Chapter Summaries

Wang Qiuer entered Shrek’s semifinal against Heavenly Dragon Gate alone, but Xu Tianran’s lineup exception allowed Mu En to join her. Wang Qiuer then crushed Xing Yan with her Golden Dragon Spear and Martial Soul, leaving her next opponents to face a power that even Mu En found surprising.

• Jiang Ming rejected Yu Tianlong’s recruiting attempt, and Wang Qiuer challenged Heavenly Dragon Gate to begin the match.
• Shrek sent only Wang Qiuer to the waiting area, prompting Xu Tianran to let the unused Mu En join the lineup.
• Yu Tianlong chose Xing Yan to face Wang Qiuer first, hoping to wear down her Soul Power.
• Wang Qiuer shattered Xing Yan’s Invincible Shield, then used her Golden Dragon’s pressure to suppress his Crimson Dragon Martial Soul and force him to kneel.
• Wang Qiuer won without seeming to spend much Soul Power, while Mu En recognized that her Golden Dragon had overwhelmed Xing Yan’s Martial Soul.

Wang Qiuer defeated Yu Tianlong with a powerful Qi and Blood Manifestation shaped like Jiang Ming, but the referee suspended her from the match while the accusation of cheating was reviewed. Mu En took her place as Shrek’s next contestant and faced Heavenly Dragon Gate’s Huang Ze.

• Yu Tianlong entered the arena to challenge Wang Qiuer, who used Qi and Blood Manifestation to shatter his Thunder Dragon Head and crush him with a single punch.
• After Zheng Zhan declared Wang Qiuer the winner, a Heavenly Dragon Gate contestant accused her of cheating because her manifestation resembled Jiang Ming.
• Wang Qiuer explained that Jiang Ming was her master, while Zheng Zhan could find no evidence of cheating but suspended her pending a ruling after receiving instructions from the podium.
• Wang Qiuer revealed that her cultivation had risen to level sixty-eight after being tempered by Sun God Fire and nourished by Jiang Ming’s qi and blood.
• Mu En replaced Wang Qiuer and faced Huang Ze of Heavenly Dragon Gate.

Mu En, competing as Mu Long, defeated Huang Ze in seconds, prompting the Heavenly Dragon Gate to concede and giving Shrek Academy the victory. As Tang Sect prepared to face the Holy Spirit Cult, Jiang Ming warned its members to protect themselves and kill Evil Soul Masters when safe; the chapter ended as the teams gathered for the afternoon match and Jiang Ming noticed a familiar figure beside Xu Tianran.

• Mu En introduced himself as Shrek's Mu Long and defeated Huang Ze without revealing his Martial Soul or Soul Rings.
• Xing Yan conceded the remaining individual matches and team battle, so Zheng Zhan declared Shrek Academy the winner.
• Xu Tianran ordered Ju Zi to watch Wang Qiuer and Mu Long, and told Jing Hongchen to capture Jiang Ming and the woman with divine power.
• Jiang Ming told Tang Sect to prioritize survival, kill Evil Soul Masters when safe, and stay near the referee if they could not win.
• The Tang Sect and Holy Spirit Cult arrived for their afternoon match, and Jiang Ming recognized someone beside Xu Tianran.

Jiang Ming watched as Tang Sect faced the Holy Spirit Cult in the second semifinal, while Xu Tianran and Zhongli Wu discussed their odds and plotted against Shrek and Tang Sect. Bei Bei defeated two Holy Spirit Cult Soul Emperors in succession, then withdrew as Jiang Ming’s strategy gave Tang Sect a major advantage going into the Team Battle.

• Jiang Ming recognized the resurrected Zhongli Wu beside Xu Tianran, who privately ordered that Jiang Ming be killed if captured.
• Bei Bei entered the Individual Elimination Tournament as Tang Sect’s first competitor and faced the Holy Spirit Cult’s Jili.
• Jiang Ming identified Jili’s Brain-Eating Beast Martial Soul, while Bei Bei used his Radiant Holy Dragon power and Dragon Emperor’s Evil-Breaking Slash to kill him.
• Bei Bei defeated a second Holy Spirit Cult Soul Emperor with Dragon Emperor’s Domain Quake, leaving the stadium stunned.
• Bei Bei withdrew after killing two opponents, following Jiang Ming’s instruction to preserve himself and give Tang Sect an advantage in the Team Battle.

