Chapter Summaries

Tang Ya’s appearance as the Tang Sect’s master on the Sun Moon Empire team unsettled Shrek and Heaven Dou officials, while Huo Yuhao’s anger at the Duchess was unexpectedly calmed by a mysterious light in his Spiritual Sea. The chapter ends with Dai Huabin learning that a fire has destroyed more than half of the White Tiger Duke Residence.

• Xu Jiawei questioned Dai Hao about Tang Ya’s leadership of the Tang Sect, and Dai Hao said his family had long had no dealings with the sect.
• Bei Bei left the competition grounds, while Jiang Nannan wondered why Tang Ya had chosen the Sun Moon Empire over Shrek Academy.
• Jiang Shengyu and Xiao Hongchen celebrated the impact of their team’s performance, and their Lead Teacher warned them not to become arrogant.
• Huo Yuhao grew furious while watching the Duchess care for Dai Huabin, but a White Gold Light Mass in his Spiritual Sea calmed his emotions.
• The Duchess told Dai Huabin that a fire had burned down more than half of the White Tiger Duke Residence, and Dai Huabin flew into a rage.

Dai Huabin suspected the Sun Moon Empire’s team had burned the White Tiger Duke Residence and confronted them, but Huo Yuhao accepted his challenge before the duel could begin. Dai Huabin dismissed Huo Yuhao as too weak to fight him.

• After hearing the Duchess discuss the attack, Dai Huabin suspected the Sun Moon Empire had targeted the White Tiger Duke Residence during the Soul Master Competition.
• Dai Huabin told Xuan Zi his suspicions and went to confront Jiang Shengyu and the others, while Xuan Zi warned him not to act without evidence.
• Jiang Shengyu and Xiao Hongchen revealed that they had set the fire, and the Lead Teacher told them not to worry because they had left no evidence.
• Dai Huabin arrived at the team’s lounge and accused them of burning his home, then challenged Jiang Shengyu and Xiao Hongchen to a one-on-one fight.
• Huo Yuhao accepted the challenge, but Dai Huabin scoffed at his two-ring cultivation and demanded that a three-ring Soul Elder fight him instead.

Huo Yuhao fought Dai Huabin in the Star Luo Grand Hotel garden, using Spirit Detection and Soul Tools to overcome Dai's stronger cultivation and knock him into the rubble. Dai's accusations about Huo Yuhao's background stirred a violent upheaval in Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sea of Consciousness, where the mysterious ball of light revealed itself as a holy-looking old man.

• Jiang Shengyu challenged Dai Huabin to fight Huo Yuhao, and the Sun Moon Representative Team discussed who would win.
• Huo Yuhao used Spirit Detection and Soul Tools to disrupt Dai Huabin's attacks while avoiding revealing his hidden abilities.
• Huo Yuhao struck Dai Huabin with the Ice Wrist Gauntlet, shattered his White Tiger Body-Protecting Barrier, and sent him crashing through a rockery.
• Dai Huabin refused to admit defeat and condemned Huo Yuhao for using Soul Tools, then invoked his father's status as the White Tiger Duke.
• Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sea of Consciousness became turbulent, and the ball of light descended and revealed a holy-looking old man to Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Ice Empress.

Huo Yuhao defeated Dai Huabin with a soul attack, but Xuan Zi arrived and tried to seize him. Tang Ya and the Sun Moon team defended Huo Yuhao, and Xuan Zi left with Dai Huabin; afterward, Gu Lingjun asked Xiao Hongchen and Jiang Shengyu to take him to see someone from Shrek Academy.

• An old man in Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sea subdued the turmoil there and incapacitated Dai Huabin with a gray soul attack.
• Xuan Zi arrived, discovered Dai Huabin's soul had been injured, and tried to seize Huo Yuhao.
• Tang Ya defended Huo Yuhao, arguing that Dai Huabin had provoked him and that Huo Yuhao had won their match.
• Jiang Shengyu and Xiao Hongchen mocked Xuan Zi for bullying juniors, while Jiang Shengyu's Seven Leaf Mirror Lotus blocked most of his attack.
• Huo Yuhao offered to provide medicinal herbs, but Xuan Zi refused and left with the unconscious Dai Huabin.
• After checking Huo Yuhao's condition, Gu Lingjun asked Xiao Hongchen and Jiang Shengyu to take him to see someone from Shrek Academy.

