Chapter Summaries

Shrek Academy and Tianshui Academy prepared for their final qualifiers match, with Yin Hao accepting Shui Bing'er's challenge despite being a Soul Emperor. Tianshui Academy's dean Shui Wuyue watched confidently from the VIP section as both teams took their positions.

• Yin Hao and Shui Bing'er met at the front of their teams as spectators debated why Tianshui Academy had challenged a Soul Emperor.
• Shui Wuyue explained to Salas that Shui Bing'er refused to concede, while privately revealing that she had helped devise the Challenge Letter's conditions.
• Shui Wuyue watched Shui Bing'er and her teammates spread into formation on the arena.
• Tianshui Academy arranged its seven members with Shui Bing'er at the front, Shui Yue'er behind her, and Xue Wu at the center.

Yin Hao faced Tianshui Academy alone in the Soul Duel, revealing that he had reached Level 65. After his six Shrek teammates left the stage, Yin Hao waited while Tianshui Academy formed up, then attacked when they refused to make the first move.

• Shui Bing'er introduced Tianshui Academy's team, and Yin Hao revealed that he was a Level 65 control-system Soul Emperor.
• Yin Hao summoned his Blue Silver Emperor, while Tailong and the other six Shrek members left the stage and stunned the crowd.
• Tianshui Academy formed a defensive formation as Yin Hao waited for them to attack.
• After two minutes, Yin Hao sent two Blue Silver Grasses surging toward Tianshui Academy, and Yu Hairou stepped forward to intercept them.

Yin Hao attacked Tianshui Academy’s fighters with his Blue Silver Grass, while Shui Bing’er repeatedly used her instant-cast Ice Seal to protect her teammates and trap him. The chapter ended with Tianshui Academy regrouping as Yin Hao remained hidden behind a cloud of mist, shielded by Blue Silver Grass.

• Yu Hairou and Shen Liuyu defended against Yin Hao’s Blue Silver Grass vines, but more vines rose behind them and forced them to retreat.
• Shui Bing’er froze the attacking vines with Ice Seal, and Yu Hairou, Shen Liuyu, Gu Qingbo, Shui Yue'er, and Qiu Ruoshui broke them apart with their soul skills.
• Xue Wu warned Yu Hairou of Yin Hao’s approach, but Yin Hao struck her arms with a whipping kick and sent her flying; Gu Qingbo and Qiu Ruoshui caught her.
• Shui Bing’er trapped Yin Hao in a block of ice with Ice Seal, and Tianshui Academy’s fighters attacked him with their soul skills.
• Yin Hao summoned Blue Silver Grass vines to shield himself from the attacks, while Tianshui Academy’s fighters regrouped and watched the mist surrounding him.

Yin Hao emerged unharmed from his Blue Silver Grass fortress and attacked the Tianshui Academy team with his first soul skill. After the team endured the barrage, he struck Yu Hairou with his folding fan, and Shui Bing'er launched her fourth soul skill at him.

• Yin Hao emerged unharmed from his Blue Silver Grass fortress and announced that he would stop holding back.
• Yin Hao unleashed Blue Silver Profound Ice Thorns, while Shui Bing'er regrouped the Tianshui team and Xue Wu used Rainfall and Ice and Snow to support them.
• Yu Hairou and Shen Liuyu defended against Yin Hao’s ice spikes as Shui Bing’er replenished their Soul Power.
• Xue Wu warned Yu Hairou of an attack from the left, but Yin Hao’s folding fan struck Yu Hairou and knocked her to the ground.
• Shui Bing’er fired her fourth soul skill, Ice Rapid Cone, at Yin Hao as he stood smiling without moving.

Yin Hao defeated Yu Hairou but spared her and lowered her safely from the stage. Shui Bing'er regrouped Tianshui Academy and joined Xue Wu in unleashing their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, leaving the battle poised to continue.

• Yin Hao blocked Shui Bing'er's Ice Cones with Blue Silver Grass, while Shui Bing'er stopped her teammates from rushing to Yu Hairou's aid.
• Yu Hairou pretended to leave the stage, then attacked Yin Hao from behind, but he blocked her strike and knocked her unconscious.
• Yin Hao caught Yu Hairou and used Blue Silver Grass to lower her safely off the stage, then challenged Tianshui Academy to continue.
• Shui Bing'er ordered the Tianshui Academy members to change formation and positioned herself beside Xue Wu.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu activated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ice and Snow Flurry, and vanished into a pillar of blue-white light.

