Chapter Summaries

Lin You volunteered to face Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy alone, claiming his Freezing Tactics would be enough. He stood alone in the arena as the crowd and rival teams reacted in shock, and the match was about to begin.

• Lin You reassured the nervous Xiao Xiao and told Wang Yan he could defeat Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy by himself using Freezing Tactics.
• Lin You rejected the offer of support from Shrek’s senior students and walked onto the arena alone.
• Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao watched from the waiting area as the crowd and Emperor Xu Jiawei were stunned by Shrek’s lone competitor.
• Tianling’s seven competitors saw Lin You alone and grew confident, then resented what they viewed as Shrek’s arrogance.
• Wang Yan confirmed Shrek’s decision to the referee, who called both sides forward as the audience erupted.

Lin You defeated all seven members of Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy in the first round of the knockout tournament by spreading freezing moisture across the arena and immobilizing them from within. The referee declared Shrek Academy the winner, while the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy prepared to face Lin You next.

• Tianling Academy's captain ordered his team to attack Lin You, who stood alone for Shrek Academy.
• Lin You pressed his hand to the arena floor and spread frost across more than half the arena, slowing Tianling Academy's fighters.
• Lin You released an invisible ripple that froze all seven Tianling Academy members in place.
• Emperor Xu Jiawei and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's Old Ma reacted with shock, and Old Ma ordered his team to prepare for battle.
• The referee announced Shrek Academy's victory.

Lin You single-handedly defeated Tianling Academy’s seven-member team and then used the victory to promote Shrek Academy. The other academies’ contestants left furious and determined to challenge Shrek.

• Lin You defeated Tianling Academy’s seven team members by freezing the water in their blood, then explained his method to their teacher.
• Lin You thawed the seven contestants, accepted their teacher’s thanks, and left the stage as spectators marveled at Shrek Academy.
• Lin You addressed the crowd through an amplifying Soul Tool and invited prospective students and their parents to choose Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yuhao cautioned Lin You about the force he had used, and he suggested she try defeating a team alone next time.
• The other academies’ contestants heard Lin You and Huo Yuhao’s conversation and resolved to prove they were not toys.

After Lin You overwhelmed Tianling Academy, his performance made Shrek Academy a feared contender and drew attention from rival teams. As the team prepared for the next round, Xiao Hongchen provoked Lin You, and Huo Yuhao responded by immobilizing him with Spiritual Power.

• Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and the Shrek seniors praised Lin You after his dominant victory over Tianling Academy.
• Wang Yan reviewed the tournament’s strongest teams and called Lin You Shrek Academy’s leading figure, while Chen Zifeng and Ma Xiaotao argued over who should receive Lin You’s support.
• Wang Yan ended the meeting and told everyone to prepare for the challenges ahead.
• Xiao Hongchen confronted Lin You and made an insulting gesture, prompting Huo Yuhao to immobilize him with a surge of Spiritual Power.

Huo Yuhao used overwhelming Spiritual Power to force Xiao Hongchen to apologize for insulting Lin You, then let him go. Xiao Hongchen fled back to his room and vowed revenge on Shrek Academy, Lin You, and Huo Yuhao.

• Huo Yuhao immobilized Xiao Hongchen with her Spiritual Power and threatened him until he apologized.
• Xiao Hongchen stammered an apology, and Huo Yuhao released him and ordered him to leave.
• Lin You was stunned by Huo Yuhao's domineering behavior, and she told him she disliked people being rude to him.
• Lin You recognized that the Ice Empress's Emperor's Will, Electrolux's Divine Sense, and the Spirit Eye had contributed to Huo Yuhao's aggressive spiritual strength.
• Xiao Hongchen returned to his room, recovered from his fear, and vowed to make Shrek Academy, Lin You, and Huo Yuhao pay.

Shrek Academy faced Yunluo Advanced Soul Engineer Academy in a Single Combat relay match, and Huo Yuhao took the field for Shrek. Huo Yuhao forced Yunluo’s captain to surrender and then watched its second fighter charge off the stage.

• Shrek Academy entered Star Luo Square to loud cheers before the match format was chosen.
• Lin You chose to watch from the sidelines and sent Huo Yuhao to compete for Shrek.
• Yunluo’s captain Situ Yu attacked Huo Yuhao with his Soul Guidance Cannon, but Huo Yuhao appeared behind him and used her scarlet-eyed ability to make him surrender.
• Yunluo’s second fighter charged at Huo Yuhao, abruptly changed direction, and ran off the competition stage.

