Chapter Summaries

The All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament opened in Star Luo Square, where Shrek Academy crushed Tianling Academy in the first elimination match. After witnessing Ma Xiaotao’s overwhelming flames, Wu Feng felt her own fighting spirit rise.

• Emperor Xu Jiawei welcomed the academies and declared the tournament officially open.
• The first-round draw paired Shrek Academy against Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy.
• Ma Xiaotao led Shrek’s full main team into the arena and unleashed her sixth soul skill, Phoenix Meteor Shower.
• Tianling Academy surrendered as its defenses melted, and the referee protected its members while Ma Xiaotao stopped her attack.
• Wu Feng watched Ma Xiaotao’s flames and felt unprecedented fighting spirit awaken within her.

Xiao Yan led Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Xiao Xiao into the elimination match against Netherworld Academy with only four competitors, while Ma Xiaotao confronted him over leaving Shrek. The trio defeated all seven opponents as Xiao Yan played the Fuxi Zither, leaving the stadium cheering and Ma Xiaotao watching him depart.

• Ma Xiaotao recognized Xiao Yan in the contestants' passageway and told him he would regret leaving Shrek, but he replied that she should wait until facing his team.
• Xiao Yan brought Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Xiao Xiao onto the arena as Skywater Academy's only competitors, despite the referee confirming that substitutions would not be allowed.
• As the match began, Ning Tian supported her teammates, Wu Feng and Xiao Xiao fought with their enhanced physiques, and Xiao Yan sat back to play the Fuxi Zither.
• Wu Feng and Xiao Xiao knocked Netherworld Academy's members out of bounds one by one while Xiao Yan's music stirred the crowd.
• After Wu Feng kicked out the final opponent, Xiao Yan stopped playing and left the arena with Ning Tian and the others as the stadium erupted in cheers.
• Ma Xiaotao watched Xiao Yan disappear into the distance and bit her lower lip.

Xiao Yan reunited with his parents after his team’s first tournament match, and they learned how much Xiao Xiao had advanced. After his parents urged him to obtain his next Spirit Ring, his teammates assured them they could handle the tournament without him, so Xiao Yan decided to set out after the meal.

• Meng Hongchen tried to leave the stands to greet Xiao Yan, but Xiao Hongchen pulled her back.
• Xiao Yan and the Skywater Team left the arena and met Xiao Xiao’s parents, Xiao Zhan and Qing Wan, on their way to the hotel.
• Ning Tian led everyone to Star Plucking Tower, where Xiao Zhan and Qing Wan learned about the team and teased Xiao Yan for being the only boy at Skywater Academy.
• Xiao Xiao revealed that she had reached level forty-eight and was close to level forty-nine, astonishing her parents.
• Xiao Yan explained that he had postponed obtaining a Spirit Ring, and Xiao Zhan warned him not to neglect his cultivation.
• Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and the Skywater Team volunteered to handle the tournament matches, and Xiao Yan decided to leave for a Spirit Ring after dinner.

Xiao Yan left Star Luo City to obtain a Spirit Ring, entrusting Ning Tian with leading the arena team while Xiao Zhan stayed behind to protect the others. The Snow Empress carried him toward the Star Dou Forest, and their flustered, intimate flight ended with Xiao Yan praising her beauty.

• Xiao Zhan offered to accompany Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan asked him to stay in Star Luo City and protect Xiao Xiao, Ning Tian, and the others.
• Xiao Yan assigned Ning Tian to command the arena team and told the others to follow her orders and keep their trump cards hidden.
• Xiao Yan left Star Luo City and summoned the Snow Empress to take him quickly to the Star Dou Forest.
• The Snow Empress carried Xiao Yan in a princess carry, but his laughter flustered her and caused them to nearly crash before she regained control.
• Xiao Yan praised the Snow Empress's beauty, and she blushed and flew faster toward the Star Dou Forest.

