Chapter Summaries

Ma Xiaotao led the Shrek group into the Mingdou Mountain Range to find the bandits led by an Evil Soul Master, while Huo Yuhao anticipated trouble involving Dai Yueheng. After Wang Yan investigated the area, he returned with clues suggesting the bandits’ hideout was nearby.

• The group reached a military camp at the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empire border, where Dai Yueheng borrowed Flight Soul Tools and gathered intelligence before they continued toward the mountains.
• Xuan Zi used extreme-speed flight to bring everyone to the mountain foot, then left Ma Xiaotao in command; Dai Yueheng dismissed Huo Yuhao’s offer to support the team with his enhanced vision.
• Ma Xiaotao assigned roles and led the group into the Mingdou Mountain Range, where they traveled for half a day without finding the bandits.
• Wang Yan quietly investigated the surroundings, then explained that clusters of Wenlan Trees indicated the group had traveled deep into the forest and presented a hollowed-out section of trunk as evidence.

Wang Yan used the Wenlan Tree cores and nearby tracks to locate the Death Bringers' cave, then led the Shrek group toward it. Ma Xiaotao's team began attacking the bandits, while Huo Yuhao and the Reserve Team entered the blood-soaked cave and discovered evidence of horrific atrocities.

• Wang Yan deduced that the bandits' camp was nearby because they had harvested Wenlan Tree cores, which benefited yin-cold Soul Masters.
• Wang Yan found tracks leading down a slope, assigned Ma Xiaotao to lead the attack, and kept the Reserve Team with him as support.
• Huo Yuhao kept Mental Detection active and ordered the Reserve Team to stay close and avoid joining the fight without his signal.
• Ma Xiaotao and the Inner Academy students confirmed the cave belonged to the Death Bringers and began a stealth attack, triggering explosions and fighting inside.
• Huo Yuhao's group advanced into the cave, where Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong, and Ning Tian were shaken by the corpses, human skins, and an impaled infant they encountered.

Huo Yuhao used the Corpse Soul Technique to turn the corpses around Dai Yueheng into a chain of explosions that killed him. The Reserve Team survived behind Huo Yuhao’s Soul Tool shield, while Xuan Zi rushed toward the cave and the Death Bringers’ leader celebrated the attack.

• Wang Yan ordered the group to attack the bandits, and Huo Yuhao warned the Reserve Team to stay close as his Mental Detection guided them.
• Huo Yuhao secretly used the Corpse Soul Technique to control corpses around Dai Yueheng while Ma Xiaotao and the others fought the bandits.
• A voice from deeper in the cave threatened to turn everyone into Corpse Slaves, and Huo Yuhao ordered the Reserve Team to retreat behind his activated Soul Tool shield.
• The corpses exploded in a chain, killing Dai Yueheng while Huo Yuhao’s shield protected the Reserve Team from serious injury.
• Xuan Zi rushed toward the cave entrance as the Death Bringers’ leader boasted about the Corpse Explosions and their poison.

Huo Yuhao killed the strongest Soul King after the Evil Soul Master’s Corpse Explosions devastated Shrek’s team and killed Dai Yueheng. Xuan Zi divided the survivors, sending Wang Yan to take them toward the tournament while he brought the most gravely injured back to the Academy.

• The Evil Soul Master’s Corpse Explosions injured Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, Chen Zifeng, Gongyang Mo, Yao Haoxuan, and Xi Xi, while Dai Yueheng was blown apart.
• Huo Yuhao struck the emerging Evil Soul Master with Mental Spike and destroyed his head with Ice Bear Roar Bomb.
• Xuan Zi arrived and learned from Ma Xiaotao that Dai Yueheng had died in the explosions.
• Wang Yan reported the survivors’ injuries and warned that the poisoned team members needed comprehensive treatment quickly.
• Xuan Zi told Wang Yan to take the survivors to the military camp and then Star Luo City, while he carried the gravely injured back to the Academy.

After the Shrek team was devastated by the Evil Soul Masters, Xuan Zi asked Huo Yuhao to compete despite having previously urged him to keep his strength hidden. The survivors returned to camp, where Wang Yan said the Reserve Team would have to fill in at the tournament while Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen recovered.

• Xuan Zi asked Huo Yuhao to protect Shrek's glory by competing, but Huo Yuhao pointed out that revealing his strength would put him at risk from Evil Soul Masters.
• Xuan Zi left after acknowledging that his request was unfair, and Wang Yan chose not to pressure Huo Yuhao to expose his talent.
• The Reserve Team returned to camp shaken by the deaths and injuries, while Beibei and the others reconsidered the academy's choices and felt grateful for Huo Yuhao's warnings and defensive Soul Tools.
• Huo Yuhao thought that after dealing with the big cat, it was time to deal with the little cat.
• Wang Yan treated Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen, then told the Reserve Team they would leave for Star Luo City the next day and compete while the injured seniors recovered.

