Chapter Summaries

Han Yu and his companions entered a vast Sun Moon Empire warehouse filled with advanced Soul Tools and began taking supplies for the Body Sect. Meanwhile, Long Xiaoyao fought Elder Xuan and Du Busi in the sky while deliberately restraining his strength, as the ground battle around the Imperial Palace intensified.

• Han Yu calculated that the warehouse's Soul Tools could equip several elite legions and called Xiao Xiao to help gather supplies.
• Han Yu explained that the warehouse had no Soul Tool traps because an explosion could destroy it, then led the group down among the stored weapons.
• Han Yu ordered Xiao Xiao to collect the Sealed Milk Bottles for the Body Sect while the three girls began taking selected supplies.
• Long Xiaoyao, transformed into a black dragon, battled Du Busi and Elder Xuan, who fought together and grew stronger under the pressure.
• Long Xiaoyao held back because he did not want to harm Mu En's successor or abandon his old loyalties, turning the aerial fight into a restrained trial.
• The Titled Douluo watched the aerial battle as forces from Shrek Academy, the Star Luo Empire, and the Heaven Dou Empire launched a full assault on the Sun Moon Empire's Imperial Palace.

Long Aotian led a Body Sect assault team through the Imperial Palace toward Xu Tianran’s study while a young woman’s amplified Blood Moon power threatened the prince and Ju Zi. A dark-red phoenix intervened, but a bloody strike overwhelmed Ju Zi’s Ninth Level Soul Tool Shield before someone pulled her into a red-gold field with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skill.

• Long Aotian and the masked assault team fought through the Imperial Palace toward Xu Tianran’s Imperial Study.
• A young woman stood on Long Aotian’s shoulder, received amplification from the team, and transformed the Silver Moon above the palace into a Blood Moon.
• Xu Tianran recognized the attacker as a possible Eighth Ring Soul Douluo, while Ju Zi shielded him with a Ninth Level Soul Tool Shield.
• A dark-red Black Phoenix rose from a nearby courtyard and flew toward the woman, but the bloody light passed beneath it and struck Ju Zi’s shield.
• The bloody light stained Ju Zi’s shield red and made her blood and qi churn before an unseen force pulled her into a red-gold field, where she recognized the power of a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skill.

Zhang Lexuan and the allied forces launched an assault on Xu Tianran in the Radiant City Imperial Palace, but his Star Luo Heavenly Dipper Shield protected him from her strongest attack. As the battle turned against the Sun Moon Empire, Xu Tianran ordered a countermeasure, and the palace transformed into a vast arsenal of powerful Soul Guidance weapons, forcing Zhang Lexuan to call for a retreat.

• Xu Tianran used the Star Luo Heavenly Dipper Shield to protect himself and Ju Zi from Zhang Lexuan's Blood Moon Eclipse, while Zhang Lexuan's attack failed to break through.
• The Black Phoenix fought Zhang Lexuan, and Long Aotian intervened but was defeated and thrown back into the allied forces.
• Du Busi ordered the Body Sect to join the battle, while Long Xiaoyao kept Xuan Zi and Du Busi occupied in the sky.
• Xu Tianran ordered his hall master to prepare as the Sun Moon Empire's forces fell behind in the fighting.
• The Imperial Palace buildings transformed and revealed cannons and other high-level Soul Guidance weapons, prompting Zhang Lexuan to order everyone to retreat from the ground.

The Sun Moon Empire drove back the assault on Radiant City's Imperial Palace with its Soul Guidance Cannons and Long Xiaoyao's dragon transformation. After green and red signals appeared in the sky, Elder Xuan ordered Shrek Academy to flee west, while Du Busi led the Body Sect and Star Luo Empire forces toward the same exit.

• The Sun Moon Empire aimed its palace cannons at the sky, and Long Xiaoyao transformed into a thousand-meter black dragon as Elder Xuan and Du Busi ordered their forces to retreat.
• Xu Tianran revealed his Ninth Level Soul Tool prosthetic limbs, then ordered Ju Zi to drive the retreating attackers west and seal the other directions.
• A green monster-face signal rose into the sky, followed by a red one, and Elder Xuan urgently ordered Shrek Academy to leave through the west gate.
• Elder Xuan warned Du Busi to leave the city, and Du Busi led the Body Sect and Star Luo Empire forces to regroup with Xu Jiujiu and Wei Na before heading west.
• Elder Xuan led Shrek Academy out of the city, and Qian Duoduo asked whether they should return first despite the finals scheduled for the next day.

