Chapter Summaries

Shrek Academy faced Heaven Spirit Academy in the Round of 16, using Xu Sanshi’s Darkwater Displacement to disrupt the opposing team’s plan. Dai Yueheng then erupted into a violent attack, and the chapter ended as he charged at Heaven Spirit Academy’s control-type Soul Masters despite the referee’s warning.

• Wang Yan chose He Caitou to join Huo Yuhao, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and Ling Luochen in the match against Heaven Spirit Academy.
• Heaven Spirit Academy formed a shield wall and prepared a powerful Soul Tool attack while Shrek Academy’s fighters lit their cigars.
• Xu Sanshi used Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection Sharing to displace Gu Zhujian into Shrek Academy’s formation, disrupting Heaven Spirit Academy’s plan.
• Gu Zhujian activated a one-use Invincible Shield, while Xu Sanshi displaced himself and then switched Dai Yueheng into Heaven Spirit Academy’s formation.
• Dai Yueheng unleashed his White Tiger Soul Skills and charged past the shielded fighters toward Qing Feng and Xiao Feng as the referee tried to stop him.

Dai Yueheng killed Xiao Feng and Qing Feng during the match, prompting Xuan Zi to intervene as Shrek Academy faced protests and scrutiny. The confrontation escalated when Du Busi exposed Xuan Zi’s failure to protect Shrek’s students during an earlier mission, while Jing Hongchen arrived to take someone away from Shrek Academy.

• Dai Yueheng pierced Xiao Feng and Qing Feng through the chest, and Ma Xiaotao, Huo Yuhao, and Ling Luochen restrained him before Cheng Gang removed him from the platform.
• Cheng Gang declared the match tied and changed the rules for the remaining individual matches, while Gu Zhujian accused Shrek Academy of murder and was struck by an unseen attacker.
• Xuan Zi appeared, suppressed Cheng Gang, and dismissed Feng Ye’s protest before asking Wang Yan to explain why Shrek’s reserve members were competing.
• Wang Yan described how Shrek’s team had lost its regular members while fighting Evil Soul Master bandits, but Xuan Zi knocked Feng Ye aside when he challenged the account.
• Du Busi arrived and accused Xuan Zi of allowing Shrek students to die during the bandit mission, then questioned whether Shrek had forgotten its past conflict with the Body Sect.
• Jing Hongchen appeared and announced that he had come to take a young student away from Shrek Academy.

Du Busi and Jing Hongchen publicly condemned Xuan Zi and tried to recruit Huo Yuhao, exposing Shrek Academy’s mistreatment of him before the tournament audience. Huo Yuhao deferred any decision until after the competition, while Mu En sensed approaching calamity and believed his end was near.

• Du Busi denounced Xuan Zi for rejecting and mistreating Huo Yuhao, and Jing Hongchen backed him by criticizing Shrek Academy.
• Du Busi and Jing Hongchen both urged Huo Yuhao to join them, but Huo Yuhao said he would finish the Soul Master Tournament before deciding what came next.
• Du Busi and Jing Hongchen threatened Xuan Zi if Huo Yuhao came to harm, while Xu Jiawei urged them to wait until the tournament ended.
• Xuan Zi left in anger, and Wang Yan feared the scandal would destroy Shrek Academy’s reputation across the continent.
• Mu En stayed at Shrek Academy rather than attending the competition, sensed that disaster was approaching, and concluded that his death was near.

Shrek Academy advanced to the final four of the tournament, but Huo Yuhao and several others rejected Wang Yan’s plea to defend the academy’s reputation. Huo Yuhao announced he would leave Shrek after the tournament, and Ma Xiaotao and others joined him, leaving Wang Yan and Xuan Zi stunned.

• Mu En considered using his final power and the Golden Tree’s miracle to spread the Sea God’s grace throughout Shrek Academy.
• Shrek Academy defeated Dou Ling Royal Academy and then Zhengtian Academy to reach the tournament’s final four; Gu Zhujian conceded his Individual Battle to Huo Yuhao.
• Wang Yan briefed the team on the semifinal opponents and asked them to fight for Shrek Academy’s dignity while protecting themselves.
• Huo Yuhao challenged Wang Yan over Shrek Academy’s refusal to admit its cheating and said he would leave the academy after the tournament.
• Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, Wu Feng, Ning Tian, and Ma Xiaotao also declared they would leave or distance themselves from Shrek Academy.
• Xuan Zi sat with Du Busi and Jing Hongchen as they criticized Shrek Academy, while he remained livid.

