Chapter Summaries

As the expedition to Spirit City began, Xue Qinghe summoned Han Yuchen to probe his strength and attitude toward Spirit Hall. Han Yuchen concealed the truth about his unusual power, while Leng Yuebai remained intensely attached to him in the Shrek carriage.

• A royal procession escorted the fifteen qualifying academy teams out of Heaven Dou City, with Shrek traveling in a luxury carriage prepared by Xue Qinghe.
• Leng Yuebai clung to Han Yuchen after their divine soul resonance, and Han Yuchen coaxed her into letting him leave the carriage briefly.
• Xue Qinghe summoned Han Yuchen to his carriage, where Han Yuchen recognized that the Crown Prince was testing him.
• Han Yuchen claimed that his endurance came from years of medicinal baths and dismissed the power he had displayed in Heaven Dou City as a desperate response.
• Xue Qinghe hinted that enemies might target Shrek on the road, and Han Yuchen said he would kill anyone who tried to kill him.

Han Yuchen prepared Tang San to fight with the Clear Sky Hammer as the convoy entered a canyon and faced a massive Spirit Hall ambush. After the system unlocked a way to plunder a Titled Douluo’s soul skill, the attack began, and Han Yuchen welcomed the attackers to his hunting ground.

• Han Yuchen urged Tang San to rely on the Clear Sky Hammer and taught him how to compress the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer’s power into rapid, destructive strikes.
• On the tenth day, Han Yuchen sensed the silence in Sunset Canyon and used the system to discover more than a thousand enemies, including two Titled Douluo-level signatures.
• The system temporarily unlocked Plunder and Evolve, allowing Han Yuchen to take a soul skill from a defeated or severely injured Titled Douluo and turn it into a one-time skill card.
• The attackers dropped boulders from the cliffs, and Leng Yuebai used Star Radiance Heavenly Silk to destroy the boulder threatening their carriage.
• Masked black-clad fighters descended into the canyon, and Han Yuchen faced them without retreating, declaring it his hunting ground.

Han Yuchen hid his strength while Leng Yuebai and the Shrek Seven Devils fought off the ambush, until two Titled Douluos arrived and the battle split apart. In the forest, Han Yuchen revealed his true composure and struck back at the Soul Sage leader pursuing him.

• Black-clad warriors ambushed the convoy, and Tang San ordered the Shrek Seven Devils into battle while waiting for a stronger enemy.
• Han Yuchen pretended to be frightened beside Leng Yuebai, who killed the attackers with her Star Radiance Heavenly Silk.
• Ghost Douluo, Yue Guan, and Specter Douluo, Gui Mei, appeared and attacked Tang San and Leng Yuebai.
• Han Yuchen was thrown into the forest, then lured a Soul Sage leader and two Soul Emperor subordinates into pursuit by pretending to flee.
• Han Yuchen stopped, revealed his calm expression, activated Second Soul Skill: Sword Dance, and launched Fourth Soul Skill: Turbulent Dragon Strike at the Soul Sage leader.

Han Yuchen killed the Soul Saint leader and two Soul Emperors, then returned to the battlefield and secretly used a water blade to kill a Soul Saint attacking Ning Rongrong. As Leng Yuebai fought Yue Guan, Han Yuchen continued hunting enemies amid the battle.

• Han Yuchen blasted a hole through the Soul Saint leader's chest, then killed the two Soul Emperors who tried to flee.
• Han Yuchen looted the corpses, absorbed their remnant souls with the Codex, and disguised himself as injured before returning to the battlefield.
• Yue Guan appeared and attacked Leng Yuebai with ghost hands, but her Star Radiance Heavenly Silk melted them away and the two Titled Douluo began fighting.
• Han Yuchen secretly tracked enemies across the battlefield while Ning Rongrong used her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to support the others.
• A black-clad Soul Saint attacked Ning Rongrong from behind, and Han Yuchen killed him with an invisible Blade of Flowing Water.

Han Yuchen secretly manipulated the battle and summoned his Starbone Sub-Dragon to protect the Shrek Seven Devils from four Soul Sages. After the creature devoured one attacker, Han Yuchen prepared to target Ghost Douluo and Specter Douluo.

• Han Yuchen covertly caused a Soul Sage to die and used Phantom Star Domain to make two Soul Sages miss Dai Mubai, letting Dai Mubai counterattack.
• Ghost Douluo Yue Guan attacked Tang San with a rain of petals, but Dugu Bo arrived and intervened.
• Four Soul Sages charged the Shrek Seven Devils while Tang San was immobilized and Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing were occupied.
• Han Yuchen opened Dimensional Space and summoned the Starbone Sub-Dragon from behind an ancient tree.
• The Starbone Sub-Dragon crushed one Soul Sage's axe and devoured him, while the other three recoiled in fear.
• Han Yuchen watched the battle and turned his attention to Ghost Douluo and Specter Douluo, intending to take their soul skills.

