Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yu met Princess Xu Jiujiu and teased her with his boastful charm, provoking her anger and curiosity. When she threatened to keep him in the palace, he warned that he could teleport away and spread scandalous rumors about her, leaving her flustered and retreating.

• Jiang Yu introduced himself to Xu Jiujiu, who recognized his reputation and asked whether he had summoned the lightning.
• Jiang Yu claimed the heavens envied his looks, making Xu Jiujiu laugh at his childish narcissism.
• Jiang Yu mocked Xu Jiujiu by comparing their cultivation, strength, age, height, and appearance, angering her.
• Xu Jiujiu threatened to keep Jiang Yu in the palace unless he apologized, but Jiang Yu said he could teleport away.
• Jiang Yu threatened to spread articles claiming Xu Jiujiu lusted after him and pursued him, causing her to retreat in embarrassment and anger.

Jiang Yu and Xu Jiujiu wagered on their teams’ tournament match, with the loser agreeing to serve the winner, before Jiang Yu rushed to Shrek Academy’s opening match. He arrived at the rest area just as the match against Heavenly Spirit Advanced Academy was about to begin, while Shrek’s depleted lineup left Wang Yan deeply worried.

• Xu Jiujiu accepted Jiang Yu’s bet that the loser would serve the winner after he challenged her to defeat his team.
• Xu Jiujiu vowed to prepare thoroughly and defeat Jiang Yu, then heard the tournament’s opening cannons and realized he had forgotten the opening match.
• Jiang Yu vanished with silver light, leaving Xu Jiujiu to imagine taking him and the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect under her control.
• At Star Luo Plaza, Wang Yan worried that Shrek Academy had too few healthy fighters and might be eliminated in its opening match against Heavenly Spirit Advanced Academy.
• Jiang Yu appeared in Shrek Academy’s rest area just before the referee announced the opening match.

Jiang Yu returned just before Shrek's opening match, struck Wang Dong for criticizing his absence, and rejected the idea that the Shrek Seven Devils title was a glory he needed. He then defeated Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy in under thirty seconds and left the stage.

• Jiang Yu returned to the waiting area, where Wang Dong criticized him for arriving late to Shrek's opening match.
• Jiang Yu slapped Wang Dong into a wall, knocking him unconscious, and told Wang Yan he did not value the title of Shrek Seven Devils.
• Jiang Yu appeared on the competition stage as the crowd cheered and faced the seven members of Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy.
• Jiang Yu used Space-Time Solidification to immobilize his opponents, then struck them down with a silver blade of light.
• The Referee declared Shrek Academy the winner, and Jiang Yu vanished from the stage.

After Shrek Academy’s opening victory, Jiang Yu agreed that the preparatory team should gain experience in the coming matches, then left to explore the city with Ning Tian and Wu Feng. Wang Dong criticized them, and Ling Luochеn condemned her before the other main-team members left the conference hall.

• Jiang Yu told Wu Feng that she would need a teleportation Soul Bone to imitate his spatial abilities.
• Ma Xiaotao reported that she and two other main-team members needed at least half a month to recover, while Huo Yuhao said he could fight only if he avoided using his Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Martial Soul.
• Wang Yan proposed that the preparatory team compete while the main team recovered, and Jiang Yu agreed.
• Jiang Yu invited Ning Tian and Wu Feng to go out, and the three left the meeting.
• Wang Dong complained that Jiang Yu, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng were neglecting the academy’s honor.
• Ling Luochеn defended Jiang Yu, insulted Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao, and walked out; the other main-team members followed her.

Jiang Yu, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng went shopping in crowded Star Luo City before spotting Yu Aotian with a woman across the street. They discussed the dangers of confronting him and decided to plan how to eliminate him.

• Jiang Yu used a spatial barrier to shield himself, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng from the crowded streets as they went shopping.
• Wu Feng grew tired of shopping but stayed with Ning Tian and Jiang Yu because she feared leaving them alone together.
• Wu Feng spotted Yu Aotian across the street with a woman and brought Ning Tian and Jiang Yu over to look.
• Ning Tian suspected Yu Aotian had come to Star Luo City for a major auction and warned that his clan might have powerful protectors with him.
• Jiang Yu agreed that Yu Aotian was a dangerous enemy and said they would discuss a way to kill him after returning.

After Shrek Academy’s reserve team topped its group, Ning Tian brought the team to a Starlight Auction House top-tier auction, where Wu Feng bought a powerful Soul Tool with a bold bid. The chapter ended with Wang Yan reflecting on the power of money.