The semifinals draw paired Shrek Academy against Star Luo Royal Academy, but Shrek’s attempt to begin the match was interrupted when the Heavenly Fiend Douluo exposed its use of forbidden cigars. The scandal ignited public outrage, and the match began with Shrek’s reputation in tatters.

• Xu Jiawei announced that Shrek Academy would face Star Luo Royal Academy in the first semifinal, while Diao Academy would face Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• The Heavenly Fiend Douluo turned Xu Sanshi’s cigar to ash and accused Shrek Academy of using forbidden items during matches.
• Xu Jiawei realized Shrek had cheated before and suspected Xuan Zi had pressured Cheng Gang to conceal it.
• Jing Hongchen and Du Busi mocked Xuan Zi as the plaza condemned Shrek Academy, while Wang Yan blamed himself for proposing the cheating method.
• Xu Jiawei ordered the match to continue, and the Heavenly Fiend Douluo started it as both teams released their Martial Souls.

Huo Yuhao and Shrek Academy’s team fought Star Luo Royal Academy, where Xu Jiujiu revealed the Star Crown’s powerful support abilities. The battle left Ma Xiaotao trapped inside a costly Absolute Defense Soul Tool, and Wang Yan asked how it could be broken.

• Xu Jiujiu revealed her Star Crown Martial Soul as the match began, while Wang Yan feared Shrek Academy had lost its former prestige.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection Sharing and infused Ling Luochen with Ultimate Ice as Shrek’s team launched its attack.
• Xu Jiujiu’s Star Radiance Art strengthened Star Luo’s team, and Huang Heyun blocked Ma Xiaotao’s first Phoenix Fire Line before Wang Yichen diverted her stronger attack.
• Ling Luochen trapped the Star Luo team in an Ice Prison, allowing Ma Xiaotao to unleash her Phoenix Meteor Shower.
• Xu Jiujiu caught Ma Xiaotao and the meteors inside a golden Absolute Defense Soul Tool, which He Caitou identified as a single-use Seventh-level Soul Tool costing over a million Gold Soul Coins.
• Wang Yan asked He Caitou how the Absolute Defense Soul Tool could be broken.

Huo Yuhao’s team overwhelmed the Star Luo team after Huo Yuhao and Ling Luochen shattered Princess Jiujiu’s defensive barrier and incapacitated four opponents. The Heavenly Fiend Douluo stopped Huo Yuhao from striking Princess Jiujiu, then declared his team the winner, securing their place in the finals.

• Huo Yuhao used Xu Sanshi’s Darkwater Displacement to trap Xu Sanshi inside the Absolute Defense Soul Tool and expose Princess Jiujiu to Ling Luochen’s ice mist.
• Huo Yuhao empowered Ling Luochen’s ice mist with an Ice Explosion, shattering Star’s Guardian and knocking four Star Luo fighters out of combat.
• Ma Xiaotao, Jiang Nannan, Wang Dong’er, and Ling Luochen defeated the remaining Star Luo fighters, leaving Princess Jiujiu alone.
• Huo Yuhao shattered Princess Jiujiu’s Starfall Technique with a punch and charged at her, but the Heavenly Fiend Douluo intercepted his kick and eliminated her from the match.
• The Heavenly Fiend Douluo declared Huo Yuhao’s Team the winner, and they advanced to the finals without needing the remaining matches.

Huo Yuhao and five others withdrew from the tournament and Shrek Academy after he condemned the academy’s cheating, drawing offers of support from the Heavenly Fiend Douluo, Du Busi, Jing Hongchen, and Xu Jiawei. The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy won the tournament after Shrek’s withdrawal, while Xuan Zi took the remaining Shrek members away and Huo Yuhao’s group stayed in Star Luo City.

• Huo Yuhao withdrew from the tournament, and Wang Dong'er and four other teammates followed, declaring their departure from Shrek Academy.
• The Heavenly Fiend Douluo befriended Huo Yuhao, and Du Busi and Jing Hongchen arrived to pursue their own interests in him.
• Xu Jiawei welcomed the visitors and proposed ties with the Body Sect, while he and Xu Jiujiu discussed how Huo Yuhao might benefit the Star Luo Empire.
• The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy defeated Diao Academy and became champion after the withdrawals made a final against Shrek unnecessary.
• Xu Jiawei concluded the tournament and announced the awards, while Xuan Zi took Wang Yan and the remaining Shrek members away from Star Luo Grand Plaza.

