Chapter Summaries

After the Emperor ordered Mu En and the other Shrek Academy students taken alive, Kong Deming beat them for insulting the Sun Moon Empire. Shengyangyue left Ye Xishui suspecting he had engineered the events, and he pocketed the fortune he had gained from Elder Mu En as a greater challenge approached.

• Eunuch Wang stopped Kong Deming from executing Mu En and the others, then allowed Kong Deming to beat them after they shouted defiantly in defense of Shrek Academy.
• Kong Deming told Shengyangyue and Ye Xishui that the auction was canceled and that they should return to rest before he accompanied Eunuch Wang to explain matters to the Emperor.
• Ye Xishui asked Shengyangyue whether the day's events had been his scheme, and his silent smile convinced her they had been.
• Shengyangyue pocketed the different golden fortune he had obtained from Elder Mu En and hurried after Ye Xishui as the real challenge began.

At Shrek Academy, Mu En tried to advise Bei Bei while Mo Yan listened, but Long Xiaoyao arrived with news that Ye Xishui had left the Holy Spirit Cult and cut ties with him. Long Xiaoyao refused to meet his junior sister’s descendant, believing himself unworthy, while Mo Yan enjoyed the gossip.

• Mu En recalled his first meeting with Ye Xishui and tried to make Bei Bei focus on cultivation, but Bei Bei remained fixated on Tang Ya.
• Mu En sensed Long Xiaoyao’s arrival, and Long Xiaoyao appeared before Mu En, Mo Yan, and Bei Bei.
• Long Xiaoyao told Mu En that Ye Xishui had left the Holy Spirit Cult, rejected him, and seemed to have cut ties with the cult after meeting Jin Tianming.
• Mu En asked Long Xiaoyao to visit his junior sister’s descendant, who had become Shrek Academy’s headmaster, but Long Xiaoyao refused because he felt unworthy.
• Mo Yan snacked on sunflower seeds while enjoying the conversation, as Dugu Luo searched the library for toxins and considered going to beat up Tang San again.

Long Xiaoyao returned to Shrek Academy, where Mu En told him about Bei Bei’s romantic disgrace and revealed that Mo Yan was intended to inherit the Sea God Pavilion Master position. Long Xiaoyao agreed to stay at the Academy, and Mu En asked him to tell the younger generation about their era.

• Mu En calmed Long Xiaoyao and explained that Bei Bei was kneeling as punishment for his disgraceful romantic behavior.
• After hearing Mu En recount Bei Bei’s actions, Long Xiaoyao admired the boy and wished he had a Dark attribute so he could take him as a disciple.
• Mu En told Long Xiaoyao that Mo Yan belonged to Shengyangyue’s family and that he intended her to inherit the Sea God Pavilion Master position.
• Long Xiaoyao agreed to remain at Shrek Academy as an idle member, and Mu En was pleased to have another Limit Douluo there.
• Mo Yan reminded Mu En that he had meant to teach Bei Bei a lesson, so Mu En asked Long Xiaoyao to tell the younger generation about their era.

As the Soul Master Tournament approached in Mingdu, Shengyangyue spotted Shrek Academy's Mu En and searched for the Dark Holy Dragon, Long Xiaoyao. He found Long Xiaoyao openly leading Di Ao Academy's group into the Sun Moon Empire, despite the danger Evil Spirit Masters posed to him.

• Shengyangyue and Ye Xishui watched academy teams arrive and bantered over water and Shengyangyue's obsession with wealth.
• Shengyangyue sensed Shrek Academy arriving and greedily watched Mu En, whom he had coveted for five months.
• Mu En felt a terrifying presence watching him, but Zhao Xin dismissed his concern and hurried the Shrek group along.
• Ye Xishui warned Shengyangyue that Long Xiaoyao risked being captured and turned into an Evil Spirit Master if he appeared at the tournament.
• Shengyangyue spotted Long Xiaoyao leading Di Ao Academy, and Ye Xishui was stunned that he had come to Mingdu.

Ye Xishui and Shengyangyue discussed the risks of Long Xiaoyao appearing with Di Ao Academy, then teased each other about their relationship. As the group prepared to attend the evening auction, Ye Xishui said she would take Shengyangyue to the God Realm if she became a god.

• Ye Xishui considered whether Long Xiaoyao might distract Old Ghost Zhongli, but Shengyangyue warned that the Sun Moon Empire could use her as a shield if tensions rose.
• Ye Xishui asked whether Shengyangyue was worried about her, then joked about keeping him caged in Shrek City; he called her a pervert, and she said she was only perverted toward him.
• Long Xiaoyao sensed someone secretly watching him but could not find them, then asked his teacher whether Mu En had arrived because he wanted a real match with him.
• Ye Xishui prepared Soul Tools for the auction and told Shengyangyue that Kong Deming planned to accompany them around seven.
• Shengyangyue asked what Ye Xishui would do first if she became a god, and she immediately answered that she would take him to the God Realm.
• Ye Xishui put the Soul Tools into her storage ring and left the hotel with Shengyangyue.

