Chapter Summaries

Li Changsheng’s prediction about Xu Sanshi’s decisive match proved correct, winning the group’s bet, and he and Wang Yan watched the powerful Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy compete. Back at the hotel, Li Changsheng used his Taiji Diagram to replay the match for his teammates, astonishing them with its ability to record and display what it had seen.

• Xu Sanshi won the third match and secured victory, allowing Li Changsheng’s bet to pay off.
• Li Changsheng gave Jiang Nannan the winnings, while Wang Yan sent the others back to the hotel and kept Li Changsheng to observe Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Wang Yan told Li Changsheng that all seven members of Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy were Soul Kings and that the team was a contender for first place.
• Xiao Hongchen’s team overwhelmed its opponents, and Xiao Hongchen cast a provocative look at Li Changsheng.
• Li Changsheng returned to the hotel, where his teammates asked him about the match they had watched through He Caitou’s telescope.
• Li Changsheng spun his Taiji Diagram and projected a clear replay of the match, surprising everyone with its recording ability.

Li Changsheng revealed that Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s team consisted entirely of Soul Kings, then reasoned that Shrek Academy had sent no reinforcements because it wanted its reserve team to gain experience for the tournament in Mingdu five years later. After Wang Yan reassured the group, Jiang Nannan privately asked Li Changsheng whether his planned faction would compete against Shrek Academy.

• Li Changsheng showed the team footage of Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and said all its members were Soul Kings.
• Beibei and Xiao Xiao encouraged the team by reminding them of Li Changsheng’s strength and the possibility that their injured seniors would recover.
• Li Changsheng concluded that Shrek Academy had given up on winning this tournament and wanted the reserves to prepare for the next one in Mingdu.
• Wang Yan told the team not to let the pressure of the championship overwhelm them and said their stage would come five years later.
• Jiang Nannan returned alone and asked Li Changsheng whether his planned faction intended to face Shrek Academy in the tournament five years from now.

Wang Yan took the Shrek reserve team to a Star Luo City auction to encourage them to learn about Soul Tools. Li Changsheng argued that Soul Tools were essential to the future and led the group inside, leaving Beibei and the others confronted with his challenge to their resistance.

• Jiang Nannan accepted that the Dao Sect had too few members to plan for the sect competition five years later.
• Wang Yan led the group to an auction house and explained that the event would focus on Soul Tools as a chance to promote their integration with Soul Masters.
• Xu Sanshi and Beibei objected to relying on Soul Tools, while Wang Yan invited the team to set an example or return to the hotel.
• Li Changsheng asked whether the auction included Soul Tool blueprints and urged everyone to enter.
• Li Changsheng argued that Soul Tools could save lives, be mass-produced, and were necessary for keeping pace with other powers; He Caitou supported him.
• Li Changsheng entered the auction house, leaving Beibei unable to answer his challenge about whether Tang Sect Hidden Weapons could be made or widely adopted.

Wang Yan persuaded the Tang Sect students to accept Soul Tools, though Wang Dong refused and returned to the hotel. At the auction house, Li Changsheng and Jiang Nannan teased each other while waiting for the auction to begin.

• Wang Yan explained that Soul Tools could help Soul Masters conserve Soul Power and compete at range, and Beibei and the others agreed to try them.
• Wang Dong rejected the help Soul Tools could offer and went back to the hotel.
• Li Changsheng and Jiang Nannan waited at the auction house for Wang Yan's group, then joined them in the front row wearing masks.
• Jiang Nannan grew jealous when Li Changsheng admired the woman introducing the auction, and he teased her by suggesting she wanted to marry him.
• Jiang Nannan pinched Li Changsheng, who threatened to pinch her leg before backing down and praising her looks.

At the auction, Wang Yan bought several Soul Tools for the Shrek students, while Li Changsheng showed little interest in the offerings. When the dangerous Ranked Engraving Knife Spirit Devourer went up for sale and no one else would bid, Li Changsheng bought it to test whether it could overcome his Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda and Taiji Diagram.

• Wang Yan bought a Class 3 Soul Tool Paralysis Ray and agreed to give it to Xiao Xiao after He Caitou recommended her.
• Wang Yan won a Class 4 Milk Bottle, while Li Changsheng fell asleep against Jiang Nannan's shoulder as the auction continued.
• Jiang Nannan woke Li Changsheng when the final item, the Ranked Engraving Knife Spirit Devourer, was revealed.
• He Caitou warned that Spirit Devourer could backlash against its owner, so he and Xu Sanshi decided not to bid on it.
• When no one else bid on Spirit Devourer, Li Changsheng offered 100,000 Gold Soul Coins and challenged its power against his treasures.

