Chapter Summaries

Dugu Bo and Chrysanthemum Douluo planned to blame the attack on Heaven Dou Royal Academy on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan while investigating the intruder. At Shrek Academy, Titan’s arrival revealed Tang San’s Clear Sky Sect heritage, and the pressure he applied helped Tang San reach level 34.

• Dugu Bo decided to accuse the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan of the previous night’s attack, while Chrysanthemum Douluo arranged to remain in Heaven Dou City.
• Ning Fengzhi and the two Douluos speculated that Tang Hao might have been behind the break-in, while Emperor Xue Ye reacted furiously to the news.
• Flender told Yu Xiaogang about the Heaven Dou Royal Academy intrusion, then hurried with him to the training ground after hearing Tai Long’s grandfather had arrived.
• Flender and Yu Xiaogang found Titan kneeling respectfully before Tang San, and later the Shrek group watched Titan and his family leave.
• Tang San told his companions that Titan’s pressure had helped merge his Eight Spider Lances and raise his Soul Power to level 34, prompting Yu Xiaogang to consider pressure-based training.
• After lunch, Ning Rongrong and Yu Tianheng left the dormitory one after another.

Dugu Bo arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, announced that his Martial Soul had evolved after he consumed rare treasures, and explained how Yang Yunhai had cured the poison afflicting him and Dugu Yan. He recounted his failed test of Yu Tianheng, leaving the gathered leaders shocked by Yu Tianheng’s decision to report the Soul Bone to his family.

• Dugu Bo arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, blamed its inadequate defenses for the intruder, and said he would guard the team dormitories while the academy summoned the royal family, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo, Xue Qinghe, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Salas gathered with Dugu Bo, who revealed his evolved dragon-shaped Martial Soul and said he and Dugu Yan had suffered from hereditary poison.
• Dugu Bo explained that Yang Yunhai had cured their poison by transferring it into Soul Bones, allowing him to consume two dragon-related rare treasures he had found years earlier.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo identified the treasures as an Earth Dragon Golden Gourd and a Nine Rank Dragon Ganoderma and explained their benefits for Beast Martial Souls, especially dragon-type ones.
• Dugu Bo recounted that he had considered giving a treasure to Yu Tianheng, but later tested him by asking for a five-thousand-year Soul Bone to save Dugu Yan; Yu Tianheng chose to report the matter to his family.

Dugu Bo explained why he had broken with Yu Tianheng and revealed that the Aromatic Silk Beauty had let him explore the Poisonous Barrier Land. After Chrysanthemum Douluo left, Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo weighed the future influence of Dugu Yan and Yang Yunhai, while Spirit Hall prepared to publicize the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s disgrace.

• Dugu Bo recounted Yu Tianheng’s careless handling of Dugu Yan’s marriage and his disclosure of Yang Yunhai’s information, explaining why he chose to consume a rare treasure himself.
• Ning Fengzhi asked how to enter the Poisonous Barrier Land, and Dugu Bo gave him Poison Avoidance Pills before Chrysanthemum Douluo challenged his account.
• Dugu Bo revealed the Aromatic Silk Beauty, and Chrysanthemum Douluo identified it before inviting Dugu Bo to join Spirit Hall; Dugu Bo refused, and Chrysanthemum Douluo left with Salas.
• Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe assured Dugu Bo of their support, then departed; Bone Douluo warned Ning Fengzhi that Spirit Hall might use the story to damage the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo discussed Yang Yunhai’s potential compared with Tang San’s and decided to watch their performances in the Soul Master Competition while keeping Rongrong at Shrek Academy.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo ordered Salas to spread the story about the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and Yu Tianheng, then began writing to Bibi Dong.

Dugu Bo moved into Heaven Dou Royal Academy to protect Yang Yunhai and Dugu Yan while helping prepare a trap for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. As rumors about Dugu Bo’s Martial Soul Evolution spread, Flender told Yu Xiaogang that the rare treasures behind it could have transformed his own Martial Soul.

• Dugu Bo told the Heaven Dou Battle Team that he had made his Martial Soul Evolution public and would live in their dormitory for protection.
• Dugu Bo explained to Yang Yunhai, Dugu Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing that he and Yang Yunhai’s teacher had arranged to expose the Aromatic Silk Beauty, blame the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and wait for an opening after the Soul Master Competition.
• Dugu Bo revealed that Yu Tianheng had leaked the team’s valley training routine to Shrek Academy, and he said he would refuse visitors at the academy to pressure the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Rumors about Yu Tianheng, Yu Xiaogang, and Dugu Bo’s Martial Soul Evolution spread through Heaven Dou City; Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo reacted to the news at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Flender told Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong that Dugu Bo had evolved his Martial Soul after consuming rare treasures, and Yu Xiaogang realized those treasures might have transformed his own Martial Soul into a dragon.

Flender explained how the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan lost Dugu Bo’s offer of rare treasures, and Liu Erlong defended Yu Xiaogang and condemned the clan elders. At Shrek, Yu Tianheng learned what he had missed, while Tang San and Tang Hao considered the treasures and their implications; Tang Hao decided to wait until the academy’s New Year holiday.

