Chapter Summaries

After Liu Yuan led Heavenly Soul Royal Academy to victory over Shrek, he learned that Star Luo City's auction would offer Life Gold and the Snow Empress Embryo. He arrived with his companions determined to bid on the Life Gold, while Xuan Zi also entered the auction house with Shrek.

• Xuan Zi hurriedly led the defeated Shrek students away as Du Busi mocked him and celebrated Liu Yuan’s breakthrough and victory.
• At a celebratory dinner, Vina told the group about a special auction, and Liu Yuan recognized Life Gold and the Snow Empress Embryo among its treasures.
• Liu Yuan insisted that the group attend the auction, and Du Busi agreed.
• Outside the auction house, Du Busi taunted Xuan Zi before leading Liu Yuan and the others inside.
• In a VIP room, Liu Yuan sensed the Life Gold and Snow Empress Embryo backstage and asked Vina to bid for him; Vina promised to buy whatever he wanted.

At the Star Luo Grand Auction House, Huo Yuhao tried to obtain the Spirit-Devouring Cursed Blade after Electrolux revealed its Life Gold could preserve his soul. Vina outbid Shrek Academy at Liu Yuan’s direction, leaving Huo Yuhao devastated as Liu Yuan claimed the blade and felt it resonate with his Double Pupil Origin.

• Electrolux urged Huo Yuhao to obtain the Spirit-Devouring Cursed Blade, explaining that its Life Gold could stabilize his divine soul and help Huo Yuhao open the Eye of Life.
• Huo Yuhao begged Xuan Zi to bid for the blade, and Xuan Zi initially offered one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Vina repeatedly doubled Xuan Zi’s bids at Liu Yuan’s request, driving the price up to one hundred sixty million Gold Soul Coins.
• Xuan Zi refused to spend more, and Huo Yuhao slumped in despair as Electrolux’s presence weakened.
• The auctioneer awarded the blade to Vina’s box, where Liu Yuan held it and sensed its life force resonating with his Double Pupil Origin.

Liu Yuan revealed that the Spirit-Devouring Cursed Blade was high-quality Life Gold contaminated by evil energy, making its purchase a bargain. At the auction, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast embryo was unveiled, and Liu Yuan recognized the sleeping being inside as the Snow Empress.

• Liu Yuan explained that the Spirit-Devouring Cursed Blade contained pure Life Gold, and Du Busi confirmed its immense vitality.
• Liu Yuan and Du Busi realized they could purge the blade's evil energy and turn it into a supreme treasure.
• Liu Yuan thanked Vina for supporting his bid and kissed her cheek, leaving her flustered but pleased.
• The auctioneer unveiled an embryo formed by a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast to preserve its Divine Sense, and the crowd erupted in excitement.
• Liu Yuan recognized the embryo as the Snow Empress, while Vina asked whether they should bid for it.

Liu Yuan declined to bid on the Snow Empress Embryo because it did not suit his Martial Soul, and began planning to use the Life Gold to win Electrolux away from Huo Yuhao. After the auction, he set off to speak with Huo Yuhao while Du Busi offered to watch over him.

• Liu Yuan decided that the Snow Empress Embryo was not worth buying and persuaded Vina to stop bidding.
• A mysterious buyer won the Snow Empress Embryo after the bidding reached an enormous price.
• Xuan Zi and Huo Yuhao left the auction house with Shrek Team, frustrated that they had failed to obtain the Spirit-Devouring Cursed Blade and Life Gold.
• Du Busi offered to help Liu Yuan study the Life Gold and purge its evil aura.
• Liu Yuan asked Du Busi to take Vina and the others back while he went to speak with Huo Yuhao.
• Du Busi offered to keep watch as Liu Yuan approached Huo Yuhao.

Liu Yuan sought out Huo Yuhao after Du Busi protected him from Xuan Zi and revealed that he could see the weakening entities in Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Sea of Consciousness. He offered to use his Life Gold to save Electrolux if Huo Yuhao would let him help, leaving Huo Yuhao to consider the proposal.

• Du Busi supported Liu Yuan’s plan to speak with Huo Yuhao and promised to keep Xuan Zi from interfering.
• Liu Yuan stopped Shrek Academy’s group, and Du Busi rebuked Xuan Zi for trying to control Huo Yuhao’s choice to talk.
• Huo Yuhao insisted on hearing Liu Yuan out, so Xuan Zi angrily abandoned him and left with the others.
• Du Busi followed Shrek’s group from the rooftops while Liu Yuan led Huo Yuhao into a quiet alley.
• Liu Yuan revealed that his Double Pupil had detected Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and the dying Electrolux within Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Sea of Consciousness.
• Liu Yuan offered to use his Life Gold to save Electrolux and proposed that Huo Yuhao accept help from the Body Sect in exchange for compensation.

