Chapter Summaries

Tang Yin led Shrek Academy’s reserve team into its elimination match against Zhengtian Advanced Soul Master Academy and quickly overwhelmed their formation with his Eight Spider Lances and poison. As the battle erupted, he incapacitated Blood Wolf, while Emperor Xu Jiawei watched in shock.

• Huo Yuhao and the others learned that Zhengtian Academy relied on defensive Soul Skills that stacked across its team, earning it the reputation of Iron Bucket Academy.
• Tang Yin rallied Shrek’s young lineup before the match and assigned Xiao Xiao to hold off Ye Wuqing while promising her entry into the Tang Sect.
• The referee started the elimination match, and Tang Yin surged toward Zhengtian Academy’s back line with his Eight Spider Lances.
• Tang Yin pierced Blood Wolf several times, injected him with poison, and drained his Soul Power and life force until he collapsed.
• Xu Jiawei and the watching officials were shocked as Tang Yin continued wreaking havoc across the arena.

Tang Yin and Shrek Academy’s team gained the upper hand against the Imperial Academy team as Xu Jiawei recognized Tang Yin’s Blue Silver Grass and suspected his connection to the Tang Sect. Ye Wuqing launched a devastating attack at Tang Yin, but Yu Mengdi ended up in the path of the Golden Leaf storm.

• Xu Jiawei identified Tang Yin as a likely Tang Sect member and told Xu Jiujiu that Shrek Academy would set the public narrative about cultivating an Evil Soul Master.
• Xiao Xiao used three triggered Level-Two Soul Tool Shields to withstand Ye Wuqing’s thrust before he destroyed her Cauldron Martial Soul and knocked her unconscious.
• Tang Yin slipped into the opposing team’s back line while He Caitou provided ranged fire, then pierced Shangguan Can with his spider lances.
• Ye Wuqing rushed to defend his teammates and unleashed three ranged soul skills together in a storm of Golden Leaves aimed at Tang Yin.
• Tang Yin vanished from the Leaf Formation, leaving Yu Mengdi standing at its center as Ye Wuqing realized he had attacked his own teammate.

Shrek Academy defeated Zhengtian Academy, though Tang Yin struggled against Yu Mengdi’s Angel Martial Soul. Afterward, Xuan Zi claimed Shrek’s students were reserve members and that Tang Yin was still injured from fighting an Evil Soul Master, prompting the crowd to applaud rather than question the explanation.

• Ye Wuqing’s attack backfired, while Tang Yin and his teammates eliminated Zhengtian Academy’s fighters and helped He Caitou fire the Super Energy-Gathering Cannon.
• He Caitou blasted Yu Mengdi off the platform, and Tang Yin’s poison defeated Ye Wuqing, securing Shrek Academy’s victory.
• Huo Yuhao left the rest area, planning to help Tang Yin absorb his fourth Soul Ring with the Quill of Alzuhod.
• Xuan Zi arrived and told the crowd that Shrek’s competitors were reserve members and that Tang Yin was fighting while injured from protecting them against an Evil Soul Master.
• Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu recognized Xuan Zi’s speech as a way to control the narrative, while the spectators applauded and chose not to challenge it.

After Shrek Academy defeated Zhengtian Academy, Tang Yin declared his ambition to revive the Tang Sect and hunt a ten-thousand-year Cave Demon Spider for his fourth soul ring. The Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy then prepared to face Iron Bucket Academy, with Huo Yuhao poised to support Xiao Hongchen.

• Shrek Academy celebrated its victory, and Tang Yin invited the other teams to join the Tang Sect.
• Zhou Yi praised Tang Yin, who announced he would pursue a ten-thousand-year Cave Demon Spider as his fourth soul ring.
• Xu Jiujiu praised Xiao Xiao's courage, while Xu Jiawei explained the obstacles to Shrek Academy developing its Soul Engineer Department.
• Xiao Hongchen led the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy team toward its match against Iron Bucket Academy, as spectators doubted the young team's strength.
• Xu Sanshi dismissed Huo Yuhao as decoration, but Xiao Hongchen asked him to provide every special effect before the match began.

