Chapter Summaries

Tang Ya entered the team battle against Yunluo Academy alone and used the Thousand Mechanisms Umbrella to defeat all seven opponents, revealing it as a Tang Sect Soul Tool developed with Shrek's Soul Tool Department. The demonstration stunned the spectators and Sun Moon Royal Academy, leaving Shrek's rivals to reconsider its strength.

• Jiang Yi drew a team battle against Yunluo Academy, and Shrek sent Tang Ya onto the stage alone.
• Tang Ya used Blue Silver Grass and the Thousand Mechanisms Umbrella's hidden weapons to defeat all seven Yunluo Academy members in moments.
• After Yunluo Academy's captain asked what had defeated them, Tang Ya announced that the umbrella was a new Tang Sect Soul Tool developed on the foundation of Hidden Weapons.
• Xian Lin'er praised Tang Ya and Shrek's Soul Tool Department, making the announcement audible to the audience and other academies.
• Xiao Hongchen and the Sun Moon Royal Academy team realized the umbrella's transformations and low Soul Power requirements could challenge their assumptions about Shrek's Soul Tool technology.

After Tang Ya won her match with help from Jiang Yi’s Thousand Mechanisms Umbrella, Xian Lin'er treated the team to a feast and tried to recruit them into the Soul Tool Department. Tang Ya agreed to join and work on Hidden Weapons, while the others declined or were overlooked, including Xixi.

• Xu Jiawei asked Xu Jiujiu how confident she was against Shrek, and she said her confidence rose from fifty to ninety percent if they used the Nine-Turn Soul Transformation Instrument.
• Tang Ya returned to the rest area after winning her match and credited Jiang Yi’s Thousand Mechanisms Umbrella for making the victory easier.
• Xian Lin'er took the team to Oscar Restaurant for a celebratory feast, where Xixi ate her fill while remaining overlooked by the others.
• Xian Lin'er offered to establish a Hidden Weapon research branch for Tang Ya and Jiang Yi, and Tang Ya agreed to join the Soul Tool Department.
• Ning Tian, Jiang Nannan, and Xiao Xiao declined Xian Lin'er's recruitment offer, while Xixi was forgotten again.

Xian Lin'er urged the students to adapt to Soul Tools, and Jiang Yi found the badly injured Snow Empress in his room, leaving Ice Empress scrambling to explain herself. Meanwhile, Gu Yuena completed her transformation into a human and prepared to enter the God Realm, but an urgent report said Aunt Zi had been taken by a white-bearded old man.

• Xian Lin'er explained that Soul Masters needed to adapt to Soul Tools and offered to take everyone to an auction the next day.
• Jiang Yi found the unconscious, injured Snow Empress in his room, and Tian Meng sealed the room off with her spiritual power.
• Ice Empress panicked over Snow Empress's injuries, then turned to find Jiang Yi and Tian Meng watching her and demanding an explanation.
• Gu Yuena transformed into a silver-haired girl after surviving a heavenly lightning tribulation and told Di Tian she would enter the God Realm to rescue someone.
• A golden streak arrived and reported to Di Tian that Aunt Zi seemed to have been taken away by a white-bearded old man.

Di Tian learned that Zi Ji had been captured by Shrek, but Gu Yuena stopped him from attacking and decided to rescue her herself. Meanwhile, Snow Empress recovered in Star Luo City, and Jiang Yi told Ice Empress to leave and return to her friend.

• Three-Eyed Golden Lion told Di Tian that a light dragon claw had taken Zi Ji, and Scarlet King admitted that Shrek had overpowered him.
• Di Tian summoned Bear Lord, who confessed he had neglected his duties and begged Gu Yuena for mercy.
• Gu Yuena sensed that Zi Ji was alive, prevented Di Tian from launching a beast tide, and said she would go rescue her herself.
• Tian Meng and Ice Empress resealed Snow Empress's rampaging origin power and helped her recover.
• Ice Empress confessed to Jiang Yi that she had left to help Snow Empress, and Jiang Yi comforted her before telling her to leave.

