Chapter Summaries

Zhang Lexuan introduced Meng Bing, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Ice Silkworm who could transform into Jiang Ming, and Meng Bing relayed Jiang Ming’s plan to deceive Bright Virtue Hall about his identity and rivalry with Ming Jiang. She also told Shrek’s Reserve Team to make a spectacular first-round victory by using Huo Yuhao’s Simulation ability, with Jiang Ming promising to cover for them.

• Zhang Lexuan explained that Meng Bing had followed Jiang Ming for years, named her, and agreed to accompany her while posing as Jiang Ming before Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and the Ice Empress sensed a powerful, kingly Dragon Clan aura from the bumps on Meng Bing’s head.
• Meng Bing explained Jiang Ming’s plan to stage a feud between himself and Ming Jiang so Bright Virtue Hall would lower its guard and help him advance as a Soul Engineer.
• Meng Bing transformed into Jiang Ming and told Huo Yuhao and the Reserve Team that they would compete in Shrek Academy’s first elimination match and had to win spectacularly.
• Huo Yuhao realized Jiang Ming wanted him to use Simulation to frighten their opponents, and Meng Bing promised that Jiang Ming would cover for them.

Huo Yuhao prepared the Reserve Team to make a dramatic showing while the injured Main Team recovered, and Jiang Ming planned to compete in place of Yao Haoxuan. Meanwhile, Ming Jiang told the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy about Shrek’s formidable Main Team, leaving Elder Ma convinced their championship chances were poor as the first elimination round approached.

• Huo Yuhao gathered the Reserve Team and planned a strategy with them, while Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and the other injured Main Team members focused on recovering.
• Zhang Lexuan assigned Wang Yan to look after the Reserve Team and said Shrek would win the championship regardless of the tournament arrangements.
• Elder Zhuang stabilized Yao Haoxuan’s injuries, and Yao learned that Jiang Ming would take the field in his place.
• Ming Jiang ranted about Jiang Ming to his Sun Moon teammates, then revealed that his twin brother was nearing Soul Douluo at age twenty-one.
• Ming Jiang warned his teammates that Shrek was overwhelmingly favored to win, and later told Elder Ma about the strength of Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng.
• Elder Ma left Ming Jiang’s room shaken by the information as the first elimination round approached.

Ming Jiang and Shrek Academy’s members maintained their disguises and concealed amusement during a tense exchange before the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament opened. Shrek’s Reserve Team entered the first elimination match against Tian Ling Advanced Soul Master Academy, and both teams took position as the match was about to begin.

• Ming Jiang taunted Zhang Lexuan about Shrek’s absent Main Team captain, while Shrek’s Main Team members struggled to hide their laughter and Elder Ma intervened.
• The Star Luo Emperor arrived, addressed the crowd, and officially opened the tournament before the rules and first matchup were announced.
• Huo Yuhao and the other Reserve Team members resolved to win impressively as they faced the crowd’s expectations and stepped onto the stage.
• The host introduced Tian Ling Advanced Soul Master Academy and then Shrek, whose young Reserve Team lineup surprised the watching academies.
• The referee explained the team battle’s rules, both teams arranged themselves behind the protective shield, and Shrek’s unusual lack of formation drew attention.

Huo Yuhao and the Shrek Academy Reserve Team stunned the tournament arena by displaying seven Soul Rings apiece, including thirteen apparent Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings. Huo Yuhao defeated Tian Ling Advanced Soul Master Academy with a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, leaving Jiang Ming worried about how the Main Team could follow the performance.

• Huo Yuhao acted arrogantly before the match, and the referee started the bout between Shrek Academy and Tian Ling Advanced Soul Master Academy.
• The Shrek team revealed seven Soul Rings each, with thirteen red rings among them, terrifying their opponents, the referee, and the audience.
• Huo Yuhao used spiritual interference to make Tian Ling Academy's competitors gather together, then fused with another figure to unleash a golden-eye attack that defeated all seven.
• Huo Yuhao declared the match over, and the crowd erupted in cheers for Shrek as the team returned to its waiting area.
• Jiang Ming praised Huo Yuhao's outrageous display but worried that the Main Team would struggle to match it, while Xiao Hongchen and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy members doubted what they had seen.

