Chapter Summaries

Shrek Team faced Skywater Academy in the qualifying-round final, where Shui Bing'er’s ice skills and her teammates’ coordinated defenses gave the Shrek fighters trouble. As the battle continued, Xue Wu began a rain-producing dance that covered the arena and targeted Shrek Academy’s members.

• Both teams revealed their martial spirits, and Shrek Team saw that Skywater Academy had five Spirit Masters above level 40, including Shui Bing'er at level 43.
• Dai Mubai, Tailong, and Huang Yuan charged forward, but Shui Bing'er froze all three with her first spirit skill.
• Shui Bing'er used her second spirit skill to give five Skywater Academy fighters crystalline ice armor, while Dai Mubai broke free and struck at her.
• Shui Bing'er blocked Dai Mubai’s attack with her Ice Armor and froze him again as he escaped his restraints.
• Tailong struck a Skywater Academy Assault Type Battle Spirit Master, but her defenses weakened his blow and her counterattack blasted him away.
• Xue Wu began dancing, summoned dark clouds over the arena, and sent heavy rain falling on Shrek Academy’s team members.

Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ice Snow Drifting, against Shrek Academy after Dai Mubai knocked two Skywater Academy fighters off the stage. The blizzard overwhelmed Shrek's front line, leaving the outcome of the match uncertain.

• Dai Mubai broke free of Shui Bing'er's Ice Seal and used White Tiger Meteor Shower to knock two Skywater Academy fighters off the stage.
• Shui Bing'er drove Shrek Academy's members back and retreated toward Xue Wu as the two prepared their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Dai Mubai recognized the fusion skill and ordered his teammates to gather, but Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu unleashed Ice Snow Drifting.
• The icy rain became blade-sharp snow that swept over Shrek Academy, and Dai Mubai, Huang Yuan, and Tailong struggled as their defenses were sliced apart.

Dai Mubai and Shui Bing'er pushed their teams through a devastating final clash between Shrek Academy and Skywater Academy. Both sides admitted defeat after exhausting their strength, and the match ended in a draw.

• Shui Bing'er revealed her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul as she and Xue Wu formed a massive phoenix with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ice Snow Drifting.
• Dai Mubai refused to surrender, and both teams unleashed their remaining Soul Power against the Ice Phoenix, freezing and collapsing the arena.
• Shui Bing'er conceded defeat, but Dai Mubai insisted that Shrek Academy had also lost; they agreed with the referee to call the match a draw.
• After the match, Dai Mubai apologized to his teammates and admitted that his poor preparation and delayed tactics had put them at a disadvantage.

After Shrek Team’s defeat, Flender encouraged the students to learn from the match and stay united. The Qualifying Rounds ended with Shrek Team in third place, and Gu Xuan and Dai Mubai joined the other top teams at the awards ceremony, where Huo Wu glared at them resentfully.

• Ma Hongjun tried to comfort Dai Mubai, and Dai Mubai knocked him on the head for boasting.
• Flender told the students that the loss would help them learn through real combat, and they responded together.
• The Heaven Dou City Qualifying Rounds concluded, and the top five teams attended the ceremony to receive qualification certificates.
• Godwind Academy ranked first, Thunder Academy second, Shrek Team third, Blazing Fire Academy fourth, and Skywater Academy fifth.
• Gu Xuan and Dai Mubai stepped onto the platform and felt hostile gazes, especially Huo Wu’s.

Xue Ye rewarded the five academies that advanced to the Qualifying Rounds, granting their captains and vice-captains viscount titles and their other competitors baron titles. He promised to raise the winning team’s titles and grant its academy royal status and imperial funding, while Salas objected to the awards.

• The host announced qualification certificates and ten thousand Gold Soul Coins for each of the five advancing academies.
• Xue Ye congratulated the student representatives and granted the ten captains and vice-captains viscount titles and the other competitors baron titles.
• Salas interrupted Xue Ye, arguing that the titles had no precedent and were too generous.
• Xue Ye said the titles were an internal imperial matter and promised further rewards if a team won the tournament.
• The student representatives were left dazed by the valuable titles and promised benefits.

