Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ming challenged Might Douluo Cheng Gang and defeated him outside Star Luo City after revealing his two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and using stacked enhancements and Triple Fusion. As Cheng Gang headed back to the city, an aged voice announced that it had not yet made its move.

• Jiang Ming challenged Cheng Gang at Star Emperor Hotel and suggested they fight outside Star Luo City.
• Jiang Ming and Cheng Gang exchanged punches in the wasteland, and Cheng Gang knocked Jiang Ming back.
• Jiang Ming revealed six Soul Rings, including two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, causing Cheng Gang to covet his Spirit Bones and attack.
• Jiang Ming stacked his Soul Skill enhancements, struck Cheng Gang, and used Triple Fusion to overpower and beat him.
• Jiang Ming flew back toward Star Luo City while Cheng Gang lay defeated, then an aged voice told him it had not yet made its move.

After defeating a Titled Douluo, Jiang Ming attended Starlight Auction House’s top-tier auction with Zhang Lexuan and the others. He spotted a Heaven and Earth Cannon whose Rank 9 Core Magic Array could make it a bargain for him, and the auction was still underway.

• Jiang Ming returned to the hotel after beating a Titled Douluo, reassured Zhang Lexuan that he was unharmed, and fell asleep from exhaustion.
• Zhang Lexuan woke Jiang Ming in the evening and took him and the others to Starlight Auction House’s top-tier auction, where Qing Ya welcomed them.
• Qing Ya led the group to Room Number Seven in Auction Hall Number One and explained the auction’s rules.
• Dai Yueheng bought the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade for 1.56 million Gold Soul Coins, and Zhang Lexuan bought a set of Rank 6 Fixed Soul Cannonballs.
• Jiang Ming became interested in the Heaven and Earth Cannon after learning that it contained a Rank 9 Core Magic Array and that he could improve its materials with World Power.

Jiang Ming won the Heaven and Earth Cannon for seven million Gold Soul Coins, then watched Huo Yuhao challenge the auction house over an Ice Jade Scorpion Spirit Bone. Seeing Huo Yuhao’s Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion marking, Jiang Ming suspected he was connected to the Ice Empress, perhaps even her child.

• Jiang Ming outbid the competing factions and bought the Heaven and Earth Cannon for seven million Gold Soul Coins.
• Jiang Ming joked with Zhang Lexuan and Wang Dong after the sale, then the auction presented an ice-attributed left arm Spirit Bone.
• Princess Jiujiu explained that the fifty-to-seventy-thousand-year Spirit Bone came from an Ice Jade Scorpion and possessed the powerful Ice Explosion skill.
• The Ice Empress urged Huo Yuhao to obtain the Spirit Bone, and Huo Yuhao claimed the auction item had a problem.
• Wang Yan helped Huo Yuhao reveal the Ice Jade Scorpion marking on his back, which left Qing Ya stunned.
• Jiang Ming recognized the marking as an Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion and concluded that Huo Yuhao likely had a connection to the Ice Empress.

Jiang Ming and the Shrek Academy group learned that the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone required an Extreme Ice constitution, and Jiang Ming chose not to bid aggressively for it. The auction's finale was revealed as a captured, unformed hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast embryo rebuilding itself into a human.

• Huo Yuhao warned Princess Jiujiu that only someone with an Extreme Ice constitution could absorb the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone.
• Jiang Ming decided the absorption risk was not worth taking, but considered buying the Spirit Bone to help Huo Yuhao and asked Zhang Lexuan how much money they had.
• Zhang Lexuan revealed that she and Jiang Ming had one hundred million Gold Soul Coins, and Jiang Ming bid twenty-five million for the Spirit Bone.
• Another bidder immediately raised the price to thirty million, and Jiang Ming stopped bidding, suspecting the auction house knew more about the item than it had disclosed.
• Princess Jiujiu presented the auction's finale: a mass of airflow imprisoned in a Rank 9 Soul Tool, which she identified as a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast embryo rebuilding itself into a human.

At the auction, Princess Jiujiu revealed that the sealed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo might grant its absorber a Martial Soul, alongside a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone. Jiang Ming struggled with whether to bid, then chose to offer up to 150 million Gold Soul Coins because he saw the embryo as a human infant, leaving his companions unable to understand his compassion.

