Chapter Summaries

Cheng Gang died after being trapped in Lu Yuan’s Abyssal Space, while Lu Yuan confronted Star Luo officials over the attempted assassination and demanded compensation. Xu Jiujiu promised an explanation after Lu Yuan threatened to expose rumors about Star Luo and the tournament.

• Cheng Gang realized Xuan Zi had sent him into a trap and fought through the ninth layer of the Abyss.
• Cheng Gang was overwhelmed by the Fatui Special Operations Team in the tenth layer and died under their bombardment.
• Lu Yuan accused the Star Emperor Grand Hotel staff of failing to protect him after a Titled Douluo broke into his room to assassinate him.
• Xu Jiujiu questioned Lu Yuan’s account, and Lu Yuan displayed his six Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.
• Lu Yuan struck Xu Jiujiu’s maid with his sword aura after she rebuked him, and Xu Jiujiu acknowledged Star Luo’s oversight.
• Lu Yuan threatened to spread damaging rumors about Star Luo unless he received a satisfactory explanation, and Xu Jiujiu felt pressured by the accusations.

After a Titled Douluo tried to assassinate Lu Yuan in his hotel room, he forced the Star Luo Empire to investigate and accept responsibility. Xu Jiawei doubled the planned compensation and ordered a public apology, while Lu Yuan rested and awaited the finals.

• Xu Jiujiu ordered the guards to search the Star Emperor Grand Hotel after Lu Yuan accused Star Luo's own experts of possibly arranging the attack.
• Gu Qiu'er and Xiao Xiao checked on Lu Yuan, who told them that a greedy Titled Douluo had tried to assassinate him and failed.
• Lu Yuan had hotel staff repair his room, then bathed and went to sleep with Little Snow Girl while Star Luo handled the aftermath.
• Xu Jiujiu reported the incident to Xu Jiawei, who ordered her to deliver generous compensation to Lu Yuan.
• Xu Jiawei suspected a Super Douluo might be protecting Lu Yuan, doubled every item on the compensation list, and ordered a public apology to the competing teams and Soul Master community.

After Cheng Gang disappeared following the attack on Lu Yuan, Xu Jiawei increased the compensation and publicly apologized for Star Luo’s security failure. Shrek Academy qualified for the finals, while Snow Empress asked Lu Yuan to let her compete.

• Xu Jiawei learned that Cheng Gang was missing, ordered a citywide search, and doubled Lu Yuan’s compensation again.
• Xu Jiawei apologized publicly for the failed security and promised a thorough investigation, while Xuan Zi suspected that someone powerful had protected Lu Yuan.
• Xu Jiujiu delivered the greatly increased compensation to Lu Yuan, and Xu Jiawei announced that the day’s match would proceed as scheduled.
• Meng Hongchen and the others asked Lu Yuan about the attack, and he assured them he was unharmed before boasting that he could defeat Shrek alone.
• Shrek Academy defeated Star Luo National Academy to qualify for the finals, and Snow Empress asked Lu Yuan to let her compete in the remaining matches.

The finals of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament began with Sun Moon and Shrek facing off in the team battle. Lu Yuan summoned his manifested Martial Soul, the Little Snow Empress, who swiftly shattered the opening attacks from Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng.

• Star Luo Emperor Xu Jiawei declared the tournament finals open, and Huang Jinxu announced the best-of-three rules.
• Old Ma asked Lu Yuan about his confidence, and Lu Yuan assured him that Sun Moon would defeat Shrek.
• Wang Yan outlined Shrek's plan to drain Lu Yuan's Soul Power in the team battle and rely on Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng in the individual round.
• The Sun Moon Team and Shrek entered the arena, and the team battle began with Sun Moon's members retreating while Lu Yuan also backed away.
• Lu Yuan summoned the Little Snow Empress, revealing her as his Martial Soul, and she displayed four orange-gold Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.
• Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng attacked the Little Snow Empress with their Soul Skills, but she destroyed both attacks with two arcs of freezing sword energy.

