Chapter Summaries

Star Luo Empire trapped Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yaoheng, and Beibei behind Xu Jiujiu’s starlight barrier while Xue Lingyun approached from outside. Though Xu Jiujiu’s Fifth Soul Skill suppressed his Soul Rings, Xue Lingyun shattered its cage with Imperial Zen Shock and prepared to attack the barrier.

• Xu Jiujiu enhanced Huang Heyun, Dugu Shangshan, Sheng Yi, and Yi Chen as He Caitou’s shell disrupted their formation, then Ma Xiaotao charged and was trapped inside a golden shield.
• Xu Jiujiu raised a starlight barrier that divided the arena, sealing Dai Yaoheng and Beibei inside with Star Luo Empire’s fighters while Ling Luochen, He Caitou, and Jiang Nannan were left unable to support them.
• Xue Lingyun revealed his four Soul Rings and walked toward the barrier as Xu Jiujiu’s Star Guiding Art and Starfall Art failed to stop him.
• Xu Jiujiu used her Fifth Soul Skill to enclose Xue Lingyun in a cage that suppressed his Soul Skills and dimmed his Soul Rings.
• Xue Lingyun used Imperial Zen Shock to shatter the cage, restored his Soul Rings, and began compressing his Soul Power again as he faced the barrier.

Xue Lingyun and Ma Xiaotao broke the Star Luo team's barriers, and Shrek Academy eliminated the opposing fighters one by one. After Jiang Nannan threw Xu Jiujiu out of the Arena and Beibei and Dai Yaoheng eliminated Chen Xiaojie, Tiansha Douluo declared Shrek Academy the winner.

• Xue Lingyun shattered Xu Jiujiu's Starlight Cage and Star's Protection, then struck the energy sphere powering the absolute defense barrier.
• Ma Xiaotao broke out of her barrier, defeated the three remaining fighters linked by the Ninefold Soul Transformation Device, and sent them and the unconscious Huang Heyun to the safe zone.
• Xue Lingyun broke through Sheng Yi's winged defense and advanced toward Xu Jiujiu.
• Jiang Nannan teleported beside Xu Jiujiu and threw her out of the Arena, eliminating the Star Luo captain.
• Beibei and Dai Yaoheng trapped and struck Chen Xiaojie, sending him out of the Arena as Tiansha Douluo caught him.
• Tiansha Douluo declared Shrek Academy the winner after all seven Star Luo fighters had left the Arena.

After the Team Battle, Xu Jiujiu congratulated Xue Lingyun and asked to hug him, but Ma Xiaotao hurried him away when her Evil Fire flared up. Xue Lingyun suppressed it with Extreme Ice, then learned that his team had advanced straight to the finals against Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy.

• Xu Jiujiu told Xue Lingyun that her Star's Protection would take eighteen days to recover and admitted she had hoped to hold out longer against him.
• Xu Jiujiu asked to hug Xue Lingyun and wished him luck in the finals before Ma Xiaotao pulled him away.
• Ma Xiaotao carried Xue Lingyun to the Star Emperor Hotel as her Evil Fire surged, and he suppressed it with Ice Attribute Soul Power until she fell asleep.
• Xue Lingyun told Wang Yan that Ma Xiaotao was fine, and Wang Yan said the Star Luo Empire had conceded, sending their team straight to the finals.
• Wang Yan reported that Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy had overwhelmingly defeated Imperial Ao Academy and asked Xue Lingyun what he thought about the upcoming match; Xue Lingyun said they should eat first.

Wang Yan and Xue Lingyun assessed Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy’s Soul Tool-based strength and discussed their confidence if Shrek faced them in the final. The next morning, the individual semifinal between Ma Rulong and Jiang Peng began as the Star Luo Emperor and Xu Jiujiu considered whether Xue Lingyun might stay in Star Luo.

• Wang Yan described how Sun Moon’s changing formations all relied on Soul Tool suppression, and he and Xue Lingyun agreed Sun Moon was favored against Imperial Ao Academy.
• Wang Yan asked how Xue Lingyun would handle Sun Moon in the final, and Xue Lingyun said he was confident; Wang Yan decided to watch the next match for clues about their trump cards.
• Ma Xiaotao told Xue Lingyun she remembered the previous afternoon and described how his method of suppressing her Evil Fire affected her, but he told her not to overthink it.
• At Star Luo Square, Xu Jiujiu watched Xue Lingyun, and the Star Luo Emperor asked whether he might stay in Star Luo; Xu Jiujiu said his conditions would likely have little to do with the tournament’s outcome.
• Ma Rulong and Jiang Peng entered the arena for the individual semifinal, and the referee started their match.

After Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy defeated Imperial Ao Academy, Lang Ya and Yu Tao of the Ben Ti Sect approached Xue Lingyun and Huo Yuhao at the hotel. They identified both young men as Body Martial Soul users and declared that the sect had come to bring them back, leaving Huo Yuhao stunned and uncertain.

• Ma Rulong defeated Imperial Ao Academy, and Wang Yan led the Shrek team back to the hotel in silence.
• Lang Ya and Yu Tao stopped Wang Yan and asked Xue Lingyun and Huo Yuhao to speak with them; Xue Lingyun sensed they meant no harm to the two of them but might have other intentions toward the academy.
• Xue Lingyun broke Lang Ya's mental influence over Huo Yuhao with a chill, then went with him to the lobby rest area while Wang Yan kept the others back.
• Lang Ya identified Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Eyes and Xue Lingyun's heart as their Body Martial Souls, and Xue Lingyun confirmed that his martial soul was his heart.
• Lang Ya introduced himself and Yu Tao as members of the Ben Ti Sect and said they had come to bring Huo Yuhao and Xue Lingyun back to the sect because their martial souls made them members.

Lang Ya and Yu Tao tried to recruit the protagonist and Huo Yuhao into the Ben Ti Sect, but Xuan Zi drove them away and warned that the sect might pursue the two students. The Shrek students learned why the Ben Ti Sect was feared, while Huo Yuhao said he would think seriously about joining it.

• Lang Ya urged the protagonist and Huo Yuhao to leave Shrek for the Ben Ti Sect, but the protagonist refused to decide before learning more at Shrek.
• Xuan Zi appeared, suppressed Yu Tao with a finger, and used a chicken leg bone to stop Yu Tao's attack before sending him and Lang Ya away.
• The protagonist and Huo Yuhao returned upstairs, and Huo Yuhao told the gathered Shrek students what had happened.
• Xuan Zi told Wang Yan that the Ben Ti Sect would likely continue pursuing the two students and ordered him to prevent casualties during the tournament.
• Ma Xiaotao and Beibei explained the Ben Ti Sect's power and history, and Huo Yuhao asked whether its members were different from Evil Soul Masters.

Xue Lingyun weighed Ben Ti Sect’s invitation while Shrek prepared for the tournament finals against Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy. At Star Luo Square, Dai Hao watched Dai Yaoheng compete, and Huo Yuhao recognized him as the emperor prepared to open the match.

• Ma Xiaotao explained Ben Ti Sect’s history, including its hunt of seven Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts and its role in the ensuing year-long beast tide.
• Xue Lingyun told Ma Xiaotao he had no current plans to join Ben Ti Sect, but he did not give her a final decision.
• Xue Lingyun spent the afternoon and night cultivating as Shrek’s team used its three-day break to prepare for the finals.
• Shrek and Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy arrived at Star Luo Square as crowds filled the streets and stands.
• The Star Luo Emperor introduced Dai Hao, whose gaze briefly met Dai Yaoheng’s, while Huo Yuhao stared at Dai Hao with a complicated expression.
• The Star Luo Emperor called for silence and announced that the match was about to begin.

The final of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament began as Shrek Academy faced Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy. With Elder Xuan watching from Shrek’s rest area, both teams revealed their lineups and prepared for a Team Battle, which began with Sun Moon setting up a defensive artillery formation.

• The Star Luo Emperor announced the final’s prizes and appointed Huang Jinxu as referee to avoid any appearance of bias involving Dai Hao.
• Xuan Zi appeared behind Shrek’s team and told Wang Yan that no one would dare cause trouble while he was present.
• Huang Jinxu explained the tournament rules, and Wang Yan rallied Shrek’s team with confidence in their victory.
• Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy sent out Ma Rulong, Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, Mi Jia, Xiao Xiafeng, Chen Fei, and Lin Xi for the Team Battle.
• Shrek fielded Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yaoheng, Beibei, Ling Luochen, He Caitou, Huo Yuhao, and the protagonist; the Star Luo Emperor and Dai Hao noted Huo Yuhao’s two-ring rank.
• Lin Xi raised a Soul Guidance Shield to protect Sun Moon’s column formation, and Huang Jinxu started the match.

