Chapter Summaries

Cheng Gang confronted Chen Ping, accused him of being a reincarnated Soul Beast, and threatened him after failing to prove it. Xuan Zi intervened, kicked Cheng Gang into the sky, and the resulting sonic boom shattered the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s meeting room windows again.

• Cheng Gang explained that he suspected every tournament contestant of being a reincarnated Soul Beast and accused Chen Ping because of the ice-attributed Soul Power in his room.
• Chen Ping showed Cheng Gang the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone Xu Jiawei had given him, and Cheng Gang examined him but could not confirm his suspicions.
• Chen Ping called Cheng Gang out for breaking into Shrek Academy’s dormitory, so Cheng Gang sealed the room and threatened him into silence.
• Xuan Zi appeared, restrained Cheng Gang, and kicked him skyward with enough force to cause a sonic boom.
• The boom shattered the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy meeting room windows again, and Xiao Hongchen blamed Shrek.

After Cheng Gang threatened Chen Ping in his room, Chen Ping gave the hotel manager a recording and demanded an explanation from the Star Luo Empire. The manager tried to contain the scandal while Xuan Zi returned with a battered Cheng Gang, who claimed he had beaten himself.

• Chen Ping told the female manager that Cheng Gang had trespassed into his room, threatened him, and that the Star Luo Empire needed to explain whether the attack was officially ordered.
• The female manager apologized, promised to report the incident to the palace, and arranged to move Chen Ping to another room.
• The female manager ordered staff to blame the hotel’s shaking on an accidentally detonated shell and offered academy students free stays, VIP cards, and meals.
• Xuan Zi returned with Cheng Gang after beating him outside the city, and Chen Ping mocked Cheng Gang for his earlier threats.
• Cheng Gang fearfully insisted that he had beaten himself, and Chen Ping wondered what Xuan Zi had done to him.

Xu Jiawei learned that Cheng Gang’s actions had angered Shrek and ordered costly concessions while arranging to retrieve and punish him. At the tournament, Shrek prepared to face Dou Ling Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy with Ma Xiao Tao and Dai Yueheng back in the lineup.

• Xu Jiawei received a report and recording from the Star Emperor Hotel, then grew furious over Cheng Gang’s conduct and Shrek’s demand for an explanation.
• Xu Jiawei ordered Jiujiu to take rare metals and copied Soul Tool blueprints from the imperial treasury as an offering to Shrek.
• Xu Jiawei sent Wang Hao to retrieve Cheng Gang and have him treated if Xuan Zi crippled him before crippling him again.
• Shrek’s team arrived at Star Luo Square for its Round of 16 match against Dou Ling Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy, which had five Soul Kings.
• Wang Yan warned the team to follow his tactics, while Ma Xiao Tao’s impatience eased after Chen Ping gave her a look.

Shrek Academy faced Douling Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy in the Round of Sixteen, with Chen Ping suspecting the opponents had prepared an unusual tactic. Douling opened the match with an elaborate defensive formation, leaving Shrek to confront a fortified wall of shields and earth.

• Xu Jiawei arrived at the Imperial City wall looking exhausted after dealing with Cheng Gang's matter, while Wang Yan led Shrek's lineup into the Waiting Area.
• Solitary Bamboo Sword introduced himself as Douling's captain, and Ma Xiao Tao and Dai Yueheng grew wary when the Douling players seemed unusually confident.
• Both teams formed up, with Solitary Bamboo Sword placed in the center behind Douling's Control System fighters and its Support System fighter.
• When the referee started the match, Ma Xiao Tao and Dai Yueheng released their Soul Rings, and Shrek's team revealed its Martial Souls.
• Chi Hengyu used Vajra Barrier to create a huge shield wall, while Douling's earth-based defenses raised spikes and walls across the stage.

