Chapter Summaries

Shrek Academy and Skywater Academy prepared to face each other in the final qualifying-round match. Shui Yue'er showed interest in Dai Mubai, while Shui Bing'er and the Skywater Team braced themselves for Bai Ge's formidable strength.

• Bai Ge led the Shrek Team into the central arena, where the Skywater Team was waiting.
• The Skywater girls admired Bai Ge, while Shui Yue'er said she preferred Dai Mubai and hoped to meet him after the match.
• Shui Bing'er urged her team to focus, and she and Meng Yiran exchanged confident words before the contest.
• Shui Yue'er asked why Dai Mubai was not taking the field, but Shui Bing'er interrupted her as the match was about to begin.
• Both teams summoned their martial souls, and Shui Bing'er grew wary of Bai Ge's five spirit rings and unrevealed abilities.

Shui Bing'er and the Sugar Water Troupe used ice and rain to counter the Shrek Team's attacks and press toward Bai Ge. Xue Wu's rain strengthened her teammates, leaving the match in the Sugar Water Troupe's favor as Shui Yue'er closed in on Bai Ge.

• Shui Bing'er led the Sugar Water Troupe forward and froze Bai Ge's Cloud-Soaring Vine shoots and Ma Hongjun with Ice Seal.
• Shui Bing'er gave five teammates Ice Ring Armor, and they engaged Meng Yiran, Tailong, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Bai Ge, and Jiang Zhu.
• Meng Yiran broke through a silver-haired opponent's ice armor with Ink Jade Spear Aura and sent her flying.
• Shui Yue'er charged at Bai Ge while Xue Wu danced and summoned rain across the Soul Fighting Arena.
• The rain bolstered the Sugar Water Troupe's three Power Attack Spirit Masters, who recovered their momentum against Meng Yiran, Xiao Wu, and Tailong.

Bai Ge struggled to break through Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu's rain-assisted battlefield control as Shrek Team and Sugar Water Troupe fought in the tournament's final match. He changed tactics and swung a Cloud-Soaring Vine at Shui Yue'er, while the chapter left the fight unresolved.

• Xue Wu froze Ma Hongjun in midair when he tried to attack her and disrupt the rain curtain.
• Shui Bing'er repeatedly froze Bai Ge's Cloud-Soaring Vines to help Shui Yue'er evade his attacks, while Shrek's fighters gradually pressed Sugar Water Troupe's other members.
• Huo Wu told Huo Wushuang that she had joined the Pill Pavilion after losing a challenge to Bai Ge, and he warned her not to reveal Bai Ge's strength to outsiders.
• Feng Xiaotian watched Huo Wu focus on the match and worried that her ties to Bai Ge's Pill Pavilion meant she was turning away from him.
• Bai Ge summoned two vines into his hands and swung one at Shui Yue'er while using his other vines to keep her at bay.

Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ice Snow Falling Ice Phoenix, after Bai Ge's attacks left the Sugar Water Troupe close to defeat. Bai Ge's Cloud-Soaring Prison withstood the fusion skill's first stage, so Shui Bing'er decided to unleash its second stage, Ice Phoenix Descends.

• Bai Ge's Cloud-Soaring Vine broke Shui Yue'er's Ice Ring Armor and struck her, and Shui Bing'er shielded her sister from his next blow.
• Meng Yiran and Xiao Wu eliminated two Sugar Water Troupe members while Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er were down.
• Shui Bing'er rushed to Xue Wu, and the two fused into the Ice Snow Falling Ice Phoenix as sharp snow and wind swept across the arena.
• Bai Ge gathered the Shrek Team and protected them inside a Cloud-Soaring Prison that withstood the fusion skill's first stage.
• Shui Bing'er chose to activate the fusion skill's second stage, Ice Phoenix Descends.

Bai Ge faced Shui Bing'er's Ice Phoenix Martial Soul Fusion Skill and used Heavenly Net and Giga Drain to bind and drain the phoenix. The Ice Phoenix shattered, leaving the battle's outcome unresolved.

• Bai Ge dispelled Cloud-Soaring Prison after the snowflakes weakened and revealed Shui Bing'er's fully formed Ice Phoenix.
• Shui Bing'er urged Bai Ge to surrender, but Bai Ge refused and challenged the Ice Phoenix's attack.
• Bai Ge used Heavenly Net to bind the diving Ice Phoenix, though its momentum carried it toward the Shrek Team.
• Bai Ge activated Giga Drain, and the Cloud-Soaring Vines rapidly absorbed the Ice Phoenix's Ice Attribute energy.
• The Ice Phoenix cracked and shattered into fragments as its energy ran out.

