Arc 10Spirit Holy Land Ascendant

Qian Xunyi established Spirit Holy Land's supremacy over the continent and punished Ning Fengzhi before returning to the other world and arranging Qian Renshuang's tournament debut. The stretch ended with Qian Renshuang overwhelming Shrek's reserve team and killing He Caitou in the opening match.

  • Qian Xunyi elevated Spirit Hall into Spirit Holy Land, humiliated the surrendered rulers, and claimed authority over the vassal nations' royal and imperial titles.
  • Qian Xunyi forced Ning Fengzhi to consume the Reverse Qiluo Glazed Wither, reducing his cultivation and turning his sect's Martial Souls into Five-Treasure Glazed Pagodas.
  • Bibi Dong captured Xiao Wu and obtained Er Ming's Soul Ring and Soul Bone after he sacrificed himself for Xiao Wu's release.
  • Qian Daoliu, Red Star, Qing Zhang, and Huang Mian became gods before Qian Xunyi reopened the Two-World Gate and returned to the Body Sect after twelve years had passed there.
  • Qian Xunyi enrolled Qian Renshuang at Heavenly Spirit Advanced Soul Master Academy and helped Ah Yin nearly complete her possession of Shrek's Golden Ancient Tree.
  • Leng Yue made the Snow Empress Qian Renshuang's sixth Soul Ring and soul spirit, raising Qian Renshuang to level sixty-six.
  • Xuan Zi left Shrek's reserve team to compete after Death God Envoy devastated its main team, then coerced the referee into selecting Heavenly Spirit Advanced Academy as its first opponent.
  • Qian Renshuang exposed Huo Yuhao's illusory strength, revealed her true Soul Emperor cultivation, and overwhelmed Shrek's team before killing He Caitou with her dragon breath.
Chapters 230–255 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 230Keep the Music Playing, Keep the Dancing Going

Xue Beng accepted the humiliating Sea-Heaven Accord and celebrated his rule, while Qian Xunyi turned Spirit Hall’s attention toward the sects that had opposed it. Huang Mian ordered Ning Fengzhi to make a public act of submission at Spirit Hall’s Continental Grand Ceremony or face the destruction of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

  • Xue Beng signed the Sea-Heaven Accord, accepting territorial losses, tribute, and Spirit Hall’s religious authority over the Heaven Dou Empire.
  • Xue Beng returned to Swan Castle, claimed he had brought peace, and ordered the court’s music and dancing to continue.
  • Qian Xunyi returned to Spirit Hall and sent envoys to confront the major sects, assigning Huang Mian to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
  • Ning Fengzhi withdrew his sect to its ancestral mountain stronghold and declared it reclusive after learning of the empires’ defeats.
  • Huang Mian told Ning Fengzhi to go to Spirit City bare-chested, carrying thorny branches and kowtowing to the Pope, or Spirit Hall would destroy his sect.

Ch. 231Two Clown Crown Princes Meet

Ning Fengzhi abandoned the idea of fleeing after Spirit Hall destroyed sects that resisted and went to Spirit City to plead guilty. A month and a half later, Dai Tianfeng and Xue Beng arrived for Qian Xunyi’s triumphal ceremony, where they mocked each other over their humiliating deeds carved into a marble pillar.

  • Chen Xin and Gu Rong urged Ning Fengzhi to flee, but he chose to wait for a possible change in the continent’s situation.
  • Spirit Hall destroyed families and sects that fled, prompting Ning Fengzhi to travel to Spirit City in plain clothes with thorny branches on his back.
  • Qian Xunyi held a triumphal ceremony after Spirit Hall built a monument celebrating its conquests of the Star Luo Empire and Heaven Dou Empire.
  • Dai Tianfeng arrived with the Star Luo delegation and tribute, then saw a carving of himself and Dai Weisi calling open a city gate.
  • Xue Beng arrived and mocked Dai Tianfeng, while the Eight Great Banner Kings joined in and reminded him of his disgrace.
  • Dai Tianfeng retaliated by pointing out Xue Beng’s own humiliating deeds carved on the pillar and laughed at him.

Ch. 232Holy Procession Ceremony

The rulers of the empires, kingdoms, and duchies, along with sect leaders, arrived at Spirit Hall and were forced to take part in a humiliating procession. At Papal Hall, Qian Xunyi announced that Spirit Hall would become Spirit Holy Land and claim authority over the continent’s vassal states and their rulers’ titles.