Li Changsheng bought the cursed Ferocious Blade at auction despite Jiang Nannan's concern and Wang Yan's warning. Back at the hotel, he used the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda to suppress it, just as Wang Dong arrived at his room.

• Li Changsheng bid one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for the Ferocious Blade, ignoring Jiang Nannan's objections.
• Wang Yan offered to pay with academy funds, but Li Changsheng insisted on using his own money and accepted Wang Yan's warning about the blade.
• In his hotel room, Li Changsheng infused the Ferocious Blade with Soul Power and blood, provoking its evil aura and the resentful souls within it.
• Li Changsheng drew the Ferocious Blade into the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda, whose Mysterious Yellow Merit Qi suppressed it.
• Wang Dong knocked on Li Changsheng's door and entered after he invited her in.

Li Changsheng entered Wang Dong'er's Sea of Consciousness to investigate the voice influencing her, where his martial souls blocked Tang San's Divine Sense. When Tang San sent more power to the lower realm, Patriarch Taiqing erased it, leaving Li Changsheng and his companions confident they had powerful backing.

• Wang Dong'er told Li Changsheng that a voice in her mind influenced her and asked him to investigate her Sea of Consciousness.
• Li Changsheng entered Wang Dong'er's Sea of Consciousness, where the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda and Taiji Diagram blocked Tang San's Divine Sense.
• Tang San sent his divine power into the lower realm to investigate, but Patriarch Taiqing erased his Divine Sense and divine power with a flick of his whisk.
• Li Changsheng celebrated Patriarch Taiqing's intervention, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and the Ice Empress realized they might become gods with his protection.

Li Changsheng inspected Wang Dong'er's Sea of Consciousness, found no other problem, and discussed why Soul Masters might eventually need Soul Tools. After he reassured her and teased her about her looks, Wang Dong'er left, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm suggested she was interested in him.

• Li Changsheng, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and Ice Empress discussed the Divine Sense sealed in Wang Dong'er's Sea of Consciousness and whether she knew it was there.
• Li Changsheng found nothing else wrong in Wang Dong'er's Sea of Consciousness and told her she might become less resistant to Soul Tools.
• Li Changsheng explained that dwindling soul beasts could make soul rings scarce and that Soul Tools might eventually substitute for some abilities.
• Li Changsheng reassured Wang Dong'er that she did not need to force herself to embrace the future, then teased her about staying up late and her appearance.
• Wang Dong'er asked Li Changsheng whether Jiang Nannan and Ma Xiaotao were prettier than her, and he praised each woman's distinct qualities before she left.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm suggested that Wang Dong'er was interested in Li Changsheng, who silenced him.

The Clear Sky Sect elders sensed that the Divine Sense Tang San had placed in Wang Dong'er had vanished, while Shrek's team faced the Dou Ling Empire in the tournament. Li Changsheng revealed his overwhelming ice power to counter An Lengye's head soul bone, leaving the match's outcome seemingly decided.

• The Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape sensed that something had happened to Wang Dong'er and found Tang San's Divine Sense in her had disappeared.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python urged the Titan Giant Ape to wait for news from Tang San or Shrek Academy before acting.
• Shrek's team began its team battle against the Dou Ling Empire, while Jiang Nannan and Beibei stressed that Li Changsheng should save his strength for later matches.
• An Lengye used a head soul bone to raise her power to the Soul King level and unleashed Frost Tornado.
• Li Changsheng stopped Jiang Nannan from revealing her Four Hundred Thousand Years soul bone and released ice power that astonished the teams and spectators.
• Xu Sanshi withdrew his martial soul and Soul Rings after recognizing that Li Changsheng had the advantage.

After Li Changsheng’s power forced Qianling Academy to concede, Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy discussed how little they knew about him and how he might threaten their championship hopes. At Shrek Academy, Mu En assured Cai Meier that Li Changsheng could protect the reserve team until the injured main members recovered, leaving her astonished when she learned he had fought all seven of them alone.

• An Lengye collapsed under the force of the Ice Empress’s ultimate-ice aura, and Qianling Academy’s captain conceded the match.
• Ma Lan asked Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s team to assess Li Changsheng, and the members agreed that his strength and abilities remained unclear.
• Ma Rulong speculated that Li Changsheng was a young Soul Ancestor, while Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen insisted Xiao Hongchen was superior.
• Ma Rulong said Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy needed to understand Li Changsheng’s strength to pursue the championship against Shrek Academy.
• Cai Meier asked Mu En whether Shrek should send support, and Mu En said Li Changsheng could hold on until Xiaotao and the others recovered.
• Mu En revealed that Li Changsheng had sparred alone against Xiaotao’s entire main team, and Cai Meier assumed he must have lost.

