Arc 3The Tournament Begins

Huo Yuhao asserted his place at Shrek while protecting his friends, confronting Dai Huabin, and helping Ma Xiaotao control her Evil Fire. After Shrek’s team survived an attack by Evil Soul Masters, it reached Star Luo City and began the tournament, where Huo Yuhao helped secure another victory.

  • Huo Yuhao defeated Dai Huabin in their bet, earned full marks in his assessment, and rejected Yan Shaozhe’s offer to join the Martial Soul Department in favor of the Soul Guidance Department.
  • Mu En revealed that Huo Yuhao was his student and decided he would cultivate both Martial Souls and Soul Tools.
  • Ma Xiaotao helped Huo Yuhao and his friends fight off assassins, then Huo Yuhao used the Human Emperor Sword to help her control her Evil Fire and advance her cultivation.
  • Huo Yuhao’s friends refused to compete for the New Generation Shrek Seven Monsters title, but he agreed to join the tournament reserve team and fought alongside the previous generation in their integration battle.
  • Xuan Zi led Shrek’s students to the Mingdou Mountain Range to hunt Evil Soul Masters, where the Death God Envoy’s corpse explosion severely injured several students before Elex defeated him and healed the survivors.
  • Huo Yuhao told Dai Hao that Dai Huabin’s household had caused Huo Yuner’s death and that Dai Huabin had sent assassins after him, prompting Dai Hao to disown Dai Huabin.
  • Shrek reached Star Luo City and defeated Sky Spirit Academy, then Wang Yan bought Soul Tools and Ning Tian acquired the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife for Huo Yuhao.
  • Huo Yuhao disguised Shrek’s Soul Rings as hundred-thousand-year rings and used Ultimate Ice to help Shrek defeat Qianling Academy.
Chapters 51–75 Vol. 1 Read

Ch. 51Back-to-School Assessment!

Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek Academy after registering with the Soul Guidance Department, reunited with his worried friends, and confronted Dai Huabin. The next day, as the entrance assessments began, Dai Huabin approached Huo Yuhao with an apparent ulterior motive.

  • Wang Dong'er, Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Xiao Xiao waited anxiously for Huo Yuhao and Zhu Lu, then argued with Dai Huabin when he mocked Huo Yuhao's absence.
  • Huo Yuhao and Zhu Lu arrived, and Huo Yuhao overwhelmed Dai Huabin with his Soul Power and punched him before revealing that he had registered with the Soul Guidance Department.
  • Wang Dong'er embraced Huo Yuhao, admitted she had worried about him, and then blushed when Xiao Xiao and Ning Tian teased her.
  • Huo Yuhao and his friends returned to their dormitories and prepared to take their entrance assessments the next day.
  • At the Beast Arena, Dai Huabin approached Huo Yuhao just as the assessments were about to begin.

Ch. 52A Bet!

Huo Yuhao accepted Dai Huabin’s bet over their Opening Assessment scores, with the loser owing fifty million Gold Soul Coins and kneeling to call himself weak. Dai Huabin scored 145 after killing a Millennium Wind Tiger, and Wang Dong’er passed her own assessment against a Bloodthirsty Demon Bear as the contest continued.

  • Dai Huabin challenged Huo Yuhao to a bet, and Huo Yuhao added a fifty-million-Gold-Soul-Coin stake that Dai Huabin accepted.
  • Dai Huabin entered the Beast Arena and chose to face a Millennium Soul Beast within the assault-type assessment rules.
  • Dai Huabin killed the Wind Tiger with brute force, prompting the judge teacher to reprimand him for killing rather than merely defeating it.
  • Yan Shaozhe awarded Dai Huabin 145 points, the highest score so far, and Dai Huabin told Wang Dong’er she would not surpass him.
  • Wang Dong’er fought a Bloodthirsty Demon Bear with her soul skills and passed the assessment after knocking it unconscious.

Ch. 53A Thorough Defeat!

Huo Yuhao passed the control assessment by freezing a Blazing Flame Lion with Ultimate Ice, earning full marks and forcing Dai Huabin to pay part of their wager. After Yan Shaozhe summoned him to the Academic Affairs Office, Huo Yuhao found the dean waiting to apologize.

