Chapter Summaries

After Huo Yuhao defeated Zhang Toushu and healed him, Shrek Academy forfeited the individual round to move directly to the 2-2-3 Tactic. Huo Yuhao accepted the ten-minute break for cultivation, intending to prepare his teammates to overcome Shrek’s strategy.

• Huo Yuhao knocked Zhang Toushu unconscious and used his life force, together with Wang Xian'er’s healing, to treat his injuries.
• Mu Chenxi accused Huo Yuhao of maiming Zhang Toushu, but Wang Xian'er assessed the injuries as minor after treatment.
• Wang Yan decided Shrek Academy would forfeit the individual round and use the 2-2-3 Tactic, reasoning that Huo Yuhao could only compete once in it.
• Mu Chenxi announced Shrek Academy’s forfeit, and Wang Xian'er declared the Star Luo Royal Soul Engineer Academy the winner of the round, tying the teams one to one.
• Huo Yuhao asked whether the teams could cultivate during the ten-minute break, then prepared to use the time to strengthen his side.

Huo Yuhao gave Xu Jiaxin and Song Huanhuan twelve ten-thousand-year soul bones, then used magic arrays and his life force to help them absorb six each. Their sudden enhancement unsettled Shrek Academy and left Wang Yan reconsidering the team’s chances in the 2-2-3 matches.

• Huo Yuhao produced twelve powerful soul bones, prompting guards and Guardian Douluos to secure the arena against anyone tempted to seize them.
• Huo Yuhao chose Xu Jiaxin and Song Huanhuan to receive the soul bones and told each to absorb six at once.
• Huo Yuhao forced the soul bones into the two girls and used green-gold magic arrays and life force to keep their dangerous absorption from becoming fatal.
• Spectators speculated that Xu Jiawei had strengthened his team for the tournament, while Wang Yan realized the two enhanced Soul Kings could force Shrek Academy to deploy stronger fighters.

After Huo Yuhao displayed twelve soul bones, Dai Yueheng and the White Tiger Duchess wrongly suspected he was an imperial-backed rival for the White Tiger Duke’s title, while Xu Jiaxin and Song Huanhuan absorbed soul bones and broke through to rank sixty. The final round began with Huo Xingling fighting two Star Luo Royal Soul Engineer Academy Soul Kings alone, and her overwhelming strength left them reeling.

• Dai Yueheng suspected Huo Yuhao was a puppet backed by the imperial family, while the White Tiger Duchess resolved to kill him after the match.
• Xu Jiaxin and Song Huanhuan finished absorbing their soul bones, healed their backlash, and reached the rank-sixty bottleneck.
• Wang Xian'er announced the final 2-2-3 Tactic round, and Wang Yan approved Huo Xingling as Shrek Academy’s sole fighter in the opening bout.
• Huo Xingling released her Three-Eyed Radiant Dragon martial soul and suppressed the Lightning Tiger and Netherworld Leopard martial souls of Lu Zhan and Ma Chao.
• Huo Xingling kicked Lu Zhan and Ma Chao away, while Huo Yuhao recognized her attack technique as Mu En’s Sovereign Over All.

Huo Xingling defeated Lu Zhan and Ma Chao, giving Shrek Academy the first win in the third match of the Grand Finals. Wang Yan sent Ma Xiaotao and Zhang Toumu into the second bout against Xu Jiaxin and Song Huanhuan, whose opening attacks were blocked by their soul tool shields.

• Huo Xingling kicked Lu Zhan and Ma Chao off the Competition Platform without releasing her martial soul, securing Shrek Academy's victory in the first bout.
• Wang Yan sent Ma Xiaotao and Zhang Toumu into the second bout, hoping they would defeat the Star Luo Royal Soul Engineer Academy's soul bone contestants.
• Huo Yuhao sent Xu Jiaxin and Song Huanhuan to face Ma Xiaotao and Zhang Toumu, intending to set up a final showdown with Dai Yueheng.
• Ma Xiaotao and Zhang Toumu released their martial souls and used Phoenix Fire Line and Heaven-Swallowing Roar to attack.
• Xu Jiaxin and Song Huanhuan blocked the attacks with defensive Soul Tool Shields and began using Star Radiance Technique.

