Chapter Summaries

The Imperial Dou Team launched an all-out counterattack against Shrek, aiming to disrupt their formation and eliminate a fighter. Shrek was left facing its greatest crisis of the competition as Yu Feng and Osler attacked Xiao Wu and Ma Hongjun.

• Ning Rongrong's enhancements helped Dai Mubai overpower Yu Tianheng and Zhu Zhuqing overwhelm the Shi brothers, while Ma Hongjun badly wounded Dugu Yan.
• Ye Lingling sent a torrent of healing petals at Ning Rongrong, who blocked it with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Yu Feng targeted Xiao Wu and Osler charged at Ma Hongjun as Dugu Yan ordered her team to trade their lives for a chance to take down Shrek fighters.
• Yu Tianheng blanketed Dai Mubai and Tang San with lightning while the Shi brothers trapped Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu in their gravity domain.
• Tang San failed to break through Yu Tianheng's lightning net, and Yu Feng and Osler closed in on Xiao Wu and Ma Hongjun before someone shouted, "Don't even think about it!"

The Imperial Dou Team traded Yu Feng for Xiao Wu, then used Ye Lingling’s Life Link to turn the fight into an exhausting stalemate. Tang San recognized Shrek’s disadvantage and called on Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, whose Martial Souls began to fuse as the chapter ended.

• Xiao Wu used Charm and Waist Bow to knock Yu Feng off the platform, but the Shi Mo brothers struck her down and left her unable to fight.
• Osler pinned down Ma Hongjun while the teams shifted to six against five, disrupting Shrek’s attack and forcing a battle of attrition.
• Ning Rongrong boosted Shrek’s attack, defense, speed, and Soul Power, while Ye Lingling connected the Imperial Dou Team with her Fifth Soul Skill, Life Link.
• Both teams’ attacks and healing prolonged the stalemate, and Tang San realized the fight favored the Imperial Dou Team over time.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing began a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Yu Tianheng recognized the threat and ordered his team to defend.

Shrek Academy defeated the Imperial Dou Team after Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the Hell White Tiger. The victory left most of Shrek exhausted and injured, while the onlookers considered the team’s growing power and Han Yuchen’s still-unknown abilities.

• The Hell White Tiger ignored the Imperial Dou Team’s attacks and struck them from the arena, leaving only a bloodied Yu Tianheng standing.
• The referee declared Shrek Academy the victor, and Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar helped their exhausted teammates recover.
• Salas watched Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing with wary hostility, while Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen reacted to the Imperial Dou Team’s defeat.
• Emperor Xue Ye considered bringing Shrek Academy under the Heaven Dou Empire’s control, and Xue Qinghe acknowledged that the match had failed to reveal Han Yuchen’s strength.
• Xue Qinghe felt uneasy about Han Yuchen’s inscrutable power as someone dismissed Shrek Academy as lucky winners.

After Shrek Academy won a difficult match, Han Yuchen reassured the team and drew attention from powerful factions watching the tournament. Feng Xiaotian confronted Shrek and challenged them, but Han Yuchen exposed his hidden weaknesses and left him humiliated, prompting Feng Xiaotian to vow revenge in their upcoming match.

• Xue Beng secretly assessed Shrek’s abilities and the reactions of the VIPs, then resolved to report his observations to the Contract.
• Flender, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang welcomed the returning Shrek team, and Yu Xiaogang praised how the battle had tested them despite their narrow victory.
• Han Yuchen reassured Oscar and the others that he trusted them and would have stepped in if they had been unable to win.
• Feng Xiaotian confronted Shrek after their match and declared that Godwind Academy would end their undefeated streak.
• Han Yuchen revealed Feng Xiaotian’s damaged meridians and the breathing flaw in his Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes, then dismissed him and led Shrek away.
• Feng Xiaotian remained behind, humiliated, and vowed to make Shrek suffer in their match more than half a month later.

After Shrek Academy’s hard-fought victory, Tang San warned that their opponents would only grow stronger while Han Yuchen secretly nurtured a Starbone Sub-Dragon. Leng Yuebai confronted him about his unfamiliar power, and he revealed their shared Divine Soul Origins and his wish to forge a path together rather than merge.

• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing recovered from using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill while Tang San reviewed the battle and warned the team to grow stronger after spending their Trump Card.
• Han Yuchen used the Power of Stars to nurture the Starbone Sub-Dragon inside the [Dimensional Space], sensing that Xue Qinghe’s patience was running out and Spirit Hall’s hostility was becoming clear.
• Leng Yuebai appeared in Han Yuchen’s room and asked about the power he had used when he erased Shi Nian.
• Han Yuchen explained that their Divine Soul Origins resonated and that they were once one, but he wanted them to remain independent and join hands on a new path.
• Leng Yuebai asked what she needed to do, and Han Yuchen told her to continue as Shrek Academy’s teacher until he could show her the true starry sky.

