Chapter Summaries

Wu Xuan used a Spiritual Clone to draw out two Holy Spirit Cult assassins with Ghost Shadow martial souls while his true body stayed hidden. The assassins launched a coordinated attack, but a pale golden barrier blocked their strike, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Wu Xuan learned from Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that two assassins had entered the bar and identified their Ghost Shadow martial souls.
• Wu Xuan led the group out, sent his Spiritual Clone ahead, and concealed his true body inside the private room.
• Ghost Spirit and Ghost Nether recognized Wu Xuan and attacked the Spiritual Clone as the group approached the entrance.
• Ghost Spirit stunned the clone with her eighth soul skill and trapped the others in an Eerie Cage while Ghost Nether struck with Ghost Shadow Abyss Hand.
• A pale golden barrier appeared around Wu Xuan and stopped Ghost Nether's attack, shocking the two Evil Douluo.

Ghost Spirit and Ghost Nether ambushed Wu Xuan, who staged his injury as part of a plan, and the Shrek team fought back. Ghost Spirit died, while Ghost Nether escaped; Xu Tianran then revealed that his forces had prepared the city’s exits for an expected escape attempt.

• Ghost Spirit and Ghost Nether attacked Wu Xuan, and Ghost Nether shattered his barrier and pierced him with a dagger.
• Ma Xiaotao restrained Ghost Spirit with her soul-bone skill, and Wang Qiuer killed her with the Golden Dragon Spear.
• The Snow Empress Soul Spirit struck Ghost Nether, who escaped into a dark corner, while Ma Xiaotao carried Wu Xuan away and told the team to return to the academy.
• Ghost Spirit’s corpse vanished, and the Shrek team returned to Mingyue Hotel as news spread that Wu Xuan had been severely injured.
• Xu Tianran learned that the Imperial Advisor’s attack had succeeded and confirmed that his forces were positioned around the city, leaving the west as a final chance for their targets to choose.

Wu Xuan revealed that he had survived the Holy Spirit Cult's assassination attempt and explained the terrifying Revenge Soul martial spirit. He and his allies planned to eliminate the Holy Spirit Sect's Evil Soul Masters in the semifinal team battle, which began as the four teams entered the arena.

• Zhongli Wu learned that Ghost Spirit had died and that Wu Yun had been killed, then ordered Wu Yu to kill every Shrek contestant in the semifinal.
• Wu Xuan returned unharmed to the Mingyue Hotel after his Spiritual Clone absorbed the assassination attempt, and Xiao Xiao embraced him in relief.
• Elder Qin reported that one of two unusually young Soul Douluo sisters had escaped, and Wu Xuan identified their martial spirit as the Revenge Soul, which grew stronger by cultivating human fear.
• Wu Xuan explained that he would avoid fighting in individual matches so the Holy Spirit Cult would not cancel the competition, while Zhang Lexuan proposed securing three victories to reach the team battle.
• The semifinals began, with Shrek Academy Team facing Holy Spirit Sect Team and Tang Sect Team facing Star Luo Royal Academy Team.

Shrek and Holy Spirit Sect began their first semifinal match, with Wang Qiuer facing Ji Li in the opening round. Wang Qiuer revealed her Golden Dragon abilities and split Ji Li’s tongue with her spear, leaving him screaming in pain.

• Xu Tianran asked Zhongli Wu about Holy Spirit Sect’s chances, and Zhongli Wu said they were certain to win.
• Wu Xuan reached Shrek’s waiting area despite his injuries, then coughed up blood as the crowd watched.
• Wang Qiuer entered the stage as Shrek’s first contestant and faced Holy Spirit Sect’s Ji Li.
• Wang Qiuer activated her Golden Dragon skills and charged Ji Li, whose Brain Eater Beast transformation produced a shockwave that failed to stop her spear.
• Wang Qiuer’s Golden Dragon attack split Ji Li’s tongue, and she blocked the spraying black blood with golden light.

