Chapter Summaries

Tang San insulted Tang Yuehua, and Xiao Yu had him restrained and whipped outside Moonlight Pavilion. After Xiao Yu left, Tang Yuehua returned to her room and wept over the day’s events.

• Tang San called Tang Yuehua a brothel woman and accused her of submitting to Xiao Yu for his power, while she stayed silent to protect her family and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Xiao Yu ordered the guards and Manager Oude to intervene as Tang San continued insulting Tang Yuehua.
• Manager Oude and the two Soul Elder guards restrained Tang San with Ghost King Vine and whipped him while he screamed in pain.
• Xiao Yu comforted Tang Yuehua and ordered fifty more lashes, after which Tang San was left unconscious near a trash bin and sent home.
• Xiao Yu returned toward Blue Tyrant Academy, while Tang Yuehua went back to Moonlight Pavilion and cried alone in her room.

Tang Yuehua accepted that she and Tang Liufeng had to endure Xiao Yu’s control to protect the Clear Sky Sect, while Tang San was found badly injured and Flender confronted Yu Xiaogang with a startling resemblance between Xiao Yu’s martial soul and their past fusion skill. Yu Xiaogang summoned his Three-Eyed Toad to examine the connection.

• Tang Yuehua comforted Tang Liufeng and said she would endure Xiao Yu’s humiliation while waiting for the Clear Sky Sect to regain strength.
• Tang Yuehua told Tang Liufeng to stay put and said she would submit to Xiao Yu if it helped the sect survive.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun found Tang San badly injured beneath trash near Moonlight Pavilion and carried him back to the inn.
• Flender and the others treated Tang San, then Flender brought food to Yu Xiaogang while he watched over him.
• Flender pointed out that Xiao Yu’s martial soul resembled Yu Xiaogang’s Three-Eyed Toad and the Golden Holy Dragon from their Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Yu Xiaogang summoned his Three-Eyed Toad and watched it wander around and search for food.

Flender speculated that Xiao Yu’s Martial Soul had evolved and suggested Yu Xiaogang’s Three-Eyed Toad might also be capable of evolution, giving him hope of cultivating again. The next morning, the Blue Tyrant Team prepared to travel to Spirit City, where Shrek Academy’s arrival drew the gathered students’ disgust.

• Flender told Yu Xiaogang that Xiao Yu’s Martial Soul had changed so drastically that he suspected it had evolved.
• Flender suggested that Yu Xiaogang’s Three-Eyed Toad might evolve too, and Yu Xiaogang hoped this could restore his cultivation.
• Tang Hao overheard their conversation and left to investigate Martial Soul evolution for Xiao San’s sake.
• The Blue Tyrant Team gathered outside the city and received the finest carriages and protection for their journey to Spirit City.
• Shrek Academy arrived at the camp, prompting disgust among the gathered students.

Flender led Shrek Academy toward Spirit City while Yu Xiaogang and Tang San traveled ahead, as Flender hoped Yu Xiaogang could find a way to evolve his martial soul. In Sunset Forest, Yu Xiaogang tried feeding dragon-blooded soul beast meat to Three-Eyed Toad, leaving the success of the experiment uncertain.

• Shrek Academy departed for Spirit City with Flender after Dai Mubai asked where Yu Xiaogang and Tang San were; Flender said they had gone ahead.
• Flender recalled learning that Xiao Yu’s martial soul and Soul Power had once matched Yu Xiaogang’s, strengthening his belief that Yu Xiaogang’s martial soul could evolve.
• Flender explained that he had urged Yu Xiaogang to seek Bibi Dong’s help, while Yu Xiaogang and Tang San traveled separately with Clear Sky Douluo’s protection.
• In Sunset Forest, Tang San suggested feeding a dragon-blooded Earth Dragon Lizard to Three-Eyed Toad, and Yu Xiaogang agreed.
• Three-Eyed Toad reluctantly tried the meat, then began devouring it as Yu Xiaogang hoped it might help his martial soul evolve.

