Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan’s Fire Lotus overwhelmed the Dou Ling Royal Academy team and incapacitated the referee, shocking the rival teams and Star Luo’s emperor. After Huang Jinxu explained the attack’s danger, Xu Jiawei appointed him referee for the remaining matches to protect the competitors, especially Xu Jiujiu.

• Xiao Yan’s Fire Lotus destroyed the Dou Ling Royal Academy team’s defenses and knocked the referee unconscious.
• Xiao Hongchen watched in alarm while Meng Hongchen admired Xiao Yan and pointed out that Shrek Academy was even more distressed.
• Wang Yan, Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Huo Yuhao, and Bei Bei worried that Xiao Yan might disgrace Shrek Academy, where he had once studied.
• Xu Jiawei questioned Huang Jinxu about how the referee had been defeated, and Huang Jinxu explained that Xiao Yan’s compressed Ultimate Fire could overcome differences in Soul Power ranks.
• Xu Jiawei appointed Huang Jinxu to referee the remaining matches, and Huang Jinxu agreed to protect every team member.

After Skywater Academy defeated Douling Academy, Xiao Yan brought Shui Xian'er, Wu Feng, and the other girls together to test a water-fire cultivation formation. The Water-Fire Taiji Diagram balanced their opposing attributes and advanced their cultivation and Xiao Yan’s understanding of water and fire laws.

• Huang Jinxu declared Skywater Academy the winner, and Gu Zhujian forfeited the individual matches for Douling Academy.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Star Emperor Grand Hotel with the Skywater Team and devised a plan to combine the girls’ ice and fire attributes.
• Xiao Yan sent Xiao Xiao and Ning Tian away to meditate, then gathered Shui Xian'er, Wu Feng, and six other girls in his room.
• Xiao Yan formed a Water-Fire Taiji Diagram with the seven ice-attributed girls on one side and Wu Feng on the other, using his fire authority to stabilize the imbalance.
• The formation accelerated everyone’s Soul Power circulation, refined Shui Xian'er's control of Ultimate Ice, tempered Wu Feng’s Red Dragon martial soul, and deepened Xiao Yan’s understanding of water and fire laws.

After half a month of cultivating in the Water-Fire Taiji Diagram, Xiao Yan woke in time for the tournament semifinals and found Wu Feng on the verge of an impossible breakthrough. Wu Feng accepted Xiao Yan’s deadly plan to force her Red Dragon Martial Soul to evolve into Ultimate Fire.

• The Snow Empress woke Xiao Yan by touching an ice bead to his nose, then fled into his Sea of Consciousness after he called her Xue'er.
• Xiao Yan began dismantling the Water-Fire Taiji Diagram, but Wu Feng’s will stopped him because she was close to breaking through.
• Xiao Yan told Wu Feng that more time in the balanced formation would not give her Ultimate Fire and explained the risks of letting the ice overwhelm her Martial Soul.
• Wu Feng accepted Xiao Yan’s plan to push her Red Dragon Martial Soul to the brink of destruction so she could ignite her Core Flame and evolve.

Xiao Yan triggered an extreme ice surge in the formation, forcing Wu Feng to endure the cold and protect the last spark of her Red Dragon martial soul while the seven Tianshui girls continued cultivating. He left life energy to safeguard Wu Feng and hurried with Xiao Xiao and Ning Tian to the semifinals, promising to reveal the result afterward.

• Xiao Yan cut off the fire essence sustaining the formation's balance, allowing the accumulated ice power to engulf Wu Feng.
• Xiao Yan calmed Shui Xian'er and the other six Tianshui girls and told them to focus on comprehending Ultimate Ice as they cultivated.
• Wu Feng's martial soul origin held firm as a tiny crimson point, and Xiao Yan placed Living Gold life energy nearby to protect her life.
• Xiao Yan opened the door and accidentally let Xiao Xiao bump her nose against his chest, then healed it with water-element energy.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xiao and Ning Tian that the semifinals were about to begin, and the three hurried out of the Star Emperor Grand Hotel.

