Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao met Xu Jiawei, the Star Luo Emperor, who thanked him for warning the Starlight Auction House about the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone. Xu Jiawei offered him the Soul Bone, hoping to secure Huo Yuhao’s favor, while Huo Yuhao considered the empire a useful ally in his search for information about the Sea God.

• Wang Yan led the Shrek group away to prepare for the next day’s match, leaving Huo Yuhao to meet the auction house’s big boss.
• Xu Jiawei entered with Xu Jiu Jiu and Du Busi, and Huo Yuhao calmly greeted the emperor without showing surprise or deference.
• Xu Jiawei thanked Huo Yuhao for warning him about the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone and confirmed it could not be melted without Ultimate Ice.
• Xu Jiawei sent Xu Jiu Jiu away and offered Huo Yuhao the Soul Bone, presenting it as a gift to a talented subject of the Star Luo Empire.
• Huo Yuhao recognized that Xu Jiawei hoped to earn his future support and considered keeping good relations with the empire to gain access to its records about the Sea God.

Huo Yuhao accepted Xu Jiawei’s gift, then led Shrek Academy into its Round of 16 match against the Dou Ling Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy. The chapter ended as both teams revealed their formations and released their Martial Souls at the start of the battle.

• Huo Yuhao accepted the Soul Tool and Red-Level VIP Card from Xu Jiawei, who hoped his investment in Shrek would prove worthwhile.
• Wang Yan warned Shrek’s team not to underestimate the Dou Ling Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy and ordered everyone to follow their tactics.
• Huo Yuhao led Shrek onto the stage, where Gu Zhujian exchanged words with him before both teams took their positions.
• Huo Yuhao used Mental Detection to share a warning with Shrek as they studied the Fighting Spirit Battle Team’s unusual formation.
• The referee started the match, and the fighters released their Martial Souls as Ma Xiao Tao and Dai Yue Heng displayed their six Soul Rings.

He Caitou and the Fighting Spirit Battle Team began charging powerful Soul Guidance Cannons, turning the match into a race to fire first. Both sides prepared weapons capable of devastating Shrek, and the chapter ended before either cannon was launched.

• Chi Hengyu raised an Adamantine Shield Wall while his teammates reinforced the defense with earth and spikes.
• He Caitou stepped forward and began charging a massive Super Focus Soul Guidance Cannon as the Fighting Spirit Battle Team braced behind its shield.
• Ma Ru Long recognized He Caitou’s weapon, and Elder Ma realized Shrek’s Soul Tool research was more advanced than he had assumed.
• He Caitou used his cigar-supplying shoe to bring a fresh lit cigar to his mouth while continuing to charge the cannon.
• Gu Zhujian and his six teammates assembled an enlarged Level 7 Thunder Colossal Cannon, which Huo Yuhao identified with Mental Detection.
• Both teams poured Soul Power into their cannons, and the match became a race to charge and fire first.

He Caitou’s Supercharged Energy Cannon badly damaged Dou Ling Academy’s defenses, but the team finished charging its Thunder Colossal Cannon. As the weapon prepared to fire, Shrek’s Jiang Nannan vanished and Dai Yueheng launched Xu Sanshi into the air, leaving Dou Ling Academy unable to understand their strategy.

• Xiao Hongchen and Ma Ru Long watched as Shrek faced Dou Ling Academy’s charging Thunder Colossal Cannon without taking defensive measures.
• He Caitou fired his Supercharged Energy Cannon before the opposing weapon finished charging, and Chi Hengyu and two teammates braced behind their enhanced shield wall.
• The blast severely injured the three defenders, extinguished their protective barrier, and carved a broad trench into the stage.
• Dou Ling Academy completed the Thunder Colossal Cannon’s charge as Shrek’s Jiang Nannan disappeared and Dai Yueheng hurled Xu Sanshi high into the air.
• Han Ling’er and the other Dou Ling Academy members could not understand Shrek’s movements as the Thunder Colossal Cannon prepared to fire.