  • Dai Tianfeng and Xue Beng traded insults over their betrayals and humiliations, then Xue Ye and Xue Qinghe joined the argument.
  • Ning Fengzhi stripped to the waist, put thorny branches on his back, and kowtowed toward Spirit Hall while Chen Xin and Gu Rong offered to accompany him; other sect masters also came to plead guilty.
  • Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo announced a citywide celebration and had soldiers shackle the sect and clan leaders before the procession began.
  • Qian Xunyi’s flower carriage led the procession through Spirit City, followed by the two empires, the kingdoms and duchies, and the penitent sects and clans.
  • At Papal Hall, Yue Guan announced that Spirit Hall would be renamed Spirit Holy Land, that the nations would become its vassal states, and that Spirit Holy Land would control the granting of royal and imperial titles.

Ch. 233Crowning the Clown Emperor

Qian Xunyi crowned Dai Tianfeng and Xue Beng as emperors under Spirit Holy Land’s authority, then reorganized the kingdoms and duchies as Spirit Hall rose above the empires. He pardoned the kneeling sect leaders but singled out Ning Fengzhi as the culprit behind the Continental War.

  • Dai Tianfeng knelt as Qian Xunyi crowned him Clown Emperor in a robe and crown designed to humiliate him, and Dai Tianfeng endured the ceremony.
  • Qian Xunyi crowned Xue Beng and declared him his son emperor, while Dai Tianfeng learned he had been placed a generation below Xue Beng as his grandson emperor.
  • Spirit Holy Land replaced the kingdoms’ titles and presided over their coronations, then invested Grand Duke Xue Ye of the Duchy of Dark Virtue.
  • Qian Xunyi formally elevated Spirit Hall into Spirit Holy Land, placing it above the two great empires and giving it indirect rule over Douluo Continent.
  • Qian Xunyi pardoned the kneeling sect leaders but refused to pardon the culprit who had provoked the Continental War, drawing attention to Ning Fengzhi.

Ch. 234Reverse Qiluo Glazed Wither

Qian Xunyi showed Ning Fengzhi that an Aromatic Silk Beauty could transform the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda into the Nine-Treasure Glazed Pagoda, then refused Ning Fengzhi’s plea for one and revealed a different Immortal Herb as his punishment. Ning Fengzhi was left facing the mysterious Reverse Qiluo Glazed Wither.

  • Ning Fengzhi accepted responsibility for starting the Continental War and pleaded for Spirit Hall to spare his sect, while Qian Xunyi said he would punish him rather than kill him.
  • Qian Xunyi brought Ning Fengzhi’s son, Little Pingzi, before him and had him reveal his Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda Martial Soul.
  • Little Pingzi consumed an Aromatic Silk Beauty, gained five Soul Power levels, and awakened the Nine-Treasure Glazed Pagoda.
  • Qian Xunyi revealed that he had many Aromatic Silk Beauties, prompting Ning Fengzhi to beg for one for his sect, but the Elders mocked and rebuked him.
  • Qian Xunyi dismissed the Aromatic Silk Beauties and presented Ning Fengzhi with the decayed-looking Reverse Qiluo Glazed Wither as his Immortal Herb.

Ch. 235Five-Treasure Glazed Pagoda

Ning Fengzhi was forced to consume a poisonous fake Immortal Herb that stripped away his Seven-Treasure Glazed Pagoda’s two tiers and permanently capped his Soul Power at level 59. Humiliated by Spirit Hall, he returned home resolved to protect his sect’s legacy and seek revenge when he could.

  • Gui Mei and Red Star pressured Ning Fengzhi to consume the withered Glazed Flower, which lowered his Soul Power from level 79 to level 59.
  • Yue Guan revealed that Ning Fengzhi’s Martial Soul had become a Five-Treasure Glazed Pagoda, locking him at level 59 for life.
  • Spirit Hall’s elders mocked Ning Fengzhi and threatened further punishment, prompting him to kowtow and thank Qian Xunyi for sparing his life.
  • On the way back, Ning Fengzhi rejected Gu Rong’s call to die rather than endure humiliation, explaining that he had to preserve the sect for its members and ancestors.
  • Ning Fengzhi swore that he would destroy Spirit Hall at any cost as long as he lived.

