Chapter Summaries

Chen Ping and the Shrek reserve team stopped near Mingdu, where Huo Yuhao sold grilled fish to Heavenly Armor Sect members. A rude Soul Master backed down in terror after seeing their Shrek uniforms, leaving Chen Ping disappointed that he had missed a chance to show off his 100,000-Year Soul Ring.

• Chen Ping and the others landed outside Mingdu's air-defense range and set up camp, where Huo Yuhao grilled fish and sold a hundred to Heavenly Armor Sect members.
• Chen Ping teased Huo Yuhao for charging a Gold Soul Coin per fish, and Huo Yuhao reminded him that he had taught Nana to fleece people.
• A group of Soul Masters arrived on Flying Soul Guidance Devices, and Feng Ling demanded that Chen Ping restart the fire and cook for him.
• Feng Ling recognized the Shrek emblem on Chen Ping and the reserve team's uniforms and panicked; two middle-aged men beat him and dragged him away.
• Chen Ping told Huo Yuhao he regretted missing a chance to provoke someone into letting him display his 100,000-Year Soul Ring, and Ning Tian and Wu Feng rolled their eyes.

The Shrek group arrived in Mingdu to register for the All Continent Advanced Soul Master Elite Competition and met Xu Jiujiu at the hotel. She told Chen Ping that the new Soul Guidance Cannons had reached a range of sixteen kilometers, then admitted her soldiers were struggling to use his trajectory calculations.

• The Shrek group traveled to Mingdu and marveled at the city’s size, orderly streets, and towering buildings.
• Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan led the group to the Mingyue Hotel, where they were welcomed and seated in the lobby.
• Chen Ping noticed a familiar group approaching and greeted Xu Jiujiu, who sat down across from him.
• Xu Jiujiu told Chen Ping that the new Soul Guidance Cannons had reached a maximum range of sixteen kilometers in tests at Yu Ming City.
• Chen Ping advised Xu Jiujiu to train her soldiers to use firing tables and mils, but she said they could not learn the method.

Chen Ping advised Xu Jiujiu on improving Star Luo’s military fire-control training, prompting her to offer him powerful positions and even imperial kinship if he joined the empire. He declined to respond to the offer, while Xu Jiujiu realized Ning Tian and Wu Feng were already close to him, then learned that Bei Bei and the others were competing for the Tang Sect.

• Chen Ping told Xu Jiujiu to train Soul Engineers in mental arithmetic and use Counting Rod scores to improve military recruitment and artillery accuracy.
• Xu Jiujiu offered Chen Ping a position as a general or prime minister, equivalent terms to Shrek’s prospective Elder offer, and even the possibility of imperial kinship.
• Wu Feng fed Chen Ping grapes while Ning Tian held his arm, and Xu Jiujiu recognized that the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School had already drawn close to him through the two women.
• Xu Jiujiu asked why Bei Bei and the Dark Tortoise Soul Master were absent, and Chen Ping explained that they were competing for the Tang Sect while he led another team.
• Xu Jiujiu asked Chen Ping to let Star Luo lose with dignity if they met in the tournament, then requested a bigger discount on future purchases instead of a favor.

Chen Ping and his Shrek Academy team received a royal token from Xu Jiujiu, completed tournament registration, and encountered Zhang Peng at the Mingyue Hotel. They checked into an extravagant Sky Villa, where the chapter ended with Chen Ping taking in its luxurious facilities.

• Xu Jiujiu gave Chen Ping a Star Luo Empire royal token and offered to help the group in the future.
• Chen Ping and his teammates completed registration, appearance recordings, and age and fitness tests at the Mingyue Hotel.
• Chen Ping saw Scorpion Tiger Douluo Zhang Peng, who felt uneasy remembering Chen Ping's supposed strength against Long Xiaoyao.
• The Shrek team followed an attendant to its Sky Villa and discovered its lavish rooms, aerial garden, and rooftop swimming pool.

Chen Ping and the Shrek and Tang Sect teams reviewed the Sun Moon Empire’s revised tournament rules, which favored aerial combat and Soul Tools, though Shrek was well equipped to benefit. The rules remained in place despite protests, and the tournament’s draw ended with He Caitou’s team missing out on a bye.

• The Shrek and Tang Sect members gathered at Sky Villa No. 1 to discuss the tournament’s changed rules.
• Chen Ping noted that the lack of an altitude limit favored Soul Engineers, but Shrek’s flying equipment gave the team an advantage.
• The teams learned that Individual Elimination Match points would depend on how many members remained, while accumulated points could determine advancement.
• Academies and Sects from the Three Douluo Empires protested the new rules, but the Sun Moon Empire ignored their objections and kept the tournament on schedule.
• The teams drew lots the day before the tournament, and He Caitou failed to draw a bye.

