Chapter Summaries

The Star Luo Emperor announced the semifinal rules and drew Shrek Academy against Di'ao Academy for the first team battle. Wang Yan selected Ye Mu to lead a six-person lineup built around supporting him, and Shrek headed onto the stage as the crowd anticipated the match.

• The Star Luo Emperor announced that teams had to win both the team battle and individual match to advance directly, or face an additional two-two-three round if each side won one match.
• The Star Luo Emperor drew the semifinal pairings: Shrek Academy versus Di'ao Academy, and Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy versus Star Luo National Academy.
• Ma Xiaotao told Wang Yan she could not judge the Star Luo Princess's strength because the princess had remained completely still during the draw.
• Wang Yan named Ye Mu, Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, Dai Yueheng, Xiao Xiao, Huo Yuhao, and Beibei for Shrek's team battle lineup.
• Wang Yan assigned six teammates to support and protect Ye Mu as he led the attack.
• Ye Mu and the other six Shrek members walked toward the stage as the audience cheered.

Shrek faced Star Luo National Academy’s seven Soul Kings, led by Princess Xu Jiujiu and her team-amplifying Star Crown Martial Soul. With Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection guiding them, Ye Mu charged straight through the opposing team’s attacks and sent Huang Heyun and five teammates flying.

• Ye Mu recognized Xu Jiujiu’s Star Crown Martial Soul as both teams released their Martial Souls and formed up.
• Xu Jiujiu used her third soul skill to amplify all six Star Luo teammates.
• Ye Mu ordered Shrek to attack, while Huo Yuhao shared Spiritual Detection with his team and the others advanced.
• Ye Mu mounted his Pegasus and charged directly at Star Luo’s formation, creating four illusions of himself.
• Huang Heyun and his teammates unleashed soul skills at Ye Mu, but his charge smashed through their attacks and sent all six opponents flying.

Ye Mu defeated Xu Jiujiu’s seven-member Star Luo Team with a charge and Pegasus Stomp, leaving Xu Jiujiu as the only one still standing. The Star Luo Emperor and empress considered a marriage alliance after seeing Xu Jiujiu blush at Ye Mu, while the arena crowd reacted with astonishment.

• Ye Mu charged through the enhanced Star Luo Team, then used Pegasus Stomp and its falling energy arrows to knock down all seven members.
• Ye Mu pointed his spear at Xu Jiujiu and asked whether she would surrender as his teammates arrived after the fight was effectively over.
• Xu Jiujiu stared at Ye Mu and blushed, while the Star Luo Emperor and empress discussed arranging a marriage alliance between them.
• The audience erupted in disbelief at Ye Mu’s defeat of seven enhanced Soul Kings with a single charge and stomp.

Ye Mu overwhelmed the Star Luo team with only two soul skills, helping Shrek Academy win while leaving Sun Moon Academy and the other spectators stunned. After the matches, Xu Jiujiu admitted to the Star Luo Emperor that she had taken a liking to Ye Mu, but worried about the many women around him.

• Xiao Hongchen and Ma Rulong watched Ye Mu defeat the Star Luo team and wondered how strong his defense was, while Meng Hongchen cheered for him.
• Xu Jiujiu conceded, and Heavenly Calamity Douluo declared Shrek Academy the winner.
• Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy won the second match, and the crowd dispersed after learning the one-on-one event would begin the next day.
• Xu Jiujiu told the Star Luo Emperor that Ye Mu seemed absurdly powerful, and he teased her about having taken a liking to him.
• The Star Luo Emperor offered to arrange a marriage alliance, but Xu Jiujiu worried that Ye Mu already had many women around him.

Xu Jiujiu agreed to approach Ye Mu about a marriage alliance after the Star Luo Emperor explained the benefits to her and the Xu Family. Back at the hotel, Ye Mu relaxed as Ling Luochen fed him grapes, Xiao Xiao massaged his back, and Ma Xiaotao danced for him.

• The Star Luo Emperor told Xu Jiujiu that Ye Mu’s attraction to women gave her an opportunity to pursue him.
• The Star Luo Emperor argued that an alliance with Ye Mu could benefit Xu Jiujiu, the Xu Family, and the Star Luo Empire because of Shrek Academy’s powerful foundation.
• Xu Jiujiu agreed to speak to Ye Mu personally about a marriage alliance.
• Ye Mu returned to the hotel and relaxed while Ling Luochen fed him grapes and Xiao Xiao stepped on his back.
• Ma Xiaotao danced for Ye Mu as comments from the women watching the scene joked that Shrek had no future.

