Chapter Summaries

Shrek’s reserve team faced Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy in their first elimination match, carrying the pressure of Shrek’s ten-thousand-year tournament record. Their lack of unity turned the battle into a disjointed series of duels, though Jiang Nannan defeated the opposing Soul King and Shrek’s victory remained within reach.

• The chapter explained that Spirit Hall had created the tournament to ease tensions between the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires, but Shrek later became its dominant champion.
• Shrek’s reserve team panicked after drawing a first-round match, since only Jiang Nannan accompanied them as a main team member and a loss would end their tournament run.
• The reserve team selected everyone except Xiao Xiao for the seven-on-seven battle against Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy.
• The Shrek members fought separately instead of coordinating, forcing some of them to use trump cards or stall for time.
• Jiang Nannan kicked Tianling’s Soul King opponent out of the arena, while spectators questioned the rest of Shrek’s performance.

After Shrek Academy won its first match, Wang Yan and Xu Xingyu discussed how to manage the reserve team in the coming rounds. At a Sun Moon Royal Academy meeting, the students learned that Shrek’s main team had been injured, and one youth predicted the tournament would be an easy victory for them.

• Spectators questioned Shrek Academy’s performance, and Wang Yan and Xu Xingyu agreed the reserve team needed better teamwork and guidance.
• Wang Yan proposed that Xu Xingyu enter team battles, fight fourth in individual matches, and join Jiang Nannan in the two-two-three format.
• The Shrek group headed to the organizers’ hotel after settling their tactics for the next matches.
• Ma Rulong analyzed Shrek’s disjointed performance and suggested the reserve team might be competing to gain experience.
• An elder revealed that Shrek’s main team had been badly injured on a mission, and a white-haired youth declared that Sun Moon Royal Academy would easily win.

Xiao Hongchen dismissed the Shrek team’s strength while Elder Ma worried about his arrogance dividing the Sun Moon Imperial team. After Shrek’s victory, Wang Yan arranged intensive teamwork training, and Xu Xingyu and Jiang Nannan faced sharing a bed in their hotel room.

• Xiao Hongchen claimed the tournament would be easy, while Elder Ma warned him that Shrek’s main team members could still recover and compete.
• The victorious Shrek Team returned to its hotel, where Wang Yan criticized the team’s performance and scheduled supervised cultivation and teamwork training.
• Wang Yan assigned Xu Xingyu and Jiang Nannan a double room with one bed, leaving the newly official couple awkwardly sharing a room.
• Xu Xingyu offered to sleep on the floor, but Jiang Nannan insisted that they share the bed and went to prepare for the evening.

Xu Xingyu examined the emerald stone he had obtained during the explosion and realized it contained the Emerald Dragon King's spatial authority. Unable to determine where it came from, he decided to ask Gu Yuena and investigate the Dragon Graveyard if needed.

• Xu Xingyu watched Jiang Nannan hurry off to bathe, then sat down with an emerald stone that had flown to him during the explosion.
• Xu Xingyu recognized the stone's connection to the Emerald Dragon King and reasoned that it contained a portion of the Dragon King's divine authority over space.
• Xu Xingyu considered whether the stone had come from the Dragon Graveyard or from power shed during the Dragon God War, but could not settle on an explanation.
• Xu Xingyu decided to contact Gu Yuena for help and to seek answers at the Dragon Graveyard if necessary.

Xu Xingyu recalled the complicated history between the Emerald Dragon King and the Starry Dragon Emperor, whose rivalry worsened when the Starry Dragon Emperor refused to pursue the Dragon God's position. The Emerald Dragon King never learned that the Starry Dragon Emperor wanted to delay succession to prevent his father from ending his life.

• Xu Xingyu remembered that the Emerald Dragon King and Light Dragon King had been the leading candidates to succeed the Dragon God.
• The Starry Dragon Emperor's talent, strength, and service to the dragon race won the support of the other Nine Great Dragon Kings, while the Emerald Dragon King alone withheld his approval.
• The Emerald Dragon King grew angry when he learned the Starry Dragon Emperor did not want the Dragon God's position, and began constantly finding fault with him.
• The Starry Dragon Emperor avoided succession because he wanted to surpass his father and feared the Dragon God would take his own life after passing on his divinity.
• The Starry Dragon Emperor kept his concerns secret because he believed the other Dragon Kings would not believe the Dragon God could seek death over his absent wife.

Jiang Nannan wrestled with her desire to become strong enough to protect those she loved and her unease about using intimacy with Xu Xingyu to accelerate her cultivation. After she finished washing, she found Xu Xingyu meditating to heal his injuries and stood watch over him instead.

