Chapter Summaries

Zi Yao used Wang Dong’s Clear Sky Hammer and his Destruction Fire to break through Star Luo Royal Academy’s defenses and force Xu Jiujiu toward defeat. The Heavenly Fiend Douluo stopped his final strike, and the arena declared the semifinals over as a blue-pink-haired girl recognized Zi Yao as the human who had stolen her food and bullied her.

• Beibei realized Zi Yao’s Long Spear came from the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline skill, and Zhou Yi worried that his second Martial Soul would be formidable too.
• Xu Jiujiu boosted two assault-type Soul Kings with the Nine Transformations Soul Transformation Instrument while Zi Yao ordered Mika and Xiao Xiafeng to hold them off.
• Wang Dong revealed her Clear Sky Hammer and helped Zi Yao advance through Xu Jiujiu’s Starfall attack.
• Zi Yao’s Destruction Fire overwhelmed the defense-type Soul King’s shield, and the Heavenly Fiend Douluo stopped his spear before it could hit Xu Jiujiu.
• The crowd cheered as Star Luo Royal Academy lost, while Xiao Hongchen admitted Zi Yao had surpassed him and Ma Rulong learned the battle had ended.
• A blue-pink-haired girl recognized Zi Yao as the human who had stolen her food and bullied her at Star Dou.

After Zi Yao’s astonishing semifinals performance, Shrek’s team discussed how to counter his Black Flame. Wang Qiu’er arrived and demanded a finals match against him, while Dai Huabin also insisted on competing.

• Ma Rulong learned that Zi Yao had defeated powerful opponents and accepted that Zi Yao deserved to be Sun Moon Team’s Captain.
• Zhou Yi and the Shrek team discussed Zi Yao’s Black Flame, and Zhou Yi warned that it had injured a Titled Douluo and could overwhelm their fighters.
• Wang Qiu’er arrived at Shrek’s room, introduced herself as a Level Sixty Golden Dragon Soul Emperor under twenty, and requested to enter the finals.
• Zhou Yi agreed to arrange a singles match between Wang Qiu’er and Zi Yao after Wang Qiu’er said her Dragon Spear could absorb life force.
• Dai Huabin demanded a place in the finals and revealed that he had reached Soul Ancestor rank, prompting Zhou Yi to criticize his rushed cultivation.

Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu prepared to use their Hell White Tiger fusion in the tournament, while the Body Sect tried to recruit Huo Yuhao. Xuan Zi stopped them, but Huo Yuhao said he wanted to leave Shrek, and Zhou Yi threatened to punish him.

• Dai Huabin told Zhou Yi he intended to compete, and she learned Zhu Lu had reached Soul Elder and agreed to rearrange the team’s lineup around their fusion skill.
• Lang Ya and Yu Tao blocked Shrek’s team and demanded that Huo Yuhao come with them to the Body Sect.
• Zhou Yi let Huo Yuhao go with the two men temporarily, and they explained the Body Sect’s training and its connection to Body Martial Souls.
• Xuan Zi struck Yu Tao with a bitten chicken drumstick, drove off the Body Sect members, and asked Huo Yuhao whether he wanted to stay at Shrek.
• Huo Yuhao said he wanted to join the Body Sect, but Xuan Zi stopped him from finishing and sent Lang Ya and Yu Tao away.
• Huo Yuhao argued that he had no obligation to remain at Shrek, and Zhou Yi accused him of betraying the academy and threatened to make him run three thousand laps.

Huo Yuhao agreed to meet Shrek’s revered Sea God Pavilion figure after the tournament before deciding whether to leave, while the finals began with Shrek surrendering the team match against Zi Yao. As the Individual Match opened, Dai Yueheng faced Ma Rulong, who intended to suppress Shrek completely.

