Chapter Summaries

After Huo Yuhao lost both legs during the battle, Wang Yan confronted Xuan Zi over his failure to protect him and recover the limbs. Xuan Zi took the injured students back to Shrek Academy, leaving Wang Yan to lead the battered team onward to Star Luo City and face the competition with too few fighters.

• Wang Yan demanded to know why Xuan Zi had not noticed Huo Yuhao's injuries or brought back his legs, and Xuan Zi blamed the loss on a rushed return.
• Xuan Zi recounted that he had thrown Huo Yuhao aside by accident after the enemy threw him, then agreed to search for his legs and take him for treatment.
• Wang Yan examined Huo Yuhao and confirmed that he had lost both legs, while Xuan Zi returned empty-handed and found only a pool of flesh where they had fallen.
• Xuan Zi ordered Wang Yan to protect Shrek's honor in the Soul Master Competition, then flew back to Shrek Academy with the injured students.
• Wang Yan sent Bei Bei and the Reserve Team to take Ma Xiaotao and the others back to Star Luo City, while he worried about their chances in the competition.
• Xuan Zi brooded over the accident on his flight home and prepared to admit his mistake to Mu En.

After Shrek’s students returned from the attack, Mu En let Xuan Zi avoid punishment despite his role in their losses and learned that Huo Yuhao had suffered devastating injuries. Meanwhile, Wang Yan brought the surviving Shrek students to Star Luo City, where Lin Xiao and Xiao Linger watched them and discussed keeping their distance.

• Xuan Zi knelt before Mu En and recounted how a Soul King had attacked the students, while the Elders defended him.
• Mu En told Xuan Zi to reflect in isolation, ordered Yan Shaozhe to supervise him, and said Shrek’s team should accept defeat in the Soul Master Competition rather than fight to the death.
• Zhuang Yusen told Mu En that Huo Yuhao’s life was out of danger but that he might need a prosthetic and might never be able to have children.
• Mu En ordered a prosthetic for Huo Yuhao and decided to speak with him about his other injury when he woke up.
• Wang Yan brought the surviving Shrek students to their competition hotel in Star Luo City, where Lin Xiao recognized them and noticed Huo Yuhao was missing.
• Xiao Linger asked whether they should kill Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao, but Lin Xiao said they should keep their distance because they could not defeat them and Tang San was watching.

Xiao Linger recognized Wang Dong as a threat and wanted to kill him, but Lin Xiao warned her that Shrek and its Gods made a direct attack too dangerous. When two powerful Soul Beasts arrived, Lin Xiao identified them as Wang Dong’s allies and urged Xiao Linger to stay hidden and wait.

• Xiao Linger sensed danger from Wang Dong and asked Lin Xiao why she could not kill him, so he warned her about Shrek’s divine protectors.
• Old Medicine sensed two powerful auras and told Lin Xiao to keep Xiao Linger within five meters of him.
• Two powerful figures entered the hotel, and Xiao Linger recognized them as the Soul Beasts who had once guarded the gate.
• Lin Xiao explained that the newcomers were Wang Dong’s allies, whose powers were suppressed but who remained dangerous.
• Xiao Linger accepted that she had to wait and stay cautious rather than risk exposing herself or harming the Star Dou Great Forest.

Lin Xiao explained Huo Yuhao’s luck and hidden opportunities to Xiao Linger, while Da Ming and Er Ming searched the hotel for a promising genius. Lin Xiao and Xiao Linger then met Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, whose interest in Xiao Linger made Lin Xiao wary.

• Lin Xiao told Xiao Linger that Huo Yuhao was the human Child of Destiny, had inherited the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm as a Soul Ring, and had godly ancestors.
• Lin Xiao decided he might expose Huo Yuhao’s identity, while Xiao Linger grew angry at Da Ming and Er Ming for serving schemes against her.
• Da Ming and Er Ming discussed finding the genius Tang San wanted them to identify and agreed to report several candidates.
• Lin Xiao and Xiao Linger ran into Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, who introduced themselves and asked which academy they belonged to.
• Lin Xiao said he could be considered from the Heaven Dou Empire and held Xiao Linger’s hand, startling Xiao Hongchen.

