Chapter Summaries

Dai Yueheng returned to Shrek with a prosthetic arm, and the tournament opened with Shrek facing Miao Ling Academy in the first Elimination Round match. Wang Yan sent Ling Luochen and Reserve Team members to win spectacularly, and Shrek launched its opening attack as Miao Ling's captain hoped to put up a fight.

• Xuan Zi brought Dai Yueheng back after the Medical Immortal Douluo treated him, but explained that losing his left arm had reduced his potential and combat strength.
• Dai Yueheng offered to compete while Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen planned to recover, and Ling Luochen insisted she could still provide control from her wheelchair.
• Xu Jiawei opened the tournament, and the announcer revealed that Shrek would face Miao Ling Advanced Soul Master Academy in the first Elimination Round match.
• Wang Yan selected Ling Luochen, Bei Bei, Wang Dong, Ning Tian, Wu Feng, Lan Susu, and Lan Ruoruo, while Xuan Zi urged Shrek to overpower its opponent with a Soul King.
• Ling Luochen, Bei Bei, Wang Dong, and Wu Feng began Shrek's dazzling attack, while Miao Ling's captain organized a defense and imagined boasting that his team had fought Shrek to a standstill.

Shrek’s Reserve Team crushed the Vast Spirit Team in the first elimination match, and Wang Dong proudly asked Huo Yuhao whether he had watched her fight. The next match paired the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy against Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy, leaving Huo Yuhao to recognize the team from the original story.

• The Vast Spirit Team’s captain rallied his teammates, but Bei Bei, Wang Dong, Wu Feng, Ning Tian, Ling Luochen, Lan Susu, and Lan Ruoruo overwhelmed them with coordinated attacks and won the match.
• Wang Dong called out to Huo Yuhao, bragged about her performance, and argued with Meng Hongchen and Di Ruichiu while Xiao Xiao backed her up.
• Ma Xiaotao questioned Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao about knowing Sun Moon’s team members, then accepted their explanation after checking their penalty notice from the Mingde Hall Inspection Team.
• Jing Hongchen explained how elimination-round opponents were chosen, and the host announced that Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy would face Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy.
• Huo Yuhao recognized Tianling Academy as the team from the original story and realized that it had once again become his opponent.

Huo Yuhao chose to intimidate the Heavenly Spirit Team by simulating a red Soul Ring during the Sun Moon Battle Team’s elimination match. The chapter ended as the Heavenly Spirit members saw his simulated hundred-thousand-year ring and recoiled in fear.

• Xu Jiawei agreed to assign Shrek’s strongest opponents to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, while advising Xu Jiujiu to study the Sun Moon Battle Team.
• Xuan Zi praised Shrek’s opening-match victory and sent Ma Xiaotao and the others to watch Sun Moon’s match.
• Jing Hongchen selected Xiao Hongchen and the reserve team, including Huo Yuhao, to face Heavenly Spirit Academy.
• Huo Yuhao chose the option to use Simulation to show the Heavenly Spirit Team some color, earning the Three Thousand Lightning Movement battle skill as his reward.
• Xiao Hongchen put away his Soul Guidance Cannon, and Huo Yuhao revealed his simulated Soul Rings in sequence, ending with a brilliant red ring that terrified the Heavenly Spirit Team.

Huo Yuhao used the aura of his simulated Hundred-Thousand-Year fifth soul ring to terrify the Heavenly Spirit Team into surrendering, while officials and Shrek members debated whether his ring was real. The Body Sect’s Lang Ya and Yu Tao decided to take Huo Yuhao for their sect.

