Chapter Summaries

Su Mo exposed Yu Xiaogang’s history with Spirit Hall to the people gathered at Shrek Academy, claiming Yu Xiaogang had used Pope Bibi Dong to access Spirit Hall’s records and had been expelled for plagiarism. Flender was left questioning whether Yu Xiaogang had lied to him about Spirit Hall persecuting him.

• Su Mo revealed that Yu Xiaogang was the youngest son of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan leader and had awakened a severely degenerated Martial Soul with only half a level of Innate Soul Power.
• Su Mo said Yu Xiaogang joined Spirit Hall to search for a way to evolve his Martial Soul, then used his relationship with the former Saintess to access higher floors of the library and copy its records.
• Su Mo accused Yu Xiaogang of presenting Spirit Hall’s material as his own theories and said Qian Xunji exposed him and expelled him after discovering the plagiarism.
• Su Mo said Spirit Hall had spared Yu Xiaogang further disgrace because the former Saintess pleaded for him, but Yu Xiaogang later blamed Spirit Hall and continued to slander it.
• Yu Xiaogang could not refute Su Mo, while Flender wondered whether Yu Xiaogang had lied about Spirit Hall persecuting him.

Su Mo challenged Yu Xiaogang to support his accusations against Spirit Hall and defended the organization’s role in protecting commoners and supporting low-level Soul Masters. He left Blue Tyrant Academy, and Liu Erlong finally cut ties with Yu Xiaogang.

• Su Mo challenged Yu Xiaogang to name an example of Spirit Hall interfering with another academy, and Yu Xiaogang could not provide one.
• Su Mo described Spirit Hall’s work maintaining order, suppressing Evil Soul Masters, awakening commoners’ Martial Souls, and distributing subsidies, leaving Zhao Wuji, Flender, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun ashamed.
• Su Mo told Liu Erlong that he was leaving Blue Tyrant Academy because he did not want to remain around Yu Xiaogang.
• Liu Erlong blamed Yu Xiaogang for Su Mo’s departure, rejected his claims about Spirit Hall, and ended their relationship while allowing him to stay for Flender’s sake.

After Yu Xiaogang was exposed and rejected by the people around him, he stayed at Blue Tyrant Academy and hoped Tang San’s tournament results would restore his reputation. Six months later, the Pan-continental Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament began, and Su Mo went to watch from the VIP seats while the Royal Fighting Team advanced directly to the finals.

• Flender doubted Yu Xiaogang’s excuses but chose not to confront him, while the Shrek Academy teachers and students—including Tang San—left him behind.
• Yu Xiaogang became widely disliked at Blue Tyrant Academy but stayed, hoping Tang San would prove his abilities in the tournament.
• Yu Xiaogang devised only weight training for the Shrek Seven Devils, who cultivated diligently for six months and reached their reported levels.
• After six months of special training, Su Mo’s Royal Fighting Team substantially improved, with Dai Lingxuan at level fifty-five and Dugu Yan at level fifty-three.
• The Pan-continental Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament began in Heaven Dou Imperial City, where the City Defense Army helped control the crowds.
• The Royal Fighting Team received a direct place in the finals, and Su Mo went to the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena to watch from the VIP seats.

At the Pan-continental Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, Shrek Academy became a surprise contender despite losing to the Blazing Fire Team. After seeing Shrek scheduled to face the Canghui Team, Su Mo suspected Yu Xiaogang had stolen Shi Nian’s research to create the Seven-in-One Fusion Technique and decided to verify the theory.

• Su Mo watched the tournament opening ceremony and considered how Emperor Xue Ye might die sooner without Dugu Bo to detoxify him.
• Ning Fengzhi praised the Heaven Dou First Team and predicted Shrek Academy would advance, while Salas drew Shrek Academy to face the Heaven Dou Second Team.
• Shrek defeated the Heaven Dou Second Team, prompting the Heaven Dou Three Education Committee to impeach Prince Xue Xing, but Emperor Xue Ye did not reprimand him.
• Shrek continued its strong run, defeating the Elephant Armor Team before suffering a crushing loss to the Blazing Fire Team.
• Su Mo saw that Shrek would face the Canghui Team and suspected Yu Xiaogang had used notes on Shi Nian’s Seven-in-One Fusion Technique research to plagiarize the method.