Huo Yuhao struggled over whether to let Liu Yuan take Electrolux, while Liu Yuan explained his plan to the Body Sect and gained Du Busi’s support. After returning to the hotel, Huo Yuhao confronted Xuan Zi over his distrust and Shrek’s failures, then retreated with Liu Yuan’s Communication Soul Tool still in hand.

• Huo Yuhao hesitated over Liu Yuan’s offer to take Electrolux, and Liu Yuan gave him a Communication Soul Tool before leaving.
• Liu Yuan told Du Busi and Long Aotian about the soul entities inside Huo Yuhao and his plan to use Life Gold to subdue one of them.
• Du Busi agreed to guard Liu Yuan during the transfer if Huo Yuhao consented.
• Xuan Zi accused Huo Yuhao of betraying Shrek by meeting Liu Yuan, and Huo Yuhao angrily rebuked him over the auction and the reserve team’s failures.
• Huo Yuhao shut himself in his room and struggled over whether to contact Liu Yuan.

Huo Yuhao wrestled with whether to accept Liu Yuan’s offer to save Electrolux after Shrek’s Elder Xuan doubted him. He contacted Liu Yuan and agreed to the terms if Liu Yuan could guarantee Electrolux’s survival.

• Huo Yuhao shut himself away after confronting Elder Xuan, and Bei Bei and Wang Dong failed to persuade him to talk.
• Bei Bei, Wang Dong, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, and Xiao Xiao voiced their trust in Huo Yuhao and returned to prepare for the next day’s tournament.
• Huo Yuhao entered his Spirit Sea, where Electrolux accepted the possibility of dissipating without Life Gold while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and the Ice Empress debated how to recover it from Liu Yuan.
• Huo Yuhao spent the night weighing Electrolux’s fading life against his ties to Shrek and the risks of Liu Yuan’s offer.
• Huo Yuhao contacted Liu Yuan with the Communication Soul Tool and agreed to meet if Liu Yuan could guarantee Electrolux’s survival.

Liu Yuan welcomed Huo Yuhao and Electrolux into the Body Sect’s hotel room to transfer Electrolux’s soul into his Sea of Consciousness using Life Gold. Electrolux discovered that Liu Yuan, like him, came from another world, and began helping him fuse with the Life Gold.

• Liu Yuan told Du Busi that Huo Yuhao was coming, and Du Busi ordered Long Aotian and Vina to secure the suite.
• Huo Yuhao arrived and asked Liu Yuan to promise he would protect Electrolux; Liu Yuan solemnly agreed.
• Electrolux emerged from Huo Yuhao and used the Life Gold to stabilize his soul as he entered Liu Yuan’s Sea of Consciousness.
• Liu Yuan revealed that he knew Electrolux’s past because he also came from another world, and the two agreed to help each other.
• Electrolux began guiding Liu Yuan through a complete fusion with the Life Gold.

Liu Yuan safely absorbed the Life Gold while Du Busi compensated Huo Yuhao with Body Sect treasures. Grieving Elder Yi and furious with Xuan Zi, Huo Yuhao confronted him and threatened to report him to Mu En.

• Liu Yuan stabilized his fusion with the Life Gold as Du Busi watched over him.
• Du Busi gave Huo Yuhao a Source Tracing Pill and two manuals to fulfill Liu Yuan’s promise of compensation.
• Huo Yuhao left the Body Sect hotel, drank heavily in Star Luo City, and blamed Xuan Zi’s refusal to bid for the Spirit-Devouring Cursed Blade for Elder Yi’s departure.
• Xuan Zi confronted the drunken Huo Yuhao in the Shrek hotel corridor and accused him of betraying the academy.
• Huo Yuhao accused Xuan Zi of endangering the Shrek Team and threatened to report him to Mu En before retreating to his room.

Liu Yuan absorbed the Life Gold under Electrolux’s guidance, strengthening his divine soul, Spirit Sea, and cultivation. After the round-robin tournament concluded, the teams gathered for the Round-of-16 draw, leaving Shrek’s fate dependent on the upcoming matchups.

• Electrolux used the Life Gold to restore his divine soul and reinforce Liu Yuan’s Sea of Consciousness, while Liu Yuan’s Soul Power rose to level 49.
• Liu Yuan’s newly strengthened spiritual pressure briefly left Long Aotian dazed, shocking him and the others present.
• Liu Yuan’s team arrived at the final day of the round-robin tournament, already qualified for the Round-of-16 knockout stage.
• Xuan Zi worried about Shrek’s prospects and hoped the draw would give his reserve team an easy opponent, while wishing Liu Yuan’s team would face the Sun Moon team.
• The final round-robin match ended, and the Chief Referee announced the Round-of-16 drawing ceremony.

