Chapter Summaries

Xu Fu warned Xu Sanshi against joining the Tang Sect and ordered him to return home after the tournament, while Jing Hongchen assessed the Sun Moon academy team and welcomed Xu Tian Xi back from the Far North. Xu Tian Xi had reached Soul Power level forty-nine and received a fifty-thousand-year Soul Bone, leaving the academy hopeful about challenging Shrek.

• Xu Fu told Xu Sanshi to leave Shrek after the tournament, arranged to propose to Jiang Nannan’s family, and warned him about the Tang Sect and Shrek’s Inner Courtyard.
• Jing Hongchen learned that the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s Reserve Team had few strong students and ordered the admissions office to recruit more talent.
• Jing Hongchen claimed Xu Tian Xi was conducting Soul Tool field tests in the Far North, and Lin Jiayi concealed his doubts.
• Xu Tian Xi returned to the academy with Soul Power at level forty-nine, impressing Jing Hongchen and Lin Jiayi.
• Jing Hongchen gave Xu Tian Xi a fifty-thousand-year Ferocious Blade Mantis Right Arm Bone and warned him that Xiao’s state of mind had changed.

Xu Tianxi met Xiao Hongchen at the No. 9 Soul Tool Training Ground, where Xiao begged him to help deal with Ji Juechen after repeated defeats. Meng Hongchen then brought them to train against Ma Rulong and six senior students, and Xu Tianxi made the trio invisible before Xiao launched a barrage of Soul Guidance Rays.

• Xiao Hongchen summoned Xu Tianxi to the training ground, then knelt and begged him to help hold back Ji Juechen, who had sent him to the School Infirmary five times.
• Xiao Hongchen explained that Ji Juechen had a semi-formed domain and terrifying sword intent, and Xu Tianxi agreed to help despite not wanting to reveal his full strength.
• Xiao Hongchen offered to introduce Xu Tianxi to girls in exchange for help, but Xu stopped him before Meng Hongchen arrived with Ma Rulong and six senior students.
• Meng Hongchen told Xu Tianxi and Xiao Hongchen that Jing Hongchen wanted them to train freely against the seven students.
• Xu Tianxi used Mirror Flower Water Moon to make the trio invisible, and Xiao Hongchen fired more than a hundred Rank 5 Soul Guidance Rays at Ma Rulong's team.

At Shrek Academy, Ma Xiaotao was barred from competing because her Evil Fire remained dangerous, while Xuan Zi selected the Reserve Team and explained how the academy’s choices served its long-term interests. Shrek prepared to send Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu as competitors and allow Wang Dong, Ning Tian, and other second-year Core Disciples to watch the tournament in Star Luo.

• Yan Shaozhe told Ma Xiaotao that the Sea God Pavilion had unanimously ordered her confinement and that she could not join the Main Selection Team.
• Wang Yan reported the Outer Courtyard’s promising candidates and recommended Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao for the Reserve Team because of their potential and signs of a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Xuan Zi rejected Wang Yan’s recommendation and chose Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu for the final Reserve Team positions, citing their strength and the academy’s investment in them.
• Xuan Zi explained that Shrek wanted to retain Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu while choosing Xiao Xiao for her potential loyalty, and he agreed to let second-year Core Disciples attend as spectators.
• Xuan Zi left Wang Yan with instructions to ensure Shrek’s badge appeared on the championship podium.

Xu Tianxi, Meng Hongchen, and Xiao Hongchen defeated the Main Selection Team, after which Xu Tianxi proposed a heavily armed tournament plan and a campaign to recruit Soul Masters in Star Luo City. Meanwhile, Xuan Zi led Shrek’s Main and Reserve Teams toward the Star Luo Empire and announced their first mission: eliminating an assassin group in the Ming Dou Mountain Range.