While the Radiant City crisis subsided, Han Yu struggled to continue the Soul Tool Manufacturing Tournament as his separated Spiritual Body weakened and he waited for his Spiritual Power to recover. Under the Holy Spirit Cult’s watchful gaze, he kept working and began assembling the Humanoid Soul Tool.

• Xuan Zi refused to act rashly and led Qian Duoduo’s group to hide in the West Suburbs, while Du Busi told the Body Sect members to wait for news of Han Yu’s competition.
• Ye Yu Lin saw the sky over Radiant City return to calm and concluded that the empire had contained the crisis.
• Ye Yu Lin watched Han Yu make hundreds of intricate parts without starting the Core Arrays, growing anxious that he would run out of time.
• The Holy Spirit Cult’s Vice-Leader and four elders watched the competition, while Han Yu’s separated Spiritual Body weakened and his Spiritual Power became too depleted for fine carving.
• Han Yu shaped the eighteen rare-metal pieces and, unable to carve the Core Arrays, began assembling the Humanoid Soul Tool’s parts.

Han Yu rapidly assembled a soul tool from numerous precisely fitted parts, impressing the judges with his unconventional technique. As the judges argued over protecting and learning from him, a mysterious ray slipped into Han Yu’s head, causing a sudden tremor in his soul.

• Han Yu assembled component after component with exceptional speed, gradually revealing the streamlined shape of his weapon.
• Wang Lao and Ye Yu Lin praised Han Yu’s skill and discussed how his method might advance soul tool technology.
• Ye Yu Lin claimed first rights to study Han Yu’s technique, while Wang Lao and the other judges agreed to protect Han Yu during the competition.
• Han Yu noticed the judges staring at him and pretended to look toward the sky to distract them.
• While the judges looked away, a distorted ray passed through the Soundproof Barrier and entered the back of Han Yu’s head.
• Han Yu felt a tremor deep in his soul, then looked around in confusion as the judges watched him closely.

Han Yu recovered his Spiritual Body during the soul-tool competition and began carving Core Arrays with the Blade of the Living Guardian, revealing skill that astonished the judges. He completed a Core Array from Diamond Refined Gold and continued making parts at full speed, leaving the judges eager to see his Humanoid Soul Tool.

• Han Yu calmed himself after his Spiritual Body returned and fused with him, restoring and elevating his mental state.
• Han Yu began making Core Arrays with the emerald-green Blade of the Living Guardian, while the judges wondered whether it was a Ranked Carving Knife.
• Han Yu carved Diamond Refined Gold with the blade, and an experienced judge confirmed that it was not a Ranked Carving Knife.
• Ye Yu Lin and Wang Lao marveled at the blade's ability to cut the exceptionally hard metal without Han Yu using soul power to drive it.
• Han Yu completed the first Core Array, collected its valuable metal powder, and immediately started carving another part at extraordinary speed.

Han Yu entered the Body and Mind as One state while crafting a Humanoid Soul Tool, drawing the attention of the judges and other competitors. Elsewhere, the Vice-Leader ordered Nan Gong Wan to keep Han Yu close and win him over, while Xu Guozhong returned to his warehouse and admired the treasures in his private treasury.

• Han Yu focused completely on carving a Soul Tool and entered the rare Body and Mind as One realm.
• Ye Yu Lin admired Han Yu's skill and resolved to take him as a disciple, while the other competitors noticed the enormous Humanoid Soul Tool he was making.
• Nan Gong Wan suggested killing or brainwashing Han Yu if he refused to serve, but the Vice-Leader rebuked him and ordered him to win Han Yu over and keep him under watch after the competition.
• Xu Guozhong and seven other high-level Soul Tool Instructors returned to guard the warehouse beside Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Xu Guozhong went to his private treasury, unlocked it, and eagerly admired his collection of treasures.

