Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen held off Chang Ning Academy’s Soul King captain, Cheng Yue, while Shrek’s teammates attacked the rest of the opposing team. Ye Chen’s exposed soul rings astonished the spectators, and Bei Bei eliminated Chang Ning’s support-type Soul Master.

• Xiao Xiao led the way with her Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron as Bei Bei and Jiang Nannan moved to attack Chang Ning Academy’s support-type Soul Master.
• Xu Sanshi held off two assault-type Soul Masters while Huo Yuhao directed the team with Spirit Detection Share and He Caitou set up a Soul Tool Turret.
• Ye Chen revealed his purple, purple, and black soul rings as he fought Cheng Yue, shocking the spectators and Star Luo Emperor Xu Jiawei.
• Ye Chen traded punches with Cheng Yue and gained the upper hand through his physical strength.
• Bei Bei struck down Chang Ning Academy’s unprotected support-type Soul Master with Thunder Dragon Claw.

Ye Chen used hidden Ultimate Ice to stop Cheng Yue and secure Shrek Academy’s victory, sending the team through to the quarterfinals. After returning to the hotel, Wang Yan warned the team about their concealed rivals, and a knock at the conference room door hinted that an invitation bearer had arrived.

• Cheng Yue launched a desperate attack, but Ye Chen froze him in place by activating Ultimate Ice power he had secretly infused into the water on his body.
• The referee felt the chill in Cheng Yue’s body, agreed to keep Ye Chen’s method secret, and declared Shrek Academy the winner.
• Ye Chen released Cheng Yue from the ice, and Shrek’s team returned to the hotel while Wang Yan stayed to watch the other matches.
• Xu Sanshi sought Jiang Nannan’s praise for protecting her, but she rebuffed him and walked ahead.
• Wang Yan gathered the team to warn them that the quarterfinal contenders had hidden their strength, then someone knocked at the conference room door.

Ye Chen used Ultimate Ice to immobilize Cheng Yue, securing Shrek Academy’s victory and advancement as the top team in its group. After Wang Yan warned the team about the quarterfinalists’ hidden strength, an unexpected visitor knocked on the meeting room door.

• Cheng Yue launched a powerful attack, but Ye Chen froze him in place by activating Ultimate Ice in the rainwater on his body.
• The referee felt the chill from Cheng Yue, accepted Ye Chen’s request to keep the technique confidential, and declared Shrek Academy the winner.
• Ye Chen released Cheng Yue from the ice, and Shrek returned to the hotel while Wang Yan stayed to watch the remaining matches.
• Xu Sanshi sought praise from Jiang Nannan, who rebuffed him, and Ye Chen teased him before catching up with Huo Yuhao and the others.
• Wang Yan gathered the team and warned that the quarterfinal contenders had hidden their strength; then someone knocked at the meeting room door.

Qing Ya delivered invitations to Shrek Academy for the Starlight Auction House’s rare top-tier auction, and Wang Yan decided the group would attend. Led by Qing Ya, the twelve members arrived at the auction house and entered a concealed passage, with Ye Chen anticipating the technology ahead.

• Qing Ya visited Wang Yan and Ye Chen’s group, apologized for the earlier encounter, and presented twelve invitations to the top-tier auction.
• Wang Yan accepted the invitations and decided the group would attend the auction before their tournament matches.
• Ye Chen prepared two black bundles in his Storage Soul Tool and joined the others after dinner.
• Qing Ya greeted Shrek Academy at the auction house and led the twelve members inside.
• Two attendants opened a concealed passage in the wall, and Ye Chen marveled at the building’s advanced technology.

Qing Ya invited Ye Chen and the Shrek Academy group to a top-tier auction, and Wang Yan agreed to attend. The twelve students and teachers arrived at the Starlight Auction House, where a hidden passage opened before them.

• Qing Ya delivered twelve invitations to Shrek Academy and explained that the Starlight Auction House was holding a rare top-tier auction.
• Wang Yan accepted the invitations, and Ye Chen prepared for the auction with the Snow Empress Embryo among his potential targets.
• Wang Yan led the twelve Shrek Academy members back to the auction house, where Qing Ya welcomed them as a newly promoted Black Auctioneer.
• Two attendants opened a concealed passage in the wall, impressing Ye Chen with the building's advanced design.

