Chapter Summaries

Wu Xuan led Shrek Academy against Heavenly Spirit Advanced Soul Master Academy in the tournament’s opening match and defeated all seven opponents with a single attack. The victory stunned the crowd and rival academies, while Huo Yuhao wondered whether his own Extreme Ice could become as powerful.

• Wu Xuan told Huo Yuhao and the others to conceal their strength and leave the match to him.
• At the start of the team battle, Wu Xuan revealed his four soul rings, including a black ring, and his Extreme Wind immobilized Heavenly Spirit Academy’s team.
• Wu Xuan used Finger Wind Dragon to sweep all seven Heavenly Spirit Academy contestants off the platform and secure Shrek Academy’s victory.
• The Star Luo Emperor ordered an investigation into Wu Xuan, while the members of Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy reacted with alarm.
• Huo Yuhao watched Wu Xuan with admiration, and Wang Yan thanked Wu Xuan for defending Shrek Academy’s honor.

Wang Yan briefed Shrek Academy’s team on the Round Robin and assigned pairings for the two-two-three format, while Wu Xuan exchanged taunts with Xiao Hongchen. Shrek opened its first Round Robin match against Yunluo Advanced Soul Engineer Academy, and the draw selected an individual elimination match.

• Wang Yan checked on the injured Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Ling Luochen, and Chen Zifeng, then asked the team to reveal their Soul Skills and trump cards.
• Wang Yan explained the Round Robin schedule and assigned Beibei with Jiang Nannan, Xu Sanshi with Wang Dong, and Wu Xuan, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yuhao as the three-versus-three team.
• Xiao Hongchen challenged Wu Xuan, who dismissed him as unworthy until the finals and said only he could defeat himself.
• Wu Xuan led Shrek Academy into Star Luo Plaza for its first Round Robin match against Yunluo Advanced Soul Engineer Academy, while the injured Inner Court disciples stayed at the hotel.
• Wu Xuan and Yunluo’s captain drew the individual elimination format for their match.

Wu Xuan entered Shrek Academy’s individual elimination match against Yunluo Academy and defeated its first two contestants using weapons formed from his Extreme Wind. He remained on the stage and called for the next opponent.

• Wu Xuan volunteered to fight first, and Wang Yan agreed after Wu Xuan said he would use only his third soul skill.
• Ma Yingjun attacked Wu Xuan with Soul Tool cannons, but Wu Xuan formed twin jade blades with Jadeite Wind, split the shots, and kicked Ma Yingjun off the stage.
• Shangyue charged Wu Xuan with heavy twin blades, but he blocked her attacks and sent her flying with a kick.
• Wu Xuan revealed that his blades were not his martial soul, formed a great battle axe from the wind, and knocked Shangyue into the protective barrier.
• After the crowd cheered Wu Xuan’s second victory, he asked the referee to send out the next contestant.

Wu Xuan defeated Situ Yu to secure Shrek Academy’s victory over Yunluo Advanced Soul Engineer Academy, impressing the crowd and unsettling Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. Shrek’s team left Star Luo Plaza, while Xiao Hongchen recognized Wu Xuan as a future rival.

• Situ Yu transformed into a Soul Tool turret and launched a barrage of Light Spheres at Wu Xuan, who dodged through the attack with his Second Soul Skill, Light Spirit Wind.
• Wu Xuan caught his falling great axe and split Situ Yu’s concentrated Soul Tool beam with a cyan-blue strike, sending Situ Yu crashing into the arena barrier.
• Situ Yu conceded, and the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner of the Individual Elimination Match.
• Emperor Xu Jiawei wondered why Wu Xuan, whom he believed to be a descendant of the Breaking Clan with an Extreme Wind martial soul, was not a citizen of the Star Luo Empire.
• Xiao Hongchen and his sister discussed Wu Xuan’s strength, and Xiao Hongchen predicted Wu Xuan would become their strongest opponent in five years.
• Wu Xuan returned to Shrek Academy’s rest area, received Wang Yan’s praise, and left Star Luo Plaza with the team.

