Chapter Summaries

Shrek Academy faced Changning Academy in a team battle, and Ling Luochen and Xue Lingyun entered the Arena as Shrek’s only fighters. With Xue Lingyun channeling Extreme Ice into her, Ling Luochen froze the opposing team and the referee, securing Shrek’s victory and leaving the other academies stunned.

• Wang Yan reviewed Changning Academy’s lineup, and the lot drawing selected a team battle for Shrek Academy.
• Ling Luochen insisted that she and Xue Lingyun fight alone, then asked him to enhance her with Extreme Ice while holding her hand.
• At the referee’s signal, Ling Luochen unleashed her fifth Soul Skill and froze Changning Academy’s seven fighters and the referee across the Arena.
• The referee broke free, and Xue Lingyun and Ling Luochen carried the frozen opponents to the edge of the Arena as Changning’s teacher caught them.
• The referee announced Shrek Academy’s victory, while Ma Rulong, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen watched in shock.

Shrek Academy finished the Round Robin undefeated, with Ling Luochen and Xue Lingyun dominating their matches together. After three days of rest, Wang Yan revealed that Douling Royal Academy would be their first Elimination Tournament opponent and prepared the team for the coming Team Battle.

• Ma Rulong and Xiao Hongchen recognized that Xue Lingyun had strengthened Ling Luochen's area-control skill enough to freeze a Spirit Saint referee for five seconds.
• Ling Luochen and Xue Lingyun won their remaining Round Robin matches, helping Shrek Academy finish first in its group with seven wins.
• After their final match, Ling Luochen lingered over the warmth of Xue Lingyun's hand as he walked away.
• Dai Yaoheng recovered fully, and the team rested for three days while keeping its strongest players out of the Round Robin matches.
• Wang Yan announced that Shrek would face Douling Royal Academy, which had deliberately advanced in second place, in the Elimination Tournament's round of sixteen to eight.
• Wang Yan assigned the Team Battle lineup and began planning tactics, but someone knocked on the Conference Room door.

Wang Yan accepted Starlight Auction House’s invitations for the Shrek team to attend its top-tier auction, while Xue Lingyun retrieved a mysterious token and checked on the Soul Spirits recovering in his Sea of Consciousness. The group reached the auction’s exclusive No. 1 Auction Hall, where Qingya began explaining the rules as the display screen came into view.

• Qingya delivered eleven invitations to Wang Yan and the Shrek team, and Wang Yan agreed to attend after arranging their strategy for the next day’s match.
• Huo Yuhao visited Xue Lingyun, who found and inspected a detailed crown token bearing a white tiger emblem before storing it in his ring.
• Xue Lingyun checked on the Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Youyou in his expanded Sea of Consciousness, and they reported that they were adapting well.
• Wang Yan led the group to Starlight Auction House, where Qingya guided them through a concealed passage into the exclusive No. 1 Auction Hall.
• Qingya explained that she had been promoted to Black-Level Auctioneer after the Soul-Devouring Engraving Knife sold, then demonstrated how the room’s wall became a giant screen.

At the Starlight Auction House, Xue Lingyun reunited with Xu Jiujiu, who was hosting the auction, and received the catalog from her. As he reviewed the lots with the others, he stopped at the eighth item: an unusual green Left Arm Spirit Bone.

• Qingya explained that the auction room’s Light-Guiding Screen ran on a mineral from the Sun Moon Empire, then described the private-room bidding process.
• Xue Lingyun sent Xu Jiujiu a Star Crown token, and she rushed into the room and embraced him before he addressed her as “Jiujiu.”
• Xu Jiujiu asked why Xue Lingyun had come; he explained that he was in Star Luo City for the competition and had sent word after learning she was hosting.
• Xu Jiujiu gave Xue Lingyun the Auction Item Catalog, and Wang Dong, He Caitou, and Beibei leaned in to look through it with him.
• Xue Lingyun paused at the eighth listing, a green Left Arm Spirit Bone with a warm sheen, faint white mist, and tiny crystals embedded in its surface.

