Chapter Summaries

Ma Rulong and Xiao Xiafeng changed tactics to exploit Dai Yueheng’s powerful White Tiger defense, then Ma Rulong used the Golden Lock Array to trap him again. Dai Yueheng recognized the array and roared as he tried to break free.

• Xiao Xiafeng’s Soul Tool Turret attacks battered Dai Yueheng, but his White Tiger Vajra Transformation let him charge through them.
• Ma Rulong reflected Dai Yueheng’s White Tiger Intense Light Wave with his Silverlight Shield, then attacked him with Thunderbolt Strike.
• Ma Rulong and Xiao Xiafeng switched to measured point-fire before accelerating their barrage to block Dai Yueheng’s view.
• Ma Rulong moved around the arena under Xiao Xiafeng’s covering fire and activated the Golden Lock Array beneath Dai Yueheng.
• Dai Yueheng recognized the array and roared as he pushed his White Tiger Martial Soul to its limit.

Ma Rulong and Xiao Xiafeng trapped Dai Yueheng with the Golden Lock Array and turned their attacks on Bei Bei. Ma Rulong then unleashed the Judgment Sword, leaving Bei Bei to counter its strike while facing Xiao Xiafeng’s barrage.

• Dai Yueheng tried to break the Golden Lock Array while Xiao Xiafeng kept him under fire with the Soul Tool Turret.
• Ma Rulong ordered Xiao Xiafeng to attack Bei Bei, who blocked most of the barrage with Ten Thousand Thunderbolts but was struck by several shots.
• Bei Bei used Thunder Dragon Head against Xiao Xiafeng, whose Invincible Barrier stopped the attack.
• Ma Rulong revealed the Judgment Sword and poured his Soul Power into it, worsening the damage to his shattered martial soul.
• Xiao Xiafeng fired another barrage as Ma Rulong aimed the Judgment Sword’s black side at Bei Bei and launched a streak of black light.
• Bei Bei used Dragon Emperor Evil-Sundering Rend to split Xiao Xiafeng’s barrage, as the Judgment Sword’s strike flashed toward him.

Ma Rulong and Xiao Xiafeng defeated Bei Bei with the Judgment Sword and coordinated fire, but Dai Yueheng broke free of the Golden Lock Array and pursued them across the arena. The chapter ended as Ma Rulong and Xiao Xiafeng assembled a dangerous Soul Tool while Dai Yueheng closed in.

• Ma Rulong struck Bei Bei with the Judgment Sword's dark and light powers while Xiao Xiafeng's attacks hit him, leaving him badly wounded despite his Invincible Barrier.
• Dai Yueheng broke the Golden Lock Array with three slashes after seeing Bei Bei fall from the arena.
• Ma Rulong activated a sixth-grade Soul Tool thruster and fled with Xiao Xiafeng as Dai Yueheng chased them across the stage.
• Ma Rulong and Xiao Xiafeng began assembling a ring-shaped Soul Tool while moving, and Dai Yueheng continued closing the distance.

Ma Rulong and Xiao Xiafeng fired their composite Soul Tool against Dai Yueheng, and the collision blasted all three fighters off the competition stage. Lin Ciyan caught Dai Yueheng while Huang Jinxu rescued the Sun Moon Team members, then awaited a decision from Xu Jiawei.

• Ma Rulong and Xiao Xiafeng poured their remaining Soul Power into their composite Soul Tool as Dai Yueheng strengthened himself and launched White Tiger Annihilation Slash.
• The composite Soul Tool's beam collided with Dai Yueheng's attack, devastating the platform and sending Dai Yueheng, Ma Rulong, and Xiao Xiafeng flying out of bounds.
• Lin Ciyan appeared at the stage's edge and caught the unconscious Dai Yueheng before he hit the ground.
• Huang Jinxu caught Ma Rulong and Xiao Xiafeng, carried them to the Sun Moon Team's resting area, and then saluted Xu Jiawei with a questioning look.

The second match of the 2-2-3 final ended in a draw after both sides were thrown out of bounds, prompting the crowd to celebrate the battle. Lin Ciyan healed Dai Yueheng and promised Shrek would win the next round as his Soul Power stirred around him.

• Huang Jinxu announced that Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy had drawn the second match because both sides fell out of bounds at once.
• Spectators cheered the fighters, while Xu Jiawei praised Dai Yueheng to Dai Hao, who restrained his pride and called his son’s actions what he should have done.
• Lin Ciyan carried the badly injured Dai Yueheng to Shrek’s rest area and used Grace of Bathing Light to heal him.
• Lin Ciyan told Dai Yueheng that he had not lost, and Dai Yueheng heard the crowd cheering his name.
• Lin Ciyan promised Shrek would win the next round and stood as Soul Power began flowing around him.

