Chapter Summaries

After returning to Heavenly Pursuit Academy, Yang Podi ignored the powers seeking an alliance and secluded himself to form a second Soul Core. He successfully established Yin-Yang Balance Dual Soul Cores, broke through to level 98, and gained the strength to challenge a Limit Douluo.

• Yang Podi and his group returned to Heavenly Pursuit Academy after four months away, and Yang Zhentian had reached level 97.
• Yang Wudi told the group that the Heaven Dou Empire, Spirit Hall, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and the Clear Sky Sect had sent visitors seeking goodwill and cooperation.
• Yang Podi dismissed the proposed alliances and decided to focus on cultivating a second Soul Core.
• Yang Podi began forming a black ultimate strength Soul Core in his chest while his golden ultimate metal Soul Core remained in his dantian.
• Yang Podi used the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's inner core to sustain the two Soul Cores as they collided and gradually stabilized into balanced rotations.
• Yang Podi awoke with both Soul Cores formed, a strengthened physique, and a breakthrough to level 98.

After reaching level 98, Yang Podi rejected an alliance against Spirit Hall and confronted the visiting leaders over their demands. Yang Wudi and Niu Gao severed the Breaking Clan and Defense Clan’s ties with the Clear Sky Sect, and the visitors left with an Earth Essence Fruit to treat Tang Hao.

• Yang Podi emerged from seclusion at level 98 and told Yang Zhentian he had broken through through cultivation and insight.
• Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, the sect leaders, and their companions visited Heavenly Pursuit Academy to seek an alliance against Spirit Hall, but Yang Podi refused to involve the academy.
• Yang Podi rebuked Yu Xiaogang’s claims and unleashed killing intent on Tang San after he demanded respect for his teacher, prompting Tang Xiao to intervene.
• Yang Wudi and Tang Xiao argued over the Breaking Clan’s debts to the Clear Sky Sect, while Yang Wudi gave Tang Xiao an Earth Essence Fruit to heal Tang Hao.
• Yang Wudi and Niu Gao declared that the Breaking Clan and Defense Clan had severed their ties with the Clear Sky Sect, and Xue Qinghe led the visitors away.
• Yang Wudi asked whether he had acted wrongly, and Yang Podi assured him that he had done the right thing.

Yang Podi confronted Ghost Douluo over Spirit Hall’s schemes and made clear that Heavenly Pursuit Academy would avoid taking sides while defending itself. After Ghost Douluo left, Yang Podi discussed the danger posed by the Clear Sky Sect with his family and Dugu Bo, then wondered why Yu Xiaogang had been allowed to speak for the other powers.

• Yang Podi revealed that Ghost Douluo had been hiding nearby and challenged Spirit Hall’s attempts to manipulate Heavenly Pursuit Academy into conflict with the Upper Three Sects.
• Ghost Douluo agreed to report the encounter and confirmed that Spirit Hall would stop interfering with Heavenly Pursuit Academy and harassing Ye Renxin, but said Bibi Dong would postpone cooperation over hunting Soul Beasts.
• Yang Podi warned Ghost Douluo not to let others discover his visit, and Ghost Douluo left while recalling Bibi Dong’s plan to provoke conflict between Heavenly Pursuit Academy and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Yang Wudi admitted that he and Niu Gao still struggled to turn against the Clear Sky Sect, while Yang Podi warned that Tang Hao’s clan might retaliate; Dugu Bo said he would protect them if necessary.
• Yang Podi explained that he had let Ghost Douluo go to avoid making Spirit Hall an enemy and had quietly revealed enough strength to make others believe Heavenly Pursuit Academy had five Titled Douluo.
• Yang Podi concluded that the Clear Sky Sect remained a threat and suspected the other powers were using Yu Xiaogang as a pawn.

After the Clear Sky Sect, Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Xue Qinghe assessed Heavenly Pursuit Academy’s growing strength, Tang Hao consumed the Earth Essence Fruit to heal his injuries. Xue Qinghe ordered Spirit Hall’s forces to prepare for his final plan, feeling pressured by Yang Podi’s strength and deciding he could no longer delay.

