Chapter Summaries

Wang Yan brought Huo Yuhao and the others to the Starlight Auction House, where they bought several Soul Tools before the auctioneer introduced a mysterious final item. Huo Yuhao recognized the item as something valuable, but its identity had not yet been revealed.

• Wang Dong argued that the group did not need to know how to make Soul Tools in order to use them, and Wang Yan led them into the auction.
• Wang Yan took the group to the Starlight Auction House using Dai Yueheng's connections, and they collected number plates and entered Auction Hall Twelve.
• Wang Dong bid five thousand Gold Soul Coins on a Level Three Soul Tool Paralysis Ray, while Huo Yuhao told her it was overpriced.
• Wang Yan bought more than a dozen level 3 to level 5 Soul Tools, including a level 4 Milk Bottle, using academy funds.
• Qing Ya announced the auction's mysterious final item, and Huo Yuhao used Mental Detection and realized it was a valuable find.

At the Starlight Auction, Qing Ya introduced a rare silver Slime corpse whose unknown attribute had kept it from selling despite its defensive value. The bidding opened at eight hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, but the audience remained silent, leaving Qing Ya's hopes of selling it—and earning a chance to train at a top-tier auction house—uncertain.

• Electrolux confirmed to Huo Yuhao that the item was genuine Living Soul Solution and said it could greatly ease the creation of Abomination Giant Spirits.
• Qing Ya explained that the finale item was a ten-thousand-year silver Slime corpse, which could be made into powerful defensive Soul Tools, but its attribute was unknown.
• He Caitou remarked that any Slime corpse could sell if its price were low enough, and Qing Ya felt awkward because the item's price had made it difficult to sell.
• Qing Ya set the starting price at eight hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, but the bidders stayed silent and Xu Sanshi criticized the price.
• Qing Ya recalled that her superiors had assigned her the repeatedly unsold item in hopes she could sell it and earn training at a top-tier auction house.

Huo Yuhao won an unknown-attribute Slime corpse at auction for 800,000 Gold Soul Coins after guessing it might help process Rare Metals. The purchase turned out to be a rare Soul Attribute Slime, known as Living Soul Solution, which could be used to create powerful Abomination Giant Spirits.

• Qing Ya struggled to sell the Slime corpse until Huo Yuhao bid 800,000 Gold Soul Coins.
• Wang Dong gave Huo Yuhao a one-million-Gold-Soul-Coin card, while Wang Yan questioned whether the purchase was worthwhile.
• Huo Yuhao told Wang Yan he suspected the corpse was a Metal Slime that could process Rare Metal scrap, and Wang Yan agreed it was worth testing.
• After no one else bid, Qing Ya sold the corpse to Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao recalled Electrolux's explanation that the corpse was a Soul Attribute Slime, or Living Soul Solution, a key material for creating Abomination Giant Spirits.

After Shrek Academy’s successful auction, Huo Yuhao collected the Slime corpse and examined its unusual soul-attracting properties. The Starlight Auction House’s managers decided to court him, while Huo Yuhao spent the night studying soul spells with Electrolux and rose late the next morning.

• Wang Yan and Huo Yuhao completed the auction payment, received their items, and were upgraded to Purple Level clients.
• Huo Yuhao sensed the Slime corpse’s hard core and subtle pull on his soul, then stored it in a Storage Soul Guidance Device.
• Starlight Auction House managers worried about selling the corpse to Huo Yuhao and arranged to give him a VIP Black Card as a gesture of goodwill.
• Huo Yuhao stayed up studying soul spells with Electrolux and analyzing Qian Daoliu’s Soul Skills while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Ice Empress watched.
• The Shrek Academy group got up early the next morning, while Huo Yuhao slept in after working late.

Shrek Academy prepared to face Thousand Spirit Academy, whose captain wielded a powerful spear and whose team used ice-and-fire control. Wang Yan’s strategy was to have Shrek conceal the strength of its members by using Huo Yuhao’s Mimicry Soul Skill to hide their Soul Rings, and the chapter left both teams assembled for a team battle.

• Huo Yuhao woke when Wang Dong tried to tickle him, then playfully tried to retaliate as she fled behind the door.
• Huo Yuhao reviewed Thousand Spirit Academy’s lineup and identified its five-ring captain as the team’s main threat.
• The referee drew a team battle, and Wang Yan sent Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Wang Dong, Jiang Nannan, Gongyang Mo, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yuhao onto the stage.
• Wang Yan kept He Caitou and Chen Zi Feng in reserve and planned to use Huo Yuhao’s Mimicry Soul Skill to conceal the team’s Soul Rings.
• Both teams took their positions on the Competition Stage, with Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi leading Shrek’s formation.