• Xu Jiawei asked Huang Jinxu to assess Huo Yuhao’s red soul ring, and Huang Jinxu confirmed its aura was genuine.
• Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, Bei Bei, and Tang Ya recalled meeting Huo Yuhao when he had only one ring and discussed why he had not joined Shrek Academy.
• Xuan Zi and Wang Yan doubted that a Five-Ring Soul King could truly possess a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, while considering whether Sun Moon had used resources to cultivate Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao released his red fifth soul ring and overwhelmed the Heavenly Spirit Team with its aura, causing its captain to surrender and the referee to declare Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy the winner.
• Lang Ya and Yu Tao concluded that Huo Yuhao had a powerful Eye Martial Soul and decided to bring him back to the Body Sect.

The Sun Moon Battle Team defeated the Heavenly Spirit Team after Huo Yuhao frightened them with a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, while Shrek’s Wang Dong drew teasing suspicion for staring at him. As the teams left the arena, Body Sect members Lang Ya and Yu Tao blocked their path and demanded Huo Yuhao and the Lan sisters stay behind.

• Huo Yuhao used his red Soul Ring to make the Heavenly Spirit Team surrender, securing the Sun Moon Battle Team’s victory and thrilling the spectators.
• Ma Lao praised the team’s performance, and Huo Yuhao explained that he had used the Soul Ring display to intimidate their opponents.
• Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and Xiao Xiao teased Wang Dong about her intense interest in Huo Yuhao, but Wang Dong insisted they were only good friends.
• Xuan Zi left to speak with Xu Jiawei while Wang Yan led the Shrek disciples away from the arena.
• Lang Ya and Yu Tao identified themselves as members of the Body Sect and ordered Huo Yuhao and the Lan sisters to stay, claiming they wanted to discuss their Martial Souls.

Lang Ya and Yu Tao tried to recruit Huo Yuhao and take Lan Susu and Lan Ruoruo to the Body Sect, but Huo Yuhao refused and Meng Hongchen claimed he was engaged to her. Ye Yulin intervened to protect the teams and confronted the Body Sect elders with a Ninth-Grade Soul Tool.

• Meng Hongchen warned Huo Yuhao that the Body Sect elders were after him, while Wang Yan worried that Xuan Zi had not returned.
• Lang Ya and Yu Tao demanded Huo Yuhao and Lan Susu and Lan Ruoruo, claiming the Body Sect had the right to take Original Martial Soul wielders.
• Lang Ya offered Huo Yuhao a place in the Mental Lineage, but Huo Yuhao refused and Meng Hongchen announced that he was engaged to her.
• Di Ruichiu called Meng Hongchen Huo Yuhao’s secondary wife, and Lang Ya urged them to break off the engagement before Yu Tao threatened both teams.
• Ye Yulin appeared, neutralized the elders’ pressure, and aimed his Ninth-Grade Starfall cannon at Yu Tao while challenging the Body Sect’s training.

Ye Yulin used Starfall to drive Lang Ya and Yu Tao away after they tried to recruit the Lan Sisters, then turned their marriage demands back on the Body Sect by proposing a match between Xiao Hongchen and one of its gifted young women. After the Body Sect pair left, Xuan Zi arrived and criticized their attempt to poach Shrek’s students, unaware of how Ye Yulin had handled the confrontation.

• Ye Yulin activated Starfall to intimidate Lang Ya, while Yu Tao ignored Lang Ya’s warning and charged at him.
• Ye Yulin injured Yu Tao with an Eighth-Grade Soul Guidance Ray, and Lang Ya and Yu Tao watched Huo Yuhao demonstrate Eight Extremities Collapse after paying him for it.
• Lang Ya praised Huo Yuhao’s talent and invited him to join the Body Sect, but Ye Yulin redirected the discussion to Lang Ya’s demand that Meng Hongchen break her engagement.
• Ye Yulin proposed that a gifted Body Sect young woman become Xiao Hongchen’s Dao Companion, and Lang Ya and Yu Tao left to consult their sect master.
• Xuan Zi arrived after the Body Sect pair had departed, heard Wang Yan’s account, and condemned their attempt to take Shrek’s students.