• Jiang Nannan reflected on how the Mysterious Underworld Sect’s scheme and Xu Xingyu’s rescue had changed her priorities, making her crave the strength and backing to protect her family.
• Jiang Nannan considered how dual cultivation could awaken her Supreme Yin Qi and boost her cultivation, but she wanted intimacy with Xu Xingyu to be an act of love rather than a means to power.
• Jiang Nannan worried that Xu Xingyu’s closeness with Gu Yuena, Wang Dong'er, and the others had made her rush into sharing a room with him to secure a special place in his heart.
• Jiang Nannan finished washing and wondered whether Xu Xingyu was expecting intimacy, then opened the bathroom door to find him meditating to heal his injuries.
• Jiang Nannan changed clothes and stood guard over Xu Xingyu.

After recovering from his battle with Yan Feng, Xu Xingyu reflected on his recklessness and found Jiang Nannan had stayed by his side. At the morning gathering, he noticed that He Caitou’s cigar flame was Sun Fire and suspected He Caitou had a second, Sun Martial Soul.

• Xu Xingyu recovered fully and resolved to be more cautious while planning to defeat Yan Feng in their next encounter.
• Xu Xingyu carried sleeping Jiang Nannan to bed, and she later woke, confirmed he had recovered, and went with him to breakfast.
• Wang Yan held a gathering to assess the reserve team, where He Caitou demonstrated his Cigar Martial Soul.
• Xu Xingyu recognized the flame He Caitou used to light his cigar as Sun Fire and concluded that He Caitou likely possessed a Sun Martial Soul as well.

Xu Xingyu easily defeated three Yunluo Advanced Soul Engineer Academy contestants before they conceded, leaving him dissatisfied with the tournament and considering an early departure from Shrek Academy. After the match, he went shopping with Jiang Nannan, but an unexpected message interrupted their outing.

• Wang Yan and Xu Xingyu chose Xu Xingyu to lead Shrek Academy in its individual match against Yunluo Advanced Soul Engineer Academy.
• Xu Xingyu knocked out three opponents, including their captain, without using his Martial Soul, and Yunluo Academy conceded.
• Xu Xingyu reflected that the tournament offered him little challenge and considered leaving Shrek Academy for the Spirit Contract Pagoda after completing his arrangements.
• Wang Yan took the reserve team to the Starlight Auction House to buy Soul Tools, while Xu Xingyu and Jiang Nannan went shopping at a nearby market.
• Xu Xingyu bought gifts for the girls as he and Jiang Nannan enjoyed their time together, until a message arrived from a contact that made his face fall.

Xu Xingyu met Princess Xu Jiujiu, his politically arranged fiancée, who introduced him to the Star Luo Empire’s urgent reason for contacting him. After she gave him a sealed storage ring, he examined its contents and was left dumbfounded.

• Xu Xingyu met Xu Jiujiu in a private room and reflected on their engagement and their friendship, which held no romantic feelings.
• Xu Xingyu introduced Jiang Nannan as his classmate, secretary, and one of his lovers, and Xu Jiujiu warmly welcomed her as family.
• Xu Jiujiu explained that the Star Luo Empire had received something that they had to show Xu Xingyu.
• Xu Jiujiu handed Xu Xingyu a sealed storage ring, and he used his spiritual power to inspect its contents.
• Xu Xingyu was left completely dumbfounded by what he found inside the ring.

Xu Xingyu discovered a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo sealed inside the God Sealing Platform and learned that the Star Luo Empire had seized it after a Soul Engineer tried to auction it. He agreed to handle the matter privately, offering compensation in exchange for the captors, then learned the Soul Beast was a Demon Soul Great White Shark.

• Xu Xingyu sensed the sealed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo and demanded that Xu Jiujiu explain where the God Sealing Platform came from.
• Xu Jiujiu said a Soul Engineer and his companions had brought the Level 9 Soul Tool to the Starlight Auction House, where the Star Luo Empire seized and imprisoned them.
• Xu Jiujiu asked Xu Xingyu to keep the matter private, and he thanked the empire for avoiding conflict with the Spirit Contract Pagoda.
• Xu Xingyu asked the Star Luo Empire to hand over the Soul Engineer and his companions, offering recent Soul Tools and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Spirit as compensation.
• Xu Jiujiu revealed that the Soul Beast had been captured near the ice sea bordering the Far North and was a Demon Soul Great White Shark, shocking Xu Xingyu.

Xu Xingyu settled the Spirit Contract Pagoda’s agreement with Xu Jiujiu and returned to the hotel, where he secretly told He Caitou that Xu Tianheng was alive and leading resistance in the Sun Moon Empire. He urged He Caitou to join his father’s former troops and seize the empire’s imperial power.

