Chapter Summaries

A free-for-all selection left Cao Jinxuan, Long Xiangyue, Xu Sanshi, Beibei, Jiang Nannan, He Caitou, and Wang Dong as the seven reserve candidates, while Xiao Xiao and Huo Yuhao withdrew. Xuan Zi explained the dangers of the Inner Court and revealed that the seven would serve as reserves and possible substitutes for Shrek Academy’s tournament team.

• Cao Jinxuan’s control skills helped his temporary team eliminate most of the competitors, leaving nine students in the arena.
• Xiao Xiao conceded, and Huo Yuhao followed, leaving Wang Dong among the seven who remained.
• Xuan Zi defended the free-for-all as a test of adaptability and warned the students that Inner Court training carried deadly risks.
• After the eliminated students left, Xuan Zi explained the origins of the Shrek Seven Devils and the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Arena Battle Tournament.
• Xuan Zi told the seven that they were reserve candidates and potential substitutes, but they would need to pass future evaluations and enter the Inner Court to represent Shrek Academy.

Elder Xuan named seven core disciples as preliminary tournament team members and warned them to defend their places through hard work. Zhou Sichen comforted Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao, gave defensive Soul Tools to Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, and later learned that Zhang Lexuan wanted to know whether he was dating Xiaotao and the others.

• Elder Xuan told the seven preliminary team members to train for the tournament and keep their selection secret, then gave them a week to choose a captain and vice captain.
• Zhou Sichen comforted Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao after they missed the team, and Wang Dong asked whether Zhou Sichen would compete as one of the Shrek Seven Devils.
• Zhou Sichen gave Wang Dong two defensive Soul Tools, and she kept the blue-gold one and delivered the silver-white one to Huo Yuhao.
• Zhou Sichen met Cao Jinxuan and Long Xiangyue, confirmed that he would captain the Shrek Seven Devils, and gave Cao Jinxuan Soul Tools and news about Soul Tool Milk Bottle Technology.
• Zhang Lexuan asked Zhou Sichen whether he was dating Xiaotao and the others.

Zhang Lexuan asked Zhou Sichen for advice about her feelings for Beibei, and he urged her to distinguish familial affection from romantic love and follow her heart. Later, Zhou Sichen and Ye Guyi practiced their Martial Soul Fusion, and Zhou Sichen reflected on how his ability could evolve other people’s Martial Souls while revealing its limits.

• Zhang Lexuan privately told Zhou Sichen that she and Beibei had been promised to each other as children, and he suggested that their bond might be familial affection rather than romantic love.
• Zhou Sichen advised Zhang Lexuan to meet more people and, if she still loved Beibei, confess rather than regret staying silent; she thanked him and wondered what love truly meant.
• Zhou Sichen returned to the villa, where he and Ye Guyi discussed their cultivation goals and the uncertain power of the Golden Tree.
• Zhou Sichen and Ye Guyi fused their Martial Souls, evolving her Sacred Angel into a Six-Winged Angel and greatly amplifying her abilities.
• Zhou Sichen recalled that he had also evolved Ma Xiaotao’s, Dugu Xianmeng’s, and Ling Luochen’s Martial Souls through fusion, but could not fuse with Mu En because he had not copied his Soul Core.
• Zhou Sichen concluded that his fusion ability could evolve Martial Souls when both participants lacked Soul Cores, and that trust and practice were necessary for it to work.

The Preliminary Team met the Shrek Team and learned who would represent Shrek Academy in the upcoming tournament. The chapter ended with the newcomers stunned by the main team’s strength, especially its two Soul Saints, Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao.

• Zhou Sichen promised Ye Guyi he would find suitable Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings for her at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well once she reached rank 80.
• Xuan Zi introduced the seven Preliminary Team Members to the seven Shrek Team members, warning the newcomers to obey orders and prove themselves in the tournament.
• Cao Jinxuan introduced the Preliminary Team, whose members included three second-year students and several Soul Ancestors.
• Zhou Sichen identified himself as Shrek Team Captain and revealed his Sacred Light Dragon Martial Soul, shocking Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, and Wang Dong.
• Ye Guyi introduced herself as Vice Captain at level 75, and Ma Xiaotao revealed she was level 72, leaving the Preliminary Team astonished.

