Chapter Summaries

The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament finals began with a three-on-three match between the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy and Shrek. Xu Yanli watched from a VIP box as Xiao Hongchen's opening barrage was blocked by Xu Sanshi and Ling Luochеn concealed herself in icy mist.

• Xu Yanli chose Huo Yuhao, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen for the opening match while deciding to observe rather than compete.
• Huo Yuhao, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen entered the arena, and Xu Yanli went to a VIP box with Lezheng Ling, Long Xiaoyao, and Kong Deming.
• The referee began the three-on-three match between the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy and Shrek.
• Xiao Hongchen fired his Pocket Soul Guidance Cannons at Shrek, but Xu Sanshi's Profound Darkness Shield Formation blocked the attacks.
• Ling Luochеn spread Ice Mist Nether Chill across half the arena and vanished within the mist.

Huo Yuhao used enhanced Spiritual Detection to expose Ling Luochen’s position, allowing the Sun Moon Team to launch a coordinated attack that crippled the Shrek fighters. Ling Luochen’s Ice Radiance Ring failed to significantly suppress Meng Hongchen or Huo Yuhao, leaving the match in the Sun Moon Team’s favor.

• Bei Bei struck Xiao Hongchen with Thunder Dragon Claw, but Xiao Hongchen recovered and fired back while Xu Sanshi blocked the shots with his shield formation.
• Huo Yuhao expanded his Spiritual Detection and pinpointed Ling Luochen as she prepared Ice Prison, allowing Xiao Hongchen to shatter the attack with his Soul Cannons.
• Meng Hongchen hit Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Ling Luochen with the mental and poison attack of Vermilion Clear Ice Eyes, disrupting their minds and defenses.
• Xiao Hongchen fired a barrage into the gaps in Xu Sanshi’s weakened shield, while Meng Hongchen’s ice needles poisoned Bei Bei.
• Ling Luochen unleashed Ice Radiance Ring, but Huo Yuhao’s enhancement left Meng Hongchen’s Martial Soul unaffected and protected him from the ice-mist suppression.

Huo Yuhao helped Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen defeat Shrek Academy in the first three-on-three final, with his precise control proving decisive. Xu Yanli then chose to enter the next two-on-two match himself, and he and Ma Xiaotao faced Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yaoheng as the duel began.

• Huo Yuhao weakened Bei Bei's Thunder Dragon Head with Mass Weakness, allowing Xiao Hongchen to survive the strike and counterattack.
• Xiao Hongchen's Soul Cannons knocked Xu Sanshi and Ling Luochеn out of the fight, and the referee declared Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy the winner.
• Xu Yanli told Kong Deming that Huo Yuhao's commands had been key to the victory, while noting that Shrek had not shown all its strength.
• Xu Yanli met Huo Yuhao and the Hongchen siblings after the match, praised them, and announced he would enter the next two-on-two duel with Ma Rulong.
• Xu Yanli walked into the arena as the second final began, facing Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yaoheng.

Xu Yanli faced Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yaoheng in the finals, turning aside their opening attacks before overpowering them with a devastating Sun Wheel Slash. The strike injured Dai Yaoheng and left both opponents reeling as the arena fell silent.

• Ma Xiaotao taunted Xu Yanli, and he provoked her by bringing up her inability to control her Evil Fire.
• After the referee began the match, Ma Xiaotao fired Phoenix Fire Line at Xu Yanli, but his Holy Barrier reflected it.
• Dai Yaoheng attacked with White Tiger Intense Light Wave, and Ma Rulong blocked the waves with a soul tool shield.
• Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yaoheng launched Phoenix Cloud-Piercing Strike and White Tiger Destruction Kill together, but Xu Yanli ordered Ma Rulong to step back and countered with Sun Wheel Slash.
• Xu Yanli's slash destroyed both attacks and scarred the stage, sending Ma Xiaotao flying and injuring Dai Yaoheng.

Xu Yanli used the Sword of Judgment to accelerate Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire corruption, turning her Martial Soul into a Black Phoenix. Her flames began to crack the arena barrier, threatening the spectators as the chapter ended.

• Ma Xiaotao lost control of her Evil Fire and unleashed Phoenix Meteor Shower across the tournament stage.
• Xu Yanli took Ma Rulong’s Sword of Judgment and walked through the meteors to reach Ma Xiaotao.
• Xu Yanli drew the sword and used its dark power to resonate with Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire.
• Ma Xiaotao’s Martial Soul became completely corrupted into a Black Phoenix while Xu Yanli concealed his role in the change.
• The Black Phoenix’s flames spread beyond the stage and began cracking the barrier around the arena.