Ch. 237Five Treasure Glazed Tile Sect

Ning Fengzhi discovered that Qian Xunyi had reduced the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Martial Souls to Five-Treasure Glazed Pagodas and capped their cultivation, so he ordered a search for the Aromatic Silk Beauty. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang learned of Spirit Hall’s victory and rebuilding, then convinced himself the allied army had failed without his leadership.

  • Ning Fengzhi returned to the sect and learned that its members’ Seven Treasure Glazed Pagodas had become Five-Treasure Glazed Pagodas, causing him to faint.
  • After waking, Ning Fengzhi confirmed that the sect’s Soul Masters were capped at Soul King and lamented the sect’s decline; Gu Rong and Chen Xin pledged to support him.
  • Ning Fengzhi ordered the sect to search for the Aromatic Silk Beauty, hoping to restore its Martial Soul quality to Seven Treasure.
  • News reached Notting City that Spirit Hall had defeated the two empires’ allied forces, gained control over coronations, and begun rebuilding alongside an Angel Church.
  • Yu Xiaogang secretly celebrated the allied army’s defeat and claimed it had failed because he had not commanded it, while believing Xiao San would eventually destroy Spirit Hall.

Ch. 238Dongzi, Step Down at Once

Tang San convinced Tang Hao that Spirit Hall’s conquest would set him up as the continent’s future savior. Meanwhile, Qian Xunyi used the postwar rewards to acquire God Seeds and a Fusion Chamber, then humiliated Bibi Dong by sending her away from a papal meeting; she left vowing revenge.

  • Tang San told Tang Hao that the Sea God and Asura God had allowed Spirit Hall to dominate the continent so Tang San could later defeat it and claim the people’s faith.
  • Qian Xunyi gained a surge of Prestige Points after the war and exchanged them for three First-Level God Seeds and a Fusion Chamber.
  • Qian Xunyi convened a papal meeting and offered Bibi Dong three months of leave to visit Xiao Gang as her reward for killing the Star Luo commander.
  • Jialing and the elders mocked Bibi Dong and urged her to leave for Notting City, while Qian Xunyi dismissed her from the hall.
  • Bibi Dong left the Papal Hall and vowed to tear Qian Xunyi and the others apart once she became a god.

Ch. 239Xiao Wu Captured

Bibi Dong went to the Star Dou Great Forest seeking Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings, while Qian Xunyi rewarded Spirit Hall’s elders with God Seeds. Xiao Wu fled into the forest and was captured by Bibi Dong, leaving Da Ming and Er Ming facing her in a standoff.

  • Bibi Dong decided to seek Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings for her second Martial Soul and headed to the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Great Forest.
  • Qian Xunyi granted Qing Zhang, Red Star, and Huang Mian First-Level God Seeds, and they began fusing with them in the Fusion Chamber.
  • Xiao Wu slipped away from Da Ming and Er Ming to enter the human world, but she ran into Bibi Dong, whom she recognized as her mother's killer.
  • Bibi Dong surrounded Xiao Wu with Demon Spiders, captured her, and planned to make her a Soul Ring.
  • Da Ming and Er Ming confronted Bibi Dong and demanded that she release Xiao Wu, while Bibi Dong threatened to kill her if they came closer.

Ch. 240Let Xiao Wu Go, and I'll Sacrifice Myself to You

Bibi Dong traded Xiao Wu’s freedom for Er Ming’s sacrifice, gaining the Titan Giant Ape’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone while Xiao Wu swore revenge. Later, Qian Xunyi expanded Spirit Hall’s influence, welcomed his daughter Qian Renxi, and learned that the second Pantheon mission had been completed.

  • Bibi Dong threatened Xiao Wu, and Er Ming offered to sacrifice himself in exchange for Xiao Wu’s release.
  • Bibi Dong accepted, released Xiao Wu, and absorbed Er Ming’s sacrifice as a Soul Ring and Soul Bone; Xiao Wu escaped with the Azure Sky Bull Python and vowed revenge.
  • Qian Xunyi’s Angel God statues spread across the continent, increasing the Emotion Points gained from people’s hatred.
  • Spirit Hall reopened in major cities and required anyone who awakened soul power to pledge twenty years of loyalty under the Awakening Law.
  • Qian Xunyi’s daughter Qian Renxi hatched with Golden Dragon and Fire Dragon Martial Souls, and he planned for her to inherit the Fire Dragon King’s legacy.
  • The system announced that Spirit Hall had completed its second Pantheon mission, stabilizing the Two-World Gate and allowing five travelers from each world at a time.