Chen Ping and the Shrek group arrived at the competition grounds, where he studied the Sun Moon Empire’s broadcast technology and mocked Xu Tianran’s arrival. Xu Tianran took his place on the platform as Chen Ping decided that killing him would only strengthen the empire’s drive for war.

• More than twenty thousand soldiers escorted the teams to the competition grounds, where a light curtain prevented competitors from winning by knocking opponents off the stage.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection to memorize the Soul Guidance Screens’ signal technology after Chen Ping recognized its value for improving their High-Altitude Detection Soul Guidance Device.
• The Royal Soul Engineer Legion secured the grandstand, and Ju Zi pushed Xu Tianran there in a dragon carriage.
• Chen Ping loudly questioned when Xu Tianran had ascended the throne, prompting Xu Tianran to recognize and resent him.
• Chen Ping considered killing Xu Tianran with Rank 9 Fixed Cannonballs but rejected the idea because the resulting destruction would rally the Sun Moon Empire behind war.
• Xu Tianran and the officials took the platform amid public cheers.

Ju Zi opened the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, and Chen Ping discovered that Zhong Li Wu had arrived instead of Long Xiaoyao. When Shrek drew the Dragon Slaying Sect in the first match, Chen Ping chose to represent Shrek alone, leaving the crowd and rival teams eager to see how much he had grown.

• Ju Zi welcomed the crowd on Xu Tianran’s behalf and declared the tournament open after Zhong Li Wu silenced the venue with his overwhelming pressure.
• Chen Ping recognized Zhong Li Wu as the Holy Spirit Cult leader and wondered why Long Xiaoyao had not attended.
• The referee announced Shrek Academy’s first-round match against the Dragon Slaying Sect, whose seven confident competitors entered the Waiting Area.
• Chen Ping refused to send a full team and volunteered to fight as Shrek’s sole competitor.
• The crowd reacted to Chen Ping’s decision, while rival teams and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy watched him closely, remembering his victory over them five years earlier.

Chen Ping faced a Bronze Bull Soul King from Dragon Slaying Sect in the opening match of the All-Continent Youth Soul Master Tournament. After effortlessly stopping the opponent’s strongest punch, Chen Ping prepared to demonstrate his true strength.

• The referee explained the individual elimination rules, and Chen Ping and the Dragon Slaying Sect youth took their places.
• The Dragon Slaying Sect youth charged with his five Soul Rings active and unleashed his Bronze Bull Martial Soul’s Raging Bull Strength.
• Chen Ping caught the youth’s full-force punch with one hand and absorbed its power, leaving his opponent immobilized.
• Chen Ping reflected that his physical strength had grown far beyond what he showed in the previous tournament.
• Chen Ping raised his fists as visible ripples spread from his body and five Soul Rings appeared beneath his feet.

Chen Ping revealed his Orange-Gold Fourth Soul Ring and 100,000-Year Fifth Soul Ring, then unleashed a devastating charged Earth Demon Cleave in the Soul Arena. He stopped before sealing the fissure and killing the Dragon Slaying Sect disciple, leaving the spectators and rival teams stunned by the skill’s power.

• Chen Ping displayed his five Soul Rings, including an Orange-Gold Fourth Soul Ring and a 100,000-Year Fifth Soul Ring, shocking the spectators.
• Xu Tianran recognized the Fifth Soul Ring as genuine and said Chen Ping could not be allowed to live, while Jing Hongchen and Zhong Li Wu agreed.
• Chen Ping charged Earth Demon Cleave through his fists and smashed the Soul Arena, opening a fissure that dragged the Dragon Slaying Sect disciple inside.
• Chen Ping began to close the fissure but stopped when he realized the disciple might die, leaving the arena and spectators in disarray.
• The participating teams, Shrek’s members, and Xuan Zi were stunned by the skill’s ability to bury multiple opponents at once.

Chen Ping used his 100,000-Year Soul Skill to tear open the Soul Arena and defeat the Dragon Slaying Sect’s first fighter, frightening the other teams with his strength. After the sect conceded rather than face his One Versus Seven sweep, Jing Hongchen was left dissatisfied that the match had revealed only one of Chen Ping’s abilities.

• Chen Ping used Earth Demon Cleave to rip open the metal Soul Arena, and the referee rescued the Dragon Slaying Sect disciples before awarding Chen Ping a point.
• Xiao Hongchen considered Chen Ping’s destructive power, while Princess Vina and the burly Soul Master called Brother Long discussed his strength and his ability to withstand a 100,000-Year Soul Ring.
• Chen Ping used his Soul Ring Power to press the cracked arena back together, leaving the Dragon Slaying Sect members frightened by how easily he could have crushed them.
• The Dragon Slaying Sect’s captain accepted his teammates’ desire to withdraw and conceded the match to Shrek.
• Jing Hongchen regretted that the Dragon Slaying Sect had quit after Chen Ping revealed only one of his 100,000-Year Soul Skills.

