Chapter Summaries

Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen joined their powers to unleash the Martial Soul Fusion Skill Mortal World Attachment against Lin Ciyan and the Shrek team. Lin Ciyan faced the near-Soul-Saint-level attack with calm amusement.

• Lin Ciyan broke through Xiao Hongchen's domain and struck him with five rapid-fire Dawn Break Fist attacks.
• Xiao Hongchen told Meng Hongchen he needed her help, and she chose to stand with him despite the risk of his martial soul shattering.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen clasped hands and combined their Soul Power into a crimson-gold Three-Legged Golden Toad.
• Xiao Hongchen unleashed Mortal World Attachment toward Lin Ciyan, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao.
• Lin Ciyan watched the incoming attack and lightly tapped the air with his fingers.

Lin Ciyan summoned his Soul Spirit, Snow Empress, during the battle against Mortal World Attachment. Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao were stunned by her appearance, then tried to touch her and were stopped by her precisely controlled Ultimate Ice.

• Lin Ciyan called Snow Empress out for afternoon tea, and she emerged from his torso bone.
• Snow Empress complained that he had interrupted her tea with Xiyao, then agreed to help after Lin Ciyan promised them a different treat.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao stared at Snow Empress, then reached out to touch her because they found her adorable.
• Snow Empress released a trace of Ultimate Ice, chilling Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao before their fingers could touch her.
• Lin Ciyan gently patted Snow Empress's head and told her not to be rude, so she withdrew her aura.

Lin Ciyan revealed the Snow Empress, whose Ultimate Ice shocked the spectators and officials as Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Lin Ciyan switched to his second Martial Soul, Light of the Five Elements, and prepared to meet their attack as Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao joined him.

• The spectators and Xu Jiawei, Dai Hao, and Xu Jiujiu reacted with shock and concern when Lin Ciyan's Snow Empress appeared and displayed Ultimate Ice.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen continued gathering power for their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Xiao Hongchen resolved to attack despite the cost to his Martial Soul.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen unleashed Mortal World Attachment, sending a reddish-gold torrent toward the Shrek trio.
• Lin Ciyan switched to his second Martial Soul, Light of the Five Elements, and revealed two disguised black soul rings that concealed orange-gold rings.
• Lin Ciyan activated Ice Empress's Gift as Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao ran over.

Lin Ciyan strengthened Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao by channeling Ultimate powers into them, linking their Soul Power and senses to his. The chapter ended with both girls realizing that Lin Ciyan could hear their thoughts.

• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao asked Lin Ciyan to let them help, and he agreed to empower them.
• Lin Ciyan infused Wang Dong with Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Light, transforming her Light Goddess Butterfly and changing her appearance.
• Lin Ciyan infused Xiao Xiao with Ultimate Gold and Ultimate Light, strengthening her Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron and changing her appearance.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao felt their Soul Power, heartbeat, and emotions connect with Lin Ciyan's.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao privately thought about Lin Ciyan, and he told them through their connection to focus their Soul Power.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao realized Lin Ciyan had heard their thoughts and blushed in embarrassment.

Lin Ciyan prepared to meet the approaching crimson-gold torrent with Snow Empress and his own Ultimate Ice abilities. He left the weakened Emperor Cold Heaven sweeping toward the torrent as he and his disciples readied their powers.

• Lin Ciyan explained that his Soul Power connection let him hear faint responses from Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao’s Sea of Consciousness, embarrassing both girls.
• Lin Ciyan warned Snow Empress to use a weakened technique so she would not damage the barrier.
• Snow Empress unleashed the weakened Emperor Cold Heaven, sending an icy wave toward the crimson-gold torrent.
• Lin Ciyan activated Ice Emperor's Body Protection and gathered Extreme Ice Thrust, empowered by Light of the Five Elements.
• Lin Ciyan opened Emperor Scorpion Domain, enhancing Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao’s ice abilities, and began gathering Scorpion Tail Strangling.
• Wang Dong took a deep breath and exhaled sharply as the group prepared to face the incoming torrent.

Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, Snow Empress, and Lin Ciyan combined their ultimate attacks while Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen unleashed the Dark Badge-powered final form of Mortal World Attachment. Their opposing energy fields reached their peaks on the tournament stage, leaving the battle poised for a decisive collision.

• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao used their master's flowing Soul Power to strengthen their attacks and transform their martial souls.
• Xiao Hongchen expanded his crimson-gold toad and formed a devouring black singularity with the Dark Badge's power.
• Meng Hongchen joined hands with Xiao Hongchen, and the siblings burned all their Soul Power to unleash Mortal World Attachment's final form.
• The four Shrek fighters combined their attacks into a five-colored sphere that opposed the Sun Moon Team's crimson-gold vortex.
• The two energy fields grew to the same scale as rain and air vanished around them, while the spectators watched in silence.

Shrek's five-colored sphere and the Sun Moon Team's crimson-gold toad collided in a battle that threatened to break the arena's protective barrier. As the light faded, five enormous phantoms began to take shape, including Snow Empress, Lin Ciyan, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao.

• Shrek's four and the Sun Moon Team's two charged and collided at the center of the arena.
• The clash cracked the arena floor and strained the protective barrier, so Huang Jinxu poured Soul Power into it to hold it together.
• The light receded to reveal a ten-meter energy sphere where the five-colored and crimson-gold energies continued to clash.
• Three phantoms appeared on Shrek's side: Snow Empress, Lin Ciyan, and the grown Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao.

Lin Ciyan, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao faced Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen in the arena as both sides gathered power for their final attacks. Xiao Hongchen unleashed the Dark Badge’s corruption through Mortal World Attachment while the Shrek side poured their strength into a five-colored sphere, and Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao’s martial souls began to evolve.

• Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong, and Lin Ciyan faced Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen as their enormous martial-soul phantoms filled the arena.
• Xiao Hongchen declared that they would make one final strike, and Meng Hongchen agreed as they poured their remaining Soul Power into Mortal World Attachment.
• The Dark Badge fully emerged from Xiao Hongchen and sent black threads into Mortal World Attachment, turning the crimson-gold toad dark gold and then black.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao continued feeding the five-colored sphere despite their rapidly draining Soul Power, and both felt their martial souls transforming.
• Lin Ciyan sent the Ice Empress’s soul skills into the sphere while the Snow Empress poured Emperor Cold Heaven into it.

Lin Ciyan, Snow Empress, and their teammates struggled against the dark-gold toad as their five-colored attack threatened to overwhelm the arena barrier. With the energy sphere still growing, the spectators and Lin Ciyan’s loved ones watched anxiously, hoping he would survive and win.

• Snow Empress used a weakened version of her Ultimate Ice as the five-colored sphere clashed with the dark-gold toad, damaging the arena and barrier.
• Referee Huang Jinxu reinforced the barrier while spectators watched in alarm as the clash created a vast vacuum above the arena.
• Xu Jiawei ordered Title Douluo, Soul Douluo, and Soul Saints to reinforce the barrier and protect the spectators.
• Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao poured out their Soul Power as Lin Ciyan and Snow Empress sustained the five-colored attack.
• The energy sphere continued to expand, while Xu Jiujiu hoped Lin Ciyan would return safely and Zhang Lexuan urged him to win.

Lin Ciyan's clash with Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen's unleashed Martial Soul Fusion Skill and Dark Badge threatened to overwhelm the arena's protective barrier. As Title Douluo Huang Jinxu struggled to contain the energy, he teleported to the city walls and urgently addressed Emperor Xu Jiawei.

• Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and Bei Bei watched Lin Ciyan's phantom with trust, concern, and alarm.
• The Sun Moon Team leader worried that Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen had risked everything, while injured Ma Rulong recognized the Dark Badge's dangerous power in Xiao Hongchen.
• Huang Jinxu poured Soul Power into the barrier as the five-colored sphere and dark-golden toad collided, but the barrier's cracks spread and the energy sphere expanded.
• Huang Jinxu teleported to the imperial city walls, where Xu Jiawei, Dai Hao, and Xu Jiujiu watched the arena in alarm.
• Huang Jinxu knelt before Xu Jiawei and called out urgently.

The energy sphere at the center of the competition stage threatened to overwhelm the protective barrier and endanger tens of thousands of spectators. Xu Jiawei ordered high-level Soul Masters to reinforce the barrier and Title Douluo to guard the stands, while everyone waited to see whether Lin Ciyan could stop the sphere.

