Chapter Summaries

Zhu Wu used information about the Clear Sky Sect’s newly advanced Titled Douluo to pressure Spirit Hall, while Qian Renxue recognized the Illusory Beast Sect’s intelligence network as a threat. Xue Ye made Tang Yuehua Zhu Wu’s concubine, and Ye Lingling returned to the academy, where she reunited with her former teammates.

• Zhu Wu ordered Dugu Bo to deliver a letter revealing the Clear Sky Sect’s five newly advanced Titled Douluo to Salas.
• Salas reported the information to Qian Renxue, who worried about the sect’s growing strength and Zhu Wu’s intelligence-gathering ability.
• Meng Shenji delivered Xue Ye’s decree making Tang Yuehua Zhu Wu’s concubine, and Zhu Wu recognized that Xue Ye meant to redirect Tang Hao’s hatred toward him.
• Zhu Wu told Dugu Yan to teach Ye Lingling the Mysterious Heaven Skill if she had not learned it yet.
• Ye Lingling returned to the academy, packed her belongings in the First Team dormitory, and waited for her former teammates, who arrived and were surprised to see her.

Ye Lingling left the First Team for Zhu Wu’s group after reaching Soul Power level 42, while Tang Hao began robbing Spirit Hall and other targets. Ten months later, Tang Hao gave Yu Xiaogang 150 million Gold Soul Coins and a Soul Tool intended for Tang San.

• Ye Lingling told Yu Tianheng and the others that Long Ying Tian had not summoned her, revealed her level 42 Soul Power, and left for Zhu Wu’s villa, where Dugu Yan taught her the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• Tang San resented Long Ying Tian for withholding an opportunity from him, while Tang Hao secretly robbed an estate and then left Heaven Dou City to target Spirit Hall.
• A series of thefts and attacks struck Spirit Hall halls and branches, prompting Bibi Dong to confront Qian Daoliu and order Moon Elder and Ghost Elder to investigate.
• Xue Qinghe suggested to Xue Ye that Tang Hao might be behind the thefts, and Xue Ye said they would soon learn the truth.
• Ten months later, Tang Hao gave Yu Xiaogang Soul Cards holding 150 million Gold Soul Coins and a Soul Tool to pass to Tang San.

Yu Xiaogang took Yu Tianheng and Tang San to apologize to Zhu Wu and ask for rare treasures, but Zhu Wu refused and explained why the Primal Chaos Grass would be dangerous for Tang San. After returning, Yu Xiaogang gave Tang San a Soul Tool left by his father, prompting Tang San to ask where his father was.

• Yu Xiaogang told Yu Tianheng and Tang San that he would take them to see Zhu Wu, and Yu Tianheng agreed to convey the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's apology.
• Yu Tianheng apologized to Zhu Wu on the clan's behalf, but Zhu Wu said he would not interfere with Zhu Wu's decision about the consequences.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Zhu Wu for rare treasures, and Zhu Wu refused before explaining that Primal Chaos Grass would harm Tang San because of his Martial Soul and soul rings.
• Tang San resented the opportunities enjoyed by Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling as Yu Xiaogang led him back to the courtyard.
• Yu Xiaogang gave Tang San a Soul Tool left by his father, and Tang San asked where his father was.

Tang San received a bracelet and lent Flender money to pay for Ma Hongjun’s treatment, while Zhu Wu removed Hongjun’s evil fire at the cost of weakening and changing his martial soul. After the Shrek team saw Hongjun’s new form, Yu Xiaogang began more demanding training and sparring.

• Yu Xiaogang gave Tang San a bracelet from Tang Hao containing Soul Cards and advised him to conceal it, then Flender borrowed twelve million from Tang San for Ma Hongjun’s treatment.
• Ma Hongjun agreed to Zhu Wu’s treatment, and Zhu Wu used a Cinnabar Lotus and Ultimate Ice to remove the evil fire from his martial soul.
• Ma Hongjun woke thinner the next day and discovered his phoenix-like martial soul had become a fire rooster, though its fire abilities remained and its power had fallen by thirty percent.
• Yu Xiaogang increased the team’s physical workload and added afternoon sparring, then reviewed their battles and sent them back for the day.

