Chapter Summaries

Bei Bei revealed his Bright Sacred Dragon bloodline and defeated Yu Mengdi, helping Shrek take the first match against Zhengtian Academy. Chen Yuan then sent Xiao Xiao to face Ye Wuqing, leaving the match poised to begin.

• Bei Bei activated his Bright Sacred Dragon bloodline, shattered Yu Mengdi's attack, and defeated her with a close-range Bright Breath.
• Xu Sanshi said Bei Bei had taken too long to win, while Bei Bei explained that his bloodline transformation was difficult to control for long.
• Chen Yuan and Xiao Xiao entered the next match against Ye Wuqing, Zhengtian Academy's strongest fighter.
• After the referee started the match, Chen Yuan told Xiao Xiao to fight while he backed her up, and she summoned her Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron.

Chen Yuan lent Xiao Xiao his Soul Power, allowing her to overwhelm Zhengtian Academy’s Soul Kings. After Xiao Xiao and Chen Yuan defeated Tang Xiaolei and Ye Wuqing, Shrek’s victory was assured, though Chen Yuan left the arena badly damaged.

• Chen Yuan merged his Soul Power with Xiao Xiao’s, raising her strength to that of a high-level Soul Ancestor and revealing their Martial Soul Fusion.
• Xiao Xiao used her Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldrons to trap Tang Xiaolei, whose final arrow failed to break free; the referee declared him eliminated.
• Ye Wuqing chose to fight Chen Yuan rather than help Tang Xiaolei, while Chen Yuan’s flames burned away his Golden Leaves.
• Chen Yuan seized Ye Wuqing and repeatedly smashed him into the arena before throwing him off, securing Zhengtian Academy’s defeat.
• Ye Wuqing accepted the loss to Shrek, while the referee grew furious at Chen Yuan for wrecking the arena again.

After Shrek’s team won its match, Chen Yuan wondered why Xuan Zi had not arrived with a healer, while Xiao Hongchen hid his history with Chen Yuan from Meng Hongchen. Xuan Zi appeared at the meeting and announced that Shrek would receive no support for the remaining matches, prompting Wang Yan to openly question the academy.

• Xiao Xiao celebrated defeating a Soul King, but Chen Yuan refused to let her use their fusion power again, and she resolved not to cultivate with him that night.
• Chen Yuan wondered why Xuan Zi had not brought a Healing System Soul Master to Star Luo City and speculated about Shrek’s Golden Tree.
• Meng Hongchen questioned Xiao Hongchen about Chen Yuan, and Xiao Hongchen denied that Chen Yuan had previously blasted him into a wall.
• Xuan Zi entered the meeting room after Wang Yan reviewed the match and praised the team, but told them the academy would send no support for the remaining matches.
• Wang Yan challenged the academy’s decision, and Xuan Zi reacted angrily as Wang Yan declared that he was questioning Shrek.

Wang Yan furiously rebuked Xuan Zi for leaving the Reserve Team to shoulder the tournament while Shrek offered little support. Xuan Zi promised to arrange treatment for the injured Main Team members and threatened the team if they failed to defend Shrek’s championship, leaving everyone to prepare anxiously for the next match.

• Wang Yan blamed the academy and Xuan Zi for forcing the young Reserve Team to compete and bear the consequences if Shrek lost.
• Wang Yan demanded to know why Xuan Zi had not brought a Healing Soul Master to help Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng recover.
• Xuan Zi admitted much of the blame was his, promised to find someone to treat the injured Main Team members, and threatened to execute the team if they failed to win.
• Chen Yuan stopped himself from summoning the Sun God Bow after Xuan Zi vanished, then comforted the frightened Xiao Xiao.
• Wang Yan apologized to the team and told everyone to rest and prepare for tomorrow’s match, saying Ling Luochen could compete.

After Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng recovered, Shrek argued over who would fight in the team battle, and Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen both joined Huo Yuhao on the field. Ling Luochen’s Ultimate Ice swiftly won the match, leaving the two senior sisters arguing again as Chen Yuan teased Bei Bei about his experience.

