Chapter Summaries

Tian Chen left Moonlight Pavilion with his killing aura subdued and continued his effort to recruit Oscar by promising Spirit Hall could strengthen food-type Soul Masters. He led Oscar to an upscale club, leaving Oscar intrigued by the prospect of gaining the power to protect himself.

• Tian Chen felt Tang Yuehua's Noble Ring domain had eased his killing aura and planned to win her trust through their exchange of information and assistance.
• Tian Chen learned that his actions had driven a wedge between Oscar and Dai Mubai, then went to find Oscar in Heaven Dou City's red-light district.
• Oscar brooded over Dai Mubai's angry departure and complained that Battle Soul Masters looked down on others.
• Tian Chen praised Oscar's potential, urged him to consider joining Spirit Hall, and claimed it could give food-type Soul Masters some Battle Soul Master abilities.
• Tian Chen invited Oscar to experience a real golden dream and led him to the upscale club where Oscar had once gone with Dai Mubai.

Oscar gave in to his resentment and used Tian Chen’s whale rubber to indulge in his newfound power over Yue Li. Meanwhile, Wu Zi delivered fish oil from a ten-thousand-year Demon Soul Great White Shark to Tian Chen, who learned his grandfather had sent many more bottles.

• Oscar entered the club room and ordered Yue Li to crawl toward him, while she concealed her disappointment that he was not the lord from Spirit Hall.
• Oscar swallowed the hundred-year whale rubber and carried Yue Li to the bed.
• Tian Chen reflected that Oscar’s resentment made him likely to become increasingly corrupted by power.
• Wu Zi reported that he had delivered a nearly two-thousand-year Tiger Demon Cat to the Martial Soul Sacred Hall in Heaven Dou City.
• Wu Zi gave Tian Chen deep-sea fish oil from a ten-thousand-year Demon Soul Great White Shark and told him his grandfather had sent at least thirty more bottles.
• Tian Chen drank the fish oil, felt its effects on his body and Mental Power, and stored the remaining bottles in his Soul Tool.

Tian Chen brought Oscar to the Martial Soul Sacred Hall in Heaven Dou City and used the Evil God Hook to help him absorb a Tiger Demon Cat’s purple Soul Ring. Oscar gained his third Soul Skill and left agreeing to keep the procedure secret, while saying he would seriously consider joining Spirit Hall.

• Tian Chen told Oscar they were going to the Martial Soul Sacred Hall in Heaven Dou City to resolve a problem with his third Soul Ring.
• Wu Zi welcomed Tian Chen and confirmed that he had prepared a sealed chamber.
• Tian Chen gave Oscar a dagger and ordered him to kill a chained Tiger Demon Cat approaching two thousand years of cultivation.
• Tian Chen used the Evil God Hook’s power to help Oscar absorb the Tiger Demon Cat’s Soul Ring, and Oscar emerged with three Soul Rings.
• Oscar demonstrated his new Soul Skill, which increased speed and strength by fifteen percent for five minutes, and Tian Chen told him to keep the procedure secret.
• Oscar left the hall and told Tian Chen he would seriously consider joining Spirit Hall.

Over five months, Tian Chen recovered from Divine Slaughter's Domain and advanced to rank sixty-seven while growing closer to Ning Rongrong. After catching her when she fell from the pavilion roof, he found her kissing him.

• Tian Chen resumed cultivating and sparred with Dugu Bo, realizing his strength had grown enough to rival an ordinary Soul Douluo.
• Over five months, Tian Chen resolved the effects of Divine Slaughter's Domain, celebrated his nineteenth birthday, and advanced to rank sixty-seven.
• Ning Rongrong began visiting Tian Chen often, and they spent time together while he was no longer following his intensive cultivation routine.
• Ning Rongrong brought Tian Chen pastries to the pavilion roof and teased him about Dugu Yan becoming jealous of their closeness.
• Ning Rongrong stepped off the roof by mistake, and Tian Chen caught her before she hit the ground.
• Ning Rongrong put her arms around Tian Chen's neck and kissed him.

Tian Chen and Ning Rongrong grew closer, though she left before nightfall. Later, Tian Chen traveled to Sunset Forest and unexpectedly encountered Huyan Li and three companions.

• Tian Chen comforted Ning Rongrong after she hesitated, and promised to resolve the concerns about his relationships with her, Yanyan, and Lingling.
• Tian Chen and Ning Rongrong spent the day together until a servant reminded her to return to the sect; he escorted her to her carriage.
• After Ning Rongrong left, Tian Chen washed, changed clothes, and headed toward Sunset Forest.
• Tian Chen used his Evil God Domain to conceal and scout as he traveled through the forest.
• Tian Chen spotted four enormous men around a fire, recognized Huyan Li, and greeted him.