Mu En confronted Shrek Academy's leaders over the disastrous ambush that killed and maimed members of the Supervision Group, condemning their overconfidence and neglect of Soul Tools. The chapter left the academy's elders shaken by his warning that Shrek could decline like the Tang Sect if it refused to change.

• Wang Yan reassured Beibei and the others that Shrek's students could still perform well against teams from other academies.
• Yan Shaozhe told Xuan Zi that Gongyang Mo and Xi Xi could recover, while Chen Zifeng and Yao Haoxuan had lost their chances of reaching the highest ranks because of their missing limbs.
• Xuan Zi recounted the ambush to Mu En, including Huo Yuhao's warning and his use of a Class 6 defensive Soul Tool to protect the Reserve Team.
• Mu En berated Yan Shaozhe and the Inner Academy disciples for underestimating Evil Soul Masters and failing to use defensive Soul Tools.
• Mu En warned the elders that Shrek could become the next Tang Sect if it clung to old ways, leaving them stunned by his anger.

At a Sea God Pavilion Meeting, Mu En rebuked Yan Shaozhe for involving Huo Yuhao in academy politics and made reforms to strengthen Shrek’s Soul Tool Department. The story then shifted to Star Luo City, where visitors and contestants gathered for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament.

• Yan Shaozhe admitted that he had suggested Huo Yuhao be made to compete as a main team member, and Mu En condemned him for bringing power struggles to the students.
• Mu En said Huo Yuhao could decide for himself whether to compete and removed Xuan Zi from his role as vice commander of the Shrek Surveillance Group, assigning him to teach in the Inner Academy.
• Mu En ordered Inner Academy students to obtain custom Flight Soul Tools and defensive Soul Tools and instructed Xian Lin'er to propose an exchange program with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy.
• Mu En directed the academy to increase funding for the Soul Tool Department, promoted Fan Yu to vice dean, and appointed him to lead the exchange team.
• Star Luo City filled with visitors for the tournament, and the royal Star Emperor Hotel was reserved for contestants from advanced academies.

Shrek Academy prepared for the tournament with no reinforcements, while Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen remained injured. Yan Shaozhe arrived and bowed deeply to Huo Yuhao, leaving the team stunned.

• Wang Yan told the team that the academy would send no additional students and that they would have to compete with those present.
• Ma Xiaotao insisted she could still fight, and Wang Yan explained the tournament's elimination and group-stage formats.
• Yan Shaozhe arrived at the Star Emperor Hotel after handling matters at the White Tiger Duke's Mansion over Dai Yueheng's death.
• Yan Shaozhe walked up to Huo Yuhao and bowed deeply before him, shocking everyone in the room.

After Shrek’s competing team was crippled, Yan Shaozhe asked Huo Yuhao to join the tournament, and Huo Yuhao agreed in exchange for control over the team’s tactics and unrestricted access to the Inner Courtyard Library’s third floor. He promised to compete in the next day’s match.

• Yan Shaozhe apologized to Huo Yuhao for his earlier selfish actions and asked him to help Shrek’s depleted team in the tournament.
• Huo Yuhao argued that he should stay out of danger, but Yan Shaozhe offered to fulfill any conditions if he joined.
• Huo Yuhao demanded final authority over the team’s tournament strategy, and Yan Shaozhe agreed despite Ling Luochen’s objections.
• Huo Yuhao claimed he could crush every competing team alone, leaving the others stunned by Yan Shaozhe’s tacit confirmation of his strength.
• Huo Yuhao demanded unrestricted access to the Inner Courtyard Library’s third floor, and Yan Shaozhe agreed.
• Huo Yuhao accepted the deal and promised to compete in the next day’s match.

After Shrek Academy’s pre-match meeting, Huo Yuhao proposed adding five Core Disciples to the tournament roster. Meanwhile, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy discussed Shrek’s unusually young lineup, and Xiao Hongchen vowed that its Reserve Team could not match him and Meng.

• Yan Shaozhe left for Shrek Academy, while Xuan Zi agreed to secretly protect the Shrek students.
• Huo Yuhao suggested using Shrek Academy’s registration privilege to add Jiang Nannan, Wu Feng, Lan Susu, Lan Luoluo, and He Caitou to the team.
• Wang Yan agreed to bring the five students over and register them.
• Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy’s elders concluded that Shrek had sent an unusually young team, and one elder angrily demanded that Ma Rulong win the tournament or leave Mingde Hall and forfeit his captaincy.
• Xiao Hongchen suggested Shrek’s older team members might be injured and declared that Shrek’s Reserve Team could not match him and Meng.

