Chapter Summaries

Su Chen proposed that Spirit Hall Academy bypass the usual tournament format by winning ten consecutive matches, staking the team’s place in the championship on the challenge. He pledged that the team would enter the Lost-Track Grand Canyon for three years if they failed, and Yu Xiaogang pressed him to make the pledge on behalf of every teammate.

• Su Chen explained that Spirit Hall Academy’s seeded team would fight ten matches, one each hour, and withdraw from the tournament if anyone defeated them.
• Xue Qinghe (Qian Renxue) objected to changing the format, while Yu Xiaogang warned that other teams might demand the same treatment.
• Su Chen agreed that anyone following the new format would need to make a military pledge.
• Su Chen pledged that Spirit Hall Academy’s team would spend three years in the Lost-Track Grand Canyon if they failed to win the championship.
• Yu Xiaogang asked whether Su Chen could make the pledge for every teammate, as Su Chen recalled the Dragon God’s trial requiring him to win the tournament.

Su Chen pledged that Spirit Hall Academy would win the tournament or face the Lost-Track Grand Canyon, then asked his teammates to stand with him. All six joined him, and after the organizing committee’s objection was overruled by the Pope’s support, Su Chen invited their first opponents to step forward.

• Zhang Ping, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, Xu Yu, and Li Kai each pledged to support Su Chen and face the consequences together.
• Li Kai declared that Spirit Hall Academy’s seven seeded competitors were united and would win the championship.
• Su Chen told Flender that he could speak for all seven, while Tang San and Yu Xiaogang worried about their unity.
• Xue Qinghe objected to changing the tournament format, but Elder Ju announced that the Pope supported Su Chen’s actions.
• Su Chen asked who would become Spirit Hall Academy’s first opponent.

Spirit Hall Academy sent Zhang Ping alone to face Longkui Academy in a challenge match, and her enhanced strength shocked the assembled teams. Zhang Ping defeated all seven opponents and left Spirit Hall’s championship bid unchallenged for now.

• After the other academies hesitated, Longkui Academy volunteered to test Spirit Hall Academy’s abilities.
• Xiao Han chose Zhang Ping to fight alone, and Su Yuntao announced the match.
• Zhang Ping revealed five Soul Rings, including a ten-thousand-year ring, and showed that she had risen to level fifty-five after taking the immortal herb.
• Longkui Academy’s captain attacked with Raging Sand, but Zhang Ping dodged, closed the distance, and kicked him out of the arena.
• Zhang Ping overwhelmed the six remaining Longkui Academy members with rapid attacks, knocking them unconscious.

Spirit Hall Academy defeated Longkui Academy and Plant Academy in two consecutive challenge matches, with Zhang Ping and Yan each taking on seven opponents alone. Yan’s victory revealed his Flame Lord Martial Soul and immense strength, and the chapter ended with Plant Academy’s captain surrendering.

• Su Yuntao announced Zhang Ping’s victory over Longkui Academy, and Spirit Hall Academy’s team drew cheers from the crowd.
• Su Chen told the other academies they had an hour to choose their next opponent, and they selected Plant Academy.
• Su Chen sent Yan to face Plant Academy’s seven Soul Masters alone, despite their captain’s protests and the crowd’s doubts.
• Yan used his fourth Soul Skill, Surging Magma, to burn away Plant Academy’s vines and overwhelm six of its members.
• Plant Academy’s captain bound Yan with her fire-resistant Red Flame Thorn, but Yan broke free and stopped his punch just short of her face.
• Plant Academy’s captain surrendered, and Su Yuntao declared Spirit Hall Academy the winner.

Spirit Hall Academy sent Hu Liena alone to face Thunder Academy after Su Chen chose her at random, provoking the opposing team. Hu Liena defeated all seven opponents with her charm skills, giving Spirit Hall its third consecutive victory.

• Su Yuntao announced Thunder Academy as Spirit Hall Academy’s third challenger, and Su Chen judged that Spirit Hall did not need to use its full strength.
• Su Chen picked Hu Liena to fight by reciting a nursery rhyme, angering Yu Tianxin and Thunder Academy’s team.
• Hu Liena stepped forward as the sole fighter for Spirit Hall Academy, and Su Yuntao started the match.
• Hu Liena caught Yu Tianxin and four teammates with her first soul skill, while the remaining three avoided looking at her.
• Hu Liena used her second soul skill to charm the opponents and defeat all seven, securing Spirit Hall Academy’s third consecutive victory.

Yu Xiaogang organized the academies opposing Spirit Hall Academy and assigned the Star Luo Empire’s seeded team to face them in the fourth match. As the match began, Xie Yue left Spirit Hall Academy’s lineup decision to Su Chen.

• Yu Xiaogang urged the academy leaders to unite and gather information about Spirit Hall Academy’s seeded contestants by sending teams to challenge them.
• Yu Xiaogang proposed that the Heaven Dou Empire’s seeded team take the fourth match, but the Star Luo Empire’s leader insisted his team go first.
• Xue Qinghe agreed that the Star Luo Empire’s seeded team would fight in the fourth match and the Heaven Dou Empire’s team in the fifth.
• Yu Xiaogang gave Yu Tianheng and Dai Weisi cotton earplugs and warned them not to look into the Demon Fox girl’s eyes or listen to her voice.
• After an hour, Su Yuntao announced that the Star Luo Empire’s seeded team would challenge Spirit Hall Academy.
• Xie Yue asked Su Chen to decide Spirit Hall Academy’s lineup, knowing the team could not afford to lose.

Su Chen chose Li Kai, Xu Yu, and Xie Yue to face Star Luo Imperial Academy, revealing that all three were Soul Kings. Xie Yue overwhelmed Dai Weisi’s opening attack and charged into the opposing team.

• Su Chen rejected Dai Weisi’s challenge to fight seven against one and selected three Spirit Hall Academy students to battle seven opponents.
• Su Chen chose Li Kai and Xu Yu, then assigned Xie Yue to the final spot so he could strike at Star Luo Imperial Academy’s elite contestants.
• Xie Yue, Li Kai, and Xu Yu revealed five soul rings each, astonishing the spectators with Spirit Hall Academy’s six Soul Kings in total.
• Xie Yue warned Dai Weisi to surrender, but Dai Weisi refused and attacked with his White Tiger Fierce Light Wave.
• Xie Yue activated his Indestructible Demon Body and Extreme Blade Storm, pushed through Dai Weisi’s attack, and charged at the Star Luo Imperial Academy team.

Spirit Hall Academy defeated the Star Luo Royal Academy and Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, with Xie Yue crippling most of their competitors while sparing Dugu Yan. After Bibi Dong summoned Su Chen alone, his teammates worried about what she intended to do.

• Xie Yue severed the tendons of five Star Luo Royal Academy members, and Bibi Dong defended his actions as merciful because he had warned them to surrender.
• Xu Yu and Li Kai defeated the two remaining Star Luo Royal Academy members, securing Spirit Hall Academy's victory.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to defeat Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, while Xie Yue knocked out Dugu Yan without injuring her tendons.
• Dugu Bo realized Dugu Yan had been spared, while Su Chen considered his decision a way to avoid provoking the Poison Douluo.
• Bibi Dong summoned Su Chen alone, and he left with Chrysanthemum Douluo after reassuring his teammates.

Su Chen defended his actions to Bibi Dong, who agreed to stand by him despite the risk of conflict with the Star Luo Empire and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Spirit Hall Academy sent its opponents detailed information about its seeded team, and the chapter ended as Godwind Academy prepared to challenge them in the sixth match.

• Bibi Dong questioned Su Chen about crippling members of the Star Luo Empire's imperial academy team, and he defended the match and revealed his ambition to unite the continent.
• Su Chen explained that he had spared Dugu Yan because he feared Poison Douluo's poison, and he told Bibi Dong he planned to send the remaining opponents a gift.
• Tang San brought the tournament team leaders Spirit Hall Academy's detailed information on its seeded team, including Su Chen's level and martial soul.
• Yu Xiaogang concluded that Spirit Hall Academy had shared the information to intimidate its opponents.
• Su Yuntao announced the sixth match, and Godwind Academy was named as Spirit Hall Academy's challenger.

Blazing Fire Academy withdrew and Huo Wu joined Godwind Academy as it faced Spirit Hall Academy. Hu Liena and Xie Yue defeated the new team, but Su Chen intervened before Feng Xiaotian could be killed, leaving his plan to eliminate the rival academies underway.

• Huo Wu and several Blazing Fire Academy members appeared with Godwind Academy, whose representatives explained that Blazing Fire had withdrawn and its members had joined their team.
• Hu Liena used her charm skills against Godwind Academy, but the team used cotton and gas masks to counter some of her sensory attacks.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Demon Charm, and knocked out Huo Wu and the other six team members.
• Feng Xiaotian attacked Demon Charm with his Self-Created Soul Skill, Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes, but Xie Yue countered with Full Moon and overpowered him.
• Su Chen stopped Xie Yue before Feng Xiaotian could die, and Su Yuntao declared Spirit Hall Academy the winner.
• Su Chen revealed that he had changed the tournament format to defeat rival teams one by one and eliminate potential threats.

Su Chen provoked Feng Xiaotian into questioning Tang San’s intentions, while rumors about Spirit Hall Academy’s hidden martial soul fusion skill drove the other academies to withdraw. Shrek Academy stepped forward for the seventh match, and Su Chen prepared to face them with his team fighting together.

• Su Chen told Feng Xiaotian that Tang San had defeated him in the Promotion Tournament despite having little to gain, and Feng Xiaotian became wary of Tang San.
• Thunder Academy’s leader accused Yu Xiaogang of concealing Su Chen and Hu Liena’s martial soul fusion skill, prompting Thunder Academy and the other academies to withdraw from the tournament.
• Yu Xiaogang urged the Shrek Seven Devils and their four reserves to keep their confidence and exploit Spirit Hall Academy’s poor coordination.
• Shrek Academy entered the arena for the seventh match, and Tang San confronted Su Chen.
• Su Chen taunted Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong about their past encounter, then announced that Spirit Hall Academy would fight together.

The Shrek Seven Devils used flight and coordinated attacks to counter Spirit Hall’s Demon Charm and strike the Golden Generation, while Su Chen revealed that both his soul rings were exceptionally powerful black rings. The match remained underway as the spectators and Tang San stared in shock at Su Chen’s strength.

• Gu Yuena and Xie Yue trapped the Shrek Seven Devils in Demon Charm, but the Shrek team flew out of the mist and forced them to cancel the fusion skill.
• Ning Rongrong enhanced her teammates while Hu Liena’s charm techniques failed to reach the airborne Shrek Seven Devils, and Tang San trapped Spirit Hall’s team in Blue Silver Cages.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu attacked the Golden Generation as its members broke free; Xiao Wu defeated Li Kai, while Yan injured Zhu Zhuqing and Xu Yu’s shield protected his teammates from some of the damage.
• Tang San taunted Su Chen, but Su Chen said he had shared information to make the match harder and revealed two black soul rings, astonishing the crowd with their twenty-thousand-year and fifty-thousand-year power.

Shrek and Spirit Hall Academy traded powerful martial soul fusion skills as both teams targeted the other's support fighters. The Hell White Tiger escaped Su Chen and Hu Liena's Nine-Tailed Golden-Scaled Fox by evolving wings, leaving the battle poised for an aerial confrontation.

• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing fused into the Hell White Tiger, which attacked Xu Yu, while Xie Yue blocked its light wave with his soul skills.
• Xiao Wu teleported behind Spirit Hall Academy's fighters, charmed Xu Yu, and knocked him unconscious, then used her Invincible Golden Body to survive Xie Yue's returning Moon Blade.
• Su Chen and Hu Liena fused into the Nine-Tailed Golden-Scaled Fox, which broke Tang San's Blue Silver Cage and used its mist domain to weaken the Hell White Tiger.
• The Hell White Tiger evolved wings under pressure and flew out of the Nine-Tailed Golden-Scaled Fox's mist, astonishing both teams and the spectators.

Su Chen and Hu Liena formed the Four-Winged Heavenly Charm Dragon, a second form of their martial soul fusion skill, to fight Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s airborne Hell White Tiger. Su Chen’s fusion skill smashed the tiger into a crater, leaving him poised to deliver one last attack.

• Su Chen and Hu Liena dissolved the Nine-Tailed Golden-Scaled Fox and then fused their martial souls into the Four-Winged Heavenly Charm Dragon.
• Su Chen explained that the dragon was the fusion skill’s second form, with him taking the lead, and challenged the Hell White Tiger to prepare.
• The Four-Winged Heavenly Charm Dragon flew up to attack, while the Hell White Tiger broke free of its charm control and struck its scales with True Netherworld Hundred Claws.
• Su Chen restrained the Hell White Tiger with his dragon tail, and the dragon’s four wings wrapped around it before slamming it into the arena with True Weighted Boulder Technique.
• The Four-Winged Heavenly Charm Dragon stood over the fallen Hell White Tiger as Su Chen announced that he would leave Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing with a parting gift and invoked True Secret Technique: Thousand Years of Death.

Su Chen's Four-Winged Heavenly Charm Dragon defeated Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing with its bizarre tail attack as Shrek Academy and Spirit Hall Academy battled in the arena. Yan defeated Ma Hongjun and injured Xiao Wu after her invincibility ended, while Tang San rescued her and faced Xie Yue.

• Su Chen's Four-Winged Heavenly Charm Dragon struck the Hell White Tiger repeatedly, leaving Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing unable to fight.
• Xiao Wu used Invincible Golden Body to withstand Zhang Ping's attacks, while Ma Hongjun and Yan's fire-based soul skills clashed evenly.
• Yan used Flying Sand Frenzied Flame to engulf Ma Hongjun in magma and defeat him.
• Yan and Zhang Ping coordinated their attacks against Xiao Wu, and Yan's flames burned her after her three seconds of invincibility expired.
• Xiao Wu escaped with Instantaneous Movement as Tang San pulled her to safety and used his Blue Silver Cage to hinder Xie Yue.
• Xie Yue broke free of Tang San's Blue Silver Cage and advanced on him, intent on killing him under Bibi Dong's orders.

After conceding their first match against Spirit Hall Academy, Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils challenged them again and revealed a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill. Su Chen claimed that Spirit Hall Academy had a stronger technique, leaving both teams poised to unleash a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Tang San conceded the seventh match after Su Chen and Hu Liena's Martial Soul Fusion Skill defeated the Hell White Tiger, giving Spirit Hall Academy its seventh consecutive victory.
• In the lounge, Yu Xiaogang and Xiao Wu comforted Tang San, who explained that he had conceded so Shrek Academy could recover and fight again.
• After an hour, Shrek Academy challenged Spirit Hall Academy for the eighth match, and Ning Rongrong boosted her teammates before the seven formed a line and began their Seven-in-One Fusion Skill.
• Bibi Dong and the Spirit Hall Academy team grew anxious as Tang San's technique gathered power, but Su Chen told his teammates to line up and release their Martial Souls.
• Tang San mocked Su Chen's team for trying to form a fusion skill, and Su Chen replied that their strongest seven-in-one technique was a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Su Chen and Spirit Hall Academy performed a Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill, creating a six-colored Five-Clawed Golden Dragon that suppressed the Shrek Seven Devils. Tang San countered by combining the seven Shrek members’ power to use a Tool Soul Avatar with his Clear Sky Hammer, leaving the match unresolved.

• Su Chen revealed that Spirit Hall Academy could perform a Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but Tang San accused him of bluffing.
• Xu Yu used his Third Soul Skill, Edict of Light, to accelerate the fusion of the seven Spirit Hall members’ soul power and martial souls.
• Spirit Hall Academy’s Golden Generation merged into a six-colored Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, whose martial soul suppression weakened several Shrek fighters.
• Tang San summoned his Clear Sky Hammer, surprising the spectators and drawing their attention to Bibi Dong.
• Tang San combined the Shrek team’s soul power and the amplification of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, then used the Clear Sky Hammer’s Tool Soul Avatar despite being only rank forty-three.

Tang San’s tool soul avatar and Clear Sky Hammer failed to overcome Su Chen’s Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, which prepared a devastating self-created Tailed Beast Bomb. Tang Hao intervened to protect Tang San and countered the attack with his Great Sumeru Hammer.

• Tang San unleashed his tool soul avatar and struck Su Chen with ninety-one blows of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, but Su Chen’s protective qi barrier held and he barely retreated.
• Su Chen mocked Tang San, then began gathering energy for his self-created soul skill as Yu Xiaogang urgently called for Shrek Academy to surrender.
• Su Chen formed a Tailed Beast Bomb and fired it at Tang San, while Tang Hao appeared in front of his son and summoned his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Hao activated his tool soul avatar, used the Great Sumeru Hammer, and hurled his hammer at the incoming Tailed Beast Bomb.

Su Chen’s self-created soul skill defeated Shrek Academy, and Tang Hao withdrew his team from the tournament. Before Tang Hao and Tang San could leave with Xiao Wu, Bibi Dong exposed her as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, and Shrek’s allies stood against Spirit Hall to protect her.

• Su Chen’s attack destroyed the arena and knocked out the Shrek Seven Devils, so Spirit Hall Academy won the eighth match.
• Tang Hao withdrew Shrek Academy from the tournament and tried to leave with Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo blocked Tang Hao, while Chen Xin’s Seven Kill Sword and Spirit Hall’s soldiers appeared.
• Bibi Dong declared that Xiao Wu was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast in human form and threatened Ning Fengzhi for intervening.
• Tang San, Liu Erlong, and the Shrek Academy members, including Dugu Bo, vowed to protect Xiao Wu and stood against Spirit Hall.

Su Chen persuaded Bibi Dong to let Xiao Wu and Shrek Academy leave Spirit City, while warning Xiao Wu that Spirit Hall would hunt her after ten days. Spirit Hall Academy was declared the tournament champion, and a God-Given Soul Ring appeared around Su Chen.

• Liu Erlong, Yu Xiaogang, and Flender formed the Golden Sacred Dragon to protect Xiao Wu, but Su Chen interrupted and said Spirit Hall would escort her out of Spirit City.
• Su Chen gave Xiao Wu ten days to flee before Spirit Hall killed her, and Bibi Dong confirmed that his words carried authority as Spirit Hall's Holy Son.
• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall's soldiers to escort Tang San, Xiao Wu, and the others out of Spirit City.
• Su Yuntao announced that the remaining academies had forfeited, declared Spirit Hall Academy the champion, and raised Xu Yu's hand.
• A golden mist enveloped Su Chen, and Bibi Dong recognized it as a God-Given Soul Ring.