Chapter Summaries

Liu Xing and his companions entered Sun Moon Royal Spirit Tool Master Academy’s Reserve Team Selection Tournament and advanced through the elimination rounds. The final twelve faced their pairings, including Liu Xing against Xiao Hongchen, while the academy arranged a revival round that could let either boy qualify.

• Meng Hongchen said she and Xiao Hongchen would join Liu Xing and the others in competing for Reserve Team places.
• Liu Xing noticed Snow Maiden secretly reading a romance book but pretended to believe her claim that it was a cultivation text.
• Three hundred eligible students began the tournament, and Liu Xing, Firefly, Meng Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, and their companions advanced through the early rounds.
• After six rounds, twelve contestants remained: Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen were Spirit Kings, Liu Xing, Firefly, and another student were Soul Ancestors, and seven others were Soul Elders; Nana had been eliminated.
• The final pairings matched Liu Xing against Xiao Hongchen, Firefly against Xu Tianzhen, and Meng Hongchen against the other Soul Ancestor.
• Liu Xing realized Jing Hongchen had arranged a revival round so he and Xiao Hongchen could both still qualify despite facing each other.

Liu Xing faced Xiao Hongchen in the final reserve team selection matches, breaking through Xiao Hongchen’s overwhelming cannon barrage and winning after forcing him to use his last-resort soul skill. Xiao Hongchen acknowledged his defeat and left the stage, while Liu Xing admitted that Xiao Hongchen had managed to injure him.

• Meng Hongchen defeated a Soul Ancestor student by striking him with Ice Toad Poison, then detoxified him after he collapsed.
• Liu Xing and Xiao Hongchen began their match, and Xiao Hongchen summoned more than a hundred metal cannon platforms to unleash a massive barrage.
• Liu Xing used his Scorching Knight abilities to withstand the bombardment and close the distance as the heat melted Xiao Hongchen’s cannon platforms.
• Liu Xing kicked Xiao Hongchen and thrust his spear at him, but Xiao Hongchen used his fifth soul skill, Gold Yearning, to transform into molten metal and evade the attack.
• Xiao Hongchen admitted defeat after realizing Liu Xing had retained much of his strength, and Liu Xing praised him for managing to injure him.

After the Selection Tournament, Sun Moon Royal Spirit Tool Master Academy named Liu Xing and six others its reserve team and appointed Liu Xing captain. Under Ma Lao’s instruction, the team trained for the upcoming tournament and improved its coordination, while Liu Xing kept its strong-willed members working together.

• Liu Xing and Xiao Hongchen traded barbs after their match, while Jing Hongchen was pleased that both had learned from the tournament.
• Jing Hongchen announced that Liu Xing, Firefly, Meng Hongchen, Gu Yuena, Snow Maiden, Ye Guyi, and Xiao Hongchen had become the reserve team and urged them to win the championship.
• Ma Lao arrived to train the seven, and Xiao Hongchen declined the captaincy until he could defeat Liu Xing; Meng Hongchen recommended Liu Xing, who was appointed captain.
• Ma Lao led the reserve team through coordination drills and gave them guidance on using Soul Tools.
• Over the next month, the team improved its coordination, Gu Yuena, Snow Maiden, and Ye Guyi each advanced one level, and Liu Xing eased conflicts among his teammates.

Ma Lao brought Liu Xing’s Reserve Team to Mingde Hall to train alongside the Regular Team for the upcoming tournament. After Gu Yuena challenged the Regular Team’s strength, the captains agreed to a seven-match one-on-one showdown, while Jing Hongchen watched and considered whether the Reserve Team could replace the Regular Team against Shrek.

• Ma Lao led Liu Xing and the others into Mingde Hall and announced that the Regular and Reserve Teams would train together for the tournament.
• After the Regular Team members loudly judged the Reserve Team, Gu Yuena declared that they were not good enough and challenged their place on the team.
• Liu Xing stepped between Gu Yuena and the angry Regular Team members, and Ma Rulong called off his teammates before demanding that Gu Yuena prove her words in a match.
• Liu Xing proposed a full-team contest of seven one-on-one matches, and Ma Rulong and Ma Lao agreed.
• Jing Hongchen watched the teams prepare for the showdown and said the Reserve Team could replace the Regular Team against Shrek if they proved stronger.

