Chapter Summaries

Lin Ye and Tang San underwent Martial Soul Awakening in Holy Soul Village, where both revealed extraordinary talent. They rejected Su Yuntao’s offers to join Spirit Hall and prepared to attend Nuoding Academy together.

• Lin Ye hid the life-giving power of his Three-Legged Golden Crow bloodline while practicing with Tang San and encouraged him to value Blue Silver Grass’s vitality.
• Su Yuntao arrived to awaken the village children’s Martial Souls, and Tang San revealed Blue Silver Grass and Innate Full Soul Power after Lin Ye insisted he be tested.
• Lin Ye awakened a golden three-legged bird Martial Soul and displayed Soul Power of at least level twenty.
• Su Yuntao invited both boys to Spirit Hall, but Lin Ye and Tang San chose Nuoding Academy and accepted Spirit Hall certificates.
• Village Chief Jack promised to prepare their tuition, and the boys agreed to leave for the academy together next month.

Lin Ye and Tang San arrived at Nuoding Academy, where Lin Ye defeated Wang Sheng and both boys met Yu Xiaogang and Xiao Wu. After their first class, they began cultivating in a grove, planning to pursue spirit rings suited to their martial souls.

• Village Chief Jack escorted Lin Ye and Tang San to Nuoding Academy, where the boys were assigned to Dormitory Seven.
• Lin Ye defeated Wang Sheng in a dormitory challenge and became Dormitory Seven's boss.
• Yu Xiaogang questioned Tang San about his Blue Silver Grass, while Lin Ye kept his own martial soul secret; Xiao Wu then escorted the boys to register.
• Lin Ye and Tang San promised to face the future together and discussed cultivating their martial souls and seeking spirit rings.
• In spirit master fundamentals class, Lin Ye concealed his strength when demonstrating his martial soul, while Tang San studied the teacher's spirit skill.
• Lin Ye and Tang San cultivated in a grove, where Tang San nourished his Blue Silver Grass and Yu Xiaogang watched them from a distant rooftop.

At Nuoding Academy, Tang San defended Blue Silver Grass’s potential, and Lin Ye and Xiao Wu helped Shi Cun after upper-year students robbed him. The three entered the Soul Hunting Forest, found medicine for Shi Cun’s sister, and obtained their first Soul Skills before discovering their powers could work together.

• Tang San demonstrated precise control of Soul Power by reviving a withered spider plant, and Yu Xiaogang gave him a long, troubled look.
• Xiao Wu intervened when upper-year students bullied Shi Cun, and Lin Ye defeated their leader with a golden-lit punch.
• Lin Ye and Tang San agreed to find Warm Sun Grass for Shi Cun’s sick sister, and Xiao Wu decided to join them on their trip to the Soul Hunting Forest.
• Yu Xiaogang gave the three maps and sulfur powder, and they entered the Soul Hunting Forest the next day.
• The group found Warm Sun Grass, then Tang San gained Blue Silver Cage from a fifty-year Blue Silver Grass while Lin Ye gained Golden Crow Fire from a Flame Bird.
• Lin Ye tested his flames against Tang San’s Blue Silver Cage, and they discovered that Golden Crow Fire nourished the Blue Silver Grass instead of burning it.

After returning from the Soul Hunting Forest, Lin Ye discovered that his Three-Legged Golden Crow Fire could restore life, while Tang San developed his Blue Silver Grass under Yu Xiaogang’s guidance. A Spirit Hall test exposed Lin Ye’s unusual golden Soul Power, drawing the attention of Platinum Bishop Salas and leaving Lin Ye and Tang San wary of what might follow.

• Lin Ye and Tang San noticed that their Martial Souls complemented each other, then returned to Nuoding Academy with Xiao Wu.
• Tang San demonstrated his stronger Blue Silver Grass and Blue Silver Cage, while Lin Ye concealed the Golden Crow Fire’s full abilities.
• Yu Xiaogang showed Lin Ye an ancient record of the Three-Legged Golden Crow and helped him discover that his fire could heal a dying rose; Yu Xiaogang then shared plant-type Soul Ring research with Tang San.
• Tang San and Lin Ye developed their abilities as Yu Xiaogang guided Tang San and Lin Ye practiced controlling the Golden Crow Fire’s heat.
• During a Spirit Hall Soul Power test, Tang San registered at level twenty-one, and Lin Ye’s restrained power made the crystal ball shine gold, startling the examiner.
• Platinum Bishop Salas intervened, examined Lin Ye and Tang San’s names, and departed, prompting them to suspect that Spirit Hall had taken an interest in them.

