Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao bid on the cursed Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife, confident he could remove its curse, but Dai Huabin unexpectedly drove up the price. Meng Hongchen and Xu Tianzhen joined the bidding against Dai Huabin, leaving Huo Yuhao to wonder why they were competing for him.

• Xu Jiujiu introduced the Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife and warned that its curse could backfire on its owner.
• Huo Yuhao bid one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, reassuring Qingya and the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy group that he could remove the curse.
• An anonymous bidder raised Huo Yuhao's bid, and Huo Yuhao suspected Dai Huabin was behind the challenge.
• Dai Huabin continued bidding against Huo Yuhao, prompting Meng Hongchen and Xu Tianzhen to rise and offer to outbid him.

Meng Hongchen and Xu Tianzhen competed to buy the Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife for Huo Yuhao, while Dai Huabin drove its price up to spite the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy. When the auction moved on to a powerful Class 8 Soul Tool, Huo Yuhao raised the bid to one million Gold Soul Coins to make Dai Yueheng pay for his grudge.

• Meng Hongchen and Xu Tianzhen tried to outbid each other for the Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife as a gift for Huo Yuhao, but Huo Yuhao took over the bidding himself.
• Dai Huabin learned that the rival bidder was from the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy and persuaded Shrek's group to bid against them, pushing the knife's price to five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Dai Yueheng stopped Dai Huabin from bidding further, and Wang Yan chose not to spend Shrek's money on the cursed knife.
• Xu Jiujiu presented the Class 8 Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade, and Dai Yueheng eagerly joined the bidding.
• Huo Yuhao raised the blade's price to one million Gold Soul Coins to make Dai Yueheng pay for his grudge.

Huo Yuhao used Mental Detection to drive up Shrek Academy’s auction costs in retaliation for Dai Huabin’s provocation, then helped Meng Hongchen prepare to bid on an Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone. The Ice Empress recognized the bone as belonging to one of her clan and wanted Meng Hongchen to claim it.

• Dai Yueheng tried to buy the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade, but Huo Yuhao raised the price to two million six hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Huo Yuhao used the same bidding tactic on later lots, forcing Shrek Academy to pay twice what it had expected for several items.
• Xu Jiujiu presented an Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone, and the Ice Empress told Huo Yuhao it came from one of her clan.
• The Ice Empress urged Huo Yuhao to let Meng Hongchen absorb the Soul Bone because she had Ultimate Ice, and Huo Yuhao agreed.
• Huo Yuhao told Meng Hongchen the Soul Bone suited her, and she prepared to bid for it.

Meng Hongchen won the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone, and Huo Yuhao gave the life-filled Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife to Kong Deming to help him break through to Super Douluo. As the round-robin tournament began, Xuan Zi spotted Zhang Lexuan and Ling Luochen with the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy.

• Meng Hongchen used Jing Hongchen's wealth to buy the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone for fifteen million Gold Soul Coins.
• Meng Hongchen fused with the soul bone effortlessly while Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming watched.
• Huo Yuhao gave the Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife to Kong Deming, who hoped to use its Gold of Life to break through to Super Douluo.
• The elimination rounds ended, and sixty-seven teams advanced to the round-robin tournament.
• Xuan Zi appeared over Star Luo City and saw Zhang Lexuan and Ling Luochen in the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy's preparation area.

Zhang Lexuan and Ling Luochen publicly declared that they had left Shrek Academy, provoking Xuan Zi at the Soul Master Competition in Star Luo City. Xuan Zi’s outburst endangered spectators and brought him into conflict with Emperor Xu Jiawei and the Star Luo Empire’s Titled Douluo, just as Jing Hongchen intervened.