Xiao Yan and Snow Empress traveled into the Star Dou Forest to meet Di Tian, with Xiao Yan planning to discuss the Soul Spirit System rather than fight for Di Tian’s Spirit Ring. They reached the Lake of Life, where the Beast God resided.

• Snow Empress assessed that she could likely defeat Di Tian in the Far North but might only draw or lose to him in the Star Dou Forest.
• Xiao Yan said they should go find Di Tian, and Snow Empress teased him by asking if he wanted Di Tian’s Spirit Ring.
• Snow Empress realized Xiao Yan had come to discuss promoting the Soul Spirit System with the ruler of the Star Dou Forest.
• Snow Empress carried Xiao Yan through the Great Ferocious Land as powerful Soul Beasts concealed themselves from her Ultimate Ice pressure.
• Xiao Yan and Snow Empress arrived at the Lake of Life.

Xiao Yan and Snow Empress arrived at the Lake of Life, where they encountered the curious Three-Eyed Golden Lion. Snow Empress announced her visit to the Star Dou Forest, and the Scarlet King rushed in to shield the auspicious beast from Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan considered claiming the Living Gold from the upcoming Star Luo City auction after discussing Soul Spirits.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion approached Xiao Yan and Snow Empress and curiously sniffed Xiao Yan.
• Snow Empress recognized the Three-Eyed Golden Lion as an Emperor Auspicious Beast and called out to the Star Dou Forest's leaders.
• Snow Empress unleashed her pressure and declared that she had come to pay a visit, stirring the Lake of Life and drawing out powerful beasts.
• Scarlet King arrived, saw the Three-Eyed Golden Lion near Xiao Yan, and anxiously blocked the human from her.

Xiao Yan revealed his Ice God inheritance and Soul Spirit method to Di Tian and the Star Dou Forest’s Ferocious Beasts. Di Tian examined the information and recognized that Soul Spirits could preserve a Soul Beast’s life and offer another path to immortality.

• Di Tian and several Ferocious Beasts arrived at the Lake of Life and demanded to know why Snow Empress had brought Xiao Yan.
• Snow Empress resisted the Ferocious Beasts’ pressure and introduced Xiao Yan as the inheritor of the Ice God’s Divine Position.
• Xiao Yan revealed his Ice God mark and sent Di Tian information about forming Soul Spirits.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion asked to see the information, and Xiao Yan shared it with her and the other Ferocious Beasts.
• Di Tian studied the information, examined Snow Empress’s state, and concluded that Soul Spirits could preserve a Soul Beast’s life while allowing it to pursue immortality in another form.

Xiao Yan explained that the Soul Spirit system could give Soul Beasts a way to escape their physical lifespans and Heavenly Tribulations, and Di Tian agreed to cooperate after considering the risks. The Ferocious Beasts then eagerly offered to help Xiao Yan find suitable Soul Spirits, hoping their kin could benefit from his path to godhood.

• Di Tian questioned whether Xiao Yan wanted to use the Beast God's influence to promote the Soul Spirit system, and Xiao Yan said it offered the Soul Beast race a way to survive.
• Xiong Jun attacked Xiao Yan, but Snow Empress blocked the strike while Di Tian knocked Xiong Jun into a crater.
• Di Tian rejected the idea of taking the Soul Spirit Contract Array by force and agreed that the system could let Soul Beasts continue beyond their natural lifespans.
• Xiao Yan offered Di Tian the array as a gesture of cooperation and asked him to help find suitable Soul Spirits in the Star Dou Forest.
• Bi Ji, Myriad Demon King, and Xiong Jun eagerly offered to recommend their clansmen after realizing a Soul Spirit might share in Xiao Yan's ascent to godhood.

Xiao Yan revealed his extraordinary Spirit Ring configuration to prove he could withstand powerful Soul Spirits, prompting Di Tian to abandon his suspicions and recommend three sound-based Soul Beasts. Xiao Yan chose the Illusion-Sound Sky-Rending Bird and the Netherworld Spirit Bell Beast as candidates for his sixth and seventh Spirit Rings.

