Chapter Summaries

Master returned from meeting Bibi Dong, who had sent assassins after Xiao Xian, while Liu Er Long questioned whether Xiao Xian’s spider legs were really an External Soul Bone. At the Spirit City finals, Shrek received a bye after Blazing Academy withdrew, then saw Blazing Academy students join Godwind Academy as Huo Wu fixed her fighting spirit on Xiao Xian.

• Master told Liu Er Long that Bibi Dong had tried to have Xiao Xian assassinated and that he had inferred part of the method for cultivating Twin Martial Souls.
• Liu Er Long questioned whether Xiao Xian’s spider legs were an External Soul Bone, leaving Master uncertain about whether Xiao Xian had Twin Martial Souls.
• At the finals, Flender reported that Shrek’s first opponent was Blazing Academy, which had forfeited, allowing Shrek to advance directly to the third round.
• Shrek watched the opening matches, and Xiao Xian noticed that many of the people who had tried to kill him had been Soul Elders.
• When Godwind Academy faced Dragon Kui Academy, four Blazing Academy students appeared on its team, and Master and Liu Er Long became suspicious of the roster change.
• Huo Wu and her teammates revealed seven Soul Ancestors, and Huo Wu stared at Xiao Xian with intense fighting spirit.

As Spirit Hall tightened its influence over the tournament, Shrek drew Star Luo Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy for its first final match. Xiao Xian put Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing in the lineup and urged them to face their Star Luo rivals, leaving Dai Mubai stunned when he recognized the opposing team’s lead contestant.

• Spirit Hall approved Godwind Academy’s lineup change despite protests, and Huo Wushuang and Feng Xiaotian easily won their match.
• The third-round draw paired Shrek with Star Luo Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy while Godwind received a bye and Spirit Hall drew Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Xiao Xian insisted Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing compete, explaining that Star Luo Academy contained their enemies and promising to support them.
• Xiao Xian told Dai Mubai to let out his martial-soul roar during the match, while the Shrek team agreed to follow his plan.
• Dai Mubai and the Shrek team stepped onto the arena and recognized the Star Luo team’s golden-haired leader as someone who closely resembled Dai Mubai.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing confronted their elder siblings, Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun, as Shrek faced Star Luo in an elimination match for a place in the top six. The match began with both teams revealing their strength, and Zhu Zhuqing surprised Zhu Zhuyun by matching her speed and attacks in midair while Dai Mubai charged at Dai Weisi.

• Dai Weisi taunted Dai Mubai, while Zhu Zhuyun urged Zhu Zhuqing to return home and Zhu Zhuqing rejected her, saying she would have died if she had stayed.
• The Shrek team learned how much the match mattered to Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, and the referee announced that the loser would be eliminated while the winner advanced to the top six.
• Dai Weisi ordered Star Luo to reveal their Martial Souls and Soul Rings; his and Zhu Zhuyun's strength, along with four Soul Ancestors among their teammates, made the team formidable.
• Shrek revealed its own Soul Rings, and Dai Weisi responded with killing intent when he saw how much Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing had progressed.
• After the match began, Tang San and Oscar gave Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing powerful food-based boosts while Xiao Xian remained still and unrevealed.
• Dai Weisi attacked Dai Mubai as Zhu Zhuyun raced toward Zhu Zhuqing, but Zhu Zhuqing met her in midair and matched her strikes; Dai Mubai charged into Dai Weisi's attack.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing gained the upper hand against Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun, while Xiao Xian revealed Xiao Jue and used its Dragon Might to halt the Star Luo team. As Xiao Jue knocked the other Star Luo members out of the arena, Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun fused into the Hell White Tiger and attacked Dai Mubai.

• Dai Mubai overpowered Dai Weisi with a powerful tiger palm and White Tiger Fierce Light Wave, while Zhu Zhuqing kept Zhu Zhuyun occupied.
• Xiao Xian released Sunlight Spores that disrupted the Star Luo fighters as four of them charged to help Dai Weisi.
• Xiao Xian summoned Xiao Jue, a Purple Gold Giant Dragon with five spirit rings, whose Dragon Might stopped the charging fighters and shocked the spectators.
• Zhu Zhuqing struck Zhu Zhuyun with Netherworld Hundred Claws and wounded her, while Dai Mubai pressed his advantage against Dai Weisi.
• Xiao Xian ordered Xiao Jue to deal with the remaining Star Luo fighters, and Xiao Jue sent all five flying out of the arena.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun merged into the Hell White Tiger, which raised its paw to strike Dai Mubai.

