Chapter Summaries

The Sun Moon Team used Soul Tools designed to trap Ling Luochen and Dai Yueheng, then launched a coordinated assault on Shrek’s remaining fighters. Ling Luochen found a way to counter the Ice Seal Ring, Dai Yueheng threatened to break the Golden Lock Array, and Ma Rulong ordered a full attack on Lin Ciyan.

• Ling Luochen discovered that the Ice Seal Ring absorbed her Soul Power and redirected her attacks, while Dai Yueheng’s blows shook the Golden Lock Array.
• Ma Rulong ordered the Sun Moon Team to follow its plan, sending Meng Hongchen after Ma Xiaotao and Xiao Xiafeng and Chen Fei to attack Xi Xi, Yao Haoxuan, and Gongyang Mo.
• Ling Luochen remained calm inside the ring and circulated her Ultimate Ice within her body, preventing the Soul Tool from absorbing it.
• Lin Ciyan explained that Ling Luochen had countered the ring and pointed out that Dai Yueheng’s attacks were close to breaking the array.
• Ma Rulong ordered Xiao Hongchen and Mika to attack Lin Ciyan with him, then charged with his Energy-Gathering Cannon as Mika fired a golden-red beam.

Lin Ciyan overwhelmed the Sun Moon Royal Team and shattered the dark badges they used as their final trump card. As the defeated team lay scattered, he called for Ling Luochen and Dai Yueheng to break free and end the match.

• Lin Ciyan used his domain and Mystic Yellow Exquisite Armor to withstand the Sun Moon Royal Team's attacks while his teammates fought the opposing trio to a stalemate.
• Ma Rulong brought out a pitch-black badge, and the other six Sun Moon Team members revealed matching badges as their final trump card.
• Wang Dong felt uneasy about the badges, while Lin Ciyan suspected a connection to the Holy Spirit Cult and prepared his second martial soul.
• Ma Rulong and the other six poured Soul Power into their badges, raising seven pillars of darkness, but Lin Ciyan's five-colored radiance overwhelmed them and shattered the badges.
• Lin Ciyan called to the trapped Ling Luochen and Dai Yueheng to come out, and Ling Luochen's Ultimate Ice surged as an explosion sounded.

Ling Luochen and Dai Yueheng broke free and Shrek regrouped, but Ma Rulong activated the Sun Moon Team’s hidden Soul Tool, plunging the arena into darkness and renewing the final battle. As the transformed team prepared to fight, Meng Hongchen stopped Xiao Hongchen from using his badge, and both siblings stayed out of the transformation.

• Ling Luochen shattered the Ice Seal Ring Soul Tool, and Dai Yueheng broke the Golden Lock Array before rejoining Lin Ciyan.
• Lin Ciyan regrouped Shrek Academy and declared the match nearly over as the Sun Moon Team struggled to rise.
• Ma Rulong and the Sun Moon Team members fused special badges into their bodies, releasing a darkness far stronger than before and restarting the battle.
• Xu Jiawei identified the badges as potential-stimulating Soul Tools, while Dai Hao, Huang Jinxu, Wang Yan, and Zhang Lexuan reacted with shock or concern.
• Meng Hongchen grabbed Xiao Hongchen’s sleeve and stopped him from fusing his badge, and she also chose not to use hers.

Before the final, Ma Rulong revealed customized Soul Tools that greatly increased their users’ power but carried an undisclosed price; Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen refused to use theirs. On the competition stage, five Sun Moon Team members fused with the badges and underwent powerful transformations.

• Ma Rulong warned the team that the customized badges could boost their Soul Power and martial souls but should only be used in an emergency because they came at a cost.
• Meng Hongchen stopped Xiao Hongchen from taking his golden-red badge, and the siblings agreed to fight without using theirs.
• Ma Rulong, Mika, Xiao Xiafeng, Chen Fei, and Lin Xi fused with their badges on the competition stage as the crowd cheered.
• Ma Rulong transformed into a demonic ape and rose to level sixty-eight, while Mika’s silver-gray lightning boosted his Soul Power to level sixty-two and enhanced his attacks.
• Xiao Xiafeng’s fusion strengthened him to level sixty-three and empowered his steamed buns, while Chen Fei gained dark-red flames, fiery wings, and greatly increased speed.

