Chapter Summaries

Dai Yueheng entered the arena despite his injuries to stop Xiao Hongchen, and the two fought a fierce battle that ended with both losing consciousness. Their draw eliminated Shrek's third competitor and gave the Sun Moon Team its first elimination.

• Dai Yueheng refused Wang Yan's concerns and took the stage to challenge Xiao Hongchen while still badly injured.
• Dai Yueheng advanced through Xiao Hongchen's ranged attacks, using his Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade and Absolute Defense to strike at close range.
• Xiao Hongchen used a Ring of Teleportation to escape Dai Yueheng's attack and blasted him away with the Thunder Giant Cannon.
• Dai Yueheng unleashed White Tiger Demon God Transformation, and both fighters continued battling as their injuries worsened.
• Xiao Hongchen and Dai Yueheng used their strongest attacks against each other and both fell unconscious, ending the match in a draw.

Ma Xiaotao defeated Ma Rulong after transforming her Fire Phoenix into a Black Phoenix, but Xu Zhengyang then entered the individual battle to face her. Though he was only a Soul Ancestor, he matched her attacks and prepared to push the fight further.

• Ma Xiaotao fought Ma Rulong for nearly half an hour, and her Fire Phoenix gradually transformed into a Black Phoenix as she unleashed increasingly powerful flames.
• Ma Xiaotao combined Phoenix Meteor Shower with Phoenix Cloud-Piercing Strike to break through Ma Rulong's High-Heat Ray and knock him off the platform.
• Xu Zhengyang took the stage as the Sun Moon Team's third competitor, provoking Ma Xiaotao by arguing that Shrek's shortage of members was not his team's fault.
• Xu Zhengyang charged Ma Xiaotao with his Tiger-Head Zhan Gold Spear and used Explosive Flame Shattering Spear and Tyrant's Furious Collapse to withstand her attacks.
• Xu Zhengyang used Heavenly Dipper Poison Dragon Drill to blast away Ma Xiaotao's black flames, and their next clash forced her back two steps while he retreated only one meter.

Xu Zhengyang pushed Ma Xiaotao into a fierce battle, ultimately wounding her with his newly comprehended spear technique despite suffering severe burns himself. The fight exposed the Sun Moon Team’s automatically activated Level 7 Soul Tool Armor, leaving the Shrek Team stunned by their opponents’ equipment.

• Xu Zhengyang and Ma Xiaotao traded powerful attacks, and his Tiger Roars in the Mountains and Forests pierced her Phoenix Fire Line and forced her back.
• Ma Xiaotao intensified her black flames and attacked from above, while Xu Zhengyang answered with Destroy Cities and Shake Mountains.
• Xu Zhengyang broke through Ma Xiaotao’s flames and wounded her, though he was scorched and left kneeling; he credited his survival to his armor’s defense.
• Wang Yan recognized Xu Zhengyang’s armor as automatically activated Level 7 Soul Tool Armor and realized the Sun Moon Team members were all equipped with it.
• He Caitou explained that the armor activated under sufficiently strong pressure and that only the Illustrious Virtue Hall could produce its automatic triggering device.

Xu Zhengyang and Ma Xiaotao fought an increasingly fierce duel, with both deploying powerful weapons, Soul Skills, and Soul Tools. Xu Zhengyang outmaneuvered Ma Xiaotao and knocked her into the arena floor, where Heavenly Fiend Douluo stopped his attack.

• Xu Zhengyang and Ma Xiaotao exchanged blows with the Tiger-Head Zhan Gold Spear and Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade, while the gold of life strengthened and repaired Xu Zhengyang's spear.
• Xu Zhengyang used his spear technique to force Ma Xiaotao back, damaging both weapons as the fighters and their clothes became battered.
• Ma Xiaotao unleashed her fourth, fifth, and sixth Soul Skills simultaneously, while Xu Zhengyang defended with Absolute Defense and Invincible Shield before using Ring Fusion to power Scarlet Gold Mad God Slash.
• Ma Xiaotao broke through Xu Zhengyang's attack, but Xu Zhengyang teleported behind her with another Ring of Teleportation and attacked from the rear.
• Xu Zhengyang released his spear, struck Ma Xiaotao with five blades on his right hand, and sent her crashing into a crater before Heavenly Fiend Douluo stopped him.

Xu Zhengyang defeated Ma Xiaotao, and the referee ruled that she could not compete in the upcoming two-two-three format. Huo Yuhao then took the stage against Xu Zhengyang, accusing the Sun Moon Team of using underhanded tactics, while Xu Zhengyang argued that Shrek’s own choices had led to its desperate position.