Shrek Academy defeated Skywater Academy and secured first place in the qualifying round with a perfect record. At the awards ceremony, Xue Ye granted the advancing teams nobility titles, but Platinum Bishop Salas objected.

• Shui Bing'er asked Bai Ge how his Martial Soul had resisted her Ice Phoenix, and he whispered that it had Ice Immunity.
• Shui Bing'er conceded the match, and the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner.
• Grandmaster praised Bai Ge but warned him that his dazzling performance had drawn attention and urged the team to stay cautious.
• After the final matches ended, the top five teams received their Promotion Match credentials at the awards ceremony.
• Xue Ye announced that the teams' captains and vice-captains would become Viscounts and the other students would become Barons, and Bai Ge welcomed the prospect of gaining a fief.
• Platinum Bishop Salas interrupted Xue Ye and challenged the decision.

At the awards ceremony, Xue Ye offered nobles’ titles and other rewards to recruit the qualifying teams for the Heaven Dou Empire, while Salas’s objections exposed the Empire’s growing conflict with Spirit Hall. Afterward, Bai Ge agreed to visit Huo Wu’s family, leaving Feng Xiaotian convinced that he was losing Huo Wu to Bai Ge.

• Salas challenged Xue Ye’s decision to award nobility titles, and Xue Ye defended the Empire’s right to reward the teams and promised further promotions for tournament victories.
• Xue Ye announced that the Promotion Match would take place at the Royal Hunting Ground in one month and offered suitable Spirit Beasts to the three students with the most wins.
• Xue Ye distributed the teams’ qualification documents, and Bai Ge sensed the emperor scrutinizing him as the rivalry between the Empire and Spirit Hall became clear.
• After the ceremony, Huo Wu told Bai Ge that her father wanted to invite him to their home, and Bai Ge agreed to visit the next day.
• Bai Ge reminded Huo Wu to memorize the books he had given her, and she nearly stumbled before storming away.
• Feng Xiaotian secretly overheard the exchange and walked away sadly, believing Huo Wu’s father was helping Bai Ge win her over.

After winning the qualifying round, Bai Ge used his Gold Rank Lottery Chance and obtained The Seed, which could create a virtual spiritual world. He then negotiated an alliance with Huo Xiaotian, who agreed to open Chihuo Academy to commoners in exchange for more affordable Pills.

• Bai Ge used his Gold Rank Lottery Chance and discovered that The Seed could evolve into a virtual spiritual world when planted in an item.
• Bai Ge considered how the virtual world might let Spirit Masters and Spirit Beasts share Soul Power without killing Spirit Beasts for Spirit Rings.
• Bai Ge planned to have Ning Rongrong study management and finance, then visited Chihuo Academy to meet Huo Xiaotian.
• Bai Ge offered Chihuo Academy greater supplies of Pills at lower prices if it helped the Pill Pavilion find Fire Attribute Soul Master talent.
• Huo Xiaotian agreed to open Chihuo Academy to commoners to support the alliance with Bai Ge's Pill Pavilion.

Grandmaster gathered Bai Ge and the Shrek team for special training, warning them that Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation might field three Soul Kings and a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. He revealed that their training would focus on a Multi-Person Fusion Skill, leaving the team poised to begin learning it.

• Bai Ge took the four girls sightseeing during their break before leading them to Shrek Academy for special training.
• Grandmaster explained that the Martial Soul Hall Team’s strength made Shrek’s chances of winning the final extremely low.
• Flender revealed that the tournament champion would receive three Spirit Bones, motivating the team to compete for the prize.
• Grandmaster asked about Canghui Academy’s Seven-in-One Fusion Skill and announced that he would teach the team a Multi-Person Fusion Skill.

Grandmaster explained how Bai Ge’s Cloud-Soaring Vine could serve as the core of a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill by absorbing and combining the others’ Soul Power. The group tested the idea, and Bai Ge transformed their power into a massive Vine Giant Buddha called the Myriad Arm Giant Buddha of Vines.

• Grandmaster explained the difference between Martial Soul Fusion Skills and ordinary Fusion Skills, which combined Soul Power without requiring connected Martial Souls.
• Grandmaster said Bai Ge’s Cloud-Soaring Vine could absorb the group’s Soul Power and use their different abilities to create a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill.
• Bai Ge and the others formed a vine sphere, and nine companions channeled their Soul Power through its walls into Bai Ge.
• Bai Ge directed the accumulated Soul Power into the vines, which formed a huge bald-faced Vine Giant Buddha rooted in the earth.
• Bai Ge named the technique Myriad Arm Giant Buddha of Vines as thick vine arms erupted from behind the Buddha and struck forward.