Huo Yuhao easily defeated Yunluo Academy in the individual match, while Lin You criticized the team’s Soul Guidance Armor tactics and imagined a better design. Shrek’s victory alarmed the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy, whose team was told to prioritize survival, as Huo Yuhao and her companions stayed behind to study the tournament’s soul devices.

• Huo Yuhao used her Quadruple Propulsion Module to overwhelm Yunluo Academy’s third contestant, then sent the rest of the team off the stage to win the individual match.
• Huo Yuhao and Lin You discussed Yunluo Academy’s Soul Guidance Armor, and Lin You argued that its users should either defend fully or build armor that could fly.
• Old Ma warned the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy team to protect themselves and forget about winning the championship after seeing Huo Yuhao’s performance.
• Xu Jiawei reflected on Huo Yuhao’s connection to Dai Hao and felt relieved that she was not close to him.
• Wang Yan encouraged Shrek’s students to watch other matches, while Huo Yuhao, He Caitou, and Lin You stayed to discuss Yunluo Academy’s tactics.
• Lin You pointed out that fixed supports left the Soul Guidance Fortress vulnerable to attacks on the ground and concluded that it needed to fly.

Lin You, Huo Yuhao, and He Caitou visited Star Luo City's Underground Auction House to study Soul Guidance devices, joined by Wang Dong and others. Lin You's aggressive bidding riled the other guests, while a group of shadows outside discussed waiting for Shrek's allies to ask them for help.

• Lin You, Huo Yuhao, and He Caitou planned to buy materials and experiment with a simple half-body armor using Soul Guidance Propulsion Core Nozzles.
• Lin You told Ma Xiaotao, Wang Dong, and the others about the Underground Auction House, and they joined the visit.
• Dai Yueheng escorted the group into the auction house, where they registered, received masks, and watched a special Soul Guidance device auction begin.
• Wang Dong felt an unexplained instinctive aversion to Soul Guidance devices, and Lin You privately resolved to protect him as his godfather.
• Lin You bid 2,500 Gold Soul Coins for a Soul Guidance Paralysis Ray, then teased Wang Dong about paying for the group's purchases.
• The group made bids on item after item, while sinister figures outside decided to wait for Shrek's allies to seek their help.

Lin You and Huo Yuhao watched a competitor use a multi-legged Soul Guidance Device, and Lin You suggested a more effective design. As the tournament continued, Lin You feared the growing consequences of his butterfly effect and the war threatening the continent.

• Lin You and Huo Yuhao watched an academy competitor wield a Multi-legged Soul Guidance Device and discussed its strengths and weaknesses.
• The device’s user lost after an Agility Attack System Soul Master exploited its slow movement and destroyed the spider legs.
• Lin You proposed replacing the cumbersome device with numerous concealable, self-destructing miniature spiders.
• Lin You reflected on how his changes had pushed events off their original course and feared that war was approaching.
• Lin You recalled that Mu En had warned the empires about the Holy Spirit Cult’s alliance with the Sun Moon Empire and the danger posed by their forces.
• Lin You realized Mu En would not let him attend the next tournament in the Sun Moon Empire, where powerful enemies might target him.

Lin You anticipated that war with the Sun Moon Empire would soon erupt and decided he and Huo Yuhao should leave no regrets by returning to the tournament. After Shrek’s victory, Wang Dong jokingly demanded his support, and Lin You accepted while privately reflecting on her claim that he was like a brother to her.

• Lin You considered the coming war and Mu En’s efforts to prepare him and Huo Yuhao for the danger ahead.
• Lin You told Huo Yuhao it was time to leave no regrets, and she agreed to ask Wang Yan about competing together again.
• Wang Dong and Shrek finished defeating Zhengtian Advanced Soul Master Academy in the third round of the Round Robin.
• Wang Dong teased Lin You for missing her fight and demanded that he support her a hundred times.
• Lin You agreed to support Wang Dong, who happily called him closer than a real brother, while Huo Yuhao laughed nearby.

Shrek Academy sent Lin You and Wang Dong alone into a seven-on-seven match against Changning Academy, whose captain expected an easy victory. Lin You strengthened Wang Dong’s wings until they spanned the arena, and one massive sweep defeated the entire opposing team.