Jiang Yi manipulated Ice Empress into staying with him and used her concern for Snow Empress to draw her into his plan. Snow Empress woke to find Ice Empress missing and, mistaking what she heard behind a barrier for torture, prepared to intervene before Jiang Yi confronted her.

• Jiang Yi offered Ice Empress her freedom and told her to return to the Far North with Snow Empress, but Ice Empress refused to leave him.
• Ice Empress insisted that she and Snow Empress stay together, and Jiang Yi hinted he could make Snow Empress remain if Ice Empress accepted a hardship.
• Jiang Yi carried Ice Empress away, and Tian Meng joined him as Snow Empress slept nearby.
• Snow Empress woke, realized her origin power had been sealed, and discovered a spiritual barrier around the bathroom.
• Snow Empress heard Ice Empress pleading and whip cracks inside the bathroom, then tried to break in before Jiang Yi greeted her from behind.

Tian Meng subdued Snow Empress, and Jiang Yi persuaded her to remain with him by offering a supposed test involving the Lovesick Heartbreak Red. Snow Empress accepted a two-year condition and was taken into Jiang Yi’s Master Ball space, while Ice Empress revealed that she and Jiang Yi had staged the arrangement to deceive her.

• Tian Meng used her dreamlike power to pin Snow Empress and stop her Soul Power, then revealed her identity.
• Jiang Yi emerged carrying the unconscious Ice Empress and told Snow Empress she could leave, but Snow Empress offered to take Bing’er’s place.
• Jiang Yi showed Snow Empress the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and claimed she could secure Ice Empress’s freedom by plucking it within two years.
• Snow Empress agreed to stay by Jiang Yi’s side, and Tian Meng placed a mark on her before bringing her into the Master Ball space.
• Ice Empress revealed that she had been pretending to be unconscious and that she and Jiang Yi were deceiving Snow Empress.

Jiang Yi purified the cursed Soul Devouring Carving Knife with the Jiang Dream Butterfly and Sea God's Trident, revealing the Gold of Life. Xian Lin'er recognized its value, and Jiang Yi returned to his room with it.

• Jiang Yi spent the day with Ice Empress and Tian Meng before meeting Xian Lin'er at the Starlight Auction House that evening.
• Xian Lin'er helped Jiang Nannan and the other students replenish their Soul Tools, while Jiang Yi had her bid on the Soul Devouring Carving Knife.
• Jiang Yi summoned the Jiang Dream Butterfly and refined it, then used its power and the Sea God's Trident to destroy the blade's evil spirit.
• Jiang Yi purified the blade and revealed the Gold of Life, while Xian Lin'er nearly leaned against him as she admired his radiant form.
• Xian Lin'er discovered that the Gold of Life carving knife had at least two additional effects, and Jiang Yi took it back to his room to nourish his body.

Jiang Yi urged the child-bodied Snow Empress to understand human emotions and companionship so she could form the Pact of Gold and Stone. Meanwhile, Jiang Nannan and Huo Yutong won Shrek’s final group match, and Xu Jiujiu resolved to challenge Jiang Yi in the elimination rounds.

• Snow Empress complained that the flower had not responded, and Jiang Yi explained that she needed to experience human emotions and companionship to pluck the Pact of Gold and Stone.
• Jiang Nannan and Huo Yutong defeated Blue Soar Academy by teleporting exploding skeletons into their opponents.
• Xian Lin'er praised Jiang Nannan’s fighting style and joked that she would suit the Single Soldier Plan better than the bald student.
• Shrek completed the round robin with seven victories and advanced to the top sixteen.
• Xu Jiujiu noticed that Jiang Yi had not fought and decided to face him herself in the elimination rounds.