Han Yuchen lured a Bloodthirsty Demonic Wolf Soul Sage into the forest and had the Starbone Sub-Dragon devour him, then secretly plundered a fragment of Specter Douluo’s origin as Spirit Hall retreated. He returned to the survivors with a false story about escaping a trap, while Leng Yuebai saw through his act and quietly indulged him.

• Han Yuchen drew the level-seventy-five Bloodthirsty Demonic Wolf Soul Sage away from the battlefield and used the Starbone Sub-Dragon to devour him, gaining evolution progress and a Bloodthirsty Berserk skill fragment.
• Chen Xin arrived and drove Specter Douluo and Ghost Douluo into retreat with the Seven Kill Sword.
• Han Yuchen marked Specter Douluo’s escape route with Starlight, disrupted his passage through a spatial node, and plundered a Titled Douluo Origin Fragment and the Ghost Shadow Void Escape card.
• Specter Douluo fled with Ghost Douluo, and Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong arrived after the battle ended.
• Han Yuchen returned looking battered and claimed a Soul Sage had fallen into a trap, while Leng Yuebai privately told him to stop acting and wiped dirt from his face.

Han Yuchen secretly plundered Gui Mei as the Spirit Hall forces retreated, then concealed his gains while the group prepared to continue toward Spirit City. In the carriage, he used Gui Mei’s Shadow Energy to nourish Leng Yuebai’s damaged Divine Soul Origin, while a storm gathered at the Pope’s Palace.

• Chen Xin unleashed his Seventh Soul Skill, forcing Gui Mei and Yue Guan to feint with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and flee.
• Han Yuchen triggered a hidden Star Mark and plundered a fragment of Gui Mei’s martial soul origin, gaining the [Ghost Shadow Void Escape] card and Shadow Energy.
• Han Yuchen returned to the group pretending to be battered, and Leng Yuebai checked him for injuries before telling him to stay within five meters of her.
• Han Yuchen distributed coins, herbs, and Soul Tools while secretly keeping bags containing valuable soul bones, and Flender urged everyone to hurry to Spirit City.
• In the carriage, Han Yuchen purified Gui Mei’s Shadow Energy with the Power of Stars and passed it to Leng Yuebai, nourishing her Divine Soul Origin.
• A woman at the highest point of the Pope’s Palace watched the group as they traveled toward Spirit City.

Han Yuchen and the Shrek Academy convoy reached Spirit City, where a Red Cardinal tried to humiliate and search them. Leng Yuebai revealed her Titled Douluo strength, and the convoy entered the city unchallenged.

• Han Yuchen sensed the oppressive Soul Power field surrounding Spirit City as the convoy approached.
• A Red Cardinal demanded that the Shrek group hand over their Storage Soul Tools and submit to searches, threatening to have Han Yuchen slapped.
• Han Yuchen called for Sister Yuebai, and Leng Yuebai unleashed her aura, sending knights flying and crushing the Red Cardinal to his knees.
• Leng Yuebai revealed her nine soul rings, including a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and warned everyone not to touch Han Yuchen.
• Han Yuchen mocked the kneeling Red Cardinal, then led the convoy into Spirit City as the guards lowered their heads and let them pass.

Han Yuchen discovered that Spirit Hall was spying on Shrek Academy and secretly disabled the surveillance in his room. He slipped past the city's patrols and headed for the underground black market to find Abyssal Demonic Iron for his Starbone Sub-Dragon.

• Han Yuchen told Flender that standing firm against Spirit Hall was better than appearing weak, while sensing that Bibi Dong and Specter Douluo were watching him.
• Han Yuchen detected miniature surveillance formations throughout the hotel, warned Tang San and the others, and secretly disabled the formation behind his room's mirror.
• Han Yuchen decided to search the black market for Abyssal Demonic Iron, the final material needed to evolve his Starbone Sub-Dragon into a Bone Dragon King.
• Han Yuchen used [Star Map Navigation] to evade Spirit City's patrols and hidden sentries, then left the hotel in disguise and headed toward the black market.

Han Yuchen found Abyssal Demonic Iron at Spirit City's underground black market and outbid Hu Liena, who tried to use her Charm on him. After resisting her spiritual attack and revealing that he knew her identity, he offered to trade the iron for a fatal weakness of Shrek Team.

