Recaps

After Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing woke from a night they could not remember, Zhu Zhuqing accepted that Dugu Bo had brought Yan Jie into Yang Yunhai’s family and discussed the alliance’s consequences with Yunhai. The chapter ended with Zhu Zhuqing urging Yunhai to comfort Dugu Yan while he remained unsure how to proceed.

• Dugu Yan woke beside Zhu Zhuqing, feared Grandpa had arranged what happened, and received Zhuqing’s reassurance that they would be family.
• Dugu Yan worried they might have accidentally gotten pregnant, and Zhu Zhuqing offered to teach her how to use Soul Power to prevent it.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan joined Yang Yunhai for a quiet meal, after which Dugu Yan awkwardly returned to her room.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Yang Yunhai she had suspected Dugu Bo wanted Yan Jie to join their family and understood the political and personal reasons behind it.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Yang Yunhai to spend the night with Dugu Yan, but he said they would discuss it later; Zhuqing stayed upstairs while Yunhai went out to cultivate.

Yang Yunhai and Dugu Yan reconciled, while Yin'e alerted him that Tang Hao had entered the academy forest. Tang Hao secretly surveyed the new training grounds and searched for Yang Yunhai, but Dugu Bo kept watch as he withdrew without approaching.

• Dugu Bo admitted that he and Yang Yunhai's teacher had been involved in the scheme that upset Dugu Yan, and the household ate without discussing the previous night.
• Yang Yunhai visited Dugu Yan's room, and the two reconciled and spent the night together.
• Yin'e sensed Tang Hao in the academy forest, and Yang Yunhai and Dugu Bo decided not to confront him while he stayed away from their residence.
• Tang Hao inspected the guarded training grounds and planned to copy their designs for Yu Xiaogang and Shrek Academy.
• Tang Hao searched near Yang Yunhai's valley but left after spotting lanterns at Dugu Bo's residence, while Dugu Bo mocked him as a cowardly rat.

Yang Yunhai and his allies discussed Shrek Academy’s plans to copy Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s training facilities and strategized against Tang Hao and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Chrysanthemum Douluo revealed Spirit Hall’s hidden strength and Qian Renxue’s identity, while Yang Yunhai considered staying in Heaven Dou City and evaluating whether to support her.

• Yu Xiaogang showed Flender the training blueprints from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and they planned to build modified facilities at Shrek Academy with craftsmen from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Dugu Bo told Chrysanthemum Douluo that Tang Hao had visited Heaven Dou Royal Academy and asked him to watch Shrek Academy for signs that it was constructing training facilities.
• Dugu Bo and Chrysanthemum Douluo discussed exposing the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan at the right moment and eliminating Liu Erlong while leaving Yu Xiaogang alive but crippled.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo revealed that Xue Qinghe was Qian Renxue and described Spirit Hall’s formidable hidden forces.
• Yang Yunhai said he wanted to remain in Heaven Dou City after the Soul Master Competition and would assess whether Qian Renxue was worth supporting.

Flender sought craftsmen from Ning Fengzhi for Shrek Academy, leading Ning to suspect the academy was using something taken from Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Xue Ye recalled his shadow guards after investigating Shrek, while Ning Fengzhi and the elders kept the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s involvement at a distance.

• Flender asked Ning Fengzhi to lend craftsmen, but Ning declined because the sect’s disciples were away for the holiday and suggested the Strength Clan instead.
• Ning Fengzhi suspected Tang Hao had brought something from Heaven Dou Royal Academy to Shrek Academy, and Bone Douluo arranged to check whether the emperor’s shadow guards were watching the academy.
• The Strength Clan sent craftsmen into Shrek Academy at night, and Xue Ye’s guards later reported the clan’s presence and increased food purchases.
• Xue Qinghe steered Xue Ye’s suspicions toward the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Xue Ye ordered the shadow guards recalled.
• Bone Douluo and Sword Douluo discussed how Ning Fengzhi could let Xue Ye connect Shrek Academy’s activities to the Clear Sky Sect while keeping their own sect uninvolved.

Shrek Academy began an intensive training program designed by Yu Xiaogang, while Ning Rongrong quietly questioned its origins and worried that the workload was excessive. Over the following months, Dai Mubai reached Rank 40, Zhu Zhuqing approached a safe breakthrough for a Ten Thousand Year soul ring, Dugu Bo advanced to Rank 95, and Yang Yunhai ended the team’s special training with the competition approaching.

