Chapter Summaries

Zhou Yi tried to persuade Qin Xiao and Meng Hongchen to stay at Shrek Academy, but Qin Xiao demanded an apology and a safety guarantee. Zhou Yi challenged him to a duel for a soul bone, and after the match began, she charged at him with a punch.

• Zhou Yi asked Qin Xiao and Meng Hongchen what it would take for them to stay, and Du Weilun apologized on her behalf.
• Qin Xiao asked Zhou Yi to apologize sincerely and promise not to harm them, but she refused and proposed settling the dispute with a soul fight.
• Zhou Yi offered a soul bone if Qin Xiao beat her, and Qin Xiao agreed with Du Weilun as referee.
• Qin Xiao told Meng Hongchen he was confident he could defeat Zhou Yi within ten exchanges, while Zhou Yi expected her strength and experience to give her the advantage.
• Du Weilun started the match, and Zhou Yi charged at Qin Xiao and swung a fist toward his face.

Qin Xiao outmaneuvered Zhou Yi in their fight, but her uncontrolled fire dragon injured many students. Zhou Yi blamed Qin Xiao and prepared to attack with her fifth Soul Skill, leaving Du Weilun shouting for her to stop.

• Zhou Yi's punch passed through Qin Xiao, who used Mental Simulation to create illusions and struck her when she mistook them for harmless fakes.
• Zhou Yi spread her Purgatory Sea of Fire to reveal Qin Xiao, then attacked with Fire Dragon Roar, but Qin Xiao used Spiritual Shock and dodged aside.
• Zhou Yi lost control of her fire dragon, which exploded among the students and injured many, including Wang Dong; Du Weilun and others rushed to help them.
• Zhou Yi blamed Qin Xiao for the injuries and declared that he deserved to die, then lit her fifth Soul Ring.
• Du Weilun ordered Zhou Yi to stop before she broke her promise and used cultivation above the Soul Ancestor level.

Zhou Yi attacked Qin Xiao with a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Skill, but his Invincible Shields protected him while she trapped Du Weilun with Absolute Defense. Determined to continue without implicating Fan Yu, she publicly dissolved their marriage and prepared to unleash her strongest attack, while Qin Xiao asked whether Shrek Academy would reimburse him if he subdued her.

• Zhou Yi struck at Qin Xiao with Meteor Huo Yu and blocked Du Weilun's rescue attempt with Explosive Flame, but Qin Xiao's Invincible Shield stopped her attack.
• Qin Xiao revealed dozens of Invincible Shields, and Zhou Yi trapped Du Weilun inside a Level 8 Absolute Defense Soul Tool.
• Du Weilun warned Zhou Yi that Fan Yu could be punished for her actions, so Zhou Yi publicly declared that she was divorcing Fan Yu and would bear the consequences alone.
• Zhou Yi prepared her strongest offensive Soul Skill against Qin Xiao, who asked Du Weilun whether Shrek Academy would reimburse him if he subdued her.

Qin Xiao used an array of soul tools to fight Zhou Yi, while Du Weilun tried to stop the battle and worried about reimbursing Qin Xiao at double the cost. The chapter ended with Qin Xiao’s Level 5 cannon severely injuring Zhou Yi and stunning the watching students.

• Du Weilun promised Qin Xiao double reimbursement for any soul tools he used, and Qin Xiao unleashed stun and smoke grenades against Zhou Yi.
• Qin Xiao blinded and disoriented Zhou Yi with upgraded smoke grenades, then fired more than a dozen fixed-mounted soul cannon shells as she escaped the blast zone.
• Du Weilun realized Qin Xiao’s cannons were expensive and attacked Absolute Defense in desperation, while Qin Xiao brought out another batch of stronger cannons.
• Zhou Yi dodged rapidly, but Qin Xiao used Spiritual Detection to predict her movement and hit her with a Level 5 fixed-mounted soul cannon.
• The cannon blasted Zhou Yi away and left her seriously injured, while the First-Year Class One students marveled at Qin Xiao’s combat strength.

