Chapter Summaries

Su Yan revealed how Xuanzi’s negligence during a mission against Evil Soul Masters devastated Shrek Academy’s team on the way to the competition. As Shrek’s students mourned the losses, Su Yan added that the academy’s arrogance and contempt for Soul Tools had left its geniuses without basic defenses.

• Su Yan explained that Xuanzi left Shrek’s students to investigate a group of Evil Soul Masters while he stayed outside eating and drinking.
• The Soul King-led group used Corpse Explosion Technique, killing Yao Haoxuan, crippling Xixi, Chen Zifeng, and Gongyang Mo, and seriously injuring several others; Huo Yuhao was captured.
• Ling Luochеn, Ma Xiaotao, and Zhang Lexuan reacted with grief and anger as they recognized the victims’ fates and Xuanzi’s repeated failures.
• Su Yan blamed Shrek Academy’s arrogance and disdain for Soul Tools, noting that its geniuses had no defensive Soul Tools against the enemy’s Soul Tool Bombs.

The group debated whether Xuanzi’s repeated failures while leading Shrek Academy teams showed that he belonged to the Holy Spirit Cult or that Shrek simply failed to value its students. Su Yan noted that Mu En’s descendant Bei Bei had been on the second team, leaving the group’s argument unsettled.

• Group members condemned Xuanzi after learning that two teams he led suffered catastrophic losses, and they questioned whether he was secretly part of the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Group Member Number Nine argued that Xuanzi’s repeated mistakes suggested something was wrong with him, while Su Yan denied that he belonged to the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue argued that Shrek Academy cared less about its geniuses than sects cared about their own heirs, and Su Yan replied that Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao had been Shrek’s own geniuses.
• Liu Erlong and Tang Yuehua joined the group conversation, and Tang Yuehua agreed that Shrek and Xuanzi had failed to care enough about the students who died or were crippled.
• Su Yan pointed out that Bei Bei, Mu En’s descendant, had been on the second team, prompting Ning Rongrong to joke that Mu En’s descendant had nothing to do with Xuanzi.

Ma Xiaotao led the others to confront Xuanzi, while the group chat debated whether Shrek Academy could still win the Soul Master Competition after its team was devastated. Su Yan listed the surviving team members’ low levels, and the chat ended with several people daring to eat if Shrek won.

• Ma Xiaotao declared she would beat Xuanzi, and Liu Erlong and the others joined her despite Zhang Lexuan questioning whether she could win.
• Su Yan explained that Shrek’s original team had suffered one death, three members ruined, and three others injured, leaving Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and He Caitou.
• Su Yan listed the remaining members’ soul power levels, including Huo Yuhao at Level 27, and said Ma Xiaotao could join later after recovering as a Level 67 Soul Emperor.
• Dugu Yan, Bai Chenxiang, Liu Erlong, Zhu Zhuyun, and Hu Liena refused to believe Shrek could win and said they would eat if it did.
• Group Member Number Nine argued that Su Yan’s mention of Shrek’s competition meant the team must have shone, while Zhu Zhuqing and others teased the doubters as gluttons.

Su Yan described how Ma Xiaotao’s reckless pursuit of Shrek Academy’s honor led to deaths and her eventual corruption, prompting her to apologize and reject that mindset. He then recounted the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s victories and revealed that Meng Hongchen lost to the much lower-level Huo Yuhao, leaving the group astonished and joking about the matchup.

• Su Yan explained that Ma Xiaotao’s attempt to win the championship killed two Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy students and triggered her Evil Fire to evolve into the Black Phoenix.
• Ma Xiaotao apologized to Meng Hongchen and Xu Tianzhen, promising to abandon Shrek Academy’s empty honors and make meaningful contributions through Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong and Ning Rongrong reassured Ma Xiaotao, while Su Yan criticized Shrek Academy’s obsession with honor and praised people’s ability to learn from others.
• Su Yan said the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy team used its Soul Tools to defeat the Heaven Soul and Dou Ling Empire teams and advance as its group’s top team.
• Su Yan revealed that Meng Hongchen defeated Bei Bei, Ling Luochen, and Dai Yueheng in the individual matches before losing to Huo Yuhao, prompting disbelief and jokes in the Group Chat.

