Chapter Summaries

Yang Yunhai defeated Feng Xiaotian in their opening match after Feng displayed a powerful self-created technique, then praised his progress and helped him understand the limits of his current cultivation. Shrek Academy later won its match, but Tai Long’s excessive violence increased other teams’ hostility toward them.

• Feng Xiaotian asked Yang Yunhai to fight him first in their academies’ match, and Yang agreed.
• Feng Xiaotian used his self-created wind technique against Yang Yunhai, who overcame his attacks and won by endurance and cultivation.
• Yang Yunhai explained that Feng Xiaotian’s technique consumed too much Soul Power for him to sustain, then Ye Lingling healed Feng.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy defeated Godwind Academy after Shi Mo and Shi Mo each wore down two opponents.
• Tai Long badly injured an opponent before Shrek Academy won its match, prompting anger from other academies and concern from Qin Ming.

Shrek Academy faced Blazing Academy while several of its strongest fighters were still injured, and Huo Yun and Huo Yu exploited their flying attacks to wear down and defeat Ma Hongjun, Huang Yuan, Dai Mubai, and Xiao Wu. Huo Wu then entered the arena to face Xiao Wu, who was blasted into the air by an Exploding Fireball as the chapter ended.

• Shrek Academy drew Blazing Academy, while Heaven Dou Royal Academy easily defeated Exotic Beast Academy.
• Huo Yun defeated Ma Hongjun and Huang Yuan, then forced Dai Mubai to spend his fourth soul skill before surrendering.
• Huo Yu used fire attacks to defeat Dai Mubai, leaving him badly burned, and then forced Xiao Wu to expend her Teleport skill before conceding.
• Huo Wu entered the arena to face Xiao Wu, who tried to approach despite the threat of Huo Wu's fire wall.
• Huo Wu anticipated Xiao Wu's Teleport, disrupted her with the fire wall, and struck her abdomen with an Exploding Fireball.

Huo Wu defeated Shrek Academy’s fighters one after another, leaving the team battered and unable to continue. Shrek forfeited its next match against Thunder Academy, while Yang Yunhai’s team prepared to face Fabia Academy.

• Huo Wu knocked Xiao Wu unconscious, then severely injured Tai Long when he tried to block her compressed fireball with his fist.
• Huo Wu used a Fire Shadow Clone and a series of feints to defeat Yu Tianheng, prompting Qin Ming to surrender on Shrek’s behalf.
• Huo Wushuang defeated the remaining Shrek fighter, Jing Ling, and the injured team members were carried to the Medical Tent.
• Tang San vowed to face Huo Wu in the finals, while Tang Hao blamed Yang Yunhai for obstructing Tang San’s growth but chose not to act.
• Meng Shenshou told Yang Yunhai that his team would face Fabia Academy, while Shrek forfeited its match against Thunder Academy.

Yang Yunhai faced Thunder Academy in the Advancement Tournament’s final round and defeated six opponents in succession, leaving Yu Tianxin as the last fighter. As Yu Tianxin launched his attack, Yang Yunhai activated Thunder Hell, and the golden barrier spread toward him.

• Dai Mubai and the other Shrek Academy members recovered, and Tang San later won a match with an uninjured one-versus-seven sweep.
• Yang Yunhai entered first for Heaven Dou Royal Academy against Thunder Academy, prompting Yu Tianxin and Yu Tianheng to realize he intended to defeat the whole team himself.
• Yang Yunhai defeated Lei Tian, whose weakened condition he attributed to Tang San’s earlier poison and life-force drain, and Yu Tianxin surrendered on his teammate’s behalf.
• Yang Yunhai then defeated Lei Dong, Lei Mie, Xiao Yunju, Lu Chen, and Lei Jiuzhong in succession.
• Yu Tianxin took the field, used Dragon Transformation and Thunder Fury, and launched Blue Lightning Dragon Rush at Yang Yunhai.
• Yang Yunhai activated Thunder Hell, spreading a golden, thunder-filled barrier toward Yu Tianxin before the latter could finish charging his attack.

Yang Yunhai defeated Yu Tianxin with his arena-wide fourth soul skill while leaving him alive, and Heaven Dou Royal Academy won. Later, Godwind Academy and Shrek Academy began their match with Tang San and Feng Xiaotian both entering first.

