Chapter Summaries

The Fairy Sword Battle Team revealed its powerful lineup and defeated the Elephant Armor Sect Battle Team with Shui Bing'er's Ice Seal. Yang Tian then left with Tang San to help Jiang Zhu and Tai Long obtain soul rings and handle another matter, leaving the Shrek group to continue competing.

• Ying'er, Xu Xiaoxiao, Xu Youyou, Huo Wu, and Shui Bing'er revealed their martial souls and red Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, shocking the spectators.
• Shui Bing'er froze all seven Elephant Armor Sect Battle Team students, removed them from the stage, and melted the ice, securing victory for the Fairy Sword Battle Team.
• Yang Tian told Tang San that the Fairy Sword Battle Team had obtained its soul-ring method from him through an exchange of benefits.
• After Jiang Zhu and Tai Long broke through Level 40, Yang Tian told the remaining Shrek students to continue competing and follow Zhu Zhuqing's arrangements if they faced the Fairy Sword Battle Team.
• Yang Tian told Xiao Wu that he and Tang San were leaving to help Jiang Zhu and Tai Long obtain soul rings and handle something for Xiao San, then opened the Reverse Sky Gate for Tang San.

Yang Tian led Tang San, Tai Long, and Jiang Zhu through Sunset Forest, helping Tai Long and Jiang Zhu obtain soul rings. After Jiang Zhu began absorbing hers, Yang Tian teased Tang San about his sword and his relationship with a woman from the Clear Sky Sect.

• Yang Tian used the Reverse Sky Gate to bring the group to Sunset Forest, where Tang San led them toward the central area.
• Yang Tian incapacitated an eight-thousand-year Great Strength Demon Ape, and Tai Long killed it and absorbed its soul ring.
• Yang Tian found a seven-thousand-year Flowering Canopy Mother Tree suitable for Jiang Zhu and showed her where to stab it with his Spirit Sword.
• Jiang Zhu killed the tree and began absorbing its soul ring while Tai Long kept watch.
• Yang Tian teased Tang San about the Spirit Sword and questioned him about his relationship with a woman from the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang San admitted he could not help himself.

Jiang Zhu gained a fourth soul skill before Yang Tian and Tang San traveled to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to meet Tang Hao. Tang San revealed that reviving Ah Yin could require Tang Hao’s soul ring and Tang San’s left leg bone, leaving father and son to decide whether to sacrifice them.

• Jiang Zhu absorbed her fourth soul ring and gained an all-attribute amplification skill that could enhance four targets by fifteen percent.
• Yang Tian sent Tai Long and Jiang Zhu back through the Reverse Sky Gate, then headed with Tang San toward the Sunset Forest’s Core Area.
• Tang San explained that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had awakened his Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline and that Tang Hao had taken him to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang San told Tang Hao he had found a way to revive Ah Yin, and Yang Tian explained that doing so might cost Tang Hao his soul ring and Tang San his left leg bone.
• Tang San said he would give up the bone because his life belonged to his parents, while Tang Hao questioned whether he was certain.

Yang Tian agreed to help Tang Hao revive Ah Yin and negotiated for the Clear Sky Sect and Tang San to owe him if he saved Tang San’s left leg. He first healed Tang Hao’s hidden wounds and gave both him and Tang San the Innate Spirit Nurturing Art, leaving Tang Hao to recover while Yang Tian rested.

• Yang Tian offered Tang Hao a chance to revive Ah Yin in exchange for commitments from Tang Hao, Tang San, and the Clear Sky Sect if Tang San’s left leg could be saved.
• Tang San agreed and asked Yang Tian to heal Tang Hao’s hidden wounds before removing Ah Yin’s soul ring.
• Yang Tian used a medicinal pill, Soul Power, and flames to purge Tang Hao’s injuries and clear blocked meridians.
• Yang Tian guided Tang Hao through the Innate Spirit Nurturing Art, which improved Tang Hao’s vitality.
• Yang Tian passed the cultivation art to Tang San and warned him not to share it, while Tang San joked that he could not repay the debt.

