Chapter Summaries

The Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy prepared its veterans for the upcoming one-on-one and two-on-two matches while keeping their abilities and Soul Tools hidden. The elimination round ended, and Xue Xiao Ran expected the Sun Moon team to prevail unless Shrek’s senior students entered the competition.

• Old Zhou told Ma Ru Long to command the one-on-one and two-on-two matches and warned the veterans not to reveal their soul skills or Soul Tools.
• Ma Ru Long accepted command and instructed the team to follow his deployments and knock opponents off the stage while concealing their abilities.
• Xue Xiao Ran discussed Xiao Hong Chen’s rapid cultivation and poison training, then threatened to numb his mouth when Xiao Hong Chen kept criticizing Shrek Academy.
• Xue Xiao Ran and Xiao Hong Chen passed the Shrek substitutes, including Bei Bei, before returning to their room.
• The first-round elimination matches concluded, and Star Luo City spectators crowded the venue as the Star Luo Empire raised entrance fees.

On the first day of the tournament’s round-robin stage, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy entered to face its opponent and drew the audience’s attention. Ma Ru Long prepared the team for battle and chose Chu Xia to open with her Control System martial soul.

• Xue Xiao Ran reflected on Sword City’s forging industry and the Star Luo Empire’s profits from the tournament.
• The Star Luo Empire’s tournament began its round-robin stage, and all sixty-seven advanced teams gathered to watch the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy’s match.
• Xue Xiao Ran sensed Wang Dong’s gaze and told his teammates they would crush their opponents.
• Ma Ru Long led the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy into the arena, where the audience applauded the team.
• Ma Ru Long selected Chu Xia to fight first, and Chu Xia said she would play Flower Fall Sorrow.

Xue Xiao Ran watched Xu Sanshi defeat Yun Luo Advanced Soul Engineer Academy opponents with a displacement skill and overwhelming strength. The chapter left Xue Xiao Ran assessing how he would counter Xu Sanshi while looking forward to facing Shrek Academy.

• Xue Xiao Ran and Meng Hong Chen noticed Shrek Academy had kept its six-rings student out of the first match.
• Xu Sanshi used his Fourth Spirit Ring to switch places with his first opponent, then startled him with a shout about a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, causing him to fall from the arena.
• Xue Xiao Ran explained Xu Sanshi's displacement ability and considered how poison could counter his Black Tortoise Shield.
• Xu Sanshi began his next matches and smashed the heavily armed Yun Luo Academy captain away with his shield.
• Xue Xiao Ran concluded he could defeat Xu Sanshi without revealing most of his trump cards and welcomed the challenge of facing strong opponents.

Xue Xiao Ran and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy team prepared for a team battle against Ling Yu Academy, with Ma Ru Long choosing Xue Xiao Ran to lead while keeping their Soul Tools and strongest techniques hidden. Xue Xiao Ran took command and faced Ling Yu Academy’s captain as the arena erupted in support of him.

• Xiao Hong Chen and Meng Hong Chen discussed Xue Xiao Ran’s performance and the Tang Sect’s Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Ma Ru Long drew a team battle against Ling Yu Academy and decided that Xue Xiao Ran would lead the match instead of Chu Xia.
• Xue Xiao Ran assigned roles to Xiao Hong Chen, Meng Hong Chen, Yan Yuyan, Yu Ling Lin, and the Moon Family Brothers, and asked them to avoid their strongest skills.
• The Moon Family Brothers agreed to hold back their Martial Soul Fusion Skill after Xue Xiao Ran inferred that they could perform one.
• Xue Xiao Ran entered the arena to roaring cheers and told Ling Yu Academy’s captain that he would make the team regret what they had said before.

Xue Xiao Ran led Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy to a swift, one-sided victory over Ling Yu Advanced Academy, relying on his teammates rather than taking center stage. Afterward, he sensed someone from Shrek Academy watching him from afar and joined Ma Ru Long to observe the next match.