• Yang Yunhai expanded his golden lightning barrier across the arena and overwhelmed Yu Tianxin with Thunder Balls, leaving him injured but alive.
• Yang Yunhai used a vine to carry Yu Tianxin out of the arena, and the referee declared Heaven Dou Royal Academy the winner.
• Tang San and the Shrek team worried about how to counter Yang Yunhai's arena-wide attack as they considered the afternoon matchups.
• Yang Yunhai predicted Godwind Academy would beat Shrek Academy, citing its flight advantage and Tai Long's injuries.
• Tang San and Feng Xiaotian both chose to enter first for the match between Godwind Academy and Shrek Academy.

Feng Xiaotian defeated Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Xiao Wu in succession, leaving Godwind Academy with a decisive advantage over Shrek. Godwind's remaining fighters used the same aerial knockback strategy to eliminate Shrek's other contestants and win the match.

• Feng Xiaotian overwhelmed Tang San with a series of wind attacks and slashes, knocking him unconscious after Yu Xiaogang called for surrender.
• Feng Xiaotian defeated Ma Hongjun by striking him with wind blades, then grabbing and slamming him into the ground.
• Feng Xiaotian countered Xiao Wu's Teleport and Charm, carried her high into the air, and brought her down after Yu Xiaogang surrendered.
• Godwind Academy's next fighter blew Dai Mubai out of the arena, and the team continued using aerial attacks to eliminate Shrek's remaining contestants.
• The referee declared Godwind Academy the winner.

After the Advancement Tournament, Yang Yunhai and his allies learned that Bibi Dong wanted him to kill Tang San in the finals and recognized the political scheme behind her order. Yang Yunhai decided that Shrek’s likely Seven-in-One Fusion Skill could give him a chance to kill Tang San, while leaving the fate of Tang Hao and the finals uncertain.

• Emperor Xue Ye announced that the finals would be held in Spirit City and that Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Godwind Academy had earned second-round byes.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo told Yang Yunhai that Bibi Dong had ordered him to kill Tang San in the finals and have Spirit Hall call it an accident.
• Yang Yunhai concluded that Bibi Dong wanted to draw out Tang Hao, pressure him into staying in Spirit City, and help the Golden Generation secure the championship while shifting blame away from herself.
• Yang Yunhai predicted that Shrek would rely on its Seven-in-One Fusion Skill with Tang San as its core, and revealed that his own team had mastered the same technique.
• Yang Yunhai and his allies discussed the possibility that Tang Hao would intervene and weighed whether Spirit Hall’s elders or enshrinements would stop him.
• Yang Yunhai said they should kill Tang San if possible because his soul-beast-devouring ability and knowledge of hidden weapons could become a threat.

Yang Yunhai and his allies prepared to recruit other academies while Tang San left Shrek to hunt more soul beasts and strengthen his Blue Silver Grass. Titan then confronted Blazing Academy over Tai Long’s injury but withdrew after the academy, Spirit Hall, and the city lord stood against him.

• Yang Yunhai asked Chrysanthemum Douluo to watch Blazing Academy and cultivate ties with Blazing, Godwind, and Skywater Academies.
• Tang San woke after his loss to Feng Xiaotian, resolved to devour many more soul beasts, and left with Liu Erlong to hunt near the road to Spirit City.
• Titan led the Strength Clan into Blazing Academy and demanded that Huo Wu lose an arm for crippling Tai Long.
• Huo Kui and Blazing Academy’s students prepared to fight Titan, but a Spirit Hall Bishop and the lord of Blazing Fire City warned him against attacking.
• Titan withdrew, and Blazing Academy’s students condemned Shrek Academy and its instructors for Tai Long’s injury.

Yang Yunhai delayed his search for the Blue Silver King until after the competition, while Huo Wu persuaded Feng Xiaotian to consider merging their academies for the remaining matches. During the journey, Xiao Wu reached Rank 40, and Yang Yunhai’s team spent an evening with Skywater Academy as Dai Mubai and his companions watched resentfully.

