Chapter Summaries

As the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament approached in Star Luo City, Shu Yan’s group prepared for the event while Shrek’s teams departed on a mission. The Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy arrived, where Xiao Hongchen balked at his sister Meng Hongchen’s demand that he take her shopping.

• Star Luo City filled with visitors and academy teams as the tournament neared, and Ling Luochen and Su Tong reached the Soul Sage realm with God-Bestowed Soul Rings arranged by Shu Yan.
• Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo visited the Princess Mansion and hoped to meet Shrek’s Seven Monsters and reserve team, while Ling Luochen showed little interest.
• Shrek’s Seven Monsters and their reserve members, led by Xuan Zi, set out to eliminate the Hand of Death bandit group in the Mingdou Mountain Range.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen arrived in Star Luo City with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy team and admired the unfamiliar city.
• Meng Hongchen ordered Xiao Hongchen to take her shopping and pay, prompting him to recall his exhausting past shopping trip with her and reluctantly prepare to comply.

Shu Yan told Snow Empress that his Ice God and Evil God bloodlines were clashing and that the conflict might resolve when he reached Titled Douluo. Snow Empress agreed to help him merge their origins and left him to meet her the following night.

• Shu Yan sensed that his Ice God and Evil God bloodlines were repelling each other and that the conflict would come to a head within a month.
• Ye Guyi nearly attacked Shu Yan when his evil aura frightened her after he left the secret chamber.
• Snow Empress confronted Shu Yan at night and pressed him to explain what was wrong.
• Shu Yan told Snow Empress that reaching Titled Douluo might resolve the bloodline conflict, but that merging their origins could solve it sooner.
• Snow Empress accused Shu Yan of lusting after her, then admitted she had feelings for him and told him not to visit Jiujiu and the others the next night.

Shu Yan reflected on the altered fate surrounding Huo Yuhao and the Shrek teams while considering his complicated feelings about the people caught in Tang San’s schemes. Snow Empress came to his room, affirmed that she chose him as her lifelong partner, and the two began a new chapter together.

• Xu Jiujiu told Shu Yan that Shrek Academy members were missing after an incident in the Mingdou Mountain Range, while only a few of the current Shrek's Seven Monsters had appeared in Star Luo City.
• Shu Yan considered whether Huo Yuhao could escape Death Messenger without Electrolux and resolved to eliminate Huo Yuhao if he became an enemy.
• Shu Yan thought of the Auspicious Beast as a sincere friend, unaware that she was inside a golden-red cocoon beside Life Lake while Beast God Di Tian watched nearby.
• Snow Empress entered Shu Yan’s room late at night and told him she had chosen him as her lifelong partner.
• Shu Yan and Snow Empress kissed, spoke about their relationship and his other attachments, and went to bed together.

Shu Yan spent the morning with the Snow Empress before arriving at the tournament, where he watched Huo Yuhao’s startling victory and explained his abilities to those around him. Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu summoned Shu Yan, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sensed the Snow Empress’s aura near Huo Yuhao and grew uneasy.

• The Snow Empress advised Shu Yan to advance his bloodline and condense his second Soul Core, then comforted the Ice Empress after she complained that Shu Yan had kept her from joining them overnight.
• Shu Yan arrived at the tournament after its opening ceremony and watched Huo Yuhao’s Shrek team defeat Heavenly Spirit Advanced Soul Master Academy in the first elimination match.
• Shu Yan told Su Mingxuan and the others that Huo Yuhao had Twin Martial Souls, was a Soul Grandmaster, and used Simulation to disguise the aura of a genuine Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• A messenger summoned Shu Yan on Xu Jiawei’s behalf, and Shu Yan went to meet Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong fainted after returning to their hotel, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sensed an aura that seemed to belong to the Snow Empress.

Shu Yan reassured his mother that nearly all the women around him were already his partners, while the tournament continued and Luo Qinghan drew attention for effortlessly defeating a team. Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo visited Shrek’s team, learned of Yao Haoxuan’s death and the recent tragedy, and warned that Star Luo National Academy’s lineup was so formidable that even their generation of Shrek’s Seven Monsters would be outmatched.

