Chapter Summaries

After Xiao Yan won the Spirit Hall selection, he and Zhu Zhuqing prepared to report their victory to Qian Renxue before entering the Supreme Secret Realm. Far away in Heaven Dou City, Grandmaster watched the newly formed Shrek Seven Monsters prepare to compete in the tournament.

• Xiao Yan proposed that the group meet in three days to travel to the Supreme Secret Realm, then refused to reveal the nature of his trump card to Hu Liena and Xie Yue.
• Xie Yue urged Xiao Yan to trust Spirit Hall, and Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing returned to the academy before deciding to tell Qian Renxue that Xiao Yan had won the captain's position.
• In Heaven Dou City, Liu Erlong watched Grandmaster, whose injuries and changed personality continued to trouble her, as he insisted Tang San and the others would win.
• Grandmaster had replaced Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing with Zhou Yi in the Shrek Seven Monsters and trained the team harshly for more than a year, raising their strength.
• The Shrek Team entered the arena to face Elephant Armor Academy in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament qualifiers.

Xiao Yan led the Golden Generation into Spirit Hall’s Supreme Secret Realm, asserting his authority as captain after Hu Liena complained about his late arrival. The group learned that the realm could simulate nearly lifelike Soul Beasts, and Han Yueyue warned that geniuses had died there before.

• An Hanfu, Han Yueyue, and Qiu Zijing discussed Xiao Yan’s captaincy and Xie Yue’s appointment as vice-captain before Xie Yue and Hu Liena arrived.
• Hu Liena complained that Xiao Yan was late, and Xiao Yan answered that anyone who objected to his leadership could challenge him.
• Xie Yue stopped Hu Liena from escalating the confrontation, and Xiao Yan led Zhu Zhuqing and the others toward the Supreme Secret Realm.
• Xiao Yan showed his Pope Token to the Soul Master guards and brought the Golden Generation into the vast mountain realm.
• Han Yueyue explained that the realm simulated Soul Beasts and restored Soul Power quickly, then warned Xiao Yan that geniuses had died inside it.

Xiao Yan set the rules for his newly formed team, learned each member’s abilities, and led them to the lake to hunt a twelve-thousand-year Snake-Tailed Crocodile. As the group admired the peaceful scenery, Xiao Yan sensed something was wrong and scanned the area with his white flames.

• Xiao Yan established himself as captain and asked the team to introduce their Martial Souls and strengths.
• Xiao Yan chose a twelve-thousand-year Snake-Tailed Crocodile as the team’s first target and explained how to locate it.
• Xiao Yan assigned the team’s positions, with An Hanfu scouting ahead and Qiu Zijing protecting Han Yueyue.
• Xiao Yan and the others reached the still lake, where Han Yueyue admired the scenery and An Hanfu mocked her.
• Xiao Yan narrowed his eyes and used his white flames to scan the tranquil surroundings.

Xiao Yan’s group hunted a ten-thousand-year Snake-Tailed Crocodile in the Supreme Secret Realm and collected the contribution it released. Meanwhile, at the Heaven Dou competition, Ning Fengzhi watched the Shrek Team and heard news that changed his expression.

• An Hanfu sensed danger near the lake, and Xiao Yan warned the group that a Snake-Tailed Crocodile was nearby.
• An Hanfu found the crocodile, and Xiao Yan explained that its tail joint was its weak point.
• Qiu Zijing blocked the crocodile’s attacks while An Hanfu and Zhu Zhuqing severed its tail, and the team killed it.
• Han Yueyue explained how to store the offering released by the dead Soul Beast, and Xiao Yan absorbed it into the Pope Token.
• Ning Fengzhi told the Heaven Dou Emperor that he expected the Shrek Team, including his daughter Ning Rongrong, to reach the final, then a disciple whispered news that left him stunned.

As the Continent-wide Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament finals approached, Xiao Yan’s team emerged from six months of training stronger but still lacking close coordination. Qian Renxue sent him two promised Soul Bones, including a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Right Leg Bone that Xiao Yan recognized as a powerful fit for Zhu Zhuqing.