Jing Hongchen raged at the Body Sect over its attempt to claim Meng Hongchen, then focused on the competition and Shrek Academy’s invitation to the Sea God Pavilion. Huo Yuhao warned that the invitation might conceal a threat, leaving Jing Hongchen worried that Shrek could outmatch him and make his preparations useless.

• Xiao Hongchen objected to Ye Yulin’s suggestion that he become Dao Companions with a Body Sect woman, and Meng Hongchen and Di Ruichiu corrected his claim that all Original Martial Soul possessors looked strange.
• Jing Hongchen threatened military action against the Body Sect, then urged the students to focus on winning the Soul Master Competition before taking any risks.
• At Shrek Academy, Wang Yan and Fan Yu discussed using Mo Xuan as a support while considering whether the team should aim for the championship or strategically withdraw.
• Jing Hongchen reviewed Shrek Academy’s student-exchange proposal and Sea God Pavilion invitation, expressing doubts about Shrek’s cultivation methods and asking the students what they thought of an exchange.
• Huo Yuhao questioned whether the Sea God Pavilion had anticipated Jing Hongchen’s preparations and might have a hidden powerhouse, prompting Jing Hongchen to worry that he could not retrieve the Soul Guidance Cannons he buried outside Shrek.

Jing Hongchen and Huo Yuhao devised a plan to counter Sea God Pavilion’s invitation by offering Shrek Academy a chance to study Experiment No. 1 in exchange for establishing a Sun Moon Branch Campus there. They also considered using Shrek’s disastrous encounter with a Five-Ring Evil Soul Master as leverage, leaving Sun Moon’s leaders preparing for negotiations.

• Jing Hongchen suspected Sea God Pavilion had invited him to steal Mingde Hall’s high-grade Soul Tool technology, and Huo Yuhao explained how the invitation could be a trap.
• Meng Hongchen and Di Ruichiu urged Jing Hongchen to reject the exchange program and invitation, but Huo Yuhao proposed turning Shrek’s scheme against them.
• Huo Yuhao suggested launching the Experiment No. 1 Plan and inviting Shrek to participate, with a Sun Moon Branch Campus at Shrek Academy as a condition for access to the research.
• Ye Yulin agreed that Experiment No. 1’s blueprints could give Sun Moon strong leverage in negotiations, while Jing Hongchen considered sending senior researchers and offerings to Shrek.
• Jing Hongchen revealed that a captured Five-Ring Evil Soul Master had killed three of Shrek’s tournament competitors and badly injured several others.
• Huo Yuhao and Ye Yulin proposed using the attack to strengthen Sun Moon’s bargaining position or damage Shrek’s reputation if negotiations failed.

Jing Hongchen agreed to cooperate with Shrek Academy but proposed a Sun Moon branch campus and sent Xuan Zi a reply containing half a blueprint for a Ninth-Grade Soul Guidance component. Xuan Zi returned to Sea God Pavilion believing the exchange program had been accepted, and Mu En began examining Jing Hongchen’s proposal.

• Jing Hongchen wrote to Sea God Pavilion proposing a Sun Moon Branch Campus at Shrek and enclosed half of a blueprint for an Experiment No. 1 component.
• Wang Yan explained the Round Robin format and planned Shrek Academy’s tactics while Xuan Zi praised the competition matching system he had helped optimize.
• Jing Hongchen gave Xuan Zi his reply, saying cooperation would take another form, while Xuan Zi assumed Sun Moon had accepted Shrek’s exchange program.
• Xuan Zi returned to Sun Moon’s preparation area and discussed Round Robin tactics with Huo Yuhao, Xiao Hongchen, Ma Rulong, Di Ruichiu, and Meng Hongchen.
• Xuan Zi carried Jing Hongchen’s invitation back to Sea God Pavilion and told Mu En that Sun Moon had agreed to cooperate.

