Chapter Summaries

Liu Yuan used his enhanced Spirit Power to defeat Dai Yaoheng and Ling Luochen, freeing himself to threaten Shrek’s central battlefield. Xuan Zi panicked and ordered Ma Xiaotao to stop him, but Long Aotian blocked her, while Liu Yuan turned toward Huo Yuhao and Bei Bei.

• Liu Yuan activated Ultimate Sublimation and swiftly defeated Dai Yaoheng and Ling Luochen, shocking the spectators and the elders at Shrek Academy.
• Yan Shaozhe realized Liu Yuan’s Fourth Soul Skill greatly enhanced his Spirit Power, while Mu En praised his courage and strategy.
• Xuan Zi recognized that Liu Yuan could attack Shrek’s remaining fighters and shouted for Ma Xiaotao to abandon Long Aotian and intercept him.
• Ma Xiaotao tried to dive toward Liu Yuan, but Long Aotian blocked her path and endured her Evil Fire to keep her from joining the central battle.
• Liu Yuan recovered his breath, turned toward Huo Yuhao and Bei Bei, and fixed his violet-gold Double Pupils on them.

Liu Yuan entered the arena and swiftly defeated Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Wang Dong, and Huo Yuhao, leaving the Shrek team on the brink of defeat. Ma Xiaotao remained held back by Long Aotian as the battle continued.

• Long Aotian used his body and life-threatening defenses to keep Ma Xiaotao from reaching Liu Yuan, while Xuan Zi feared Shrek would lose.
• Liu Yuan used the Qilin Precious Technique to reach Vina's battlefield and knocked Bei Bei unconscious with a punch.
• Liu Yuan shattered Xu Sanshi's Black Tortoise Shield and punched him off the arena.
• Liu Yuan disrupted Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong's attempt to use Withering in Brilliance, then threw Wang Dong off the arena.
• Liu Yuan overwhelmed Huo Yuhao with spiritual pressure and a shockwave, leaving him unconscious in his arms.

Liu Yuan and the Heaven Soul Team overwhelmed Ma Xiaotao after the rest of Shrek’s team fell, leaving Shrek on the verge of losing its undefeated legacy. Ma Xiaotao was defeated in the arena, and the chapter ended with Shrek’s loss seemingly certain.

• Liu Yuan set the unconscious Huo Yuhao down as spectators realized Ma Xiaotao was Shrek’s last fighter against the seven remaining Heaven Soul Team members.
• Xuan Zi panicked over the likely defeat and the consequences of his wager, while Mu En and the Sea God Pavilion Elders regretted that Shrek had driven away Liu Yuan.
• Liu Yuan joined Long Aotian and the other Heaven Soul Team members as they surrounded Ma Xiaotao and countered her Phoenix Meteor Shower.
• The Heaven Soul Team repeatedly struck Ma Xiaotao, with Liu Yuan’s attacks weakening her defenses and Long Aotian’s blows forcing her down.
• Liu Yuan fired his Laser Eye at maximum output, extinguishing Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire barrier and leaving her unconscious in the crater.

Heavenly Soul Royal Academy defeated Shrek and won the tournament, ending Shrek’s long dominance. As Xuan Zi tried to flee rather than honor his wager, Du Busi publicly called him out in front of the spectators.

• The referee declared Heavenly Soul Royal Academy the champion, and Liu Yuan, Long Aotian, and their teammates celebrated their victory.
• Spectators discussed Shrek’s defeat as Xuan Zi brooded over his promise to kneel and kowtow to Du Busi and Liu Yuan.
• Xuan Zi tried to leave the arena while dragging the unconscious Shrek team members away.
• At the Sea God Pavilion, the Elders and Yan Shaozhe watched the broadcast in grim silence as Xu Jiawei prepared to award the trophy.
• Du Busi used his Soul Power to stop Xuan Zi and loudly reminded him of the wager, drawing the crowd’s attention to the attempted escape.

After losing the tournament, Xuan Zi tried to escape his public wager with Du Busi, but Liu Yuan produced a recording and witnesses confirmed the deal. Cornered before the crowd, Xuan Zi knelt, leaving Shrek's reputation in ruins.

• Xuan Zi tried to leave the arena with the defeated Shrek team, but Du Busi stopped him and demanded he honor their wager.
• Huo Yuhao, Dai Yaoheng, and the other Shrek team members remembered that Xuan Zi had promised to kneel and kowtow if his team lost.
• At the Sea God Pavilion, Elder Song, Yan Shaozhe, and Xian Lin'er argued over the wager while Mu En watched in disappointed silence.
• Xuan Zi denied making the wager, but Liu Yuan played a recording of his promise and called on witnesses from the crowd to confirm it.
• With the crowd condemning him and no way to deny the debt, Xuan Zi knelt before Liu Yuan in public.

