Vol. 3Shrek’s Tournament Run

Jiang Ming trained Shrek’s freshmen, explored the Far North, and secretly joined the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy while guiding Shrek through the tournament. He refused the Body Sect’s recruitment and left its members reporting his Golden Grade Second Awakening to Du Busi.

  • Di Tian seized Zhang Lexuan and challenged Mu En, but Mu En returned and protected Jiang Ming from Di Tian’s Darkness Power.
  • Jiang Ming won the Freshman Assessment for his team as Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong launched Withering Amid Brilliance, Golden Road against Dai Huabin’s team.
  • Jiang Ming fought Ice Empress in the Far North, escaped badly injured, then recovered in Radiant City and advanced his Soul Tool studies at Bright Virtue Hall.
  • Huo Yuhao reached the Far North’s Core Area, where Sky Dream Ice Silkworm began merging Ice Empress’s Spiritual Origin with him.
  • Jiang Ming joined the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy team under the name Ming Jiang while arranging for Huo Yuhao’s Reserve Team to compete for Shrek.
  • Jiang Ming defeated Zheng Tian Academy’s fighters, and Ye Wuqing asked him to release his Martial Soul for their match.
  • Jiang Ming revealed seven genuine Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and defeated Ye Wuqing, then led Shrek through the tournament’s matches.
  • Jiang Ming refused Lang Ya and Yu Tao’s offer to join the Body Sect, and they reported his heart Body Martial Soul and Golden Grade Second Awakening to Du Busi.
Chapters 203–302 Read from ch. 203

Arc 9Hell Week and the Freshman Finals

After surviving Di Tian’s Darkness Power, Jiang Ming evolves Little Dark and trains Shrek’s freshmen through military training and Hell Week. Huo Yuhao’s team reaches the Freshman Assessment final and clashes with Dai Huabin’s team, leaving Jiang Ming racing to intervene between their fusion attacks.

  • Di Tian seized Zhang Lexuan and challenged Mu En, while Jiang Ming resisted Di Tian’s Darkness Power until Mu En returned to protect him.
  • Jiang Ming recovered at Sea God Pavilion, where Little Dark completed its evolution and Little Yellow then gained a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
  • Jiang Ming broke through to Level Seventy-One and led the freshmen’s military training, testing their limits and selecting students for Hell Week.
  • Jiang Ming put the Hell Week participants through nighttime games and grueling exercises, then led the instructors in a final pursuit that the freshmen survived to earn their badges.
  • Jiang Ming revealed his Martial Souls and Soul Rings to Huo Yuhao and the other freshmen, while Zhang Lexuan privately spoke with Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen.
  • During the following two months, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiaoxiao advanced through the Freshman Assessment and reached the final against Dai Huabin’s team.
  • Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong disrupted Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu’s Hell White Tiger with Spiritual Shock, then launched Withering Amid Brilliance, Golden Road as Jiang Ming rushed between the attacks.
Chapters 203–227 Summaries Read

Arc 10The Far North and Bright Virtue Hall

Jiang Ming won the Freshman Assessment, received his Sky-Piercing Spear, and saw the Spirits build a world inside the Book of Spirits. After fighting Ice Empress and recovering in Radiant City, he studied at Bright Virtue Hall while Huo Yuhao began the process that would make Ice Empress his Wisdom Soul Ring.

