Chapter Summaries

Xu Jiujiu opened Starlight Auction House’s top-tier auction, where Shrek Academy bought a powerful Soul Tool and Fixed Soul Cannon Shells. As Wang Dong'er searched the other private rooms for the Ice Scorpion Soul Bone, Xu Jiujiu announced that the auction’s highlights were two items, leaving Wang Dong'er wondering what the unexpected second item might be.

• Qing Ya told Xu Jiujiu about Shrek Academy’s seating dispute, and Xu Jiujiu ordered the rooms connected and their guests observed before discussing the situation with Emperor Xu Jiawei.
• Qing Ya reunited the two Shrek groups in adjoining rooms and explained the auction’s Light-Conducting Screens and bidding arrangements.
• Xu Jiujiu introduced the Overlord Tiger Soul Refining Blade, which Dai Yueheng bought for one million five hundred and sixty thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Wang Yan bought Mingde Hall’s Fixed Soul Cannon Shells after He Caitou urged him to secure them for research.
• Wang Dong'er searched the other rooms and identified Emperor Xu Jiawei, people from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, and two likely members of the Body Sect.
• Xu Jiujiu announced that the next two auction items were the auction’s highlights, surprising Wang Dong'er, who had expected the Ice Scorpion Soul Bone to be the finale.

Wang Dong'er won the Ice Scorpion Left Arm Bone at the auction for seventeen million Gold Soul Coins, despite the Shrek group’s surprise at her bid. The finale began with Xu Jiujiu presenting the Platform of God Conferment and explaining how Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts could rebuild in human form.

• Wang Dong'er’s investment in Jiang Nannan completed her mission and earned her fifty million Gold Soul Coins.
• Xu Jiujiu introduced the Ice Scorpion Left Arm Bone, revealing its ice-attribute requirement, great strength enhancement, and fixed Ice Explosion Technique Soul Skill.
• Wang Yan considered bidding for Ling Luochen, but Wang Dong'er raised the offer to seventeen million Gold Soul Coins and won the bone.
• Wang Dong'er inspected the Ice Scorpion Left Arm Bone, which seemed to respond to her Soul Power, while Ling Luochen watched with conflicted feelings.
• Xu Jiujiu presented the finale, the Platform of God Conferment, and began explaining the human-form rebuilding path available to Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

Wang Dong'er uncovered that the Platform of God Conferment contained an evil Soul Douluo rather than a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and warned Meng Hongchen, while Xu Jiujiu and Xu Jiawei maneuvered to sell it to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. After the auction, Wang Dong'er told Xu Jiujiu that the Ice Scorpion Left Arm Bone required an Extreme Ice martial soul, prompting Xu Jiujiu to offer a partial refund and seek her goodwill.

• Xu Jiujiu presented the sealed Platform of God Conferment as a Rank Nine Soul Tool containing a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and advertised its potential to grant a second martial soul.
• Wang Dong'er learned through the Aether Superflow that an evil Soul Douluo was sealed inside and received a mission to prevent the resulting evil disaster; she also warned Meng Hongchen, who urged Xiao Hongchen to be cautious.
• Xu Jiujiu and Xu Jiawei arranged to sell the Platform of God Conferment to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy while scheming to obtain Mingde Hall Soul Tools and divert the Sun Moon Empire's attention.
• The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy bought the Platform of God Conferment for one hundred and fifty million Gold Soul Coins, and Xiao Hongchen planned to take it to Jing Hongchen.
• Wang Dong'er told Xu Jiujiu that the Ice Jade Scorpion Clan's soul bones could only be absorbed by someone with an Extreme Ice martial soul, and Xu Jiujiu offered to refund seven million Gold Soul Coins.

Wang Dong'er invited Ling Luochen to follow her, revealed her connection to the Clear Sky Sect, and absorbed the Ice Scorpion Left Arm Bone as the Ice Empress and Snow Empress discussed the future of soul beasts. The round-of-sixteen match between Shrek Academy and Dou Ling Royal Academy began, with both teams revealing their lineups and Dou Ling’s defense specialist raising a wall of shields.