Xiao Hongchen and the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy faced the Tiantong Military Soul Master Academy, intending to make a dramatic showing and draw attention to Feng Tingting. Xiao stunned the arena by revealing seven Soul Rings, including two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, just as the opposing team charged.

• Xiao Hongchen and Huo Yuhao reviewed their plan to win decisively and use Xiao's display to draw attention away from the team's secrets and toward Feng Tingting.
• The Tiantong Military Soul Master Academy's students taunted Xiao Hongchen and Feng Tingting before both teams assembled and the match began.
• The Tiantong team activated synchronized Soul Skills that enlarged and strengthened its members, then charged at Xiao Hongchen's group.
• Xiao Hongchen revealed seven Soul Rings, including two red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, and his aura surged to Soul Saint strength.
• The crowd, the emperor, and the referee reacted in shock, while Tang Yin concluded that a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast must have sacrificed itself for Xiao Hongchen.

Xiao Hongchen used Huo Yuhao’s spiritual support to unleash a devastating Soul Guidance Ray, and Huang Jinxu intervened to protect Tiantong Academy before declaring the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy the winner. The victory stunned the spectators and drew the Star Luo Emperor’s attention, while Xiao Hongchen nearly collapsed afterward from spending most of his soul power.

• Huo Yuhao’s upgraded Spiritual Detection and Spiritual Sharing helped Xiao Hongchen control and strengthen his converging Soul Guidance Rays.
• Huo Yuhao’s Soul Shock and Psychiatrist’s Intimidation briefly froze the Tiantong Academy team, allowing Xiao Hongchen to fire his Red Clustered Soul Guidance Ray at their captain.
• Huang Jinxu blocked the attack before it could hit Tiantong Academy’s captain and declared the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy the winner.
• Tang Yin questioned Xiao Hongchen’s age and cultivation, while Wang Yan agreed that the boy’s power seemed extraordinary and Xu Jiawei ordered a detailed investigation of the team.
• In a corridor after the match, Feng Tingting scolded Xiao Hongchen for nearly draining his soul power, and Huo Yuhao warned that other teams would now target him.

Dai Hao discovered that Evil Soul Masters had drained the remains of his ancestors, while Wang Dong lamented being left out of the tournament and her unresolved troubles. At Black Rock Ridge, a meteor shower struck as Tang Yin hunted a Cave Demon Spider, and Xuan Zi sent him flying toward safety.

• Dai Hao found his ancestors' tombs ransacked and realized the energy had been drained from their bones, suspecting Evil Soul Masters.
• Wang Dong complained that Tang Yin had kept her from competing and resolved to ask Meng for a custom Soul Tool, while grieving over her other problems.
• Xuan Zi brought Tang Yin to Black Rock Ridge to hunt a ten-thousand-year Cave Demon Spider and described the forest's dangers.
• A meteor shower suddenly descended, and Xuan Zi transformed into his Godly Taotie Bull avatar and hurled Tang Yin away from the impact.
• The meteors collided with Xuan Zi in a massive explosion, while Huo Yuhao watched from the Royal Star Hotel and read his notes predicting that Tang Yin might land in a Lone Bamboo forest.

After a meteor devastated Black Rock Ridge's Soul Hunting Forest, a Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo sacrificed itself and fused a weak Soul Ring and an unexpected torso bone into Tang Yin. The chapter left Tang Yin furious after the fusion pushed his Soul Power down to Level 39 and he discovered the Soul Ring's ability.

• Badly injured by the meteor, Xuan Zi rushed to find Tang Yin and take him to Star Luo City for treatment.
• Xuan Zi saw a Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo begin sacrificing itself and recognized the ritual.
• The bamboo's sacrifice quickly gave Tang Yin a weak white Soul Ring, while a nearby 10-Year Wind Baboon Torso Bone fused into his body.
• The torso bone drained Tang Yin's Soul Power, dropping him from Level 41 to Level 39 and leaving his body misshapen.
• Xuan Zi urged Tang Yin to inspect his new Soul Skill, and Tang Yin's face darkened after sensing it.

Huo Yuhao reflected on the limits of the Quill of Alzuhod before Meng Hongchen visited him in disguise to discuss acting and potion digestion. He explained his Spectator pathway and the dangers of losing control, leaving Meng Hongchen wondering whether his abilities could help others digest potions.