• Ning Fengzhi kept news of Xiao Yan’s strength from the Heaven Dou Empire and regretted that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had not recruited him.
• Spirit City filled with visitors as the tournament finalists prepared to arrive, with ten days left before the finals began.
• Xiao Yan reflected on the team’s strained coordination and their growth in the Supreme Secret Realm; he had reached level forty-nine, while Zhu Zhuqing had become a Soul King.
• Elder She delivered two Soul Bones from Qian Renxue and said she would explain the Martial Soul in person at the finals.
• Xiao Yan examined the sixty-thousand-year-old Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Right Leg Bone and turned to Zhu Zhuqing, recognizing that its skills suited her agility-attack style.

The Heaven Dou Empire’s procession reached Spirit City after a concealed group of Soul Masters had attacked it to kill Tang San. Four Titled Douluo gathered around the battlefield, and the chapter left the clash poised to continue as Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe joined Sword Douluo Chen Xin.

• Xue Qinghe ordered the Heaven Dou Empire’s procession to enter Spirit City, while Ma Hongjun admired the city and Xiao Wu clung anxiously to the Immortal Herb Tang San had given her.
• Three days earlier, more than a thousand masked Soul Masters attacked the Heaven Dou Empire’s contingent, and Tang San escaped three powerful assailants with his hidden weapon.
• Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang intervened, but they fled with Meng Yiran after a Titled Douluo in white appeared.
• Flender and Liu Erlong tried to defend Tang San, but Chrysanthemum Guan blasted them back before Dugu Bo confronted him.
• A Titled Douluo in black arrived to challenge Dugu Bo, and Sword Douluo Chen Xin appeared to oppose the two attackers.
• Ning Fengzhi emerged with Xue Qinghe and backed Chen Xin, bringing the number of Titled Douluo gathered over Tang San to four.

Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin worried that the conflict over Tang San could escalate, while Spirit Hall publicly ordered a hunt for the attackers. As Shrek prepared for the finals, Flender brought news that left the team stunned: Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation was captained by Xiao Yan.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo withdrew his forces after Ning Fengzhi arrived with Dugu Bo and Chen Xin to protect Tang San.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin discussed the risk that someone behind Tang San might retaliate against Spirit Hall, and Ning Fengzhi resolved to seek cooperation with Tang San over his hidden weapons.
• Spirit Hall’s Pope ordered a high-level hunt for the bandits who had attacked the Heaven Dou delegation.
• Xue Qinghe set out to tour Spirit City after Flender cautioned him to bring guards.
• Grandmaster instructed the Shrek Seven Devils to follow Tang San’s plans and protect Ning Rongrong and Oscar during the finals.
• Flender presented intelligence on Shrek’s opponents, revealing that Xiao Yan captained Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation.

Shrek Academy learned that Xiao Yan had become a powerful member of the Spirit Hall Golden Generation, leaving the Grandmaster furious and the team divided over what had happened before Xiao Yan left. Dai Mubai rallied the team to prepare for their match against Spirit Hall, while Flender, Liu Erlong, and the Grandmaster remained behind to talk.

• The Grandmaster reacted with rage and disbelief to intelligence reporting Xiao Yan's rise to level forty-nine and his defeat of the Spirit Hall Golden Generation.
• Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and the others wrestled with conflicting memories and accounts of Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing's departure from Shrek Academy.
• Dai Mubai insisted that Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing were traitors, and Ma Hongjun and Zhou Yi backed his call to fight Spirit Hall Academy.
• Tang San promised that Shrek would win, and Flender sent the team away to rest before their match.
• After the new Shrek Seven Devils left, Flender, Liu Erlong, and the Grandmaster stayed behind together.

Grandmaster told Flender and Liu Erlong that he had deliberately imprisoned Xiao Yan during his six-month coma and absorbed the Martial Souls in Xiao Yan’s body to empower himself. Flender, Liu Erlong, and Ning Rongrong realized how they had unknowingly helped him, while Ning Rongrong returned to her room concealing her anger.

