Chapter Summaries

Gula used Shrek’s individual-match forfeits to force Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy to concede, then overwhelmed its team with his Holy Radiance Domain and Sun Sword Intent. Shrek won the match, while Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen were left unconscious and Xu Tianran seethed at the humiliation.

• Xiao Hongchen sent Meng Hongchen to fight Zhou Sichen, and she won by spreading her Ice Poison Mist.
• Gula told Ning Tian and Cao Jinxuan to forfeit their individual matches, then forced Xiao Hongchen to concede the Individual Match rather than risk his teammates against Gula.
• Gula led Shrek into the Team Match, where Sun Moon Team activated a linked defensive Soul Tool and Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Gula’s Holy Radiance Domain burned Ye Cangshang to ash, incapacitated four other Sun Moon members, and left the siblings’ fusion as the only defense.
• Gula split Xiao Hongchen’s Metal Torrent with Sun Sword Intent, broke the fusion, and knocked both siblings unconscious.
• Jing Hongchen carried Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen away, and Zheng Zhan declared Shrek the overall winner as Xu Tianran reacted with anger.

Gula used the tournament draw to arrange a possible semifinal against the Holy Spirit Sect, then helped Shrek advance by facing Radiant City Soul Engineer Academy alone. He promised to try to free Tang Ya from her control in exchange for blood samples from Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi, and Xu Tianzhen forfeited after her solar attack failed to harm him.

• Gula analyzed the Power of Belief he had gathered while his tournament clone advanced into the top six of the Underground Soul Engineer Tournament.
• Huo Yuhao had the Tang Sect forfeit its round against Shrek, and the teams qualified for the top eight with Shrek first in its group and the Tang Sect second.
• Gula secretly altered the draw so Shrek could face the Holy Spirit Sect in the semifinals if it won its quarterfinal, then agreed to help save Tang Ya in exchange for blood from Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi.
• Gula faced Xu Tianzhen of Radiant City Soul Engineer Academy and stood unharmed after she struck him with her Solar Gaze.
• Xu Tianzhen asked whether Gula had a girlfriend, and after he said he loved Xiao Xiao, she forfeited the match, sending Shrek to the semifinals.

Ming Baixue defeated Heavenly Dragon Gate’s Xing Yan and captain Yu Tianlong with her unusual time, space, domain, and undead abilities, prompting accusations that she was an Evil Soul Master. Gula silenced the protests by displaying overwhelming power, leaving the tournament crowd and its leaders intimidated.

• Ming Baixue volunteered to fight Xing Yan and defeated him by suppressing his attacks with her Underworld Domain and Sorrow of Time, then redirecting his Soul Tool Cannon with Divine Might.
• Ming Baixue told Yu Tianlong that she was a support, control, and healing Soul Master, then summoned six undead creatures to attack him.
• Ming Baixue used Underworld Snow to reverse the balance between thunder and undead within her Netherworld Samsara Domain, and Yu Tianlong lost after his attacks weakened and the summons overwhelmed him.
• Heavenly Dragon Gate admitted defeat, but spectators and competing teams protested that Ming Baixue was an Evil Soul Master and demanded that Natural Gate be disqualified.
• Huo Yuhao argued that Ming Baixue’s undead were contracted creatures rather than products of evil cultivation, but the protests continued and the organizing committee considered acting against Natural Gate.
• Gula silenced the arena with his Limit Douluo pressure and raised towering rock walls around the field, while Long Xiaoyao and Xu Tianran refrained from challenging him.

Gula crushed Long Xiaoyao in a clash at the tournament and forced the Sun Moon Empire to compensate the Natural Gate with a Ninth-level Soul Tool. After the matches continued, Huo Yuhao recognized the Snow Demon Sect as the Body Sect and decided to enter the first match against them.

• Zhong Liwu avoided Xu Tianran's demand to confront Gula, while Long Xiaoyao stepped forward to defend the empire's dignity.
• Gula opened a fissure that swallowed nearly three hundred Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Legion members, then demanded a Ninth-level Soul Tool as compensation.
• Long Xiaoyao attacked Gula with his Dark Holy Dragon Martial Soul Avatar, but Gula's Shattering Sword overwhelmed him and sent him flying.
• Xu Tianran reluctantly agreed to the demand, and Zheng Zhan handed over his Unbreakable Shield as the Ninth-level Soul Tool.
• The Holy Spirit Sect defeated Star Luo National Academy, then the Tang Sect prepared to face the Snow Demon Sect.
• Huo Yuhao recognized Gu Tong, Long Aotian, and others in the Snow Demon Sect as members of the Body Sect and told Wang Dong'er he would fight first.

