Chapter Summaries

A corpse explosion devastated Shrek’s group, leaving several students dead or gravely injured. Feng Piaoling used Dark Gold Talismans to save Ling Luochеn and Xixi, while Wang Dong’er learned that a dangerous soul had once been inside her and might return.

• The explosion blew off Xu Sanshi’s legs and severely injured Bei Bei, while Dai Huabin escaped with only ruined clothes and minor injuries.
• Feng Piaoling told Wang Dong’er that a powerful soul once hidden inside her had moved through Dai Huabin and Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong’er realized she might have to fight it someday.
• Wang Dong’er and Wu Feng asked Feng Piaoling to save Ling Luochеn and Xixi, and he sent Dark Gold Talismans to shield them from the blasts.
• The explosion killed Chen Zifeng and Yao Haoxuan, maimed Gongyang Mo, and left Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng injured.
• Ling Luochеn and Xixi survived after a defensive Soul Skill protected them from the final blasts.

Zhou Yi saw the Shrek team devastated by the Death Messenger’s corpse explosions as Xuan Zi was ambushed by Zhongli Wu outside the cave. Mask Douluo and Ten Thousand Souls Douluo entered to claim Ma Xiaotao and Huo Yuhao, and Ten Thousand Souls Douluo began with the wounded Dai Huabin.

• Zhou Yi counted five dead and nine injured among the Shrek party, while Wang Dong'er asked why Ma Xiaotao had been caught in the ambush.
• Zhongli Wu struck Xuan Zi with a blood-red scythe and fought him outside the cave as Mask and Ten Thousand Souls led their subordinates inside.
• The Death Messenger revealed that his chain explosions and poison had gravely wounded the Shrek students.
• Mask Douluo and Ten Thousand Souls Douluo arrived and confirmed that Ma Xiaotao and Huo Yuhao were still alive.
• Ten Thousand Souls Douluo lifted Dai Huabin and said he would start by eating his brain.

Tang San's divine power destroyed Mask Douluo and most of the Evil Soul Masters, while Wang Dong'er learned that Feng Piaoling believed Tang San had intended to use her as a vessel for his descendant. Xuan Zi arrived at the devastated cavern, unaware that Feng Piaoling had gone after the escaping Death Messenger.

• Mask Douluo moved to kill Dai Huabin, but the Sea God Trident mark on Dai Huabin's forehead released golden light that killed Mask Douluo and more than a dozen Evil Soul Master Soul Saints.
• Ten Thousand Souls Douluo escaped the cavern badly wounded and warned Zhongli Wu that a Limit Douluo had attacked, prompting Zhongli Wu to retreat from Xuan Zi.
• Wang Dong'er recognized Tang San's apparition, and Feng Piaoling told her that Tang San had treated her as a potential vessel for his descendant.
• Feng Piaoling sent Wang Dong'er and Wu Feng to escape through a collapsed tunnel while he pursued the Death Messenger, who had hidden underground.
• Xuan Zi reached the cavern and found Shrek's fighters gravely injured or dead, then demanded to know what had happened from Wang Dong'er and Wu Feng.

Wang Dong'er recounted the attack, and Xuan Zi blamed Zhou Yi for Shrek's devastating losses while insisting the survivors still compete in the Soul Master Tournament. As the wounded group limped back to Shrek, the Death Messenger emerged from the tunnel and was confronted by a mysterious blue-robed swordsman.

• Wang Dong'er described the Evil Soul Masters' attack to Xuan Zi, who accused Zhou Yi of causing the deaths and crippling injuries through her greed and failure to protect the students.
• Xuan Zi revealed that Bei Bei was Mu En's great-grandson, leaving Zhou Yi overwhelmed with guilt and unable to defend herself.
• Xuan Zi ordered the survivors to compete in the Soul Master Tournament, treated their wounds, and led them out of the cavern with the remains of Yao Haoxuan, Chen Zifeng, and He Caitou.
• The Shrek group limped back in silence, carrying Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Gongyang Mo, and the unconscious Huo Yuhao while Zhou Yi followed behind.
• The Death Messenger escaped through the tunnel and addressed twelve Corpse Slaves, but a blue-robed young swordsman appeared and warned that he would not get the chance to grow stronger.

