Chapter Summaries

Wang Yan briefed Shrek Academy on the Round-Robin Tournament and planned to use Ye Qingchen’s intimidating Soul Ring to unsettle their opponents. Shrek’s first match was drawn against Cloud Luo Advanced Soul Engineer Academy in the one-on-one individual knockout format.

• Wang Yan checked on Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and Ling Luochen, who reported that their injuries were healing.
• Wang Yan explained the group-stage scoring and match formats, and said Ye Qingchen should fight while holding back to keep opponents afraid.
• Shrek Academy arrived at Star Luo Square as the Round-Robin Tournament began, and the host announced that their group had eight teams.
• Ye Qingchen and the Cloud Luo Advanced Soul Engineer Academy captain drew the one-on-one individual knockout format for their match.

Ye Qingchen fought Cloud Luo Academy alone in the individual Knockout Tournament and defeated Ma Yingjun, Shang Yue, and captain Situ Yu. After Situ Yu conceded, Shrek Academy won the match.

• Wang Yan sent Ye Qingchen out first, and Ye Qingchen promised to defeat all seven Cloud Luo Academy opponents.
• Ma Yingjun attacked Ye Qingchen with a barrage of soul tool fire, but Ye Qingchen absorbed the shots with distorted space and sent them back, knocking Ma Yingjun off the stage.
• Shang Yue attacked Ye Qingchen with twin Melee Soul Tools, but he endured her strikes, crushed her blades, and threw her off the stage.
• Situ Yu requested an honorable match, then deployed his Soul Tool Turret and attacked Ye Qingchen with light bombs and beams.
• Ye Qingchen evaded Situ Yu's attacks with Three Thousand Thunder Illusory Body, charged in, and knocked Situ Yu into the protective barrier.
• Situ Yu accepted defeat and Cloud Luo Academy conceded, giving Shrek Academy the victory.

Wang Yan took Shrek Academy’s reserve team to a Star Luo City auction, where Ye Qingchen bought and purified the Soul Devouring Carving Knife before transforming it into the Azure Wave Realm’s life-force core. The next morning, Shrek headed to Star Luo Square to face Thousand Spirit Advanced Soul Master Academy, hoping to endure two more battles until Ling Luochen returned.

• Wang Yan led the reserve team to Starlight Auction House and explained that the evening’s event focused on Soul Tools below the sixth rank.
• Ye Qingchen bid one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for the Soul Devouring Carving Knife and won it.
• Ye Qingchen purified the vicious blade with Divine Power, transformed it into a sphere, and merged it into the Azure Wave Realm to provide an aura of life.
• Ye Qingchen told the Ice Empress that he had leads about the Snow Empress, and she offered to fight if he needed her.
• Wang Yan led Shrek Academy to Star Luo Square for its match against Thousand Spirit Advanced Soul Master Academy.

Shrek Academy faced Thousand Spirit Academy in a team battle, where Ye Qingchen’s powers dismantled their formation and forced their surrender. Shrek advanced after a decisive victory that left most of its team barely involved.

• The draw paired Shrek Academy against Thousand Spirit Academy in a team battle, and both teams took the stage.
• Thousand Spirit Academy formed a shield wall with Yang Ming, Song Hu, Bai Chen, and Ye Mao protecting Shen Ce, An Lengye, and Fei Yu Yan.
• Shen Ce launched his Thousand Strike Spear at Ye Qingchen, but Ye Qingchen reflected the attack with a transparent barrier and directed his teammates to counter the opposing team.
• Ye Qingchen reversed An Lengye’s frost tornado, destroyed her Frost Bear phantom, and struck Thousand Spirit Academy’s members with lightning.
• Shen Ce surrendered after seeing his teammates lose their will to fight, and the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner.

Shrek Academy faced Zhengtian Academy in the third round’s two-two-three format, and Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan won the first two-versus-two match. Xu Sanshi awakened the Black Tortoise bloodline and collapsed from the strain after helping Jiang Nannan defeat their opponents.

