Chapter Summaries

Wang Yan led the Shrek team toward the Death God's Hand Bandit Group's cave, while Xue Nianbing warned the others not to underestimate the enemy. After Ma Xiaotao's team attacked first, Xue Nianbing and the reserve team entered the bloodstained cavern and discovered the bandits' horrific treatment of their victims.

• Wang Yan deduced that the bandits were nearby after finding a Wen Lan Tree stripped of its heartwood and other traces in the forest.
• Xue Nianbing warned the team that the bandit leader's strange soul skills made caution necessary, but Dai Yueheng and others dismissed his warning.
• Ma Xiaotao led the seven main-team students into the cave while Wang Yan and the reserve team waited outside.
• Xue Nianbing led the reserve team down the hillside and into the cave, where they found corpses left by Ma Xiaotao's group and heard fighting deeper inside.
• Wang Dong'er and the others saw human skins hanging from the walls and an infant's corpse pierced onto a stalagmite as they advanced through the cavern.

The Shrek teams attacked the Death Hand bandits, but the Evil Soul King detonated the corpses in a Chain Corpse Explosion that devastated the main team. Xuan Zi rushed in, killed the surviving bandits, neutralized the Corpse Poison, and preserved Gongyang Mo and Chen Zifeng’s fading lives.

• Wang Yan ordered the reserve team to join Ma Xiaotao and the main team in slaughtering the Death Hand bandits.
• The Evil Soul King triggered the corpses to explode, injuring Dai Huabin and devastating the main team after Ma Xiaotao and others tried to retreat.
• Xuan Zi rushed into the cavern and heard the Evil Soul King boast that the explosions had infected the Shrek students with Corpse Poison.
• Ma Xiaotao and two teammates escaped serious injury, while Dai Yueheng was badly wounded and Gongyang Mo, Yao Haoxuan, and Chen Zifeng suffered catastrophic injuries.
• Xuan Zi killed the surviving bandits, vaporized the corrosive Corpse Poison, and sealed Gongyang Mo and Chen Zifeng to preserve their remaining life force.

Xue Nianbing rescued Xiao Xiao and killed Death's Emissaries, but Shrek Academy suffered grave losses in the battle. As the survivors left the cave in a downpour, Xuan Zi struggled to keep the critically injured Gongyang Mo and Chen Zifeng alive.

• Xuan Zi captured Death's Emissaries, but the Soul King triggered another Corpse Explosion to distract him and escaped toward Xiao Xiao.
• Xue Nianbing severed Death's Emissaries' hand, battered him with the Frosty Ice Spear, and killed him with a final strike that pierced through the cave.
• Xiao Xiao hugged Xue Nianbing, who comforted her and carried her out of the cave.
• Xuan Zi ordered Wang Yan to take Dai Huabin out while he carried the injured Gongyang Mo and Chen Zifeng and Yao Haoxuan's corpse.
• In the rain outside, Xuan Zi kept sustaining Gongyang Mo and Chen Zifeng, but their life force continued to fade despite antidote pills.

After the Corpse Explosion left several Shrek students badly injured and killed Yao Haoxuan, Xuan Zi sent Wang Yan to lead the reserve team toward the competition while he returned to Sea God Pavilion. Dai Huabin had lost his lower body, and the chapter ended with Dai Hao learning of his sons’ injuries and turning his anger toward the Evil Soul Masters and Shrek Academy.

• Wang Yan reported that Yao Haoxuan’s remains had been mostly corroded, several Inner Court students were injured, and Dai Yueheng had suffered serious injuries and Corpse Poison.
• Wang Yan revealed that Dai Huabin’s lower body had been destroyed; Xuan Zi ordered that he be treated and told Wang Yan to take the team to Star Luo for the competition.
• Xuan Zi departed with Yao Haoxuan’s remains and the severely injured Chen Zifeng and Gongyang Mo, while Wang Yan treated Dai Huabin and carried him back to the military camp.
• Dai Hao rushed to the camp, saw that Dai Yueheng was alive but injured and Dai Huabin was unconscious with a severe wound, and swore vengeance on the Evil Soul Masters.
• Dai Yueheng left with Dureth to recover using the healing medicine and medicinal baths Dai Hao had arranged.

After the poison treatment left Dai Huabin permanently unable to regain his manhood, Dai Hao comforted him and urged him to keep living for the sake of his family and future. Dai Hao promised that the White Tiger Duke's Mansion would search for a healer capable of reversing the damage.