Bai Ge and the others tested their Ten-in-One Fusion Skill, True Thousand Hands, and he later developed a faster version called the False Cloud-Soaring True Body. During their training, Liu Erlong fought the group to draw out their potential and overwhelmed Bai Ge, leaving him forbidden to use Cloud-Soaring Vines against her.

• Bai Ge led the group in testing True Thousand Hands, whose Vine Giant Buddha devastated the surrounding ground before exhausting everyone’s Soul Power.
• Grandmaster praised the fusion skill’s strength, warned that it took too long to form, and told the group to practice a seven-person version for the tournament.
• Bai Ge developed the False Cloud-Soaring True Body, which summoned enormous Cloud-Soaring Vines without forming the Vine Giant Buddha.
• Bai Ge and the others trained by fighting Liu Erlong, whose Martial Soul Avatar and fierce attacks outmatched them.
• Liu Erlong beat Bai Ge and forbade him from using Cloud-Soaring Vines against her because their thorns damaged her clothes.

On the final day of practical combat training, Bai Ge and the Shrek Team faced Liu Erlong with their strongest lineup. Bai Ge used coordinated bindings and Giga Drain to create an opening, then summoned the False Cloud-Soaring True Body as the battle continued.

• Grandmaster selected Bai Ge, Dai Mubai, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, and Meng Yiran to face Liu Erlong.
• Bai Ge and the others attacked Liu Erlong, but she entered Martial Soul Possession and blasted the team away with a Fire Wave.
• Bai Ge caught Liu Erlong during her knockback attack with Thorn Strangler, and Tang San followed with Blue Silver Spider Web.
• Bai Ge and Tang San bound Liu Erlong again, and Bai Ge used Giga Drain to drain her Soul Power and weaken her briefly.
• Bai Ge had the team channel their Soul Power through Cloud-Soaring Vines and summoned the False Cloud-Soaring True Body.

After Bai Ge defeated Liu Erlong in practical training, the Grandmaster gave the team three days to rest before the Promotion Match. Bai Ge and the others traveled to the Royal Hunting Ground, settled into their barracks, and arrived at the arena as the fifteen-team round-robin competition was set to begin.

• Bai Ge summoned the False Cloud-Soaring True Body, forcing Liu Erlong to concede defeat in their practical training.
• The Grandmaster ended training and gave the team three days to rest before the Promotion Match.
• Bai Ge brought Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang with the group to the Royal Hunting Ground, where a Royal Knight verified their warrant and escorted them to their barracks.
• The Grandmaster assigned the five barracks among the team and their companions before the Promotion Match began the following day.
• Bai Ge and the others reached the Royal Knights' Grand Arena, where fifteen teams were scheduled to compete in fourteen rounds of round-robin matches.

The Promotion Match began with Shrek Academy scheduled to face Exotic Beast Academy, Meng Yiran's former school. After hearing her estimate that its team was weak, Grandmaster selected Tailong, Meng Yiran, and Xiao Wu, and Shrek prepared to take the field after the first three matches concluded.

• Xue Ye announced the Promotion Match, which used a one-on-one king-of-the-hill format, and Shrek Academy was drawn against Exotic Beast Academy.
• Meng Yiran revealed that she had attended Exotic Beast Academy and explained its beast-element Martial Soul requirements and its captain's estimated strength.
• Grandmaster chose Tailong, Meng Yiran, and Xiao Wu for Shrek's lineup, while Tailong declared he could handle the match alone.
• Godwind Academy defeated Barak Royal Academy with three contestants, and Thunderclap Academy quickly defeated Plant Academy.
• Two unfamiliar academies contested the third match, and the stronger team won after one contestant remained.
• Shrek Academy's fourth-round match was next.

Shrek Team faced Exotic Beast Academy in the Promotion Match, where Meng Yiran rejected Mude’s attempt to revisit their past and Tailong challenged Batu. Tailong defeated Batu decisively, leaving the match underway with the other members of Exotic Beast Academy still to fight.

• Shrek Team sent Tailong, Meng Yiran, and Xiao Wu to face Exotic Beast Academy, and Meng Yiran told Mude they should surrender.
• Batu defended Mude’s past pursuit of Meng Yiran, but Mude stopped him and ordered him to fight Tailong first.
• Batu revealed that he was a level 35 Soul Elder with a Great Strength Demon Bear Martial Soul, while Tailong revealed his Great Strength Gorilla Martial Soul and level 39 Soul Power.
• Tailong and Batu exchanged strength-enhancing skills and clashed, but Tailong’s greater strength forced Batu back.
• Tailong beat Batu into a pig-headed mess and kicked him to the ground.