• Han Yuchen located Abyssal Demonic Iron at a one-eyed old man's stall and began bargaining for it.
• Hu Liena offered more money for the iron, and Han Yuchen outbid her.
• Hu Liena used her Innate Charm on Han Yuchen, but his Spiritual Power resisted and struck back against her.
• Han Yuchen identified Hu Liena and offered to give her a fatal weakness of Shrek Team in exchange for the iron.

Han Yuchen tricked Hu Liena with false information about Tang San, then evolved his Starbone Sub-Dragon using Abyssal Demonic Iron. As the tournament finals began, Dai Weisi provoked Shrek, and Han Yuchen and Leng Yuebai looked ahead to facing him in the arena.

• Han Yuchen falsely told Hu Liena that Tang San's Eight Spider Lances left a lethal opening, and she gave him the Abyssal Demonic Iron in exchange for the information.
• Han Yuchen used the Abyssal Demonic Iron and the Power of Stars to evolve the Starbone Sub-Dragon into a Forty-Thousand-Year Star Abyssal Bone Dragon.
• The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament finals began at the Pope's Palace, where a Red Cardinal announced the rules.
• Dai Weisi taunted Dai Mubai and mocked Han Yuchen, while Leng Yuebai calmly vowed that he would die.
• Han Yuchen restrained Leng Yuebai and said they would settle things with Dai Weisi in the arena.

Shrek Academy faced Star Luo Royal Academy in a high-stakes first-round match, forcing Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing to confront their older siblings, Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun. As Shrek fell behind, Dai Mubai was driven to the edge with Han Yuchen’s concealed candy bean still unused.

• Han Yuchen gave Dai Mubai a concealed blue candy bean and warned him to save it for an emergency.
• Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi traded taunts before the referee started the match, while Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun renewed their hostility.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing fought Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun, but their older siblings’ greater experience and strength put them at a disadvantage.
• Star Luo Royal Academy’s team steadily overwhelmed Shrek Academy as Master watched and Han Yuchen remained calm in the resting area.
• Dai Weisi kicked Dai Mubai into the protective barrier, leaving him bloodied and spitting blood.

Dai Mubai used Han Yuchen’s Star Candy Bean to unleash a Starry Sky Hell White Tiger and overwhelm Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun, securing Shrek Academy’s victory. Bibi Dong recognized Han Yuchen as the source of the power and began viewing him as a threat, while Han Yuchen prepared for Shrek’s next match.

• Nearly defeated and fearing he would be dragged back and crippled, Dai Mubai swallowed the Star Candy Bean Han Yuchen had given him, restoring his strength and awakening a star attribute.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing fused into a colossal Starry Sky Hell White Tiger, while Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun formed their own Hell White Tiger.
• The Starry Sky Hell White Tiger crushed Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun’s fusion with one blow, and the remaining Star Luo Team members surrendered as the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner.
• Bibi Dong realized Han Yuchen had supplied Dai Mubai’s power and decided the uncontrollable youth should be destroyed.
• Han Yuchen greeted Bibi Dong from afar, then asked Oscar about Shrek’s next opponent and dismissed New Godwind Academy.

Shrek faced New Godwind Academy, whose members targeted Han Yuchen with a coordinated fire-and-wind attack after separating him from his teammates. Han Yuchen emerged unharmed in his Earth Dragon Armor, leaving the opponents stunned as the match continued.

• Master Yu Xiaogang warned Han Yuchen that New Godwind Academy might target him, and Han Yuchen said he would turn their plan against them.
• Huo Wu and Passerby A opened the match with their Wildfire combination skill, sending a flaming tornado toward Han Yuchen.
• Huo Wu used Resisting Fire Ring to repel Shrek's fighters, while Passerby A's wind blades cut through Tang San's Blue Silver Grass and left Han Yuchen isolated.
• The flaming tornado struck Han Yuchen, but he remained standing in his Ten-Thousand-Year Earth Dragon Armor without a scorch mark.
• Han Yuchen mocked the attack as too weak, and Huo Wu trembled with rage.

Han Yuchen defeated New Godwind Academy’s strongest fighters with his damage-reflecting Soul Skill, winning Shrek Academy the match and alarming Bibi Dong. After Bibi Dong summoned him to a banquet, Yue Guan arrived to escort him, and Leng Yuebai insisted on going with him.

• Han Yuchen reflected Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wu’s attacks, knocking both out of the arena and winning the match for Shrek Academy.
• Bibi Dong recognized the power of Han Yuchen’s second Soul Ring and decided he had to be eliminated if Spirit Hall could not recruit him.
• At the Shrek hotel, Tang San, Flender, and Ning Rongrong worried that Bibi Dong’s banquet invitation was a trap, while Han Yuchen accepted it.
• Yue Guan arrived to escort Han Yuchen to the Pope’s banquet and warned him that Bibi Dong would not tolerate being kept waiting.
• Leng Yuebai grabbed Han Yuchen’s wrist and insisted on accompanying him, forcing Yue Guan to agree.

