Chapter Summaries

The Preliminary Tournament opened, and Shrek drew Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team for its first match. As Tang San’s team began fighting, Ye Yu encountered a prince heading toward the women’s restroom and left the youth startled by his blunt correction.

• Xue Ye opened the tournament, while Ning Fengzhi and Salas each named a team they favored.
• Salas announced that teams reaching the Finals could join Spirit Sacred Hall, angering Xue Ye.
• The draw paired Shrek with Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Tang San’s team prepared to defeat them quickly.
• Lu Han and his teammate mocked Shrek, and Xiao Wu traded insults with them before the match began.
• Ye Yu saw a young man who resembled Xue Ye heading toward the women’s restroom and warned him he was going the wrong way.

Ye Yu met Xue Qinghe, who said he knew something about Tang San’s father, while Shrek Academy crushed the Imperial Dou Second Team in under a minute. After the match, Ning Fengzhi invited Tang San to meet someone who could explain his father’s disappearance.

• Ye Yu introduced himself to Xue Qinghe and realized that the crown prince was actually a woman in disguise.
• Tang San revealed his ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring, startling the audience and the Imperial Dou Second Team.
• Shrek Academy defeated the Imperial Dou Second Team in under a minute, with Tang San controlling the fight and his teammates overwhelming their opponents.
• Meng Shenji pointed out that Shrek had held back, while Prince Xue Xing watched the defeat in silence.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Ye Yu and teased Ning Rongrong about him becoming her husband.
• Ning Fengzhi told Tang San that he had found someone who knew why Tang Hao had disappeared from the Soul Master world and offered to take him to meet that person.

Ye Yu foiled Fengxun Academy’s attempt to control and interrogate him, killing their teacher and seven team members when they attacked. Meanwhile, Xue Qinghe asked Tang San about Ye Yu, but Tang San refused to disclose his teammate’s personal information.

• Xue Qinghe told Tang San about his father, then asked him about Ye Yu’s strength and age; Tang San refused to share his teammate’s private information.
• Fengxun Academy’s teacher used a long-range control skill on Ye Yu, who pretended to be affected and followed the group into an alley.
• Ye Yu resisted the teacher’s control, struck him into a wall, and revealed his five Soul Rings when the Fengxun team attacked.
• Ye Yu’s poisonous mist killed the injured teacher, and he killed the seven team members after learning they had planned to eliminate Shrek players.
• Ye Yu returned to Blue Tyrant Academy, while Xue Qinghe accepted Tang San’s refusal and said he would ask Ye Yu himself.

Ye Yu met Dugu Bo and Tang San offered medicine to cure the poison affecting Dugu Yan. Later, Ye Yu encountered Wang Sheng near Sunset Forest, noticed bruises on his back, and secretly followed him into Sunset Academy.

• Ye Yu and the others watched the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena matches alongside Imperial Dou Team, whose members wanted a rematch with Shrek Team.
• Tang San gave Dugu Bo medicine that he claimed could cure Dugu Yan's poison, and Dugu Bo agreed to one request if it worked.
• Ye Yu and Ning Rongrong headed to Sunset Forest so Ning Rongrong could obtain her fourth Soul Ring, and they ran into Wang Sheng near Sunset Academy.
• Ye Yu spotted bluish marks on Wang Sheng's back and became suspicious when Wang Sheng insisted no one was bullying him.
• Ye Yu left Ning Rongrong waiting and secretly entered Sunset Academy, where he saw Wang Sheng go into a first-floor classroom.

Ye Yu found Wang Sheng being robbed and beaten by Du Feng and six other students at Sunset Academy, then overwhelmed them and crippled their limbs. When a teacher confronted him, Ye Yu revealed five Soul Rings, including three black rings, leaving Wang Sheng stunned and the teacher fleeing.