Mu En told Cai Meier that Li Changsheng had easily defeated the Shrek Seven Devils, then Shrek Academy prepared to face Zheng Tian Academy in the tournament. Li Changsheng and Jiang Nannan entered the Two-Two-Three match, and the chapter ended as they began fighting Yu Mengdi and Yang Yifan.

• Mu En confirmed to Cai Meier that Li Changsheng had defeated the Shrek Seven Devils without much difficulty.
• Wang Yan asked Li Changsheng about his injuries, and Li Changsheng said he could fight without affecting his recovery.
• Beibei drew the Two-Two-Three format against Zheng Tian Academy, and Wang Yan chose Jiang Nannan to fight alongside Li Changsheng.
• Li Changsheng teased Yang Yifan about staring at Jiang Nannan and compared her beauty with Yu Mengdi's, prompting the referee to start the match.
• Yu Mengdi charged at Li Changsheng, who dodged her strike and sent Jiang Nannan toward the opposing Soul Ancestors.

Li Changsheng effortlessly blocked Yu Mengdi’s attacks while Jiang Nannan defeated Yang Yifan, giving Shrek Academy an easy victory over Zheng Tian Academy. As Wang Dong joined Li Changsheng for the next match, Jiang Nannan worried that the beautiful girl might steal her man.

• Li Changsheng blocked Yu Mengdi’s first soul skill with a flick of his fingers, then used his pagoda to withstand her Soul Emperor-level attack.
• Li Changsheng stopped fighting and waited while Jiang Nannan used her soul skills to kick Yang Yifan off the platform.
• Shrek Academy won the match against Zheng Tian Academy, surprising the spectators and rival teams.
• Wang Dong asked to join the next two-two-three battle, and Wang Yan agreed.
• Jiang Nannan watched Wang Dong stand beside Li Changsheng and worried that she might steal him.

Li Changsheng challenged Ye Wuqing’s entire Zheng Tian Academy team to fight him and Wang Dong at once, then calmly withstood their attacks. The match continued with Wang Dong facing Yan’er while Li Changsheng’s strength and Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda left Ye Wuqing’s team shocked.

• Li Changsheng challenged Ye Wuqing’s five-person team to fight him and Wang Dong together, and Ye Wuqing accepted.
• Ye Wuqing attacked Li Changsheng with golden leaves while Li Changsheng blocked them and sent Wang Dong to fight Yan’er.
• Shangguan Can used his Soul-Capturing Bell against Li Changsheng, but Li Changsheng resisted the spiritual attack and blasted Shangguan Can away with his Spiritual Power.
• Wang Dong and Yan’er clashed with Light power and flames as Li Changsheng dodged the other Zheng Tian Academy members’ attacks.
• Ye Wuqing formed a golden greatsword and struck Li Changsheng, but the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda blocked the blow and repelled the attackers.

Li Changsheng defended Shrek Academy against Zheng Tian Academy’s strongest attacks, then revealed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring that stunned the tournament audience and rival academies. The battle remained underway as Xiao Hongchen watched him in silence.

• Li Changsheng used the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda to defeat Shangguan Can and shield himself from Zheng Tian Academy’s attacks.
• Ye Wuqing ordered his teammates to attack the pagoda together, while Wang Yan learned that Li Changsheng’s two martial souls had no known records.
• Ye Wuqing called Yan'er over so Zheng Tian Academy could test its strongest attacks against Li Changsheng.
• Li Changsheng stopped Wang Dong from intervening and revealed his Soul Rings: one Thousand-Year, two Ten Thousand Year, and one Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• The spectators, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, and the Star Luo Emperor reacted with shock, while Xiao Hongchen stared at Li Changsheng.

After Li Changsheng helped Shrek Academy defeat Zheng Tian Academy, he discussed leaving the school to create his own force with Jiang Nannan. Their conversation was interrupted by Cheng Gang, who mistook Li Changsheng for a soul beast in human form and threatened them; Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Ice Empress then regained their peak strength and set out to retaliate.

• Li Changsheng's Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda blocked Zheng Tian Academy's attacks, and Ye Wuqing conceded the match to Shrek Academy.
• Xu Sanshi celebrated the reserve team's prospects of winning the tournament, while Beibei teased him about taking credit.
• Jiang Nannan worried that Shrek Academy might not let her and Li Changsheng leave to establish their own force, but Li Changsheng said the academy would have to choose between letting him go, killing him, or helping him stay.
• Cheng Gang appeared in Li Changsheng's room and accused him of being the Ice Jade Scorpion King, then backed down after realizing he could not confirm his suspicion.
• Jiang Nannan placated Cheng Gang, and a powerful voice restored Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Ice Empress to their peak states so they could leave Li Changsheng's Sea of Consciousness and seek revenge.