• Wang Dong'er explained the Ice Scorpion soul bone’s Extreme Ice restriction to Ling Luochen, then privately revealed her ice-attributed second martial soul and invited Ling Luochen to follow her.
• Wang Dong'er absorbed the Ice Scorpion Left Arm Bone, while the Ice Empress and Snow Empress discussed humanity’s threat to soul beasts and the possibility that Wang Dong'er could help them coexist.
• Wang Yan prepared Shrek Academy for its round-of-sixteen match against Dou Ling Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy, and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy watched for evidence of Shrek’s alleged cigar cheating.
• Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Ling Luochen, and the rest of Shrek’s lineup took the stage against Gu Zhujian’s Dou Ling team, whose members included five Soul Kings.
• The match began, Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng revealed their Soul Emperor strength, and Chi Hengyu split his Vajra Giant Shield into a defensive wall.

Shrek Academy defeated Dou Ling Royal Academy in the team battle, then Dai Yueheng brutally won three individual matches as Shrek advanced through the quarterfinals into the final four. Wang Yan reprimanded Ma Xiaotao for exposing her abilities, and he began briefing the team on its semifinal opponents.

• Shrek Academy used Xu Shishi’s Mysterious Nether Swap to disrupt Dou Ling Royal Academy’s formation, and Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng helped secure a decisive victory that left Gu Zhujian unconscious with four broken limbs.
• Ma Xiaotao challenged Dou Ling Royal Academy to seek revenge in the individual matches, while Wang Yan later scolded her for disregarding his tactics and exposing her abilities to Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Dai Yueheng volunteered to fight first in the individual elimination match, then severely injured Qian Yuan and Han Ling’er before knocking Chi Hengyu off the stage.
• Shrek Academy defeated Zheng Tian Academy in the quarterfinals, and Wang Dong’er helped Ye Wuqing leave the match without serious injury.
• Shrek Academy advanced to the final four alongside Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Star Luo Royal Academy, and Di Ao Academy, and Wang Yan began presenting information about the other teams.

The semifinal draw matched Shrek Academy against the Star Luo Royal Academy, whose newly revealed captain Xu Jiujiu wielded the Star Crown. As the team battle began, both sides released their martial souls, leaving the match underway with Xu Jiujiu’s team shielded by her golden support skill.

• Xu Jiawei presided over the semifinal draw and appointed Huang Jinxu to referee the matches.
• Xu Jiujiu appeared as captain of the Star Luo Royal Academy, and the draw paired her team with Shrek Academy while Sun Moon faced Di Ao Academy.
• Wang Yan chose Huo Yuhao for Shrek’s team battle lineup and urged Wang Dong'er and the others to defend the academy.
• Xu Jiujiu arranged her team against Shrek’s lineup, and the referee started the battle.
• Xu Jiujiu revealed her Star Crown martial soul and spread a golden protective aura over her teammates while Ling Luochen filled the field with icy mist.

Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng fought Star Luo Royal Academy inside Xu Jiujiu’s Star Guardian barrier, where her team’s tactics trapped and overwhelmed Shrek’s fighters. Dai Yueheng entered a slaughtering state and killed Huang Heyun, while the Heavenly Fiend Douluo struck the barrier to stop him.

• Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Evil Fire burned through Xu Jiujiu’s Star Radiance enhancement, but Xu Jiujiu trapped her inside a Rank Seven Absolute Defense Soul Tool and raised the Star Guardian barrier.
• Xu Jiujiu’s team concentrated their attacks on Dai Yueheng, and four fighters combined their soul power through a Nine Transformations Soul Instrument to knock him down and make him spit blood.
• Dai Yueheng charged again, while Wang Dong’er broke through the defense-system Soul King guarding Xu Jiujiu and Bei Bei intercepted the Lightning Falcon soul master.
• Dai Yueheng entered a bloodthirsty state, tore into Huang Heyun with his tiger claws, and drenched himself in blood as Yi Chen cried out.
• The Heavenly Fiend Douluo struck the Star Guardian barrier after realizing Dai Yueheng had killed Huang Heyun.

Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire erupted during Shrek Academy’s match, nearly killing Xu Jiujiu before Wang Dong’er protected her with an Invincible Shield. Xuan Zi took Wang Dong’er to help Ma Xiaotao, but she refused until Ma Xiaotao clung to her and her evil fire began to subside.

• Xuan Zi knocked Heavenly Fiend Douluo away, rescued Dai Yueheng, and accidentally shattered the barrier containing Ma Xiaotao, triggering her evil fire eruption.
• Wang Dong’er shielded Xu Jiujiu from Ma Xiaotao’s attack, and the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner after Star Luo Royal Academy forfeited.
• Xu Jiujiu thanked Wang Dong’er and promised to repay her, while Xu Jiawei ordered officials to keep the incident secret until the tournament ended.
• Xuan Zi took Wang Dong’er to a lake outside Star Luo City and asked her to suppress Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire, but Wang Dong’er refused because Xuan Zi had failed to protect her.
• Ma Xiaotao emerged from the cocoon, grabbed Wang Dong’er’s ankle, and begged her to hit her; Wang Dong’er’s kick weakened Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire.