Xue Lingyun recognized that the auction’s Ice Jade Scorpion Spirit Bone could only be absorbed by someone with an Extreme Ice physique and revealed that he possessed one. Xu Jiujiu left after learning the bone’s true requirement, while the others questioned Xue Lingyun about his history with the Star Luo princess.

• Ice Empress recognized the Ice Jade Scorpion Spirit Bone and urged Xue Lingyun to obtain it after noticing its Ice Explosion skill.
• Xue Lingyun warned Xu Jiujiu that the Spirit Bone required an Extreme Ice physique, then revealed his Extreme Ice Martial Soul and Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Ring.
• Xu Jiujiu realized Xue Lingyun was the man she had known as Ye and asked why he had concealed his surname.
• Xu Jiujiu left to address the Spirit Bone’s undisclosed absorption requirement and its possible consequences for the auction.
• Wang Dong and Ma Xiaotao questioned Xue Lingyun about Xu Jiujiu, and he explained that he had helped her when she was being hunted.

Xue Lingyun recounted how he had helped Xu Jiujiu escape Evil Soul Masters years earlier, prompting the Star Luo Emperor to meet with him and offer him the Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone. Xue Lingyun declined the gift at first, and the emperor proposed making a bet, leaving the room waiting to hear its terms.

• Xue Lingyun told Dai Yaoheng and Wang Dong how he had fought off Evil Soul Masters while helping Xu Jiujiu escape during her search for a Fourth Soul Ring.
• Xu Jiujiu told the Star Luo Emperor about Xue Lingyun's Extreme Ice martial soul, Twin Martial Souls, and warning about the Spirit Bone.
• The Star Luo Emperor and Xu Jiujiu visited the Shrek group, where the emperor thanked Xue Lingyun for saving his sister and protecting the auction house's reputation.
• The emperor offered Xue Lingyun the Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone, but Xue Lingyun refused, saying Xu Jiujiu had already repaid him with a gift years earlier.
• The emperor proposed making a bet with Xue Lingyun, but had not yet explained its terms.

The emperor wagered a Spirit Bone and Xu Jiujiu’s engagement to Xue Lingyun on Shrek Academy’s tournament result, and Xue Lingyun accepted. The emperor hoped to bind Xue Lingyun to the Star Luo Empire through marriage, while Xu Jiujiu agreed to fight for victory.

• The emperor offered Xue Lingyun the Spirit Bone if Shrek Academy won and proposed Xu Jiujiu as an engagement gift if they lost.
• Xue Lingyun agreed to the wager as the emperor and Xu Jiujiu left the room.
• Ma Xiaotao questioned whether Xue Lingyun would marry Xu Jiujiu if they lost, and he challenged her confidence in the team.
• Xu Jiujiu asked the emperor why he had made the wager, and he explained that he wanted to recruit Xue Lingyun through a royal marriage.
• Xu Jiujiu agreed to give her all in the tournament because the result now concerned her marriage.

The Top-tier Auction at Starlight Auction House began with Xu Jiujiu presenting the Level 8 Tyrant Tiger Soul-Refining Blade from Mingde Hall. The guests examined its Spirit Bone and Amber Crystal Gold construction as the five-minute viewing period continued.

• Qingya returned to the private room and noticed that Xu Jiujiu and the emperor had left together.
• Xu Jiujiu appeared on the soul tool screen and formally opened the Top-tier Auction.
• Xu Jiujiu presented the Tyrant Tiger Soul-Refining Blade and described its Spirit Bone skill and combat abilities.
• He Caitou recognized the Amber Crystal Gold in the blade's core formation, while Huo Yuhao sensed pressure from the weapon and Beibei studied it.
• Ma Xiaotao wondered what the remaining auction items would be like, as Xu Jiujiu repeatedly glanced toward Private Room Seven.

Huo Yuhao learned about Mingde Hall’s importance as the auction began, while Dai Yaoheng and Xue Lingyun bought several valuable items. Xue Lingyun also won the Heaven-Opening Earth-Splitting Cannon for over seven million Gold Soul Coins.

