Recaps

Chen Yuan set out with Gong Changlong and three Soul Douluo to investigate a supposed Golden Lion Mastiff in Baroque Forest and secure his Fifth Soul Ring. They found a massive dark-gold beast resembling the reported creature, but its identity remained uncertain.

• Xiao Xiao said goodbye to Chen Yuan at Shrek Academy and planned to break through level 30 and seek her parents' advice during the break.
• Chen Yuan asked the unresponsive Electrolux to save his life if his soul hunt became dangerous, then sought Gong Changlong's help.
• Gong Changlong agreed to lead the hunt and brought three Soul Douluo, claiming the beast's corpse for the Beast Fighting Arena if Chen Yuan obtained its Soul Ring.
• The group traveled to Baroque Forest, where they found bite marks on powerful Soul Beasts and followed them toward the forest's central pools.
• Chen Yuan and the others discovered a huge dark-gold beast beneath a massive tree; Chen Yuan doubted it was a Golden Lion Mastiff, and Gong Changlong was disappointed.

Chen Yuan and Gong Changlong confronted an injured Dark Gold Ghost Mastiff, which Gong Changlong intended to capture for the Beast Fighting Arena. The Soul Beast awakened its Golden Lion Mastiff bloodline, and an excited Gong Changlong ordered the others to help restrain it for breeding research.

• Gong Changlong told Chen Yuan to stand aside while he planned to capture the Dark Gold Ghost Mastiff and take it back to the Beast Fighting Arena.
• The Dark Gold Ghost Mastiff attacked, and Gong Changlong overpowered it, bound it, and began weakening it while explaining how to tame Soul Beasts.
• The Dark Gold Ghost Mastiff broke free of Gong Changlong’s binding as golden light enveloped it.
• The Dark Gold Ghost Mastiff transformed into a Golden Lion Mastiff by awakening its bloodline, astonishing Chen Yuan.
• Gong Changlong ordered Chen Yuan to watch and called the others back to help restrain the awakened Soul Beast for breeding and research.

Chen Yuan and Gong Changlong confronted the Dark Gold Ghost Mastiff after it underwent Ultimate Evolution into a Golden Lion Mastiff. Gong Changlong and three Soul Douluos battled the beast, which revealed its Domination Domain and reached Super Douluo-level strength, and the fight continued after cannonballs injured it.

• The Golden Lion Mastiff struck Gong Changlong and blasted Chen Yuan away with its Lion Mastiff Roar, but Chen Yuan healed with the Heart of Life and retreated.
• Gong Changlong summoned three Soul Douluos, and the four fighters faced the Golden Lion Mastiff as it activated its Domination Domain and grew larger.
• The Golden Lion Mastiff charged Gong Changlong, who endured its assault while the Soul Douluos supported him with Soul Skills.
• Gong Changlong and the Golden Lion Mastiff traded powerful attacks until Gong withdrew and the group restrained the beast with ranged Soul Skills.
• Gong Changlong hurled Level 7 Fixed-Station Soul Guidance Cannonballs at the Golden Lion Mastiff, which emerged from the explosion injured but alive.
• Gong Changlong and the three Soul Douluos pressed their attack on the wounded Golden Lion Mastiff.

Jing Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen secretly watched Gong Changlong and his companions battle a Golden Lion Mastiff, a twenty-thousand-year Soul Beast that overwhelmed them with its strength. After Gong Changlong detonated a Level 8 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannonball to defeat it, Jing Hongchen sensed danger and fled with Xiao Hongchen as the blast’s heat wave swept toward them.

• Jing Hongchen brought Xiao Hongchen to Baroque Forest to hunt a Fifth Soul Ring, then sensed two powerful auras fighting in the forest’s center.
• Jing Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen hid and watched Gong Changlong and three Soul Douluo wear down the Golden Lion Mastiff while collecting data on it.
• Gong Changlong injured the Golden Lion Mastiff and fled with his companions, then decided to use a Level 8 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannonball against it.
• The Golden Lion Mastiff followed Gong Changlong’s scent to the cannonball and triggered its explosion, losing consciousness in the blast.
• Jing Hongchen sensed danger and fled with Xiao Hongchen, but a terrifying heat wave caught up with them.

