Chapter Summaries

Tang Fu'er defeated Di Tian's attack and forced the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King to negotiate after he arrived to defend the Sky Azure Bull Python. Ming Lunyu secured compensation and ordered Di Tian to guard Yang Wudi as he absorbed a Soul Ring.

• The Sky Azure Bull Python summoned Di Tian, but Tang Fu'er stomped the serpent into the ground and smashed apart Di Tian's dragon-claw strike.
• Tang Fu'er revealed that she knew there was a secret beneath the Lake of Life, then blamed the Sky Azure Bull Python for bringing her there.
• Ming Lunyu demanded that Di Tian allow the Titan Giant Ape's death and hand over Soul Bones; Di Tian agreed to provide ten, including at least one Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone.
• Ming Lunyu's final demand was for Di Tian to stand guard while Yang Wudi absorbed a Soul Ring, and Di Tian reluctantly agreed.

Ming Lunyu’s group left the Lake of Life after Yang Wudi absorbed the Titan Giant Ape’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and claimed its Soul Bone. They assessed their gains and set off home, with Ming Lunyu promising to seek better Soul Bones for his companions.

• Yang Wudi absorbed the Titan Giant Ape’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring while Dugu Bo taunted Di Tian, who questioned why powerful women served Ming Lunyu.
• After Yang Wudi stabilized her ninth Soul Ring, Ming Lunyu led the group away from the Lake of Life, and Di Tian kicked the Sky Azure Bull Python for interfering.
• At the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest, Ming Lunyu displayed ten Soul Bones, and Tang Fu’er revealed that a powerful lifeform lay beneath the lake.
• Yang Wudi described her ninth Soul Skills and Hundred-Thousand-Year right arm bone, whose skills included Gravity Domain and Titan Sky Cannon.
• Ming Lunyu gave a fire-attribute Soul Bone to Ma Hongjun, Yang Wudi chose a left leg bone, and the group headed home with the remaining Soul Bones.

Tang Fu'er led Ming Lunyu and their companions to the City of Slaughter to recover her missing memories, uncovering the Asura Blood Sword and secrets about divine inheritances. After restoring her memories, she left the sword in place, and the group escaped through Hell Road with Divine Slaughter's Domains and a serpent core.

• Tang Fu'er remembered that something important in the City of Slaughter might restore her missing memories, so Ming Lunyu and the others changed course and went there.
• Tang Fu'er guided the group to a hidden cave beneath the King of Slaughter's residence, where Ming Lunyu used Divine Slaughter's Domain to block the Asura Blood Sword's aura.
• Tang Fu'er pulled out the Asura Blood Sword, recovered her missing memories, and explained that holding the sword meant accepting the Asura God's trial and being watched.
• Tang Fu'er revealed that the Rakshasa God had corrupted the City of Slaughter and told the group about Tang Chen, Bo Saixi, and Sea God Island.
• Tang Fu'er disguised herself as the King of Slaughter, then arranged for Yang Wudi and Dugu Bo to enter Hell Road and gain Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• The group flew out through Hell Road after killing its Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, whose inner core Yang Wudi planned to study and refine into pills.

Flender planned to build the Shrek Seven Devils’ confidence by sending them to friendly matches against nearby academies, while Yu Xiaogang worried that Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass would hinder his rise. Yu Xiaogang discovered an old parchment titled “Land of Fallen Ancient Gods,” leaving him focused on the possibility it might offer a solution.

• Flender praised the Shrek Seven Devils and announced plans to take them to nearby academies for friendly exchanges.
• Dai Mubai, Yu Tianheng, and Xiao Wu welcomed the chance to fight, while Zhu Zhuqing quietly watched Dai Mubai.
• Yu Xiaogang worried that Tang San’s cultivation with Blue Silver Grass would prevent him from reaching Soul King and fulfilling Yu Xiaogang’s ambitions.
• Yu Xiaogang recalled reports of two youths with four black Soul Rings and considered seeking help from a woman he knew.
• Yu Xiaogang found an old parchment labeled “Land of Fallen Ancient Gods” and studied it with keen interest.

Ming Lunyu reunited with Ma Hongjun and showed her his new Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring before taking her and Yang Wudi on a stroll through Heaven Dou City. The three arrived in the bustling imperial capital holding hands, while Ming Lunyu considered discussing Tang Fu'er's forging research with her later.

