Chapter Summaries

After absorbing the Seed of Life, Xu Xingyu discovered that his powers had grown dramatically and planned to save his strength for the Soul Master Tournament. When Gu Yuena and the others confronted him over rumors that he had fathered a daughter with Ma Xiaotao, he summoned the Golden Ancient Tree’s clone to prove the truth, and they apologized.

• Xu Xingyu examined himself after leaving the Golden Ancient Tree and found his Soul Power, spiritual power, and physical strength greatly enhanced.
• Xu Xingyu decided he could hold back during the Soul Master Tournament and arranged to meet Gu Yuena at the Spirit Contract Pagoda.
• Xu Xingyu arrived to find Gu Yuena, Xu Yanxue, Wang Dong'er, Jiang Nannan, and Gu Qiuxi waiting, and Gu Yuena demanded to know how he had ended up with a daughter.
• Xu Xingyu denied having a relationship with Ma Xiaotao and explained that the girl was not his biological daughter.
• Xu Xingyu summoned the Golden Ancient Tree’s clone, whose presence convinced the women that his story was true.
• The women apologized for doubting Xu Xingyu, and he accepted their apologies while hoping they would trust him more in the future.

Xu Xingyu and Gu Yuena postponed using the Myriad Beasts Blood Stele until the Soul Beast Clan was under control, then watched the women compete to be his newly acknowledged daughter’s mommy. The girl chose Gu Yuena, and Xu Xingyu named her Buer before asking everyone what had happened during his month away.

• Xu Xingyu and Gu Yuena agreed that he would keep the Myriad Beasts Blood Stele until the Soul Beast Clan had been fully put in order.
• Xu Xingyu’s daughter asked which woman was her mommy, prompting the women to compete for the title.
• Xu Xingyu let the girl choose, and she picked Gu Yuena, who happily took her into her arms.
• Xu Xingyu reflected on his lack of maternal love and resolved to guide Buer’s upbringing while hiding her true form from Gu Yuena.
• Xu Xingyu named his daughter Buer and asked the others what had happened during the past month.

While Xu Xingyu was in Deep Meditation, Huo Yuhao’s unusual strength made Xu Xingyu wary and prompted him to investigate. Xu Yanxue recounted how she tied Huo Yuhao in the Ultimate Soldier assessment, but the Soul Tool Department chose Huo Yuhao for the plan because his Simulation Soul Skill made him better suited to infiltration.

• Huo Yuhao defeated experts throughout the second year and held his own against Wang Dong'er and Xu Yanxue, prompting Xu Xingyu to question the source of his strength.
• Xu Xingyu learned from Wang Dong'er that Huo Yuhao had argued and fought with Dai Huabin after accusing him of killing Huo Yuhao's mother and arranging an assassination.
• Xu Yanxue explained that she scored ten points in the Soul Tool assessment while Huo Yuhao scored seven, then Huo Yuhao earned ten in infiltration while she earned six.
• Xu Yanxue scored eight points in the combat assessment, and Huo Yuhao scored seven, leaving them tied at twenty-four points each.
• The Soul Tool Department teachers selected Huo Yuhao for the Ultimate Soldier Plan because his Simulation Soul Skill made him especially suited to infiltration.

Xu Xingyu spent a day shopping with the women before settling into Inner Court life and preparing with the Shrek Seven Monsters for the Soul Master Tournament. After demonstrating that he could defeat the entire team, he revealed his breakthrough to Soul King and considered how to develop his future Soul Skills.

• Xu Xingyu planned to test Huo Yuhao when the reserve team selection matches began, then was dragged shopping with Buer and the women, where he carried their purchases and paid for them.
• Xu Xingyu returned to the Inner Court, whose students had flexible classes, specialized cultivation grounds, and monthly missions, but focused instead on preparing for the tournament.
• Xu Xingyu challenged the other six Shrek Seven Monsters and defeated them first with Zi Wei Star Thunder Chains, then without that Soul Skill, and finally without using any Soul Skills.
• The Shrek Seven Monsters accepted Xu Xingyu's strength and learned that he had advanced to Soul King with six ten-thousand-year black Soul Rings, aided by Buer's energy gathering.
• Xu Xingyu decided to seek a destructive seventh Soul Skill from the Golden Ancient Tree, while finding his new Thundering Hell Vine Soul Skill unexpectedly focused on support, control, and restriction.

