Recaps

Qi Ling faced the Purple Star Team alone in the tournament’s opening match and used his Blood Devil Emperor Martial Soul to overwhelm them with terror. The team conceded before he attacked, and Qi Ling launched another display of power as the referee prepared to announce his victory.

• The Qilin Team’s members left the stage, leaving Qi Ling to face all seven members of the Purple Star Team alone.
• Qi Ling summoned his Blood Devil Emperor Martial Soul and revealed four Soul Rings, including two purple and two black ones, shocking the audience and Salas.
• Qi Ling challenged the Purple Star Team to withstand one move and activated his fourth Soul Skill, Blood Devil Slays Heaven.
• Qi Ling’s transformation terrified the Purple Star Team, and its captain conceded before Qi Ling attacked.
• The Purple Star Team fled the stage, and Qi Ling unleashed Blood Devil Slays Heaven again as the referee prepared to announce his victory.

Qi Ling destroyed the arena platform with his attack, securing the Qilin Team’s victory and stunning everyone present. After returning to his team, he was summoned by Xue Ye for a private audience, with Ning Fengzhi warning him to be cautious.

• Qi Ling struck the platform as the Blood Demon, collapsing it and leaving the gathered teams convinced they could not withstand his power.
• The referee declared the Qilin Team victorious, and the spectators erupted into cheers for Qi Ling.
• Dugu Yan, Yu Feng, Tuoliya, and the Hua sisters enthusiastically praised Qi Ling, who told his team he would not fight again unless they reached the finals or faced an opponent they could not handle.
• Ning Fengzhi visited Qi Ling and told him that Xue Ye wanted a private audience with him.
• Ning Fengzhi said Xue Ye likely intended to reward and encourage Qi Ling, but warned him to be careful with his words and actions.

Qi Ling met Emperor Xue Ye, who offered him a position as Princess Xue Ke’s teacher if the Qilin Team won the tournament. Ning Fengzhi then brought Qi Ling to meet Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, where Qi Ling noticed the powerful woman guarding him and wondered whether the prince was connected to Spirit Hall.

• Qi Ling assured Ning Fengzhi that he would keep their earlier conversation from Xue Ye.
• Xue Ye praised Qi Ling and, after Heaven Dou Academy’s education commissioners spoke highly of his teaching, offered to appoint him Princess Xue Ke’s teacher if the Qilin Team won the tournament.
• Qi Ling left Xue Ye’s audience troubled by the emperor’s generous effort to win him over.
• Ning Fengzhi told Qi Ling that Crown Prince Xue Qinghe wanted to meet him, and Qi Ling agreed to go.
• Ning Fengzhi took Qi Ling to a teahouse, where Qi Ling met Xue Qinghe and noticed that the woman standing behind him was powerful enough to make him uneasy.

Qi Ling met Xue Qinghe, whose identity he could not determine despite using his Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils, then returned to Shrek Academy and saw Tang San advance in Heart Separation Control. Xue Qinghe secretly destroyed Qi Ling’s return gift after Qi Ling left.

• Xue Qinghe invited Qi Ling to win his support, and Qi Ling failed to see through any disguise with his Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils.
• Xue Qinghe gave Qi Ling a gold token, and Qi Ling bit it to check whether it was real gold before offering him a piece of purple jade in return.
• After Qi Ling left, Xue Qinghe crushed the purple jade and departed with the cold beauty following him.
• Qi Ling returned to Shrek Academy and found Grandmaster, Tang San, and Ning Rongrong practicing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Heart Separation Control method.
• Tang San controlled three stalks of Blue Silver Grass in different directions, impressing Qi Ling, while Ning Rongrong vowed to master the technique.

After Ning Rongrong envied Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing’s strength, Qi Ling gave her a Life-Bound Divine Artifact to help her cultivation. She left determined to refine it and prove she could catch up to Zhu Zhuqing.

• Ning Rongrong told Qi Ling she wanted to become stronger, and he invited her to his room to teach her.
• Ning Rongrong came to Qi Ling that night, eager to start immediately, and he signed a highest-tier contract with her.
• Qi Ling gave Ning Rongrong the Seven-Apertured Exquisite Heart, which she connected with under his guidance.
• Qi Ling explained that the artifact could improve her cultivation but was extremely difficult to refine, noting that Zhu Zhuqing had refined only three ten-thousandths in a year.
• Ning Rongrong vowed to work hard and make Qi Ling see her in a new light.

Qi Ling watched the first-round matches and judged the strengths of the competing teams while telling the Qilin Team to prepare to fight without him. The day ended with the stronger academies winning and their members looking toward Qi Ling as their eventual target.