• Seven students led by Du Feng stole Wang Sheng’s Gold Soul Coins and beat him when he asked to keep twenty coins for a meal with Ye Yu.
• Ye Yu burst into the classroom and demanded a thousand Gold Soul Coins and a crippled leg from each attacker, then punched Du Feng through a wall.
• The six remaining students released their Martial Souls, but Ye Yu defeated them with his bare hands and crushed Du Feng’s limbs.
• Ye Yu began crippling the injured students until a Sunset Academy teacher arrived and challenged him.
• Ye Yu released his Martial Soul and revealed five Soul Rings, including three black rings, frightening the teacher into fleeing and shocking Wang Sheng.

Ye Yu crippled Du Feng and the other students, then defeated Sunset Academy’s dean when he tried to stop him. Ning Rongrong’s connection to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect made the Lord of Sunset City abandon his revenge, and Ye Yu left with Wang Sheng and Ning Rongrong.

• Ye Yu crippled seven students and told Wang Sheng to study at Blue Tyrant Academy, dismissing his concerns about the Lord of Sunset City.
• Dean Luo challenged Ye Yu, but Ye Yu struck him down with one punch and left with Wang Sheng after the dean recognized his extraordinary soul rings.
• Ning Rongrong joined Ye Yu and Wang Sheng outside the academy as the Lord of Sunset City arrived, demanding to know who had crippled his son.
• Ning Rongrong identified Ye Yu as her benefactor and warned the lord that opposing him meant opposing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, so the lord let them go.
• After Dean Luo described Ye Yu’s strength, the Lord of Sunset City rebuked Du Feng and kicked him rather than seeking revenge.

At Blue Tyrant Academy, Tang San and the others chose to fight the Elephant Armored Team despite Master’s warning that their opponents were powerful. In Sunset Forest, Ye Yu and Ning Rongrong found a dispute over a powerful Scaled Beast, and the Elephant Armor Sect claimed it for their own Soul Ring needs.

• Master explained that the Elephant Armored Team had six Soul Ancestors or stronger and advised Tang San’s team to concede or hide their strength.
• Tang San and the others chose to fight, and Tang San planned to arrange their lineup after Ye Yu returned.
• Ye Yu and Ning Rongrong searched Sunset Forest for a defensive Soul Beast suitable for Ning Rongrong’s Fourth Soul Ring.
• The Wind Sword Sect and Bald Sect argued over a Nine-thousand-year Scaled Beast, with Bald Qiang insisting his sect would take it.
• Huyan Jue and Huyan Li arrived with the Elephant Armored Team and claimed the Scaled Beast for their Seventh Elder, hoping to strengthen their team before facing Shrek.

Ye Yu struck down a Nine-thousand-year Scaled Beast and let Ning Rongrong claim its Soul Ring, provoking the Elephant Armor Sect, Wind Sword Sect, and Bald Sect. After Ye Yu challenged them all to attack together, he raised his hand over his face and left them stunned.

• Huyan Jue drove the Wind Sword Sect and Bald Sect away from the Scaled Beast, claiming it for the Elephant Armor Sect.
• Ye Yu rushed in and blasted the Scaled Beast away, then told Ning Rongrong to deliver the final blow.
• Huyan Jue attacked Ye Yu, but Ye Yu empowered himself with Soul Skills and Ning Rongrong's support and knocked Huyan Jue back.
• Ning Rongrong killed the Scaled Beast and began absorbing its Soul Ring while Ye Yu rejected Huyan Jue's claim to the beast.
• Bald Qiang and the sect representatives challenged Ye Yu, and Ye Yu invited them all to attack before raising his hand over his face.

Ye Yu protected Ning Rongrong as she absorbed her fourth soul ring, then returned with her and Wang Sheng to Heaven Dou City. He joined Shrek’s lineup against the Elephant Armor Sect, where the masked teams faced off and Ye Yu answered their taunts before the match began.