The Tang Sect defeated Zhang Zhengyi in the individual matches, then chose to forfeit the remaining bouts and face the Holy Spirit Cult in a seven-against-four Team Battle. As the teams prepared to fight, Jiang Ming worried that Zhongli Wu might attack if the Tang Sect killed the remaining Evil Soul Masters.

• The Holy Spirit Cult’s members vowed to kill Xu Sanshi after he taunted them, and Wang Dong'er entered the third individual match against Zhang Zhengyi.
• Jiang Ming identified Zhang Zhengyi’s Martial Soul as a Man-eating Vulture and predicted that Wang Dong'er could defeat him using her Light Attribute and Twin Martial Souls.
• Wang Dong'er trapped Zhang Zhengyi in her Hexagram Array, battered him with her Light Attribute attacks and Clear Sky Hammer, and won when Zheng Zhan stopped her final strike from killing him.
• Huo Yuhao forfeited the remaining individual matches, and Zheng Zhan scheduled the Team Battle for fifteen minutes later.
• The seven Tang Sect members and four Holy Spirit Cult members entered the arena and announced their names as Huo Yuhao shared Spiritual Detection with his teammates.
• Jiang Ming warned the Shrek Team that the lethal Team Battle could leave Zhongli Wu targeting the Tang Sect, and prepared to pull both teams into his Small World if he intervened.

The Tang Sect used a coordinated ambush to eliminate Gu Yu and Tang Dai, then overwhelmed Lu Genggeng and cornered Yan Feng in a brutal battle against the Holy Spirit Cult. As Bei Bei, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong'er attacked Yan Feng, Zhongli Wu prepared to intervene, but Jiang Ming rose to confront him.

• Xu Sanshi used Mysterious Nether Swap to bring Gu Yu into the Tang Sect's formation, where Huo Yuhao's spiritual attack and Wang Dong'er's Light of Demon Breaking killed him.
• Bei Bei attacked Tang Dai while Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, allowing Bei Bei to shatter the Skeleton King.
• Huo Yuhao froze Lu Genggeng with Eternal Frost Domain, then used Ice Burst Technique to blast Yan Feng after the Bone Dragon tried to save him.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Bei Bei restrained and attacked the injured Yan Feng, while Xu Sanshi distracted Zheng Zhan from intervening.
• Zhongli Wu stood to rescue Yan Feng, but Jiang Ming rose from the stands and warned him not to make a move.

After the Tang Sect defeated the Holy Spirit Sect, Jiang Ming kept Shrek and Tang Sect’s members safe while the Sun Moon Empire prepared to force their evacuation west into the Valley of Qiankun's Love Inquiry. Jiang Ming accepted that route, and Huo Yuhao and He Caitou missed the Soul Engineer Tournament final as Ming Jiang entered it for the Aodu Chamber of Commerce.

• Zhongli Wu nearly attacked Jiang Ming after Yan Feng’s death, but the black-robed woman and Xu Tianran stopped him, and Zheng Zhan declared the Tang Sect victorious.
• Xu Tianran ordered Jing Hongchen to begin a plan, then arranged heavy defenses on Radiant City’s east, south, and north while leaving the west open as bait.
• Jiang Ming put the Shrek and Tang Sect teams in his Small World to protect them and recovered from his injuries there; he told Huo Yuhao and He Caitou that Ming Jiang, his Rank 9 Soul Skill avatar, would win the Soul Engineer Tournament final.
• Princess Jiujiu and Princess Vina offered Shrek safe evacuation routes, but Jiang Ming refused and recognized that Xu Tianran meant to funnel them west into the Valley of Qiankun's Love Inquiry.
• Jiang Ming and the others agreed on their plan to cause chaos in Radiant City, while the city’s three underground factions prepared their Soul Engineer Tournament final and its valuable prizes.
• At the Sunset Water Alliance’s Azure Hotel, Nangong Wan and the Third Elder waited for Tang Si and Tang Wu, unaware that Huo Yuhao and He Caitou would not come.

A Shuai joined the Aodu Chamber of Commerce for the Radiant City Soul Engineer Tournament finals, while Ming Jiang weighed how to sabotage Bright Virtue Hall without exposing his infiltration. At the venue, the three underground powers made their bids for the prize of controlling rare-metal smuggling, and An Litong began to suspect that A Shuai and Ming Jiang shared a shocking relationship.