Chen Yuan and the Shrek teachers used a Level 8 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannonball to defeat the Golden Lion Mastiff, and Chen Yuan absorbed its Soul Ring to reach the Soul King stage. Afterward, he chose to go home rather than return to the academy with Gong Changlong.

• The Level 8 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannonball exploded, leaving Sun Liancheng, Gong Changlong, and the other teachers exhausted and injured.
• Gong Changlong agreed to help Chen Yuan claim the Golden Lion Mastiff and asked Chen Yuan to catch him a powerful Soul Beast once Chen Yuan became a Title Douluo.
• Gong Changlong brought Chen Yuan to the blast zone, where Chen Yuan killed the barely living Golden Lion Mastiff and began absorbing its black Soul Ring.
• The Golden Lion Mastiff's lingering soul was crushed by the Leo Constellation, allowing Chen Yuan to absorb the Soul Ring smoothly.
• Chen Yuan reached the Soul King stage and gained his fifth Soul Skill, Ashen Extinction Fury, which increased all attributes by 300% and gave his attacks the ability to ignore physical defense.
• Chen Yuan told Gong Changlong he would go home, and Gong Changlong offered to escort him out of the forest.

Chen Yuan returned to Small Lake Village with Yaya and discovered that the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect had transformed the village into a prosperous medicinal-herb-growing community. Old Chen explained how the villagers’ lives had improved and offered Chen Yuan and Yaya a share of their income.

• Jing Hongchen mistakenly concluded that the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect had caused the explosion and told Xiao Hongchen to repay them if they met during the tournament.
• Chen Yuan discovered that the Ten-Thousand-Year Golden Lion Mastiff Right Palm Bone had fused with his right fist and could be concealed beneath his Flame Gauntlet.
• Chen Yuan picked up Yaya in Star Marsh City and brought her back toward Small Lake Village, noticing the road had become stone-paved.
• Chen Yuan and Yaya found Small Lake Village transformed, with paved roads, new crops, and a stone monument at the entrance.
• Old Chen explained that people wearing tower badges from the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect had taught the villagers to grow medicinal herbs and improved their income.
• Old Chen offered Chen Yuan and Yaya an annual share of the villagers’ Gold Soul Coins, but Chen Yuan insisted the money go to Yaya.

Chen Yuan learned that the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect had improved Small Lake Village to win his favor, then met Ning Li, who offered him money to help Ning Tian enter Shrek’s Reserve Team. He agreed to consider the deal but rejected Wu Feng because the team already had enough Power Attack System Soul Masters.

• Chen Yuan found no problems with the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect’s gifts to Small Lake Village and wondered why the sect had spent so much.
• Ning Li visited Chen Yuan with Ning Tian and Wu Feng and asked him to bring them into Shrek’s Reserve Team.
• Ning Li offered Chen Yuan two million Gold Soul Coins for Ning Tian’s place and promised a reward worth at least a Fifty-Thousand-Year Soul Bone if they won the next tournament.
• Chen Yuan refused to support Wu Feng’s selection because his team already had enough Power Attack System Soul Masters.
• Ning Li left a five-hundred-thousand-Gold-Soul-Coin deposit, and Wu Feng challenged Chen Yuan over his decision.

Chen Yuan returned to Shrek and learned that Huo Yuhao had become a Twin Martial Souls holder and a core disciple of both departments. At the Treasure Appreciation Fair, Bei Bei struggled to decide whether to buy a ten-thousand-year Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone that could strengthen his Bright Sacred Dragon bloodline.

• Chen Yuan returned to Shrek after sending Yaya back to Star Marsh City and bought a Level 6 triggered Defensive Soul Tool from Ning Li to protect himself from the Death Messenger.
• After the Upgrade Assessment, Chen Yuan visited Gong Changlong, who lamented that the assessment’s hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring had frightened away all the potential breeding mothers for his Golden Lion Mastiff.
• Gong Changlong told Chen Yuan about the Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone at the Treasure Appreciation Fair and offered to lend him money if he wanted it.
• At the fair, Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi learned that Huo Yuhao had become a Twin Martial Souls holder and a dual-department core disciple.
• Chen Yuan and Xu Sanshi recognized that the Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone was likely intended for Bei Bei, who weighed its bloodline benefits against its low age and high price.