• The referee began the match, and Xue Xiao Ran supported the Moon Family Brothers as they charged Ling Yu Advanced Academy's team.
• Yu Ling Lin's Crimson Flame Thorns restrained the opponents and suppressed their vine-using Control System Soul Master, while Yan Yuyan's Flame Blade forced the dark-faced captain to retreat.
• The Moon Family Brothers knocked Ling Yu Advanced Academy's Defense, Agility, and Assault System Soul Masters off the arena with their First Soul Skill.
• Older Yue Hua struck the remaining Control System and Support System Soul Masters off the stage, and the referee declared Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy the winner.
• Xue Xiao Ran sensed a distant observer he recognized as a youth from Shrek Academy, then told Ma Ru Long that he had completed his mission.
• Ma Ru Long praised Xue Xiao Ran for keeping their important abilities concealed, and the team watched as the next battle was about to begin.

Bei Bei and the others watched the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy defeat its opponents and learned that the team had several Soul Emperors. They discussed Xue Xiao Ran’s place in the competition and Shrek’s plans for its next generation, while the Sun Moon team decided to visit Star Luo City’s auction house.

• Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, He Caitou, Wang Dong, Jiang Nannan, and Xiao Xiao watched the match through a Telescopic Soul Tool and saw the Yue twins and other teammates reveal five Soul Emperors.
• Bei Bei admitted that Wang Yan had hidden the opposing team’s strength to protect Shrek’s confidence, and Xu Sanshi insisted they were not defeated yet.
• Bei Bei explained that he and Xu Sanshi had been designated as future Shrek Seven Devils, that Huo Yu Hao was receiving similar support, and that Xue Xiao Ran would be cultivated by Shrek if he joined the academy.
• Xu Sanshi questioned Xue Xiao Ran’s choice to compete for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy, and Wang Dong defended his decision as repayment for the Soul Tool education he had received.
• Bei Bei sent the group back to rest, while Ma Ru Long and the Sun Moon team agreed to visit Star Luo City’s auction house to look for rare metals.

Ma Ru Long led the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy group into Star Luo City's Starlight Auction House for a special auction of Soul Tools below Level Six. After they took their seats and Qing Ya opened the auction, the first item was brought onto the stage.

• Ma Ru Long led the group into the Auction House, where Xu Yuan Fei used his status as a prince to secure their entry plaques.
• An attendant guided the group to Hall Twelve and explained the auction's ranking system and the meanings of the colored masks.
• Xu Yuan Fei explained that black masks represented princes and nobles, red masks represented the imperial family, and gold masks represented Titled Douluo.
• Qing Ya introduced the special Soul Tool auction and announced a mysterious grand gift at the end.
• Two attendants uncovered a black Soul Tool on the stage, and Xue Xiao Ran asked Yu Ling Lin whether she wanted to bid on it.

Yu Ling Lin and Xue Xiao Ran spent lavishly at the Soul Tool auction, drawing attention as they bid on practical items. The auction’s mysterious final lot proved to be an ancient-looking engraving knife, and Xue Xiao Ran declared he would buy it regardless of the cost.

• Yu Ling Lin outbid the competition and bought a Paralysis Soul Ray for three thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Yan Yuyan purchased an offensive Soul Tool while the same unidentified bidder bought many of the other lots.
• Xue Xiao Ran outbid the unidentified bidder and bought a Milk Bottle for forty thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Qing Ya presented the auction’s mysterious final lot, an ancient-looking engraving knife.
• Xue Xiao Ran said he would buy the engraving knife and declared that money was not a problem.

Xue Xiao Ran won the cursed Spirit Devouring Carving Knife at auction and used his own funds to keep the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy from claiming it. He detected and purified Electrolux’s attempt to spy on him, leaving Electrolux shaken and asleep.

