Chapter Summaries

Wang Yan secured most of the auction’s Soul Bones and rare metals with the academy’s backing, while Huo Yuhao helped Ling Luochen pursue an Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone. The auction house reclaimed the dangerous lot, then Xu Jiujiu introduced a Soul Spirit from Shrek Academy as the final item, leaving the guests eager to learn more.

• Huo Yuhao realized Cai Meier was nearby and understood that the academy was funding Wang Yan’s repeated bids.
• Huo Yuhao offered to buy the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone for Ling Luochen and warned that only a Soul Master with Ultimate Ice could safely absorb it.
• Qing Ya consulted Xu Jiujiu, who ordered the auction house to reclaim the Soul Bone and later provide Huo Yuhao with a way to purchase it.
• The Starlight Auction House repurchased the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone for thirty million.
• Xu Jiujiu revealed that the final lot came from Shrek Academy and introduced it as a Soul Spirit that could replace and strengthen Soul Rings while summoning a Soul Beast to fight.

Cai Meier revealed that the Star Spirit Deer auction was a staged promotion arranged with the Star Luo Empire, with Princess Jiujiu set to buy back her own Soul Spirit. As the bidding began, the Sun Moon Empire sought to obtain it and study the Soul Spirit method, while the Body Sect planned to raid Shrek and seize the method and promising students.

• Xu Jiujiu unveiled a fifteen-thousand-year-old Star Spirit Deer and explained that only guests who passed a test could bid on the Soul Spirit.
• Cai Meier told Huo Yuhao that the Star Spirit Deer belonged to Princess Jiujiu and that the auction was meant to promote Soul Spirits, with Jiujiu ultimately buying it back.
• The Starlight Auction House tested the guests, and the auction began with a starting price of thirty million Gold Soul Coins.
• Xiao Hongchen bid eighty million Gold Soul Coins, hoping the Sun Moon Empire could acquire the Soul Spirit and uncover how to create them.
• Lang Ya and the thick-armed Body Sect member decided against bidding and planned to have their Sect Master raid Shrek for the Soul Spirit method and three promising Body Martial Soul youths.

After the auction, Xu Jiujiu met Huo Yuhao privately and gave him the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone, which he paid for rather than accepting as a favor. She then asked him to spare her sister, the White Tiger Duke’s wife, and offered herself in exchange.

• The Star Spirit Deer sold for 150 million, and the auction ended as interest in Soul Spirits spread across the continent.
• Xu Jiujiu asked Huo Yuhao to stay behind, then explained that she had known of him as a child and regretted not helping him and his mother.
• Xu Jiujiu gave Huo Yuhao the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone in thanks for his warning about the auction, and Huo Yuhao paid her twenty million Gold Soul Coins for it.
• Xu Jiujiu asked Huo Yuhao to spare the White Tiger Duke’s wife, her sister, but Huo Yuhao questioned why he should protect someone who had not spared his mother.
• Xu Jiujiu offered to serve Huo Yuhao in exchange for her sister’s life.

Huo Yuhao rejected Xu Jiujiu’s offer to trade herself for the Duchess, refusing to spare his mother’s enemy. Back at the hotel, he explained his decision to Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, and the chapter ended the next morning before their match.

• Huo Yuhao told Xu Jiujiu that he would not trade away his principles or forgive the enemy who had harmed his mother, then left her in tears.
• Xu Jiujiu regretted making the offer, but believed she had no time left to save her sister before the finals.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the hotel and told Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao about Xu Jiujiu’s proposal and his refusal.
• Wang Dong teased Huo Yuhao, and she and Xiao Xiao playfully tussled while he watched.
• The next morning, Huo Yuhao tidied Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao’s hair, and Xiao Xiao said Wang Dong had drawn her into what they had done before he sent her to wash up for her match.

Huo Yuhao encountered Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen before Shrek Academy's reserve team entered its round-of-sixteen match against Dou Ling Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy. The teams took their positions, and Shrek's Soul Spirits drew attention as both sides prepared to fight.

• Xiao Hongchen taunted Huo Yuhao, but Meng Hongchen pulled her brother away and apologized; Huo Yuhao charmed her while recognizing her attempt to learn whether he would compete.
• Wang Yan led Jiang Nannan, Nan Qiuqiu, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, Lan Susu, Lan Luoluo, and Gongyang Mo to the preparation area for Shrek's match against Dou Ling Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy.
• Nan Qiuqiu answered captain Gu Zhu Jian's polite greeting with a challenge, and the teams withdrew to prepare for the team battle.
• Huo Yuhao watched from the stands and recalled Douling's Class 7 soul cannon, but kept that information to himself.
• Shrek's team spread out and revealed Soul Spirits on their shoulders, while Douling arranged its unusual formation and grew wary of the Soul Spirits.

