Chapter Summaries

Meng Hongchen used her One-Word Dou Armor to overwhelm Di Ruichiu in a spar, while the Silver Dragon King secretly defended Di Ruichiu. Meanwhile, Shrek’s group tracked the Evil Soul Masters to their cave, where Xuan Zi promised they would not escape.

• Ma Rulong and Xiao Hongchen marveled at Meng Hongchen’s armor and Seven-Ring-level power, and Jing Hongchen explained that it was a technological product derived from humanoid Soul Guidance Mecha.
• Meng Hongchen attacked Di Ruichiu with Ice Fire Poison Dragon Drill, and the Silver Dragon King used spatial power to neutralize the strike after Di Ruichiu summoned her.
• Di Ruichiu claimed a family treasure had protected her, and Meng Hongchen declared herself the winner before they left the sparring platform.
• Di Ruichiu invited Huo Yuhao to design Battle Armor with her, while Xiao Hongchen begged Jing Hongchen for armor of his own.
• Wang Yan led Shrek’s group through the Ming Dou Mountain Range to a cave filled with corpses, and Xuan Zi assured him the Evil Soul Masters could not escape.

Shrek's teams entered the Hands of Death Bandit Group's cave and began slaughtering its weak lackeys, while Elder Xuan stayed outside, confident the mission posed no danger. At the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Meng Hongchen revealed her Battle Armor could grant her Seven-Ring Soul Sage strength, and Ma Lao was stunned by her aura.

• Wang Yan led the Shrek disciples into the cave after reassuring them that Elder Xuan could protect them, while Bei Bei and Tang Ya warned the others to stay cautious.
• Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Chen Zifeng, and Yao Haoxuan charged ahead and killed the bandit group's lackeys, who were mostly three-ring Soul Masters.
• Meng Hongchen's spar with Di Ruichiu ended in a draw, and Xiao Hongchen learned that Huo Yuhao had helped make Meng's Battle Armor.
• Meng Hongchen confirmed that her Battle Armor gave her Seven-Ring Soul Sage combat power, and Ma Lao exclaimed in surprise when he sensed her aura.
• Gongyang Mo strengthened the Shrek teams with his Rainbow Dragon halos as Tang Ya controlled the battlefield with vines, while Elder Xuan drank outside and dismissed the mission's danger.

Shrek's Inner Court Disciples overwhelmed the Hands of Death Bandit Group's grunts, but the Death God Messenger detonated the corpses in the cave, leaving the students' fate unclear. Xuan Zi rushed inside and, seeing the blood mist and scattered remains, fell into shock.

• Wang Yan praised the students as they slaughtered the bandit grunts, while Ling Luochen warned that the group's Five-Ring leader had not appeared.
• Dai Yueheng and Ma Xiaotao killed a Five-Ring Evil Soul Master, and Gongyang Mo warned that stronger enemies might remain deeper in the cave.
• The Death God Messenger threatened the Shrek students and detonated the corpses, filling the cave with explosions and corpse poison.
• Xuan Zi heard the blast from outside, realized it was far stronger than a Soul King could produce, and flew into the cave.
• Xuan Zi saw the blood mist and scattered remains, crashed to the ground in shock, and wondered whose severed arm had fallen onto him.

Xuan Zi surveyed the devastation caused by the Corpse Explosions and tried to capture the Death God Messenger, but his rage and pursuit triggered falling rocks that killed Chen Zifeng. After Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen stopped the cave-in from causing more injuries, Xuan Zi chased the Messenger deeper into the cavern.

