Chapter Summaries

At the Starlight Grand Ceremony, Ling Bai obtained a ninety-thousand-year Heavenly Dragon Horse soul bone with Ning Tian’s money, while Shrek won an Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone for Ling Luochen. The chapter ended as Ling Luochen began absorbing it, determined to seize her chance to become stronger and beat Ling Bai.

• Bei Bei wanted the Heavenly Dragon Horse right arm soul bone, but Ling Bai explained that it could help evolve his existing soul bone into a hundred-thousand-year one.
• Ning Tian bought the Heavenly Dragon Horse soul bone for twenty-four million Gold Soul Coins and handed it to Ling Bai.
• Snow Empress demanded that Huo Yuhao not absorb the Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone, and Ling Bai considered finding another ice-attributed soul master for it.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm urged Huo Yuhao to let Ling Luochen take the soul bone, expecting her to fail and Huo Yuhao to gain it and her gratitude.
• Shrek Academy outbid Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy for the Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone, and Ling Luochen began absorbing it despite Wang Yan’s warning.

Ling Bai helped Ling Luochen overcome the Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone’s rejection, and she gained an Ultimate Ice soul bone before pledging to join the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect after graduation. After the auction ended, Shrek Academy prepared to face Douling Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy in the tournament’s round of sixteen.

• Ling Luochen began fusing with the Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone, but its power overwhelmed her and Xie Qin sealed it to keep her arm from being crippled.
• Ling Bai used the Snow Empress’s power to make the Ice Jade Scorpion cooperate, allowing Ling Luochen to complete the fusion and gain an Ultimate Ice soul bone.
• Ling Luochen thanked Ling Bai by promising to join the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect after graduation, while Huo Yuhao lamented losing the soul bone.
• The Blood Sea Heart sparked fierce bidding, and Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy ultimately claimed it after Ling Bai stopped Ning Tian from bidding further.
• The following day, Shrek Academy entered the round-of-sixteen match against Douling Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy, and Wang Yan instructed the team to conceal some of its abilities.

Ma Xiaotao ignored Wang Yan’s plan to conceal her strength and led Shrek to crush Dou Ling in the team battle. After Wang Yan reprimanded her, Ling Bai encouraged her to take over the coming matches, but Ma Xiaotao realized he was trying to avoid fighting.

• Ma Xiaotao unleashed her full strength against Dou Ling, breaking through its defenses while Ling Bai and Ling Luochen helped defeat the team.
• Ma Xiaotao silently challenged Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy as Shrek left the arena, and Xiao Hongchen vowed that Sun Moon would still win.
• Wang Yan called Ma Xiaotao into a private meeting after the team returned to the hotel, then reprimanded her for ignoring the team’s tactics.
• Ma Xiaotao went to Ling Bai to complain that Wang Yan had threatened to bench her, and Ling Bai urged her to defeat Dou Ling alone in the coming matches.
• Ma Xiaotao realized Ling Bai’s plan would leave her fighting while he rested, and he defended himself by saying he wanted to enjoy himself after fighting his whole life.

Shrek Academy advanced to the semifinals, where Star Luo National Academy used the Star Crown and an Absolute Defense Soul Guidance Device to isolate Ling Bai and gain the upper hand. Ling Bai broke free with his 700,000-year Snow Empress Soul Bone skill, Emperor Sword: Ice Extreme Peerless, and shattered Xu Jiujiu’s starlight shield and Star Crown.

• Ma Xiaotao defeated Douling Team, and Ling Bai quickly beat Ye Wuqing as Shrek advanced through the quarterfinals.
• Xu Jiawei announced that Shrek Academy would face Star Luo National Academy in the semifinals, with victory requiring wins in both the team battle and individual elimination match.
• Xu Jiujiu’s Star Crown boosted and weakened the teams, while Star Luo’s members avoided Ling Bai and focused on his teammates.
• Xu Jiujiu trapped Ling Bai in an Absolute Defense Soul Guidance Device and used Star’s Protection to isolate his attributes, leaving Shrek at a disadvantage.
• Ling Bai broke the device with Emperor Sword: Ice Extreme Peerless and shattered Xu Jiujiu’s starlight shield and Star Crown with a single slash.

Shrek Academy defeated Star Luo National Academy in the semifinal, then learned that Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy would be its formidable final opponent. As Wang Yan planned the final tactics, Ning Tian gave Ling Bai the Soul Ring Fusion secret skill so he could prepare for the next day's match.