Xiao Yan faced Princess Xu Jiujiu and Star Luo National Academy in the semifinal, where the team trapped him inside a supposedly indestructible barrier. Xu Jiujiu then revealed a dangerous Destruction Giant Cannon as the Star Luo team's second gift, leaving Xiao Hongchen shocked by the weapon's appearance.

• Xiao Yan entered the arena as Star Luo Square's crowd cheered for him, while Huang Jinxu warned him repeatedly not to seriously injure or kill anyone.
• Xu Jiujiu's teammates assembled strange metal devices as she stepped forward and launched a golden bead that enclosed Xiao Yan in a defensive barrier.
• Xiao Yan calmly tested the barrier and asked Xu Jiujiu what her second gift was.
• Xu Jiujiu summoned a massive black Soul Tool cannon, and Xiao Hongchen identified it as the discontinued, one-shot Destruction Giant Cannon that could destroy its user.

Xu Jiujiu and the Star Luo Team fired the Destruction Giant Cannon at Xiao Yan, but his Water-Fire Taiji Diagram absorbed the blast and left him unharmed. The attack destroyed much of the arena, and Xu Jiujiu was left staring in disbelief at Xiao Yan’s defense.

• Xu Jiawei angrily realized that Xu Jiujiu had brought the dangerous Destruction Giant Cannon into the tournament, but he feared that interrupting her would trigger its instability.
• Xu Jiujiu warned Xiao Yan to surrender while she and the six Star Luo Team members charged the cannon for a quarter of an hour.
• The golden barrier disappeared, and Xu Jiujiu fired the cannon as its overloaded body exploded, while the team protected themselves with Invincible Shields.
• The cannon blast devastated the arena, but Xiao Yan stood unharmed inside a revolving Water-Fire Taiji Diagram, leaving Huang Jinxu shocked that he had not needed rescuing.
• Xu Jiujiu stared at Xiao Yan’s defense and cried out that it was impossible.

Xiao Yan forced the Star Luo Team to surrender, sending Skywater Academy into the semifinals, then returned to the hotel and revealed that Wu Feng was undergoing a dangerous cultivation breakthrough. With Wu Feng and the rest of Skywater Academy unable to compete, Xiao Yan faced the prospect of fighting Shrek Academy or the Sun Moon Team almost alone.

• Xiao Yan threatened Xu Jiujiu with Ultimate Fire, and she surrendered the Star Luo Team’s team battle and individual matches.
• Huang Jinxu announced Star Luo National Academy’s surrender and Skywater Academy’s advance to the semifinals.
• Xiao Yan brought Xiao Xiao and Ning Tian to his room, where they found Wu Feng sealed inside a pillar of Ultimate Ice and Shui Xian'er with the other six members cultivating around her.
• Xiao Yan explained that he had submerged Wu Feng’s Red Dragon martial soul in Ultimate Ice to push her toward Ultimate Fire, but the process would keep her and the six cultivators unavailable for the upcoming matches.
• Xiao Xiao realized that Xiao Yan might have to fight the remaining opponents with only her and Ning Tian as support, while Xiao Yan looked forward to facing Ma Xiaotao or Xiao Hongchen.

As the semifinal between Shrek Academy and Skywater Academy began, Xiao Yan entered the arena alone to face all seven Shrek starters. Meng Hongchen abandoned her brother Xiao Hongchen to cheer for Xiao Yan, while Shrek’s team prepared for a daunting fight against his unpredictable power.

• A spectator called the Sun Moon Team perennial runners-up, and Xiao Hongchen tried to confront him before Meng Hongchen restrained him.
• Xiao Hongchen boasted that the Sun Moon Team’s new Soul Tools could challenge Shrek and Skywater, but Meng Hongchen left to cheer for Xiao Yan.
• Huang Jinxu announced the semifinal between Shrek Academy and Skywater Advanced Soul Master Academy.
• Ma Xiaotao led all seven Shrek starters onto the arena, where they formed up and waited for Skywater’s team.
• Xiao Yan entered alone, and the Shrek Seven Monsters grew tense as they recalled that even the Star Luo Team’s powerful cannon had failed to break his shield.