• Flender and Liu Erlong questioned Grandmaster about his falling-out with Xiao Yan, but his hostile reaction unsettled them.
• Grandmaster described his frustration at being unable to advance beyond level thirty and explained that he had taken Tang San and Xiao Yan as disciples to prove his theories.
• Grandmaster admitted Xiao Yan’s coma was caused by him, not Poison Douluo’s poison, and said he had used spirit liquid to immobilize Xiao Yan and absorb his Martial Souls over six months.
• Flender understood that Grandmaster’s sudden cultivation gains had come from plundering Xiao Yan, while Liu Erlong realized the spirit liquid had imprisoned him rather than helped him.
• Ning Rongrong remembered that she and Zhu Zhuqing had applied the spirit liquid to Xiao Yan, then returned to her room with her hands clenched in anger.

Yu Xiaogang admitted that envy and the chance to feel like a genius had led him to torment Xiao Yan, but Liu Erlong and Flender rejected his excuses and left him alone with his resentment. Later, Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing met Qian Renxue in Spirit City, where she praised their victory and discussed Zhu Zhuqing’s mutated Martial Soul and the rewards she had promised.

• Yu Xiaogang told Liu Erlong and Flender that discovering Xiao Yan’s Martial Soul had let him experience being a genius, and he asked them to understand why he had tormented Xiao Yan.
• Liu Erlong refused to excuse Yu Xiaogang, promised to accompany him to apologize after the finals, and left the room.
• Flender apologized to Yu Xiaogang and said he might hand Shrek Academy over to someone else after the finals.
• Yu Xiaogang watched Liu Erlong and Flender leave, then grew bitter and resolved not to give up his chance to become stronger.
• Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing visited Qian Renxue in a secluded courtyard in Spirit City, where Zhu Zhuqing explained that Immortal Herbs had caused her Martial Soul to mutate.
• Qian Renxue asked Xiao Yan about the two Soul Bones she had given him and Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Yan thanked her.

Qian Renxue explained that Xiao Yan should leave his Second Martial Soul without Soul Rings until he could absorb powerful ones at the Titled Douluo level, inspiring him to make it his strongest Martial Soul. Three days later, the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament finals began in Spirit City, with the competitors gathering at the venue.

• Qian Renxue assured Xiao Yan she would not reclaim the two Soul Bones and explained the Soul Breaking Spear Immortal's Left Palm Bone and its Immaculate Realm skill.
• Qian Renxue told Xiao Yan that Twin Martial Soul users could leave their second Martial Soul unsealed until they were strong enough to absorb older Soul Rings, including Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.
• Xiao Yan realized why Grandmaster had forbidden him and Tang San from placing Soul Rings on their Second Martial Souls and resolved to make his own the strongest.
• Ning Rongrong spent the days before the finals with Ning Fengzhi instead of continuing high-intensity training.
• The finals began at Spirit City's reinforced venue, where Spirit Hall's announcement said the top three teams would later compete before the Pope's Palace and the victors would be crowned by the Pope.
• Spirit Hall's Soul Masters guided the student competitors from both empires to the venue early in the morning.

Shrek Academy advanced to the finals after Blazing Fire Academy forfeited, then watched Godwind Academy defeat Nightshade Academy with a roster that included former Blazing Fire Academy fighters. Xiao Yan led Spirit Hall's team toward the arena as the tournament narrowed to the top ten, leaving Shrek set to face Star Luo Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy and Spirit Hall matched against Heaven Dou Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy.

• Flender told Shrek Academy that Blazing Fire Academy had forfeited their first-round match, allowing Shrek to advance without fighting.
• Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing watched Shrek from the platform outside the Pope's Palace before Xiao Yan led Spirit Hall's team toward the arena.
• Shrek and the other Heaven Dou teams noticed four former Blazing Fire Academy fighters competing for Godwind Academy, which defeated Nightshade Academy decisively.
• The organizing committee rejected protests over the academy roster changes, and the finals continued until the top ten teams were determined.
• The match list set Shrek Academy against Star Luo Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy and Spirit Hall against Heaven Dou Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy.