Tian Chen met Huyan Li and the Elephant Armor Sect in Sunset Forest, gave Huyan Li a soul bone and another for the sect, and watched him begin absorbing it. The chapter ended with Tian Chen spotting a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear in the forest.

• Huyan Jing and the Elephant Armor Sect disciples greeted Tian Chen, who joined Huyan Li by their campfire.
• Tian Chen congratulated Huyan Li on the sect gaining a Soul Douluo and learned the group was hunting a soul beast for A Qing's fourth soul ring.
• Tian Chen gave Huyan Li a golden soul bone from a mutated Qian Jun Ant and gave him a second soul bone to bring to Sect Master Huyan.
• Huyan Li began absorbing the golden soul bone while Tian Chen considered how strength-boosting soul bones could benefit the Elephant Armor Sect.
• Tian Chen and Huyan Jing sensed a beast approaching, and Tian Chen recognized it as a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.

Tian Chen and Huyan Li faced an eight-thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear that had been drawn by the smell of blood. Huyan Li charged at the beast to prove his strength, while Tian Chen prepared to use his Second Soul Skill as their clash reached a stalemate.

• Huyan Jing identified the approaching Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear as an eight-thousand-year Soul Beast attracted by the blood left from the Plate Armored Giant Rhinoceros.
• Tian Chen declined Huyan Jing's offer to fight and asked to battle alongside Huyan Li, who had just finished absorbing the Soul Bone.
• Huyan Li activated his Martial Soul Possession and several defensive Soul Skills before attacking the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear with Strength Amplification and Crushing Kill.
• The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear met Huyan Li's charge with its dark golden defensive fur, and the two fought to a stalemate.
• Tian Chen began channeling Soul Power into his right arm and palm to use his Second Soul Skill against the bear.

Tian Chen and Huyan Li defeated an eight-thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear after Huyan Li held it off and Tian Chen combined two Soul Skills to sever its limbs. Tian Chen stored the dying beast and left for the forest, telling Huyan Li to find him in Heaven Dou City when the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament began.

• Huyan Li used Qian Jun Strength to overpower the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear in a contest of strength.
• At Tian Chen's warning, Huyan Li retreated as the bear unleashed its Dark Gold Dreadclaw.
• Tian Chen fused Dark Gold Dreadclaw with Sky Azure Sluggish Divine Claw, restrained the bear, and severed all four of its limbs.
• Huyan Jing watched Tian Chen's victory and felt hopeful about the Elephant Armor Sect's future.
• Tian Chen put the dying bear and its limbs into his Soul Tool, then told Huyan Li to meet him in Heaven Dou City during the tournament before disappearing into the forest.

Tian Chen absorbed a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Soul Ring and used the Evil God Hook to raise his second Soul Ring to ten thousand years. He arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling were together, and caught them off guard.

• Tian Chen killed a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and absorbed its Soul Ring with the Evil God Hook.
• Tian Chen's second Soul Ring transformed from purple to black, leaving him with one purple, four black, and one red Soul Ring.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling discussed their cultivation progress and Dugu Yan teased Ye Lingling while they relaxed together.
• Ah Hei noticed Tian Chen's arrival, and Tian Chen landed on his head and asked whether he had come at a bad time.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling answered in unison, while Ye Lingling escaped Dugu Yan's embrace and blushed.

Tian Chen prepared to leave the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, while Grandmaster's group searched Sunset Forest for a Soul Beast. A month later, as the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament approached, Tian Chen planned to trade his last Secret Method Soul Bone at the Heaven Dou Auction House.

• Tian Chen fed the Dragon Scale Fruit plant Sky Azure Bull Python blood essence and prepared breakfast before leaving the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Ah Hei.
• Grandmaster questioned why Oscar's third Soul Skill had recovered, but Flender and Liu Erlong urged him to focus on finding Tang San a Mandala Snake.
• A month later, Heaven Dou City filled with Soul Masters arriving for the tournament, while Tian Chen, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling relaxed in the garden.
• Tian Chen told Dugu Yan he would skip the preliminary and advancement rounds and appear in the finals.
• Tian Chen invited Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to the Heaven Dou Auction House to trade his last Secret Method Soul Bone, and both women agreed to go with him.

Tian Chen brought a Secret Method Soul Bone to the Heaven Dou Auction House to trade for valuable goods and accepted a pair of weapons offered by Tang San. He left the Soul Bone for Tang San, hoping it would help Shrek Academy reach the tournament finals while setting up a future reckoning.

