Chapter Summaries

Bao Liang and Jiang Peng fought a fierce, strength-for-strength duel with a flaming greatsword and the Heaven-Shaking Axe, while Ji Juechen regretted missing the chance to fight. Jiang Peng was overwhelmed but refused to give up, and Bao Liang held back so their clash could continue.

• Jiang Peng abandoned his original target and challenged Bao Liang to a direct weapon clash.
• Ji Juechen lamented that he had skipped the previous day's meeting and missed the fight, while Meng Hongchen reminded him that Bao Liang had asked him about the match.
• Jiang Peng recognized Bao Liang as a fellow combat enthusiast and eagerly traded blows with him.
• Bao Liang's strength sent Jiang Peng staggering backward, though Bao Liang repaired his damaged sword hilt with Molten Fire Thousandfold Forging.
• Jiang Peng dismissed his confusion and charged again, and Bao Liang held back so he could prolong their exchange.

Bao Liang defeated Jiang Peng in a devastating clash of their weapons, securing the Sun Moon Team’s victory over Di'ao Academy. After Di'ao conceded the remaining individual matches, the semifinals ended, setting up the Sun Moon Team’s final against Shrek Team.

• Jiang Peng burned his vital blood and unleashed Overlord · Axe of Heaven-Shaking against Bao Liang’s Heavenly Fire, Unsheathed, while the other teams fled the arena.
• Bao Liang survived the collision and laid the defeated Jiang Peng down, then helped him up as Jiang Peng accepted his loss.
• Di'ao Academy conceded the team match, and the referee declared the Sun Moon Team the winner.
• Di'ao Academy sent only a few contestants into the individual matches before conceding those as well.
• The semifinals ended, leaving the Sun Moon Team and the Shrek Team to face each other in the final the next day.

After Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy defeated Shrek Team, Shrek's members assessed the gap between their teams and struggled to devise a safe counter to the enemy's Soul Tool turrets. Wang Yan considered sending Jiang Nannan to disrupt the turrets, but she feared being targeted and doubted she could survive.

• Bao Liang defeated Jiang Peng, and Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy won the match.
• Bei Bei and He Caitou pointed out that the Sun Moon Team had assembled six powerful turrets faster than He Caitou could assemble a weaker one.
• Ling Luochеn and Wang Yan warned that the Sun Moon Team had several Soul Emperors and had not yet revealed all its strength.
• Xu Sanshi objected to sending Jiang Nannan against the turrets, but Bei Bei and Ma Xiaotao said they saw no better option.
• Wang Yan asked Jiang Nannan whether she could hold off the turret tactics, and she estimated she might last one or two seconds while worrying the enemy would target her immediately.

Wang Yan settled on a risky lineup to counter the Sun Moon Team’s Fortress Tactic and assigned Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong to support the fighters from the rest area. The chapter left Shrek preparing to rely on Spiritual Detection Sharing to improve its slim chances in the final.

• Ma Xiaotao supported Wang Yan’s plan for Jiang Nannan to stall the Sun Moon Team, and she persuaded Xu Sanshi to protect her with his Soul Skill.
• Xu Sanshi eagerly agreed to guard Jiang Nannan, while Bei Bei grew suspicious of Ma Xiaotao’s motives.
• Wang Yan tentatively selected Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Ling Luochеn, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, and He Caitou for the team battle.
• Wang Yan told Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong that Shrek had little chance of winning and urged them to fight for Shrek’s glory.
• Wang Yan assigned Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong to use Martial Soul Fusion from the rest area to strengthen Spiritual Detection Sharing and support the team onstage.

On the night before the final, Ma Xiaotao reassured Bei Bei that her secret plan served Shrek, but his unease only grew. At the Sun Moon Team’s strategy meeting, Ma Rulong assigned matchups against Shrek, unaware that Meng Hongchen and Bao Liang were powerful enough to sweep the field on their own.

