Chapter Summaries

Long Aotian crushed Shrek Academy’s remaining fighters, eliminating them from the tournament, while Huo Yuhao swept through three Tang Sect opponents before demanding a team battle alone. He confronted Xuan Zi over Shrek’s obsession with glory and ended the chapter in open anger.

• Ning Tian’s powerful soul-tool attack failed to move Long Aotian, who defeated her and went on to overwhelm Shrek’s remaining contestants, knocking the academy out in the quarterfinals.
• Xu Tianran discussed the tournament’s remaining threats with Jing Chenchen and Zhongli Wu, while Xuan Zi blamed Ning Tian for Shrek’s defeat and entrusted the next matches to Bei Bei and the others.
• Huo Yuhao defeated Xiao Xiao, Jiang Nannan, and Xu Sanshi in succession during the Dragon Tiger Sect’s match against the Tang Sect.
• When Wang Dong took the stage, Huo Yuhao questioned Shrek’s fixation on tournament glory and applied to move directly to the team battle after his third consecutive win.
• Huo Yuhao confronted Xuan Zi in the rest area, told him Shrek was about to lose, and angrily called him an old bastard.

Huo Yuhao confronted Xuan Zi before their team battle and used a public speech and Mental Suggestion to turn the spectators against Shrek. The chapter ended with Xuan Zi furious but unable to silence the crowd without making Shrek look even more unjust.

• Huo Yuhao told Xuan Zi that he resented Shrek's leadership and threatened to destroy its glory, while Bei Bei and Wang Dong reacted uneasily.
• Huo Yuhao explained to the Ice Empress that he planned to use Mental Suggestion to attack Shrek's reputation rather than harm his former classmates.
• Huo Yuhao received permission from the Unbreakable Douluo to address the spectators and claimed that the Tang Sect was Shrek's true first team, while his companions had been injured fighting evil soul masters in Mingdu.
• Huo Yuhao said he was carrying his companions' wishes into the match, and his Mental Suggestion spread through the crowd until spectators began chanting against Shrek.
• Xuan Zi restrained himself from using his pressure to silence the crowd, while Huo Yuhao answered his accusation by saying Shrek had used the same tactic before and that he was not afraid of the cold.

Huo Yuhao used the crowd’s support to take control of the public narrative, but Bei Bei countered by proposing a fair one-on-one bout. Wang Dong stepped forward to fight Huo Yuhao and revealed a powerful fusion skill she said he had taught her.

• Huo Yuhao’s Mental Suggestion helped turn the spectators into supporters, until Xuan Zi silenced them with his pressure.
• Bei Bei addressed the crowd, rejected a team battle, and proposed that one Tang Sect contestant face Huo Yuhao in a duel.
• Wang Dong insisted on fighting Huo Yuhao and said she wanted to beat him, rather than argue about honor.
• Wang Dong spread dazzling golden light across the stage and formed a gigantic Light Sword.
• Wang Dong revealed that the attack was a Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill combining the Light Goddess Butterfly and the Clear Sky Hammer.

Wang Dong unleashed her Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill against Huo Yuhao, but the match was suspended after Xuan Zi challenged its validity. Bei Bei conceded the match to the Dragon Tiger Sect, ending Shrek Academy’s championship streak, while Huo Yuhao reflected on how he could use crowd sentiment to challenge powerful opponents.

• Wang Dong used Judgment in the Sky, Light's against Huo Yuhao, but her strike missed and left her exhausted.
• Xuan Zi argued that the match was invalid because Bei Bei, as vice-captain, had requested the format change, and the Unbreakable Douluo suspended the match.
• Du Busi accused Shrek of refusing to accept defeat, and Xuan Zi silenced the spectators with his pressure.
• Bei Bei admitted that the Tang Sect Team had lost, and the Unbreakable Douluo declared the Dragon Tiger Sect the winner of the quarterfinal.
• Huo Yuhao explained that he had used mental suggestion to sway the crowd and hinted that he might turn public opinion against other powers in the future.

After Shrek and the Tang Sect were eliminated, Huo Yuhao left the arena and met Jing Hongchen, who warned him that the Sun Moon Imperial Family supported the Holy Spirit Cult. Huo Yuhao then rushed to Illustrious Virtue Hall after Gao Dalou reported an attack and found He Caitou there, seemingly absent from his Spiritual Detection and looking wildly deranged.

