Chapter Summaries

Dai Yueheng learned that Huo Yuhao was likely the son Dai Hao had fathered with Huo Yun'er, making Yuhao his half-brother. As Dai Yueheng grappled with the family’s past and Huo Yuhao’s hatred of Dai Huabin, Shrek’s team prepared for the tournament and warned against underestimating their opponents.

• Zhang Lexuan explained the tournament format, and Xuan Zi decided the reserve team would compete in the opening round with Minghui as backup.
• Minghui agreed to conceal his fourth Soul Ring and proposed using Ma Xiaotao to bait out any Soul Tool designed to target her, while warning the team not to kill opponents.
• Dai Yueheng visited Dai Hao, who asked about Huo Yuhao after hearing he had lived near Star Luo City.
• Dai Yueheng asked whether Dai Hao had fathered an illegitimate son with a maid, and Dai Hao admitted his past relationship with Huo Yun'er.
• Dai Hao revealed that Huo Yuhao was almost certainly the child Huo Yun'er had named Yuhao and explained how the Duchess had hidden his existence.
• Dai Yueheng learned that Dai Huabin had killed Huo Yuhao’s mother and struggled to reconcile Yuhao’s vendetta with the fact that Yuhao was his half-brother.

Dai Hao asked Dai Yueheng to approach Minghui and ease Huo Yuhao’s hostility toward the Duke’s family, while recounting the damage Dai Huabin had caused. At the tournament’s opening ceremony, Huo Yuhao reacted sharply to seeing Dai Hao, and the first elimination-round match was announced as Shrek Academy against Heaven Spirit Advanced Soul Master Academy.

• Dai Hao told Dai Yueheng to sound out Minghui and pass along the family’s wish to improve its relationship with Huo Yuhao.
• Dai Hao explained what had happened to Dai Huabin and the Duchess, and Dai Yueheng condemned Dai Huabin for bringing repeated trouble upon the family.
• Dai Yueheng joined Minghui’s group at Star Luo Plaza, where Huo Yuhao tensed after spotting Dai Hao on the city wall and Wang Dong helped him regain his composure.
• The Star Luo Emperor opened the Soul Master Tournament, and the host announced that Shrek Academy would face Heaven Spirit Advanced Soul Master Academy in the first match.

Minghui led Shrek Academy’s reserve team into its first match and used simulated godlike Soul Rings and spiritual abilities to make Heaven Spirit Academy surrender almost immediately. The team won, while Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy took note of Minghui as a future threat.

• Minghui stopped Ma Xiaotao from mocking Heaven Spirit Academy and reminded the team to treat opponents respectfully.
• The referee started the match, and Minghui revealed ten simulated Soul Rings—nine red and one gold—along with a terrifying aura.
• Minghui used Spiritual Weakness and Mind Storm to intensify Heaven Spirit Academy’s fear, prompting its captain to surrender.
• Minghui explained that he had simulated the Soul Rings and aura, and the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner.
• The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy team identified Minghui as a young Spirit Type Soul Master and discussed his potential as a future opponent.
• Minghui told his teammates that he had improvised the tactic to frighten their already-intimidated opponents and conceal their true strength.

Minghui urged the team to study Soul Tools and prepare for the tournament, then spoke with Dai Yueheng about Huo Yuhao’s family’s suffering and the Dai family’s responsibility. Dai Yueheng accepted that Huo Yuhao might seek revenge and asked that the innocent be spared.

• Minghui told the team to learn about Soul Tools, and he asked Dai Yueheng to check for an upcoming Starlight Auction House auction.
• Dai Yueheng explained Invincible Shields and Milk Bottles, and Minghui encouraged Xu Sanshi to consider using Soul Tools alongside his defensive martial soul.
• Dai Yueheng visited Minghui after seeing Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong go to cultivate together, then asked about Huo Yuhao’s past.
• Minghui said the Duke’s Mansion’s belated amends could not undo Huo Yuhao’s losses and asked Dai Yueheng whether he could forgive the family in Yuhao’s place.
• Dai Yueheng admitted he could not let go of such suffering and said the Duke’s Mansion would accept Huo Yuhao’s revenge, provided he did not implicate the innocent.
• Minghui asked Dai Yueheng whether that was his own intention or his father’s.

