Chapter Summaries

Xu Tinglan’s group challenged Mingde Hall’s main team for the chance to compete for starting positions in the Continental Youth Soul Master Tournament. The two sides met in the Fighting Arena, where Xiao Hongchen’s taunts left their upcoming one-on-one matches tense.

• Xu Tinglan led the rankings, while Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Jiang Nannan placed second, third, and fourth; the four discussed challenging Mingde Hall’s seniors.
• Xiao Hongchen wrote and submitted a challenge application after the group decided to test their strength against the main team.
• Ma Rulong, Mika, Xiao Xiafeng, Chen Fei, and Chen An introduced themselves in the Fighting Arena as Elder Ma watched.
• Xiao Hongchen refused to remember the main team members’ names and mocked them, provoking Chen An and the others.
• Elder Ma stopped the argument and explained that the reserve students would challenge the main team members one on one before training together for the remaining four months.

Xiao Hongchen defeated Chen An in a challenge, and Meng Hongchen then overwhelmed Lin Xi. Xu Tinglan learned about Xiao Hongchen's past conflict with Ma Rulong and decided to challenge him on Xiao Hongchen's behalf.

• Xiao Hongchen defeated Chen An with his Soul Tools after Chen An's attacks failed to break through his defenses.
• Elder Ma declared Xiao Hongchen's challenge successful, while Ma Rulong and the other Main Squad Members reacted with unease.
• Meng Hongchen challenged Lin Xi and defeated him with her speed, Ice Mirrors, and poison.
• Xu Tinglan learned from Meng Hongchen about Xiao Hongchen's conflict with Ma Rulong and decided to beat Ma Rulong up for him.

Xu Tinglan challenged Ma Rulong after he objected to Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen joining the main squad. Xu Tinglan gained the upper hand in their duel, but Ma Rulong summoned a Crimson Ape, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Elder Ma confirmed Lin Xi was safe and gave Meng Hongchen Main Squad Member qualifications, but Ma Rulong objected because he feared the siblings would disrupt the team.
• Xu Tinglan confronted Ma Rulong and provoked him into fighting to defend his position as captain.
• Xu Tinglan and Ma Rulong activated their Martial Soul Possession, and Ma Rulong fired eight Level 6 Energy Gathering Soul Cannons at him.
• Xu Tinglan used his Mysterious Turtle Shield to absorb the blasts and ignored Ma Rulong's Repulsion Bracelet before breaking his Energy Shield in close combat.
• Ma Rulong put on a Ruby Helmet and summoned a Crimson Ape, which struck at Xu Tinglan and was blocked by his shield.

Xu Tinglan defeated Ma Rulong in a team match by enduring his Soul Tool barrage and unleashing Heavenly Moat Thoroughfare. After Elder Ma stopped the attack and declared Xu Tinglan the winner, Xu Tinglan revealed the Mountain-Covering Dragon Turtle Beast Soul Ring’s abilities.

• Ma Rulong attacked Xu Tinglan with the Thunder Domain Cannon and Annihilation Cannon, but Xu Tinglan defended himself with his soul constructs, Soul Tool Armor, and Mysterious Turtle Shield.
• Ma Rulong launched a final barrage, and Xu Tinglan answered with Black Tortoise Abyssal Descent and Heavenly Moat Thoroughfare.
• Elder Ma used successive defensive Soul Tools to stop Xu Tinglan’s attack, while Ma Rulong collapsed from exhaustion.
• Elder Ma declared Xu Tinglan the winner, and Xiao Hongchen congratulated him on his strength.
• Xu Tinglan explained that his fifth Soul Skill came from the Mountain-Covering Dragon Turtle Beast and could reduce damage, absorb energy, and release a powerful strike.

Xu Tinglan became captain of the Sun Moon Team as Elder Ma finalized the tournament roster, while Xu Tinglan remembered the danger Shrek’s students would pose. At Shrek, Elder Xuan held a Battle Royale to select seven members for the Seven Devils Reserve Team, and Beibei, Wang Dong, and Huo Yuhao advanced.