• Bei Bei accepted responsibility for the Tang Sect's defeat, while Xuan Zi led the Shrek group back toward Shrek City.
• Jing Hongchen warned Xu Tianran that the Body Sect threatened Sun Moon's championship hopes, and Xu Tianran asked Zhongli Wu to deal with Shrek's people.
• Huo Yuhao left the arena under concealment and accepted Jing Hongchen's invitation to the Hongchen Residence.
• Jing Hongchen told Huo Yuhao that the Royal Family supported the Holy Spirit Cult and offered him safety at the residence, asking him to invite the Northern Douluo to meet.
• Huo Yuhao considered how to win Jing Hongchen's support, then received Gao Dalou's alarm that two people had detonated powerful Soul Guidance Bombs at Illustrious Virtue Hall.
• Huo Yuhao warped to the damaged Underground Base, found Gao Dalou hiding, and spotted a hysterical He Caitou who had escaped his Spiritual Detection.

He Caitou and Xiao Ze detonated a Level 7 Fixed Soul Guidance Shell inside Illustrious Virtue Hall to trigger the underground warehouse’s Level 9 weapons, but Huo Yuhao stopped them before the planned bombs went off. As Jing Hongchen confronted Xiao Ze about his betrayal and the Late Emperor’s death, the chapter left their old dispute unresolved.

• He Caitou and Xiao Ze detonated a Level 7 shell at Illustrious Virtue Hall’s weak point, killing researchers and opening a hole above the underground warehouse.
• Gao Dalou contacted Huo Yuhao, who arrived and found He Caitou and Xiao Ze preparing to destroy the Level 9 shell stockpile and the Imperial City.
• He Caitou admitted the attack was revenge and fought Huo Yuhao with Sunflare Needles, but Huo Yuhao restrained him with the Ice Empress’s Pincers while the Ice Empress froze Xiao Ze.
• Lin Jiayi arrived with Illustrious Virtue Hall experts, and Jing Hongchen soon came to question Xiao Ze, whom he recognized as the insider behind the Body Sect’s earlier attack.
• Xiao Ze accused Jing Hongchen of failing to protect the Late Emperor ten years earlier, and Jing Hongchen began defending his decision not to interfere in palace affairs.

He Caitou revealed that he was Prince Xu He and tried to destroy Illustrious Virtue Hall and Mingdu to avenge his father, but Huo Yuhao killed him. As the Central Armory exploded and threatened the city, Huo Yuhao jumped into the underground passage to try to stop the disaster.

• Jing Hongchen recognized He Caitou as Prince Xu He after Uncle Xiao revealed his identity and explained their plot to destroy Illustrious Virtue Hall.
• Uncle Xiao revealed that he had planted timed bombs at the Central Armory to blast through the underground warehouse holding Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells, and an initial explosion shook Illustrious Virtue Hall.
• He Caitou announced that the armory would soon explode and destroy Mingdu, so Huo Yuhao crushed his neck with the Ice Empress's Pincers; Uncle Xiao then took his own life.
• Jing Hongchen ordered Lin Jiayi to activate the warehouse barriers and flew to the Central Armory, but Xu Guozhong delayed him and the armory exploded before he could enter.
• Huo Yuhao refused to flee to another plane, blamed himself for helping the shells be made, and leaped into the opening leading toward the underground armory.

As the Central Armory’s explosion raced toward the underground warehouse, Huo Yuhao used Mental Sensitivity to enter past the Golden City Shield and worked with the Ice and Snow Empresses and Tian Meng to keep its thirty Level 9 shells from detonating. The blast destroyed the Illustrious Virtue Hall, and Jing Hongchen survived amid the ruins, haunted by Xu Guozhong’s final insult.

• Lin Jiayi activated the Golden City Shields and ordered the Sun Moon Academy to evacuate as he prepared for the approaching explosion.
• Huo Yuhao arrived with the Ice and Snow Empresses, Tian Meng, and Elder Yi, then used Mental Sensitivity to inspect the warehouse and learned it held thirty Level 9 shells.
• After learning they could not break through the shield in time, Huo Yuhao decided to wait for the blast to shatter it and then move the shells into the Ice Seal Plane.
• Huo Yuhao had the Ice Empress put Lin Jiayi into a dream, and the group braced for the shockwave as it reached the warehouse.
• Huo Yuhao entered the warehouse after the Golden City Shield broke, and the Ice and Snow Empresses and Tian Meng shielded him long enough to prevent the Level 9 shells from detonating.
• The explosion destroyed the Illustrious Virtue Hall and killed He Caitou; Jing Hongchen survived with defensive soul tools, while Prince Xu Guozhong and his subordinates died.