• Spectators argued over whether Lin You, Ma Xiaotao, or Dai Yueheng was Shrek Academy’s strongest competitor as the team entered Star Luo Square.
• The referee questioned Shrek Academy’s decision to field only Lin You and Wang Dong against Changning Academy’s Soul King captain and six Soul Ancestors.
• Changning’s captain mocked the pair and urged his team to defeat Shrek Academy, while Lin You and Wang Dong exchanged a glance.
• Wang Dong unleashed her Light Goddess Butterfly wings, and Lin You used Calcification to enlarge and armor them until they reached one hundred meters.
• Wang Dong swung her immense, heavy wings at Changning Academy, sending all seven opponents flying out of the arena.
• The referee declared Shrek Academy the winner as the stunned spectators reacted to the one-strike victory.

Lin You and Wang Dong led Shrek Academy to a humiliatingly swift victory over Changning Academy, and Lin You’s boastful speech stirred the crowd. After Shrek finished the Round Robin undefeated, Lin You, He Caitou, and Huo Yuhao completed a crude but powerful prototype Soul Guidance Device Armor.

• Wang Dong claimed credit for Shrek Academy’s victory, and Lin You playfully ruffled her hair before delivering a victory speech.
• Lin You declared that he had not been satisfied with the match, provoking cheers and boos from the spectators as Changning Academy’s captain led his disgraced team away.
• Meng Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, Ma Rulong, and Old Ma assessed Lin You’s strength and urged Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy to prepare for their future matches.
• Four days later, Shrek Academy completed the Round Robin undefeated and advanced to the Knockout Tournament.
• Lin You, He Caitou, and Huo Yuhao finished assembling their rough prototype Soul Guidance Device Armor, equipped with powerful cannons and propulsion nozzles.

Lin You, Huo Yuhao, and He Caitou completed a prototype Soul Guidance Device Armor and tested it outside Star Luo City. The armor moved steadily and fired a powerful beam, while its energy supply and design still needed improvement.

• Lin You and Lin You's companions discussed the prototype's pure-metal construction, its Milk Bottle energy supply, and possible ways to draw power from nature.
• Lin You explained that mass-producing simpler mecha could strengthen the nation’s industries and eventually help it catch up to the Sun Moon Empire.
• Lin You, Huo Yuhao, and He Caitou took the armor to a deserted wilderness outside Star Luo City for testing.
• He Caitou climbed inside the armor, started it successfully, and walked several steady but clumsy steps.
• He Caitou fired the armor's right-arm cannon, and its beam reduced a large boulder to powder.

Lin You explained to He Caitou that Soul Guidance Armor could let ordinary people gain formidable combat power without years of cultivation. He Caitou realized Lin You intended to build a new social order centered on ordinary people and Soul Guidance technology.

• Huo Yuhao praised the Prototype Machine’s power and accuracy, while He Caitou noted its immense energy consumption and rapid movement.
• He Caitou asked why Lin You and Huo Yuhao needed armor that raised someone’s strength to around the Five Rings level, and Lin You asked whether ordinary people could operate it.
• Lin You argued that Soul Masters took decades to train and were extremely rare, whereas ordinary people could be trained quickly to pilot war machines.
• Lin You explained that ordinary people might pledge loyalty in exchange for Soul Master-level power, and that their dependence on the armor would make them easier to control.
• He Caitou understood that Lin You was building a new social order founded on ordinary people and Soul Guidance technology.

Lin You agreed to help He Caitou pursue revenge against the Sun Moon Empire’s imperial family, though he downplayed his ambitions. At Shrek Academy’s meeting, Wang Yan revealed their Round of 16 opponent and He Caitou explained how soul tools could make the match dangerous.

• He Caitou offered Lin You his claim to the Sun Moon Empire’s throne in exchange for helping him take revenge, but Lin You said he only wanted to protect what mattered to him.
• Wang Yan gathered the Shrek team at the Star Emperor Hotel to discuss the Round of 16, while Xuan Zi arrived to personally watch over Lin You and Huo Yuhao.
• Wang Yan announced that Shrek would face Douling Royal Academy, whose five Soul Kings and two Soul Ancestors were skilled in using soul tools.
• He Caitou explained that a Soul King-level soul engineer could use powerful fixed soul tools to suppress the team for about half a minute and potentially knock out an opponent.

The Shrek team discussed He Caitou’s strength and past, then received an invitation to Star Luo City’s top-tier underground auction. At the auction, Lin You learned from Brother Sky Dream that they should secure an Ice Explosion Soul Bone.

