Chapter Summaries

Qian Chaoguang killed the Death God Emissary after the Evil Soul Master detonated corpses and escaped Xuan Zi’s grasp. He then confronted Xuan Zi over ignoring his warning, while the injured disciples were assessed and the team split up to pursue treatment and continue the competition.

• The Death God Emissary escaped Xuan Zi by turning into smoke, but Qian Chaoguang struck him with the Bright Light Saber and destroyed him.
• Qian Chaoguang exhausted himself with the attack, refused help, and questioned Xuan Zi for disregarding his warning.
• Wang Yan reported that the Inner Academy Disciples had survived, though several were seriously injured or poisoned and needed urgent treatment.
• Xuan Zi sent Wang Yan and the remaining students back to the military camp, while he took Gongyang Mo, Chen Zifeng, Yao Haoxuan, and Xixi to the academy.
• Xuan Zi told the seven Outer Academy students they would replace the injured members in the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition.

After the battle, Qian Chaoguang reprimanded Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng for failing to protect their teammates, then recovered while speaking with Electrolux. He admitted that he came from beyond the Douluo Continent, recognized Electrolux’s past as the Holy Necromancer, and reaffirmed that he would inherit his legacy.

• Xuan Zi told Wang Yan and the others to trust Qian Chaoguang before carrying four unconscious students back to Shrek Academy.
• Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng apologized, and Qian Chaoguang told them they were responsible for the four injured teammates as captain and vice-captain.
• Ling Luochen thanked Qian Chaoguang for saving her and accepted the damaged Thousand Forgings Alloy Heart Protection Armor as a memento.
• Qian Chaoguang told Electrolux that he had killed an Evil Soul Master who controlled corpses, and Electrolux compared the enemy to a corpse witch.
• Qian Chaoguang admitted he was not born on the Douluo Continent and identified Electrolux as the legendary Holy Necromancer, Eternal Calamity.
• Qian Chaoguang agreed to inherit Electrolux’s legacy, explaining that power itself was neither good nor evil.

Qian Chaoguang accepted Electrolux as his teacher after hearing the story of Electrolux’s life, and Electrolux recognized him as a Child of Light with a dangerous but carefully restrained nature. As Electrolux fell dormant, the Shrek team faced the prospect of entering the competition without most of its strongest fighters.

• Electrolux recounted his life to Qian Chaoguang, including his betrayal, rise as a calamity, and eventual encounter with Long Haochen’s Demon Hunt Squad.
• Qian Chaoguang performed the disciple’s ritual, and Electrolux accepted him as his sole disciple and revealed that he believed Qian Chaoguang was a Child of Light.
• Electrolux warned Qian Chaoguang about his obsession and hatred, then returned to dormancy and said Qian Chaoguang’s future path would depend on his own heart.
• The Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm discussed Electrolux’s story and wondered what path Qian Chaoguang would choose.
• Wang Yan told the team that Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng needed at least half a month to recover and Ling Luochen needed a week, leaving the Outer Academy members to compete in their place.

Elder Xuan returned to Shrek Academy after the attack and learned that the wounded students had survived, then confessed his failures at the Sea God Pavilion Meeting and declared he would resign and take his own life to atone. He grew increasingly distraught as he described ignoring Qian Chaoguang’s warnings and began raising his hands.

• Wang Dong and Beibei encouraged the competition team by saying reinforcements might arrive, while Wang Yan privately doubted the academy could send any.
• The White-robed Elder told Elder Xuan that the wounded students had stabilized and showed him Gongyang Mo’s shattered Heart Protection Armor, which had blocked most of the Corpse Poison.
• Elder Xuan attended the Sea God Pavilion Meeting and resigned as vice commander of the Shrek Inspection Corps and withdrew from the Sea God Pavilion.
• Elder Xuan said he would take his own life after the matter was resolved, blaming himself for ignoring Qian Chaoguang’s warning and endangering the Inner Academy students.
• Elder Xuan recounted how Qian Chaoguang had killed the Evil Soul Master and confronted him, then became increasingly agitated and raised both hands.

Mu En stopped Elder Xuan from killing himself, removed him as deputy commander, and ordered Shrek to equip its Inner Academy students with Soul Tools. The meeting ended with the elders discussing how to field a team for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition.