Yu Xiaogang discovered that feeding Three-Eyed Toad soul beast meat strengthened it and let it remain summoned without his Soul Power. He ignored Tang San’s concerns about the toad’s inability to expel waste, while admitting he still could not use spirit skills or cultivate.

• Three-Eyed Toad ate an Earth Dragon Lizard’s meat, and Yu Xiaogang and Tang San were astonished by how much it consumed.
• Yu Xiaogang sensed that Three-Eyed Toad had grown stronger and could remain summoned as long as the energy from the meat lasted.
• Three-Eyed Toad tried to vomit, but Yu Xiaogang ordered it to swallow the meat and insisted repeated feedings would make it accustomed to eating flesh.
• Tang San questioned whether Three-Eyed Toad needed to excrete, but Yu Xiaogang dismissed his concern and claimed it had never needed to excrete.
• Tang San asked whether the change affected Yu Xiaogang’s spirit skills, and Yu Xiaogang said he still could not use them or cultivate.

Tang San and Yu Xiaogang spent a week hunting soul beasts in Sunset Forest, growing stronger as Three-Eyed Toad transformed into a savage carnivore. They left the forest and planned to clean up before traveling to Spirit City for the finals.

• Yu Xiaogang planned for Tang San and Three-Eyed Toad to hunt soul beasts in Sunset Forest before traveling to Spirit City and the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang San absorbed the life force and Soul Power of soul beasts while Three-Eyed Toad devoured their remains, and Yu Xiaogang sensed his own Soul Power rising.
• Yu Xiaogang grew confident that he had discovered Three-Eyed Toad’s evolution method and imagined gaining a title and taking revenge on Liu Erlong and Xiao Yu.
• After a week, Tang San had recovered from his injuries and reached forty-nine Soul Power after devouring more than a hundred soul beasts.
• Three-Eyed Toad transformed into a fierce carnivore, and Yu Xiaogang repeatedly stopped him from spitting out the flesh and blood he had eaten.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San left Sunset Forest and set off to find a place to wash before traveling to Spirit City.

Tang San encountered Tang Yuehua outside Blue Tyrant Academy and insulted her before trying to attack her. Tang Liufeng suppressed and injured him, but Tang Yuehua stopped her Fourth Uncle and left with him to collect an antidote and meet Xue Ke.

• Tang Hao left Tang San and Yu Xiaogang to visit Moonlight Pavilion and speak with Tang Yuehua.
• Tang San passed Blue Tyrant Academy and spotted Tang Yuehua, then repeatedly called her a bitch.
• Tang Yuehua confronted Tang San, and he threatened to attack her because Xiao Yu was not there to protect her.
• Tang Liufeng used his Soul Douluo pressure to force Tang San and Yu Xiaogang to the ground, then punched Tang San into a wall.
• Tang Yuehua stopped Tang Liufeng from continuing to punish Tang San and left with him to collect the antidote and visit Xue Ke.

After Tang San and Yu Xiaogang set out for Spirit City, Xiao Yu’s convoy neared Jialing Pass, where Xiao Yu spent the journey cultivating and enjoying time with his companions. Xue Qinghe invited Xiao Yu to breakfast, leaving their friendly conversation underway.

• Tang Hao returned to find Tang San and Yu Xiaogang injured, but held back from confronting Xiao Yu’s people because Tang San still had to compete in the tournament.
• Yu Xiaogang took Tang San toward Spirit City, and Tang San cultivated during the journey to try to reach level fifty before facing Xiao Yu.
• After a week of travel, Xiao Yu’s convoy approached Jialing Pass, and Blue Tyrant Academy’s students continued cultivating and resting in their carriages.
• Xiao Yu woke beside Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran, then promised Liu Erlong he would visit her that night before following a guard to Xue Qinghe’s carriage.
• Xue Qinghe welcomed Xiao Yu to breakfast, and the two began chatting in a relaxed, friendly manner.

Xiao Yu and Xue Qinghe grew closer before news of a coordinated attack disrupted their convoy. As the attackers targeted Blue Tyrant Academy and Shrek Academy, Liu Erlong unleashed her Extreme Flame Sea and devastated the enemy’s Soul Saint attackers.