  • Wang Dong'er received a score of 120 after Yan Shaozhe deducted points for her careless combat.
  • Huo Yuhao chose a thousand-year soul beast for his assessment, then used the Ice Empress's power and Ultimate Ice to restrain a Blazing Flame Lion for three minutes.
  • Yan Shaozhe awarded Huo Yuhao full marks and left to consider how to recruit him, while Du Weilun announced the result to the stunned audience.
  • Huo Yuhao stopped Dai Huabin from escaping, made him kneel and say he was weak, and collected a gold card while reminding him that he still owed forty million plus interest.
  • The academy called Huo Yuhao to the Academic Affairs Office, where Yan Shaozhe bowed and apologized to him.

Ch. 54Soul Guidance Department and Martial Soul Department's Struggle!

Huo Yuhao resisted Yan Shaozhe’s offer to join the Martial Soul Department as Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er intervened to defend his place in the Soul Guidance Department. At the Sea God Pavilion Conference, Yan Shaozhe revealed that Huo Yuhao possessed Ultimate Ice, shocking the elders and heightening their interest in him.

  • Yan Shaozhe offered Huo Yuhao core disciple status in the Martial Soul Department, a complete set of soul bones, and his next three soul rings, but Huo Yuhao questioned the promise.
  • Qian Duoduo interrupted Yan Shaozhe and accused him of breaking their agreement, then Xian Lin'er arrived and declared Huo Yuhao a core disciple of the Soul Guidance Department.
  • Yan Shaozhe proposed a Sea God Pavilion Conference, and the deans sent Huo Yuhao away before heading to the meeting.
  • At the conference, Yan Shaozhe told Mu En and the pavilion elders that Huo Yuhao had revealed his second Martial Soul: Ultimate Ice.
  • The elders reacted with disbelief, while Mu En realized Huo Yuhao had concealed his power in order to choose the Soul Guidance Department.

Ch. 55Treasure Gathering Pavilion

At Sea God Pavilion, Mu En ruled that Huo Yuhao would train in both Martial Souls and Soul Tools, while ordering Yan Shaozhe to address the academy’s failures toward him. Later, Huo Yuhao and his companions received invitations to Shrek’s Treasure Gathering Pavilion and decided to visit that night.

  • Elder Lin and Elder Song argued over whether Huo Yuhao should join the Martial Soul Department or the Soul Guidance Department, citing his talents and their factions’ past treatment of him.
  • Mu En stopped the debate, criticized Yan Shaozhe for Shrek Academy’s failures toward Huo Yuhao, and ordered him to deal with the matter.
  • Mu En revealed that Huo Yuhao was his student and decided that he would cultivate both Martial Souls and Soul Tools.
  • Huo Yuhao walked by Sea God Lake with five girls and discussed the future importance of Soul Tools.
  • Wu Feng and Ning Tian brought invitations to Treasure Gathering Pavilion, and Ning Tian explained that students could trade academy redemption credits for treasures there.
  • Huo Yuhao questioned whether the credits were meant to make students indebted to Shrek Academy, but agreed to visit the pavilion with the others that night.

Ch. 56An Encounter at the Treasure Gathering Pavilion!

Huo Yuhao and his companions explored Shrek's Treasure Gathering Pavilion, where he bought Wang Dong'er a Soul Bone and chose rare Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue. They ran into Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan, whose warm greeting to Yuhao made the girls wary.

  • Yan Shaozhe told Ma Xiaotao that Huo Yuhao had once possessed Ultimate Ice, and she hurried off to find him.
  • Huo Yuhao and the five girls entered the Treasure Gathering Pavilion and saw its many treasures, including Soul Bones and Soul Tools.
  • Wang Dong'er coveted the Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone, so Huo Yuhao used Dai Huabin's ten-million-credit card to buy it for her.
  • Huo Yuhao chose Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue after Tian Meng identified it, and Ning Tian offered to pay for it.
  • Huo Yuhao greeted Bei Bei and accepted Xu Sanshi's apology, then Jiang Nannan evaded Xu Sanshi and warmly greeted Yuhao, drawing wary looks from the girls.

Ch. 57The Assassination Strikes!