• Ma Hongjun greeted Ming Lunyu enthusiastically, and he showed her his six Soul Rings, including his red fifth ring.
• Ming Lunyu explained how he obtained the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and Ma Hongjun laughed and praised him.
• Dugu Bo left Ming Lunyu and Ma Hongjun alone to handle Sunset Academy matters, while Tang Fu'er went to study forging and asked Yang Wudi to protect Ming Lunyu.
• Ming Lunyu invited Ma Hongjun and Yang Wudi to stroll through Heaven Dou City, and Yang Wudi accepted his hand after he encouraged her to be open about her feelings.
• Ming Lunyu, Ma Hongjun, and Yang Wudi entered Heaven Dou City together, drawing curious looks from passersby.

Ming Lunyu took Ma Hongjun and Yang Wudi to Heaven Dou City's snack street, then let the two women shop for clothes while he waited nearby. As he cultivated on a secluded bench, someone with just over thirty levels of Soul Power approached, and both recognized each other.

• Ming Lunyu, Ma Hongjun, and Yang Wudi sampled snacks across Heaven Dou City's food street, and Yang Wudi savored the candied hawthorn Ming Lunyu offered her.
• After eating their way through the street, Ming Lunyu proposed buying new clothes for Ma Hongjun and Yang Wudi.
• Yang Wudi asked Ming Lunyu to let her and Ma Hongjun choose clothes in secret so they could surprise him later.
• Ming Lunyu sat alone on a secluded stone bench, watched the sunset, and began cultivating while he waited.
• A newcomer approached Ming Lunyu, and they recognized each other at the same time.

Ming Lunyu met Zhu Zhuqing again, accepted her apology for the earlier conflict, and learned that Shrek Academy had merged with Blue Tyrant Academy. As Zhu Zhuqing struggled to approach him, she reflected on her betrothal to Dai Mubai and began to hope that Ming Lunyu could help her defy her fate.

• Ming Lunyu told Zhu Zhuqing he accepted her apology but warned that he would keep beating up the blond man who had started the earlier fight.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that Shrek Academy had merged with Blue Tyrant Academy instead of joining Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Ming Lunyu noticed Zhu Zhuqing remained beside him, conflicted and hesitant to speak.
• Zhu Zhuqing recalled that she had been betrothed to Dai Mubai, who fled their brutal royal-family struggle and became a playboy.
• Zhu Zhuqing remembered losing faith in Dai Mubai and began hoping that Ming Lunyu's strength might help her overcome her fate.

Ming Lunyu tested Zhu Zhuqing’s resolve and promised to help her grow stronger, giving her a jade pendant and inviting her to Sunset Advanced Spirit Master Academy. Zhu Zhuqing later learned that her group would challenge the newly established Sunset Academy, where Ming Lunyu was based.

• Ming Lunyu pressured Zhu Zhuqing with his Soul Power, recognized her determination, and offered to help her become stronger.
• Ming Lunyu gave Zhu Zhuqing a jade pendant and told her to visit him at Sunset Advanced Spirit Master Academy for a training plan.
• Ming Lunyu reunited with Ma Hongjun and Yang Wudi after their shopping trip, while Ma Hongjun steered him away from Yang Wudi’s embarrassment.
• Zhu Zhuqing rejoined Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong, hid the jade pendant, and rejected the idea of accepting Dai Mubai’s pursuit.
• Ning Rongrong said they would challenge War Soul Academy the next day and a newly established Sunset Academy afterward, drawing a flicker of interest from Zhu Zhuqing.

Ming Lunyu, Ma Hongjun, and Yang Wudi returned to the Breaking Clan’s territory, where Yang Wudi prepared to spend the night with Ming Lunyu. The chapter ended with Ming Lunyu and Yang Wudi in an intimate encounter, while Ma Hongjun waited outside.

• Ming Lunyu chose to stay at the Breaking Clan’s residence after returning late from Heaven Dou City.
• Yang Wudi showed Ming Lunyu and Ma Hongjun the clan’s grounds and invited them into her private courtyard.
• Yang Wudi dressed in revealing clothes and prepared to enter Ming Lunyu’s room, while Ma Hongjun warned her not to go too far.
• Yang Wudi entered the room, and Ming Lunyu began an intimate encounter with her.

