Chapter Summaries

Tang Xuan helped Tang San kill Shi Nian, the dean of Canghui Academy, after Shi Nian tried to murder him with illusions. The next day, Tang San defeated Canghui Academy’s team, and Shrek Academy prepared to face Skywater Academy for its fifth consecutive victory.

• After Shrek Academy defeated Blazing Fire Academy, Grandmaster warned the team that Canghui Academy specialized in mental attacks and said Tang San would compete against them.
• Tang San lured his pursuer into a grove, where he recognized Shi Nian and used Yama's Invitation to kill him while Tang Xuan concealed the murder with illusions.
• Tang San stored Shi Nian’s soul bone without absorbing it, and he and Tang Xuan left the grove while teasing each other.
• Tang San defeated all seven Canghui Academy competitors with one move, leaving them mentally incapacitated.
• Bishop Salas challenged Shrek Academy over the incident, but Grandmaster presented the Pope Token and the Tournament Organizing Committee ruled that Canghui Academy’s own soul skill had caused the injuries.
• Shrek Academy’s final team competition opponent was Skywater Academy, and a victory would give Shrek five consecutive wins.

Shrek Academy continued its undefeated run through the Individual Tournament preliminaries, while Tang Xuan advised Tang San to use the Clear Sky Hammer against Feng Xiaotian. The final preliminary match began with Tang San and Feng Xiaotian facing each other in the arena.

• Shui Xinrou warned Shui Bing'er that Shrek Academy was concealing more strength than it had shown, after Feng Xiaotian congratulated Tang San and challenged him to a future match.
• Shrek defeated Barak Academy, Blazing Fire Academy, Plant Academy, and Thunder Academy, with Ma Hongjun sweeping Plant Academy and Dai Mubai defeating Yu Tianxin.
• Tang Xuan told Tang San that Feng Xiaotian's wind abilities countered his Blue Silver Grass and advised him to use the Clear Sky Hammer; Tang San agreed.
• Godwind Academy's team members fell to Dai Mubai and Xiao Wu, leaving Feng Xiaotian to face Tang San in the final preliminary match.
• The announcer introduced Feng Xiaotian as a level forty-seven Soul Ancestor and Tang San as a level forty-eight Soul Ancestor, then declared the match underway.

Tang San defeated Feng Xiaotian in the tournament final after revealing his Clear Sky Hammer and using it to break through Feng Xiaotian’s upgraded attack. Shrek Academy advanced undefeated to the Grand Finals, while Tang Xuan learned that Sword Douluo had entered seclusion and prepared to accompany the team to Spirit City.

• Tang Xuan and Grandmaster discussed the Clear Sky Hammer’s power as Tang San began his match against Feng Xiaotian by catching successive wind blades with his Mysterious Jade Hand.
• After enduring Feng Xiaotian’s thirty-fifth slash, Tang San summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and shattered the final blow, revealing his twin martial souls to the spectators.
• Feng Xiaotian continued with forty-two consecutive slashes, but Tang San broke his final attack with his seventh hammer swing, smashed Feng Xiaotian’s wings, and won the match.
• Shrek Academy advanced to the Grand Finals undefeated, and Emperor Xue Ye announced that the qualifying teams would travel to Spirit City in five days.
• Ning Fengzhi thanked Tang Xuan for helping his martial soul evolve into the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and promised the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support.
• Ning Fengzhi told Tang Xuan that Sword Douluo had entered seclusion, and Tang Xuan confirmed he would accompany the team to Spirit City for the finals.

Tang Xuan and the other academy teams were ambushed on their way to Spirit City by Spirit Hall forces targeting Tang San. As several Titled Douluos fought the defenders, the Golden Iron Triangle’s fusion skill began to falter and Shrek’s situation grew increasingly dangerous.

• Black-clad attackers ambushed the convoy in a gorge, and Flender engaged their Soul Douluo while Tang Xuan defeated the remaining attackers.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo appeared and fought the Golden Iron Triangle’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill after Grandmaster identified Tang San as Spirit Hall’s target.
• Dugu Bo arrived and engaged Ghost Douluo, while Tang Xuan protected Tang San from Ghost Leopard Douluo and began fighting him.
• The other academy teams finished clearing out the ambushers and saw multiple Titled Douluos fighting near Shrek Academy.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo’s attacks weakened the Golden Iron Triangle’s fusion skill, leaving Shrek at risk if any Titled Douluo broke free.