With Spirit Hall watching them, Lin Ye, Tang San, and Xiao Wu fled Nuoding Academy and traveled to Shrek Academy near Suotuo City. They passed its entrance tests and became students, while Salas tracked them to Shrek Village and prepared to act.

• Lin Ye, Tang San, and Xiao Wu noticed Spirit Hall's watchers and decided to leave Nuoding Academy for Shrek Academy.
• The three escaped the academy at night, traveled on foot to Suotuo City, and learned that Shrek Academy was in a nearby village.
• At Shrek Academy, Tang San paid the registration fee, and the trio faced Zhao Wuji's first test together.
• Tang San's Blue Silver Grass, Xiao Wu's speed, and Lin Ye's Golden Crow Fire impressed Zhao Wuji, and the three passed the test.
• Flender accepted Lin Ye, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and two other children as Shrek students.
• In Suotuo City, Salas learned the trio's location and ordered his black-clad followers to await his orders.

Lin Ye and the other Shrek students endured punishing training under Flender and Zhao Wuji while Yu Xiaogang helped them develop their abilities and work together. Flender entered them in the Continent-Wide Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, and the chapter left them preparing for intensified training and their first major competition.

• Flender introduced Yu Xiaogang as vice dean and began the students' training with weighted runs and a group battle against Zhao Wuji, which they passed after forcing him to use his third Soul Skill.
• Yu Xiaogang advised Tang San to develop Blue Silver Grass's perception and encouraged Lin Ye to use Golden Crow Fire to nourish other Martial Souls, helping the two discover their powers complemented each other.
• Lin Ye and Tang San improved their teamwork, while Xiao Wu, Tai Long, and Oscar strengthened their own abilities through training and mutual support.
• Dai Mubai questioned whether Shrek Academy could help them become top Soul Masters, but Tang San and Lin Ye urged the group to value their time there and keep improving.
• Flender announced that he had entered the students in the Continent-Wide Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament and doubled their training for the month before it began.

Shrek Academy’s five youths intensified their training and defeated Zhao Wuji in a mock battle, then prepared to face Spirit Hall and other rivals in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament. Lin Ye, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and Oscar left for Heaven Dou City with Flender and Zhao Wuji, determined to meet the challenges ahead together.

• Zhao Wuji pushed the youths through harsher training, while Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to ease the group’s weighted run and the companions helped Oscar keep up.
• Tang San coordinated the team in a mock battle against Zhao Wuji, and Lin Ye, Tai Long, Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, and Oscar combined their abilities to wear him down.
• Lin Ye and Tang San protected Tai Long from Zhao Wuji’s Great Strength Vajra Palm, then Tang San restrained Zhao Wuji with a resilient, life-absorbing Blue Silver Grass cocoon until Flender declared the team victorious.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Lin Ye and Tang San that Spirit Hall Academy’s captain, Xie Yue, had reached Soul Power level forty-two and that Spirit Hall might target them; the team trained with specialized roles and tactics.
• Lin Ye and Tang San discussed Yu Xiaogang’s secrets and their families, then promised to visit Holy Soul Village after the tournament.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji took the five youths by carriage from Shrek Village toward Heaven Dou City, where they planned to compete in the tournament.

Shrek Academy entered the Heaven Dou preliminaries, won its first five matches, and defeated Canghui Academy to take the lead in Group B. The victory drew the attention of Salas and Xie Yue, leaving Lin Ye aware that Spirit Hall had begun watching him and Tang San.

• Shrek Academy arrived at the Royal Hotel and endured jeers from other competitors and the disdain of the hotel attendant.
• Yu Xiaogang warned the team that Canghui Academy and its captain, Yu Tianheng, would be difficult opponents.
• Tai Long and Oscar led Shrek Academy to victory over Plant Academy, and the team then won its next three matches against other academies.
• Shrek Academy faced Canghui Academy, and Lin Ye drew Yu Tianheng's attention while Tang San bound him with Blue Silver Grass.
• Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, and Tai Long struck Yu Tianheng, and Shrek Academy defeated Canghui Academy to win the match.
• Lin Ye spotted Salas and Xie Yue watching from the VIP section, and Salas showed interest in Lin Ye and Tang San.

