Chapter Summaries

Zhou Huan and his companions rushed to help after a distress signal revealed an attack on Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong near Shrek City's northern gate. Zhou Huan saved the only surviving assassin so Shrek could learn who was behind the attack, then returned to the academy with the others.

• Xiao Xiao joked about becoming rich enough to obtain Soul Bones, Immortal Herbs, and a God Position while Zhou Huan and their friends shared a late-night meal.
• Wen Xiaoshuai recognized the golden-red signal from the Inner Court, and Zhou Huan led the group toward the northern gate.
• Ma Xiaotao rescued Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong as Beibei and Jiang Nannan joined the fight against six assassins.
• Ma Xiaotao killed three Soul Kings and wounded the Soul Emperor, but Zhou Huan intercepted her next attack and immobilized the Soul Emperor alive.
• Zhou Huan explained that Shrek needed to question the assassin, and Ma Xiaotao took him to the academy while Beibei escorted the others back.

After Dai Huabin was expelled for attempting to assassinate Huo Yuhao, Zhou Huan considered the consequences of the academy’s quiet punishment. Dai Huabin confronted his elder brother Dai Yueheng and, overwhelmed by fear and rage, saw his White Tiger Evil Eyes turn completely black.

• Yan Shaozhe and Lin Huiqun praised Zhou Huan’s actions and discussed Shrek’s response to the assassination attempt.
• Xiao Xiao told Zhou Huan that Dai Huabin had been expelled and Zhu Lu had left with him.
• Zhou Huan told Xiao Xiao not to discuss the incident and explained to Wen Xiaoshuai that Dai Huabin had likely lost his future.
• Dai Yueheng slapped and kicked Dai Huabin, then warned him that he could have been killed if their father were not away fighting the Sun Moon Empire.
• Dai Huabin roared as his White Tiger Evil Eyes turned completely black.

Shrek Academy held a grand melee to select seven Core Disciples for a mission, and Huo Gua's group dominated the battle. Zhou Huan and Wang Qingya stayed out of the fight and left the stage before the final selection concluded.

• Xuanzi announced that the last seven Core Disciples remaining on the stage would win the selection match.
• Huo Gua formed a team with Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, Beibei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, and He Caitou, prompting the other contestants to attack them together.
• He Caitou used Soul Tool cannons guided by Huo Gua's Mental Share to injure and eliminate many of the attackers, while Zhou Huan and Wang Qingya stayed on the sidelines.
• Wen Xiaoshuai charged into the melee, but Huo Gua and Wang Dong's Golden Road eliminated him along with more than ten other contestants.
• Ning Tian left the stage after the attack left only ten contestants, and Zhou Huan and Wang Qingya then stepped off as well.

Zhou Huan secured leave for himself, Wen Xiaoshuai, and Wang Qingya to travel to Star Luo City and watch the Soul Master Competition under the pretense of conducting research. He prepared for the dangers surrounding the trip by giving Xiao Xiao a defensive Soul Tool and warning her about Evil Soul Masters.

• Zhou Huan asked Wang Yan for a long leave, claiming he wanted to study elite students at other academies while intending to watch the Soul Master Competition.
• Wang Yan approved leave for Zhou Huan, Wen Xiaoshuai, and Wang Qingya for up to two months, but said they would have to travel to Star Luo City without him.
• Zhou Huan gave Xiao Xiao a fourth-grade Defensive Soul Tool and warned her and the others to avoid Evil Soul Masters and use their Soul Tool defenses.
• Zhou Huan kept his knowledge of the coming danger from Wang Yan, believing he had done what he could to protect Xiao Xiao and himself.
• Zhou Huan decided the trip was safe enough because they would meet Wang Yan and remain within Xuanzi's protection in Star Luo City.

Zhou Huan, Wang Qingya, and Wen Xiaoshuai traveled from Shrek to Star Luo City to watch the All-Continent Soul Master Competition. They checked into the Crown Luo Grand Hotel using Wang Qingya’s VIP card and learned that her wealthy parents had given her hotel cards but little spending money.