Shengyangyue accompanied Kong Deming and Ye Xishui to the Mingdu Auction House, where Ye Xishui arranged to auction several Soul Tools. In the corridor, Shengyangyue provoked Shrek Academy’s team, and after Liu Mang attacked him, Shengyangyue kicked him into a wall.

• Kong Deming escorted Shengyangyue and Ye Xishui into the auction house and warned them to stay close.
• Ye Xishui brought several failed Soul Tools to the auction manager, while Kong Deming stayed with her and Shengyangyue.
• Shengyangyue left the manager’s office and found Shrek Academy’s team discussing the auction.
• Liu Mang rebuked Shengyangyue for staring at the team, and Shengyangyue mocked their matching green clothes.
• Zhao Xin allowed Mu En and the others to handle any trouble, and Liu Mang released his martial soul and attacked Shengyangyue.
• Shengyangyue dodged Liu Mang’s attack and kicked him into the corridor wall.

Shengyangyue thwarted Liu Mang’s sneak attack, challenged Shrek Academy, and singled out Mu En while revealing knowledge of his cultivation. Afterward, Kong Deming praised Shengyangyue’s boldness, and Ye Xishui gave him the thirty million Gold Soul Coins from selling the Soul Tools.

• Liu Mang attacked Shengyangyue from behind, but Shengyangyue kicked him into a wall and stopped him from continuing the fight.
• Shengyangyue introduced himself as captain of the Sun Moon team and declared war on Shrek Academy’s ten thousand years of glory.
• Shengyangyue named Mu En’s level and vanished using spatial power, while Zhao Xin and Mu En wondered about his abilities.
• Kong Deming confronted Shengyangyue about challenging Shrek Academy after being told not to wander off, then encouraged him.
• Ye Xishui gave Shengyangyue thirty million Gold Soul Coins, while Kong Deming wondered if she and Shengyangyue were becoming close.

At the auction, Mu En and Long Xiaoyao reunited and discussed the tournament, Shrek Academy, and Shengyangyue, who watched them as prey. Ye Xishui recognized the two rivals, while her concern over Shengyangyue’s interest in them led her to ask how he felt about her.

• Mu En found Long Xiaoyao at the auction, and they embraced before discussing the tournament and Mu En’s invitation for Long Xiaoyao to study at Shrek Academy.
• Mu En and Long Xiaoyao noticed Shengyangyue watching them from a private box and speculated about his spatial-attribute Martial Soul.
• Ye Xishui recognized Mu En and Long Xiaoyao as the Twin Holy Dragons, while Mu En remembered meeting her five months earlier.
• Shengyangyue called Mu En and Long Xiaoyao his prey and asked Ye Xishui not to steal them from him.
• Ye Xishui grabbed Shengyangyue’s hand, asked if he liked men, and then asked what he thought of her, leaving Kong Deming to watch in silence.

Mu En and Long Xiaoyao boasted that they would crush the Sun Moon Empire's tournament contenders, while Ye Xishui watched the auction and won a rare three-element metal for Shengyangyue's Soul Tool. She had run short of money during the bidding, so Shengyangyue used his card to secure the metal.

• Mu En and Long Xiaoyao openly declared that they would keep Sun Moon Empire students from reaching the semifinals, and Mu En promised Zhao Xin he would show their opponents the gap in strength.
• Kong Deming told Shengyangyue that Mu En and Long Xiaoyao seemed arrogant, and Shengyangyue said he looked forward to facing them.
• Ye Xishui learned that her freshly made Level 6 Soul Tools were being auctioned, while Zhao Xin failed to buy one before the next item appeared.
• Ye Xishui spotted a rare metal that could store three elements and began bidding against the Star Luo Battle Team, but she realized she had only twenty million and five hundred thousand of her own money.
• Shengyangyue bid fifty million, returned Ye Xishui's card to her, and secured the metal after the Star Luo Battle Team withdrew.

The Sun Moon and Shrek teams met at the Soul Master Opening Ceremony, where their captains’ earlier declaration of war sparked a confrontation. Kong Deming agreed to spar with Zhao Xin later, while Zhao Xin noticed Mu En’s interest in Ye Xishui and offered to help him if her talent was good enough.

