Chapter Summaries

Shrek’s Preliminary Team chose to face Zhengtian Academy despite its three Soul Kings, and the draw assigned them a 2-2-3 match format. Beibei and Xu Sanshi began the opening bout against Ye Wuqing and Blood Wolf, with the contest just starting.

• Cao Jinxuan and the Preliminary Team decided to compete against Zhengtian Academy without calling in Shrek’s Main Team Members.
• The Star Luo Emperor Xu Jiawei welcomed Elder Xuan and confirmed that Shrek’s geniuses would be safe in the empire.
• Zhou Sichen and Ye Wuqing drew the 2-2-3 format, and Ye Wuqing resolved to defeat Shrek’s Preliminary Team.
• Cao Jinxuan assigned Beibei and Xu Sanshi to the first match, with himself and Long Xiangyue slated for the second.
• Beibei and Xu Sanshi faced Ye Wuqing and Blood Wolf as the referee started the opening bout.

Beibei and Xu Sanshi used a position-swapping tactic to defeat Blood Wolf and injure Ye Wuqing, who answered with a storm of explosive Golden Leaf Blades. Beibei revealed his Overlord—Thunder Domain to clear a path, and the battle ended with Xu Sanshi protecting the exhausted Beibei from Ye Wuqing’s final attack.

• Beibei and Xu Sanshi opened the match against Ye Wuqing and Blood Wolf, but Ye Wuqing’s exploding Golden Leaf Blades injured Xu Sanshi.
• Xu Sanshi used Profound Nether Exchange to swap Blood Wolf into Beibei’s prepared Thunder Dragon Head, knocking Blood Wolf unconscious, while Beibei’s exchanged Soul Tool Bomb blasted Ye Wuqing.
• Ye Wuqing unleashed Dance of Golden Leaves as Xu Sanshi ran toward the platform’s edge, but Beibei activated Overlord—Thunder Domain and detonated the Golden Leaves around him.
• Xu Sanshi leaped off the platform and exchanged places with Ye Wuqing, while Ye Wuqing fired a volley of Golden Leaves at the exhausted Beibei.
• Xu Sanshi swapped himself with Beibei and used Profound Nether Shock to block and detonate Ye Wuqing’s final Golden Leaves.

Beibei and Xu Sanshi defeated Zhengtian Academy’s Ye Wuqing, and Cao Jinxuan and Long Xiangyue then overcame Yu Mengdi and Yang Yifan with their time-control and teleportation abilities. Shrek Academy took both matches, leaving Cao and Long victorious and largely unharmed.

• Beibei’s Thunder Domain and Xu Sanshi’s tactics sent Ye Wuqing off the arena, giving Shrek Academy the first match.
• Cao Jinxuan and Long Xiangyue faced Yu Mengdi and Yang Yifan, who released their martial souls and attacked.
• Cao Jinxuan slowed and accelerated his opponents while Long Xiangyue’s Dragon Bone Shuriken battered Yang Yifan off the arena.
• Yu Mengdi used her Fifth Soul Skill, Angel God-Slaying Slash, but Cao Jinxuan blocked it with a defensive Soul Tool.
• Long Xiangyue teleported behind Yu Mengdi and struck her repeatedly until he sent her crashing down, securing Shrek Academy’s second victory.

Shrek’s Preliminary Team defeated Zhengtian Academy and then Changning Academy, leaving the main team unused in the round-robin matches. Meanwhile, Zhou Sichen met Princess Xu Jiujiu to seek Shrek’s cooperation regarding two secret finale treasures at the Starlight Auction House, and she agreed to relay his request to the emperor.

• Long Xiangyue defeated Yu Mengdi with a four-hit combo, securing Shrek’s second consecutive victory over Zhengtian Academy with its Preliminary Team.
• Ye Wuqing accepted responsibility for underestimating Shrek’s Preliminary Team, while Tang Xiaolei encouraged him to aim for another chance to face Shrek later.
• Zhou Sichen praised the Preliminary Team, and Dai Yueheng recalled that a previous Shrek team had reached the top sixteen without deploying its main team.
• Shrek’s Preliminary Team defeated Changning Academy while Zhou Sichen went to the Starlight Auction House with Xu Jiujiu.
• Zhou Sichen asked Xu Jiujiu to arrange proper cooperation with Shrek over the auction’s two finale treasures, and she agreed to convey his request to Xu Jiawei.