Jiang Yi and Jiang Nannan brought the little Snow Empress back to the hotel, where she pretended to be an orphan named Jiang Xue'er and was accepted by the group. Ling Luochеn emerged from seclusion with a taller body and long blue hair, leaving everyone surprised.

• Jiang Nannan and Jiang Yi found the little Snow Empress near War God Plaza and brought her to dinner at the hotel.
• The little Snow Empress ate heartily, then pretended to cry and asked Jiang Nannan to take her in, giving her the name Jiang Xue'er.
• Jiang Yi agreed to bring Jiang Xue'er back to Shrek, and the group accepted her after Jiang Nannan explained their story.
• Huo Yutong recognized that Jiang Xue'er was not human, and Jiang Yi asked her to keep it secret between them.
• Ling Luochеn came out of seclusion, and the others noticed she had grown taller and her short hair had become long and blue.

Ling Luochen revealed her new Ultimate Ice power and credited Jiang Yi for helping her breakthrough, while Xu Jiujiu discussed marriage and Star Luo’s need to seek Shrek Academy’s support. Jiang Yi and the Shrek group arrived at the Starlight Auction, where Xu Jiujiu began hosting the auction.

• Ling Luochen reached level sixty and displayed Ultimate Ice, surprising Ma Xiaotao, before joining the others in petting Snow Empress.
• Xu Jiawei teased Xu Jiujiu about finding a prince consort, then urged her to contact a Tang Sect disciple as Star Luo prepared for possible war with the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xu Jiujiu confirmed that Xian Lin'er had accepted the invitation to the Starlight Auction and questioned why Star Luo needed to court Shrek Academy.
• Xian Lin'er led Jiang Yi and the others into the auction house, where they learned their tournament opponent would be Douling Academy.
• The auctioneer Jiujiu appeared on the screen and welcomed the guests to the auction.

Jiang Yi encouraged Xian Lin'er to buy an eighth-grade Soul Tool, then revealed that Huo Yutong’s Eye of True Sight might let Shrek Academy inspect its hidden core formations. Xian Lin'er eagerly asked Huo Yutong to confirm the ability, seeing a chance to advance the academy’s Soul Tool research.

• Tang Ya and Jiang Yi flirted while Ning Tian tried to maintain her composure at the auction.
• Xu Jiujiu presented the Tyrant Tiger Soul-Refining Blade and explained its abilities and Virtue Hall origin.
• Xian Lin'er examined the Soul Tool Screen and admired Jiang Yi’s ingenuity.
• Jiang Yi told Xian Lin'er to bid, and she won the Tyrant Tiger Soul-Refining Blade for 1.6 million.
• Jiang Yi explained that Huo Yutong’s Eye of True Sight could see past physical protection and mental concealment, prompting Xian Lin'er to ask Huo Yutong about it.

At the auction, Xian Lin'er bought Soul Tools for Shrek while Jiang Yi accepted an Ice Explosion Soul Bone and promised to help the Ice Empress return to the Far North. The final item was revealed to contain a mysterious Soul Beast, alarming Tian Meng and drawing Xiao Hongchen's attention to a Ninth-Level Soul Tool from Virtue Hall.

• Xian Lin'er bought most of the auction's Soul Tools, while Ning Tian secured three high-grade Soul Bones and Jiang Yi declined to take one.
• Xian Lin'er gave Jiang Yi the Ice Explosion Soul Bone, and the Ice Empress grew angry after recognizing it as an Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone.
• Jiang Yi promised the Ice Empress he would help change the conflict between humans and Soul Beasts and agreed to return with her to the Far North.
• Xu Jiujiu revealed a Ninth-Level Sealing God Platform holding a blue-violet mass, and Xiao Hongchen urged Elder Ma to obtain it because its appearance suggested a Virtue Hall traitor.
• Tian Meng recognized the sealed Soul Beast and warned Jiang Yi not to pursue her, saying Shrek's crippled elder could not withstand the consequences.