  • Jiang Ming’s team won the Freshman Assessment, and he received the Sky-Piercing Spear after the Soul Tool Department completed it.
  • Jiang Ming tested the spear’s Cloud-Piercing strike, then spent three months making Rank 7 Soul Tools before visiting Clear Water City with Zhang Lexuan.
  • The Spirits used their powers to create Our World, and Jiang Ming filled its glacier with creatures from the Far North.
  • Jiang Ming fought Ice Empress and pierced her brow, but he escaped the Far North badly injured as Ice Empress ordered the Soul Beasts to drive humans away.
  • Jiang Ming rescued Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Teacher Ma during the Beast Tide, then traveled with them to Radiant City and entered Bright Virtue Hall.
  • Huo Yuhao reached the Far North’s Core Area, where Sky Dream Ice Silkworm summoned Ice Empress and persuaded her to join his God Creation Plan.
  • Ice Empress asked Huo Yuhao to help settle her score with Jiang Ming, then Sky Dream Ice Silkworm began merging her Spiritual Origin with Huo Yuhao.
  • Jiang Ming recovered in Radiant City and impressed Jing Hongchen as he advanced from studying Rank 7 Soul Tools to working with Rank 8 Soul Tools.
Chapters 228–252 Summaries Read

Arc 11The Tournament Reveals

Jiang Ming maneuvered between Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy while Shrek’s strength stunned the tournament. The arc ended with Jiang Ming defeating Zheng Tian Academy’s fighters and preparing to face Ye Wuqing.

  • Jing Hongchen found no record of Ming Jiang, while Mu En decided Huo Yuhao should cultivate both Martial Soul and Soul Tool paths and might join the Extreme Soldier Plan.
  • Jiang Ming joined the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy team as vice-captain and proved he was a Rank Seven Soul Engineer.
  • Jiang Ming captured Nether Thunder Douluo in Our World, defeated him, and altered his memories before reaching Shrek’s team in Star Luo City.
  • After a Corpse Explosion injured Shrek’s Main Team, Jiang Ming arranged for Huo Yuhao’s Reserve Team to compete and used Meng Bing to maintain his separate identity as Ming Jiang.
  • Huo Yuhao’s Reserve Team defeated Tian Ling Advanced Soul Master Academy in a startling display, while Shrek’s Main Team swept Yunluo Academy and defeated Qianling Academy.
  • Jiang Ming bought Soul Tools for Shrek’s team at auction, and Huo Yuhao bid for a dangerous Ranked Engraving Knife that he believed he could purify.
  • Jiang Ming drew lots for Shrek’s match against Zheng Tian Academy and defeated Yang Yifan, Yu Mengdi, Blood Wolf, Yan'er, Shangguan Can, and Tang Xiaolei.
  • Ye Wuqing asked Jiang Ming to release his Martial Soul for their match, and Jiang Ming agreed as the bout began.
Chapters 253–277 Summaries Read

Arc 12Jiang Ming’s Tournament Run

Jiang Ming stunned the tournament with his power, guided Shrek through its matches, and challenged the team to improve its teamwork and Soul Tool tactics. The Body Sect tried to recruit him, but he refused, and Lang Ya returned to Du Busi with news of Jiang Ming’s Golden Grade Second Awakening.

  • Jiang Ming revealed seven genuine Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, defeated Ye Wuqing’s attack, and won Shrek Academy’s match when Heavenly Killer Douluo ended the fight.
  • Jiang Ming defeated Cheng Gang in a private fight, then bought the Heaven and Earth Cannon and bid for the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast embryo at the auction.
  • Jiang Ming brought the Heaven and Earth Cannon to Shrek’s match against Dou Ling Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy, prompting Guzhu Jian to concede before he fired it.
  • Jiang Ming led Shrek past Dou Ling Academy and Star Luo National Academy, while sparring with Heavenly Killer Douluo during the Star Luo team battle.
  • Jiang Ming scolded Shrek’s Main Team for relying on superior cultivation, then taught them to study Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy’s Soul Tool tactics and named Huo Yuhao to fight next.
  • Lang Ya and Yu Tao tried to recruit Jiang Ming for the Body Sect, but he refused and resisted Yu Tao’s attack without moving.
  • Xuan Zi drove Lang Ya and Yu Tao away from Shrek’s people, and they returned to Du Busi with news that Jiang Ming had a heart Body Martial Soul and a Golden Grade Second Awakening.
Chapters 278–302 Summaries Read
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