Chapter Summaries

Xu Tinglan defeated Ma Xiaotao after she lost control to her evil fire, leaving Shrek's final contestant, Huo Yuhao, to face him. Encouraged by Wang Dong but warned by Tian Meng, Huo Yuhao questioned how he could fight as only a Soul Grandmaster.

• Ma Xiaotao's soul power from Xuan Zi ran out, and her Dark Flame erupted as she charged Xu Tinglan.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection Sharing to guide Ma Xiaotao toward Xu Tinglan, who countered with Heavenly Moat Thoroughfare.
• The referee blocked the attack's shockwaves, and Ma Xiaotao passed out while Xu Tinglan remained standing.
• Xuan Zi carried Ma Xiaotao away and confirmed she had not become an Evil Soul Master.
• The referee called Huo Yuhao as Shrek's seventh contestant, and Xu Tinglan pointed his sword at him.
• Wang Dong urged Huo Yuhao to use his Tang Sect secret techniques, while Tian Meng warned him not to fight; Huo Yuhao asked how he could face Xu Tinglan as a Soul Grandmaster.

Huo Yuhao conceded to Xu Tinglan, and the Sun Moon Team defeated Shrek to win the tournament championship. While the Sun Moon Team celebrated and collected its rewards, Xu Jiujiu visited the defeated Shrek group and offered Huo Yuhao a Divine Pill as an apology.

• Huo Yuhao decided to preserve himself for Shrek's future and conceded his match against Xu Tinglan, giving the Sun Moon Team the championship.
• Xu Tinglan taunted Huo Yuhao before leaving the stage, while the Sun Moon Team celebrated its victory over Shrek.
• Jing Hongchen arranged to collect the tournament rewards, including the three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones, from the Star Luo Treasury.
• The Shrek group returned to the Star Emperor Hotel in despair, where some members covered their faces and wept over their defeat.
• Xu Jiujiu visited the Shrek group, apologized for the State-Protecting Douluo's attack, and offered Huo Yuhao a Divine Pill kept by the auction house.

Xu Jiujiu gave Huo Yuhao a Divine Pill, which he accepted, while the Sun Moon Team considered Shrek’s exchange-student invitation. Xu Tinglan opposed the visit and warned that Huo Yuhao should be kept out of Sun Moon Academy.

• Xu Jiujiu presented Huo Yuhao with a Divine Pill and he accepted it, promising to help the Star Luo Royal Family if needed.
• Wang Dong criticized the Star Luo officials and urged Huo Yuhao to have Elder Xuan inspect the pill.
• Elder Ma announced that Shrek had invited the Sun Moon Team to join an exchange-student program, but Xiao Hongchen and Xu Tinglan resisted going.
• Jing Hongchen asked Xu Tinglan about Ma Xiaotao’s soul skill fusion technique, and Xu Tinglan said Shrek would not share it with visiting students.
• Xu Tinglan warned that Huo Yuhao had secretly helped Shrek competitors cheat and said he should be kept out of Sun Moon Academy, prompting anger from Ma Rulong and the others.

The Sun Moon Team returned to Sun Moon Academy, where the Level 9 Soul Masters celebrated their victory over Shrek and rewarded the students. Xu Tinglan received Soul Tools, a Soul Bone, and special privileges, while Yan Shaozhe prepared to confront Shrek’s returning official team.

• Jing Hongchen praised the Sun Moon Team’s victory and welcomed them back to Sun Moon Academy.
• Ye Yulin and the Level 9 Soul Masters greeted the students and invited them into Mingde Hall.
• The students chose two Level 7 Soul Tools each, and Xu Tinglan selected the Eye of Distant Star Judgment and the Four-Winged Patrol Angel.
• Jing Hongchen awarded Xu Tinglan the Army-Breaking Soul Bone, a custom peak Level 8 Soul Tool, triple rare-metal quotas, and free cultivation-room access for life.
• At Shrek Academy, Yan Shaozhe ordered the reserve students to rest and told Wang Yan and the official team members to remain at the entrance.