• Wang Qingya and Wen Xiaoshuai agreed to travel with Zhou Huan and joked about competing in the next tournament.
• Zhou Huan, Wang Qingya, and Wen Xiaoshuai left Shrek three days later and reached Star Luo City after five days of travel.
• The three found Star Luo City crowded with visitors arriving for the competition, and Wang Qingya used her Crown Luo Grand Hotel VIP card to secure two suites.
• Wang Qingya explained that her parents had given her hotel cards but limited her Gold Soul Coins so she would not attract trouble.

Zhou Huan and his friends encountered Long Aotian and Vina at the Crown Luo Grand Hotel, where they exchanged identities and discussed their connection to Shrek and the Body Sect. After the pair left, Zhou Huan decided to wait until the day before the competition to visit Xiao Xiao.

• Zhou Huan, Wang Qingya, and Wen Xiaoshuai went to the hotel restaurant and ran into Long Aotian and Vina.
• Long Aotian explained that he and Vina had come to watch the Soul Master Competition, while Vina questioned Zhou Huan about claiming to be poor despite staying at the hotel.
• Zhou Huan introduced his Shrek classmates, and Vina revealed that she was a princess of the Heaven Dou Empire while Long Aotian identified himself as a member of the Body Sect.
• Long Aotian and Vina gave Zhou Huan their room number and left, and Wen Xiaoshuai asked whether the Body Sect was emerging publicly.
• Zhou Huan said the Body Sect probably was not attending as a competition faction and told Wang Qingya they would wait until the day before the competition to look for Xiao Xiao.

The day before the competition, Zhou Huan and his friends reunited with Wang Yan’s battered Shrek team and learned that several main team members would miss the early rounds while recovering. Zhou Huan encouraged Wang Yan to set aside the pressure of Shrek’s reputation, leaving them resolved to do their best regardless of the result.

• Zhou Huan and his friends met Wang Yan’s team at the Star Emperor Hotel, where Xiao Xiao rushed to embrace Wang Qingya and Ma Xiaotao objected when Wang Yan invited the three newcomers to join them.
• Wang Yan registered the team and arranged for Zhou Huan, Wang Qingya, and Wen Xiaoshuai to stay with the Shrek delegation.
• Wang Yan explained the competition format to the Reserve Team and the main team, whose members said they needed ten to twenty days to recover.
• Wang Yan assigned Huo Gua’s seven Reserve Team members to handle the opening match without his interference.
• Wang Yan privately discussed his worries with Zhou Huan, who urged him not to treat Shrek’s honor as a burden and to focus on doing their best.

Shrek Academy opened the tournament with Huo Gua’s reserve team, whose staged display of impossible Soul Rings stunned the crowd before they defeated Tian Ling Advanced Soul Master Academy in seconds. Zhou Huan and Wang Qingya left with the team, planning to return disguised among the spectators for the remaining matches.

• Shrek Academy’s unusually young team entered the packed Star Luo Plaza, baffling the spectators, rival academies, and Emperor Xu Jiawei.
• Xu Jiawei opened the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament, and the first match pitted Shrek Academy against Tian Ling Advanced Soul Master Academy.
• Huo Gua led Shrek’s reserve team onto the arena while Tian Ling formed a conventional battle formation and released their Martial Souls.
• Huo Gua displayed a simulated Soul Ring configuration of one purple, three black, and two red rings, terrifying the opposing team and the audience.
• Wang Dong used the Golden Road to eliminate all seven Tian Ling competitors, giving Shrek victory in under ten seconds.
• Zhou Huan and Wang Qingya left with the team, intending to buy tickets and return to watch the other matches from the crowd.

Zhou Huan watched Righteous Heaven Academy overwhelm Barak Academy and considered how Shrek might face them in the tournament. Later, he unnerved Xiao Hongchen by revealing detailed knowledge of him and Meng Hongchen, leaving Xiao convinced Shrek had a spy in Mingde Hall.