Wang Yan took the Shrek Academy reserve team members to a small auction house, hoping to equip them with defensive Soul Tools before the next Round Robin matches. Wang Dong refused to use Soul Tools and returned to the hotel, while Wu Xuan recognized that an auction item might be a carving knife forged from Life Gold and resolved to obtain it.

• Wang Yan explained that Soul Masters at the tournament increasingly used Soul Tools and brought the reserve members to an auction to buy equipment.
• Wu Xuan supported buying defensive Soul Tools, while Jiang Nannan agreed after Wang Yan promised the academy would cover the cost.
• Wang Dong rejected Soul Tools and left for the Star Emperor Hotel despite Huo Yuhao trying to reassure him.
• Huo Yuhao returned and told Wang Yan that Wang Dong simply disliked Soul Tools, and the others entered the auction.
• Wu Xuan recalled that the auction might feature a Life Gold carving knife and decided to obtain it while considering how to handle its curse.

Wang Yan brought the Shrek group to a special Soul Tool auction at Starlight Auction House, where he bought equipment for the students. The mysterious finale was revealed as the cursed Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife, and Huo Yuhao reacted violently as the auctioneer explained its dangerous history.

• Wang Yan led the group into Auction Hall Number Twelve, where they received masks and learned the event was a Level Four auction.
• Qing Ya began the auction, and Wang Yan bought the first item, a Level Three Soul Guidance Paralysis Ray, for Huo Yuhao.
• Wang Yan purchased more than ten Soul Tools for the group, including the two Level Five defensive Soul Tools and a Level Four Milk Bottle.
• As the final item appeared, Huo Yuhao shuddered and covered his eyes before Qing Ya revealed a ranked engraving knife.
• Qing Ya identified the knife as the Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife, ranked ninety-ninth and cursed, and warned that its previous owners had all met tragic ends.

Wu Xuan bought the Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife and prepared to deal with the evil spirit inside it. The next morning, Shrek Academy drew a team battle against Thousand Spirit Academy, and both teams took their positions on the competition stage.

• Wu Xuan outbid everyone for the Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife at the Starlight Auction House, spending one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins from his own funds.
• Wu Xuan collected the knife and stored it in his Soul Tool, noticing that the device might not last much longer.
• Huo Yuhao warned Wu Xuan about the knife’s evil spirit and offered to take it if Wu Xuan could not handle it, but Wu Xuan refused to give it away.
• Electrolux calmed Huo Yuhao after he grew resentful over Wu Xuan’s remarks.
• Wu Xuan and Shen Ce drew a team battle for Shrek Academy and Thousand Spirit Academy, then led their teams onto the stage in prepared formations.

Shrek Academy used Xu Sanshi’s replacement skill to pull Thousand Spirit Academy captain Shen Ce out from behind his team’s shield wall, allowing Wu Xuan to overpower him. The battle turned decisively in Shrek’s favor as Shen Ce was pinned beneath Wu Xuan’s axe.

• Wu Xuan, Xu Sanshi, and Beibei charged Thousand Spirit Academy while Wang Dong carried Huo Yuhao into the air and Jiang Nannan and Xiao Xiao moved toward the arena’s edge.
• Thousand Spirit Academy formed a shield wall with its four Spiritual Rhinoceros Shield Soul Masters, while An Lengye strengthened their defenses with frost and Fei Yuyan supported Shen Ce with fire.
• Xu Sanshi used Mysterious Turtle Replacement to switch places with Shen Ce, bringing the captain out from behind the shield wall and putting Xu Sanshi in his place.
• Wu Xuan struck Shen Ce with his battle axe, shattered his inner armor, and pinned him down beneath the weapon’s weight.
• Spectators, the referee, and Thousand Spirit Academy were stunned as the swap left the team’s captain exposed and its defeat seemingly decided.

Shrek Academy defeated Thousand Spirit Soul Master Academy in its third match, with Huo Yuhao and his teammates breaking through the opposing defenses. After the victory, two Body Sect elders decided they wanted to kidnap Huo Yuhao and bring him to their sect.

