Chapter Summaries

Yuwen Tuo persuaded Du Busi to steal the Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone and 100,000 Year Soul Beast Embryo from Xiao Hongchen, then acknowledged his feelings for Xiao Xiao. Meanwhile, Jin Peng intercepted the Shrek group and tried to force Huo Yuhao to join the Body Sect, overpowering Ma Xiaotao and Gong Changlong.

• Yuwen Tuo told Du Busi that Xiao Hongchen held the Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone and 100,000 Year Soul Beast Embryo, and Du Busi agreed to seize them.
• Yuwen Tuo introduced Xiao Xiao as his future wife, and the two clasped hands as Du Busi invited her to return to the Body Sect with them.
• Du Busi reassured Yuwen Tuo that he had drawn Xuan Zi away and would not be detected.
• Jin Peng stopped the returning Shrek group, demanded that Huo Yuhao come to the Body Sect, and rejected Huo Yuhao's refusal.
• Jin Peng's pressure forced most of the group to their knees, and he dispelled Ma Xiaotao and Gong Changlong's attacks before knocking them both down.

Jin Peng confronted Huo Yuhao and Xuan Zi in Star Luo City, but Medicine Immortal Douluo Wang Xian'er intervened and persuaded Jin Peng to leave. While the Titled Douluo gathered in the city, an unknown intruder attacked Xiao Hongchen in his hotel room, leaving him unconscious and stripped of his clothes.

• Jin Peng overwhelmed Gong Changlong and demanded that Huo Yuhao return with him to the Body Sect, prompting Xuan Zi to step in.
• Wang Xian'er arrived with Huang Jinxu and Cheng Gang, heard both sides, and urged Jin Peng to leave Star Luo City.
• Jin Peng departed after saying Huo Yuhao's fate would be decided by the Body Sect's sect master.
• Xiao Hongchen stayed in his hotel room after Ma Lao refused to let him approach the Titled Douluo confrontation.
• A burly intruder grabbed Xiao Hongchen, knocked him unconscious, and ransacked his room before Ma Lao and the Sun Moon Battle Team arrived.

Du Busi returned with Xiao Hongchen’s Soul Tools and a heap of belongings, while Yuwen Tuo planned to examine the loot later. After Xuan Zi and the others returned from their confrontation with the Body Sect, Dai Yueheng and the team blamed Yuwen Tuo for not joining them, leaving their relationships even more strained.

• Du Busi told Yuwen Tuo he had knocked out Xiao Hongchen and taken all the Soul Tools and belongings from his room in search of the soul bones and embryo.
• Yuwen Tuo stored the loot, and Du Busi left to meet up with Jin after using the confrontation to draw attention away.
• Xuan Zi returned to the inn with the others, who looked battered after facing the Golden Body Douluo.
• Dai Yueheng berated Yuwen Tuo for staying apart from the team, but Ling Luochen and Ma Xiaotao defended him.
• Xuan Zi sent everyone to rest before their match against Douling Royal Academy and considered confining Yuwen Tuo after they returned to Shrek.
• Ling Luochen comforted Yuwen Tuo, who said he did not mind the team's cold reception, while Ma Xiaotao hesitated to approach him.

Yuwen Tuo broke open Xiao Hongchen's ring with his command of space and recovered Snow Empress's embryo and the Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone. After Snow Empress explained how humans had captured her, Ice Empress urged her to help Yuwen Tuo, leaving Snow Empress's answer unresolved.

• Yuwen Tuo identified Xiao Hongchen's two living-being Storage Soul Tools and found that the ring was locked by a password.
• Yuwen Tuo shattered the ring and used the Noble Carriage Sword to retrieve the soul bone and Snow Empress's embryo before they were destroyed.
• Yuwen Tuo brought Snow Empress into his Sea of Consciousness, where she reunited with Ice Empress.
• Snow Empress explained that a failed Soul Core attempt weakened her before humans sealed her in the God Sealing Platform during her transformation into a human.
• Ice Empress asked Snow Empress to help Yuwen Tuo, since Snow Empress could neither complete her transformation nor return to her former form.