Xu Jiaxin used Star Radiance Technique and Star Guard to support Song Huanhuan and hold off Zhang Toumu while Song Huanhuan fought Ma Xiaotao to a stalemate. The battle remained unresolved, with Xu Jiaxin assembling Huo Yuhao’s Namo Gatling and Ma Xiaotao growing anxious as she failed to overcome Song Huanhuan.

• Xu Jiaxin boosted Song Huanhuan with Star Radiance Technique, and Song Huanhuan used her Watermoon Sword to engage Ma Xiaotao.
• Zhang Toumu attacked Xu Jiaxin with his fifth and sixth soul skills, but her Star Guard blocked his assault.
• Song Huanhuan held her own against Ma Xiaotao with the help of her water dragon and six soul bones.
• Zhang Toumu tried to leave and attack Song Huanhuan, but Xu Jiaxin used soul tools to block his way and force him to defend himself.
• Xu Jiaxin began assembling Huo Yuhao’s Namo Gatling while Ma Xiaotao grew anxious after failing to defeat Song Huanhuan.

Ma Xiaotao and Zhang Toumu fought Song Huanhuan and Xu Jiaxin, but Xu Jiaxin’s Fixed-Mounted Soul Cannon overwhelmed Shrek Academy’s fighters and gave the Star Luo Royal Soul Engineer Academy the win. With the teams tied, the championship match came down to their final three competitors, and Huo Yuhao prepared to begin his plan.

• Ma Xiaotao used her Phoenix Cloud-Piercing Strike against Song Huanhuan, then feinted with her Phoenix Meteor Shower to help Zhang Toumu break the Star Guard barrier.
• Zhang Toumu charged Xu Jiaxin, but Xu Jiaxin and Song Huanhuan fired the Namo Gatling, knocking him unconscious despite his Rat Shield.
• Wang Xian'er treated Zhang Toumu and removed him from the fight, while Ma Xiaotao continued battling Song Huanhuan.
• Song Huanhuan joined Xu Jiaxin in firing the Namo Gatling at Ma Xiaotao, forcing her to concede defeat.
• The Star Luo Royal Soul Engineer Academy won the match, tying the teams at one victory each, and Huo Yuhao anticipated the final battle.

Huo Yuhao summoned the White Tiger Dagger during the decisive match, and Dai Hao recognized him as his son. Dai Hao confronted the White Tiger Duchess for hiding the child, while Huo Yuhao’s revenge against the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion remained ahead.

• Xu Jiaxin and Song Huanhuan won their match, and Huo Yuhao praised them before announcing that the final battle would be a show.
• Huo Yuhao entered the platform alone against Mu Chenxi, Dai Yueheng, and Ling Luochеn, then summoned a dagger from afar.
• Spectators argued over whether the approaching dagger was a divine artifact or a soul tool until Xu Jiawei and the soldiers silenced the venue.
• Dai Hao recognized the dagger as the White Tiger Dagger he had given Yun'er and realized that Huo Yuhao was his son.
• Dai Hao accused the White Tiger Duchess of concealing Huo Yuhao, and she claimed the boy had disappeared after Yun'er's death and had no ties to the family.

Huo Yuhao revealed a dagger that stirred Dai Yueheng’s suspicions about his identity, then faced Shrek Academy’s trio in the deciding Grand Finals match. He instantly froze Ling Luochеn with his overwhelming ice power as Mu Chenxi and Dai Yueheng charged him.

