Chapter Summaries

Xue Caikun arranged bounties through the Adventurers' Guild to hunt Evil Soul Masters, while Jiang Hao planned how to profit from the commissions. Meanwhile, Du Busi followed the Dou Ling Empire's Crown Prince and discovered him entering a hotel with a heavily made-up man.

• Xue Caikun promised Gold Soul Coin rewards for Evil Soul Masters and decided to pay a deposit at the Adventurers' Guild the next morning.
• Jiang Hao set lower Credit Point payouts for the guild's commissions and ordered his Clones to prepare listings across the three great nations.
• Du Busi, disguised as Xuan Zi, followed a lavish carriage leaving the Imperial City.
• The Crown Prince bragged in the carriage about profiting from disaster-relief grain and buying outfits for his father.
• Du Busi watched a man in heavy makeup join the carriage, then saw him and another man enter a hotel together, leaving Du Busi horrified.

Du Busi secretly photographed the Dou Ling Empire's First Prince with a man, tied them to a flagpole, and demanded ten million Gold Soul Coins while impersonating Xuan Zi. Meanwhile, Ling Luochen's adventuring team visited the Guild, where she finally saw someone she had long hoped to find.

• Du Busi took photos of the First Prince and a male model, knocked the prince unconscious, and bound them together.
• Du Busi tied the pair to the Dou Ling Empire's national flagpole and left them there with a Titled Douluo-level Soul Power mark on the rope.
• Du Busi threatened the First Prince with the photos, impersonating Xuan Zi and demanding ten million Gold Soul Coins for Shrek Academy.
• Xixi spotted the two men tied up in the Plaza, but Ling Luochen told her to stay away and led the team toward the Adventurers' Guild.
• Ling Luochen and her companions reached the Guild, where Ling Luochen saw the person she had been longing to find.

Ma Xiaotao reunited with Xixi, Ling Luochen, Chen Zifeng, Gongyang Mo, and Yao Haoxuan at the Adventurers' Guild and heard how they had been expelled from Shrek and survived by taking commissions. She reflected on the hardships that had changed her and was invited to join them in hunting Evil Soul Masters.

• Xixi rushed into Ma Xiaotao's arms, and Ma Xiaotao reunited with her and Ling Luochen at the Adventurers' Guild.
• Gongyang Mo and Yao Haoxuan blamed Xuan Zi for expelling them from Shrek after they repaired the city wall, then noticed him nearby and fell silent in fear.
• Du Busi, disguised as Xuan Zi, frightened Chen Zifeng at the counter until Ma Xiaotao stepped in and gathered everyone to talk.
• Xixi explained that the group had spent two years traveling, taking Adventurers' Guild commissions, and searching unsuccessfully for Ma Xiaotao.
• Ma Xiaotao recalled the hardships she had endured and said that the person wielding power chose how to use it.
• Xixi invited Ma Xiaotao to join the group on a commission to hunt Evil Soul Masters.

Jiang Hao joined Ma Xiaotao and her companions on a mission to hunt Evil Soul Masters, with Du Busi acting as his Path Protector. Their pursuit led them to a mountain village near Red City, where they discovered Wolf Bandits had slaughtered its inhabitants and prepared to fight.

• Jiang Hao agreed to join Ma Xiaotao and her old college friends, and Xixi reacted with surprise at his strength before trying to hug him.
• Du Busi joined the hunt and declared himself Jiang Hao's Path Protector, prompting Ling Luochen and the others to suspect that the man posing as Xuan Zi was someone else.
• Body Sect disciples greeted Du Busi outside Heaven Dou City, and Lang Ya gave him Fatui intelligence that fleeing Evil Soul Masters had headed toward Red City.
• Jiang Hao suspected the Evil Soul Masters were Holy Spirit Cult operatives escaping toward the Sun Moon Empire, so Du Busi led the group toward the coast.
• At a village near Red City, Jiang Hao smelled blood, and Du Busi found a blood-covered werewolf-like creature as howls sounded from the mountain.
• Jiang Hao recognized the creatures as Wolf Bandits, and Gongyang Mo charged into the village with Xixi, Chen Zifeng, and the others following.