Yan Shaozhe punished Ling Luochen and reassigned Wang Yan after Shrek’s team suffered catastrophic losses, while Xu Sanshi reconsidered the academy’s refusal to let students use Soul Tools. At Sun Moon Academy, Xu Tinglan tested two Level 7 Soul Tools and learned that Snow Empress was angered by news of a seventy-thousand-year-old Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone.

• Yan Shaozhe gave Ling Luochen a major demerit, revoked Dai Yueheng’s punishment because he died defending Shrek’s honor, and reprimanded her for the team’s failure.
• Yan Shaozhe reassigned Wang Yan to a registration post, and Wang Yan reluctantly accepted.
• Xu Sanshi remembered Xu Tinglan’s criticism of Shrek’s traditions and resolved that his cousin had been right.
• Xu Tinglan tested the Eye of Distant Star Judgment and the Four-Winged Patrol Angel before his godfather summoned him to the Zero Experimental Zone.
• Xu Tinglan asked Snow Empress whether a non-ultimate Spirit Master could absorb an Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone, and she said its age mattered and an ultimate-attribute Spirit Master was preferable.
• Snow Empress learned that the Soul Bone was estimated to be seventy thousand years old and grew furious at the thought that Spirit Masters had hunted her clansmen.

Xu Tinglan visited Kong Deming in the Zero Experimental Zone, where they discussed Soul Tools, Snow Empress received an Ice Empress Soul Bone, and Kong revealed the Sun Moon Empire’s origins. The chapter left Xu Tinglan considering how the empire’s shared history and traditions could justify unifying the continent.

• Xu Tinglan showed Kong Deming his Spirit Forged Sword, and Kong offered to make him Spirit Forged Armor if Xu forged the metal himself.
• Kong gave Snow Empress an Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Soul Bone from the Starlight Auction, and she vowed to join a future war against Star Luo.
• Kong showed Xu a Starry Sky Telescope and described his hope that humanity would unite and leave Douluo Planet.
• Xu proposed using shared language, currency, and fabricated ancient records as a pretext for a war of unification.
• Kong revealed that the Sun Moon Empire’s founders came from the Heaven Dou Empire, and Xu realized their shared customs had roots in their ancestors’ history.
• Xu considered how Spirit Hall might once have unified the continent and reflected that history had been interrupted.

Xu Tinglan planned to seize a spiritual-enhancing opportunity in the Star Dou Forest before Huo Yuhao could claim the Emperor Auspicious Beast’s Fate’s Blessing. He persuaded Jing Hongchen to help by warning that Huo Yuhao would otherwise destroy Mingde Hall, while Huo Yuhao broke through to Soul Elder and was summoned by Zhou Yi.

• Xu Tinglan decided to seek the Emperor Auspicious Beast’s Fate’s Blessing and chose to recruit Jing Hongchen using his eighth-tier peak Soul Tool privilege.
• Xu Tinglan told Jing Hongchen that divination revealed a Star Dou Forest opportunity that could enhance spiritual power and that Huo Yuhao would use it to destroy Mingde Hall.
• Jing Hongchen believed the warning and agreed to help Xu Tinglan seize the opportunity at any cost.
• Huo Yuhao broke through to Soul Elder while cultivating with Wang Dong, who celebrated their future prospects.
• Cao Jinxuan arrived at the dormitory and told Huo Yuhao that Zhou Yi wanted to see him in her office.

Huo Yuhao learned that Sun Moon Academy had barred him from the three-year exchange and planned to use the Body Sect’s Bone-Shrinking Transformation to attend under a new identity. Meanwhile, Jing Hongchen and Xu Tinglan reached the outskirts of Star Dou Forest to pursue the divined opportunity.

• Fan Yu told Huo Yuhao that Sun Moon Academy had specifically forbidden him from joining the student exchange, likely because of his conflict with Xu Tinglan.
• Fan Yu advised Huo Yuhao to ask Elder Xuan to help persuade the academies to reconsider, and Huo Yuhao also reported that he intended to acquire his third Soul Ring.
• Elder Xuan told Huo Yuhao that the Body Sect’s Bone-Shrinking Transformation could let him alter his appearance and attend Sun Moon Academy under another name.
• Elder Xuan said the Body Sect had learned about Huo Yuhao and that Poison Old Freak and Old Jin would likely seek him out, then advised him to wait for Xiao Xiao to reach level thirty before going to Star Dou Forest.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to keep cultivating while he waited for Xiao Xiao to break through.
• Jing Hongchen and Xu Tinglan traveled to Star Dou Forest, and Xu Tinglan directed Jing Hongchen to approach from the direction of Shrek City to pursue the divined opportunity.