Huo Yuhao maintained his illusion while Shrek Academy used smoke bombs and coordinated tactics to counter Thousand Spirit Academy’s defensive formation. As Thousand Spirit Academy prepared its enhanced shield wall and empowered Chen Ce, he vanished from his formation and found himself surrounded by Shrek’s six members.

• Huo Yuhao concentrated on maintaining Dynamic Mimicry as Thousand Spirit Academy assembled its four-shield defensive formation around captain Chen Ce.
• At the start of the match, Huo Yuhao’s displayed Soul Rings briefly stunned Thousand Spirit Academy, giving Shrek time to detonate seven Instant Burst Smoke Bombs.
• Thousand Spirit Academy’s Rhinoceros Shield Soul Masters joined their shields into a wall while their Frost Bear and Blazing Tiger enhanced the defenses and empowered Chen Ce’s spear.
• Huo Yuhao used Mental Detection to track Chen Ce and switched places with Xu Sanshi as Gongyang Mo placed five buffs on him.
• Chen Ce disappeared from Thousand Spirit Academy’s formation and found himself facing the grinning Shrek members after the mist cleared around him.

Shrek Academy used Huo Yuhao’s Mental Detection and Xu Sanshi’s Mystic Tortoise Displacement to infiltrate Thousand Spirit Academy’s formation and knock out its key fighters. With three major combatants down and Shrek surrounding the remaining defenders, Thousand Spirit Academy had effectively lost the match.

• Gongyang Mo struck Shen Ce unconscious while Xu Sanshi displaced himself into Thousand Spirit Academy’s formation.
• Xu Sanshi used Mystic Tremor to send Fei Yuyan flying before the opposing team realized he was among them.
• Xu Sanshi struck An Lengye unconscious as her teammates’ shield formation trapped her in place.
• Shrek Academy surrounded Thousand Spirit Academy’s four remaining defenders with Soul Guidance Ray Guns, leaving their team effectively defeated.

Shrek Academy defeated Thousand Spirit Academy in under ten seconds when Xu Sanshi used Huo Yuhao’s tactics to cripple their team, forcing them to surrender. After celebrating in private, Wang Yan briefed the team on their formidable opponents for the next match.

• Xu Sanshi incapacitated most of Thousand Spirit Academy’s fighters while Huo Yuhao’s reputation helped keep the remaining members at bay.
• Thousand Spirit Academy surrendered, and the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner.
• Shrek’s team left without watching the other matches and celebrated their victory in the meeting room.
• Wang Yan explained that their next opponents had three Soul Kings and several powerful Soul Ancestors, including the Level 48 Blood Wolf.

Wang Yan and the Shrek team assessed Zheng Tian Academy’s formidable lineup and considered how to arrange their competitors for the next Soul Duel. With Ma Xiao Tao still attempting to break through and Huo Yuhao not actually a Soul Saint, Shrek faced a risky choice and hoped to avoid a decisive matchup against two Soul Kings.

• Wang Yan finished explaining Zheng Tian Academy’s strengths and tactical arrangements, while the team considered whether to interrupt Ma Xiao Tao’s breakthrough.
• The team recognized that Zheng Tian Academy’s three Soul Kings and four Soul Ancestors could expose Shrek’s shortage of available fighters, especially if the match used the three-versus-three format.
• Wang Yan reasoned that Zheng Tian Academy might avoid Huo Yuhao and concentrate its strongest fighters in the first two matches, while Shrek would need to reserve Huo Yuhao for the final match.
• Wang Yan concluded that Shrek’s best plan, if Ma Xiao Tao continued her breakthrough, was to concede the first match, win the second, and take the third.
• The team accepted that the matchup could still go badly and hoped to avoid facing both opposing Soul Kings together.

Huo Yuhao assessed Shrek’s chances against their next opponents and sought to learn Martial Soul Mimicry, which he mastered before the team prepared for the difficult match. Shrek headed to the arena determined to protect their teammates even if they lost their undefeated record.

• Huo Yuhao and Wang Yan analyzed the opposing team’s Soul Kings and agreed on a plan if the match used the two-two-three format.
• Huo Yuhao decided to ask Thousand Spirit Academy about Martial Soul Mimicry, hoping to use the technique with his unusual Martial Souls.
• Huo Yuhao asked Qian Daoliu and Electrolux to analyze the effects of his using Martial Soul Mimicry.
• The next morning, Huo Yuhao told Shrek’s team that he had mastered a new technique and grown considerably stronger.
• Wang Yan told the team that their lives mattered more than victory or Shrek’s glory, and Shrek set out for the arena.
• Chen Zi Feng practiced Huo Yuhao’s defensive hand stance as Shrek entered Star Luo Square.