• Princess Jiujiu explained that the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo might be absorbed with the Platform of Deification and could grant a Martial Soul capable of bearing nine Soul Rings.
• Jiang Ming pitied the embryo, considered the cost and risks of bidding, and decided to set a limit of 150 million Gold Soul Coins.
• Ma Xiaotao and the others tried to dissuade Jiang Ming, pointing out that Shrek Academy could help him obtain a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Jiang Ming told his companions that he saw the embryo as a human infant and that bidding was the only effort he could make to protect it.

The Star Luo Emperor visited Jiang Ming and Shrek Academy’s private room to offer an Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone and discuss an attempted attack on Jiang Ming by a Titled Douluo. After learning that Might Douluo Cheng Gang was alive, the emperor demanded Cheng Gang explain what had happened.

• The Star Luo Emperor and Princess Jiujiu visited Jiang Ming and the Shrek Academy guests, and offered the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone as a prize if Shrek won the tournament.
• Jiang Ming told the Star Luo Emperor that a powerful Titled Douluo had entered his room to kill him and steal his Spirit Bone, prompting the emperor to apologize and promise an investigation.
• After leaving the private room, the Star Luo Emperor suspected Cheng Gang and ordered someone to summon Might Douluo for an explanation.
• Princess Jiujiu reported that their plan to buy Bright Virtue Hall Soul Tools was succeeding, and the Star Luo Emperor outlined a later scheme to raid Bright Virtue Hall.
• Cheng Gang arrived alive, and the Star Luo Emperor demanded that he recount exactly how he had confronted Jiang Ming.

The Star Luo Empire’s leaders sold the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo to Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, while Shrek Academy left the auction with several Soul Tools. At the tournament, Jiang Ming faced Dou Ling Academy and let them assemble their Rank 7 Thunder Cannon before revealing his own Soul Cannon.

• The Emperor of the Star Luo Empire rebuked Cheng Gang for attacking Jiang Ming and warned him that Shrek Academy would protect Jiang Ming, even if he were a transformed Soul Beast.
• Jiang Ming bid 150 million Gold Soul Coins for the embryo, but Xiao Hongchen raised the price to 160 million, and Princess Jiujiu quickly closed the auction in his favor.
• Shrek Academy distributed its auction purchases among its members, and Jiang Ming took the Heaven and Earth Cannon, which he planned to enhance with World Power.
• The next morning, Zhang Lexuan led Shrek Academy’s Main Team into its round-of-sixteen match against Dou Ling Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy, whose lineup included five Soul Kings.
• Chen Zifeng broke through Dou Ling Academy’s shield formation, revealing Guzhu Jian’s Soul Tool, and Jiang Ming stopped the attack to let them assemble their Rank 7 Thunder Cannon.
• Jiang Ming brought out his own Soul Cannon and challenged Dou Ling Academy to compare its power with theirs.

Jiang Ming brought the Heaven and Earth Cannon, a Rank 8 Soul Tool with a Rank 9 Core Formation, into the match against Dou Ling Academy, terrifying the referee, spectators, contestants, and Star Luo Empire’s emperor. The match had not yet begun, and everyone desperately hoped Jiang Ming would not fire it.

• Jiang Ming took out the Heaven and Earth Cannon, prompting the Heavenly Killer Douluo to rush between the teams and beg him to put it away.
• Jiang Ming pointed out that Dou Ling Academy had not surrendered, while its contestants had set up a Rank 7 Thunder Cannon.
• Spectators worried the Soul Tool fire might overwhelm the arena’s Protective Shield, and soldiers quickly calmed a localized panic.
• Ma Rulong, Xiao Hongchen, and Elder Ma were stunned by the Cannon, while Meng Hongchen worried about how Ming Jiang would react if he heard about his brother’s display.
• The emperor of the Star Luo Empire panicked and ordered the Heavenly Killer Douluo to stop Jiang Ming, rejecting the prime minister’s claim that the Cannon could not be used.