Dai Mubai broke Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun’s Hell White Tiger with a roar, allowing Shrek Academy to eliminate Star Luo Empire’s seeded team without injury. As Heaven Dou Royal Academy faced the Spirit Hall Team, Hu Liena charmed Shrek’s spectators and drew Xiao Xian’s attention.

• Dai Mubai used a roar, following Xiao Xian’s advice, to disrupt the Hell White Tiger and break Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing knocked Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun out of the arena, securing Shrek Academy’s victory.
• Yu Tianheng congratulated Xiao Xian, invited him to visit the family, and promised Heaven Dou Royal Academy would try to expose the Spirit Hall Team’s strength.
• Master identified Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena as powerful Spirit Kings and warned Xiao Xian to beware of Hu Liena’s charm.
• Hu Liena charmed Dai Mubai, Oscar, and the others while looking toward Xiao Xian, whose expression turned cold.

The Spirit Hall Team defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Xie Yue and Hu Liena’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Bewitching Charm, though Yu Tianheng surprised them with a strange attack. After the third round, the top six were set, and Master anticipated Shrek’s next matchup as Xiao Xian received a nighttime visitor.

• Liu Er Long awakened Master, while Xiao Xian and Tang San helped Shrek’s students resist Hu Liena’s bewitching influence.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena fused into Bewitching Charm, which weakened everyone in its range and overwhelmed the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team.
• Dugu Yan was blasted from the arena, and Yu Tianheng struck Bewitching Charm with a powerful lightning attack before Xie Yue knocked him down and secured Spirit Hall’s victory.
• Xie Yue confronted Shrek with a provocation, while Xiao Xian watched Hu Liena and Xie Yue stepped in front of her.
• The third round established the top six, and Master predicted Shrek would avoid Spirit Hall in the fourth round.
• Xiao Xian cultivated in his room that night until someone knocked, and he opened the door with Palm Wind.

Dai Mubai thanked Xiao Xian and invited him to bring Shrek Academy to the Star Luo Empire, but Xiao Xian declined for now. After Shrek and the other leading teams advanced through the fourth round, the final day began before Pope's Palace, where Bibi Dong appeared alongside three Titled Douluo.

• Dai Mubai thanked Xiao Xian for helping him defeat Dai Weisi and urged him to seek protection in the Star Luo Empire with Shrek Academy.
• Xiao Xian declined to relocate for now but promised to help Dai Mubai if he encountered trouble after returning to Star Luo.
• Zhu Zhuqing visited Xiao Xian, and Liu Er Long glared at him from the next room after he saw Zhu Zhuqing off.
• Shrek, the Spirit Hall Team, and Godwind Academy each won the fourth round without losing combat strength, and Xiao Xian used Xiao Jue to sweep away their opponents.
• On the final day, Bibi Dong emerged from Pope's Palace as Spirit Hall members bowed, accompanied by Sword Douluo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo.

At the finals ceremony, Bibi Dong recognized Xiao Xian as Master’s disciple, revealed three spirit bones as the prize, and announced the individual elimination round. Xiao Xian received a bye as Huo Wushuang faced Spirit Hall’s contestant, who immediately forfeited, leaving Shrek suspecting a relay strategy against Xiao Xian.

• The Shrek Seven Devils refused to kneel before Bibi Dong, and Xiao Xian released a faint Dragon Might when she fixed her gaze on him.
• Bibi Dong praised Xiao Xian’s rise from Half-level Innate Soul Power to a fifteen-year-old Soul King and revealed three spirit bones as the championship reward.
• Bibi Dong announced that the individual elimination round would send its winner directly to the championship battle, while the losers would compete for the other slot.
• Xiao Xian discussed the Golden Sacred Dragon’s Ice Fire Sunlight Spores with Yu Tianheng, who believed they had also struck Xie Yue and Hu Liena.
• The lots gave Xiao Xian a bye while Huo Wushuang was matched against Spirit Hall’s contestant, who bowed to Bibi Dong and forfeited.