After the semifinal scandal, Shrek Academy struggled to assemble a team for the final as several students refused to compete and others considered leaving. The Body Sect tried to recruit Huo Yuhao, but he refused, and Xu Zi drove its representatives away.

• Xu Zi found Ma Xiaotao recovering after her evil fire subsided and brought her back, while worrying about Dai Yueheng's behavior.
• The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's leader told its students to prioritize surviving the final, while Xu Jiawei agreed to compensate Xu Jiujiu and she urged him to reward Wang Dong'er.
• Wang Yan considered withdrawing from the final, but Elder Xuan's promise to intervene persuaded him to proceed; Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, Huo Yuhao, and Jiang Nannan refused to compete, leaving six people.
• Ling Luochen decided to give her all in the final, while Ning Tian and Wu Feng decided to leave Shrek Academy after returning.
• Lang Ya and Yu Tao entered Shrek Academy's suite to recruit Huo Yuhao for the Body Sect, but Huo Yuhao refused and Xu Zi attacked them with a chicken bone.

As Shrek Academy prepared to face the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy in the finals, Meng Hongchen publicly accused Shrek of cheating and demanded an inspection of its contestants. The accusation left Shrek’s team under pressure as rival academy captains gathered on the stage.

• Xuan Zi drove Lang Ya and Yu Tao away, and Wang Yan explained the Body Sect’s history and its past conflict with Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yuhao worried the Body Sect might try to abduct him again, while Dai Yueheng saw his father, Dai Hao, arrive before the finals.
• Xu Jiawei announced the tournament prizes, and the referee explained the final’s three match formats as both teams took the stage.
• Meng Hongchen called the quarterfinals’ captains onto the stage and asked them to remove the cigars from Shrek Academy’s contestants.
• Meng Hongchen formally reported Shrek Academy for cheating, and Gu Zhujian challenged Dai Yueheng to prove Shrek’s strength.
• Xu Shishi and Gu Zhujian argued with Meng Hongchen, while Wang Yan and Xuan Zi struggled to respond to the accusation.

Meng Hongchen exposed Shrek Academy’s use of soul-skill-made cigars, and the tournament declared its results void. As a Shrek student accused the academy of killing his brother, a mysterious projection began showing Shrek’s founders from ten thousand years earlier.

• Meng Hongchen had the captains test the cigars, confirming their strength-enhancing effect and exposing Shrek Academy’s cheating.
• Meng Hongchen accused He Caitou of making the cigars and argued that Shrek Academy’s tournament results should be voided.
• A Titled Douluo announced that Shrek Academy’s results were void, leaving Wang Yan devastated and the team humiliated.
• A Shrek student rushed onto the platform and accused the academy of killing his brother, while Yu Tao blocked Xuan Zi from seizing him.
• A huge projection appeared above the platform and showed Shrek’s founders behaving arrogantly toward Canghui Academy, prompting Xuan Zi and Wang Yan to recognize Flender’s name and school motto.

Footage exposing Shrek Academy’s past abuses and present misconduct played over the Soul Fighting Tournament, leaving Xuan Zi and the academy disgraced. Wang Dong'er refused to return with Shrek, and multiple factions intervened to protect her as Xuan Zi confronted her.

• Xuan Zi failed to stop the footage, which showed Shrek Academy’s history of abuses, its treatment of Soul Beasts, and its attempt to cheat in the tournament.
• The footage showed Xuan Zi’s past failures during a Soul Beast hunt, prompting an Outer Court Student to accuse him of causing his older brother’s death.
• Xuan Zi ordered the students to return to Shrek Academy, but Wang Dong'er refused and declared that she was leaving the academy.
• Wang Dong'er challenged Xuan Zi over his failure to protect students and his role in Shrek’s cheating, while Bei Bei rebuked her.
• Yu Tao, representatives of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, and Xu Jiujiu’s Titled Douluo stepped forward to protect Wang Dong'er.
• Tang Ling, a level ninety-eight Titled Douluo from the Clear Sky Sect, arrived and warned Xuan Zi not to approach Wang Dong'er.