Xue Ye and Xue Qinghe learned that Tang San had been involved in the failed rare-treasure deal, while Yu Xiaogang shifted his attention to building a championship team at Blue Tyrant Academy. He arranged a sparring match between the First and Second Teams, and the chapter ended as Zhu Wu charged into battle.

• Xue Qinghe told Xue Ye that Yu Xiaogang, Yu Tianheng, and Tang San had visited Long Ying Tian, and Xue Ye concluded that Tang San had supplied the money.
• Bibi Dong received news about Tang Hao and reacted with anger before thinking of Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang told Liu Erlong he planned to recruit stronger students for a team aimed at winning the Soul Master Competition.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flender arranged a match against the Second Team, and Zhu Wu agreed to fight the following morning.
• The teams met at the rear mountain training grounds, where Yu Xiaogang selected Tang San, Dai Mubai, Yu Tianheng, Oscar, Shi Mo, Shi Mo, and Yu Feng to face Zhu Wu's group.
• Zhu Wu summoned Little White, transformed through its Silver Eagle Beast form, received Ning Rongrong's enhancements, and charged at the opposing team.

Zhu Wu and Long Ling'er overwhelmed Yu Xiaogang’s First Team in a Soul Fight, leaving Tang San and several teammates injured before Ye Lingling healed them. Xiao Wu angrily blamed Zhu Wu and Long Ling'er for targeting Tang San, and the First Team left while Zhu Wu’s group returned to training.

• Shi Mo and Shi Mo hurled an exploding shield at Zhu Wu and Long Ling'er, but Zhu Wu deflected its fragments while Long Ling'er knocked Yu Feng down.
• Zhu Wu copied Tang San’s Entangling skill with vastly greater range and strength, forcing Tang San to pull Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng out of the vines’ path.
• Long Ling'er shattered Shi Mo’s turtle shield with one punch, then unleashed Golden Dragon Burst and blasted the First Team into the air.
• Zhu Wu kicked Tang San and flung Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng into him before catching Oscar, while Ye Lingling healed the injured group.
• Xiao Wu condemned Zhu Wu and Long Ling'er for hurting Tang San, but Ning Rongrong defended their actions as part of the Soul Fight.
• Yu Xiaogang and Qin Ming led the injured First Team away, and Zhu Wu told the Second Team to continue training before leaving with Ning Rongrong and Long Ling'er.

After losing to Long Ling'er, Tang San blamed his Blue Silver Grass and despaired over the gap between himself and Long Ying Tian. Yu Xiaogang restored his confidence by urging him to cultivate Blue Silver Grass to seven rings before using his second martial soul, while privately considering a trip to buy Tang San a Soul Bone.

• Tang San woke after a day unconscious and resented his defeat, deciding that Blue Silver Grass and his lack of resources had held him back.
• Zhu Wu made dumplings with Ning Rongrong and Long Ling'er, and the next morning Yu Xiaogang and Flender encouraged the dispirited team to train harder.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that strengthening his body with Blue Silver Grass soul rings would prepare him to absorb powerful rings on his second martial soul.
• Tang San regained his confidence and vowed to defeat Long Ying Tian, while Yu Xiaogang considered spending one hundred million Gold Soul Coins to buy him a Soul Bone.

Flender and Yu Xiaogang resigned from Heaven Dou Royal Academy to join Liu Erlong’s Blue Tyrant Academy, and most of Shrek Academy’s group followed them. Meng Shenji accepted their departure, then grew furious when Qin Ming and several First Team students left as well, while Bai Baoshan and Zhi Lin suspected the departing students would regret their choice.

