Chapter Summaries

Xu Tianran and Ju Zi discussed the emperor’s declining health, the military’s loyalties, and preparations for the tournament as Xu Tianran planned his rise to the throne. Ju Zi concealed her distrust while reaffirming her desire to destroy the Star Luo Empire, and Xu Tianran dismissed Dai Youheng as a rival.

• Ju Zi told Xu Tianran that the emperor was likely to die within days and described the military’s divided loyalties.
• Xu Tianran said he would deal with generals who resisted him after he became emperor, and promised Ju Zi the position of empress and commander-in-chief against the Star Luo Empire.
• Ju Zi reflected on Xu Tianran’s paranoia and ruthlessness while hiding her true feelings and maintaining her loyal-consort role.
• Ju Zi reported that tournament preparations were nearly complete and that Shrek, the Star Luo Empire, the Heaven Dou Empire, and other powers had gathered in Mingdu.
• Ju Zi identified Dai Youheng as the tournament’s strongest individual combatant, while Xu Tianran dismissed him and asserted his own superiority.

Huo Yuhao tried to persuade Dai Youheng to leave the Star Luo Empire and return to Shrek Academy, but Dai Youheng refused. Meanwhile, Nana killed Duchess Zhu Man and purged the forces on a list tied to Dai Yueheng, leaving Star Luo City's power structure changed.

• Huo Yuhao visited Dai Youheng and insisted the Star Luo Imperial Family had framed him over the Soul Tool Data incident.
• Dai Youheng refused Huo Yuhao's plea to abandon Xu Jiujiu and return to Shrek Academy, and Huo Yuhao warned that he might have to set aside their brotherly bond.
• Nana used her soul bone abilities to silently kill the core forces listed in the records recovered from Zhu Shu.
• Nana confronted Duchess Zhu Man in her bedroom and killed her with the Pan Yue Sword.
• Zhu Man begged Nana to spare Yueheng, but Nana left her body behind and vanished into the darkness.

After assassinations killed many allies of Dai Yueheng in Star Luo City, Xu Jiawei suspected a frame-up and ordered a cautious investigation, unaware that Dai Youheng had orchestrated it. At the Small Mountain Village, Nana began harsh training to awaken Dai Luoli’s potential while Bai Wanning supported her son.

• Servants discovered that powerful Soul Masters across Star Luo City had been killed overnight, spreading panic among the nobles and great families.
• Huang Jinxu told Xu Jiawei that the victims had been killed by a highly skilled Titled Douluo using a slender weapon, and that all but Zhu Man were connected to the Dai and Zhu families and aligned with Dai Yueheng.
• Xu Jiawei ruled out Dai Youheng as the killer and suspected someone was framing him to destabilize the empire’s succession; he ordered tighter security and an investigation into suspicious outsiders.
• Nana returned to the Small Mountain Village and put Dai Luoli through punishing training intended to awaken his special mental attribute and transform his martial soul.
• Bai Wanning watched Dai Luoli endure Nana’s attacks and chose to support the training, while her Black Fruit martial soul helped restore his stamina and heal his bruises.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er warned Xu Jiujiu that the Holy Spirit Cult was a powerful organization of Evil Soul Masters backed by the Sun Moon Empire. Xu Jiujiu agreed to buy Tang Sect city-defense soul tools as the Star Luo Empire prepared for the threat.

• Xu Jiujiu reviewed intelligence on tournament rivals and worried that the unknown Evil Soul Masters might use underhanded attacks.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er arrived to share intelligence, and Huo Yuhao revealed that the Holy Spirit Cult was backed by the Sun Moon Empire and included a Limit Douluo.
• Dai Youheng supported Huo Yuhao's warning by connecting the cult to the suspicious appearance of Scorpion Tiger Douluo Zhang Peng and Dragon Emperor Douluo Long Xiaoyao.
• Xu Jiujiu realized the threat could endanger the Star Luo Empire and thanked Huo Yuhao for the warning.
• Wang Dong'er offered the Tang Sect's Godly Zhuge Crossbow Cannon, and Xu Jiujiu ordered the Star Luo Empire to purchase a batch.

