Chapter Summaries

Shrek Academy countered the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy’s seven Soul Tool turrets by advancing through the barrage with Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng’s attacks. Ma Xiaotao then revealed her Fire Phoenix Martial Soul Avatar and charged at Ma Rulong’s formation, leaving the clash at the moment she struck his golden shield.

• Ma Rulong ordered the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy’s seven Soul Tool turrets to fire together, overwhelming the arena with shells and rays.
• Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng met the barrage with their Phoenix Meteor Shower and White Tiger Meteor Shower, enhanced by Gongyang Mo’s Azure Flourish.
• Shrek Academy’s attacks steadily pushed the Sun Moon team back, prompting Ma Rulong to order his teammates to conserve Soul Power and prepare for close combat.
• Ma Xiaotao activated her seventh Soul Skill and transformed into a vast Fire Phoenix, whose nearly invisible black qi revealed the power of Ultimate Fire.
• Ma Xiaotao charged at Ma Rulong’s formation and crashed her Fire Phoenix Avatar into the golden shield he had just raised.

Ma Xiaotao’s all-out attack killed Lin Xi, but it also tore through the seal restraining her evil fire. As the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy fought for revenge, Ling Luochen helped contain Ma Xiaotao’s condition and Shrek’s teammates joined the battle.

• Ma Xiaotao’s seventh Soul Skill vaporized Lin Xi before the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy could raise its defenses.
• Ma Xiaotao told Gongyang Mo she was fine, though her attack had weakened Qiangu Yunche’s seal and stirred her evil energy.
• Ma Rulong ordered his remaining teammates to fight for revenge, and his shoulder-mounted cannon pierced Gongyang Mo’s left palm.
• Ling Luochen used Frostmist Chill to slow and weaken the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy’s barrage while Chen Zifeng and the others engaged them.
• Ling Luochen froze Gongyang Mo’s wound and used ultimate ice Soul Power to steady Ma Xiaotao, warning her not to risk becoming an Evil Soul Master.

Ma Rulong and his teammates turned the tide of the battle by trapping Shrek’s fighters behind linked barriers and activating the Judgment Sword. With the Teleportation Ring, Ma Rulong appeared behind Ling Luochen, leaving the outcome of his attack unresolved.

• Dai Yueheng used White Tiger Annihilation Kill as Chen Zifeng and two others defeated their opponents, leaving Ma Rulong and two teammates on the field.
• Ma Rulong’s team activated interconnected barriers that trapped Dai Yueheng, Xixi, Chen Zifeng, and the others, while Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and Gongyang Mo remained outside.
• Ma Rulong revealed the Judgment Sword and used his teammates’ life force to awaken it as Ling Luochen raised her Ice Radiance Ring.
• The Flash Bird Soul Engineer threw Ma Rulong past Ling Luochen’s ice prisons and was frozen by the Ice Radiance Ring.
• Ma Rulong used Meng Hongchen’s Teleportation Ring to vanish from the attack and reappear behind Ling Luochen.

Ma Rulong used the Judgment Sword to awaken Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire and transform her into a Black Phoenix, then conceded the match. Ma Xiaotao lost control and attacked the arena before Xuanzi knocked her unconscious, but someone warned that Ling Luochen could not suppress her condition.

• Ma Rulong struck Ma Xiaotao with the Judgment Sword, causing her Evil Fire to awaken and her flames to turn black.
• Ma Rulong used the sword’s light to worsen Ma Xiaotao’s fall into darkness, then conceded and left the competition platform.
• Ma Xiaotao’s Black Phoenix bloodline consumed the remaining power of the thunder seal and Ling Luochen’s Ultimate Ice, swallowing her sanity.
• Ma Xiaotao attacked Gongyang Mo, Ling Luochen, and Ma Rulong before the Star-Shattering Douluo intervened; her attack forced him back half a step.
• Xuanzi struck Ma Xiaotao unconscious and asked Ling Luochen whether her Ultimate Ice could suppress the Evil Fire.
• An unidentified voice told Ling Luochen not to act because Ma Xiaotao’s condition could not be suppressed by her.