Huo Yuhao reunited with Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Chen Yuan at the Treasure Appreciation Fair, while Chen Yuan crossed paths with Wu Feng, Ning Tian, and Xiao Xiao. The chapter left Chen Yuan browsing rare Soul Bones and wishing he could obtain one with the skills he wanted.

• Huo Yuhao greeted Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Chen Yuan, and explained that Wang Dong'er was only his classmate.
• Bei Bei took Huo Yuhao to the counter to assess his credit limit, while Xu Sanshi hurried off to meet Jiang Nannan.
• Chen Yuan noticed Wu Feng admiring a Light-attribute Soul Bone, while Ning Tian considered buying it for him but worried about the cost.
• Xiao Xiao asked Chen Yuan to guide her to Huo Yuhao, but he declined and she went to join Wang Dong'er.
• Chen Yuan found a rare 40,000-Year Mirror Shadow Beast Left Leg Bone and wished it had belonged to a Soft Bone Rabbit instead.

Chen Yuan, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan joined Shrek Academy’s Reserve Team Selection, where Xuan Zi announced a mass melee to determine the final seven. The chapter ended as Chen Yuan revealed his five Soul Rings, including two Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, stunning the students and making Xuan Zi worry that fewer than seven people might remain.

• Chen Yuan, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan arrived at the Spirit Fighting Zone with the other eligible students, including He Caitou and Huo Yuhao.
• Xuan Zi explained that the selection would be a free-for-all, with only the final seven students remaining eligible.
• Bei Bei questioned how Support System Soul Masters could advance, and Xuan Zi said they had to rely on their connections and judgment to find strong allies.
• Chen Yuan told Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi that he had already decided whom to choose as teammates.
• At Xuan Zi’s signal, the students activated their martial souls and focused on the fifth-grade students.
• Chen Yuan summoned his Flame Gauntlet and revealed five Soul Rings, including two black rings, astonishing the students and Xuan Zi.

Chen Yuan built up his strength while his teammates and the other students clashed in the selection match. He unleashed a massive attack that destroyed the arena, leaving everyone but himself outside its boundaries and eliminated.

• Chen Yuan stacked his Blazing Burn Marks by punching Xu Sanshi's shield, then began charging his Fourth Soul Skill as the students targeted the upperclassmen.
• Huo Yuhao stayed back to share Spiritual Detection, Xiao Xiao followed Chen Yuan's signal to keep her distance, and Ning Tian secretly buffed the group fighting alongside Chen Yuan.
• He Caitou unleashed a barrage of Soul Tool rays across the arena while Xu Sanshi, Bei Bei, and Jiang Nannan defended themselves and eliminated opponents.
• After Chen Yuan finished charging, Xu Sanshi moved himself, Bei Bei, and Jiang Nannan to the edge of the arena.
• Chen Yuan struck the arena with a flame-wreathed punch, destroying it and sending everyone else beyond its boundaries.
• Xuan Zi rescued Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu from the blast, but the match rules left everyone except Chen Yuan eliminated.

After Chen Yuan nearly eliminated the contestants in the selection, Xuan Zi named him the leader of Shrek’s Reserve Team and let him choose six teammates. The new team formed, and Xuan Zi kept Huo Yuhao behind while the others left to get acquainted.

• Xuan Zi rescued the students inside a Soul Power Sphere, praised Chen Yuan’s strength, and told him to choose the Reserve Team lineup while reserving a place for the Soul Tool Department.
• Chen Yuan selected Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, Ning Tian, and Huo Yuhao as his six teammates.
• Xuan Zi dismissed the students who objected to the selections and declared Chen Yuan’s group Shrek’s Reserve Team for the next five years.
• Xuan Zi announced that the team would train with him once a week and asked Huo Yuhao to stay behind.
• Xu Sanshi hugged Chen Yuan in excitement, and Bei Bei asked why Chen Yuan had not chosen He Caitou; Chen Yuan replied that He Caitou was unsuitable.

Chen Yuan and the other Shrek tournament substitutes introduced themselves, then he discovered that the Sun God Bow in his Sea of Consciousness could drain all his Soul Power with a single shot. He began planning a future visit to the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, but remained uncertain how to control the bow’s immense cost.