• Huo Yuhao realized the Quill of Alzuhod could not reliably kill powerful figures, so he wrote a vague final sentence that caused the quill to vanish.
• Meng Hongchen secretly entered Huo Yuhao's room in an assassin outfit and claimed she had come to discuss cultivation.
• Huo Yuhao described how acting as a Spectator and interpreting people had helped him advance through the Telepathist and Psychiatrist Sequences.
• Huo Yuhao warned Meng Hongchen that potion users risked mental corruption and could eventually become monsters or Evil Soul Masters.
• Meng Hongchen asked whether Huo Yuhao's Spectator pathway could help other people digest potions.

Huo Yuhao and Meng Hongchen discussed how recognition from a higher-level Spectator might help digest her Assassin Potion, then she hid behind his curtains when Xiao Hongchen arrived. Xiao Hongchen described her brutal sparring session and shared news about Wang Tingting’s growing influence, while he left knowing Meng Hongchen was still in Huo Yuhao’s room.

• Huo Yuhao agreed with Meng Hongchen’s theory that recognition from a higher-level Spectator could aid Potion digestion and suggested five principles for acting as an Assassin.
• Meng Hongchen prepared to leave Huo Yuhao’s room but hid behind the curtains when someone knocked.
• Xiao Hongchen arrived with a bruise and told Huo Yuhao that Meng Hongchen had used her new Assassin abilities to beat him in a sparring match.
• Xiao Hongchen offered Huo Yuhao advice about a limited-edition gift for Meng Hongchen, but Huo Yuhao redirected the conversation to Wang Tingting’s newspaper.
• Xiao Hongchen said Wang Tingting’s match had attracted over three hundred thousand spectators and strengthened her Martial Soul, then left while suspecting Meng Hongchen was hidden in Huo Yuhao’s room.

Huo Yuhao and his companions learned that their team had been placed in a difficult round-robin group, while Xu Jiujiu sought Vina’s help in organizing an Anti-Xiao Alliance to stop Xiao Hongchen from reaching the elimination rounds. The chapter ended with Emperor Xu Jiawei ordering a renewed investigation into Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Huo Yuhao.

• Feng Tingting showed Huo Yuhao, Meng Hongchen, and Xiao Hongchen the first issue of her tournament newspaper, which highlighted Xiao Hongchen’s two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Feng Yu told the group that the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy had drawn Group Eight, alongside several formidable teams and Jiang Peng of Di'ao Academy.
• Vina protested the group assignments to Xu Jiujiu, who offered her five years of extra profits from a rare-metal mine in exchange for help.
• Xu Jiujiu asked Vina to form an Anti-Xiao Alliance and have rival academies probe Xiao Hongchen, potentially injuring him before the elimination rounds; Vina said she would take the proposal back for consideration.
• Xu Jiawei ordered a top-secret undercover agent to investigate Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Huo Yuhao again.

Huo Yuhao investigated why his cultivation had slowed, then discovered that his and Wang Dong’s martial souls had an unusually strong resonance that could create a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. He refused to deepen their connection, sold her soul tools, and warned her not to tell Tang Yin; meanwhile, Tang Yin returned to the Shrek team and faced questions about his soul-hunting trip.

• Huo Yuhao learned from the Ice Empress that ultimate-ice cultivation consumed much of his gains and that the Far North or ten-thousand-year cold marrow could accelerate it.
• Meng Hongchen disguised herself as Huo Yuhao and left Wang Dong alone with Huo Yuhao, who was disguised as Meng Hongchen, to discuss her soul-tool commission.
• Wang Dong released her Light Goddess Butterfly martial soul, and Huo Yuhao realized their strong resonance could form a Martial Soul Fusion Skill and might be part of a hidden scheme to bind them.
• Huo Yuhao sold Wang Dong two high-energy-gathering soul cannons and five trigger-activated shields for twenty thousand gold soul coins, rejected a closer connection, and told her not to mention the encounter to Tang Yin.
• Tang Yin rejoined the Shrek Academy team, where Wang Yan, Xu Sanshi, Zhou Yi, Bei Bei, and Tang Ya questioned him about his soul-hunting trip and fourth Soul Ring.

