Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao used his Spirit Eyes to project distant matches for the Reserve Team, then discussed Shrek’s hidden strengths and the Body Sect’s interest in him with Wang Yan. Huo Yuhao chose to remain at Shrek, and Shrek won its second Round Robin match without fielding its Starting Members, leaving the Sun Moon team unable to study them.

• Huo Yuhao projected the tournament matches onto an ice mirror, shocking the Reserve Team with how many Soul Kings and Soul Ancestors were competing.
• The Reserve Team members revealed their hidden abilities during Wang Yan’s meeting, and Wang Yan adjusted the lineup for the coming matches.
• Beibei told Wang Yan about the Body Sect’s attempt to recruit Huo Yuhao, and Huo Yuhao refused to leave Shrek despite the Body Sect’s expertise with Body Martial Souls.
• Wang Yan decided to contact Shrek and request a Titled Douluo’s protection for Huo Yuhao.
• Shrek defeated Yunluo Advanced Soul Tool Master Academy 2–0 without using its Starting Members, frustrating Ma Rulong and the Sun Moon team, who had hoped to study Shrek’s abilities.

Shrek Academy defeated Yunluo Advanced Soul Tool Master Academy, and Elder Xuan returned to lead the team while Ma Xiaotao remained away. In the next Round Robin match, Huo Yuhao’s team faced Qianling Academy, whose captain Shen Ce was trapped in an ice prison just as he prepared to attack.

• Xu Sanshi and He Caitou won the first match against Yunluo Academy, then Beibei and Tang Ya defeated its captain and vice-captain with coordinated Soul Skills and Tang Sect techniques.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen discussed Shrek’s reserve players and the threat they might pose in the next tournament.
• Elder Xuan returned to Shrek’s contingent and ordered the reserve members to compete whenever their opponents were not too strong, while Ma Xiaotao stayed away to obtain her Seventh Soul Ring.
• Huo Yuhao’s seven-person team entered a Team Battle against Qianling Academy, with Wang Yan’s tactics prepared around Huo Yuhao’s and Xu Sanshi’s space Soul Skills.
• Qianling Academy formed its shield wall around Shen Ce and used An Lengye and Fei Yuyan’s Martial Soul Mimicry to strengthen his Thousand Strike Spear.
• An icy-blue light formed an ice prison above Shen Ce and trapped him as he prepared to launch his attack.

Shrek Academy overwhelmed Qianling Team with Ling Luocheng’s Ultimate Ice and finished the Round Robin undefeated, advancing to the Round of Sixteen alongside Zhengtian Academy. With Ma Xiaotao recovered and back as a Soul Saint, the team prepared for the elimination stage while Ling Luocheng grew interested in Huo Yuhao’s Ultimate Ice.

• Huo Yuhao took control of An Lengye’s ice and lent Ling Luocheng Ultimate Ice, allowing her to freeze Qianling Team’s seven fighters in an Ice Prison.
• Shrek Academy defeated Qianling Team in under a minute, and the Heavenly Fiend Douluo announced Shrek’s victory.
• Shrek’s Reserve Team won its remaining four Round Robin matches without revealing several of its hidden abilities, and Shrek advanced undefeated with Zhengtian Academy.
• Dai Yueheng recovered, and Ma Xiaotao returned to Shrek as a Soul Saint after absorbing a Crimson Flame Golden Phoenix left arm bone.
• After Xu Sanshi was rejected by Jiang Nannan again, Xixi teased Ling Luocheng about Huo Yuhao, and Ling Luocheng resolved to pursue his Ultimate Ice.

Wang Yan prepared Shrek Academy for its round-of-sixteen match against Dou Ling Royal Academy, then accepted an invitation to the Starlight Auction House’s top-tier auction. The chapter ended as the auction opened with a Level 8 melee Soul Tool, the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade, as its first item.

• Wang Yan told the team they would face Dou Ling Royal Academy and arranged the upcoming Team Battle while keeping Ma Xiaotao’s Soul Saint breakthrough secret.
• Qingya of the Starlight Auction House delivered invitations, and Wang Yan agreed to take the Shrek Academy group to the auction that night.
• Huo Yuhao and the others arrived at the auction, where Qingya led them to a luxurious private room in Auction Hall No. 1.
• Jiujiu opened the auction and presented the Level 8 melee Soul Tool, the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade, as the first item.