Emperor Xue Ye announced that the next Qualifying Rounds would take place at the Royal Hunting Grounds and promised rewards to motivate the competing academies. The captains and Vice-Captains recognized the political tension behind his words, while Gu Xuan remained unmoved by the promised spirit beasts and spirit rings.

• Xue Ye promised the ten captains and Vice-Captains fiefs, prompting Salas to react with visible displeasure.
• Xue Ye announced that the Qualifying Rounds would move to the Royal Hunting Grounds, where the five academies would face ten teams from the duchies and kingdoms.
• Xue Ye promised spirit beasts of their choice to the three students with the most victories, provided the beasts had cultivation below thirty thousand years.
• The other elites grew eager at the reward, but Gu Xuan stayed calm because the system's rewards made spirit beasts and spirit rings unappealing to him.
• Xue Ye said the Qualifying Rounds would begin in one month, then left after glancing at Salas, whose expression had become unreadable.

The Qualifying Rounds of the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament began at the Heaven Dou Empire’s Royal Hunting Ground, with fifteen teams gathered and the Royal Knights guarding the venue. Shrek’s group arrived to find the teams housed separately and the grounds secured by the empire’s elite cavalry.

• Xue Ye’s earlier words about choosing between the Empire and Spirit Hall continued to raise questions about the state of their conflict.
• A month later, the Heaven Dou Empire’s Qualifying Rounds began without spectators, and fifteen teams gathered at the Royal Hunting Ground.
• The kingdoms and duchies offered their teams promises of rewards as they competed for powerful Spirit Masters.
• The Heaven Dou Empire assigned each team a separate resting place to prevent conflict and keep their strengths concealed.
• Shrek’s group arrived and saw the armored Royal Knights and their fast, sturdy Sky Soul Horses guarding the grounds.

The Shrek Team arrived at the Heaven Dou Royal Knights’ camp for the Qualifying Rounds and settled into their barracks. Gu Xuan was surprised when Ning Fengzhi arrived with the Crown Prince.

• Flender presented the Shrek Team’s credentials, and Captain Roxon escorted them into the Royal Knights’ camp.
• Roxon explained that the Qualifying Rounds would start the next day, use a round-robin format, and be judged by representatives of the Empire and Spirit Hall.
• Flender assigned the team members to their barracks for the competition.
• Ning Fengzhi and the Crown Prince arrived at the team’s temporary residence, surprising Gu Xuan.

Xue Qinghe visited Gu Xuan with Ning Fengzhi, while Ning Fengzhi reunited with Ning Rongrong and praised Shrek’s teaching. He asked Flender to accept younger Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples when the next term began, leaving Flender surprised by the request.

• Xue Qinghe greeted Gu Xuan and offered to arrange more comfortable lodging, but Gu Xuan thanked him and declined.
• Ning Fengzhi reunited with Ning Rongrong when she ran out of the barracks and embraced him.
• Xue Qinghe signaled Gu Xuan to keep his identity quiet as Flender and Grandmaster came to greet Ning Fengzhi.
• Ning Fengzhi credited Shrek’s teachers with Ning Rongrong’s progress and asked Flender to take in younger Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples.
• Flender questioned whether Shrek was suitable, and Ning Fengzhi said he had decided to send the disciples because of Flender’s instruction.

Ning Fengzhi discussed future cooperation between the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Shrek Academy, then announced that Ning Rongrong would become the sect’s next heir. After he and Xue Qinghe left, preparations for the Qualifying Rounds at the Royal Knights’ grand drill ground were described.

• Ning Fengzhi proposed discussing cooperation with Flender after the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament and wished Shrek Academy success.
• Xue Qinghe reminded Ning Fengzhi that it was late, and Ning Fengzhi introduced him to Flender as his disciple.
• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi she could not compete in the Qualifying Rounds, and he revealed that the sect would name her its next heir after she graduated from Shrek.
• Ning Rongrong blushed and felt uneasy as she looked toward Gu Xuan while Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe said goodbye and left.
• The Qualifying Rounds were set to run as fourteen daily round-robin rounds at the renovated Royal Knights’ grand drill ground, with seven matches and one bye each day.

