Vol. 9Mingdu Tournament Crisis

Huo Yuhao guided Shrek Academy through the tournament as the Third Prince tightened his control and the Holy Spirit Cult prepared its revenge. After Yuhao tried to free Bei Bei from his sealed memories, the cult ambushed Shrek’s allies, leaving Nan Shuishui to hold off Zhongli Wu while Yuhao tended the Holy Spirit Feathered Serpent’s egg.

  • The Third Prince used artificial soul bones to bind the Worship Hall to his authority while Huo Yuhao led Shrek Academy through the tournament’s early matches.
  • Death God Messenger’s zombie assault devastated Shrek Academy, and Zhu Di revealed her transformed strength while the Zhu Family broke with the Dai Family.
  • The Third Prince revealed his Limit Douluo strength and used faction rankings and tournament rewards to consolidate political power.
  • Shrek Academy defeated Zhengtian Academy, while the Sun Moon Xu Family Team defeated Star Luo with hidden weapons and poison.
  • Shrek defeated the Star Luo Dai Family and Mingdu Royal Soul Engineer Academy as Huo Yuhao injured his left arm.
  • Bei Bei led the Holy Spirit Cult past the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile School, and four teams advanced to the final four.
  • Huo Yuhao used Light Power and Ultimate Ice to begin freeing Bei Bei, leaving himself near death as the Holy Spirit Cult won their match.
  • Zhongli Wu ambushed the allies escorting Huo Yuhao out of Mingdu, while Nan Shuishui fought him and Yuhao fed spiritual power to the Holy Spirit Feathered Serpent’s egg.
Chapters 812–911 Read from ch. 812

Arc 33Tournament and Zhu Family Gambit

Huo Yuhao led Shrek Academy through the tournament while the Third Prince consolidated power and a zombie assault devastated Shrek Academy. As the Zhu Family broke with the Dai Family, Huo Yuhao helped draw Xu Jiujiu into a trap and revealed Zhu Di’s transformed strength.

  • The Third Prince received the Sun Moon Empire’s homage, announced the tournament rewards, and secretly used artificially refined soul bones to bind the Worship Hall to his authority.
  • Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen’s team defeated Dragon Slaying Sect, while Huo Yuhao’s Shrek team swept through its early tournament matches and showcased its strength.
  • Huo Yuhao visited Yu Manwu, gained more black Phoenix Qi, and erased her memories after she recognized him as Shrek Academy’s captain.
  • Huo Yuhao investigated rival teams, reunited with Bai Bingjie, and helped Shrek’s teams win as the Body Sect, Holy Spirit Cult, and other factions displayed formidable fighters.
  • Death God Messenger led a horde of Green Corpses in an attack on Shrek Academy, where the three Beast Kings sacrificed themselves and the assault killed or incapacitated many defenders.
  • Death God Messenger escaped after fighting Shrek’s elders, then used his corpse poison and a trap involving the Three Lifetimes Wolf Ape to defeat Qian Duoduo before planning to target Fan Yu.
  • Zhu Lu defeated Dai Huabin and left with her clansmen as the Zhu Family prepared to end its alliance with the Dai Family, while Xu Jiujiu followed her to exploit the split.
  • Huo Yuhao confronted Xu Jiujiu at Zhu Lu’s courtyard, where she suspected Shrek’s plans, and Zhu Di immobilized Man Yi and revealed her transformed rank 92 strength.
Chapters 812–836 Summaries Read

Arc 34The Tournament and the Third Prince

Huo Yuhao tightened his control over allies while the Sun Moon Empire’s Third Prince asserted power, recruited factions, and turned the competitions into tools for influence. The Soul Master Competition finals began with the Sun Moon Xu Family Team defeating Star Luo, while Shrek’s match against Zhengtian ended in mutual respect.

  • Huo Yuhao brought Xu Jiujiu and Man Yi under his restrictions, gained Xu Jiujiu’s promised support, and continued cultivating with Zhu Lu and Zhu Di.
  • Shrek Academy’s teams competed in Mingdu as the Dou Ling Hai Family, led by Hai Bingning, showcased Huo Yuhao’s inherited battle techniques and won widespread acclaim.
  • Xuan Zi reported that Evil Soul Masters had attacked Shrek Academy and injured Qian Duoduo and Yan Shaozhe, then returned to defend the academy while the others stayed in Mingdu.
  • The Sun Moon Xu Family Team used Tang Sect hidden weapons to win its match, and the Third Prince’s disguised team members cultivated the Heavenly Demon Codex and received artificial Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones.
  • The Third Prince revealed his Limit Douluo strength, established faction rankings and rewards, and announced plans to make the Sun Moon Empire a center for soul engineers.
  • Huo Yuhao advanced four attributes through meditation and concluded that developing three more might let him reach the Zen Master realm, while the Third Prince arranged arrests and tightened his political control.
  • Xu Tianzhen’s Sun Moon Xu Family Team defeated the Star Luo Royal Academy Team with hidden weapons and poison, prompting Xu Jiujiu to forfeit the next two matches.
  • Shrek Academy defeated Zhengtian Academy after Huo Yuhao let the opposing team display its strength, and he shook hands with its captain afterward.
Chapters 837–861 Summaries Read