• Xu Sanshi proposed treating the group to a meal, and the substitutes introduced themselves and shared their martial souls and ranks.
• Chen Yuan revealed that he was a fifteenth-year-old, fifty-first-ranked Soul King, surprising Xiao Xiao and prompting Ning Tian to consider her chances with him.
• Huo Yuhao introduced himself as a twenty-fifth-ranked Control System Soul Grandmaster and a Level-Two-and-a-Half Soul Engineer.
• The group followed Bei Bei to a restaurant, where they made Xu Sanshi pay for their meal.
• Chen Yuan entered his Sea of Consciousness and found the Sun God Bow beside the Eastern Sun King Dragon statue; Dali Gu and Electrolux warned him about its power.
• Chen Yuan drew the Sun God Bow in his Sea of Consciousness, watched his Soul Power rapidly drain, and considered when to visit the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well.

Chen Yuan balanced archery practice and cultivation while Xiao Xiao tried to spend more time with him and Ning Tian watched their closeness. Ning Tian gave Chen Yuan a level 6 bow-type soul tool, and the group discussed the upcoming tournament, unaware that the reserve team would end up fighting in both tournaments.

• Chen Yuan struggled to hit the higher rings during archery practice and told Xiao Xiao he had little time to relax.
• Xiao Xiao helped Chen Yuan gather arrows and eagerly planned to explore Star Luo City with him.
• Chen Yuan and Xiao Xiao found Ning Tian waiting at the cafeteria, and the group learned that Ma Xiaotao had taken Huo Yuhao away.
• Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi discussed the upcoming tournament and expected Chen Yuan to stay off the field as a trump card.
• Ning Tian gave Chen Yuan a level 6 bow-type soul tool and matching arrows as thanks for choosing her for the reserve team.

Xuan Zi gathered the Main Team and Reserve Team for the upcoming Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Spirit Fighting Tournament, then arranged a friendly match between squads led by Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng. Chen Yuan’s Soul King cultivation and powerful Soul Rings stunned the Main Team as the match began.

• Xuan Zi announced that the Reserve Team might compete in the tournament and warned that anyone who lost would be barred from the Inner Court.
• The Reserve Team introduced themselves, and Chen Yuan shocked the Main Team by revealing that he was a level fifty-one Soul King.
• Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng selected their squads for a friendly match, with Ma Xiaotao choosing Huo Yuhao and Dai Yueheng choosing Chen Yuan.
• Gongyang Mo and Ning Tian amplified their teammates before the two squads faced off in the arena.
• Xu Sanshi challenged Chen Yuan, who activated Blazing Burn and revealed five Soul Rings, including two ten-thousand-year rings, leaving Dai Yueheng regretting that he had not assigned Chen Yuan to fight Ma Xiaotao.

Chen Yuan overwhelmed the opposing team in the spar, eliminating several fighters while Huo Yuhao’s simulated Ice Empress aura drove Ling Luochen from the arena. Ma Xiaotao reached Huo Yuhao in time to protect him, but discovered that Chen Yuan’s flames could suppress her own.

• Xu Sanshi used his Fourth Soul Skill to swap places with Chen Yuan and rush toward Ning Tian, while Chen Yuan knocked Bei Bei into the floor.
• Chen Yuan blasted Xu Sanshi with a flaming punch and then kicked him into Jiang Nannan, who struck him down and eliminated him.
• Yao Haoxuan’s roar briefly stunned Xixi, allowing Ling Luochen to freeze her, while Ling Luochen’s cold currents hindered Ma Xiaotao against Dai Yueheng.
• Huo Yuhao simulated the Ice Empress, disrupting Ling Luochen’s ice control and frightening her; Xuan Zi removed Ling Luochen and Xixi from the arena.
• Chen Yuan charged toward Gongyang Mo, then redirected toward Huo Yuhao after Gongyang Mo fired a Level 5 Soul Tool Ray Gun.
• Ma Xiaotao intercepted Chen Yuan before he reached Huo Yuhao and felt her flames become briefly chaotic under the influence of his martial soul.

Shrek Academy’s Main Team defeated the Reserve Team in their practice matches, and Ma Xiaotao learned that Chen Yuan’s Martial Soul was evolving toward Ultimate Fire. The teams then set out for the tournament, accompanied by Wang Yan as their commander and logistical support.