• Qi Ling led the Qilin Team into the arena to loud cheers, then told his teammates he would not compete again and urged them to take every opponent seriously.
• Shrek Academy defeated Oakland Academy after Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Xiao Wu quickly eliminated three opponents, prompting Oakland to concede.
• Blazing Fire Academy, Elephant Armor Academy, Thunder Academy, Skywater Academy, and the wind-attribute academy each won their matches using their distinctive styles.
• Qi Ling watched the remaining matches and found no other teams worth noting among the day's competitors.
• After their victories, the teams cast determined and expectant looks toward Qi Ling, who felt that his reputation had made being invincible lonely.

The Qilin Team’s overwhelming reputation caused Telan Academy to forfeit, leaving Qi Ling frustrated that the team would gain no combat experience. He then watched Shrek Academy face Elephant Armor Academy, where Tang San and the others had chosen to compete with a lineup that excluded several main members.

• Qi Ling assigned Luna, Yu Feng, and five reserve members to face Telan Academy.
• Telan Academy forfeited before the match began, giving the Qilin Team the victory.
• Qi Ling realized opponents might keep forfeiting and prevent his team from gaining experience.
• Emperor Xue Ye celebrated the Qilin Team’s victory while Salas pretended to sleep.
• Shrek Academy fielded Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, Xiao Wu, and three reserves against Elephant Armor Academy.

Shrek faced the Elephant Armor Academy, whose massive fighters relied on overwhelming strength and defense, while Tang San used Blue Silver Grass and Oscar’s Flying Mushrooms to control them. With Tang San able to hold the team for only brief bursts, Shrek focused its attacks on captain Huyan Li, and Zhu Zhuqing emerged as a potential key to the match.

• Qi Ling recognized Tang San’s plan to use control and aerial movement against the Elephant Armor Team, and suspected Zhu Zhuqing would decide the battle.
• Huyan Li introduced himself as Elephant Armor Academy’s level-forty-three captain, and Zhu Zhuqing calmly answered with her own level and rank.
• The Elephant Armor Team activated its Diamond Mammoth Martial Souls, swelling into heavily armored fighters as Huyan Zhen boasted about Huyan Li’s defense to Emperor Xue Ye.
• Tang San bound all seven opponents with Blue Silver Grass and used Oscar’s Flying Mushrooms to lift Shrek’s fighters into the air.
• Tang San judged that he could restrain the Elephant Armor Team for only about twenty seconds at a time and told Shrek to target its strongest member.
• Tang San immobilized all seven opponents, and Xiao Wu, Huang Yuan, Jing Ling, and Mo Lin attacked Huyan Li.

Tang San’s plan to defeat Huyan Li was thwarted by Huyan Li’s Head Soul Bone, but Zhu Zhuqing broke through his defenses and knocked him down. After the Elephant Armor Sect members escaped Tang San’s restraint, they trapped Zhu Zhuqing with their Crushing Kill attack, leaving her unable to move as they descended on her.

• Huyan Li used a Head Soul Bone to withstand the attacks from Xiao Wu and the others and break free of Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass.
• Zhu Zhuqing cracked Huyan Li’s Soul Bone with Hell Rush Hundred Claws, then knocked him unconscious with the Mysterious Nether Divine Palm.
• Huyan Zhen tried to rush onto the arena, but Gu Rong and Xue Ye stopped him from interfering with the match.
• The Elephant Armor Sect members surrounded Zhu Zhuqing, and she severed the Blue Silver Grass that Tang San had been using to pull her to safety.
• Two Elephant Armor Sect Soul Ancestors used Crushing Kill to lock Zhu Zhuqing in place and leap down toward her.

Zhu Zhuqing used her Netherworld Domain and powerful attacks to cripple the Elephant Armor Team, while Shrek steadily defeated the remaining opponents. Shrek won the match with all seven members of Elephant Armor Academy unable to fight.

• Zhu Zhuqing turned into shadow to evade the Elephant Armor Soul Ancestors’ attack, then emerged behind one and wounded him with Netherworld Hundred Claws.
• Huyan Zhen ordered A Da to use his fourth Soul Skill, but Zhu Zhuqing’s attacks bypassed his defenses and left him unable to move.
• Zhu Zhuqing vanished from the four attackers and retreated with Oscar’s help to recover her Soul Power as the crowd cheered.
• Xiao Wu, Mo Lin, Huang Yuan, Qi Ling, and Zhu Zhuqing defeated the remaining Elephant Armor Team members until only one Soul Ancestor remained.
• Xiao Wu and Tang San controlled the final opponent, and the referee declared Shrek Team the winner.

