Chapter Summaries

Shrek advanced to the final eight after Xiao Xiao and He Caitou won the second match, then sent Bei Bei, Wang Dong'er, and Xu Yanxue to face Zhengtian Academy in the deciding match. Xu Yanxue and Bei Bei overwhelmed two opponents with their combined domains, and Wang Dong'er revealed her Goddess of Light Possession as Ye Wuqing remained standing.

• Wang Yan celebrated Shrek's victory in the second match and regretted underestimating Xiao Xiao while questioning his faith in Huo Yuhao.
• Shrek sent Bei Bei, Wang Dong'er, and Xu Yanxue to face Zhengtian Academy's Ye Wuqing, Shangguan Can, and Yan'er in the deciding match.
• Wang Yan discovered that Wang Dong'er and Xu Yanxue had advanced to Soul Ancestor, joining Bei Bei as Shrek's three Soul Ancestors on the field.
• Xu Yanxue unleashed Emperor's Cold Heaven, and Bei Bei combined it with his Tyrant Emperor Lightning Domain to knock Shangguan Can unconscious and freeze Yan'er.
• Ye Wuqing used Golden Leaf Dance, but the combined domains destroyed his attack, and Wang Dong'er revealed her fourth Soul Skill, God of Light Possession.

Wang Dong'er transformed into the Goddess of Light and defeated Ye Wuqing, securing Shrek Team's place in the quarterfinals. After the exhausted Wang Dong'er collapsed, Xu Xingyu took her to rest, while the others learned that she was his fiancée and Jiang Nannan was also his girlfriend.

• Wang Dong'er unleashed a powerful light blade that shattered the Soul Saint referee's defenses, forcing Ye Wuqing to concede defeat.
• The referee announced Shrek Team's victory and its advancement to the quarterfinals, while Xu Xingyu realized Wang Dong'er's transformation had awakened power from her Sea God bloodline.
• Wang Dong'er collapsed from exhaustion, and Xu Xingyu caught her and offered to take her back to rest.
• After others objected to Xu Xingyu escorting Wang Dong'er, she said he was her fiancé and allowed him to take her.
• Jiang Nannan explained that she and Wang Dong'er were both Xu Xingyu's women, leaving those who learned of the relationships to regard him as a scoundrel.

After the competition, Wang Dong'er revealed that her newly awakened bloodline powers let her transform into an adult form, then pressed Xu Xingyu about sharing the intimacy he had with Gu Yuena. Their encounter was interrupted when Gu Yuena arrived at the hotel room.

• Xu Xingyu took Wang Dong'er to her room, where she revealed she had been pretending to be unconscious and asked how she looked in her adult form.
• Wang Dong'er transformed into the goddess of the sea form and pulled Xu Xingyu into her arms, but he struggled free and asked about the transformation.
• Wang Dong'er explained that advancing to four rings let her freely use her bloodline power, though she could maintain the form for only about half an hour without the Sea-Calming Pearl.
• Wang Dong'er told Xu Xingyu she had once hidden in his wardrobe and seen him with Gu Yuena, then insisted he let her experience the same intimacy.
• Gu Yuena appeared in the doorway and remarked that she seemed to have arrived at the wrong time.

Gu Yuena interrupted Wang Dong'er and Xu Xingyu, and Bai Xiuxiu's arrival revealed that Wang Dong'er's power came from the Sea God Tang San. Wang Dong'er realized Tang San was her father and was left confronting her fear of him.

• Gu Yuena arrived with Bai Xiuxiu and stopped Wang Dong'er from getting too close to Xu Xingyu without permission.
• Xu Xingyu explained Bai Xiuxiu's past to Wang Dong'er, who comforted the girl and promised to protect her.
• Bai Xiuxiu identified Wang Dong'er as someone chosen by Sea God Tang San and explained her clan's ties to Sea God Island.
• Gu Yuena stopped Xu Xingyu from silencing Bai Xiuxiu, telling him that Wang Dong'er needed to learn the truth.
• Wang Dong'er connected her Sea God and Asura powers to Tang San and realized he was her father, but felt only fear and no love for him.

