Arc 3Tournament and the Cursed Blade

Chen Mo helped the Snow Empress hatch, joined the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s tournament team, and traveled to Star Luo City as Shrek Academy struggled after a deadly attack. The arc ended with Chen Mo beginning to purify the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife under Electrolux’s guidance.

  • The Ice Empress and Chen Mo saved the transforming Snow Empress, then gathered ice treasures from the Earth Dragon Sect to help her hatch.
  • Tang San sent a weakened clone to the Lower Realm, where it posed as a Level 29 Soul Grandmaster and was thrown out of Shrek Academy.
  • Chen Mo gave Meng Hongchen profound ice marrow and used All-Domain Shared Search to help the Hongchen siblings defeat Ma Rulong’s team, earning a place among the tournament candidates.
  • The Snow Empress hatched with her injuries healed and her strength restored, while Chen Mo began practicing Three Thousand Thunder Movement and repeatedly failed at pill refinement before producing Rejuvenation Pills.
  • The Death Messenger’s Corpse Explosions killed Xixi and Gongyang Mo, injured several Shrek competitors, and allowed the killer to escape after seizing Xu Sanshi.
  • Shrek continued toward the tournament with a depleted team, while Mu En rejected schemes to manipulate the matches and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy traveled to Star Luo City under Jing Hongchen’s protection.
  • Chen Mo and the Sun Moon team defeated Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy in their opening match, with Xiao Hongchen’s guided Soul Cannon eliminating all seven opponents in under five minutes.
  • At the Starlight Auction House, Chen Mo bought the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife for fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins and called on Electrolux to help purify it as the blade began emitting a dark red aura.
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Ch. 51The Snow Empress Turned into an Egg

The Ice Empress and Chen Mo rushed to Snow Peak and rescued the Snow Empress from a black-robed Level 9 Soul Engineer, whom the Ice Empress killed. Chen Mo tried to save the Snow Empress with his Prism Ball, but she transformed into an egg instead of a Gulou Ball.

  • The Ice Empress learned that the Snow Empress was transforming and rode Xiaobai with Chen Mo to Snow Peak.
  • The Ice Empress and Chen Mo found the hidden chamber wrecked and discovered a black-robed man attacking the Snow Empress.
  • The Ice Empress struck the man with ultimate ice energy, killing him, while Chen Mo looted his Storage Soul Tool.
  • The Ice Empress explained to the Snow Empress that Chen Mo had saved her before, and the Snow Empress agreed to trust him.
  • Chen Mo gave the Snow Empress his Prism Ball to touch, and she transformed into an egg rather than a Gulou Ball.

Ch. 52Buy a Chicken to Hatch Her

Chen Mo learned that the Snow Empress had become an egg and needed matching ice-attribute Heavenly Treasures to hatch early, then remembered a sect that might have them. After the Ice Empress stopped the Ice Bear King and Titan Snow Demon King from fighting, Chen Mo named the Earth Dragon Sect.

  • The Ice Empress demanded an explanation from Chen Mo after discovering that the Snow Empress had turned into an egg, and Electrolux explained that matching Heavenly Treasures could help it hatch early.
  • The system gave Chen Mo a quest to help the Snow Empress hatch early, with a current incubation period of one year.
  • Chen Mo began to name the Earth Dragon Sect as a place to find ice-attribute treasures, but a commotion outside interrupted him.
  • The Ice Empress went outside and stopped the Ice Bear King and Titan Snow Demon King from fighting, then learned that the Ice Bear King had attacked because she had ordered him to stop anyone approaching.
  • The Ice Empress asked Chen Mo to finish naming the sect, and he said it was the Earth Dragon Sect.

Ch. 53Robbing the Earth Dragon Sect

The Ice Empress left the Far North with Chen Mo to gather ice-attribute Heavenly Treasures for the Snow Empress, and they robbed the Earth Dragon Sect’s Cold Spring of its rare ice treasures. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao reached the Far North’s Core Circle hoping to find the Ice Empress, unaware that she was already far away.