Xiao Xian faced Huo Wushuang after Godwind Academy forfeited its opening match, then defeated him almost instantly without visibly using his Martial Soul. The Spirit Hall and Godwind teams grew wary, and the Spirit Hall contestant forfeited his match as well, leaving Xiao Xian to face another Godwind opponent.

• Godwind Academy forfeited its first match, giving Huo Wushuang the win and sending him to face Xiao Xian.
• Xiao Xian calmly let Huo Wushuang attack, extinguished his flames with his hand, redirected his charge, and knocked him unconscious with a strike to the back of his neck.
• The spectators and Shrek members were stunned by Xiao Xian's victory, while Bibi Dong watched him thoughtfully and called him interesting.
• The referee called for the next contestants, and Huo Yun and a Spirit Hall Academy Spirit Master entered the arena.
• After the lots paired him against Xiao Xian, the Spirit Hall Spirit Master bowed to Bibi Dong and forfeited, prompting Master and the spectators to recognize Spirit Hall's plan to avoid exhausting its own team.

Xiao Xian defeated Divine Wind Academy’s attackers without moving, absorbing their flames and revealing that Huo Wu’s Resisting Fire Ring could not affect him. Huo Wu realized his Soul Power exceeded level fifty-four, leaving the spectators and Spirit Hall’s team stunned as their confrontation continued.

• Spirit Hall-affiliated spectators disapproved of the team’s plan to forfeit weaker contestants and send its Soul Kings against Xiao Xian.
• Xiao Xian absorbed Huo Yun’s fire attacks, then flung him into Xie Yue, who caught and tossed him aside.
• Huo Yu took the next match and was defeated just as quickly, while Spirit Hall’s Soul Ancestor forfeited again.
• Huo Wu challenged Xiao Xian and used her Resisting Fire Ring, but it passed through him without pushing him back.
• Huo Wu realized Xiao Xian was above level fifty-four, and Xiao Xian told her to fight or leave the stage.

Xiao Xian defeated Huo Wu by disrupting her mind and absorbing her Ring Fusion attack, then instantly knocked Feng Xiaotian out of the match. Hu Liena stepped forward next, and Xiao Xian declared that she was his next opponent.

• Huo Wu poured all her Soul Power into her Ring Fusion attack, but Xiao Xian struck her with a purple-gold mental attack and knocked her unconscious.
• Xiao Xian absorbed Huo Wu’s suspended fireball and called for the next opponent as the teams and spectators reacted to his growing advantage.
• Feng Xiaotian entered the arena after Huo Wu was carried away, while Hu Liena drew lots and stepped off the field when he was assigned to face Xiao Xian first.
• At the referee’s signal, Xiao Xian rushed Feng Xiaotian, disrupted his Soul Power, and struck him out of the match.
• Xiao Xian turned toward Hu Liena and told her it was her turn.

Xiao Xian defeated Hu Liena by resisting her seduction and overwhelming her with Xiao Jue, forcing Spirit Hall Academy to concede. After quickly eliminating another contestant, he faced Yan, who revealed his Flame Lord Martial Soul and prepared to fight.

• Hu Liena released her fox Martial Soul and used her seduction skill, but Xiao Xian resisted it with his mental cultivation.
• Xiao Xian summoned Xiao Jue, whose powerful dragon-tail attack overwhelmed Hu Liena and prompted Xie Yue to concede the match.
• A Spirit Hall Academy support Spirit Master healed Hu Liena, while Xiao Xian recalled Xiao Jue after the bishop ordered him to retract his Martial Soul.
• Xiao Xian defeated the next Godwind Academy contestant and challenged Yan about his Flame Lord Martial Soul.
• Yan activated his first two spirit rings, grew to more than three meters tall, and slammed his fists together as the match began.

Xiao Xian defeated Yan after using Xiao Jue to strike from behind, leaving Spirit Hall Academy with only Xie Yue to face Shrek. Master challenged Spirit Hall over outside interference, and Bibi Dong agreed to ban verbal reminders and asked him to judge the punishment for the offending student.