Tang Sect advanced to the semifinals after a costly victory over the Body Sect, while Huo Yuhao learned the Sun Moon Empire might attack the tournament teams. Gula then single-handedly destroyed Holy Spirit Sect in the semifinals, rescued Tang Ya, and sent Shrek Academy to the finals as Natural Gate and Tang Sect prepared to face each other.

• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er defeated Long Aotian, leading Tang Sect to a hard-won victory that left five teammates badly injured and set up their semifinal against Natural Gate.
• Xu Jiujiu and Vina warned Huo Yuhao that Xu Tianran was secretly mobilizing troops and Soul Tools to eliminate rival teams, and Gula assured him that the Sun Moon Empire could not stop him from leaving.
• Gula defeated Jili and Wang Xiaolei with his Saint Sun Angel Soul Spirit, then knocked Tang Ya unconscious and teleported her to Bei Bei and Huo Yuhao so they could take her to safety.
• Gula faced Holy Spirit Sect's four remaining team members alone and erased them with his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skill, Solar Nuclear Fusion Burst.
• Zheng Zhan declared Shrek Academy the winner, while Zhong Liwu resolved to kill Gula and Natural Gate's semifinal against Tang Sect remained ahead.

Natural Gate’s Qing Liuli defeated Huo Yuhao by exploiting his regrets and inner demons, but Wang Dong’er overcame Qing Liuli’s mental attacks with the Sea God’s protection and forced her to concede. Wang Dong’er restored her Soul Power while bracing for Natural Gate’s remaining Soul Saints and the next stage of the semifinal.

• Huo Yuhao opened the Individual Match against Qing Liuli, whose Inner Demon Soul Skill trapped him in painful memories and illusory wishes before she drained his mental strength and won.
• After waking, Huo Yuhao warned Wang Dong’er that Qing Liuli’s Martial Soul targeted the mind, then collapsed from exhaustion.
• Wang Dong’er’s Sea God Trident brand purified Qing Liuli’s Inner Demon and blocked her other mind-based attacks.
• Wang Dong’er attacked Qing Liuli with her Light Goddess Butterfly abilities, while Qing Liuli’s glazed defense endured the assault.
• As her Soul Power ran low and her defense neared collapse, Qing Liuli admitted defeat rather than reveal another trump card.
• Wang Dong’er used a Milk Bottle to restore her Soul Power and prepared for Natural Gate’s remaining Soul Saints.

Wang Dong'er faced Yin Wansheng in the third Individual Match, where his Yin-Yang Ghost Emperor powers overwhelmed her and temporarily changed her into a man. Yin Wansheng forfeited before Wang Dong'er could finish charging his Clear Sky Hammer, and the teams agreed to settle the contest in the Team Match.

• Natural Gate sent Yin Wansheng to face Wang Dong'er, and he revealed his seven-ring Yin-Yang Ghost Emperor martial soul and Ghost Emperor Domain.
• Yin Wansheng weakened Wang Dong'er's attacks, bound her with ghosts, and used Yin-Yang Impermanence to temporarily transform her into a man.
• Yin Wansheng summoned and controlled an army of Ghost Soldiers, forcing Wang Dong'er to use his Demon King Octopus soul bone and Clear Sky Hammer.
• As Wang Dong'er built up his Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, Yin Wansheng dispersed his forces and admitted defeat before referee Zheng Zhan announced the result.
• Bei Bei conceded the third Individual Match and proposed moving to the Team Battle; Gula agreed, leaving both teams tied at two wins apiece.

The Tang Sect faced the Natural Gate in a team battle, but Bai Yuan swallowed Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’s Mind Storm and suppressed the Tang Sect’s Beast Martial Souls. Liu Niandao then incapacitated Xu Sanshi with spiritual flying sabers, and Yin Wansheng changed him into a woman before knocking him out of the arena.

• Wang Dong told the Tang Sect that Yin Wansheng’s Soul Skill temporarily changed a person’s gender, and Huo Yuhao woke and comforted him.
• The Tang Sect and Natural Gate entered the arena, and the match began with all seven Natural Gate fighters revealing Black Soul Rings.
• Huo Yuhao stood from his wheelchair and joined hands with Wang Dong to unleash their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Mind Storm, but Bai Yuan’s Abyssal Gluttony devoured it.
• Bai Yuan’s bloodline suppressed the Tang Sect’s Beast Martial Soul users, forcing Bei Bei to struggle against his own Martial Soul’s loss of fighting spirit.
• Xu Sanshi used Mysterious Nether Swap to switch places with Ming Baixue and defended himself with his Black Tortoise Domain and shield skills.
• Liu Niandao’s spiritual flying sabers shattered Xu Sanshi’s consciousness, and Yin Wansheng changed his body into a woman’s before kicking him out of the arena.