Ye Chen and the Shrek group attended a top-class auction at the Starlight Auction House, where he recognized auctioneer Jiu Jiu as a Star Luo princess. The first item sold, and Ye Chen was stunned when the second auction item appeared to be something he knew.

• Qing Ya led the Shrek group to Room Seven, where they saw the auction stage displayed on a screen powered by a rare mineral.
• Wang Dong wondered whether Wang Yan and Qing Ya were a good match, but Ye Chen said Wang Yan had his own destined match.
• Jiu Jiu opened the auction and introduced the Rank 8 Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade as the first item.
• Ye Chen guessed that Jiu Jiu was the little princess of the Star Luo Royal Family, and Qing Ya confirmed the royal connection.
• A guest bought the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade for one million six hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• The second item appeared as a gray stone with dark-red grooves, and Ye Chen stared at it in shock.

The Shrek group attended a top-tier auction at the Starlight Auction House, where Ye Chen recognized the auctioneer Jiu Jiu as a Star Luo princess. The second lot appeared to be an ordinary stone with dark red grooves, and Ye Chen was shocked to see that it really existed.

• Qing Ya led the Shrek group to a luxurious private room, where they saw a rare ore-powered screen that could display the auction stage.
• Wang Dong asked Ye Chen whether Wang Yan and Qing Ya made a good match, and Ye Chen replied that Wang Yan had his own destined love.
• Auctioneer Jiu Jiu opened the auction with a Rank 8 Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade, which sold for one million six hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Ye Chen guessed that Jiu Jiu was the Star Luo Royal Family's little princess, and Qing Ya confirmed the royal family's involvement in the auction house.
• The second lot appeared as a plain stone marked by dark red grooves, and Ye Chen was astonished that it existed.

Ye Chen recognized the mysterious auction item as a Fire Dragon Egg and kept its identity secret from the outsiders in the room. He secured it for Shrek Academy at the starting price, while the egg’s condition remained unknown.

• Princess Jiu Jiu introduced a mysterious stone that the auction house believed possessed Ultimate Fire, but could not identify.
• Ma Xiaotao asked Ye Chen about the item, and he recognized it from an ancient book as a Fire Dragon Egg encased in solidified magma.
• Ye Chen privately warned the Shrek Academy group not to reveal the egg’s identity until they returned to the hotel.
• After no one bid for fifteen minutes, Ye Chen bid six hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for the egg.
• Princess Jiu Jiu sold the item to Room Seven, and Wang Yan agreed to handle the payment for Ye Chen.

Ye Chen recognized the unknown auction item as a Fire Dragon Egg and decided to buy it while keeping its identity secret from the outsiders in the room. He won it for six hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, leaving the egg in Shrek Academy’s possession.

• Princess Jiu Jiu revealed that the second auction item had an exceptionally pure Ultimate Fire aura, though the auction house knew nothing else about it.
• Ye Chen recognized the gray stone as a Fire Dragon Egg and secretly told the Shrek Academy members they would discuss it after returning to the hotel.
• The auction began at six hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, but no one bid for fifteen minutes.
• Ye Chen bid the starting price from Room Seven, and Princess Jiu Jiu declared the item sold to him.

Ye Chen bought an Ancient Dragon Egg and considered whether it might lead him to Dragon Valley, while the auction continued. The Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone appeared as the second-to-last item, and the awakened Ice Empress recognized it and angrily called Ye Chen a bastard.

• Ye Chen wondered why the Ancient Dragon Egg had appeared at the auction and considered asking the Starlight Auction House about its consignor.
• The auction sold a fifty-thousand-year-old left arm bone and several other soul bones and a Rank 8 Soul Tool, while Wang Yan and Wang Dong did not bid.
• Princess Jiu Jiu announced the second-to-last item and revealed an emerald-green left arm bone meant to attract guests with ice-attribute martial souls.
• Ye Chen recognized the bone as the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone, which carried the Ice Burst soul skill.
• The Ice Empress, who had awakened after Ye Chen helped stabilize and nourish her soul, recognized the bone and angrily cursed Ye Chen.

Ye Chen won an Ancient Dragon Egg and suspected it might be connected to Dragon Valley, then recognized the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone at the auction. The Ice Empress awakened in his Sea of Consciousness and reacted furiously when the bone appeared.