• Xu Jiujiu gave Xu Xingyu the Soul Beast embryo, the God Sealing Platform key, and information about the Level 9 Soul Engineer who sealed the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Xu Xingyu told Gu Yuena about the Star Luo Empire’s terms, and she agreed to deliver the items in person.
• Xu Xingyu and Jiang Nannan met the reserve team after the auction and learned that Wang Dong'er had received the Level 4 Milk Bottle.
• Xu Xingyu privately showed He Caitou a report identifying Xu Tianheng as alive and leading resistance in the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xu Xingyu urged He Caitou to join forces with his father’s former troops and seize the Sun Moon Empire’s imperial power.

He Caitou weighed Xu Xingyu’s offer to help him avenge his family and reclaim his identity, but left without deciding whether to pursue power. Xu Xingyu returned to find Jiang Nannan dressed as a maid, after Zi JI had encouraged her to win his attention amid worries about his other admirers.

• Xu Xingyu offered He Caitou support if he chose to reveal his identity and join forces with his father’s surviving subordinates, but He Caitou left to consider the choice.
• Xu Xingyu returned to his room, where Jiang Nannan greeted him in a maid outfit and asked whether he needed anything.
• Jiang Nannan released her Martial Soul, adding rabbit ears to her outfit and catching Xu Xingyu’s attention.
• Jiang Nannan had sought advice from Zi JI after learning that Xu Jiujiu was another of Xu Xingyu’s admirers.
• Zi JI had encouraged Jiang Nannan to pursue Xu Xingyu, claiming that doing so would help the dragon race’s future.

Shrek Academy defeated Qianling Academy in another one-sided team battle, while Wang Yan worried about the reserve team's lack of coordination. Xu Xingyu reunited with Gu Yuena, who used a spatial portal to take him to Star Luo Palace, leaving Xuan Zi shaken by her power.

• Huo Yuhao amplified Ling Luochen's ice to Ultimate Ice, and she froze Qianling Academy's team with Ice Prison, securing Shrek Academy's victory.
• Wang Yan worried that the reserve team could not coordinate if Shrek drew a two-two-three match and considered replacing its members.
• Xu Xingyu left the hotel to meet Gu Yuena, who had arrived in Star Luo City, and she embraced him before opening a silver portal.
• Xuan Zi watched Gu Yuena and Xu Xingyu disappear through the portal and feared Gu Yuena's immense power.
• Xu Xingyu and Gu Yuena emerged inside Star Luo Palace, the Star Luo Empire's imperial palace.

Xu Xingyu and Gu Yuena delivered the agreed supplies to Emperor Xu Jiawei, including Soul Tools and a hundred-thousand-year Starlight Unicorn soul spirit. Xu Xingyu then offered to do further business, revealing a ferocious beast soul spirit and leaving the palace’s occupants stunned.

• Xu Xingyu and Gu Yuena entered the Star Luo Imperial Palace using Xu Jiujiu’s token and greeted Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu.
• Xu Xingyu handed Xu Jiawei a storage ring containing Soul Tool armaments, a Level 9 Soul Bomb, and a hundred-thousand-year Starlight Unicorn soul spirit.
• Chu Rong identified the soul spirit’s likely Divine Unicorn bloodline, while Xu Jiawei wondered why the Spirit Contract Pagoda had offered such valuable goods.
• Xu Xingyu asked Xu Jiawei to do business and handed him another storage ring.
• Xu Jiawei’s spiritual power triggered a powerful pressure from the ring, and Xu Xingyu revealed that it contained a ferocious beast soul spirit.

Xu Xingyu and Gu Yuena arranged to auction a Ferocious Beast Soul Spirit at the Starlight Auction House, using a low starting price and a one-time-sale announcement to draw bidders. After Xu Jiujiu reflected on her feelings for Xu Xingyu, he faced a lodging problem because Gu Yuena wanted to stay with him while he was sharing a room with Jiang Nannan.

• Xu Xingyu told Xu Jiawei that the Spirit Contract Pagoda planned to sell a Ferocious Beast Soul Spirit through the Starlight Auction House, and Gu Yuena asked the auction house to handle publicity.
• Xu Xingyu set the starting price at one hundred million Gold Soul Coins, while Gu Yuena instructed Xu Jiawei to announce that this would be the last Soul Spirit sold at an auction house.
• Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu discussed Xu Xingyu’s talents and their engagement, and Xu Jiujiu admitted she had begun to accept the match despite doubting his interest in her.
• Xu Xingyu and Gu Yuena left the palace after settling the auction arrangements.
• Gu Yuena planned to share Xu Xingyu’s hotel room, but Xu Xingyu realized he was already rooming with Jiang Nannan.

Xu Xingyu freed the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo, using his Dragon God Bloodline to calm it and the Blade of Life's Watch to restore its energy. The Demon Soul Great White Shark transformed into a little girl named Bai Xiuxiu, who asked Xu Xingyu his name.