Qiangu Yunche began purifying the evil source inside Ma Xiaotao with his destruction lightning, then brought out a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower to help cleanse her bloodline and restore her power. Ma Xiaotao regained consciousness but faced a far more painful refinement, which required her to keep her mind steady.

• Qiangu Yunche brought Ma Xiaotao to a room at the Star Emperor Hotel and explained that Ling Luochen's ultimate ice would worsen her condition by turning into ultimate fire.
• Qiangu Yunche shattered Xuanzi's seal and used the Domain of Destruction and Myriad Tide Heavenly Thunder to fight the evil energy inside Ma Xiaotao.
• Qiangu Yunche called Ma Xiaotao back to consciousness as his lightning slowly purified the evil source in her dantian.
• Ma Xiaotao became embarrassed when she realized that their clothes had burned away, and Qiangu Yunche told her to focus on surviving.
• Qiangu Yunche produced a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower and explained that he would use it with his lightning to purge the evil source and restore Ma Xiaotao's Phoenix bloodline.
• Ma Xiaotao agreed to endure the more painful refinement without letting her mental state falter.

Qiangu Yunche helped Ma Xiaotao refine the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, purifying her Evil Phoenix Fire and awakening her Ultimate Fire. The chapter ended with Ma Xiaotao charmingly approaching Qiangu Yunche and Ling Luochen angrily ordering her away from her boyfriend.

• Qiangu Yunche and Ma Xiaotao refined the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, whose potent energy made both of them struggle with surging desire.
• Ling Luochen interrupted them with a sudden chill, helping them regain their composure and finish the refinement.
• Ma Xiaotao absorbed the herb’s remaining essence, shed the Black Phoenix’s dark flames, and became an Ultimate Fire Soul Master.
• Ling Luochen told Qiangu Yunche to put on his robe, then learned Ma Xiaotao had reached the Soul Sage realm while likely remaining weaker than her.
• Ma Xiaotao awakened in a fiery gown, smiled at Qiangu Yunche, and prompted Ling Luochen to yell, “Ma Xiaotao, get off my boyfriend!”

Ma Xiaotao accepted that she wanted to build a life with Qiangu Yunche and tried to make peace with Ling Luochen. Ling Luochen stopped Ma Xiaotao from keeping Qiangu Yunche to herself, but he later dragged Ling Luochen into an unused room.

• Ma Xiaotao pulled Ling Luochen beside Qiangu Yunche and explained that she wanted them to grow accustomed to living together.
• Ling Luochen acknowledged that she and Ma Xiaotao had been comrades despite their past friction, then dismissed Qiangu Yunche when he asked for his opinion.
• Ma Xiaotao thanked Qiangu Yunche for saving her from the evil fire and said she would enter seclusion to refine the energy in her body.
• Ma Xiaotao asked Qiangu Yunche to help refine her energy, but Ling Luochen dragged him out and warned Ma Xiaotao not to pursue him.
• Ma Xiaotao washed up and went to bed, while Qiangu Yunche later pulled Ling Luochen into an unused room.

Qiangu Yunche coaxed the angry Ling Luochen into forgiving him after pushing her into an embarrassing situation, then warned her that Evil Soul Masters might attack Ma Xiaotao that night. Ling Luochen suggested alerting the elders, but Qiangu Yunche teased her about calling his ancestor “Great-Grandfather.”

• Ling Luochen emerged from the bath and rejected Qiangu Yunche's attempts to embrace her, slapping his hand away before he pulled her into his arms.
• Qiangu Yunche apologized for his earlier behavior, while Ling Luochen scolded him and twisted the flesh on his arm.
• Ling Luochen eventually softened and let Qiangu Yunche hold her, though she remained visibly displeased.
• Qiangu Yunche told Ling Luochen that Evil Soul Masters might target Ma Xiaotao in Star Luo City that night.
• Ling Luochen suggested notifying Qiangu Yunche's Great-Grandfather and the others, and Qiangu Yunche teased her before she kicked him.

