Chapter Summaries

Su Ling absorbed a 50,000-year light-attribute soul ring, reached level 62, and chose not to absorb the torso soul bone he found. At the Preliminary Round, Shrek won its opening matches without Su Ling or the Zhu sisters competing, but its next opponent, Blazing Fire Academy, finally posed a serious threat.

• Su Ling integrated the light attribute into his martial soul, raising his soul power to level 62 and his spiritual power to level 91, then stored a 50,000-year torso soul bone instead of absorbing it.
• Su Ling and his teammates trained against Shrek Academy's teachers, and the team prepared for the tournament with new uniforms and higher soul-power levels.
• At the Preliminary Round opening ceremony, Huo Wu greeted Su Ling, and the draw matched Shrek Academy against the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team.
• Su Ling sent Ning Rongrong and five teammates into the first match while he, Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhu Zhuxin sat out; Shrek routed the opposing team in one exchange.
• Shrek continued winning its matches, including a harder-than-expected victory over Elephant Armor Academy, before drawing Blazing Fire Academy, its first formidable opponent.

Shrek Academy defeated Blazing Fire Academy without Su Ling competing, then finished the preliminaries in the top five. Su Ling gave Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang pills that raised their soul power and invited them to join Shrek, while the team prepared for the next tournament stage.

• Su Ling selected Ning Rongrong, Ma Hongjun, Tai Long, Jing Ling, Huang Yuan, Oscar, and Xu Yanyan to face Blazing Fire Academy while keeping himself and other strong teammates out of the match.
• Huo Wu's team tried to eliminate Shrek's support Soul Masters, but Oscar and Ning Rongrong flew beyond the reach of her Repelling Fire Ring, and Shrek's support and stamina carried them to victory after Huo Wu conceded.
• Su Ling met Huo Wu privately, told her he had reached level 62, gave her pills for herself and Huo Wushuang, and offered them two places on Shrek's team.
• The pills raised Huo Wu to level 48 and Huo Wushuang to level 43, and Huo Wu considered whether joining Su Ling might help her win the tournament.
• Canghui Academy conceded to Shrek, and Shrek later conceded its matches against Thunder, Godwind, and Skywater Academies.
• Shrek finished the preliminaries with 24 wins and 3 losses, placing among the top five, and Su Ling urged the team to gain a level each during the month before the advancement rounds.

Su Ling raised his soul power, gained new rewards by increasing the goddesses’ affection, and bound Liu Erlong after her affection reached 100. He then took Ning Rongrong to the Sunset Forest for her fifth soul ring, where they met Huo Wu and her father, Huo Lie.

• Su Ling gave Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuxin Beginner Soul Ascension Pills, then gained affection points and chests from several goddesses overnight.
• Su Ling opened Red Chests, obtained Intermediate Soul Ascension Pills and an immortal herb, and cultivated until his soul power reached level 63.
• Su Ling increased Liu Erlong’s affection to 100, unlocking binding skills and daily chest rewards; after she absorbed his hundred-thousand-year Flame Dragon Spine Bone, her soul power rose to level 83.
• Su Ling opened more chests, gave Feng Yu'er a fifty-thousand-year fire-attribute soul bone and Ning Rongrong pills, and helped Ning Rongrong reach level 50.
• Su Ling took Ning Rongrong to the Sunset Forest for her fifth soul ring and met Huo Wu and Huo Lie, who had also come seeking a soul ring.
• Su Ling noticed that Huo Lie seemed frail despite being a level 72 Soul Saint and wondered whether he had a serious injury.

Su Ling helped Huo Wu obtain her fifth soul ring, revealed his strength to Huo Lie, and healed Huo Lie when his old injuries resurfaced. Huo Wu's affection for Su Ling reached 99, and the chapter ended with her demanding to know where her supposedly dead mother was.

