Chapter Summaries

Xu Zihuang revealed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and overwhelmed Wu Yifan in the opening match of the individual elimination round. Wu Yifan conceded, and the Proud Sword Sect forfeited its remaining matches, sending Shrek Academy through to the third round with all twelve points.

• Xu Tianran, Zhongli Wu, and Jing Hongchen reacted to Xu Zihuang's Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and speculated that Shrek Academy had a secret art for raising Soul Ring ages.
• Tang Wutong regained her confidence after a golden trident rune flashed on her forehead, while Huo Yuhao brooded over how much a person's origins shaped their prospects.
• Xu Zihuang used Mental Storm to form a storm of golden-silver swords and broke through Wu Yifan's Shedding Shell soul skill.
• Wu Yifan conceded and forfeited the Proud Sword Sect's remaining matches, so Shrek Academy advanced with all twelve points.
• Xu Zihuang returned to the Shrek resting area, where Ning Tian, Ye Guyi, and the Thunder Beast welcomed him.

Xu Zihuang joined Shrek Academy’s third-round match after learning they would face Heavenly Dragon Gate, a sect tied to his past. He and Yu Tianlong agreed to settle their teams’ clash in the opening individual match, with the loser’s team forfeiting the rest of the matches.

• After Xu Zihuang’s victory, Ju Zi watched him leave with Ye Guyi and Ning Tian while Zhongli Wu urged the Sun Moon Empire to plan against his growing power, and Xu Tianran cautioned against openly provoking Shrek Academy.
• Xiao Hongchen regained his fighting spirit and asked to face Xu Zihuang first if Shrek Academy met his team.
• Ning Tian explained that underground Soul Engineer contests had driven up Rare Metal prices in Ming City, while Xu Zihuang said he was gathering information to monitor the factions there.
• When Shrek Academy drew Heavenly Dragon Gate for the third round, Xu Zihuang chose to compete, and Ju Zi told Xu Tianran that he had studied under Xuan Ziwen during his exchange at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Xu Zihuang and Yu Tianlong entered the arena alone and agreed that the loser’s team would forfeit the remaining matches.

Yu Tianhuang and Yu Tianlong fought in a single deciding match, revealing their shared Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon heritage and testing each other’s strength. Yu Tianhuang won with a vastly more powerful Thunder Hell, and the chapter ended with Shrek Academy declared victorious after the two reached an unspoken understanding.

• Beibei explained that Yu Tianhuang came from Heavenly Dragon Gate’s sect master lineage and that Yu Tianlong was its heir, while Tang Ya and the others reacted to their connection.
• Yu Tianlong and Yu Tianhuang clashed at close range, showcasing their dragon transformations, lightning control, and powerful combat techniques as the referee was paralyzed by their battle.
• Zheng Zhan replaced the incapacitated referee, and Yu Tianlong used his fifth Soul Skill, Thunder Hell, to test Yu Tianhuang’s second Martial Soul.
• Yu Tianhuang answered with the hundred-thousand-year Thunderclap Nether Vine Right Leg Bone skill, Thunder Hell, overwhelming the arena with blackish-purple lightning while Zheng Zhan contained the destruction.
• Yu Tianhuang helped Yu Tianlong to his feet, and the two silently acknowledged the understanding they had gained from exchanging techniques.
• Zheng Zhan announced Shrek Academy’s victory in the deciding match against Heavenly Dragon Gate.

After mastering Yu Tianlong’s battle technique, Xu Zihuang joined Shrek Academy’s preparations for its opening round-robin match against Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. The chapter also revealed that Wang Dong was Tang Wutong and left both Shrek and Tang Sect facing their first group-stage opponents.

• Xu Zihuang emerged from meditation and joined Zhang Lexuan’s meeting, where the Shrek team planned to rely on teamwork against Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Beibei told the Tang Sect team that Clear Sky Sect’s captain was Wang Dong, who had originally been a girl and was Tang Wutong; he proposed an alliance against the Holy Spirit Team.
• Jiang Nannan pledged to fight the Evil Soul Masters, and Beibei laid out tactics for Tang Sect’s opening match against Clear Sky Sect.
• At the competition venue, Xiao Hongchen asked Xu Zihuang for an honorable one-on-one battle, and Xu Zihuang accepted.
• Meng Hongchen became enamored with Xu Zihuang’s smile as he and Xiao Hongchen returned to their respective teams.

