Chapter Summaries

Chen Ping and the Shrek Academy group stopped near Mingdu, where Huo Yuhao made a fortune selling grilled fish before a rude young sect master’s demands were stopped by the Shrek emblem. The group continued toward Mingdu without getting the chance to show off their strength.

• Chen Ping and the others landed about a hundred kilometers from Mingdu and stopped to cook and rest.
• Huo Yuhao sold grilled fish to members of the Heavenly Armor Sect for one Gold Soul Coin each, earning a hundred Gold Soul Coins.
• A group of Soul Masters arrived on Flying Soul Tools, and Feng Ling demanded that Chen Ping’s group grill food for him.
• Feng Ling recognized the Shrek Academy emblem on the group’s uniforms, and two middle-aged men from his party beat him and dragged him away.
• Chen Ping lamented that the incident had not given him a chance to reveal his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, while the others imagined doing the same.

The Shrek group arrived in Mingdu and checked in at the Mingyue Hotel for the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament. There, Chen Ping reunited with Xu Jiujiu, who discussed the Star Luo Empire’s new soul cannons and asked for more High-Altitude Detection Soul Tools.

• The Shrek group traveled to Mingdu and, guided by Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan, reached the Mingyue Hotel to check in for the tournament.
• He Caitou eagerly answered the hotel hostess, and Xiao Xiao discreetly pinched him before the group was led to the lounge.
• Chen Ping fed Wu Feng a grape and noticed Xu Jiujiu approaching with a new group of students.
• Xu Jiujiu greeted Chen Ping and told him that General Dai Hao had tested the new soul cannons in Yuming City, where they reached a range of sixteen kilometers.
• Xu Jiujiu asked Chen Ping to sell more High-Altitude Detection Soul Tools, and Chen Ping advised her to train soldiers to use firing tables and mils.

Chen Ping advised Xu Jiujiu on improving the Star Luo Empire’s Soul Tool artillery and troop training, prompting her to offer him powerful positions and a place in the imperial family. After Wu Feng and Ning Tian made their closeness to Chen Ping clear, Xu Jiujiu accepted that she could not recruit him and discussed the tournament and future business instead.

• Chen Ping explained that the Star Luo Empire could improve artillery accuracy by training Soul Engineers in counting rods and selecting recruits for their mental calculation skills.
• Impressed by Chen Ping’s military knowledge and abilities, Xu Jiujiu invited him to join the Star Luo Empire, offering him high office and even kinship with the imperial family.
• Wu Feng fed Chen Ping grapes while Ning Tian linked arms with him, and Ning Tian reminded Xu Jiujiu that they had met at her auction.
• Xu Jiujiu realized that the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect had already secured Chen Ping’s affection and asked where his former tournament teammates were.
• Chen Ping explained that Bei Bei and the others were competing for the Tang Sect, and Xu Jiujiu joked that Shrek had sent too many strong teams.
• Xu Jiujiu chose to save Chen Ping’s favor for a future discount rather than ask him to let her team win with dignity.

Chen Ping and the Shrek team registered for the competition at the Mingyue Hotel, where they encountered Zhang Peng and were assigned a luxurious Sky Villa suite. The chapter ended with the group taking in the suite’s extravagant rooms and rooftop pool.

• Xu Jiujiu gave Chen Ping a Star Luo Imperial Family token and offered to help him if he ever needed something from the Star Luo Empire.
• Chen Ping and the Shrek team completed registration, image recording, medical examinations, and physical fitness tests for the competition.
• The group spotted Scorpion Tiger Douluo Zhang Peng, who felt uneasy when he saw Chen Ping, and they passed without speaking.
• The attendants led Chen Ping and the others to a Sky Villa on the top floor of the Mingyue Hotel, where they saw its lavish rooms, garden, and swimming pool.

Shrek Academy’s team reviewed the Sun Moon Empire’s revised tournament rules, which favored aerial combat and soul engineers, though Shrek’s own flight equipment gave it an advantage. After protests failed to change the rules, the 167 teams held the draw, and Shrek did not receive a bye.

• Shrek Academy’s team and the Tang Sect members gathered to discuss the competition format after settling into Sky Villa Number One.
• Chen Ping noted that the rules imposed no altitude limit, giving teams with flying soul tools a major advantage, but Shrek’s members welcomed the rule because they were equipped to fly.
• The teams learned that individual knockout points would determine whether a team match was needed and could also help teams advance after the knockout stage.
• Academies and sects from the Douluo Three Kingdoms protested the new rules, but the Sun Moon Empire kept them in place and the tournament remained scheduled to begin.
• He Caitou drew lots for Shrek Academy at the ceremony, but the team did not receive the bye among the 167 competitors.

