Chapter Summaries

Shrek Academy defeated Zhengtian Academy in a brutal team match, prompting Xu Zhengyang to analyze Huo Yuhao’s abilities and warn the Sun Moon Team not to underestimate Shrek. He then offered Yu Mengdi and Ye Wuqing positions at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy, while intelligence about Zhengtian Academy revealed an unexpected discovery that sharpened his interest in the school.

• Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, He Caitou, and Xiao Xiao fought fiercely against Zhengtian Academy before Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, and Bei Bei won the deciding match, with Wang Dong revealing his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Wang Yan explained that Shrek’s competitors were substitutes because the regular members were badly injured, and Xu Zhengyang later told the Sun Moon Team that Huo Yuhao was Shrek’s core and might possess twin martial souls.
• Xu Zhengyang invited Yu Mengdi and Ye Wuqing to teach at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy, offering them soul tools, future soul rings, and help obtaining a hundred-thousand-year soul ring.
• Yu Mengdi and Ye Wuqing questioned Xu Zhengyang’s intentions when he hinted that he was interested not only in them but also in the people and institution behind them.
• After Jing Hongchen investigated Zhengtian Academy and its competitors, Xu Zhengyang learned of an unexpected person or secret there and became more interested in what the academy possessed.

Xu Zhengyang offered Ye Wuqing and Yu Mengdi generous terms to bring Zhengtian Academy’s talent and Angel Clan bloodline to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy. Ye Wuqing agreed in principle but needed to consult his grandfather, and Jing Hongchen asked to speak with Xu Zhengyang alone.

• Xu Zhengyang offered Ye Wuqing and Yu Mengdi resources, Soul Rings, and teaching positions, and invited Zhengtian Academy’s teachers to join them.
• Ye Wuqing questioned Xu Zhengyang’s authority and the safety and autonomy they would have, so Xu Zhengyang revealed his imperial backing and Xiao Hongchen’s family ties.
• Ye Wuqing agreed in principle, pending approval from his grandfather, and set conditions for Zhengtian Academy’s safety, teaching autonomy, and neutrality in a war with the Heaven Soul Empire.
• After Ye Wuqing and Yu Mengdi left, Xu Zhengyang explained to Xiao Hongchen that Zhengtian Academy’s cultivation system could help the Sun Moon Empire develop powerful Soul Masters.
• Jing Hongchen and Ma Rufeng revealed they had been listening, and Jing Hongchen questioned whether recruiting Zhengtian Academy was worth the cost.
• Jing Hongchen sent Ma Rufeng, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen out so he could speak privately with Xu Zhengyang.

Xu Zhengyang persuaded Jing Hongchen to support bringing Zhengtian Academy into the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy and argued against exchanging students with Shrek Academy. At the Starlight Auction House’s top-tier auction, Illustrious Virtue Hall soul tools sold for enormous sums, and the Snow Empress’s embryo awaited its turn as a finale treasure.

• Jing Hongchen warned Xu Zhengyang that the Holy Spirit Cult rejected the Angel Martial Soul, but Xu Zhengyang argued that an Angel Martial Soul would help the imperial family project a righteous image.
• Xu Zhengyang asked Jing Hongchen to cancel the exchange student program with Shrek Academy, and Jing Hongchen said Zhengtian Academy’s arrival might make it unnecessary.
• Xu Zhengyang and the others attended the crowded top-tier auction, where Princess Jiujiu introduced the lots as auctioneer.
• A Level 8 Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade sold for 1.65 million gold soul coins, and a Level 8 soul cannon sold for more than six million.
• Xu Zhengyang recognized that many lots were defective soul tools Ma Rufeng had sold and realized they were products of the Illustrious Virtue Hall with their maker marks removed.
• The auction reached its final two lots, including the Snow Empress’s embryo, as Xu Zhengyang awaited the advertised finale treasures.