• Flender and Yu Xiaogang announced they would leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy to help Liu Erlong lead Blue Tyrant Academy’s team for the Soul Master Competition.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing chose to leave with them, and Dai Mubai persuaded Yu Tianheng to join.
• Qin Ming also decided to go, and Yu Xiaogang outlined Blue Tyrant Academy’s team as the group discussed recruiting Shi Mo, Shi Mo, and Yu Feng.
• Flender asked Meng Shenji for permission to resign, and Meng Shenji accepted after hearing that the Golden Iron Triangle would reunite.
• Qin Ming left with Yu Tianheng, Shi Mo, Shi Mo, and Yu Feng, prompting Meng Shenji and Zhi Lin to accuse Shrek Academy of poaching students.
• Bai Baoshan argued that Long Ying Tian might not value the departing group, and Meng Shenji went to speak with him.

Zhu Wu agreed to rebuild the Imperial Royal Academy’s First Team and chose Xiao Chenyu to join it, then reunited with the soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest. He revealed his plan to use Spirit Hall’s coming war to unify the continent and asked Di Tian whether he wanted to reclaim the Divine Realm.

• Meng Shenji asked Zhu Wu to take over the First Team after Shrek Academy poached Qin Ming and several team members, and Zhu Wu agreed.
• Zhu Wu selected Xiao Chenyu, a defensive shield spirit master, to fill a place on the team.
• Dugu Yan teased Ye Lingling about acting like Zhu Wu’s wife, and Ye Lingling admitted she did not know whether she liked him.
• Zhu Wu and Long Ling'er left the academy, met Zi Ji and Ten Thousand Demons King at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, and led the group to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Zhu Wu told the gathered beasts that Spirit Hall’s war could give him an excuse to defeat Bibi Dong and take over the three empires.
• Di Tian asked whether Zhu Wu intended to unify the continent, and Zhu Wu said he did before asking if Di Tian wanted to reclaim the Divine Realm.

Zhu Wu planned to absorb a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Soul Ring, spent the New Year traveling with Long Ling'er and Ten Thousand Demons King, and reunited with Ning Rongrong at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Back at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, he uncovered Osler’s training-related injuries, healed him, and introduced the new First Team to a tailored training plan.

• Zhu Wu told Di Tian and the other beasts that he intended to make the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger his Fifth Soul Ring, and Di Tian agreed to accompany him when the time came.
• Zhu Wu, Long Ling'er, and Ten Thousand Demons King toured the forest and human cities, enjoyed the New Year together, and then Zhu Wu brought Long Ling'er to Heaven Dou City.
• Zhu Wu and Long Ling'er revealed themselves to Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where they stayed and resumed cultivation.
• At the end of February, Zhu Wu brought the girls back to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and met with Meng Shenji about the team.
• Zhu Wu examined Osler, identified acute kidney failure caused by muscle strain, and used Soul Power and spiritual power to purge his injuries.
• Zhu Wu instructed the new First Team in individualized training plans, and the players and assistant instructor admired his expertise.

Tang San and Xiao Wu defeated Tai Long, whose father and grandfather then recognized Tang San as their Young Master after seeing his second martial soul. Yu Xiaogang finalized Shrek’s competition lineup, planned to seek a Soul Bone for Tang San, and a month later used an elder’s token to gain an audience with the Pope.

• Tai Long confronted Tang San and Xiao Wu, and they beat him badly after he insulted Tang San.
• Tai Tan and Tai Nuo arrived at Shrek Academy, recognized Tang San as their Young Master, and made Tai Long greet him.
• Yu Xiaogang finalized the team lineup, dropping Jing Ling and Huang Yuan, and planned to improve the team’s cultivation with medicinal baths.
• Yu Xiaogang told Liu Erlong he planned to visit a woman to help Tang San and the team, and she reluctantly agreed to follow his training plan while he was away.
• One month later, Yu Xiaogang showed his elder’s token to the Hall Knights in Spirit City, who escorted him to meet the Pope.

Yu Xiaogang met Bibi Dong at the Papal Hall to buy two strength-type Soul Bones, hoping to improve his ability to help Tang San. Their argument over Tang San’s fate revived their old grievances, and Bibi Dong let Yu Xiaogang leave while hinting that others might still kill his disciple.