• An Litong welcomed A Shuai and promised him one hundred million Gold Soul Coins if he won, but A Shuai demanded to wager the reward in advance and persuaded An Litong by showing him an item from his Storage Soul Tool.
• Kano explained the finals’ crafting, technique, and combat rules as the Aodu Chamber of Commerce convoy traveled to the western outskirts; Ming Jiang considered how to damage Bright Virtue Hall without arousing suspicion.
• An Litong learned that two of the Sunset Water Alliance’s original contestants had failed to appear, leaving the alliance with weaker replacements, while A Shuai remained unmoved by the news.
• Lu Qi introduced the tournament’s leaders, and Nangong Wan ordered that Lu Qi be killed after the competition for ranking the Sunset Water Alliance last.
• An Litong announced a one-hundred-million-Gold-Soul-Coin wager, while Shangguan Weier offered the winning contestant beautiful women and three Dragon Girls; A Shuai said Dragon Girls were of no use to him.
• An Litong recalled A Shuai’s devotion to Ming Jiang and his indifference to the Dragon Girls, then began to suspect that Ming Jiang was actually...

A Shuai entered the final round of the Ming Capital Soul Master Elite Tournament for the Aodu Chamber of Commerce, and the championship prize was revealed as Ye Yulin’s powerful Sun Moon Divine Needle. When A Shuai began crafting, his Blade of Light and Holiness exposed his likely connection to Ming Jiang, and his rapid work stunned the judges before he brought out five Spirit Bones.

• Ye Yulin revealed the Sun Moon Divine Needle as the championship prize and explained its range and capabilities.
• An Litong taunted Nangong Wan over the missing Tang Si and Tang Wu, while Nangong Wan and Shangguan Weier exchanged threats before the contestants took their places.
• Ye Yulin explained the three-hour crafting round and warned that contestants would proceed directly to a difficult skill assessment afterward.
• A Shuai began crafting with the Blade of Light and Holiness, prompting the judges to recognize it as Ming Jiang’s Ranked Engraving Knife and Nangong Wan to suspect Ming Jiang was competing in disguise.
• A Shuai quickly completed two Rank 6 and two Rank 7 Core Formations, then took five Spirit Bones from his Storage Soul Tool, stunning Ye Yulin.

Masked as A Shuai, Jiang Ming used five Spirit Bones to craft a Soul Tool during the Radiant City Soul Engineer Tournament, revealing his extraordinary ability to the judges and spectators. As the baffled onlookers wondered why he had joined the Aodu Chamber of Commerce, Crown Prince Xu Tianran invited him to a discussion.

• A Shuai embedded Core Formations into a metal band and brought out five Spirit Bones, whose auras distracted the other contestants.
• Ye Yulin and the judges realized A Shuai was attempting to incorporate five differently attributed Spirit Bones into one Soul Tool and concluded he was a highly skilled Soul Engineer.
• The judges and An Litong recognized the masked contestant as Jiang Ming, a twenty-five-year-old Rank 9 Soul Master, but could not understand why he was competing for the Aodu Chamber of Commerce.
• Jiang Ming ignored the spectators and continued crafting his Soul Tool, deliberately taking on a difficult design to make the contest less unfair to the other contestants.
• Crown Prince Xu Tianran sent someone to the hotel to invite Jiang Ming for a discussion.

Jiang Ming accompanied Ju Zi to meet Xu Tianran, keeping her under threat with a Rank 8 Soul Tool collar while he distrusted the Crown Prince’s invitation. As they talked at a teahouse, Jiang Ming’s allies began stealing Radiant City’s rare-metal reserves, and he challenged Xu Tianran to explain his true purpose.

• Ju Zi invited Jiang Ming to meet Xu Tianran, and Jiang Ming seized her and fastened an explosive Rank 8 Soul Tool collar around her neck.
• Jiang Ming traveled with Ju Zi and Luan Feng, while Luan Feng recognized that the collar had been crafted using Bright Virtue Hall techniques.
• Jiang Ming’s Spiritual Power incarnation, Little Void, and Little Yellow began raiding Radiant City’s rare-metal warehouses as Jiang Ming arrived at a teahouse in the western outskirts.
• Ju Zi brought Jiang Ming to Xu Tianran on the teahouse’s ninth-floor balcony, while Luan Feng disappeared from the carriage.
• Jiang Ming told Xu Tianran that the collar made him feel safer, and Xu Tianran challenged him over insulting the Sun Moon Empire’s imperial family.
• Jiang Ming dismissed Xu Tianran’s claim that he had invited him merely to talk and agreed to have a chat while his allies continued their operation.

Xu Tianran tried to recruit Jiang Ming by offering him benefits, but Jiang Ming said he wanted world peace and no war. Their conversation turned to the Sun Moon Empire’s plans for continental unification, and Jiang Ming firmly rejected war as the means to achieve it.

