Chapter Summaries

Han Yu entered the final six of the Soul Tool Instructor competition and bet heavily on himself while arranging for Chen An to obtain rare metals. As the next match began, Han Yu learned that the final contest would combine Soul Tool crafting and combat, with a Ninth Level Soul Tool promised to the overall champion.

• Han Yu brought Yuan Gun Gun to Qing Se Hotel, bet his Gold Soul Coins on himself, and pressed Chen An to obtain rare metals for him.
• Han Yu used life force from the Blade of the Living Guardian and pure Soul Power from Ultimate Ice energy to help Chen An, convincing him to work harder and keep the matter secret.
• Chen An told Han Yu that the contestants would each get five two-hour periods to craft Soul Tools, then fight using Soul Skills and only Soul Tools made during the competition; the overall champion could win a Ninth Level Soul Tool.
• Han Yu challenged Ninety-Six and Ninety-Eight to wager ten million Gold Soul Coins on his victory, and Ninety-Eight reacted with surprise.
• Han Yu and the other finalists entered the Golden Hall, where the stage had crafting areas and rare-metal prizes, and A Jin began introducing the match.

At the Golden Hall, A Jin introduced the six Soul Masters in the top-six round and oversaw the draw for their matches. Han Yu was paired against Ninety-Eight, and the chapter ended as the audience rushed to place their final bets before the battles began.

• A Jin introduced Thirty-Seven, Eighty-Five, Han Yu as Sixty-Six, Eighty-Eight, Ninety-Eight, and Ninety-Six to the crowd.
• A Jin explained that Ninety-Six and Ninety-Eight could not be drawn against each other, then started the crystal-ball draw.
• Eighty-Eight was drawn against Eighty-Five, while Thirty-Seven was paired with Ninety-Six.
• Han Yu was paired with Ninety-Eight, who threatened him and said he would make him regret being born.
• A Jin gave the audience fifteen minutes to raise their bets before the matches, and the crowd surged toward the betting points.

Han Yu challenged Ninety-Eight to wager his Red Dust Shelter against Ninety-Eight’s Ranked Carving Knife, then acted increasingly nervous until Ninety-Eight agreed and the Xi Shui Alliance made the bet public. As the three Seventh Level Soul Tool Instructor judges arrived to appraise the stakes, Ninety-Eight began to fear he had misjudged Han Yu.

• Ninety-Eight taunted Han Yu before their match, and Han Yu proposed betting his carving knife against the Red Dust Shelter.
• Ninety-Eight examined the Red Dust Shelter, suspected Han Yu was bluffing, and agreed to the wager.
• Ninety-Eight summoned A Jin, who announced the wager publicly and said neither contestant could withdraw.
• Ninety-Eight insisted he needed to use his carving knife in the match, while Han Yu muttered that they should forget the bet.
• Three Seventh Level Soul Tool Instructor judges arrived to appraise the carving knife and the Red Dust Shelter.

Han Yu and Ninety-Eight put prized soul tools up as wagers before their top-six crafting match, and the judges discovered that Han Yu’s Red Dust Yearning had been made by Mingde Hall Master Jing Hongchen. As the match began, Han Yu revealed his own Ranked Carving Knife, the Blade of the Living Guardian, and started crafting with Multi-Prism Magic Gold.

• Ninety-Eight wagered the Dark Azure Dragon carving knife, and the judges confirmed it was ranked fifty-ninth and could boost the success rate of high-level soul tools.
• Han Yu offered Red Dust Yearning as his wager, and the judges recognized it as a soul tool personally crafted by Mingde Hall Master Jing Hongchen.
• The judges kept Red Dust Yearning as the winner’s prize and temporarily returned the Dark Azure Dragon to Ninety-Eight before the betting pool reopened.
• Han Yu and Ninety-Eight traded taunts at their crafting tables, and Ninety-Eight vowed to use the soul tool he was best at making.
• When the match began, Han Yu drew the Blade of the Living Guardian, prompting A Jin to announce his hidden Ranked Carving Knife to the crowd.
• Han Yu began crafting with Multi-Prism Magic Gold, a metal that repelled Soul Power and was commonly used in defensive soul tools.

