Chapter Summaries

Ling Luochеn left after seeing Huo Yuhao with Meng Hongchen, who recognized Ling Luochеn’s perfume on him. Meanwhile, White Tiger Duke Dai Hao stood at the city walls, weighed down by the Duchess’s confession that she had tormented Huo Yun'er and her illegitimate son, whose whereabouts she still concealed.

• Ling Luochеn glared at Huo Yuhao and left, while Meng Hongchen confronted him about smelling like Ling Luochеn’s perfume and accepted his denial without pressing further.
• Zhu Lu considered ending her engagement to Dai Huabin and pursuing Dai Yueheng, but Dai Yueheng declined to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill with her.
• White Tiger Duke Dai Hao arrived at Star Luo Imperial City and stood beside Emperor Xu Jiawei, while the White Tiger Duchess worried over Dai Huabin’s treatment and lost future.
• The White Tiger Duchess told Dai Hao how she had tormented Huo Yun'er and her illegitimate son, then refused to reveal the son’s whereabouts.
• Dai Hao restrained himself from killing the Duchess and gazed grimly toward Huo Yun'er's grave.

Dai Hao reflected on the revelations about Huo Yun'er and his family, then discussed Shrek Academy’s prospects with Xu Jiawei as the tournament began. The opening match was set to pit Shrek Academy against Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy.

• Dai Hao recalled learning that Huo Yun'er had borne him a son and that the White Tiger Duchess had caused their deaths, prompting him to purge the household.
• Dai Hao decided his two legitimate sons were no longer contenders and planned to take Dai Luoli to the Western Group Army to groom him as his heir.
• Dai Hao told Xu Jiawei that Shrek Academy remained formidable despite its recent losses and injuries.
• Xu Jiawei officially opened the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament in Star Luo City.
• Xu Jiawei drew the opening match pairing: Shrek Academy Team against Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy.

Shrek Academy faced Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy in the opening match of the tournament, with both teams entering the arena amid loud cheers. The match officially began as both sides released their Soul Rings.

• The Star Luo Emperor announced the tournament's start, and spectators cheered for Shrek Academy and Tianling Academy.
• Ling Luochеn led Shrek Academy's starting seven onto the arena, while Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy prepared to challenge them.
• Wang Yan decided Shrek Academy should openly display its strength because its information had already been leaked.
• The teams confirmed their formations, and the referee raised the protective barrier around the arena.
• The referee declared the match underway, and the Tianling team released its Martial Souls and Soul Rings before Shrek Academy sprang into action.

Shrek Academy revealed its overwhelming strength before facing Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy, whose captain charged forward despite his team’s despair. The first match began with the Six-Winged Angel Clone and Molo rushing to meet him.

• Ling Luochеn released her Ice Staff Martial Soul and six Soul Rings, revealing herself as a Soul Emperor.
• Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng displayed their Martial Souls and Soul Rings, revealing two more Soul Emperors despite their injuries.
• Molo’s first Soul Ring was revealed to be a genuine Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, stunning the spectators and demoralizing Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy.
• Tianling’s captain encouraged his teammates and charged at Shrek Academy; the Six-Winged Angel Clone and Molo rushed forward to face him.
• The chapter described the tournament’s later round-robin formats: individual battles, team battles, and two-two-three matches.

Shrek Academy’s reserve members crushed Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy while concealing nearly all their abilities, renewing hopes that Shrek could defend its championship. The arena then turned its attention to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s match against Diao Advanced Soul Master Academy.

• Wang Yan’s strategy had Ling Luochеn support the team while Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng held back, leaving the Six-Winged Angel Clone and Molo to fight.
• Molo trapped Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy in his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skill domain, and the Six-Winged Angel Clone followed with a teleporting sword strike that swiftly defeated them.
• Spectators were astonished by Shrek Academy’s strength, and its championship betting odds fell as confidence in its title defense rose.
• The referee announced the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s match against Diao Advanced Soul Master Academy, prompting spectators to wonder whether it could finally defeat Shrek.

Huo Yuhao represented Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy alone against Diao Advanced Soul Master Academy in the tournament’s first elimination match. After insisting on a one-against-seven battle, he faced the team’s Soul Emperor captain as the match began.

• Diao Advanced Soul Master Academy entered the arena led by its captain, rank 63 Soul Emperor Jiang Peng, and expected to defeat Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Huo Yuhao walked onto the stage alone while his teammates remained seated, prompting the referee to confirm that he intended to fight the team by himself.
• Huo Yuhao told the referee to begin, saying he was in a hurry, and enraged Jiang Peng and Diao Advanced Soul Master Academy.
• The referee started the match, and Jiang Peng released his Heaven-Shaking Axe martial soul and displayed six soul rings.