Zhou Sichen negotiated with Emperor Xu Jiawei to secretly acquire the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone and Snow Empress Embryo in exchange for an item of equal value and Shrek’s cooperation. After Xu Jiawei learned that Zhou Sichen was Shrek’s next Sea God Pavilion Master, he proposed uniting their families through marriage, leaving Zhou Sichen alarmed.

• Xu Jiujiu brought Zhou Sichen to meet Emperor Xu Jiawei, who offered to give him an auction item as a meeting gift.
• Zhou Sichen proposed a private exchange for the two headline lots and asked that Shrek’s ownership remain secret.
• Xu Jiawei agreed to consider the transaction and said he would provide another royal treasure to distract Sun Moon, provided Shrek made a promise.
• Xuan Zi revealed that Zhou Sichen had been chosen as the next Sea God Pavilion Master, strengthening the proposed alliance.
• Xu Jiawei suggested that Zhou Sichen marry Xu Jiujiu to unite their families, and Zhou Sichen realized he had been targeted.

Zhou Sichen learned that Xu Jiawei had proposed a marriage alliance between him and Xu Jiujiu, then realized Mu En and Xuan Zi were testing his ambitions and preparing Star Luo to support his future rise. He accepted the hidden bargain and left with the Snow Empress Embryo secure.

• Xu Jiawei proposed that Xu Jiujiu marry Zhou Sichen after he became the Sea God Pavilion Master, hoping Star Luo could rely on him if war came.
• Zhou Sichen questioned the proposal, while Xuan Zi encouraged him to accept and suggested Shrek would welcome Xu Jiujiu.
• Zhou Sichen inferred that Mu En had arranged the alliance as a test and as preparation for replacing Star Luo's rulers in the future.
• Xuan Zi confirmed that Mu En had told Xu Jiawei about Zhou Sichen's abilities, and Xu Jiawei admitted he was willing to gamble on Zhou Sichen's potential.
• Xu Jiujiu remained confused about the plan, while Zhou Sichen recognized that the alliance helped secure the Snow Empress Embryo.

Zhou Sichen and Xu Jiujiu’s political marriage was provisionally arranged in secret, and Zhou Sichen revealed his extraordinary Martial Soul and Soul Ring configuration to explain why Xu Jiawei had staked the Star Luo Empire’s future on him. Xu Jiujiu’s initial frustration gave way to curiosity and anticipation as she learned about Zhou Sichen’s power.

• Elder Xuan explained that Mu En had arranged the marriage as part of a plan to connect Zhou Sichen and Xu Jiujiu, while Xu Jiawei supported the match.
• Zhou Sichen warned Xu Jiujiu that he already had several women around him and could not promise to favor her alone; Xu Jiujiu concealed her displeasure and accepted the arrangement.
• Elder Xuan and Xu Jiawei agreed to keep the marriage and Shrek’s cooperation with Star Luo secret, and Xu Jiawei said he had placed his bets on Zhou Sichen.
• Xu Jiujiu asked to learn the reason behind the political marriage, and Zhou Sichen revealed his Book of Contracts and five Soul Rings, including four black rings and one red ring.
• Xu Jiawei explained that Zhou Sichen’s Martial Soul could form contracts with Soul Beasts and let him grow stronger through them, then warned that the secret must remain confidential.
• Xu Jiujiu’s dissatisfaction faded as she processed Zhou Sichen’s abilities, leaving her curious and eager to learn more.

Zhou Sichen traded information about his abilities for the Star Luo Empire’s support and secured the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone and Snow Empress Embryo. Shrek’s Preliminary Team finished the group stage undefeated, while Zhou Sichen began preparing to reach Level 60 and contract the embryo.

• Zhou Sichen accepted Xu Jiawei’s offer of the Soul Bone and Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo, and Xu Jiawei gave both to him as gifts in exchange for the information he had revealed.
• Xu Jiujiu escorted Zhou Sichen through Star Luo City, and he returned to the hotel without drawing attention to their connection.
• Ye Guyi questioned Zhou Sichen about the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone and Princess Jiujiu before cultivating with him.
• Shrek Academy’s Preliminary Team won all seven group matches and advanced to the Round of Sixteen, while the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy also finished first in its group.
• After the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Soul Bone and the Deity Conferring Platform containing the embryo reached Zhou Sichen, the Ice Empress sensed a familiar presence in the embryo, and Zhou Sichen concealed that it was the Snow Empress.
• Zhou Sichen put away the treasures and entered the Undead Demiplane to study Necromancy with Elder Yi as he worked toward Level 60.