Elder Xuan introduced the Main Team Members’ exceptional levels and warned the Preliminary Team Members that Zhou Sichen’s captaincy and their training were academy secrets. He split the students into mixed teams for a sparring match, and Ye Guyi’s team planned an aggressive opening to overwhelm Zhou Sichen’s more balanced group.

• The Main Team Members introduced themselves, revealing that Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao were Soul Saints and the others were high-level Soul Kings or a Soul Emperor.
• Elder Xuan called Zhou Sichen a monster among monsters, declared his circumstances a top secret, and ordered the students to keep all future missions and training confidential.
• Elder Xuan arranged a mixed-team spar, restricting Zhou Sichen from using a Level 7 Soul Tool and Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao to the power of Six Rings.
• Zhou Sichen and Ye Guyi selected their teams, with Ye Guyi choosing Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Ling Luochen, Beibei, He Caitou, and Long Xiangyue.
• Ye Guyi assigned her teammates their opponents and planned to eliminate Dugu Xianmeng and Cao Jinxuan before Ling Luochen controlled the battlefield and the rest launched a full assault.

Zhou Sichen’s team used Cao Jinxuan’s Time Stop and Dugu Xianmeng’s poison arrows to seize the initiative against Ye Guyi’s team, but Ye Guyi’s defenses prevented anyone from being poisoned. Ma Xiaotao broke through to attack their rear, leaving Xu Sanshi to shield the exhausted Cao Jinxuan and Dugu Xianmeng from her Phoenix Meteor Shower.

• Zhou Sichen assigned roles and tactics, planning to pair Cao Jinxuan’s control with Dugu Xianmeng’s poison arrows while Xu Sanshi protected them.
• When Xuan Zi started the match, Cao Jinxuan combined his Time Flows and Time Lock skills to freeze Ye Guyi’s team, while Dugu Xianmeng fired five poison arrows at key opponents.
• Ye Guyi blocked the arrows with her shields, but Dugu Xianmeng detonated them to release poison mist; Ye Guyi, Dai Yueheng, Ling Luochen, Beibei, He Caitou, and Long Xiangyue used their abilities to contain or avoid it.
• Ma Xiaotao broke free, kicked Jiang Nannan and Wang Dong away, then unleashed her Phoenix Meteor Shower against the exhausted Cao Jinxuan and Dugu Xianmeng.
• Gongyang Mo fled the incoming attack, and Xu Sanshi rushed in front of Cao Jinxuan and Dugu Xianmeng to shield them.

Zhou Sichen’s team used Dugu Xianmeng’s poison and Xu Sanshi’s position-swapping skill to eliminate Dai Yueheng’s group, but Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao overcame their final attack and forced them to concede. Xuan Zi revealed he had arranged the matchup to teach the newcomers a lesson, then asked them what they had learned.

• Ye Guyi tried to stop Zhou Sichen from crossing the poisonous mist, but Xu Sanshi swapped places with her and Zhou Sichen threw him into the poison.
• Xu Sanshi swapped places with Dai Yueheng, who was poisoned and struck down by Zhou Sichen before Xuan Zi eliminated him; Zhou Sichen then used a dragon roar and poison to eliminate Ling Luochen, Beibei, He Caitou, and Long Xiangyue.
• Jiang Nannan, Wang Dong, and Gongyang Mo joined Zhou Sichen in the poisonous mist, while Dugu Xianmeng and Cao Jinxuan were eliminated.
• Zhou Sichen unleashed Dragon Emperor’s Evil-Breaking Split, but Ma Xiaotao and Ye Guyi countered it; Wang Dong’s Butterfly God Slash also failed to overcome Ye Guyi.
• Zhou Sichen conceded, and Xuan Zi revealed that he had instructed Zhou Sichen and Ye Guyi to select and use the teams this way to teach the newcomers a lesson.

Elder Xuan explained that the preliminary team’s loss had shown how personal strength mattered more than tactics when opponents had a decisive Soul Power advantage, then put everyone through another mixed-team battle. The sparring revealed the fighters’ individual strengths and left the teams continuing their training.