Xu Jiawei sent Huo Yuhao and Xu Jiujiu into the Star Luo Royal Treasury so he could claim the promised Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone and leave with a favorable impression of the empire. Huo Yuhao received the Soul Bone, which recognized his Ice Jade Scorpion Martial Soul and restrained its cold in his hands.

• Xu Jiawei dismissed the officials and invited Du Busi and Jing Hongchen to wait while Xu Jiujiu escorted Huo Yuhao to the treasury.
• Xu Jiujiu admitted only Huo Yuhao into the treasury, leaving Wang Dong'er and the others with Heavenly Fiend Douluo outside.
• Xu Jiujiu tried to impress Huo Yuhao with the treasury and asked about his match-ending ability, but he avoided revealing his secret and showed little reaction to the displays.
• Xu Jiujiu led Huo Yuhao to the second treasury, where she unlocked the protection around the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone.
• Huo Yuhao took the Soul Bone, and it immediately restrained its extreme cold as Xu Jiujiu recognized his affinity with the Ice Jade Scorpion.

At a banquet in Star Luo Hall, Huo Yuhao revealed that he planned to rebuild the Ming Sect rather than simply join one of the powers seeking his allegiance. The chapter ended with Jing Hongchen, Du Busi, and Xu Jiawei making competing offers to help him.

• Huo Yuhao thanked Xu Jiujiu for the Soul Bone and returned with her to the others, then asked Heavenly Fiend Douluo to bring Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo to the palace.
• At the banquet, Xu Jiawei asked Huo Yuhao what he planned to do after leaving Shrek Academy and implied that he needed a new patron.
• Huo Yuhao announced that he belonged to the Ming Sect and intended to rebuild it, explaining that he had promised his mother he would become a powerful Soul Master.
• Jing Hongchen offered Huo Yuhao an eighth-grade Defensive Soul Tool and a year as an exchange student at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, after which he could return to the Ming Sect.
• Du Busi offered to let Huo Yuhao join the Body Sect while rebuilding the Ming Sect, and Xu Jiawei offered the Star Luo Empire's resources and a possible site for its base.

Huo Yuhao entertained emissaries from the Star Luo Empire and Mingde Hall, offering each a transaction while weighing their proposals. After refusing Du Busi’s offer to become his disciple because he already had a master, Huo Yuhao revealed that the Ming Sect might possess a treasure that could help Du Busi break through his limit.

• Huo Yuhao asked Xu Jiujiu to return with his friends before choosing among the factions’ offers.
• Xu Jiujiu visited Huo Yuhao at night, and he offered a Ming Sect treasure that could extend Medicine Immortal Douluo Wang Xian'er’s life in exchange for a transaction.
• Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen met Huo Yuhao on behalf of Jing Hongchen, and Huo Yuhao sent an envelope to their grandfather with a message that he preferred transactions.
• Du Busi sensed the visitors’ lingering auras, examined Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection, and identified his Spirit Eye as a Body Link Martial Soul.
• Du Busi offered to make Huo Yuhao his disciple, but Huo Yuhao refused because he already had a master.
• Huo Yuhao told Du Busi that the Ming Sect might have a treasure capable of helping him break through his limit, and Du Busi reacted with excitement.

Huo Yuhao secured Du Busi’s trust and promised to help the aging Medicine Immortal Douluo with a life-extending treasure. He began using the mysterious power in his Divine Mark on Wang Xian’er, leaving its effects unknown.

• Huo Yuhao told Du Busi that a rare treasure could improve his chances of reaching the Limit Douluo realm, and Du Busi invited him to visit the Body Sect before going to Mingde Hall.
• After Du Busi left, Huo Yuhao retrieved a spherical object and discussed its formidable power and his plans with Snow Empress, then fell asleep.
• The next day, Xu Jiawei invited Huo Yuhao to meet Wang Xian’er privately, and Du Busi stayed behind to accompany Huo Yuhao to the Body Sect.
• Wang Xian’er released her Healing Angel Martial Soul in the royal rear garden, and Huo Yuhao’s emerald Divine Mark radiated a purer life force.
• An emerald beam shot from Huo Yuhao’s Divine Mark toward Wang Xian’er.

Huo Yuhao repaid the Medicine Immortal Douluo by restoring her health, then agreed to attend Mingde Hall as a trial student while refusing to serve the Sun Moon Empire’s imperial family. At Shrek Academy, Mu En prepared for his imminent death and chose Beibei to inherit his will.