Yan Shaozhe arrived in time to save Zhou Yi from Qin Xiao’s soul cannon bombardment, then learned that Zhou Yi had caused the confrontation and Qin Xiao had been the victim. He apologized and promised compensation, while Qin Xiao secured a soul bone and a bill of 13.2 million Gold Soul Coins from Shrek Academy.

• Yan Shaozhe stopped the cannon shells from killing Zhou Yi and initially accused Qin Xiao of attacking a Shrek teacher.
• Zhou Yi admitted she had trapped Du Weilun in Absolute Defense, and Du Weilun explained that Qin Xiao had been the victim.
• Yan Shaozhe apologized to Qin Xiao, then ordered Du Weilun to take Zhou Yi away for the elders to deal with her.
• Qin Xiao collected the soul bone he had won and reminded Du Weilun of his promise to pay double for the damages.
• Qin Xiao priced the soul tools he had used at a total of 6.6 million Gold Soul Coins, and Yan Shaozhe agreed that Shrek Academy would pay 13.2 million.

After Zhou Yi injured students and lost to Qin Xiao, Shrek’s leadership expelled her and ordered compensation for Qin Xiao. As the dismissal spread through the academy, Elder Ma confronted Du Weilun over the attack on the Sun Moon students, and Yan Shaozhe arrived to explain Shrek’s response.

• Xiao Xiao brought Shrek’s medical team to treat the injured students, and Du Weilun arranged temporary lodging for Qin Xiao and Meng Hongchen.
• Yan Shaozhe told Mu En about Zhou Yi’s actions, and Mu En ordered her to leave Shrek and never claim she had taught there.
• Zhou Yi pleaded to remain until Fan Yu returned, then denounced Shrek and walked away after Mu En and Yan Shaozhe rejected her claims of meritorious service.
• Mu En ordered Shrek to announce Zhou Yi’s dismissal and pay Qin Xiao more than thirteen million Gold Soul Coins in compensation.
• Shrek students learned of Zhou Yi’s expulsion and shared rumors about Qin Xiao’s victory over her.
• Elder Ma confronted Du Weilun about Zhou Yi’s attack on the Sun Moon students, and Yan Shaozhe said Shrek’s senior leadership had already punished her.

Yan Shaozhe compensated Qin Xiao and granted the exchange students access to Shrek Academy’s library after Elder Ma pressed the academy for concessions. Outside Shrek City, Zhou Yi was confronted by two Soul Emperor assassins and realized someone had hired them to kill her.

• Yan Shaozhe gave Qin Xiao a black card containing thirteen million two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins as compensation for fighting Zhou Yi.
• Elder Ma demanded unconditional access to Shrek Academy’s entire book collection for Qin Xiao and Meng Hongchen, and Yan Shaozhe agreed to arrange a library visit.
• Mu Jin learned that Zhou Yi had been expelled and celebrated, recalling that she had expelled his younger brother soon after he entered the academy.
• Zhou Yi left Shrek City under a cloak and vowed to return for revenge against Shrek Academy.
• Two burly Soul Emperor assassins emerged from a forest, and Zhou Yi realized their employer had sent them to kill her.

Zhou Yi faced several people seeking revenge for her past actions and was badly injured when they joined forces. As the Soul Emperor brothers closed in, she claimed Shrek Academy’s expulsion announcement was a ploy, leaving them uncertain whether to believe her.

• Two Soul Emperor assassins prepared to attack Zhou Yi, but a former student and a Soul Saint arrived and interrupted them.
• The former student mocked Zhou Yi for expelling him, while another boy accused her training of crippling his right hand and ruining his future.
• Zhou Yi dismissed the injured boy as useless and kicked him into a tree, prompting the Soul Emperor brothers to renew their determination to kill her.
• Zhou Yi used Sow Discord to make the assassins wary of the Soul Saint, but the young man persuaded them to capture her together, and all three attacked her.
• After the brothers severely injured Zhou Yi, she appealed to Shrek Academy’s authority, then claimed her expulsion was a scheme to let her lie low; the brothers hesitated.