• Tang Xiao warned Tang San that Heavenly Pursuit Academy had five Titled Douluos, and Tang San reluctantly accepted that the Clear Sky Sect could not challenge them without risking disaster.
• Tang Hao ate the Earth Essence Fruit, which began healing his injuries, and estimated that he would recover completely in one or two months.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo concluded that Yang Podi and Yang Zhentian were Titled Douluos and advised Ning Rongrong to visit Heavenly Pursuit Academy’s members as a friend rather than discuss sect affairs.
• Ghost Douluo reported to Xue Qinghe that Yang Podi had discovered him and could likely stop him from escaping.
• Xue Qinghe ordered Ghost Douluo to summon the six recovered Enshrined and notify the woman and his grandfather, while allowing Spirit Hall’s dealings with Yang Podi to continue.
• Xue Qinghe learned that Yang Podi was at least level ninety-five and resolved to hurry his final plan because he felt increasingly outmatched.

Yang Podi assessed his level 98 strength and new soul skills, then explained to Ning Rongrong why he cultivated to protect his family and friends. After refusing to promise help to the devastated Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, he warned Ye Lingling that Spirit Hall’s coming upheaval could kill more than half of all soul masters and countless ordinary people.

• Yang Podi reviewed his level 98 cultivation, renamed his thirty-two-thousand-jin Soul Breaking Spear the Atlas Spear, and considered how its Sun Shooting skill might grow stronger with all five elemental attributes.
• Yang Podi catalogued the skills from his new Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and Soul Bones, including powerful attacks, defenses, domains, and ways to move through darkness and obstacles.
• Yang Podi avoided meeting Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe, then received Ning Rongrong at the mountaintop and explained that he cultivated to protect the people of Heavenly Pursuit Academy.
• Ning Rongrong described her grief after the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was devastated and asked Yang Podi whether they could become true friends; he left her with the answer, “Perhaps.”
• Ye Lingling asked Yang Podi to help Ning Rongrong, but he warned that Spirit Hall was too powerful and that supporting the sect could endanger Heavenly Pursuit Academy.
• Yang Podi told Ye Lingling that the coming conflict could kill more than half of all soul masters and countless ordinary people, leaving her horrified.

Ning Fengzhi accepted that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could not retreat from its obligations, while Tang San grew concerned about his cultivation and resolved to train on Sea God Island. The chapter ended with Tang Hao and Tang Xiao arranging preparations for Tang San’s dangerous journey.

• Ning Rongrong returned home after enjoying several days on Mount Aermo, and Ning Fengzhi told Sword Douluo that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had no path to withdraw.
• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang about his slowing cultivation, and Yu Xiaogang suggested Sea God Island as a dangerous place where he might improve.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San that those who passed Sea God Island’s trials could not leave, and Tang San decided to go anyway.
• Tang San told Tang Hao and Tang Xiao of his decision, and Tang Xiao explained that Bo Saixi had defeated both Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu on Sea God Island.
• Tang Hao and Tang Xiao accepted Tang San’s resolve and explained the island’s dangers while making arrangements for his journey.

Tang San secretly explored Heavenly Pursuit Academy to investigate its resources and strength, then approached its summit to uncover more. Yang Podi detected him but chose to watch rather than raise an alarm.

• Tang San reflected on his slowing cultivation and suspected the Breaking Clan had acquired multiple immortal herbs.
• Tang San left Monai City at night and slipped into Heavenly Pursuit Academy, evading its guards with Blue Silver Grass and his concealment skills.
• Tang San examined the academy’s powerful defensive weapons and discovered that its training facilities, resources, and disciplined students surpassed his expectations.
• Tang San decided the academy’s strength could greatly benefit the Clear Sky Sect and Tang Sect, and grew eager to investigate its summit.
• Yang Podi sensed Tang San entering the core area and silently allowed him to proceed so he could test the academy’s defenses.

Tang San infiltrated Heavenly Pursuit Academy to cultivate, but Yang Zhentian discovered and captured him. Tang Hao and Tang Xiao arrived to confront the academy, and Niu Gao challenged the Clear Sky Sect as the conflict escalated.

• Yu Xiaogang discovered Tang San was missing, while Tang San explored Mount Aermo and sensed the rich life energy surrounding the summit.
• Yang Zhentian sensed an intruder, and Yang Podi revealed that a Soul Emperor had been hiding in the academy’s core area for hours.
• Yang Zhentian attacked Tang San’s hiding place, captured him, sealed his Soul Power, and removed his veil.
• Tang Hao and Tang Xiao saw Tang San’s signal arrow and flew to Heavenly Pursuit Academy, while Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi observed the signal from afar.
• Tang Xiao unsealed Tang San’s Soul Power, and Tang Hao confronted Yang Wudi over his son’s injury.
• Niu Gao rebuked Tang Hao and accused the Clear Sky Sect of acting like a nest of rats.