• Huo Yuhao recalled the White Tiger Dagger, while Dai Yueheng recognized it as a token that could prove Huo Yuhao’s identity.
• Wang Xian'er began the deciding match between Huo Yuhao and Shrek Academy’s Mu Chenxi, Dai Yueheng, and Ling Luochеn.
• Huo Yuhao’s White Tiger Phantom intimidated Mu Chenxi’s Golden Sacred Dragon when both sides released their martial souls.
• Mu Chenxi and Dai Yueheng charged Huo Yuhao as Ling Luochеn launched ranged frost attacks.
• Huo Yuhao countered with a Hexagonal Star Ice Spike that froze Ling Luochеn into an ice sculpture.

Huo Yuhao overwhelmed Mu Chenxi, Dai Yueheng, and their martial souls during the arena battle. After his Six-Winged White Tiger devoured Mu Chenxi’s Golden Sacred Dragon, Mu Chenxi suffered devastating backlash and her cultivation fell sharply.

• Huo Yuhao froze Ling Luochеn with one attack and trapped Dai Yueheng in a cage of black energy dragons.
• Huo Yuhao shattered Mu Chenxi’s Golden Sacred Dragon attack and sent her flying while his Six-Winged White Tiger fought the dragon.
• The Six-Winged White Tiger defeated the Golden Sacred Dragon and swallowed it as Mu Chenxi desperately detonated all seven of her soul rings.
• Mu Chenxi collapsed when her martial soul was devoured, and the backlash shattered her martial soul space and reduced her cultivation from Soul Saint to Soul King.

Huo Yuhao defeated Mu Chenxi and Dai Yueheng, then revealed that he had returned to avenge his mother rather than claim the White Tiger Duke’s title. As he tortured Dai Yueheng on the arena, the Star Luo Empire’s forces blocked the White Tiger Duke and the two mansions from intervening.

• Wang Xian'er took the unconscious Mu Chenxi from the platform and used her healing abilities to treat her severe injuries.
• Huo Yuhao ended the Black Dragon Prison, revealing himself as the victor over Mu Chenxi and Dai Yueheng.
• Dai Yueheng recognized Huo Yuhao as Aunt Huo’s son, and Huo Yuhao crushed him beneath the pressure of his White Tiger martial soul.
• Huo Yuhao broke one of Dai Yueheng’s arms and stabbed his other hand with the White Tiger Dagger, declaring that he had returned to avenge his dead mother.
• The White Tiger Duchess and Dai Hao tried to reach the platform, but the Star Luo Empire’s Guardian Douluos and soldiers blocked them and declared that anyone obstructing the Marshal would be killed.

Huo Yuhao was revealed as the supposedly dead Star Luo Marshal, prompting the empire’s forces to defend him as he faced the White Tiger Duke’s family. Dai Yueheng realized Huo Yuhao had returned for revenge and feared that he would be killed.

• The Star Luo army and Guardian Douluo recognized Huo Yuhao as their Marshal and rallied to his defense.
• The White Tiger Duchess denied that Huo Yuhao could be the Marshal, and Wang Xian'er slapped her for insulting him.
• Xu Changsheng noted that Huo Yuhao held more power in the empire than Emperor Xu Jiawei.
• Dai Hao drove Wang Xian'er back and promised the Duchess he would try to save Dai Yueheng.
• Dai Yueheng recognized Huo Yuhao as the Marshal and realized his younger brother had returned to avenge their mother.

Huo Yuhao killed Dai Yueheng during the tournament as the White Tiger Duke's forces fought their way into the arena. With Dai Hao confronting him, Huo Yuhao began describing the suffering that led to his mother's death.

• Huo Yuhao explained that Dai Yueheng had known about him and his mother and shared responsibility for keeping them hidden.
• Huo Yuhao stabbed Dai Yueheng through the heart with the White Tiger Dagger and killed him.
• The White Tiger Duchess mourned over Dai Yueheng's body while Dai Hao charged at Huo Yuhao with his sword drawn.
• Huo Yuhao told Dai Hao that he had used the dagger because it was one of the few things his mother had cherished.
• Huo Yuhao described his mother's poverty, hard labor, and chronic illness, then said they had endured endless abuse.

