Chapter Summaries

After Shrek Academy took the first Soul Fighting match, Zhengtian Academy chose to save its Soul Kings for the final match and fielded Yu Mengdi and Blood Wolf against Jiang Nannan and He Caitou. The match began with He Caitou transforming into a flying soul-tool fortress, leaving the fighters to battle on separate levels of the arena.

• Ye Wuqing and Yu Mengdi weighed the risk of a two-zero loss and decided not to field their Soul Kings in the second match.
• Shrek Academy sent Jiang Nannan and He Caitou into the arena, while Zhengtian Academy sent Yu Mengdi and Blood Wolf.
• Blood Wolf activated Wolf Transformation, and Yu Mengdi revealed her angel martial soul and five optimal soul rings, including a ten-thousand-year ring.
• Yu Mengdi and Blood Wolf attacked He Caitou together, intending to take him out before turning to Jiang Nannan.
• He Caitou deployed sixty-four weapons and two powerful turbofan propulsion units, lifting his massive soul-tool fortress into the air.

He Caitou and Jiang Nannan attempted to defeat Blood Wolf with a coordinated bombardment, but Yu Mengdi protected him with her defensive fourth Soul Skill. The match continued with He Caitou battling Yu Mengdi in the air and Jiang Nannan chasing Blood Wolf below.

• He Caitou fired his Flying Fortress’s cannons at Blood Wolf while Jiang Nannan used Invincible Golden Body to draw his attack.
• Yu Mengdi shielded Blood Wolf inside her Angel Wings, surviving the bombardment and explaining how she had countered Chen Ping’s plan.
• Yu Mengdi evaded He Caitou’s aerial attacks and fought him above the arena.
• Jiang Nannan teleported behind Blood Wolf and tried to catch him, but he fled on all fours to avoid her Waist Bow.
• He Caitou and Yu Mengdi fought in the sky while Jiang Nannan chased Blood Wolf around the arena floor.

Jiang Nannan and He Caitou fought Yu Mengdi and Blood Wolf in the second match of the 2-2-3 format, forcing Zhengtian Academy’s stronger team to struggle before claiming victory. Zhengtian Academy won the match, but Yu Mengdi was left badly battered and Jiang Nannan and He Caitou had shown how dangerous Shrek’s reserve team was.

• Blood Wolf avoided Jiang Nannan to buy Yu Mengdi time, while Yu Mengdi used Instantaneous Movement to cut apart He Caitou’s Flying Fortress weapons.
• Jiang Nannan used a Paralysis Ray to immobilize Blood Wolf, then hurled him out of the arena with her Soul Skills.
• Yu Mengdi destroyed a propulsion engine on He Caitou’s Flying Fortress, causing him to crash and lose consciousness.
• After fighting for another minute, Jiang Nannan ran out of Soul Power, and Yu Mengdi knocked her out of the arena.
• The referee declared Zhengtian Academy the winner of the second match, while the audience watched the battered Yu Mengdi and recognized Shrek’s strong showing.

After He Caitou and Jiang Nannan were knocked unconscious, Chen Ping, Bei Bei, and Ning Tian resolved to fight Zhengtian Academy’s final team and win back their teammates’ share. The match was about to begin, with both sides determined to claim victory.

• Xu Jiawei and the crowd applauded both teams for their performance, while Chen Ping and Bei Bei vowed to win for He Caitou and Jiang Nannan.
• Ning Tian joined Chen Ping and Bei Bei in a hands-stacked pledge to finish the match, and Wang Yan let them take the stage despite his concerns.
• Ye Wuqing led Zhengtian Academy’s final lineup onto the arena with Yan’er and Shangguan Can, while Chen Ping, Bei Bei, and Ning Tian prepared to face them.
• Ye Wuqing acknowledged Shrek’s strength and implied they could accept defeat, but Bei Bei countered with a boast that Shrek would finish the match in under a minute.
• The referee sent both teams to their starting positions, and the competitors readied themselves as Wang Yan worried about Shrek’s disadvantage in strength.

