Chapter Summaries

After Xuan Zi’s mistakes left Shrek’s starting team badly injured, Su Wen steadied the reserve team and revealed the powerful Soul Beasts who could help them compete without reinforcements. At Sea God Pavilion, Mu En accepted Xuan Zi’s resignation and decided to let Su Wen’s team face the tournament alone, while acknowledging that Shrek needed to change.

• Xuan Zi took the injured starting team back to the academy, leaving Wang Yan to lead the remaining competitors, and Su Wen reprimanded Ma Xiaotao for her failures as captain.
• Su Wen told the reserve team that the academy was unlikely to send reinforcements, then revealed Hurricane, the Ice Sovereign, Azure Luan, and Little Gold to restore their confidence.
• Yan Shaozhe tried to comfort Xuan Zi, who then offered to resign as Deputy Head of the Surveillance Group at a Sea God Pavilion meeting.
• Mu En accepted Xuan Zi’s resignation and ordered him to give up his positions, confronting him over repeatedly making mistakes without changing.
• Mu En ordered protective Soul Tools for Inner Courtyard missions and chose not to send the academy’s remaining Soul Kings to the tournament, wanting to see how Su Wen’s team would fare.

After Shrek Academy registered with a depleted team, Su Wen faced the other academies’ hopes of taking their title and explored Star Luo’s Soul Tool market with Wang Dong. The chapter left Shrek’s tournament prospects uncertain as its rivals prepared to challenge them.

• Dai Hao learned that Shrek’s official competitors had been gravely injured in the Mingdou Mountain Range and that Dai Yueheng’s life or death was unknown, then prepared to answer an imperial envoy’s inquiry.
• Wang Yan and Su Wen registered Shrek’s reduced roster at the Star Luo Grand Hotel, while Xiao Hongchen and Xu Jiujiu considered their chances against the weakened academy.
• Xu Jiujiu recognized Su Wen as the person who had kept Shrek’s team alive and resolved that Star Luo Royal Academy would still compete for first place.
• Wang Yan watched Su Wen remain composed under the other teams’ hostile and curious stares, while Mu Qiu’er remarked that they hoped to use Shrek as a stepping stone.
• Su Wen and Wang Dong visited a Soul Tool shop, where Su Wen judged most combat Soul Tools unsuitable for him and bought Milk Bottles, a level-eight Flying Soul Tool, and Invincible Barriers.
• Wang Dong tried a Warfire long-range Soul Tool at the shooting range, showing that she had begun to accept using Soul Tools.

Tang San planned to interfere with the lower realm after discovering that Destruction was monitoring him, while the Snow Woman found a hundred-thousand-year Snow Lotus that could help her transform into human form. In Star Luo Imperial City, Su Wen demonstrated astonishing Soul Power by shattering a beast-fang dagger, and he ended the night shopping with Wang Dong.

• Tang San noticed a concealed god fleeing after he tested the clouds, then decided to send a strand of Divine Sense into the Clear Sky Sect's Back Altar while pretending to Xiao Wu that he was only concerned about Xiao Qi.
• The Snow Woman found a hundred-thousand-year Snow Lotus in the core of the Land of Extreme North and began absorbing it to seal her power and transform into human form.
• Su Wen shattered a hundred-year Dark Hidden Leopard fang dagger by pouring in enough Soul Power to reach rank forty, astonishing the merchant and the onlookers.
• Xiao Hongchen tested a matching dagger and shattered it at rank forty-one, then revealed that he was a rank fifty-two Soul King and the Sun Moon Empire Royal Academy Team's Reserve Team captain.
• Wang Dong tried on a hair clip while shopping with Su Wen, and Su Wen reluctantly told her it looked good.

Su Wen and Wang Dong'er shared a kiss in Star Luo Imperial City before Cheng Family men ambushed them and tried to abduct her. Su Wen exposed their connection, unleashed Hurricane on the attackers, and forced the surviving leader to reveal the Cheng Family's location.

• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen spotted Su Wen with Wang Dong'er, mistook them for a couple, and later realized Wang Dong'er had dressed as a woman.
• Su Wen wiped away Wang Dong'er's heavy makeup, praised her natural beauty, and kissed her when she leaned in.
• Seven or eight black-robed men surrounded Su Wen and Wang Dong'er in an alley and demanded that he hand her over.
• Su Wen linked the attackers to the Cheng Family and recalled that its young master had harassed Wang Dong'er earlier that night.
• Su Wen summoned Hurricane, who attacked the black-robed men while Su Wen ordered their leader kept alive.
• Su Wen questioned the terrified surviving leader about the Cheng Family's location.

Su Wen stormed the Cheng Mansion after its young master abducted Wang Dong'er, killed the young man, and left the Cheng Family in shock. After learning that Su Wen was tied to the deaths of the Zhongli Brothers, Xiao Hongchen realized Shrek Academy had a formidable contender for the tournament.

• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen watched White Ape slaughter the bandits who had attacked Su Wen and followed him to the Cheng Mansion.
• Su Wen had Hurricane smash through the Cheng Mansion gates and confronted Cheng Qing, who offered valuables and himself in exchange for his son's life.
• Su Wen rejected Cheng Qing's offers, ordered Hurricane to search the mansion, and Little Gold knocked the Soul Sage Old Jiang through the walls.
• Hurricane returned with the Cheng young master's head, and Su Wen declared the matter settled before leaving with Wang Dong'er.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen returned to the hotel, where Xiao read a secret letter linking Su Wen to the deaths of the Zhongli Brothers.

Su Wen and Wang Dong'er returned to Shrek Academy, where her identity as a girl became known to the team, while Xu Jiawei prepared to use the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo as bait in the auction. As Shrek entered the tournament, Su Wen volunteered to win their opening match alone, and he expected Xuan Zi's arrival to lead to Cheng Gang's death.

• Wang Dong'er learned that Inner Courtyard teachers and elders knew she was a girl, then spent the night with Su Wen before the match.
• Xu Jiawei rebuked Cheng Gang for causing trouble with Shrek Academy, and Xu Jiujiu advised him to save Cheng Gang if possible.
• Xu Jiawei revealed that the empire had bought the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo and planned to display the God-Sealing Platform at auction as bait.
• Wang Dong'er admitted to Ma Xiaotao and the others that she was a girl and cultivated with Su Wen every night because they had a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Su Wen persuaded Wang Yan to let him face Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy alone so Shrek could secure a convincing opening victory.
• Shrek's team entered Star Luo Square before hundreds of thousands of spectators, and Su Wen anticipated that Xuan Zi's arrival would mean Cheng Gang's death.

Su Wen entered the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament’s opening match alone and used Hurricane to overwhelm Tianling Academy’s seven-member team. His decisive victory made him a major threat in the tournament, while Jiang Peng wondered whether Su Wen’s strength came from a secret technique and continued to regard Ma Xiaotao as the greater danger.

• The Star Luo Emperor announced the tournament, and Shrek Academy was matched against Tianling Academy in the opening round.
• Su Wen refused Wang Yan’s offer to send Gu Yuena and Mu Qiu'er with him and took the arena alone.
• Tianling Academy’s captain saw Su Wen alone and grew excited at the chance to eliminate Shrek Academy and claim the resulting fame.
• Dai Hao learned that Su Wen had nearly destroyed the Cheng Family with help from a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear and a White Ape.
• Hurricane appeared as Tianling Academy charged, then defeated and threw all seven opponents off the stage, securing Su Wen’s victory.
• Jiang Peng suspected Hurricane might be Su Wen’s natal beast or the result of a costly secret technique, and identified Ma Xiaotao as Shrek Academy’s greatest threat.

After Su Wen’s effortless victory with the White Ape, the other tournament teams recognized the threat he posed, while Shrek celebrated his strength. Back at the dormitory, Su Wen considered his approaching fifth Soul Ring and the valuable items he planned to acquire in Star Luo City.

• Su Wen returned from the arena to cheers, and Wang Dong'er greeted him with breakfast while Mu Qiu'er called him a great rival.
• Dai Hao and Xu Jiawei discussed Su Wen’s strength, while Xu Jiujiu watched him and caught his attention.
• The Sun Moon Empire team confirmed that Su Wen’s White Ape was only one of his powerful companions and worried about facing him at the next tournament.
• Elder Ma urged his team to prepare a strategy against Su Wen, while Xiao Hongchen questioned whether they could defeat him and Ma Rulong expressed confidence.
• Su Wen rested with Ling Luochen in the dormitory and thought about reaching Rank 50 and obtaining the Ice Jade Scorpion Spirit Bone, the Life Carving Knife, and possibly the Snow Empress Embryo.

