Chapter Summaries

Blue Tyrant Academy drew attention at the tournament opening, while Shrek Academy faced Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team Two in the first match. Dai Mubai brutally defeated Team Two, and Tang San argued against their request to disqualify Shrek, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Liu Erlong led Blue Tyrant Academy into the arena, where Xiao Yu's team drew attention and angered Tang San and Dai Mubai.
• Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi gave speeches, while Salas, Yu Luomian, and Chen Xin argued over the teams and the tournament.
• The draw paired Shrek Academy against Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team Two and Blue Tyrant Academy against Elephant Armored Academy.
• Dai Mubai alone defeated Team Two's members and left them critically injured, while Oscar offered them sausages.
• Team Two's teacher conceded and demanded Shrek's disqualification, but Tang San challenged the referee to disqualify them when none of the students had died.

Tang San defended Shrek Academy’s victory over Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team, and the officials confirmed Shrek had won. As Blue Tyrant Academy faced Elephant Armored Academy in the next match, Dugu Yan entered the arena alone while Xiao Yu lounged offstage.

• Tang San argued that Shrek had followed the rules and even offered healing sausages to the injured opponents.
• Xue Ye and Meng Shenji criticized Prince Xue Xing for driving Shrek away, while Xue Xing defended his decision by accusing Shrek of harboring Evil Spirit Masters.
• The officials awarded Shrek the match, and its reputation recovered after Dai Mubai defeated the opposing team in one minute.
• Blue Tyrant Academy and Elephant Armored Academy began their anticipated match, drawing Shrek’s attention to Xiao Yu’s strength.
• Elephant Armored Academy sent seven members into the arena, while Blue Tyrant Academy sent Dugu Yan alone and Xiao Yu relaxed offstage.

Dugu Yan fought the Elephant Armored Sect alone and revealed that she had become a Soul King with a ten-thousand-year fifth spirit ring. She defeated Hu Yan Li’s team with poison, while Tang San remained confident that his evolved Blue Silver Grass could counter her.

• Blue Tyrant Academy sent Dugu Yan to face the Elephant Armored Sect alone, prompting Hu Yan Zhen to protest and Xue Ye to watch with interest.
• Dugu Yan revealed five spirit rings, including a ten-thousand-year fifth ring, shocking the spectators and worrying Shrek Academy.
• Tang San and his companions decided Dugu Yan’s poison would not threaten them because his evolved Blue Silver Grass could counter it.
• Hu Yan Li led his team toward Dugu Yan behind a defensive barrier, believing it would keep them safe from her poisonous mist.
• Dugu Yan’s fragrant poison affected the Elephant Armored Sect members through their senses, and Hu Yan Li’s teammates collapsed unconscious one after another.

Dugu Yan’s Jade Python Purple Poison incapacitated the Elephant Armored Sect team despite their defenses, while Yu Luomian warned Hu Yan Zhen against interfering. Hu Yan Li charged Dugu Yan with a head spirit bone, but her poison stopped him before he could strike, leaving her still standing untouched.

• Dugu Yan’s poison overwhelmed the seven Elephant Armored Sect members, shocking the spectators and impressing Xue Ye.
• Yu Luomian accused Hu Yan Zhen of warning Hu Yan Li and threatened him with Dugu Bo’s reputation for destroying the Strength Clan.
• Salas defended Hu Yan Zhen, while Yu Luomian insisted that Dugu Yan could overcome any strategy with her poison.
• Hu Yan Li broke through the poisonous mist with a head spirit bone and charged Dugu Yan, hoping to knock her off the stage.
• Hu Yan Li froze before reaching Dugu Yan, then lost consciousness as his martial spirit, spirit rings, and head spirit bone scattered.

Dugu Yan defeated the Elephant Armored Sect team alone, and Blue Tyrant Academy drew attention as its team continued winning with her as its sole fighter. The academy swept eighteen teams to take first place while Xiao Yu insisted opponents had to beat Dugu Yan before they could face him.

• The referee declared Blue Tyrant Academy the winner after Dugu Yan poisoned and defeated the Elephant Armored Sect team, then the referee urged her to dispel the poison.
• Dugu Yan returned to Xiao Yu and cared for him, while Tang San assured Yu Xiaogang that he could match her performance.
• Godwind Academy defeated Balak Academy in the third match, but Blue Tyrant Academy and Shrek Academy drew most of the attention for their one-against-seven victories.
• Major powers struggled to gather information about Blue Tyrant Academy, and Bibi Dong complained that Heaven Dou had sealed off news of the team.
• Blue Tyrant Team sent Dugu Yan alone to defeat eighteen more teams, securing first place, while Xiao Yu told challengers to beat Dugu Yan before they could see him.
• Shrek Academy began fighting with its full team from the second day onward, making its later wins seem unimpressive beside Blue Tyrant Academy's dominance.