Wang Qiuer annihilated Ji Li with her Golden Dragon Roar, then faced Wu Yu, an eight-ring Soul Douluo. Wu Yu’s mental attacks weakened Wang Qiuer and left her shrouded in the curse of her fifth soul skill.

• Wang Qiuer used her Golden Dragon Roar to obliterate Ji Li and gouge a huge crater into the competition stage.
• Wang Qiuer restored her Soul Power with two sixth-grade Milk Bottles as the Holy Spirit Sect sent Wu Yu to fight her.
• Wu Yu revealed eight Soul Rings and used her Revenge Soul’s Mental Interference as Wang Qiuer hurled the Golden Dragon Spear at her.
• Wu Yu’s sixth soul skill, Evil Spirit Shock, struck Wang Qiuer with malicious thoughts and reduced her overall condition by thirty percent.
• Wu Yu used her fifth soul skill, Curse Grudge, and black mist began to shroud Wang Qiuer.

Wang Qiuer broke free of Wu Yu’s curse attack and fought her with the Golden Dragon’s power, leaving both combatants badly injured. Wang Qiuer refused to concede defeat, but Zhang Peng ended the bout by declaring the Holy Spirit Sect’s forfeit.

• Wang Qiuer’s golden transformation shattered the phantom above her, and she blasted away Wu Yu’s Curse Grudges with Golden Dragon Explode.
• Wang Qiuer’s golden dragon punch forced Wu Yu to use Vengeful Spirit Possession, and her Golden Dragon Fearsome Claw then struck Wu Yu’s Martial Soul Avatar.
• Wu Yu’s Howl of Vengeance weakened Wang Qiuer and her attack, but one blade grazed Wu Yu and knocked her out of her avatar state.
• The Indestructible Douluo moved to declare the injured fighters unable to continue, but Wang Qiuer stood and advanced toward Wu Yu.
• Zhang Peng declared that the Holy Spirit Sect conceded the match.

Xiao Xiao replaced Wang Qiuer in Shrek’s fourth individual match against Holy Spirit’s Lu Genggeng, an Abomination whose corpse-consuming powers disgusted the spectators. She countered his toxic attack and trapped him with the Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron, leaving him barely able to move.

• After Wang Qiuer won the second round, Zhang Peng sent Lu Genggeng to fight Shrek’s next contestant.
• Wu Xuan conceded the third round and switched in Xiao Xiao, who encouraged Wang Qiuer as she left the stage.
• Lu Genggeng transformed into a huge Abomination, and Ye Guyi explained that it grew stronger by consuming corpses and could recover by devouring them.
• Lu Genggeng struck the ground to send toxic mist toward Xiao Xiao, but her three cauldrons dispersed it with a shockwave.
• Xiao Xiao used Cauldron Seal to bind Lu Genggeng with the cauldrons’ black light and immense gravity.

Xiao Xiao defeated Lu Genggeng in the Individual Elimination Match using her soul bones and the Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron. After Lu Genggeng’s defeat, Shrek Academy was awarded the fourth-round victory.

• Xiao Xiao struck Lu Genggeng with her Dark Gold Demon Breaker, blasting away a third of his body.
• Lu Genggeng regenerated his body with fat, then attacked Xiao Xiao with poison mist and a crushing leap.
• Xiao Xiao used Three Lives Soul Suppressing to pin Lu Genggeng down and pierced him repeatedly with Profound Mang Breaking Edge.
• Xiao Xiao used Meteor Fall to crush Lu Genggeng before Zhang Peng’s surrender could stop the attack.
• Zheng Zhan announced Xiao Xiao as the winner of the fourth round.

After Shrek secured three victories in the Individual Elimination Match, Wu Xuan requested an early team battle. The Holy Spirit Sect fused five members into a gigantic Bone Dragon, and Wu Xuan began to act as its icy-blue attack rushed toward Shrek.

