Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao learned that the Demon Empress planned to infiltrate Shrek Academy while entrusting her daughter, Lan Fozi, to the Star Dou Great Forest, and he weighed how to use her plan. Di Tian then revealed that Xiong Jun had killed Chen Zifeng and grievously wounded Xian Lin'er.

• Di Tian explained that the Demon Empress had brought Lan Fozi to the Lake of Life and planned to join Shrek Academy to destroy the Golden Tree, while hoping to secure a future for her daughter.
• The Snow Empress and Di Tian prepared to meet the Demon Empress under the guise of supporting her plan, while Bi Ji described Lan Fozi as innocent and unaware of the schemes around her.
• Di Tian gave Huo Yuhao the Holy Spirit Cult's organizational structure, which Huo Yuhao memorized before destroying the paper.
• Huo Yuhao decided the Demon Empress was too complicated to cooperate with directly, but considered using her willingness to die to damage Shrek Academy and the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Di Tian told Huo Yuhao that Xiong Jun had killed Chen Zifeng during his Soul Hunting and had torn off one of Xian Lin'er's arms and legs, leaving her fate uncertain.

Di Tian and Bi Ji gave Huo Yuhao a Dark Gold Dreadclaw right palm bone taken from a slain bear, and Huo Yuhao absorbed it after promising to avenge its owner and Xiong Jun. He planned to use the new claw to kill Dai Huabin at a major auction while leaving clues that would turn the Dai, Zhu, and Xu families against each other.

• Di Tian and Bi Ji explained that Xiong Jun had killed a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear after Xian Lin'er and Chen Zifeng hunted its mate, then gave Huo Yuhao the male bear's right palm bone.
• Gu Mingxi told Huo Yuhao that Xiong Jun wanted him to use the bone against Shrek and bring back at least one head as an offering.
• Huo Yuhao absorbed the bone, reconciled with the bear's resentful remnant in his Niwan Palace, and gained the Dark Gold Dreadclaw.
• Huo Yuhao decided to wait for a large members-only auction to kill Dai Huabin and use the Netherworld Ghost Claw to conceal the true source of the wounds.
• Huo Yuhao planned to leave ambiguous evidence implicating the Zhu Family so the Dai, Zhu, and Xu families would turn against one another.

Huo Yuhao prepared the Di'ao Second Team for its first round-robin match against the Dou Ling Imperial Advanced Soul Master Academy, and the teams drew the two-two-three format. The chapter ended as the first contestants from both sides stepped onto the stage.

• Huo Yuhao secretly entered the Zhu Family estate and Imprinted the Netherworld Ghost Claw soul skill before returning to the Star Emperor Hotel at dawn.
• The Shrek Team and Zhengtian Academy won their opening matches, while Xu Jiawei watched Huo Yuhao and reflected on his conflicting duties to the empire and the Star Crown Sect.
• Huo Yuhao and Lone Bamboo Sword drew the blue ball, setting the Di'ao Second Team versus Dou Ling match in the two-two-three format.
• Huo Yuhao told his teammates that Xingyan would fight in the second bout and predicted the Dou Ling Team would use its first bout to assess their lineup.
• Lone Bamboo Sword selected Qian Yuan and Xiao Feng for the opening bout, while Long Aotian and Ning Tian rose to represent the Di'ao Second Team.

Long Aotian used Unity of Heaven and Man to overwhelm the Dou Ling Team and secure the first match for Di'ao Academy's second team. As the teams prepared for the next match, Xingyan and Nan Qiuqiu took the stage, surprising and angering their opponents.