After leaving the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, Huo Yuhao and the girls were ambushed by powerful black-clothed assassins. Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi arrived to help, and just as the captain attacked Huo Yuhao, an unidentified woman intervened.

  • Jiang Nannan accepted her back pay from Huo Yuhao, who advised her to use her own money so Shrek could not hold her back.
  • Wang Dong'er questioned Huo Yuhao about Jiang Nannan, and he explained their conversation through Spiritual Link before the girls apologized.
  • Huo Yuhao detected an ambush and led the girls away, but the assassins broke through his illusion and caught up with them.
  • Ning Tian boosted the group with her soul skills, but their attacks could not overcome the Soul King and Soul Emperor among the assassins.
  • Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi arrived and attacked the assassins, but the captain charged at Huo Yuhao with his sixth soul skill.
  • A blazing fireball struck the captain just before he could hit Huo Yuhao, and a woman cried, “Who dares touch my man!”

Ch. 58The Scatterbrained Senior Sister!

Ma Xiaotao rescued Huo Yuhao and the others from black-clad attackers, while Huo Yuhao noticed her Evil Fire was affecting her control. After the attack, Ma Xiaotao asked Huo Yuhao to come to the Inner Court, and he correctly guessed she wanted help with her Evil Fire.

  • Ma Xiaotao arrived and killed the Soul Emperor attacking Huo Yuhao, while Wei Qing and Huo Qubing intercepted fleeing attackers.
  • Ma Xiaotao unleashed her Phoenix Meteor Shower as Jiang Nannan moved Huo Yuhao to safety, and the group reunited with the rescued girls.
  • Huo Yuhao noticed that Ma Xiaotao struggled to control her flames, and Bei Bei explained that her Evil Fire could take over her mind.
  • Ma Xiaotao realized she had killed every attacker and left no one alive to question, so Shrek's guards took over the aftermath.
  • After questioning, Ma Xiaotao asked Huo Yuhao to accompany her to the Inner Court, and he guessed she wanted help with her Evil Fire.

Ch. 59Surging Evil Fire!

Huo Yuhao confronted Ma Xiaotao about Shrek Academy’s mistreatment of him and asked her to help change it, then encouraged her to master her Evil Fire rather than suppress it. Ma Xiaotao agreed and unleashed the flames, leaving Huo Yuhao and the others watching as she began to face her power.

  • Huo Yuhao told Ma Xiaotao that Shrek Academy had given him a worthless Soul Ascension Pill and threatened him instead of properly apologizing for the Sea God Lake incident.
  • Huo Yuhao criticized Shrek Academy’s arrogance and refusal to grant him core disciple status, then invited Ma Xiaotao to help him change it; she agreed.
  • Mu En watched from the shadows and was satisfied that Ma Xiaotao would help protect Huo Yuhao.
  • In Ma Xiaotao’s room, Huo Yuhao urged her to control and conquer her Evil Fire instead of suppressing it, and she agreed to try.
  • Ma Xiaotao lifted her suppression and erupted in purple-red flames as Huo Yuhao activated Spiritual Detection and prepared the Human Emperor Sword.

Ch. 60Mastering Evil Fire!

Huo Yuhao suppressed Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire and helped her gain control of it, while Mu En restored his exhausted Soul Power. The next day, Ma Xiaotao woke to find her rank had risen to level sixty-eight, as Huo Yuhao continued cultivating with purified Ultimate Fire.

  • Yan Shaozhe and Cai Meier worried as Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire threatened to overwhelm her, but Mu En trusted Huo Yuhao to intervene.
  • Huo Yuhao used the Human Emperor Sword and Human Emperor Qi to suppress the Evil Fire and make it release its power to Ma Xiaotao.
  • Yan Shaozhe found that Ma Xiaotao could control the Evil Fire and had advanced to level sixty-eight, while Mu En replenished Huo Yuhao’s Soul Power.
  • Huo Yuhao purified a mass of Evil Fire into Ultimate Fire and fused it into his heart to advance his second Heavenly Cycle circulation.
  • The next morning, Ma Xiaotao woke, realized she could control the Evil Fire, and happily answered Huo Yuhao at her door.