• Xu Tianxi and Meng Hongchen eliminated the Main Selection Team’s Soul Kings, while Xiao Hongchen fought Ma Rulong and Lin Xi until his Soul Power ran out; Xu Tianxi and Meng Hongchen then restrained Ma Rulong to secure the team’s defeat.
• Xu Tianxi promised to help Xiao Hongchen train and drafted proposals for the tournament, including stronger security, powerful Soul Tools, and a public campaign to recruit talent from the Original Three Kingdoms.
• Meng Hongchen agreed to Xu Tianxi’s plan, and Xiao Hongchen recognized how it could undermine the Original Three Kingdoms; Ma Rulong and Lin Xi praised the idea of having their team’s strongest members face Shrek.
• Xuan Zi and Wang Yan led Shrek’s Main Selection Team and Reserve Team toward the Star Luo Empire, where the students chatted during the journey.
• Xuan Zi silenced the group and announced that they would first travel to the Ming Dou Mountain Range to eliminate a notorious assassin group.

Xu Sanshi refused to join Shrek's Inner Courtyard and explained that his family had arranged a different path for him, angering Xuan Zi and shocking the Seven Monsters with the Xuan Ming Family's strength. Wang Yan allowed Xu Sanshi to travel with the group for the tournament before graduating, while Xuan Zi left for the Ming Dou Mountain Range in a rage.

• Xuan Zi explained the Inner Courtyard's responsibilities and the Shrek Supervision Group, then asked the students whether they would join or withdraw.
• Dai Yueheng praised the Supervision Group, and six students chose to join while Xu Sanshi firmly chose to withdraw.
• Xu Sanshi said his family had arranged his cultivation and offered to repay Shrek for his training, despite Bei Bei's attempt to cover for him.
• Xu Sanshi revealed that the Xuan Ming Family had multiple powerful elders and argued that he could train and fight Evil Soul Masters without joining the Inner Courtyard.
• Wang Yan arranged for Xu Sanshi to accompany the group to the tournament and graduate afterward, while Xuan Zi flew off toward the Ming Dou Mountain Range.
• Xiao Xiao said Xu Sanshi had made a good point, leaving Wang Yan stunned.

Wang Yan struggled to keep Shrek’s expedition together after Xu Sanshi withdrew, while the Sun Moon team prepared for the tournament with new recruits and protective equipment. As the teams set out, Xu Tianxi was struck by a sudden, unexplained unease and wondered whether Xu Sanshi was in danger.

• Xu Sanshi announced that he would not enter the Inner Courtyard, and Xiao Xiao, Zhu Lu, and Dai Huabin questioned Wang Yan about its benefits.
• Dai Yueheng redirected the Main Selection Team toward its mission against the Death God Assassin Group, and Wang Yan contacted Du Weilun to send the second-year Core Disciples to Star Luo City.
• Jing Hongchen told Xu Tianxi that their joint plan had been approved, while Xu Tianxi questioned the Sun Moon team’s inexperienced recruits and Jing Hongchen remained confident they would win.
• Xu Tianxi gave Ma Rulong and the others fireproof armor and Detection Goggles, warning them that Shrek’s fighters were known for causing severe casualties.
• Xu Tianxi suddenly felt sharp chest pain and dizziness, then wondered whether Xu Sanshi was in danger.

Dai Yueheng led Shrek’s teams into the Death God’s Hand bandit cave, where the students overwhelmed the bandits until the Death God Envoy triggered explosions from the corpses. Xuan Zi arrived too late and found the cave filled with the shattered remains of the students.

• Dai Yueheng reassured the teams that the bandits were weak, and Xuan Zi ordered the Reserve Team to join the assault.
• Dai Yueheng, Chen Zifeng, and the other Inner Courtyard disciples charged into the cave and slaughtered the bandits.
• Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, Jiang Nannan, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and He Caitou joined the battle, while Xu Sanshi displayed his awakened Black Tortoise Shield.
• The Death God Envoy announced that he would use Corpse Slaves to blow up the attackers, and Xu Sanshi pulled Bei Bei close while Dai Yueheng shielded Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu.
• The corpses exploded throughout the cave, killing or engulfing the students as Xuan Zi rushed toward the blast.
• Xuan Zi saw the students’ remains and fell to his knees, crying out in anguish.

