Chapter Summaries

Huo Yu'er fought Ma Rulong, who used a Flash Cannon and Soul Tools to exploit his range and keep her under sustained fire. After taking several hits, Huo Yu'er realized she would lose if she continued to fight this way.

• Huo Yu'er told Ma Rulong he had entered the match too early, and he replied that the Sun Moon Empire could not afford a heavy defeat.
• Ma Rulong blinded Huo Yu'er and the spectators with a Flash Cannon, but she used Spiritual Power to sense his movements and avoid his follow-up attack.
• Ye Wen reassured Jiang Nannan that Huo Yu'er would not be defeated so easily.
• Ma Rulong used light bullets and mobility Soul Tools to evade Huo Yu'er and bombard her with concentrated fire.
• Huo Yu'er took several attacks and realized that she would lose if the fight continued this way.

Huo Yu'er activated her Soul Guiding Armor after Ma Rulong's barrage, transforming into a powerful Snow Emperor Mode. She resumed the match with Ma Rulong, now able to wield Soul Saint-level power.

• Huo Yu'er abandoned her pursuit of Ma Rulong and reluctantly activated her Soul Bone Skill's Trump Card.
• Ma Rulong fired sixty Soul Guiding cannons at Huo Yu'er, but her metal bracer formed a barrier that protected her from the barrage.
• Huo Yu'er performed the armor's activation dance and transformed into Snow Emperor Mode, raising her Soul Power to level seventy.
• Huo Yu'er saw that her transformed appearance had captivated the crowd, then fixed her cold gaze on Ma Rulong.
• Huo Yu'er challenged Ma Rulong to continue the match.

Huo Yu'er defeated Ma Rulong with one Ultimate Ice-powered sword strike, revealing her Soul Saint-level strength and remarkable Soul Guiding Armor. Jing Hongchen became determined to obtain its technology and, after studying its unknown metal and capabilities, realized Ye Wen's Soul Guiding Technology might be an era ahead of its time.

• Huo Yu'er struck Ma Rulong with a sword slash that cleaved his armor and sealed his wound in Ultimate Ice.
• Ma Rulong conceded, and Huo Yu'er released the ice so he could leave the arena badly injured.
• The audience and experts recognized Huo Yu'er's overwhelming strength, while Jing Hongchen focused on her Soul Guiding Armor.
• Jing Hongchen discovered that he could not identify the armor's metal and feared the Sun Moon Empire might lack the resources to reproduce it.
• Jing Hongchen recalled the armor's capabilities, looked toward Ye Wen, and concluded its Soul Guiding Technology was at least an era ahead.

Huo Yu'er used Ye Wen's advanced Soul Guiding Armor to lead Heavenly Path Academy to victory, alarming Jing Hongchen about the threat its technology posed to the Sun Moon Empire. As Heavenly Path Academy and Shrek advanced to the final, Jing Hongchen left to prepare for what he feared the armor could mean for the empire.

• Jing Hongchen recognized that Huo Yu'er's Soul Guiding Armor emerged from within her body and realized its technology was far ahead of its era.
• Jing Hongchen resolved to bring Ye Wen's armor technology under the Sun Moon Empire's control or eliminate Ye Wen and Heavenly Path Academy, but restrained his killing intent in Ye Wen's presence.
• Huo Yu'er overwhelmed her opponents with her Level 70 Soul Power and Soul Guiding Armor, securing Heavenly Path Academy's victory.
• Xu Jiujiu and another princess admired the armor, and Ye Wen told them to consider his offer and visit him before nine o'clock on the night they won the championship.
• Shrek advanced to the final alongside Heavenly Path Academy, leaving the Sun Moon Team in third place for the first time in the tournament's history.
• Jing Hongchen slipped away and worried that Ye Wen might possess armor capable of strengthening Titled Douluos, deciding that the Sun Moon Empire had to prepare before the news spread.

Wang Yan prepared Shrek’s team for its match against Heavenly Path Academy, weighing the team’s strengths and the threat posed by Huo Yu’er’s Soul Guiding Armor. He left Ma Xiaotao responsible for stopping Huo Yu’er if they drew the individual match.