Jing Hongchen and Xu Tinglan tracked down and killed a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear in Star Dou Forest, uncovering a rare External Soul Bone for Xu Tinglan. Jing Hongchen let him keep it and advised that a matching right-arm soul bone could help him bring out its full potential.

• Xu Tinglan reminded Jing Hongchen that his divination had revealed a two-thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear carrying a soul bone.
• Jing Hongchen used detection Soul Tools to locate the bear seven kilometers away, and they found it devouring a Moon Silver Wolf.
• Xu Tinglan prepared to fight the bear, but Jing Hongchen struck it twice and killed it before he could act.
• Xu Tinglan cut open the bear's right forelimb and discovered a dark-gold External Soul Bone shaped like a palm with five terror claws.
• Jing Hongchen identified it as the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's precious Right Palm Bone, let Xu Tinglan keep it, and said a matching right-arm soul bone would help unlock its potential.

Xu Tinglan and Jing Hongchen searched the Star Dou Forest for a rare three-eyed Soul Beast, while Xu Tinglan kept the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Soul Bone and considered how it might evolve. In Shrek, Wang Dong sensed that she was incomplete and persuaded Huo Yuhao to go to the Star Dou Forest, despite Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s warnings.

• Xu Tinglan put away the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Soul Bone after Jing Hongchen decided it was not worth risking an enemy over.
• Xu Tinglan and Jing Hongchen searched for the golden, three-eyed Soul Beast, then planned to use a ten-thousand-year light-attributed Soul Beast as bait.
• Xu Tinglan ate roasted Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear meat and resolved to keep the External Soul Bone, hoping it might eventually evolve into Black Tortoise Terrorclaws.
• Wang Dong awoke from cultivation sweating and told Huo Yuhao she felt incomplete and needed to go to the Star Dou Forest.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to leave with Wang Dong, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned them that the forest was dangerous before reluctantly wishing them luck.

Xu Tinglan and Jing Hongchen found a Moon Hidden Phantom Fox, then discovered Dai Huabin had captured its young and intended to keep it for Cui Yajie. When the adult fox confronted Dai Huabin’s group, Xu Tinglan recognized him as a member of the White Tiger Duke Mansion.

• Jing Hongchen and Xu Tinglan tracked a Moon Hidden Phantom Fox in the Star Dou Forest, but it fled toward the outskirts after sensing a spiritual fluctuation.
• Dai Huabin defeated a Thousand-Year Moon Hidden Phantom Fox and decided to keep it until Cui Yajie reached Soul Elder.
• Dai Huabin privately welcomed his elder brother Dai Yueheng’s death, thinking of the resources and White Tiger Fiend Pill that had helped him advance.
• A middle-aged guard restrained the captured fox, while Zhu Lu looked on with displeasure.
• A twenty-thousand-year Moon Hidden Phantom Fox appeared and prepared to fight Dai Huabin’s group to recover its young.
• Xu Tinglan recognized Dai Huabin as someone from the White Tiger Duke Mansion and smiled at the unexpected encounter.

Xu Tinglan encountered Dai Huabin and his companions in the Star Dou Forest and killed them to prevent the Dai family and Shrek Academy from discovering his identity. He left with Jing Hongchen after hardening his resolve to eliminate anyone who could expose him.

• Jing Hongchen recognized Dai Huabin's guards and killed a third guardian while the two Soul Emperors were trapped by the Moon Hidden Phantom Fox's illusion.
• Dai Huabin recognized Xu Tinglan from his father's portrait and tried to hide his identity before leaving the forest.
• Xu Tinglan attacked Dai Huabin from behind and killed him with the Demon-Slaying Sword.
• Zhu Lu threatened to expose Xu Tinglan, and he beheaded her.
• Xu Tinglan decided Cui Yajie could not be allowed to return and reveal what happened, then killed her despite her pleas.
• Jing Hongchen praised Xu Tinglan for overcoming his former weakness, and Xu accepted that a soul master had to face the consequences of being weaker.