Xu Guozhong discovered that the lift to his rare-metals warehouse had been sabotaged and ordered his men to break out. Meanwhile, Ye Yu Lin and Wang Lao watched Han Yu complete nine Core Arrays in half an hour and debated his potential.

• Xu Guozhong returned to his secret base, found Li Chong missing, and ordered his Soul Tool Instructors to search the courtyard.
• Xu Guozhong opened the concealed elevator, but it plunged and stopped after a subordinate tapped its wall; the alarm never sounded.
• Xu Guozhong realized someone had tampered with the lift and ordered his men to force their way out from below.
• Ye Yu Lin counted nine Core Arrays Han Yu had completed in half an hour and marveled at his speed and concentration.
• Wang Lao cautioned Ye Yu Lin not to judge Han Yu's future by talent alone, noting that perseverance and opportunity also mattered.

Han Yu continued building his soul tool while the judges wondered how he could use it under the competition’s one-tool rule. With time running out, he attempted a difficult Splicing-Type Core Array, prioritizing a breakthrough in his Spiritual Power even at the risk of failing to finish.

• Han Yu completed core arrays while Ye Yu Lin and Wang Lao questioned how his weaponless design could serve as a soul tool.
• Huang Zheng finished a mechanical-arm soul tool and meditated, then the Yellow-Clothed Strongman completed an enormous Seven-Rank Rapid-Fire Cannon that Third Elder judged cumbersome and wasteful.
• As the competition neared its end, Han Yu began a large Splicing-Type Core Array, prompting Ye Yu Lin to identify the technique and order the other contestants not to disturb him after time ran out.
• Han Yu entered a focused state, drawing on his recently reunited Spiritual Power and seeking to strengthen its connection with his body, even though the challenge could keep him from finishing his soul tool.
• Lan SuSu and Lan LuoLuo reported to Du Busi from the Snow Demon Sect’s gathering near the competition venue.

Du Busi withdrew the Body Sect group from Radiant City and avoided a direct assault after learning the competition grounds were heavily defended. Meanwhile, Han Yu completed his final Core Array just as the contest time expired, leaving him to face Ye Yu Lin’s countdown.

• Du Busi led the Body Sect group out of Radiant City and hid them in a forest while he scouted the competition grounds.
• Du Busi judged that attacking the gathered Holy Spirit Cult and Sun Moon Empire forces would risk heavy losses, so he planned to receive Han Yu and escape.
• Jing Hongchen told Xu Tianran that Shrek Academy had gone west while the Body Sect and its allies had hidden at a viscount’s manor, and Xu Tianran ordered closer surveillance.
• Xu Tianran warned the Holy Spirit Cult’s leader against causing destruction in the city, while the leader vowed to turn the Snow Demon Sect members into Corpse Puppets.
• Ye Yu Lin announced a final ten-count as Han Yu completed the last Core Array just as the hourglass ran out.
• Han Yu set down his carving knife, then nearly fell when his weakened legs gave way.

Han Yu completed his Humanoid Soul Tool just as the crafting deadline ended, then recovered from the strain while Ye Yu Lin extended the inspection period to give him more time. Ye Yu Lin examined Han Yu’s design and asked him to demonstrate how its standardized parts could replace some Core Arrays.

• Han Yu installed the final Core Array at the deadline and finished his Humanoid Soul Tool, exhausted from prolonged Spiritual Power use.
• Han Yu felt his Soul Power break through an invisible barrier and began recovering while Ye Yu Lin announced that contestants could only use the Soul Tools they had crafted.
• Ye Yu Lin added a meticulous Soul Tool inspection, giving Han Yu extra time to recover and prompting the judges and other contestants to notice his favoritism.
• Ye Yu Lin asked Han Yu whether parts could replace Core Arrays, and Han Yu explained their lower cost, easier production, and greater reliability for simple devices.
• Han Yu opened the Humanoid Soul Tool’s chest and leg panels to demonstrate its internal structure, and Ye Yu Lin examined its spacious, carefully arranged parts.