Tang Hao and Tang Xiao fought Yang Zhentian, Dugu Bo, Yang Wudi, and Niu Gao after Tang San was accused of sneaking into Heavenly Pursuit Academy to steal. Yang Podi saved the academy's four fighters from the Clear Sky brothers' combined attack, then challenged Tang Hao and Tang Xiao to defeat him or remain at the academy.

• Yang Wudi accused Tang San of stealing from Heavenly Pursuit Academy, and Tang Hao responded by summoning his Clear Sky Hammer and attacking.
• Yang Zhentian, Dugu Bo, Yang Wudi, and Niu Gao fought Tang Xiao and Tang Hao, who used their domains, martial soul avatars, and powerful soul skills.
• Tang Hao and Tang Xiao gained ground as the battle intensified, while Tang Hao's still-healing injuries worsened.
• Yang Podi used his Right Leg Soul Bone Skill, Space Replacement, to move Yang Zhentian, Dugu Bo, Yang Wudi, and Niu Gao out of the Clear Sky brothers' combined strike.
• Yang Podi told Tang Hao and Tang Xiao that they had to defeat him to leave, or they would stay at Heavenly Pursuit Academy.

Yang Podi fought Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, overwhelming the Clear Sky Sect brothers with his strength and extraordinary soul rings. After their injuries left them unable to defend themselves, Yang Podi severed Tang Hao’s right arm, and their defeat seemed certain.

• Yang Podi revealed his five black and four red soul rings, astonishing Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Xue Qinghe with his Level 98 strength.
• Yang Podi drove Tang Hao and Tang Xiao back with his Soul Breaking Spear, while their combined Clear Sky Hammer attacks failed to overcome him.
• Tang Hao used Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer to build up eighty-one strikes as Tang Xiao fought to hold Yang Podi off despite his injuries.
• Yang Podi countered Tang Hao’s strongest hammer attack with Earth Behemoth Break, then unleashed his Golden Scorpion’s Pincer soul bone skill.
• Tang Xiao was sent flying, and Tang Hao lost his right arm to Yang Podi’s attack, leaving both brothers badly injured and facing defeat.

Yang Podi overwhelmed Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, but Di Tian intervened and spirited the Clear Sky Sect fighters away before Yang Podi could finish them. After the battle, Yang Podi explained the threat posed by Di Tian, gave Tang Hao’s inherited Soul Bone to Dugu Bo, and returned to consider the consequences of revealing his strength.

• Yang Podi defeated Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, while Xue Qinghe, Ning Fengzhi, and Sword Douluo judged that they could not intervene; Dugu Bo stopped Tang San, Tai Tan, and Bai He from joining the fight.
• Tang Hao detonated all eight Soul Rings and brought down the Great Sumeru Hammer, but Yang Podi’s Ninth Soul Skill, Sun Shooting, pierced through the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Di Tian appeared in the sky, clashed with Yang Podi’s spear, and carried Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, Tang San, Tai Tan, and Bai He away.
• Yang Podi identified the rescuer as Black Dragon Di Tian and warned his allies to avoid the Star Dou Great Forest’s core; he ordered them to kill any Clear Sky Sect disciples who came again.
• Yang Podi gave Tang Hao’s severed arm, containing an inherited Soul Bone, to Dugu Bo, and the academy’s leaders dispersed the onlookers.
• Yang Podi returned to his room and reflected on how revealing his level 98 strength could attract attention from powerful enemies.

After Yang Podi defeated Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe considered the threat Heavenly Pursuit Academy posed, while the mysterious rescuer Di Tian warned Tang San not to provoke powerful enemies. Back at the Clear Sky Sect, Tang Xiao reported the defeat and the elders weighed their options as Tang San resolved to grow strong enough to take revenge.

• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo discussed whether Yang Podi could challenge Qian Daoliu, and Ning Fengzhi invited Ning Rongrong to remain at Heavenly Pursuit Academy.
• Xue Qinghe sent Ghost Douluo to inform Spirit Hall about Yang Podi and ordered him to keep watch on the injured Tang Hao and Tang Xiao.
• Di Tian brought Tang San's group near the Clear Sky Sect, identified himself, and warned Tang San that Yang Podi had not fought at full strength.
• Tang Xiao and the others returned to the Clear Sky Sect, where he told the elders that Yang Podi had defeated him and Tang Hao while concealing the conflict's original cause.
• The elders discussed healing Tang Hao and avoiding further conflict, while Tang San silently cared for his father and vowed to gain strength for revenge.

Di Tian reported that Tang San had returned to the Clear Sky Sect, and the Silver Dragon King ordered him to send Xiao Wu to Tang San. In Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong arranged for Qian Daoliu and Hu Liena to visit Heavenly Pursuit Academy and approach Yang Podi, while secretly hoping the trip would weaken Qian Daoliu or secure her a powerful ally.