Yuwen Tuo convinced Snow Empress to accept his Subduing Demons and Controlling Spirits Technique, then hid the stolen treasures and Soul Tools. Meanwhile, Ma Lao blamed the Star Luo Empire for the theft, leaving the Sun Moon Empire unable to retaliate without evidence.

• Snow Empress agreed to let Yuwen Tuo transform her power after he showed her the technique and the River of Time.
• Yuwen Tuo stored Snow Empress's soul bone and embryo, set aside the identifying belt, and inspected Xiao Hongchen's combat Soul Tools.
• Ice Empress warned Yuwen Tuo that the Sun Moon Empire would pursue the stolen treasure, but he said they would suspect only one force.
• Ma Lao concluded that the Star Luo Empire had stolen the treasures and used the clash between Shrek Academy and the Body Sect as cover.
• Ma Lao refused to start a fight without evidence and said they would report to the Hall Master after returning.

As Shrek defeated Douling Royal Academy and advanced to the final four, rival empires discussed Yuwen Tuo and sought to recruit him because of his strength and disputed past. Yuwen Tuo left the arena wondering about his complicated origins.

• At Di'ao Academy, Wei Na and Du Busi arranged to have a respected senior help conceal Yuwen Tuo's strength, while Jin Peng and Long Aotian dodged responsibility for writing the invitation.
• Shrek faced Douling Royal Academy in the tournament quarterfinals, where Guzhu Jian demanded that Yuwen Tuo be brought out and insulted him.
• Ling Luochen and Xiao Xiao attacked Guzhu Jian after he insulted Yuwen Tuo, and Xu Jiujiu explained to Xu Jiawei why Guzhu Jian held a grudge against him.
• Xu Jiawei decided Star Luo should protect Yuwen Tuo, while Ma Lao ordered Meng Hongchen to approach him and persuade him to return to the Sun Moon Empire.
• Shrek crushed Douling Royal Academy and advanced to the final four, and Yuwen Tuo left the arena thinking about his origins.

Yuwen Tuo relaxed while Meng Hongchen and Xu Jiujiu argued over his origins and the Star Luo Empire's actions. He had already uncovered clues about his past and watched as the two women misunderstood each other's accusations.

• Shrek Academy's team, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, the Star Luo National Academy, and Di'ao Academy advanced to the semifinals, and Zhou Yi warned Shrek's team not to underestimate their opponents.
• Yuwen Tuo rested on the hotel rooftop, confident that Shrek could no longer threaten him in Star Luo City.
• Meng Hongchen approached Yuwen Tuo and claimed he had a noble bloodline and should return with her to the Sun Moon Empire.
• Yuwen Tuo revealed that his inquiries had uncovered scandals involving the Star Luo Imperial Family and the disappearance of its eldest princess about fifteen years earlier.
• Meng Hongchen accused the Star Luo Imperial Family of abandoning Yuwen Tuo, but Xu Jiujiu arrived and challenged her, believing they were arguing over the soul beast embryo.
• Meng Hongchen and Xu Jiujiu traded accusations while Yuwen Tuo calmly watched their misunderstanding unfold.

Xu Jiujiu and Meng Hongchen agreed to settle their rivalry over Yuwen Tuo at the Soul Duel Tournament, while Yuwen Tuo reaffirmed that he would choose his own path. Xu Jiujiu later told her elder sister Xu Yueran that Yuwen Tuo was alive, but Xu Yueran refused to acknowledge her son because his existence reminded her of past humiliation.

• Xu Jiujiu and Meng Hongchen argued over Yuwen Tuo and agreed that the Soul Duel Tournament would decide who got him.
• Yuwen Tuo told Jiang Peng that he had chosen to stay where he was, and Jiang Peng said his academy had completed the matter Yuwen Tuo had entrusted to them.
• Xu Jiujiu reported to Xu Yueran that Yuwen Tuo was alive, had registered as being from Shiwa Village, and had reached nearly Soul Ancestor rank at thirteen.
• Xu Yueran became angry when Xu Jiujiu said the Sun Moon Empire wanted Yuwen Tuo, but she insisted his life and choices had nothing to do with her.
• Xu Jiujiu declared that she would bring Yuwen Tuo back as his maternal aunt, while Xu Yueran privately admitted that his existence reminded her of her past torment and humiliation.