The Round-robin Tournament began, and Shrek Academy drew Yunluo Advanced Soul Master Academy in a one-on-one elimination match. Shrek chose Support System Soul Master Gongyang Mo to fight first, startling Ming Jiang, Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, and the spectators.

• Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy finished its Elimination Tournament, while Shrek's shocking Reserve Team performance left the Main Team under pressure to stand out.
• The host announced Shrek Academy and Yunluo Advanced Soul Master Academy as the first teams to compete, and their captains drew the one-on-one individual elimination format.
• Shrek's Main Team members volunteered to fight first, but Zhang Lexuan selected Gongyang Mo because his Support System role would make his appearance more surprising.
• Gongyang Mo took the stage, and Ming Jiang exclaimed in surprise when he recognized that Shrek had sent out a Support System Soul Master.

Gongyang Mo and Chen Zifeng overwhelmed Yunluo Academy’s contestants with their Soul Saint cultivation, Soul Ray, and killing aura, prompting the team to surrender before most of Shrek Academy’s Main Team could compete. Ming Jiang recognized his former Shrek teammates’ strength and concluded that they must have gained a major opportunity.

• Gongyang Mo revealed seven Soul Rings and used a Rank Six Soul Ray to make Ma Yingjun surrender, then left the stage because Shrek Academy’s captain had limited each member to one match.
• Chen Zifeng released the killing aura of his Soul Chasing Sword, and Yunluo Academy’s next contestant surrendered without fighting.
• Ming Jiang recognized Chen Zifeng as a Soul Emperor, while Meng Hongchen comforted him and Zhang Lexuan watched him with a chilly gaze.
• Xixi took the stage, but Yunluo Academy surrendered as a team before anyone faced her, leaving Shrek Academy’s remaining members without a chance to fight.
• Ming Jiang dodged Meng Hongchen and told Elder Ma that Shrek Academy’s Main Team must have encountered a fortuitous opportunity that raised their cultivation.

Ming Jiang secretly returned to Shrek Academy and joined the group’s trip to Star Luo City’s auction house. There, Jiang Ming promised to pay for anything the Reserve Team wanted, as they prepared to browse an auction of Soul Tools below the sixth rank.

• Ming Jiang warned Elder Ma and Xiao Hongchen that Shrek Academy’s Reserve Team was talented, then left to avoid revealing his connection to the academy.
• After changing into Jiang Ming, he met the Shrek group at the hotel and agreed to accompany them to the auction house, while Zhang Lexuan briefly rebuked him over Meng Hongchen.
• Wang Yan discussed combining Soul Masters and Soul Engineers with the Reserve Team as they traveled to the auction house.
• Wang Yan led the group into Star Light Auction House, where an attendant explained that they had entered Hall Twelve for a fourth-rank Soul Tool auction.
• Jiang Ming told the group to buy whatever they wanted and promised to cover every expense.

Jiang Ming treated the Shrek team to the Starlight Auction and helped them acquire Soul Tools, while Zhang Lexuan teased him about the auctioneer and his generosity. The auction continued toward its grand finale after Jiang Ming told the team they could take the Rank 4 Milk Bottles directly from the Soul Tool Department.

• Jiang Ming offered to pay for the team's purchases, and Zhang Lexuan teased him about having money and complimented the auctioneer.
• Jiang Ming flirted with Zhang Lexuan, while Xu Sanshi copied his sweet words to Jiang Nannan and failed to impress her.
• Huo Yuhao identified the first auction item as a Rank 3 arm-mounted Soul Tool, and Qing Ya explained that its paralysis effect could briefly disable Soul Masters it hit.
• Jiang Ming agreed to buy the Soul Paralysis Ray for Wang Dong, who won it for 2,500 Gold Soul Coins despite his objections to the price.
• The team bought more than a dozen Soul Tools, and Jiang Ming estimated their purchases would cost at least 10,000 Gold Soul Coins.
• Qing Ya introduced the second-to-last item as a Milk Bottle, and Jiang Ming told the team to get Rank 4 Milk Bottles from the Soul Tool Department by reporting his name.

