Chapter Summaries

Jing Ni of the Botanical Team defeated a Blazing Team soul ancestor in seconds with her Swordleaf Grass and the Jing Ni Sword Technique. As Botanical Academy prepared its next fighter, Huo Wu reprimanded the defeated Zhang Dongxing and ordered his injuries treated before he was sent to the Botanical students.

• Salas ensured the tournament’s random team matchups were fair, and the Blazing Team was paired with the Botanical Team.
• Huo Wu explained that Jing Ni had once been a weak Swordleaf Grass user but became formidable after Jing Ling taught her the Jing Ni Sword Technique.
• Jing Ni split her opponent’s flames and severed Zhang Dongxing’s limbs, defeating him in seconds before returning to the Botanical stands.
• Tang San, Ning Fengzhi, and Great Emperor Xue Ye recognized the potential of Jing Ni’s Swordleaf Grass and sword techniques.
• Jing Ling tended to Jing Ni while Botanical teammates Diyin and Ruila bickered, and Zijing sent Diyin to fight next.
• Huo Wu scolded Zhang Dongxing for his careless defeat and ordered him treated before he was sent to the Botanical students.

Botanical Academy cultivated between matches while Little Nine healed the Blazing Team, and the advancement tournament continued until Dieying finally faced Shrek after defeating Yu Xinming with her Seven Asura Illusion Realm. The chapter ended with Tang San preparing to confront Dieying as the tournament rules and the observers’ reaction left the stakes clear.

• Huo Wu knocked Huo Wushuang and the other Blazing Team members unconscious to protect Little Nine’s secret, and Little Nine and Jiang Zhu healed them with the Blue Silver Domain.
• Huo Wu stayed to cultivate with Little Nine and the others, while Meng Yiran and Shui Bing'er joined them and Dieying remained in the tent.
• Half a month later, Yu Xinming defeated Canghui Academy’s four remaining competitors, but Dieying appeared and challenged him.
• Dieying used her seven Gem Martial Spirits to unleash the Seven Asura Illusion Realm, leaving Yu Xinming collapsed and mentally damaged.
• Tang San tried to concede for Yu Xinming, but the referee refused because only the team leader or captain could concede on his behalf.
• Dieying threatened Tang San, Yu Xiaogang called him back, and Salas told Great Emperor Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi that Tang San had inadvertently helped Dieying obtain her power.

Dieying challenged Tang San and defeated him with the Seven Asura Sword Formation, forcing him to reveal a teleportation escape. Shrek forfeited the match, while Dieying looked ahead to a final showdown with Tang San.

• Dieying challenged Tang San, threatening his teammates and daring him to fight before she entered Spirit Hall.
• Salas summoned Demon Subduing Douluo and his brother to prevent Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo from intervening.
• Dieying trapped Tang San in the Seven Asura Illusion Realm, where the Seven Asura Shadows’ sword formation overwhelmed him.
• Tang San used his third Martial Spirit’s teleportation ability to escape to the Shrek stands, and the referee awarded Dieying the match.
• Dieying vowed to face Tang San again in the finals, and Dai Mubai forfeited Shrek’s next match.

Snake Spear Douluo visited the Botanical Team’s tent, recognized Meng Yiran’s potential, and took her as his disciple. He lent her a powerful head Spirit Bone for the tournament and claimed that Spirit Bones had become nearly worthless, while Suosite hinted that he had something important to say.

• Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, and Meng Yiran discussed Tang San’s escape and their confidence in future matches against him.
• Suosite arrived with Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Snake Spear Douluo, who was impressed that Little Nine sensed his presence through the tent’s barrier.
• Snake Spear Douluo examined Meng Yiran’s Snake Staff Martial Spirit and offered to take her as his disciple; Meng Yiran accepted after her grandfather told her to decide for herself.
• Snake Spear Douluo lent Meng Yiran the Eye of Medusa head Spirit Bone, which held a time-type Spirit Skill, and said she would return it after learning the skill.
• Snake Spear Douluo called Spirit Bones trash compared with Spirit Armor, and Suosite began to raise a matter he seemed reluctant to mention.

Little Nine’s team learned that Shrek might use high-quality Spirit Bones to strengthen its members before the tournament finals, while Shrek prepared to lend its students Spirit Bones and raise them to Spirit Emperor level. Both teams faced the prospect of a decisive clash in two months, with Tang San choosing to accept a powerful head bone despite his reservations.