The teams gathered at the tournament grounds, where Chen Ping and Huo Yuhao examined the Sun Moon Empire’s broadcasting technology. Xu Tianran arrived as Regent, and Chen Ping decided that killing him would only strengthen the empire’s drive for war.

• Shrek and the other teams traveled under heavy guard to the tournament venue, where a light curtain prevented competitors from falling off the stage.
• Chen Ping had Huo Yuhao use Spiritual Detection to memorize the structure of the Sun Moon Empire’s broadcast screens.
• The Royal Soul Engineer Corps secured the presidium as Xu Tianran arrived in a Dragon Carriage with Ju Zi pushing his wheelchair.
• Chen Ping’s remark about Xu Tianran’s arrival carried toward the presidium, but an official defused the moment by leading the officials in greeting the Regent and Ju Zi.
• Chen Ping considered killing Xu Tianran with Level 9 Fixed-Installation Shells, then concluded that his death would fuel the Sun Moon Empire’s desire for war.
• Xu Tianran and the Sun Moon Empire’s officials ascended the platform amid the crowd’s cheers.

Ju Zi opened the Continental Advanced Young Soul Master Elite Tournament, and Shrek Academy was matched against the Dragon Slaying Sect in the first preliminary knockout round. Chen Ping announced that he would fight alone and entered the arena as the crowd and rival teams watched.

• Zhongli Wu silenced the hundreds of thousands gathered at the tournament, and Chen Ping recognized him as the Holy Spirit Cult leader and wondered why Long Xiaoyao was absent.
• Ju Zi declared the tournament open, and the host announced the first match between Shrek Academy and the Dragon Slaying Sect.
• Chen Ping leaped into the waiting area, drawing the attention of the powerhouse teams with his physical skill.
• The seven Dragon Slaying Sect competitors entered confidently, believing their traditional sect training gave them an advantage over academy students.
• Chen Ping announced that Shrek would field only one competitor, and the crowd reacted with astonishment as he was called into the arena.

Chen Ping faced a five-ring Soul King from the Dragon Slaying Sect in the tournament’s opening individual match and effortlessly stopped his full-strength charge. After demonstrating his immense physical power, Chen Ping revealed five Soul Rings and prepared to show the audience his genuine ability.

• The referee explained the individual match rules, and the Dragon Slaying Sect’s stocky young contestant took his place opposite Chen Ping.
• The Dragon Slaying Sect contestant charged Chen Ping with his Bronze Bull Martial Soul and Savage Bull’s Strength, revealing five Soul Rings.
• Chen Ping caught the contestant’s punch with one hand and absorbed its force, leaving him completely immobilized.
• Chen Ping released his opponent and reflected that the young man’s strength surpassed his own all-out punch from five years earlier.
• Chen Ping raised his fists, released five Soul Rings, and prepared to demonstrate his true strength.

Chen Ping revealed his unusual Soul Rings and used his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skill to split open the arena and pull his opponent into the fissure. He stopped himself from closing the earth on the Dragon Slaying Sect disciple, leaving the audience stunned by the skill’s power.

• Chen Ping’s gold and red Soul Rings shocked the spectators, while Xu Tianran and Zhongli Wu recognized him as a threat.
• Chen Ping channeled his fifth Soul Ring into his fists and unleashed Earth Devil Split against the Dragon Slaying Sect disciple.
• Chen Ping’s strike tore a vast fissure through the arena and dragged the disciple into it.
• Chen Ping began to close the fissure, then stopped when he realized the disciple could be killed.
• The audience, rival teams, Shrek’s members, and Xuan Zi were stunned by the scale of Chen Ping’s chained control skill.

Chen Ping won Shrek’s first knockout-stage match by using his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skill to rip open the alloy arena and trap a Dragon Slaying Sect fighter. The remaining Dragon Slaying Sect members conceded, while Jing Hongchen’s attempt to gauge Shrek’s strength yielded little beyond a glimpse of Chen Ping’s power.

• Chen Ping used Earth Devil Split to tear open the Soul Fighting Arena and bury a Dragon Slaying Sect disciple, and the referee rescued the man before declaring Chen Ping the winner.
• Xiao Hongchen watched Chen Ping’s destructive strike with concern, while Vina and Long discussed his physical strength and Long claimed he could defeat Chen Ping one-on-one.
• Chen Ping pinched the damaged arena back together after the rescue, leaving the Dragon Slaying Sect competitors shaken.
• The Dragon Slaying Sect captain conceded the match rather than risk further losses.
• Jing Hongchen grew angry that the Dragon Slaying Sect had surrendered after revealing only one of Chen Ping’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skills.