Ling Luochen's icy mist concealed Shrek's ambush, which eliminated three Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy members before the attackers withdrew. Xue Lingyun and Ma Xiaotao then broke through the remaining defenses with a purplish-red fire phoenix, securing Shrek's victory and leaving the teams to regroup.

• Ling Luochen spread an opaque field of icy mist across the Arena while Ma Rulong kept the Sun Moon team in formation outside it.
• Huo Yuhao used Simulation to conceal Dai Yaoheng, Beibei, and He Caitou as they circled behind the Sun Moon team.
• Beibei, He Caitou, and Dai Yaoheng struck the rear formation together, sending three Level 5 Soul Engineers off the Arena, then voluntarily withdrew.
• As the mist cleared, Xue Lingyun presented Ma Xiaotao's compressed Evil Fire as a purplish-red phoenix that shattered Lin Xi's shield and Mi Jia's Invincible Barrier before scattering the remaining defenders.
• Tiansha Douluo intervened and declared Shrek Academy the winner; Ma Xiaotao leaned against Xue Lingyun, and Ma Rulong led his surviving teammates away.

After Shrek’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill ended the team battle, the teams prepared for the Individual Elimination Tournament. Dai Yaoheng took Shrek’s first match and defeated Sun Moon’s Level 5 Soul Engineer, while the protagonist waited to fight second.

• The protagonist explained that he and Ma Xiaotao had practiced their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while Wang Yan and Shrek’s team reacted to its power.
• Sun Moon’s team resolved to win the Individual Elimination Tournament, and a rested substitute Level 5 Soul Engineer volunteered to fight first.
• Wang Yan set Shrek’s lineup, with Dai Yaoheng first and the protagonist second; Dai Yaoheng asked to fight first so his father could see him compete.
• The referee announced both lineups and began the Individual Elimination Tournament after the teams’ recovery period.
• Dai Yaoheng dodged the Soul Engineer’s ranged attack, broke through his shield, and stopped his Tiger Claw just before his opponent’s chest.

Dai Yaoheng defeated Zhou Yan and Lin Mo, but Meng Hongchen used ice and poison to wear him down and win the third match. As Shrek helped Dai Yaoheng back to the rest area, Xue Lingyun headed for the Arena and told him to leave the rest to him.

• Dai Yaoheng broke Zhou Yan’s shield and won the first match.
• Lin Mo trapped Dai Yaoheng with smoke, needles, and a Binding Prism, but Dai Yaoheng broke free and knocked him out of the Arena.
• Meng Hongchen used ice mist, poison needles, and teleportation to slow Dai Yaoheng and build up toxins in his body.
• Dai Yaoheng used his Absolute Defense Spirit Bone and remaining Soul Power to attack Meng Hongchen, but his poisoned limbs failed and the referee declared her the winner.
• Shrek’s team helped Dai Yaoheng back to the rest area, and Xue Lingyun went to the Arena, telling him to leave the rest to him.

Xue Lingyun defeated Meng Hongchen and two more Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy contestants, then faced Ma Rulong in a clash of swords. Ma Rulong switched the Judgment Sword to its light attribute as Xue Lingyun assessed his attacks and held back his purification domain.

• Xue Lingyun used his Purifying Domain to neutralize Meng Hongchen’s poison and needles, then disarmed her and defeated her with her own sword at her throat.
• Xue Lingyun returned Meng Hongchen’s sword, and she left the Arena while Xiao Hongchen watched with a darkening expression.
• Xue Lingyun walked through one contestant’s Soul Guidance Cannon fire and knocked him off the Arena with a punch that shattered his barrier.
• Xue Lingyun quickly defeated a second contestant with another punch, prompting Ma Rulong to enter the Arena with the Level 8 Judgment Sword.
• Xue Lingyun summoned an icy sword and met Ma Rulong’s opening strike, forcing him back while remaining steady.
• Ma Rulong switched the Judgment Sword to its light attribute, while Xue Lingyun sensed that his purification domain had blocked the sword’s dark energy and chose not to disperse it yet.

Xue Lingyun defeated Ma Rulong and faced Xiao Hongchen, who tried to wear him down with Soul Tools and the Golden Domain. Xiao Hongchen’s final surprise attack failed, leaving him with few resources as Xue Lingyun’s ice-marked punch disrupted his liquid-metal form.

