Chapter Summaries

Meng Hongchen poisoned Ling Luochen with her Vermilion Ice Toad Martial Soul, leaving Shrek worried about the individual matches. After Xu Xingyu explained the danger and Wang Yan considered forfeiting, Huo Yuhao secretly entered the arena to fight Meng Hongchen, and the match began with Shrek uncertain whether he could win.

• Meng Hongchen entered the individual competition after Elder Ma told her to eliminate as many Shrek fighters as possible.
• Ling Luochen collapsed from poison, and Xu Xingyu identified Meng Hongchen's Martial Soul as the Vermilion Ice Toad and explained its deadly ice-and-fire poison.
• Xu Xingyu explained that he could fight Meng Hongchen, but doing so would require the contestants scheduled before him to forfeit and could leave Sun Moon a chance to recover in the two-two-three matches.
• Wang Yan proposed forfeiting the individual battles to preserve Shrek's strength, but Huo Yuhao went onto the stage without telling the others.
• Heavenly Fiend Douluo announced the match between Huo Yuhao and Meng Hongchen, and Xu Xingyu stopped Wang Yan from surrendering.

Huo Yuhao entered the match against Meng Hongchen despite Shrek's plan to forfeit, and his immunity to her Ice Toad Poison let him withstand her opening attacks. As Meng Hongchen's swordsmanship wounded him, memories of his mother's death triggered his Rakshasa transformation, and he calmly recognized a path to victory.

• Huo Yuhao took the stage against Meng Hongchen on his own, despite Wang Yan and the Shrek team expecting to forfeit the match.
• Meng Hongchen attacked with her sword and Ice Toad Poison, but Huo Yuhao evaded her strikes and showed no signs of poisoning.
• Meng Hongchen relied on her strength and swordsmanship to overwhelm Huo Yuhao, wounding him as she urged him to surrender.
• Huo Yuhao's memories of the duchess and his mother's death stirred his hatred, causing his Ice Fang White Tiger Martial Soul to change and the Rakshasa Helmet to appear.
• Huo Yuhao released Divine Slaughter's Domain, frightening Meng Hongchen and Heavenly Fiend Douluo, then calmly identified a path to victory.

Huo Yuhao fused the Rakshasa divine power with the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger bloodline, creating a self Martial Soul Fusion Skill and turning the battle against Meng Hongchen around. As he pursued her with overwhelming power, Meng Hongchen decided to use Ice Refraction to stall until his transformation weakened.

• Dai Yueheng and Wang Yan noticed the chilling, evil presence surrounding Huo Yuhao and feared he had become an Evil Soul Master.
• Xu Xingyu realized that Huo Yuhao had fused the Rakshasa Helmet’s divine power with the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger bloodline, empowering both his Spirit Eyes and Ice Fang White Tiger Martial Souls.
• Huo Yuhao used the two powers to perform a Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill, raising his combat power to Meng Hongchen’s level but limiting the transformation to about ten minutes.
• Huo Yuhao shattered Meng Hongchen’s Soul Tool rapier, damaged her armor, and drove her into a desperate retreat with attacks combining Ultimate Ice, Ultimate Darkness, and evil.
• Meng Hongchen rejected a direct contest of strength and chose to use Ice Refraction to stall until Huo Yuhao’s transformation ran out.

Huo Yuhao used an eerie, Soul Power-devouring black ice attack to defeat Meng Hongchen, prompting the referee and spectators to fear that he was an Evil Soul Master. After Huo Yuhao collapsed, Dai Hao struggled with the possibility that he might have to kill his own son.

• Huo Yuhao used frozen rain to form black ice spears and trapped Meng Hongchen with ice that devoured her Soul Power.
• Huo Yuhao charged at the helpless Meng Hongchen, but Heavenly Fiend Douluo stopped his strike and declared him the winner after Sun Moon Royal Academy conceded.
• Huo Yuhao collapsed from Soul Power exhaustion and was carried away by healing Soul Masters.
• Heavenly Fiend Douluo sensed a powerful evil presence in Huo Yuhao and considered killing him, but hesitated because of his ties to the White Tiger Duke.
• Dai Hao recognized Huo Yuhao as his son with Huo Yun'er and agonized over whether he would have to destroy him for the family's honor and the continent's safety.
• Xu Jiawei silently watched Dai Hao, pitying him while remaining wary of the Dai Family.

