Chapter Summaries

At the Sea God Pavilion meeting, Mu En reprimanded Xuan Zi over the students harmed under his command and restricted his future duties, while rejecting calls to send reinforcements to the tournament. Though Yan Shaozhe appeared to accept Mu En’s decision, he secretly asked Xuan Zi to take a chosen group to the Star Luo Empire.

• Yan Shaozhe defended Xuan Zi and offered to handle compensation, while Xuan Zi insisted on leaving the Sea God Pavilion over his guilt.
• Mu En ordered Xuan Zi to step down as deputy commander, remain at the academy to teach, and never lead an outside team alone; he also ordered flying and defensive Soul Tools for inner court disciples.
• Yan Shaozhe asked whether Shrek would send reinforcements to the Star Luo Empire tournament, but Mu En refused and said the tournament should take its course.
• Xuan Zi and the other elders protested that Shrek might lose its ten-thousand-year championship streak, but Mu En declared the decision final.
• After the meeting, Yan Shaozhe secretly told Xuan Zi that he had chosen people and asked him to take them to the Star Luo Empire as soon as possible.

Yan Shaozhe persuaded Xuan Zi to secretly send two students to the Star Luo Empire despite Mu En’s orders. In Star Luo City, Wang Yan learned that Ren Jun now taught at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and would lead its team against Shrek.

• Yan Shaozhe argued that Shrek had to protect its championship record, and Xuan Zi agreed to take two students to the Star Luo Empire.
• Yan Shaozhe promised to accept punishment from Mu En and left to fetch the students.
• Ren Jun told Wang Yan that he had joined the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy after Shrek failed to provide promised treatment and compensation for his injury.
• Ren Jun revealed that he would lead the Sun Moon team and warned Wang Yan that its competitors were strong enough to threaten Shrek’s chances.
• Ren Jun left after saying he would not exploit Wang Yan’s trust, while Wang Yan worried about Shrek’s first elimination-round match the next day.

At the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament, Shrek Academy fielded only five reserve team members against Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy, drawing surprise and mockery from the crowd. With Ning Tian’s support, Bei Bei and the others began dominating the match, while Kong Xuan recognized the power of her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

• Kong Xuan and the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy team saw that Shrek Academy had only five reserve team members available, and Xiao Hongchen mocked their chances.
• Emperor Xu Jiawei announced the tournament’s start, and Shrek Academy faced Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy in the opening elimination match.
• Shrek’s five fighters released their Martial Souls, and Ning Tian boosted her teammates’ speed and strength with her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Dai Huabin charged into the opposing team and quickly began suppressing all seven Tianling fighters.
• Xu Wei and Xiao Hongchen acknowledged the Shrek team’s strength, while Kong Xuan noted Ning Tian’s exceptional support ability.

Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s reserve team defeated Rock and Earth Advanced Soul Master Academy with apparent ease, revealing four Soul Ancestors and alarming the other competitors. The chapter left Shrek’s students stunned by the reserves’ strength and wondering how powerful Sun Moon’s main team would be.

• Shrek’s students quickly defeated Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy, while Xiao Hongchen and Ma Rulong looked forward to beating Shrek’s full-strength team.
• Xiao Hongchen proposed sending only five reserve members against Rock and Earth Advanced Soul Master Academy, but Ma Sheng told him not to compare the matches and assigned the bout to Kong Xuan and the other reserves.
• Kong Xuan led the reserve team into the arena despite boos from the Star Luo Empire spectators, while Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection Sharing to cover the battlefield.
• The spectators and rival academies were shocked to see that Sun Moon’s lineup included four Soul Ancestors, several with exceptionally rare Soul Ring configurations.
• Kong Xuan and the reserves controlled the match and defeated Rock and Earth Advanced Soul Master Academy, leaving Shrek’s students and other competitors alarmed by their strength.

Xuan Zi arrived late in Star Luo City with Zhu Yu and Tang Mingxuan, whose arrival eased Shrek Academy’s worries about its injured main team. During a meeting, the team learned how formidable the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s young competitors were, and Bei Bei revealed that Kong Xuan had possessed an extraordinary Soul Ring Configuration more than a year earlier.

• Xuan Zi arrived after Shrek’s first match and surprised the team by bringing Zhu Yu and Tang Mingxuan as reinforcements.
• Wang Yan explained that the new Soul Kings should help Shrek survive the group’s round-robin matches, then warned that the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy had a powerful lineup.
• Bei Bei described the Sun Moon team’s impressive elimination-match performance as Wang Yan read out information about its competitors.
• Bei Bei said Kong Xuan had already been a Soul Ancestor over a year ago and had two purple and two black Soul Rings.
• Xuan Zi rejected the idea that Kong Xuan might have reached Soul King rank, then argued that Sun Moon’s young talents had likely relied on pills until Bei Bei noted that Kong Ling and Kong Xuan were successors of a Titled Douluo.
• Xuan Zi asked Bei Bei which Titled Douluo the two young competitors descended from.

