Chapter Summaries

Grandmaster secretly vanished with help from a Spirit Hall Soul Master while Liu Erlong was drawn away, and Tang San took charge of Shrek Academy’s lineup. Xiao Yan challenged Spirit Hall’s plan to join forces with Godwind Academy, but the first final match ended when Blazing Fire Academy forfeited.

• Grandmaster urged Liu Erlong to investigate a disturbance, then disappeared into a Spirit Hall Soul Master’s shadow after she left.
• Flender gave Tang San authority to decide Shrek Academy’s lineup in Grandmaster’s absence.
• Xiao Yan learned that Spirit Hall had arranged for Godwind Academy and Blazing Fire Academy to target Shrek, and insisted on choosing his own match order.
• Shrek chose Jing Ling as its first contestant, while Godwind Academy chose Huo Wushuang and Spirit Hall Academy chose Xiao Yan.
• Flender drew Shrek a bye in the first round, but before Xiao Yan and Huo Wushuang could fight, Blazing Fire Academy forfeited.

Tang San withdrew Shrek Academy from the individual matches after suspecting Godwind Academy and Spirit Hall Academy were cooperating, and Godwind Academy withdrew as well, sending Spirit Hall Academy to the finals. When Shrek returned to its quarters, Liu Erlong told them that the Grandmaster had left.

• Huo Wushuang forfeited to Xiao Yan, and Tang San then conceded Shrek Academy's first match.
• A second Godwind Academy competitor forfeited to Xiao Yan, prompting Tang San to suspect Godwind Academy had secretly allied with Spirit Hall Academy.
• Tang San proposed withdrawing from the individual matches to conserve Shrek's strength for the afternoon advancement match, and Flender and the team agreed.
• Tang San announced Shrek Academy's withdrawal to Pope Bibi Dong, and Godwind Academy also withdrew, allowing Spirit Hall Academy to advance to the finals.
• Flender led Shrek back to its quarters, where Liu Erlong tearfully said that the Grandmaster had left.

Liu Erlong discovered that Grandmaster had slipped away to seek out Bibi Dong, but she resolved to find him again and led Shrek onward. As Shrek Academy faced Godwind Academy in the advancement match, the teams began revealing their strategies, leaving Xiao Yan confident in Shrek’s teamwork and Godwind’s plan centered on Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wu.

• Liu Erlong clarified that Grandmaster had left to avoid her, then explained that someone had distracted her so he could escape.
• Liu Erlong blamed Spirit Hall for arranging the distraction and vowed to catch Grandmaster again, while ordering Shrek’s students to rest and prepare for their match.
• Liu Erlong and the others gathered outside the Pope’s Palace to support Shrek, while Xiao Yan warned Spirit Hall Academy not to underestimate Shrek’s coordination.
• Shrek began the match by forming a circle around Ning Rongrong and Oscar as the other five moved in unison and channeled Soul Power toward them.
• Godwind Academy used three fighters to shield Huo Wu while two support Soul Masters transferred their power to her, as Feng Xiaotian took to the air with his enhanced abilities.

The Shrek Seven Devils formed a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill, while Feng Xiaotian launched a combined attack with Huo Wu’s support. Tang San countered with the Clear Sky Hammer and struck Feng Xiaotian out of the Pope’s Palace square, leaving his fate unknown.

• Tang San ordered the Shrek Seven Devils to change formation, and Oscar and Ning Rongrong began channeling their Soul Power through the team to create a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill.
• Bibi Dong, Ning Fengzhi, and Sword Douluo Chen Xin recognized the technique, while Xiao Yan recalled how the Grandmaster’s research and his own past role had helped make it possible.
• Feng Xiaotian launched his Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes and received Huo Wu’s support, forming a white connection and incandescent armor around himself.
• Feng Xiaotian rushed toward Ning Rongrong, but Tang San used his Purple Demon Eye to track him and summoned the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San struck Feng Xiaotian with one hammer blow, shattering his wing and armor and sending him out of the square; Godwind Academy’s team fell silent, and Feng Xiaotian’s fate remained unknown.