The All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Soul Fighting Tournament opened as the Sun Moon Empire displayed its military power and the support of the Limit Douluo Long Xiaoyao. Ju Zi declared the tournament underway, leaving the gathered teams facing the Sun Moon Empire’s overwhelming show of force.

• Dai Youheng assessed the Tang Sect and Holy Spirit Sect teams, noting that Yan Feng and Tang Ya led a lineup of two Soul Saints and five Soul Emperors.
• Dai Youheng reassured Xu Jiujiu that he could defeat the Holy Spirit Sect’s seven members by himself.
• The Sun Moon Empire’s five great soul engineer legions entered the arena and escorted Xu Tianran and Ju Zi to the dais.
• Xu Tianran bristled when officials from the Sun Moon Empire knelt before him but the spectators and Soul Masters from the three original nations did not.
• Long Xiaoyao silenced the arena with his immense pressure, and Huo Yuhao and Xu Jiujiu recognized the threat of a Limit Douluo supporting the Sun Moon Empire.
• Ju Zi welcomed the crowd on Xu Tianran’s behalf and declared the tournament open.

Dai Youheng planned to fulfill the God of Envy’s trial by targeting Xu Tianran’s status and Shrek Academy’s reputation through the tournament. The opening match began under new rules, with Meng Hongchen facing the Dragon Slaying Sect’s first contestant.

• Dai Youheng told the Snow Empress he intended to undermine Xu Tianran’s royal standing and tarnish Shrek Academy’s legacy to complete his trial.
• Xu Tianran announced the tournament’s first match, and the narrator explained the new format of individual battles followed, when needed, by a team battle.
• Xu Jiujiu and the Star Crown Sect members considered whether the rules favored teams with powerful individual fighters, while Dai Youheng watched the Sun Moon team’s first contestant.
• Meng Hongchen entered the stage to face a Five-Ring Soul King from the Dragon Slaying Sect and calmly invited him to attack first.

Meng Hongchen swept the Dragon Slaying Sect seven to zero, and the tournament revealed its brutal rules as a Mingyu Sect contestant killed a Dou Ling Empire academy student by draining her blood. Dai Youheng identified the vampirelike A De and a woman in the Mingyu Sect as Evil Soul Masters, leaving the arena in uproar.

• Meng Hongchen defeated all seven Dragon Slaying Sect contestants with her Vermilion Clear Ice Toad poison, securing a flawless victory for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Dai Youheng and Xu Jiujiu watched the tournament matches as sect teams began overwhelming academy teams, and Xu Jiujiu noted that this tournament allowed contestants to kill.
• A young man from the Mingyu Sect killed a female contestant from the Dou Ling Empire's imperial academy by draining her blood, provoking terrified and angry reactions from the crowd.
• Dai Youheng sensed concentrated evil auras around A De and a woman in the Mingyu Sect's waiting area and identified them as Evil Soul Masters.

After the first day’s brutal matches, Xu Jiujiu leaned on Dai Youheng for reassurance as the Star Crown Sect prepared to compete. Xu Tianran continued his plan to trap the tournament’s visiting forces in Mingdu, and the second day opened with Holy Spirit Cult leader Zhongli Wu openly appearing in the main stand.

• Xu Tianran privately regarded Evil Soul Masters as temporary allies and planned to eradicate the Holy Spirit Cult after unifying the continent.
• Xu Jiujiu gathered the Star Crown Sect, urged everyone to rest before their matches, then confided her fears about Long Xiaoyao and the Evil Soul Masters to Dai Youheng.
• Dai Youheng promised Xu Jiujiu he would compete first and win decisively, and she asked him to stay with her through the night.
• Xu Tianran heard Ju Zi’s preparations to seal Mingdu so the tournament’s visiting forces could not leave, then vowed to rule the continent.
• On the second day, Long Xiaoyao was absent from the main stand, where Zhongli Wu appeared openly as leader of the Holy Spirit Cult.