Wang Dong'er learned the full truth about Tang San's manipulation of her and heard Xu Xingyu's secret mission and the truth about the Douluo Continent. She was left disgusted by Tang San and ashamed to have him as her father.

• Xu Xingyu and Gu Yuena sent Bai Xiuxiu out with Gu Yuena so Wang Dong'er could be alone with Xu Xingyu.
• Wang Dong'er embraced Xu Xingyu and cried as she faced the truth about her origins and Tang San's control over her.
• Wang Dong'er asked Xu Xingyu to explain everything about her father, and he revealed how Tang San had treated her as a pawn and planned to erase her personality.
• Xu Xingyu asked Wang Dong'er to swear to keep his secret, then told her that he was the reincarnation of the ancient Dragon God's son, tasked with reconciling humans and Soul Beasts.
• Wang Dong'er learned that Tang San had abused his authority to interfere with the Douluo Continent and suppress its unification, leaving her disgusted and ashamed of him.

Wang Dong'er confessed that she loved Xu Xingyu for who he was and wanted to stand beside him, and he accepted her feelings despite his relationship with Gu Yuena. The next morning, they joined the others hand in hand, stirring jealousy among the Shrek members and deepening Huo Yuhao's resentment.

• Wang Dong'er told Xu Xingyu she understood his responsibilities, wanted to support him, and chose to be Wang Dong'er rather than live by her other identities.
• Xu Xingyu accepted Wang Dong'er's feelings, while she insisted she would still compete with Gu Yuena for the most important place in his heart.
• The next morning, Xu Xingyu woke Wang Dong'er, and they went to the hall together after getting dressed.
• Jiang Nannan took Xu Xingyu's free hand when she saw him holding Wang Dong'er's, while Xu Yanxue watched for another chance to approach him.
• Huo Yuhao grew jealous of Xu Xingyu and resentful that Wang Dong'er, whom he had admired after seeing her Sea Goddess form, was already engaged to him.

Wang Yan explained Shrek’s knockout match against the Dou Ling Team and arranged competitors for the team battle and individual contest. Qing Ya then invited Shrek to the Starlight Auction, where Xu Xingyu kept the Spirit Contract Pagoda’s special treasure secret.

• Ma Xiaotao watched Xu Xingyu surrounded by Wang Dong'er, Jiang Nannan, and Xu Yanxue, and privately decided her feelings for him would go nowhere.
• Wang Yan explained the two-day knockout rules and selected Shrek’s team-battle and individual-contest competitors against the Dou Ling Team.
• Qing Ya arrived with an invitation for Shrek to attend the Starlight Auction’s top-tier event that evening.
• When the group asked about the Spirit Contract Pagoda’s special treasure, Xu Xingyu refused to reveal what it was and told them to attend the auction.

Huo Yuhao argued with Wang Yan and Bei Bei after Wang Yan assigned him to secretly support Shrek’s individual-match contestants with Spiritual Detection Sharing. Though Xu Xingyu stopped Wang Yan from forcing the issue, Huo Yuhao felt increasingly alienated from Shrek and found comfort in Ling Luochen’s concern.

• Wang Yan rejected Huo Yuhao’s request to enter the individual matches and assigned him to assist Shrek’s contestants with Spiritual Detection Sharing.
• Huo Yuhao objected that using his ability would be cheating, and he argued with Wang Yan and Bei Bei over whether the tournament should be treated as war.
• Xu Xingyu persuaded Wang Yan to respect Huo Yuhao’s refusal to use Spiritual Detection Sharing.
• After Wang Yan ended the meeting, Huo Yuhao reflected on Shrek’s contradictory standards and felt that he did not belong there.
• Ling Luochen approached Huo Yuhao with concern, and he regarded her as one of the few people at Shrek he could still call a friend.