Shrek Academy won the Soul Master Tournament after Dai Yueheng defeated Xiao Hongchen, but Huo Yuhao remained in handcuffs while the academy judged him to be an Evil Soul Master. The Body Sect also abandoned its plan to recruit him and sought to recover its manual, leaving Shrek Academy, the Body Sect, and the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion all wanting him dead.

• Wang Yan ordered Dai Yueheng to handle the remaining matches and said Shrek would decide Huo Yuhao’s fate when Xuan Zi returned.
• Dai Yueheng blocked Xiao Hongchen’s barrage, defeated him, and won several more matches, securing the tournament championship for Shrek Academy.
• Wang Yan kept Huo Yuhao in Soul Power-suppressing handcuffs, while Huo Yuhao believed Shrek had falsely accused him to stop him joining the Body Sect.
• Huo Yuhao sent messages asking the Body Sect elders to rescue him, unaware that Lang Ya and Yu Tao had abandoned their recruitment plans after seeing his match.
• Du Busi ordered the Body Sect to retrieve its manual from Huo Yuhao and decided the suspected Evil Soul Master should be killed.
• The White Tiger Duke’s Mansion, the Body Sect, and Shrek Academy all became threats to Huo Yuhao’s life.

Jing Hongchen spared the tournament team leader but remained enraged that Huo Yuhao had gravely injured Meng Hongchen. He abandoned plans for an exchange with Shrek and secretly arranged for the Holy Spirit Cult to target Huo Yuhao.

• The team leader asked Jing Hongchen to punish him for Sun Moon Royal Academy's tournament defeat, but Jing Hongchen said the failure was not entirely his fault.
• Jing Hongchen threatened the team leader if Meng Hongchen failed to recover, then ordered him to leave.
• Jing Hongchen considered attacking Shrek Academy with Class 9 Fixed Soul Cannon Shells but held back because of the strategic cost and uncertainty.
• Jing Hongchen decided to focus on waking Meng Hongchen and cancel the planned exchange with Shrek.
• Jing Hongchen resolved to take revenge by offering Huo Yuhao to the Holy Spirit Cult, then sent a message using a black-skull token.

After returning to Shrek Academy, the tournament participants were received at the Sea God Pavilion, where Huo Yuhao was taken for interrogation and the students received rewards. Yan Shaozhe then called Xu Xingyu aside to address Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, which was ultimately cured at a cost to Xu Xingyu.

• Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er welcomed the teams to the Sea God Pavilion and sent Huo Yuhao with Xian Lin'er for interrogation.
• Ling Luochen worried about Huo Yuhao, while the others could do little to protect him from being branded an Evil Soul Master.
• Yan Shaozhe announced rewards, exempted Xu Xingyu and Jiang Nannan from the main team’s punishment, and granted each of them a choice of Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Bei Bei, Xiao Xiao, and He Caitou received the tournament’s three Soul Bones, while Xu Xingyu distributed additional Soul Bones to Wang Dong'er, Xu Yanxue, and Jiang Nannan.
• Yan Shaozhe summoned Xu Xingyu to discuss Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, which was completely resolved, though Xu Xingyu both gained and lost something in the process.

Xu Xingyu learned that Ma Xiaotao’s condition came from a Vermilion Bird feather draining her life force after her Phoenix bloodline grew purer. He understood the feather’s hostility toward the Phoenix Clan, but Ma Xiaotao remained sealed and in danger.

• Yan Shaozhe showed Xu Xingyu the sealed Ma Xiaotao and explained that her condition had worsened after her Martial Soul mutated.
• Yan Shaozhe revealed that Ji Juechen’s Sword of Judgment had caused Ma Xiaotao’s Yin-Yang Twin Fires to fuse with light and darkness, strengthening her Phoenix bloodline.
• Yan Shaozhe explained that a Vermilion Bird feather was absorbing Ma Xiaotao’s Soul Power and life force, and asked Xu Xingyu why it had turned against her.
• Xu Xingyu realized the feather reacted to Ma Xiaotao’s increasingly pure Phoenix bloodline and recalled the Vermilion Bird God’s hatred of the Phoenix Clan.
• Xu Xingyu recalled that the Phoenix Clan had tried to devour the Vermilion Bird God, provoking a war with the Dragon Clan that ended in the Phoenix Clan’s destruction.