Xu Zhengyang won a fifty-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone at auction before the Star Luo Empire unveiled a Snow Empress Embryo that threatened to lure Xiao Hongchen into a deadly trap. Xu Zhengyang calmed Xiao Hongchen and argued that the Star Luo Empire had auctioned the embryo because it could not safely use it itself.

• Princess Jiujiu presented a rare ice-attribute Soul Bone, and Xu Zhengyang had Ma Rufeng bid thirty-three million Gold Soul Coins to win it for Meng Hongchen.
• Princess Jiujiu revealed the headline lot: a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo identified by Xu Zhengyang as the Snow Empress Embryo.
• Xiao Hongchen became fixated on obtaining the embryo, but Xu Zhengyang grabbed him and scolded him until he regained his composure.
• Xu Zhengyang called the embryo a deadly trap and explained that its seven-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring could kill anyone who tried to absorb it under ordinary circumstances.
• Xu Zhengyang questioned why the Star Luo Empire had auctioned the embryo instead of using it to strengthen one of its own Quasi-Titled Douluos, suggesting the empire had failed or feared to try.

Xu Zhengyang recognized the Fierce Beast Embryo auction as a Star Luo Imperial Family trap aimed at the Sun Moon Empire and devised a counterplot to shift suspicion and danger toward the Star Luo Empire. He ordered covert soul-tool sales, rumor campaigns, and a Dark Web mission, then instructed Xiao Hongchen to raise the embryo’s auction price without winning it.

• Xu Zhengyang explained that the Star Luo Imperial Family had offered the embryo to provoke factions into targeting the Sun Moon Empire, and Xiao Hongchen abandoned his desire for a second martial soul.
• Xu Zhengyang revealed that the embryo was actually a Fierce Beast Embryo, which would kill anyone who tried to absorb it and make its possessor a target.
• Xu Zhengyang told Ma Rufeng to secretly sell soul tools, spread rumors blaming the Star Luo Empire and exposing alleged weakness in the Sun Moon Empire, and post a hundred-million-Gold-Soul-Coin Dark Web mission to seize the embryo.
• Ma Rufeng agreed to carry out the plan and explained that the soul tools for sale had concealed defects that could mislead Star Luo researchers.
• Xu Zhengyang ordered Xiao Hongchen to bid up the embryo’s price without winning it, forcing the Star Luo Empire to pay an enormous sum if it wanted to reclaim it.

The Star Luo Empire used the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo auction to draw out the Illustrious Virtue Hall and profit from the factions competing for it. Xiao Hongchen bid aggressively but lost when an unidentified bidder offered 190 million Gold Soul Coins, leaving the winner’s identity unknown.

• Princess Jiujiu paused the auction for thirty minutes, while Xu Zhengyang recognized that Xu Jiawei’s plan was meant to make rival factions spend heavily and expose their Soul Tools.
• Xu Jiawei and Princess Jiujiu discussed how the Star Luo Empire had tracked Illustrious Virtue Hall sales and intended to obtain Soul Tools for research while making the Hall buy the embryo.
• Ma Rufeng returned and told Xu Zhengyang that the Star Luo Empire would fall into chaos after the auction, as Xu Zhengyang expected factions to clash.
• Princess Jiujiu resumed the auction with a starting price of 100 million Gold Soul Coins, and Xiao Hongchen raised the bid to 140 million.
• Xiao Hongchen and an unidentified bidder drove the price upward until the rival offered 190 million Gold Soul Coins, causing Xiao Hongchen to withdraw.
• Princess Jiujiu awarded the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo to the unidentified bidder for 190 million Gold Soul Coins and ended the VIP auction.

Xiao Hongchen’s group revealed that they had tricked the Star Luo Imperial Family into buying back the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo, then spread rumors that stirred suspicion about the empire and the Sun Moon Empire. As factions in Star Luo City learned of the rumors, they held back from acting while the Soul Master Tournament gathered powerful experts in the city.

