Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao learned that Spirit Hall planned to enter the tournament and might ally with the Sun Moon Empire, while Tang Wutong began the Sea God Nine Trials. In a parallel time and space, Qin Chuan continued his campaign against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and planned to wait for Tang San and the others.

• Du Busi and Huo Yuhao agreed they would fight to the death if Bibi Dong attacked their people, and Du Busi warned that Spirit Hall might join forces with the Sun Moon Empire.
• Huo Yuhao left the Body Sect as the three great empires and Shrek Academy prepared to cooperate against Bibi Dong and the growing threat.
• Wang Dong became Tang Wutong, accepted the start of the Sea God Nine Trials, and learned that the Auspicious Beast was in trouble.
• In a parallel time and space, Qin Chuan killed two Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan disciples and earned Snow Hatred Value.
• Tang Ya told Qin Chuan that the tournament had reached the Elimination Tournament stage and that Bone Douluo, Ning Fengzhi, and ten thousand soldiers were escorting the teams; Qin Chuan chose to wait for Tang San and the others instead of attacking the convoy.

The Heaven Dou Empire delegation arrived in Spirit City and saw how extensively Spirit Hall had developed Soul Tools. Tang San remained hostile to Soul Tools, while Ning Fengzhi realized how far the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Heaven Dou Empire had fallen behind.

• The Heaven Dou Empire's army escorted the participating teams to Spirit City, where Xiao Wu briefly saw a stranger watching from the city wall.
• Xue Qinghe and the delegation boarded a Soul Train and marveled at the expanded city and its transportation system.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong learned that Spirit Hall used High-Altitude Detection Soul Tools to survey the city and transmit images to a screen.
• Ning Fengzhi recognized Spirit Hall's growing advantage, while Gu Rong warned that it could eventually overwhelm the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Heaven Dou Empire.
• The delegation arrived at its hotel, and Xiao Wu asked where she could see the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape sculptures.
• Tang San clenched his hands and reaffirmed his loathing of Soul Tools, believing Hidden Weapons were superior.

Qin Chuan argued that Soul Tools advanced society while Tang San’s Hidden Weapons only brought bloodshed, then provoked Tang San by insulting them. Tang San leaped from the hotel and confronted Qin Chuan, demanding he repeat the insult.

• Tang San entered the hotel after criticizing Spirit Hall and Soul Tools, while Qin Chuan and Tang Ya watched from a roadside café.
• Qin Chuan challenged Tang Ya’s reasons for reviving the Tang Sect and predicted Tang San intended to destroy Soul Tools to promote Hidden Weapons.
• Tang Ya said Qin Chuan planned to control Tang San and other figures and use them to wage war against Shrek Academy and its allies.
• Qin Chuan argued that Soul Tools could bring progress through inventions such as the Soul Train, unlike Hidden Weapons, which he said brought only bloodshed.
• Qin Chuan shouted that Hidden Weapons were trash before Soul Tools, drawing Tang San to leap from the hotel and confront him.
• Qin Chuan repeated the insult to Tang San’s face.

Qin Chuan, revealed as Qian Hanchuan, provoked Tang San and Shrek Academy by arguing that Soul Tools surpassed hidden weapons. After he exposed his extraordinary identity and taunted Liu Erlong, she attacked him and lost her right arm in their clash, leaving Shrek and Ning Fengzhi stunned.

• Tang San nearly attacked Qin Chuan over his insults to hidden weapons, but Flender calmed him down.
• Qin Chuan pressured Tang San into admitting that hidden weapons could not match Soul Tools' capabilities.
• Liu Erlong threatened Qin Chuan, who revealed that he was Qian Hanchuan, a fourteen-year-old level 66 Soul Emperor and the Pope's son.
• Qian Hanchuan taunted Liu Erlong about her relationship with Yu Xiaogang, prompting her to attack him.
• Qian Hanchuan met Liu Erlong's punch with his Golden Dragon Claw and blasted off her right arm.
• Flender accused Spirit Hall of going too far, and Qian Hanchuan reminded him of his own motto about daring to cause trouble.

