Chapter Summaries

As the Soul Master Competition approached, Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Academy nearly clashed in Heaven Dou City before Lu Chengkun intervened. Jin Tianming's unexpected familiarity with Moyan left her suspecting he had deliberately set her up.

• Sun Moon Empire team members mocked Heaven Dou City's lack of Soul Tools, and a local man defended the empire's history and Shrek Academy.
• Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Academy's official teams confronted each other, trading challenges as Yan Shaozhe and Xu Ming faced off.
• Lu Chengkun arrived and persuaded both teams to head to their hotel instead of fighting.
• Jin Tianming approached Moyan and asked why she had come, and she worried he intended to beat her up.
• Jin Tianming gave Moyan a meaningful smile and returned to his team, leaving her convinced he was setting her up.

Moyan told Shrek Academy that Jin Tianming could defeat her seven times in three minutes, while refusing to reveal his martial soul. After the teams reached their hotel, Jin Tianming learned that they had not found the carving knife and discovered that a Shrek elder had been watching them.

• Dugu Luo described Jin Tianming as a genius whose talent and diligence surpassed Moyan's, and Moyan said he could beat her seven times in three minutes.
• Yan Shaozhe prompted Ma Xiaotao to ask about Jin Tianming's martial soul, but Moyan said she did not know and then secretly connected with Jin Tianming through Spiritual Power.
• Jin Tianming assessed Zhang Lexuan and wondered whether she was a daughter of fortune whose martial soul he should capture for study.
• The teams reached their hotel and parted after exchanging harsh words, while Jin Tianming ignored the others and went to his room.
• Moxie told Jin Tianming they had not found the carving knife in the Heaven Dou Empire and that someone had secretly watched them; Jin Tianming suspected a Shrek elder, but it had not been Xuanzi.

Shrek Academy prepared for its tournament match against Sun Moon Academy, while the Heavenly Soul Emperor reacted angrily to Sun Moon Empire’s insults. The chapter ended with Shrek confident that Zhang Lexuan’s strength would secure victory.

• Moyan complained about Jin Tianming and told Dugu Luo to join her in staging a scene when she got beaten up.
• Yan Shaozhe told Zhang Lexuan to save herself for the finals after she said Sun Moon Academy’s team had no one who could challenge her.
• Elder Song reported that Jin Tianming’s talent seemed as remarkable as Moyan had claimed, though powerful guards had prevented her from observing him closely.
• The Heavenly Soul Emperor grew furious over Sun Moon Empire’s insult, but rejected Lu Chengkun’s suggestion to make secret moves against them.
• The Heavenly Soul Emperor learned that Zhang Lexuan was a Soul Sage and concluded that Sun Moon Empire would again finish behind Shrek Academy.

The Soul Master Competition began in Heaven Dou City, where Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Royal Academy drew attention as rivals. After Shrek advanced easily, Jin Tianming went alone to face the Heavenly Soul Royal Academy team.

• Yan Shaozhe told the reserve members that strong performances could earn them official team spots in the next competition.
• The Heavenly Soul Emperor opened the tournament, while Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Royal Academy showed little respect during the ceremony.
• Tian Mucheng watched from the stands and wondered why Xuanzi had not appeared, then considered the empire's weakened defenses and his plans for Jin Tianming and Moyan.
• Shrek Academy defeated an unknown third-rate academy without Zhang Lexuan entering the fight, prompting loud cheers from the crowd.
• Xu Ming asked Wang Wei whether Sun Moon Royal Academy could challenge Shrek, and Wang Wei said it would be difficult but that he would try.
• Xu Ming sent Jin Tianming alone to fight the Heavenly Soul Royal Academy, and Jin Tianming accepted.

Jin Tianming faced the Heavenly Soul Royal Academy alone, insisting that he was enough to win the team battle. He quickly knocked out two opponents and began striking at the remaining five, leaving Yan Shaozhe shocked by his use of Mu En’s King's Descent.

• Sun Moon Royal Academy sent only Jin Tianming to face Heavenly Soul Royal Academy, stunning the audience and the other academies.
• Jin Tianming dismissed the referee’s concerns and declared that he alone was enough to defeat the team.
• After the match began, Jin Tianming punched the first opponent out of the arena before he could release his martial soul.
• Jin Tianming silenced a second opponent’s martial soul and skills, then knocked him unconscious with another punch.
• Jin Tianming faced the remaining five opponents, gathered Spiritual Power around his fist, and used Mu En’s King's Descent, astonishing Yan Shaozhe.

At a hotel in the Heaven Dou Empire, Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er tried to recruit Jin Tianming into Shrek Academy, but he rejected their offers and left. Moyan recognized that Jin Tianming was holding back his desire for battle as he departed.