Mude wore Tailong down with a relay battle before defeating him, then faced Meng Yiran after she revealed her new strength. Meng Yiran defeated Mude and sent him out of the arena.

• Mude sent five teammates to exhaust Tailong, then entered the match and knocked the weakened Tailong out of the arena.
• Mude claimed Meng Yiran and Xiao Wu could not defeat the Exotic Beast Team, while Meng Yiran revealed that he had pursued her for her family's property.
• Meng Yiran summoned her Ink Jade Spirit Snake Spear and revealed four Spirit Rings, shocking Mude with her advancement to Soul Ancestor.
• Meng Yiran attacked Mude with her first and second Soul Skills, wounded him, and knocked him out of the arena with a spear thrust.

After Shrek Academy won its match, Bai Ge and the others left their cramped barracks and met Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe. Xue Qinghe led them to the imperial hot spring villa, but fled when Bai Ge pressed him to join them.

• Shrek Academy won after the Exotic Beast Team's last member was eliminated, and the students praised their teammates.
• Ma Hongjun suggested a walk because the barracks were hot and uncomfortable, and Bai Ge and the others agreed.
• Ning Fengzhi brought Xue Qinghe to meet Bai Ge, explaining that the Crown Prince had come to request Royal Knights to deal with bandits in his territory.
• Xue Qinghe invited the group to soak in the imperial hot springs and led them through a guarded entrance to the Hot Spring Villa.
• Bai Ge asked Xue Qinghe to join them, and Xue Qinghe made an excuse before hurrying away.

Shrek Academy prepared to face Godwind Academy in the Promotion Match, with Grandmaster fielding all seven members and Bai Ge included to counter Feng Xiaotian. Feng Xiaotian challenged Bai Ge to a one-on-one battle, and the chapter ended with Bai Ge accepting while warning him not to treat Huo Wu as a prize.

• Shrek Academy defeated several opponents, including Thunderclap Academy, before reaching the final Promotion Match against Godwind Academy.
• Grandmaster selected Tailong, Yiran, Zhu Qing, Xiao Wu, Mu Bai, Xiao San, and Bai Ge to secure the match.
• Feng Xiaotian asked his teammates for their support, then challenged Bai Ge to settle the match in a single battle.
• Feng Xiaotian said he wanted to prove he was Bai Ge’s equal and win Huo Wu’s affection, mistaking her name for Xiao Wu’s.
• Bai Ge accepted the duel after consulting his teammates and told Feng Xiaotian not to make Huo Wu a stake in their fight.

Bai Ge accepted Feng Xiaotian’s challenge and faced him in a one-on-one duel, while Feng Xiaotian explained that he wanted to prove himself and fight for Huo Wu. The battle began with both fighters unleashing their attacks, and Feng Xiaotian rose into the air at the center of a tornado filled with wind blades.

• Bai Ge’s teammates encouraged him to accept Feng Xiaotian’s one-on-one challenge, and he walked onto the arena.
• Bai Ge revealed his five Spirit Rings, while Feng Xiaotian summoned his Gale Twin-Headed Wolf and introduced himself as a forty-fourth-rank Battle Spirit Master.
• Feng Xiaotian told Bai Ge he wanted to defeat him for Huo Wu and Godwind Academy, and Bai Ge said nothing had happened between him and Huo Wu before criticizing Feng Xiaotian’s approach to courtship.
• Feng Xiaotian opened the match with Wind Blade Array, and Bai Ge dodged the incoming blades before countering with Thorn Strangler.
• Feng Xiaotian held off the vines with spinning wind blades, took to the air with his Swift Wind Wings, and unleashed Tornado Wind Blade, surrounding himself with a tornado full of blades.

Bai Ge defeated Feng Xiaotian with one punch after using the Soul Shifting Great Method to interrupt Feng Xiaotian's attack. Feng Xiaotian conceded, and Shrek Academy won the match.

• Feng Xiaotian used Twin Wolf Possession and his Seventy-Two Consecutive Slashes of the Gale Wolf, raining wind blades at Bai Ge and then charging through Heavenly Net.
• Bai Ge used the Soul Shifting Great Method to daze Feng Xiaotian as he swung his wing blade.
• Bai Ge struck Feng Xiaotian's right arm with the Great Demon Subduing Fist, breaking bones and ribs and sending him crashing to the ground.
• Feng Xiaotian asked whether Bai Ge had a Second Martial Soul, and Bai Ge denied it.
• Feng Xiaotian conceded, and the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner.
• Ma Hongjun praised Bai Ge's punch, and Bai Ge credited his strength while complimenting Feng Xiaotian's talent.