Gu Yuena and Xiao Hongchen defeated two Regular Team Members in succession, leaving Ma Rulong to challenge the reserves himself. Firefly stepped forward to face him instead of Liu Xing, promising to make the Regular Team concede wholeheartedly.

• Mi Jia challenged Gu Yuena, who blocked his Soul Tool barrage with wind and defeated him with a fast arrow that avoided his vital areas.
• Chen Fei challenged Xiao Hongchen, whose Metal Control disabled Chen Fei's Soul Tools and forced Ma Lao to pull him from the fight.
• After the Regular Team suffered two defeats, Ma Rulong challenged the reserve team and fixed his attention on Liu Xing.
• Firefly stopped Liu Xing from stepping forward and volunteered to fight Ma Rulong, who frowned when he saw his opponent.

Firefly defeated Ma Rulong, prompting the Sun Moon Academy teams to agree to switch places so Liu Xing's reserve team could compete for the championship. Jing Hongchen announced that the tournament would be broadcast across the continent, and Liu Xing welcomed the chance to challenge Shrek Academy on a vast stage.

• Firefly brutally defeated Ma Rulong until he surrendered, then returned to Liu Xing for his praise.
• Ma Rulong admitted that Liu Xing's team was better suited to compete and explained that the academy had lost to Shrek Academy more than seven hundred times.
• Liu Xing and the defeated Regular Team Members agreed that winning the championship mattered more than keeping their positions, and Jing Hongchen approved switching the teams.
• Ma Lao instructed Liu Xing's new Regular Team to hide its strength until facing Shrek Academy, while the former Regular Team would no longer need to conceal theirs.
• Jing Hongchen revealed that Long-Range Communication Spirit Tools would broadcast the tournament across the continent, and Liu Xing and Xiao Hongchen welcomed the opportunity to defeat Shrek Academy before the public.

Liu Xing rallied the Sun Moon Royal Spirit Tool Master Academy team to pursue the championship despite Shrek Academy’s fearsome reputation, and Ma Rulong’s group accepted him as their captain. With the tournament a week away, the team prepared to leave for Star Luo City, carrying their academy’s hopes of finally defeating Shrek.

• Ma Rulong told Liu Xing’s team that the previous Shrek lineup included a nineteen-year-old Soul Saint and had overwhelmed every opponent.
• Liu Xing challenged Ma Rulong and his teammates to aim for the championship, and they joined his team’s vow to defeat every opponent, including Shrek Academy.
• After training, Meng Hongchen left with Liu Xing and the others for an auction, leaving Xiao Hongchen to return home alone.
• With one week remaining before the tournament, Ma Lao arranged for the team to depart early for Star Luo City, while Luan Yu and Luan Feng supplied Liu Xing and Firefly with defensive spirit tools.
• Jing Hongchen, Lin Jiayi, and other academy officials saw off the team as it set out to represent Sun Moon Royal Spirit Tool Master Academy.

Xu Tianran saw off the Sun Moon Royal Spirit Tool Master Academy team before Liu Xing and the others traveled to Star Luo City for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament. The team arrived to find the city crowded with visitors and settled into the Star Emperor Grand Hotel as they prepared for the competition.

• Xu Tianran arrived with the Imperial Guard, praised the academy team, and wished them success before they departed.
• Liu Xing noticed Xu Tianran seemed more dangerous and gloomy than before, while Xu Tianzhen had grown distant and fearful of him.
• Liu Xing, Gu Yuena, Snow Maiden, and the rest of the team traveled for four days aboard a Flying Spirit Tool and reached Star Luo City.
• The team observed Star Luo City's massive walls and learned that Shrek Academy remained the overwhelming public favorite to win the tournament.
• The Sun Moon Royal Spirit Tool Master Academy team received rooms on the top floor of the Star Emperor Grand Hotel.