• Ye Yu frightened Huyan Jue and the other Soul Emperors with his soul ring and Spirit Bones, and they left without attacking him.
• Ning Rongrong absorbed a fourth soul ring after an hour and became a forty-first-rank Soul Ancestor with a defense-boosting skill.
• Ye Yu and Ning Rongrong took Wang Sheng to Heaven Dou City, where Wang Sheng reunited with Tang San and Xiao Wu and entered the academy.
• Tang San agreed to include Ye Yu in Shrek’s seven-member lineup against the Elephant Armor Sect, even though Ye Yu planned not to fight.
• Ye Yu, Ning Rongrong, Jiang Zhu, and the others entered the arena wearing masks as the Elephant Armor Sect fielded its strongest team.
• The Elephant Armor Team mocked Ye Yu for wearing a mask, and he replied that removing it might scare them.

The Shrek Team faced the Elephant Armored Team while Ye Yu, Ning Rongrong, and Jiang Zhu played cards, drawing scorn from the audience. Ning Rongrong revealed a Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda as the match advanced, shocking the VIPs and revealing her importance to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Ye Yu, Ning Rongrong, and Jiang Zhu sat down to play Fight the Landlord as the Elephant Armored Team prepared to attack.
• Hu Yan Zhen praised his grandson Huyan Li and declared that the Elephant Armored Team would place among the top three in the Finals.
• Tang San tried to restrain the advancing Elephant Armored Team with Blue Silver Grass, but they broke free and kept closing in.
• Ning Rongrong used four enhancement skills to strengthen Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, Huang Yuan, and Jing Ling, then resumed playing cards with Ye Yu.
• Hu Yan Zhen and Salas recognized Ning Rongrong's nine-level pagoda as a Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, and Ning Fengzhi confirmed she was his daughter.

Tang San’s team tried to defeat Huyan Li before his defensive strength overwhelmed them, but Huyan Li used a Spirit Bone to break free and charged at Ye Yu, Ning Rongrong, and Jiang Zhu. Hu Yan Zhen expected the Elephant Armored Team to win, but the chapter ended as something on the arena shocked him.

• Tang San bound the Elephant Armored Team with Blue Silver Grass and ordered his teammates to focus their attacks on Huyan Li’s exposed head.
• Hu Yan Zhen secretly signaled Huyan Li to use his Spirit Bone, and Ning Fengzhi called him out for interfering in the match.
• Huyan Li activated a green Head Bone that strengthened him, broke free of Tang San’s restraints, and drove back Zhu Zhuqing, Huang Yuan, and Jing Ling.
• Huyan Li charged toward Ye Yu, Ning Rongrong, and Jiang Zhu, while the other six Elephant Armored Team members advanced on Tang San’s group.
• Hu Yan Zhen predicted that the Elephant Armored Team would win, but his expression changed when he saw what happened next.

Ye Yu astonished the arena by knocking Huyan Li back with a single unboosted punch while playing cards with Ning Rongrong. When Huyan Li brought two teammates to attack him, Ye Yu began removing his mask, leaving them confident they would not be frightened.

• Huyan Li charged at Ning Rongrong, but Ye Yu struck him aside with a powerful punch, numb­ing his arms and forcing him back.
• The spectators marveled at Ye Yu's strength, while Xue Ye realized he might be the prodigy Chief Meng had mentioned and blamed Xue Xing for keeping him from Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Ye Yu ignored Huyan Li and continued playing Fight the Landlord with Ning Rongrong, then warned Huyan Li to leave.
• Huyan Li called over his second and third teammates, and the three Elephant Armored Team members charged Ye Yu together.
• Ye Yu said he would take off his mask to scare them and began removing it as Huyan Li mocked the idea.

Ye Yu removed his mask and frightened the three Huyan Li, who recognized him as the overwhelmingly powerful youth they had encountered in the Sunset Forest. They voluntarily forfeited, leaving four Elephant Armor Sect members onstage, while Hu Yan Zhen angrily ordered those four to attack Ye Yu and his companions.