• Bibi Dong met Yu Xiaogang privately and heard that he wanted to buy a strength-type Soul Bone to address his Martial Soul defect.
• Bibi Dong offered Yu Xiaogang a thirty-thousand-year Left Arm Bone and a twenty-thousand-year Left Leg Bone, and he bought both for one hundred million Gold Soul Coins.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Bibi Dong how she had overcome the obstacle of Twin Martial Souls, and she revealed that she knew Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and threatened to kill him.
• Yu Xiaogang grabbed Bibi Dong and declared that he would destroy Spirit Hall if Tang San died, then warned her of the consequences of provoking the Illusory Beast Sect and shared information about Long Ying Tian and Long Ling'er.
• Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong argued over their past relationship before he left, and Bibi Dong said she might not kill Tang San herself but others could.

Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San that Spirit Hall knew his identity and might target him during the Soul Master Competition, then gave him two soul bones. Tang San absorbed one and discovered it had healed hidden injuries, though it had also severely damaged his ability to urinate normally.

• Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong discussed the danger Bibi Dong posed to Tang San and the risks of his competing.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that Spirit Hall knew he was Tang Hao's son, but Tang San insisted he would continue competing.
• Yu Xiaogang gave Tang San two Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones, and Tang San accepted them before returning to his room.
• Tang San absorbed the left soul bone while Xiao Wu was present and noticed its energy invigorating his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
• Tang San vomited congealed blood and urinated blood after the absorption, realizing the soul bone had healed hidden injuries he blamed on Long Ying Tian and Long Ling'er.

After training the team in Sunset Forest, Zhu Wu and Long Ling'er hunted ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts while the others trained under Dugu Bo. When Dugu Bo sensed visitors, Zhu Wu recognized them as acquaintances and said Yu Xiaogang was among them.

• Tang San absorbed a Soul Bone, recovered, and cultivated while Xiao Wu slept beside his bed.
• Dugu Bo reported that Yu Xiaogang had reappeared, and Zhu Wu asked him to find a way to castrate Yu Xiaogang without being discovered.
• Zhu Wu led the team to Sunset Forest for practical combat training, where Xiao Chenyu, Osler, and Dugu Yan fought a thousand-year Soul Beast while Ning Rongrong supported them and Ye Lingling healed them.
• Zhu Wu left the team in Dugu Bo's care and took Long Ling'er to hunt ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts, occasionally returning to check on the team's progress.
• After more than two months, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm alerted Zhu Wu to the approaching group, and Zhu Wu recognized Yu Xiaogang among them.

Zhu Wu and the Shrek group met while camping in Sunset Forest, where they discussed Dai Mubai’s search for a Soul Ring and the Diamond Tiger. During the night, Dugu Bo sent a snake into Yu Xiaogang’s tent, and Yu Xiaogang woke in agony after it bit him.

• Zhao Wuji and the Shrek group encountered Zhu Wu, Long Ling'er, and Dugu Bo in a clearing in Sunset Forest.
• Flender agreed to camp near Zhu Wu’s group, and the two groups settled in for the night.
• Ning Rongrong told Flender that the group had defeated a Diamond Tiger, then pointed him in the opposite direction when he asked where it had been.
• Dugu Bo released a small snake from his Ruyi Hundred Treasure Pouch and sent it into Yu Xiaogang’s tent.
• The snake bit Yu Xiaogang near his groin, waking him with intense pain.

A Nine-Section Emerald bit Yu Xiaogang, and Dugu Bo could only suppress the poison while Zhu Wu suggested Tang San use his venomous fangs to draw it out. Zhu Wu’s group continued deeper into the forest, leaving Yu Xiaogang disabled and Tang San resentful.

• A Nine-Section Emerald bit Yu Xiaogang, and Dugu Bo said he could only slow the poison with Antidote Pills.
• Zhu Wu suggested Tang San use his External Soul Bone’s venomous fangs to suck the poison from Yu Xiaogang’s wound.
• Tang San cut away the rotted flesh and used his fangs to treat Yu Xiaogang, while Zhu Wu and Dugu Bo watched from another tent.
• The next morning, Zhu Wu led the group onward, and Tang San blamed him for the humiliating treatment as Xiao Wu called him a jinx.
• Yu Xiaogang woke with numb legs and realized he had lost the ability to move them.
• Dugu Bo revealed that he had arranged for the Nine-Section Emerald to bite Yu Xiaogang, and Zhu Wu explained Tang San’s External Soul Bone to the group.

