Chapter Summaries

Xu Sanshi devised a plan for Shrek Academy to eliminate Huo Yuhao first in the team battle against Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. The match began with Jiang Nannan teleporting Xu Sanshi into the center of Shrek's formation.

• Xu Tianzhen worried that Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's aggressive strategy might lose, but Xu Tianran said Huo Yuhao could lead them to victory.
• Cai Meier revealed that she had traded one Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and ten Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones to secure a team battle.
• Xu Sanshi proposed using Profound Netherworld Displacement to switch places with Huo Yuhao so the Shrek team could attack him together.
• Both teams announced their members and formed up, with Huo Yuhao at the center of Sun Moon's formation and Xu Sanshi at the front of Shrek's.
• The referee started the match, and Jiang Nannan used Teleport to bring Xu Sanshi to the center of Shrek's formation.

Xu Sanshi’s position-switching tactic placed Huo Yuhao amid the Shrek Team, but Huo Yuhao shrugged off the ambush and quickly knocked Jiang Nannan out. The match continued with Ning Tian boosting the remaining Shrek fighters as Huo Yuhao prepared to attack them.

• Xu Sanshi used Profound Netherworld Displacement to swap places with Huo Yuhao, putting each captain in the opposing team’s formation.
• Huo Yuhao told the Sun Moon Team not to support him, and Di Qiuer turned to attack Xu Sanshi with her Golden Dragon Spear.
• Xu Sanshi switched places with Di Qiuer, while Jiang Nannan teleported behind Huo Yuhao and used Gravity Control to help set up the Shrek Team’s attack.
• Huo Yuhao struck Jiang Nannan with Soul Impact, knocking her unconscious and causing the referee to remove her from the stage.
• Ning Tian used her Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda to strengthen the remaining Shrek fighters, and Huo Yuhao prepared to eliminate them.

Xu Sanshi fought to protect Shrek’s remaining members while Huo Yuhao used the battle to weaken Shrek’s alliances and advance Sun Moon’s plans. As the stage froze, Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo began their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Sky Net, against Huo Yuhao.

• Xu Sanshi became enraged when he saw Jiang Nannan unconscious, but chose to keep fighting the Sun Moon Team for Shrek’s honor.
• Xu Sanshi used Black Tortoise Shift to evade Xiao Hongchen’s cannon barrage and Di Qiuer’s Golden Dragon Spear, while the spear shattered his Class 6 Defensive Soul Tool Barrier.
• Xu Sanshi released Water Element to absorb some of the poisonous mist, and Huo Yuhao switched to ice attacks that froze the competition stage.
• Huo Yuhao planned to use Xu Sanshi’s actions to make Xuan Zi suspect him and damage Shrek’s ties with the Profound Netherworld Sect and the Dou Ling Empire.
• Ning Tian carried Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo into the air, and the sisters began their Sky Net Martial Soul Fusion Skill against Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao unleashed the amplified power of his Ultimate Ice and defeated the Shrek attackers who had targeted him. With Xu Sanshi also unable to continue, the referee eliminated Shrek Academy and declared the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy the winner.

• Wu Feng and Xie Huanyue charged at Huo Yuhao as Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo’s Heavenly Net and Earthly Web swept toward him.
• Huo Yuhao summoned the Snow Empress and Ice Empress Soul Spirits, while the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass activated Extreme Ice Amplification.
• Huo Yuhao’s Pride of the Ice and Snow Emperors froze Wu Feng, Xie Huanyue, Ning Tian, and the Lan sisters, and shattered the sisters’ hair net.
• The referee rescued the five frozen Shrek contestants and eliminated them after they lost the ability to fight.
• Di Qiuer and the other Sun Moon Team members cornered the battered Xu Sanshi, and referee Zheng Zhan ruled that he could no longer fight.
• Zheng Zhan announced the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s victory and advancement to the semifinals, leaving Cai Meier in disbelief.

After Huo Yuhao single-handedly eliminated the Shrek Team, Cai Meier placed her hopes in Tang Sect, though she doubted the team could defeat him. Xu Tianran, Jing Hongchen, and Zhong Liwu each considered what Huo Yuhao’s victory meant, and Zhong Liwu resolved that Huo Yuhao could secure the Holy Spirit Cult’s future.

• Cai Meier brought the defeated Shrek Team back to the waiting area, where the Medicine Immortal Douluo treated their injuries.
• Xu Sanshi watched the treatment and accepted that Huo Yuhao surpassed him, Bei Bei, and even Zhang Lexuan in talent.
• Xu Tianzhen questioned how Huo Yuhao had defeated six opponents without using soul tools, and Xu Tianran asked Jing Hongchen to explain.
• Jing Hongchen said Huo Yuhao had relied on his own strength, while Xu Tianran accepted the explanation.
• Zhong Liwu praised Huo Yuhao as a potential Holy Son and saw him as the answer to the Holy Spirit Cult’s future after its aging leaders were gone.

