Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao took Xu Tianzhen shopping at the Starlight Auction House while considering the Sun Moon Empire team’s plans for the Soul Master Tournament. He knew Shrek members had noticed something familiar about him and decided he would address his identity later, while Xu Tianzhen continued pursuing him.

• Huo Yuhao bought Xu Tianzhen the Soul Tools and materials she wanted, teasing her when she offered to warm his bed as payment.
• Huo Yuhao reflected that the Sun Moon Empire had placed Xu Tianzhen beside him as a princess and decoy while Titled Douluo guards protected him.
• Huo Yuhao thought about the tournament arrangements and recalled that Miss Meng had stayed behind for Elder Ma’s briefing after trying to steal a kiss from him.
• Huo Yuhao considered how Ling Luochen and Dong'er had recognized something familiar in him after the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy encountered Shrek’s team.
• Xu Tianzhen finished shopping and edged closer to Huo Yuhao, hoping to secure a future with him.

Xu Jiujiu investigated Huo Yuhao’s closeness with Xu Tianzhen as the Sun Moon team left the auction house, while Huo Yuhao secretly led his undead forces toward the Body Sect during the competition’s opening ceremony. The Shrek team then faced Heaven Spirit Academy in the first match, and Xiao Hongchen joked that his only opponent was himself.

• Xu Jiujiu arrived at the Starlight Auction House too late to meet Xu Tianzhen and ordered her maid to investigate Huo Yuhao as well.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the hotel with Xu Tianzhen and the others, where Xu Tianzhen disrupted Miss Meng’s attempt to keep him to herself.
• Xu Jiawei opened the competition the next day while Huo Yuhao sent his consciousness to Long Xiaoyao and ordered more than a dozen Undead Titled Douluo to attack the Body Sect.
• The host announced the match between Heaven Spirit Advanced Soul Master Academy and Shrek Academy, whose side sent one icy-blue-clad fighter into the arena.
• Xiao Hongchen teased Ma Rulong about his wristband and declared that his only opponent was himself, while Ma Rulong urged him to take the match seriously.

Ling Luochen dominated Shrek's matches while obsessing over whether a young-looking Sun Moon Academy competitor was Huo Yuhao. Meanwhile, Tang San secretly met Dao Jie and devoured a Soul Beast for its life force, unaware that someone watched him.

• Ling Luochen overwhelmed Shrek's opponents with her Ice Dragon Scroll and resolved to confront the young-looking competitor she believed was Huo Yuhao.
• Wang Yan planned to send the reserve members into the first two rounds against Tianxing Academy and keep Ling Luochen for the final round.
• Tang San used Concealment to leave the hotel and meet Dao Jie in a secluded place in Star Luo City.
• Tang San took Dao Jie's Storage Soul Guide Ring and devoured a Soul Beast corpse to replenish the life force draining from his damaged body.
• Tang San imagined using more life force and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to rebuild his dantian, while a hidden figure observed him.

Tang San entered Shrek Academy’s third match against Tianxing Academy and defeated three opponents while secretly draining half their life force. Xu Jiawei and Dai Hao seized on the apparent evidence that he was an Evil Soul Master, while Huo Yuhao watched the match and heard Xiao Hongchen voice his suspicions about Tang San.

• Ning Tian and Wang Dong'er tested Tianxing Academy’s Soul Kings before yielding, and Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya won the second match easily.
• Tang San unexpectedly took the stage, disguised his Soul Ring colors, and fought Tianxing Academy’s Soul King and two Soul Ancestors alone.
• Tang San used Hidden Weapons and poison to defeat all three opponents, then absorbed half of each person’s life force while claiming to detoxify them.
• The arena’s medical staff reported severe life-force depletion, and Xu Jiawei and Dai Hao agreed to treat Tang San as an Evil Soul Master and use him against Shrek.
• Huo Yuhao returned from handling the Body Sect’s affairs, and Xiao Hongchen told him that something was wrong with Tang San.

