Chapter Summaries

Xu San Shi's team battled Cui Yajie's team, whose support and Lu Lu's Fairy Domain gradually turned the fight in their favor. As the match shifted against Xu San Shi's side, he used Profound Netherworld Shift to swap Lu Lu into the enemy team's encirclement.

• Xu San Shi held off Xie Huanyue while Wang Dong and Jiang Nannan pressured Cui Yajie, supported by Xiao Xiao and Cao Jinxuan.
• Wang Dong brought down her Clear Sky Hammer, but Lu Lu's Fairy Domain restored Cui Yajie's speed and let her evade the blow.
• The spectators learned that Lu Lu possessed an innate domain, while Yan Shaozhe told Cai Meier that Huo Yuhao's constitution could help women close to him evolve their martial souls.
• Yan Shaozhe speculated that Huo Yuhao could build a powerful force through his abilities and descendants, and Cai Meier was stunned by the possibility.
• Lu Lu's Fairy Domain helped Cui Yajie's team suppress Xu San Shi's side, so Xu San Shi used Profound Netherworld Shift to place Lu Lu inside the opposing team's encirclement.

Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo’s Heavenly Net trapped Wang Dong, Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, and Cao Jinxuan, but Jiang Nannan’s injury awakened Xu San Shi’s Xuanwu Bloodline and turned the match around. After Huo Yuhao rescued Cui Yajie and the opposing team conceded, Elder Xuan named Xu San Shi and the others members of Shrek’s official team for the next Soul Master Competition.

• Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo used Heavenly Net to pin the enemy team and deal damage to everyone caught inside.
• Seeing Jiang Nannan injured, Xu San Shi awakened his Xuanwu Bloodline and evolved his martial soul into the Xuanwu Martial Soul.
• Xu San Shi sent Xie Huanyue flying and drove Cui Yajie into danger, but Huo Yuhao rescued her from his attack.
• Xu San Shi advanced on Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo, who conceded along with Lu Lu.
• Elder Xuan ended the match and named Xu San Shi, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, Jiang Nannan, and Cao Jinxuan members of the official team representing Shrek in the next Soul Master Competition.

After the match, Huo Yuhao comforted the disappointed girls while Shrek Academy announced its teams for the next Soul Master Competition and began their training. He also expanded his influence through the Demon Sons and Grandsons and helped Ning Tian turn her ambitious cousin Ning Zhirou into an ally, gaining a new way to break through bottlenecks.

• Huo Yuhao comforted Cui Yajie and the girls after their loss, while Wang Dong complained that he seemed to be the real winner.
• Xu San Shi collapsed after his divine beast experience card ended, and Jiang Nannan accompanied him as Old Zhuang took him for treatment.
• Shrek Academy announced its official competition team and reserve team, then began training them under Xuan Zi's guidance.
• Huo Yuhao continued managing the Demon Sons and Grandsons, who established island bases before hunting in the ocean.
• Ning Tian tied Ning Zhirou to Huo Yuhao's bed and, with Huo Yuhao's guidance, mentally influenced her to become an ally.
• Huo Yuhao discovered Ning Zhirou's Ten Thousand Flowers Woman Fate Configuration, used its first eight barriers to advance his strength, and sent her back to cultivate toward awakening the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

Huo Yuhao used women from the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile School and Zhu Family as cauldrons to cultivate and explore attributes, discovering that his comprehensions could transform their martial souls. Xuan Zi then assigned him to lead the Shrek team on a soul-hunting mission, with teachers following secretly and forbidden to intervene unless they encountered a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

• Ning Tian and Zhu Lu regularly sent women from their clans to Shrek City to serve as Huo Yuhao's cauldrons.
• Huo Yuhao's attribute cultivation transformed Zhu Zijin's Golden Silk Spirit Cat into a Golden Light Spirit Cat and Ning Zhirou's martial soul into a Nine Treasure Mountain Suppressing Pagoda.
• Huo Yuhao discovered that cauldrons with matching or similar attributes improved his comprehension, while their martial souls could also evolve through cultivation with him.
• Nan Shuishui's Annihilation Attribute grew toward the Destruction Attribute, and her Rouge Jade Dragon began evolving toward a true dragon.
• Xuan Zi ordered Huo Yuhao to lead the official and reserve team members on a mission to hunt souls and obtain soul rings, while teachers followed secretly and would intervene only if the team encountered a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Huo Yuhao led the two teams through the Star Dou Great Forest, teaching them about soul hunting and arranging their formation while they searched for soul rings for Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Jiang Nannan. They found a twenty-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit suited to Jiang Nannan, and Huo Yuhao ordered everyone to attack it.