• Jin Tianming, Moyan, and Dugu Luo ran into each other at a hotel and discussed fighting.
• Yan Shaozhe arrived with the Shrek group and reminded Moyan and Dugu Luo to tell their teachers before leaving the group.
• Yan Shaozhe asked Jin Tianming about his family, and Xian Lin'er invited him to join Shrek Academy, but Jin Tianming said he was not interested.
• Jin Tianming said he had taught himself the move he used onstage by combining the physical and spiritual aspects.
• Yan Shaozhe tried to tempt Jin Tianming with the chance to develop the move further, but Jin Tianming refused and left.

After Jin Tianming rejected Yan Shaozhe’s attempt to recruit him, Yan Shaozhe questioned Moyan about Jin’s abilities and relationship with her. Meanwhile, Body Sect Master Du Busi agreed to attend the competition after hearing that Jin might possess a Body Martial Soul, and Jin sensed trouble approaching as he studied unfamiliar Soul Tools.

• Yan Shaozhe failed to persuade Jin Tianming, then invited Moyan and Dugu Luo to talk with him.
• Lu Chengkun told Du Busi that the Heaven Dou Emperor wanted him to investigate a Sun Moon Royal Academy student who might have a Body Martial Soul, and Du Busi agreed to attend the competition the day after tomorrow.
• Du Busi decided that if Jin Tianming had a Body Martial Soul, he would belong to the Body Sect.
• Jin Tianming sensed that something bad might happen, then returned his attention to the armor-like Soul Tools in his hotel room.
• Yan Shaozhe asked Moyan about her relationship with Jin Tianming, his Soul Power Level, and his Martial Soul for Shrek Academy’s match strategy.

After Jin Tianming refused Yan Shaozhe’s offer, Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin’er questioned Moyan about him. Meanwhile, Du Busi agreed to attend Jin Tianming’s match after hearing he might possess a Body Martial Soul, leaving Jin Tianming to sense that trouble was coming.

• Yan Shaozhe failed to persuade Jin Tianming to accept his offer, and Xian Lin’er mocked him before Yan Shaozhe asked Moyan and Dugu Luo to talk.
• Heavenly Martial Douluo Lu Chengkun told Du Busi that a talented student from Sun Moon Royal Academy might have a Body Martial Soul, and Du Busi agreed to attend the match the day after tomorrow.
• Du Busi decided that Jin Tianming should belong to the Body Sect if he truly had a Body Martial Soul.
• Jin Tianming sensed that something unpleasant was approaching as he studied unusual armor-like Soul Tools in his hotel room.
• Yan Shaozhe asked Moyan about Jin Tianming’s Soul Power Level and Martial Soul, saying the information was crucial to Shrek Academy’s battle strategy.

Moyan refused to give Shrek Academy information about Jin Tianming without a substantial reward, and she left after Yan Shaozhe rejected her demand for a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone per question. Meanwhile, Wu Ming warned the other Shrek students that they might face the Sun Moon Team's reserve members, including a powerful Dragon Martial Soul user.

• Moyan challenged Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er to offer her something tangible in exchange for information about Jin Tianming, rejecting their promises and a Class 7 Soul Tool.
• Moyan demanded one Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone per question, but Yan Shaozhe refused and ordered her and Dugu Luo to leave.
• Back in their room, Moyan complained that Jin Tianming's information had not earned her a good price and said she had no reason to be kind to someone who wanted to beat them up.
• In Ling Luochen's room, Wu Ming told Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and Xixi that her Martial Soul trembled around Moyan, and Ma Xiaotao revealed she had experienced the same fear.
• Wu Ming explained that the Shrek reserves might face the Sun Moon Team's reserve members and warned that one competitor had a power-type Dragon Martial Soul.

Du Busi and the Heavenly Soul Emperor took an interest in Jin Tianming, while Shrek defeated the Star Luo Battle Team and prepared for the final. At an auction house tied to Tang San’s past, Moyan laughed at Yan Shaozhe’s story, leaving him asking why she found it funny.

• Du Busi watched the Shrek match, judged Jin Tianming’s physical strength, and hoped he had a Body Martial Soul but avoided approaching him for fear of the Sun Moon Empire.
• The Heavenly Soul Emperor recalled Jin Tianming’s victory over the Heaven Dou team and hoped to use him to recruit the Body Sect.
• Xu Ming told the Sun Moon Team that they needed to surpass Shrek in Soul Tools, and Jin Tianming sensed that someone had probed him with Spiritual Power.
• Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er discussed giving the reserve team a chance to fight and keeping Moyan out of the competition, while Yan Shaozhe said Lexuan could face Jin Tianming.
• Shrek swept the Star Luo Battle Team in the team and individual matches, then the Sun Moon Team and Shrek members visited the Heavenly Soul Auction House.
• Yan Shaozhe recounted how Tang San had auctioned Hidden Weapons there and met Ning Fengzhi, and Moyan laughed, prompting him to ask what she found funny.

