Chapter Summaries

After a month of traveling through the Heavenly Soul and Star Luo Empires, Kong Xuan returned to Shrek Academy and began distributing immortal herbs to his classmates. He gave herbs to Xu Wei, Huo Yuhao, Xu Tianyi, and Shui Ling, then turned to Xiao Hongchen as the chapter ended.

• Kong Xuan reunited with Kong Ling and Meng Hongchen, who had gained ultimate fire and ultimate ice respectively and each advanced five Soul Power ranks.
• Kong Xuan advised Meng Hongchen to stabilize her cultivation before fusing with the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone, and told Kong Ling to wait for a Soul Ring until they could travel to the Star Dou Great Forest together.
• Kong Xuan, Kong Ling, Meng Hongchen, Gu Yuena, and the Snow Empress toured the Heavenly Soul and Star Luo Empires during the holiday, then returned to Shrek Academy; the Snow Empress went back to the Far North alone.
• Before the new term began, Ma Sheng brought the Sun Moon students back to Shrek, and Kong Xuan announced he had brought an immortal herb for each of them.
• Kong Xuan gave Xu Wei Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, Huo Yuhao Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, Xu Tianyi Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, and Shui Ling Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, explaining how each herb suited its recipient.
• Xiao Hongchen eagerly asked Kong Xuan what immortal herb he had prepared for him.

Kong Xuan distributed immortal herbs suited to his companions and watched over them as they cultivated. Xu Wei and Huo Yuhao finished absorbing theirs, and Xiao Hongchen arrived asking how much everyone's Soul Power had increased.

• Kong Xuan gave Xiao Hongchen primordial immortal herb to strengthen his Soul Power and Soul Tools, and offered Ji Juechen a shoot of ink jade divine bamboo.
• Ji Juechen accepted the herb and agreed to join Kong Xuan's faction after graduation.
• Kong Xuan explained why he had chosen not to consume an immortal herb, then guarded the others as they absorbed theirs.
• Xu Wei woke first, reaching level fifty and learning that the herb's remaining effects could raise him further after he obtained a Soul Ring.
• Huo Yuhao reported that his spiritual power had doubled, and his Spirit Eyes showed double pupils after the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew improved his martial soul.
• Xiao Hongchen rushed into the dorm room and asked how much everyone's Soul Power had increased.

The Sun Moon students’ immortal herbs caused dramatic increases in their Soul Power, shocking their teachers when the new semester began. When Gu Yuena offered to arrange Soul Beasts through Star Dou’s Core Circle, Kong Xuan revealed that they were cooperating with its Ferocious Beasts to obtain Soul Spirits instead of Soul Rings.

• Xiao Hongchen announced that his Soul Power had risen seven levels to level sixty-nine, and Kong Xuan predicted he would reach level seventy in less than a month.
• Xu Tianyi and Ji Juechen gained five and four levels, while Shui Ling gained six levels and reached level fifty-eight.
• Ma Sheng and Ren Jun summoned the Sun Moon exchange students after their Soul Power tests shocked Shrek Academy, and Kong Xuan explained that the students had taken immortal herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Ma Sheng urged them to keep the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s location secret, and Ren Jun proposed arranging a Soul Hunt with Shrek Academy.
• Gu Yuena offered to ask the Ferocious Beasts of Star Dou’s Core Circle to prepare suitable Soul Beasts, and Kong Xuan clarified that they planned to obtain Soul Spirits rather than Soul Rings.

Kong Xuan persuaded Ma Sheng to accompany the group to the Star Dou Great Forest so they could safely attempt Soul Spirit fusion, and asked Ren Jun to seek Inner Court admission for the Sun Moon exchange students. Yan Shaozhe rejected the request and grew more suspicious of the Sun Moon students’ intentions.