• Yan withdrew his flames and charged Xiao Xian with his rock-like body, but Xiao Xian’s purple-gold attack concealed Xiao Jue, which tore into Yan’s back and brought him down.
• Xie Yue conceded the sixth match, and the red-robed bishop declared Shrek the winner after Xiao Jue held Yan down until the ruling.
• Xiao Xian recalled Xiao Jue, while Bibi Dong and the other Spirit Masters recognized how he had used his Martial Soul as a hidden attacker.
• Xie Yue prepared to fight the seventh round as the last remaining Spirit Hall Academy member, while the final Godwind Academy Soul Ancestor also entered the arena.
• Master stopped the next round and complained to Bibi Dong that Spirit Hall Academy members had interfered by shouting warnings during the match.
• Bibi Dong banned verbal reminders in future matches, said the offending Spirit Hall Academy member would be disciplined for cheating, and asked Master, whom she called Elder Yu, what he thought of the punishment.

At the Spirit Hall tournament, Bibi Dong identified Master as an Elder to protect him from criticism, and Xiao Xian advanced toward a match with Xie Yue. Xiao Xian challenged Xie Yue to use his famed Self-Created Soul Skill, Full Moon, promising to fight without his Martial Soul if it impressed him; the chapter ended as Xie Yue unleashed it.

• Bibi Dong named Master a Spirit Hall Elder, shielding him from the crowd’s judgment, and the red-robed bishop began the draw after Master had no objections.
• A Godwind Academy Soul Master faced Xiao Xian and accepted a quick defeat, then Xie Yue entered the arena determined to win and restore his standing.
• Xiao Xian asked Xie Yue to demonstrate Full Moon and promised to fight without his Martial Soul if the skill satisfied him.
• Xie Yue agreed, declared that Full Moon had no weaknesses, and made his body and Moon Blades vanish into a massive, silent spinning disc.
• Xiao Xian sensed that the disc could change its angle to defend against attacks from above.

Xiao Xian analyzed Xie Yue’s Full Moon and created a matching spinning attack with his Eight Spider Lances. He defeated Xie Yue, leaving the watching Spirit Masters stunned by the power of both techniques.

• Xie Yue’s Full Moon forced Xiao Xian to dodge while Tang San and Feng Xiaotian considered how they might counter it.
• Xiao Xian stopped evading and extended his Eight Spider Lances, startling the spectators and drawing suspicious attention from Bibi Dong, Chen Xin, and the Spirit Hall elders.
• Xiao Xian circulated his Soul Power to imitate Full Moon and formed a scarlet vortex that collided with Xie Yue’s attack.
• Xiao Xian’s vortex accelerated and repeatedly drove Full Moon backward, injuring Xie Yue and forcing him to reveal himself.
• Xie Yue’s final charge ended with him flung away as Full Moon carved deep gashes into the arena floor.

Xiao Xian defeated Xie Yue in the individual elimination round, sending Shrek Academy directly to the championship match. As the teams prepared for the next battles, Bibi Dong devised a plan to stop Xiao Xian and grew puzzled by his External Soul Bone.

• Xiao Xian overwhelmed Xie Yue's Full Moon with his Scarlet Vortex, and Xie Yue fainted after Xiao Xian praised his Self-Created Soul Skill.
• The red-robed bishop declared Shrek Academy the winner of the individual elimination round and advanced them to the championship match, while Godwind Academy and Spirit Hall Academy entered the losers' bracket.
• Xiao Xian returned to the hotel, restored his Soul Power, and kept a powerful fireball concealed for the next day's battle as Flender and Liu Er Long stood guard.
• Huo Wu told Feng Xiaotian that Godwind Academy had to go all out against Spirit Hall Academy that afternoon.
• Bibi Dong instructed Spirit Hall Academy to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill immediately against Shrek and warned them that losing would cost them the three Soul Bones.
• After Xie Yue and the others left, Bibi Dong recalled the spider legs behind Xiao Xian and wondered about them.

Bibi Dong warned her subordinates not to harm Master or Shrek, then watched the Spirit Hall Team defeat Godwind Academy with brutal efficiency. The next morning, Shrek headed to Spirit Hall for the final team battle, leaving the outcome against the Spirit Hall Team still undecided.

