Chapter Summaries

Shrek Academy’s inspection corps arrived at Duke Dai Hao’s military camp, where Huo Yuhao struggled to conceal his hatred before the group set out for the Ming Dou Mountain Range. After finding signs of recent enemy activity, Wang Yan divided the team, and Lin Qianyi created a disturbance to draw the enemy out.

• Xuan Zi declined to accompany Wang Yan’s group, and Dai Yueheng led them into the military camp to meet his father, Duke Dai Hao.
• Huo Yuhao saw Duke Dai Hao and briefly showed his hatred, while Ma Xiaotao challenged the duke’s remark about gifted students being men.
• An injured soldier delivered a bloodstained map, and Wang Yan led the group toward the Ming Dou Mountain Range without waiting for Xuan Zi.
• Wang Yan identified a damaged Wenlan Tree and fresh footprints as signs that the enemy was nearby, then planned a two-group approach based on Lin Qianyi’s strategy.
• Lin Qianyi used her martial soul to topple a dead tree and hid behind a boulder to lure the enemy into investigating.

The Shrek team confronted the Death Messenger and his Evil Soul Masters, only to be driven into a desperate retreat by Soul Tool Bombs. Yao Haoxuan sacrificed himself to protect his companions, leaving the survivors shaken by his loss.

• Wang Yan led the Shrek teams into the ruined area, where Lin Qianyi and the others saw civilians drained into corpses.
• The Death Messenger appeared, commanded the Evil Soul Masters, and set off Soul Tool Bomb warnings inside their bodies.
• Lin Qianyi and Ling Luochen froze some attackers as the group retreated, while Xixi struck down several pursuers and Lin Qianyi rescued her.
• Huo Yuhao disrupted the Death Messenger with Mental Shock, and Wang Dong blocked the pursuers with a curtain of light.
• The Soul Tool Bombs detonated, severely injuring Chen Zifeng, Gongyang Mo, Ma Xiaotao, and Dai Yueheng, while Xixi and Ling Luochen risked themselves to protect their companions.
• Yao Haoxuan shielded Ling Luochen from the explosions so the others could escape, and Lin Qianyi helped Ling Luochen up after his apparent death.

The Death Messenger abducted Huo Yuhao during the attack, but Xuan Zi later rescued him and revealed that Yuhao had caused the enemy's corpse slaves to kill their master. With several main team members too injured to compete, the Reserve Team faced taking Shrek Academy's place in the tournament as they recovered at the Star Luo Army Camp.

• Lin Qianyi shielded Xiao Xiao from an attack and led the group toward safety, but the Death Messenger seized Huo Yuhao amid an explosion.
• Xuan Zi pursued the Death Messenger while Wang Yan reported the team's injuries, including Yao Haoxuan's sacrifice, and Lin Qianyi blamed herself for the losses.
• The group comforted Lin Qianyi, and Xuan Zi returned with Huo Yuhao, explaining that Yuhao's Mental Shock had turned the corpse slaves against the Death Messenger and killed him.
• Xuan Zi took Chen Zifeng, Gongyang Mo, and Xixi back to Shrek Academy, leaving the injured main team members and Reserve Team at the Star Luo Army Camp.
• As the injured members recovered, Ma Xiaotao said the Reserve Team would have to compete in their place, while Beibei, Xu Sanshi, and Wang Yan worried about their chances and whether reinforcements would arrive.

Lin Qianyi urged Shrek’s Reserve Team to face the tournament with confidence while Shrek’s elders discussed the recent losses and the Academy’s future. Mu En kept the Reserve Team in the competition, prioritizing the students’ growth over defending Shrek’s first-place reputation.

• Lin Qianyi challenged the Reserve Team to stop doubting themselves and face the match despite the odds.
• Xuan Zi accepted responsibility for the incident, announced that he would leave the Sea God Pavilion, and planned to visit Yao Haoxuan’s family.
• Mu En stopped Xuan Zi from withdrawing and said Lin Qianyi had minimized the losses in the Evil Soul Masters’ attack.
• Mu En warned that chaos would come to the continent and ordered the Martial Soul Department and Soul Tool Department to cooperate and introduce dual cultivation.
• Mu En rejected proposals to strengthen the tournament lineup with Inner Court students and insisted that the Reserve Team compete for the experience.
• Shrek Academy’s group arrived in the Star Luo Empire’s capital and rented hotel rooms as the tournament approached.