The Ice Empress killed Cheng Gang after learning he had bullied Li Changsheng and coveted her soul ring and soul bone. She and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm reflected on the Grand Pure Daoist Venerable’s protection and wondered where their path would lead.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm asked when they would intervene, and the Ice Empress decided to wait until Elder Xuan had finished punishing Cheng Gang.
• After Elder Xuan left, the Ice Empress trapped Cheng Gang in ice and revealed that she had come to kill him for bullying the boy under her protection.
• Cheng Gang recognized the Ice Empress as the Ice Jade Scorpion King, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm introduced himself as a million-year soul beast.
• The Ice Empress attacked and killed Cheng Gang, then said that having someone backing her felt amazing.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm reminded the Ice Empress that Li Changsheng and the Grand Pure Daoist Venerable came from another world and universe.

After Ling Luochen returned to Shrek Academy’s lineup, Li Changsheng secretly used Ice Empress’s Extreme Ice to evolve her martial soul during the match against Chang Ning Academy. The chapter ended as Ling Luochen unleashed Extreme Ice and her teammates recognized her transformed power.

• Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm discussed the possibility of following Li Changsheng and Jiang Nannan to another world to seek godhood and eternal life.
• Ling Luochen recovered from her injuries and rejoined Shrek Academy’s team for its match against Chang Ning Academy.
• Li Changsheng stayed in the rest area while Ling Luochen led Beibei and the others into the competition.
• Li Changsheng secretly transmitted Ice Empress’s Extreme Ice to Ling Luochen using the spatial power of the Taiji Diagram.
• Ling Luochen’s martial soul evolved, and she unleashed Extreme Ice as Jiang Nannan and the others recognized the familiar aura.

Ling Luochen froze Chang Ning Academy’s team with her fifth soul skill, and she realized Li Changsheng’s Ice Scorpion had enabled her overwhelming victory. As Shrek prepared to face Dou Ling Royal Academy, Li Changsheng offered Wang Dong his place in the lineup and teased Jiang Nannan, leaving her embarrassed.

• Ling Luochen used Ice Shine Ring to freeze Chang Ning Academy and the referee, securing Shrek Academy’s victory.
• Ling Luochen asked Li Changsheng whether he possessed Extreme Ice, and he explained that his hundred-thousand-year Ice Scorpion had that attribute.
• Wang Yan reported that Dou Ling Royal Academy had two Soul Kings, two Soul Ancestors, and Soul Tools, then announced Shrek’s lineup for their match.
• Wang Dong objected to being left out, and Li Changsheng offered to take his own place so Wang Dong could compete.
• Li Changsheng teased Jiang Nannan about her being at a disadvantage, and she blushed and glared at him.

Ma Xiaotao took back the captaincy, and the Shrek team accepted invitations to the Starlight Auction. Li Changsheng sought money from Wang Dong for an expensive item and hinted at obtaining it through underhanded means before the group arrived at the auction.

• Wang Yan asked Ma Xiaotao to decide whether she would take the captain's position, and she agreed.
• A woman delivered invitations to the Starlight Auction, and Dai Yueheng and Ma Xiaotao persuaded the others to attend.
• Li Changsheng asked Wang Dong how much money she could raise, but her funds fell far short of the amount he wanted for an auction item.
• Li Changsheng told Wang Dong he might resort to underhanded tactics, and she suspected he planned to steal the item.
• Auctioneer Qing Ya guided the group to a luxurious private room, where Li Changsheng and Jiang Nannan ate the fruit and drank the juice.

Li Changsheng and Jiang Nannan watched the auction, where a Level 8 Soul Tool sold for a staggering price and an Ice Scorpion soul bone drew the group’s attention. Li Changsheng gave up any claim to the bone in favor of Ling Luochen, while Jiang Nannan already possessed a far more powerful Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion soul bone.

• Qing Ya revealed that the red-gowned auctioneer, Princess Jiujiu, had royal status, and Jiujiu opened the auction with a Level 8 Overlord Tiger Soul Refining Blade.
• Dai Yueheng bid on the blade until it sold for one million five hundred and sixty thousand Gold Soul Coins, prompting Li Changsheng and Jiang Nannan to joke about their worth and his threat to kill anyone who auctioned her.
• The auction moved through more items, while Wang Yan and the others held back from bidding because the academy’s funds were limited.
• An emerald-green Ice Scorpion soul bone appeared, stirring the Ice Empress’s fury and drawing attention to Li Changsheng and Ling Luochen as the group’s ice-attribute soul masters.
• Li Changsheng said the Ice Burst soul bone was useless to him and told Wang Yan to give it to Ling Luochen; Jiang Nannan already possessed a Four Hundred Thousand Years Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion soul bone.