Chapter Summaries

Body Academy’s Zichuan and Long Aotian arrived at the tournament to widespread mockery, while Shrek Academy’s team recognized Zichuan as a dangerous opponent. The tournament began with the group-draw ceremony about to determine the teams’ matchups.

• Zichuan and Long Aotian entered the tournament grounds as Body Academy’s only two competitors and vowed to earn respect through their results.
• Spectators, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen ridiculed Body Academy and dismissed it as the tournament’s weakest team.
• Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and Shrek Academy’s other members watched Zichuan warily, remembering his earlier defeat of the Inner Court geniuses.
• Xuan Zi warned Shrek Academy’s team that Zichuan and Body Academy were their greatest opponents and urged them not to lower their guard.
• Lin Xuan announced the tournament’s start, and a crystal sphere began spinning to draw the teams’ groups and matchups.

The tournament draw placed Shrek Academy, Starfire Academy, Canghui Academy, and Body Academy in Group One, prompting spectators to predict an easy group win for Shrek. As the remaining groups formed, Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen dismissed Shrek’s group-stage advantage and looked ahead to the elimination rounds.

• Lin Xuan announced the draw as the crystal ball began selecting teams for each group.
• Shrek Academy, Starfire Academy, Canghui Academy, and Body Academy were drawn together in Group One.
• Spectators mocked Body Academy’s two-person team and predicted Shrek would easily top the group, leaving Starfire Academy and Canghui Academy to compete for the other qualifying spot.
• The draw continued, placing other teams into groups of varying difficulty and prompting celebrations or disappointment.
• Xiao Hongchen called Shrek’s group weak, and Meng Hongchen said Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy would challenge Shrek in the elimination rounds.

Shrek Academy learned it would face Body Academy in its first group-stage match, leaving its team shaken by their fear of Zichuan. Xuan Zi rallied them to prepare for the fight, while Zichuan and Long Aotian looked forward to facing them as the tournament began.

• The draw matched Shrek Academy against Body Academy in the first group-stage match, and Xuan Zi and the Shrek team reacted with dread.
• Ling Luochen and Dai Yueheng feared facing Zichuan, remembering his earlier defeat of Dai Yueheng.
• Xuan Zi urged the team to overcome their fear and rely on their unity and coordination.
• Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and the other Shrek team members regained some fighting spirit.
• Long Aotian welcomed the matchup, while Zichuan hoped Shrek would make the tournament more interesting.
• The drawing ceremony ended, and the tournament's real battles began.

At the opening match of the group stage, Shrek Academy forfeited the individual elimination round against Body Academy rather than face Zichuan. Zichuan returned to his team expecting the later matches to be more interesting.

• The opening matchup between Body Academy and Shrek Academy prompted the crowd to mock Body Academy and assume Shrek would win easily.
• Zichuan stepped onto the arena as Body Academy's first competitor and calmly awaited his opponent.
• Xuan Zi stopped Dai Yueheng from entering the arena and announced that Shrek Academy would forfeit the individual elimination round.
• Xuan Zi said Shrek would also forfeit the remaining individual matches and save its strength for the seven-man team battle.
• The referee announced Body Academy's win, shocking the crowd, while Zichuan returned to his rest area and watched Shrek Academy.

Shrek Academy forfeited every individual match and the two-person battle against Body Academy, building a 7–0 lead for Zichuan and Long Aotian. Shrek then accepted the seven-person team battle, sending its seven main members to face the two Body Academy fighters.

• Shrek Academy forfeited its second, third, and fourth individual matches, leaving spectators and rival teams baffled.
• Dai Hao said Shrek was conserving its strength for the team battle, while Xiao Hongchen vowed to expose Zichuan when they met.
• Shrek forfeited the remaining individual matches and the two-person battle, making the score 7–0 for Body Academy.
• Shrek Academy accepted the seven-person team battle, and Xuan Zi told its seven main members that it was their last chance to defeat Zichuan.
• Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Ling Luochen, Yao Haoyue, and the other Shrek members took the stage as Zichuan and Long Aotian prepared to fight them.

