Chapter Summaries

Star Luo National Academy used Xu Jiujiu’s Star Guardian and coordinated attacks to isolate Shrek Academy’s fighters and overwhelm Zhou Sichen and Dai Yueheng. The match left Shrek in a severe predicament, with Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao still trapped and the crowd wondering whether Star Luo could defeat the famed academy.

• Huang Heyun unleashed Dark Wave while Dugu Xianmeng fired Poison Arrows and Ling Luochen sent ice mist toward Star Luo National Academy’s formation.
• Xu Jiujiu activated Star Guardian, shielding her teammates and blocking both the ice mist and poison arrows as its eighteen stars began to dim under the attacks.
• Xu Jiujiu focused the Star Radiance Technique’s enhancements on Huang Heyun, whose dark power eroded Zhou Sichen and Dai Yueheng’s protections and canceled their support.
• Huang Heyun and his teammates combined their attacks to force Zhou Sichen and Dai Yueheng into a two-against-seven fight while Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao remained trapped.
• The spectators watched Shrek Academy fall into a dire position and wondered whether Star Luo National Academy would pull off an upset.

The Star Luo team staged a carefully timed battle while Xu Jiujiu signaled Huang Heyun to overpower Dai Yueheng and Zhou Sichen. The chapter ended with Huang Heyun poised to strike them as the Star Guardian barrier neared collapse.

• Dai Yueheng and Zhou Sichen shattered Yichen and Wang Shiying's wind-and-fire attack, then struggled to hold off Huang Heyun's assaults.
• Ling Luochen, Dugu Xianmeng, Gongyang Mo, Ma Xiaotao, and Ye Guyi secretly coordinated their performance while pretending to attack the Star Guardian.
• Xu Jiujiu signaled Huang Heyun to finish off Dai Yueheng and Zhou Sichen as the barrier appeared close to failing.
• Huang Heyun unleashed Dark Nebula Split, but Dai Yueheng countered with White Tiger Destruction Kill and Zhou Sichen joined the fight.
• Huang Heyun overpowered Dai Yueheng and Zhou Sichen and sent them crashing across the arena; he then leaped toward them as the Star Guardian dwindled to five stars and developed cracks.

Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao broke through Star Luo National Academy’s defenses, turning the match in Shrek Academy’s favor before Heavenly Fiend Douluo intervened and the contest ended in Shrek’s victory. Afterward, Xu Jiujiu and Zhou Sichen exchanged knowing smiles, confirming their cooperation in the staged match.

• Ye Guyi shattered the defensive barrier, suppressed Huang Heyun with her Radiant Spirit Array, and trapped him with three teammates.
• Ma Xiaotao launched her Phoenix Divine Spear at Xu Jiujiu, while Yichen and Wang Shiying combined their powers to block it briefly.
• Dugu Xianmeng and Ling Luochen’s attacks destroyed Star Guardian, and Gongyang Mo boosted Shrek Academy’s teammates as their assault overwhelmed Star Luo National Academy.
• Star Luo National Academy’s seven members activated Invincible Shields, but Heavenly Fiend Douluo arrived, rescued them, and dispelled the icy and toxic mists.
• The match ended with Shrek Academy victorious, and Xu Jiujiu and Zhou Sichen exchanged knowing smiles before Shrek’s team left the arena.

Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy overwhelmed Dio Academy with Soul Tool firepower in the second semifinal, prompting Jiang Peng to seek Zhou Sichen’s advice about Soul Tools. Zhou Sichen welcomed the discussion, and Jiang Peng guessed that he was hiding a Soul Tool trump card, making Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao laugh.

• After Shrek Academy defeated Star Luo National Academy, its members left the arena before Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and Dio Academy began their semifinal match.
• Ma Rulong used two Level 7 Soul Tools to lead Sun Moon’s firepower barrage, while the other six members fired from Soul Tool Cannon Platforms and blasted Dio Academy out of the arena.
• Jiang Peng recognized the power of Soul Tools and went to Zhou Sichen’s room to ask about Shrek Academy’s experience with them.
• Zhou Sichen explained Sun Moon’s reliance on firepower suppression and invited Jiang Peng to share his questions with him, Ye Guyi, and Ma Xiaotao.
• Jiang Peng praised Zhou Sichen and guessed that he was hiding a Soul Tool trump card, which made Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao laugh.

