Chapter Summaries

Shrek Academy drew Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team as its first-round opponent, while Spirit Hall’s Platinum Bishop Salas offered finalists a chance to join Martial Soul Temple. The teams prepared to face each other as the match was scheduled to begin in half an hour.

• Shrek Academy learned it would face Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team, the academy that had previously driven them out.
• Spectators booed and accused the draw of being fixed, but Salas denied any fraud and swore by Spirit Hall’s honor.
• Salas announced that Soul Masters who reached the Finals could join Martial Soul Temple directly, angering Xue Ye and prompting Ning Fengzhi to calm him.
• The announcer named Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team versus Shrek Academy as the first match and gave the teams half an hour to prepare.

Ye Xian selected Shrek Academy’s lineup to face Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team, and the Shrek students prepared to prove themselves after their opponents received a more impressive entrance. The Shrek team then entered the arena as the lights went out.

• Flender left Shrek Academy’s team to handle the match on its own.
• Ye Xian chose Tang San, Jing Ling, Huang Yuan, Tai Long, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar to compete against Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team.
• Tang San felt confident that Shrek could win, while the team also aimed to prevent their opponents from qualifying through the Preliminary Competition.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team entered beneath a spotlight as the announcer introduced its members, drawing Huang Yuan and Jing Ling’s complaints about Shrek being made to look inferior.
• Ye Xian led Shrek Academy’s competitors onto the arena as the lights went out.

Shrek Academy faced Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team in the tournament arena, where the noble students mocked Shrek’s plain clothes and insulted their team. Xiao Wu fired back with insults of her own, and the confrontation ended with the opposing captain furious.

• The tournament format was laid out: twenty-eight teams would play twenty-seven rounds, with the top five advancing to the next stage.
• Tang San hid his anger behind a relaxed expression and a look of disdain as Ye Xian led Shrek Academy’s team onto the arena.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team’s students mocked Shrek Academy’s appearance and academy emblem.
• The opposing captain ogled Xiao Wu and called her a beauty, prompting Xiao Wu to insult him and the female student beside him.
• Tai Long laughed at Xiao Wu’s insults, and the opposing captain gritted his teeth and promised retaliation.

Shrek Academy and Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team began the tournament’s opening match after tensions flared, while Ning Fengzhi refused to reveal which team he favored. The match started with both teams summoning their martial spirits, drawing surprised reactions from the audience.

• The two teams exchanged threats before bowing, and their non-participants left the arena.
• Xue Ye asked Ning Fengzhi to assess the teams, and Ning Fengzhi said the evenly matched contest would depend on their performance.
• Salas pressed Ning Fengzhi to name his championship contender, but Ning Fengzhi refused and Xue Ye intervened to end their dispute.
• The referee began the opening match and gave both teams one minute to summon their martial spirits.
• Tang San, Tai Long, Huang Yuan, and Jing Ling revealed their spirit rings, prompting cries of surprise from the stands.

Shrek Team and Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team revealed their Soul Ring configurations before the match, and the opponents dismissed Tang San for having a white First Soul Ring. Shrek attacked while the opposing team was still recovering from their surprise, and both sides charged toward their first clash.

• Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Oscar revealed four Soul Rings each, while the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team showed that all seven members had only three Soul Rings.
• Tang San mistook the opponents’ surprise at Shrek’s three Soul Ancestors for admiration and grew proud, while they mocked his white Soul Ring and planned to target him.
• The Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team’s control-type Soul Master shouted for his teammates to move after they froze.
• Tai Long and Huang Yuan charged forward as Zhu Zhuqing and Jing Ling moved around the flanks.
• The five front-line Power Attack System opponents charged to meet Shrek’s fighters, aiming to seize the advantage at the start.

Shrek Academy’s team launched a coordinated assault against their opponents, quickly overwhelming the opposing Spirit Masters. Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong watched from the stands, confident in Shrek’s victory.