Blood Sea Douluo abducted Ma Xiaotao from the Star Emperor Hotel, intending to bring her to the Holy Cult, while Heavenly Centipede Douluo returned to the group acting strangely. The chapter ended as Heavenly Centipede Douluo suddenly attacked the black-robed old man.

• Ma Xiaotao sensed an intruder, but Blood Sea Douluo trapped her inside her Martial Soul Avatar and discovered she possessed true ultimate fire.
• Blood Sea Douluo subdued Ma Xiaotao with a dark-red vine and carried her out of Star Luo City.
• Blood Sea Douluo reunited with the other hidden Evil Soul Masters, who questioned her about Heavenly Centipede Douluo’s absence.
• Heavenly Centipede Douluo arrived and claimed he had only been delayed, but the black-robed old man sensed that something was wrong.
• The black-robed old man noticed Heavenly Centipede Douluo’s vacant eyes, and Heavenly Centipede Douluo attacked him.

Blood Sea Douluo’s attempt to abduct Ma Xiaotao collapsed when Xuanzi and the Star Luo powerhouses surrounded the Holy Spirit Cult group. After a deadly betrayal and a failed escape, Blood Sea Douluo turned on her own allies and offered to defect.

• Heavenly Centipede Douluo Nangong Wan attacked the black-robed elder, and Blood Sea Douluo realized Nangong Wan’s mind had been controlled.
• Xuanzi, Qiangu Qing, and other powerhouses surrounded Blood Sea Douluo’s group and demanded that she hand over the unconscious Ma Xiaotao.
• Nangong Wan briefly regained his senses, warned the others to save him, and exploded.
• Blood Sea Douluo led the group west to escape, but Qiangu Chengjun and two Star Luo Douluos killed the black-robed elder and blocked their way.
• Blood Sea Douluo’s mandrake flowers attacked and killed her own allies, after which she carried Ma Xiaotao toward Qiangu Qing and asked to defect.

Blood Sea Douluo betrayed the Holy Spirit Cult and offered intelligence in exchange for her life, while Qiangu Yunche persuaded Qiangu Qing and Xuanzi to spare her. Ma Xiaotao woke up after taking an antidote, confused about where she was, and Qiangu Yunche realized she was merely groggy from sleeping.

• Blood Sea Douluo claimed she had never truly been an Evil Soul Master and offered an exceptional soul bone and intelligence about the Holy Spirit Cult in exchange for her life.
• Blood Sea Douluo returned Ma Xiaotao to Han Ruoruo and swore that her information was true.
• Qiangu Yunche urged Qiangu Qing and Xuanzi to spare Blood Sea Douluo so they could learn about the Holy Spirit Cult, and Qiangu Qing sealed her Soul Power.
• Wu Ming teased Blood Sea Douluo for flirting with Qiangu Yunche, then clung to his arm as Han Ruoruo gave Ma Xiaotao an antidote.
• Ma Xiaotao woke up confused, and Qiangu Yunche concluded she was only groggy from sleeping, making Wu Ming, Han Ruoruo, Xu Jiujiu, and Ling Luochen laugh.

Blood Sea Douluo revealed the Holy Spirit Cult’s powerful leadership and its possible cooperation with the Sun Moon Empire, prompting Xu Jiujiu and Xuanzi to alert their leaders. Qiangu Yunche arranged a new life for Blood Sea Douluo and then discussed the upcoming tournament finals, where he planned to fight alongside Xu Jiujiu.