Moyan challenged Shrek Academy’s reverence for Tang San and its refusal to help the Tang Sect, then clashed with Yu Sheng after he accused her of insulting their ancestor. She overwhelmed him with her Dragon Might and left the Academy with Dugu Luo, prompting Yan Shaozhe to send Xian Lin'er and Zhang Lexuan after her.

• Moyan questioned Yan Shaozhe about why Shrek Academy would not help the declining Tang Sect, and he said it would assist if Tang San issued a divine decree.
• Yu Sheng demanded to know why Moyan had laughed, and she responded with a remark about a lamb and its herd that he took as an insult to Tang San.
• Yu Sheng released his Dragon Might against Moyan, but her stronger Dragon Might overwhelmed him and left him terrified.
• Yan Shaozhe intervened and rebuked Moyan, who accused him of blaming her despite Yu Sheng starting the confrontation.
• Moyan told Dugu Luo they were returning to their clan, and Xian Lin'er and Zhang Lexuan hurried after them at Yan Shaozhe's request.
• Jin Tianming sensed that Moyan was avoiding their fight and suspected she might use the situation to extort money.

After Moyan and Dugu Luo left the auction house, Victor, the eldest prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, approached them and was punched by Moyan when he leered at her. Three Titled Douluo appeared to protect the women, and the chapter ended with Xian Lin'er stepping out after Dugu Yan criticized her for watching the attack from hiding.

• Moyan dropped her angry act after leaving the auction house and strolled through the streets with Dugu Luo.
• Victor introduced himself as the eldest prince and invited the women for a drink, so Moyan punched him for staring at her.
• Victor ordered his guards to seize Moyan and Dugu Luo, but three Titled Douluo appeared and Tian killed the guards.
• The Heavenly Martial Douluo arrived, and Victor pleaded with him to kill the three protectors.
• Xian Lin'er brought Zhang Lexuan out of hiding, and Dugu Yan condemned the Shrek teachers for standing by while their students were attacked.

Moyan and Dugu Luo pretended that Shrek Academy had bullied them, prompting Dugu Yan to confront the academy and Heavenly Martial Douluo. After Dugu Yan revealed her identity as a member of the Dugu Family, Zhang Lexuan rushed to fetch Yan Shaozhe, who hurried to intervene.

• Tian Mucheng and Xiao Xue watched Moyan’s antics from an inn, and Tian Mucheng chose not to step in.
• Moyan and Dugu Luo clung to Dugu Yan and pretended to cry, while Dugu Yan threatened to leave Shrek Academy and confront its leaders.
• Dugu Yan reminded Heavenly Martial Douluo of the Dugu surname, and he recognized her as the woman from their past and feared the consequences of provoking her family.
• Xian Lin'er sent Zhang Lexuan to find Yan Shaozhe as Dugu Yan faced Heavenly Martial Douluo.
• Zhang Lexuan told Yan Shaozhe what had happened, and he abandoned the auction to handle the situation.

Du Busi and Song Yunzhi faced off while Dugu Yan’s group agreed to take their dispute with the Heaven Dou Empire to the imperial palace. Song Yunzhi sent Yan Shaozhe after them, and Tian Mucheng chose to stay at the inn and rest.

• Du Busi challenged Song Yunzhi and used his Rank 98 pressure against her Rank 97 pressure while he watched the standoff below.
• A messenger invited Heavenly Martial Douluo and the others to the imperial palace, but Tian rejected the emperor’s summons and Dugu Yan agreed to go only after threatening to make a scene if they received no satisfactory explanation.
• Du Busi withdrew and warned Song Yunzhi not to go, threatening to visit Shrek Academy; Song Yunzhi then found Yan Shaozhe and ordered him to resolve the trouble he had caused.
• Yan Shaozhe hurried toward the imperial palace while Xian Lin'er resented having to clean up after him.
• At the inn, Tian Mucheng mocked Yan Shaozhe, declined Xiao Xue’s suggestion to go watch, and said he needed to sleep because his body was still weak.

Zhang Lexuan worried that she had mishandled Moyan’s situation, while the Heavenly Soul Emperor faced Dugu Yan and her companions to answer for his son’s actions and the empire’s past abuses. As Yan Shaozhe headed toward the palace, two black-cloaked figures confronted him and demanded his life.

• Song Yunzhi blamed Yan Shaozhe for making it harder to reconcile with Moyan.
• Zhang Lexuan told Han Ruoruo she thought she had made a mess of things, then asked her to visit a grave after the conference.
• The Heavenly Soul Emperor learned that his son had provoked Moyan, who was guarded by three Titled Douluo.
• Dugu Yan confronted the Heavenly Soul Emperor over the empire’s past persecution of her family, and he blamed the Dou Ling Empire.
• Yan Shaozhe encountered two black-cloaked figures, who confirmed his identity and threatened to kill him.

