Chapter Summaries

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.

Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Chen Yuan discussed their team’s chances against Zhengtian Academy before Wang Yan took the Reserve Team to a Soul Tool auction. Ning Tian bought an Ice Extreme Cold Knife that Huo Yuhao believed was meant for him, leaving him hopeful he might obtain it from her later.

• Xu Sanshi praised the Reserve Team’s chances, while Bei Bei pointed out Zhengtian Academy’s strong Soul Kings and revealed that a Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone had stabilized his Bright Sacred Dragon bloodline.
• Wang Yan took the group to the Starlight Auction House to buy Soul Tools for the Reserve Team.
• The auction presented the eighty-fourth-ranked Ice Extreme Cold Knife, and Huo Yuhao asked Wang Yan whether the academy could afford it after its price climbed beyond their available funds.
• Ning Tian bid four million Gold Soul Coins, then won the Ice Extreme Cold Knife for four million three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, saying she planned to display it as a decoration.
• Huo Yuhao accepted that the knife was in Ning Tian’s hands and hoped he could obtain it from her in the future.

Chen Yuan told the awakened Electrolux about the Douluo Continent, Tang San’s control over it, and his own wish to become a god without serving the Sea God. Electrolux recognized the Sun God Bow as a Super Divine Artifact and began considering Chen Yuan’s request for help.

• Back in the Star Emperor Hotel, Chen Yuan entered his Sea of Consciousness and discovered that Electrolux had awakened.
• Electrolux questioned Chen Yuan about how he had found him and why he had brought him into his Sea of Consciousness, but accepted that Chen Yuan had private reasons.
• Chen Yuan explained the Douluo Continent’s cultivation system and recounted how Tang San had schemed to control the world and divided his daughter’s soul.
• Chen Yuan asked Electrolux to help him become a god and escape Tang San’s control, saying he wanted to decide his own fate.
• Electrolux identified the Sun God Bow as a Super Divine Artifact bound to Chen Yuan and Dali Gu, then described the power Chen Yuan could gain by serving Tang San.
• Chen Yuan refused to become Tang San’s subordinate, accusing him of exploiting the mortal world and treating the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy as tools for gathering faith.

Chen Yuan entered Electrolux’s Undead Demiplane to test whether he could obtain skills from its undead, as he had failed to do with Soul Beasts. He attacked an Undead Knight with the Lion Fire Axe, but the knight remained alive, leaving the test unresolved.

• Chen Yuan swore a Martial Soul Oath to find Electrolux’s missing Divine Sense fragments after he became a god, and Electrolux agreed to help him.
• Electrolux took control of Chen Yuan’s body and opened a gate to the Undead Demiplane, where Chen Yuan saw vast numbers of skeletons and Bone Dragons.
• Electrolux directed Chen Yuan through the skeletons to an Undead Knight, who approached, removed his defenses, and knelt under Electrolux’s command.
• Chen Yuan recalled that his attempts to turn Soul Beasts’ skills into Battle Cards had failed and hoped the Undead Demiplane’s laws would allow it.
• Chen Yuan evolved Dali Gu into the Battle Dragon King and used the Lion Fire Axe to smash the Undead Knight apart, though the flames in its skull showed it was still alive.

Chen Yuan extracted two Battle Cards from undead creatures and asked Electrolux to investigate whether Soul Ring ages could be increased. The next morning, he considered disrupting Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er’s relationship by encouraging Huo Yuhao’s closeness with Ma Xiaotao.

• Chen Yuan extracted the Spirit Explosion Technique card from the Undead Knight, then found that the Battle Dragon Machine could not extract another card from it.
• Chen Yuan and Dali Gu experimented on undead creatures and obtained a Stacking Force card, while Chen Yuan learned that the machine had strict limits on what it could extract.
• Chen Yuan asked Electrolux to study Soul Spirits and ways to increase Soul Ring ages, then forced the sleepy Xiao Xiao to cultivate with him all night.
• Chen Yuan saw Huo Yuhao leaving Ma Xiaotao’s room and considered using their closeness to interfere with God King Tang’s plans for Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er.
• Chen Yuan asked Huo Yuhao about Ma Xiaotao, and Huo Yuhao blushed as he recalled helping her suppress her Evil Fire.

Mu En decided not to send support, confident that Chen Yuan and the other Shrek students could handle the tournament, while Xu Jiawei ordered Jiu Jiu to watch Chen Yuan closely. In Shrek’s match against Zhengtian Academy, Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi faced Yu Mengdi and Yang Yifan, and Bei Bei kept Yu Mengdi at a distance with evasive footwork and Hidden Weapons.

• Mu En recognized Chen Yuan’s altered version of Reign Over the World and decided to let him enter Shrek’s Inner Court rather than send him immediate support.
• Xu Jiawei reviewed Star Luo’s intelligence on Shrek’s young competitors and told an aide to warn Jiu Jiu to pay special attention to Chen Yuan.
• Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi took the first round of Shrek’s 2-2-3 match against Zhengtian Academy’s Yu Mengdi and Yang Yifan.
• Xu Sanshi used Mystic Underworld Displacement to switch places with Yu Mengdi, while he blocked Yang Yifan’s dagger attacks behind his shield.
• Yu Mengdi’s Angel God-Sealing Slash missed when Bei Bei dodged, and Bei Bei countered with Tang Sect Hidden Weapons while retreating from her advance.