Chapter Summaries

Yu Tianlong gave Qian Renxue two Immortal Herbs and explained their effects, and she chose the Lovesick Heartbreak Red as a keepsake after it recognized her. She accepted the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower to cultivate with, but decided to wait before absorbing it so she could spend more time with Yu Tianlong.

• Yu Tianlong presented Qian Renxue with the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower and Lovesick Heartbreak Red, explaining that she could choose only one to consume.
• Yu Tianlong described how the Lovesick Heartbreak Red chose its master and warned Qian Renxue not to damage the Wujue Stone beneath it.
• Qian Renxue spat blood onto the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, which recognized her and detached from the Wujue Stone.
• Qian Renxue chose to keep the Lovesick Heartbreak Red rather than consume it, and Yu Tianlong gave her the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower instead.
• Qian Renxue accepted the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower but told Yu Tianlong she would absorb it later because she wanted to stay with him longer.

Yu Tianlong left Qian Renxue and returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where he agreed to enter the Continental Soul Master Tournament for her sake. As Qin Ming explained the tournament’s rules, Yu Tianlong’s team considered the limits those rules would place on their strength.

• Yu Tianlong departed from Qian Renxue after she asked him to compete in the tournament and slap Bibi Dong in the face.
• Yu Tianlong considered taking revenge on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan by infecting and hunting them with the Void.
• Qin Ming asked Yu Tianlong’s group whether they would enter the Continental Soul Master Tournament, and Yu Tianlong agreed.
• Yu Tianlong asked Ning Rongrong and the others to listen as Qin Ming explained the tournament rules.
• Ye Lingling questioned the ban on killing opponents, and Qin Ming explained that the tournament protected young Soul Masters and helped recruit talent.

Qin Ming explained the tournament’s entries, seeded teams, and complicated knockout format to Ning Rongrong and the others. Yu Tianlong began training the girls, and half a month later the Heaven Dou division’s opening ceremony began in Heaven Dou City.

• Qin Ming described how teams qualified for the finals and explained Spirit Hall’s direct entry as the third seeded team.
• Qin Ming outlined the knockout rounds, byes, and final battles, while Zhu Zhuqing grew confused and Yu Tianlong urged her to focus on winning.
• Yu Tianlong decided to keep assessing Zhu Zhuqing before giving her an immortal herb and spent the following days putting the girls through combat training.
• Half a month later, the Heaven Dou division opening ceremony began at the renovated Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena, where tickets had sold out a month in advance.

The tournament’s opening day drew a massive crowd to the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena, where Yu Tianlong accompanied Ning Rongrong and the other girls. They spotted Tang San and the Shrek students being mocked for their ugly sponsored uniforms as they entered the arena.

• Spectators, nobles, and aspiring matchmakers flocked to the renovated Great Soul Arena for the tournament’s opening ceremony.
• Yu Tianlong joined Ning Rongrong and the other girls at the arena despite disliking the crowds.
• Tang San and the Shrek students drew ridicule for their green uniforms, monster emblems, and advertising slogans.
• Tang San and the other Shrek students hid their faces with masks or their hands while Flender led them into the crowd and Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong followed.
• Yu Tianlong saw Liu Erlong walking with the Shrek group and reacted with mockery.

Yu Tianlong chose not to attack Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong directly, instead sending Voidlings to follow them as he plotted against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. At the tournament’s opening ceremony, Shrek Academy endured ridicule over its uniforms and ran into the Canghui Academy team again.

• Yu Tianlong recalled Yu Xiaogang abandoning him and decided to infect the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan rather than start an open fight, sending Voidlings to follow Yu Xiaogang and his group.
• Ning Rongrong and the others spotted Tang San’s group and laughed at them, while the Shrek team squeezed into the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena in their embarrassing uniforms.
• Tang San tried to reassure the others that they could discuss changing their uniforms with Flender after the opening ceremony.
• Flender returned after completing registration and encouraged the Shrek students to act lively and aim for the championship.
• A nearby voice mocked Shrek Academy’s champions, and Tang San and the others recognized the speaker’s team as Canghui Academy.

Tang San and Shrek Academy were publicly mocked by Canghui Academy over their past humiliation, and Flender stopped them from attacking before revealing that Canghui Academy was led by the dangerous Shi Nian. The chapter ended with Flender warning Shrek to be wary of Shi Nian, whose illusion-based Martial Soul and high Soul Power made him a serious threat.

