Chapter Summaries

The Seven-Star Team faced the Imperial Fighting Team in the arena, where both teams revealed powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skills. The chapter ended with Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan’s Blood Begonia Jade Phosphorus Snake trapping the Blue Lightning Snowfeather Dragon in a sea of blood that healed the snake and began consuming the dragon.

• The Shi Brothers formed a tortoiseshell whirlwind to protect the Imperial Fighting Team while Yu Tianheng and Xue Haicang began fusing their martial souls.
• Tianyu and Bai Jie tore through the whirlwind with their fifth soul skills, then waited as Yu Tianheng and Xue Haicang completed their Blue Lightning Snowfeather Dragon fusion.
• Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan unleashed their Blood Begonia Jade Phosphorus Snake, summoning a sea of blood across the arena and stunning the Imperial Fighting Team’s other members with its mental attack.
• The Blood Begonia Jade Phosphorus Snake and Blue Lightning Snowfeather Dragon clashed tails, and the snake instantly healed its wounds in the blood sea.
• The Blood Begonia Jade Phosphorus Snake warned that the blood sea would consume the dragon, and the Blue Lightning Snowfeather Dragon felt excruciating pain in his back and wings.

The Seven-Star Team defeated Yu Tianheng’s team with its Blood Begonia Jade Phosphorus Snake, while Shrek Academy assessed the threat and prepared for the next tournament round. After the draw placed Shrek against Falling Moon Academy, Bibi Dong arranged for Chang Yun, Han Wu, and Ling Cheng to pursue revenge against former Shrek students.

• Ye Lingling explained that her excessive healing would worsen the opposing team’s injuries, and Yu Tianheng’s team surrendered after the Blue Lightning Snowfeather Dragon crashed to the ground.
• Ye Lingling healed Yu Tianheng and his teammates, and the referee announced the Seven-Star Team as the winner.
• Tang San told Shrek Academy that the Seven-Star Team was a greater threat than the Galaxy Fleet, then planned to rely on Shrek’s Seven-in-One technique.
• The fourth-round draw matched Shrek Academy against Falling Moon Academy, the Galaxy Fleet against White Moon Academy, and the Seven-Star Team against Gray Demon Academy.
• Yu Dashi concluded that Bibi Dong intended to make the Galaxy Fleet and Seven-Star Team exhaust Shrek before the championship contest.
• Bibi Dong told Chang Yun, Han Wu, and Ling Cheng that Spirit Hall would arrange a chance for them to kill their former Shrek adversaries.

Qian Chongling and Bibi Dong played a bedroom duel game while Chang Yun and her companions gathered forty-eight people whose relatives had suffered under Shrek Academy. The group learned that Spirit Hall would help them seek justice, and they prepared to make Shrek repay its debts.

• Qian Chongling told Bibi Dong that he might borrow her body when he could not appear in person, and she agreed as long as he did not act recklessly.
• Qian Chongling and Bibi Dong began a duel, where Bibi Dong damaged his life points with Lie Yan Red Lips and Qian Chongling destroyed her Cherry Cake before striking her with Dragon Strike.
• Chang Yun, Han Wu, and their companions arrived at a hotel in Spirit City and joined forty-five others connected to Shrek Academy's former students.
• Chang Yun told the group that Shrek Academy would soon have to repay its debts, and the relatives condemned the academy for the deaths and mistreatment of their loved ones.

Shrek Academy defeated Falling Moon Academy and secured a place in the Soul Master Tournament’s top three, while Dai Mubai remained confused by Dai Weisi’s calm confidence. The Galaxy Fleet and Seven-Star Team also advanced, and Shrek’s celebration began with an expensive menu they could not afford.