• Xuan Zi cleared the poison mist and found Yao Haoxuan dead, Chen Zifeng mortally wounded, and Dai Yueheng badly injured after he had shielded Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu from a Soul King's exploding corpse.
• Xuan Zi found Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen alive, while Wang Yan assessed the injured disciples and angrily urged Xuan Zi to kill the fleeing Death God Messenger.
• Xuan Zi dragged the Death God Messenger back with his Soul Power, but the Messenger triggered a second Corpse Explosion from Yao Haoxuan's half-body and escaped toward the Reserve Team.
• Xuan Zi unleashed his Godly Taotie Bull Martial Soul Avatar, shaking rocks loose from the cavern ceiling; one boulder killed Chen Zifeng, and falling debris threatened the other injured disciples.
• Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen destroyed the falling boulders, and Xuan Zi apologized before chasing the Death God Messenger into the cavern depths.

The Death God Messenger escaped Xuan Zi through the tunnel while his Corpse Explosions killed Gongyang Mo and left the Shrek team devastated. He captured Xu San Shi and reached a cliffside exit, where Xuan Zi caught up just as he prepared to throw Xu San Shi off the cliff.

• The Death God Messenger fled through the tunnel with Xuan Zi in pursuit, while Xuan Zi's earlier actions led to Chen Zifeng's death and another Corpse Explosion.
• The Death God Messenger abducted Xu San Shi after Xu San Shi used Darkness Exchange to protect Tang Ya, and Wang Yan shouted for Xuan Zi to rescue him.
• Chen Zifeng's corpse exploded, killing Gongyang Mo and severely injuring Ma Xiaotao; Ling Luochen froze Gongyang Mo's body to prevent another explosion.
• The Death God Messenger tried to trigger Gongyang Mo's corpse, but Xuan Zi's Mental Interference stopped him as he continued pursuing the fleeing Evil Soul Master.
• The Death God Messenger emerged at a cliffside platform, summoned twelve Corpse Slaves, and prepared to throw Xu San Shi off the cliff when Xuan Zi caught up.

The Death God Messenger escaped Xuan Zi after attaching an explosive Soul Tool to Xu San Shi, but Xuan Zi rescued his student and pursued him into Sun Moon Empire territory. Meanwhile, Jing Hongchen prepared the Sun Moon team for the competition and spotted Xuan Zi chasing something in the Ming Dou Mountain Range, so he led everyone down to investigate.

• The Death God Messenger threw Xu San Shi off a cliff with a timed explosive attached, and Xuan Zi abandoned the pursuit to catch him.
• Xuan Zi suppressed the explosion and treated Xu San Shi's wounds, then destroyed the Corpse Slaves and raced after the Death God Messenger.
• At the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Jing Hongchen showed Ma Lao that Meng Hongchen's One-Word Dou Armor raised her apparent strength to the Seven-Ring level, while Di Ruichiu and Meng Hongchen bickered over designing Two-Word Dou Armor.
• Jing Hongchen outlined plans for the Mecha and Dou Armor research areas, then ordered the Sun Moon team to prepare for the competition in Star Luo City.
• The Death God Messenger swallowed the Wen Lan Tree Heart in a cave, but Xuan Zi caught up and brought down part of the mountain while attacking him.
• Jing Hongchen spotted Xuan Zi's Godly Taotie Bull Martial Soul Avatar while leading the team across the Ming Dou Mountain Range and took Huo Yuhao and Meng Hongchen down to see what Xuan Zi was chasing.

Huo Yuhao and Di Ruichiu watched Xuan Zi pursue the Death God Messenger, while Jing Hongchen and the Sun Moon Empire’s forces intervened. After learning that Xuan Zi was chasing a Five-Ring Soul King, the Sun Moon students went after the fleeing Evil Soul Master, leaving Huo Yuhao poised to learn about Undead Magic from the fight.

• Huo Yuhao realized Xuan Zi was chasing the Death God Messenger and confirmed through Mental Detection that the Evil Soul Master had escaped the passage.
• Jing Hongchen stopped Xuan Zi on Sun Moon Empire territory, and Xuan Zi admitted he was pursuing a Five-Ring Soul King rather than a Titled Douluo.
• Jing Hongchen ordered Xiao Hongchen, Ma Rulong, and the Sun Moon forces to capture the Death God Messenger, while Xuan Zi reluctantly accepted that the prisoner would be interrogated first.
• Huo Yuhao and the others closed in on the Death God Messenger, and Electrolux told Huo Yuhao to use the fight to study the Evil Soul Master’s Undead Magic.