Zhou Sichen agreed to help Jiang Peng and Dio Academy prepare for their match against Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy by providing Soul Tools and training them. Meanwhile, Xiao Hongchen urged the Sun Moon team to stop dwelling on tactics and meet Shrek Academy head-on with confidence.

• Jiang Peng asked Zhou Sichen for Soul Tools and advice to help Dio Academy face Ma Rulong and Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Zhou Sichen offered Dio Academy single-use Invincible Shields and arranged to train the team at the Great Soul Arena.
• Zhou Sichen equipped Jiang Peng and his teammates with Soul Tools suited to their abilities and taught them how to use them.
• Xiao Hongchen and Ma Rulong discussed Shrek Academy's hidden strength and the threat posed by its three Soul Emperors.
• Xiao Hongchen called on the Sun Moon team to focus on cultivation and confront Shrek Academy directly in the tournament.

Dio Academy’s contestants used Soul Tools to challenge Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy in the one-on-one matches, forcing Ma Rulong and his teammates to expend much of their strength and equipment. Sun Moon won 7–5 and advanced to the finals, but the chapter ended with the team recognizing how costly it had been to underestimate Dio Academy.

• Jiang Peng defeated Sun Moon’s Mika quickly, then faced captain Ma Rulong and insisted that Soul Masters were superior to Soul Engineers.
• Ma Rulong fought Jiang Peng with his own Soul Tools, while Jiang Peng surprised him by using several Soul Tools alongside his Sky-Shaking Axe.
• Ma Rulong defeated Jiang Peng after a prolonged battle, but spent much of his Soul Power and several one-use Soul Tools.
• Ma Rulong won two more matches against Dio Academy contestants who also used Soul Tools, then left the arena after exhausting his Soul Power.
• Sun Moon’s remaining contestants and Dio’s Soul Tool-equipped fighters traded victories until Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy won the individual matches 7–5 and advanced to the finals.

After the semifinals, Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy prepared for their final, while Zhou Sichen met two Body Sect members who had noticed his Sacred Light Dragon Martial Soul. He evaded Yu Tao’s attack and left Lang Ya puzzled by his cryptic greeting, “Welcome the Holy Son home.”

• The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy rushed to recover and prepare for the final, while Shrek Academy benefited from extra rest after Star Luo National Academy conceded.
• Zhou Sichen reassured the recovering Jiang Peng that Shrek would win the championship, and Jiang Peng urged him to cripple the Sun Moon team.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm identified two suspicious men watching Zhou Sichen as Body Sect members Lang Ya and Yu Tao.
• Zhou Sichen approached the men and told them, “On August 8, good fortune will flourish. Welcome the Holy Son home.”
• Yu Tao lunged at Zhou Sichen, but Zhou activated the Eyes of the Soul, slipped past him, and escaped without being caught.
• Lang Ya decided the Body Sect should not provoke Shrek for now, while Zhou Sichen’s strange words left him wondering who the Holy Son was.

Zhou Sichen befriended Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen while sharing oranges and concealing his intentions, then returned to Jiang Peng and went back to the hotel. Ye Guyi confronted him about the Hongchen Siblings and suspected he had fallen for a honey trap, leaving Zhou Sichen flustered beneath her.

• Zhou Sichen met Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen at a bar, where they said they wanted to become friends despite their academies' rivalry.
• Zhou Sichen agreed to be friends with the Hongchen Siblings and considered their Sun Moon connections potentially useful.
• Zhou Sichen returned to Jiang Peng with oranges, and the two chatted until evening before heading to the Star Emperor Hotel.
• Ye Guyi questioned Zhou Sichen about the Hongchen Siblings, and he said they had likely tried to gather information about Teacher.
• Ye Guyi sniffed Zhou Sichen, pushed him onto the sofa, and demanded to know whether he had fallen for a honey trap.

Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy arrived in Star Luo Plaza for the tournament finals, where officials announced the prize and referee before the Team Battle lineups took the stage. Dai Yueheng resolved to perform well for his father, White Tiger Duke Dai Hao, as the opening match was about to begin.

• Zhou Sichen and Ma Rulong led their teams through Star Luo City, where Dai Hao watched from the city wall and gave Dai Yueheng a brief nod of encouragement.
• Dai Hao silenced the crowd, and Emperor Xu Jiawei and Princess Xu Jiujiu announced the finals and the champion's reward of three Soul Bones and one million Gold Soul Coins.
• Heavenly Fiend Douluo Huang Jinxu was named referee, and Zhou Sichen encouraged Dai Yueheng to seize chances to show his father what he could do.
• Zhou Sichen told Ye Guyi that Elder Xuan was likely watching unseen and that Shrek's alliance with Star Luo made it unnecessary for him to appear.
• Huang Jinxu called the Team Battle contestants onto the stage, and Ma Rulong led Sun Moon's seven-person lineup forward.
• Zhou Sichen led Shrek Academy's seven Main Team Members onto the stage as the finals' opening battle prepared to begin.

Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy began their decisive team battle for the tournament championship. As the teams charged into combat, Xu Jiawei hoped Zhou Sichen would help protect the continent from the Sun Moon Empire’s growing threat.

• Ma Rulong urged the Sun Moon team to give everything in the team battle, which they viewed as essential to their chances of winning the tournament.
• Dai Hao predicted that Shrek would overwhelm the Sun Moon team, while Xu Jiawei warned that war with the Sun Moon Empire might come within ten years.
• Xu Jiawei recalled Zhou Sichen’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and hoped he would become a pillar against the Sun Moon Empire.
• Heavenly Fiend Douluo Huang Jinxu announced the rules and ordered both teams to prepare for a fight that would continue until one side could no longer battle.
• Shrek arranged Zhou Sichen, Ye Guyi, Ma Xiaotao, and Dai Yueheng at the front, while the Sun Moon team formed a wedge led by Ma Rulong.
• Huang Jinxu started the match, and both teams rushed forward to attack.

Shrek Academy opened the match with a coordinated assault led by Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao, whose boosted attacks threatened to overwhelm the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. Ma Rulong and Lin Xi used Soul Tools to block the strike, but their defenses were heavily depleted as the teams prepared for the next exchange.

• Gongyang Mo boosted his teammates while Ling Luochen spread ice mist and Dugu Xianmeng readied her bow.
• Ye Guyi formed the Radiant Spirit Array and rained sacred sword energy down on the Sun Moon formation.
• Ma Xiaotao summoned Phoenix Meteor Shower, combining her flames with Ye Guyi's attack to unleash a powerful joint assault.
• Ma Rulong used the Attribute Weakening Ring and Prison of Lightning to absorb most of the incoming attack.
• Lin Xi deployed a defensive Soul Tool to block the remaining strikes, leaving the Sun Moon team unharmed but draining and destroying several of their defenses.

The Sun Moon Team revealed the abilities behind its coordinated assault as Xiao Hongchen created and powered 128 Soul Tool cannons, while Meng Hongchen poisoned their muzzles. The cannons targeted Shrek’s control- and support-system Soul Masters, leaving the battle poised for their attack.

• Xiao Xiafeng supplied steamed buns to his teammates, and Mika unfolded his Soul Tool Cannon Platform and fired a barrage while Ma Rulong and Lin Xi held off Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao.
• Chen Fei used his Flash Bird Martial Soul and a Soul Tool Thruster to rush toward Gongyang Mo, while Liyan transformed into a Flame Fiend and attacked Zhou Sichen and Dai Yueheng with fireballs.
• Xiao Hongchen used his metal-control abilities to form 128 Level 5 Soul Tool cannons, then used Gold Boiling and Gold Sacrifice to power them.
• Xiao Hongchen aimed his cannons at Ling Luochen, Dugu Xianmeng, and Gongyang Mo as Mika and Liyan pressured Shrek’s advancing fighters.
• Meng Hongchen activated Ice Toad Poison and Ring of Ice Poison, coating Xiao Hongchen’s cannon muzzles with lethal poison gas.