Tang San used the Shrek Seven Devils’ Seven-in-One Fusion Skill to break Feng Xiaotian’s momentum and then revealed the Clear Sky Hammer’s Tool Soul True Body. He crushed Godwind Academy’s formation with the hammer, leaving the tournament audience stunned and Xiao Yan eager to face him.

• Tang San exploited the buildup required by Feng Xiaotian’s Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes and defeated him with a hammer blow empowered by the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill.
• Tang San summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and filled its patterns with dark-golden light, spreading an immense pressure across the arena.
• Ning Fengzhi recognized Tang San’s display as a Tool Soul True Body, and Bibi Dong and the other spectators reacted with shock to the Clear Sky Hammer’s power.
• Xiao Yan watched the hammer with surprise and renewed fighting spirit, while Xie Yue and Hu Liena realized their Martial Soul Fusion Skill could not match it.
• Tang San brought the Clear Sky Hammer down, sending Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, and Godwind Academy’s other members flying beyond Pope Mountain.

After Tang San’s Seven-in-One Fusion Skill defeated Godwind Academy, Xiao Yan assessed the danger of his Clear Sky Hammer and discussed a plan to counter it. Bibi Dong arranged the Soul Bone rewards before the championship match, while Ghost Douluo warned Xie Yue and Hu Liena that they had to win.

• Tang San used the Clear Sky Hammer’s Tool Soul True Body to send Godwind Academy out of bounds, then withdrew it after a voice guided him to stop.
• Xiao Yan told Han Yueyue and the others that Tang San could not safely use the Tool Soul True Body again soon and that interrupting the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill could defeat him.
• Ghost Douluo summoned Xiao Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena to the Pope’s Palace, where Bibi Dong asked about their chances against Tang San.
• Bibi Dong offered Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing a chance to choose an item from the Spirit Hall treasury in exchange for giving up claims to Soul Bones meant for Xie Yue and Hu Liena.
• Ghost Douluo threatened to send Xie Yue and Hu Liena to the Lost Track Grand Canyon if they failed to win the championship, and Bibi Dong entered a secret chamber to meet a figure in a wheelchair.

Xiao Yan led Spirit Hall Academy into the tournament final against Tang San and Shrek, where the match began with Spirit Hall’s three Soul Kings shocking the crowd. The opening exchange saw Shrek counter Hu Liena’s Charm, and Tang San launched his team’s first coordinated move.

• Xiao Yan and Tang San led their teams onto Pope Mountain’s stage, where the final match was announced before Pope Bibi Dong and the other spectators.
• Xie Yue and Xiao Yan rallied Spirit Hall Academy, while Tang San and Shrek’s members vowed to win.
• Both teams released their Martial Souls, revealing that Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Zhu Zhuqing had each reached the Soul King realm.
• Dai Mubai reacted to Zhu Zhuqing’s strength with resentment, while Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu showed surprise and delight.
• Hu Liena used Charm against Shrek, but Tang San and Xiao Wu resisted while the other Shrek members closed their eyes; Xiao Wu then countered with her own Charm.
• Tang San charged forward and used Blue Silver Grass vines to link the six other Shrek members.

Tang San and Xiao Yan faced Spirit Hall Academy’s Demon Charm fusion skill, which filled the arena with red fog and trapped Tang San and Dai Mubai. Xiao Yan dispersed the fog around himself and Dai Mubai with a domain-like Soul Skill, while Tang San revealed his Eight Spider Lances.