• Ma Xiaotao told Bei Bei not to doubt her plan and said she was acting for Shrek, leaving him increasingly uneasy.
• The Sun Moon Team gathered to plan for the final, while Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Bao Liang considered the meeting unnecessary because of their strength.
• Xiao Hongchen reflected on Meng Hongchen’s evolving Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad, her projection abilities, and Bao Liang’s unstable Instant Explosion Soul Skill.
• Ma Rulong identified Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng as Shrek’s main threats and assigned Meng Hongchen to face Ma Xiaotao, while he and Ji Juechen would hold off Dai Yueheng.
• Ma Rulong assigned Bao Liang to counter Ling Luochеn and gave Xiao Hongchen and the others the remaining Shrek members, planning to overwhelm them while he coordinated support.

Bao Liang secretly copied the core of Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection Sharing before the final between Shrek and the Sun Moon Team. The teams entered the arena and prepared their tactics as the match was about to begin.

• Bao Liang and Meng Hongchen met Xiao Hongchen and the others for breakfast before heading to the competition venue.
• Bao Liang studied Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection Sharing, found its spiritual-power resonance frequency, and copied the ability on a limited range.
• Huo Yuhao sensed an unfamiliar presence touching his Spiritual Detection Sharing, but could not identify its source and noticed Bao Liang looking back at him.
• Xu Jiawei announced that the tournament champions would receive seven Soul Bones and the runners-up three, then declared the final open.
• Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy entered the arena, and Ma Xiaotao and Wang Yan assigned their teams’ tactics as the team battle was about to start.

The Shrek and Sun Moon teams began their match, with Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong struggling to sustain Spiritual Detection Sharing through the Soul Tool Shield. Bao Liang badly injured Jiang Nannan with a single kick, and Xu Sanshi swore revenge as she was taken away for treatment.

• Bao Liang noticed Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong straining to maintain Spiritual Detection Sharing through the Soul Tool Shield and warned Ma Rulong to take a cautious approach.
• After referee Huang Jinxu started the match, the Sun Moon Team deployed Soul Tools while Xiao Hongchen, Lin Xi, and Chen Fei began setting up the Fortress Tactic.
• Jiang Nannan charged the Sun Moon Team and teleported in front of Bao Liang, who kicked her back toward Shrek and gravely injured her.
• Xu Sanshi caught Jiang Nannan as she vomited blood, and Bei Bei asked Huang Jinxu to remove her from the match and send her for treatment.
• Huang Jinxu carried Jiang Nannan to the medical team, and Xu Sanshi vowed to kill the Sun Moon Team.

Xu Sanshi awakened the Black Tortoise and attempted to use its life-sacrificing skill against Bao Liang and the Sun Moon Team. After Bao Liang exposed the threat before the crowd, he killed Xu Sanshi on the tournament platform, making him the tournament’s first casualty.

• Xu Sanshi awakened the Black Tortoise, lost control, and attacked Bao Liang with Black Tortoise Descent, a skill powered by sacrifice.
• Bao Liang stopped Xu Sanshi’s attack, then told the crowd that Xu Sanshi had tried to sacrifice him and endanger the Sun Moon Team.
• Bao Liang cited Shrek’s own book on Martial Soul awakenings, silencing Shrek’s members and turning many spectators against them.
• As Bei Bei and Ma Xiaotao pleaded for Xu Sanshi’s life, Bao Liang used Killer Queen: First Bomb, Destruction Bomb, and blasted Xu Sanshi to ashes.

Bao Liang killed Xu Sanshi after Xu tried to sacrifice him with Black Tortoise Descent, and he defended the counterattack as legitimate self-defense. The referee let the match continue, leaving Shrek furious and Huo Yuhao swearing revenge as the Sun Moon Team prepared to press its advantage.

• Xu Sanshi used Black Tortoise Descent against Bao Liang, who countered with an explosion that killed him.
• Ma Xiaotao tried to attack Bao Liang, but Dai Yueheng and Ling Luochеn restrained her until Huang Jinxu subdued her with his Soul Power.
• Bao Liang argued that his attack was self-defense under the tournament rules, and Huang Jinxu ordered both teams to stop discussing the death and continue the match.
• Bao Liang returned to his team and dismissed Xiao Hongchen's warning about making enemies of Shrek and the Mystic Nether Sect.
• Huo Yuhao swore to avenge Xu Sanshi, while Bao Liang told Ma Rulong to continue the turret strategy against Shrek's remaining five members.