The Sun Moon Team’s five badge-enhanced fighters transformed and pushed Shrek into fierce battles, while Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen joined the fight without using badges. Ma Rulong and Mika coordinated their strongest attacks against Lin Ciyan, who absorbed their earlier blows and faced their combined assault.

• Chen Fei rose to level sixty-four, while Lin Xi transformed into a blue-lit fighter who controlled several Soul Tools and fought without fear or pain.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen chose to fight alongside their teammates using their own strength and charged onto the battlefield.
• Ma Rulong, Chen Fei, Xiao Xiafeng, Mika, and Lin Xi used their transformed abilities to engage Shrek’s fighters, while Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen fought Xi Xi, Yao Haoxuan, and Gongyang Mo.
• Ma Rulong and Mika attacked Lin Ciyan together, but he countered their blows with his Dawn Break Fist, Light Domain, and Mystic Yellow Exquisite Armor.
• Ma Rulong unleashed his sixth Soul Skill, Demon Ape World-Destroying, as Mika formed her Thunder God’s Spear for a combined attack on Lin Ciyan.

Lin Ciyan uncovered traces of Asura God's power in Ma Rulong and Mika's attacks while effortlessly stopping their assaults. As their final combined strike rushed toward him, he unleashed Aurora Qilin Dance, spreading ice across the arena.

• Lin Ciyan used Qilin Divine Light and his Qilin Heaven-Rending Claw and Qilin Heaven-Piercing Sword to tear apart Ma Rulong and Mika's attacks, wounding Mika and forcing both men back.
• As Lin Ciyan countered their next attacks, he sensed a force sustaining their power and recognized traces of divine power fused with darkness and bearing the Asura God's imprint.
• Lin Ciyan suspected Tang San was secretly watching the plane and plotting, possibly because of Wang Dong'er, Huo Yuhao, or Wang Qiu'er.
• Ma Rulong and Mika combined their remaining strength into a massive black-and-silver pillar of light, prompting Huang Jinxu to prepare to intervene and leaving Xu Jiujiu and Zhang Lexuan alarmed.
• Lin Ciyan confirmed that their badge contained traces of divine power, then summoned his Holy Radiance Qilin martial soul and activated Aurora Qilin Dance, spreading ice across the arena.

Lin Ciyan used Aurora Qilin Dance to freeze Ma Rulong and Mika, empower Shrek, and turn the battle against the Sun Moon Team. Shrek won the team match, while Lin Ciyan wondered what Tang San—or someone else—was planning.

• Lin Ciyan's Aurora Cold Tide froze Ma Rulong and Mika and weakened the Sun Moon Team while strengthening Shrek's fighters.
• Lin Ciyan led Shrek's counterattack, and Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, Dai Yueheng, Xi Xi, Yao Haoxuan, and Gongyang Mo defeated the remaining Sun Moon Team members.
• Lin Ciyan freed Ma Rulong and Mika from the ice, and Meng Hongchen accepted her defeat without using her badge.
• Huang Jinxu declared Shrek Academy the team-battle winner as the crowd erupted in cheers.
• Lin Ciyan looked toward the sky and wondered what Tang San, or whoever it was, was trying to do.

After Shrek Academy defeated Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy in the team battle, Sun Moon chose to continue into the individual elimination match despite its battered condition. Lin Ciyan announced that Shrek’s reserve team would fight the second match, leaving them surprised but ready to take the field.

