Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao returned to the hotel after spending the day with Boss Little Bai, where Wang Yan scolded the team for being late before Huo Yuhao handed out lemonade. Dai Yueheng learned that the shop was hostile to the White Tiger Duke Mansion, while Bai Ran closed early and Yae Miko questioned why she was working there.

• Huo Yuhao wondered why Dai Huabin had avoided confronting them directly, then returned to the hotel with the others near dinner time.
• Wang Yan scolded Huo Yuhao and the team for returning late before the competition, and Huo Yuhao offered him lemonade.
• Huo Yuhao gave lemonade to Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and the others, but Dai Yueheng received none and failed to persuade Ma Xiaotao to share hers.
• Xu Sanshi warned Dai Yueheng that the lemonade shop had a feud with the White Tiger Duke Mansion and had barred its people and dogs.
• Bai Ran closed the Mixue Ice Cream & Tea Star Luo City branch early, and Yae Miko wondered why she had been made to work there without wages.

Dai Huabin learned that Bai Ran was struggling, while Shrek Academy faced Yunluo Advanced Soul Engineer Academy in the round-robin stage amid a surprise Mixue Ice Cream & Tea advertisement. Shrek drew an individual elimination match, leaving Wang Yan worried about the substitutes’ chances as Huo Yuhao resolved to win the championship for Wang Dong.

• Dai Huabin concluded that taking further revenge on Bai Ran would require careful planning and might still fail.
• Xu Jiujiu arranged for Mixue Ice Cream & Tea’s catchy advertisement to play at Star Luo Square, surprising Xu Jiawei and drawing the crowd’s attention.
• Haji Bai watched from outside the venue and considered whether Little Shenzi needed another helper to manage the shop.
• Wang Yan learned that the lemonade cost only four Copper Soul Coins, then explained the round-robin formats to Shrek Academy’s delegation.
• The referee drew the yellow ball, assigning Shrek Academy and Yunluo Advanced Soul Engineer Academy an individual elimination match.
• Huo Yuhao vowed to dedicate the championship to Wang Dong.

Bai Ran’s Mixue Ice Cream & Tea advertising astonished the Sun Moon Royal Academy students and Shrek’s Ye Tian as Shrek began its round-robin match. While Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen went out for lemonade during their recovery, Shenzi ate the shop’s entire ice cream supply, and Bai Ran narrowly avoided encountering Ma Xiaotao.

• Sun Moon Royal Academy students, including Rui Xue'er and Little Ice, reacted with surprise to Bai Ran’s tournament advertising, while Ye Tian reconsidered how capable his nephew was.
• Shrek Academy began its match against the injured Yunluo Advanced Soul Engineer Academy, while Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and Dai Yueheng stayed at the Star Emperor Hotel to recover.
• Ma Xiaotao persuaded Ling Luochen to go with her to buy Mixue Ice Cream & Tea lemonade.
• Shenzi told Bai Ran she had eaten all the ice cream in the shop, so he returned to restock and warned her not to eat any more.
• Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen reached the Mixue Ice Cream & Tea branch shortly after Bai Ran had left, narrowly missing him.

Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen visited Mixue Ice Cream & Tea, while the tournament continued with Shrek Academy defeating Yunluo Academy and the next match set between Star Luo National Academy and Bright Capital Royal Academy. Xu Tianzhen prepared to face Xu Jiujiu and greeted Meng Hongchen, whose brother Xiao Hongchen arrived with her.

• Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen ordered lemonade and ice cream from little Shenzi, and Ma Xiaotao was surprised by the low prices.
• Shrek Academy's reserve team defeated Yunluo Academy, though the match failed to hold most spectators' interest.
• Star Luo National Academy and Bright Capital Royal Academy prepared for their group-of-death match, while the Sun Moon Royal Academy students looked down on their rival academy.
• Xu Tianzhen complained that she would not lose to Xu Jiujiu, despite Bright Capital Royal Academy's weaker lineup.
• Xu Tianzhen welcomed Meng Hongchen, then became displeased when Xiao Hongchen arrived with her.

