Chapter Summaries

Ma Xiaotao joined Shrek Academy’s team as Wang Yan and Wang Nan discussed their first-round lineup and tactics. At the opening ceremony in Star Luo City, Wang Nan noticed the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s interest in him, and the competition’s first match was about to begin.

• Ma Xiaotao returned after obtaining her Soul Ring, and Wang Yan introduced her as the final main-team member.
• Wang Nan advised Wang Yan to keep Ye Xiaosheng and the team’s Soul Tools hidden for the first round, and Xu Sanshi was assigned to prepare alongside Beibei.
• Wang Nan told Wang Yan he would compete as captain, then escorted Ma Xiaotao to her room to consolidate her cultivation.
• Wang Nan and the Shrek team arrived at the arena, where he spotted his parents among the spectators and noticed a blue-eyed youth from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy watching him.
• Xu Jiawei announced the competition’s opening, and the host prepared to call the first team onto the arena as the crowd cheered for Shrek.

Wang Nan and the Shrek Team crushed Heaven Spirit Team in the first round of the Elimination Round, then discussed the growing use of Soul Tools among competing academies. Wang Nan agreed to watch the afternoon matches with Wang Yan, while an unidentified girl left the hotel after being denied entry to find someone from Shrek Academy.

• Wang Nan and the Shrek Team defeated Heaven Spirit Team in less than half a minute, with Ling Luochen's ice trapping their opponents.
• Wang Nan and the other Shrek students joined Wang Yan in the arena's rest area, where the crowd celebrated their victory.
• A short young girl tried to enter Star Emperor Hotel to find someone from Shrek Academy, but the attendant refused her without identification.
• Wang Yan told Wang Nan that other academies had begun combining Soul Masters with Soul Tools and warned that stronger opponents would pose a greater challenge.
• Wang Nan agreed to accompany Wang Yan to watch the afternoon matches so they could study the other academies.

Wang Nan took Ma Xiaotao to the Starlight Auction House, where a Soul Tool auction revealed an item his Heavenly Forging Floating Life Dragon reacted to. The auctioneer unveiled the notorious Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife, ranked ninety-ninth among Ranked Engraving Knives.

• Wang Nan and Ma Xiaotao left their team and explored Star Luo City together.
• Wang Nan brought Ma Xiaotao to the Starlight Auction House for its themed Soul Tool auction.
• Wang Nan and Ma Xiaotao watched as the auction sold several low-grade Soul Tools.
• The Heavenly Forging Floating Life Dragon reacted when a mysterious item was brought onto the stage.
• The auctioneer revealed the Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife, ranked ninety-ninth among Ranked Engraving Knives.

Wang Nan bought the cursed Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife at auction and purified it, revealing its life-giving power. After the competition moved into the round-robin stage, Shrek Academy prepared to face Yunluo Advanced Soul Engineer Academy.

• Wang Nan bought the Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife for one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins despite its curse and deadly history.
• Wang Nan reassured Ma Xiaotao, then took her around the night market before returning to their hotel.
• Wang Nan used his Spiritual Power and Heavenly Forging Floating Life Dragon to destroy the knife’s evil thoughts and curse, revealing its green-crystal appearance and life force.
• The Soul Fighting Competition entered its round-robin stage, with Shrek Academy drawn into an eight-team group and scheduled to compete first.
• Wang Nan and the Captain of Yunluo Advanced Soul Engineer Academy went onstage to confirm the format of their match.

Shrek Academy faced Yunluo Academy in an individual elimination match, and Wang Nan stopped Huo Yuhao from secretly using his Spiritual Power to help Beibei. Shrek won easily, turning the contest into a friendly exchange, and Dai Yueheng finished the match by defeating three opponents.