• Xuan Zi told Huo Yuhao that a revered figure in Shrek’s Sea God Pavilion had considered taking him as a disciple, and promised to take him to meet that person after the tournament.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to wait until after the tournament to decide whether to leave Shrek, despite remaining curious about the Body Sect.
• Two days later, Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu discussed the finals and the chances of Shrek and the Sun Moon Empire winning.
• Zi Yao fielded all of its Starting Team Members for the team match, but Shrek surrendered after sending four members into the one-sided fight.
• Zi Yao ordered Ma Rulong to suppress Shrek in the Individual Match, and Zhou Yi sent Dai Yueheng to face him.
• Ma Rulong criticized Dai Yueheng’s Rank 8 Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade, and Dai Yueheng declared it was enough to defeat him.

Wang Qiu'er challenged Zi Yao in the second round of the tournament, and their clash revealed the power of her Golden Dragon Spear against his Blue Silver Overlord Spear. The battle was still underway as Wang Qiu'er unleashed Golden Dragon Blast.

• Ma Rulong defeated Dai Yueheng with a Level 7 Paralysis Ray, giving the Sun Moon Team the first match.
• Wang Qiu'er refused Zhou Yi's order to fight, so Ling Luochen went out and further exhausted Ma Rulong before he withdrew.
• Wang Qiu'er entered the arena and challenged Zi Yao, who recognized her as the Imperial Auspicious Beast and teased her about leaving Star Dou.
• Zi Yao and Wang Qiu'er exchanged spear attacks, and Zi Yao used his soul skills to match her strength briefly before his spear began to crack.
• Wang Qiu'er fused with the Golden Dragon Spear and launched Golden Dragon Blast.

Zi Yao used Octagonal’s Extreme Ice domain and Soul Bone to fend off Wang Qiu’er, then summoned seven Ice Scorpions to overwhelm her. Wang Qiu’er revealed her Golden Perception and learned the Scorpions were genuinely alive, but she launched a risky attack on Zi Yao as their siege wore her down.

• Zi Yao called on Octagonal to release her Soul Bone and Mysterious Ice Domain, then blocked Wang Qiu’er’s strike with an Extreme Ice Wall.
• Zi Yao summoned seven Ice Scorpions with his Life Ice, Myriad Spirits skill, shocking the Shrek Team and the referee.
• Wang Qiu’er charged the Scorpions, but they restored themselves after she shattered one and drove her into retreat.
• Wang Qiu’er used Golden Perception to evade the Scorpions and sensed that they were alive and carried the Ice Scorpions’ innate ice poison.
• Wang Qiu’er grew exhausted under the Scorpions’ assault and leaped toward Zi Yao, drawing attacks from four raised tails.

Zi Yao defeated Wang Qiu'er with Ultimate Mysterious Ice, then prepared to face Ma Xiaotao despite suffering backlash from his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skill. Ma Xiaotao entered the arena ready to unleash her Evil Fire and cripple a Sun Moon Team fighter.

• Wang Qiu'er used her Golden Dragon abilities against Zi Yao, but he sealed her inside a block of Ultimate Mysterious Ice and won the round for the Sun Moon Team.
• Zi Yao suffered frost spreading through the left side of his body after drawing Extreme Ice power from his Mysterious Ice Grass Soul Bone.
• Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu discussed Zi Yao's Extreme Ice and wondered about the forces behind him.
• Zi Yao refused to free Wang Qiu'er until the competition ended and decided to fight again despite his injury.
• A Lan drew Life Force from nearby Blue Silver Grass to help Zi Yao recover, while Ma Xiaotao prepared to fight under Zhou Yi's order to unleash her Evil Fire if needed.

Zi Yao entered the arena to face Ma Xiaotao despite having only half his Soul Power, insisting that he would shut out Shrek. As Ma Xiaotao launched her strongest attacks, he revealed the Extreme Ice Divine Crystal, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Zi Yao refused Ma Rulong's offer to use the Sword of Judgment and claimed he had a trump card that could instantly kill Ma Xiaotao.
• Zi Yao entered the arena, drawing cheers as spectators debated whether Shrek could avoid being shut out.
• Ma Xiaotao warned Zi Yao she might not control her strength, and he replied that he would try not to leave her with lasting injuries.
• Ma Xiaotao attacked with Phoenix Fire Line, but Zi Yao blocked the flames and used Life Ice to frost her wings.
• Ma Xiaotao burned away the frost with Phoenix Wings Soaring and launched Phoenix Piercing Cloud Strike as Zi Yao took the Extreme Ice Divine Crystal from his neck.

