Chapter Summaries

Wu Xuan, Ma Xiaotao, Ye Guyi, and Zhang Lexuan attacked the Xi Shui Alliance’s Evil Soul Masters at the Hurricane Battlefield. Nether Lightning Douluo fell, while Nightmare Demon Douluo was left trapped and fighting for his life.

• Wu Xuan and Ma Xiaotao confronted Nether Lightning Douluo and Nightmare Demon Douluo, while Ye Guyi charged the Evil Soul Masters below.
• Wu Xuan pierced Nether Lightning Douluo’s lightning dragon and Nether Thunder Shield with the Soul Breaking Spear, inflicting Eternal Wound and draining his vitality.
• Ma Xiaotao battered Nightmare Demon Douluo with her Phoenix attacks as Nether Lightning Douluo unleashed indiscriminate black lightning that killed hundreds in the audience.
• Nightmare Demon Douluo tried to escape, but Zhang Lexuan used Moon Flash to force him back into solid form.
• Ye Guyi struck Nether Lightning Douluo with Sacred Sword, killing him.

Ye Guyi and the others cornered Nightmare Demon Douluo, whose bizarre Martial Soul Avatar let him evade their attacks. Zhang Lexuan’s Blood Moon Eclipse forced him back into his true body, leaving him exposed to Wu Xuan’s strike.

• Ye Guyi killed the dying Nether Lightning Douluo, gained two ranks of Soul Power, and revealed her Six-Winged Angel.
• Nightmare Demon Douluo vanished into mist to evade Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens, then reappeared and ambushed her.
• Zhang Lexuan used her Martial Soul Avatar and Undying soul skill to block Nightmare Demon Douluo’s attack on Ma Xiaotao.
• Nightmare Demon Douluo explained that his mist form consumed Origin Soul Power and claimed the group could not kill him.
• Zhang Lexuan unleashed Blood Moon Eclipse, forcing Nightmare Demon Douluo out of his mist form.
• Wu Xuan raised his hand and formed a massive Hurricane Great Hand as Nightmare Demon Douluo stood exposed.

Wu Xuan and his companions killed two Holy Spirit Cult elders, looted the Xi Shui Alliance’s betting funds and rare metals, and returned to the tournament without drawing suspicion. As the tournament entered the Round Robin stage, Shrek’s team faced a difficult group that included the Tang Sect and Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

• Wu Xuan’s Hurricane Great Hand gravely wounded the Nightmare Demon Douluo, and Ye Guyi killed him; Ma Xiaotao burned the corpses while Zhang Lexuan collected three thousand-year soul bones.
• Wu Xuan revealed that his real target was the Xi Shui Alliance’s foundation, and he and his companions took the betting-pool funds and competition rare metals.
• Wu Xuan and the others returned to the arena, where they saw Zhongli Wu and Xu Tianran, who underestimated Wu Xuan; the Xi Shui Alliance’s lost funds soon sparked fury and an investigation.
• Wang Qiuer defeated seven opponents alone in the second round, raising Shrek’s reputation as forty-two teams advanced toward the Round Robin stage.
• The tournament’s Round Robin stage began with thirty-two teams split into four groups, and the Tang Sect, Shrek Academy, Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, and Heavenly Dragon Gate were placed together in the first group.

Shrek faced Heavenly Dragon Gate in the Round Robin, and Qian Gu Ming won the opening individual match with a powerful strike. The match left Shrek ahead as the next competitor rushed to check on Xing Yan.

• Wu Xuan told Qian Gu Ming that he would not fight and that the team would have to rely on itself.
• Qian Gu Ming and Xing Yan entered the arena for the first individual match between Shrek and Heavenly Dragon Gate.
• Xing Yan attacked with his Crimson Dragon martial soul, but Qian Gu Ming countered with his Coiling Dragon Staff and Flame Ape Left Arm Bone skill.
• Xing Yan tried to evade Qian Gu Ming’s Sweep the Army by changing his attack’s trajectory.
• Qian Gu Ming used Mental Interference to disrupt Xing Yan, then struck him and won the match.
• A Heavenly Dragon Gate member rushed onto the stage and carried Xing Yan away after checking that his injuries were not serious.