Chen Xin interrupted Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo’s attempted fusion, then fought three Spirit Hall Titled Douluos and broke through to rank ninety-seven, forcing them to retreat. After the column resumed its journey, Tang Xuan, Tang San, Ning Fengzhi, and Chen Xin discussed Spirit Hall’s threat and their plans for the tournament and the sect’s defenses.

• Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi arrived just as Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo tried to use their Two Extremes Stillness Domain, and Chen Xin stopped the fusion with a sword strike.
• Chen Xin fought Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and Ghost Leopard Douluo alone, defeated them with his ninth soul skill, and broke through to rank ninety-seven as the three fled.
• Chen Xin cleared the road with a sword strike after his battle had buried it, and Tang Xuan swept the dust away with his own sword energy.
• In a carriage, Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin warned Tang Xuan and Tang San that Spirit Hall might target them, while Tang Xuan said he had made arrangements in Spirit City and Tang San agreed to focus on the tournament.
• Tang San told Ning Fengzhi that the Strength Clan was manufacturing the sect’s ordered hidden weapons and would send people to teach their use.

Shrek Academy faced Star Luo Royal Academy in the tournament’s first finals match, bringing Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing against their older siblings. Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing defeated Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun with a mutated Hell White Tiger, while Tang Xuan discovered two mysterious spectators with divine auras.

• Bibi Dong learned that the mission led by Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and Ghost Leopard Douluo had failed, with Chen Xin defeating them and their forces wiped out.
• Dai Mubai told Tang Xuan and Tang San that he wanted to beat Dai Weisi to prove himself, not to claim the crown prince position.
• Shrek Academy drew Star Luo Royal Academy as its first opponent, and Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing confronted Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun in the arena.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing revealed powerful Soul Rings before the match, then fought Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun using their matching Martial Souls and fusion skills.
• Tang Xuan sensed divine auras from two unidentified spectators watching alongside the Golden Generation.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s Hell White Tiger mutated, defeated Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun’s fusion beast, and left them injured as the chapter ended.

Dai Mubai spared Dai Weisi, then Shrek Academy defeated the New Divine Wind Team in the repechage with Tang San’s immense Clear Sky Hammer attack. Bibi Dong ordered Yu Yao and Shuofeng to join the Spirit Hall Team for the final, setting up a more dangerous match as Tang Xuan prepared to intervene if needed.

• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing dispelled their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and left Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun alive, with Dai Mubai saying he no longer wanted the position.
• Shrek Academy and the New Divine Wind Team forfeited their morning matches and entered the afternoon repechage against each other.
• Tang Xuan explained that Shrek would field its full lineup to draw out Spirit Hall’s hidden strength and revealed that he could compete in the final if necessary.
• Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils used their Seven-in-One Fusion Skill to empower the Clear Sky Hammer, defeating the New Divine Wind Team and advancing to the final.
• Tang Hao warned Tang San to withdraw his power, and Tang San stopped his attack after overwhelming the opposing team.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yu Yao and Shuofeng to compete in the final alongside the Golden Generation, warning them not to kill anyone.

Tang Xuan entered the tournament final after Spirit Hall revealed two Soul Emperor divine inheritors in its lineup. He overwhelmed Shuofeng and Yu Yao while Shrek battled the rest of the team, and Bibi Dong recognized him as another son of Tang Hao.

• Tang Xuan decided not to sneak into Spirit Hall and waited for Tang Hao, then prepared to compete in the final against Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong announced three soul bones as the championship prize, and Tang Xuan took Xiao Wu's place after Spirit Hall changed its lineup.
• Spirit Hall fielded two Soul Emperors, Shuofeng and Yu Yao, whose unusual martial souls and divine auras drew the attention of Grandmaster and Tang Xuan.
• Tang Xuan faced Shuofeng and Yu Yao alone while Tang San and the others fought Spirit Hall's remaining members.
• Tang Xuan asked whether the two Soul Emperors were divine inheritors, then shattered their joint attacks and forced them back with his fourth soul skill.
• Bibi Dong learned Tang Xuan was Tang Hao's son and recalled that he had thwarted Spirit Hall's earlier ambush, leaving her worried about the final's outcome.