Qin Chuan humiliated Shrek Academy in Spirit City and revealed Spirit Hall’s growing control over the continent. The next morning, Shrek Academy and Star Luo National Academy faced off as Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun confronted Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing.

• Qin Chuan threatened Flender and Shrek Academy when they considered withdrawing, then dismissed Spirit Hall’s arriving disciples and ended the confrontation.
• Ning Fengzhi warned that Shrek Academy would face danger if it left Spirit City, so Flender ordered the team to stay inside and had Yu Xiaogang take Liu Erlong for treatment.
• Qin Chuan told Bibi Dong that he had provoked Shrek Academy deliberately, and Bibi Dong revealed Spirit Hall controlled the principalities and had influence over the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
• Bibi Dong gave Qin Chuan six Grade 9 Fixed Soul Cannon Shells, which he planned to use against the Clear Sky Sect, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to gain Snow Hatred Value.
• The next morning, Dai Weisi greeted Dai Mubai while Zhu Zhuyun approached Zhu Zhuqing, who accused her older sister of hoping she would die.

The Elimination Tournament opened at Spirit Hall under Qian Hanchuan’s supervision, and Shrek Academy defeated Tianluo Advanced Soul Master Academy in the first match. Dai Mubai and Tang San were left with an ominous feeling that a great calamity was coming after they encountered Qian Hanchuan.

• Zhu Zhuyun tried to feign affection toward Zhu Zhuqing, who remembered the deadly pursuit that had begun when she left home.
• The steward showed Xiao Wu the preserved bodies of Da Ming and Er Ming, and Xiao Wu vowed to destroy Spirit Hall and avenge them.
• Qian Hanchuan appeared in place of Pope Bibi Dong and announced that he would preside over the opening ceremony, startling Shrek Academy and the imperial delegations.
• The tournament draw paired Shrek Academy with Tianluo Advanced Soul Master Academy, while the merged Godwind and Blazing Fire teams faced Heaven Dou Imperial Academy and Spirit Hall’s team faced Star Luo Imperial Academy.
• Shrek Academy defeated Tianluo Advanced Soul Master Academy after a fierce battle, but Dai Mubai and Tang San remained uneasy about Qian Hanchuan’s presence.

Martial Soul Hall Team faced Star Luo Royal Academy in the Elimination Tournament, where Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu revealed the same Martial Souls as Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun. Their teams unleashed opposing Hell White Tiger fusion skills, and the battle was still raging as Hu Liena and Xie Yue moved to stop Star Luo’s attack on Ning Tian.

• Dai Mubai and the Shrek Academy team hurried away after their match while Qin Chuan watched them leave.
• The referee announced the match between Martial Soul Hall Team and Star Luo Royal Academy.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun questioned Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu about their shared White Tiger and Nether Civet Martial Souls, but Dai Huabin attacked instead of answering.
• Ning Tian boosted Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Wu Feng, helping Dai Huabin overpower Dai Weisi while Zhu Lu wounded Zhu Zhuyun.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun formed a Hell White Tiger, and Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu answered with their own; Ning Tian’s support helped their fusion skill gain the upper hand.
• Star Luo’s fighters turned toward Ning Tian, but Hu Liena and Xie Yue stepped in as their Soul Rings and weapons appeared.

The Spirit Hall Team defeated the Star Luo Royal Academy, and the first round ended with sixteen teams remaining. As the second round began, Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen revealed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill against Heaven Dou Royal Academy, leaving their opponents facing overwhelming danger.

• Hu Liena enchanted the Star Luo Royal Academy fighters, allowing Xie Yue and Wu Feng to eliminate them as the Spirit Hall Team won the match.
• Dai Weisi accused Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu of betraying the Star Luo Empire, but they left without responding.
• Qin Chuan watched the remaining matches as the first round ended, setting up a second-round match between the Spirit Hall Team and Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Yu Tianheng and his teammates entered the arena, while Dugu Yan remained hopeful that her missing grandfather, Dugu Bo, would return.
• The Spirit Hall Team stepped back and sent Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen forward, revealing that both were Soul Emperors with two black Soul Rings.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen joined hands and vanished; Qin Ming recognized their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan realized they could not withstand it.