At the Starlight Auction House, Shrek Academy members acquired several treasures, including Wang Dong’s Ten Thousand Year Left Arm Soul Bone, while Sun Moon bought the two high-quality Soul Bones offered as final prizes. The Round of 16 draw matched Shrek Academy against Dou Ling Academy, leaving the Preliminary Team worried about facing its powerful Soul Tool-equipped lineup.

• Dai Yueheng won the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade for 1.56 million Gold Soul Coins, and Cao Jinxuan bought twelve Level 6 Fixed Soul Cannon shells as Zhou Sichen had instructed.
• Wang Dong bid 1.2 million Gold Soul Coins for a Ten Thousand Year Left Arm Soul Bone, surprising the Shrek Academy members and prompting Zhou Sichen to suspect she had bought it for Huo Yuhao.
• Sun Moon acquired both replacement final prizes, which were high-quality Soul Bones above the Fifty Thousand Year level.
• After returning to their hotel, the Shrek Academy members began cultivating for the Round of 16 Elimination Tournament.
• The match draw paired Shrek Academy with Dou Ling Academy, whose Main Team had five Soul Kings and two Soul Ancestors and included Soul Tool users.
• The Preliminary Team members feared they could not defeat Dou Ling Academy, but they also felt determined not to give up quietly.

Zhou Sichen obtained Level 7 Concealment Rings from Xuan Zi to hide Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao’s true cultivation as Shrek Academy prepared to field its Main Team Members. The team faced Heaven Spirit Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy in the round of sixteen-to-eight, and the chapter ended with both sides confronting each other onstage.

• Xuan Zi gave Zhou Sichen two Level 7 Concealment Rings and said Emperor Xu Jiawei had agreed to alter Gu Yi and Xiaotao’s records.
• Zhou Sichen reassured Xuan Zi that Sun Moon Academy had no proof of their plans, and Xuan Zi promised to handle any problems.
• The round-of-sixteen-to-eight tournament began, and Shrek Academy chose its Main Team Members to face Heaven Spirit Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy.
• Xu Jiawei and Xuan Zi watched as Zhou Sichen led Ye Guyi, Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Gongyang Mo, Ling Luochen, and Dugu Xianmeng onto the stage.
• Shrek’s Main Team Members faced Dou Ling Academy’s team, and its captain Lone Bamboo Sword tried to stay confident despite feeling pressured by Zhou Sichen and his teammates.

Shrek Academy made its first public appearance at the tournament, and its seven members stunned the crowd by revealing three Soul Emperors and four Soul Kings. The chapter left Shrek facing a visibly flustered Dou Ling Academy as the match began.

• Zhou Sichen and the Shrek team took their positions while Dou Ling Academy arranged its members in an unusual formation.
• The referee started the match, and both teams released their Martial Souls and Soul Rings.
• Shrek revealed three Six-Ring Soul Emperors—Ye Guyi, Ma Xiaotao, and Dai Yueheng—and four Five-Ring Soul Kings, shocking the spectators and rival academies.
• Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao's Concealment Rings hid their true strength, making them appear to be Soul Emperors rather than Soul Saints.
• Dou Ling Academy's members, unnerved by Shrek's display, hurriedly began using their Soul Skills from across the stage.

Shrek Academy launched its first assault against Dou Ling Academy’s layered defenses while Dou Ling’s team secretly assembled an enlarged Thunderbolt Cannon. The chapter ended with Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy identifying the weapon and anticipating whether Shrek’s attackers could withstand its Level 7 firepower.

• Chi Hengyu raised a shield wall while Qing Feng and Tang Niuniu combined their skills to build Dou Ling Academy’s defensive formation.
• Dai Yueheng used three Soul Skills and Gongyang Mo’s enhancement to break Qing Feng’s earth attack and batter Chi Hengyu’s shield wall.
• Zhou Sichen hurled Dai Yueheng toward the defenses as Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao flew over the shield wall toward Dou Ling Academy’s backline.
• Dugu Xianmeng prepared poison arrows while Ling Luochen gave the advancing Shrek members Ice Ring Armor and Gongyang Mo supported the team from the air.
• Dou Ling Academy’s seven members assembled hidden components behind the shield wall, and Ma Rulong and Xiao Hongchen recognized them as parts of an enlarged Thunderbolt Cannon.

