Chapter Summaries

Shiyu and the rescuers assessed the survivors after Lang Ya’s mental attack, but several Shrek Academy members died despite desperate efforts to save them. The chapter ended with Xuan Zi grieving and swearing vengeance against Du Busi and the Body Sect.

• Shiyu found Yao Haoxuan, Gongyang Mo, and Ling Luochen dead, while He Caitou had survived with severe mental trauma beside a shattered Soul Tool.
• Imperial Shrine Guardians and Healing Soul Masters arrived, but they could not save Beibei, whose death Xuan Zi struggled to accept.
• After an hour of treatment, Chen Zifeng, Xixi, and Wang Yan died, bringing the confirmed death toll to seven.
• Xuan Zi roared that he would fight Du Busi and the Body Sect to the death.

After the Body Sect’s attack left Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire raging, Shiyu brought out a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower that might cure her. Xuan Zi worried that the plant’s intense Fire Attribute energy could make her condition worse.

• The Star Luo Empire’s rank-95 Healing Soul Master stabilized He Caitou and Dai Yueheng but could not control Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire.
• Shiyu and Huo Yuhao tried to suppress Ma Xiaotao’s flames, but both failed as her Evil Fire overwhelmed them.
• Xuan Zi grew desperate as Ma Xiaotao’s condition worsened and the group had no safe way to return to Shrek Academy.
• Shiyu retrieved his Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower from his Storage Soul Tool and brought it to Ma Xiaotao’s room.
• Shiyu offered the plant as a possible cure, and Xuan Zi asked whether its Fire Attribute energy might intensify Ma Xiaotao’s flames.

Shiyu used the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower to suppress Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, then helped her recover and thanked Huo Yuhao for saving him and Wang Dong. The next morning, Ma Xiaotao awakened with her Evil Fire cured, an evolved Ultimate Fire Martial Soul, and greatly increased Soul Power, while Shrek Academy faced losses ahead of the Soul Master Tournament.

• Shiyu fed Ma Xiaotao the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, and Elder Xuan helped her absorb its medicinal properties after it weakened her Evil Fire.
• Huo Yuhao thanked Shiyu for arriving with a Title Douluo and saving him and Wang Dong from the Body Sect’s Soul Douluo.
• Shiyu gave Zhang Lexuan several drops of his blood to help treat her injuries, then returned to his room to rest.
• Ma Xiaotao visited Shiyu the next morning and told him the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower had cured her Evil Fire, evolved her Martial Soul into an Ultimate Fire Martial Soul, and raised her Soul Power to Rank Sixty-Nine.
• Ma Xiaotao thanked Shiyu, promised to repay his kindness, and said Shrek Academy might rely on him in the upcoming Soul Master Tournament because of its severe casualties.

After the Body Sect attack killed most of Shrek Academy’s team, Xuan Zi urged the survivors to compete for the academy’s honor, with Shiyu now expected to lead them. The chapter leaves Shrek uncertain whether reinforcements can arrive before the registration deadline, while Sun Moon Royal Academy may oppose any special treatment.

• Ma Xiaotao worried that Shrek might face Sun Moon Royal Academy before the later rounds, and Shiyu said the matchups were impossible to predict.
• Shiyu stayed in his room to cultivate, then joined Xuan Zi and the others for a meeting at noon.
• Xuan Zi confirmed that Beibei, Chen Zifeng, Xixi, Ling Luochen, Gongyang Mo, Yao Haoxuan, and Wang Yan had died, and the survivors grieved for them.
• Xuan Zi urged the remaining students to compete in the tournament, named Shiyu as their leader, and heard them pledge to do their best.
• Shiyu asked whether the academy would send substitutes, but Xuan Zi and Zhang Lexuan explained that they might miss the registration deadline and that Sun Moon Empire academies could protest an extension.

Shiyu and Xuan Zi discussed Shrek Academy’s weakened tournament team and the danger posed by the Body Sect, then Xuan Zi asked Shiyu for blood to aid his recovery. Later, Xu Yuan escorted Shiyu to a banquet at Star Luo Hall arranged specifically by the emperor, leaving Shiyu unsure what awaited him.

• Xuan Zi explained that Shrek Academy could not easily replace injured competitors and warned the students to avoid the city because Body Sect assassins might be nearby.
• Xuan Zi told Shiyu that Ma Xiaotao needed at least half a month to recover, while Dai Yueheng and He Caitou might miss the rest of the tournament.
• After sending the others away, Xuan Zi asked Shiyu for a few drops of blood to help heal his injuries, but Shiyu refused, citing the tournament and the blood’s value.
• Shiyu ate with Jiang Nannan and the others, then returned to his room to cultivate.
• Xu Yuan invited Shiyu to dine with the Star Luo Emperor at Star Luo Hall and revealed that the banquet had been arranged mainly for him.
• Shiyu accepted Xu Yuan’s invitation and went with him to the banquet.