Han Yu spent nearly the entire five-double-hour crafting period assembling a complex shield, while Ninety-Eight completed several soul tools and expected to win. Han Yu finished just before time expired, and the judges began inspecting his shield as the Xi Shui Alliance Vice-Leader and Third Brother discussed its unusual design.

• Han Yu used the Blade of the Living Guardian to carve Multi-Prism Magic Gold and began crafting a complex soul tool while Ninety-Eight steadily completed multiple Fifth Level Soul Tools.
• Ninety-Eight noticed Han Yu was assembling a single elaborate device and hurried to make another soul tool, believing he could thwart Han Yu's plan.
• With little time remaining, Han Yu rested before rapidly assembling nearly a hundred fittings into a shield and declared it complete just before the hourglass ran out.
• A Jin announced the end of the crafting period, and the judges went first to inspect Han Yu's shield and determine whether he could continue competing.
• In a VIP room, Third Brother told the Vice-Leader that Han Yu's shield contained seventeen core arrays, including reversed reflective rays that might attract, though he could not explain its purpose.

Han Yu and Ninety-Eight waited for their wager match as the top-six combat rounds began. In the battle between the burly masked soul master and Eighty-Five, the burly man countered Eighty-Five’s attacks before unleashing a huge blue pillar of light.

• The judges approved Han Yu’s shield soul tool, and the six contestants entered the combat segment without withdrawing.
• Ninety-Six defeated Thirty-Seven in five minutes.
• The burly masked soul master and Eighty-Five began their match, revealing that the burly man had six Soul Rings while Eighty-Five used an Energy Gathering Soul Tool.
• Eighty-Five attacked with a Rending Wave ray and a Weakening Cannon shell, but the burly man blocked the ray and captured the shell with a Hand of Capture.
• The burly man dodged the shell after sending it back toward Eighty-Five, then a huge blue pillar of light erupted across the Competition Stage.

Han Yu faced Soul Engineer Ninety-Eight, also called Merk, in the final duel of the top-six round and used Undead Magic to block his Corrosion Decomposition Cannon. As a gray Soul Ring appeared and a powerful figure manifested behind him, Han Yu’s magic seemed to awaken, and he put away his shield as the attack reached him.

• Eighty-Eight defeated Eighty-Five with a Thunder Heavy Cannon, stopping when Eighty-Five admitted defeat and sparing his life.
• Han Yu and Ninety-Eight wagered their soul tools before beginning their match, and Ninety-Eight fired his Corrosion Decomposition Cannon at Han Yu.
• Han Yu used Undead Magic to summon a black skeleton that held back the cannon’s corrosive beam, though the skeleton began to break apart.
• Han Yu sensed a change as he withdrew his Spirit Eye Soul Ring, sealed newly revealed information in his Spiritual Sea, and continued chanting.
• A gray Soul Ring appeared beneath Han Yu, a majestic figure flickered behind him, and he put away his shield as Ninety-Eight’s attack reached him.

Han Yu defeated Ninety-Eight in the Soul Tool Instructor Elite Competition using undead magic and the Absolute Invincibility shield. The Xi Shui Alliance honored the wager, awarding Han Yu Red Dust Shelter and Dark Azure Dragon despite Ninety-Eight's protest.

• Han Yu summoned a Headless Iron Corpse through the Gate of the Dead, then empowered it and slowed Ninety-Eight with Death Whiplash and Blood Curse.
• Ninety-Eight used his thruster, Invincible Shield, and Corrosion Decomposition Dagger to rush Han Yu, but Han Yu's Absolute Invincibility shield destroyed the dagger and blasted him away.
• Han Yu struck Ninety-Eight with Withering Spell, making his body begin to melt until the Third Elder intervened and Han Yu stopped the spell.
• Han Yu demanded his winnings, and the Xi Shui Alliance Master ordered the judges to give him Red Dust Shelter and Dark Azure Dragon.
• Ninety-Eight, also called Merk, tried to reclaim Dark Azure Dragon, but the Third Elder slapped him and took him away.