• Xiao Hongchen admitted that his apparent outrage at losing the auction had been an act, and Xu Zhengyang explained that the Star Luo Imperial Family had bought the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo for 190 million Gold Soul Coins.
• Princess Jiujiu told Xu Jiawei that rumors had spread claiming the Star Luo Imperial Family had kept the embryo for her, while other rumors described a succession struggle within the Sun Moon Empire.
• Princess Jiujiu reported rumors that the Star Luo Imperial Family intended to strengthen itself against the White Tiger Duke, prompting Xu Jiawei to discuss the imperial family’s strained position and its need for Shrek Academy’s support.
• Two men in VIP Room Three learned the Star Luo Imperial Family still possessed the embryo and accused it of setting a trap, but the large-headed man warned that the auction house was guarded by powerful Titled Douluo.
• Major factions in Star Luo City heard the rumors but refrained from acting because the Soul Master Tournament had brought many powerful experts into the city.

Xu Zhengyang watched Shrek reveal its full strength in a decisive team battle against Dou Ling Royal Academy. Shrek won convincingly, while the Sun Moon Team prepared to face Zhengtian Academy in the round of sixteen.

• The Sun Moon Team won all eight preliminary matches, and Shrek Academy finished first in Group A as sixteen teams advanced to the knockout stage.
• The draw matched the Sun Moon Team against Zhengtian Academy and Shrek against Dou Ling Royal Academy.
• Shrek fielded Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Huo Yuhao, Ling Luochen, Bei Bei, Wang Dong, and Xu Sanshi in its first knockout team battle.
• Xu Sanshi used Xuanming Displacement to isolate Dou Ling captain Lone Bamboo Sword, while Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng led Shrek's attack.
• Dou Ling assembled its Level 7 Thunder Giant Cannon, but Ma Xiaotao broke free of a control soul tool and destroyed the cannon, securing Shrek's victory.

Sun Moon Team revealed its strongest lineup against Zhengtian Academy and used coordinated Soul Tool fire to overwhelm its opponents. Xu Zhengyang repelled Zhengtian Academy’s spiritual and ranged attacks, revealing that he was also a powerful Battle Soul Master.

• Sun Moon Team fielded captain Ma Rulong alongside Xiao Hongchen and its full main lineup, while Zhengtian Academy sent out Ye Wuqing and its strongest competitors.
• Zhengtian Academy launched an opening assault with Shangguan Can’s Soul-Capturing Bell, Yang Yifan’s arrows, and Ye Wuqing’s Golden Leaf Martial Soul, but Xu Zhengyang blocked their advance with an Ice Ray.
• Ma Rulong, Xiao Hongchen, and their teammates unleashed coordinated Soul Tool fire that disrupted Zhengtian Academy’s formation and pinned the team down.
• Shangguan Can’s spiritual attacks backfired against Xu Zhengyang, who overwhelmed his opponent with superior spiritual power and knocked him unconscious.
• Tang Xiaolei fired three Soul-Destroying Arrows at Xu Zhengyang, but Xu Zhengyang deflected them with his Heavenly Dipper Poison Dragon Drill.
• Huo Yuhao and the spectators realized Xu Zhengyang was not merely a Soul Engineer but also a Battle Soul Master.

Ma Rulong led the Sun Moon Team to crush Zhengtian Academy, showcasing exceptional Soul Tool skill as his team advanced through the elimination rounds. Shrek’s leaders recognized the threat posed by the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Engineers, while the Sun Moon Team reached the quarterfinals without revealing Meng Hongchen’s abilities.

• Yu Mengdi and Ye Wuqing led Zhengtian Academy’s strongest attacks, but Ma Rulong blocked them and protected his team with Soul Tools.
• Ma Rulong used a Paralysis Ray and a High-Explosive Bomb before Xiao Hongchen and the others overwhelmed Zhengtian Academy’s fighters, securing the team match in under three minutes.
• He Caitou and Wang Yan praised Ma Rulong’s Soul Tool mastery, and Wang Yan warned that even Ma Xiaotao might have only an even chance against him.
• The Sun Moon Team won its individual matches against Zhengtian Academy and advanced to the quarterfinals, while Meng Hongchen remained unused.
• The Sun Moon Team then won both its team battle and individual competition in the quarterfinals against an ordinary opponent.