• Huang Jinxu warned Xu Jiawei that the energy had exceeded the protective barrier's limit and that it could not hold much longer.
• Xu Jiawei ordered all available Title Douluo, Soul Douluo, and Soul Saints to reinforce the barrier, and Dai Hao relayed his decree.
• Dozens of high-level Soul Masters poured Soul Power into the barrier, slowing its cracking but failing to stop it from weakening.
• Title Douluo took positions between the stage and the spectators, ready to shield the stands if the barrier broke.
• Dai Hao asked whether the spectators should be evacuated, but Xu Jiawei refused, judging that there was no time and that an evacuation could cause a stampede.
• Xu Jiawei watched Lin Ciyan as the energy sphere reached twenty meters in diameter, its five-colored and dark-golden radiance colliding violently.

Lin Ciyan and his companions clashed with Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen in a battle that nearly shattered the arena’s protective barrier. As the five-colored light overwhelmed the others, Lin Ciyan began unleashing it across the arena.

• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen unleashed Mortal World Attachment against the five-colored sphere while Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, Lin Ciyan, and Snow Empress powered the sphere in response.
• The attacks collided, creating an explosion that cracked the protective barrier and forced Huang Jinxu and dozens of high-level soul masters to reinforce it.
• The five fighters remained locked in the arena’s blinding light, with Xiao Hongchen still corrupted by the Dark Badge and refusing to retreat.
• Lin Ciyan gathered five-colored light, accelerated the Wheel of the Five Elements, and sent a vast tide of radiance in every direction.

Lin Ciyan used five-colored light to repair the protective barrier, protect Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Mika, and contain the blast that devastated the arena. He, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao remained inside the arena while their opponents were thrown beyond its bounds, leaving Huang Jinxu poised to announce the result.

• Lin Ciyan's five-colored light healed the barrier and protected Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Mika from fatal injuries.
• The collision of the five-colored orb and dark-gold toad unleashed an explosion that blasted the arena into a massive crater.
• The shockwave threw Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Mika beyond the competition platform, while all three survived but could no longer fight.
• Lin Ciyan, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao remained hovering inside the arena, making their opponents' departure beyond its bounds a defeat under the rules.
• Huang Jinxu recovered from his shock and prepared to announce the result.

Lin Ciyan’s five-colored light saved Star Luo Square from the energy blast, and Shrek Academy defeated Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy to become the tournament champions. As the crowd celebrated, sunlight broke through the clouds and illuminated Lin Ciyan, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao above the crater.

• The aftershock shook Star Luo Square, but Lin Ciyan’s five-colored light protected the barrier and saved the spectators.
• Huang Jinxu confirmed that Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Mika had left the competition area while Lin Ciyan, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao remained within it.
• Huang Jinxu declared Shrek Academy the winners of the match and champions of the tournament.
• Xu Jiujiu, Shrek’s team, and the crowd celebrated Lin Ciyan’s victory.
• The clouds split open, and sunlight fell on Lin Ciyan, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao above the crater.

Lin Ciyan, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao won the final for Shrek Academy, and the crowd hailed them as champions. After celebrating in the arena, Lin Ciyan spotted Yan Shaozhe and led his disciples down to Shrek’s rest area, where Bei Bei rushed to meet him.

• Huang Jinxu declared Shrek Academy the champions as spectators cheered for Lin Ciyan, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao.
• Wang Dong asked whether they had really won, and Xiao Xiao excitedly announced that they were champions.
• Lin Ciyan ruffled his disciples’ heads, and both girls blushed at his gesture.
• Lin Ciyan noticed Yan Shaozhe watching from Shrek’s rest area and returned his greeting.
• Lin Ciyan told Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao to descend, and the three landed beside Shrek’s rest area.
• Bei Bei rushed toward Lin Ciyan and called out to him with a trembling voice.

After Lin Ciyan’s victory, Yan Shaozhe arrived to escort the team home and praise his junior brother’s performance. He updated Lin Ciyan on the Sea God Pavilion elders and revealed that Xuan Zi was still serving his confinement as Sea God Island’s cleaner.