• Ju Zi tried to leave, but Jiang Ming insisted she stay, and Xu Tianran told her to stand behind him as they talked.
• Xu Tianran proposed that Jiang Ming join the Sun Moon Empire, but Jiang Ming said he did not know what benefit could persuade him.
• Jiang Ming told Xu Tianran that he wanted world peace and no war, prompting Xu Tianran to claim the Sun Moon Empire alone could bring peace through unification.
• Jiang Ming challenged Xu Tianran’s plan to unify the continent by force and argued that the time for unification had not yet come.
• Xu Tianran insisted that the Sun Moon Empire was strong enough to unify the continent, while Jiang Ming reflected that his presence could undermine its chances.

Jiang Ming argued with Xu Tianran over the Crown Prince’s alliance with the Holy Spirit Cult while Ming Jiang crafted an unprecedented armor-type Humanoid Soul Tool for the tournament. He completed a gold-and-silver Close-Combat Soul Tool Suit built around five Spirit Bones, then continued enhancing it with more Rare Metals.

• Jiang Ming told Xu Tianran that elevating the Holy Spirit Cult had cost him popular support, while Xu Tianran insisted that history was written by victors.
• Jiang Ming predicted that Xu Tianran would not triumph, as their debate over the Sun Moon Empire’s future continued in the teahouse.
• Ming Jiang assembled gold leg armor and embedded two Spirit Bones into it, designing its Soul Power pathways and Core Magic Arrays around them.
• Ming Jiang completed a full suit of armor with all five Spirit Bones embedded, and Ye Yulin identified it as a Close-Combat Soul Tool Suit.
• Ming Jiang activated the armor and confirmed its components joined into a unified whole, then began carving more Core Magic Arrays into Rare Metals.

While Ming Jiang raced to finish an eighth-rank Core Magic Array in the tournament final, Jiang Ming and his companions stripped Radiant City of Rare Metals and Soul Tools, including sixteen Rank 9 Fixed Soul Cannonballs. The chapter leaves Jiang Ming still negotiating with Xu Tianran while preparing to continue looting and sabotage Bright Virtue Hall.

• Ming Jiang engraved an eighth-rank Core Magic Array as the Soul Engineer Tournament final approached its end.
• Jiang Ming, Little Void, and Little Yellow emptied a Radiant City warehouse of Rare Metals and a stockpile of Soul Tools sufficient to equip four Soul Engineer legions.
• Jiang Ming and his companions plundered Bright Virtue Hall, discovered sixteen Rank 9 Fixed Soul Cannonballs, and rigged three with timed high-explosive bombs.
• Jiang Ming, Little Void, and Little Yellow continued raiding other marked caches across Radiant City to cripple Xu Tianran's plans for war.
• Jiang Ming remained unmoved by Xu Tianran's offer of a status equal to a prince while privately considering the enormous haul.

Jiang Ming left Xu Tianran after removing Ju Zi’s explosive collar, while Xu Tianran misread Jiang Ming’s warning as an attempt to make him suspect Ming Jiang. At the Radiant City Soul Engineer Tournament, Ming Jiang finished a striking armor Soul Tool set just as the crafting stage ended.

• Jiang Ming refused Xu Tianran’s offer, said the Sun Moon Empire could not unify the continent under his rule, and prepared to leave.
• Xu Tianran asked Jiang Ming to remove Ju Zi’s collar, and Jiang Ming took it off before vanishing after glancing west.
• Xu Tianran and Ju Zi discussed Ming Jiang’s tournament participation and the possibility that Bright Virtue Hall Soul Tools linked him to Shrek Academy.
• Xu Tianran concluded that Jiang Ming had planted evidence to make him suspect Ming Jiang, and believed he had seen through the scheme.
• Ming Jiang completed his gold-and-silver armor Soul Tool with seconds left, and Ye Yulin ended the crafting stage.

Ming Jiang completed the technique assessment first and began the elimination tournament while keeping his identity concealed. Wearing his newly made armor, he crippled Zhang Yiming with one kick, leaving the match underway.

• Ming Jiang finished all nine Core Magic Array techniques first, and the judges eliminated an Aodu Chamber of Commerce contestant who had failed to complete the assessment.
• Ming Jiang told An Litong not to ask questions, then restored his Soul Power while waiting for the elimination tournament.
• Ming Jiang entered his armor and faced Zhang Yiming of the Sunset Water Alliance in the first match.
• Zhang Yiming charged at Ming Jiang, who activated the Brute Elephant Spirit Bone in his right-leg armor and struck him with a single kick.
• Ming Jiang's kick severely wounded Zhang Yiming, who spat blood and fragments that looked like internal organs.

