Chapter Summaries

Lin Yun reunited with Xiao Xiao and revealed that he had killed a Titled Douluo and reached rank fifty-seven, leaving his friends stunned. In Heaven Dou City, Tang Ya embraced her Martial Soul’s dark power to destroy Iron Blood Sect, but Zhang Peng captured her and took her to the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Lin Yun told Xiao Xiao and the others that he had killed a Titled Douluo and broken through to rank fifty-seven, shocking them.
• Tang Ya tried to rebuild the Tang Sect in Heaven Dou City, but Iron Blood Sect and other local powers obstructed her and drove her into despair.
• Tang Ya accepted her Martial Soul’s devouring power, evolved her Blue Silver Grass into the Dark Blue Silver King, and attacked Iron Blood Sect.
• Tang Ya nearly wiped out Iron Blood Sect and attempted to die alongside its Soul Emperor, but Zhang Peng intervened and defeated her.
• Zhang Peng captured Tang Ya and vanished with her, welcoming the Blue Silver Saintess back to the Holy Spirit Cult.

The Shrek group attended the Starlight Auction House’s premium auction, where Qing Ya welcomed them and chatted with Wang Yan. The auction began before Lin Yun learned what its final item would be.

• Tang Ya had become the Holy Spirit Cult’s saintess, leaving Beibei, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong as the Tang Sect’s only members.
• On the eve of the auction, Lin Yun and the Shrek group arrived at the Starlight Auction House and were led by Qing Ya to VIP Room Six.
• Lin Yun asked Qing Ya about the auction items, but she refused to reveal confidential details.
• Qing Ya showed interest in Wang Yan, exchanged Soul Tool contact information with him, and let him believe she wanted help expanding the auction house’s business into Shrek City.
• The auction began, and Jiujiu was introduced as the auctioneer.

Lin Yun and the Shrek group watched Xu Jiujiu open the auction with a Class 8 Soul Tool, and Ma Xiaotao bought it to strengthen the team for the tournament. Wang Yan bought a set of Fixed Soul Cannon Shells for research, while Lin Yun passed on the other items as the auction’s main event approached.

• Lin Yun mocked Wu Feng for failing to recognize Star Luo Court Etiquette, and Wu Feng, Wang Dong, and Wang Yan each realized they had not recognized it either.
• Qing Ya introduced Xu Jiujiu as the Star Luo Empire’s princess, who asked to be addressed as Jiujiu Auctioneer at the auction house.
• Xu Jiujiu presented the Class 8 Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade, and Lin Yun and Wang Yan urged Ma Xiaotao to buy it for the tournament.
• Ma Xiaotao outbid the other guests and bought the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade for one million three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Wang Yan bought twelve Class 6 Fixed Soul Cannon Shells for Shrek’s Soul Tool Department, while Lin Yun skipped the later Soul Bones and Class 8 Soul Guided Cannon.

At the auction’s finale, Xu Jiujiu presented an eighty-thousand-year Golden Earth Dragon Right Leg Bone, a rare soul bone with the potential to strengthen dragon-type Martial Souls. Ning Tian bought it after Lin Yun declined, leaving Beibei disappointed and the bone likely destined for Wu Feng.

• Xu Jiujiu revealed the Golden Earth Dragon Right Leg Bone as the auction’s finale item and announced that it was eighty thousand years old.
• Beibei and Wu Feng longed for the soul bone, but neither could authorize the enormous purchase through their respective organizations.
• Ning Tian offered to buy the soul bone for Lin Yun, but he said he had no interest in it.
• Ning Tian bought the soul bone for over forty-six million Gold Soul Coins, and it was likely to go to Wu Feng.
• Beibei accepted that he would not get the soul bone, while Xian Lin'er remained absent.

At the Starlight Auction, Lin Yun recognized the final item, a Glazed Jade Tea Immortal Herb, and compared it with his own, which was more mature and powerful. Ning Tian decided to buy both auctioned herbs, while Xiao Hongchen saw the item as his chance to catch up to Lin Yun; the bidding began with both of them competing fiercely.

• After the Golden Earth Dragon King Right Leg Bone auction ended, Xu Jiujiu presented the final item, a Glazed Jade Tea, and Lin Yun recognized it as an Immortal Herb.
• Lin Yun explained that Glazed Jade Tea could help evolve the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, and Ning Tian eagerly gathered her wealth to bid for it.
• Lin Yun compared the auctioned seven-colored Glazed Jade Tea with his own nine-colored one and determined that his was more mature.
• Ning Tian declared that she wanted both Immortal Herbs, while Xiao Hongchen resolved to buy the auctioned one so he could catch up to Lin Yun.
• After the viewing period ended, Xiao Hongchen raised the opening bid from twenty million to thirty million Gold Soul Coins, and Ning Tian immediately increased it to fifty million.