Shrek’s Qian Gu Ming fought Heavenly Dragon Gate captain Yu Tianlong in the second individual elimination match, and their clash tested both warriors’ strength and signature dragon techniques. Yu Tianlong unleashed his fifth soul skill, Thunder Hell, to counter Qian Gu Ming’s Evil Breaking Dragon’s Soul, leaving the match’s outcome unresolved.

• Yu Tianlong entered the arena as Heavenly Dragon Gate’s second competitor, and he and Qian Gu Ming began their match.
• Yu Tianlong’s Thunder Prison lightning ball met Qian Gu Ming’s Coiling Dragon Staff, but Qian Gu Ming shattered the attack and pressed forward.
• Yu Tianlong caught Qian Gu Ming’s staff with his right arm and sent him flying into the Soul Tool Shield with a powerful elbow.
• Qian Gu Ming summoned Evil Breaking Dragon’s Soul, which overwhelmed Yu Tianlong’s Thunder Dragon Head and charged at him.
• Yu Tianlong activated Thunder Hell, surrounding Evil Breaking Dragon’s Soul with expanding black lightning and detonating it.

Shrek defeated the Heavenly Dragon Gate after Qian Gu Ming and Yu Tianlong fought to a draw, then advanced in the tournament. That night, Wu Xuan and Ye Guyi completed a secret purchase of rare metals and equipment from a smuggling contact near the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

• Qian Gu Ming and Yu Tianlong exhausted themselves in a final clash, and chief referee Zheng Zhan ruled their match a draw.
• Dai Huabin defeated two opponents, Zhu Lu traded herself for another, and Xie Huanyue secured Shrek's victory after the Heavenly Dragon Gate conceded.
• Qian Gu Ming bragged about his strength while Xiao Xiao teased him, and Wu Xuan led the team back to the hotel.
• Wu Xuan and Ye Guyi waited near the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, where Ye Guyi said her Ordinary Alliance contact had identified a rare-metal smuggling channel.
• Wu Xuan and Ye Guyi exchanged payment cards for a bracelet and two rings, and Wu Xuan confirmed the goods were correct.

Wu Xuan and Ye Guyi investigated smuggling links to locate Ming Capital’s rare-metal warehouse, while Shrek began its second round match against Mingyu Sect. Xiao Xiao defeated You Chen decisively, and Wu Xuan spotted an Evil Soul Master among Mingyu Sect’s next contestants.

• Wu Xuan explained that he wanted to find Ming Capital’s official rare-metal warehouse and strike at the Sun Moon Empire’s preparations before the supplies could aid Evil Soul Masters.
• Ye Guyi agreed to ask her friend about the warehouse’s hidden contacts, and Wu Xuan promised her a place in the Sea God Pavilion and leadership of the Inspection Hall if the plan succeeded.
• Wu Xuan led Shrek to its second-round match against Mingyu Sect and named Xiao Xiao, Dai Huabin, and Wang Qiuer as the first three contestants.
• Xiao Xiao used her Heavenly Snow Woman Martial Soul to block You Chen with an ice wall and freeze him, winning Shrek the first individual match.
• Wu Xuan and Ye Guyi noticed an evil aura around Mingyu Sect’s contestants, and Wu Xuan identified the second contestant as an Evil Soul Master.

Xiao Xiao defeated Mingyu Sect’s Ade, an Evil Soul Master, in the second match, leaving him critically injured. When the Mingyu Sect captain launched a sneak attack, Zheng Zhan stopped him and awarded Shrek the match, but the captain returned to the stage, intent on revenge.

• Xu Tianran grew jealous and more intent on killing Wu Xuan after seeing Xiao Xiao wave to him from the arena.
• Xiao Xiao used the cold from her Heavenly Snow Woman Martial Soul to slow Ade and countered his Fear Shriek and Blood Shadow Puppet with her Emperor Palm, Great Cold Without Snow.
• Xiao Xiao struck the defenseless Ade with her Left Arm Soul Bone skill, critically injuring him before Zheng Zhan could fully intervene.
• Zheng Zhan declared Shrek the winner of the match and ruled Mingyu Sect’s captain had forfeited after she attacked Xiao Xiao from behind.
• The Mingyu Sect captain jumped back onto the stage and said Xiao Xiao had crippled her younger brother.