• Yu Xiaogang introduced Shrek Academy’s new training ground and handed out demanding individual schedules, allowing Ning Rongrong and other auxiliary Soul Masters to reduce their workloads.
• A month later, Dai Mubai announced that he had reached Rank 40, and Yu Xiaogang sent him with Zhao Wuji to obtain a Spirit Ring.
• Zhu Zhuqing reached Rank 40 at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Yin'e assessed that she could safely bear a Ten Thousand Year soul ring below 15,000 years if its bloodline was not too strong.
• Dugu Bo informed Yang Yunhai that he had reached Rank 95 and awakened Dragon Transformation, while Yang Yunhai decided Zhu Zhuqing should wait longer before obtaining her soul ring.
• With half a month remaining before the Soul Master Competition, Yang Yunhai ended the team’s special training and gave the teammates a break while reminding them to continue daily adaptive training.

Yang Yunhai and Zhu Zhuqing obtained powerful Ten Thousand Year Fourth Soul Rings in Sunset Forest, and Zhu Zhuqing gained the Netherworld Possession skill. In Spirit City, Bibi Dong ordered Ghost Douluo to protect them and tasked Hu Liena with defeating Yang Yunhai at the upcoming Soul Master Competition.

• Yang Yunhai, Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo traveled to Sunset Forest with Chrysanthemum Douluo and hunted a thirteen-thousand-year Shadow Netherworld Cat.
• Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the Shadow Netherworld Cat's soul ring, advanced to level 43, and gained the powerful Netherworld Possession soul skill, though no Soul Bone appeared.
• Ghost Douluo told Bibi Dong that Yang Yunhai and Zhu Zhuqing had obtained Ten Thousand Year Fourth Soul Rings, and Bibi Dong approved his trip to protect them.
• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to prioritize Yang Yunhai and Zhu Zhuqing for cultivation and protection, and requested that Yang Yunhai document his beyond-level soul ring absorption.
• Bibi Dong told Hu Liena to defeat Yang Yunhai at the Soul Master Competition, and Hu Liena promised to give the contest her full effort while recognizing his achievements.

Yang Yunhai and his teammates prepared for the Soul Master Competition while Shrek Academy took a break after training. On the day before the competition, Heaven Dou Royal Academy moved into its assigned hotel, where other teams recognized Yang Yunhai and admired his looks.

• Yang Yunhai, Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo resumed training focused on adapting to and reviewing their abilities, while Yu Xiaogang gave Shrek Academy a break and explained the competition format.
• Flender and the Shrek team discussed Heaven Dou Royal Team One entering the Preliminary Competition, and Xiao Wu took Tang San to the Back Mountain that night.
• Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun spent an embarrassing night at Yi Hong Hotel, then secretly bought supplements during their time off.
• On the day before the competition, Yang Yunhai led Heaven Dou Royal Academy into its assigned hotel in Heaven Dou City.
• Yang Yunhai spotted teams from Skywater Academy and Blazing Academy, and Shui Yue'er and Yu Hairou remarked on how handsome he was.

Blazing Academy’s Huo Wu took an interest in Yang Yunhai, while Shrek prepared for the Soul Master Competition and endured Flender’s embarrassing team uniforms. On the way to the opening ceremony, Dai Mubai declared his confidence that he could defeat Yang Yunhai, whom he expected to still be a Soul Elder.

• Huo Wu questioned whether Yang Yunhai’s flame-resistant vines could withstand her flames, and Blazing Academy’s leader remarked on his strong perception.
• Flender gave Shrek’s team gaudy, sponsor-branded uniforms and promised to share some future advertising revenue, while the mentors received more discreet uniforms.
• Yu Xiaogang returned to his own room to avoid drawing the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s attention to his relationship with Liu Erlong.
• Shrek set out by carriage for the Heaven Dou City Great Soul Arena, where the competition’s opening ceremony and first match would take place.
• Dai Mubai explained that outstanding competitors attracted the attention of major powers and said he was confident he could teach Yang Yunhai a lesson as a level 42 Soul Ancestor.

Shrek Academy entered the Heaven Dou Soul Master Competition amid ridicule over its uniforms and slogan, while its members clashed with Canghui Academy and watched Yang Yunhai lead Heaven Dou Royal Academy into the arena. Emperor Xue Ye opened the competition, and the draw paired Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team One against Shrek Academy in the first round.