• Xu Jiujiu lost control of the battle after her Star Radiance Technique was dispelled, and Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Bei Bei, Ling Luochen, and Ling Bai defeated or restrained Star Luo National Academy's fighters.
• Xu Jiujiu conceded that Star Luo had lost to Ling Bai, and Shrek Academy won the semifinal team battle.
• Shrek watched Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy overwhelm Dio Academy, and Star Luo later withdrew from the individual round, sending Shrek directly to the finals with four days to prepare.
• Wang Yan warned Shrek that Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy had powerful Soul Engineers and devised lineups for the team battle, individual matches, and two-two-three.
• Ning Tian gave Ling Bai an ancient book on Soul Ring Fusion and urged him to learn the secret skill before the final.

Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy began their championship team battle, and the Sun Moon team revealed its lethal Level Eight Spears of Death. After Ling Bai survived the first spear with his Level Eight barrier, Ma Rulong ordered the remaining seven to target Shrek’s other six fighters.

• Xu Sanshi faked using Profound Netherworld Shift, but a Sun Moon Soul Engineer countered with an Earth Shield and fired a barrage from a Soul Guided Turret.
• Ling Bai’s Myriad Bladed Radiance and Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Meteor Shower forced Ma Rulong and two Fourth Level Soul Engineers to defend against Shrek’s attacks.
• Ling Luochen, Jiang Nannan, and Ling Bai exposed the four Fifth Level Soul Engineers, who revealed purple-black Spears of Death and launched one at Ling Bai.
• Ling Bai blocked the Level Eight Spear of Death with his triggered barrier and Angel Holy Sword, knocking it into Shrek’s waiting area.
• He Caitou identified the weapon as a modified Level Eight Soul Guided Device powered partly by its users’ lives and Soul Power, and explained that the four Soul Engineers could fire eight spears in total.
• Ma Rulong ordered the remaining seven Spears of Death to ignore Ling Bai and concentrate on killing Shrek’s other six fighters.

Shrek Academy survived the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s deadly Spears of Death attack, but the team battle left several Shrek fighters badly injured. Ling Luochen’s Ice Burst Technique killed four Soul Engineers, and after Ling Bai forced Ma Rulong to concede, Shrek won the match and the individual matches were set to begin.

• Ma Xiaotao, Xu Sanshi, Ling Luochen, Ning Tian, and Huo Yuhao used their abilities and defenses to survive the first volley of Spears of Death, though several were severely injured.
• Ma Rulong sent the final Spear of Death at Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Bai joined her in a combined assault of Angel Sacred Fire and Phoenix Evil Fire.
• The Sun Moon team survived the flames behind an Invincible Barrier, while rain fell and Ling Luochen froze the water across the arena.
• Ling Luochen detonated the ice with Ice Burst Technique, killing the four Fifth Level Soul Engineers as Ling Bai drew Ma Rulong and the other Soul Engineers away.
• Ling Bai defeated two Fourth Level Soul Engineers and nearly killed Ma Rulong, who conceded after a golden light stopped Ling Bai’s sword.
• Heavenly Fiend Douluo Huang Jinxu declared Shrek the team-battle winner, and the academies prepared their lists for the individual matches.

Shrek Academy faced the Sun Moon Team in the individual battles after their devastating team victory, while Ling Bai had to choose between saving injured teammates and preserving his strength for the championship. The chapter ended with Dai Yueheng facing Ma Rulong, each determined to gain an advantage for his team.

• Ma Xiaotao insisted that Ling Bai save Xu Sanshi and chose to suppress her Phoenix Evil Fire herself, while Ling Bai warned that he would have little Soul Power left afterward.
• He Caitou, Wang Dong, and Bei Bei each fought Sun Moon contestants; the three Shrek fighters were defeated, but they eliminated two Fourth Level Soul Engineers and one Fifth Level Soul Engineer.
• Dai Yueheng defeated Mijia, then killed him with a White Tiger Light Wave before Heavenly Fiend Douluo could stop him.
• Xiao Hongchen prepared to fight, but Ma Rulong took his place and stepped forward to face Dai Yueheng.

Ma Rulong defeated Dai Yueheng with the Sword of Judgment, but Dai Yueheng’s Absolute Defense and counterattack left him badly wounded. Shrek forfeited the remaining individual matches, and Ma Xiaotao then defeated Ma Rulong at the cost of worsening her Phoenix Evil Fire; she asked Ling Bai to give everything, and he finally agreed.