• Wang Yan urged the reserve team to prioritize safety before their difficult match against Zhengtian Academy.
• The captains drew the two-two-three format, and Ye Qingchen chose Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan for the opening match.
• Xu Sanshi used Mystic Nether Shift and Mystic Tremor to disrupt Yang Yifan and Yu Mengdi’s coordinated attack, revealing his Black Tortoise martial soul.
• Xu Sanshi held off Yu Mengdi’s Angel, God Sealing Slash while Jiang Nannan struck from behind and knocked her off the stage.
• Xu Sanshi kicked the incapacitated Yang Yifan off the stage, securing the win, then collapsed into Jiang Nannan’s arms after coughing blood.

Shrek Academy sent He Caitou and Xiao Xiao into the second match, where their coordinated sacrifice nearly defeated Zhengtian Academy’s Soul King and Soul Ancestor but left Blood Wolf as the last survivor. With the score tied, Bei Bei and Wang Dong prepared to fight in the deciding three-versus-three match.

• Jiang Nannan agreed to take the injured Xu Sanshi away to recover, and Ye Qingchen sent He Caitou and Xiao Xiao into the second match to pressure Zhengtian Academy.
• He Caitou began charging his Super Energy Cannon while Xiao Xiao used her cauldron and flute to slow Blood Wolf and defend him from Tang Xiaolei’s arrows.
• Xiao Xiao combined her Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron to block Tang Xiaolei’s Arrow of Rupture and immobilize Blood Wolf, giving He Caitou time to fire his Super Cannon.
• The referee shielded Tang Xiaolei from He Caitou’s blast and eliminated him, but Blood Wolf survived and Zhengtian Academy won the match, tying the score at one to one.
• Wang Yan treated He Caitou and Xiao Xiao, and Ye Qingchen sent Bei Bei and Wang Dong forward for the deciding match.

Ye Qingchen, Wang Dong, and Bei Bei defeated Zhengtian Academy in the third match, earning Shrek Academy a place in the next round. After the referee announced the result, Ye Qingchen signaled to the others and returned to the hotel with them.

• Ye Wuqing introduced himself as Zhengtian Academy's captain, and the referee started the match between the two teams.
• Shangguan Can's Soul-Seizing Bell disrupted Shrek's fighters, but Ye Qingchen's spiritual attack interrupted him while his ice blades repeatedly stopped Ye Wuqing's Golden Leaves.
• Ye Qingchen paralyzed Ye Wuqing with a Soul Tool beam, then used his control over the elements to reverse Yan Er's Flame Cage and send her off the stage.
• Bei Bei dodged Ye Wuqing's Golden Leaf formation and pressured him at close range, while Ye Qingchen's attack knocked Shangguan Can down.
• Ye Qingchen pulled Bei Bei out of danger, then fused his Soul Power with Wang Dong's Clear Sky Hammer to unleash the Heavenly Emperor's Hammer and blast Ye Wuqing and Shangguan Can off the platform.
• The referee declared Shrek Academy the winner and announced that it advanced, and Ye Qingchen returned to the hotel with the others.

Ling Luochen and Ye Qingchen crushed Changning Academy in the fourth-round team battle, showing the tournament that Shrek Academy remained a formidable contender. Shrek then completed the group stage undefeated and prepared to enter the Knockout Tournament as Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng recovered and Xiao Xiao improved.

• Ling Luochen and Ye Qingchen entered the team battle against Changning Academy as Shrek Academy's only competitors.
• Ye Qingchen enhanced Ling Luochen's Ice Element, and her fifth soul skill froze the referee and all seven Changning Academy members.
• Ye Qingchen kicked Changning Academy's frozen members off the stage, and the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner.
• Shrek Academy won its remaining three matches, finished the group stage with seven victories, and advanced to the Knockout Tournament.
• Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng fully recovered, Xiao Xiao's health improved, and Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao reached Soul Elder level without yet obtaining soul rings.