Xuan Zi returned to Shrek Academy after Mu En stripped him of his deputy position and demanded that he change his ways. At Su Wen’s request, Xuan Zi confronted and nearly killed Cheng Gang, prompting Xu Jiawei and Wang Xian’er to intervene.

• Xuan Zi appeared with a clean-shaven face and explained that he had accepted losing his deputy position and intended to remain at Shrek Academy and change.
• Su Wen asked Xuan Zi to kill a Titled Douluo, and Xuan Zi summoned Cheng Gang to the Star Luo Royal Hotel.
• Cheng Gang accused Su Wen of killing his grandson Bailie and revealed his Ant Emperor Douluo form.
• Su Wen ordered Xuan Zi to kill Cheng Gang, and Xuan Zi punched him into a crater, leaving him close to death.
• Wang Xian’er arrived to treat Cheng Gang, while Xuan Zi demanded that Xu Jiawei come out and answer for the Star Luo Empire’s actions.

After Cheng Gang’s death, Su Wen accepted Xu Jiawei’s apology in exchange for a free item at the Royal Auction. Gu Yuena then asked Su Wen whether humans and Soul Beasts could coexist, and he began considering a solution involving Pokeballs.

• Wang Xian’er confirmed that Cheng Gang’s injuries were fatal, and Xu Jiawei apologized for the Star Luo Empire’s role in the incident.
• Su Wen accepted Xu Jiawei’s apology on the condition that he could claim one item for free at the Royal Auction.
• Su Wen told Ma Xiaotao that Cheng Gang and his accomplice were dead and that the Cheng Family would face consequences from its many enemies.
• Xuan Zi asked Su Wen for Gold Soul Coins, and Su Wen gave him a Black Gold Card.
• Gu Yuena asked Su Wen to help humans and Soul Beasts coexist, and Su Wen proposed Pokeballs as a possible solution before calling for Old Yi.

Su Wen and Electrolux considered changing the world’s rules to end the conflict between humans and Spirit Beasts, concluding that becoming a God was the first step. At the tournament, Clear Sky Academy appeared unexpectedly, and its masked leader revealed immense power by overwhelming Bailing Academy with Blue Silver Entanglement.

• Electrolux explained that contracting Spirit Beasts could not end the conflict while Soul Rings and Spirit Bones remained part of the world’s logic, and Su Wen proposed gaining the God of Death’s authority to change it.
• Gu Yuena eagerly asked about their plan, then learned that becoming a God was only its first step.
• During the Elimination Tournament, Su Wen noticed Clear Sky Academy and learned from Wang Dong'er that its cyan-robed members were inner sect disciples, including Tang Ju.
• Clear Sky Academy’s masked leader fixed his gaze on Su Wen through the partitions, and Su Wen sensed that the man had strong Spiritual Power.
• When the match began, the masked leader refused help and defeated Bailing Academy’s airborne team with his first Soul Skill, Blue Silver Entanglement.

After the masked Clear Sky Academy fighter defeated Bailing Academy, Xu Jiawei and Shrek’s team speculated about the sect’s return and the fighter’s power. Su Wen comforted a frightened Wang Dong’er, then met Xu Jiujiu over dinner, while An Lengye recognized Su Wen as a Fierce Beast she had encountered in the Far North and panicked.

• The masked Clear Sky Academy fighter ensnared and paralyzed all seven members of Bailing Academy, drawing cheers from the crowd.
• Xu Jiawei told Dai Hao that the Clear Sky Sect had requested permission to enter the tournament, and he hoped to learn whether they could aid Star Luo against the Sun Moon Empire.
• Wang Yan suspected the Clear Sky fighter possessed twin martial souls, including a Blue Silver Emperor, and Su Wen privately reasoned about Tang San’s severed divine avatar.
• Wang Dong’er broke down in Su Wen’s arms over her estrangement from the Clear Sky Sect and fear that Tang San had manipulated her, and Su Wen reassured her before taking her to dinner.
• Xu Jiujiu introduced herself to Su Wen in the hotel restaurant and explained Star Luo’s Jade Dragon delicacy while Wang Dong’er ate spicy food.
• An Lengye recognized Su Wen as one of the Fierce Beasts she had encountered with her grandfather in the Far North and became terrified that he might discover she knew his identity.