Xiao Xiao led Shrek’s team against the Douling Battle Team, whose defensive formation was torn apart by her Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear. After the opponents’ Invincible Shields failed and Xiao Xiao was left nearly drained of Soul Power, they surrendered, leaving Gongyang Mo eager to contract a Soul Spirit.

• The Douling Battle Team used Chi Hengyu’s shield, Qing Feng’s earthen wall, and Tang Niu Niu’s support to build a fortified formation.
• Xiao Xiao ordered Wang Dong to support from the air and the others to flank and pin down the opponents, then sent out her Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.
• The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear shattered the shield and earthen wall, overwhelmed the team’s defenses, and broke several Invincible Shields.
• Xiao Xiao urged the bear to attack again despite having exhausted her Soul Power, and the Douling Battle Team surrendered.
• Gongyang Mo praised Xiao Xiao’s victory and said he wanted to contract a Soul Spirit.

Gongyang Mo resolved to seek Soul Spirits, while Shrek Academy continued its winning run through the competition and demonstrated their power in individual matches. Huo Yuhao made a third trade with Tablet Immortal Fu Hua, acquiring an adapted version of Tai Xu Sword Qi.

• Gongyang Mo decided that he needed to contract two or three powerful Soul Spirits when he returned to the academy.
• Ma RuLong warned Xiao Hongchen about the strength of Shrek's Soul Spirits and urged him to mature and carry the empire's hopes.
• Huo Yuhao ignored Xu Jiujiu as they passed, then teased Wang Dong with a story about their intimate encounter the previous night.
• Xiao Xiao received Wang Yan's praise for her leadership, and Shrek advanced after Nan Qiuqiu defeated three opponents with the Hell Demon Dragon.
• Shrek crushed Zheng Tian Academy in the top-eight match, with Ye Wuqing defeated again.
• Huo Yuhao traded memories of Honkai with Tablet Immortal Fu Hua for Tai Xu Sword Qi and knowledge, and his system adapted the method for the Douluo World.

Huo Yuhao advanced his Tai Xu Sword Qi cultivation and watched the semifinal draw place Shrek Academy against the Star Luo Empire Royal Academy. As the team battle began, Dai Hao and Du Busi watched from the stands, while Dai Loli reflected on how his dream no longer matched his altered fate.

• Huo Yuhao used Enlightenment Boost to reach the Dustless realm of Heart Implication, began cultivating Form, Intent, and Soul Implication, and uploaded Tai Xu Sword Qi to the Dream God Realm.
• At the semifinals, the draw matched Shrek Academy against the Star Luo Empire Royal Academy, and Huo Yuhao spotted Dai Hao and Du Busi watching him.
• The referee sent both teams onto the arena, where Xu Jiujiu led the Royal Academy team and stared at Huo Yuhao with intense fighting spirit.
• Xu Jiawei asked Dai Hao about the match, then praised Dai Loli, who recalled that Dai Yueheng had been crippled and Dai Huabin had died, changing his family's fortunes.

Shrek defeated the Star Luo Empire Royal Academy after Wang Dong, Chen Zifeng, and Nan Qiuqiu overcame the opposing team’s numbers and Xu Jiujiu’s Star’s Guardian. After the victory, Huo Yuhao watched Dai Loli leave with Dai Hao and decided to meet his younger brother.

• Du Busi learned about Huo Yuhao and the two girls with hair Martial Souls and planned to take them to the Body Sect after the match.
• The Star Luo Empire team trapped Jiang Nannan in an Absolute Defense Barrier and used Star’s Guardian to split Shrek’s formation.
• Wang Dong, Chen Zifeng, and Nan Qiuqiu summoned their powerful Soul Spirits, whose light suppressed Star’s Guardian and turned the match around.
• Shrek defeated the Star Luo Empire Royal Academy, and Xu Jiujiu conceded the remaining Individual Arena Competition and Two-Two-Three Competition.
• Huo Yuhao watched Dai Loli leave with Dai Hao and decided it was time to meet his younger brother.

Huo Yuhao recruited Luo Ling and Dai Loli to his side against the White Tiger Duke, then returned to the Star Emperor Grand Hotel and encountered Du Busi and the Body Sect. The chapter ended with Du Busi collapsing after his spiritual attack failed against Huo Yuhao.

• Huo Yuhao revealed himself to Luo Ling and Dai Loli, confirmed that he had caused Dai Loli's Martial Soul evolution and dream, and asked which side they would choose if the White Tiger Duke's Mansion fell.
• Luo Ling agreed that Dai Loli would side with Huo Yuhao and testify that Dai Hao harbored thoughts of rebellion after the Soul Master Competition finals.
• Huo Yuhao made sure Luo Ling and Dai Loli could not inform Dai Hao, then used Teleportation to return to the Star Emperor Grand Hotel.
• Du Busi attacked Huo Yuhao with spiritual power, but the attack failed and left Du Busi dizzy and unable to stand.