Yang Tian began reviving Ah Yin by using Tang Hao’s detached soul ring and the World-Saving Golden Flame, while Tang San surrendered his left-leg soul bone to the process. The Blue Silver Emperor’s phantom appeared, but Yang Tian’s power was waning and Tang San had to keep his wound from healing for at least a day.

• Yang Tian told Tang San that reviving the Blue Silver Emperor required his left-leg soul bone and warned that he would take it by force if Tang San changed his mind.
• Tang Hao removed his red soul ring and Yang Tian gave him a God-given Soul Ring to replace it.
• Yang Tian used the World-Saving Golden Flame and his blood to envelop the Blue Silver Emperor and Tang Hao’s former soul ring.
• Tang Hao absorbed the God-given Soul Ring while Yang Tian continued the revival through the night, and Tang San slapped himself three times in remorse.
• Yang Tian revealed Ah Yin’s crying phantom and told Tang San to prepare; Tang San tore into his left leg to expose the soul bone.
• Yang Tian gave Tang San a pill and ordered him to keep the wound from healing for one day.

Shrek’s team headed to the Advancement Tournament to face Blue Sunshine Academy, but Shi Nian and three Evil Soul Masters ambushed them on the way. Zhu Zhuqing assigned the team to defend Little Dragon and confront the attackers, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Flender warned Dai Mubai and the others not to underestimate Blue Sunshine Academy, and Xiao Wu urged the team to prove their training had paid off.
• The Shrek group entered a desolate area, where Zhu Zhuqing detected an illusion and broke it with her Dark Night Star God Cat.
• Zhu Zhuqing identified Shi Nian and three accompanying figures as Evil Soul Masters, then divided the team among the attackers.
• Xiao Wu struck one hooded Evil Soul Master with a burst of spiritual power, while Oscar took Little Dragon and Liu Erlong away from the battlefield.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun volunteered to hold off Shi Nian, while Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu prepared to fight the other Evil Soul Masters.

Liu Erlong, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong revealed their formidable combat strength against three Evil Soul Masters. Zhu Zhuqing’s domain was shattered after she and Xiao Wu killed the female Soul Douluo, leaving their group exposed to danger.

• Liu Erlong shoved Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun aside, unleashed her Fire Dragon Martial Soul, and confronted Shi Nian while Zhu Zhuqing assigned Flender to face the Evil Soul Master Titled Douluo.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu merged their soul rings into their bodies, while Ning Rongrong supported them with her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Zhu Zhuqing activated the Dark Night Star God Domain and weakened the Evil Soul Masters as Liu Erlong beat Shi Nian and Ning Rongrong bolstered her.
• Zhuqing and Xiao Wu combined spiritual attacks and finishing moves to kill the female Evil Soul Master Soul Douluo.
• The female Evil Soul Master's blood broke Zhu Zhuqing's domain, and Flender warned Zhu Zhuqing to watch out.

Swordsman arrived during the battle against the Evil Soul Masters and killed Shi Nian, Flender’s opponent, and the Hound Titled Douluo. Afterward, Zhu Zhuqing accepted the recovered soul bones, and the others wondered what relationship Swordsman had with Yang Tian.

• Ning Rongrong protected Zhu Zhuqing from the Hound Titled Douluo’s claw, while Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu continued fighting him.
• Swordsman arrived and killed Shi Nian and the Soul Douluo fighting Flender with sword strikes.
• Swordsman battered the Hound Titled Douluo until his strength rose to Level 95, then cut him into pieces with one sword.
• Swordsman warned Flender and Zhu Zhuqing not to absorb the Evil Soul Master’s soul bones without Yang Tian’s help.
• Zhu Zhuqing took Shi Nian’s skull bone, and Flender gave her the Hound Titled Douluo’s leg bone; Dai Mubai and the others speculated that Yang Tian and Swordsman were rivals who admired each other.