• Xuan Zi had Wang Xian'er heal Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng, and Chen Yuan told Xu Sanshi he had no desire to compete.
• Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen argued over who should enter the team battle, then both went out with Huo Yuhao.
• Xu Sanshi and Chen Yuan discussed Huo Yuhao’s relationships with Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and Wang Dong'er.
• Ling Luochen used Huo Yuhao’s Ultimate Ice to freeze all seven opponents and win the match before Ma Xiaotao could release her Martial Soul.
• Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen resumed arguing, and Chen Yuan teased Bei Bei about someone’s feelings for him.

Shrek Academy prepared for its round-of-sixteen match against Dou Spirit Royal Academy, then attended a Top-Tier Auction at the Starlight Auction House. Chen Yuan focused on the Snow Empress Embryo as a possible prize and watched the auction begin with the Level 8 Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade.

• Wang Yan explained the elimination-round format and warned that Dou Spirit Royal Academy had two Soul Ancestors and five Soul Kings.
• Wang Yan gave the group invitations to the Starlight Auction House’s Top-Tier Auction, and Dai Yueheng explained its prestige.
• Chen Yuan considered obtaining the Snow Empress Embryo, while recognizing that its price and the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone were beyond his means.
• The group followed Wang Yan to the auction house, where they were shown a luxurious room and a Soul Guidance Screen powered by a special mineral.
• Xiao Xiao asked why Chen Yuan was unsurprised by the screen, and he told her he had seen more advanced devices that ordinary people could use.
• Xu Jiujiu opened the auction and presented its first item, the Level 8 Melee Soul Tool Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade.

Ning Tian spent lavishly at the auction, while Huo Yuhao revealed that the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone could only be absorbed by an Ultimate Ice Soul Master, prompting the Starlight Auction House to manage the fallout. The auction ended with Xu Jiujiu unveiling a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast embryo sealed in the God Sealing Platform, and its bidding had yet to begin.

• Dai Yueheng bought the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade, while Ning Tian repeatedly bid on auction lots and purchased several for the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect.
• Xu Jiujiu presented the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone, and Huo Yuhao told the others it could only be absorbed by an Ultimate Ice Soul Master.
• Xu Jiujiu questioned Huo Yuhao about the Soul Bone, then left to consult Xu Jiawei; the Star Luo Imperial Family ultimately bought the lot back.
• Ning Tian explained that the Starlight Auction House had staged the fierce bidding to protect its reputation after the Soul Bone's restriction was exposed.
• Xu Jiujiu unveiled the God Sealing Platform and announced that it contained an embryo formed as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast rebuilt itself as a human, with a chance to grant a new martial soul if fused successfully.

The Starlight Auction House revealed the Snow Empress Embryo, and Xiao Hongchen won it for 150 million Gold Soul Coins. Xu Jiawei visited Shrek’s private room and offered Chen Yuan and Huo Yuhao goodwill, while Xiao Hongchen prepared to move the embryo safely to the Sun Moon Empire.

• Xiao Hongchen decided to obtain the Snow Empress Embryo and mortgaged his non-core Soul Tools to raise enough money.
• Xu Jiawei entered Shrek’s private room, where everyone except Chen Yuan bowed or saluted him.
• Xu Jiawei spoke with Chen Yuan about his future travels and offered him help through the Starlight Auction House, then turned his attention to Huo Yuhao.
• Xiao Hongchen bid 150 million Gold Soul Coins and won the embryo after no one raised the price.
• Xiao Hongchen and Elder Ma agreed to transport the embryo to Mingde Hall through a secret channel in Star Luo City.

Chen Yuan left the Star Emperor Hotel in disguise to track the Snow Empress Embryo, while Elder Ma fled west with it and fought off pursuers. Xuan Zi intercepted Elder Ma, destroyed his Soul Tools, and knocked him unconscious to seize the embryo.