• Elder Xuan tried to strike his own heart, but Mu En’s golden light stopped him and Yan Shaozhe and Elder Lin restrained him.
• Mu En ordered Elder Xuan to remain at Shrek and teach Inner Academy students instead of serving as deputy commander; Elder Xuan agreed.
• Mu En ordered Xian Lin'er to have every Inner Academy disciple fitted with a Flying Soul Tool and a Defense Soul Tool, and reprimanded Yan Shaozhe for resisting Soul Tools.
• Mu En told Yan Shaozhe that the Inner Academy must pay the Soul Tool Department for its purchases without delay.
• Cai Meier asked how Shrek should form a team for the upcoming competition, noting that only three eligible Inner Academy students remained and suggesting a recently promoted Outer Academy Soul King join them.

Mu En secured Sea God Pavilion support for Soul Tools and ordered the elders to protect Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong. In Star Luo City, Shrek's injured team prepared for the competition's opening elimination match, and Qian Chaoguang urged them to trust his intimidation tactic.

• Mu En rejected Elder Xuan's offer to fly the team over and said Chaoguang and Yutong should compete freely, while Yan Shaozhe lowered his head in embarrassment.
• Mu En ordered Lin'er to propose an exchange program with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and won unanimous support for prioritizing Soul Tools.
• Mu En made the Sea God Pavilion elders swear to protect Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong, keep information about Chaoguang's abilities secret, and heed his serious warnings.
• In Star Luo City, Wang Yan met with Shrek's team and worried that injured Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng could not fight and that no reinforcements would arrive.
• Wang Yan explained that the team had to win its first-round elimination match, while Ling Luochen recovered and the injured members awaited their return to fighting strength.
• Qian Chaoguang told the nervous team to relax and reminded them of his Intimidation Style tactic for facing unfamiliar opponents.

Wang Yan rallied Shrek’s weakened team and planned an intimidating opening, while the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s team dismissed them. At the competition’s opening in Star Luo City, the emperor addressed the gathered spectators and contestants as the tournament was about to begin.

• Wang Dong joked that Qian Chaoguang could frighten their opponents with his Soul Rings, and the Reserve Team laughed and promised to fight confidently.
• Wang Yan told Qian Chaoguang to stay and discuss the opening strategy, then admitted privately that he was anxious about leading Shrek’s depleted team.
• The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s teacher resented Shrek for sending reserve players, while Xiao Hongchen looked down on Shrek’s team.
• The academies gathered at Star Luo Plaza for the elimination tournament as spectators paid to enter and teams waited for the draw.
• Xu Jiawei arrived above the plaza, allowed the contestants to remain standing, and began addressing the crowd.

The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition opened in Star Luo City, and Shrek drew Tian Ling Advanced Soul Master Academy in the first round. Qian Chaoguang and Wang Yan decided that only Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong would compete, leaving the crowd stunned as the two young Shrek students faced Tian Ling’s seven.

• Star Luo Emperor Xu Jiawei declared the competition open, and the host announced the first elimination match between Tian Ling Advanced Soul Master Academy and Shrek Academy.
• Qian Chaoguang reassured the nervous Reserve Team, and Dai Yueheng encouraged him and Huo Yutong to represent Shrek.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong entered the arena as Shrek’s only two competitors, surprising the audience, Tian Ling Academy, and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• The referee confirmed that Shrek intended to compete with two people, and the nine students from both teams gathered in the center of the arena.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong faced Tianling Academy in the first team battle of the elimination tournament, using their calm contempt to intimidate their opponents. When the match began, their black and blood-red Soul Rings appeared, unleashing a terrifying aura across the arena.

• Qian Chaoguang dismissed Tianling Academy's strength and told Huo Yutong that their tactics did not matter.
• The referee started the match as Tianling Academy's seven members formed up and released their martial souls.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong stepped forward and revealed rows of black Soul Rings.
• The siblings' later Soul Rings shone blood red, and their overwhelming aura struck the arena's barrier and pressed toward Tianling Academy.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong overwhelmed Heavenly Spirit Advanced Academy with the apparent might of their Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and a conjured Six-winged Great Angel. After their opponents collapsed from Mind Storm, they left the stunned audience with an invitation to enroll at Shrek, and the next match remained uncertain.

• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong revealed fourteen Soul Rings, including six that appeared to be Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, shocking the spectators and officials.
• Huo Yutong intensified the Heavenly Spirit Advanced Academy students’ fear with Madness and Group Weakness while Qian Chaoguang concealed her brewing Mind Storm.
• Qian Chaoguang conjured a Six-winged Great Angel and a holy sword, then unleashed Mind Storm as he declared Judgment, causing all seven opponents to collapse.
• Qian Chaoguang dismissed the spectacle without striking, and Huo Yutong told the referee that the match was over.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong invited the audience’s children to attend Shrek Academy before returning to their group.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong overwhelmed the Tianling Academy team with a terrifying illusion, then left the tournament grounds while Qian Chaoguang pretended to be sleepy and aloof. The chapter revealed that their display was a carefully planned bluff that exhausted Qian Chaoguang, who fell asleep as soon as they returned to the hotel.

• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong told Wang Yan that Tianling Academy's team had scared themselves unconscious, then left the stage as Qian Chaoguang acted drowsy and dismissive.
• Xu Jiawei ordered an investigation into Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong, while Shrek's display left the other academies and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy stunned.
• Qian Chaoguang collapsed into sleep at the hotel, and Huo Yutong supported him and massaged his temples.
• Qian Chaoguang's archangel, holy fire, and sword had been projections without real destructive power, and the performance had drained his Spiritual Power and Soul Power.
• Wang Yan's team had planned the performance and Qian Chaoguang's contrasting personas in advance to preserve his mystery, choosing four black and three red Soul Rings to make the display seem more believable.

After Shrek’s opening victory, Qian Chaoguang gathered information on rival academies while Wang Yan prepared for the round robin. At the team meeting, Qian revealed that He Caitou’s cigar martial soul provided powerful auxiliary boosts, leaving Wang Yan eager to understand its potential.

• Wang Yan reported that rival academies believed Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong were Soul Sages with extraordinary Soul Rings, and that Qian had become their main target.
• Wang Yan said the round robin would begin the next day and asked the less familiar team members to reveal their Soul Skills for tactical planning.
• Qian Chaoguang told Wang Yan that the team had a hidden Food System genius and pointed to He Caitou.
• Qian Chaoguang displayed He Caitou’s cigars, and Huo Yutong explained that his Soul Skills provided percentage-based boosts.
• He Caitou described his Spiritual Amplification Coarse Cigar, and Wang Yan noted that Food System creations did not consume Soul Power when used.

Wang Yan discovered that He Caitou’s cigars were powerful, long-lasting support items and urged the team to use them. The meeting then assigned Shrek’s pairs and trio for the tournament, with Wang Yan warning that Team Battles could reveal their secrets.

• Dai Yueheng praised He Caitou’s cigars, which could be stored for two days, and recruited him to serve in the Star Luo Empire’s military after graduation.
• Wang Yan realized He Caitou could fill the reserve team’s need for a Support Type Soul Master and asked him to demonstrate all four soul skills.
• He Caitou made enough cigars for the team to test, and everyone stored two full sets of them in their Storage Soul Tools.
• Wang Yan divided the teams for the two-versus-two and three-versus-three matches: Beibei partnered with Jiang Nannan, Xu Sanshi with He Caitou, and Wang Dong, Huo Yutong, and Qian Chaoguang formed a trio.
• Wang Yan explained the round-robin rules and concluded that Team Battles were the most likely to expose Shrek’s secrets.

Qian Chaoguang confronted the team over Wang Yan’s suggestion that Huo Yutong secretly use her Lock-on Skill to help them win. After Wang Yan and the others apologized and abandoned the cheating plan, Qian Chaoguang agreed to stay with the team.

• Wang Yan suggested that Huo Yutong use her Lock-on Skill from below the stage to assist the team during the match.
• Qian Chaoguang condemned the suggestion as cheating, clashed with Dai Yueheng, and declared that he and Huo Yutong would leave the team.
• He Caitou and Huo Yutong followed Qian Chaoguang toward the exit, while Wang Dong eventually rose to follow them.
• Wang Yan apologized and bowed to Qian Chaoguang, and Xu Sanshi, Beibei, and the others also admitted their mistakes.
• Dai Yueheng reluctantly apologized, and Qian Chaoguang accepted the team’s decision to give up cheating.

Qian Chaoguang refused to help his team cheat and then provoked Xiao Hongchen by revealing knowledge of his abilities, sending the young Soul King into a paranoid spiral. Meanwhile, the first round of the elimination tournament ended, and the crowds in Star Luo City continued to bring the empire substantial revenue.

• Qian Chaoguang chose to accept defeat rather than let his team win by cheating, and his stance strengthened the Reserve Team members’ confidence and camaraderie.
• Xiao Hongchen challenged Qian Chaoguang, who mocked him and named his Spirit and Soul King cultivation, alarming him with the possibility that their team had a mole.
• Xiao Hongchen fled to his room and told Meng Hongchen that a mole in their team might endanger them both.
• The first round of the elimination tournament ended, and growing crowds in Star Luo City prompted the authorities to raise admission fees and profit from the event.

