Chapter Summaries

Snow Empress explained her choice to become Xu Tianyang’s Soul Spirit and persuaded the Extreme North soul beasts that Soul Spirits could benefit them. After Shui Bing’er formed a Soul Spirit with a thirty-thousand-year Extreme Cold Ice Bird, Snow Empress brought Xu Tianyang and the girls to her simple residence.

• Little White angrily accused Xu Tianyang of tricking Snow Empress and Ice Empress into becoming his Soul Rings and Soul Bones, but Snow Empress told him it had been her choice.
• Snow Empress explained the benefits of Soul Spirits to Little White and the Titan Snow Demon King, and Little White offered to become Xu Tianyang’s Soul Spirit so he could stay with her.
• The Titan Snow Demon King and the other hundred-thousand-year soul beasts agreed to follow Snow Empress’s lead, while she told Little White that the Extreme North still needed him.
• Snow Empress asked the Extreme Cold Ice Bird King to provide a young bird for a demonstration, and Shui Bing’er successfully formed a Soul Spirit with the thirty-thousand-year Extreme Cold Ice Bird.
• After the soul beasts dispersed, Snow Empress took Xu Tianyang, Shui Bing’er, and Shui Yuer to her sparsely furnished residence.

Xu Tianyang left Skywater City for Mingdu while Snow Empress gave Shui Bing'er her insights into Extreme Ice, and the Skywater Team vowed to pursue the championship. At Spirit Hall, Qian Renxue defeated Hu Liena and Xie Yue’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill and urged them to grow stronger before the tournament.

• Xu Tianyang bid farewell to Shui Bing'er and the Skywater Team before leaving for Mingdu.
• Snow Empress gave Shui Bing'er her personal insights into Extreme Ice, and the Skywater Team declared its goal of winning the championship.
• Qian Renxue used her Angel True Body and Sun Flame Sword to defeat Hu Liena and Xie Yue’s Bewitching Charm in a sparring match.
• Qian Renxue told Hu Liena and Xie Yue they needed another breakthrough to have a chance in the Promotion Match and said the Sun Moon Empire was stronger than they imagined.
• Hu Liena agreed to work toward a breakthrough after asking Qian Renxue about the Sun Moon Empire’s strength.

The Heaven Dou Empire division of the Soul Master Tournament opened, with the reshuffled Shrek Team preparing to compete under Tang San's leadership. The first match was set between Shrek Academy and the Imperial Team.

• Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Dai Mubai discussed the tournament's crowds, profits, and the strength of this year's competitors.
• The chapter outlined Shrek Team's new lineup, with Tang San as captain, Tang Long and Tang Hu as Soul Kings, and Dai Mubai relegated to the substitutes.
• The Shrek Team entered the arena, where Tang San spotted familiar figures on the VIP platform, including Tang Yuehua and Ning Fengzhi.
• Xue Ye officially opened the tournament, and Ning Fengzhi named Imperial Dou Academy, Skywater Academy, and Shrek Academy as strong championship contenders.
• The host announced the opening match between the Imperial Team and Shrek Academy.

Shrek Academy revealed two Soul Kings from the Clear Sky Sect and easily defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team, drawing attention from their tournament rivals. As Shrek prepared to face Skywater Academy, Tang San met Shui Bing’er’s gaze and felt her power begin to freeze his Soul Power, leaving him afraid to look at her again.

• Tang Yuehua and Xue Ye discussed Tang San and the Clear Sky Sect while Salas considered them threats but could not act against them.
• At the opening match, Tang Long and Tang Hu revealed black Soul Rings, and Tang San led Shrek Team to easily defeat Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team.
• The audience and rival academies reacted to the two Soul Kings, while Shui Bing’er confidently promised to handle them for Skywater Academy.
• After the tournament matches grew more intense, Shrek Academy prepared to face Skywater Academy in a highly anticipated heavyweight match.
• Tang San met Shui Bing’er’s gaze and felt his Soul Power begin to freeze, startling him into looking away.