• Suosite suspected Sword Douluo had killed his friend to obtain an eighty-thousand-year Spirit Bone, and he decided to join Spirit Hall rather than remain with the aristocratic powers.
• Snake Spear Douluo warned Little Nine, Huo Wu, and the others that Shrek’s backers might equip its team with Spirit Bones, leaving them worried about the finals.
• Little Nine urged his teammates to focus on passing the promotion rounds, and they regained their composure.
• Master Yu Xiaogang presented dozens of high-quality Spirit Bones to the Shrek Team, while Flender explained which ones were temporary and which had been given permanently to individual members.
• Flender planned to take the team to the Star Dou Great Forest during the break so they could obtain Spirit Rings and reach Spirit Emperor level.
• Tang San decided to refine the hundred-thousand-year head bone he had received, believing he needed its power to face Dieying and her Seven Asura Illusion Realm.

Meng Yiran crippled Tang Long after he insulted her and Little Nine, then faced a demand from the Shrek Team to be disqualified. As the referee asked her to explain herself, Meng Yiran dismissed Tang Long’s predicament and nodded toward the Botanical Academy Team’s stands.

• Meng Yiran entered the match against the exhausted Tang Long and warned him to admit defeat, but he insulted her, Little Nine, Huo Wu, and Shui Bing'er.
• Meng Yiran swiftly severed Tang Long’s right arm and inflicted a severe chest wound, prompting Flender to demand her disqualification.
• Ye Lingling used her Nine-Hearted Begonia Martial Spirit to heal Tang Long, while Ning Fengzhi and Great Emperor Xue Ye each recognized a political threat in the other’s intentions.
• Xue Beng mocked Flender, and Dai Mubai demanded that the referee disqualify Meng Yiran for disabling Tang Long.
• The referee asked Meng Yiran to answer the demand, and she scornfully reminded Tang Long that she had warned him before nodding toward the Botanical Academy Team’s stands.

Meng Yiran defeated Tang Long and Chen Yuan, while Jiang Zhu regenerated their severed limbs only as tiny, incomplete replacements. Xiao Wu then faced Meng Yiran, who unleashed a vast reserve of sealed Spirit Power, as Little Nine worried that the tournament was part of a threat to Xiao Wu.

• Jiang Zhu regenerated a finger-length arm for Tang Long, and the referee ruled that he could not be replaced, so Tang San carried him away as the next fighter arrived.
• Meng Yiran fought Chen Yuan, used a strange Spirit Bone Skill to catch him off guard, and severed both his legs; Jiang Zhu regenerated tiny legs and feet, and the referee declared Meng Yiran the winner.
• Tang Long told Yu Xiaogang and Tang San that Meng Yiran had seemed to appear instantly before him, while Tang San noticed Tang Long had briefly lost focus and Yu Xiaogang suspected an opponent-affecting Spirit Bone Skill.
• Yu Xiaogang stopped Tang San from fighting and sent Xiao Wu to face Meng Yiran; Tang San warned Xiao Wu to use her teleportation Spirit Skill if she was in danger.
• Little Nine worried that Tang Yuehua and Tang Zhen had a sinister plan against Xiao Wu connected to the tournament, and Zijing and the other women noticed his concern.
• Meng Yiran released a large reserve of sealed Spirit Power, explaining that she had prepared it for Tang San and had already crippled two Shrek substitutes.

Meng Yiran used a powerful Spirit Skill to force Xiao Wu and Dai Mubai to surrender before Tang San held out against her attack and she withdrew. Afterward, Little Nine sensed a familiar woman outside the tent and left to meet her, unsettling the other women.

• Snake Spear Douluo claimed Meng Yiran as his disciple and warned the leaders in the viewing stand not to target her, taking responsibility for her explosive Secret Method.
• Meng Yiran unleashed a storm of Snake Staffs that drove Xiao Wu from the arena, and Xiao Wu admitted defeat.
• Dai Mubai took the field, but Meng Yiran fused her Snake Staffs into a giant weapon; Dai Mubai surrendered, and the referee destroyed the attack with a single punch.
• Tang San entered the match and withstood Meng Yiran's attacks behind his Blue Silver Cage, so she surrendered and left after challenging him to meet her in the finals.
• Little Nine sensed a familiar person outside the tent and went to meet her, while Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, and the other women noticed how much the visitor mattered to him.