The Death God Envoy’s Corpse Explosion devastated Shrek’s team, killing several Inner Courtyard disciples and leaving others gravely wounded. He escaped with Bei Bei while Xuan Zi hesitated, and the cave collapsed around the survivors.

• The explosion left Chen Zifeng and Yao Haoxuan dead, Xi Xi crippled, and several other Inner Courtyard disciples critically injured; Xu Sanshi, Bei Bei, Jiang Nannan, and the rest of the Reserve Team also suffered injuries.
• The Death God Envoy seized Bei Bei and tried to escape while Xuan Zi stood stunned and Wang Yan urged him to act.
• The Death God Envoy triggered a second Corpse Explosion using Chen Zifeng and Yao Haoxuan, obliterating Yao Haoxuan and Xi Xi and further injuring the others.
• The Death God Envoy transformed into smoke and escaped with Bei Bei as Xuan Zi finally gave chase in his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Xuan Zi’s charge and the collapsing cave buried Dai Yueheng and the Soul Tool Department senior, while Wang Yan and Ling Luochen were left unable to rise.

After the cave collapsed, Jiang Nannan and Wang Yan struggled to find survivors while the Death God Envoy escaped with Bei Bei. Xuan Zi destroyed the Envoy’s Corpse Slaves but had to choose between pursuing him and saving Bei Bei, allowing the Envoy to flee after throwing Bei Bei back toward him.

• Jiang Nannan escaped the rubble, gave Wang Yan medicine, and began digging for Xu Sanshi while Wang Yan searched for the other students.
• The Death God Envoy carried Bei Bei underground, planning to offer the light-attributed Soul Master to the Holy Spirit Cult as a way to earn a place among its elites.
• The Death God Envoy ordered twelve Corpse Slaves to blow up the passage, but Xuan Zi destroyed them and spotted him fleeing with Bei Bei.
• The Death God Envoy attacked Bei Bei with poison and hurled him away, forcing Xuan Zi to abandon pursuit and catch him.
• The Death God Envoy escaped into a mountain valley, mocking Shrek as he fled.

Xuan Zi rescued Bei Bei and returned to the ruined cave, where he found the surviving Shrek students gravely injured and several dead or crippled. Wang Yan rejected Xuan Zi’s offer to take them back to the academy and demanded urgent treatment from the Star Luo Empire as Du Leisi and the White Tiger Duke’s guards arrived.

• Xuan Zi abandoned his pursuit of the Death God Envoy to catch Bei Bei, sealed the poison in his body, and flew back to the cave with him.
• Dai Huabin found Dai Yueheng alive and wept over his brother’s sacrifice, while Dai Yueheng struggled to speak and worried that his injuries had destroyed his chances of becoming duke.
• Jiang Nannan treated Xu Sanshi, Wang Yan dug out He Caitou, and Xiao Xiao cared for Ling Luochen as Xuan Zi searched the wreckage for survivors.
• Xuan Zi realized that most of the Main Selection Team had died or been crippled and that the surviving students were in no condition to defend Shrek’s championship.
• Wang Yan told Xuan Zi that he had called for medical help from the Star Luo Empire’s Western Legion, then angrily accused him of valuing Shrek’s pride over the students’ lives.
• Du Leisi arrived with the White Tiger Duke’s elite guards and cried out upon seeing Dai Yueheng’s condition.

After Shrek’s Main Selection Team was devastated by a Soul King Evil Soul Master, Xu Jiawei learned that Shrek expected the Star Luo Empire to help protect its tournament reputation. Furious at Taotie Douluo’s demands, Xu Jiawei decided to support Jiu Jiu’s team and let the Sun Moon Battle Team face Shrek.