Ch. 241Tang San: Dividing His Daughter into Three

Qian Daoliu and three elders ascended to Godhood, and Qian Xunyi led them to confront Tang Chen and Bo Saixi. Elsewhere, a sea-blue-haired man divided Xiao Qi’s soul into three to prepare her as part of his plan for a Child of Destiny.

  • Qian Daoliu became the Seraph God, while Red Star became the Lava God, Qing Zhang became the Ice God, and Huang Mian became the Flash God.
  • Qian Xunyi congratulated the four newly ascended gods and prompted Qian Daoliu to recall his past with Tang Chen and Bo Saixi.
  • Qian Daoliu greeted Tang Chen with pointed pleasantries, while Bo Saixi looked down on Tang Chen and recognized Qian Xunyi’s role in Qian Daoliu’s ascension.
  • Qian Xunyi reopened the Two-World Gate and traveled with Evil Lord, Jialing, and Qian Renxi to another world.
  • In the God Realm, a sea-blue-haired man restrained Xiao Qi, removed her soul, divided it into three, and altered and distributed its parts.
  • The man explained that he had acted to guide a Child of Destiny and expected his plan to give Xiao Qi an obedient son-in-law.

Ch. 242Twelve Years Later

Destruction God and Life Goddess learned that Tang San had split Xiao Qi into three, while Destruction God blamed Tang San for exploiting his daughter to control the Child of Destiny. Qian Xunyi returned to the Body Sect and discovered that twelve years had passed in Douluo Continent while he had been away for only nine months, leaving him to reckon with Huo Yuhao’s rapid progress.

  • Destruction God watched a scene of Tang San splitting Xiao Qi into three, and Xiao Wu cried as she demanded to know why he had not stopped it.
  • Destruction God rebuked Xiao Wu for blaming him instead of Tang San and speculated that Tang San meant to use Xiao Qi to control the Child of Destiny.
  • Life Goddess questioned Tang San’s actions, and Destruction God left Life Forest after condemning her for handing the God Realm to him.
  • Qian Xunyi returned to the Body Sect, where Du Busi told him he had been gone for twelve years and had served as acting Sect Master.
  • Qian Xunyi learned from the system that time flowed differently between the two worlds and realized Huo Yuhao had already gained his early advantages.
  • Qian Xunyi regretted missing the chance to interfere with Huo Yuhao’s opportunities, though he admitted he mainly wanted to deny him success.

Ch. 243Sending My Daughter to School

Qian Xunyi reunited with his twelve-year-old daughter Qian Renshuang, who had become a powerful Soul Emperor under Leng Yue’s guidance. After Jialing helped Qian Renxi inherit the Fire Dragon King’s legacy and Leng Yue suppressed Tang San’s Divine Sense, Qian Xunyi suggested sending Qian Renshuang to an academy and proposed Heavenly Spirit Advanced Soul Master Academy.

  • Qian Xunyi returned to the Fire Spring and reunited with Qian Renshuang, who recognized him as her father.
  • Qian Xunyi learned that Leng Yue had helped Qian Renshuang gain the Ice Dragon King Martial Soul, Ice Empress as her Soul Spirit, and rank 59 cultivation at age twelve.
  • Jialing brought Qian Renxi to the Fire Spring, where she received the Fire Dragon King’s inheritance and the spring began to cool.
  • Tang San accused Qian Xunyi’s group of stealing opportunities meant for the Tang Family, but Leng Yue rebuked him and suppressed his Divine Sense.
  • Qian Xunyi trained Qian Renshuang in her innate abilities and persuaded Leng Yue to consider sending her to an academy.
  • Qian Xunyi proposed Heavenly Spirit Advanced Soul Master Academy for Qian Renshuang.

Ch. 244Huo Yuhao's Second Martial Soul

Qian Xunyi enrolled Qian Renshuang at Heavenly Spirit Advanced Academy so she could qualify for the Mainland Soul Master Tournament, then infiltrated Shrek to investigate Huo Yuhao's second Martial Soul. He discovered that Huo Yuhao had gained an Ice Jade Scorpion and that Ah Yin's soul was struggling to take over Shrek's Golden Ancient Tree.

