Chapter Summaries

Shrek’s reserve members were allowed to enter the individual matches against Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, and Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei each won decisively. Huo Yuhao took the stage for the third match, where Meng Hongchen rushed to claim him as her opponent.

• Wang Yan approved letting reserve members fight the opening individual matches, and Xu Sanshi, Bei Bei, and Huo Yuhao volunteered.
• Xu Sanshi used Xuanming Substitution to switch places with Chen Fei and win after being driven to the edge of the stage.
• Bei Bei activated his Light Holy Dragon Bloodline and defeated his power attack-type Soul King opponent with Thunderous Might.
• Huo Yuhao walked onto the stage for the third match, and Xiao Hongchen tried to face him.
• Meng Hongchen pulled Xiao Hongchen back and rushed forward, declaring that she would take Huo Yuhao on herself.

Huo Yuhao faced Meng Hongchen in the semifinal, where her infatuation delayed the fight until she released her Soul King power and Zhuqing Ice Toad Martial Soul. He calmly revealed two purple Soul Rings and a third, blood-red ring, leaving the entire arena stunned.

• Meng Hongchen stared at Huo Yuhao instead of fighting, then admitted she thought he was handsome.
• Huo Yuhao urged Meng Hongchen to attack and offered to sign an autograph after the match.
• Meng Hongchen released five Soul Rings and activated her Zhuqing Ice Toad Martial Soul Possession.
• The spectators complained about the delay as Huo Yuhao calmly faced Meng Hongchen's frigid poison.
• Huo Yuhao revealed two purple Soul Rings and then a blood-red third ring, shocking the crowd and the VIP spectators.

Huo Yuhao revealed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and demonstrated Soul Power beyond his apparent level, leading powerful observers to suspect he had Twin Martial Souls and might possess a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone. He effortlessly dodged Meng Hongchen’s attacks, but she believed her Zhuqing Ice Toad poison had finally taken effect.

• Huo Yuhao’s blood-red third Soul Ring shocked the spectators, while powerful Soul Masters realized his Soul Power exceeded what his three rings could explain and inferred he had a second Martial Soul.
• Meng Hongchen asked whether Huo Yuhao had a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, and he answered ambiguously before she began attacking.
• Huo Yuhao evaded Meng Hongchen’s poison mist, poison domains, and ice-mirror ambush using his Spirit Eyes and footwork, while barely using his abilities.
• Meng Hongchen covered Huo Yuhao in frost with another close-range poison attack and announced that her ice was poisonous.
• Wang Yan, the Star Luo Empire guards, and Dugu Ling investigated Meng Hongchen’s Martial Soul and discovered it was the rare, powerful Zhuqing Ice Toad.

Huo Yuhao defeated Meng Hongchen’s poison and strongest attack with ease, then she tricked him into letting her touch his face before conceding. The match ended with Meng Hongchen safely out of reach and Huo Yuhao laughing at her audacity.

• Meng Hongchen expected her Zhuqing Ice Toad poison to incapacitate Huo Yuhao, but he ate a poisoned ice shard and revealed that he was immune to poison.
• Meng Hongchen attacked with her Sixth-Level Melee Soul Tool and Fifth Soul Skill, Ice-Fire Poison Dragon Drill, but Huo Yuhao stopped her dagger with his bare hand.
• Meng Hongchen released the dagger, admitted she could not beat Huo Yuhao, and pretended to be dejected.
• Meng Hongchen suddenly lifted Huo Yuhao’s chin and stroked his face, then jumped away and declared that she conceded.
• Huo Yuhao stared at Meng Hongchen before laughing at her trick.

Huo Yuhao ignored Xiao Hongchen’s dramatic challenge, while Meng Hongchen proudly confessed her infatuation with him. Ma Xiaotao and Shrek’s team defeated Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, sending Shrek to the final against Minghuang Advanced Academy.

• Xiao Hongchen challenged Huo Yuhao, but Huo Yuhao dismissed him as a lunatic and left the arena.
• Meng Hongchen told Xiao Hongchen she had touched Huo Yuhao’s face and planned not to wash her hand for half a year.
• Ma Xiaotao used her Extreme Fire to defeat three Sun Moon Academy opponents and end the individual matches.
• Huo Yuhao guided Shrek’s team with Spirit Sharing Detection as they overwhelmed Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy in the team match.
• Shrek Academy defeated Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy and advanced to the final against Minghuang Advanced Academy.

Shrek's team confidently assessed Minghuang Advanced Academy as no match for Ma Xiaotao's Extreme Fire and the Soul Tool weaknesses that had doomed Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy. Huo Yuhao alone suspected Ju Zi had prepared a counter, leaving him uncertain what she would rely on in the final matchup.