• Xu Zhengyang revealed his Darkgolden Terrorclaw and defeated Ma Xiaotao, but Heavenly Fiend Douluo intervened before his final strike could cripple her.
• Heavenly Fiend Douluo overruled Shrek’s objection, declared Xu Zhengyang the winner, and barred Ma Xiaotao from the two-two-three format; Wang Yan and Zhou Yi took her away as her dark power threatened to erupt.
• Xu Zhengyang chose to continue fighting, and Wang Dong volunteered before Huo Yuhao stepped forward, claiming he could defeat Xu Zhengyang and at least one more opponent.
• Xu Zhengyang recovered with a Milk Bottle and healing Soul Tool as Huo Yuhao entered the platform and confronted him.
• Huo Yuhao accused the Sun Moon Team of targeting Shrek, while Xu Zhengyang argued that Shrek’s depleted lineup resulted from its own decisions and failure to bring replacements.

Huo Yuhao tried to wear down the badly wounded Xu Zhengyang with agile attacks, hidden weapons, and Ultimate Ice. Xu Zhengyang instead fought more fiercely and unleashed Spear Radiance for the first time, piercing Huo Yuhao's shoulder and leaving the match unresolved.

• Huo Yuhao released his Emperor Ice Jade Scorpion Martial Soul and attacked the exhausted Xu Zhengyang with a short blade and Sleeve Cannon while avoiding direct weapon clashes.
• Huo Yuhao combined spiritual interference, Midnight and Noon Soul-Chasing Life-Taking Balls, and a blade thrust to wound Xu Zhengyang's shoulder.
• Xu Zhengyang knocked Huo Yuhao away with his shoulder, but Huo Yuhao's Ultimate Ice began seeping into his wounds.
• Huo Yuhao resumed his close-range attacks to exhaust Xu Zhengyang, but Xu Zhengyang's fighting spirit grew stronger despite the encroaching cold.
• Xu Zhengyang launched Explosive Flame Shattering Spear against Huo Yuhao's Ice Emperor's Wrath and manifested Spear Radiance for the first time.
• Xu Zhengyang's Spear Radiance pierced Huo Yuhao's shoulder and hurled him several meters away.

Huo Yuhao and Xu Zhengyang fought to a draw after both were gravely injured, and the Sun Moon Team went on to defeat Shrek Team and win the championship. Afterward, Huo Yuhao learned that Xu Zhengyang’s unusual constitution and fierce fire attribute had helped him withstand Ice Emperor’s Wrath.

• Xu Zhengyang broke free of Huo Yuhao’s ice and struck back, while Huo Yuhao wounded him with the Godly Zhuge Crossbow.
• The Heavenly Fiend Douluo declared the match a draw because neither Huo Yuhao nor Xu Zhengyang could continue fighting.
• Meng Hongchen poisoned Xiao Xiao and defeated Wang Dong, giving the Sun Moon Team the championship.
• Huo Yuhao asked the Skydream Iceworm why Xu Zhengyang had endured his attacks, and it pointed to Xu Zhengyang’s formidable constitution and unusual fire attribute.
• Huo Yuhao realized that Xu Zhengyang’s fire might make him a natural counter to Huo Yuhao’s Ultimate Ice.

After the Sun Moon Team defeated Shrek in both the team battle and individual matches, they were declared champions and received three top-grade Soul Bones. The victory left Xu Jiawei facing political fallout and growing danger in Star Luo City, while Huo Yuhao and Xu Zhengyang sensed they might become enemies.

• The Skydream Iceworm told Huo Yuhao that a curse inside Xu Zhengyang's spear was balanced against his Martial Soul, and warned that Xu Zhengyang might become his lifelong enemy.
• Heavenly Fiend Douluo declared the Sun Moon Team the tournament champions after they won both finals.
• Meng Hongchen treated the poisoned Shrek members, and Huo Yuhao gave Xu Zhengyang an antidote for the Godly Zhuge Crossbow poison.
• Xu Jiawei presented the championship and runner-up awards to Ma Rulong and Ma Xiaotao, including three fifty-thousand-year Soul Bones for the Sun Moon Team.
• Ma Rulong handed the rewards to Ma Rufeng, who stored them away as the team prepared to leave Star Luo City amid the threat of theft and political unrest.