Jiang Ming used the Heaven and Earth Cannon to force Dou Ling Academy to surrender, giving Shrek Academy a peaceful victory. Afterward, Heavenly Killer Douluo tried to quit refereeing Shrek Academy’s matches, but the Star Luo Emperor asked him to continue.

• Heavenly Killer Douluo urged Dou Ling Academy to surrender before Jiang Ming fired the Heaven and Earth Cannon, and Guzhu Jian immediately conceded.
• Jiang Ming lowered the cannon, declined to test it on Heavenly Killer Douluo, and the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner.
• Gongyang Mo and Dai Yueheng complained that they had not gotten to fight, and Jiang Ming promised to let them battle properly in the next match.
• Heavenly Killer Douluo went to the Star Luo Emperor and asked to stop refereeing, while the other Guardian Douluos avoided volunteering.
• The Star Luo Emperor asked Heavenly Killer Douluo to keep refereeing, and Heavenly Killer Douluo protested that he was cursed, not overworked.

Shrek Academy defeated Dou Ling Academy in the individual matches, with Bei Bei revealing his Golden Holy Dragon power and Xu Sanshi overcoming Guzhu Jian. After several days of rest, the top-four semifinals began, and Jiang Ming and Princess Jiujiu both drew the number-one position.

• Jiang Ming sent Bei Bei, He Caitou, Jiang Nannan, and Xu Sanshi to fight Dou Ling Academy, saving their trump cards for what he called their last chance to compete.
• Bei Bei awakened the Golden Holy Dragon and defeated Qian Yuan, while He Caitou weakened Han Ling'er before Jiang Nannan lost to Guzhu Jian.
• Xu Sanshi revealed his Black Tortoise Bloodline, suppressed Guzhu Jian, and secured Shrek Academy's victory as Dou Ling Academy departed the tournament.
• After several days of rest, the four remaining teams gathered at Star Luo Plaza for the semifinals, where the Star Luo Emperor arrived and began the draw.
• Jiang Ming greeted Heavenly Killer Douluo, then joined Ma Rulong, Di Ao Academy's captain, and Princess Jiujiu in drawing positions; Jiang Ming and Princess Jiujiu both claimed number one.

The semifinals draw matched Shrek Academy against Star Luo National Academy, and Jiang Ming learned that Princess Jiujiu likely possessed the Star Crown Martial Soul. As the first Team Battle began, the referee banned Grade Eight and higher Soul Tools, prompting Jiang Ming to complain before positioning himself beside the referee.

• The Star Luo Emperor announced that Shrek Academy would face Star Luo National Academy and that Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy would face Di Ao Academy.
• Jiang Ming told Zhang Lexuan that Princess Jiujiu blocked his Spiritual Power detection, and Wang Yan identified her Martial Soul as the Star Crown.
• Jiang Ming and six Shrek teammates took the stage against Star Luo National Academy for the first Team Battle.
• The Heavenly Killer Douluo announced that Grade Eight and higher Soul Tools were forbidden, and Jiang Ming protested that the rule targeted him.
• Shrek formed a battle formation, while Jiang Ming stood only a few meters from the referee, who demanded to know what he was doing there.

Jiang Ming ignored the rules’ loophole-free intent and attacked the referee, the Heavenly Killer Douluo, while Shrek Academy and Star Luo National Academy began their match. After the referee and Jiang Ming reappeared above the stage, Jiang Ming told both teams to keep fighting while he sparred with the referee.

• Jiang Ming stood beside the referee and vanished with the Heavenly Killer Douluo as the match began.
• Princess Jiujiu revealed her Star Crown Martial Soul and used its golden mist to support the Star Luo team, whose members were all Soul Kings.
• Ma Xiaotao pierced Huang Heyun’s shield with her Phoenix Fireline, while Dai Yueheng fought Dugu Shangshan and received support from Star Luo’s wind-control Soul King.
• Jiang Ming reappeared with the Heavenly Killer Douluo after striking him with Diamond Demon Subduing Force.
• Jiang Ming told the confused teams to continue fighting while he sparred with the Heavenly Killer Douluo.