Ma Xiaotao danced for Ye Mu, who praised her and asked her to keep studying so she could dance for him again. Shrek and Sun Moon advanced to the finals, and both teams set out for Star Luo Plaza as the city filled with spectators.

• Ma Xiaotao finished dancing for Ye Mu, and he wiped the sweat from her forehead and told her to study and dance for him in the future.
• Ling Luochen decided to find a teacher to learn dancing, while Xiao Xiao planned to play the xiao as accompaniment.
• Shrek and Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy won their semifinals and advanced to the tournament finals.
• Spectators flocked to Star Luo Plaza for the finals, prompting the Star Luo Empire to deploy soldiers and extend businesses' hours.
• On the rainy morning of the finals, crowds gathered around Star Luo Plaza, and the Shrek and Sun Moon teams departed their lodgings.

Shrek and Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy arrived at Star Luo Plaza for the tournament final, where Meng Hongchen struggled to hide her feelings for Ye Mu. Huo Yuhao saw his father, Dai Hao, on the City Tower, while Dai Hao reflected on the younger generation’s future.

• Shrek and Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy walked through the crowds toward Star Luo Plaza as the final began drawing near.
• Meng Hongchen spotted Ye Mu, became flustered when he smiled at her, and Xiao Hongchen reminded her to focus on the match.
• Ye Mu exchanged a courteous glance with Princess Xu Jiujiu on the City Tower.
• Huo Yuhao recognized Dai Hao, his father and the White Tiger Duke, but kept walking with Shrek’s team and focused on the final.
• Dai Hao asked the Star Luo Emperor about Ye Mu and heard that the youngster might surpass him, then wondered how much longer he himself could hold on.

Dai Hao’s display of military authority and the Star Luo Emperor’s announcement set the stage for the Shrek–Sun Moon final, while Huo Yuhao’s connection to Dai Hao drew attention. As Heavenly Calamity Douluo Huang Jinxu prepared to begin, Taotie Douluo Xuanzi unexpectedly appeared in Shrek’s waiting area.

• Dai Hao silenced the plaza as more than ten thousand soldiers hailed him, and Ye Mu noticed the Star Luo Emperor’s subtle reaction.
• The Star Luo Emperor announced that the winning team would choose three spirit bones from ten and named Huo Yuhao as Dai Hao’s eldest son.
• The Star Luo Emperor appointed Heavenly Calamity Douluo Huang Jinxu to referee the final to avoid any suspicion of bias.
• Huang Jinxu spotted Xuanzi eating and drinking in Shrek’s waiting area, and Wang Yan asked why he had come.

Ye Mu faced Sun Moon Team in the tournament’s opening team battle while Xuan Zi watched from the stands. After Ye Mu opened a rare third eye on his forehead, the match’s first clash began.

• Xuan Zi told Wang Yan he was there to watch the match and protect his students if anyone bullied them.
• Heavenly Calamity Douluo announced the final’s rules and called both teams onto the stage.
• Ye Mu mounted Pegasus and apologized to Meng Hongchen by calling her “Little Mengmeng,” embarrassing her and irritating Xiao Hongchen.
• Heavenly Calamity Douluo started the team battle, and Sun Moon Team formed its shield and prepared its weapons without advancing.
• Ye Mu opened a crystalline third eye on his forehead, revealing a rare head-type External Soul Bone and shocking the spectators.

Ye Mu used a precise mental attack and a holy slash to defeat all seven members of the Sun Moon Team in seconds, securing Shrek Academy’s victory. The chapter ended with the crowd and both teams’ observers stunned by the one-sided match.

• Ye Mu struck six Sun Moon Team members with Firmament Focus while deliberately sparing Meng Hongchen.
• Ye Mu used Holy Radiance Evil-Breaking Slash to send the entire Sun Moon Team off their feet and out of the arena.
• Heavenly Calamity Douluo confirmed the team members were not in mortal danger and declared Shrek Academy the winner.
• The crowd erupted as Wang Yan discarded his unused tactical plans and the Star Moon Emperor and Dai Hao silently compared the match to one from twenty years earlier.
• Princess Xu Jiujiu watched Ye Mu with a racing heart while the Sun Moon substitutes stood in stunned silence.

Ye Mu dominated Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy in the team match, leaving its members battered but without serious injuries. Sun Moon's teacher accepted that Ye Mu made the upcoming contests unwinnable, though Shrek went on to win the individual competition even without him.