At a royal banquet celebrating Xu Jiujiu’s eighteenth birthday, the Star Luo Emperor introduced Shiyu and praised his daring escape into the imperial palace. The emperor then invited Shiyu to join the Star Luo Empire’s Imperial Worship Hall, leaving Shiyu to consider the offer.

• Xu Yuan escorted Shiyu to Star Luo Hall and seated him near the front at the emperor’s instruction.
• The Star Luo Emperor and empress arrived, and the emperor announced that the banquet celebrated his sister Xu Jiujiu’s eighteenth birthday.
• The Star Luo Emperor introduced Shiyu as the Shrek Academy genius who had broken into the imperial palace, drawing curious attention from the guests.
• The Star Luo Emperor told Shiyu he would not hold him accountable for the intrusion and asked him to join the Imperial Worship Hall.

At a banquet, the Star Luo Emperor tried to recruit Shiyu into the Imperial Worship Hall by offering generous resources and status. Shiyu declined official membership for now, but accepted Xu Jiujiu’s proposal to become an Honorary Worship without obligations.

• The Star Luo Emperor explained the Imperial Worship Hall’s benefits and offered Shiyu an exception to join despite being only a Soul Elder.
• Shiyu considered the offer but resisted joining because he wanted to remain free and might stay at Shrek Academy.
• The Star Luo Emperor urged Shiyu to reconsider, while Shiyu said he would prioritize Shrek Academy for now.
• Xu Jiujiu proposed that Shiyu become an Honorary Worship with no duties or restrictions, and the Star Luo Emperor approved.
• Shiyu accepted the honorary title, and the guests raised their cups to celebrate him as the Imperial Worship Hall’s honorary member.

Shiyu learned that a Ten-Thousand-Year Time-Space Butterfly lived in the Sky Cloud Mountain Range and arranged with the Star Luo Emperor to borrow the Soul Tool that could locate it. After the banquet, Xu Jiujiu gave him a permanent highest-level invitation to the Starlight Auction House, and Shiyu planned to review its upcoming auction list.

• Shiyu told the Star Luo Emperor and Xu Jiujiu that his Martial Soul was space and discussed the difficulty of finding suitable Space and Time Soul Rings.
• Xu Jiujiu revealed that a Ten-Thousand-Year Time-Space Butterfly had been spotted in the Sky Cloud Mountain Range and offered the empire's help locating it.
• Shiyu asked to borrow the Soul Tool that tracked the butterfly so an academy expert with a Time Attribute Martial Soul could handle it, and the Star Luo Emperor agreed.
• After the banquet, Shiyu guided his conversation with Xu Jiujiu toward the auction house, and she gave him a permanent highest-level Starlight Auction House invitation.
• Xu Jiujiu promised to send Shiyu a list of the coming month's auction items by noon the next day, while he considered the Spirit Devouring Carving Knife among the items he wanted.

Shiyu returned safely and told Jiang Nannan and Zhang Lexuan that he had accepted the Star Luo Empire’s honorary worshipper position while keeping his boundaries clear. At Shrek Academy, Mu En learned of the deaths caused by the Body Sect and ordered the academy to find its headquarters, while the Soul Master Academy Competition’s outcome became uncertain.

• Shiyu told Jiang Nannan and Zhang Lexuan that the Star Luo Empire had made him an Honorary Worshipper and that he would not take benefits without regard for his obligations.
• Xuan Zi urged Shiyu to remain at Shrek Academy, and Shiyu said the academy was his first choice while leaving his future open.
• Gale Douluo delivered news of Beibei, Chen Zifeng, and the others’ deaths to Shrek Academy, where Mu En and the others reacted with grief and anger.
• Mu En ordered Yan Shaozhe to retrieve the bodies and search for the Body Sect’s headquarters so he could confront Du Busi and the sect.
• Yan Shaozhe asked whether Shrek Academy should send more people to the Soul Master Academy Competition after the attack made its expected victory uncertain.

Mu En decided Shrek Academy should offer Shiyu a rare Space Attribute Soul Bone to keep him loyal, while worrying over Beibei and Tang Ya. Du Busi returned to the Body Sect badly injured and warned its members to hide the headquarters as rival academies in Star Luo City hoped to face Shrek’s weakened team.