• Xu Jiujiu watched Lin Ciyan return to Shrek’s resting area while Xu Jiawei teased her about her obvious feelings for him.
• Li Yan and another Sun Moon main team member volunteered to continue, and Xiao Hongchen urged Ma Rulong to accept; Ma Rulong agreed and Xiao Hongchen announced their decision to the referee.
• Huang Jinxu declared that the individual elimination match would begin after a one-minute rest, and Xu Jiawei praised both teams before the crowd.
• Lin Ciyan returned to Shrek’s resting area, where Zhang Lexuan and Wang Yan checked on him and the recovering teammates.
• Lin Ciyan assigned Shrek’s main team to the first individual match and the reserve team to the second, surprising the reserve members while the main team supported his decision.
• The chapter flashed back to the previous night, when Lin Ciyan had told both teams at the Star Emperor Hotel that the reserve team would take the second individual match.

Lin Ciyan reassured Shrek’s team before the individual elimination round, while Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy struggled to field fighters after its members were exhausted or injured. Xu Sanshi faced Li Yan in the opening match and dodged Li Yan’s first cannon blast as the attack tore a crater in the stage.

• Lin Ciyan told Shrek’s team to relax and predicted that they would win the tournament, inspiring Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and the others to show their progress.
• Zhang Lexuan submitted Shrek’s lineup, and the referee announced Xu Sanshi as its first competitor.
• Ma Rulong collapsed, and the Sun Moon supervising teacher selected the available fighters, including Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen.
• Huang Jinxu announced Xu Sanshi versus Li Yan as the first individual match, and Lin Ciyan told Zhang Lexuan he did not think Xu Sanshi would win.
• Li Yan opened with a Soul Tool cannon blast, and Xu Sanshi dodged as the fireball struck the stage and left a crater.

Xu Sanshi used his shield and Mysterious Underworld Displacement to evade Li Yan’s fire net and land a damaging counterattack, but his limited soul power left him unable to keep up with the Soul King’s ranged assault. Li Yan knocked him down and demanded that he admit defeat, while Xu Sanshi struggled to rise.

• Li Yan bombarded Xu Sanshi with Soul Cannons and sent a wide fire net down to trap him.
• Xu Sanshi strengthened his shield, exchanged positions with Li Yan using Mysterious Underworld Displacement, and narrowly escaped the fire net despite burning his shoulder.
• Xu Sanshi rushed Li Yan and struck him with Mysterious Underworld Tremor, shattering several Soul Tools and injuring him.
• Li Yan recognized that Xu Sanshi had nearly exhausted his soul power and used flash grenades, sonic bombs, binding nets, and fire shells to keep him at a distance.
• Li Yan blasted Xu Sanshi to the ground with a powerful fire cannon, and Xu Sanshi struggled to stand after exhausting his strength.

After Xu Sanshi lost the first round to Li Yan, Bei Bei faced the already weakened Soul Engineer in the second round. Bei Bei blocked Li Yan’s barrage with his lightning, leaving Li Yan struggling to find a new tactic.

• Huang Jinxu declared Xu Sanshi unable to continue and awarded the first match to Li Yan.
• Bei Bei entered the arena to fight Li Yan, who had already spent much of his Soul Power in his match against Xu Sanshi.
• Li Yan opened with a barrage from eight Soul Cannons, but Bei Bei evaded the fireballs with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Bei Bei used Ten Thousand Thunderbolts to form a wide thunder web that destroyed Li Yan’s fireballs.
• Li Yan’s Soul Power rapidly drained as Bei Bei’s thunder web held firm, forcing him to consider changing tactics.

Bei Bei defeated Li Yan with his Thunder Dragon Head and advanced to face Chen An in the next match. After recovering some Soul Power and reaffirming his resolve, Bei Bei began his fight against Chen An, who attacked at extraordinary speed.