• Xuan Zi demanded that Zhang Lexuan and Ling Luochen return to Shrek, but both said they had left the academy for good.
• Huo Yuhao, Xiao Hongchen, Old Ma, Ma Rulong, and the other Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy contestants stood up to support Zhang Lexuan.
• Xuan Zi unleashed his Super Douluo pressure, knocking academy contestants and spectators off balance and causing cries of pain across Star Luo City.
• Xu Jiawei ordered Xuan Zi to stop harming citizens, but Xuan Zi dismissed him and declared that anyone who belonged to Shrek belonged to it for life.
• Star Luo Empire Titled Douluo surrounded Xuan Zi, who threatened them and prepared to fight.
• Jing Hongchen rose from the crowd and challenged Xuan Zi over the danger his actions posed to ordinary people.

Jing Hongchen confronted Xuan Zi after Xuan Zi tried to take Zhang Lexuan and Ling Luochen, then drew him away to fight outside the city. Xuan Zi’s actions damaged Shrek Academy’s public standing, and the round-robin matches began with Shrek facing Yunluo Academy.

• Jing Hongchen accused Xuan Zi of trying to abduct Zhang Lexuan and Ling Luochen and challenged him to fight away from the spectators.
• Star Shattering Douluo assured Jing Hongchen that the students would be protected, and Jing Hongchen and Xuan Zi left for the outskirts of the city.
• Xu Jiawei decided to help Shrek reach the final before arranging for them to lose the championship to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy.
• The host announced Shrek Academy versus Yunluo Academy as a one-on-one elimination match, and Wang Yan selected He Caitou as Shrek’s first competitor.
• He Caitou entered the arena to a silent crowd while Huo Yuhao watched Shrek’s public image collapse.

He Caitou won his match for Shrek without receiving any cheers as the academy’s prestige continued to fade. Outside Star Luo City, Jing Hongchen’s battle with Xuan Zi exposed Shrek’s arrogance and prompted Star Shattering Douluo and Giant Hammer Douluo to intervene.

• He Caitou defeated Yunluo Academy’s contestant with his Soul Tools, but the crowd gave him no cheers.
• Xiao Hongchen, Ma Rulong, and Huo Yuhao mocked Shrek as they watched He Caitou’s match.
• Star Shattering Douluo and Giant Hammer Douluo discussed Zhang Lexuan’s move to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy while observing Jing Hongchen and Xuan Zi fight.
• Jing Hongchen taunted Xuan Zi and argued that Shrek had no right to claim former students and powerful figures across the Original Douluo Three Kingdoms as its own.
• Star Shattering Douluo and Giant Hammer Douluo separated Jing Hongchen and Xuan Zi and warned them not to continue fighting in the Star Luo Empire.

Xuan Zi was defeated by Jing Hongchen, Star Shattering Douluo, and Giant Hammer Douluo, then returned to the competition venue determined to protect Shrek’s championship. Shrek had beaten Yunluo Academy, and the chapter ended as the seven beautiful girl warriors of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy entered the stage.

• Star Shattering Douluo and Giant Hammer Douluo joined Jing Hongchen in defeating Xuan Zi and warned him to obey Star Luo City’s rules.
• Jing Hongchen taunted Xuan Zi about Shrek’s declining standing, prompting Xuan Zi to resolve that Shrek must win the championship and seek Elder Mu’s help.
• Xuan Zi walked to the competition venue, where he learned that Shrek had defeated Yunluo Academy and that other academies saw them as vulnerable.
• Wang Yan asked Xuan Zi why no Inner Court reinforcements had arrived, and Xuan Zi said Elder Mu trusted the reserve team, Ma Xiaotao, and Dai Yueheng to win.
• The seven girl warriors of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy stepped onto the stage for the team battle.

The Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy sent seven beautiful but formidable girls, including Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao, into the team battle, while Huo Yuhao anticipated Shrek’s reaction to their changed fates. When Zhou Yi called her former students trash, their displayed Soul Rings stunned the arena and made Xuan Zi demand an explanation.