The Tang Sect defeated the Earth Dragon Sect, while Zhongli Wu secretly coveted Nan Qiuqiu’s annihilation-attribute martial soul. The Star Crown Sect then faced the Brute Force Sect, and Dai Youheng entered the arena first; the chapter ended as a Brute Force Sect contestant charged him and Dai Youheng stood motionless.

• Huo Yuhao used his ultimate ice and Tang Sect Secret Arts to defeat all seven members of the Earth Dragon Sect.
• Zhongli Wu watched Nan Qiuqiu and schemed to turn her into another Saintess for the Holy Church.
• The Star Crown Sect was matched against the brutal Brute Force Sect, whose members carried a fierce aura of resentment and baleful energy.
• Dai Youheng reassured Xu Jiujiu and stepped forward as the Star Crown Sect’s first contestant, surprising observers who expected him to be saved as a trump card.
• A Brute Force Sect Soul King activated his Mighty Savage Bull martial soul and charged Dai Youheng, who remained still without releasing his martial soul.

Dai Youheng overwhelmed the Brute Force Sect by enduring attacks with his body and turning A-Li’s Shattering Light back against him. Zhongli Wu became intent on making Dai Youheng his holy son, while the match ended with A-Li flung out of the arena.

• Dai Youheng shattered a Brute Force Sect fighter’s arm by taking his punch without defending, then called for the next opponent.
• Zhongli Wu recognized Dai Youheng’s body as an ideal vessel and coveted him as a holy son.
• Captain Man Jiang sent vice-captain A-Li to fight Dai Youheng and warned him to avoid close combat.
• A-Li fired his Shattering Light at Dai Youheng, who absorbed the blast without being harmed.
• Dai Youheng compressed and reflected the energy back, destroying A-Li’s arms and hurling him beyond the arena.

Dai Youheng overwhelmed the Brute Force Sect in the tournament, revealing his extraordinary strength and two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings. After defeating Man Jiang without killing him, he secured the Star Crown Sect’s first match and left the arena with Xu Jiujiu.

• Dai Youheng’s effortless defense shocked the spectators, while Jing Hongchen, Ju Zi, and others recognized the gulf between him and their favored contenders.
• Man Jiang challenged Dai Youheng to defend the Brute Force Sect’s dignity, and Dai Youheng revealed his Abyssal Demon Tiger martial soul and seven soul rings, including two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Zhongli Wu became determined to recruit Dai Youheng for the Holy Spirit Cult, while Man Jiang refused to surrender and charged with his fifth and sixth soul skills.
• Dai Youheng used Star Light Annihilation to disperse Man Jiang’s attack and send him soaring through the sky, then returned him alive but unconscious to the arena.
• The referee declared Dai Youheng the winner, and the Brute Force Sect forfeited its remaining bouts, giving the Star Crown Sect its first match.
• Xu Jiujiu greeted Dai Youheng after the match and proudly took his hand.

Dai Youheng and Xu Jiujiu learned that Mingdu’s underground powers were holding a Soul Engineer tournament with rare metals and a top-tier soul tool as prizes. Xu Jiujiu agreed to compete for the Star Luo Empire, and they chose the Ordinary Alliance’s qualifying division.

• After Dai Youheng displayed his strength, Zhongli Wu marked him as someone he wanted to capture, while Xu Tianran ordered Ju Zi to ensure the plan against him succeeded.
• Dai Youheng told Xu Jiujiu that Manyi and Ling Ya had investigated an underground Soul Engineer tournament in Mingdu, and the two seniors arrived to explain their findings.
• Ling Ya and Manyi revealed that the three underground powers were hosting separate qualifiers and a grand final with rare metals and a top-tier soul tool as prizes.
• Xu Jiujiu recognized that the rewards could help address the Star Luo Empire’s shortage of rare metals and agreed to enter the tournament.
• Dai Youheng recommended the Ordinary Alliance’s division, citing his concern for Xu Jiujiu, and she accepted the choice.