Jiang Yi learned that the soul beast sealed inside the Sealing God Platform was the daughter of the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, whose powerful mother was roaming the oceans in search of her. At the auction, Xu Jiujiu revealed the embryo’s value, prompting Xiao Hongchen to plot how its purchase could restore his grandfather’s reputation.

• Tian Meng told Jiang Yi that the sealed soul beast’s mother was a terrifying Deep Sea Demonic Whale who had once chased her across the sea.
• Tian Meng explained that the embryo belonged to the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s daughter and warned that her mother’s arrival could bring disaster.
• Xu Jiujiu announced that the Sealing God Platform held a hundred-thousand-year soul beast embryo that could grant a second martial soul or powerful soul items.
• Xiao Hongchen incited Sun Moon Royal Academy students to condemn the Ninth-Level Soul Engineer who had sold the embryo, while secretly planning to buy it and earn his grandfather credit.
• A burly man told his middle-aged boss that their group could not afford the one-hundred-million-gold-soul-coin starting bid, and the boss insisted they could simply take it.

Jiang Yi recognized that the auction was designed to trap Sun Moon Royal Academy into overpaying for the Soul Beast embryo, then arranged for Shrek to stop bidding at the right moment. After Sun Moon Royal Academy won the embryo for 250 million, Xu Jiujiu arrived, and Jiang Yi prepared to collect on her debt.

• Jiang Yi reasoned that the auction and its references to Virtue Hall were likely a trap aimed at Sun Moon Royal Academy, and he decided Shrek would help Star Luo Empire.
• Xiao Hongchen repeatedly raised Sun Moon Royal Academy's bid for the Soul Beast embryo until the price reached 250 million, driving the academy's spending far beyond its plans.
• Shrek Academy stopped bidding, allowing Sun Moon Royal Academy to win the Soul Beast embryo for 250 million.
• Jiang Yi wagered with Xian Lin'er that he could obtain a Ninth-Level Soul Tool for her in exchange for a small request.
• Xu Jiujiu entered Jiang Yi's room, and Jiang Yi announced that she had come to repay her debt.

Xu Jiujiu met with Shrek’s representatives after the auction, where the two sides profited from a scheme against Sun Moon Empire. She later admitted the Sealing God Platform was not Sun Moon Empire’s creation and began discussing the continent’s shape with Jiang Yi.

• Xu Jiujiu gave Shrek forty percent of the auction profits, and Jiang Yi questioned her about Star Luo Empire’s Soul Tool research.
• Xu Jiujiu invited Shrek’s students to pursue careers in Star Luo Empire, then left after exchanging a suggestive signal with Jiang Yi.
• Jiang Yi followed Xu Jiujiu, and Xu Jiawei instructed her to anonymously reveal in three months that Xiao Hongchen had obtained the Soul Beast embryo.
• Xu Jiujiu tried to question Jiang Yi about his Martial Soul, but he pressed her for the Sealing God Platform’s origins and prepared to leave when she played ignorant.
• Xu Jiujiu admitted the Sealing God Platform did not come from Sun Moon Empire, then told Jiang Yi that Douluo Continent was round.

Jiang Yi discussed the Star Luo Empire’s Sealing God Platform with Xu Jiujiu, who proposed betting on their academies’ tournament match. He rejected her terms, teased and humiliated her, then left her a letter listing his soul skills; Xu Jiujiu resolved to defeat him and take revenge.

• Xu Jiujiu told Jiang Yi how the Star Luo Empire discovered the Sealing God Platform and offered to sell one to Shrek for a suitable price.
• Xu Jiujiu proposed that the winner of a tournament match between Shrek Academy and Star Luo Royal Academy would claim the loser, but Jiang Yi said the wager favored him too little.
• Jiang Yi grabbed Xu Jiujiu, teased her, spanked her, and left the room after telling her to include the Sealing God Platform in the bet.
• Xu Jiujiu found Jiang Yi’s letter listing his Martial Soul’s four soul rings and learned he had written it while she spoke with the emperor.
• Xu Jiujiu realized Jiang Yi had anticipated her questions and wager, then vowed to defeat him and take revenge.