• Li Yan unleashed his Five-Level Energy-Gathering Flame Cannon, but Bei Bei blocked it with Thunder Dragon Head and won the match.
• Huang Jinxu announced Bei Bei as the victor and called the next match against Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy’s Chen An.
• Bei Bei drank from He Caitou’s Milk Bottle, recovered some Soul Power, and told Lin Ciyan he knew his limits.
• Chen An, Chen Fei’s younger brother, stepped onto the stage and faced Bei Bei with icy resolve.
• Huang Jinxu started the match, and Chen An rushed toward Bei Bei with a short sword in each hand.

Bei Bei fought Chen An despite his dwindling Soul Power, using his golden lightning and hidden weapons to withstand Chen An’s twin swords. He won by abandoning his Thunder Dragon Head to catch Chen An off guard with Dragon Emperor Evil-Sundering Rend, leaving Chen An injured and unable to rise.

• Chen An used the Flash Sword to evade Bei Bei’s lightning and hidden weapons, then clashed evenly with Bei Bei’s Ten Thousand Thunderbolts.
• Chen An attacked with both sixth-grade Soul Tool swords, and Bei Bei countered with Thunder Fury and Thunder Dragon Head, locking them in a stalemate.
• With only twenty percent of his Soul Power left, Bei Bei withdrew his Thunder Dragon Head to make Chen An stagger forward.
• Bei Bei struck Chen An with Dragon Emperor Evil-Sundering Rend, sending him flying and knocking both swords from his hands.
• Chen An struggled to rise, acknowledged Bei Bei’s strength, and remained unable to continue fighting.

Bei Bei defeated Chen An to secure a second consecutive win for Shrek, and Meng Hongchen prepared to face Huo Yuhao in the next match. As Huo Yuhao took the stage, he recalled Lin Ciyan’s warning about Meng Hongchen’s unusual martial soul and the relaxed cultivation method that had helped him grow.

• Huang Jinxu declared Chen An unable to continue and awarded the match to Bei Bei, prompting Shrek’s team and the crowd to celebrate.
• Bei Bei returned to Shrek’s rest area exhausted, and Lin Ciyan told him to rest.
• Meng Hongchen entered the competition stage, where she was set to face Huo Yuhao.
• Bei Bei warned Huo Yuhao that Meng Hongchen was formidable, and Huo Yuhao took the stage after receiving a reassuring look from Lin Ciyan.
• Huo Yuhao recalled Lin Ciyan’s warning that Meng Hongchen’s martial soul was difficult to counter and remembered how the captain’s relaxed cultivation method had improved his progress.

Huo Yuhao entered the individual elimination match against Meng Hongchen, relying on the Soul Tools he had learned to make after Lin Ciyan recommended him to the Soul Guidance Department. His attacks vanished in Meng Hongchen’s strange white mist, and she sent a thin stream of it toward him.

• Huo Yuhao remembered how Lin Ciyan’s guidance and recommendation led him to become a fourth-level soul engineer under Fan Yu and He Caitou.
• Huang Jinxu began the match between Huo Yuhao and Meng Hongchen, and Huo Yuhao equipped himself with several Soul Tools while retreating.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection and fired Soul Tool rays at Meng Hongchen, but an invisible barrier dispersed the shots.
• Huo Yuhao unleashed a barrage of shells, rays, and bombs, but Meng Hongchen’s white mist made every attack disappear.
• Meng Hongchen told Huo Yuhao his Soul Tools were useless against her and shot a thread of white mist toward him.

Meng Hongchen defeated Huo Yuhao with the dual ice-and-fire poison of her Vermilion Clear Ice Toad martial soul, and Xiao Xiao entered the next match against her. As healers struggled to treat Huo Yuhao, Lin Ciyan stood and walked toward his stretcher.

• Meng Hongchen's poison overwhelmed Huo Yuhao, and Huang Jinxu declared her the winner.
• Shrek's Wang Yan and Zhang Lexuan identified Meng Hongchen's martial soul and worried that few members could counter it.
• Xiao Xiao volunteered to face Meng Hongchen, entered the arena, and began the match by summoning her Nine Phoenix Flute.
• Healers found that Meng Hongchen's dual ice-and-fire poison was spreading through Huo Yuhao and could not be cured safely.
• Lin Ciyan stood up and walked toward Huo Yuhao's stretcher.