Ch. 61New Generation Shrek Seven Monsters Selection!

Huo Yuhao absorbed the Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue and learned that he and the girls would face selection for the New Generation Shrek Seven Monsters. Since they wanted to avoid being bound to Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao made a plan for the next day.

  • Ma Xiaotao roasted the Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue for Huo Yuhao, who swallowed it and used his Ultimate Ice to suppress its heat.
  • Ma Xiaotao kissed Huo Yuhao while her Evil Fire flared, then blushed and shoved him out of her room; Yan Shaozhe watched them.
  • Liu Che and the Plane Consciousness of Douluo Continent discussed Ma Xiaotao and the measures Liu Che had prepared for Huo Yuhao.
  • Huo Yuhao returned to his dormitory and found that the whale glue had greatly improved his physique.
  • Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, Zhu Lu, and Ning Tian questioned Huo Yuhao about the previous night, then told him they would take part in the New Generation Shrek Seven Monsters selection.
  • Huo Yuhao and the girls agreed they did not want to be bound to Shrek Academy, and Huo Yuhao proposed a plan for the selection.

Ch. 62Unexpected Move!

Huo Yuhao rejected the Shrek Seven Monsters selection and walked out of the arena, where Elex knocked Xuan Zi away when he tried to stop him. The selection continued without Huo Yuhao, and Mu En ordered that he be invited as a reserve for the Continental Soul Master Tournament.

  • Dai Huabin recalled being questioned over his use of shadow guards and receiving a warning from Dai Yueheng.
  • Xuan Zi announced that the selection would be a free-for-all, with the final seven on the arena becoming the New Generation Shrek Seven Monsters.
  • Huo Yuhao, Zhu Lu, Wang Dong'er, and other girls stepped off the arena, and Huo Yuhao told Xuan Zi he did not care about the title.
  • Xuan Zi charged at Huo Yuhao as he left, but Elex sent Xuan Zi crashing into a wall.
  • After the battle, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, Xie Huanyue, Dai Huabin, Zhu Yu, and He Caitou were chosen as the New Generation Shrek Seven Monsters.
  • Mu En told Xuan Zi to invite Huo Yuhao as a reserve for the Continental Soul Master Tournament and arrange a meeting between the newly chosen Seven Monsters and the class above.

Ch. 63The Previous Generation of the Shrek Seven Monsters!

Huo Yuhao refused to join the new Shrek Seven Monsters because he planned to leave Shrek and pursue revenge against the White Tiger Duke's Estate, but agreed to join the reserve team as a final favor to Mu En. The previous generation arrived for a training session that would unite the old and new members in a series of battles.

  • Huo Yuhao told Mu En he planned to leave Shrek and kill Dai Huabin and everyone in the White Tiger Duke's Estate to avenge his mother.
  • Mu En asked Huo Yuhao to join the reserve team, and Huo Yuhao agreed to repay Mu En for his guidance.
  • Huo Yuhao and his friends gathered at the Sea God Lake plaza, where Dai Huabin challenged them and Huo Yuhao ignored him.
  • The previous generation of Shrek Seven Monsters arrived, led by Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Ling Luochan, and Xixi.
  • Xuan Zi announced that Shrek Seven Monsters would now refer to a team rather than only seven people and introduced a grand integration battle between the old and new generations.

Ch. 64New and Old Mixed Battle!

Ma Xiaotao chose Huo Yuhao to lead her team against Dai Yueheng’s, and his mental link, Human Emperor Domain, and Ultimate Ice gave her side a major advantage. The match intensified when Dai Huabin and Zhu Yu summoned the Netherworld White Tiger, while the fighters split into separate battles.

  • Ma Xiaotao selected Huo Yuhao first, and the two teams of seven were formed before Xuan Lao started the match.
  • Huo Yuhao connected his teammates’ minds and used the Human Emperor Domain to counter Yao Haoxuan’s weakening ability, while Gongyang Mo strengthened their team with Orange Soul.
  • Huo Yuhao’s Ultimate Ice suppressed Ling Luochan’s ice power, and Ma Xiaotao launched her Phoenix Cloud-Piercing Strike.
  • Dai Yueheng ordered Dai Huabin to use the Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Zhu Yu, summoning the Netherworld White Tiger to charge at Huo Yuhao’s team.
  • Huo Yuhao struck the Netherworld White Tiger back with the Human Emperor Sword as Chen Zifeng stopped Bei Bei and Xixi engaged him.
  • Xixi fought Chen Zifeng, while Xu Sanshi blocked Bei Bei and the two clashed.