• Huo Yuhao guided the group around the forest’s outer perimeter, helping them adapt and sharing soul beast knowledge and hunting experience.
• Huo Yuhao led the team into the Mixed Zone and explained that they should avoid harming ordinary soul beasts whenever possible.
• Huo Yuhao sent his Mutated Frost Centipede Martial Soul to scout while he organized the other thirteen into a protected formation.
• Huo Yuhao discovered a Soft Bone Rabbit suited to Jiang Nannan, and Xu San Shi used Profound Netherworld Shift to place it among the group.
• Huo Yuhao ordered the team to beat up the surrounded rabbit, and Wang Dong led the charge.

Jiang Nannan absorbed a twenty-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit Soul Ring, reached Rank 64, and gained a powerful enhancement skill. Huo Yuhao then led the teams to hunt a Golden Giant Deer for Xiao Xiao, leaving Cai Meier impressed by his precise spiritual coordination.

• Huo Yuhao packed the Soft Bone Rabbit meat, and Jiang Nannan smoothly absorbed its Soul Ring, breaking through to Rank 64.
• Jiang Nannan explained that her Sixth Soul Skill, Soft Bone Avatar, reduced incoming damage and boosted her speed and attack power.
• Huo Yuhao praised Jiang Nannan’s new skill, while Wei Na explained how a Soul Beast matching a martial soul could provide a well-suited Soul Skill.
• Huo Yuhao found a twenty-thousand-year Golden Giant Deer for Xiao Xiao and led both teams into battle against it.
• Huo Yuhao coordinated the teams through spiritual communication, and Cai Meier admired the precision of his command.

Huo Yuhao led the group in defeating a Golden Giant Deer and protected Xiao Xiao while she absorbed its soul ring. As Xiao Xiao continued absorbing it, Huo Yuhao harvested valuable parts from the deer and explained their worth to the others.

• Huo Yuhao used coordinated attacks to interrupt the Golden Giant Deer's soul skills and lead the group to victory.
• Wei Na and Ou Ou healed the team, and Xiao Xiao killed the deer before beginning to absorb its twenty-thousand-year soul ring.
• Huo Yuhao formed a poisonous barrier to keep scavenging soul beasts away while Xiao Xiao absorbed the ring.
• Huo Yuhao began harvesting the Golden Giant Deer's valuable parts, including its Deer Whip, which he said could sell for two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Xu San Shi quietly asked Huo Yuhao if he would sell him the Deer Whip.

Huo Yuhao helped Xiao Xiao absorb the Golden Giant Deer’s soul ring, and she gained an external soul bone along with a powerful sixth soul skill. The group celebrated her new strength and learned how the golden antlers enhanced her abilities.

• Huo Yuhao insisted that the team share the Golden Giant Deer’s spoils fairly, then taught Jiang Nannan how to value and dismantle soul-beast materials.
• Huo Yuhao discovered that the Golden Giant Deer’s antlers had lost their essence as golden antlers grew from Xiao Xiao’s forehead during her soul-ring absorption.
• Wei Na identified Xiao Xiao’s antlers as an external soul bone and explained its rarity to the group.
• Xiao Xiao completed her absorption, reached rank 62, and gained the World Fixing Suppression soul skill, which could suppress one target or weaken three targets at once.
• Xiao Xiao revealed that her Golden Deer Antler External Soul Bone strengthened her and increased the mass and suppressive power of her Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron.

Xiao Xiao gained a powerful sixth soul skill, and Wang Dong revealed she could obtain a soul ring from Clear Sky Sect, allowing the group to prepare to return. During the night watch, Huo Yuhao spotted Jin Qiuer nearby and discovered that her appearance and Fortune were now linked to Wang Dong's.