Jiang Hao and Ma Xiaotao fought their way through a village overrun by Wolf Bandits, then discovered that a strange tree in a mountain valley was producing and controlling them. The chapter ended with Jiang Hao urging Ma Xiaotao to investigate the valley, where the real source of the growing pack awaited.

• Ma Xiaotao flew ahead to join the hunt while Du Busi lamented that a Wolf Bandit had yielded no Soul Bone.
• Jiang Hao told Du Busi that the Fatui could manufacture Soul Bones, leaving him stunned.
• Jiang Hao and Ma Xiaotao cleared Wolf Bandits from the village and reached the mountain as a huge pack charged down at them.
• Jiang Hao summoned Beans, who searched the forest and found a tree covered in flesh that was producing Wolf Bandit cubs.
• Jiang Hao realized the tree was controlling the bloodthirsty pack and told Ma Xiaotao they needed to go deeper into the valley.

Jiang Hao and Ma Xiaotao’s group discovered that a parasitic Soul Beast was producing and controlling the Wolf Bandits in the valley. As Ma Xiaotao fought the creature to prevent it from reaching the Star Dou Great Forest, it countered her flames and trapped her.

• Ma Xiaotao burned through the woods and the group pushed deeper into the valley, where they found a grotesque creature producing Wolf Bandits.
• Jiang Hao and Ma Xiaotao realized the creature controlled its offspring, and the group strengthened themselves and attacked.
• Ma Xiaotao identified the black larvae as parasites infecting the Wolf Bandits and warned everyone to use defensive Soul Tools.
• The tree-like Soul Beast began fleeing toward the deeper forest while its Wolf Bandits attacked Ma Xiaotao, so Jiang Hao and the others held them off as she pursued it.
• Ma Xiaotao struck the Soul Beast with flames and her Phoenix Roaring Sky Strike, but it smothered her fire and bound her with tentacles.

Ma Xiaotao escaped the Tree-Shaped Soul Beast by summoning her Flame Nawa Battle Armor and burned the beast and the Wolf Bandits to ash. The group returned to the village without finding an Evil Soul Master, while the beast’s lack of a Soul Ring left its true nature uncertain and Ma Xiaotao’s talk of elemental armor turned attention toward Jiang Hao.

• The Tree-Shaped Soul Beast swallowed Ma Xiaotao, but she burst out wearing her Flame Nawa Battle Armor and pursued it.
• Ma Xiaotao struck the Tree-Shaped Soul Beast with her giant axe, unleashing magma and flames that burned it and the Wolf Bandits to ash.
• Gongyang Mo found no Soul Ring or Soul Bone in the beast’s remains, and Jiang Hao led the group out of the valley without finding an Evil Soul Master.
• The group returned to the village, where Du Busi had set up camp and brought out stored roasted sheep.
• Ma Xiaotao explained that Fatui Battle Armor required matching Elemental Power, then suggested Ling Luochen could ask Jiang Hao for a custom ice set.

Jiang Hao and his companions encountered three Evil Soul Master brothers outside Red City, but Banner Bro was taken along when the brothers fled. Jiang Hao stopped Du Busi from pursuing, confident Banner Bro could handle the Holy Spirit Cult and revealing that his Martial Soul was not actually an Evil Martial Soul.

• Jiang Hao and his companions entered Red City, where the crowd mistook Ma Xiaotao for an Evil Soul Master until she showed her Adventurers' Guild badge.
• At the city gate, Du Busi trapped Zhongli Tian, Zhongli Di, and Zhongli Ren, and Jiang Hao's group attacked them.
• The three brothers escaped the battle and grabbed Banner Bro, apparently mistaking him for someone in need of rescue.
• Jiang Hao told Du Busi to stop pursuing the brothers and explained that Banner Bro could escape and might infiltrate the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Du Busi worried that the Holy Spirit Cult would brainwash Banner Bro, but Jiang Hao assured him that Banner Bro's Martial Soul was not actually an Evil Martial Soul.

Jiang Hao convinced Du Busi that Banner Bro’s Martial Soul was a royal Human Emperor Banner, then agreed to return to Shrek Academy and confront Xuan Zi. As Shrek City reacted to the Dou Ling Empire’s apology and payment, Pot Bro arrived and Xu Sanshi seemed to recognize him.