• Qing Ya explained that the Spirit Devouring Carving Knife had a cursed history and that many of its owners had met tragic ends.
• Xue Xiao Ran bid against a childish-voiced bidder and won the knife for 250,000 Gold Soul Coins.
• Xue Xiao Ran used his own money to purchase the knife, reducing the chance that the academy would interfere.
• Xue Xiao Ran sensed an old man’s Spiritual Power probing him and purified its thread with golden light.
• Electrolux recognized Xue Xiao Ran’s power as neither holy nor evil, then fell into slumber.

The Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy analyzed Shrek Academy’s apparent weaknesses and discussed its chances in the tournament. Xue Xiao Ran revealed his sword and vowed to stop Shrek’s substitutes if they faced them.

• Xiao Hong Chen and Lin Xi questioned the strength Shrek’s team had displayed, while Ma Ru Long proposed that the apparent six hundred-thousand-year soul rings came from illusions and that the boy was not a Soul Emperor.
• Xue Xiao Ran identified the boy’s martial soul as Mysterious Ice and confirmed that his first martial soul was Spirit Eyes, estimating his Soul Power Level at around 25 to 30.
• Ma Ru Long concluded that Shrek’s competitors seemed to be a reserve team and that the academy likely had a serious problem, giving Sun Moon a chance to win the tournament.
• Ma Ru Long said he would be at a disadvantage against Shrek’s captain in a martial-soul contest but could make the fight more even with Soul Tools.
• Xue Xiao Ran said he would take on Shrek’s substitute members if Ma Ru Long held back their strongest fighter, then drew his sword and challenged the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon and Xuanwu.

Shrek Academy faced Zheng Tian Academy in the third round of the tournament, while Ma Ru Long and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy watched to assess Shrek's strength. Shrek won the first match, and the chapter ended as Xiao Xiao entered the second two-versus-two match, with Ma Ru Long hoping to see Huo Yu Hao fight.

• Ma Ru Long and Xue Xiao Ran discussed Shrek's unchanged lineup and wondered whether its injured main team members would compete.
• The referee announced Shrek Academy's match against Zheng Tian Academy, and the captains drew a two-two-three format.
• Lin Xi identified Zheng Tian captain Ye Wu Qing as a powerful Level 58 Soul King, while Ma Ru Long predicted Shrek would win.
• Ma Ru Long and Xue Xiao Ran watched Xu Sanshi use his Black Tortoise Shield to withstand Zheng Tian's attacks, and Shrek won the first match.
• Ma Ru Long was astonished when a Shrek Soul Sect used a Super Energy Cannon, then watched Xiao Xiao begin the second two-versus-two match.

Shrek Academy lost the match against Zheng Tian Academy, but He Caitou and Xiao Xiao’s sacrifice earned Shrek’s team and spirit widespread respect. After watching Huo Yu Hao and Wang Dong win the next match, Xue Xiao Ran learned that Shrek had invited Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy for an exchange and was asked to lead the visit.

• The referee declared Blood Wolf of Zheng Tian Academy the winner over He Caitou and Xiao Xiao, tying the match score at one to one.
• Xue Xiao Ran and Xiao Hong Chen reflected on Shrek Academy’s glory and resolve as Bei Bei, Wang Dong, and Huo Yu Hao prepared to fight.
• Xue Xiao Ran and the Ice Empress sensed that a primordial presence, likely another Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, was controlling Huo Yu Hao, and the Ice Empress said it was not one of her old rivals.
• Wang Dong brought out the Clear Sky Hammer, and Shrek Academy won the match to cheers from the crowd.
• Old Ma told Xue Xiao Ran that Shrek had invited Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy’s students for an exchange and that he had been chosen to lead them.
• Xue Xiao Ran asked to consult Dean Jing Hong Chen before deciding who would lead the visit, then agreed with Xiao Hong Chen that their substitute team would put on a show.