• Long Aotian activated Unity of Heaven and Man as Ning Tian enhanced him, leaving Xiao Feng unable to locate or attack him.
• Qian Yuan charged Long Aotian with his Soul Skills, but Long Aotian struck him and Xiao Feng down with Heaven-Crushing Force.
• Long Aotian defeated the Dou Ling Team's pair, and Huang Jinxu stopped his final blow before declaring Di'ao Academy's second team the winner.
• Shrek Academy's members discussed how they might counter Unity of Heaven and Man, while the Dou Ling Team prepared to continue despite its defeat.
• Xingyan and Nan Qiuqiu stepped onto the platform for the next match, prompting Lone Bamboo Sword and Chi Hengyu to feel they had been underestimated.

Nan Qiuqiu and Xingyan defeated Dou Ling Academy’s Lone Bamboo Sword and Chi Hengyu through their coordinated annihilation and explosive attacks. Their victory secured Di'ao Academy’s second team a place in the next round, and Xingyan argued for more chances to fight.

• Nan Qiuqiu and Xingyan opened the two-on-two match by draining Chi Hengyu’s soul power and dismantling his Jingang Shield with their coordinated attacks.
• After Chi Hengyu activated his Invincible Shield, Lone Bamboo Sword summoned the Illusory Purple Bamboo Formation and launched a combined assault on Nan Qiuqiu and Xingyan.
• Nan Qiuqiu used Annihilation: Ring of the Ruins to restrain Lone Bamboo Sword and weaken his Purple Radiant Bamboo.
• Xingyan seized Lone Bamboo Sword and drove them both into the stage with Dragon Meteor, unleashing a massive explosion before Huang Jinxu rescued Lone Bamboo Sword.
• Huang Jinxu declared Di'ao Academy’s second team the winner, and Xingyan asked Yu Tianlong to let him fight in future matches.

Huo Yuhao and the Di'ao Second Team attended a soul-tool auction at the Starlight Auction House, where the finale Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife drew Huo Yuhao's attention. Electrolux recognized its material as Gold of Life, and Huo Yuhao placed a bold bid, drawing Shrek Academy's suspicion.

• Ning Tian used her connections to secure the group a luxurious private box and introduced the auction's inventory.
• The attendant identified the finale lot as the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, ranked ninety-ninth among the Ranking Carving Knives, and Huo Yuhao recognized its significance.
• Huo Yuhao won an early bid for a Soul Guidance Paralysis Ray, while members of the Di'ao Second Team occasionally bid on other items.
• Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Power was repelled by the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, and Electrolux recognized that it was made of Gold of Life.
• Huo Yuhao immediately commissioned a bid of one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, prompting Shrek Academy to regard the bidder as a fool.

Huo Yuhao had Yu Mengdi purify the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife and learned that its evil power could help her Angel Martial Soul evolve into a Holy Angel. Meanwhile, the Myriad Souls Douluo and Abomination Douluo prepared to carry out the Blood Sacrifice Plan during the Soul Master Tournament in Star Luo City.

• Huo Yuhao brought the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife to Yu Mengdi, whose angel power drew out and struck the malevolent soul inside it.
• Yu Mengdi said purifying the knife would strengthen her and might let her evolve her Angel Martial Soul into a Holy Angel, though she could not guarantee the attempt would be safe.
• Yu Mengdi said two more Evil Soul Titled Douluos would ensure her evolution, but she refused Huo Yuhao's suggestion to go overseas and planned to focus on purifying the knife.
• The Myriad Souls Douluo and Abomination Douluo awoke among the bones of sacrificed Holy Spirit Cult disciples and discussed the Blood Sacrifice Plan as their last chance.
• The Abomination Douluo expected to become a Super Douluo in ten days, and the two Evil Soul Douluos planned to exploit the tournament gathering in Star Luo City to complete their blood sacrifice and target Huo Yuhao.

Zhengtian Academy lost its team battle against Shrek Academy but exposed Shrek’s coordination problems through careful tactics and Soul Tool use. Afterward, Dai Huabin’s resentment toward Dai Yueheng erupted in a public confrontation with Dai Hao, who requested leave to speak with his younger son.