Long Aotian mocked Shrek Academy for bringing seven fighters against him and Zichuan, then volunteered to face them alone. After revealing his Jade Gold True Body, his six Soul Rings, and the power of his Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Spirit Bone, he charged at Shrek’s seven to begin the fight.

• Ma Xiaotao vowed that Shrek Academy would avenge its humiliation, but Long Aotian mocked the team for facing two opponents with seven fighters.
• Dai Yueheng ordered Shrek’s team to attack, and Ma Xiaotao and the other members released their Martial Souls.
• Zichuan stepped aside when Long Aotian asked to fight alone, and Shrek’s team took his retreat as an insult.
• Long Aotian activated his Jade Gold True Body and revealed that he was a level-sixty-nine Soul Emperor with four black Soul Rings and a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Right Arm Bone.
• Long Aotian charged at Shrek’s seven, leaving the battle poised to begin.

Long Aotian overwhelmed Shrek Academy’s formation and badly injured Dai Yueheng, forcing the remaining team members to fight together to restrain him. As Ma Xiaotao’s fury triggered her evil fire, she unleashed a devastating attack at Long Aotian, who finally recognized the danger.

• Long Aotian smashed Dai Yueheng aside and threw him to the edge of the arena, leaving him unable to rejoin the fight immediately.
• Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, Xixi, Chen Zifeng, and Gongyang Mo coordinated their skills to slow and restrain Long Aotian.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen watched from the stands and worried about Long Aotian’s strength and the still-unmoved Zichuan.
• Ma Xiaotao’s anger triggered her evil fire, and she unleashed Evil Fire Burning Heaven at Long Aotian.

Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire consumed her reason as she fought Long Aotian, and their clash left both exhausted without either gaining the upper hand. When her flames began transforming into the Dark Phoenix, Xuan Zi realized she was losing control and warned that she could become an Evil Soul Master.

• Ma Xiaotao drove Ling Luochen, Xixi, and the others back with her black flames and vowed to tear Long Aotian apart.
• Long Aotian charged Ma Xiaotao with his Dark Gold Terrorclaw, and their attacks collided in a blast that shook Xingluo Plaza.
• Ma Xiaotao and Long Aotian emerged from the clash badly spent, though Long Aotian was more weakened from fighting Shrek Academy’s other six members.
• Ma Xiaotao demanded another attack as her evil fire intensified, darkened, and formed curse-like patterns across her skin.
• Xuan Zi recognized the transformation as the Dark Phoenix and warned that Ma Xiaotao’s uncontrolled evil fire could consume her mind and turn her into an Evil Soul Master.

Zichuan intervened just as Ma Xiaotao's black flames were about to kill Long Aotian, extinguishing the attack with a casual wave. Long Aotian withdrew to rest, leaving Zichuan to face Shrek Academy's remaining opponents.

• Ling Luochen, Xixi, and Chen Zifeng restrained Long Aotian so Ma Xiaotao could attack.
• Ma Xiaotao unleashed a torrent of black flames at Long Aotian.
• Zichuan appeared in front of Long Aotian and effortlessly extinguished Ma Xiaotao's flames without releasing a soul ring.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen reacted with shock, while Xuan Zi worried about Shrek Academy's chances.
• Zichuan told Long Aotian to rest, and Long Aotian left the fight to drink from his waterskin at the arena's edge.

Ma Xiaotao and the other Shrek Academy fighters launched a coordinated assault on Zichuan, relying on their Spirit Bones and new strength. Zichuan effortlessly ignored their attacks and popped Ma Xiaotao’s most powerful Evil Fire strike with one finger, leaving her stunned.

• Ma Xiaotao ordered Ling Luochen, Xixi, Chen Zifeng, Gongyang Mo, and the others to weaken Zichuan and create an opening for her.
• The Shrek fighters attacked Zichuan with ice, concealment, poisoned vines, and weakening auras while Ma Xiaotao gathered her Evil Fire.
• Zichuan stood still as the attacks failed to freeze, pierce, bind, or weaken him.
• Ma Xiaotao hurled a compressed ball of dark flame at Zichuan, but he tapped it with one finger and burst it apart.
• Zichuan asked whether that was Ma Xiaotao’s full strength and called it disappointing.