Shrek used a risky combination of throws and spatial movement to sabotage the Fighting Spirit Battle Team’s Thunder Colossal Cannon, and Huo Yuhao caught its misdirected plasma beam on his katana. He unleashed the lightning over Dou Ling Academy, ending the chapter with a thunderous display of his Lightning Reversal and Cherry Dance techniques.

• Jiang Nannan appeared atop the Thunder Colossal Cannon while Xu Sanshi and Huo Yuhao were thrown through the air.
• Dai Yueheng stepped aside as Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan exchanged places, allowing Xu Sanshi to smash the cannon’s muzzle upward and stun the Fighting Spirit Battle Team with Mystic Tremor.
• The Thunder Colossal Cannon fired into the sky, and Huo Yuhao stepped into the plasma beam’s path with his katana.
• Huo Yuhao captured the lightning on his blade, spun through the air with Cherry Dance, and sent a thunder dragon crashing toward Dou Ling Academy.

Huo Yuhao’s reflected plasma blast struck the Giant Trilobite Martial Soul Avatar, which shielded Dou Ling Academy but let lightning seep through its shell and shock its referee. The referee eliminated Dou Ling Academy, while the spectators watched in disbelief at Huo Yuhao’s power.

• A Star Luo referee transformed into his Giant Trilobite Martial Soul Avatar and blocked Huo Yuhao’s reflected plasma blast to protect Dou Ling Academy.
• The lightning left the Avatar’s shell intact but seeped inside and nearly cooked the old referee, who slowly turned around before withdrawing his Martial Soul Avatar.
• The referee declared Dou Ling Academy eliminated and ordered the Fighting Spirit Battle Team off the stage.
• Huo Yuhao landed safely and marveled at the Giant Trilobite’s shell, comparing it with the enormous corpse he had seen in a snowy mountain cave.
• The spectators and Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy students stared in shock at Huo Yuhao’s feat of returning the Thunder Colossal Cannon’s plasma blast.

Huo Yuhao revealed his Lightning Reversal to send Dou Ling Academy’s Thunder Colossal Cannon attack back at them, and Shrek advanced through the round of sixteen and quarterfinals. As the tournament reached the semifinals, the remaining teams prepared for a high-stakes draw that could bring its participants fame and powerful opportunities.

• Huo Yuhao used Lightning Reversal to return Dou Ling Academy’s Plasma Ray, while Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan had already disrupted the team’s cannon strategy and left it unable to recover.
• Dai Yue Heng defeated three opponents in the individual elimination match, helping Shrek Academy advance to the quarterfinals.
• Chen Zi Feng defeated Tang Xiaolei and four other Zheng Tian Academy members before Ling Luochen eliminated the last three, sending Shrek into the semifinals.
• Wang Yan and Huo Yuhao shared their gathered information during a strategy meeting that lasted from lunch until after sunset.
• The four semifinal teams prepared for an immediate draw, with the tournament’s final matches set to determine both the champion and the students’ future prospects.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong cultivated together before Wang Yan told Huo Yuhao and He Caitou that Xing Luo and the Body Sect planned to seize the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo. The plan could culminate in the destruction of Ming Capital, and the chapter ended with Huo Yuhao and He Caitou stunned by its potential cost.

• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong cultivated together, using the Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone to circulate and strengthen their soul power.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm explained that he had forcibly fused their soul power and would need more time to devise a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Wang Yan summoned Huo Yuhao and told him that the exchange program with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy would begin after the tournament.
• Wang Yan reported that Xing Luo and the Body Sect had tampered with the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo and planned to seize it wherever the Sun Moon Empire kept it.
• Wang Yan warned that if the embryo was in the Empire's Treasure Vault, the Body Sect would detonate the Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon Shells there and level Ming Capital.
• Huo Yuhao and He Caitou reacted with shock to the plan's threat to Ming Capital and its tens of millions of residents.

