Chapter Summaries

Shrek faced Godwind Academy in its fourteenth match, with Feng Xiaotian challenging Yuan Yu to a one-on-one fight while the rest of the teams battled around them. Feng Xiaotian trapped Yuan Yu inside a wall of wind and began his Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Slashes, leaving the duel unresolved.

• Shrek's winning streak reached thirteen matches before its fourteenth match against Godwind Academy.
• Feng Xiaotian called out Yuan Yu and challenged him to a separate duel, and Yuan Yu accepted.
• Tang San assigned Shrek's fighters to counter Godwind's airborne attacks while Yuan Yu disrupted the airflow near the arena floor.
• Godwind's members took to the air, and Shrek used Phoenix Flame, Blue Silver Grass, and coordinated attacks to limit their movement.
• Feng Xiaotian trapped Yuan Yu inside a wind wall and launched the escalating Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Slashes while Tang San's team confronted Godwind's other six members.

Yuan Yu defeated Feng Xiaotian by severing the updraft behind his Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes, while Shrek eliminated Divine Wind Academy's other fighters. After the match, Feng Xiaotian promised to challenge Yuan Yu again in the Promotion Tournament, and Shrek received its next opponent: Thunderclap Academy.

• Yuan Yu blocked Feng Xiaotian's escalating slashes while Shrek's fighters eliminated Divine Wind Academy's control specialist and other team members.
• Yuan Yu used the Sun Wheel Blade's six Elemental Light Streams to evade Feng Xiaotian's twenty-ninth slash and severed the updraft supporting his attack.
• Yuan Yu disarmed Feng Xiaotian at the arena's edge, and Feng Xiaotian admitted defeat as the referee declared Shrek the winner.
• Feng Xiaotian promised to complete his remaining seven slashes against Yuan Yu in the Promotion Tournament, and Huo Wu gave Yuan Yu a replacement robe.
• Tang San delivered Shrek's next match roster, which named Thunderclap Academy as their opponent.

Yuan Yu and Shrek Academy faced Thunderclap Academy’s lightning-based formation, while Tang San and his teammates tried to disrupt its web of power. Lei Tian was eliminated, but Yu Tianxin gathered the Thunder Array’s strength and charged Yuan Yu head-on.

• Yu Tianxin and Yuan Yu exchanged close-range attacks as Yuan Yu used the clash to push his power toward its peak.
• Lei Dong spread Thunder Spider silk across the arena and linked Thunderclap Academy’s fighters, while Tang San redirected some of the current underground.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing combined their attacks to knock Lei Tian out of the arena, and Dai Mubai held off a Thunderclap fighter trying to rescue him.
• Ma Hongjun forced two opponents away from the web with Phoenix Fire Line, while Ning Rongrong boosted Shrek’s defense.
• Lei Dong activated the Thunder Array, and Yu Tianxin used Thunderous Fury to gather its lightning and charge Yuan Yu head-on.

Yuan Yu helped Shrek defeat Thunderclap Academy, then absorbed the free thunder energy and broke through to level seventy. A divine trial ordered him to reach the Dawn Platform in Sunset Forest by the next morning to obtain his seventh God-given Spirit Ring.

• Yuan Yu and Shrek coordinated their attacks to disrupt Thunderclap Academy's thunder array and defeat Yu Tianxin's final assault.
• Xiao Wu threw Lei Dong out of the arena, and Yu Tianxin conceded the match to Shrek Academy.
• Yuan Yu absorbed unclaimed thunder energy after the battle and broke through to level seventy.
• The Myriad Phenomena Seventh Trial instructed Yuan Yu to reach the Dawn Platform in Sunset Forest before the hour of the Rabbit and draw light origin into his sun pattern.
• Ning Fengzhi protected Yuan Yu while Tang San and the others gathered around him, and Yuan Yu said he had to travel through the night.

Yuan Yu traveled with Dugu Bo to Dawn Platform to begin his seventh Divine Trial, which required him to conduct sunlight through six elements from sunrise until noon. The first ray triggered a violent burst of scarlet-gold flames from his Sun Wheel Blade.