• Ye Yu removed his mask, and the three Huyan Li recognized him and retreated in terror.
• Ye Yu told Huyan Li that only the three who had charged at him needed to leave the stage, and Huyan Li agreed after Ye Yu promised not to attack the others.
• The three Huyan Li withdrew their Martial Souls and Soul Rings, then jumped off the stage and forfeited.
• Ning Fengzhi told Hu Yan Zhen that his grandson knew Ye Yu was formidable, and Hu Yan Zhen left the VIP Platform and slapped the three men.
• Huyan Li explained that Ye Yu could defeat all seven of them, but Hu Yan Zhen dismissed his explanation and ordered the four remaining Elephant Armor Sect members to attack.
• The four Elephant Armor Sect members told Hu Yan Zhen that they did not dare approach Ye Yu and his companions.

Ye Yu knocked the Elephant Armor Sect’s remaining fighters off the platform with a single punch, securing another victory for Shrek and revealing his External Soul Bone. After a week of wins, Shrek arrived in Great Spirit City and encountered Shi Nian’s team, which included the students Ye Yu had injured before.

• Huyan Zhen ordered the Elephant Armor Sect’s four remaining fighters to attack Ye Yu, despite Huyan Li’s warning that they had stepped down because Ye Yu was too strong.
• Ye Yu turned and blasted all four fighters off the platform with his golden, bone-armored left fist, giving Shrek the win.
• Huyan Li told Huyan Zhen that his order had cost them the match, and Huyan Zhen left in regret as the crowd reacted to Ye Yu’s External Soul Bone.
• Xue Ye summoned Xue Xing to his Resting Room, while Salas and Xue Qinghe considered how to approach or recruit Ye Yu.
• Over the next week, Shrek won all three of its matches and then encountered Shi Nian’s team in Great Spirit City, including the eleven students Ye Yu had injured before.

After Shrek's opponents forfeited, Ye Yu left the Great Spirit Arena and encountered Shi Nian, who trapped him in an illusion and revealed his plan to kill him. Ye Yu disclosed that he had deliberately lured Shi Nian into isolation, then began to transform with Complete Hollowfication.

• Master explained that the Five Elements Academies were Shrek's main rivals, and Tang San and the others watched Godwind Academy face Skywater Academy.
• Ye Yu left the Great Spirit Arena and teased Xue Qinghe after finding him near the women's restroom.
• Xue Qinghe invited Ye Yu to talk over tea, but Ye Yu declined and returned toward Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Shi Nian trapped Ye Yu in an illusion and announced that he intended to kill him, then target Tang San and Shrek's strongest member.
• Ye Yu revealed that he had noticed Shi Nian's intent and had deliberately lured him into isolation.
• Shi Nian dismissed Ye Yu's claim until Ye Yu raised his hand and announced, "Complete Hollowfication!!"

Ye Yu revealed his overwhelming soul rings and External Soul Bones, but Shi Nian attacked him with his Remnant Dream illusions. Ye Yu walked through the nightmare unharmed and turned Shi Nian’s own fear against him, leaving their confrontation poised to end in a fight.

• Ye Yu transformed into Complete Hollowfication, revealing four black soul rings, a hundred-thousand-year red ring, and four External Soul Bones.
• Shi Nian released his Remnant Dream Martial Soul and used his illusions to trap Ye Yu in scenes of ghosts and Old Jack being tortured.
• Shi Nian unleashed his Seventh Soul Skill, Nightmare, and expected Ye Yu’s hidden fears to break him.
• Ye Yu stepped out of the illusion unharmed and declared that his ultimate evil made him the one who countered Shi Nian.
• Shi Nian recoiled in terror as Ye Yu’s black energy spread, and Ye Yu warned that Shi Nian’s life was in his hands.

Ye Yu killed Shi Nian after overpowering him, then returned to Heaven Dou City as Shrek Team prepared to face Blazing Fire Team. The match began with Ye Yu immediately knocking out the two fire-type support members who claimed to be like him.