After Shrek Team defeated Blazing Sun Firmament Team, Su Mo anticipated Shi Nian would target Tang San and followed them. Su Mo killed Shi Nian before he could attack, then teased the confused Tang San by calling himself his “wild dad” before disappearing.

• Shrek Team crushed Blazing Sun Firmament Team, and Su Mo expected Shi Nian of Canghui Team to target Tang San before their match the next day.
• Su Mo followed Tang San from Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena and saw Shi Nian use an illusion to lead him into a secluded forest.
• Tang San realized something was wrong, and Shi Nian revealed himself and explained that he meant to remove Tang San from Canghui Team’s path.
• Before Shi Nian could attack Tang San, Su Mo killed him, took his Spirit Bone and Storage Soul Tool, and concealed himself as the illusion shattered.
• Tang San mistook his unseen rescuer for Tang Hao, but Su Mo answered that he was Tang San’s “wild dad” and flew away, leaving Tang San bewildered.

Shrek Team faced Canghui Team, whose Seven-in-One Fusion Technique Tang San quickly dismantled. Watching Yu Xiaogang from outside Shrek Team’s resting room, Su Mo used Mind Warp to make him pursue a similar technique for Shrek and reveal the idea to the team.

• Canghui Team entered the match without their missing leader, Shi Nian, and met Shrek Team on the Spirit Fight Stage.
• Canghui Team unleashed their Seven-in-One Fusion Technique, trapping Shrek Team in the Seven Shura Illusion.
• Tang San used his hearing and Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon to locate Canghui Team and break their formation, collapsing the technique.
• Su Mo targeted Yu Xiaogang with Mind Warp and made him want to create a Seven-in-One Fusion Technique for Shrek Team and announce the idea to prove himself.
• Yu Xiaogang suddenly looked excited as Su Mo watched from nearby.

After the Canghui Team’s defeat, Yu Xiaogang confidently promised to design a Seven-in-One Fusion Technique for Shrek, while Su Mo watched with interest. Shrek lost to Skywater but beat Shenfeng and Leiting, and finished the qualifiers among the five teams that advanced.

• Yu Xiaogang claimed he could uncover the principles of Canghui’s Seven-in-One Fusion Technique and create one for Shrek before the Advancement Tournament.
• Flender enthusiastically entrusted Shrek’s tournament prospects to Yu Xiaogang, while Su Mo wondered whether Yu Xiaogang could fulfill his boast.
• Shrek lost to Skywater because Tang San lacked ice and fire immunity.
• Shrek defeated Shenfeng and Leiting after Chen Feng and Gu Xuan took the field and Tang San used his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Shenfeng, Leiting, Shrek, Blazing Fire, and Skywater all qualified with records of twenty-five wins and two losses.

During the three-month break before the Advancement Tournament, Yu Xiaogang struggled to develop a Seven-in-One Fusion Technique for the Shrek Team. He failed to solve the practical problems involved, leaving Flender deeply disappointed as the tournament approached.

• Flender secured Liu Erlong's approval to recruit seven students for Yu Xiaogang's research, then paid them to volunteer because Yu Xiaogang's reputation had collapsed.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to reproduce the Canghui Team's technique by arranging the students in a Hexagram Formation and transferring their Soul Power to a central student.
• Yu Xiaogang's experiment failed because the students lacked the shared Martial Souls and similar soul skills that connected the Canghui Team's fusion technique.
• Yu Xiaogang experimented with Soul Masters whose Martial Souls shared an attribute, but he could not find a way for the central student to control Soul Power from all six others.
• As the Advancement Tournament neared, Yu Xiaogang had failed to create a Seven-in-One Fusion Technique even for seven Soul Masters with plant Martial Souls, and Flender was deeply disappointed.