After the Sun Moon Team returned from its championship, Xu Zhengyang helped distribute the tournament’s Soul Bones and discussed his plan to bring Zhengtian Academy’s Martial Soul Department into the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy. Jing Hongchen agreed the relocation was underway, though he questioned whether Xu Zhengyang was overestimating Zhengtian Academy.

• Ma Rufeng led the Sun Moon Team safely back to the academy, where Crown Prince Xu Tianran and the academy leadership celebrated their championship and promised generous rewards.
• Ma Rufeng and Jing Hongchen praised the team’s contributions and allocated three Soul Bones to Ma Rulong, Xu Zhengyang, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen, with the remaining members receiving Gold Soul Coins and cultivation materials.
• Xu Zhengyang assigned the Mighty Demon Tiger Left Arm Soul Bone to Ma Rulong, the Ice Giant Dragon Head Soul Bone to Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, and kept the Divine Fire Fierce Bird Right Arm Soul Bone for his father.
• Jing Hongchen told Xu Zhengyang that Zhengtian Academy’s relocation was underway, with about thirty people expected and land, funding, and resources set aside for a new Martial Soul Department.
• Xu Zhengyang defended the plan, arguing that Zhengtian Academy’s Martial Soul legacies could fill the Sun Moon Empire’s greatest weakness, while Jing Hongchen and Ma Rufeng considered his reasoning.

Jing Hongchen told Xu Zhengyang about the fallout in Star Luo City and appointed him captain for the next Soul Master Tournament. Xu Tianyuan then rewarded Xu Zhengyang by admitting him to the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion and inviting him to call him Clan Uncle.

• Jing Hongchen explained that Xuan Zi had mediated clashes between Du Busi and the Star Luo Imperial Family, which compensated the gathered powers and kept the dispute from becoming a war.
• Jing Hongchen appointed Xu Zhengyang captain and Xiao Hongchen vice-captain for the next Soul Master Tournament, and Xu Zhengyang promised to prepare his team and train them in the Martial Soul Department.
• Xu Zhengyang and Xu Jie met Xu Tianyuan and Xu Tianran at the prince's residence, where Xu Tianyuan asked Xu Zhengyang what reward he wanted for his tournament performance.
• Xu Tianyuan granted Xu Zhengyang early entry into the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion as an ordinary member with the title of staff officer, and told him to improve his Soul Engineer level.
• Xu Tianyuan invited Xu Zhengyang to call him Clan Uncle, and Xu Zhengyang accepted and pledged to bring greater glory to the Sun Radiance Lineage.

Xu Zhengyang defended his rumors of imperial turmoil by proposing a strategy to weaken Shrek Academy's influence and divide the three empires through preferential Soul Tool trade with the Dou Ling Empire. Xu Tianran and Xu Tianyuan accepted the plan's potential, but Xu Tianran then questioned Xu Zhengyang about bringing Zhengtian Academy into conflict with the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Xu Tianyuan and Xu Tianran questioned Xu Zhengyang about spreading rumors of turmoil and succession struggles in the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xu Zhengyang explained that Shrek Academy's greatest strength lay in its ability to unite the three empires and traditional sects against the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xu Zhengyang argued that reducing the perceived external threat and undermining Shrek Academy could divide the opposing powers and allow the Sun Moon Empire to defeat them separately.
• Xu Zhengyang proposed granting the Dou Ling Empire preferential Soul Tool trade while imposing an embargo on the Heaven Soul Empire and Star Luo Empire to create friction over profits and supply.
• Xu Tianran and Xu Tianyuan judged the trade strategy feasible and discussed its implementation.
• Xu Tianran questioned the proposed incorporation of Zhengtian Academy into the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy and warned that the Holy Spirit Cult would seek to destroy its Angel Martial Soul.

Xu Zhengyang persuaded Xu Tianran that recruiting Zhengtian Academy could provide a counterweight to the Holy Spirit Cult while also serving its expansion into the Douluo Continent. He then proposed enticing the cult to seize the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo in Star Luo City, arguing that its dangers could provoke a deadly conflict with the Star Luo Imperial Family.

• Xu Zhengyang argued that the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy should distance itself from the Holy Spirit Cult and recruit Zhengtian Academy to strengthen its reputation.
• Xu Tianran defended cooperation with the Holy Spirit Cult because the Sun Moon Empire needed its top-tier experts and warned that recruiting an Angel Martial Soul could provoke it.
• Xu Zhengyang presented the Angel Martial Soul as a future safeguard against the Holy Spirit Cult and argued that recruiting Zhengtian Academy would weaken their shared enemies.
• Xu Zhengyang advocated continued short-term cooperation with the Holy Spirit Cult and encouraging its activities on the Douluo Continent to destabilize the three great empires.
• Xu Zhengyang proposed using the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo to entice the Holy Spirit Cult into raiding Star Luo City.
• Xu Zhengyang argued that the embryo likely belonged to a Fierce Beast and could not be absorbed safely, potentially causing a fight to the death between the Holy Spirit Cult and the Star Luo Imperial Family.