• The draw selected an individual elimination match, and Wang Yan sent reserve-team Captain Beibei out first against Yunluo Academy.
• Beibei charged a Soul Engineer while Huo Yuhao secretly used Spiritual Power to help him evade attacks.
• Wang Nan confronted Huo Yuhao privately, explaining that true glory meant more than winning and that spectators should not interfere.
• Beibei reached his opponent, who conceded immediately, and Wang Nan used Spiritual Power to shield their conversation from surrounding noise.
• Both academies rotated contestants as the match became a friendly exchange, and Dai Yueheng defeated three opponents to finish the round.

After Shrek Academy advanced to the top sixteen, Wang Yan prepared the team for its elimination match against Yaoyang Soul Engineer Academy. Wang Nan met Pan Yang, who revealed that her grandfather was searching for a Coiling Dragon Staff Soul Master who had awakened a Dragon Soul.

• Wang Yan explained the elimination-round rules and named Huo Yuhao for Shrek Academy's team battle against Yaoyang Soul Engineer Academy.
• Wang Nan went to the Star Emperor Hotel lobby for food and found Pan Yang waiting outside to see someone from Shrek Academy.
• Pan Yang revealed her four Soul Rings and azure Coiling Dragon Staff Martial Soul, surprising Wang Nan with its resemblance to his own.
• Pan Yang asked whether Wang Nan's Coiling Dragon Staff contained a Dragon Soul and said her grandfather had been searching for someone who awakened one.
• Wang Nan told Pan Yang to have her grandfather find him at Shrek Academy, and Pan Yang left after giving him her name.

In the round-of-sixteen team battle, Yaoyang Academy tried to cripple Shrek Academy’s main fighters with close-range soul-tool explosions, but Shrek’s defenses and counterattack left the attackers badly injured instead. Wang Yan realized the tactic was meant to weaken Shrek for later matches, especially a possible encounter with the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

• Wang Nan led Shrek Academy’s team into the arena with Xu Sanshi and Huo Yuhao as the reserve members, while the Sun Moon Royal Academy watched from the stands.
• When the match began, Wang Nan, Dai Yueheng, and Xixi charged through Yaoyang Academy’s heavy soul-tool barrage, guided by Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection and shielded by Xu Sanshi.
• Yaoyang Academy’s three foremost competitors used Soul Tool Thrusters to rush Shrek’s fighters, then detonated unusual soul tools at close range behind Invincible Barriers.
• The explosions failed to injure Wang Nan or Dai Yueheng, and only shook Xixi; the Yaoyang Academy competitors were badly hurt by the blasts after their barriers ended.
• Dai Yueheng and Xixi used soul tools to break the remaining opponents’ defenses, while Wang Yan concluded Yaoyang Academy had meant to weaken Shrek before later individual matches.

Shrek Academy defeated Yaoyang Academy and advanced to the quarterfinals, where the draw paired them with Sun Moon Royal Academy. Wang Nan and Wang Yan accepted that the two strongest teams would have to face each other early.

• Wang Nan and his teammates eliminated Yaoyang Academy’s first three contestants, and Ling Luochen trapped the remaining four in ice prisons so they could be sent off the stage.
• Sun Moon Royal Academy easily won its match without Ma Rulong or the Xiao Hongchen siblings fighting, while Wang Nan considered what Soul Tools Mingde Hall might have prepared.
• Dai Yueheng defeated all three of Yaoyang Academy’s contestants in the Individual Elimination Match, and Shrek advanced to the quarterfinals.
• Wang Nan and Ma Rulong each drew number one, pairing Shrek Academy against Sun Moon Royal Academy in the quarterfinals.
• Wang Yan told Wang Nan that facing Sun Moon Royal Academy early could help Shrek avoid revealing too much.

Shrek Academy faced Sun Moon Royal Academy in a quarterfinal that drew the attention of the Star Luo Empire’s emperor and Duke White Tiger. Ma Xiaotao revealed her seven-ring Soul Saint cultivation and used Ultimate Fire to overwhelm the opposing team, leaving Meng Hongchen under threat.