• Xie Yue and Hu Liena fused into Demon Charm and spread red fog across the arena, halving perception and slowing movement.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to pull his teammates beyond the fog, but Xiao Yan’s Netherworld Lock caught Dai Mubai and stopped their escape.
• Dai Mubai severed his connection to the others, allowing Ning Rongrong and four teammates to fly out while he and Tang San remained inside the fog.
• Xiao Yan charged Dai Mubai, then used Everfrost Mausoleum to drive back the red fog and suppress him within a ring of cold flames.
• Xie Yue saw Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances and recognized them as a Torso Soul Bone.

Xiao Yan fought Dai Mubai in close combat despite having the advantage of his control abilities, using the clash to break down Dai Mubai’s confidence. After Han Yueyue strengthened him, Xiao Yan unleashed the Bone Spirit Cold Flame’s opposing hot and cold forms together, declaring himself the complete flame.

• Tang San revealed his Eight Spider Lances as Xie Yue and Hu Liena’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill sent the arena into battle.
• Ma Hongjun engaged An Hanfu, Xiao Wu fought Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhou Yi tried to attack Han Yueyue but Qiu Zijing’s defense protected her.
• Xiao Yan used his Everfrost Mausoleum and ice spear to pressure Dai Mubai, then shattered Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Protection Barrier and charged into close combat.
• Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Vajra Transformation let him force Xiao Yan back, but Han Yueyue supported Xiao Yan with a Soul Skill.
• Xiao Yan summoned both the searing and freezing forms of the Bone Spirit Cold Flame at once and declared himself the complete flame.

Xiao Yan used Bone Spirit Cold Flame’s alternating heat and cold to fight Dai Mubai evenly at close range, then endured Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Meteor Shower. As the dust cleared, Xiao Yan emerged from the explosions with his second Martial Soul, Soul Division, possessed and his presence stronger than before.

• Sword Douluo recognized Xiao Yan’s simultaneous use of Bone Spirit Cold Flame’s heat and cold as a self-created Soul Skill.
• Xiao Yan traded dozens of close-range blows with Dai Mubai, scorching and freezing him until Dai Mubai forced him back.
• Dai Mubai unleashed White Tiger Meteor Shower, sending countless golden orbs crashing into Xiao Yan’s position.
• Dai Mubai believed Xiao Yan had been defeated, but Xiao Yan appeared unharmed as the dust settled.
• Xiao Yan revealed his second Martial Soul, Soul Division, possession, and his presence grew even more powerful.

Xiao Yan revealed his Second Martial Soul and effortlessly overwhelmed Dai Mubai, while Tang San fought Xie Yue and Hu Liena’s devastating Full Moon technique. The chapter left Dai Mubai alive but crippled, and Tang San battered after breaking Full Moon with his Clear Sky Hammer.

• Xiao Yan revealed his Second Martial Soul, then struck Dai Mubai with overwhelming speed and strength, pinning him to the arena floor.
• Xie Yue used Full Moon against Tang San, who countered with his Eight Spider Lances until they shattered.
• Tang San used the Clear Sky Hammer to break Full Moon, but the clash damaged the hammer and blasted him to the ground.
• Xiao Yan surveyed the other battles, then stomped on Dai Mubai’s right arm and burned his mouth with white flames.
• Xiao Yan cut off Dai Mubai’s arm and kicked him beyond the arena, leaving him alive but crippled.

Xiao Yan’s team defeated Shrek Academy and won the tournament, after he stopped Tang San’s final attack and Tang San conceded. As the champions received their Soul Bones, Bibi Dong noticed Xiao Wu’s Immortal Herb and ordered the elders to seize her.

• Xiao Yan blocked Tang San’s poisoned Eight Spider Lances fragments with ice crystals, leaving Tang San unable to continue fighting.
• Tang San conceded the match, and the referee declared the Martial Soul Team the tournament winners.
• Ning Fengzhi treated the injured fighters, and Xiao Wu’s Immortal Herb fell from her robes; Bibi Dong and others noticed it.
• Bibi Dong presented the three Soul Bones, and Xiao Yan gave the Wisdom Skull to Hu Liena, the Explosive Burning Flame Right Arm Bone to Xie Yue, and the Swift Forward-Charging Wind-Chasing Left Leg Bone to Zhu Zhuqing.
• Bibi Dong announced the tournament’s end, then ordered Ghost Douluo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and the elders to seize Xiao Wu.