The match between Shrek Academy and Zhengtian Academy began, and Chen Ping stunned the crowd with his extraordinary Soul Ring configuration. As the teams clashed, Ning Tian joined the attack with a Soul Tool and drove Shangguan Can into retreat.

• Both teams released their Martial Souls, and Chen Ping revealed one yellow, one purple, and one black Soul Ring.
• Ye Wuqing and the other Zhengtian Academy members were shaken by Chen Ping’s ten-thousand-year third ring but remained determined to win.
• Yan’er launched a fireball at Chen Ping while Shangguan Can rang his Soul-Seizing Bell to daze Shrek’s team.
• Chen Ping resisted Shangguan Can’s control and destroyed Yan’er’s fireball with a thrust of his staff.
• Bei Bei charged Ye Wuqing while Ning Tian buffed Bei Bei and fired her Three-Eyed Arquebus at Shangguan Can.

Ye Wuqing’s Golden Leaves were repeatedly intercepted by Bei Bei’s Dragon Whisker Needles, while Ning Tian’s arsenal forced Shangguan Can to abandon his interference. With the teams’ fighters engaged, Chen Ping drove Yan’er onto the defensive, though Ye Wuqing launched a Golden Leaf at Chen Ping’s back.

• Ye Wuqing threw Golden Leaves at Bei Bei, but Bei Bei used Dragon Whisker Needles to knock them off course and trigger their explosions away from him.
• Shangguan Can used his Soul-Piercing skill, but Ning Tian fired a Soul Guidance Rapid-Fire Cannon at him and forced him to flee.
• Bei Bei charged Ye Wuqing with a Thunder Dragon Claw as Chen Ping crossed the arena and attacked Yan’er with his Barbarian Elephant Staff.
• Yan’er escaped on her fireball and sent five fireballs at Chen Ping, who spun his staff to knock them aside.
• Ye Wuqing sent a spinning Golden Leaf toward the center of Chen Ping’s back while still fighting Bei Bei.

Ning Tian warned Chen Ping of Ye Wuqing’s surprise attack, while Bei Bei dodged Ye Wuqing’s Golden Leaf Formation and closed in for a counterattack. Ye Wuqing proved formidable at close range and seized Bei Bei’s wrist, twisting his arm as the chapter left Bei Bei in immediate danger.

• Ning Tian spotted Ye Wuqing’s Golden Leaf attack from behind and warned Chen Ping, who deflected it with his staff.
• Ye Wuqing unleashed Leaf Blade and Leaf Formation against Bei Bei, who used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to evade the Golden Leaves and reach him.
• Bei Bei attacked Ye Wuqing with his Thunder Dragon Claw, but Ye Wuqing stopped it and seized it with his Golden Left Hand.
• Ye Wuqing caught Bei Bei’s wrist and twisted his arm, threatening to wrench it from its socket.

Bei Bei and Chen Ping fought Ye Wuqing and Yan'er in the tournament battle, but Yan'er trapped Chen Ping in her Flame Cage and tried to take him out of the arena with her. Ning Tian revealed her long-hidden Second Soul Skill, Purification, just as Zhengtian Academy seemed poised to win.

• Bei Bei escaped Ye Wuqing's Golden Leaf blade, but Ye Wuqing continued attacking him at close range.
• Chen Ping overwhelmed Yan'er with his staff techniques until she lured him toward the arena edge.
• Yan'er used Flame Cage to envelop herself and Chen Ping, then hurled them toward the edge of the arena.
• Ning Tian activated her concealed Second Soul Skill, Purification, disrupting Zhengtian Academy's plan to win.

Chen Ping escaped Yan’er's Flame Cage with Ning Tian’s help and defeated Ye Wuqing, while Ning Tian knocked out Shangguan Can to secure Shrek Academy’s victory. The match ended with Zhengtian Academy’s defeat and the old era of fighting without soul tools giving way to a new one.