• Yang Yunhai decided to wait until after the Soul Master Competition to seek the Blue Silver King and considered using the tournament to draw out the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Huo Wu proposed that Blazing Academy give up its finals qualification and transfer its students to Godwind Academy, and Feng Xiaotian agreed to consult his teammates and teachers.
• Yang Yunhai sensed that Tang San, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang were absent from Shrek Academy’s camp, and he suspected Tang San had gone to hunt Spirit Beasts.
• Ten days into the journey, Xiao Wu told Flender she had broken through to Rank 40, and he arranged to take her out of camp later.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Yu Tianheng went to look around the camps, while Shui Yue'er and the Skywater Academy girls visited Yang Yunhai’s team.
• Dai Mubai, Yu Tianheng, and Ma Hongjun reacted jealously as Yang Yunhai chatted with the Skywater Academy girls and sat with Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing.

Yu Xiaogang visited Pope Bibi Dong to learn how she had overcome the dangers of Twin Martial Souls, hoping to help his disciple Tang San. Bibi Dong revealed that she had ordered an attack on Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang threatened Spirit Hall before Bibi Dong promised to torment him by capturing Tang San and Liu Erlong.

• Yu Xiaogang used an honorary elder token to enter Pope's Hall and meet Bibi Dong after twenty years apart.
• Bibi Dong reminded Yu Xiaogang to address her as the Pope, while both concealed the feelings stirred by their reunion.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Bibi Dong how she had overcome the Twin Martial Souls hurdle so he could guide Tang San.
• Bibi Dong rejected Yu Xiaogang's request and revealed that she had sent people to kill Tang San because she feared he would become Spirit Hall's enemy.
• Yu Xiaogang grabbed Bibi Dong and threatened to destroy Spirit City if Tang San was harmed, declaring Tang San his son.
• Bibi Dong threw Yu Xiaogang back with Soul Power and vowed to capture Tang San and Liu Erlong so Yu Xiaogang would suffer; Yu Xiaogang then asked whether she had been lying.

Bibi Dong let Yu Xiaogang leave after he threatened to break their bond if Spirit Hall killed Tang San, while privately resolving to protect Yu Xiaogang and have Yang Yunhai kill Tang San. Tang San returned from the Star Dou Great Forest stronger, and Yang Yunhai’s team arrived in Spirit City, where someone recognized Zhu Qing.

• Yu Xiaogang confronted Bibi Dong over her shifting orders about Tang San, then left after declaring their bond ended if Spirit Hall killed his disciple.
• Bibi Dong chose to spare Yu Xiaogang and planned to use Yang Yunhai to kill Tang San, while Ghost Douluo watched Yu Xiaogang leave and grew more suspicious of her.
• Tang San and Liu Erlong finished hunting in the Star Dou Great Forest; Tang San reached Level 47, strengthened his Eight Spider Lances, and obtained a ten-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider left leg bone.
• Several days later, Xue Qinghe led the Heaven Dou Empire teams into Spirit City, and Yang Yunhai’s group toured the city with Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo explained that Douluo Hall was the burial place of deceased Titled Douluo, then someone called out to Zhu Qing in surprise.

Yang Yunhai and Zhu Zhuqing met Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Weisi, who resolved to avoid offending Dugu Bo and investigate Dai Mubai’s academy. As the competition approached, Xiao Wu returned with a new fourth soul skill, Tang San focused on confronting Yang Yunhai, and Yang Yunhai broke through to level 50.

• Yang Yunhai and Zhu Zhuqing greeted Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Weisi, and Zhu Zhuyun learned that Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo were with them.
• Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Weisi agreed to investigate Dai Mubai’s academy and seek Dugu Bo’s favor rather than provoke him.
• Qin Ming told the Shrek team that Xiao Wu had broken through to Rank 40 and left with Flender to obtain a Spirit Ring.
• Xiao Wu returned with Flender and revealed that her fourth soul skill was Invincible Golden Body, prompting Yu Xiaogang to revise the team’s tactics.
• Tang San privately resolved to defeat or kill Yang Yunhai, while Xiao Wu asked him what he planned to do after the competition.
• Yang Yunhai broke through to level 50 two days before the competition began.

Yu Xiaogang refused Liu Erlong’s soul bone and prepared for the finals, while Yang Yunhai suspected Bibi Dong of aiding Tang San. The finals began with Shrek crushing its first opponent, but Godwind Academy’s lineup included Blazing Academy members, leaving Yu Xiaogang convinced Bibi Dong was trying to undermine him.