Xuan Zi learned that Ren Jun, a former Shrek teacher, had joined the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and initially reacted with fury. After remembering how his negligence had caused Ren Jun to lose a leg, Xuan Zi admitted he had wronged him but still planned to confront him after the tournament.

• Bei Bei told Xuan Zi that Silver Moon was a Titled Douluo, though neither of them knew his real name.
• Wang Yan told Xuan Zi that the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's reserve members were orthodox Soul Masters and that some of their teachers had come from Shrek.
• Wang Yan named Ren Jun as the former Shrek inner court student and teacher who had joined the Sun Moon Academy.
• Xuan Zi remembered that Ren Jun had lost his right leg while protecting students during a beast tide after Xuan Zi failed to return in time.
• Xuan Zi admitted he had wronged Ren Jun but said he would wait until after the tournament to settle accounts and judge Ren Jun's students.

Shrek Academy defeated Tiansheng Advanced Soul Master Academy in its first round-robin match, while the Star Luo Emperor criticized Shrek’s influence and hoped its unbeaten record would fall. The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy then sent its reserve team to face Qianling Academy, and Xuan Zi watched them closely.

• Shrek Academy’s five reserve fighters struggled against Tiansheng Advanced Soul Master Academy until Tang Mingxuan used his Starlight Lyre to strengthen and restore his teammates.
• Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi led Shrek Academy to victory over Tiansheng Advanced Soul Master Academy, earning loud cheers from the spectators.
• Star Luo Emperor Xu Jiawei told the empress that Shrek’s neutrality threatened the three nations and predicted its unbeaten legend might be defeated.
• The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy sent its reserve team to face Qianling Academy, which had a Soul King, while Xiao Hongchen questioned why the main team had not competed.
• Xuan Zi stopped eating and watched the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s reserve team with a scrutinizing look.

The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy faced Qianling Academy in a team battle as Qianling prepared a defensive formation and a coordinated attack. Xu Wei broke through their shield wall, while Gu Yuena revealed a rare power that Xuan Zi identified as Elemental Stripping, and Xu Tianyi began destroying the barrier with World-Ending Dragon Breath.

• Kong Xuan recognized that Qianling Academy had formed a shield wall to protect Shen Ce and Fei Yuyan while they prepared a major attack, but he let his team respond without warning them.
• An Lengye strengthened Qianling's layered shields with ice and slowed the advancing Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy team with Ice Seal.
• Xu Wei used Lightning Flash to get behind Fei Yuyan and attack, but Fei Yuyan swapped places with her Blazing Tiger, and Xu Wei used Thunderstorm Ring to push Shen Ce and the others apart.
• Gu Yuena used her fourth Soul Skill to remove An Lengye's ice, and Xuan Zi identified the ability as Elemental Stripping.
• Xu Tianyi reached the shield wall and unleashed World-Ending Dragon Breath, a destructive attack suited to breaking barriers.

Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy defeated Qianling Academy through coordinated attacks and control, prompting Xuan Zi to consider recruiting their young talents for Shrek Academy. Ren Jun recognized Xuan Zi's condescending gaze and suspected he was already planning to capture him after the tournament.

• Xu Tianyi broke Qianling Academy's shield wall, and Kong Ling trapped its seven members in the Blazing Sun Cage.
• Xu Wei and Xu Tianyi coordinated their attacks, and the referee eliminated Shen Ce after he escaped the cage.
• Shen Ce conceded the match, and the referee declared Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy the winner.
• Xuan Zi proposed using a planned student exchange to bring the opposing academy's talented students to Shrek and make them stay.
• Ren Jun noticed Xuan Zi watching him and suspected Xuan Zi was plotting to capture him after the tournament.

Kong Xuan declined a grade-five auction and prepared to meet Ning Tian about Soul Tools. After discussing human society and peaceful coexistence with Gu Yuena, he persuaded Ning Tian to let him into her room by raising the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.

• Meng Hongchen invited Kong Xuan to a grade-five auction, but he declined to handle something he said would benefit Sun Moon.
• Kong Xuan met Gu Yuena in the hotel corridor, where they discussed the human world and the possibility of humans and Soul Beasts living peacefully together.
• Kong Xuan left Gu Yuena and went into the Shrek Academy side of the hotel while its students and Xuan Zi attended the auction.
• Kong Xuan told Ning Tian he had come as the Worship Hall master's grandson to discuss Soul Tools, then began mentioning her Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Tian interrupted Kong Xuan and invited him into her room to talk.