• Tian Chen spent a quiet evening in the auction house’s private room with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling before Chief Manager Yun arrived.
• Tian Chen asked Chief Manager Yun to appraise his Soul Bone and arrange a barter rather than an auction.
• Chief Manager Yun examined the thousand-year Soul Bone, estimated an auction starting price of five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, and arranged an impromptu sale to gather offers.
• After two hours, Chief Manager Yun presented three offers, including a Mirror Shadow Beast scale and a pair of Mother-Child Soul-Chasing Life-Taking Orbs.
• Tian Chen chose the pair of orbs and instructed Chief Manager Yun to give the Soul Bone to the person who offered them, whom he recognized as Tang San.

Tang San returned to Shrek Academy with a Soul Bone from the Heaven Dou Auction House and sought Grandmaster’s advice. Grandmaster identified it as a strength-type Soul Bone and told Tang San to absorb it in secret, while Tang San began fusing with it.

• Tang San met Xiao Wu on his way to see Grandmaster, and she insisted on accompanying him.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu encountered Dai Mubai, whose gloomy demeanor and distance from the others troubled Tang San.
• Tang San showed Grandmaster the Soul Bone he had obtained at the Heaven Dou Auction House and explained how he acquired it.
• Grandmaster identified the bone as a strength-type Soul Bone that could strengthen Tang San’s body for his second Martial Soul.
• Grandmaster warned Tang San to keep the Soul Bone secret and not use its abilities in the tournament without permission, then Tang San began absorbing it.

The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament opened in Heaven Dou City, where Tian Chen watched the ceremony with Ye Lingling and assessed the VIP guests and competing teams. The first-round draw paired Shrek Academy against Blazing Fire Academy, a difficult matchup for Tang San.

• Tian Chen arrived at the tournament’s VIP balcony with Ye Lingling after Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong left for Spirit City.
• Tian Chen recognized Emperor Xue Ye, Platinum Bishop Salas, and Ning Fengzhi on the VIP stand.
• Shrek Academy entered to jeers, and Tian Chen confirmed Xiao Wu was absent from its nine competitors.
• Xue Ye opened the tournament, and Salas drew the first-round matchups.
• Tian Chen learned that Shrek Academy would face Blazing Fire Academy, whose fire-based abilities countered Tang San’s Martial Soul.

Tian Chen left the tournament venue with Ye Lingling and told Golden Crocodile Douluo and Xia Hong that Xiao Wu was a transformed hundred-thousand-year soul beast and Tang San was Tang Hao’s son. They agreed to wait for the tournament’s outcome and prepare to ambush them, leaving Tian Chen and Ye Lingling in the Martial Soul Sacred Hall courtyard.

• Tian Chen and Ye Lingling left the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena before the match between Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Oakland Academy concluded.
• Tian Chen brought Ye Lingling to a secluded courtyard in the Martial Soul Sacred Hall, where Golden Crocodile Douluo and Xia Hong were waiting.
• Tian Chen told the two elders that Xiao Wu was a transformed hundred-thousand-year soft bone rabbit and Tang San was Tang Hao’s son, and suggested Tang Hao had once lured Xia Hong away to protect them.
• Tian Chen proposed helping Shrek Academy reach the finals so Spirit Hall could ambush Tang San and Xiao Wu in Spirit City, while also preparing to act in Heaven Dou City if they did not go.
• Tian E approved Tian Chen’s plan and said he and Xia Hong would handle matters to make Tian Chen’s path easier; Xia Hong noted Tian Chen had reached rank sixty-seven Soul Power.

Shrek Academy faced Thunder Academy in the seventh round of the preliminaries and suffered another decisive defeat. Grandmaster conceded after Thunder Academy overwhelmed the team, leaving Shrek's fighters defeated and their hard-won confidence shaken.

• Shrek Academy entered the seventh round with five wins and one loss, while Thunder Academy had won every match.
• Yu Tianxin overpowered Dai Mubai in their opening clash, and Lei Dong's electrified net burned Tang San's Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San tried to interrupt Lei Tian's attack and restrain Yu Tianxin and Lei Mie, but Yu Tianxin broke free and the brief advantage faded.
• Lei Dong and Thunder Academy's support student defeated Zhu Zhuqing and Jing Ling, while Lei Mie blasted Huang Yuan away.
• Yu Tianxin urged Dai Mubai to concede, and Grandmaster conceded for Shrek Academy as Zhu Zhuqing and Huang Yuan were carried off unconscious.

Tian Chen decided to intervene after Shrek Academy’s losses threatened their chances of qualifying, while Elephant Armor Academy and Skywater Academy’s withdrawals unexpectedly carried Shrek into the finals. The chapter ended with the unfinished line, “I, Eunuch Ju, really am going to”.