Bibi Dong exposed Xiao Wu as a Soul Beast and ordered Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo to seize her. Tang San revealed he had known Xiao Wu’s identity and stood by her, while the Shrek team and their teachers prepared to resist Spirit Hall.

• Bibi Dong announced that Xiao Wu was a Soul Beast, and Xiao Wu admitted she had escaped Spirit Hall’s pursuit in the past.
• Tang San stopped Oscar from questioning Xiao Wu and revealed that he had known her identity since his Purple Demon Eye breakthrough.
• Tang San explained that he had given Xiao Wu an Immortal Herb to conceal her presence and reassured her that he still loved her as his little sister.
• Xiao Yan recognized the danger as Spirit Hall Soul Masters surrounded the arena and prepared to fight for Xiao Wu.
• Tang San vowed that Spirit Hall would have to kill him before taking Xiao Wu, and Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Ning Rongrong joined him.
• Flender and Liu Erlong possessed their Martial Souls and prepared to confront Spirit Hall.

Bibi Dong stopped Dugu Bo from rescuing Tang San and Xiao Wu, then ordered Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo to attack Shrek. Tang Hao appeared to protect the group, and Xiao Yan recognized him as the source of the hidden killing intent from his Martial Soul Awakening.

• Dugu Bo began to move toward Tang San and Xiao Wu, but Bibi Dong's pressure forced him to stop.
• Bibi Dong displayed her hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and ordered Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo to attack Shrek.
• Tang Hao appeared and blasted Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo away, prompting Tang San to recognize his father.
• Xiao Yan sensed the familiar presence within Tang Hao and grew wary as Tang Hao confronted Bibi Dong.
• Tang Hao revealed nine Soul Rings, including a hundred-thousand-year ring, and challenged Bibi Dong and the other Titled Douluo.

Tang Hao attacked the Pope's Palace to create an opening, then escaped Spirit City with Tang San and Xiao Wu after seven Titled Douluo stopped his strike. As Spirit Hall dealt with the casualties, Liu Erlong approached Xiao Yan to talk about Yu Xiaogang.

• Tang Hao enlarged his Clear Sky Hammer and aimed it at the Pope's Palace, forcing Bibi Dong, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and four other Titled Douluo to defend it.
• The clash wounded Tang Hao and devastated Spirit City, killing ordinary people and leaving many Soul Masters unconscious.
• Tang Hao took Tang San and Xiao Wu and escaped, warning Bibi Dong that he would return and telling Flender he would repay Shrek Academy.
• Bibi Dong refused to pursue Tang Hao and ordered Spirit Hall personnel to help the wounded, while Xiao Yan comforted Zhu Zhuqing and reflected on his weakness.
• Liu Erlong left Shrek's group, asked Xiao Yan to speak with her, and he surmised that she had come because of Yu Xiaogang.

Xiao Yan learned from Liu Erlong that Yu Xiaogang had disappeared and was likely taken by Pope Bibi Dong, leaving him worried that his secret might be exposed and that Spirit Hall could become his enemy. Liu Erlong explained her role in the conflict, while Xiao Yan thanked her and said he might have to leave Spirit City.

• Xiao Yan asked Liu Erlong where Yu Xiaogang was and called him a coward for avoiding the finals.
• Liu Erlong told Xiao Yan that she and Flender knew Yu Xiaogang had wronged him, and that Flender had chosen not to take either side.
• Liu Erlong explained that Yu Xiaogang had disappeared before she could bring him to seek Xiao Yan's forgiveness.
• Liu Erlong said she suspected Bibi Dong had taken Yu Xiaogang, shocking Xiao Yan and making him fear that his secret could reach Spirit Hall.
• Xiao Yan thanked Liu Erlong for warning him, said their dispute with Yu Xiaogang was not her burden, and admitted he might not be able to remain in Spirit City.