• The military physician told Dai Hao that Dai Huabin's condition could only possibly be reversed by a Titled Douluo with a healing Martial Soul as powerful as the Nine Heart Begonia.
• Dai Hao learned that Dai Huabin was awake and sent the physician away to speak with him alone.
• Dai Huabin tearfully declared that his life was ruined and said he wanted to die, while Dai Hao insisted he was still his son and ordered him not to give up.
• Dai Hao invoked Dai Huabin's talent and the White Tiger Duke's expectations, and Dai Huabin resolved to turn his grief into motivation and pursue power.
• Dai Hao promised that the White Tiger Duke's Mansion would keep searching for a healer whose abilities matched the Nine Heart Begonia.

Dai Hao promised to help Dai Huabin recover and find a way to contain the military doctor, while ordering him to dissolve his engagement with the Zhu Clan. At the Star Emperor Grand Hotel, Shrek Academy’s reserve team prepared for the Soul Fighting Competition’s opening rounds without its injured official members.

• Dai Hao promised Dai Huabin that he would search for him and ordered him to dissolve his engagement with the Zhu Clan.
• Dai Hao said he would handle the military doctor, and Dai Huabin privately wished his brother would suffer a similar setback.
• Star Luo City filled with visitors and soldiers as it hosted the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition.
• Wang Yan told Xue Nianbing that the reserve team might need to clear two or three elimination rounds because the official members were injured.
• Ma Xiaotao, Wang Yan, Dai Yueheng, Ling Luochen, and Xixi reassured the reserve team that its opponents were manageable and that Xue Nianbing could lead them to victory.

Wang Yan explained the competition rules and encouraged Shrek Academy’s reserve team ahead of its first knockout match. Meanwhile, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy mistook Shrek’s unusual lineup for an insult and vowed to defeat them, though a young reserve captain suspected something had gone wrong.

• Wang Yan told Shrek’s reserve team that the competition began with a seven-on-seven knockout round and that Shrek would compete first.
• Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Dong'er chose to cultivate, while Xue Nianbing went out alone to explore Star Luo City with the Ice and Snow Emperors in mind.
• The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s delegation learned that Shrek had brought only eleven people, including four older students and seven under fifteen.
• Elder Ma angrily ordered Ma Rulong to defeat Shrek and threatened to expel him from Ming Detang if he lost.
• The Sun Moon reserve captain argued that Shrek was not foolish enough to enter with an inadequate lineup and suggested an unexpected problem had forced its choices.

Xiao Hongchen dismissed the Shrek reserve team’s threat while preparing to cultivate, and his sister went out to explore Star Luo City. On a snack street, Xue Nianbing met a shy girl from Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, who offered to order grilled fish for him.

• Elder Ma warned Xiao Hongchen that the Shrek reserve team captain might be as strong as a Soul King, but Xiao Hongchen insisted that his only opponent was himself.
• Elder Ma arranged the first-round participants, after which Xiao Hongchen returned to cultivate and his sister left to see Star Luo City.
• Xue Nianbing bought snacks for Ice Empress, Little Blue, and Snow Empress before spotting a crowded grilled fish shop.
• Xue Nianbing recognized the girl in the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy uniform, while she stared at him and blushed.
• The girl offered to order grilled fish for Xue Nianbing, and he thanked her and chose several specialties.

Xue Nianbing shared a meal with the shy Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy contestant Meng Hongchen and learned her name. Their playful conversation and the boss’s matchmaking antics left Meng Hongchen developing a crush on him.

• Xue Nianbing agreed to share a table with the girl and privately defended his interest in talking to her to the women in the Ice and Snow Plane.
• Xue Nianbing asked whether the girl was a Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy contestant, and she admitted she was Meng Hongchen.
• Xue Nianbing and Meng Hongchen discussed how people viewed the Sun Moon Empire and the three great empires, and he accidentally told her that he liked her before correcting himself.
• Xue Nianbing introduced himself to Meng Hongchen, and the boss served their grilled fish together on a plate arranged like a heart.
• Xue Nianbing joked with the boss and clarified that he and Meng Hongchen were not a couple, while Meng Hongchen secretly fell for him.

Xue Nianbing and Meng Hongchen spent the day together in Star Luo City, growing closer, while Xiao Hongchen resolved to protect his sister from the blond stranger. The chapter ends as the teams prepare for the Soul Fighting Competition in a heavily guarded Star Luo City.

• Xue Nianbing and Meng Hongchen traded jokes over dinner and became friends at the Grilled Fish Shop.
• Xue Nianbing invited Meng Hongchen on a date, and they spent the day sightseeing, eating treats, and enjoying the city's attractions.
• Xue Nianbing and Meng Hongchen returned to the Star Emperor Grand Hotel after holding hands, and Xiao Hongchen realized his sister had fallen for someone.
• Xiao Hongchen vowed to investigate the blond man and protect Meng Hongchen from anyone who might deceive her.
• At dawn, soldiers sealed off the route from the Star Emperor Grand Hotel to the Soul Fighting Competition arena, which stood before the imperial city.