Xu Xingyu negotiated with Mu En and Yan Shaozhe for the Vast Sea Cosmic Crystal in exchange for using the Vermilion Bird Orb to save Ma Xiaotao by replacing her bloodline. After securing the crystal, he sent them away and prepared to begin the transformation, concealing that Ma Xiaotao's future power would remain under his control.

• Xu Xingyu told Yan Shaozhe that the Vermilion Bird feather was Ma Xiaotao's enemy and that it threatened her life.
• Xu Xingyu offered to transform Ma Xiaotao's bloodline with the Vermilion Bird Orb in exchange for the Vast Sea Cosmic Crystal.
• Mu En questioned whether Xu Xingyu could remove the feather, but Xu Xingyu explained that it had fused with Ma Xiaotao's heart and removing it would kill her.
• Xu Xingyu swore that Ma Xiaotao could become a candidate for the Vermilion Bird God's divine trials, and Mu En agreed to give him the Vast Sea Cosmic Crystal if he saved her.
• Xu Xingyu concealed that the Vermilion Bird God Position would be under his control, sent Mu En and Yan Shaozhe away, and prepared to transform Ma Xiaotao's bloodline.

Xu Xingyu used the Vermilion Bird Orb and his Dragon God power to remove Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Bloodline, then summoned the Vermilion Bird God’s remnant to reforge her Martial Soul. The treatment reached its final stage as the Vermilion Bird began creating a Vermilion Bird Martial Soul for Ma Xiaotao.

• Xu Xingyu suppressed the Vermilion Bird Orb and feather with his Dragon God power, then directed them to devour Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Bloodline instead of her life force.
• Ma Xiaotao endured severe pain as Xu Xingyu entered Dragon Transformation, iced her limbs, and gagged her to complete the treatment.
• The Vermilion Bird Orb devoured Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Bloodline, causing her Martial Soul to shatter.
• The Vermilion Bird God’s remnant emerged from the orb and discussed Ma Xiaotao’s suitability as her successor with Xu Xingyu.
• The Vermilion Bird God agreed to reforge Ma Xiaotao’s Martial Soul, and Xu Xingyu watched as she began the work.

Xu Xingyu and the Vermilion Bird God's divine consciousness replaced Ma Xiaotao's blood and transformed her Phoenix bloodline into Vermilion Bird power, then began changing her Martial Soul. As Xu Xingyu explained the difference between the Phoenix and the Vermilion Bird, he recalled that the Vermilion Bird had sacrificed her own reincarnation to save him and resolved to preserve her legacy.

• Xu Xingyu used his Soul Power and Blade of Life's Watch to keep Ma Xiaotao alive while the Vermilion Bird God's divine consciousness replaced her lost blood with diluted essence blood from the Vermilion Bird Orb.
• After hours of work, Ma Xiaotao completely fused with the Vermilion Bird's bloodline power, but her shattered Phoenix Martial Soul still needed to become a Vermilion Bird Martial Soul.
• Xu Xingyu restrained Ma Xiaotao's Phoenix Martial Soul and worked with the Vermilion Bird God's divine consciousness to make it accept the transformation.
• Xu Xingyu recalled that the Phoenix race's powers came from time and space, while the Vermilion Bird controlled fire, reincarnation, and fortune, giving her a different path and greater potential.
• Xu Xingyu remembered that the Vermilion Bird had given up her own reincarnation to save him after the Starry Dragon Emperor was killed, and he resolved to find her a successor and pass on her legacy.

Yan Shaozhe and Mu En discussed Yan Shaozhe’s responsibility for Ma Xiaotao before a Holy Spirit Cult force launched a major assault on Shrek Academy. Ye Xishui demanded to see Mu En, killed a Titled Douluo with ease, and faced Xuan Zi and the other elders as they attacked the intruders.