Chen Ping dominated the tournament’s opening match with a single Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skill, leaving the other teams shaken and the Tang Sect worried about facing him. After watching the day’s bouts, he publicly accused the Holy Spirit Sect of brutalizing opponents and answered their death threat with open contempt.

• Chen Ping returned to Shrek’s resting area after winning all twelve points alone, while Bei Bei and the Tang Sect realized he likely had another powerful Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skill.
• Shrek’s team watched the tournament’s other matches, and Chen Ping focused on the Holy Spirit Sect after it left one opponent dead and another injured.
• Chen Ping put up a sign accusing the Holy Spirit Sect of deliberately maiming and killing opponents, prompting the sect to restrain its violence during its Team Battle.
• The Holy Spirit Sect members made throat-slitting gestures at Chen Ping, who dismissed them with a contemptuous swatting motion.
• The day’s matches ended with twenty-six bouts completed, and no other competitor achieved a One Versus Seven victory.

After the matches, Zhang Lexuan warned Chen Ping that the Body Sect had entered the tournament and that its leaders were secretly in Mingdu. Chen Ping revealed his plan to visit an underground black market for rare metals and demonstrated a disguise to reassure her, though his new persona left her baffled.

• Zhang Lexuan told Chen Ping that the Body Sect was competing and that some of its leaders had infiltrated Mingdu.
• Chen Ping said he recognized the Body Sect members by their vitality and Natural Body Refining, then joked that they could not afford many medicinal supplements.
• Chen Ping explained that he planned to take Huo Yuhao to an underground black market to buy rare metals such as Forged Soul Silver.
• Zhang Lexuan worried that Chen Ping and Huo Yuhao would be targets at the black market, so Chen Ping transformed into an unfamiliar young man.
• Chen Ping introduced his disguise as Soul Tool trainee Cai Xukun and demonstrated a rhythmic shoulder twitch, leaving Zhang Lexuan perplexed.

Chen Ping explained why Huo Yuhao was suited to join the Black Market matches, then watched Shrek Academy begin the Elimination Tournament’s second round. He Caitou entered alone against Heavenly Armor Sect, while the rest of the team stayed behind to prepare for later matches.

• Zhang Lexuan understood that Chen Ping had chosen Huo Yuhao because both Huo Yuhao and Chen Ping could disguise themselves, and Chen Ping saw the Black Market as a chance to obtain a Ranked Engraving Knife for him.
• Shrek Academy drew loud cheers at the tournament despite boos from Sun Moon Empire citizens, and Chen Ping collected the faint Faith Power stirred up by the crowd.
• The tournament announced Shrek Academy’s second-round match against Heavenly Armor Sect, which Chen Ping recalled had once lost Gold Soul Coins to Huo Yuhao.
• He Caitou took the field alone for Shrek, while Chen Ping and Huo Yuhao remained in the rest area so they could disappear during later matches.
• He Caitou checked his Soul Tools and reassured Xiao Xiao, who worried that he might lose; the other students knew he had held back during their academy mock battles.

He Caitou unveiled his ultimate Soul Guidance War Fortress against Han Yu, transforming it into a flying Sky Fortress that stunned the spectators. The chapter left Xu Tianran and Jing Hongchen recognizing that Shrek’s aerial fortress exposed a serious flaw in the tournament rules they had changed.

• He Caitou introduced himself as a Level Sixty-Five Food System Battle Soul Emperor, leaving Han Yu confused.
• He Caitou assembled his War Cannon Platform Form, mounting 128 Soul Guidance cannons and two Level Seven Super Energy Cannons around himself.
• Xiao Hongchen dismissed He Caitou’s fortress and privately boasted about his own strength and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s prospects.
• At the referee’s signal, He Caitou’s fortress ignited its thrusters and rose high above the arena as a Sky Fortress.
• Xu Tianran and Jing Hongchen watched the fortress fly and realized their revised rules could not prevent Shrek from gaining an overwhelming aerial advantage.

He Caitou used Shrek Academy’s flying fortress to fire a Level 7 Super Energy Cannon at Han Yu, securing Shrek’s victory in the first Individual Elimination Match. Xu Tianran then confronted Jing Hongchen over He Caitou’s exchange-student background.

• He Caitou flew the Soul Guidance Fortress high above the arena while charging its Super Energy Cannon, leaving Han Yu unable to reach him.
• He Caitou fired the cannon before it reached full power, and Han Yu tried to defend himself with his Heavenly Armor Shield.
• The referee protected Han Yu with his Martial Soul Avatar and Soul Guidance Shield, but the blast scorched him and nearly overwhelmed his defense.
• The referee declared Shrek Academy the winner, and Han Yu hurried off the arena.
• Xu Tianran questioned Jing Hongchen about He Caitou’s time as an exchange student at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, while Jing Hongchen silently knew he had not taught He Caitou how to build the fortress.