The Star Luo Empire opened the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition, and Shrek Academy drew intense attention from the crowd and its rivals. Shrek was announced as the opponent of Tian Ling High-Level Soul Master Academy in the first elimination match, and Tian Ling’s nervous team stepped onto the field.

• Xu Jiawei welcomed the competing academies and officially declared the tournament open.
• Meng Hongchen focused on Xue Nianbing, prompting Xiao Hongchen to resent him and vow to keep him away from her.
• The announcer explained the first-round elimination format and named Tian Ling High-Level Soul Master Academy and Shrek Academy as the first opponents.
• Xue Nianbing reassured his teammates that he was nervous despite showing no sign of it.
• Tian Ling High-Level Soul Master Academy’s competitors entered the field, visibly shaken by the crowd.

Xue Nianbing led Shrek Academy’s reserve team into the elimination round against Tian Ling High-Level Soul Master Academy, shocking the crowd and the opposing team. He opened the match alone with Ice Eye Snow Pupil’s Snowfall Ice Array, and two Tian Ling contestants screamed as the blizzard struck.

• Xue Nianbing warned Dai Huabin to follow orders and threatened him and the White Tiger Duke's Mansion if he caused trouble.
• Shrek Academy’s reserve team entered Star Luo Plaza to thunderous cheers, surprising spectators who expected its main team.
• The referee announced the elimination match rules, and both teams took their positions for the team battle.
• When the match began, Xue Nianbing summoned a Class 5 Soul Tool spear and unleashed Snowfall Ice Array with Ice Eye Snow Pupil.
• Tian Ling Academy’s captain ordered his team to defend against the blizzard, and two contestants screamed inside it.

Xue Nianbing led Shrek Academy’s reserve team to a crushing victory over Tianling Academy, defeating all seven opponents without releasing his Martial Soul. His performance stunned the audience and alarmed rival academies, while Shrek’s students split up afterward to rest, cultivate, or scout the remaining matches.

• Xue Nianbing defeated Tianling Academy’s four Soul Ancestors and two Soul Elders, then held the captain at spearpoint until he conceded.
• The referee declared Shrek Academy the winner, and the crowd erupted after Xue Nianbing and his teammates left the stage.
• Xu Jiawei ordered his officials to investigate Xue Nianbing, while Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, Ma Rulong, and Elder Ma reacted to his overwhelming strength.
• Elder Ma warned Ma Rulong and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy team that Xue Nianbing was likely at least a Soul King and possibly a Soul Emperor or Soul Saint.
• Xue Nianbing, Wang Dong'er, Jiang Nannan, and Xiao Xiao returned to cultivate, while Beibei and two others stayed with Wang Yan to watch matches and gather information.

After the elimination tournament, Xue Nianbing arranged for Shrek Academy’s reserve team to gain experience in the round-robin tournament while he held back from competing. The teams gathered at Star Luo Plaza for the first round, where spectators eagerly watched for Xue Nianbing’s arrival.

• Wang Dong'er and Jiang Nannan questioned Xue Nianbing about a girl from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, and he calmed their jealousy before the three lovers spent the evening together.
• Three days later, the elimination tournament ended, leaving sixty-six teams to enter the round-robin tournament while Shrek Academy’s injured official members continued recovering.
• Wang Yan explained the round-robin format and asked Xue Nianbing to arrange Shrek Academy’s lineup.
• Xue Nianbing decided to sit out the next two rounds so the reserve members, including Xiao Xiao, could gain experience and show their abilities.
• Xue Nianbing assigned the lineup and led the team to Star Luo Plaza, where spectators turned their attention toward him.

Xiao Xiao overcame her nerves and chose to compete in Shrek Academy’s first round-robin match against Yun Luo Academy. The chapter ended as Xiao Xiao and Ma Yingjun prepared to fight, with Ma Yingjun misinterpreting her explanation that she was a reserve-team member as an insult.

• Xue Nianbing and the Shrek Academy team settled into the VIP resting area as the round-robin groups were announced.
• Xue Nianbing and Yun Luo Academy’s captain drew the individual match format for their teams.
• Xue Nianbing reassured the nervous Xiao Xiao, and she decided to take the first spot in the match.
• Xiao Xiao entered the arena, where she faced Yun Luo Academy’s nervous contestant, Ma Yingjun.
• Xiao Xiao told Ma Yingjun she was only a reserve-team member, and he took her words as a slight against Yun Luo Academy.