Ch. 65Dai Yueheng's Team Defeated

Ma Xiaotao's team overcame Dai Yueheng's side through coordinated attacks, eliminating their opponents one by one. Xuan Lao declared Ma Xiaotao's team the winners and announced that the personnel would change for the next match.

  • Huo Yuhao and Zhu Lu disrupted Dai Huabin and Zhu Yu's Netherworld White Tiger fusion, while Xiao Xiao's gravity suppressed Yao Haoxuan and Huo Yuhao knocked Dai Huabin and Zhu Yu off the arena.
  • Zhu Lu's Chain Blades drained Xu Sanshi's Soul Power, allowing Bei Bei to finish him with Thunderous Dragon Head.
  • Dai Yueheng boosted his strength and unleashed White Tiger Annihilation Strike, but Ma Xiaotao's Phoenix Evil Fire forced him back as Zhu Lu and Huo Yuhao attacked.
  • Xixi and Xiao Xiao slowed Chen Zifeng while Wang Dong and Zhu Lu helped defeat Yao Haoxuan and drive Chen Zifeng from the arena.
  • Ma Xiaotao's flames trapped the exhausted Dai Yueheng, and Xuan Lao announced her team's victory and a change of personnel for the next match.

Ch. 66Second Sparring Match!

Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection and mental communication strengthened Dai Yueheng’s team during the second sparring match, while his power over Ultimate Ice transformed Ling Luochan’s abilities. The match left Ma Xiaotao trapped in an ice prison and suspecting that Huo Yuhao had helped Ling Luochan.

  • Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection and mental communication to sharpen Dai Yueheng’s team’s awareness as both sides began fighting.
  • Dai Yueheng evaded Ma Xiaotao’s attacks and forced her back, while Jiang Nannan used teleportation, gravity control, and a ranged kick against Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong.
  • He Caitou’s weapons kept Xie Huanyue occupied, and Chen Zifeng exploited Xixi’s opening to send her flying.
  • Ma Xiaotao called on Gongyang Mo’s support and unleashed flames that overwhelmed Ling Luochan’s ordinary ice.
  • Huo Yuhao lent Ling Luochan the power of Ultimate Ice, allowing her to suppress Ma Xiaotao’s flames and trap her in an ice prison.

Ch. 67War God Body!

Huo Yuhao’s team battled Ma Xiaotao’s team, and he revealed his War God Body by summoning Huo Qubing and Wei Qing. Dai Yueheng’s team won the match, after which the main team watched reserve-member sparring bouts.

  • Xiao Xiao completed the Soul-Calming Cauldron formation, while Bei Bei and Gongyang Mo helped Huo Yuhao’s team press its attack.
  • Ma Xiaotao broke free and fought Dai Yueheng as Huo Yuhao and Ling Luochan used Ultimate Ice to counter her Evil Fire.
  • Xixi slipped past Chen Zifeng and tried to stab Huo Yuhao, but Huo Qubing appeared and stopped her with the Army-Breaking Qilin Spear.
  • Huo Yuhao summoned Wei Qing as well, and Zhu Lu explained that his second Martial Soul was the War God Body, which summoned heroic spirits.
  • Huo Qubing defeated Xixi, while Wei Qing and the others helped subdue Ma Xiaotao’s team, and Xuan Lao declared Dai Yueheng’s team the winner.
  • The main team rested and watched reserve members compete in further sparring matches.

Ch. 68Shrek Inspection Corps!

After training, Huo Yuhao appeased Ma Xiaotao by revealing the Nine Revolutions Returning to One Technique, then joined Shrek’s team as it departed for the Continental Soul Master Tournament. Before reaching Star Luo City, Xuan Zi announced a mission to eliminate Evil Soul Masters, leaving Huo Yuhao questioning Shrek’s authority to operate freely across the Three Douluo Kingdoms.