• Ning Tian used her Light of Purification to dispel Yan’er’s Flame Cage, and Chen Ping kicked Yan’er out of the arena.
• Bei Bei and Ye Wuqing unleashed their strongest attacks against each other, leaving both badly injured.
• Bei Bei called out to Chen Ping, who struck Ye Wuqing from above and shattered his Golden Leaf Blade.
• Chen Ping replenished his soul power with a Milk Bottle, then disarmed Ye Wuqing and held his staff to Ye Wuqing’s temple.
• Ning Tian knocked Shangguan Can unconscious, and Shrek Academy won the match.

Shrek Academy defeated Zhengtian Academy despite an enormous Soul Power gap, leaving Wang Yan and the spectators astonished by the team's hard-won victory. Ma Rulong worried about Chen Ping's hidden strength, while Xiao Hongchen learned he would lead an exchange visit to Shrek Academy.

• Wang Yan realized Shrek's victory set a record for overcoming a combined Soul Power gap of more than a hundred levels, and he wept with pride.
• He Caitou recognized that the battered team had preserved and magnified Shrek Academy's glory through their determination.
• Ma Rulong feared Chen Ping had kept most of his strength and trump cards hidden, and he warned Xiao Hongchen about the next tournament.
• Ma Rulong told Xiao Hongchen that Shrek Academy had invited their students for an exchange and that the academy had chosen him to lead the team; Xiao Hongchen agreed.
• Yao Haoxuan met the team as they left the arena, took Bei Bei from Chen Ping, and praised them for winning.

Yao Haoxuan returned to Shrek's reserve team equipped with White Tiger Guards soul tools and dominated the next round-robin matches. As the knockout stage approached, Wang Yan warned the team that Dou Ling Royal Academy had five Soul Kings and soul engineers, while Qing Ya arrived with invitations to a top-tier auction.

• Dai Yueheng arranged White Tiger Guards soul tools for the recovered Yao Haoxuan and sent him back to the team ahead of the others.
• Yao Haoxuan used Ning Tian's boosts and his soul tools to win matches with ease, defeating seven opponents in succession.
• Xu Sanshui repeatedly brought Jiang Nannan treats and interrupted her recovery until Wang Yan kicked him and he stopped visiting her.
• Wang Yan told the team that their round-of-sixteen opponent was Dou Ling Royal Academy, whose roster had five Soul Kings and proficient soul-tool users.
• Qing Ya visited Shrek's meeting room and gave Chen Ping invitations to the Starlight Auction House's top-tier auction.

The Shrek group accepted invitations to Starlight Auction House’s top-level auction, with Wang Yan allowing them to attend after warning them to avoid trouble before tomorrow’s match. In their private room, Chen Ping recognized that the auction’s live-screen technology revealed how far the Sun Moon Empire had advanced in Soul Guidance technology.

• Ning Tian explained that top-level auctions were rare and usually restricted to black card members and distinguished guests, and Wang Yan agreed to take the students while reminding them to return promptly and rest for tomorrow’s crucial match.
• Wang Yan arranged the next day’s tactics, and the Shrek group later changed into ordinary clothes and headed to the auction with their invitations.
• Qing Ya greeted the group at the entrance and led them through a concealed jade passage to Room Seven, explaining that Chen Ping’s purchase of the Dragon Girl had helped her become a black-level auctioneer.
• Qing Ya explained the auction rules as an assistant activated a Light-Guidance Screen that displayed the auction stage in real time.
• Chen Ping recognized the screen as Sun Moon Empire technology and reflected on its lead in video transmission and detection Soul Tools.

Chen Ping watched the Starlight Auction House open its premier auction and recognized the Star Luo Empire’s dependence on Sun Moon Empire soul-tool technology. As Shrek’s Wang Yan bought equipment for the team, an Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone appeared as a likely overture to Shrek, leaving Chen Ping focused on its value and the authorities’ possible interest in the academy’s flying soul tools.