After Xu Sanshi’s death and Jiang Nannan’s injury, Shrek resumed the match under a restriction that prevented Bao Liang from attacking first. Shrek’s fighters pressed forward, but the Sun Moon Team’s powerful turrets and duelists met their assault as Ji Juechen eagerly fought Dai Yueheng.

• Wang Yan learned that Huo Yuhao could maintain Spiritual Detection Sharing for only another quarter of an hour, and Ma Xiaotao organized the remaining Shrek fighters to continue the match for Xu Sanshi.
• Huang Jinxu announced that Bao Liang could not attack unless attacked first or only three Sun Moon Team members remained, and Bao Liang accepted the restriction.
• Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng led Shrek’s charge as Ling Luochеn controlled the field, Bei Bei moved to disrupt the turrets, and He Caitou assembled a Soul Cannon.
• Ma Rulong fired six amplified Soul Tool Turrets, shattering Ling Luochеn’s ice barrier, while Ma Xiaotao seized the opening and tried to reach Xiao Hongchen.
• Meng Hongchen intercepted Ma Xiaotao with her cold Level 8 melee Soul Tool, while Bao Liang warned Ma Xiaotao not to attack recklessly.
• Ji Juechen challenged Dai Yueheng; Dai Yueheng gained the upper hand with three enhancement Soul Skills, but Ji Juechen became increasingly excited as they clashed.

Bao Liang used an imitation of Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection Sharing to give the Sun Moon Team an overwhelming view of the arena while blocking Huo Yuhao’s own detection. Shrek’s coordination collapsed, and Meng Hongchen continued to torment Ma Xiaotao with cold and poison, aiming to cripple her.

• Bao Liang activated Spiritual Detection Sharing and spread his perception across Star Luo Plaza, granting the Sun Moon Team a detailed view while blocking Huo Yuhao’s skill.
• Huo Yuhao realized Bao Liang had copied his ability and warned Wang Yan that Shrek’s advantage had been reversed.
• Wang Yan refused to give up and hoped Shrek could still turn the tournament around despite losing the team battle.
• Without Huo Yuhao’s support, the Shrek members’ coordination faltered and the Sun Moon Team gained the upper hand.
• Meng Hongchen toyed with Ma Xiaotao, cutting her with an ice-coated sword and letting poison spread through her wounds.

Meng Hongchen and Ji Juechen overwhelmed Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng while Bao Liang targeted He Caitou during the battle. After He Caitou survived Xiao Hongchen’s cannon blast, Bao Liang seized him by the throat, prompting Bei Bei to demand that he let him go.

• Meng Hongchen used her poison and Level 8 Soul Tool to wear down Ma Xiaotao, while Ji Juechen unleashed six amplification Soul Skills and drove Dai Yueheng back.
• Bao Liang turned his attention to He Caitou, whom he knew was the former Sun Moon Empire crown prince Xu He, and resolved to kill him for betraying his homeland.
• He Caitou sensed something was wrong, then began assembling a Soul Tool Turret after his Spiritual Detection Sharing cut out.
• Xiao Hongchen’s heavy Soul Tool cannon fired at He Caitou, whose turret and defensive Soul Tools protected him from the blast.
• Bao Liang appeared behind He Caitou and lifted him by the throat, and Bei Bei shouted at him to put He Caitou down.

Bao Liang exposed He Caitou as Xu He, a member of the Sun Moon Imperial Family, and forced his hidden Sun Martial Soul to appear during the match. The revelation triggered a public dispute between Shrek and the Sun Moon Empire, leaving Xuan Zi unable to explain why He Caitou and Zhang Lexuan had joined Shrek.