Huo Yuhao investigated Xu Zhengyang’s unusual spear and spiritual power before the semifinal draw paired Shrek with Di'ao Academy. Shrek defeated Di'ao in the team and individual battles, becoming the first team to advance to the finals while Huo Yuhao’s full strength remained unknown.

• Huo Yuhao asked the Skydream Iceworm why Xu Zhengyang’s spiritual attack had caused Shangguan Can to suffer a backlash, and learned that Xu Zhengyang likely possessed a powerful Head Soul Bone.
• The Skydream Iceworm warned Huo Yuhao that Xu Zhengyang’s spear carried strange dark and deathly energy, repelled ice, and concealed a fiery presence.
• Xu Jiawei presided over the semifinal draw, which matched Shrek against Di'ao Academy and the Sun Moon Team against the Star Luo Royal Academy Team.
• Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and their Shrek teammates defeated Di'ao Academy in the team battle, with Huo Yuhao supporting them through Spiritual Sharing.
• Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng defeated all seven Di'ao opponents in the individual battle, sending Shrek to the finals after two consecutive victories.

The Sun Moon Team and the Star Luo Royal Academy Team began their semifinal match, with Princess Jiujiu leading the home team through a coordinated defensive strategy. Xu Zhengyang and Xiao Hongchen broke through the Star Luo Team’s attempt to isolate them, and Xu Zhengyang sent Huang Heyun flying in a clash of tiger attacks.

• Princess Jiujiu used her Star Crown to strengthen the Star Luo Team as Wang Yichen and Wang Shiying countered the Sun Moon Team’s opening attacks with fire and wind.
• Huang Heyun protected the Star Luo Team with two Invincible Shields, but Ma Rulong used his Level 7 Soul Tools to break through the Absolute Defense bead that had trapped him.
• Princess Jiujiu cast Star Guardian to divide the arena while Huang Heyun and the other Star Luo fighters surrounded Xu Zhengyang and Xiao Hongchen.
• The Star Luo fighters linked their Soul Power with the Nine Revolutions Soul Transformation Instrument, boosting Huang Heyun as he charged the pair.
• Xu Zhengyang met Huang Heyun’s Demon Tiger Shocks the Heavens with his Self-Created Soul Skill, Tiger Roars in the Mountains and Forests, and knocked him several meters backward.

The Sun Moon Team defeated the Star Luo Royal Academy Team in both the team battle and individual battles, advancing to the finals against Shrek. After the match, Xu Zhengyang considered Shrek’s strengths and weaknesses and judged that Meng Hongchen’s poison could leave them unable to compete in the final round.

• Xu Zhengyang revealed his strength as an offensive fighter while Xiao Hongchen transformed his body into hundreds of cannons and attacked all seven Star Luo Royal Academy Team members trapped by Star Guardian.
• Ma Rulong broke through Absolute Defense and destroyed the Nine Revolutions Soul Transformation Instrument, leaving Huang Heyun and three teammates badly injured and forcing Princess Jiujiu to concede the team battle.
• Princess Jiujiu questioned Xu Zhengyang’s hidden abilities, and he explained that he had never claimed to be a control-type Soul Master.
• After the break, Xiao Hongchen defeated four opponents in succession, and the Sun Moon Team won the match and advanced to the finals against Shrek.
• Huo Yuhao sensed an unexplained bond and hostility toward Xu Zhengyang, while Wang Yan worried about the Sun Moon Team’s strength.
• At the hotel, Xu Zhengyang assessed Shrek’s strongest fighters and considered how Meng Hongchen’s poison could prevent them from fielding competitors in the third round.