Huo Yuhao turned Du Busi’s attempt to recruit him into a claim to the Body Sect’s leadership, prompting Du Busi to challenge him. As they flew beyond Star Luo City to fight, the Star Luo Empire’s Hall Master of the Worship Hall and Xu Jiawei took interest in the encounter.

• Du Busi invited Huo Yuhao to join the Body Sect after praising his spiritual power, and Huo Yuhao agreed while claiming the sect master position because he had defeated Du Busi.
• Du Busi challenged Huo Yuhao to fight outside, and both flew beyond Star Luo City as the city’s experts noticed their auras.
• Xu Jiawei watched the pair with the Hall Master of the Star Luo Empire's Worship Hall, who identified Huo Yuhao as a genuine monster with the potential to become a god.
• Xu Jiawei considered bringing Huo Yuhao and Jiujiu together, while Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui chose not to watch the fight.

Huo Yuhao tested his Tai Xu Sword Qi against Du Busi in a battle over the Body Sect’s leadership. He trapped Du Busi with an elemental formation and summoned Tai Xu Sword God, leaving the enormous sword poised above him.

• Du Busi transformed and promised Huo Yuhao the Body Sect master position if Huo Yuhao defeated him.
• Huo Yuhao tested his Tai Xu Sword Qi techniques against Du Busi, whose attacks he evaded while striking him with spiritual assaults.
• Huo Yuhao opened his third eye and gathered the nine elements, creating a powerful elemental tide that clashed with Du Busi’s dark-green vortex.
• Huo Yuhao secretly formed an elemental magic formation while Du Busi spoke, then bound him and dispersed his vortex.
• Huo Yuhao summoned Tai Xu Sword God, and Du Busi realized the enormous golden sword could kill him if it fell.

Huo Yuhao became the Body Sect Master and warned Du Busi to seek willing Soul Spirit contracts rather than threaten soul beasts. After spotting Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui in Star Luo City, he returned to the hotel and learned from Cai Meier that the Golden Ancient Tree had developed an anomaly, leaving the threat to the academy unresolved.

• Huo Yuhao persuaded Du Busi to make him Body Sect Master, then struck the White Tiger Duke's Mansion with a sword and claimed he had hit it by accident.
• Du Busi asked when the Body Sect could obtain Soul Spirits, and Huo Yuhao directed him to the Spirit Pagoda while forbidding harm to soul beasts.
• Huo Yuhao told Du Busi to announce his appointment and oversee the sect, then noticed a Rank 98 figure with angelic aura and identified Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui nearby.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the Star Emperor Grand Hotel, where Cai Meier told him Mu En had already left and the academy was investigating an anomaly with the Golden Ancient Tree.
• Huo Yuhao considered whether Tang San might be behind the Golden Ancient Tree anomaly, but set the concern aside as he reflected on the strength of his forces.

Ma Xiaotao suspected something had happened between Huo Yuhao and Cai Meier, but Huo Yuhao later reassured her as the two spent the night together. The story then turned to the crowded Star Luo City, where the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Master Competition finals were about to begin.

• Ma Xiaotao listened outside Cai Meier's room and heard Cai Meier and Huo Yuhao inside, while Cai Meier tried to seduce Huo Yuhao after learning Xiaotao was still outside.
• Ma Xiaotao left after Huo Yuhao used his spiritual power to mislead her investigation, then returned to her room and bathed.
• Huo Yuhao visited Ma Xiaotao that night, and she asked whether he would always like her before telling him she forgave him.
• Star Luo City filled with spectators and soldiers as the competition finals approached, while Xu Jiawei, Xu Jiujiu, Dai Hao, and Dai Loli gathered to watch.
• Dai Hao announced that the match was about to begin and called for His Majesty's address.

Xu Jiawei opened the tournament final while Huo Yuhao observed the Star Luo Empire’s preparations and Mu En left to find Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui. Meanwhile, Xu Jiawei’s forces began seizing military authority and Le Guangling moved to eliminate the Dai and Zhu clans, leaving the tournament underway as the empire’s purge intensified.

• Xu Jiawei declared the Continental Soul Master Academy Tournament final open, named Dai Hao referee, and announced the prize of three Soul Bones and one million Gold Soul Coins.
• Huo Yuhao noticed the Star Luo Empire’s hidden security arrangements, and Mu En arrived, said the Academy was troubled, then left to seek Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui.
• Star Luo Empire forces arrested officers and purged Dai Hao’s supporters across the Central Legion’s major legions to transfer military authority.
• Le Guangling confronted Xuanji Douluo outside the ruined White Tiger Duke’s Mansion and killed him after he refused to abandon Dai Hao.
• Le Guangling ordered the execution of Dai Clan and Zhu Clan members above five rings, the crippling and imprisonment of those below five rings, and the arrest of the Duchess and others on his list.