Zi Yao summoned Snow Empress to fight Ma Xiaotao, whose Evil Fire pushed her power close to the Soul Saint level. Snow Empress defeated Ma Xiaotao with Emperor Sword—Ice Extreme Unparalleled, leaving Shrek defeated and Zi Yao unconscious as she returned to the Extreme Ice Divine Crystal.

• Snow Empress agreed to take the lead in shaping Life Ice, and Zi Yao released his remaining Soul Power to form a Blizzard.
• Ma Xiaotao unleashed her Evil Fire and reached combat strength near the Soul Saint level before charging into Zi Yao's Blizzard with Phoenix Burst Strike.
• Snow Empress appeared within the Blizzard, and the spectators were stunned by her beauty and sovereign aura.
• Ma Xiaotao attacked Snow Empress with Phoenix Meteor Shower, but Snow Empress formed a dark-blue sword and defeated her with Emperor Sword—Ice Extreme Unparalleled.
• Zhou Yi despaired over Shrek's loss, while Xuan Zi suspected Zi Yao had simulated a beast's aura.
• Snow Empress shielded the unconscious Zi Yao, kissed him, and dispersed as her remnant soul returned to the Extreme Ice Divine Crystal.

Zi Yao woke after the final match and learned that the Sun Moon Team had swept Shrek, then attended the awards ceremony as champion. Shrek refused to claim second place, and Xuan Zi arrived to silence the crowd’s mockery.

• Zi Yao woke beside Wang Dong and learned that he had been unconscious for about two hours after defeating Ma Xiaotao.
• Ma Rulong told Zi Yao that Shrek’s remaining Captains had all lost, including in the team match against the Sun Moon Team.
• Zi Yao took first place at the awards ceremony, where Xu Jiujiu congratulated him and reminded him to collect the Ice Scorpion Soul Bone from the Starlight Auction House.
• Shrek’s team stayed in its box rather than accept second place, while Dai Huabin vowed to kill the Sun Moon Team members after the tournament.
• Xuan Zi crashed a chicken leg into the arena and threatened the crowd for insulting Shrek.

Xuan Zi challenged the tournament’s fairness by accusing Zi Yao of being a Peerless Fierce Beast reborn in human form. Zi Yao offered an explanation for the aura he had released, while secretly stalling for Snow Empress to arrive.

• Xuan Zi rejected Shrek’s second-place award and questioned whether the tournament had been fair.
• Xuan Zi accused Zi Yao of being a Peerless Fierce Beast who had rebuilt his cultivation, citing the aura of the Snow Maiden he had released.
• Heavenly Fiend Douluo examined Zi Yao and found no signs that he was a Soul Beast, but Xuan Zi insisted a Peerless Fierce Beast could conceal its nature.
• Zi Yao mocked Xuan Zi’s accusation and stalled for Snow Empress, who was rushing to the scene.
• Zi Yao claimed his family heirloom held a remnant soul of the Heavenly Snow Woman and had let him imitate her aura, and Heavenly Fiend Douluo agreed this did not violate the rules.

Zi Yao faced Xuan Zi’s attempt to arrest him and challenge the tournament results, but Nan Shui Shui vouched for him and Shrek’s protest left second place vacant. The awards ceremony ended with Shrek’s refusal drawing public scorn and the unclaimed second-place soul bone added to Zi Yao’s prize.

• Xuan Zi threatened to take Zi Yao back to Shrek for investigation, while Zi Yao considered the Snow Empress’s nearby support and the risks of a fight.
• Nan Shui Shui arrived with Nan Qiu Qiu and vouched that Zi Yao belonged to Earth Dragon Gate and came from a reclusive family.
• Xuan Zi backed down from his accusation but threatened Earth Dragon Gate, then refused to accept Shrek’s second-place result, citing injuries and its fight against Evil Soul Masters.
• Xu Jiawei agreed to leave second place vacant, and spectators watched as Shrek’s refusal damaged its reputation.
• Heavenly Fiend Douluo added the unclaimed fifteen-thousand-year soul bone to the first-place reward for Zi Yao’s team.