After Ma Xiaotao’s attacks failed to affect him, Zichuan revealed the terrifying power he had been holding back. The chapter left the crowd stunned as his Soul Rings appeared, including a Million-Year Soul Ring.

• Zichuan effortlessly dispersed Ma Xiaotao’s dark flame and called her full strength disappointing.
• Ma Xiaotao demanded that Zichuan use his full power, refusing to accept defeat.
• Zichuan released an overwhelming aura of Destruction and life that shook the arena and its protective barrier.
• Zichuan revealed six Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and a Million-Year Soul Ring, leaving Xingluo Plaza silent.

Zichuan revealed his overwhelming soul ring configuration and defeated all seven members of Shrek Academy in a matter of moments. He stood alone in the arena as the silent crowd wondered who in the tournament could stop him.

• Xiao Hongchen, Dai Hao, and the Shrek team despaired after seeing Zichuan’s soul rings.
• Zichuan asked whether Shrek’s seven were ready, then swiftly knocked Chen Zifeng, Gongyang Mo, Xixi, Yao Haoyue, and Ling Luochen unconscious.
• Dai Yueheng charged Zichuan with his White Tiger Martial Soul, but Zichuan casually slapped him into unconsciousness.
• Ma Xiaotao launched a final attack with her black flames, but Zichuan extinguished them and flicked her forehead, knocking her out.
• Zichuan stood over the fallen Shrek team as the venue fell silent and the crowd wondered who could stop him.

Zichuan single-handedly defeated Shrek Academy, leaving the tournament teams convinced that Body Academy was a threat. Xiao Hongchen accused Zichuan of being an ancient powerhouse disguised as a youth and led several teams to demand a bone-age examination from the organizing committee.

• The referee declared Body Academy the winner after Zichuan knocked out all seven Shrek Academy members.
• Zichuan and Long Aotian returned to Body Academy's resting area, where Long Aotian recalled Zichuan had once defeated Shrek Academy by himself.
• Starfire Academy and other teams feared facing Body Academy, while Star Luo Royal Academy and Dou Ling Imperial Academy doubted they could compete for the championship.
• Xiao Hongchen claimed Zichuan had cheated by disguising himself as a young man, and Meng Hongchen questioned his hasty conclusion.
• Xiao Hongchen led Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy and several other teams to the organizing committee tent to demand a bone-age examination.
• The judges exchanged troubled looks as Xiao Hongchen accused Body Academy of cheating and demanded that Zichuan be examined.

After Xiao Hongchen's accusation of cheating, Zichuan underwent a bone age test that revealed he was only thirteen years and six months old. His result stunned the tournament crowd, and he told Xiao Hongchen to train harder instead of blaming losses on cheating.

• Long Aotian angrily protested the demand for a bone age test, but Zichuan calmly agreed to take it.
• An elderly Soul Master tested Zichuan with a Soul Tool and announced that his bone age was thirteen years and six months.
• The result shocked the crowd and left Xiao Hongchen and the other academy teams stunned and demoralized.
• Zichuan told Xiao Hongchen to train harder and accept that others could be stronger and more talented.

After Xiao Hongchen’s challenge collapsed under the verified bone-age test, Zichuan and Long Aotian faced opponents who forfeited rather than fight. Body Academy finished first in its group and advanced, while Shrek Academy advanced in second place with its morale badly shaken.

• Xiao Hongchen left in humiliation after Long Aotian rebuked him and the other teams withdrew their accusations against Zichuan.
• Starfire Academy and Canghui Academy forfeited every match against Body Academy, leaving Zichuan without a fight.
• Body Academy finished with three wins and advanced to the round of sixteen in first place.
• Shrek Academy defeated Starfire Academy and Canghui Academy to advance in second place, but its team lost confidence in its championship chances.