Qin Xiao and Meng Hongchen transferred into Mu Jin’s First-Year Class Two after Zhou Yi was taken away, and Mu Jin arranged for them to sit in Ning Tian and Wu Feng’s seats. Wu Feng challenged Qin Xiao to defend Ning Tian’s honor, but Meng Hongchen offered to fight her instead.

• A boy intervened when the Soul Emperor Brothers hesitated to kill Zhou Yi, and he ordered an old man to take her away while promising the brothers she would meet a miserable end.
• Du Weilun brought Qin Xiao and Meng Hongchen to First-Year Class Two and persuaded Mu Jin to accept them as exchange students.
• Mu Jin had Qin Xiao and Meng Hongchen take Ning Tian and Wu Feng’s front-row seats, and Ning Tian persuaded Wu Feng to move without confronting the teacher.
• After class, Wu Feng challenged Qin Xiao to a spar over Ning Tian’s seat, but Meng Hongchen stood up to fight her instead.
• Wu Feng said she did not fight women, leaving Meng Hongchen stunned.

Qin Xiao defeated Wu Feng in class without activating his martial soul, while Ning Tian handled the damage and learned how precisely he controlled his strength. At Sea God's Pavilion, Mu En explained Zhou Yi's fate and ordered a search for the missing Xuan Zi, while Fan Yu sensed that something had happened back home.

• Qin Xiao knocked Wu Feng into the classroom wall with one punch, and Ning Tian declared him the winner.
• Ning Tian paid for the damaged classroom, and a healer confirmed Wu Feng had escaped serious injury.
• Yan Shaozhe told Mu En that Zhou Yi had been taken away after being attacked, and Mu En explained that Shrek had sacrificed her to preserve cooperation with the Sun Moon Empire.
• Mu En learned that Xuan Zi had gone missing, expressed a foreboding feeling, and ordered Yan Shaozhe to mobilize a broad search.
• A magic array explosion blasted Fan Yu and He Caitou into a wall, and Fan Yu said he felt something had happened back home.

Fan Yu worried about Shrek Academy but accepted He Caitou’s reassurance while deciding to ask the academy for news. At Shrek’s library, Qin Xiao discovered that Wang Dong was secretly trying to learn how to use soul tools despite her inability to use them.

• Fan Yu agreed with He Caitou that Shrek Academy was probably safe, but decided to write and ask whether anything had happened.
• Zhongli Wu praised Tang Ya and Ma Xiaotao’s progress and ordered the Holy Spirit Cult to use Xuan Zi’s exposed killings to drive Shrek Academy apart from the three empires.
• Du Weilun escorted Qin Xiao and Meng Hongchen to the Shrek Academy library, where they browsed its books.
• Qin Xiao recognized the badly injured Wang Dong when she entered the library on crutches and noticed her searching the soul-tool shelves.
• Wang Dong read books about using soul tools and wondered why she alone could not use them, while Qin Xiao realized she was seeking a way to overcome that restriction.

Qin Xiao deceived Wang Dong into paying him to make a soul tool that could help suppress the curse preventing her from using soul tools, while secretly infusing it with destructive divine power to mislead Tang San. A sudden surge of power from Shrek’s Sea God’s Pavilion alerted the academy’s elders, leaving Qin Xiao wondering whether Mu En had merged with the Golden Ancient Tree.

• Qin Xiao convinced Wang Dong that a curse might be preventing her from using soul tools and charged her three hundred thousand gold soul coins to make a suppressive soul tool.
• Qin Xiao told Wang Dong to return to the Library in three days, then made a pendant containing an Energy-Storage Magic Array for her.
• Qin Xiao infused the pendant with destructive divine power, hoping to mislead Tang San without directly confronting him.
• A golden beam erupted from Shrek’s Core Region, and Qin Xiao suspected Mu En had merged with the Golden Ancient Tree.
• Yan Shaozhe, Qian Duoduo, and Xian Lin’er flew to the Sea God’s Pavilion and saw that many of its elders had gathered.

Mu En tightened Shrek Academy’s defenses after sensing a powerful evil aura, while Qin Xiao helped Wang Dong overcome his aversion to Soul Tools. Wang Dong bought Qin Xiao’s collection for three million Gold Soul Coins, but Xiao Xiao found him emerging from the grove and suspected the worst.