Little Snow Empress overwhelmed Shrek Academy’s seven fighters, and Xuan Zi secretly instructed Huo Yuhao to support them with Spiritual Detection Sharing. The shared perceptions helped Shrek’s team respond more accurately, but they still could not land a hit, and Ma Xiaotao’s frustration erupted as the battle continued.

• Little Snow Empress outmaneuvered Shrek’s seven fighters, injuring Ma Xiaotao and Jiang Nannan and knocking He Caitou down with Bei Bei’s redirected attack.
• Xuan Zi watched from hiding and told Huo Yuhao to activate Spiritual Detection Sharing across the arena.
• Huo Yuhao shared his First Soul Skill’s predictions with Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and the others.
• Shrek’s team used the shared detection to intercept several attacks and steady their formation, but Little Snow Empress continued to evade them and inflict wounds.
• Ma Xiaotao grew increasingly frustrated as the team’s attacks failed, then screamed in rage.

Little Snow Empress defeated Shrek Academy’s team with her ice Soul Skill, and Lu Yuan then reported that Huo Yuhao had secretly assisted them during the match. The accusation left the referee facing a dispute over whether Shrek Academy had cheated and who needed to provide proof.

• Ma Xiaotao unleashed her Phoenix Meteor Shower, and Xu Sanshi used Xuanming Replacement to put Little Snow Empress in the firestorm’s path.
• Little Snow Empress overwhelmed the flames with Great Cold Without Snow, then shattered the blizzard and blasted all seven Shrek fighters into the arena barrier.
• Lu Yuan praised Little Snow Empress, who told him that Shrek’s fighters had seemed unusually precise near the end of the battle.
• Lu Yuan pointed out Huo Yuhao’s glowing eyes and reported that he had used an observation Soul Skill to share information with Shrek’s fighters.
• Wang Yan denied that Shrek Academy had cheated, while Huang Jinxu asked Lu Yuan for further evidence.
• Lu Yuan argued that Shrek Academy should prove its innocence rather than relying on its denial.

Lu Yuan rejected Xu Jiawei’s attempt to protect Huo Yuhao with a light punishment and demanded public military caning instead. Dai Hao administered ten strokes, leaving Huo Yuhao injured and humiliated as he blamed Lu Yuan.

• Xu Jiawei ruled that Huo Yuhao would make a public self-criticism and lose his tournament honors, treating his cheating as an accidental mistake.
• Lu Yuan objected and proposed that Dai Hao punish Huo Yuhao under military regulations with public caning.
• Xu Jiawei approved the punishment, and Dai Hao brought Huo Yuhao before the crowd and ordered him to lie down.
• Huo Yuhao obeyed and exposed himself to the spectators, seething with hatred toward Dai Hao.
• Dai Hao struck Huo Yuhao ten times, leaving him bruised and bleeding, and Huo Yuhao blamed Lu Yuan for his humiliation.

After being punished for secretly using Spiritual Sharing, Huo Yuhao endured public humiliation and insisted on fighting in the upcoming individual and 2-2-3 matches. He asked Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to help him challenge Lu Yuan, but Sky Dream warned that doing so could exhaust his remaining origin power and leave him unable to help again.

• Dai Hao punished Huo Yuhao in front of the venue, and Wang Dong helped him to his feet afterward.
• Huo Yuhao asked Wang Yan to let him participate in the individual Knockout Round and the 2-2-3 battle formation, and Wang Yan approved.
• Wang Yan warned Huo Yuhao not to break tournament rules again and worried that Shrek's injured, exhausted team had lost its advantage over the intact Sun Moon Team.
• Spectators mocked Shrek and spread rumors about Huo Yuhao, while Ma Xiaotao comforted him and Huo Yuhao resolved to fight Lu Yuan.
• Huo Yuhao asked Sky Dream Ice Silkworm for help, but Sky Dream warned that using more of his depleted origin power could make him fall into permanent slumber.