Xu Zhengyang prepared the Sun Moon Team for its Soul Master Tournament final against Shrek, studying the threats posed by Ma Xiaotao, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong. He chose an all-or-nothing opening lineup and left the team determined to settle the final in two matches as they entered the arena.

• Xu Zhengyang reviewed Shrek's strengths and the dangers of fighting on foreign ground, then resolved to win decisively.
• Three days later, the Shrek and Sun Moon teams reached the final amid intense anticipation in Star Luo City.
• Ma Rufeng urged the Sun Moon Team to win the tournament, and Ma Rulong, Xiao Hongchen, and the others vowed to defeat Shrek.
• Xu Zhengyang selected Ma Rulong, Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, Mi Jia, Xiao Xiafeng, Chen Fei, and himself for the opening battle, intending it to decide the match.
• Xu Zhengyang told Meng Hongchen to poison Shrek's remaining fighters and prevent them from fielding a full lineup in the second match.
• Xu Zhengyang led the Sun Moon Team through the passage toward the stage for the final battle.

The Sun Moon Team changed its lineup and launched an aggressive close-range assault against Shrek, while Xu Zhengyang revealed his skill with a spear and Xiao Hongchen unveiled a defensive Soul Skill. The battle remained underway as the Sun Moon fighters pressed their attacks on Dai Yueheng and Shrek’s other members.

• The Sun Moon Team fielded Meng Hongchen and adopted an all-out attack formation, while Shrek kept its previous lineup; Xuan Zi watched from the sidelines.
• Huo Yuhao displayed two white Soul Rings, and Xu Zhengyang revealed himself as a Battle Soul Master with one yellow, two purple, and one black Soul Ring.
• Xu Zhengyang charged Dai Yueheng with his spear while Ma Rulong engaged Ma Xiaotao, and their opening clashes left neither matchup settled.
• Xu Sanshi used Xuanming Displacement to switch places with Xiao Hongchen, but Chen Fei stayed behind to pin Xu Sanshi while Shrek’s fighters surrounded Xiao Hongchen.
• Xiao Hongchen used Golden Attachment to withstand Shrek’s attacks, then unleashed a barrage of Soul Tool fire that forced Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Ling Luochеn, and Bei Bei to evade.
• Mi Jia, Xiao Xiafeng, and Meng Hongchen joined the attack on Dai Yueheng as white mist drifted from Meng Hongchen’s Martial Soul.

The Shrek and Sun Moon teams fought to a stalemate as the Sun Moon Team focused its attacks on Dai Yueheng. Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong joined Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng in a coordinated counterattack, but Xu Zhengyang and his allies revealed that the attack was the opening they had been waiting for.

• Xiao Hongchen, Chen Fei, and Ma Rulong held their Shrek opponents in check while Xu Zhengyang, Meng Hongchen, Mi Jia, and Xiao Xiafeng concentrated their attacks on Dai Yueheng.
• Dai Yueheng used three enhancement Soul Skills and the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade to resist Xu Zhengyang, but the combined attacks gradually forced him back.
• Xuan Zi questioned the Sun Moon Team's unusual tactics as Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong fused and fired at Xu Zhengyang and Meng Hongchen, while Dai Yueheng and Ma Xiaotao attacked the same group.
• Ma Rulong used Absolute Defense to trap Ma Xiaotao, and Mi Jia activated three Invincible Shields to protect himself from Huo Yuhao and Xu Zhengyang.
• Xu Zhengyang used Nether Tiger Space-Rending Spear to appear behind Dai Yueheng and strike at his lower back as Meng Hongchen strengthened her poison and attacked him from the front.

Xu Zhengyang and Meng Hongchen exploited Shrek's attack to severely wound Dai Yueheng, while Meng Hongchen's poison spread through the arena and brought down several Shrek members. Huo Yuhao and the Skydream Iceworm reacted with ice defenses as the fight continued and Shrek's team faced a growing threat.

