Chapter Summaries

After Shrek Academy won the Promotion Tournament, Hu Jiu and Tang San approached Feng Xiaotian to trade soul skills. Hu Jiu demonstrated his Soul Power Control Ability, leaving Feng Xiaotian intrigued as their exchange began.

• Shrek Academy finished first with fourteen consecutive victories, and Xue Ye rewarded the top five academies with Gold Soul Coins and higher noble ranks.
• Dai Mubai promised Hu Jiu a future dukedom, but Hu Jiu dismissed his interest in noble titles.
• Hu Jiu asked Tang San to help approach Feng Xiaotian about exchanging soul skills.
• Hu Jiu invited Feng Xiaotian to a hotel and asked to trade his Thirty-Six Consecutive Strikes of the Gale Wolf for a skill.
• Hu Jiu demonstrated his Soul Power Control Ability, and Feng Xiaotian showed strong interest in it.

Hu Jiu and Feng Xiaotian exchanged soul skills, and Shrek returned to prepare for the Finals in Spirit City. At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Hu Jiu used his Ice and Fire Domain to help Ah Yin grow and saw her appear as a blue phantom.

• Feng Xiaotian agreed to trade soul skills with Hu Jiu, and the two exchanged abilities over tea.
• Flender gave Shrek three days to rest before traveling with the Royal Knights to the Finals in Spirit City.
• Tang San told Hu Jiu he planned to return to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and inform Tang Hao about Salas, and Hu Jiu agreed to go with him.
• Hu Jiu and Tang San teleported to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Tang Hao praised their tournament performance.
• At Hu Jiu's approach, Ah Yin's Blue Silver Grass drew him into its forest, where he saw her blue phantom and heard her thank him.

Hu Jiu trained with Tang Hao and prepared to travel with the tournament teams to Spirit City, while Tang San reunited with his mother, Ah Yin. On the journey, Hu Jiu told Tang San that Feng Xiaotian had privately visited Huo Wu, leaving Tang San bewildered and Xiao Wu eager for details.

• Ah Yin thanked Hu Jiu for helping her appear, and Hu Jiu sent Tang San to meet her.
• Tang Hao promised to accompany Hu Jiu to the Finals and trained him in Overlord Body and other Soul Skills.
• Tang San spent the three-day break with Ah Yin while Hu Jiu trained, improving several Soul Skills.
• The tournament teams departed for Spirit City under the escort of five hundred Royal Knights, with Xue Qinghe representing the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Hu Jiu told Tang San that Feng Xiaotian had privately spoken with Huo Wu in her carriage, and Xiao Wu asked what they had discussed.

Hu Jiu warned the Shrek team that Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian planned to combine their teams, then the convoy to Spirit City was ambushed in a valley. Tang San used poisoned Hidden Weapons to cut down the attackers as the battle began.

• Hu Jiu told Xiao Wu and the others that Huo Wu had allied with Feng Xiaotian and planned to bring her team into Godwind Academy to pursue victory in the Finals.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Dai Mubai discussed the threat of facing a combined team, while Hu Jiu urged them not to worry.
• Ten days later, the convoy entered a narrow valley, where falling rocks and a mass of black-clad attackers ambushed them.
• The Royal Knights and Soul Master Academy teams fought the roughly fifteen hundred attackers, who used coordinated group tactics to gain an advantage.
• Tang San stepped forward beside Flender and used poisoned Hidden Weapons to kill the bandits around him.

Hu Jiu and the Shrek Academy fighters faced a black-clad Soul Douluo and two Soul Sages, then confronted the Titled Douluo Guan Yue. Dugu Bo arrived to protect Hu Jiu and challenged Guan Yue, while Tang Hao remained an unseen potential ally.

• Hu Jiu warned Tang San about three powerful attackers, and Tang San retreated after using his Hidden Weapons against them.
• Zhao Wuji fought the black-clad Soul Douluo while Liu Erlong, strengthened by Hu Jiu’s Rampage Ginseng, battled two Soul Sages.
• Nordiala and his two allies unleashed their Martial Soul Avatars, and Bai Yiran appeared as a Titled Douluo before ordering Nordiala to attack Hu Jiu.
• Hu Jiu taunted Guan Yue, who fired pink rays at him, but Dugu Bo appeared and blocked the attack.
• Dugu Bo identified himself as a Shrek Academy Guest Elder and confronted Guan Yue, while Tang San and the others struggled under the pressure of the two Titled Douluo.

Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo ambushed Hu Jiu, Tang San, and the others, but Tang Hao intervened with a strike from the Clear Sky Hammer and forced them to flee. With the remaining attackers defeated, Xue Qinghe organized the survivors to treat the wounded and resume their journey.