The Death God Messenger attacked the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy students with Corpse Slaves, but Huo Yuhao’s Mental Detection Sharing let them thwart his explosions. The Death God Messenger then kidnapped Huo Yuhao as a hostage, unaware that Huo Yuhao remained calm while the others watched with amusement.

• Huo Yuhao shared a Mental Detection map with the students, and Guo Nu recognized its potential for military use.
• The Death God Messenger unleashed exploding Corpse Slaves, but the students protected themselves with Invincible Shields and Guo Nu’s defensive Soul Tool.
• Electrolux warned Huo Yuhao not to judge Undead Magic by its outward appearance, while the Death God Messenger sensed an unsettling undead aura from him.
• The Death God Messenger turned into gray smoke and seized Huo Yuhao, threatening to kill him with a Black Dagger as Meng Hongchen and Di Ruichiu prepared to attack.
• Xiao Hongchen and the other students stayed calm, and Huo Yuhao smiled as the Death God Messenger bragged about his previous attack on Shrek’s Titled Douluo.

Huo Yuhao defeated the Death God Messenger with his Three-Colored Buddha's Wrath Fire Lotus and helped capture him alive for interrogation. After Huo Yuhao demonstrated a simulated copy of the prisoner, Xuan Zi mistook it for the real Death God Messenger and crushed it to powder.

• The Death God Messenger held Huo Yuhao hostage, but Huo Yuhao's hardened dragon scales broke the messenger's arm when he struck him.
• Huo Yuhao revealed a Three-Colored Buddha's Wrath Fire Lotus, terrifying the Death God Messenger and forcing him to flee in gray smoke.
• At Guo Nu's request, Huo Yuhao detonated the Fire Lotus among the messenger's Corpse Slaves, leaving the Death God Messenger barely alive for capture.
• Guo Nu's team took the charred Death God Messenger away, and Huo Yuhao summoned a skeleton and used Simulation to make it resemble him.
• Guo Nu brought the simulated Death God Messenger back to Jing Hongchen and Xuan Zi, and Xuan Zi crushed the skeleton into powder.

Xuan Zi killed what he believed was the Death God Messenger, then clashed with Jing Hongchen before learning the supposed victim had been a simulation and the real Messenger remained imprisoned. He returned to the Shrek group and learned that the mission had cost three students their lives and left many others severely injured.

• Xuan Zi crushed the simulated Death God Messenger, prompting Jing Hongchen to attack him with eight eighth-grade shells and threaten him with a ninth-grade cannon.
• Huo Yuhao’s group watched the clash, and Guo Nu told Jing Hongchen that Huo Yuhao had used a skeleton to simulate the Messenger while the real prisoner remained available for interrogation.
• Jing Hongchen demanded five thousand-year Soul Bones to let Xuan Zi leave; Xuan Zi handed over three and promised to provide two more later.
• Xuan Zi returned to the cave and falsely told Wang Yan that he had caught and killed the Messenger, then learned that Yao Haoxuan, Chen Zifeng, and Gongyang Mo had died and that the other students were badly hurt.
• Wang Yan reported that Dai Yueheng had lost his left arm, Ling Luochen had suffered severe leg wounds, and the Main Team would be largely unable to compete early in the tournament.

The White Tiger Duke awaited the Shrek team’s triumphant return, only to learn that Dai Yueheng had been catastrophically wounded by the Death God Apostle’s corpse-explosion attack. Back at Shrek Academy, Xuan Zi blamed himself for the students’ deaths and injuries and offered to resign from the Shrek Supervision Corps and Sea God Pavilion.