• Wang Yan and Qingya explained Mingde Hall’s role as the Sun Moon Empire’s leading Soul Tool research center, and Huo Yuhao reflected on the growing importance of Soul Tools.
• Dai Yaoheng won the Tyrant Tiger Soul-Refining Blade with a bid of one million five hundred and sixty thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Xue Lingyun outbid another buyer at the last moment and won twelve Fixed Soul Tool Shells for six hundred and fifty-five thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Xue Lingyun won three Spirit Bones and a rare metal at auction.
• Princess Jiujiu presented the Level 8 Heaven-Opening Earth-Splitting Cannon, and Xue Lingyun won it for over seven million Gold Soul Coins.

Xue Lingyun won several expensive auction lots, including the Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone, while the Ice Empress urged him to claim it quickly. After the auction, Emperor Xu Jiawei arranged for the Spirit Bone to be excluded from Xue Lingyun’s bill and considered the possibility that Xue Lingyun could connect the Star Luo Empire to a powerful hidden sect.

• Xue Lingyun’s repeated high bids astonished the Shrek group and delighted Qingya as he won the auction lots.
• Princess Jiujiu presented the Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone and explained its restrictions and powerful Ice Explosion skill.
• At the Ice Empress’s urging, Xue Lingyun bid eighteen million Gold Soul Coins, and the bone eventually sold for more than twenty-one million.
• Xue Lingyun told Wang Dong that he had not counted his money and expected the emperor to reimburse him if Shrek won the championship.
• Emperor Xu Jiawei told Xue Lingyun that the Spirit Bone had been his sooner or later, and the auction staff omitted its price from Xue Lingyun’s bill.
• Xu Jiujiu avoided meeting Xue Lingyun, while Xu Jiawei considered using her to attract the power he suspected stood behind him.

Xue Lingyun inspected the soul tools and soul bones he had bought, then learned that the Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone contained Ice Explosion and decided to postpone absorbing it until he could use the Secret Law Soul Bone to fuse it with another bone. The next morning, Shrek Academy met Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy on the way to the tournament, and both teams arrived to watch Shrek's opening match against Douling Royal High-Rank Soul Master Academy.

• Xue Lingyun examined his purchases, set aside two soul bones as soul tool materials, and studied the Level 9 core formation in the Heaven-Opening Earth-Splitting Cannon.
• The Ice Empress identified Ice Explosion inside the Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone and urged Xue Lingyun to absorb it, but he planned to fuse it with another bone using the Secret Law Soul Bone first.
• Xue Lingyun and Wang Dong teased Xiao Hongchen by calling him an uncle, and Meng Hongchen defended her brother before complimenting Xue Lingyun.
• Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy entered Star Luo Square, where the Sun Moon captain watched Shrek prepare for its match against Douling Royal High-Rank Soul Master Academy.

Shrek prepared to face Douling Royal High-Rank Soul Master Academy in the elimination round, while Wang Yan warned the team not to underestimate their opponents. The teams took their positions and the match began just as the chapter ended.

• Ma Xiaotao asked Xue Lingyun why Princess Jiujiu had said his surname was not Ye, and Xue Lingyun explained that he had temporarily used an alias.
• Wang Yan warned Shrek that Douling had given up a favorable group ranking for a reason and ordered everyone to follow the team's tactics.
• The referee announced the Shrek–Douling match, and Wang Yan led Xue Lingyun, Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yaoheng, Ling Luochen, Beibei, He Caitou, and Huo Yuhao into the arena.
• Dai Yaoheng and Douling captain Guzhu Jian exchanged formal introductions and briefly revealed their competitive resolve.
• Wang Yan reviewed the Douling lineup and its hidden mental-attack specialist, Xiao Feng, as both teams arranged their formations.
• The referee lowered his hand to start the match.

Shrek and the Douling Team tested each other’s formations as Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Probe exposed the weaknesses in Douling’s layered defense. After He Caitou’s shells strained Chi Hengyu’s shield formation, Xue Lingyun moved toward the weakened right flank, where Han Ling’er tried to intercept him.

