Chapter Summaries

After receiving a warning about trouble in the Clear Sky Sect, Huo Yuhao asked Shrek Academy to monitor the sect and prepare plans against Crown Prince Xu Tianran. Meanwhile, the Sun God Cult’s promise to help ordinary people become Soul Masters became real in Shrek City, where the chapter ends with crowds gathering for its Soul Ring God-bestowal Ceremony.

• Wang Dong'er showed Huo Yuhao an urgent warning from the Clear Sky Sect, and he reassured her that her uncles were likely safe while suspecting Tang San had set something in motion.
• Huo Yuhao asked Yan Shaozhe to monitor the Clear Sky Sect and proposed plans to stop Xu Tianran, including assassination or exposing his inability to have heirs.
• Three months later, Li Dakang reached level ten Soul Power and learned from Shrek students that the Sun God Cult would provide him with a Soul Ring.
• Li Dakang urged his neighbors to join the Sun God Cult, while the Shrek Press published news that ordinary people could become Soul Masters through the cult.
• News spread across Shrek City about the ceremony scheduled for the next morning, and residents rushed to Shrek Plaza, where Soul Masters were building a platform.

Huo Yuhao and Shrek Academy publicly demonstrated that ordinary people could become Soul Masters through Artificial Soul Rings, sparking fervor across Shrek City. The ceremony succeeded, and Huo Yuhao planned to recruit the city’s residents into the Sun God Cult after the Soul Fighting Competition.

• Yan Shaozhe and Cai Meier escorted twenty-five Sun God Canon cultivators to Shrek Plaza, where more than one hundred thousand spectators had gathered.
• Yan Shaozhe announced that the twenty-five ordinary people had reached Soul Power Level 10 and would receive Artificial Soul Rings from the Sun God Cult.
• Huo Yuhao and his companions arrived disguised as powerful Sun God Cult experts, and Huo Yuhao bestowed twenty-five Artificial Soul Rings on the group.
• Li Dakang successfully absorbed a hundred-year Soul Ring, revealed his Martial Soul and Yellow Soul Ring, and praised the Sun God as he became a Soul Master.
• The crowd erupted in cheers and asked how to join the Sun God Cult, while Cai Meier prepared to organize registrations and Huo Yuhao anticipated gaining enough believers to advance after the competition.

Shrek Academy’s elders debated replacing the original Shrek Seven Devils’ statues and deciding how to handle Xu Tianran, while the Sun God Cult’s claims initially met widespread disbelief before drawing the attention of major factions. As Shrek’s team prepared to leave for the Soul Fighting Competition, Du Busi revealed that the Clear Sky Sect had registered, raising Huo Yuhao’s fears about Dong’er’s warning and the sect’s missing leaders.

• Mu En directed the elders to remove the original Shrek Seven Devils’ statues from the Outer Court and replace them with displays honoring academy predecessors, outstanding students, and teachers.
• The elders split over whether to assassinate Xu Tianran or sway the Sun Moon Royal Family through public opinion, so Mu En ordered Yan Shaozhe to speak with Xu Tianran before they made a final decision.
• Soul master factions and civilians initially dismissed reports of ordinary people becoming soul masters and Artificial Soul Rings, but the Three Great Empires’ royal families and major sects investigated Shrek City and found the claims credible.
• Huo Yuhao and Ning Tian walked together in the Inner Court, where Yan Shaozhe and Du Busi interrupted their romantic moment before the team’s farewell gathering.
• Du Busi told Yan Shaozhe, Huo Yuhao, and Ning Tian that the Clear Sky Sect had registered for the Soul Fighting Competition through the Heaven Dou Empire, and Huo Yuhao grew alarmed about Dong’er’s warning and the disappearance of Niu Tian and Tai Tan.

Huo Yuhao learned that the Clear Sky Sect would enter the Soul Fighting Competition, likely because Tang San intended to target him or Wang Dong'er. Shrek's team traveled to Mingdu for the tournament, where the academy's name immediately drew awe from the gathered teams and citizens.

• Huo Yuhao told Wang Dong'er and Ning Tian that the Clear Sky Sect would participate, and Wang Dong'er suspected Tang San was behind it.
• Wang Dong'er described the Clear Sky Sect's powerful young Soul Masters, while Huo Yuhao reassured her that Shrek's Elders would protect them.
• At Shrek's farewell party, Zhang Lexuan toasted Huo Yuhao and reminded him that the team would leave for Mingdu at dawn.
• Yan Shaozhe led the fourteen-person Shrek team and its accompanying Super Douluo to Mingdu, where they passed the competition grounds and entered through the participating teams' gathering area.
• When Yan Shaozhe registered Shrek Academy, the soldier and surrounding teams reacted with reverence, and the group received a badge and a carriage to the Mingyue Hotel.