Xiao Hongchen sensed that Tang San was an Evil Soul Master, but Huo Yuhao advised him not to accuse the Shrek student without evidence. As Shrek kept winning, Tang San secretly grew more dependent on stolen life force and spent Shrek’s funds on Hidden Weapon materials at the Starlight Auction House.

• Xiao Hongchen told Huo Yuhao that Tang San’s life force surged as the life force of the people he had detoxified dropped, and concluded that Tang San was an Evil Soul Master.
• Huo Yuhao urged Xiao Hongchen not to act without evidence, then tried to rest while planning to replicate the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Xiao Hongchen asked Huo Yuhao to team up with him in the competition, and Meng Hongchen overheard him choosing Huo Yuhao over her.
• Xu Tianzhen slipped into Huo Yuhao’s arms as Shrek Academy continued its winning streak and Wang Yan allowed Tang San to compete as a trump card.
• Tang San repeatedly absorbed life force from rival Soul Masters and used Shrek’s budget to order several million Gold Soul Coins’ worth of materials for Hidden Weapons at the Starlight Auction House.

At the Starlight Auction House, Huo Yuhao bought an Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone after Meng Hongchen said she wanted it. After encountering Shrek’s team, he asked Meng to come to his room to absorb it, leaving the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy group stunned.

• Zhang Lexuan offered to buy Ling Luochen a gift, while Ning Tian bought an antique Soul Tool and Wang Dong'er, Jiang Nannan, and Tang Ya reflected on their limited spending money.
• Huo Yuhao noticed the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone at auction and asked Meng Hongchen if she wanted it.
• Meng Hongchen eagerly agreed, and Huo Yuhao spent thirty million to win the soul bone, planning to study it and possibly recreate the Ice Explosion Technique.
• After the auction, Zhang Lexuan led Shrek’s team past Huo Yuhao and briefly found him familiar, while Huo Yuhao realized she or Ning Tian had probably bid against him for Ling Luochen.
• Worried that Ling Luochen and Wang Dong'er would confront him later, Huo Yuhao told Meng Hongchen to come to his room to absorb the soul bone, stunning the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy team.

Huo Yuhao studied the Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone, intending to recreate its Ice Explosion Technique, but Meng Hongchen arrived after misunderstanding his invitation and the two became intimate. Xu Tianzhen waited outside their locked door, listening to the sounds within.

• Huo Yuhao refused Xu Tianzhen’s attempt to join Meng Hongchen in absorbing the soul bone, while Xiao Hongchen decided to let his sister pursue her happiness.
• Huo Yuhao used the Eye of Destiny to analyze the Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone and planned to reproduce its Ice Explosion Technique before the tournament ended.
• Meng Hongchen arrived at Huo Yuhao’s room after bathing, and Huo Yuhao let her inside and locked the door with Spiritual Power.
• Meng Hongchen acted on her jealousy of Xu Tianzhen and her long-held feelings for Huo Yuhao, and the two became intimate.
• Xu Tianzhen waited outside the locked room and heard the sounds coming from inside.

Meng Hongchen spent the night with Huo Yuhao and suggested finding him concubines, while Xu Jiawei’s court gathered evidence about Tang San’s origins to use against Shrek. Xu Jiawei ordered the evidence sent to the other empires and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy.

• Elder Ma asked why Meng Hongchen had missed the battle-planning meeting, and Xiao Hongchen claimed she was having her monthly period.
• Huo Yuhao carried an exhausted Meng Hongchen from the bathroom, and she jokingly suggested finding him Ju Zi and another concubine.
• Meng Hongchen asked Huo Yuhao to hold her while they slept, and he stayed in bed with her instead of fetching her clothes.
• A Seven Star Merchant Association executive confirmed to Xu Jiawei that Tang San had Innate Soul Power of level two and a half and that Xiao Wu had level seven.
• Xu Jiujiu explained that Shrek could face Star Luo in the semifinals and then Sun Moon if it lost, and Xu Jiawei ordered the evidence sent to the other two empires and Sun Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy.