Tang Yin concealed his disappointing fourth soul ring and soul bone while Shrek prepared for the group round-robin, and he confirmed Wang Dong’s connection to Meng Hongchen through her reaction. As Shrek’s first match began, Xu Jiawei and Dai Hao discussed the mysterious attack on the Dai Family Mausoleum and a way to catch the culprit.

• Tang Yin reassured Shrek’s team that they would win, while privately worrying that his rank had fallen to thirty-nine and that his weak new soul ring could not be destroyed in time for the tournament.
• Tang Yin asked Wang Dong whether she had experienced martial soul resonance with Meng Hongchen; Wang Dong denied it and grew more suspicious of his motives.
• Two days later, Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection to examine Shrek’s team before their first group-round-robin match and noticed Tang Yin’s cloak and weakened soul power.
• Xu Jiawei hoped the match would make Tang Yin reveal his fourth soul skill, while Xu Jiujiu suggested increasing the pressure in a later match.
• Dai Hao told Xu Jiawei that someone had destroyed the detection tools around the Dai Family Mausoleum, and Xu Jiawei offered an unranked Recording Soul Tool that might help them catch the intruder.

Tang Yin used Divine Slaughter's Domain to defeat Shrek Academy's opponents, prompting Huo Yuhao to suspect a link between him and Tang San and plan to target him. The Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy then drew Shashui Academy for a team battle, whose members intended to test Xiao Hongchen's true abilities.

• Tang Yin stunned the opposing Soul King with Divine Slaughter's Domain, then led Shrek Academy to victory without releasing his Soul Rings.
• The Ice Empress identified Tang Yin's ability as Divine Slaughter's Domain, once wielded by Tang San, and Huo Yuhao suspected Tang Yin had a connection to him.
• Huo Yuhao decided to focus his plans on Tang Yin, hoping a crushing setback might lead him to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and its Immortal Herbs.
• Huang Jinxu and Li Jie discussed Tang Yin's domain and Xiao Hongchen's capabilities before Huang Jinxu announced a team battle between the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy and Shashui Academy.
• Di'ao Academy gathered Group Eight's other team leaders to coordinate an effort to probe Xiao Hongchen, and Huo Yuhao warned him that Shashui Academy's three front-line Soul Kings were strong.

The Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy faced Shashui Academy, whose fighters used Martial Soul Mimicry and coordinated Soul Skills to counter the opening barrage. Huo Yuhao detected that their three giants were preparing a powerful combined attack, but they instead began joining together into something grotesque, leaving both teams stunned.

• Xiao Hongchen revealed his seven Soul Rings while Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection and a mental communication channel to coordinate the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy's opening barrage.
• Shashui Academy's Shui Shasha, Shi Fan, and Shi Mao manifested a Water Giant, Sand Man, and Mud Man through Martial Soul Mimicry, while their support Soul Ancestor buffed the team and left the arena.
• Shashui Academy's three giants intercepted the Soul Tool barrage with their fourth Soul Skills, then released resonating Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Skills.
• Huo Yuhao warned his teammates that the three Soul Skills might form a powerful combination and used Spiritual Sharing to mark the giants' movements and weaknesses.
• The three giants unexpectedly began joining together with cement-like slurry, and Huo Yuhao reduced and pixelated the image after the grotesque sight shocked him and his teammates.

Shashui Academy trapped the opposing team in a Soul Skill that concealed its users, but Huo Yuhao used psychological manipulation and a sniper shot to break the formation. With Shui Shasha badly wounded and the remaining attackers exposed, Meng Hongchen defeated the three Agility Attack System Soul Ancestors while Huang Jinxu blocked the counterattack.

• The audience reacted to Shashui Academy’s earlier performance, and Xu Jiawei ordered a new rule against indecent acts onstage.
• Shui Shasha and her companions created a deep, Soul Power-assimilating slurry and hid inside it with three sand-type Agility Attack System Soul Ancestors.
• Huo Yuhao used Frenzy and Psychological Suggestions to make Shui Shasha rise toward the surface, then shot her with a Soul Guidance Sniper Rifle.
• Shui Shasha’s injury caused the slurry to collapse, and Huang Jinxu used a Star Power Barrier to block the opposing team’s attacks.
• Meng Hongchen confronted the three Agility Attack System Soul Ancestors and defeated them with her Ice-Attribute Rapiers.