The Holy Spirit Cult considered making Huo Yuhao its Holy Son but decided to wait until it could do so without provoking Kong Deming. After Huo Yuhao defeated Shrek Academy, Xuan Zi learned of the loss and asked for the match details.

• Zhong Liwu told Feng Ling that the Holy Spirit Cult should approach Huo Yuhao gradually and postpone making him the Holy Son because Kong Deming could threaten them.
• Xiao Hongchen praised Huo Yuhao for defeating six Shrek students, then invited him and Di Qiuer to the Sun Moon team's victory banquet.
• Di Qiuer checked Huo Yuhao for injuries and found that the Shrek team had not harmed him.
• Xuan Zi reflected on his failed investigation into Yan Shaozhe and his belief that Huo Yuhao had sought justice rather than revenge.
• A middle-aged messenger told Xuan Zi that Shrek Academy had lost to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, and Xuan Zi demanded a detailed account of the match.

Xuan Zi concluded that Xu Sanshi had deliberately helped the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy defeat Shrek Academy and suspected him of being a mole. He ordered Xu Sanshi recalled under a false pretext so he could be interrogated without learning the truth.

• A middle-aged man told Xuan Zi that Huo Yuhao’s strength had caused Shrek Academy’s quarterfinal loss.
• Xuan Zi argued that Huo Yuhao’s power came from special abilities and that Xu Sanshi’s actions had been the main reason for the defeat.
• Xuan Zi pointed to Xu Sanshi’s use of Water Element, his exchange of positions with Huo Yuhao, and the Sun Moon team’s response as signs of collusion.
• Xuan Zi ordered twelve summons for Xu Sanshi and told the middle-aged man to claim that Xu Sanshi’s father had been badly injured and wanted to see him.
• The middle-aged man questioned whether the deception was appropriate and asked what they would do if Xu Sanshi was innocent.

Xuan Zi vowed to recall and interrogate Xu Sanshi as a suspected mole without telling Mu En. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao reached Thousand Refinements with Spirit while forging rare metal at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

• Xuan Zi swore that he would apologize to Xu Sanshi and resign if Xu Sanshi proved innocent.
• Xuan Zi refused to inform Mu En before ordering Xu Sanshi recalled for interrogation, and the middle-aged man agreed to carry out the plan.
• Huo Yuhao spent the days before the semifinals practicing forging in the Third Laboratory, aiming to reach Thousand Refinements with Spirit.
• Kong Deming and Xuan Ziwen watched Huo Yuhao forge, hoping he would advance and share his techniques.
• Huo Yuhao's silver rare metal glowed and rang on its own after his final hammer strike, and he recognized that he had achieved Thousand Refinements with Spirit.

Huo Yuhao explained how his spirit-infused Thousand Refined First Grade metal could amplify Soul Power and offered to search for rare metal deposits, earning Kong Deming’s support. Meanwhile, Ning Tian wondered whether Huo Yuhao could become her future husband, and Wu Feng warned that his allegiance to the Sun Moon Empire made it difficult.

• Huo Yuhao told Kong Deming and Xuan Ziwen that his newly forged metal possessed spirituality and could amplify a Soul Master’s Soul Power by at least eight percent when used in a Humanoid Soul Tool component.
• Kong Deming agreed to seek metals with better Soul Power conductivity and said the Sun Moon Empire might send fleets to explore the ocean floor.
• Huo Yuhao offered to use the Eye of Destiny the next day to locate underwater rare metal deposits.
• At the Mingyue Hotel, Ning Tian asked Wu Feng whether Huo Yuhao could become her future husband, and Wu Feng said his status as a Sun Moon Person made that difficult.

Ning Tian explained to Wu Feng that she wanted to marry Huo Yuhao to secure the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School’s future, while Wu Feng struggled with her unrequited love for Ning Tian. Ning Tian went to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to arrange a meeting, and Huo Yuhao agreed to see her after Ju Zi relayed the offer.

• Ning Tian told Wu Feng that Shrek Academy was declining and that marrying Huo Yuhao could protect the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School and improve its ties with the Sun Moon Empire.
• Wu Feng, who secretly loved Ning Tian, was devastated when Ning Tian said she intended to make Huo Yuhao her husband.
• Ning Tian proposed visiting the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to buy soul tools and meet Huo Yuhao, and Wu Feng went with her despite her bitterness.
• Ju Zi told Huo Yuhao that Ning Tian wanted to meet him and offered rare metals unavailable in the Sun Moon Empire.
• Huo Yuhao wondered why Ning Tian was showing him goodwill but agreed to meet her because the rare metals could be valuable.