Xu Zihuang and Xiao Hongchen faced off in a one-on-one match between Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. Xu Zihuang countered Xiao Hongchen’s Metal Storm with his Spirit Storm, leaving the observers stunned by his pure spirit-type Evil Eye Tyrant Soul Ring.

• Zheng Zhan announced that the two academy captains would decide the match in a one-on-one duel, and Xu Zihuang and Xiao Hongchen took their positions.
• Xiao Hongchen summoned more than three hundred Level 6 Soul Guidance Cannons, and Xu Zihuang matched him with a battery of Dark Red Crystal cannons.
• The two cannon batteries fired for about fifteen minutes before Zheng Zhan used his Unbreakable Divine Shield to protect the arena; Xiao Hongchen’s cannons melted while Xu Zihuang’s remained intact.
• Xiao Hongchen activated his sixth soul skill, Metal Storm, turning the metal stage and debris into vibrating dust that threatened to overwhelm Zheng Zhan’s defenses.
• Xu Zihuang released his fifth soul skill, Spirit Storm, and its silver vibrations stopped Xiao Hongchen’s metal particles; Zhongli Wu, Xu Tianran, and Jing Hongchen recognized the pure spirit-type Evil Eye Tyrant behind him.

Xiao Hongchen unleashed his strongest attacks against Xu Zihuang, but Xu Zihuang effortlessly countered them and revealed nine Soul Rings before defeating him. Shrek Academy won the match, while Xu Zihuang’s power stunned the arena and drew the attention of several hidden observers.

• Xiao Hongchen combined his Forest of Thorns with his Dark Gold Edge Soul Bone skill, but Xu Zihuang’s lightning melted the metal spikes without harming him.
• Xiao Hongchen used his Left Leg Soul Bone’s Instant Transmission and attacked from behind, but Xu Zihuang stopped time, evaded him, and sent him flying with a kick.
• Xiao Hongchen demanded that Xu Zihuang use his full strength and launched another attack, but Xu Zihuang revealed five black and four red Soul Rings and severed Xiao Hongchen’s golden spear.
• Zheng Zhan declared Shrek Academy the winner, and the arena erupted in shock at Xu Zihuang’s nine Soul Rings.
• A white-haired elderly man praised Xu Zihuang’s strength and remarked that he would protect Tian’er, while two other elders discussed his ties to Heavenly Dragon Gate.

Xu Zihuang defeated Xiao Hongchen and returned to cultivation while the tournament’s round-robin matches continued. At the Tang Sect’s first match, Tang Wutong rejected Beibei’s proposed alliance, and both the Clear Sky Sect and Holy Spirit Team’s forfeits left the Tang Sect facing a confrontation with the Holy Spirit Team to advance.

• Xu Zihuang defeated Xiao Hongchen, reunited with Ning Tian, and planned to cultivate through the fifteen days before the final stage.
• Xu Zihuang returned to the hotel to cultivate, while Ning Tian spent time with Ye Guyi.
• Tang Wutong led the Clear Sky Sect’s full lineup against the Tang Sect, and Beibei sent Huo Yuhao to speak with her about joining forces against the Holy Spirit Team.
• Tang Wutong dismissed Huo Yuhao as trash and knocked him unconscious, then denied that she was Wang Dong and rejected Beibei’s proposal.
• Beibei withdrew the Tang Sect from its remaining matches, but the Holy Spirit Team then forfeited its match against the Clear Sky Sect, leaving the Tang Sect to face the Holy Spirit Team to advance.

Shrek Academy defeated Sea Lan Sect to finish first in its group and advance to the finals stage. After recovering from Tang Wutong’s attack, Huo Yuhao decided to leave Tang Sect, but his warning to Dai Luoli sparked a bitter argument and ended their relationship.

• Wang Qiu'er led Shrek Academy to overwhelm Sea Lan Sect, and the team advanced as its group’s top seed.
• Meng Hongchen led Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to victory, while Tang Sect’s match against Holy Spirit Team remained scheduled for that afternoon.
• Huo Yuhao, still resentful over Tang Wutong’s insult and distrustful of Beibei, decided to leave Tang Sect and seek another path.
• Huo Yuhao urged Dai Luoli to forfeit the match against Holy Spirit Team, but Dai Luoli refused and defended his father and Yu Tianhuang.
• Huo Yuhao insulted Dai Luoli’s father and Yu Tianhuang, so Dai Luoli struck him with Winter’s Thought Fist.
• Huo Yuhao left Dai Luoli’s room, deciding that they had nothing more to do with each other.