• Ruan Qinyu asked Shu Yan which women were still innocent, and Shu Yan told her that all except A Ning, Bone Clothes, and A Yan Qinghan were his daughters-in-law.
• During the elimination rounds, Luo Qinghan used her first soul skill to knock out every member of the Dou Ling Empire team, attracting notice as a rare Spirit Attribute genius.
• Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo arrived at Shrek’s quarters, and Bei Bei introduced them to Huo Yuhao and the other juniors as former Inner Court seniors and members of an earlier Shrek’s Seven Monsters.
• Ma Xiaotao told Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo that Yao Haoxuan had died and three others had nearly been crippled during the bandit operation.
• Zhang Lexuan comforted the team and, with Han Ruoruo, warned that Star Luo National Academy’s current lineup was so powerful that even their own generation of Shrek’s Seven Monsters would serve only as a backdrop.

Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo warned Shrek's team that Star Luo National Academy had overwhelming hidden strength, including a Soul Sage, and urged them not to mistake their early victory for a strong chance at the championship. The team’s confidence faltered as they faced the prospect of powerful opponents and an unnamed figure whose strength even the visitors feared.

• Zhang Lexuan cautioned the team that Shrek’s obsession with its ten-thousand-year glory could distort its judgment, while Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong insisted they would fight for victory.
• Wang Yan asked Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo what they knew about Star Luo National Academy, and Zhang Lexuan said Ma Xiaotao could still be outmatched even after reaching Soul Sage.
• Han Ruoruo revealed that Star Luo had multiple Ice Attribute Soul Masters, that Luo Qinghan was only the weakest member, and that the team’s captain was a Soul Sage who could suppress Zhang Lexuan or Han Ruoruo.
• Han Ruoruo warned that another formidable person might also take part before she and Zhang Lexuan left.
• Jiang Nannan confirmed Xu Sanshi’s understanding that Star Luo had a Soul Sage, and the Shrek team’s fighting spirit dropped as Ma Xiaotao thought of Ling Luochen.
• Wang Yan forced himself to encourage the shaken team, while Bei Bei reflected that Zhang Lexuan seemed more at ease after leaving Shrek.

During the Star Luo Empire’s festival, Shu Yan and Xu Jiujiu celebrated with their companions before meeting Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong on a crowded street. The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm recognized the Snow Empress’s aura around Shu Yan, leaving Huo Yuhao terrified as they faced one another.

• Shu Yan left seclusion and joined Xu Jiujiu for the empire’s festival, while they noticed two Body Sect Soul Douluo but chose not to confront them.
• Xu Jiujiu hosted a quiet gathering where the group released Warm Ying Birds and celebrated together.
• Shu Yan, Xu Jiujiu, and Ling Luochen walked through the crowded streets, where Ling Luochen recognized Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sensed the Snow Empress’s aura from Shu Yan, and Huo Yuhao froze as Wang Dong became wary.

After Shu Yan’s group encountered Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, Shu Yan explained their extraordinary identities to Xu Jiujiu and Ling Luochen. He revealed that Huo Yuhao was a Child of Fortune whose fate had been altered by Tang San, and that Shu Yan intended to oppose the Sea God; the chapter leaves him resolved to gain control of fate before the Abyss Plane threatens Douluo Plane.

• Huo Yuhao panicked at the sight of Shu Yan, Ling Luochen, and Xu Jiujiu, then asked Wang Dong to help him return to the Star Emperor Grand Hotel.
• At the Princess Mansion, Xu Jiujiu asked Shu Yan why he had looked at Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong with such interest.
• Shu Yan told Xu Jiujiu and Ling Luochen that Wang Dong was the incomplete daughter of Tang San and Xiao Wu, with multiple divine martial souls.
• Shu Yan revealed that Huo Yuhao was a Child of Fortune whose fate Tang San had interfered with, while Shu Yan had been born to oppose Tang San.
• Xu Jiujiu and Ling Luochen pledged to remain with Shu Yan, who warned that he needed to gain control of fate to protect Douluo Plane from the Abyss Plane.

Shu Yan learned that the Auspicious Beast had arrived in Star Luo City with Zi Ji and gotten into a fight with Meng Hongchen, prompting a dispute with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy. He went to meet them, where he teased the newly humanized Auspicious Beast and found her resemblance to himself and the Snow Empress striking.