• Flender worried that Yuan Yu would have to delay his Divine Trial because Shrek Academy had another match, but Qin Ming said the team had secured its place in the next round.
• Liu Erlong checked Yuan Yu for injuries after his match, while Tang San showed him a map to Dawn Platform and Dugu Bo offered to take him there.
• Yuan Yu and Dugu Bo left for Sunset Forest after dark, and Azure Luan and Ling Yuan followed them unseen.
• Yuan Yu and Dugu Bo passed the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and reached Dawn Platform before sunrise, where Yuan Yu found nine grooves resembling the patterns on his blade.
• At sunrise, Yuan Yu received the seventh trial's instructions to conduct Light Origin through six elements until noon without letting the Sun Pattern go out.
• Yuan Yu directed the first ray of sunlight toward the Flame Pattern, and scarlet-gold flames erupted from the Sun Wheel Blade.

Yuan Yu struggled to absorb the escalating sunlight on the Dawn Platform while keeping all six elemental patterns in balance, as Dugu Bo and the others held off approaching Soul Beasts. By noon, the Nine-Slot Round Wheel emerged but pushed away from the disintegrating Sun Wheel Blade, leaving Dugu Bo poised to intervene.

• Yuan Yu rearranged the six patterns and stabilized the Sun Wheel Blade as it absorbed sunlight.
• Dugu Bo, Ling Yuan, and Azure Luan kept Soul Beasts away from the Dawn Platform while Yuan Yu endured the heat and drained his Soul Power.
• Yuan Yu used the Rock Pattern, Wind Pattern, Water Pattern, Thunder Pattern, and Mist to redirect increasingly intense beams and keep the Sun Pattern steady.
• At noon, the Nine-Slot Round Wheel appeared outside the blade as the Light Origin filled the Sun Pattern.
• The Sun Wheel Blade began to dissolve, and the Round Wheel drifted away from it, so Dugu Bo raised his Nine Spirit Rings and prepared to save Yuan Yu.

Yuan Yu completed the Six-Pattern Light Conduction trial, awakened Sun Breathing, and began absorbing his seventh God-given Spirit Ring. As the Crystal Wall trembled under the strain, he struggled to keep all seven patterns connected and endure the ring’s pressure.

• Yuan Yu recombined the six scattered elements into a blade and used it to unite seven patterns around the Nine-Slot Round Wheel.
• Yuan Yu received the Sunflower Dance technique and used Sun Breathing to sweep away the glare on Dawn Platform.
• Divine Sense declared the trial complete, bestowed the Light Origin, and began forming Yuan Yu’s seventh God-given Spirit Ring.
• Yuan Yu guided his first six Spirit Rings around the new ring while Dugu Bo watched the strain intensify.
• Ling Yuan and Azure Luan sealed off the area as Yuan Yu fought to keep all seven patterns connected during the absorption.

Yuan Yu reached the Soul Sage realm and formed Myriad Phenomena True Body, revealing the Nine-Slot Round Wheel’s new abilities and limits. After leaving Sunset Forest with Ling Yuan and Dugu Bo, he unknowingly drew Qian Renxue’s attention ahead of the Preliminary Tournament’s final round.

• Yuan Yu absorbed his seventh spirit ring, rose to level seventy-three, and used Myriad Phenomena True Body to transform seven elements into a concentrated blade of light.
• Yuan Yu discovered that maintaining the externally manifested Wheel rapidly consumed his soul power and tested how its light affected Dugu Bo’s venom.
• Yuan Yu learned that the Myriad Phenomena Wheel Prototype could remain apart from the Sun Wheel Blade only while his true body was active, and that two unlit patterns still prevented its full development.
• Ling Yuan checked Yuan Yu’s injuries and scolded him for nearly damaging his martial soul, while Azure Luan and Dugu Bo joined them on the Dawn Platform.
• Qian Renxue sensed Yuan Yu’s power of light resonate with her Six-Winged Angel martial soul and decided to watch him at the final round of the Preliminary Tournament.

Shrek faced Skywater Academy in the final round of the Preliminary Tournament, where Yuan Yu revealed his seventh spirit ring and level seventy-three strength. As the battle turned against both teams, Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu unleashed their martial soul fusion skill, Falling Snow and Ice.