• Cao Jinxuan concluded that Elder Xuan had arranged the first match to teach the preliminary team that personal strength underpinned teamwork, and Elder Xuan confirmed his reasoning.
• Elder Xuan told the team to recover for half an hour before forming new teams, while the fighters reflected on their performances and standout abilities.
• Zhou Sichen and Ye Guyi selected balanced teams, and Elder Xuan started another battle in the Battle Soul Arena.
• Cao Jinxuan used his four time-based Soul Skills to disrupt his opponents as the combatants displayed their abilities, including He Caitou’s bombardment, Long Xiangyue’s shuriken techniques, and Dugu Xianmeng’s poison.
• Ye Guyi, Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and the other fighters showcased their strengths as both teams fought at full capacity.

As Shrek’s teams trained together, the preliminary members saw the Inner Court’s strength and Ye Guyi’s Hundred Thousand Year soul ring, while growing curious about Zhou Sichen’s power. With five days left before the tournament, the group traveled to Star Luo City and settled into the Star Emperor hotel, where Xuan Zi promptly disappeared.

• The seven preliminary members trained with the Shrek Seven Devils, witnessed Inner Court battles, and were stunned by Ye Guyi’s Hundred Thousand Year Seventh Soul Ring.
• Zhou Sichen gave the Seven Devils and preliminary members Soul Tools before the group departed Shrek Academy with Xuan Zi as their leader.
• The team arrived in crowded Star Luo City and went to Star Luo Plaza and the Star Emperor hotel, where Shrek received luxurious rooms and amenities.
• Xuan Zi vanished after telling the fourteen team members to follow Zhou Sichen’s arrangements, leaving Zhou Sichen to hope he would not cause trouble.

Zhou Sichen and Dai Yueheng visited the Starlight Auction House to acquire the notorious Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife, which Zhou Sichen knew was actually Gold of Life. Xu Cheng agreed to sell it to him for a discount, and Zhou Sichen left considering whether Shrek could manipulate tournament bets without damaging its reputation.

• Zhou Sichen asked Dai Yueheng about the auction arrangements, and they went to the Starlight Auction House to find the Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife.
• Dai Yueheng learned the knife was not scheduled for auction that day, so he asked the staff to summon Xu Cheng.
• Zhou Sichen privately recognized the Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife as Gold of Life and told Dai Yueheng that his Extreme Ice could suppress its viciousness.
• Xu Cheng greeted Dai Yueheng and Zhou Sichen, then agreed to sell the knife to Zhou Sichen for eighty thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Xu Cheng revealed that he had bet his savings on Shrek, prompting Zhou Sichen to consider manipulating the round-robin results for profit.

Zhou Sichen bought the Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife and learned from Elder Yi that it was a rare piece of Gold of Life that could benefit him and his companions. Later, while shopping with Ye Guyi, Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and Dugu Xianmeng, he met Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy siblings Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, setting up a potential rivalry at the tournament.

• Zhou Sichen bought the Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife for eighty thousand Gold Soul Coins at the Starlight Auction House.
• Elder Yi revealed that the knife was made from solid Gold of Life and said absorbing it could strengthen Zhou Sichen, Tian Meng, and the Ice Empress while helping him preserve himself.
• Zhou Sichen returned to the hotel, where Dai Yueheng went to cultivate and Ye Guyi pulled Zhou Sichen out shopping with Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and Dugu Xianmeng.
• Zhou Sichen encountered Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen at a jewelry shop, and the siblings introduced themselves as students from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• After learning Zhou Sichen was from Shrek Academy, Xiao Hongchen remarked that he hoped they would meet again in the competition and left with Meng Hongchen.

Zhou Sichen had Electrolux purify the Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife, revealing its Gold of Life, and absorbed most of it while reserving a drop to help Mu En. The Gold of Life transformed Zhou Sichen's body and Spiritual Sea, created an Eye of Life, and left him vastly more powerful.

• Ye Guyi and Zhou Sichen discussed the strength of the Hongchen Siblings, while Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen resolved to study Shrek and try to win the tournament.
• Zhou Sichen returned to the hotel and asked Electrolux to purify the Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife made from Gold of Life.
• Electrolux removed the blade's evil power and explained that a drop of Gold of Life could extend Mu En's life, so Zhou Sichen asked him to save some for his teacher.
• Zhou Sichen absorbed the Gold of Life, which transformed his body and Spiritual Sea and concentrated his Eyes of the Soul into his right eye.
• The Gold of Life formed an Eye of Life in Zhou Sichen's left eye, greatly expanded his Spiritual Sea, and sharply increased his vitality and strength.

Zhou Sichen fused with Electrolux to gain the Necromancy Holy Law God as his Third Martial Soul and received the Undead Demiplane as a gift. He tested his new necromantic powers by creating and enhancing undead, leaving Electrolux impressed by his talent.

• Zhou Sichen and Electrolux synchronized their chanting and fused, making Electrolux Zhou Sichen's Third Martial Soul, the Necromancy Holy Law God.
• Electrolux gave Zhou Sichen access to the Undead Demiplane and made him ruler of its undead inhabitants.
• Zhou Sichen entered the demiplane and used his gray Soul Ring to command Skeleton Soldiers and combine their Soul Fire into a stronger Skeleton Soldier King.
• Zhou Sichen infused the Skeleton Soldier King with Hellfire, transforming it into a Hellfire Skeleton with strength comparable to a Three-Ring Soul Master.
• Electrolux praised Zhou Sichen's necromantic talent and reconsidered the possibilities of combining the powers of their two worlds.

Zhou Sichen explored his authority over the Undead Demiplane and helped Electrolux develop ideas for a Soul Spirit Method. He sent Shrek Academy’s Preliminary Team to open the tournament, and the chapter ended as they prepared to face Heaven Spirit Academy in the first match.

• Zhou Sichen used the Mark of the Ruler to command the Undead Demiplane, where three powerful Bone Dragons submitted to him.
• Zhou Sichen shared concepts from the Soul Spirit Method with Electrolux, who began developing a way to contract the souls of dead Soul Beasts through Necromancy.
• Zhou Sichen assigned the Preliminary Team to lead Shrek Academy’s tournament matches, while the Main Team would serve as backup if needed.
• Cao Jinxuan and the other Preliminary Team Members agreed to take the opportunity seriously and discussed tactics before the tournament.
• Zhou Sichen drew Shrek Academy’s match lot, and the opening draw paired Shrek with Heaven Spirit Advanced Soul Master Academy.
• Cao Jinxuan’s team revealed six Soul Ancestors and one Soul Elder, outclassing Heaven Spirit Academy’s five Soul Ancestors and two Soul Elders as the crowd cheered Shrek.

Shrek Academy's Preliminary Team defeated Heaven Spirit Academy in five seconds by combining Cao Jinxuan's time-stopping Soul Skill with He Caitou's Soul Tool barrage. Back at the Starlight Hotel, Zhou Sichen praised the team and explained that the Preliminary Team would face opponents without studying their matches, while the Main Team stood ready to take over if they began losing.

• Cao Jinxuan froze Heaven Spirit Academy's seven competitors with his Combined Soul Skill, Time Stop, while Shrek's other members stood back.
• He Caitou bombarded the immobilized opponents with Soul Tools, knocking them off the stage or forcing the referees to rescue them.
• The referee declared Shrek Academy the winner, and Cao Jinxuan told the crowd that challengers had to get past the Preliminary Team before facing the Main Team.
• Cao Jinxuan and the other six Preliminary Team Members reported their victory to Zhou Sichen, and the Shrek group left Star Luo Plaza for the Starlight Hotel.
• At the hotel, Zhou Sichen told the Preliminary Team to expect greater pressure because they would not watch other academies' matches and would lose their chance to compete if they started losing.

The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s strong Preliminary Team performance raised its standing alongside Shrek Academy, while Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen’s choices sparked a confrontation with Ma Rulong. Elder Ma accepted their aim of challenging Shrek but warned them to stay calm as the academy prepared to pursue the championship.

• Shrek Academy remained at the Star Emperor Hotel while the tournament’s brutal first round strengthened its reputation and drew attention to the Main Team Members.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen helped the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy defeat a formidable opponent using their Martial Souls, prompting speculation that the academy could challenge Shrek for first place.
• Ma Rulong reprimanded Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen for refusing to use Soul Tools and nearly letting their opponents deploy a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Xiao Hongchen insisted that he wanted to defeat Shrek immediately, and Meng Hongchen defended their decision to rely on their Martial Souls and poison.
• Elder Ma praised the siblings’ effect on the academy’s momentum but warned them to consult their elders and remain composed, then told the team to prepare for Shrek and the championship.

Shrek Academy began the round-robin stage against Yun Luo Academy in a one-on-one elimination match. Xu Sanshi won the first two bouts with tricks and taunts, leaving Shrek in a strong position as the match continued.

• The tournament opened its round-robin stage as spectators and rival teams gathered to watch Shrek Academy face the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s rivals.
• The draw set Shrek Academy’s match against Yun Luo Academy as a one-on-one individual elimination format.
• Cao Jinxuan chose Xu Sanshi to face Yun Luo Academy’s Soul Tool users first.
• Xu Sanshi swapped places with Ma Yingjun after jumping off the platform, causing Ma Yingjun to fall and giving Xu Sanshi the victory.
• Xu Sanshi defeated Shang Yue with more flashy maneuvers and taunts, using only about thirty percent of his Soul Power.

Xu Sanshi defeated Yun Luo Academy captain Situ Yu, winning Shrek Academy’s first round-robin match by himself and prompting Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to answer his challenge. The Shrek team left the arena as Xiao Hongchen vowed to defeat them, while Meng Hongchen questioned whether Shrek’s main team might be stronger than Sun Moon expected.

• Xu Sanshi agreed to Situ Yu’s wager that their duel would decide the match between Shrek Academy and Yun Luo Academy.
• Situ Yu deployed his Soul Tool Cannon Platform and unleashed a barrage, but Xu Sanshi dodged and blocked the attacks with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and his shield.
• Xu Sanshi used Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon to deflect Situ Yu’s Force-Gathering Soul Cannon beam, then knocked Situ Yu into the arena barrier.
• Situ Yu admitted defeat and surrendered, giving Shrek Academy the match as Xu Sanshi celebrated with his teammates.
• Xu Sanshi provoked Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, and the Shrek team left the arena without waiting for the remaining matches.
• Xiao Hongchen vowed that Sun Moon would trample Shrek, while Meng Hongchen warned that Shrek’s main team might be too strong to defeat.

Shrek’s Preliminary Team defeated Qianling Academy in a five-second team battle by combining Cao Jinxuan’s Time Stop with He Caitou and the others’ Soul Tool bombardment. Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy analyzed the tactic and considered using Invincible Shields to counter it.

• Shrek’s Preliminary Team faced Qianling Academy in a team battle, and Cao Jinxuan froze the opposing team as soon as the match began.
• He Caitou, Long Xiangyue, Beibei, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan bombarded the immobilized opponents with Soul Tools, leaving Shen Ce as the only one still standing after five seconds.
• Shen Ce surrendered, and the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner.
• Ma Rulong worried about Cao Jinxuan’s control, but Xiao Hongchen reasoned that its duration decreased against stronger Soul Masters and that Invincible Shields could block the follow-up attacks.
• Xiao Hongchen proposed equipping Sun Moon’s team with Level 5 Triggered Invincible Shields, easing the academy members’ concern about facing Shrek.

The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy studied Shrek’s Main Team and concluded that its members might be far more powerful than their records suggested, leaving them anxious about the tournament. At Sea God Pavilion, Mu En reassured Yan Shaozhe that Zhou Sichen and the others would be safe, while instructing him to keep observing Huo Yuhao.

• Elder Ma, Ma Rulong, Xiao Hongchen, and the Sun Moon team examined Shrek’s records and suspected Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao had divine bloodlines and extraordinary cultivation.
• The Sun Moon team learned that Zhou Sichen’s Sacred Light Dragon might link him to Dragon God Douluo and speculated that his Soul Engineer rank exceeded his recorded Fifth-Rank status.
• Elder Ma urged the team to give everything in the tournament and ordered a guard to deliver the information to the imperial capital.
• Elder Ma blamed Shrek for the coming purge of Evil Soul Masters and vowed that the young would pay for the old generation’s mistakes.
• Yan Shaozhe told Mu En that people in the Outer Court were investigating Shrek, and Mu En said his standing and Xuan Zi’s protection would keep Zhou Sichen and the others safe.
• Mu En asked Yan Shaozhe to continue observing Huo Yuhao, whom Yan Shaozhe described as a promising Soul Tool talent under Fan Yu’s guidance.