Chapter Summaries

Ye Mu rebuked the Inner Disciples for their mistakes during the encounter with the Evil Soul Master, then warned them to protect their lives. In the Extreme North, Tang Ya met Lan Xiyue and was accepted as her disciple, while the group arrived at Spirit Hall and Ning Tian and Wu Feng focused on Ning Rongrong’s Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda.

• Ye Mu scolded Ma Xiaotao and the other Inner Disciples for their carelessness and reminded them not to die recklessly before becoming strong.
• Xuan Zi silently acknowledged his own responsibility for failing to investigate the cave’s unusual Soul Power or warn the team.
• Wu Ming and Han Ruoruo led the five girls into the Extreme North, where they met Lan Xiyue, the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Tang Ya asked Lan Xiyue to teach her, and Lan Xiyue agreed to take her in before leading the group to Spirit Hall.
• Wu Ming’s group entered Spirit Hall and met Shui Bing’er, Shui Yue’er, and the others.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng watched Ning Rongrong closely, eager to see her Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda.

As Shrek Academy prepared for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament in Star Luo City, Wang Yan explained the competition rules to the team. Ma Xiaotao tried to reassure Ye Mu that she had learned from his earlier lesson, leaving Wang Yan convinced Ye Mu had her completely under his thumb.

• Star Luo City filled with visitors and soldiers as it prepared to host the tournament, and Shrek Academy settled into the Star Emperor Hotel.
• Wang Yan told Shrek's team that 133 academies would compete, beginning with a seven-on-seven elimination round followed by randomized group matches in three battle formats.
• Ma Xiaotao boasted that Shrek could defeat any opponent by relying on its strength.
• Ling Luochen reminded Ma Xiaotao that Ye Mu had recently taught her a lesson, and Ma Xiaotao immediately clung to Ye Mu and insisted she had not ignored his words.
• Wang Yan watched Ma Xiaotao act sweetly toward Ye Mu and concluded that she had been completely subdued by him.

Meng Hongchen identified Ye Mu as the handsome Shrek contestant and Xiao Hongchen looked forward to challenging him. As the tournament preparations reached their final stage in Star Luo City, the emperor asked his prime minister for an update.

• Meng Hongchen told the Sun Moon Academy members that Ye Mu had come to the tournament, basing her guess on his appearance.
• Xiao Hongchen said he wanted to test Ye Mu's reputation and skill for himself.
• At dawn, Star Luo Empire soldiers secured the route between the Star Emperor Hotel and the tournament arena before the imperial city.
• The emperor and empress watched from the city wall as officials gathered above the arena, protected by an array of Soul Tool Pillars.
• The prime minister approached the emperor, who asked how the tournament arrangements were progressing.

As the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament opened in Star Luo City, Ye Mu drew attention from rival academies, especially Meng Hongchen of Sun Moon Academy. The emperor arrived to address the gathered crowd, while Shrek and its competitors awaited the ceremony.

• The emperor ordered the commoners admitted to Star Luo Plaza in orderly batches and wondered whether Shrek Academy could defend its title.
• Shrek Academy arrived in the competitors' waiting area, where Ye Mu complained about the academy's dark green uniforms and other teams watched him with interest.
• Meng Hongchen stared at Ye Mu, and Xiao Hongchen tried to make her stop; she later flirted with Ye Mu by making a heart gesture.
• Ye Mu recognized Meng Hongchen, smiled at her, and nodded to Xiao Hongchen, who regarded him with wary vigilance.
• An amplified voice called for silence, the soldiers raised their spears, and the crowd was told that His Majesty the Emperor had arrived.

At the tournament’s opening ceremony, Shrek Academy was matched against Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy in the first elimination-round contest. Ye Mu volunteered to face the entire opposing team alone, leaving the crowd stunned as he declared that he was enough on his own.

• The Star Luo Emperor opened the tournament, and the host announced that the first round would use an elimination format.
• The host revealed that Shrek Academy would face Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy in the opening match.
• Ye Mu volunteered to compete for Shrek alone, and Xuanzi assured Wang Yan that Ye Mu could handle it.
• Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy took the stage, visibly nervous about facing Shrek.
• Ye Mu walked onto the stage by himself and told the stunned audience that he alone was enough.