• Chen Yuan suppressed Ma Xiaotao’s flames during the first match, and Huo Yuhao, Ma Xiaotao, and Gongyang Mo were eliminated as the Main Team won.
• After an hour’s rest, the teams held a second match, which Xuan Zi ended after being satisfied with the students’ performances.
• Ma Xiaotao asked Yan Shaozhe why her Evil Fire Phoenix had reacted to Chen Yuan, and he told her Chen Yuan’s Martial Soul was evolving toward Ultimate Fire and ordered her to keep it secret.
• Yan Shaozhe considered how Chen Yuan and Huo Yuhao could help Shrek and Ma Xiaotao, then the teams gathered at the academy gates the next morning to depart for the tournament with Wang Yan.

Chen Yuan and the Reserve Team were invited to join the Shrek Inspectorate, then set out with the Main Team on a mission to destroy the Hand of Death bandits. The group reached the skies on Flying Soul Tools as they headed toward the Mingdou Mountain Range, while Chen Yuan hinted that the journey ahead might be dangerous.

• Bei Bei, Huo Yuhao, Jiang Nannan, and Xu Sanshi agreed to join the Inspector Group, while Ning Tian wanted to consult her parents and Chen Yuan and Xiao Xiao reserved their decisions until they saw the group in action.
• Ma Xiaotao explained that the mission was to wipe out the Hand of Death, a bandit gang led by an Evil Soul Master in the Mingdou Mountain Range, and warned the Reserve Team that they might have to kill.
• Xu Sanshi complained to Bei Bei about his failed pursuit of Jiang Nannan, and Chen Yuan teased them by offering to take them somewhere that might change their genders.
• The group traveled toward the mountain range, inspected their Inspector Group equipment, and borrowed Flying Soul Tools from a Star Luo military camp.
• Chen Yuan performed a safety ritual before Xuan Zi launched the group into the air using ropes and his high-end Flying Soul Tool.

Chen Yuan’s warnings and preparations helped the Reserve Team survive the Death Messenger’s corpse explosions, while Xuan Zi killed the Evil Soul Master. Yao Haoxuan survived but, along with other Shrek students, needed urgent medical care as the group split up to seek treatment.

• Chen Yuan gave Yao Haoxuan a Level Three Defensive Soul Tool before Ma Xiaotao led the Main Team into the cave and Wang Yan followed with the Reserve Team.
• Chen Yuan and Bei Bei entered the cave first, and Chen Yuan burned the corpses along their path before the Reserve Team reached the battle.
• The Death Messenger detonated the corpses, but Chen Yuan raised a wall of fire to protect the Reserve Team; Xuan Zi then seized and killed the Death Messenger.
• Yao Haoxuan survived the blast with grave injuries, and Chen Yuan used his flames to burn the poisonous blood from him and Xixi.
• Chen Yuan warned Xuan Zi that Chen Zifeng and Gongyang Mo were too badly hurt for him to safely remove their poisonous blood, so Xuan Zi took the injured back to the academy while Wang Yan led the others toward Star Luo City.

After the Shrek Reserve Team was sent to compete ahead of the injured Main Team, Mu En reprimanded Xuan Zi and rejected calls to send reinforcements. He ordered Xuan Zi to protect the students in Star Luo City and left his punishment until after the tournament.

• Wang Yan told the seven Reserve Team members that they would compete first while Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and Ling Luochen recovered.
• Mu En condemned Xuan Zi for failing to protect the Main Team and ordered Inspectorate members to obtain custom Flying and Defensive Soul Tools.
• Yan Shaozhe proposed sending reinforcements to help defend Shrek's tournament title, but Mu En insisted the Reserve Team should compete without them.
• Mu En argued that Shrek's honor depended on its students, criticized the academy's neglect of Soul Tool development, and praised the Reserve Team's strength.
• Mu En ordered Xuan Zi to go to Star Luo City and protect the students, postponing his punishment until after the tournament.

Shrek Academy's Reserve Team arrived in Star Luo City ahead of the tournament, while Wang Yan worried about their chances and hoped for reinforcements. As the teams prepared for the opening ceremony, Xiao Hongchen recognized someone on Shrek's team but could not remember who.