• Wang Yan studied Heavenly Path Academy’s records and concluded that its Soul Guiding Armor heralded a new era of Soul Tools.
• Ma Xiaotao asked Wang Yan how Shrek should approach the next day’s match, and he estimated Shrek had a strong chance in a team battle because Heavenly Path Academy lacked coordination and support Soul Masters.
• Dai Yueheng warned that Heavenly Path Academy might have more Soul Guiding Armor, but Wang Yan reasoned that such powerful equipment was too rare for the whole team to possess.
• Wang Yan warned that an individual match would be dangerous because Huo Yu’er could reach Soul Saint strength, and he told Ma Xiaotao to take the first match if they faced that format.
• Ma Xiaotao promised to use everything she had against Huo Yu’er, and Wang Yan advised her to fight steadily while reviewing Huo Yu’er’s known abilities and Ice Jade Scorpion bone skill.

Ma Xiaotao faced Jiang Nannan in the tournament and hesitated when she recognized her, allowing Jiang Nannan to assemble her Soul Guiding Armor. The fight began with Jiang Nannan entering Godspeed Mode and calmly preparing to counter Ma Xiaotao’s Ultimate Fire.

• After seeing the draw, Wang Yan worried about Ma Xiaotao’s chances against Huo Yu'er but encouraged her before she entered the arena.
• Ma Xiaotao was startled to find Jiang Nannan representing Heavenly Path Academy, while Xu Sanshi shouted his support from Shrek’s section.
• Jiang Nannan used the metal disc and arm ring to assemble her Soul Guiding Armor after Ma Xiaotao hesitated at the start.
• Jiang Nannan entered Godspeed Mode as Ma Xiaotao launched her Phoenix Fire Line Soul Skill.
• Jiang Nannan recalled her master’s advice and chose to rely on her agility rather than contest Ma Xiaotao’s strength with Ultimate Fire.

Jiang Nannan used Teleportation and Ye Wen’s Tempest Kick techniques to counter Ma Xiaotao’s Ultimate Fire, but Ma Xiaotao overwhelmed her with a strengthened Phoenix attack. Jiang Nannan was left facing the incoming Phoenix Phantom as the match continued.

• Jiang Nannan teleported behind Ma Xiaotao and attacked her with Tempest Kick: Wild Chrysanthemum.
• Ma Xiaotao escaped the surprise attack by flying, then used Phoenix Fire Line from above to cover much of the arena.
• Jiang Nannan unleashed Tempest Kick: Circumference Sever, which stopped Ma Xiaotao’s flames and damaged the arena.
• Jiang Nannan used Moonwalk to rush toward Ma Xiaotao in the air, while Ma Xiaotao boosted her flight speed and attack with two Soul Skills.
• Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Cloud Piercing Strike burned away Jiang Nannan’s Tempest Kick and charged at her.

Jiang Nannan conceded to Ma Xiaotao after narrowly avoiding her strongest attack, and Tang Ya entered the next match. Ma Xiaotao underestimated Tang Ya’s evolved Blue Silver Emperor, which proved far stronger and stranger than ordinary Blue Silver Grass.

• Jiang Nannan used Gravity Control to evade Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Cloud Piercing Strike, then conceded as Ma Xiaotao dove toward her.
• Heavenly Fiend Douluo stopped Ma Xiaotao’s attack, and Jiang Nannan left the stage while Ma Xiaotao fumed over having used her strongest Soul Skill without injuring her.
• Wang Yan urged Ma Xiaotao to stay focused, and she recovered Soul Power before facing Tang Ya.
• Ma Xiaotao dismissed Tang Ya’s Blue Silver Grass and attacked, but Tang Ya used Lush Growth and Entanglement to fill Ma Xiaotao’s view with durable vines.
• Tang Ya activated Blue Silver Emperor Mode, and her vines bound Ma Xiaotao and diverted her Phoenix Fire Line before Ma Xiaotao burned them away.

Ma Xiaotao fought Tang Ya, whose armor-type Soul Tool let her spread Blue Silver Grass across the arena, while Ye Wen’s disciples’ powerful Soul Tools drew the attention of the gathered factions. After Xu Jiujiu described Ye Wen’s offer, the Star Luo Emperor urged her to bind herself closely to him to secure the Soul Tool for the empire.