Xiao Xiao restored Cain’s right to compete and fought the Mingyu Sect captain, whose Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King martial soul drew Zhongli Wu’s interest. Xiao Xiao countered Cain’s attacks with ice abilities, Dark Gold Fearsome Claws, and armor, leaving the duel unresolved.

• Xiao Xiao asked Zheng Zhan to restore Cain’s eligibility, then faced the Mingyu Sect captain in the arena.
• Cain revealed her Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King martial soul, prompting Zhongli Wu to order Feng Ling to bring her to him after the match.
• Cain split into three bats to attack Xiao Xiao, but Xiao Xiao froze one and used Blizzard to hinder the others.
• Xiao Xiao struck one bat with Emperor Sword, Ice Extreme Unrivaled, destroying it, while another approached under cover of a blood-red phantom.
• Xiao Xiao used her Dark Gold Armor to repel the blood phantom and protect herself from its lethal attack.

Xiao Xiao defeated Cain with her sixth soul skill, Emperor Cold Heaven, and Shrek went on to beat Mingyu Sect. The Tang Sect also forced Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to abandon the team battle, while Wu Xuan recognized Er Ming among the Tang Sect delegation.

• Zhongli Wu tried to interfere when Cain was in danger, but Xuan Zi warned him off.
• Xiao Xiao unleashed Emperor Cold Heaven, froze Cain, and won the third match for Shrek before surrendering the remaining matches.
• Dai Huabin defeated two Mingyu Sect fighters, and Mingyu Sect forfeited the team battle.
• Tang Tian killed two Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy students, then Xiao Hongchen fought him to a draw after both were badly injured.
• The Tang Sect pressured Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy into abandoning the team battle and matched Shrek Academy's undefeated record.
• Wu Xuan spotted Er Ming in the Tang Sect delegation and sensed his imposing aura.

Huo Yuhao pressured Wu Xuan into accepting a wager tied to freeing Teacher Xiaoya, then Shrek and Tang Sect agreed to settle their tournament match in one round. The chapter ended as Wu Xuan faced Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er in a surprising one-against-two match.

• Huo Yuhao challenged Wu Xuan to defeat him and Wang Dong'er while suppressing his Soul Power, wagering that Wu Xuan would release Teacher Xiaoya if they won.
• Wu Xuan rejected Huo Yuhao's offer and threatened him, but accepted the wager after Huo Yuhao invoked a Haotian Fort senior and the attack on the Ming Capital Soul Engineer Elite Tournament venue.
• Wu Xuan told his team he would handle the next day's match himself, while Huo Yuhao left excited that he had found a way to protect Teacher Xiaoya.
• Wu Xuan and Wang Dong'er asked referee Zheng Zhan to settle the Shrek Team versus Tang Sect Team match in a single round, with their teams conceding the remaining matches if they lost.
• Zheng Zhan announced that Wu Xuan would face Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er, prompting an uproar from the audience.

Wu Xuan overwhelmed Wang Dong'er with his fused battle-axe while Huo Yuhao supported her with enhancement and defensive skills. Huo Yuhao revealed his powerful Soul Ring configuration and used Ice Mist to rescue Wang Dong'er, but Wu Xuan remained confident he could counter it.

• Wu Xuan and Wang Dong'er charged at each other, and Wu Xuan's fused battle-axe knocked her Clear Sky Hammer upward.
• Huo Yuhao enhanced Wang Dong'er and sent three negative status effects at Wu Xuan, but Wu Xuan again drove her back with a direct clash.
• Wang Dong'er began the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, but Wu Xuan appeared behind her and interrupted her opening strike.
• Wu Xuan battered Wang Dong'er's Clear Sky Bodyguard until its shields began to crack, leaving Huo Yuhao alarmed.
• Huo Yuhao revealed three red and two black Soul Rings and covered the arena in Ice Mist, allowing Wang Dong'er to escape Wu Xuan's final axe strike.
• Wu Xuan blasted aside the Ice Mist and said his Decomposition Fire could counter it.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er unleashed their strongest attacks against Wu Xuan, but his sixth soul skill left him nearly unharmed. As they prepared a final combined move, Wu Xuan activated his Martial Soul Avatar and revealed the enormous Golden Scale Griffin, leaving the arena and spectators overwhelmed.

• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er combined their strongest attacks, freezing Wu Xuan's position into a massive iceberg before Wang Dong'er shattered it with her Clear Sky Hammer.
• Wu Xuan reappeared with only minor injuries and explained that his Shadowless Wind soul skill could negate most damage.
• Huo Yuhao launched He Caitou's Level Seven Soul Tool, the Eye of Fear, but Wu Xuan destroyed its Fear Ray with a lightning-charged palm strike.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er embraced and began using Solo Dance in Frost, Rainbow Dress of Light as Wu Xuan activated his seventh soul skill, True Body Descent.
• Wu Xuan summoned the colossal Golden Scale Griffin, whose appearance shattered the arena's Soul Tool Shield and sent spectators airborne.
• A Body Sect observer admitted that his sect was inferior to Shrek in this era, while Xuan Zi celebrated the display of Shrek's Descent Secret Method.

Wu Xuan overpowered Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er's Goddess of Light, but Tai Tan intervened and declared their wager void. Wu Xuan attacked Tai Tan, driving the Limit Douluo into the ground.

• Wu Xuan's Golden Scale Griffin overwhelmed Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er's Goddess of Light with Azure Flame.
• A shield protected the Goddess of Light before she reverted to Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er, and Tai Tan appeared beside them.
• Tai Tan knocked Indestructible Douluo Zheng Zhan out of the competition grounds with a single strike.
• Tai Tan declared the wager void and demanded that Wu Xuan, a junior from the Medicine Hall, salute him.
• Wu Xuan attacked Tai Tan with the Golden Scale Griffin's claw and slammed him into the ground beneath the competition stage.

Wu Xuan rejected Tai Tan’s claim over him, and Xuan Zi and Jing Hongchen stopped their confrontation before the tournament could be disrupted. Shrek and the Tang Sect advanced to the quarterfinals, while Xu Jiujiu received alarming news that prompted her to order an investigation.

• Tai Tan attacked Wu Xuan for refusing to acknowledge the Tang Sect, but Xuan Zi intervened and warned that Wu Xuan was Shrek Academy’s next-generation Sea God Pavilion Master successor.
• Jing Hongchen urged the sides to respect the tournament rules, and Xuan Zi led Wu Xuan away while Tai Tan left with Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er.
• Jing Hongchen declared Shrek the winner of the final Group One match; Shrek finished first with seven wins, and the Tang Sect advanced in second place with six wins.
• The eight quarterfinalists were confirmed, including the Star Luo Royal Academy, and the tournament schedule set two days of rest before the quarterfinals.
• Xu Jiujiu celebrated her team’s advancement and questioned Captain Liu about their chances before a middle-aged man brought her shocking news, prompting her to order a thorough investigation.

Wu Xuan and Ye Guyi traced a smuggling contact to a guarded storehouse holding Ming Capital’s war resources, but decided to wait before striking. Xu Jiujiu then warned Shrek that the Sun Moon Empire was trapping foreign teams in the city and proposed assassinating Xu Tianran to delay the empire’s plans for war.

• Wu Xuan and Ye Guyi bought goods from a smuggling contact and followed him to a guarded storehouse near the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Wu Xuan identified the storehouse as a central cache of Ming Capital’s war resources and decided to wait for a better time to act.
• Zhang Lexuan brought Wu Xuan and Ye Guyi to meet Xu Jiujiu and Man Yi in Shrek’s combat conference room.
• Xu Jiujiu revealed that three scout groups had disappeared and that Ming Capital seemed sealed off, suggesting the Sun Moon Empire planned to eliminate foreign teams and forces.
• Wu Xuan pledged Shrek’s support, and Xu Jiujiu proposed joining forces to assassinate Xu Tianran and disrupt the Sun Moon Empire’s preparations for war.

