Chapter Summaries

Ye Qing effortlessly defeated the Dou Ling Team’s Thunderbolt Cannon, forcing them to surrender and securing Shrek Academy’s place in the semifinals. The draw paired Shrek against the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy while Star Luo faced Di'ao, leaving Ye Qing to suspect Xu Jiujiu had arranged the bracket to favor Star Luo.

• The Dou Ling Team fired a combined Thunderbolt Cannon, but Ye Qing’s Thunder Prison Destruction slash split it and cut through the arena’s Soul Tool Shield and a watchtower.
• Shattered Star Douluo rescued Lone Bamboo Sword, while the other six Dou Ling members surrendered; the Core Array then fell onto Lone Bamboo Sword’s foot.
• Shrek Academy advanced past Dou Ling again in the one-on-one round after all seven opponents surrendered when Ye Qing entered the arena.
• The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Star Luo Royal Academy, and Di'ao Academy joined Shrek in the semifinals.
• The draw matched Shrek against the Sun Moon Team and Star Luo against Di'ao, prompting Ye Qing to suspect Xu Jiujiu had favored Star Luo.

As the semifinals began, Ye Qing rejected Dai Yueheng’s suggestion to kill Sun Moon Team members, insisting that a tournament was not a battlefield. Meanwhile, Ma Rulong prepared to risk his lifespan and potential by using the Sacrificial Chapter to activate the Sword of Judgment against Ye Qing.

• Ye Qing recognized Xu Jiawei’s draw as a scheme to make Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy face each other before the final.
• The semifinals began with team battles, individual battles, and two-two-three battles scheduled within one day.
• Dai Yueheng suggested that Shrek use dirty tricks to kill Sun Moon Team members, but Ye Qing refused.
• Ma Rulong revealed the Sacrificial Chapter and the Sword of Judgment, believing the team could exploit Ye Qing’s light attribute.
• Ma Rulong declared that he would risk his lifespan, potential, or even his life to defeat Shrek Academy.

Ma Rulong prepared to challenge Ye Qing alone with the Sword of Judgment, while the Sun Moon Team and Shrek Team arrived for the first semifinal. The chapter ended with Ye Qing asking whether Ma Rulong wanted to test a powerful soul tool against him.

• Xiao Hongchen praised Ma Rulong's resolve and urged the Sun Moon Team to fight Ye Qing with everything they had.
• Elder Ma silently accepted that his grandson had chosen to sacrifice himself for their country.
• The Sun Moon Team set out for the semifinal, determined to defeat Ye Qing and bring glory to the Sun Moon Empire.
• Ye Qing discussed the Sun Moon Team's advanced soul tools and considered learning from them to develop soul armor.
• Ma Rulong challenged Ye Qing to a one-on-one fight while his teammates watched from the sidelines.
• Ye Qing asked Ma Rulong whether he had a powerful soul tool he wanted tested.

Ye Qing persuaded Ma Rulong and the Sun Moon Team to wager the Sword of Judgment on their strongest combined strike, then faced the attack with his Emperor Sword: Ice Extreme Peerless. Ma Rulong unleashed the sword’s light-and-dark power against Ye Qing as the semifinal team battle began.

• Ye Qing examined Ma Rulong’s Class 8 Sword of Judgment and proposed that the seven Sun Moon Team members use it to strike him without the Sacrificial Chapter; if he endured the blow, he would win the sword.
• Ma Rulong hesitated to wager the borrowed sword, but Xiao Hongchen accepted on the team’s behalf and promised to explain the loss to Jing Hongchen.
• Shattered Star Douluo announced the semifinal team battle, and the Sun Moon Team formed up to channel their soul power into Ma Rulong while Shrek’s other members watched from the arena’s edge.
• Ye Qing formed an ice longsword, and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm recognized its aura without recalling where it had sensed it before.
• Ma Rulong and the other six Sun Moon Team members powered the Sword of Judgment, which turned gold as Ma Rulong raised it and struck at Ye Qing with its light-and-dark force.

Ye Qing defeated Ma Rulong by absorbing the Sword of Judgment’s attack and revealed that his light attribute was ultimate. After demonstrating that extreme cold could transform into extreme heat, he named the technique Extremes Give Way to Good Fortune, leaving Xiao Hongchen and the spectators amazed and full of questions.

• Ma Rulong unleashed Darkness-Judgment, but Ye Qing absorbed the dark power with his Yin-Yang Soul Core without being harmed.
• Ye Qing revealed that his light attribute was ultimate light, shocking Ma Rulong and the spectators.
• Ye Qing transformed his Ice Sword into a flaming sword and demonstrated how its attacks turned magma into solid rock.
• Ma Rulong collapsed unconscious, and Mi Jia caught him as Xiao Hongchen conceded the wager and asked Ye Qing how he had done it.
• Ye Qing explained his principle of transforming extreme cold into extreme heat and named the process Extremes Give Way to Good Fortune.

