Chapter Summaries

Qian Chaoguang killed the God of Death Envoy after the Evil Soul Master escaped Xuan Zi, then confronted Xuan Zi over his failure to heed the warning. With several Inner Courtyard students badly injured, Xuan Zi divided the survivors between emergency treatment and the tournament team.

• The God of Death Envoy escaped Xuan Zi by turning into smoke, but Qian Chaoguang struck him with a nine-layer Blade Light and destroyed him.
• Qian Chaoguang refused Huo Yutong and Wang Dong's help, confronted Xuan Zi about ignoring his warning, and then collapsed into Huo Yutong's arms to rest.
• Wang Yan reported that Gongyang Mo, Chen Zifeng, Yao Haoxuan, and Xi Xi needed urgent treatment, while Ling Luochen, Ma Xiaotao, and Dai Yueheng had less severe injuries.
• Xuan Zi assigned Wang Yan to lead the remaining students back to the military camp and take part in the tournament, while he carried the four most seriously injured students back to the academy.

After the battle, Qian Chaoguang rebuked Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng for failing their team and recovered with the others. In his Sea of Consciousness, he revealed his origins to Electrolux and accepted the mantle of the Holy Necromancer.

• Xuan Zi carried the four unconscious students back toward Shrek Academy and urged Wang Yan and the others to trust Qian Chaoguang.
• Qian Chaoguang told Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng that they should answer for their failures to protect the injured Inner Courtyard students.
• Ling Luochen thanked Qian Chaoguang for saving her, accepted his Thousand Refined Alloy Chest Armor as a memento, and began recovering.
• Electrolux told Qian Chaoguang he had sensed a familiar aura from the Evil Soul Master, and Qian Chaoguang explained that the man had manipulated corpses.
• Qian Chaoguang revealed that he was not native to Douluo Continent and identified Electrolux as the Holy Necromancer from Saint Magic Continent.
• Qian Chaoguang said he was willing to inherit Electrolux's mantle, arguing that power itself was not evil; Electrolux praised his insight.

Qian Chaoguang accepted Electrolux as his master after hearing the story of Electrolux’s life, and Electrolux told him that his Extreme Ice Light might conceal a greater power. As Electrolux fell silent until Qian Chaoguang inherited his mantle, Wang Yan told the team that the injured Shrek members would leave the Outer Courtyard students to fill in at the upcoming tournament.

• Electrolux recounted his past to Qian Chaoguang and asked whether he would accept his inheritance.
• Qian Chaoguang kowtowed to Electrolux, who named him his sole disciple, and promised to try to resurrect him someday.
• Electrolux told Qian Chaoguang that he was a Child of Light and that his Extreme Ice Light could reveal its true power after his soul transformed.
• Electrolux returned to silence, saying Qian Chaoguang would inherit his mantle when he next awakened.
• Wang Yan explained that Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng would need about half a month to recover and Ling Luochen a week, so the Outer Courtyard students would have to fill in at the tournament.

After the Inner Courtyard disciples survived the Corpse Poison attack, Elder Xuan returned to Shrek Academy burdened by guilt over ignoring Qian Chaoguang’s warning. At the Sea God Pavilion meeting, he accepted responsibility and declared that he would take his own life after the tournament matter was over.

• Wang Yan and the students tried to reassure one another that Shrek Academy might send reinforcements before the competition.
• A white-clothed old man told Elder Xuan that the poisoned disciples were out of danger and that Gongyang Mo’s chest armor had protected him from the worst of the Corpse Poison.
• Elder Xuan brought the damaged armor to the Sea God Pavilion meeting and told Mu En he would resign, leave the Pavilion, and take his own life to atone.
• Elder Xuan explained that Qian Chaoguang had warned him about the attack, but he had dismissed the warning while Ling Luochen and the Outer Courtyard group had taken it seriously.
• Elder Xuan blamed himself for the injuries and for nearly losing the academy’s future, then raised both hands as tears streamed down his face.

Mu En stopped Xuan Zi from killing himself, punished him for his reckless conduct, and ordered Shrek to equip its Inner Courtyard disciples with soul tools. The meeting then turned to how the academy would assemble a team for the upcoming tournament.