Xuan Zi reported that Jing Hongchen had agreed to cooperate with Shrek Academy, but Mu En discovered that Sun Moon knew the details of the failed Evil Soul Master mission and had made a calculated offer. The chapter ended with Mu En revealing that Jing Hongchen would only share Ninth Level Humanoid Soul Guidance Device research if Shrek established a Sun Moon branch campus.

• Xuan Zi told the Sea God Pavilion Elders that Jing Hongchen had accepted Shrek Academy’s proposal for academic cooperation.
• Qian Duoduo warned that Sun Moon’s smooth agreement was suspicious, but Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe dismissed his concern.
• Mu En read Jing Hongchen’s condolences about the deaths of three students and realized Sun Moon knew the truth about Xuan Zi’s mission.
• Mu En questioned Xuan Zi about killing the Death God Messenger, and Xuan Zi insisted that he had killed the real one.
• Mu En read that Jing Hongchen had proposed joint research into Ninth Level Humanoid Soul Guidance Devices through Experiment No. 1.
• Mu En revealed Jing Hongchen’s condition: Shrek Academy had to establish a Sun Moon branch campus within its grounds.

Mu En and Shrek Academy’s Elders debated Jing Hongchen’s proposal to establish a Sun Moon Branch Campus, with Yan Shaozhe resisting and Qian Duoduo arguing for the technological benefits. After examining a genuine blueprint for a component of Experiment No. 1, they leaned toward accepting the deal, leaving Mu En to decide whether Shrek would risk violating its ancestors’ principles.

• Yan Shaozhe urged Mu En to reject the branch campus proposal, though he allowed that student exchanges could be discussed.
• Xuan Zi warned the Elders that Jing Hongchen’s Ninth-Grade Energy Gathering Soul Guidance Cannon was powerful enough to force him to fight seriously.
• Mu En argued that Shrek had to overcome its prejudice against Soul Tools, while the Elders speculated about Jing Hongchen’s Humanoid Soul Guidance Device research.
• Mu En discovered Jing Hongchen had enclosed half a blueprint for a Ninth-Grade component of Experiment No. 1, and Qian Duoduo judged it genuine and immensely valuable.
• Qian Duoduo explained that studying the blueprints could transform Shrek’s Soul Guidance Department, and Xuan Zi recognized that Soul Tools could strengthen Soul Masters.
• Yan Shaozhe agreed to try the cooperation, and Mu En prepared to accept the proposal despite its conflict with Shrek’s ancestral principles.

Mu En secured Sea God Pavilion’s agreement to pursue Jing Hongchen’s Experiment No. 1 technology by preparing a Golden Tree plaque for the Sun Moon Branch Campus. Meanwhile, the Star Luo Round Robin began with manipulated groupings, and Xuan Zi returned to Jing Hongchen to negotiate for more blueprints.

• Mu En told the Elders that Shrek would accept Jing Hongchen’s Experiment No. 1 plan and ask for two more blueprints, while promising a guarantee tied to the branch campus.
• Mu En carved a Sun Moon Branch Campus plaque from Golden Tree deadwood and sent Xuan Zi to test Jing Hongchen’s attitude before presenting it.
• Mu En set new funding ratios for the Martial Soul and Soul Guidance Departments, and Xuan Zi urged Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo to cooperate.
• Xu Jiawei told Xu Jiujiu to watch Huo Yuhao, while the Round Robin groupings placed Shrek in a favorable group and Sun Moon’s teams against one another.
• Huo Yuhao, Xiao Hongchen, Ma Rulong, and Jing Hongchen discussed the groupings and resolved to focus on their own matches.
• Xuan Zi returned to Jing Hongchen and demanded ten more blueprints before Shrek would further discuss the branch campus.

Xuan Zi negotiated with Jing Hongchen for Experiment No. 1 blueprints and presented him with a plaque from the Sea God Pavilion confirming the Sun Moon Branch Campus. Jing Hongchen agreed to give one additional blueprint for the plaque, leaving Xuan Zi frustrated that he still fell short of Mu En’s requested two.