• Zhou Huan watched Righteous Heaven Academy defeat Barak Academy in under three minutes without Ye Wuqing or Tang Xiaolei fighting.
• Wang Qingya worried that Shrek's Reserve Team could not beat Righteous Heaven Academy, but Zhou Huan said they had a chance if they avoided the Individual Single Elimination Match.
• Zhou Huan, Wang Qingya, and Wen Xiaoshuai ate street snacks, watched three more matches, and returned to the Star Emperor Hotel to cultivate.
• Xiao Hongchen confronted the trio and mocked Shrek, but Zhou Huan described Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen's identities and Martial Souls in detail.
• Xiao Hongchen concluded that Shrek had a high-level spy in Mingde Hall, while Meng Hongchen focused on Zhou Huan's insults and lamented that she had not hit him.

Shrek won its first round-robin match against Cloud Net Academy after Xu Sanshi defeated the entire opposing team. That night, Wang Yan took the students to the Starlight Auction House, where they bought Soul Tools before Huo Gua obtained the Spirit Devouring Carving Knife.

• Wang Yan sent Xu Sanshi out first, and Xu Sanshi eliminated two Cloud Net Academy fighters with his Mysterious Nether Swap and shameless tactics.
• Cloud Net Academy's Captain, Situ Yu, challenged Xu Sanshi to a final battle, but Xu Sanshi defeated him and secured Shrek's victory.
• Wang Yan brought Huo Gua and the others, including Zhou Huan, to the Starlight Auction House for a special Soul Tool auction.
• Wang Yan bought more than a dozen Soul Tools for the Reserve Team and Shrek's Soul Tool Department, while Zhou Huan bought five offensive Level Three Soul Tools.
• Huo Gua bought the Gold of Life carving knife for 100,000 Gold Soul Coins, and the group returned to Star Emperor Hotel before the next match.

Shrek Academy defeated Thousand Spirits Academy, but faced a far stronger opponent in Righteous Heaven Academy for its next match. Zhou Huan volunteered to replace Xiao Xiao if the match format was not a Team Battle, revealing extraordinary speed and earning the team's approval.

• Huo Gua and He Caitou overwhelmed Thousand Spirits Academy in the Team Battle, forcing captain Shen Ce to concede.
• While Wang Yan prepared for the match against Righteous Heaven Academy, Zhou Huan offered to replace Xiao Xiao in a non-Team Battle.
• Zhou Huan asked Beibei to attack him, then evaded the dragon claw and appeared behind Xu Sanshi with an ice blade at his throat.
• Beibei and the others approved Zhou Huan's participation, and Zhou Huan described his speed as an upgraded version of Ice Step.
• Wang Yan recognized Zhou Huan's technique as a Self-Created Soul Skill, and the team acknowledged his strength.

Shrek defeated Righteous Heaven Academy in their third round-robin match, with Zhou Huan using his speed and tactics to surprise the crowd and help He Caitou overcome Tang Xiaolei. The chapter left Shrek celebrating while Ye Wuqing and Righteous Heaven Academy faced the consequences of their failed strategy.

• Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan defeated Yu Mengdi and Yang Yifan in the first match, though Xu Sanshi was severely injured.
• Zhou Huan stunned the spectators by revealing two Soul Rings, then defeated Blood Wolf in under three seconds with his speed and daggers.
• Tang Xiaolei fired arrows at He Caitou, but Zhou Huan used self-destructing Soul Tools to knock them off course.
• He Caitou completed his Super Soul Cannon and fired at Tang Xiaolei, forcing the referee to intervene and leaving the referee injured.
• The referee declared Shrek the winner, and Zhou Huan carried the exhausted He Caitou back to Shrek's resting area.
• Xiao Xiao praised Zhou Huan for his speed as Shrek celebrated and Ye Wuqing brooded over his failed tactics.

Zhou Huan planned to seize the Snow Empress embryo that Mingde Hall had bought, using his evolved Floating Pagoda to support the scheme. He sent Zhang Lexuan to recruit Elder Xuan while she stayed behind to protect Shrek’s tournament participants.