Huo Yuhao met Ning Tian to discuss the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School’s purchase of Soul Tools from Mingde Hall. He agreed to sell several types of equipment within the academy’s restrictions, including Level 7 Milk Bottles, but limited Invincible Barriers to Level 5.

• Huo Yuhao and Ju Zi arrived at the reception hall, where Ning Tian and Wu Feng were waiting.
• Huo Yuhao offered to take Ning Tian’s order on Mingde Hall’s behalf, and Ning Tian asked about its rules for external sales.
• Ning Tian requested Standard Soul Cannon Shells, Soul Guidance Defense Barriers, Soul Cannons, Milk Bottles, and Invincible Barriers for the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School.
• Huo Yuhao said Mingde Hall could sell up to Level 7 barriers, shells, Milk Bottles, and Soul Cannons, but only Level 5 Invincible Barriers.
• Ning Tian asked to buy Level 6 Invincible Barriers, but Huo Yuhao explained that those sold on the market were not made by Mingde Hall and that its strategic resources could not all be sold externally.

Ning Tian finalized a major Soul Tool deal with Huo Yuhao and secured training opportunities for the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School. Meanwhile, Bei Bei worried about the Tang Sect’s coming opponents before unexpectedly encountering Tang Ya outside Mingyue Hotel.

• Ning Tian agreed to buy Soul Tools from Huo Yuhao for one billion Gold Soul Coins and offered rare metals in exchange for a talent training agreement.
• Wu Feng teased Ning Tian for watching Huo Yuhao leave, then explained her displeasure with him by recalling his victory over her.
• Bei Bei considered the Tang Sect’s possible semifinal opponents and wondered whether the Snow Demon Sect was connected to the Body Sect.
• Bei Bei went out with Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao and encountered Tang Ya leading a group toward Mingyue Hotel.
• Bei Bei recognized Tang Ya and called out to her in astonishment.

Bei Bei reunited with Tang Ya at the Mingyue Hotel, but she attacked him and left him badly wounded. Zhang Peng appeared beside Tang Ya and demanded that Shrek concede, while Cai Meier confronted him and resolved to bring Tang Ya back to the academy.

• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao recognized Tang Ya and called out to her, but she showed no sign of knowing them.
• Bei Bei rushed toward Tang Ya and tried to embrace her, but she struck his chest with two dark blue vines and sent him flying.
• Cai Meier caught Bei Bei and assessed his serious wounds, which would keep him out of the coming matches.
• Zhang Peng appeared beside Tang Ya and told the Shrek Team to concede, while Cai Meier accused him of causing the deaths of Shrek exchange students.
• Cai Meier considered Tang Ya’s alliance with Zhang Peng and prepared to bring her back to the academy.

Old Song, Xian Lin'er, and Cai Meier moved to defeat Zhang Peng and rescue Tang Ya, but Feng Ling arrived to protect the Scorpion Tiger Douluo and prevent Shrek Academy from taking their Saintess. The two sides prepared to fight over Zhang Peng’s life and the Saintess’s custody.

• Old Song and Xian Lin'er arrived to attack Zhang Peng, whom Old Song blamed for the deaths of Shrek exchange students.
• Xian Lin'er used her attack to distract Zhang Peng while Old Song tried to create an opening to rescue Tang Ya.
• Zhang Peng decided to seize the Blue Silver Saintess as a hostage, despite the risk of angering the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Feng Ling appeared and ordered the Shrek Team to leave, declaring that Zhang Peng would not be killed and the Saintess would not be taken.
• Cai Meier refused to leave before completing Shrek Academy’s objective, and Old Song and Xian Lin'er prepared to confront Feng Ling.

Old Song confronted Holy Spirit Cult Vice-Leader Feng Ling while Cai Meier evacuated Bei Bei and the others, but Feng Ling used her past with Yan Shaozhe to provoke Shrek Academy. Feng Ling was stopped from revealing more and ordered to leave, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Old Song told Cai Meier to take Bei Bei, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao to the Medicine Immortal Douluo while she held off Feng Ling.
• Feng Ling unleashed her rank ninety-seven Super Douluo power and attacked Cai Meier, but Old Song transformed into a goshawk and blocked her.
• Old Song recognized Feng Ling as the Evil Phoenix Douluo, and Feng Ling publicly claimed Yan Shaozhe had once spared her.
• Feng Ling used her claim to damage Shrek Academy's reputation, while Old Song defended Yan Shaozhe and accused Feng Ling of setting a trap.
• An unseen woman spoke in Feng Ling's mind, told her to stop discussing Yan Shaozhe, and ordered her to leave.