After winning the Xi Shui Alliance division, Han Yu avoided Nan Gong Wan’s questions and escaped the Alliance’s surveillance. Ilyas awakened in Han Yu’s Spiritual Sea, explained the inheritance and its dangers, and revealed that Han Yu’s gray Soul Ring was actually the framework of Undead Magic.

• Nan Gong Wan announced that Sixty-Six, Eighty-Eight, and Ninety-Six had taken the top three places and invited Han Yu to speak after the overall finals.
• Han Yu collected his reward, then used Yuan Gun Gun’s help to evade the people following them from the Qing Se Hotel.
• Nan Gong Wan and the Vice-Leader discussed Han Yu’s unusual gray Soul Ring and suspected he might be the person they had been searching for.
• Chen An told Nan Gong Wan about Han Yu’s activities in the Golden Hall while concealing his deeper connection to him.
• At the Mingyue Hotel, Han Yu assured Yuan Gun Gun that he was not an Evil Soul Master, and Yuan Gun Gun said he trusted him.
• Ilyas appeared in Han Yu’s Spiritual Sea, explained his Undead Magic inheritance, and told him the gray Soul Ring was the magic framework rather than a true Soul Ring.

Han Yu demonstrated Electrolux's Undead Magic to Qiu'er and Yuan Gun Gun, revealing that he could enter a demiplane created by his teacher. The three traveled there together, where Han Yu explained its dangers and how its undead creatures could reach the Douluo Continent through the gate.

• Han Yu explained that Undead Magic grew stronger with his Soul Power and Spiritual Power, and that his abundant vitality made him suited to learn it.
• Han Yu and the Body Sect members agreed to let Yuan Gun Gun and the others fight first in their remaining matches, with Qiu'er as a reserve.
• Han Yu showed Qiu'er and Yuan Gun Gun how he vanished into Electrolux's demiplane and returned using a gray Six-pointed Star.
• Han Yu brought Qiu'er and Yuan Gun Gun through the gate into the gloomy demiplane, a barren realm inhabited by undead creatures.
• Han Yu explained that the demiplane had dangerous boundaries and that its undead could enter their world by using the spatial key.

Han Yu took Qiu'er and Yuan Gun Gun into his Undead Demiplane, demonstrated his power to control its skeletons, and returned with Qiu'er openly pledging to stay by his side. The tournament's top eight teams were then announced, and the teams prepared for the draw before the Top Eight Competition.

• Han Yu explained that his teacher, Holy Necromancer, Undead Calamity Ilyas, had created the Undead Demiplane to perfect Undead Magic, and warned Qiu'er and Yuan Gun Gun about its dangers.
• Han Yu led Qiu'er and Yuan Gun Gun through the demiplane, where Qiu'er's light abilities weakened and Yuan Gun Gun fought an attacking horde of skeletons.
• Han Yu revived and controlled the skeletons, then returned through the Key Door with Qiu'er and Yuan Gun Gun.
• Qiu'er told Han Yu she would follow him regardless of what abilities he mastered, and Han Yu took her hand before telling both companions to rest for the competition.
• The chapter listed the eight teams advancing to the final stage and explained that the Top Eight Competition would begin after a two-day break.
• The eight teams gathered early on the first rest day to prepare for the drawing ceremony, with Heaven Dragon Gate noted as a particularly formidable possible opponent.

The Top Eight draw paired Shrek Academy with the Snow Demon Sect, while the Holy Spirit Sect drew Star Luo National Academy. As the top-eight battle began, Shrek’s team headed to the venue wary that the hidden Body Sect might be among their opponents.

• The four group winners drew their bracket positions, placing the Holy Spirit Sect and the Proud Sword Sect in the lower half and the Snow Demon Sect and Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy in the upper half.
• Bei Bei drew the Snow Demon Sect as Shrek Academy’s opponent, while the Proud Sword Sect drew Heaven Dragon Gate and the Holy Spirit Sect drew Star Luo National Academy.
• He Caitou warned Shrek that the Body Sect could be hiding among the Snow Demon Sect, Proud Sword Sect, Heaven Dragon Gate, or Star Luo National Academy, and Bei Bei urged the team to prepare cautiously.
• Bei Bei gathered the Shrek Battle Team to discuss tactics for their match against the Snow Demon Sect.
• On the morning of the top-eight battles, the Shrek group left the Mingyue Hotel and headed through Radiant City toward the competition grounds.

