Chapter Summaries

After Shrek Academy’s poor prospects in the competition became clear, Xuan Zi secretly sought an alliance with Zhongli Wu and Titan to kill Huo Yuhao. Titan refused to join the attack but agreed to use the distraction to take Wang Dong'er, while warning Xuan Zi that failure would bring punishment.

• Xuan Zi told Shrek Academy’s competitors not to focus on winning the competition, secretly hoping they would be eliminated so he could attack Huo Yuhao.
• That night, Xuan Zi summoned Zhongli Wu and Titan and argued that Huo Yuhao’s rapid growth threatened the continent.
• Titan refused to help kill Huo Yuhao but said he would use the opportunity to take Wang Dong'er, citing Shrek Academy’s debt to him.
• Xuan Zi agreed that he and Zhongli Wu would handle Huo Yuhao while Titan took Wang Dong'er.
• Titan left after warning Xuan Zi that he would cripple him if he failed again, while privately recognizing that Gu Yuena would likely destroy anyone who attacked Huo Yuhao.

Xuan Zi and Zhongli Wu discussed their plans against Huo Yuhao, unaware that Huo Yuhao had recorded them and intended to expose Shrek Academy’s secret dealings with the Holy Spirit Cult. As the Soul Master Competition reached the round of sixteen, Shrek Academy drew the Holy Spirit Cult, and Tang Ya prepared to face them with murderous intent.

• Zhongli Wu asked Xuan Zi about Titan’s strength, and Xuan Zi admitted that Titan was an Ultimate Douluo.
• Xuan Zi denied that he had allied with the Holy Spirit Cult, insisting that they had only attacked Huo Yuhao because they shared a target.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that he had recorded the conversation through Mental Detection and planned to spread it across the continent to implicate Shrek Academy.
• The Soul Master Competition progressed to the round of sixteen, while the Holy Spirit Cult’s fighters killed opponents and made the sect notorious.
• Shrek Academy was matched against the Holy Spirit Cult, and Xuan Zi expected Zhongli Wu to spare Shrek’s students as Tang Ya entered the arena with barely concealed bloodlust.

At the Soul Master Competition, Shrek Academy’s contestants fought the Holy Spirit Cult while Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo accepted Xuan Zi’s assurance that their students would be safe. Tang Ya feinted against Bei Bei and stabbed Xu Sanshi with her Dark Blue Silver Grass, draining his Soul Power and Life Force.

• Yan Shaozhe proposed that Shrek Academy concede, but Xuan Zi assured him that the Holy Spirit Cult would not harm their students.
• The match began, and Dai Huabin charged at the Death God Envoy to avenge the kidney he had lost.
• Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and the other Shrek contestants joined the battle against the Holy Spirit Cult’s Evil Soul Masters.
• Bei Bei fought Tang Ya with his Light Sacred Dragon martial soul and tried to persuade her to turn back.
• Tang Ya distracted Bei Bei, then pierced Xu Sanshi with Dark Blue Silver Grass and began draining his Soul Power and Life Force.

Tang Ya killed Xu Sanshi by draining his Soul Power and Life Force while Yan Feng kept Bei Bei at bay. Shrek Academy conceded, but Tang Ya’s Dark Blue Silver Grass then pierced Bei Bei’s chest.

• Tang Ya used her Dark Blue Silver Grass to drain Xu Sanshi while Yan Feng attacked Bei Bei and prevented him from helping.
• Xuan Zi, Yan Shaozhe, and Qian Duoduo charged to rescue Xu Sanshi, but Jing Hongchen, Ye Yulin, and two Rank Nine Soul Engineers blocked them.
• Xu Sanshi died after Tang Ya drained away all his power, and Xuan Zi attacked Jing Hongchen in fury.
• Yan Shaozhe ordered Shrek Academy to concede, and Bei Bei rushed to mourn Xu Sanshi.
• Tang Ya’s Dark Blue Silver Grass emerged from beneath Xu Sanshi’s body and pierced Bei Bei’s chest.

