Chapter Summaries

Du Busi forfeited his challenge against Lu Youyou and ordered the Body Sect to seal its gates and train as Xiong Jun was revealed as sixteenth on the Combat Power Ranking. Mu En warned that Xiong Jun could now threaten him and wondered whether Lu Chen had accelerated the Soul Beasts’ growth, while the ranking’s fifteenth-place reveal began.

• Du Busi forfeited his challenge, accepted the eighteenth-place reward, and ordered the Body Sect disciples to seal the mountain gate and train.
• The Golden Ranking revealed Xiong Jun as sixteenth, describing his 570,000-year cultivation and Sky-Tearing Claw as powerful enough to rival a human Limit Douluo.
• Mu En told the Sea God's Pavilion elders that Xiong Jun could now threaten or severely injure him and wondered whether Lu Chen had accelerated the Soul Beasts’ growth.
• Lu Youyou refused to challenge Xiong Jun, and the Golden Ranking began gathering the light for fifteenth place.

The Golden Ranking revealed that Lu Lingtian’s Kun Peng bloodline gave him combat power near the peak of Limit Douluo despite only 280,000 years of cultivation. Xiong Jun declined to challenge him, and the ranking awarded Xiong Jun his reward.

• The Golden Ranking placed Lu Lingtian fifteenth, assessing him as near or equal to the peak of Limit Douluo through his Kun Peng bloodline and Devouring and Void authorities.
• Mu En, Du Busi, and the other observers reacted with shock, while Di Tian and the other Star Dou Great Forest beasts showed pride in Lu Lingtian.
• The Golden Ranking asked Xiong Jun whether he would challenge Lu Lingtian for the fifteenth place.
• Xiong Jun refused, judging Lu Lingtian too powerful to challenge and choosing not to fight a fellow member of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The ranking awarded Xiong Jun a Dark Gold Bloodline Origin Enhancement, five thousand years of cultivation, and deeper comprehension of the Power of Tearing.

The Myriad Demon King appeared at fourteenth place on the Combat Power Ranking and accepted his reward without seeking a higher rank. When the ranking invited Lu Lingtian to challenge him, Lu Lingtian refused, declaring that the Soul Beast Clan should remain united.

• The Golden Ranking named the 640,000-year-old Myriad Demon King fourteenth and awarded him spiritual sublimation, 13,000 years of cultivation, and the Demigod Skill Myriad Demon Kill.
• The Myriad Demon King felt quietly satisfied with his placement, while Mu En and Yan Shaozhe judged that he would not challenge the rank above him.
• Xu Tianran grew anxious that the Soul Beast powerhouses were avoiding conflict as the ranking asked Lu Lingtian whether he would challenge the Myriad Demon King.
• Lu Lingtian refused, saying the Soul Beast Clan should work with one heart rather than fight among themselves.
• The Myriad Demon King felt relieved by Lu Lingtian's refusal, and Lu Lingtian received the reward for fifteenth place as starlight and energy entered his body.

The Golden Ranking named the Demon Empress thirteenth on the Combat Power Ranking, prompting panic among human factions, while the Myriad Demon King refused her challenge. The ranking then revealed the Sea Princess in twelfth place, leaving the Demon Empress’s response pending.

• The Golden Ranking listed the Demon Empress as thirteenth, identifying her as a 650,000-year-old deep-sea overlord and granting her rewards.
• Yan Shaozhe recognized the Demon Empress as the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's wife, and human factions feared the growing strength of the soul beasts.
• The Golden Ranking asked the Myriad Demon King whether he would challenge the Demon Empress, and he refused without hesitation.
• The Myriad Demon King received his ranking reward while Xiong Jun and Lu Lingtian accepted his decision.
• The Golden Ranking revealed the Sea Princess as twelfth, describing her ocean powers and granting her rewards.

The Demon Empress forfeited her challenge against Sea Princess, choosing to preserve her strength for revenge against Sea God Tang San. Ye Xishui then appeared at eleventh place on the Combat Power Ranking, leaving her furious and prompting Long Xiaoyao to suggest that her martial soul attributes put her at a disadvantage.

• The Demon Empress weighed the risks of fighting Sea Princess and forfeited the challenge to avoid weakening the soul beast forces.
• Sea Princess felt relieved that the Demon Empress had avoided a potentially devastating internal conflict.
• The Golden Ranking awarded the Demon Empress her thirteenth-place reward, and she withdrew into a deep trench to cultivate.
• The Golden Ranking listed Ye Xishui of the Holy Spirit Cult at eleventh place, shocking humans who expected her to enter the Top Ten.
• Ye Xishui and Zhongli Wu questioned the ranking, while Long Xiaoyao argued that Mu En and he had gained an advantage from their evolved Extreme Attribute martial souls.