Xu Xingyu settled in with the Shrek Seven Monsters while training for the Soul Master Tournament and spending time with his family. Xuan Zi held the reserve-team trials, and the chapter ended with seven students passing the assessment.

• Xu Xingyu built friendships with the Shrek Seven Monsters, while Gongyang Mo's Rainbow Dragon Martial Soul drew him toward Xu Xingyu.
• Xu Xingyu balanced tournament preparation with cultivation and time with Jiang Nannan, Gu Yuena, and Buer.
• Xuan Zi announced the reserve-team selection trials and held a free-for-all for the candidates.
• Huo Yuhao's team and Wang Dong'er's team became the last groups on the field, and Xuan Zi declared everyone still standing a pass.
• Bei Bei, He Caitou, Xu Sanshi, Xiao Xiao, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Xu Yanxue formed the reserve team.

Xu Xingyu watched the reserve team’s internal conflicts and Xuan Zi decided to keep the team together, hoping they would mature and unite for Shrek. The next day, the reserves met the main team and learned that Xu Xingyu was its Soul King captain, leaving them stunned by his rapid rise.

• Xu Xingyu noticed the reserve team’s tensions, while Xuan Zi weighed replacing its members against their potential and chose to keep them together.
• Xuan Zi explained the tournament’s importance and the honor of becoming one of the Shrek Seven Monsters, then dismissed the reserves to rest.
• The next day, Xuan Zi introduced the main team to the reserves at the Soul Fighting Arena.
• The reserves were surprised to find Xu Xingyu among the main team, and some initially suspected he had been chosen through favoritism.
• Xu Xingyu introduced himself as a level fifty-one Soul King and captain, revealing that he had earned the main team’s respect and leadership through his own strength.

Huo Yuhao joined Ma Xiaotao’s team for a mixed-team practice match against Xu Xingyu’s team, hoping to close the gap between himself and Xu Xingyu. Xu Xingyu’s side gained the advantage through Gongyang Mo’s newly awakened Five-Color Light Domain, while Wang Dong’er broke through the opposing formation and Xiao Xiao revealed a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Soul Spirit.

• Xuan Zi arranged a mixed-team practice match and barred Xu Xingyu from using his fourth and fifth Soul Skills.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection Sharing to support Ling Luochen, while Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng confronted Xu Xingyu.
• Gongyang Mo awakened and deployed the Five-Color Light Domain, boosting the attributes of his allies.
• Wang Dong’er used Vast Sea Divine Light to reveal Chen Zifeng, then dodged He Caitou’s Soul Tool attacks and advanced toward Huo Yuhao.
• Xiao Xiao blocked Bei Bei with her Great Vessel of the Nation and revealed that she possessed a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Soul Spirit.

Xiao Xiao’s Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Soul Spirit helped Xu Xingyu’s team eliminate Bei Bei, He Caitou, and Ling Luochen, while Wang Dong’er defeated Huo Yuhao after their Divine Slaughter’s Domains clashed. Xu Xingyu’s team won the practice match, leaving Ma Xiaotao’s side to admit, as ordered, that they were pigs.

• Xiao Xiao released her Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Soul Spirit, and Xuan Zi eliminated Bei Bei when the bear’s Dark Gold Dreadclaw threatened him.
• Huo Yuhao turned from supporting Ling Luochen to fighting Wang Dong’er, and Xu Yanxue quickly subdued Ling Luochen’s Martial Soul and eliminated her.
• Xu Xingyu trapped Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng with Ziwei Star God Barrier and eliminated them.
• Huo Yuhao released Divine Slaughter’s Domain, causing Wang Dong’er’s Killing God Clear Sky Hammer and her own domain to emerge.
• Wang Dong’er’s Asura-infused domain overwhelmed Huo Yuhao’s Rakshasa-infused domain, and she struck him out of the arena with her Clear Sky Hammer.
• Chen Zifeng surrendered after his teammates were eliminated, giving Xu Xingyu’s team the victory, and Ma Xiaotao’s side was ordered to say, “I am a pig.”