Jin Tianming ordered Moxie to arrange a beating for Yan Shaozhe, and two mysterious Dragon-transforming men ambushed the Shrek dean outside the imperial palace. Elder Song arrived as the attackers escaped, then took the badly beaten Yan Shaozhe with her toward the palace to help her daughter.

• Jin Tianming learned that Yan Shaozhe had left the auction house and ordered Moxie to send attackers after him, with help from his main body’s forces.
• Two mysterious men ambushed Yan Shaozhe in a forest and repeatedly beat him despite his Super Douluo strength.
• Elder Song arrived and drove the two attackers to flee, but they gave the names Tang San and Yu Xiaogang before disappearing.
• Elder Song grabbed the injured Yan Shaozhe and flew toward the imperial palace, worried about her daughter handling the crisis alone.

Dugu Yan forced the Heavenly Soul Emperor to punish Victor by breaking one of his legs, then rejected the emperor’s offer to join the imperial family. After she left the palace, Elder Song arrived carrying Yan Shaozhe as Xian Lin'er prepared to address the unresolved trouble with Shrek.

• Dugu Yan rejected the Heavenly Soul Emperor’s demand to hand over Victor and agreed to accept the breaking of one of his legs instead.
• The Heavenly Soul Emperor ordered Heavenly Martial Douluo to break Victor’s leg, then asked Dugu Yan if she was satisfied.
• The Heavenly Soul Emperor offered Dugu Yan a fief if she and her companions joined the Heavenly Soul imperial family, but Dugu Yan mocked the offer and departed.
• The Heavenly Soul Emperor considered attacking Dugu Yan’s group, but Heavenly Martial Douluo warned him against it.
• Dugu Yan stopped outside the palace to ask Xian Lin'er why she was following them, and Elder Song arrived carrying Yan Shaozhe.

Shrek Academy’s teachers negotiated compensation with Dugu Yan, Moyan, and Dugu Luo after Yan Shaozhe was beaten. Moyan secured a promise of a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, while Elder Song handed over a Twenty Thousand Year Soul Bone immediately.

• Moyan and Dugu Luo mocked Yan Shaozhe’s bruised face, and he claimed he had fallen while going out.
• Elder Song apologized to Dugu Yan and offered a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone as compensation.
• Dugu Yan let Moyan name her own demand and warned that they would leave Shrek Academy if it was refused.
• Moyan demanded a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone or Yan Shaozhe’s expulsion, and Elder Song agreed to provide the soul bone after the competition and a Sea God Pavilion meeting.
• Moyan asked for the Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone immediately, and Elder Song gave them a Twenty Thousand Year Gale Bird Right Leg Bone.

Elder Song scolded Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er for risking Shrek's ties with Moyan, while Moyan and Dugu Luo returned to the hotel and tested how a Soul Bone changed after Dugu Luo absorbed it. Tian Mucheng then explained that Mu En likely wanted to keep Moyan close in hopes of obtaining immortal herbs, and began considering how to use that desire to his advantage.

• Elder Song told Yan Shaozhe that Shrek needed to cooperate with Moyan because the Moyan Family might be able to resolve Xiaotao's Martial Soul problem, then reprimanded Xian Lin'er for her impulsive behavior.
• Moyan returned to the hotel with Dugu Luo, gave her a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone to absorb, and watched as Dugu Luo's body, spiritual power, bones, and Soul Power improved.
• Moyan told Dugu Luo to test Jin Tianming's strength first if he tried to beat her during the finals, leaving Dugu Luo startled by the request.
• Dugu Yan reported the settlement to Tian Mucheng, who suggested Mu En's interest in Moyan was tied to immortal herbs and explained that Shrek's Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone offer could bind her to them.
• Tian Mucheng began planning to exploit Mu En's desire for immortal herbs by targeting his great-great-grandson.

The final between Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Team began before a hostile, excited crowd, and the captains drew lots that set the first match as a singles duel. Zhang Lexuan prepared to face the Sun Moon Team, while Xu Ming held Jin Tianming back as a final safeguard.

• The audience loudly backed Shrek Academy as both teams arrived for the competition final.
• Jin Tianming offered to cover the endgame if the Sun Moon Team's seniors could not win, and Wang Wei accepted the plan.
• Yan Shaozhe told Zhang Lexuan to sit out a team match but enter a singles match, hoping she would defeat the Sun Moon Team without a loss.
• Zhang Lexuan and Wang Wei drew lots, revealing that the first match would be singles and the second would be a team match.
• Xu Ming chose Wang Wei to compete first and kept Jin Tianming in reserve as the Sun Moon Team's final safeguard.
• The Heavenly Soul Emperor asked Heavenly Martial Douluo about recruiting Dugu Luo after Shrek won, then turned his attention to Shrek's first competitor.