Chapter Summaries

Huo Yutong killed the Death Messenger with a powerful combination of soul skills, then collapsed from exhaustion. Tang Wulin held her protectively as the others arrived and realized she had defeated the enemy alone.

• Huo Yutong refused Electrolux and Tian Meng's offers of help and decided to avenge the Seniors herself.
• Huo Yutong froze the Death Messenger with Ice Empress's Claw and Great Cold Without Snow, then trapped him with Snow Dance Extreme Ice Domain.
• Huo Yutong immobilized the Death Messenger with Soul Impact and the Will of Snow, then beheaded him with her sword.
• Huo Yutong collapsed after using eight soul skills, and Xuan Zi led Beibei and the others through the passage to find her beside the Death Messenger's frozen, headless corpse.
• Tang Wulin carried Huo Yutong and stopped Xuan Zi from trying to wake her, insisting that she needed rest.

After Huo Yutong woke, Tang Wulin rebuked her for risking herself and resolved that he needed to become stronger. Xuan Zi left to get the injured Main Team members treated, leaving Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong responsible for carrying Shrek through the competition until reinforcements arrived.

• Huo Yutong woke in Tang Wulin's arms, and he scolded her for pushing him away and neglecting her own safety.
• Tang Wulin blamed his weakness for what had happened and considered breaking through the Fourth Seal using the herbs in his Storage Soul Tool.
• Huo Yutong told Xuan Zi that her Martial Soul had frozen the secret passage after she struck the Death Messenger with Emperor Palm.
• Xuan Zi said the Main Team members needed treatment and Tang Wulin objected when he delayed taking them back to discuss Shrek's honor.
• Xuan Zi left with several injured Main Team members, leaving Dai Yueheng and Ling Luochen behind to recover and telling Tang Wulin to hold on until they could compete again.

After the latest expedition ended in death and serious injuries, Xuan Zi tried to resign, but Mu En removed him from his leadership post and ordered reforms to Shrek Academy. The meeting ended with Mu En assigning the Reserve Team to the tournament and directing the Academy to learn from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

• The White-Robed Elder told Xuan Zi that the injured students were out of danger and that Chen Zifeng could receive a prosthetic leg.
• Xuan Zi announced that he would resign as Vice Head of the Shrek Inspection Group and leave Sea God's Pavilion, but Mu En ordered him to remain and teach Inner Court disciples.
• Mu En ordered Gong Changlong to arrange custom flying and defensive Soul Tools for every Inner Court Disciple, overruling Yan Shaozhe's objection.
• Mu En decided that the Reserve Team would compete in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament instead of sending replacement Inner Court students.
• Mu En told Xian Lin'er to apply for Exchange Study at Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy after the tournament and ordered Cai Mei'er to increase Soul Engineering Department funding and require weekly Soul Engineering classes for Martial Soul Department students.

In Star Luo City, Shrek Academy’s depleted team prepared for the tournament’s opening elimination match, with Dai Yueheng and Ling Luochen still recovering from their injuries. The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy interpreted Shrek’s young lineup as either an insult or the result of an accident, while Xiao Hongchen warned Ma Rulong not to underestimate them.

• Wang Yan learned that Dai Yueheng needed seventeen days to recover and Ling Luochen needed ten.
• Wang Yan told Beibei, Xu Sanshi, Tang Wulin, and Huo Yutong to use every means necessary to win Shrek’s first match.
• Elder Ma told Ma Rulong that Shrek’s registered lineup would be their opponent and threatened to remove him from Mingde Hall if he lost.
• Xiao Hongchen warned Ma Rulong that Shrek’s young competitors seemed formidable and cautioned him against carelessness.
• The White-haired Girl thought about the handsome youth at the back of Shrek’s team.

Tang Wulin and the Shrek Reserve Team arrived at the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Battle Tournament, where their youth surprised the crowd and officials. The tournament began with Shrek facing Blazing Sun Academy in the first Elimination Round team battle.

• Xu Jiawei welcomed the crowd and officially declared the tournament open.
• The announcer named Blazing Sun Academy and Shrek Academy as the first teams to compete, and Wang Yan reassured the nervous Reserve Team members.
• Tang Wulin noticed Meng Hongchen smiling and waving at him, but he misunderstood her gesture.
• The Shrek Reserve Team took the stage, prompting surprise from their opponents, Xu Jiawei, and Xiao Hongchen.
• The referee explained the team battle rules, and the match began on his command.

Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong used their Forest of Myriad Spirits Martial Soul Fusion Skill to conceal Shrek's Reserve Team's strength while defeating Blazing Sun Academy in under half a minute. Emperor Xu Jiawei ordered detailed information on the pair and looked forward to Shrek's next matches.

• Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong unleashed Forest of Myriad Spirits, covering the arena in illusory Bluesilver Emperors.
• Shrek's Reserve Team used the confusion to eliminate all seven members of Blazing Sun Academy in less than half a minute.
• The crowd and Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy recognized the power of Shrek's Martial Soul Fusion Skill, though the arena-wide illusion hid the team's other abilities.
• Xiao Hongchen remained confident in his own strength, while Meng Hongchen became even more enamored with Tang Wulin.
• Xu Jiawei ordered the Prime Minister to gather detailed information on Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong.

Wang Yan asked the Shrek students to explain their soul skills so the team could prepare for the tournament. He Caitou revealed that his Food System Martial Soul produced cigars that boosted several attributes and lasted for two days, leaving Wang Yan eager to learn what Zhou Sichen could do.

• Wang Yan praised the Reserve Team and asked the students to describe their soul skills.
• Beibei and Xu Sanshi explained their abilities, and Wang Yan was astonished by Xu Sanshi's Mysterious Underworld Exchange.
• He Caitou revealed his soul skill, I Have a Thick Cigar, and the group laughed until he explained what the cigars did.
• Wang Yan learned that He Caitou's cigars increased mental power, defense, strength, and Soul Power by ten percent and lasted forty-eight hours.
• The students tested the cigars, and Wang Yan told them to carry several sets before asking Zhou Sichen to explain his soul skills.

Huo Yutong revealed her Snow Dance Blazing Sun Domain Skill as Wang Yan assessed the Shrek Reserve Team’s chances in the Round Robin. Worried about the Two-Two-Three format against top teams, Beibei asked Tang Wulin to partner with him so Wulin’s Golden Dragon King Bloodline could strengthen Beibei’s Radiant Sacred Dragon bloodline.

• Huo Yutong told Wang Yan she possessed Snow Dance Blazing Sun and explained that she could maintain it for about half a minute without using other soul skills.
• Wang Yan said the team was strongest in Individual Matches and Team Battles but vulnerable in Two-Two-Three, especially against teams with multiple Soul Kings.
• Wang Yan estimated that most top-eight teams had multiple Soul King-level fighters and encouraged the students not to lose hope before Ling Luochen and Dai Yueheng recovered.
• Beibei pulled Tang Wulin aside and asked him to partner with him if the team drew Two-Two-Three against a top team before their injured seniors recovered.
• Beibei explained that Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King Bloodline helped stabilize his Radiant Sacred Dragon bloodline, and Tang Wulin agreed to team up with him.

Huo Yutong faced Zhengtian Academy’s Tang Xiaolei in the Individual Elimination Match, after Shrek drew one of the previous tournament’s top-eight teams. The match began with Huo Yutong revealing six red Soul Rings, shocking the spectators and leaving the contest unresolved.

• Wang Yan told the Reserve Team that Zhengtian Academy was a formidable opponent led by the talented Ye Wuqing, and Shrek chose Huo Yutong to fight first.
• Huo Yutong and Tang Xiaolei entered the competition stage as the first contestants in the Individual Elimination Match.
• Tang Xiaolei released his Purple Splendor Bow and five Soul Rings, preparing to probe Huo Yutong’s strength.
• Huo Yutong casually advanced and revealed six Hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings, astonishing the arena and spectators including Xiao Hongchen and Xu Jiawei.

Huo Yutong defeated Tang Xiaolei by frightening him with her red soul rings and disrupting his aim, then faced Yan'er in the next match. She froze Yan'er into an ice sculpture, leaving Zhengtian Academy's second challenger defeated as well.

• Tang Xiaolei panicked at Huo Yutong's six red soul rings and fired his strongest arrows, but she dodged them all while using Spiritual Interference and Will of Snow to spoil his aim.
• Tang Xiaolei exhausted his Soul Power and collapsed after Huo Yutong calmly told him he had lost.
• Zhengtian Academy's teacher sent Yan'er to fight next and advised her to avoid long-range attacks.
• Yan'er challenged Huo Yutong's soul rings and charged at her on a fireball, intending to force her into close combat.
• Huo Yutong turned white-haired and advanced, extinguished Yan'er's fireballs with extreme cold, and froze her into an ice sculpture.