Tang Ya drained Bei Bei’s Soul Power, Life Force, and Light Sacred Dragon martial soul while Zhongli Wu protected her, and Xuan Zi’s actions left Bei Bei near death. Sun Moon Empire healers kept Bei Bei alive, while Tang Ya began imagining a future in which he watched her stand beside her master.

• Tang Ya continued draining Bei Bei after Shrek Academy conceded, while Zhongli Wu blocked Yan Shaozhe, Qian Duoduo, and the Sun Moon Empire’s Rank Nine Soul Engineers.
• Xuan Zi abandoned his fight with Jing Hongchen and charged Zhongli Wu, but Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen intervened and separated the combatants.
• Kong Deming ordered the injured competitors treated and warned the powerhouses not to disrupt the competition again.
• Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo stopped Xuan Zi from attacking Tang Ya and Zhongli Wu, then blamed him for Xu Sanshi’s death and Bei Bei’s condition.
• Sun Moon Empire healing Soul Masters kept Bei Bei barely alive, and Tang Ya considered letting him live so he could witness her future intimacy with her master.

After Shrek Academy lost to the Holy Spirit Cult, Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo left with the wounded Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi’s corpse, while Xuan Zi stayed in Mingdu to await a chance to kill Huo Yuhao. As the competition continued and the empires weighed their future, Mu En sensed that something had gone wrong.

• Tang Ya absorbed Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei’s Soul Power and Life Force, and her aura and Dark Blue Silver Grass began to transform.
• The host announced the Holy Spirit Cult’s victory, and Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo rushed Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi’s corpse away from Mingdu toward Shrek Academy.
• Xuan Zi gave up escorting them, got drunk in Mingdu, and waited for an opportunity to attack Huo Yuhao while Jing Hongchen secretly watched him.
• Titan hoped Xuan Zi would create an opening to take Wang Dong'er, and planned to let the Clear Sky Sect test Huo Yuhao in its match against the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy.
• Xu Jiujiu and Wei Na met secretly and discussed their empires’ prospects as the Sun Moon Empire grew stronger and people defected to it.
• Mu En felt an ominous premonition at Shrek Academy and wondered what had gone wrong with the arrangements for the competition.

After learning that Xuan Zi had conspired with Zhongli Wu to kill Huo Yuhao, Mu En prepared to bring him back before Shrek Academy faced further consequences. Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo returned with Bei Bei near death and Xu Sanshi dead, and the Golden Ancient Tree saved Bei Bei, leaving Mu En worried about what its existence meant for Shrek Academy.

• Mu En watched a recording of Xuan Zi, Titan, and Zhongli Wu plotting to kill Huo Yuhao, then erupted in fury and decided to retrieve Xuan Zi from the Sun Moon Empire.
• Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo returned to Shrek Academy with Bei Bei barely alive, Xu Sanshi dead, and the Soul Master Competition students.
• After hearing their account, Mu En carried Bei Bei to the Golden Ancient Tree and begged it to heal him.
• Yan Shaozhe, Qian Duoduo, and the other elders joined Mu En in praying to the Golden Ancient Tree.
• The Golden Ancient Tree sent golden light onto Bei Bei, restoring his body and stabilizing his condition.
• Mu En realized that the Golden Ancient Tree's existence might not be good for Shrek Academy.

Mu En suspected the Golden Ancient Tree had been exploiting Shrek's predecessors and left for the Sun Moon Empire to contain the fallout from Xuan Zi's actions. In Mingdu, the semifinals saw the Clear Sky Sect crush the Body Sect, while the Holy Spirit Cult prepared to face Huo Yuhao's team with orders to kill their opponents.

• Mu En realized the Golden Ancient Tree might have devoured the souls of Shrek's predecessors, then learned it had healed Bei Bei's body but not restored his martial soul.
• Mu En promised the Golden Ancient Tree future help, ordered the Sea God Pavilion members to remain at Shrek, and left for the Sun Moon Empire to sever Shrek's ties with Xuan Zi.
• Zhongli Wu privately told Xuan Zi that Tang Ya's attack on Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei had been an accident, and Xuan Zi pretended to accept continued cooperation while planning to kill Huo Yuhao and Tang Ya.
• The Clear Sky Sect defeated the Body Sect in the semifinals with five or more Soul Sages who used the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and Ring Detonation.
• Zhongli Wu instructed the Holy Spirit Cult competitors to kill their opponents if they had the chance, while Tang Ya privately looked forward to facing her master.

The Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy faced the Holy Spirit Cult in the Soul Master Competition semifinals, with Huo Yuhao and the cult’s contestants eager to kill each other. As the match began, Huo Yuhao trapped the Holy Spirit Cult contestants in an illusion, while Xuan Zi watched from outside the arena, anticipating Zhongli Wu’s helplessness.

• Death God Envoy claimed he would kill Huo Yuhao and turn him into a Corpse Slave, angering Tang Ya until Huo Yuhao calmed her through their Master-Servant Contract.
• Yan Feng and the other Holy Spirit Cult members let Death God Envoy pursue Huo Yuhao, while the Rank Nine Soul Engineer referee rebuked them for openly discussing murder.
• Huo Yuhao dismissed the Holy Spirit Cult contestants as dead men, and the referee signaled for the semifinal between the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy and the Holy Spirit Cult to begin.
• Zhongli Wu prepared to surrender if the Holy Spirit Cult faced defeat, unaware that Tang Ya and Ma Xiaotao had already been shaped by Huo Yuhao.
• Ma Xiaotao watched, wishing she could help Huo Yuhao, as the contestants released their martial souls and Huo Yuhao used Mirror Flower, Water Moon to draw every Holy Spirit Cult contestant into an illusion.
• Outside the arena, Xuan Zi drank and anticipated Zhongli Wu suffering the same helplessness he had felt when his juniors died.

Huo Yuhao trapped the Holy Spirit Cult’s contestants in Mirror Flower, Water Moon, making them attack one another. Zhongli Wu considered surrendering, but chose to let the fight continue so Tang Ya could grow stronger by absorbing her opponents’ life force and soul power.

• As the match began, Huo Yuhao’s illusion made Tang Ya, the Death God Envoy, Yan Feng, and the other Holy Spirit Cult contestants mistake their teammates for enemies and attack them.
• Zhongli Wu rose to surrender, but he stopped Zhang Peng when he saw Tang Ya absorbing Yan Feng’s life force and soul power.
• Zhang Peng warned that sacrificing the Holy Spirit Cult’s strongest young contestants could harm the cult, while the Ten Thousand Souls Douluo argued that their deaths would help Tang Ya become a super powerhouse.
• Zhongli Wu decided to let the contestants die as nourishment for Tang Ya and mocked Huo Yuhao for thinking his tactic would make the cult surrender.

Huo Yuhao ordered Tang Ya to absorb the Holy Spirit Cult competitors’ life force and Soul Power as they slaughtered one another during the semifinals. As the Sun Moon Empire’s strength became undeniable, Du Busi warned Wei Na that it might soon attack the Heaven Dou Empire, leaving her to consider seeking the Star Luo Empire’s plans.

• Huo Yuhao told Tang Ya through their Master-Servant Contract to absorb every last bit of the Holy Spirit Cult competitors’ Life Force and Soul Power.
• Tang Ya absorbed her opponents’ vitality while the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy competitors watched the Holy Spirit Cult members kill one another.
• The sects and academies began reconsidering their ties to the Original Douluo Three Kingdoms as Huo Yuhao and the Sun Moon Empire appeared increasingly powerful.
• Du Busi warned Wei Na that the Sun Moon Empire might soon attack the Heaven Dou Empire, and rejected her guardian’s implication that the Body Sect owed the empire its loyalty.
• Wei Na apologized for her guardian’s words, took Du Busi’s warning seriously, and decided she should speak with Xu Jiujiu about the Star Luo Empire’s plans.

Titan decided that the Clear Sky Sect would break Huo Yuhao's pride in the finals, unaware that he was protecting the Child of Destiny Tang San had anticipated. The Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy defeated the Holy Spirit Cult, setting up its final against the Clear Sky Sect in three days.