• Meng Hongchen, Wang Dong'er, Di Qiu'er, Xu Tianzhen, Ye Guyi, Xiao Xiao, and Ling Luochen took the stage as the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy’s lineup, while Gu Yuena and the Snow Empress sat out.
• Huo Yuhao wrote in his Diary about the girls’ changed destinies and anticipated Shrek’s response, while the seven girls became eager to win his praise.
• Ma Rulong and the reserve team praised the girls’ combat ability, while Xiao Hongchen joked that Huo Yuhao should handle the violent women and drew wary looks from Gu Yuena and the Snow Empress.
• Zhou Yi called Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao trash and told Xuan Zi she had expelled them from Shrek; Wang Yan disapproved but stayed silent.
• The team battle began, and the seven girls released their martial souls and Soul Rings, stunning the crowd and prompting Xuan Zi to shout at Zhou Yi after seeing Wang Dong'er's five rings and Xiao Xiao's four.

Shrek’s elders watched the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy dominate its match with a lineup of exceptionally powerful young women, while Xuan Zi dismissed their strength as the result of pills. As Xuan Zi sought Mu En’s help over Zhang Lexuan and Ling Luochen, Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen welcomed the chance to expose Shrek in the final.

• Xuan Zi berated Zhou Yi for expelling Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao, while Wang Yan argued that the Sun Moon team’s strength came from excessive pills.
• Xuan Zi rallied Shrek’s reserve team to defeat the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, and the members agreed, believing the opponents had hidden weaknesses.
• Meng Hongchen and her teammates easily defeated their current opponents, though Xuan Zi failed to recognize that her ice was Ultimate Ice.
• Xu Jiawei considered arranging further treatment for Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng to improve relations with Shrek while planning to expose the academy’s actions in the final.
• Xuan Zi sent a messenger to ask Mu En to come to Star Luo City for help with Zhang Lexuan and Ling Luochen.
• Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen watched Xuan Zi seek help and looked forward to having the Sun Moon team and Leng Qiuyu expose Shrek in the final.

Xuan Zi learned that Zhang Lexuan and Ling Luochen had joined the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy and sent a messenger to inform Mu En, while plotting to recruit Huo Yuhao and the other talented students. After hearing the full report, Mu En became furious at Xuan Zi’s actions.

• Wang Xian'er healed Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng, and Ma Xiaotao vowed to confront Zhang Lexuan and Ling Luochen until Xuan Zi ordered her to focus on the competition.
• Wang Yan warned that Huo Yuhao’s eye martial soul could disrupt opponents’ minds, and Xuan Zi began thinking of bringing him and the other Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy talents to Shrek.
• Xuan Zi sent a messenger to Shrek Academy, where Zhuang Lao treated him before he delivered news of Zhang Lexuan and Ling Luochen’s defections to Mu En and the Sea God Pavilion elders.
• Yan Shaozhe challenged the messenger’s claim, but Mu En asked him to recount everything about Xuan Zi’s actions and the women’s responses.
• After hearing the detailed report, Mu En silently fumed and wished he could go to Star Luo City to punish Xuan Zi.

Mu En learned that Xuan Zi had failed to bring Zhang Lexuan and Ling Luochen back from Star Luo City, so he set out to investigate and resolve the situation himself. Meanwhile, Xuan Zi watched Huo Yuhao and his teammates win their semifinal and ordered Shrek to defeat them in the final, hoping to impress them and recruit them.

• Mu En learned that Xuan Zi had been defeated by Jing Hongchen and two Star Luo Empire Douluo while trying to take Zhang Lexuan and Ling Luochen back by force.
• Yan Shaozhe and the other elders offered to go to Star Luo City, but Mu En refused and arranged for them to look after Shrek while he left.
• Mu En resolved to discover why Zhang Lexuan had joined the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy and flew toward Star Luo City.
• Xuan Zi blamed Zhou Yi for expelling Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao, and Zhou Yi broke down when she realized they had Twin Martial Souls.
• Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, Snow Empress, and their teammates defeated Di'ao Academy, and Xuan Zi ordered Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and the reserve team to win the final against them.

Xuan Zi hoped to recruit the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy’s gifted students for Shrek, while Huo Yuhao and his allies prepared for the finals. When the finals began, the crowd overwhelmingly supported the Sun Moon team, and Huo Yuhao welcomed the arrival of the Shrek participants as the Shrek Destruction Plan entered its full phase.