Huo Yuhao confided in Ling Luochen about his conflict with Shrek Academy’s plan to cheat in the tournament, and she urged him to avoid making matters worse. That evening, Wang Yan led the group to the Starlight Auction House’s exclusive No. 1 auction hall, where even their auctioneer needed Shrek Academy’s invitation to enter.

• Ling Luochen advised Huo Yuhao to avoid openly challenging the academy over its honor and suggested he use an excuse about Spiritual Detection instead.
• Huo Yuhao explained that Shrek’s willingness to cheat in the tournament reminded him of being scolded for helping Bei Bei cheat in an earlier competition.
• Ling Luochen defended the academy’s focus on preserving its ten-thousand-year reputation, then asked Huo Yuhao to call her Sister Luochen.
• After dinner, Wang Yan led the group back to the Starlight Auction House, where they met Qing Ya and Xu Sanshi joked about Wang Yan’s apparent fascination with her.
• Qing Ya led the group to a hidden passage opened by two attendants, and they proceeded toward the exclusive No. 1 auction hall.

Qing Ya introduced Xu Xingyu and the others to their private lounge at the Starlight Grand Auction House, where they waited for the top-tier auction to begin. Xu Jiujiu opened the auction, and Dai Yueheng won the first lot, a powerful Class 8 Soul Tool.

• Qing Ya showed the group their luxurious private lounge and explained the auction rules and payment procedures.
• Wang Yan discussed expanding the Starlight Auction House's operations into Shrek City with Qing Ya while the others waited.
• Xu Jiujiu appeared as the auctioneer, prompting Wang Dong'er, Jiang Nannan, and Xu Yanxue to frown at the sight of Xu Xingyu's rival fiancée.
• Xu Jiujiu introduced the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade, a Class 8 close-combat Soul Tool with the Tyrant Blade Slash skill.
• Dai Yueheng won the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade for 1.56 million Gold Soul Coins.

At the Starlight Auction, the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone with the Ice Explosion Technique became the focus of a bidding contest. Wang Yan withdrew, and another bidder bought it for thirty million Gold Soul Coins, while Xu Xingyu’s plans for the bone remained undisclosed.

• Wang Yan bought a set of Fixed Soul Cannon Shells for Shrek and waited for the auction’s main attractions.
• Xu Jiujiu presented the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone, which contained the Ice Explosion Technique and could raise its wielder’s ice to Ultimate Ice.
• Wang Yan, Ling Luochen, Huo Yuhao, and Xu Yanxue each considered who should obtain the Soul Bone, while Xu Xingyu secretly contacted someone.
• Wang Yan raised his bids but gave up because he had limited funds and needed to secure the final lot for the academy.
• Xu Xingyu whispered to Xu Yanxue before she could reveal the Soul Bone’s flaw, and she kept quiet.
• An unnamed bidder bought the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone for thirty million Gold Soul Coins.

Gu Yuena bought the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone for thirty million Gold Soul Coins, while the Shrek guests awaited the auction’s final item. Princess Jiujiu revealed that the item was a Soul Spirit belonging to a two-hundred-thousand-year Ferocious Beast, leaving the audience stunned.

• Gu Yuena explained to Bai Xiuxiu that she had spent thirty million Gold Soul Coins to secure the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone for the Spirit Contract Pagoda.
• Gu Yuena had followed Xu Xingyu’s instructions to buy the Soul Bone rather than expose its defect and obtain it for free.
• Princess Jiujiu introduced the auction’s final item and showed a Soul Spirit Pouch containing an orange-gold Soul Ring.
• Princess Jiujiu revealed that the Soul Spirit came from a Ferocious Beast with two hundred thousand years of cultivation, shocking Wang Yan and the other guests.