Xu Jiujiu and Dai Youheng went undercover at the Ordinary Alliance’s Soul Engineer competition, while Huo Yuhao and He Caitou infiltrated a rival Xishui Alliance venue. Xu Jiujiu reached her assessment station ready to begin the preliminary round.

• Manyi gave Xu Jiujiu an entry pass under the alias Xu You, and Ling Ya and Dai Youheng prepared to support her at the competition.
• Dai Youheng warned that the Xishui Alliance might have recruited Evil Soul Masters, but Xu Jiujiu said she trusted him.
• Manyi, Ling Ya, Cheng Gang, Xu Jiujiu, and Dai Youheng traveled to the Glazed Pavilion, where the Ordinary Alliance held its competition.
• Huo Yuhao and He Caitou entered the Xishui Alliance’s competition venue under the aliases Tang Si and Tang Wu.
• Xu Jiujiu registered as Xu You and was assigned forging table three to make a Level 3 Soul Tool in the preliminary round.

At the Ordinary Alliance’s preliminary round, Dai Youheng watched Xu Jiujiu and identified Ye Guyi as the holy angel’s inheritor, considering whether to recruit her against evil soul masters. Shangguan Wei’er also recognized the disguised Xu Jiujiu from her VIP room, while Ye Guyi sensed Dai Youheng watching her.

• Xu Jiujiu crafted her Level 3 Starlight Barrier at workbench number three using her ranked carving knife, Shadow-Stealing Star Dust.
• Dai Youheng and the Snow Empress identified the woman at workbench seven as Ye Guyi, inheritor of the holy angel martial soul, and discussed the danger she faced from the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Dai Youheng considered making Ye Guyi an ally and noticed an unusual sense of compatibility between their opposing martial souls.
• Ye Guyi turned toward Dai Youheng after sensing his gaze, sharing his puzzlement at their strange connection.
• Shangguan Wei’er watched Xu Jiujiu and her companions from a VIP room and recognized the disguised princess.

After Xu Jiujiu won first place in the preliminaries under the alias Xu You, Shangguan Wei'er invited her to represent the Ordinary Alliance in the underground tournament. Xu Jiujiu accepted after Shangguan offered rare metals and the Ranked Carving Knife Ice Soul, sealing their agreement.

• Xu Jiujiu's Starlight Barrier took first place in the preliminaries, while Ye Guyi's Light Short Sword placed fourth.
• Shangguan Wei'er invited Xu Jiujiu and her companions to a private meeting at the Glazed Pavilion.
• Shangguan Wei'er asked Xu Jiujiu to compete for the Ordinary Alliance and promised extra rare metals if she won the championship.
• Shangguan Wei'er offered Xu Jiujiu the Ranked Carving Knife Ice Soul, which excited Ling Ya.
• Xu Jiujiu agreed to represent the Ordinary Alliance in exchange for the promised rewards.

Dai Youheng encountered Ye Guyi, who suspected him of being an Evil Soul Master because of his Abyssal Demon Tiger’s dark aura. When they touched hands to test their Martial Souls, the Abyssal Demon Tiger and Holy Angel resonated as complementary extremes, leaving their connection unexplained but profound.

• Dai Youheng and his companions left the VIP area and found Ye Guyi working alone in the underground arena.
• Ye Guyi confronted Dai Youheng and asked whether he was an Evil Soul Master.
• Dai Youheng offered to let Ye Guyi sense his Martial Soul through direct contact, and she reluctantly accepted his handshake.
• The Abyssal Demon Tiger and Holy Angel appeared and filled the arena with intermingling dark gold and pure gold light.
• Ye Guyi sensed that Dai Youheng’s power was pure rather than corrupted, while the Snow Empress explained that their opposing Martial Souls formed a complementary cycle.