Bibi Dong gave Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation soul bones and ordered them to win the Soul Master Competition, while Yu Xiaogang kept his team training in Sunset Forest. After three months, Tang San blamed Long Ying Tian for his worsening physical condition and swore revenge on the Illusory Beast Sect as the team left the forest.

• Bibi Dong awarded Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan soul bones and threatened to send them to Death Canyon if they lost the competition.
• Zhu Wu took Long Ling'er away for further training, while Yu Xiaogang regained his resolve with support from Liu Erlong, Flender, and Tang San.
• Dai Mubai absorbed a soul ring, reached level forty-one, and gained White Tiger Meteor Shower; Yu Xiaogang then ordered the team to remain in Sunset Forest for special training.
• The team avoided the Heaven Dou Royal Team when they encountered it in the forest, and continued training there for three months.
• As the team left Sunset Forest, Tang San worried about his physical condition, blamed Long Ying Tian, and vowed that everyone from the Illusory Beast Sect would die.

After months of training in Sunset Forest, Zhu Wu brought his team back to prepare for the Soul Master Competition, where they encountered Shrek Academy outside the Great Soul Arena. The chapter ended with both teams entering the arena area, while Ma Hongjun vowed to challenge Shrek's embarrassing uniforms.

• Zhu Wu used illusions to support the team’s soul-beast hunts, and Xiao Chenyu discovered new ways to fight with his shield.
• In January, Zhu Wu led the team back from Sunset Forest, gave them a holiday, and later began their competition preparations.
• Yu Xiaogang reviewed Shrek Academy’s team and expressed confidence that they could defeat their opponents.
• Zhu Wu’s team arrived at the Great Soul Arena after giving up its direct-entry slot, and Dugu Yan mocked Shrek Academy’s uniforms and instructors.
• Ma Hongjun said he would refuse to wear the uniform in their next match, while Dai Mubai led Shrek Academy through the crowd into the arena passageway.

Shrek Academy faced ridicule and a hostile draw against Heaven Dou Royal Academy in the tournament’s opening match. Zhu Wu anticipated the matchup and planned to defeat Shrek without crippling the team, while Tang San rallied his fighters to prove themselves.

• Shrek Academy’s students traded insults with Canghui Team until Shi Nian arrived and ordered his team to leave.
• The tournament’s opening ceremony began, and the announcer introduced Shrek Academy to mocking laughter for its uniforms and slogan.
• Emperor Xue Ye and Platinum Bishop Salas allowed the draw to be rigged, pairing Heaven Dou Royal Academy against Shrek Academy.
• Tang San selected the Shrek fighters and urged them to show their strength, while Dai Mubai led the team in a show of resolve.
• Shrek Academy and Zhu Wu’s team entered the arena to very different receptions, and Tai Long vowed to prove himself against Long Ying Tian.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy used Zhu Wu's ice mirrors, mist, and illusions to confuse and toy with Shrek Academy during their preliminary match. Yu Xiaogang surrendered, and the referee declared Heaven Dou Royal Academy the winner.

• Dai Mubai activated his Martial Soul Possession, while Zhu Wu and Long Ling'er revealed their unusually powerful soul rings and transformed forms.
• Zhu Wu created a field of ice mirrors and frost mist that concealed Heaven Dou Royal Academy and confused Shrek's attempts to locate them.
• Tang San tried to counter with Blue Silver Grass, but the frost disrupted his control, and Heaven Dou's illusions caused Shrek's members to mistake allies for enemies.
• Zhu Wu and his teammates used the mist to ambush Shrek's fighters and set them against one another until Yu Xiaogang called for surrender.
• The referee awarded the match to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Xiao Wu ran onto the field to check on Tang San.