• A shadow appeared in Shrek Academy's Back Mountain and activated a sphere with Soul Power.
• Shrek Academy arrived at the Great Soul Arena, where spectators mocked their uniforms and Ma Hongjun's behavior, embarrassing Ning Rongrong and the faculty.
• Tai Long and Ma Hongjun traded insults with Canghui Academy until its white-robed elder ordered his team to leave.
• Yang Yunhai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan entered with Heaven Dou Royal Academy, provoking anger in Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Xiao Wu.
• Shrek Academy entered last and drew laughter for its slogan, "Champions without opponents!"
• Emperor Xue Ye opened the competition, and Platinum Bishop Salas drew the first-round matchups, pairing Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team One against Shrek Academy.

Shrek Academy prepared to face Yang Yunhai’s Heaven Dou Royal Academy team, debating tactics before deciding to field a strong lineup and win decisively. The match began with Yang Yunhai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan entering the arena for Heaven Dou Royal Academy, leaving Shrek stunned by the opposing team’s small lineup.

• Ma Hongjun, Xiao Wu, and the others eagerly anticipated revenge against Yang Yunhai, while Flender warned that Heaven Dou Royal Academy would be difficult to defeat.
• Salas announced that advancing teams could join the Spirit Hall Holy Temple, then named Heaven Dou Royal Academy versus Shrek Academy as the opening match.
• Tang San proposed several battle plans, and the Shrek team decided to field Tang San, Yu Tianheng, Dai Mubai, Tai Long, Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar without hiding their strength.
• Yang Yunhai assured Meng Shenshou that his unusual battle arrangement was safe, and Dugu Yan welcomed the chance to settle personal grudges.
• Yang Yunhai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan entered the arena as Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s representatives, and Shrek’s team reacted with shock.

Yang Yunhai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan faced Shrek Team with only three fighters, then stunned the arena by revealing that Yang Yunhai and Zhu Zhuqing had become Soul Ancestors with Ten Thousand Year Fourth Soul Rings. The match began with Tang San directing Shrek’s response, and the battle remained unresolved.

• Yang Yunhai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan entered the arena to face seven members of Shrek Team, drawing cheers and ridicule from the spectators.
• Yang Yunhai and Zhu Zhuqing revealed four Soul Rings each, including black Ten Thousand Year Fourth Soul Rings, shocking Shrek Team and the audience.
• Tang San suspected Dugu Bo had given Yang Yunhai and Zhu Zhuqing Immortal Herbs, while Dugu Bo said he had found Zhu Zhuqing a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone and that both had broken through during the half-month break.
• Meng Shenji told Xue Ye that Yang Yunhai had planned Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s training facilities, equipment, and training program, impressing Ning Fengzhi.
• After the referee started the match, Tang San assigned Shrek Team’s roles and Ning Rongrong began boosting her teammates with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

Yang Yunhai demonstrated his control over Blue Silver Grass by forming Vine Armor, living Vine Snakes, and a spear, then held off the opposing team’s attacks. The battle remained underway as Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing prepared a concealed counterattack.

• Yang Yunhai shaped his Blue Silver Grass into armor, two serrated Vine Snakes, and a spear, astonishing the spectators and making Tang San feel humiliated by the gap in their martial soul comprehension.
• Dai Mubai urged his teammates to charge, while Yang Yunhai used his Third Soul Skill to spray Parasitic Spores at them.
• Dugu Yan petrified Ma Hongjun with her Fourth Soul Skill as he tried to burn away the spores, and Yu Tianheng caught him and retreated.
• Dai Mubai blasted aside the spores with his White Tiger Light Wave, while Tang San sent vines at Yang Yunhai, who blocked the attack and cut through the vines with his spear.
• Dugu Yan sent two venom dragons crawling along the ground under cover of the mist, and Zhu Zhuqing disappeared into it.

Yang Yunhai trapped the Shrek Team with Parasitic Spores and Blue Silver Grass, then overwhelmed their charge with a giant vine dragon. Tang San and the others faced defeat as Yang Yunhai confronted them at the arena’s dead end.