• Shengyangyue and Ye Xishui ate breakfast in the shade while Xu Tianxin and the Sun Moon team waited in the sun.
• The Shrek Team arrived, and Mu En asked where Shengyangyue was after recalling his declaration of war.
• Shengyangyue watched as the two teams traded insults, then Zhao Xin and Mu En approached Kong Deming.
• Zhao Xin challenged Kong Deming to a spar, and Kong Deming agreed to fight later, after the ceremony began.
• Mu En left with Zhao Xin after casting Ye Xishui a reluctant glance, and Zhao Xin offered to help him pursue her if her talent was good enough.

Shengyangyue entered the opening match alone against Heavenly Soul Royal Academy and faced their full-force assault without releasing his martial soul or using a Soul Tool. He danced through their attacks, defeated the team with ease, and left only its captain standing in his grasp.

• Emperor Xu Yu opened the ceremony, and the draw matched the Sun Moon team against Heavenly Soul Royal Academy.
• Shengyangyue volunteered to fight alone, and the Heavenly Soul team took his choice as an insult.
• Shengyangyue refused to use his martial soul or a Soul Tool and invited the opposing team to surprise him.
• The Heavenly Soul team unleashed a barrage of attacks, but Shengyangyue danced through them and took down the members one by one.
• Shengyangyue lifted the Heavenly Soul captain by the neck and asked if he wanted to dance too.

Shengyangyue defeated Heavenly Soul Team without using his martial soul or soul rings, impressing the Sun Moon Empire and alarming Shrek. After Ye Xishui tended to him, Long Xiaoyao mistook Shengyangyue for a romantic rival and vowed to defeat him.

• Shengyangyue dodged Heavenly Soul Team's attacks, seized its captain, and threw him off the stage after refusing to explain his technique.
• The referee declared Sun Moon Team the winner, and the Sun Moon Empire spectators cheered for Shengyangyue's decisive victory.
• Xu Yu admired Shengyangyue, while Zhao Xin and the Shrek members realized he had used spatial power without invoking his martial soul or soul rings.
• Mu En vowed that Shrek would keep Sun Moon Team out of the top four and began discussing tactics with his team.
• Ye Xishui gave Shengyangyue water and wiped his forehead, prompting Long Xiaoyao to regard him as a rival and vow to win her heart.

After Shengyangyue impressed the Sun Moon team, Kong Deming arranged protection for him, but Zhao Xin confronted him at the hotel and tried to recruit him into Shrek Academy. Shengyangyue asked what benefits Shrek offered and received only a promise of future support.

• Kong Deming agreed to arrange a Rank 9 Soul Engineer to protect Shengyangyue and assigned Teacher Zhou to escort him back to the hotel.
• Shengyangyue left the competition with Ye Xishui and declared that he would become the strongest being of his era.
• Zhao Xin used his power to throw Teacher Zhou out of the hotel, then told Shengyangyue he wanted to recruit him to Shrek Academy.
• Shengyangyue asked what benefits Shrek would offer, and Zhao Xin promised to ask the elders to devote all their efforts to nurturing him.

Shengyangyue rejected Zhao Xin’s invitation to join Shrek Academy after learning that its promise of full cultivation came without cultivation resources. Elder Chen intervened to defend Sun Moon Royal Academy, then led Shengyangyue and Ye Xishui away while Zhao Xin left.

• Zhao Xin invited Shengyangyue to Shrek Academy, promising that its higher-ups and teachers would fully cultivate him but offering no resources.
• Ye Xishui asked whether Shrek Academy would provide cultivation resources, and Zhao Xin said students had to fight for them themselves.
• Shengyangyue declined Zhao Xin’s invitation, saying Sun Moon Royal Academy suited him better.
• Elder Chen arrived, shielded Shengyangyue and Ye Xishui, and argued with Zhao Xin over his attack on Teacher Zhou and attempt to poach students.
• Zhao Xin urged Shengyangyue to reconsider and left the hotel, while Elder Chen took Shengyangyue, Ye Xishui, and Old Zhou away.

Kong Deming and Elder Chen protected Shengyangyue and Ye Xishui after Zhao Xin tried to recruit them for Shrek Academy. Zhao Xin then told Mu En to prove his superiority over Shengyangyue if their teams met, believing defeat would make him join Shrek.

• Elder Chen brought Shengyangyue and Ye Xishui to his office, dismissed Shrek Academy’s recruitment offer, and gave them Rank 9 defensive Soul Tools.
• Kong Deming returned to the academy, found Shengyangyue and Ye Xishui safe, and offered to answer Ye Xishui’s questions about Soul Tools.
• Zhao Xin showed Mu En Shengyangyue’s file and explained that Shengyangyue had refused his offer to join Shrek Academy.
• Zhao Xin told Mu En to display his true strength and crush Shengyangyue’s confidence if Shrek faced the Sun Moon team.