Dugu Yan defeated Blazing Academy single-handedly, keeping Blue Tyrant Academy undefeated and leaving Shrek Academy outside the top five. With Shrek’s tournament prospects at risk, Tang San offered to compete despite Yu Xiaogang’s fear that his abilities would expose him as an Evil Spirit Master.

• After Shrek lost to Blazing Academy, Dugu Yan faced Blazing Academy alone and overwhelmed its fighters with her Jade Python Poison.
• Huo Wu tried to use Ring Fusion and Huo Wu's Radiant Sun, but Dugu Yan’s poison drained her Soul Power and neutralized the attack, forcing Blazing Academy to concede.
• Blue Tyrant Academy remained undefeated at the top of the standings, while Shrek Academy ranked sixth behind Blazing Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang nearly lost his composure over Shrek’s ranking, and Tang San offered to defeat Godwind Academy and Canghui Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San that revealing his Self-Created Soul Skill could expose his secret, but Tang San claimed he could disguise his abilities as poison.

After Shrek Academy lost to Skywater Academy, the team stayed to watch Blue Tyrant Academy face Canghui Academy. Xiao Yu unexpectedly took the stage alone, and Canghui’s team prepared to use its Seven-in-One Fusion Skill against him as the match began.

• Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San to conceal his Self-Created Soul Skill and told Dai Mubai and Tang San to carry on for the team.
• Shrek Academy was frozen by Skywater Academy’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill and lost the match.
• Shrek’s team stayed to watch Blue Tyrant Academy face Canghui Academy, and Xiao Yu took the stage instead of Dugu Yan.
• Huo Wu grew angry that Blue Tyrant Academy had sent its captain, while Huo Wushuang suggested Xiao Yu might simply want to fight.
• Canghui Academy’s captain ordered his team to use the Seven Asura Illusions against Xiao Yu and vowed to defeat Blue Tyrant Academy.
• The referee started the match, and Xiao Yu calmly faced Canghui Academy as the referee sensed pressure from him despite his unreleased Soul Power.

Canghui Academy unleashed its Seven Asura Illusions against Xiao Yu, while Yu Xiaogang confidently predicted the attack would leave him badly injured. Xiao Yu revealed that he was a Spirit Emperor with six black Spirit Rings and summoned Sleeping Dragon, leaving the Canghui team stunned.

• The referee retreated to the edge of the arena after the match began, wary of the pressure surrounding Xiao Yu.
• Zhang Jingyang and the other six Canghui Academy members revealed their gemstone Martial Souls and activated the Seven Asura Illusions, covering the arena in light.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that the attack was a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill and predicted Xiao Yu would be badly injured, weakening Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Zhang Jingyang taunted Xiao Yu inside the illusions and demanded that he kneel and kowtow, but Xiao Yu dismissed the technique as too weak to trap him.
• Xiao Yu revealed that he was a Spirit Emperor, summoned Sleeping Dragon, and displayed six black Spirit Rings, shocking the Canghui Academy members.

Xiao Yu shattered Canghui Academy’s Seven-in-One Fusion Skill with a massive golden pillar of light, forcing the academy to surrender and securing Blue Tyrant Academy’s victory. Yu Xiaogang’s warning and attempt to show off before Liu Erlong ended in humiliation, and he accused Xiao Yu of cheating.

• Xiao Yu revealed six ten-thousand-year black soul rings and unleashed a powerful attack against the trapped Canghui Academy team.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Liu Erlong that Xiao Yu could not break Canghui Academy’s Seven-in-One Fusion Skill and urged her to surrender.
• Liu Erlong insulted Yu Xiaogang’s claims of being a theoretical Master, and he left in anger after she rejected his advice.
• A golden pillar of light struck the arena and shattered the barrier, leaving Canghui Academy’s members unconscious.
• Ye Zhi Qiu surrendered, and the referee declared Blue Tyrant Academy the winner.
• Yu Xiaogang accused Xiao Yu of cheating after seeing him emerge unharmed.

Xiao Yu challenged Yu Xiaogang’s accusation of cheating, and Liu Erlong crippled Yu Xiaogang after he slandered her disciple. Flender defended Yu Xiaogang, but Shrek’s embarrassment deepened when its advertisers demanded his removal and withdrew their investment.

• Yu Xiaogang accused Xiao Yu of cheating, but Xiao Yu pointed out that Yu Xiaogang had no evidence and challenged his authority to judge the match.
• Liu Erlong struck Yu Xiaogang with her Extreme Fire, and Flender burned his hands when he tried to catch him, worsening Yu Xiaogang’s injuries.
• Liu Erlong warned Flender that she had crippled Yu Xiaogang and would show no mercy if he tested her again, while Tang San treated his unconscious teacher and glared at her.
• Xiao Yu mocked Shrek and Yu Xiaogang before leaving for Blue Tyrant Academy, and Shrek’s recovered goodwill was wiped out.
• Shrek’s advertisers demanded that Flender remove Yu Xiaogang or lose their investment, and Flender chose to let them withdraw rather than abandon his brother.