Dai Youheng cleared up Ye Guyi’s suspicion by revealing that his martial soul held no evil resentment, though their unusual resonance left her intrigued. The next day, Xu Jiujiu entered the tournament match against Feng Ling of the Heavenly Gate, who leered at and harassed her before the fight began.

• Dai Youheng and Ye Guyi’s martial souls resonated when they touched, and he released her hand before their power fused uncontrollably.
• Ye Guyi apologized for mistaking Dai Youheng for an Evil Soul Master, then watched him leave with Xu Jiujiu and the others.
• Xu Jiujiu grew jealous when Dai Youheng teased her about Ye Guyi’s hand, but accepted his explanation that he had only disproved her suspicion.
• At the tournament, Xu Jiujiu volunteered to fight first against the Heavenly Gate, and Dai Youheng agreed.
• Feng Ling leered at Xu Jiujiu and propositioned her, so she introduced herself and challenged him to prove his strength.

Xu Jiujiu defeated all seven Heavenly Gate contestants in a dominant arena performance, cementing the Star Crown Sect’s reputation. Meanwhile, Dai Luoli continued Nana’s brutal training in a village, battered but increasingly determined.

• Xu Jiujiu restrained Feng Ling with her Star Attraction Technique and Starlight Lock, then kicked him out of the arena to win her first match.
• Xu Jiujiu defeated the Heavenly Gate’s next five contestants with her star crown skills and soul tool, including its strongest Soul King.
• Xu Jiujiu knocked out the final substitute without using a soul skill, completing a seven-opponent sweep and earning loud cheers.
• Xu Jiujiu returned to her team and smiled smugly at Dai Youheng after her victory.
• Dai Luoli was thrown into a haystack during Nana’s training, his face bruised and swollen but his resolve growing stronger.

Dai Luoli awakened and evolved his martial soul into a blood tiger under Nana’s brutal training, while Nana prepared to leave for Mingdu to support Dai Youheng. At the tournament, the Star Crown Sect faced Shrek Academy, and Xu Jiujiu decided to place Dai Youheng seventh as their anchor.

• Dai Luoli’s martial soul evolved into a blood tiger, and his third soul skill became Blood Tiger Vajra Transformation.
• Dai Luoli briefly fought Nana with his new power before collapsing, and Nana healed his injuries.
• Nana told Bai Wanning and Dai Luoli that she was leaving for Mingdu to protect Dai Youheng, and Dai Luoli promised to train hard.
• At the tournament, the Star Crown Sect and Shrek Academy prepared to face each other as spectators expected Shrek to lose.
• Xu Jiujiu told Dai Youheng she would place him seventh as the Star Crown Sect’s anchor, and he agreed.

The Star Crown Sect defeated Shrek Academy after Zhou Yi forfeited the team competition, ending Shrek’s tournament run. The draw placed the Star Crown Sect in Group C with the dangerous Mingyu Sect and Holy Spirit Sect, leaving its team apprehensive about the coming matches.

• Mo Yang lost to Xie Huanyue, but Xu Aojun used Star Bind to defeat the exhausted Xie Huanyue and evened the score for the Star Crown Sect.
• Wu Feng and Xu Aojun fought to a draw, and Xu Jiujiu then defeated Shrek’s four remaining individual competitors to give the Star Crown Sect a seven-to-two lead.
• Xu Jiujiu warned Zhou Yi that Shrek could not win the team competition or the likely tie-breaker, and Zhou Yi forfeited the team match.
• Cai Mei'er urged Huo Yuhao and the other Tang Sect members to turn their frustration into strength and continue fighting for Shrek’s glory.
• The tournament organizers published the round-of-32 group draw, placing the Star Crown Sect with the Mingyu Sect and Holy Spirit Sect in Group C.
• Xu Aojun, Mo Yang, Dong Hui, and the other Star Crown Sect members grew fearful after learning about the rival sects’ strength and brutality.