• Elder Ma named Xu Tinglan captain and Ma Rulong vice-captain, then assigned the Sun Moon Team’s main and reserve members to combat roles.
• Xu Tinglan recalled that Chen An, Chen Fei, and Lin Xi would die against Shrek, while Li Yan would lose an arm.
• Xu Sanshi learned that the fish seller had joined the Martial Soul Department and that He Caitou was Shrek’s only Soul Tool Department student present.
• Elder Xuan announced a Battle Royale in which the last seven standing would earn places on Shrek’s Seven Devils Reserve Team.
• After the battle, seven students remained, including Beibei, Wang Dong, and Huo Yuhao.

Xu Tinglan achieved Spirit Forging and prepared to make a weapon before the Star Luo City competition. After a disastrous mission left one Shrek student dead and six seriously injured, Mu En ordered Inner Court disciples to obtain Soul Tools, overruling Yan Shaozhe.

• Xu Tinglan forged Deep Sea Silver into Spirit Forged Black Tortoise Gold and merged it into his right hand.
• With less than ten days before the competition, Xu Tinglan decided to forge a Spirit Forged sword to improve his offense.
• Shrek's Seven Devils suffered a disastrous mission on the way to Star Luo City: Yao Haoxuan died, Gongyang Mo and Chen Zifeng were permanently disabled, Xixi nearly died, and three others were seriously injured.
• Mu En ordered every Inner Court disciple to have at least two custom Soul Tools, including one for flight and one for defense.
• Yan Shaozhe tried to dissuade Mu En, but Mu En threatened to remove him as dean, and Yan Shaozhe reluctantly agreed.

Kong Deming escorted the Sun Moon Team to Star Luo City, where Xu Tinglan and the others discussed Shrek’s apparent lack of team members and their refusal to use Soul Tools. At Shrek’s meeting, Xu Sanshi identified a cousin among the Sun Moon Team and went to seek him out for information.

• Kong Deming led the Sun Moon Team to Star Luo City and the Star Emperor Hotel.
• Xu Tinglan suggested Shrek’s missing members might have died on the road, and Xiao Hongchen and Elder Ma mocked Shrek’s restrictions on Soul Tools.
• Wang Yan planned to cripple opponents in individual matches and win the team match, while Xu Sanshi said his cousin had joined the Sun Moon Team.
• Ma Xiaotao dismissed Xu Sanshi’s concern, but Wang Yan asked him to seek information from his cousin.
• Beibei cautioned Huo Yuhao against judging Xu Sanshi’s cousin before learning what he would do.
• Xu Sanshi obtained the Sun Moon Team’s room number from a hotel attendant after showing his Inspector Badge.

Xu Sanshi visited Xu Tinglan to reconnect and ask for information about the Sun Moon Team before Shrek’s first elimination match. Xu Tinglan refused, condemned Shrek’s conduct, and left Xu Sanshi to face him in the arena.

• Xu Sanshi met Xu Tinglan at the Star Emperor Hotel and offered him a Mysterious Water Pill over dinner.
• Xu Tinglan told Xu Sanshi he would not help him approach his father about the Mysterious Underworld Sect.
• Xu Sanshi asked Xu Tinglan for Sun Moon Team information and explained that Shrek had encountered Evil Soul Masters on the road.
• Xu Tinglan rejected Xu Sanshi’s appeal to their shared heritage, blamed Shrek for its predicament, and left without accepting the pill or eating.
• Xu Tinglan challenged Xu Sanshi to show his improvement in the arena, and Xu Sanshi vowed not to disappoint him.

Xu Tinglan defied Star Luo court etiquette and secretly gave the Heaven Spirit Team detailed information about Shrek, setting up a heavily anticipated opening match. As the two teams took the platform, Heaven Spirit prepared to exploit the intelligence against Shrek’s reserve squad.