• Xuan Zi tried to kill himself, but Mu En stopped him and ordered Yan Shaozhe and Lin Lao to restrain him.
• Mu En removed Xuan Zi as vice-captain of the Shrek Supervision Corps and ordered him to remain alive and teach in the Inner Courtyard.
• Mu En ordered Xian Lin'er to arrange custom flying and defensive soul tools for every Inner Courtyard disciple, and warned Yan Shaozhe against opposing their use.
• Mu En required the Inner Courtyard to pay the Soul Tool Department for its purchases, and Yan Shaozhe agreed.
• Cai Meier asked how Shrek should field a team for the tournament, noting that only three eligible Inner Courtyard students remained and suggesting a newly qualified Outer Courtyard Soul King join them.

Mu En rebuked Sea God Pavilion for neglecting soul tools and ordered the elders to protect Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong, while Shrek’s injured tournament team gathered in Star Luo City. With key fighters unable to compete in the opening elimination match, Qian Chaoguang tried to reassure the others with confidence in his intimidation tactics.

• Mu En refused to send reinforcements and said Chaoguang and Yutong should prove what students who cultivated both soul tools and martial souls could achieve.
• Mu En ordered Lin Er to propose student exchanges with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy and warned Sea God Pavilion to prioritize Qian Chaoguang’s safety and advice.
• The tournament drew crowds to Star Luo City, where Shrek’s team was staying in a grand hotel near the venue.
• Wang Yan told the team that Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng could not compete and that Shrek would likely receive no reinforcements from the academy.
• Wang Yan explained that the team had to survive its first-round elimination match before Ling Luochen and the injured senior students could recover.
• Qian Chaoguang urged the nervous team to trust the intimidation tactics he used against unfamiliar opponents.

Wang Yan encouraged Shrek’s weakened Reserve Team before the tournament began, while secretly worrying about the team’s reduced strength. At the opening ceremony in Star Luo City, Shrek’s young contestants drew attention as Emperor Xu Jiawei arrived to address the gathered crowd.

• Wang Dong joked that Qian Chaoguang could intimidate rival teams with his powerful soul rings, lifting the mood in Shrek’s meeting room.
• Wang Yan told the Reserve Team to use intimidation tactics in their first match, then privately panicked over how many of Shrek’s strongest fighters were unavailable.
• The Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy’s leader angrily interpreted Shrek’s lineup as an insult, while Xiao Hongchen dismissed Shrek’s representatives.
• Contestants and spectators gathered at Star Luo Square, where Shrek’s unusually young team stood beside the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy team.
• Emperor Xu Jiawei arrived above the square, and the crowd paid its respects before he began his address.

The Entire Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament opened in Star Luo City, and Shrek Academy stunned the crowd by entering its first elimination match with only Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong. The match was about to begin as the seven Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy students faced the pair in disbelief.

• Star Luo Emperor Xu Jiawei welcomed the visiting academies and declared the tournament open.
• The host announced that Shrek would face Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy in the first elimination match.
• Qian Chaoguang reassured the Reserve Team members, and Dai Yueheng encouraged Huo Yutong and Qian Chaoguang to represent Shrek.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong took the stage as Shrek's only two competitors, shocking the crowd, Xu Jiawei, and the rival academies.
• The referee confirmed Shrek's lineup, and the two Shrek competitors and seven Tianling students gathered at the center of the field.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong faced Tianling Advanced Academy in the first knockout match, unnerving their opponents with their composure and Shrek’s reputation. When the match began, they revealed seven soul rings each, unleashing a terrifying presence that overwhelmed the arena.

• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong dismissed the need for a battle plan while Tianling Advanced Academy’s team grew increasingly frightened.
• The referee began the match as Tianling Advanced Academy formed up and Shrek’s siblings remained relaxed.
• Tianling Advanced Academy revealed a team of five Soul Ancestors and two Soul Elders, led by a captain nearing Soul King.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong stepped forward and revealed seven soul rings each, with the first three rings appearing black.
• Blood-red light and a terrifying aura swept across the arena and pressed toward Tianling Advanced Academy’s team.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong stunned the Star Luo Square audience by revealing their Soul Rings and overwhelming Tianling Advanced Academy with a terrifying display of power. After the match ended, they invited the spectators' children to enroll at Shrek Academy and returned to their team.

• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong revealed fourteen Soul Rings, including six Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, shocking the spectators and officials.
• Huo Yutong's pressure and concealed Mind Storm pushed Tianling Advanced Academy's students to the brink of panic.
• Qian Chaoguang summoned a Six-Winged Archangel phantom and holy sword, then unleashed Mind Storm as the sword descended.
• The seven Tianling Academy students collapsed, and Huo Yutong told the referee the match was over.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong invited the audience's children to enroll at Shrek Academy and walked back to their group.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong intimidated Tianling Academy with a grand but mostly illusory display, then left the arena as if the match had barely mattered. Back in their room, Qian Chaoguang collapsed from the power he had spent, while Wang Yan’s plan to preserve his mystery impressed the other academies.

• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong dismissed Tianling Academy’s defeat as an easy, sleepy victory, unsettling the surrounding teams.
• Star Luo Emperor Xu Jiawei ordered an investigation into Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong, while the audience praised Shrek and Xiao Hongchen rejected what he had seen as impossible.
• Qian Chaoguang collapsed after returning to the hotel, and Huo Yutong supported him and let him sleep on her lap.
• Qian Chaoguang’s display had relied on illusory light and shadow that consumed immense Mental Power and Soul Power, with Huo Yutong’s Mind Storm helping finish the match.
• Wang Yan revealed that he and Qian Chaoguang had planned the arena display, their contrasting behavior afterward, and the Four Black Three Red Spirit Ring configuration to preserve Qian Chaoguang’s mystery.

Wang Yan gathered Shrek Academy’s team to plan for the round-robin matches and asked the Inner Courtyard members to reveal their soul skills. Qian Chaoguang revealed that He Caitou was a food-type Soul Master whose cigars granted powerful percentage-based boosts, giving the team a support option they had overlooked.

• Wang Yan reported that other academies believed Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong had extraordinary soul rings and now viewed Qian Chaoguang as their main threat.
• Wang Yan told the team that the round-robin would begin the next day and asked the three Inner Courtyard members to disclose their soul skills so he could arrange tactics.
• Qian Chaoguang said the team had a hidden food-type genius and pointed to He Caitou.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong explained that He Caitou's cigar Martial Soul provided percentage-based boosts, including a twenty-five percent increase to Huo Yutong's Mental Power.
• Wang Yan realized that He Caitou's cigars did not consume Soul Power when used.

Wang Yan discovered that He Caitou’s cigars could provide powerful support and last for two days, and Dai Yueheng tried to recruit him into the Star Luo Empire’s army. The team tested the cigars, then Wang Yan arranged their pairs and trio for the tournament’s two-two-three matches.

• Dai Yueheng praised He Caitou’s long-lasting cigars as a rare talent that could supply an army, then offered him a position in the Star Luo Empire’s army.
• He Caitou demonstrated four cigars that enhanced Mental Power, strength, defense, and Soul Power, and Wang Yan made the team test them and carry reserve sets.
• Bei Bei and the others explained their soul skills, and Wang Yan assigned Bei Bei with Jiang Nannan, Xu Sanshi with He Caitou, and Wang Dong, Huo Yutong, and Qian Chaoguang as a trio.
• Wang Yan explained that the group-stage round-robin would advance the top two teams and warned that team battles were the easiest format in which to reveal their abilities.

Qian Chaoguang confronted Wang Yan and Dai Yueheng after they proposed using Huo Yutong’s Soul Skill from below the stage to help Shrek win. He threatened to leave the team, but Wang Yan and the others admitted they were wrong and abandoned the plan.

• Wang Yan proposed that Huo Yutong use her invisible Second Soul Skill from below the stage to support the team during the match.
• Qian Chaoguang condemned the proposal as cheating, and Dai Yueheng argued that Shrek should win at any cost.
• Qian Chaoguang drew a line in the floor, declared that he and Huo Yutong were quitting the team, and left with He Caitou and others following.
• Wang Yan stopped Qian Chaoguang and apologized, and Xu Sanshi, Bei Bei, and the other wavering team members also admitted their mistake.
• Dai Yueheng bowed and acknowledged his mistake, and Qian Chaoguang accepted the apologies after the team gave up on cheating.

Qian Chaoguang refused to let the reserve team cheat, then mocked Xiao Hongchen and revealed knowledge of his abilities, convincing Xiao that their team had a mole. The first knockout round ended as the tournament crowds and Star Luo City's profits continued to grow.

• Qian Chaoguang rejected cheating to secure a ranking, and his stance strengthened the reserve team's confidence and camaraderie.
• Xiao Hongchen challenged Qian Chaoguang, who mocked him and accurately named his Martial Soul and cultivation.
• Xiao Hongchen panicked, suspected a mole in his team, and told Meng Hongchen that their lives might be in danger.
• The first knockout round ended, and the growing crowds in Star Luo City drove up admission fees and boosted the Star Luo Empire's earnings.