• Dai Mubai saw Dai Weisi calmly flaunt his affection for Zhu Zhuyun, then Tang San stopped him from confronting his older brother.
• Shrek Academy defeated Falling Moon Academy, whose hidden Trinity fusion skill was overwhelmed by the Moonshadow Glazed Cat, and earned a top-three finish.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun suggested celebrating with rabbit dishes, but Xiao Wu objected, so they agreed to an all-beef feast instead.
• The Galaxy Fleet defeated White Moon Academy despite its Full Moon Cannot Be Lacking fusion skill, and the Seven-Star Team swept Gray Demon Academy aside in thirty seconds.
• Flender booked a private room at the Martial Soul Grand Hotel, but the server’s million-gold-coin price for all 108 signature dishes forced him to settle for an all-beef feast.

Yu Dashi vowed that Shrek would defeat the Galaxy Fleet and Seven-Star Team, while Bibi Dong prepared both teams to crush Shrek and set terms for the final matchup. Three days later, as the championship showdown began before the Papal Palace, the Shrek members refused to kneel to Bibi Dong, and she turned a cold smile on them.

• At Shrek's banquet, Yu Dashi swore that Tang San would lead Shrek to defeat the Galaxy Fleet and Seven-Star Team and surpass Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong ordered the Galaxy Fleet to follow Shrek into the losers' bracket and told Lü Lingqi's team to beat them mercilessly.
• Bibi Dong offered the Seven-Star Team Soul Bones if they lasted five minutes against the Galaxy Fleet, while promising to restrict four of its members.
• Three days later, the three finalist teams gathered before the Papal Palace as Bibi Dong arrived with Titled Douluos, Ning Fengzhi, and two young women.
• Zhu Zhuqing saw Poison Douluo and Ghost Fox Douluo and dropped to one knee, while the other Shrek members refused to kneel before Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong glared at the standing Shrek members and smiled coldly.

Bibi Dong confronted the Shrek Six Monsters for refusing to kneel before her, while Ning Fengzhi and the elders of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect tried to avert trouble. Tang San, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun continued to defy her, and Bibi Dong ordered their legs crushed below the knees.

• Bibi Dong warned Ning Fengzhi that the Shrek Six Monsters' refusal to kneel insulted Spirit Hall and Qian Chongling.
• Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo urged Ning Rongrong and Oscar to kneel, and Ning Fengzhi apologized to Bibi Dong for his daughter's conduct.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered Ning Rongrong to kneel; she came to her senses and knelt, and Oscar followed her.
• Bibi Dong offered Tang San and the others another chance, but Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun each refused to kneel, while Xiao Wu remained with them.
• Bibi Dong ordered Gui Mei and Yue Guan to crush the four defiant Shrek members' legs below the knees.

At the Papal Palace, Bibi Dong asserted her authority and ordered Tang San and the others to kneel, while Yue Guan and Gui Mei looked forward to taking revenge on Tang Hao through his son. Yu Dashi challenged her over the rules, then recognized Qian Guangyue and accused her of being an Evil Soul Master.

• Yue Guan and Gui Mei spotted Tang San and eagerly planned to capture and torment Tang Hao's son.
• Yu Xiaogang led the Golden Triangle Love Affair into the Papal Palace and challenged Bibi Dong's order that visitors kneel.
• Bibi Dong declared that her word was the rule and used her authority to cow Yu Xiaogang and the assembled visitors.
• Yu Xiaogang questioned why Qian Guangyue and Qian Renxue could stand, and Bibi Dong identified them as her daughter and the Former Pope's daughter.
• Yu Xiaogang recognized Qian Guangyue and shouted that Bibi Dong's daughter was an Evil Soul Master.

Bibi Dong dismissed Yu Dashi’s accusation that Qian Guangyue was an Evil Soul Master, then ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to crush Tang San and his companions beneath their Soul Power. Tang San, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun were forced to kneel with their lower-leg bones ground to powder, and Bibi Dong ordered them to kowtow a thousand times.