Jiang Ming gave the Reserve Team a charged Milk Bottle and teased Zhang Lexuan while the group attended the Starlight Auction. When the final item was revealed as a Ranked Engraving Knife afflicted by Fierce Blade Devouring Spirit, Jiang Ming urged Zhang Lexuan to buy it, but Huo Yuhao unexpectedly bid one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.

• Jiang Ming gave Bei Bei a high-quality Rank Four Milk Bottle for the Reserve Team to use during the competition.
• Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan joked about breastfeeding and argued playfully over his private savings.
• The Rank Four Milk Bottle sold for twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Jiang Ming chose to pay rather than use the academy's credit voucher.
• Qing Ya unveiled a Ranked Engraving Knife as the auction's final item and revealed that it suffered from Fierce Blade Devouring Spirit.
• Jiang Ming urged Zhang Lexuan to buy the knife despite its danger, and Huo Yuhao raised his paddle to bid one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.

Huo Yuhao bought the dangerous Ranked Engraving Knife, claiming he could purify it, while Jiang Ming agreed to watch over him. Back as Ming Jiang, he analyzed the tournament field for Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy and warned that Shrek Academy’s Main Team was a serious threat.

• Huo Yuhao bid one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for the Ranked Engraving Knife and told Jiang Ming he could purify it.
• Jiang Ming agreed to let Huo Yuhao try, while Zhang Lexuan remained worried about the blade’s danger.
• Jiang Ming paid for the auction purchase, returned to the Star Emperor Hotel as Ming Jiang, and learned Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy had won its first round-robin match.
• Ming Jiang ranked Shrek as the strongest threat and cautioned the team against dismissing its Main Team as well as its seemingly exaggerated Reserve Team.
• Ming Jiang told Elder Ma that Gongyang Mo’s Soul Power Level was definitely not the highest among Shrek’s Main Team members.

Ming Jiang warned the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy that Shrek might have three Soul Saints, then Shrek prepared for its second round-robin match against Qianling Academy. Shrek’s Main Team unleashed a stage-wide barrage of meteor attacks, leaving the referee alarmed as the match began.

• Ming Jiang told the Sun Moon team that Gongyang Mo was neither Shrek’s captain nor vice-captain, and urged them to study Shrek’s upcoming matches and keep their morale up.
• Zhang Lexuan arranged Shrek’s next match lineup, while Meng Bing explained Jiang Ming’s plan to reinforce the impression that he and Ming Jiang were different people.
• Zhang Lexuan agreed to take Meng Bing to visit the Sun Moon Academy, then let her sleep under the blankets in her original form.
• At Star Luo Plaza, Shrek drew Qianling Academy for a Team Battle and sent six Main Team members alongside Huo Yuhao.
• Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and Gongyang Mo led Shrek’s attack with multiple soul skills, expanding their meteor showers across the entire stage and startling the referee.

Shrek Academy overwhelmed Qianling Academy with a meteor shower, forcing Shen Ce to concede and revealing the team’s formidable strength to the tournament’s spectators and rivals. Ming Jiang rallied Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy and other teams to face Shrek without surrendering, while his teasing remark about Zhang Lexuan left Shrek’s members struggling not to laugh.

• Shen Ce conceded as Ling Luochen’s meteor shower threatened Qianling Academy, and the referee helped the team withstand the attack before declaring Shrek Academy the winner.
• The devastated arena convinced the Star Luo Empire’s emperor that Shrek’s fighters were genuine Soul Saints, so he ordered Senior Huang to referee their next match.
• The other academies, including Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, lost hope of beating Shrek after seeing its three Soul Saints and three Soul Emperors.
• Ming Jiang rebuked Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy for losing heart, prompting Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, Ma Rulong, and Mika to resolve to face Shrek regardless of the outcome.
• Ming Jiang teased Zhang Lexuan by saying his big brother was under her control, and Shrek’s group coughed and struggled to hold back their laughter.