• Xiao Yan explained that he needed Soul Beasts skilled in sound or spiritual resonance and at least one hundred thousand years old.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Fuxi Zither and revealed four Ten Thousand Year Spirit Rings and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, shocking the Ferocious Beasts.
• Di Tian feared the consequences of provoking Xiao Yan and shifted to an attitude of respect before recommending three powerful sound-based Soul Beasts.
• Di Tian described the Illusion-Sound Sky-Rending Bird, the Soul-Seizing Demon-Sound Porpoise, and the Netherworld Spirit Bell Beast.
• Xiao Yan chose the Illusion-Sound Sky-Rending Bird and asked Di Tian to summon the Netherworld Spirit Bell Beast for his sixth and seventh Spirit Rings.

Xiao Yan revealed that he had already reached level seventy, astonishing Di Tian and the Ferocious Beasts, then prepared to form Soul Spirit contracts with two high-level Soul Beasts. After completing the contract array, he called on the Netherworld Spirit Bell Beast to enter first.

• Xiao Yan told Di Tian that his Soul Power had already reached level seventy and that he sought the Illusion-Sound Sky-Rending Bird’s origin for a Spirit Ring.
• Di Tian summoned the Illusion-Sound Sky-Rending Bird and the Netherworld Spirit Bell Beast, then showed them the Soul Spirit System and Snow Empress as proof.
• The Illusion-Sound Sky-Rending Bird rejoiced at the chance to escape its coming Heavenly Tribulation, while the Netherworld Spirit Bell Beast signaled its submission to Di Tian.
• Xiao Yan formed the Soul Spirit Contract Array as the Ferocious Beasts watched but failed to understand its complex patterns.
• Xiao Yan completed the array and asked the Netherworld Spirit Bell Beast to enter it first.

Xiao Yan fused the Netherworld Spirit Bell Beast and the Illusion-Sound Sky-Rending Bird into Soul Spirits, proving to the Ferocious Beasts that the process was safe and could avert the Heavenly Tribulation. Their power formed a Soul Core in Xiao Yan, leaving his cultivation stabilized at level seventy-four.

• Xiao Yan fused the Netherworld Spirit Bell Beast with the Fuxi Zither, forming a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and breaking through to level seventy.
• The Netherworld Spirit Bell Beast reassured Di Tian and the other Soul Beasts that it was unharmed and freed from its lifespan limit.
• The Illusion-Sound Sky-Rending Bird became a Soul Spirit, advanced to two hundred thousand years without drawing a Heavenly Tribulation, and formed an orange-gold Spirit Ring with the Fuxi Zither.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the energy from both Soul Spirits, formed a Soul Core in his lower dantian, and advanced to level seventy-four.

After Xiao Yan revealed the Eastern Emperor Bell as his second martial soul, the ferocious beasts realized they could all potentially become his Soul Spirits. The bell gave an unintentional warning toll that left several beasts reeling and knocked the Three-Eyed Golden Lion unconscious.

• Xiao Yan finished meditating and recalled the Netherworld Spirit Bell Beast and Illusion-Sound Sky-Rending Bird into his Sea of Consciousness.
• Xiao Yan told the ferocious beasts he had a second martial soul, prompting them to hope they could become his Soul Spirits.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Eastern Emperor Bell, whose chaotic aura proved compatible with every attribute.
• Di Tian recognized the bell as the source of the toll that had once suppressed him and all of Star Dou Forest.
• The Eastern Emperor Bell rang a warning toll, stunning Xiong Jun and Scarlet King and causing the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to faint.

Xiao Yan used the Eastern Emperor Bell to persuade the ferocious beasts of Star Dou Forest to become Soul Spirits, and Scarlet King claimed the last available slot. Scarlet King fused with the bell and emerged as Xiao Yan’s second gilded-gold Soul Ring, while the remaining beasts watched.