• Kong Xuan explained that Soul Spirits could grant Soul Rings while preserving Soul Beast souls, but Ma Sheng refused to risk the students on an untested fusion.
• Kong Ling, Xu Wei, and Ji Juechen voiced their trust in Kong Xuan and offered to be the first to fuse with Soul Spirits.
• Kong Xuan asked Ma Sheng to bring Kong Deming to the Star Dou Great Forest for protection, and Ma Sheng agreed to leave the next day.
• Kong Xuan asked Ma Sheng and Ren Jun to apply for the group to study in Shrek’s Inner Court, and Ren Jun agreed to speak with Yan Shaozhe.
• Yan Shaozhe refused Ren Jun’s request, arguing that Shrek’s Inner Court secrets could not be opened to exchange students.
• After Ren Jun left, Yan Shaozhe called the Sun Moon students’ ambitions wolfish and decided Shrek should tighten Inner Court security.

After Yan Shaozhe refused to let the Sun Moon exchange students enter Shrek Academy’s Inner Court, Kong Xuan approached Sea God Pavilion Master Mu En and asked him to grant them a chance. Mu En was persuaded by Kong Xuan’s promise that he and his classmates would not help the Sun Moon Empire wage war, and Kong Xuan proposed a wager to overcome the academy’s remaining opposition.

• Ren Jun reported that Yan Shaozhe had rejected the exchange students’ request to enter the Inner Court, and the students agreed to force the issue through challenges.
• Kong Xuan said he would challenge Inner Court students himself and went to see someone who could help.
• Kong Xuan recognized the old man by the dormitory as Dragon God Douluo Mu En and asked him to let the Sun Moon exchange students enter the Inner Court.
• Mu En explained that their admission carried political consequences, and Kong Xuan promised that neither he nor his classmates would help the Sun Moon Empire wage war.
• Mu En said he was convinced but that other academy elders might object, so Kong Xuan proposed a wager.

Kong Xuan bet Mu En that he could defeat every Shrek Inner Court student, with the exchange students’ admission to the Inner Court as the stakes. At the Sea God Pavilion meeting, Yan Shaozhe warned that allowing Kong Xuan access to Shrek’s legacy would be dangerous, while the elders debated whether he could win.

• Kong Xuan challenged every Inner Court student and asked Mu En to let the exchange students study there if he won, promising they would drop the request if he lost.
• Mu En told Kong Xuan to wait for word, and Kong Xuan discussed Shrek’s past and present problems with Yun Ming on his way back to the dormitory.
• Mu En watched Kong Xuan return to the dormitory and wondered whether his decision was right.
• Mu En told the Sea God Pavilion Elders about the bet, prompting surprise and concern about Sun Moon students entering the Inner Court.
• Yan Shaozhe protested that Kong Xuan might learn Shrek’s secrets, but Mu En asked whether he believed the Inner Court students would lose.
• Lin Huiqun argued that Kong Xuan could not defeat Zhang Lexuan, and Yan Shaozhe asked what would happen if Kong Xuan won.

At the Sea God Pavilion meeting, Yan Shaozhe urged Shrek Academy to have Kong Xuan killed before he could become a threat, but Mu En rejected the plan and removed Yan Shaozhe as dean. After the elders left, Mu En suspected Kong Xuan was a god’s successor and hoped to preserve goodwill with him.

• Mu En ruled that Sun Moon exchange students could enter Shrek’s inner court if Kong Xuan won, while denying them access to the academy’s true core.
• Yan Shaozhe argued that Shrek should arrange Kong Xuan’s death, either directly or by revealing information about him to the three kingdoms.
• Xuan Zi warned that Kong Deming would investigate Kong Xuan’s death and that Shrek could be drawn into a major battle.
• Mu En removed Yan Shaozhe as Martial Soul Department dean, put Mei'er in charge, and assigned Yan Shaozhe to investigate the Holy Spirit Cult.
• After the meeting, Mu En suspected Kong Xuan had become a god’s successor and hoped to establish goodwill with him to protect Shrek Academy’s future.

After the Sea God Pavilion meeting, Yan Shaozhe planned to leave for Sun Moon to investigate the Holy Spirit Cult and find Feng Ling. Meanwhile, Shrek Academy prepared for Kong Xuan’s challenge against the Inner Court, drawing the entire academy and the Sea God Pavilion elders to watch.