Jiang Ming planned to enter Shrek Academy’s upcoming tournament matches, while his teammates and the Reserve Team discussed his overwhelming strength and past victories. After returning to the hotel disguised as an injured Ming Jiang, Jiang Ming appeared at the next day’s draw, startling Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

• Zhang Lexuan explained that Jiang Ming’s provocations had raised the other academies’ morale and warned Shrek’s Main Team not to lose as they had against the Death Messenger.
• Zhang Lexuan told the team that Jiang Ming planned to compete in the coming matches, and the members debated whether they would get a chance to fight.
• Ice Empress told Huo Yuhao that a recovered Jiang Ming could reach the strength of a level ninety-five Titled Douluo, and Gongyang Mo recalled how Jiang Ming had defeated all fourteen Shrek members five years earlier without attacking.
• Jiang Ming returned to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy hotel covered in injuries, prompting Meng Hongchen and the others to blame Shrek and Jiang Ming for beating him.
• Jiang Ming sent Meng Bing to impersonate him at the hotel and returned to Shrek, then personally went to draw lots for their match against Zheng Tian Academy.
• Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy’s members were shocked to see Jiang Ming drawing lots and questioned how he could compete.

Jiang Ming was accused of being over the age limit, but the Heavenly Killer Douluo confirmed that he was twenty. He then entered Shrek Academy’s match against Zheng Tian Academy and defeated Yang Yifan with ease, leaving his own strength still largely unexplained.

• Ma Rulong accused Jiang Ming of being over twenty, but the Heavenly Killer Douluo examined him and confirmed he was under the age limit.
• Jiang Ming told Meng Hongchen that he and Ming Jiang had awakened their Martial Souls at five, making Ming Jiang twenty rather than twenty-one.
• The drawing paired Shrek Academy against Zheng Tian Academy, and Jiang Ming introduced himself to Yang Yifan as a substitute because the main force was tired.
• Jiang Ming did not release his Martial Soul when the match began, then vanished and sent Yang Yifan flying with a single move.
• Jiang Ming caught Yang Yifan before he hit the Protective Shield and landed him outside the stage, asking if he was okay.

Jiang Ming dominated Zheng Tian Academy’s contestants without releasing his Martial Soul and agreed to fight all seven matches. After defeating six opponents, he faced captain Ye Wuqing, who asked him to use his Martial Soul, and Jiang Ming agreed just before their match began.

• Jiang Ming defeated Yang Yifan and then gave Yu Mengdi three moves, dodging her powerful attacks before throwing her from the stage.
• Jiang Ming asked to fight all seven matches, and Ye Wuqing agreed on Zheng Tian Academy’s behalf.
• Jiang Ming quickly defeated Blood Wolf, Yan'er, Shangguan Can, and Tang Xiaolei, leaving Ye Wuqing as Zheng Tian Academy’s final contestant.
• Ye Wuqing asked Jiang Ming to release his Martial Soul for their match, and Jiang Ming agreed as the referee started the bout.

Jiang Ming released his Martial Soul and revealed seven genuine Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, overwhelming the competition stage and alarming the spectators. He stood before Ye Wuqing and asked whether he still wanted to fight.

• Jiang Ming released his Martial Soul, revealing seven red Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings that manifested light, darkness, ice, life, fire, wind, and earth.
• Jiang Ming's aura shook the Protective Shield, forcing its Soul Masters to pour out Soul Power until he restrained his pressure enough to steady it.
• Ye Wuqing froze under Jiang Ming's pressure, while Heavenly Killer Douluo Huang Jinxu released his nine Soul Rings and recognized Jiang Ming's rings as genuine.
• The Star Luo Emperor, Xiao Hongchen, Elder Ma, and the other spectators reacted with shock as they realized Jiang Ming's rings and power were real.
• Jiang Ming smiled at Ye Wuqing and asked whether he still wanted to fight now that he had released his Martial Soul.