• Ma Rulong used the Sword of Judgment and the Chapter of Sacrifice against Dai Yueheng, whose Absolute Defense let him counterattack before losing consciousness; Ma Rulong was declared the winner.
• Dai Hao carried Dai Yueheng from the arena, while Huo Yuhao watched and longed to be carried by his own father.
• Heavenly Fiend Douluo announced Shrek’s forfeit of the remaining individual matches and set the two-two-three matches to begin after a short rest.
• Ma Xiaotao confronted Ling Bai over his apparent indifference to Shrek’s championship hopes and asked him to give everything; Ling Bai explained his depleted Soul Power, and Ma Xiaotao went to fight Ma Rulong.
• Ma Xiaotao defeated Ma Rulong, but the Sword of Judgment worsened her Phoenix Evil Fire and left her gravely wounded; she returned to Ling Bai and asked what he would do now, and he replied, “As you wish.”

Ling Bai fought Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen in the championship match after Ning Tian boosted him and left the stage. He overwhelmed Xiao Hongchen, but Meng Hongchen intervened to save her brother and urged him to keep fighting.

• Ning Tian used the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda to boost Ling Bai, then left the stage as Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen revealed their martial souls.
• Xiao Hongchen unleashed 128 fifth-level soul-guided cannons, but Ling Bai dodged through the barrage and charged him with the Seven Kill Sword Technique.
• Ling Bai severely wounded Xiao Hongchen, whose confidence faltered when he sensed the Six-Winged Angel's pressure behind Ling Bai.
• Meng Hongchen teleported in front of Xiao Hongchen and used an Invincible Barrier to block Ling Bai's attack, but Ling Bai's next strikes wounded her and wrecked her armor.
• Meng Hongchen steadied herself and called on Xiao Hongchen to get up, insisting they still had a chance.

Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Red Dust Longing, against Ling Bai, whose Soul Ring Fusion summoned a stunning woman who effortlessly defeated them. After Ling Bai won the match, the woman vanished and urged him to visit Jialing Pass; in the God Realm, Tang San sensed the Angel God’s aura and suspected Qian Renxue had returned.

• Meng Hongchen encouraged Xiao Hongchen to fight for the Sun Moon Empire, and the siblings combined their powers to unleash Red Dust Longing.
• Ling Bai fused his five soul rings as the Hongchen siblings’ attack swept toward him.
• A golden-eyed woman bearing the Six-Winged Angel mark appeared, dispersed Red Dust Longing, and knocked Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen unconscious.
• The woman asked Heavenly Fiend Douluo who had won, then restored Ling Bai and told him to visit Jialing Pass, where someone was waiting for him.
• In the God Realm, Tang San concealed his concern about the fading fortune of the Child of Destiny and left to investigate the familiar aura he had sensed.
• Tang San wondered whether the aura belonged to Angel God Qian Renxue.

Shrek Academy won the tournament, but Ma Xiaotao’s Ultimate Fire threatened to turn her into an Evil Soul Master. Ling Bai removed most of the evil aura and saved her from that fate, though her lust fire continued to erupt, bringing the two closer as she offered him a reward.

• Heavenly Fiend Douluo Huang Jinxu announced Shrek Academy as the tournament champion, and Ling Bai reflected on the Angel God’s appearance and his connection to Jialing Pass.
• Medicine Immortal Douluo told Ling Bai that Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire could turn her into a dangerous Evil Soul Master, and Ma Xiaotao asked him to take her to the hotel.
• Ma Xiaotao asked Ling Bai to kill her if she became an Evil Soul Master, explained her devotion to Shrek, and confessed that she liked him.
• Ling Bai used Ultimate Sacred power, the Snow Empress soul bone, and his Six-Winged Angel’s might to remove most of the evil aura from Ma Xiaotao’s body and Sea of Consciousness.
• Ling Bai explained that Ma Xiaotao would not become an Evil Soul Master but that her ancestral lust fire was still consuming her, and Ma Xiaotao offered him a reward as she embraced him.

After the tournament, Ling Bai and Ma Xiaotao discussed her newly awakened Ultimate Fire and their uncertain future, while Ling Bai learned more about the Angel God and planned to prepare for the Death Prison Spider Emperor. In the Sun Moon Empire, Jing Hongchen accepted the tournament’s lessons and revealed his hopes of making Xiao a god with the crimson heart.