Shrek Academy faced Star Luo National Academy, whose extra Soul Emperors and Xu Jiujiu’s Star Radiance Art put Shrek under pressure. Tang San used burning Blue Silver Grass to spread black mist and attack the Fire Control Soul Master, and Xu Jiujiu realized that her own Soul Power had begun to slow.

• Xu Tianzhen watched Meng Hongchen lean affectionately against Huo Yuhao and became jealous, while Ma Rulong and Mi Jia assessed the fighters in the arena.
• Star Luo National Academy used its Soul Emperors and Xu Jiujiu’s Star Radiance Art to suppress Shrek’s team, leaving Ling Luochen hesitant to reveal her unusual Soul Rings.
• Tang San spread Blue Silver Grass across the arena, and the Fire Control Soul Master burned it, filling the battlefield with black mist.
• Tang Ya pulled Jiang Nannan out of the mist, and Ning Tian signaled the rest of Shrek’s team to retreat.
• Xu Jiujiu used the Star Guiding Art to reveal Tang San, who had reached An’an and struck at her with his Eight Spider Lances before Heavenly Fiend Douluo Huang Jinxu intervened.
• Xu Jiujiu realized that her Soul Power was circulating more slowly.

Tang San’s black mist crippled the Star Luo National Academy team, but Biyou healed them before he could absorb their life force. After identifying the impurities as a sign that Tang San might be an Evil Soul Master, she agreed to testify for Xu Jiujiu.

• The Star Luo National Academy team conceded after Tang San’s life impurities blocked their meridians and weakened their Soul Power, and the Heavenly Fiend Douluo declared Shrek the winner.
• Tang San tried to approach the defeated team and claimed he needed to treat their poison, but the Heavenly Fiend Douluo stopped him and showed that Biyou was already healing them.
• Tang San returned to his teammates hungry for life force and resentful that Biyou had treated the opposing team first.
• Biyou cleared the last impurities from the Star Luo team and told Xu Jiujiu that the impurities were linked to life force and might mean Tang San was an Evil Soul Master.
• Xu Jiujiu asked Biyou to testify if needed, and Biyou agreed after learning she would be paid.

As the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition final began, Huo Yuhao joined the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy team, while Wang Dong'er and Ling Luochen reacted to his closeness with Meng Hongchen. Meanwhile, Emperor Xu Jiawei learned that the Spirit Pagoda had sent a mysterious Super Douluo to support a planned move against Shrek.

• Huo Yuhao told Xiao Hongchen that Tang San's black mist technique could not be used again before the finals and that Mecha would resist its effects, but Xiao still urged Meng Hongchen to persuade Huo Yuhao to compete.
• Three days later, Ling Luochen led Shrek Academy into the final and spotted Huo Yuhao standing with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy team beside Meng Hongchen.
• Wang Dong'er recognized Meng Hongchen as the woman who had pursued her in her past life and grew jealous, while Huo Yuhao stepped onto the stage as a spiritual-type Support Soul Master.
• Xu Jiawei confirmed that the arrest team, witnesses, and evidence against Shrek were ready, then learned that a Spirit Pagoda elder had arrived to provide the needed strength.
• A Black-Robed Elder appeared beside Xu Jiawei unnoticed by everyone else, then vanished; Xu Jiawei suspected the Spirit Pagoda intended to replace or devour Shrek.

Huo Yuhao’s hidden support let the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy overwhelm Shrek in the finals’ first team battle, forcing Wang Yan to surrender. After Tang San accepted Wang Yan’s explanation, Wang Yan selected him to fight first in the individual elimination round.

