Chapter Summaries

After Shrek Academy lost four Inner Court disciples during a mission, Mu En confronted Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe over the deaths and their decisions. The chapter ended with Mu En demanding that Yan Shaozhe answer for opposing defensive Soul Tools.

• At the Star Emperor Hotel, Ma Yun told the Sun Moon Empire team that Shrek Academy's lineup included two Spirit Emperors and five Soul Kings, and Ma Rulong judged his team stronger.
• Xuan Zi returned to Sea God Pavilion, where Mu En ordered him to recount how the mission had ended with four disciples dead and three severely injured.
• Xuan Zi admitted that Xixi had died after Chen Zifeng's head exploded under the Corpse Explosion Technique.
• Mu En berated Xuan Zi for leading the mission and challenged Yan Shaozhe for opposing defensive Soul Tools for Inner Court disciples.
• Mu En pointed out that Ling Luochen had survived thanks to her Invincible Barrier and demanded that Yan Shaozhe explain why he had resisted issuing such protection.

Mu En reprimanded Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi over Shrek Academy’s failures and ordered reforms to strengthen its Soul Guidance Department. He left the academy’s future in the hands of its leaders while pushing them to prioritize student safety and growth over tradition and tournament victories.

• Mu En rejected Yan Shaozhe’s defense and criticized Shrek Academy’s resistance to developing Soul Tools.
• Mu En removed Xuan Zi as deputy leader of the Shrek Inspection Group and ordered him to teach in the Inner Court.
• Mu En ordered Inner Court disciples to obtain defensive and flight-type Soul Tools, and Yan Shaozhe agreed without objecting.
• Mu En told Xuan Zi to take the injured students to Star Luo City after they recovered and told Wang Yan to value their growth over winning the tournament.
• Mu En directed Xian Lin'er to propose a student exchange with Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy and to make Fan Yu a vice dean.

After more than half a year refining a Spirit Bone in the Undead Half-Plane, Xu Tianming completed his body cultivation, gained a sixth Soul Ring, and reached Level 68. When he returned to Douluo Continent, the God of Destruction sensed a power sharing his origin, but it vanished before he could investigate.

• Xu Tianming awakened as the undead creatures bowed to him, then completed the Flawless Golden Body and the second realm of the Yin Yang Profound Pole Body Refining Art.
• Xu Tianming absorbed the Purple Imperial Heaven-Extinguishing Dragon’s bloodline and remnant soul, gaining a purple-gold sixth Soul Ring and reaching Level 68.
• Electrolux and Snow Empress told Xu Tianming that he had been cultivating for more than half a year and that the Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament had begun.
• Xu Tianming returned to Douluo Continent, and the God of Destruction sensed a power of the same origin before it disappeared.
• The God of Destruction told the Life Goddess he wished he could pass on his divine position and travel the universe with her.

Xu Tianming returned from seclusion and met Jing Hongchen, who told him his parents had settled in Ming Capital and the tournament was about to begin. Xu Tianming set out for Star Luo City to compete for the Empire, asking Mu Ye to notify Tong Yu so they could discuss expanding Soul Hall into the Three Douluo Kingdoms.

• The Life Goddess urged the God of Destruction to preserve the God Realm's unity despite his anger at the Sea God.
• Xu Tianming used Earth Shrinking to travel to Jing Hongchen's office and reunited with the surprised dean.
• Jing Hongchen told Xu Tianming that his parents had been granted the title of King of Dongyang and a residence in Ming Capital.
• Xu Tianming said he would visit his parents after winning the Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament championship.
• Jing Hongchen brought Xu Tianming to meet Mu Ye, who explained that Mingde Hall was researching Battle Armor while the royal Enshrinement Hall researched Mechas.
• Xu Tianming left for Star Luo City and asked Mu Ye to arrange for Tong Yu to meet him there to discuss expanding Soul Hall's business.