Shui Bing'er revealed that she had advanced to Extreme Ice and overwhelmed most of the Shrek Team with her Ice Seal. Tang San and three teammates broke free and charged at her, leaving the match unresolved.

• Tang San and Shui Bing'er led their teams into the arena, where Shrek fielded its main lineup against Skywater Academy.
• Shui Bing'er used Ice Seal to freeze Xiao Wu, Niu Jun, and Oscar before they could activate their Invincible Shields.
• The spectators and rival academies realized Shui Bing'er wielded Extreme Ice, shocking Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, Xue Ye, and Ning Fengzhi.
• Tang San, Tang Long, Tang Hu, and Zhu Zhuqing broke out of the ice, and Tang San ordered them to charge Shui Bing'er.
• Tang Long and Tang Hu summoned their Clear Sky Hammers and activated their fifth Soul Rings as the four attacked Shui Bing'er.

Shui Bing'er used Xue Wu's rain technique and her Freezing Ray to freeze Tang San and three Shrek teammates, securing Skywater Academy's victory. Tang San left questioning whether even a Clear Sky Hammer with nine ten-thousand-year Soul Rings could defeat her, while Skywater Academy emerged as the tournament's leading threat.

• Xue Wu danced to summon rain over the arena, soaking Tang San and the three Shrek teammates charging forward.
• Shui Bing'er used Freezing Ray to freeze all four despite their Invincible Shield, and the referee eventually declared Skywater Academy the winner.
• The referee thawed the Shrek fighters and explained their defeat; Zhu Zhuqing left the arena, while Tang San watched Shui Bing'er and questioned his ability to beat her.
• After the match, spectators focused on Shui Bing'er's power, Skywater Academy's championship odds improved, and Shrek lost its standing as a championship contender.

Xu Tianyang reviewed the Heaven Dou Tournament results and the newly selected Sun Moon Team, then discussed the missing Beast Sovereign and the mysterious Ice God with Snow Empress. The chapter ended with Xu Tianyang wondering whether the Ice God was the Water Dragon King beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Huang Xiuwen reported that Skywater Academy won the regional preliminary, followed by Godwind Academy, Shrek Academy, Thunder Academy, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Xu Tianyang learned that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had reached fifth place by outfitting its team with Level 5 Soul Tools.
• Huang Xiuwen gave Xu Tianyang the completed Sun Moon Team roster, which included Li An, Lin Bufan, Yun Shuying, Li Yiwei, and Lin Ze alongside the previously guaranteed members.
• Xu Tianyang said he would not compete unless a Soul Saint appeared and left the tournament to the rest of the team.
• Snow Empress told Xu Tianyang that the Beast Sovereign had not left, and Xu Tianyang said neither he nor Elder Yi could sense her aura.
• Xu Tianyang asked Snow Empress whether the Ice God was a human deity or the Water Dragon King beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Snow Empress and Xu Tianyang discussed the Ice God before Shrek Academy arrived in Mingdu for the Soul Master Tournament. At the registration hotel, Dai Mubai faced his brother Dai Weisi, who taunted him about his prospects as the Star Luo heir.

• Snow Empress said she knew only that the Ice God had once protected the Extreme North Land, and Xu Tianyang comforted her before she returned to his Spiritual Sea of Consciousness.
• Shrek Academy arrived in Mingdu, where the vast city and its disciplined patrols impressed and unsettled the group.
• Flender led Shrek Academy to Mingyue Hotel to register, where they encountered Canghui Academy, Balak Academy, and other competing teams.
• Dai Weisi confronted Dai Mubai and mocked him for hiding in the Heaven Dou Empire and relying on the Clear Sky Sect to claim the Star Luo throne.
• Tang San urged Dai Mubai to discuss the confrontation after they returned to their rooms, and a hotel representative approached to show Shrek Academy to its rooms.