• Tai Long and Huang Yuan activated their Thousand Year Soul Skills as Zhu Zhuqing and Jing Ling charged their targets.
• Tang San restrained all five opponents with Blue Silver Grass vines, creating openings for his teammates.
• Tai Long slammed one opponent into the ground while Huang Yuan battered another with a storm of punches.
• Jing Ling used his Frenzied Battle Soul Skill to overwhelm the petite Control System Spirit Master with his bone blades.
• Yu Xiaogang put his arm around Liu Erlong as they chatted and laughed, boasting that Shrek’s team would defeat their opponents effortlessly.

Shrek Academy gained an overwhelming advantage over Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team, while Yu Xiaogang praised Tang San’s supposed battlefield control despite his lack of involvement. Tang San taunted the battered opponents, leaving both teams baffled by his arrogance.

• Yu Xiaogang praised Tang San to Liu Erlong for controlling the battle, though Tang San had not taken part in the attacks.
• Liu Erlong remained unaware that Yu Xiaogang was using her resources and hiding his inability to recover.
• Shrek Academy’s team unleashed their strongest soul skills and overwhelmed Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team.
• Tang San mocked the opponents and gave them a thumbs-down gesture.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team and Tang San’s own teammates were stunned that he was talking trash despite being the weakest member.

Shrek Academy defeated the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team after Tang San was overwhelmed by their coordinated attack and his teammates retaliated. Yu Xiaogang planned to use his authority over the substitutes to establish Tang San’s status.

• The Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team unleashed twenty-one soul skills at Tang San, knocking him away while the other Shrek members rushed forward.
• Tai Long and the others beat the opposing team until their teacher surrendered and accused Shrek Academy of trying to kill them.
• Tai Long challenged the referee to confirm that the injured opponents were still alive, and the referees declared Shrek Academy the winner.
• Tang San insisted he was fine despite his swollen, bruised face, while Yu Xiaogang worried that Tang San’s performance could cost them future matches.
• Yu Xiaogang decided to discipline Tang San privately and use his charge over the substitutes to establish Tang San’s status among them.

After Shrek won its first match, Yu Xiaogang criticized Tang San’s performance while warning that their abilities had been exposed. Outside the arena, Ning Fengzhi appeared and reunited with Ning Rongrong.

• The Shrek team left the arena quickly and changed out of their green uniforms to avoid the crowd.
• Yu Xiaogang led the substitutes away while the seven main members stayed behind.
• Yu Xiaogang praised most of the team but criticized Tang San and warned that future opponents would plan against them.
• Tang San dismissed the threat of enemy tactics, pleasing Yu Xiaogang and drawing sneers from Tai Long and the other substitutes.
• Ning Fengzhi called to Ning Rongrong outside the arena, and she ran to embrace him.
• Ning Fengzhi greeted the Shrek team and said he was there only as Rongrong’s father.

Ning Fengzhi praised Ye Xian and advised the Shrek team to avoid making unnecessary enemies. After Ning Rongrong introduced Dai Mubai, Ning Fengzhi admired his strength and invited him to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after the competition.

• Ning Fengzhi told Ye Xian he admired his strength and warned him to avoid arrogance and injuring opponents unnecessarily.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Ning Rongrong to return to Shrek Academy and introduce her companions before he left.
• Ning Rongrong introduced Dai Mubai as a level forty-four Battle Soul Grandmaster, while Dai Mubai said he still lagged far behind Ye Xian.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Dai Mubai and invited him to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after the competition.

Ning Fengzhi learned about Shrek’s talented members and invited Oscar to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Dai Mubai declined recruitment. Ning Rongrong introduced Ye Xian as the team captain and strongest member, and Ning Fengzhi resolved to maintain a good relationship with him.

• Dai Mubai thanked Ning Fengzhi but declined his recruitment, and Ning Fengzhi recognized his background without revealing it.
• Ning Rongrong introduced Oscar as a sixteen-year-old, forty-first-ranked Food System Spirit Master.
• Ning Fengzhi was astonished by Oscar’s talent and welcomed him to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after graduation.
• Ning Rongrong introduced Ye Xian as Shrek’s captain and strongest member, keeping his Soul Power confidential.
• Ning Fengzhi paid special attention to Ye Xian and decided to maintain a good relationship with him.