Douling Academy assembled a Giant Thunder Cannon behind the Shield Wall while Chen Ping used a detector he had traded from Xiao Hongchen to expose their plan to Shrek. Xiao Hongchen explained that he had exchanged the rare detector for flawless steel that could greatly improve Soul Tools, leaving Ma Rulong considering whether Mingde Hall could reproduce it.

• Solitary Bamboo Sword led Douling Academy in assembling an enlarged Giant Thunder Cannon from components stored among the team members.
• The seven Douling Academy members charged the cannon with their Soul Power, believing it could overpower Shrek if fired.
• Chen Ping used Xiao Hongchen's Miniature Soul Power Fluctuation Detector to let Shrek see Douling Academy's preparations through the Shield Wall.
• Xiao Hongchen told Ma Rulong that he had traded the detector for a piece of flawless steel that could make Soul Tools about thirty percent stronger.
• Ma Rulong reasoned that Mingde Hall might learn to reproduce the steel or at least lose nothing if its refinement method proved impossible to decipher.

Shrek used Jiang Nannan to block Douling Academy’s fully charged Giant Thunder Cannon, causing it to detonate and endanger both teams. The referee rescued Douling’s two Soul Ancestors, leaving the five Soul Kings protected by Invincible Shields as the blast spread across the arena.

• Chen Ping told Jiang Nannan to use her Invincible Golden Body to block the Giant Thunder Cannon’s muzzle.
• Douling Academy removed its walls and Solitary Bamboo Sword ordered the cannon to fire as Chen Ping gave his own command.
• Jiang Nannan teleported in front of the muzzle, activated her Invincible Golden Body, and shoved her hand into it.
• The Giant Thunder Cannon detonated, sending a huge web of lightning and metal fragments across the arena.
• Douling Academy’s five Soul Kings raised their Invincible Shields, while its two Soul Ancestors had no shields available.
• The referee used his Martial Soul Avatar, River Catfish, to swallow and save the two Soul Ancestors from the blast.

Chen Ping devised a way for Xu Sanshi to swap Solitary Bamboo Sword out of his Invincible Shield, allowing Shrek to counter Douling Academy’s desperate attack. The chapter ended with Xu Sanshi disrupting the remaining Douling members and helping Jiang Nannan escape their encirclement.

• The Douling Team resolved to fight Shrek to the end despite the destruction of their Giant Thunder Cannon and the loss of their Invincible Shields.
• Chen Ping suggested a ruthless tactic, and Xu Sanshi used Netherworld Displacement to swap Solitary Bamboo Sword out of his Invincible Shield.
• Dai Yueheng and Ma Xiao Tao attacked the exposed Solitary Bamboo Sword, leaving the Douling captain overwhelmed.
• Xu Sanshi struck the gathered Douling members with Profound Nether Shock just as their Invincible Shields expired.
• Jiang Nannan used Light Lotus Steps to escape the disrupted Douling Team’s encirclement.

Shrek defeated Douling Academy with ease, then advanced past Righteous Heaven Academy into the top four. As the tournament reached the semifinals, Ma Xiao Tao and Bei Bei were ready to return, and Shrek prepared for the draw and its next battles.

• Xu Sanshi rescued Jiang Nannan and used Netherworld Displacement to send Dai Yueheng into Douling Academy’s formation.
• Dai Yueheng unleashed White Tiger Meteor Shower, overwhelming the exhausted Douling team and securing Shrek’s victory.
• Shrek advanced through the Individual Elimination Match against Douling Academy with Dai Yueheng as its only fighter.
• Chen Ping refused Ma Xiao Tao’s request to bring Huo Yuhao, telling her to wait until after the semifinals before fighting.
• Shrek defeated Righteous Heaven Academy and advanced into the top four as Ma Xiao Tao and Bei Bei became available to compete.
• The four semifinal teams entered one pool for a draw, and Shrek held a long Combat Meeting to prepare for the matches.

Chen Ping had a long conversation with Electrolux about repairing his Divine Sense, the Life Carving Knife, and Chen Ping’s origins as an Outer Realm Visitor. Electrolux hinted that he might reveal his own past and consider taking Chen Ping as his disciple next time.