• Xiao Xiao found that her sixth soul skill could amplify her previous five skills, while her soul bones and training had made her a top-tier support.
• Wang Dong admitted she did not need a soul ring because Clear Sky Sect could provide one, and the group decided to return the next day.
• Huo Yuhao sensed Jin Qiuer's Fortune projection nearby and used Mental Detection to see her pinkish-blue hair and changed appearance.
• Huo Yuhao teased Wang Dong during their watch, provoking her to shout and briefly alarming the sleeping group.
• Huo Yuhao observed that Wang Dong and Jin Qiuer's Fortunes fluctuated together when Wang Dong was upset, suggesting they were sharing Fortune.

Jin Qiuer returned to confront Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, while the Scarlet King blocked Xian Lin'er and Cai Meier from reaching them. The two battles began in the Star Dou Great Forest, with Jin Qiuer revealing that she had reached Soul Emperor.

• Jin Qiuer followed a strange sensation to Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong and attacked Wang Dong with her Golden Dragon Spear to test her suspicions.
• Huo Yuhao pulled Wang Dong out of the spear’s path, and the others emerged from their tents as he identified Jin Qiuer’s weapon.
• Jin Qiuer revealed herself, and Wei Na warned everyone that she was a Shapeshifting Soul Beast responsible for the Beast Tide.
• The Scarlet King stopped Xian Lin'er and Cai Meier from pursuing Jin Qiuer, then attacked them after Xian Lin'er challenged him.
• Jin Qiuer began fighting Huo Yuhao and the others, displaying six soul rings and her Golden Dragon Spear.

Huo Yuhao and his companions fought Jin Qiuer in the Star Dou Great Forest, where Huo Yuhao overpowered her with his Frost Centipede Dragon Spear and injured her before Di Tian arrived. Huo Yuhao escaped with the group, leaving Jin Qiuer defeated and Di Tian furious.

• Huo Yuhao formed the Frost Centipede Dragon Spear and used it to overpower Jin Qiuer, while Wang Dong joined the fight and was knocked into a tree by Jin Qiuer.
• Xiao Xiao and Ou Ou helped the injured Wang Dong, who lamented that she was trash, while Huo Yuhao continued to suppress Jin Qiuer.
• Jin Qiuer used her sixth soul skill and whistled for reinforcements, but Huo Yuhao struck her in the heart with World Domination, Extreme Ice Demon Suppression Kill.
• Di Tian's reverse scale blocked most of Huo Yuhao's attack and summoned Di Tian through a spatial passage as an eighty-thousand-year hawk-type soul beast arrived.
• Huo Yuhao carried his companions underground to escape, while Di Tian arrived too late and shouted, "Shrek!!"

Huo Yuhao escaped the Star Dou Great Forest with the Shrek group after Jin Qiuer and Di Tian attacked, and the Sea God Pavilion vowed to cultivate him into the force that would someday take revenge. As Shrek rewarded Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong left to train, his clones advanced separate plans across the continent ahead of the coming Soul Master Competition.

• Huo Yuhao used his Mutated Frost Centipede Martial Soul to carry Xian Lin'er, Cai Meier, and the others out of the Star Dou Great Forest and back to Shrek Academy.
• Xian Lin'er and Cai Meier reported the encounter to the Sea God Pavilion, whose elders suppressed their anger and resolved to make Huo Yuhao Shrek Academy's future champion against the Ferocious Beasts.
• Xian Lin'er brought Huo Yuhao additional cultivation resources as a reward, while Wang Dong left for the Clear Sky Sect to obtain a soul ring and train.
• The Third Prince took control of the Sun Moon Empire's court and prepared to ascend the throne during the Soul Master Competition, which he opened to sect teams.
• The Death God Messenger secretly gathered and trained followers in the Star Luo Empire while avoiding Shrek's search, and Zhang Lexuan patrolled the empire without knowing his identity.

Huo Yuhao visited the Nanmen Family and harvested its awakened Divine Beast bloodlines, strengthening his Phoenix Bloodline and advancing his wind and fire comprehension. He helped Nanmen Yuzhi and Nanmen Yuruo overcome their bottlenecks and gain ninth soul rings, leaving the family with two women on the verge of becoming Titled Douluo.