Kong Xuan offered Ning Tian a legitimate Soul Tool trade with the Sun Moon Empire, and she agreed to pass word to her father. After Wang Dong reported their meeting, Xuan Zi warned Ning Tian against cooperating with Sun Moon, leaving her offended by Shrek Academy’s attitude toward her sect.

• Kong Xuan told Ning Tian that the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect could buy Soul Tools directly from the Worship Hall instead of smuggling them through Mingde Hall.
• Kong Xuan said someone from Sun Moon would visit the sect after the tournament and asked Ning Tian to inform her father.
• Wang Dong told Xuan Zi that she had seen Kong Xuan leave Ning Tian’s room.
• Xuan Zi questioned Ning Tian in front of the Shrek group, and she said Kong Xuan had come to discuss Soul Tool business.
• Xuan Zi warned Ning Tian to limit contact with the Sun Moon Empire and cautioned her against involving the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect in cooperation.
• Ning Tian left feeling wronged and resentful toward Xuan Zi and Shrek Academy.

Kong Xuan volunteered to fight Zhengtian Academy in the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s individual competition, despite Ma Sheng’s objections. He revealed the Atlas Spear and an astonishing set of two purple and three black Soul Rings, leaving the arena stunned as the match began.

• Shrek Academy maintained its perfect record in the round-robin stage, and Zhengtian Academy was drawn to face the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy in an individual competition.
• Xiao Hongchen argued that a main team member should fight, but Kong Xuan volunteered to take the stage.
• Ma Sheng warned Kong Xuan to save his strength for Shrek Academy, while Ren Jun supported Kong Xuan’s choice.
• Kong Xuan entered the arena to face Zhengtian Academy Soul King Tang Xiaolei, who summoned his Purple Splendor Bow and prepared to shoot.
• Kong Xuan revealed his Atlas Spear and two purple and three black Soul Rings, shocking the spectators and competitors.

Kong Xuan faced Tang Xiaolei in the tournament and revealed overwhelming strength, evading four arrows before catching Tang’s strongest shot barehanded. The spectators and Shrek representatives were stunned, while Xuan Zi resolved to either recruit Kong Xuan or stop him from growing stronger.

• Kong Xuan’s appearance as a fifteen-or-younger Soul King with an unprecedented Soul Ring configuration stunned the spectators, and Xuan Zi decided he must recruit him or prevent his growth.
• Xu Jiawei asked Xu Jiujiu about the auction preparations, then resolved to carry out a plan against the Sun Moon Empire.
• Tang Xiaolei fired four arrows at Kong Xuan, but Kong evaded each one with his spatial methods and remained unharmed.
• Tang Xiaolei shouted for Kong Xuan not to dodge and unleashed his strongest arrow, prompting Kong to catch its shaft with his crimson-gold gauntlet.

Kong Xuan defeated Tang Xiaolei and Shangguan Can in succession, revealing overwhelming physical and spiritual strength. Ye Wuqing decided to face him next and said Zhengtian Academy would concede if he also lost.

• Kong Xuan caught Tang Xiaolei’s fifth Soul Skill arrow barehanded and shattered it, prompting Tang to concede.
• Yu Mengdi and Shangguan Can volunteered to fight next, and Ye Wuqing sent Shangguan Can onto the stage.
• Shangguan Can unleashed four mental Soul Skills, but Kong Xuan repelled his control attempt and the backlash left him bleeding and unconscious.
• Zhengtian Academy’s students carried Shangguan Can away after confirming he was alive, while Yu Mengdi again offered to fight.
• Ye Wuqing stopped Yu Mengdi and chose to face Kong Xuan himself, saying Zhengtian Academy would concede if he lost.

Kong Xuan faced Ye Wuqing in the individual competition and revealed that his First Soul Skill, Void Stab, had a spatial attribute. He overwhelmed Ye Wuqing’s attacks and hurled the Atlas Spear through his defenses, leaving it embedded in the stage beside him.

• Ye Wuqing opened the match by firing Golden Leaves at Kong Xuan, but they passed through Kong Xuan’s indistinct figure.
• Ye Wuqing challenged Kong Xuan not to dodge, and Kong Xuan accepted the provocation.
• Ye Wuqing combined Leaf Blade and Leaf Formation, but Kong Xuan used Void Stab to intercept and shatter the Golden Leaves.
• Ye Wuqing unleashed his Fifth Soul Skill, Dance of the Golden Leaf, filling the air with thousands of leaves.
• Kong Xuan hurled the Atlas Spear through Ye Wuqing’s golden barrier, and Ye Wuqing deflected its path with his Golden Left Hand as it struck the stage floor nearby.

Kong Xuan defeated Ye Wuqing with his Divine Atlas Spear Formation, prompting Zhengtian Academy to concede the individual match and intensifying Shrek Academy’s concern about him. Watching through Wang Dong’s eyes, Tang San became intrigued by Kong Xuan and contacted two figures at a hidden castle near Heaven Dou City.