After Huo Yuhao disappeared, the Tang Sect Team prepared to face the Holy Spirit Team, whose roster included two mysterious women. Jiang Nannan volunteered to fight first, and the chapter ended as she faced the Evil Soul Master Jili in the opening individual match.

• Beibei and the Tang Sect members concluded that Huo Yuhao had defected and discussed whether to risk fighting the Holy Spirit Team.
• Jiang Nannan insisted that she wanted to confront the Evil Soul Masters and volunteered to lead the individual elimination round; Beibei agreed to send her first, followed by himself and Xu Sanshi.
• The Tang Sect Team and Holy Spirit Team arrived for their match, while Xu Tianran warned Zhongli Wu not to let the Holy Spirit Cult go too far with its newly added competitors.
• Jiang Nannan and the Holy Spirit Team's Jili entered the stage for the first individual match and introduced themselves.

Jiang Nannan faced Jili in the first match between the Tang Sect and Holy Spirit teams, but his Soul-Power-devouring attack shattered her defense and tore out her Soul Bone. As Jiang Nannan lost consciousness and the teams nearly clashed, Beibei answered the referee’s warning with a vow to fight until death.

• Jiang Nannan used Instant Transmission to close in on Jili, who countered her Invincible Golden Body with his Soul-Power-devouring tongue.
• Jili’s attack drained Jiang Nannan’s Soul Power, pierced her left calf, and ripped out her Ten-Thousand-Year Ghost Shadow Leopard Left Leg Bone.
• Beibei rushed onto the stage and conceded the match, but he arrived too late to stop Jili from gravely injuring Jiang Nannan.
• Zheng Zhan shielded Jiang Nannan from Jili’s next attack, and Tang Ya carried the unconscious Jiang Nannan away as the teams faced off.
• Zheng Zhan warned both teams against further violence, and Beibei declared, “Until death.”

After Jili crippled Jiang Nannan by forcibly taking her Soul Bone, Zhang Lexuan secured its return and sent Jiang Nannan away for treatment. Beibei continued the match, but Yan Feng revealed himself as a seven-ring Soul Sage and transformed into a Bone Dragon, leaving Beibei facing a powerful aerial attack.

• Zhang Lexuan confronted Zheng Zhan over Jili's removal of Jiang Nannan's Soul Bone, and the Holy Spirit Team returned it under pressure from Xu Tianran and Zhongli Wu.
• Beibei arranged for Tang Ya, He Caitou, Dai Luoli, and Ning Tian to take Jiang Nannan to the hotel for treatment, then chose to continue the match with Xu Sanshi.
• Xu Sanshi told Beibei that he had let go of his past feelings for Jiang Nannan, and the black-robed woman conceded the second match and sent Yan Feng to fight instead of Jili.
• Zheng Zhan began the match, and Yan Feng revealed seven Soul Rings before using his Bone Dragon True Body transformation.
• Yan Feng rose above the stage and unleashed Bone Dragon Breath at Beibei, while Xu Sanshi feared Beibei could not counter the attack from the air.

Beibei fought Yan Feng in the tournament and revealed powerful Light Holy Dragon techniques and a Medusa Soul Bone before the Tang Sect forfeited the remaining matches. Afterward, Vina healed Jiang Nannan’s wound but could not restore her lost Soul Bone, while Mu Xue urged Vina to discuss their plans with Shrek Academy later.

• Beibei endured Yan Feng’s Bone Dragon Breath, then used Dragon Emperor Domain Shaking Realm and Medusa’s Gaze to counterattack and petrify Yan Feng’s wing.
• Yan Feng trapped Beibei in Bone Claw Cage, but Zhongli Wu’s warning stopped him from charging in, and Beibei broke free with Dragon Emperor Evil Breaking Split.
• Beibei forfeited the Tang Sect’s remaining matches, and Zheng Zhan declared that the Clear Sky Sect and Holy Spirit Team would advance from Group Two.
• Back at the Mingyue Grand Hotel, Vina healed Jiang Nannan’s leg but admitted she could not restore her Soul Bone.
• Mu Xue asked Vina whether they should discuss their plans with Shrek Academy, and Vina said they would have an opportunity later.