• Blood Sea Douluo told Qiangu Yunche and the others that the Holy Spirit Cult had eight elders, twelve Worships, more than twenty Titled Douluo, and two Limit Douluo: Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui.
• Blood Sea Douluo also identified Zhongli Wu as a Rank 98 Soul Master and Feng Ling as a Rank 97 Soul Master, while Xuanzi recognized several names connected to Shrek Academy.
• Xu Jiujiu left to warn her imperial brother about the Holy Spirit Cult’s possible alliance with the Sun Moon Empire, and Xuanzi returned to Sea God Pavilion to call a council.
• Qiangu Yunche arranged a courtyard and a possible noble title for Blood Sea Douluo if she passed her assessment, and she resolved to enjoy her new life on the righteous side.
• Han Ruoruo asked Qiangu Yunche about the finals, and he said he planned for only himself and Xu Jiujiu to fight in the final team battle.
• Wu Ming worried that Qiangu Yunche would end Shrek Academy’s championship streak, while Ling Luochen said she only wanted to see his true strength.

On the morning of the finals, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong awkwardly confronted the truth that Wang Dong was a girl. After Wang Dong teased him into promising to serve her for three days, Huo Yuhao openly admired her beauty and fragrance.

• Over six hundred thousand people gathered at Star Luo Plaza as rain began to fall before the finals.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong sat apart in Shrek Academy's resting area, embarrassed after Wang Dong's identity as a girl had been exposed.
• Huo Yuhao asked Wang Dong why she had disguised herself as a boy and wondered whether she had been playing with him.
• Wang Dong pretended to cry, and Huo Yuhao apologized and promised to be her male servant for three days.
• Wang Dong revealed her smile without any tears, and Huo Yuhao froze before praising her beauty and scent.

As the Star Luo Empire’s tournament finals began under a sudden rain, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong struggled with the awkwardness of her revealed identity. Wang Dong drew a promise from Huo Yuhao to serve her for three days, and he ended the chapter admiring her beauty and scent.

• A sudden drizzle fell over Star Luo Plaza as Xu Jiawei delivered his speech to the packed crowd.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong sat awkwardly apart after waking from unconsciousness, embarrassed by her revealed identity.
• Huo Yuhao asked Wang Dong why she had disguised herself as a boy, and she accused him of doubting their friendship.
• Wang Dong pretended to cry until Huo Yuhao apologized and promised to be her male servant for three days.
• Wang Dong revealed that she had been pretending to cry, and Huo Yuhao told her she was beautiful and smelled nice.

Huo Yuhao asked Wang Dong to reveal her true appearance after the tournament, while the final began with Star Luo National Academy making a startling change to its lineup. Xu Jiujiu and Qiangu Yunche entered together, and Xu Jiujiu opened the match by dividing the battlefield with a Star Wall.

• Huo Yuhao praised Wang Dong's scent and asked to see her original appearance, and Wang Dong promised to show him after the tournament.
• Star-Shattering Douluo declared the final begun as Elder Lin stabilized the soul tool barrier around the battlefield.
• Shrek Academy fielded its usual seven-person lineup, while Star Luo National Academy sent only Xu Jiujiu and the unfamiliar Qiangu Yunche.
• Xu Jiawei told Dai Hao to watch rather than explain Star Luo National Academy's unusual strategy.
• Xu Jiujiu released Qiangu Yunche's hand and summoned a sea of stars that formed a Star Wall across the battlefield.

Xu Jiujiu separated the teams with her Star Wall while Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen attacked Qiangu Yunche. After revealing his full power, Qiangu Yunche gained the advantage over Ma Xiaotao, whose Fire Phoenix Avatar began to falter.

• Xu Jiujiu’s Star Wall blocked Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Fire Line and trapped Dai Yueheng’s group under a rain of starlight.
• Ling Luochen froze Qiangu Yunche’s legs as Ma Xiaotao struck him with repeated Phoenix Roaring Heaven Strikes, which damaged the Soul Tool Barrier.
• Qiangu Yunche’s Light-Piercing Sun nearly struck Ma Xiaotao, who narrowly dodged with her right leg Soul Bone’s acceleration skill.
• Qiangu Yunche released his suppressed power and displayed his six Soul Rings, prompting Ma Xiaotao to accept his challenge.
• Qiangu Yunche resisted Ling Luochen’s control and steadily overwhelmed Ma Xiaotao, whose Fire Phoenix Avatar showed signs of breaking apart.