• Liu Erlong blamed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan elders for refusing Dugu Bo’s test and offer, while Flender suspected an internal struggle over the next clan head.
• Flender warned Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang to live separately because their relationship could be used against them in the clan dispute.
• Zhao Wuji told Yu Tianheng and the Shrek students that Dugu Bo had offered three Immortal Herbs, leaving Yu Tianheng stunned.
• Tang San regretted that Yang Yunhai might have received more rare treasures, while Tang Hao reasoned that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan might covet Dugu Bo’s herbs and the Poison Barrier Forest.
• Tang Hao decided not to approach Heaven Dou Royal Academy while Dugu Bo was there and planned to wait until the New Year holiday; Ning Rongrong worried Tang San might be plotting something.

After Spirit Hall's actions and Dugu Bo's retaliation damaged the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's reputation, the clan's elders debated how to respond. They agreed to send Yu Luomian to Heaven Dou City to approach Dugu Bo and Tang San, while postponing any attack until after the Soul Master Competition.

• At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Dugu Bo reacted to news of Spirit Hall's swift move, and Yang Yunhai led the students out to train.
• Yu Yuanzhen told the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's elders that Yu Tianheng had joined Shrek Academy and that Tang San was Tang Hao's gifted son with Twin Martial Souls and powerful hidden weapons.
• A messenger reported the fallout involving the three rare treasures, prompting the Grand Elder and other elders to argue over who was responsible for the clan's predicament.
• The elders considered killing Dugu Bo after the Soul Master Competition to seize the rare treasures, but Yu Luomian proposed first visiting him and reprimanding Yu Tianheng publicly.
• Yu Yuanzhen approved Yu Luomian's mission, and the Grand Elder also suggested meeting Tang San to discuss doing business in hidden weapons.

Yu Luomian publicly beat Yu Tianheng to make the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s displeasure clear, then advised him on protecting the clan’s interests and building alliances. Yu Tianheng arranged for the clan to buy Tang San’s hidden weapons, while Yu Luomian’s attempt to meet Dugu Bo failed and Dugu Bo continued preparing medicine for Yang Yunhai’s team.

• Yu Luomian arrived at Shrek Academy and beat Yu Tianheng in front of a crowd, while Flender stopped Liu Erlong from intervening.
• After Jiang Zhu healed Yu Tianheng, Yu Luomian warned him to put the clan’s interests first, build ties with talented classmates, and negotiate with Tang San for hidden weapons.
• Yu Luomian warned Yu Xiaogang to mind his status, then left after praising Flender for handling the public confrontation.
• Yu Tianheng told Yu Xiaogang about the clan’s plan to purchase hidden weapons, and Yu Xiaogang helped him secure Tang San’s agreement to sell them at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s price.
• Yu Luomian went to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to seek Dugu Bo, but the gatekeeper turned him away; Dugu Bo then returned to refining medicine for Yang Yunhai’s team.

Shi Mo and the other Heaven Dou Royal Academy students began intensive training at their new grounds, while Shrek Academy continued its own training through the semester. As winter break arrived, Yang Yunhai shortened the team’s holiday to fifteen days, and Dugu Yan asked how he and Zhu Qing planned to spend it.

• Shi Mo reported that he had advanced to Rank 39, and Meng Shenshou announced that the team’s new training ground and dormitories were ready.
• The Heaven Dou Royal Academy team moved into the guarded training grounds and began special training, while Shrek Academy’s students practiced resisting pressure under their teachers.
• After more than two months of training, Shrek Academy began winter break; Ma Hongjun invited Dai Mubai out, and Oscar joined them that evening.
• Ning Rongrong returned to her sect, dissatisfied with Tang San’s arrangements with the two clans and resolved to leave after the Soul Master Competition.
• Yang Yunhai announced that the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team would receive only fifteen days of holiday, and Dugu Yan asked how he and Zhu Qing would spend the New Year.

Dugu Yan invited Yang Yunhai and Zhu Zhuqing to spend the New Year with her and Dugu Bo, while Ning Rongrong’s examination revealed that Shrek’s intense training had injured her internal organs. Ning Fengzhi treated her and arranged for her to return home secretly for regular care, as the elders considered how to exploit the same danger facing her teammates.

• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan agreed to stay at the academy with Yang Yunhai and Zhu Zhuqing, then proposed moving together to the courtyard by the valley.
• Bone Douluo examined Ning Rongrong and discovered that her internal organs had been injured by the demanding training and inadequate recovery at Shrek Academy.
• Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo reasoned that the team’s healing skills had masked the injuries, while Ning Rongrong judged that most of her teammates were poor prospects for recruitment.
• Ning Fengzhi healed Ning Rongrong and told her to return home every half month for treatment without revealing the injury to Shrek Academy.
• Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo considered letting the unrecognized injuries weaken Tang San and the other Shrek members, whom they resented for rejecting the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Yang Yunhai settled into the renovated valley home with Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo, then celebrated Spring Festival with them. Dugu Bo drugged Yang Yunhai and the others, leaving Yang Yunhai to wake the next morning with no memory of the night and a difficult situation to face.

• Yang Yunhai, Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo moved into the new building in the valley and began cultivating there.
• Yang Yunhai harvested Blue Silver Grass, advanced his cultivation, and rewarded the grass with Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well Spring Water.
• Yang Yunhai, Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo cleaned and decorated the house for Spring Festival, then shared a festive meal.
• Dugu Bo released a mist from a porcelain bottle that knocked Yang Yunhai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan unconscious, then placed Dugu Yan beside them and left the room.
• Yang Yunhai woke the next morning injured and without memories of the night, learned from Yin'e that Dugu Bo was responsible, and wondered how to handle the situation.

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.