Meng Hongchen visited Xu Tianzhen before Bright Capital Royal Academy’s match against Star Luo National Academy, where Xu Tianzhen planned to scout their opponents despite her team’s grim prospects in the group of death. Meng Hongchen gave her a powerful new Soul Tool product, leaving Xu Tianzhen flustered after she learned its effect.

• Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen visited Xu Tianzhen, who complained that the crowded group made advancing nearly impossible.
• Xu Tianzhen suggested that Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen join Bright Capital Royal Academy as external aids, but Meng Hongchen said the roster had already been submitted.
• Xu Tianzhen decided to scout Star Luo National Academy and try to make them reveal their trump cards.
• Meng Hongchen gave Xu Tianzhen a Ju Zi C Americano and explained that it granted 40% all-attribute penetration for ten minutes, including when using Soul Tools.
• Xu Tianzhen nearly spat out the drink, then struggled to swallow it rather than waste its powerful effects.

Bright Capital Royal Academy and Star Luo National Academy prepared to face each other in a one-on-one elimination match, while Xu Jiujiu stayed out of the competition and Huang Heyun took command. After the draw confirmed the format, Huang Heyun and Xu Tianzhen both volunteered to fight first.

• Xu Tianzhen assessed the short duration of Mingde Hall’s penetration-boosting drink and decided Bright Capital Royal Academy would need to finish the match quickly.
• Huang Heyun took temporary command of Star Luo National Academy and resented Xu Jiujiu for taking his captaincy.
• Xu Jiawei worried about Star Luo National Academy’s prospects, but Xu Jiujiu assured him that the team could win without her.
• The referee drew another one-on-one elimination format, despite Star Luo National Academy having six Soul Kings to Bright Capital Royal Academy’s two.
• Huang Heyun and Xu Tianzhen each volunteered to be their team’s first competitor.

Xu Tianzhen defeated Huang Heyun in the first individual match between Bright Capital Royal Soul Engineer Academy and Star Luo National Academy, using her enhanced Sun abilities to overwhelm the stronger Soul King. With several minutes of the special product’s effect remaining, she prepared to face more opponents, while Xu Jiujiu considered entering the upcoming matches herself.

• Huang Heyun stepped forward for Star Luo National Academy, confident he could defeat the opposing team, while Xu Tianzhen mistook his behavior for a tactic to lower her guard.
• After the referee explained the elimination-match rules, Xu Tianzhen and Huang Heyun began fighting, and she used Solar Divine Light to blind and burn him.
• Xu Tianzhen used Sun Reflection to appear behind Huang Heyun, then followed with Ring of Blazing Flames as he tried to defend himself.
• The combined effects of Xu Tianzhen’s attacks and the Luckin Orange C Americano’s attribute penetration depleted Huang Heyun’s Soul Power, and the referee intervened as he caught fire.
• Xu Tianzhen looked toward Star Luo National Academy’s remaining contestants, while Xu Jiujiu decided she might need to compete in the upcoming matches herself.

Xu Tianzhen defeated three Star Luo National Academy contestants, prompting the academy to bring Princess Xu Jiujiu into the match. Just as the exhausted Xu Tianzhen prepared to face her, Meng Hongchen gave her a Luckin latte and bought her ten minutes to recover, leaving the match poised to continue.

• Xu Tianzhen eliminated three Star Luo National Academy contestants in succession, putting Bright Capital Royal Academy ahead.
• Star Luo National Academy's headmaster persuaded Xu Jiujiu to enter the match in place of a reserve player, citing the empire's honor.
• Meng Hongchen protested the substitution, while Xiao Hongchen explained that the host could receive some rule privileges.
• Xu Tianzhen refused her team's leader's pleas to leave the arena and challenged Xu Jiujiu despite having little Soul Power left.
• Meng Hongchen tossed Xu Tianzhen a Luckin Raw Coconut Latte, and the referee allowed her to drink it after checking for banned substances, giving her ten minutes to recover.