Dai Yueheng, Ye Guyi, and Ma Xiaotao broke through Chi Hengyu’s shield wall, allowing Dugu Xianmeng to defeat Dou Ling Academy’s fighters with the Jade Phosphorus Five Poisons. The opposing team was left unconscious, and Dugu Xianmeng took their damaged Thunderbolt Cannon, saying she would keep it while dealing with the poison on it.

• Dai Yueheng struck Chi Hengyu’s shield wall, and Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao joined him to shatter it with their Level 7 Soul Tools.
• Little Madman covered Dou Ling Academy’s fighters in purple illusion mist, but Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao stayed outside it after breaking through the shield.
• Dugu Xianmeng fired five Poison Arrows into the mist, spreading the Jade Phosphorus Five Poisons and incapacitating the fighters within.
• Dugu Xianmeng reclaimed her poison, gave the seven fallen fighters detoxification pills, and took their assembled Thunderbolt Cannon.
• Dugu Xianmeng told Dou Ling Academy’s leading teacher that she would keep the poisoned cannon while she dealt with it.

Shrek Academy defeated Dou Ling Academy in under three minutes, using coordinated attacks and Dugu Xianmeng’s Jade Scale Snake Poison to overwhelm their opponents. After waking, Lone Bamboo Sword learned of the loss and the stolen Thunderbolt Cannon, while Dou Ling Academy concealed what they had learned about Shrek from rival academies.

• The referee declared Shrek Academy the winner after Dugu Xianmeng’s poison incapacitated Dou Ling Academy and Shrek’s team took their Soul Tools.
• The other academies realized Shrek had held back and identified Dugu Xianmeng’s Jade Scale Snake Poison as a threat to watch.
• Zhou Sichen led Shrek’s main team out of Star Luo Plaza, and the preliminary team members followed with confidence.
• Dou Ling Academy’s team leader rushed the poisoned members to the resting area for treatment, and Lone Bamboo Sword eventually woke.
• Lone Bamboo Sword learned that Dou Ling Academy had lost and its Thunderbolt Cannon had been taken, then feared it might still carry poison.
• Dou Ling Academy’s members refused to tell the other academies what they had learned about Shrek, hoping their rivals would suffer similar defeats.

Shrek Academy celebrated its decisive victory over Dou Ling Academy while the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy prepared to challenge Shrek with its Soul Tool-enhanced fighters. Sun Moon’s Preliminary Team won its round-of-sixteen match, leaving spectators eager to see whether its Main Team could rival Shrek’s.

• Xiao Hongchen vowed to give everything for the Sun Moon Empire and discussed Shrek’s use of Soul Tools with Ma Rulong and Meng Hongchen.
• Shrek’s team celebrated its victory, and Dugu Xianmeng and Dai Yueheng discussed her poison and their limited chances to fight.
• Long Xiangyue and Xu Sanshi massaged Zhou Sichen’s legs as they tried to persuade him to let Preliminary Team members compete.
• The tournament advanced to the round of sixteen, where Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Sun Moon’s Preliminary Team defeated their opponents.
• Spectators compared Sun Moon’s victory with Shrek’s strength and anticipated a future clash between their leading teams.

Shrek Academy advanced to the final four after Dou Ling Academy and Zhengtian Academy conceded, while Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Star Luo National Academy, and Dio Academy also secured semifinal places. The draw paired Shrek Academy with Star Luo National Academy and Dio Academy with Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, setting up two semifinal matches for the day after tomorrow.