• Huang Jinxu began the match between Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Royal Academy.
• Ma Xiaotao charged forward and revealed that she was a seven-ringed Soul Saint.
• Ling Luochen covered Shrek Academy’s advance with ice mist, while Ma Rulong’s Flash Cannon blinded the arena and Sun Moon Royal Academy launched a barrage of Soul Tool attacks.
• Dai Yueheng used a Soul Tool Thruster to rise into the air and countered the barrage as Shrek Academy’s fighters closed in.
• Ma Xiaotao unleashed her golden flames and a Phoenix attack toward Meng Hongchen, prompting Lin Xi to protect her with an Invincible Barrier.
• Ma Xiaotao’s Ultimate Fire shattered Lin Xi’s barrier, softened the stage and Soul Tools, and suppressed Sun Moon Royal Academy’s contestants.

Ma Xiaotao’s overwhelming attack forced the Sun Moon Royal Academy to surrender their Team Match against Shrek Academy. On the way back, Wang Nan noticed a change between Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan and learned about the conditions for the Profound Darkness Sect’s second awakening of the Xuanming Turtle Martial Soul.

• Wang Nan disrupted the Sun Moon Royal Academy’s formation while Ma Xiaotao evaded Ma Rulong’s Flash Cannon and the team tried to stop Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen from joining up.
• Ma Xiaotao unleashed a rain of flaming meteors, and Ma Rulong surrendered as the attack overwhelmed his teammates.
• Huang Jinxu carried the Sun Moon Royal Academy contestants from the arena, and the spectators were surprised by how abruptly the Team Match ended.
• Xu Sanshi praised Wang Nan, who noticed that Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan seemed closer than before.
• Wang Nan asked whether Xu Sanshi had awakened his Xuanming Turtle Martial Soul a second time, and Xu Sanshi explained that the sect now required disciples to find a girl they truly liked first.

Wang Nan volunteered to face Sun Moon Royal Academy’s countermeasures and defeated Meng Hongchen in the Individual Elimination Match. The match left Xiao Hongchen furious as Shrek gained the first victory.

• Wang Nan volunteered to fight first so Shrek could assess Sun Moon Royal Academy’s preparations, and Wang Yan told him to concede if the situation became dangerous.
• Meng Hongchen entered the arena as Sun Moon Royal Academy’s first contestant, wearing custom Soul Tool Armor that enhanced her attacks with Cold Poison.
• Meng Hongchen launched a cross-shaped blade of light, but Wang Nan used his Blink Ability to get past it and strike her directly with the Coiling Dragon Staff.
• Wang Nan followed up with another staff attack that sent Meng Hongchen out of the arena, and Xiao Hongchen ran to help her up.

Dai Hao recognized that Meng Hongchen’s Soul Tool Armor could enhance a Soul Master, but Sun Moon Royal Academy conceded after Wang Nan defeated her. Shrek then advanced to the final, where Dio Academy conceded the team match and Jiang Peng challenged Wang Nan to a one-on-one duel.

• Dai Hao told Xu Jiawei that Meng Hongchen’s sixth-grade armor was more advanced in design than his seventh-grade armor because it amplified Soul Power and worked with Soul Skills.
• After Meng Hongchen returned injured, an elder persuaded Ma Rulong to concede rather than risk his future, and Sun Moon Royal Academy withdrew from the competition.
• Shrek defeated Star Luo Royal Academy with little resistance and later faced Dio Academy in the final.
• Jiang Peng conceded the team match but asked to challenge Wang Nan, who agreed to the one-on-one exchange.

Wang Nan faced Jiang Peng in the Final Match and revealed a powerful strength that grew harder to contain as their fight escalated. The clash of their strongest attacks split the darkness above the arena, leaving tens of thousands of spectators staring at the sudden golden light.