• Xiao Yu and Xue Qinghe chatted for an hour and parted on friendly terms when She Long arrived with urgent news.
• She Long reported that several Titled Elders, Platinum Bishops, and Red-Robed Bishops had gone missing from Pope's Palace, and Xue Qinghe ordered Jiang Mo and Qian Jun to protect Xiao Yu.
• After the convoy entered a valley near Jialing Pass, attackers triggered a boulder ambush that the Heaven Dou Imperial Knights and academy members worked to contain.
• Black-clad assailants emerged and charged the academies, with most targeting Blue Tyrant Academy and Shrek Academy.
• Liu Erlong activated her Extreme Flame Dragon Phoenix martial soul and struck the attackers with Extreme Flame Sea, badly burning the Soul Saints while two agile Soul Douluo retreated.

Liu Erlong’s unexpected strength overwhelmed the black-clad attackers until Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo froze her with the Two-Level Stasis Domain. As four Titled Douluo moved to exploit the opening and attack Blue Tyrant Academy, Shrek Academy, and Xiao Yu, Dugu Yan and the others stepped in to defend them.

• The two black-clad Soul Douluo ordered an all-out attack after Liu Erlong’s flames incapacitated two Soul Saints, but Liu Erlong revealed her powerful Extreme Flame Dragon Phoenix Avatar and launched Dragon Phoenix Break.
• The two Soul Douluo called for an elder to save them, and Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo immobilized Liu Erlong and her attack with the Two-Level Stasis Domain.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo ordered Lingyuan, Xue Hu, Qian Zu, and Ling Feng to attack the defenders, target Xiao Yu, and kill Liu Erlong while she was restrained.
• Ning Rongrong supported the others as Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran charged the Soul Emperors and Soul Kings, while Dugu Yan used her Jade Phosphor Python to hold off two Titled Douluo.

Dugu Yan fought off Ling Yuan Douluo and Xue Hu Douluo until Dugu Bo arrived to protect her. Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo then resumed their attack on Liu Erlong, while Yue Guan confronted Dugu Bo and discovered he had reached Level Ninety-Five.

• Dugu Yan used her Jade Phosphor Python soul skill against Ling Yuan Douluo and Xue Hu Douluo, but Dugu Bo arrived and forced them to retreat.
• Dugu Yan joined Xiao Wu and Meng Yiran's battle after Dugu Bo reassured her that Xiao Yu was safe.
• Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo released Liu Erlong from their spatial seal, then Gui Mei restrained her with Ghost Shadows as she tried to burn them away.
• Yue Guan sent Ling Yuan Douluo and Xue Hu Douluo to kill Xiao Yu while he stayed behind to face Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo unleashed Level Ninety-Five Soul Power, shocking Yue Guan with his breakthrough.

Blue Tyrant Academy faced the main force of Spirit Hall’s assassination while its allies fought to protect Xiao Yu. The chapter left the battle ongoing, with the academy’s students proving unexpectedly formidable as more attackers converged on them.

• Dugu Bo revealed his Level Ninety-Five strength and fought Yue Guan, while Chen Xin rescued Liu Erlong from Gui Mei and engaged him.
• Yu Luomian defended Xiao Yu against Xue Hu and Ling Yuan, then faced Qian Zu and Ling Feng as well; Liu Erlong joined him to protect Xiao Yu.
• Spirit Hall’s attackers left Shrek after discovering Tang San was absent, easing the pressure on Flender and the others.
• Dugu Yan and the Blue Tyrant Academy students held their defensive line, while Ning Rongrong supported the girls as they defeated powerful attackers.
• Zhu Zhuqing fought three Soul Kings at once, fueling Dai Mubai’s jealousy and desire to absorb her Martial Soul; Meng Yiran held off a Soul King, and Xiao Wu brutally injured her opponents.

Chrysanthemum Douluo and Gui Mei trapped Sword Douluo and Dugu Bo with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, then ordered two Soul Douluo to kill Xiao Yu. A mysterious burly man appeared beside Xiao Yu and crushed both attackers with overwhelming Soul Power, leaving Sword Douluo stunned by the newcomer’s strength.