Huo Yuhao’s performance with a Level 3 Soul Guidance Sniper Rifle and Meng Hongchen’s victory unsettled Shrek Academy, while Tang Yin urged his teammates to take Huo Yuhao seriously but focus on improving themselves. He then offered to share what he had discovered about evil fire, which was a form of extremely high-level power.

• Xiao Hongchen shattered the Shi Brothers’ combined defense with a single finger, forcing the referee to intervene, while Meng Hongchen defeated three opponents and impressed the spectators.
• Wang Dong admired Meng Hongchen, while Bei Bei and the others were shocked by Huo Yuhao’s three Soul Rings and questioned how quickly he had advanced.
• Xu Sanshi dismissed Huo Yuhao’s Soul Tool and argued that his awakened bloodline could withstand its attacks, prompting Wang Dong and He Caitou to challenge his reasoning.
• Tang Ya and Zhou Yi reconsidered their past judgments of Huo Yuhao, while Tang Yin concluded that Xiao Hongchen was the main threat and that Huo Yuhao could be ignored.
• Tang Yin encouraged the Shrek team to treat Huo Yuhao as a serious opponent but focus on improving themselves, then said evil fire was a form of extremely high-level power.

Huo Yuhao and Meng Hongchen attended a hidden underground auction, where Meng explained the rare ranking engraving knives and the teams’ interest in buying Invincible Shields to defend against Xiao Hongchen. As the auction continued, Huo Yuhao learned that high-level Soul Guidance Sniper Rifle shots could outrun the shields’ thought-triggered response.

• Li Jie told Xu Jiawei that Shashui Academy had failed to assess Xiao Hongchen and confirmed that Xiao’s strike involved a soul tool.
• Meng Hongchen brought Huo Yuhao to an underground auction and used Simulation to disguise them before they entered the hall.
• Huo Yuhao noticed that many tournament teams, including Shrek Academy, had gathered at the auction.
• Meng Hongchen explained that ranking engraving knives were scarce, powerful tools, and that the first lot’s special effect came from one.
• Meng Hongchen told Huo Yuhao that the teams were waiting to bid on Invincible Shields to guard against Xiao Hongchen.
• Huo Yuhao learned that Class 5-or-higher Soul Guidance Sniper Rifle bullets could travel faster than an ordinary soul master could react.

At an auction, Huo Yuhao and Meng Hongchen drove up the prices of Invincible Shields sought by rival teams. Huo Yuhao then discovered that the final lots included a Gold of Life carving knife and a Soul Bone fragment with a divine aura, and resolved to secure them.

• Huo Yuhao suspected that the sale of many Invincible Shields and Shashui Academy’s tactics were part of a scheme targeting the Sun Moon Team.
• Huo Yuhao and Meng Hongchen used mind-reading and bidding tactics to push rival teams’ Invincible Shield purchases to their limits.
• As the auction displayed damaged Soul Bones, Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection touched the covered final lot and sharply recoiled.
• Electrolux identified a Gold of Life carving knife and a Soul Bone fragment carrying a divine aura, urging Huo Yuhao to secure both.
• Huo Yuhao told Meng Hongchen that the carving knife was made of Gold of Life and called the discovery a bargain.

Huo Yuhao won a pile of defective Soul Bone fragments and then bid on the cursed Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, believing he could deal with its curse. The auctioneer welcomed his offer as the dangerous knife went up for sale.

• Huo Yuhao bid one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins on the third pile of defective Soul Bone fragments, and no one challenged him.
• Qing Ya sold the Soul Bone fragments to Huo Yuhao after the final calls.
• Meng Hongchen identified the final auction item as the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife and explained that its curse had killed dozens of people and caused Soul Tool failures.
• Huo Yuhao told Meng Hongchen he had a way to solve the knife's problem, and she urged him to buy it.
• Huo Yuhao bid one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins on the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, drawing the bidders' attention and delighting Qing Ya.