• The Sun Moon teacher rushed to check his team after the match and confirmed Ye Mu had not caused any serious injuries.
• Ma Rulong apologized to the teacher, who reassured him that the team’s safety mattered more than the loss.
• Meng Hongchen said Ye Mu had not attacked her, blushed, and looked back toward him as Xiao Hongchen waited for her.
• Ma Rulong asked what the team should do in the individual matches, and the teacher admitted they could not compete with Ye Mu.
• The Sun Moon teacher saw Ye Mu relaxing in Shrek’s waiting area and realized their remaining match formats offered no realistic path to victory.
• Shrek won the individual competition despite Ye Mu not taking part.

Shrek Academy won the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament, and Wang Yan selected three valuable Spirit Bones as the champions’ prize. After returning to Shrek, Yan Shaozhe told Mu En about the victory and began describing Ye Mu’s performance in the final.

• Shrek defeated Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy six to one in the individual Elimination Tournament and claimed the championship.
• Meng Hongchen wanted to stay in Star Luo City to see Ye Mu, but Xiao Hongchen put her in the carriage and ordered their team to leave.
• Wang Yan selected three excellent Spirit Bones from the Star Luo Empire’s ten offerings, while Shrek also received a million Gold Soul Coins.
• Ye Mu received a livestream reward that granted him a third Soul Core and increased the age of all his Spirit Bones by fifty thousand years.
• Yan Shaozhe returned to Sea God Pavilion and told Mu En that Shrek had won the championship; Mu En said Ye Mu’s presence had ensured there would be no accidents.

Yan Shaozhe reported Ye Mu’s overwhelming tournament victory to Mu En, who discussed Ye Mu’s strength and his connection with Meng Hongchen. Afterward, Qian Duoduo learned about the relationship and urged Yan Shaozhe to make sure Ye Mu received a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone as his reward.

• Yan Shaozhe told Mu En that Ye Mu had defeated the opposing team with a spiritual attack and a Holy Light Slash before they could use any Soul Tools.
• Mu En and Yan Shaozhe discussed Ye Mu’s hidden strength, his relationship with Meng Hongchen, and the possibility of investigating Jing Hongchen’s ties with the Sun Moon imperial family.
• Qian Duoduo bragged to Yan Shaozhe about Ye Mu winning the championship, then reacted with amusement when he learned Ye Mu and Meng Hongchen had gotten together.
• Yan Shaozhe left to prepare the championship rewards, and Qian Duoduo reminded him that Ye Mu still needed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.

After Shrek Academy’s victory, Qian Duoduo sought a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone as Ye Mu’s reward. At Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy, Meng Hongchen proposed an alliance through marriage with Ye Mu, then passed along his warning about the Crown Prince, leaving Jing Hongchen alarmed and weighing the political danger.

• Yan Shaozhe accepted Qian Duoduo’s request to find a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone for Ye Mu’s reward.
• Jing Hongchen told the returning competition team that he did not blame them for losing to Ye Mu and would speak to His Majesty and the Crown Prince.
• Meng Hongchen argued that marrying Ye Mu could strengthen her family’s ties with Shrek Academy.
• Meng Hongchen warned Jing Hongchen that Ye Mu had told her to beware of the Crown Prince.
• Jing Hongchen reacted with alarm, silenced Meng Hongchen, and began connecting the warning to tensions with the imperial family.

After Ye Mu warned him to be careful of Xu Tianran, Jing Hongchen reassessed the Crown Prince and went to meet him at the East Palace. Xu Tianran became interested in Ye Mu, while Jing Hongchen returned to the academy and reassured Meng Hongchen that there were no major problems.

• Jing Hongchen decided to visit Shrek and question Ye Mu about his warning.
• Jing Hongchen reported the defeat to Xu Tianran and praised Ye Mu’s potential, saying he could become a Limit Douluo or stronger.
• Xu Tianran asked whether Meng Hongchen’s relationship with Ye Mu could lead to a marriage alliance, and Jing Hongchen said it was unlikely to influence Ye Mu’s loyalties.
• After Jing Hongchen left, Xu Tianran dropped his gentle expression, recognized that Jing Hongchen had begun reassessing him because of Ye Mu, and moved Ye Mu to a new position in his intelligence reports.
• Jing Hongchen returned to the academy, where Meng Hongchen asked how his meeting had gone, and he told her there were no major problems.