The first semifinal began with Ma Xiaotao revealing her Spirit Sage cultivation and Ultimate Fire, but Xiao Yan countered with an overwhelming Spirit Ring configuration and the powers of extreme ice and fire. Shrek's team was left wavering inside his transformed arena, with Ma Xiaotao's flames close to failing.

• Huang Jinxu started the semifinal, and the Shrek Team revealed its powerful lineup with Ma Xiaotao as a seven-ring Spirit Sage.
• Ma Xiaotao declared that Shrek would not lose, but Xiao Yan challenged her confidence and unleashed his Spirit Rings.
• Xiao Yan displayed four black rings, two Hundred-Thousand-Year red rings, and an orange-gold seventh ring that staggered the Shrek members.
• Ma Xiaotao shielded her teammates with Ultimate Fire, helping them withstand Xiao Yan's pressure.
• Xiao Yan summoned extreme cold and scorching magma at once, turning the arena into an ice-and-fire hell that threatened to extinguish Ma Xiaotao's flames.

Xiao Yan overwhelmed Shrek Team with the [Mystic Yellow Water Controller] and [Mystic Yellow Fire Controller] authorities, defeating their attacks and fighters one after another. The chapter ended with Ma Xiaotao alone in the arena as a struggling fire phoenix while Xiao Yan stood unharmed.

• Xiao Yan’s water authority drained Ling Luocheng’s Soul Power, causing her to faint and be carried off the arena by Huang Jinxu.
• Gongyang Mo poured all five Spirit Rings’ enhancements into Ma Xiaotao before collapsing from the strain, leaving Shrek Team with two members lost.
• Ma Xiaotao activated her Martial Soul Avatar and launched a full barrage of fire attacks, but Xiao Yan’s Water-Fire Extremes Shield absorbed or deflected them.
• Dai Yueheng, Chen Zifeng, Xixi, and Yao Haoxuan charged Xiao Yan, but he repelled their attacks and kicked all four out of the arena.
• Ma Xiaotao remained in the arena as a fire phoenix while Xiao Yan stood unharmed.

Ma Xiaotao used Ring Fusion to attack Xiao Yan with power approaching that of a high-rank Soul Douluo, but he shattered her Fire Phoenix Avatar with an ice-fire spear and defeated Shrek's last fighter. The match ended with Ma Xiaotao unconscious and Skywater Academy's Xiao Yan having crushed Shrek's full lineup.

• Ma Xiaotao saw her teammates unconscious outside the arena and used Ring Fusion, transforming into a giant Fire Phoenix for a desperate attack on Xiao Yan.
• Huang Jinxu hesitated to intervene, fearing the consequences of offending either Shrek Academy or the forces backing Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan dismissed his Water-Fire Extremes Shield, forged an ice-fire spear, and hurled it into the diving Fire Phoenix.
• The spear shattered Ma Xiaotao's Martial Soul Avatar, pierced her right shoulder, and pinned her to the arena barrier until its energy ran out.
• Ma Xiaotao fell unconscious, and the crowd watched as Xiao Yan's victory completed Shrek Team's devastating defeat.

Xiao Yan defeated Ma Xiaotao in the semifinal, and Yan Shaozhe confronted him before taking her away for treatment. Shrek forfeited the remaining matches, sending Skywater Advanced Soul Master Academy to the finals as the crowd celebrated Shrek’s defeat.