• Ye Chen won the Ancient Dragon Egg and considered whether its origin was Dragon Valley, which he hoped to explore someday.
• The auction continued with soul bones and a Rank 8 Soul Tool, while Wang Yan and Wang Dong chose not to bid on the items shown.
• Princess Jiu Jiu introduced the second-to-last auction item, an ice-attribute soul bone meant to attract guests with ice-attribute martial souls.
• Ye Chen recognized the jade-green bone as the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone, which held the Ice Burst soul skill.
• The Ice Empress, who had awakened after Ye Chen nurtured her damaged soul, called him a bastard upon seeing the soul bone.

At the auction, Ye Chen warned Ling Luochen and Wang Yan not to bid on the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone, which he knew had a serious flaw. After another buyer paid twenty-five million Gold Soul Coins for it, Ye Chen looked forward to the real show beginning after the auction.

• The Ice Empress grew furious when she saw the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone and realized one of her kin had been killed.
• Ling Luochen hoped Wang Yan would help her obtain the soul bone, but Ye Chen advised them not to bid because it had a problem.
• The Ice Empress urged Ye Chen to acquire the bone for its Ice Burst skill, but he said he did not value the skill.
• The auction price rose to twenty-five million Gold Soul Coins, and another buyer purchased the soul bone as Ye Chen watched.
• Wang Yan redirected the group’s attention to the final auction item, while Ye Chen anticipated what would happen after the auction ended.

Ye Chen warned Ling Luochen not to bid on the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone because it could not be absorbed without Ultimate Ice, and she trusted his judgment. The bone sold for twenty-five million Gold Soul Coins as the auction moved to its final item, while Ye Chen anticipated that the real show would begin afterward.

• Princess Jiu Jiu introduced the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone, and Ling Luochen hoped to obtain it.
• Ye Chen warned Ling Luochen and Wang Yan that the soul bone had a problem, so they refrained from bidding.
• Ice Empress urged Ye Chen to acquire the bone for its Ice Burst skill, but he dismissed the skill as too basic for him.
• The Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone sold for twenty-five million Gold Soul Coins, and Ye Chen reacted with amusement and pity for its buyer.
• Wang Yan turned the group's attention to the final auction item as Ye Chen anticipated the real show beginning afterward.

The auction house revealed a trapped hundred-thousand-year soul beast embryo as the final item, prompting fierce interest from the bidders. Xu Jiawei and Jiu Jiu planned to use planted bidders to drive up the price against the Sun Moon Empire, while Ye Chen recognized the embryo as Snow Empress and quietly signaled Wang Yan.

• Jiu Jiu revealed that the final auction item was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast embryo trapped inside a Rank 9 Soul Tool, promising a soul ring and soul bone to whoever acquired it.
• Ye Chen recognized the airflow as Snow Empress, the third-ranked member of the Ten Great Fierce Beasts, and resolved not to be controlled by fate.
• Xu Jiawei asked Jiu Jiu whether the opposing bidders had begun selling soul tools for cash, and she confirmed they were preparing to compete for the embryo.
• Xu Jiawei and Jiu Jiu revealed that they had filled more than half the private rooms with planted bidders to drive up the Sun Moon Empire's price.
• After the auction resumed, Wang Yan asked Ye Chen whether they should consult Xuan Zi, and Ye Chen privately signaled him before they spoke in coded phrases about the night growing deep.

The auction revealed a trapped Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast embryo, which Ye Chen recognized as Snow Empress, while Xu Jiawei and Jiu Jiu plotted to use the bidding to target the Sun Moon Empire. After the auction resumed, Ye Chen and Wang Yan exchanged a coded message about the plan.

• Jiu Jiu announced that the final auction item was a trapped Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast embryo held in a Rank 9 Soul Tool.
• Ye Chen recognized the airflow as Snow Empress and reflected on her fate.
• Xu Jiawei and Jiu Jiu revealed that they had filled many rooms with plants to drive up the price and make the Sun Moon Empire pay.
• After a thirty-minute pause, the auction resumed and Wang Yan asked whether they should consult Xuan Zi about bidding.
• Ye Chen sent Wang Yan a message through Spiritual Power, and they exchanged the coded remarks, "The weather outside isn't very good" and "The night has grown deep."

Ye Chen and Xuan Zi prepared to intercept the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast Embryo after discovering that someone from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy had already left with it. The chapter ended with them changing into night clothes and setting out under cover of darkness.