After Meng Hongchen gave Xu Tianzhen a Luckin Raw Coconut Latte, Xu Tianzhen’s Sun martial soul evolved into the Purple Brilliant Heaven-Extinguishing Sun, though she had almost no soul power left. She began fighting Xu Jiujiu with a newly revealed self-created soul skill, leaving Haji Bai to recognize its familiar name.

• Xu Tianzhen drank the latte Meng Hongchen tossed to her before facing Xu Jiujiu in the individual elimination match.
• Xu Tianzhen’s martial soul changed as purple flames appeared around her and her phantom sun turned purple.
• Xu Jiujiu avoided a head-on clash and used her Starfall Technique to try to control Xu Tianzhen and wait for her remaining soul power to run out.
• Xu Tianzhen dodged with Sun Reflection, closed the distance, and attacked Xu Jiujiu with her self-created soul skill, Hearken to the Sun's Roar.
• Haji Bai recognized the name of Xu Tianzhen’s self-created soul skill as the attack landed.

Xu Tianzhen fought Xu Jiujiu and forced her to use Star's Protection, nearly breaking the barrier with her fists before losing. Xu Tianzhen left the arena insisting she had no Self-Created Soul Skill, while Xu Jiujiu remained bewildered.

• Xu Tianzhen's powerful punch forced Xu Jiujiu to activate her fourth soul skill, Star's Protection, trapping Xu Tianzhen inside.
• Xu Jiujiu waited for Xu Tianzhen's strength to fade, but Xu Tianzhen kept striking the barrier and began cracking it with her fists.
• Xu Jiujiu reinforced Star's Protection, exhausting much of her Soul Power and stopping Xu Tianzhen from breaking through.
• Xu Jiujiu asked Xu Tianzhen to name her supposed Self-Created Soul Skill after Xu Tianzhen lost the match.
• Xu Tianzhen denied having a Self-Created Soul Skill and said she was simply strong before leaving the arena for her next teammate.

Bright Capital Royal Academy and Star Luo National Academy reached a tiebreaker between their final Level 51 Soul Kings, while Shrek Academy watched and considered the growing strength of the Sun Moon Empire. The last fighter for Bright Capital began the match by revealing a Class 6 Soul Tool cannon.

• Princess Jiujiu apologized to Star Luo National Academy's team, while Dugu Shangshan blamed Huang Heyun for their difficult position.
• Xu Tianzhen encouraged Bright Capital Royal Academy's final contestant and told him to win before returning to Bright Capital.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Yan watched the match, and Wang Yan worried that Shrek Academy might struggle against Sun Moon Royal Academy.
• Xuan Zi discovered that Ma Xiaotao and the others were missing, then joined Wang Yan to watch the ongoing match.
• Xuan Zi learned Bright Capital Royal Academy had nearly defeated Star Luo National Academy without reserve members and considered Shrek's exchange plans.
• The referee began the tiebreaker, and Bright Capital Royal Academy's contestant brought out a Class 6 Soul Tool cannon.

Wang Guocheng was forced to put away his Piercing Cannon after the referee ruled it a Class 7 Soul Tool under Star Luo Empire standards, and Bright Capital Royal Academy narrowly lost to Star Luo National Academy. Afterward, Bai Ran considered how to attend the upcoming Starlight Auction and bid on the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone without revealing his identity.