Shrek Academy drew a difficult 2-2-3 match format against Zheng Tian Academy, leaving Huo Yuhao and Wang Yan to plan around the matchup. Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nan Nan prepared to fight the opening two-on-two match as the chapter ended.

• Chen Zi Feng recalled Huo Yuhao’s archery training from the previous day as Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy returned to observe Shrek.
• Wang Yan worried about the pressure on Shrek’s remaining students, while Xu Jiawei arrived to watch the match.
• Huo Yuhao and Ye Wuqing eyed each other before the captains drew the 2-2-3 match format for Shrek and Zheng Tian Academy.
• Huo Yuhao assigned Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nan Nan to the opening match and reminded them of their unshown abilities.
• Xu Sanshi vowed to win the first match and strode toward the Competition Stage.

Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan began their two-on-two match against Zheng Tian Academy’s Yang Yifan and Blood Wolf. The opponents launched a coordinated attack as Xu Sanshi moved to protect Jiang Nannan and create an opening.

• Xu Sanshi stood before Jiang Nannan on stage, and she reflected on their past and her peaceful life before focusing on the match.
• Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan learned that their opponents were Yang Yifan and Blood Wolf, both Soul Kings, and planned to target Blood Wolf.
• At the referee’s signal, both pairs released their Martial Souls, and Xu Sanshi advanced with Jiang Nannan behind him.
• Blood Wolf used Wolf Transformation to boost his combat abilities while Yang Yifan circled around with his dagger.
• Blood Wolf charged Xu Sanshi from the front as Yang Yifan struck from the side with a blade aura aimed at Xu Sanshi’s ribs.

Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan countered Zheng Tian Academy’s coordinated attack with their Soul Skills and a practiced combination, eliminating Blood Wolf from the Soul Duel Stage. Yang Yifan remained in the match as the fight continued.

• Zheng Tian Academy’s Blood Wolf and Yang Yifan coordinated an attack on Xu Sanshi, but he used Mystic Tortoise Displacement to redirect Yang Yifan’s dagger toward Blood Wolf.
• Yang Yifan and Blood Wolf redirected their attacks toward Jiang Nannan, who vanished with her Third Soul Skill and left them facing Xu Sanshi.
• Xu Sanshi unleashed Mystic Tremor, stunning both opponents with a shockwave.
• Xu Sanshi tossed Blood Wolf into the air, and Jiang Nannan locked his neck with her legs and flung him out of the Soul Duel Stage.
• Blood Wolf landed outside the stage while Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan remained in the match.

Jiang Nannan and Xu Sanshi used Huo Yuhao’s tactics to defeat Blood Wolf and Yang Yifan in the opening match against Zheng Tian Academy. Shrek took the first match, leaving the spectators stunned by how little the duel resembled a conventional Soul Duel.

• Jiang Nannan used Mystic Tremor to stun Blood Wolf, then flung him out of the Soul Duel Zone with Waist Bow.
• Xu Sanshi blocked Yang Yifan’s dagger while Jiang Nannan grabbed Yang Yifan’s wrists and activated Invincible Golden Body.
• Yang Yifan struggled against Jiang Nannan’s hold until Xu Sanshi demanded that he surrender.
• Yang Yifan conceded the match, and Jiang Nannan released his wrists when Invincible Golden Body ended.
• The spectators watched Shrek claim the first match and wondered how the contest could be called a Soul Duel.

Shrek Academy’s clever combination of rare Soul Skills won the first match against Zheng Tian Academy and left both teams weighing their next lineups. Huo Yuhao chose Chen Zi Feng and Wang Dong for the second round, leaving himself, Bei Bei, and Gongyang Mo to face the final match if needed.

• Shrek Academy defeated Zheng Tian Academy in the first round through the coordinated use of displacement, teleportation, and Invincible Golden Body.
• Tang Xiaolei volunteered to lead Zheng Tian Academy in the second match, while Yu Mengdi and Ye Wuqing prepared for the third.
• Huo Yuhao outlined Zheng Tian Academy’s possible lineup choices and discussed Shrek’s options with Bei Bei and the others.
• Huo Yuhao chose Chen Zi Feng and Wang Dong to fight the second match, reserving himself, Bei Bei, and Gongyang Mo for the third if necessary.

Chen Zi Feng and Wang Dong faced Yan Er and Tang Xiaolei in the deciding match, where Tang Xiaolei’s sudden, Soul Ring-powered arrows put Chen Zi Feng under severe pressure. The battle continued as Chen Zi Feng struggled to close in while Wang Dong fought Yan Er’s fire attacks.