Xuan Zi intervened in the match and attacked Xu Yanli, but Xu Yanli blocked and reflected his strike. Long Xiaoyao then forced Xuan Zi to his knees and demanded that he let the match continue, while Xu Yanli turned to the still-suppressed Ma Xiaotao.

• Xuan Zi rushed onto the stage, pinned the out-of-control Ma Xiaotao with his Soul Power, and struck Xu Yanli with his full strength.
• Xu Yanli activated his Martial Soul Avatar and Holy Wing Guard, withstood Xuan Zi's attack, and sent its force back at him.
• Long Xiaoyao emerged and used his Limit Douluo pressure to pin Xuan Zi down, asking whether Shrek would concede or follow the competition rules.
• Xuan Zi recognized Long Xiaoyao and stayed silent rather than refuse.
• Xu Yanli warned Xuan Zi that he would remember the strike, then went to Ma Xiaotao, who remained trapped by Xuan Zi's Soul Power.

Ma Xiaotao was defeated by Xu Yanli, and the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy conceded the two-on-two match to proceed directly to the final team battle. After healing Dai Yaoheng, Xu Yanli led his team onto the stage as both academies prepared for the decisive match.

• Ma Xiaotao fainted after the black flames burned away nearly all her Soul Power, and Xuan Zi carried her off the stage.
• Xu Yanli taunted Xuan Zi, while the Sun Moon Empire's supporters celebrated Shrek's defeat.
• Xu Yanli announced that the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy would concede the two-on-two round and proceed directly to the team battle.
• Xu Yanli healed Dai Yaoheng's injuries with Holy Prayer: Sun Moon Radiance so Shrek could use him in the team battle.
• During the ten-minute break, both teams prepared, and Xu Yanli told his teammates to fight as the situation demanded.
• Xu Yanli led the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy onto the competition stage as the crowd roared.

The Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy and Shrek Academy clashed in the fourth team battle, with Huo Yuhao directing his teammates through Spiritual Sharing. The fight remained underway as Xiao Hongchen’s Soul Cannons overwhelmed Xu Sanshi’s defense and targeted Bei Bei.

• Xiao Hongchen opened fire, but Xu Sanshi blocked the beams with the Profound Darkness Shield Formation.
• Yu Xuanye attacked Xiao Hongchen with Fire Thunder Dragon Claw, and Ji Juechen deflected the strike with his sword.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Sharing to reveal Shrek’s planned attacks, while Shen Muqing poisoned and slowed the Vine Soul King.
• Xiao Hongchen’s barrage weakened the shield formation, and Dai Yaoheng’s White Tiger Intense Light Wave failed to hit Huo Yuhao.
• Xu Sanshi’s shield formation shattered, and Bei Bei’s Thunder Dragon Head was diverted by Meng Hongchen’s Vermilion Crystal Ice Explosion.
• Xiao Hongchen aimed all four Soul Cannons at Bei Bei and fired at full power.

The Sun Moon team overwhelmed Shrek Academy through Huo Yuhao's coordination, the Hongchen siblings' attacks, and their teammates' poison and support. Xu Yanli revealed his identity and unleashed his seven-ring angel form, leaving Dai Yaoheng to lower his head before the battle's decisive power.

• Dai Yaoheng shielded Bei Bei from Xiao Hongchen's cannons, while Huo Yuhao weakened Shrek Academy's team with Mass Weakness.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen attacked together as Shen Muqing poisoned Shrek's fighters and Zhao Tiesheng healed his teammates.
• Ji Juechen slashed Dai Yaoheng with his sword, and Huo Yuyao's warnings helped the Sun Moon team evade Yu Xuanye's strongest attack.
• Xu Yanli removed his mask, revealed his youthful face to the arena, and activated his seventh Soul Ring to summon a Twelve-Winged Angel.
• Xu Yanli spread his domain and overwhelmed Shrek Academy's fighters with holy pressure, then formed a massive Angel Light Blade as Dai Yaoheng lowered his head.

Shrek Academy surrendered to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, and Wang Yan tried to explain that Shrek’s official team had been injured fighting Evil Soul Masters. Xu Yanli challenged his account and pointed out that the Sun Moon team’s competitors were just as young, leaving the Star Luo crowd questioning the explanation and noticing Xu Yanli’s resemblance to Emperor Xu Jiawei.

• Dai Yaoheng and the Shrek Academy team accepted defeat, and the referee declared the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy the winner.
• Xu Yanli celebrated the victory with his teammates as they reacted with joy and tears.
• Wang Yan told the crowd that Shrek’s official team had been injured and one member killed when an Evil Soul Master detonated corpses in the Mingdou Mountain Range.
• Xu Yanli questioned why Shrek’s Titled Douluo protection had failed and challenged the claim that youth explained the loss.
• The crowd reconsidered Wang Yan’s explanation, while Star Luo nobles noticed Xu Yanli’s resemblance to Emperor Xu Jiawei.