• Titan watched Huo Yuhao and suspected he was Tang San's Child of Destiny, then resolved to have the Clear Sky Sect shatter his pride in the finals.
• Inside Huo Yuhao's Mirror Flower, Water Moon, Tang Ya killed three Holy Spirit Cult contestants while the others neared death.
• At Zhongli Wu's instruction, Zhang Peng conceded the match to save Tang Ya, and Zhongli Wu called her back from the arena.
• Tang Ya acted furious and left without revealing that she and Ma Xiaotao were Huo Yuhao's undercover agents and reluctant to part from their master.
• The host declared the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy the winner and announced its final against the Clear Sky Sect in three days.

Zhongli Wu confirmed that Xuan Zi still intended to help kill Huo Yuhao after the Soul Master Competition, despite Xuan Zi’s plan to kill him afterward. Meanwhile, Wei Na warned Xu Jiujiu that the Sun Moon Empire would wage war once the competition ended and asked what the Star Luo Empire would do.

• Zhongli Wu sent Zhang Peng out of the Sun Moon Empire with Tang Ya and Ma Xiaotao, while he and the others stayed to work with Xuan Zi against Huo Yuhao.
• Zhongli Wu found Xuan Zi drinking in a tavern and taunted him, provoking a surge of killing intent that Xuan Zi soon suppressed.
• Xuan Zi reaffirmed his agreement to kill Huo Yuhao with Zhongli Wu, then vowed to kill Zhongli Wu afterward, even if it cost him his life.
• Zhongli Wu left Xuan Zi, who resolved to make one final contribution to Shrek Academy before he died.
• Wei Na told Xu Jiujiu that the Sun Moon Empire would wage war after the competition and asked what the Star Luo Empire would choose to do.

Xu Jiujiu and Wei Na learned how powerful the Sun Moon Empire had become and passed the news to their rulers, who considered surrendering to preserve their dynasties. Three days later, the Soul Master Competition finals between the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy and the Clear Sky Sect began, with Xu Tianran confident in Huo Yuhao despite his father's warning.

• Xu Jiujiu and Wei Na discussed the Sun Moon Empire's growing strength, the Body Sect's possible defection, and the lack of hope for Star Luo and Heaven Soul.
• Xu Jiujiu told Wei Na to send the news home and leave the choice between resistance and surrender to their rulers.
• Xu Jiawei and the Heavenly Soul Empire Emperor learned the news and worried that resisting would leave their armies and nobles ready to defect; both considered surrendering if their imperial legacies could be preserved.
• Three days later, the finals between the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy and the Clear Sky Sect began.
• The Sun Moon Empire Emperor warned Xu Tianran not to underestimate the Clear Sky Sect, but Xu Tianran trusted Huo Yuhao to win.

The final began between the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy and the Clear Sky Sect, whose competitors had been secretly protected against Huo Yuhao’s Mirror Flower, Water Moon. Huo Yuhao remained confident and prepared to show them his other powers.

• Xu Tianran urged the tournament host to begin the final, and the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy’s competitors entered the arena.
• Gu Yuena sensed that Titan had tampered with the seven Clear Sky Sect competitors, and Huo Yuhao told her he was not concerned.
• The Clear Sky Sect’s captain, Tang Zhen, taunted Huo Yuhao, drawing angry shouts from the spectators.
• Huo Yuhao used Mirror Flower, Water Moon, but a hidden protective power on the Clear Sky Sect competitors blocked it.
• Huo Yuhao recognized Titan’s trick and prepared to use his other powers against the Clear Sky Sect.

Huo Yuhao and the girls challenged the Clear Sky Sect’s team, confident they would win. Huo Yuhao’s first clash with Tang Zhen revealed that his self-made spear of Zhen Ice could overpower the Clear Sky Hammer.

• Di Qiu'er mocked the Clear Sky Sect’s arrogance, and Wang Dong'er explained that the sect considered itself superior to every other force.
• Xu Tianzhen and the others released their Martial Souls, and Huo Yuhao proposed that they each take an opponent and compete to see who could win fastest.
• Huo Yuhao and the girls charged their chosen opponents as Tang Zhen rallied the Clear Sky Sect members and attacked Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao drew his spear and met Tang Zhen’s Clear Sky Hammer, nearly knocking the hammer from Tang Zhen’s grip.
• Tang Zhen demanded to know what the spear was, and Huo Yuhao revealed that he had made it as a Soul Tool and said outdated views of Soul Tools would be left behind by the times.