Pope Bibi Dong invited Han Yuchen to a banquet and tried to recruit him into Spirit Hall, but he rejected her and insulted her offer. When she threatened to kill him, Leng Yuebai intervened and challenged Bibi Dong to a fight, leaving the confrontation on the brink of violence.

• Han Yuchen entered the Pope's Palace with Leng Yuebai and faced Bibi Dong at her banquet table.
• Bibi Dong tested Han Yuchen with Divine Slaughter's Domain, but his Starlight Ruse King soul fragment made the pressure ineffective.
• Bibi Dong offered Han Yuchen three tournament soul bones, personal discipleship, and a share of future power if he joined Spirit Hall.
• Han Yuchen refused, saying he would not bend his knees or become anyone's dog.
• Bibi Dong threatened Han Yuchen, and Leng Yuebai cut through her killing intent with the Star Radiance Heavenly Silk.
• Leng Yuebai stood between them with her nine soul rings raised and dared Bibi Dong to attack while Han Yuchen calmly ate grapes.

After provoking Bibi Dong, Han Yuchen learned that the Rakshasa God had marked him for death and decided to cultivate for his Fifth Soul Ring. As Shrek prepared for the quarterfinal draw, Bibi Dong ordered her people to kill them if they revealed their mysterious power again.

• Bibi Dong abandoned her attempt to kill Han Yuchen openly, but sensed divine power within him and crushed her wineglass after he left.
• Han Yuchen received a warning that the Rakshasa Divine Sense had marked him as a must-kill target, so he planned to enter his Dimensional Space and cultivate.
• Master Yu Xiaogang questioned Han Yuchen about the star power that had appeared in Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing's fusion skill, and Han Yuchen blamed it on their bond and his mint-flavored candy.
• Bibi Dong ordered Ghost Douluo and Specter Douluo to kill Shrek if the team displayed that power again.
• The eight surviving teams gathered for the quarterfinal draw, where Oscar asked Han Yuchen if he was nervous.

After Shrek drew New New Godwind Academy, Han Yuchen volunteered to fight and hinted that he could counter their wind-and-fire tactics. As the teams headed to the arena, Han Yuchen sensed an ancient presence watching him from the stands, leaving the identity of the white-clad woman unknown.

• The Red Cardinal drew New New Godwind Academy against Shrek, bringing together former rivals who sought revenge after their academies merged.
• Master warned that the opposing team's wind-and-fire combination could overwhelm Shrek's defenses and counter Tang San's Blue Silver Grass.
• Han Yuchen proposed cutting off the wind-and-fire team's fuel, volunteered to fight, and took charge of the tactics.
• In the entrance tunnel, Passerby A and Huo Wu taunted Shrek, while Han Yuchen warned Huo Wu that the match might become a crematorium.
• Han Yuchen sensed an ancient aura, spotted a white-clad woman watching from the stands, and led Shrek toward the arena.

At the Great Soul Arena, New New Godwind Academy unleashed a combined wind-and-fire attack that trapped Shrek Academy beneath a vast flaming vortex. As Shrek struggled to survive, Han Yuchen calmly opened an umbrella that kept the flames away and ate a roasted Ju Zi, leaving the match poised for his response.

• New New Godwind Academy’s seven members took to the air, and Passerby A combined their wind with Huo Wu’s compressed flames to create a huge fire tornado.
• Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass burned to ash, Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Fireline was swallowed, and Shrek’s team struggled against the heat.
• Passerby A demanded that Shrek surrender while the Red Cardinal referee considered stopping the match.
• Han Yuchen opened an Oil-paper Umbrella that repelled the heat and sparks, then complained that his Ju Zi had become sour.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai froze in surprise, while Passerby A’s wind-fire tornado faltered at Han Yuchen’s casual display.

Han Yuchen used his ten-thousand-year fourth spirit ring to stop New Godwind Academy’s overwhelming attack. The entire opposing team was frozen inside a massive ice sculpture, leaving the arena stunned.

• Passerby A unleashed a powerful wind-and-fire attack at Han Yuchen, who calmly finished eating an orange beneath his umbrella.
• Han Yuchen revealed a ten-thousand-year fourth spirit ring, shocking the spectators and Pope Bibi Dong.
• Han Yuchen activated his fourth soul skill, Raging Waves, and sent pale-blue ripples into the flaming tornado.
• Han Yuchen froze the tornado and sealed Passerby A, Huo Wu, and the other members of New Godwind Academy inside a vast iceberg.