Huo Yuhao revealed six apparent Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings in the arena, shocking the audience and the Star Luo Emperor. After he neutralized Jiang Peng’s attack and struck the Diao Advanced Soul Master Academy team with a soul skill, the team thought the rings were an illusion, just as something unexpected happened.

• The Diao Advanced Soul Master Academy team revealed one Soul Emperor and six Soul Kings, and spectators expected Huo Yuhao to lose.
• Huo Yuhao summoned a Golden Vertical Eye and displayed six Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, stunning the crowd and the Star Luo Emperor.
• Wang Yan insisted the rings were an illusion, but Molo said they seemed real, leaving Wang Yan despairing over the Sun Moon Empire’s strength.
• Huo Yuhao invited Jiang Peng to test whether the rings were an illusion, and Jiang Peng attacked with his Heaven-Shaking Axe’s fifth soul skill.
• Huo Yuhao easily neutralized Jiang Peng’s attack and used his second red soul ring on the Diao Advanced Soul Master Academy team.
• The team found themselves unharmed and assumed the rings were fake, but something unexpected happened.

Huo Yuhao used Mirror Image Space to trap the Diao Advanced Soul Master Academy team in battles against duplicates only they could see. Jiang Peng was knocked unconscious by the simulated pain of his own attack, leaving the referee stunned by the skill’s effects.

• Huo Yuhao revealed that his fourth Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skill, Mirror Image Space, made each opponent fight an identical version of themselves.
• Jiang Peng struggled against his duplicate, losing soul power as it anticipated his moves and matched his abilities.
• Jiang Peng unleashed his sixth soul skill, Demon Flame Axe, in an attempt to defeat the duplicate with one blow.
• Jiang Peng staggered backward, dropped his axe, and lost consciousness after the imagined flames caused him to feel severe burns.
• The referee examined Jiang Peng and realized his injuries suggested the attack had been mental.

Huo Yuhao defeated all seven members of Diao Advanced Soul Master Academy by trapping them in a mental illusion, securing Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s victory. After leaving the tournament, he headed to find Dai Huabin in Star Luo Imperial City, intending to use the White Tiger Dagger to throw the White Tiger Duke’s family into chaos.

• Huo Yuhao’s mental illusion made Diao Advanced Soul Master Academy’s fighters battle their own reflected attacks until all seven collapsed.
• The referee declared Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy the winner, and Meng Hongchen led the team in cheering for Huo Yuhao.
• Wang Yan worried that Huo Yuhao’s six Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and possible Soul Bones made him nearly impossible to defeat, while Ling Luochеn felt proud of his strength.
• The tournament continued, but Huo Yuhao left after his match because he had another purpose in Star Luo Imperial City.
• Huo Yuhao planned to find Dai Huabin, who was receiving treatment from Wang Xian'er, and use the White Tiger Dagger to plunge the White Tiger Duke’s family into chaos.

Wang Xian'er finished treating Dai Huabin in the Star Luo Imperial City when an overwhelmingly powerful intruder immobilized her and battered the city's guards. Huang Jinxu reached her but could not break the restraints, and the two waited to learn what the intruder wanted.

• Wang Xian'er purged Dai Huabin's corpse poison and restored his life energy, but confirmed that his lost ability to father children could not be healed.
• A terrifying presence arrived and immobilized Wang Xian'er before she could move or call for help.
• The intruder blasted through the hall's door and sent battered guards, including Huang Jinxu, tumbling inside.
• Huang Jinxu asked Wang Xian'er to heal him and raise the alarm, but she pointed out that she was also unable to move.
• Huang Jinxu tried to approach Wang Xian'er, then dodged when a wave of energy threatened him.
• Wang Xian'er suggested the intruder might not intend to kill them, and Huang Jinxu decided to wait and see what the intruder wanted.

Huo Yuhao and his two powerful companions infiltrated the Star Luo Imperial City, suppressing Huang Jinxu and Wang Xian'er before erasing their memories. Huo Yuhao then went to Dai Huabin and woke him, leaving Dai Huabin confused about who he was and why he was there.

• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and the Blade of Life overwhelmed Huang Jinxu and Wang Xian'er, who could not move or summon their martial souls.
• Huo Yuhao appeared before the two palace officials, accompanied by the two black-robed figures, whose power and deference to him stunned them.
• Huo Yuhao ordered the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger to brainwash Huang Jinxu and Wang Xian'er so they would forget the intruders' actions.
• Huo Yuhao approached Dai Huabin and used green light to wake him.
• Dai Huabin opened his eyes and asked Huo Yuhao who he was and why he was there.

Huo Yuhao cornered Dai Huabin in the imperial palace and began recounting the story of his mother’s abuse and death. He left Dai Huabin terrified and bleeding as he continued the tale.