Cai Mei'er and Yan Shaozhe agreed to secretly bring Mo Xuan to Star Luo City so his Halo Martial Soul could support Shrek Academy’s weakened tournament team. Xu Tianming arrived in Star Luo City and decided to explore before meeting the team.

• Cai Mei'er told Yan Shaozhe that the injured Dai Yueheng might lose his legs and that Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire had worsened, leaving Shrek’s tournament team in danger of losing.
• Yan Shaozhe proposed taking Mo Xuan to Star Luo City so he could secretly support Shrek’s competitors with his Halo Martial Soul, and Cai Mei'er agreed.
• Cai Mei'er told Yan Shaozhe that the competitors would receive level-six Invincible Barriers, prompting him to criticize their use while still supporting their deployment for the tournament.
• Xu Tianming used Earth Shrinking to travel from Ming Capital to Star Luo City in one day and chose to look around before meeting the team.

Xu Tianming entered Star Luo City with Leng Yulai, who was assigned to protect him while concealing her identity as an Evil Spirit Master. After the tournament crowds left him unable to find a hotel, he punished an arrogant young man and his companions for insulting him and Leng Yulai.

• Leng Yulai explained that Xu Tianran had requested Kirin Douluo’s protection, so she had come to guard Xu Tianming with a Soul Tool that suppressed her aura.
• Xu Tianming told Leng Yulai to call him Young Master, then decided they would find lodging and later watch the tournament matches.
• At the Star Luo Grand Hotel, the receptionist said only guests with imperial invitations could stay, prompting Xu Tianming to criticize the policy.
• A haughty young man mocked Xu Tianming and insulted Leng Yulai, then threatened Xu Tianming when he turned back.
• Xu Tianming waved his hand and struck the entire group at once, sending them crashing into the hotel wall with bloodied faces and broken teeth.

Xu Tianming and Leng Yulai clashed with the Nether Duke’s men and the guardian Douluo Cheng Gang at a Star Luo City hotel. Princess Xu Jiujiu offered them lodging at the Star Luo Grand Hotel, then wondered who they were as a familiar voice addressed her.

• Xu Tianming knocked the Young Duke of Nether and his companions unconscious, then challenged Cheng Gang when the Giant Strength Douluo confronted him.
• Leng Yulai overwhelmed Cheng Gang with her pressure and forced him to his knees until Xu Tianming told her to stop.
• Xu Jiujiu introduced herself as a princess and offered Xu Tianming and Leng Yulai lodging at the Star Luo Grand Hotel.
• After Xu Tianming and Leng Yulai went upstairs, the Nebula Douluo warned Xu Jiujiu that Leng Yulai might be above Rank 97, and Xu Jiujiu wondered about their identities.
• A familiar voice told Xu Jiujiu that it had been a long time and she seemed to have encountered trouble.

Xu Jiujiu reunited with Wei Na at the Star Luo Hotel, where Wei Na recognized the young man connected to powerful Title Douluo and considered approaching him. At the Star Emperor Hotel, Shrek’s injured Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen estimated when they could return to the tournament, while Wang Yan asked where Xuan Zi was.

• Xu Jiujiu greeted Wei Na and explained that a female Title Douluo had punished nobles who insulted her.
• Wei Na and Lang Ya recognized the young man from their encounter in the Far North and discussed finding out what force he belonged to.
• Wei Na told Lang Ya they should make contact with the young man, noting that a force with two Super Douluo could not be an ordinary reclusive sect.
• Ma Xiaotao said she needed about fifteen days to recover and would only regain eighty percent of her strength, while Ling Luochen expected to recover in five or six days.
• Wang Yan calculated that the two seniors might return around the third elimination round and asked where Xuan Zi was so he could consult him about tactics.

Xu Jiawei discussed Shrek Academy’s request for Medicine Immortal Douluo to treat its injured students and learned from Xu Jiujiu about a powerful young man who had assaulted Zhu Min. The siblings agreed to watch the mysterious pair closely, assuming they came from one of the Three Douluo Kingdoms.