Xu Jiawei opened the Top Four Tournament semifinals and presided over the final draw, which paired Star Luo National Academy with Shrek Academy and Di'ao Academy with Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. As Yuwen Tuo watched Di'ao struggle against Sun Moon’s Soul Engineers, he discussed their battlefield threat with Long Aotian, who remained confident that powerful Soul Masters could overcome Soul Tools.

• Xu Jiawei arrived at the competition platform with four Titled Douluo and announced the start of the semifinals.
• Huang Jinxu became the referee, and Bei Bei, Ma Rulong, Jiang Peng, and a Star Luo National Academy representative drew the matchups.
• Yuwen Tuo watched Di'ao Academy fall behind Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy before its three leading competitors even entered the team battle.
• Long Aotian joined Yuwen Tuo and argued that high-ranking Soul Masters could suppress Soul Engineers and that he would use a decapitation tactic in a future war.
• Yuwen Tuo recalled that Long Aotian had died beneath Sun Moon Empire Soul Guidance Cannons while protecting Wei Na in his original fate.

Shrek fell behind Star Luo National Academy until Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong used their powerful fusion skill, Light's Neon Clothes, to shatter Xu Jiujiu's defenses. Ma Xiaotao regained her Ultimate Fire and launched an attack against the Star Luo team.

• Di'ao Academy lost its semifinal match to Sun Moon despite Jiang Peng's efforts, and Yuwen Tuo returned to Shrek's battle against Star Luo.
• Xu Jiujiu restrained Ma Xiaotao with Star's Protection and Absolute Defense, while Huang Heyun used the Nine Transformations Soul Conversion Instrument to suppress Dai Yueheng.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong chose their unfinished fourth Martial Soul Fusion Skill instead of Golden Road or Heavenly Emperor's Hammer.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong fused into Light's Neon Clothes, whose Butterfly God's Light cracked Star's Protection.
• Light's Neon Clothes and Ma Xiaotao attacked together, shattering Star's Protection and Absolute Defense and freeing Ma Xiaotao.
• Ma Xiaotao recovered her Ultimate Fire and unleashed Phoenix Meteor Shower against Star Luo National Academy.

Shrek defeated Star Luo National Academy in the semifinal team battle, while Jiang Peng fought on and weakened Di'ao Academy before losing to Ma Rulong. The finalists were set as Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, whose leaders prepared strategies centered on Ma Xiaotao and Yuwen Tuo.

• Ma Xiaotao unleashed her Phoenix Meteor Shower, but the Heavenly Fiend Douluo blocked it before it caused casualties, and Shrek won the semifinal team battle.
• Star Luo National Academy forfeited its remaining matches because its main team members were injured, allowing Shrek to advance to the finals.
• Jiang Peng refused to forfeit, defeated Mi Jia with his Heaven Shaking Axe, and was then defeated by Ma Rulong's High-Temperature Soul Ray.
• Ma Lao revealed that Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy was preparing an eighth-class Absolute Defense weapon to restrain Ma Xiaotao.
• Zhou Yi asked Yuwen Tuo to fight at full strength in the final, and Yuwen Tuo agreed not to hold back.

Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy prepared for the tournament final as Yuwen Tuo joined Shrek’s team, intent on learning about Sun Moon’s tactics and avenging his village. The chapter ended as the team battle began, with Shrek fielding its strongest available lineup.

• Yuwen Tuo entered the finals alongside Shrek, resolved to fight the Sun Moon Empire because he believed it was connected to his village’s destruction.
• Xiao Hongchen prepared eagerly to face Shrek, while Meng Hongchen watched Yuwen Tuo and noticed his unusual murderous aura.
• Xu Jiawei, Xu Jiujiu, Xu Yueran, Dai Hao, and other nobles watched from the stands as Xu Yueran said Yuwen Tuo’s performance would determine whether the Star Luo Imperial Family claimed him.
• Huang Jinxu announced the three-match final format, and Zhou Yi urged Shrek’s students to follow their plan.
• Shrek selected Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Ling Luochen, Yuwen Tuo, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xu Sanshi for the team battle, which began as both teams took the field.