After a crushing group-stage defeat to Zichuan, Shrek Academy drew Body Academy again in the first knockout match. Xuan Zi forfeited, leaving the tournament crowd stunned.

• Ma Xiaotao and the other Shrek Academy members struggled with their morale after Zichuan's overwhelming victory.
• Body Academy advanced from the group stage undefeated, while Shrek Academy advanced in second place with two wins and one loss.
• Long Aotian drew the number one slot for Body Academy, making it the first team to compete in the knockout stage.
• Dai Yueheng drew number one for Shrek Academy, setting up another match against Body Academy and Zichuan.
• Zichuan tried to comfort Shrek Academy by suggesting they might last a few more minutes, but Ma Xiaotao and the others took his words badly.
• Xuan Zi announced Shrek Academy's forfeit, shocking the crowd.

After Shrek Academy forfeited again, Zichuan and Long Aotian tried to bet on Body Academy winning the tournament, but the betting house refused because it had withdrawn all championship markets to avoid bankruptcy. Zichuan left without a wager, realizing that his overwhelming reputation had made even bookmakers afraid of him.

• Shrek Academy forfeited its match against Body Academy, and angry spectators cursed the team as Xuan Zi led the defeated students away.
• Zichuan felt bored by winning without a fight, while Long Aotian complained that the tournament offered no worthy opponents.
• After hearing that bettors were wagering on Body Academy to win, Zichuan suggested that he and Long Aotian bet on their own team.
• Zichuan and Long Aotian went to the city's largest betting house, but the bookmaker refused their huge wager and said all championship markets had been canceled.
• Zichuan and Long Aotian gave up on betting, and Zichuan lamented that his reputation had closed off his chance to make money.

Body Academy advanced to the finals with Long Aotian handling most matches while Zichuan watched, and Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy became their opponent. On the day of the final, Xiao Hongchen addressed Zichuan before the match began.

• Zichuan left the matches against weaker teams to Long Aotian, who defeated seven-person teams alone while Zichuan drank tea beneath the stage.
• Body Academy advanced through the tournament and was matched against Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy in the finals.
• Spectators predicted that Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy would lose within seconds, enraging Xiao Hongchen and prompting Meng Hongchen to calm him.
• Xiao Hongchen reluctantly accepted that his team might lose, but vowed they would show their strength and lose with dignity.
• At the packed Xingluo Plaza, Xiao Hongchen stepped onto the arena before the referee could begin and challenged Zichuan's expectations of the final.

Xiao Hongchen proclaimed that Soul Tools represented the future and challenged Zichuan to let him use their full power, which Zichuan accepted. Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy forfeited the individual and two-person matches but chose to fight the seven-person team battle to showcase its Soul Tools.

• Xiao Hongchen declared that Soul Tools and Soul Masters together offered a new path to the future and said he would become a powerful Soul Engineer.
• Xiao Hongchen challenged Zichuan to let him unleash the full power of his Soul Tools, and Zichuan agreed.
• The referee asked whether Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy would forfeit the individual match, and Xiao Hongchen first angrily refused before conceding and forfeiting.
• Xiao Hongchen also forfeited the two-person match but insisted that his academy would fight the seven-person team battle.
• The tournament skipped the forfeited stages and moved on to the final team battle, which Xiao Hongchen planned to use to display the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Tools.

Zichuan faced Xiao Hongchen and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy team in the seven-member final, where their Soul Tools displayed the Sun Moon Empire’s growing military power. He effortlessly blocked their coordinated assault with an invisible barrier, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Zichuan and Long Aotian entered the arena to thunderous cheers, while the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy team received boos and silence.
• Xiao Hongchen assembled his Soul Guidance armor and declared that he would demonstrate the Sun Moon Empire’s power.
• At the referee’s signal, Zichuan revealed his seven soul rings, including five hundred-thousand-year rings and a million-year ring, frightening the opposing team.
• Xiao Hongchen rallied his teammates, and all seven unleashed a coordinated barrage of high-level Soul Tools at Zichuan.
• Zichuan calmly raised one hand and stopped the beams, shells, and interference waves with an invisible barrier.