The Golden Ranking placed Ye Xishui below Long Xiaoyao and Mu En because her power lacked an Extreme Attribute, while Sea Princess refused to challenge her. Long Xiaoyao then ranked tenth, leaving Shrek Academy and human Soul Masters worried that the top nine were dominated by soul beasts.

• Mu En explained that Extreme Attributes could give Long Xiaoyao and himself an advantage over Ye Xishui in the Golden Ranking's combat assessment.
• Sea Princess refused the Golden Ranking's challenge to fight Ye Xishui and began absorbing her reward.
• The Golden Ranking announced Long Xiaoyao in tenth place, recognizing his Dark Holy Dragon and Extreme Darkness attribute.
• Human Soul Masters feared that the nine fighters ranked above Long Xiaoyao were mostly powerful soul beasts.
• Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er worried about humanity's rankings, while Mu En acknowledged the soul beasts' greater foundations and urged them to recognize the gap.

Ye Xishui refused to challenge Long Xiaoyao, and Mu En appeared in ninth place on the Combat Power Ranking. The three publicly recognized human Limit Douluo had all ranked outside the top eight, leaving humanity shaken as Long Xiaoyao faced the choice of challenging Mu En.

• After Long Xiaoyao ranked tenth, Ye Xishui refused to challenge him, deciding that preserving human strength mattered more than improving her rank.
• The Golden Ranking named Mu En ninth, recognizing his restored peak condition and Extreme Light attribute and granting him rewards.
• Human factions and Shrek Academy reacted with despair as they realized Long Xiaoyao, Ye Xishui, and Mu En had all ranked outside the top eight.
• The Golden Ranking asked Long Xiaoyao whether he would challenge Mu En, and Long Xiaoyao considered their long-standing rivalry and opposing Extreme attributes.

Long Xiaoyao gave up challenging Mu En to preserve humanity’s remaining peak combat power, and the Golden Ranking revealed Tai Tan in eighth place. Niu Tian warned that Soul Beasts likely occupied nearly all the higher ranks, leaving humanity dangerously outmatched.

• Long Xiaoyao weighed the risks of fighting Mu En and gave up his challenge.
• Mu En felt relieved that he and Long Xiaoyao had avoided a potentially devastating battle, since he needed to protect Shrek Academy and the Human Righteous Path Alliance.
• The Golden Ranking awarded Long Xiaoyao his reward and revealed Tai Tan as eighth place, recognizing his strength and granting him several enhancements.
• Mu En realized that the ranking had shattered his hope that humans might place among the top five.
• Tai Tan reacted with disbelief at his rank, while Niu Tian warned him that Soul Beasts likely dominated the top seven and that the imbalance could provoke conflict between the clans.

After Mu En declined to challenge Titan, the Golden Ranking revealed the Snow Empress in seventh place and asked Titan to challenge her. Titan accepted, and he and the Snow Empress appeared on the Heavenly Dao Arena as the continent gathered to watch their duel.

• Niu Tian and Titan discussed protecting Wang Dong'er and their difficult position between humans and soul beasts.
• Mu En declined the challenge against Titan, citing Shrek's need for him and the Clear Sky Sect's longstanding ties with Shrek.
• The Golden Ranking revealed Snow Empress as seventh, with 770,000 years of cultivation and mastery of Extreme Ice.
• Titan accepted the challenge to test the strength of the soul beasts' top fighters, and Niu Tian warned him to retreat if needed.
• The Snow Empress accepted Titan's challenge, and both appeared at opposite ends of the Heavenly Dao Arena.
• Huo Yuhao watched the Sky Screen and asked the Ice Empress who would win.

The Snow Empress defeated Titan on the Heavenly Dao Arena with her ultimate ice and the Ice God Sword. She left Titan frozen solid in an ice sculpture.

• The Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told Huo Yuhao that the Snow Empress's strength and ice attribute gave her a decisive advantage over Titan.
• Titan activated his Earth Dominator domain and gathered power for his World-Shaking Strike.
• The Snow Empress summoned the Ice God Sword and attacked Titan with Emperor Sword: Ice Extreme Unrivaled.
• The Snow Empress's sword pierced through Titan's World-Shaking Strike and struck his chest, freezing his power and breaking his domain.
• The Snow Empress sealed Titan in ice, leaving him as a lifeless sculpture on the arena.

The Snow Empress defeated Titan instantly, freezing him after receiving the Golden Ranking’s enhancement. The world’s strongest human factions reckoned with the gulf between her and themselves, while the Holy Spirit Cult concluded that the Soul Beast Clan was far stronger than they had understood.