After the Shrek Team defeated the Elephant Armor Team, Huyan Li confessed his admiration for Zhu Zhuqing and challenged Qi Ling when he learned she liked him. Dugu Yan set a condition for the challenge, leaving the teams eager to prove themselves against the Qilin Team.

• Huyan Zhen reacted angrily to the Elephant Armor Team's defeat, while Huyan Li recovered enough to exchange salutes with Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Huyan Li praised Zhu Zhuqing, asked whether she had a boyfriend, and heard her say she liked someone she wanted to become worthy of.
• Zhu Zhuqing looked toward Qi Ling in the stands, and Huyan Li challenged him after realizing he was her chosen person.
• Huyan Zhen encouraged Huyan Li, while the spectators waited to see whether Qi Ling would accept the challenge.
• Dugu Yan said Huyan Li would first have to defeat Qilin Team members to earn the right to challenge Qi Ling, who would sit out the remaining preliminary matches.

Qi Ling discovered that Shi Nian planned to target both Tang San and him, then watched the Qilin Team face Elephant Armor Team in the tournament. Dugu Yan and Tuoliya led a heavily substituted lineup, and the match began with Elephant Armor Team advancing in formation.

• Dugu Yan asked Qi Ling for his judgment of her performance, and he warned her not to lose the upcoming match.
• The referee announced that the Qilin Team would face Elephant Armor Team in the next day's seventh match.
• Qi Ling disguised himself and followed Canghui Academy, where he overheard Shi Nian plotting to kill Tang San and him.
• The Qilin Team entered the arena with Dugu Yan, Tuoliya, and five substitutes against Elephant Armor Team.
• Huyan Li led Elephant Armor Team forward in formation after both teams released their Martial Souls, while Dugu Yan prepared a tactic with Tuoliya.

Dugu Yan used the poisonous mist to distract the Elephant Armor Team while she prepared a barrage of poisoned swords, striking several members and weakening them. When they charged, Tuoliya fortified herself with layered defensive skills and stood firm against all seven attackers.

• Dugu Yan spread poisonous mist across the arena, but the Elephant Armor Team scattered it by blowing it away.
• Dugu Yan revealed that the mist had only been a distraction and launched hundreds of poisoned swords at the Elephant Armor Team.
• Huyan Zhen warned Huyan Li in time, and the team defended, but the swords poisoned the four Soul Elders and began draining their Soul Power.
• Huyan Li ordered the team to attack before the poison took full effect, and Dugu Yan entrusted the defense to Tuoliya.
• Tuoliya combined Invisible Air and Knight's Protection with Dugu Yan's defensive poison, then remained unmoved as the seven attackers charged her.

Dugu Yan’s poison weakened the Elephant Armor Team while Tuoliya held off their repeated charges with Invisible Air. The team finally shattered her defense, but their captain was close to collapsing, and Dugu Yan stepped in as two Soul Ancestors charged again.

• Huyan Li realized that Dugu Yan’s evaporating poison had spread through the air, while Dugu Yan explained that the team’s exertion had accelerated its effects.
• Huyan Li rallied the Elephant Armor Team, and all seven members threw themselves against Tuoliya’s Invisible Air as Dugu Yan prepared more poison swords.
• The four Soul Elders collapsed from exhaustion, while Huyan Li used his Head Soul Bone to block Dugu Yan’s swords and led the remaining Soul Ancestors in breaking Tuoliya’s defense.
• Tuoliya staggered back, drained of Soul Power, as Huyan Zhen praised her defense; Huyan Li then urged the two remaining Soul Ancestors to attack before she recovered.
• As Tuoliya raised her sword to meet the charge, Dugu Yan stopped her and said she would handle the fight.

Dugu Yan and Tuoliya defeated the Elephant Armor Team’s remaining fighters in a two-against-seven battle, winning the match for the Qilin Team. Their victory showed the other teams that Qi Ling’s teammates were formidable fighters in their own right.

• Dugu Yan used her speed and poison sword to outmaneuver two Elephant Armor Sect Soul Ancestors, then poisoned them when they lowered their defenses to attack.
• Tuoliya used Knight’s Oath to teleport beside Dugu Yan and block both opponents’ attacks, then carried Dugu Yan back to their side.
• The two poisoned Soul Ancestors collapsed, leaving all seven Elephant Armor Team members unable to fight, and the referee declared the Qilin Team the winner.
• The spectators cheered Dugu Yan and Tuoliya, while the other teams recognized the Qilin Team’s strength; Shrek’s members compared their victory with their own harder-fought match.