As Qiangu Yunche revealed two extraordinary Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings in the arena, Xuanzi explained their origins and the spectators struggled to comprehend his power. Huo Yuhao asked Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to help his team, but Sky Dream refused because the powerful audience—and Qiangu Yunche—might detect the cheating.

• Xuanzi told Wang Yan that Qiangu Yunche's first two rings were Beast Soul Rings from three-hundred-thousand-year and two-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm recognized Qiangu Yunche's first ring as belonging to a pure-blooded water dragon he had sensed in the sea.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm noticed that Shrek Academy had both Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Fire, but considered Qiangu Yunche far stronger.
• Huo Yuhao asked Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to break through the star wall so he could use Spiritual Detection to help Senior Luochen and the others.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm refused because the powerful spectators and Qiangu Yunche could discover his assistance.

During the tournament, Heavenly Spirit Douluo noticed Huo Yuhao’s powerful spiritual abilities and suspected he was an unclaimed Body Sect member. In the arena, Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen fought Qiangu Yunche to the limit, then unleashed a destructive explosion as their final attack.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned Huo Yuhao that a powerful woman had noticed him, and Huo Yuhao spotted Heavenly Spirit Douluo watching him.
• Heavenly Spirit Douluo told Vina that Huo Yuhao appeared to have a brain- or eye-related Body Martial Soul and might have undergone a second awakening.
• Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen battled Qiangu Yunche across the arena, but he overcame their combined attacks and left them badly injured.
• As Qiangu Yunche prepared to end the match, Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen activated a final attack using the fire and ice covering the stage.
• Ma Xiaotao carried Ling Luochen beyond the barrier while a blue-and-red explosion engulfed Qiangu Yunche.

Qiangu Yunche and Xu Jiujiu won the tournament for Star Luo National Academy, then made their relationship official before the cheering crowd. Qiangu Yunche crowned Xu Jiujiu with a rare hundred-thousand-year soul bone, while Xu Jiawei considered arranging their engagement and Dai Hao worried about the White Tiger Duke Mansion’s declining influence.

• Qiangu Yunche and Xu Jiujiu’s combined powers created a spectacular explosion, while Xu Jiujiu defeated Dai Yueheng and the others and they left the stage to avoid further losses.
• The Star-Shattering Douluo ended the match, and Xu Jiujiu prompted Qiangu Yunche to honor their promise; she then embraced and kissed him in front of the crowd.
• The Star-Shattering Douluo announced Shrek Academy’s forfeiture of the remaining rounds, giving Star Luo National Academy the tournament victory and prompting celebrations across Star Luo Plaza.
• Xu Jiawei welcomed the victory and considered discussing Qiangu Yunche and Xu Jiujiu’s engagement, while Dai Hao recognized that the royal family was becoming less dependent on the White Tiger Duke Mansion.
• Qiangu Yunche gave Xu Jiujiu a crown made from a mutated hundred-thousand-year Glazed Silver Dolphin head soul bone and called her his princess.

After the tournament, Qiangu Yunche reunited with his friends in Star Luo City, where Wu Ming and Han Ruoruo took him away for their planned private encounter. A few days later, as the visiting teams departed, the Hongchen siblings invited Qiangu Yunche to meet them and explained why they had stayed in the city.

• After the tournament ended, Qiangu Yunche had the Medicine Immortal Douluo treat Ling Luochen, Ma Xiaotao, and the others before taking the group to dinner.
• Xu Jiujiu left first, then Ling Luochen pulled Ma Xiaotao away, leaving Qiangu Yunche with Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming.
• Wu Ming kissed Qiangu Yunche, and Han Ruoruo bound him with the Golden Binding Rope before the two women carried him into a hidden room.
• After the teams began leaving Star Luo City, the Hongchen siblings invited Qiangu Yunche to meet them.
• Xiao Hongchen told Qiangu Yunche that he and Meng Hongchen had stayed to look around and talk with him, with a ninth-rank Soul Engineer assigned to protect them.