• The Golden Ranking declared the Snow Empress the winner, kept her ranking unchanged, awarded her double rewards, and stripped Titan of his ranking and rewards.
• Mu En recalled fighting the Snow Empress before her breakthrough and admitted he would have lost even faster than Titan.
• Du Busi ordered Body Sect disciples to stay away from Soul Beast gathering places and warned that the world was about to change.
• Long Xiaoyao estimated that he would last fewer than ten breaths against the Snow Empress in her domain if she fought seriously.
• Zhongli Wu, Ye Xishui, and Long Xiaoyao recognized that they had badly underestimated the Soul Beast Clan and the significance of the Snow Empress’s cultivation.

The Golden Ranking placed Niu Tian sixth in combat power, revealing that the top five were all Soul Beasts and leaving humanity outside the top ranks. After the Snow Empress declined to challenge Niu Tian, she focused on consolidating her gains and warned that greater enemies and the God Realm’s attention still loomed.

• The Golden Ranking named Niu Tian sixth, identifying his Azure Divine Dragon bloodline and granting him powerful rewards as dragon-type Soul Masters across the continent bowed involuntarily.
• Niu Tian thawed Tai Tan and reflected that even transforming and learning human methods had not brought them close to the ancient Soul Beast powerhouses.
• Mu En forbade Shrek Academy from discussing war with Soul Beasts, while Du Busi despaired that humanity had not even reached the top five.
• The Golden Ranking invited the Snow Empress to challenge Niu Tian, but she refused so she could absorb her rewards and avoid risking her foundation.
• The Snow Empress warned that the true enemies were still unrevealed and considered that the Golden Ranking might have drawn the God Realm’s attention.

Snow Empress refused to challenge Niu Tian, choosing to preserve the Soul Beast Clan’s strength against a possible threat from the God Realm. The Golden Ranking then revealed Bi Ji in fifth place, showing that her evolved life-and-death powers had made her stronger than Snow Empress.

• Snow Empress judged that challenging Niu Tian would waste strength and risk exposing the Soul Beast Clan before a possible divine catastrophe.
• Xu Tianran, Ye Xishui, Yan Shaozhe, and Niu Tian considered Snow Empress’s refusal and worried about her plans and the God Realm’s response.
• The Golden Ranking named Bi Ji fifth, revealing her 760,000-year cultivation, evolved Chaos Life Sparrow bloodline, and ability to control life and death.
• Human Soul Masters and Niu Tian reacted with shock as they realized Bi Ji’s combat strength far exceeded their expectations.
• Snow Empress studied Bi Ji’s ranking with surprise and a trace of unwillingness to accept that Bi Ji surpassed her.

Bi Ji explained how Lu Zun’s Chaos Life Sparrow bloodline let her fuse life and death, while the Golden Ranking revealed the terrifying power of the 850,000-year-old Evil Emperor. The chapter left the Human Soul Masters and Holy Spirit Cult shaken by the soul beast’s near-divine spiritual power.

• Snow Empress wondered about Bi Ji’s power and resolved to visit the Star Dou Great Forest when she could.
• Bi Ji told Di Tian, Zi Ji, and the others that her Chaos Life Sparrow bloodline gave her the Same Path of Life and Death domain, which controlled life and death.
• The Golden Ranking named the Evil Emperor fourth, describing his 850,000-year cultivation and near-divine Spiritual Power, and awarded him a divine skill called Evil Eyes Devour Gods.
• Du Busi feared that his physical strength could not protect him from the Evil Emperor’s soul attacks.
• Ye Xishui, Long Xiaoyao, and Zhongli Wu admitted that the Holy Spirit Cult could not contend with the soul beasts’ growing strength.

Huo Yuhao and Shrek Academy’s leaders reacted to the Evil Emperor’s overwhelming spiritual power as the Golden Ranking revealed Bi Ji’s refusal to challenge him. The ranking then named Di Tian third, confirming his million-year strength and leaving humanity fearful of the Soul Beast Clan’s growing dominance.

• Huo Yuhao, the Ice Empress, and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm recognized that the Evil Emperor’s spiritual power had reached the threshold of the divine level and warned Huo Yuhao to avoid him.
• Mu En, Elder Zhuang, and Elder Song feared that human soul masters could not withstand the Evil Emperor or the Soul Beast Clan’s top-ranked powers.
• Bi Ji refused the Golden Ranking’s challenge against the Evil Emperor, and the ranking’s top three positions began shining with overwhelming force.
• The Golden Ranking named Di Tian third, listing his one-million-year cultivation, perfected Extreme Darkness, and rewards including Dark Origin and Dragon God's Light.
• Mu En and Xian Lin'er concluded that Di Tian, Gu Yuena, and Lu Chen had made the Soul Beast Clan’s power impossible for Shrek Academy to match.