Xuan Zi fulfilled his wager by kowtowing to Du Busi and admitting he was wrong, humiliating Shrek before the continent. As Liu Yuan accepted the championship award, Xuan Zi led his battered team away, dreading his return to the Sea God Pavilion.

• Xuan Zi kowtowed three times and publicly admitted his mistake to Du Busi.
• Du Busi declared Xuan Zi had passed the wager, mocked him, and ordered him to leave.
• Mu En told the Sea God Pavilion elders to wait until Xuan Zi returned before discussing the humiliation.
• Xu Jiawei redirected the ceremony and announced the Heavenly Soul Royal Academy Team as champions.
• Liu Yuan accepted the trophy while Xuan Zi led Huo Yuhao, Ma Xiaotao, and the injured team out of the arena.
• Xuan Zi worried about facing Mu En and the elders, knowing his failures and the disgrace he had brought upon Shrek awaited him.

After the Heavenly Soul Royal Academy Team celebrated its championship in Star Luo City, the Heavenly Soul Emperor ordered lavish titles, fiefs, rewards, and a grand welcome for the victorious team. Xuan Zi and the Shrek group hurried home under the shadow of the humiliation they had suffered.

• The Heavenly Soul Team celebrated its victory at a banquet, while Chen Lü and the others spotted Xuan Zi and his companions leaving Star Luo City overnight.
• Du Busi promised the team generous sect rewards, and Vina said the emperor would reward them generously as well.
• The Heavenly Soul Emperor watched footage of the victory and ordered counts and fiefs for the team, with Liu Yuan and Long Aotian granted marquis titles and especially generous rewards.
• The emperor ordered nationwide announcements and preparations for a grand welcome, declaring he would travel ten li to meet the returning heroes.
• Xuan Zi and the Shrek group continued their journey through the wilderness, chilled by the prospect of public scorn and condemnation.

Liu Yuan and the Heavenly Soul Royal Academy team returned home as champions and received an unprecedented welcome and lavish rewards from the Heavenly Soul Emperor. Liu Yuan left for the Body Sect focused on reaching level 50 and awakening his Double Pupil Martial Soul.

• Du Busi led the team safely back to Heavenly Soul Imperial City, where the emperor and thousands of citizens welcomed them with a grand procession.
• The Heavenly Soul Emperor praised Liu Yuan and Long Aotian for restoring the empire’s dignity and rode with them in his imperial carriage.
• The emperor granted Liu Yuan the title of Zhenhun Marquis and Long Aotian the title of Weiyuan Marquis, while Chen Lü, Wang Yanfeng, Gu Tong, and the other teammates received noble titles and rewards.
• The team celebrated at a palace banquet, then discussed how Shrek and Xuan Zi might regret their past actions toward Liu Yuan.
• Liu Yuan dismissed Shrek’s regrets and headed toward the Body Sect, eager to break through level 50 and discover whether his Double Pupil would awaken.

Liu Yuan struggled to break through Level 50, so Electrolux began teaching him to control Spirit Power and use undead magic. Meanwhile, Xuan Zi returned to Shrek City with Huo Yuhao, Ma Xiaotao, and the defeated team, facing a cold reception after their disgrace at Star Luo Plaza.

• Liu Yuan entered secluded cultivation, inspiring Long Aotian, Chen Lü, Wang Yanfeng, and the other Body Sect disciples to resume training.
• Liu Yuan spent half a month unable to break through Level 50, and Electrolux advised him to change his cultivation approach.
• Electrolux taught Liu Yuan fine Spirit Power control and the basics of undead summoning, and Liu Yuan used his Double Pupil to refine the arrays.
• Xuan Zi arrived outside Shrek City with Huo Yuhao, Ma Xiaotao, and the battered team, where the guarded city gates offered them no welcome.
• Xuan Zi led the team into the city, knowing the recordings of his humiliation had spread and fearing judgment from the Sea God Pavilion elders.

After Shrek Academy’s humiliating tournament defeat and Xian Zi’s public kowtow, he returned to the academy and faced the Sea God Pavilion Elders. He took all the blame and begged to be stripped of his authority, while Mu En remained silent.

• On the way back through Shrek City, Xian Zi and his team heard civilians condemn their defeat and recall his public apology to Liu Yuan and Du Busi.
• Mu En summoned Xian Zi to Sea God Pavilion, and Xian Zi sent Huo Yuhao, Ma Xiaotao, and the others to tend to their injuries before going alone.
• Xian Zi knelt before Mu En and the Elders, admitting that his arrogance and prejudice had disgraced the academy.
• Xian Zi asked Mu En to remove him from the Elders and leave him with only the duty of guarding the academy gates.
• Several Elders wavered at Xian Zi’s plea, but Mu En stayed silent as Xian Zi waited and calculated his chances of retaining influence.