The finals began with Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Academy trading tactics as Ma Rulong trapped Ma Xiaotao and then captured five Shrek fighters with Thunder Prison. Xiao Hongchen unleashed a barrage of Soul Guided Cannons and prepared an even stronger attack while Yuwen Tuo watched.

• The Star Luo Emperor declared the tournament finals underway, and Ma Xiaotao charged Sun Moon Academy while telling Yuwen Tuo to protect Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao.
• Ma Rulong trapped Ma Xiaotao inside the eighth-rank Absolute Cage, and Sun Moon Academy moved to attack Shrek’s remaining fighters.
• Xu Sanshi used Huo Yuhao’s Mental Detection and Mental Sharing to switch Xiao Hongchen into Shrek’s formation, but Ma Rulong trapped them all inside Thunder Prison.
• Xiao Hongchen used his soul skills to create Soul Guided Cannons and fire a dense barrage at the trapped Shrek fighters.
• Xiao Hongchen activated Gold Boiling and Gold Sacrifice, summoning 128 Soul Guided Cannons for his main attack.

Yuwen Tuo endured Xiao Hongchen’s barrage and then overwhelmed him and Ma Rulong, turning the battle decisively in Shrek’s favor. He left both Sun Moon Soul Engineer Academy fighters defeated and outside the arena.

• Xiao Hongchen used 128 Soul Guided Cannons to drive Shrek back while Ma Xiaotao struggled to break free of the Absolute Cage.
• Yuwen Tuo walked unharmed through Xiao Hongchen’s barrage by partially turning his body into fire with the Divine Fire Doppelganger.
• Yuwen Tuo knocked Xiao Hongchen down with powerful blows and forced him to abandon Golden Yearning when flames threatened to melt his body.
• Yuwen Tuo tapped Ma Rulong’s Level 7 High-Temperature Soul Ray and turned it into golden powder using the Xuanyuan Sword’s metal-suppressing trait.
• Yuwen Tuo flicked Ma Rulong into Xiao Hongchen, sending both men out of the arena.

Yuwen Tuo single-handedly defeated the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s strongest fighters, securing Shrek Academy’s team-battle victory while making clear he intended to break with Shrek. The individual matches began with Bei Bei’s win and loss, and Jiang Nannan stepped up to face Meng Hongchen.

• Yuwen Tuo swept through the Sun Moon team, defeating Ma Rulong, Xiao Hongchen, and the remaining competitors while criticizing Soul Engineers’ physical weakness.
• Xu Jiawei resolved to bring Yuwen Tuo back to the Star Luo Empire, while Du Busi and others from the Body Sect prepared to reclaim him through the Heaven Dou Empire’s representative.
• Ma Xiaotao broke free of the Absolute Cage, and Ma Lao conceded the team battle, giving Shrek Academy the victory.
• Yuwen Tuo rejected Ma Xiaotao’s attempt to take his hand and resolved to break with Shrek Academy after the final match.
• Bei Bei won the opening individual match with a Tang Sect hidden weapon, but Meng Hongchen defeated him with her ice poison.
• Jiang Nannan volunteered to face Meng Hongchen, intending to rely on her speed and Invincible Golden Body to resist the poison.

Yuwen Tuo defeated Meng Hongchen by absorbing her poison and countering her Teleportation Ring, leaving the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy with no choice but to surrender. Shrek advanced after Jiang Nannan was poisoned, while the opposing team recognized that Yuwen Tuo was beyond their ability to overcome.

• Meng Hongchen poisoned Jiang Nannan after waiting for her Invincible Golden Body to fade, and Xu Sanshi carried Jiang Nannan from the arena.
• Yuwen Tuo took Jiang Nannan's place in the match and rejected Meng Hongchen's appeal to join the Sun Moon Empire.
• Yuwen Tuo absorbed Meng Hongchen's Ice Toad Poison and destroyed her attempt to escape with the Teleportation Ring.
• Yuwen Tuo stopped his blade just short of Meng Hongchen's neck, and she surrendered.
• Ma Lao surrendered for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy after deciding that Yuwen Tuo and the Shrek fighters behind him could not be defeated.