• Ning Tian asked Thunder Emperor Douluo to investigate discreetly and sent a letter outlining their plans to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Jiang Yu drew a team battle for Shrek Academy, and the reserve team defeated Zhengtian Advanced Soul Master Academy to finish first in its group.
• The Starlight Auction House invited the group to its top-tier auction, where Qing Ya charmed a flustered Wang Yan and gave him her Communication Soul Tool contact.
• Xu Jiujiu introduced the Level 8 Tyrant Tiger Purgatory Blade, and Wu Feng decided it suited her future needs.
• Jiang Yu advised Wu Feng to buy the blade with her own money, and she raised the bid directly to one million Gold Soul Coins.
• Wang Yan watched Jiang Yu, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng spend freely and concluded that without money, nothing was possible.

Ning Tian decided to bid on a powerful Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone for Ling Luochеn, while Huo Yuhao learned from the Ice Empress that absorbing it could kill her. He was told to let Ling Luochеn have it for now and wait until he was strong enough to claim it himself.

• Ning Tian bought twelve Level 6 Fixed Soul Cannon Shells after arguing that the auction would go to the highest bidder.
• Ning Tian held back from bidding on several Soul Bones and Soul Tools until Xu Jiujiu introduced the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone.
• Huo Yuhao reacted angrily to the Soul Bone, and the Ice Empress revealed her hatred as Xu Jiujiu described its qualities.
• Ning Tian offered to buy the Soul Bone for Ling Luochеn, who accepted despite feeling she could not repay the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Wang Yan did not challenge Ning Tian's bid, while Huo Yuhao hesitated to ask Shrek Academy to compete for the Soul Bone.
• The Ice Empress warned Huo Yuhao that Ling Luochеn lacked the Ultimate Ice constitution needed to absorb the Soul Bone safely and told him to let her have it for now.

The Ice Empress persuaded Huo Yuhao to treat the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as enemies, and he gave up competing for the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone. Jiang Yu then warned the Starlight Auction House that the Soul Bone could only be absorbed safely by a Soul Master with ultimate ice, prompting Xu Jiujiu to trust his claim and leave to address the issue.

• The Ice Empress scolded Huo Yuhao for hesitating to harm his enemies, and he resolved not to waver again.
• Huo Yuhao told Wang Yan he was giving up on the Soul Bone, leaving Ning Tian and the others puzzled.
• Jiang Yu warned Qing Ya that the Soul Bone could jeopardize the auction house and summoned Xu Jiujiu with her personal token.
• Jiang Yu told Xu Jiujiu that only Soul Masters with ultimate ice could absorb an Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone safely.
• Huo Yuhao pretended not to know the answer, and Xu Jiujiu said she would trust Jiang Yu before leaving.

After Xu Jiujiu’s flirtatious-sounding exchange with Jiang Yu stirred speculation, Ning Tian demanded he explain himself to her and Wu Feng that night. At the auction, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo appeared, and Ning Tian pledged that the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would help Jiang Yu obtain it at any cost.

• After Xu Jiujiu left, Jiang Yu reassured Ning Tian by voice transmission, but Ning Tian told him to explain his relationship with Princess Jiujiu to her and Wu Feng in her room that night.
• Jiang Yu wondered if he, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng were bound up in a stable romantic triangle as the auction began.
• The Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone sold for thirty million Gold Soul Coins, while the Ice Empress and Tian Meng discussed how a human could know the clan’s secrets.
• Xu Jiujiu introduced a sealed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo, setting off a frenzy among the VIP rooms.
• Ning Tian told Jiang Yu she would notify the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and help him secure the embryo at any cost.

Jiang Yu rejected bidding on the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo because the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could not safely protect it, despite his plan to pursue a 700,000-year Seventh Soul Ring from the Snow Empress. Ning Tian decided to drive up the price anyway, and rival bidders immediately joined the contest.

• Wu Feng offered to steal her grandfather's retirement savings, but Jiang Yu said they would not bid on the embryo because winning it would endanger their sect.
• Ning Tian accidentally revealed that Jiang Yu was nearing six rings and could consider a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, shocking Wang Yan, Ma Xiaotao, and Huo Yuhao.
• The Ice Empress warned Huo Yuhao to keep his distance from Jiang Yu and compared his potential to the Snow Empress's.
• Jiang Yu held Ning Tian's hand and explained that powerful factions could attack the sect if it acquired the embryo, while privately planning to seek the Snow Empress's 700,000-year ring as his Seventh Soul Ring.
• Ning Tian raised the auction bid by fifty million Gold Soul Coins to 150 million, prompting an angry response from VIP rooms as another bidder added twenty million.

