Chapter Summaries

Jing Hongchen launched a training camp focused on making battle armor, allowing the Sun Moon Royal Team to apply for the Rare Metals they needed. Su Yu used the opportunity to begin transforming the dying Saint Soul Grass into an undead creature and waited for its Death Qi to develop spirituality.

• Jing Hongchen announced that the training camp would prioritize battle armor production and explained that Illustrious Virtue Hall would supply Rare Metals for it.
• Jing Hongchen assigned Xuan Ziwen to guide Shi Xing, Zhou Xinghao, and Xiao Ping, while the reserve team studied battle armor theory.
• Su Yu applied for Rare Metals to make Super Battle Armor, received approval, and returned to the Research Lab.
• Su Yu used Electrolux's ability to transform the dying Saint Soul Grass into an undead creature, nurturing it and placing it in a Soul Tool inscribed with arrays.
• Su Yu continued to nurture the grass's spirituality, expecting its Death Qi to gain spirituality after consuming enough of the traces generated by its body.

Su Yu completed his first Ninth-Level Soul Guidance Cannon after two months of work and checked on Bai Feng, who passed his First-Level Soul Engineer assessment. As Su Yu prepared to return to crafting, Jing Hongchen told him that Xuan Ziwen had made new progress in his research.

• Su Yu assembled a Ninth-Level Soul Guidance Cannon, tested its Core Arrays, and found that soul power flowed through them, though not smoothly enough.
• Su Yu visited Bai Feng and learned that his soul power had reached Level Fourteen and that he was confident about his Soul Tool assessment.
• Su Yu brought Bai Feng to Illustrious Virtue Hall, where Bai Feng crafted a Level One propulsion device and earned First-Level Soul Engineer certification.
• Jing Hongchen told Su Yu that Xuan Ziwen had made new progress in his research and wanted Su Yu to visit when he had time.

Su Yu received Xuan Ziwen’s Forbidden Element Table and Bone Tempering Soul Nurturing research, then moved his undead Saint Soul Grass into the Blade of Life’s space and began planning to improve his cultivation. Meanwhile, Shrek and the Star Luo Empire prepared for the Soul Fighting Tournament, with Shrek relying on Su Tong and the empire intending to support Shrek’s team.

• Xuan Ziwen showed Su Yu the fifth edition of the Bone Inscription Basic Element Table and explained how the team had identified forbidden elements in powerful soul bones, especially the subdragon bones Su Yu had provided.
• Xuan Ziwen gave Su Yu the Forbidden Element Table and a report confirming the feasibility of Bone Tempering Soul Nurturing, which Su Yu studied and planned to combine with his cultivation methods.
• Su Yu moved the grayish-white Saint Soul Grass into the Blade of Life’s space and decided to cultivate with forbidden elements, Bone Tempering Soul Nurturing, and improved spiritual nurturing.
• Xuan Zi personally trained Su Tong, a twenty-year-old Rank sixty-nine Soul Emperor with an Ultimate Ice Heavenly Snow Woman martial soul, as Shrek’s trump card for the Soul Fighting Tournament.
• Xu Jiujiu told Xu Jiawei that the Star Luo Royal Academy lacked Shrek’s top geniuses and Illustrious Virtue Hall’s technology, so Xu Jiawei decided their team would help clear obstacles for Shrek.

Vina reported that the Body Sect was preparing Long Aotian, now a Soul Saint, to compete for the Heaven Dou Empire in the Soul Fighting Tournament. In Ming Capital, Su Yu completed a second Ninth-Level Soul Guidance Ray Cannon and finalized the framework for his Super Battle Armor before Jing Hongchen assigned him and the academy students a month of training battles.

• Vina told her father that Long Aotian had reached Soul Saint level and that she would compete alongside him for the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Su Yu completed a portable second Ninth-Level Soul Guidance Ray Cannon, then spent a month designing the Core Array framework for his Super Battle Armor.
• Jing Hongchen summoned the students and ordered Xiao Ping, Shi Xing, and Zhou Xinghao to defeat every student at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy in their strongest areas.
• Jing Hongchen assigned Su Yu, Huo Yuhao, Xiao, and Meng to stay out of the battles unless an unexpected situation required Huo Yuyao to act.
• Jing Hongchen told the seven Reserve Team members to observe the battles and gave them Soul Tools to help them identify combat mistakes.