• Ma Xiaotao burned through the Blue Silver Grass around her, then flew above the arena to locate Tang Ya rather than waste her Soul Power.
• Ma Xiaotao spotted Tang Ya wearing a striking blue-and-gold armor-type Soul Tool, while Beibei watched Tang Ya and Xu Sanshi teased him.
• The factions realized Ye Wen’s Soul Tools could give lower-level Soul Masters Soul Saint-level combat strength, but none dared challenge him to seize them.
• The Star Luo Emperor summoned Xu Jiujiu and asked what she knew about the Soul Tool.
• Xu Jiujiu explained that Ye Wen would grant her the Soul Tool if she bound herself closely to him, though he might eventually share its crafting method through the academy regardless.
• The Star Luo Emperor told Xu Jiujiu to bind herself closely to Ye Wen, hoping the Soul Tool would help the Star Luo Empire withstand the Sun Moon Empire.

Ma Xiaotao unleashed a compressed Ultimate Fire attack against Tang Ya after struggling to break through her Blue Silver Emperor defenses. The strike engulfed Tang Ya’s cocoon, leaving the spectators unsure whether she had survived, while Ye Wen watched without reacting.

• Ma Xiaotao grew frustrated as Tang Ya’s Blue Silver Emperor defenses resisted her Ultimate Fire and realized she had to use a decisive attack.
• Ye Wen revealed that he had meant for his disciples to use Ma Xiaotao as a training opponent, not to wear down her Soul Power through consecutive battles.
• Ma Xiaotao gathered Soul Power with Shrek Academy’s Self-Created Soul Skill, Compression, and reinforced it with her Phoenix Bathed in Fire skill and a right-arm soul bone.
• Tang Ya recognized the danger and encased herself in a Blue Silver Emperor cocoon, but Ma Xiaotao attacked with Phoenix Cloud Piercing Strike and her compressed flames.
• Ma Xiaotao’s flames burned through the Blue Silver Emperor and engulfed the cocoon, while Beibei shut his eyes and the audience feared for Tang Ya; Ye Wen remained calm.

Ma Xiaotao believed Tang Ya had died in her Ultimate Fire attack, but Tang Ya survived and counterattacked with golden Blue Silver Grass. After Ma Xiaotao accused Heavenly Path Academy of cheating, Ye Wen took the stage and revealed Tang Ya’s ring was a Level 9 Soul Tool.

• Ma Xiaotao used an all-out attack on Tang Ya, then tried to recover Soul Power while the referee withheld a verdict.
• Golden Blue Silver Grass burst from the burning cocoon and wounded Ma Xiaotao, who flew to the edge of the stage and knocked away another wave of strands.
• Tang Ya emerged unharmed and prepared to attack with her enlarged, rotating ring-shaped Soul Tool.
• Ma Xiaotao accused Tang Ya’s side of cheating and asked the referee to suspend the match, implying that Ye Wen had interfered.
• Ye Wen entered the stage, warned everyone not to doubt or insult him, and briefly released his overwhelming pressure.
• Ye Wen showed the ring and identified it as the Ultimate Golden Ring, a Level 9 Soul Tool he had forged for Tang Ya’s Soul Guiding Armor.

Ye Wen revealed the Ultimate Golden Ring’s defensive power and used Tang Ya’s demonstration to undermine Shrek Academy before her match against Ma Xiaotao resumed. Tang Ya gained the upper hand with enhanced Blue Silver Emperor vines and hidden weapons, while Ma Xiaotao charged at her in a desperate attempt to turn the fight around.

• Ye Wen explained that the Level 9 Ultimate Golden Ring transformed Soul Power into Ultimate Gold, and Ma Xiaotao apologized after realizing her accusation had been mistaken.
• Tang Ya demonstrated the ring’s defenses by withstanding a Soul Douluo’s attack, then resumed fighting Ma Xiaotao.
• Soul Engineers and the Star Luo Emperor recognized the technology’s significance, while Ma Xiaotao and the Shrek group grew increasingly anxious.
• Tang Wulin warned Wang Yan that Tang Ya was using powerful Tang Sect hidden weapon techniques, including One Thousand and One Nights.
• After Tang Ya’s attacks drained more of Ma Xiaotao’s Soul Power, Ma Xiaotao charged at her in a crimson streak.