The Shrek team arrived in Mingdu for the Soul Fighting Competition, registered, and settled into a suite at Mingyue Hotel. Huo Yuhao’s scouting revealed a far stronger field than before, and the team prepared to learn about their opponents before the competition began.

• The Shrek team traveled through Mingdu as Huo Yuhao and He Caitou described the city’s underground factions and Evil Soul Masters.
• At Mingyue Hotel, Huo Yuhao embraced Wang Dong'er, Zhu Lu, Ma Xiaotao, and Ning Tian, provoking the envy of the other contestants.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection Shared Soul Skill to count the gathered teams and found more than four hundred Soul Ancestor or Soul King-level cultivators and 160 Soul Emperor or Soul Saint-level cultivators.
• Wang Qiu'er offered to share spiritual herbs from her family, startling the Shrek members when she said she had once trampled some.
• Zhang Lexuan registered the team, and the staff gave the Shrek members priority for age checks and assigned them a top-floor villa-like suite.
• Huo Yuhao confirmed that the Sun Moon Empire had not tampered with their suite, and Zhang Lexuan told the team to choose rooms and gather information about their opponents.

Huo Yuhao reunited with Xu Jiujiu and Dai Luoli at the tournament hotel, learning about the strongest competing factions and changes at Duke White Tiger's Mansion. The chapter ended with Shrek's women publicly feeding Huo Yuhao and the others, provoking jealous looks from nearby contestants.

• Huo Yuhao and his companions met Xu Jiujiu and the Star Luo team in the hotel restaurant, where she warned them that more than 350 teams had entered and listed several powerful rivals.
• Xu Jiujiu told Huo Yuhao that the Star Luo team aimed for the Top 16, while Huo Yuhao reaffirmed that Shrek aimed to win first place.
• Dai Luoli told Huo Yuhao that Chen Jingqiu had benefited from the Cold Star Ice Soul Grass and that Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin had become bitter enemies, with Dai Huabin turning into an Evil Soul Master.
• Huo Yuhao advised Dai Luoli to stay clear of the brothers' conflict, and Dai Luoli said he would pursue the White Tiger Duke's position himself.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the Shrek group and Zhu Lu and Ning Tian fed him cake while Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan did the same for Beibei and Xu Sanshi, angering nearby onlookers.

Huo Yuhao and the Shrek Academy team learned about their tournament rivals before the Clear Sky Sect confronted Wang Dong'er and demanded she return to the sect. Huo Yuhao suppressed the Clear Sky Sect disciples with his Spiritual Power, but after the confrontation ended, an ominous group of black-robed men entered the hotel.

• Huo Yuhao shared Xu Jiujiu's information about powerful Soul Master factions with Zhang Lexuan and the others.
• Tang Wei and the Clear Sky Sect disciples confronted Wang Dong'er in the hotel lobby and ordered her to return to the sect, but she refused.
• Huo Yuhao unleashed his Spiritual Power, manifesting countless silver eyes and suppressing the Clear Sky Sect group until Zheng Zhan intervened.
• Zheng Zhan stopped the confrontation and warned both the Clear Sky Sect and Shrek Academy that further trouble would cost them their tournament qualification.
• News of the clash spread through the hotel, and Xu Jiujiu wondered why the longtime allies had suddenly come into conflict.
• A group of black-robed men entered the hotel as one of them revealed dark red eyes and sent a chilling sensation through nearby youths.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er prepared for the Clear Sky Sect to take her away, while Yan Shaozhe met Xu Tianran to warn him about the Abyss. Xu Tianran dismissed the warning and ordered his plans to proceed, leaving Shrek Academy's efforts to prevent a wider conflict uncertain.