• Cai Mei'er told Yan Shaozhe that Mu En had been right to criticize his extreme methods, and Yan Shaozhe decided to go to Sun Moon the next day, hoping to find Feng Ling.
• Yan Shaozhe put Cai Mei'er in charge of the Martial Soul Department and warned her that Kong Xuan was more formidable than the others realized.
• Xu Wei told Kong Xuan that Shrek had announced his match against the Inner Court and that all other Soul Fighting Arenas would close for the event.
• Shrek students widely doubted Kong Xuan could win, though some who had seen him fight recognized that he might defeat a Soul Douluo.
• The next morning, Shrek's central Soul Fighting Arena filled with spectators, including the Sea God Pavilion elders, as they gathered to watch Kong Xuan face the Inner Court.

Kong Xuan faced Shrek Inner Court’s challenge as Elder Song refereed the matches, and the first opponent to step forward was the Soul Emperor Qiu Xu. The match began with Qiu Xu revealing his Soul Breaking Spear, while Kong Xuan remained still.

• Zhang Lexuan wondered whether she should fight Kong Xuan despite learning they were cousins, while Cai Mei'er warned the Inner Court students not to underestimate him.
• Elder Song arrived, revealed her Azure Shadow Divine Eagle Martial Soul and nine Soul Rings, and took charge as referee.
• Kong Xuan entered the arena, and Qiu Xu volunteered as his first opponent after Chu Qingtian declined to fight.
• Elder Song explained the challenge rules and started the match between Kong Xuan and Qiu Xu.
• Qiu Xu possessed his Soul Breaking Spear and announced that he was a Level sixty-nine Power Attack System Battle Soul Emperor.

Kong Xuan revealed his hundred-thousand-year sixth Soul Ring before facing Qiu Xu, shocking Shrek Academy’s spectators and elders. He defeated Qiu Xu through superior spear technique without using a Soul Skill, leaving the arena convinced he could challenge the Inner Court students.

• Qiu Xu asked Kong Xuan to reveal his Martial Soul and Soul Power, and Kong Xuan announced that he was a level sixty-five assault-type Battle Soul Emperor with the Atlas Spear.
• Kong Xuan revealed his Soul Rings, including a hundred-thousand-year sixth ring, stunning Qiu Xu, the spectators, and the Sea God Pavilion elders.
• Kong Xuan taunted Qiu Xu, who charged with three enhanced Soul Skills and attacked with his Soul Breaking Spear.
• Kong Xuan deflected Qiu Xu’s thrust and dismantled his barrage with precise spear technique while using no Soul Skills.
• Kong Xuan broke through Qiu Xu’s defenses and held the Atlas Spear at his throat, and Elder Song declared Kong Xuan the winner.

Kong Xuan defeated Qiu Xu in spear technique, then faced Golden Crow Saintess Wu Ming after the Inner Court students hesitated to challenge him. He grounded Wu Ming with a domain-like force that suppressed flight, leaving Elder Song stunned by the power of his ability.

• Kong Xuan defeated Qiu Xu in spear technique, and Qiu Xu admitted his loss before leaving the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Elder Song called for another Inner Court challenger, but the students hesitated until Wu Ming volunteered.
• Wu Ming introduced herself and took to the air, challenging Kong Xuan to fight her in the sky.
• Kong Xuan struck the arena floor with his Atlas Spear, spreading a force field that stripped Wu Ming of her ability to fly.
• Wu Ming plunged toward the arena, while Elder Song broke free of the field and recognized its power as a domain.

Kong Xuan used his Atlas Spear’s Flight Restriction Domain to ground Wu Ming and countered her fourth Soul Skill with Void Stab. Wu Ming transformed into her Golden Crow Avatar and charged at him, but Kong Xuan unexpectedly withdrew his Martial Soul as she reached him.

• Kong Xuan’s Flight Restriction Domain stripped Wu Ming of flight, but she controlled her fall and landed safely on the arena platform.
• Wu Ming fired her fourth Soul Skill, Golden Crow True Fire Ring, at Kong Xuan, who burst it apart with his first Soul Skill, Void Stab.
• Wu Ming unleashed her Seventh Soul Skill, Golden Crow Avatar, but the Flight Restriction Domain forced her to charge along the ground.
• As Wu Ming’s Golden Crow Avatar reached him, Kong Xuan voluntarily dispersed the Atlas Spear, leaving the spectators stunned.

