Chapter Summaries

Ning Fengzhi proposed sending Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples to Shrek Academy and planned to discuss cooperation with Flender after the tournament. Before leaving with Xue Qinghe, he told Ning Rongrong she would inherit the sect and encouraged Gu Xuan to perform well in the Promotion Tournament.

• Ning Fengzhi praised Flender's guidance of the Shrek Team and proposed sending the sect's disciples to Shrek Academy.
• Ning Fengzhi and Flender agreed to discuss their cooperation after the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Xue Qinghe urged Ning Fengzhi to leave, and Flender learned that he was Ning Fengzhi's disciple.
• Ning Rongrong said she wished she could compete, and Ning Fengzhi told her she would become the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's next sect master.
• Ning Fengzhi wished Gu Xuan well in the Promotion Tournament, then left with Xue Qinghe.

The Promotion Tournament began at the Royal Knights' main drill ground, where teams would face one another in individual battles. Flender announced Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun as Shrek Team's lineup for their third-round match, expecting the three to defeat their opponents.

• The Promotion Tournament set fifteen teams to compete in fourteen rounds of round-robin matches at the Royal Knights' main drill ground.
• Xue Ye arranged for ten thousand Royal Knights to surround the field so their soldiers could watch the young Soul Masters compete.
• Shrek Team learned that their first opponent was an advanced Soul Master Academy from the Balak Kingdom and that their match was scheduled third.
• Shrek Team members noticed familiar rivals Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, and Shui Bing'er, along with the unfamiliar Thunder Academy captain.
• Flender named Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun as Shrek Team's lineup, saying he expected them to finish the match despite only sending three members.

The Soul Master Competition Promotion Tournament began, and Blazing Fire Academy defeated Fabia Academy through Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu’s consecutive victories. Afterward, Huo Wu provoked Dai Mubai, drawing the attention of nearby Soul Masters.

• Xue Ye declared the Promotion Tournament open, and the Royal Knights joined the crowd’s cheers.
• Flender told Xiao Wu she would lead Shrek Academy’s match and warned her not to risk injury.
• Huo Wushuang defeated three Fabia Academy fighters before his depleted Soul Power led to his loss.
• Huo Wu defeated four more opponents and helped Blazing Fire Academy crush Fabia Academy.
• Huo Wu pointed at Dai Mubai in provocation, while Dai Mubai only frowned.

Meng Yiran helped Exotic Beast Academy narrowly win its match against another academy, and Shrek Team then prepared to face Barak Academy. Xiao Wu entered the arena first, where Barak’s opening contestant mocked her appearance and Shrek’s logo-covered uniform.

• Meng Yiran appeared as Exotic Beast Academy’s vice-captain and defeated three opponents with her poisoned Serpent Cane.
• Exotic Beast Academy’s other competitors lost four bouts, but the team narrowly won the match in the tenth bout.
• Huo Feng judged that the Promotion Tournament’s final rankings would likely be decided among the five teams from Heaven Dou City.
• Xiao Wu entered the arena as Shrek Team’s first contestant against Barak Academy.
• Barak Academy’s tall opening contestant laughed at Xiao Wu’s uniform and asked whether Shrek Team had sent her to make up the numbers.

Xiao Wu faced a mocking captain from Barak Academy and used Bewitchment to close the distance before he could react. She caught him with her Scorpion Braid, leaving him struggling to breathe.

• The tall young man from Barak Academy mocked Xiao Wu and told her to leave the match.
• Xiao Wu agreed that she did not belong there, then released her martial soul and three Soul Rings.
• Xiao Wu activated Bewitchment and rushed toward the tall young man.
• The tall young man recovered from the skill and tried to attack Xiao Wu, but she vanished from in front of him.
• Xiao Wu appeared behind him and wrapped her Scorpion Braid around his neck.

Xiao Wu decisively defeated Barak Academy’s Soul Ancestor opponent without giving him a chance to fight back. After he was knocked unconscious and badly hurt, she challenged the rest of Barak Academy, prompting seven or eight of its members to rush at her.

• Xiao Wu used Charm, Teleportation, and her Soft Technique to control her opponent and throw him into the air.
• Xiao Wu slammed the tall young man to the ground and knocked him unconscious with two strikes.
• The crowd was stunned by Xiao Wu’s swift victory, and her opponent was left too injured to likely compete the next day.
• Xiao Wu looked toward Barak Academy and said, “Next.”
• Seven or eight Barak Academy members rushed toward Xiao Wu.

Xiao Wu defeated her first opponent so decisively that Barak Academy tried to intervene, and Platinum Bishop Salas had to restore order. She then faced Barak Academy’s second contestant, a level-forty Soul Master whose sunflower Martial Soul could attack and poison her.