The knockout draw gave Shrek Academy a favorable matchup against Huntian Soul Master Academy, while the Heavenly Soul Royal Academy was paired with the formidable Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy. Xuan Zi celebrated Du Busi’s difficult draw, and Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen prepared to face the Heavenly Soul team.

• The drawing ceremony began, and Xuan Zi hoped Shrek would be matched against the weakest remaining team in Group C.
• Xuan Zi drew Group C’s second slot for Shrek Academy, pairing it with Huntian Soul Master Academy, and celebrated the favorable matchup.
• Du Busi drew Group A’s first slot for the Heavenly Soul Royal Academy, matching it against the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy.
• Xuan Zi mocked Du Busi over the difficult matchup, while Du Busi warned him not to celebrate too soon.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen judged the Heavenly Soul team manageable if they could restrain its two strongest fighters.

The Sun Moon Team prepared to counter Long Aotian and Liu Yuan, while Shrek narrowly defeated Huntian Academy and Xuan Zi celebrated. The heavily anticipated Heaven Soul Team versus Sun Moon Team match began with Xiao Hongchen provoking Liu Yuan, whose Double Pupils began to glow.

• Ma Rulong planned to restrain Long Aotian and use Mind-Steady Covers to counter Liu Yuan’s mental attacks.
• Shrek Academy narrowly defeated Huntian Academy despite injuries among its Reserve Team.
• Xuan Zi celebrated Shrek’s victory and imagined Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yaoheng returning before Shrek faced Liu Yuan’s team.
• Heavenly Soul Royal Academy and Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy entered the arena for the final Round-of-16 match.
• Xiao Hongchen taunted Liu Yuan, but Liu Yuan’s Double Pupils glowed and made Xiao Hongchen’s confidence falter.

Sun Moon Team’s specialized Soul Tools trapped Long Aotian and suppressed Heaven Soul Team, leaving Xuan Zi confident that Liu Yuan would lose. Liu Yuan and Long Aotian unleashed their full strength, breaking the restraints and knocking one of Sun Moon Team’s members out of the arena, while Xuan Zi’s confidence collapsed.

• Xiao Hongchen used a Mind-Steady Cover to resist Liu Yuan’s spiritual intimidation, and Ma Rulong ordered Sun Moon Team to bombard Heaven Soul Team.
• Long Aotian charged through the shellfire, but Ma Rulong and Meng Hongchen trapped him with Gravity Mire and Void Binding.
• Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu recognized that Sun Moon Team had prepared counters for Heaven Soul Team, while Xuan Zi celebrated their apparent advantage.
• Liu Yuan told Long Aotian to stop holding back, and Long Aotian broke free of the gravity and threads through sheer strength.
• Liu Yuan unleashed the Qilin Precious Technique—Shatter, destroyed a Sun Moon Team member’s defensive barrier, and blasted him out of the arena, stunning the crowd and Xuan Zi.

Liu Yuan overwhelmed the Sun Moon Royal Team with Long Aotian’s support, but Ma Rulong and the Hongchen Siblings unleashed their strongest weapons and Martial Soul Fusion Skill. As Red Dust Attachment engulfed him, Liu Yuan activated his Fourth Soul Skill, Ultimate Sublimation.

• Xuan Zi and Xu Jiawei were shocked when Liu Yuan revealed combat power far beyond their expectations.
• Long Aotian held off Ma Rulong while Liu Yuan knocked two more Sun Moon Team members off the arena, leaving the team down three main forces.
• Ma Rulong drew the eighth-rank Judgment Sword and forced Long Aotian backward with its judgment sword aura.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen attacked Liu Yuan with Soul Tool bombardment and poison, but his Undying Body let him endure their assault.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Red Dust Attachment, and its rain of metallic feathers engulfed Liu Yuan.
• As the attack neared him, Liu Yuan activated Ultimate Sublimation by resonating his Double Pupil with Life Gold.

Liu Yuan shattered Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill and helped the Heavenly Soul Royal Academy Team eliminate the Sun Moon Royal Team. The chapter ended with the referee declaring the Heavenly Soul Team the winners.

• Liu Yuan used his first soul skill to destroy Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen’s Red Dust Attachment, then kicked both siblings out of the arena.
• Long Aotian held off Ma Rulong as Liu Yuan and the other Heavenly Soul Team members eliminated the remaining Sun Moon Royal Team fighters.
• Long Aotian knocked the Judgment Sword from Ma Rulong’s grasp, and Liu Yuan punched Ma Rulong out of the arena.
• The chief referee announced the Heavenly Soul Royal Academy Team as the winner after the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy Team was completely eliminated.