• Huo Yuhao toured the Douluo Three Kingdoms with Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and Wei Na, completing missions and gathering gains from his growing network of Believers.
• Huo Yuhao visited the Nanmen Family, where Nanmen Yun'er, Nanmen Yuzhi, and Nanmen Yuruo had awakened Divine Beast Bloodlines through the cultivation method.
• Huo Yuhao harvested the Azure Luan Bloodline and used the Nanmen women's Jade Green Luan martial souls to improve his Phoenix Bloodline and wind and fire cultivation.
• Huo Yuhao raised Nanmen Yuzhi and Nanmen Yuruo from rank 89 to rank 90, then gave each a God-given Soul Ring that removed her bottleneck and completed her ninth ring.
• Nanmen Yuzhi and Nanmen Yuruo became fanatical believers, and the Nanmen Family gained Azure Luan Douluo and Jade Douluo as its two prospective Titled Douluo.

Huo Yuhao and the Shrek teams returned to the academy stronger after their vacation, then set out for the Soul Master Competition under Xuan Zi’s protection. At the Sun Moon Empire border, Xuan Zi confronted Jing Hongchen and led the party onward, while Jing Hongchen privately anticipated the secret weapon prepared for them.

• The official team and reserve team reunited at Shrek Academy, where their cultivation gains were reviewed and the elders credited Huo Yuhao with helping several women advance.
• Xuan Zi praised the students and led them toward the Soul Master Competition with Xian Lin'er, Cai Meier, and five Inner Court team-leading teachers.
• The party traveled west using upgraded Flying Soul Tools supplied by Shrek Academy’s Soul Tool Department and reached the Sun Moon Empire border without incident.
• Jing Hongchen received the Shrek delegation with Ink Shadow Douluo and Celadon Douluo, and exchanged barbs with Xuan Zi over past conflicts.
• Xuan Zi released his Limit Douluo aura to intimidate the three Sun Moon Empire representatives, then led the students onward toward Mingdu.
• Jing Hongchen followed after Xuan Zi and privately vowed that Shrek’s arrogance would fade when they encountered the Third Prince’s secret weapon.

The Third Prince ordered Celadon Douluo and Ink Shadow Douluo to keep Mingdu stable and ensure the Soul Master Competition proceeded without disruption. He gave Ju Zi command of the legions around Mingdu, then wondered whether he could finally reach the other shore after a lifetime on thin ice.

• The Third Prince told Celadon Douluo and Ink Shadow Douluo to watch Shrek Academy, maintain order, and show no mercy to anyone who caused trouble twice.
• Na Na warned the Third Prince that Shrek Academy might clash with the Holy Spirit Cult, and he said he would intervene himself.
• The Third Prince ordered Na Na to tell Ju Zi that she would command the newly formed soul engineer legions around Mingdu.
• The chapter detailed how the Third Prince had unified the empire's military under his command and created the Imperial Reverse Scale as his strongest force.
• The Third Prince surveyed the imperial palace and wondered aloud whether he could reach the other shore after walking on thin ice all his life.

Huo Yuhao led the Shrek Academy Battle Team into Mingdu, where their arrival drew attention and the Sun Moon Empire’s hotel staff treated them with unusual deference. After the team settled in, Xuan Zi put Huo Yuhao in charge of competition tactics and personnel, while the others prepared for training and learned about Mingdu.

• Huo Yuhao led the Shrek Academy Battle Team through Mingdu to the luxury hotel, drawing attention from other teams and onlookers.
• The hotel’s highest-ranking official personally welcomed Huo Yuhao’s group and escorted them to the most luxurious suite, prompting speculation about the Sun Moon Empire’s changed attitude toward Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yuhao and the others found Xuan Zi and the other escorts waiting in the suite’s meeting room.
• Xuan Zi assigned Huo Yuhao responsibility for the team’s tactics and personnel during the Soul Master Competition, and told the others they could seek help from Zhang Lexuan and the other women for special training.
• Xuan Zi left to investigate lingering clues about past incidents in Mingdu, while Xian Lin'er, Zhang Lexuan, and Huo Yuhao briefed the team about the city.