Yang Tian revived Ah Yin with the World-Saving Golden Flame, then gave her a Giant Strength Tiger soul bone so she could restore Tang San’s severed leg. Ah Yin spent three days gathering Life Energy for Yang Tian, leaving his combat strength largely restored while his lost Essence Blood still needed time to recover.

• Yang Tian learned that Evil Soul Masters had resurfaced and continued burning the Blue Silver Emperor with the World-Saving Golden Flame despite his worsening condition.
• Ah Yin transformed back into human form, thanked Yang Tian, and confirmed that she could still use her soul-bone skill.
• Yang Tian gave Ah Yin a fifty-thousand-year Giant Strength Tiger left leg bone, and she helped Tang San attach it and restore his severed leg.
• Ah Yin expanded her Blue Silver Emperor Domain to gather Life Energy for Yang Tian, who cultivated with it for three days.
• Yang Tian stopped Ah Yin when his Soul Power neared a breakthrough bottleneck and said he needed only to slowly recover the Essence Blood he had lost.

Yang Tian brought Tang Hao, Ah Yin, and Tang San back to Shrek Academy through the Reverse Sky Gate, where Tang Hao and Ah Yin agreed to stay for a while. After welcoming the renowned Clear Sky Douluo, Yang Tian set new cultivation deadlines for Oscar and Ma Hongjun.

• Yang Tian gave Ah Yin a recovery pill, and Tang Hao and Tang San promised to repay his kindness.
• Yang Tian opened the Reverse Sky Gate and took Tang Hao, Ah Yin, and Tang San back to Shrek Academy.
• Oscar and Dai Mubai worried about the upcoming match against the Fairy Sword Battle Team while Liu Erlong and the girls played with Little Dragon.
• Flender welcomed Tang Hao and Ah Yin, and Tang Hao offered to help the academy during his stay.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun introduced themselves to Ah Yin, and Yang Tian ordered them to reach rank fifty within three or four months.

Yang Tian and the Shrek group arrived to watch Shrek face the Fairy Sword Battle Team, drawing attention when Tang Hao’s identity as the Clear Sky Douluo became known. Ah Yin realized Swordsman shared Yang Tian’s life aura and kept the discovery secret as the assembled academies prepared to watch the match.

• Yang Tian assigned Ma Hongjun and Oscar tasks and warned them to follow his instructions, while Tang San told Ah Yin how much Yang Tian had helped Shrek.
• Yang Tian, the three women, Tang Hao, Ah Yin, and the Shrek team headed to the arena for the afternoon match against the Fairy Sword Battle Team.
• Flender warned Yang Tian that Swordsman had the strength of a Level 95 Titled Douluo despite being only level sixty-six, and Tang Hao urged Yang Tian not to overexert himself.
• Tang Hao’s presence as the Clear Sky Douluo caused a stir among spectators, who speculated about his connection to Shrek and Tang San.
• Swordsman arrived with the Fairy Sword Battle Team, and Ah Yin recognized his life aura as Yang Tian’s, realizing they were the same person but choosing not to reveal it.
• The advanced academies, including Skywater Academy, gathered at the arena to observe Swordsman’s match.

Shrek and the Fairy Sword Battle Team arrived for their long-awaited match, while Tang Hao’s appearance as Clear Sky Douluo startled the Soul Arena and drew a tense exchange with Swordsman. After the afternoon’s first-round matches concluded, both teams were called onto the field, leaving the arena braced for their contest.

• Xue Ye and the VIPs recognized Tang Hao as Clear Sky Douluo, and Tang Hao declined an invitation to sit with them, choosing to watch beside Shrek.
• Hu Liena sensed Tang Hao’s hostility toward her, and Swordsman challenged him not to make things difficult for a junior before the two men measured each other’s strength.
• Swordsman remarked that Yang Tian seemed unconcerned about winning, and Yang Tian told him to stop talking.
• Huo Wushuang led Blazing Fire to a quick victory, while Yu Tianxin’s Thunder Team broke through Elephant Armor Academy’s defenses and won after a prolonged match.
• The referee called Shrek and the Fairy Sword Battle Team onto the field as the Soul Arena filled with tension.