• The White Tiger Duke and Du Leisi celebrated the expected destruction of the Hands of Death Bandit Group and praised Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin.
• Xuan Zi returned with the injured Shrek students, and Wang Yan explained that the Five-Ring bandit leader had used a strange attack that even Xuan Zi had failed to anticipate.
• Dai Huabin told the White Tiger Duke that Dai Yueheng had been gravely wounded while protecting him, and Xuan Zi revealed Dai Yueheng’s ruined body.
• Military physicians said Dai Yueheng’s left arm could not be restored and that his potential had suffered lasting damage, so Xuan Zi took him to Shrek Academy for treatment beneath the Golden Tree.
• Zhuang Lao confirmed that Dai Yueheng would need a prosthetic arm, and Xuan Zi lamented the students who had died under his leadership.
• At the Sea God Pavilion meeting, Xuan Zi accepted responsibility and offered to resign, while an Elder argued that the disaster could not be blamed entirely on him.

Xuan Zi tried to resign after three Shrek disciples died during his mission, but Mu En persuaded him to stay and accept responsibility for the surviving students and the upcoming competition. As the Elders discussed the casualties and argued over the Soul Guidance Department’s role, Xuan Zi broke down and tried to kill himself.

• Xuan Zi offered to resign from the Sea God Pavilion and blamed himself for the deaths of Chen Zifeng, Yao Haoxuan, and Gongyang Mo.
• Mu En refused to let Xuan Zi leave, reminding him that the Reserve Team needed support and could not be left to bear the pressure of Shrek’s ten-thousand-year glory alone.
• Zhuang Lao reported that Dai Yueheng had survived but lost an arm, while Xu San Shi had suffered severe damage to one kidney after being captured by the Evil Soul Master.
• Yan Shaozhe proposed replacing the three dead Main Team Members, and Qian Duoduo argued that better Soul Guidance equipment could have prevented some of the casualties.
• As the Elders’ dispute over the Martial Soul and Soul Guidance Departments intensified, Xuan Zi declared that he was willing to die to atone and struck toward his own heart with gathered Soul Power.

At a Sea God Pavilion meeting, Mu En stopped Xuan Zi from killing himself over the deaths of three disciples and ordered Shrek to equip its Inner Court students with Soul Tools. He chose not to send extra reinforcements to the Soul Master Competition and proposed an exchange student program with the Sun Moon Empire, leaving Xuan Zi responsible for sending one Soul Guidance Department disciple to the team.

• Xuan Zi tried to kill himself to atone for the deaths of Gongyang Mo, Chen Zifeng, and Yao Haoxuan, but Mu En struck him down and ordered him to remain at Shrek Academy and take responsibility.
• Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo urged Xuan Zi to learn from his failure, while Mu En warned him not to endanger students without being able to bring them back safely.
• Mu En ordered the academy to provide every Inner Court Disciple with a Flight Soul Tool and a defensive Soul Tool, overruling Yan Shaozhe's objections.
• Yan Shaozhe proposed adding three Inner Court Disciples to the competition team, but Mu En approved only the Soul Guidance Department disciple whose spot Xiaotao had taken and refused further reinforcements.
• Mu En decided that the Reserve Team should face the competition without extra support and asked Xuan Zi to send the selected disciple to the team.
• Mu En proposed an exchange student program with the Sun Moon Empire because its Soul Tool technology was ahead of Shrek's, and he worried Xuan Zi could not manage the academy's rival departments after his death.

Mu En pushed Shrek Academy’s Martial Soul and Soul Guidance departments toward cooperation, while Sun Moon’s team prepared to dominate the competition with its reserve students and an arsenal of defensive Soul Tools. The chapter ended with Ye Yulin encouraging the Sun Moon students to display their strength in the tournament.

