Douluo Continent: I, Long Aotian, will not be a supporting character.

After a three-day break, the quarterfinals will begin, with the four teams vying for a spot in the semifinals.

Among the eight teams that made it to the finals, apart from the Douling Empire, the other three empires each had two teams.

Shrek Academy, needless to say, is naturally one of the top eight academies.

The two academies of the Heavenly Soul Empire are the Heavenly Soul Empire Royal Imperial Academy and the Zheng Tian Advanced Soul Master Academy.

Zhengtian Academy is the same academy in the original work that possesses the Angel Soul King Yu Mengdi.

The two academies of the Star Luo Empire are the Star Luo Empire Royal Academy and the Star Luo Dragon Soul Advanced Soul Master Academy.

The Sun Moon Empire also has two branches: the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Master Academy and the Mingdu Soul Master Academy.

The Douling Empire only had one academy advance to the top eight, which was the Plant Academy, which had only lost to the Di'ao Academy in the group stage of the round-robin tournament.

The Douling Empire was unlucky. Their Douling team had five Soul Kings: Gu Zhu Jian, a level 57 Purple Bamboo Attack-type Soul King; Qian Yuan, a level 53 Terror Claw Bear Attack-type Soul King; Xiao Feng, a level 54 Mysterious Pearl Mind Control-type Soul King; Chi Heng Yu, a level 52 Vajra Shield Defense-type Soul King; and Han Ling Er, a level 51 Wind Feather Bird Agility-type Soul King. Their strength was fully qualified for the top eight, even stronger than Zheng Tian Academy and Plant Academy, which were selected for the top eight.

Unfortunately, the Royal Academy of the Douling Empire encountered Shrek Academy ahead of time. Under the suppression of the two Soul Emperors, Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng, they were eliminated and lost their ticket to advance to the top eight.

The results of the quarterfinals are also in:

Shrek Academy versus Heavenly Soul Empire's Zheng Tian Academy;

Sun and Moon Royal Soul Master Academy versus Battle Spirit Empire Plant Academy;

The Star Luo Royal Academy is facing off against the Sun Moon Empire's Mingdu Soul Master Academy;

Imperial Academy versus Star Luo Empire Dragon Soul Academy.

The first match in the quarterfinals was between Shrek Academy and the Heavenly Soul Empire's Zheng Tian Academy, and Shrek Academy won.

The second match was between Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy and Battle Spirit Empire Plant Academy, with Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy emerging victorious.

The third match was between Star Luo Royal Academy and Sun Moon Empire's Mingdu Soul Master Academy, with Star Luo Royal Academy emerging victorious.

Long Aotian and the others carefully observed the matches in these three games.

In the first match, Shrek Academy faced off against Zheng Tian Academy. Although Zheng Tian Academy lost, its member Yu Mengdi was exceptionally outstanding, and her Angelic Martial Soul also won the favor of Ye Guyi, who also possessed an Angelic Martial Soul.

In the second match, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy faced off against the Battle Spirit Empire's Plant Academy. During the team battle, Tang Xin'er, the Soul Master with the Nine-Hearted Begonia Martial Soul, finally showcased the formidable power of the Nine-Hearted Begonia. Its group healing ability truly shocked everyone. The Plant Academy's entire team possessed exceptional endurance, almost entirely employing a strategy of trading blows for damage. Especially Ye Jianchen, the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass Soul King, who, with Tang Xin'er's support, used a desperate, injury-for-damage approach to almost head-on confront the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy's captain, the level six Soul Master Ma Rulong. However, ultimately, because all members of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy were level five or higher Soul Masters, the Plant Academy was defeated by the overwhelming firepower of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

Xu Jiujiu still hasn't appeared in the Star Luo Royal Academy team, it seems he's going to stay hidden until the semi-finals. However, even without Xu Jiujiu, they still defeated the Sun Moon Empire's Mingdu Soul Master Academy. Furthermore, a female Soul Master named Wang Sheng'er in the team once again attracted Ye Guyi's attention, because Wang Sheng'er's Martial Soul was also an Angel Martial Soul, but not a combat-oriented one; rather, it was a healing angel, the same as the Martial Soul of Wang Xian'er, the Vice Hall Master of the Star Luo Empire's Hall of Worship. It's likely that this Wang Sheng'er is a direct descendant of Wang Xian'er.