As the Shrek team prepared for the final match, Lin Ciyan invited Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao to fight beside him. After both disciples accepted, he reminded them that the most important part of battle was finding their own rhythm.

• Lin Ciyan stood amid a golden glow as the injured Shrek team watched him with admiration and trust.
• Lin Ciyan asked Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao to accompany him in the final match and show their greatest strength.
• Xiao Xiao eagerly agreed, and Wang Dong also promised to give everything she had.
• Lin Ciyan approached his disciples and asked what mattered most in battle.
• Wang Dong remembered Lin Ciyan teaching her that cultivation worked best when she stayed relaxed and followed a comfortable rhythm.

Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao realized that Lin Ciyan’s cultivation philosophy centered on relaxation, not tension, and shouted the lesson for everyone in Shrek’s rest area to hear. Their words spread through the tournament stands, leaving spectators to debate whether relaxation was the secret to Shrek’s strength.

• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao remembered Lin Ciyan teaching them to cultivate in a relaxed state and recognized relaxation as his guiding principle.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao declared that relaxing let them bring out their strength and find a comfortable rhythm, prompting reactions from the Shrek members.
• Spectators near Shrek’s rest area overheard the disciples and began repeating and discussing Lin Ciyan’s relaxation philosophy.
• The message spread through the stands, where a young man recalled that his Soul Power had grown faster after he stopped training under pressure.

The crowd at Star Luo Square turned Lin Ciyan’s relaxed cultivation philosophy into the chant “Carefree Qilin,” while Xu Jiawei and Dai Hao recognized his unusual bearing and influence. As the arena stayed in an uproar before the final match, Meng Hongchen watched Lin Ciyan with growing admiration and Xiao Hongchen clenched his fists.

• Spectators spread the idea that Lin Ciyan’s cultivation philosophy was based on relaxation, then began calling him the “Carefree Qilin.”
• Xu Jiawei noticed the golden light around Lin Ciyan, and he and Dai Hao praised his extraordinary presence and philosophy.
• Xu Jiujiu watched Lin Ciyan from the city walls and felt proud of him, though she could not approach him.
• Dai Hao told Xu Jiawei that Lin Ciyan’s teachings were a philosophy of life, not merely methods of cultivation.
• At the Sun Moon Team’s resting area, Meng Hongchen quietly repeated “Carefree Qilin” as Xiao Hongchen watched Lin Ciyan with clenched fists.

After Lin Ciyan’s victory, the crowd hailed him as the Carefree Qilin, and the system awarded him a hidden achievement that pushed his Slacking Value past one million and upgraded the Slacker Shop. Lin Ciyan and his teammates headed toward the competition stage as Xiao Hongchen led Sun Moon Team out for the third match, which was about to begin.

• Xiao Hongchen, Mika, and the Sun Moon Team coach watched the crowd celebrate Lin Ciyan as the Carefree Qilin while Ma Rulong lay injured on a stretcher.
• The system awarded Lin Ciyan the hidden achievement “Preacher: Beginning of Carefree” and 999,999 Slacking Value, upgrading the Slacker Shop to top-tier.
• Lin Ciyan invited Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao to follow him onto the competition stage so Shrek could claim victory.
• Xiao Hongchen led Meng Hongchen and Mika toward the stage, declaring that Sun Moon Team would not be bullied.
• Huang Jinxu took his place at the center of the stage and began announcing the third match of the two-two-three format.

Lin Ciyan, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao faced Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and the injured Mika in the final round. As the match began, Lin Ciyan revealed six soul rings—five black and one red—shocking the crowd and leaving them questioning how his rings had changed.

• Huang Jinxu called both teams onto the stage, and Lin Ciyan, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao faced Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Mika.
• Before the match, Lin Ciyan warned his teammates to take the round, while Xiao Hongchen cautioned Meng Hongchen and Mika about Lin Ciyan's threat.
• Huang Jinxu started the match, and Wang Dong summoned her Light Goddess Butterfly while Xiao Xiao summoned the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron.
• Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Mika unleashed their Martial Souls, though Mika struggled with his injuries.
• Lin Ciyan revealed five black soul rings and one red soul ring, stunning the crowd, who remembered seeing different colors in earlier matches.