• Ye Wuqing and Dai Yueheng drew the team-battle match, and Zhengtian Academy used a prepared counter to Xu Sanshi’s Xuanming Displacement.
• Ye Wuqing activated Huo Yuhao’s Invincible Shield, while Zhengtian Academy’s coordinated attacks injured Ling Luochеn and Gongyang Mo and disrupted Shrek’s formation.
• Shrek Team defeated Zhengtian Academy after Tang Xiaolei was eliminated, but spectators criticized Shrek’s performance and praised Zhengtian Academy’s effort.
• Dai Hao reprimanded Dai Huabin for hesitating during the battle, and Dai Huabin accused his father of favoring Dai Yueheng before Dai Hao slapped him.
• Zhu Lu took Dai Huabin away, and Dai Hao asked Xu Jiawei for a day’s leave to talk with his younger son; Xu Jiawei agreed.

Di'ao Second Team secured first place in its group while the Shrek Team grew anxious over Chen Zifeng's disappearance. After learning that Qian Duoduo had withdrawn from Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao concluded that he might seek revenge at Sea God Island.

• Yu Tianlong defeated all seven members of a Star Luo Empire team, and Di'ao Second Team later forfeited its remaining group matches.
• The Shrek Team fought more fiercely as Chen Zifeng failed to return from his soul-ring hunt, unaware that he and Xian Lin'er had died in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang Yi informed Huo Yuhao that Qian Duoduo had withdrawn from the academy and left Star Luo City.
• Huo Yuhao risked revealing his Simulation skill to deliver Tang Yi a letter promising to create chaos at the Top-Level Auction so Tang Yi could escape Wang Dong.
• Huo Yuhao told the Heaven Dou Empire delegation about Qian Duoduo and the deaths of Chen Zifeng and Xian Lin'er.
• After the delegation discussed where Qian Duoduo might go, Huo Yuhao pointed to Sea God Island.

Huo Yuhao and his allies discussed Qian Duoduo’s likely journey to Sea God Island and Shrek Academy’s worsening position, then began planning to investigate whether Mu En’s soul was inside the Radiant Sacred Dragon. They decided to prepare a body for Electrolux so he could examine the Sealing God Platform and, if necessary, restrain Mu En before he could attack Heaven Dou City or the Golden Tree.

• Jin Peng left to return to Heaven Dou City after the group concluded Qian Duoduo was probably heading to Sea God Island, and Di Tian and Snow Empress agreed to protect the children on the team.
• Huo Yuhao told Di Tian and Snow Empress that Qian Duoduo’s withdrawal would let the Heaven Dou Empire notice Sea God Island, while Shrek Academy concealed his departure and the deaths of Chen Zifeng and Xian Lin'er.
• Snow Empress and Tian Meng proposed using Soul Cannon Shells to destroy the Golden Tree, and Huo Yuhao argued that someone from Shrek would need to bring them inside.
• Huo Yuhao suggested that Chen Fuhai might have taken over Mu En’s body and considered whether Mu En’s soul had moved into the Radiant Sacred Dragon; Snow Empress agreed the dragon might be willing to destroy the Golden Tree.
• Electrolux agreed that a body made from Gold of Life would let him sense the Sealing God Platform, and Huo Yuhao planned to use him to investigate and potentially restrain the Radiant Sacred Dragon.
• Snow Empress offered Huo Yuhao dragon Soul Bones from the Far North to make Electrolux a better body, and Huo Yuhao accepted her offer.

Huo Yuhao studied Dai Huabin’s psyche while considering how spiritual power and the soul might shape the heart, then led Di'ao Second Team through a record-fast round-of-sixteen advancement. The team prepared to attend the Star Luo Empire’s Top-Level Auction, while Abomination Douluo and Myriad Souls Douluo plotted to infiltrate it.