• Xu Sanshi knocked Fei Yuyan out of the shield wall, and Jiang Nannan used Xiao Xiao's slowing effect and her Waist Bow to eliminate her.
• An Lengye attacked with a Frost Dragon Tornado, but Wu Xuan shattered the Spiritual Rhinoceros Shield wall and Huo Yuhao identified her head soul bone and disrupted her attack with Spirit Shock.
• Huo Yuhao froze the tornado and scattered the opposing team with Omnidirectional Octagonal Spikes, while Wang Dong's Butterfly God's Light helped defeat the remaining fighters.
• Beibei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, and Xiao Xiao finished off the four Spiritual Rhinoceros Shield Soul Masters, and the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner.
• Qilin Arm and Big Head recognized Huo Yuhao's Silver-grade spiritual Body Martial Soul and plotted to kidnap him for the Body Sect.

Wu Xuan purified the Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife into Life Gold, which fused into his forehead and transformed his body and Sea of Consciousness, creating a golden eye. As Wu Xuan remained in seclusion, Wang Yan led Shrek Academy into its third round-robin match without him.

• Wang Yan stopped Huo Yuhao from disturbing Wu Xuan, who was cultivating to break through.
• Wu Xuan used his Soul Breaking Spear, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and Ice Empress to suppress the Spirit Devouring Fierce Knife and erode away its evil spirit.
• Wu Xuan purified the knife into Life Gold and pressed it to his forehead, but it stabbed into his skull and dissolved into his body.
• Life Energy transformed Wu Xuan's body and expanded his Sea of Consciousness to more than three times its former size, while a golden eye appeared on his forehead.
• Wang Yan took Chen Zifeng, Ling Luochen, Beibei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, Wang Dong, and Huo Yuhao to the third round-robin match without Wu Xuan.

After breaking through to Rank 48, Wu Xuan rushed to Shrek Academy’s elimination match against Zheng Tian Academy. The draw selected a seven-versus-seven team battle, and Wu Xuan joined the lineup as both teams prepared to fight.

• Wu Xuan woke after cultivating for half a day and a night and learned from the Ice Empress that he had opened a second Sea of Consciousness.
• Wu Xuan told Xiao Xiao he had reached Rank 48, and they hurried to Star Luo Plaza for the match.
• Wang Yan briefed Wu Xuan on Zheng Tian Academy’s three Soul Kings: Ye Wuqing, Yu Mengdi, and Tang Xiaolei.
• Wu Xuan traded taunts with Ye Wuqing before the draw selected a seven-versus-seven team battle.
• Wang Yan benched Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao, added Wu Xuan and Xiao Xiao to the lineup, and assigned Ling Luochen to direct the team.
• Chen Zifeng said he would face Ye Wuqing, while Wu Xuan looked forward to testing Zheng Tian Academy’s Soul-Seizing Bell.

Shrek Academy faced Zheng Tian Academy in the tournament, and Wu Xuan’s overwhelming Spiritual Power shattered Shangguan Can’s Martial Soul before their planned attack could begin. The match continued with Chen Zifeng and Ye Wuqing clashing at the front.

• Both teams took their positions, released their Martial Souls, and began the match.
• Chen Zifeng led Shrek’s charge while Wu Xuan circled toward Zheng Tian’s rear line with Jiang Nannan.
• Yu Mengdi flew at Wu Xuan with her Holy Radiant Cross Slash as Shangguan Can targeted him with his Soul-Seizing Bell.
• Wu Xuan’s Spiritual Power triggered a backlash that shattered Shangguan Can’s Martial Soul and knocked him unconscious.
• Chen Zifeng attacked Ye Wuqing with three Soul Skills, and Ye Wuqing answered with a net of golden leaves that Chen Zifeng’s sword aura shredded.

Shrek Academy defeated Zheng Tian Academy in the third Round Robin match, with Wu Xuan’s Mysterious Crystal Claw shattering Yu Mengdi’s strongest attack. After the victory, Ma Rulong told Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen that they had been chosen to lead an exchange delegation to Shrek Academy.