After the mixed-team matches ended, He Caitou privately told Xu Xingyu that he wanted to join the Spirit Contract Pagoda. Huo Yuhao chose to decipher the mysterious scroll and pursue its inheritance, while He Caitou explained that his blood feud and distrust of Huo Yuhao had pushed him toward another way to oppose the Sun Moon Empire.

• Xuan Zi reshuffled the teams for more matches, and Xu Xingyu remained the only person who never had to say "I'm a pig."
• He Caitou asked Xu Xingyu for a private conversation, and Huo Yuhao watched them with resentment as he concluded He Caitou wanted nothing more to do with him.
• Huo Yuhao decided to decipher the blank scroll in his Sea of Consciousness and pursue the inheritance despite its connection to the Dai Family.
• He Caitou told Xu Xingyu that he wanted to join the Spirit Contract Pagoda.
• He Caitou revealed that he was the son of the previous Sun Moon Empire emperor and explained his blood feud, his strained relationship with Huo Yuhao, and his belief that the pagoda would have to fight the empire.

After accepting He Caitou into the Spirit Contract Pagoda, Xu Xingyu sent him to complete the joining procedures. At the Holy Spirit Cult’s headquarters, Zhongli Wu ordered the cult to lie low, recruit more Evil Soul Masters, and search for the lost holy relic, while the Star Luo branch head set out to recruit the Emissary of the Death God.

• Xu Xingyu accepted He Caitou’s request to join the Spirit Contract Pagoda and gave him a card for completing the procedures in Shrek City.
• Zhongli Wu berated the surviving Evil Soul Masters for failing to recover the holy relic and losing his wife and many followers.
• Ye Xishui calmed Zhongli Wu and advised the cult to lie low while searching for the holy relic and recruiting more members.
• Zhongli Wu ordered the elders to restrict the movements of cult members and relay his instructions to the branches across the four empires.
• The Star Luo branch head decided to approach the Emissary of the Death God and recruit him personally.

The Shrek team set out for Star Luo City, and Dai Yueheng tried to persuade Huo Yuhao to meet the White Tiger Duke and reconnect with the family that had wronged him. Huo Yuhao agreed only to think about it, while the group continued toward a first destination that was not Star Luo City.

• Xuan Zi persuaded the reserve team members to join the Shrek Inspection Corps, and the group departed for Star Luo City with regular team members carrying reserves.
• Xu Xingyu reflected on his ties to the Star Luo Empire and his uncomfortable engagement to a princess while traveling with He Caitou.
• Xu Xingyu and He Caitou discussed He Caitou's future work in the Spirit Contract Pagoda, keeping their conversation hidden from Shrek.
• Dai Yueheng told Huo Yuhao that he was his younger half-brother and explained that the White Tiger Duke wanted to meet him.
• Huo Yuhao blamed the Dai Family for his mother's suffering, then said he would think about meeting the White Tiger Duke.

Xuan Zi brought the Shrek group to the western border of the Star Luo Empire, where they arrived at the White Tiger Duke’s military camp. Huo Yuhao learned that Dai Hao was his father and the man who had failed his mother, leaving him consumed by resentment as the group entered the camp.

• Xu Xingyu and Jiang Nannan cooked dinner for the group after Huo Yuhao lost his appetite.
• Xuan Zi rushed the group to the Star Luo Empire’s western border, leaving most of them sick from the high-speed flight.
• Dai Yueheng arranged for Star Luo soldiers to escort the Shrek group to the camp and explained the White Tiger Guards’ role and loyalty.
• Dai Hao practiced punches outside his tent, then welcomed Wang Yan and the Shrek students after Dai Yueheng greeted him as his father.
• Huo Yuhao recognized Dai Hao as his father and directed his resentment toward him, while Dai Hao showed a trace of guilt before leading everyone into the camp.