The Martial Soul Hall Team defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, then Shrek Academy prepared to face them in the next round. Yu Xiaogang led Shrek onto the arena and announced their surrender.

• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen fused into a golden toad and defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy, winning the first elimination match.
• The referee announced Shrek Academy's match against Sky Star Advanced Soul Master Academy, and the round of sixteen concluded with the quarterfinals scheduled for the next day.
• At the hotel, Flender proposed forfeiting Shrek's match against the Martial Soul Hall Team, while Liu Erlong objected and Yu Xiaogang suggested they announce surrender once the match began.
• The next morning, the Shrek Seven Devils entered the arena to face the team led by Xie Yue and Hu Liena.
• Yu Xiaogang announced that Shrek Academy conceded the match.

After Shrek Academy conceded to the Spirit Hall team, Qin Chuan exposed Xiao Wu as a human-form Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and captured her. He left the other academies debating whether he had been right to seize her, while Xiao Wu vowed revenge for Da Ming and Er Ming.

• Shrek Academy conceded the match, and Qin Chuan stopped Flender as the team prepared to leave.
• Qin Chuan asked Flender what he would do if a suitable Soul Beast appeared, then Ghost Douluo seized Xiao Wu and brought her to him.
• Qin Chuan tore away Xiao Wu's pendant, revealing her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast aura, and Ning Fengzhi confirmed that she had taken human form.
• Qin Chuan pointed out that Xiao Wu knew the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape, and Xiao Wu accused Spirit Hall of killing Da Ming and Er Ming.
• Qin Chuan called Xiao Wu a threat seeking revenge and asked the gathered representatives whether capturing her had been right or wrong.

Qin Chuan exposed Xiao Wu as a Soul Beast spy, defeated Tang San and Liu Erlong when they tried to protect her, and took her into Spirit Hall custody. After Shrek Academy left, Qin Chuan pursued Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing and offered to recruit them.

• Qin Chuan refused to release Xiao Wu, then used his Golden Dragon Claw and metal gauntlet to knock Tang San and Liu Erlong unconscious.
• Qin Chuan accused Liu Erlong of taking a 100,000-year Soul Beast as her daughter, and Flender led the injured Shrek Academy members away without Xiao Wu.
• Qin Chuan sent Xiao Wu away under Ju and Ghost Douluo's guard, then let the competition continue.
• Yu Xiaogang reported Shrek Academy's plans to Qin Chuan, including Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing returning to the Star Luo Empire.
• Qin Chuan caught up with Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing after they had departed and told them he had come to recruit them.

Qin Chuan captured Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing after overpowering their Hell White Tiger and revealed that he and several others came from a timeline ten thousand years in the future. He used his power to enslave Zhu Zhuqing, leaving Dai Mubai bound and horrified.

• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing refused Qin Chuan’s demand to serve him, and their Hell White Tiger failed to cross the Star Luo Empire’s border.
• Qin Chuan told Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing that he came from ten thousand years in the future, as did Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng.
• The Hell White Tiger sprouted wings and tried to flee, but Qin Chuan seized it and took the exhausted pair to a secluded valley.
• Qin Chuan threatened Dai Mubai with the destructive power of a Grade 9 Fixed Soul Cannon Shell and used his power to make Zhu Zhuqing submit.
• Zhu Zhuqing knelt before Qin Chuan and called him Master while Dai Mubai watched helplessly.

Qin Chuan ambushed the fleeing Shrek Academy group and killed several of its members, revealing that he had already killed Tang San’s father and enraging Tang San. After Qin Chuan mortally wounded Liu Erlong, Yu Xiaogang betrayed Flender and knelt before Qin Chuan as his master.