• Huo Yuhao entered Dai Huabin’s ward and offered to tell him a story, but Dai Huabin cursed and threatened him.
• Huo Yuhao stabbed Dai Huabin through the lower leg and pulled out the dagger while the guards outside failed to hear the screams.
• Dai Huabin realized Huo Yuhao had isolated the palace and begged for his life, then obeyed when Huo Yuhao ordered him to listen.
• Huo Yuhao recalled Dai Huabin’s role in tormenting Huo Yun’er and began telling him a story about a duke, a maid, and their illegitimate son.

Huo Yuhao confronted Dai Huabin over the abuse he and his mother had suffered, then began torturing him to fulfill his revenge. He left Dai Huabin healed enough to endure more as the Blade of Life Soul Guidance Robot started cutting him apart.

• Huo Yuhao recounted how Dai Huabin had tormented him and his mother, forcing Dai Huabin to recognize the past he had tried to bury.
• Dai Huabin admitted he had wronged Huo Yuhao and begged him to wait for the White Tiger Duke to judge him.
• Huo Yuhao used the White Tiger Dagger to sever Dai Huabin’s hand and leg.
• Huo Yuhao explained that he wanted the White Tiger Duchess, the White Tiger Duke, and Dai Yueheng to witness Dai Huabin’s suffering, then handed the dagger to the Blade of Life Soul Guidance Robot.
• The Blade of Life Soul Guidance Robot healed Dai Huabin’s wounds with life energy, restrained him, and began cutting him with the White Tiger Dagger.

Huo Yuhao tortured Dai Huabin with three thousand cuts, then killed him and left a threat for the White Tiger Duchess and Dai Hao. The discovery of Dai Huabin’s mutilated body brought the imperial family and troops to Medicine Immortal Douluo’s palace, where Dai Hao and Emperor Xu Jiawei saw the message warning that they were next.

• Huo Yuhao arrived at the imperial palace after defeating Diao Advanced Soul Master Academy and found the Blade of Life Soul Guidance Robot keeping Dai Huabin alive after slicing him into three thousand pieces.
• Huo Yuhao stabbed Dai Huabin through the heart with the White Tiger Dagger and told him that his parents would soon join him.
• Huo Yuhao left the dagger in Dai Huabin’s body and departed with the two Soul Guidance Robots, after which the palace’s restraints were lifted.
• Maids discovered Dai Huabin’s body, and one rushed out to report the incident while the White Tiger Duchess’s carriage passed her on the road.
• Xu Jiawei, Dai Hao, Dai Yueheng, Xu Jiujiu, and troops gathered at Medicine Immortal Douluo’s palace, where Dai Hao and Xu Jiawei saw the flesh-written warning: “Don’t worry. You’re next.”

After Dai Huabin's death, Dai Hao and the White Tiger Duchess argued over Huo Yuhao's parentage and the past, while Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu listened to the scandal. Dai Hao warned that Huo Yuhao might target the family next, and the Duchess refocused on protecting Dai Yueheng.

• Xu Jiawei feared the mysterious killer might target him, while Dai Hao blamed the White Tiger Duchess for what had happened.
• The White Tiger Duchess pulled the White Tiger Dagger from Dai Huabin's heart and accused Dai Hao's son with Huo Yun'er of killing him.
• Dai Hao and the White Tiger Duchess argued over Huo Yun'er, Huo Yuhao, and the Duchess's role in separating mother and son.
• Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu listened eagerly as palace servants knelt in fear, expecting to be killed for hearing the family's secrets.
• Dai Hao demanded details about Huo Yuhao and warned that he might attack the family next, including Dai Yueheng.
• The White Tiger Duchess regained her composure and resolved to fight Huo Yuhao to protect Dai Yueheng.

As Dai Hao and the White Tiger Duchess reckoned with Dai Huabin’s death and learned that the Star Luo Guardian Douluos remembered nothing about their unseen attacker, Huo Yuhao recovered and preserved his mother’s remains before the Duchess arrived too late. As the tournament’s round-robin matches began, Huo Yuhao told his teammates not to worry about the White Tiger Duke’s gathering forces, while secretly planning to eliminate them together.

• Dai Yueheng concluded that he was not responsible for Huo Yuhao’s suffering and intended to return to Shrek Academy after the tournament.
• Dai Hao questioned the awakened Guardian Douluos, but Wang Xian’er and the others could remember nothing after treating Dai Huabin.
• Huo Yuhao used life energy to restore Huo Yun’er’s remains, placed her in a crystal coffin, and left with it before the White Tiger Duchess arrived.
• The White Tiger Duchess found Huo Yun’er’s grave emptied and furiously vowed to kill Huo Yuhao.
• Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy students asked Huo Yuhao whether the White Tiger Duke’s forces were preparing to rebel, and he said they should focus on the tournament as the round-robin began.