Ye Xishui met with Old Ghost Zhongli, who ordered her to recruit promising Soul Master Tournament talents for the Holy Spirit Cult. Back at the hotel, Shengyangyue asked her to attend the next day alone so others would not target him, then hurried out when she invited him to stay.

• Ye Xishui visited Old Ghost Zhongli, who questioned her about the tournament opening ceremony and ordered her to watch for talents to recruit into the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Old Ghost Zhongli considered ambushing the returning Shrek Team after the tournament, while Ye Xishui left the church wishing he would die in seclusion.
• Shengyangyue waited for Ye Xishui at the hotel and accompanied her to her room, where he used a Soul Tool to seal off the space around them.
• Shengyangyue asked Ye Xishui to attend the next day's events alone so others would not target him, and she agreed.
• Ye Xishui invited Shengyangyue to sleep in her room, but he left immediately, prompting her to call him a cheapskate.

Kong Deming teased Shengyangyue about his late-night visit to Ye Xishui, then the Sun Moon team drew attention at the tournament as other teams questioned Shengyangyue’s genuine cultivation. The Sun Moon team sent Ye Xishui to fight alone, and her reveal as a Soul Emperor shocked her opponents and the watching teams.

• Kong Deming stopped Shengyangyue outside Ye Xishui’s room and teased him about needing restraint before sending him to sleep.
• The Sun Moon team arrived at the arena, where the other teams scrutinized Shengyangyue and found no instability in his Soul Power.
• Long Xiaoyao recognized Shengyangyue as a potential rival and searched the Sun Moon team for Ye Xishui.
• The referee drew lots that paired the Sun Moon team with an unknown academy, and the team sent Ye Xishui to compete alone.
• Ye Xishui said Shengyangyue considered her opponents nobodies, angering the opposing team before they released their Martial Souls.
• The opposing team saw that Ye Xishui was a Soul Emperor and wondered whether Shengyangyue had the same rank.

Ye Xishui revealed that she was a Soul Emperor and won her match when her opponents immediately conceded. As the Sun Moon team prepared for its next match, Shengyangyue proposed entering his clone in the tournament, and Kong Deming confirmed the rules did not forbid it.

• Ye Xishui revealed six soul rings, shocking the team-leading teachers and Long Xiaoyao, while Mu En sensed an unusual aura from her and Zhao Xin suspected she had Twin Martial Souls.
• Ye Xishui's opponents conceded before she could attack, and the referee declared the Sun Moon team victorious.
• Ye Xishui returned to Shengyangyue, who told her the Shrek Team seemed interested in her; she guessed Mu En had sensed a connection to her hidden Second Martial Soul.
• Shengyangyue asked Xu Tianxin about their next opponents, Hundred Beasts Academy, and Ye Xishui offered to fight again.
• Shengyangyue proposed sending his clone to compete, and Kong Deming said the rules did not prohibit it.

Shengyangyue sent his clone to fight the Hundred Beasts team, whose members were stunned by its arrogance and surprised by its abilities. The match began with the clone swiftly disrupting their formation, while Zhao Xin recognized that Shengyangyue possessed a Space Domain.

• Ye Xishui asked whether Shengyangyue trusted his clone, and Shengyangyue confidently said it could handle the Hundred Beasts team.
• The referee received instructions from Kong Deming, and the Sun Moon team sent Shengyangyue's clone to face the seven members of the Hundred Beasts team.
• The clone taunted the Hundred Beasts team, saying Shengyangyue had sent it to make the match easier for them.
• After the referee started the match, Shengyangyue's clone swapped places with the Hundred Beasts team's support soul master, causing the captain's attack to hit his own teammate.
• Kong Deming asked about Shengyangyue's Space Domain, and Zhao Xin recognized the clone's ability as a Space Domain.

Shengyangyue’s clone used its Space Domain and spiritual pressure to overwhelm the Hundred Beasts team, forcing them to concede and drawing attention from rival academies. After Long Xiaoyao sensed Dark Element in the clone’s disappearance, Kong Deming warned that trouble was coming and said he might seek help from Elder Yin.

• Zhao Xin considered recruiting Shengyangyue for Shrek Academy, while Mu En recognized the threat posed by his Space Domain and clone.
• Shengyangyue’s clone used the Hundred Beasts team members to block one another’s attacks, then frightened the four remaining fighters into freezing and wetting themselves.
• The Hundred Beasts team’s teacher conceded, and the referee declared the Sun Moon team the winner before Shengyangyue dismissed his clone.
• Long Xiaoyao sensed Dark Element when the clone vanished, prompting his teacher to suggest they speak with Shrek Academy.
• Kong Deming told Shengyangyue that his performance had attracted unwanted attention and said he could seek help from Elder Yin if necessary.