• Tian Chen worried that Shrek Academy was too weak to qualify and planned a discreet remedy, then spent time with Ye Lingling.
• Elephant Armor Academy conceded its match against Shrek Academy, leaving Tang San and Grandmaster surprised and hopeful.
• Elephant Armor Academy also conceded to Skywater Academy, and Grandmaster realized the two academies were working together to eliminate Blazing Fire Academy.
• Skywater Academy conceded its final qualifying match against Shrek Academy, sending Shrek into the finals without a fight.

After the qualifiers, Skywater Academy clashed with Blazing Fire and Godwind Academies, while Elephant Armor Academy stood by them. Elephant Armor Academy won the advancement tournament, and the teams departed for Spirit City, where Xiao Wu and Tang San considered Shrek Academy’s chances in the grand finals.

• At the awards ceremony, Huo Wu accused Shui Bing'er of siding with Spirit Hall and conspiring with Elephant Armor Academy, and Shui Yue'er mocked her.
• Huo Wu released her martial soul, prompting both academies to prepare for a fight, but Huyan Li arrived with Elephant Armor Academy and backed Skywater Academy.
• Shui Bing'er’s icy, threatening presence made Huo Wu hesitate; Huo Wu then rejected Feng Xiaotian’s concern and left.
• The teams competed in the advancement tournament, where Elephant Armor Academy took first place and Xue Ye announced that Xue Qinghe would accompany the fifteen teams to the grand finals in Spirit City.
• After three days of preparation, the teams set out for Spirit City; Xiao Wu asked Tang San about their chances, and he said their prospects could improve if she reached level 40.

Tang Yuehua and Tang Xiao discussed seeking Tang Hao and protecting his son, while Shrek Academy arrived in Spirit City for the grand finals. As Tang San combed Xiao Wu’s hair, she quietly accepted the ending she had foreseen for herself.

• Tang Yuehua asked Tang Xiao about the five elders’ stance on Tang Hao, and he said they still resented him.
• Tang Yuehua urged Tang Xiao to seek out Tang Hao and protect his son, and Tang Xiao agreed to go with her to Spirit City.
• Xiao Wu told Shrek Academy she had reached Level 40, and Liu Erlong took her to Star Dou Great Forest to obtain a soul ring.
• Meng Tao welcomed the Heaven Dou Empire’s fifteen qualified academies to Spirit City, where Grandmaster told Shrek Academy the finals would begin in three days.
• Tang San noticed Xiao Wu acting unusually and later went to her courtyard, where she asked him to comb her hair.
• Xiao Wu shed a tear as Tang San combed her hair, content despite foreseeing her own ending.

Tian Chen arranged for Bibi Dong to attend the finals, intending to provoke her by killing Yu Xiaogang in front of her. At the opening ceremony, Shrek Academy drew the formidable Elephant Armor Academy for its first match, while Xiao Wu watched Bibi Dong from hiding.

• Hu Liena and Dugu Yan exchanged a cold challenge before leaving Tian Chen's estate with Ning Rongrong.
• Meng Tao told Tian Chen that Bibi Dong had agreed to attend the first match, and Tian Chen planned to use Yu Xiaogang to provoke her.
• Flender returned from the draw and announced that Shrek Academy would face Elephant Armor Academy in the first round.
• Bibi Dong arrived at the finals venue with Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, Sword Douluo, and Ning Fengzhi.
• Xiao Wu hid behind a wall and watched Bibi Dong resentfully.

As the match between Shrek Academy and Elephant Armor Academy began, the Titled Douluo present recognized Xiao Wu as a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, while Tian Chen arrived and announced he would face Shrek alone. The chapter left Xiao Wu recognizing a familiar presence in Tian Chen as both teams accepted the unusual match.

• Bibi Dong silenced a bishop who rebuked Shrek Academy for not kneeling, then ordered the assembled crowd to rise and the match to begin.
• When Xiao Wu entered with Shrek’s team, Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, Gui Mei, Chen Xin, and Dugu Bo realized she was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Tian Chen arrived amid darkness and a dragon’s roar, and Huyan Li declared that he would represent Elephant Armor Academy.
• Tian Chen said he would fight Shrek’s entire team alone, and Bibi Dong approved the match before Grandmaster agreed on Shrek’s behalf.
• Chen Xin’s warning led Ning Fengzhi to suspect that Tian Chen had long known Xiao Wu’s identity.
• Xiao Wu froze when she sensed a familiar presence in Tian Chen, while Tang San and the other Shrek team members prepared to face him.