• Dugu Bo confronted Yue Guan as Ghost Douluo arrived and joined the attack on the group.
• Flender and Liu Erlong formed their Spirit Fusion to fight Yue Guan while Dugu Bo fought Ghost Douluo, and the others faced Nordiala and two black-clad Spirit Sages.
• Tang Hao’s giant hammer struck Ghost Douluo and Yue Guan, sending them flying and forcing them to escape together.
• Dugu Bo used green rays to kill Nordiala and the two black-clad Spirit Sages.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi appeared, and Ning Fengzhi explained that they had been secretly protecting Xue Qinghe.
• Xue Qinghe organized the survivors to drive back the remaining attackers, treat the wounded, and continue onward.

As the Shrek team prepared for the tournament Finals, its members reviewed their new abilities and impressive levels, then agreed that everyone would get a chance to compete. They arrived at Spirit Hall’s arena and dismissed Flander’s explanation of the rules; Flander returned from drawing lots with an unusually pleased smile.

• Tang San demonstrated his Shape Shift skill, and he and Dai Mubai described their sixth soul skills to the others.
• Hu Jiu had the team report their levels, revealing that Shrek now had one Soul Sage, three Soul Emperors, five Soul Kings, and two Soul Sects.
• Oscar and Tailong worried they would not get to compete, so Tang San promised that the team would take turns entering the matches.
• Three days later, the Shrek group marched to the Finals arena, drawing wary looks from the other academies.
• Hu Jiu stopped Flander from explaining the Finals format, and Flander went to draw lots before returning with a pleased smile.

After Spirit Hall’s failed attack, Hu Jiu and Tang San chose to compete in the Soul Master Tournament with Tang Hao’s protection. The group arrived in Spirit City, where Tang San and Dai Mubai reunited with them after obtaining their sixth Soul Rings.

• Flender proposed withdrawing from the Finals, but Hu Jiu insisted that Shrek compete, and the Shrek Eleven Freaks vowed to sweep the tournament.
• Tang San treated Tang Hao with a Dragon Ganoderma Leaf and helped stabilize his injuries, then told him that he and Hu Jiu would continue competing.
• Flender took Tang San and Dai Mubai away to find their sixth Soul Rings while the rest of the group continued toward Spirit City.
• Ten days later, Hu Jiu and the others reached Spirit City and were housed at a restaurant near Spirit Hall.
• Flender returned with Tang San and Dai Mubai, who had each absorbed a roughly twenty-thousand-year Soul Ring and reached Level 61.

Shrek Academy learned that Blazing Academy had forfeited and watched its strongest members join Godwind Academy through a rule loophole. After Shrek drew Star Luo Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing insisted on facing them, and Zhu Zhuqing began explaining their families’ connection.

• Flander told Shrek that Blazing Academy had forfeited, giving the team two byes before its third-day match.
• Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, and two former Blazing Academy teammates appeared on Godwind Academy’s roster, prompting protests that Spirit Hall rejected.
• Shrek drew Star Luo Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy for the third round, and Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing reacted with intense agitation.
• Hu Jiu agreed to let Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing handle the match with support from himself and Ning Rongrong.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that she and Dai Mubai came from closely connected Star Luo clans whose martial souls could perform a fusion skill and whose families practiced intermarriage.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing prepared to face their siblings from Star Luo Royal Academy, revealing the deadly family succession struggle that had driven them from home. They entered the arena as Shrek’s only two competitors, where Dai Weisi greeted Mubai before the match began.

• Meng Yiran realized Zhu Zhuqing had been engaged to Dai Mubai, and Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing explained that they regarded each other as siblings.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing described how their families forced succession candidates into a life-or-death contest against their siblings.
• Hu Jiu confirmed that Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun were below level 50 and urged Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing to face them without using a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing walked onto the arena as Shrek’s two-person team, drawing surprise from the audience and concern from Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun arrived with the rest of Star Luo Royal Academy, and Dai Weisi greeted Dai Mubai as his younger brother.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing confronted Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun in the tournament, where their family history and the brutal customs of their clans were exposed. Shrek’s two competitors revealed overwhelming Soul Emperor and Soul King strength, leaving their opponents and the spectators stunned before the match began.

• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun urged Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing to return to their families, while Zhu Zhuqing accused Zhu Zhuyun of sending assassins after her.
• The spectators learned Zhu Zhuqing was not yet fifteen, and Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian realized Shrek’s members might be far younger and more powerful than they had assumed.
• The referee confirmed Shrek Academy could compete with only two people and began the elimination match against Star Luo Royal Academy.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun released their martial souls alongside their five teammates, whose ranks included six Soul Ancestors and one Soul Elder.
• Dai Mubai revealed six Soul Rings and Zhu Zhuqing revealed five, exposing that he was a Soul Emperor and she was a Soul King.
• Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Weisi lost composure as they struggled to believe how powerful Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing had become.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing fought Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun in the arena, overwhelming Star Luo Royal Academy with their superior strength and speed. Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun unleashed their Hell White Tiger fusion skill, but Dai Mubai powered up to face it while Zhu Zhuqing moved to finish off the other opponents.

• Dai Weisi realized Dai Mubai’s advancement had left him at a severe disadvantage in the struggle for the throne heir position, but chose to fight rather than surrender.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing attacked Star Luo Royal Academy, with Mubai blasting the group with his White Tiger Blazing Light Wave and Zhuqing striking from behind at high speed.
• Dai Mubai absorbed the opponents’ attacks and battered them while keeping his focus on Dai Weisi, and Zhu Zhuqing’s speed prevented the others from retaliating.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun used their Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill, forming a massive black-and-white tiger.
• Dai Mubai told Zhu Zhuqing to handle the remaining opponents, then activated White Tiger Vajra Transformation and White Tiger Demon God Transformation and grew to over ten meters tall.

Shrek defeated Star Luo Royal Academy as Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing overcame Dai Weisi, Zhu Zhuyun, and their teammates. After the victory, Zhu Zhuqing embraced Hu Jiu, while Yu Tianheng warned Tang San that Heaven Dou Imperial Academy expected to lose to Spirit Hall Academy.

• Dai Mubai fought the Hell White Tiger while Zhu Zhuqing eliminated Star Luo Royal Academy's remaining fighters.
• Dai Mubai shattered the Hell White Tiger with White Tiger Destruction Kill, throwing Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun from the arena and securing Shrek's victory.
• Hu Jiu congratulated Zhu Zhuqing, who embraced him, drawing an angry reaction from the Star Luo Empire Representative.
• Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan met Tang San and his companions after the match.
• Yu Tianheng asked Tang San to avenge Heaven Dou Imperial Academy against Spirit Hall Academy, and Tang San mocked Yu Tianheng for losing confidence.

Hu Jiu warned Yu Tianheng that the Spirit Hall Academy Team had three Soul Kings, then identified the Golden Generation and Hu Liena’s charm abilities to Tang San and the others. As the seeded teams’ match began, Hu Liena and Xie Yue unleashed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill against the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team.

• Dugu Yan confronted Tang San for criticizing Yu Tianheng, but Yu Tianheng stopped her and vowed to fight the Spirit Hall Academy Team despite his doubts.
• Hu Jiu revealed that Spirit Hall’s team had three Soul Kings and four Soul Ancestors, and Yu Tianheng thanked him before taking the stage.
• The Golden Generation—Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena—joined the Spirit Hall Academy Team, and Hu Jiu warned Tang San that Hu Liena was a powerful Control System Soul Master whose fox Martial Soul specialized in Charm.
• Xiao Wu claimed she wanted to face Hu Liena herself, while Ma Hongjun admired Hu Liena and argued with Oscar about his chances with her.
• Hu Liena’s Charm disrupted Yu Tianheng’s team, then Xie Yue merged with her in a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, surprising Tang San and Hu Jiu.

Hu Jiu and Shrek advanced through the tournament rounds as the Finals approached, while Hu Jiu and Zhu Zhuqing grew closer. The chapter left the finalists gathered before the Papal Palace to meet Bibi Dong, whom Hu Jiu knew would become their enemy because she had killed Xiao Wu’s mother.

• Xiao Yue and Hu Liena used Demon Charm to defeat Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and the rest of their team, while Xie Yue provoked Shrek and Hu Jiu retaliated with a sonic attack.
• After Shrek’s third-round victory, Hu Jiu spent the night with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Shrek, Godwind Academy, and Spirit Hall Academy avoided one another in the fourth-round draw, and Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun quickly defeated their opponents.
• The final three teams gathered before the Papal Palace, where Bibi Dong appeared in a grand procession.
• Hu Jiu recognized Bibi Dong and reflected that he and Xiao Wu were destined to oppose her because she had killed Xiao Wu’s mother.

Bibi Dong attended the tournament and tried to recruit Hu Jiu, who refused by saying he already served Xue Qinghe. She then questioned Tang San about Grandmaster, leaving Bibi Dong disappointed when Tang San said he did not know where his teacher was.