Ning Tian outbid Xiao Hongchen for the Glazed Jade Tea, while Xu Jiawei’s plan to acquire high-grade Soul Tools collapsed. The chapter left Ning Tian celebrating her purchase and Xu Jiawei forced to abandon his plans.

• Ning Tian and Xiao Hongchen drove the Glazed Jade Tea’s price to 180,000,000 Gold Soul Coins, while Huo Yuhao admired Ning Tian’s wealth and Wang Dong grew jealous of Huo Yuhao’s attention.
• Ma Rulong and Meng Hongchen tried to console Xiao Hongchen as he accepted that he could not afford the winning bid.
• Ning Tian won the Glazed Jade Tea and treated the Shrek Team to a lavish feast that night.
• Xu Jiawei lost the chance to obtain Xiao Hongchen’s mortgaged Soul Tools and had to discard his plans after Ning Tian bought the tea.

Xu Jiawei abandoned his plan to target the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Clan after realizing it would undermine the Star Luo Empire’s standing, and he regretted not saving the Glazed Jade Tea for Xu Jiujiu. After the auction, the Top 16 Elimination Round began, setting Shrek Academy against the already familiar Zhengtian Academy Team.

• Xu Jiawei realized that attacking the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Clan over the Glazed Jade Tea would isolate the Star Luo Empire, so he gave up the rest of his plan.
• Xu Jiawei regretted selling the immortal herb instead of letting Xu Jiujiu consume it, but chose to protect the Star Luo Empire’s legacy and reputation.
• The Premium Auction ended, and the Top 16 Elimination Round began the next day.
• Shrek Academy entered the Top 16 as the top seed after seven consecutive victories in the elimination rounds.
• The draw matched Shrek Academy against the Zhengtian Academy Team, whose members lost their fighting spirit when they saw the result.

Ma Xiaotao led Shrek Academy past Zhengtian Team while Lin Yun sat out, and Shrek advanced to the top eight. Lin Yun returned for Shrek’s match against Dou Ling Academy, where the teams took the field and Dou Ling prepared to unleash a trump card.

• Ma Xiaotao led Shrek Academy to defeat Zhengtian Team in the team battle, then won three individual matches in a row.
• The top-eight bracket paired Shrek Team with Dou Ling Team while the other three royal academy teams drew different opponents.
• After the other three royal academy teams advanced to the semifinals, Lin Yun led Shrek onto the arena surrounded by six girls.
• Xu Sanshi grew jealous of Lin Yun’s entrance, while Gu Zhujian and Dou Ling Team resolved to use their trump card against him.
• The referee began the match, and Dou Ling Team formed a formation around Gu Zhujian as he challenged Shrek to face their trump card.

Gu Zhujian and the Dou Ling Team assembled their Class 7 Soul Tool, the Thunder Cannon, to challenge Lin Yun with a strike comparable to a Soul Saint’s full-force attack. Lin Yun met it with his Serious Punch, and the chapter ended as lightning and crimson-gold fire collided.

• Gu Zhujian brought out the Thunder Cannon, and the seven members of the Dou Ling Team formed a resonance to charge it.
• Gu Zhujian questioned why Lin Yun had not interrupted the charge, and Lin Yun said he wanted to use their combined attack as a warm-up.
• Lin Yun revealed five Soul Rings and transformed his right arm into a golden-flamed dragon claw, unsettling Ma Xiaotao.
• The Dou Ling Team fired the fully charged Thunder Cannon, and Lin Yun answered with his Serious Punch as their attacks collided.

Lin Yun led Shrek to victory over the Dou Ling Team by surviving their peak Soul Saint-level attack, securing a place in the tournament semifinals. As the teams left the arena, two concealed figures began watching Xue Qingci, whose sense of danger grew stronger.

• The referee carried the unconscious Dou Ling Team members out of the dust, confirming their defeat while Lin Yun and the Shrek students remained standing.
• Lin Yun revealed that the Thunder Cannon had cracked one of his dragon scales, then praised the Dou Ling Team's attack and sent its members fainting again with his words.
• Lin Yun left the arena with Xiao Xiao, Ma Xiaotao, and the other Shrek students amid the crowd's cheers.
• Xue Qingci complained that Lin Yun had used her empire's team to establish his prestige, then followed the Dou Ling Team back to their hotel.
• Two mysterious black-robed figures secretly watched Xue Qingci, while her foreboding grew as the tournament approached its conclusion.