• Xiao Xiao asked Chen Yuan to skip cultivation for one night, and Chen Yuan agreed after Bei Bei urged him to ease up on her.
• Chen Yuan changed into the Inspector Group outfit and left the hotel after Electrolux confirmed that the embryo had traveled west.
• Elder Ma used Soul Tool Rays and Level 8 Absolute Defense barriers to fend off pursuers while flying away from Star Luo City.
• Xuan Zi appeared beside Elder Ma, demanded the embryo and his Soul Tools, and revealed himself as a nine-ring Super Douluo when Elder Ma refused.
• Xuan Zi deflected Elder Ma's attacks, destroyed his Soul Tool cores, and kicked him unconscious into a crater.

Xuan Zi discovered that Elder Ma had used himself as bait while the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo was transported out of Star Luo City. Chen Yuan intercepted the Sun Moon Empire courier and killed him, but the embryo’s whereabouts remained unknown.

• Xuan Zi searched Elder Ma’s Storage Soul Tools, found no Soul Beast Embryo, and shattered Elder Ma’s Soul Core, stripping him of his cultivation.
• Xuan Zi returned to Star Luo City with several Soul Tool blueprints after realizing the embryo had likely already left the city.
• A Sun Moon Empire spy carrying a secret Storage Soul Tool headed toward the Mingdou Mountain Range to deliver it to Jing Hongchen.
• Chen Yuan confronted the spy in a canyon and caught his short blade, beginning to break the spy’s Martial Soul.
• The spy activated his Martial Soul Avatar and used an Invincible Barrier, but Chen Yuan’s Ultimate Fire-powered punch pierced through the defense and killed him.

Chen Yuan recovered the Snow Empress Embryo and secured it inside the Battle Dragon Machine before returning safely to the Star Emperor Hotel. The next day, Meng Hongchen introduced herself to him at the arena, provoking Xiao Hongchen and leaving both teams focused on their upcoming match.

• Chen Yuan burned the Soul Saint's corpse, retrieved the Snow Empress Embryo, and hid it in the Battle Dragon Machine with Dali Gu's help.
• Chen Yuan returned to the Star Emperor Hotel and confirmed that no one had entered his room.
• At the stairway, Xiao Hongchen confronted Chen Yuan, but Chen Yuan pretended not to recognize him.
• Meng Hongchen greeted Chen Yuan and praised his matches, while Xiao Hongchen angrily demanded a duel.
• Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei teased Chen Yuan about Meng Hongchen's interest in him, while Meng assured Xiao Hongchen she would fight seriously in the arena.

Shrek Academy defeated Dou Spirit Royal Academy in the round of sixteen after Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire clouded her mind and she unleashed a dangerous attack. Chen Yuan stopped her, and the team took the unconscious Ma Xiaotao back to the hotel while Wang Yan went to manage the incident’s fallout.

• Ma Xiaotao overwhelmed Dou Spirit Royal Academy’s Support System Soul Master and unleashed her Phoenix Meteor Shower despite the referee’s warning.
• Chen Yuan destroyed the falling fireballs, then subdued Ma Xiaotao after Guzhu Jian was eliminated.
• Shrek’s team apologized to the referee, who declared Shrek Academy the winner of the first round-of-sixteen match.
• Wang Yan learned that Ma Xiaotao had suffered an Evil Fire outbreak and sent Chen Yuan and the others back to the hotel while he spoke with Star Luo officials.
• Huo Yuhao helped suppress Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, and Chen Yuan stopped Xiao Xiao from saying aloud that Ma Xiaotao had looked like an Evil Soul Master.

Chen Yuan learned that the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect would reward him with a 70,000-year Soul Bone if Shrek won the tournament and raise its promised reward to a 100,000-year Soul Bone if he led them to victory again five years later. Shrek advanced to the semifinals after defeating Dou Spirit Royal Academy and receiving a forfeit from Zhengtian Academy.