Flender confronted Yu Xiaogang after he failed to develop the promised Seven-in-One Fusion Technique, then withdrew his support and publicly apologized to Shrek Academy. The students spread the story throughout Heaven Dou Imperial City, leaving Yu Xiaogang a widely mocked laughingstock.

• Flender visited Yu Xiaogang and asked how his research into a Seven-in-One Fusion Technique was progressing, but Yu Xiaogang asked for more time without giving any results.
• Flender offered Yu Xiaogang a chance to admit he could not complete the technique, but Yu Xiaogang insisted he would succeed if given more time.
• Flender lost faith in Yu Xiaogang, left his cabin, and decided he would no longer support him.
• Flender told Liu Erlong he had misjudged Yu Xiaogang, then apologized to Shrek Academy’s teachers and students and told them Yu Xiaogang could not deliver the promised technique.
• Students angered by Yu Xiaogang’s failure spread the story across Heaven Dou Imperial City, where he became a laughingstock.

After the Advancement Tournament ended, the Shrek Team placed third, while Titan warned that Tang San could be killed if Spirit Hall discovered his identity in Spirit City. Yu Xiaogang saw Tang San’s uncertainty as a chance to restore his reputation by relying on his belief that Bibi Dong still loved him.

• Yu Xiaogang returned to Shrek Academy to resume his research, but the students refused to help after Flender and Liu Erlong withdrew their support.
• Feng Xiaotian’s Shenfeng Team won the Advancement Tournament, Leiting Team placed second, and Shrek Team finished third.
• Titan learned that Tang San’s father was Tang Hao, confirmed Tang San’s identity, and warned him to withdraw before Spirit Hall could target him.
• Flender and the others left the decision to Tang San, while Yu Xiaogang initially stayed silent because he wanted Tang San to prove his own worth.
• Yu Xiaogang decided he could persuade Tang San to continue by trusting that Bibi Dong would protect him, and imagined confronting her to save his disciple.

Tang San struggled with whether to attend the tournament finals in Spirit City, fearing Spirit Hall because of Tang Hao's feud with it. Yu Xiaogang urged him to go, claiming Bibi Dong still loved him and would protect him, and said he planned to ask her how Tang San could safely cultivate his Twin Martial Souls.

• Tang San agonized over whether to withdraw from the tournament to avoid the danger of going to Spirit City.
• Yu Xiaogang found Tang San at the rear mountain and said he hoped Tang San would withdraw for the sake of his safety.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that Su Mo's account had made him believe Bibi Dong had always loved him and had only severed ties under Qian Xunji's pressure.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to attend the finals, saying Bibi Dong would not harm him for Yu Xiaogang's sake.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed that he planned to ask Bibi Dong how Tang San could cultivate his Twin Martial Souls without his body exploding.

Tang San decided to travel with the Shrek Team to Spirit City after believing Yu Xiaogang’s claim that Bibi Dong still cared for him. Yu Xiaogang rode ahead and reached Pope’s Hall, where he presented an Elder Token and requested an audience with Bibi Dong.

• Tang San doubted Yu Xiaogang’s account of his past with Bibi Dong but concluded that Spirit Hall’s inaction proved she still cared for him.
• Tang San chose to continue to Spirit City, and Titan failed to persuade him to turn back.
• After three days of rest, the Shrek Team and the other qualified academies departed for Spirit City under the Royal Knights led by Xue Qinghe.
• Yu Xiaogang rode ahead of the convoy to ask Bibi Dong how Tang San could cultivate Twin Martial Souls safely.
• Yu Xiaogang presented Tang Hao’s Elder Token at Pope’s Hall, and a Hall Guardian Knight went to report his request for an audience.

Bibi Dong agreed to meet Yu Xiaogang, expecting him to ask about cultivating Twin Martial Souls, and confronted his attempts to act close to her. Yu Xiaogang mistook her insistence that he state his request for proof she still cared for him, and admitted he had come to ask a favor.