Little Nine pleaded with Tang San to abandon the tournament to protect Xiao Wu, but Tang San refused and warned him to stay away from her. As the ranking matches continued, Little Nine sought his teammates’ help with a dangerous plan, while Huo Wu’s team faced Shrek and revealed the enormous power she had accumulated.

• Xiao Wu visited Little Nine, reassured herself that he was well, and left before Tang San confronted him and declared that Xiao Wu was his fiancée.
• Little Nine begged Tang San to withdraw for Xiao Wu’s sake, but Tang San refused and threatened him; Little Nine vowed to kill Tang San and the Tang Household if Xiao Wu was harmed.
• Little Nine asked Jiang Zhu, Zhao Zilong, Huo Wu, and the others to help with a dangerous plan, while resolving to stop Shrek in the ranking matches if he could.
• Teams increasingly forfeited rather than face Meng Yiran or Dieying, and Yang Wuwei defeated six members of Huo Wu’s Blazing Team before Yu Xiaogang ordered him to withdraw.
• Huo Wu unleashed her accumulated Spirit Power and channeled half into the arena, while Tang San realized she had amassed fifty times her normal power.

Huo Wu used the defender’s advantage to turn the battle platform into a magma domain, defeating Ma Hongjun and forcing Tang San to face her. She unleashed a forbidden volcanic eruption against him, leaving the battle poised on the brink of disaster.

• Huo Wu used magma clones and a barrier to withstand Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Meteor Shower, then attacked him with magma dragons until Yu Xiaogang conceded the match.
• Huo Wu challenged Tang San, whose fire-immune Blue Silver Grass spread through the magma and began draining her power.
• Huo Wu asked for the defensive barrier to be reinforced, then merged with the magma and prepared a volcanic eruption.
• Bone Douluo warned Tang San to escape, but Tang San stayed, trusting Spatial Teleportation and hoping to exhaust Huo Wu for his teammates’ benefit.

Huo Wu used the Magma Domain to erupt underground magma and force Shrek Academy to concede, but she collapsed from her injuries and needed urgent treatment. The teams moved to Snow Eagle Territory, where Skywater Academy drew Shrek Team for the next match, and Yu Xiaogang prepared a plan to stop Shui Bing'er.

• Huo Wu unleashed underground magma through the Magma Domain, and Yu Xiaogang conceded when Shrek could not safely challenge her.
• Ghost Douluo carried the collapsing Huo Wu from the arena, and Little Nine and Jiang Zhu stabilized her injuries with their Martial Spirit Fusion Skill.
• Salas praised Huo Wu's potential, and Great Emperor Xue Ye ordered the competition moved to Snow Eagle Territory.
• Little Nine scolded Huo Wu for risking her life, while Huo Wu said defeating Tang San had lifted the shadow of her earlier defeat.
• Shui Bing'er told Little Nine and the others that Skywater Academy had drawn Shrek Team, and they hurried to the venue to support her.
• Yu Xiaogang assigned Wuwei, Hongjun, Mubai, Zhuqing, and Xiao San roles in a plan to prevent Shui Bing'er from reshaping the arena.

Skywater Academy’s Shui Bing'er used Ma Hongjun’s attack to launch herself into the clouds and prepare an ice storm that would harness the weather. As the Shrek spectators realized her Martial Spirit had evolved with Little Nine’s help, they also recognized the enormous value of the Evil Fire they had once discarded.

• Yang Wuwei defeated six Skywater opponents before withdrawing with Xue Wu, leaving Ma Hongjun to face Shui Bing'er.
• Shui Bing'er redirected Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Meteor Shower into a single fireball, then used its explosion to propel her ice platform high into the sky.
• Ma Hongjun could not follow Shui Bing'er beyond his flying limit, and the spectators wondered what she intended to do.
• Xue Wu worried that Shui Bing'er was attempting their ice-storm fusion move alone, while Little Nine explained that her Martial Spirit had evolved into a true Ice Phoenix.
• Yu Xiaogang realized Shui Bing'er was preparing to control the weather with an immense ice storm and inferred that Little Nine had evolved her Martial Spirit.
• Flender and Tang San regretted that Ma Hongjun had abandoned the Evil Fire, realizing Little Nine could use it to evolve other people’s Martial Spirits.