After Shrek Academy defeated Godwind Academy and advanced to the final eight, Spirit Hall intensified its threats against Tang San and Lin Ye. Yu Xiaogang sought support from the Heaven Dou royal family, but before he returned, Xie Yue led ten Soul Masters to attack Shrek at the hotel.

• Shrek Academy won its final qualifier match, then defeated Godwind Academy as Tang San restrained its students, Lin Ye disrupted their Soul Power, and Dai Mubai and Tai Long finished the fight.
• Salas, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena confronted Shrek after the victory, and Flender warned that Spirit Hall might strike before the finals.
• Canghui Academy's competing students were found turned into idiots, and Yu Xiaogang suspected Spirit Hall was warning Shrek to submit.
• Yu Xiaogang left to seek help from Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, while Yu Luomian offered Tang San and Lin Ye refuge at Heaven Dou Royal Academy; both refused and received a token to call the royal guards.
• That night, Lin Ye sensed an approaching threat, and Xie Yue arrived at the hotel with ten black-clad Soul Masters and demanded that Shrek come out and die.

Xie Yue and Hu Liena’s attack on Shrek was broken by Lin Ye and Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang returned with royal protection. At the final, Shrek defeated Spirit Hall Academy, then left the arena together to return to Shrek.

• Xie Yue and Hu Liena used Demonic Moon against Shrek, but Lin Ye, Tang San, and the others shattered the fusion skill and drove them off.
• Yu Xiaogang returned with royal guards and said the crown prince would protect Shrek and help investigate Canghui Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang set Shrek’s tactics for the final against Spirit Hall Academy, and the teams began their match.
• Tang San gathered Spirit Hall’s fighters with Blue Silver Grass while Lin Ye unleashed Golden Crow Burns the Heavens, forcing Xie Yue and his team to retreat.
• The referee declared Shrek Academy the winner, and Lin Ye, Tang San, and their companions left the arena to return to Shrek.

After returning to Holy Soul Village as tournament runners-up, Lin Ye and his companions said farewell to the villagers and trained for half a year at the Shrek Secret Realm, where several of them reached rank forty or higher. When Spirit Hall began targeting Soul Master leaders and discovered Tang San’s parentage, the group set out for the Soul Hunting Forest to obtain stronger Soul Rings and search for Tang Hao.

• Lin Ye and Tang San presented the tournament trophy to Village Chief Jack, and the villagers celebrated their return to Holy Soul Village.
• Three days later, the Shrek students left the village and moved to the Shrek Secret Realm outside Suotuo City.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji began specialized training for the students, and over half a year Tang San and Lin Ye reached rank forty-two while several others also broke through rank forty.
• Flender and Yu Xiaogang reported that Spirit Hall was arresting academy deans, seeking Soul Bones, and had learned that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son.
• Lin Ye and Tang San resolved to grow stronger and find Tang Hao, and Flender led the group toward the Soul Hunting Forest to seek Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings.

Lin Ye obtained a six-thousand-year Soul Ring and reunited with Tang San, but they learned Spirit Hall was hunting Xiao Wu. At Thunder Bluff, Spirit Hall’s Ling captured Xiao Wu and overwhelmed the Shrek group until an unknown elder arrived.

• Flender and Zhao Wuji escorted the students past a Spirit Hall checkpoint, where Dai Mubai stopped a deacon from harassing Xiao Wu.
• The group entered the forest, divided up to hunt Soul Beasts, and Lin Ye defeated a Crimson Armored Fire Turtle to gain the Golden Crow Nirvana skill.
• Tang San returned with a Soul Ring, while Dai Mubai reported that Spirit Hall members were capturing Soul Beasts and searching for a horned rabbit.
• Lin Ye, Tang San, and Dai Mubai rushed to Thunder Bluff and found Tai Long down, Oscar chained, and Yu Xiaogang wounded while Ling and her subordinates surrounded Xiao Wu.
• Ling defeated Lin Ye and Tang San’s attacks and trapped Xiao Wu in a pink cage as Dai Mubai fought the black-clad Soul Masters.
• An aged voice challenged Spirit Hall, and a streak of golden light landed behind Ling.