Ye Mu entered the first-round team battle alone against Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy, stunning the crowd by revealing six white-gold soul rings and an unusual array of equipment. The match had just begun, leaving everyone wondering what his power would be.

• The Star Luo Emperor and the Sun Moon Academy students reacted to Shrek sending Ye Mu into battle alone, while Tianling's team resolved to fight with all their strength.
• The referee explained the team-battle rules, and both sides took their positions behind the completed protective barrier.
• The referee started the match, and Tianling's seven fighters released their Martial Souls and Soul Rings.
• Ye Mu revealed six identical white-gold Soul Rings, a white Pegasus, two weapons, and silver-white armor, shocking the spectators and rival academies.
• Shrek's students remained calm as Beibei said they had reacted the same way when they first saw Ye Mu's abilities.

Ye Mu defeated Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy’s seven students with one soul skill, making Shrek Academy’s strength clear to the tournament crowd. After the first round ended, he collected his rewards and met Meng Hongchen, who introduced herself to him.

• Ye Mu used his third soul skill, Repeating Crossbow Star Chasing, to knock down all seven Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy students and win the match for Shrek Academy.
• The crowd and officials reacted with shock, and Ye Mu returned to the rest area, deciding he would skip future matches unless they were important.
• After the first round, Ye Mu closed the livestream and received a fifty-thousand-year physical body, Level 4 Soul Engineer status, and one Martial Soul Evolution Material.
• Meng Hongchen stopped Ye Mu as he left the contestants’ passage, while Ma Xiaotao challenged her and linked her arm with Ye Mu’s.
• Meng Hongchen introduced herself to Ye Mu and said her grandfather was Jing Hongchen, a Class 9 Soul Engineer; Ye Mu greeted her with a gentle smile.

After Ma Xiaotao kissed Ye Mu in public, Meng Hongchen still invited him to tour Star Luo City, and he went with her. While they walked, Ye Mu explained his unusual soul rings and urged her to bring the Hongchen Family to Shrek, warning that Xu Tianran might turn against them once he became emperor.

• Ma Xiaotao kissed Ye Mu in front of the crowd, then left with Shrek's people after telling him to come back early.
• Meng Hongchen invited Ye Mu to Star Luo City's Commercial Street, while Xiao Hongchen and Ma Rulong watched them leave together.
• Ye Mu told Meng Hongchen that his Pegasus Knight Martial Soul made all his soul rings white gold.
• Ye Mu asked about the Hongchen Family's position in the Sun Moon Empire and invited them to join Shrek.
• Ye Mu warned Meng Hongchen that Xu Tianran might target her family after taking the throne.

Ye Mu and Meng Hongchen discussed Xu Tianran before turning their attention to shopping, while the tournament’s first round ended with many injuries and deaths. As the Round-Robin Tournament began, the assembled teams watched Shrek Academy, where Meng Hongchen grew jealous of Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen attending to Ye Mu.

• Ye Mu told Meng Hongchen that Xu Tianran’s true nature had yet to emerge and let her decide whether to pass his warning to her grandfather.
• Meng Hongchen set aside her worries about Xu Tianran and the Hongchen Family to go shopping with Ye Mu.
• The first elimination round ended, leaving nearly two hundred competitors injured and more than a dozen dead.
• The Round-Robin Tournament began, and teams gathered to watch Shrek Academy after Ye Mu had defeated seven opponents with one soul skill.
• Meng Hongchen watched Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen serve Ye Mu and silently resented them for stealing her man.

Shrek Academy selected Xiao Xiao to face Yunluo Advanced Soul Engineer Academy in an individual elimination match, while spectators hoped Ye Mu would fight. The chapter ended as Ma Yingjun unleashed a barrage of Soul Tool fire at Xiao Xiao.

• The match format was drawn as an individual elimination tournament, and the audience looked toward Ye Mu, hoping he would take the stage.
• Wang Yan judged Yunluo Academy weaker than Shrek and invited Xiao Xiao and the others to gain experience.
• Xiao Xiao volunteered and entered the arena as Shrek's first fighter.
• Ma Yingjun introduced himself and deployed a wide array of Soul Tools, including a flying device and a shield.
• Xiao Xiao summoned her Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron and activated Might of the Cauldron.
• Ma Yingjun rose into the air and fired a dense barrage of energy shells at Xiao Xiao.