Wang Yan and the Shrek Academy group attended a top-tier auction at the Starlight Auction House, where Dai Yueheng and Ye Qingchen acquired several items. Ye Qingchen then bid thirty million Gold Soul Coins for an Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone, drawing the Ice Empress’s furious reaction.

• Qing Ya led Wang Yan and the Shrek Academy group into the private rooms of the top-tier auction and explained its bidding rules.
• Dai Yueheng won the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade for one million five hundred and sixty thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Ye Qingchen bought the twelve Fixed Soul Cannon Shells at the last moment and acquired several later auction items.
• Princess Jiu Jiu introduced the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone, and the Ice Empress angrily reacted to its appearance.
• Ye Qingchen bid thirty million Gold Soul Coins for the Soul Bone, and the auctioneer declared it sold.

Ye Qingchen secured the one-hundred-thousand-year soul beast embryo at auction, while Shrek Academy prepared for its Top 16 match against the Dou Ling Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy. Shrek won the team battle decisively, advancing toward the top eight.

• Ye Qingchen bid five hundred million Gold Soul Coins for the soul beast embryo after recognizing an aura connected to his missing memories.
• The Ice Empress watched over the embryo, and Ye Qingchen received three Enhancement Points for changing the fate of the Heavenly Snow Woman.
• Wang Dong teased Xiao Hongchen and charmed Meng Hongchen as Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy headed to the arena.
• Wang Yan sent Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Ling Luochen, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong into the team battle against the Dou Ling Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy.
• Xu Sanshi used Mystic Nether Shift to place Ma Xiaotao in the opposing formation, and Shrek overwhelmed the Dou Ling Team before the referee stopped Ma Xiaotao's Phoenix Meteor Shower.

Shrek Academy advanced through the Round of 16 and quarterfinals to reach the semifinals, where it faced Star Luo National Academy in the opening match. After the captains drew lots, Wang Yan selected Shrek’s team battle lineup, and both teams took the stage as the match began.

• Dai Yueheng defeated three members of the Dou Ling Team in the individual Knockout Tournament, advancing Shrek Academy to the top eight.
• Shrek Academy crushed Zhengtian Academy and reached the semifinals, where Wang Yan reviewed the strengths of their three possible opponents.
• The Star Luo Emperor presided over the semifinal draw, and Princess Jiu Jiu, Ma Rulong, and Ma Xiaotao drew lots for their teams.
• The draw set Shrek Academy against Star Luo National Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy against Di Ao Academy.
• Wang Yan chose Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Ling Luochen, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Huo Yuhao, and Ye Qingchen for Shrek’s team battle lineup.
• Ma Xiaotao led Shrek’s chosen members onto the stage to face Star Luo National Academy.

Shrek Academy faced Star Luo National Academy in the semifinal as Princess Jiu Jiu’s Star Crown powers disrupted Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Detection and gave her team control of the battle. Ma Xiaotao was trapped in a Class 7 absolute defense Soul Tool, and Star's Protection isolated the combatants as Dai Yueheng came under a dangerous combined wind-and-fire attack.

• Princess Jiu Jiu and both teams released their martial souls after Heavenly Fiend Douluo started the match, and her Star Radiance Art interfered with Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Detection Sharing.
• Ma Xiaotao attacked Huang Heyun, but a control-type Soul King diverted her flames while Dai Yueheng and Bei Bei were engaged by Star Luo’s fighters.
• Princess Jiu Jiu used a single-use absolute defense Soul Tool to trap Ma Xiaotao and then cast Star's Protection, sealing the central fighters inside a barrier that blocked Ling Luochen’s ice mist.
• Yi Chen and Wang Shiying combined their fire and wind control skills against Dai Yueheng, trapping him in a rising pillar of wind and fire while the Shrek fighters struggled to break through.

Huo Yuhao, Ye Qingchen, and the Shrek Team broke Star Luo National Academy’s defenses and turned the battle around. After most of her teammates were eliminated, Princess Jiu Jiu conceded the match by leaving the stage.