• Xiao Wu used her Waist Bow to leave her first opponent unable to resist, prompting the other Shrek Team members and Barak Academy’s team leader to enter the arena.
• Platinum Bishop Salas warned both sides that anyone entering the arena without permission would be expelled, and the confrontation subsided.
• Huo Feng gave Xiao Wu a few quiet instructions before she faced Barak Academy’s second contestant.
• The second contestant revealed his four-ring sunflower Martial Soul, and Xiao Wu recognized its poisonous scent and offensive abilities as a threat.
• Xiao Wu and her opponent prepared to fight, while she remained confident because she had broken through level forty earlier.

Xiao Wu faced a Barak Academy contestant whose enlarged Sunflower released a poisonous mist that began affecting her. The Lovesick Heartbreak Red Huo Feng had given her formed a golden-red barrier that neutralized the poison, letting Xiao Wu seize the chance to attack.

• The Barak Academy contestant enlarged his Sunflower and spread poisonous mist across Xiao Wu’s path.
• Xiao Wu retreated and used her Soul Power to suppress the poison while weighing how to close the distance.
• A warm current from Xiao Wu’s chest formed a golden-red barrier around her, which dissolved the poisonous mist.
• Xiao Wu recognized the barrier’s connection to the Lovesick Heartbreak Red Huo Feng had given her.
• Xiao Wu charged at her opponent while the onlookers stared in confusion.

Xiao Wu defeated a second Soul Ancestor after the Lovesick Heartbreak Red shielded her from his Sunflower's attacks and caused the flower to wither. The arena was left wondering about her golden-red aura, while Huo Feng told her to keep its origin secret.

• The Sunflower opponent's poisonous mist failed against Xiao Wu's golden-red radiance, so he used his third soul skill and scattered yellow motes across the arena.
• Xiao Wu's protective glow consumed the motes, expanded, and overwhelmed her opponent, draining his Soul Power and withering his Sunflower.
• The glow faded, and Xiao Wu won her second match against a Soul Ancestor, stunning the arena.
• Huo Feng quietly told Xiao Wu not to explain the golden-red radiance and to keep it mysterious.
• Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi could not identify the radiance, while Salas suggested it came from a soul bone.

Xiao Wu defeated a second Soul Ancestor when the golden-red light around her destroyed his Sunflower and rendered his Soul Power useless. Huo Feng told her to keep the light’s origins secret, while the VIP guests mistook it for the power of a spirit bone.

• Lovesick Heartbreak Red shielded Xiao Wu from the Sunflower’s poisonous mist and caused her opponent’s Soul Power to drain.
• Xiao Wu’s opponent used his third soul skill, but the yellow specks vanished inside the golden-red light and made it grow stronger.
• The light spread over the arena, withered the Sunflower, and left Xiao Wu’s opponent unable to fight, securing her second victory over a Soul Ancestor.
• Huo Feng told Xiao Wu not to explain the golden-red light to anyone.
• Salas guessed that the light came from a spirit bone, and Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi accepted that explanation.

After Shrek Team drew Blazing Fire Academy as its next opponent, Flender planned a lineup designed to catch them off guard while keeping some members hidden. He intended to save Huo Feng, who he believed could defeat the entire opposing team alone.

• The Heaven Dou Empire's five academies won their matches, and Xue Ye awarded Gold Soul Coins to both winning and defeated academies.
• After Shrek Team drew Blazing Fire Academy, Flender gathered the students to discuss their lineup for the next day's match.
• Dai Mubai recommended that he and Ma Hongjun take the lead, citing Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu as Blazing Fire Academy's strongest members.
• Flender chose Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing to compete, hoping to disrupt Blazing Fire Academy's expectations and give Ma Hongjun experience.
• Flender kept Oscar and Ning Rongrong hidden as Support System Soul Masters and planned to send Huo Feng only if absolutely necessary.

Dai Mubai studied the Promotion Tournament’s strongest academies before entering the arena as Shrek Academy’s first contestant against Blazing Fire Academy. Huo Wu, who had trained to avenge her earlier defeat, was stunned that the rules might prevent her from facing him.

• Dai Mubai watched Godwind Academy and Thunder Academy compete and identified Silas Academy and Plant Academy as other formidable teams.
• Dai Mubai noted that Plant Academy’s three Soul Elders had earned two consecutive victories using unusual plant martial souls and control skills.
• Dai Mubai entered the arena as Shrek Academy’s first representative against Blazing Fire Academy, whose first contestant was Huo Wushuang.
• Huo Wu rose in shock, realizing she might not get the chance to challenge Dai Mubai because the teams’ appearance orders could not be changed.
• Huo Wushuang faced Dai Mubai with a grave expression.

Dai Mubai faced Huo Wushuang in a one-on-one battle as the watching academies assessed his strength. Huo Wushuang’s unusual attack collided with Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Light Wave, and the two fighters closed to point-blank range.

• Huo Wushuang expected to fight Xiao Wu, but Dai Mubai took the field instead, unsettling his resolve.
• Dai Mubai and Huo Wushuang released their martial souls, and Dai Mubai activated White Tiger Vajra Transformation.
• Huo Wushuang hardened his scales with his first soul skill and fired a dark-red sphere at Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai dodged the sphere, which changed direction to pursue him, and countered with White Tiger Light Wave.
• The two attacks annihilated each other, and Huo Wushuang charged Dai Mubai at close range.