Ma Xiaotao used a trick to launch Tang Ya into the air, but Tang Ya caught her with Blue Silver Emperor vines and dragged her back down. Both fighters continued their brutal battle, and the chapter ended as Tang Ya hurled hidden weapons at a figure emerging through Ma Xiaotao’s flames.

• Ma Xiaotao used Phoenix Sky-Howling Strike to launch Tang Ya’s Blue Silver cocoon into the air.
• Tang Ya broke free of the cocoon, blocked Ma Xiaotao’s kick, and used strengthened Blue Silver Emperor vines to pull her down and slam her into the arena.
• Tang Ya rapidly healed and attacked the fallen Ma Xiaotao with her Tang Sect Hidden Weapons Technique, Fourth Form—One Thousand and One Nights.
• Ma Xiaotao used her remaining Soul Power to unleash Phoenix Meteor Shower and clash with Tang Ya’s hidden weapons.
• Tang Ya attacked a figure emerging through the haze of Ma Xiaotao’s flames, believing Ma Xiaotao was repeating her earlier trick.

Ma Xiaotao and Shrek lost to Ye Wen’s team, leaving Shrek with its first second-place finish and Heavenly Path Academy as champion. Xu Jiujiu and Vina joined Ye Wen’s lineage, while the Dou Ling and Sun Moon Empires worried over the shifting balance of power.

• Ma Xiaotao dragged Tang Ya off the platform with her, then fainted after Tang Ya acknowledged her courage.
• Xiao Xiao defeated Shrek’s remaining competitors with level 70 strength, securing Shrek’s first-ever second-place finish and the championship for Huo Yu’er’s team.
• Xu Jiujiu and Vina entered Ye Wen’s room, learned his true identity, and joined the Heavenly Path Sect’s lineage, beginning the future Valkyrie Alliance.
• Ye Wen granted the Star Luo and Heavenly Soul Empires Soul Guiding Technology, forging techniques, and immortal herb resources, while the excluded Dou Ling Empire began sending talented citizens to Heavenly Path Academy.
• The Sun Moon Emperor reviewed reports about Heavenly Path Douluo with Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming, and they feared the consequences if their interests were threatened.

The Sun Moon Empire prepared to send students and Jing Hongchen to Heavenly Path Academy to learn its Soul Guiding Technology, while the emperor also ordered Jing Hongchen to investigate or assassinate Ye Wen. At Shrek, Mu En addressed the academy’s defeat and heard Xian Lin’er propose banning Soul Tools that enhanced cultivation.

• Kong Deming urged the Sun Moon Emperor to prioritize learning the Soul Guiding knowledge spreading from Heavenly Path Academy.
• The Sun Moon Emperor tasked Jing Hongchen with preparing students to study there, and Jing Hongchen said he would accompany them in hopes of becoming a Rank 10 Soul Engineer.
• The Sun Moon Emperor warned Jing Hongchen that Ye Wen was a threat and ordered him to uncover Ye Wen’s weaknesses or seek a chance to assassinate him.
• At Sea God Pavilion, Mu En acknowledged Shrek’s loss and asked Xian Lin’er about the special Soul Tool used by Heavenly Path Academy.
• Xian Lin’er blamed the Soul Tool that raised cultivation to Level 70 and proposed adding a tournament rule to prohibit such devices.

Mu En revealed that the Sun Moon Empire possessed Rank 10 Soul Engineers capable of wielding Soul Tools that could challenge Peerless Douluo, explaining why Shrek had not seized their technology. He ordered Yan Shaozhe to work with Xian Lin'er to prepare talented Martial Soul Department students to study Soul Tools elsewhere.

• Xian Lin'er regretted speaking too quickly, but Mu En asked the elders for their views on Soul Tools and argued that Soul Masters had to embrace them.
• Mu En revealed that the Sun Moon Empire had Rank 10 Soul Engineers whose life-bound Soul Tools could contend with a Demi-God Peerless Douluo, and warned Shrek to be cautious of them.
• Xian Lin'er asked whether a Level 10 Soul Tool could challenge gods, and Mu En explained the three realms of Peerless Douluo and said such a Soul Tool could only brush the edge of the quasi-god realm.
• Mu En told Yan Shaozhe to cooperate with Xian Lin'er and select Martial Soul Department students talented in Soul Tools.
• Yan Shaozhe questioned how the students could compete with other institutions given Shrek's limited Soul Tool resources, and Mu En replied that they would not study at Shrek.