• Huo Yuhao brought Di'ao Second Team to watch Ma Xiaotao’s match, judged her dangerous, and ordered his teammates to prepare extra Soul Tools and Invincible Shields.
• Huo Yuhao probed Dai Huabin’s emotions and discussed with Electrolux whether memories and psychological influences could shape or create souls.
• Huo Yuhao and Electrolux concluded that mastering the Way of the Heart would require extensive experience, and Huo Yuhao decided he could not remain in the Heaven Dou Empire indefinitely.
• After the round-of-sixteen draw, Zhengtian Academy conceded to Di'ao Second Team, giving them the tournament’s fastest elimination-match victory and a place in the quarterfinals.
• Ning Tian told the team about the Star Luo Empire’s Top-Level Auction and offered to bring them in as a Starlight Auction House shareholder.
• Outside Star Luo City, Abomination Douluo and Myriad Souls Douluo slaughtered invited merchants and planned to coordinate an infiltration of the auction.

Huo Yuhao and his companions attended the Starlight Auction, where they discussed civilian soul tools and bid on several powerful items. The auction ended in a sudden attack by Myriad Souls Douluo and Abomination Douluo, while Yan Shaozhe realized the attackers had missed crucial information about the people they targeted.

• Huo Yuhao examined the ore-powered projection screen and proposed civilian soul tools, while Ning Tian memorized the group's ideas for a possible partnership.
• Huo Yuhao recognized that Xu Jiujiu's lack of a public soul-master reputation was suspicious and asked the group to investigate the Star Crown Sect's wartime methods.
• Shrek Academy bid on the Tyrant Tiger Soul-Refining Blade, but Huo Yuhao stopped Ning Tian from raising their bid, and he later won other auction lots for the Mind-Soul Forging Research Institute.
• Long Aotian, Yu Tianlong, and Xingyan left the private room, and Myriad Souls Douluo launched an attack inside the auction house as Abomination Douluo killed Giant Hammer Douluo outside.
• Xuan Zi ordered the children to flee, and Yan Shaozhe protected the Shrek Team while realizing Ye Xishui had abandoned the two attackers, who had come to Star Luo City without gathering news.

During the chaos at the Starlight Auction House, Huo Yuhao manipulated Dai Huabin into leaving the Shrek team, then killed him and escaped with his head. The Snow Empress stopped the Evil Soul Titled Douluos and confronted Xuan Zi, while the Sun Moon Empire began revising its plans to attack the Far North.

• The Snow Empress tore open the auction house to help the crowd escape as Huo Yuhao and Tian Meng switched identities and Huo Yuhao slipped away disguised as an employee.
• The Snow Empress confronted Abomination Douluo and Myriad Souls Douluo, while the factions fled the battle and Jing Hongchen wondered whether Su Ji was the Snow Empress.
• Huo Yuhao used his mental manipulation to lure Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu away from the Shrek team by posing as a servant sent by Dai Hao.
• Huo Yuhao revealed his disguise, killed Dai Huabin with the Netherworld Ghost Claw, and took his head while Zhu Lu fled during Xuan Zi's interruption.
• Huo Yuhao and Tian Meng returned to Di'ao Academy's side, and Huo Yuhao said they would return to the Star Emperor Hotel to bring Yu Mengdi.
• Kong Deming instructed a Sun Moon Empire attendant to warn Xu Tianran that the Far North bombing plan needed more fixed soul cannons and precautions against Du Busi.

Huo Yuhao helped Tang Yi continue his covert escape, then brought Yu Mengdi to the Starlight Auction House, where she purified a carving knife and evolved her Angel Martial Soul into a Holy Angel. As Heaven Dou gained political leverage from her transformation, Xu Jiujiu planned to protect Star Luo’s future, and Dai Hao learned that Dai Huabin had been killed.

