Chapter Summaries

Huo Xingling used her ice shield and self-made Level 6 Fixed-Installed Soul Tool Launchers to withstand Tang Mo's attacks and counterattack. When Tang Mo filled the sky with demon swords, her Spiritual Detection revealed the real blades and energy constructs, and she fired both launchers at them.

• Huo Xingling blocked Tang Mo's sword energy and told her senior brothers to handle the Holy Light Team's agility attackers while she faced Tang Mo.
• Huo Xingling summoned her Ice Emperor Dragon Scorpion Shield and revealed a Level 6 Fixed-Installed Soul Tool Launcher, astonishing the Sun Moon Team.
• Huo Xingling fired Soul Cannon shells at Tang Mo, who used his demonic cloud and sword to intercept them, but several shells exploded near him.
• Tang Mo unleashed his fifth soul skill, filling the sky with real demon swords, energy constructs, and phantoms.
• Huo Xingling used Spiritual Detection to identify the real blades and energy constructs, then fired both launchers at them.

Huo Xingling fought Tang Mo evenly despite being a Soul Ancestor, while Youlang targeted Shrek Academy’s injured fighters. As Tang Mo and Zhong Lichen turned against each other, Zhong Lichen summoned a Bone Dragon onto the Competition Platform.

• Tang Mo used his sixth soul skill and attacked Huo Xingling at close range, but her twin martial souls and Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion phantom let her match him.
• Youlang exploited a gap in the Zhang Brothers’ coordination to strike Dai Yueheng, who blocked the attack but collapsed unconscious from the backlash.
• Youlang then set his sights on Wang Dong as the Zhang Brothers angrily pursued him.
• Zhong Lichen threatened to intervene in Tang Mo’s fight, and Tang Mo warned that he would kill him if he did.
• Tang Mo activated his seventh soul skill, while Zhong Lichen summoned a Bone Dragon through his Magic Circles and declared that he would kill Tang Mo first.

Tang Mo and Zhong Lichen fought with their Martial Soul Avatars while Shrek Academy sought a way to overcome the Bone Dragon. Huo Xingling, Ma Xiaotao, and Wang Dong combined their Martial Souls, revealing the Seven-Color Dragon Phoenix Butterfly.

• Tang Mo transformed into a demonic sword, and Zhong Lichen summoned a massive Bone Dragon that battled him above the arena.
• Wang Xian'er arrived to oversee the dangerous match, while Huo Xingling withdrew to Shrek's side and replenished her Soul Power.
• Huo Xingling decided to help Tang Mo defeat Zhong Lichen and called on Ma Xiaotao and Wang Dong to release their Martial Souls.
• Huo Xingling, Ma Xiaotao, and Wang Dong fused their Martial Souls into the Seven-Color Dragon Phoenix Butterfly, whose power surpassed the Soul Saint level.

Huo Xingling, Tang Mo, and the Zhang Brothers unleashed successive Martial Soul Fusion Skills against Zhong Lichen and the Holy Spirit Cult fighters. As Huo Xingling’s fusion began its limited run, Zhong Lichen gathered the Bone Dragon’s power for a deadly attack.

• Huo Xingling used the Seven-Color Dragon Phoenix Butterfly to battle Zhong Lichen’s Bone Dragon while Tang Mo fought Zhong Lichen.
• Zhong Lichen summoned four undead creatures, but the Seven-Color Dragon Phoenix Butterfly tore them apart after Tang Mo forced Zhong Lichen to divide his attention.
• Huo Xingling blasted Youlang off the Competition Platform, eliminating him from the match.
• Huo Xingling urged the Zhang Brothers to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and they formed a Heaven-Swallowing Rat that helped restrain the Bone Dragon.
• Zhong Lichen poured his soul power into the Bone Dragon as it gathered frost in its maw, then shouted for everyone to die.

Huo Xingling’s team and Tang Mo’s team were left incapacitated after their clash with Zhong Lichen’s Bone Dragon, and the referee declared a draw that advanced both teams. Tang Mo realized the match had been rigged before he finally lost consciousness.

• Tang Mo’s Demon Sword struck as Zhong Lichen’s Bone Dragon and Huo Xingling, Wang Dong, and Ma Xiaotao’s fusion skill unleashed attacks that engulfed the Competition Platform.
• The battle ended with Huo Xingling, Wang Dong, Ma Xiaotao, Zhang Toushu, and Zhang Toumu unconscious, Zhong Lichen dead, and Tang Mo trapped beneath the Bone Dragon’s remains.
• Wang Xian’er declared the match a draw and advanced both Shrek Academy and Holy Light Academy, prompting the crowd to cheer for Shrek Academy.
• Meng Hongchen excitedly praised Huo Xingling to Xiao Hongchen, while Huo Yuhao marveled at her strength and acknowledged that he had rigged the officiating.
• As staff began uncovering him, Tang Mo thought that the match had been rigged before a mysterious power knocked him unconscious.

