Vol. 4The Tournament and Its Aftermath

Shengyangyue joined Sun Moon Royal Academy, rose to lead its team, and defeated Shrek Academy in the tournament final. Old Ghost Zhongli’s intervention and the other academies’ opposition turned the result into a draw, as Shengyangyue prepared for an exchange program at Shrek and Ye Xishui became bound to Zhongli’s task.

  • Ye Xishui killed Xu Tianran and began turning him into a puppet, while Mu En intervened in Shrek Academy’s scandal and punished Bei Bei and Tang San.
  • Shengyangyue sold a Spirit System Head Soul Bone to Kong Deming, who offered him a place at Sun Moon Royal Academy.
  • Shengyangyue joined Sun Moon Royal Academy, concealed the nature of his Time-Space Ancient Dragon, and defeated Xiao Hongchen and the academy team.
  • A year later, Shengyangyue and Ye Xishui prepared with the Sun Moon team for final training in the Demonic Forest.
  • Shengyangyue protected Ye Xishui from an Evil Eye Tyrant, then became involved in an auction scheme as tensions with Shrek grew.
  • Shengyangyue led the Sun Moon team to a decisive tournament victory and rejected Zhao Xin’s recruitment offer.
  • Shengyangyue defeated Shrek’s seven fighters in the final, but Old Ghost Zhongli interrupted the match and the tournament leaders declared a draw.
  • Shengyangyue prepared to join the exchange program at Shrek, while Old Ghost Zhongli bound Ye Xishui to a task with a blood curse.
Chapters 302–401 Read from ch. 302

Arc 13Shrek’s Scandal and Shengyangyue’s Choice

The Sun Moon Empire fueled a scandal at Shrek Academy, where Tang San’s duel with Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei’s scheme triggered student protests and punishment. Mu En restored order while Shengyangyue met Kong Deming, who tried to recruit him to Sun Moon Royal Academy.

  • Ye Xishui killed Xu Tianran and began turning him into a puppet, while Jing Hongchen met Kong Deming and denied betraying the Sun Moon Empire.
  • Mu En left Shrek Academy to address the controversy, as Bai Yu and Bei Bei schemed to damage Tang San’s reputation and provoke unrest among the students.
  • Xu Sanshi challenged Tang San to a duel, while Dai Huabin attacked Lei Ze and was blasted unconscious when Lei Ze’s intelligent martial soul took control.
  • Bei Bei’s photographs inflamed the crowd against Tang San, and Yan Shao Zhe and Mu En intervened as students demanded Tang San’s expulsion.
  • Mu En met Wen Yu and proposed that she marry Bei Bei, but she and Wang Xian’er rejected his attempt to arrange her future.
  • Bai Yu manipulated Bei Bei into slapping Tang Ya, and Mu En later ordered Bei Bei confined, Tang San to apologize publicly, and Tang Ya to be dismissed if she failed to reach Rank 40.
  • Dugu Luo treated Xu Sanshi, confronted Tang San over his use of the Dugu family’s poison techniques, and won Mu En’s permission to beat him without killing him.
  • Tian Mucheng’s body began collapsing after he created a seventh avatar, while Shengyangyue sold a thousand-year Spirit System Head Soul Bone to Kong Deming and heard his offer to join Sun Moon Royal Academy.
Chapters 302–326 Summaries Read

Arc 14The Dark Dragon at Sun Moon Academy

Shengyangyue joined Sun Moon Royal Academy, concealed the full nature of his Time-Space Ancient Dragon, and established himself by defeating Xiao Hongchen and the academy team. He formed a covert alliance with Ye Xishui and, a year later, prepared with her and the team for their final training in the Demonic Forest.