Feng Piaoling killed the Death Messenger and his Corpse Slaves, then agreed to learn from Electrolux and adapt necromancy into sword techniques. Meanwhile, Xuan Zi brought the injured Shrek group to Star Luo City, where several were left permanently disabled and Zhou Yi’s face was ruined, leaving the academy with a weakened team three days before the Soul Master Tournament.

• Feng Piaoling killed all twelve Corpse Slaves with one sword, severed the Death Messenger’s control over them, and then killed the Death Messenger.
• Feng Piaoling burned the bodies with Fire Bomb Talismans, and Electrolux suggested adapting necromancy into sword techniques; Feng Piaoling accepted Electrolux as his teacher.
• Feng Piaoling used an Earth Escape Talisman to leave, while Xuan Zi took the injured Shrek group to Star Luo City for treatment.
• The physicians and healing-type Soul Masters saved the poisoned survivors, but Gongyang Mo, Bei Bei, and Xu Sanshi suffered irreparable injuries, and Zhou Yi’s face could not be restored.
• Xuan Zi warned Zhou Yi that Shrek had to win the Soul Master Tournament, and Zhou Yi promised to take her own life if the team lost.
• With only three days until the tournament, Xuan Zi considered a lineup of Ling Luochеn, Xixi, Huo Yuhao, Dai Huabin, Wang Dong'er, Wu Feng, and Bei Bei, while Dai Yueheng and Ma Xiaotao recovered.

After Shrek’s losses in the Mingdou Mountain Range, Xuan Zi regretted letting Zhou Yi lead the inspection team as he arrived in Star Luo City for the tournament. Feng Piaoling reunited with the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy team, where Mu Jin introduced her brother Mu Zhan as his new subordinate.

• Xuan Zi blamed himself for Shrek’s casualties and worried that he would have to win the championship to answer to the academy and Mu En.
• Zhou Yi put on an old-woman mask, fearing she would have to wear it for the rest of her life.
• In Star Luo City, Xuan Zi saw Feng Piaoling arrive at the hotel but failed to recognize him.
• Feng Piaoling went to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy’s meeting room, where Mu Jin was explaining the tournament’s three stages.
• Elder Ma praised Mu Jin’s teaching and said the academy had hired her as a special lecturer.
• Mu Jin introduced her younger brother Mu Zhan, and Feng Piaoling accepted him into the Soul Hall.

Mu Jin welcomed Mu Zhan’s place in the Soul Hall, while Feng Piaoling manipulated Zhongli Wu and Jing Hongchen with information about Dai Huabin and arranged a secret favor with Jing Hongchen. The Soul Fighting Tournament began the next morning, leaving Feng Piaoling’s plans and Kong Deming’s search for Zhang Lexuan still in motion.

• Mu Jin felt relieved that Mu Zhan had joined the Soul Hall, and she explained the tournament rules and planned countermeasures for the Soul Hall competitors.
• Zhongli Wu confronted Feng Piaoling over his losses in the Mingdou Mountain Range, but Feng Piaoling showed him evidence that Dai Huabin was Tang San’s successor and urged him to recruit Dai Huabin into the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Feng Piaoling told Zhongli Wu that the Blue Silver Saintess was nearby and connected to Kong Deming’s search, persuading Zhongli Wu to wait before acting.
• Feng Piaoling outlined a plan to draw Zhang Lexuan out during the tournament so Kong Deming could meet his clansman, and Kong Deming promised to protect him.
• Feng Piaoling privately made a request of Jing Hongchen, who agreed to help, and the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament began the next morning.

The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament opened in Star Luo City as Xu Jiawei and the Shrek Academy team discovered that Zhu Lu and the supposedly missing Shrek students were competing for the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy. The chapter ended with Dai Yueheng urging Zhu Lu to return to Shrek, while old accusations and hostility threatened to spill into the arena.

• Star Luo Empire soldiers sealed the streets around Star Luo Square, and representatives escorted the competing academies to the tournament grounds.
• Xu Jiawei and the empress discussed Dai Hao's refusal to return and spotted Zhu Lu among the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy contestants.
• The Shrek Academy team saw Zhu Lu and the missing students alive with the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy, shocking Dai Huabin and Huo Yuhao.
• Jiang Nannan accused Dai Huabin of sending assassins after the missing students, and Dai Huabin realized they had survived.
• Zhu Lu rejected Dai Huabin and Dai Yueheng's side of the encounter, while Dai Yueheng urged her to return to Shrek Academy.