• Xu Jiawei told Xu Jiujiu that Taotie Douluo had asked Medicine Immortal Douluo to help Shrek Academy’s injured Inspection Team members, and he had agreed to the request.
• Xu Jiawei explained that Dai Yueheng had lost both legs and suffered Corpse Poison, while Xu Jiujiu noted Shrek Academy’s failure to equip its students with defensive Soul Tools.
• Xu Jiawei said Dai Yueheng’s injuries might leave Duke White Tiger’s inheritance to Dai Huabin, and Xu Jiujiu reported the incident at the Star Luo Grand Hotel.
• Xu Jiujiu described how Xu Tianming’s companion had sent Zhu Min flying with a palm strike from a distance, prompting Xu Jiawei to speculate that the young man came from a reclusive family.
• Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu considered Xu Tianming and his companion unusually powerful but assumed they were Spirit Masters from the Three Douluo Kingdoms, not the Sun Moon Empire.

Ma Yun told the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Team that Shrek Academy had suffered devastating losses, raising their hopes of winning the tournament, and revealed that Xu Tianming was on his way to Star Luo City. Xu Tianming arrived in the city and accepted Princess Wei Na’s invitation to watch the matches from the VIP seating.

• Ma Yun told the team that Evil Spirit Masters had badly injured Shrek Academy’s competitors, and Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen celebrated the team’s misfortune.
• Ma Yun revealed that Xu Tianming had emerged from seclusion and was heading to Star Luo City, prompting Yuanen Yehui and the siblings to react with relief and renewed fighting spirit.
• Other academies learned of Shrek Academy’s losses and grew eager to challenge its long-held tournament dominance.
• Xu Tianming arrived at Star Luo Plaza and was surprised by the enormous crowd gathered for the tournament.
• Princess Wei Na invited Xu Tianming to the VIP seating in repayment for saving her life in the Far North, and he entered with Leng Yulai.

Xu Tianming watched the tournament’s top teams arrive and revealed that Wei Na and two Shrek reserves shared the rare trait of Twin Martial Souls. Wei Na was shaken by his knowledge and pressed him to explain who he was.

• Xu Jiujiu recognized Xu Tianming and the Title Douluo who had injured Zhu Min, and Xu Jiawei ordered her to investigate them after the matches.
• The Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Team entered to muted cheers and boos, and Xu Tianming noted how powerful its members seemed.
• Xu Tianming reassured Wei Na that her strength and talent could rival those of the Sun Moon and Shrek teams.
• Shrek Academy entered without its injured main-roster members, and Xu Tianming recognized Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and two reserve members.
• Xu Tianming told Wei Na that she and the two Shrek reserves possessed Twin Martial Souls, shocking her into demanding to know who he was.

Xu Tianming pressured Princess Wei Na while the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament opened with Shrek facing Tianling. Huo Yuhao stunned the plaza by displaying six red Soul Rings, but Xu Tianming disrupted his Simulation skill and exposed the illusion.

• Xu Tianming refused to reveal his identity to Wei Na, who remained uncertain whether he was a friend or enemy.
• The tournament opened with Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy facing Shrek, and the crowd’s cheers filled Star Luo Plaza.
• Ma Xiaotao encouraged Shrek’s young team, while Wang Yan told Huo Yuhao to use his second soul skill if possible.
• Huo Yuhao released what appeared to be six Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, shocking the audience and freezing the Tianling team.
• Xu Tianming used spiritual power to disrupt Huo Yuhao’s Simulation, revealing one white Soul Ring and two purple ones.

Huo Yuhao’s Simulation Soul Skill failed during the Shrek Team’s match, exposing his real Soul Rings and prompting Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy to attack. Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but Xu Tianming secretly interfered with it, leaving both weakened.