• The Ice Empress urged Shu Yan to obtain Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's million-year origin to improve his chances of forming a second Soul Core, but he did not commit.
• Xu Jiujiu told Shu Yan that the Auspicious Beast and Zi Ji had arrived in the city and that the Auspicious Beast had fought Meng Hongchen.
• Xu Jiujiu said the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy demanded that the Auspicious Beast be handed over, while Sister Xue had already taken her and Zi Ji away.
• Shu Yan and Xu Jiujiu went to the VIP lounge, where he saw the white-haired Auspicious Beast and Zi Ji with the Snow Empress.
• Shu Yan rubbed the Auspicious Beast's head and warned her not to cause more trouble, leaving her embarrassed and quiet.

Shu Yan welcomed Di Qiu'er and Zi Ji to Star Luo City, helped Di Qiu'er choose a human name, and learned about her clash with the Hongchen Siblings. He decided to visit the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy and pursue the Hongchen Family as part of his larger plan.

• Zi Ji explained that Di Tian had approved Di Qiu'er's trip to the human world and sent her to escort the Auspicious Beast.
• Shu Yan warned Di Qiu'er to behave in Star Luo City and jokingly suggested the name Di Dummy, prompting her to choose Di Qiu'er instead.
• Shu Yan arranged for the Snow Empress to conceal Zi Ji's Fierce Beast aura before leaving the VIP lounge.
• Shu Yan learned that Di Qiu'er had defeated Meng Hongchen after a dispute with the Hongchen Siblings, and confirmed that her Sixth Soul Ring came from a seventy-thousand-year Golden Flame Sacred Lion King.
• Shu Yan decided to visit the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy and try to win over the Hongchen Family for Star Luo.

Shu Yan confronted the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy over Di Qiu'er’s clash with Meng Hongchen, offering compensation before demanding an apology from the student who had insulted her. When the academy’s elder threatened him, Shu Yan overwhelmed the group with his icy pressure and left them stunned; the Giant Strength Douluo arrived but withdrew after Xu Jiujiu told him to stand down.

• Shu Yan allowed Di Qiu'er to accompany him, then encountered the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy with Xu Jiujiu.
• Xiao Hongchen introduced himself and challenged Shu Yan to compete in the upcoming matches, but Shu Yan dismissed him as no real opponent.
• Shu Yan gave Meng Hongchen an ice crystal as compensation and demanded that the student who had insulted Di Qiu'er come forward and apologize.
• Elder Ma threatened Shu Yan, who forced him and the other elder to release their soul rings and drove the academy students back with overwhelming icy pressure.
• Shu Yan demanded an apology once more, while Xu Jiujiu ordered the arriving Giant Strength Douluo to stand down and leave.

After forcing Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy to apologize, Shu Yan returned to the Princess Mansion and discussed Soul Spirit research and the continent’s changing political situation with Di Qiu'er, Zi Ji, and the others. He planned to prepare for the coming changes while pursuing his own cultivation, with the Star Dou Great Forest agreeing to cooperate.

• Xu Jiujiu told the defeated Sun Moon group that Star Luo National Academy would stand with them at the finals, then left with Di Qiu'er and Shu Yan.
• Elder Ma ordered the Sun Moon team to leave, while Meng Hongchen worried that Xiao Hongchen would become obsessed with the humiliation.
• At the Princess Mansion, Di Qiu'er asked Shu Yan about his strength and said Di Tian and the Lord considered him exceptionally talented.
• Zi Ji relayed the Beast God's request to advance Soul Spirit research, and the Ice Empress warned that Soul Spirits could imprison soul beasts.
• Shu Yan said he had arranged secret recruitment of spiritual-type soul masters and begun construction of the Spirit Pagoda, while predicting that the continent could change within a few years.
• Shu Yan planned to enter seclusion after the tournament to condense a second Soul Core and address the divine bloodlines within him.

Di Qiu'er defeated Tian Ling in a misunderstanding, then Shu Yan helped Xu Jiujiu solve the Starlight Auction House’s shortage of finale treasures by producing Evil God's Blood. Xu Jiujiu set its starting bid at 150 million Gold Soul Coins, leaving everyone stunned by the couple’s ruthless pricing.