• Huo Yuhao gave Tang Yi spiritual fruits and urged him to keep his identity hidden while seeking a way to use Ring Detonation to undermine Clear Sky Castle’s faith in Tang San.
• Yu Mengdi purified the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, which became the Living Creature Carving Knife, and Huo Yuhao brought her to the Starlight Auction House.
• Yu Mengdi killed the Myriad Souls Douluo and Abomination Douluo, causing her Angel Martial Soul to evolve into a Holy Angel and her soul power to rise to rank sixty.
• Yu Mengdi announced that she would join the Celestial Guard after graduating, while factions across the continent congratulated her and Heaven Dou gained influence over the campaign against Evil Soul Masters.
• Xu Jiujiu arranged for Star Luo to face the Di'ao Second Team in the quarter-finals and told Xu Jiujiu to withdraw from imperial affairs to protect the Star Crown Sect’s inheritance.
• Dai Hao let out a heart-rending roar when the Public Security Team brought him Dai Huabin’s headless corpse.

Huo Yuhao used Gold of Life, the Ice Silkworm Talisman Seal, and Electrolux’s magic to form a Spiritual Eye, then learned of events surrounding the tournament quarterfinals. In Mingdu, Xu Tianran ordered a bombardment of the Far North and began preparing a plan targeting Heaven Dou.

• Huo Yuhao used the Living Creature Carving Knife and the powers of Tian Meng and Electrolux to repeatedly form and reconstruct a Spiritual Eye over three days.
• Huo Yuhao opened the completed eye, discovered it could perceive emotions, spiritual nodes, and souls, then closed it when it caused him pain.
• Huo Yuhao learned that Dai Huabin had been declared killed by an evil soul master and that Zhu Lu had disappeared; he suspected Zhu Lu would flee to the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Yu Tianlong told Huo Yuhao that Xu Jiujiu had joined the Star Luo National Academy team and described her soul skills as the team discussed the quarterfinalists.
• Xu Tianran ordered six Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells and other weapons prepared to bombard the Far North, then made arrangements against a possible response from Di Tian.
• Xu Tianran turned his attention to Star Luo City and said the plan targeting Heaven Dou would follow the bombardment.

Huo Yuhao led the Di'ao Second Team into the quarterfinals against the all-Soul King Star Luo National Academy Team, while Dai Hao and Xu Jiawei wrestled with suspicions surrounding Dai Huabin’s death. Huo Yuhao finally took the field and revealed a startling dragon transformation that spectators mistook for a Martial Soul Avatar.

• The draw matched the Di'ao Second Team against the Star Luo National Academy Team, and Huo Yuhao decided he would compete himself.
• Dai Hao suspected the Zhu Family had killed Dai Huabin with the Netherworld Ghost Claw, while Xu Jiawei wondered why the Nether Duke's Mansion had withdrawn from public life.
• Dai Hao had a spectator who questioned Long Xiaoyao's disappearance taken away, silencing the crowd's speculation about the evil soul attack.
• Huo Yuhao sent Su Tong and Xingyan to the sidelines and told Mingxi not to conceal her soul rings before the quarterfinal match began.
• Huo Yuhao and Gu Mingxi unleashed overwhelming dragon might, and Huo Yuhao's transformation and four soul rings shocked the Sun Moon and Shrek teams.

Huo Yuhao and the Di'ao Second Team overwhelmed the Star Luo Team in a one-minute team battle, revealing Huo Yuhao's devastating strength to the continent. The victory left the spectators and powerful observers shaken as the tournament continued.

• Huo Yuhao and Gu Mingxi attacked the Star Luo Team, but its members sealed them inside an Absolute Defense Shield and linked their soul power through the Nine Turn Soul-Transformation Instrument.
• Huang Heyun launched a strengthened Dark Hurricane at Yu Tianlong and Nan Qiuqiu, who joined forces to stop it, while Chen Xiaojie tried to ambush Tian Meng.
• Tian Meng used Dream Dragon Soul-Shattering to incapacitate Chen Xiaojie and force Xu Jiujiu to protect the Star Luo Team with Star's Protection.
• Huo Yuhao and Gu Mingxi shattered the Absolute Defense Shield, and Long Aotian and Yu Tianlong struck the Star Luo Team while Nan Qiuqiu challenged its defenses.
• Huo Yuhao unleashed Dragon Abyss Earthquake against the arena, and Huang Jinxu protected the Star Luo Team from the devastating shockwave.
• Huang Jinxu declared the Di'ao Second Team the winner after the battle lasted only one minute.