Princess Jiujiu used an expensive Rank Seven Absolute Defensive Soul Tool to trap Ma Xiaotao and keep Star Luo Royal Academy from losing too disgracefully. Jiang Ming let the match continue and resumed sparring with the Heavenly Killer Douluo.

• Princess Jiujiu urged her teammates to hold on as Shrek Academy overwhelmed them.
• Ma Xiaotao unleashed Phoenix Meteor Shower, threatening to end the match.
• Princess Jiujiu used a Rank Seven Absolute Defensive Soul Tool to trap Ma Xiaotao and her attack inside a Golden Light Barrier.
• Jiang Ming recognized the costly one-use Soul Tool and noted that it was meant to preserve Star Luo Royal Academy's face, not win.
• Jiang Ming declined to intervene and charged at the Heavenly Killer Douluo to continue sparring.

Shrek Academy broke through Star Luo Royal Academy’s control and unleashed its full power, forcing Heavenly Killer Douluo to intervene before the attacks overwhelmed their opponents. The chapter left the match’s outcome unresolved as he faced the combined assault.

• Heavenly Killer Douluo and Jiang Ming watched the match while sparring, both prepared to prevent anyone from being seriously hurt.
• Princess Jiujiu used Star Guardian to immobilize three Shrek fighters as Ma Xiaotao remained trapped in the Absolute Defense shield, while Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng pressured Star Luo Royal Academy.
• Ma Xiaotao transformed into her Phoenix True Body and shattered the shield’s core with Phoenix Howling Heaven Strike, destroying the costly Soul Tool.
• Gongyang Mo’s support helped Ling Luochen, Xixi, and Gongyang Mo break free from Star Guardian, and Ma Xiaotao unleashed Phoenix Meteor Shower as the Shrek team launched its counterattack.
• Heavenly Killer Douluo rushed to shield Star Luo Royal Academy from attacks by Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Ling Luochen, Chen Zifeng, and Xixi, and raised his nine Soul Rings.

Jiang Ming stopped Shrek Academy’s attacks from killing the Star Luo Royal Academy team, then defeated Dai Yueheng and secured Shrek’s victory. After the shaken Princess Jiujiu was sent to rest, Jiang Ming harshly reprimanded Shrek’s Main Team for relying on their strength instead of using skill and Soul Tools.

• Jiang Ming froze and dispelled the attacks threatening the Star Luo Royal Academy team, then charged at Dai Yueheng.
• Jiang Ming sent Dai Yueheng flying with a punch, while Heavenly Killer Douluo intercepted Chen Zifeng’s and Xixi’s attacks.
• Heavenly Killer Douluo declared Shrek Academy the winner, and the Star Luo Emperor comforted Princess Jiujiu and told her to concede the individual elimination match and rest.
• Jiang Ming scolded Shrek’s Main Team for overpowering their opponents without displaying teamwork, technique, or Soul Tool use.
• Jiang Ming challenged the team members to explain how they would have won if they had been Soul Kings, then criticized their dependence on superior cultivation and powerful abilities.

Jiang Ming disciplined the Main Team and himself, then took them to study Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy’s tactics. He explained the power of Soul Tools as Mika faced Di Ao Academy’s captain, Jiang Peng, in the opening duel.

• Jiang Ming made Ma Xiaotao and the other Main Team members write serious self-criticisms, then wrote one of his own.
• Jiang Ming questioned the team about the previous match between Di Ao Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy and led them to watch their next match.
• Jiang Ming explained that Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy varied its tactics and described how its coordinated Soul Tool attacks had overwhelmed Di Ao Academy.
• Wang Yan introduced Di Ao Academy’s captain, Jiang Peng, while Jiang Ming identified Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy’s Mika as a versatile Rank Five Soul Tool Master.
• Mika donned full-body Soul Tool armor and used his greatsword to block Jiang Peng’s powerful opening strike, impressing Shrek Academy’s students.

Jiang Ming used Ma Rulong’s victory over Jiang Peng to warn Shrek Academy that Soul Tools could overwhelm Soul Masters and urged his students to prepare for the coming war. After Di Ao Academy was defeated, Jiang Ming announced that Huo Yuhao would take his place in the next day’s match.