Huo Yutong continued her one-versus-many match against Zhengtian Academy, crushing three opponents and leaving the spectators wondering if she would defeat the whole team. Zhengtian Academy sent its vice-captain Yu Mengdi, a Soul King with an Angel Martial Soul, to face her.

• Huo Yutong instantly defeated Yan'er without using a Soul Skill, shaking Xiao Hongchen's confidence in his status as the younger generation's foremost genius.
• Yang Yifan charged Huo Yutong with his dagger, but she interrupted his Soul Skill with a beam from her eyes and hurled him from the stage with Ice Empress's Claw.
• Zhengtian Academy's team leader ordered Yu Mengdi to fight without holding back and to defeat Huo Yutong or at least exhaust her.
• Huo Yutong sensed that Yu Mengdi was a powerful Soul King and prepared to focus on defeating her impressively.
• Yu Mengdi revealed her Angel Martial Soul and five Soul Rings, including one ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, as the match began.

Huo Yutong defeated Yu Mengdi with Ice Emperor's Wrath and Ice Empress's Claw, extending Shrek Academy's lead in the match against Zhengtian Academy. She then left the stage, publicly claiming she wanted her teammates to fight while privately knowing she had too little soul power to face the next strong opponent.

• Yu Mengdi attacked Huo Yutong with Sacred Radiance Cross Slash, but Huo Yutong blocked it and forced her back with Emperor Sword.
• Yu Mengdi used Angel's Blessing to strengthen her Angel God-Sealing Slash, but Huo Yutong countered with Ice Emperor's Wrath.
• Huo Yutong seized Yu Mengdi in midair, slammed her to the ground, and froze her with Ice Empress's Claw.
• Huo Yutong asked Shrek Academy to replace her and told the referee she did not want to take every match from her teammates.
• Huo Yutong left the stage, concealing that her depleted soul power would have made her vulnerable to Zhengtian Academy's captain, Ye Wuqing.

Beibei faced Zhengtian Academy’s spiritual Soul Master Shangguan Can in the Individual Elimination Match and outmaneuvered his attempt to control him off the stage. Beibei’s victory left Shrek’s path open for the opposing captain’s likely appearance.

• Wang Yan sent Beibei onto the stage after Huo Yutong’s win, and Beibei set out to prepare the way for Tang Wulin.
• Zhengtian Academy sent Shangguan Can, who used his Soul-Devouring Bell to disrupt Beibei’s mind and evade his attacks.
• Beibei charged Shangguan Can toward the edge of the stage while Shangguan Can secretly prepared his spiritual skills.
• Shangguan Can used his purple soul rings to daze Beibei and attempt to control him into leaving the stage.
• Beibei’s hidden black sphere burst into purple smoke and silver light, interrupting Shangguan Can’s soul skill, and Beibei pushed him off the stage.

Beibei defeated Shangguan Can by anticipating his mental-control trap, then quickly overcame Blood Wolf with the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and three soul skills. With Zhengtian Academy’s other six Main Team members eliminated, Ye Wuqing stepped onto the stage to face him.

• Beibei defeated Shangguan Can, whose arrogance had led him to underestimate Beibei’s caution and skill.
• Blood Wolf began his match by using Wolf Transformation and attacking Beibei with his Soul Wolf Martial Soul.
• Beibei probed Blood Wolf’s strength, evaded his enhanced claws with the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, and knocked him out with three soul skills.
• Ye Wuqing rose from Zhengtian Academy’s player area and faced Beibei as the teams’ captains prepared to fight.

Beibei fought Ye Wuqing, Zhengtian Academy’s last competitor, and forced him to reveal his powerful Fifth Soul Skill. Beibei conceded before exposing his own trump card, leaving Ye Wuqing’s strength on display.

• Ye Wuqing arrogantly challenged Beibei and claimed he could defeat Shrek’s remaining members alone.
• Beibei and Ye Wuqing began their match, and Beibei countered Ye Wuqing’s Golden Leaves with a thrown knife.
• Beibei dodged Ye Wuqing’s Leaf Array and charged into close combat, but Ye Wuqing caught his attack with Golden Left Hand.
• Beibei broke free with Thunderous Might and Wrath of Thunder, then used Hidden Weapons and Thunder Dragon Head to pressure Ye Wuqing.
• Ye Wuqing activated Dance of Golden Leaves, and Beibei conceded before revealing his Radiant Sacred Dragon mode.