• Dugu Yan and the others rapidly killed the black-clad attackers, alarming Chrysanthemum Douluo.
• Gui Mei returned injured, and Chrysanthemum Douluo joined him in unleashing the Two-Level Stasis Domain to seal Sword Douluo and Dugu Bo.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo ordered two Soul Douluo to attack Xiao Yu while the other fighters were occupied and the watching academies refused to intervene.
• Qian Jun and Jiang Mo sensed a powerful aura and wondered if their Fourth Brother had arrived.
• Luoerdiyala and the other Soul Douluo charged Xiao Yu, but an overwhelming pressure crushed them into mangled flesh.
• A burly man appeared beside Xiao Yu, and Sword Douluo recognized that his strength surpassed his own.

After Spirit Hall’s forces fled, Xiao Yu took control of four captured Titled Douluo and made clear he would send them back as a warning. Ning Fengzhi offered his support, leaving Xiao Yu free to decide their fate.

• Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo ordered a retreat, but Scarlet King pinned Ling Yuan and three other Titled Douluo to the ground while Liu Erlong and Yu Luomian held Ling Yuan in place.
• Sword Douluo let Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo and Ghost Douluo escape rather than leave Ning Fengzhi unprotected.
• Xue Qinghe learned Scarlet King was a level ninety-seven powerhouse, then handed Xiao Yu authority over the four captured Titled Douluo.
• Ning Rongrong reunited with Ning Fengzhi, who praised her performance during the battle.
• Xiao Yu told Ning Fengzhi that Scarlet King had agreed to serve as his bodyguard after they met while hunting soul beasts.
• Xiao Yu said he would return the four Titled Douluo to Spirit Hall as a retaliatory gift, and Ning Fengzhi promised to back him.

After Ning Fengzhi left, Xiao Yu decided to kill three captured Titled Douluo and send their heads back to Spirit City, while keeping Ling Yuan Douluo alive as a slave. The chapter ended with Xue Ling and the Skywater Academy students horrified by Liu Erlong's explanation of why she needed ice boxes.

• Ning Fengzhi left to help Xue Qinghe handle the aftermath of the assassination attempt, and Rongrong went with him.
• Liu Erlong urged Xiao Yu to kill the male captives and keep Ling Yuan Douluo as a slave, while Lingyuan Douluo defied them.
• Xiao Yu silenced Lingyuan Douluo and told Liu Erlong to obtain ice boxes for the heads of the other three Titled Douluo.
• Dugu Bo offered his Ruyi Bag of Treasures, but Xiao Yu insisted the heads be chilled in ice boxes first.
• Liu Erlong asked Xue Ling and Skywater Academy to make three ice boxes, then explained they were for the captured Titled Douluo's heads.
• Xue Ling and the Skywater Academy students were horrified, and Xue Ling rushed to stop Shui Yue'er and Shui Bing'er from spreading the news.

After Xiao Yu’s group repelled the assassination attempt and continued toward Spirit City, Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo reported their losses to Bibi Dong. As Bibi Dong seethed over the defeat, she was told that Yu Xiaogang wanted to see her and ordered him admitted.

• Xiao Yu ordered Liu Erlong and Dugu Bo to dispose of the attackers’ bodies and hide their heads, then had Liu Erlong take Ling Yuan Douluo into the carriage.
• Scarlet King revealed that two powerful observers had been watching them, and Xiao Yu deduced they were the Worship Hall consecrates Jiang Mo and Qian Jun.
• The convoy resumed its journey to Spirit City, while Xiao Yu continued forcing Ling Yuan Douluo to submit to him during the nights.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo returned to Spirit Hall and reported that their assassination attempt had failed and their companions had been killed or captured.
• Bibi Dong vented her anger and ordered Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo to ensure the tournament proceeded smoothly, then agreed to receive Yu Xiaogang.