At the Starlight Auction House, Dai Yueheng bought a powerful tiger-themed Soul Tool, while Shrek Academy mostly watched the auction. When a rare ice-attribute skull bone appeared, Huo Yuhao declined it in favor of Ling Luocheng, leaving the group stunned by his claim that he already had a more suitable skull bone.

• Dai Yueheng recognized the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade as a perfect match for his White Tiger Martial Soul and bid 1.56 million Gold Soul Coins for it.
• Wang Yan used Shrek Academy's credit voucher to buy twelve Fixed Soul Cannon Shells for He Caitou, while the group passed on the other early auction items.
• Xu Jiujiu introduced Deep Blue Radiance, a forty-thousand-year ice-attribute skull bone from a Deep Chill Blue Dragon that could strengthen an ice Soul Master's Spiritual Power, bloodline, and ice affinity.
• Wang Yan proposed bidding on Deep Blue Radiance for Huo Yuhao, and Ling Luocheng accepted that decision despite wanting the Soul Bone herself.
• Huo Yuhao declined the Soul Bone for himself and told the group to give it to Ling Luocheng, claiming the academy had already given him a skull bone better suited to his Spirit Eyes Martial Soul.

Shrek Academy won the Deep Blue Radiance Skull Bone for Ling Luocheng, who began absorbing it while the auction’s final item was revealed as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo. The Sun Moon Royal Academy bought the embryo, and Huo Yuhao gained the Frost Arrow Gu achievement reward.

• Wang Yan hesitated over the price, but Huo Yuhao urged him to continue bidding, and Shrek Academy bought the Deep Blue Radiance for twenty-five million Gold Soul Coins.
• Ling Luocheng began absorbing the skull bone while Huo Yuhao told Ma Xiaotao that it would not make Ling Luocheng’s Ice Element reach Ultimate Ice.
• Xu Jiujiu revealed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo sealed in a Deification Platform and explained that absorbing it might grant a second martial soul.
• The Sun Moon Royal Academy bought the Deification Platform and the embryo, while the Shrek group stayed behind as Ling Luocheng absorbed her soul bone.
• Huo Yuhao earned the Frost Arrow Gu after achieving Ling Luocheng’s Deep Blue Radiance achievement.

Xu Jiawei’s scheme drove Mingde Hall to win the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo for 150 million Gold Soul Coins, while the Body Sect and other bidders began seeking information about the buyer. The tournament’s round of sixteen then began, with Shrek set to face Dou Ling Royal Soul Master Academy and Wang Yan instructing his team to conceal some of their strength.

• Huo Yuhao and the Shrek students decided not to bid on the soul beast embryo, while Xu Jiujiu and Xu Jiawei discussed their plan to draw Mingde Hall into the auction and obtain its Soul Tools.
• Xiao Hongchen won the embryo for 150 million Gold Soul Coins and ordered Elder Ma to take it back to Mingde Hall; Lang Ya and Yu Tao of the Body Sect resolved to find out who had bought it.
• The sixteen remaining teams gathered for the tournament’s advancement matches, and Dou Ling Royal Soul Master Academy prepared to face Shrek after deliberately giving up its group decider.
• Xu Sanshi and the others teased Huo Yuhao about Meng Hongchen watching him, while Wang Yan warned Shrek not to underestimate Dou Ling and told the team to conceal some abilities.
• Dai Yueheng privately resolved to show off his White Tiger’s might despite Wang Yan’s instruction to hold back.

Huo Yuhao led Shrek Academy against Dou Ling Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy in a Round of 16 team battle. He let Dou Ling assemble its Thunderbolt Great Cannon, then teleported in, confiscated it, and attacked from the air with Phoenix Meteor Shower, leaving the opposing team helpless beneath the falling flames.

• Dai Yueheng joined Shrek's lineup, but Huo Yuhao took the lead as vice-captain and kept him from taking the spotlight.
• Dou Ling Royal Academy formed a fortified shield wall while Gu Zhujian and his teammates assembled their hidden Thunderbolt Great Cannon.
• Huo Yuhao waited until Dou Ling had nearly finished charging the cannon, then teleported into their formation and made the weapon vanish.
• Huo Yuhao used his Soul Storage Tool to confiscate the Thunderbolt Great Cannon and teleported into the sky.
• Huo Yuhao unleashed Phoenix Meteor Shower on the defenseless Dou Ling team, whose members stared in despair as the flames fell.