• Di Tian told the Silver Dragon King that he had rescued Tang San, Tang Hao, and their group, and she ordered him to send Xiao Wu to Tang San.
• Ghost Douluo reported Yang Podi's strength and victory over Tang Xiao and Tang Hao to Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu, and Spirit Hall's offerings.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo described the Clear Sky brothers' strength and Yang Podi's history and apparent attitude toward Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong persuaded Qian Daoliu to visit Heavenly Pursuit Academy with Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and Hu Liena, and proposed a marriage alliance between Hu Liena and Yang Podi.
• Bibi Dong privately told Hu Liena to pursue the alliance if possible, then revealed that she hoped to exploit a clash between Qian Daoliu and Yang Podi or gain Yang Podi's support.

Reports of Yang Podi’s victory over the Clear Sky Twin Stars reshaped the Soul Master World, while the original Shrek Seven followed very different paths from their original-story counterparts. As Yang Podi focused on cultivation, Ning Rongrong stayed at Heavenly Pursuit Academy, leaving him and Yang Wudi to debate whether the academy should keep her there.

• The Clear Sky Sect blamed Tang San for provoking the battle, while Heavenly Pursuit Academy rejected sects seeking refuge and accepted only students and teachers willing to live outside Soul Master conflicts.
• The chapter described how the original Shrek Seven had changed: Tang San remained Level 66, Xiao Wu was a Soul Emperor, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing were Soul Kings, and Ma Hongjun and Oscar pursued relationships at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang found Tang San increasingly dejected at the Clear Sky Sect, where Tang Hao remained unconscious and Tang Xiao faced a long recovery; he proposed taking Heaven Dou Team One to Sea God Island, but Ma Hongjun refused and Ning Rongrong stayed behind.
• Yang Podi considered Bibi Dong a major danger and worried that Ye Renxin might be at risk after the Clear Sky Sect conflict.
• Yang Podi discovered Ning Rongrong training with Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, and Yang Tianyue, and learned that she had chosen to remain at Heavenly Pursuit Academy.
• Yang Wudi admitted that he was reluctant to refuse Ning Fengzhi’s request because the girls wanted Ning Rongrong to stay, while Yang Podi questioned whether the academy should shelter the young master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Yang Podi considered Heavenly Pursuit Academy’s strength and future plans before the four Elemental Academies asked to relocate to Mount Aermo. He laid out strict conditions for joining, leaving Feng Xiaotian and the others silent as they weighed whether they could accept them.

• Yang Podi assessed the academy’s strength, the threats posed by Spirit Hall and the Star Dou Great Forest, and his plans to search three volcanic regions for a powerful fire-attribute Soul Beast.
• Niu Jinfeng summoned Yang Podi to the reception hall, where Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, and Dugu Bo were meeting representatives of the four Elemental Academies.
• Feng Xiaotian asked whether the academies could relocate to Mount Aermo, explaining that Spirit Hall’s pressure had made their situation difficult.
• Yang Wudi hesitated to admit the academies because of their ties to sects and nobles, the academy’s limited resources, and the risk of attracting political trouble.
• Yang Podi said the four academies would have to follow Heavenly Pursuit Academy’s rules, manage without outside support, and admit only students with clean backgrounds; Feng Xiaotian and the others fell silent.

Yang Podi laid out strict terms for the Four Elements Academy to join Heavenly Pursuit Academy, while making clear he wanted to keep his clans out of the coming war. Three academies chose to pursue membership and Thunder Academy headed for Heaven Dou City, before Yang Podi sensed a powerful sacred presence arriving with Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.

• Yang Podi told the Four Elements Academy representatives that major decisions at Heavenly Pursuit Academy required a vote and that leaving would be costly; he also promised impartial treatment while reserving focused training for the academy's core disciples.
• After the representatives left, Yang Podi explained to Yang Wudi and the others that he wanted to avoid the coming war, and Dugu Bo agreed that the academy did not need more people below Titled Douluo.
• Lei Dong decided Thunder Academy would move to Heaven Dou City and join Blue Tyrant Academy, while Shui Bing'er favored Skywater Academy joining Heavenly Pursuit Academy.
• Huo Wushuang proposed that Blazing Fire Academy join Heavenly Pursuit Academy, and Feng Xiaotian remained wary of moving to Heaven Dou City.
• Blazing Fire Academy, Godwind Academy, and Skywater Academy chose to pursue joining Heavenly Pursuit Academy, while Thunder Academy chose to move to Heaven Dou City.
• Yang Podi sensed a subdued, sacred presence arrive alongside Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, and recognized that Spirit Hall had sent an important visitor.