• Shrek advanced to the Round of Sixteen as the top team in its group, with Ling Luochen and Huo Gua dominating their fourth match.
• At a late-night auction, Zhou Huan saw Mingde Hall buy the Snow Empress embryo and monitored its members discussing how to transport it to Mingde Hall.
• Zhou Huan used his evolved Floating Pagoda to store a living mouse and demonstrated that he could keep and control certain souls inside it.
• Zhou Huan told Zhang Lexuan about Mingde Hall’s planned handover and urged her to have Elder Xuan intercept the embryo while she protected Shrek’s team.
• Zhang Lexuan accepted the plan, took Zhou Huan’s note identifying Mingde Hall’s secret base, and left to find Elder Xuan.

Zhou Huan explained how he sensed the Soul Beast Embryo and revealed that his Floating Pagoda could absorb its origin, while Zhang Lexuan agreed to hand the embryo over to him if Elder Xuan retrieved it. They left the matter dependent on Elder Xuan’s success.

• Zhou Huan told Zhang Lexuan he sensed the embryo because it might contain the Ice Empress or Snow Empress, and Zhang Lexuan suspected Huo Yuhao had sensed it too.
• Zhang Lexuan questioned whether Zhou Huan’s contribution to Shrek justified claiming the embryo, and Zhou Huan explained the danger of opening the God-Sealing Platform.
• Zhou Huan revealed that his evolved Floating Pagoda could store living creatures and absorb the embryo’s origin, and Zhang Lexuan warned him to keep the ability secret.
• Zhang Lexuan said she would publicly hold the embryo until reaching Titled Douluo but would privately hand it to Zhou Huan if Elder Xuan retrieved it.
• Zhang Lexuan reminded Zhou Huan that Elder Xuan had to retrieve the embryo first before they could decide anything.

After Shrek defeated Dou Ling Royal Academy, Zhang Lexuan visited the team and praised the Reserve Team for carrying them through the tournament. She left after urging everyone to follow Wang Yan’s plans for the upcoming matches against Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

• Shrek defeated Dou Ling Royal Academy while Ma Xiaotao concealed her full strength under Wang Yan’s strategy.
• The team returned to the Star Emperor Hotel and found Zhang Lexuan talking with Zhou Huan, surprising the students who knew her.
• Zhang Lexuan praised the Reserve Team’s efforts, while the Inner Court members felt ashamed that the Reserve Team had to compete in their place.
• Zhou Huan introduced Zhang Lexuan to the Reserve Team, and she told the competitors to keep following Wang Yan’s arrangements.
• Zhang Lexuan thanked Wang Yan for leading the team, said she would watch the remaining matches, and returned to her room.

After a late-night meal with Xiao Xiao, Wang Qingya, and Wen Xiaoshuai, Zhou Huan received Beibei, who thanked him for warning them about Tang Ya’s Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and asked about his relationship with Zhang Lexuan. Zhang Lexuan’s icy warning interrupted their conversation, sending Beibei fleeing and Zhou Huan to bed.

• Xiao Xiao teased Zhou Huan about his closeness to Zhang Lexuan, and Zhou Huan explained that she had helped him enroll at Shrek after he became an orphan.
• Beibei visited Zhou Huan late at night and thanked him for his warning about Tang Ya’s Martial Soul, which had helped them find a Blue Silver King Soul Bone and uncover other problems.
• Zhou Huan suspected Tang Ya’s dark, devouring attribute might now be changed with the Soul Bone and Mu En’s help, potentially preventing her from falling into the Holy Spirit Cult’s hands.
• Beibei asked whether Zhou Huan had known Zhang Lexuan for years and began probing their relationship, while Zhou Huan questioned Beibei’s own connection to her.
• Zhang Lexuan enveloped the room in cold Soul Power and ordered them to go back to sleep, prompting Beibei to flee and Zhou Huan to pretend to be asleep.