Huo Yuhao met Electrolux in his Spiritual Sea of Consciousness and learned that the powerful remnant soul came from another world, where becoming a god meant losing oneself. Electrolux asked Huo Yuhao to become his disciple, but Huo Yuhao questioned why someone so powerful would choose him.

• Gu Lingjun warned Jiang Shengyu and Xiao Hongchen that their actions could provoke the Star Luo royal family, then led them to Shrek Academy's lounge.
• Huo Yuhao entered his Spiritual Sea of Consciousness and found Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and the Ice Empress facing the old man who had been a ball of light.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and the Ice Empress sensed Electrolux's overwhelming Spiritual Power, and Electrolux explained that he had rejected godhood because it meant perishing in his world.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm urged Electrolux to help raise Huo Yuhao into a god, and Electrolux asked Huo Yuhao to take him as his master.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm pushed Huo Yuhao to kneel, but Huo Yuhao asked Electrolux why he would choose him as a disciple.

Huo Yuhao accepted Electrolux as his master after learning that he carried Fortune, then returned to the Sun Moon Representative Team and learned the Duchess was seeking justice over Dai Huabin’s injury. The Duchess confronted the team, and Jiang Shengyu drew his sword after her maid insulted them.

• Electrolux revealed that Huo Yuhao carried Fortune bestowed by the world and accepted him as his personal disciple, promising to teach him Necromancy.
• Huo Yuhao woke from his meditation, and Xiao Hongchen and Jiang Shengyu told him that Gu Lingjun was still at Shrek examining Dai Huabin.
• Gu Lingjun examined Huo Yuhao, found that his Spiritual Power had increased, and warned the Sun Moon Representative Team to stay inside in case the Duchess retaliated.
• The Duchess arrived at the team’s hotel demanding justice for Dai Huabin, but Jiang Shengyu blocked her from entering and challenged her claim to authority.
• The Duchess’s maid called the team savages, prompting Jiang Shengyu to draw the Yarrow Flower Sword and demand to know whom she meant.

Jiang Shengyu drove the Duchess away after she confronted the Sun Moon Representative Team, protecting Huo Yuhao from further trouble. That night, Na Na revealed that an evil soul master organization controlled her parents’ souls and begged Huo Yuhao to help her, explaining that it had threatened her into doing things for them.

• Jiang Shengyu intimidated the Duchess with the Yarrow Flower Sword and accused her of causing trouble over her son’s fight with Huo Yuhao.
• The Duchess apologized through her maid and left, and Jiang Shengyu reassured Huo Yuhao before Gu Lingjun told the team to rest.
• Na Na visited Huo Yuhao at night and recognized that he had used spiritual power against Dai Huabin.
• Na Na knelt and begged Huo Yuhao for help after telling him that an evil soul master organization controlled her parents’ souls.
• Huo Yuhao questioned why Na Na had not told the academy, and she explained that the organization had used her parents to threaten her into doing things for them.

Huo Yuhao agreed to help Na Na after learning she had been targeted by an Evil Soul Master Organization, and Jiang Shengyu and Xiao Hongchen revealed they had already investigated it. Later, the three secretly left their hotel and confronted men who had been following them, with Jiang Shengyu trapping them with his sword.

• Huo Yuhao consulted Electrolux, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and Ice Empress, who believed Na Na was sincere and supported helping her.
• Na Na offered to become Huo Yuhao's slave or servant, but Jiang Shengyu told her to keep her dignity and said he and Xiao Hongchen had investigated the Evil Soul Master Organization.
• Na Na tearfully thanked Jiang Shengyu and Xiao Hongchen, then returned to her bedroom.
• Jiang Shengyu, Xiao Hongchen, and Huo Yuhao secretly left the hotel and discovered that three men were following them, likely on the White Tiger Duchess's orders.
• The three Sun Moon Representative Team members lured their pursuers into an alley and ambushed them.
• Jiang Shengyu revealed his martial soul and four soul rings, including three Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, then used his Yarrow Flower Sword to freeze the pursuers' legs in place.