Han Yu demonstrated his newly completed Humanoid Soul Tool at the competition, astonishing Ye Yu Lin and the other observers with its smooth control through only eighteen Core Arrays. The Skills Assessment then began, with competitors instructed to perform nine different array-crafting techniques on rare metals.

• Han Yu entered and activated his Mithril Humanoid Soul Tool, then controlled it smoothly through spiritual transmission.
• Ye Yu Lin and the judges reacted with astonishment, while Third Elder urged Nan Gong Wan to let him recruit Han Yu for the Xi Shui Alliance’s Soul Tool research.
• The Vice-Leader warned Nan Gong Wan and Third Elder that people from Shrek Academy might be nearby and ordered them to prepare for battle.
• The competitors wondered whether Han Yu’s Humanoid Soul Tool could fight, while Huang Zheng recalled his earlier clash with him and remained wary.
• Ye Yu Lin announced the Skills Assessment, and staff distributed trays holding nine different metals and a carving knife to each competitor.
• Ye Yu Lin instructed the competitors to perform nine array-crafting techniques, beginning with drilling thirty holes in the first metal.

The nine soul engineers began a timed Skills Assessment using rare metals chosen to make carving difficult. Han Yu used Ultimate Ice and Corrosion Light to weaken the hardest metal and finished second; the results set up the elimination matches, where the Xi Shui Alliance had three contestants in the top four.

• Ye Yu Lin announced the carving tasks and began the Skills Assessment, while the contestants struggled with metals that were unusually hard, soft, or magnetically disruptive.
• The Yellow-Clothed Strongman used brute force on the hard metal, while Han Yu froze it and applied Corrosion Light before precisely drilling the required holes.
• The Yellow-Clothed Strongman finished first, Han Yu second, the Ping Fan Alliance's yellow-skirted girl third, and Huang Zheng fourth; four contestants failed to finish before time ran out.
• The judges eliminated the lowest-ranked Ao Du Merchant Guild contestant, and the remaining Ao Du contestants were matched against the Yellow-Clothed Strongman and the yellow-skirted girl.
• Nan Gong Wan was pleased that Han Yu, the Yellow-Clothed Strongman, and Huang Zheng had all reached the top four, and considered how their separate matches could improve the Xi Shui Alliance's championship chances.

Han Yu recovered before his elimination match while Xu Guozhong and his subordinates escaped the underground elevator shaft and prepared to breach the warehouse’s defenses. The chapter ended as the first elimination match was about to begin, with the Yellow-Clothed Strongman heading onto the stage.

• Han Yu returned to the rest area in his Humanoid Soul Tool and recovered his Spiritual Power while Nan Gong Wan encouraged the contestants.
• Xu Guozhong and his eight subordinates broke through the elevator shaft and found the guards dead and the warehouse key missing.
• Xu Guozhong discovered that Han Yu had sabotaged the warehouse door, then ordered his Soul Tool Instructors to attack the corridor’s defensive systems in coordinated squads.
• Han Yu cultivated in the competition venue, unaware of Xu Guozhong’s actions, as Ye Yu Lin took his place as chief referee.
• The host called the first-place and eighth-place contestants to the stage, and the Yellow-Clothed Strongman carried his Rapid-Fire Cannon toward it.

Yellow-Clothed faced Zhao Shouze in a lethal arena match and revealed an optimal six-ring configuration, a golden defensive shield, and a powerful oversized Rapid-Fire Cannon. After Zhao Shouze was struck by the cannon’s recoil, an explosion threw Yellow-Clothed into the air, leaving the fight’s outcome uncertain.

• Ye Yu Lin started the match between Yellow-Clothed and Ao Du Merchant Guild representative Zhao Shouze, a six-ring Soul Emperor.
• Yellow-Clothed revealed two yellow, two purple, and two black Soul Rings, startling the spectators and unsettling Zhao Shouze.
• Zhao Shouze attacked with his flame-covered battle saber, but Yellow-Clothed dodged the blow and advanced with his Rapid-Fire Cannon.
• Yellow-Clothed used a glowing cigar to form a golden shield, endured Zhao Shouze’s strike, and knocked him off balance with the cannon.
• Zhao Shouze activated his saber’s second state and tried to cut the cannon, but Yellow-Clothed fired at close range.
• The blast engulfed both fighters and hurled Yellow-Clothed backward through the air.