• Bibi Dong recalled her past conflict with Yu Xiaogang and ordered a Hall Guardian Knight to bring him to the Council Hall after ten minutes.
• Yu Xiaogang entered the Council Hall and asked Bibi Dong whether she was well, but she replied that she was doing very well as Pope of Spirit Hall.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed he understood Bibi Dong's pain, and she told him to stop pretending and state what he wanted.
• Yu Xiaogang said Su Mo had told him that Bibi Dong once pleaded for him before Qian Xunji, and he had realized he misunderstood her.
• Bibi Dong warned Yu Xiaogang she would have him thrown out unless he spoke directly, and he secretly took this as evidence that she still cared for him.
• Yu Xiaogang admitted that he had come to ask Bibi Dong for a favor.

Yu Xiaogang asked Bibi Dong for the secret to preventing Tang San’s Twin Martial Souls from causing his body to explode, but she refused and mocked his promises and offer to reunite with her. After he threatened Spirit Hall over Tang San, Bibi Dong ordered her guards to break his leg and cripple his cultivation, leaving Yu Xiaogang stunned and questioning whether she still loved him.

• Yu Xiaogang asked Bibi Dong how Tang San could overcome the body-explosion crisis caused by Twin Martial Souls, but she refused because Tang San was from the Clear Sky Sect.
• Yu Xiaogang promised Tang San would never oppose Spirit Hall and offered to stop contacting Liu Erlong and reunite with Bibi Dong, but she rejected and struck him down.
• Bibi Dong mocked Yu Xiaogang and declared that she would send someone to kill Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang threatened to destroy Spirit Hall if Bibi Dong harmed Tang San, and Bibi Dong ordered her guards to break his leg and cripple his cultivation.
• Yu Xiaogang was dumbfounded that Bibi Dong would truly attack him and wondered whether she had stopped loving him.

Bibi Dong ordered Yu Xiaogang’s leg broken and his cultivation crippled, then had him dumped in a garbage heap. After waking and seeking help for his injury, Yu Xiaogang reached a clinic but was stopped outside and asked to explain himself.

• Bibi Dong dismissed Yu Xiaogang’s threats about the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and ordered the Hall Guardian Knights to break his leg and cripple his cultivation.
• A Hall Guardian Knight broke Yu Xiaogang’s left leg and crippled his cultivation, causing him to pass out.
• Bibi Dong ordered the knights to throw Yu Xiaogang away without killing him, and they dumped him in a garbage heap in Spirit City.
• Yu Xiaogang woke in the evening, realized his leg needed treatment, and tried to find a healing Support-Type Soul Master.
• Yu Xiaogang found a medical clinic, but a worker stopped him outside because of his disheveled appearance and foul smell.
• Yu Xiaogang told the clinic worker he was a Soul Master who had been ambushed and asked whether the clinic could treat his broken leg.

After Bibi Dong crippled Yu Xiaogang, Spirit City officials mistook him for a beggar and tortured him before releasing him to survive on the streets. He failed to warn Tang San when the tournament teams arrived, while Shrek Academy wondered why he had not appeared and Liu Erlong questioned whether he had gone missing.

• A clinic worker demanded proof that Yu Xiaogang was a Soul Master, then arrested him when he tried to leave and reported him to Spirit City's City Management Department.
• City officials tortured Yu Xiaogang for sneaking into Spirit City until Bibi Dong ordered them to treat his injuries and release him, leaving his broken leg and crippled cultivation unchanged.
• Unable to access his belongings or afford food and shelter, Yu Xiaogang slept on the streets and scavenged through trash while searching for a way to warn Tang San.
• When Tang San and the other tournament teams arrived, a hidden Spirit Hall Soul Master seized and destroyed Yu Xiaogang's warning note and threatened to kill Tang San if he revealed anything.
• Yu Xiaogang submitted to the threat and continued hiding from Shrek Academy, whose members wondered why he had not arrived; Liu Erlong wondered whether he had gone missing.