The Sun Moon Royal Spirit Tool Master Academy learned that Shrek Academy had arrived with an unusually small, weakened lineup, threatening to make any tournament result seem unfair. Liu Xing proposed sending the Sun Moon team’s apparent reserve members against Shrek to prevent excuses and counter what he suspected was a ploy.

• Ma Lao reported that Shrek Academy had arrived late with only three apparent regular members and seven young reserve members, and lacked its usual senior supervisor.
• Liu Xing guessed that Shrek Academy had encountered trouble on the way, while the team debated how its incomplete lineup would affect the meaning of winning or losing.
• Ma Rulong warned that the Sun Moon academy would be dismissed as lucky if it won and humiliated if it lost.
• Liu Xing pointed out that outsiders viewed him and the others as reserve members, so they could face Shrek’s incomplete lineup without deploying their own regular team.
• Xiao Hongchen and Ma Lao endorsed Liu Xing’s plan to deny Shrek excuses, and Ma Lao urged the team to win while preparing for a fair rematch at the next tournament.

As the Spirit Master Competition began in Star Luo City, factions across two worlds watched its broadcast and weighed the rival talents and political implications. The chapter ended with Tang San and his companions observing Star Luo Square, while Tang San resolved to rebuild the Tang Sect.

• Ma Lao arranged the Sun Moon Royal Spirit Tool Master Academy’s lineup and planned to keep Ma Rulong’s team away from Shrek Academy.
• Soul Tool Screens broadcast the competition across the continent, drawing crowds and concern from Earthly Dragon Gate and Shrek Academy members watching from afar.
• Zhang Lexuan considered why Shrek Academy had not sent reinforcements, concluding that the academy meant to train its reserve members while insulating its reputation from defeat.
• Bibi Dong, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan watched the broadcast and confidently compared Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation with the other world’s young talents.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Xue Qinghe watched the broadcast, and Chen Xin said the Two-Realm Fusion had loosened his bottleneck toward Level 97.
• Flender, Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and the Shrek Academy students watched the competition; Tang San resolved to rebuild the Tang Sect, while Dai Mubai watched Star Luo Square with a complicated expression.

Liu Xing and the Sun Moon Royal Spirit Tool Master Academy team arrived for the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament as the Star Luo Empire opened the event. The first match paired Shrek Academy against Heaven Spirit Advanced Spirit Master Academy, while Tang San and his companions watched the famed Shrek team with awe.

• Liu Xing and the other Sun Moon Royal Spirit Tool Master Academy students arrived at the tournament venue and drew attention with their luxurious uniforms.
• The Emperor Xu Jiawei welcomed the participating academies and declared the tournament open.
• The host announced that 133 academies would compete in an elimination round, with one team receiving a bye.
• The host named Shrek Academy and Heaven Spirit Advanced Spirit Master Academy as the first match, prompting huge cheers for Shrek.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ma Hongjun admired Shrek Academy's fame, while Liu Xing compared its standing to Spirit Hall.

Shrek Academy sent its reserve team into the tournament’s elimination round, and Huo Yuhao took command as they faced Heaven Spirit Advanced Spirit Master Academy. The match began with both teams revealing their lineups, while Snow Maiden sensed a familiar aura from Huo Yuhao.

• Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng encouraged Shrek’s nervous reserve members, and Wang Yan told Huo Yuhao to command the battle through Spiritual Detection Sharing.
• Heaven Spirit Advanced Spirit Master Academy entered the stage looking intimidated, while spectators questioned why Shrek had fielded its reserve team.
• Shrek’s seven members formed an unusual fan-shaped formation with Huo Yuhao at the front, drawing confusion from the crowd and a sense of familiarity from Snow Maiden.
• The referee started the match, and both teams released their Martial Souls; Heaven Spirit’s lineup consisted of five Soul Ancestors and two Soul Elders.

A Shrek Academy youth used a simulated display of six Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings before joining a teammate in a Martial Soul Fusion Skill that sealed Heaven Spirit Advanced Spirit Master Academy’s team, then announced their ties to the Tang Sect. After Shrek left, Sun Moon Royal Spirit Tool Master Academy crushed Oscar Advanced Spirit Master Academy, while Bibi Dong considered the Sun Moon Empire’s strength and alliance proposal.