Upon seeing two owners of the Angelic Martial Soul in succession, Ye Guyi couldn't help but feel a sense of closeness. This was the first time she had encountered a Soul Master with the same Angelic Martial Soul since her Angelic Clan was destroyed by the Evil Soul Master.

Long Aotian saw through Ye Guyi's thoughts and told his master, Du Busi.

Seeing that Ye Guyi could meet a Soul Master with the same martial soul, Du Busi was naturally willing to help her. Therefore, he revealed his identity as the Sect Master of the Body Sect and took Ye Guyi to visit the Star Luo Empire's Hall of Worship and Zheng Tian Academy during the break of the competition. This gave Ye Guyi the opportunity to communicate with Wang Sheng'er and Yu Mengdi, the two Angel Inheritors. With Du Busi, the Limit Douluo, stepping in, Ye Guyi successfully established contact with Yu Mengdi and Wang Sheng'er.

Finally, the last match of the quarterfinals has arrived: the battle between Di'ao Academy and Dragon Soul Academy.

As previously introduced to Long Aotian and others by teachers Jun Moxiao and Mu Yu Chengfeng, the Dragon Soul Academy's unique feature is not the dragon-type martial soul in the literal sense, but rather weapon martial souls with dragon souls—that is, beast spirit weapon martial souls.

So-called Beast Spirit Weapon Martial Souls are still weapon Martial Souls in form, but these Martial Souls all have the spirits of Soul Beasts gathered together. For example, the "Peerless Dragon and Snake" from ten thousand years ago, the Dragon Staff of Dragon Duke Meng Shu, the Snake Staff of Snake Granny Chaotianxiang, the Snake Spear of Elder Snake Spear of the Spirit Hall, the Panlong Staff of Qianjun and the Demon Subduing Elder of the Hall of Worship, and the Wulong Shield of Qian Duoduo, the current vice dean of the Soul Guidance Department of Shrek Academy, and the Fire Phoenix Sword of Luanfeng, the commander of the Fire Phoenix Soul Guidance Corps of the Sun Moon Empire's Guardian Hand. These are all typical Beast Spirit Weapon Martial Souls.

When a Soul Master with a Beast Spirit Weapon Martial Soul cultivates to the seventh ring Soul Saint level, the Martial Soul True Body they obtain is not the Weapon Spirit True Body, but rather the Beast Martial Soul True Body.

Compared to other Soul Masters of the same level, they have the advantage of having a weapon spirit outside their body and the advantage of having a beast spirit attached to them to strengthen themselves. Generally speaking, the quality of beast spirit weapon spirits is extremely powerful.

The captain and vice-captain of the Dragon Soul Academy's participating students are brothers, Qian Gu Jue and Qian Gu Jin. Their martial soul is the Panlong Staff, a testament to their lineage as descendants of the Qian Jun and Jiang Mo brothers, who were worshipped by the Martial Soul Empire ten thousand years ago. The dragon soul attached to the Panlong Staff is the Evil-Slaying Dragon (Heavenly Awakening Sacred Golden Dragon), a very special type of dragon. The Evil-Slaying Dragon is born naturally, formed from the righteous energy of heaven and earth, possessing the ability to dispel evil. No matter how powerful the enemy, the Evil-Slaying Dragon will display an indomitable spirit, amplifying its wielder and often allowing the Panlong Staff's owner to unleash power beyond their own capabilities.

The Panlong Staff, in terms of martial spirit quality alone, is a top-tier offensive weapon martial spirit that is in no way inferior to the Haotian Hammer or the Seven Kill Sword.

The members of Dragon Soul Academy are:

The Blood Dragon Sword Soul Master, Jian Youhan, possesses a sword spirit containing the dragon soul of a scarlet blood dragon.

Meng Xuanji, the Poison Dragon Blade Soul Master, possesses the dragon soul of the Azure Phosphorous Poison Dragon residing within his blade martial soul.

Murong Shi, a Soul Master with the Nightmare Dragon Staff, possesses the dragon soul of the Fear Demon Dragon residing within his staff martial soul.

The Dragon Bell Soul Master Zhong Yaorao possesses a dragon soul within her martial soul that contains the bloodline of Pulao, one of the nine sons of the dragon.

Qin Wanjun, the Dragon Roar Qin Soul Master, possesses a dragon soul residing within her Qin martial soul, which contains the bloodline of Qiuniu, one of the nine sons of the dragon.