Dai Yueheng explained his resentment toward Dai Hao and asked Minghui to pass a message to Yuhao, while Minghui refused to pressure Yuhao over family ties. At the tournament, Shrek Academy drew a one-on-one elimination match against Yunluo Academy, and Minghui sent Old Xu out first.

• Dai Yueheng said he blamed Dai Hao for the suffering of his mother, Huo Yun'er, and Dai Huabin, and Minghui warned him not to manipulate Yuhao with blood ties.
• Dai Yueheng asked Minghui to tell Yuhao that the Duke's Mansion would await his revenge, and Minghui agreed to pass on the message.
• Dai Yueheng reported Minghui's reply to Dai Hao, who said he would bear the burden if Yuhao came for revenge.
• The tournament's elimination round ended, and Shrek Academy entered the round-robin stage in the northern Rest Area.
• Shrek Academy drew Yunluo Academy as its opponent and received a one-on-one elimination format.
• Minghui told Old Xu to fight first, citing his defensive advantage against low-level Soul Engineers.

Xu Sanshi led Shrek Academy to victory over Yunluo Academy, and Minghui prepared the reserve team to face Thousand Spirit Academy. After Huo Yuhao discovered that Tang San’s Divine Sense protected Wang Dong’s Spiritual Sea, Shrek planned to break Thousand Spirit Academy’s defensive formation with Soul Tool artillery.

• Xu Sanshi defeated Ma Yingjun, Shangyue, and Situ Yu in succession, prompting Yunluo Academy to concede and Shrek Academy to win.
• At the Starlight Auction House, Minghui bought a few Soul Tools, while Huo Yuyao planned to repay his growing debt by crafting and selling Soul Tools.
• Huo Yuhao tried to probe Wang Dong’s Spiritual Sea, but Tang San’s Divine Sense blasted him away; Xiaotian advised Huo Yuhao to ask Minghui about the incident.
• Minghui’s team drew Thousand Spirit Academy, whose lineup included a Soul King captain, two control-oriented Soul Ancestors, and four Rhinoceros Shield defenders.
• Minghui assigned Wang Dong to disrupt the enemy from the air, Xu Sanshi to hold the front and swap the captain, and He Caitou and Huo Yuhao to bombard the formation with Soul Tool artillery.

Minghui and Shrek Academy overwhelmed Thousand Spirit Academy with a spectacular Soul Guidance Cannon barrage and won the match. The Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy took notice of Minghui’s extraordinary talent and wanted to investigate him.

• Chen Zifeng, Dai Yueheng, and Minghui complained that their earlier opponents had been too weak and hoped for a more challenging tournament.
• Minghui summoned and calibrated eighty-one Soul Guidance Cannons, astonishing the audience and the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Huo Yuhao and He Caitou added their own cannons, and the three Shrek members blasted through Thousand Spirit Academy’s shield wall.
• An Lengye raised an Ice Frost Tornado as Shen Ce hurled his spear at Minghui, while Xu Sanshi used the team’s plan to leave Shen Ce exposed to He Caitou and Huo Yuhao’s cannons.
• Minghui caught Shen Ce’s weakened spear barehanded, and Shen Ce conceded defeat as the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner.
• Ma Xiaotao linked arms with Minghui as the crowd cheered, while the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s teacher and Xiao Hongchen resolved to investigate him.

Minghui helped Shrek Academy’s Soul Tool Department prove its strength, then advised Huo Yuhao about the Divine Sense protecting Wang Dong. The team faced Zhengtian Academy, winning the first match before Xu Sanshi and Wang Dong lost to a concealed Soul Tool, leaving Minghui to prepare for the final match.

• Meng Hongchen, Dai Hao, and the Shrek team recognized Minghui’s exceptional cultivation and the power of his Soul Tools after the previous battle.
• Huo Yuhao told Minghui that a golden spiritual force had repelled Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Xiaotian; Minghui concluded that Divine Sense was protecting Wang Dong and cautioned Huo Yuhao about his feelings for her.
• Minghui sent Chen Zifeng and Jiang Nannan to face Zhengtian Academy, and Jiang Nannan defeated Yang Yifan with a combination of soul skills, prompting Yan'er to concede.
• Minghui sent Xu Sanshi and Wang Dong into the second match, but Shangguan Can used a concealed Paralysis Ray Soul Tool to incapacitate Wang Dong, and Tang Xiaolei defeated Xu Sanshi.
• Xu Sanshi fulfilled his bet by shouting “I Am a Pig,” while Minghui told Wang Dong to consider the loss a lesson and announced that he, Beibei, and Gongyang Mo would fight the final match.