The Tang Sect fought the Natural Gate in a semifinal, but the Natural Gate’s overwhelming power defeated them and sent them out of the tournament. The Natural Gate advanced to the final, where it would face Shrek Academy.

• After Xu Sanshi fell, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er used two Martial Soul Fusion Skills against Bai Yuan, but Mu Yi shattered their Heavenly Emperor Hammer with his platinum-awakened body.
• Wang Dong'er and Huo Yuhao unleashed Rainbow Skirt of Light, revealing Wang Dong'er's Hundred Thousand Year soul ring and Light Goddess Butterfly True Body.
• Bai Yuan transformed into the Abyssal Taotie and devoured many of Wang Dong'er's light butterflies, while Bōxǐ transformed into the Water God and counterattacked with powerful water attacks.
• Bōxǐ's torrential rain and water vortexes overwhelmed Bei Bei, Xiao Xiao, Jiang Nannan, and He Caitou, who were swept off the arena.
• After five minutes, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er ran out of soul power, and referee Zheng Zhan declared the Natural Gate the winner and finalist against Shrek Academy.

After the Tang Sect’s semifinal defeat, Huo Yuhao focused on getting his team safely out of Radiant City while Xu Sanshi endured the lingering effects of Yin Wansheng’s transformation. In the finals, Gula and the Natural Gate skipped the individual match and began a team battle; Gula revealed his second martial soul, Celebi, as Xu Tianran and Zhong Liwu prepared to trap the tournament’s geniuses in the city.

• Wang Dong'er comforted Huo Yuhao after the semifinal loss, and he warned the Tang Sect that the Sun Moon Empire might obstruct their escape from Radiant City.
• Xu Sanshi asked Wang Dong'er how she had returned to her original form, and she explained that he would have to wait for Yin Wansheng's soul skill to wear off.
• Gula and Bai Yuan requested that the finals proceed directly to a team match, and Zheng Zhan announced the change after the organizing committee approved it.
• Ning Tian, the Lan sisters, and Cao Jinxuan supported Gula as the match began, while the Natural Gate defended against Gula's Solar Nuclear Fusion Burst and launched a coordinated counterattack.
• Gula withdrew his Holy Angel soul rings and revealed seven Green-Gold soul rings from his second martial soul, Celebi, startling the spectators and revealing his hidden strength.
• Zhong Liwu told Xu Tianran that he had once tried to kill Gula as a child and suspected Gula had powerful elders; he assured Xu Tianran that preparations were complete to keep the tournament's geniuses from leaving Radiant City.

Gula used his Celebi and Groudon powers to defeat Natural Gate in the tournament final, leading Shrek Academy to the championship. After the victory, he sensed the crowd’s faith and emotions and preserved his insights from the battle.

• Gula unleashed his Boundless Forest Sea Domain, while Natural Gate’s members countered with their own domains and powerful attacks.
• Gula awakened the Spear God Realm and used Punishment of Nature to eliminate Mu Yi and Ming Baixue.
• Gula broke Yin Wansheng’s Great Yin-Yang Five Elements Soul Annihilation Sword and fought off Bai Yuan’s assault.
• Gula summoned Harsh Sunlight, then used Solar Nuclear Fusion Burst to overwhelm Natural Gate’s remaining fighters.
• Referee Zheng Zhan declared Shrek Academy the winner and tournament champion after all five members of Natural Gate lost their combat power.
• Gula switched to the Duan Martial Soul, sensed the lingering faith and emotions, and recorded his insights from the battle.

After the Tang Sect’s explosives triggered a catastrophic chain reaction in Mingdu, Gula gathered the souls of the dead and killed the Holy Spirit Cult leader, Zhong Liwu. He vanished before dawn, leaving the city devastated and a legend of the God of Death’s descent.

• Huo Yuhao warned Gula that the Sun Moon Empire had surrounded Mingdu with Fixed Soul Tool Cannon Shells, while Gula’s clone finished extracting Ye Yulin’s knowledge of Ninth-level Soul Tools.
• Xu Jiujiu and Vina coordinated a westward breakout, and Gula sent the Natural Gate disciples back to their proper time before accompanying Shrek’s retreat with a clone.
• The Tang Sect’s timed explosives set off a chain reaction in Mingdu, creating a blast Gula judged comparable to a tenth-level Soul Tool Cannon Shell and causing millions of casualties.
• Gula summoned the Sun Pyramid to collect the dead souls and hunted Evil Soul Masters who tried to claim them, while Xuan Zi led the retreating teams away.
• Zhong Liwu confronted Gula over the souls, but Gula killed him with the Reaper’s Scythe and absorbed his soul before disappearing with the Sun Pyramid.