After Wang Dong’er and her allies publicly rejected Shrek Academy, several students left with her and gathered at the Star Emperor Hotel to decide their futures. Wang Dong’er offered Ning Tian a way to evolve her Martial Soul and discussed possible paths for the other former Shrek students, leaving their next steps unresolved.

• Xu Jiawei watched Xuan Zi fail to stop Wang Dong’er’s allies from leaving Shrek Academy, while Xiao Xiao and Huo Yuhao announced their departures.
• Jiang Nannan, Ling Luochen, Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and several other students also left Shrek Academy, and Tang Ya finally abandoned her hopes for Bei Bei.
• Xu Jiawei announced the tournament’s result without a final match, and Wang Dong’er brought the departing students to stay at the Star Emperor Hotel.
• At a meeting, Wang Dong’er invited the former students to choose their next destinations; four, including Xiang Quan, left to ask other academies for admission.
• Wang Dong’er told Ning Tian and Wu Feng she could reveal how to evolve the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda or evolve Ning Tian’s Martial Soul directly, and asked the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect what it could offer.
• Wang Dong’er offered to connect Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo with the Body Sect, but the sisters preferred to follow her, and she warned them they would have to follow her personally rather than rely on her background.

Tang Ya told Wang Dong'er that she had abandoned her goal of reviving the Tang Sect but still wanted revenge for its destruction, and Wang Dong'er agreed to help while inviting her to follow her instead of joining the Clear Sky Sect. Wang Dong'er then revealed secrets about Tang San that shook Tang Ya’s faith in the Tang Sect’s ancestor.

• Wang Dong'er accepted the two sisters as her subjects, and Tang Ya arrived with Zhang Lexuan to seek her help.
• Tang Ya explained how Shrek Academy and the Clear Sky Sect had ignored her pleas after the Tang Sect was destroyed, and she chose to live for herself while still seeking vengeance.
• Tang Ya revealed her devouring talent and offered Wang Dong'er the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record in exchange for help against the people occupying the Tang Sect.
• Wang Dong'er agreed to help, invited Tang Ya to follow her, and showed her the Rain of Pear Blossoms Needle and knowledge of the missing Poison Scripture Secret Record.
• Wang Dong'er claimed Tang San had deliberately withheld the Poison Scripture Secret Record and recounted stories about Tang Hao and Tang San, leaving Tang Ya questioning her ancestor's legacy.

Wang Dong'er helped Tang Ya decide to pursue revenge against those occupying the Tang Sect’s former site, then accepted Xu Jiujiu’s invitation to the Star Luo palace. Xu Jiujiu gave Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao two Fifty Thousand Year Soul Bones and a personal defensive gift, while Wang Dong'er declined to promise aid to the Star Luo Empire.

• Wang Dong'er left Tang Ya to consider her next steps, but Tang Ya soon decided to take revenge and wait for Wang Dong'er's schedule before confronting the Soul Emperor-level expert.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng chose to follow Wang Dong'er, while Zhang Lexuan and the Lan sisters remained troubled by what they had learned about Shrek Academy.
• Xu Jiujiu invited Wang Dong'er to the palace to repay her for saving her life, and Wang Dong'er brought Xiao Xiao along.
• Xu Jiujiu showed Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao the royal treasury and offered them treasures in gratitude.
• Wang Dong'er chose a Fear Demon Dragon head soul bone for Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Xiao selected a Sky Demon Dragon left leg bone for herself.
• Wang Dong'er declined to promise help to the Star Luo Empire in a future crisis, but Xu Jiujiu gave her a defensive gift and a palace token.

Wang Dong'er tried on Xiao Xiao’s carefully chosen outfit, then spoke with Meng Hongchen about joining Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and the Platform of God Conferment. Back at Shrek Academy, the deans mistakenly believed returning students had died before learning that several had withdrawn, including Wang Dong'er and Ling Luochen.

• Wang Dong'er put on the black-and-gold inner armor and Xiao Xiao’s chosen clothes, then admired her new look.
• Meng Hongchen visited Wang Dong'er to apologize and again offered to bring her into Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy; Wang Dong'er said she needed to remain where she was for now.
• Wang Dong'er and Meng Hongchen discussed the Platform of God Conferment, which Meng Hongchen said her academy had to retrieve and keep under her grandfather’s care.
• Yan Shaozhe and the other Shrek Academy leaders saw fewer students returning and feared Elder Xuan had brought them to their deaths.
• Xuan Zi denied that anyone had died, and Bei Bei and Xu Shishi explained that several students, including Ling Luochen, had withdrawn from Shrek Academy after being persuaded by Wang Dong'er.