Jiang Ming faced Ye Wuqing in the final match and overwhelmed him with a domain-type Soul Skill, forcing the Heavenly Killer Douluo and the shield controllers to work together to contain the storm. The Protective Shield nearly collapsed, leaving the two hundred thousand spectators terrified.

• Jiang Ming lifted the pressure of his seven Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings so Ye Wuqing could move and fight.
• Ye Wuqing refused to concede and unleashed his strongest attack, sending thousands of Golden Leaves at Jiang Ming.
• Jiang Ming used the domain skill Wind Sweeps Clouds, and its hurricane swept Ye Wuqing's Golden Leaves into the sky.
• The Heavenly Killer Douluo shielded Ye Wuqing and used Heavenly Killer Lone Star to break the Wind Blades and help stabilize the cracking Protective Shield.
• The one hundred and eight shield controllers poured in their Soul Power as the spectators panicked over the possibility that the Protective Shield would break.

Jiang Ming used the ongoing match against Ye Wuqing as an excuse to attack Heavenly Killer Douluo and test himself against a Titled Douluo. The referee finally declared the match over just as Jiang Ming prepared another punch, awarding Shrek Academy the win.

• Jiang Ming silenced Ye Wuqing so he could not concede, then powered up and charged at Heavenly Killer Douluo.
• Heavenly Killer Douluo caught Jiang Ming’s punch and fought to manage the hurricane and protect the platform while Jiang Ming unleashed a barrage of blows.
• The clash’s shockwaves and lingering winds sent Ye Wuqing flying through the air, though he remained on the platform.
• Heavenly Killer Douluo remembered his duties as referee and declared the match over, awarding Shrek Academy the win.
• Jiang Ming stopped his next punch, frustrated that the match had ended before he could throw it.

Jiang Ming defeated Zheng Tian Academy’s team and fought Heavenly Killer Douluo, leaving the spectators and rival academies stunned by his strength. After he taunted the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy about his brother, Ming Jiang heard of the match and vowed to kill him.

• Heavenly Killer Douluo ended the match, caught the fallen Ye Wuqing, and warned Jiang Ming not to attack again.
• The Protective Shield came down safely, and the spectators erupted into cheers for Jiang Ming and Shrek.
• Jiang Ming returned to Shrek Academy while rival teams backed away, then told Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy to tell his younger brother that no one could surpass him for three hundred years unless he became a Rank 10 Soul Master.
• Jiang Ming left with Zhang Lexuan as Shrek Academy's members marveled at his strength, and the day's remaining matches drew little attention.
• Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy reported Jiang Ming's performance to Ming Jiang, who roared that he would not rest until one of them was dead.

Ming Jiang staged a convincing breakdown over Jiang Ming’s supposed betrayal, while Jiang Ming planned to build trust before a dramatic reveal. After returning to Shrek Academy, Jiang Ming confronted Cheng Gang, a Titled Douluo who suspected him of being a reincarnated Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and challenged him to a fight outside Star Luo City.

• Ming Jiang pretended to collapse from grief, and Elder Ma confirmed that he needed rest after blood and qi attacked his heart.
• Ming Jiang left the meeting room, then revealed to Little Prison, Rongrong, Meng Bing, and the Spirits that his emotional outburst had been an act.
• Ming Jiang said he would escalate the conflict, leave Meng Bing behind, and compete in the next matches to build trust before the final match.
• Jiang Ming returned to Shrek Academy and confronted Cheng Gang, who had mistaken Meng Bing’s transformed appearance for Jiang Ming’s Soul Beast aura.
• After Cheng Gang examined him and found no Soul Beast aura, Jiang Ming challenged him to fight outside Star Luo City.