• The referee stopped Wang Guocheng from using his Piercing Cannon, explaining that it counted as a Class 7 Soul Tool and exceeded the tournament limit for a Class 5 Soul Engineer.
• Bright Capital Royal Academy's teacher objected, then realized the dispute came from differences between the empires' Soul Tool rankings and standards for Soul Engineers.
• Wang Guocheng fought without the cannon, and Star Luo National Academy narrowly won the match.
• Xu Tianzhen and the other Bright Capital Royal Academy members pulled Wang Guocheng away from the wall and reassured him after he blamed himself for the loss.
• Bai Ran watched Bright Capital Royal Academy lose and decided to stop selling Luckin Coffee for now to avoid attracting Xu Jiujiu's attention.
• Bai Ran considered attending the upcoming Starlight Auction alone so he could bid on the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone without revealing his identity.

Dai Yueheng returned to the White Tiger Duke Mansion and found Dai Huabin abusing a pregnant former maid. After Dai Yueheng confronted and slapped him, Dai Yueheng suddenly collapsed, leaving Dai Huabin stunned and wondering whether he could claim the heirship.

• Dai Yueheng returned home from the Soul Fighting Tournament and asked the Duchess where Dai Huabin was.
• The Duchess told Dai Yueheng that Dai Huabin had shut himself in his room, so Dai Yueheng went to the rear courtyard to see him.
• Dai Yueheng heard a woman struggling inside Dai Huabin's room, knocked, then kicked the door open when the sounds grew louder.
• Dai Yueheng found Dai Huabin tormenting a bound former maid who was pregnant and struck him in anger.
• Dai Yueheng spat blood and collapsed, leaving Dai Huabin wondering whether his brother's fall gave him a chance at the position of White Tiger Duke.

Dai Yueheng woke with worsening internal injuries and rejected Dai Huabin, while concealing how he had been hurt. In Star Luo City, Princess Jiu Jiu’s advertisement drew customers to Mixue Ice Cream & Tea, whose remarkably low prices shocked them.

• Dai Huabin panicked when Dai Yueheng coughed blood and collapsed, and the physician diagnosed serious internal injuries that would take a month or two to heal.
• The duchess learned Dai Yueheng’s injuries had worsened and considered sending Dai Huabin away, but later brought medicine to her eldest son.
• Dai Yueheng told Dai Huabin to leave and denied having a younger brother like him, while the duchess urged him to remember their family bond.
• Dai Yueheng claimed he had injured himself during training rather than reveal that an evil Soul Master had attacked him.
• After Princess Jiu Jiu advertised Mixue Ice Cream & Tea, curious customers visited its Star Luo City branch and were astonished by its low prices.

Bai Ran arrived at Mixue Ice Cream & Tea to find a huge crowd drawn by Princess Jiujiu’s promotion and joined Little Shenzi in handling the overwhelming rush. The shop was nearly out of ice cream, and Bai Ran began helping her serve customers.

• Bai Ran saw that the shop had a line stretching almost into the street, while Dai Huabin was too occupied with his own troubles to interfere.
• Customers mistook Bai Ran for someone trying to cut the line until Little Shenzi recognized him as the shop’s manager and waved him inside.
• Bai Ran saw that the shop had sold two hundred cups of lemonade and ninety ice cream bars in less than two hours.
• Little Shenzi told Bai Ran to slice lemon wedges and refill the freezer because she could not keep up alone.
• Bai Ran briefly wondered why thinking of Qian Renxue gave him a bad feeling, then returned to helping Little Shenzi.

Bai Ran kept Mixue Ice Cream & Tea's prices low and limited purchases to two servings per customer as the shop's line continued to grow. At the Star Emperor Hotel, Wang Yan learned Dai Yueheng had returned to the White Tiger Duke Mansion, while Xu Jiawei discovered the shop's struggles and condemned the Dai Family.

• Bai Ran rejected raising prices and limited each customer to two servings of lemonade or ice cream to serve more people.
• Wang Yan questioned Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen about Dai Yueheng, then learned Dai Yueheng had returned to the White Tiger Duke Mansion for a few days.
• Xu Jiawei questioned Xu Jiujiu about her promotion of the shop and learned its lemonade cost only four Copper Soul Coins.
• Xu Jiujiu explained the shop's predicament, and Xu Jiawei condemned the White Tiger Duke Mansion's oppression of commoners.