Yang Podi received Qian Daoliu at the Heavenly Pursuit Academy, rejected Spirit Hall’s proposed marriage alliance, and defended the academy’s neutrality. He challenged Qian Daoliu to prove the academy could stand apart from the factions, and the two flew high above the academy to begin their duel.

• Yang Podi gathered Yang Wudi, Yang Zhentian, Niu Gao, and Dugu Bo to welcome Qian Daoliu, who arrived with Hu Liena, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo.
• Qian Daoliu proposed that Yang Podi marry Hu Liena to form an alliance with Spirit Hall, but Yang Podi refused because he was already committed to someone.
• Yang Podi and Qian Daoliu discussed Sea God Island, Bo Saixi, and the Heavenly Pursuit Academy’s desire to stay neutral in the conflict between Spirit Hall and the Upper Three Sects.
• Qian Daoliu warned that Yang Podi’s power could make neutrality dangerous, and Yang Podi challenged him to judge the academy’s strength in a fight.
• Yang Podi and Qian Daoliu agreed to spar in the sky, then flew ten thousand meters above the academy, where Qian Daoliu remarked on Yang Podi’s Tiger Eagle Wings.

Yang Podi and Qian Daoliu fought an intense aerial battle, trading powerful domain, weapon, and mental attacks. Qian Daoliu healed his wounds and grew stronger beneath the sun, leaving Yang Podi facing the Angel Douluo at his full strength.

• Yang Podi and Qian Daoliu summoned their Martial Souls and domains, dividing the sky between Soul Breaking Domain and Angel Domain.
• Yang Podi and Qian Daoliu exchanged spear and sword strikes, with neither gaining a decisive advantage.
• Qian Daoliu wounded Yang Podi's hand with Angel's Falling Blade, but Yang Podi's Tiger's Roar Breaks a Thousand Armies wounded Qian Daoliu in return.
• Yang Podi and Qian Daoliu clashed with Angel's Roar and Blood Rain and Gory Wind, and both suffered injuries.
• Yang Podi's Sky Support Spear Strike shattered Qian Daoliu's Great Angel's Protection and wounded his arm, but Qian Daoliu blocked the spear and healed beneath the sun.

Yang Podi and Qian Daoliu fought to a draw, each seriously wounding the other with their strongest attacks. Qian Daoliu agreed to leave Heavenly Pursuit Academy neutral for now, while Yang Podi prepared his allies for the possibility of war.

• Yang Podi and Qian Daoliu clashed in the sky for half an hour, trading wounds as their domains, divine power, and powerful Soul Skills failed to overwhelm each other.
• Qian Daoliu used Angel Judgment and Angel's Glory, while Yang Podi answered with Earth Behemoth Break and Sun Shooting, leaving both badly injured.
• Yang Podi demanded that Heavenly Pursuit Academy be allowed to remain neutral, and Qian Daoliu agreed to discuss the academy's position with the Pope.
• Yang Podi told Yang Wudi and Yang Zhentian that the fight was effectively a draw and urged everyone to keep developing while preparing for war.
• Yang Podi examined a golden-traced drop of blood and a golden feather left by Qian Daoliu, then reflected on the battle and the power Qian Daoliu had withheld.
• Qian Daoliu told Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo and Hu Liena to warn the Pope not to provoke Yang Podi, then left to visit Xiao Xue in Heaven Dou City.

After recovering from his battle with Qian Daoliu, Yang Podi emerged to find the three elemental academies had joined Heavenly Pursuit Academy. He chose the title Sky Support Douluo and set out to search for powerful fire-attribute Soul Beasts.

• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall personnel to avoid conflict with Heavenly Pursuit Academy unless necessary.
• The Godwind, Blazing Fire, and Skywater academies moved to Mount Aermo and established departments within Heavenly Pursuit Academy, whose leaders took vice-dean roles.
• Yang Podi met Ye Lingling and the others, named himself Sky Support Douluo, and gave Shui Bing'er, Xue Wu, and Huo Wu three thousand-year spirit herbs.
• Yang Podi asked Huo Lie about powerful fire-attribute Soul Beasts and learned that Flame Canyon and the Flowing Fire Mountain Range might hold hundred-thousand-year beasts.
• Yang Podi told Yang Wudi he would visit the Flowing Fire Mountain Range and might later return to Slaughter City, then flew away to begin his search.