Jiang Shengyu, Xiao Hongchen, and Huo Yuhao beat up three men who had followed them, then staged a confrontation with Shrek Academy to make the academy believe Jiang Qingtong had broken with the Sun Moon Empire. Xiao Hongchen verbally attacked Wang Yan over Shrek’s response to Dai Huabin’s defeat, leaving Wang Yan furious.

• Jiang Shengyu restrained three men, and Xiao Hongchen and Huo Yuhao joined him in beating them while Jiang Shengyu threatened them against resisting.
• Huo Yuhao told the defeated men to tell the Duchess to come confront them herself, and Jiang Shengyu led the others out of the alley.
• Jiang Shengyu explained to Huo Yuhao that they were acting to convince Shrek Academy that Jiang Qingtong had broken with the Sun Moon Empire.
• Wang Yan and the Shrek group arrived, and Jiang Qingtong asked Jiang Shengyu why he was there before Xiao Hongchen interrupted.
• Wang Yan argued that Dai Huabin’s coma had evened out Shrek’s debt for being rescued, but Jiang Shengyu and Xiao Hongchen rejected his claim.
• Xiao Hongchen mocked Shrek Academy for refusing to accept defeat, and Wang Yan angrily ordered him not to insult Shrek’s reputation.

Jiang Shengyu followed Wang Yan and the Shrek group to an auction, where Huo Yuhao decided to buy the dangerous Soul Devouring Evil Blade. Xiao Hongchen bid on Yuhao’s behalf, but Jiang Qingtong suddenly outbid him.

• Wang Yan ended the street confrontation and led the Shrek group away, while Xiao Hongchen asked Jiang Shengyu how his acting had been.
• Jiang Shengyu tracked the Shrek group to an auction house and brought Xiao Hongchen and Huo Yuhao to sit beside them.
• Huo Yuhao heard Electrolux tell him to take the Ranked Engraving Knife and insisted he wanted the Soul Devouring Evil Blade.
• Xiao Hongchen bid one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for the blade, but Jiang Qingtong raised the bid to two hundred thousand.
• Xiao Hongchen asked Jiang Shengyu in a low voice whether Jiang Qingtong’s bid was part of their act.

Jiang Shengyu and Jiang Qingtong staged a bidding dispute over the Soul Devouring Evil Blade to make Shrek Academy believe their sibling bond could help persuade him to defect. Shrek’s leaders planned to use a future exchange student program to win him over, unaware that he intended to exploit their expectations.

• Jiang Qingtong and Xiao Hongchen bid against each other until she won the Soul Devouring Evil Blade for two million Gold Soul Coins, then Jiang Shengyu gave her a card to pay for it.
• Jiang Qingtong told Wang Yan that Jiang Shengyu still cared for her, and the Shrek group discovered his card held ten million Gold Soul Coins after the purchase.
• Xiao Hongchen asked Jiang Shengyu about their act, and Jiang Shengyu explained that he wanted Shrek Academy to think it could recruit him through Jiang Qingtong.
• Wang Yan reported the auction events to Xuan Zi, who decided their sibling bond would help Shrek persuade Jiang Shengyu to join them through an exchange student program.

Dai Hao apologized to the Sun Moon Representative Team, while Huo Yuhao concealed his hatred toward the White Tiger Duke. As the round-robin matches began, Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy were drawn against each other for their first match.

• Dai Hao apologized to Jiang Shengyu, Xiao Hongchen, and Huo Yuhao for the Duchess's actions, and Huo Yuhao restrained his anger toward him.
• Jiang Qingtong gave Huo Yuhao the Soul Devouring Evil Blade, which he began purifying that night under Electrolux's guidance.
• The Sun Moon Representative Team met Shrek Academy's team, where Jiang Shengyu identified Ling Luochen as a Five Rings Soul King with an Ice Element martial soul.
• Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy drew each other as opponents in the first round-robin match.

Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy drew each other for the first match, and both sides chose to field their Reserve Teams to test the younger generation. The match began with He Caitou facing Meng Hongchen, and He Caitou opened with a barrage of Soul Tool attacks.

• Xu Jiawei and Dai Hao reacted to the draw that placed Shrek Academy against Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy in the opening match.
• The Sun Moon Lead Teacher chose to send out the Reserve Team to probe Shrek’s strength, assigning Meng Hongchen to fight first and Xiao Hongchen to fight last.
• Wang Yan arranged Shrek’s lineup with He Caitou leading off and Ling Luochen fighting last.
• Meng Hongchen and He Caitou entered the arena, and Huang Jinxu started their match.
• He Caitou deployed multiple offensive Soul Tools and bombarded Meng Hongchen across the arena.

Meng Hongchen defeated He Caitou and then Xiao Xiao, while Xiao Hongchen and Jiang Shengyu discussed He Caitou’s imperial origins and his Soul Tool techniques. Meng Hongchen remained in the ring, and her team continued collecting combat data on Shrek Academy.

• Meng Hongchen evaded He Caitou’s cannon fire, but he surprised her with a concealed Soul Guided Ray before running out of Soul Power and being kicked from the ring.
• Xiao Hongchen and Jiang Shengyu identified He Caitou as Xu He, a member of the Sun Moon Empire’s imperial family whose parents had fled to the Original Douluo Continent Three Kingdoms with Soul Tool technology.
• Wang Yan helped He Caitou back to the rest area, and Xiao Xiao entered the ring to face Meng Hongchen.
• Xiao Xiao used her Twin Martial Souls to resist Meng Hongchen, but she ran out of Soul Power and lost the match.
• Meng Hongchen praised Xiao Xiao as the Lead Teacher recorded her combat data, and Xiao Xiao thanked her.

Wang Dong fought Meng Hongchen after Shrek Academy fell behind, revealing the Clear Sky Hammer as her second Martial Soul. She forced Meng Hongchen to concede, bringing the score to two to one for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

• Wang Yan sent Wang Dong to face Meng Hongchen, who had already spent much of her Soul Power.
• Wang Dong attacked relentlessly and drove Meng Hongchen back until Meng Hongchen spread poisonous icy mist.
• Wang Dong flew above the mist, revealed her Clear Sky Hammer, and charged through the poison behind Butterfly God's Light.
• Wang Dong struck Meng Hongchen's shoulder with the hammer, and Meng Hongchen conceded as her Soul Power ran out.
• Huang Jinxu stopped Wang Dong's next blow, and the spectators applauded as Shrek Academy won a point.
• Xiao Hongchen hurried to Meng Hongchen and asked whether her shoulder hurt badly.

Huo Yuhao faced Wang Dong while concealing his Martial Souls, relying on Spirit Detection and the Ice Wrist Gauntlet to counter her attacks. Their clash ended with the gauntlet cracked and Wang Dong's Clear Sky Hammer forced back into her body, leaving both fighters ready to continue.

• After Meng Hongchen was injured, Xiao Hongchen urged Huo Yuhao to fight Wang Dong, and Huo Yuhao agreed despite Jiang Shengyu's warning that victory would be difficult.
• Huo Yuhao introduced himself as a Level Twenty-Five Control-Type Battle Soul Master and took the stage against Wang Dong, who disdained Soul Tools.
• Huo Yuhao activated Spirit Detection and used the Ice Wrist Gauntlet's Ice Qi to create an Ice Wall, evade Wang Dong's attacks, and strike back.
• Wang Dong unleashed Butterfly God Slash and Wing Edge Blade to force Huo Yuhao into a direct clash with her Clear Sky Hammer.
• Huo Yuhao's Rank Seven Ice Wrist Gauntlet withstood the Clear Sky Hammer but cracked, while the hammer was retracted and Wang Dong's hand trembled.
• Wang Dong recovered and challenged Huo Yuhao to show his remaining moves.

Huo Yuhao revealed the Eye of Life and defeated Wang Dong’s attacks, but his soul skill struck a mysterious restriction in her mind and caused both of them to collapse. As Huo Yuhao recovered under Electrolux’s care, Jiang Shengyu took the arena and Jiang Nannan prepared to face him.