Shrek Academy’s students prepared for the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Tournament, learning that the Reserve Team would face Dou Ling Academy in the opening elimination match. Wang Yan kept Lin Qianyi out of the preliminary round to conceal her strength and revealed that the academy would not send additional competitors for now.

• Xiao Hongchen provoked Shrek Academy’s students, but Lin Qianyi and Huo Yuhao restrained Wang Dong and urged him to stay calm.
• Wang Yan told the meeting that the Reserve Team would have to face Dou Ling Academy in the opening elimination match because the academy was short-handed.
• Lin Qianyi declared that the team would win, and Ma Xiaotao and Wang Yan encouraged the students to trust Shrek Academy’s fighting spirit.
• Beibei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, and He Caitou introduced their martial souls, and He Caitou demonstrated his food-type boosts.
• Wang Yan told Lin Qianyi she would sit out the preliminary round to keep her strength hidden, while Ma Xiaotao called her the team’s trump card.
• Wang Yan told Ma Xiaotao not to reveal that the academy would send no students to compete for the time being, prompting Dai Yueheng to question the decision.

Lin Qianyi entered the elimination match as Shrek Academy faced Yunluo Soul Master Academy, and two days later Huo Yuhao led Shrek to a swift victory over Douling Royal Academy by displaying six simulated Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings. As the round-robin matches approached, Wang Yan set the team’s lineups and paired Lin Qianyi with Jiang Nannan.

• Lin Qianyi faced Ma Yingjun in the one-on-one match after Wang Yan sent her onto the stage.
• Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and Dai Yueheng told Wang Yan how long their injuries would take to heal, and Wang Yan explained that Lin Qianyi needed her spirit tempered.
• Huo Yuhao displayed six simulated Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, then teamed with Wang Dong to defeat Douling Royal Academy.
• Wang Yan outlined the round-robin formats, advised the team to keep Huo Yuhao out of early matches, and assigned the reserve team’s pairings.
• Wang Yan paired Lin Qianyi with Jiang Nannan, explaining that their speed and agility would complement each other.

Shrek Academy’s reserve team faced Yunluo Soul Tool Advanced Academy, and Lin Qianyi won two matches before agreeing to a decisive fight with captain Situ Yu. The chapter ended as Situ Yu prepared to fire his Soul Tool Cannon and Lin Qianyi raised her Azure Luan Bodyguard barrier.

• Shrek Academy’s Beibei and Yunluo Soul Tool Advanced Academy’s captain drew lots before the opening match.
• Lin Qianyi swiftly defeated Ma Yingjun before he could fully release his martial soul.
• Lin Qianyi used the Mother-and-Child Soul-Chasing Life-Taking Guts to incapacitate Shangyue and win her second match.
• Situ Yu challenged Lin Qianyi to a decisive match, promising his academy would concede the remaining matches if he lost.
• Lin Qianyi revealed her four-ring purple, purple, black, black configuration and summoned her Azure Luan as Situ Yu prepared his Soul Tool Cannon attack.
• Lin Qianyi used her Second Soul Skill, Azure Luan Bodyguard, to form an azure-green barrier.

Lin Qianyi defeated Situ Yu, then the Reserve Team discovered that their next opponents were a team of Five-Ring Soul Kings. Beibei arranged possible tournament pairings, and Lin Qianyi estimated she had a fifty percent chance of winning if she went all out.

• Lin Qianyi used her Luan Phoenix Domain to slow Situ Yu, defeated him, and helped Shrek Academy win after Yunluo Soul Tool Advanced Academy forfeited the remaining match.
• Wang Yan sent the Reserve Team back to the hotel instead of letting them watch Sun Moon Advanced Soul Tool Master Academy's match, prompting Lin Qianyi to suspect he was hiding something.
• He Caitou used a telescopic Soul Tool to let Xiao Xiao and Lin Qianyi observe the Battle Soul Arena, where Lin Qianyi spotted a team made entirely of Five-Ring Soul Kings.
• Beibei proposed pairings for a possible two-two-three format and said the team's chances against powerful opponents were around thirty to forty percent.
• Lin Qianyi said she believed she had a fifty percent chance if she went all out.