Shui Bing'er used a storm of falling spiral ice crystals to defeat Ma Hongjun and Zhu Zhuqing, despite Shrek's attempts to stall until her Spirit Power ran out. After the second loss, Flender objected that the arena's fire-attribute barrier melted the ice and deprived Shrek of a possible defense.

• Tang San decided Shrek could only delay until Shui Bing'er exhausted her Spirit Power, while Flender asked the referee to disqualify her for failing to attack.
• Shui Bing'er dropped a massive spiral ice crystal onto Ma Hongjun; he was injured and knocked unconscious, and Dai Mubai surrendered for him.
• Shui Bing'er continued attacking when Zhu Zhuqing entered after the break, and repeated ice strikes eventually grievously injured her, prompting Dai Mubai to surrender again.
• Flender objected to the Titled Douluo's fire-attribute defensive barrier, arguing that it melted the ice blocks Shrek could have used as shields.

Shrek tried to counter Shui Bing’er’s ice storm, but her attack overwhelmed their defenses and left Xiao Wu badly frozen. After Xiao Wu was carried away for treatment, Little Nine knocked Tang San flying.

• Salas accepted Yu Xiaogang’s request to change the arena’s defensive barrier to the ice attribute, and Shui Bing’er used the strengthened barrier to intensify her attack.
• Dai Mubai endured the ice bombardment long enough to create forty sheltered spaces beneath the ice, then collapsed from his injuries.
• Shui Bing’er formed a tornado of freezing wind and ice crystals over the arena, while Yu Xiaogang fainted after Thousand Ton Douluo insulted him.
• Tang San urged Xiao Wu to withdraw, but she endured the cold until she finally admitted defeat and the referee transported her out.
• Tang San rushed toward Xiao Wu, but Little Nine punched him away, carried Xiao Wu to Botanical Academy’s stand, and prepared to treat her with Jiang Zhu.

Tang San entered the arena after delaying until his rest period ended, while Shui Bing'er attacked from above with a growing ice storm and oversized spiral ice crystals. After Tang San smashed ten crystals with his Clear Sky Hammer, he realized Shui Bing'er was steadily accumulating enough extreme cold to overcome his immunity, leaving their endurance to decide the match.

• Shui Xinrou froze Tang San and warned him not to interrupt Little Nine while she treated Xiao Wu, and Bone Douluo then freed Tang San and urged him to focus on the match.
• Tang San waited out his full three-minute rest before entering the arena, drawing contempt from the spectators for delaying.
• Tang San charged into the ice storm's calm center as Shui Bing'er watched through an ice crystal telescope and sent a hundred-zhang spiral ice crystal toward him.
• Tang San shattered the enormous ice crystal with his Clear Sky Hammer, but Shui Bing'er continued sending crystals to channel extreme cold into the arena.
• After smashing ten spiral ice crystals, Tang San realized Shui Bing'er meant to overwhelm his limited ice immunity and wondered whether he or Shui Bing'er would run out of strength first.

Tang San used his spatial abilities to endure Shui Bing'er's ice storm long enough to draw out her ultimate attack, then escaped before the ice-crystal Phoenix destroyed the venue. Shui Bing'er was declared the winner, but Flender exploited a tournament rule to force Tang Long into the next match while she was still descending.

• Great Emperor Xue Ye and Salas watched the battle devastate the venue as Tang San avoided Shui Bing'er's ice crystals with the Nine-Headed Bat King's Body of Nothingness.
• Shui Bing'er's ice storm dissipated to reveal a gigantic ice-crystal Phoenix, prompting Salas and Great Emperor Xue Ye to evacuate everyone from Snow Eagle Territory.
• Tang San refused to concede, drew out Shui Bing'er's final attack, and escaped by teleporting to the hidden weapon Flender carried as the ice-crystal Phoenix crashed into the arena.
• The referee declared Shui Bing'er the winner and called for Shrek's next contestant, while Flender argued that her lingering extreme cold meant the next match had already begun.
• Flender brought Tang Long onto the iceberg and invoked the one-minute rule while Shui Bing'er descended slowly, leaving Tang Long to face her in the extreme cold as the crowd looked on disdainfully.

After Shui Bing'er learned that Shrek had won by exploiting a loophole, Suosite reported that Ye Ying and her husband had been abducted and taken to Shrek's tent. Little Nine warned that Tang San could use immortal-grade precious medicines to restore Shrek's injured fighters, and Tang San did so, secretly giving Xiao Wu one as well.