• Huo Lie led Su Ling, Huo Wu, and Ning Rongrong into ten-thousand-year soul beast territory, where Su Ling used his spiritual power to locate a suitable Black Cloud Crimson Flame Snake.
• Huo Lie struggled against the snake and a second, thirty-thousand-year-old snake, but Su Ling killed both with arrows while Ning Rongrong supported Huo Lie.
• Huo Wu absorbed the ten-thousand-year-old snake's soul ring and became a level-fifty-one Soul King, while Huo Lie apologized to Su Ling and accepted him as a potential partner for Huo Wu.
• Huo Lie's injuries suddenly erupted, and he revealed that Huo Wu's mother was alive and at the Fire God before losing consciousness; Su Ling used a Hundred Thousand Year Healing Soul Skill Card to save him.
• Huo Wu's affection for Su Ling rose to 99, and she pressed Huo Lie to explain where her mother was, but he tried to evade the question.

Su Ling helped Ning Rongrong absorb a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, raising her to Soul King level fifty-one, then used a pill to advance her to level fifty-two. As the group prepared to travel to Spirit City for the tournament, Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang joined Shrek, while Su Ling warned the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect of possible danger and revealed he had another aromatic silk beauty immortal herb.

• Su Ling lured out and subdued a suitable Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and Ning Rongrong absorbed its Soul Ring to reach level fifty-one.
• Su Ling gave Ning Rongrong a Beginner Soul Ascension Pill at Shrek Academy, raising her Soul Power to level fifty-two.
• Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang formally withdrew from Blazing Fire Academy and joined Shrek after Su Ling guaranteed he could lead them to the championship.
• Su Ling took Ning Rongrong to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and warned Ning Fengzhi that the Spirit City tournament could be dangerous.
• Su Ling told Ning Fengzhi that another aromatic silk beauty immortal herb would be ready in three months, giving him a chance to evolve his Martial Soul.
• Ning Fengzhi decided to mobilize the sect's Soul Masters at Soul King rank or above to protect Su Ling and the others during the trip.

Shrek Academy traveled safely to Spirit City for the Grand Finals, where Flender explained the tournament format and prepared the team for the competition. Tang San and Xiao Wu also arrived, and Xiao Wu reunited with Su Ling, whose embrace increased her affection for him.

• Su Ling welcomed Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang to Shrek Academy, saved his Red and Golden Chests, and traveled with the team toward Spirit City.
• Qian Renxue invited Su Ling into her carriage, discussed the championship with him, and gained affection for him during their journey.
• Shrek reached Spirit City safely, where Flender reviewed the Grand Finals format and the team’s lineup and soul power levels.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu arrived in Spirit City, and Tang San reunited with Yu Xiaogang and Dai Mubai after his Blue Silver Grass evolved into the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Ning Rongrong brought Xiao Wu to Su Ling, who hugged her; Xiao Wu’s affection increased, and she agreed to join the others and share what had happened during her absence.

Tang San pressured Xiao Wu to stay away from Su Ling, while Shrek prepared for the tournament finals. After Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang were barred from competing for Shrek, Su Ling entered the match himself and defeated Thunder Academy’s captain, Yu Tianxin, forcing the team to surrender.

• Tang San confronted Xiao Wu about meeting Su Ling’s allies and ordered her to stay in and cultivate, leaving her crying alone in her room.
• At the tournament finals, Flender drew Blazing Fire Academy, which withdrew, and Shrek was matched against Thunder Academy in the second round.
• Su Ling selected Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, Tai Long, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Jing Ling, and Huang Yuan for Shrek’s lineup.
• The referees disqualified Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang from representing Shrek, so Su Ling and Luo Sha replaced them in the match.
• Su Ling caught Yu Tianxin’s lightning-charged attack with one hand, struck him three times, and forced Thunder Academy to concede.
• After Yu Tianheng told Yu Tianxin that Su Ling had defeated him too, Yu Tianheng left to prepare for Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s match against Star Luo Royal Academy.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Godwind Academy lost to Star Luo Royal Academy and Shrek, leaving those teams and Spirit Hall Academy as the final three. As the fifth round began, Yu Xiaogang voluntarily conceded Star Luo’s first match so his team could study Shrek and Spirit Hall before facing them.

• Star Luo Royal Academy overwhelmed Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Yu Tianheng conceded after Dai Weisi defeated him.
• Su Ling defeated Feng Xiaotian’s Gale Thirty-Six Continuous Slashes with one punch, and Godwind Academy conceded.
• Spirit Hall Academy and Star Luo Royal Academy also advanced, completing the final three alongside Shrek Academy.
• Bibi Dong warned Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation that the other finalists might be hiding strength, while Flender sold misleading information about Shrek.
• Yu Xiaogang conceded Star Luo Royal Academy’s first match, explaining that watching Shrek and Spirit Hall compete would help his team plan for later rounds.