• Huo Yuhao was thrown out of Ma Xiaotao’s room, and Bei Bei teased him in front of the Shrek team.
• Ning Tian showed Chen Yuan a 70,000-year Mirror Shadow Beast Left Leg Bone and explained the sect’s tournament rewards.
• Chen Yuan considered the Soul Bone’s skill and the potential rewards for winning the tournament.
• Wang Yan led Shrek into the individual elimination match, where they easily defeated Dou Spirit Royal Academy.
• Zhengtian Academy forfeited its quarterfinal match against Shrek, sending the team into the semifinals.

Shrek faced Star Luo Royal Academy in the semifinal, where Chen Yuan quickly eliminated Huang Heyun but was trapped by Xu Jiujiu’s Absolute Defense Soul Tool. The match continued with Chen Yuan imprisoned and Xu Jiujiu confident that Star Luo could defeat Shrek without him.

• Wang Yan urged Chen Yuan to protect himself against Star Luo Royal Academy and hoped Ma Xiaotao would avoid another Evil Fire episode.
• Ma Xiaotao remained withdrawn, troubled by memories of Huo Yuhao helping suppress her Evil Fire and their waking together in the bathroom.
• Xu Jiujiu greeted Chen Yuan before the semifinal, then revealed her Star Crown martial soul and spread its golden support mist over Star Luo Royal Academy.
• Chen Yuan charged Xu Jiujiu, broke through Huang Heyun’s barrier with his Third Soul Skill, Heart of Flame, and knocked Huang Heyun out of the match.
• Xu Jiujiu used a seventh-rank Absolute Defense Soul Tool to imprison Chen Yuan and declared that Shrek would lose without him.

Chen Yuan escaped Xu Jiujiu’s Absolute Defense and overwhelmed Star Luo Royal Academy with Soul Saint-level power. Shrek Academy won the semifinal team battle, with all seven opponents eliminated by Chen Yuan alone.

• Xu Jiujiu used Star Guardian to separate the teams while Star Luo Royal Academy combined wind and fire into a powerful tornado that forced Shrek’s fighters to evade.
• Chen Yuan recognized the Nine-Turn Soul-Transforming Instrument and asked Xu Jiujiu whether the core of Absolute Defense was a gemstone.
• Chen Yuan activated five enhancement Soul Skills and shattered Absolute Defense’s core with Badi Holy Flame, breaking through the barrier and destroying Star Guardian.
• Chen Yuan charged Xu Jiujiu, but referee Huang Jinxu intervened, and Chen Yuan then raced across the arena to eliminate Star Luo Royal Academy’s members.
• Star Luo Royal Academy’s final remaining contestant jumped off the arena, and the referee announced Shrek Academy’s victory.

Chen Yuan led Shrek to victory over Star Luo Royal Academy, then encountered two Body Sect members who demanded that Huo Yuhao return with them. Huo Yuhao refused, and Lang Ya used spiritual power to subdue the Shrek group, but Chen Yuan remained unaffected.

• Chen Yuan defeated Star Luo Royal Academy’s entire team by himself, and Xu Jiujiu conceded the individual elimination match.
• Ning Tian admired Chen Yuan’s strength and considered whether the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect should replace his Soul Bone with a better one.
• Lang Ya and Yu Tao blocked Shrek’s group at the Star Emperor Hotel and demanded that Huo Yuhao come with them to the Body Sect.
• Huo Yuhao refused, declaring that Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect were his home.
• Lang Ya used spiritual power to dull the Shrek group’s senses, but Chen Yuan resisted the attack without being affected.

Lang Ya and Yu Tao tried to take Huo Yuhao away, but Huo Yuhao refused to leave the Tang Sect, and Xuan Zi intervened when Yu Tao attacked him. Lang Ya withdrew, and Xuan Zi apologized to the students before sending them back to prepare for the finals.