Lin Xiao secretly gave Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen detailed information about Shrek's injuries and abilities, while information about Shrek spread through the city. Wang Yan confronted the Shrek group about the leak and asked Dai Yueheng how his investigation was going.

• Meng Hongchen and Xiao Linger introduced themselves and began talking while Xiao Hongchen asked Lin Xiao about his family.
• Lin Xiao invited Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen to a restaurant and told them about Shrek's injured Inner Court disciples, Reserve Team members, and Huo Yuhao's abilities.
• Xiao Hongchen believed Lin Xiao's information and asked why Lin Xiao was not entering the Soul Master Competition.
• Information about Shrek's condition and Soul Skills spread outside while the group ate.
• Wang Yan angrily demanded to know how Shrek's situation had been exposed, then asked Dai Yueheng about his investigation.

Lin Xiao’s scheme spread damaging information about Shrek across Star Luo City, while Huo Yuhao woke at Shrek to discover he had lost both legs. Mu En offered him hope by saying the Blue Silver Emperor’s Soul Bone could restore them, though he admitted he did not know whether it existed.

• Dai Yueheng told Wang Yan and the others that the black-robed people who distributed the papers had vanished, leaving Shrek unable to trace them.
• Lin Xiao’s Little Skeletons, disguised as black-robed messengers, dissipated after five minutes, while Lin Xiao’s association with Xiao Hongchen served as preparation for his future trip to the Sun Moon Empire.
• Princess Jiujiu learned from the Star Luo Emperor that Shrek’s secret information was true and worried that Shrek would blame them for its spread.
• Huo Yuhao woke at Shrek and discovered that both his legs had been replaced with metal, then broke down in despair over his loss.
• Mu En told Huo Yuhao that the Blue Silver Emperor’s Soul Bone could regrow limbs, and Huo Yuhao questioned what the Blue Silver Emperor was.

Mu En told Huo Yuhao that a Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone might restore his severed limbs, though he knew little and falsely claimed the Blue Silver Emperor was in the Sun Moon Empire. Meanwhile, Xiao Hongchen learned that rumors about Shrek’s team had spread throughout Star Luo City and became confident that the Sun Moon Empire would win the competition.

• Mu En recalled Yu Xiao Gang’s vague record of Tang San using a Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone to regrow Tang Hao’s limbs, then shared what he knew with Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao took hope from Mu En’s account and asked where the Blue Silver Emperor was; Mu En pointed him toward the Sun Moon Empire despite not knowing its location.
• Huo Yuhao asked about the competition, and Mu En told him to focus on recovering while Wang Yan handled Shrek’s team.
• Xiao Hongchen returned to the hotel and learned from Ma Rulong that rumors about Shrek’s team being nearly wiped out were spreading across Star Luo City.
• Xiao Hongchen connected the rumors to Lin Xiao, trusted the information, and declared that the Sun Moon Empire would win first place.

Lin Xiao watched Shrek face the Heavenly Spirit High-Level Soul Master Academy, whose students used Soul Tools borrowed from Xiao Hongchen to exploit Shrek’s depleted lineup. Shrek lost in the first elimination match, ending its tournament run and shattering its record of invincibility.

• Lin Xiao learned that Shrek would face the Heavenly Spirit High-Level Soul Master Academy while Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and Huo Yuhao were unavailable and Ling Luochеn remained injured.
• Wang Yan agreed to let Ling Luochеn compete, and Shrek fielded her alongside four members of the Reserve Team.
• The Heavenly Spirit Academy used Soul Tools borrowed from Xiao Hongchen, including a disposable Level 5 Soul Tool, to withstand Shrek’s attacks and counterattack.
• Ling Luochеn’s ice attack failed to break the Soul Tool barrier, and her injuries forced her off the stage.
• Shrek’s remaining fighters were eliminated by the Heavenly Spirit Academy, which won the match and knocked Shrek out in the first round.