Su Ling defeated Spirit Hall Academy's first two challengers without releasing his martial soul, prompting Bibi Dong and the audience to question his age and demand a bone test. Bibi Dong challenged Su Ling to prove he was under twenty-five, leaving his response unresolved.

• Su Ling chose to face Spirit Hall Academy's seven contestants alone and knocked out its first challenger with one punch.
• Yan challenged Su Ling, but Su Ling dodged his attacks and defeated him with punches, sending him out of the arena.
• Hu Liena tried to charm Su Ling, but his spiritual power overwhelmed her and caused her to collapse.
• Bibi Dong attributed Hu Liena's defeat to Su Ling's superior spiritual power, leading the audience to demand that his bones be tested.
• Bibi Dong asked Su Ling to undergo a bone test to prove his age.

Su Ling proved his age and revealed that he was a twenty-year-old Soul Emperor, while Tang San helped Star Luo Royal Academy regain confidence. Three days later, Spirit Hall Academy faced Star Luo Royal Academy, and both teams unleashed their powerful fusion skills as the match began.

• Bibi Dong examined Su Ling, confirmed his bone age was twenty, and watched him reveal six soul rings, establishing him as a Soul Emperor.
• Tang San encouraged Star Luo Royal Academy to believe they could defeat Shrek, and Spirit Hall Academy conceded its match against Shrek.
• Bibi Dong ordered that the three teams be left undisturbed during their three days of preparation.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu joined Star Luo Royal Academy's lineup against Spirit Hall Academy, and Su Ling revealed that fifteen-year-old Tang San was already a Soul King.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue activated their Demon Charm fusion skill, while Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun summoned the Hell White Tiger.
• Demon Charm spread red mist across the arena, suppressing the opponents' senses, soul power, and movement.

Tang San led Star Luo Royal Academy to defeat Spirit Hall Academy in a hard-fought semifinal, while Xiao Wu's identity was exposed after her Lovesick Heartbreak Red fell. Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to watch Xiao Wu until the tournament ended, and Tang San challenged Su Ling ahead of the final.

• Tang San escaped Xie Yue and Hu Liena's Demon Charm mist with his teammates and helped Star Luo Royal Academy battle Spirit Hall Academy to a standstill.
• Hu Liena's Charm failed against Dai Mubai, who said Su Ling had made him immune to female Soul Masters' Charm skills.
• Tang San used his Eight Spider Lances to counter Xie Yue, while Hu Liena knocked Xiao Wu down and exposed her identity when the Lovesick Heartbreak Red fell.
• Tang San caught Dai Mubai, then launched fragments of his shattered Eight Spider Lances with Bat Wing Reincarnation, poisoning Spirit Hall Academy's fighters.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun summoned the Hell White Tiger, and Tang San's team defeated Spirit Hall Academy, which surrendered; the referee announced that Star Luo Royal Academy would face Shrek Academy in three days.
• Tang San told Su Ling he would face him next, while Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to keep watch over Xiao Wu and reserved her Soul Ring and Soul Bone for herself.

Su Ling led Shrek Academy against Star Luo Royal Academy in the tournament final, while Xiao Wu remained under Spirit Hall’s watch. The battle left Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer knocked from his hand and his fingers and palm broken, as Su Ling taunted him.

• Su Ling noticed Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo guarding Star Luo Royal Academy’s lodgings, confirming that Bibi Dong was keeping Xiao Wu under surveillance.
• Su Ling selected Zhuxin, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Jiang Zhu, Ma Hongjun, and Tai Long for the final match against Star Luo Royal Academy.
• Shrek’s fighters revealed that several of them were Soul Kings, and Ning Rongrong boosted her teammates as they began battling Star Luo Royal Academy.
• Tang San’s vines and Parasite troubled Shrek’s fighters, while Su Ling used arrows to keep Tang San from joining the fight and then sent two shadow clones to help Ma Hongjun and Tai Long.
• Tang San summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and attacked Su Ling with the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, but Su Ling struck it with the sixth punch of the Eight Desolations Fist and sent it flying into the arena barrier.
• Su Ling taunted Tang San as the impact left Tang San’s hand bones broken and the Clear Sky Hammer beyond his grasp.