Huo Yuhao exposed the White Tiger Duchess’s abuse of Huo Yun’er, severed Dai Hao’s arm, and used his tournament victory to secure Huo Yun’er’s title as First-Rank Imperial Noblewoman. He left through a Portal for Shrek Academy with the Duchess and Dai Yueheng’s corpse, while Dai Hao remained unconscious from blood loss.

• Huo Yuhao revealed how the White Tiger Duchess had mistreated Huo Yun’er and her son, and Dai Hao confronted his wife over the truth.
• Huo Yuhao severed Dai Hao’s right arm but spared his life, then seized the White Tiger Duchess and threatened to take her to Dai Huabin at Shrek Academy.
• Wang Xian’er announced Star Luo Royal Soul Engineer Academy as the tournament champion, and Xu Jiawei offered Huo Yuhao the winner’s reward.
• Huo Yuhao requested a First-Rank Imperial Noblewoman title for Huo Yun’er, and Xu Jiawei granted it, leaving the White Tiger Duchess and Dai Hao unconscious.
• Huo Yuhao entered a Portal to Shrek Academy with the White Tiger Duchess and Dai Yueheng’s corpse, followed by Star Luo’s Guardian Douluos and soldiers.

Huo Yuhao arrived at Shrek Academy with a vast Star Luo Empire force and declared that he had come to kill someone. Meanwhile, Xu Jiawei ordered the Imperial Guards to slaughter the White Tiger Duke's and Hell Spirit Cat Mansions, claiming Dai Hao had no objections.

• Xuan Zi spotted a massive army surrounding Shrek Academy and gathered the Sea God Pavilion elders and other defenders.
• Huo Yuhao revealed himself as the invading force's leader and told Xuan Zi that he had come to kill someone.
• Zhu Lu and Dai Huabin recognized the troops as belonging to the Star Luo Empire and watched the confrontation from the students' refuge area.
• Xu Jiawei took the wounded Dai Hao to the Imperial Palace and ordered the Imperial Guards to leave no one alive at the White Tiger Duke's and Hell Spirit Cat Mansions.
• Xu Jiawei threw Eunuch Cao aside and insisted that he had asked Dai Hao, who had raised no objections.

Xu Jiawei ordered the Imperial Guards to exterminate the White Tiger Duke's and Hell Spirit Cat families, and they began attacking both estates. Xu Changsheng rescued Dai Luoli and his mother from the massacre, while Xu Jiawei killed Dai Hao in the palace.

• Xu Jiawei sent the Imperial Guards to attack the White Tiger Duke's Mansion and the Hell Spirit Cat Mansion.
• The Hell Spirit Cat Duke learned the palace guards were coming and ordered his family troops to fight while he summoned their ancestor.
• The Imperial Guards slaughtered the residents of the White Tiger Duke's Mansion until Xu Changsheng arrived and stopped a soldier from killing Dai Luoli and his mother.
• Xu Changsheng asked Dai Luoli whether he wanted to live, then took him and his mother away after ordering him to abandon the Dai surname.
• Xu Changsheng lamented that the White Tiger Lineage had been destroyed as Xu Jiawei stabbed Dai Hao to death.

Huo Yuhao confronted Shrek Academy and demanded that it hand over Dai Huabin for revenge. As Huo Yuhao moved to kill him, Mu En's spirit form intervened and rebuked Xuan Zi for allowing the attack.

• Huo Yuhao showed Xuan Zi Dai Yueheng's corpse and demanded Dai Huabin, threatening to destroy Shrek Academy if it refused.
• Xuan Zi chose not to interfere and pulled Dai Huabin out from among the students.
• Huo Yuhao revived the White Tiger Duchess, who warned Dai Huabin that Huo Yuhao was the son of Huo Yun'er and had come to take revenge.
• Huo Yuhao explained that Dai Huabin had bullied him and helped drive his mother to her death, then subdued Dai Huabin and prepared to kill him.
• Sea God's Light blocked Huo Yuhao's dagger, and Mu En's spirit form appeared and condemned Xuan Zi for standing by.