• Yang Yunhai’s vines enclosed the Shrek Team, and Yu Tianheng led Dai Mubai and Tai Long in a charge while Tang San dragged the petrified Ma Hongjun back to Oscar.
• Dugu Yan petrified Tai Long midair, and the vines dragged him into the combined attacks, leaving him badly injured.
• Yang Yunhai drained Tai Long and the attackers’ Soul Power, then formed a towering, barbed Ink-Colored Giant Dragon from his vines.
• Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng retreated as the vine dragon tossed Tai Long toward Tang San and charged the Shrek formation.
• Tang San restrained the dragon with his soul skills while Yu Tianheng and Dai Mubai counterattacked, but Yang Yunhai’s Vine Snakes absorbed their attacks and his dragon broke free.
• Yang Yunhai leaped down before the trapped Shrek members, pointed his spear at them, and challenged them to come forward.

Yang Yunhai's team disabled Tang San's teammates, and Yang Yunhai let them leave after giving Tang San an antidote for Yu Tianheng and Dai Mubai. Left alone with Yang Yunhai, Tang San abandoned his Blue Silver Grass and revealed a Black Little Hammer.

• Zhu Zhuqing swiftly knocked out Oscar and Ning Rongrong, while Dugu Yan poisoned Yu Tianheng and Dai Mubai.
• Yang Yunhai offered Tang San a chance to surrender, but Tang San refused and asked to let his teammates leave first.
• Yang Yunhai gave Tang San an antidote, and Yu Tianheng and Dai Mubai recovered enough to leave the arena with the others.
• Yang Yunhai dismissed his vines and grass after the other team members had left, leaving him and Tang San to fight one-on-one.
• Tang San retracted his Blue Silver Grass and summoned a Black Little Hammer.

Yang Yunhai overwhelmed Tang San in the tournament match, using his Blue Silver Grass to exploit Tang San’s clumsy Clear Sky Hammer attacks and expose his lack of progress. After sensing Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor bloodline and draining his Soul Power, Yang Yunhai released him when Qin Ming surrendered, and Heaven Dou Royal Academy won the match.

• Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer, but Yang Yunhai evaded his attack and countered with his spear and Vine Snakes.
• Yang Yunhai repeatedly battered and restrained Tang San, criticizing his Martial Soul comprehension and his teacher’s guidance as the spectators compared the two fighters.
• Yang Yunhai spotted Tang San’s attempt to use poisoned Eight Spider Lances fragments and then sensed the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline in Tang San.
• Yang Yunhai drained Tang San’s Soul Power until Qin Ming called the match, then released Tang San and walked away.
• The referee declared Heaven Dou Royal Academy the winner, and the spectators cheered.

After defeating Tang San, Yang Yunhai left him questioning Yu Xiaogang’s guidance and his own soul-skill choices. At the academy, Ning Fengzhi praised Yang Yunhai and hinted he wished the young man were his son, but Dugu Bo rebuffed him and implied Yang Yunhai was already spoken for.

• Qin Ming carried the injured Tang San from the arena, and Jiang Zhu and Oscar’s sausage helped treat him.
• Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Xiao Wu condemned Yang Yunhai, while Ning Rongrong privately questioned their accusations and Flender said Tang San’s injuries were not serious.
• Tang San reconsidered his Blue Silver Grass skills and Yu Xiaogang’s advice, wondering whether his teacher had failed to guide him properly.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Yang Yunhai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and tried to learn how Yang Yunhai and Zhu Zhuqing had grown so strong.
• Ning Fengzhi remarked that Yang Yunhai would make a wonderful son, but Dugu Bo rebuffed him by suggesting Ning find another child or take Tang San as a son-in-law.

Yang Yunhai absorbed most of Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor bloodline and considered how to test the Tang Clan techniques he had obtained. Meanwhile, Ning Fengzhi weighed how to pressure Dugu Bo, and Tang San wondered whether he should cultivate his Clear Sky Hammer to catch up with Yang Yunhai.

• Yang Yunhai absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline he had taken from Tang San, leaving his own Martial Soul closer to fully awakening and likely preventing Tang San from awakening his bloodline.
• Yang Yunhai decided to test the Mysterious Heaven Skill, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, and Mystic Jade Hand before teaching them to Zhu Zhuqing and the others.
• Sword Douluo warned Ning Fengzhi that Dugu Bo would reject his attempt to match Ning Rongrong with Tang San, so the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect considered relying on outside pressure against Yang Yunhai.
• Tang San lamented that he could not reach Soul Ancestor before the competition and considered switching to the Clear Sky Hammer and attaching Spirit Rings to it.