Jing Hongchen held a challenge competition at Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to test the Soul Fighting Tournament team, offering escalating Rare Metal rewards to anyone who defeated its members. Xiao Ping, Shi Xing, and Zhou Xinghao each won their opening match decisively, and the competition was set to resume after an hour.

• Jing Hongchen invited Su Yu's group to watch the competition and announced Rare Metal rewards for students who defeated members of the tournament team.
• Xiao Ping, Shi Xing, and Zhou Xinghao argued over who should fight first, and Xiao Ping took the opening match against Xia Xuanchen.
• Xiao Ping used his Elementary Battle Armor to overwhelm Xia Xuanchen and win in under ten seconds, astonishing the spectators with the armor's amplification.
• Shi Xing defeated Lu Ren in seven seconds, and Zhou Xinghao beat Wang Yuan in three seconds with his Soul Guidance Cannons.
• Jing Hongchen announced a one-hour rest before the competition continued as the students and teachers buzzed over the team's victories.

Xiao Ping and Shi Xing continued facing increasingly difficult opponents in the trial matches, demonstrating how battle armor enhanced their strength and endurance. The chapter ended as Zhou Xinghao was matched against the renowned Sword Freak Ji Juechen.

• After an hour of recovery and discussion, Xiao Ping fought Sixth Grade Soul Engineer Qian Feng and defeated him after ten minutes of combat.
• Xiao Fan recorded Xiao Ping's weaknesses while watching through a sixth-level Soul Tool, and Jing Hongchen noticed students who might be spying on the battle armor.
• Shi Xing faced Practical Control Department Soul Engineer Na Na, whose ghostlike Martial Soul and blade attacks pushed him into a defensive fight.
• Shi Xing detonated numerous High-Explosive Shells through his battle armor, defeating Na Na and drawing attention to the armor's power.
• After further matches and rest, the referee announced Zhou Xinghao's bout against Ji Juechen, prompting Su Yu to take notice of the Sword Freak.

Ji Juechen defeated Zhou Xinghao, Xiao Ping, and Shi Xing with his sword intent and extraordinary swordsmanship. After Jing Hongchen gave him an hour to rest, Huo Yuhao faced him next.

• Zhou Xinghao opened the match with a barrage from his Battle Armor, Combination, but Ji Juechen dodged and deflected the shells with sword qi.
• Su Yu and Huo Yuhao watched Ji Juechen fight and learned that his sword intent let him sense and use the power of heaven and earth.
• Ji Juechen broke Zhou Xinghao’s defenses with two sword strikes, and Jing Hongchen intervened to save Zhou Xinghao from the second attack.
• After an hour of rest, Ji Juechen defeated Xiao Ping and then Shi Xing.
• Jing Hongchen sent Huo Yuhao to challenge Ji Juechen, and they faced each other an hour later.

Huo Yuhao revealed his Ultimate Ice Battle Armor and defeated Ji Juechen after a prolonged clash, while Ji Juechen showed interest in getting Battle Armor of his own. Jing Hongchen and Su Yu discussed recruiting Ji Juechen into the Battle Armor program and keeping him loyal to the Illustrious Virtue Hall.

• Huo Yuhao combined his Ultimate Ice Battle Armor in public, astonishing the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and the watching spies with its technology and power.
• Huo Yuhao fought Ji Juechen for half an hour, matching his strength to experience Ji Juechen's swordsmanship before winning when Ji ran out of Soul Power.
• Ji Juechen asked Huo Yuhao about Battle Armor and whether his Extraterrestrial Meteorite Iron sword could be integrated with his Martial Soul.
• Jing Hongchen praised Ji Juechen as a promising Battle Armor Master, and Su Yu considered ways to keep him from being drawn away by Shrek.
• The chapter explained that the Illustrious Virtue Hall had begun stable mass production of standardized Elementary Battle Armor while guarding the technology's Core Arrays.

Jing Hongchen used the tournament battles to demonstrate battle armor and tighten security around the academy’s sensitive technology, while Shrek and the other empires prepared their teams for the upcoming Soul Fighting Tournament. Shrek’s team crossed into the Sun Moon Empire, where Yan Shaozhe sensed Evil Soul Masters nearby.