After the Sun Moon Team conceded, Ye Qing accepted the Sword of Judgment and teased his friends, while Zhang Lexuan wrestled with jealousy over his attention to Meng Hongchen. Meanwhile, Xu Jiujiu realized that Ye Qing and Ye Xuan were the same person and cried over his deception, leaving Ye Qing warned to make his future disguises more secure.

• The Sun Moon Team conceded, and Meng Hongchen handed Ye Qing the Sword of Judgment after telling him she would remember him.
• Xu Sanshi teased Ye Qing about attracting Meng Hongchen, and Ye Qing and Bei Bei mocked Xu Sanshi in return.
• Zhang Lexuan took Ye Qing's hand, and Ye Qing reassured her that no one could replace her.
• Xu Jiujiu tried to write down what she knew about Ye Qing but broke her brush and cried after realizing Ye Qing had deceived her as Ye Xuan.
• Xu Jiujiu warned Ye Qing that his Dark Sacred Tiger disguise could expose his alternate identity, and he resolved to make future disguises more flawless.

Ye Qing showed off the Sword of Judgment as Xian Lin'er arrived and asked to speak with him alone. She explained Shrek's Soul Tool Department was far behind the Sun Moon Empire and asked to study the sword, leaving Ye Qing to respond.

• Ye Qing handled the Sword of Judgment, impressing the Shrek team and making Dai Yueheng envy its quality.
• Xian Lin'er arrived, and Han Ruoruo asked about the injured Chen Zifeng, Gongyang Mo, and Xixi.
• Xian Lin'er praised Ye Qing for helping the injured and strengthening Shrek's reputation in the tournament.
• Xian Lin'er sent the others out so she could speak privately with Ye Qing.
• Ye Qing guessed Xian Lin'er wanted his Sword of Judgment, and she explained that Shrek's Soul Tool Department needed it to learn from the Sun Moon Empire's technology.

Ye Qing gave Xian Lin'er the Sword of Judgment as a gift to Shrek, while privately planning to leave the academy after the tournament. He asked Electrolux whether the Gold of Life could heal Mu En, and Electrolux revealed that Ye Qing might have another way to save his teacher.

• Ye Qing handed the Sword of Judgment to Xian Lin'er, who accepted it and praised his generosity.
• Ye Qing reflected that the gifts he had given Shrek more than repaid the resources he had received, and planned to leave after the tournament.
• Ye Qing considered giving Ye Feng an immortal herb and then pursuing his own plans, including visiting the Holy Spirit Cult and working on soul armor with Electrolux.
• Ye Qing asked Electrolux whether the Gold of Life could heal Mu En's broken spine and soul damage.
• Electrolux said the Gold of Life could not repair Mu En's soul, but hinted that Ye Qing could still heal him.

Ye Qing learned how his light and sacred abilities, combined with the Gold of Life, could ease Mu En’s suffering and extend his life. At the grand finals against Star Luo Royal Academy, Xu Sanshi’s antics drew Ye Qing’s ire, and the match began with Xu Jiujiu revealing her evolved Star Crown.

• Electrolux explained that Ye Qing could purify the baleful energy afflicting Mu En and use Life Essence to help his body, potentially giving him another ten to twenty years, though his soul could not be healed.
• Two days later, Ye Qing and the Shrek team gathered at Star Luo Plaza for the grand finals against Star Luo Royal Academy.
• Ye Qing teased Xu Sanshi for watching Xu Jiujiu and tried to replace him with Xiao Xiao, but Dai Yueheng reminded him that the team battle roster had already been submitted.
• Ye Qing told the Star Luo team that Xu Sanshi considered them beneath his notice, provoking their anger as Xu Sanshi was carried onto the stage.
• At the referee’s command, both teams released their martial souls, and Xu Jiujiu took the stage as a Soul Emperor with her evolved Star Crown.

Xu Jiujiu recognized Ye Qing beneath his Ye Xuan identity and used Star Sea Illusion to speak with him privately while their teams fought. Shrek won the match, and Ye Qing revealed his true appearance to Xu Jiujiu, who embraced him.