Wu Xuan shared the military depot plan, then represented Shrek Academy in the quarterfinal draw, which paired them with Proud Sword Sect. As the quarterfinals began, Wu Xuan watched Tang Ya enter with Holy Spirit Sect while Xu Tianran learned that Tang Sect's Limit Douluo had left Ming Capital.

• Wu Xuan told Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao about the military supply depot near Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, and Xuan Zi and the others accepted his plan.
• Wu Xuan drew Shrek Academy into the upper bracket, then learned its quarterfinal opponent would be Proud Sword Sect; Tang Sect drew Snow Demon Sect, while Holy Spirit Sect drew Mingdu Soul Engineer Academy.
• Wu Xuan and Vina exchanged hopes of meeting in the semifinals after the teams completed the draw.
• Two days later, the eight teams traveled to the arena, and Wu Xuan watched Tang Ya enter with Holy Spirit Sect.
• Zhongli Wu confirmed to Xu Tianran that Tang Sect's Limit Douluo had left Ming Capital, and he advised Xu Tianran not to intercept Tang Sect's team.

Wu Xuan dominated Proud Sword Sect in the quarterfinals, defeating its first three contestants with ease before confronting its final fighter, Wu Yifan. Wu Xuan’s powerful strike cut through Wu Yifan’s transformed Azure Steel Sword, leaving Wu Yifan kneeling and struggling against the silver intent invading his weapon.

• Wu Xuan entered the arena for Shrek Academy’s match against Proud Sword Sect and blocked Lu Hong’s opening sword beam without releasing a Soul Ring.
• Wu Xuan used Light Spirit Wind to appear before Lu Hong and knock him out with one punch.
• Wu Xuan defeated two more Proud Sword Sect Soul Kings in a single move each.
• Wu Yifan declared that Proud Sword Sect would forfeit if he lost, then summoned his Azure Steel Sword to face Wu Xuan’s Soul Breaking Spear.
• Wu Yifan used Azure Steel Divine Sword and Shedding Shell, but Wu Xuan’s King's Descent, Evil Breaking Slash cut through his emerald form and left his sword damaged by silver intent.

Wu Xuan led Shrek to an easy quarterfinal victory, then provoked the Holy Spirit Sect and drew Zhongli Wu’s killing intent. Back at the hotel, he warned Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao that Zhongli Wu might try to assassinate him or arrange outside support.

• Wu Yifan conceded the match, and Zheng Zhan declared Shrek the quarterfinal winner.
• Wu Xuan taunted Yan Feng and Zhang Peng, accusing the Holy Spirit Sect and threatening to deal with Zhang Peng on Mu En’s behalf.
• Zhongli Wu recognized Wu Xuan as a threat to the Holy Spirit Sect’s plans, while Xu Tianran offered to let a fight to the death proceed without interference.
• Wu Xuan left the tournament and told his teammates that he would not attend the afternoon matches, having sensed Zhongli Wu’s killing intent.
• At the hotel, Wu Xuan told Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao that Zhongli Wu might send an assassin or outside help to kill him.

Wu Xuan drew Zhongli Wu into targeting him at Minglan Bar, while preparing a Spiritual Clone to face the Holy Spirit Cult’s assassins. The Ghost Spirit twins arrived to attack, and Wu Xuan’s clone was ready as the chapter ended.

• Wu Xuan ordered Ma Xiaotao to have the hidden elders watch the roads to Ming Capital and ambush any Holy Spirit Cult reinforcements.
• Wu Xuan led the group out for a stroll and drinks, deliberately exposing themselves at Minglan Bar without Taotie Douluo protecting them.
• Zhongli Wu learned that Wu Xuan was at the bar and sent the rank ninety-two Ghost Spirit twins to kill or severely wound him without leaving evidence.
• Wu Xuan drank the bar’s rose wine and entered his Sea of Consciousness, where his Spiritual Clone emerged from a glowing sphere.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm praised Wu Xuan for mastering the incarnation technique, while the Ice Empress warned him that the clone could injure his Sea of Consciousness if destroyed.