• Shrek fielded Oscar in Zhu Zhuqing's place, and Tang San outlined Skywater Academy's tactics before the match began.
• Yuan Yu revealed seven spirit rings, announced that he was level seventy-three, and identified his martial soul as the Myriad Phenomena Sun Wheel.
• Shui Bing'er repeatedly froze Shrek's fighters while Xue Wu's snow intensified the ice, and Heavenly Water's teammates pressed their attacks.
• Yuan Yu melted free, sent the Sun Wheel Blade through its elemental streams to attack from behind, and disrupted the snow curtain with wind and fire.
• Tang San trapped Xue Wu with a Blue Silver Cage, but Shui Bing'er joined her and they used their martial soul fusion skill, Falling Snow and Ice.

Yuan Yu unveiled his Myriad Phenomena True Body and helped Shrek defeat Skywater Academy, finishing the Preliminary Tournament undefeated. After the match, Salas reported Yuan Yu’s strength to Spirit Hall, and Bibi Dong ordered him watched rather than approached.

• As Skywater Academy’s Ice Phoenix overwhelmed Shrek with a blizzard, Tang San identified the fusion technique’s Soul Power nexus and Yuan Yu activated his Seventh Spirit Ring.
• Yuan Yu used the Myriad Phenomena Wheel’s elemental powers to withstand the Ice Phoenix and cut through the nexus with Sun Breathing, First Form: Sunflower Dance.
• Yuan Yu safely caught Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu as Falling Snow and Ice dispersed, and Shui Bing'er surrendered; the Referee declared Shrek the winner.
• Shui Yue'er asked Yuan Yu to demonstrate his power again, while Shui Bing'er arranged to meet him at the Promotion Tournament; Yuan Yu and Xue Qinghe, secretly Qian Renxue, agreed to talk later.
• Salas sent Spirit City a report describing Yuan Yu as a twelve-year-old, seventy-third-level Soul Sage with an evolved Tool Martial Soul and a seven-element Martial Soul Avatar.
• Bibi Dong rejected Yue Guan's suggestion to send someone to Heaven Dou City and instructed Salas to watch Yuan Yu without interfering.

After the Preliminary Tournament, Emperor Xue Ye awarded noble titles to the qualifying teams and singled out Yuan Yu for his record. Yuan Yu accepted the honor while making clear that neither the empire nor Spirit Hall could use it to control his loyalties, and the chapter ended with Crown Prince Xue Qinghe inviting him to a private meeting.

• Xue Ye awarded Viscount titles to the teams’ captains and vice-captains and Baron titles to their other members, prompting Salas to object on Spirit Hall’s behalf.
• Xue Ye gave Yuan Yu a Viscount badge for ranking first individually, and Yuan Yu accepted it while declaring that he would return to Spirit City and would not turn against his friends for land.
• Xue Ye invited Yuan Yu to consider teaching at Heaven Dou Royal Academy after graduation, and Yuan Yu left the possibility open without committing.
• Xue Ye announced that the Promotion Tournament would take place at the Royal Hunting Grounds in one month and offered Spirit Beasts and a noble-rank promotion as rewards for strong performances.
• Flender tried to inspect Yuan Yu’s badge, but Xue Qinghe’s attendant arrived and invited Yuan Yu to the Crown Prince’s residence that night.

Yuan Yu visited Qian Renxue at the Crown Prince's Residence, where she shared six-year-old Green Bamboo Brew and tested his Sun Pattern against her angelic Soul Power. He discovered the beginnings of a new technique and promised to return to Spirit City after the Finals, then practiced at dawn with one month remaining.

• Yuan Yu entered the Crown Prince's Residence and joked with Snake Lance Douluo and Pufferfish Douluo before meeting Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue revealed herself and shared the Green Bamboo Brew she had hidden for six years, recalling how Yuan Yu had once guarded the wine cellar.
• Qian Renxue asked Yuan Yu to show his Sun Pattern and tested it with her angelic Soul Power and three feathers of light.
• Yuan Yu deflected the feathers and lifted Qian Renxue's attack in a circular arc, discovering the beginnings of a new breathing rhythm.
• Qian Renxue asked whether Yuan Yu would return to Spirit City after the Finals, and Yuan Yu promised he would.
• Yuan Yu practiced with his Sun Wheel Blade at dawn, with one month left before the Finals.