After Shrek’s group was swallowed by a strange fog, they were transported to Qiankun Valley of Love and Emotion, where Gula prepared to exploit the trials for their divine energy while protecting Xiao Xiao and Ye Guyi. When the second trial forced him and Xiao Xiao to fight Ye Guyi, Xiao Xiao accepted the battle rather than risk the unknown alternative, and the three were sent to the arena.

• Gula and the others escaped west from Radiant City, but a strange fog separated them and transported them to a valley with twin gold and silver lakes.
• Gula warned everyone to answer questions about their feelings truthfully, then used Spiritual Power and the Power of Time to plant a fabricated memory for the trial.
• At the first trial, Ye Guyi admitted her fondness for Gula and her willingness to die for him out of gratitude, while Gula confessed his feelings for both Xiao Xiao and Ye Guyi.
• The trial voice judged Gula’s view of love fickle but sincere, increasing the difficulty of his later trials; Xiao Xiao and Ye Guyi heard his answer.
• The roulette wheel assigned Gula and Xiao Xiao to defeat Ye Guyi, with the loser dying, or accept a dangerous alternative; Xiao Xiao chose the team battle, and all three were teleported to its arena.

Gula, Xiao Xiao, and Ye Guyi survived an ambush on Dai Hao’s convoy, passed their assessment, and gained Soul Power. After recovering his memories and secretly stealing much of his divine reward, Gula broke the next trial’s illusion and escaped the Qiankun Valley of Love and Emotion with Xiao Xiao and Ye Guyi.

• Gula, Xiao Xiao, and Ye Guyi arrived among the White Tiger Guards as the deep assessment began, and Huo Yuhao linked with them to coordinate their defense of Dai Hao.
• Gula used Solar Nuclear Fusion Burst to disrupt the Sun Moon Empire’s bombardment, then used Instant Movement to take Dai Hao, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, Ye Guyi, and the surviving guards away from the assassins.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er chose to revive the dead guards, while Gula, Xiao Xiao, and Ye Guyi passed the assessment and received Soul Power rewards.
• Gula recovered his sealed memories and used the Power of Time to absorb more than half of the divine energy intended as his reward, reaching Soul Power rank seventy-seven.
• Gula shattered the third trial’s illusion and escaped the Qiankun Valley of Love and Emotion with Xiao Xiao and Ye Guyi.

Tang San discovered that the God of Love’s Divine Seat had vanished, while Gula returned to the Legend of the Dragon King time-space, reached rank eighty, and created his ninth avatar, Alice. With Shrek Academy’s explosion approaching, Gula planned to witness it with Alice and have her help prepare for battle.

• Tang San realized that the God of Love’s Divine Seat had disappeared and feared the consequences if the God of Destruction learned he had interfered with the lower realm.
• Gula returned to Shrek Academy with Xiao Xiao and Ye Guyi, insisted that he wanted both of them, and gradually won their acceptance over the next three days.
• Gula returned to the Legend of the Dragon King time-space, absorbed the stolen divine power, and advanced to rank eighty, becoming a Soul Douluo.
• Gula used the God of Love’s Divine Power to create his ninth avatar, Alice, and suppressed the God of Love’s remnant will during her birth.
• Alice revealed that she was a rank-seventy-seven Soul Saint with seven Origin Rings and the Heart of the God of Love, and Gula asked her to design her Three-Word Battle Armor before Shrek Academy’s coming explosion.

Gula returned to Spirit Pagoda Headquarters with Alice and met with Leng Yaozhu, who learned that he had reached Soul Douluo and displayed eight Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings. He declined the Spirit Envoy assessment, and Leng Yaozhu negotiated four Hundred Thousand Year Soul Spirits from Qiangu Dongfeng as compensation, while Qiangu remained focused on destroying Shrek Academy.