The Undead Holy Magic Cult faced Zhengtian Academy in the tournament, drawing attention for its reputation and striking captain, Zero. The match began, and Zero’s team revealed a Soul Saint with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.

• The Undead Holy Magic Cult entered the arena led by Zero, while Zhengtian Academy’s captain, Ye Wuqing, grew wary of her strength.
• Referee Wang Xian'er warned both teams against killing or maiming their opponents, then started the match.
• Ye Wuqing, Yu Mengdi, Tang Xiaolei, and the other Zhengtian Academy fighters released their martial souls and took battle positions.
• Zero ordered her team to release their martial souls, revealing exceptional soul ring configurations among its core fighters.
• The spectators were shocked when Zero's team revealed a Soul Saint with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.

The Undead Holy Magic Cult overwhelmed Zhengtian Academy in a display of extraordinary soul rings and power. Zero and her teammates left the stage undefeated after eliminating their opponents in less than a minute.

• The contestants and spectators were stunned by the Undead Holy Magic Cult's exceptional soul ring configurations, especially Feng Ling's five Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Zero revealed her powerful Evil Dragon Martial Soul, while Feng Ling and Feng Dong displayed evolved beast forms that intimidated Zhengtian Academy.
• Ye Wuqing ordered Zhengtian Academy to attack with their strongest skills, and Tang Xiaolei fired his soul-ring arrow at Zero.
• Zero used her sixth soul skill to suppress Zhengtian Academy's fighters, and the arrow shattered against the Supreme Evil Dragon's defense.
• Feng Ling and Feng Dong eliminated the immobilized opponents, and all seven members of Zhengtian Academy were knocked off the platform in less than a minute.

Huo Yuhao led the Star Luo Royal Soul Engineer Academy into its match against Dou Ling Academy and prepared to demonstrate his soul engineering skills. As the Dou Ling Team hid behind a fortified barrier to assemble a powerful single-use soul tool, Huo Yuhao began shaping a response in midair.

• Wang Xian'er announced that the Star Luo Royal Soul Engineer Academy would face Dou Ling Academy, and Huo Yuhao led his team onto the platform.
• Huo Yuhao kept Ye Guyi from joining the match, saying the contest was between soul engineers, and chose to fight with soul tools rather than his soul master cultivation.
• Lone Bamboo Sword and the Dou Ling Team released their martial souls, then built a fortified barrier while preparing an unfinished Level 7 consumable soul tool.
• Huo Yuhao recognized the Dou Ling Team's plan and told his teammates to throw rare metals to him so he could show off.
• Huo Yuhao released his psychic power and summoned thirty-two crystalline Tiger-Slaying throwing knives into the air.

Huo Yuhao stunned the tournament with his ability to control thirty-two engraving knives at once, then built a colossal Barrett Sniper Rifle on the Competition Platform. He began making ammunition to test the weapon’s power, while the Sun Moon Empire’s soul engineers struggled to comprehend his skill.

• Huo Yuhao used thirty-two throwing knives to engrave eight soul tool cores simultaneously, leaving the arena and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy aghast.
• Xiao Hongchen denied that Huo Yuhao’s feat was possible, while Ma Rulong asked Elder Ma what level of soul engineer Huo Yuhao had reached.
• Elder Ma, a Level 9 Soul Engineer, admitted that he could not explain Huo Yuhao’s abilities and wondered whether only a God Level Soul Engineer could manage them.
• Huo Yuhao assembled a 120-meter-long, one-meter-caliber Barrett Sniper Rifle on the Competition Platform.
• Huo Yuhao began crafting bullets for the Barrett, intending to test a Level 7 Fixed-Installed Soul Guidance Bullet powered by hundreds of Level 5 soul tool cores.

The Dou Ling Team fired its Level 7 Thunder Cannon at the Star Luo Royal Soul Engineer Academy, but the opponents’ shields absorbed the first shot while the next two were redirected overhead. Huo Yuhao then took aim with the colossal Barrett Sniper Rifle and pulled the trigger, leaving the impact of his shot unresolved.

• Guzhu Jian ordered Chi Hengyu to open the fortifications and ready the Dou Ling Team’s Thunder Cannon.
• The Dou Ling Team poured their soul power into the cannon and fired its first shot at the Star Luo Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Single-use Invincible Soul Tool Shields protected the Star Luo team from the first blast, while the second and third shots exploded overhead.
• The Dou Ling Team saw the immense Barrett Sniper Rifle in the sky as Huo Yuhao rose above it and aimed.
• Huo Yuhao pulled the Barrett’s trigger.