Dai Mubai told the Shrek team that defeating the Star Luo Empire Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy was his chance to claim the family inheritance and avoid being killed. As the teams prepared to fight, Zhu Zhuqing trusted Xiao Yan’s promise to protect her from her family.

• Dai Mubai explained that his family’s inheritance contest with the Zhu family could end in the losers’ deaths, and said he had to win to survive and inherit.
• Ma Hongjun and the other Shrek members promised to help Dai Mubai win.
• The Shrek Seven Devils took the stage together, revealing the previously hidden Oscar and surprising Huo Wu, Feng Xiaotian, and other spectators.
• Dai Mubai’s older brother and Zhu Zhuqing’s lookalike rival led the Star Luo team onto the stage.
• Xiao Yan extinguished his white flame as Zhu Zhuqing held his hand, and he promised to protect her from her family; she said she believed him.

Dai Mubai and the Shrek team faced Dai Weisi and the Star Luo Royal Team in the tournament’s top-six match, surprising their opponents with their strength and Soul Ring configurations. The battle began with Zhou Yi intercepting Zhu Zhuyun as Tang San prepared an attack.

• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun taunted Dai Mubai about Zhu Zhuqing, who stood beside Xiao Yan near the Spirit Hall Academy’s area.
• The Star Luo Royal Team revealed a powerful lineup, with Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun leading the team at levels forty-seven and above forty-six.
• Shrek revealed that all seven members were Soul Ancestors with optimal Soul Ring configurations, while Tang San displayed a black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Dai Mubai challenged Dai Weisi and credited Shrek’s training and Tang San’s Immortal Herb for his rapid growth.
• The match began, and Ning Rongrong and Oscar supported Shrek as Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi charged at each other.
• Zhu Zhuyun attacked Tang San, but Zhou Yi blocked her path while Tang San gathered blue light in his hand.

Shrek launched a coordinated assault that overwhelmed the Star Luo Academy team. Dai Mubai crippled Dai Weisi and threw him off the stage, leaving Zhu Zhuyun as the only opponent still standing.

• Dai Mubai used the recoil from his clash with Dai Weisi to retreat as Xiao Wu attacked and trapped Dai Weisi with her Invincible Golden Body and Waist Bow.
• Xiao Wu hurled Dai Weisi into his teammates while Dai Mubai and Zhou Yi held back the Star Luo Academy fighters with support from Ning Rongrong.
• Tang San activated Blue Silver Thorn Array to restrain six opponents, then Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai struck them with their Soul Skills.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Cage to pin Zhu Zhuyun while the combined attacks knocked out three Star Luo Academy members and injured the others.
• Dai Mubai crushed Dai Weisi's shoulders, kicked him off the stage, and swatted away the remaining fighters, leaving Zhu Zhuyun alone.

Shrek Academy defeated Star Luo Academy without serious injuries, and Tang San encouraged Yu Tianheng before Heaven Dou Royal Academy faced Xiao Yan’s Spirit Hall Academy. After Yu Tianheng accused Xiao Yan of betraying his master, Xiao Yan revealed his four Soul Rings and engulfed the arena in cold white flames, leaving Tang San struggling to see what was happening.

• Tang San’s Parasite and Xiao Wu’s attacks helped Shrek eliminate Zhu Zhuyun and defeat all seven members of Star Luo Academy.
• Xiao Yan and Tang San exchanged a brief look, while Yu Tianheng admitted he feared Heaven Dou Royal Academy could not beat Spirit Hall Academy.
• Tang San urged Yu Tianheng not to lose heart, and Yu Tianheng vowed to fight when the two seeded teams entered the arena.
• Yu Tianheng accused Xiao Yan of betraying his master, and Zhu Zhuqing defended Xiao Yan before he stopped her from explaining further.
• Xiao Yan revealed four Soul Rings, then spread cold white flames across the arena as the match began.
• Tang San used the Purple Demon Eye to glimpse the arena and saw that only Xiao Yan was advancing toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Xiao Yan single-handedly defeated Heaven Dou Academy, overwhelming its team with Bone Spirit Cold Flame and knocking out Yu Tianheng. After the match, Grandmaster watched the news from Shrek’s quarters and secretly produced a token while Liu Erlong went to check on Yu Tianheng.