• Ma Xiaotao woke beside Ling Bai, and he explained that her Phoenix Flame had become Ultimate Fire while residual evil fire remained in her Sea of Consciousness.
• Ma Xiaotao gave Ling Bai five hundred Gold Soul Coins and accepted that their relationship could not bind him to Shrek Academy or replace his ties to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• The Snow Empress scolded Ling Bai for leaving his Sea of Consciousness open, and Electrolux advised him to resolve the Death Prison Spider Emperor threat and prepare materials of Ultimate Light and Ultimate Fire.
• Jing Hongchen praised Old Ma for bringing back valuable information and said Xiao and Meng had requested to join the exchange program with Shrek Academy.
• Jing Hongchen entered a hidden chamber and declared that the crimson heart would help Xiao ascend to godhood and bring blessings to the Sun Moon Empire.

Shrek Academy welcomed home its battered championship team and announced rewards, punishments, and special cultivation opportunities. Mu En privately offered Ling Bai his final discipleship and the future leadership of Shrek, along with its full resources, leaving Ling Bai to decide whether to accept.

• Yan Shaozhe and the other deans welcomed the returning Shrek team, while Xie Qin reunited with them and then left to find Shi Xing.
• Yan Shaozhe revealed that Elder Xuan had lost a rank after Death Prison Douluo damaged his mind, and he shared Ma Xiaotao’s prospects for a Hundred Thousand Year seventh soul ring.
• At Sea God Pavilion, Yan Shaozhe promoted Wang Yan, gave Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and Ling Luochen major demerits whose faults were offset by their championship, and awarded the reserve team soul bones and inner-courtyard admission.
• Mu En brought Ling Bai, Ning Tian, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong to special cultivation rooms beneath Sea God Pavilion, each suited to their martial souls.
• Mu En asked Ling Bai to become his final disciple and promised him succession to the Master of Sea God Pavilion, unrestricted freedom, and Shrek’s full support, including at least three Hundred Thousand Year soul rings and three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones.

Elder Mu asked Ling Bai to inherit Shrek Academy’s leadership and protect it from a coming calamity, but Ling Bai refused and accepted a trial in the Star Dou Great Forest instead. After a long meditation beneath the Golden Tree, Ling Bai revealed his path and reunited with Han Ruoruo, who gave him a Soul Bone and asked him to deal with Wang Yan.

• Elder Mu explained that Shrek Academy would face a devastating calamity within ten years and asked Ling Bai to become its next Sea God Pavilion Master, but Ling Bai refused because of his loyalty to Ji Ren.
• Elder Mu offered Ling Bai a special reward: surviving for a year and a half in the Star Dou Great Forest’s Core Region and killing ten Fifty-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts; Ling Bai agreed to go with Xiao Xiao and Wu Feng on their soul-ring hunt.
• After cultivating for thirty-five days beneath the Golden Tree, Ling Bai rose from Rank 56 to the peak of Rank 58 and revealed his path to Elder Mu as “Slay Gods, Vanquish Evil, With No Taboos!”
• Ling Bai reunited with Han Ruoruo, who told him about the inner academy’s recent events, including Ma Xiaotao’s advancement to an Ultimate Fire Soul Master and her expedition to hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Han Ruoruo gave Ling Bai a Ten-Thousand-Year Secret Art Soul right arm bone, refusing his payment, and asked him to help remove Wang Yan from the library the next day.

Ling Bai fused his right-arm soul bones into a Hundred Thousand Year Light Sacred Dragon soul bone and prepared to advance two soul rings. At Shrek, Ning Tian decided to enter the inner court and watch Ling Bai and Han Ruoruo, while Wang Yan’s hopes of courting Han Ruoruo collapsed when he saw her with Ling Bai.

• Ling Bai fused the Heavenly Dragon Horse and Secret Art Soul bones with his Blazing Bone Dragon Vulture bone, creating a Hundred Thousand Year Light Sacred Dragon right arm bone.
• Ling Bai used Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s origin power to prepare to advance the Netherworld Emperor Demon Luo and Sun Scorching Fire Dragon soul rings.
• Wu Feng returned to the dormitory and learned that Ning Tian was troubled by Ling Bai’s closeness with Han Ruoruo.
• Ning Tian resolved to reach Soul Ancestor and enter the inner court so she could observe Ling Bai and Han Ruoruo more closely.
• Wang Yan arrived at the library intending to confess his feelings to Han Ruoruo, but found her with Ling Bai.
• Ling Bai and Han Ruoruo left the library together, and Wang Yan wrote that he was heartbroken.

The Body Sect attacked Shrek Academy, demanding Huo Yuhao because he possessed a Body Martial Soul, while Old Xuan and Du Busi's duel escalated into a battle between both factions. As Ling Bai and Han Ruoruo headed to protect the outer courtyard, Grievous Evil Douluo ambushed them, and Ling Bai prepared to use the encounter to break through Rank 60.