• Lang Ya withdrew his Spiritual Power and led the discussion with Chen Yuan, Huo Yuhao, and Bei Bei to the students’ resting area.
• Yu Tao insulted the Tang Sect, while Chen Yuan accused the Body Sect of trying to sabotage the tournament for the Sun Moon Empire.
• Lang Ya denied the accusation and argued that Huo Yuhao belonged to the Body Sect because he had awakened a Body Martial Soul, but Huo Yuhao declared his loyalty to the Tang Sect.
• Chen Yuan and Bei Bei restrained Huo Yuhao when his anger threatened to overwhelm him, and Yu Tao stretched out his arm to grab him as he tried to leave.
• Xuan Zi appeared, flicked Yu Tao’s arm through the hotel window, and ordered the Body Sect members to leave.
• Xuan Zi apologized for threatening the students and told them to return to training for the finals.

Chen Yuan and Shrek began the finals against Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, and he used his abilities to disable Lin Xi and drive Ma Rulong out of the arena. The team battle continued with Shrek gaining a decisive advantage.

• Xuan Zi assured Wang Yan that he would prevent any tricks during the finals, which included team battles, individual matches, and a 2-2-3 Battle Formation.
• Shrek sent Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Ling Luochen, Chen Yuan, Xu Sanshi, Bei Bei, and Jiang Nannan into the team battle against Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.
• Xu Sanshi held off Lin Xi's barrage of Soul Tool attacks while Dai Yueheng and Ma Xiaotao countered and disrupted the opposing formation.
• Chen Yuan used Soul Tool Thrusters to reach Lin Xi, then knocked him unconscious through the Invincible Barrier with his Stacking Force ability.
• Chen Yuan's Flame Fist pierced the barriers and disabled Ma Rulong's Soul Tools, blasting him toward the edge of the arena.
• Jiang Nannan used Gravity Control and Waist Bow to send Ma Rulong out of the arena.

Chen Yuan and Shrek’s team overwhelmed the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy during the team battle, leaving Xiao Hongchen badly injured and forcing Meng Hongchen to face Chen Yuan. Chen Yuan destroyed Meng Hongchen’s swords and burned away her ice, while the match continued.

• Xu Sanshi swapped Jiang Nannan out of Xiao Hongchen’s Soul Cannon barrage and used Black Tortoise Awakening to shield Shrek’s team.
• Chen Yuan struck Xiao Hongchen with a powerful flame attack, and Xiao Hongchen used Affection of Metal to escape the worst of it before collapsing, unable to fight.
• Meng Hongchen rushed to support her injured brother, then challenged Chen Yuan with her Ice Extreme War God Armor and two swords.
• Meng Hongchen used her poison and ice attacks against Chen Yuan, but he caught her sword strikes and remained unaffected by her poison.
• Chen Yuan destroyed both of Meng Hongchen’s swords with his flames and evaporated the ice and rain around them.

Chen Yuan defeated Meng Hongchen in Shrek Academy’s team victory, revealing flames that Huang Jinxu believed had reached the level of Ultimate Fire. Xu Jiawei ordered Princess Jiu Jiu to approach Chen Yuan and improve the Star Luo Empire’s chances of recruiting him, while the finals’ individual elimination round began with Chen Yuan facing Ma Rulong.

• Meng Hongchen used her Fifth Soul Skill and a Level 7 Soul Tool to attack from behind, but Chen Yuan melted Ling Luochen’s ice wall and sent her flying with a Flame Fist.
• Huang Jinxu stopped Chen Yuan’s attack, confirmed that his amplified flames had reached the level of Ultimate Fire, and announced Shrek Academy’s victory.
• Huang Jinxu told Xu Jiawei that Chen Yuan might soon fully transform into an Ultimate Fire wielder, and Xu Jiawei decided to have Jiu Jiu build a connection with him rather than move to kill him.
• Chen Yuan reassured Xu Sanshi and Xiao Xiao, then prepared to enter the individual elimination round as Shrek’s first contestant.
• Chen Yuan walked onto the arena, and Ma Rulong stepped forward to represent Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.