• Jiang Hao told Du Busi that Banner Bro was descended from royalty and claimed he had found him on another continent, then agreed to return to Shrek Academy to face Xuan Zi.
• The Dou Ling Empire’s apology and ten million Gold Soul Coins arrived in Shrek City, where residents criticized Xuan Zi for his latest scandal and the damage he had done to the city’s reputation and economy.
• Mu En stopped the apology and payment at Shrek Academy’s gates, summoned Yan Shaozhe by mistake, and sent Elder Shi to bring Xuan Zi back.
• Red Moon Bro and Blind Bro discussed the money, Xuan Zi’s reputation, and the expected arrival of Main Body Old Rogue and Pot Bro.
• Pot Bro entered Shrek City and recognized Xu Sanshi, who stared at him and felt sure they had met before.

Guo Zi'ang reunited with Red Moon Bro's group before Ma Xiaotao returned to Shrek City with Yan Shaozhe and challenged the academy. Yan Shaozhe demanded a public apology and the clearing of Ma Xiaotao's name, leaving Mu En to decide whether to accept his wager.

• Guo Zi'ang met Xu Sanshi, Tang Ya, Bei Bei, and Red Moon Bro's group, then joined them as a friend and cook.
• Ma Xiaotao announced her return to Shrek City with a Soul Guidance Bomb, and Yan Shaozhe appeared with her, displaying Level 98 Soul Power.
• Mu En welcomed Yan Shaozhe back, but Yan Shaozhe said he had come as Cassell College's dean and the Fatui's First Seat Executive, not to apologize.
• Ma Xiaotao smashed Shrek Academy's signboard and challenged its students while Du Busi prevented Xuan Zi from attacking her.
• Yan Shaozhe proposed a wager with Mu En, then reunited with Cai Mei'er and staked a high-quality Soul Bone.
• Yan Shaozhe demanded that Shrek publicly apologize, clear Ma Xiaotao's name, and make Xuan Zi apologize to her.

Mu En accepted Yan Shaozhe’s wager, which staked Yan’s life on Ma Xiaotao’s innocence and Xuan Zi’s public apology. Ma Xiaotao challenged Shrek Academy’s young fighters and decisively defeated Dai Yueheng, then demanded to know who would fight her next.

• Mu En accepted the wager and agreed to publicly clear Ma Xiaotao and make Xuan Zi apologize if she won.
• Yan Shaozhe staked his life if the wager was lost, and Mu En called Xuan Zi back from his fight with Du Busi.
• Ma Xiaotao stepped forward to challenge Shrek Academy’s young fighters, and Mu En allowed the youngsters to fight.
• Xuan Zi sent Dai Yueheng to face Ma Xiaotao first, and Dai Yueheng released his Evil-Eyed White Tiger Martial Soul.
• Ma Xiaotao destroyed Dai Yueheng’s attack with Red Seal flames and defeated him in one move.
• Ma Xiaotao kicked Dai Yueheng toward the crowd and challenged Xuan Zi by asking who else would fight her.

Zhang Lexuan broke with Shrek and reunited with Ma Xiaotao and Jiang Hao after Ma Xiaotao defeated Dai Yueheng. As Shrek’s Elders prepared for the next day’s challenge, Mu En asked whether any freshman could match Bei Bei.

• Ma Xiaotao defeated Dai Yueheng in one move, and Mu En summoned Zhang Lexuan to face her.
• Zhang Lexuan recognized Ma Xiaotao and Jiang Hao, but Xuan Zi stopped her from approaching them and reminded her that she belonged to Shrek.
• The Clones urged Zhang Lexuan to choose for herself, and she declared that she had found where she belonged before embracing Ma Xiaotao.
• Du Busi restrained Xuan Zi, while Mu En ended the day’s challenge and Shrek’s teachers ushered the students back inside the academy.
• Shrek’s Elders reviewed Lin Huiqun’s report on the Fatui and discussed whom to send against their opponents the next day.
• Mu En suggested Bei Bei as Shrek’s strongest Outer Court student, then asked whether any freshman could match him.