After the finals, Xiao Yan reunited with Ning Rongrong and Oscar, who planned to return to Shrek Academy in five years, while he and Zhu Zhuqing went to Spirit Hall’s treasury to claim their prize. The chapter ended with the treasury’s elderly guardian giving Xiao Yan fifteen minutes to choose an item.

• Xiao Yan reunited with Ning Rongrong and Oscar, while Ma Hongjun continued to resent him and Dai Mubai had been taken away by the Star Luo Empire.
• Ning Rongrong said she would return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Oscar chose to stay at Shrek Academy; the four agreed to try to meet again in five years.
• Ning Fengzhi invited Xiao Yan to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then left Spirit City with the Shrek group and treated civilians injured in the clash.
• Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing returned to the Pope’s Palace to claim permission to choose an item from Spirit Hall’s treasury, and Xiao Yan urged Zhu Zhuqing to absorb a speed-boosting left leg Soul Bone.
• A Soul Douluo escorted Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing through security to the treasury, where the elderly guardian took Bibi Dong’s written order and gave Xiao Yan fifteen minutes to choose an item.

Xiao Yan searched Spirit Hall’s treasury for a reward and chose a mysterious rust-covered spear named Westward Migration. He left with the spear after the treasury guard introduced himself as Golden Zhang Douluo and offered to answer his questions.

• Xiao Yan entered Spirit Hall’s treasury with permission to choose one item within fifteen minutes, while his Space Soul Tools were disabled.
• Xiao Yan inspected the treasury’s treasures, Soul Beast materials, and Soul Tools, but found nothing that suited him.
• With little time remaining, Xiao Yan noticed the rusty spear Westward Migration and decided to choose it.
• Xiao Yan emerged with the spear, and Golden Zhang Douluo accepted his choice and offered to help him in the future.

Golden Zhang Douluo told Xiao Yan the history of the rusted spear, once wielded by a Soul Douluo who defended a city from migrating Soul Beasts. Xiao Yan chose the spear, while Golden Zhang Douluo kept secret that another survivor had fled in cowardice.

• Golden Zhang Douluo explained that two king-class Soul Beasts fought near a city, driving tens of thousands of Soul Beasts to surround it.
• Golden Zhang Douluo said the Spirit Hall Soul Douluo and his people stayed to defend the civilians while other Soul Masters fled.
• Golden Zhang Douluo recounted that the defenders’ last stand bought time for most civilians to escape, though the city fell before reinforcements arrived.
• Golden Zhang Douluo revealed that the Soul Douluo’s death, fury, and the battlefield’s blood had given the ordinary spear unusual properties.
• Xiao Yan examined the spear, thanked Golden Zhang Douluo, and decided to take it.
• After Xiao Yan and the others left, Golden Zhang Douluo recalled that another survivor had escaped the city, calling him a coward.

After Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing returned as champions, Qian Renxue asked them to go to the restless Star Luo Empire and help her. She opened up about her lonely childhood and her desire for friendship, and Xiao Yan agreed to help her as a friend; Qian Renxue promised to provide intelligence later.

• Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing returned to the Spirit Hall courtyard and found Qian Renxue waiting to congratulate them.
• Qian Renxue asked the champions to travel to the Star Luo Empire and help her address its unrest, and Xiao Yan asked whether she was making a request as a friend or giving them a mission.
• Qian Renxue described how her mother had always rejected her, how she had pursued her approval, and how she had devised her plan to take over the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Qian Renxue admitted that she felt relaxed around Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing and wondered whether that feeling was friendship.
• Xiao Yan joked about their shared hardships, and he and Zhu Zhuqing agreed to go to the Star Luo Empire as friends; Qian Renxue said she would give them intelligence later.