• Tai Long tried to strike a Canghui Academy student who insulted Tang San, but Tang San stopped him and said they should fight in the arena.
• A Canghui Academy student exposed Tang San and the others’ humiliation involving Mating Apes, prompting the hall to laugh and Shrek’s newer members to realize the rumors might be true.
• Tang San and the others released their Martial Souls and prepared to attack, but Flender warned that Spirit Hall could put them on its wanted list and restrained them.
• Shi Nian arrived and led Canghui Academy away, while Ma Hongjun jeered at the students and Flender rebuked him.
• Flender told Shrek that Shi Nian used the illusion-producing Remnant Dream Martial Soul, had likely reached above rank seventy, and was too dangerous to underestimate.

Shrek Academy entered the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament last and faced ridicule from the crowd. In the stands, Yu Tianlong chatted with Emperor Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi, then caught Tang San’s attention, leaving Tang San and the Shrek team furious and wary.

• Flender warned Shrek Academy about Yu Tianlong, then left as the tournament staff brought the team into the venue last.
• The crowd laughed at Shrek Academy’s unusual uniforms and slogan, while Tang San calmed Dai Mubai and urged him to wait until the matches began.
• Emperor Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi invited Yu Tianlong to the VIP seats, where the emperor joked about marrying his daughter to him.
• Tang San spotted Yu Tianlong beside the empire’s highest-ranking figures and wondered why he deserved a place among them.
• Yu Tianlong met Tang San’s gaze and nodded; Tang San lowered his head, and Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and the others reacted with anger.

Emperor Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi opened the tournament, and Salas drew the preliminary matchups. Shrek Academy learned that it would face the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Secondary Team, while Salas announced Spirit Hall’s offer to finalists.

• Emperor Xue Ye declared the tournament open and urged the competitors to win glory for the empire.
• Ning Fengzhi praised the young Soul Masters and said every team had a chance to win.
• Salas drew the first-round matchups and paired the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Secondary Team with Shrek Academy.
• Shrek Academy’s members reacted with alarm, then realized Yu Tianlong was unlikely to compete for the secondary team.
• Spectators booed the draw and accused the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Secondary Team of choosing an easy opponent.
• Salas swore the draw had not been rigged and promised finalists could join the Martial Soul Temple directly.

Spirit Hall’s Platinum Bishop recruited talented Soul Masters in front of Emperor Xue Ye, deepening tensions with the Heaven Dou Empire. Shrek Academy prepared to face Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Second Team, with Tang San planning to crush them quickly while insisting to himself that he was only biding his time against Yu Tianlong.

• The Platinum Bishop announced that outstanding Soul Masters could enter the Martial Soul Temple, and Ning Fengzhi restrained Xue Ye from reacting angrily.
• The tournament organizers announced Shrek Academy’s first-round match against Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Second Team, and Tai Long vowed to help Tang San’s friends defeat them.
• Tang San overheard spectators gossiping about him, swore revenge on Yu Tianlong and Canghui Academy, then told himself he was biding his time.
• Tang San selected seven Shrek fighters and ordered them to follow their first plan, aiming to crush Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Second Team in one minute.
• Shrek’s fighters watched Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Second Team make a dazzling entrance, and Huang Yuan and Jing Ling complained that their own team was being treated as a foil.

Shrek Academy entered the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament and clashed with the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team. After Yu Tianlong’s trick made Shrek’s contestants fall and the rival team mocked them, the first preliminary match began with both sides summoning their Martial Souls.

• Yu Tianlong activated the Living Biological Armor Panels in Tang San and the others, causing them to tumble as they entered the arena.
• Yu Feng and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team mocked Shrek Academy, while their members backed away after recalling the Mating Ape incident.
• Ning Rongrong told Emperor Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi about Yu Tianlong’s grudge and his righteous severing of men who harbored ill intentions toward him.
• Tang San and Yu Tianheng exchanged threats before the referee ordered the teams to salute and clear the platform of nonparticipants.
• Dai Mubai led Shrek Academy in summoning its Martial Souls, and the first preliminary match officially began.