The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament opened in Mingdu, where Xu Yunxiao announced the competition and the teams began fighting through the first round. The day ended with the Martial Soul Hall Team preparing to face Thunder Academy.

• Xu Yunxiao, Mu Mengyu, and Xu Tianyang arrived at the arena platform as officials and spectators welcomed them.
• Tang San, Dai Weisi, Ning Fengzhi, and Qian Renxue reacted to Xu Yunxiao and Xu Tianyang, while Qian Renxue recognized Shi Nian and ordered Qing Luan Douluo to kill him.
• Xu Yunxiao announced the tournament’s start, and the referee explained the forty-nine-team elimination format and awarded Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy a first-round bye.
• More than twenty first-round matches took place before dusk, when the referee called the Martial Soul Hall Team and Thunder Academy to prepare for their match.
• Yu Tianxin encouraged Thunder Academy to fight Martial Soul Hall without fear, while one teammate complained about missing dinner.

Yan led the Martial Soul Hall Team to crush Thunder Academy, while the Sun Moon Team continued its overwhelming run through the tournament. Shrek drew the Sun Moon Royal Team, and Yu Xiaogang began proposing a way to defeat the stronger opponent.

• Yan defeated Yu Tianxin in a direct clash and called for Thunder Academy's next fighter.
• The Martial Soul Hall Team defeated Thunder Academy in the individual matches and then crushed them in the team battle with Hu Liena and Xie Yue's Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Yu Xiaogang felt humiliated by Thunder Academy's defeat, while other teams marked Martial Soul Hall as a major tournament threat.
• The Sun Moon Team won all seven of its matches without using soul tools, with all seven members possessing Soul Power Levels above fifty.
• Shrek learned it had drawn the Sun Moon Royal Team, and Flender told the dispirited students to do their best without risking their lives.
• Ma Hongjun joked about surrendering, and Yu Xiaogang suggested a way Shrek could beat a stronger opponent.

Yang Yiyi overwhelmed Tang Long in the opening match between the Sun Moon Team and the Shrek Team, shocking Tang San with her powerful Blue Silver Grass. Tang San left the match wondering about the Blue Silver Emperor and planning to focus on the Clear Sky Hammer before strengthening his Blue Silver Grass later.

• Xu Tianyang appeared in the VIP seats, prompting Qian Renxue to suspect Tang San's Twin Martial Souls had drawn his attention.
• Yang Yiyi introduced herself as a level fifty-eight Soul King with Blue Silver Grass, astonishing Tang San and the watching teams.
• Yang Yiyi trapped Tang Long in Blue Silver vines and sent him flying, forcing Flender to concede the match.
• Yang Yiyi dispelled her vines, while Tang San realized her Life Attribute Blue Silver Grass far surpassed what he could currently achieve.
• Tang San decided to cultivate the Clear Sky Hammer after reaching Soul King, then later add high-year Soul Rings to his Blue Silver Grass.

Tang San blamed Yu Xiaogang for his ruined Blue Silver Grass cultivation, then led the Shrek Team into a team battle against the Sun Moon Team. As Tang San attacked with the Clear Sky Hammer, Zui Hongchen aimed a powerful Armor Piercing Cannon at the Shrek formation.

• Tang San saw Yang Yiyi's Life Attribute Blue Silver Grass and decided Yu Xiaogang deserved to die for steering his cultivation astray.
• The Shrek Team forfeited the individual matches and chose to proceed directly to the team battle.
• Spectators debated Yang Yiyi's Blue Silver Grass and criticized Yu Xiaogang's guidance of Tang San.
• The Shrek Team formed a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill, and Tang San summoned the Clear Sky Hammer with the Clear Sky True Body.
• Zui Hongchen aimed a sixth-level Armor Piercing Cannon at the Shrek Team, while Tang San launched the Clear Sky Nine Extremes attack.