• He Caitou explained that his Soul Tool firepower could match a Soul King and revealed his determination to grow stronger after bandits killed his family.
• Huo Yuhao confirmed He Caitou’s capabilities, and Xuan Zi scolded Chen Zifeng for relying on the reserve team before Wang Yan announced the next day’s lineup.
• Qing Ya invited the Shrek group to a prestigious auction, and Wang Yan agreed to take them while urging Lin You and Huo Yuhao to look for valuable Soul Engineer knowledge.
• The group entered No. 1 Auction Hall, where Brother Sky Dream urged them to obtain the Ice Explosion Soul Bone for Huo Yuhao or Lin You.

At the Star Luo City underground auction, the guests saw the Sun Moon Empire’s advanced Light Guidance Screen, prompting Lin You to warn them about the empire’s technological lead. The auction began with Xu Jiujiu presenting a Soul Tool, which Dai Yueheng bought for 1.6 million Gold Soul Coins.

• Qing Ya activated the auction house’s enormous Light Guidance Screen, and the guests marveled at its clarity and technology.
• Lin You explained that the Sun Moon Empire was advancing Soul Tool technology rapidly and warned that military devices needing no Soul Power might already be in testing.
• Ma Xiaotao admitted that the technological gap put pressure on Shrek Academy, while Lin You privately criticized the academy for neglecting its Soul Tool Department.
• Xu Jiujiu opened the auction and presented the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade, a Soul Tool said to rival a Soul Douluo’s full-force strike.
• Dai Yueheng bought the blade for 1.6 million Gold Soul Coins and worried about his reduced funds, while avoiding any thought of blaming Lin You.

At the auction, Lin You recognized a rare metal that resonated with spiritual power as the key to building a Spiritual Power Skeleton and resolved to obtain it. He opened the bidding at five million Gold Soul Coins, but other bidders continued to compete.

• Xu Jiujiu announced Dai Yueheng as the winner of the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade.
• He Caitou identified a set of Grade 6 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells, and Wang Yan bought them for the academy.
• Lin You noticed a rare dark-blue metal that could sense spiritual power and linked it to his plans for a Spiritual Power Skeleton.
• Xu Jiujiu began the metal's auction at one million Gold Soul Coins, and Lin You immediately bid one million five hundred thousand.
• After rival bidders raised the price, Lin You bid five million Gold Soul Coins.

Lin You won the Spiritual Power Metal for nine million Gold Soul Coins, convinced it would be essential for building his “Unicorn.” The auction moved on to its final item as Wang Yan worried about explaining the enormous expense to Shrek Academy.

• Lin You insisted that the Spiritual Power Metal was important to him, and Wang Yan agreed to trust his judgment.
• A big-headed Body Sect man used his ability to control the auction staff and raised his bid, while his thick-armed companion urged him to secure the metal.
• Xiao Hongchen bid up to seven million five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins but stopped after Old Ma warned him not to lose sight of their objective.
• Lin You bid nine million Gold Soul Coins, and the Body Sect men decided against competing or taking the item by force.
• Xu Jiujiu declared Lin You the winner, and Lin You said the metal would prove its worth when he built his “Unicorn.”
• Xu Jiujiu introduced the final auction item as Wang Yan worried about the bill Shrek Academy would have to pay.

At the Starlight Auction, Huo Yuhao warned Xu Jiujiu that the Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone would kill anyone unable to withstand its Ultimate Ice power. Xu Jiawei gave the soul bone to Huo Yuhao as thanks and a gesture of goodwill toward Shrek Academy, while Lin You sensed their group was being watched as they left.

• Lin You welcomed the Spiritual Power Metal as a resource for advancing his Gundam plan, then Huo Yuhao identified the final auction item as an Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone.
• Huo Yuhao warned Wang Yan and the others that ordinary soul masters who tried to absorb the bone would die, so Wang Yan went to alert the auction house.
• Huo Yuhao and Lin You told the supervisor and Xu Jiujiu about the danger, and Huo Yuhao explained that safe absorption required an Ultimate Ice Martial Soul, Soul Emperor-level cultivation, and additional support.
• Xu Jiujiu reported the warning to the Xingluo Emperor, who decided to cultivate ties with Shrek Academy; the auction house bought back the soul bone for thirty million Gold Soul Coins.
• Xu Jiawei visited the Shrek group and gifted Huo Yuhao the soul bone as thanks, and Huo Yuhao declared that Star Luo was her home.
• Lin You and the others left the private room, and Lin You sensed that someone was watching them.