Nan Shuishui reconsidered using the Earth Dragon Sect’s cold-spring cave abode to invest in Huo Yuhao, while the Shrek Team prepared for a semifinal against the Di'ao Second Team. The draw matched the two teams, and Huo Yuhao led the Azure Dragon Guard onto the stage to challenge Shrek.

• Nan Shuishui watched Huo Yuhao’s performance and began considering investing in him through the cave abode beneath the cold spring.
• After the Star Luo Team lost, the Shrek Team discussed how to counter the Di'ao Second Team, confirmed its lineup, and argued over He Caitou’s amplified abilities and loyalty to the Soul Tool Department.
• Huo Yuhao spent the night making Nan Qiuqiu’s promised Image-Capturing Soul Tool and told the Azure Dragon Guard to target He Caitou if they drew Shrek.
• Xu Jiawei held the semifinal draw, and Ma Xiaotao’s choice of a golden ball paired the Shrek Academy Team against the Di'ao Second Team.
• Huo Yuhao called the Azure Dragon Guard onto the stage and challenged them to trample the Shrek Seven Devils, while Ma Xiaotao urged Shrek to show its strength.

Huo Yuhao and the Shrek team clashed with Ma Xiaotao and the other Sun Moon Team members in the semi-final, as multiple fierce battles broke out across the arena. Huo Yuhao shattered Ma Xiaotao’s soul tool and forced her to use her Martial Soul Avatar, then charged into her Phoenix Meteor Shower with the Sacred Elephant Heaven-Collapsing Charge.

• Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao opened the battle with a fierce aerial clash while Su Tong was swapped into the middle of the Shrek formation and fought off several opponents.
• Su Tong used her ice and snow blades to overwhelm the Shrek members, while Xu Sanshi used Xuanming Displacement and his invincible shield to protect his teammates.
• Bei Bei and Yu Tianlong faced each other in a duel between their Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial souls, and their black and white lightning collided.
• Xingyan and Su Tong pressed their attacks on Gongyang Mo and He Caitou, while Huo Yuhao summoned the Heavenly Scale Ancient Halberd and smashed Ma Xiaotao’s Tyrant Tiger Soul-Refining Blade.
• Huo Yuhao challenged Ma Xiaotao to use her Martial Soul Avatar, and she transformed into a fire phoenix and unleashed Phoenix Meteor Shower as Huo Yuhao charged at her with Azure Sky Sea Dragon Transformation and Sacred Elephant Heaven-Collapsing Charge.

Huo Yuhao and the Azure Dragon Guard overwhelmed Shrek in the tournament as Huo Yuhao’s Ultimate Ice attack subdued Ma Xiaotao and his Dark Gold Dreadclaw killed Dai Yueheng. The arena fell silent, and Dai Hao collapsed after seeing his son’s death.

• Huo Yuhao unleashed an Ultimate Ice attack that froze Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Meteor Shower and drove her back.
• Tian Meng disrupted Xu Sanshi with Mental Interference, allowing Gu Mingxi to shatter his Xuanming Shield and kick him off the stage.
• Yu Tianlong battered Bei Bei with black lightning while Gu Mingxi’s Golden Dragon Spear was deflected before it could hit Gongyang Mo.
• Huo Yuhao abandoned his pursuit of Ma Xiaotao to rescue Xingyan, then struck Dai Yueheng with the Ice Dragon Sky-Tearing Hand as Dai Yueheng charged in to attack Xingyan.
• Dai Yueheng’s Absolute Defense failed to stop the Dark Gold Dreadclaw, which tore him apart, and Dai Hao passed out after witnessing his death.