• The black-haired youth revealed what appeared to be six Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, but Liu Xing saw through the Simulation Soul Skill and identified his real rings as one gold and one purple.
• The black-haired youth and a Blue-Haired Youth used a Martial Soul Fusion Skill to defeat and seal all seven members of Heaven Spirit Advanced Spirit Master Academy, then declared that Shrek Academy belonged to the Tang Sect.
• The black-haired youth left the arena in an arrogant display, while Liu Xing and the others recognized that Shrek had exaggerated its strength to intimidate future opponents.
• Ma Lao sent Ma Rulong, Mi Jia, and the rest of the Sun Moon Royal Spirit Tool Master Academy team to face Oscar Advanced Spirit Master Academy, and they won with a barrage of Spirit Tool Cannons.
• Bibi Dong watched the Sun Moon Royal Spirit Tool Master Academy’s victory and reflected on the Sun Moon Empire’s power and its alliance proposal.

After Shrek Academy’s suspicious six Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings shocked the tournament, its opponents reconsidered the display and prepared for the round robin. Wang Yan noticed Liu Xing’s apparent authority within Sun Moon Royal Spirit Tool Master Academy and grew uneasy, while Shrek’s team returned to the arena to roaring crowds.

• Ning Fengzhi and Tang San recognized that the Sun Moon Empire’s soul tools were powerful and accessible, while other academies later realized Huo Yuhao’s six Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings had likely been a bluff.
• Ma Lao explained the round-robin rules, and Ye Guyi volunteered to compete while Liu Xing, Firefly, and the others declined.
• Wang Yan questioned why Liu Xing left the meeting room before Sun Moon Royal Spirit Tool Master Academy’s captain and teacher, but Ma Xiaotao dismissed his concerns.
• The elimination stage left dozens injured and more than a dozen dead as the tournament’s broadcasts drew growing crowds and attention.
• On the fourth morning, Shrek Academy entered Star Luo Square to thunderous cheers while Liu Xing relaxed in the rest area with Firefly.

Shrek Academy defeated Yun Luo Advanced Spirit Tool Master Academy, then Sun Moon Royal Spirit Tool Master Academy began its match against Qian Ling Advanced Spirit Master Academy. Ye Guyi fought An Lengye in the opening bout, and after gaining the upper hand, she faced a renewed threat as An Lengye prepared a counterattack.

• Xu Sanshi defeated three Yun Luo Advanced Spirit Tool Master Academy competitors before their team conceded to Shrek Academy.
• Ma Rulong drew Individual Elimination for Sun Moon Royal Spirit Tool Master Academy's match against Qian Ling Advanced Spirit Master Academy.
• Ye Guyi and An Lengye introduced themselves and released their angel and Frost Giant Bear martial souls.
• An Lengye froze much of the stage, but Ye Guyi avoided the terrain, broke Frost Shield, and resisted An Lengye's freezing attacks with holy light.
• Ye Guyi struck An Lengye with Sacred Light Spirit Array, but An Lengye countered with Bone-Chilling Cold Wind and began preparing another attack.

Ye Guyi won two matches before Qian Ling Advanced Spirit Master Academy conceded, giving the Sun Moon Royal Spirit Tool Master Academy an early group lead. Two days later, Ma Lao took Liu Xing and the others to the Starlight Auction House, where they joined the masked bidders and waited for the auction to begin.

• Ye Guyi defeated An Lengye by breaking her Frost Tornado, then beat Feiyu Yan with Holy Spirit Slash.
• Shen Ce defeated Ye Guyi, but Mi Jia beat him with Spirit Tool Cannons, and Qian Ling Advanced Spirit Master Academy conceded the match.
• The Sun Moon Royal Spirit Tool Master Academy earned two points and temporarily took first place in its group.
• After the first round of the Round Robin Tournament ended, Ma Lao brought Liu Xing and the others to the Starlight Auction House at the academy's expense.
• Liu Xing and the others entered the auction hall, where they saw members of Shrek Academy, put on masks, and waited for the auction to start.