Xu Tinglan and Jing Hongchen captured the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and fled the Star Dou Forest to the Far North. Xu Tinglan claimed he wanted to change fate and save the Soul Beast race, then asked the wary beast to exchange memories.

• Xu Tinglan recognized that Dai Huabin had intended to capture the Moon Hidden Phantom Fox for Cui Yajie, while Jing Hongchen killed two Soul Emperors.
• Four days later, Jing Hongchen and Xu Tinglan found the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and trapped it with the Red Dust Heaven Net.
• Jing Hongchen carried Xu Tinglan and the bound Emperor Auspicious Beast away at high speed as a three-headed Soul Beast roared in the Mixed Zone.
• Jing Hongchen flew across the Heaven Dou Empire to the Far North and hid with Xu Tinglan and the captive inside an aura-isolating barrier.
• Xu Tinglan warned the Emperor Auspicious Beast that Soul Spirits would doom Soul Beasts and said he wanted to change fate, then proposed exchanging memories.

Xu Tinglan completed Attribute Conduction with the Emperor Auspicious Beast, gaining its Power of Fate and changing its view of Huo Yuhao. Elsewhere, Wang Dong suffered a sudden distressing episode, and Tian Meng found three dead Shrek students nearby.

• Xu Tinglan exchanged memories with the Emperor Auspicious Beast, secured Attribute Conduction, and made it determined to forge a future for Soul Beasts rather than sacrifice itself for humans.
• Xu Tinglan told Jing Hongchen that the bond had succeeded and discussed with Electrolux whether to follow his family’s tradition for a Second Awakening of Martial Soul.
• Wang Dong collapsed in the Star Dou Forest, saying she felt she had lost something forever, while Tian Meng sensed that part of her soul was missing.
• Huo Yuhao asked Tian Meng to search the surroundings, and Tian Meng discovered three dead Shrek students four kilometers southwest.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong found and killed a Thousand-Year Earth Bear that was eating a corpse, then discovered the dead included Dai Huabin and several powerful Soul Masters. Huo Yuhao identified signs that a strong, unknown killer had struck, and decided to report the deaths to Shrek Academy for investigation.

• Huo Yuhao asked Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to scout for danger, then followed Wang Dong southwest after learning a Soul Beast was eating a corpse.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong attacked and killed the Thousand-Year Earth Bear with their coordinated abilities.
• Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm examined six corpses and found that two had been Soul Emperors and another had recently become a Soul Douluo.
• Huo Yuhao recognized one corpse as Dai Huabin and learned that the other bodies included Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie.
• Huo Yuhao concluded that a powerful killer had surprised Dai Huabin and decided to report the deaths to Shrek Academy.

At Shrek, Huo Yuhao was accused of involvement in Dai Huabin’s death before a black dragon appeared. In the Far North, Xu Tinglan and Jing Hongchen released the Emperor Auspicious Beast and returned it to Star Dou Forest, where it told Di Tian it knew where the Big Meat Worm was.

• Mu Jin accused Huo Yuhao of killing Dai Huabin, but Xuan Zi concluded that Huo Yuhao could not have killed the three powerful guards.
• Zhou Yi defended Huo Yuhao and identified the guards as members of the White Tiger Family before a black dragon appeared overhead.
• Xu Tinglan stopped Jing Hongchen from killing the Emperor Auspicious Beast, warning that its death could bring a curse and a beast tide.
• The Emperor Auspicious Beast teased Xu Tinglan about wanting to ride it, then agreed to return to Star Dou Forest without resisting the Red Dust Heaven Net.
• Jing Hongchen and Xu Tinglan left the Emperor Auspicious Beast near Star Dou Forest, where Di Tian met it and urged it to stay in the Core Area.
• The Emperor Auspicious Beast told Di Tian that its journey might benefit the Soul Beast race and that it knew where the Big Meat Worm was.