• Ling Luochen’s ice mist froze Zheng Tian Academy’s fighters, allowing Xu Sanshi, Beibei, and Jiang Nannan to eliminate Yang Yifan, Blood Wolf, and Yan'er.
• Wu Xuan prevented Yu Mengdi from taking flight, then shattered her Angel God-Sealing Slash with his Mysterious Crystal Claw and defeated her.
• Chen Zifeng’s Annihilation overwhelmed Ye Wuqing’s Dance of Golden Leaves, while Ling Luochen froze Tang Xiaolei.
• The referee declared Shrek Academy the winner, and the crowd erupted in cheers.
• Ma Rulong and Meng Hongchen identified Wu Xuan’s martial soul as Extreme Wind and discussed Shrek’s formidable reserve team.
• Ma Rulong told Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen that they would lead the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s exchange delegation to Shrek, and Xiao Hongchen agreed.

Xu Jiawei explained that he offered Shrek Academy a Soul Bone and information about a lone Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast to build ties with the academy and Wu Xuan. After Shrek finished the Round Robin undefeated, two members of the Body Sect confronted Huo Yuhao and tried to recruit him, but he refused to abandon the Tang Sect.

• Xu Jiawei told Xu Jiujiu that the Rouge Dragon Soul Bone was bait and that he hoped to strengthen relations with Shrek Academy and befriend Wu Xuan.
• Wu Xuan drew the two-two-three format in Shrek's fourth match, so Beibei and the others won the first two bouts without him competing.
• Shrek Academy won its remaining Round Robin matches and advanced as the group's top-ranked team with seven victories, while Zheng Tian Academy also qualified.
• Huo Yuhao returned to his room and found two men from the Body Sect waiting to recruit him because of his Body Martial Soul.
• The Body Sect men mocked the Tang Sect's history of internal conflict and suppression of its subordinate branches, but Huo Yuhao defended the sect and refused to join them.

After Shrek’s seven straight Round Robin victories, Huo Yuhao escaped an attempted abduction by Body Sect elders and learned the team would face Dou Spirit Royal Academy in the elimination round. Wang Yan assigned the lineup and tactics, then allowed the students to attend a prestigious Starlight Auction House event before the match.

• Big Head used spiritual power to force Huo Yuhao toward him, but Xuan Zi caught Huo Yuhao after Qilin Arm was knocked from the window and drove both Body Sect elders away.
• Xuan Zi praised Huo Yuhao’s concern for the Tang Sect and decided he had found the successor he had been wavering over.
• Huo Yuhao arrived late at Shrek’s celebratory banquet, where Wang Yan announced that Dou Spirit Royal Academy would be their round-of-sixteen opponent.
• Wang Yan explained that Dou Spirit Royal Academy had five Soul Kings, Soul Tools, and a hidden reason for forfeiting its final group match, then selected seven students for Shrek’s team battle.
• Qing Ya delivered twelve invitations to a top-tier Starlight Auction House event, and Wang Yan let the students attend after warning them to avoid trouble.

Wang Yan and the Shrek group attended the Starlight Auction House’s top-tier auction, where Princess Jiujiu presented rare Soul Tools made by Mingde Hall. Dai Yueheng bought a Level Eight blade, and Wang Yan later purchased a set of twelve Fixed Soul Cannon Shells for Huo Yuhao.

• Qing Ya led Wang Yan and the Shrek group into Auction Hall Number One and explained its Light-guiding Screen, which ran on ore rather than Soul Power.
• Qing Ya revealed that Jiu Jiu was the Star Luo Emperor’s youngest sister and the auction house’s only Gold-rank auctioneer.
• Princess Jiujiu presented the Tyrant Tiger Soul-Refining Blade, and Dai Yueheng won it for 1,560,000 Gold Soul Coins.
• Princess Jiujiu introduced twelve Fixed Soul Cannon Shells, and Wang Yan bought them for 655,000 Gold Soul Coins at Huo Yuhao’s urging.

Shrek Academy considered bidding on the eighty-thousand-year Rouge Dragon Left Arm Bone, which carried the Annihilation Attribute and the fixed skill Annihilation Claw. Beibei yielded to Wu Xuan, but Wu Xuan revealed he already had a comparable Left Arm Soul Bone, so Wang Yan bid for Beibei, and Shrek won the bone for thirty-seven million Gold Soul Coins.