The Spirit Master Tournament Qualifying Rounds opened with Shrek Team set to face an Advanced Spirit Master Academy from the Balak Kingdom in the third match. Flender announced that Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun would lead Shrek’s lineup, and Xue Ye officially began the rounds.

• Ten thousand Royal Knights surrounded the grounds as the fifteen participating teams gathered to watch and compete.
• Shrek Team recognized the Four Elemental Academies among their opponents, including teams led by Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, and Shui Bing'er.
• Flender announced Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun as Shrek Team’s first three contestants.
• Xue Ye declared the Spirit Master Tournament Qualifying Rounds officially begun.

Blazing Fire Academy opened the Qualifying Rounds by crushing Fabia Academy, while Flender prepared Xiao Wu to fight first in Shrek Academy’s upcoming match. Huo Wu’s dominant performance and pointed challenge drew attention to Dai Mubai.

• Blazing Fire Academy faced Fabia Academy, and Flender told Xiao Wu she would be Shrek Academy’s first competitor later, warning her not to risk injury.
• Huo Wushuang defeated three Fabia Academy opponents before his depleted Soul Power finally cost him the match.
• Huo Wu entered the arena and defeated four opponents in a row, securing Blazing Fire Academy’s decisive victory.
• Huo Wu pointed at Dai Mubai to provoke him, but he only frowned and did not respond.
• Huo Wu returned exhausted but proud, and other Spirit Masters noticed her increased strength.

Shrek Academy faced Barak Academy in the Qualifying Rounds, and Xiao Wu entered the arena as its first contestant. Barak Academy’s first fighter mocked her and told her she did not belong there.

• Meng Yiran represented Exotic Beast Academy and defeated three opponents with her poisoned Serpent Cane.
• Exotic Beast Academy narrowly won its match in the tenth battle.
• Gu Xuan judged that the kingdoms’ and duchies’ academies were weaker than the Five Element Academies.
• Xiao Wu entered the arena for Shrek Academy’s match against Barak Academy.
• Barak Academy’s first contestant laughed at Xiao Wu’s uniform and taunted her for being too young to fight.

Xiao Wu faced a dismissive captain from Barak Academy in a one-on-one match and used Charm and her speed to catch him off guard. She had him trapped with her braid and began her attack with Rabbit Spiral Dash.

• The tall young man from Barak Academy mocked Xiao Wu’s youthful appearance and questioned whether she belonged in the competition.
• Ma Hongjun recognized Xiao Wu’s throwing technique and told Oscar that the captain would regret underestimating her.
• After the referee started the match, Xiao Wu agreed that she did not belong there while releasing her martial soul and three spirit rings.
• Xiao Wu used Charm to daze the tall young man, then rushed toward him as he struggled to recover.
• Xiao Wu appeared behind him, wrapped her braid around his neck, and struck his waist with Rabbit Spiral Dash.

Xiao Wu decisively defeated a Barak Academy Soul Ancestor without giving him a chance to fight back. After she challenged Barak Academy’s remaining members, several rushed toward her, prompting the rest of the Shrek Team to enter the arena.

• Xiao Wu used Charm, Teleportation, and Soft Technique to throw her opponent off balance and prevent him from using a soul skill.
• Xiao Wu slammed the tall young man into the ground, followed with kicks, and knocked him unconscious.
• The crowd and the Four Elemental Academies were stunned by Xiao Wu’s swift victory over the Soul Ancestor.
• Xiao Wu told Barak Academy’s remaining members, “Next,” and seven or eight of them rushed toward her.
• The referee tried to stop the Barak Academy members, while the other six members of the Shrek Team stepped onto the arena.

After Xiao Wu defeated her first opponent, Platinum Bishop Salas stopped the teams from interfering and warned them to respect their identities. Xiao Wu remained in the arena to face Barak Academy’s second competitor, a level-40-plus Spirit Master with a poisonous Sunflower martial soul, as their match began.