• Mu En trusted Xuan Zi to help stabilize the Soul Guidance Department, proposed an academic exchange with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, and ordered the two departments to integrate within five years.
• Mu En required Martial Soul Department students to take Soul Engineer classes, warned Yan Shaozhe about the power of Sun Moon’s Soul Tools, and approved Fan Yu’s promotion to vice-dean.
• Xuan Zi took Dai Yueheng and the displaced Soul Guidance Department students toward Star Luo City, while Qian Duoduo called after him to bring Dai Yueheng a protective shield.
• At the Star Emperor Hotel, Huo Yuhao and Xiao Hongchen explained how the reserve team would defeat opponents to make Sun Moon’s main team seem even more formidable.
• Jing Hongchen distributed Invincible Shields and Walls of Tenacity to the students and revealed that the Royal Family had secretly assigned another expert to protect the team.
• Ye Yulin appeared and encouraged the Sun Moon students to perform well and restore the might of the Sun Moon Empire.

After Shrek’s mission against the Hands of Death left several competitors dead or badly injured, Wang Yan tried to persuade Ma Xiaotao to rest while the team prepared for the Soul Master Competition. In Star Luo City, Xu Jiawei learned that Shrek’s lineup had been drastically weakened and realized that Evil Soul Masters had attacked the team.

• Wang Yan urged Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen to recover while the Reserve Team covered the competition’s early stages, but Ma Xiaotao questioned how the injured Shrek team could compete after three teammates had died.
• Xuan Zi arrived with Dai Yueheng, whose left arm had been replaced by a metal prosthetic, and said the team could draw replacements from the students Fan Yu had brought to watch the matches.
• Xu Jiawei considered the political implications of both Dai family sons making Shrek’s roster and sent Xu Jiujiu to congratulate the Duchess.
• A minister brought Xu Jiawei an updated Shrek roster and Dai Hao’s report, revealing that Dai Yueheng was gravely injured and Shrek had suffered deaths during an Evil Soul Master attack.
• Xu Jiawei angrily questioned Shrek’s weakened lineup, then guessed that an Evil Soul Master had blown up the team; the minister confirmed that Evil Soul Masters had attacked them inside the Star Luo Empire.

Xuan Zi met with Xu Jiawei to conceal Shrek’s defeat by a Five-Ring Evil Soul Master and negotiate the tournament’s matchups. Xu Jiawei agreed to help Shrek reach the top four, leaving the team to manage its own progress afterward.

• Xu Jiawei learned that Shrek’s Supervisory Group had been attacked, and Xuan Zi suddenly appeared in the imperial hall.
• Xuan Zi had the minister explain that a Five-Ring Evil Soul Master had defeated Shrek’s Main Team, then ordered Xu Jiawei to keep the incident secret and arrange the competition matchups.
• Xu Jiawei agreed to arrange for the Medical Immortal Douluo to treat Dai Yueheng at Xuan Zi’s request.
• Xu Jiawei questioned Shrek’s refusal to reinforce its weakened team, and Xuan Zi explained that the Sea God Pavilion wanted its students to face the competition as they were.
• Xuan Zi asked Star Luo to help Shrek reach the top four, and Xu Jiawei agreed but said Shrek would have to rely on itself afterward.

Xuan Zi secured favorable matchmaking for Shrek’s weakened Battle Team by persuading Xu Jiawei to arrange manageable opponents through the top four. After learning of the mission’s casualties and injuries, Wang Dong, Ning Tian, and the other reserve members were asked to compete in place of the injured seniors.

• Xuan Zi persuaded Xu Jiawei to arrange easier early matches for Shrek and to test Sun Moon with stronger opponents, while Xu Jiawei agreed and planned to have Xu Jiujiu inform the Duchess about Dai Yueheng’s condition.
• Xu Jiujiu told the Duchess that Dai Yueheng had been injured, and the Duchess fainted during her banquet.
• Wang Yan recounted the mission’s disastrous outcome to Fan Yu, and Ma Xiaotao explained that Xu San Shi had returned to the academy, Dai Yueheng was receiving treatment, and three teammates had died.
• Ma Xiaotao argued that the injured team lacked the strength to compete, but Xuan Zi returned and announced that Xu Jiawei had arranged favorable matchups for Shrek through the top four.
• Wang Yan and Fan Yu asked Wang Dong, Ning Tian, and the other reserve members to compete in the seniors’ place, and Xuan Zi promised them generous rewards.