• Shui Xinrou told Shui Bing'er that Shrek had won after Tang Long withdrew and the time limit expired, leaving Shui Bing'er furious at the result.
• Suosite arrived to return the supposedly unconscious Xiao Wu to Shrek after the team protested her detention, and Little Nine agreed to let him take her.
• Suosite reported that Ye Ying, her husband, and their child had disappeared, and that the couple had been seen at Shrek's tent.
• Shui Xinrou explained that Ye Ying and her husband could fuse their Six-Hearted Begonia Martial Spirits into a Nine-Hearted Begonia, which might restore severe physical injuries.
• Little Nine warned that Tang San could heal Yu Xinming's mental injuries with immortal-grade precious medicines, and Shui Xinrou agreed that Shrek might field nine strong fighters.
• After Shrek's defeat, Tang San gave immortal-grade precious medicines to Yu Xinming and three others, then secretly gave one to Xiao Wu.

Wang Hao reviewed reports with Bibi Dong, who worried that he might meet Tang Yuehua or discover Qian Renxue’s identity as Xue Qinghe. At the tournament, Little Nine promised Ye Ren that Shrek would not win the championship, while Suosite hinted that Shrek had a hidden trump card beyond its Spirit Bones and immortal-grade treasures.

• Bibi Dong asked Wang Hao why he had not visited Tang Yuehua, and he said he had no reason to see her.
• Wang Hao praised Xue Qinghe’s political skill, while Bibi Dong resolved to keep him from meeting Qian Renxue, who was impersonating the crown prince.
• Little Nine and his companions watched Yu Xinming reveal a black fifth Spirit Ring and concluded that Ye Ying and his wife had helped Shrek’s substitutes recover and grow stronger.
• Ye Ren asked Little Nine to help him take revenge by joining the tournament, but Little Nine explained that the rules prevented it and promised Shrek would not win the championship.
• Suosite urged Ye Ren to stay and grow stronger, then suggested Shrek’s ultimate trump card was neither its revealed treasures nor its Spirit Bones; Little Nine and the others realized what it might be.

Little Nine and the Botanical Academy Team learned that Shrek’s secret weapon was a Seven-in-One Martial Spirit Fusion Skill, then prepared to face Shrek on the promotion round’s final day. The first match began with Zijing confronting Yu Xinming after Ma Hongjun used a trick to take her intended matchup.

• Little Nine, Suosite, and Jiang Zhu deduced that Shrek planned to use a Seven-in-One Martial Spirit Fusion Skill, likely made possible by the team’s immortal-grade medicinal treasures.
• Little Nine learned that the Botanical Academy Team would face Shrek on the final day and selected six fighters, leaving the seventh spot open until they saw Shrek’s lineup.
• Zijing and Jing Ni joined Little Nine, Huang Yuan, Jing Ling, and Zhao Zilong as the team’s chosen fighters, while Ruila agreed to wait for the opponents before choosing the last one.
• Ma Hongjun leaped out first, prompting Zijing to enter the arena, but Yu Xinming then overtook him and kicked him back toward the stands to take the first matchup.
• Zijing cursed Ma Hongjun’s trick but stayed composed, while Ma Hongjun admitted his attempt to provoke her had failed and Flender said Yu Xinming still had a matchup advantage.

Zijing used her Purple Fire Thorns to defeat Yu Xinming, while his Spirit Bone skills exposed Shrek Academy to accusations of cheating and triggered a mass withdrawal from the tournament. The chapter ended with Shrek’s remaining team members rushing to Yu Xinming after Zijing’s devastating attack left him unconscious.

• Zijing covered the battle platform in Purple Fire Thorns, forcing Yu Xinming to evade her attacks with his Wings of Thunder.
• Yu Xinming used several Spirit Bone skills, prompting more than fifty academy teams to leave the tournament in protest against Shrek Academy.
• Salas, Ning Fengzhi, and Great Emperor Xue Ye confronted the tournament’s damaged reputation, while Xue Ye resolved to support Xue Qinghe’s plan to eliminate the empire’s powerful factions.
• Zijing unleashed millions of spikes from the Purple Fire Thorns, breaking Yu Xinming’s defense and piercing him until he fell unconscious.
• Tang San and the others hurried to check on Yu Xinming as they realized Zijing had concealed a decisive attack.