Zi Yao met with Princess Xu Jiujiu to discuss Star Luo’s apology and safe passage, while Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe plotted to seize Zi Yao and his rare soul bones. The chapter left Zi Yao preparing to travel toward the Mingdou Mountain Range under Star Luo protection, unaware that Shrek intended to capture him.

• Zi Yao reunited with Nan Shui Shui and Nan Qiu Qiu, then learned Jing Hóngchén could not enter Star Luo Territory.
• Zi Yao met Xu Jiujiu at the Starlight Auction House, where she apologized for Xuan Zi’s actions and offered two Star Luo Venerables to protect him to the border.
• Zi Yao accepted Xu Jiujiu’s protection and planned to travel toward the Mingdou Mountain Range, where Snow Empress could help guard him.
• Yan Shaozhe examined Wang Qiu'er sealed in Mystic Ice and learned that Zi Yao was an Ultimate Ice Soul Master from Mingde Hall.
• Xuan Zi told Yan Shaozhe to capture Zi Yao if possible and bring back his corpse otherwise, hoping to obtain his Extreme Attribute soul bones for Ling Luochen and Ma Xiaotao.

Zi Yao warned Huo Yuhao not to return to Shrek and arranged for him to escape with the Body Sect, then freed Wang Qiu'er from the Mystic Ice. After their uneasy farewell, Zi Yao encountered Ling Luochen, who asked whether he had met the Heavenly Snow Woman.

• Huo Yuhao told Zi Yao that the Body Sect had approached him and Xuan Zi had prevented him from leaving, so Zi Yao advised him to contact the Body Sect when Xuan Zi was away and escape rather than return to Shrek.
• Zi Yao freed Wang Qiu'er from the Mystic Ice and gave her hot milk, then asked what she planned to do after leaving Shrek.
• Wang Qiu'er refused Zi Yao's offer to take her in, warned him that Shrek had brought a Super Douluo, and wondered whether she and Zi Yao were friends.
• Zi Yao left Wang Qiu'er and ran into the injured Ling Luochen, who asked whether he had really met the Heavenly Snow Woman.
• Zi Yao guessed that Ling Luochen came from the Heaven Dou Empire and asked whether Shrek had treated her so poorly that she did not even have a Soul Bone.

Zi Yao arranged for the Sun Moon Team to travel safely while he planned to draw Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe away on his own. That night, the Snow Empress appeared in his room, troubled by her feelings after kissing him, and Zi Yao asked A Jiao and Octagonal to explain what had happened while he was unconscious.

• Zi Yao told Elder Ma and the team that Elder Ma would protect them to the Mingdou Mountain Range while Zi Yao acted alone.
• Wang Dong offered to accompany Zi Yao, but he refused and warned her not to rely on her trump cards.
• Wang Dong asked Zi Yao about Wang Qiu'er, then he sent her to stay with Meng Hongchen while he handled something in his room.
• The Snow Empress appeared in Zi Yao's room, drank wine, and privately wondered how to understand her feelings after kissing him.
• Zi Yao asked A Jiao and Octagonal to recount what had happened on the day he was unconscious.

Zi Yao kissed Snow Empress while she pretended to be drunk, then discussed their approaching battle and slept beside her. The next morning, he left with the Sun Moon Team while Snow Empress remained nearby, and Wang Dong’s feelings for him went unacknowledged.

• Zi Yao kissed Snow Empress, who shifted from anger to shy confusion and kept pretending to be drunk.
• Zi Yao woke Snow Empress, explained the coming battle and its powerful opponents, and heard that her injuries had mostly healed.
• Zi Yao asked to sleep while holding Snow Empress, and she agreed and stroked his head.
• Wang Dong brought Zi Yao breakfast wearing a dress, but he focused on their departure, disappointing her.
• Xiao Hongchen misunderstood Wang Dong and Meng Hongchen’s closeness, and Zi Yao sent him to wake the team.