Chen Ping led Shrek to a decisive victory in the tournament’s opening match, using one Soul Skill to secure all twelve points and leave the Tang Sect wary of his strength. As the knockout matches continued, he publicly accused the Holy Spirit Sect of deliberately killing and maiming opponents, then met their death threats with contempt.

• Chen Ping used Earth Devil Split to defeat the opposing team alone, earning Shrek all twelve points and impressing the spectators and rival teams.
• Bei Bei and the Tang Sect realized Chen Ping likely possessed another powerful Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skill and worried about facing him.
• Shrek’s team stayed to watch the knockout matches, while the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy claimed second place in morning points with eleven.
• After the Holy Spirit Sect caused one death and one injury, Chen Ping displayed a sign accusing them of deliberately harming their opponents.
• The Holy Spirit Sect restrained its violence in the team battle, then made throat-slitting gestures at Chen Ping, who dismissed their threats with contempt.
• The tournament held twenty-six matches by evening, and no competitor managed to defeat seven opponents in succession.

After the first day of the tournament, Chen Ping told Zhang Lexuan about the Body Sect’s presence in Mingdu and revealed his plan to visit an underground black market with Huo Yuhao to buy rare metals. He demonstrated a disguise that transformed him into a delicate-looking stranger, leaving Zhang Lexuan startled.

• Zhang Lexuan told Chen Ping that Body Sect members had entered the tournament and that senior members had secretly infiltrated Mingdu, advising him not to provoke them.
• Chen Ping said he had recognized the Body Sect disciples by their abundant blood qi and dismissed them as weakly supplied with medicine.
• Chen Ping explained that he planned to take Huo Yuhao to an underground black-market tournament in Mingdu to acquire rare metals such as soulforging silver.
• Zhang Lexuan worried that Chen Ping and Huo Yuhao would be vulnerable targets at the black market because of Chen Ping’s fame.
• Chen Ping used white mist to disguise himself as a delicate-looking man named Cai Xukun, an independent Soul Tool trainee, and made Zhang Lexuan recoil at his altered appearance and mannerisms.

Chen Ping sensed the tournament crowd’s Power of Faith as Shrek prepared for the second Knockout Stage match against the Heavenly Armor Sect. He Caitou entered the waiting area as Shrek’s lone representative, leaving the chapter poised for his fight.

• Chen Ping and Zhang Lexuan discussed how Chen Ping and Huo Yuhao could disguise themselves for black-market matches without help.
• Shrek’s arrival drew boos and cheers, while Chen Ping collected the crowd’s faint traces of Power of Faith.
• The Presidium announced Shrek Academy’s match against the Heavenly Armor Sect, which Huo Yuhao had encountered on the journey to Mingdu.
• Chen Ping stayed seated as He Caitou stepped up as Shrek’s sole fighter, with the Reserve Team expected to compete in later matches.
• He Caitou checked his Soul Tools and reassured Xiao Xiao before entering the match.

He Caitou revealed his ultimate Soul Tool War Turret, assembling a massive fortress with 128 Soul Cannons and two level-seven Super-Concentrated Energy Cannons. The fortress took flight as a Sky Fortress, leaving Han Yu helpless and Xu Tianran and Jing Hongchen alarmed by the consequences of their rule changes.

• He Caitou introduced himself as a rank sixty-five food-type Battle Soul Emperor, stunning Han Yu.
• He Caitou assembled his Ultimate War Turret Form, a fortress armed with more than 128 Soul Cannons and four Super-Concentrated Energy Cannons.
• Xiao Hongchen dismissed He Caitou's fortress as inferior to his own abilities and reflected on his power as a Seven-Ring Soul Sage.
• When the match began, He Caitou's fortress used its thrusters to rise high above the arena as a Soul Tool Aerospace Fortress.
• Xu Tianran and Jing Hongchen realized that the fortress could outfly their own Flying Soul Tools and pose a threat to ordinary Soul Masters on future battlefields.

He Caitou used Shrek’s flying Soul Tool Fortress to charge and fire a Level 7 Super-Concentrated Energy Cannon at Han Yu, forcing the referee to shield him. Shrek Academy won the first individual knockout match, while Xu Tianran confronted Jing Hongchen over the exchange students’ abilities.

• Han Yu realized he had no way to reach He Caitou’s airborne Soul Tool Fortress and could only wait helplessly.
• He Caitou boosted himself with cigars and drained three Level 6 Sealed Milk Bottles to charge the Super-Concentrated Energy Cannon.
• He Caitou fired the cannon at Han Yu, who raised his Heavenly Armor Shield and activated his second and fifth soul skills.
• The referee used his Martial Soul Avatar and a soul tool shield to protect Han Yu from the blast, suffering burns in the process.
• The referee declared Shrek Academy the winner, and Han Yu left the arena after realizing he could not withstand the attack.
• Xu Tianran questioned Jing Hongchen about He Caitou and Chen Ping, while Jing Hongchen privately acknowledged he had not taught He Caitou how to build the fortress.