The round-robin stage began as Shrek Academy entered the arena to face Yunluo Advanced Soul Tool Master Academy in a one-on-one elimination match. Qian Chaoguang volunteered to fight first and announced that he would defeat all seven opponents himself.

• The chapter described the tournament’s lucrative format, the deaths in the elimination round, and the Star Luo Empire’s detailed battle reports and betting pools.
• On the fourth day, the crowd and the other advancing teams gathered to watch Shrek Academy compete, while Xiao Hongchen remained unsettled after Qian Chaoguang frightened him the previous night.
• Shrek Academy entered the arena without Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, or Ling Luochen, who stayed behind to recover.
• The lots set Shrek Academy and Yunluo Academy to compete in a one-on-one individual elimination format.
• After Wang Yan discussed who should fight first, Qian Chaoguang volunteered and said he would take on all seven opponents.

Qian Chaoguang entered Shrek’s individual elimination match against Yunluo Academy and chose to fight without activating his Martial Soul, using a powerful soul-tool longsaber he called a toy. The match began with Ma Yingjun deploying his weapons and flying soul tool.

• Qian Chaoguang explained that his displayed persona made it appropriate for him to fight, and Wang Yan inferred that a Soul Engineer match would interest him.
• Huo Yutong reassured Jiang Nannan that Qian Chaoguang could rival a powerful Soul Ancestor without using his Martial Soul.
• Qian Chaoguang faced the nervous Ma Yingjun, who introduced himself and begged him to show mercy.
• Qian Chaoguang drew a golden longsaber, described it as a little toy from his sister, and said he would use it to test himself against a Soul Engineer.
• When the referee started the match, Ma Yingjun activated his Storage Soul Tool, deploying arm and shoulder weapons and spreading his flying soul-tool wings.

Qian Chaoguang easily defeated Ma Yingjun after dodging his barrage of soul tool attacks, and Ma Yingjun touched him before jumping off the stage. Shang Yue then entered the next match and charged at Qian Chaoguang with a greatsword, while Wang Yan warned Shrek’s team about melee Soul Tool Masters.

• Ma Yingjun fired every soul tool at Qian Chaoguang, but Qian Chaoguang dodged each attack and approached without being hit.
• Qian Chaoguang appeared behind Ma Yingjun and held a soul tool blade to his neck; Ma Yingjun touched him, then jumped off the stage to concede.
• The referee declared Shrek Academy the winner, and Ma Yingjun excitedly told Yunluo Academy’s captain that he had lasted thirty seconds and touched Qian Chaoguang.
• Shang Yue stepped onto the stage for Yunluo Academy’s next match and charged at Qian Chaoguang with a greatsword.
• Wang Yan warned Shrek’s team that melee Soul Tool Masters were dangerous in close combat and should be kept at a distance.

Qian Chaoguang dismantled Shang Yue’s dual-blade technique, explained why her oversized weapons and fighting style worked against her, and encouraged her to try a two-handed blade. Shang Yue’s powerful new slash showed promise, but Qian Chaoguang dodged it and sent her flying toward the arena boundary.

• Wang Dong joked that sparring with Qian Chaoguang made other melee fighters seem easy, earning a glare from Huo Yutong.
• Shang Yue attacked Qian Chaoguang with her twin great blades, but he repeatedly disrupted her technique without moving from his spot.
• Qian Chaoguang advised Shang Yue to abandon dual blades for a two-handed blade, then disarmed her with a precise twist of his weapon.
• Qian Chaoguang returned Shang Yue’s great saber and invited her to use her strongest two-handed slash against him.
• Shang Yue unleashed a powerful slash, but Qian Chaoguang dodged and struck her from behind, sending her toward the boundary line.

Qian Chaoguang defeated Shang Yue and agreed to face Yunluo Academy captain Situ Yu in a single-slash match. As Situ Yu deployed his extensive Soul Tool armor and weapons, Qian Chaoguang prepared his Blade Intent for the coming attack.

• Qian Chaoguang caught Shang Yue before she fell from the arena, and she conceded after thanking him for his guidance.
• Situ Yu introduced himself and asked Qian Chaoguang for a fair match, offering to have Yunluo Academy concede afterward.
• Qian Chaoguang proposed that Situ Yu use everything at his disposal to withstand one slash, and Situ Yu accepted.
• After the referee started the match, Situ Yu unfolded a heavily armored array of Soul Tools and anchored himself to the arena.
• Qian Chaoguang continued gathering power for his slash while considering the flaws in Situ Yu's turret-style combat setup.