  • The Ice Empress showed the Titan Snow Demon King and Ice Bear King the Snow Empress’s egg, explained that Chen Mo had helped save her, and entrusted the Far North to the Titan Snow Demon King before departing with Chen Mo.
  • Chen Mo told the Ice Empress that the Earth Dragon Sect’s Cold Spring contained ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow and ice extreme divine crystal, and they arrived at the sect two days later.
  • The Ice Empress and Chen Mo knocked out the Earth Dragon Sect’s disciples and emptied the Cold Spring, taking every piece of ice treasure.
  • Huo Yuhao reached Level 20 and traveled to the Far North’s Core Circle with the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, hoping to find the Ice Empress and obtain his second martial soul.
  • The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm repeatedly released his origin power to summon the Ice Empress, not knowing she had already reached Heaven Dou City with Chen Mo.

Ch. 54A God King Descended to the Lower Realm

Tang San evaded surveillance by using Oscar to create a clone and sent it toward the Lower Realm, but a goddess intercepted it and reduced its cultivation. On Douluo Continent, Chen Mo’s attempt to hatch the Snow Empress’s egg with a hen ended with the Ice Empress catching and beating him.

  • Tang San told Xiao Wu his account of the Child of Destiny and the God of Destruction, and Xiao Wu’s suggestion gave him the idea to create a clone.
  • Tang San used Oscar’s Illusion Skull to send a duplicate away and distract the watching God of Envy.
  • Oscar helped Tang San create a remotely controlled clone with Blue Silver Grass and Limit Douluo cultivation, which Tang San sent toward Douluo Continent.
  • A green-clad goddess intercepted the clone, lowered its cultivation to Rank 29 Soul Grandmaster, and sent it to the Lower Realm.
  • Chen Mo placed a hen on the Snow Empress’s egg while the Ice Empress was away, and the returning Ice Empress froze him in place and beat him.

Ch. 56Convincing Du Busi, Tang Wu Gets Thrown Out

Chen Mo advised Du Busi to wait before choosing whether the Body Sect should cooperate with the Heaven Dou Empire, then told him about the upcoming tournament and got stuck paying for their meal. Meanwhile, Tang San’s clone Tang Wu was exposed as a level twenty-nine Soul Grandmaster at Shrek Academy and beaten; Tang San began looking for an indirect way to help him.

  • Chen Mo urged Du Busi to wait before deciding on cooperation and warned him not to assume Vina was truly related to him.
  • Chen Mo told Du Busi he might compete as a reserve for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, but Du Busi refused to attend.
  • Du Busi tricked Chen Mo into paying for their meal before leaving the restaurant.
  • Tang Wu claimed to be a Level 99 Limit Douluo and demanded to become Shrek Academy’s dean, but his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and two ordinary Hundred-Year Soul Rings revealed he was only a level twenty-nine Soul Grandmaster.
  • Shrek Academy staff threw Tang Wu out and beat him after he threatened them.
  • Tang San sensed his clone’s predicament and, unable to intervene directly, sought out Wang Yan to help indirectly.

Ch. 57Winning Over My Senior

Chen Mo tested how All-Domain Shared Search improved Xiao Hongchen’s long-range soul cannon accuracy, then gave Meng Hongchen ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow suited to her martial soul. As Meng Hongchen walked away with the treasure, she found herself thinking an overbearing younger boy might be appealing too.

  • Chen Mo shared All-Domain Shared Search with Xiao Hongchen, letting him guide his Fixed-Installation Soul Cannon to hit distant targets with pinpoint accuracy.
  • Xiao Hongchen’s excitement embarrassed Meng Hongchen, who silenced him with an ice cube after he teased her about reading romance novels.
  • Chen Mo remembered Meng Hongchen’s Vermilion-Clear Ice Toad was suited to ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow and decided to give her a piece.
  • Chen Mo gave Meng Hongchen the marrow, explaining that it helped ice-attribute soul masters but could harm others; Xiao Hongchen stopped asking for a share.
  • The Ice Empress teased Chen Mo for using the treasure to flirt, while Meng Hongchen glanced back and thought an overbearing younger boy might be nice.

Ch. 58Xuan Zi: With Me Here, Nothing Can Go Wrong

Xuan Zi agreed to lead Shrek Academy’s tournament teams on an inspection mission against evil soul masters and took charge of selecting the reserve team. In the Sun Moon Empire, Jing Hongchen insisted that Chen Mo be considered for the reserve team despite Kong Deming’s concerns about Shrek Academy.

  • Yan Shaozhe reported Shrek Academy’s official tournament roster to Xuan Zi, naming Ma Xiaotao captain and Dai Yueheng vice-captain.
  • Yan Shaozhe explained that Shrek needed a powerful team leader for an inspection mission to eliminate evil soul masters, and Xuan Zi agreed to lead the students.
  • Xuan Zi told Yan Shaozhe that he would also oversee the reserve team selection.
  • Jing Hongchen presented the Sun Moon Empire’s tournament roster to Kong Deming and proposed Chen Mo as a reserve team candidate.
  • Kong Deming warned that Chen Mo was only a Soul Elder and could be at risk against Shrek Academy, but Jing Hongchen insisted and secured Chen Mo’s place among the selection candidates.

Ch. 59Ma Rulong's Turn from Disdain to "Now That's the Good Stuff"

At the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Chen Mo proved his value to Ma Rulong during two team battles, changing Ma Rulong’s mind about making him a tournament reserve. Meanwhile, the Snow Empress egg cracked after absorbing its final piece of ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow.

  • Ma Rulong challenged Chen Mo’s selection as a reserve, so Jing Hongchen arranged a three-on-three soul fight between Chen Mo’s team and Ma Rulong’s team.
  • Chen Mo directed Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen as they used accurately guided soul cannon shells to defeat Mi Jia, Xiao Xiafeng, and Ma Rulong.
  • Ma Rulong demanded a second match, but Chen Mo’s targeting and the siblings’ Martial Soul Fusion Skill—Red Dust Attachment quickly secured another victory.
  • After learning that Chen Mo’s soul skill had guided the attacks, Ma Rulong praised its usefulness and asked Jing Hongchen to make Chen Mo an official tournament member if possible.
  • The Snow Empress egg cracked in Chen Mo’s dorm room after absorbing its final piece of ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow.

Ch. 60Shiny and Colorful—Snow Empress

Chen Mo returned to his villa after learning that Snow Empress had hatched, only to discover she had emerged as both a little girl and her adult self. Snow Empress reunited with Ice Empress, while Chen Mo fled with a recording of Ice Empress crying, and Snow Empress was left stunned by her own condition.

  • Chen Mo received the quest rewards and hurried back to his villa after learning Snow Empress had hatched.
  • Chen Mo and Ice Empress found the room covered in ice and snow, with a little girl beside Snow Empress's broken eggshells.
  • The little girl transformed into Snow Empress in Chen Mo's arms, and he blurted out that she felt wonderful.
  • Ice Empress tearfully embraced Snow Empress, while Chen Mo recorded her crying and ran off with the device as Ice Empress chased him.
  • Snow Empress examined her condition with her soul power and exclaimed in disbelief.

Ch. 61Practicing Three Thousand Thunder Movement

The Snow Empress recovered from her injuries and successfully formed her second soul core thanks to Chen Mo’s Cool Ball, while the Ice Empress confronted him over a secret recording. After the Snow Empress stayed to reunite with the Ice Empress, Chen Mo began practicing Three Thousand Thunder Movement, drawing the sisters’ attention.

  • The Snow Empress discovered that her injuries had healed, her strength had returned, and her yin-yang complementary dual soul cores had formed after using Chen Mo’s Cool Ball.
  • The Ice Empress escaped the King Ball, beat Chen Mo, and made him delete the images he had recorded of her crying, unaware that he had already backed them up.
  • Chen Mo explained the different effects of the King Ball and Cool Ball to the Snow Empress and Ice Empress.
  • The Snow Empress decided to stay with the Ice Empress after arranging for A-Tai to rule the Far North.
  • Chen Mo took out the Three Thousand Thunder Movement Jade Slip, memorized its contents, and began practicing while the Ice and Snow Empresses watched.

Ch. 62The Cauldron Explosion Maniac—Chen Mo

Chen Mo began learning alchemy by attempting to refine a Rejuvenation Pill, but his first effort ended in a cauldron explosion. He kept trying despite repeated failures, while the Ice Empress and Snow Empress watched nearby.

  • After setting aside his combat technique practice, Chen Mo took out the ingredients and Black Demon Cauldron he had prepared for pill refinement.
  • Chen Mo used the Bone Chilling Flame to refine a Rejuvenation Pill, but the cauldron exploded and left him covered in soot.
  • The Ice Empress and Snow Empress rushed over, and the Ice Empress laughed at Chen Mo's blackened face and charred, lumpy pill.
  • Chen Mo explained that he had mishandled the heat, then started a second attempt, which failed when the medicinal essence and Soul Beast blood essence clashed.
  • Chen Mo continued making attempts, with each one ending in another cauldron explosion as the Ice Empress and Snow Empress watched.

Ch. 63A first-rank alchemist

After repeated failures, Chen Mo successfully refined first-rank Rejuvenation Pills and tested one with the Snow Empress and Ice Empress. He sold the pills at the Soul Fighting Arena after forcibly using Xiao Hongchen to demonstrate their healing effect, and students rushed to buy them.

  • Chen Mo refined four high-quality Rejuvenation Pills after more than twenty failed attempts.
  • The Snow Empress swallowed a pill and found it harmless, while the Ice Empress tried one after initially refusing.
  • Chen Mo refined more batches and set up a stall outside the Soul Fighting Arena to sell the pills.
  • Chen Mo cut Xiao Hongchen's arm and made him swallow a Rejuvenation Pill, which healed the wound and restored some Soul Power.
  • Students crowded the stall to buy the pills, while Xiao Hongchen realized Chen Mo had used him as a test subject.

Ch. 64Keh Keh Keh, I'm Going to Blow You All Sky-High

Shrek's team wiped out an evil soul master den in the Mingdou Mountains and rested inside, confident that Xuan Zi would protect them. Unbeknownst to them, the Death Messenger prepared to use the corpses to attack them with a powerful Corpse Explosion.

  • Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Chen Zifeng, and the other official competitors defeated the evil soul masters while Gongyang Mo supported them.
  • The reserve team watched, including Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu, who had joined because they could perform the Hell White Tiger fusion skill; Huo Yuhao had gained an ordinary thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion as his second martial soul.
  • After the den was cleared, Xuan Zi stayed outside to guard while eating and drinking, confident Shrek would win the tournament.
  • Inside the cavern, Wang Dong argued with Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu, while Wang Yan stopped the dispute and told everyone to rest before heading to the Star Luo Empire.
  • The hidden Death Messenger vowed to avenge his fallen subordinates by using the corpses to unleash a powerful Corpse Explosion against Shrek's group.

Ch. 65The Best MVP-Death Messenger

The Death Messenger detonated the corpses in the cavern, killing Xixi and Gongyang Mo and leaving many Shrek members gravely injured. He escaped Xuan Zi by dropping Xu Sanshi from the sky, forcing Xuan Zi to save his student.

  • The Death Messenger triggered the swelling corpses, and Huo Yuhao warned the Shrek group before shielding Wang Dong.
  • Corpse Explosions devastated the cavern, killing Xixi and Gongyang Mo and injuring Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Ling Luochеn, Yao Haoxuan, Chen Zifeng, Dai Huabin, and Zhu Lu.
  • Xuan Zi arrived to find the injured and dead, then froze in shock and self-reproach as the Death Messenger slipped past him.
  • Wang Yan roused Xuan Zi, but the Death Messenger detonated Gongyang Mo and Xixi's corpses to distract him, then seized Xu Sanshi while fleeing.
  • The Death Messenger stabbed Xu Sanshi and dropped him from the sky, forcing Xuan Zi to abandon the chase and save him as the killer escaped.

Ch. 66Preparations for the Tournament

After Shrek’s team suffered devastating losses, Xuan Zi took the dead and severely injured back to the academy while Wang Yan led the remaining competitors onward. Jing Hongchen then led the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s team to the tournament, determined to protect Chen Mo, who supplied his teammates with healing pills before they departed.

  • Xuan Zi gathered Gongyang Mo and Xixi’s remains and took them, along with Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Chen Zifeng, Dai Yueheng, and Dai Huabin, back to Shrek Academy for treatment.
  • Ma Xiaotao refused Xuan Zi’s offer to return with him, insisting she would control her evil fire and continue competing for Gongyang Mo and Xixi’s sake.
  • Wang Yan led the remaining Shrek competitors toward the Star Luo Empire, despite doubting they could defend Shrek’s tournament standing.
  • Jing Hongchen announced that he would personally lead the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy team and brought nine Level 9 Soul Tools to protect them.
  • Chen Mo distributed Rejuvenation Pills he had refined, and Xiao Hongchen vouched for their recovery effects.
  • Jing Hongchen escorted the competitors aboard a soul tool airship and flew toward the Star Luo Empire.

Ch. 67Xuan Zi: I Know I Was Wrong, but I Just Won't Change

At the Sea God Pavilion, Xuan Zi offered to resign after his disastrous leadership caused student casualties, but Mu En removed him as deputy commander while keeping him as an elder. Mu En also ordered inner courtyard disciples to carry defensive and flying soul tools on missions, leaving the academy to improve student safety while Xuan Zi returned to his idle habits.

  • Xuan Zi admitted responsibility for the students' deaths and announced he would resign as deputy commander of the Inspection Corps and as a Sea God Pavilion Elder.
  • Yan Shaozhe and the other elders tried to persuade Xuan Zi to stay, but he insisted he had made up his mind.
  • Mu En ordered Xuan Zi to remain an elder in the Sea God Pavilion and removed him as deputy commander of the Inspection Corps.
  • Mu En ordered inner courtyard disciples to take flying and defensive soul tools on missions, with Yan Shaozhe's Martial Soul Department funding their purchase.
  • Qian Duoduo welcomed the support for the Soul Tool Department, while Xuan Zi resumed eating chicken legs.

Ch. 68Behind-the-scenes manipulation 1

After Shrek’s tournament team suffered heavy losses, Yan Shaozhe proposed sending reinforcements, but Mu En favored letting the reserve team compete and learn. Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe suggested manipulating the tournament or shaping public opinion to protect Shrek’s record, and Mu En reluctantly approved the latter plan.

  • Yan Shaozhe asked the elders to choose reinforcements for Shrek’s depleted tournament team, but Mu En proposed continuing with the reserve team and preparing them for the next tournament.
  • Xuan Zi proposed asking Xu Jiawei and the Star Luo Imperial Family to weaken Shrek’s opponents behind the scenes, with Yan Shaozhe offering to negotiate.
  • Mu En stopped Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe, condemning their scheme as a threat to Shrek’s reputation and insisting that growth mattered more than its winning record.
  • Yan Shaozhe proposed publicly claiming that Shrek’s team had been battered during an operation against powerful Evil Soul Masters, and the elders supported his suggestion.
  • Mu En reluctantly agreed to Yan Shaozhe’s plan, then worried about Shrek’s future after his death.

Ch. 69Behind-the-Scenes Manipulation 2

Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu discovered that Shrek Academy had registered a severely weakened team and feared the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy would win the tournament. Xuan Zi arrived at the palace and asked Xu Jiawei to manipulate the matches in Shrek’s favor.

  • Xu Jiawei noticed Chen Mo’s unusual profile on the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s reserve roster.
  • Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu were shocked to find Shrek Academy’s team included only one Soul Emperor and one Soul King, both seriously injured, while the rest were Soul Elders.
  • Xu Jiawei worried that the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy would win and damage the morale of the three nations.
  • Xu Jiujiu proposed arranging weaker opponents for Shrek and ensuring its eventual loss came against the Star Luo Royal Academy.
  • Xuan Zi appeared in the palace, explained Shrek’s weak roster while concealing his own role, and asked Xu Jiawei to manipulate the tournament behind the scenes.

Ch. 70The Snow Empress Fell in Love with CEO Romance Novels

Chen Mo and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy arrived in Star Luo City and checked into the Star Emperor Hotel, where the Snow Empress became engrossed in a CEO romance novel. Meng Hongchen asked Chen Mo to stay with her, but Xiao Hongchen objected, leaving the siblings arguing in the corridor.

  • Chen Mo and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy arrived in Star Luo City and checked into the Star Emperor Hotel.
  • The Ice Empress claimed a bedroom in Chen Mo's suite, while the Snow Empress emerged crying over The Domineering CEO's Daily Pursuit of His Wife.
  • Chen Mo hid the Ice Empress and Snow Empress in their Gulou Balls before answering a knock at his door.
  • Meng Hongchen invited Chen Mo to stay with her because she was supposedly afraid to be alone at night.
  • Xiao Hongchen interrupted and objected to Meng Hongchen sharing a room with Chen Mo, while Chen Mo pointed out that he was only ten.

Ch. 71The day before the tournament

On the day before the tournament, Chen Mo spent time with Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen as the competitors gathered at the hotel. Huo Yuhao recognized Chen Mo as an enemy and vowed to settle their grudge in the arena, while Xiao Hongchen continued waiting for Shrek’s main team to appear.

  • Xiao Hongchen stopped Chen Mo from sharing a room with Meng Hongchen, and Chen Mo teased him about why he had no girlfriend.
  • Jing Hongchen went to the Imperial Palace to draw the teams’ match lots while Chen Mo, Meng Hongchen, and Xiao Hongchen explored the hotel.
  • Xiao Hongchen spotted Shrek’s reserve team, including Huo Yuhao and Bei Bei, and wondered why Shrek’s main team had not arrived.
  • Huo Yuhao recognized Chen Mo and told Wang Dong about their conflict in the Star Dou Great Forest a year earlier.
  • Wang Dong wanted to confront Chen Mo, but Huo Yuhao stopped her and promised to defeat him in the arena.
  • Chen Mo, Meng Hongchen, and Xiao Hongchen left for the dining hall after the Shrek group went to its floor.

Ch. 72Shrek Academy Gets a Bye

Jing Hongchen learned that Shrek Academy’s main team had suffered devastating casualties, but Shrek also received the first-round bye, leaving Chen Mo suspicious that events had gone off course. The tournament opened in Star Luo City with Emperor Xu Jiawei’s declaration.

  • Jing Hongchen told the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy team that Shrek’s main team had been badly injured and would rely on its reserve members.
  • Ma Rulong revealed that Chen Mo, Meng Hongchen, and Xiao Hongchen had already gathered intelligence about Shrek, and Chen Mo urged the team to stay cautious without underestimating their opponents.
  • Jing Hongchen announced that Shrek Academy had drawn the first-round bye, and Chen Mo wondered whether the story’s events had changed drastically.
  • Xu Jiawei arrived at the arena with Dai Hao and the officials, delivered the opening address, and declared the tournament officially open.

Ch. 73The Radical Chen Mo

Shrek Academy drew a first-round bye, leaving Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to face Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy in the tournament's opening match. Chen Mo encouraged his teammates to be ruthless, then revealed his extraordinary Soul Rings and empowered them as Xiao Hongchen prepared to attack; the match's outcome remained undecided.

  • Shrek Academy drew a bye, and the tournament's opening match was set between Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
  • Jing Hongchen and the Sun Moon team resented being called the Ten-Thousand-Year Runner-Up, while Chen Mo urged them to answer insults with ruthless force.
  • Wang Yan told Shrek's members to study the Sun Moon team during the match and record information about both its main and reserve teams.
  • The Sun Moon team fielded Chen Mo, Meng Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, and four main team members against Tianling's five Soul Ancestors and two Soul Elders.
  • Chen Mo activated All-Domain Shared Search and Three-Flower Eyes: Truth-Piercing, revealing his purple, black, and black Soul Rings and drawing astonished reactions from spectators.
  • Xiao Hongchen activated Gold Boiling, aimed a Fixed-Installation Soul Cannon at all seven Tianling players, and declared his attack.

Ch. 74The Auction

Xiao Hongchen’s modified Soul Cannon overwhelmed the Tianling Team, and inspectors confirmed it was legal, giving the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy the victory. After the elimination stage, Chen Mo joined Jing Hongchen and the Hongchen siblings at the Starlight Auction House, hoping to find the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife.

  • With Chen Mo’s support skills helping him track targets, Xiao Hongchen fired a rapid barrage that triggered all seven Tianling Team members’ Invincible Shields and eliminated them in under five minutes.
  • Tianling Team’s head coach accused the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy of using a prohibited Fixed-Installation Soul Cannon, but the organizing committee inspected the weapon and ruled it an ordinary Soul Cannon.
  • Xiao Hongchen taunted the Tianling coach, and the referee announced the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s victory; Chen Mo returned to the hotel while Xiao Hongchen and the others stayed to watch the other teams.
  • After the round-robin elimination stage ended, Chen Mo agreed to join Jing Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Xiao Hongchen at an auction after remembering that the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife would be offered there.
  • Jing Hongchen led the group to the Starlight Auction House and booked a Supreme VVVIP Box for the auction.

Ch. 75The Useless Masks

Chen Mo attended the Starlight Auction House with Jing Hongchen and the others, intending to obtain the cursed Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife. As the auctioneer prepared to close the sale without bids, Chen Mo offered fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins, leaving Jing Hongchen and the Hongchen siblings stunned.

  • Chen Mo, Meng Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, and Jing Hongchen complained that the auction house's half-face masks were useless and left them off.
  • Qing Ya opened the auction, and Electrolux urged Chen Mo to secure the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife as a heaven-sent opportunity.
  • Wang Yan bought soul tools for Shrek Academy, while Xiao Hongchen spent a hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins on five Invincible Shields, angering Wang Yan.
  • The Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife drew no bids because the guests feared its curse, and Wang Yan ignored Huo Yuhao's interest in it.
  • Jing Hongchen prepared to leave, but Chen Mo bid fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins for the knife, and Qing Ya rapidly called the sale.

Ch. 76Electrolux: Time to Show My Technique

Chen Mo bought the cursed Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife at auction, then let Electrolux take control to purify it. Electrolux began restoring the blade as it trembled and released a malevolent aura.

  • Jing Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen warned Chen Mo that the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife had killed its previous owners, but Chen Mo insisted he knew how to purify its curse.
  • Qing Ya sold the knife to the guest in Box One for fifty thousand gold soul coins, and Jing Hongchen paid for Chen Mo’s purchase.
  • Huo Yuhao sensed something was wrong with the knife, and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned him to stay away from it.
  • At the hotel, Chen Mo asked Jing Hongchen to guard him while he purified the knife and called on Electrolux for help.
  • Electrolux took control of Chen Mo’s body and directed his spiritual power at the blade, which began trembling and emitting a dark red, malevolent aura.
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