  • Qian Xunyi persuaded Leng Yue to send Qian Renshuang to Heavenly Spirit Advanced Academy so she could compete in the Mainland Soul Master Tournament.
  • Qian Xunyi secured Qian Renshuang's enrollment and a tournament spot, then told her to keep her Martial Soul and Soul Ring configuration secret.
  • Qian Xunyi infiltrated Shrek and learned that Huo Yuhao had gained an Ice Jade Scorpion as his second Martial Soul after a wounded ten-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion joined him.
  • Huo Yuhao accepted exceptional opportunities to study in both Shrek's Martial Soul Department and Soul Tool Department, while Tian Meng regretted that Bingbing was gone.
  • Qian Xunyi examined Shrek's Golden Ancient Tree and discovered that Ah Yin's soul was trying to possess it, growing stronger by absorbing the souls and cultivation of Sea God's Pavilion members.

Ch. 245Helping the Married Woman Ah Yin

Qian Xunyi helped Ah Yin devour the Golden Ancient Tree’s consciousness, sharply accelerating her takeover of the Life Core. Tang San noticed Ah Yin’s sudden progress and, believing the takeover was proceeding as planned, resolved to have a son with Xiao Wu to advance his ambitions.

  • Qian Xunyi chose to help Ah Yin and gave her a drop of his blood essence, enabling her to overwhelm the Golden Ancient Tree’s consciousness.
  • Tang San saw Ah Yin’s possession progress surge to ninety-nine percent and contacted her to ask what had happened.
  • Ah Yin told Tang San that the Life Core had stopped resisting and that she would complete the takeover within a year or two.
  • Tang San asked Ah Yin to help Tang Hao seize the Plane Will after her takeover, then celebrated the prospect of gaining control of both the Life Core and the plane.
  • Tang San visited Xiao Wu and said he wanted a son to inherit his family business, prompting Xiao Wu to question his preference for boys.

Ch. 246Qian Renshuang's Ambition

Xiao Wu questioned Tang San’s plans for their future son and grew disillusioned as she recalled Destruction God’s warnings, then went to meet the Life Goddess. At Heavenly Spirit Academy, Qian Renshuang dismissed the weak team and resolved to grow stronger so she could end Shrek Academy’s long tournament winning streak.

  • Tang San described how he planned to use their future son in his ambitions, making Xiao Wu wonder whether he truly loved her.
  • A God Official delivered the Life Goddess’s invitation, and Tang San asked Xiao Wu to persuade her to stay neutral against Destruction God.
  • Xiao Wu accepted the invitation and left for Life Forest, privately disappointed in Tang San.
  • At Heavenly Spirit Academy’s team selection, Qian Renshuang found the competitors too weak to interest her.
  • Remembering Shrek Academy’s victories and Zhang Lexuan’s past performance, Qian Renshuang decided to focus on reaching Soul Emperor and challenging Shrek.
  • Qian Renshuang kept her tournament place without competing in the selection matches, leaving the team to assume she had entered through connections.

Ch. 247Soul Emperor Qian Renshuang

Qian Renshuang obtained her sixth Soul Ring by accepting the Snow Empress’s sacrifice and reached Soul Power Level sixty-six. With the Snow Empress joining her Mental Sea and promising two more Soul Rings, she was prepared to enter the tournament with overwhelming strength.

  • Qian Renshuang returned home at level sixty and asked Qian Xunyi to let her transfer academies after the tournament.
  • The Ice Empress explained that Qian Renshuang’s Martial Souls and Soul Rings made her strong enough to sweep the tournament alone.
  • Leng Yue arranged for the Snow Empress to become Qian Renshuang’s sixth Soul Ring, and the Snow Empress sacrificed herself.
  • Leng Yue turned the Snow Empress’s soul into a soul spirit and merged it into Qian Renshuang’s Mental Sea, raising her to level sixty-six.
  • The Snow Empress reunited with the Ice Empress in Qian Renshuang’s Mental Sea and granted her the Emperor Sword: Ice Extreme: Peerless Soul Skill.