  • Ma Xiaotao angrily confronted Huo Yuhao for helping Ling Luochan and hiding his second Martial Soul, then accepted his Nine Revolutions Returning to One Technique.
  • Wang Dong'er and the other girls made Huo Yuhao take them shopping to make up for the trouble at the Treasure Gathering Pavilion.
  • Twenty Soul Masters gathered to depart for the tournament, and Xuan Zi led them toward Star Luo City.
  • Xuan Zi stopped the group and announced that their mission was to eliminate Evil Soul Masters, explaining how Shrek had formed the Shrek Inspection Corps.
  • Huo Yuhao questioned why the Three Douluo Kingdoms allowed Shrek to cross their borders, then resolved to observe the Star Luo Empire for himself.

Ch. 69Father and Son!

Xuan Zi briefed the Shrek group on a mission to eliminate Evil Soul Masters in the Mingdou Mountain Range, where they met the White Tiger Duke, Dai Hao. Huo Yuhao finally faced his estranged father, leaving Dai Hao stunned as he recognized him.

  • Xuan Zi explained that the mission came from intelligence sent by the White Tiger Duke, and Zhu Lu promised to stay by Huo Yuhao's side when he met his father.
  • Xuan Zi invited the reserve members to join the Shrek Inspection Corps, but Huo Yuhao's group declined because he distrusted an organization that let students die protecting others.
  • Xuan Zi flew the group to the Mingdou Mountain Range, where Dai Yueheng identified himself to the soldiers who came to investigate their arrival.
  • Dai Yueheng led the group to the White Tiger Duke's camp, where Dai Hao welcomed them and praised Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin.
  • After dinner, Huo Yuhao entered Dai Hao's tent, and Dai Hao recognized him as Yuhao.

Ch. 70A Heart-to-Heart Talk!

Huo Yuhao met Dai Hao and learned that Dai Huabin and Dai Yueheng were not his biological sons, while Dai Hao discovered that Xu Xingling and Dai Huabin had caused Huo Yuner’s death. Dai Hao confronted Dai Huabin and revealed the truth about the brothers’ parentage, and the Shrek group quietly gathered at dawn to leave the army camp.

  • Dai Hao welcomed Huo Yuhao and learned that he had reached level thirty, while Huo Yuhao discovered Dai Huabin and Dai Yueheng were not Dai Hao’s biological sons.
  • Huo Yuhao told Dai Hao that Huo Yuner had died after Dai Huabin’s household servants targeted her and that Dai Huabin had sent guards to assassinate him.
  • Dai Hao bound Dai Huabin and demanded an explanation, then slapped him when he accused Huo Yuhao of tattling.
  • Dai Hao called Huo Yuhao his son and revealed that Dai Yueheng, Dai Huabin, and their sibling had been entrusted to him after their biological father died on the battlefield.
  • Dai Hao said he had once planned to make Dai Huabin White Tiger Duke but disowned him, while Huo Yuhao confirmed he had taken the surname Huo.
  • At dawn, the people from Shrek assembled outside the army’s perimeter at the foot of the Mingdou Mountain Range.

Ch. 71Evil Soul Master Crisis!

Huo Yuhao warned the Shrek group to be cautious as they entered a cave to destroy an Evil Soul Master’s hideout, but the main team pushed ahead and triggered a devastating corpse explosion. Xuan Zi arrived as the Death God Envoy tried to escape, leaving the injured students and their attacker in the cave.

  • Huo Yuhao confronted Dai Huabin over the White Tiger Duke’s family and handed Soul Tool shields to several companions before the group entered the cave.
  • The team found mutilated bodies and attacked the bandits and Evil Soul Master followers, while Huo Yuhao urged the main team not to venture too deep.
  • The Death God Envoy detonated nearby corpses, severely injuring Dai Yueheng, Chen Zifeng, Xixi, Gongyang Mo, and Dai Huabin, while the shields protected Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochan.
  • Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochan fought the Death God Envoy and his twelve Corpse Slaves as Huo Yuhao sent Wei Qing and Huo Qubing to help them.
  • The Death God Envoy tried to flee, but Xuan Zi arrived in a fury after seeing his students injured.