• Mu En warned Yan Shaozhe and the elders that a powerful evil presence had entered Shrek Academy, ordered them to strengthen defenses, and urged them to find Xuan Zi.
• Qin Xiao gave Wang Dong a pendant that let him handle and fire a Soul Guidance Ray Gun without feeling disgust.
• Wang Dong celebrated his success and agreed to buy a dozen or so of Qin Xiao’s Soul Tools for three million Gold Soul Coins.
• Xiao Xiao saw Wang Dong emerge from the grove after Qin Xiao and angrily asked whether he had invited Qin Xiao there to research a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

At Shrek Academy, Meng Hongchen defeated Xu Sanshi after he tried to take her food and attacked her, then accepted his challenge to fight at the Soul Fighting Arena the next day. Meanwhile, Cheng Gang flew urgently toward the Star Luo Imperial Palace, suggesting a major event was unfolding.

• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao argued over Wang Dong's past misunderstanding about wanting to develop a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Wu Feng told Qin Xiao that Xu Sanshi was causing trouble for Meng Hongchen, and she led Qin Xiao to the cafeteria.
• Xu Sanshi tried to take Meng Hongchen's food for Jiang Nannan, but Meng Hongchen threw it away, prompting Jiang Nannan to leave.
• Xu Sanshi attacked Meng Hongchen from behind, but she turned and sent him flying with one punch, revealing that she was a Soul King from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Xu Sanshi challenged Meng Hongchen to a match at the Soul Fighting Arena the next day, and she accepted.
• Cheng Gang flew toward the Star Luo Imperial Palace, and the imperial city's experts recognized him as the Guardian Douluo and let him pass.

Xu Jiawei learned that Xuan Zi was the Evil Soul Master slaughtering villages, while evidence of the killings spread across the empires and threatened to force Shrek Academy to respond. At Shrek Academy, Meng Hongchen began her fight with Xu Sanshi, who wore heavy armor to withstand her attacks, and she followed Qin Xiao’s advice by charging at him with a saber.

• Cheng Gang showed Xu Jiawei a Recording Crystal depicting Xuan Zi slaughtering villagers, and Xu Jiawei recognized the Shrek Academy elder as the Evil Soul Master.
• Cheng Gang revealed that many identical crystals had appeared across the empires, and Xu Jiawei concluded that someone was trying to make Xuan Zi and Shrek Academy the center of public outrage.
• Xu Jiawei sent Cheng Gang to deliver the evidence to Shrek Academy, while Heavenly Soul and the Dou Ling Empire also dispatched experts there.
• At Shrek Academy’s Soul Fighting Arena, Xu Sanshi arrived to face Meng Hongchen wearing a massive suit of armor and endured her Soul Cannon barrage.
• Qin Xiao advised Meng Hongchen to attack Xu Sanshi with a saber, and she put away her Soul Cannon and charged at him.

Meng Hongchen defeated Xu Sanshi with Qin Xiao’s enhanced battle saber, while Sky Sun Douluo confronted Shrek Academy over Xuan Zi’s massacre of civilians. Mu En suspected evil soul masters had manipulated Xuan Zi and ordered two elders to retrieve him, leaving Yan Shaozhe worried about what would happen if Xuan Zi attacked them.

• Meng Hongchen cut through Xu Sanshi’s armor, forcing him to surrender, and Qin Xiao praised her victory.
• Meng Hongchen challenged Wu Feng, but Ning Tian led Wu Feng away before a fight began.
• Sky Sun Douluo and Cheng Gang showed Yan Shaozhe a recording of Xuan Zi killing civilians and demanded that Shrek Academy answer for the deaths.
• Mu En told Yan Shaozhe that evil soul masters had likely manipulated Xuan Zi to damage Shrek Academy’s ties with the empires.
• Mu En refused to let Yan Shaozhe pursue Xuan Zi and chose Xiao Song and Xiao Zhuang to bring him back.
• Yan Shaozhe asked what they should do if Xuan Zi attacked the two elders.