• Bao Liang grabbed He Caitou and argued that He Caitou’s Soul Tool Turret had given him grounds to intervene under the referee’s rules.
• Bao Liang identified He Caitou as Xu He, cousin of Xu Tianran, and accused him of betraying the Sun Moon Empire.
• Bao Liang forced He Caitou’s hidden Sun Martial Soul to emerge, stunning the spectators and drawing the attention of Xu Jiawei, Jing Hongchen, Ye Yulin, and Xuan Zi.
• Xuan Zi defended Shrek as a place that accepted students from every country, while Jing Hongchen accused Shrek of harboring imperial heirs and plotting against the Sun Moon Empire.
• Jing Hongchen demanded that Xuan Zi explain He Caitou’s and Zhang Lexuan’s presence at Shrek, but Xuan Zi could not answer.

Xu Jiawei stormed away after Shrek’s ties to the Sun Moon imperial family were revealed, leaving Huang Jinxu to manage the confrontation alone. Bao Liang defeated Xuan Zi’s attempt to stop him, handed He Caitou to Jing Hongchen, and Shrek conceded the team match to the Sun Moon Team.

• Xu Jiawei angrily left the tournament, declaring that he would abandon the Star Luo Empire rather than keep supporting the contest.
• Jing Hongchen challenged Xuan Zi over Shrek’s conduct, while Huang Jinxu was left alone to oversee the powerful figures.
• Bao Liang threatened He Caitou, and Ma Xiaotao charged in and begged him to attack her instead.
• Bao Liang’s attack shattered Xuan Zi’s Soul Power barrier and wounded him, then Bao Liang revealed that he had not intended to kill He Caitou.
• Jing Hongchen took He Caitou and gave him a healing pill as Ye Yulin aimed the Sun Moon Divine Needle at Xuan Zi.
• Ma Xiaotao told Xuan Zi that only four Shrek members remained, and Huang Jinxu announced Shrek’s concession and the Sun Moon Team’s victory.

After Shrek’s match ended in disaster, Bao Liang and the Sun Moon Team celebrated their victory while Jing Hongchen secured He Caitou. Xuan Zi blamed Wang Yan for the losses, then rushed to find help when he realized Ma Xiaotao’s condition was critical.

• Shrek returned to its rest area devastated: Xu Sanshi was dead, Jiang Nannan was gravely injured, He Caitou had been taken, and Huo Yuhao fainted again.
• The Sun Moon Team returned cheerfully, while the tournament officials postponed the remaining matches until the next day.
• Jing Hongchen locked He Caitou in a sealed Soul Tool cell and said he would send him to Xu Tianran after his injuries healed.
• Bao Liang told Meng Hongchen he had copied Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection Sharing, and Xiao Hongchen said he could now forge Level 8 Soul Tools and hoped to make Bao Liang a Heavenly Fire Holy Judgment.
• Xuan Zi berated Wang Yan for Shrek’s losses, then noticed Ma Xiaotao was gravely affected by Meng Hongchen’s cold poison and rushed to find the Medicine Immortal Douluo.

Wang Yan organized care for Ma Xiaotao and tried to plan Shrek’s response after the team-match defeat. Xuan Zi confronted the Sun Moon Team, but Bao Liang taunted him with secrets about his past, leaving Shrek’s elder humiliated as the Sun Moon group laughed.

• Wang Yan sent Bei Bei, Huo Yuhao, and Ling Luochen to treat Ma Xiaotao and assigned Dai Yueheng and Wang Dong to coordinate with the hotel.
• Wang Yan reassured Xiao Xiao, then cursed Xuan Zi, Shrek, Sun Moon, and the tournament after she left.
• Ma Rulong worried about Shrek’s individual matches, while Bao Liang and Xiao Hongchen discussed defeating them and Ji Juechen eagerly volunteered to fight.
• Xuan Zi and Wang Xian'er entered the Sun Moon Team’s conference room, and Xuan Zi demanded an explanation from Jing Hongchen for the deaths in the team match.
• Jing Hongchen argued that the Sun Moon Team had acted in self-defense, while Xuan Zi threatened Bao Liang and Bao Liang mocked him with embarrassing titles and alleged ties to the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Wang Xian'er led Xuan Zi away, and Jing Hongchen and the Sun Moon Team laughed as Bao Liang watched the rain and called the trip interesting.

Shrek chose to continue competing despite its battered condition, and Ma Xiaotao opened the individual matches against Meng Hongchen. Meng Hongchen controlled the fight with repelling rings, poison, and copied techniques while Ma Xiaotao’s suppressed Evil Fire grew increasingly unstable.