Ch. 72Shrek Seven Monsters Suffer Devastating Losses!

Elex defeated the Death God Envoy, purified the dead, and healed the surviving Shrek students, though he could not restore two students’ missing body parts. Shrek’s team headed for Star Luo City while Dai Hao learned that Dai Huabin had been gravely injured.

  • Xuan Zi released the Death God Envoy to contain Yao Haoxuan’s corpse, and the villain tried to attack Huo Yuhao before Elex stopped him.
  • Elex freed the Corpse Slaves from the Death God Envoy’s control, and they devoured him.
  • Elex used Purification Fire to send the dead spirits toward reincarnation, then healed five injured students but could not restore two students’ missing body parts.
  • Xuan Zi took the injured students back to Shrek, while Elex guarded the academy and Wang Yan organized the team’s competition plans.
  • Wang Yan led the remaining Shrek students toward Star Luo City using Huo Yuhao’s flying Soul Tools.
  • Dai Hao learned that Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin were severely injured, confirmed Huo Yuhao was safe, and remarked that Dai Huabin’s misfortune was repayment for his past deeds.

Ch. 73Elimination Round Begins!

Shrek arrived in Star Luo City for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament, with injuries sidelining Dai Yueheng and Xixi and leaving the reserve team to compete. Shrek defeated Sky Spirit Academy in the opening match, drawing the attention of Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy’s Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen.

  • Wang Yan learned that Dai Yueheng and Xixi needed about a month to recover, so they could not compete in the tournament’s early rounds.
  • The tournament began, and Wang Yan sent Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochan, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Huo Yuhao, Zhu Lu, and Wang Dong'er to face Sky Spirit Academy.
  • Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochan held back while the others fought, and Huo Yuhao’s spiritual attack knocked out Sky Spirit Academy’s support-type Soul Master.
  • Zhu Lu, Wang Dong'er, and Huo Yuhao defeated their opponents, and Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi joined forces to defeat the last fighter, securing Shrek’s victory.
  • Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen watched Shrek’s performance from the stands, and Meng Hongchen admired Huo Yuhao’s swordsmanship.

Ch. 74Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife!

Shrek’s reserve team celebrated its first victory, then Wang Yan brought them to an auction to acquire Soul Tools for the upcoming matches. The chapter ended as the auction unveiled the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, a coveted item with a dangerous reputation.

  • Xu Jiawei and Princess Xu Jiujiu watched Shrek’s performance and discussed the threat its strength posed.
  • Wang Yan told the reserve members they would need six consecutive wins to qualify and planned to use them in the early matches.
  • Wang Yan persuaded the team that Soul Tools could strengthen them, then led them to an auction.
  • Wang Yan bought a level-three paralysis Soul Tool and a Milk Bottle that could replenish Soul Power for Soul Ancestors and below.
  • Qing Ya introduced the final item, the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, ranked ninety-ninth despite having power said to place it among the top thirty.

Ch. 75A Match Against Qianling Academy!

Huo Yuhao bought the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife with Ning Tian’s help and, the next day, used his simulated hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings to shock Qianling Academy. Shrek Academy defeated Qianling Academy after breaking their shield formation and freezing the team with Ultimate Ice.

  • He Caitou recognized the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, and Elex urged Huo Yuhao to buy it because he could deal with its curse.
  • Ning Tian paid for the carving knife, and Huo Yuhao decided to wait until after the competition to absorb it.
  • Wang Yan introduced Qianling Academy’s captain, Shen Ce, and its Ice-Fire Twin Controllers, An Lengye and Fei Yuyan, before Shrek’s team entered the arena.
  • Huo Yuhao used his simulation skill to make the Shrek team’s Soul Rings appear to be hundred-thousand-year rings, startling Qianling Academy and the spectators.
  • Bei Bei, Huo Yuhao, and He Caitou attacked Qianling Academy’s shield formation until Zhu Lu and Jiang Nannan broke through it.
  • Xu Sanshi and Xie Huanyue blocked Shen Ce’s spear, then Huo Yuhao used Ultimate Ice to turn An Lengye’s Frost Tornado against Qianling Academy and secure Shrek Academy’s victory.
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