• Mu En warned Yan Shaozhe that he had failed to guide Ma Xiaotao and threatened to replace him as dean if he could not explain his mistakes.
• An alarm sounded as hundreds of Evil Soul Masters, including five at the Titled Douluo level or above, attacked Shrek Academy.
• Ye Xishui called for Mu En, and Xuan Zi led several Titled Douluo to confront her.
• Ye Xishui killed an elder with a casual wave, and Xuan Zi recognized her as the Limit Douluo Ye Xishui.
• Xuan Zi refused Ye Xishui’s demand to bring out Mu En and led the elders against the attacking Evil Soul Masters.

Ye Xishui used the Rakshasa Armor to overpower Xuan Zi and Shrek’s senior elders, then demanded that Shrek return the Holy Spirit Cult’s Holy Son. The chapter revealed how she found the armor and began pursuing the Rakshasa God’s divine position.

• Ye Xishui activated her killing-intent domain and attacked Shrek, forcing Xuan Zi to form an array with the senior elders.
• Xuan Zi used the array to reach Initial-Stage Limit Douluo strength, but Ye Xishui cleaved apart his earth-element attack and caused him and the elders to cough up blood.
• The chapter revealed that Ye Xishui had found Bibi Dong’s sealed Rakshasa Armor twelve years earlier in Bibi Dong’s birthplace and that the divine artifact had greatly increased her strength.
• Ye Xishui began seeking the Rakshasa God’s other divine artifacts after the armor gave her hope of becoming a god.
• After learning that an Evil Soul Master at Shrek might possess the Rakshasa Helmet, Ye Xishui led the Holy Spirit Cult’s army there despite Long Xiaoyao’s objections.
• Ye Xishui demanded that Shrek call Mu En out or return the Holy Spirit Cult’s Holy Son.

Mu En confronted Ye Xishui to stop her from taking Huo Yuhao, and the two Limit Douluo fought above Shrek Academy. The Golden Ancient Tree empowered Mu En to Demigod strength, but it refused his request for greater power, leaving him to face Ye Xishui without the advantage he had hoped for.

• Ye Xishui surrounded Shrek Academy with black-and-red mist and demanded that Mu En hand over Huo Yuhao, the Holy Spirit Cult's Holy Son.
• Mu En refused to surrender Huo Yuhao, and Ye Xishui challenged him to fight.
• Mu En transformed into a white dragon and battled Ye Xishui's gigantic blood-red puppet while nearby experts shielded themselves from the fight's aftershocks.
• Ye Xishui gained the upper hand as Mu En's hidden injuries worsened, but Mu En used the Vast Sea Cosmic Crystal to draw power from the Golden Ancient Tree and heal himself.
• The Golden Ancient Tree raised Mu En to Demigod strength but gave him only twenty percent of its energy, refusing to provide the greater share he had requested.

Buer refused to help Shrek Academy further as Mu En and Ye Xishui fought to a standstill. Long Xiaoyao intervened and demanded that Mu En hand over Huo Yuhao in exchange for the Holy Spirit Cult leaving Shrek, but a mocking voice interrupted before Mu En could answer.

• Buer resented Tang San and Shrek Academy, and decided that Shrek's fate was no longer her concern.
• Mu En and Ye Xishui unleashed powerful attacks, and their clash shattered the elders' protective barrier.
• Long Xiaoyao blocked the destructive aftershock and separated the injured Mu En and Ye Xishui.
• Long Xiaoyao asked Ye Xishui to leave the matter to him, then demanded that Mu En hand over Huo Yuhao so the Holy Spirit Cult would withdraw.
• Mu En considered accepting the deal, but an unknown speaker mocked him for not fighting to the death.

Du Busi joined the battle at Shrek Academy after agreeing to help Mu En in exchange for Huo Yuhao, who had stolen the Body Sect’s secret manuals. As Mu En and Du Busi struggled against Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui, Gu Yuena arrived and challenged the fighters to face her instead.