• Xuan Zi planned to use Shrek’s victory in the competition to recruit Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, Wang Dong'er, and Di Qiu'er.
• After the semifinal, the host announced a day of rest before the finals, and the crowd eagerly anticipated the match between Shrek and the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy.
• Jing Hongchen teased Huo Yuhao that Xuan Zi viewed him as prey, while Kong Deming warned that Mu En might arrive and prove difficult to handle.
• Huo Yuhao reminded Jing Hongchen not to underestimate Shrek after its near defeat by a Death God Envoy, and Xiao Hongchen said he and Huo Yuhao could defeat Shrek together.
• The finals began before a packed Star Luo City crowd, whose cheers favored the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy.
• Xuan Zi ordered Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and the other Shrek members to win the championship, while Huo Yuhao saw their arrival and welcomed the Shrek Destruction Plan’s next phase.

The Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy and Shrek Academy prepared for the final, while Huo Yuhao and his allies planned to turn the match into a blow against Shrek. The team battle began with both sides fielding seven contestants, and their leaders traded threats before the fight started.

• Xu Jiawei anticipated Shrek's humiliation and planned to use the academy as a hired force once it lost its influence.
• Sky Fiend Douluo announced the final's three-part, best-of-three rules, and Wang Yan told Shrek's contestants to follow the original plan.
• Xuan Zi barred Ning Tian from the team battle, so Shrek fielded Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, He Caitou, Dai Huabin, and Zhu Lu.
• The Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy sent Xiao Hongchen, Huo Yuhao, Meng Hongchen, Gu Yuena, Snow Empress, Ling Luochen, and Wang Dong'er, leaving Ma Rulong out.
• Xiao Hongchen confronted Bei Bei over Huo Yuhao, and Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi mocked the Sun Moon team before Huo Yuhao threatened Shrek's contestants.
• Ma Xiaotao warned Huo Yuhao and the Sun Moon team that they might die in the arena.

The Soul Master Competition final began as Huo Yuhao empowered Ling Luochen’s Ice Martial Soul to reach Ultimate Ice. Ling Luochen trapped Ma Xiaotao in an Ice Cage, and Ma Xiaotao discovered that her flames could not melt it.

• Xu Jiawei taunted Dai Hao about Dai Huabin’s condition and promised to search for an Immortal Herb, while Dai Hao suppressed his anger and thanked him.
• Sky Fiend Douluo announced the final, and both teams released their Martial Souls.
• Huo Yuhao used Mental Detection and Mental Sharing to link his teammates and transformed Ling Luochen’s ice into Ultimate Ice.
• Ling Luochen used Ice Cage to trap Ma Xiaotao, then faced her past humiliations at Shrek with resolve to take revenge.
• Ma Xiaotao sent Dai Yueheng, Bei Bei, and the others to fight Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy’s remaining members, but her flames failed to melt Ling Luochen’s cage.

During the final, Huo Yuhao’s Ultimate Ice let Ling Luochen contain Ma Xiaotao while the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy’s fighters battled Shrek’s team. As Dai Huabin charged Gu Yuena and Snow Empress in his Hell White Tiger form, Huo Yuhao prepared to unleash the Mirror Flower, Water Moon spectacle before the watching crowd.

• Ling Luochen trapped Ma Xiaotao in an Ice Cage enhanced by Huo Yuhao’s Ultimate Ice, and Ma Xiaotao called for Dai Yueheng to attack Huo Yuhao.
• Dai Yueheng charged Huo Yuhao, but Meng Hongchen used Mirror Refraction to intercept him and knock him back.
• Wang Dong'er attacked Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi, forcing the two Soul Ancestors to work together against her.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu activated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, becoming the Hell White Tiger and charging toward Gu Yuena and Snow Empress.
• Gu Yuena and Snow Empress prepared to teach Dai Huabin a lesson, while Huo Yuhao watched and readied his Mirror Flower, Water Moon spectacle.

Huo Yuhao used his mental abilities to trap Shrek’s contestants in an illusion, where Tang Ya appeared to lead Evil Soul Masters in an assault on the competition venue. As Bei Bei fought to protect Tang Ya from Huo Yuhao, Xuan Zi prepared to intervene and break the illusion.