• Huo Yuhao vanished with Simulation and used Spiritual Detection and Spiritual Sharing to guide Sun Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy’s coordinated attack.
• The Sun Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy team’s Soul Guide Cannon barrage and close-combat pressure overwhelmed Shrek, while Tang San struggled against the Soul King facing him.
• Wang Yan surrendered the team battle, and Heavenly Fiend Douluo declared Sun Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy the winner.
• Huo Yuhao reappeared, and Miss Meng praised him while Ma Rulong recognized the value of his battlefield awareness and mental communication.
• Tang San protested the surrender, but Wang Yan explained Shrek’s limited roster and need to save its trump cards.
• Wang Yan named Tang San as Shrek’s first fighter in the individual elimination round.

Tang San revealed his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, defeated Lin Xi after she conceded, and then faced Meng Hongchen in Thousand Forgings Battle Armor. Meng Hongchen’s Cold Poison overwhelmed him, leaving him collapsed on the arena floor.

• Tang San revealed his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring as he began his match against Lin Xi, while Xiao Hongchen asked to face him next and Elder Ma assigned Meng Hongchen to the following match.
• Tang San broke through Lin Xi’s shields, but she conceded before he could poison her and drain her life force.
• Meng Hongchen entered wearing Thousand Forgings Battle Armor designed and forged by Huo Yuhao, and Elder Ma told her to use her full strength.
• Tang San charged through Meng Hongchen’s Ice Mist and activated Revival and Purification, but her Cold Poison overcame him and left him unable to rise.
• Meng Hongchen’s Cold Poison had grown stronger as Huo Yuhao’s Ultimate Ice energy nurtured it toward Ultimate Poison.

Meng Hongchen defeated Tang San with her Cold Poison, then faced Ling Luochen, whose Ultimate Ice and higher cultivation gave her the advantage. Meng Hongchen unleashed an Armor Detonation attack that surpassed Soul Saint strength, leaving the duel unresolved.

• Meng Hongchen's Cold Poison bypassed Tang San's Purification and left him lying defeated within a minute.
• Meng Hongchen challenged Ling Luochen, who sensed her hostility and accepted the fight after Wang Yan's approval.
• Ling Luochen revealed six blue soul rings and Ultimate Ice, while Meng Hongchen activated her special Thousand Forgings Battle Armor.
• Xu Jiawei observed their power and equipment, then suspected the Sun Moon Empire was preparing to start a war against the Star Luo Empire.
• Ling Luochen's Ultimate Ice and higher cultivation suppressed Meng Hongchen's Cold Poison and put Meng at a disadvantage.
• Meng Hongchen detonated the Battle Armor on her right arm and channeled its energy into her swords, unleashing a crescent strike stronger than a Soul Saint's attack.

Ling Luochen and Meng Hongchen unleashed their strongest attacks, but Huo Yuhao intervened to protect them when the collision destroyed the arena and its shield. Meng conceded the match, then threw herself into Huo Yuhao’s arms and declared that she had still won over Ling Luochen.

• Ling Luochen used her vast Soul Power and ice attacks to pressure Meng Hongchen while Meng waited for a chance to unleash her explosive strength.
• Meng detonated five pieces of Battle Armor to launch a powerful slash, and Ling Luochen hurled a spear formed from the energy of two Energy Storage Rings.
• Their attacks collided, destroying the protective shield, while Huo Yuhao stopped Xiao Hongchen from rushing onto the stage.
• Huo Yuhao weakened the collision and activated protective measures, leaving both Ling Luochen and Meng Hongchen unharmed.
• Meng withdrew from the ruined stage, then feigned heartbreak and threw herself at Huo Yuhao, claiming victory over Ling Luochen.

After Ling Luochen’s overwhelming performance forced the competition to pause, the Sun Moon Team prepared for the decisive matches the following day. Huo Yuhao then sparred with Meng Hongchen as she apologized, and she was left exhausted and hurt while he comforted her.

• Elder Ma conceded the round after judging Ling Luochen to be the tournament’s strongest individual contestant.
• The competition was suspended until the next day so the arena and its protective shields could be repaired, while Elder Ma took the team to prepare tactics.
• Huo Yuhao and Meng Hongchen skipped the tactical meeting, and Meng apologized to him during a sparring session.
• Huo Yuhao repeatedly countered Meng Hongchen’s attacks, then overwhelmed her when she tried to defend against his assault.
• Huo Yuhao soothed Meng Hongchen’s injury with Life Essence, and she teased him about the possibility of a pregnancy.