Zhou Huan received the Snow Empress Embryo and brought the Snow Empress out of the God-Sealing Platform inside his Floating Pagoda. She repeatedly cut him apart in anger, but he regenerated each time, and the chapter ended with him asking whether she wanted to become a god.

• Shrek defeated Dou Ling Royal Academy and advanced to the Top 8, while Zhou Huan stayed behind to cultivate.
• Zhang Lexuan gave Zhou Huan the Snow Empress Embryo that Xuanzi had brought back.
• Zhou Huan entered his Floating Pagoda and greeted the Snow Empress, surprising her by recognizing her identity.
• Zhou Huan used his Soul Power to bring the Snow Empress outside the God-Sealing Platform, and she immediately struck him with her Emperor's Sword.
• The Snow Empress slashed Zhou Huan repeatedly for half an hour, but he kept regenerating inside the Floating Pagoda.
• Zhou Huan introduced himself, mentioned the Blue Dragon Ice Qilin Horse's sacrifice, and asked the Snow Empress if she wanted to become a god.

Zhou Huan tried to persuade the Snow Empress to help him become a god, promising to help her ascend as well, and left her considering whether to gamble on him. He then checked in with Zhang Lexuan and stayed in the hotel to eat lunch with her.

• Zhou Huan argued that the Snow Empress could help him become the Ice God and that helping him offered her a chance to become a god herself.
• The Snow Empress rejected his assumptions and accused humans of causing her predicament, but she eventually considered that Zhou Huan might be her best chance at ascension.
• Zhou Huan declared that the Snow Empress had agreed to help him obtain her Soul Ring and Soul Bone at Level 50, then left her trapped in the Floating Pagoda.
• Zhou Huan left the Floating Pagoda and went to Zhang Lexuan's room after seeing that Huo Gua and the others had not returned.
• Zhang Lexuan told Zhou Huan she had ordered room service, so he stayed and ate lunch with her at the hotel.

Shrek Academy faced Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy in the tournament final, with Wang Yan’s revised lineup and strategy giving Shrek the upper hand in the Team Battle. Shrek crushed the opposing team without Ma Xiaotao’s Martial Soul mutating, and the final was left poised for the Individual Challenge match.

• Xu Jiawei opened the finals, and Shrek and Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy sent their teams into the arena.
• Huo Gua and Ling Luochen used Extreme Ice to restrain the Sun Moon team, especially Meng Hongchen, while Gongyang Mo boosted Shrek’s fighters.
• Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng broke through the Sun Moon team’s barriers with their Meteor Shower attacks, and Xu Sanshi swapped Ma Rulong into Ma Xiaotao’s path.
• Ma Xiaotao defeated Ma Rulong, while Dai Yueheng disrupted the Sun Moon team’s formation and He Caitou, Huo Gua, and Ling Luochen held off their opponents.
• Ma Xiaotao helped Shrek eliminate the remaining Sun Moon fighters, and Heavenly Fiend Douluo declared Shrek the winner of the Team Battle.

After Shrek won the Team Battle, the injured Sun Moon team struggled to plan for the Individual Elimination Tournament, while Xiao Hongchen chose the competitors and kept Meng Hongchen off the field. Beibei defeated Li Yan in the opening match as Zhou Huan handed out snacks in Shrek’s waiting area.

• Ma Xiaotao and the other Shrek fighters returned from the arena in high spirits, while Ma Rulong and several Sun Moon competitors were left injured.
• Xiao Hongchen assigned Li Yan, Chen An, Chen Fei, Xiao Xiafeng, himself, Lin Xi, and Mika to fight in sequence, and refused Meng Hongchen’s request to compete.
• Beibei entered the first individual match against Li Yan as the Individual Elimination Tournament began.
• Zhou Huan handed out sunflower seeds and desserts to Shrek’s group, then gave Xuan Zi a chicken leg.
• Beibei overwhelmed Li Yan with blue lightning and a dragon claw, and Heavenly Fiend Douluo removed Li Yan from the arena before he was killed, awarding Shrek the first match.