• Yu Dashi revealed that he thought Evil Soul Masters were simply people with evil Martial Souls, and Ning Fengzhi explained that evil disposition and consuming flesh and blood determined whether someone was an Evil Soul Master.
• Bibi Dong threatened Yu Dashi and ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to grind Tang San, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun’s bones into powder.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei crushed the four youths beneath their Soul Power until their lower-leg bones and kneecaps shattered and they fell to their knees.
• Ning Fengzhi worried that the torture would affect the upcoming matches, but Bibi Dong assured him that Elder Ye could heal the youths as long as they remained alive.
• Tang Hao watched Tang San suffer and silently urged him to endure, while Yue Guan and Gui Mei reported that they had ground the bones below the four youths’ kneecaps into powder.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to make Tang San and the others kowtow a thousand times.

Bibi Dong forced Tang San, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun to kowtow a thousand times as punishment, while Spirit Hall's strength and rules silenced the crowd. During the punishment, half of Tang San's face cracked away to reveal a monstrous visage, then vanished, leaving Ning Rongrong shaken and unsure whether anyone else had seen it.

• Bibi Dong ordered Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo to force Xiao Wu and Dai Mubai to kowtow, injuring their foreheads.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo made Tang San and Ma Hongjun join them, while Bibi Dong lectured the kneeling crowd that the strong made the rules.
• Ning Rongrong noticed cracks spreading over half of Tang San's face, which shattered to reveal a grotesque eye and fang before his ordinary face returned.
• Ning Rongrong asked Zhu Zhuqing whether she had seen Tang San's altered face, but Zhu Zhuqing had noticed nothing.
• After nearly two hours and a thousand kowtows, Ye Renxin healed Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai, and Bibi Dong allowed the crowd to stand.

Tang San resolved to endure his humiliation and grow strong enough to take revenge, while Bibi Dong revealed the tournament’s extraordinary prizes and announced the three-team elimination contest. The first contestants were chosen, and Jing Ling’s bye gave Shrek Academy a chance to observe the opening match.

• Tang San concluded that his weakness had left him at Spirit Hall’s mercy and silently vowed to become strong enough to kill those who had humiliated him.
• Bibi Dong displayed seven Soul Bones and the Seed of Life as the champions’ prizes, and Tang San recognized the Blue Silver Grass as his mother while Tang Hao realized Spirit Hall had stolen Ah Yin’s Soul Bone and his family jewels.
• Bibi Dong announced that the three teams would compete in an individual elimination tournament, with the last team standing advancing directly to the championship match.
• The Seven-Star Team selected Dugu Yan, the Galaxy Fleet selected Chen Shuang, and Yu Dashi sent Jing Ling to represent Shrek Academy.
• Jing Ling drew a bye in the first round, allowing Shrek Academy to rest and observe its opponents.

Dugu Yan forfeited to give Chen Shuang the first victory, prompting Yu Dashi to withdraw Shrek Academy from the individual competition after Bibi Dong’s people humiliated him. Back at their lodgings, Tang San explained that Spirit Hall’s teams had planned to funnel the Galaxy Fleet and Seven-Star Team into wearing Shrek down, leaving Shrek still facing a dangerous tournament situation.

• Dugu Yan forfeited to Chen Shuang, and the referee declared Chen Shuang the winner of the first match.
• Yu Dashi interrupted Jing Ling’s match and asked Bibi Dong to let Shrek Academy enter the losers’ bracket, but the Red-Robed Cardinal forced him to kneel and slapped him.
• Yu Dashi rephrased his request respectfully, and Bibi Dong approved Shrek Academy’s withdrawal from the morning’s matches.
• Qian Chongling withdrew the Galaxy Fleet from the individual competition, allowing the Seven-Star Team to advance to the Grand Finals without fighting.
• Liu Erlong helped the battered Yu Dashi leave, and Shrek Academy returned to its lodgings.
• Tang San told the Shrek Seven Devils that Spirit Hall had arranged for Chen Shuang and the two Spirit Hall teams to exhaust Shrek through successive matches.

Shrek Academy faced the Galaxy Fleet in the semifinal, relying on Tang San’s Seven-in-One fusion skill to empower him. Kurumi Tokisaki summoned the Clock of Time and aimed her Antique Rifle at Tang San, leaving the battle poised to begin.