Shrek Academy defeated the favored Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team, despite the spectators’ confidence in the stronger-looking opponents. After the crowd booed the result, Yu Tianlong returned to his room and ordered Cho'Gath to send Voidlings toward the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

• Yu Tianlong predicted Shrek Academy would win, and Ning Fengzhi and the others watched as Tang San and his teammates fought with unexpected skill.
• Yu Tianheng conceded after his teammates were injured, giving Shrek Academy the victory.
• The spectators booed both teams after Shrek Academy won, while Flender celebrated the team’s performance and planned to sell advertising space on their uniforms.
• Yu Tianlong left the arena and later returned to his room after spending time in Heaven Dou City with Ning Rongrong and the others.
• Yu Tianlong told Cho'Gath to create more Voidlings and send them toward the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to devour or parasitize clan members when opportunities arose.

Yu Tianlong used a Voidling to reach Sea God Island, hoping to find the Asura God Sword or other resources and establish a supporter for The Void. After slipping past the Demon Soul Great White Sharks and reaching shore, he was immediately confronted by eight yellow-clad Sea Soul Masters who mistook him for a Soul Beast.

• Yu Tianlong guided a Voidling through the ocean and spotted a Demon Soul Great White Shark near Sea God Island.
• Yu Tianlong avoided the shark and continued toward shore, considering the Asura God Sword and the island's other resources as possible goals.
• Yu Tianlong reached Sea God Island and admired its warm climate and lush scenery.
• Eight yellow-clad Sea Soul Masters emerged from the forest, saw Yu Tianlong, and wondered how a Soul Beast had reached the island.
• Yu Tianlong realized he had been discovered immediately and feared the Sea Soul Masters would kill him.

Yu Tianlong was escorted by Sea Soul Masters to the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar after they received word that he should undergo a Sea God trial. Sea Horse Douluo agreed to let him take it, though he remained puzzled that a Soul Beast had come for a trial.

• Yu Tianlong watched the Sea Soul Masters debate what to do with him and chose not to resist because his current body was too weak to fight them.
• A middle-aged Sea Soul Master led Yu Tianlong into the woods and warned him not to probe the island with spiritual power.
• The group reached the Sea Within the Sea, where the middle-aged man explained that the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar could administer Sea God trials.
• The middle-aged man reported that a visiting Soul Beast had come to take a trial, and the black-clad Sea Horse Douluo opened his eyes.
• Sea Horse Douluo questioned whether Yu Tianlong was a Soul Beast, then accepted the request after hearing it was the Sea God's will.

Yu Tianlong accepted the Sea God’s trial and crossed the Sea Within the Sea by digging underground, while Sea Horse Douluo went easy on him. The Sea Horse Sacred Pillar granted Yu Tianlong Black Level Six Trials, leaving Sea Horse Douluo wondering whether the Sea God meant to kill him or let him live.

• Yu Tianlong agreed to undergo the trial and dug beneath the Sea Within the Sea toward the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar.
• Sea Horse Douluo raised a wall of water and shook the ground, but held back most of his strength as Yu Tianlong continued onward.
• Sea Horse Douluo activated the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar and directed its light onto Yu Tianlong.
• The light turned black, the Sacred Pillar’s patterns darkened, and six trial screens appeared before Yu Tianlong.
• The six trials sank into Yu Tianlong’s forehead as a black six-pointed star, and he sat down to contemplate them.
• Sea Horse Douluo watched Yu Tianlong and wondered whether the Sea God’s trial was meant to kill him or let him live.

Yu Tianlong learned that he could exploit the assessment to create more Voidlings, then heard how deadly the black level six trials were. As Sea Horse Douluo warned him of certain death, a mysterious woman in red appeared at the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar and questioned what he was.

• Yu Tianlong discovered that the black level assessment disappeared when he returned his consciousness to his main body, allowing him to create more Voidlings without losing the assessment.
• Sea Horse Douluo explained the assessment ranks, the difficulty of black level trials, and that failing one meant death.
• Yu Tianlong said he was willing to die and send his kin to take the assessment, then asked how Sea Horse Douluo had passed his own trial.
• Sea Horse Douluo explained his past assessment and warned Yu Tianlong that his strength left him no chance of passing.
• A mysterious red-robed woman appeared at the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar and asked whether Yu Tianlong was a Soul Beast or something else.

Yu Tianlong met Sea God Douluo Bo Saixi, who confirmed that he was an honored guest and warned him to complete at least one Sea God trial each year or die. Sea Horse Douluo Ou Ya escorted him to Seahorse City, where Yu Tianlong began learning about life on Sea God Island.