After both Shrek Academy and the Qilin Team received forfeits, Qi Ling accompanied Tang San because he expected Shi Nian to attack him. Shi Nian trapped Tang San in an illusion, but Qi Ling remained unaffected and drew Shi Nian into an illusion of his own.

• Shrek Academy, the Qilin Team, Thunder Academy, and Godwind Academy remained undefeated after six rounds of the Soul Master Tournament.
• Qi Ling walked back toward Shrek Academy with Tang San, watching for the danger he sensed and expecting Shi Nian to make his move.
• Qi Ling recognized Shi Nian’s attack on the deserted street and challenged him to come out of hiding.
• Shi Nian used his Martial Soul to trap Tang San in a painful illusion, but Qi Ling appeared unaffected.
• Shi Nian entered Qi Ling’s illusion and found himself in a barren wasteland, where Qi Ling welcomed him and revealed that it was his own illusion.

Qi Ling used Nightmare Descends to take control of the dream Shi Nian had created and trapped Shi Nian in a terrifying illusion. After escaping, Qi Ling found Shi Nian’s body vacant and Tang San awake, then considered what to do with Shi Nian.

• Shi Nian panicked when Qi Ling revealed that Nightmare Descends let him control the dream and that Shi Nian had lost control of the illusion.
• Qi Ling pointed out that Shi Nian cared most about himself and used Nightmare Descends to overwhelm him with fear.
• Qi Ling left the illusion after Shi Nian was enveloped by shadowy mist and heard Shi Nian screaming within the dream.
• Qi Ling found Tang San recovering and Shi Nian standing vacant, his consciousness trapped in the illusion.
• Tang San recognized Shi Nian and asked whether he had caused the attack, while Qi Ling explained that Shi Nian was now only a walking corpse.

Qi Ling killed Shi Nian and used the World-Destroying Black Flame to erase his body, then gave the Soul Bone left behind to Tang San. The brothers returned to Shrek Academy, where Xiao Wu and the others were waiting anxiously for them.

• Qi Ling chose to kill Shi Nian and received the World-Destroying Black Flame, learning that it could burn almost anything but was difficult and unsettling to cultivate.
• Qi Ling snapped Shi Nian's neck after explaining that he would kill him and erase every trace of him.
• Tang San told Qi Ling how Shi Nian's illusion had nearly broken his will, then worried that the killing could cause trouble for their tournament team.
• Qi Ling burned Shi Nian's body with the black flame, which grew slightly stronger, and found a Soul Bone where the body had been.
• Qi Ling gave the Soul Bone to Tang San, and the two returned to Shrek Academy, where Xiao Wu and the others were waiting.

Qi Ling told Shrek that he had killed Shi Nian, and Grandmaster warned him and Tang San to keep the death secret after examining the Soul Bone they recovered. With both teams unbeaten, the eleventh round paired Shrek against Blazing Fire Academy and Qilin against Canghui Academy, while Qi Ling decided to compete.

• Qi Ling reunited with Xiao Wu and told the Shrek group that he had killed Shi Nian after Shi Nian tried to scheme against him and Tang San.
• Qi Ling explained the killing to Flender and Grandmaster, who urged him to conceal Shi Nian's death and examined the multicolored Soul Bone before suggesting it might suit Ning Rongrong.
• Shrek and Qilin completed ten consecutive victories, then drew Blazing Fire Academy and Canghui Academy, respectively, for the eleventh round.
• Qi Ling dismissed Dugu Yan's confidence about Canghui Academy and announced that he would take the field against them.
• Before the matches, Grandmaster studied Blazing Fire Academy's lineup, and Tang San chose to use Shrek's previous lineup.

Tang San led Shrek Academy against Blazing Fire Academy, using Zhu Zhuqing’s speed to disrupt their formation and create an opening. The chapter ended with Huo Wushuang barely fending off attacks from Tai Long, Huang Yuan, and Jing Ling.

• Blazing Fire Academy’s captain Huo Wushuang warned Tang San that their fire-attribute team would defeat Shrek.
• At the referee’s signal, Blazing Fire Academy launched an attack aimed at Tang San, while Zhu Zhuqing raced toward Huo Wu.
• Huo Wu used her Third Soul Skill, Repelling Fire Ring, to repel Zhu Zhuqing and protect herself.
• Zhu Zhuqing vanished from the enemy formation as Tang San trapped Huo Wushuang with Blue Silver Grass.
• Tai Long, Huang Yuan, and Jing Ling attacked Huo Wushuang together, but he used his second Soul Skill to barely block them.