The chat group discussed Meng Hongchen’s loss to Huo Yuhao and learned that Wang Dong’s appearance had made her fall for him. The group then pressed Wang Dong’er to show what Wang Dong looked like dressed as a man.

• Dai Yun'er fumed as the chat group laughed, while Meng Hongchen complained that she had lost to the much weaker Huo Yuhao.
• Wang Dong’er’s boast about the Hao Dong Three Absolutes sparked teasing, and Big Silly Cat copied her joke to Wang Dong’er’s face.
• Su Yan explained that Ice Empress’s Extreme Ice origin had countered Meng Hongchen’s poisonous ice and caused her defeat.
• Su Yan revealed that Meng Hongchen had noticed Wang Dong watching the match and developed feelings for him because of his striking looks and demeanor.
• The group teased the embarrassed Meng Hongchen, then asked Wang Dong’er to show them Wang Dong dressed in men’s clothing.

The group chat discussed Meng Hongchen’s crush on Wang Dong’er and debated how their disguises and Martial Soul Fusion Skills worked. The conversation ended with Dai Yun’er mocking the others for failing to recognize Wang Dong’er as a girl, earning confused reactions from Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong.

• Wang Dong’er refused to dress as a man again, while the group joked about having her and Su Yan act out a couple with swapped clothing.
• Su Yan explained that Wang Dong’er and Huo Yuhao’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill was likely arranged by Tang San, despite their unrelated martial souls and a perfect fusion rate.
• Meng Hongchen questioned why Wang Dong’er and Huo Yuhao’s fusion was stronger than hers and Xiao Hongchen’s, and the group joked that the other pair were cheating.
• Su Yan said Meng Hongchen still had favorable feelings toward Wang Dong after losing to him, and the group teased her about her crush on Wang Dong’er.
• Dai Yun’er claimed she would have recognized Wang Dong’er’s disguise, prompting Meng Hongchen and Xiao Xiao to defend how convincing it had been.

Ye Lingling’s suggestion led Wang Dong'er to dress as a man so Dai Yun'er could test whether she recognized her, but the group had tricked Wang Dong'er into doing it. Su Yan then recounted Meng Hongchen’s bold pursuit of Wang Dong at Shrek Academy, leaving Meng Hongchen embarrassed as she walked hand in hand with Wang Dong'er.

• Ye Lingling suggested that Wang Dong'er change into men's clothes so Dai Yun'er could see whether she recognized her, and the group urged Wang Dong'er to do it.
• Wang Dong'er returned in her Wang Dong identity, and Dai Yun'er admitted she could not tell that Wang Dong was a girl.
• The group revealed that some members had deliberately helped Dai Yun'er trick Wang Dong'er, making Wang Dong'er furious.
• Meng Hongchen comforted Wang Dong'er, and Su Yan described how Meng Hongchen pursued Wang Dong so persistently at Shrek Academy that Wang Dong nearly exposed her identity.
• Meng Hongchen walked hand in hand with Wang Dong'er, blushing with embarrassment as the group laughed at Su Yan's story.

The Group Chat mocked Meng Hongchen over her failed competition run and her discovery that Wang Dong was a girl, while Liu Erlong protested Su Yan’s comparison to her own heartbreak. Meng Hongchen was said to have escaped the Mingdu explosion, and Ma Xiaotao arrived at the Shrek team’s hotel to confront Xuanzi.

• Su Yan revealed that the Sun Moon Team had been eliminated before the top eight and that Meng Hongchen fainted after seeing Wang Dong reveal she was a girl.
• Meng Hongchen accused Wang Dong'er of lying, and Wang Dong'er explained that Tang San had made her dress as a boy.
• Liu Erlong angrily demanded that Su Yan explain his comparison to her discovery that Yu Xiaogang was her cousin.
• Su Yan said Meng Hongchen had been away from Mingdu during the great explosion and had survived.
• Xu Jiujiu brought the group to the hotel where Shrek Academy’s team was staying, and Ma Xiaotao shouted for Xuanzi to come out.