• Zhang Lexuan warned Wang Dong'er not to go out alone, and Wang Dong'er explained that the Clear Sky Sect team was exceptionally powerful.
• Ma Xiaotao told Huo Yuanyu that she and the others would support Wang Dong'er, and Huo Yuanyu went to sleep in Wang Dong'er's room.
• Huo Yuanyu warned Wang Dong'er that the Clear Sky Sect might have a plan to take her away and used Spiritual Detection to monitor the sect members at the Mingyue Hotel.
• Yan Shaozhe met Xu Tianran at the Sun Moon Imperial Palace and urged the empire to prepare for an Abyssal invasion and avoid war with the Star Luo Empire.
• Xu Tianran rejected Shrek Academy's warning, told Xue Chen to proceed according to plan, and learned that Yan Shaozhe could kill Xue Chen in less than half a minute.

Yan Shaozhe briefed Shrek Academy’s team on the Soul Fighting Competition’s new format and gave them generous supplies before the Draw Ceremony revealed their first opponent. The chapter ended with the team preparing to face the Blazing Fire Sect on opening day.

• Yan Shaozhe and the elders discussed Xu Tianran’s intentions and decided that Elder Song would return to the academy to inform their teacher.
• Yan Shaozhe learned that Clear Sky Sect disciples had tried to take Wang Dong'er, and Zhang Lexuan warned that the Sea God Family and Holy Spirit Cult might also pose threats in the competition.
• Yan Shaozhe explained the Resurrection Group, the enlarged venue, and the removal of the flight-height limit, then gave Shrek’s members Level 5 Invincible Shields and healing pills.
• The Draw Ceremony brought 448 registered teams to the competition, and a Clear Sky Sect elder appeared among the leaders at Mingyue Hotel.
• Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao learned that Shrek Academy would face the fire-attribute Blazing Fire Sect, and the team discussed its opening-day lineup.

Shrek Academy arrived at the Soul Fighting Competition venue, where Huo Yuhao recognized Dai Huabin among the Holy Spirit Cult representatives. The Sea God Family then confronted Shrek with open hostility, but Yan Shaozhe broke Sea Soul Douluo’s pressure, leaving both groups seated near each other as the opening ceremony approached.

• Shrek Academy left the Mingyue Hotel and traveled to the competition grounds, where Xu Sanshi realized the stage’s Soul Tool Shield prevented him from using Darkwater Displacement to send opponents out of bounds.
• Huo Yuhao recognized the Holy Spirit Cult team and saw that its members included Dai Huabin, prompting Shrek Academy to prepare for the threat posed by the Evil Soul Masters.
• Sea Soul Douluo led the Sea God Family team into the resting area, where its members directed hatred and Killing Intent at Shrek Academy.
• Yan Shaozhe appeared beside He Caitou and shattered Sea Soul Douluo’s oppressive aura before the Sea God Family took seats nearby.

The Sun Moon Empire’s elite Soul Tool Legion and Crown Prince Xu Tianran arrived as the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition opened. After Ju Zi and Zheng Zhan announced the start and the first matchup, Huo Yuhao headed to the stage to represent Shrek Academy against the Blazing Fire Sect.

• Yan Shaozhe’s arrival quieted the teams, while Huo Yuyao and the others noticed his effect on the Holy Spirit Cult.
• The Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Legion deployed around the main platform, and He Caitou explained its strength and equipment to the Shrek team.
• Xu Tianran, Ju Zi, and Xu Tianming arrived; Ju Zi opened the competition after an overwhelming aura silenced the crowd.
• Long Xiaoyao appeared on the platform, and Zheng Zhan announced the rules and declared the competition underway.
• Zheng Zhan named Shrek Academy and the Blazing Fire Sect as the first preliminary-round matchup, and Huo Yuhao walked toward the Center Competition Stage.

Huo Yuhao and Ning Tian used the 2-2-3 Battle Strategy to showcase Shrek Academy’s strength against the Blazing Fire Sect. After Wang Qiu’er and Wu Feng won the first match, Ning Tian unveiled a powerful ice magic that sealed Huo Chenfei inside a nine-story pagoda, shocking the arena.

• The drawing determined that the teams would first fight under the 2-2-3 Battle Strategy, and Shrek Academy chose Wang Qiu’er, Wu Feng, Huo Yuhao, and Ning Tian for its first two matches.
• Wang Qiu’er overwhelmed Huo Anren and Huo Jiaquan with her physical strength, and Wu Feng’s Dragon Burst ended the first match in Shrek Academy’s favor.
• Huo Yuhao and Ning Tian faced Huo Chenfei and Huo Xiaoxiao, and Huo Yuhao supported Ning Tian as she prepared to use the magic they had practiced.
• Ning Tian cast Nine Treasures Eternal Seal, formed a nine-story ice pagoda, and froze Huo Chenfei inside it, stunning the spectators and competing teams.