Mu En refused Xuan Zi’s resignation and ordered him to train Shrek’s next generation and reclaim the championship at the next tournament. He then sentenced Xuan Zi to punishment under Sea God Pavilion rules for disgracing the academy, as heavy chains sounded through the darkened hall.

• Mu En considered Xuan Zi’s blunders but decided Shrek could not afford to lose its Level 98 combatant.
• Mu En rejected Xuan Zi’s resignation and ordered him to cultivate the new generation and lead Shrek at the next Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament.
• Mu En warned that another loss or public disgrace would cost Xuan Zi his cultivation and expel him from Shrek City.
• Xuan Zi vowed to win back the championship or take his own life beneath the Golden Tree.
• Mu En declared that Xuan Zi would still be punished under Sea God Pavilion rules, and Xuan Zi accepted as heavy chains sounded in the hall.

Mu En punished Xuan Zi for Shrek’s failure and warned him to restore the academy’s reputation at the next Soul Master Tournament. Meanwhile, Liu Yuan broke through to level 50 after two months of secluded cultivation, leaving him ready to seek a new Soul Ring.

• Mu En restrained Xuan Zi with special chains and struck him with the Whip of Discipline until the punishment was complete.
• Mu En warned Xuan Zi that another failure at the next Soul Master Tournament would cost him his cultivation and place in Shrek.
• Xuan Zi accepted the punishment but privately vowed to defeat the Body Sect and Liu Yuan.
• After two months of secluded cultivation, Liu Yuan used the Undead Seal and Electrolux’s Divine Sense to break through the level 50 barrier.
• Liu Yuan sensed his power had grown and anticipated gaining a new Soul Ring and awakening his Second Martial Soul.

After breaking through to rank 50, Liu Yuan chose a Space Beast for his fifth Soul Ring so he could gain a domain-like spatial ability. Du Busi proposed finding one with a hundred thousand years of cultivation, leaving Long Aotian and the others stunned as he insisted Liu Yuan could endure it.

• Liu Yuan reached rank 50 and decided his fifth Soul Ring should come from a Space Beast to develop spatial control.
• Liu Yuan left seclusion and joined Du Busi, Long Aotian, Chen Lü, Wang Yanfeng, and the others in the Body Sect's Main Hall.
• Liu Yuan revealed his breakthrough, and Du Busi examined his stable foundation and praised his progress.
• Du Busi asked Liu Yuan about his fifth Soul Ring, and Liu Yuan explained his plan to seek a Space Beast.
• Du Busi declared that they would seek a Space Beast with around a hundred thousand years of cultivation, startling Long Aotian and the others.
• Du Busi argued Liu Yuan could absorb a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring because his fourth ring was forty-five thousand years old and he had absorbed Life Gold.

Liu Yuan set out with Du Busi for the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. At Shrek Academy, Mu En reconciled Xuan Zi and Huo Yuhao, who vowed to defeat Liu Yuan and the Body Sect at the next Soul Master Tournament.

• Du Busi explained why Liu Yuan might be able to absorb a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and the others marveled at the power and Spirit Bone it could bring.
• Du Busi and Liu Yuan left the Body Sect for the Star Dou Great Forest, with Du Busi promising to capture a Space Beast despite Di Tian's objections.
• Mu En summoned Xuan Zi and Huo Yuhao and urged them to set aside their conflict for Shrek Academy's future.
• Xuan Zi apologized to Huo Yuhao, and Huo Yuhao pledged to cultivate diligently and support the academy.
• Xuan Zi and Huo Yuhao vowed to defeat the Body Sect and Liu Yuan at the next Soul Master Tournament.

Mu En sent Xuan Zi to escort Huo Yuhao to the Star Dou Great Forest for his Third Spirit Ring, while Liu Yuan and Du Busi uncovered a hundred-thousand-year Space Beast hidden in a spatial maze. The Space Beast began to distort space as Du Busi prepared to seize it for Liu Yuan's fifth spirit ring.

• Mu En ordered Xuan Zi to take Huo Yuhao to the Star Dou Great Forest and warned him not to fail again.
• Xuan Zi set out that afternoon with Huo Yuhao and several Inner Court soul masters.
• Liu Yuan and Du Busi became trapped in a maze-like area of the forest where the scenery repeatedly returned them to their starting point.
• Electrolux guided Liu Yuan to a concealed airflow that revealed the spatial distortion's core, and Du Busi shattered it.
• Liu Yuan and Du Busi found a hundred-thousand-year Space Beast, and Du Busi declared it would become Liu Yuan's fifth spirit ring.