Huo Yuhao insisted that winning the personal Knockout Round was essential to restore Shrek’s honor, but Lu Yuan dominated the opening matches and eliminated or overwhelmed Shrek’s fighters. Ma Xiaotao entered the arena to face him, leaving the contest poised for their match.

• Huo Yuhao told Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that the match was his chance to restore Shrek’s dignity and prove himself.
• Both academies confirmed their lineups, and Wang Yan told Shrek’s fighters to prioritize exhausting Lu Yuan.
• Lu Yuan volunteered as Sun Moon’s first combatant and knocked Xu Sanshi out of the arena with one sword strike.
• Lu Yuan quickly defeated Bei Bei and Ling Luochеn, then trapped Dai Yueheng in a dragon claw until Shrek conceded the match.
• Ma Xiaotao entered the arena to challenge Lu Yuan after warning Dai Yueheng to rest.

Lu Yuan defeated Ma Xiaotao with a single sword strike, and Shrek Academy forfeited the individual round after she was eliminated. Shrek requested a Two-Two-Three Battle Formation showdown to avoid a complete shutout, and Sun Moon agreed to fight after a ten-minute rest.

• Ma Xiaotao attacked Lu Yuan with a series of Phoenix skills, but he erased her flames and struck her down with a black-red sword aura.
• Huang Jinxu declared Ma Xiaotao unable to continue and awarded the individual match to Lu Yuan; Huo Yuhao helped her off the arena.
• Huo Yuhao wanted to fight alongside Wang Dong, but Wang Yan announced that Shrek forfeited the individual round and requested the Two-Two-Three Battle Formation showdown.
• Huang Jinxu asked Sun Moon whether it would accept Shrek's request, and Old Ma agreed after consulting Ma Rulong, Xiao Hongchen, Lu Yuan, and the others.
• Huang Jinxu announced that the final showdown would begin after a ten-minute rest.

Xuan Zi appeared to defend Shrek Academy and warned Lu Yuan, who publicly defied him and accused Shrek of breaking tournament rules. Xuan Zi secretly decided to kill Lu Yuan after the competition, while the Two-Two-Three team match began with Wang Yan choosing Shrek’s first pair.

• Spectators argued over Shrek’s loss until Xuan Zi arrived and used his authority to silence the arena and defend Shrek’s fairness.
• Xuan Zi warned Lu Yuan to follow tournament rules, but Lu Yuan rejected his warning and accused Shrek of repeatedly exploiting the rules.
• Xuan Zi secretly resolved to kill Lu Yuan after the competition and ordered Wang Yan to continue commanding the team.
• Lu Yuan told Old Ma he was not afraid of Xuan Zi, while the ten-minute break passed in tense silence.
• Huang Jinxu announced the start of the Two-Two-Three team match, and Wang Yan sent Bei Bei and Ling Luochеn into the first two-versus-two round.

Bei Bei and Ling Luochеn faced the Hongchen siblings in the first round, but Xiao Hongchen’s cannon barrage and Meng Hongchen’s ice poison overwhelmed their defenses. The chapter ended with Bei Bei unleashing Thunder Dragon Head after Meng Hongchen disarmed Ling Luochеn.

• Wang Yan sent Bei Bei and Ling Luochеn into the first round and planned Shrek Academy’s remaining lineup for the next rounds.
• Xiao Hongchen opened with a transforming cannon array and bombarded the ice mist, forcing Bei Bei and Ling Luochеn to evade.
• Ling Luochеn attacked Meng Hongchen with frost techniques, but Meng Hongchen dodged with Ice Refraction and countered with poison and her Icefire Poison Dragon Drill.
• Ling Luochеn trapped Meng Hongchen with Ice Radiance Ring, but Xiao Hongchen destroyed the ring with a barrage of cannon fire.
• Meng Hongchen closed in and knocked Ling Luochеn’s Ice Staff from her hand, prompting Bei Bei to unleash Thunder Dragon Head at Xiao Hongchen.