Xiao Xiao and Jiang Nannan defeated all seven Yunluo Academy opponents, giving Shrek Academy a two-person victory. As the remaining round-robin matches began, Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy’s students reflected on how long Ye Mu could keep competing.

• Xiao Xiao knocked Ma Yingjun unconscious with the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron and defeated three more Yunluo Academy students.
• Wang Yan sent Jiang Nannan in to replace Xiao Xiao, and Jiang Nannan efficiently defeated Yunluo Academy’s final three opponents.
• Shrek Academy won the match with only Xiao Xiao and Jiang Nannan taking the stage, while Ye Mu watched from the rest area.
• Xiao Hongchen warned Meng Hongchen that Shrek’s next generation was formidable, and Ma Rulong pointed out that Ye Mu would remain a threat in future tournaments.
• Ma Rulong realized the tournament was his last and left the worry about future competitions to the next generation as the other academy matches continued.

Wang Yan took the Shrek team to an auction house and explained why they needed to adapt to the growing use of Soul Tools. The team entered the venue with numbered bidding plates, leaving their purpose there unexplained.

• After the tournament matches, Wang Yan led the Shrek team out of the Star Emperor Hotel at night, telling Huo Yuhao they were going somewhere to relax.
• Wang Yan brought the group to an unmarked auction house, where Ma Xiaotao recognized the building.
• Wang Yan warned the team that most tournament academies were combining Soul Tools with soul masters and that Shrek needed to catch up.
• Wang Yan reminded them that defensive Soul Tools could have changed the outcome of their previous mission, then insisted they learn to use Soul Tools.
• Wang Yan collected numbered plates for the team, and a maid led them into the auction house.

Ye Mu and the Shrek group attended a special Soul Tool auction at Starlight Auction House, where Ye Mu bought several devices to study. The auctioneer introduced a mysterious final item, but had not yet revealed it when the chapter ended.

• Wang Yan explained that the group could attend the auction because Dai Yueheng had arranged their entry in advance.
• The etiquette attendant explained that the event was a Class Four auction featuring Soul Tools below Class Six.
• Ma Xiaotao told Ye Mu the academy would cover anything he wanted to buy, and he joined the others in taking seats.
• Qing Ya opened the auction, and Ye Mu won several Soul Tools with interesting designs.
• Qing Ya announced a mysterious last-minute gift as the final auction item and approached the covered cart to unveil it.

Qing Ya revealed that the final auction item was a Ranking Engraving Knife made with Life Gold, drawing Ye Mu and Wang Yan’s interest. She then disclosed that it was cursed, and He Caitou recognized it as the Cursed Blade that turns on its master.

• Qing Ya unveiled an unusual engraving knife and explained that it ranked among the continent’s top one hundred.
• Ye Mu sensed the knife’s pure Life Aura and recognized its foundation as Living Gold.
• Wang Yan told Ye Mu that Shrek would try to secure the knife for him.
• Qing Ya said the knife ranked ninety-ninth because it was cursed.
• He Caitou identified it as the Cursed Blade that turns on its master.

Ye Mu secured the Soul-Devouring Engraving Knife at the auction despite its cursed reputation, then began purifying its evil aura with Dragon Fire back at the hotel. The evil energy started to shrink, but the cleansing was still underway.

• Qing Ya explained that the Soul-Devouring Engraving Knife was a cursed Ranking Engraving Knife made by an Evil Soul Master, and the audience refused to bid on it.
• Ye Mu insisted on buying the knife, and Wang Yan placed a winning bid of one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins on Shrek Academy’s behalf.
• Electrolux recognized the knife as having been forged from Life Gold, while others expressed confidence that Ye Mu’s Fire Dragon King flames could cleanse it.
• After the auction, Ye Mu opened the knife’s box in his hotel room and sensed its accumulated evil aura probing his Soul Power.
• Ye Mu enveloped the knife in Dragon Fire, causing the gray mist to struggle and gradually shrink as the blade’s dark color began to fade.