As the tournament’s quarterfinals approached, Yu Tianhuang remained in Deep Meditation while Shrek Academy drew the Holy Spirit Team as its opponent. The chapter ended with Xu Zihuang breaking through to Level Seventy on the eve of the quarterfinals.

• Ning Tian told Vina and Mu Xue that Yu Tianhuang had entered Deep Meditation after a cultivation breakthrough and might not compete in the quarterfinals.
• The group stage ended with Shrek Academy, the Clear Sky Sect, the Snow Demon Sect, and the Heavenly Dragon Gate taking first place in their groups.
• At the draw ceremony, Wang Qiu'er drew the Holy Spirit Team for Shrek Academy, while the Clear Sky Sect drew the Star Luo National Academy.
• Vina asked Zhang Lexuan whether Yu Tianhuang had finished cultivating, and Zhang Lexuan indicated that he had not.
• On the night before the quarterfinals, Xu Zihuang opened his eyes and broke through to Level Seventy.

After breaking through to Rank 70, Xu Zihuang prepared to fuse the Thunder Beast and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, using a spiritual clone to cover his absence from Shrek Academy's quarterfinal against the Holy Spirit Team. The match began with Wang Qiu'er facing Jili, while Xu Zihuang remained in the waiting area.

• The Thunder Beast reached the Hundred Thousand Year realm, and Xu Zihuang confirmed that his own cultivation had advanced to Rank 70.
• Xu Zihuang told Zhang Lexuan he planned to fuse with the Thunder Beast and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and he revealed a spiritual clone that could take his place if the fusion delayed him.
• The eight quarterfinal teams traveled to the competition venue, where Xu Zihuang's spiritual clone joined Shrek Academy's lineup while his true body focused on fusion.
• Xu Tianran asked Zhongli Wu about the Holy Spirit Team's chances, and Zhongli Wu declared that they had a one-hundred-percent chance of beating Shrek Academy.
• Wang Qiu'er entered the stage as Shrek Academy's first participant, facing Jili of the Holy Spirit Team as the individual elimination match began.

Wang Qiu'er defeated two Holy Spirit Team Soul Emperors in succession, killing Jili with her Golden Lion Shattering Sky Chant and Lu Genggeng with the Golden Dragon Spear. Despite being injured, she chose to stay on the stage to face Yan Feng, a Seven-Ring Soul Sage.

• Jili charged Wang Qiu'er, who killed him with her Fifth Soul Skill, the Golden Lion Shattering Sky Chant.
• The Holy Spirit Team sent Lu Genggeng, and Wang Qiu'er pierced his core with the Golden Dragon Spear after using Golden Perception to locate it.
• Lu Genggeng self-destructed, but Wang Qiu'er survived the blast, though she was injured.
• Wang Qiu'er refused to leave the stage and prepared to face Yan Feng in the third round.
• Zhang Lexuan worried that Wang Qiu'er would not yield, while Tang Wutong watched her with resentment.

Wang Qiu'er fought Yan Feng despite her depleted strength, but Xu Zihuang suddenly appeared and saved her from being devoured. He returned to Shrek Team with her and announced that he would handle what came next, revealing that his fusion with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and the Thunder Beast had transformed his strength.

• Zheng Zhan reinforced the damaged stage and started the third individual elimination match between Wang Qiu'er and Yan Feng.
• Yan Feng attacked Wang Qiu'er with Bone Dragon Breath, but she used her innate ability to fly and break through it before striking him with Golden Dragon Dreadclaw.
• Yan Feng activated Bone Dragon True Body and weakened the attack, but Wang Qiu'er's claw shattered his skeletal defenses and left her too exhausted to keep fighting.
• As Yan Feng prepared to devour Wang Qiu'er, Xu Zihuang appeared, caught her, and slammed Yan Feng into the stage floor.
• Zheng Zhan accused Xu Zihuang of breaking tournament rules, but Xu Zihuang challenged him for allowing Yan Feng to threaten Wang Qiu'er and left the stage with her.
• Back with Shrek Team, Xu Zihuang told everyone to leave the rest to him and reflected on the immense power he had gained through his fusion.