Lang Ya and Yu Tao investigated the buyer of the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo while planning to take Huo Yuhao back to the Body Sect after the tournament. The Xu siblings offered Jiang Yu the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone as a personal reward if he led Shrek Academy to victory, and Jiang Yu accepted.

• Lang Ya rejected Yu Tao's proposal to steal the Soul Beast embryo and ordered the Black Level auctioneer to find out who had bought it and where they came from.
• Lang Ya and Yu Tao decided to enjoy themselves for a few days and take Huo Yuhao back to the Body Sect after the tournament.
• Xu Jiujiu returned with Xu Jiawei, who praised Jiang Yu after the siblings investigated his background and abilities.
• Xu Jiujiu offered Jiang Yu the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone as a personal reward if he led Shrek Academy to victory.
• Jiang Yu thanked Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu on behalf of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then watched them leave with a thoughtful expression.

Jiang Yu visited Ning Tian’s room, where his teasing and sudden embrace of Wu Feng sparked an awkward exchange before Ning Tian returned from bathing. Xu Jiujiu waited in vain at a restaurant and vowed not to let Jiang Yu get away with standing her up.

• Jiang Yu chose Ning Tian over Xu Jiujiu and went to Ning Tian’s room, where Wu Feng answered the door in a bathrobe.
• When Ling Luochеn opened her door in the hallway, Jiang Yu pulled Wu Feng inside and shut the door to avoid being seen together outside.
• Jiang Yu teased Wu Feng about her figure, and she grew pleased with his compliment despite their awkward closeness.
• Ning Tian emerged from the bathroom and found Jiang Yu and Wu Feng acting strangely, but they insisted they were only chatting.
• Xu Jiujiu waited more than half an hour for Jiang Yu at a restaurant, then angrily vowed to make him pay for standing her up.

Shrek Academy reached the final four and faced Star Luo National Academy, where Xu Jiujiu’s prepared tactics began to counter Shrek’s fighters. Her team trapped several opponents inside Star’s Protection, and Chen Zifeng was defeated as Huang Heyun turned toward Xi Xi.

• Shrek Academy crushed its opponents on the way to the final four, including Zhengtian Academy, and the semifinalists were Shrek Academy, Star Luo National Academy, Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, and Di'ao Academy.
• Xu Jiujiu watched Jiang Yu resentfully during the draw, which paired Shrek Academy against Star Luo National Academy and Di'ao Academy against Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Jiang Yu led Shrek onto the stage, and Ma Xiaotao, Chen Zifeng, and Ling Luochеn launched their attack as Xu Jiujiu’s team used Star Radiance Technique to counter them.
• Yao Haoxuan joined the battle, but Xu Jiujiu trapped Ma Xiaotao with an Absolute Defensive Soul Tool and enclosed the fighters in Star’s Protection, which isolated their attributes.
• Huang Heyun and his teammates overwhelmed Chen Zifeng, while Xi Xi charged at Xu Jiujiu and was struck by Starfall Technique; Huang Heyun then moved to attack Xi Xi.

Jiang Yu’s teammates deliberately withdrew to expose their protest against Shrek Academy, leaving him to face Star Luo National Academy alone. Xu Jiujiu trapped him in a Space-Time Boundary Wall, but Jiang Yu revealed his Thunderclap Hellvine and ordered it to attack.

• He Caitou feared that Shrek’s injured and trapped fighters were in danger after Star Luo National Academy deployed several powerful Soul Tools.
• Wang Yan demanded to know why Jiang Yu was not fighting, and Ning Tian explained that the Shrek Seven Monsters had accepted a bet to face Star Luo without him.
• Ning Tian accused Shrek Academy of favoritism and said the team’s deliberate restraint was meant to force the academy to face reality.
• Ling Luochеn and Gongyang Mo voluntarily left the stage, leaving Jiang Yu alone against Star Luo National Academy’s seven contestants.
• Xu Jiujiu activated the Space-Time Boundary Wall to suppress Jiang Yu’s spatial abilities, but he rose into the air on blue-violet electricity.
• Jiang Yu revealed the Thunderclap Hellvine surrounding the contestants and ordered it to strangle them.