Dai Mubai used Huo Wushuang’s explosive scales and charging momentum against him, then followed with a series of attacks that left Huo Wushuang badly injured. Huo Wushuang vomited blood as Dai Mubai kept him from recovering.

• Dai Mubai redirected Huo Wushuang’s punches, making him stagger and exposing his back.
• Dai Mubai struck Huo Wushuang from behind and used White Tiger Meteor Shower to blast him to the ground.
• Huo Wushuang rolled over and sprang up, his back torn and bloodied.
• Dai Mubai caught Huo Wushuang’s feet and punched him in the groin, disrupting his defense.
• Huo Wushuang’s scales exploded as he was struck, and he vomited blood.

Dai Mubai defeated Huo Wushuang by forcing him out of the arena, then overcame five more Blazing Fire Academy members without showing signs of fatigue. With six teammates down, vice-captain Huo Wu stepped onto the arena to face him.

• Dai Mubai sent Huo Wushuang beyond the arena's edge, and Huo Wushuang accepted his defeat.
• Huo Wu checked on her brother and glared at Dai Mubai as the first match ended.
• Dai Mubai defeated five more Blazing Fire Academy members, including Huo Yun and Huo Yu.
• Blazing Fire Academy's vice-captain Huo Wu entered the arena after Dai Mubai had taken down six members.

Dai Mubai faced Huo Wu as the exhausted last fighter against Blazing Fire Academy, while Huo Wu resolved to defend her academy’s honor. The match began with Huo Wu charging straight at him.

• Dai Mubai realized that although he had conserved most of his Soul Power through six fights, the effort had left his mental energy severely depleted.
• Huo Wu calmed herself and resolved that she could not let Dai Mubai defeat all seven Blazing Fire Academy fighters.
• Huo Wu revealed her Fire Shadow Martial Soul, whose aura had become strikingly composed and powerful.
• When the referee started the match, Huo Wu charged directly at Dai Mubai.

Huo Wu used her Repelling Fire Ring to drive Dai Mubai toward the edge of the arena, then released it again to force him into the air. Dai Mubai avoided the second ring by jumping, while Huo Wu smiled coldly, having achieved her goal.

• Dai Mubai sent out probing fist gusts and shifted sideways as Huo Wu charged at him.
• Huo Wu activated her Repelling Fire Ring, scattering Dai Mubai’s attacks and sending him close to the edge of the arena.
• Huo Wu released a second Repelling Fire Ring as Dai Mubai tried to recover his position.
• Dai Mubai jumped over the ring, and Huo Wu smiled coldly because she had forced him into the air.

Huo Wu used Soul Ring Fusion to unleash a powerful attack against Dai Mubai, defeating him at the cost of exhausting herself. Blazing Fire Academy won the duel, and both fighters were carried away for treatment.

• Flender recognized that Huo Wu had fused the power of all four of her soul rings.
• Huo Wu launched a compressed white orb that locked onto Dai Mubai and slowed him in midair.
• Dai Mubai used White Tiger Meteor Shower, but Huo Wu's orb tore through the attack and struck him.
• The collision sent Dai Mubai off the platform, while Huo Wu collapsed from exhaustion.
• Both teams rushed the injured fighters away for treatment, and Blazing Fire Academy won the duel.

After Shrek's Sparta Brothers and Cao Kui lost to Plant Academy's level-forty-one vine user, Flender sent Ma Hongjun out to counter the opponent. The Plant Academy contestant dismissed the chubby-looking Ma Hongjun, who faced him in a rage.

• Shrek won its first five Promotion Tournament matches, often relying on Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Against Plant Academy, Flender sent the Sparta Brothers out first, but one vine-wielding contestant defeated them both.
• Cao Kui took the field next and was thoroughly suppressed and defeated.
• The Plant Academy contestant mocked Shrek, prompting Ma Hongjun to step forward angrily.
• Flender told Ma Hongjun to use what he had observed, defeat the opponent, and conserve Soul Power.
• The Plant Academy contestant laughed at Ma Hongjun and clearly underestimated him.

Ma Hongjun faced a Plant Academy contestant who had already won three matches and revealed his four Soul Rings and Phoenix martial soul. He overwhelmed the exhausted opponent with purplish-red flames that the contestant could neither extinguish nor defend against.

• The Plant Academy contestant dismissed Ma Hongjun and told him to step down, but Ma Hongjun asked him to knock him down gently instead.
• Ma Hongjun revealed two yellow and two purple Soul Rings, shocking the Plant Academy contestant and the watching Four Elements Academy teams.
• Ma Hongjun used his second Soul Ring to send purplish-red Phoenix flames through the contestant’s vine defense and set him ablaze.
• The contestant rolled on the ground and sent vines at Ma Hongjun, but the flames burned every vine to ash.
• Ma Hongjun watched as the flames on the contestant continued to intensify despite his attempts to put them out.