Beibei forced Ye Wuqing to spend much of his Soul Power before Tang Wulin took his place in the match. Tang Wulin revealed a single Golden Soul Ring and charged at Ye Wuqing, who unleashed Golden Leaves as the fight began.

• Beibei taunted Ye Wuqing after the referee stopped his Ten Thousand Year Soul Skill, then left the arena to applause.
• Tang Wulin replaced Beibei, and he and Ye Wuqing traded barbs before the referee started the match.
• Tang Wulin burst across half the arena at remarkable speed, prompting the crowd to react to his single Golden Soul Ring.
• Ye Wuqing recognized the ring's golden color and hesitated, then activated several soul skills and sent Golden Leaves toward Tang Wulin.
• Tang Wulin's figure turned hazy as Ye Wuqing's Golden Leaves closed in.

Tang Wulin overcame Ye Wuqing’s Golden Leaves with his speed, defensive skills, and newly revealed Bluesilver Domain. He defeated Ye Wuqing with King’s Descent, giving Shrek Academy the first Round Robin match.

• Tang Wulin evaded Ye Wuqing’s Golden Leaves, closed the distance, and knocked him back with a punch.
• Tang Wulin used Wind King’s Tyrant Dragon Tornado, Golden Dragon Body, and Bluesilver Connection to endure Ye Wuqing’s renewed attack.
• Tang Wulin activated the Bluesilver Domain to recover Soul Power while accelerating Ye Wuqing’s depletion.
• Ye Wuqing charged Tang Wulin and scattered his Golden Leaves, but Tang Wulin used King’s Descent to shatter them and blast Ye Wuqing off the stage.

The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy analyzed Huo Yutong’s strength and debated whether her performance reflected genuine Soul Emperor-level power or extraordinary burst strength followed by exhaustion. Xiao Hongchen concluded that she was his greatest future rival and vowed to surpass her in five years.

• Ma Rulong warned that Shrek Academy had held back its Main Team members and could be stronger than the matches had shown.
• Ma Rulong admitted that Huo Yutong’s victories and techniques appeared beyond what he could defeat, while Xiao Hongchen questioned whether her six red rings were genuine.
• Ma Rulong explained that Huo Yutong had dominated all four matches, including defeating a Soul King, and judged her strength to be at least Soul Emperor-level.
• Xiao Hongchen argued that Huo Yutong had likely exhausted her Soul Power and stopped fighting because she could not continue safely.
• Ma Rulong cautioned the academy not to underestimate Huo Yutong, and Xiao Hongchen declared that he would prepare to defeat her in five years.

Wang Yan brought the Shrek team to Star Luo City's Starlight Auction House to show them how Soul Tools could strengthen Soul Masters. Wang Dong refused to enter because she could not bring herself to accept Soul Tools, while the others settled in for a special auction.

• Wang Yan explained that Soul Tools could complement a Soul Master's abilities, but Xu Sanshi objected that they were less reliable than Martial Souls and soul skills.
• Wang Dong refused to enter the Auction House, saying Soul Tools made her uncomfortable, and Tang Wulin let her return to think things over.
• Wang Yan led the remaining students into the Auction House, where Beibei asked the hostess about the standards for the day's auction.
• The group took their seats in Hall Number Twelve, and auctioneer Qing Ya opened the special auction for Soul Tools below the sixth rank.
• Huo Yutong identified the first item as a roughly third-rank offensive Soul Tool designed for the arm.

Wang Yan used Shrek Academy’s Credit Voucher to buy Soul Tools for the Reserve Team, including a Thruster suited to Tang Wulin and a Milk Bottle that could greatly aid Huo Yutong. The auction then introduced its final, mysterious lot, whose nature had not yet been revealed.

• After consulting Huo Yutong and He Caitou, Wang Yan bought a paralysis Soul Tool Ray and began acquiring Soul Tools for the Reserve Team.
• Wang Yan bid on more than a dozen Soul Tools and distributed them among the team members.
• Tang Wulin said he could use the Level 4 Soul Tool Thruster, and Wang Yan won it for him.
• He Caitou explained the Milk Bottle’s Soul Power replenishment, and Wang Yan won it for twenty-five thousand gold soul coins.
• Qing Ya announced that the auction’s final lot was a mysterious grand gift and called for it to be brought onto the stage.