Mu En emerged from the Golden Tree and defied Huo Yuhao to protect Shrek Academy’s students, triggering a battle across Shrek City. Mu En and Xuan Zi unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill against Huo Yuhao, who attacked its black-hole seal with three throwing knives.

• Mu En appeared as a soul and rebuked Xuan Zi for yielding to fear, then opposed Huo Yuhao’s attempt to kill Dai Huabin within Shrek Academy.
• Mu En declared that Shrek Academy had to protect its students, and Huo Yuhao ordered his forces to spare students and those who surrendered while killing the rest.
• Huo Yuhao’s forces and Shrek Academy’s defenders fought throughout the academy as Mu En and Xuan Zi held back from joining the battle.
• Huo Yuhao challenged Mu En over the innocent people caught in the fighting, while Mu En used the Sea God’s Light to aid Shrek’s troops and charged Xuan Zi.
• Mu En and Xuan Zi performed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, becoming Taotie and drawing Huo Yuhao into its Heaven-Swallowing Soul Skill.
• Huo Yuhao sent three throwing knives into Taotie’s black-hole attack, tearing through space.

Huo Yuhao devastated Xuan Zi and offered Dai Huabin and the White Tiger Duchess a chance to survive by killing him. Dai Huabin stabbed his mother instead and staggered toward Xuan Zi, believing he could claim the only chance to live.

• Huo Yuhao's throwing knives shattered Taotie's Martial Soul Fusion Skill, severely injuring Xuan Zi and weakening Mu En's control of the Sea God's Light.
• Huo Yuhao freed the White Tiger Duchess and Dai Huabin, pinned Xuan Zi down, and offered to spare whichever of them killed him.
• Huo Yuhao swore a Martial Soul Oath, convincing Dai Huabin and the White Tiger Duchess that his offer was genuine.
• Dai Huabin stabbed the White Tiger Duchess repeatedly, killing his mother so he could be the only survivor.
• Dai Huabin staggered toward Xuan Zi, hoping to kill him and secure his survival.

Dai Huabin killed Xuan Zi while Huo Yuhao's barrier kept Mu En and the Sea God Pavilion elders from intervening. After taking Xuan Zi's head, Dai Huabin claimed a martial soul contract would force Huo Yuhao to spare him, but Huo Yuhao condemned him for his cruelty.

• Dai Huabin approached the helpless Xuan Zi with a dagger as Mu En pleaded with him to stop.
• Dai Huabin slowly stabbed Xuan Zi in the heart while Mu En and the Sea God Pavilion elders attacked Huo Yuhao's barrier without effect.
• Mu En threatened to slaughter Dai Huabin's clan, but Dai Huabin dismissed the threat and drove the dagger fully into Xuan Zi's heart.
• Dai Huabin twisted and pulled out the dagger, then cut off Xuan Zi's head to ensure his death.
• Dai Huabin claimed the martial soul contract required Huo Yuhao to let him live, and Huo Yuhao applauded before denouncing him.

Huo Yuhao let Dai Huabin survive his own attack, but Mu En moved to kill Dai Huabin for murdering Xuan Zi. A huge black vortex then appeared above Shrek Academy, and a terrifying figure from the White Tiger Lineage pleaded for Dai Huabin's life.

• Huo Yuhao removed the barrier and allowed Mu En and the Shrek Academy elders to enter, where they mourned Xuan Zi's death.
• Mu En pinned Dai Huabin down and vowed to kill him for murdering Xuan Zi, despite Dai Huabin claiming Huo Yuhao had forced him.
• Mu En shattered Dai Huabin's bones and severed his meridians before striking him with a golden dragon attack.
• A golden barrier blocked Mu En's attack as a vast black vortex opened above Shrek Academy.
• A gigantic presence emerged from the vortex and begged Shrek Academy to spare the White Tiger Lineage's last bloodline.