• Qin Chuan killed Qin Ming and shattered the carriage carrying the Shrek Academy group.
• Qin Chuan told Tang San that he had killed Tang Hao and revealed that Tang Ya had gained the Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul by eating Tang San’s mother’s remains.
• Tang San trapped Qin Chuan with Blue Silver Prison, but Qin Chuan broke free and killed Jing Ling, Huang Yuan, Jiang Zhu, and Tai Long with a sword strike.
• Qin Chuan countered Flender and Liu Erlong’s attacks, then pierced Liu Erlong’s chest with the Angel Holy Sword.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Flender to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, then stabbed Flender and knelt before Qin Chuan, calling him master.

Qin Chuan revealed that Yu Xiaogang had been his slave and that he had altered Tang San’s Soul Rings, then killed the Shrek Academy leaders and enslaved Xiao Wu. He sent five Shrek Devils to the Undead Great World to cultivate for a future clash, while Ning Rongrong left Spirit City uneasy about Qin Chuan’s schemes.

• Qin Chuan exposed Yu Xiaogang’s loyalty to him and showed Tang San that his Soul Rings were actually two white and two purple.
• Qin Chuan mortally wounded Tang San and ordered Yu Xiaogang to kill Flender and Liu Erlong, who died with Yu Xiaogang in an explosion.
• Qin Chuan returned to Spirit Hall, enslaved Xiao Wu, and gathered Tang San, Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Ma Hongjun before sending them to the Undead Great World with Immortal Herbs.
• Qin Chuan arranged for Zhu Zhuqing and Ma Hongjun to receive Soul Rings after they reached level forty, planning to use the group against Shrek Academy in the future.
• The Martial Soul Hall Team won the tournament, and a third of its student participants chose to remain with Spirit Hall to learn Soul Tool-making.
• Ning Rongrong traveled home with Ning Fengzhi and worried that Flender and the others might not have returned safely, saying she could not shake the feeling that Qin Chuan was full of schemes.

Two years after Spirit Hall began infiltrating the continent, it proclaimed the Spirit Hall Empire, provoking the Heavenly Dou Empire, Star Luo Empire, and the Top Three Sects to prepare for war. Qin Chuan captured Ning Rongrong and brought the controlled Shrek Seven Devils to attack the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, leaving the sect destroyed in fire.

• Ning Fengzhi learned that Flender, Liu Erlong, and Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang had vanished after leaving for Spirit Hall, while Ning Rongrong feared for them.
• Bibi Dong ordered the infiltration operation, and Qin Chuan’s controlled factions spread Spirit Hall’s influence across the continent.
• Two years later, Spirit Hall founded the Spirit Hall Empire, and the two empires and the Top Three Sects prepared to resist it.
• Ning Rongrong remembered Shrek Academy’s closure and worried about Oscar, then Qin Chuan appeared and admitted he had ambushed Flender, Liu Erlong, and Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang.
• Qin Chuan revealed that Dai Mubai, Tang San, Fatty, Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Oscar were under his control, and he told Ning Rongrong he had killed Sword Douluo and Ning Tian.
• Qin Chuan took Ning Rongrong toward the sect as Bone Douluo sensed intruders, and two flaming objects fell from the sky, killing Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo, and those gathered with them.

Qin Chuan destroyed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with two Grade 9 Fixed Soul Cannon Shells, killing Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and the sect’s other members. After capturing Ning Rongrong and bringing her to Sunset Forest, Zhu Zhuqing asked Qin Chuan to accept her as the final member of the Shrek Seven Devils.

• Qin Chuan brought Ning Rongrong into the air above the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and revealed that he planned to destroy it.
• Qin Chuan activated two Grade 9 Fixed Soul Cannon Shells, which obliterated the sect and killed Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and many others.
• Qin Chuan confirmed that no one had survived and gained enough Snow Hatred Value to move closer to resurrecting his mother and elder sister.
• Qin Chuan left the ruined sect as a Heaven Dou Empire scout arrived and discovered the destruction.
• At Sunset Forest, Ning Rongrong tried to stab Qin Chuan, but Zhu Zhuqing stopped her and asked her master to accept Ning Rongrong as the final member of the Shrek Seven Devils.