Lin Ciyan used Grace of Bathing Light to treat Huo Yuhao’s severe ice-and-fire poison while the Sun Moon Team and Shrek Academy watched. In his spiritual world, Xiyao complained that he had not visited often, and Lin Ciyan explained that the competition had kept him busy.

• Lin Ciyan examined the poison in Huo Yuhao’s body and recognized its icy exterior and scorching inner fire.
• Lin Ciyan activated Grace of Bathing Light and enveloped Huo Yuhao in healing radiance.
• Bei Bei, He Caitou, Xu Sanshi, and the Sun Moon Team watched anxiously as Lin Ciyan began the treatment.
• Ice Empress and Snow Empress discussed Meng Hongchen’s Vermilion Clear Ice Toad poison during tea with Xiyao in Lin Ciyan’s spiritual world.
• Xiyao complained that Lin Ciyan rarely visited, and Lin Ciyan appeared and said the competition had kept him busy.

Lin Ciyan cured Huo Yuhao of Meng Hongchen’s poison in seconds, stunning the arena and drawing Meng Hongchen’s attention. With Huo Yuhao safe, Xiao Xiao began her match against Meng Hongchen by using her flute to slow her opponent.

• Xiyao told Lin Ciyan that his Grace of Bathing Light could easily cure Meng Hongchen’s poison, and he promised to spend more time with her after the competition.
• Lin Ciyan returned from his spiritual world and cured Huo Yuhao in ten seconds, leaving the spectators and the Sun Moon Team astonished.
• Huo Yuhao recovered enough to open his eyes, and Bei Bei and He Caitou helped him back to the rest area.
• Xu Jiawei and Dai Hao praised Lin Ciyan’s abilities, while Meng Hongchen watched him with a newly stirred feeling.
• Xiao Xiao retreated from Meng Hongchen, played her Nine Phoenix Flute, and used Sluggishness to reduce Meng Hongchen’s speed.

Xiao Xiao used her movement technique and Binding Rings to fight Meng Hongchen, then summoned an unfamiliar emerald-green creature that Lin Ciyan identified as the first Soul Spirit experiment. The Soul Spirit’s appearance stunned the spectators and both teams, leaving the nature and impact of Xiao Xiao’s new power to be revealed.

• Xiao Xiao evaded Meng Hongchen’s poisonous mist with Flowing Light Step, but the spreading chill began to slow and poison her.
• Xiao Xiao trapped Meng Hongchen with seven Binding Rings, though Meng Hongchen unleashed her martial soul and Ice Poison Ring to break free.
• Xiao Xiao played a strange melody and summoned a palm-sized emerald-green bird that landed affectionately on her shoulder.
• Lin Ciyan confirmed to Zhang Lexuan that the creature was a Soul Spirit, and the arena’s spectators, experts, and Sun Moon Team reacted with shock.

Xiao Xiao revealed Jade, her Soul Spirit, and joined forces with it against Meng Hongchen in the tournament. Meng Hongchen's speed and poison overwhelmed Xiao Xiao's attacks, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Xiao Xiao explained that Jade was a Jade Spirit Sparrow Soul Spirit bonded to her Nine Phoenix Flute, and that it strengthened her soul skills.
• Jade joined Xiao Xiao's flute attack, forcing Meng Hongchen to evade a sound wave that could pierce Soul Power defenses and affect the soul.
• Xiao Xiao and Jade launched enhanced Binding Rings at Meng Hongchen, who countered with Icy Toad Poison and Ice Poison Ring.
• Meng Hongchen used Ice Refraction to move rapidly around the arena, while Xiao Xiao struggled to dodge and keep pace.
• Jade tried to locate Meng Hongchen for Xiao Xiao, but Meng Hongchen's speed kept her attacks from catching up.