After Shrek Academy won the tournament, Yuwen Tuo used the celebration to publicly introduce himself as a citizen of the Heaven Dou Empire, prompting Xuan Zi to attack him. Thunder Douluo Yu Yuancheng intervened and challenged Xuan Zi to protect him.

• Ma Lao conceded the final, and the referee declared Shrek Academy the tournament champion.
• Yuwen Tuo silenced the cheering crowd and announced that he had Level Twenty Innate Full Soul Power and came from Shiwa Village in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xuan Zi realized Yuwen Tuo meant to expose Shrek and attacked him with a golden bull's hoof.
• Yu Yuancheng appeared beside Yuwen Tuo, blocked Xuan Zi's attack, and revealed himself as Thunder Douluo.
• Yu Yuancheng declared that Yuwen Tuo was a citizen of the Heaven Dou Empire and offered to fight Xuan Zi if he continued to threaten him.

Yuwen Tuo revealed that Shrek Academy had imprisoned him and altered his awakening record, prompting a confrontation at the tournament award ceremony. As Thunder Douluo was asked to uphold justice, Xu Jiujiu produced a record contradicting Yuwen Tuo’s account, while Wei Na suspected Shrek had manipulated the evidence.

• Yuwen Tuo recounted how Ma Sino detained him after his Innate Soul Power tested at Level 20, and Ma Xiaotao tried to stop him from continuing.
• Ma Lao blocked Ma Xiaotao’s attack, while Jiang Peng stopped Dai Yueheng from reaching Yuwen Tuo; Ling Luochen refused to fight and said she had promised to help Yuwen Tuo escape.
• Yuwen Tuo accused Shrek of imprisoning him for six years and ruining his potential, then asked Thunder Coronet to seek justice for him.
• Zhou Yi denied Yuwen Tuo’s claims and accused him of being a Sun Moon Empire agent, insisting his awakening level had been only Level Nine.
• Xu Jiujiu presented a record stating Yuwen Tuo’s awakening level was Level Nine and asked him to prove it had been altered, while Wei Na suspected Shrek had manipulated the evidence.

Yu Wencheng exposed Shrek’s altered records and presented witnesses and footage showing that he had awakened with Innate Level 20 Soul Power. The evidence turned suspicion toward Shrek, and Ma Lao connected Yu Wencheng’s Pure Fire Martial Soul to Ma Xiaotao’s purified evil fire.

• Xu Jiujiu produced Yu Wencheng’s awakening record, and Yu Wencheng called for the people who had witnessed his awakening to testify.
• Su Yunlang and Ma Sino appeared, and Ma Sino testified that Dean Yan Shaozhe had ordered the record altered and Yu Wencheng imprisoned for six years to help Ma Xiaotao suppress her evil fire.
• Su Yunlang played an image recording that showed Yu Wencheng awakening with Innate Level 20 Soul Power, while Yu Yuancheng, Ma Lao, and the Four Guardian Douluo prevented Shrek’s representatives from destroying it.
• Zhou Yi argued that the footage proved only Yu Wencheng’s talent, not that Shrek had harmed him.
• Ma Lao pointed out that Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire had been purified while Yu Wencheng’s Pure Fire Martial Soul had been crippled, suggesting the two events were connected.

Xiao Xiao and Ling Luochen testified that Shrek Academy had crippled Yuwen Tuo, and Yuwen Tuo declared that exposing the truth had achieved his goal of ruining Shrek’s reputation. As Xuan Zi tried to take Yuwen Tuo back, Du Busi arrived to claim Huo Yuhao for the Body Sect.

• Xiao Xiao testified that Yuwen Tuo’s Cultivation Power had been reduced twice, and Ling Luochen confirmed that Ma Xiaotao had crippled him for six years.
• Ling Luochen defended telling the truth, while Xuan Zi realized the accusations had devastated Shrek’s reputation.
• Yuwen Tuo said his goal was to disgrace Shrek, and Xuan Zi offered him compensation and asked him to return to the academy.
• Du Busi burst through the Soul Duel Arena ceiling, overshadowed Xuan Zi, and announced that Huo Yuhao belonged to the Body Sect.