• Xiao Ping, Huo Yuhao, and Zhou Xinghao defeated the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s Sixth Grade students and delayed graduates, showcasing battle armor to the academy.
• Jing Hongchen isolated suspected spies, then assigned the three fighters and the Reserve Team a month of special training based on their performance.
• Su Yu resumed designing his battle armor Core Array and improved the spirituality of the Death Spirit Saint Soul Grass with his soul tool potted plant.
• Yan Shaozhe arranged Shrek’s tournament teams under Su Tong’s leadership, with Tang Ya leading the Tang Sect team and Bei Bei serving as adviser.
• The Shrek and Tang Sect teams crossed the Star Luo border and endured a half-day registration delay at the Sun Moon Empire border, where Yan Shaozhe sensed a threat from a powerful soul-guidance weapon.
• As Shrek’s team continued toward the Ming Capital, Yan Shaozhe sensed Evil Soul Masters nearby and wondered whether they should investigate.

Yan Shaozhe left Shrek’s team to confront an Evil Soul Master, only to discover that the powerful enemies were Feng Ling and his former disciple Ma Xiaotao. As Feng Ling attacked him, Yan Shaozhe realized the Holy Spirit Cult could raise Soul Ring limits, and the battle began.

• Yan Shaozhe sent Fan Yu to lead the students toward Ming Capital while he went south to investigate the Evil Soul Master aura.
• Yan Shaozhe sensed a Titled Douluo-level presence and found Feng Ling and Ma Xiaotao, whose Soul Power had reached Level Eighty-Three.
• Yan Shaozhe struggled to accept that Ma Xiaotao had become an Evil Soul Master and resolved to end her suffering.
• Feng Ling and Yan Shaozhe revealed their level ninety-seven strength, while Qian Duoduo and Xuan Zi sensed the clash from afar.
• Feng Ling displayed an extraordinary Soul Ring combination, leading Yan Shaozhe to conclude that the Holy Spirit Cult had a technique to raise Soul Ring limits.
• Feng Ling attacked with black flames as Ma Xiaotao withdrew, and Yan Shaozhe answered with the Light Phoenix’s red-gold flames.

Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi fought Feng Ling and Ma Xiaotao before Zhongli Wu intervened, forcing Shrek’s elders to retreat. The battle exposed Shrek’s presence in the Sun Moon Empire, and as the tournament approached, the empire tightened its security while Su Yu sensed that something might go wrong.

• Xuan Zi joined Yan Shaozhe’s battle against Feng Ling, but Zhongli Wu arrived and used the Death God Demon Puppet to shield Ma Xiaotao from Yan Shaozhe’s attack.
• Zhongli Wu let Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi escape, then wondered whether his death aura could mutate Yan Shaozhe’s Light Phoenix into a Death Phoenix.
• Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi decided to continue toward Ming Capital to protect Shrek’s students, but the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Legion began searching travelers and blocking the main routes.
• Luan Feng’s inspections exposed hidden experts accompanying foreign teams, while Xu Jiujiu and the other delegations kept their plans to protect their strongest escorts.
• Xu Tianran ordered stronger defenses and investigations into the empire’s Soul Engineers, and Jing Hongchen tightened security at Illustrious Virtue Hall against a possible attack.
• Su Yu told Jing Hongchen that the tournament’s atmosphere felt unusual and that something might go wrong.

Su Yu warned Jing Hongchen that Evil Soul Masters could exploit a battle to attack the Sun Moon Empire’s armory, then searched Ming Capital for rare materials. At a shop, he found a valuable Magic-Sealing Crystal Stone and outbid Ning Tian, leaving her dumbfounded when he abruptly let her buy it.

• Su Yu warned Jing Hongchen that Evil Soul Masters could worsen a battle and endanger the armory, prompting Jing Hongchen to seek Xu Tianran’s approval to strengthen its defenses.
• Su Yu spent several days searching Ming Capital for rare materials and found a Magic-Sealing Crystal Stone at the Genuine Goods Store.
• Tang Ya, Bei Bei, Ning Tian, and their companions entered the shop and recognized Su Yu.
• Ning Tian tried to buy the crystal from Su Yu, and they drove the price up before Su Yu revealed its true value to Boss Wang.
• Su Yu offered Boss Wang two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for the crystal, then withdrew his offer and left Ning Tian to buy it for four hundred thousand.