• Dai Yueheng realized Xu Jiujiu's Star Crown Martial Soul had evolved, while Xu Jiujiu recognized Ye Qing as Ye Xuan.
• Xu Jiujiu buffed and shielded her teammates, then used Star Sea Illusion to draw Ye Qing into a sealed arena for a private conversation.
• The remaining Shrek and Star Luo fighters clashed, and Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and their teammates helped eliminate the opposing team.
• Star Sea Illusion ended, and the Shrek Team won the match as Xu Jiujiu left the arena with Ye Qing.
• Xu Jiujiu asked whether Ye Qing was Ye Xuan, and he changed his aura to reveal his identity before she threw herself into his arms.

Ye Qing spoke with Xu Jiujiu about his plans to visit the Sun Moon Empire, then led Shrek Team to victory in the tournament and selected three soul bones. Three days later, Yan Shaozhe reprimanded Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and Ling Luochе but spared them permanent records of their major demerits.

• Xu Jiujiu recognized Ye Qing despite his disguise, and he explained that he planned to visit the Sun Moon Empire without her.
• Shrek Team won the championship after Star Luo Team conceded, and Ye Qing selected a Dark Demon Tiger Left Arm Bone and two other soul bones.
• Xian Lin'er led Shrek Team back to the academy, where the team members pretended to celebrate their easy victory.
• Three days later, Yan Shaozhe gave Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and Ling Luochе major demerits for their carelessness, but said the demerits would not enter their records.

Yan Shaozhe punished the Reserve Team members but rewarded Ye Qing for his rescue efforts and his role in winning the championship. After returning to Ye Feng’s residence to help refine Life Essence for Mu En, Ye Qing was home when his grandfather returned as a Level 95 Super Douluo.

• Yan Shaozhe gave the Reserve Team members major demerits but kept the punishments off their records, while praising Ye Qing’s rescue work and championship performance.
• Yan Shaozhe awarded Ye Qing a fifty-thousand-year-old Giant-Clawed Tiger right leg bone and let him choose another championship soul bone; Ye Qing took the Dark Demon Tiger left arm bone.
• Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan used their chances to enter the Inner Court without examinations, while the other teammates received cultivation resources and commendations.
• Ye Qing returned to Ye Feng’s residence and began refining Life Essence with Electrolux to treat Mu En.
• Xian Lin’er convened a Sea God Pavilion Meeting about Ye Qing’s Extremes Give Way to Good Fortune, and the elders decided not to question him about the self-created ability.
• Seven days later, Ye Feng returned home as a Level 95 Super Douluo and found Ye Qing drinking tea in the courtyard.

Ye Qing gave Ye Feng two tournament soul bones and then visited Mu En, offering to treat his injuries and extend his life. Mu En asked whether the treatment would come at a great cost, and Ye Qing said it would only require a normal use of his abilities.

• Ye Qing explained that immortal-grade herbs had limited effects on Titled Douluos, and Ye Feng asked why he had been waiting for him.
• Ye Qing gave Ye Feng a fifty-thousand-year Giant-Clawed Tiger right leg bone and a nearly twenty-thousand-year Dark Demon Tiger left arm bone, which Ye Feng accepted.
• Ye Qing ended his conversation with Ye Feng and left for the Outer Court, treating the meeting as a farewell.
• Mu En told Ye Qing that he had performed well in the tournament and described his unsuccessful attempt to use Extremes Give Way to Good Fortune.
• Ye Qing offered to treat Mu En's injuries and extend his lifespan by around a dozen years, and Mu En asked whether the treatment would be costly.

Ye Qing began treating Mu En’s decades-old Dragon Core Baleful Qi injuries with Ultimate Light and Ultimate Divinity, while Electrolux guided the delicate purification remotely. The treatment was working, and Mu En was beginning to regain his strength.

• Mu En agreed to let Ye Qing try healing his injuries after Ye Qing explained his purification ability and showed him the green treasure in a jade bottle.
• Ye Qing and Mu En moved into the Sea God Pavilion, where Ye Qing prepared to begin treatment.
• Ye Qing released his Martial Soul and used Holy Light Healing to suppress the Dragon Core Baleful Qi tormenting Mu En.
• Ye Qing’s purification began expelling the baleful energy, and Mu En felt the first reduction in his injuries.
• Electrolux remotely guided Ye Qing’s Soul Power output to make the purification gentle enough to avoid harming Mu En’s soul.

Ye Qing spent seven days purifying the Dragon Core Baleful Qi from Mu En and used life essence to restore Mu En’s body, though Mu En’s soul would still eventually collapse. Before Ye Qing left to rest, Mu En gave him the Dragon Core that had once helped him reach the Limit Douluo realm.