• Chen Ping considered how the Three Great Empires’ purchases of civilian soul tools were financing the Sun Moon Empire’s military research.
• Xu Jiujiu opened the auction, and Wang Yan bought a Level 8 Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade after Chen Ping said Dai Yueheng and Ma Xiaotao would soon rejoin the team.
• Wang Yan also bought twelve Level 5 Fixed Soul Cannon Shells after He Caitou identified them as a technology the academy needed.
• Chen Ping ignored several soul bones, a Level 8 Heaven-Splitting Cannon, and rare metal, believing the Treasure Gathering Pavilion’s rewards would be better.
• The auction displayed a top-tier Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Soul Bone, and Chen Ping suspected the Star Luo authorities were using it to test Shrek’s willingness to trade for flying soul tools.

Chen Ping recognized the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone at the Starlight Auction and claimed that only a Soul Master with ultimate ice could absorb it safely. His warning alarmed Qing Ya, who hurried away to report it before the auction proceeded.

• Chen Ping recognized the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Soul Bone and learned it contained the Ice Explosion skill and was between fifty thousand and seventy thousand years old.
• Chen Ping said Shrek Academy would bid for the Soul Bone and asked whether any other Soul Masters with ultimate ice were attending.
• Chen Ping warned Qing Ya that anyone without ultimate ice who absorbed the Soul Bone would explode and die.
• Qing Ya realized this danger was absent from the auction's description and hurried away to report Chen Ping's warning.
• Wang Yan asked where Chen Ping had learned the Soul Bone's property, and Chen Ping attributed it to family teachings.

Chen Ping corrected his warning that an Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone would kill anyone lacking ultimate ice, and Princess Jiujiu reported the issue to Emperor Xu Jiawei. Xu Jiawei decided to reward Shrek for the warning and revealed that Shrek had developed a powerful flying soul tool usable by a Soul Grandmaster.

• Princess Jiujiu visited Shrek’s private room and asked Chen Ping whether the soul bone could only be absorbed by someone with ultimate ice.
• Chen Ping clarified that an unqualified soul master would drop dead rather than burst apart, and Jiujiu left embarrassed by the misunderstanding.
• Jiujiu told Xu Jiawei about Chen Ping’s warning, and Xu Jiawei decided to make Shrek a generous favor for helping the auction house avoid trouble.
• Xu Jiawei explained that Chen Ping held unusual sway over Shrek’s team and said the gift could help build a relationship with the academy.
• Xu Jiawei showed Jiujiu Dai Hao’s urgent memorial, which reported that Shrek’s flying soul tool could carry nearly a ton and that Chen Ping had used a Class 2 model.
• Jiujiu exclaimed that Shrek’s device seemed usable by a Soul Grandmaster, something even the Sun Moon Empire could not achieve.

Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu discussed Shrek’s new flying Soul Tool and Chen Ping’s unusual abilities, while Shrek’s team watched the auction. The final item was revealed to contain the Snow Empress, and Chen Ping recognized the chance to gain her help.

• Xu Jiawei explained that Chen Ping had advanced three ranks after absorbing a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and praised Shrek’s progress with Soul Tools.
• Wang Yan gave up bidding on the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone after its price started at twelve million Gold Soul Coins, while Ning Tian offered to seek funding from her uncle.
• Ning Tian said she had less than ten million Gold Soul Coins on hand, startling Xuan Zi into coughing up his tea before he vanished again.
• Chen Ping told the others not to rush as Room One bid thirty million Gold Soul Coins for the Soul Bone, suggesting it might come to them on its own.
• Xu Jiujiu introduced the final auction item, a white mass of air sealed in a God Sealing Platform, and Chen Ping recognized it as the Snow Empress.

Chen Ping warned the Shrek students against buying the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo, then met Star Luo Emperor Xu Jiawei, whose skillful flattery and deference unsettled him. Xuan Zi declared that Chen Ping’s wishes represented the academy’s, and Xu Jiawei began discussing his purpose with Chen Ping.