Xue Xiaoran faced Lin Ya in a one-on-one match and used his swordsmanship to overcome the higher-level Soul Master’s opening attack. After wounding Lin Ya, Xue Xiaoran charged forward to continue the fight.

• Ma Rulong asked Xue Xiaoran whether he should reveal his sword in the match, and Xue Xiaoran agreed to keep his abilities limited.
• Xue Xiaoran and Lin Ya introduced themselves on the Soul Douluo Stage as the audience and Shrek’s team watched.
• Wang Dong told Xu Sanshi that Xue Xiaoran was the Holy Son of the Carefree Sword Sect.
• Lin Ya charged with his spear, but Xue Xiaoran used his Purple-grade Demonic Eye to read the attack and dodged with Shadowless Kick.
• Xue Xiaoran drew his Level 2 Soul Tool Sword and struck Lin Ya across the chest, then charged at him again.

Xue Xiao Ran defeated Lin Ya with his Flying Snow Sword and poison, then faced Ju Li, a much higher-level Defense System Soul Master. As their second match began, Xue Xiao Ran concealed himself in dense icy mist, leaving Ju Li unable to locate him.

• Xue Xiao Ran revealed that his sword was the Flying Snow Sword and used Ant Devouring Poison and Paralysis Poison to incapacitate Lin Ya, securing Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy's victory.
• Ma Ru Long, Chu Xia, Lin Xi, and the Shrek Academy members discussed Xue Xiao Ran's strength and the difficulty of defeating him one-on-one.
• Ju Li entered the arena to face Xue Xiao Ran, who recognized him as a likely Defense System Soul Master with a body martial soul.
• When the match began, Ju Li charged with four Soul Rings active, but Xue Xiao Ran released dense icy mist and vanished from Ju Li's sight.

Xue Xiao Ran defeated Ju Li with poison and then detoxified the eliminated Dou Ling Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy contestants. Xu Yuan Fei replaced him for the next match and revealed the offensive power of his Sun Martial Soul as he hurled a blazing spear at the opposing captain.

• The Star Luo Emperor ordered an investigation into Xue Xiao Ran after watching him wear down Ju Li with poison.
• Xue Xiao Ran defeated Ju Li, and the referee declared Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy the winner of the round.
• At the Dou Ling captain's request, Xue Xiao Ran removed the poison from the eliminated contestants.
• Xue Xiao Ran yielded the next match to Xu Yuan Fei, who stepped onto the arena to face the Dou Ling captain.
• Xu Yuan Fei revealed his Sun Martial Soul and hurled his Spear of Blazing Sun at the captain, who lost consciousness.

Xu Yuan Fei revealed his control over Solar Power and defeated Tian Lan in a one-on-one match, using a Sun Shield to withstand her cannon barrage before overpowering her in the sky. Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy won the match, while Ma Ru Long expressed concern about Xu Yuan Fei’s future.

• Xu Yuan Fei defeated Dou Ling Royal High Soul Master Academy’s first contestant, and the referee declared Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy the winner.
• Tian Lan entered the arena with multiple Soul Tools, and Xu Yuan Fei charged toward her as she prepared her cannons.
• Tian Lan fired a concentrated barrage, but Xu Yuan Fei formed a Sun Shield from Solar Power and blocked the blasts.
• Tian Lan took to the air with her Soul Tool wings, and Xu Yuan Fei pursued her while wielding his shield and Spear of Blazing Sun.
• Xu Yuan Fei broke through Tian Lan’s defenses with a powerful spear attack, and the referee intervened before it could hit her.
• The referee declared Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy the winner, while Ma Ru Long voiced concern about Xu Yuan Fei’s future.

After defeating Dou Ling Academy, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy prepared for a possible semifinal against Shrek Academy and attended a top-tier auction. Ma Ru Long and Xu Yuan Fei left determined to use the tournament to prove Shrek Academy could be surpassed.