Shen Muqing publicly accused Shrek Academy of exploiting and neglecting commoner students, displaying her dead sister Shen Muxin’s bloodstained robe and reading her farewell letter. Zhao Tiesheng then tore up his Shrek uniform and began recounting how his expulsion had destroyed his family.

• Shen Muqing stepped forward with her sister Shen Muxin’s bloodstained robe and revealed that Shrek had withheld her sister’s compensation and charged her family tuition after her death.
• Shen Muqing told the crowd that her parents had died after selling their home to pay the fees Shrek demanded, and that she had to buy back her sister’s robe from an academy logistics supervisor.
• Shen Muqing read Shen Muxin’s farewell letter, which said the Inspection Team had been given defective equipment and insufficient medicine while better supplies went to inner-court disciples and nobles.
• Wang Yan could not answer Shen Muqing, while Xuan Zi sat in silence as the crowd turned against Shrek.
• Zhao Tiesheng joined Shen Muqing, tore up his Shrek uniform, and said Zhou Yi had expelled him for failing the physical fitness requirements.
• Zhao Tiesheng said his father had been hounded to death by creditors after borrowing money for his tuition, and his mother had gone mad and died within half a year of his expulsion.

Shen Muqing and Zhao Tiesheng publicly described how Shrek Academy had harmed them, prompting Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen to condemn its treatment of commoners. Xu Yanli told the crowd their experiences reflected Shrek’s usual conduct, leaving its defenders silent.

• Zhao Tiesheng recounted being sold into mine slavery as a child and said Shrek expelled him for being poor and weak, while Shen Muqing displayed the bloodstained clothes left by her brother, who died serving Shrek.
• Xiao Hongchen accused Shrek of favoring nobles and core disciples, and Meng Hongchen praised the fair treatment at Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy.
• Xu Yanli comforted Shen Muqing and Zhao Tiesheng, then told the crowd their stories were true and not isolated cases.
• Xu Yanli accused Shrek of sacrificing commoner Soul Masters under the pretext of fighting Evil Soul Masters, and the crowd fell silent.

After defeating Shrek Academy, Xu Yanli revealed himself as Xu Wangshu’s son and announced he would confront Emperor Xu Jiawei. The next morning, he entered the Imperial Study with Long Xiaoyao to meet Xu Jiawei face-to-face.

• Xu Yanli left the competition stage after Shrek Academy’s defeat, while Xu Jiawei realized he had publicly exposed his identity as Xu Wangshu’s son.
• Xu Yanli told Huo Yuhao that he had no intention of keeping his identity hidden and said an Angel Martial Soul deserved to stand openly in the sunlight.
• Xu Yanli announced that he would meet Xu Jiawei the following day, and he said Long Xiaoyao would accompany him while Xiao Dingtian’s Imperial Guards waited outside the city.
• Xu Yanli told Lezheng Ling to stay behind and protect Huo Yuhao and the others, then went to the Star Luo Imperial Palace with Long Xiaoyao.
• An attendant led Xu Yanli into the Imperial Study, where Xu Jiawei waited, and Xu Yanli stopped before him.

Xu Yanli confronted Xu Jiawei about his mother's death and vowed to avenge her, then returned to the hotel and told Huo Yuhao he would move his mother's grave that night.

• Xu Yanli entered the Imperial Study with Long Xiaoyao and demanded to know how his mother died.
• Xu Jiawei denied knowing anything, but Xu Yanli accused him of betraying his sister and seizing the throne after Divine Punishment crippled her Martial Soul.
• Xu Yanli warned Xu Jiawei that he would avenge his mother and demanded that he withdraw the spies watching him.
• Outside the palace, Xu Yanli told Long Xiaoyao that Xu Jiawei feared losing his power, then decided to return to the hotel before collecting his champion's reward.
• At the Star Emperor Hotel, Xu Yanli found Huo Yuhao waiting outside his room and told him he would have his mother's grave moved that night.

Xu Yanli went to Huo Yun’er’s neglected grave at the Duke of White Tiger Mansion to move her remains to a proper coffin. He unearthed her decayed coffin and opened it, revealing her bones.

• Xu Yanli, Lezheng Ling, and Long Xiaoyao secretly left the Star Emperor Hotel and went to the back of the Duke of White Tiger Mansion.
• Xu Yanli found Huo Yun’er’s overgrown grave and noticed that someone had recently cleared the grass in front of it.
• Xu Yanli asked Long Xiaoyao to keep watch and used his Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon Martial Soul to uncover the grave.
• Xu Yanli lifted Huo Yun’er’s rotten coffin from the earth and set it on clear ground before opening it himself.
• Xu Yanli saw that Huo Yun’er’s remains had been reduced to a small skeleton.