• Electrolux used the Gold of Life to restore the Medicine Immortal Douluo’s depleted life force and heal hidden ailments, after which Huo Yuhao collapsed from exhaustion.
• Jing Hongchen told Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen that Huo Yuhao had agreed to a one-year trial at Mingde Hall and showed them Huo Yuhao’s Sealed Milk Bottle design; a hidden watcher later decided to help him.
• Huo Yuhao awoke in Xu Jiujiu’s care, thanked her, and chose the Mingdou Mountain Range as the location for rebuilding his sect.
• At Sea God Pavilion, Wang Yan and Elder Xuan offered to take responsibility for the crisis, but Mu En refused to dwell on blame and told Yan Shaozhe to gather the academy’s disciples for his final blessing.
• Mu En told Yan Shaozhe to bring Beibei and declared that Beibei would inherit his will.

Mu En prepared Beibei and the tournament students to carry on Shrek Academy’s legacy, then transformed into a white dragon and spread a holy influence across the academy before dying. Huo Yuhao, now away from Shrek, arranged to find the White Tiger Duke’s illegitimate son as Mu En’s death drew attention from powerful forces.

• Mu En passed Monarch’s Descent and the Dragon Pill to Beibei, discussed Dai Yueheng’s demonic corruption, and named Xuan Zi as his successor.
• Mu En appointed Beibei, Xu Sanshi, He Caitou, Xie Huanyue, Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Cao Jinxuan as the next Shrek Seven Monsters and asked them to join the Tang Sect; they agreed.
• Mu En assigned He Caitou to the Extreme Individual Soldier Plan, then transformed into a white dragon and released golden light that enveloped Shrek Academy; Beibei and the others were cocooned in its glow.
• Zhang Lexuan recalled the Messenger of Death abducting Huo Yuhao as the white dragon’s roar reached toward the Star Dou Great Forest, where a dark dragon aura blocked it and an ethereal voice ordered its followers to watch the Imperial Auspicious Beast.
• Huo Yuhao asked Xu Jiujiu to arrange contact with the White Tiger Duke’s illegitimate son and declined her invitation to join Star Luo Royal Academy for the next tournament.
• Du Busi and others sensed Mu En’s death, and factions across the land sent spies to Shrek Academy.

Huo Yuhao guided Du Busi and the others through the Star Dou Great Forest to find a third Soul Ring for Xiao Xiao. Xiao Xiao safely absorbed a thousand-year Dark Golden Dreadclaw Bear’s Soul Ring, and Huo Yuhao asked what her new Soul Skill did.

• Huo Yuhao set a Dark Golden Dreadclaw Bear as the best choice for Xiao Xiao and advised Wu Feng to seek a Dragon-Type soul beast.
• Du Busi found the bear after five days, while Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection to track it and confirm it suited Xiao Xiao.
• Du Busi subdued the bear and brought it to the group, and Xiao Xiao killed it with Huo Yuhao’s White Tiger Dagger.
• Xiao Xiao absorbed the bear’s purple Soul Ring, while Du Busi searched its corpse and found no Soul Bone.
• Huo Yuhao grilled the bear’s meat for the group as Xiao Xiao completed her absorption safely.
• Huo Yuhao asked Xiao Xiao what effect her Third Soul Skill had.

Tang Ya confronted the truth about her past and met Zhang Lexuan, who had come at Huo Yuhao’s request. Zhang Lexuan helped Tang Ya take revenge on the Iron Blood Sect, leaving the sect’s leader at her mercy.

• Xiao Xiao explained that her Third Soul Skill, Might of the Cauldron, strengthened her cauldron and enhanced her other soul skills before the group continued deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang Ya traveled to Heaven Dou City, reflected on Huo Yuhao’s warning about darkness, and resolved to settle her past after discovering the Tang Sect’s former site was occupied by the Iron Blood Sect.
• Zhang Lexuan found Tang Ya, confirmed the truth in her letter, and revealed that she had withdrawn from Shrek Academy and come at Huo Yuhao’s request.
• Zhang Lexuan recited the Ming Sect’s doctrine and told Tang Ya that Mu En had appointed Beibei acting sect leader and reestablished the Tang Sect.
• Zhang Lexuan destroyed the Iron Blood Sect’s plaque and overwhelmed its disciples, while Tang Ya confronted Tie Tang about his role in the sect’s destruction.
• Tie Tang begged Tang Ya for mercy, but Zhang Lexuan’s silver moonlight struck the Iron Blood Sect’s grounds.