Du Busi defeated the Hundred-Thousand-Year Space Beast despite its powerful spatial abilities, and Liu Yuan delivered the killing blow. A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Head Spirit Bone appeared, leaving Liu Yuan thrilled by the spoils.

• The Space Beast used Space Leap to evade Du Busi’s attacks, then trapped him in a Space Cage and launched a desperate charge.
• Du Busi endured the Space Beast’s spatial attack with his body, broke free, and battered it until it was near death.
• Du Busi called Liu Yuan over, and Liu Yuan killed the crippled Space Beast with Spirit Rays through its eyes.
• A blood-red Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and a starlit Head Spirit Bone emerged from the Space Beast’s corpse, and Liu Yuan celebrated his fortune.

Liu Yuan absorbed a hundred-thousand-year space beast’s soul ring and head soul bone, reaching level 55 and gaining a powerful spatial domain ability. He demonstrated how Forbidden Domain weakened enemies while Dominator amplified himself.

• Du Busi urged Liu Yuan to absorb the space beast’s blood-red soul ring and starlit head soul bone.
• Liu Yuan absorbed both, with the life gold protecting his body and the double pupil and Electrolux suppressing the beast’s lingering soul.
• Liu Yuan emerged with five soul rings, including a hundred-thousand-year ring, and his soul power rose to level 55.
• Liu Yuan used Forbidden Domain to distort space within a hundred meters and suppress Du Busi’s abilities by about fifty percent.
• Liu Yuan activated Dominator, gaining roughly sixty percent overall enhancement and short-range space displacement within the domain.
• Du Busi praised Liu Yuan’s two-way domain skill and marveled at his strength as a level 55 Soul King.

After Liu Yuan gained the Space Banishment Spirit Bone skill from the Hundred-Thousand-Year Space Beast, Du Busi took him away from the Star Dou Great Forest to avoid attracting dangerous Soul Beasts. Soon afterward, Xuan Zi, Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Dong arrived at the devastated battlefield and discovered the beast’s corpse.

• Liu Yuan told Du Busi that his Head Soul Bone granted Space Banishment, which could transfer a nearby person or object up to ten thousand meters once per day while ignoring defenses and spatial seals.
• Du Busi warned Liu Yuan not to test his new abilities in the forest because the hunt’s disturbance might attract other Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts or ferocious beasts.
• Liu Yuan agreed to leave, and Du Busi carried him out of the Star Dou Great Forest toward the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xuan Zi brought Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Dong to investigate the spatial tremor and the cry of a dying Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Huo Yuhao recognized the enormous corpse as a Space Beast, while Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong wondered how many years it had cultivated.

Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong, and Xuan Zi discovered that the Space Beast killed in Empty Valley was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Huo Yuhao suspected Liu Yuan had killed it and absorbed its ring, but Xuan Zi and the others rejected the idea before a terrifying roar shook the valley.

• Xiao Xiao and Huo Yuhao examined the Space Beast’s markings, and Xuan Zi identified the corpse as belonging to a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Xuan Zi studied the shattered body and lingering Spirit Power traces, concluding that the attacker had immense strength and formidable spiritual power.
• Huo Yuhao recognized the lingering Spirit Power as possibly Liu Yuan’s and suggested Liu Yuan might have killed the beast while seeking his fifth spirit ring.
• Xuan Zi, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao dismissed the possibility that Liu Yuan had absorbed a hundred-thousand-year ring as his fifth, and Huo Yuhao accepted that he might have misread the aura.
• Xuan Zi urged the group to leave and find Huo Yuhao a third spirit ring, but a savage roar from the forest shook Empty Valley and shattered the surrounding trees.

Xiong Jun attacked Xuan Zi, believing he had killed the Space Beast, and forced him to flee with Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao. After they escaped, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion examined the Space Beast's corpse and the scent left behind.

• Xiong Jun emerged in Empty Valley and attacked Xuan Zi, whom he identified as the killer of his friend, the Space Beast.
• Xuan Zi tried to explain that he had arrived after the Space Beast was already dead, but Xiong Jun refused to believe him and escalated the fight.
• Xuan Zi unleashed his Ninth Soul Skill and struck Xiong Jun back, then gathered Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao and fled toward the forest's outskirts.
• Xiong Jun did not pursue Xuan Zi and instead turned toward the Three-Eyed Golden Lion as it emerged from the undergrowth.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion approached the Space Beast's corpse and sniffed the lingering scent on the ground.