• Ma Rulong used the Judgment Sword’s light and darkness attributes against Xue Lingyun, but Xue Lingyun deflected his attacks and stopped his final thrust just short of his chest.
• Ma Rulong admitted defeat, and the referee announced Xue Lingyun’s victory.
• Xiao Hongchen entered the Arena and launched a dense Soul Tool barrage, while Xue Lingyun advanced through the attacks using his Ice Dragon King Martial Soul and Purification Domain.
• Xiao Hongchen used the Golden Domain and a charged cannon blast, but Xue Lingyun blocked the blast with an ice wall and slowed Xiao Hongchen’s liquid-metal form with freezing temperatures.
• After most of his Soul Tool reserves were exhausted, Xiao Hongchen attempted a final close-range attack, but Xue Lingyun dodged the blade and struck him with an ice-infused Collapse Mark that partially froze his body.

Xue Lingyun defeated Xiao Hongchen in the individual elimination match, securing the championship for Shrek Academy, then warned Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen that their reliance on medicine could damage their cultivation foundations. Shrek celebrated their victory, while Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy departed and Shrek remained in Star Luo City for a private award ceremony.

• Xue Lingyun stopped his final strike just short of injuring Xiao Hongchen, healed him, and the referee declared Shrek Academy the tournament champions.
• The Star Luo Emperor applauded Shrek's victory as the crowd celebrated, and Xue Lingyun told Xiao Hongchen that medicine had weakened his cultivation foundation and warned him about Meng Hongchen's reliance on it.
• Xue Lingyun repeated his warning to Xiao Hongchen at the hotel, while Ma Xiaotao interrupted Meng Hongchen's invitation to dinner and led Xue Lingyun away to Shrek's celebration banquet.
• Shrek held a simple banquet at the hotel, and the tournament final ended as the team gradually dispersed.
• Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy collected its runner-up rewards and left Star Luo City, while Shrek stayed to await the royal family's private award ceremony.

After a drunken celebration, Xue Lingyun moved the unconscious students into rooms and considered Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen’s unusual closeness to him. The next morning, he faced Ma Xiaotao’s embarrassment and learned that he and the other semifinalists would collect their rewards that afternoon.

• Xue Lingyun transported the drunken girls to a room, separated Wang Dong from them, and subdued Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen when they clung to him.
• Xue Lingyun reflected on Ma Xiaotao’s feelings and Ling Luochen’s unexpected intimacy, then left to shower while the boys slept in the restaurant.
• The next morning, Ma Xiaotao asked Xue Lingyun what she had done while drunk, and he told her she had hugged and gnawed on him before admitting he had lied about using Spiritual Probe.
• Xuan Zi told the semifinalists they would collect their rewards that afternoon, including four Spirit Bones for the champions and Xue Lingyun’s promised Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone.
• Xuan Zi asked Wang Yan to accompany the students into the treasury and told Xue Lingyun to go along and help choose the rewards.

After Shrek’s team won the tournament, Wang Yan accompanied Xue Lingyun to the Star Luo imperial treasury to claim the champions’ reward. With Xu Jiujiu guiding him, Xue Lingyun selected three high-quality Spirit Bones, and the group prepared to leave.

• Wang Yan told Xue Lingyun that they had been summoned to choose their Spirit Bone reward, and the two went to the imperial treasury.
• Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu greeted Wang Yan and Xue Lingyun at the treasury entrance, and Xu Jiujiu led Xue Lingyun among the shelves.
• Xue Lingyun examined the treasury’s collection and chose three Spirit Bones, while Wang Yan inspected their quality.
• Xu Jiawei accepted the selections without objection, and Xu Jiujiu watched Xue Lingyun quietly as Wang Yan waited near the entrance.

Huo Yuhao weighed the risks and benefits of joining the Ben Ti Sect and decided he still wanted to go. The Shrek group left Star Luo City and began their journey back to Shrek Academy, with the city’s leaders watching them depart.

• Xu Jiujiu told Xue Lingyun she would not see them off at the city gate the next morning.
• Xuan Zi told the Shrek group to pack and leave after sunrise, and Huo Yuhao later asked Xue Lingyun about joining the Ben Ti Sect.
• Xue Lingyun explained the sect’s benefits and dangers, and Huo Yuhao said he wanted to go to avoid regretting the choice later.
• The Shrek group left Star Luo City, while Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu watched from the battlements and Dai Yaoheng and Huo Yuhao noticed figures above the gate.
• Wang Yan distributed Flight Soul Tools, and the group traveled toward Shrek City, stopping by a river with roughly half a day remaining before they reached the academy.