Yuan Yu trained for a month with Liu Erlong, Zhao Wuji, and Dugu Bo to improve his Myriad Phenomena True Body while the Shrek team prepared for the Promotion Tournament. On the final day, he reached level seventy-five and a four-sided seal base began to emerge from his wheel.

• Liu Erlong, Zhao Wuji, and Dugu Bo took turns testing Yuan Yu's true body with close combat, gravity, and poison, while Tang San timed his attempts.
• Yuan Yu learned to balance the sun, wind, and water patterns against Dugu Bo's poisonous mist and reached twenty-eight breaths by the seventh day.
• Yuan Yu completed a Seven-Pattern Cycle on the twelfth day and reached level seventy-four as the rest of the team trained for the Promotion Tournament.
• On the twenty-first day, Yuan Yu used Sun Breathing, Second Form: Azure Sky, to deflect Liu Erlong's fire dragon and kept his true body active for forty-three breaths.
• On the thirtieth day, Yuan Yu maintained his true body for forty-five breaths, reached level seventy-five, and saw a four-sided seal base emerge from the rock pattern.

Yuan Yu formed the Wheel Rock Aspect, a crude Four-Sided Seal that drew power from the ground but consumed a great deal of Soul Power and could only be used in his Myriad Phenomena True Body. After testing its limits, the Shrek team left Heaven Dou City for the Royal Hunting Grounds, where they encountered a team from the Balak Kingdom.

• Yuan Yu anchored the emerging Four-Sided Seal with the Sun Wheel Blade and found that the Rock Aspect drew on surrounding earth and worked best on the ground.
• Liu Erlong tested the seal with a fire dragon, and Zhao Wuji struck it with his palm; the seal held briefly and channeled the impact into the earth before dissolving.
• Tang San helped Yuan Yu test the seal's range, revealing that its power weakened beyond three zhang and that it could not form without Yuan Yu's Myriad Phenomena True Body.
• Yuan Yu named the transformation Wheel Rock Aspect and described it as the first Artifact Aspect grown from the Myriad Phenomena Wheel.
• Flender led the Shrek team from Heaven Dou City toward the Royal Hunting Grounds after training ended.
• At the camp's edge, the Shrek team encountered a Balak Kingdom academy team that refused to give way.

Shrek Academy arrived at the Royal Hunting Grounds, where Yuan Yu confronted Barak Academy after its students mistreated an attendant. The draw matched Shrek against Barak in the first round, and Tang San chose the lineup with Yuan Yu reserved to face captain Luofuji.

• The Shrek group reached the Royal Hunting Grounds and learned how the Promotion Tournament's one-at-a-time matches worked.
• Yuan Yu used his power to protect an attendant from Aor Bai, then intimidated the Barak Academy vice-captain while Liu Erlong stopped the teams from fighting.
• Qin Ming explained the tournament rules, including fixed fighter order and the risk of revealing Soul Skills.
• Qin Ming brought Shrek's first-round draw, revealing that they would face Barak Academy.
• Tang San named Tai Long as Shrek's first fighter and Jing Ling second, then assigned Yuan Yu to face Luofuji.

Shrek and Barak faced off in the Promotion Tournament, where Tai Long won three matches before a poison wound forced him to forfeit, and Jing Ling defeated one opponent before losing to Aor Bai. Yuan Yu entered to face Aor Bai, whose Groundspike Flower faltered under Yuan Yu’s level-seventy-five Soul Power.

• Huo Wu won four consecutive matches for Blazing Fire Academy, then glanced at Tang San and Yuan Yu as she left the arena.
• Tai Long defeated Barak’s first three contestants with strength and quick judgment, but forfeited after a poisoned flower needle paralyzed his right leg.
• Tang San identified the needle’s poison as a temporary paralytic, and Jiang Zhu treated Tai Long’s wound.
• Jing Ling quickly defeated Barak’s fourth contestant, but Aor Bai trapped him with groundspikes and sent him outside the flags.
• Yuan Yu entered to face Aor Bai, and Aor Bai’s Groundspike Flower stiffened under the pressure of Yuan Yu’s Soul Power.