• Xu Zhengyang anticipated Shrek's coordinated attack, while Mi Jia blocked Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong's Martial Soul Fusion Skill with three Invincible Shields and Ma Rulong held Ma Xiaotao inside Absolute Defense.
• Xu Zhengyang and Meng Hongchen attacked Dai Yueheng from front and rear, and Dai Yueheng countered with White Tiger Annihilation and Absolute Defense.
• Xu Zhengyang broke through Dai Yueheng's defenses, and his and Meng Hongchen's strikes left Dai Yueheng with severe wounds and black blood.
• Xuan Zi recognized Meng Hongchen's Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad Martial Soul as poisonous mist spread across the arena, and Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi collapsed after being poisoned.
• Huo Yuhao warned the fighters about the poison, while Ling Luochеn's Ice Radiance Ring failed to stop it from spreading.
• The Skydream Iceworm used Huo Yuhao's Eternal Frozen Domain to protect Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, as Xu Zhengyang and Meng Hongchen pressed their attack on Dai Yueheng.

Xuan Zi intervened to save Dai Yueheng after Wang Yan called Shrek Team’s surrender, and Xu Zhengyang argued that Xuan Zi had violated the tournament rules. Xu Jiawei sent both teams’ leaders and the referee to deliberate, while Shrek’s battered members were assessed after the team battle ended.

• Xu Zhengyang and Meng Hongchen used Rings of Teleportation to break through Dai Yueheng’s defenses as Wang Yan called Shrek Team’s surrender.
• Xuan Zi seized their weapons and knocked Xu Zhengyang and Meng Hongchen back, prompting Xu Zhengyang to accuse Shrek Academy of interfering with the match.
• Xu Zhengyang and Ma Rufeng demanded that Shrek Team be ruled the loser by default, while Xuan Zi argued that Sun Moon Team had attacked after Shrek surrendered.
• Xu Jiawei ordered the team leaders, Heavenly Fiend Douluo, Xuan Zi, and the Referee Committee to deliberate and announce a ruling within ten minutes.
• Zhou Yi examined Shrek Team’s members: Dai Yueheng was badly injured, Xu Sanshi, Bei Bei, and Ling Luochеn were unconscious, and Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong had exhausted their Soul Power.

After the team battle left Shrek badly weakened, the Referee Committee ruled that Xuan Zi would be expelled from the Soul Fighting Arena and that Shrek would forfeit if its personnel interfered again. The Sun Moon Team remained in a strong position as the next matches awaited their start.

• Xu Zhengyang and the Sun Moon Team recovered while he reviewed how their poison strategy had damaged Shrek's lineup.
• Zhou Yi explained that Meng Hongchen had secretly spread the Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad's deadly poison during the team battle.
• Ma Rufeng reported that Shrek had compensated Xu Zhengyang and Meng Hongchen with five healing pills, and that Dai Yueheng would be allowed to compete despite his injuries.
• The Referee Committee announced that Xuan Zi had been expelled from the arena and that further interference by him or Shrek personnel would make Shrek forfeit.
• The spectators applauded the ruling, while the Sun Moon Team waited for the individual battles to resume.

The Sun Moon Team forced the one-on-one elimination matches to begin without giving Shrek time to recover, then used Xiao Hongchen to build an early lead. The chapter left Jiang Nannan pinned beneath Xiao Hongchen, with his Soul Cannons aimed at her head.

• Xu Zhengyang refused recovery time and requested that the one-on-one matches begin immediately, while Shrek struggled to protect its injured and exhausted members.
• Wang Yan and Ma Xiaotao discussed Shrek's desperate situation and the need to buy time for Dai Yueheng, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong.
• He Caitou faced Xiao Hongchen first, but Xiao overwhelmed him with stronger Soul Tools and won the opening match.
• Jiang Nannan challenged Xiao Hongchen next and used Invincible Golden Body and Teleportation to close in on him.
• Xiao Hongchen transformed with his Three-Legged Golden Toad Martial Soul, countered Jiang Nannan's Waist Bow, pinned her to the ground, and aimed Soul Cannons at her head.