Xu Tianzhen, the Sun Moon Empire’s Innocent Princess, lost to Xiao Hongchen before Radiant City Soul Engineer Academy conceded to Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. As Shrek prepared to face Snow Demon Sect, the chapter ended with Proud Sword Sect and Heaven Dragon Gate beginning their quarterfinal match.

• Xu Tianran and Jing Hongchen predicted Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy would defeat Radiant City Soul Engineer Academy, while the National Teacher suggested recruiting or seizing the continent’s talented competitors.
• Xu Tianzhen fought Xiao Hongchen and was defeated, after which Radiant City Soul Engineer Academy conceded the match.
• Xu Tianran told Ju Zi that Xu Tianzhen was his mischievous younger sister, the Innocent Princess, and asked Ju Zi to find her a husband.
• Bei Bei and Xu San Shi discussed combining soul masters with soul tools and the Sun Moon Empire’s advantage in high-end weapons.
• Proud Sword Sect and Heaven Dragon Gate sent their first contestants to the stage, and Long Aotian reacted to the Proud Sword Sect fighter with a surge of battle intent.

Proud Sword Sect’s Wu Yifan defeated Heaven Dragon Gate’s Xing Yan in a fierce match by revealing a hidden sword technique after Xing Yan used a Soul Guidance Cannon. Xing Yan was badly wounded, and Wu Yifan began recovering his Soul Power as the match ended.

• Xing Yan charged Wu Yifan with his Red Dragon martial soul, while Wu Yifan attacked with his Azure Steel Sword and sword qi.
• Xing Yan used his dragon wings and Dragon Meteor as Wu Yifan enlarged his sword with Azure Steel Divine Sword, forcing Xing Yan to evade the strike.
• Xing Yan fired a Bursting Giant Cannon at Wu Yifan’s Azure Steel Divine Sword, believing the blast had secured his advantage.
• Wu Yifan used his sixth soul skill, Shell Shedding, to emerge from the sword’s collision and slash Xing Yan, whose scales and soul rings shattered.
• Unbreaking Douluo caught Wu Yifan’s sword before it could disembowel Xing Yan, and the referee declared Proud Sword Sect the winner.
• A Heaven Dragon Gate fighter rushed onto the stage to treat Xing Yan while Wu Yifan used a Milk Bottle to recover his Soul Power.

Yu Tianlong of Heaven Dragon Gate defeated Wu Yifan and helped his team overturn the Proud Sword Sect, securing a place in the top eight. After the morning matches, Bei Bei gathered Shrek Academy’s companions to discuss the threat Heaven Dragon Gate posed before their possible semifinal encounter.

• Yu Tianlong revealed his pure-blooded Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul and overwhelmed Wu Yifan with his thunder defense and counterattack.
• Unbreaking Douluo intervened to keep Yu Tianlong’s final kick from killing Wu Yifan, who was left badly injured and unable to continue.
• Yu Tianlong defeated three more Proud Sword Sect competitors, and the Proud Sword Sect eventually conceded.
• Heaven Dragon Gate advanced to the top eight as the second team from its group to defeat the first-ranked team.
• Bei Bei gathered Shrek Academy’s companions over lunch and warned them that Yu Tianlong and Heaven Dragon Gate’s dragon martial souls would make them difficult opponents.

He Caitou deduced that Snow Demon Sect was likely the Body Sect and helped Shrek prepare for the quarterfinal match. The chapter ended with Yuan Gun Gun charging through He Caitou’s opening Soul Guidance Cannon blast unharmed.

• He Caitou concluded that the Body Sect was probably hiding among Snow Demon Sect, and Shrek assigned him to fight first against them.
• Star Luo National Academy forfeited its match against the Holy Spirit Sect to avoid risking its young fighters.
• Han Yu set Yuan Gun Gun to lead Snow Demon Sect’s individual elimination round, with himself second and Qiu’er third.
• He Caitou and Yuan Gun Gun entered the arena as the first fighters, confirming Shrek’s suspicions about Snow Demon Sect.
• Yuan Gun Gun rolled through He Caitou’s Soul Guidance Cannon explosion without injury and charged at him.