• Huo Yuhao’s illusion vanished, revealing one white and two purple Soul Rings and provoking the Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy Team to charge.
• Wang Yan and Ma Xiaotao realized the failed Simulation Soul Skill had exposed Shrek’s capabilities to its future opponents.
• Xu Jiujiu and Wei Na suspected Xu Tianming had caused the illusion to fail, but he denied doing anything.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong fused into a golden vertical eye, and Electrolux recognized that Wang Dong carried part of the divine consciousness tied to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• Xu Tianming asked Electrolux to disrupt the fusion skill, and the resulting interference left Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong pale and weakened.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong's Martial Soul Fusion Skill failed during Shrek Academy's match against the Tianling Team, leaving Shrek struggling before Beibei and the others secured a narrow victory. Wang Yan worried about the Round-Robin Tournament, and Xuan Zi arrived to arrange Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen's recovery while promising to find a solution.

• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong failed to activate their Martial Soul Fusion Skill after Wang Dong sensed an aura from the Undead Half-Plane, and the Tianling Team charged at Shrek.
• Xu Tianming revealed to Electrolux that releasing the Undead Half-Plane's aura had affected Wang Dong, while Xu Jiujiu suspected Xu Tianming was involved.
• Beibei, Xu Sanshi, and the others defeated the Tianling Team, but the crowd responded with scattered applause and noisy discussion.
• Wang Yan worried that Shrek would not cope with the Round-Robin Tournament, and Xuan Zi criticized the team's performance.
• Xuan Zi told Ma Xiaotao that the Medicine Immortal Douluo would help her and Ling Luochen recover, promised to find a solution for the next tournament stage, and left without encouraging Huo Yuhao and the others.

After the Shrek Team struggled against Tianling Team, Wang Yan sent the exhausted students back to the hotel and stayed to study their opponents. In the VIP section, Xu Tianming criticized Shrek Academy and Zhou Yi’s teaching methods, and Zhou Yi attacked him with a pillar of fire.

• Wang Yan sent Beibei and the other Shrek Team members back to the hotel to recover while he stayed to watch the other matches.
• Wei Na and Xu Jiujiu questioned why Shrek’s team was so weak, and Xu Tianming explained that the academy had few eligible replacements and wasted many geniuses.
• Zhou Yi confronted Xu Tianming after hearing him disparage Shrek Academy.
• Xu Tianming accused Zhou Yi of expelling most of her students and ruining their futures, and the students beside her stayed silent.
• Zhou Yi defended her advancement rate, then summoned six Soul Rings and engulfed Xu Tianming in a blazing pillar of fire.

Xu Tianming confronted Zhou Yi after she attacked him in the VIP seating, then overpowered and punished her despite her ties to Shrek Academy. Zhou Yi was left aged and stripped of her Soul Power as Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and the others took her away.

• Zhou Yi attacked Xu Tianming with her fourth soul skill, but he emerged unharmed while Leng Yulai remained still.
• Xu Jiujiu said the Star Luo Imperial Family would not interfere, and Xu Tianming identified Zhou Yi as Shrek Academy’s expulsion maniac.
• Xu Tianming lifted Zhou Yi with an invisible force, broke her bones, and aged her using curse magic and the Gold of Life.
• At Xu Jiujiu’s request, Xu Tianming spared Zhou Yi’s life but forced her Soul Power out of her dantian.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu carried Zhou Yi away with the rest of Shrek’s group, and Xu Jiujiu asked Xu Tianming whether he feared Shrek Academy’s retaliation.

Xu Tianming stayed to watch the tournament after discussing Zhou Yi’s punishment with Xu Jiujiu, while the Sun Moon Empire Team’s victory alarmed Shrek Academy. Xuan Zi secretly asked Xu Jiawei to rig the tournament draw for Shrek, leaving the Star Luo Emperor distrustful of the academy.