Ch. 248Death God Envoy Unleashed

Qian Xunyi returned to Heavenly Spirit Advanced Soul Master Academy as its team departed for the Star Luo Empire, while Shrek selected its Seven Monsters and traveled to the tournament. After Xuan Zi’s negligence led to a disastrous attack, Shrek’s main team was left unable to compete, forcing the academy to rely on Huo Yuhao’s reserve team.

  • Qian Xunyi returned to Heavenly Spirit Advanced Soul Master Academy and left with its team for the Star Luo Empire.
  • Xuan Zi selected Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, He Caitou, Xu Sanshi, Bei Bei, and Jiang Nannan as the new Shrek Seven Monsters, then organized the tournament teams.
  • Bei Bei told Huo Yuhao about Shrek’s long record of tournament victories, and Huo Yuhao vowed to defend the academy’s glory.
  • Xuan Zi accepted Dai Hao’s mission to eliminate Evil Soul Masters and sent Shrek’s main members into Death God Envoy’s lair while he stopped to eat and drink.
  • Death God Envoy’s corpse explosions killed Yao Haoxuan and badly injured Chen Zifeng, Gongyang Mo, Xixi, Ling Luochan, Dai Yueheng, and Ma Xiaotao.
  • Huo Yuhao defeated Death God Envoy, and Xuan Zi returned to Shrek with the injured main members, leaving the reserve team as Shrek’s only available competitors.

Ch. 249Xuan Zi: Shrek Can Lose, but I Cannot Be the Chief Culprit

After the students were injured, Mu En kept Xuan Zi at Shrek and argued that the Academy should accept a dignified defeat rather than cling to its winning streak. Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe rejected that approach and decided to seek an easier first-round opponent so the injured main team could recover.

  • Xuan Zi resigned as deputy commander of Shrek's inspection corps, but Mu En ordered him to stay and teach inner courtyard students.
  • Mu En required every student to carry a flying Soul Tool and a defensive Soul Tool, then said Shrek should accept the tournament's outcome and invest more in the Soul Tool Department.
  • Mu En proposed celebrating the team regardless of its result, while Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi feared ending Shrek's ten-thousand-year winning streak under their watch.
  • Yan Shaozhe suggested that Shrek could still win if its team caused opposing students to be eliminated, but he warned that the injured main members would miss the first rounds.
  • Xuan Zi decided to ask Star Luo Empire officials to arrange a relatively weak first-round opponent so the reserve team could hold on until the main members recovered.

Ch. 250Xuan Zi: Arrange a Weak Opponent for Shrek

Xuan Zi secretly pressured a tournament referee to arrange a weak opponent for Shrek Academy, choosing Heavenly Spirit Advanced Academy. Qian Renshuang remained confident she could defeat Shrek, while Wang Yan prepared Shrek’s students for the opening match and explained the tournament format.

  • Xuan Zi threatened the referee and ordered him to draw Heavenly Spirit Advanced Academy as Shrek Academy’s opponent.
  • Qian Xunyi and Leng Yue visited Qian Renshuang, who said she could defeat Shrek even if they faced them.
  • Qian Xunyi and Leng Yue placed strands of their Divine Sense in Qian Renshuang’s Mental Sea to guard against Huo Yuhao and other hidden abilities.
  • Wang Yan explained the tournament stages and rules to Shrek’s students and urged them to win their first-round team battle.

Ch. 251Shrek: They're Just a Bunch of Weaklings

Wang Yan reassured Shrek’s reserve team that their first-round opponents, Heavenly Spirit Advanced Soul Master Academy, were far weaker, while Qian Xunyi predicted the opening match would be unusually interesting. The tournament began with Shrek and Heavenly Spirit called to the arena, and Heavenly Spirit’s team faltered under the crowd’s cheers for Shrek.

  • Wang Yan boosted the Shrek reserve team’s confidence and dismissed the need for tactics against Heavenly Spirit Advanced Soul Master Academy.
  • Qian Xunyi, Du Busi, Jialing, and Leng Yue watched the opening ceremony from the best viewing area, while Qian Xunyi hinted that Shrek’s first match would be especially interesting.
  • The Star Luo Empire’s ruler, Xu Jiawei, opened the tournament, and the host announced an elimination match between Shrek and Heavenly Spirit Advanced Soul Master Academy.
  • Nearly a hundred thousand spectators cheered for Shrek, and Heavenly Spirit’s team went weak in the legs when their name was announced.