• Du Busi brought the Body Sect to Shrek Academy, demanded information about Death Prison Douluo, and ordered Shrek to hand over Huo Yuhao.
• Old Xuan fought Du Busi while Mu En explained the Body Sect's claim on Huo Yuhao; Huo Yuhao refused to leave Shrek and accepted Mu En as his master, with Wang Dong joining them as a disciple.
• Old Xuan and Du Busi's duel triggered a chaotic battle between Shrek and the Body Sect, prompting Ling Bai and Han Ruoruo to head toward the outer courtyard to help protect it.
• Grievous Evil Douluo ambushed Ling Bai and Han Ruoruo near Sea God Lake, revealing that he had come to devour Ling Bai's Six-Winged Angel soul.
• Ling Bai realized Grievous Evil Douluo could help him break through Rank 60 and thanked him for appearing.

Ling Bai and Han Ruoruo defeated Grievous Evil Douluo over Sea God Lake, and Ling Bai reached rank sixty after killing him with Sacred Dragon Judgment. The battle between Shrek Academy and the Body Sect ended when Mu En intervened and warned Du Busi to leave Huo Yuhao alone.

• Grievous Evil Douluo attacked Ling Bai and Han Ruoruo, but Ling Bai weakened him with Angel Domain while Han Ruoruo blocked his escape with Shaking Gold Avatar.
• Grievous Evil Douluo unleashed Hell Demon Blade, but Ling Bai killed him with the Light Sacred Dragon's Sacred Dragon Judgment, breaking through to rank sixty Soul Power.
• Ling Bai and Han Ruoruo saw that Shrek Academy and the Body Sect were fighting without intending to inflict serious injuries, while Ma Xiaotao, the four deans, and Beast King Gong Changlong returned to reinforce Shrek.
• Du Busi prepared to unleash his ninth Soul Skill after Shrek's reinforcements prevented the Body Sect from escaping, but Mu En appeared and stopped the fighting.
• Mu En revealed that Huo Yuhao had chosen to remain at Shrek Academy and warned Du Busi not to target his disciple or provoke Shrek again.

After Shrek Academy repelled the Body Sect, Jing Hongchen negotiated an exchange student program with Mu En and was forced to surrender a Ninth Level Soul Guidance Device. Ling Bai secretly stole the soul tools Jing Hongchen had hidden outside Shrek City, leaving him furious.

• Du Busi withdrew the Body Sect after Mu En revealed that Ma Xiaotao had become his disciple, and Shrek Academy confirmed that no students had died in the battle.
• Ma Xiaotao congratulated Ling Bai and Han Ruoruo, hinted that she would spend the night cultivating, and left; Ling Bai then headed away from the Outer Academy.
• Mu En exposed Jing Hongchen's concealment and defensive soul tools, warned him against targeting Shrek City, and heard his proposal for an exchange student program.
• Mu En and Jing Hongchen agreed that the exchange would begin in two years, with Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen going to Shrek and Huo Yuhao going to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy; Mu En declined to require Ling Bai to participate.
• Mu En demanded a Ninth Level Soul Guidance Device as Jing Hongchen's entrance fee to Sea God Pavilion, and Jing Hongchen surrendered Red Dust Protection.
• Ling Bai sent undead creatures to steal all eight soul tools Jing Hongchen had hidden outside Shrek City, and Jing Hongchen later found the sites empty.

Ning Tian explained that she would study at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to bring advanced Soul Tool techniques back to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and fulfill her path as its future leader. Ling Bai and Ma Xiaotao became intimate before he left for a year-and-a-half training mission, while Ma Xiaotao resolved to become Sea God Pavilion Master so they could stand together as equals.

• Ning Tian told Wu Feng she had signed up for the exchange program to study Mingde Hall’s Soul Tool techniques and help revitalize the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Tian said she would need Wu Feng’s help searching the continent for the Aromatic Silk Beauty, and Wu Feng eagerly promised to find it.
• Ling Bai visited Ma Xiaotao and discovered that her Phoenix Evil Fire was stable, then the two grew intimate.
• Ling Bai told Ma Xiaotao that he would enter the Star Dou Great Forest the next day for a year and a half of training, including killing ten fifty-thousand-year soul beasts.
• Ma Xiaotao declared that she would become Sea God Pavilion Master so she and Ling Bai could meet as equals, then urged him to spend their last night together before he left.