Yu Xiaogang asked Bibi Dong to help him evolve his Three-Eyed Toad and regain access to Spirit Hall’s library. Three days before the finals, Qian Renxue delivered the severed heads of three elders to Bibi Dong, provoking her fury.

• Yu Xiaogang showed Bibi Dong his transformed Three-Eyed Toad and asked to rejoin Spirit Hall and access its library.
• The Rakshasa Divine Sense watched the meeting and took an interest in Yu Xiaogang’s evil Martial Soul.
• Teams from the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire arrived in Spirit City three days before the finals.
• Qian Renxue entered the Pope’s Palace with She Long and Ci Xue carrying three ice boxes, then dismissed Yue Guan.
• Qian Renxue presented Bibi Dong with the heads of Elders Xue Hu, Qian Zu, and Ling Feng, and Bibi Dong erupted in murderous rage.

Bibi Dong swallowed Qian Renxue’s accusations and Xiao Yu’s message, while privately trusting her new Golden Generation to defeat Blue Tyrant Academy. Qian Renxue reunited with Qian Daoliu before returning to the competition camp, and Xiao Yu spent the night interrogating Ling Yuan Douluo.

• Bibi Dong demanded to know where Lingyuan was, and Qian Renxue mocked her by saying Xiao Yu had taken Lingyuan as a female slave.
• Qian Renxue relayed Xiao Yu’s claim that the assassins were surviving Evil Spirit Masters, and Bibi Dong agreed to investigate rather than expose her own involvement.
• Qian Renxue taunted Bibi Dong about the Golden Generation’s chances and left for the Worship Hall with Qian Jun, Jiang Mo, Ci Xue, and She Long.
• After the others left, Bibi Dong reassured herself that her new Golden Generation and its instructor could defeat Xiao Yu.
• Qian Renxue embraced Qian Daoliu, spoke with him late into the night, and returned to Heaven Dou Empire’s camp the next day.
• Xiao Yu moved into a luxurious inn room and spent the night interrogating Ling Yuan Douluo.

Xiao Yu learned how Bibi Dong reacted to the deaths of her ambushers, then attended the finals’ opening ceremony, where Spirit Hall unveiled a team featuring former Shrek competitors. The chapter left Xue Qinghe furious at Bibi Dong’s recruitment of Tang San and the others.

• Xiao Yu mocked Lingyuan before Liu Erlong entered and told him that the Crown Prince wanted to see him.
• Xue Qinghe told Xiao Yu how Bibi Dong had reacted to seeing the heads of Xue Hu and the other two, and Xiao Yu resumed cultivating after speaking with him.
• At the finals’ opening ceremony, Spirit Hall announced a new generation of its Golden Generation and revealed Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Oscar among its team members.
• The audience realized that Yu Xiaogang had joined Spirit Hall and that most of Shrek’s roster had been replaced, leaving Flender scrambling to field a team.
• Dai Weisi grimly watched Dai Mubai stand with Spirit Hall, while Xue Qinghe reacted angrily to Bibi Dong’s move.

Bibi Dong used a tournament loophole to add Tang San, Oscar, and Dai Mubai to the Spirit Hall team, provoking objections from Ning Fengzhi, Xue Qinghe, and Dai Tianquan. She defended the change by offering to forfeit the three soul-bone prizes if Spirit Hall won, then opened the finals and announced the match draw, which gave Spirit Hall a first-round bye.

• Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe challenged Bibi Dong over Spirit Hall's changed lineup, but she argued that other teams had exploited the same rules loophole and promised Spirit Hall would forfeit its three soul bones if it won.
• Dai Tianquan mocked Bibi Dong and the Heaven Dou Empire for exploiting the loophole, and Bibi Dong offered Star Luo Royal Academy the same option if it gave up the rewards.
• Xue Qinghe mocked Bibi Dong's confidence in the Golden Generation, and Bibi Dong said the loopholes would be closed before the next tournament.
• Bibi Dong quieted the crowd with her scepter, welcomed the teams, and announced three soul bones as the tournament champion's reward.
• The host held the team draw, and Spirit Hall received a first-round bye while the first three matches were set.