Ma Xiaotao fought the Sun Moon Empire team alone and won after striking down Dai Hao, who had stepped in to protect Ma RuLong. She stood as the sole competitor left onstage and asked the referee to declare her victory.

• Ma Xiaotao insisted on fighting alone, while the Sun Moon Empire team prepared to face her without Huo Yuhao competing.
• Ma Xiaotao revealed her seven Soul Rings and used her Ultimate Fire to pressure the Sun Moon Empire team and target Ma RuLong.
• Dai Hao stepped in to shield Ma RuLong, and Ma Xiaotao used Phoenix Cloud Piercing Strike to pierce his White Tiger Martial Soul Avatar and leave him badly burned.
• Ma Xiaotao summoned Flame Crying Luan and defeated the remaining Sun Moon Empire competitors while limiting their injuries.
• Ma Xiaotao stood alone on the arena and asked the referee whether she could declare victory.

Ma Xiaotao defeated and publicly humiliated Dai Hao, prompting the Sun Moon Imperial Royal Academy to concede and Shrek Academy to win the championship. Xu Jiawei then revealed Dai Hao’s alleged rebellion before the gathered citizens, leaving Dai Hao restrained and unable to defend himself.

• Ma Xiaotao mocked Dai Hao after defeating him, damaging his standing with the Star Luo citizens.
• Xu Jiawei arrived and framed Dai Hao’s injuries as the result of pushing himself too hard, while the Sun Moon Imperial Royal Academy conceded the match.
• Xu Jiawei declared Shrek Academy the champions and announced that the citizens would witness another matter.
• Heavenly Fiend Douluo restrained Dai Hao and sealed his Soul Power as Xu Jiawei questioned whether he had treated him unfairly.
• Dai Hao invoked his service and the Central Legion, but Xu Jiawei recounted the alliance between their clans and accused him of plotting a rebellion.

Xu Jiawei publicly accused Dai Hao of rebellion and presented evidence of the Dai Clan’s crimes, turning the crowd against him. Dai Hao realized Huo Yuhao had exposed the secrets that would destroy his reputation and clan, and blamed his son with bitter resentment.

• Dai Hao knelt before Xu Jiawei and denied plotting rebellion, claiming Shrek Academy had framed him.
• Xu Jiawei announced evidence linking the Dai Clan to tax abuses, private troops, military loyalists, and other crimes.
• Xu Jiawei’s people accused Dai Hao of staging attacks with bandits and killing innocents to fabricate military achievements, provoking public outrage.
• Xu Jiawei used the accusations to undermine Dai Hao’s prestige and warned that he had more allegations he was withholding.
• Dai Hao realized Huo Yuhao had supplied the evidence and regretted not killing him, while resenting him for destroying the Dai Clan.

Huo Yuhao dealt with the captured members of the Duke's Mansion and confronted the Duchess, Dai Huabin, and Dai Hao over the abuse and death of his mother. He left Dai Hao kneeling at Huo Yun'er's grave, forcing him to kowtow until he died.

• Xu Jiawei ordered Heavenly Fiend Douluo to cripple Dai Hao's cultivation, then handed him over to Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao interrogated more than ten thousand members of the Dai and Zhu clans, killed those who had committed evil or harbored hatred toward him, and handed the rest to the Star Luo Empire.
• Huo Yuhao entered the prison courtyard with Dai Hao and rejected the Duchess's pleas to spare Dai Huabin, promising to make them suffer before death.
• Huo Yuhao exposed Dai Hao's hidden malice and called him a hypocrite when he tried to express regret for failing Huo Yun'er.
• Huo Yuhao took Dai Hao to Huo Yun'er's grave and forced him to kowtow, declaring that he would die there and that his soul would be imprisoned forever.

Huo Yuhao completed his revenge against Dai Hao, the Duchess, and Dai Huabin before returning to Wang Dong and the others. After Wang Dong revealed that everyone had gathered to comfort him, Huo Yuhao asked her to take him to them.

• Huo Yuhao turned Dai Hao’s corpse into a kneeling statue and bound his soul inside it.
• Huo Yuhao sent Luo Ling and Dai Loli away with guidance to the Spirit Pagoda, then told the Duchess he would repay her for tormenting his mother.
• Huo Yuhao gave the Duchess and Dai Huabin pills that caused prolonged pain, inscribed tormenting formations on their souls, and imprisoned them in Electrolux's demi-plane.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the Star Emperor Grand Hotel, where Wang Dong told him the others had gathered to comfort him.
• Huo Yuhao pretended to feel empty after taking revenge and asked Wang Dong to take him to the group.