Feng Piaoling confronted Shrek Academy’s students and accused them of hypocrisy, betrayal, and plotting to kill his group. As he revealed Huo Yuhao’s family history and claimed a Shrek teacher had ambushed them, the Shrek students began to suspect Dai Huabin.

• Zhu Lu rejected Dai Yueheng’s plea and declared she would return to the Zhu Clan as its future head.
• Feng Piaoling defended the Soul Hall students against Ma Xiaotao and Huo Yuhao’s accusations of betrayal.
• Feng Piaoling exposed Huo Yuhao as Dai Hao’s illegitimate son and said Dai Huabin and his mother had killed Huo Yuhao’s mother.
• Huo Yuhao angrily denied Feng Piaoling’s claims, while Dai Yueheng reeled from learning about Huo Yuhao’s parentage and the murder.
• Feng Piaoling said a Shrek Outer Court teacher had admitted to ambushing his group, and the Shrek students looked toward Dai Huabin as the likely culprit.

Zhou Yi returned with Mu Jin and confronted Feng Piaoling, who mocked her and exposed Huo Yuhao’s unresolved ties to the Dai Family. Shrek’s team then entered the tournament’s opening elimination match under heavy pressure, while Feng Piaoling questioned whether Shrek’s famed Inner Courtyard students lived up to their reputation; the match against Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy began.

• Mu Jin and Elder Ma returned with Zhou Yi, who accused Feng Piaoling and his companions of betraying Shrek, and Feng Piaoling reminded her that she had expelled them.
• Feng Piaoling taunted Huo Yuhao about his mother’s death and his connection to the Dai Family, and Dai Huabin calmed Huo Yuhao by taking his hand.
• The tournament host announced Shrek’s first-round elimination match against Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy, and Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng encouraged the nervous team members.
• Feng Piaoling challenged Shrek’s reputation and questioned the strength of its Inner Courtyard students, prompting Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng to answer angrily.
• Shrek Academy and Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy began their match, with Tianling fielding five Soul Ancestors and two Soul Elders.

Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin faked six Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and defeated Tianling Academy with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, then collapsed after Feng Piaoling exposed their deception. As Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy prepared to face Tianxing Academy, the Star Luo Emperor and empress anticipated a serious challenge for Shrek.

• Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin simulated six Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, used Tiger Roar Spirit Gate to defeat Tianling Academy, and proclaimed their ties to Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect.
• Ling Luochеn, Xixi, Wang Dong'er, Wu Feng, Bei Bei, Ma Xiaotao, and Dai Yueheng felt humiliated by Huo Yuhao's spectacle, while Zhou Yi focused on keeping her position safe.
• Feng Piaoling blocked Huo Yuhao's exit, and Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin collapsed when the Soul Hall team counted down.
• Feng Piaoling revealed that Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin were only three-ring Soul Elders and had used a Simulation Soul Skill, spreading the truth among the academies.
• The Star Luo empress told Xu Jiawei that former Shrek students on the Sun Moon team had joined its rival after falling out with Shrek, and Xu Jiawei waited to see how they would perform.
• Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy faced Tianxing Academy, and Feng Piaoling sent Nanmen Yun'er, Cui Yajie, Lan Susu, Lan Luoluo, Zhu Lu, Huang Chutian, and Wang Gang onto the stage.

The Soul Hall reserve team overwhelmed Tianxing Academy despite its members being younger and weaker in rank, using coordinated attacks and Soul Tools. After the match, they declared their allegiance to the Soul Hall, leaving the nobles hopeful that it could challenge Shrek Academy.

• Feng Piaoling defended his decision to field seven Soul Hall reserve members after Ma Rulong questioned the lineup.
• The Soul Hall members used the Heaven-Reaching Demon Eye, Clone Shadow, and Soul Tool boots to rush Tianxing Academy’s fighters before they could use Soul Skills.
• Nanmen Yun'er, Cui Yajie, Lan Susu, Lan Luoluo, Zhu Lu, Huang Chutian, and Wang Gang defeated all seven opponents in an instant.
• The arena watched in shock as the Soul Hall team claimed an overwhelming victory and drew attention away from Shrek.
• The empress and Xu Jiawei noticed the Soul Tools worn by the reserve team and suspected Feng Piaoling had developed them.
• The Soul Hall members proclaimed that they came from the Soul Hall, and the nobles welcomed the prospect of a rival capable of challenging Shrek.