• Sea Horse Douluo Ou Ya apologized to Bo Saixi for failing to understand the Sea God's will, and she told him the unusual situation was not his fault.
• Bo Saixi ordered Ou Ya to treat Yu Tianlong as an honored guest, help him with his trials, and summon the other six Sacred Pillar guardians for a meeting.
• Bo Saixi warned Yu Tianlong that he had to complete at least one trial each year and that failure meant death, then vanished in a flash of red light.
• Ou Ya led Yu Tianlong across a bridge of seawater toward Seahorse City and explained the trial rules and the restriction against entering Sea God Island's central forbidden grounds.
• Ou Ya showed Yu Tianlong Seahorse City and explained that its population included retired Sea God Warriors and children, while Sea Dragon City had more than two thousand residents.

Yu Tianlong settled into Seahorse City and learned how Sea God Island obtained supplies, then asked a purple-clad Sea Soul Master to take him to the forbidden grounds for his first trial, Crossing the Sea God's Light. The Sea Soul Master explained that Yu Tianlong’s Sea God mark had made his passage easy, but the trial ahead would be formidable.

• Sea Horse Douluo explained that Sea God Island relied on barter and traded its local specialties for supplies brought by outside Sea Soul Masters.
• Yu Tianlong considered hiding his Voidlings aboard the supply ships, then settled into the city lord’s residence as Sea Horse Douluo went to report to Bo Saixi.
• Yu Tianlong learned that his first trial required him to climb 108 steps beneath the forbidden grounds within one year.
• After lunch, Yu Tianlong asked a purple-clad Sea Soul Master to escort him to the forbidden grounds.
• The Sea Soul Master said Yu Tianlong’s Sea God mark and recognition by the Sea God explained his easy access, while warning that the trial’s defenses would be formidable.

Yu Tianlong reached Sea God Island’s forbidden ground and attempted to cross the Ring Sea and ascend Sea God Mountain. After strange fish failed to catch him, an invisible force repelled him at the foot of the steps, leaving his trial unresolved.

• The purple-robed Sea Soul Master carried Yu Tianlong at full speed to the forbidden ground at the center of the Ring Sea and explained the Sea God's Light trial and its one thousand and one steps.
• Yu Tianlong crossed the Ring Sea by burrowing underground, and black light appeared around him as soon as he entered the water.
• A large spear-mouthed fish leapt from the sea, but Yu Tianlong had already passed beneath it; the fish turned back into the water after spotting him on shore.
• Yu Tianlong reached the foot of Sea God Mountain and charged toward the steps, but an invisible barrier struck him backward more than ten meters.

Yu Tianlong tested the trial steps and found their escalating pressure drained Soul Power, leaving him unsure how a Voidling could pass within a year. He returned to the tournament and confidently told Ning Fengzhi that his team would reach the finals.

• Yu Tianlong climbed to the fifth step, where the pressure was so great that a rank-thirty Soul Master would struggle to stand.
• Yu Tianlong handed control back to the Voidling, asked Cho'Gath about Rongrong and the others, and learned that seven or eight members of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had been parasitized.
• Yu Tianlong went to watch the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, where the VIP seats included Emperor Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, Salas, and Heavenly Elephant Huyan Zhen.
• Yu Tianlong greeted Ning Fengzhi and said that the team he was leading would make it to the finals.

Yu Tianlong watched Shrek Academy face the enormous Elephant Armor Academy in the second preliminary round, while Emperor Xue Ye and Huyan Zhen exchanged remarks about their teams. The match began with both teams revealing their strength, but its outcome remained undecided.

• Yu Tianlong asked Ning Fengzhi where Rongrong and the others had gone, then learned that Shrek Academy would face Elephant Armor Academy and decided to watch.
• Tang San and his teammates saw the towering Elephant Armor competitors enter the platform, and Dai Mubai nervously introduced Shrek Academy.
• The referee began the match, and Elephant Armor Academy’s seven competitors used Martial Soul Possession to transform their bodies and reveal their Soul Rings.
• Huyan Zhen praised his grandson Huyan Li and declared Elephant Armor Sect’s goal was to place in the finals’ top three.
• Emperor Xue Ye challenged Huyan Zhen’s confidence, saying Shrek had beaten stronger teams before and Elephant Armor could not reach the top three.