Su Ling led Shrek Academy to victory over the Star Luo Royal Academy, then refused Bibi Dong’s offer to join Spirit Hall and gave Ning Rongrong the best of the tournament’s Soul Bones. When Bibi Dong revealed Xiao Wu was a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast and ordered her seized, Tang Hao rescued Tang San but left Xiao Wu behind, and Su Ling prepared to intervene.

• Su Ling countered Tang San’s Hidden Weapons and arrows, pinned him outside the arena, and forced the Star Luo Royal Academy to surrender.
• Shrek Academy won the tournament, and Bibi Dong offered Su Ling an elder’s privileges and a chance to become her disciple, but he declined for now.
• Su Ling gave the Spiritual Wisdom Skull to Ning Rongrong and left the two remaining Soul Bones for the team to discuss.
• Bibi Dong revealed Xiao Wu’s identity and ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to capture her, while Tang Hao struck at the Papal Palace and escaped with Tang San alone.
• With Xiao Wu left behind and facing capture, Su Ling asked Ning Fengzhi to take the others away, then prepared to act with the women beside him.

Su Ling fused with the seven goddesses, rescued Xiao Wu from Spirit Hall, and fought his way out while buying time for Shrek to escape. He evaded Bibi Dong’s pursuit and headed back toward his companions, who remained concerned that Shrek might still be in danger.

• Su Ling used a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with the seven goddesses and struck Chrysanthemum Douluo to free Xiao Wu from Spirit Hall.
• Su Ling held off Spirit Hall’s Soul Masters with arrows and Shadow Clones while Ning Fengzhi helped Shrek leave Spirit City; Xiao Wu’s affection for Su Ling rose to 91.
• Su Ling teleported Xiao Wu into System Space, flew into the sky, and escaped a spatial seal after killing more than twenty pursuing Soul Masters.
• Bibi Dong personally chased Su Ling toward the Star Dou Great Forest, but his multiple pairs of wings and teleportation let him vanish from her sight.
• Bibi Dong threatened to capture the rest of Shrek, and Su Ling changed direction to avoid a trap and return to his companions.
• Su Ling told the seven goddesses that fighting Bibi Dong would have risked their lives and continued flying toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Shrek.

Su Ling helped the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Heaven Dou Empire force Spirit Hall to withdraw, then escorted Xiao Wu to the Lake of Life. There, he asked Da Ming and Er Ming to help him hunt the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger once he reached Level 70.

• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall Soul Masters to pursue Shrek, but Ning Fengzhi and Qian Renxue assembled their forces to block them, and Spirit Hall retreated rather than fight.
• Xiao Wu chose to return to the Lake of Life with Su Ling, while Tang Hao began preparing Tang San for special training and a journey to Slaughter City.
• Su Ling and Xiao Wu traveled through the Star Dou Great Forest, and Xiao Wu's affection for Su Ling rose to 95 as she said she no longer wanted to see Tang San.
• Su Ling and Xiao Wu reached the Lake of Life, where Xiao Wu reunited with Da Ming and Er Ming and explained that Su Ling had saved her.
• Su Ling asked Da Ming and Er Ming to help him hunt the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger when he reached Level 70, and they agreed while warning him about its strength.

Su Ling stayed at the Lake of Life to help Xiao Wu grow stronger, giving her a ninth-grade crystal blood dragon ginseng that raised her to level fifty-three and allowed her to condense a fifth soul ring. After warning her and the soul beasts to prepare for Bibi Dong, he left for Heaven Dou City and reunited with Liu Erlong, who welcomed him warmly and had him stay the night.

• Su Ling asked Xiao Wu and the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape to help him find the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, then stayed to repair Xiao Wu's home.
• Su Ling gave Xiao Wu a ninth-grade crystal blood dragon ginseng, and she cultivated through the night to level fifty and began condensing her fifth soul ring.
• Xiao Wu completed her cultivation at level fifty-three, embraced Su Ling, and persuaded him to stay three more days at the Lake of Life.
• Su Ling gave Xiao Wu a Teleportation Trial Card, warned her and Da Ming and Er Ming about the danger of Bibi Dong, and departed for Heaven Dou City.
• Su Ling reached Shrek Academy and reunited with Liu Erlong, who told him the others were staying at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and invited him to stay with her.