• Huang Jinxu asked whether Shrek still wanted to compete, and the team unanimously confirmed that it did.
• Ma Rulong reported that Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire remained suppressed rather than cured, while Bao Liang warned Meng Hongchen to follow their plan and protect herself.
• Ma Xiaotao and Meng Hongchen took the stage as the first individual-match contestants, surprising Ma Xiaotao, who had expected Ji Juechen to fight first.
• Ma Xiaotao opened with three combined Soul Skills, but Meng Hongchen’s Repelling Ice Ring scattered her attack and let Meng Hongchen press forward with her rapier.
• Meng Hongchen repeatedly repelled Ma Xiaotao, countered her attacks, and sent waves of Ice Toad Poison after her, leaving Ma Xiaotao frustrated and unable to gain control.
• Ma Xiaotao’s frustration intensified her Evil Fire until her blood vessels bulged and she struggled to keep her murderous urge in check.

Ma Xiaotao’s teammates’ losses and Meng Hongchen’s taunts pushed her into a Black Phoenix transformation during the match. As her black flames engulfed the arena, Xuan Zi tried to intervene, but Ye Yulin kept him at bay while Bao Liang ordered the Sun Moon Team to close the net.

• Wang Yan called for the Shrek Team to surrender when Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire surged, but Xuan Zi refused and suppressed him.
• Meng Hongchen baited Ma Xiaotao into attacking, then taunted her about the losses in the Ming Dou Mountain Range and the reserve team’s suffering.
• Ma Xiaotao’s last restraint broke, and her Evil Fire turned inky black as she transformed into a Black Phoenix.
• Ma Xiaotao unleashed a storm of black fire across the arena, prompting spectators to flee and Huang Jinxu to shield the VIP seats.
• Xuan Zi tried to rush onto the stage, but Ye Yulin held him in place with the Sun Moon Divine Needle.
• Bao Liang stood up in the Sun Moon Team’s rest area and ordered the others to close the net.

Overwhelmed by guilt over the reserve team’s losses, Ma Xiaotao fell into despair and evolved into a Black Phoenix with Ultimate Fire. Bao Liang shattered her attack and brought her down, leaving her incapacitated as someone called her name.

• Ma Xiaotao relived the reserve team’s suffering and blamed herself for Xu Sanshi’s death, Jiang Nannan’s injuries, and He Caitou’s capture.
• Ma Xiaotao’s despair transformed her Evil Fire Phoenix into a Black Phoenix, unleashing Ultimate Fire that burned away the Sun Moon Team’s defenses.
• Ma Xiaotao compressed several Soul Skills into a devastating attack, but Meng Hongchen surrendered before it could hit her.
• Bao Liang scattered Ma Xiaotao’s attack while Xiao Hongchen shielded Meng Hongchen, then Bao Liang kicked Ma Xiaotao into the arena.
• Bao Liang used a combination of the Eighteen Black Dragon Forms to strike Ma Xiaotao’s solar plexus, extinguishing most of her flames and leaving her limp.

Bao Liang’s attack on Ma Xiaotao forced Xuan Zi to suppress her and withdraw Shrek from the tournament, handing the championship to the Sun Moon Team. Shrek’s defeat and departure left its supporters disappointed and Xu Jiawei resolved to seek another path instead of relying on the academy.

• Xuan Zi demanded that Bao Liang stop, but Bao Liang defended his actions and refused to release Ma Xiaotao until Xuan Zi agreed to take her away.
• Ma Xiaotao attacked Xuan Zi, who sealed her Soul Power, gathered the Shrek students, and conceded the remaining matches before leaving Star Luo Plaza.
• The Sun Moon Team celebrated its championship as spectators criticized Shrek’s withdrawal and its absence from the awards ceremony.
• Xu Jiawei blamed Shrek’s decline for embarrassing the Star Luo Empire and abandoned his plan to offer the academy a Soul Bone.
• Xu Jiawei watched the Sun Moon Team celebrate and decided to find another way forward without depending on Shrek.