Tang San questioned Yu Xiaogang about why he had been told to cultivate animal Soul Rings, and Yu Xiaogang explained the plan he and Tang Hao had made for Tang San’s Twin Martial Souls. Tang San learned that strengthening his body through the Blue Silver Grass would prepare him to cultivate the Clear Sky Hammer with exceptionally powerful Soul Rings, and he felt guilty for doubting his teacher.

• Tang San went to Yu Xiaogang’s room to ask why he had been instructed to absorb animal Soul Rings.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed that Tang Hao had given him a token and had secretly visited Shrek Academy, where he defeated Zhao Wuji without using his Martial Soul.
• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang about his mother and why he had been prevented from cultivating the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that Tang San should first raise the Blue Silver Grass to build physical strength, then add high-age Soul Rings to the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San understood the plan to strengthen his body with animal Soul Rings and felt guilty for having doubted Yu Xiaogang.

After losing to Yang Yunhai, Tang San accepted Yu Xiaogang’s advice to focus on cultivation but grew fixated on Spirit Hall’s soul-bone prizes and considered using the Eight Spider Lances to devour soul beasts. Yang Yunhai revealed that he had deliberately planted the idea to lure Tang San out, hoping to exploit the chance to undermine him.

• Yu Xiaogang reassured Tang San that his Blue Silver Grass had performed well and discussed his plans for cultivating the Clear Sky Hammer while avoiding conflict between his Twin Martial Souls.
• Tang San reunited with Xiao Wu, then stayed at the academy while the rest of the team watched the competition matches.
• Flender told the Shrek group that Spirit Hall had announced three high-grade soul bones as the competition’s championship rewards, and Tang San coveted the Wisdom Skull.
• Tang San suspected Yang Yunhai of cultivating by devouring Soul Power and decided he might try using the Eight Spider Lances to absorb energy from soul beasts during the month-long break.
• Yang Yunhai revealed that he had arranged the soul-bone announcement and deliberately hinted at devouring through Drain to tempt Tang San into leaving the academy, where Yang Yunhai hoped to act against him.

Shrek chose to fight Elephant Armor Academy despite Yu Xiaogang’s warning, and Tang San’s control tactics let his teammates overwhelm the opposing captain. The match ended in surrender, but Hu Yanzhen accused Shrek of premeditated murder and Salas called for their disqualification.

• Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong explained Elephant Armor Academy’s strength and recommended that Shrek forfeit, but Tang San insisted on fighting and outlined his tactics.
• Tang San used Spider Web Restraint, Parasitize, and Entangle to slow and immobilize Elephant Armor Academy’s members while Oscar and Ning Rongrong supported him.
• Dai Mubai, Yu Tianheng, and Ma Hongjun focused their attacks on Hu Yanli’s head, and Tai Long struck him before Tang San bound him with vines.
• The Elephant Armor Academy team leader surrendered to stop Tai Long from continuing his attack on Hu Yanli.
• Hu Yanzhen accused Shrek of premeditated murder, and Salas said the team should be disqualified for injuring an opponent.

Shrek Academy defeated Elephant Armor Academy after Tang San defended their tactics, while Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s three-person team beat Canghui Academy when Zhu Zhuqing swiftly incapacitated all seven opponents. Later, Tang San discovered he could no longer sense a bond with nearby Blue Silver Grass, leaving him frustrated as Yang Yunhai trained with his wife.

• Tang San argued that Shrek Academy had not violated the rules by targeting Hu Yanli’s vulnerable head, and the referee declared Shrek the winner.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy fielded only Zhu Zhuqing, Osler, and Yu Feng against Canghui Academy’s seven members.
• Yu Feng disrupted Canghui Academy’s formation with his wind skill, and Zhu Zhuqing rapidly slashed the opponents’ necks until their captain surrendered.
• Tang San recognized footwork resembling Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track in Zhu Zhuqing’s movements and wondered how she had learned it.
• Tang San found that he could no longer feel close to the surrounding Blue Silver Grass, and he blamed Heaven for favoring Yang Yunhai.
• Yang Yunhai skipped the matches and practiced Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track with his wife at the hotel.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Shrek Academy had their seventh-round matches forfeited, so both teams watched Skywater Academy and Godwind Academy compete. After Dugu Yan mocked Yu Xiaogang and Tang San for demanding that others share their knowledge while keeping their own secrets, Tang San resolved to grow stronger.