Wang Yan warned Huo Yuhao and He Caitou that the Body Sect and Star Luo Empire might detonate Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon Shells while pursuing the Sun Moon Empire's Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo. Huo Yuhao and He Caitou chose to continue their exchange mission, and Xuan Zi promised to protect them near Ming Capital.

• Wang Yan explained that the Star Luo Empire had kept the Imperial Treasure Vault's existence secret for over a century and that the Body Sect might help locate it.
• Wang Yan warned Huo Yuhao and He Caitou that the Body Sect and Star Luo Empire could detonate Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon Shells below Ninth Grade if they found the vault.
• Huo Yuhao and He Caitou decided to proceed with the exchange mission so Shrek Academy could study Sun Moon soul tool technology.
• Wang Yan assigned He Caitou to draw attention with his soul tool talent and Huo Yuhao to conceal his aptitude while learning as much as possible.
• Xuan Zi told Wang Yan that he would stay hidden near Ming Capital during the exchange year and bring Huo Yuhao and He Caitou back safely.

Huo Yuhao returned to the hotel after learning that he and He Caitou might be caught in the Sun Moon Empire, Xing Luo, and Body Sect conspiracy. He and Wang Dong traded a playful argument before the team gathered to prepare for the Semi-Finals.

• Huo Yuhao entered the room and startled Wang Dong, who fell from her chair while dozing.
• Huo Yuhao teased Wang Dong and rubbed her rear, prompting her to attack him until they heard the others snickering outside.
• Xu Sanshi, Bei Bei, Ma Xiao Tao, and the others called Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong to the pre-match meeting.
• Bei Bei and Ma Xiao Tao acted mysteriously when Huo Yuhao asked why Wang Dong had stopped insisting she was the youngest reserve-team member.
• Wang Yan announced that the Semi-Finals began the next day, Shrek would compete in the first match, and the finalists would rest for three days before the final.

Xu Sanshi and Dai Yueheng praised Shrek’s strength, but Huo Yuhao challenged the team’s belief that hard work alone made them superior. He pointed out that innate talent, powerful Martial Souls, Soul Bones, and rare opportunities had given Shrek’s members enormous advantages, leaving the team to reconsider its confidence.

• Xu Sanshi joked that the gathered Shrek Monsters could defeat any enemy, and Dai Yueheng praised the team’s strength and training.
• Huo Yuhao asked whether Dai Yueheng’s claims were meant to boost morale, and Ma Xiao Tao insisted that Shrek’s students were stronger because they had trained properly.
• Huo Yuhao asked Ma Xiao Tao whether a diligently trained Vajra Bear could defeat a Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear of the same age, then asked whether it would stand a chance if the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear trained just as hard.
• Huo Yuhao made the team realize that students at other academies worked hard too, but innate talent and circumstances set limits on their growth.
• Huo Yuhao reflected that Shrek’s members had exceptional innate Soul Power, top-tier Martial Souls, valuable Soul Bones, and unusual advantages, while he had survived hardships and encountered rare opportunities to improve.

Huo Yuhao reflected on the unfair advantages Soul Masters had and realized he had forgotten his business arrangement with Ning Tian amid his many obligations. The next morning, Shrek arrived at Star Luo Square for the decisive tournament matches, and the Sun Moon team sensed that Shrek had become more composed and formidable.

• Huo Yuhao urged the others not to look down on competitors whose talent and circumstances were less favorable, then wondered whether ordinary people could ever cultivate as Soul Masters.
• Huo Yuhao remembered the many projects he had postponed and realized he had stood Ning Tian up after the New Student Tournament kept him constantly occupied.
• Huo Yuhao considered offering the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School a share in his mother's greenhouse business and acknowledged that the academy deserved a share for providing the land.
• Wang Yan reflected on how limited talent had led him to devote himself to researching Martial Souls, though he lacked answers about Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
• The next morning, Shrek's team arrived at Star Luo Square in dark green outfits, and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy sensed Shrek had become calmer and more intimidating.