Yuan Yu defeated Barak Academy by eliminating its remaining contestants with three controlled strikes, winning the match for Shrek Academy. After the victory, Shrek learned that their next opponent was Plant Academy, and Ma Hongjun and Xiao Wu volunteered to fight.

• Aor Bai used Groundspike Flower Prison, but Yuan Yu broke through it with Sun Breathing, Second Form: Azure Sky and knocked him out of the arena.
• Yuan Yu sent Barak's sixth contestant out of the arena with Wind Pattern after evading his petals.
• Luofuji attacked Yuan Yu and the injured Tai Long with his Overlord Flower's vines, but Yuan Yu pinned the vines with Wheel Rock Aspect and knocked Luofuji out.
• The Referee declared Shrek Academy the winner, while Salas added a note about Yuan Yu's seal technique to his file.
• Shrek received its second-round matchup against Plant Academy, and Ma Hongjun volunteered to fight before Xiao Wu claimed the first two spots.

Xiao Wu defeated two Plant Academy fighters, and Lovesick Heartbreak Red unexpectedly suppressed the Sunflower martial soul when it protected her. She withdrew to avoid further scrutiny, and Ma Hongjun entered to face Plant Academy’s remaining members.

• Tang San briefed Xiao Wu on Plant Academy’s first two fighters, and she agreed to leave the remaining opponents to Ma Hongjun.
• Xiao Wu defeated the Iron Thorn Vine soul master, avoided his hidden paralytic toxin, and then defeated the Sunflower soul master after Lovesick Heartbreak Red released a golden-red aura that disrupted her opponent’s martial soul.
• Salas tried to observe Xiao Wu’s aura, but Yuan Yu’s mist concealed the deeper source from him.
• Xiao Wu conceded after two wins, and Tang San explained that Lovesick Heartbreak Red had sensed the attack and released its aura on its own.
• Xiao Wu took Yuan Yu’s wine gourd as promised, while Ma Hongjun entered the arena to face Plant Academy’s remaining fighters.

Ma Hongjun defeated all five of Plant Academy’s remaining fighters, pushing his Soul Power to Level forty-two and securing Shrek’s victory. That night, Huo Wu arrived at Shrek’s camp and demanded that Tang San fight first when Shrek faced Blazing Fire.

• Ma Hongjun used Phoenix flames and a strike against the roots to defeat Plant Academy’s Blue Oil Vine Soul Master.
• Ma Hongjun burned the Parasitic Vine seeds and drove its Soul Master out of bounds, then defeated the White Mist Flower fighter by lifting the pollen with heated air.
• Ma Hongjun used wind from repeated flights to pin down the Fire Thorn and rammed its Soul Master out of the arena.
• Ma Hongjun tricked the Black King Vine captain with a burst of stone dust and used a Phoenix Sky-Shaking Strike to drive her beyond the red flag, winning five matches in a row.
• Ma Hongjun’s Soul Power rose to Level forty-two, and the Shrek team celebrated while Xiao Wu returned Yuan Yu’s wine in Liu Erlong’s flask.
• Huo Wu came to Shrek’s camp and told Tang San she wanted him to fight first against Blazing Fire.

Huo Wu challenged Tang San to test whether she could overcome Blue Silver Grass's fire resistance, and Tang San agreed to face Blazing Fire Academy first. He defeated its first four fighters while conserving most of his Soul Power, as Huo Wu prepared Ring Fusion for their eventual duel.

• Huo Wu challenged Tang San, and he agreed to go first for Shrek against Blazing Fire Academy.
• Tang San studied Blazing Fire Academy's fighters and planned to conserve at least half his Soul Power for Huo Wu.
• Tang San defeated Blazing Fire Academy's first three fighters using Blue Silver Grass and his movement techniques.
• Huo Wushuang charged Tang San with his Single-Horned Fire Tyrannosaurus Martial Soul, but Tang San used his Eight Spider Lances and Blue Silver Grass to send him beyond the boundary.
• Huo Yun and Huo Yu prepared to fight next while Huo Wu began circulating Soul Power in preparation for Ring Fusion.