Jing Hongchen prepared the Sun Moon Battle Team for the competition while Huo Yuhao planned to test his new Flame Splitting Wave Ruler. In the God Realm, Tang San sent the Golden Dragon Spear and a trace of the Golden Dragon King's aura to the God Sealing Platform, and Xu Jiawei later told Xu Jiujiu about the mysterious visitor who had given him the platform.

• Jing Hongchen reviewed Shrek's lineup, and Huo Yuhao said he would save Buddha's Wrath Fire Lotus as a trump card and practice the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler during the matches.
• Xiao Hongchen boasted that he, Huo Yuhao, and Di Ruichiu could defeat the other teams, prompting Meng Hongchen to challenge Di Ruichiu before Huo Yuhao calmed her down.
• Tang San failed to find the savage beast he had planned to use against the Undead Divine Soul, so he sent the Golden Dragon Spear and a trace of the Golden Dragon King's aura into the God Sealing Platform instead.
• Xu Jiawei showed Xu Jiujiu the God Sealing Platform, which he said an unidentified Titled Douluo had traded to him, and recounted the visitor's remarks about destroying Sun Moon's equipment and erasing an evil Divine Soul.
• Xu Jiawei wondered whether the mysterious Titled Douluo was an Evil Soul Master after recalling the visitor's strange statements.

Xu Jiawei explained why Star Luo would auction the sealed God Sealing Platform as bait for the continent’s factions, while the Sun Moon Battle Team prepared for the competition and its members discussed their plans to defeat Shrek. The chapter ended with Holy Spirit Cult members learning that their Holy Son and Holy Daughter would appear in Star Luo City or Heaven Dou City and being ordered to search for them.

• Xu Jiawei told Xu Jiujiu that the God Sealing Platform contained immense life force but that Star Luo could not break its seal, so he planned to auction it to draw powerful factions into a contest.
• Xu Jiawei handed the God Sealing Platform to Xu Jiujiu and instructed her to conceal its aura until the auction.
• Jing Hongchen brought three hundred million Gold Soul Coins to the Star Emperor Hotel, while Ma Lao taught the Sun Moon Battle Team to prepare Soul Tools and gather information before battle.
• Ma Lao announced that the Sun Moon Battle Team would aim to defeat Shrek and win the championship, and Huo Yuhao later practiced the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler in the Undead Demiplane.
• Holy Spirit Cult elders told their Holy Servants that the Holy Son and Holy Daughter would appear in Star Luo City or Heaven Dou City and ordered them to search for clues.

The Soul Master Competition began in Star Luo City as the Holy Spirit Cult searched for the prophesied Holy Son and Holy Daughter, while the empire secretly arranged the matchups to give its team a chance to reach the Finals. The chapter ended with Ma Rulong noticing that Shrek's lineup seemed to be missing three Soul Kings.

• The Holy Spirit Elder found no hidden meaning in the Main Altar's letter, which instructed the cult to watch the competition carefully for the Holy Son or Holy Daughter.
• Soldiers sealed off Star Luo City as the competition began, and Xuan Zi reassured Wang Yan that Shrek would face manageable opponents on its way to the top four.
• The Sun Moon Battle Team discussed how much strength to reveal, while Meng Hongchen considered using only part of her Battle Armor before the Finals.
• Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu arranged for Shrek's seeded opponents to face the Sun Moon Battle Team and hoped Star Luo could reach the Finals against them.
• The audience entered the venue, where Ma Rulong studied Shrek's team and questioned why three of the reported Soul Kings were absent.