Ning Rongrong introduced the Shrek Team members to Ning Fengzhi, who praised their strength. Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, unable to compete in the second round because Flender had suspended Tang San for one match, went to watch the matches as the Shrek group received a warmer reception from spectators.

• Ning Rongrong introduced Ma Hongjun, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing to Ning Fengzhi, describing their martial souls and levels.
• Ning Fengzhi expressed delight at meeting the talented Shrek members and told them to return to the academy.
• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang whether they would watch the second round, and Yu Xiaogang insisted they go and observe their future opponents.
• The Shrek group arrived at the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena, where spectators recognized them, made way, and reacted more quietly than before.

Shrek Academy arrived at the Preliminary Competition as a team that spectators and rival academies now took seriously. Zhao Wuji revealed that their next opponents were the powerful Elephant Armor Academy and outlined the risks of their choices, leaving Shrek to decide how to compete.

• Flender led Shrek Academy into the competitors' resting area while Tang San and Yu Xiaogang watched from a prominent seat in the stands.
• Dai Mubai asked Flender about their opponents, and Flender said Zhao Wuji had been studying the other teams.
• Zhao Wuji told the Shrek members they could forfeit, reuse their previous lineup, or field their full main lineup, each with significant risks.
• Zhao Wuji identified their opponents as Elephant Armor Academy, whose seven competitors were direct descendants of the Elephant Armor Sect, including five who had reached level 40.

Shrek discussed whether to forfeit its match against the Elephant Armor Sect, whose Diamond Mammoth martial souls made it exceptionally difficult to defeat. Ye Xian rejected forfeiting and suggested there was a middle ground, but had not yet explained what it was.

• Zhao Wuji explained the Elephant Armor Sect's powerful defenses and warned that the confined arena left Shrek little chance to exploit its weakness in speed.
• Zhao Wuji recommended that Shrek forfeit the match to avoid injuries and conceal its strength, while Flender worried about losing advertising revenue.
• Ma Hongjun questioned the need to hide Shrek's abilities, but Oscar argued that keeping them secret would help against stronger opponents later.
• Dai Mubai asked captain Ye Xian to decide whether the team should compete.
• Ye Xian said Shrek could not forfeit and told Flender and Zhao Wuji that there was a middle ground.

Ye Xian chose a lineup and prepared tactics for Shrek Team’s second-round match against Elephant Armor Academy. As the teams entered the arena, Yu Xiaogang and Tang San hoped Shrek would struggle without Tang San.

• Ye Xian selected Tai Long, Huang Yuan, Jing Ling, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, and Xiao Wu to fight, and arranged their tactics.
• Zhao Wuji and Flender let Ye Xian lead the preparations without offering further suggestions.
• The second round began across five arenas, and Shrek Team was assigned the central stage to face Elephant Armor Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that Elephant Armor Academy, founded by the Elephant Armor Sect, appeared to have more than four members at Soul Power level 40 or above.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San hoped Shrek Team would lose or struggle, believing Tang San’s absence would make his importance clear.

The VIP spectators gathered to watch the tournament, including Elephant Armor Sect Master Celestial Elephant Hu YanZhen, whose presence reflected the Lower Four Sects’ close ties to Spirit Hall. Ning Fengzhi remained confident that Shrek Team could defeat Elephant Armor Academy, but the chapter ended as the match revealed an unexpected development.