After Dugu Bo attacked Shrek Academy over Tang San poisoning his granddaughter Dugu Yan, Han Yuchen stepped forward and claimed he could cure Dugu Bo’s own poison. Dugu Bo turned his attention to Han Yuchen, leaving the confrontation poised to begin.

• Qin Ming warned Shrek Academy that Dugu Yan’s grandfather was the powerful Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo arrived at Shrek Academy under cover of poisonous mist and knocked Flender and Liu Erlong down with a single attack.
• Dugu Bo demanded Tang San, but Han Yuchen stopped Leng Yuebai from attacking and stepped in front of Tang San.
• Han Yuchen told Dugu Bo that he could cure the poison in Dugu Bo’s body, and Dugu Bo fixed him with a lethal stare.

Han Yuchen deliberately let Dugu Bo take him and Tang San to his cave, seeking the treasures and powers hidden there. As Dugu Bo tested them with his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor venom, Han Yuchen absorbed the poison while Tang San struggled to endure it.

• Han Yuchen provoked Dugu Bo into carrying him and Tang San away, while Master trusted that Han Yuchen had a plan.
• During the flight, Han Yuchen sensed the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King’s energy and told Tang San they were headed for a treasure vault.
• Dugu Bo brought them to his lair and gave them three days to cure Yan Yan’s poison, but Han Yuchen claimed Dugu Bo would soon beg them to stay alive.
• Dugu Bo released his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor venom as a test, and Tang San used the Mysterious Heaven Skill and his Eight Spider Lances to resist it.
• Han Yuchen stood in the poisonous mist without protection as the [Star Atlas] absorbed the venom and converted it into Soul Power.

Han Yuchen rebounded Dugu Bo’s poison attack with doubled force, leaving the Poison Douluo injured and frightened. Tang San exposed Dugu Bo’s worsening poison injuries, and Dugu Bo agreed to Han Yuchen’s three conditions before leading them to his medicinal garden.

• Han Yuchen absorbed Dugu Bo’s poison and provoked him into firing Jade Phosphor Soul Devouring Light.
• Han Yuchen activated Restraint and returned the attack at twice its strength, injuring Dugu Bo and triggering his old poison injuries.
• Tang San described Dugu Bo’s hidden symptoms and warned that he would die within three years without treatment.
• Han Yuchen demanded that they stay in the cave, take herbs from Dugu Bo’s medicinal garden, and have Tang San detoxify Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan in exchange for a favor to Shrek Academy.
• Dugu Bo accepted the conditions and led Han Yuchen and Tang San toward his medicinal garden.

Tang San and Han Yuchen discovered Dugu Bo’s Ice and Fire Two Forms Spring, where Han Yuchen plunged into its deadly center to seize the power of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King. The Star Atlas activated as their ancient dragon souls drew Han Yuchen’s consciousness into an illusory realm.

• Tang San recognized the Ice and Fire Two Forms Spring and prepared to gather its rare herbs while Han Yuchen sensed the sleeping auras of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King beneath it.
• Tang San harvested the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and warned Han Yuchen to consume them together before entering the spring.
• Han Yuchen ignored the herbs and leaped into the spring’s violent center, shocking Dugu Bo and Tang San.
• Tang San swallowed both immortal herbs and followed Han Yuchen into the pool.
• The Star Atlas protected Han Yuchen from the spring’s extreme forces and activated its Plunder and Evolve function.
• The Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King roared in Han Yuchen’s consciousness, pulling him into an illusory realm where their colossal phantoms appeared.

Han Yuchen subdued the dragon remnants in the Ice and Fire Two Forms Spring, plundered their power, and reached a level-forty bottleneck while gaining ice-and-fire immunity. He left the spring with Tang San, claimed the medicinal garden with Dugu Bo’s agreement, and prepared to awaken Starlight Ruse King through a third evolution.

• Han Yuchen summoned the Starlight Ruse King phantom, forced the two dragon remnants to kneel, and extracted their power.
• Han Yuchen gained an incomplete Ice and Fire Dragon Soul Origin, ice-and-fire immunity, and Soul Power tempered to level 40; Tang San used the calmer waters to absorb medicinal power.
• Han Yuchen and Tang San emerged from the spring, and Dugu Bo sensed Han Yuchen’s dragon aura and asked what he had done.
• Han Yuchen showed Dugu Bo the Mimic Dragon Pearl and claimed the medicinal garden, and Dugu Bo agreed in exchange for being detoxified.
• Han Yuchen told Tang San to pick the immortal herbs and privately concluded that his materials for the third evolution were complete.