Huo Yuhao overwhelmed the Dou Ling Team, stored away its Thunderbolt Great Cannon, and agreed to return it after the individual matches. Back at the hotel, he and He Caitou dismantled the cannon while Wang Yan persuaded Shrek’s students to combine Martial Soul cultivation with Soul Tool research.

• Cheng Gang protected the seven Dou Ling Academy members from Huo Yuhao’s Phoenix Meteor Shower, while the audience celebrated Huo Yuhao’s victory.
• Ma Rulong and Xiao Hongchen discussed how Huo Yuhao had stored the Thunderbolt Great Cannon, and Elder Zhao urged the Sun Moon students to pursue an exchange with Shrek to study Martial Soul cultivation.
• Huo Yuhao told the Dou Ling Team leader he would return the cannon after the individual matches, then brought it back to the hotel and dismantled it with He Caitou.
• Wang Yan explained that Soul Masters should use Soul Tools to cover their weaknesses while keeping Martial Souls as their foundation, and the Shrek students accepted his argument.
• Huo Yuhao concluded that learning Soul Tool principles was necessary for Shrek to compete against teams such as Dou Ling and Sun Moon.

Shrek Academy advanced to the semifinals, where the teams drew their opponents and Shrek was matched against Star Luo Imperial Academy. As the first Team Battle approached, Huo Yuhao spotted an Achievement Task above Xu Jiujiu and abandoned his plan to slack off.

• Shrek defeated Dou Ling Royal Soul Master Academy in the individual matches, then Ling Luocheng led Shrek past Zhengtian Academy and into the semifinals.
• Wang Yan reviewed the remaining teams before Ma Xiaotao volunteered to compete, while Huo Yuhao said he had no particular opinion and planned to conserve his effort.
• The four semifinal teams gathered, and Ma Xiaotao drew the matchups: Shrek would face Star Luo Imperial Academy, while Sun Moon Imperial Soul Tool Master Academy would face Di'ao Academy.
• Wang Yan selected Ma Xiaotao, Huo Yuhao, Dai Yueheng, Ling Luocheng, Beibei, Xu Sanshi, and Tang Ya for Shrek's Team Battle lineup and warned them about Xu Jiujiu's late addition.
• Huo Yuhao saw the Achievement Task "Reforge the Star Crown's Glory!" above Xu Jiujiu, who met his gaze provocatively before the semifinal began.

Shrek Academy faced Star Luo Imperial Academy, whose Star Crown support and Absolute Defense Soul Tool disrupted Wang Yan’s plan. Ma Xiaotao revealed she had become a Soul Saint and was trapped in the barrier, while Huo Yuhao prepared to take over the fight against Xu Jiujiu’s Star’s Protection.

• Xu Jiujiu used her Star Crown’s Star Radiance Technique to block Xu Sanshi’s attempt to displace her.
• Ma Xiaotao revealed her seventh soul ring, charged the Star Luo team, and eliminated Huang Heyun with Phoenix Fire Line.
• Xu Jiujiu trapped Ma Xiaotao and her Phoenix Meteor Shower inside an Absolute Defense Soul Tool.
• He Caitou identified the barrier as a costly Level 7 soul tool, and Xu Jiawei predicted that Ma Xiaotao would eventually break free.
• Xu Jiujiu used Star’s Protection to keep the icy mist outside, and Huo Yuhao told Ma Xiaotao to save her Martial Soul Avatar and leave the rest to him.

Huo Yuhao copied Xu Jiujiu's Star's Protection, then shattered the barrier with the Ice Empress's Claws and led Shrek to defeat the Star Luo Team. Xu Jiujiu conceded, and Huo Yuhao gained the Three-Star In-Heaven Gu achievement reward.

• Xu Jiujiu trapped Dai Yueheng, Beibei, and Ma Xiaotao inside Star's Protection while her teammates overwhelmed Dai Yueheng.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Replication to imprint Star's Protection and replenished the energy he had spent copying it.
• Huo Yuhao emerged from the icy mist and shattered Star's Protection with the Ice Empress's Claws.
• Huo Yuhao eliminated four Star Luo Team members, while Tang Ya and Beibei defeated the Lightning Falcon Soul King.
• Xu Jiujiu conceded to Huo Yuhao, and he received the Three-Star In-Heaven Gu for completing her achievement.