• Mu En offered Shiyu a Hundred-Thousand-Year Space Attribute Soul Bone if he led the team to the championship, explaining that the academy needed to show its sincerity to keep him.
• Mu En sent Yan Shaozhe and the others away, then grieved over Beibei’s death and worried about Tang Ya.
• Du Busi returned to the Body Sect headquarters with severe injuries after fighting Xuan Zi, whom he said he had badly wounded.
• A Body Sect Healing Soul Master treated Du Busi, and Du Busi ordered the sect members to limit their outings and keep the headquarters hidden from Shrek Academy and its other enemies.
• Competing academies in Star Luo City learned that Shrek’s team had been attacked, and some hoped to face the weakened team and become the first to defeat Shrek.

Shiyu and Shrek Academy's depleted team arrived in Star Luo City for the Soul Master Academy Competition, drawing mockery and curiosity. Shrek Academy faced Tian Ling Academy in the opening match, and Shiyu told Huo Yuhao to save his simulated Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings for a later opponent.

• Shiyu, Jiang Nannan, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Xuan Zi arrived at the competition venue as onlookers questioned Shrek Academy's reduced team.
• Xiao Hongchen and other Sun Moon Royal Academy students expected Shrek Academy to lose face, while Ma Rulong said defeating them would still matter.
• The Star Luo Emperor opened the competition, and Shrek Academy was paired against Tian Ling Academy in the first Team Battle.
• The audience's cheers for Shrek Academy faded when only five students took the stage, and spectators debated why the team was so young and incomplete.
• Tian Ling Academy's students stepped onto the stage confidently, and Huo Yuhao asked Shiyu whether to use his simulation skill to frighten them.
• Shiyu told Huo Yuhao to save the simulated Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings for a stronger opponent, and Huo Yuhao agreed.

Shiyu led Shrek Academy’s five-person team against the seven members of Tian Ling Academy and quickly turned their apparent disadvantage into a one-sided fight. He left the remaining Defense System Soul Ancestor facing him alone, while Jiang Nannan, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao held off two opponents.

• The referee prepared both teams, and Tian Ling Academy’s members laughed at Shrek Academy’s seemingly weak five-person lineup.
• As Tian Ling Academy’s attackers charged, Shiyu used Teleportation to knock out its Support-Type and Control System Soul Masters.
• Jiang Nannan, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao used Huo Yuhao’s Mental Detection and Mental Sharing to hold off two Tian Ling Academy fighters.
• Shiyu evaded three opponents’ attacks with Teleportation and heavily injured the Agility Attack System Soul Ancestor and the Power Attack System Soul Ancestor with punches.
• Shiyu outmaneuvered the remaining Defense System Soul Ancestor, who attacked behind himself, and struck him from the front.

Shiyu led Shrek Academy to victory over Tian Ling Academy after defeating five opponents, stunning the spectators and drawing the attention of rival teams and the Star Luo Emperor. He and his teammates watched the remaining first-round matches, then learned that Shrek Academy had been placed in a group with two strong Sun Moon Empire academies.

• Shiyu defeated five Tian Ling Academy fighters, and Jiang Nannan and the others beat the remaining two to secure Shrek Academy's victory.
• The spectators applauded Shrek Academy, while rival teams focused on Shiyu's repeated Teleportation and Ma Rulong warned his companions to be careful of him.
• The Star Luo Emperor resolved to make Shiyu feel a stronger sense of belonging to the empire.
• Shiyu, Jiang Nannan, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao stayed with Xuan Zi to watch the rest of the first-round matches.
• After the first round eliminated half the teams, Shiyu examined Shrek Academy's group and learned that its two Sun Moon Empire academies were strong.

Shiyu and the Shrek Academy team learned they had drawn a difficult Death Group, then prepared for their first Group Stage match against Golden Sun Academy. The chapter ended with Shiyu outlining his tactics after the match was set as a Team Battle.

• Shiyu recognized Zheng Tian Academy, Dou Ling Royal Academy, and Di Ao Academy as formidable opponents in Shrek Academy's group.
• Ma Xiaotao, Jiang Nannan, and the others questioned the draw, while Xuan Zi admitted he could only gather information and leave the matches to them.
• Ma Xiaotao said she would try to recover in time for the final two matches against Dou Ling Royal Academy and Di Ao Academy, and Shiyu vowed to do his best to advance.
• On the fourth day of the competition, Shiyu drew the match format for Shrek Academy's opening Group Stage match against Golden Sun Academy.
• The draw selected a Team Battle, and Shiyu returned to the resting area to discuss his tactics with his teammates.