As the tournament’s round-robin stage began, Qian Chaoguang’s team faced Yunluo Advanced Soul Engineer Academy in a one-on-one elimination match. Despite the team’s plan to limit his fighting, Qian Chaoguang volunteered to take on all seven opponents himself.

• The chapter described how the tournament’s violent matches and cheap battle reports brought the Star Luo Empire profit, while the round robin opened on the fourth day.
• Shrek Academy arrived to a roaring crowd, and competitors gathered to see Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong fight again.
• Qian Chaoguang and Yunluo Academy captain Situ drew lots and selected an Individual Elimination Match.
• Wang Yan considered sending Xu Sanshi first to protect the team from injuries, but Qian Chaoguang volunteered to fight alone.

Qian Chaoguang entered Shrek’s individual elimination match against Yunluo Academy, using a Soul Tool sword while pretending to be inexperienced and promising not to use his full strength. The match began with Ma Yingjun deploying an array of Soul Tools, and Qian Chaoguang had not yet made his move.

• Qian Chaoguang explained to Wang Yan that his established persona made it natural for him to fight a Soul Engineer, then walked onto the arena.
• Huo Yutong reassured Jiang Nannan that Qian Chaoguang could match a powerful Soul Ancestor even without using his martial soul.
• Qian Chaoguang faced the nervous Ma Yingjun and said he would hold back and fight using a toy his sister had given him.
• Qian Chaoguang drew a powerful gold Soul Tool longsword and claimed he had never used it before, while Ma Yingjun feared the weapon was far beyond his own rank.
• When the referee started the match, Ma Yingjun activated arm-mounted cannons and unfolded his Flying Soul Tool as Qian Chaoguang approached without using his martial soul.

Qian Chaoguang easily defeated Yunluo Academy’s Ma Yingjun, who managed to grab him before surrendering, and then faced Shangyue in the next match. Shangyue charged with close-combat Soul Tools as Wang Yan warned Shrek’s team about the danger of letting her get close.

• Ma Yingjun unleashed a barrage of Soul Tool attacks, but Qian Chaoguang dodged them all and approached without slowing down.
• Qian Chaoguang appeared behind Ma Yingjun and held a Soul Tool Long Saber to his neck, prompting Ma Yingjun to surrender after grabbing him.
• The crowd cheered Qian Chaoguang’s composure, while Ma Rulong and the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy acknowledged his frightening perception and control.
• Yunluo Academy’s captain sent Shangyue out next, and she charged Qian Chaoguang with four-foot-long greatswords.
• Wang Yan warned Shrek’s team that close-combat Soul Engineers were formidable in melee and should be kept at a distance.

Qian Chaoguang exposed the flaws in Shangyue’s oversized dual blades and advised her to switch to a two-handed blade. After she tried her strongest two-handed strike, he dodged and knocked her off balance, leaving her hurtling toward the arena boundary.

• Qian Chaoguang assessed Shangyue’s weapons and found them too long and heavy for dual-blade techniques.
• Qian Chaoguang broke Shangyue’s attack rhythm with precise parries until she exhausted much of her stamina and Soul Power.
• Qian Chaoguang disarmed Shangyue, explained why her weapons and fighting style were mismatched, and returned one blade to her.
• Qian Chaoguang told Shangyue to hold the blade with both hands and unleash her strongest strike.
• Shangyue delivered a powerful downward slash, but Qian Chaoguang dodged and struck her back with a streak of golden light, sending her toward the arena boundary.

Qian Chaoguang defeated Shangyue without humiliating her, then agreed to face Yunluo Academy captain Situ Yu in a one-slash challenge. As the match began, Situ Yu deployed an elaborate fortress of Soul Tools, while Qian Chaoguang prepared his strike.

• Qian Chaoguang redirected Shangyue's momentum to keep her on the arena, and she thanked him before conceding.
• Situ Yu introduced himself and requested a fair match against Qian Chaoguang, offering to have Yunluo Academy concede afterward.
• Qian Chaoguang proposed that Situ Yu use every method available to withstand one slash without Qian using his martial soul, and Situ Yu accepted.
• Qian Chaoguang and Situ Yu retreated to opposite edges of the arena as Qian secretly gathered strength.
• At the referee's signal, Situ Yu deployed dozens of Soul Tools and anchored himself into a heavily armored fortress.