He Caitou used the Soul Guidance Sky Fortress to overwhelm Shrek Academy’s opponents and showcase a weapon that alarmed the Sun Moon Empire’s leaders. After the Heavenly Armor Sect conceded, Shrek became the first team to advance to the third round of eliminations.

• He Caitou unleashed the Sky Fortress’s firepower in the Soul Arena, while Chen Ping intended its public display to advertise Shrek’s technology and deter Xu Tianran.
• Xu Tianran reacted angrily to Shrek’s advanced fortress, and Jing Hongchen promised to accelerate Mingde Hall’s research into a similar device.
• Xiao Xiao watched He Caitou’s display with excitement and imagined combining his fortress with her own abilities.
• He Caitou continued winning without difficulty, and Han Zhanhu conceded the Individual Elimination Match for the Heavenly Armor Sect.
• The judges awarded Shrek Academy seven points for the Individual Elimination Match and five for the Team Battle, making it the first team to advance to the third round.

Chen Ping and Ning Tian profited from Rare Metal speculation, then Chen Ping took disguised Huo Yuhao to enter the Black Market’s underground Soul Engineer Tournament. As the Qualifying Round began, Chen Ping planned to use the event to win a Ranked Engraving Knife and pursue Ye Yulin’s Clarity Necklace.

• Chen Ping and Ning Tian sold their Rare Metals for a large profit, giving Chen Ping money to bet on the Wandering Dragon.
• Chen Ping brought disguised Huo Yuhao to the Black Market tournament, where entrants had three days to make a Rank 3 Soul Guidance Device to qualify.
• Chen Ping recalled that Ye Yulin was the Rank Nine Soul Engineer serving as chief referee and coveted his Clarity Necklace for its spiritual defense.
• Chen Ping promised Huo Yuhao that he would win him a Ranked Engraving Knife, and Huo Yuhao trusted him.
• Chen Ping and Huo Yuhao traveled through Mingdu at night toward the tournament venue, in a city whose underground world was controlled by three major forces.

Chen Ping and Huo Yuhao entered the Xishui Alliance Preliminary Round at Qingse Hotel under assumed names and presented their Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy badges. Chen Ping began placing a large bet, leaving Chen An to arrange it as the competition continued.

• Chen Ping and Huo Yuhao arrived at Qingse Hotel and persuaded its guards to let them enter by claiming they had come to compete.
• Chen An welcomed the pair and asked their names, and Chen Ping introduced himself as Cai Xukun and Huo Yuhao as Xie Guangkun.
• Chen Ping and Huo Yuhao showed their Octagonal Star Badges, and Chen An recognized them as exclusive badges of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Chen Ping said their Soul Engineer ranks were confidential and asked to place a bet, then handed Chen An a Black Card.
• Chen Ping told Chen An to double the bet and offered him ten percent of any winnings, saying they would keep betting if they lost.

Chen Ping wagered Five Hundred Thousand Gold Soul Coins on the number of qualifiers and promised Chen An a ten-percent share if he won. During the preliminary round, Chen Ping crafted a Rank 3 Storage Soul Guidance Device from Gap Mithril, leaving the referee astonished.

• Chen Ping offered Chen An a ten-percent cut of the winnings, and Chen An eagerly placed the wager and escorted Chen Ping and his companion to the competition table.
• Chen Ping waited motionless with a piece of Gap Mithril between his palms while Huo Yuhao quickly submitted his work.
• Chen Ping placed the seemingly unchanged ingot on the table and declared that he was done.
• The referee picked up the ingot, and metal flakes fell away to reveal a chick plushie shaped from the Gap Mithril.
• The referee tested the plushie, confirmed it was a Rank 3 Storage Soul Guidance Device, and recognized Chen Ping's outstanding skill.

Chen Ping and Huo Yuhao qualified for the soul engineer tournament after Chen Ping swiftly created a Storage Soul Guidance Device, then collected their winnings from Chen An. Chen Ping warned Chen An not to investigate their origins and left him with the money to continue betting.

• Chen Ping used his Spiritual Power and Soul Power to make a Level Three Storage Soul Guidance Device, stunning the other competitors.
• The yellow-robed elder awarded Chen Ping and Huo Yuhao the top two qualifying ranks and told them the elimination rounds would begin the next day.
• Chen An revealed that his bet had multiplied Chen Ping's five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins tenfold, giving him five million Gold Soul Coins.
• Chen Ping used a deathly power to frighten Chen An and warned him not to pry into their origins.
• Chen Ping told Chen An to keep the money for future bets, then offered him the choice of taking it and leaving.