• Gula sent his avatars to gather rare materials for Alice’s battle armor and returned her to the Forest Sea Demiplane to avoid attracting attention.
• Leng Yaozhu questioned Gula about his absence, and he explained that hunting Evil Soul Masters had helped him reach Soul Douluo and evolve his Espeon Soul Spirit.
• Gula displayed eight red Soul Rings to Leng Yaozhu, who considered how his strength and Gu Yue’s and Qing Liuli’s talents could strengthen her faction in the Spirit Pagoda.
• Leng Yaozhu took Gula to Qiangu Dongfeng to register for the Spirit Envoy assessment, but Gula claimed he would rather leave the positions to Gu Yue and Qing Liuli.
• After Gula left the office, Leng Yaozhu negotiated four Hundred Thousand Year Soul Spirits from Qiangu Dongfeng in exchange for Gula’s withdrawal from the selection.
• Qiangu Dongfeng accepted the deal to protect his family’s influence and privately reaffirmed his plan to destroy Shrek Academy.

Gula allocated four Hundred Thousand Year Soul Spirit choices among himself and his friends, then brought Bai Yuan, Mu Yi, and Alice to the Spirit Pagoda to claim theirs. Bai Yuan secured the Gluttonous Giant Python Soul Spirit, and Mu Yi won the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff’s acknowledgment; Alice was next to choose.

• Gula reserved one soul spirit for himself and assigned the other three choices to friends, including Bai Yuan and Mu Yi, then arranged for them to visit the Spirit Pagoda.
• Mu Ye brought Mu Yi to Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, where Leng Yaozhu explained that Hundred Thousand Year Soul Spirits still required their hosts’ recognition.
• Bai Yuan chose the Gluttonous Giant Python and defeated it in the contract space, then received Leng Yaozhu’s advice on making attacks combine illusory and real effects.
• Mu Yi exchanged Soul Forged Metals and resources for the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff, then fought it until it acknowledged him and entered his body.
• Leng Yaozhu approved Mu Yi’s choice, and Alice was called forward to choose next.

Mu Yi, Gula, and Alice each obtained a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Spirit from the Soul Spirit Pagoda for their respective needs. After the group left the pagoda, Mu Ye took Mu Yi away in his mecha.

• Leng Yaozhu let Gula choose a soul-related Soul Spirit, and the staff introduced four options.
• Gula chose the Death Messenger Bird and persuaded it to cooperate by revealing the death aura of his avatar, Duan; the bird willingly entered his hand and was sealed.
• Alice requested a healing and support Soul Spirit for Ming Baixue, and the staff introduced five candidates.
• Alice chose the Dream Eater for its Soul-level nurturing and healing abilities, then persuaded it to accept a contract.
• Mu Ye asked Mu Yi if anything else was needed, then piloted his mecha away with him.

Gula foresaw the destruction of Shrek City but chose not to interfere, and the city was devastated by God Slaying Soul Guided Cannon Shells. As Yun Ming faced Ghost Emperor among the ruins, Gula arrived to claim the dead souls, and Yun Ming stood between them.

• Gula used Time Lock to find Yun Ming and Evil Soul Master Title Douluos, then foresaw a powerful disturbance on the fifth day and recognized that the Shrek Explosion was inevitable.
• Two God Slaying Soul Guided Cannon Shells and over a hundred other shells struck Shrek Academy, while the Golden Ancient Tree struggled to shield Sea God Island and the core area.
• Long Yueyue sacrificed herself to weaken a God Slaying shell, and Yun Ming shattered his godhood, gave its power to Ya Li, and perished intercepting another shell.
• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and others rescued the unconscious Ya Li as Ghost Emperor appeared with Evil Soul Masters and Yun Ming killed them with a final display of spear intent.
• Gula used Duan's Sun Pyramid to draw the dead souls into his authority, and Yun Ming blocked Ghost Emperor's attempt to attack him.

Gula collected the souls above Shrek City while Alice, wearing her new Three-Word Battle Armor, fought Na Nali and helped Yun Ming and Ya Li unleash a powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Gula and Alice escaped after the Sun Pyramid absorbed the remaining souls, leaving Yun Ming and Ya Li with temporary god-level power to face the Ghost Emperor.

• Gula activated the Sun Pyramid to collect souls as Yun Ming held off the Ghost Emperor, while Na Nali targeted Gula with her Fear Bell.
• Alice arrived in her [Golden Wind Jade] Battle Armor and confronted Na Nali, whose attack missed because of Alice's Love at First Sight ability.
• Alice rescued Ya Li and used Flying Wing to Wing to grant her and Yun Ming a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, briefly restoring Yun Ming's power to the level of a True God.
• Alice used Eternal Love to accelerate the Sun Pyramid, which absorbed the remaining souls above Shrek City.
• Gula and Alice escaped, leaving Yun Ming and Ya Li to face the Ghost Emperor with their temporary god-level power.