• Wang Yan explained the tournament format to Shrek's Reserve Team and sent them to rest, then admitted to himself that he feared they could not handle the later rounds without reinforcements.
• Chen Yuan and the other Reserve Team members met in Bei Bei's room, where Ning Tian said she had arranged Soul Tools and Huo Yuhao suggested using a display of six hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings to intimidate opponents.
• Chen Yuan took Xiao Xiao to his room to cultivate with him, leaving Ning Tian wondering how close the two of them had become.
• Elder Ma grew furious when he learned Shrek had entered the tournament with its Reserve Team instead of the Main Team he had spent years researching.
• Xiao Hongchen told Meng Hongchen he thought he recognized someone on Shrek's team, but could not recall where he had seen him.

Chen Yuan represented Shrek Academy alone against Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy and defeated the entire opposing team with one punch. His extraordinary Soul Ring configuration and modified Lion's Fang shocked the spectators and drew Emperor Xu Jiawei's attention.

• At the tournament opening, Chen Yuan skipped the formal salute while the other contestants bowed to Emperor Xu Jiawei.
• Wang Yan selected Chen Yuan to represent Shrek alone against Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy, and Chen Yuan insisted he could handle the match by himself.
• Chen Yuan revealed five Soul Rings—yellow, purple, purple, black, and black—prompting Xu Jiawei to order an investigation into him.
• Chen Yuan withdrew his Soul Rings and martial soul, then unleashed his modified Reign Over the World technique, Lion's Fang, in a single punch.
• The attack knocked out or incapacitated every Tianling contestant, and Chen Yuan asked the stunned referee to announce the result.

After Chen Yuan defeated seven opponents with one strike, Xiao Xiao spent the day shopping with him in Star Luo City. Their outing ended at the Nine Treasures Pavilion, where they considered a costly Soul Bone before returning to the Star Emperor Hotel.

• Xiao Hongchen recognized Chen Yuan as the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect member who had fired a Level 8 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannonball, while Meng Hongchen admired him and wondered if he had a fiancée.
• Xiao Xiao hugged Chen Yuan after his victory, and Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi teased them before leaving with the others; Ning Tian departed without commenting.
• Xiao Xiao persuaded Chen Yuan to spend the day shopping with her in Star Luo City, and she bought clothes for both of them.
• At the Nine Treasures Pavilion, Xiao Xiao pointed out a twenty-thousand-year Earth Demon Rhino Left Leg Bone priced at six million Gold Soul Coins, but Chen Yuan decided it was not worth buying.
• Xiao Xiao found nothing else she wanted, so she and Chen Yuan returned to the Star Emperor Hotel.

Chen Yuan and Xiao Xiao reached the next step in their cultivation before Wang Yan briefed the Shrek team on the coming tournament matches. Afterward, Xiao Hongchen attacked Chen Yuan over a Level 8 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannonball and accused the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect, leaving Ning Tian demanding an explanation.

• Bei Bei told Chen Yuan and Xiao Xiao to attend a meeting about the tournament format, and Xiao Xiao broke through to Rank 32.
• Wang Yan asked the team to describe their Soul Skills, and Chen Yuan withheld some details about his abilities.
• Xiao Hongchen attacked Chen Yuan and accused the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect of detonating a Level 8 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannonball in Baroque Forest.
• Ning Tian defended her sect and demanded evidence, while Xiao Hongchen accused her and Chen Yuan of covering up the incident.
• Chen Yuan threw Xiao Hongchen down the corridor, and Ning Tian asked Chen Yuan to explain the cannonball incident somewhere private.

Chen Yuan explained to Ning Tian how Xiao Hongchen had been hit by a Level 8 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannonball, while Ning Tian promised to respect his wishes and protect Small Lake Village’s relationship with the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect. The tournament’s group stage began, and Shrek opened with Xu Sanshi defeating Yunluo Academy.

• Xiao Hongchen pulled himself out of the wall and returned to his room to prepare more Soul Tool cores, while Meng Hongchen suspected Chen Yuan had thrown him there.
• Chen Yuan told Ning Tian that a senior he hired had fired the Level 8 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannonball and denied impersonating anyone from the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect.
• Ning Tian promised not to use the sect’s interests to influence Chen Yuan and swore that the sect’s attitude toward Small Lake Village would not change.
• Chen Yuan left Ning Tian’s room, and Ning Tian reflected on her feelings and her decision to maintain a personal relationship with him.
• The second round of the tournament began, with Shrek Academy placed in a different group from the other major academies.
• Shrek sent Xu Sanshi to face Yunluo Academy, and he won against its Soul Ancestor competitor without difficulty.