• Bi Ji moved the unconscious Three-Eyed Golden Lion to a grassy slope as the other ferocious beasts recovered from the Eastern Emperor Bell’s chime.
• Xiao Yan told the beasts his spiritual sea could hold only one more ferocious-beast-level Soul Spirit, prompting Scarlet King to volunteer before Xiong Jun and Myriad Demon King.
• Scarlet King cleaned his paw with hellfire before accepting Xiao Yan’s handshake and entering the Soul Spirit Contract Array.
• The array converted Scarlet King into a dark-red soul light, which entered the Eastern Emperor Bell and formed a new three-headed mastiff carving beside its existing totems.
• The Eastern Emperor Bell returned Scarlet King to the ground in the form of an ordinary-sized hunting dog, and two gilded-gold soul rings appeared around the bell.

Xiao Yan gained the Mystic Yellow: Fire Control authority from Scarlet King’s origin power, then gave Di Tian the Soul Spirit Contract Array and secured Star Dou Forest’s promise to support its spread. He and Snow Empress left the forest for Star Luo City, where the tournament and an auction featuring Living Gold awaited.

• Xiao Yan absorbed Scarlet King’s purified origin power, rose to Soul Power Level 75, and gained the Mystic Yellow: Fire Control ability.
• Xiao Yan tested the new authority by summoning a golden-red Ultimate Fire flame, then dismissed it and recalled the Eastern Emperor Bell and Scarlet King.
• Xiao Yan gave Di Tian the Soul Spirit Contract Array and promised to lead the Soul Spirit System across the continent in three to five years.
• Di Tian agreed that Star Dou Forest would honor its promise and help promote the system, while offering Xiao Yan future assistance.
• Snow Empress carried Xiao Yan away from Star Dou Forest toward Star Luo City, where the tournament and Starlight Auction House’s sale of Living Gold awaited.

Xiao Yan and Snow Empress returned to Star Luo City after securing the Illusion-Sound Sky-Rending Bird, the Netherworld Spirit Bell Beast, and Scarlet King. Snow Empress fled into Xiao Yan’s Sea of Consciousness when he invited her to meet his mother, and Xiao Yan reunited with his family and the Skywater Team at the Star Emperor Grand Hotel.

• Xiao Yan and Snow Empress enjoyed a leisurely flight back from the Star Dou Forest, with Xiao Yan answering her questions about the human world.
• Outside Star Luo City, Xiao Yan invited Snow Empress to enter the city and meet his parents, but she blushed, made an excuse, and retreated into his Sea of Consciousness.
• Xiao Yan entered Star Luo City and went to the Star Emperor Grand Hotel, where he found Xiao Zhan, his mother, Xiao Xiao, and the Skywater Team.
• Xiao Xiao joyfully rushed to hug Xiao Yan, then blushed and defended her excitement when Xiao Zhan teased her.
• Xiao Zhan asked Xiao Yan whether he had accomplished what he went to the Star Dou Forest to do or had returned because he was worried about Skywater Academy’s matches.

Xiao Yan told his companions he had become a Soul Sage after obtaining his sixth and seventh Spirit Rings in two and a half days, astonishing them before Ning Tian helped them regain their spirits. As the tournament entered its round-robin stage, Xiao Yan assigned the Skywater Team’s lineups and said he would not compete until the quarterfinals.

• Xiao Yan told his father and the others that he had obtained his sixth and seventh Spirit Rings and reached Soul Sage in two and a half days.
• Wu Feng reacted in disbelief, and Xiao Yan confirmed that the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts had practically lined up to offer themselves to him.
• Ning Tian reminded the group that Xiao Yan’s strength benefited their team, and everyone regained their appetite before dining at Star Plucking Tower.
• Several days later, the elimination round ended and the tournament’s round-robin stage began, with captains drawing among three battle formats.
• Xiao Yan assigned the Skywater Team’s lineups for team battles, individual battles, and the two-two-three format, requiring total victories.
• Xiao Yan said he would stay out of the competition until the quarterfinals while the team refined its teamwork and tactics.