Jing Hongchen discovered that the Central Armory explosion had spared the Illustrious Virtue Hall, while Star Luo forces used the blast to break out of Mingdu. Huo Hao woke in the Ice Seal Plane after being unconscious for several days and learned that he had missed the Final Four Tournament.

• Jing Hongchen mourned the destruction caused by the Central Armory explosion, then realized the Illustrious Virtue Hall's Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells had survived and flew toward the Sun Moon Academy.
• Xu Jiujiu led Vina and the Star Luo group toward the Mingdou Mountains, and they attacked Wang Yiheng's forces after the explosion distracted them.
• Huo Qiu'er sensed a sudden appearance at the Mingyue Hotel as the blast shook the building, while Xu Tianran ordered Ju Zi to aid the Sun Moon Academy and secretly considered how to exploit Xu Guozhong's likely death.
• Huo Hao woke in the Ice Seal Plane, learned that Electrolux had moved the shells into the Undead Demiplane, and reflected on He Caitou's death.
• The Ice Empress told Huo Hao that he had been unconscious for several days and that the Final Four Tournament had already concluded.

After He Caitou was presumed dead, Xuan Zi led Shrek’s group in an attempted escape from Mingdu, only to be blocked by Long Xiaoyao and a Sun Moon army equipped with powerful fixed soul guidance shells. The group returned to the city to seek another way out, while Wang Dong felt an unexplained pull to head west with Huo Yuhao.

• Xuan Zi told the Tang Sect members that He Caitou’s life-sign transmission had stopped, then gathered Shrek’s experts and ordered an evacuation from Mingdu.
• Yan Shaozhe reported that Sun Moon forces surrounded Mingdu, so Xuan Zi chose to break through east, where he believed the garrison had weakened.
• Long Xiaoyao intercepted the group and revealed tens of thousands of soul engineers, three Level 9 Soul Engineers, and five Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells protecting the eastern route.
• Xuan Zi abandoned the breakout and returned to Mingdu with the others after Long Xiaoyao warned that the young people would not survive an attack.
• Xuan Zi proposed approaching the Body Sect for help, while Wang Dong felt a mysterious voice urging her to take Huo Yuhao west.

After the armory explosion devastated Illustrious Virtue Hall, Jing Hongchen learned that Huo Yuhao may have saved Mingdu and agreed to let Xiao Hongchen challenge him alone in the Final Four. With their escape route destroyed, the Body Sect reluctantly considered cooperating with Shrek and planned to break out through the west of Mingdu.

• Jing Hongchen concealed the explosion's true cause from the Royal Family Consecrated Elder, then told Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen that Xiao Ze had caused the disaster.
• Lin Jiayi revealed that Huo Yuhao and two Mysterious Experts had appeared before he lost consciousness, leading Jing Hongchen to suspect the Northern Douluo had protected Huo Yuhao.
• Xiao Hongchen proposed facing Huo Yuhao alone in the Final Four, and Jing Hongchen accepted his plan.
• Ma Xiaotao learned that the Holy Son had still not returned as the Final Four approached.
• Du Busi learned the explosion had collapsed the Body Sect's escape passage, and Xuan Zi proposed that the Body Sect and Shrek cooperate to escape Mingdu.
• Du Busi decided to take the Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shell from the tournament and escape through the west, while Huo Qiu'er remained unable to sense Huo Yuhao.

The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy advanced to the semifinals after the Dragon Tiger Sect forfeited because Huo Yuhao was unconscious, while spectators suspected the Holy Spirit Sect had attacked him. The chapter ended with Huo Qiu'er preparing to lead the Snow Demon Sect against the Holy Spirit Sect that afternoon.

• Xu Tianran questioned Ju Zi and Zhongli Wu about the Sun Moon Team's chances and Huo Yuhao's growing popularity.
• Ma Xiaotao learned that the Holy Son was missing and warned the Holy Spirit Sect to face the Body Sect without him if he did not return.
• The Dragon Tiger Sect forfeited its semifinal against the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, provoking angry spectators who blamed the Holy Spirit Sect for Huo Yuhao's absence.
• Xiao Hongchen confronted the Holy Spirit Team, but Ma Xiaotao dismissed his accusation and he left without a fight.
• Electrolux revealed that he had used Mental Suggestion to forfeit on Huo Yuhao's behalf while Huo Yuhao was unconscious.
• Huo Qiu'er reassured Vina that Huo Yuhao was fine, then volunteered to fight first against the Holy Spirit Sect.