Shrek Academy defeated Star Luo Imperial Academy in the first semifinal team battle, while Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire flared after her Soul Saint breakthrough and Huo Yuhao helped suppress it. Star Luo forfeited the remaining individual rounds, sending Shrek to the finals, where they were set to face Sun Moon Imperial Soul Tool Master Academy.

• Ma Xiaotao and Huo Yuhao led Shrek Academy to victory over Star Luo Imperial Academy, and the audience and rival teams reacted to their strength.
• Ma Xiaotao took Huo Yuhao back to her room to suppress her rekindled evil fire, then accepted his advice to be more cautious in battle.
• Sun Moon Imperial Soul Tool Master Academy defeated Di'ao Academy in the afternoon team battle with overwhelming soul-tool firepower.
• Xu Jiujiu forfeited Star Luo’s remaining individual rounds, advancing Shrek Academy to the finals and giving them four days to recover and prepare.
• Sun Moon Imperial Soul Tool Master Academy defeated Di'ao Academy in the next day’s individual elimination round and advanced to the finals.

Sun Moon and Shrek prepared for the tournament final, with both teams planning to seize the decisive Team Battle and Shrek relying on Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao. As the teams arrived at Star Luo Plaza, Meng Hongchen’s crush on Huo Yuhao contrasted with her promise to fight him without mercy.

• Xiao Hongchen admitted he was nervous about facing Shrek, but Meng Hongchen and Ma Rulong rallied Sun Moon Team and renewed its determination to win.
• Wang Yan analyzed Ma Rulong’s Soul Tools and weaknesses, then assigned Shrek’s lineups and strategy for the Team Battle, Individual Elimination Round, and Two-Two-Three.
• Dai Yueheng accepted Wang Yan’s plan and vowed to defeat Sun Moon Team in the Individual Elimination Round.
• Crowds filled Star Luo City for the final, and both teams entered Star Luo Plaza amid rain and loud support for Shrek.
• Sun Moon Team received powerful high-level Soul Tools and planned to go all out in the Team Battle, while Dai Yueheng drew inspiration from his father, Dai Hao.
• Meng Hongchen admired Huo Yuhao from the rest area, then promised Xiao Hongchen she would show him no mercy in the match.

Huo Yuhao led Shrek’s plan against the Sun Moon Team in the tournament final, while Xuan Zi arrived to support the team and endorse their use of soul tools. As the battle began, Huo Yuhao’s spiritual power helped Xu Sanshi teleport Ma Rulong into Shrek’s formation, leaving him bewildered.

• Xu Jiawei explained the final’s prize and appointed Heavenly Fiend Douluo Huang Jinxu as referee to avoid suspicion over Dai Hao’s connection to Shrek.
• Xuan Zi arrived at Shrek’s resting area, promised to prevent interference, and said the academy would promote soul tools in the Martial Soul Department.
• Wang Yan assigned Huo Yuhao to command Shrek’s team battle, with Ling Luocheng as deputy, and told the team to follow its plan.
• Shrek and the Sun Moon Team took the stage, with Ma Rulong leading the Sun Moon formation and Xu Sanshi positioned at the front of Shrek’s.
• After Huang Jinxu started the match, Lin Xi raised a shield to counter Darknether Displacement, but Huo Yuhao unleashed spiritual power and Xu Sanshi teleported Ma Rulong into Shrek’s formation.

Huo Yuhao’s tactics split the Sun Moon Team, trapping Ma Rulong with Shrek while Star’s Protection blocked their barrage. Ma Rulong was knocked unconscious, and Huo Yuhao prepared to win the championship in the team battle.

• Huo Yuhao guided Xu Sanshi’s Darknether Displacement to swap Ma Rulong into Shrek’s midst, then used Star’s Protection to divide the battlefield.
• Xiao Hongchen led the Sun Moon Team in firing a massive barrage at Star’s Protection while Shrek’s members attacked Ma Rulong.
• Ma Rulong’s Wall of Tenacity broke, so he activated his Invincible Barrier and prepared his Level 7 Soul Tool Cannon to fight back.
• Meng Hongchen stopped the Sun Moon Team from wasting more Soul Power, and they withdrew from their rescue attempt to recover and prepare.
• When Ma Rulong’s Invincible Barrier ended, he fired at Ma Xiaotao, but Huo Yuhao opened a gap in Star’s Protection and Ma Xiaotao evaded the beam.
• Ma Xiaotao struck Ma Rulong with Phoenix Cloud Piercing Strike as Ling Luocheng and Tang Ya restrained him, and Huo Yuhao added a Soul Shock to keep him unconscious.