Xiao Hongchen argued with Meng Hongchen over the young man who had saved her, while the Star Luo Empire completed preparations to open the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament. The chapter ended with the Star Luo Emperor consoling a grieving armored man over Yue Heng’s death and praising Hua Bin’s prospects.

• Xiao Hongchen boasted about his talent, but Meng Hongchen praised the young man who had saved her and challenged her brother’s claims.
• Xiao Hongchen vowed to teach the young man a brutal lesson for drinking his wine and flirting with Meng Hongchen, until an elder stopped their argument at the pre-match meeting.
• Star Luo City’s soldiers secured the streets and tournament arena as officials prepared to admit spectators and announced the first-round elimination draw.
• The Star Luo Emperor ordered the Prime Minister to open the checkpoints gradually and maintain order.
• The Star Luo Emperor comforted a grieving armored man over Yue Heng’s death and said Hua Bin could shoulder great responsibilities in the future.

The Star Luo Emperor and Dai Hao watched as the tournament crowd gathered and Shrek Academy arrived with a team of very young contestants. Huo Yuhao reunited with Meng Hongchen and invited her to hotpot, leaving Xiao Hongchen furious and warning him to stay away from his sister.

• Dai Hao confirmed to the Star Luo Emperor that he would watch the matches, including his younger son Hua Bin's competition.
• Spectators and contestants filled Star Luo Square, where the other academies waited for the absent Shrek Academy Team.
• Shrek arrived with a teacher and a roster of youths mostly under fifteen, astonishing the crowd and Xiao Hongchen.
• Huo Yuhao greeted Meng Hongchen, and she happily realized that the boy she had met in the Land of Extreme North was a Shrek student.
• Huo Yuhao invited Meng Hongchen to join Shrek for hotpot after the match, and she accepted shyly.
• Xiao Hongchen angrily accused Huo Yuhao of having improper intentions toward Meng and warned him to stay away from her.

The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament began with Shrek Academy facing Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy in the first elimination match. Huo Yuhao volunteered to fight alone, reassuring Qiu'er that he would keep his true abilities hidden.

• Huo Yuhao teased Xiao Hongchen, and Ma Rulong held Xiao Hongchen back before he lost his temper.
• The Star Luo Emperor welcomed the academies and officially opened the tournament, whose first round was an elimination stage.
• The host announced Shrek Academy's first match against Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy, and the Reserve Team members grew nervous at the crowd's reaction.
• Huo Yuhao reassured the Reserve Team and mocked Tianling's pale, unsteady members before offering to take the match alone.
• Qiu'er asked Huo Yuhao whether fighting alone would reveal too much, and he assured her he would conceal his important abilities.

Huo Yuhao entered the Elimination Tournament’s opening match alone, declaring that he could defeat all seven members of Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy without help. As the protective barrier formed, both sides prepared for the battle to begin.

• Shrek Academy’s team was announced, but only Huo Yuhao walked onto the stage, prompting the referee to ask whether he would send out six more contestants.
• Huo Yuhao refused, and the spectators and rival teams reacted with shock and disbelief at his decision to face Tianling alone.
• Ma Rulong called Huo Yuhao arrogant, while Old Ma revealed his registered age was twelve; Meng Hongchen showed interest in him, irritating Xiao Hongchen.
• The Tianling contestants grew angry but uneasy, and Wang Yan confirmed that Huo Yuhao could fully represent Shrek.
• The referee reviewed the match rules, both sides took their positions, and the protective barrier formed around the arena.

Huo Yuhao defeated all seven members of Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy with a single Mental Shockwave after teleporting into their formation. He left the venue to rest, while the Star Luo Emperor and Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy tried to uncover the nature of his abilities.

• Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy formed up and released the martial souls of its four Soul Ancestors and three Soul Elders as the referee started the match.
• Huo Yuhao teleported into the opposing formation and struck his chest, unleashing a Mental Shockwave that knocked all seven opponents unconscious.
• Huo Yuhao told the referee the opponents were not dead, then returned to Shrek's Rest Area and left without watching the other matches.
• Huo Yuhao invited Meng Hongchen to hotpot at noon before heading back to catch up on sleep.
• The Star Luo Emperor ordered his men to gather information on Huo Yuhao, while Dai Hao and Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy discussed his teleportation and spiritual attack.

After Shrek’s overwhelming victory, rival teams and hidden observers tried to judge Huo Yuhao’s strength and uncover his Martial Soul. Back at the hotel, Huo Yuhao explained how he used Mental Replication to conceal his abilities, and Wang Yan praised the team for proving Shrek’s strength.