• Wang Yan briefed Shrek's team on Minghuang Advanced Academy's roster, including captain Ye Guyi, a level sixty-six Soul Emperor with the Holy Angel Martial Soul.
• Ma Xiaotao, Chen Zifeng, and Xu Sanshi dismissed Minghuang Academy's Soul Tool tactics and trusted Ma Xiaotao to defeat them as she had Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy.
• Huo Yuhao reasoned that the continent's immature materials science left Soul Tools vulnerable to Ultimate Attributes, since their metals lacked the spiritual resilience of Spirit Forging.
• Huo Yuhao wondered how Ju Zi planned to counter Ma Xiaotao's publicly known Extreme Fire, concluding that Ju Zi's confidence meant she had prepared for it.

Minghuang Academy shocked the Shrek Team when Jiang Nannan defeated Chen Zifeng in the first individual match. As Jiang Nannan left the arena, Ji Juechen entered, and Huo Yuhao recognized him as the next opponent.

• Jiang Nannan revealed that she had become a Rank 55 Soul King with five Soul Rings, including two Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Ma Xiaotao sent Chen Zifeng to face Jiang Nannan in the opening match.
• Jiang Nannan and Chen Zifeng traded attacks, injuring one another as she used her Soft Force to redirect his sword strikes.
• Jiang Nannan teleported behind Chen Zifeng and struck his lower back with her Ten Thousand Year Soul Skill, knocking him out of the arena.
• A healing-type Soul Saint treated Chen Zifeng, and the Shrek Team stopped underestimating Minghuang Academy.
• Ji Juechen stepped onto the stage with his azure sword, and Huo Yuhao recognized him.

After Chen Zifeng was badly injured, Yao Haoxuan faced Ji Juechen in the second match and was overwhelmed by his swordsmanship. Ji Juechen revealed that his Soul Skills only enhanced his abilities before sweeping Yao Haoxuan off the arena.

• Chen Zifeng was carried away with a broken spine, leaving Shrek’s team shaken.
• Wang Yan sent Yao Haoxuan to fight Ji Juechen and advised him to probe with control Soul Skills.
• Ji Juechen revealed two Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, while Yao Haoxuan used gravity and stone walls to trap him.
• Ji Juechen’s sword qi cut through Yao Haoxuan’s control and wounded him without Ji Juechen drawing his sword.
• Ji Juechen explained that his Soul Skills were pure enhancements, then drew his sword and blasted Yao Haoxuan off the arena.

Ji Juechen defeated Yao Haoxuan with a single sword strike, leaving Shrek Academy stunned by its second humiliating loss. As the emperors and rival academies reacted to Minghuang Advanced Academy’s sudden rise, Huo Yuhao reflected on how Ju Zi had discovered and developed Ji Juechen.

• Ji Juechen struck Yao Haoxuan with the flat of his sword, severely injuring him while deliberately sparing his life.
• Ma Xiaotao, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao watched in shock as Shrek suffered another defeat without forcing Ji Juechen to reveal his full strength.
• Xiao Hongchen and the VIPs, including Xu Jiawei and Dai Hao, realized that Minghuang Advanced Academy—not their own factions—had surpassed Shrek.
• Xu Jiujiu tried to speak with Xu Jiawei, but he silently signaled that they could not discuss the upheaval in public.
• Huo Yuhao calmly recalled Ji Juechen’s humble beginnings and how Ju Zi’s support and training had made him a formidable swordsman.

Ma Xiaotao entered the finals match against Ji Juechen and overwhelmed him with her Ultimate Fire, while Ji Juechen revealed a self-created sword domain. After her flames appeared to defeat him, a transformed Ji Juechen emerged in strange metal armor.

• Ma Xiaotao took the arena after Shrek's two consecutive losses and unleashed her Phoenix Meteor Shower against Ji Juechen.
• Ji Juechen used his sword skills to break apart the meteors, but Ma Xiaotao followed with a relentless barrage of Soul Skills.
• Ji Juechen activated his self-created Silence domain, suppressing Ma Xiaotao's flames, though her superior Soul Power overwhelmed him.
• A white sword light tore through Ma Xiaotao's firestorm, and Ji Juechen reappeared wearing intricate metal armor.

Ji Juechen revealed Minghuang Academy’s combat-ready exoskeleton soul fighting armor and used it to withstand Ma Xiaotao’s attacks, stunning the audience and exposing Minghuang’s technological lead. The armor’s appearance left the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy shaken and raised the stakes for the match and the continent’s balance of power.