• Yu Dashi urged Shrek Academy to focus on the team match, and Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Xiao Wu vowed to take revenge on the Galaxy Fleet.
• Qian Chongling told the Four Problem Girls to let Shrek complete Seven-in-One before crushing Tang San.
• Tang San and Kurumi Tokisaki traded taunts before the referee started the semifinal.
• Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and the other Shrek members formed Seven-in-One, raising Tang San’s power to Soul Saint rank.
• Kurumi Tokisaki summoned Zafkiel and the Clock of Time, startling Tang San and Yu Dashi before she aimed her Antique Rifle at Tang San.

Kurumi Tokisaki used her time-based abilities to immobilize Tang San and overpower the Shrek Team during the Grand Finals. The chapter ended with Xiao Wu frozen in slowed time after Kurumi shot her a hundred times, leaving her unaware of the pain that would hit all at once.

• Tang San attacked Kurumi Tokisaki with the Clear Sky True Body, but her Time Slowdown bullets halted the hammer and left him motionless.
• Kurumi Tokisaki used Time Acceleration to defeat Dai Mubai, breaking his right claw and beating him unconscious.
• Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar fled the arena, while Kurumi Tokisaki knocked Ma Hongjun out of the contest.
• Kurumi Tokisaki slowed Xiao Wu's time and fired a hundred bullets into her, warning that the pain would arrive all at once.

Kurumi Tokisaki tortured Xiao Wu, damaged Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer, and overwhelmed him in battle. After raising her power to Soul Emperor, she stopped time and left Tang San riddled with bullets and near death.

• Kurumi Tokisaki shot Xiao Wu until she fainted, then struck the Clear Sky Hammer into the ground and cracked it, causing Tang San to spit blood.
• Tang San attacked Kurumi Tokisaki with his Clear Sky Hammer, but their clash sent him staggering while she stood firm.
• Kurumi Tokisaki used the Golden Great Clock to raise her strength to Soul Emperor and taunted Tang San as he continued stacking Chaotic Cloak strikes.
• Tang San charged with Chaotic Cloak: Six-Six Smooth, but Kurumi Tokisaki stopped time and shot him with a black-and-red bullet.
• Kurumi Tokisaki unleashed Ten Thousand Bullets Pierce the Heart, leaving Tang San covered in wounds and barely alive.

Kurumi Tokisaki single-handedly defeated the Shrek Academy Team, crushing Tang San and eliminating them from the tournament. As the injured Shrek team was taken away, Tang Hao prepared to attack during the award ceremony and seize Ah Yin’s remains and the soul bones.

• Kurumi Tokisaki used Time Reversal to restore Tang San’s injuries, then punched him out of the arena and secured the Galaxy Fleet’s victory.
• Shao Siming healed Xiao Wu and Dai Mubai while the Shrek Four Thieves struggled with the humiliation of their defeat.
• Yu Dashi and Shrek Academy’s teachers carried the defeated team away, leaving Yu Dashi furious and Tang San despairing.
• Tang Hao planned to strike during the award ceremony, reclaim Ah Yin’s remains and belongings, and take the soul bones.
• Tang Hao resolved to exploit what he saw as the Spirit Hall’s weakness and bring Ah Yin home the next day.

After Shrek Academy’s humiliating semifinal loss, Tang San comforted Xiao Wu while privately agonizing over his defeat and Tang Xuanwei’s capture. Tang Hao then revealed a plan to attack Spirit Hall during the next day’s tournament and seize the Soul Bones for the Tang Family.

• Shrek Academy’s defeat left its members disgraced, while the Seven-Star Team and Galaxy Fleet returned to their training and leisure.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu talked about marrying after the tournament and having children, but after Xiao Wu fell asleep, Tang San admitted to himself that he could not escape his defeat or retrieve Tang Xuanwei.
• Tang Hao joined Tang San on the balcony for drinks, and Tang San apologized for losing to Kurumi Tokisaki.
• Tang Hao promised to demonstrate the true power of the Clear Sky Hammer and said he would attack Spirit Hall the next day to take the Soul Bones.
• Tang Hao planned to exploit Spirit Hall’s concern for Qian Renxue and Qian Guangyue, whom he assumed were only Soul Kings, and take Tang San away with him.