• Chi Hengyu, Qing Feng, Xiao Feng, and Guzhu Jian formed Douling’s layered shield, earth, mist, and bamboo defenses while Tang Niuniu amplified her teammates.
• Huo Yuhao shared precise images of Douling’s formation with Shrek, allowing Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, He Caitou, and Dai Yaoheng to assess its positions and weaknesses.
• He Caitou fired two shells at the right-side base of Chi Hengyu’s shield, forcing Chi Hengyu and Qing Feng to repair the gap while Ling Luochen blocked Guzhu Jian’s counterattack.
• Huo Yuhao’s shared imagery revealed the strain on Douling’s defenses, and Xue Lingyun shifted to the right as Han Ling’er moved to block the possible route.
• Douling shifted its defenses toward the front, weakening the right-side bamboo cover, and Xue Lingyun advanced along Ling Luochen’s ice path as Han Ling’er moved to intercept him.

Shrek Academy defeated Douling Team by breaking its defenses through coordinated attacks, and Guzhu Jian conceded after Xue Lingyun reached his rear flank. The referee declared Shrek Academy the winner.

• Xue Lingyun weakened Qing Feng's Earth Wall with Extreme Ice, while Chi Hengyu shifted defensive power to seal the crack and protect the right side.
• Ma Xiaotao, He Caitou, and Dai Yaoheng attacked the Diamond Shield formation as Beibei, Ling Luochen, and Huo Yuhao helped expose and pressure Douling's defenses.
• Xue Lingyun passed through the weakened Earth Wall and stood behind Guzhu Jian as the Diamond Rampart shattered and the Illusion Purple Bamboo Formation dispersed.
• Guzhu Jian stopped sustaining the formation, lowered the Purple Imperial Bamboo, and said, "I lost."
• The referee confirmed that Douling Team would not continue and declared Shrek Academy the winner.

Xue Lingyun arranged for the Snow Empress to fuse his Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone with another spirit bone while he prepared for the next stage of the tournament. After Shrek advanced to the top eight, Dai Yaoheng opened the individual elimination match against Guzhu Jian, who immediately raised a dense bamboo formation.

• Xiao Feng asked Ma Xiaotao how Shrek had seen through his Mystery Pearl illusion, but she brushed him off and led the team away.
• Ma Xiaotao questioned Xue Lingyun about his minimal role in the battle and how he had predicted her plans; Dai Yaoheng then proposed taking the first individual match to preserve Ma Xiaotao for later opponents.
• Xue Lingyun left his clone with the Snow Empress and the God Sealing Platform to fuse his Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone while his main body remained free to move.
• Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy defeated its opponent without fielding Ma Rulong, Xiao Hongchen, or Meng Hongchen, and the Team Battle round concluded with Shrek advancing to the top eight.
• Dai Yaoheng took the first individual match against Guzhu Jian, who immediately unleashed the Illusion Purple Bamboo Formation and raised three dense bamboo walls between them.

Dai Yaoheng defeated Guzhu Jian, Qian Yuan, and Han Ling'er in succession, securing Shrek Academy’s victory in the individual match. Shrek advanced to the tournament’s top eight, while Douling Royal High-Rank Soul Master Academy’s run ended.

• Dai Yaoheng dismantled Guzhu Jian’s Illusion Purple Bamboo Formation and defeated him with precise close-quarters attacks.
• Dai Yaoheng countered Qian Yuan’s powerful assault, disabled his right arm, and won after Qian Yuan conceded.
• Dai Yaoheng adapted to Han Ling’er’s rapid attacks, intercepted her next move, and won when she conceded.
• The referee announced that Shrek Academy had defeated its opponent one against three and advanced to the top eight.
• Wang Yan welcomed Dai Yaoheng back, and Douling Royal High-Rank Soul Master Academy’s tournament journey ended.

Shrek defeated Zhengtian Academy in the quarterfinals, and Xue Lingyun announced that he was about to reach rank fifty before entering seclusion. With the Snow Empress’s help, he absorbed a transformed left arm Spirit Bone that crossed the hundred-thousand-year threshold and gained new abilities.