Su Yu encountered Ning Tian, Tang Ya, and Bei Bei while shopping in Ming Capital, then came face-to-face with Shrek’s powerful lineup. He left confident that Shrek’s strength would not threaten him and considered finding Qian Duoduo.

• Ning Tian paid four hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for the Magic-Sealing Crystal Stone after Su Yu refused to buy it.
• Su Yu warned Tang Ya that adding a Life Attribute Soul Ring to her poison-focused Blue Silver Grass might cause dangerous changes, and Bei Bei thanked him for his earlier advice.
• Su Yu told Bei Bei he looked forward to fighting him in the competition, while Wang Dong felt an unexplained hostility toward Su Yu.
• Su Yu entered a shop and found Shrek’s team buying supplies in bulk, including the powerful Su Tong and He Caitou.
• Su Tong and Su Yu exchanged respectful words about their coming match, and Su Yu left unfazed by Shrek’s lineup while wondering whether Qian Duoduo had come to Ming Capital.

Su Yu and the Sun Moon Royal Team prepared for the Soul Fighting Tournament, whose opening ceremony revealed the Sun Moon Empire’s powerful arena and defenses. Xu Tianran declared the tournament open, and Su Yu entered the first match against the Dragon Slaying Sect as the two contestants released their Martial Souls.

• Jing Hongchen warned the team about Shrek and the Tang Sect’s formidable lineups and ordered each of the seven Sun Moon Royal Team members to win at least one Seven-in-a-Row.
• The tournament offered Soul Tools as prizes, including a Ninth Level Soul Tool for the champions, and teams gathered at the newly built Mingdu Great Soul Arena.
• Fan Yu and Ning Tian inspected the arena’s metal stage and energy canopy, while the Tang Sect received a remote place in the sect resting area.
• Xu Tianran opened the tournament, and Long Xiaoyao’s overwhelming pressure silenced the venue as Su Yu sensed his identity.
• The Sun Moon Royal Team faced the Dragon Slaying Sect in the opening Individual Elimination Competition, and Su Yu met the sect’s first contestant as both released their Martial Souls.

Su Yu demonstrated his overwhelming strength in the individual eliminations, forcing the Dragon Slaying Sect to forfeit. Afterward, Huo Yuhao confronted Wang Dong and revealed that he had joined the Illustrious Virtue Hall to gain the power to destroy the White Tiger Duke's Estate.

• Su Yu defeated the Dragon Slaying Sect's first contestant with Blue Silver Grass, then badly wounded Feng Shen with a sword-qi storm until Feng Shen surrendered.
• The Dragon Slaying Sect forfeited the rest of its matches against Su Yu, while the Shrek Team recognized that his Soul Saint strength was real.
• Wang Dong confronted Huo Yuhao about joining the Sun Moon Royal Team, and Huo Yuhao said the Illustrious Virtue Hall could give him what Shrek could not.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that he sought revenge by killing the White Tiger Duke and destroying the White Tiger Duke's Estate, leaving Dai Huabin and the Shrek Team stunned.
• Huo Yuyao displayed Soul Emperor-level Ultimate Ice and killing intent toward Dai Huabin, but Su Yu suppressed the tension and led his team away.

Su Yu encouraged Huo Yuhao to enter the upcoming Underground Soul Engineer Competition while preparing his team for the tournament’s difficult elimination rounds. As Long Xiaoyao watched the Illustrious Virtue Hall, Su Yu used the team’s three-day break to cultivate his Death Spirit Saint Soul Grass, bringing it close to returning to life.

• Su Yu told Huo Yuhao to enter the Underground Soul Engineer Competition, and Huo Yuhao became interested in its rewards and the chance to obtain materials.
• Xiao Ping and the other two worried about facing powerful tournament opponents, including Nan Qiuqiu’s annihilating Rouge Dragon Martial Soul, but Su Yu reminded them that their Battle Armor brought them to peak Soul Emperor strength.
• Su Yu asked whether Shrek had competed yet and considered using Huo Yuhao to achieve a Seven-in-a-Row in the individual elimination competition while he faced seven opponents in the team battle.
• Long Xiaoyao concluded that Su Yu’s Soul Rings were genuine but remained puzzled by the colors of his sixth and seventh rings as he waited for Su Yu to leave the Illustrious Virtue Hall.
• Su Yu used the Life and Death Runes to cultivate his Death Spirit Saint Soul Grass, which had developed enough spirituality to be one step from returning to life.