Xu Yanli moved Huo Yun'er's remains into a new coffin before attending the tournament awards ceremony, where Shrek Academy faced public outrage over its conduct. The chapter left Dai Yaoheng and his teammates receiving their second-place award amid insults and thrown objects.

• Xu Yanli carefully transferred Huo Yun'er's remains into a golden nanmu coffin while Lezheng Ling watched.
• Long Xiaoyao asked Xu Yanli about the words he had recited, and Xu Yanli called them traces of another world.
• Xu Yanli reflected that Huo Yuhao would have to walk his own road, though he had helped move his mother's grave.
• Xu Jiawei opened the awards ceremony, and Star Luo National Academy received third place.
• The Shrek Academy team accepted second place as spectators shouted insults and threw objects at the stage.

After the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy won the tournament, Xu Yanli left the departing convoy with Long Xiaoyao to search Sunset Forest for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. They found the poisonous valley, and Xu Yanli entered its miasma, where he saw something that stunned him.

• Xu Yanli accepted the trophy from Xu Jiawei and taunted him quietly before raising it to the cheering Sun Moon Empire spectators.
• Xu Yanli gave the trophy to Elder Ma and ordered the team to continue toward Ming Capital while he and Long Xiaoyao went elsewhere.
• Xu Yanli and Long Xiaoyao traveled to Sunset Forest and searched for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for three days.
• Xu Yanli sensed a faint ripple and led Long Xiaoyao to a valley shrouded in the Green Scale Seven Absolute Flower's poisonous miasma.
• Xu Yanli used his Prayer Angel Martial Soul to enter the poison and, after fifteen minutes, stopped in astonishment at what he saw.

Xu Yanli reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and found its immortal-herb Soul Beasts eager to serve him because they recognized the Goddess of Life and Golden Ancient Tree’s aura. He began gathering herbs with their help, while the Soul Beasts offered to leave with him and explained that the spring would remain stable.

• Xu Yanli entered the valley and discovered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well surrounded by immortal herbs and human-shaped Soul Beasts.
• Infernal Delicate Apricot and the other Soul Beasts knelt before Xu Yanli, recognizing him as the Goddess of Life’s inheritor and the Lord of Nature.
• Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass told Xu Yanli that Tang San had trapped and exploited them, and offered to accompany him.
• Xu Yanli put away the Golden Ancient Tree’s seed and asked the Soul Beasts to help him select herbs before discussing whether to take them along.
• Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass guided Xu Yanli as he collected herbs and explained how to harvest and store them.
• Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass gave Xu Yanli Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and told him it would benefit his spiritual power.

Xu Yanli collected the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and brought the Immortal Herb Soul Beasts from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with him. He returned to Ming Capital to a public welcome, where he exchanged a quiet nod with Xu Tianran before heading to Prince Xiaoyao Mansion.

• Infernal Delicate Apricot gave Xu Yanli the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and offered to let the Immortal Herb Soul Beasts leave with him; he agreed to take them into his Sea of Consciousness.
• Xu Yanli emerged from the poisonous miasma with Long Xiaoyao, sent Lezheng Ling a message, and stored the Immortal Herbs in his Storage Soul Tool for the journey.
• Xu Yanli and Long Xiaoyao caught up with the convoy, and Lezheng Ling welcomed Xu Yanli back before the party continued toward Ming Capital.
• The emperor greeted Xu Yanli at the city gates, while Xu Tianran watched from a wheelchair and nodded to him.
• As the emperor remarked on the stir Xu Yanli had caused in Star Luo City, Xu Yanli defended his actions and then headed toward Prince Xiaoyao Mansion.

Xu Yanli met with Xu Tianran, who revealed that the emperor had been slowly poisoned and laid out a plan to make Xu Yanli regent before taking the throne himself. They then discussed piloting Xu Yanli’s free compulsory education program in New City.

• Xu Yanli stored the rare treasures he had brought back from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in his mansion’s secret chamber.
• Xu Tianran told Xu Yanli that the emperor knew about his actions in Star Luo City and disapproved of his public reveal as Xu Wangshu’s son.
• Xu Tianran showed Xu Yanli records indicating that the emperor had been poisoned with a slow-acting toxin since the beginning of the year.
• Xu Tianran proposed that he continue poisoning the emperor while Xu Yanli became regent and consolidated power in court, after which Xu Tianran would ascend the throne.
• Xu Yanli selected New City as the site for a pilot program providing six years of free compulsory education and one free lunch each day.