After breaking through to Soul Power Rank 50, Jiang Yi discussed Snow Empress with Ice Empress before the tournament semifinals began. The draw matched Shrek Academy against Star Luo Royal Academy and Imperial Mystery Academy against Sun Moon Royal Academy.

• Jiang Yi broke through to Soul Power Rank 50 and discussed whether Snow Empress would become his next soul ring with Ice Empress.
• Ice Empress insisted that Jiang Yi take in Snow Empress, and Jiang Yi agreed to consider it based on her performance.
• Snow Empress enjoyed pastries with Xian Lin'er while the tournament semifinals approached.
• Xu Jiawei oversaw the semifinal draw and announced the four remaining teams.
• Jiang Yi and Xu Jiujiu both drew number two, pairing Shrek Academy against Star Luo Royal Academy and Imperial Mystery Academy against Sun Moon Royal Academy.

Jiang Yi and Xu Jiujiu faced off in the tournament match, with Xu Jiujiu confident that her research into his soul skills would give Star Luo Royal Academy the advantage. The match ended with Jiang Yi summoning three powerful ten-thousand-year soul beasts, leaving Xu Jiujiu stunned and her team surrounded.

• Xu Jiujiu reminded Jiang Yi of their bet and declared that Star Luo Royal Academy would defeat Shrek.
• Jiang Yi selected a seven-person lineup that excluded Xiao Xiao, then led Shrek onto the arena against Xu Jiujiu's team.
• Ma Xiaotao attacked Xu Jiujiu with Phoenix Soaring Sky Strike, but Xu Jiujiu trapped her inside a golden barrier and directed her teammates to advance.
• Xu Jiujiu used Star's Protection to enclose Jiang Yi, then revealed that she had targeted him for a three-on-one advantage.
• Jiang Yi summoned three ten-thousand-year soul beasts around Xu Jiujiu and two teammates, then stood atop the Ice Empress and asked Xu Jiujiu how things looked now.

Jiang Yi overwhelmed Xu Jiujiu’s team, shattered her Star’s Protection with sheer strength, and rushed to aid his teammates. He struck at Wang Yichen, whose thoughts raced as the punch approached.

• Jiang Yi summoned his soul beasts and had Xiao Lan knock out Xu Jiujiu’s two guards.
• Xu Jiujiu activated an absolute-defense Soul Tool and boasted that Star’s Protection could withstand even a Soul Sage.
• Jiang Yi merged with Xiao Lan, Tian Meng, and the Ice Empress, then shattered Star’s Protection with repeated punches.
• Jiang Yi spotted Ma Xiaotao still trapped and his teammates fighting four Star Luo Soul Kings, then charged at Wang Yichen.
• Wang Yichen watched Jiang Yi’s punch approach and relived scenes from her life, though she sensed no mental attack.

Jiang Yi led Shrek to victory over Star Luo, then claimed the Sealing God Platform from Xu Jiujiu despite her attempts to win his affection. Xu Jiawei planned to send her to Shrek with an exchange delegation, leaving Xu Jiujiu determined to pursue Jiang Yi in her own way.

• Jiang Yi stopped his punch before Wang Yichen's forehead, and Wang Yichen conceded the match to Shrek.
• Ma Xiaotao broke free of the barrier after the match, but Jiang Yi and the others pulled her off the stage before she could fight.
• Jiang Yi teased Xu Jiujiu after the team battle, then fooled her again when she expected him to kiss her.
• After Ma Xiaotao swept Star Luo Academy in the individual matches, Jiang Yi demanded the Sealing God Platform from Xu Jiujiu, who kissed him angrily and gave it to him.
• Xu Jiujiu told Xu Jiawei that Jiang Yi had accepted the Sealing God Platform and kissed her, and Xu Jiawei assigned her to lead a future exchange delegation to Shrek.