Ch. 252A Climactic Opening

Shrek Academy and Heavenly Spirit Advanced Soul Master Academy prepared to face each other in the tournament’s opening single-elimination match. Qian Xunyi had arranged a secret advantage for Qian Renshuang, hoping she would defeat Shrek in the first round and leave the academy with a humiliating loss.

  • Qian Renshuang’s teammates feared facing Shrek, but she resolved to defeat Shitrek Academy herself.
  • Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng encouraged Shrek’s nervous reserve team, while Wang Yan made Huo Yuhao the core of their strategy.
  • Qian Xunyi explained that he had placed a surprise in Heavenly Spirit’s lineup so Qian Renshuang could eliminate Shrek in the opening match.
  • Du Busi laughed at the prospect of Shrek losing to the twelve-year-old Qian Renshuang, and Qian Xunyi anticipated Xuan Zi’s reaction.
  • Heavenly Spirit took the stage, followed by Bei Bei, He Caitou, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong.

Ch. 253Huo Yuhao: Time to Show Off

Huo Yuhao prepared to make Shrek Academy’s first knockout match a humiliating spectacle, then stunned the tournament audience by appearing to possess six Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings. Qian Renshuang saw through his display, and the Ice Empress urged her to teach him a lesson.

  • Bei Bei told the Shrek team they had to win beautifully, and Huo Yuhao planned to use Heavenly Spirit Academy as an example for their rivals.
  • The teams took their places, and the audience was baffled by Shrek’s unusual formation and the young age of its members.
  • When the referee started the match, Huo Yuhao revealed six blood-red rings, shocking the spectators and competing academies.
  • Qian Renshuang recognized that Huo Yuhao’s rings were an illusion created through Simulation and judged that he was only a Soul Grandmaster.
  • The Ice Empress told Qian Renshuang that Tian Meng’s ring was a diluted Million-Year Spirit Ring and urged her to teach Huo Yuhao a lesson.

Ch. 254The Impostor Meets the Real Deal

Huo Yuhao’s simulated Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings let Shrek overwhelm Heavenly Spirit Academy’s team, but Qian Renshuang refused to concede. She revealed her true power as a Rank 66 Soul Emperor with Transcendent Spirit Rings, leaving Shrek facing a genuine threat.

  • Huo Yuhao used the Golden Road to knock out one Heavenly Spirit Academy student and seal the Martial Souls of five others, while Qian Renshuang dodged the attack.
  • Huo Yuhao told Qian Renshuang to leave with her companions, but she insisted the match continued as long as she remained on the stage.
  • Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi approached Qian Renshuang, who warned that Shrek’s strength would not be enough to preserve its legend.
  • Qian Renshuang released an ice-blue Spirit Ring and transformed with the phantom of an ice dragon, suppressing Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi.
  • Qian Renshuang revealed one ice-blue, one red, and four golden Spirit Rings, displaying her true Rank 66 Soul Emperor cultivation.

Ch. 255Fake, It Was All Fake

Huo Yuhao’s Shrek team faced Qian Renshuang, a genuine twelve-year-old Soul Emperor whose Ultimate Ice Dragon overwhelmed them. As Shrek fought on rather than surrender, Qian Renshuang’s attack killed He Caitou, leaving the match in chaos.

  • Wang Yan panicked when Qian Renshuang revealed her Soul Emperor cultivation and ice-blue Soul Rings, while Xiao Hongchen mocked Shrek over Huo Yuhao’s fake Soul Emperor strength.
  • Tian Meng told Huo Yuhao that Qian Renshuang’s strength and Soul Rings were real, and advised him to surrender; Huo Yuhao begged Tian Meng and then Yi Lao for help so Shrek would not lose.
  • Qian Renshuang’s bloodline suppression stopped Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi, but they broke through and charged her before she froze them into ice sculptures.
  • Qian Renshuang introduced herself as a Level 66 Soul Emperor with an Ultimate Ice Dragon Martial Soul, then shattered Xiao Xiao’s cauldrons and injured her.
  • He Caitou fired his loaded soul cannon shells at Qian Renshuang, who froze them with her Primordial Ice Dragon Breath and swallowed him in the attack.
  • Qian Renshuang said she could not stop her dragon breath once it was released, and the Shrek members realized He Caitou had been killed.
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