Su Yu watched Shrek defeat the Tyrant Dragon Sect and learned that its lineup included powerful fighters from major hidden sects. He then prepared to face the Proud Sword Sect, sending Xiao Ping out first for the Sun Moon Royal Team’s afternoon match.

• Su Yu paused his research into the Death Spirit Saint Soul Grass and heard Huo Yuhao report on the tournament’s first-round results and the strong teams in the second round.
• Su Yu watched Wu Feng, Xie Huanyue, Bai Yuan, and Chen Dao defeat the Tyrant Dragon Sect, then identified Shui Yun'er as a Soul King and Tang Zhen as a Six-Ring Soul Emperor.
• Xiao Ping admitted that Shrek’s strength had made him reconsider his confidence in achieving a Seven-in-a-Row.
• The Sun Moon Royal Team drew the Proud Sword Sect, and Su Yu ordered Xiao Ping to face them first.

Xiao Ping, Shi Xing, and Zhou Xinghao of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy defeated the Proud Sword Sect’s three strongest fighters in individual matches, revealing the power of the Battle Armor Masters. The Sun Moon Royal Team moved on with its strength on display, while Su Yu stopped Xiao Ping from continuing to fight.

• Su Yu brought Ji Juechen to watch Wu Yifan face Xiao Ping and urged him to study the sword techniques rather than seek a sparring match.
• Xiao Ping used his Battle Armor and Soul Tools to withstand Wu Yifan’s attacks, then overwhelmed the Soul Emperor with a sustained series of sword-aura strikes and won.
• Su Yu called Xiao Ping off and sent Shi Xing next; Shi Xing used his mobility and Sixth Level High-Explosive Shells to defeat Sword Seven.
• Su Yu sent Zhou Xinghao to face Thousand Blade Killer, and Zhou Xinghao transformed into a cannon platform and won after three minutes.
• The Proud Sword Sect’s three strongest fighters fell to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s three Soul Kings, drawing attention to the Battle Armor Master profession.

The Shrek Team assessed the Sun Moon Royal Team’s battle armor and feared its Soul Saint-level combat strength. As the Sun Moon Royal Team faced Proud Sword Sect with only four fighters, Huo Yuhao revealed his Twin Martial Souls and an unusual Soul Ring configuration, leaving Shrek convinced his cultivation had ruined his Twin Martial Souls.

• He Caitou and Xiao Xiao discussed how battle armor elevated the Sun Moon Royal Team’s fighters and estimated that the team had several Soul Saint-level combatants.
• Proud Sword Sect forfeited the individual competition, and Su Yu restored Xiao Ping, Shi Xing, and Zhou Xinghao before sending Huo Yuhao out with them for the team match.
• The Sun Moon Royal Team entered the team competition against Proud Sword Sect with only four members, drawing loud cheers from the home crowd.
• At the start of the match, Huo Yuhao revealed five Soul Rings on his first Martial Soul, including a white ring and three black rings, without using battle armor.
• The Shrek Team recognized Huo Yuhao’s Twin Martial Souls and concluded that his cultivation had ruined them.

Huo Yuhao used Mental Detection Sharing to guide the Sun Moon Royal Team to victory, then Su Yu and Huo Yuhao encountered Long Xiaoyao, who questioned Su Yu about his Soul Ring Limit. After Long Xiaoyao left, Su Yu returned to find Kong Deming, while a late knock at the Star Luo Royal Team’s hotel room left Xu Jiujiu and Wang Xian'er wary.

• Huo Yuhao coordinated Xiao Ping, Shi Xing, and Zhou Xinghao with Mental Detection Sharing, helping the Sun Moon Royal Team defeat the Proud Sword Sect in five minutes.
• Su Yu and Huo Yuhao detected Long Xiaoyao following them, and Long Xiaoyao asked Su Yu how he had raised his Soul Ring Limit.
• Su Yu refused to reveal his cultivation secrets and invoked Kong Deming’s strength, prompting Long Xiaoyao to leave without attacking.
• Su Yu sent Huo Yuhao and the others back to Illustrious Virtue Hall, then went to find Kong Deming and resolved to stay alert for hidden powerhouses.
• At the Sun Moon Royal Hotel, Xu Jiujiu and Wang Xian'er heard rapid knocking and sensed strong soul power fluctuations from the two people outside.