• Bibi Dong's gaze nearly overwhelmed Hu Jiu, but the Nether Soul Suppressing Bell in his sea of consciousness brought him back to his senses.
• When Spirit Hall members and others knelt to greet Bibi Dong, Hu Jiu and the rest of Shrek Academy stayed standing, and Hu Jiu challenged a Red Robe Cardinal who condemned them.
• Bibi Dong praised Hu Jiu as a fifteen-year-old Food System Soul Sage and offered him an elder position, but Hu Jiu declined and said he already served as an Offering under the First Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xue Qinghe reacted with anger and jealousy when Bibi Dong tried to recruit Hu Jiu.
• Bibi Dong asked Tang San about Grandmaster, and Tang San said he had not seen his teacher for several years and did not know where he was.
• Bibi Dong told the kneeling crowd to rise, and onlookers began wondering whether other Shrek Academy members were hiding their strength.

Bibi Dong revealed three rare soul bones as the Finals prize and announced the competition schedule, sharpening the rivalry between Shrek Academy and its opponents. Xiao Wu chose to fight first in the Individual Competition, and after a Spirit Hall Academy contestant forfeited to Feng Xiaotian, she stepped onto the stage and revealed she was a Rank 64 Soul Emperor.

• Bibi Dong presented three soul bones as the championship rewards and urged the contestants to fight for them.
• Bibi Dong announced that the Individual Competition would take place that morning, followed by the Finals the next day.
• Xiao Wu insisted on fighting first, and Hu Jiu agreed while warning her not to kill anyone.
• Xiao Wu drew a bye in the first round, then a Spirit Hall Academy contestant forfeited to Feng Xiaotian.
• Xiao Wu rushed onto the stage and introduced herself as a Rank 64 Agility Attack System Battle Soul Emperor, leaving Feng Xiaotian stunned.

Xiao Wu’s overwhelming level forced her opponents to forfeit, while Spirit Hall Academy defeated Godwind Academy to secure the other Finals spot. Bibi Dong warned her team about Shrek’s strength, and the chapter ended with Shrek preparing to face Spirit Hall in the championship battle.

• Xiao Wu revealed that she was level 64, and Feng Xiaotian immediately conceded.
• Xiao Wu’s later opponents also forfeited, ending the Individual Competition without giving her a fight.
• Yan defeated Godwind Academy’s team, including Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wu, securing Spirit Hall Academy’s place in the Finals.
• Bibi Dong told Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan that Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Dai Mubai were Soul Emperors, while the rest of Shrek were Soul Kings.
• Ghost suggested assassinating Shrek, but Yue Guan rejected the plan and Bibi Dong ordered everyone to leave.
• Flender reminded Shrek that their safety mattered more than winning as Hu Jiu and the others prepared for the Finals.

Shrek faced Spirit Hall Academy in the tournament final, and Hu Jiu trapped Hu Liena and Xie Yue in an illusion as Shrek’s fighters overwhelmed their opponents. The battle remained underway, with Spirit Hall’s team already losing the ability to resist.

• Flender led Shrek to the finals arena, where the team saw the three Soul Bones and met the Spirit Hall Academy team.
• The referee started the match, and both teams released their Martial Souls; Shrek’s fighters revealed their superior Soul Rings.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue activated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Demon Charm, while Yan charged forward to protect them.
• Ma Hongjun rushed to fight Yan, and Dai Mubai, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong engaged the other opponents.
• Hu Jiu trapped Hu Liena and Xie Yue in a pitch-black illusion, leaving them motionless as Shrek’s fighters quickly defeated the rest of Spirit Hall’s team.

Shrek Academy defeated Spirit Hall Academy to win the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, and Hu Jiu accepted the Soul Bone prize. Bibi Dong tried to recruit him, but Xue Qinghe rejected the offer on his behalf, while the prize attracted greedy attention.

• Demon Charm broke free of Hu Jiu's Illusionary Space, but Shrek's fighters overwhelmed the fusion and knocked Hu Liena and Xie Yue unconscious.
• Bibi Dong declared Shrek Academy the winner and presented the Soul Bones to Hu Jiu as the team's representative.
• Bibi Dong invited Hu Jiu to join Spirit Hall, but Xue Qinghe objected because Hu Jiu was already an Offering of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Bibi Dong accepted Xue Qinghe's refusal, handed Hu Jiu the prize, and said Spirit Hall's doors would remain open to him.
• Hu Jiu returned to his teammates as onlookers, including Ghost Douluo, eyed the Soul Bones greedily, and Bibi Dong began her speech.