Xu Zhengyang persuaded Xu Tianran to steer the Holy Spirit Cult toward the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo, then discussed the Sun Moon Team’s chances in a reformed Soul Master Tournament. He asked Xu Tianran to arrange a meeting with Tang Ya to obtain the Tang Sect’s techniques and legacy, and Xu Tianran agreed while warning him of the danger.

• Xu Zhengyang told Xu Tianran that the Holy Spirit Cult would likely pursue the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo after he leaked information about it.
• Xu Tianran revealed that he planned to let sects and factions enter the next Soul Master Tournament, and he demanded that Xu Zhengyang’s Sun Moon Team win the championship.
• Xu Tianran said Xu Tianzhen would join the team, and Xu Zhengyang reluctantly agreed to nurture her.
• Xu Zhengyang named Tang Ya as the person he needed to strengthen the team and explained the value of the Tang Sect’s legacy, including the Mysterious Heaven Technique.
• Xu Tianran agreed to contact the Holy Spirit Cult, but warned Xu Zhengyang that he would have to visit Tang Ya himself and face serious danger.

Xu Zhengyang proposed using the Holy Spirit Cult to draw Shrek Academy and other powers into conflict, buying the Sun Moon Empire time and weakening its rivals. Xu Tianran agreed to let him meet Tang Ya, but Xu Zhengyang left uncertain whether he could survive the visit or persuade her to reveal the Tang Sect’s secret techniques.

• Xu Zhengyang told Xu Tianran that the empire could provoke the Holy Spirit Cult into conflict with the Star Luo Empire, Shrek Academy, and other powers by exploiting the Star Luo Imperial Family’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo and spreading rumors.
• Xu Tianran praised Xu Zhengyang’s strategic insight, warned him not to use schemes against the Xu Clan, and agreed to let him meet Tang Ya.
• After Xu Zhengyang left, Xu Tianran and Xu Tianyuan discussed using the plan to eliminate foreign agents, weaken rival empires, and settle internal threats.
• Xu Tianran said he would speak with the Holy Spirit Cult to protect Xu Zhengyang, while acknowledging that the visit was his own choice and could be dangerous.
• Back in his dormitory, Xu Zhengyang worried about the danger of visiting the Holy Spirit Cult and wondered how he could persuade Tang Ya to hand over the Tang Sect’s secret techniques.

The newly formed Sun Moon Team welcomed Xu Tianzhen, a thirteen-year-old princess with rank forty-six Soul Power, who challenged Xu Zhengyang’s authority as captain. Xu Zhengyang defended his leadership by stressing combat experience over talent, and the chapter ended with Xu Tianzhen challenging him to a fight for the captaincy.

• Xu Zhengyang’s eight-member team was formed, and the students learned their ranks and training plan.
• Xu Tianzhen joined Class One and questioned why Xu Zhengyang was captain, arguing that her higher Soul Power made her the better candidate.
• Xu Tianzhen criticized the Sun Moon team’s tournament victory and praised Shrek Academy, while Xu Zhengyang warned her about the dangers of its harsh world and Xiao Hongchen described Shrek students’ combat skills.
• Xu Zhengyang said Xu Tianzhen lacked practical combat experience and did not qualify for the team, prompting her to threaten him with her status.
• Xu Tianzhen challenged Xu Zhengyang and demanded the captaincy if she won.

Xu Zhengyang defeated Xu Tianzhen in a match without using his Martial Soul, Soul Rings, or Soul Tool, forcing her to join the Sun Moon Team as an ordinary member. He left her with a warning that the team needed discipline and ruthless training if it hoped to defeat Shrek Academy.

• Xu Zhengyang accepted Xu Tianzhen's challenge and agreed that she would train with the team if she lost.
• Xu Tianzhen attacked with her Sun Martial Soul, but Xu Zhengyang countered her first two Soul Skills without summoning his own Martial Soul.
• Xu Tianzhen unleashed her third and fourth Soul Skills, but Xu Zhengyang pierced through her flames with his Spear Intent and stopped his fingers at her neck.
• Xu Zhengyang declared that Xu Tianzhen had lost and ordered her to train as an ordinary team member; she collapsed in fear and accused him of bullying her.
• Xu Tianzhen vowed to challenge Xu Zhengyang again and threatened to have her imperial brother remove him as captain.
• Xu Zhengyang told Xu Tianzhen that strength, combat experience, and strict training mattered more than her status if the Sun Moon Team wanted to defeat Shrek Academy.