Ye Mu purified the Soul-Devouring Engraving Knife into the Blade of Life, then led Shrek through the tournament and gave Ling Luochen an Ice Jade Scorpion Spirit Bone. As the round of sixteen began, Ye Mu agreed to fight Dou Ling Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy.

• Ye Mu burned away the engraving knife's evil aura and discovered its true form, the Blade of Life, which could nourish him and improve Soul Tool carving.
• Shrek finished the Round-Robin Tournament undefeated, and Ye Mu won several top-tier Soul Tools at the main auction.
• Ye Mu gave Ling Luochen the Ice Jade Scorpion Spirit Bone, and she kissed him while Ma Xiaotao watched and held back her jealousy.
• Wang Yan asked Ye Mu to compete in the round of sixteen match against Dou Ling Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy, and Ye Mu agreed.

Ye Mu proposed a no-soul-skills, one-against-seven match against Dou Ling Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy, and the teams agreed. As the crowd anticipated the bout, Meng Hongchen loudly cheered for Ye Mu from the stands, embarrassing Xiao Hongchen.

• Ye Mu led Shrek Academy onto the stage to face Dou Ling Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy, whose captain, Dugu Jian, asked him to show mercy.
• Ye Mu suggested fighting all seven opponents alone using only physical combat, and Dugu Jian accepted after the referee confirmed the format was allowed.
• The crowd erupted at the unusual match, while Wang Yan recognized that Ye Mu's physical strength gave him a decisive advantage.
• Meng Hongchen waved a custom flag bearing Ye Mu's image and cheered for him, leaving Xiao Hongchen embarrassed.

Ye Mu fought Guzhu Jian and the others alone without using soul skills, overwhelming their coordinated attacks with his strength and spear. He had defeated most of the team, leaving only Guzhu Jian and Qian Yuan standing as Guzhu Jian charged again.

• Ye Mu sent his Pegasus to play with Ma Xiaotao and faced the seven Soul Masters, who formed up and planned to wear him down in waves.
• Guzhu Jian attacked with his Purple Imperial Bamboo, but Ye Mu dodged and struck it with his spear, splitting Guzhu Jian's hand webbing.
• Qian Yuan charged Ye Mu with his Dreadclaw Bear, but Ye Mu blocked his claw with the spear and forced him back.
• Ye Mu disrupted Chi Hengyu and Han Ling'er's flanking attack, then struck both of them and knocked them out of the fight.
• Ye Mu defeated Qing Feng and Tang Niuniu; Tang Niuniu conceded, while Xiao Feng surrendered and left the stage.
• With only Guzhu Jian and Qian Yuan still standing, Guzhu Jian charged Ye Mu with a thrust of his Purple Imperial Bamboo.

Ye Mu led Shrek Academy to victory by defeating seven opponents with only his spear, physical strength, and combat techniques. Shrek advanced to the semifinals, where the four remaining teams gathered at Star Luo Plaza.

• Ye Mu disarmed Guzhu Jian and defeated Qian Yuan without seriously injuring either of them, securing Shrek Academy's team victory.
• Guzhu Jian thanked Ye Mu for holding back, and the audience praised Ye Mu's strength and precise combat skills.
• Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy won its match through coordinated soul-tool attacks, while Ma Rulong, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen remained unused.
• Shrek advanced through the individual elimination round and defeated the weakest quarterfinal opponent to reach the top four.
• The semifinalists were Shrek Academy, Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy, Star Luo National Academy, and Di'ao Academy.
• Ye Mu and the Shrek team entered Star Luo Plaza to loud cheers, where Ma Rulong greeted them and Ye Mu nodded back.

The Star Luo Emperor opened the semifinals and personally oversaw the draw, which paired Shrek Academy against Star Luo National Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy against Di'ao Academy. The chapter ended with Huang Jinxu, the feared Heavenly Calamity Douluo, appointed to referee the matches.

• The Star Luo Emperor welcomed the teams and announced that he would preside over the final draw.
• Ma Xiaotao, Ma Rulong, Di'ao Academy's captain, and Princess Xu Jiujiu went onstage to draw lots.
• The draw matched Shrek Academy against Star Luo National Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy against Di'ao Academy.
• The emperor appointed Huang Jinxu to referee the semifinals and finals, and Wang Yan recognized the danger associated with his Heavenly Calamity Lone Star Martial Soul.