• Wu Xuan forfeited the remaining individual matches and requested the team battle after Shrek's third victory.
• Zhongli Wu assured Xu Tianran that the Holy Spirit Sect had prepared a decisive trump card for the team battle.
• The seven Shrek members and the five remaining Holy Spirit Sect contestants entered the stage after the fifteen-minute rest.
• The Holy Spirit Sect's five members used a secret technique to summon a colossal Bone Dragon with the aura of a Titled Douluo.
• The Bone Dragon blasted a torrent of icy-blue energy at Shrek, and Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu began their Martial Soul Fusion Skill as Wu Xuan activated the silver glow around his left leg.

Wu Xuan unleashed his God-tier Soul Breaking Spear to annihilate Yan Feng, then raised his weapon against the exhausted Evil Soul Masters, including Tang Ya. Beibei and Huo Yuhao rushed to save Tang Ya as Wu Xuan brought the spear down.

• Wu Xuan appeared before the Hell White Tiger and revealed the silver fifth Soul Ring of his Soul Breaking Spear.
• Wu Xuan used Soul Breaking, Annihilation of the Firmament to destroy Yan Feng’s Bone Dragon body and soul.
• Zhang Peng tried to intervene, but Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Ye Guyi blocked him, while Du Busi warned him not to interfere.
• Wu Xuan prepared to kill the remaining Evil Soul Masters, including Tang Ya, and declared that she had chosen the path of evil.
• Beibei and Huo Yuhao rushed from the viewing platform to stop Wu Xuan and save Tang Ya.

Wu Xuan annihilated the Holy Spirit Sect Team, including Tang Ya, after the team had conceded, then confronted Zhongli Wu when the Imperial Advisor erupted in fury. Zhongli Wu backed down after receiving Elder Long’s order, leaving Wu Xuan and the others alive for the moment.

• Zheng Zhan refused to stop Wu Xuan’s second Soul Breaking Spear, which obliterated the stage and killed Tang Ya and the other three remaining Holy Spirit Sect fighters.
• Beibei cried out for Xiaoya, while Huo Yuhao watched in shock as the Holy Spirit Sect Team was completely wiped out.
• Zhongli Wu unleashed his deathly aura at Wu Xuan, and Jing Hongchen and several others shielded Xu Tianran and Ju Zi.
• Wu Xuan challenged Zhongli Wu and formed another Soul Breaking Spear as the two men’s auras clashed.
• A black-robed woman told Zhongli Wu that Elder Long had ordered him to stop, and Xu Tianran offered him a way to withdraw.
• Zhongli Wu rejected Xu Tianran’s offer to hand over Wu Xuan, then left the viewing platform in a streak of black light.

After the Holy Spirit Sect’s defeat, Zhang Peng admitted defeat and fled, while Ye Guyi killed Wang Xiaolei. Beibei grieved over Tang Ya’s death, but Ma Xiaotao and Elder Xuan urged him to carry on her wish, restoring his resolve to revive the Tang Sect.

• Ma Xiaotao weakened Zhang Peng with Mental Weakness, allowing Ye Guyi to kill Wang Xiaolei with her Light Demon Breaker soul skill.
• Elder Xuan confronted Zhang Peng, who admitted defeat, surrendered a metal plaque, and fled; Wu Xuan confirmed that the Holy Spirit Sect’s Evil Soul Masters had been wiped out.
• Wu Xuan reunited with Shrek’s team as the spectators celebrated, while Wang Qiuer watched him and Xie Huanyue lamented his lack of romantic prospects.
• Huo Yuhao and Beibei confronted Wu Xuan over Tang Ya’s death, and Wu Xuan insisted their lost wager had cost her life.
• Ma Xiaotao rebuked Beibei for collapsing into grief, and Elder Xuan urged him to fulfill Tang Ya’s wish; Beibei regained his resolve to revive the Tang Sect.

Wu Xuan rejected Xu Jiujiu and Vina’s proposal to escape together, then prepared a covert raid on a Sun Moon Empire military supply warehouse with Ye Guyi. He killed the Level Nine Soul Engineer guarding the site, leaving the warehouse raid still ahead.