Wang Yan took the Shrek Reserve Team to a Soul Tool auction, where he bought Lin Qianyi a mysterious short blade and Huo Yuhao a dangerous Blood Devouring Spirit Blade. The next morning, the Reserve Team arrived at Star Luo Square to fight in the second round-robin match while Ma Xiaotao and the others continued recovering.

• Lin Qianyi reached Rank 46 after a month of cultivation, while Xiao Xiao neared Rank 30.
• Wang Yan brought the Reserve Team to an auction house to find equipment for the upcoming assessments.
• Wang Yan bought the blue-green short blade after noticing Lin Qianyi's interest in it.
• Lin Qianyi and Huo Yuhao tried to inspect the Blood Devouring Spirit Blade with their Purple Gold Demonic Eyes, but its aura repelled them.
• Huo Yuhao persuaded Wang Yan to buy the blade, promising he could repair its flaws, and Wang Yan agreed.
• The Reserve Team arrived at Star Luo Square for the second round-robin match, facing opponents who had a Soul King.

Wang Yan sent Lin Qianyi in Beibei’s place for Shrek Academy’s team battle against Douling Advanced Soul Master Academy, concealing the team’s strength with Huo Yuhao’s simulation. As Shen Ce attacked, Lin Qianyi unleashed her Luan Phoenix Domain, and Xu Sanshi swapped positions with Huo Yuhao.

• Wang Yan decided that Lin Qianyi would face any Soul King-level opponent and hoped to hide Shrek’s strength by having her replace Beibei in the team battle.
• Beibei encouraged Lin Qianyi before Shrek and Douling Advanced Soul Master Academy entered the arena for their match.
• Huo Yuhao used simulated Soul Power to disguise Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Lin Qianyi, startling the opposing team and the spectators.
• Both teams took their formations, with Shen Ce leading Douling’s Spirit Rhino Shield defenders and Ice Fire Dual Control soul masters.
• Lin Qianyi, He Caitou, Jiang Nannan, and Xu Sanshi launched Shrek’s opening assault as Douling’s defenders raised their shields.
• Shen Ce attacked, Lin Qianyi spread her Luan Phoenix Domain to suppress the opposing team’s Soul Power, and Xu Sanshi used Mysterious Nether Swap to exchange places with Huo Yuhao.

Shrek Academy defeated Douling Advanced Soul Master Academy after Lin Qianyi and Huo Yuhao countered their opponents’ coordinated attacks and Extreme Ice skills. Xiao Hongchen became eager to face Huo Yuhao and Lin Qianyi, while Lin Qianyi returned to her lodgings and began cultivating.

• Lin Qianyi coordinated Shrek’s attack, while Xu Sanshi switched places with Shen Ce and helped hold him back.
• An Leng Ye’s Ice Seal slowed Shrek’s team, but Huo Yuhao and Xu Sanshi disrupted Shen Ce’s counterattack.
• Huo Yuhao’s mental skills made Shen Ce’s spear strike veer off target, and Lin Qianyi redirected it to break the opposing team’s defensive formation.
• An Leng Ye unleashed Frost Dragon Tornado, but Lin Qianyi and Huo Yuhao froze and redirected it, forcing Douling Advanced Soul Master Academy to surrender.
• Shen Ce accepted the loss, and Xiao Hongchen remarked that Huo Yuhao and Lin Qianyi were formidable Extreme Ice opponents.
• Lin Qianyi returned to her lodgings after the second tournament round and began cultivating her Soul Power.

Lin Qianyi discovered a resonance between her Azure Luan and Ice Crystal Butterfly Martial Souls and risked injuring herself while trying to turn it into a self-created Soul Skill. With Wang Yan’s guidance, she successfully fused their powers and created Dance of the Luan and Butterfly, leaving ready to join the team for the upcoming matches.