• Huang Jinxu announced that Skywater Advanced Soul Master Academy had won the team battle, but Yan Shaozhe rushed onto the platform and treated the unconscious Ma Xiaotao.
• Yan Shaozhe accused Xiao Yan of injuring Ma Xiaotao too severely, and Xiao Yan dismissed him and walked away after saying, “Shrek, if you can't handle it, don't play.”
• Yan Shaozhe held back from attacking Xiao Yan, then declared that Shrek forfeited the remaining matches and carried Ma Xiaotao away for treatment.
• Huang Jinxu ruled that Skywater Advanced Soul Master Academy had won the semifinal and advanced to the finals.
• The spectators erupted in cheers as Shrek’s long-standing tournament dominance ended and Skywater was hailed as the new champion contender.

Wu Feng’s Red Dragon origin overcame its most dangerous stage of evolution while Xiao Yan guarded the formation. Yan Shaozhe visited Xiao Yan late at night to discuss an important matter, and the two left the hotel to speak above the clouds.

• Wu Feng’s Red Dragon origin gained a foothold against the Ultimate Ice and began absorbing its power as the Water-Fire Taiji Formation supported her and the other women.
• Xiao Yan sensed Yan Shaozhe outside his room and opened the door to meet him.
• Yan Shaozhe tried to enter, but Xiao Yan blocked him; Yan Shaozhe glimpsed the eight women inside and misunderstood the scene.
• Xiao Yan left Scarlet King to guard the room, then flew with Yan Shaozhe above Star Luo City.
• Xiao Yan formed an ice throne and a flame chair for them, then asked Yan Shaozhe what he wanted to discuss.

Yan Shaozhe asked Xiao Yan to return to Shrek and relay Mu En’s wish to see him, and Xiao Yan agreed to visit after the tournament. When Yan tried to leave without apologizing for worsening Ma Xiaotao’s injuries or admitting his killing intent, Xiao Yan trapped him in the Water-Fire Taiji Domain and challenged him.

• Yan Shaozhe told Xiao Yan that Mu En wanted to see him before he died, and Xiao Yan agreed to visit after the tournament.
• Yan Shaozhe tried to leave, but Xiao Yan confronted him about Ma Xiaotao’s injuries and his killing intent in the arena.
• Xiao Yan explained that Yan Shaozhe’s treatment had disrupted the balance of ice and fire in Ma Xiaotao’s body and worsened her condition.
• Yan Shaozhe denied responsibility and tried to flee, refusing to apologize.
• Xiao Yan activated the Water-Fire Taiji Domain, suppressing Yan Shaozhe’s power by half and forcing him to turn back in alarm.

Xiao Yan challenged Yan Shaozhe to settle their dispute in battle and used the Fuxi Zither to overwhelm him with attacks combining Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Fire. After Yan Shaozhe activated his Light Phoenix Avatar and cleared the barrage, Xiao Yan revealed two enormous elemental beasts poised to attack.

• Xiao Yan summoned the Fuxi Zither and challenged Yan Shaozhe to a fight when Yan Shaozhe refused to apologize.
• Yan Shaozhe revealed his nine Spirit Rings and charged at Xiao Yan, aiming to disrupt his zither playing.
• Xiao Yan used the zither to send a fire dragon and ice phoenix after Yan Shaozhe, slowing him with their combined attacks.
• Xiao Yan accelerated his playing and trapped Yan Shaozhe in a barrage of fire dragons and ice phoenixes, forcing him onto the defensive.
• Yan Shaozhe activated his Light Phoenix Avatar and destroyed the elemental barrage.
• Xiao Yan revealed a colossal ice phoenix and fire dragon behind him, leaving Yan Shaozhe shocked by their size and speed.

Xiao Yan used the Fuxi Zither to overpower Yan Shaozhe, whose Light Phoenix was battered by the ice phoenix and fire dragon. Yan Shaozhe’s final attack was crushed by their fused power, and his martial-soul true body was defeated.