An Lengye’s account of seeing Su Wen among the rulers of the Far North convinced the Star Luo court that he might be a terrifying spirit beast, until the Venerable Hall Master confirmed he was human. As the tournament group stage began, Su Wen urged Ma Xiaotao to give up command until she could lead effectively, while two men from a Hidden Sect watched Shrek Academy.

• An Lengye panicked after encountering Su Wen, and Xu Jiujiu ordered an attendant to monitor her and the Qianling Battle Team.
• An Lengye told Shen Ce and her teammates that Su Wen had met as an equal with the Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and other powerful beings in the Land of Extreme North, leaving them convinced he might be a fierce beast in human form.
• Xu Jiujiu reported An Lengye’s story to Xu Jiawei and the court, but the Venerable Hall Master said Su Wen was not a spirit beast, and Xu Jiawei advised Xu Jiujiu to treat him normally.
• Wang Yan explained the group-stage schedule, and Su Wen told Ma Xiaotao to hand over command until she could coordinate the team; she reluctantly agreed.
• The referee announced Shrek Academy’s first match against Yunluo Academy, while two black-robed men from a Hidden Sect watched from the crowd.

Su Wen led Shrek into its Round-robin Tournament match against Yunluo, drawing the Individual Elimination format and overwhelming Yunluo’s first fighter with the White Ape. Yunluo’s captain, Situ Yu, asked Su Wen to use his full strength, then launched a barrage of Soul Tool fire that engulfed him.

• Su Wen and Wang Dong'er encountered Qianling’s frightened Main Team members, while Xu Jiujiu chatted with Su Wen and drew attention from the gathered teams.
• The captains drew the yellow ball, selecting the Individual Elimination Tournament format for Shrek’s match against Yunluo.
• Su Wen sent out the White Ape, which struck Ma Yingjun into the barrier and knocked him unconscious almost immediately.
• Situ Yu took the stage and asked Su Wen to show his full strength, but requested mercy after Su Wen warned the referee might not be able to save him.
• Situ Yu formed a steel fortress from Soul Tools and fired a sweeping barrage at Su Wen, who appeared not to dodge.

Su Wen overwhelmed Situ Yu with his bare physical strength, helping Shrek defeat Yunluo Academy and startling the Sun Moon Empire’s team. He then joined the Shrek members at a Star Luo auction to examine soul tools, where several teammates bought useful items.

• Su Wen emerged unharmed from Situ Yu’s fortress bombardment, then shattered its energy barrier and badly injured Situ Yu with one punch.
• Situ Yu thanked Su Wen for holding back, while Shang Yue and the Yunluo team acknowledged Shrek’s victory.
• Wang Yan invited the Shrek team to a soul tool auction, and Su Wen agreed, explaining which tools would suit different teammates.
• Xu Jiujiu escorted the group into the Star Luo Royal Auction House, where Wang Yan became captivated by auctioneer Qing Ya.
• Wang Dong'er, Bei Bei, Jiang Nannan, and Ling Luochen each bid on and bought soul tools suited to their needs.

Su Wen won the Soul Devouring Engraving Knife at auction, and Electrolux cleansed it and revealed that its Gold of Life might help heal Mu En. Su Wen fused with the knife, greatly strengthened his body and Sea of Consciousness, and discovered an Eye of Life on his forehead.

• Xu Jiujiu offered the auction items to Shrek for free, but Su Wen refused so he could bid on the top-tier auction’s finale.
• Electrolux recognized the Soul Devouring Engraving Knife as Gold of Life and said it could restore his Divine Sense and might help heal Mu En.
• Su Wen explained the knife’s infamous history, and Wang Yan won it for one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Back at the hotel, Electrolux purified the knife, removed its evil spirit, and urged Su Wen to fuse with it.
• Su Wen endured a painful fusion that expanded his Sea of Consciousness and raised his physical strength to a Soul Sage’s level.
• Electrolux showed Su Wen that the fusion had formed an Eye of Life on his forehead.