Heavenly Soul Royal Academy defeated Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, and the victory transformed public opinion in its favor. Shrek’s Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yaoheng then returned to the team and crushed their quarterfinal opponents, leaving the tournament’s championship outlook uncertain again.

• Heavenly Soul Royal Academy defeated Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, and spectators praised Liu Yuan and Long Aotian as the team’s reputation soared.
• Huo Yuhao watched Liu Yuan’s triumph and briefly wondered whether he had made the wrong choice by joining Shrek instead of the Body Sect.
• Xuan Zi worried that Shrek could not defend its championship, then regained confidence when Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yaoheng said they had nearly recovered.
• Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yaoheng officially returned to Shrek’s team and started in its quarterfinal match.
• Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yaoheng overwhelmed their opponents, causing spectators to reconsider whether Heavenly Soul could win the championship.

Shrek Team and Heaven Soul Team prepared to face each other in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament finals as spectators and Shrek’s elders debated their chances. The teams took their positions, and the referee ordered them to fall back and prepare.

• Public opinion shifted toward Shrek Team after Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yaoheng’s strong performances, and bettors favored Shrek to win.
• Xuan Zi anticipated Shrek’s victory and planned to make Du Busi and Liu Yuan answer for humiliating him.
• The Star Luo Empire prepared a continent-wide broadcast of the finals using sixteen seventh-grade panoramic imaging Soul Tools.
• Sea God Pavilion’s elders watched the arena and debated whether Liu Yuan could challenge Shrek’s two Soul Emperors.
• Shrek Team and Heaven Soul Team entered the arena and faced each other as the referee ordered them to fall back and prepare.

Ma Xiaotao overwhelmed Long Aotian with her superior strength, while Xu Sanshi used Black Tortoise Displacement to isolate Liu Yuan from the Heavenly Soul Team. The chapter ended with Liu Yuan trapped between Dai Yaoheng and Ling Luochen, preparing to fight them.

• Ma Xiaotao opened the match by attacking Long Aotian with Phoenix Ray and blasting him backward.
• Ma Xiaotao followed with Phoenix Wing Heaven Soaring, sending Long Aotian flying again and taunting him.
• Liu Yuan decided to help Long Aotian, but Xu Sanshi displaced him into the Shrek Team's formation.
• Dai Yaoheng and Ling Luochen confronted Liu Yuan, and he prepared to deal with both of them.

Liu Yuan was cornered by Dai Yaoheng and Ling Luochen as Shrek’s fighters split the arena into three battles and gained the advantage over the Heaven Soul Team. While Shrek’s spectators expected victory, Mu En recognized Liu Yuan’s extraordinary ability to withstand two stronger opponents, and the fight moved toward its climax.

• Dai Yaoheng charged Liu Yuan and exchanged blows with him, eventually knocking him back despite Liu Yuan’s Qilin technique and Double Pupils.
• Ling Luochen attacked Liu Yuan with Extreme Ice Chains and Frost Ice Storm, but Liu Yuan used Undying Body to recover from his wounds.
• Huo Yuhao, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Wang Dong blocked Vina, Chen Lü, and the other Heaven Soul Team members from supporting Liu Yuan.
• Shrek’s fighters divided the match into three battlefields, leaving the Heaven Soul Team at a disadvantage as Ma Xiaotao suppressed Long Aotian and Dai Yaoheng and Ling Luochen surrounded Liu Yuan.
• Xuan Zi and the Shrek Elders celebrated the apparent advantage, but Mu En watched Liu Yuan withstand two opponents and regretted that Shrek had lost such a rare talent.

Liu Yuan activated his Fourth Soul Skill, Ultimate Sublimation, and reversed the battle against Shrek Academy’s Dai Yaoheng and Ling Luochen. He left Dai Yaoheng unable to fight and knocked Ling Luochen unconscious, stunning the spectators watching across the continent.

• Liu Yuan assessed how Shrek’s divided battlefield had put the Heaven Soul Team at a disadvantage and decided to use his full strength.
• Dai Yaoheng ignored Ling Luochen’s warning and charged Liu Yuan, who activated Ultimate Sublimation and struck him with the Qilin Precious Technique.
• Liu Yuan pursued Dai Yaoheng, pinned him down, and used Spirit Ray to cripple his Soul Power circulation while avoiding vital points.
• Ling Luochen tried to protect Dai Yaoheng, but Liu Yuan shattered her ice shield with an elbow strike and sent her unconscious into the safety zone.
• Spectators and Soul Masters across the continent watched the sudden defeat through the Level Seven Soul Tools and fell silent in shock.