• Emperor Xue Ye watched the matches alongside Ning Fengzhi, Salas, Bone Douluo Gu Rong, and the enormous Celestial Elephant Hu YanZhen.
• Gu Rong asked Ning Fengzhi why Hu YanZhen had come, and Ning Fengzhi said Salas had likely summoned him because Elephant Armor Academy was competing that day.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that the Lower Four Sects were closely aligned with Spirit Hall, while the Upper Three Sects had different relationships with the empire and Spirit Hall.
• Gu Rong praised the rising younger generation and asked whether Ning Fengzhi still trusted Shrek Team against Elephant Armor Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi said Shrek Team should win by exploiting Elephant Armor Sect’s obvious flaws, then reacted in surprise as something unexpected happened.

Ning Fengzhi realized Salas had arranged the Shrek Team’s matchup against the Elephant Armor Sect to suppress them, and feared the team would suffer serious injuries. The Elephant Armor Academy’s enormous competitors took the stage, looming over the Shrek Team as the match began.

• Ning Fengzhi saw Dai Mubai, Tai Long, and Huang Yuan take the stage and realized the Shrek Team was still holding back without Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Fengzhi noticed Salas’s ruthless expression and suspected the Elephant Armor Sect had been selected to counter the Shrek Team through backroom manipulation.
• Ning Fengzhi worried that his public support for the Shrek Team might make matters worse and hoped they would avoid severe injuries.
• The seven Elephant Armor Academy competitors stepped onto the Central Competition Stage, their size and weight making them resemble a wall of mountains before the Shrek Team.

The Elephant Armor Academy Team’s captain, Hu Yanli, introduced himself as a level-43 Defense System Battle Soul Grandmaster, and Yu Xiaogang worried that Shrek Team was underestimating them by leaving Ye Xian off the field. As the match began, the Elephant Armor Sect descendants transformed into imposing, tusked fighters and stamped the arena.

• Hu Yanli introduced himself and his level, while Yu Xiaogang judged Shrek Team’s lineup and expected them to lose without Ye Xian.
• Dai Mubai introduced himself as Shrek Team’s level-44 vice-captain, and the contestants saluted each other.
• The referee began the first match of the second round as teams across the arena activated their spirit rings.
• The seven Elephant Armor Sect descendants removed their shirts and transformed, growing larger, developing dark yellow armor-like skin and tusks, then stomping the arena together.

The Shrek Team faced the Elephant Armor Sect, whose leader Hu YanZhen expected his grandson Huyan Li to lead them to a top-three finish. After learning that Flender, the Shrek Team’s leader, was the Flying Horn of the Golden Iron Triangle, Salas and Hu YanZhen reacted with alarm as the match began.

• The Shrek Team and the Elephant Armor Sect entered the arena, and Gu Xian noticed that the Elephant Armor disciples’ strength seemed tied to their size.
• Hu YanZhen praised his grandson Huyan Li to Salas and declared that the Elephant Armor Sect aimed to finish in the top three.
• Xue Ye pointed out that four Shrek Team members had four soul rings, surprising Hu YanZhen and Salas.
• Xue Ye asked Ning Fengzhi about Shrek’s leader, and Ning Fengzhi identified Flender as the Flying Horn of the Golden Iron Triangle.
• Salas reacted sharply to Flender’s identity and warned Hu YanZhen, who wondered whether it was already too late to act.

Ning Fengzhi recalled Yu Xiaogang’s history with the Golden Iron Triangle and the rumors surrounding him as Salas asked whether Great Master was with Flender. Meanwhile, the tournament began, and the Elephant Armor Academy team advanced on Shrek, enraged that Dai Mubai had called them small fry.

• Salas asked Ning Fengzhi whether Yu Xiaogang was with Flender, citing his connection to the Golden Iron Triangle and Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi recalled rumors that Yu Xiaogang was at Shrek Academy and had been involved in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan treasury theft and a scandal over private photographs.
• Xue Ye urged everyone in the VIP Seating to watch as the Preliminary Competition began on all five stages.
• Dai Mubai told the Elephant Armor Academy team that their captain did not need to face small fry like them, angering the seven opponents.
• The Elephant Armor Academy team activated their first Soul Rings and advanced in formation, building pressure on the Shrek Team.