The Shrek Team’s Ling Luochen and Dugu Xianmeng countered Chen Fei’s charge and intercepted most of the Sun Moon Team’s cannon barrage, but Meng Hongchen’s Ice Toad Poison spread through Ling Luochen’s ice mist. Dugu Xianmeng gave Ling Luochen and Gongyang Mo Zhou Sichen’s antidote, leaving the poison threat neutralized while the battle continued.

• Chen Fei dodged Dugu Xianmeng’s Poison Arrow and entered Ling Luochen’s ice mist, where she trapped him in an Ice Prison.
• Chen Fei activated his Invincible Shield and slashed at the Ice Prison while Dugu Xianmeng surrounded it with poisonous mist.
• Ling Luochen used Heavenly Ice Burst to freeze and detonate most of Mika and Xiao Hongchen’s cannonballs, but the effort drained nearly all her Soul Power.
• Meng Hongchen’s Ice Toad Poison spread through Ling Luochen’s ice mist and poisoned Ling Luochen and Gongyang Mo.
• Dugu Xianmeng dismissed the poison as inferior to her Jade Phosphorus Five Poisons and gave them Zhou Sichen’s Hundred Treasures Detoxification Pills.

Zhou Sichen unleashed his Reigning Over the World domain, forcing the Sun Moon Team to kneel or struggle under its pressure while Shrek’s fighters gained the advantage. As he advanced, Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen merged into a powerful combined form, leaving the match’s outcome uncertain.

• Dai Yueheng and Zhou Sichen broke through the Sun Moon Team’s attacks, while Ma Rulong summoned a Bloodthirsty Demonic Ape to stop Zhou Sichen.
• Zhou Sichen overwhelmed the ape with his strength and released his Reigning Over the World domain, crushing the Sun Moon Team with its pressure.
• Zhou Sichen commanded the ape to kneel, then kicked it away as Xiao Xiafeng and Lin Xi fell to their knees and Ma Rulong struggled against Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao.
• Dai Yueheng steadily drove Liyan back, while Xiao Hongchen absorbed the gold dust from his cannons and Meng Hongchen joined him.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen merged inside a pillar of golden and icy-blue light as the spectators and officials reacted to Zhou Sichen’s domain.

Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Mortal World's Attachment, against Zhou Sichen, who answered with Dragon Emperor's Evil-Breaking Split. Their attacks clashed above the arena, and Zhou Sichen's dragon claw began tearing through the fusion skill's defenses.

• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen fused into a crimson-gold Three-Legged Golden Toad and fired Mortal World's Attachment at Zhou Sichen.
• The fusion skill's energy shook the arena, disrupting Ye Guyi, Ma Xiaotao, and Dai Yueheng while giving the Sun Moon Team time to regroup.
• Zhou Sichen used Sacred Dragon Heavenly Image and fused his five soul rings into a special ring before gathering his power into his dragon claw.
• Zhou Sichen unleashed Dragon Emperor's Evil-Breaking Split, colliding with Mortal World's Attachment in a devastating wave of energy.
• Ma Rulong aimed his High-Temperature Ray at Zhou Sichen's back as Zhou Sichen's dragon claw began cutting through the fusion skill's defenses.

Zhou Sichen shattered Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill using only the Sacred Light Dragon’s power, then survived Ma Rulong’s High-Temperature Ray with his Ever-Changing Core. As Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao attacked the weakened Sun Moon Team, Ma Rulong faced a desperate fight to keep the team battle alive.

• Zhou Sichen crushed the Three-Legged Golden Toad’s breath attack and defeated Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen’s Mortal World's Attachment in a clash that injured him and exhausted his Soul Power.
• The explosion of the tri-colored sphere scattered energy across the stage, blasting several Sun Moon Team members away while Liyan and Dai Yueheng continued fighting.
• Ma Rulong fired a High-Temperature Ray at Zhou Sichen, but Zhou Sichen blocked it with armor formed by his Ever-Changing Core.
• Zhou Sichen advanced on the exhausted Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen as Ma Rulong shouted for someone to save them.
• Ye Guyi suppressed Ma Rulong with the Radiant Spirit Array while she and Ma Xiaotao launched attacks against the Sun Moon Team after its Invincible Shields expired.