Su Mo reunited with Bibi Dong in Spirit City, told her about Yu Xiaogang’s visit and his encounter with Liu Erlong, then ran into Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun. The chapter ended with Dai Weisi and Dai Mubai spotting each other after watching Su Mo leave with Zhu Zhuyun.

• Su Mo left a True Clone with the Royal Fighting Team and went to Pope’s Hall, where Bibi Dong welcomed him affectionately.
• Bibi Dong told Su Mo that Yu Xiaogang had asked her how Tang San could cultivate with Twin Martial Souls, and that she had refused and had one of his legs broken.
• Bibi Dong explained that Yu Xiaogang believed she still cared for him because Su Mo had said she once pleaded for him, so Su Mo recounted meeting Liu Erlong at Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Su Mo spent the day with Bibi Dong, then left Pope’s Hall at dusk and encountered Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun.
• Zhu Zhuyun used visiting Zhu Zhuqing as an excuse to leave with Su Mo, angering Dai Weisi.
• Dai Weisi and Dai Mubai saw each other after watching Su Mo depart and felt an awkward sense of shared resentment.

The finals of the Pan-continental Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament proceeded through three elimination rounds, and the Royal Fighting Team, Shrek Team, and Spirit Hall Team secured places in the Top Three Tournament. Dai Lingxuan and Zhu Zhuqing helped the Royal Fighting Team defeat the Star Luo Royal Team, while Tang San led Shrek to a comeback victory over the Shenfeng Team.

• Bibi Dong opened the finals with a speech, and the team leaders drew lots to determine the first-round matchups.
• The Royal Fighting Team, Star Luo Royal Team, and Spirit Hall Team received first-round byes, while half the other teams were eliminated.
• The Royal Fighting Team, Star Luo Royal Team, and Shrek Team won their second-round matches against weaker opponents and Blazing Academy.
• Shrek defeated the Star Luo Empire's second-ranked team in the third round, while the Royal Fighting Team replaced Yu Feng and Osler with Dai Lingxuan and Zhu Zhuqing to defeat the Star Luo Royal Team.
• Tang San used Oscar's Flying Mushroom Sausage and the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer to lead Shrek to victory over the Shenfeng Team, finalizing the Top Three as the Spirit Hall Team, Royal Fighting Team, and Shrek Team.

Yu Xiaogang hid in Spirit City and worried that Spirit Hall would target Tang San, while the final tournament began in Central Square. The free-for-all left the Shrek Team eliminated and the Royal Fighting Team facing the Spirit Hall Team, whose second Soul Emperor shocked the spectators.

• Yu Xiaogang lamented that Flender, Liu Erlong, and Tang San had not searched for him, and hoped Tang Hao would protect Tang San from Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong held the final tournament in Central Square instead of before Pope's Hall, and the three teams drew lots for the opening free-for-all.
• Su Mo sent Meng Yiran against Shrek's Tailong, and Meng Yiran won their match.
• Yan eliminated members of the Shrek Team and Royal Fighting Team before Dai Lingxuan defeated him; Xie Yue then defeated Dai Lingxuan.
• The Shrek Team was eliminated, and the other teams realized that the Spirit Hall Team had two Soul Emperors when Xie Yue revealed six Soul Rings.

The Spirit Hall Team defeated the Royal Fighting Team to win the Pan-continental Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, and Bibi Dong awarded the champions their Spirit Bones. After recruiting willing contestants, Bibi Dong sealed off the square and ordered Tang San seized, leaving the reason for her move unresolved.

• Shrek Academy lost its team battle against the Royal Fighting Team, which then lost the championship match to the Spirit Hall Team.
• Bibi Dong congratulated the Spirit Hall Team and awarded Spirit Bones to Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan.
• Su Mo noticed Xiao Wu turn pale at the mention of the Saint Illusion Demon Ape Soul Bone and inferred that she had realized Spirit Hall had captured her mother, Ah Rou.
• Bibi Dong invited contestants to join Spirit Hall and sent the willing Soul Masters away to register.
• Bibi Dong had the Holy Knight Order surround the square, pointed her Pope's Scepter at Tang San, and ordered her men to seize him.