• Yu Xiaogang told Liu Erlong that Bibi Dong had changed and refused the ten-thousand-year soul bone, preferring to reserve it as compensation for Ning Rongrong.
• Meng Shenshou reported that Heaven Dou Royal Academy would face Skywater Academy in the third match of the finals, while Shrek Academy drew Dragon Sunflower Academy.
• Tang San swiftly defeated Dragon Sunflower Academy with poison and used the Eight Spider Lances to detoxify its members, prompting Yang Yunhai to suspect Bibi Dong was enabling Tang San’s life-force devouring.
• Shrek Academy members saw Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, Huo Yun, and Huo Yu compete for Godwind Academy, which quickly crushed Kaiser Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang blamed Bibi Dong for allowing Blazing Academy members to join Godwind Academy, and Flender confirmed that the organizing committee would not interfere with changes permitted by the rules.
• The host called Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Skywater Academy to begin the third match.

Yang Yunhai and Heaven Dou Royal Academy defeated Skywater Academy after Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu unleashed their Ice Phoenix Martial Soul Fusion Skill. After Shrek Academy won its third-round match, the draw paired Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Star Luo Royal Academy, leaving Dai Mubai shaken.

• Yang Yunhai’s vines and Shi Mo and Shi Mo’s Black Tortoise Formation withstood Skywater Academy’s Ice Phoenix attack, and Shui Bing’er conceded for her team.
• Shui Yue’er suggested a meal with Yang Yunhai and the others, while Heaven Dou Royal Academy rested through its bye on the second day as Shrek Academy defeated Plant Academy.
• Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Weisi resolved to give their best against Heaven Dou Royal Academy, suspecting Spirit Hall had arranged the matchup to gauge their strength.
• Shrek Academy defeated Noxus Academy, with Tang San again poisoning his opponents and using the Eight Spider Lances to detoxify them.
• The host announced Heaven Dou Royal Academy versus Star Luo Royal Academy as the second match of the third round, and Dai Mubai turned pale.

Dai Mubai realized the Soul Master Competition was his last chance to challenge Dai Weisi for succession, while Ning Rongrong privately judged Yu Xiaogang’s poor tactics and arrogance. In the match, Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun formed the Hell White Tiger, but Yang Yunhai’s team countered it with coordinated attacks and pinned it in vines before it unleashed a White Tiger Light Wave.

• Dai Mubai brooded over his shrinking chance to defeat Dai Weisi, and Ning Rongrong reflected on her dislike of Yu Xiaogang and his tactical failures.
• Zhu Zhuyun mocked Yang Yunhai as her brother-in-law, while Dai Weisi and Dai Mubai considered how alliances and the Upper Three Sects might affect their futures.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun began the match by using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to summon the Hell White Tiger and charge Yang Yunhai’s team.
• Yang Yunhai ordered his team to scatter and follow their plan as Yu Feng spread Parasitic Spores, Dugu Yan sent Phosphorus Serpents underground, and Zhu Zhuqing and Osler targeted the opposing support fighters.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun used the Hell White Tiger’s mirror-based teleportation to attack Yang Yunhai, but Yang Yunhai’s vines and Dugu Yan’s Petrification Gaze pinned it down.
• The Hell White Tiger fired a White Tiger Light Wave, forcing back the vines wrapped around its body.

Yang Yunhai used lightning, draining vines, and precise control to defeat Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun’s Hell White Tiger, while Zhu Zhuqing and his teammates secured Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s victory. After Tang San dismissed Zhu Zhuqing’s speed as no threat to his poison, Zhu Zhuyun invited Yang Yunhai to visit her family with Zhu Zhuqing.

• Yang Yunhai shocked and drained the Hell White Tiger, bound it with a vine dragon, and forced Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun to dismiss their fusion skill before capturing them.
• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan recognized Yang Yunhai’s strength, while Hu Liena privately doubted she could defeat or charm him.
• Zhu Zhuqing broke through the enemy’s defense and struck down its support fighters, while Osler and Yu Feng helped subdue the remaining opponents.
• Dai Weisi surrendered after Tang Hongyu and Li Yang showed signs of poisoning, giving Heaven Dou Royal Academy the win.
• Star Luo spectators criticized Zhu Zhuqing, but instructors silenced them; Tang San remained confident that his poison could stop her and looked forward to facing Yang Yunhai.
• Zhu Zhuyun invited Yang Yunhai to bring Zhu Zhuqing home to visit their parents, and Zhu Zhuqing left the arena with Yang Yunhai.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy faced Godwind Academy, whose combined lineup unleashed a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill that formed a flying, wind-and-fire two-headed wolf. Yang Yunhai sheltered his team inside a giant vine bud as the fire wolf approached, leaving the match poised for their clash.