He Caitou used the Aerospace Soul Tool Fortress to overwhelm the Heavenly Armor Sect, demonstrating Shrek Academy’s military advantage and alarming Xu Tianran and Mingdetang. The Heavenly Armor Sect conceded, and Shrek became the first team to advance to the third round of the Knockout Stage.

• He Caitou blanketed the arena with fire from the Aerospace Soul Tool Fortress, revealing its power to the tournament and the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xu Tianran grew furious when Jing Hongchen explained that the Sun Moon Empire could not match the fortress’s flight capabilities, while Ju Zi was shocked that Mingdetang now had to imitate Shrek.
• Xiao Xiao watched He Caitou’s fortress with excitement and imagined combining it with her own control abilities.
• He Caitou continued to dominate his matches, and Han Zhanhu conceded the Heavenly Armor Sect’s individual elimination matches.
• The announcer awarded Shrek Academy seven points for the individual matches and five for its automatic Team Battle victory, sending it through to the third round.

Chen Ping and Huo Yuhao headed to Mingdu’s underground Soul Engineer tournament, where Chen Ping planned to profit from the betting and pursue a rare defensive Soul Tool. They arrived at the city’s underworld district as Chen Ping promised Huo Yuhao a Ranked Carving Knife.

• Chen Ping learned from Ning Tian that she had sold their goods and raised enough money for him to spend at the black market.
• Chen Ping took Huo Yuhao to the underground tournament, where contestants had three days to craft a Level 3 Soul Tool to qualify.
• Chen Ping recalled that the tournament’s Level 9 judge was Ye Yulin and resolved to obtain his Awakening Necklace, a powerful mental-defense Soul Tool.
• Chen Ping promised Huo Yuhao that he would win him a Ranked Carving Knife, and Huo Yuhao trusted him despite the tournament not offering one as a prize.
• Chen Ping and Huo Yuhao traveled through nighttime Mingdu toward the area controlled by the Xishui Alliance, the Ordinary Alliance, and the Aodu Chamber of Commerce.

Chen Ping and Huo Yuhao entered the Xishui Alliance preliminary competition at the Youthful Hotel, where Chen Ping posed as an arrogant young master and placed a bold bet. They presented their Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy badges, and Chen Ping left Chen An to wager on the number of qualifiers.

• Chen Ping and Huo Yuhao arrived at the Youthful Hotel and convinced its guards to let them enter the competition.
• Chen An welcomed them, and Huo Yuhao said that both he and his older brother would compete.
• Chen Ping gave the names Cai Xukun and Xie Guangkun and showed Chen An their six-diamond soul engineer badges.
• Chen Ping asked Chen An about the betting options and handed him a Black Card to wager.
• Chen Ping told Chen An to reverse his age, bet that number, and keep ten percent of any winnings.

Chen Ping entered the Soul Tool crafting competition and wagered five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins on the number of qualifiers, promising Chen An a cut of the winnings. He finished his work by shaping gap mithril into a Level 3 Storage Soul Tool, leaving the judge astonished by his skill.

• Chen Ping bet five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins that the number of qualifiers would match Chen An's age, and promised Chen An ten percent of the winnings.
• Chen An eagerly placed the bet and escorted Chen Ping and his companion to the competition tables, where he personally explained the rules.
• As the competition began, Chen Ping held gap mithril between his palms without making any visible changes while Huo Yuhao quickly submitted his work.
• Chen Ping declared he was finished and placed the apparently untouched ingot on the table, confusing the judge and Chen An.
• Metal shavings fell away to reveal a chicken-shaped Storage Soul Tool with the words "You Are So Beautiful," which the judge confirmed met Level 3 standards.

Chen Ping and Huo Yuhao qualified for the Soul Engineer competition after quickly crafting Soul Tools, and Chen Ping’s wager earned Chen An five million Gold Soul Coins. Chen Ping warned Chen An not to investigate their identities and told him to keep the money for future bets.

• Chen Ping demonstrated his Soul Power technique by crafting a Level 3 Chicken Card Storage Soul Tool, which the yellow-robed old man confirmed had more than half a cubic meter of storage space.
• Chen Ping and Huo Yuhao received gold badges for qualifying, learned that the next day’s competition would begin with the Knockout Stage, and left after the event ended.
• Chen An told Chen Ping and Huo Yuhao that the wager had won, turning Chen Ping’s five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins into five million.
• Chen Ping used a deathly gray vision of the Undead to frighten Chen An, warned him not to pry into their origins, and told him to keep the money for future bets.