At a Starlight Auction House event, Liu Xing recognized that the cursed Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife could benefit Ye Guyi, who could purify the evil remnant soul within it. He convinced Ma Lao and the others to bid for the knife, and the auction opened at one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.

• Qing Ya hosted the auction, where Shrek Academy bought several soul tools before the mysterious grand prize appeared.
• Qing Ya revealed the grand prize as the Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife, a Listed Engraving Knife whose past owners had died or become Evil Spirit Masters.
• After hearing the knife contained an Evil Spirit Master's remnant soul, Liu Xing suggested to Ye Guyi that she could purify it.
• Ye Guyi said purifying the remnant soul could also raise her Soul Power, so Ma Lao agreed that they should obtain the knife.
• Qing Ya set the Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife's starting bid at one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.

Liu Xing’s group won the Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife at auction, and Huo Yuhao learned that Ye Guyi’s sacred power could purify it. As the tournament continued, Shrek prepared to face Zheng Tian Academy while Mu En accepted that the team’s trials mattered more than winning the championship; the chapter ended as Liu Xing’s group arrived to watch the match.

• Huo Yuhao and Ma Lao competed for the Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife until Ma Lao won it for five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Huo Yuhao learned from Old Yi that the knife contained Gold of Life and that Ye Guyi could purify its curse with her sacred power.
• Liu Xing warned Ye Guyi to purify the knife carefully, while Gu Yuena recognized the Gold of Life and considered Liu Xing and Firefly’s Life Divinity.
• Sun Moon Royal Spirit Tool Master Academy and Shrek Academy won their second-round matches, and Shrek’s opponents realized Huo Yuhao’s displayed soul rings were fake.
• Mu En told Yan Shaozhe to treat Shrek’s tournament matches as training and prepare to welcome the team back regardless of its results.
• Liu Xing and his companions arrived at Star Luo Square to watch Shrek Academy face Zheng Tian Academy.

Shrek Academy faced Zheng Tian Academy in the third round, and Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan unexpectedly won the first match by drawing on Xu Sanshi’s Black Tortoise bloodline. The second match began with Xiao Xiao appearing to have only two Yellow Soul Rings, exposing a startling discrepancy as the story paused.

• Xu Jiawei and the spectators saw Shrek Academy field its young reserve team against Zheng Tian Academy, whose captain Ye Wuqing was a Level 58 Spirit King.
• The captains drew a two-two-three match format, and Zheng Tian Academy sent Yu Mengdi and Yang Yifan against Shrek Academy’s Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan.
• Xu Sanshi briefly evolved his martial soul into the Black Tortoise, helping him and Jiang Nannan defeat Yu Mengdi and Yang Yifan.
• Shrek Academy sent Xiao Xiao and He Caitou into the second match against Tang Xiaolei and Blood Wolf.
• When the second match began, Xiao Xiao displayed only two Yellow Soul Rings despite having shown six in earlier matches.

Xiao Xiao and He Caitou fought at great cost but lost their match to Zheng Tian Academy, whose victory came after He Caitou’s cannon attack left the arena devastated. Shrek Academy’s remaining trio took the stage for the deciding match, determined to defend their honor.

• Xiao Xiao revealed her Twin Martial Souls and, despite being only a Two-Ring Great Spirit Master, sacrificed herself to hold back Tang Xiaolei and Blood Wolf while He Caitou charged his cannon.
• He Caitou fired his Super-Concentrated Energy Soul Tool Cannon, seriously injuring himself and devastating the arena; the referee protected Tang Xiaolei, eliminating him, while Blood Wolf survived.
• The referee declared Zheng Tian Academy the winner, and the audience applauded Xiao Xiao and He Caitou for their courage as Shrek Academy’s members rushed to help them.
• Bei Bei, Wang Dong, and Huo Yuhao vowed not to lose, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and the Ice Empress agreed to help Huo Yuhao.
• After the arena was repaired, Bei Bei, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong faced Ye Wuqing, Shangguan Can, and Yan Er in the final match.