Huo Yuhao met his father, Dai Hao, and confronted him over his mother’s suffering and the duchess’s role in his childhood. Dai Hao offered to make amends, but his readiness to divorce the duchess deepened Huo Yuhao’s hatred and drove him further into the Rakshasa Helmet’s influence.

• Dai Yueheng brought Huo Yuhao to the White Tiger Duke’s tent and left them alone together.
• Dai Hao apologized for failing as a father and husband, and promised to make up for the past.
• Huo Yuhao challenged Dai Hao to divorce the duchess, and Dai Hao immediately agreed.
• Dai Hao’s answer fueled Huo Yuhao’s anger, and his desire for revenge strengthened his fusion with the Rakshasa Helmet.
• Dai Hao asked what else Huo Yuhao wanted him to do, as Huo Yuhao formed a dark idea.

Huo Yuhao demanded that Dai Hao use the White Tiger Dagger to kill Dai Huabin, but Dai Hao refused and promised to investigate and punish his son. The team then confronted the Emissary of the Death God, whose corpse explosions engulfed the main team before a mysterious light appeared.

• Huo Yuhao accused Dai Huabin of kicking Huo Yun'er to death and asked Dai Hao to kill him with the White Tiger Dagger.
• Dai Hao said he would investigate and, if the accusation was true, cripple Dai Huabin's Soul Power; Huo Yuhao returned to his camp.
• The team left after learning that the Emissary of the Death God controlled corpse puppets and led the Hand of Death.
• Wang Yan led the team into a cave, where they defeated the Emissary's subordinates and corpse puppets.
• The Emissary fled deeper into the cave and set off Corpse Explosion, filling the cavern with blasts and corrosive poison.
• Xuan Zi prepared to intervene as a light appeared at the center of the explosions.

Xu Xingyu and Jiang Nannan’s group-defense Soul Tool helped Shrek’s main team survive the Evil Soul Master’s Corpse Explosion, but several members were badly injured. Xuan Zi killed the Emissary of the Death God, only for a blond Holy Spirit Cult member to appear and save him, leaving Xuan Zi to attack the newcomer.

• Xu Xingyu and Jiang Nannan’s Level 7 group-defense Soul Tool shielded the main team from the Corpse Explosion, though Chen Zifeng lost his right leg and Gongyang Mo was gravely injured and knocked unconscious.
• Xuan Zi trapped the Emissary of the Death God in rocks and killed him with a powerful punch.
• Xu Xingyu warned everyone not to lower their guard after noticing something strange about Xuan Zi’s expression.
• A blond youth emerged from a black rift with the unconscious Emissary of the Death God and a pale boy, identifying himself with the Holy Spirit Cult and mocking Shrek’s injured team.
• Xuan Zi attacked the blond youth with his eighth Soul Skill, Meteor Direct Strike, and the youth extended eight spider legs from his back.

Xuan Zi fought Dai Meng, the Demon Spider Douluo, whose Man Faced Demon Spider Martial Soul let him attack with venomous webs. As Xu Xingyu and Jiang Nannan led the others from the cave, another youth emerged from a black rift to confront them.

• Dai Meng revealed his Man Faced Demon Spider Martial Soul and introduced himself as Demon Spider Douluo before throwing the Emissary of the Death God into a black rift.
• Dai Meng fired repeated small webs at Xuan Zi, who recognized that their reduced size let him conserve his web reserves while keeping their poison potent.
• Xuan Zi formed a black hole-like mass of Soul Power to draw in the webs, then advanced on Dai Meng as the two prepared to fight at close range.
• Xu Xingyu and Jiang Nannan led the injured main team members and reserve team members out of the cave.
• A black rift opened in front of the retreating group, and the youth who had accompanied Dai Meng stepped out, saying he would find some fun of his own.