Ma Xiaotao and her companions confronted Xuanzi outside the hotel, while Su Yan realized the Shrek Team had avoided an Evil Soul Master ambush because of their earlier actions. The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sensed the powerful beings among the visitors, prompting Huo Yuhao to kneel before Gu Yuena and Gu Yue before the silkworm emerged to greet them.

• Xuanzi came out of the hotel and recognized Ma Xiaotao, Tang Ya, Ling Luochеn, and Zhang Lexuan, while Huo Yuhao greeted Tang Ya.
• Su Yan and the Group Chat members concluded that the Holy Spirit Cult had diverted its forces to ambush them, sparing the Shrek Team.
• Ma Xiaotao scolded Xuanzi, and Liu Erlong identified him as the Holy Spirit Cult's Grand Elder, prompting Shrek's members to recognize Liu Erlong as their ancient Founding Ancestor.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sensed powerful bloodline pressure among the visitors and told Huo Yuhao to kneel before Gu Yuena and Gu Yue.
• Gu Yue called for the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, which emerged from Huo Yuhao and respectfully greeted her.

Electrolux and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm were terrified by the powerful beings gathered around Huo Yuhao, while Liu Erlong and Ma Xiaotao beat Xuanzi. Elsewhere, Su Yan arrived at the Zhu Family home with Zhu Lu and prepared to speak with her parents.

• Electrolux awoke and, like the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, knelt in fear after sensing the powerful beings around Huo Yuhao.
• Liu Erlong reminded Gu Yue and the others that they had come to beat Xuanzi, and Bibi Dong told the two spirits they did not need to come out.
• Ma Xiaotao and Liu Erlong attacked Xuanzi together, ignoring his pleas and beating him as Tang Ya shouted for them to stop.
• Zhu Lu brought Su Yan and the others to the Zhu Family home, where her parents and relatives welcomed Su Yan.
• Su Yan asked Zhu Lu's parents to send the others away so they could talk inside, while Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun decided to keep their usual family relationships.

Su Yan visited the Zhu Family estate, where Zhu Lu introduced her parents to Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing, who revealed they were the family's ancestors from another world. Elsewhere, Ma Xiaotao and Liu Erlong punished Xuanzi and warned the Shrek group, while Huo Yuhao's companions explained how powerful their backing was; the Shrek members were left wondering about the visitors' resemblance to figures in their academy records.

• Su Yan gave Zhu Lu's parents two Fortune Creation Pills and told them to treat him as their son-in-law rather than bow to him.
• Zhu Lu told her parents to kneel before introducing Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing, who identified themselves as Zhu Family ancestors from another world.
• Zhu Ji and Dai Cai'er tried to pay respects, but Zhu Zhuqing stopped them and explained that the sisters were about Zhu Lu's age.
• Ma Xiaotao and Liu Erlong beat Xuanzi, warned him to supervise his team properly, and threatened the Shrek members against misbehavior.
• Huo Yuhao asked the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Electrolux whether their power was exposed, and they assured him that their allies would deter anyone from attacking.
• Bei Bei and the Shrek group discussed how Ma Xiaotao's companions resembled Liu Erlong, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu from their academy records.

Bei Bei and the others speculated that Spirit Hall’s return involved figures from ten thousand years ago, while Su Yan helped Douluo 1 Snow Empress begin her humanoid transformation. At the tournament, Spirit Hall’s team entered the arena, and Shrek and Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy members underestimated the strength of the familiar competitors.

• Bei Bei and Xuanzi discussed how members of Su Yan’s group resembled historical figures, and Xuanzi told everyone to stay out of matters beyond their control.
• Su Yan brought Douluo 1 Snow Empress and Douluo 2 Snow Empress to his room and helped Douluo 1 Snow Empress begin humanoid transformation with a pill.
• Several days later, Ma Xiaotao led Spirit Hall’s Douluo Dalu 2 Team into the tournament arena to face Nuo City Academy Team, drawing intense curiosity from the crowd.
• Dai Yueheng and Huo Yuhao assumed Spirit Hall’s familiar competitors could be beaten, while Xuanzi feared Ma Xiaotao’s strength.
• Xiao Hongchen asked Jing Hongchen whether his group could defeat Meng Hongchen’s team, and Jing Hongchen advised them to focus on taking second place.