• Meng Shenshou told Yang Yunhai that Heaven Dou Royal Academy's opponents had forfeited, and Yang Yunhai led his teammates to watch the morning matches.
• Skywater Academy quickly defeated its distracted opponents, while Godwind Academy overwhelmed its rivals with coordinated aerial attacks.
• Yang Yunhai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan discussed how Heaven Dou Royal Academy could counter Godwind Academy by holding its ground and conserving strength.
• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang about the different team-building approaches, and Yu Xiaogang explained Spirit Hall's fusion of balanced and extreme strategies.
• Dugu Yan criticized Yu Xiaogang and Tang San for demanding that Spirit Hall share its methods while withholding their own secret techniques and weapon-making knowledge.
• Tang San left to practice his Four Aperture Constant Heart Control, while an elderly man in white from Canghui Academy watched the exchange.

At the Soul Master Competition, Shrek Academy defeated Canghui Academy after Tang San broke through their illusion attack and poisoned their team. Ning Rongrong's frightened reaction prompted Ning Fengzhi to take her home, where he and the elders learned of Dai Mubai's past insults and decided he should die after the competition.

• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo read Ning Rongrong's letter, condemned Tang San and Yu Xiaogang's competitive training theory, and planned to stop buying Hidden Weapons after the competition.
• Yang Yunhai reached level 49, then watched Thunder Academy defeat Oakland Academy before Shrek Academy faced Canghui Academy.
• Canghui Academy used a seven-in-one illusion skill that trapped Shrek Academy in painful visions, but Tang San broke free and wounded all seven opponents with his poisoned Eight Spider Lances.
• Tang San extracted the poison, threatened Canghui Academy until they surrendered, and led Shrek Academy away after the referee declared their victory.
• Ning Fengzhi took the shaken Ning Rongrong home, where she described Dai Mubai's past remarks and her wariness around him and Ma Hongjun.
• Ning Fengzhi stopped Sword Douluo from killing Dai Mubai immediately and decided to let him die after the Soul Master Competition, while Bone Douluo proposed gouging out Ma Hongjun's eyes.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy faced Blazing Academy in the tenth match of the eighth round, where Huo Wu unleashed a devastating fire attack. Yang Yunhai shielded his team with a giant flower that withstood the flames, and Heaven Dou’s counterattack began with Huo Wushuang caught by a Vine Snake.

• Huo Wu challenged Yang Yunhai before the match began, then immediately started charging her fourth soul skill as the battle opened.
• Yang Yunhai led Heaven Dou Royal Academy forward while Huo Yun and Huo Yu attacked from the air, and Shi Mo’s Black Tortoise Formation turned their flames and Yu Feng’s wind into a counterattack.
• Huo Wushuang, Huo Lie, and Huo Wu combined their fire attacks into a massive blast, but Yang Yunhai and the Shi Mo brothers protected their team behind a green barrier and fast-growing vines.
• A huge blue-black flower bud emerged from the blaze and opened, revealing that Yang Yunhai and his teammates were unharmed and that his plant martial soul could withstand the fire.
• Yang Yunhai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Osler charged at Blazing Academy, while Yang Yunhai’s Vine Snake recovered after Huo Lie’s fireballs struck it.
• Huo Wushuang tried to gather power for his fourth soul skill, but Yang Yunhai’s Vine Snake lunged and bit toward him before he could finish.

Yang Yunhai led Heaven Dou Royal Academy to defeat Blazing Academy, revealing that his vines could withstand fire up to a limit. After the match, Huo Wu challenged Feng Xiaotian to beat Yang Yunhai if he wanted to date her, while Tang San and Yang Yunhai each continued training and considering how to improve their abilities.

• Yang Yunhai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Osler overwhelmed Blazing Academy, binding Huo Wu and her teammates until Huo Wu surrendered.
• Yang Yunhai admitted he had deliberately targeted Ma Hongjun in an earlier match and explained that his Martial Soul resisted fire only up to a certain intensity; the referee declared Heaven Dou Royal Academy the winner.
• Huo Wu told Feng Xiaotian she would date him if his team defeated Yang Yunhai, then privately admitted she expected Feng Xiaotian to fail and wanted to discourage his advances.
• Tang San trained Heart Separation Control at Shrek Academy, while Yang Yunhai practiced Mystic Jade Hand and considered extending its effects and combining Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track with Thunder Attribute Soul Power.