Yin Hao overwhelmed Tianshui Academy’s team as Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu fought him with their Ice Phoenix Martial Soul Fusion Skill. The battle ended with their Ice Phoenix and Yin Hao’s Ice Dragon still clashing, while the fusion’s heavy Soul Power cost made the women lose ground.

• Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu unleashed Ice and Snow Flurry, but Yin Hao blocked the blade-like snowflakes with a Blue Silver Grass Ice Wall.
• Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu formed a massive Ice Phoenix, whose strengthened snowflakes began piercing through Yin Hao’s wall.
• Yin Hao shattered the wall and sent Blue Silver Grass Ice Spikes against the snowflakes, destroying them before the remaining spikes forced Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu to shield Gu Qingbo and the others.
• Yin Hao’s Ice Dragon struck the Ice Phoenix and sent it flying, while he trapped Gu Qingbo and the other three in a Blue Silver Cage.
• Yin Hao’s Ice Dragon bit the Ice Phoenix’s tail, and the two fusion creatures fought as Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu gradually lost ground from the skill’s Soul Power burden.

Yin Hao defeated Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu by breaking their Ice Phoenix fusion skill and restraining them with Blue Silver Grass. Shui Bing'er admitted Tianshui Academy’s defeat, and Shui Yue'er approached Yin Hao to ask if he was hurt.

• The Ice Dragon bit the Ice Phoenix’s wing as Yin Hao leaped onto its back and bound it with Blue Silver Grass.
• Yin Hao tightened the Blue Silver Grass until Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu’s Ice Phoenix shattered, leaving both women severely weakened.
• Yin Hao descended with Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu in his arms, and Shui Bing'er reassured the trapped members of her team.
• Shui Bing'er announced that Tianshui Academy admitted defeat, and Yin Hao released Gu Qingbo, Shen Liuyu, Qiu Ruoshui, and Shui Yue'er from the Blue Silver Cage.
• Gu Qingbo, Shen Liuyu, and Qiu Ruoshui checked on Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu while Shui Yue'er asked Yin Hao whether he was alright.

After the competition preliminaries ended, Yin Hao spent the break in Heaven Dou City before taking Qian Renxue to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest. He showed her the extraordinary spring and reunited with A Yin, whose recovery was progressing rapidly there.

• Shui Yue'er checked on Yin Hao after the match, and Shui Bing'er and the others soon dragged her away.
• The Heaven Dou division preliminaries ended, and Qian Renxue arranged for Xue Ye to recruit Shrek Academy's talented students, but Yin Hao refused.
• Yin Hao spent the following weeks visiting his friends and Qian Renxue as the competition break continued.
• Yin Hao brought Qian Renxue to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and explained that it was a rare treasured land.
• A Yin reached out to Yin Hao when he arrived, and he explained that the spring's energy had helped her grow and recover her dormant consciousness.

Yin Hao asked Dugu Bo about the Heaven Dou Imperial Family's plan to make Dugu Yan Crown Princess, while Qian Renxue worried that Xue Ye would force her to marry. Dugu Bo agreed to delay answering, and Yin Hao promised Qian Renxue he would resolve the matter within a month.

• Qian Renxue asked about the Blue Silver Grass wrapped around Yin Hao, and he gave her a partial explanation without revealing A Yin's identity.
• Dugu Bo arrived and greeted Yin Hao, mistaking Qian Renxue for a woman accompanying the Holy Son.
• Yin Hao asked Dugu Bo what Dugu Yan thought about becoming Xue Qinghe's Crown Princess, and Dugu Bo said she would refuse because of rumors that Xue Qinghe preferred men.
• Yin Hao told Dugu Bo not to inform Dugu Yan yet or refuse the imperial family, promising to speak with her himself later.
• Qian Renxue complained that Xue Ye was pressing her to marry, and Yin Hao promised a satisfying outcome within a month before joking that she could marry a woman.

Yin Hao gave Qian Renxue a Seven Leaf Saint Laurent, an immortal-grade herb that raised her Soul Power and strengthened her body. After she consumed it and absorbed a Holy Spirit Egret soul ring, she reached level eighty-two, then returned with Yin Hao to the Crown Prince Residence and saw him off as Xue Qinghe.