After absorbing the Ice and Fire Dragon Soul energy, Han Yuchen evolved his Martial Soul into King Russ and broke through the level-forty bottleneck. He opened a Dimensional Space Rift and brought out the bones of a Starbone Sub-Dragon, leaving Dugu Bo stunned as Han Yuchen prepared to use them for a Soul Ring.

• Tang San and Dugu Bo watched Han Yuchen awaken after seven days of stillness, and Han Yuchen revealed that he had absorbed all the energy in the Mimic Dragon Pearl.
• Han Yuchen initiated his third Spirit Evolution, transforming Balus into the powerful Martial Soul King Russ.
• Dugu Bo recoiled as King Russ's life-level pressure frightened even Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor.
• Han Yuchen declared that he would demonstrate self-sufficiency, then opened a Dimensional Space Rift.
• Han Yuchen brought out the Starbone Sub-Dragon's remains, and Dugu Bo protested that a dead Soul Beast could not produce a Soul Ring.

Han Yuchen reforged the Dragon Bone into a Starlight Hundred-Thousand-Year Ring, gaining new skills and reaching Soul Power Level forty-five. After promising to cure Dugu Bo’s poison, he and Tang San prepared to leave the valley and return to Shrek Academy and Spirit Hall.

• Han Yuchen used Star Tempering to turn the Dragon Bone into a crimson, star-speckled soul ring.
• The new ring raised Han Yuchen to Soul Power Level forty-five and granted him four skills.
• Dugu Bo questioned Han Yuchen about his transformation, and Han Yuchen promised to cure his poison within half a month using Tang San’s medicine.
• Han Yuchen and Dugu Bo acknowledged the damage to the herb garden, and Dugu Bo accepted the loss in exchange for the promise of a cure.
• Han Yuchen congratulated Tang San on his own improvement, then announced that they would leave the valley and surprise those who thought they had disappeared.

Han Yuchen, Tang San, and Dugu Bo returned to Shrek Academy and found the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan confronting the teachers over Yu Tianheng’s injury. Dugu Bo drove off the clan’s Soul Douluo with a display of his Titled Douluo power, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Han Yuchen, Tang San, and Dugu Bo left the outskirts of Sunset Forest and headed for Shrek Academy’s new campus in Heaven Dou City.
• The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s leader demanded that Flender hand over Tang San and Han Yuchen, then ordered his soul masters to attack the academy’s teachers.
• Han Yuchen and Tang San arrived at the academy gates, and Han Yuchen insulted the clan’s leader.
• The clan’s leader unleashed a Thunder Dragon Claw attack at Han Yuchen, who casually shifted aside and called on Dugu Bo to intervene.
• Dugu Bo released his pressure and poisonous mist, hurled the Soul Douluo into a wall, and caused the clan members to realize he was a Titled Douluo.

Han Yuchen reunited the Shrek Seven Devils and shared immortal herbs with them, then gave the teachers star-tempered plants. Yu Xiaogang ate a rare ganoderma, transformed Three-Eyed Blaster into a dragon-like beast, and broke through his decades-long Soul Power bottleneck.

• Dugu Bo drove the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan soul masters away from Shrek Academy, and Han Yuchen introduced him to Flender as the academy's new senior consultant.
• Han Yuchen and Tang San reunited with the Shrek Seven Devils and teachers at the academy's back mountain.
• Tang San distributed immortal herbs from the Ice and Fire Two Forms Spring to Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, and Zhuqing.
• Han Yuchen gave Liu Erlong and Flender star-tempered plants, then presented Yu Xiaogang with a Ninth-Rank Star Meridian Purple Ganoderma.
• Yu Xiaogang ate the ganoderma, and Three-Eyed Blaster transformed into a golden-scaled dragon-like beast as Yu Xiaogang broke through to Level 30.

Han Yuchen gave Leng Yuebai the Star Luo Spirit Pearl, awakening memories and a new bond between them, then urged the Shrek group to cultivate with their immortal herbs. As their seclusion sparked a great display of power around Shrek Academy, Dai Mubai emerged transformed and close to breaking through his bottleneck.