• Xu Xingyu examined the God Sealing Platform and considered using the Demon Soul Great White Shark inside to approach the Sea Soul Beasts.
• Xu Xingyu began removing the seal, but the Soul Beast Embryo resisted and threatened to destroy the God Sealing Platform.
• Xu Xingyu released his Dragon God Bloodline, calming the embryo, and told it he had come to free it.
• Xu Xingyu removed the seal and infused the embryo with life force using the Blade of Life's Watch.
• The Soul Beast Embryo completed its transformation into a little girl, introduced herself as Bai Xiuxiu, and asked Xu Xingyu his name.

Xu Xingyu learned how Bai Xiuxiu had become human and promised to help her return home, then faced Gu Yuena and Jiang Nannan’s suspicious questions about the girl. The chapter left Xu Xingyu in danger of having to explain himself to the two women.

• Xu Xingyu recognized Bai Xiuxiu and asked how she had reached a hundred thousand years of cultivation and taken human form.
• Bai Xiuxiu explained that she had absorbed a blue-gold fragment near the Far North, which had raised her cultivation and let her transform.
• Xu Xingyu realized the fragment and the Far North’s dense spiritual Qi had resulted from his own actions, then explained the drawbacks of transformation to Bai Xiuxiu.
• Bai Xiuxiu cried after learning she could not easily return home, and Xu Xingyu promised to seek help from powerful Ferocious Beasts.
• Bai Xiuxiu said Xu Xingyu’s presence felt like the Sea God’s, and Xu Xingyu connected this to his new Sea God Vassal God Position.
• Gu Yuena and Jiang Nannan confronted Xu Xingyu about Bai Xiuxiu while wrapped in towels.

Xu Xingyu learned that Mu En had barred Shrek Academy’s main team from competing, forcing the reserve team to face Zhengtian Academy alone. As Wang Yan worried about the team’s poor coordination and Zhengtian’s Soul Kings, Xu Xingyu encouraged him to prepare tactics and help the students work together before the match.

• Jiang Nannan comforted Bai Xiuxiu, while Gu Yuena and Jiang Nannan grew close and Jiang Nannan secretly joined the Anti-Gu Yuena Alliance as a mole.
• Xu Xingyu woke to find Bai Xiuxiu asleep on top of him, having left his vine bed because she was too hot.
• Xu Xingyu and Jiang Nannan went to meet Wang Yan and the reserve team, where they learned the reserve team would fight the entire match against Zhengtian Academy.
• Xu Xingyu realized Mu En had forbidden the main team from competing to force the reserve team to overcome its divisions and grow.
• Xu Xingyu reassured Wang Yan that they could still help the reserve team with tactics and pointers, and Wang Yan began preparing for the match.

Wang Yan assigned special training to Shrek Academy’s reserves before Huo Yuhao and Xu Sanshi faced Zhengtian Academy in a two-on-two bout. Huo Yuhao’s Rakshasa power erupted when he fought Yu Mengdi, and the match ended with Xu Sanshi defeated and Shrek losing the bout.

• Wang Yan assigned Ling Luochen, Jiang Nannan, and Xu Xingyu to train the reserve team members.
• Huo Yuhao and Xu Sanshi agreed to cooperate against Zhengtian Academy’s Yang Yifan and Yu Mengdi.
• Xu Sanshi used Black Tortoise Displacement to send Yang Yifan out of the arena after Yang pushed Yu Mengdi aside.
• Xu Sanshi and Huo Yuhao attacked Yu Mengdi together while Xu Sanshi’s Mysterious Serpent fought her Lightblade Mantis.
• Huo Yuhao lost control when the Rakshasa power reacted to Yu Mengdi’s Angel bloodline, so Xu Sanshi and Yu Mengdi joined forces to knock him out of the arena.
• Xu Sanshi then fought Yu Mengdi alone and lost after being injured by Huo Yuhao, ending the bout in Shrek Academy’s defeat.

After Huo Yuhao’s shocking attack on Xu Sanshi, Wang Yan considered surrendering, but Xu Xingyu persuaded him to let He Caitou and Xiao Xiao use a secret weapon. Their new Three-Life Heaven-Burning Cauldron trapped Zhengtian Academy’s fighters long enough for He Caitou to fire his charging Soul Cannon, winning the match for Shrek Academy.

• Wang Yan prepared to surrender the tournament until Xu Xingyu told him He Caitou and Xiao Xiao had a hidden trump card.
• He Caitou and Xiao Xiao faced Tang Xiaolei and Xue Lang, and He Caitou began charging his Soul Cannon while Xiao Xiao used his Soul Power Amplification Thin Cigar.
• Xiao Xiao ignited the cigar inside her Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron, creating the Three-Life Heaven-Burning Cauldron and sucking Tang Xiaolei and Xue Lang inside.
• The cauldron refined much of the opponents’ Soul Power before Xiao Xiao’s Martial Soul shattered and they broke free.
• He Caitou fired his tracking Soul Cannon, forcing the referee to intervene, and Shrek Academy won the match.