Mu En arranged for Shrek students to study Soul Guiding Technology at Heavenly Path Academy, offering access to Shrek’s cultivation chambers in return. After a fierce selection, ten outer-courtyard students were chosen, and Xian Lin'er and Fan Yu prepared to lead them there.

• Mu En decided to send exchange students to Heavenly Path Academy and offer its disciples access to Sea God Pavilion cultivation chambers and training guidance.
• Mu En explained that the Sun Moon Empire was also seeking Heavenly Path Academy’s technology, and he assigned Xian Lin'er to lead the students.
• Shrek students competed for ten exchange slots, while Mu En rejected Beibei’s request and Qian Duoduo refused Xu Sanshi’s attempt to obtain a place through connections.
• After half a month, Shrek selected ten students, including Tang Wulin and He Caitou, both disciples of Fan Yu.
• Fan Yu became assistant leader of the exchange team, while Qian Duoduo reluctantly watched Xian Lin'er prepare to leave.

Ye Wen welcomed Shrek and Sun Moon Academy’s students to Heavenly Path Academy and prepared to teach them advanced Soul Tool techniques. He singled out Ju Zi as someone he intended to recruit and ended the meeting by ordering everyone to bring metal for forging practice.

• Xian Lin'er arrived with Shrek’s group and found that Jing Hongchen and Sun Moon Academy had reached Heavenly Path Academy first.
• Ye Wen received the gathered students at his cabin and decided to teach Soul Guiding technology while keeping its most advanced applications for Huo Yu'er and her allies.
• Ye Wen noticed Ju Zi and planned to win her over, believing he could also improve her cultivation with immortal herbs.
• Ye Wen explained that metal forging was essential to Soul Tools and told everyone to bring metal for the next lesson.
• Meng Hongchen questioned why Soul Engineers had to learn the supposedly lowly trade of forging, and Ye Wen told her to follow his instructions.

Ye Wen explained his five metal-forging ranks, revealing the Spiritual Metal needed for armor-type Soul Tools and offering to exchange knowledge of the final two ranks for a favor. The new techniques stirred excitement and drove metal prices upward, leaving the resource-poor Douluo Three Kingdoms scrambling.

• Jing Hongchen apologized to Ye Wen for interrupting, and Ye Wen continued his explanation of metal forging.
• Ye Wen described Hundred Forging, Thousand Forging, and Ten Thousand Forging, explaining that Spiritual Metal could merge with a Soul Master and enable powerful armor-type Soul Tools.
• Ye Wen said Soul Forging and Heavenly Forging remained theoretical concepts to him, and invited anyone who comprehended them to exchange with him for one condition.
• Jing Hongchen considered how Spiritual Metal might help Sun Moon Empire Soul Engineers reach higher ranks, while Tang Wulin believed he could master Ten Thousand Forging and privately vowed to punish Ye Wen for withholding the final techniques.
• Metal prices rose as Ye Wen's forging knowledge spread, and the Douluo Three Kingdoms began searching desperately for Rare Metal while the Extreme North Ice Plains remained undeveloped and claimed by Ye Wen.

Ye Wen summoned Ju Zi and revealed that he knew about her past and hatred of the Douluo Three Kingdoms, then tried to earn her trust by telling her the story of his rise. Ju Zi remained suspicious of his claims but was captivated by his description of a peaceful, unified Douluo Continent as Ye Wen's story continued.

• Ye Wen asked Ju Zi to sit and told her he knew she hated the Star Luo Empire and the other nations of the Douluo Continent.
• Ju Zi feared Ye Wen meant to kill her, but his pitying gaze reminded her of her parents and unsettled her.
• Ye Wen reassured Ju Zi that he would not force her to do anything and began telling her about his humble origins and rise to become a Peerless Douluo.
• Ju Zi noticed that Ye Wen's account conflicted with what she knew, including his claim that he had unified the Douluo Continent, and judged him unreliable.
• Ju Zi envied Ye Wen's description of a peaceful, prosperous unified continent, then grew resentful that he had shown her such an illusion as his story continued.