Flender rescued the group from Ling and revealed that Tang San’s mother, Ah Yin, had been a transformed Blue Silver Emperor who died protecting Tang Hao. After giving Tang San a Clear Sky Sect token, Flender led the group to a sacred altar where they hoped to gain strength, while a letter revealed Spirit Hall was searching there for the final Soul Bone.

• Flender appeared and drove Ling off, freeing Xiao Wu and warning Yue Guan to leave Shrek’s people alone.
• Flender led the group to a hidden cave, where Xiao Wu explained that Spirit Hall wanted her Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Flender revealed that Ah Yin had been a transformed Blue Silver Emperor who sacrificed herself to protect Tang Hao, prompting Tang San to swear revenge.
• Flender gave Tang San a Clear Sky Sect token and promised to take the group somewhere that could help them grow stronger.
• Flender led Tang San, Lin Ye, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, Tai Long, and Oscar to the Soul Hunting Forest’s sacred altar, then read a letter saying Spirit Hall was searching there for the final Soul Bone.

Lin Ye and his companions received inheritances at the sacred altar, where Tang San claimed a seven-colored Soul Bone before Yue Guan and Spirit Hall attacked. The others escaped across the lake while Lin Ye collapsed behind to cover their retreat, leaving him at Yue Guan’s mercy.

• Lin Ye, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, Tai Long, and Oscar reached the altar, where statues passed down power and abilities tailored to each of them.
• Tang San deciphered the altar’s inscriptions, and a seven-colored Soul Bone emerged, drawing Yue Guan, Ling, and Spirit Hall elders to the plaza.
• Yue Guan attacked the group and revealed that the Pope had gone to eliminate Flender; Lin Ye and the others fought to protect Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• The statues activated the Ancient Guardian Grand Formation, allowing the Soul Bone to choose Tang San and merge into his body.
• Tang San escaped with Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, Tai Long, and Oscar as Lin Ye stayed behind, wounded and unconscious after buying them time.
• Yue Guan stood over Lin Ye and said the Pope needed a new Soul Ring, while dark clouds gathered over the island.

Lin Ye used Golden Crow Nirvana to break free from Yue Guan’s Soul Locking Cage, but Yue Guan cornered him as the skill’s backlash weakened him. Tang Hao rescued Lin Ye by defeating Yue Guan and took him deeper into the Soul Hunting Forest to reunite with Tang San.

• Yue Guan imprisoned Lin Ye in a Soul Locking Cage and drained his Golden Crow Power while threatening Tang San and the others.
• Lin Ye activated Golden Crow Nirvana, shattered the cage, and defeated the guards, but the skill’s backlash left him barely able to stand.
• Yue Guan attacked Lin Ye at the chamber door, and Tang Hao arrived to shield him with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Hao crushed Yue Guan’s resistance and collapsed the chamber, then eased Lin Ye’s pain and offered to take him to Tang San.
• Tang Hao told Lin Ye that he had been following him to protect Tang San, and the two headed deeper into the forest.

Lin Ye reunited with Tang San and their companions in Tang Hao’s hidden cave, where Tang Hao revealed the threat posed by Spirit Hall and urged them to grow stronger. After Lin Ye and Tang San clashed over whether to leave for Heaven Dou City, the group chose to travel to the Shrek Secret Realm in Suotuo City, unaware that a Spirit Hall spy watched them leave.

• Lin Ye reunited with Tang San, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, Tai Long, and Oscar after Tang Hao rescued him, and Tang Hao praised Tang San for protecting his companions.
• Tang Hao took the group to his hidden cave, where Tang San explained that his Life Soul Bone granted him the All-Encompassing Heavenly Net skill.
• Tang Hao revealed that Spirit Hall sought the fragments of the Azure Lotus Soul Bone and that its Pope, Bibi Dong, was a Level 99 Limit Douluo.
• Tang Hao told Tang San he had concealed his love for Tang San’s mother and his harsh behavior to protect Tang San, then left to contact Ning Fengzhi and Yu Luomian.
• Lin Ye urged the group to go to Heaven Dou City, but he and Tang San argued until Xiao Wu stopped them and Oscar proposed going to the Shrek Secret Realm in Suotuo City.
• The five companions set out for Suotuo City the next morning, while a Spirit Hall spy appeared in the cave and watched their departure.