• Yang Yunhai learned that Heaven Dou Royal Academy would face Godwind Academy, while Shrek drew Thunder Academy and Martial Soul Hall Academy drew Mad F*ck Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang suspected Bibi Dong had arranged favorable matchups to make Shrek underestimate its opponents, then urged the team to prepare for tougher challenges ahead.
• Yang Yunhai chose a defensive lineup against Godwind Academy’s aerial fighters, while Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wu prepared their combined team’s strategy to break through his defenses.
• Yang Yunhai used Thunder Hell to interrupt Godwind Academy’s formation, but Huo Wu raised a wind-driven wall of flames and helped channel energy into Feng Xiaotian.
• Godwind Academy completed its Seven-in-One Fusion Skill, forming a flying, fire-wreathed two-headed wolf around Feng Xiaotian.
• Yang Yunhai ordered his teammates to keep supplying him with energy and raised a massive vine bud around their formation as the fire wolf flew toward it.

Yang Yunhai’s team survived Blazing Academy’s powerful attack and defeated them, leaving Huo Wu furious and humiliated after Yang Yunhai restrained her. The other matches set the finals’ top three as Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Martial Soul Hall Academy, and Shrek Academy, and Yang Yunhai returned to the hotel with his exhausted teammates.

• Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian combined their power into a huge fireball, but Yang Yunhai’s golden lightning pierced it and detonated it before it struck the Vine Cocoon.
• Yang Yunhai emerged unharmed from the damaged cocoon and bound Huo Wu, Feng Xiaotian, and the other attackers with vines, prompting Feng Xiaotian to surrender.
• Huo Wu fell into a humiliating split in front of Yang Yunhai, then shouted that she hated him and ran from the arena; the referee declared Heaven Dou Royal Academy the winner.
• Tang San led Shrek Academy to defeat Thunder Academy with Spider Web Restraint and Blue Silver Poison Mist, while Martial Soul Hall Academy easily beat its Star Luo Empire opponent.
• The finals’ top three were set as Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Martial Soul Hall Academy, and Shrek Academy, and Yang Yunhai led his team back to the hotel to rest.

Bibi Dong worried that Grandmaster might have prepared a strategy for the tournament, but forbade Ghost Douluo from harming him and privately reflected on their past. At Pope's Hall, she announced the tournament format and offered three Soul Bones to the championship-winning team, as the Individual Elimination Round was about to begin.

• Bibi Dong warned Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo not to touch Grandmaster, citing his Elder Token, Spirit Hall's reputation, and his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan ties.
• Bibi Dong admitted that she still wanted to keep Grandmaster safe, while Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo left Pope's Hall together.
• Yang Yunhai and the other teams arrived at the plaza, where Bibi Dong emerged and addressed the competitors.
• Bibi Dong spoke cordially to Tang San after he stood without kneeling, then announced that the championship-winning team would receive all three Soul Bones.
• Bibi Dong explained that seven members from each team would compete in the Individual Elimination Round, with the two losing teams facing off that afternoon for a place in the final.

Yang Yunhai prepared to face Shrek Academy in the Individual Elimination Round after Spirit Hall forfeited its first match and Yu Xiaogang withdrew Shrek from the morning competition. The chapter ended as Xie Yue faced Yang Yunhai and the match began.

• Yang Yunhai entered the arena as the first competitor for Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Yu Xiaogang considered withdrawing Shrek to protect his students and Tang San.
• Shrek Academy drew the bye, and a Spirit Hall team member forfeited the first match, giving Heaven Dou Royal Academy the win.
• Yu Xiaogang announced Shrek Academy would forfeit its morning match and enter the afternoon Loser's Bracket; Bibi Dong accepted his right to withdraw and publicly addressed him as Elder Yu.
• Bibi Dong ordered the Individual Elimination Round to continue, and Yang Yunhai remained ready to fight for Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Xie Yue stepped forward to face Yang Yunhai, and the referee started the match.