• Xu Jiujiu and Vina urged Wu Xuan to join their breakout, but he insisted the factions should escape separately after the assassination operation.
• Ye Guyi revealed that Wu Xuan had used the smuggling network to locate a military supply warehouse, which he planned to raid before the assassination attempt.
• Wu Xuan told the others to remain behind and protect his Spiritual Clone if he did not return in time.
• Wu Xuan and Ye Guyi entered the warehouse compound after killing its hidden sentries and guards.
• Wu Xuan used Annihilation Light and his Soul Breaking Spear to kill the Level Nine Soul Engineer and his partner.

Wu Xuan and Ye Guyi infiltrated the armory warehouse, broke through its defenses, and descended to a guarded underground area. They reached a Level Nine Soul Engineer by disguising Wu Xuan as a dead guard and using Ye Guyi to distract him, leaving them poised to attack.

• Wu Xuan took three custom Level Nine Soul Tools, six Level Eight Soul Tools, and the dead engineer’s clothes, then disguised himself with the Phantom Spirit Mask while Ye Guyi concealed her appearance.
• Wu Xuan opened a hidden cabinet passage with Annihilation Light and disabled Soul Tool Ray traps before finding the correct room and activating its elevator.
• Wu Xuan and Ye Guyi descended, killed the two Level Six Soul Engineers guarding the elevator, and took their keys to open the next doors.
• Wu Xuan pretended to be Old Qian and presented Ye Guyi to the Level Nine Soul Engineer, who became distracted and asked to sleep with her.

Wu Xuan and Ye Guyi infiltrated a Sun Moon Empire warehouse, where Wu Xuan killed a Level Nine Soul Engineer and took his equipment. They emptied a vast Rare Metal storehouse into Ye Guyi’s Undead Demiplane and arrived there to unload the haul.

• Wu Xuan used Ye Guyi as bait to lure in a lecherous Level Nine Soul Engineer, then killed him with a burst of soul skills.
• Ye Guyi collected the dead engineer’s storage bracelet and Soul Tools while Wu Xuan recovered his Soul Power.
• Wu Xuan explained how he bypassed the Soul Tool lock, and the pair entered a massive Rare Metal warehouse.
• Ye Guyi opened a passage to the Undead Demiplane as Wu Xuan used Endless Erosion to absorb the Rare Metals.
• Wu Xuan and Ye Guyi entered the Undead Demiplane, where Wu Xuan released the crates of Rare Metals.

Wu Xuan and Ye Guyi looted the second level of the strategic warehouse before confronting Xu Guozhong on the third level. Wu Xuan trapped Xu Guozhong in his Hurricane Battlefield and revealed his true identity, and their battle began with Xu Guozhong’s saber strike.

• Wu Xuan entered the second-level warehouse disguised as Qian Tong, killed the guard who questioned him, and began clearing out its supplies with Ye Guyi.
• Wu Xuan and Ye Guyi emptied the second level of its valuable Rare Metals, then opened the gate to the final level.
• Xu Guozhong angrily confronted Wu Xuan, who pretended to flee and drew him to the entrance, where Xu Guozhong discovered the second level was empty.
• Wu Xuan trapped Xu Guozhong in his Hurricane Battlefield, revealed his true appearance, and faced Xu Guozhong’s nine Soul Rings and Level Nine Soul Tools.
• Xu Guozhong attacked Wu Xuan with a powerful, fiery saber strike that spanned more than forty meters.

Wu Xuan overwhelmed Xu Guozhong in the Hurricane Battlefield, breaking through his attacks and exhausting his defensive Soul Tools. He killed Xu Guozhong with the Soul Breaking Spear, recovered much of his expended Soul Power, and claimed Xu Guozhong’s wealth.