Bai Ran gave Shenzi a box of fried tofu made from century-old soybeans, then Rui Xue'er asked him to take her to a Starlight Auction for the Soul-Devouring Engraving Knife. Bai Ran warned her that the knife was cursed and troublesome, but Rui Xue'er insisted on pursuing a Ranked Engraving Knife worthy of her status as a Soul Engineer.

• After closing the Mixue Ice Cream & Tea store, Bai Ran gave Shenzi fried tofu made from century-old soybeans as thanks for her hard work.
• Shenzi took the tofu home and discovered that it tasted far better than the fried tofu she had eaten before.
• Rui Xue'er visited Bai Ran after the store closed and asked him to take her to the Starlight Auction that night.
• Bai Ran realized the auction was a regular Level 4 event where Huo Yuhao had once bought the Soul-Devouring Engraving Knife.
• Bai Ran warned Rui Xue'er that the knife was cursed and not worth the trouble, but she insisted she needed a Ranked Engraving Knife as a Soul Engineer.

Wang Yan explained that Shrek Academy was taking Soul Tools more seriously as other tournament teams increasingly used them. Meanwhile, Bai Ran accompanied Rui Xue'er into the Starlight Auction House, where Scarlet King's influence secured her special treatment, and they entered Hall Twelve for the auction.

• Wang Yan told Huo Yuhao and He Caitou that the auction focused on Soul Tools and that the academy was paying them more attention.
• Huo Yuhao recalled how Tianling Academy's Soul Tools had made Shrek's first elimination match harder and recognized that traditional academies were adopting them.
• Bai Ran went with Rui Xue'er to the Starlight Auction House in disguise, while his bidding qualifications for a later top-tier auction were still being processed.
• Rui Xue'er said Scarlet King had arranged their bidding access, and the auction house staff warmly escorted her into Hall Twelve.
• Qing Ya offered Rui Xue'er a drink, but the auction house had no coffee, so Rui Xue'er asked for ice water and glanced at Bai Ran.

Bai Ran attended a Starlight Auction House Soul Tool auction with Rui Xue'er, though he was barred from bidding and had to stand behind her. When the first item went up for sale, Rui Xue'er immediately bid far above the price Bai Ran remembered from the original story.

• The auction staff let Bai Ran enter as Rui Xue'er's guard but denied him bidding rights and a seat.
• Bai Ran spotted Huo Yuhao and the Shrek students in the auction hall, still wearing their academy uniforms beneath their masks.
• Qing Ya opened the auction and introduced a Rank Three Soul Guidance Paralysis Ray crafted by a Rank Six Soul Engineer.
• Rui Xue'er bid three thousand Gold Soul Coins on the first item, startling Bai Ran because he remembered it selling for two thousand five hundred.

Rui Xue'er drove up the price of several Soul Tools at the Starlight Auction, forcing Wang Yan to spend far more than planned. She let Wang Yan win the fourth-grade Milk Bottle, leaving the auction’s finale—the Soul-Devouring Engraving Knife—as their remaining target.

• Rui Xue'er outbid Wang Yan on a Class 3 Soul Tool, paying four thousand Gold Soul Coins, then told Bai Ran he would cover their expenses because she had left her wallet behind.
• Bai Ran protested that he needed his money for the soul bone, and Rui Xue'er joked that Uncle Scarlet King could steal it from the auction house if necessary.
• Wang Yan bought fewer than five of the Soul Tools on offer because Rui Xue'er repeatedly outbid him, pushing him to pay far above market prices.
• Wang Yan bid thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins for the fourth-grade Milk Bottle, and Rui Xue'er chose not to compete.
• Qing Ya sold the Milk Bottle to Wang Yan as the auction continued toward its finale, the Soul-Devouring Engraving Knife.