Princess Jiujiu revealed the Soul Devouring Thunder Spider Emperor, a two-hundred-thousand-year Ferocious Beast that had volunteered to become a Soul Spirit, and began its auction. The bidding climbed to seven hundred million Gold Soul Coins, leaving Shrek Academy, the Body Sect, and Xiao Hongchen still competing for it.

• Princess Jiujiu transformed the Soul Spirit Pouch's orange-gold light into a giant spider, which Wang Yan identified as a Soul Devouring Spider Emperor variant.
• Princess Jiujiu explained that the Soul Devouring Thunder Spider Emperor possessed darkness, poison, and thunder attributes and could fuse with a compatible owner strong enough to withstand its power.
• Princess Jiujiu announced a starting bid of one hundred million Gold Soul Coins for the Soul Devouring Thunder Spider Emperor Soul Spirit.
• The bidders rapidly raised the price, and many withdrew once it reached five hundred million Gold Soul Coins.
• At seven hundred million Gold Soul Coins, Wang Yan from Shrek Academy, Lang Ya and Yu Tao from the Body Sect, and Xiao Hongchen remained in the bidding.

The auction for the Ferocious Beast Soul Spirit escalated as Wang Yan and Xiao Hongchen fought over it, and Xiao Hongchen won with a bid of one billion Gold Soul Coins. The purchase was meant to secure the Soul Devouring Thunder Spider Emperor’s poison, which Jing Hongchen needed to treat Meng Hongchen’s dangerous Martial Soul.

• Wang Yan bid nine hundred million Gold Soul Coins, exhausting Shrek’s funds and driving the Body Sect out of the auction.
• Xiao Hongchen ignored Meng Hongchen’s warning and bid one billion Gold Soul Coins, forcing Wang Yan to withdraw.
• Xu Jiujiu announced Xiao Hongchen as the winner, and Xiao Hongchen relaxed when no one raised the bid.
• Jing Hongchen had given Xiao Hongchen money from his private savings after learning the Soul Spirit was a Soul Devouring Thunder Spider Emperor.
• The chapter revealed that Jing Hongchen needed the spider’s poison as a crucial ingredient in medicine to prevent Meng Hongchen’s Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad poison from killing her.

Xu Xingyu agreed to attend a banquet hosted by the Star Luo Empire with Gu Yuena, while Xu Jiawei hoped to deepen ties with the Spirit Contract Pagoda. Xu Jiujiu noticed how close Gu Yuena and Xu Xingyu seemed and began to suspect they were more than teacher and disciple.

• Wang Yan pressed Xu Xingyu for information about future Ferocious Beast Soul Spirit sales, but Xu Xingyu said such matters required the pagoda master’s approval.
• Gu Yuena messaged Xu Xingyu about the Star Luo Empire’s banquet invitation, and he agreed that they would attend after the semifinals.
• Gu Yuena collected the payment for the Soul Spirit from Xu Jiawei, declined his offer to view unsold treasures, and left with Bai Xiuxiu.
• Xu Jiawei admitted his admiration for Gu Yuena and hoped to strengthen the Star Luo Empire’s relationship with the Spirit Contract Pagoda.
• Xu Jiujiu recalled Gu Yuena’s familiarity with Xu Xingyu and suspected their relationship was closer than that of a teacher and disciple.

Xu Xingyu and the Shrek Academy students encountered the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy team on their way to review tournament tactics. Xiao Hongchen challenged Xu Xingyu to a future match, while Meng Hongchen boldly asked to join his partners, angering the women around him.

• Xu Xingyu left breakfast with the girls and met Wang Yan to discuss tactics for the next round.
• The Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy students traded taunts when they met in the hotel corridor.
• Xiao Hongchen politely introduced himself and Meng Hongchen to Xu Xingyu, then said he hoped to fight him in the finals.
• Meng Hongchen asked Xu Xingyu to be her boyfriend, and after he refused, proposed becoming another partner.
• Jiang Nannan confronted Meng Hongchen while Wang Dong'er and Xu Yanxue also closed ranks around Xu Xingyu.