Shrek lost to Heavenly Spirit Academy in the tournament’s first round, and Xiao Hongchen mocked them for finishing first from the bottom. Wang Yan took responsibility for the defeat and tried to steady the team at the hotel.

• The host declared Heavenly Spirit Academy the winner after Shrek’s team could not get back up.
• Xiao Hongchen applauded and taunted Shrek, prompting Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng to threaten retaliation before Wang Yan restrained them.
• The Sun Moon Empire team left the arena, and the crowd erupted in applause as Shrek’s teammates carried their injured members away.
• Ma Xiaotao nearly lost control outside the arena, so Dai Yueheng knocked her unconscious and carried her back to the hotel with Wang Yan.
• He Caitou blamed the opposing team’s Soul Tools for the loss, and Wang Yan admitted he had failed to investigate and apologized to the Shrek team.
• Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Dai Yueheng, and the others told Wang Yan not to blame himself, while he privately lamented that he had failed Shrek’s glory.

After Shrek’s humiliating defeat, Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire erupted when Xiao Hongchen taunted the team. Lin Xiao watched from nearby and learned from Old Medicine that he could absorb her flame, though he would need to seek a trade rather than kill her for it.

• Lin Xiao left the competition with Xiao Linger, promising to bring her back in five years.
• Wang Yan ordered Shrek to pack and leave after their crushing defeat, but Xiao Hongchen confronted and mocked them outside.
• Ma Xiaotao attacked Xiao Hongchen, and Elder Ma stopped her and sent her flying.
• Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire erupted, prompting someone to accuse Shrek of raising Evil Soul Masters.
• Lin Xiao asked Old Medicine whether he could absorb Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, and Old Medicine advised him to seek a trade rather than kill her.

Lin Xiao realized he could absorb powerful Flame Martial Souls and watched Ma Xiaotao lose control of her Evil Fire during a standoff between Shrek and the Sun Moon Empire. As Elder Ma struggled to contain her, Da Ming and Er Ming emerged and stopped Dai Yueheng from going for help.

• Old Medicine explained that Lin Xiao could absorb Flame Martial Souls, though only exceptionally powerful flames were worth the effort.
• Lin Xiao watched Shrek and the Sun Moon Empire argue over whether Ma Xiaotao was an Evil Soul Master as she fought Elder Ma.
• Xiao Hongchen secretly signaled someone to leave, while Da Ming and Er Ming watched from another room and prepared to intervene.
• Elder Ma struggled against Ma Xiaotao's intensifying Evil Fire and shouted for Xiao Hongchen to retreat.
• Wang Yan sent Dai Yueheng to find a Titled Douluo, but Da Ming and Er Ming stepped out and told him there was no need to go.

Da Ming and Er Ming intervened when Elder Ma lost control of Ma Xiaotao, forcing the Sun Moon Empire group to retreat. They stabilized Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire but could not cure it, then left after visiting Wang Dong, while the Shrek students stayed until an upcoming auction.

• Er Ming struck Elder Ma and knocked Ma Xiaotao unconscious, revealing himself as a Limit Douluo and prompting Xiao Hongchen to withdraw with his group.
• Er Ming suppressed Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, but Da Ming said they could not cure it and Wang Yan explained that the needed Cock-Crested Phoenix Sunflower was unavailable.
• Da Ming and Er Ming said they had come to watch Wang Dong’s match, declined Wang Yan’s invitation to visit Shrek, and left after telling Wang Dong to return home during her break.
• Xu Sanshi asked why Wang Dong had attended Shrek despite having two Limit Douluos as fathers, and Wang Dong said home was boring and they could not teach her.
• Wang Yan decided that the group would remain for the auction in two days because Ma Xiaotao’s condition was unstable.