After the Soul Hall and Tang Sect drew attention in Star Luo City, Xuan Zi learned that Feng Piaoling and the others had survived and resolved to bring them back to Shrek Academy. Wu Feng explained that they blamed Shrek for an ambush carried out by an Outer Courtyard teacher, while Wang Dong'er warned that they might still refuse to return.

• Rumors spread through Star Luo City about the Soul Hall's victory and the Tang Sect's controversial Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while Feng Piaoling helped inflame hostility between the Soul Hall and Shrek.
• Xuan Zi learned that Feng Piaoling and the other eight survivors were alive and hoped to recruit them back to Shrek Academy.
• Zhou Yi called the Soul Hall traitors, and Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao vowed to stop them from winning the tournament.
• Xuan Zi questioned Wu Feng, who said the survivors joined the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy to avenge an ambush by someone they believed was a Shrek Outer Courtyard teacher.
• Xuan Zi suspected Dai Huabin, but Dai Yueheng urged him to focus on persuading the survivors to return.
• Wang Dong'er warned that the survivors would likely refuse to return because of the ambush and Zhou Yi's conduct.

Xuan Zi tried to bring Feng Piaoling and Soul Hall back to Shrek Academy, but their conditions included Zhou Yi’s punishment and the death of the person behind the assassination attempt. After Zhang Lexuan was identified as someone who might persuade Feng Piaoling, the tournament continued, and Feng Piaoling sent Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo into their first match against Exotic Beast Academy.

• Xuan Zi sent Wang Dong'er and Wu Feng to ask Feng Piaoling and the others to return, while several people in the conference room privately hoped they would refuse.
• Wang Dong'er reported that Feng Piaoling would return only if Zhou Yi were crippled and the assassination plot’s mastermind were killed, while Wu Feng said Zhang Lexuan might persuade him.
• Xuan Zi decided to contact Zhang Lexuan, and the tournament’s group matches began with Bei Bei defeating seven opponents alone.
• Feng Piaoling dismissed concerns that Bei Bei had used Spirit Detection Sharing and focused on helping Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo attract the Body Sect’s attention.
• Feng Piaoling drew the two-on-two, two-on-two, three-on-three format for Sun Moon Royal Academy’s match against Exotic Beast Academy and sent Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo onto the stage.

Xuan Zi tried to bring Feng Piaoling and the others back to Shrek Academy, while the Soul Fighting Tournament’s group rounds began. Feng Piaoling led the Sun Moon Royal Academy into a two-two-three match against Exotic Beast Academy and sent Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo to fight first.

• Xuan Zi promised to answer for the attempt on Feng Piaoling and the others if they returned, and Wang Dong'er and Wu Feng went to deliver his offer.
• Wang Dong'er reported that Feng Piaoling's group would return only if Zhou Yi were crippled and the assassination mastermind were found and killed; Wu Feng said Zhang Lexuan might persuade Feng Piaoling to reconsider.
• The tournament's group rounds began, and Bei Bei defeated seven opponents alone in Shrek Academy's one-on-one match.
• Feng Piaoling drew the second match format for Sun Moon Royal Academy, which was paired against Exotic Beast Academy.
• Feng Piaoling sent Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo onto the stage to begin the two-two-three match.

Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo defeated Exotic Beast Academy’s captain and vice-captain by breaking their Martial Soul Fusion Skill with the Heaven Sun Gilded Needle. After Feng Piaoling explained the technique, Meng Hongchen agreed to join Soul Hall.

• The Exotic Beast Academy captain and vice-captain combined their Dragon Staff and Snake-Head Cane into the poison dragon Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo used their fused Soul Power and Heaven-Reaching Demon Eyes to strike the dragon’s weakness with the Heaven Sun Gilded Needle, breaking the fusion.
• The sisters scattered the giant needle into strands that shattered their opponents’ protective Soul Tools, forcing the captain to concede while the vice-captain passed out.
• Feng Piaoling explained that the sisters’ modified Hair Spike skill and his Soul Tool gloves gave the Heaven Sun Gilded Needle its power.
• Meng Hongchen accepted Feng Piaoling’s offer to join Soul Hall, making Ma Rulong and the women in Soul Hall jealous.

Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo led Soul Hall to victory, strengthening its reputation as Shrek’s likely challenger while Zhou Yi faced growing blame for expelling its talented students. As Feng Piaoling prepared to attend an auction for the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, Zhu Lu introduced him and Xuan Ziwen to her father, Duke of Nether Zhu Tianhao.

• Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo defeated all seven opponents, securing a victory for Soul Hall and stirring anticipation for its showdown with Shrek Academy.
• Xuan Zi told Shrek’s team that Zhang Lexuan would soon arrive, while the team discussed Feng Piaoling’s strength and the students who had joined him.
• Xiao Xiao, Nanmen Yun'er, Cui Yajie, Zhu Lu, Jiang Nannan, Huang Chutian, and Wang Gang competed for Soul Hall, and Xiao Xiao defeated a level-fifty-one Soul King despite a two-ring disadvantage.
• Soul Hall’s growing success brought public criticism upon Zhou Yi for expelling its former students, and Xuan Zi also blamed her for Shrek losing the honor of their victories.
• Feng Piaoling prepared to attend the auction where the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife would appear, but Zhu Lu arrived with her father, Duke of Nether Zhu Tianhao, and introduced him to Feng Piaoling and Xuan Ziwen.

Feng Piaoling and Xuan Ziwen attended an auction with Duke of Nether, where Feng acquired a Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife containing Gold of Life. They then met Emperor Xu Jiawei and Princess Jiujiu, and Xu Jiawei claimed Feng's sect shared an ancient connection with the Star Luo imperial family.

• Duke of Nether thanked Feng Piaoling and Xuan Ziwen for saving and caring for Zhu Lu, then invited them to the auction and to meet a distinguished guest.
• At the auction house, Feng Piaoling chose the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, despite its history of killing its owners.
• Electrolux recognized Gold of Life inside the knife and said it could restore his spiritual consciousness, help Feng overcome dangers, and possibly open a Second Spirit Sea.
• Xuan Ziwen selected rare metals for Soul Tool crafting, and Duke of Nether led them to meet Emperor Xu Jiawei and Princess Jiujiu.
• Xu Jiawei told Feng Piaoling that their ancestors had belonged to Spirit Hall and suggested Feng descended from the ancient Wind Sword Sect.

Feng Piaoling reassured Xu Jiawei that he wanted to eradicate Evil Soul Masters rather than join the empire’s wars, while Xu Jiawei and the Duke of Nether discussed the Sun Moon Empire’s suspected alliance with them. After Zhu Lu affirmed her ambitions and closeness to Feng Piaoling, Electrolux purified the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife and prepared Feng Piaoling to use it.

• Feng Piaoling told Xu Jiawei that he founded Soul Hall to fight Evil Soul Masters, and Xu Jiawei offered Soul Hall a place to establish its headquarters in the Star Luo Empire.
• The Duke of Nether gave Feng Piaoling his mansion’s token, and Feng Piaoling promised Zhu Lu he would help her become head of the Zhu Clan and, if she wished, the Star Luo Empress.
• Zhu Lu told Feng Piaoling she wanted even more, then kissed him and drew him into the restroom.
• Xu Jiawei told Xu Jiujiu he suspected the Sun Moon Empire’s leadership had joined forces with the Evil Soul Masters, and the Duke of Nether agreed with him.
• Electrolux purified the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, renamed it Life’s Lookout, and instructed Feng Piaoling to press it to his forehead and trust him.

Feng Piaoling absorbed the Gold of Life, gained a mutated Eye of Life and a new ability he named Soul Light, and learned that Electrolux had moved into his Second Spirit Sea. Electrolux then transported him through a gate to a barren world beneath a black sun.

• Feng Piaoling absorbed the Gold of Life, which strengthened his body, opened his Second Spirit Sea, and formed a golden vertical eye on his forehead.
• Electrolux revealed his true appearance, moved into Feng Piaoling's Second Spirit Sea, and explained that Feng Piaoling's Heaven-Reaching Demon Eye had triggered an eye in his soul.
• Feng Piaoling discovered that his new Eye of Life could see dozens of li and named his soul's amplified power Soul Light.
• Electrolux suggested Feng Piaoling could use Soul Light to weaken a Soul Beast and forcibly convert it into a Soul Spirit.
• Electrolux said he could defeat Zhongli Wu and Xuan Zi but could not sustain a prolonged battle, then transported Feng Piaoling through a hexagram array to a barren world beneath a black sun.