Ying'er fought Tang San in a one-on-one match after Yang Tian and Swordsman declined to lead their teams into battle. She countered Tang San's attacks with her scythe and revealed a defensive technique that astonished both teams.

• Swordsman proposed that Ying'er fight one of Shrek's members, and Yang Tian chose Tang San as her opponent.
• Tang San and Ying'er bowed, took their positions, and began the match.
• Ying'er merged her three Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings into her scythe, raising her aura to the level of a Soul Ancestor.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Emperor vines to entangle and attack Ying'er, but she cut through them and evaded his formation.
• Tang San launched Ten Thousand Arrows Pierce the Heart, and Ying'er used her scythe to form a black-and-gold Taiji Circle that shielded her from every direction.

Ying'er pushed Tang San into a fierce battle, overcoming his Blue Silver Emperor attacks with her Light-Dark Taiji Circle, sickle, and clones. After Yang Tian and Swordsman assured them they could fight without restraint, Tang San prepared to reveal more of his strength.

• Ying'er blocked Tang San's attacks with her Light-Dark Taiji Circle and cut through his Blue Silver Emperor vines with her sickle.
• Ying'er created six Light-Shadow Clones, but Tang San used the Blue Silver Domain to locate her true body and launched his Blue Silver Overlord Spear.
• Ying'er weakened the spear with a cross-shaped slash, shattered her Taiji Circle to erase its remaining force, and rushed Tang San.
• Tang San caught Ying'er's sickle with his Mystic Jade Hand, then used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to retreat and reset their distance.
• Ying'er activated a domain of her own, and Yang Tian and Swordsman told the fighters to hold nothing back while they protected the Battle Stage.
• Tang San resolved to fight at his limit, determined not to lose to Ying'er in front of his family and Yang Tian.

Ying'er and Tang San’s battle escalated as Tang San used the Clear Sky Hammer and built up Chaotic Cloak Dance, but Ying'er awakened a darker form of her scythe and stopped his final strike. The match ended with both fighters halting their attacks, while Yang Tian wondered at Ying'er's transformation.

• Tang San summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and prepared to face Ying'er head-on, while Tang Hao and Ah Yin discussed his skills and her talent.
• Ying'er and Tang San exchanged blows as Tang San gradually stacked more than fifty layers of Chaotic Cloak Dance, forcing her into a disadvantage.
• As Tang San unleashed the eighty-first strike of Nine Nines Return to One, Ying'er activated Life-Devouring: Soul-Locking Chain and her Light and Darkness Domain shifted into darkness.
• Ying'er's Light Sacred God Codex had reversed into the Dark Demon God Codex, and the Death God Scythe transformed into the Demon God Scythe.
• Ying'er's soul-snatching attack briefly dazed Tang San, but he used Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon to redirect his hammer strike; Ying'er stopped her scythe just short of his brow, and Yang Tian lowered his raised hand.

Ying'er and Tang San drew their match, and the Elite Competition concluded before the teams departed for Spirit City. After Yang Tian returned Qian Renxue to the palace, Snake Lance Douluo warned him that Evil Soul Masters might attack the teams, triggering a mission to ambush them.

• Ying'er stopped the Soul-Snatching Chain, and the Swordsman reassured her that darkness did not mean evil before agreeing to teach her the Golden Taiji Circle.
• Tang San and Ying'er were declared a draw, and Yang Tian encouraged Tang San despite his disappointment.
• The Elite Competition continued for a month and a half, and the Swordsman led the Fairy Sword Battle Team to victory against Skywater Team while advising its members.
• Xue Ye appointed Crown Prince Xue Qinghe as his envoy, and the fifteen Heaven Dou Empire teams set out for Spirit City with their teachers and Royal Knights escorts.
• Yang Tian carried Qian Renxue back to her residence in the Imperial Palace, where Snake Lance Douluo warned him of a possible Evil Soul Master attack.
• Yang Tian received a mission to ambush the Evil Soul Masters targeting the teams and weaken their power on Douluo Continent.