The Golden Ranking revealed Gu Yuena as the second-ranked combatant, identifying her as a Silver Dragon King whose strength reached the peak of a Level 1 Deity. After Di Tian received his rewards, the ranking’s first-place light began to release pressure at the level of a God King, heralding Lu Chen’s reveal.

• The Evil Emperor refused the Golden Ranking’s challenge to fight Di Tian.
• Gu Yuena congratulated Di Tian, and he thanked her and Lu Chen for helping him reach a million years.
• The Golden Ranking named Gu Yuena second, assessing her combat power at the peak of a Level 1 Deity and listing powerful rewards.
• Di Tian refused to challenge Gu Yuena, then received his rewards and strengthened his darkness powers and Dragon God's Light.
• Gu Yuena told Lu Chen that the next reveal was his, as the first-place light overwhelmed the continent with God King-level pressure.

The Golden Ranking named Lu Chen the strongest being on Douluo Continent, revealing his God King-level power and rewards. As humans feared the Soul Beast Clan’s strength and questioned the God Realm’s silence, Gu Yuena was asked whether she would challenge Lu Chen.

• The Golden Ranking revealed Lu Chen’s Kunpeng form, God King cultivation, overwhelming combat power, and rewards.
• Mu En and the Shrek Academy elders despaired over humanity’s inability to resist Lu Chen, while Huo Yuhao’s companions urged him to give up hope of catching up.
• Zhongli Wu suggested that the Holy Spirit Cult cooperate with the Soul Beast Clan, but Ye Xishui warned that they could not trust the clan or expect an equal partnership.
• Du Busi urged the Body Sect to strengthen itself and wait, doubting that the God Realm would come to humanity’s aid.
• The Golden Ranking asked Gu Yuena whether she would challenge Lu Chen, and she looked toward the Sky Screen and answered without hesitation.

Gu Yuena refused Lu Chen’s challenge, received the Golden Ranking rewards, and began merging the Golden Dragon King bloodline with her own while gaining control of the Lightning Element. As the Combat Power Ranking ended, the Golden Ranking announced a Domain Ranking to be evaluated in three days, giving Shrek Academy hope of placing.

• Gu Yuena refused the challenge, and Lu Chen congratulated her as the strongest person on Douluo Continent.
• Gu Yuena received three Dragon God Inheritance Fragments, the Elemental Reincarnation skill, and the Golden Dragon King Bloodline, then guided the two bloodlines toward fusion.
• Gu Yuena gained control of the Lightning Element, formed a Thunder Spear, and identified the new power as a possible way to break through her bloodline’s shackles.
• Lu Chen received his Combat Power Ranking reward, and Lu Lingtian and Lu Youyou congratulated their parents.
• The Golden Ranking announced that the Domain Ranking would be evaluated in three days, and Yan Shaozhe and Mu En believed Shrek Academy had a chance to rank.

Tang San's incarnation entered the Extreme North to investigate the Golden Ranking, but the Ice Bear King Xiao Bai attacked him and was subdued by his divine power. The Snow Empress appeared to confront Tang San as he bound Xiao Bai.

• Tang San arrived in the Extreme North in a body limited to below the divine level and sensed the Golden Ranking's influence over the continent.
• Tang San tried to leave the Extreme North, but Ice Bear King Xiao Bai confronted him for trespassing in the forbidden land.
• Xiao Bai attacked with Ice Element Control: Thousand Fissures, but Tang San stopped and shattered the ice blades with the will of the Sea God Trident.
• Tang San bound Xiao Bai with Blue Silver Emperor phantoms that drained his Soul Power and vitality.
• The Snow Empress appeared and demanded to know why Tang San dared to slaughter her people.

The Snow Empress confronted Tang San after recognizing the divine aura he tried to conceal, and their battle ended with him escaping through a spatial rift, badly injured. Suspecting the God Realm’s involvement in the Golden Ranking, she placed the Extreme North on alert and headed for the Star Dou Great Forest to warn Lu Zun.

• The Snow Empress freed Xiao Bai from Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor projection and challenged Tang San, who claimed he was a traveling Soul Master named Tang Yin.
• The Snow Empress attacked with an Ice Crystal Greatsword, and Tang San’s counterblow revealed his hidden strength but left him injured by the clash.
• The Snow Empress unleashed her full Emperor Cold Sky: Snow Dance Blazing Sun domain, forcing Tang San to burn his special divine energy and teleport away.
• The Snow Empress struck Tang San through the spatial rift before it closed and recognized the Sea God Aura he revealed as he escaped.
• The Snow Empress healed Xiao Bai, ordered the Extreme North to its highest alert, and told Xiao Bai and Titan to guard the Core Area.
• The Snow Empress flew toward the Star Dou Great Forest to seek Lu Zun’s help against the suspected threat from the God Realm.