• Bibi Dong told Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo not to act against Master or Shrek without her orders, and wondered what had happened between her, Xiao Gang, and Teacher.
• Godwind Academy refused to surrender and faced the Spirit Hall Academy Team without Shrek present to watch.
• Huo Wu combined her power with two Blazing Academy Spirit Masters to empower Feng Xiaotian, who attacked Xie Yue with his self-created Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena used Bewitching Charm to overwhelm Feng Xiaotian and defeat all seven Godwind Academy members in under a minute.
• Ning Fengzhi used his seven-colored light to help the injured Godwind Academy members recover after their leaders carried them from the arena.
• The next morning, Xiao Xian and the Shrek group headed toward Spirit Hall as spectators anticipated the final team battle.

Shrek prepared to face Spirit Hall Academy in the final match, with Xiao Xian shielding his teammates from their killing intent and Master warning them to prioritize safety. As Bewitching Charm began to spread its red mist, Shrek used Ning Rongrong’s Ring Fusion to channel their Soul Power into Xiao Xian, who suppressed the attack and challenged his opponent.

• The Shrek group climbed to Pope's Palace, where Bibi Dong, Ning Fengzhi, the Titled Douluo, and the three soul bones awaited the final match.
• Master told Shrek to protect themselves if anything unexpected happened, while Flender asked Xiao Xian to bring the team safely off the arena.
• Xie Yue urged Spirit Hall Academy to crush Shrek, while Dai Mubai and the others resolved to help Xiao Xian win the championship.
• After the teams released their Martial Souls, Hu Liena and Xie Yue activated Bewitching Charm and sent red mist toward Shrek.
• Ning Rongrong used Ring Fusion, and Oscar and Dai Mubai helped channel the team's Soul Power through their members into Xiao Xian.
• Xiao Xian released immense pressure that halted Bewitching Charm's mist, then asked whether the opponent was ready.

Shrek defeated Spirit Hall Academy in the tournament’s final match after Xiao Xian used a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill and Xiao Jue’s dragon form overwhelmed the opposing team. The Shrek Seven Devils won, and the leaders at the Pope’s Palace stood as the match ended.

• Bibi Dong and the other spectators recognized Shrek’s Seven-in-One Fusion Skill as it suppressed Bewitching Charm’s domain-like power.
• Xie Yue and Yan tried to bypass Xiao Xian and attack Shrek’s other members, but Xiao Jue transformed into a twenty-meter Purple Gold Giant Dragon and knocked out the four supporting Spirit Hall members.
• Xie Yue and Yan attacked Ning Rongrong, but the seven Shrek members’ Golden Body Protection repelled their strikes.
• Xiao Jue defeated Yan and shattered Xie Yue’s Moon Blades, sending both fighters and their teammates out of the arena.
• Xiao Xian recalled Xiao Jue, and the Shrek Seven Devils withdrew their Soul Power as Ning Rongrong realized they had won.
• Bibi Dong, the three Titled Douluo, and Ning Fengzhi rose to their feet as Xiao Xian stood calmly in the plaza.

Shrek Academy celebrated its championship as Xiao Xian accepted the three soul bones and refused Bibi Dong’s invitation to join Spirit Hall. At the hotel, the team deferred dividing the prize until they could return to the academy, and several students revealed their plans after the competition.

• Bibi Dong congratulated Shrek Academy, offered Xiao Xian a place in Spirit Hall, and handed him the three soul bones after he declined.
• Xiao Xian gave the soul bones to Flender for safekeeping, and the Shrek group left the mountain under Flender and Liu Er Long’s protection.
• Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan encountered the departing Shrek group, but Xiao Xian ignored them as he passed.
• Ning Fengzhi told Xue Qinghe that Xiao Xian’s goodwill made it important to establish Shrek’s royal title, while Xue Qinghe privately wondered about Xiao Xian’s connections to Bibi Dong and Master.
• At the hotel, Xiao Xian postponed dividing the soul bones until the team returned to the academy, and Flender learned that Xiao Xian intended to keep working there.
• Ma Hongjun and Zhu Zhuqing planned to return with the teachers, Tang San chose to follow his teacher, Xiao Wu chose to follow Tang San, and Dai Mubai planned to graduate and return to Star Luo.