Jing Hongchen warned the teams that Spirit Hall’s competitors were far stronger than expected, and Ma Xiaotao’s team revealed overwhelming strength in its first match. The chapter ended with Ma Xiaotao announcing that she was a Level 99 Limit Douluo.

• Jing Hongchen told Xiao Hongchen and the others that Little Meng had advanced beyond level seventy and that Ma Xiaotao was stronger than him.
• Ma Xiaotao’s Spirit Hall’s Douluo Dalu 2 Team faced Nuocheng Academy, whose seven members were all four-ring Soul Ancestors.
• Jiang Nannan and Meng Hongchen revealed black ten-thousand-year first soul rings, while the other five women displayed black ten-thousand-year soul rings from their third rings onward.
• The Shrek group, Huo Yuhao, Jing Hongchen, and the spectators were stunned by the six women’s strength and soul rings.
• Ma Xiaotao revealed nine red-gold soul rings and announced that she was a Level 99 Limit Douluo.

Ma Xiaotao revealed that she was a Level 99 Limit Douluo under twenty, stunning the audience and everyone from the competing academies. After the crowd hailed her as a god and champion, Su Yan judged her performance as nearly as impressive as his own.

• Ma Xiaotao announced her Level 99 Limit Douluo power, leaving the arena and audience in disbelief.
• Dai Yueheng, Xuanzi, Bei Bei, and Huo Yuhao reacted in shock, while the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm explained that Ma Xiaotao’s six Soul Rings each had nine golden stripes.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm admitted there was something strange about Ma Xiaotao’s situation, and Electrolux said powerful beings had helped her grow stronger.
• Xiao Hongchen and Jing Hongchen were stunned, with Jing Hongchen saying even Mu En and Long Xiaoyao together could not defeat Ma Xiaotao easily.
• The audience cheered for Ma Xiaotao as a god and champion, and Su Yan gave her display 82 points.

Ma Xiaotao overwhelmed Nuocheng Academy by revealing herself as a Level 99 Limit Douluo, then comforted its terrified students and inspired them to keep cultivating. Her display left the Soul Master Competition in disarray, with the next teams refusing to enter the arena.

• Ma Xiaotao used her Soul Power pressure to make the seven Nuocheng Academy students collapse and surrender, leaving two girls in tears.
• At Su Yan's suggestion, Ma Xiaotao helped the girls up and encouraged the team to work hard toward becoming Titled Douluo.
• The Nuocheng Academy students gained confidence after hearing Ma Xiaotao believe in their potential.
• The referee declared Spirit Hall Douluo Dalu 2 Team the winner, but the next two teams did not appear when called.
• Su Yan and the Group Chat members remarked that Ma Xiaotao's power had made the competition seem hopeless for everyone else.

As the Soul Master Competition preliminaries began, the teams accepted that Spirit Hall's presence made second place an ambitious goal, and then learned Spirit Hall had a second team. Spirit Hall Team 1 revealed seven extraordinarily powerful members, leaving the arena stunned.

• Xu Jiujiu encouraged the teams to treat runner-up as a historic achievement because Ma Xiaotao and a Level 99 Limit Douluo had raised the stakes.
• The competing teams fought fiercely in the preliminaries, aiming first for second place and then for third.
• The host announced Spirit Hall Team 1 would face Fasno Academy, and the audience wondered whether it was stronger than Team 2.
• The Shrek group recognized Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu's names as those of legendary First-Generation Shrek Seven Devils, while Xuanzi speculated they might be descendants.
• Hu Liena and Ning Rongrong persuaded Fasno Academy to wait while Team 1 released its Martial Souls and announced its levels.
• Hu Liena revealed she was a Level 98 Titled Douluo, Ye Lingling was a Level 96 Titled Douluo, and Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, and Zhu Zhuyun were Soul Douluos, stunning the arena.