• Wu Xuan crushed Xu Guozhong’s blade attack with One Qi Great Hand Explode and challenged him to use his remaining tricks.
• Xu Guozhong fired the Level Nine Soul Tool Ray, Sun God Light, but Wu Xuan’s Cracking Wind Spiral shattered its beam and forced Xu Guozhong to escape with a Teleportation Ring.
• Wu Xuan struck Xu Guozhong with Ghostly Sickle Claw of the Yin Wind, draining much of his Soul Power and shattering his shield.
• Wu Xuan pressed the attack with the Soul Breaking Spear until Xu Guozhong exhausted his defensive Soul Tools.
• Wu Xuan pierced Xu Guozhong’s chest with the Soul Breaking Spear, killing him and absorbing Life Energy that restored much of Wu Xuan’s Soul Power.
• Wu Xuan claimed Xu Guozhong’s considerable wealth.

Wu Xuan and Ye Guyi looted the third level of the Sun Moon Empire’s military supply warehouse while Xu Tianran prepared for a confrontation at the imperial palace. Long Xiaoyao faced Du Busi and Xuan Zi in the sky, where their forces gathered for battle.

• Wu Xuan and Ye Guyi entered the warehouse’s vast third level and took its Soul Tool Cannons, Soul Tool Rays, and more than a thousand Sealed Milk Bottles.
• Ju Zi stayed beside Xu Tianran in his study as he spoke of the impending danger.
• Long Xiaoyao appeared above Xu Tianran’s study, and Du Busi confronted him and revealed the Body Sect’s cooperation with the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Zhongli Wu, Zhang Peng, and other Holy Spirit Cult and Sun Moon Empire powerhouses joined Long Xiaoyao, while Xuan Zi and more than twenty allies joined Du Busi.
• Du Busi and Xuan Zi attacked Long Xiaoyao together, but he met their strikes and retained the upper hand.

The allied strike force fought its way through the Sun Moon Empire’s imperial palace, but a powerful Soul Tool barrier blocked its route to Xu Tianran. Ma Xiaotao broke through the barrier, only for Evil Soul Masters to appear and confront the advancing team.

• Long Xiaoyao defended himself against Xuan Zi and Du Busi while the allied forces overwhelmed the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Engineers and Evil Douluo elsewhere.
• Long Aotian led the Sharp Blade Squad through the palace, but his attack failed to damage the golden defensive barrier.
• Ma Xiaotao revealed that she was a Soul Douluo with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and destroyed the barrier with her eighth soul skill.
• Ma Xiaotao led the Sharp Blade Squad into the inner city, where Sun Moon Empire defenders tried to stop them.
• Several Evil Soul Douluo appeared, revealing Nether Ghost Tiger, Ghost Shadow Leopard, and Ghost Fire Skeleton Martial Souls.

Wu Xuan and Ye Guyi joined the Sharp Blade Squad’s battle against Xu Tianran’s ambush, turning the fight against the Sun Moon Empire’s forces. With the enemy defeated, Wu Xuan ordered the squad to storm the imperial palace and kill Xu Tianran.

• Xu Tianran watched the Sharp Blade Squad fight his guards and Holy Spirit Cult Evil Soul Masters, while Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and the squad’s leaders faced the enemy’s powerful fighters.
• Wu Xuan and Ye Guyi flew to the imperial palace after emptying the Ming Capital military supply warehouse and killing its Level Nine and Level Eight Soul Engineers.
• Wang Qiuer killed the Level Six Soul Engineer she had been fighting, and Ye Guyi’s Six-Winged Angel form devastated the Evil Soul Masters with sacred fire.
• Wu Xuan used Spirit Lock and Soul Pressure to pin down nearly one hundred enemies, allowing Long Aotian and others to kill several Soul Engineers.
• Wu Xuan used Soul Blast to disable and kill the remaining Level Eight Soul Engineers and two Soul Douluo, collapsing Xu Tianran’s ambush.
• Wu Xuan ordered the Sharp Blade Squad to follow him into the Sun Moon Imperial Palace and execute Xu Tianran.