Minghui and Beibei used a wind-and-lightning combined attack to defeat Ye Wuqing’s team. Dai Hao explained that Minghui had developed the combat technique from Mu En’s teachings and passed it on to Beibei.

• Yu Mengdi resented Shrek Academy for sending only two reserve members and a support soul master, while Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen suspected Minghui was the team’s true captain.
• Gongyang Mo enhanced Minghui and Beibei, who joined their powers to unleash the Wind-Lightning Combined Attack, Dragon Battles in the Wild.
• The Azure Dragons destroyed Ye Wuqing’s golden leaves, paralyzed Blood Wolf, and overcame Yu Mengdi’s defense.
• Minghui disrupted Ye Wuqing with a spiritual attack, allowing the Azure Dragons to scatter his golden tornado and send him flying.
• Emperor Xu Jiawei asked Dai Hao about Minghui’s technique, and Dai Hao explained its connection to Mu En and Beibei’s inheritance of it.

Minghui and Shrek Academy won their match, prompting the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to consider recruiting him while Wang Dong questioned the influence of a sealed Spiritual Power. The next day, Minghui and Ling Luochen entered a team battle as a pair and froze all seven Changning Academy contestants with a powerful combined attack.

• Shrek Academy defeated Ye Wuqing and his teammates, and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy speculated that Minghui had Twin Martial Souls and discussed recruiting him.
• Wang Dong sensed that her resistance to Soul Tools might come from an outside influence, and Huo Yuhao told her about a powerful person's Spiritual Power sealed in her Spiritual Sea.
• Tang San resolved that Wang Dong, whom he called Wutong, must help revive the Tang Sect, despite the sacrifices involved.
• Minghui chose Ling Luochen as his sole teammate for Shrek Academy's team battle against Changning Academy.
• Minghui infused Ling Luochen with his Soul Power, raising her Ice Attribute Martial Soul to Ultimate Ice, and her Fifth Soul Skill froze all seven opponents.

Shrek Academy won its group with a perfect record while Minghui drew attention for his strength and ties to three girls. As the elimination rounds began, Star Luo’s rulers prepared to challenge Shrek, and Minghui encountered Xiao Hongchen.

• Ling Luochen released the frozen Thousand Spirit Academy team after they surrendered, and Shrek Academy won the match.
• Shrek Academy won its next three matches without fielding a Regular Team Member, while Minghui gave the Reserve Team members chances to perform.
• During a break in Star Luo City, Minghui took Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and Jiang Nannan shopping, prompting gossip about their relationships.
• After Dai Hao explained Minghui’s abilities, Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu discussed how Star Luo Royal Academy might defeat Shrek and agreed to prepare for the tournament.
• Minghui wondered why the auction had been canceled and missed the chance to buy the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone.
• At the sixteen-to-eight round, Minghui met Xiao Hongchen, who remarked on his Twin Martial Souls.

Wang Dong taunted Xiao Hongchen while Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen tried to recruit Minghui to their academy, and Minghui challenged Xiao Hongchen to beat him in the arena. Shrek Academy then faced Dou Ling Royal Academy, where Minghui and Ling Luochen revealed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill that shattered the opposing team’s defenses and cannon.

• Wang Dong mocked Xiao Hongchen’s age and appearance, and Meng Hongchen confirmed he was her fourteen-year-old brother.
• Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen tried to recruit Minghui, who said he would consider it if Xiao Hongchen defeated him in the arena.
• Minghui led Shrek’s team into the match against Dou Ling Royal Academy, and Yao Haoxuan boosted her teammates while suppressing their opponents.
• Gu Zhujian and her teammates raised bamboo, mist, shield, and earthen-wall defenses as Shrek charged into the arena.
• Minghui and Ling Luochen joined hands and unleashed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill that froze the mist and bamboo forest.
• Minghui fired a tornado-like arrow that smashed through the defenses, froze Chi Hengyu and Qing Feng, and destroyed the unfinished Thunderous Cannon.