Ning Tian's new Nine Treasures Seal helped Shrek defeat the Blazing Fire Sect, and Huo Yuhao later overheard Clear Sky Sect elders reveal a plan involving Dong'er and three incoming Divine Position inheritances near Mingdu. He suspected the inheritances would appear in the Valley of Asking for Love.

• Ning Tian froze Huo Chenfei with her Nine Treasures Seal, and the Blazing Fire Sect conceded the match to Shrek Academy.
• Shrek's group watched the next matches and learned that five powerful sect teams had advanced, while the tournament's main and Resurrection Group schedules were explained.
• Huo Yuhao stayed behind to use Spiritual Detection on Clear Sky Sect and heard the Tenth Elder discuss Dong'er's Butterfly God consciousness and the sect's plans.
• The Tenth Elder said three Divine Position inheritances—the Butterfly God, God of Love, and God of Calamity—would appear near Mingdu, and that Clear Sky Sect planned to ambush Dong'er and seek a Divine Position.
• Huo Yuhao concluded that the inheritances might appear at the Valley of Asking for Love.

The Sea God Family and Dai Huabin prepared to target Shrek Academy, while Huo Yuhao learned that three God Positions would descend near Mingdu and planned an ambush against the Clear Sky Sect. After He Caitou revealed that the Sun Moon Empire was giving foreign competitors a harmful potion, Huo Yuhao and his companions planned to gather proof.

• Sea Soul Douluo told Posei Yuan and the other Sea God Family competitors that killing Shrek Academy's students would earn them Sea God Seeds and the family's full support.
• Dai Huabin asked Gui Wujing to help him take revenge on Shrek Academy, and Gui Wujing agreed to report the request to the Holy Spirit Church if an opportunity arose.
• Huo Yuhao told Xuan Zi, Elder Jing, Elder Song, and Yan Shaozhe that three God Positions would descend near Mingdu and that Wang Dong'er carried the Butterfly God's consciousness; they chose to prepare an ambush at the Western Mountain Range.
• He Caitou warned the elders that the Sun Moon Empire's Burning Potion secretly harmed the potential of injured competitors from other nations, and Yan Shaozhe cautioned against exposing the scheme recklessly.
• After Old Zhuang arrived, Elder Song went to bring him in to address the potion, while Huo Yuhao and He Caitou planned to record evidence and obtain a sample from the Soul Dueling Arena.

Huo Yuhao and his companions split up to watch the Sea God Family and the suspected Holy Spirit Sect compete in Mingdu. Before the first match, Huo Yuhao lent Nan Qiushui defensive Soul Tools for the Earth Dragon Sect, then noticed the Sea God Family reacting intensely to her team.

• Zhang Lexuan divided the group between the Holy Spirit Sect's match and the Sea God Family's match, with Ma Xiaotao leading Huo Yuhao's group to the Center Competition Stage.
• Huo Yuhao recognized Nan Qiushui, teased her about Ning Tian, and warned her that the Earth Dragon Sect faced a dangerous opponent.
• Huo Yuhao gave Nan Qiushui Level 5 triggered defensive Soul Tools and urged her team to surrender if the Sea God Family attacked too fiercely.
• The Sea God Family arrived with only seven members and took their seats without approaching Huo Yuhao's group.
• Huo Yuhao noticed the Sea God Family's suppressed emotions intensify when its members looked toward the Earth Dragon Sect.

Huo Yuhao recorded a rescue worker using suspicious red medicine at the tournament, while Xu Tianran watched the treatment scheme unfold. In the Earth Dragon Sect’s match against the Sea God Family, Chen Wan Yun revealed herself as a Soul Saint and nearly killed Nan Qiushui, who survived inside a golden Soul Tool before her team conceded.

• Xu Tianran and Ju Zi observed the tournament as Zheng Zhan announced the Preliminary Round’s start and the first matches began.
• Huo Yuhao recorded a rescue worker injecting an injured competitor with faintly glowing red medicine, and Xu Tianran watched the crowd applaud the rapid treatment.
• Nan Qiushui drew an Individual Battle against Chen Wan Yun, who identified her Rouge Dragon Martial Soul’s Annihilation Attribute and revealed a seven-ring Soul Saint cultivation.
• Chen Wan Yun’s Tide Dissolves All Things engulfed Nan Qiushui and melted most of the competition stage, but a golden Soul Tool shield protected her.
• Nan Shuishui conceded the match, the referees stopped Chen Wan Yun from attacking again, and Nan Qiushui collapsed unconscious after the golden light faded.

