectators chanted Su Chen's alias, Divine Dragon Asura, but he fell asleep before the host could raise his arm.
• After Tang San woke in the competitors' lounge, he blamed himself for Shrek's defeat and admitted he had disobeyed Yu Xiaogang by using hidden weapons.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered Tang San to run thirty round trips between Shrek Academy and Suotuo City, while Flender and Yu Xiaogang agreed to keep competing during Su Chen's suspension.
• Yu Xiaogang promised to find a way to restore Tang San's Eight Spider Lances, unaware that Su Chen's first soul ring also gave him control over the earth element.

Su Chen earned the Purple-Gold Soul Fighting Badge, while Chrysanthemum Douluo returned without finding Poison Douluo’s immortal herbs. That night, Tang Hao confronted Su Chen in a grove and revealed his overwhelming strength by summoning nine Soul Rings.

• Su Chen collected his Purple-Gold Soul Fighting Badge, completing Bibi Dong’s task, and encouraged Zhang Ping to keep working toward her own goal.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo told Su Chen that Poison Douluo had hidden inside the Heaven Dou Imperial Family’s grounds and that he had failed to find the Medicine Garden in the Sunset Forest.
• Su Chen considered how to get the immortal herbs before others, then heard someone summon him outside his window.
• Su Chen followed the stranger’s aura to a grove and recognized the black-robed man as Tang Hao, likely seeking revenge for Tang San’s injuries.
• Tang Hao demanded a spar, dismissed Su Chen’s objections, and revealed nine Soul Rings, including a red one.

Su Chen faced Tang Hao, who had come to avenge Tang San, and Spirit Hall’s reinforcements arrived before Tang Hao could attack. Su Chen revealed that he could strengthen Chrysanthemum Douluo, leaving the group ready to confront Tang Hao with a powerful boost.

• Su Chen recognized Tang Hao and learned that he had come to beat him for defeating Tang San.
• Tang Hao challenged Su Chen to withstand him for the time it took an incense stick to burn, and Ghost Leopard Douluo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Bishop Zhang arrived to protect Su Chen.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo warned Tang Hao that Su Chen was the Pope’s direct disciple, but Tang Hao refused to back down and threatened to fight them all.
• Su Chen told the others to trust him and used his first soul skill, Beast Blood Boiling, to raise Chrysanthemum Douluo’s strength and physical defense by forty percent.

Tang Hao used Divine Slaughter's Domain to weaken Su Chen's allies and attacked them, while Su Chen used his earth and wind abilities to support Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo. Tang Hao then targeted Su Chen and struck him with the Clear Sky Hammer, but Bishop Zhang took the blow and suffered fatal internal injuries.

• Tang Hao activated Divine Slaughter's Domain, weakening Chrysanthemum Douluo's support boost as Chrysanthemum Douluo chose to fight him.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo used his Martial Soul Avatar, but Tang Hao's hammer assault drove him back until Ghost Leopard Douluo joined the battle.
• Su Chen used his wind soul skill to boost Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo's speed, prompting Tang Hao to target him.
• Su Chen used Earth Flow River to push Tang Hao back, but Tang Hao hurled his Clear Sky Hammer at him.
• Bishop Zhang shielded Su Chen from the hammer and was left with ruptured organs and a blood-filled abdomen.

Su Chen watched Tang Hao mortally wound Bishop Zhang and realized his own overconfidence had led to the old man's death. As Tang Hao overwhelmed Ghost Leopard Douluo, Chrysanthemum Douluo sacrificed himself to buy Su Chen and Ghost Leopard time to escape.

• Tang Hao shattered Bishop Zhang's internal organs, and the dying bishop urged Su Chen to flee and care for Zhang Ping.
• Ghost Leopard Douluo flew into a rage over Bishop Zhang's injuries and attacked Tang Hao, while Su Chen regretted underestimating Tang Hao.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo urged Su Chen to retreat with him, but Tang Hao knocked Ghost Leopard Douluo back with a hammer blow.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo charged Tang Hao and told Ghost Leopard Douluo to take Su Chen to safety, offering his life to hold Tang Hao off.
• Su Chen was stunned by Chrysanthemum Douluo's sacrifice and reconsidered his judgment of him.