Xuan Zi rejected Elder Song and Elder Zhuang’s attempts to bring him back to Shrek Academy after his rampage left tens of thousands dead. As he entered the mountains, Du Busi confronted him and warned that a bloody calamity awaited him.

• Mu En sent Yan Shaozhe to find Elder Song and Elder Zhuang so they could subdue Xuan Zi.
• Xuan Zi slaughtered hundreds of soldiers, and Elder Song and Elder Zhuang found him and urged him to return to Shrek Academy.
• Xuan Zi refused to face punishment, killed a wounded soldier, and drove Elder Song and Elder Zhuang away after attacking them.
• A balding old man identified as Du Busi entered the mountains alone after learning Xuan Zi was there.
• Du Busi reunited with Xuan Zi and told him he saw signs of an early death and a bloody calamity.

Xuan Zi fled Du Busi for two days before reaching Shrek, where Mu En realized Du Busi was pursuing him. Du Busi attacked Xuan Zi outside the city, and Yan Shaozhe declared that Shrek would defend its Sea God's Pavilion Elder.

• Du Busi defeated Xuan Zi in a brutal fight, leaving him badly wounded as he fled toward Shrek Academy.
• Mu En sensed Xuan Zi approaching with Du Busi behind him and sent Shrek's leaders to rescue Xuan Zi.
• Du Busi challenged Xuan Zi's return to Shrek and struck him down outside Shrek City.
• Elder Song caught Xuan Zi, then faced Du Busi as the other Shrek leaders arrived.
• Yan Shaozhe declared that anyone who harmed Xuan Zi was offending Shrek Academy and could not be forgiven.

Du Busi used the Heaven Dou Empire Emperor's Writ to challenge Shrek Academy over Xuan Zi's massacres, then attacked when Yan Shaozhe tried to withdraw with the others. As Du Busi unleashed his hundred-thousand-year soul skill, Death Feast, Qin Xiao secretly sent him a strand of destructive power, and the battle began.

• Du Busi showed evidence of Xuan Zi slaughtering villages, but Yan Shaozhe defended Xuan Zi and Xian Lin'er told Du Busi to leave.
• Du Busi displayed the Heaven Dou Empire Emperor's Writ and demanded Shrek Academy answer for Xuan Zi's crimes.
• As Yan Shaozhe and the others prepared to leave, Du Busi transformed and attacked Xuan Zi, swatting aside Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo before overpowering Elder Song.
• Xuan Zi engaged Du Busi while Yan Shaozhe, Xian Lin'er, Qian Duoduo, and the elders prepared to fight together.
• Qin Xiao activated the Pupil of Destruction and sent a strand of destructive power toward Du Busi.
• Du Busi activated Death Feast and unleashed its destructive light as Shrek's strongest fighters attacked him from every direction.

Du Busi overwhelmed Shrek Academy’s defenders until Mu En briefly merged with Xuan Zi, giving him the strength to repel Du Busi’s attacks. Du Busi escaped when Mu En’s power suddenly vanished, and the wounded rushed to Sea God’s Pavilion after Mu En summoned them, while Xuan Zi hesitated.

• Du Busi’s emerald attacks defeated Shrek Academy’s defenders, badly injured Yan Shaozhe, Elder Song, Qian Duoduo, and Xian Lin'er, and battered the city walls.
• When Du Busi lunged at Yan Shaozhe, Xuan Zi emerged from the ground and blocked him, empowered by Mu En’s possession.
• Mu En explained that merging with Xuan Zi temporarily raised his cultivation to level 99 and transformed his Taotie martial soul, which swallowed Du Busi’s soul skills.
• Du Busi fled when he noticed Xuan Zi’s expression change, and Xuan Zi realized Mu En’s power had disappeared.
• Mu En weakly summoned everyone to Sea God’s Pavilion; Yan Shaozhe and Elder Lin rushed there while Elder Zhuang stayed to treat Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er.
• Elder Song urged Xuan Zi to go to Sea God’s Pavilion, but Xuan Zi hesitated because he did not want to see Mu En.