Huo Yuhao won the match against the Dou Ling Team with a devastating soul tool shot, then left the tournament to check on Electrolux’s progress with Resurrection of the Dead. Electrolux said the forbidden art still needed more energy and that they had to hurry.

• Huo Yuhao blasted apart most of the Competition Platform with a soul tool, then used teleportation to save the Dou Ling Team from the explosion.
• Lone Bamboo Sword accused Huo Yuhao of violating the tournament rules, but Huo Yuhao admitted using a soul tool above Level 8 and Wang Xian'er declared the Star Luo Royal Soul Engineer Academy team the winner.
• The Dou Ling Team’s teacher told Lone Bamboo Sword that Huo Yuhao had made the soul tool himself on the platform in five minutes.
• Huo Yuhao spoke with Ye Guyi at the team’s rest area, then left the tournament venue and traveled to Shrek Academy in Shrek City.
• Huo Yuhao met Electrolux beneath Shrek City and asked about Resurrection of the Dead; Electrolux said it needed more energy and that blood from soul beasts of the Far North should help complete it.

Huo Yuhao learned that the Life-and-Death Pearl for resurrecting his mother was two-thirds complete and discussed Zhang Lexuan’s strange breakthrough with Electrolux. After receiving the contract for the transformed Di Tian, Huo Yuhao went to Shrek Academy and found Zhang Lexuan at the Golden Ancient Tree.

• Electrolux explained that Huo Yuhao had unleashed the Beast Tide to gather what he needed for the forbidden Resurrection of the Dead and that the Life-and-Death Pearl was two-thirds complete.
• Huo Yuhao said the Far North conflict would become clear after the Starlight Auction, then asked Electrolux about Zhang Lexuan’s unusual behavior.
• Electrolux said Zhang Lexuan seemed to have broken through to Titled Douluo, surprising Huo Yuhao.
• Electrolux gave Huo Yuhao the contract for the transformed Di Tian, now called the Night Emperor, whose strength could reach God Level if he devoured the Bone Dragon King.
• Huo Yuhao went to Shrek Academy’s Golden Ancient Tree, where Zhang Lexuan sensed him and appeared; he noticed that something about her was indeed abnormal.

Huo Yuhao exposed Nine-Color’s disguise as Zhang Lexuan and confronted her in the Bright Half-Plane, dismissing her poison and challenging her to fight. Nine-Color revealed her plan and transformed Zhang Lexuan’s body for battle, while Huo Yuhao remained confident in his strength.

• Nine-Color, disguised as Zhang Lexuan, kissed Huo Yuhao, but he recognized her and moved them into the Bright Half-Plane.
• Huo Yuhao accused Nine-Color of possessing Zhang Lexuan, rejected her poison, and threatened to kill her if she did not leave Zhang Lexuan’s body.
• Nine-Color summoned Seven-Color and accused her of betraying her, while Seven-Color insisted she was still Huo Yuhao’s superior.
• Nine-Color claimed she had moved her power into Zhang Lexuan’s body and intended to kill Huo Yuhao before taking control of Douluo Star and revenging herself on Tang San.
• Huo Yuhao judged Nine-Color to be weakened and reflected on his own combat strength, while Tang San briefly wondered why he felt uneasy in the Divine Realm.
• Nine-Color released Zhang Lexuan’s Martial Soul, revealing nine golden Soul Rings and twin Moon Blades as she prepared to fight Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao fought Nine-Color, who had raised Zhang Lexuan's soul rings to the million-year level and possessed God Level power. He overwhelmed her in close combat, but she protected herself and began attacking from a distance with her divine skills.

• Huo Yuhao sensed Nine-Color's God Level aura and prepared to test his strength against her.
• Nine-Color attacked with crescent-shaped slashes, but Huo Yuhao manifested his Spirit Eyes, White Tiger, and dual soul cores and smashed through her attacks.
• Huo Yuhao struck Nine-Color in the chest, breaking through her Moon Blades and wounding her.
• Nine-Color used her third soul skill, Moon's Protection, to shield herself from Huo Yuhao's next punch.
• Nine-Color activated her fifth soul skill, Moonfall, and sent countless silver moons down toward Huo Yuhao while keeping her distance.

Huo Yuhao battled Nine-Color, breaking through her million-year Soul Skills and defeating her Divine Moon Avatar with psychic power and throwing knives. Nine-Color was left badly injured and afraid as Huo Yuhao’s strength proved far beyond her expectations.

• Huo Yuhao used his Invincible Protective Barrier to withstand Nine-Color’s Moonlight Radiance, while Seven-Color dodged the attacks underground.
• Huo Yuhao sent three throwing knives through Nine-Color’s Silver Moon Barrier, forcing her to withdraw her fifth Soul Skill and strengthen her defenses.
• Huo Yuhao launched three more knives and used Psychic Slaughter to make all six strike with greater force, prompting Nine-Color to activate her Divine Moon Avatar.
• Nine-Color immobilized Huo Yuhao with divine light and attacked his vital points with Moon Blades, but he shattered them with psychic power.
• Huo Yuhao sent twelve throwing knives at Nine-Color’s crescent moon and dispersed her Divine Soul Avatar, leaving her coughing blood and terrified.