Shrek used Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and Zhu Zhuqing’s agility to turn the battle against Blazing Fire Academy. After Zhu Zhuqing defeated three boosted opponents by herself, Huo Wu admitted defeat.

• Huo Wushuang blocked Shrek’s pincer attack, but Zhu Zhuqing appeared behind him and knocked him out of the fight.
• Huo Wu ordered the support Soul Masters to boost three fighters, who overwhelmed Tai Long, Huang Yuan, and Jing Ling until Tang San pulled them back with Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San wrapped Zhu Zhuqing in fire-immune Blue Silver Grass, and she fought Blazing Fire Academy’s three boosted fighters alone.
• The support Soul Masters exhausted their Soul Power, the boosts faded, and Zhu Zhuqing defeated all three opponents.
• Huo Wu admitted defeat after her teammates fell and she lost the chance to use her Fourth Soul Skill.

After Shrek Academy defeated Blazing Fire Academy, Canghui Academy challenged Qi Ling and unleashed its Seven Asura Illusion Realm fusion skill. Qi Ling was trapped inside the seven-colored light as the spectators wondered whether his undefeated record would end.

• Huo Wu conceded, and the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner over Blazing Fire Academy.
• Huo Wu vowed that Blazing Fire Academy would not lose to Shrek again, and Tang San calmly accepted her challenge.
• Canghui Academy chose the Qilin Team as its opponent and fielded the seven members of its Seven-in-One Fusion Skill.
• Qi Ling took the stage alone after his six teammates withdrew, while Canghui Academy gathered in formation and summoned seven gemstone Martial Souls.
• Canghui Academy activated its Seven Asura Illusion Realm and enveloped Qi Ling in a pillar of colored light.

Qi Ling broke Canghui Academy’s seven-person fusion skill with a dragon’s roar and won the match, leaving the team unable to continue as Soul Masters. His victory thrilled the spectators and drew the attention of Bishop Salas, while Qi Ling left the arena with Dugu Yan.

• Canghui Academy trapped Qi Ling inside its seven-person Soul Skill Fusion Skill, while Dugu Yan, Luna, Xiao Wu, and Tang San remained confident in him.
• Qi Ling saw through the captain’s plan to defeat him without killing him and warned the team to give up being Soul Masters.
• Qi Ling unleashed a dragon’s roar that shattered the illusion, leaving Canghui Academy’s members kneeling in fear.
• The referee declared Qi Ling the winner, and the crowd chanted his name as Emperor Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi celebrated while Salas worried about his growing strength.
• Dugu Yan praised Qi Ling, who revealed that the Canghui Academy members might never be able to become Soul Masters again.

Qi Ling explained that his Nine Heavens Dragon Roar had broken Canghui Academy’s illusion but left its seven members unable to use their fusion technique and damaged their future cultivation. While waiting for the matchups, he was confronted by Huo Wu, who insisted on speaking with him alone, and he followed her to a secluded corner.

• Qi Ling explained that his dragon roar had shattered Canghui Academy’s fusion technique and left its members with lasting psychological and cultivation setbacks.
• Dugu Yan summed up the outcome by saying Canghui had suffered bad luck and Qi Ling had won again.
• As Qi Ling waited for the matchup announcement, Huo Wu approached and demanded that he come speak with her alone.
• Qi Ling teased Huo Wu about her maturity and refused to leave until she threatened to accuse him of molesting her.
• Huo Wu grew tearful, and Qi Ling agreed to go with her after asking Dugu Yan to listen for the matchups.
• Qi Ling followed Huo Wu to a secluded corner of the rest area, where they were alone.

Qi Ling agreed to defeat Zhu Zhuqing for Huo Wu if she served as his maid until the match against Shrek, and she accepted after he rebuked her pride. The next day, Blazing Fire Academy forfeited its match against the Qilin Team, surprising Qi Ling and his teammates.

• Huo Wu asked Qi Ling to help her defeat Zhu Zhuqing, offering to let him court her and then to be his girlfriend as payment.
• Qi Ling declined those offers and proposed that Huo Wu serve as his maid; after he restrained her and challenged her to earn what she wanted, she agreed and vowed to defeat him someday.
• Qi Ling returned to the Qilin Team lounge, where Dugu Yan revealed that the next day's opponent was Blazing Fire Academy.
• Qi Ling selected Luna, Tuoliya, and Yu Feng to compete, and Yu Feng eagerly prepared for his first official match.
• Huo Wu arrived at the Qilin Team's rest area and announced that Blazing Fire Academy had forfeited, explaining that conserving their strength was better than challenging a team on course to qualify.