Shrek Academy punished Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng, rewarded Wang Yan and Bei Bei’s group, and formed a new generation of the Shrek Seven Devils. Wang Dong’er and her companions prepared to leave for the Sun Moon Empire, while Zhang Lexuan set out to revisit her family home.

• Yan Shaozhe brought the returning students to Sea God Pavilion, where Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng received major demerits that were waived, Wang Yan was promoted, and Bei Bei’s group received soul bones and Inner Court assessments.
• Mu En heard Wang Yan’s account of the tournament and ordered preparations to fill the Seven Devils’ ranks, while warning that the Body Sect might soon reemerge.
• Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi selected Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, Cao Jinxuan, and Xie Huanyue for the new Shrek Seven Devils, and Mu En committed to giving the group special resources and training.
• Meng Hongchen invited Wang Dong’er to Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, and Wang Dong’er’s companions agreed to go with her while Zhang Lexuan decided to revisit her family home.
• Wang Dong’er planned to handle Tang Ya’s revenge, Jiang Nannan’s mother, and Xiao Xiao’s family before departing for the Sun Moon Empire.

Zhang Lexuan confided her doubts about her family’s past to Wang Dong’er, but Bei Bei and Xuan Zi accused her of betraying Shrek Academy, escalating the conflict between them. As Wang Dong’er and Zhang Lexuan headed toward Heaven Dou City, the Body Sect arrived at Shrek Academy and challenged Xuan Zi.

• Zhang Lexuan accepted a ride with Wang Dong’er and asked whether she would oppose Shrek Academy, then sought her help uncovering the truth about her family’s deaths.
• Bei Bei found Zhang Lexuan speaking with Wang Dong’er and accused her of betraying the academy; Xuan Zi arrived and also questioned her loyalty.
• Wang Dong’er threatened Xuan Zi, who attacked her, but Tang Ling blocked the blow while Zhang Lexuan tried to shield her.
• Bei Bei severed ties with Zhang Lexuan, and Xuan Zi left; Zhang Lexuan decided to travel with Wang Dong’er to visit her family’s former home.
• Wang Dong’er and Zhang Lexuan entered Heaven Dou City as Poison Old Monster called out Xuan Zi at Shrek Academy, prompting powerful academy figures to appear.

Du Busi led the Body Sect to Shrek Academy and fought Xuan Zi until Mu En revealed himself as the Dragon God Douluo. Niu Tian and Tai Tan then arrived for the Clear Sky Sect, demanded punishment for Shrek’s treatment of Wang Dong’er, and left Xuan Zi preparing to take two attacks to spare Ma Xiaotao.

• Du Busi accused Shrek Academy of mistreating Body Sect members and clashed with Xuan Zi above Shrek City.
• Mu En used Sea God’s Light to break up the confrontation, revealed himself to Du Busi, and identified two powerful newcomers approaching.
• Niu Tian and Tai Tan arrived from the Clear Sky Sect and demanded that Shrek answer for bullying Wang Dong’er.
• Niu Tian demanded the culprit, compensation, and Shrek’s hidden martial soul methods, while Mu En refused to hand over Ma Xiaotao.
• Tai Tan offered to spare Ma Xiaotao’s life if someone took one attack and preserve her cultivation if they took two; Xuan Zi agreed to face both attacks.

Niu Tian defeated Xuan Zi with two attacks, then took Ma Xiaotao away while promising to keep Shrek Academy’s students from being harmed unless they acted maliciously against Wang Dong'er. Wang Dong'er led Tang Ya and the others to confront the Iron Blood Sect in Heaven Dou City, where she killed Tie Tang and faced sect master Tie Li.

• Niu Tian struck Xuan Zi with the Azure Slow Divine Claw and Azure Annihilation Divine Thunder, leaving him gravely injured in Sea God Lake.
• Mu En sent Qian Duoduo to deliver the agreed items, and Tai Tan imprisoned the unconscious Ma Xiaotao before Niu Tian and Tai Tan departed with her.
• Niu Tian and Tai Tan headed for Heaven Dou City to meet Wang Dong'er, while Du Busi left Shrek Academy with his people.
• Wang Dong'er brought Tang Ya and their companions to the Iron Blood Sect’s former Tang Sect site, where Tang Ya challenged Tie Tang over the sect’s destruction.
• Wang Dong'er punched through Tie Tang’s soul skill and struck him down, then ordered the Iron Blood Sect disciples to kneel as Tie Li arrived with two elders.