Bei Bei and Ling Luochеn surrendered after losing to Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, leaving Shrek needing a win in the second match. Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill against Lu Yuan, but Snow Empress froze and shattered it, leaving them reeling.

• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen defeated Bei Bei and Ling Luochеn, and Meng Hongchen detoxified them after they surrendered.
• Wang Yan sent Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong into the second match, warning them that they would have only one chance against Lu Yuan.
• Lu Yuan entered the arena alone with Snow Empress as his teammate, then faced Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong launched their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Decay Amid Splendor, Golden Road, at Lu Yuan.
• Snow Empress countered with Great Cold Without Snow and froze the Golden Road before shattering it, while the backlash left Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong barely standing.

Lu Yuan overwhelmed Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill with his sixth Soul Skill, One Flame Opens the Half-Walled City, and carved a massive fissure through the arena. Xuan Zi shielded the two students from the strike, but the resulting explosion injured him and stunned the spectators.

• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong recovered their resolve and prepared another attack against Lu Yuan.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Radiant Raiment, and transformed into the Goddess of Light.
• Lu Yuan unleashed his sixth Soul Skill, One Flame Opens the Half-Walled City, and split the Goddess of Light apart with a slash of Origin Flame.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong were sent flying by the fusion skill’s backlash as Lu Yuan’s strike carved a deep chasm across the arena.
• Xuan Zi shielded Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong with a Soul Power barrier, but the slash shattered it and struck the arena.
• The Origin Flame in the fissure erupted, forcing Xuan Zi to use Taotie Avatar to withstand the blast as the spectators watched in shock.

After Lu Yuan defeated Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, Xuan Zi accused him of being an Evil Soul Master and tried to take him away. Lu Yuan challenged Xuan Zi’s authority and appealed to the tournament rules, prompting Huang Jinxu to intervene and announce Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy as champion.

• Xuan Zi checked that Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong were alive, then accused Lu Yuan of murderous intent and being an Evil Soul Master.
• Lu Yuan argued that Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong had attacked first and challenged Xuan Zi’s accusations by pointing to Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul.
• Lu Yuan denounced Xuan Zi for trying to arrest him without evidence or following tournament regulations, while spectators and Ma Xiaotao fell silent.
• Xu Jiawei ordered Huang Jinxu to take control of the disturbance and handle it according to the rules.
• Huang Jinxu urged Xuan Zi to calm down, then declared Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy the tournament champion after its three-to-zero victory.

After Xuan Zi tried to excuse Shrek's defeat, the crowd mocked him, and Ma Xiaotao lost control as her Evil Fire turned black. She attacked the arena, and spectators began calling her an Evil Soul Master.

• Xuan Zi claimed Shrek had been weakened while fighting Evil Soul Masters, and Dai Hao confirmed that the incident had happened.
• Spectators jeered at Xuan Zi's excuses, and their ridicule further inflamed Ma Xiaotao's anger.
• Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire fused with a hidden force of hatred, turning her flames black and blasting Wang Yan and the other Shrek members away.
• Xuan Zi rushed to Ma Xiaotao and tried to make her suppress her power, but she had already lost her reason.
• Ma Xiaotao attacked everything around her with black fire, prompting panicked spectators to flee and identify her as an Evil Soul Master.

Feng Ling decided to seize Ma Xiaotao for the Holy Spirit Cult as Ma Xiaotao lost control and attacked the arena. Lu Yuan exposed her as an Evil Soul Master and struck at her and Xuan Zi, leaving Ma Xiaotao and two Holy Spirit Cult disciples caught in his flaming blade’s attack.