The Shrek Academy and Star Luo Royal Academy teams began their semifinal match after the draw paired them together. Xu Jiujiu sealed off the arena with Star’s Protection, and Lin Yun prepared to break through it while Ma Xiaotao took on Star Luo’s battle soul masters.

• Xu Jiawei’s draw paired Shrek Academy against Star Luo Royal Academy and Sun Moon Team against Dio Team.
• Huang Jinxu took the arena as referee and announced the semifinal match’s rules before starting it.
• Xu Jiujiu used her fourth Soul Skill, Star’s Protection, to divide the arena with a powerful starlight shield.
• Ma Xiaotao chose to deal with Star Luo’s battle soul masters while Lin Yun broke the shield.
• Lin Yun activated King’s Clothes Shattering and prepared to strike Star’s Protection with his stacked power.

Lin Yun tried to break Xu Jiujiu’s Star’s Protection with an ice-and-fire attack, but her Absolute Defense Soul Tool trapped the blast and sent the Shrek Team’s other members flying off the arena. Lin Yun survived the explosion and, after realizing his confidence had made him careless, faced Xu Jiujiu again and declared he was getting serious.

• Lin Yun launched Ice and Fire Divine Dragon Dance at Xu Jiujiu’s Star’s Protection, using a gale to obscure the arena.
• Xu Jiujiu used Absolute Defense to trap Lin Yun and his attack inside its barrier.
• The ice-and-fire explosion destroyed Absolute Defense and blasted five Shrek Team girls off the arena, leaving Ma Xiaotao and Lin Yun behind.
• Lin Yun crashed onto the arena unharmed but disheveled, then admitted he had underestimated Xu Jiujiu’s timing.
• Lin Yun reflected on his overconfidence, put on fresh clothes, and told Xu Jiujiu he was getting serious.

Lin Yun used the Golden Dragon Death Scythe to break Xu Jiujiu’s Star’s Protection and defeat the Star Luo Team after thanking her for teaching him not to fight carelessly. He left Xu Jiujiu frightened and the arena stunned.

• Xu Jiujiu gloated that her scheme had eliminated five Shrek Academy fighters, leaving only Lin Yun and Ma Xiaotao.
• Lin Yun summoned the Golden Dragon Death Scythe, and its pressure drove Ma Xiaotao to retreat to the arena’s edge.
• Lin Yun thanked Xu Jiujiu for teaching him to guard against arrogance and used Shifting Shadows to strike Star’s Protection from seven positions.
• Lin Yun shattered Star’s Protection, defeated the Star Luo Team’s six Soul Kings, and held his scythe to Xu Jiujiu’s neck.
• Xu Jiujiu trembled and fell against Lin Yun before jumping away, while the audience, referee, competing teams, and Xu Jiawei stared in shock.

Lin Yun’s overwhelming strength helped Shrek defeat the Star Luo Team and reach the finals, while the Sun Moon Team defeated Dio to become Shrek’s opponent. With the championship match approaching, Lin Yun arranged Shrek’s team battle lineup.

• Lin Yun defeated the Star Luo Team in the team battle, leaving Xu Jiujiu and her teammates shaken by his strength.
• The Star Luo Team surrendered when Lin Yun entered the individual matches, sending Shrek into the finals.
• Ma Rulong and Xiao Hongchen led the Sun Moon Team in a barrage of Soul Tool attacks that overwhelmed the Dio Team.
• The Sun Moon Team defeated Dio in the team battle and individual matches, advancing to face Shrek in the finals.
• Lin Yun assigned roles for Shrek’s championship team battle, telling Ma Xiaotao to use the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade.

The Soul Fighting Competition final began between Shrek and Sun Moon, with Huo Yuhao confronting the sight of his father, Dai Hao, in the stands. Lin Yun struck the Sun Moon Team before they could set up their weapons, but their Invincible Shields stopped his opening attack.

• Huo Yuhao spotted Dai Hao in the stands and glared at his father with hatred.
• Dai Hao delivered the opening speech, and Xu Jiawei watched with a strained expression.
• Meng Hongchen joined the Sun Moon Team's battle formation and winked at Lin Yun, making Xiao Hongchen visibly flustered.
• Huang Jinxu started the match, and both teams released their Martial Souls as the Sun Moon Team prepared its Soul Tools.
• Lin Yun used Yaoling's Spatial Shuttle to reach the Sun Moon Team instantly and struck at every member with his Golden Dragon Death Scythe.
• The Sun Moon Team blocked Lin Yun's attacks with Invincible Shields.