• Salas rose from the distinguished guests’ seats and ordered both sides to remember their identities, suppressing the confrontation between the teams.
• Barak Kingdom’s team leader apologized to Salas and said they had only meant to carry their student off the field.
• Gu Xuan quietly gave Xiao Wu instructions as he passed her, then stepped off the stage.
• Barak Academy’s second competitor entered the arena with a four-ring Sunflower martial soul and threatened Xiao Wu over her earlier actions.
• The referee announced the start of the match, and the competitor activated his First Spirit Ring, growing the Sunflower to a meter in diameter.

Xiao Wu was trapped by a Barak Academy opponent’s poisonous Sunflower until the immortal elixir refined from Lovesick Heartbreak Red protected her. She charged at her opponent after the golden-red light erased the poison, realizing the elixir’s connection to her had allowed the flower king to repel another flower.

• A Barak Academy student enlarged his Sunflower and spread poisonous mist toward Xiao Wu, forcing her to retreat as the poison began to affect her.
• Xiao Wu hesitated to charge through the mist while her opponent held back his remaining soul skills.
• Warmth flowed from Xiao Wu’s chest, and a golden-red barrier formed around her, stopping the poisonous mist from reaching her.
• The golden-red radiance dissolved the poison around Xiao Wu, and she immediately charged at her opponent.
• Xiao Wu recalled the immortal elixir Gu Xuan had given her and realized Lovesick Heartbreak Red had reacted to the Sunflower as the king of flowers.

Xiao Wu’s golden-red glow neutralized her opponent’s attacks and rendered him powerless, allowing her to defeat a second Soul Ancestor in a row. Gu Xuan told her to keep the glow’s origin secret, while the arena’s guests assumed it came from a soul bone.

• Xiao Wu’s opponent released his Sunflower’s third soul skill, but its yellow lights vanished inside her golden-red protective glow and made it flare brighter.
• The glow spread over the arena, disabling her opponent’s Soul Power and withering his Sunflower until the match ended.
• Xiao Wu’s second victory over a Soul Ancestor stunned the arena, and Gu Xuan warned her not to explain the glow to anyone.
• Ning Fengzhi admitted he did not know what the glow was, while Salas suggested Xiao Wu possessed a soul bone.
• Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi accepted Salas’s explanation that the glow came from a soul bone skill.

Xiao Wu defeated five Barak Academy opponents in a row before Dai Mubai entered the arena and forced the remaining two to surrender. The Shrek Team won its first Qualifying Round match with most of its strength still concealed, while Huo Wu continued to watch Tang San closely.

• Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, and Salas concluded that Xiao Wu's golden-red spirit bone skill likely affected only certain martial spirits, and the referee awarded Shrek Team the victory.
• Xiao Wu defeated three more Barak Academy students, bringing her consecutive victories to five before she ran out of Soul Power.
• Dai Mubai released his four spirit rings, and Barak Academy's last two students surrendered without fighting.
• Huo Wu watched Tang San more sharply, suspecting that the heat which entered her body had come from his direction.
• Shrek Team finished its first Qualifying Round match with only Xiao Wu and Dai Mubai fighting, and the other three teams from Heaven Dou City also won their matches.

After Shrek Academy drew Blazing Fire Academy as its next opponent, Flender planned a lineup that would let Ma Hongjun gain experience while keeping the support members and Gu Xuan off the field. As Dai Mubai studied the other teams before the match, he identified Plant Academy as a quiet but formidable threat.

• Xue Ye rewarded the victorious academies with one thousand Gold Soul Coins and the defeated academies with five hundred after the first day's matches.
• Shrek Academy drew Blazing Fire Academy for its next match, and Flender planned to send out Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing while keeping Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Gu Xuan back.
• Dai Mubai watched Godwind Academy and Thunder Academy to assess future opponents before Shrek's match against Blazing Fire Academy.
• Dai Mubai identified Xilas Academy as comparable to the Four Elemental Academies, with three students above level 40.
• Dai Mubai found Plant Academy difficult to assess, noting that its Control System Spirit Masters had won two matches using only three contestants.