• Du Busi struck Long Xiaoyao away and revealed that he had come to claim Huo Yuhao for the Body Sect.
• Long Xiaoyao recognized Du Busi’s powerful bloodline and physical strength, while Du Busi explained that he had developed a bloodline training method.
• Du Busi offered to help Mu En if Shrek handed over Huo Yuhao, and Mu En accepted.
• Du Busi fought Long Xiaoyao while Mu En faced Ye Xishui, using the Vast Sea Cosmic Crystal to draw on the Sea God’s Light.
• Gu Yuena appeared, stopped the battle with a silver dragon claw, and challenged the fighters to fight her instead.

Gu Yuena effortlessly defeated Ye Xishui, but Long Xiaoyao died shielding the woman he loved from her attack. Ye Xishui withdrew the Holy Spirit Cult from Shrek City and carried Long Xiaoyao’s body away.

• Gu Yuena appeared on the battlefield, and her beauty and immense power left the onlookers in awe.
• Ye Xishui attacked Gu Yuena with the Rakshasa Armor, but Gu Yuena shattered her scythe and launched a seven-colored dragon spear.
• Long Xiaoyao intercepted the spear to protect Ye Xishui, taking a fatal wound through his heart.
• Ye Xishui wept over Long Xiaoyao’s body as Mu En mourned his old friend and reflected that Long Xiaoyao had won their old contest.
• Gu Yuena ordered Ye Xishui to leave or die, and Ye Xishui withdrew the Holy Spirit Cult from Shrek City and carried Long Xiaoyao’s corpse away.

Gu Yuena allowed Ye Xishui and the other Evil Soul Masters to retreat, then vanished after sensing that her home had been raided. Meanwhile, Mu En and Du Busi went to Huo Yuhao’s cell and found Xian Lin'er gravely injured and the cell empty.

• Gu Yuena let Ye Xishui and the other Evil Soul Masters leave, explaining that she had intervened only because the fighting was noisy.
• Du Busi and Mu En thanked Gu Yuena for stepping in, and she dismissed their gratitude.
• Gu Yuena sensed that her home had been raided and disappeared in a flash of silver light.
• Mu En ordered Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe to handle Shrek’s aftermath, then led Du Busi to the Sea God Pavilion’s prison.
• Mu En and Du Busi found Xian Lin'er gravely injured and Huo Yuhao’s cell empty.

Xu Xingyu completed Ma Xiaotao’s Vermilion Bird Martial Soul restoration, but the Evil Fire’s remnants attacked him before he could contain them. After his Soul Power ran out, he experienced a strange dream of being swept into a hidden mountain paradise, and the chapter ended as he faced returning to reality.

• Xu Xingyu and the Vermilion Bird remnant finished restoring Ma Xiaotao’s Martial Soul, saving her, and the Vermilion Bird bid him farewell as it faded away.
• Ma Xiaotao’s lingering Evil Fire took control of her unconscious body and attacked Xu Xingyu.
• Xu Xingyu tried to freeze Ma Xiaotao, but her new Martial Soul’s Ultimate Yang Fire and Ultimate Yin Fire melted his ice, leaving him without Soul Power.
• Xu Xingyu dreamed that a storm swept his boat into a red mountain, where he found a beautiful, fruit-filled paradise and eventually fell asleep.
• The dream ended, and Xu Xingyu was left to face the real world.

After waking up naked together, Xu Xingyu took responsibility for Ma Xiaotao and accepted her into his family, while Ma Xiaotao agreed to share him with his other partners. Gu Yuena appeared, welcomed Ma Xiaotao, and restored both their strength before announcing that she would have her turn with Xu Xingyu.

• Xu Xingyu and Ma Xiaotao woke up awkwardly, and Ma Xiaotao tried to leave while treating their encounter as a mistake.
• Xu Xingyu stopped Ma Xiaotao, promised to take responsibility for her, and told her she would need to share him with his other partners.
• Ma Xiaotao accepted Xu Xingyu's situation and said she was happy to join his family.
• Gu Yuena appeared and welcomed Ma Xiaotao as a new sister, revealing that she already knew what had happened.
• Gu Yuena restored Xu Xingyu and Ma Xiaotao's strength, then said it was her turn to enjoy herself with Xu Xingyu.