Xu Jiawei opened the Semi-Finals and appointed Huang Jinxu to oversee the draw and first match. Huo Yuhao and Huang Jinxu sensed an unusual connection, and the draw paired Star Luo National Academy with Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy with Di'ao Academy.

• Xu Jiawei addressed the crowd and announced that Nation Protecting Douluo would referee the remaining matches, with Huang Jinxu presiding over the draw and first match.
• Huang Jinxu sensed that Huo Yuhao was a Heavenly Killing Star, while Huo Yuhao felt a strange resonance with Huang Jinxu.
• Wang Yan sent Huo Yuhao to represent Shrek in the draw as the team struggled to adjust after questioning the role of effort in their victories.
• Xu Jiawei launched four numbered balls, and Huo Yuhao used his grappling hook to seize one while Xu Jiu Jiu caught another.
• The draw matched Star Luo National Academy against Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy against Di'ao Academy.

Huo Yuhao suspected the semi-final draw had favored Xu Jiawei, then led Shrek Academy into its team battle against Star Luo National Academy. Wang Yan assigned Huo Yuhao to direct Shrek’s tactics as the two sides took their positions for the match.

• Xu Jiawei announced that Shrek Academy would face Star Luo National Academy in the first semi-final team battle.
• Wang Yan chose Shrek’s seven competitors and tasked Huo Yuhao with directing their tactics and analyzing the opponents’ abilities.
• Xu Jiu Jiu led Star Luo National Academy onto the field and fixed a provocative gaze on Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao’s Sword Intent broke through Star Luo National Academy’s opening momentum, drawing Celestial Fiend Douluo Huang Jinxu’s attention.
• The teams retreated and formed their battle formations, while Star Luo National Academy’s members remained wary of Xu Sanshi’s disruptive tactics.

Shrek used Xu Sanshi’s Mystic Tortoise Displacement to pull Xu Jiu Jiu into their formation and eliminate her before the Star Luo Battle Team could intervene. The match continued with Xu Sanshi enduring their attacks as Ma Xiao Tao disrupted their advance.

• He Caitou gave Shrek’s team cigars, and Huo Yuhao used Mental Detection as both teams released their Martial Souls.
• The Star Luo Battle Team put on Flying Soul Tools before releasing their Martial Souls, and Xu Sanshi seized the brief delay to switch Xu Jiu Jiu into Shrek’s formation.
• Ling Luochen and Chen Zi Feng attacked Xu Jiu Jiu while Ma Xiao Tao’s flames disrupted the opposing team’s advance.
• After Xu Jiu Jiu’s Invincible Shield broke, Ling Luochen froze her and Xiao Xiao tossed her off the arena.
• Xu Jiawei lamented that Xu Sanshi had eliminated his sister so quickly, while the Star Luo Battle Team continued attacking Xu Sanshi.

Xu Sanshi endured Star Luo Academy’s attacks until he awakened his sealed Black Tortoise bloodline and turned the battle around. His opening let Ma Xiao Tao launch a full assault, leaving Shrek’s main team pressing forward.

• Xiao Hongchen and Ma Ru Long discussed why Star Luo Academy’s outdated Flying Soul Tools left its team vulnerable.
• Xu Sanshi withstood six opponents’ attacks, then slammed down his shield and unleashed a Mystic Tremor that stunned one Star Luo Academy Soul Master.
• Xu Sanshi broke through his Martial Soul’s seal and revealed the Black Tortoise’s divine beast bloodline, frightening the Star Luo team into stillness.
• Bei Bei explained that Xu Sanshi’s awakened Martial Soul surpassed Ultimate Martial Souls in power, though Xu Sanshi would be unable to fight in the next match.
• Ma Xiao Tao charged into the opening Xu Sanshi created and attacked the Star Luo Soul King with her Phoenix Fire Line.