• Di Qiu'er beat Tian Ling after mistaking her involuntary Martial Soul Possession for a challenge, and Tian Ling explained the misunderstanding.
• Snow Empress reported that Xuan Zi, Shrek Academy’s Level 98 Taotie Douluo, had entered Star Luo City.
• Xu Jiujiu lamented that the Starlight Auction House still lacked two finale items for its premier auction, whose starting bids had to reach at least fifty million Gold Soul Coins.
• Shu Yan condensed excess Evil God's Blood into a crystal and gave it to Xu Jiujiu as a new auction treasure.
• Shu Yan explained how Xu Jiujiu could present the crystal as a divine relic, and Xu Jiujiu set its starting bid at 150 million Gold Soul Coins.

At the top-tier auction in Star Luo City, Huo Yuhao and the Shrek group learned more about Princess Jiujiu and realized that two people they had encountered with her were Ling Luochen and another powerful Ice Attribute Soul Master. The auction continued as Ling Luochen’s connection to Shrek and her possible Extreme Ice cultivation came to light.

• Shu Yan joined Xu Jiujiu’s party at the auction, while Huo Yuhao recognized him from afar and hurried away with Wang Dong.
• The Shrek group entered Room Seven, where Jiang Nannan recalled her painful past and Huo Yuhao remained troubled by Shu Yan’s aura and Ling Luochen’s Extreme Ice power.
• Xu Jiujiu opened the auction, and Dai Yueheng bought the Tyrant Tiger Soul-Refining Saber before asking Qingya about the princess and her lover.
• Qingya described Princess Jiujiu as a royal genius with a powerful childhood sweetheart, prompting Huo Yuhao to realize he and Wang Dong had met her on the street.
• Huo Yuhao described the two Ice Attribute companions who had been with Princess Jiujiu, and Ma Xiaotao identified the woman as Ling Luochen, a former member of Shrek’s Seven Monsters who had left the academy.

At the Starlight Auction, Xu Jiujiu presented the supposedly divine Evil God's Blood as the final item, while Shu Yan’s group revealed it was fabricated from impurities expelled from his body. Shu Yan warned that a concealed Level 96 Evil Soul Master had infiltrated the city and was likely waiting to ambush whoever won the treasure.

• The Shrek group watched other bidders buy the remaining auction items, including a Sixty-Thousand-Year Demon Eye Magic Tree Torso Bone, after their own funds and authority kept them from bidding.
• Xu Jiujiu introduced the Evil God's Blood, claimed it contained the Evil God’s divine blood and might hold the secret to becoming a god, and set its starting price at one hundred and fifty million Gold Soul Coins.
• After Xu Jiujiu returned backstage, she and the others laughed about the deception, explaining that the auction item was made from impurities expelled from Shu Yan’s body.
• Ruan Qinyu worried that the spectacle could go wrong, and Shu Yan revealed that a Level 96 Evil Soul Master had secretly entered the city and was likely planning to attack the auction’s winning faction.

Shu Yan watched the Sun Moon Empire escort carrying the Evil God's Blood leave Star Luo City, expecting the Holy Spirit Cult to attack it. Far from the city, Wu Gu and a hooded man ambushed the escort, and Wu Gu claimed the Holy Spirit Cult remained virtuous in public while devouring powerful souls in private.

• Shu Yan learned that Mingde Hall had bought the Evil God's Blood and planned to transport it out of Star Luo City under heavy guard.
• Shu Yan and Xu Jiujiu watched Sun Moon Empire contacts leave the city, while Shu Yan suspected a Holy Spirit Cult ambush and decided to take the others to observe it.
• Several hundred miles away, purple light blades attacked the escort, killing three Eighth-Grade Soul Engineers and injuring the others.
• Wu Gu and a hooded man appeared before the surviving escorts, and a Rank Nine Soul Master accused Wu Gu of turning the Holy Spirit Cult against Mingde Hall.
• Wu Gu denied the accusation and said he privately enjoyed devouring the souls of the strong.