• Chen Ping guided life force from the Life Carving Knife into his Sea of Consciousness until Electrolux told him to stop.
• Electrolux said he had recovered his identity but still needed to repair his memories, and he planned to focus on memories connected to Gold of Life.
• Chen Ping asked Electrolux about the Useless System, but Electrolux said he had sensed no one else in the Sea of Consciousness and had only watched for Cheng Gang’s arrival.
• Chen Ping told Electrolux that he had come from another world, and Electrolux explained that Chen Ping’s Counting Rods calculations had already revealed clues.
• Electrolux said he would tell Chen Ping about his past next time and might take him as a disciple if Chen Ping still considered him worthy.

Shrek Academy’s team reached the Top 4 of the tournament, and Xu Jiawei opened the semifinals by announcing that Protector Douluos would oversee the remaining matches. After learning that Huang Jinxu was the Heavenly Fiend Douluo, Chen Ping considered using his curse against Tang San.

• Shrek Academy’s team entered Star Luo Square as one of the four semifinalists, with Chen Ping, Wu Feng, and Ning Tian having each gained a rank during the tournament.
• Xu Jiawei arrived at Star Luo Square, praised the teams, and announced that he would preside over the Top 4 drawing of lots.
• Xu Jiawei named Huang Jinxu, the Heavenly Fiend Douluo, as the referee for the drawing and the first match.
• Chen Ping recalled Huang Jinxu’s curse and thought about making him acknowledge Tang San as his godson so the curse might reach Tang San in the God Realm.
• Chen Ping added the idea to his emergency plans for dealing with Tang San, while Huang Jinxu remained unaware of his thoughts.

The four captains drew lots to determine the semi-final pairings, while Ma Xiao Tao made clear that Shrek intended to defeat its opponents decisively. Xingluo Academy drew Shrek, and Wang Yan planned to rely on Ma Xiao Tao to crush them in the Team Battle before the Individual Elimination Match.

• Xu Jiujiu taunted Ma Xiao Tao and questioned why Chen Ping had not drawn lots for Shrek, while Ma Xiao Tao claimed Chen Ping was the team's strongest member.
• Xu Jiawei launched four golden balls, and Ma Xiao Tao used an explosive leap to seize one before it reached its peak.
• Ma Xiao Tao drew Number One, Dio Academy's captain drew Number Two, and Ma Rulong also drew Number Two, pairing Dio Academy against Sun Moon Academy and leaving Shrek to face Xingluo Academy.
• Xu Jiawei worried about facing the battle-hungry Ma Xiao Tao, while Wang Yan instructed her to fight without holding back and aim to settle the match in the Team Battle.

Wang Yan chose a lineup without Xu Sanshi or Jiang Nannan, anticipating Xingluo Academy’s countermeasures, and Shrek Academy began its team battle with a formation built around He Caitou’s Super Energy Cannon. The match was underway as Ma Xiao Tao and Dai Yueheng guarded He Caitou while he charged his weapon.

• Wang Yan named Ma Xiao Tao, Dai Yueheng, Yao Haoxuan, Bei Bei, He Caitou, Chen Ping, and Ning Tian for the match, leaving Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan out.
• Xu Jiujiu noticed the missing Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan, while Chen Ping provoked Xingluo Team by recalling his earlier tournament performance.
• The two teams entered the Competition Stage and adjusted their formations before Huang Jinxu announced the start.
• He Caitou took to the air and distributed Soul Power Amplification Cigars to the Shrek members, which Ma Xiao Tao lit.
• He Caitou began charging his Super Energy Cannon as Ma Xiao Tao and Dai Yueheng protected him from Xingluo Team.

During Shrek Academy’s match against Xingluo Academy, Ma Xiao Tao overwhelmed Huang Heyun until Xu Jiujiu trapped her inside an Absolute Defense soul tool. Chen Ping shattered the million-Gold-Soul-Coin barrier with his Crushing Fist, leaving the arena questioning whether he was Shrek’s strongest fighter.

• Xu Jiujiu used the Star Radiance Technique to strengthen and conceal Xingluo Academy’s team, while Ma Xiao Tao charged Huang Heyun with her Phoenix flames.
• A Xingluo Academy flame controller diverted Ma Xiao Tao’s Phoenix Fire Line, and a wind-attribute teammate disrupted Dai Yueheng’s attack.
• Ma Xiao Tao prepared a powerful Phoenix Sky Howl Strike, forcing Xu Jiujiu to use the Absolute Defense soul tool to trap her.
• Chen Ping struck the Absolute Defense with his Crushing Fist and shattered it, astonishing the crowd and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy team.

Chen Ping shattered Xu Jiujiu’s Absolute Defense with the Life Carving Knife of Gold, though Xu Jiawei kept the weapon’s role secret. Ma Xiao Tao resumed her attack, and Xingluo Academy used Star’s Protection and Starfall Technique to isolate and target Dai Yueheng.

• Chen Ping broke Xu Jiujiu’s Absolute Defense with a punch, using the Life Carving Knife of Gold to drain the Soul Tool’s vitality.
• Xu Jiawei recognized a fleeting Gold-Green Light in Chen Ping’s palm and instructed the observers not to reveal what he had seen to Xu Jiujiu.
• Chen Ping freed Ma Xiao Tao, who charged into Xingluo Academy’s formation and unleashed a Phoenix Fire Line.
• Xu Jiujiu used Star’s Protection to shield her side and separate Dai Yueheng from the battlefield, then struck him with Starfall Technique.
• Ning Tian purified Dai Yueheng’s restraints, but Xingluo Academy’s members closed in on him to concentrate their attacks.

Dai Yueheng broke free of Xingluo Academy’s combined Wind and Fire attack and charged at Xu Jiujiu, but Huang Heyun and three teammates used the Nine Revolutions Soul Transformation Device to stop him. Huang Heyun paid a heavy physical price for the counterattack.

• Yichen and Wang Shiying combined their Wind and Fire Soul Skills to trap Dai Yueheng, but he shattered the attack with his White Tiger Protective Barrier and a Holy Domain Wall Soul Tool.
• Dai Yueheng charged at Xu Jiujiu, using a Level 7 Defense Soul Tool, Star's Protection, and amplified White Tiger Destruction Kill.
• Huang Heyun and three Xingluo National Academy teammates fused their power through the Nine Revolutions Soul Transformation Device and knocked Dai Yueheng back.
• Huang Heyun suffered severe pain, spasms, and a trembling right arm after channeling enough power to repel Dai Yueheng.

He Caitou unleashed the Super Energy Cannon, breaking Xu Jiujiu’s Star’s Protection and opening the way for Shrek Academy to overwhelm Xingluo Academy. After Chen Ping threw Xu Jiujiu off the arena, Ma Xiao Tao and Dai Yueheng’s combined attacks ended the team battle in Shrek’s crushing victory.

• He Caitou poured his Soul Power into the Super Energy Cannon and fired a devastating shot that shattered Xu Jiujiu’s Star’s Protection before a Black Star swallowed the blast aimed at Huang Heyun.
• Ma Xiao Tao charged the Xingluo Academy fighters while Bei Bei circled behind her and attacked Xu Jiujiu.
• Chen Ping caught Xu Jiujiu and flung her off the Soul Arena.
• Dai Yueheng and Ma Xiao Tao unleashed White Tiger Meteor Shower and Phoenix Meteor Shower, devastating the arena and forcing Xingluo Academy to surrender.
• Heavenly Fiend Douluo rescued Bei Bei and the injured Xingluo Academy fighters, ending the match in Shrek Academy’s victory.

Shrek Academy defeated Xingluo National Academy in the semi-final team battle, leaving both teams badly depleted. Chen Ping reunited Huo Yuhao with Ma Xiao Tao, while Huo Yuhao delivered the Soul Tool blueprints he had copied around Star Luo City.

• Huang Jinxu announced Shrek Academy's victory, and the fighters from both academies were left with serious injuries and exhaustion.
• Chen Ping gave Ma Xiao Tao iced honeysuckle tea and explained that he had been testing whether she could learn to control her Evil Fire through stronger Spiritual Power.
• Huo Yuhao handed Chen Ping a stack of Miniature Soul Power Fluctuation Detector schematics, and Chen Ping sent him to help Ma Xiao Tao suppress her Evil Fire.
• Chen Ping concealed Huo Yuhao's blueprint-copying work from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and reflected that his presence was changing the established course of events.
• Chen Ping learned that Huo Yuhao had declined an official team slot and instead registered as Shrek's logistics physician, specializing in treating Ma Xiao Tao.

Chen Ping was confronted by Body Sect brothers Lang Ya and Yu Tao, who mistook him for a powerful Body Martial Soul prodigy and tried to recruit him. He rejected their claims and challenged them to explain how their sect could offer better training than Shrek.

• Lang Ya's Mental Suggestion backfired when he met Chen Ping's gaze, leaving him screaming with bloody tears.
• Chen Ping recognized Lang Ya and Yu Tao as Body Sect members and revealed that he knew they had attended the auction and questioned the auctioneer about box number two.
• Lang Ya and Yu Tao asked whether Chen Ping's Second Martial Soul was a Body Martial Soul, then celebrated the prospect of recruiting him as a Twin Martial Soul prodigy.
• Chen Ping denied having a Body Martial Soul or wanting to join the Body Sect, and Lang Ya argued that his strength and Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring proved otherwise.
• Chen Ping compared Shrek's resources and Limit Douluo to the Body Sect's finances and demanded to know how its sect master could guide him better.

Chen Ping rebuffed the Body Sect brothers’ attempt to recruit him, then stripped them of most of their valuables after Xuan Zi drove them off. With Shrek receiving compensation from Xu Jiawei and the tournament Grand Finals approaching, Chen Ping faced the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy despite doubting his chances.

• Lang Ya tried to recruit Chen Ping by touting the Body Sect’s secret techniques, and Chen Ping asked about the Vajra Undying Body.
• Yu Tao grabbed Chen Ping, but Chen Ping deflected his arm before Xuan Zi appeared and subdued both Body Sect brothers with his Rank Ninety-Eight power.
• Chen Ping looted the brothers’ Storage Rings, keeping their Soul Bone, money, Rare Metals, and other valuables while returning their clothes and Black Card.
• Xuan Zi told Chen Ping that Xu Jiawei had sent Shrek compensation, including Soul Tool blueprints, Rare Metals, medicinal herbs, and trade benefits, while the Xingluo National Academy forfeited its Individual Match.
• Chen Ping saw even odds for Shrek and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy at the Underground Black Market and resolved to fight in the Grand Finals despite his doubts.

Shrek and Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy arrived at Star Luo Square for the tournament finals, with Chen Ping leading Shrek’s team onto the stage. The match was about to begin, and Ma Rulong grew uneasy when he saw Chen Ping placed first.

• Ma Xiao Tao used the chilly, rainy weather and honeysuckle tea to slow the surge of her Evil Fire, while Wu Feng teased Chen Ping and Meng Hongchen retaliated by pinching Xiao Hongchen.
• Xu Jiawei welcomed the finalists, announced the prize of three Soul Bones and one million Gold Soul Coins, and named Huang Jinxu as referee.
• Xuan Zi appeared in Shrek’s rest area to support the team, and Wang Yan told the students to follow their plan and win.
• The Sun Moon team entered the stage with Ma Rulong, Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, Mika, Chen An, Chen Fei, and Lin Xi.
• Shrek sent Chen Ping onto the stage ahead of Ma Xiao Tao and Dai Yueheng, unsettling Ma Rulong.