Qin Chuan made Ning Rongrong his master’s subordinate, completing the Shrek Seven Devils, then attacked the Clear Sky Sect alone and slaughtered its outlying disciples. He revealed himself as Qian Hanchuan to Tang Xiao and the four elders, who attacked him, but he stepped through an ancient Stone Gate after leaving two silver-white shells behind.

• Qin Chuan made Ning Rongrong his subordinate and gathered the Shrek Seven Devils in the Undead Great World.
• Qin Chuan went to the Clear Sky Sect and killed its patrolling disciples across the mountain peaks.
• Qin Chuan cleaved open the sect’s mountain gate and slaughtered the disciples who came out to fight him.
• Tang Xiao and the four elders arrived, and Qin Chuan identified himself as Qian Hanchuan, the Young Master of Martial Soul Hall.
• Tang Xiao and the four elders attacked Qin Chuan, who left two silver-white shells behind and stepped through an ancient Stone Gate.

Qin Chuan gathered enough Snow Hatred Value by helping the Spirit Hall Empire conquer the continent, then returned with Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen to the main world. He began the revival of his mother and sister as a new conflict with Shrek Academy and the empires loomed.

• Grade 9 Fixed Soul Cannon Shells destroyed Clear Sky Sect Master Tang Xiao and four elders, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was wiped out soon afterward.
• The Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire attacked the Spirit Hall Empire, but its Soul Tool-equipped forces devastated their armies and won the war.
• After five months, the Spirit Hall Empire absorbed both empires’ territories, and Bibi Dong became its first empress; Qin Chuan’s Snow Hatred Value reached thirty million.
• Qin Chuan returned to the main world with Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen, while Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue stayed behind to continue their divine trials.
• At Jing Hongchen’s office, Qin Chuan said he planned to enter the upcoming tournament with Spirit Hall’s team and meet Crown Prince Xu Tianran.
• Qin Chuan summoned the system and asked it to spend thirty million Snow Hatred Value to revive his mother and sister.

Qin Chuan used 30,000,000 Snow Hatred Value to begin reviving Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue, then secured Martial Soul Hall’s entry into the tournament. He prepared his Parallel Time and Space Shrek Seven Devils for the competition as Shrek Academy’s team departed for Bright Capital, leaving the rival teams on their way to the tournament.

• Qin Chuan spent 30,000,000 Snow Hatred Value to revive Rakshasa God Bibi Dong and Angel God Qian Renxue, with their revivals expected to take about a year.
• Qin Chuan, disguised as Qian Hanchuan, met Xu Tianran and agreed on Martial Soul Hall’s participation in the tournament; Zhong Liwu later revealed his intent to recruit geniuses and target Martial Soul Hall.
• Qin Chuan entered the Undead Great World and heard the Shrek Seven Devils report their names, Martial Souls, and Soul Power Levels, including Tang San’s awakened Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul.
• Beibei, Huo Yuhao, Jiang Nannan, and the rest of Shrek Academy’s tournament team set out for Bright Capital with Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er as their teachers, while Tang Wutong walked toward them.

Tang Wutong and Huo Yuhao traveled with Shrek Academy’s team toward Bright Capital for the newly expanded All-Continent Youth Soul Master Tournament, where Spirit Hall and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy would compete. After warning the students to prioritize their safety, Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er led them toward the Mingdou Mountains, where they encountered Dai Hao.

• Huo Yuhao gave Tang Wutong grilled fish and continued pursuing her, while she remained focused on her mission to take up the Sea God Divine Position and defeat Spirit Hall.
• Yan Shaozhe announced that Spirit Hall would enter the tournament and confirmed Qian Hanchuan was among its contestants, prompting Huo Yuhao and the others to vow revenge.
• Yan Shaozhe explained that the tournament had expanded to include sects and ordered the team to prioritize survival because Shrek Academy had suffered devastating losses five years earlier.
• Tang Wutong volunteered to fight Qian Hanchuan, but Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er instructed the students to follow their commands and avoid unnecessary danger.
• The Shrek team set off toward the Mingdou Mountains and reached the Star Luo Empire's Western Army Group, where Dai Hao appeared and looked toward Huo Yuhao.