  • Shengyangyue joined Sun Moon Royal Academy, absorbed Dark Element from a Dark Poison Ghost Fish, and defeated Xiao Hongchen before he could summon his Martial Soul or Soul Tools.
  • Elder Chen discovered Shengyangyue’s unusual martial soul and four soul bones, then agreed to conceal his identity as the Time-Space Ancient Dragon from the imperial family.
  • Ye Xishui arrived at the academy as a transfer student, but Shengyangyue defeated her in training by using his Dark Element to take control of her demon puppet.
  • Shengyangyue learned that Ye Xishui had a secret Second Martial Soul, gained half of her luck, and asked her to report Old Ghost Zhongli’s movements and support him in the next Soul Master Tournament.
  • Shengyangyue challenged all seven members of the Sun Moon team and beat them with his spatial abilities and Dark Element domain, prompting Xu Tianxin to concede and relinquish the captaincy.
  • Elder Chen gave Shengyangyue the Space Blade and cultivation resources, while Ye Xishui proposed that they cooperate and travel together on an exchange-student program after the tournament.
  • Ye Xishui confronted Kong Deming over his role in the succession struggle, and Jin Tianming revealed that he had been Shengyangyue’s teacher before taking the Space Blade for Ye Xishui to upgrade.
  • A year later, Shengyangyue critiqued Ye Xishui’s Soul Tool before Kong Deming sent the team to pair up for their final training session in the Demonic Forest, where the others avoided Ye Xishui.
Chapters 327–351 Summaries Read

Arc 15The Tournament Begins

Shengyangyue and Ye Xishui survived an ambush in the Demonic Forest, then became entangled in a scheme at an auction while tensions grew between the Sun Moon Empire and Shrek Academy. Shengyangyue led the Sun Moon team to a crushing tournament victory and rejected Zhao Xin’s attempt to recruit him, leaving Mu En determined to defeat him.

  • Shengyangyue and Ye Xishui fought an Evil Eye Tyrant in the Demonic Forest, and Shengyangyue burned it away with stored Yang Power to protect her.
  • Elder Chen confronted Xu Yu over the attack on the students and secured promises of protection and compensation, while Xu Yu vowed to eliminate Shengyangyue after the tournament.
  • Shengyangyue and Ye Xishui went to an auction, where Shengyangyue’s interference helped trigger a fight between Mu En’s Shrek group and the guards.
  • Shengyangyue secretly gained fortune from Mu En, then watched Mu En reunite with Long Xiaoyao and regarded both men as his prey.
  • At the auction, Shengyangyue challenged Shrek Academy’s ten-thousand-year legacy and helped Ye Xishui buy rare metal by bidding fifty million Gold Soul Coins.
  • Shengyangyue fought alone against Heavenly Soul Royal Academy without using his martial soul or a Soul Tool, defeating the team and securing the Sun Moon team’s victory.
  • Zhao Xin tried to recruit Shengyangyue to Shrek Academy, but Shengyangyue declined because Sun Moon Royal Academy suited him better.
  • Elder Chen gave Shengyangyue and Ye Xishui Rank 9 defensive Soul Tools, while Zhao Xin urged Mu En to crush Shengyangyue’s confidence if their teams met.
Chapters 352–376 Summaries Read

Arc 16The Tournament’s Broken Final

Shengyangyue led the Sun Moon team through the tournament and defeated Shrek in the final, but Old Ghost Zhongli’s intervention and the other academies’ opposition forced the result to be declared a draw. As Shengyangyue prepared to join the exchange program at Shrek, Old Ghost Zhongli bound Ye Xishui to a task.

  • Ye Xishui competed alone and secured a victory for the Sun Moon team, then Shengyangyue’s clone defeated Hundred Beasts Academy using his Space Domain.
  • Shengyangyue defeated Long Xiaoyao in a duel with multiple clones, and Shrek’s leaders recognized his unprecedented spatial abilities.
  • Shengyangyue refused Zhao Xin’s recruitment offer, while Wang Xinshi later arranged an exchange program between Shrek and Sun Moon Academy and asked that Long Xiaoyao join Shrek’s team.
  • Shengyangyue accepted Mu En’s challenge to face all seven Shrek fighters alone, then overwhelmed them with seven clones and defeated the Light-Dark Holy Dragon with a Black Hole.
  • Shengyangyue dissolved Mu En and Long Xiaoyao’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but Old Ghost Zhongli interrupted the final and tried to seize Long Xiaoyao before Wang Xinshi confronted him.
  • The tournament leaders reviewed Shengyangyue’s recording of the fight, but Wang Xinshi and the other academies pushed for a draw, which the Sun Moon Empire and the former three kingdoms’ academies publicly accepted.
  • Mu En and Long Xiaoyao woke after their defeat, and Long agreed to study at Shrek when he learned Shengyangyue would join the exchange program.
  • Kong Deming gave Shengyangyue a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, while Old Ghost Zhongli assigned Ye Xishui a task and bound her with a blood curse.
Chapters 377–401 Summaries Read
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