Su Wen discovered that the Soul Devouring Engraving Knife had fused with the Eye of Life and continued preparing to reach Soul King. After a night with Ma Xiaotao, he met the Sun Moon Empire Team with Shrek Academy, where rivalry shifted toward their upcoming competition.

• Su Wen summoned the Soul Devouring Engraving Knife from his third eye and considered how reaching rank fifty would change his strength and plans.
• Ma Xiaotao dragged Su Wen away to help vent her surging Evil Fire, then stayed with him through the night while he practiced the Spirit Pill Technique.
• Ling Luochen knocked on Su Wen's door the next morning, interrupting Ma Xiaotao's attempt to get closer to him.
• Su Wen and Ling Luochen joined the Shrek group, which encountered the Sun Moon Empire Team and descended alongside them amid heavy tension.
• Ma Rulong introduced himself to Su Wen, and the two team leaders exchanged polite greetings while their teammates sized each other up.
• Ling Luochen questioned Su Wen for smiling at the Sun Moon Empire Team, and Su Wen said they should prove themselves in the arena instead of glaring at one another.

As Shrek Academy advanced to the Top Sixteen, Su Wen helped secure the Ice Jade Scorpion Spirit Bone and revealed his connection to the Snow Empress. The Star Luo Emperor agreed to give Shrek the hidden Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast embryo, unaware that the supposed embryo was the Snow Empress herself.

• Shrek Academy advanced from the Group Stage in first place and drew the Dou Ling Royal Battle Team for the Top Sixteen.
• At the Star Luo Auction House, Su Wen bought several Soul Tools and identified the Ice Jade Scorpion Spirit Bone as dangerous for anyone without the Ultimate Ice Attribute.
• Su Wen summoned the Ice Sovereign and told Xu Jiujiu that the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion was one of his Soul Beasts.
• Xu Jiawei gave Su Wen the Ice Jade Scorpion Spirit Bone after Su Wen explained his connection to the Snow Empress.
• Su Wen guessed that the final auction item was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast from the Land of Extreme North and offered to reserve it for one hundred million Gold Soul Coins.
• Xu Jiawei agreed to give the hidden Snow Empress to Su Wen as a gesture of goodwill toward the Land of Extreme North.

Su Wen saw the Snow Empress’s sealed form brought out at the auction, while Tang San discovered that the Spirit Bone he wanted was the final item instead. After the group returned to the hotel and released the Snow Empress, she recognized Su Wen.

• Xu Jiawei asked Su Wen to explain to the Snow Empress that the Sun Moon Empire had made the God-Sealing Platform and captured the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Tang San revealed that Destruction had severed his connection to his true body, leaving him stranded as a sixteen-year-old Soul Emperor and determined to claim the Snow Empress’s opportunity.
• Xu Jiujiu unveiled a Spirit Bone from a Hundred-Thousand-Year Void Ancient Dragon Snake, and Tang San was surprised to see it as the auction’s final item.
• Su Wen warned Xuan Zi that powerful experts were present and learned from Gu Yuena that two familiar Soul Beast auras were nearby.
• At the hotel, the group released the Snow Empress from the God-Sealing Platform, and she stopped mid-threat when she recognized Su Wen.

Su Wen entered the Top Sixteen team battle alone against the Dou Ling Royal Battle Team, claiming he was in a hurry to return to cultivation. As the match began, Xu Jiujiu realized his apparent confidence might come from a Beast Taming Martial Soul that could grant him a Soul Beast for each Soul Ring.

• Snow Empress asked Su Wen to form a contract partnership with her, and he agreed; she said she would wait until he advanced to Soul King in five days.
• Su Wen told Wang Yan he would fight the entire Dou Ling Royal Battle Team alone so he could finish the match quickly and return to cultivation.
• Gu Zhujian and his teammates mistook Su Wen's solo entry for a provocation or trap, but Gu Zhujian ordered them to stick to their planned strategy.
• Su Wen confirmed he was the only Shrek fighter and urged Huang Jinxu to start the team battle; Huang Jinxu then declared the match underway.
• Xu Jiujiu recalled Su Wen's concealed Soul Beasts and inferred that his Martial Soul might let him obtain one Soul Beast for each Soul Ring.