Mu En arranged two showcase matches against the Adventurers' Guild and Cassell College, and Shrek's chosen trio prepared for a three-on-three fight. At the arena, Jiang Hao sent level-thirty-eight Baidou against Red Moon Bro, Blind Bro, and Bro Xingchen, leaving them afraid of losing to a single opponent.

• Xuan Zi brought Red Moon Bro, Blind Bro, and Bro Xingchen to meet Mu En and the Elders, who agreed to hold matches for under-thirteen Soul Elders and under-eighteen Soul Kings.
• Jiang Hao and his Clones watched the Elders' plans, while Yan Shaozhe showed Cai Mei'er the ashes of the golden feather that had once helped him break through.
• The next morning, Shrek arrested spectators supporting the Adventurers' Guild and Cassell College as the crowd gathered outside Shrek City.
• Red Moon Bro, Blind Bro, and Bro Xingchen accepted Mu En's offer of an all-night cultivation session and rewards before preparing for their match.
• Jiang Hao chose Baidou, a level-thirty-eight Soul Elder, to fight all three opponents, and Red Moon Bro and Bro Xingchen realized he was setting them up.

Baidou disguised herself as an Electro Cicin Mage and defeated Shrek Academy’s three fighters by exploiting their staged teamwork. After Mu En conceded the match, Cai Mei'er challenged the elders’ conduct and was stripped of her Shrek Elder honors.

• Baidou entered the arena alone as Red Moon Bro trapped her in his illusion, but she recognized it and escaped.
• Blind Bro fired an attack toward the Shrek students, while Baidou dodged his attacks and the elders ordered Bro Xingchen to grab her.
• Bro Xingchen approached Baidou, who used her Vision and dagger to kick him off the platform.
• Baidou dodged Blind Bro’s attack, which knocked Red Moon Bro off the platform, and Blind Bro exhausted himself with attacks until Shrek lost the round.
• Mu En conceded the match, and Cai Mei'er criticized the elders before Xuan Zi stripped her of her Shrek Elder rights and honors.

At the Shrek match, Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei faced Blue Silver Bro and Coffee Bro, but their opponents’ abilities overwhelmed the pair. Bei Bei broke free with a powerful dragon technique and awakened the Radiant Sacred Dragon bloodline, then eagerly asked Blue Silver Bro how he had cultivated so quickly.

• Yan Shaozhe snapped Xuan Zi’s finger and challenged him, while Du Busi backed Yan Shaozhe up.
• Mu En set the second match as a two-on-two endurance fight, and Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi took the platform against Blue Silver Bro and Coffee Bro.
• Xu Sanshi tried to use Xuanming Displacement on Blue Silver Bro, but Coffee Bro’s Second Soul Skill nullified the control effect, and the backlash knocked Xu Sanshi unconscious.
• Blue Silver Bro’s tough Blue Silver Grass ensnared Bei Bei, who pressed him for the cultivation method that had made his grass so powerful.
• Bei Bei unleashed Dragon Emperor Evil-Breaking Rend, broke free, and awakened the Radiant Sacred Dragon bloodline before asking Blue Silver Bro how he had reached the Five-Ring Soul King level.

Blue Silver Bro revealed Blue Silver Grass’s life-based path and defeated Bei Bei after Bei Bei’s corrupted power surged, prompting Mu En and Xuan Zi to attack the Fatui. Yan Shaozhe defended the Fatui with his Ultimate Light Attribute, while Zhou Yi faced approaching Fatui members and the chapter ended with a broader fight beginning.

• Blue Silver Bro explained that Blue Silver Grass’s strength came from its life properties, and Tang Ya fainted after rejecting his claims about Tang San’s Soul Rings.
• Bei Bei attacked Blue Silver Bro, broke free of his grass bindings as his power and Martial Soul turned sinister, and was thrown unconscious from the arena.
• Mu En attacked Blue Silver Bro, but Du Busi and Yan Shaozhe intervened, and Mu En blamed the Fatui for Bei Bei’s condition.
• Xuan Zi attacked Yan Shaozhe, who revealed his Ultimate Light Attribute and declared that he would protect the Fatui.
• Zhou Yi urged nearby teachers to join the fight as Fatui members closed in on her, while Fan Yu continued protecting the Soul Tool Department students.