• Xiao Hongchen and Huo Yuhao speculated about the Sea God Pavilion’s negotiations while Di Ruichiu worried Wang Dong might come to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Xuan Zi demanded ten Experiment No. 1 blueprints, but Jing Hongchen refused and offered only half a blueprint before Xuan Zi accepted the terms.
• Xuan Zi revealed the Golden Tree deadwood plaque bearing the Sea God Pavilion’s seal and the words “Shrek Academy Soul Guidance Department—Sun Moon Branch Campus.”
• Jing Hongchen accepted the plaque and offered one more blueprint, refusing Xuan Zi’s request for a larger number.
• Xuan Zi protested that the offer left him short of Mu En’s requested two blueprints, while Jing Hongchen insisted the plaque was worth no more.

Xuan Zi obtained one and a half Experiment No. 1 blueprints from Jing Hongchen, who agreed to establish a Sun Moon Branch Campus at Shrek. After Xuan Zi returned to the arena, Shrek won its first round-robin match, and Wang Yan grew furious upon learning about the plan.

• Xuan Zi demanded two blueprints, but Jing Hongchen offered one and a half and argued that this was enough for Shrek's research.
• Jing Hongchen handed Xuan Zi the remaining blueprint and promised to implement the Experiment No. 1 Plan after the competition if Shrek built the Sun Moon Branch Campus.
• Jing Hongchen showed the plaque to Huo Yuhao and the Sun Moon team, while Meng Hongchen and Di Ruichiu warned against taking Huo Yuhao to Shrek.
• Bei Bei and Ning Tian defeated Zhao Ling Academy's pair in Shrek's first two-versus-two match.
• Xuan Zi told Wang Yan that he had mostly completed Mu En's mission, and Wang Yan became enraged after hearing about the Sun Moon Branch Campus plan.

Shrek Academy won its two-versus-two matches against Zhao Ling Academy, while the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy prepared to face Yunluo Academy. Di Ruichiu entered the individual match instead of Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong laughed as Ma Yingjun’s opening cannon blast seemed to frighten her.

• Wang Yan learned that Shrek’s elders had agreed to host a Sun Moon branch campus to study Experiment No. 1 and pursue advances in Ninth Level Soul Guidance Devices.
• Wu Feng and Ling Luochen defeated Zhao Ling Academy’s two Soul Elders, securing Shrek Academy’s victory in both two-versus-two matches.
• Huo Yuhao discussed ways to strengthen Meng Hongchen’s Jade Sunny Ice Toad and speculated about developing a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Di Ruichiu.
• Ma Rulong and Ma Yingjun’s draw set Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s match against Yunluo Academy as a one-versus-one individual elimination contest.
• Di Ruichiu took the stage for Sun Moon, and Ma Yingjun opened with a Soul Guidance Cannon attack that made her appear to recoil.
• Wang Dong watched Di Ruichiu stumble back and laughed that she deserved to be scared.

Di Ruichiu defeated Ma Yingjun with a powerful Golden Dragon Spear attack, impressing the spectators and Shrek Academy. As Shang Yue entered the second match, Wang Dong insisted that Di Ruichiu’s speed made her half-step retreat part of a deliberate strategy.

• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao told Ma Xiaotao that they had clashed with Di Ruichiu in Mingdu after she barred them from a barbecue shop, explaining Wang Dong’s hostility toward her.
• Ma Yingjun fired ten Soul Guidance weapons at Di Ruichiu, who used Golden Dragon Burst to destroy the shots and wound him before the referee intervened and declared her the winner.
• Ma Xiaotao questioned whether Wang Dong had truly only fallen slightly behind Di Ruichiu, while Xuan Zi praised Di Ruichiu’s True Dragon aura and Huo Yuhao complimented her performance.
• Yunluo’s captain sent Shang Yue to face Di Ruichiu and told her to wear down Di Ruichiu’s strength or surrender if necessary.
• Shang Yue charged with twin blades, and Wang Dong declared that Di Ruichiu’s attack and movement speeds were both terrifyingly fast.