Kong Xuan defeated Wu Ming with the Ice God Claw, a Soul Bone Skill from the Ice Dragon King's left palm bone, and continued challenging Shrek's Inner Court students without resting. After winning, he declared that his defeated opponents would never be his rivals, then called for the next challenger.

• Kong Xuan transformed his left hand and forearm into an ice-blue dragon claw, shocking the spectators, though Elder Song recognized it as an external soul bone rather than a second Martial Soul.
• Kong Xuan struck Wu Ming's Golden Crow Avatar with the Ice God Claw, freezing and shattering it and leaving Wu Ming badly injured.
• Elder Song announced Kong Xuan as the winner of the second match, and Wu Ming accepted her defeat while vowing to win against him one day.
• Kong Xuan told Wu Ming he would give her time to catch up until she could no longer glimpse him, provoking an uproar among the spectators.
• Kong Xuan's Sun Moon companions wondered why he was acting so boastfully, and Xiao Hongchen said he could not influence his brother-in-law.
• Kong Xuan called for the next challenger without taking a rest.

After two decisive victories left the Inner Court disciples reluctant to challenge him, Kong Xuan faced Han Ruoruo, the Inner Court’s foremost controller and an eighty-two-level Soul Douluo. Han Ruoruo stopped his spatial spear attacks, and the match continued as she began her counterattack.

• Kong Xuan’s victories over Qiu Xu and Wu Ming left the Inner Court Soul Saints too apprehensive to volunteer for the next match.
• Cai Mei’er called on Han Ruoruo, who entered the arena and introduced herself as an eighty-two-level Control System Soul Douluo with the Shaking Gold Rope Martial Soul.
• Kong Xuan opened the match with Void Stab, sending spatial spear thrusts at Han Ruoruo from a hundred meters away.
• Han Ruoruo’s Shaking Gold Rope formed a defensive net that deflected every Void Stab, forcing Kong Xuan to stop probing her defenses.
• Kong Xuan strengthened himself with Atlas Battle Intent and threw the Atlas Spear using Clear Sky Divine Spear Formation, but Han Ruoruo knocked it aside and began attacking.

Kong Xuan overcame Han Ruoruo’s Shaking Gold Rope Formation and Shaking Gold Avatar with his spatial abilities. He used his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skill to trap and subdue her, and Elder Song declared him the winner.

• Han Ruoruo used her Sixth Soul Skill, Gold Rope Formation, to fill the arena with Shaking Gold Ropes and attack Kong Xuan from every direction.
• Kong Xuan evaded the ropes with his footwork and Atlas Spear, then crossed the arena to approach Han Ruoruo.
• Han Ruoruo activated her Seventh Soul Skill, Shaking Gold Avatar, and sent gold-and-silver rings racing toward Kong Xuan.
• Kong Xuan retreated and used Spatial Confinement: Draw the Ground as a Prison to trap Han Ruoruo and shrink the invisible cage around her.
• Han Ruoruo’s Shaking Gold Avatar vanished as the confinement ended, and Elder Song announced Kong Xuan as the winner of the third match.

After Kong Xuan defeated Han Ruoruo, Zhang Lexuan entered the final match and promised the Inner Court would concede if he beat her. Kong Xuan launched the first attack, but Zhang Lexuan’s moonlight defense and precise counterattack intercepted his spatial spear strikes.

• Elder Song declared Kong Xuan the winner over Han Ruoruo, leaving the Inner Court shocked by his third consecutive victory.
• Han Ruoruo acknowledged Kong Xuan’s mastery of spatial power, accepted defeat, and left the arena.
• Zhang Lexuan rose as the Inner Court’s last challenger and told Kong Xuan that the Inner Court would concede if he defeated her.
• Kong Xuan and Zhang Lexuan agreed to fight without restraint, and Kong Xuan activated Atlas Battle Intent before attacking with Void Stab.
• Zhang Lexuan used Moonlight Body Protection and summoned moon blades that intercepted Kong Xuan’s emerging spear strikes.