The Yellow-Clothed Strongman killed Zhao Shouze with a point-blank cannon blast and claimed his saber as a trophy. Han Yu began his match against Lan Ruo Ruo, who used a seductive dance to mask a lethal attack aimed at the back of his head.

• The Yellow-Clothed Strongman split Zhao Shouze's cannon shell with his saber, but the redirected blast tore Zhao Shouze apart.
• After winning, the Yellow-Clothed Strongman asked Ye Yu Lin to award him Zhao Shouze's saber, then carried it away with his cannon.
• Han Yu entered the next match in his Humanoid Soul Tool against Lan Ruo Ruo of the Ping Fan Alliance.
• Lan Ruo Ruo tried to charm Han Yu with her dance, but he remained unmoved as his Humanoid Soul Tool tracked her movements.
• Lan Ruo Ruo revealed her Short Sword and Soul Rings, then stabbed toward the back of Han Yu's head with a charged, lethal strike.

Han Yu defeated Lan Ruo Ruo with his agile Humanoid Soul Tool and amplified Reign Over The World, then advanced to the final after the Yellow-Clothed Strongman forfeited their match. Ye Gu Yi and Huang Zheng began the other semifinal, with Ye Gu Yi hostile toward Huang Zheng for severing her sister’s arm.

• Han Yu evaded Lan Ruo Ruo’s short-sword attack, struck her with his amplified Reign Over The World, and won the match.
• The yellow-skirted girl Ye Gu Yi defeated the Ao Du Merchant Guild’s Soul Engineer, while Huang Zheng defeated the Red-Skirted Girl and severed her arm.
• The Top Four were the Yellow-Clothed Strongman, Han Yu, Ye Gu Yi, and Huang Zheng.
• The Yellow-Clothed Strongman drew Han Yu and forfeited, sending Han Yu straight to the final.
• Ye Gu Yi faced Huang Zheng in the other semifinal, angry over her younger sister’s injury.

Ye Gu Yi fought Huang Zheng on the Competition Stage, countering his Soul-Chasing Claw before his Evil Servant martial soul trapped her in darkness and began eroding her soul. As Huang Zheng’s lethal attack closed in, Ye Gu Yi released the holy power of her golden sword and broke through the darkness, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Ye Gu Yi entered the match against Huang Zheng, who attacked her with spiraling blades from his Soul-Chasing Claw.
• Ye Gu Yi deflected all three blades with her golden longsword, avoided their explosions, and closed the distance to Huang Zheng.
• Huang Zheng used his giant claw to defend against Ye Gu Yi’s sword strikes, then activated Darkness Descends with his Evil Servant martial soul.
• Huang Zheng attacked Ye Gu Yi from the darkness and used his fifth Soul Skill to slow her and erode her soul with purple-black energy.
• As Huang Zheng lunged for Ye Gu Yi’s throat with Touch of Darkness, she raised her sword and released golden and holy white light that dispersed the purple-black energy and dispelled the darkness.

Ye Gu Yi revealed her Angel Martial Soul and Sacred Attribute when she killed Huang Zheng, drawing the Holy Spirit Cult’s hostility. She began fighting Han Yu, who warned her that the Ping Fan Alliance could not protect her and urged her to recognize the Holy Spirit Cult as their common enemy.

• Ye Gu Yi stopped Huang Zheng’s attack, unleashed her sacred power, and killed him with her Sacred Sword skill.
• The Holy Spirit Cult Vice-Leader restrained the Four Great Elders from acting until the competition ended, while Shangguan Wei'er worried that involving Ye Gu Yi had been a mistake.
• Han Yu rushed onto the Competition Stage to fight Ye Gu Yi, and Chief Judge Ye Yu Lin began planning to interrupt the match if Han Yu was in danger.
• As Ye Gu Yi attacked, Han Yu used his spiritual Martial Soul to speak into her mind, warned her about the Holy Spirit Cult’s strength, and offered to defeat her to protect her.