Xu Zhengyang began preparing the Sun Moon Team for the next Soul Master Tournament with dangerous training, while Zhengtian Academy arrived to establish an independent Martial Soul Department. He recognized Ye Guyi among its students, realizing that the talented user of a Holy Angel Martial Soul could help against Evil Soul Masters.

• Xu Zhengyang warned the team that Shrek Academy was far stronger than they believed and ordered every member, including Xu Tianzhen, to write a final letter before five years of perilous training.
• Xu Zhengyang imposed an intensive training regimen, and after a month the team had grown tougher while Xu Tianzhen made significant progress.
• Xu Zhengyang received no news about the Holy Spirit Cult or Tang Ya, but Zhengtian Academy arrived at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy with seven teachers and twenty-three students.
• Dean Jing Hongchen and the academy arranged for Zhengtian Academy to run an independent Martial Soul Department, with the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy providing facilities, funding, and Soul Tools.
• Xu Zhengyang noticed Ye Guyi among the visitors and recognized her Holy Angel Martial Soul as both exceptionally powerful and naturally effective against Evil Soul Masters.

Xu Zhengyang helped Jing Hongchen arrange cooperation with Zhengtian Academy, then advised him against Shrek Academy’s proposed exchange student plan. Jing Hongchen agreed to reject the plan because Huo Yuhao could become a major threat to the Sun Moon Empire.

• Jing Hongchen and Xu Zhengyang secured agreements for Martial Soul courses, Zhengtian Academy students to join the Sun Moon Team, and Ye Wuqing to become a team leader.
• Jing Hongchen told Xu Zhengyang he hoped to recruit more academies and declining sects to strengthen the Sun Moon Empire’s Martial Soul cultivation system.
• Jing Hongchen revealed that Shrek Academy’s Mu En had proposed an exchange student plan, but Xu Zhengyang argued that Shrek offered little benefit and posed a risk of exposing their knowledge.
• Xu Zhengyang warned Jing Hongchen that Shrek was likely pursuing the exchange plan because Huo Yuhao had rare Martial Soul talents and could excel as a Soul Engineer.
• Jing Hongchen decided the exchange student plan must not proceed, fearing they would train Huo Yuhao into a powerful enemy.

Jing Hongchen warned Xu Zhengyang about the Holy Spirit Cult but, after hearing his plans to seek Tang Ya and the Tang Sect’s legacy, gave him the Sword of Judgment to protect himself. Xu Zhengyang left determined to obtain the Mysterious Heaven Technique and meet Tang Ya despite the danger.

• Jing Hongchen told Xu Zhengyang that the Holy Spirit Cult had infiltrated the academy and warned that dealing with it could cost him his life, principles, or freedom.
• Xu Zhengyang insisted that Tang Ya’s knowledge of Tang Sect hidden weapons could help him develop Soul Tools usable by ordinary people.
• Jing Hongchen agreed to help Xu Zhengyang and gave him the Sword of Judgment, a powerful Level 8 Soul Tool that could serve as payment or protection.
• Jing Hongchen warned Xu Zhengyang to resist the Holy Spirit Cult’s influence and remember his loyalty to the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xu Zhengyang accepted the sword, left the conference room, and reaffirmed that he would obtain the Mysterious Heaven Technique.

Ye Guyi confronted Xu Zhengyang after sensing an evil presence in his Martial Soul, the Tiger-Head Zhan Gold Spear. She tested the spear with her Holy Angel’s sacred power, but the curse remained unaffected, leaving its nature unresolved.

• Ye Wuqing and Ye Guyi joined the Sun Moon Team, and Ye Wuqing introduced Martial Soul training and instruction.
• After training, Ye Guyi accused Xu Zhengyang of harboring an evil presence and examined his Tiger-Head Zhan Gold Spear.
• Xu Zhengyang explained that the spear’s bloody presence came from his own blood essence and that a cursed weapon had left an evil force in his Martial Soul.
• Ye Guyi probed the spear with her sacred Soul Power, but it absorbed her power without reacting as she expected.
• Ye Guyi used Holy Light Illumination on the spear, which remained unaffected and instead released a fiery-red presence.