• Princess Jiujiu introduced the Rouge Dragon Left Arm Bone, explaining its restrictive fusion requirements, eighty-thousand-year age, and powerful Annihilation Claw skill.
• Wang Yan offered to bid for the bone if Beibei and Wu Xuan agreed on who should receive it.
• Beibei said Wu Xuan was a better fit and asked Wang Yan to bid for him instead.
• Wu Xuan revealed that he already had a Left Arm Soul Bone of comparable quality and asked Wang Yan to bid for Beibei.
• Wang Yan used Shrek Academy's credit voucher to secure the Rouge Dragon Left Arm Bone for thirty-seven million Gold Soul Coins.

Princess Jiujiu revealed the finale item as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast embryo that could yield a soul ring and soul bone or potentially grant its absorber a martial soul. As the auction prepared to begin, Wang Yan worried about its cost and the danger of acquiring it, while Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng dismissed the idea of bidding.

• Princess Jiujiu introduced the finale item as a rare, human-form Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast embryo preserved inside the Level Nine Soul Tool Platform of Deification.
• Wu Xuan asked Tian Meng and the Ice Empress to identify the soul beast, and the Ice Empress judged it was likely an unfamiliar Ice Element soul beast that had recently survived its hundred-thousand-year tribulation.
• Princess Jiujiu explained that successful fusion might grant the absorber a martial soul, while failure would produce a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone; she also said the buyer had to purchase the Platform of Deification.
• Princess Jiujiu announced a thirty-minute break before the final auction and allowed bidders to use collateral, subject to a twenty percent handling fee.
• Wang Yan worried that Shrek Academy could not afford the embryo and might not be able to transport it safely, while Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng said they should not bid on it.

The Star Luo Emperor gave Wu Xuan a map to a hundred-thousand-year Rouge Dragon, hoping to strengthen ties with Shrek Academy. As the auction for a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast Embryo ended at 150 million Gold Soul Coins, the emperor’s schemes to profit from and weaken the Sun Moon Empire began to unfold.

• The Star Luo Emperor and Princess Jiujiu visited Shrek Academy’s room, and Jiujiu gave Wu Xuan a map to a hundred-thousand-year Rouge Dragon as a gesture of goodwill.
• Wu Xuan accepted the map, and the emperor privately told Jiujiu to deepen ties with Shrek Academy and cut taxes for its affiliated merchants.
• The Star Luo Emperor and Princess Jiujiu discussed secretly acquiring Mingde Hall Soul Tools and planned to release a theft mission for Mingde Hall’s treasure after three months.
• Xiao Hongchen bid 150 million Gold Soul Coins for the hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast Embryo, and Big Head used his power to learn that the bidders were from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• The Star Luo Emperor watched the bidding end at 150 million Gold Soul Coins and left through a secret passage, pleased with the pressure his scheme placed on Mingde Hall.

Shrek Academy faced Dou Ling Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy in the round of sixteen, where Ma Xiaotao ignored Wang Yan’s advice and unleashed her full power against their fortified formation. Wu Xuan dispelled Little Crazy’s spiritual mist, exposing the Dou Ling team’s preparation of a powerful soul cannon as the battle continued.

• Wu Xuan dismissed Xiao Hongchen’s remarks about his Extreme Martial Soul and told him to wait until the semifinals.
• Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Wu Xuan, Ling Luochen, Beibei, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan took the stage to face Gu Zhujian and the Dou Ling team.
• The Dou Ling team built a defensive wall, spread Little Crazy’s spiritual mist, and began preparing a powerful attack behind their formation.
• Wu Xuan’s Spirit Gathering Wind strengthened Ma Xiaotao, who flew forward and destroyed the team’s shield wall with Phoenix Cloud Piercer.
• Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Fireline injured Chi Hengyu, and the referee removed him from the match.
• Wu Xuan swept away Little Crazy’s spiritual mist with Extreme Wind, revealing that the Dou Ling team was assembling a high-destructive-power soul cannon.