• Xu Tinglan told the Sun Moon Team to stand tall rather than bow to the Star Luo Emperor, and its members faced him without lowering their heads.
• The Star Luo Emperor opened the tournament and announced that Heaven Spirit Advanced Academy would face Shrek first.
• Xu Tinglan watched Shrek’s reserve members take the platform and told Meng Hongchen that one of them was his cousin.
• The Heaven Spirit captain reread Xu Tinglan’s letter, which detailed Shrek’s fighters, abilities, and Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Xu Tinglan recalled sending Shrek’s information to the Heaven Spirit captain through the Nine Treasures Chamber of Commerce’s black-market channels after Xu Sanshi had asked him for Sun Moon Team information.
• The referee raised the protective barrier as both teams took their formations and prepared to begin.

Huo Yuhao tried to end Shrek’s match against Heaven Spirit Academy with simulated hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings and the Golden Road, but the opponents evaded the attack and he collapsed from exhaustion. Shrek struggled under Heaven Spirit’s Soul Tools before Xu Sanshi turned the fight around, and Shrek won.

• Huo Yuhao intimidated Heaven Spirit Academy with simulated hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings and launched Mental Interference and the Golden Road, but the team scattered using Propulsion Soul Tools.
• Huo Yuhao learned that he had sealed no opponents and collapsed unconscious, while Wang Dong was also nearly drained.
• Heaven Spirit Academy’s Soul Tools and superior Soul Power let them suppress Shrek after Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection Sharing was lost.
• Xu Sanshi used Mysterious Underworld Displacement to bring Heaven Spirit’s captain into range, and Shrek’s fighters overwhelmed him with a coordinated attack.
• Shrek defeated Heaven Spirit Academy, and Xu Sanshi celebrated his improved strength to his cousin.

Sun Moon Team faced Star Nebula Team in the second match, and Xu Tinglan sent out the seven official members while keeping their captain off the field. Star Nebula’s five Soul Kings surprised the spectators, but Sun Moon’s fighters quickly took control of the battle.

• After Shrek won the opening match, Beibei settled the unconscious Huo Yuhao and watched Sun Moon Team to gather information.
• Xu Tinglan ordered Ma Rulong, Mika, Chen An, Xiao Xiafeng, and the other official members to face Star Nebula Team, reminding them to equip Invincible Barriers.
• The Star Luo Emperor and his ministers discussed the matchup, and the Emperor dismissed the absence of Sun Moon Team’s captain as a feint.
• Star Nebula Team revealed five Soul Kings and two Soul Ancestors, drawing surprise from the spectators.
• Mika held the front line, Chen An darted through the fight with his propulsion Soul Tool, and Xiao Xiafeng joined Chen Fei and Li Yan in suppressing Star Nebula with firepower.
• Ma Rulong stayed motionless at the rear while Beibei watched Sun Moon Team dominate the battle and judged them formidable.

The Sun Moon Team crushed the Star Nebula Team, prompting Ma Rulong to recognize Xu Tinglan’s judgment and pledge to follow his orders. After the tournament’s brutal elimination round, Xu Tinglan arranged Shrek’s teams for the round-robin stage, where Shrek opened with Xu Sanshi defeating all seven members of the Yunluo Team.

• The Sun Moon Team’s six Soul Kings overwhelmed the Star Nebula Team, while the Star Luo Emperor ordered their combat information recorded and viewed the match as an intelligence victory.
• Ma Rulong bowed to Xu Tinglan and promised to obey his orders, impressed by his decision to field the team’s main members.
• Three days later, the elimination rounds ended with sixty-seven teams advancing, after nearly two hundred participants were injured and more than a dozen died.
• Elder Ma explained the round-robin formats, and Xu Tinglan assigned Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, himself and Jiang Nannan, and Ma Rulong, Mika, and Xiao Xiafeng to the two-two-three matches.
• Shrek drew the Yunluo Team for an individual match, and Xu Sanshi defeated all seven opponents before proclaiming, “Shrek forever!”