• The crowd cheered for Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, while Wang Yan urged Xuan Zi to be ready to protect Shrek’s students.
• Huo Yuhao activated Soul Shock and Mental Confusion, drawing Dai Yueheng, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, He Caitou, and Dai Huabin into Mirror Flower, Water Moon.
• In the illusion, Bei Bei saw Tang Ya command Evil Soul Masters to attack the venue and declare her intent to destroy Shrek.
• Tang Ya charged at Ma Xiaotao, and Bei Bei tried to stop her, but Huo Yuhao struck Tang Ya and moved to attack again.
• Bei Bei attacked Huo Yuhao to protect Tang Ya, appearing to fight Xu Sanshi, and Xuan Zi stood up and shouted for them to wake up.

Xuan Zi tried to disrupt the finals to free Shrek’s competitors from Huo Yuhao’s Mirror Flower, Water Moon, but his intervention drew public condemnation and nearly provoked a confrontation with the Star Luo Empire. The illusion continued to drive the competitors to fight their own teammates, and Dai Huabin saw Huo Yuhao holding his fiancée, Zhu Lu.

• Xuan Zi infused his roar with Spiritual Power to try to free Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi, but they attacked each other even more fiercely.
• Jing Hongchen demanded that Sky Fiend Douluo ensure a fair match and threatened that the Sun Moon Empire would withdraw from future competitions.
• Xu Jiawei ordered Star Shattering Douluo and Giant Hammer Douluo to stop Xuan Zi, and they threatened to expel him if he continued interfering.
• Xu Sanshi’s martial soul evolved into the Xuanwu Shield, while Bei Bei’s transformed into the Light Sacred Dragon, and both kept fighting each other.
• Jing Hongchen confronted Xuan Zi as Star Shattering Douluo and Giant Hammer Douluo guarded against him, and Xuan Zi threatened Jing Hongchen.
• Dai Huabin and Dai Yueheng fought each other under Huo Yuhao’s illusion, while Dai Huabin saw Huo Yuhao holding Zhu Lu in his arms.

Huo Yuhao’s illusion drove Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin to attack each other while Ma Xiaotao, trapped in Ultimate Ice, gave in to her Evil Fire. The chapter ended with Ma Xiaotao’s consciousness consumed and her transformation into the Evil Fire Phoenix witnessed by the crowd.

• Huo Yuhao used Mirror Flower, Water Moon and other soul skills to make Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin mistake each other for enemies and fight.
• Ma Xiaotao’s fury and desperation intensified the Evil Fire within her as Snow Empress secretly reinforced the Ice Cage.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that he had orchestrated the trap to force Ma Xiaotao to accept the Evil Fire and become an Evil Soul Master in front of the spectators.
• Dai Hao watched helplessly as his sons attacked each other, while Xu Jiawei urged him to trust them to escape the illusion.
• Ma Xiaotao’s consciousness was consumed by the Evil Fire, and she transformed into the Evil Fire Phoenix.

Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire overwhelmed her, while Jing Hongchen blocked Xuan Zi from intervening and exposed Shrek to the crowd’s suspicion. The battle descended into mutual injury, and Ma Xiaotao broke free to attack Dai Yueheng, whom Huo Yuhao’s illusion made her mistake for Huo Yuhao.

• Ma Xiaotao’s Black Flame melted the Ice Cage, and Xuan Zi tried to enter the field to stop her.
• Jing Hongchen, Star Shattering Douluo, and Giant Hammer Douluo prevented Xuan Zi from interfering, leaving him trapped by the competition’s rules and public scrutiny.
• Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi attacked each other in a mutual assault and shattered each other’s kidneys.
• Dai Yueheng overwhelmed Dai Huabin and prepared to use White Tiger Annihilation Kill after breaking his Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Zhu Lu.
• Ma Xiaotao broke free with her Evil Fire and charged at Dai Yueheng, mistaking him for Huo Yuhao under Mirror Flower, Water Moon.