Tang San was lured into an illusion by Shi Nian, who attacked him to keep Canghui Academy in the tournament. The illusion used Xiao Wu and Xiao Yu to torment Tang San, leaving him horrified as Xiao Yu began to “discipline” her.

• After Shrek Academy's members returned to the tavern, Flender sent Tang San to find a physician for Xiao Gang.
• Tang San realized the road to the clinic was an illusion and found himself in a forest outside Heaven Dou City, where Shi Nian confronted him.
• Shi Nian admitted he had targeted Tang San because he feared the powerful experts at Blue Tyrant Academy and wanted to protect Canghui Academy's standing.
• Tang San fired his Godly Zhuge Crossbow, but Shi Nian used his seventh soul ring to trap him in another illusion.
• The illusion showed Tang San Xiao Wu, then placed Xiao Yu beside her, provoking Tang San as Xiao Yu kissed and bit her neck.

Shi Nian trapped Tang San in an illusion where Xiao Yu assaulted Xiao Wu, pushing Tang San to the brink of stabbing out his own eyes. Outside the illusion, Shi Nian watched Tang San convulse and planned to kill him and Dai Mubai for Canghui Academy.

• Tang San watched Xiao Yu tear Xiao Wu's clothes and attack her in the illusion, while his Hidden Weapons passed harmlessly through them.
• Tang San's Purple Demon Eye sharpened the illusion, making Xiao Wu's cries seem to come from right before him.
• Overcome by the scene, Tang San gripped two Bone-Piercing Needles and prepared to stab his own eyes.
• Outside the illusion, Shi Nian watched Tang San convulse with foam spilling from his mouth and said he intended to kill Tang San and Dai Mubai.

Tang Hao rescued Tang San from Shi Nian’s illusion and killed Shi Nian with the Clear Sky Hammer. He agreed to train Tang San for the next few nights, while Tang San remained obsessed with rescuing Xiao Wu and noticed something in Shi Nian’s pit.

• Tang San tried to blind himself to escape Shi Nian’s illusion, but Tang Hao arrived and struck Shi Nian down with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Hao woke Tang San and criticized him for failing to endure the illusion despite knowing it was unreal.
• Tang San asked Tang Hao to teach him how to become stronger, and Tang Hao agreed to train him for the next few nights.
• Tang San resolved to rescue Xiao Wu from Xiao Yu and dwelled on the scenes he had seen in the illusion.
• Tang San noticed something in the pit where Shi Nian had fallen and used his Mysterious Jade Hand to turn over a hard stone.

Tang San returned to Shrek after training with Tang Hao, bringing a spirit bone he had been told not to absorb. As Shrek prepared to face Canghui Academy, Huo Wu erupted at Ma Hongjun's leering and Tang San's defense of him, leaving the rival academies in open conflict.

• Tang Hao identified Shi Nian's remains as a roughly thirty-thousand-year-old head spirit bone and stopped Tang San from absorbing it because it did not suit him.
• At Shrek Academy, a physician blamed Flender and the others for delaying Yu Xiaogang's treatment, then agreed to try to save him for a fee.
• Flender sent Ma Hongjun to retrieve Tang San, and Tang San returned the next day after receiving special training from Tang Hao.
• Tang San assured Flender that Shrek would advance against Canghui Academy and asked why Blue Tyrant Academy was absent.
• Ma Hongjun leered at Huo Wu, prompting Feng Xiaotian and Dai Mubai to trade threats.
• Tang San defended Ma Hongjun, and Huo Wu cursed Shrek as a disgusting academy whose members covered for one another.

Shrek Academy defeated Canghui Academy and prepared to face Godwind Academy, while Huo Wu’s insults fueled Shrek’s resentment and Feng Xiaotian’s determination. The match began with Feng Xiaotian charging Dai Mubai, who unexpectedly retreated instead of fighting him head-on.

• Huo Wu cursed Tang San and Shrek, then ordered Feng Xiaotian to beat them the next day.
• Flender urged Tang San to understand what to do in the next match, while Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun plotted to take revenge on Huo Wu.
• Tang San defeated Canghui Academy by draining its members’ Soul Power with his Blue Silver Grass, helping Shrek rise into the top five.
• Tang San returned after two nights of training with his father, having learned more about the Clear Sky Hammer and a new skill.
• Shrek Academy faced Godwind Academy, and Feng Xiaotian charged at Dai Mubai after Dai Mubai challenged him.
• Dai Mubai retreated when Feng Xiaotian rushed toward him instead of accepting his attack.