Shu Yan and his companions witnessed a battle in which the Witchcraft Douluo and Grand Elder Qian Gu Chaoshēng confronted Sun Moon Empire Soul Engineers. After Qian Gu Chaoshēng went to pursue the fleeing Evil Soul Masters, Shu Yan’s group decided the battle had already served their aims, while Luo Qinghan and Meng Ning reconsidered learning to use Soul Tools.

• The Witchcraft Douluo called on the hooded Grand Elder, who revealed himself as a Rank Ninety-Six Evil Soul Master and overwhelmed the Soul Engineers with black mist.
• Shu Yan and the others arrived as the Soul Engineers suffered heavy losses, and several survivors escaped while Evil Soul Masters pursued them.
• Shu Yan summoned Qian Gu Chaoshēng, who explained that he had come to settle an old grudge with the Witchcraft Douluo and left to kill him and the other pursuing Evil Soul Master.
• Shu Yan told Qian Gu Chaoshēng to spare any surviving Soul Engineers so he could control them with Soul Bones, then decided his group did not need to follow the battle.
• Luo Qinghan reconsidered becoming a Soul Engineer after seeing the Soul Tools in action, while Meng Ning was captivated by their firepower.

Qian Gu Chaoshēng returned to the palace after killing two Sun Moon Soul Masters, while Shu Yan arranged for the captured Soul Engineers to serve Star Luo. Xuan Zi learned that Star Luo had concealed a Level 98 powerhouse and, troubled by the discovery, sent the Shrek students on an unusual errand.

• Qian Gu Chaoshēng returned with two unconscious Sun Moon Soul Masters, and Shu Yan sent the two Soul Engineers to the Soul Tool Research Institute.
• Qian Gu Chaoshēng told Shu Yan that he had killed two Level 90-plus juniors and briefly spoken with the Taotie Douluo, who was no match for him.
• Qian Gu Yueyin took her grandfather to show him her progress in the Unbending Staff Technique, while Xuan Zi returned to Star Luo City and brooded over Star Luo's hidden Level 98 Super Douluo.
• Wang Yan asked Xuan Zi what had happened, but Xuan Zi told him to focus on the matches and then asked him to buy roast chicken and the best wine.
• Wang Yan assigned Dai Yueheng to fill Xuan Zi's space-containing gourd with wine and sent Huo Yuhao and the other students to buy roast chicken and meat.

Jing Hongchen and the Holy Spirit Cult reeled from heavy losses, while Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire began threatening her future. Shu Yan and the women discussed how they might help her and their views on Shrek Academy, before Shu Yan began sharing what he knew about the future beyond becoming gods.

• Jing Hongchen nearly collapsed after Mingde Hall lost four Rank Nine Soul Masters and more than ten Eighth-Grade Soul Engineers, while the Holy Spirit Cult mourned Nether Demon Douluo and Witchcraft Douluo.
• Ma Xiaotao and the Shrek team recovered and performed well in the tournament, but Shu Yan noticed that Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire was already showing signs of losing control.
• Su Tong and Ling Luochen raised concerns about Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, and Shu Yan explained that Extreme Ice could suppress it temporarily but might damage her origin and prevent her from reaching Extreme Fire.
• Xu Jiujiu, Ling Luochen, Su Tong, and Luo Qinghan described Shrek Academy as an institution with excessive political power, nationlike independence, religious devotion, and a history that had harmed their lineage.
• Shu Yan said Star Luo would eventually unify the continent and began telling the women what he knew about the future beyond becoming gods.

Shu Yan focused on controlling the powerful Evil God Bloodline while Shrek Academy prepared to face the formidable Star Luo National Academy Team. After assessing their opponents, Shrek’s core members accepted that they had little chance of winning, while Shu Yan warned Di Qiu’er to avoid Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong.

• Shrek Academy advanced to the final four after a series of costly matches, leaving most of its team injured.
• The final-four matchups placed Shrek Academy against Star Luo National Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy against Di'ao Academy.
• Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng recognized the strength of Star Luo’s team, including Ling Luochen and Princess Xu Jiujiu, and Wang Yan concluded that Shrek had little chance of victory.
• Wang Yan encouraged Shrek’s members to do their best, and the team accepted that its run might end in the final matches.
• After Di Qiu’er described her strange feeling about a boy on Shrek’s team, Shu Yan warned her to avoid Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong.