Chapter Summaries

Mu Chenxi defeated the Evil Soul Master Xiao Ding with her Five-Clawed Golden Dragon and reunited with Zhang Lexuan. After learning about the upheaval at Shrek Academy and the tournament’s changed rules, she agreed to compete in the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament.

• Mu Chenxi ordered her Five-Clawed Golden Dragon to pursue Xiao Ding, whose Martial Soul Avatar could not withstand the dragon’s attacks.
• The Five-Clawed Golden Dragon dispelled Xiao Ding’s Martial Soul Avatar and ate him despite his pleas for mercy.
• Mu Chenxi recognized Zhang Lexuan, embraced her, and proudly told her she had defeated a Soul Douluo-level Evil Soul Master.
• Zhang Lexuan told Mu Chenxi about the events at Shrek Academy and the Star Luo Marshal’s apparent death.
• Zhang Lexuan asked Mu Chenxi to compete in the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament to help Shrek Academy win after the rules changed.
• Mu Chenxi agreed to join the tournament and have some fun.

After Seven-Color devoured Nine-Color and became a physical being, Huo Yuhao agreed to help her reclaim what Nine-Color had left behind after he finished his business in the Sun Moon Empire. The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament resumed with Heaven Dou and Star Luo Imperial Soul Master Academies drawn against each other in the first elimination match.

• Seven-Color told Huo Yuhao that she had learned where Nine-Color’s remaining power was imprisoned and offered to share it with him.
• Huo Yuhao learned that Seven-Color had become a physical being and agreed to help her after dealing with matters in the Sun Moon Empire.
• The two-day rest period ended, and the sixteen tournament teams gathered in Star Luo Imperial City after the empires reinforced their teams with unfamiliar newcomers.
• A Star Luo Empire elder announced that Heaven Dou Imperial Soul Master Academy and Star Luo Imperial Soul Master Academy would compete in the first match.
• The Heaven Dou team leader suspected that the draw had been rigged and worried that his team would lose its only championship favorite before the quarterfinals.

Xu Changsheng left Xu Jiujiu to lead the Star Luo team, sending a Soul Saint clone to face the Body Sect in the 2-2-3 format. As the first match began, Xu Jiujiu and Huang Heyun filled the platform with mist using soul tools, then Xu Jiujiu activated her Star Guidance Technique.

• Xu Changsheng explained that he would not appear in person and would send his Soul Saint clone Xu Sansheng instead.
• Xu Jiujiu and Long Aocheng drew lots, and the match was set as a 2-2-3 Tactic.
• Long Aocheng chose Qingfeng and Wang He to fight Xu Jiujiu and Huang Heyun in the first match.
• Qingfeng and Wang He revealed that they were Soul Emperors and activated their body martial souls.
• Xu Jiujiu and Huang Heyun deployed mobile soul tools that spread thick white mist across the platform.
• Xu Jiujiu released her martial soul and activated her first soul skill, Star Guidance Technique, while her opponents remained blinded.

Qingfeng and Wang He struggled to fight Xu Jiujiu and Wang Heyun after the Star Luo Royal Soul Engineer Academy blanketed the arena in mist and attacked with fixed soul cannons. Qingfeng used his bronze second awakening to locate their opponents and guide Wang He, who launched himself toward them with his fifth soul skill.

• Xu Jiujiu and Wang Heyun filled the arena with white mist and fired volleys of fixed soul cannon shells at Qingfeng and Wang He.
• Qingfeng and Wang He took minor injuries from the blasts but could not locate their opponents through the rapidly gathering mist.
• Qingfeng enhanced his sight and hearing with his bronze second awakening and warned Wang He that he would run out of soul power in five minutes.
• Qingfeng called out the opponents' position, and Wang He activated his fifth soul skill, Rock Blade, before launching himself toward them.

Xu Jiujiu and Huang Heyun used a coordinated strategy to overcome Wang He and Qingfeng in the tournament match. The referee stopped Xu Jiujiu’s final attack, and his intervention confirmed her victory.

• Wang He attacked Xu Jiujiu, but her Star Guard withstood his blows while Qingfeng joined in to break through it.
• Wang He overpowered Huang Heyun, and Xu Jiujiu enhanced Huang Heyun with Star Radiance Technique.
• Huang Heyun lured Wang He and Qingfeng into a straight line, then briefly restrained them with his third Soul Skill.
• Xu Jiujiu sealed all three with Brilliant Star Path and fired a charged Star Ray at them.
• The referee moved Wang He, Qingfeng, and Huang Heyun out of the ray’s path, and Xu Jiujiu won the round.

Star Luo Imperial Soul Master Academy won the first match, but Heaven Dou Imperial Soul Master Academy answered with a decisive victory by Zhufeng and Lin Yi. Long Aocheng and Xu Changsheng then prepared to lead their teams into the deciding third match.

• Huang Heyun helped the exhausted Xu Jiujiu leave the arena after her immobilizing Soul Skill secured Star Luo Imperial Soul Master Academy's victory in the first match.
• Long Aocheng sent Zhufeng and Lin Yi to face Xing Quan and Mo Hui in the second match.
• Zhufeng overwhelmed Xing Quan with his leg-based attacks while Lin Yi's ranged strikes kept Mo Hui from helping his teammate.
• Zhufeng and Lin Yi used their Body Martial Souls' second awakening to maintain their pressure and defeat Xing Quan and Mo Hui.
• The referee announced Heaven Dou Imperial Soul Master Academy's win, tying the score at one match each.
• Long Aocheng and Xu Changsheng led their remaining teammates onto the platform for the deciding third match, as Xu Changsheng vowed to thwart the Body Sect.

Xu Sansheng faced Long Aocheng and his two companions in a tournament match, countering Long Aocheng’s immense power and hellfire with his star-based techniques. As Xu Sansheng’s attack battered the opposing team, Ye Lengxin revealed a Nine Heart Begonia martial soul.

• Long Aocheng revealed a hundred-thousand-year seventh Soul Ring and used his giant avatar to attack Xu Sansheng, whose starcloud avatar knocked the blow aside.
• Long Aocheng charged Xu Sansheng with his first Soul Skill, but Xu Sansheng evaded the strike by landing atop his avatar.
• Long Aocheng unleashed hellfire with his sixth Soul Skill, and Xu Sansheng answered with Stars Scour the Earth, dispelling the flames and bombarding all three opponents.
• Ye Lengxin activated her defensive Soul Tool Shield and summoned a black begonia martial soul, prompting Xu Sansheng to recognize it as a Nine Heart Begonia.

Mu Chenxi explained why Nine Heart Begonia made Ye Lengxin a dangerous support Soul Master, and Wang Yan warned Shrek Academy to target her if they faced the Body Sect. On the tournament stage, Ma Fei protected Ye Lengxin from the Star Luo Empire’s attackers, leaving the competitors poised for a fierce fight.

• Wang Yan and Shrek Academy recognized Ye Lengxin’s Nine Heart Begonia, and Mu Chenxi explained that its healing could instantly mend any injury.
• Wang Yan told the team to eliminate Ye Lengxin first if they faced the Body Sect, and everyone agreed.
• Ye Lengxin healed Long Aocheng, helping him evade Xu Sansheng’s attacks as Song You and Zhu Sheng rushed to attack her.
• Ma Fei struck Song You away and used Mountain-Shaking Strike to blast the fighters into the air, protecting Ye Lengxin as her defensive soul tool activated.
• Zhu Sheng recovered and activated Nether Ghost Shadow, while Song You transformed with Lightning Threefold Transformation, and the fighters prepared to attack Ma Fei together.

Star Luo Imperial Soul Master Academy defeated Heaven Dou Imperial Soul Master Academy after Xu Sansheng overwhelmed Long Aocheng, and Ma Fei conceded when his captain was knocked unconscious. The next round-of-sixteen matchup was drawn between Shrek Academy and the Undead Saint Method Team, but Zero immediately forfeited for her team.

• Ma Fei activated his bronze second awakening and fought Song You and Zhu Sheng while Ye Lengxin redirected her healing support to Long Aocheng.
• Ma Fei prepared his Arm-Leg Solo Dragon Dance, but Xu Sansheng hurled the unconscious Long Aocheng into him before he could use it.
• Song You and Zhu Sheng captured Ye Lengxin, and Ma Fei conceded the match to Xu Sansheng.
• The referee awarded Star Luo Imperial Soul Master Academy five points and sent the team through to the quarterfinals.
• Mu Chenxi and Zero came forward to draw lots for Shrek Academy's match against the Undead Saint Method Team, and Zero forfeited on behalf of her teammates.

Zero conceded the match to Mu Chenxi, sending Shrek Academy and the spectators into confusion before the tournament moved on. In the Evil Demon Great Forest, the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord learned of his father’s death and ordered a beast tide against the Human Race.

• Zero surrendered to Mu Chenxi, advancing her to the quarterfinals and leaving spectators suspicious of a deal between the teams.
• Mu Chenxi demanded an explanation, but the referee stopped her from attacking Zero and ordered both teams off the stage.
• Zhang Toushu and Zhang Toumu suggested that Zero had conceded because the Star Luo Marshal had loved Shrek Academy’s eldest senior sister.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord inherited control of the Evil Demon Great Forest after his father, the Evil Eye Tyrant, died.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord alternated between mourning and celebrating his father’s death before vowing to avenge him.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord commanded the Evil Eye Clan to launch a beast tide against the Human Race.

Seven days after the Evil Demon Great Forest began gathering a beast tide, Holy Lord City prepared to face an overwhelming attack while its commanders argued over Xu Tianran’s response. The city’s defenders awaited reinforcements, but Luan Feng doubted they would be enough to stop the soul beasts.

• Song Que reported that eighteen of the Twenty-Four Evil Demon Tribes had answered the call and that at least twenty hundred-thousand-year soul beasts would lead the attack.
• Luan Feng and Wang Yiheng learned that Xu Tianran had sent an aide with the Military Command Dragon Tally to summon the Eastern Suppression Army and requested an Imperial Decree to call in major sects.
• Luan Feng and Liao Jie clashed over whether Xu Tianran should withdraw troops from the northern campaign to defend Holy Lord City.
• The commanders agreed to set aside their dispute, knowing that the city could fall if reinforcements did not arrive in time.
• Luan Feng privately doubted Xu Tianran’s authority and ended by hoping his reinforcements would be useful.

Xu Tianran relied on Ju Zi and the Holy Spirit Cult to handle the Beast Tide while the northern army remained in the Far North. Ju Zi uncovered that Huo Yuhao was posing as Shadow Kill, and Holy Lord City prepared its defenses as the Beast Tide arrived.

• Xu Tianran ordered Ju Zi to mobilize the Sun Moon Empire’s eastern border forces against the Beast Tide while sparing the Evil Demon Great Forest’s Soul Beasts.
• Shrek Academy defeated the Heavenly Dragon Team and advanced to the final four as Mu Chenxi’s Golden Sacred Dragon drew acclaim.
• Ju Zi persuaded the border generals to withdraw by presenting the Star Luo Empire’s Tiger Tally, which the disguised Shadow Kill claimed came from Zhao Kang.
• Ju Zi confronted Shadow Kill and deduced that he was Huo Yuhao, the Star Luo Marshal who had faked his death; Huo Yuhao acknowledged her cleverness and warned her against speaking.
• The defenders of Holy Lord City activated a Spiritual Immunity Halo and armed the walls with Soul Tools as the Beast Tide approached from the Evil Demon Great Forest.

Holy Lord City’s defenders fought through two days of the Evil Demon Great Forest’s beast tide before Song Que ordered the gates opened and the battle moved inside the city. Luan Feng, Wang Yiheng, and Liao Jie trapped the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord in a linked-cannon formation, but Evil Soul Masters appeared to help the beasts and disrupted their attack.

• The soul beasts battered Holy Lord City’s defenses with massed charges and Spiritual Shocks, while Song Que ordered the soldiers to hold the gates and reserve their antiaircraft cannons for flying enemies.
• After two days of fighting, soul beast corpses formed a bridge to the walls, and flying beasts joined the assault as Song Que opened the gates and led the soldiers into battle.
• The Three Soul Tool Legions and human troops fought the beasts inside and outside the city while their commanders maintained the Spiritual Immunity Halos.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord attacked Luan Feng, Wang Yiheng, and Liao Jie, then advanced close enough to be sealed inside six soul tool barriers as Soul Engineers prepared a linked matrix cannon strike.
• The Bone Dragon King and a group of Evil Soul Masters intervened against the cannon, while other Evil Soul Masters appeared across the battlefield to aid the beast tide.

The Holy Spirit Cult joined the Beast Tide, helping the Soul Beasts devastate Holy Lord City while Zhongli Wu and the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord overwhelmed its defenders. Just as Song Que sacrificed himself and the remaining defenders faced death, a mysterious, immensely powerful Soul Engineer arrived and protected them all.

• Zhongli Wu led the Holy Spirit Cult into the battle, aiding the Soul Beasts and sending Evil Soul Masters to slaughter the defenders and harvest souls.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord broke free, defeated Wang Yiheng, and shattered the Spiritual Immunity Soul Tool, leaving the battlefield exposed to its spiritual attacks.
• Song Que burned through his power, destroyed the Bone Dragon King's wing and chest, then grabbed Zhongli Wu and detonated his Soul Core; Zhongli Wu escaped by severing his own arm.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord unleashed Death-Demise Divine Light, leaving the defenders helpless against its spiritual storm.
• A mysterious figure arrived and raised golden protective shields across the battlefield, nullifying the attack and giving the survivors hope.

Huo Yuhao protected Holy Lord City’s defenders with golden light and armed a Soul Engineer squad with powerful Soul Tools to repel the Beast Tide. As the soldiers counterattacked and the squad unleashed a barrage, the battle’s momentum shifted against the Soul Beasts.

• Huo Yuhao’s Golden Light Protection shielded the soldiers from the Evil Eyes’ Spiritual Shock and strengthened them, allowing Ju Zi’s forces to counterattack.
• Huo Yuhao ordered the Soul Engineers to retreat, then prepared the empire’s remaining Kings of War to attack the Beast Tide.
• Huo Yuhao gave the thirty Soul Engineers Namo Gatlings loaded with Fixed-Mounted Soul Cannon shells and demonstrated their destructive power.
• A Soul Engineer tested a Namo Gatling, and the squad joined him in firing a barrage at the Soul Beasts.

Huo Yuhao unleashed the Kings of War against the beast tide, obliterating Holy Lord City’s walls and incapacitating the battlefield’s combatants. Hidden by the resulting haze, he suppressed the surviving Beast Kings and sent them to the Bright Half-Plane while his Scavenger Undead Squad collected the dead.

• Huo Yuhao directed the soul engineer squad’s Namo Gatlings against the soul beasts as the distant defenders watched in disbelief.
• Ju Zi told Luan Feng that Huo Yuhao was a trusted imperial-family powerhouse, while keeping his true identity and their plans secret.
• As the soul beasts overwhelmed the squad and its members began to falter, Huo Yuhao detonated eight Kings of War across the battlefield.
• The explosions destroyed Holy Lord City’s walls, devastated the beast tide, and knocked out the Level 9 Soul Engineers and Huo Yuhao’s squad.
• Huo Yuhao used his psychic power to suppress the surviving soul beasts and send the Beast Kings into the Bright Half-Plane, while his Scavenger Undead Squad collected corpses.

After destroying most of the Beast Tide, Huo Yuhao pursued Zhongli Wu to the Holy Spirit Cult’s headquarters, intending to wipe out the cult. He entered its defensive barrier with help from Zhang Peng, leaving Zhongli Wu stunned by his trusted ally’s betrayal.

• Ju Zi suspected Huo Yuhao might have orchestrated the Beast Tides, but refused to believe he could have manipulated events on that scale.
• Huo Yuhao sent the unconscious survivors to the Undead Demiplane, told Ju Zi their agreement still stood if she reached the Star Luo Empire, and pursued Zhongli Wu.
• Zhongli Wu reached the Holy Spirit Cult’s underground headquarters and ordered its defensive barrier activated while he recovered from his injuries.
• Huo Yuhao sensed three powerful auras beneath the headquarters and decided to destroy the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Huo Yuhao approached the barrier’s Life Gate, and Zhang Peng opened it for him, leaving Zhongli Wu asking why his trusted ally had betrayed him.

Huo Yuhao launched an assault on the Holy Spirit Cult with Zhang Peng’s help, overwhelming Zhongli Wu and his forces. Zhongli Wu fled to the forbidden grounds, where the cult’s Three Great Ancestors awaited Huo Yuhao.

• Zhang Peng revealed himself as an undercover agent, then used Zhongli Wu’s Control Token to seal the cult’s defenses shut.
• Huo Yuhao summoned tens of thousands of undead and ordered them to slaughter the Holy Spirit Cult’s members.
• Zhongli Wu attacked Huo Yuhao with his Death God Demon Puppet and the Bone Dragon King, but Huo Yuhao’s power suppressed them.
• Huo Yuhao’s six throwing knives shattered the Bone Dragon King and scattered Zhongli Wu’s demon puppets.
• Zhongli Wu fled to the Holy Spirit Cult’s forbidden grounds, and Huo Yuhao prepared to face the Three Great Ancestors.

Huo Yuhao attacked Zhongli Wu, but Qian Jun Jie intervened and took the first volley of throwing knives. Huo Yuhao then increased his power and fought Qian Jun Jie, who revealed his martial soul and used his antennae to evade the knives.

• Huo Yuhao sent six throwing knives at Zhongli Wu, whose Martial Soul Avatar could not stop them.
• Qian Jun Jie burst through the sealed wall, kicked Zhongli Wu away, and forced Huo Yuhao’s knives aside.
• Huo Yuhao recognized Qian Jun Jie as a powerful god-level opponent and resolved to kill him before continuing to the Far North.
• Huo Yuhao unleashed his full psychic power, increasing the throwing knives’ force more than tenfold.
• Qian Jun Jie activated Martial Soul Possession, revealed his Thousand Jun Ant martial soul, and used his antennae to evade Huo Yuhao’s attacks.

Huo Yuhao overwhelmed Qian Jun Jie by countering his Gravity Domain and relentlessly attacking his Martial Soul Avatar. As Qian Jun Jie began to run out of strength, he called on Qian Jun Lie for help.

• Huo Yuhao used Martial Soul Possession and his enhanced speed to pursue Qian Jun Jie while controlling his throwing knife.
• Qian Jun Jie activated his Gravity Domain, but Huo Yuhao nullified it, leaving him vulnerable to the throwing knife.
• Huo Yuhao's throwing knife pierced Qian Jun Jie's arm, and Qian Jun Jie used his Martial Soul Avatar to defend himself.
• Huo Yuhao's throwing knife repeatedly sliced pieces from Qian Jun Jie's Martial Soul Avatar until Qian Jun Jie feared he would die.
• Qian Jun Jie sent a mental plea for help to Qian Jun Lie, who scolded him for failing to hold out.