Skywater Team swept through its first eight round-robin matches, shocking spectators and drawing attention from rival academies. While the team’s victories made them a tournament favorite, Xiao Yan secretly acquired the Spirit-Eating Carving Knife and returned to purify its Living Gold.

• Skywater Team won its third-round team battle when Shui Xian'er’s ultimate ice domain immobilized the opposing team and left several members unconscious.
• Xiao Xiao defeated seven opponents in an individual elimination match by switching between her Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron and Nine Phoenix Flute.
• Wu Feng and Ning Tian overwhelmed their opponents in a two-two-three match, and Skywater Team finished its first eight matches undefeated.
• Spectators hailed Skywater Academy as the tournament’s greatest dark horse, while major teams studied its members’ techniques for weaknesses.
• Xiao Yan bought the Spirit-Eating Carving Knife at Starlight Auction House, and the Eastern Emperor Bell suppressed the blade’s cursed aura.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Star Emperor Grand Hotel and prepared to purify the Living Gold and merge it into his spiritual sea.

After half a month of seclusion, Xiao Yan emerged with his fire and water powers in harmony and returned to Skywater Academy just as the quarterfinals began. He chose to face Dou Ling Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy alone while his teammates rested.

• Xiao Yan purified the Spirit-Eating Carving Knife with Electrolux’s help, and its Living Gold essence awakened the Eastern Emperor Bell’s fire power.
• Xiao Yan used the life energy to strengthen his fire attribute and formed the rudimentary state of water and fire in harmony during his half-month seclusion.
• Xiao Yan encountered the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy team on his way to Star Luo Square, and his friendly greeting left Meng Hongchen flustered while Xiao Hongchen grew wary.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Skywater Academy and learned that the girls had won all eight of their round-robin matches.
• Xiao Yan told his teammates to rest and announced that he would face Dou Ling Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy alone.

Xiao Yan entered the quarterfinal team battle alone against the Dou Ling Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy, whose five Spirit Kings and two Soul Ancestors struggled to adapt to his unexpected appearance. As the match began, he compressed a vast golden-red flame into a dark crimson fire lotus, prompting Gu Zhujian and Little Madman to scream for their team to stop him.

• Xiao Yan told the referee that he alone would represent Skywater Academy in the seven-versus-seven battle.
• Gu Zhujian and the six other Dou Ling Team members released their martial souls and Spirit Rings, displaying a lineup of five Spirit Kings and two Soul Ancestors.
• The Dou Ling Team hesitated because its battle plans had been designed to face Skywater Academy's full seven-person team.
• After the referee started the match, Xiao Yan summoned golden-red fire and compressed it into a dark crimson lotus.
• Little Madman sensed a deadly threat from the fire lotus, and Gu Zhujian and Little Madman shouted for their team to stop Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan repelled the Douling Team’s assault and unleashed a Fire Lotus that devastated their defenses, while the referee shielded them from the blast. The referee collapsed after saving the team, leaving the arena in ruins and the spectators stunned.

• The Douling Team attacked Xiao Yan together, but his ice wall and water restraints stopped their assault without interrupting his Fire Lotus formation.
• Little Madman sent a spiritual attack at Xiao Yan, but the backlash knocked him unconscious and broke the team’s resolve.
• The Douling Team retreated behind layered defenses as Xiao Yan completed a Fire Lotus, then chose not to add Ultimate Ice after considering the referee’s safety.
• Xiao Yan detonated the Fire Lotus before it reached the Douling Team, and the blast melted or destroyed their defenses.
• The referee activated his Martial Soul Avatar and shielded the six Douling Team members from the firestorm, then collapsed from his injuries as the crowd erupted in shock.