After ten days without finding suitable Soul Beasts, Huo Yuhao and Du Busi led their group deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest, where they encountered the Beast God Di Tian and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. Huo Yuhao approached the auspicious beast, and a golden cocoon enveloped them both, leaving their fate unclear.

• Du Busi introduced his new disciple Vina, Princess of the Heaven Dou Empire, and her companions to Huo Yuhao's group before leading everyone farther into the forest.
• Tian Meng sensed a powerful Spirit-Type Soul Beast, and Huo Yuhao persuaded Du Busi to take him toward the disturbance while Heavenly Fiend Douluo escorted the others away.
• Du Busi subdued a ten-thousand-year Twin Cyclops Giant and found a fifteen-thousand-year Three-Eyed Golden Lion behind it.
• Di Tian appeared and asked Du Busi to hand Huo Yuhao over, promising him a rare opportunity; Huo Yuhao told Du Busi that he and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion were fated to meet.
• Huo Yuhao pressed his forehead to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's third eye, and strange power formed a glowing golden cocoon around them.

Huo Yuhao formed a soul contract with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, deepening their bond and strengthening his Power of Destiny. Di Tian took Huo Yuhao and the others to meet the Lord, and they arrived at a lake rich in life energy.

• Huo Yuhao and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion exchanged a soul contract, sharing fragments of their memories and linking their hearts.
• Di Tian promised to find Spirit-Type Soul Beasts for Huo Yuhao and negotiated with Du Busi, who agreed to wait up to five days south of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• After Du Busi left, Di Tian revealed Snow Empress and met Ice Empress and Tian Meng; Huo Yuhao explained that his companions now existed as Soul Spirits.
• Di Tian said the Lord had chosen Huo Yuhao and led him and Snow Empress onward, while the Three-Eyed Golden Lion carried Huo Yuhao on her back.
• Huo Yuhao examined the changes to his divine mark and Eye of Eternity, then Di Tian brought the group to a lake filled with concentrated life energy.

Huo Yuhao met the Silver Dragon King, Gu Yuena, and proposed a way to divide the Golden Dragon King Divine Core instead of resurrecting the Dragon God. He explained how the Golden Dragon Seeds would be shared and revealed his ability to fuse with the Gold of Life.

• Di Tian brought Huo Yuhao, Snow Empress, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion into the Silver Dragon King's hidden space, where the Silver Dragon King appeared and asked about the Golden Dragon King's aura.
• Huo Yuhao showed the Silver Dragon King the Deity Conferring Platform and asked why the Dragon God had forbidden soul beasts from becoming gods.
• The Silver Dragon King explained that the Dragon God had sworn to become Heavenly Tribulation and bar soul beasts from godhood unless a new Dragon God emerged, while admitting she did not know his true motive.
• Huo Yuhao rejected resurrecting the Dragon God and proposed dividing the Golden Dragon King's Divine Core into three seeds for himself, the Silver Dragon King, and Qiu'er to absorb.
• Huo Yuhao warned that absorbing the whole core could drive the Silver Dragon King mad, then explained that the seeds could help heal her hidden injuries through Soul Supplementation.
• Huo Yuhao revealed his golden Divine Mark and the Silver Dragon King was surprised that he could fuse directly with the Gold of Life.

Huo Yuhao demonstrated his Soul Spirit System to Gu Yuena, reached Soul Elder level, and arranged to help Qiu'er and Gu Yuena absorb the Golden Dragon Seed. After preparing the ritual, the three of them suppressed and split the Golden Dragon King Divine Core, leaving its next transformation underway.

• Huo Yuhao formed a third Soul Ring with his Clock Eye and reached Soul Elder level, impressing Gu Yuena.
• Huo Yuhao requested a fire-attributed Dragon-Type Soul Beast and a healing- or life-related Soul Beast, and Di Tian found two for him.
• Huo Yuhao sent Du Busi back with the Soul Beasts for Wu Feng and Princess Vina, saying he would return to Star Luo City after a month.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion took human form and named herself Qiu'er, while the Silver Dragon King adopted the human name Gu Yuena.
• Huo Yuhao warned Qiu'er and Gu Yuena that absorbing the Child Seed would bind their lives to his, and both agreed to proceed.
• Huo Yuhao, Qiu'er, and Gu Yuena restrained the Golden Dragon King Divine Core, which split into two golden rhombohedral phantoms as its core turned black.