• Jiang Peng opened the match with a swing of his Sky-Shaking Axe, but Wang Nan repelled him with the Coiling Dragon Staff using only physical strength.
• Jiang Peng used his First and Third Soul Skills to launch the Sky-Shaking Axe in a series of controlled attacks, but Wang Nan blocked it and countered with a heavy staff strike that left Jiang Peng dazed and injured.
• Jiang Peng unleashed his Fourth Soul Skill, and Wang Nan activated his previously unused Sixth Soul Ring to destroy the phantom axe strikes and overpower Jiang Peng’s defense.
• Wang Yan noticed that Wang Nan could no longer fully suppress his rising aura as Jiang Peng prepared his Sixth Soul Skill.
• Jiang Peng summoned black flames and brought down his enlarged Sky-Shaking Axe, while Wang Nan met it with the Coiling Dragon Staff, unleashing a golden streak that tore through the darkness.

Wang Nan revealed the second stage of his Sixth Soul Skill, Dragon Transformation, and defeated Jiang Peng, securing the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition championship for Shrek Academy. The team entered the Imperial City for a private award ceremony, where Xu Jiawei presented the rewards, including the God Sealing Platform containing the Snow Empress embryo.

• Wang Nan’s Dragon Transformation summoned dark clouds, rain, thunder, and golden lightning as his domain overwhelmed Jiang Peng.
• Jiang Peng conceded, and Huang Jinxu announced Shrek Academy as the competition’s champion.
• Wang Nan led the Shrek team into the Imperial City for a private award ceremony with Xu Jiawei.
• Xu Jiawei presented the team with the competition rewards, including three Soul Bones, Gold Soul Coins, and the God Sealing Platform containing the Snow Empress embryo.

After the Soul Fighting Competition, Xuan Zi brought the students back to Shrek Academy, where Mu En examined their rewards and revealed the God Sealing Platform’s secrets. He explained that the Snow Empress embryo might become a Second Martial Soul, but only if the Soul Master earned the Soul Beast’s complete trust.

• Xu Jiawei awarded the group three Soul Bones and offered to arrange an escort back to Shrek Academy.
• Xuan Zi collected the group, returned them to Shrek Academy, and sent the Outer Courtyard disciples away to reflect and continue training.
• Xuan Zi led the Inner Courtyard Disciples into Sea God Pavilion, where Mu En’s golden light cleansed their Soul Power.
• Wang Yan presented the Soul Bones and God Sealing Platform, and Mu En examined the Snow Empress embryo sealed inside it.
• Mu En revealed that the Rank 9 Soul Tool held a Soul Beast capable of becoming a Second Martial Soul, but the embryo had once cultivated for at least two hundred thousand years.
• Mu En said the Soul Beast could become a Second Martial Soul only if it completely trusted its Soul Master, and warned that absorbing its Soul Ring would be dangerous for most Soul Masters.

After the Soul Fighting Competition, Mu En rewarded the Inner Courtyard Disciples and revealed that he had only one year left, making plans for Shrek Academy’s leadership before asking to meet Huo Yuhao. Wang Nan and the others divided the Soul Bones and Gold Soul Coins, while Wang Nan treasured the life-energy engraving knife he had brought back.

• Mu En left the Rank 9 Soul Tool in Sea God Pavilion and named Wang Yan’s graduation assessment as his promotion assessment to teach in the Inner Courtyard.
• Xuan Zi announced that the Inner Courtyard main team had earned the title of Shrek Seven Monsters and could divide the Soul Bones and Gold Soul Coins.
• Mu En told Xuan Zi that he had one year left and planned for Lexuan and Xiaotao to enter Sea God Pavilion, with Lexuan eventually succeeding him as Pavilion Master.
• Mu En discussed the coming threat from the Holy Spirit Cult, ordered changes to the academy’s leadership if Shao Zhe did not improve, and asked Xuan Zi to bring Huo Yuhao to Sea God Island.
• Wang Nan and the other disciples divided the Soul Bones among Ma Xiaotao, Xixi, and Gongyang Mo, then shared the Gold Soul Coins among those who received no Soul Bone.
• Wang Nan returned to his dormitory and examined the life-energy engraving knife, which he valued more than his share of the Gold Soul Coins.