Wang Yan kept the Shrek Reserve Team away from the matches because he feared that seeing their formidable opponents would undermine their confidence, but they secretly watched from the hotel rooftop. Meanwhile, Xu Tinglan angered the Tianyu Team captain and chose to fight him in the individual match, leaving the confrontation about to begin.

• After Xu Sanshi’s victory, Wang Yan sent the Shrek Reserve Team back to the hotel so he could assess the remaining teams alone.
• Xu Tinglan recognized that Wang Yan was hiding the opponents’ strength from Shrek’s reserves, and Xiao Hongchen and Jiang Nannan questioned the decision.
• Xu Tinglan traded insults with Tianyu Team captain Luo Hong during the draw, which selected an individual match.
• Despite Ma Rulong asking about match arrangements, Xu Tinglan headed to the arena and declared that he would fight.
• The Shrek Reserve Team secretly watched the matches from the hotel rooftop using Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection Sharing, and Xu Sanshi noted how many Soul Kings were competing.

Xu Tinglan made his first appearance for Sun Moon Team and overwhelmed Tianyu Team captain Luo Hong in their individual match. After Luo Hong’s attacks failed and Xu Tinglan’s sword left him helpless, the chapter ended with Xu Tinglan redirecting his final strike rather than letting the referee use him to kill Luo Hong.

• Luo Hong provoked Xu Tinglan into entering the match, expecting to claim an easy victory point.
• Xu Tinglan revealed himself as a Soul King with two yellow, one purple, and two black Soul Rings, but Luo Hong dismissed them as fake.
• Luo Hong charged with stacked Soul Skills, and Xu Tinglan stopped him with Thousand Mountains Return to Ruins before cutting his chest with the Demon-Slaying Sword.
• Xu Tinglan used Star Piercing Edge to sever Luo Hong’s White Jade Elephant Leg and followed with another strike toward his head.
• The referee chose not to intervene, hoping Xu Tinglan would kill Luo Hong, but Xu Tinglan changed the greatsword’s direction at the final moment.

Xu Tinglan defeated Tianyu Team’s Luo Hong in the opening match, revealing that he was a young Soul King with two Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings. As the Shrek Reserve Team worried about facing him in the future, Tianyu sent out its second fighter.

• Xu Tinglan knocked Luo Hong unconscious but deliberately stopped short of killing him, and the referee declared the Sun Moon Team victorious.
• The crowd and rival teams reacted with shock when they realized Xu Tinglan was a young Soul King with two Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.
• Wang Yan wondered why Xu Tinglan had joined the Sun Moon Team instead of Shrek, while the Shrek Reserve Team questioned Xu Sanshi about his cousin’s strength.
• Xu Sanshi recalled that he had once been ahead of Xu Tinglan in cultivation and struggled to understand how his cousin had become a Soul King.
• Xie Huanyue warned that Xu Tinglan would likely be their opponent in five years, and Huo Yuhao vowed to cultivate his second martial soul’s Soul Rings to challenge him.
• Tianyu Team’s second fighter entered the arena with five Soul Rings, and Xu Tinglan grew more suspicious that the Star Luo officials were arranging the matchups.

Xu Tinglan defeated the Tianyu Team’s seven fighters in a one-against-seven match while revealing almost none of his Soul Skills, earning cheers from the audience. The Shrek Reserve Team began looking to Xu Sanshi for information about his cousin before facing him in the elimination rounds.

• Xu Tinglan used his Flight Soul Tool, Mysterious Underworld Shield, and Demon-Slaying Sword to defeat the Azure Feather Sparrow soul master without revealing his Soul Skills.
• The Tianyu Team’s teacher urged his remaining students to fight, but Xu Tinglan defeated each of them with a single sword strike and won the match for the Sun Moon Team.
• Audience members cheered for Xu Tinglan, who reflected that ordinary people on both sides suffered because of wars between nobles.
• Xiao Hongchen considered trying a one-against-seven match, but Xu Tinglan warned him that opponents could study his abilities and target him later.
• Huo Yuhao noted that Xu Tinglan had revealed almost nothing, while Xu Sanshi worried that his own techniques had been exposed.
• Beibei urged Xu Sanshi to share what he knew about Xu Tinglan so the Shrek Reserve Team could prepare to face him.