Xu Tinglan forged Spirit Forged metal and discussed joining a society and visiting the battlefield with Xiao Hongchen before the exchange group departed for Maple Leaf City. There, Xu Tinglan noticed the disguised Huo Yuhao, then received a letter revealing that Xu Sanshi had left the Mysterious Underworld Sect to join the Tang Sect.

• Xu Tinglan forged enough Sun Flare Black Tortoise Gold for Dual-Form Battle Armor and discussed his plans with Xiao Hongchen.
• Sun Moon Academy and Shrek agreed to a two-and-a-half-year exchange involving ten participants and instruction in core knowledge.
• Jing Hongchen and Elder Ma led the exchange group to Maple Leaf City, where Xu Tinglan spotted an ordinary-looking youth and questioned him.
• Huo Yuhao concealed his identity with a disguise and hidden aura, while He Caitou gave Xu Tinglan a letter from Xu Sanshi.
• Xu Tinglan read that Xu Sanshi had left the Mysterious Underworld Sect to join the Tang Sect and imagined his eldest uncle's anger.

Xu Tinglan parted from Meng Hongchen and joined the Shrek exchange students as they arrived in Ming Capital. His suspicions about Huo Yuhao continued to grow, and he prepared to examine the students’ files while they explored Sun Moon Academy’s facilities.

• Meng Hongchen embraced Xu Tinglan before Jing Hongchen led the exchange delegation toward Sun Moon territory.
• Xu Tinglan scrutinized Huo Yuhao during the flight, and Huo Yuhao noticed his gaze and wondered what had aroused his suspicion.
• Jing Hongchen and Fan Yu departed for Mingde Hall, while Xu Tinglan stayed with Lin Jiayi and the Shrek students.
• Xu Tinglan questioned whether Shrek had training rooms, prompting Ye Xiaosheng to defend his academy and Lin Jiayi to lead the students to Sun Moon Academy’s facilities.
• Lin Jiayi introduced the Physical Testing Room’s Soul Tools, while Xu Tinglan prepared to examine the students’ files for evidence that Huo Yuhao had infiltrated the group.

Di Tian confronted Mu En at Shrek Academy, demanding that Huo Yuhao surrender Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, but Du Busi intervened and fought alongside Xuan Zi. Mu En guaranteed Huo Yuhao would honor the agreement with the Ferocious Beasts, and Di Tian left after accepting his assurance.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm praised Huo Yuhao's loyalty, while Tian Meng urged him to stay cautious because Shrek might have a Limit Douluo.
• Di Tian arrived at Shrek and told Mu En that Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was with Huo Yuhao and intended to seek revenge on the Star Dou Forest.
• Mu En questioned whether Di Tian meant to break the hundred-year agreement, and Di Tian said he would punish Sky Dream Ice Silkworm but spare Huo Yuhao.
• Du Busi appeared and fought Di Tian, while Xuan Zi joined the battle after Mu En urged him to help.
• Mu En promised that Huo Yuhao would not join conflicts among the Ferocious Beasts and would abide by the agreement, so Di Tian departed after warning that he would retaliate if Huo Yuhao harmed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Du Busi rejected Xuan Zi's thanks, insisting he had acted for a Body Sect disciple, while Mu En reflected on Du Busi's selfless loyalty despite his past loss.

Du Busi withdrew after Mu En used the Sea God's Light to stop him from taking Huo Yuhao, but he gave Xuan Zi the Body Sect's appearance-changing secret technique. Huo Yuhao studied it to prepare for infiltrating Sun Moon Academy, while Xu Tinglan forged enough Bright Black Tortoise Gold for a new set of Battle Armor.

• Mu En told Du Busi that Huo Yuhao had refused to join the Body Sect and declared him a core disciple of the Martial Soul Department.
• Mu En spread the Sea God's Light over Shrek City, and Du Busi decided he could not take Huo Yuhao and ordered the Body Sect members to withdraw.
• Du Busi gave Xuan Zi the Body Sect's secret technique for changing one's appearance, and Xuan Zi brought it to Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao studied the secret technique and planned to use it to infiltrate Sun Moon Academy and copy Soul Tool blueprints, then worried about Sister Xiaotao.
• Xu Tinglan spent half a month forging Bright Black Tortoise Gold and decided to focus on cultivation until he reached Soul Emperor.