• Shi Nian’s Martial Soul and Soul Skill failed against Ye Yu, and Ye Yu defeated him with a powerful punch and a brutal beating.
• Ye Yu killed Shi Nian with his Fourth Soul Skill, stored Shi Nian’s Head Bone, and returned to Heaven Dou City.
• Over the next half month, Canghui Academy failed to find Shi Nian, while Shrek Team won four matches and Blazing Fire Team defeated Elephant Armored Team.
• Master warned Shrek Team that Blazing Fire Team had a versatile lineup, and Tang San selected himself, Xiao Wu, Mubai, Jing Ling, Huang Yuan, Jiang Zhu, and Ye Yu for the match.
• At the start of the match, Blazing Fire Team’s two support members claimed they were like Ye Yu, and Ye Yu struck them both off their feet.

Ye Yu protected Jiang Zhu from Huo Wu’s fire trap and continued playing Gomoku while Tang San’s team fought the Blazing Fire Team. The match escalated when Huo Wushuang’s fire dragon, intimidated by Ye Yu’s bloodline pressure, produced a cute stuttering roar instead of its usual attack.

• Ye Yu refused to join the fight, intimidated the Blazing Fire supports, and walked through their formation to play Gomoku with Jiang Zhu.
• Huo Wu trapped Ye Yu and Jiang Zhu inside her Scorching Fire Wall, but Ye Yu emerged unharmed and warned her not to disturb their game.
• Tang San’s team charged the Blazing Fire Team as its supports boosted the flames across the arena.
• Huo Wushuang used Fire Dragon Roar, but his fire dragon’s roar came out as a meek “awroo” under Ye Yu’s bloodline pressure.

Shrek defeated the Blazing Fire Team after Tang San revealed that his Blue Silver Grass was immune to fire, and Ye Yu knocked Huo Wushuang off the platform after the match. Feng Xiaotian accepted Huo Wu's challenge to defeat Shrek for a chance to date her, while Ye Yu warned him that she had been rejecting him.

• Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu pressured Shrek with fire-based attacks, but Tang San used his precise control and Ghostly Perplexing Track to evade them and protect his teammates.
• Jiang Zhu removed the burning effect from Dai Mubai, Huang Yuan, and Jing Ling, while Ye Yu played Gomoku during the battle.
• Tang San revealed that his Blue Silver Grass had Fire Immunity and trapped the Blazing Fire Team in the Blue Silver Prison, forcing Huo Wu and her teammates to concede as Shrek won.
• Ye Yu knocked Huo Wushuang off the platform after Huo Wushuang taunted Shrek, then boasted that he could defeat the entire Blazing Fire Team in five seconds.
• Huo Wu challenged Feng Xiaotian to defeat Shrek if he wanted to date her, and Ye Yu told Feng Xiaotian that she had been rejecting him.

Ye Yu teased Feng Xiaotian about his plan to win Huo Wu, then spent time with Xue Qinghe while suspecting he was Qian Renxue. A storm forced them to share Ye Yu’s dormitory for the night, leaving Xue Qinghe uneasy as Ye Yu continued to test him.

• Feng Xiaotian declared that he would defeat Ye Yu’s team to win Huo Wu, while Ye Yu said he would only fight if his teammates could not hold on.
• At Xue Qinghe’s invitation, Ye Yu walked with him and answered his indirect questions about his background, strength, and Martial Soul.
• Ye Yu confirmed his suspicion that Xue Qinghe was Qian Renxue and challenged Xue Qinghe’s excuses for avoiding a hot spring and changing clothes in front of him.
• A fierce storm forced Ye Yu to bring Xue Qinghe into his dormitory, where Ye Yu lent him dry clothes.
• Ye Yu invited Xue Qinghe to stay the night and share his double bed, and Xue Qinghe reluctantly agreed.