Zi Yao and the Sun Moon Team traveled from Star Luo City to the Mingdou Mountain Range under the escort of Star Shattering Douluo and Xuanji Douluo. A Star Luo force ambushed them at the border, forcing Zi Yao to split off with Ye Guyi while the others continued toward Hall Master Hongchen.

• Star Shattering Douluo and Xuanji Douluo escorted Zi Yao's group out of Star Luo City and warned them to be careful at the Mingdou Mountain Range.
• Xuanji Douluo sensed that Dai Hao's Second Soul Master Regiment had mobilized as the escorts returned to Star Luo.
• Star Luo troops attacked Zi Yao's group in the Mingdou Mountain Range, and the White Tiger Personal Guard pursued them on Winged Tigers.
• Xiao Hongchen used Soul Guidance Cannon Platforms to slow the pursuing guard while Elder Ma said they needed to hold out until Hall Master Hongchen arrived.
• Zi Yao decided to draw away part of the White Tiger Guard and chose Ye Guyi to accompany him, while Wang Dong'er reluctantly continued with the others.

Zi Yao and Ye Guyi were pursued through the Mingdou Mountain Range until the Nether Lightning Douluo attacked the White Tiger Guards and threatened to take Ye Guyi. Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe intervened, with Yan Shaozhe trapping the Evil Soul Master in a cage of light flames.

• Zi Yao and Ye Guyi drew nearly twenty White Tiger Guards away from Elder Ma and the others, then fought the guards as they tried to surround them.
• The Nether Lightning Douluo descended with bolts of lightning, killed several White Tiger Guards, and said he had orders to bring Ye Guyi to the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Zi Yao comforted the frightened Ye Guyi as the Nether Lightning Douluo prepared to attack them.
• Xuan Zi struck the Nether Lightning Douluo with a chicken leg and appeared with Yan Shaozhe.
• Yan Shaozhe recognized the Nether Lightning Douluo's connection to the Holy Spirit Cult's Deputy Leader, then trapped him in a cage of light flames.

Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi tried to take Ye Guyi and Zi Yao to Shrek, but Zi Yao unleashed a vast snow domain and a powerful ice-and-snow expert attacked them. As Xuan Zi struggled to hold off the Blizzard, Yan Shaozhe abandoned him and fled for reinforcements.

• Yan Shaozhe tried to recruit Ye Guyi and Zi Yao, then revealed that Shrek intended to take them by force when they refused.
• Ye Guyi offered to go with Yan Shaozhe if he let Zi Yao leave, but Yan Shaozhe refused because he wanted Zi Yao's Soul Bones as well.
• Zi Yao revealed that he had lured Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi into a trap, then released a snow domain spanning ten thousand meters.
• A beautiful ice-and-snow figure appeared and attacked Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi with a Blizzard after Yan Shaozhe offered to divide Zi Yao's Soul Bones.
• Xuan Zi called on Yan Shaozhe to buy time while he gathered energy, but Yan Shaozhe said he would return to Shrek for reinforcements and fled.

Yan Shaozhe abandoned Xuan Zi as Snow Empress and Zi Yao confronted him. After Snow Empress severed Xuan Zi’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, Zi Yao ordered her to spare him in exchange for a wisp of his soul, while the Nether Lightning Douluo learned of the Holy Spirit’s return.

• Yan Shaozhe used Phoenix Nirvana to escape, leaving Xuan Zi to face Snow Empress and Zi Yao alone.
• Zi Yao asked Snow Empress to cut off Xuan Zi’s Hundred Thousand Year Right Arm Bone, and she struck him with Emperor Sword—Ice Extreme Unparalleled.
• Xuan Zi’s Soul Power collapsed after he lost the Soul Bone, and Zi Yao ordered Snow Empress to demand a wisp of his soul rather than kill him.
• Snow Empress told Xuan Zi that the Holy Spirit Cult’s name had been taken by wicked people and that the Holy Son had returned.
• The Nether Lightning Douluo overheard Snow Empress’s claim and realized he had learned a dangerous secret.