• Xiao Yan enclosed Heaven Dou Academy in Bone Spirit Cold Flame and blasted five members out of the arena when their thoughts froze.
• Dugu Yan’s poison failed to affect Xiao Yan, and his cold white flames burned it away.
• Yu Tianheng attacked Xiao Yan with his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon skills, but Xiao Yan bound him with chains and crushed his defenses with a punch.
• Xiao Yan’s victory left the spectators stunned, while Liu Erlong stayed with Grandmaster at Shrek’s quarters and planned to take him to see Xiao Yan after the matches.
• After hearing that Heaven Dou Academy had lost, Grandmaster asked Liu Erlong to check on Yu Tianheng, then watched a Spirit Hall patrol and produced a token.

After Xiao Yan eliminated Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Spirit Hall Academy, Shrek Academy, and Godwind Academy advanced to the final three. The teams entered Spirit Hall for the competition before the Pope’s Palace, while Flender watched Xiao Yan with guilt and Xiao Yan showed him no resentment.

• Xiao Yan sensed Qian Renxue hidden behind Xue Qinghe, then left the arena with Zhu Zhuqing, Xie Yue, and the others.
• Spirit Hall Academy, Shrek Academy, and Godwind Academy won their matches and became the final three teams.
• Ma Hongjun confidently promised Flender that Shrek would win the championship, unaware that several Spirit Hall Academy members were Soul Kings.
• Flender felt guilty about how he had handled the conflict between Xiao Yan and Grandmaster, but Xiao Yan held no hatred toward him.
• The three teams entered Spirit Hall and walked toward the Pope’s Palace, where the final would be held.

Xiao Yan confronted Dai Mubai and the Shrek Seven Devils before the final showdown, revealing that Yu Xiaogang had experimented on him while he was unconscious. The argument ended as Bibi Dong arrived at the Pope’s Palace with several powerful figures, including Ning Fengzhi and three Titled Douluo.

• Ning Rongrong greeted Zhu Zhuqing, but Ma Hongjun and Zhou Yi insulted her and called her a traitor to Shrek.
• Xiao Yan challenged Dai Mubai and revealed that Yu Xiaogang had used his poisoning as an opportunity to experiment on him for half a year.
• Xiao Yan warned the Shrek Seven Devils that Yu Xiaogang might target them next and asked Tang San to confirm his account; Tang San stayed silent.
• Cardinals announced Bibi Dong’s arrival, and the Pope emerged from the palace amid cheers from Spirit Hall’s followers.
• Bibi Dong appeared with Ghost, Chrysanthemum, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Ning Fengzhi.

At the Soul Master finals, Bibi Dong addressed the assembled teams, revealed the three Soul Bones offered as the champion’s reward, and announced the tournament format. The first individual elimination matches were about to begin.

• Dugu Bo stayed away from the ceremony, while Spirit Hall Soul Masters and the Godwind Academy team knelt as Bibi Dong appeared.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing did not kneel, and Xiao Wu hid her hatred of Bibi Dong.
• A cardinal rebuked those still standing, but Bibi Dong asked Tang San whether he was Grandmaster’s disciple, praised his resemblance to his teacher, and told everyone to rise.
• Bibi Dong displayed three Soul Bones, and Gui Mei identified them as the Spirit Condensation Wisdom Skull, Explosive Burning Flame Right Arm, and Forward-Charging Wind-Chasing Left Leg.
• Bibi Dong announced that the three teams would compete in individual elimination matches, with the winning team advancing directly to the next day’s championship match.