Lin Yun evaded the Sun Moon Team’s expensive saturation attack and revealed a new self-created soul skill, Evil Dragon Necro Slash. As black lines spread across the arena, the outcome of his strike remained unknown.

• The Sun Moon Team used seven Invincible Shields and fired a full-power barrage at Lin Yun, but he crossed space and returned unharmed to Shrek’s side.
• Ma Rulong realized their plan had failed and ordered the team to activate three Invincible Shields when Lin Yun’s fourth Soul Ring began to glow.
• Lin Yun lit his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and combined Golden Dragon Demonic Flash with Golden Dragon Death Scythe, Spatial Shuttle, and the powers of time and space.
• Lin Yun named the new self-created soul skill Evil Dragon Necro Slash, vanished, and covered the arena in endless black lines.

Lin Yun overwhelmed the Sun Moon Team by using spatial and temporal powers to destroy their Invincible Shields and Soul Tools without killing them. Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen transformed with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Red Dust Infatuation, but Lin Yun defeated them as easily, leaving Shrek’s other six members to win without fighting.

• Lin Yun vanished into space and repeatedly struck the Sun Moon Team, shattering their Invincible Shields and destroying their Soul Tools.
• Ma Rulong asked Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen to fight, and the siblings agreed to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen formed the enormous dark-golden toad Red Dust Infatuation.
• Lin Yun split apart their fusion and knocked Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen off the arena, securing Shrek’s victory while the other six Shrek members watched.

Shrek Academy won the tournament after Lin Yun overwhelmed Sun Moon Team, and Lin Yun collected the champion’s rewards before leaving the awards platform. Ma Xiaotao’s attachment to Shrek Academy weakened as her reliance on Lin Yun grew, while Lin Yun looked forward to confronting Mu En and Elder Xuan again.

• Ma Rulong gave up after Lin Yun entered the individual matches and sent three Sun Moon Team members out to concede before ending the contest.
• Shrek Academy claimed the championship, with Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy as runner-up and Star Luo Royal Academy and Dio Academy as semifinalists.
• Ma Xiaotao moved closer to Lin Yun after the victory, feeling reassured by his presence as her attachment to him quietly surpassed her attachment to Shrek Academy.
• Lin Yun accepted the champion’s trophy and three Soul Bones, then tossed the trophy to Wang Yan and kept the Soul Bones for their practical value.
• Lin Yun left the awards platform eager to return to Shrek Academy and torment Mu En and Elder Xuan.

After the tournament, the crippled sons of Duke White Tiger and Shrek students Gongyang Mo and Xixi were abandoned or driven away, while Mu En remained unaware of the elders’ sabotage. As the tournament ended, Xian Lin'er tried to recruit Lin Yun into Shrek’s Soul Tool Department.

• Dai Hao returned to his mansion in a rage after both legitimate sons were crippled, while the Duchess tried to conceive another heir.
• Dai Yueheng was cast aside by the White Tiger Family after losing his lower body and combat ability.
• Gongyang Mo and Xixi withdrew from Shrek Academy after receiving secretive counseling, and Xixi disappeared from Shrek City.
• Shrek elders misled Mu En about the treatment of the injured students, and Dai Hao restrained his anger toward Shrek despite his family’s hatred.
• Xian Lin'er approached Lin Yun and offered him resources to join Shrek’s Soul Tool Department.

Xian Lin'er tried to recruit Lin Yun into Shrek's Soul Tool Department, but he argued that Soul Tools offered him little advantage compared with his own abilities and cultivation. He ended by teasing Xian Lin'er, leaving her recruitment attempt unresolved.

• Xian Lin'er claimed Shrek's Soul Tool Department now had the academy's greatest resources and promised Lin Yun a generous allocation if he joined.
• Lin Yun dismissed the department's offerings, explaining that his soul skills and weapons outmatched most combat Soul Tools and that he could simply buy defensive and support tools.
• Ning Tian offered five hundred million Gold Soul Coins for Lin Yun's Nine-Colored Glazed Jade Tea, underscoring that he could obtain resources without joining Shrek's department.
• Xian Lin'er pressed Lin Yun about the future of Soul Tools, but he argued that their current limits made cultivation a better use of his time.
• Lin Yun told Xian Lin'er that she was more attractive than the conditions she had offered and teased her about her charms.