• Wang Yan drew Shrek against Zhengtian Academy in the quarterfinals, and the team prepared to fight without changing its usual approach.
• Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yaoheng, and Ling Luochen quickly broke Zhengtian Academy’s attack, and Shrek won the Team Battle in less than fifteen minutes.
• On the way back to the hotel, Xue Lingyun told Wang Yan that he was close to rank fifty and would cultivate in seclusion for several days.
• The Snow Empress gave Xue Lingyun the fused left arm Spirit Bone, explaining that the Ice Empress’s origin would raise it to the strength of a hundred thousand years.
• Xue Lingyun absorbed the Spirit Bone as the Ice Empress’s power refined it, erased its remaining resentment, and expanded Ice Explosion Technique with Delayed Ice Marrow and Shattered Ice Domain.

Xue Lingyun reached Level 50 after his newly fused left-arm Soul Bone stabilized, and he discovered it held a second, still-unknown Soul Skill. At Shrek’s pre-battle meeting, Wang Yan reviewed the Semi-Final opponents and the team’s strategies before the draw scheduled for the next day.

• Xue Lingyun’s Soul Power crossed the barrier naturally, bringing him to Level 50, while he sensed Ice Explosion Technique and another dormant Soul Skill within his left-arm Soul Bone.
• Wang Yan noticed Xue Lingyun’s breakthrough and brought him to the Conference Room, where the team gathered to prepare for the Semi-Finals.
• Wang Yan identified Shrek, Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy, Star Luo National Academy, and Imperial Ao Academy as the final four and described their strengths and the upcoming match formats.
• Xue Lingyun said the other competitors would probably not be his match, and Ma Xiaotao added that he had once defeated a Soul Emperor alone.
• Wang Yan analyzed the opposing teams and their tactics, then sent everyone to review the information before the next day’s lot drawing.

The four remaining academies prepared for the Semi-Finals as Shrek's opponents assessed its strength, while Xu Jiujiu privately recognized Xue Lingyun as its greatest threat. The lot drawing matched Shrek against Star Luo National Academy, with Xu Jiujiu revealed as one of its main members, and the match was set for the next day.

• Ma Rulong and Imperial Ao Academy's captain planned around limiting Shrek's strongest fighters, while Xu Jiujiu privately judged Xue Lingyun to be Shrek's most dangerous member.
• Shrek and the other three teams arrived at Star Luo Square, where Emperor Xu Jiawei opened the Semi-Finals and summoned the captains to draw lots.
• Beibei told Huo Yuhao about Title Douluo Huang Jinxu, and Xue Lingyun remarked that some Spirit Kings could overcome even a level-ninety-five opponent.
• Ma Xiaotao and Xu Jiujiu drew number one, pairing Shrek Academy against Star Luo National Academy; Ma Rulong's Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy drew Imperial Ao Academy.
• Xu Jiawei announced the Semi-Finals rules, and Ma Xiaotao told Shrek's team they would fight Star Luo the next day.
• Wang Yan realized Xu Jiujiu had been reserved as a main member of Star Luo's team and suspected Xu Jiawei's earlier wager had pointed her toward Xue Lingyun.

Shrek Academy and Star Luo National Academy prepared for their Team Battle, with Wang Yan selecting Shrek’s lineup and the teams taking their positions in the arena. The match began with both sides releasing their Martial Souls, while Xu Jiujiu’s attention settled on Xue Lingyun, whose intentions remained unreadable.

• After the emperor left, Ma Xiaotao and Huo Yuhao told Wang Yan they could not assess Xu Jiujiu’s strength, and Wang Yan urged the team to focus on winning the Team Battle.
• Wang Yan named Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yaoheng, Beibei, Ling Luochen, He Caitou, Jiang Nannan, and Xue Lingyun for Shrek’s lineup, and Xue Lingyun explained the Star Crown’s first three Soul Skills.
• Shrek and Star Luo’s teams entered the arena, formed their battle formations, and faced each other under Heavenfiend Douluo Huang Jinxu’s supervision.
• At Huang Jinxu’s signal, both teams released their Martial Souls and Soul Rings; Xu Jiujiu manifested her Star Crown and watched Xue Lingyun, who remained still with only his first Soul Ring glowing.