• Ju Zi watched eagerly as Ji Juechen emerged from the flames wearing the exoskeleton armor, while Huo Yuhao recognized it as a humanoid soul tool developed with Ju Zi’s future knowledge.
• Ma Xiaotao attacked Ji Juechen with boosted phoenix fire, but the armor’s force field protected him from the flames.
• Ji Juechen used the armor’s jets and strength-enhancing arrays to intercept Ma Xiaotao’s claw strike and withstand her power in midair.
• Spectators and leaders recognized the armor as a humanoid soul tool and realized its strategic importance.
• Elder Ma and Xiao Hongchen were stunned because Mingde Hall had failed to produce a comparable working prototype despite its extensive research.

Ma Xiaotao fought Ji Juechen in the tournament and was pushed to unleash her Martial Soul Avatar to defeat him. Ji Juechen survived but was gravely injured, while Ma Xiaotao left the arena with no joy in her victory.

• Ji Juechen used his Silence domain and a powerful sword strike to tear through Ma Xiaotao’s flames and slice away half her wing.
• Ma Xiaotao re-formed her wing and attacked with successive Soul Skills, but Ji Juechen’s Exoskeleton Soul-Dueling Armor blocked her heat as he forced her back.
• Ma Xiaotao activated her Fire Phoenix Avatar, igniting Ji Juechen’s sword qi and turning the arena into a sea of fire and lava.
• Ma Xiaotao’s attack overwhelmed Ji Juechen, leaving him motionless and gravely injured as healers rushed to save him.
• Ma Xiaotao won the match, briefly felt sorry for Ji Juechen, then stood by her decision to fight for Shrek Academy’s glory.

After the individual matches ended in a forfeit, Shrek Academy and Minghuang Academy began their decisive seven-on-seven battle. Minghuang’s Xu Mingzi summoned a vast starry sky with his Star Staff, prompting Shrek to attack and interrupt him, while the Star Luo Emperor and Dai Hao reacted strangely to Xu Mingzi.

• Minghuang Academy forfeited its remaining individual matches, and Ye Xifei used her Nine-Hearted Begonia to heal Ji Juechen before the team battle.
• The organizers replaced the ruined arena with a custom Black Foundation Stone platform, and both teams took the field.
• Huo Yuhao revealed a three-hundred-thousand-year Ferocious Beast blood ring as the teams released their Martial Souls and Soul Rings.
• Minghuang Academy formed a defensive formation around Xu Mingzi, who chanted and used his Star Staff to create a radiant sea of stars above the arena.
• Huo Yuhao shared a battlefield view with Shrek’s team, and Ma Xiaotao ordered an all-out attack to stop Xu Mingzi from completing his casting.
• Shrek’s members charged Minghuang Academy, and the two teams clashed as Xu Jiawei and Dai Hao watched Xu Mingzi with tellingly uneasy reactions.

Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu realized that Xu Mingzi carried the Star Luo Imperial Family’s bloodline, while Minghuang Academy countered Ma Xiaotao’s Extreme Fire with Bing Hanxue’s Extreme Ice and deployed team-wide armor. The match escalated as Ma Xiaotao prepared to unleash her Martial Soul Avatar.

• Xu Jiawei recognized Xu Mingzi as his illegitimate son through the Star Staff’s resonance with the Star Crown, and Xu Jiujiu sensed that he was her nephew.
• Ma Xiaotao attacked Minghuang Academy with Phoenix Meteor Shower, covering the arena in Extreme Fire.
• Bing Hanxue stepped forward and used Extreme Ice to extinguish Ma Xiaotao’s flames and drive them back.
• Ye Guyi activated Exoskeleton Soul-Dueling Armor for Minghuang Academy’s six members, greatly amplifying their strength and defenses.
• Ma Xiaotao realized Shrek needed a stronger attack and lit her seventh Soul Ring to use her Martial Soul Avatar.

Ma Xiaotao began forming her Martial Soul Avatar, but Bing Hanxue revealed five black soul rings and used her Snow Dance Radiant Sun domain to suppress the phoenix flames. Gongyang Mo then strengthened Ma Xiaotao, allowing her fire to surge again as the battle continued.

• Ma Xiaotao unleashed her phoenix flames while Xu Mingzi continued preparing Minghuang Academy’s ultimate move.
• Bing Hanxue stepped forward and revealed five black soul rings, shocking the spectators.
• Bing Hanxue spread the Snow Dance Radiant Sun domain, freezing Ma Xiaotao’s flames and delaying her Martial Soul Avatar.
• Ma Xiaotao struggled against Bing Hanxue’s extreme cold, while the Snow Empress privately lamented her weakened human body and lack of experience.
• Gongyang Mo strengthened Ma Xiaotao with five soul skills, restoring the phoenix flames and hastening her Martial Soul Avatar’s formation.