Shrek Academy defeated Dou Ling Royal Academy in the team battle and Individual Elimination Match, then faced Zhengtian Academy in the quarterfinals. Minghui and Ma Xiaotao began combining their powers on the field, setting up the bait for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

• Xixi, Jiang Nannan, and Dai Yueheng overwhelmed Dou Ling Royal Academy's fighters, and Gu Zhujian surrendered the team battle.
• Dai Yueheng won Shrek Academy's Individual Elimination Match against Dou Ling Royal Academy, securing their victory and eliminating the opposing team.
• Minghui healed Dai Yueheng in private and told Ma Xiaotao she would compete in the next match to draw out the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Minghui led Ma Xiaotao, Xixi, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, Huo Yuhao, and He Caitou against Zhengtian Academy in the quarterfinals.
• Minghui knocked Shangguan Can unconscious, while Xu Sanshi defended against arrows and Huo Yuhao and He Caitou fired their cannons to suppress Zhengtian Academy.
• Minghui and Ma Xiaotao clasped hands, and their green and fiery lights began to merge.

Minghui’s second Martial Soul formed a powerful fusion skill with Ling Luochen, letting Shrek defeat Zhengtian Academy and advance to the Semifinals. At the draw ceremony, Shrek was matched against Star Luo Royal Academy, whose unfamiliar golden-haired captain appeared to be a protected secret weapon.

• Minghui’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Ling Luochen produced a fire phoenix whose power approached Soul Douluo level, and Ye Wuqing surrendered as Shrek defeated Zhengtian Academy.
• In the Individual Elimination Match, Chen Zifeng defeated Yu Mengdi, and Ma Xiaotao finished off Ye Wuqing, securing Shrek’s place in the Semifinals.
• Shrek, Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Star Luo Royal Academy, and Dio Academy became the four semifinalists.
• At the drawing ceremony, Emperor Xu Jiawei announced that Nation-Protecting Douluo Huang Jinxu would officiate the remaining matches.
• Minghui failed to probe the golden-haired Star Luo captain’s cultivation because a Soul Tool blocked his Spiritual Power, and the draw paired Shrek with Star Luo Royal Academy.

Minghui’s team planned to counter Star Luo Royal Academy’s likely focus on their strongest fighters, with Huo Yuhao assigned to use Spiritual Detection Sharing and watch for Soul Tool attacks. After the match began, Xu Jiujiu’s Star’s Guardian shielded her team as they bombarded Minghui and Ling Luochen to stop their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Ma Xiaotao launched a Phoenix Meteor Shower in response.

• Minghui’s team chose a lineup with Huo Yuhao providing battlefield awareness and agreed to target the opposing captain, Xu Jiujiu.
• Xu Jiujiu’s name revealed that she was the emperor’s younger sister and a user of the Star Crown martial soul, whose Star’s Guardian could counter elemental attacks.
• Xu Jiujiu activated Star’s Guardian and then used Stars Fall while her team fired Level 5 Paralysis and Interference Rays at Minghui and Ling Luochen.
• Minghui led Ling Luochen through the barrage as Dai Yueheng and Xixi advanced while evading the dense Soul Tool fire.
• Ma Xiaotao flew forward and used her Sixth Soul Skill, Phoenix Meteor Shower, to rain fireballs on the opposing team.

Xu Jiujiu trapped Ma Xiaotao in an Absolute Defense Soul Tool and led Star Luo Royal Academy’s assault against Shrek Academy with a golden meteor barrage. Minghui and Huo Yuhao froze the attack, but a concealed Thunderous Cannon struck Dai Yueheng, and Star Luo’s enhanced fighters emerged from the shield.

• Xu Jiujiu sealed Ma Xiaotao inside an Absolute Defense Soul Tool while the Golden Nebula spread across the competition stage.
• Minghui told Yueheng and Xixi to retreat, then summoned his Extreme Ice Emperor Bow as Huo Yuhao transformed into a wolf-like form.
• Minghui and Huo Yuhao froze the incoming golden meteors, while Dai Yueheng destroyed others with his White Tiger Meteor Shower.
• Star Luo Royal Academy secretly fired a Thunderous Cannon from inside the golden shield, striking Dai Yueheng despite his Invincible Shield Soul Tool.
• Minghui grabbed Ling Luochen and moved her clear as golden-enhanced Star Luo fighters rushed out of the shield.