Yang Tian prepared for a likely Evil Soul Master attack on the teams traveling to Spirit City, then spent much of the journey secretly with Qian Renxue. On the eleventh day, Dai Mubai’s interest in the Royal Knights reminded Yang Tian of a possible ambush in a valley.

• Yang Tian accepted the system’s Epic Grade Theft Ticket mission and told Snake Lance Douluo to protect Xue Er at all costs.
• Yang Tian worried the Evil Soul Masters would target the Elite Competition teams and cause heavy losses on the way to Spirit City.
• During the journey, Yang Tian secretly met Qian Renxue in the Crown Prince’s carriage, whose unusual swaying caught the guards’ attention.
• After ten days, the procession had traveled halfway to Spirit City without incident under the protection of five hundred Royal Knights.
• On the eleventh day, Ma Hongjun asked why Dai Mubai kept watching the knights, and Yang Tian recognized the moment as a reminder of a valley ambush.

Yang Tian warned the convoy that Evil Soul Masters were attacking and urged the academy instructors to protect the students. Swordsman killed Blood Blade Douluo, while Yang Tian attacked Skeleton Douluo.

• Yang Tian sensed Evil Soul Masters near the convoy and warned everyone to stay together and focus on survival.
• The Royal Knights defended the convoy from falling rocks while Yang Tian helped shield the travelers and called on the academy instructors to act.
• Swordsman identified the attackers as returning Evil Soul Masters, and Blood Blade Douluo and Skeleton Douluo appeared with plans to slaughter the younger generation.
• Yang Tian attacked Skeleton Douluo with a golden hand as Swordsman confronted Blood Blade Douluo.
• Swordsman killed Blood Blade Douluo and reduced his head to ash with sword light.

Yang Tian and Swordsman faced a large force of Evil Soul Masters after killing two of their Titled Douluo. As the battle threatened the gathered academies, Tang Hao, Ning Fengzhi, and Sword Dao Chen Xin arrived to reinforce them.

• Yang Tian killed Skeleton Douluo, burned his corpse, and offered the fallen soul bone as a reward to the elite soul master who performed best.
• More than a hundred Evil Soul Masters appeared, led by a short, newly advanced Rank 99 Titled Douluo who challenged Yang Tian and Swordsman.
• Yang Tian revealed five flames fused into a powerful fire, while Swordsman declared he could defeat the enemy Titled Douluo one by one.
• Tang Hao arrived with his Clear Sky Hammer and chose the Rank 99 Evil Soul Master as his opponent, but a Level 98 Evil Soul Master called Sissy stepped forward to face him.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Dao Chen Xin joined Tang Hao, and Ning Fengzhi judged that Tang Hao could confront the Rank 99 enemy with his support.

Yang Tian, Swordsman, Tang Hao, and their allies battled an Evil Soul Master ambush threatening the Heaven Dou soul master teams. As the fight spread, Tang Xiao arrived to help defend Lin Zhiling and trap three enemy Titled Douluo.

• Yang Tian and Swordsman drew the short Evil Soul Master away from the teams and attacked him with coordinated flame and sword formations while Tang Hao and Sword Douluo engaged other Titled Douluo.
• Lin Zhiling joined the battle with Ning Fengzhi's support and quickly suppressed a Level 94 female Titled Douluo, while Zhu Zhuqing concealed her strength and protected the students.
• Shui Bing'er and Zhu Zhuqing gathered allied academies around Shrek, and Tang San killed numerous Evil Soul Masters with his hidden weapons.
• Shui Bing'er weakened the attackers with her ice abilities as Xu Youyou and Xu Xiaoxiao lent Star Power to her, Huo Wu, and Lin Zhiling.
• Tang Xiao arrived, blasted away the three Titled Douluo closing in on Lin Zhiling, and trapped them within his Clear Sky Hammer's Chaotic Cloak.