After Ma Rulong was eliminated, Shrek launched an all-out assault led by Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix True Body, leaving the Sun Moon Team on the verge of defeat. Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen then revealed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Mortal World Attachment, and unleashed a crimson-gold attack against Huo Yuhao and the others.

• Huo Yuhao withdrew Star's Protection, and Huang Jinxu rescued Ma Rulong from the stage.
• The Sun Moon Team unleashed its soul tools while Huo Yuhao, He Caitou, Ling Luocheng, Tang Ya, and Wang Dong'er helped Shrek withstand and counter the barrage.
• Ma Xiaotao activated Phoenix True Body and bombarded the Sun Moon Team with compressed Phoenix soul skills, overwhelming their Invincible Barriers and attacks.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen joined together to unleash their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Mortal World Attachment.
• The Crimson Gold Toad fired a crimson-gold vortex at Huo Yuhao and the other Shrek members as Ma Xiaotao's Fire Meteors continued to rain down.

Shrek Academy won the tournament final after Ma Xiaotao overwhelmed the Sun Moon Team and Huo Yuhao's Ice Soul Blade defeated the Hongchen Siblings' Martial Soul Fusion Skill. The Sun Moon Team conceded the remaining rounds, and Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen resolved to cultivate more patiently after the defeat.

• Ma Xiaotao's breakthrough and Phoenix attacks left the Sun Moon Team struggling, while the Hongchen Siblings unleashed Mortal World Attachment against Huo Yuhao's group.
• Huo Yuhao answered with his Ice Soul Blade, whose blue blade light overwhelmed Mortal World Attachment and forced Huang Jinxu to rescue the Sun Moon contestants.
• Huang Jinxu declared Shrek the winner of the Team Battle, and Elder Ma conceded the remaining matches because the Sun Moon members were injured or exhausted.
• Huang Jinxu announced Shrek Academy as the tournament champions, and the venue erupted in cheers.
• Xiao Hongchen admitted Shrek's strength and decided to cultivate patiently, while Meng Hongchen agreed to join him.

After Shrek won the tournament, Huo Yuhao returned to his mother’s grave and gained Immortal Travel, then arranged to move the grave into the Undead Demigod Plane. Meanwhile, Jing Hongchen decided to visit Shrek Academy to discuss Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen joining its exchange student program.

• Xu Jiawei and Dai Hao watched Huo Yuhao after Shrek claimed the championship, while Huo Yuhao received Gu Insects for achievements involving Meng Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, Wang Yan, and Xuan Zi.
• Wang Yan selected three Spirit Bones for Shrek, and Elder Xuan hurried the team back toward Shrek Academy to protect Huo Yuhao from the Body Sect.
• Huo Yuhao visited Huo Yun’er’s grave, received the Immortal Travel Gu, and asked Electrolux to move the grave into the Undead Demigod Plane so they could summon her soul.
• Elder Ma reported the tournament’s defeat to Jing Hongchen, who said Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen had requested to join Shrek’s exchange student program.
• Jing Hongchen said he would personally visit Shrek Academy to discuss the exchange arrangement for Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen.

The Shrek Team returned victorious from the tournament and received a grand welcome at Sea God Pavilion, where the academy rewarded and reprimanded its members. After the team was praised and granted rewards, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao were told to remain behind for special rewards.

• Yan Shaozhe and the other deans welcomed Xuan Zi and the returning Shrek Team at the academy gate, where Xian Lin'er, Cai Mei'er, and Fan Yu embraced and fussed over their students.
• Yan Shaozhe led the team by boat to Sea God Pavilion, where a Baptism of Light strengthened everyone and helped Huo Yuhao break through to level 43.
• Mu En welcomed the group into Sea God Pavilion, and Yan Shaozhe promoted Wang Yan to Special-grade Teacher and granted him a year of access to the Inner Court Library Pavilion.
• Yan Shaozhe reprimanded Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Ling Luocheng, and Xixi for their mistakes during the Monitoring Task, then rescinded their demerits and awarded them three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins each.
• Yan Shaozhe awarded the Reserve Team members three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins each, offered them the championship Spirit Bones, and permitted five of them to take the Inner Court Assessment early.
• After Ma Xiaotao demanded fair recognition for Huo Yuhao, Yan Shaozhe said Huo Yuhao would also receive a reward and asked him, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao to remain behind.