Huo Yuhao used a safeguard he had inscribed in Zhang Lexuan to awaken her and break Nine-Color’s control. After Nine-Color tried to detonate Zhang Lexuan’s soul core, Huo Yuhao stopped the explosion, allowing Zhang Lexuan to reclaim her body and expel Nine-Color.

• Huo Yuhao threatened Nine-Color with either being devoured by Seven-Color or being forcibly refined into the Bright Half-Plane.
• Huo Yuhao activated the spell on Zhang Lexuan’s eighth Soul Ring, awakening her soul and leaving Nine-Color unable to control her body.
• Zhang Lexuan began reclaiming control and rejected Nine-Color’s offer of eternal life.
• Nine-Color gathered Zhang Lexuan’s soul power to detonate her soul core and take them both down.
• Huo Yuhao struck the soul core with a Blue Short Blade, restoring it before it could explode.
• Zhang Lexuan fully reclaimed her body and expelled Nine-Color, whose translucent figure appeared beside her.

Huo Yuhao destroyed Nine-Color and let Seven-Color absorb her remains and power. He caught the exhausted Zhang Lexuan as she fell, and after she admitted her feelings through her actions, he prepared to give her a drop of life energy.

• Huo Yuhao sliced Nine-Color’s energy body into fragments with thirty-two throwing knives, leaving only golden powder.
• Huo Yuhao tossed Seven-Color into Nine-Color’s ashes and told her to absorb the remaining energy and power of laws.
• Zhang Lexuan began falling after Nine-Color left her body, and Huo Yuhao caught her before she hit the ground.
• Zhang Lexuan resisted Huo Yuhao’s teasing but then held him close, realizing she had fallen in love with him.
• Huo Yuhao laid Zhang Lexuan on the grass, formed a drop of life energy, and told her to put his finger in her mouth.

Huo Yuhao treated Zhang Lexuan while Seven-Color absorbed Nine-Color and began transforming, causing violent changes throughout the Bright Half-Plane. He protected the soul beasts in the Bright Great Forest and prepared to take Zhang Lexuan back as Seven-Color’s transformation reached its peak.

• Huo Yuhao gave Zhang Lexuan a drop of life liquid, and she healed her injuries and recovered her soul power.
• Seven-Color absorbed Nine-Color’s remaining power, forming a nine-colored cocoon as the Bright Half-Plane’s laws and weather changed dramatically.
• Huo Yuhao shielded the soul beasts in the Bright Great Forest from the upheaval with a black-and-white barrier.
• Zhang Lexuan finished recovering while Seven-Color’s aura reached its peak inside the cocoon.
• Huo Yuhao opened a Vortex Gate to return with Zhang Lexuan, who hesitated to leave.

Wang Yan outlined Shrek Academy’s strategy for the round-robin stage, relying on its martial soul fusion skills and the main roster’s recovery to secure the tournament. He then revealed that the academy would bid for the Snow Empress Embryo at the Starlight Auction and let each team member choose one reasonably priced item at the academy’s expense.

• Wang Yan reviewed the tournament’s strongest teams and judged Shrek Academy’s Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Skill to be its decisive advantage.
• Wang Yan explained that Shrek could afford to lose an individual elimination match in the round-robin because it expected to win the team battles and the two-two-three format.
• Zhang Toushu and Zhang Toumu dismissed Wang Yan’s explanation and said they wanted to attend the Starlight Auction.
• Wang Yan revealed that Shrek Academy would use a high-limit soul coin card to bid for the Snow Empress Embryo and cover one reasonably priced auction purchase for each team member.

Wang Yan told the Shrek Academy students that each would receive 300,000 Gold Soul Coins to spend at the auction. As the top-tier auction began in Star Luo City, Xu Songshan worried that even the Star Luo Empire could not control the gathering of more than a hundred Titled Douluo-level experts.

• Zhang Toushu and Zhang Toumu asked Wang Yan how much the academy would give them for the auction.
• Wang Yan announced that every student, including reserves, would receive 300,000 Gold Soul Coins, prompting the reserve team to cheer.
• All forty-nine private rooms in the Starlight Auction House’s No. 1 Auction Hall filled with representatives of powerful factions for the rare top-tier auction.
• Soldiers cleared the auction house of ordinary bidders and secured the premises before the auction began.
• Xu Songshan recognized that more than a hundred Titled Douluo-level experts had gathered and silently hoped nothing would go wrong.