Huo Qiu'er opened the second semifinal by killing Jili of the Holy Spirit Sect with a single strike from her Golden Dragon Spear. Zhongli Wu recognized her life-devouring power as that of the Golden Dragon Holy Maiden, and Huo Qiu'er challenged the Holy Spirit Sect to send its next fighter.

• Xu Tianran asked Zhongli Wu about the Holy Spirit Sect's chances, and Zhongli Wu warned that Long Aotian's Silver Tier body martial soul awakening made the Body Sect a serious threat.
• Ma Xiaotao sent Bone Sheath, a Soul Saint who had secretly registered by altering his bone age, to replace the absent Holy Son.
• Huo Qiu'er took the stage against Jili, who transformed into a brain-eating beast and attacked her with his long tongue.
• Huo Qiu'er used the Golden Dragon Spear to pull Jili toward her and impaled him through the head, while the spear absorbed his life force.
• Zhongli Wu recognized Huo Qiu'er's ability to devour life and identified her as the Golden Dragon Holy Maiden.
• Huo Qiu'er pulled her spear free, pointed it toward the Holy Spirit Sect's Waiting Area, and demanded its next fighter.

Huo Qiu'er defeated the Holy Spirit Sect’s Soul Saint Bone Sheath with a powerful light attribute, helping the Snow Demon Sect win the individual match. Long Aotian then led the Snow Demon Sect to victory in the team battle, ending the semifinals as tensions in Mingdu rose.

• Huo Qiu'er defeated Jili, then faced Bone Sheath, who revealed his Dark Skeleton martial soul and seventh soul ring.
• Bone Sheath used a horn soul tool to try to stir Huo Qiu'er's evil impulses, but she showed no reaction and severed his right arm with the Golden Dragon Spear.
• Bone Sheath activated his Martial Soul Avatar and attacked Huo Qiu'er, who unleashed a radiant sacred dragon power that reduced his skeleton to ashes.
• Huo Qiu'er won the individual match for the Snow Demon Sect, while Zhongli Wu resolved to recruit her or prevent her from leaving Mingdu alive.
• Xuan Zi and Du Busi discussed Huo Qiu'er's light attribute, and Du Busi left after saying he would deal with Xu Tianran once the team returned to Tianhun.
• Long Aotian led the Snow Demon Sect to victory in the team battle, and Xu Tianran and Zhongli Wu left the arena while Ma Xiaotao called the Holy Spirit Team useless.

After the Holy Spirit Team’s defeat, Zhongli Wu planned to capture Huo Qiu'er, while the underground forces prepared for the Soul Engineer Tournament finals. At the Ordinary Alliance’s hotel, Du Busi and Xuan Zi arrived to protect Huo Qiu'er, and Ye Guyi began questioning the motives behind her mission.

• Zhongli Wu learned that the Holy Spirit Team had been wiped out and resolved to capture Huo Qiu'er for the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Feng Ling sent the Xishui Alliance toward the finals with Huang Zheng and two of the Third Elder’s apprentices as contestants.
• Huo Qiu'er joined Shangguan Wei'er and Ye Guyi at the Ordinary Alliance’s hotel before the finals.
• Du Busi and Xuan Zi appeared, and Du Busi proposed stealing the tournament’s Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shell and rare metals before Xuan Zi urged him to follow the rules.
• Shangguan Wei'er asked Ye Guyi to secure the championship, leaving Ye Guyi troubled by the Ordinary Alliance’s motives and her own reasons for killing Evil Soul Masters.
• Huo Qiu'er patted Ye Guyi’s shoulder and told her to relax.

At the Mingdu Soul Engineer Elite Tournament, Yan Shaozhe discovered Ye Guyi’s Holy Angel martial soul and recruited her to Shrek Academy, while Huo Qiu'er questioned whether Shrek truly represented justice. As the finals began, the three underground factions announced their prizes, revealing that the Xishui Alliance had supplied the Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shell.

• Yan Shaozhe and Shangguan Wei'er discussed the tournament’s rewards and the value of winning control over Mingdu’s rare-metal smuggling.
• After learning that Ye Guyi possessed a six-ring Holy Angel martial soul and wanted to fight evil soul masters, Yan Shaozhe warned her about the dangers and offered to make her his disciple at Shrek Academy.
• Ye Guyi accepted Yan Shaozhe’s offer, and Xuan Zi ended Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo’s argument over whether she should join the Martial Soul Department or the Soul Tool Department.
• Huo Qiu'er asked Ye Guyi whether she believed Shrek represented justice, but Ye Guyi remained resolved to join and fight evil soul masters.
• The three faction leaders announced the tournament prizes, and Shrek Academy and the Body Sect learned that the Xishui Alliance had provided a Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shell as the championship reward.