• Bei Bei checked Lin Ciyan after his energy attack, while Ma Xiaotao teased him about favoring Zhang Lexuan.
• Lin Ciyan greeted Yan Shaozhe, who praised his battle and joined the others in congratulating the team.
• Yan Shaozhe said the academy elders had sent him to bring Lin Ciyan and the others home after their victory.
• Yan Shaozhe explained that Qian Duoduo had wanted to visit Lin Ciyan to recruit his support for the Soul Guidance Department, but Yan Shaozhe had beaten him to it.
• Lin Ciyan asked after Mu En and the other elders, and Yan Shaozhe said they were well while Elder Lin missed him.
• Yan Shaozhe told Lin Ciyan that Xuan Zi was still cleaning Sea God Island during his confinement and did the work inconsistently.

Lin Ciyan and Yan Shaozhe joked about Elder Xuan’s repeated punishments while Yan Shaozhe recognized Wang Dong’s unusual martial soul but kept her identity secret. On the competition grounds, rescuers found Mika and Meng Hongchen alive but injured.

• Yan Shaozhe explained that Elder Xuan’s cleaning duties and chicken-leg ban repeatedly returned, and Lin Ciyan, Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong, Bei Bei, and Xu Sanshi reacted with amusement.
• Yan Shaozhe recognized Wang Dong’s Light Goddess Butterfly and sensed her affinity with Ultimate Light, but chose not to reveal her concealed identity.
• Yan Shaozhe praised Lin Ciyan for taking Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao as disciples, and Lin Ciyan wished him good luck.
• Rescue crews searched the crater and found Mika unconscious, severely injured, and protected by five-colored light; a healer said his life was not in danger.
• Rescuers found Meng Hongchen unconscious with exhausted Soul Power and external injuries, while five-colored light protected her; a healer said her condition was not serious.

After the match, Meng Hongchen suffered only minor injuries thanks to Lin Ciyan’s five-colored light, but Xiao Hongchen faced a deadly backlash from the Dark Badge. When Meng Hongchen woke and heard her brother’s groans, she forced herself off her stretcher and struggled toward him.

• A healing soul master said Lin Ciyan’s five-colored light had protected Meng Hongchen’s meridians and organs as she began to wake.
• Rescue personnel dug Xiao Hongchen from the crater, and a healing soul master found that the Dark Badge’s backlash was corroding his martial soul and life force.
• Meng Hongchen woke, recognized Xiao Hongchen’s voice, and saw him suffering from the backlash.
• Meng Hongchen fell from her stretcher but got to her feet and pushed aside those trying to stop her.
• The leading teacher signaled the others to clear a path as Meng Hongchen walked toward Xiao Hongchen.

Meng Hongchen exhausted herself trying to heal Xiao Hongchen, then remembered Lin Ciyan’s five-colored protective light and went to Shrek’s resting area to seek his help. She reached Lin Ciyan but had not yet asked him to save her brother.

• Meng Hongchen poured her Soul Power into Xiao Hongchen, but the dark patterns devoured it and his condition did not improve.
• After her Soul Power ran out, Meng Hongchen remembered the five-colored light that had protected her, Xiao Hongchen, and Mika during the explosion.
• Meng Hongchen left the Sun Moon Team’s resting area despite her injuries, and her supervising teacher sent uninjured teammates after her.
• Meng Hongchen crossed the damaged arena and entered Shrek’s resting area, where Lin Ciyan was speaking with a middle-aged man.
• Meng Hongchen walked up to Lin Ciyan and stopped a few meters away.

Meng Hongchen begged Lin Ciyan to save Xiao Hongchen from the Dark Badge's backlash, but Yan Shaozhe said he did not know how to treat it and questioned the Sun Moon Team's use of the Soul Tool. Meng Hongchen promised to explain the Dark Badge to Lin Ciyan and returned to her team, while Yan Shaozhe noted its dangerous effects.

• Meng Hongchen reached Lin Ciyan and pleaded with him to save Xiao Hongchen from the Dark Badge's backlash.
• Zhang Lexuan told Meng Hongchen that her team had no obligation to help, and Meng Hongchen acknowledged this before appealing directly to Lin Ciyan.
• Yan Shaozhe said he had never encountered the Dark Badge's unusual power and questioned whether the Sun Moon Team had used it for an ulterior purpose.
• Meng Hongchen saw that Ma Rulong and Chen Fei had also used the Dark Badge and suffered injuries to their martial souls.
• Meng Hongchen promised to give Lin Ciyan an explanation and returned to her team with her teammates' support.
• Yan Shaozhe concluded that the Dark Badge could draw out a Soul Master's potential but carried powerful negative effects.