Lin Xiao traded information with Xiao Hongchen in exchange for arranging Soul Tool Technology lessons for Weina after the Soul Master Competition. He revealed the identities and plans of Shrek’s hidden figures, leaving Xiao Hongchen suspicious of Shrek and Huo Yuhao.

• Lin Xiao met Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, then asked Xiao Hongchen to arrange for Weina to study under a Level 8 Soul Engineer in the Sun Moon Empire.
• Lin Xiao told Xiao Hongchen that the two Limit Douluo were from the Clear Sky Sect and would not attack him.
• Lin Xiao revealed that Shrek’s Soul Tool user Xu He was the Former Crown Prince of the Sun Moon Empire.
• Lin Xiao told Xiao Hongchen that Shrek’s Extreme Single Soldier Plan involved Xu He and Huo Yuhao, who would study Soul Tools through an exchange program.
• Xiao Hongchen decided to believe Lin Xiao’s information and promised to speak with his great-grandfather about teaching Weina.

Lin Xiao arranged to attend the Star Luo Empire’s top-tier auction with Weina, hoping to find the Ice Emperor Clansman’s Soul Bone and Snow Emperor Embryo. He reunited with Body Sect elder Yu Tao at the auction, where Yu Tao passed along Du Busi’s offer to fund any purchases Lin Xiao wanted to make.

• Xiao Hongchen believed Lin Xiao’s information about Xu He and the Exchange Student Plan, then left with Meng Hongchen to investigate and report it to Jing Hongchen.
• Lin Xiao took Xiao Linger to meet Weina and learned that Yu Tao was the only Body Sect elder attending the tournament.
• Xiao Hongchen verified that Lin Xiao’s information was probably true, wrote down what he knew, and sent it to Jing Hongchen.
• After learning Shrek’s team had stayed for the top-tier auction, Lin Xiao entered the auction with Weina and Xiao Linger using Weina’s invitation.
• Yu Tao visited their auction room, greeted Lin Xiao as the Body Sect Saint Son, and relayed Du Busi’s offer to pay for anything Lin Xiao wanted.

Lin Xiao watched the auction as Shrek won an Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone, then learned the final lot was the Snow Emperor Embryo. He stopped Elder Yu Tao from bidding and hinted that he knew who was sealed inside, leaving the embryo's fate uncertain.

• Lin Xiao told Yu Tao that the Body Sect could spend up to fifty million, then watched Princess Jiujiu host the auction with Weina and Xiao Linger.
• Princess Jiujiu presented an Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone, and Lin Xiao told Old Medicine that he knew its Extreme Ice requirement and expected it to return to them.
• Wang Yan bid on the Soul Bone for Ling Luochеn, and Shrek won it.
• Princess Jiujiu revealed the Snow Emperor Embryo, which could yield a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Yu Tao urged Lin Xiao to buy the embryo, but Lin Xiao stopped him and hinted to Xiao Linger that he knew who was inside.

The Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo sparked a fierce auction, with Lin Xiao opening at ninety million Gold Soul Coins and Xiao Hongchen driving the price to one hundred and fifty million. Lin Xiao recognized the Sun Moon Empire’s bidding and suspected Xu Jiawei planned to profit from the purchase and shift suspicion onto them.

• Shrek’s Wang Yan and students considered buying the embryo, but Wang Yan gave up when Xiao Hongchen bid one hundred million Gold Soul Coins.
• Lin Xiao placed an opening bid of ninety million Gold Soul Coins, then told Yu Tao he was only throwing out a number.
• Xiao Hongchen bid one hundred million Gold Soul Coins, explaining that the embryo could give him a second Martial Soul and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Bone.
• An unidentified bidder raised the price to one hundred and twenty million Gold Soul Coins, and Xiao Hongchen immediately countered with one hundred and fifty million.
• Lin Xiao identified the bidder as someone from the Sun Moon Empire and suspected Xu Jiawei meant to redirect suspicion toward them; no one else bid after Xiao Hongchen’s offer.