• Dou Ling Academy, following Lone Bamboo Sword’s advice, conceded its individual matches, allowing Shrek Academy to advance to the quarterfinals without revealing more of its strength.
• Ye Wuqing had Zhengtian Academy concede to Shrek Academy, and Zhou Sichen discussed both academies’ strengths and combat experience with him.
• Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy advanced to the final four after Xiao Hongchen impressed with his Soul Tool skills, joining Shrek Academy, Star Luo National Academy, and Dio Academy.
• The four captains gathered for the semifinal draw, where Jiang Peng and Ma Rulong exchanged challenges while Zhou Sichen and Xu Jiujiu discussed their possible matchup.
• The draw paired Zhou Sichen’s Shrek Academy with Xu Jiujiu’s Star Luo National Academy, and Jiang Peng’s Dio Academy with Ma Rulong’s Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

As the semifinal teams gathered in Star Luo Plaza, Emperor Xu Jiawei opened the event and named Huang Jinxu as the match officiant. Huang announced a best-of-three format for the semifinals, with team, individual, and two-two-three matches spread across three days.

• Zhou Sichen deflected Ye Guyi’s jealousy over his closeness with Princess Jiujiu and urged the team to stay alert to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Shrek Academy’s Main Team Members spent the next two days resting while the Preliminary Team Members supported them.
• The four semifinal teams arrived at Star Luo Plaza, where Emperor Xu Jiawei made a ceremonial entrance and addressed the crowd.
• Xu Jiawei introduced Huang Jinxu, the Heavenly Fiend Douluo, as the officiant for the first semifinal match.
• Huang Jinxu announced that the semifinals would use a best-of-three format, beginning with a Team Battle and followed by individual battles and a two-two-three match if needed.

Shrek Academy and Star Luo National Academy began their semifinal team battle, with both sides releasing their martial souls and launching their opening attacks. Xu Jiujiu’s Star Radiance Technique weakened Dugu Xianmeng’s poison arrows while strengthening Star Luo’s defenses, as Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao closed in.

• The Heavenly Fiend Douluo announced the semifinal match and ordered both teams not to release their martial souls before the start.
• Zhou Sichen led Shrek Academy onto the platform, where Xu Jiujiu and Star Luo National Academy faced them with calm confidence.
• The teams formed their battle formations, and the Heavenly Fiend Douluo signaled the match to begin.
• Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao charged from the air while Zhou Sichen and Dai Yueheng advanced on the ground; Gongyang Mo and Ling Luochen supported Shrek’s attack, and Dugu Xianmeng fired poison arrows.
• Xu Jiujiu released her Star Crown martial soul and used Star Radiance Technique to suppress Dugu Xianmeng’s arrows and strengthen Star Luo’s defenses.
• Star Luo National Academy blocked the poison arrows as Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao swept toward them.

Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao’s combined attack was trapped by Xu Jiujiu’s Level 7 Absolute Defense Soul Tool, leaving Shrek Academy’s assault stalled. As the arena watched, Xiao Hongchen questioned whether Shrek’s claimed strength was genuine, and the match’s outcome remained uncertain.

• Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao combined their Soul Tool attacks against Xu Jiujiu, but Xu used a golden Soul Tool to trap them inside an Absolute Defense Barrier.
• Ye Guyi and Ma Xiaotao attacked the barrier, but their strikes failed to damage it as the audience reacted in shock.
• Ma Rulong identified the barrier as a single-use Level 7 Soul Tool that could hold its captives for a quarter of an hour.
• Xiao Hongchen explained that his grandfather had likely traded the Soul Tool to the Star Luo Imperial Family and said its bead would require at least Level 7 Soul Saint strength to destroy.
• Meng Hongchen wondered whether Shrek’s other members could help break the barrier, while Xiao Hongchen watched Zhou Sichen and questioned whether Shrek was faking its strength.

Star Luo National Academy used coordinated elemental control and the Nine Revolution Soul Transformation Device to halt Zhou Sichen and Dai Yueheng’s charge. The chapter ended with Huang Heyun’s dark-golden tiger holding them back after his teammates pooled their Soul Power.

• Yichen and Wang Shiying unleashed a wind-and-fire tornado that delayed Zhou Sichen and Dai Yueheng for one second.
• Dai Yueheng and Zhou Sichen broke through the tornado with their enhanced attacks and pressed toward Star Luo National Academy’s formation.
• Huang Heyun formed a four-in-one line with his teammates and sent a dark-golden Dark Demonic Tiger against the charging attackers.
• Xu Jiujiu’s Star Radiance Technique infused Huang Heyun’s tiger with Star Power, while the team’s Nine Revolution Soul Transformation Devices pooled the Soul Power of four Soul Kings.
• Huang Heyun’s powered-up Soul Skill stopped Zhou Sichen and Dai Yueheng’s combined assault.