Meng Hongchen rested in Huo Yuhao’s arms, accepting his reassurance while privately trusting that he would eventually reveal his hidden identity. Meanwhile, Tang San tried to feed on Dao Jie’s life force, but Star Luo City guards exposed him as an unknown Evil Soul Master and forced him to flee.

• Huo Yuhao promised Meng Hongchen he would protect her, and she chose to trust him without pressing him about his secrets.
• Ling Luochen’s suppression of Meng Hongchen’s Cold Poison left Tang San in pain, which briefly eased his craving for life force.
• Tang San used Concealment to leave the hotel and went to the rental house where Dao Jie was waiting.
• Tang San restrained Dao Jie with Blue Silver Grass and began absorbing his life force, revealing an ominous aura.
• Three Star Luo City guards tore off the rental house’s roof and announced that an unknown Evil Soul Master had been found.
• The Cold Poison’s pain sharpened Tang San’s senses, and he covered his face before fleeing.

Tang San fled after being caught draining Dao Jie’s life force, sparking a citywide hunt for an Evil Soul Master. At the tournament finals, Shrek prepared to compete without Ling Luochen, and Tang San confidently declared they would win.

• Tang San escaped after three Soul Emperors caught him draining Dao Jie, prompting Star Luo City’s authorities and residents to search for the supposed Evil Soul Master.
• The purge swept through Star Luo City’s underworld and put several factions under temporary control, while the Spirit Pagoda received only a lax five-person squad.
• Back at the hotel, Tang San’s hunger for life force returned after Ling Luochen’s Ultimate Ice temporarily suppressed his Cold Poison.
• Emperor Xu Jiawei insisted that the Soul Master Tournament finals continue, and his defiant stance boosted his popularity.
• Ling Luochen refused to compete again, and Wang Yan assigned Ning Tian and Wang Dong'er to go first, followed by Tang San and then Jiang Nannan, Tang Ya, and Beibei.
• Tang San interrupted Wang Yan’s instructions and declared, “We’ll win.”

Ning Tian and Dong'er conceded the first match, and Tang San entered the next bout alone against Xiao Hongchen and Huo Yuhao. Xiao Hongchen sent Huo Yuhao off the stage to fight Tang San one-on-one with Unit-01, while Huo Yuhao anticipated Tang San’s reaction to what came next.

• Ning Tian and Dong'er exchanged a few perfunctory moves with Ma Rulong and Lin Xi before conceding the first match to the Sun Moon Team.
• Tang San entered the stage alone and told the referee he was enough to face the opposing team.
• Xiao Hongchen balked at fighting Tang San two-on-one and insisted that Huo Yuhao leave the stage.
• Huo Yuhao explained to Elder Ma that Xiao Hongchen would win if he fought seriously, and Elder Ma looked forward to Unit-01’s public debut.
• Huo Yuhao restrained Xu Tianzhen’s wandering hands and anticipated seeing Tang San’s reaction after the match.

Xiao Hongchen summoned and piloted the Abyssal Blue mecha against Tang San, whose craving for life force drove him to attack recklessly. Tang San’s charged hammer strike failed to harm Xiao Hongchen, who left him with a mocking question.

• Heavenly Fiend Douluo began the one-on-one match, and Tang San charged at Xiao Hongchen while consumed by his craving for life force.
• Xiao Hongchen summoned Abyssal Blue, a powerful mecha with a consciousness named Little Blue, and destroyed Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass attack with a laser cannon.
• Tang San used his Spider Lance Battle Armor and Invincible Golden Body to endure Xiao Hongchen’s punches while charging his Sky-Shattering Hammer.
• Tang San smashed the enlarged hammer into Abyssal Blue’s palm, but Xiao Hongchen remained unharmed and asked, “Is that it?”