• Xu Jiawei learned that a Soul King Evil Soul Master had killed five members of Shrek’s Main Selection Team and seriously injured two, including Dai Yueheng, despite Taotie Douluo protecting them.
• Xu Jiawei agreed to ask Crown Medical Immortal to treat Dai Yueheng and learned that Shrek intended to continue the tournament with reinforcements.
• Xu Jiawei considered arranging an easy path for Shrek before having them lose to Jiu Jiu’s team, but the Prime Minister reported that Taotie Douluo rejected any underhanded help or loss to Star Luo Royal Academy.
• Xu Jiawei erupted in anger when he heard Taotie Douluo insist that the Star Luo Empire should help Shrek as repayment for its long service against the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xu Jiawei decided to help Shrek pass the round-robin stage, then arrange for the Sun Moon Battle Team to face them while he devoted Star Luo’s support to Jiu Jiu’s championship bid.
• Xu Jiawei wondered how Shrek would answer to the injured students’ families and how the Sea God Pavilion Master would punish Taotie Douluo.

Mu En treated Bei Bei and the other injured students after Xuan Zi’s disastrous leadership left five Main Selection Team members dead, then called a Sea God Pavilion Conference to address the losses. As Xuan Zi tried to resign, Mu En rejected his attempt to abandon his responsibilities and proposed Zhang Lexuan as the new Deputy Head of the Supervision Group.

• Mu En learned from Zhang Lexuan that five Main Selection Team members had died and that Bei Bei’s corpse poison might damage his origin, so he took her to Sea God Pavilion and used his power to treat him.
• Mu En arranged a Sea God Pavilion Conference, revealed that he had given Bei Bei some of his remaining origin, and ordered Zhang Lexuan to prepare to take over Xuan Zi’s position as Deputy Head of the Supervision Group.
• Bei Bei and He Caitou woke and said they wanted to return to the Tournament, while Xu Sanshi remained unconscious.
• Old Zhuang found Xuan Zi drinking and brought him to the conference, where Xuan Zi offered to leave Sea God Pavilion and resign as Head of the Supervision Group.
• After Yan Shaozhe and others tried to dissuade Xuan Zi, Mu En accepted his wish to leave but forbade him from abandoning his duties as an Elder and called for a vote to appoint Zhang Lexuan as Deputy Head.

At the Sea God Pavilion Conference, Mu En stripped Xuan Zi of his post, ordered the academy to equip Inner Courtyard disciples with Soul Tools, and debated how to field a team for the Tournament. Zhang Lexuan persuaded him to send reinforcements, and Mu En privately placed his final hopes in Xiao Yao, asking him to protect his last bloodline.

• Mu En ordered the Soul Tool Department to prepare flying devices and defensive Soul Tools for every Inner Courtyard disciple, with the Martial Soul Department paying for them.
• The elders agreed that Shrek would enter the Tournament, while Xuan Zi revealed he had asked the Star Luo Empire to make things easier for the academy.
• Yan Shaozhe proposed sending Ma Xiaotao, whose Evil Fire had been partly suppressed, to compete for Shrek.
• Mu En initially chose to send the Reserve Team without reinforcements, but Zhang Lexuan warned that the young disciples could be badly harmed by the pressure and stronger opponents.
• Mu En relented and sent Zhang Lexuan and Xuan Zi to Star Luo City with the recovering students and Ma Xiaotao, prioritizing their safety over winning.
• After the conference, Mu En privately told Old Zhuang that he entrusted Xiao Yao with protecting his last bloodline and hope.

After learning that San Shi had been gravely injured and the Black Tortoise Shield shattered, Xu Xiaoyun led the Xuanming Sect’s strongest fighters to Shrek City to demand payment for two deaths. Xuan Xiaoyun attacked Xuan Zi and the Shrek defenders, leaving Shrek’s powerful fighters struggling against his overwhelming assault.