Xiao Xiao faced Ma Yingjun in the tournament, using her rare Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron and Ma Yingjun’s excessive caution to gain an opening. The battle continued as she dodged his Soul Tool barrage with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.

• Ma Yingjun armed himself with Soul Tools, while Xiao Xiao revealed that she was a Second Ring Great Soul Master.
• Xiao Xiao split her Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron into three and struck Ma Yingjun, whose barrier blocked the attacks but whose mind was stunned.
• Jiang Nannan and Xue Nianbing noted that Ma Yingjun’s poor mentality gave Xiao Xiao a chance to win if she revealed her Nine Phoenixes Auspicious Phoenix Flute at the right moment.
• Yun Luo and his teammates criticized Ma Yingjun for only defending, prompting him to launch a barrage of Soul Tool attacks.
• Xiao Xiao evaded the barrage with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, a Tang Sect Peerless Skill she had learned.

Xiao Xiao defeated Ma Yingjun by revealing her Twin Martial Souls, giving Shrek Academy the advantage in its round-robin match against Yun Luo Academy. Xu Sanshi won the next two bouts, securing Shrek Academy’s victory, and Xue Nianbing took the exhausted Xiao Xiao back to the hotel.

• Xiao Xiao used her movement technique and Twin Martial Souls to make Ma Yingjun’s tracking ray hit him, then knocked him off the platform with her Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron.
• The referee declared Shrek Academy the winner of the first match, and Xue Nianbing caught Xiao Xiao as she collapsed from exhaustion.
• Xu Sanshi used Xuan Ming Swap to eliminate Shang Yue after jumping off the platform himself.
• Xu Sanshi defeated Yun Luo Academy captain Situ Yu, and the opposing team conceded the round-robin match.
• Xue Nianbing left for the Star Emperor Grand Hotel with Xiao Xiao, while Beibei and the others stayed to watch the matches.

Xiao Xiao woke up and claimed her promised compensation and reward from Xue Nianbing. Days later, with Ling Luochеn nearing recovery, Shrek Academy headed to an auction where Xue Nianbing spotted a familiar woman from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

• Xiao Xiao woke and asked Xue Nianbing for the compensation and reward he had promised her.
• Xiao Xiao and Xue Nianbing kissed and became intimate, and their antics disrupted Jiang Nannan and Wang Dong'er's cultivation.
• Several days later, Wang Yan suggested that the team attend an auction, and Xue Nianbing agreed because he wanted to obtain a particular treasure.
• Wang Yan led the Shrek Academy group through crowded Star Luo City to the auction venue.
• Xue Nianbing recognized a hooded woman among the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy group, and they exchanged smiles and nods.
• Xiao Xiao asked whether the woman was a man or a woman and whether she should call her Big Sister or Little Sister; Xue Nianbing answered that she was a Little Sister.

Xue Nianbing and his companions attended an auction at the Starlight Auction House, where they learned the event focused on Soul Tools. The auction began with a Paralysis Ray made by a Sixth Tier Soul Engineer, and bidding was underway when the chapter ended.

• Xue Nianbing and his companions registered at the Starlight Auction House and were guided into Hall Twelve.
• The woman in red explained the auction’s ranking system and said the event featured Soul Tools below the sixth tier.
• The group received masks and drinks before Qing Ya opened the auction and announced a mysterious grand prize.
• Jiang Nannan and the other girls teased Xue Nianbing for calmly watching Qing Ya, but he admitted he was only pretending to be a gentleman.
• Qing Ya presented a third-tier Paralysis Ray made by a Sixth Tier Soul Engineer, and a bidder offered 1,300 Gold Soul Coins.

At a Soul Tool auction, Wang Yan bought a Class 3 Paralysis Ray for Wang Dong'er and several other items, while Xue Nianbing encouraged the group to make use of Soul Tools. The bidding then began on a Class 4 Milk Bottle for Jiang Nannan, and Wang Yan raised the price to 20,000 Gold Soul Coins.

• Dai Huabin and Xu Sanshi rejected the idea that Soul Masters needed Soul Tools, while Beibei called the Paralysis Ray practical.
• Xue Nianbing suggested Wang Dong'er use the Paralysis Ray, and Wang Yan bought it for 2,500 Gold Soul Coins on the academy's behalf.
• Wang Yan purchased several more Soul Tools, hoping to strengthen the reserve team and learn from Ming Detang's techniques.
• Qing Ya introduced a Rechargeable Soul Tool called a Milk Bottle, which could replenish Soul Power after being charged in advance.
• Xue Nianbing recommended the Class 4 Milk Bottle to Jiang Nannan, and Wang Yan bid 20,000 Gold Soul Coins for it.