• The auction price of the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast Embryo rose to 150 million Gold Soul Coins, and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy appeared to win it.
• Wang Yan completed Shrek Academy’s purchase of a Fire Attribute Dragon Egg, and the group left through the auction house’s secret passage.
• Wang Yan told the others that Ye Chen had a special mission after they wondered where he had gone.
• Ye Chen met Xuan Zi outside the auction house and explained that the embryo was likely in the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy’s possession.
• Xuan Zi reported that one of the two old men from the academy’s group was missing, confirming Ye Chen’s suspicion that the embryo had been moved ahead of the others.
• Ye Chen handed Xuan Zi a set of night clothes, and they prepared to act beneath the dark, starless sky.

After the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast Embryo sold for 150 million Gold Soul Coins, Ye Chen learned that one of the Sun Moon Academy delegation’s elders had left, suggesting the embryo was already being moved. He and Elder Xuan prepared to intercept it under cover of darkness.

• The Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast Embryo’s price rose to 150 million Gold Soul Coins, and the auction ended without the Shrek group buying it.
• Wang Yan completed Shrek’s purchase of the Fire Attribute Dragon Egg, then led the group back to the hotel while Ye Chen slipped away.
• Ye Chen met Elder Xuan outside the auction house and told him the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy had the embryo.
• Elder Xuan reported that one of the Sun Moon Academy delegation’s two elders was missing, so Ye Chen concluded the embryo had likely already left.
• Ye Chen handed Elder Xuan a bundle of night clothes, and they prepared to act after dark.

Ye Chen and Xuan Zi ambushed an elder traveling from Star Luo City toward the Sun Moon Empire, and Ye Chen used a mysterious power to make the man vanish into another world. The two fled the scene, leaving the elder’s fate unknown.

• Ye Chen and Xuan Zi hid beside the road and waited for their target, with Ye Chen explaining why he expected the man to pass that way.
• Xuan Zi judged the target to be an ordinary Soul Douluo and promised to kill him quietly, while Ye Chen decided the man could be put to greater use.
• The elder activated his flying Soul Tool and sped along the road, unaware that Ye Chen and Xuan Zi were waiting nearby.
• A powerful force dragged the elder from the air, and a blue ring of light made him disappear into a dreamlike world with a holy tree.
• Ye Chen weakened from using his power urged Xuan Zi to flee, and Xuan Zi carried him away at lightning speed.

Ye Chen and Xuan Zi ambushed an elder traveling from Star Luo City toward the Sun Moon Empire, using Ye Chen’s power to pull him into a mysterious blue world. After the elder vanished, Ye Chen urged Xuan Zi to flee before anyone discovered them.

• Ye Chen and Xuan Zi hid beside the official road and waited for their target, with Ye Chen explaining that he had guessed the elder’s route.
• Xuan Zi identified the target as an ordinary Soul Douluo, and Ye Chen decided the elder could serve a greater purpose than simply being killed.
• The elder flew past on a Level 8 Flying Soul Tool, unaware that Ye Chen and Xuan Zi were waiting nearby.
• Ye Chen’s power seized the elder with a gravitational pull and transported him into a dreamlike blue world surrounding a divine tree.
• Ye Chen kicked the stunned Xuan Zi and urged him to leave, and Xuan Zi carried Ye Chen away at lightning speed.

Ye Chen explained to Xuan Zi that his Small World had evolved and could teleport an unconscious target to the Fusang Divine Tree, though using it carried severe risks. He kept the captured Sun Moon Empire Soul Engineer alive for his Soul Tool knowledge and headed back to the Star Emperor Hotel, where he expected to explain another surprise to the Shrek Academy group.

• Two strange men arrived where Ye Chen and Xuan Zi had been and decided to report that the item had reached Ming De Hall.
• Xuan Zi took Ye Chen to a secluded corner of Star Luo City and asked how he had made the Soul Engineer disappear.
• Ye Chen told Xuan Zi that the world in his pupils was real and explained how the evolved Small World could teleport an unconscious target to the Fusang Divine Tree.
• Ye Chen considered keeping the eighth-ranked Soul Engineer alive for his knowledge of Soul Tools and planned to discuss it with Mu En after returning to the academy.
• Ye Chen headed for the Star Emperor Hotel and worried that he would have to explain the dragon egg in Wang Yan's hands.