Zhou Yi was beaten and faced expulsion from Shrek Academy while Mu En used the Golden Ancient Tree’s power to defeat Du Busi. After Xuan Zi’s declaration of war brought down lightning, he admitted Shrek’s defeat and disappeared.

• The Fatui attacked Zhou Yi until Gong Changlong ordered them to stop and announced that Shrek would expel her, prompting her to beg Fan Yu for help.
• Mu Jin stopped Fan Yu from intervening on Zhou Yi’s behalf by reminding him of how Zhou Yi had rejected him.
• Du Busi used a Geo Vision to strengthen his defenses and wound Mu En, but Mu En merged with the Golden Ancient Tree and struck Du Busi as a golden dragon.
• Mu En’s final attack gravely wounded Du Busi, and Xuan Zi declared war on the Fatui and the three great empires before lightning struck him.
• Xuan Zi admitted Shrek’s defeat, vowed to return for revenge, and vanished from the arena.

After Shrek Academy’s defeat weakened its influence, Xu Jiujiu tried to learn about the Fatui’s method for awakening gifted children and offered to support its research, but Owl Bro refused to share it. As Xu Jiujiu left, she learned that the Sun Moon Empire had launched a surprise attack on the Star Luo Empire’s border.

• Shrek Academy faced a surge of student withdrawals after Xuan Zi publicly apologized for the academy’s failures.
• Xu Jiujiu and Owl Bro discussed the Fatui’s success and the House of the Hearth’s gifted children.
• Owl Bro revealed that the Fatui had an unstable technique for awakening exceptional Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power, but refused to let the Star Luo Empire use it.
• Xu Jiujiu offered support for the research and asked to meet its researcher, but Owl Bro insisted the technique would remain exclusive to the Fatui.
• An armored general told Xu Jiujiu that the Sun Moon Empire had attacked the border with submersible warships and that the emperor had summoned her back to the palace.

The Sun Moon Empire launched a surprise attack on the Star Luo Empire, and Dai Hao was gravely wounded while defending the coast. As Xianglong City went on high alert, Medicine Bro used a powerful healing technique to stabilize him, though his injuries still needed time to heal.

• Xu Jiujiu rode to the Imperial Palace for a council of war after learning of the Sun Moon Empire's attack, while Owl Bro realized the Star Luo Empire had deliberately let him overhear the news.
• Jiang Hao reasoned that the Sun Moon Empire had attacked the Star Luo Empire to halt its rapid military development and seize its Soul Tool research.
• Wang Yiheng and Luanfeng advanced through a burning military camp, with Luanfeng urging the Sun Moon Empire's forces to seize the last city near the plains.
• The wounded Dai Hao was taken to Xianglong City's Adventurers' Guild as the city sounded a red alert, and Katheryne assembled its best healing Soul Masters.
• Medicine Bro summoned six black Soul Rings and used Mercy of the Medicine King to stabilize Dai Hao, explaining that his injuries would take time to heal.

After the Star Luo Empire’s border commander was gravely wounded, Xu Jiujiu challenged the court’s calls for peace and volunteered to lead the army to Xianglong City. The Fatui agreed to provide weapons and support without sending troops, while trains carried reinforcements toward the front and Owl Bro prepared an Airship.

• Xu Jiawei told Xu Jiujiu that the border commander had been badly wounded and asked how the empire should respond.
• Xu Jiujiu rejected a minister’s proposal to negotiate peace, accusing the Sun Moon Empire of targeting Xianglong City and suspecting the treasury official of corruption.
• Xu Jiujiu asked to lead the army to the front, and Xu Jiawei approved her request and ordered Guardian Douluo Chen Gang to accompany her.
• Xu Jiujiu asked Owl Bro for help, and he promised Fatui weapons, ammunition, and fire support but refused to send Fatui forces into battle.
• Xu Jiujiu hurried away after Owl Bro suggested she seek help from Yan Shaozhe of Cassell College.
• Soul Guidance Trains carried people toward Xianglong City under cover of night as Owl Bro announced that the Airship was ready to depart.