Di Ruichiu easily defeated Shang Yue with a single Golden Dragon Fist, revealing her immense power and Ultimate Light to the audience. After Wang Dong grew frustrated at comparisons between her figure and Di Ruichiu’s, she watched as Yunluo captain Si Tu Yu challenged Di Ruichiu to unleash her fifth Soul Skill, and she began using Golden Dragon Roar.

• Wu Feng mistook Di Ruichiu’s half-step for a charge-up, but Wang Dong explained that Di Ruichiu was casually testing her opponents.
• Di Ruichiu shattered Shang Yue’s two blade auras with Golden Dragon Fist, and the referee intervened before the attack could seriously injure her.
• Ma Xiaotao teased Wang Dong about her build, leaving Wang Dong upset despite Xiao Xiao, Wu Feng, and Ning Tian trying to comfort her.
• Wang Dong refocused when Ma Xiaotao said Yunluo’s next opponent might challenge Di Ruichiu, and she turned to look for Di Ruichiu’s weakness.
• Si Tu Yu equipped more than twenty Soul Guidance Cannons and asked Di Ruichiu to use her fifth Soul Skill; Di Ruichiu answered with Golden Dragon Roar, summoning a massive golden dragon.

Di Ruichiu defeated Yunluo Academy’s final contestant by forcing Si Tu Yu to surrender with her Golden Dragon Roar, while Shrek’s students discussed how they might counter her. Xu Jiujiu learned Huo Yuhao was not from the Sun Moon Empire, and Xu Jiawei urged her to look for a chance to recruit him.

• Wang Dong proposed that she, Wu Feng, Xiao Xiao, and Ning Tian could challenge Di Ruichiu together, while Xuan Zi said Ma Xiaotao might reach Soul Saint and help secure Shrek’s victory.
• Di Ruichiu unleashed her Golden Dragon Roar, and Si Tu Yu surrendered because his Soul Guidance Cannons could not withstand it, giving Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy the match.
• Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu discussed Di Ruichiu’s strength and Huo Yuhao’s apparent closeness to Meng Hongchen and Di Ruichiu.
• Xu Jiawei told Xu Jiujiu that investigations in Star Luo and the other nations found no records of Huo Yuhao, confirming he was not from the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xu Jiujiu reconsidered recruiting Huo Yuhao, and Xu Jiawei asked her to watch for him at the upcoming Soul Tool auction.

After Di Ruichiu’s victory, the Body Sect learned that Huo Yuhao had attracted the attention of both Mingde Hall and the Star Moon Empire. Xu Jiawei urged Xu Jiujiu to pursue Huo Yuhao and bring him into the Star Luo Royal Family, while the Body Sect prepared to confront Mingde Hall and compete for a valuable auction item.

• Di Ruichiu returned to Huo Yuhao and Meng Hongchen after defeating her opponent, while Xuan Zi left to deliver the blueprints to Sea God Pavilion.
• Lang Ya and Yu Tao returned to the Body Sect and told Du Busi about Huo Yuhao’s unusual Martial Soul, self-created combat technique, and ties to Mingde Hall.
• Du Busi became furious that Jing Hongchen had taken Huo Yuhao as a disciple and arranged his engagement to Meng Hongchen, and he vowed to confront Jing Hongchen after the competition.
• Du Busi sent Lang Ya and Yu Tao to bid on a coveted item at Star Luo City’s top-tier auction, with Jin Lao and one hundred million Gold Soul Coins to support them.
• Xu Jiawei urged Xu Jiujiu to get close to Huo Yuhao and consider marrying him into the Star Luo Royal Family, and Xu Jiujiu agreed to think it over before leaving to arrange the auctions.