• Chen Zi Feng and Wang Dong entered the stage against Zheng Tian Academy’s Yan Er and Tang Xiaolei, while Ye Wuqing took Shrek’s choice not to send Huo Yuhao as a sign they might be fakes.
• Yan Er attacked Wang Dong with fireballs, and Wang Dong split the first one with her Wing Guillotine despite the gap in their Soul Power.
• Yan Er sent more fireballs toward Wang Dong and Chen Zi Feng while charging a powerful purple fireball.
• Tang Xiaolei fired a Soul Ring as an arrow at Chen Zi Feng just as Chen Zi Feng cleaved through Yan Er’s fireball.
• Chen Zi Feng dodged the first arrow with a feint, but Tang Xiaolei immediately prepared another shot, leaving Chen Zi Feng struggling to approach him.

Wang Dong overcame Yan Er with a Paralysis Ray and Butterfly God Slash, taking her out at the cost of his own strength and earning Huo Yuhao’s praise. His attack forced Tang Xiaolei to spend an arrow, but Tang Xiaolei then countered Chen Zi Feng with his Spiral Arrow as Chen Zi Feng closed in.

• Chen Zi Feng charged through Tang Xiaolei’s arrows while Wang Dong pressed Yan Er with his Butterfly Blades.
• Wang Dong struck Yan Er with a Paralysis Ray, endured her Purple Flame Fireball, and defeated her with Butterfly God Slash.
• Tang Xiaolei fired an arrow at the exhausted Wang Dong, and Huo Yuhao caught him and helped stabilize his injuries.
• Chen Zi Feng reached Tang Xiaolei and wounded his neck with the Soul Chasing Sword, then sent the sword circling toward his back.
• Tang Xiaolei unleashed his Second Soul Skill, Arrow of Rupture - Spiral Arrow, and a metal plate appeared over his chest as Chen Zi Feng recalled his sword.

Chen Zi Feng fought Tang Xiaolei in the Battle Soul, deflecting three arrows before Tang Xiaolei’s final shot struck him and the referee stopped it. Zheng Tian Academy ended Shrek Academy’s undefeated streak, and the crowd applauded both teams.

• Tang Xiaolei activated his defensive Soul Tool, while Chen Zi Feng knocked away his first arrows, including one while blinded by an explosion.
• Chen Zi Feng anticipated Tang Xiaolei’s next shot and swung too early, leaving him unable to block the arrow Tang Xiaolei accidentally released.
• The referee caught the arrow before it could pierce Chen Zi Feng’s heart, and Tang Xiaolei collapsed from exhaustion after firing his last shot.
• Tang Xiaolei admitted the final arrow had slipped from his trembling hand, and Chen Zi Feng congratulated him before leaving the stage.
• The audience applauded both teams as Zheng Tian Academy broke Shrek Academy’s undefeated streak.

After Chen Zi Feng and Wang Dong lost their matches, Huo Yuhao promised to fight for their team and stepped onto the stage with Bei Bei and Gongyang Mo. As the final match against Zheng Tian Academy began, Huo Yuhao revealed a powerful Blade Intent, though his team faced a severe disadvantage in rank and numbers.

• Huo Yuhao comforted Chen Zi Feng after his loss and praised his performance against a hard-countering opponent.
• Old Li healed Wang Dong, and Huo Yuhao encouraged both exhausted teammates before leaving for the next match with Bei Bei and Gongyang Mo.
• Xu Jiawei watched from the Inner City walls and showed respect for Shrek's competitors.
• Ye Wuqing, Yu Mengdi, and Shangguan Can entered the stage as Zheng Tian Academy's final lineup.
• Huo Yuhao drew his Katana and revealed a sharp Blade Intent before the referee sent both teams to their starting positions.

The match began with Huo Yuhao showing only two Soul Rings, while Gongyang Mo used Huo Yuhao’s Mental Detection to land a shot on Shangguan Can. Huo Yuhao repelled Yu Mengdi’s angelic attack and left her shaken by revealing knowledge of the Hierarchy of Angels.

• The referee started the match as Bei Bei and Gongyang Mo released their Martial Souls, while Huo Yuhao displayed only two Soul Rings.
• Yu Mengdi charged at Huo Yuhao as Shangguan Can used Soul Sway to disrupt Gongyang Mo’s flight and targeting.
• Huo Yuhao told Gongyang Mo to rely on Mental Detection, allowing Gongyang Mo to shoot and badly injure Shangguan Can.
• Yu Mengdi unleashed Holy Radiance Cross Slash, but Huo Yuhao answered with his Holy Flame Sword Blade and clashed with her twin swords.
• Huo Yuhao used the Ascending Carp Sword Technique to overpower Yu Mengdi, then said her Martial Soul would grow four wings when she entered the Hierarchy of the Son.