Tang San and Shrek trapped Feng Xiaotian by exploiting his response to a provocation, then used the Clear Sky Hammer to leave him badly injured. Dai Mubai transformed as he prepared to attack the rest of Godwind Academy, but its teacher surrendered before he could, and a flash of golden light knocked Tang San’s hammer away.

• Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass was cut apart by Feng Xiaotian’s Wind Blade Array, but Feng Xiaotian realized too late that Dai Mubai’s provocation had drawn him into Shrek’s encirclement.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun attacked Feng Xiaotian together, drawing angry reactions from the spectators as Feng Xiaotian accused them of breaking their one-on-one agreement.
• Feng Xiaotian used his fourth spirit skill to break through the attacks and tried to escape with Gale Wings, but Tang San struck him with the Clear Sky Hammer and smashed him into the arena floor.
• Dai Mubai transformed and prepared to attack the remaining Godwind Academy members, so their leading teacher surrendered on their behalf.
• Tang San tried to strike the helpless Feng Xiaotian again, but a flash of golden light knocked the Clear Sky Hammer out of his hand.

After Shrek Academy won, Tang San revealed the Clear Sky Hammer and challenged Xiao Yu to a one-on-one match for Xiao Wu, boasting that his newly learned Clear Sky Nine Strikes would guarantee victory. Xiao Yu mocked his arrogance and refused to accept the challenge without a wager, leaving Tang San to offer a soul bone.

• Xiao Yu defended his interruption of Tang San's attack on Feng Xiaotian, and the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner.
• The audience and the factions on the nobles' platform recognized Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer, while Salas resolved to report him to the Pope.
• Tang San challenged Xiao Yu to fight him alone the next day, demanding that Xiao Wu be returned if he won.
• Xiao Yu mocked Tang San's provocation and refused his terms, drawing ridicule from the crowd.
• Tang San offered a soul bone as a wager, and Xiao Yu studied it thoughtfully.

After Tang San accepted Shi Nian’s spirit bone, he left to train for his coming battle with Xiao Yu, while Blue Tyrant Academy prepared to face Skywater Academy. The chapter ended as Skywater’s seven members and Blue Tyrant’s first-ever three-person lineup entered the arena.

• Tang San accepted Shi Nian’s spirit bone from Xiao Yu, then left the arena to seek Tang Hao and learn the Breaking Character Art before challenging Xiao Yu the next day.
• Xiao Yu’s group decided that Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing would compete against Skywater Academy’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Xiao Yu spoke with Godwind Academy’s teacher about Feng Xiaotian’s injuries, while Huo Wu and the Blazing Academy teacher began discussing a costly way to improve their chances.
• The second match ended with little attention, and the third match between undefeated Blue Tyrant Academy and Skywater Academy began.
• Skywater Academy sent all seven members onto the stage, while Blue Tyrant Academy sent three for the first time.

Blue Tyrant Academy sent Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Dugu Yan to face Skywater Academy, surprising the spectators with Rongrong and Zhuqing’s Soul Ancestor strength. Skywater Academy launched its Ice Snow Falling Ice Phoenix fusion skill against Dugu Yan, while Zhu Zhuqing prepared to fight the remaining opponents.

• Blue Tyrant Academy sent only Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Dugu Yan onto the stage, drawing attention from the spectators and the academy representatives.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu discussed using their fusion skill to hold off Dugu Yan while Shui Yue'er attacked the other two Blue Tyrant Academy members.
• The teams released their martial souls, and the spectators learned that Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong were both four-ringed Soul Ancestors.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu fused into the Ice Snow Falling Ice Phoenix, while Ning Rongrong boosted Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing with her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Dugu Yan charged the Ice Phoenix as her Jade Python Poison spread across the arena, and Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu unleashed Frost Storm against her.

Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphor Python clashed with Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu’s Ice Phoenix while Zhu Zhuqing used her enhanced fourth Spirit Skill to battle Skywater Academy. Zhu Zhuqing and her clones overwhelmed the opposing team, leaving Skywater Academy’s defeat imminent.

• Dugu Yan unleashed her fifth Spirit Skill, the Jade Phosphor Python, against the Ice Phoenix as Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu strengthened their Frost Storm.
• Shui Yue’er, Qiu Ruoshui, and their teammates attacked Zhu Zhuqing, who evaded them while carrying Ning Rongrong and summoned two clones with her fourth Spirit Skill.
• Zhu Zhuqing’s clones fought at nearly the original’s strength because Ning Rongrong enhanced them, and Zhu Zhuqing could switch her consciousness between bodies.
• Gu Qingbo tried to hold back one Zhu Zhuqing but was knocked out of the arena by a single Nether Slash.
• The two Zhu Zhuqings combined their attacks and sent Shui Yue’er and Qiu Ruoshui flying off the stage.