Ming Jiang faced Ye Guyi in the tournament final and discovered her Holy Angel Martial Soul, while Jiang Ming decided to rescue her from the Holy Spirit Cult. Xu Tianran realized Jiang Ming was heading toward the tournament venue and set a trap; Jiang Ming arrived to find himself surrounded by powerful enemies.

• Ming Jiang defeated his quarterfinal opponent with his armor, and the tournament advanced to a final between him and Ye Guyi after the other contestants conceded or withdrew.
• Ye Guyi broke free of Ming Jiang’s vine attack with her Holy Sword, revealing her Angel Martial Soul and drawing the Holy Spirit Cult’s murderous attention.
• Jiang Ming learned of Ye Guyi’s Holy Angel Martial Soul and flew toward the tournament venue, intending to save her and kill the Evil Soul Masters there.
• Xu Tianran tracked Jiang Ming’s route, ordered Ju Zi to move up the plan to surround and kill him, and placed Radiant City under martial law.
• Long Xiaoyao, Zhongli Wu, Ye Xishui, Jing Hongchen, Kong Deming, and other Soul Masters confronted Jiang Ming in the western suburbs, where he summoned the Sky Piercer Spear and prepared to fight.

Jiang Ming realized the Sun Moon Empire had tracked him through a Soul Tool collar and surrounded him with a force prepared to kill him. After the Soul Engineers revealed four peak Rank 9 Soul Tools, the Holy Spirit Cult moved to block his attack, leaving the confrontation about to begin.

• Jiang Ming sensed danger as Xu Tianran’s forces surrounded him, and Long Xiaoyao summoned Xuan Zi and Du Busi to fight in the clouds.
• Jiang Ming asked Xuan Zi and Du Busi to withdraw with the Holy Angel Soul Master, while Long Xiaoyao drew the two elders away from the battlefield.
• Jiang Ming confronted Kong Deming and realized Xu Tianran had tracked him through the Rank 8 Soul Tool collar, which he crushed.
• Kong Deming ordered the Soul Engineers to surround Jiang Ming and reveal four peak Rank 9 Soul Tools.
• Jiang Ming charged the Soul Engineers to the west, but the Holy Spirit Cult members moved to intercept him.

Jiang Ming was trapped by Ye Xishui and the Holy Spirit Cult while Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen activated Soul Tools designed to isolate space and drain his Soul Power. As Jiang Ming resisted the device, Ye Xishui invoked the Evil Sovereign for aid.

• Ye Xishui gathered the Holy Spirit Cult's power to restrain Jiang Ming with blood-red threads, but struggled to hold him.
• Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen placed metal plates above and below the four silver-white crystals and began powering the Soul Tools.
• Jiang Ming unleashed Dragon Roaring Army Breaking, weakening the blood threads and forcing Ye Xishui to spit blood.
• The Soul Tools connected, isolating space and extracting Heaven and Earth Yuan Power and Soul Power from Jiang Ming.
• Jiang Ming used Spiritual Power to halt the loss of his Soul Power, while Ye Xishui activated an ancient token and called on the Evil Sovereign.

Ye Xishui summoned the Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign to suppress Jiang Ming’s Spiritual Power while he remained trapped in the Void Sealing Soul Devouring Box. Jiang Ming wounded the western Soul Tool formation and killed two Rank 9 Soul Masters, but the evil sovereign struck him down again; a faint golden spiritual fluctuation secretly traveled west.

• Ye Xishui summoned the Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign, whose projection agreed to attack Jiang Ming’s Spiritual Power.
• The evil sovereign fired a blood-red spiritual beam into the Void Sealing Soul Devouring Box, briefly dazing Jiang Ming and letting the Soul Tools drain more of his Soul Power.
• Jiang Ming rejected Snow Empress’s offer to emerge and considered how to escape without exposing her or the others to the Soul Tools.
• Jiang Ming hurled the Sky Piercer Spear at the western Soul Tool formation, cracking its light walls and killing two Rank 9 Soul Masters with a Spiritual Power attack.
• The evil sovereign struck Jiang Ming while his defenses were weakened, and Ye Xishui declared that he was doomed.
• As Jiang Ming lay bloodied, a faint golden spiritual fluctuation flew westward from the two dead Soul Masters.