Tang San and his companions fought off Spirit Hall Soul Masters in the Mist Forest and discovered that a spy inside the Shrek Secret Realm had exposed their route. They abandoned their return to the secret realm and set out for Heaven Dou City, while a mysterious figure followed their trail.

• Tang San sensed an ambush in the Mist Forest, and the group fought the Spirit Hall Soul Masters led by a masked Soul King.
• The group captured the masked leader, who was revealed to be Yu Tianheng, a former Canghui Academy captain who blamed Shrek for his academy’s destruction and sought revenge.
• Yu Tianheng admitted that a newly hired odd-job worker in the Shrek Secret Realm had informed Spirit Hall of their route.
• Tang San released Yu Tianheng after planting Blue Silver Grass seeds on him, and the group chose to avoid the secret realm and head for Heaven Dou City.
• After the five departed, a small, thin figure emerged from the mist and ran toward Suotuo City.

Tang San and his companions reached Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where they cultivated and accepted the Heaven Dou Empire’s offer of protection before Yue Guan attacked to seize them. Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Chen Xin drove Spirit Hall’s forces away, while Salas watched from the shadows with a sinister token.

• Tang San and his companions arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Yu Luomian warned them that Spirit Hall likely targeted them and provided a guarded place to stay.
• Over several days, Tang San, Lin Ye, Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, Tai Long, and Oscar improved their abilities and developed new techniques and supplies.
• Lin Ye learned that Spirit Hall had placed a bounty on them and that Yu Tianheng had joined its hunters; Meng Zhi then offered them Royal Guard protection, which Tang San accepted.
• A guard reported that Yue Guan and over a hundred Soul Masters had invaded the academy to demand the Shrek group, and Tang San, Lin Ye, and their companions chose to fight beside Yu Luomian and Meng Zhi.
• Ning Fengzhi arrived with Gu Rong and Chen Xin, forcing Yue Guan to retreat and ending the attack on the academy.
• Salas watched the academy from a window and toyed with a black token bearing a skull, saying he would let them enjoy themselves for a few more days.

Tang San, Lin Ye, and Xiao Wu discovered Spirit Hall's plot involving the crown prince, but Salas's ambush left them fighting for survival. Ning Fengzhi and the others arrived to drive off the attackers, while Xue Qinghe remained missing and Lin Ye collapsed from exhaustion.

• Ning Fengzhi and Tang San suspected Spirit Hall was targeting Xue Qinghe and sent Tang San, Lin Ye, and Xiao Wu to secretly watch the crown prince's residence.
• The three found the residence empty and discovered Yu Tianheng plotting with two black-clad Soul Masters to kill a puppet posing as the crown prince.
• Tang San stopped Yu Tianheng, but Salas arrived and revealed that the real Xue Qinghe had been moved and that the ambush was meant to lure them away from the others.
• Salas's forces overwhelmed Tang San, Lin Ye, and Xiao Wu, and Lin Ye unleashed Golden Crow Nirvana to help Tang San escape with the injured Xiao Wu.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin and the others reached the palace, forcing Salas and his remaining Soul Masters to retreat; Lin Ye then collapsed, while Xue Qinghe's whereabouts remained unknown.

After recovering, Lin Ye and Tang San traveled with their companions to Moonlight Pavilion in Suotuo City, where they found Tang San’s aunt Tang Yuehua sheltering the injured Xue Qinghe. Xue Qinghe revealed Spirit Hall’s plan to replace him with a lookalike and resurrect the Angel God, just as Salas surrounded the pavilion and demanded his surrender.

• Lin Ye learned that Xue Qinghe was missing and followed a jade pendant clue linking him to Moonlight Pavilion in Suotuo City.
• Tang San, Lin Ye, Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, Tai Long, and Oscar disguised themselves and reached Moonlight Pavilion, where Tang Yuehua revealed she was Tang San’s aunt.
• Tang Yuehua confirmed that Xue Qinghe was unconscious in her care, and Tang San and Lin Ye treated his wounds and suppressed the Heart-Eroding Curse.
• Xue Qinghe woke and told Tang San and Lin Ye that Salas and a masked woman had attacked him after he discovered Spirit Hall’s fake crown prince scheme and its plan to resurrect the Angel God.
• A maid warned Tang Yuehua that Spirit Hall had surrounded Moonlight Pavilion, and Salas demanded that she hand over Xue Qinghe and the Shrek group.