The Sun Moon Team overwhelmed Shrek Academy with Soul Tool cannon fire, leaving Tang San badly injured after he forced a Martial Soul Avatar. Shrek withdrew from the arena, and Yu Xiaogang’s fusion skill was blamed for Tang San’s internal damage, while the team had to endure the Sun Moon Empire’s authority.

• Li An fired the Crimson Flame Heavy Cannon at Tang San, and the Sun Moon Team followed with a barrage that knocked him down.
• Yu Xiaogang surrendered on Shrek’s behalf, and the referee declared Sun Moon Royal Academy the winner.
• A Sun Moon Empire healer warned Flender and the others that Tang San’s forced Martial Soul Avatar had damaged his body and could harm his potential.
• Yu Xiaogang challenged the healer’s diagnosis, and the healer struck him across the face with Soul Power.
• Liu Erlong reacted angrily, but Flender calmed her when a Soul Tool squad aimed its rifles at Shrek’s group.
• Flender warned Liu Erlong that they could not challenge the Sun Moon Empire, while Yu Xiaogang remained silent.

Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to begin its coordinated assault on the Upper Three Sects and prepare to intercept survivors. The attack on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect began, and Gu Rong confronted Ju Douluo and Ghost Douluo as Spirit Hall’s forces flooded the castle.

• Wendy reported that Spirit Hall’s forces were positioned to attack the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Sect, while Golden Crocodile Venerable targeted the Clear Sky Sect remnants.
• Bibi Dong ordered the attacks to proceed and planned for the Titled Elder Council to intercept survivors afterward.
• Two Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect patrolmen discussed their fellow disciples’ lives in the Sun Moon Empire before Xiao Yi heard the approaching attackers and raised the alarm.
• A Spirit Hall attacker killed Xiao Yi, and the invading forces charged toward the castle as the sect sounded its alarm.
• Gu Rong appeared on a Bone Dragon and recognized Spirit Hall’s assault, while Ju Douluo and Ghost Douluo declared that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would be destroyed.

Spirit Hall and the allied Lower Four Sects launched an all-out assault on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect. Gu Rong fought Ju Douluo and Ghost Douluo while Yu Yuanzhen faced four Titled Douluo, leaving both sects in grave danger.

• Gu Rong transformed into a Bone Dragon and attacked Ju Douluo, boosted by a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Master, while Ju Douluo and Ghost Douluo joined forces against him.
• Spirit Hall's forces battled the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's disciples, with the Elephant Armored Sect and other Lower Four Sects helping overwhelm their defenses.
• Magic Bear waited with a squad to kill any Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect members who escaped, while Spirit Kite Douluo watched from above in case Gu Rong tried to flee.
• Spirit Hall's attack also engulfed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, where Yu Yuanzhen faced four Titled Douluo on True Dragon Mountain.
• The Holy Dragon Sect Master attacked Yu Yuanzhen with his ninth Soul Skill, Holy Dragon Descends.

Spirit Hall forces attacked the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect while its army slaughtered the clan, and Yu Yuanzhen unleashed the Nine Dragon Crowns to fight back. In Heaven Dou City, Mighty Lion Douluo and the impostor posing as Xue Qinghe prepared for Xue Ye’s death and Spirit Hall’s takeover of the empire.

• Four Royal Banner brothers created a Death Barrier around True Dragon Mountain, weakening the Blue Lightning Sect as Spirit Hall’s forces attacked.
• Yu Yuanzhen invoked the Nine Dragon Crowns, drawing power from the nine peaks and dramatically increasing his strength.
• The Royal Banner brothers abandoned their barrier and joined Snake Lance Douluo’s group in surrounding Yu Yuanzhen.
• In the imperial palace, the false Xue Qinghe reported that poison would kill Xue Ye that night and that the palace was secured.
• Mighty Lion Douluo instructed the false Xue Qinghe to place Spirit Hall members in government and military positions after taking the throne.
• The false Xue Qinghe said his men had sealed the streets around Moonlight Pavilion so the events there would go unnoticed.