Pan Huai brought Pan Yang to Shrek Academy to find Wang Nan and reveal the history of their lineage. He explained that their ancestors fought the First Generation Shrek Seven Monsters, leaving Wang Nan to consider what the revelation meant for him.

• Pan Huai and Pan Yang arrived at Shrek Academy and asked the gatekeeper to summon Wang Nan.
• Wang Nan met them by the statues of the First Generation Shrek Seven Monsters, and Pan Huai introduced himself as Pan Huai, also called Qian Gu Huaiwu.
• Pan Huai told Wang Nan that their ancestors had belonged to Spirit Hall’s Worship Hall and had fought the First Generation Shrek Seven Monsters.
• Pan Huai explained that the surviving descendants hid their identities and that their Coiling Dragon Staff Martial Souls carried a Heavenly Awakened Sacred Golden Dragon.
• Wang Nan listened without recognizing Spirit Hall as anything more than a name and wondered why Pan Huai had told him this history.

Wang Nan rejected Pan Huai’s request to rejoin and rebuild the Qian Gu Family, but agreed to help him retrieve an Ancestral Relic left by two ancient Titled Douluo. That night, Wang Nan told Ye Xiaosheng he was leaving on a personal matter, while Ye Xiaosheng shared that his Soul Tool research was progressing slowly.

• Pan Huai asked Wang Nan to return to the Qian Gu Family and help restore its former glory, but Wang Nan refused.
• Pan Huai offered to share the contents of an Ancestral Relic with Wang Nan and explained that only someone who had awakened the Dragon Soul in the Coiling Dragon Staff could enter its hiding place.
• Wang Nan agreed to travel with Pan Huai to the present Dou Ling Empire, accepting ten thousand Gold Soul Coins if they found nothing.
• Wang Nan visited Ye Xiaosheng in the Inner Courtyard’s Soul Tool Department and said he was leaving on a personal matter.
• Ye Xiaosheng told Wang Nan that his research into the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Tools remained difficult and that the academy’s Soul Tool Armor research lagged behind.

Wang Nan accompanied Pan Huai and Pan Yang to Jialing Pass and into the Heavenly Spirit Mountain Range to find the Qian Gu Family’s ancestral relic. Inside a cave, Pan Huai awakened a trial door whose dragon phantoms unleashed the aura of a Super Douluo.

• Wang Nan traveled east with Pan Huai and Pan Yang, learning about Pan Huai’s modest clan and the Coiling Dragon Staff.
• Pan Huai explained that the Qian Gu ancestors had come to Jialing Pass after losing to a powerful opponent there during the Divine War.
• The three entered the Heavenly Spirit Mountain Range and climbed to a cave on its dragon-shaped main peak.
• Wang Nan, Pan Huai, and Pan Yang followed a descending path to a black door surrounded by human skeletons.
• Pan Huai summoned his Coiling Dragon Staff and approached the door, causing red and blue dragon phantoms to appear and release a Super Douluo’s pressure.

Wang Nan, Pan Huai, and Pan Yang passed through the Space Passage into the ruins of Spirit Hall from ten thousand years ago. As they explored its nine-story building, Wang Nan found traces of his ancestors and reached the sixth floor, where the dragon phantoms awaited him.

• Wang Nan opened the passage with his Coiling Dragon Staff, and Pan Huai and Pan Yang entered before him.
• Wang Nan followed them through the passage, and the blue and red dragon phantoms entered after he had vanished.
• Wang Nan found the ruins of Spirit Hall, where most buildings collapsed, and agreed with Pan Huai to divide anything they discovered.
• Wang Nan and Pan Huai found Gold Soul Coins, an inscription about the Qian Gu Family's inheritance, and old books resembling Wang Nan's childhood meditation method.
• Wang Nan reached the sixth floor, where the blue phantom became a hazy figure and the red phantom became a staff in its hand.