Shrek’s reserve team discussed Xu Tinglan’s soul skills and realized that his Soul Tools made him a powerful close-combat fighter, not merely a defense Soul Master. Xu Tinglan then entered the Starlight Auction to pursue the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, hoping it might help awaken Electrolux.

• Xu Sanshi described Xu Tinglan’s Canglan Domain, Thousand Mountains Return to Ruins, and Black Tortoise State Enhancement to the Shrek reserve team.
• Huo Yuhao pointed out that Xu Tinglan’s Soul Tools gave him strong offensive abilities, and the team recognized him as a durable, high-damage close-combat fighter.
• Xu Sanshi admitted he did not know Xu Tinglan’s final two soul skills because Xu Tinglan had left the Mysterious Underworld Sect after sending a letter.
• Huo Yuhao reassured the team that Shrek had an advantage and encouraged them with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Xu Tinglan used a passphrase to open his Nine Treasures letter case and retrieved his auction credentials.
• Xu Tinglan entered the Starlight Auction House in disguise to await the auction of the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife.

Xu Tinglan attended the Starlight Auction to obtain the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, which he recognized as Life Gold capable of awakening Electrolux. He bought it for one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, while Wang Yan left believing the blade would claim another victim.

• Xu Tinglan used his Nine Treasures Chamber of Commerce identity to enter the auction and received a private box.
• Wang Yan used Shrek's credit certificate to buy several Soul Tools, including a Level 4 Milk Bottle for twenty-five thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Qingya introduced the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife and warned that all thirty-seven previous owners had died violent deaths.
• Electrolux identified the knife as Life Gold and promised he could purify its baleful aura.
• Xu Tinglan bid one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and won the knife, while Wang Yan predicted it would create a thirty-eighth Wraith.

Xu Tinglan purified the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife and fused with its Life Gold, transforming his body and Black Tortoise Shield. The next morning, he arrived at the arena as Shrek prepared to fight in a team battle.

• Xu Tinglan returned to the Star Emperor Hotel with the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife after encountering the Shrek group on the way.
• Electrolux purified the knife’s baleful aura, revealing its jade-green Life Gold, then began fusing it with Xu Tinglan.
• Life Gold strengthened Xu Tinglan’s body and transformed his Black Tortoise Shield into a deeper, blue-green form marked with a Black Tortoise image.
• Xu Tinglan thanked Electrolux and learned that his path toward the Power of Yin and Yang might help awaken the old spirit.
• The next morning, Xiao Hongchen noticed Xu Tinglan’s changed aura at the arena, while Beibei’s Shrek team prepared for a team battle.

Shrek defeated the Qianling Team before the Sun Moon Team’s Xiao Hongchen revealed his power as a second young Soul King and overwhelmed the Tianyan Team with a massive artillery barrage. His victory left Shrek’s students stunned, though He Caitou suggested that Sun Moon Academy students used medicine to raise their Soul Power.

• He Caitou used sixty-four cannon barrels and Spiritual Detection Sharing to overwhelm the Qianling Team’s defenses and secure Shrek’s victory.
• Xiao Hongchen and Xu Tinglan watched Shrek’s match, and Xiao said he wanted to compete in the tournament.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen faced the Tianyan Team after the draw assigned them the two-two-three format.
• Xiao Hongchen revealed five Soul Rings and eighty-one cannon barrels, shocking Huo Yuhao and the other Shrek students.
• He Caitou claimed Sun Moon Academy students used medicine to raise their Soul Power, easing Shrek’s doubts about Xiao’s strength.
• Xiao Hongchen fired a barrage across the competition area and decisively defeated the Tianyan Team.