Golden Crocodile Douluo wiped out the Clear Sky Sect remnants and ordered the destruction of their allied clans, while the tournament semifinals began in Mingdu. Qian Renxue and Shui Bing'er faced off, with both revealing their immense power as their teammates withdrew from the arena.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo killed Tang Lie and ordered his forces to eliminate the remaining affiliated clans, including the Strength, Defense, and Agility Clans.
• The tournament reached the semifinals, where Skywater Academy was scheduled to face the Martial Soul Hall Team and the Sun Moon Team was set to face Shrek Team.
• Mu Mengyu questioned Xu Tianyang about his relationship with Qian Renxue and their conflicting positions, and he said they would resolve matters themselves.
• Qian Renxue learned that Xu Tianyang had helped Shui Bing'er gain Extreme Ice, then challenged her to demonstrate its strength.
• Shui Bing'er unleashed her Ice Phoenix and Extreme Ice, and Qian Renxue answered by revealing seven Soul Rings and unfurling two pairs of wings.

Qian Renxue’s Six-winged Angel Martial Soul overwhelmed Shui Bing’er’s ice attack, and Skywater Academy conceded, sending the Martial Soul Hall Team to the finals. The Sun Moon Team and Shrek Team then took the stage for their rematch, with Yang Yiyi preparing to follow Xu Tianyang’s arrangements.

• Qian Renxue revealed her Six-winged Angel Martial Soul, shocking the audience and leaving Tang San despairing at the gap between their cultivation levels.
• Shui Bing’er unleashed the Snow Empress’s Emperor’s Palm, Great Cold Without Snow, but Qian Renxue’s Angel Domain and sword strike split apart the ice and dark clouds.
• Xu Tianyang explained to Mu Mengyu that the Angel Domain’s sacred power suppressed Shui Bing’er’s ultimate ice attribute, and Shui Bing’er conceded the match.
• The referee declared the Martial Soul Hall Team the winner and called the Sun Moon Team and Shrek Team to compete.
• Zhu Zhuqing felt relieved because Xu Tianyang had promised she would be free after the match, while Yang Yiyi told her teammates to follow Brother Tianyang’s arrangements.
• The rematch began as a Purple Lightning Wyrm was summoned.

The Sun Moon Team revealed that its members could fight alongside living-seeming Soul Spirits, and their coordinated assault overwhelmed Tang San. Yang Yiyi then ensnared the Shrek Team as Tang San, injured and unable to continue, refused to admit defeat.

• Six Sun Moon Team members released powerful Soul Spirits, prompting experts in the audience to suspect the creatures were not produced by ordinary soul skills.
• Xiao Wu recognized the Soul Spirits as living Soul Beasts and suspected Xu Tianyang already knew her identity.
• The Purple Lightning Wyrm attacked the Shrek Team, and Tang San used the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill to strike back with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Li An's Exploding Wolf intercepted Tang San, and all six Soul Spirits attacked him together, leaving him badly injured and unable to swing his hammer again.
• Yang Yiyi taunted Tang San and raised Blue Silver vines that swallowed the seven members of the Shrek Team.

As the Soul Master Tournament final approached, Flender and Zhao Wuji discussed their bets and Shrek Academy’s prospects. Xu Tianyang entered the final against Qian Renxue, who proposed that they settle their rivalry in a one-on-one duel before the team battle.

• Flender and Zhao Wuji placed bets on the Sun Moon Team and discussed Tang San’s injuries and Shrek Academy’s tournament performance.
• Xu Tianyang replaced Yang Yiyi at the front of the Sun Moon Team when he learned Qian Renxue would compete.
• Ning Linglong met Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong, hinting that the Sun Moon Empire might be preparing for war.
• Qian Renxue proposed a one-on-one match with Xu Tianyang, with neither taking part in the later team battle, and he agreed.
• Xu Tianyang and Qian Renxue walked onto the stage as spectators anticipated their duel.