• Huo Yuhao put away his Ice Wrist Gauntlet and revealed his two soul rings, drawing criticism from the onlooking Original Douluo Continent Three Kingdoms until Dai Hao explained that he was also a Rank Three Soul Engineer.
• Huo Yuhao opened the Eye of Life, and its beam overwhelmed Wang Dong’s Butterfly God Slash and Wing Edge Blades, leaving her near the edge of the arena.
• Huo Yuhao struck Wang Dong with a gray beam, but Electrolux severed their connection when he sensed a terrifying restriction in her mind, and both fighters fell unconscious.
• Gu Lingjun determined that Huo Yuhao had suffered spiritual backlash, while Electrolux told Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and the Ice Empress that a nonhuman presence had set the restriction through Wang Dong.
• Xuan Zi confirmed that Wang Dong was safe, and Jiang Shengyu stepped onto the arena as Jiang Nannan prepared to take the field.

Jiang Nannan fought Jiang Shengyu in the arena but was overwhelmed by his Ultimate Ice and sword skills. After Jiang Shengyu spared her and urged her to leave, Xuan Zi recalled her, leaving Jiang Shengyu and Jiang Qingtong’s match for the next day.

• Jiang Nannan challenged Jiang Shengyu, but his Ultimate Ice and Yarrow Flower Sword countered her attacks and slowed her movements.
• Jiang Nannan used Invincible Golden Body to block Jiang Shengyu’s sword qi while evading his follow-up strikes.
• Jiang Shengyu unleashed Shining Through Myriad Rivers, then stopped his sword at Jiang Nannan’s throat and told her she could not win.
• Jiang Shengyu spared Jiang Nannan and questioned why Shrek Academy’s members clung to its glory.
• Xuan Zi told Jiang Nannan to return, and she agreed after a brief pause.
• The chapter ended with Jiang Shengyu and Jiang Qingtong’s match scheduled for the next day and a plan to make the Evil Fire flare up.

Jiang Qingtong took the stage to face her lookalike brother, Jiang Shengyu, as Shrek Academy trailed Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy two to four. Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui watched in secret and discussed the siblings and Shrek's future, while the crowd reacted to the pair's resemblance.

• After Jiang Nannan left the arena, Xuan Zi sent Jiang Qingtong to fight Jiang Shengyu and told her not to feel pressured.
• Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui secretly watched the arena, and Ye predicted neither sibling would win because of Shrek Academy's situation.
• Xuan Zi sensed that someone was watching him but failed to find Long Xiaoyao or Ye Xishui.
• Xu Jiawei and Dai Hao wondered whether Jiang Qingtong's Sun Moon Empire origins would affect her loyalty to Shrek Academy.
• Jiang Qingtong introduced herself as a Shrek Academy reserve team member and a rank thirty-three battle Soul Elder, and the spectators realized she and Jiang Shengyu were related.

Jiang Shengyu and Jiang Qingtong fought fiercely in the tournament, trading ice and fire attacks as the spectators questioned how far they would go against each other. After they were blasted to opposite sides of the arena, Jiang Qingtong said she would keep fighting for Shrek Academy, and Jiang Shengyu challenged her loyalty to the Sun Moon Empire and their Master.

• Jiang Shengyu and Jiang Qingtong released their Martial Souls and began their match with sword strikes and Phoenix attacks.
• Jiang Qingtong pierced Jiang Shengyu’s Ice Wall with her Phoenix Fire Line and shattered it with a flaming punch, alarming Xiao Hongchen.
• Jiang Shengyu cast aside the Yarrow Flower Sword and met Jiang Qingtong’s punch with Great Cold Without Snow, blasting them both to opposite sides of the arena.
• Xuan Zi told Wang Yan that Jiang Qingtong might be outmatched by Jiang Shengyu’s stronger ice attributes and unused soul skill.
• Jiang Qingtong declared that she would keep fighting for Shrek Academy, and Jiang Shengyu questioned how that served the Sun Moon Empire or their Master.