• Mika used his Soul Tools to battle Jiang Peng evenly, but Jiang Peng broke through his defenses and the referee stopped the match before he could strike again.
• Jiang Ming criticized Shrek Academy’s teams for neglecting Soul Tools and combat techniques, then explained Ma Rulong’s strengths to the students.
• Ma Rulong used a Flash Cannon, explosive shells, and a piercing beam to disrupt Jiang Peng and wound him, before surviving Jiang Peng’s Sixth Soul Skill with an Invincible Shield.
• Ma Rulong immobilized Jiang Peng and overwhelmed him with a barrage of Soul Rays, winning their match; Di Ao Academy’s remaining fighters then lost in succession.
• Jiang Ming ordered Shrek’s students to write reflections and devise a counter to Soul Engineer tactics, then named Huo Yuhao to replace him in the next day’s match and warned Ma Xiaotao to keep him safe.

Jiang Ming rejected Lang Ya and Yu Tao’s invitation to return to the Body Sect, revealing that his Golden Heart had already achieved a Golden Grade Second Awakening. When Lang Ya interrupted his moment with Zhang Lexuan, Jiang Ming suppressed him and then stood unmoved against Yu Tao’s attack.

• Lang Ya and Yu Tao introduced themselves as members of the Body Sect and said they had come to bring Jiang Ming, whom they believed had a Heart Martial Soul, back to the sect.
• Jiang Ming refused their invitation and revealed that his Heart Martial Soul had already undergone a Golden Grade Second Awakening.
• Lang Ya and Yu Tao were astonished by Jiang Ming’s revelation, and Jiang Ming explained that a life-and-death ordeal and Rongrong’s fusion with his Golden Heart had brought it about.
• Zhang Lexuan gripped Jiang Ming’s arm in sympathy, and Jiang Ming embraced her while Huo Yuhao sat awkwardly nearby.
• Lang Ya tried to persuade Jiang Ming again, but Jiang Ming’s aura pinned him in place and blocked Yu Tao from reaching him.
• Yu Tao attacked Jiang Ming with his eight-ringed right-hand Martial Soul, but Jiang Ming used Golden Battle Body and Power of Indestructible Body to withstand him without moving.

Jiang Ming overwhelmed Lang Ya and Yu Tao at the Star Emperor Hotel, prompting Lang Ya to realize Jiang Ming might be an extraordinary prospect for the Body Sect. Xuan Zi then forced the two men to flee and warned the Body Sect not to try recruiting Shrek’s people.

• Jiang Ming subdued Yu Tao with his strength and Spiritual Power, then left with Zhang Lexuan and Huo Yuhao.
• Lang Ya realized Jiang Ming might possess a heaven-defying ability and decided to report his situation to the Body Sect’s Sect Master.
• Xuan Zi stopped Lang Ya and Yu Tao from leaving, shattered Yu Tao’s teeth with a chicken leg, and ordered them to leave Shrek’s people alone.
• Lang Ya and Yu Tao fled Star Luo City, planning to return to the Body Sect and persuade their Sect Master to recruit Jiang Ming.
• Lang Ya and Yu Tao lamented that Jiang Ming had joined Shrek, while Nie Heng sneezed repeatedly in distant Clear Water City.

Lang Ya and Yu Tao returned to the Body Sect and told Du Busi about Jiang Ming, a powerful Shrek Academy student with a Golden Grade Second Awakening Body Martial Soul. Du Busi learned that Jiang Ming had refused to join the sect and began asking for details about him.

• Lang Ya and Yu Tao returned to the Body Sect, where Du Busi noticed Yu Tao's injuries and asked who had hurt him.
• Lang Ya told Du Busi that Taotie from the Sea God Pavilion had injured Yu Tao, and Du Busi questioned why Taotie had attacked them.
• Lang Ya explained that they had encountered Jiang Ming at the tournament in Star Luo City and that he had refused their invitation to join the Body Sect.
• Lang Ya described Shrek Academy's Main Team as having four Soul Saints and three Soul Emperors, surprising Du Busi.
• Lang Ya revealed that Jiang Ming was Shrek's captain, possessed a heart Body Martial Soul, and had achieved a Golden Grade Second Awakening.