• Xu Tianming persuaded Xu Jiujiu to let him stay through the day’s matches, and the Sun Moon Empire Team defeated all seven opponents with only Ma Rulong, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen competing.
• Wang Yan returned to the hotel and learned from Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin that Xu Tianming had crippled Zhou Yi’s Soul Power after she attacked him in the VIP section.
• Beibei demanded that Elder Xuan seek justice for Zhou Yi, while Wang Yan recognized that Zhou Yi had started the confrontation.
• Xuan Zi met Xu Jiawei in the Imperial Palace and asked him to keep their conversation secret after requesting an easy group for the Shrek Team in the Round-Robin Tournament.
• Xu Jiawei agreed to keep the discussion confidential but privately condemned Shrek Academy for asking him to help them cheat.

Xuan Zi arranged for the Star Luo Imperial Family to manipulate the tournament draw, then learned that Zhou Yi had been brutally injured by Xu Tianming. As Xuan Zi ordered her treated and rebuked the Shrek Team, Huo Yuhao’s faith in the academy weakened, while Xu Tianming waited for Shrek to come apologize.

• After leaving the Star Luo Imperial Palace, Xuan Zi arranged for the Star Luo Imperial Family to keep Shrek Team apart from other strong teams in the round-robin draw.
• Wang Yan told Xuan Zi that Zhou Yi had been injured, and Xuan Zi examined her and found that most of her bones were shattered, her Soul Power crippled, and her life force draining.
• At Xuan Zi’s demand, Dai Huabin described how Xu Tianming had injured Zhou Yi in the VIP stands, and Xuan Zi ordered Wang Yan to bring Medicine Immortal Douluo to treat her and arrange for her return to the academy.
• Xuan Zi warned the Shrek Team to prepare for their matches, leaving Huo Yuhao feeling blamed for mistakes caused by the academy’s failures and doubting Shrek Academy.
• Xu Tianming sat beside Wei Na at the matches and told Xu Jiujiu that he expected Shrek Academy to come apologize to him.

Xuan Zi confronted Xu Tianming over the injury to a Shrek Academy teacher, but Leng Yulai stepped in when Xuan Zi tried to attack him. Their clash shook the tournament grounds, and four Title Douluos intervened to contain the damage.

• Xuan Zi entered the VIP stands and pressured Xu Tianming, asking whether he had injured Shrek Academy’s teacher.
• Xu Jiujiu asked Xuan Zi to settle the dispute privately, while Xu Tianming mocked Xuan Zi and his Martial Soul flaw.
• Xuan Zi summoned his Soul Rings, but Leng Yulai stood before Xu Tianming and revealed six black and three red Soul Rings.
• Leng Yulai’s aura forced Xuan Zi to falter, and Xu Tianming further insulted him by questioning his authority within Shrek Academy.
• Xuan Zi tried to grab Xu Tianming, and Leng Yulai blocked him with her palm, sending a shockwave through the plaza.
• Four Title Douluos suppressed the spreading shockwave and demanded that Xuan Zi and Leng Yulai stop endangering the tournament.

Leng Yulai defeated Xuan Zi after he attacked Xu Tianming, and Xu Tianming defended their actions to the Star Luo Empire’s Title Douluo before leaving the tournament stands. Xu Jiujiu reported the clashes to Emperor Xu Jiawei, who blamed Shrek Academy for the insults to the imperial authority.

• Leng Yulai donned her Three-Word Battle Armor and struck Xuan Zi, sending the rank-ninety-eight Taotie Douluo flying.
• Xu Tianming stopped Leng Yulai from pursuing Xuan Zi and told Sui Xing Douluo that he had acted in self-defense after Shrek Academy members attacked him.
• Xu Tianming revived Xu Jiujiu and Wei Na, then left the VIP stands while the Star Luo Empire’s Title Douluo let him go.
• Sui Xing Douluo asked Xu Jiujiu to accompany him to see Emperor Xu Jiawei and sent Giant Hammer Douluo to find Medicine Immortal.
• Xu Jiujiu explained the incidents to Xu Jiawei, who angrily condemned Shrek Academy for attacking first and disregarding the Star Luo Imperial Family’s authority.