• Chen Ping explained that absorbing the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo could bring a second Martial Soul but might expose its victim to the beast’s revenge, convincing the Shrek students to abandon their interest.
• The auction ended with the embryo selling for a hundred and fifty million, and Wang Yan led the other Shrek members away while Chen Ping stayed behind.
• Princess Jiujiu and Xu Jiawei entered Chen Ping’s room, where Xu Jiawei returned Chen Ping’s Soul Master salute and called him a fellow Shrek student and junior.
• Xu Jiawei greeted the concealed Xuan Zi, who said he had quit drinking and that Chen Ping’s wishes were Shrek’s wishes.
• Xu Jiawei praised Chen Ping, but Chen Ping asked him to state his purpose directly, recognizing that the emperor was trying to win him over.

Xu Jiawei thanked Chen Ping for exposing the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone’s danger, gave him the Soul Bone, and revealed that he wanted to buy Shrek’s new Flying Soul Tools. Chen Ping outlined the available models and their production limits, then began discussing procurement as Xu Jiawei studied specifications far ahead of the Sun Moon Empire’s standard equipment.

• Xu Jiawei told Chen Ping that the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone caused sudden death rather than an explosion when forcibly absorbed.
• Xu Jiawei gave Chen Ping the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone as a first-meeting gift, and Chen Ping’s Martial Soul stirred at its quality.
• Xu Jiawei asked to purchase Level 2 and Level 4 Flying Soul Tools, along with a small number of heavy Flying Soul Tool Fortresses.
• Chen Ping explained that bulk orders would use hundred-refined steel blades with reduced performance, while special-steel samples could match Shrek’s models.
• Chen Ping listed the specifications and asked Xu Jiawei about quantities, schedules, samples, and a contract.
• Xu Jiawei examined the specifications and saw that Chen Ping’s Flying Soul Tools surpassed the Sun Moon Empire’s standard models by a full generation.

After securing Xu Jiawei’s promise to discuss a major Soul Tool deal with Jiujiu, Chen Ping celebrated receiving the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone and learned why he could not yet absorb it. Electrolux awakened and recognized the System Sprite as a Spirit of the World, then became intrigued by the forces secretly weakening the world.

• Xu Jiawei ended his negotiations with Chen Ping and took the specifications sheet, saying Jiujiu would discuss the deal after the tournament.
• Chen Ping returned to his hotel, celebrated receiving the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone, and found his Martial Soul could not absorb it because of its high age.
• Chen Ping used the system to examine the Soul Bone and learned its age, not its Ultimate Ice attribute, prevented his Martial Soul from devouring it.
• Electrolux began taking shape in Chen Ping’s Sea of Consciousness and recognized the System Sprite as a Spirit of the World.
• Electrolux sensed that the world had been weakened by a hidden force seeking to replace its Spirit of the World, and he became eager to investigate.

Chen Ping thanked Electrolux for protecting him and learned that the remnant soul needed his help to recover. Their conversation was interrupted when Cheng Gang confronted Chen Ping, accused him of being a Ferocious Beast reborn as a human, and began to doubt his own theory when Chen Ping pointed out that his Martial Soul was a tool.

• Chen Ping thanked Electrolux for saving him and asked to call him Elder Yi.
• Electrolux explained that Chen Ping's daily use of the gold of life and the life force he directed into Electrolux's divine consciousness had helped him awaken, and that he would need further help recovering.
• Cheng Gang entered Chen Ping's room and used his Soul Power to pressure him, but Chen Ping resisted and calmly poured himself tea.
• Cheng Gang said he suspected Chen Ping was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast reborn as a human, possibly one of the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts, and revealed that he intended to claim him for his Soul Bones.
• Chen Ping insulted Cheng Gang and challenged his theory by pointing out that his Martial Soul was a tool rather than a Beast Martial Soul, leaving Cheng Gang uncertain.