• Yin Hao reassured Qian Renxue that he would settle everything within a month, then offered her a gift.
• Yin Hao revealed the Seven Leaf Saint Laurent and explained that immortal-grade herbs could raise Soul Power, improve the body, and potentially evolve a martial soul.
• Qian Renxue accepted the herb after Yin Hao joked that she owed him a favor, then asked how to consume it.
• After consuming the herb, Qian Renxue rose from level seventy-eight to level eighty and reached level eighty-two after absorbing an eighty-five-thousand-year Holy Spirit Egret soul ring.
• Yin Hao and Qian Renxue returned to the space beneath the Crown Prince Residence, where she resumed her Xue Qinghe disguise and escorted him out.

After Tang San’s Soul Power rapidly rose by eight levels, the All-Continent Elite Soul Master Competition Promotion Tournament began at the Heaven Dou Empire’s Royal Hunting Ground. Shrek Academy entered under Royal Knights’ escort and was welcomed by Captain Roxon.

• Flander, Zhao Wuji, and the others trained Yin Hao and the rest, while Flander kept Liu Erlong from sparring because she was too powerful and reckless.
• Tang San’s Soul Power climbed from level thirty-six to level forty-four in a month, leaving Yu Xiaogang pleased but uneasy.
• The Promotion Tournament began without spectators, with the fifteen Heaven Dou Empire teams assigned separate places to stay.
• Shrek Academy arrived at the Royal Hunting Ground and was escorted inside by fifty Royal Knights led by Roxon.

Shrek Academy settled into the military camp for the Promotion Tournament, which was set to begin the next day. Ning Fengzhi and Qian Renxue visited Yin Hao and the Shrek group, where Qian Renxue was formally recognized as the Heaven Dou crown prince.

• Roxon escorted Shrek Academy to the military camp, assigned them barracks, and explained that the Promotion Tournament would begin the next day.
• The Shrek members divided the barracks among themselves, with Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu refusing to room with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ning Fengzhi and Qian Renxue arrived to visit Yin Hao, and Qian Renxue offered to arrange more comfortable lodging for him.
• Ning Rongrong ran out to greet Ning Fengzhi, while Flander and Yu Xiaogang joined the gathering.
• Flander recognized Qian Renxue as Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, and the Shrek group bowed before Qian Renxue invited them to rise.

Ning Fengzhi visited Shrek Academy and told Ning Rongrong that she would inherit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while she showed little interest in the role. At the Promotion Tournament’s opening, Xue Ye suffered a coughing fit that Qian Renxue tried to help him through, and he concealed what was on his handkerchief.

• Ning Fengzhi told Ning Rongrong that the sect would name her its next Sect Master after she graduated, and Yin Hao persuaded her to accept her father’s decision.
• Ning Fengzhi and Qian Renxue left Shrek Academy after their visit.
• The Promotion Tournament gathered fifteen teams at the Royal Knights’ Grand Training Field, where Shrek Academy was scheduled to face a Balak Kingdom academy in the third match.
• Yin Hao noticed the captains and leading students from the Four Element Academies watching him.
• Xue Ye began coughing violently during the Royal Knights’ salute, and Qian Renxue showed concern as Xue Ye concealed his handkerchief.

At the tournament’s opening ceremony, Xue Ye concealed his worsening illness while Qian Renxue continued poisoning him and advanced her plans. Xue Ye declared the competition open, and Blazing Academy began its first match against Fabia Academy.

• Xue Ye hid the blood on his handkerchief and dismissed Qian Renxue’s concern, while Ning Fengzhi and Salas offered polite remarks.
• Qian Renxue recalled that she had increased the poison in Xue Ye’s medicine more than half a year earlier, leaving his health steadily worse.
• Xue Ye nearly stumbled but delivered a brief speech declaring the All-Continent Elite Soul Master Competition Promotion Tournament open.
• Blazing Academy’s Huo Wushuang defeated three Fabia Academy opponents before losing after exhausting much of his Soul Power.
• Huo Wu entered the match and fought with overwhelming force against Fabia Academy’s remaining competitors.

Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang defeated the Fabia Team, while Shrek Academy watched the tournament and prepared for its first match. Xiao Wu entered the arena to face Barak Academy’s first competitor, who mocked her and Shrek’s uniforms while questioning why Yin Hao was not fighting.

• Huo Wu defeated four opponents in succession, then joined Huo Wushuang to crush the Fabia Team.
• Meng Yiran watched Tang San, prompting Ma Hongjun to tease him and the Shrek Academy group to fall into awkward silence.
• Shrek Academy chose Xiao Wu as its first competitor, and Yin Hao and the others wished her luck as she entered the arena.
• Barak Academy’s tall first competitor mocked Xiao Wu’s age and uniform and challenged Shrek Academy for sending her instead of Yin Hao.