• Xu Fu told Xu Xiaoyun that the Shrek Supervision Group had suffered an accident in the Ming Dou Mountain Range and that the Black Tortoise Shield had shattered; Xu Xiaoyun ordered the Xuanming Sect’s experts to gather.
• Xu Xiaoyun led more than thirty powerful fighters through spatial travel toward Shrek City, while onlookers speculated about the reason for the sect’s mobilization.
• At Shrek Academy, Ma Xiaotao prepared to return to the Tournament, and Zhang Lexuan warned her that Shrek’s weakened team would struggle against strong opponents.
• Xuan Zi promised to support Ma Xiaotao, but Xu Xiaoyun arrived at Shrek City and demanded that Mu En and Xuan Zi answer for the Xuanming Sect’s losses.
• After learning Mu En was away, Xu Xiaoyun declared that he had come to collect a blood debt and attacked Xuan Zi with his Black Tortoise domain.
• Xuan Zi transformed and charged into the Profound Nether Black Water, but Xu Xiaoyun struck him down as Shrek’s other powerhouses joined the battle.

Xu Xiaoyun and the Xuanming Sect attacked Shrek City, where Xiao Changfeng overwhelmed Yan Shaozhe and Old Song with Ultimate Ice. Xu Xiaoyun crippled Xuan Zi’s Taotie Origin, but Mu En finally rose from his wheelchair to intervene, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Shrek’s defenders withstood Xu Xiaoyun’s opening attack, but hundreds of Soul Masters died protecting the city.
• Xu Xiaoyun accused Xuan Zi and Shrek of causing his family’s suffering, then resumed his assault with Xiao Changfeng and the Xuanming Sect.
• Xiao Changfeng used his Ultimate Ice and Phoenix Domain to overpower Yan Shaozhe and force Old Song onto the defensive.
• Xu Xiaoyun bound Xuan Zi, struck his dantian, and destroyed his Taotie Origin while Shrek’s forces failed to reach them.
• Mu En rose from his wheelchair and stopped Xu Xiaoyun’s next attack, catching the unconscious Xuan Zi as Xu Xiaoyun taunted him.

Xu Xiaoyun defeated Mu En in a battle above Shrek City and prepared to deliver the final blow before a silver-haired old man descended and addressed him as Brother Xu. The newcomer’s arrival interrupted the fight and left Mu En’s fate unresolved.

• Xu Xiaoyun confronted Mu En over Shrek’s treatment of his disciple and descendant, then attacked him with Mystic Dragon Seals the Sky.
• Mu En transformed into the Light Sacred Dragon and fought back, while the powerful figures in the Land of Great Ferocity watched and Di Tian recognized Xu Xiaoyun’s improved strength.
• Xu Xiaoyun overwhelmed Mu En with Abyssal Return to Void and successive attacks, leaving the Light Sacred Dragon badly wounded and trapped in the Xuanming Black Sea.
• As Xu Xiaoyun prepared to finish Mu En, he sensed a powerful presence and called for the newcomer to reveal himself.
• A silver-haired old man descended on a black dragon pillar, praised Xu Xiaoyun’s cultivation, and congratulated him on breaking through the Limit barrier.

Long Xiaoyao failed to pull Mu En from Xu Xiaoyun’s Abyssal Return to Void and negotiated an end to the attack on Shrek. Shrek’s surviving powerhouses swore never to seek revenge against the Xuanming Sect, and Long Xiaoyao and Xu Xiaoyun prepared to fight as night fell.

• Long Xiaoyao intervened to save Mu En, but Xu Xiaoyun’s Xuanming Black Sea resisted his dragon claw until Long conceded.
• Xu Xiaoyun released Mu En, whose life force had been completely exhausted, and refused to let him return to Shrek for fear he might self-detonate.
• Long Xiaoyao offered to end hostilities if Shrek’s people swore never to seek revenge against the Xuanming Sect, and he struck Yan Shaozhe when he protested.
• Old Song, Xian Liner, and the other Shrek powerhouses swore the oath, accepting the humiliation to preserve their lives.
• As Long Xiaoyao prepared to leave, Xu Xiaoyun challenged him to compare their skills, and the two Limit Douluo faced one another above Shrek City.