Ye Xishui stopped Feng Ling from discussing Yan Shaozhe’s past, while Huo Yuhao ordered Ju Zi to exploit the conflict to damage Shrek Academy’s reputation and expand the Spirit Pagoda. The Tang Sect and Holy Spirit Sect teams prepared for their semifinal match, with Bei Bei hoping to see Tang Ya and asking his teammates not to kill her.

• Feng Ling left with Zhang Peng, Tang Ya, and the remaining Holy Spirit Sect members after Ye Xishui ordered her to go.
• Ye Xishui gave Long Xiaoyao an excuse for stopping Feng Ling from discussing Yan Shaozhe’s romantic past.
• Huo Yuhao told Ju Zi to publicize Feng Ling’s conflict with Old Song’s group, establish Spirit Pagoda branches, and ensure Xuan Zi learned of Feng Ling’s strength.
• Xu Tianran arranged the semifinal draw so the Tang Sect Team would face the Holy Spirit Sect Team before the Holy Spirit Sect faced the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Bei Bei, too injured to compete, asked his teammates not to kill Tang Ya if they faced her.
• The Holy Spirit Sect Team arrived at the waiting area, where Tang Ya sat watching the competition stage.

The Tang Sect Team faced the Holy Spirit Sect Team in the individual elimination round, while Bei Bei worried that Tang Ya had become an Evil Soul Master and vowed to save her. Wang Dong took the stage as the first Tang Sect contestant, leaving her to face a short, eerie Holy Spirit Sect opponent.

• Bei Bei saw Tang Ya’s indifferent expression, feared she had become an Evil Soul Master, and resolved to rescue her from the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Xu Tianran and Jing Hongchen predicted that the Holy Spirit Sect Team would defeat the weakened Tang Sect Team, while Huo Yuhao privately considered the danger Wang Dong might face.
• Xu Tianran and Jing Hongchen discussed He Caitou’s possible Sun Moon Noble ancestry and his importance as the Tang Sect Team’s strongest soul engineer.
• The referee announced the start of the individual elimination round and called for each team to send out a contestant.
• Wang Dong flew onto the stage, and the Holy Spirit Sect sent out a short man with green pupils.

Wang Dong defeated Ji Li in the first individual elimination match, and Ji Li died shortly after conceding because of a hidden injury from her attack. Wang Xiaolei then took the field for the Holy Spirit Sect, and his match against Wang Dong began.

• Wang Dong defeated Ji Li, who died shortly after conceding, while Wang Dong denied responsibility to the referee.
• The referee lacked evidence to blame Wang Dong, and spectators cheered her victory over the Evil Soul Master.
• Bei Bei celebrated Tang Sect's advantage, while Huo Yuhao used Mental Detection to realize Wang Dong's Fifth Soul Skill and soul bone had fatally injured Ji Li.
• Tang Ya sent Wang Xiaolei to fight Wang Dong with a Soul Tool forged by the Grand Elder.
• Wang Xiaolei and Wang Dong introduced themselves, took their positions, and began their match.

Wang Dong fought Wang Xiaolei, whose Evil Soul Master abilities and soul tools countered her light-based Martial Soul. After Wang Xiaolei trapped her in evil ice and detonated resentful spirits around her, Wang Dong was left in grave danger.

• Wang Dong attacked Wang Xiaolei with Butterfly God's Light, but his Level 6 Soul Guidance Defense Barrier blocked it.
• Wang Dong shattered Wang Xiaolei's bone claws with Wing Guillotine, while Bei Bei hoped she would kill the Evil Soul Master.
• Wang Xiaolei took out the Level 7 Holy Spirit Banner as Wang Dong bound him with her fourth soul skill.
• Wang Xiaolei used Evil Frost to engulf Wang Dong in ice, then sent resentful spirits from the Holy Spirit Banner to self-destruct around her.
• Wang Dong endured the explosions without soul tools, which she could no longer use because of the consciousness in her mind.

Wang Xiaolei’s exploding wraiths gravely wounded Wang Dong, but Tang San’s divine consciousness took control of her body and healed her. It then confronted Wang Xiaolei for trying to kill his daughter, leaving him unaware that he was facing the Sea God’s wrath.

• Wang Xiaolei detonated his wraiths, shattering Wang Dong’s Butterfly Wing and leaving her badly injured and barely conscious.
• Spectators feared Wang Dong would lose, while Huo Yuhao told Jing Hongchen that Wang Dong would ultimately defeat Wang Xiaolei.
• A Trident Mark appeared on Wang Dong’s forehead, and golden light healed her injuries as the referee hesitated to declare the match over.
• Tang San’s divine consciousness possessed Wang Dong and warned Wang Xiaolei that his attempt to kill her had put him on the Path to Death.
• Wang Xiaolei questioned Wang Dong’s warning, and Tang San prepared to attack him directly.