Lin Ciyan revealed his terrifying soul ring configuration and supported Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao as they fought Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Mika. His light skills blocked attacks and purified poison, leaving the battle underway with Meng Hongchen unable to rely on her toxins.

• Spectators and the imperial city observers reacted with shock when Lin Ciyan revealed five black soul rings and one red soul ring.
• Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Mika attacked together, while Wang Dong charged at Xiao Hongchen and Xiao Xiao advanced behind her.
• Wang Dong’s Butterfly God Slash countered most of Xiao Hongchen’s Soul Tool barrage, and Lin Ciyan’s Dawn Break Fist shattered the remaining shells and blinded the attackers.
• Wang Dong followed with Butterfly God Light, forcing Xiao Hongchen to retreat behind his Wall of Resilience.
• Meng Hongchen attacked Wang Dong with poisoned thrusting swords, but Lin Ciyan’s Grace of Bathing Light purified the toxins and protected Wang Dong from the strike.
• Xiao Xiao continued charging her Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron as the fight continued.

Lin Ciyan used his Qilin Heaven-Rending Claw and Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Left Arm Bone to cut apart the combined attacks of Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Mika. He stood unharmed before the stunned opponents as the dark-gold blades faded.

• Xiao Xiao attacked Mika with the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron, but Xiao Hongchen slowed it long enough for Mika to retreat.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen unleashed their strongest attacks while Mika fired his Lightning Cannon at Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao.
• Lin Ciyan stepped in and enhanced his fifth soul skill with the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Left Arm Bone.
• Lin Ciyan's five dark-gold blades split all three attacks, leaving him unharmed and the arena silent.
• Lin Ciyan lowered his hand, let the blades dissipate, and looked at Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Mika.

Lin Ciyan forced the Sun Moon team’s attacks to stop, leaving Xiao Hongchen shaken but unwilling to surrender. He then placed his hands on Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao’s shoulders and infused them with powerful attributes, causing their martial souls to respond.

• Lin Ciyan’s presence halted Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Mika’s attacks, but Huang Jinxu ordered the match to continue.
• Xiao Hongchen remembered his injured teammates’ refusal to give up and urged Meng Hongchen and Mika not to admit defeat; they prepared to fight again.
• Lin Ciyan called Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao over and placed a hand on each of their shoulders.
• Lin Ciyan sent Ultimate Light and Ultimate Fire into Wang Dong, intensifying the golden patterns and flames on her Light Goddess Butterfly wings.
• Lin Ciyan infused Xiao Xiao with Ultimate Light and Ultimate Gold.

Lin Ciyan empowered Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao with ultimate attributes, turning the tide against Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Mika. As the battle escalated, Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen unleashed their strongest attacks on the two girls.

• Xiao Xiao sensed the golden energy Lin Ciyan had given her and found that it had strengthened her Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron with Ultimate Gold.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao attacked Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Mika with their enhanced powers.
• Wang Dong's Butterfly God Light shattered Xiao Hongchen's soul-tool shells, while her Ultimate Fire burned away Meng Hongchen's poison mist.
• Xiao Xiao's cauldron pushed through Mika's lightning and Xiao Hongchen's Metal Boiling, while Wang Dong blocked Meng Hongchen's blades with Butterfly God Slash.
• Xiao Hongchen recognized Lin Ciyan's ultimate attributes and ordered his allies to attack with everything they had.
• Xiao Hongchen fired a full barrage as Meng Hongchen unleashed her Icefire Poison Dragon Drill at Wang Dong.

Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao overwhelmed Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Mika with their combined attacks, and Mika took the blow meant for his captain and was gravely injured. As Xiao Hongchen held him, he remembered secretly asking Ma Rulong for a Dark Badge the night before, determined to use it so Sun Moon would not lose.

• Wang Dong unleashed Butterfly God Soaring while Xiao Xiao fired Cauldron: Suppress the World, breaking all three opponents’ attacks and driving their own strikes toward the Sun Moon team.
• Mika threw himself in front of Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, activating his Soul Tool defenses before the combined attacks blasted him out of the ring and knocked him unconscious.
• Xiao Hongchen caught Mika, and he and Meng Hongchen gathered beside their badly wounded teammate.
• The previous night, Xiao Hongchen approached Ma Rulong after the team meeting and asked for a Dark Badge despite Meng Hongchen’s objections.
• Xiao Hongchen acknowledged that the badge could damage his body and halt his cultivation, but insisted that he did not want Sun Moon to lose.

Xiao Hongchen accepted two Dark Badges from Ma Rulong and resolved to ask Jing Hongchen about the special badge after the tournament. As Mika collapsed during the match, Xiao Hongchen took out the special badge he had refused to use before and prepared to act.