Lin Xiao planned to steal the Soul Beast Embryo, which held Snow Empress, and frame Shrek with help from Old Medicine and Electrolux. After Xiao Hongchen won the auction, Wang Yan urged the Shrek group to leave immediately.

• Lin Xiao told Old Medicine that Snow Empress was sealed inside the Soul Beast Embryo, and Old Medicine urged him to steal it.
• Lin Xiao, Old Medicine, and Electrolux planned to disguise him as someone from Shrek and alter witnesses’ memories; Old Medicine locked onto Elder Ma.
• Princess Jiujiu declared Xiao Hongchen the winner of the Soul Beast Embryo at one hundred and fifty million.
• Xiao Hongchen ordered Elder Ma to take the item to Mingde Hall through Star Luo’s secret channels.
• Xu Sanshi suggested stealing the item, and Wang Yan silenced him and told the Shrek group to leave as soon as the auction ended.

Lin Xiao pursued Elder Ma after the Sun Moon Empire bought the Soul Beast Embryo, then used magic and Old Medicine’s possession to impersonate Xuan Zi and seize it. The real Xuan Zi later confronted Shrek’s team, where Wang Dong blamed him for their losses.

• Xiao Hongchen bought the Soul Beast Embryo for 150 million, and Lin Xiao left the auction to pursue Elder Ma.
• Electrolux disguised Lin Xiao as Xuan Zi while Old Medicine tracked Elder Ma and guided Lin Xiao through the secret routes.
• Old Medicine possessed Lin Xiao, attacked Elder Ma’s party, killed everyone accompanying him, and took the Soul Beast Embryo.
• Elder Ma mistook Lin Xiao for Xuan Zi and blamed Shrek for the attack.
• The real Xuan Zi met Shrek’s departing team and scolded them for disgracing the academy.
• Wang Dong tearfully accused Xuan Zi of abandoning them and contributing to their defeat.

Lin Xiao returned to Star Luo City exhausted after Old Medicine possessed him, while Wang Dong’s group and Xuan Zi returned to Shrek. After Wang Dong’s letter and Elder Ma’s report set powerful allies against Shrek, Da Ming and Er Ming and Jing Hongchen headed there, and furious voices rang out over the academy.

• Xuan Zi slapped Wang Dong and ordered the team back to Shrek, while Wang Yan apologized to her and decided he would resign.
• Lin Xiao reached Star Luo City, learned from Old Medicine that he and Elder Yi were safe, and collapsed into Xiao Linger’s arms.
• Xiao Linger and Ice Empress confirmed Lin Xiao was only exhausted, and he slept for a week.
• Elder Ma told Jing Hongchen that Xuan Zi had taken the Soul Beast Embryo, so Jing Hongchen prepared Level 8 Fixed Soul Cannons and called for Elder Kong.
• Da Ming read Wang Dong’s letter and set off with Er Ming, who vowed to confront Xuan Zi and Shrek.
• Wang Yan and the others returned to Shrek, where two furious voices demanded Xuan Zi and Mu En answer for what had happened.

Er Ming attacked Xuan Zi at Shrek after learning he had harmed Wang Dong, while Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming also identified him as the thief of a Soul Beast Embryo. Xuan Zi was left gravely injured as Er Ming threatened Mu En and Shrek.

• Da Ming and Er Ming arrived at Shrek alongside Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming, and Elder Ma identified Xuan Zi as the one who stole the Soul Beast Embryo.
• Er Ming demanded that Shrek hand Xuan Zi over, then seized him before Mu En could intervene.
• Er Ming repeatedly slapped Xuan Zi while Mu En pleaded for an explanation and offered compensation.
• Er Ming tore off Xuan Zi's arm and crushed his leg as Wang Dong watched in alarm.
• Er Ming mistook Mu En's concern for a threat to Wang Dong and promised to kill anyone who bullied her.