Tang Xuan defeated Yu Yao and Shuofeng, while Tang San and the Shrek team overcame the Golden Generation in the decisive battle. Shrek Academy was declared the winner, but Bibi Dong remained silent, leaving the tournament’s closing proceedings stalled.

• Yu Yao and Shuofeng launched their strongest attacks, but Tang Xuan defeated them with one sword slash and sent them away for treatment.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue used Demon Charm to fill the arena with blood-red mist, but Tang San resisted its illusions and guided his teammates out of danger.
• Ning Rongrong supported Tang San, while Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar defeated Yan.
• Tang San used the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and Chaotic Cloak to break Demon Charm’s curved blades and defeat Hu Liena and Xie Yue.
• The referee announced Shrek Academy as the winner, but Bibi Dong made no move as the arena fell silent.

Shrek Academy received the tournament’s Soul Bone prizes, but Bibi Dong tried to seize Tang Xuan and Tang San and exposed Xiao Wu as a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Tang Hao arrived and attacked the Pope Palace, and Tang Xuan joined the assault with an even larger Clear Sky Hammer as the battle escalated.

• Bibi Dong awarded Shrek Academy the championship Soul Bones, and Tang Xuan distributed them among Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu while revealing that Tang San had another Soul Bone for Ning Rongrong.
• Bibi Dong demanded that Shrek’s members join Spirit Hall; after they refused, she ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to seize Tang Xuan and Tang San as Tang Hao’s sons.
• Grandmaster, Flender, Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Dugu Bo moved to protect Shrek, but Bibi Dong’s power pinned them down and she exposed Xiao Wu as a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Ning Fengzhi chose to support Shrek, and Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall’s forces to attack; Tang Hao then appeared and blasted Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo aside with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Hao revealed his powerful Soul Ring configuration and drove his Clear Sky Hammer toward the Pope Palace, forcing Bibi Dong, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and four others to resist him.
• Tang Xuan revealed his five Soul Rings and summoned a Clear Sky Hammer larger than Tang Hao’s avatar, preparing to strike the Pope Palace as Ma Hongjun and the others retreated.

Tang Hao and Tang Xuan escaped Spirit Hall after devastating the Pope Palace, while Ye An, Song Ming, and Luo Bing attacked Spirit City’s walls. As the Shrek graduates made plans to leave, Tang Xuan rejoined them and confirmed that he had helped bring down the city walls.

• Tang Hao and Tang Xuan fought Spirit Hall’s seven Titled Douluos, destroyed much of the Pope Palace, and vanished with Tang San and Xiao Wu; Bibi Dong ordered the Shrek group out and issued a continent-wide warrant for them.
• Ye An led five hundred Soul Cannon users in bombarding Spirit City’s walls, then Song Ming, Luo Bing, and Ye An attacked and collapsed large sections of East City’s walls before withdrawing.
• Bibi Dong learned that East City’s walls had fallen and sent Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo to investigate.
• Flender and the others discussed Tang Hao’s strength as they made their way out of Spirit City, and Tang Xuan appeared and admitted that he had attacked the walls.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing planned to visit home, Ma Hongjun planned to travel before returning to Shrek Academy, and Oscar asked to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect; Ning Fengzhi accepted him.

As the Shrek Eight Monsters parted, Tang Xuan gave his friends Soul Bones, support, and a promise to reunite at Shrek in five years. Back in the Thunder God Secret Realm, he prepared Tang San for training and revealed that he wanted him to inherit the Asura God’s and Sea God’s positions.

• Tang Xuan gave Dai Mubai and Oscar matching Soul Bones, provided Ma Hongjun and Oscar with guild support, and offered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect protection through the Heavenly Journey Merchant Guild.
• Tang Xuan proposed that the Shrek Eight Monsters reunite at the Academy in five years, and Oscar read Tang Xuan’s private advice to venture out if he wanted Ning Fengzhi’s approval.
• Tang Xuan returned to the Thunder God Secret Realm, gave Tang San an eighty-thousand-year Soul Bone, and teased him about Xiao Wu and Ah Yin’s hopes for a daughter-in-law.
• Tang Xuan urged Tang San to take the Thunder God’s lower-level trials for training rewards, and Tang San stopped at the black level to receive the black level four trials.
• Tang Xuan told the Thunder God that Tang San should inherit the Asura God’s and Sea God’s positions.

Tang Xuan traveled to Slaughter City to complete his fourth trial, carrying a secret technique and a letter from Tang Hao. After surviving the city’s first attacks and slaughtering his opponents with his sword, he became known as the Sword Demon.

• Tang Xuan persuaded the Thunder God that Xiao San could inherit both the Sea God and Asura God positions, and the Thunder God left the Secret Realm.
• Tang Hao taught Tang Xuan the Great Sumeru Hammer and its Ring Detonation technique, then gave him a map to Slaughter City and a letter for Tang Yuehua to deliver to his eldest uncle.
• Tang Xuan reached Slaughter City, killed the knight guarding its entrance, and declined the guide’s offer of protection for his first month.
• When dozens of attackers surrounded his house at night, Tang Xuan killed them all with sword energy.
• Tang Xuan slaughtered the people who surrounded him on the way to the dueling arena, then won each match with only a few sword strikes.
• The people of Slaughter City feared Tang Xuan and gave him the title Sword Demon.

Tang Xuan completed a hundred consecutive victories in Slaughter City, chose to enter Hell Road, and fought his way through its dangers. After defeating the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent and another demonic beast, he flew toward the exit.

• The King of Slaughter dismissed a woman who urged him to stop Tang Xuan from becoming a Slaughter God.
• Tang Xuan won his hundredth match, and the King of Slaughter offered him a choice between staying in Slaughter City or entering Hell Road.
• Tang Xuan chose Hell Road, and the King of Slaughter opened its entrance after killing everyone around the arena.
• Tang Xuan slaughtered a swarm of Blood Bats and defeated the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, keeping its inner core for Xiao San.
• Tang Xuan killed a demonic beast blocking the light at the end of Hell Road and flew into the exit.

Tang Xuan met the Asura God, refused to become his successor, and negotiated for Tang San to inherit both the Asura God’s and Sea God’s godhoods. The Asura God agreed to consider sharing a successor, and Tang Xuan left Hell Road determined to use his last Celestial Saint Origin Grass to save Tang Chen.

• Tang Xuan learned that the figure in the palace was the Asura God, who asked him to become his successor.
• Tang Xuan refused, explaining that he intended to reach godhood through his own cultivation.
• The Asura God demanded that Tang Xuan find him a successor within ten years or be forced to inherit the godhood himself.
• Tang Xuan proposed Tang San as a successor who could inherit both the Asura God’s and Sea God’s godhoods, and the Asura God considered the arrangement.
• The Asura God revealed that the King of Slaughter had once been his successor and might still be saved if his mind could be awakened.
• After the Asura God sent Tang Xuan back to Hell Road, Tang Xuan resolved to use his last Celestial Saint Origin Grass to try to save Tang Chen.

After completing his fourth trial, Tang Xuan discovered a village slaughtered by Netherworld Wolves and rescued Li Youran from the pack. Impressed by the boy’s courage and unusual Martial Soul, Tang Xuan accepted him as his disciple and prepared to take him along.

• Tang Xuan completed his fourth trial, received a God-Given Soul Ring, and gained three thousand years on all his Soul Rings.
• Near Heaven Dou City, Tang Xuan found a village full of dead villagers and killed the Netherworld Wolves feeding on them.
• Tang Xuan rescued Li Youran from a pack of Netherworld Wolves and noticed that the wolves’ black energy gathered in their leader before it attacked.
• Li Youran told Tang Xuan he had stayed behind to protect the villagers who had cared for him, and asked to follow him.
• Tang Xuan examined Li Youran’s brush-and-book Martial Soul, recognized its potential, and accepted him as his disciple.

Tang Xuan brought Li Youran to Shrek Academy, then visited the Moonlight Pavilion to deliver Tang Hao’s letter to Tang Yuehua and denounced the Clear Sky Sect for abandoning his father. After leaving the pavilion to evade a watcher, Tang Xuan realized a Titled Douluo was following him and suspected Qian Renxue had sent the pursuer.

• Tang Xuan taught Li Youran sword techniques suited to his Writing Brush martial soul, gave him Sword-Form Grass, and entrusted him to Grandmaster at Shrek Academy.
• Tang Xuan entered the Moonlight Pavilion in disguise, overwhelmed its Soul Emperor steward with spiritual power, and revealed to Tang Yuehua that he was Tang Hao’s son.
• Tang Xuan gave Tang Hao’s letter to Tang Yuehua and argued that the Clear Sky Sect had acted cowardly by abandoning Tang Hao; he said he would soon visit the sect in person.
• Tang Xuan sensed someone spying on him and escaped through a window with his Dragon Wings; Xue Qinghe arranged to have him killed and privately wished him a burial outside the city.
• Tang Xuan noticed a Titled Douluo following him after he left and suspected that Qian Renxue had sent the pursuer.

Tang Xuan fought Porcupinefish Douluo, a Titled Douluo sent to kill him, and was badly injured while escaping his powerful soul skills. After faking his death, Tang Xuan struck from behind and killed Porcupinefish Douluo, completing Thunder God's Fifth Trial.

• Porcupinefish Douluo confronted Tang Xuan and attacked him on the young master's orders.
• Tang Xuan countered Porcupinefish Douluo's soul skills, but the stronger Titled Douluo injured him and pursued him through the wilderness.
• Tang Xuan escaped Porcupinefish Douluo's ninth soul skill, but Porcupinefish Douluo caught him and swallowed him, believing he had killed him.
• Tang Xuan emerged behind Porcupinefish Douluo and stabbed him through the heart with the Godslayer Sword.
• Tang Xuan used One-Finger Heaven-Piercer to reduce Porcupinefish Douluo to ashes and received the reward for completing Thunder God's Fifth Trial.

Tang Xuan returned to the Thunder God Secret Realm after killing Porcupinefish Douluo to complete his fifth trial, then recovered and prepared Tang San for his journey to Slaughter City. As Tang Xuan began seclusion, Hu Liena also chose to enter Slaughter City, while Snake Lance Douluo discovered evidence that Porcupinefish Douluo had fallen.

• Tang Xuan returned injured to the Thunder God Secret Realm, where Thunder God confirmed he had completed the fifth trial by killing a Titled Douluo.
• Tang Xuan told Tang Hao, Ah Yin, and Tang San how he had defeated Porcupinefish Douluo, then gave Tang San the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's inner core and set a deadline for escaping Slaughter City.
• Tang Xuan told Tang San that Tang Hao should escort him to Slaughter City, and promised to meet him at the exit of Hell Road in a year and a half.
• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong she had decided to enter Slaughter City, and Bibi Dong agreed to have Ghost Elder take her there.
• Tang Xuan entered seclusion in the Thunder God Secret Realm to heal and develop his spiritual power.
• Snake Lance Douluo followed the battle's traces and found a fragment of Porcupinefish Douluo's armor, realizing that Porcupinefish Douluo had likely been defeated.

After emerging from a year and a half of seclusion, Tang Xuan revealed his perfected God-Demon Phantom and learned that his Godslayer Sword had devoured the Divine Slaughter's Domain. He planned to enter Slaughter City with Tang Hao and Tang San to rescue Tang Chen, but first began his sixth Thunder God Trial against Lei En, who quickly put him on the defensive.

• Xue Ye told Xue Qinghe to handle the Heavenly Journey Merchant Guild cautiously, while Bibi Dong learned that Tang Xuan had survived and ordered Spirit Hall to focus on the Soul Hunting Plan.
• After a year and a half in seclusion, Tang Xuan perfected God-Demon Phantom and discovered that the Godslayer Sword had devoured the Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Tang Xuan told Tang Hao and Ah Yin that the King of Slaughter was Tang Chen, possessed by the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King, and proposed that Tang Hao restrain him while Tang San used Saint Origin Grass to awaken Tang Chen.
• Lei En urged Tang Xuan to complete his sixth Thunder God Trial before leaving, and Tang Xuan agreed to endure two hours against him.
• Lei En activated his Lightning Domain and battered Tang Xuan with attacks, leaving Tang Xuan suppressed and on the defensive.
• Tang Xuan unleashed his fifth soul skill, Annihilation Sword Light, to fight back against Lei En.