Ma Xiao Tao unleashed her full Phoenix Fire and overwhelmed Star Luo National Academy’s fighters while Shrek’s team dominated the main battle. Xu Jiu Jiu realized Star Luo’s defeat was inevitable after her team lost its chance to use its planned Soul Tool and formation.

• Ma Xiao Tao used her Phoenix Fire and Kowtow Combo Fists to drive Yi Chen and the other Star Luo Soul Masters back, then struck the Wind Attribute Soul Master with a whip kick.
• Ma Xiao Tao fired Phoenix Piercing Cloud Strike at point-blank range, forcing the two nearby Star Luo Soul Masters to face its explosion alongside her.
• Ling Luochen, He Caitou, Chen Zi Feng, and Huo Yuhao pressured the three Soul Kings on the frontal battlefield.
• Xu Jiu Jiu watched from below the stage and recognized that Star Luo National Academy could no longer turn the match around.
• Xu Jiu Jiu realized the Nine Transformation Soul Transfer Instrument would not help Star Luo defeat Ma Xiao Tao, whose strength already neared that of a Seven Rings Soul Saint.

Shrek Academy crushed Star Luo National Academy in the first semifinal team battle, with Ma Xiao Tao’s overwhelming flames forcing three opponents out and leaving them badly injured. Star Luo conceded the next day’s individual round, sending Shrek directly to the finals.

• Ma Xiao Tao overwhelmed Star Luo’s team with her flames, and Huang Jinxu moved three injured members beyond the stage.
• Huo Yuhao suppressed Ma Xiao Tao’s Evil Fire with his Golden Flame and cooled her with Ultimate Ice.
• Huang Jinxu announced Shrek Academy’s victory over Star Luo National Academy.
• Star Luo conceded the individual elimination round, and Shrek advanced directly to the finals.
• The Star Luo Emperor recognized that his empire needed Shrek as an ally against the Sun Moon Empire.

With Star Luo City packed for the tournament finals, Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy prepared to face off in the rain. Huo Yuhao spotted his estranged father, Dai Hao, among the officials as the Star Luo Emperor announced the prizes and Celestial Fiend Douluo Huang Jinxu took the referee’s place.

• Spectators crowded Star Luo City for the finals, and the rain helped Ling Luochen while hindering Ma Xiao Tao.
• Shrek Academy’s team prepared to face the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy, whose victory over Di'ao Academy had demonstrated its strength.
• Princess Jiu Jiu complained to the Star Luo Emperor that Star Luo Royal Academy could have won, while Xu Jiu Jiu glared at Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao recognized Dai Hao on the city walls and looked at his estranged father without expression.
• The Star Luo Emperor announced that the champions would receive three Soul Bones and one million Gold Soul Coins, then appointed Celestial Fiend Douluo Huang Jinxu as referee.
• Huang Jinxu appeared at the center of the Competition Stage as the final was about to begin.

The finals began as Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy sent their teams into the first team battle. With Xuan Zi present and Shrek fielding a powerful lineup, Ma Ru Long remained wary of Huo Yuhao, and both teams prepared to fight.

• Xuan Zi appeared behind Shrek Academy's team and reassured Wang Yan that his presence would prevent anyone from interfering.
• Huang Jinxu announced the familiar best-two-out-of-three finals format, and Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy sent Ma Ru Long, the Hongchen siblings, and four Soul Engineers into the team battle.
• Shrek Academy fielded Dai Yue Heng, Ling Luochen, Chen Zi Feng, Xi Xi, Gongyang Mo, Jiang Nannan, and Huo Yuhao because Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi could not compete.
• Xu Jiawei and Dai Hao discussed Shrek's strong lineup and Huo Yuhao's mysterious abilities as the teams took their places.
• Ma Ru Long studied Huo Yuhao and worried about Shrek's strength before Huang Jinxu ordered both teams to prepare.