• Ma Rulong warned Xiao Hongchen that the ordinary Dark Badge caused weakness and the special edition could cause unpredictable damage, but Xiao Hongchen took both.
• Xiao Hongchen sensed an unfamiliar, deathlike quality in the special badge and learned from Ma Rulong that it came from Mingde Hall.
• Xiao Hongchen resolved to ask his grandfather, Jing Hongchen, about the badge after the tournament and to win the next day's match regardless of its consequences.
• Earlier, Meng Hongchen stopped Xiao Hongchen from using his badge in the team battle, while Ma Rulong, Xiao Xiafeng, Mika, Chen Fei, and Lin Xi used theirs.
• On the rain-soaked competition stage, Xiao Hongchen held the fallen Mika, then pulled out the special Dark Badge as his teammates went down.

Xiao Hongchen crushed his special Dark Badge, allowing its black mist to transform his body and greatly increase his power. As his martial soul’s gold attribute became dark gold, Lin Ciyan watched with interest.

• Meng Hongchen saw the Dark Badge in Xiao Hongchen’s hand and begged him not to use it.
• Xiao Hongchen told Meng Hongchen this was his only choice, then crushed the badge.
• Black mist entered Xiao Hongchen and spread dark patterns across his body as his Soul Power and soul rings changed.
• Xiao Hongchen’s power rose to around the half-step Soul Emperor level, while he sensed damage forming on his martial soul.
• Lin Ciyan observed the transformation and recognized that the Three-Legged Golden Toad’s gold attribute had been corroded into a dark-gold attribute.

Xiao Hongchen attacked Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao with corrupted dark-gold metal abilities, while Lin Ciyan protected them with two soul skills. Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao broke through several attacks, but Xiao Hongchen’s escalating barrage began to exhaust their Ultimate attributes.

• Lin Ciyan used Mystic Yellow Exquisite Armor and Grace of Bathing Light to protect Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao before sending them into battle.
• Xiao Hongchen unleashed Metal Boiling, and Xiao Xiao forced her Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron through the dense black metal fog.
• Xiao Hongchen used Gold's Devotion to form dark-gold armor and fire spikes, which Wang Dong shattered with Butterfly God Light.
• Xiao Hongchen’s Metal Boiling... Second Stage formed a black net, but Lin Ciyan’s protective skills shielded Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao as they escaped.
• Xiao Hongchen launched Metal Shaping, Dark Gold Storm, and Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao struggled to fend off the barrage as their power ran low.

Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao exhausted themselves trying to break through Xiao Hongchen’s dark-gold shield and were blown toward the arena’s edge by his strongest attack. Lin Ciyan caught them and returned them to the platform, where they warned him that Xiao Hongchen’s Soul Power consumed their ultimate attributes as he gathered power for another attack.

• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao attacked Xiao Hongchen together, but their strikes only cracked his shield, while their Soul Power dwindled.
• Xiao Hongchen launched Metal Boiling, Dark-Gold Descent, and Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao met it with Butterfly God Soaring and Cauldron: Suppress the World.
• The collision shattered Wang Dong’s butterfly wings, sent Xiao Xiao’s cauldron flying, and blasted both girls toward the arena’s edge.
• Lin Ciyan used spatial power to catch Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao before they fell, then carried them back onto the platform.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao warned Lin Ciyan that Xiao Hongchen’s dark-gold Soul Power consumed their ultimate attributes as he gathered more Soul Power.

Lin Ciyan restored Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, then faced Xiao Hongchen’s strengthened dark power in the arena. He countered Xiao Hongchen’s attacks with Ultimate Light and began studying his martial soul, prompting Xiao Hongchen to unleash a thirty-meter domain.

• Lin Ciyan healed Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao with Grace of Bathing Light as Xiao Hongchen’s aura grew stronger.
• Xiao Hongchen attacked with Dark-Gold Descent, but Lin Ciyan combined Qilin Heaven-Rending Claw and the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Left Arm Bone to cut the beam apart.
• Xiao Hongchen charged Lin Ciyan, who blinded him with Light Shock, deflected his spikes, and overpowered him in a close-range exchange.
• Xiao Hongchen unleashed a series of metal-based soul skills, while Lin Ciyan calmly defended, healed a scrape, and boosted his attributes with Five Elements Rotation: Qilin Divine Light.
• Xiao Hongchen realized Lin Ciyan was analyzing his martial soul and energy, then erupted with Gold... Dark-Gold Domain and spread a black domain thirty meters across.