Xu Zihuang defeated Yan Feng with a single lightning strike, then demanded an immediate team battle against Holy Spirit Team and killed Tang Dai and Gu Yu with his domain. Wu Yun and Wu Yu revealed their eight-ring cultivation and began a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but Xu Zihuang pierced them with Dragon Emperor Evil Breaking Split.

• Xu Zihuang entered the stage and faced Yan Feng as the fourth individual match began.
• Xu Zihuang killed Yan Feng with Lightning Blade, then conceded the individual round and demanded that the team battle start immediately with only himself participating.
• Xu Zihuang unleashed Dragon Emperor Domain Shaking Realm and annihilated Tang Dai and Gu Yu.
• Wu Yun and Wu Yu revealed themselves as eight-ring Soul Douluos and began fusing their Revenge Soul Martial Souls.
• Xu Zihuang pierced Wu Yun and Wu Yu with Dragon Emperor Evil Breaking Split before their Martial Soul Fusion Skill could finish.

Xu Zihuang annihilated Holy Spirit Team and revealed a golden seventh Soul Ring, provoking Zhongli Wu and displaying power equal to his. After the other quarterfinal ended with Clear Sky Sect advancing, the chapter left the tournament poised for its afternoon matches and Xu Zihuang’s plan against Xu Tianran still in motion.

• Xu Zihuang destroyed Wu Yun and Wu Yu, completing Holy Spirit Team’s annihilation and winning the team battle for Shrek Team.
• Zhongli Wu unleashed a threatening aura, but Xu Zihuang dismissed his usual Soul Rings and revealed a golden seventh ring that astonished the arena.
• Xu Tianran’s guards shielded him as Zhongli Wu calmed down and departed; Ju Zi received a secret message from Xu Zihuang, who planned to work with her against Xu Tianran.
• Xu Zihuang returned to Shrek Team, confirmed that his seventh Soul Ring was million-year, and promised Ning Tian he would explain the Golden Sun Earring privately.
• Jing Hongchen refereed as Clear Sky Sect defeated Star Luo National Academy, and the morning quarterfinals ended.

After the Shrek Team’s victory, Xu Zihuang revealed the Soul Spirit method and his Thunder Beast and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to Ning Tian, then used his new Golden Eye abilities to observe the afternoon matches. The chapter ended with Xu Zihuang demonstrating Void Eye and explaining that Precognition could show him events three seconds ahead.

• Xu Tianzhen revealed herself as a girl to attract Xu Zihuang’s attention, but he walked past her without responding.
• Back at the hotel, Ning Tian described Xu Zihuang’s match to Ye Guyi, and he explained Soul Spirits and released his Thunder Beast.
• Xu Zihuang showed Ning Tian that the Golden Sun Earring was Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, then explained that Soul Spirits required willing Soul Beasts and that he could help Soul Masters form contracts.
• After Ning Tian fell asleep, Xu Zihuang and Ye Guyi discussed their relationship, and she asked him to watch the afternoon matches with his ability.
• Xu Zihuang used Void Eye to observe the competition venue and explained that his new Precognition ability could show events within the next three seconds.

Xu Zihuang watched the tournament match through his Spiritual Power as the Body Sect’s younger elites overwhelmed the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy team. Long Aotian and Vina led a devastating assault that left only Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen alive, while Xu Tianran suspected the Body Sect had a deeper purpose.

• Xu Zihuang demonstrated Spiritual Power Materialization and used his power to observe the match between the Snow Demon Sect and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Ye Guyi recognized Long Aotian’s Unity of Heaven and Man, and both teams introduced themselves before the match began.
• Vina shielded the Body Sect’s team from Meng Hongchen’s poison, then used Wail of the Banshee to stun and weaken the Sun Moon team as Long Aotian attacked Qiu Yi and Xiao Hongchen.
• Long Aotian’s assault killed four Sun Moon team members, while Gu Tong and the other Body Sect fighters suppressed the remaining opponents.
• Jiang Yixi killed Lan Xiu, and the referee intervened when Long Aotian pressed his attack against Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen.
• Jing Hongchen denounced the Body Sect, while Xu Tianran promised retaliation and privately suspected the sect had entered the tournament for a greater reason.