After Shrek Academy’s crushing loss, Flender encouraged the seven students to take pride in reaching the tournament’s top three and believe they could win a future championship. Their spirits lifted as they went to the Papal Palace to watch the final, where the Galaxy Fleet and Seven-Star Team revealed the overwhelming strength behind their final showdown.

• Yu Dashi returned to the hotel after the loss and shut himself in his room, consumed by anger and anguish.
• Flender gathered Shrek’s teachers and students, praised the seven competitors for reaching the top three, and urged them not to doubt themselves after one defeat.
• Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Tang San echoed Flender’s encouragement, and Shrek Academy’s students headed to the Papal Palace with renewed confidence.
• The Galaxy Fleet and Seven-Star Team entered the arena and summoned their martial souls and soul rings for the final match.
• Tang San and the others saw that all seven Seven-Star Team members were high-level Soul Kings, while the fourteen-year-old Galaxy Fleet included a Soul Emperor, Kurumi Tokisaki.

The Galaxy Fleet and Seven-Star Team fought to a draw in the championship match, but the Seven-Star Team was declared the tournament champion, followed by the Galaxy Fleet and Shrek Team. Before presenting the awards, Bibi Dong revoked Shrek Team’s placement and banned Shrek Academy for fifteen years, prompting Yu Dashi and Flender to challenge her decision.

• Yan bought time for the Seven-Star Team to summon three Martial Soul Fusion Skills, and the Galaxy Fleet split up to face them and Yan.
• Chen Shuang lost to Yan, then Xie Yue and Hu Liena defeated Bing Lianxue and Xue Junlin; the other two pairs fought to a simultaneous draw.
• The tournament ended with the Seven-Star Team in first place, the Galaxy Fleet in second, and the Shrek Team in third.
• Bibi Dong announced the Seven-Star Team as champion, then declared that Shrek Team’s placement was revoked and Shrek Academy was banned for fifteen years.
• Yu Dashi accused Bibi Dong of abusing her authority, and Flender asked why Shrek Academy had been punished.

Gui Mei accused Shrek Academy of allowing Tang Xuanwei to massacre Zhao Family Village and presented a projection of her killing villagers. The assembled academies saw the footage, leaving Shrek Academy's reputation in ruins.

• Gui Mei accused Tang Xuanwei of murdering more than 240 residents of Zhao Family Village and declared Shrek Academy guilty.
• Liu Erlong and Yu Dashi rejected the accusation, while Flender asked Gui Mei to provide evidence.
• Gui Mei showed a Projection Soul Tool recording of Tang Xuanwei killing villagers and declaring that commoners were beneath her.
• The projection ended with bizarre remarks that confused the spectators, but they had clearly witnessed Tang Xuanwei's slaughter.
• The competing academies concluded that Shrek Academy was finished because Tang Xuanwei had been its student.

After Tang Xuanwei was sentenced to death and the tournament awards were presented, Bibi Dong exposed Xiao Wu as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast and ordered her seized. Xiao Wu recognized Bibi Dong as one of the people who killed her family and demanded to know why.

• Ghost Douluo sentenced Tang Xuanwei to death by a thousand cuts after the awards ceremony, and the assembled Titled Douluos agreed.
• Bibi Dong awarded medals to the Seven-Star Team and the Galaxy Fleet but withheld the promised soul bones and Seed of Life.
• After declaring the tournament concluded, Bibi Dong ordered Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo to seize Xiao Wu.
• Ning Fengzhi tried to delay them, but Bibi Dong revealed Xiao Wu's hundred-thousand-year soul-beast aura and accused Shrek Academy of colluding with her.
• Dugu Bo refused to interfere, and Xiao Wu confronted Bibi Dong about killing her mother, Er Ming, and the Bull-Headed Snake.