Su Ling returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, advanced his Soul Power, and traveled to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace to claim his tournament rewards. After Xue Ye refused to grant him the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud outright, Su Ling traded a fifty-thousand-year Soul Bone for it, while keeping his right to choose another treasure from the first-class treasury.

• Su Ling escaped Liu Erlong's residence, returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and reunited with Ning Fengzhi and the Shrek group.
• Su Ling opened three Black Chests, obtained a fifty-thousand-year Soul Bone, and advanced from Soul Power level sixty-five to level sixty-six.
• Ning Fengzhi led the group to Heaven Dou City, where Qian Renxue welcomed Su Ling and proposed that they become sworn brothers.
• Xue Ye awarded Shrek Academy and its team members Gold Soul Coins and titles, and named Su Ling Divine Arrow Marquis with a choice from the first-grade treasury.
• Su Ling asked Xue Ye for the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, then offered his fifty-thousand-year Soul Bone in exchange.
• Xue Ye accepted the Soul Bone trade and allowed Su Ling to keep his original reward of choosing a treasure from the first-class treasury.

Su Ling exchanged a fifty-thousand-year Soul Bone for the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, then chose the mysterious Ice Phoenix Token from the imperial treasury and rejected obligations tied to his new title. Qian Renxue arranged to become his sworn brother, while Xue Ye decided to keep the Soul Bone for himself after Qian Renxue could not risk absorbing it.

• Su Ling traded the Soul Bone to Xue Ye for the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud but restrained it from entering his head and stored it in his System Space.
• Su Ling selected the Ice Phoenix Token from the treasury after Qian Renxue explained its mysterious origins in the Far North.
• Su Ling asked Qian Renxue to secure his freedom from duties attached to the Divine Arrow Marquis title, and they agreed to hold a sworn brotherhood ceremony the next day.
• Qian Renxue reported Su Ling's wishes to Xue Ye, who granted him freedom from orders but withheld a fief for now.
• Xue Ye offered Qian Renxue the Soul Bone, but she refused because she could not absorb it without risking her disguise, so Xue Ye chose to absorb it himself.

After Shrek’s victory, Su Ling accepted a residence from Ning Fengzhi and prepared for the Crown Prince’s ceremony. He spent the night with Huo Wu, reached level 67, and bound her as his second goddess to reach maximum affection before arriving late at the ceremony with Ning Rongrong.

• Ning Fengzhi warned Su Ling that Spirit Hall might target him and gave him a residence in Heaven Dou City.
• At Shrek’s celebration, Ma Hongjun received the fire-attribute soul bone, while Zhu Zhuxin absorbed the speed-type soul bone as Zhu Zhuqing guarded her.
• Huo Wu told Su Ling that she and Huo Wushuang planned to seek their mother, and Su Ling offered to help strengthen them before they left.
• Su Ling and Huo Wu became intimate, raising his soul power from level 66 to 67 and bringing Huo Wu’s affection to 100, which bound her to him.
• Su Ling left for the Crown Prince’s Residence with Ning Rongrong and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Qian Renxue welcomed them and expressed excitement over his breakthrough.

Su Ling became sworn siblings with Qian Renxue, gained a residence in the Crown Prince's compound, and spent the night discussing his past and Spirit Hall's role on the continent. His reassurances and insights raised Qian Renxue's affection enough to meet the binding requirements, and Su Ling chose to bind her.

• Qian Renxue and Su Ling became sworn siblings, and Su Ling received the honorary title of Divine Arrow Marquis.
• Qian Renxue showed Su Ling his separate courtyard in the Crown Prince's Residence and agreed to share his bed for the night.
• Su Ling explained that he sought vengeance against those responsible for his clan's deaths, not Spirit Hall as a whole, and praised Spirit Hall's benefits to commoners.
• Su Ling warned that Spirit Hall's rapid expansion and declining standards could be signs of a major plan, shocking Qian Renxue with his insight.
• Qian Renxue's affection reached the binding threshold, and Su Ling commanded the system to bind her.