• Lin Qianyi told Jiang Nannan about the mysterious resonance between her Martial Souls and decided to create a Soul Skill without asking Wang Yan for help.
• Lin Qianyi continued probing the resonance alone that night until Wang Yan found her injured and warned her to fuse her Soul Power instead.
• Wang Yan stood guard as Lin Qianyi followed his method and gradually formed a resonance between the Azure Luan and Ice Crystal Butterfly.
• Lin Qianyi created a Soul Skill that combined wind waves with target-locking ice blades and named it Dance of the Luan and Butterfly.
• Wang Yan praised Lin Qianyi’s achievement and told her not to hide similar risks from him again.

Wang Yan and the Shrek students prepared to face a powerful opponent, but the next morning’s match format gave them little advantage. Despite Wang Yan’s concerns, the students refused to forfeit and entered the competition determined to fight.

• Lin Qianyi and the other students affirmed their commitment to defending Shrek Academy’s honor, and Wang Yan warned them about their formidable opponent before agreeing to let them fight.
• Wang Yan cautioned Lin Qianyi not to risk her life, while Jiang Nannan and Xiao Xiao teased and escorted her away.
• After the draw revealed a two-versus-two match followed by a three-versus-three melee, Wang Yan initially told the team to forfeit, but Lin Qianyi, Beibei, and the others persuaded him to compete.
• Before the match, Lin Qianyi offered to face the opponents’ two Soul Kings, but Beibei saved her for the three-versus-three battle and assigned Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan to the opening round.

Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan faced Yu Mengdi and Yang Yifan, and Xu Sanshi’s fury over Jiang Nannan’s injuries turned their apparent defeat into a victory. He Caitou and Xiao Xiao then began Shrek Academy’s next match, with Xiao Xiao holding off the opposing attackers while He Caitou charged his Soul Tool Cannon.

• Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan faced Yu Mengdi, a Five-Ring Soul King with an Angel Martial Soul, and Yang Yifan, an Agility Attack System Soul Master.
• Yu Mengdi and Yang Yifan overwhelmed Jiang Nannan, who used Teleportation and Invincible Golden Body but still suffered several wounds.
• Xu Sanshi erupted with his Black Tortoise Martial Soul and forced Yang Yifan and Yu Mengdi out of bounds, winning the round at the cost of exhausting his Soul Power.
• Beibei sent He Caitou and Xiao Xiao into the next match against Tang Xiaolei and Blood Wolf of Zhengtian Academy.
• Xiao Xiao used her Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron to block the opponents as He Caitou charged his Fixed Soul Tool Cannon, and she urged him to hurry despite being driven back.

After Xiao Xiao was injured in Shrek Academy’s victory over Zhengtian Academy, Lin Qianyi, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong entered the next match. Lin Qianyi countered Zhengtian’s opening attacks and targeted Shangguan Can with a Phoenix Sky-Rending Slash, leaving the battle in progress.

• Xiao Xiao’s Three Lives Soul-Calming Cauldron shattered under pressure, and He Caitou eliminated Tang Xiaolei and Blood Wolf with his Soul Tool Cannon to secure Shrek Academy’s win.
• He Caitou carried the injured Xiao Xiao to Shrek Academy’s spectator area, where Lin Qianyi and Huo Yuhao reassured him and Beibei warned the next team to be careful.
• Lin Qianyi, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong faced Ye Wuqing, Shangguan Can, and Yan’er in the next match, and both sides summoned their Martial Souls.
• Lin Qianyi and Wang Dong attacked together while Huo Yuhao used Mental Detection Share and Mental Shock; Lin Qianyi then provoked Ye Wuqing to draw him into attacking.
• Lin Qianyi’s cry suppressed Shangguan Can’s Mental Attack, and her Phoenix Sky-Rending Slash bypassed Ye Wuqing and struck toward Shangguan Can as Yan’er moved to defend.

Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Lin Qianyi fought to secure Shrek Academy’s victory, with Wang Dong revealing the Clear Sky Hammer to defeat the last opponent. Afterward, Ma Xiaotao thanked Lin Qianyi for helping the team win.

• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong joined Lin Qianyi in eliminating Yan'er, but Ye Wuqing forced Lin Qianyi back with his Third Soul Skill.
• Lin Qianyi endured Ye Wuqing’s attack and drew him into position while Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong unleashed Withering Amid Destruction, Golden Path.
• Huo Yuhao used Wrath of the Ice Emperor as Lin Qianyi performed Luan Butterfly Phoenix Dance, and together they forced Ye Wuqing out of the match before Huo Yuhao fainted and Lin Qianyi collapsed from exhaustion.
• Shangguan Can attacked Wang Dong, but she summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and struck at him until the referee intervened and announced Shrek Academy’s victory.
• Wang Yan revealed that the fighters were Shrek Academy’s Reserve Team, and the Star Luo Emperor and audience applauded their victory.
• Ma Xiaotao told the recovering Lin Qianyi not to move and thanked her for giving everything to help the team win.

Lin Qianyi recovered with Ma Xiaotao’s care and shared a warm reunion with Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong. Their conversation was interrupted when Cheng Gang, the Star Luo Empire’s Guardian Douluo, appeared and said he had been searching for Huo Yuhao.

• Ma Xiaotao reassured Lin Qianyi that she considered her a little sister and promised to protect her.
• Ma Xiaotao gave Lin Qianyi medicinal soup and candy, and Lin Qianyi thanked her and asked if they would stay together forever.
• Lin Qianyi left the tent and checked on Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, who told her that their injuries were not serious and Xiao Xiao was being cared for.
• Lin Qianyi sensed a powerful presence and shielded Wang Dong while Huo Yuhao used his Soul Power to reveal the hidden visitor.
• Cheng Gang identified himself as the Star Luo Empire’s Guardian Douluo and told Huo Yuhao that he had been looking for him.

Cheng Gang attacked Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Lin Qianyi while searching for a fierce beast, but Xuan Zi stopped him and forced him to apologize. As the injured Shrek team prepared for the next day’s match with only three fighters ready, Lin Qianyi struggled to decide how they could compete.

• Cheng Gang grabbed Huo Yuhao and knocked Wang Dong and Lin Qianyi aside when they tried to defend him, then warned them to keep quiet and left.
• Xuan Zi confronted Cheng Gang, beat him without using Soul Power, and ordered him to apologize to Lin Qianyi, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong.
• Lin Qianyi worried that she, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong lacked enough Soul Power for the next match, and Wang Yan advised her to learn true calmness.
• The next morning, Lin Qianyi, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong headed to the competition grounds, unsure who should fight against the opposing team’s full lineup.

Ling Luochen returned to Shrek Academy’s depleted team and defeated all seven members of Changning Academy with one attack. After the team recovered, Wang Yan announced their upcoming knockout match against Douling Royal Academy and explained the round’s rules.

• Ling Luochen joined Lin Qianyi and Huo Yuhao to face Changning Academy in a Team Battle despite Shrek having only three competitors.
• Lin Qianyi and Huo Yuhao lent Ling Luochen their Soul Power, allowing her Ring of Ice Brilliance to defeat all seven opponents and secure Shrek’s victory.
• Xiao Hongchen assessed Shrek’s strength and warned Meng Hongchen that beating them could come at a heavy cost.
• After several days of recovery, Shrek’s team members returned, and Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao, and Lin Qianyi made cultivation progress.
• Wang Yan told the team they would face Douling Royal Academy in the round of sixteen to eight and described its powerful lineup and the knockout rules.

Wang Yan sent Lin Qianyi and two teammates to scout the Round of Sixteen opponents while Shrek Academy faced Douling Royal Academy. Lin Qianyi predicted Sun Moon Royal Academy would finally reveal its strength against Di'ao Academy, and Ma Rulong led them to victory after Di'ao's taunts.

• Wang Yan assigned Beibei to take Lin Qianyi's place and told Lin Qianyi, Xiao Xiao, and Jiang Nannan to observe Sun Moon Royal Academy's competitors.
• Lin Qianyi and her companions watched as Shrek Academy fought Douling Royal Academy, whose captain Gu Zhujian used purple mist to hinder them.
• Lin Qianyi assessed that Di'ao Academy's taunts would push Sun Moon Royal Academy to reveal its trump cards.
• After Di'ao Academy taunted Sun Moon Royal Academy again, Ma Rulong volunteered to fight and defeated its opponents, securing victory in the Round of Sixteen match.