Ma Rulong sacrificed his life force to wield the Sword of Judgment, using its darkness and light to suppress Ma Xiaotao. Instead of defeating her, the attack awakened her Fire Phoenix bloodline and evolved her flames into Extreme Fire, leaving Ma Rulong stunned as she stopped his blade.

• Ma Rulong activated the Level 7 Chapter of Sacrifice and unleashed the Level 8 Sword of Judgment.
• Ma Rulong used the sword's dark power to corrupt Ma Xiaotao's flames, then attacked her with its power of light.
• Ma Xiaotao remembered Zhou Sichen's trust in her and stopped suppressing her Phoenix Flame.
• The dark energy burned away as Ma Xiaotao's martial soul evolved, and she caught the Sword of Judgment's blade with her bare hand.
• Xuan Zi recognized that Ma Xiaotao had awakened Extreme Fire and noted that she and Gu Yi possessed Extreme Attributes.

Shrek Academy defeated the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy in the first Team Battle after Ma Xiaotao burned off Ma Rulong’s left arm and took his Sword of Judgment. Zhou Sichen promised to investigate the incident, and Shrek prepared to send other fighters into the individual matches.

• Ma Xiaotao engulfed Ma Rulong’s left arm in Phoenix Flame, took the Sword of Judgment and his Storage Soul Tool rings, and apologized for losing control.
• Huang Jinxu stopped Elder Ma from interfering, and Elder Ma conceded the Team Battle; Huang Jinxu declared Shrek Academy the winner.
• Healing System Soul Masters treated Ma Rulong, while Ma Xiaotao told Elder Ma she would return the Sword of Judgment after stabilizing her Martial Soul.
• Zhou Sichen spoke with the Hongchen Siblings, and Elder Ma thanked him for showing mercy while demanding an explanation from Shrek Academy.
• Zhou Sichen promised to investigate, then told his teammates he would sit out the individual matches; Dugu Xianmeng and Dai Yueheng eagerly volunteered to fight.

Shrek Academy won the tournament after the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy conceded the final, and the teams left Star Luo Plaza amid cheers and disappointment. Back at the hotel, Xuan Zi congratulated Shrek’s students, whose Soul Power had grown during the competition, while Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen vowed to challenge Shrek again in five years.

• Zhou Sichen and the Shrek Seven Devils returned to their resting area after their victory, inspiring their teammates with the strength they had shown.
• Elder Ma conceded the final for the injured and exhausted Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, and Huang Jinxu announced Shrek Academy as the champion.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen left the plaza determined to improve and defeat Shrek in the next tournament.
• Emperor Xu Jiawei announced that the awards ceremony would be private to protect the academies and the Soul Bones.
• Xuan Zi congratulated Shrek’s students at the hotel and promised generous rewards, while the students’ Soul Power levels were reported to have risen during the tournament.

Zhou Sichen and Ye Guyi entered the Imperial Palace to choose Shrek Academy’s three soul bone rewards, while the Hongchen Siblings selected one for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. On the way back, Zhou Sichen befriended Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen while privately planning to cultivate their trust as a future source of support against a ruthless enemy.

• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen congratulated Zhou Sichen, and he joked that Mu En was his father, leaving the siblings astonished.
• Xu Jiujiu escorted Zhou Sichen and Ye Guyi into the hall, explained the ten soul bones, and Zhou Sichen chose three, including the one over seventy thousand years old.
• The Hongchen Siblings chose their soul bone, then walked back with Zhou Sichen after Ye Guyi returned to the hotel.
• Zhou Sichen advised Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen on cultivating their Martial Souls and said he hoped they would become worthy rivals.
• Zhou Sichen privately admitted that he was building the siblings’ trust so he could use their support against a powerful, ruthless enemy in the future.