Mingdu hosted an expanded Pan-Continent Youth Soul Master Tournament, drawing powerful contestants and factions from across the continent. As Shrek Academy prepared to compete, its leaders worried about the Third Prince’s growing power and possible alliance with the White Lotus Sect, then turned to discussing the new events.

• The Sun Moon Empire expanded tournament eligibility to sects and clans, renamed the competition, and attracted a large crowd of contestants, spectators, and powerful soul masters to Mingdu.
• Visitors learned that the Third Prince had taken control of the empire’s armies and was about to ascend the throne, though many experts dismissed his soul-master potential.
• Shrek Academy’s leaders discussed the Third Prince’s rise and the danger that the Sun Moon Empire might ally with the White Lotus Sect.
• Ma Xiaotao proposed having Elder Xuan assassinate the Third Prince, but Xian Lin'er rejected the idea and told the group to focus on the competition.
• Xian Lin'er raised the new Soul Engineer Assembly, while Cai Meier disparaged it and Shrek Academy noted that no Soul Tool Department disciples had come.

Huo Yuhao watched Mingdu’s gathered luck as Shrek Academy’s delegation received visitors ahead of the Soul Master Competition. With powerful factions seeking closer ties and several familiar figures reconnecting with him, the chapter left Huo Yuhao confident that the competition’s luck was already within his grasp.

• Huo Yuhao surveyed Mingdu’s luck and identified the imperial palace’s great sun projection, the Godly Taotie Bull, and the Dark Holy Dragon as its strongest powers.
• Xian Lin'er received Nan Shuishui and Nan Qiuqiu, while Xian Lin'er sensed that Nan Shuishui’s strength rivaled her own.
• Huo Yuhao received Xu Jiujiu, a Heaven Dou Empire Prince, and Tu Xijun as representatives from the Three Great Empires.
• Tu Xijun had become a diplomat and team leader after her Three-Eyed Enchanting Fox evolved into the Jade Faced Enchanting Fox and awakened the Jade Thought ability.

Huo Yuhao encountered Dai Huabin and his armed team in Mingdu, then learned that Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu would lead separate teams in the Soul Master Competition. The chapter left the circumstances of their apparent split unclear as Shrek Academy discussed the competition’s other entrants.

• Tu Xijun gave Huo Yuhao a hotel room number, and he later returned to the academy after practicing spear techniques with her and Taylor.
• Huo Yuhao met Dai Huabin at a hotel, where Dai Huabin and his personal guards directed hostility at him before leaving to register for the competition.
• Cao Jinxuan told Shrek Academy’s group that Zhu Lu would lead the Zhu Family team while Dai Huabin had brought a separate team, prompting speculation that their partnership had ended.
• Cao Jinxuan shared further information about the competition, including Nanmen Yun'er joining the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile School team, the Body Sect entering a mysterious team, and the Sun Moon Empire’s princess competing under the imperial Xu Clan.

The Soul Master Competition opened in Mingdu as the academies, sects, and families entered the arena, revealing their ambitions and shifting alliances. The teams assembled before the high platform as Celadon Douluo and Ink Shadow Douluo announced the Third Prince’s arrival.

• Mingdu began the competition with gun salutes, while the Terror Claw and Evil Monarch Soul Engineer Legions helped maintain order under the Third Prince’s control.
• Huo Yuhao led Shrek Academy into the arena, followed by Mingdu Royal Soul Engineer Academy, whose captains Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen vowed to defeat Shrek.
• Long Aotian led the Body Sect team and reflected on how Huo Yuhao had defeated Du Busi and gained the disciples’ allegiance.
• Ning Tian led the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile School team, while Tang Ya and Bei Bei led the masked Holy Spirit Cult team among the sects.
• Xu Tianzhen led the mysterious Sun Moon Xu Clan team, and Dai Huabin watched Zhu Lu as the Dai and Zhu families entered with strained relations.
• After all teams gathered in the arena, Celadon Douluo and Ink Shadow Douluo announced the Third Prince’s arrival.