Yuan Gun Gun defeated He Caitou by exploiting the Soul Guidance Turret’s lack of mobility, giving Shrek its first loss. Bei Bei then fought Yuan Gun Gun, whose attacks were blunted by Bei Bei’s lightning, and Yuan Gun Gun conceded, leaving the match’s outcome to continue.

• Yuan Gun Gun charged through He Caitou’s cannon fire, knocked him unconscious, and forced Bei Bei to concede Shrek’s first match.
• Bei Bei entered the arena to face Yuan Gun Gun as the crowd loudly supported Snow Demon Sect.
• Xu Tianran, Ju Zi, the National Teacher, and Jing Hongchen discussed the crowd’s support and Jing Hongchen predicted Shrek might not reach the Top Four.
• Bei Bei and Yuan Gun Gun exchanged close-range blows, and Bei Bei’s lightning repeatedly numbed Yuan Gun Gun and slowed him down.
• Han Yu told Yuan Gun Gun to stop because Bei Bei countered him, and Yuan Gun Gun conceded, stunning the crowd.

Han Yu faced Bei Bei in the tournament and revealed a shocking seven-ring configuration with five Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings. The revelation stunned both teams and the officials, while Bei Bei resolved to fight on and drain Han Yu’s strength for Shrek Academy’s later matches.

• Yuan Gun Gun conceded to Han Yu after the referee explained that her Soul Power was nearly exhausted, and Han Yu took her place against Bei Bei.
• Xu Tianran questioned Jing Hongchen about Han Yu’s strength, and Jing Hongchen hinted that Han Yu had been underestimated.
• Bei Bei and Han Yu exchanged greetings before Zheng Zhan began the match, and Bei Bei charged with an elusive movement technique.
• Bei Bei released his six Soul Rings and lightning Martial Soul, then Han Yu revealed seven Soul Rings, including five red Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.
• Xu Tianran, Jing Hongchen, the Holy Spirit Sect, and Shrek Academy’s team reacted with shock, while Huo Yuhao concealed his own surprise.
• Bei Bei overcame his fear and resolved to make Han Yu expend as much Soul Power as possible so Shrek might still win the team battle.

Han Yu overwhelmed Shrek Academy’s contestants, defeating Bei Bei and Zhou SiChen before facing Xu San Shi in the match that would decide whether Shrek conceded. Xu San Shi weathered Han Yu’s opening attacks and remained ready to continue.

• Han Yu defeated Bei Bei by freezing and overpowering his strongest soul skill, then won the match for the Snow Demon Sect.
• Zhou SiChen took the stage but lost consciousness almost instantly after Han Yu used Sharingan.
• Xu San Shi proposed that Shrek would concede if he lost, and his teammates agreed; Jiang Nannan told him to come back safely.
• Xu San Shi challenged Han Yu, who accepted, and they began the deciding match.
• Han Yu broke through Xu San Shi’s defensive attacks and struck him three times, but Xu San Shi survived behind his shield and taunted Han Yu to continue.

Han Yu and Xu San Shi fought an intense match, with Xu San Shi revealing his Black Tortoise Domain and Han Yu answering with a devastating aerial strike. Xu San Shi conceded by swapping places with the referee, leaving the Competition Stage badly damaged and Han Yu’s strength clear to the spectators.

• Han Yu shattered Xu San Shi’s layered Profound Nether Tortoise Shell Shields, but Xu San Shi repeatedly redirected the force and endured the assault.
• Han Yu used his ice Emperor Sword to injure Xu San Shi and nearly destroy his shield, prompting Xu San Shi to reveal his Black Tortoise Domain and Black Tortoise Shield.
• Han Yu spun free of the domain’s water pressure, rose high into the air, and descended with a powerful strike that Xu San Shi briefly suppressed with his domain.
• Xu San Shi swapped himself with Unbreaking Douluo Zheng Zhan and shouted that he conceded, forcing Zheng Zhan to shield the stage from Han Yu’s impact.
• Han Yu’s strike left a crater more than fifty meters wide, and Xu Tianran recognized that Han Yu’s strength exceeded that of an ordinary Soul Sage.