Meng Hongchen prepared to visit Shrek and see Ye Mu, while Ye Mu postponed his seclusion after learning Jing Hongchen was coming to meet him. He left the Soul Tool Department laboratory to wait for Jing Hongchen’s arrival.

• Jing Hongchen told Meng Hongchen he would take her to Shrek in a few days, and she eagerly planned outfits for the trip.
• After returning to her room, Meng Hongchen chose to bring clothes in several styles so she could adapt to the situation.
• Ye Mu spent two days resting after the tournament, then told Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er he wanted to enter seclusion and break through to a Class 4 Soul Tool Master.
• Qian Duoduo explained that Jing Hongchen was leading an exchange student delegation to Shrek and wanted to meet Ye Mu.
• Ye Mu agreed to delay his seclusion until he had met Jing Hongchen, then left the laboratory.

Ye Mu told Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, Xiao Xiao, and Zhang Lexuan that he planned to return to Ten Thousand Years Ago, and the three younger women agreed to go with him. After persuading Zhang Lexuan to join them, they planned to handle Shrek’s affairs while waiting for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy delegation.

• Ye Mu returned to Lake Heart Island, where Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen eagerly walked beside him while Zhang Lexuan watched from afar.
• Ye Mu gathered Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, Xiao Xiao, and Zhang Lexuan and told them about his plan to travel back to Ten Thousand Years Ago.
• Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and Xiao Xiao each asked to go with Ye Mu, and he agreed as long as they kept their absence secret and managed their Shrek duties.
• Zhang Lexuan hesitated because she needed to oversee the Outer Court, but Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, Xiao Xiao, and Ye Mu persuaded her to join them.
• Zhang Lexuan agreed to arrange matters before they left, and Ye Mu noted that they would wait for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy delegation.

Jing Hongchen came to Shrek Academy to meet Ye Mu, but Xuanzi told him that his granddaughter Meng Hongchen was with Ye Mu. Jing Hongchen hurried off to find them, interrupting Ye Mu and Meng Hongchen as they walked hand in hand around the academy.

• Jing Hongchen met Xuanzi at Shrek Academy and asked to speak with Ye Mu.
• Xuanzi told Jing Hongchen that Meng Hongchen might be with Ye Mu, and Jing Hongchen rushed out to find them.
• Ye Mu showed Meng Hongchen around Shrek Academy as they walked hand in hand.
• Meng Hongchen asked Ye Mu why he seemed to lack affection for Shrek, but he said she would understand in time and pinched her cheek.
• Jing Hongchen arrived behind them with a darkened expression, and Meng Hongchen turned and called him Grandpa.

Ye Mu warned Jing Hongchen that Xu Tianran would likely target the Hongchen Family after taking the throne and urged him to flee to Shrek City if danger arose. Ye Mu then spent several days showing Meng Hongchen around, and she agreed to go wherever he took her next.

• Jing Hongchen arrived at Shrek Academy and found Meng Hongchen with Ye Mu, then asked to speak with him alone.
• Ye Mu sent Meng Hongchen away and told Jing Hongchen that Xu Tianran would not tolerate the Hongchen Family's power and independence once he became emperor.
• Ye Mu advised Jing Hongchen to run to Shrek City if the situation became dangerous, then left him to consider the warning.
• Ye Mu took Meng Hongchen around Shrek City for several days, visiting its markets, snack street, and a lake outside the city.
• On the academy's back mountain, Ye Mu asked Meng Hongchen whether she wanted to go somewhere fun with him, and she agreed to follow him wherever he went.

Ye Mu and Meng Hongchen’s companions left Shrek Academy for the Extreme North, while Meng Hongchen’s family discovered she had gone with them. Jing Hongchen gave Xiao Hongchen his personal Soul Tool knowledge to pass on to Ye Mu, leaving Xiao Hongchen to wonder whether his grandfather feared Meng Hongchen might become something else.

• Ye Mu led Zhang Lexuan, Xiao Xiao, Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, Wu Ming, and Han Ruoruo out of Shrek Academy toward the Extreme North.
• Xiao Hongchen discovered Meng Hongchen had left and angrily learned from Wang Yan that she had gone with Ye Mu.
• Jing Hongchen agreed that Meng Hongchen was happier following Ye Mu and said he would return to handle matters at the academy.
• Jing Hongchen gave Xiao Hongchen his lifetime of Soul Tool insights and told him to pass the book to Ye Mu.
• Xiao Hongchen carefully stored the book and agreed to deliver it, while Jing Hongchen joked that he wished Ye Mu were his grandson.