• Han Yuchen gave Leng Yuebai the Star Luo Spirit Pearl, which merged into her palm and stirred her memories and feelings of dependence on him.
• Han Yuchen sent the Shrek group into seclusion to absorb their immortal herbs while he stayed behind to guard them.
• The group's cultivation produced a seven-colored pillar and a bright dome that drew the attention of Soul Masters across Heaven Dou City.
• Dugu Bo, Flender, and Zhao Wuji sensed the group's tremendous Soul Power and watched in excitement as Dai Mubai moved first.
• Dai Mubai emerged with a stronger body and power, reaching at least level forty-eight and sensing that his bottleneck was about to break.

The Shrek Seven Devils awakened after using the immortal herbs, gaining powerful improvements and breakthroughs, including Ning Rongrong’s Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. Han Yuchen had them report their new levels, and Flender began imagining their prospects in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

• Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire was purged, and Zhu Zhuqing gained seven Soul Power levels and extraordinary speed from her herb.
• Ning Rongrong’s martial soul evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and she tearfully embraced Oscar.
• Tang San’s Purple Demon Eye advanced to the Mustard Seed Realm, while Xiao Wu kept the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and was nourished by its glow.
• Han Yuchen sent the group to wash off the impurities expelled by the herbs, and they reunited in the clearing.
• Dai Mubai, Oscar, Tang San, Ma Hongjun, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing reported their improved levels as Flender celebrated their strength.

After Han Yuchen revealed that his Soul Power had reached level forty-five, Dai Mubai challenged him to a sparring match, and the other Shrek Seven Devils joined in. Han Yuchen invited all seven to attack him at once and summoned his King Russ martial soul as the battle began.

• Han Yuchen released his aura and showed four soul rings, including one that appeared red but held a terrifying black-and-bloody glow, before stating his level was forty-five.
• Dai Mubai challenged Han Yuchen, boasting that the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum had doubled his strength and defense.
• Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San showed their eagerness to fight, and Han Yuchen told all seven Shrek Seven Devils to attack him together.
• Han Yuchen summoned his King Russ martial soul and rose into the air, while Dai Mubai activated White Tiger Vajra Transformation and rallied the others to summon their martial souls.
• The Shrek Seven Devils gathered their strength against Han Yuchen, while Flender asked Dugu Bo whether they should move aside and Dugu Bo chose to watch.

Dai Mubai and the Shrek Seven Devils challenged Han Yuchen after consuming immortal herbs, hoping to test how much stronger they had become. Han Yuchen revealed his King Russ martial soul and effortlessly countered their opening attacks as Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu launched a coordinated assault.

• Dai Mubai reached level forty-nine, and Han Yuchen offered to pay the group’s meal expenses for a month if they could defeat him.
• The Shrek Seven Devils formed their practiced battle formation, while Han Yuchen entered the field without summoning his martial soul.
• Ning Rongrong boosted the team, and Dai Mubai opened with White Tiger Meteor Shower, but Han Yuchen’s Void Body made the physical attack pass through him.
• Tang San coordinated the team’s next assault, but Han Yuchen’s blue shockwave shattered his Blue Silver Grass and extinguished Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Fireline.
• Zhu Zhuqing attacked Han Yuchen from behind as Xiao Wu teleported in front of him and activated Waist Bow.

Han Yuchen overwhelmed the Shrek Seven Devils in a sparring match, then learned that Shrek Academy’s next tournament opponent would be Heaven Dou Royal Academy. He volunteered to compete against them while hiding most of his strength.

• Han Yuchen endured Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu’s attacks with his evolved Earth Dragon Armor, then unleashed his Fourth Soul Skill, Turbulent Dragon Strike · Star Rain Version.
• Han Yuchen’s barrage broke through the Shrek Seven Devils’ defenses and defeated them, though he made sure none were seriously injured.
• Han Yuchen helped Tang San up and reassured him, while the others joked about their crushing defeat.
• Master warned Han Yuchen to keep his abilities secret and planned to record his data in a top-secret S-class file.
• Flender announced that Shrek Academy’s next opponent was Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Han Yuchen volunteered to fight while pretending to be weak.

At the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena, Han Yuchen faced Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s seven substitutes alone and crushed them with a fraction of his hidden power. Qian Renxue recognized him and resolved to uncover his secrets, while Han Yuchen left the match’s outcome hanging after forcing his opponents to their knees.

• Qian Renxue spotted Han Yuchen among Shrek Academy’s entrants, met his gaze, and vowed to discover his secrets.
• Han Yuchen volunteered to face Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s seven substitutes alone because he wanted to return to sleep.
• The substitutes mocked Han Yuchen, summoned their martial souls, and rushed him when the referee started the match.
• Han Yuchen used a small trace of Starlight Ruse King’s origin power and commanded the seven substitutes to kneel.
• The seven substitutes slammed face-first onto the platform, and the yellow-haired captain’s jeweled shortsword shattered.