• Xiao Yan’s ice phoenix and fire dragon struck Yan Shaozhe with sonic attacks, leaving him vulnerable to their blows.
• The ice phoenix and fire dragon battered Yan Shaozhe back and forth, while alternating Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Fire prevented him from fighting back.
• Yan Shaozhe used his eighth soul skill, Holy Light Severing Blade, to break free, but his Light Phoenix was left badly wounded.
• Yan Shaozhe launched his ninth soul skill, Light Judgment, at Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan summoned the dragon and phoenix before him, fused their powers into a two-colored pillar, and crushed Yan Shaozhe’s attack and Light Phoenix true body.

Xiao Yan defeated Yan Shaozhe with the Fuxi Zither’s ice-and-fire laws, then accepted his apology and named the piece Dragon-Phoenix Severing Heaven. Yan Shaozhe fled before Star Luo Empire’s experts arrived, while Huang Jinxu recognized Xiao Yan’s power and realized he had also fought Yan Shaozhe.

• Xiao Yan stopped the twin-colored pillar just before it struck Yan Shaozhe and recalled the fire dragon and ice phoenix into the Fuxi Zither.
• Yan Shaozhe admitted defeat, apologized to Xiao Yan, and asked for the name of the zither piece.
• Xiao Yan named the piece Dragon-Phoenix Severing Heaven and departed into the night.
• Yan Shaozhe sensed approaching experts, concealed his injuries with Light Soul Power, and fled in the opposite direction.
• Cheng Gang and Huang Jinxu arrived to investigate the lingering energy, and Huang Jinxu recognized it as Xiao Yan’s power.

Xiao Yan prepared for the tournament final after his overwhelming semifinal victory, while the Sun Moon Team arrived at the arena determined to face him with dignity. The chapter ended as Xiao Yan stood alone against the seven Sun Moon competitors and the crowd roared his name.

• Xiao Yan returned to the hotel, checked the Water-Fire Taiji Formation Diagram, and resumed cultivating.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Xiao, and Ning Tian encountered the Sun Moon Team in the hotel corridor, where Xiao Hongchen stepped aside to let them pass.
• Xiao Hongchen tried to encourage his teammates, then argued with Meng Hongchen and ended up crying with her before Ma Rulong pulled them toward the arena.
• Ma Rulong led the Sun Moon Team onto the repaired arena, where they vowed to fight with dignity despite expecting to lose.
• Xiao Yan entered the arena alone as hundreds of thousands of spectators chanted his name.

The finals team battle began with the Sun Moon Team unleashing a massive Soul Tool barrage at Xiao Yan, who answered with the Fuxi Zither and the killing melody of “Ambush from Ten Sides.” His sound-blade net dismantled the attack and began pressing toward the Sun Moon Team.

• Huang Jinxu suppressed the crowd and announced the start of the finals team battle.
• The Sun Moon Team formed up and armed themselves with Soul Tools while Xiao Yan floated above the arena with the Fuxi Zither.
• Xiao Hongchen used his martial soul and Soul Skills to create more than a hundred temporary cannons aimed at Xiao Yan.
• Ma Rulong ordered the Sun Moon Team to open fire, unleashing a barrage of cannons and ray guns at Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan played “Ambush from Ten Sides,” briefly stopping time and then cutting the incoming shells and rays apart with a net of sound blades.
• Xiao Yan’s sound-blade net destroyed the barrage and steadily advanced toward the Sun Moon Team.

Xiao Yan’s crimson killing net overwhelmed the Sun Moon Team, but Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Red Dust's Longing, to weaken it. The fusion collapsed with Xiao Hongchen gravely wounded after shielding his sister.

• The Sun Moon Team’s attacks barely slowed Xiao Yan’s crimson killing net, and Ma Rulong’s Sword of Judgment broke as he tried to cut through it.
• Huang Jinxu rescued Ma Rulong from the net, while the remaining Sun Moon Team members surrendered and fled the arena.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen joined hands and used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Red Dust's Longing, to blast away part of the killing net.
• The fusion skill collapsed, and Xiao Hongchen took the cuts meant for Meng Hongchen, falling into a pool of blood.