Nan Qiushui nearly died after the medical team gave her a Burning Potion, but Old Zhuang saved her with his Tree of Life, and Huo Yuhao later helped her recover from her fear. Back at the hotel, Shrek discussed the Sea God Family and the Holy Spirit Sect, while Huo Yuhao summoned Nana to Mingdu to build her foundation.

• After Chen Wan Yun defeated Nan Qiushui, a Burning Potion triggered a deadly reaction because Nan Qiushui had exhausted her Soul Power, and Xu Tianran ordered the royal healers summoned.
• Old Zhuang healed Nan Qiushui with his Tree of Life, and Xu Tianran promised an investigation before ordering the medical team arrested.
• The Earth Dragon Sect conceded, and Huo Yuhao comforted Nan Qiushui, explained Chen Wan Yun's spiritual and water abilities, and warned Nan Shuishui not to trust the tournament's medical team.
• Zhang Lexuan told the Shrek group that the Holy Spirit Sect had won without fielding any Evil Soul Masters, and Huo Yuhao planned to watch the Resurrection Group matches for evidence against the Sun Moon Empire.
• After Ma Xiaotao teased Zhang Lexuan about her concern for Huo Yuhao, Huo Yuhao summoned Nana to Mingdu to build her foundation.

After Old Zhuang concealed what he had learned about the Burning Potion from Xu Tianran, Shrek Academy considered how to stop its harmful use. Huo Yuhao proposed secretly cooperating with Xu Tianming to remove the potion’s side effects and undermine Xu Tianran, and Xu Tianming agreed to act.

• Old Zhuang told Xu Tianran that he had found nothing wrong with the Earth Dragon Sect contestant, while Xu Tianran suspected he was hiding the Burning Potion’s effects and ordered an investigation.
• Jin Peng visited Shrek Academy on behalf of Xu Tianming and asked the Elders to cooperate against Xu Tianran.
• Huo Yuhao proposed working with Xu Tianming to distribute Pills containing Old Zhuang’s restorative Soul Power crystals, which could remove the Burning Potion’s side effects without exposing Shrek Academy’s involvement.
• The Elders approved Huo Yuhao’s proposal, and Yan Shaozhe went to tell the Body Sect to contact Xu Tianming.
• Xu Tianming agreed to Shrek Academy’s request and went to the Imperial Palace to propose distributing additional Pills.

Xu Tianran contained the fallout from the Burning Potion accident while Xu Tianming proposed giving Blood Vitality Pills to the competing teams. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao and his companions headed to the Mingdu Great Soul Arena, where they noticed they were being watched.

• Xu Tianran spared the ten healers but ordered them to keep out of public view, announced a cover story, and planned a personal visit to the Earth Dragon Sect.
• Xu Tianran reviewed a list of Star Luo Empire teams he intended to target and agreed to meet with Xu Tianming.
• Xu Tianming urged Xu Tianran to distribute fourteen Blood Vitality Pills to each competing team, and Xu Tianran agreed to provide them that afternoon.
• As the potion scandal spread, injured teams refused treatment from the Medical Team, and public interest in the incident grew.
• Huo Yuhao, Beibei, Xu Sanshi, and He Caitou traveled toward the Mingdu Great Soul Arena and joked about Xu Sanshi's comments and Beibei's recordings.
• Huo Yuhao detected eight Soul Master watchers following their carriage; they made no move and withdrew their attention after the group entered the arena.

Huo Yuhao secretly stole the Burning Potions from the soul arena’s cold storage while Earth Dragon Sect defeated Squid Sect and Xu Tianran publicly apologized for the earlier poisoning incident. After returning to Mingyue Hotel, Huo Yuhao realized that two men were still watching them, then stood motionless as his companions questioned him.

• Huo Yuhao used Mind Control to enter the cold storage and stole twenty-four bottles of Burning Potion.
• Earth Dragon Sect defeated Squid Sect in the first Resurrection Group match.
• Xu Tianran and Xu Tianming publicly apologized to Earth Dragon Sect and announced Blood Vitality Pills and further compensation.
• Huo Yuhao and his companions returned to Mingyue Hotel, followed by two watchers who hoped to earn a reward from their young master.
• Huo Yuhao stood motionless inside the hotel, then smiled as the silver light in his eyes faded.