Mu En died after passing his legacy to Bei Bei and leaving Shrek instructions to recover, while Long Xiaoyao and Xu Xiaoyun ended their battle without a victor. Shrek lost its standing as the world’s foremost Soul Master power as a new group arrived in Star Luo City to compete in the Tournament.

• Long Xiaoyao and Xu Xiaoyun fought a fierce battle between Limit Douluo while Xu Fu returned the unconscious Xu Sanshi to the Xuanming Sect and discussed their next steps with Xiao Changfeng.
• Shrek’s elders brought the injured back to Sea God Pavilion, where Mu En learned Xuan Zi’s cultivation had been destroyed and summoned Bei Bei to receive his inheritance.
• Mu En gave Bei Bei his cultivation insights, named Old Song as the next Sea God Pavilion Master, and urged Shrek to develop its Soul Tool Department, act humbly, and avoid seeking revenge.
• Mu En transformed into the Light Sacred Dragon and entered the Golden Tree; after Long Xiaoyao and Xu Xiaoyun mourned him, the Xuanming Sect departed and Shrek’s dominance ended.
• Xu Tianxi, Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and their companions entered Star Luo City, where Xu Tianxi expected their team to win the Tournament.

The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy learned that the Xuanming Sect had defeated Shrek’s strongest experts, while Xu Jiawei considered the implications of Eternal Douluo’s power. At Shrek, Yan Shaozhe secured approval to send more Inner Courtyard students and senior escorts to the Tournament, leaving Old Song with little authority.

• Lin Jiayi told the Sun Moon Battle Team that the Xuanming Sect had defeated Xuan Zi and Mu En, while Eternal Douluo had fought Dragon Emperor Douluo to a draw.
• The Prime Minister reported Eternal Douluo’s victories to Xu Jiawei, who suspected that he had also challenged Di Tian and regretted that the Xuanming Sect was not in the Star Luo Empire.
• Xu Jiawei and the Prime Minister discussed the Star Luo Empire’s shortage of powerful Soul Masters and the political obstacles to expanding free Martial Soul awakenings.
• Yan Shaozhe persuaded the Sea God Pavilion to send Xiaotao and two other qualified Martial Soul Department students to the Tournament, and the elders approved the proposal by seven votes.
• Yan Shaozhe proposed that Mei'er and Lexuan accompany Bei Bei and the others to Star Luo City, and the Sea God Pavilion approved unanimously.

Shrek's reinforcements arrived in Star Luo City, but Wang Dong refused to join the Reserve Team because Ma Xiaotao was leading the lineup. As the academy rearranged its teams, Xu Tianxi and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy judged Shrek vulnerable and prepared to overwhelm them.

• Wang Yan welcomed Ma Xiaotao, Yu Yang, and Hu Yanbashan as reinforcements, while Ling Luochen and He Caitou arrived injured in wheelchairs.
• Cai Meier named Ma Xiaotao captain of the Main Selection Team and added Yu Yang and Hu Yanbashan to its lineup.
• Wang Dong refused to serve on the Reserve Team alongside Ma Xiaotao, so Cai Meier withdrew Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao and selected the Lan Sisters in their place.
• Cai Meier told Jiang Nannan that the Xuanming Sect had taken Xu Sanshi and that Shrek had erased his records and made him a taboo.
• Zhang Lexuan took the students to register for the Tournament and walk around Star Luo City.
• Xu Tianxi and Lin Jiayi assessed Shrek's weakened lineup, while the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm strengthened Xu Tianxi's first four soul rings to fifty-thousand-year rings and Electrolux discussed his research into Soul Spirits and Soul Bones.