Shrek launched a desperate counterattack against Minghuang Academy, and Ma Xiaotao broke through Bing Hanxue’s suppression to unleash her Phoenix Meteor Shower. Xu Mingzi then used starlight chains to seal Ma Xiaotao’s Martial Soul Avatar, leaving Shrek’s strongest attacker powerless.

• Ling Luochе could not overcome Bing Hanxue’s extreme-cold domain as Shrek’s team fought Minghuang Academy’s armored formation.
• Jiang Nannan kicked Xixi away, while Ji Juechen split Yao Haoxuan’s Gravity Shockwave with his sword qi.
• Gongyang Mo poured his strength into amplifying Ma Xiaotao, allowing her to break free of the domain and fully condense her Fire Phoenix Martial Soul Avatar.
• Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Meteor Shower filled the sky with fire meteors, forcing Bing Hanxue and Ji Juechen to combine their domains to withstand its heat.
• Xu Mingzi released starlight chains that bound Ma Xiaotao’s Fire Phoenix, dispersed the meteors, and forcibly sealed her Seventh Soul Skill.

Minghuang Academy defeated Shrek Team, leaving Huo Yuhao as the only Shrek fighter still standing. Ye Guyi declared him her prize and kissed him before the stunned spectators, while Wang Dong and Meng Hongchen reacted with jealousy.

• Ji Juechen, Jiang Nannan, and Jing Ziyan helped eliminate Shrek’s fighters until only Huo Yuhao remained on the arena.
• Ye Xifei healed the Minghuang Team, and Ye Guyi approached Huo Yuhao beneath the attention of the crowd.
• Ye Guyi declared Huo Yuhao her prize and kissed him in front of the spectators.
• Wang Dong and Meng Hongchen reacted furiously to Ye Guyi’s kiss, while Huo Yuhao was left bewildered by her intense feelings.
• Ye Guyi’s memories revealed how Huo Yuhao had become her trusted anchor after her family was slaughtered.

After Minghuang Academy defeated Shrek, Bing Hanxue wondered about her feelings for Huo Yuhao. Back at the hotel, Ma Xiaotao confronted Huo Yuhao about his relationship with the Angel Martial Soul woman, then climbed onto him to vent her pent-up passion.

• Bing Hanxue watched Huo Yuhao and the Angel Martial Soul woman kiss and wondered what kissing felt like.
• Minghuang Academy's victory ended Shrek Academy's ten-thousand-year undefeated run and stunned the continent.
• Ma Xiaotao demanded that Huo Yuhao explain his relationship with the Angel Martial Soul woman.
• Huo Yuhao admitted that she was his little sister in a romantic sense and said he could not choose among the women he loved.
• Ma Xiaotao's anger faded, and she pushed Huo Yuhao onto the bed and straddled him.

After Ma Xiaotao left, Bing Hanxue appeared in Huo Yuhao’s room and insisted on trying what she had witnessed, overwhelming his protests. Elsewhere, Star Luo’s leaders gathered to discuss the threat posed by Minghuang Academy’s powerful students and advanced soul tools.

• Huo Yuhao collected Ma Xiaotao’s discarded underwear and tried to rest after she left.
• Bing Hanxue appeared in Huo Yuhao’s room and revealed that she had watched him and Ma Xiaotao.
• Bing Hanxue told Huo Yuhao that she wanted to try it too, then pinned him down despite his objections.
• Xu Jiawei, Dai Hao, and Star Luo’s other power holders met secretly to discuss Minghuang Academy’s strength and technology.

Xu Jiawei briefed Star Luo Empire leaders on Minghuang Academy’s startling technology, prodigies, and hidden network, then revealed its egalitarian teaching policies. The leaders recognized that the academy threatened the hereditary power of nobles and sects, and their hostility toward it hardened.

• Xu Jiawei told the council that Minghuang Academy had rapidly recruited across the continent, developed Exoskeleton Soul Fighting Armor, and produced Bing Hanxue with only Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Medicine Immortal Douluo asked who ran Minghuang Academy and how powerful its backers were, and Xu Jiawei had an attendant distribute secret dossiers.
• Dai Hao and the other leaders learned that Minghuang Academy, the Spirit Medicine Pavilion, and a border research fortress shared a hidden source of funding and direction, with Dugu Ling as the only confirmed Titled Douluo.
• Xuanji Douluo and other leaders relaxed after concluding the network lacked deep combat strength, but Dai Hao and Xu Jiawei focused on the academy’s teaching charter.
• Xu Jiawei explained that Minghuang Academy accepted students regardless of birth and sent them to awaken Martial Souls in remote villages for free.
• Mo Tianyun condemned the policy, and the Star Luo leaders recognized that educating commoners threatened their hereditary control of power and resources.