• Xu Yuan Fei defeated all five members of Dou Ling Academy in a one-on-one match, securing the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy's victory.
• Ma Ru Long, Lin Xi, Chu Xia, and the others discussed how to counter Shrek Academy, prioritizing the elimination of Huo Yu Hao.
• Qing Ya delivered invitations to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy for the Starlight Auction House's top-tier auction.
• Xue Xiao Ran went with the team to the auction, where Cang Xue quietly offered to help him acquire anything he wanted.
• Qing Ya left to accompany Shrek Academy, prompting Ma Ru Long to say he had been testing the auction house's attitude.
• Xu Yuan Fei declared that the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy would prove Shrek Academy was no myth and make it give way.

Xue Xiao Ran attended the Starlight Auction House’s top-tier auction and bid on rare metals before recognizing an Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone that suited his Extreme Ice physique. After he offered twenty million Gold Soul Coins, Ice Empress warned him that the auction house might have already chosen its buyer, and Xue Xiao Ran left to investigate.

• A young attendant explained the private bidding arrangements to Ma Ru Long and the others before the auction began.
• Xu Jiujiu introduced the auction, and Xu Yuan Fei recognized her royal connection to the Star Luo Empire.
• Xue Xiao Ran ignored the early Soul Tools but bought several rare metals for hundreds of thousands of Gold Soul Coins.
• Ice Empress identified the eighth item, a jade-green Ice Jade Scorpion left arm Soul Bone from the Extreme North, as exceptionally rare and suited to Xue Xiao Ran.
• Xue Xiao Ran bid twenty million Gold Soul Coins and continued raising the price until Ice Empress warned that Starlight Auction House might have already selected the buyer.
• Xue Xiao Ran asked Ma Ru Long to keep bidding and left the room to investigate.

Xue Xiao Ran exposed the Starlight Auction House’s plan to give the Ice Empress Scorpion Soul Bone to Shrek Academy and used the Carefree Sword Sect’s influence to claim it for free. Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu were left fearing the consequences of offending the sect, while Xue Xiao Ran told Cang Xue to secure the auction’s final item in the sect’s name.

• Xue Xiao Ran confronted Xu Jiujiu as she tried to leave with a suitcase, and Cang Xue smashed it open to reveal the Ice Empress Scorpion Soul Bone.
• Xue Xiao Ran accused Xu Jiujiu of fixing the auction for Shrek Academy and demanded to know whether she, Xu Jiawei, or the Star Luo Empire had ordered it.
• Xu Jiawei arrived and admitted that the decision had been Xu Jiujiu’s, then recognized Cang Xue’s Sword Token as belonging to the Carefree Sword Sect.
• Xue Xiao Ran demanded the Soul Bone for free, and Xu Jiawei agreed as Xu Jiujiu handed it over.
• Xu Jiawei blamed his misjudgment while Xu Jiujiu apologized, and they worried about the consequences of offending the Carefree Sword Sect.
• Xue Xiao Ran told Cang Xue that they had only meant to scare the Star Luo royals and instructed him to secure the auction’s final item under the Carefree Sword Sect’s name.

Xue Xiao Ran and Cang Xue attended the Starlight Auction, where the Star Luo imperial family bought the Soul Bone and bidding began on a rare Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast embryo. Cang Xue uncovered a plot by two Body Sect elders and left them crippled, while the auction for the embryo continued.

• Xue Xiao Ran stopped Ma Ru Long from bidding further on the Soul Bone, which sold to the Star Luo imperial family for thirty-one million Gold Soul Coins.
• Princess Jiujiu presented a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast embryo, and Xue Xiao Ran sensed a trace of the Extreme North in it.
• Xiao Hong Chen joined the bidding as the price climbed, while Cang Xue suspected someone was trying to manipulate the auction.
• Cang Xue discovered that two Body Sect elders had used mind control and confronted them in VIP Room Number Three.
• Cang Xue severed both elders' arms and left, and the men decided to return to their sect and await judgment.