Spirit Hall’s two teams stunned the arena with their overwhelming strength, leaving Shrek Academy and the other competitors recalculating their goals. Fasno’s team wondered if it could still surrender after seeing the Douluo Dalu 1 Team’s lineup.

• The arena crowd learned that the Douluo Dalu 1 Team included two high-level Titled Douluos and five Soul Douluos, and began asking how to join Spirit Hall.
• Huo Yuhao, Bei Bei, and the Shrek group concluded that they could aim only for third place after seeing Spirit Hall’s two teams.
• Jing Hongchen told the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy team to target third place and warned them that the Star Luo and Heaven Dou teams were also powerful.
• Jing Hongchen explained that Princess Jiujiu and Princess Vina had formidable Soul Skills and evolved Martial Souls, with abilities shaped by Su Yan’s help.
• Fasno’s team stared at Spirit Hall’s lineup and asked whether they could surrender.

Su Yan and his companions returned to the competition venue to watch Shrek Academy face Star Luo Royal Soul Master Academy. Xiao Wu said she had created a Soul Skill for Xu Jiujiu, while both teams prepared for their fourth-round match.

• After Spirit Hall's two teams advanced directly to the semifinals, Su Yan and his group spent several days exploring Xingluo City before returning to the venue.
• Xiao Wu told her companions she had devised a Soul Skill for Xu Jiujiu and started a Group Chat Live Stream to challenge those who doubted her.
• Group Member Number Nine explained that Xu Jiujiu and Vina had been saving the Soul Skill as a trump card, and Xu Jiujiu said Xiao Wu's version could not beat her.
• Dai Yueheng warned Shrek Academy that Xu Jiujiu was a Soul Emperor and urged his team to win to avoid facing Spirit Hall in the semifinals.
• Shrek Academy and Star Luo Royal Soul Master Academy entered the arena for their fourth match, and Xiao Wu and Wang Dong'er cheered for Xu Jiujiu.

Xu Jiujiu used a powerful new Star Crown Soul Skill to trap Shrek Academy’s team in the Tightening Headband Curse, leaving Huo Yuhao and the others writhing in pain. As the match turned decisively against Shrek, Huo Yuhao called on Brother Sky Dream for help.

• Su Yan noticed that Shrek Academy had brought Huo Yuhao, now a level 32 Soul Elder, as a support fighter, while Xiao Wu confidently praised Xu Jiujiu’s secret advantage.
• The referee began the match, and Huo Yuhao activated Spiritual Sharing as Xu Jiujiu used Star Attraction Technique to target Shrek’s team.
• Xu Jiujiu unleashed her Sixth Soul Skill, Star Crown’s Binding: Tightening Headband Curse, placing a Star Crown over each Shrek fighter’s head.
• Xu Jiujiu’s chant triggered splitting head pain across Shrek’s team, leaving Dai Yueheng and the others weakened and barely able to fight.
• Su Yan and the group chat reacted in shock as spectators realized Xu Jiujiu’s control skill had overwhelmed Shrek’s fighters.
• Huo Yuhao, clutching the Star Crown above his head, begged Brother Sky Dream to save him.

Xu Jiujiu's Star Crown Soul Skill forced all seven Shrek fighters to surrender, leaving the Sun Moon Empire contingent worried about how to counter it. In the group chat, Wang Dong'er described the skill's pain, while Vina hinted that her own Soul Skill was even more absurd.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told Huo Yuhao that Xu Jiujiu's Star Crowns barely used Soul Power and showed no sign of weakening.
• Huo Yuhao, Dai Yueheng, and the rest of Shrek's team surrendered after the tightening Star Crowns drove them to the ground in pain.
• Xu Jiujiu stopped chanting, and Shrek's fighters complained about the tormenting Soul Skill as they recovered.
• Xiao Hongchen asked Jing Hongchen about Xu Jiujiu's ability, and Jing Hongchen suggested keeping away from her, though he feared her range might cover the arena.
• Wang Dong'er admitted in the group chat that Xiao Wu's Tightening Headband Curse caused unbearable pain, and Vina said her own Soul Skill was even more absurd.