Xiao Wu defeated the Barak Team captain in a brutal, one-sided match after he insulted Yin Hao. Her taunt provoked the Barak Academy team, whose members charged toward her as the Shrek group stepped in.

• Xiao Wu became furious when the Barak Team captain insulted Yin Hao, and the match began as her pink Soul Power rose.
• Xiao Wu used Charm and rushed the captain, then combined Teleport and Waist Bow to throw him before he could mount an attack.
• Xiao Wu slammed the captain into the ground and struck him unconscious, securing a complete victory.
• Xiao Wu taunted the unconscious captain for challenging Yin Hao, and Yin Hao responded with a warm smile.
• Seven or eight Barak Academy members charged at Xiao Wu, prompting the referee to intervene and the Shrek group to step onto the arena.

Yin Hao intervened when the Barak Team threatened Xiao Wu, then defeated the students who attacked him. Barak Academy's supervising teacher demanded Shrek Academy be punished, and Salas began to address the rule-breaking.

• Yin Hao stepped between the Shrek Team and the Barak Team after the Barak students threatened Xiao Wu.
• Yin Hao caught the Barak Vice Captain's punch and kicked him away when he insulted Yin Hao.
• Yin Hao knocked down the seven charging Barak students with a shockwave, then kicked them off the Soul Duel Stage with Soul Power.
• Barak Academy's supervising teacher accused Yin Hao of injuring his students and demanded that Shrek Academy be disqualified.
• Tailong and Huang Yuan condemned the teacher for blaming Shrek after his students had broken the rules and attacked first.
• Salas said that breaking the rules deserved severe punishment, while the supervising teacher welcomed his words and Ning Fengzhi frowned.

Salas punished Barak Academy and revoked its competition qualification, while Shrek Academy continued its winning streak through the Promotion Tournament. As the undefeated Shrek Academy and Divine Wind Academy prepared to decide first place in the Heaven Dou Division, Feng Xiaotian stepped forward and Shrek unexpectedly sent Tang San.

• Salas ordered the Barak Academy teacher and students beaten and revoked Barak Academy's qualification, then the referee declared Shrek Team the winner.
• Blazing Academy and Thunder Academy conceded to Shrek Academy, and Shrek continued winning its Promotion Tournament matches.
• Shrek Academy and Divine Wind Academy each reached twelve consecutive victories, making their match decisive for first place in the Heaven Dou Division.
• Feng Xiaotian's teammates encouraged him, and he vowed to bring Huo Wu back after the match.
• Shrek Academy sent Tang San, its winless competitor, to face Divine Wind Academy.

Tang San volunteered to fight Feng Xiaotian for Shrek Academy, determined to overcome the ridicule surrounding his previous defeats. After both Soul Masters revealed their strength, Feng Xiaotian launched a fast attack, and the chapter ended as Tang San faced his Wind Blade Barrage.

• Tang San’s Soul Power rose to level forty-four during the month before the Promotion Tournament, and he volunteered for Shrek Academy’s first battle.
• Spectators mocked Tang San as the Ever-Losing General, but he resolved to prove himself against Feng Xiaotian.
• Feng Xiaotian released his Gale Twin-Headed Wolf martial soul and revealed four soul rings, while Tang San summoned his Blue Silver Grass and announced his level.
• Feng Xiaotian charged at Tang San and unleashed ten wind blades, leaving Tang San to confront an attack against which his weakened martial soul offered little advantage.

Tang San fought Feng Xiaotian with his Blue Silver Grass, then revealed his second martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, and attacked the Blue Silver Cage trapping Feng Xiaotian. The spectators and the important figures in the stands reacted to Tang San’s Twin Martial Souls as his hammer came down.

• Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to slow Feng Xiaotian, escaped his first attacks, and struck back with his Mystic Jade Hands.
• Tang San drew Feng Xiaotian’s attention with Blue Silver Grass before appearing behind him and trapping him in a Blue Silver Cage.
• Tang San summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and swung it at the cage with enough force to shatter the floor beneath him.
• Feng Xiaotian realized Tang San had Twin Martial Souls, while spectators shouted in shock and Salas, Ning Fengzhi, and Xue Ye watched with differing expressions.