Kong Xuan faced Zhang Lexuan’s moon-based control skills, which trapped him and disrupted his spatial abilities, but Starry Firmament Phantom saved him from her attack. Zhang Lexuan then activated her Martial Soul Avatar, prompting Kong Xuan to prepare to use his full strength.

• Kong Xuan left a Starry Firmament Phantom behind as he moved toward Zhang Lexuan, unknowingly revealing a lifesaving Soul Bone Skill.
• Zhang Lexuan used Moonlight Lock-On and Black Moon’s Binding to lock onto Kong Xuan and force him out of the void.
• Zhang Lexuan’s moonlight slash struck Kong Xuan, but he vanished into starlight as the attack hit his phantom instead.
• Zhang Lexuan activated her Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar, merging into the moon and flooding the arena with silver light.
• Kong Xuan realized Zhang Lexuan’s Soul Skills had grown more powerful and prepared to fight at full strength.

Zhang Lexuan used her eighth Soul Ring’s Blood Moon Eclipse and Moonlight Domain against Kong Xuan in their Soul Fighting Arena match. Kong Xuan survived the Blood Moon Death Ray with spatial confinement, but Zhang Lexuan followed by dropping her enormous Silver Moon over him, leaving him trapped within her domain.

• Zhang Lexuan transformed the Silver Moon into a blood moon and unleashed Blood Moon Eclipse, stirring the blood of everyone in the arena.
• Zhang Lexuan fired the Blood Moon Death Ray at Kong Xuan, who used Draw the Ground as a Prison to form a spatial barrier around himself.
• Kong Xuan’s barrier withstood the death ray, though the clash drained his Soul Power and left his blood surging.
• Zhang Lexuan ended the blood moon and sent the Silver Moon crashing down toward Kong Xuan, expanding it to nearly four hundred meters across.
• Elder Song recognized that the apparent moon was partly condensed moonlight and that Kong Xuan was caught in Zhang Lexuan’s Moonlight Domain.

Kong Xuan struggled to break through Zhang Lexuan’s oppressive Moonlight Domain and awakened the true meaning of his Invincible Spear Intent. With his spiritual power advancing into the Spirit Domain Realm, he unleashed his Fifth Soul Skill against her Martial Soul Avatar.

• Kong Xuan compressed his crumbling spatial barrier into a protective suit and spotted a weak point in Zhang Lexuan’s Silver Moon Martial Soul Avatar.
• He used his hundred-thousand-year Soul Skill, Phase Shuttling, to reach the underside of the avatar.
• Zhang Lexuan intensified her Moonlight Domain, weighing Kong Xuan down and rapidly dissolving his spatial protection.
• Under the pressure, Kong Xuan realized that Invincible Spear Intent meant having the conviction to overcome any obstacle, not being truly unbeatable.
• Kong Xuan’s spiritual power broke through into the Spirit Domain Realm, and he swung his Atlas Spear to unleash Fifth Soul Skill, Godslaying · Space Rend.

Kong Xuan defeated Zhang Lexuan in the final match of his challenge, earning the Sun Moon exchange students permission to study in Shrek’s Inner Court. Mu En reflected on Shrek’s decline and the burden of his lifelong duty, ending with a quiet admission to his former teacher that he had done his best.

• Kong Xuan used Godslaying · Space Rend to shatter Zhang Lexuan’s Silver Moon Avatar, and Elder Song caught her as she fell.
• Elder Song declared Kong Xuan the winner, completing his challenge against the Inner Court and its strongest student.
• Cai Mei'er confirmed that the Sun Moon exchange students could enter the Inner Court and said she would inform Ren Jun of the arrangements.
• The Sea God Pavilion elders recognized that Shrek’s former dominance was fading as the Sun Moon Empire produced powerful new talent.
• Mu En sensed the match from his reclining chair, reflected on Shrek’s decline and his teacher’s charge, and murmured that he had done his best.