The nine finalists began the Mingdu Soul Engineer Elite Tournament’s crafting round, while Shrek and the Body Sect prepared for a possible clash with the Holy Spirit Cult and the Sun Moon Empire. Huo Qiu’er finished a basic Level 4 soul tool with unusual ease, and the contest moved on to the technique assessment.

• Grandmaster Zhang Chenglin displayed the Sun Moon Divine Needle and explained its scouting and strike capabilities as the final prize.
• The nine finalists took the stage, and Huo Qiu’er wondered why Huo Yuhao was absent while Ye Guyi sensed an evil aura from Huang Zheng and the other Xishui Alliance contestants.
• Yan Shaozhe planned an escape route with Xuan Zi and Du Busi in case fighting broke out, while Feng Ling ordered her followers to wait and prepare the West Mountain Secret Realm.
• Huo Qiu’er quickly crafted a basic Level 4 soul ray, puzzling the referees as the other finalists worked on stronger soul tools.
• The crafting round ended, and Elder Zhang announced that the contestants would proceed to the technique assessment, where the last to finish would be eliminated.

Huo Qiu'er and Ye Guyi helped the Ordinary Alliance win the Underground Soul Engineer Tournament, but Ye Guyi's Divine power exposed her as a threat to the Holy Spirit Cult. As Zhang Peng attacked her and Yan Shaozhe intervened, Feng Ling confronted him, declaring that she wanted his life.

• Huo Qiu'er and Ye Guyi advanced through the combat matches after several opponents conceded, and Ye Guyi defeated Huang Zheng with her Divine power.
• Feng Ling ordered Zhang Peng to kill Ye Guyi, while the Ordinary Alliance received the tournament's rare-metal and soul-tool rewards.
• Du Busi and Xuan Zi argued over the rewards before Yan Shaozhe urged the group to leave Mingdu.
• Zhang Peng attacked Ye Guyi, but Yan Shaozhe destroyed his strike and revealed himself to the Xishui Alliance.
• Feng Ling flew at Yan Shaozhe and cried, "Yan Shaozhe, I want your life!"

After the tournament, Holy Spirit Cult forces attacked, and Yan Shaozhe faced his former lover Feng Ling while Xuan Zi and Du Busi held off the cult. As Ye Xishui threatened the Body Sect and a major battle loomed, Northern Douluo Zhang Xiu arrived and demanded that everyone end the conflict.

• Feng Ling ambushed Yan Shaozhe, revealed her Evil Phoenix Martial Soul, and overpowered him with her greater cultivation.
• Xuan Zi struck Feng Ling into the arena, while Zhang Peng called for Holy Spirit Cult reinforcements and their evil aura endangered the nobles and disciples.
• Xuan Zi ordered the young members of Shrek Academy and the Body Sect to escape through West Mountain, while Du Busi stayed behind to protect them.
• Du Busi beat back a Holy Spirit Cult elder, but Ye Xishui arrived, overpowered him, and threatened to kill the Body Sect disciples.
• Northern Douluo Zhang Xiu arrived with two companions and announced that he had come to end the conflict.

Huo Yuhao disguised himself as the Northern Douluo to stop Ye Xishui from attacking Du Busi and the others, while concealing that he lacked the power to fight her. Kong Deming arrived to prevent a battle in Mingdu, and Ye Xishui withdrew after arranging to settle matters at West Mountain.

• The disguised Huo Yuhao claimed to be the Northern Douluo and asked Ye Xishui to spare the Body Sect because of his connection to Huo Yuhao.
• Ye Xishui attacked with a Void Blood Claw, but the Ice Empress and Snow Empress blocked it with an Ice Crystal Shield strengthened by Tian Meng.
• Du Busi acknowledged Huo Yuhao's role in killing Holy Spirit Cult members, escalating the standoff as both sides released their pressure.
• Kong Deming arrived with the Referee Corps and ordered everyone to keep any fighting outside Mingdu, while Du Busi threatened to unleash his Life-Bound Poison there.
• Ye Xishui agreed to settle matters at West Mountain and left with the Holy Spirit Cult; Huo Yuhao privately revealed he had lured Kong Deming to the western suburbs for protection.
• Du Busi worried whether Aotian and the others had escaped West Mountain, and Huo Yuhao assured him they would be safe.