Shiyu and the Shrek Academy team faced Golden Sun Academy’s stronger-looking lineup, but Huo Yuhao revealed nine Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and Shiyu’s Eight Spider Lances swiftly decided the match. Shrek won, leaving the crowd stunned and cheering.

• Golden Sun Academy revealed three Soul Kings, four Soul Ancestors, and an array of Soul Tools, while the five Shrek students prepared to fight.
• Huo Yuhao released nine Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, shocking both academies and the spectators.
• Shiyu used Teleportation and his Eight Spider Lances to ambush and severely injure Golden Sun Academy’s three Soul Kings.
• Huo Yuhao, Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong, and Shiyu helped disable Golden Sun Academy’s remaining fighters.
• Golden Sun Academy’s last able fighter conceded, and the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner.

After Shiyu revealed his powerful abilities and External Soul Bones in battle, he bought the Spirit Devouring Carving Knife at auction. He planned to use his Eight Spider Lances to absorb and expel the knife’s tainted evil energy, though he was unsure whether it would work.

• Shiyu watched Di Ao Academy defeat all seven members of Zheng Tian Academy, then spent the next day cultivating.
• Shiyu went to the Starlight Auction House with Xuan Zi and Jiang Nannan to buy the Spirit Devouring Carving Knife.
• After confirming Huo Yuhao was absent, Shiyu bought the knife for one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Xuan Zi paid for it.
• Shiyu considered how to purify the knife’s evil resentment and decided to try absorbing it with his Eight Spider Lances while expelling it.

Shiyu purified the Spirit Devouring Carving Knife’s foul evil aura with Dragon God Blood, revealing its Gold of Life and raising his Soul Power to Rank 37. As he prepared to absorb the Gold of Life, Huo Yuhao arrived and asked to trade for the life energy it emitted.

• Shiyu absorbed the foul evil aura from the Spirit Devouring Carving Knife and discovered Dragon God Blood could purify it, leaving usable energy behind.
• Shiyu led Shrek Academy to its second Group Stage victory, winning his two-on-two match with Xiao Xiao before Jiang Nannan, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong won theirs.
• After two days of purification, Shiyu removed all the filthy evil aura, reached the early stage of Rank 37, and revealed the knife’s Gold of Life.
• Shiyu was about to absorb the Gold of Life when Huo Yuhao knocked and asked to exchange for the object emitting its pure life energy.

Huo Yuhao and Electrolux tried to negotiate with Shiyu for the Gold of Life, which Electrolux needed to sustain his remnant soul. Electrolux appeared before Shiyu and promised to bargain, but the chapter ended before he offered anything.

• Huo Yuhao offered Shiyu a future Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone in exchange for the Gold of Life, but Shiyu refused to accept a promise and demanded three Hundred-Thousand-Year Space Attribute Soul Bones immediately.
• Electrolux persuaded Huo Yuhao to let him appear, and Shiyu cautiously watched the Gray Energy form a Humanoid Shadow.
• Electrolux introduced himself as the Holy Necromancer and explained his origins to Shiyu.
• Electrolux said he would not take the Gold of Life by force and offered to do his best to satisfy Shiyu's request.
• Shiyu asked Electrolux what he could give him.

Shiyu negotiated with Electrolux over the Gold of Life and learned that he had a talent for Necromancy. He agreed to trade the Gold of Life for spells and chose to learn Bone Manipulation.

• Electrolux warned Shiyu that using the Gold of Life to strengthen his body could harm or kill him, but admitted he knew no alternative.
• Electrolux offered to teach Shiyu magic that could accelerate recovery, then transmitted the Life and Death Conversion Technique to him.
• Shiyu found the spell suited his talent and could work well with his Eight Spider Lances.
• Electrolux agreed to teach Shiyu three more necromantic spells in exchange for the Gold of Life.
• Shiyu asked to learn Bone Manipulation, and Electrolux sent him its complex information.

Shiyu learned Soul Ascension Magic from Electrolux to strengthen his Spiritual Power, then requested a method for converting an existing Minor Plane into his own Demiplane. Electrolux taught him the method, and Shiyu handed over the Gold of Life.

• Shiyu asked Electrolux for a spell to cultivate Spiritual Power, and Electrolux taught him Soul Ascension Magic.
• Shiyu chose to learn how to create or convert a Minor Plane, hoping he could eventually make Dragon Valley Space into an Undead Demiplane.
• Electrolux explained that creating a Minor Plane from nothing was beyond his ability, but agreed to teach Shiyu how to refine an existing Minor Plane into a Demiplane.
• Electrolux taught Shiyu the conversion method and then asked him for the Gold of Life.
• Shiyu took the Gold of Life from his Storage Soul Tool and presented it to Electrolux.