• Huo Yuhao used Word Spirit Manipulation to erode Star's Protection, and Ye Qingchen struck it with the God Slaying Spear, shattering the barrier and damaging Princess Jiu Jiu's Star Crown.
• Ye Qingchen struck Ma Xiaotao's Absolute Defense Barrier, weakening it enough for Ma Xiaotao to break free with her Ultimate Fire.
• Dai Yueheng overwhelmed Holy Wings, and Heavenly Fiend Douluo intervened to remove Holy Wings from the battle.
• Ma Xiaotao charged Huang Heyun's group, whose formation collapsed after their clash left the three soul masters severely injured and their Nine Transformations Soul Conversion Instruments shattered.
• Bei Bei defeated Chen Xiaojie with help from Mystic Nether Shift as Star Luo National Academy lost six members.
• Dai Yueheng asked Princess Jiu Jiu to admit defeat; she said she had not lost to him and left the stage, ending the team battle.

Two Body Sect disciples tried to recruit Huo Yuhao, but Xuan Zi drove them away and Ye Qingchen threatened to destroy the sect if it pursued him. Shrek Academy faced Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy in the tournament final, where Ma Xiaotao’s attack gave Shrek victory in the opening team battle.

• Lang Ya and Yu Tao confronted Huo Yuhao at the Star Emperor Hotel and demanded that he join the Body Sect, but Huo Yuhao refused.
• Xuan Zi knocked Lang Ya and Yu Tao away, and Ye Qingchen warned that he would destroy the Body Sect if it tried to take Huo Yuhao.
• The Star Luo Emperor opened the final between Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, and Huang Jinxu announced the match format.
• Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Ling Luochen, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, and He Caitou entered the team battle against Ma Rulong, Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, Mijia, Xiao Xiafeng, Chen Fei, and Lin Xi.
• Ma Xiaotao led Shrek’s assault through the Sun Moon Team’s Soul Tool defenses, and Shrek won the team battle.

Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon team advanced to the final two-versus-two match, where Ye Qingchen and Wang Dong faced Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen. Ye Qingchen revealed his overwhelming power and halted the siblings’ Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while the chapter left the match’s outcome unclear and ended with him receiving a small System reward.

• Xu Sanshi, Bei Bei, Meng Hongchen, and Dai Yueheng fought through the individual knockout matches before Ye Qingchen withdrew Shrek Academy from the tournament.
• Ma Xiaotao defeated Ma Rulong and Xiao Xiafeng in the first two-versus-two-versus-three match, then fell unconscious without entering a berserk state.
• Ye Qingchen revealed four Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings as Wang Dong evaded Xiao Hongchen’s attacks and struck back against the siblings.
• Ye Qingchen’s Silver Dragon King aura suppressed Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen, but Xiao Hongchen rescued his sister before Wang Dong’s Wing Guillotine landed.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen unleashed Red Dust Longing, but Ye Qingchen used a time-slowing technique to interrupt their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Ye Qingchen later asked the System about a reward for winning and received Control Luck before calling the System stingy.

Shrek Academy welcomed its championship team home and brought them to Sea God Pavilion to receive their rewards. Mu En questioned Ye Qingchen about his knowledge of Mu En’s condition and the coming conflict, while Tang Ya reunited with Bei Bei.

• Mu En and Yan Shaozhe discussed rewarding the champions and keeping Ye Qingchen’s tournament battles vague, while the Master of Mingde Hall blamed Taotie for the Sun Moon team’s defeat and planned a trip to Shrek.
• Yan Shaozhe, Xian Lin'er, Cai Meier, Qian Duoduo, and Fan Yu welcomed the returning Shrek team and escorted them to Sea God Pavilion for their rewards.
• Mu En spoke privately with Ye Qingchen, who estimated that Mu En had at most four years to live and that the coming outbreak would last at least ten years.
• Tang Ya collided with Bei Bei, then recognized him and greeted his return with relief and anger.
• Bei Bei teased Tang Ya by calling her his wife and joking that she might run off with someone else.