Shrek Academy defeated the Dou Ling Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy in the round of sixteen, aided by tactics that prevented the opponent from using its Thunderbolt Giant Cannon. Xu Xingyu wondered why Ma Xiaotao had followed Wang Yan’s plan so obediently, unaware that her growing feelings for him and Yin Fire’s influence had left her hesitant and reflective.

• Xiao Hongchen dragged Meng Hongchen away after she openly pursued Xu Xingyu, and Xu Xingyu’s companions kept close to him afterward.
• Shrek Academy faced the Dou Ling Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy, whose team included five Soul Kings, with Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng recovered and ready to fight.
• Xu Sanshi used Black Tortoise Displacement to separate Lone Bamboo Jian and the Thunderbolt Giant Cannon’s core component from the opposing team’s formation.
• Dai Yueheng, Ma Xiaotao, and their teammates eliminated Lone Bamboo Jian and the rest of the Dou Ling team, securing Shrek’s victory.
• Xu Xingyu noticed that Ma Xiaotao had followed Wang Yan’s tactics instead of acting independently, while Ma Xiaotao’s feelings for him and Yin Fire made her more self-conscious and hesitant.

After leaving Shrek’s matches, Huo Yuhao was approached by two members of the Body Sect who revealed they had been watching him and wanted him to return to the sect. He accepted their offer, leaving his future with Shrek uncertain.

• Wang Yan let Huo Yuhao leave the venue early to return to the dormitory.
• Lang Ya and Yu Tao stopped Huo Yuhao on his way back and invited him to talk.
• Lang Ya identified Huo Yuhao’s abilities and Soul Bones, then introduced himself and Yu Tao as members of the Body Sect.
• Lang Ya told Huo Yuhao that the Body Sect considered him one of its own because his Martial Soul was his eyes.
• Huo Yuhao recalled his recent troubles with Shrek and agreed to join the Body Sect.

Huo Yuhao agreed to join the Body Sect but asked to finish the Soul Master Tournament for Shrek Academy first. Lang Ya and Yu Tao accepted, gave him a token and a manual, and planned to collect him after the tournament, unaware that he had also promised loyalty to the Tang Sect.

• Lang Ya and Yu Tao were delighted when Huo Yuhao agreed to join the Body Sect and saw him as a potential heir to its legacy.
• Huo Yuhao asked to finish the tournament because he had sworn to help Shrek Academy win, and Lang Ya and Yu Tao agreed to wait.
• Lang Ya gave Huo Yuhao a Body Sect token and a manual on Body Martial Souls, warning him not to share the booklet.
• Huo Yuhao left for his dormitory, while Lang Ya told Yu Tao that spiritual imprints on the token and booklet would let him track Huo Yuhao.
• Lang Ya misjudged Huo Yuhao, unaware he had also promised Tang Ya and Bei Bei that he would always belong to the Tang Sect.

Huo Yuhao considered leaving Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect for the Body Sect after feeling ostracized, and he judged the Body Sect’s teachings more valuable. Meanwhile, Shrek defeated Dou Ling Royal Academy to reach the final four, and Xuan Zi warned Wang Yan that the Body Sect was trying to recruit Huo Yuhao.

• Huo Yuhao examined the Body Sect’s token and booklet, suspected they could track him, but considered joining the sect because his teammates had ostracized him and he expected Shrek to reduce his resources.
• Huo Yuhao compared the Body Sect’s guidance on Body Martial Souls with the Tang Sect’s incomplete secret techniques and concluded that the Body Sect could offer him more.
• Shrek Academy defeated Dou Ling Royal Academy and advanced to the final four of the tournament.
• Xuan Zi privately told Wang Yan that the Body Sect had approached Huo Yuhao and urged him to apologize and keep Huo Yuhao at Shrek Academy.