• Feng Ling abandoned her plan to recruit Lu Yuan and resolved to take Ma Xiaotao as the Holy Spirit Cult’s future Holy Maiden.
• Lu Yuan taunted Xuan Zi over Ma Xiaotao’s rampage and unleashed Black Feather Rain, a Thousand Li of Silence against her.
• Xuan Zi shielded Ma Xiaotao from Lu Yuan’s flaming feathers, but Ma Xiaotao struck him in the back with Phoenix Piercing Cloud Strike.
• Lu Yuan called for Ma Xiaotao to be killed and exploited the Erosion Break Power weakening Xuan Zi to attack them both.
• Two Holy Spirit Cult disciples rushed toward Ma Xiaotao, and Lu Yuan’s Sun-Chopping Flame engulfed her and the two disciples.

Ma Xiaotao died after Lu Yuan’s attack, and Xuan Zi’s grief and rage were manipulated into hatred as Lu Yuan condemned her as an Evil Soul Master. With spectators turning against Shrek, Xuan Zi prepared to kill Lu Yuan while Wang Yan led the injured Shrek group away with Ma Xiaotao’s body.

• Feng Ling realized her subordinates’ intervention had cost Ma Xiaotao her chance to survive, while Xuan Zi tried in vain to extinguish the flames and mourned her death.
• Lu Yuan condemned Ma Xiaotao and called her an Evil Soul Master, provoking Xuan Zi to attack him and accuse him of killing her.
• Lu Yuan pointed to the two dead Holy Spirit Cult disciples as evidence, and spectators blamed Ma Xiaotao and Shrek Academy for colluding with Evil Soul Masters.
• Wang Yan and the others found Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong pinned beneath rubble, freed them, and prepared to leave with Ma Xiaotao’s body.
• Xuan Zi ordered Wang Yan to take the Shrek group away while he stayed to kill Lu Yuan, and Lu Yuan mocked them for missing the award ceremony.

Lu Yuan fought Xuan Zi in Star Luo City, while Huo Yuhao and Dai Hao were unsettled by Lu Yuan calling him Dai Yuhao. As the battle dragged on, Snow Empress struck Xuan Zi and Bi Ji secretly healed Lu Yuan, leaving Xuan Zi convinced the Star Luo Empire was aiding his opponent.

• Lu Yuan called Huo Yuhao by the name Dai Yuhao, startling him and making Dai Hao suspect a connection to the White Tiger Duke's Mansion.
• Xuan Zi activated his Martial Soul Avatar and attacked Lu Yuan, who countered with his six Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and a series of Abyssal techniques.
• Lu Yuan's attacks marked Xuan Zi with Erosion Break, while Xuan Zi used Gravity Control to try to pin Lu Yuan down.
• Snow Empress struck the Taotie with Great Cold Without Snow, and Xuan Zi felt another portion of his Soul Power disappear.
• Bi Ji secretly healed Lu Yuan, and Xuan Zi mistook the recovery for help from the Star Luo Imperial House.

Lu Yuan and Snow Empress injured Xuan Zi, who accused the Star Luo Empire of secretly healing Lu Yuan. Xu Jiawei defended the tournament’s laws, while Lu Yuan challenged Xuan Zi to prove he was an Evil Soul Master, leaving Xuan Zi unable to support his accusation.

• Bi Ji secretly healed Lu Yuan, who joined Snow Empress in attacking Xuan Zi and broke his Soul Power barrier, injuring him.
• Xuan Zi accused Wang Xian'er of secretly aiding Lu Yuan, and Xu Jiawei warned him to stop fighting in Star Luo territory.
• Xu Jiawei cited Ma Xiaotao’s public rampage and the tournament’s laws as reasons Xuan Zi could not kill Lu Yuan.
• Lu Yuan argued that a dark Martial Soul did not prove someone was an Evil Soul Master and demanded concrete evidence.
• Xuan Zi could not refute Lu Yuan, and Xu Jiawei urged him to let the matter end.