• Kong Xuan trapped Ye Wuqing in his gravity-controlled spear formation, wounded him, and forced him to concede.
• Zhengtian Academy conceded the individual competition after sending only three fighters, while Kong Xuan’s strength alarmed the spectators and Shrek Academy.
• A golden trident mark briefly appeared between Wang Dong’s brows as she watched Kong Xuan in silence.
• Tang San investigated the Douluo Continent through Wang Dong and discovered he could not see through Kong Xuan.
• Tang San used his divine sense to locate a hidden castle near Heaven Dou City and sent a voice into the minds of two men drinking there.

Tang San ordered Niu Tian and Tai Tan to investigate Kong Xuan in Star Luo City, prompting Tai Tan to leave the Clear Sky Sect for the tournament city. Kong Xuan agreed to attend a major auction with Meng Hongchen, where he hoped to find the Snow Empress or an Ice Explosion Soul Bone.

• Tang San contacted Niu Tian and Tai Tan, thanked them for their service to the Clear Sky Sect, and ordered them to investigate Kong Xuan in Star Luo City.
• Niu Tian decided one of them should remain at the sect, so Tai Tan volunteered and promised not to act recklessly before setting out for the Star Luo Empire.
• The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy finished the round-robin stage undefeated, and Ma Sheng invited the team to a top-tier auction at the Starlight Auction House.
• Kong Xuan accepted Meng Hongchen's invitation to attend the auction, hoping to find the Ice Explosion Soul Bone or the Snow Empress sealed in the God Sealing Altar.
• Ma Sheng told everyone to meet in the conference room at seven that evening.

At the Starlight Auction House’s top-tier auction, Ma Sheng discovered that Soul Tools from Mingde Hall were being sold abroad and resolved to report the leaks to the hall master. Kong Xuan bid on an Ice Jade Scorpion King Soul Bone, and Huo Yuhao told him that only a Soul Master with Ultimate Ice could absorb it.

• Auctioneer Xu Jiujiu introduced a Level 8 Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade from Mingde Hall, prompting Ma Sheng and Xiao Hongchen to suspect someone was smuggling Soul Tools out of the empire.
• Dai Yueheng won the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade for 2.18 million after Kong Xuan raised the bids, and the next lot revealed twelve Level 6 Fixed Soul Cannon Shells from Mingde Hall.
• The auction presented an Ice Jade Scorpion King left arm bone with the Ice Explosion skill, and the Ice Empress urged Huo Yuhao to secure it.
• Kong Xuan spoke with Meng Hongchen and began bidding on the Soul Bone, while Huo Yuhao felt relieved that he would not have to compete for it.
• The Ice Empress warned Huo Yuhao that only Soul Masters with Ultimate Ice could absorb her clan’s Soul Bones, and Huo Yuhao immediately told Kong Xuan.

Huo Yuhao warned Kong Xuan about the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone, which Kong Xuan bought for fifty-six million. The auction’s final lot was revealed as a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast embryo sealed in the God Sealing Altar, leaving Kong Xuan unsure whether it was the Snow Empress as bidders prepared to compete for it.

• Huo Yuhao told Kong Xuan what the Ice Empress had revealed about the Ice Jade Scorpion Clan, and Kong Xuan thanked him for the warning.
• Kong Xuan won the Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone at auction for fifty-six million.
• Xu Jiujiu presented the final lot: a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast embryo sealed inside the Level 9 Soul Tool called the God Sealing Altar.
• Xu Jiujiu said the embryo could grant a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and Soul Bone, and might even give its absorber a second Martial Soul.
• Ma Sheng condemned the Sun Moon Empire seller as a traitor and vowed to identify them, while saying his group needed to win the altar.
• Ma Xiaotao argued the embryo was overpriced, but Xuan Zi considered it a valuable chance to strengthen Shrek Academy and worried about the academy’s lack of a Limit Douluo.

Kong Xuan used a Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect gold card to win the God Sealing Altar at auction, then waited for the Body Sect to make its move. When two suspicious men confronted Huo Yuhao and Xu Wei at the Star Emperor Hotel, Kong Xuan sensed the moment he had been expecting.

• Kong Xuan revealed his gold card held two hundred million Gold Soul Coins and won the God Sealing Altar for one hundred and thirty-eight million.
• Kong Xuan asked Gu Yuena to identify the soul beast inside the altar, but she could detect only a mass of energy, so he stored it without opening it.
• Xuan Zi kept watch overnight after learning Kong Xuan had won the altar, while Shrek and Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy advanced to the tournament final.
• Two suspicious men blocked Huo Yuhao and Xu Wei in the hotel lobby and asked to speak with Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao and Xu Wei secretly sent a message with their rings, and Kong Xuan opened his eyes and welcomed the visitors he had been expecting.