Arc 35The Tournament’s Final Four

Huo Yuhao and Shrek Academy advanced through the tournament, defeating the Star Luo Dai Family and Mingdu Royal Soul Engineer Academy while Huo Yuhao injured his left arm. The Holy Spirit Cult’s Bei Bei defeated several former Shrek members, and four teams remained as the Third Prince announced his enthronement ceremony after the finals.

  • Huo Yuhao met Yu Mengdi after Shrek’s match, and she got him drunk before bringing him to a hotel.
  • Luan Fei and Xu Tianzhen led the Sun Moon Xu Family Team past the Heavenly Soul Bai Family Team, while Huo Yuhao’s Shrek team defeated Dai Huabin’s Star Luo Dai Family Team.
  • The Sun Moon Xu Family Team eliminated the Star Luo Zhu Family Team after Ye Guyi’s sacred aura weakened its fighters and Zhu Lu forfeited the remaining matches.
  • Shrek defeated the Mingdu Royal Soul Engineer Academy team when Huo Yuhao froze its Dipper Number Sky Net and Wei Na’s Golden Lotus Treasure Phase overcame Hongchen's Fondness.
  • Xu San Shi faced Xiao Hongchen in the two-two-three matches and prepared to sacrifice his life with Xuanwu Descent, but Huo Yuhao admitted defeat and Ink Shadow Douluo stopped the ritual.
  • Huo Yuhao defeated Meng Hongchen, who then admitted defeat, and sustained a left-arm injury from the cold force she released.
  • Bei Bei led the Holy Spirit Cult past the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile School and defeated Wu Feng, Ning Tian, and Nanmen Yun'er in the individual matches.
  • Tang Ya declared that her revenge against Shrek Academy and Ma Xiaotao had only begun as Shrek, the Sun Moon Xu Family, the Body Sect, and the Holy Spirit Cult advanced to the final four.
Chapters 862–886 Summaries Read

Arc 36The Tournament and the Ambush

Huo Yuhao exposed Bei Bei’s sealed memories and used Ultimate Ice and Light Power to begin freeing him, but the effort left Yuhao near death. As Shrek Academy escorted him out of Mingdu, the Holy Spirit Cult attacked, and Nan Shuishui fought Zhongli Wu while Huo Yuhao focused on hatching the Holy Spirit Feathered Serpent’s egg.

  • Huo Yuhao, disguised as the Third Prince, gave Xiao Hongchen the Toad Skill and sent the Hongchen siblings to seek treatment from him at Shrek Academy, then took a Winged Serpent egg and prepared a Frost Centipede double.
  • The Sun Moon Xu Family Team defeated the Body Sect Battle Team when the three Heavenly Dragon Dragon Girls fused into the Three-Headed Heavenly Dragon and pinned Long Aotian.
  • Shrek Academy’s team surrendered to Bei Bei, leaving Huo Yuhao alone against him and Tang Ya as Tang Ya accused Shrek and revealed Bei Bei’s connection to Dragon God Douluo.
  • Huo Yuhao’s double fought Bei Bei, then channeled Light Power and Ultimate Ice into him through Lament of Light and Ice, Frost Centipede Breaks Evil, sealing itself in ice as the scarlet in Bei Bei’s eyes faded to gold.
  • Bei Bei rejected Tang Ya after she tried to kill Huo Yuhao, and the Holy Spirit Cult won the match as Shrek’s allies carried the ice-sealed Yuhao away for treatment.
  • The Third Prince named Huo Yuhao Marquis of Grace and Righteousness, Xu Tiancheng became emperor and lent Shrek a fifty-thousand-year Healing System Soul Bone, and Huo Yuhao watched the empire’s Fortune flow into his own.
  • Cai Meier led Huo Yuhao and the allied teams out of Mingdu, but Zhongli Wu and the Holy Spirit Cult ambushed them and demanded that they hand over Huo Yuhao.
  • Nan Shuishui fought Zhongli Wu and the Bone Dragon King while the allied teams fled, and Huo Yuhao watched from the mountains as he fed spiritual power to the Holy Spirit Feathered Serpent’s egg.
Chapters 887–911 Summaries Read
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