Minghui revealed the Radiant Plume Divine Bow’s powerful healing ability and an Azure Luan manifestation while fighting Star Luo Royal Academy. The battle continued with Minghui countering their formation, and Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Old Ma suspected his bow was a mutated three-attribute Martial Soul rather than a Three-Life Martial Soul.

• Minghui healed Dai Yueheng with a green arrow as Ling Luochen’s ice attack clashed with the enemy team’s fire tornado.
• Old Ma identified Minghui’s bow as the rare Radiant Plume Divine Bow, and Xu Jiujiu’s team used a Nine Revolutions Soul Transformation Device to boost Huang Heyun’s strength.
• Minghui ordered Huo Yuhao to support the team and Gongyang Mo to enhance him, then summoned an Azure Luan that appeared to be another Martial Soul.
• Minghui flew above the arena and fired rapid Invisible Arrows into the fire tornado, weakening it before an azure strike shattered its frozen remains.
• Meng Hongchen proposed that Minghui’s bow was a mutated three-attribute Tool Martial Soul, and Old Ma connected the Azure Luan to Minghui’s possible ancestor Qingyi.

Minghui broke through Xu Jiujiu’s defenses and forced Star Luo Royal Academy to concede the team battle and withdraw from the Individual Elimination Match. Shrek Academy was declared the winner, and Xu Jiujiu released Ma Xiaotao from Absolute Defense.

• Xiao Hongchen, Ma Rulong, and Meng Hongchen discussed Minghui’s speed and the limits of his Azure Luan bow martial soul.
• Minghui shattered Xu Jiujiu’s Absolute Defense orb with his Level 8 Three-Pointed Two-Edged Blade, then battered Star’s Guardian while his teammates held off the Star Luo fighters.
• Minghui destroyed Star’s Guardian and held a blade to Xu Jiujiu’s neck, warning that he could keep using Invincible Shields.
• Xu Jiujiu conceded the team battle and announced Star Luo Royal Academy’s withdrawal from the Individual Elimination Match.
• Minghui and Xu Jiujiu exchanged courteous words, and Xu Jiujiu released Ma Xiaotao as the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner.

Minghui and his teammates attended the Starlight Auction House after watching Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy crush Dio Academy. The auction showcased powerful Soul Tools and ended with Xiao Hongchen questioning how a Level 9 Soul Engineer’s weapon had come up for sale.

• Ma Rulong and his teammates reconsidered their plan after seeing Minghui wield a Level 8 close-combat Soul Tool, while Ma Rulong judged Minghui’s peak strength to be near Soul Sage level.
• Ma Rulong led Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to a crushing victory over Dio Academy using coordinated artillery fire, prompting Emperor Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu to identify Minghui as Shrek Academy’s key to winning.
• Qingya invited Minghui’s team to the Starlight Auction House, where they saw a light-guiding screen and learned that Xu Jiujiu was the chief auctioneer.
• Dai Yueheng bought the Level 8 Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade, and Zhang Lexuan purchased twelve Level 6 Fixed Soul Tool shells for the academy.
• The auction displayed several soul bones, rare metal, and a Level 8 long-range weapon made by a Level 9 Soul Engineer; Xiao Hongchen questioned how it had escaped Mingde Hall’s registration rules.

At the Starlight Auction, Minghui revealed that the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone could only be absorbed by someone with an Ultimate Ice martial soul, positioning himself to obtain it. Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu weighed whether to help him by announcing the restriction, knowing his success could affect the coming match between Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

• Zhang Lexuan bid on a Level 9 Soul Tool, and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy bought it for eight million Gold Soul Coins.
• Xu Jiujiu unveiled an Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone, prompting Ice Empress to grow furious and Xiaotian to warn Minghui against provoking her.
• After Xu Jiujiu announced the Soul Bone's Ice Explosion skill, Minghui told Qingya that only someone with an Ultimate Ice martial soul could absorb it.
• Qingya reported the restriction to Xu Jiujiu, who consulted Xu Jiawei about whether to disclose it at the auction.
• Xu Jiawei decided to add the condition to the auction, recognizing that the choice would test the Star Luo Empire's relationship with Minghui.