Huo Yuhao crippled Tang Zhen during the Soul Master Competition, while Tang Zhen, consumed by despair and hatred, unleashed the Clear Sky Sect’s Great Sumeru Hammer. The battle was left poised for Tang Zhen’s Ring Detonation attack as Titan prepared to exploit the chaos after the match to abduct Wang Dong'er.

• Tang Zhen attacked Huo Yuhao with his Clear Sky Hammer and Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, but Huo Yuhao froze his arm with Ultimate Ice.
• Huo Yuhao detonated the ice, destroying Tang Zhen’s arm, while Titan refrained from intervening and Jing Hongchen and Ye Yulin stood ready to stop him.
• The other Clear Sky Sect contestants launched their strongest attacks, and Tang Zhen rose with his remaining hand, intent on killing Huo Yuhao.
• Tang Zhen enlarged the Clear Sky Hammer and began detonating its seven Soul Rings with the Great Sumeru Hammer.

Huo Yuhao exploited the instability caused by Tang Zhen’s Ring Detonation, and Tang Zhen died when the power overwhelmed him. After the Clear Sky Sect conceded and the competition ended, Xuan Zi and Zhongli Wu threatened to kill Huo Yuhao.

• Tang Zhen detonated his Soul Rings to strengthen his attacks, but Huo Yuhao kept pressing him and prevented him from stabilizing his power.
• Tang Zhen’s Soul Power spiraled out of control, and Titan realized the Clear Sky Sect could not defeat Huo Yuhao.
• Xuan Zi and Zhongli Wu resolved to eliminate Huo Yuhao rather than let him join their factions.
• Tang Zhen exploded from within, and the Mingdu spectators celebrated Huo Yuhao and the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy’s victory.
• The remaining Clear Sky Sect contestants looked to Titan, who conceded the match on their behalf.
• Xuan Zi and Zhongli Wu flew toward Huo Yuhao and declared that his life ended there.

Xuan Zi and Zhongli Wu launched their attack at the end of the Soul Master Competition, intending to kill Huo Yuhao and throw Mingdu into chaos. The Sun Moon Empire had prepared for their assault, and Zhongli Wu ordered the attack to continue despite the plan’s failure.

• Xuan Zi and Zhongli Wu confronted the Sun Moon Empire at the competition grounds, and Jing Hongchen and Ye Yulin moved to protect Huo Yuhao.
• Xuan Zi attacked Jing Hongchen while Holy Spirit Cult elders targeted the Sun Moon Empire’s emperor and Crown Prince Xu Tianran.
• The emperor ordered the attackers killed, and concealed Rank Nine Soul Engineers intercepted the elders and sealed off the battlefield from civilians.
• Zhongli Wu realized the Sun Moon Empire had anticipated the plot after learning Huo Yuhao had warned Xu Tianran.
• Xuan Zi blamed Zhongli Wu as their plan unraveled, but Zhongli Wu ordered them to press on and kill Huo Yuhao.

Xuan Zi and Zhongli Wu attacked Huo Yuhao and Ye Yulin as the competition venue descended into chaos. Titan tried to take Wang Dong'er, but Gu Yuena threatened him into backing down, then turned her attention to the ongoing battle.

• Xuan Zi transformed into his Godly Taotie Bull Martial Soul Avatar and charged at Huo Yuhao.
• Zhongli Wu unleashed his full strength and fought Ye Yulin while Sun Moon Empire officials evacuated the spectators.
• Titan considered taking Wang Dong'er, but Gu Yuena warned him against interfering.
• Titan argued that he and Niu Tian served the Asura God King and claimed he wanted to protect the Soul Beast Clan.
• Gu Yuena threatened to kill Titan if he took Wang Dong'er, and Titan abandoned his plan.
• Gu Yuena turned her attention to Xuan Zi and Zhongli Wu fighting Jing Hongchen and Ye Yulin.