Huo Yuhao faced Xu Jiujiu and the Star Luo Royal Soul Master Academy while taunting the White Tiger Duchess, who recognized him as Huo Yun'er's son and vowed revenge. The match began with Xu Jiujiu trapping both teams inside a starlight barrier, leaving the spectators unable to see the fight.

• Huo Yuhao realized the Star Luo Empire might have arranged the match to investigate his identity, and he anticipated confronting the White Tiger Duchess and Dai Hao.
• Huo Yuhao provoked the White Tiger Duchess with a throat-slitting gesture, and she recognized him as Huo Yun'er's son and accused him of killing Dai Huabin.
• Dai Hao refused to seize Huo Yuhao without evidence, while Xu Jiawei warned that arresting the Sun Moon team's leader could cause serious political consequences.
• The White Tiger Duchess stormed away, vowing to avenge Dai Huabin, while Xu Jiawei and Dai Hao reacted angrily to her outburst.
• Huo Yuhao exchanged words with Xu Jiujiu before the referee started the match between the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and the Star Luo Royal Soul Master Academy.
• Xu Jiujiu used her fourth soul skill, Starlight Protection, to surround both teams with a barrier that blocked the spectators' view and countered Huo Yuhao's mental attack.

Huo Yuhao countered Xu Jiujiu’s Star’s Protection with his own powerful defensive barrier, then waited out the Star Luo Royal Soul Master Academy’s attacks while his team ate sunflower seeds. After their Level 7 Starlight Matrix Cannon failed to break his defense, Huo Yuhao dropped the barrier and prepared to show the opposing team how the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy used Soul Tools.

• Xu Jiujiu enveloped the arena in Star’s Protection, blocking the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s attacks while her team assembled a powerful Soul Tool.
• Huo Yuhao raised a golden defensive barrier around his team and brought out a table, chairs, sunflower seeds, and snacks while they waited.
• Xu Jiujiu’s team fired a Level 7 Starlight Matrix Cannon at the barrier, but its attack was swallowed without damaging it.
• Huo Yuhao withdrew the barrier and announced that halftime was over as Ma Rulong and Xiao Hongchen readied their Soul Tools to attack.

The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy defeated the Star Luo Royal Soul Master Academy after Huo Yuhao intimidated Xu Jiujiu and admitted to exposing Dai Huabin’s crimes. As Xu Jiawei anticipated an attack on the Hell Spirit Cat Estate, he took Xu Jiujiu to watch the coming confrontation.

• Huo Yuhao walked through the Star Luo Royal Soul Master Academy’s cannon fire, confronted Xu Jiujiu, and admitted that he had exposed the matter involving Dai Huabin.
• The Star Luo Royal Soul Master Academy surrendered, and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s victory made it a leading favorite to win the tournament.
• Xu Jiujiu reported her conversation with Huo Yuhao to Dai Hao, while Xu Jiawei explained how Huo Yuhao’s schemes had weakened the White Tiger Duke’s standing and provoked the White Tiger Duchess.
• Xu Jiawei predicted that the White Tiger Duchess would attack that night through her ties to the Hell Spirit Cat Estate, then took Xu Jiujiu to the Starlight Grand Hotel to watch.
• The Hell Spirit Cat Estate gathered under Zhu Xiaotian as Xu Jiawei hoped its clash with Huo Yuhao would reveal the strength behind him and the estate’s hidden power.

Zhu Xiaotian’s family sent assassins to kill Huo Yuhao at the Starlight Grand Hotel, but Huo Yuhao used his Flower in the Mirror, Moon on the Water skill to turn their attacks against one another. The two Zhu Family Titled Douluos remained alive and hesitated to attack after realizing the skill could not affect them.

• Zhu Xiaotian learned that two Titled Douluos, ten Soul Douluos, and more than twenty Soul Saints were ready to attack Huo Yuhao, while his sister remained confined by the White Tiger Duke.
• Huo Yuhao waited in his hotel room, concealed the floor with the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Soul Guidance Robot, and revealed himself when Zhu Tianfeng and Zhu Tianyang entered with their forces.
• Zhu Tianyang ordered the assassins to attack, but the ten closest to Huo Yuhao struck one another, killing seven Soul Saints and gravely wounding three Soul Douluos.
• Zhu Tianfeng urged a second group to attack with their eyes closed, but Huo Yuhao’s hypnosis again made them turn their blows against their companions.
• Huo Yuhao explained that Flower in the Mirror, Moon on the Water controlled all five senses but could not affect opponents more than two major ranks above him, leaving Zhu Tianfeng and Zhu Tianyang afraid to attack.