• Old Ma ordered Meng Hongchen to use her hotpot invitation to learn about Huo Yuhao’s Martial Soul and Soul Power Level, while Xiao Hongchen objected but could not promise he could defeat Huo Yuhao.
• The tournament crowd and academy teams remained shaken by Huo Yuhao’s performance after Shrek left the arena.
• Two cloaked observers speculated that Huo Yuhao was a Soul King with an extraordinary Spiritual Martial Soul and decided to keep watching him.
• Wang Dong asked about Huo Yuhao’s Mental Replication Spirit Skill, and Huo Yuhao explained how he combined it with Senior Jiang’s Instant Teleportation to disguise his true abilities.
• Xu Sanshi envied Huo Yuhao’s display, Beibei teased him, and the others laughed.
• Wang Yan thanked Huo Yuhao and the team, saying their victory had silenced those who questioned their ages and shown Shrek’s strength.

Huo Yuhao explained that his friendship with Meng Hongchen could give Shrek a useful source of information, while Wang Yan warned that opponents were preparing to counter Huo Yuhao’s spiritual attacks. As the Round Robin approached, Wang Yan urged the team to rely on everyone’s abilities rather than expose Huo Yuhao’s full strength.

• Qiu'er asked Huo Yuhao about Meng Hongchen, and he said he had met Jing Hongchen’s granddaughter in the Land of Extreme North and hoped to use their connection to gather information.
• Shrek’s team spent two days resting while Wang Yan watched the other academies’ matches.
• Wang Yan told the team that Ma Xiaotao expected to recover in about ten days and Ling Luochen in about half a month.
• Wang Yan reported that a specialized Class 4 Soul Tool had appeared in Star Luo City, weakening spiritual attacks by more than fifty percent, and said it seemed intended to counter Huo Yuhao.
• Wang Yan advised the team not to rely too heavily on Huo Yuhao in the Round Robin and asked the less familiar members to explain their Spirit Skills.

Huo Yuhao revealed some of his abilities to Shrek’s team and shocked them by admitting he was already a Soul Emperor. Wang Yan then learned the value of He Caitou’s long-lasting Spirit Skill and explained Shrek’s likely position in the upcoming Round Robin.

• Xu Sanshi and Xiao Xiao prompted Huo Yuhao to describe his abilities, and he revealed his twin Martial Souls, three Spirit Bones, and many powerful Spirit Skills.
• Huo Yuhao told the team he was a Soul Emperor, stunning Beibei, Ling Luochen, and the others.
• He Caitou demonstrated his Spiritually Uplifting Thick Cigar, and Wang Yan realized its Spiritual Power boost could last two days.
• Old Ma questioned Meng Hongchen about Shrek’s plans, and she reported that Huo Yuhao was still single despite the girls liking him.
• Wang Yan explained the Round Robin format and said Shrek could use the other teams’ assumption that it would qualify first to arrange its tactics flexibly.

Wang Yan planned Shrek’s Round Robin tactics and asked Huo Yuhao to avoid revealing too many trump cards, but Huo Yuhao proposed using the outside world’s suspicions about the Reserve Team to make a spectacle of its young geniuses. Shrek prepared to open the group stage in Star Luo City, where anticipation over Huo Yuhao and the Reserve Team had grown intense.

• Wang Yan reviewed the group-stage schedule and outlined lineups for the Individual Competition, Two-Two-Three Battle Method, and Team Battle.
• Huo Yuhao reassured Wang Yan that he could win an Individual Competition even against opponents with Mental Defense Soul Tools.
• Huo Yuhao pointed out that outsiders suspected Shrek had several young geniuses in its Reserve Team, and he vowed to confirm that suspicion.
• The first round of the tournament ended, and Star Luo City’s crowds and ticket lines swelled ahead of Shrek’s opening Round Robin match.

The Star Luo Emperor learned Huo Yuhao’s identity and decided that winning him over could benefit the empire, even if it meant sacrificing the Duchess and Dai Huabin. Shrek Academy arrived to enormous cheers for its first Round Robin match, which was about to begin against Yunluo Advanced Soul Tool Master Academy.

• The White Tiger Duke questioned Dai Huabin about Huo Yuhao but remained unaware that Huo Yuhao was his son.
• The Star Luo Emperor considered Huo Yuhao’s strength and decided that the empire should try to win him over, even at the cost of the Duchess and Dai Huabin.
• Huo Yuhao and the Shrek Reserve Team entered the arena to thunderous cheers as the other teams gathered to watch them.
• The host announced Shrek Academy’s match against Yunluo Advanced Soul Tool Master Academy and called both captains to draw the match format.