Xu Xingyu faced Yan Feng, whose Bone Dragon Martial Soul had evolved after absorbing the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon’s bloodline. After Jiang Nannan led the others away, Xu Xingyu and Yan Feng began a fierce battle, each unleashing a dragon breath that canceled the other out.

• Yan Feng attacked Xu Xingyu with his Bone Dragon Martial Soul, which carried the power of Destruction and resisted the Dragon God’s bloodline pressure.
• Xu Xingyu recognized the danger and told Jiang Nannan to take the others away while he held Yan Feng off.
• After the group retreated, Yan Feng revealed his desire to devour Xu Xingyu and recalled how he had refined a prince’s Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon Martial Soul and bloodline.
• Yan Feng unleashed his sixth Soul Skill, Destruction Dragon Breath, and Xu Xingyu countered with a dragon breath combining the Dragon God’s power of creation and Chaos Fire.
• The purple and red flames collided and canceled each other out, leaving Xu Xingyu and Yan Feng still facing one another.

Xu Xingyu and Yan Feng prepared their strongest attacks after neither could gain the upper hand in their fight. They launched Chaos Burst and Spatial Annihilation at each other, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Xu Xingyu and Yan Feng continued their evenly matched battle while Xuan Zi fought Demon Spider Douluo nearby.
• Xu Xingyu struck Yan Feng away and began charging Chaos Burst, combining creation and destruction with the help of his Seed of Chaos.
• Yan Feng judged that interrupting Xu Xingyu was too dangerous and chose to counterattack rather than flee or endure the blow.
• Yan Feng used the Divine Stone of Space to gather spatial power and combine it with destruction, forming his attack, Spatial Annihilation.
• Xu Xingyu and Yan Feng hurled their charged attacks at each other, and the chapter ended before their collision was resolved.

Xu Xingyu’s unstable Chaos Explosion overwhelmed Yan Feng’s Spatial Annihilation and detonated inside the cave, forcing Xuan Zi to abandon his fight with Demon Spider Douluo to save Xu Xingyu. Xu Xingyu and Xuan Zi emerged alive, while Demon Spider Douluo escaped with Yan Feng, and Xuan Zi reflected on Xu Xingyu’s extraordinary potential.

• Xu Xingyu and Yan Feng’s attacks weakened the surrounding space, and their clash began to fracture it.
• Yan Feng believed he had won as Xu Xingyu’s fused attack destabilized, but the repelling powers of destruction and creation erupted into a massive explosion.
• Jiang Nannan, Wang Dong'er, and Xu Yanxue worried about Xu Xingyu outside the cave, while Huo Yuhao privately thought his death would be convenient.
• Xuan Zi rescued the badly injured Xu Xingyu from the blast, giving Demon Spider Douluo the chance to carry Yan Feng away.
• Xu Xingyu and Xuan Zi emerged from the cave, and Xuan Zi considered Xu Xingyu’s talent and possible future as a leader on the Douluo Continent.

Demon Spider Douluo escaped the cave with Yan Feng and reported the disaster to the Holy Spirit Cult, while Shrek reached Star Luo City with much of its team injured. The chapter left Shrek's reserve team facing the pressure of its first tournament match without most of the regular lineup.

• Demon Spider Douluo escaped through a spatial tunnel with the unconscious Yan Feng after suffering severe injuries in the cave.
• Demon Spider Douluo resolved to kill the Shrek students and hurried back to report what happened to the Holy Spirit Cult leader.
• Xuan Zi examined the injured Shrek students and found that Chen Zifeng and Gongyang Mo were too badly hurt to compete, so he escorted them back.
• Xuan Zi learned that Xu Xingyu had rapidly recovered and might be ready for Shrek's first match, while other injured team members would need more time.
• Shrek arrived in Star Luo City, leaving the reserve team and Jiang Nannan to handle the first match if Xu Xingyu had not recovered in time.