• Ye Qing and Electrolux spent seven days clearing nearly all the Dragon Core Baleful Qi from Mu En’s soul.
• Ye Qing used life essence to restore Mu En’s body and reconnect his broken spine, awakening Mu En’s Limit Douluo power.
• Ye Qing told Mu En that his soul remained injured and would likely collapse in ten to twenty years, but Mu En was grateful for the extra time.
• Mu En stopped Ye Qing from leaving and gave him a Dragon Core, explaining that its hidden baleful qi had eroded his soul for decades.
• Ye Qing accepted the Dragon Core and stored it in his Soul Tool.

After recovering, Ye Qing left Shrek Academy to travel, while Mu En realized Ye Qing had repaid Shrek more than it had given him and feared their bond was fading. Relieved to be free of his burdens, Ye Qing chose to visit the Star Dou Great Forest with Bi Ji.

• Mu En approved Ye Qing's plan to travel but warned him to stay cautious in the Sun Moon Empire.
• Three days later, Ye Qing left Shrek Academy, and Mu En recognized that he was distancing himself from Shrek after repaying his debts to it.
• Mu En asked Xiaoyao to keep an eye on Ye Qing, believing his acceptance of the Dragon Core preserved his ties to Shrek.
• Ye Qing felt carefree after leaving and flew through the sky with Bi Ji.
• Ye Qing asked Bi Ji whether she wanted to return home, and they set off for the Star Dou Great Forest.

Ye Qing and Bi Ji entered the Star Dou Great Forest and met Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beast kings at the Lake of Life. Di Tian recognized Snow Empress and Ice Empress, who revealed themselves beside Ye Qing.

• Bi Ji returned to the Star Dou Great Forest with Ye Qing and chose to visit the Lake of Life first.
• Ye Qing privately considered whether he could persuade Di Tian or Gu Yuena to help him gain a powerful soul ring.
• Bi Ji’s presence kept other Soul Beasts from attacking as she and Ye Qing flew into the forest’s depths.
• Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beast kings appeared before Ye Qing and welcomed him to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Di Tian sensed old acquaintances with Ye Qing and called them out, prompting Snow Empress and Ice Empress to manifest beside him.

Ye Qing met with Di Tian and the other soul beast leaders at the Lake of Life, where the Snow Empress praised his potential to become a god. He explained that he had already protected the Three-Eyed Golden Lion by disrupting the events that once led to her fated death.

• Ye Qing greeted the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who rejected his attempt to pet her while remaining curious about him.
• Di Tian and the Snow Empress discussed Ye Qing’s potential, and the Snow Empress and Ice Empress said they believed he could become a god.
• Di Tian asked Ye Qing whether he remembered their agreement to prevent the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s death and thwart the plot against her.
• Ye Qing said he had already changed the key events behind her fate, while Bi Ji wondered what arrangements he had made.
• Ye Qing explained that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was being watched in the Great Ferocious Land and that the Myriad Demon King would stop humans from approaching her.

Ye Qing secured the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s safety by warning Di Tian to prevent her from taking human form, then spent his time in the Star Dou Great Forest making seasonings. As he prepared to leave with Bi Ji, he revealed that he had already chosen a target for his remaining Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast slot.

• Ye Qing told Di Tian to give the Three-Eyed Golden Lion a reverse scale and keep her from taking human form, warning that someone else might be trying to make her transform.
• Ye Qing roamed the Great Ferocious Land, gathered plants, and made jars of seasonings with help from the Myriad Demon King.
• Ye Qing asked Bi Ji whether she would stay in the Star Dou Great Forest or leave with him, and she returned to the Silver Dragon Reverse Scale on his chest.
• Bi Ji told Ye Qing that Di Tian would allow any Soul Beast willing to sacrifice itself to him, with no limit on slots.
• Ye Qing confirmed that his remaining slot still counted and revealed he had already chosen a target.

Ye Qing identified the Golden Hawksbill Turtle that had stolen the Star Dou Great Forest’s gold of life and persuaded Di Tian to let him decide who received the turtle’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone. Di Tian brought Ye Qing and Bi Ji to the Hawksbill Turtle Clan’s territory, where he sealed the area and trapped the turtles as the sickly Golden Hawksbill Turtle realized it was doomed.

• Ye Qing asked Bi Ji to help locate the Golden Hawksbill Turtle and called Di Tian to hear his explanation.
• Ye Qing revealed that the turtle had stolen and swallowed gold of life, which drained its life force and left it appearing to be a dying Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Bi Ji recognized the turtle, and Di Tian agreed that Ye Qing could decide who received its Soul Ring and Soul Bone while the gold of life returned to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Bi Ji gave Di Tian the turtle’s location, and he opened a spatial passage for the three of them to travel there.
• Di Tian sealed the Hawksbill Turtle Clan’s territory with Spatial Lockdown and identified every turtle over ten thousand years old, leaving the sickly Golden Hawksbill Turtle terrified.