The Body Sect arrived at Shrek Academy to claim Huo Yuhao, and Mu En revealed himself as the Dragon God Douluo to end the confrontation. After the Body Sect withdrew, Jing Hongchen was forced to agree to begin the student exchange studies immediately.

• Xuan Zi and Du Busi fought in the sky while Ye Qingchen discussed the conflict and Huo Yuhao’s inheritance with Mu En.
• Mu En appeared with the Sea God’s Light, revealed that he was the Dragon God Douluo, and warned Du Busi against targeting Shrek’s students.
• Du Busi agreed to leave Huo Yuhao alone while he remained at Shrek Academy, then ordered the Body Sect members to withdraw.
• Mu En blocked Jing Hongchen at the Sea God Pavilion, leaving him trapped in negotiations over the exchange students and Mingde Hall.
• Three days later, Jing Hongchen agreed to begin the exchange studies immediately.

Ye Qingchen bonded with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, changing her fate and gaining Heaven’s Condemnation Power, then returned to Shrek Academy to begin intensive training with He Caitou. Over the following year, the Cold Sect grew and the students advanced, while the continent remained unusually peaceful.

• Ye Qingchen used Control Luck to draw the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to him, and their encounter exchanged luck, memories, and fate while granting him Heaven’s Condemnation Power.
• Di Tian and the Silver Dragon King sensed Ye Qingchen’s bloodline near the Lake of Life, but Ye Qingchen left without meeting them and received eight Enhancement Points after changing the Emperor Auspicious Beast’s future.
• Ye Qingchen and He Caitou began the Ultimate Soldier Plan, studying Makeup Art and Soul Tool design before Lu Xiaoxiao subjected them to specialized nutrition lessons.
• Over the next year, Ye Qingchen’s Cold Sect developed, Bei Bei and Tang Ya joined its intelligence organization, and the students made major advances in rank and academy standing.
• Ye Qingchen reached Sixth-Level Soul Tool Master, returned the Ice Soul Bone to Ling Luochen after the Ice Empress learned Ice Burst Technique, and the Sun Moon Empire and Body Sect fell quiet.

After Mu En passed away, Ye Qingchen spent months upgrading Soul Tools before preparing to leave Shrek Academy for three years of study at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. He said goodbye to Wang Dong, gave her a Heart Protecting Dragon Scale, and departed without waking her, leaving her a note asking her not to cry.

• Mu En used his final strength to transform into a golden-white dragon and vanish, and Ye Qingchen sensed that Sea God Island could connect to the Divine Realm.
• Ye Qingchen spent the following months upgrading Soul Tools while Wang Dong worried that he would soon leave for three years.
• Ye Qingchen visited Wang Dong the night before his departure, gave her a Heart Protecting Dragon Scale, and spent the night talking with her.
• Wang Dong woke to find Ye Qingchen gone and read his note telling her not to cry and to wait for his return.
• Ye Qingchen and He Caitou departed with the Soul Tool Department group, while Wang Dong flew toward the academy gates after them.

Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy exchanged students, and Ye Qingchen traveled with the Shrek group to Radiant City. After the students completed physical assessments, Jing Hongchen ordered close surveillance of Ye Qingchen and He Caitou.

• Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er met Jing Hongchen in Maple Leaf City, where the two academies exchanged students and Ye Qingchen clashed verbally with Xiao Hongchen.
• Jing Hongchen led Fan Yu and the Shrek students to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy in Radiant City and introduced them to their new surroundings.
• During the physical assessments, He Caitou struck the strength tester for a Level 70 result, while Ye Qingchen received a Level 80 result.
• Ye Qingchen returned to his room and worried that he still lacked the knowledge needed to bring the Azure Wave Realm into the technological age.
• Jing Hongchen questioned Lin Jiayi about the assessments and ordered him to monitor He Caitou and assign someone to watch Ye Qingchen.