Ming Lunyu’s new forging method allowed Tang Fu'er to awaken a soul within Dark Bloodlight Iron, triggering a heavenly tribulation. Tang Fu'er destroyed the tribulation’s final lightning strike, while Ming Lunyu was left yearning for greater strength.

• Tang Fu'er successfully infused Deep Sea Sinking Silver with spiritual power and Soul Power, confirming Ming Lunyu’s forging theory.
• Ming Lunyu gave Tang Fu'er Dark Bloodlight Iron to test the limits of the method, and she forged it while imbuing it with her soul and vitality.
• The metal developed a faint consciousness and drew down tribulation clouds after Tang Fu'er’s seventy-ninth hammer strike.
• Tang Fu'er flew high above the Ice and Fire Twofold Polarity Eyes and shattered eight bolts of blood-red lightning as their energy flowed into the metal.
• Tang Fu'er used her Weapon Soul True Body to destroy the tribulation’s final bolt, and Ming Lunyu resolved to pursue greater strength.

Ming Lunyu and Tang Fu'er discovered that the Dark Bloodlight Iron had become a living, soul-bearing treasure with powerful abilities and a domain. After naming the forging stages and God-Tier Metal, Ming Lunyu considered recruiting blacksmiths before Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi joined them.

• Tang Fu'er explained that the Dark Bloodlight Iron had survived heavenly tribulation and become a living creature with a complete soul.
• Ming Lunyu learned that the iron was nearly indestructible, weakened enemies' soul skills, enhanced its owner's Soul Power, and granted the Calamity Blood Domain.
• Ming Lunyu and Tang Fu'er established the Thousand Forging, Spirit Forging, Soul Forging, and Heavenly Forging stages, naming Heavenly Forging Metal God-Tier Metal.
• Ming Lunyu decided to recruit skilled blacksmiths eventually but set aside the idea of approaching the Clear Sky Sect for now.
• Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi arrived, and Yang Wudi shyly admitted they had witnessed the events since the first bolt of lightning.

Ming Lunyu learned that Shrek Academy planned to challenge Sunset Academy, so he publicized the match and prepared to fight alongside Xiao Jun. As the city awaited the contest, he found renewed purpose in protecting the people he cared about.

• Dugu Bo told Ming Lunyu that Shrek Academy had challenged Sunset Academy after defeating other academies, and Ming Lunyu decided he and Xiao Jun would fight.
• Ming Lunyu and Dugu Bo publicized Shrek's record and Sunset Academy's determination to defend the city's honor, making the match a major public event.
• Ming Lunyu returned to the academy, where Ma Hongjun proudly announced she had improved her cooking and went to prepare a meal.
• While sitting with Tang Fu'er and the others, Ming Lunyu reflected that protecting his loved ones was the meaning of his existence.
• Ma Hongjun called Ming Lunyu, Tang Fu'er, Bo'er, and Wudi to help carry the dishes, and Ming Lunyu answered gently.

Shrek Academy arrived in Sunset City to challenge Sunset Academy, while Flender worried about the academy’s mysterious headmaster and its two selected fighters. At the arena, Ming Lunyu learned that an unidentified Titled Douluo was secretly watching the event and ordered Fu'er to keep him under surveillance.

• Flender led the confident Shrek group into Sunset City, where they learned their challenge had drawn a large crowd to Sunset Academy.
• Yang Lu welcomed the group and said Sunset Academy could only field two students, leaving Flender uneasy about the mysterious headmaster.
• Ming Lunyu arrived backstage and heard that the arena was full and Invincible's clansmen were maintaining order.
• Dugu Bo told Ming Lunyu that Fu'er had spotted an unknown Titled Douluo hiding among the spectators.
• Ming Lunyu identified the concealed observer as a tall, bearded man in a tattered black robe and told Fu'er to watch him closely.

Ming Lunyu and Ma Hongjun faced Shrek Academy in an exchange match, leaving Shrek rattled but determined to fight as the teams summoned their Martial Souls. Ming Lunyu focused on Ning Rongrong’s Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, intending to test its power and judge whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was worth bringing under his control.

• Dugu Bo announced the match and took the role of referee as Ming Lunyu and Ma Hongjun entered the arena.
• Yu Tianheng questioned Shrek’s low morale, and Oscar explained how powerful Ming Lunyu and Ma Hongjun were; Tang San rallied the team.
• Dugu Bo silenced the spectators, then explained that the match would continue until a side could no longer fight or admitted defeat.
• Ming Lunyu pressured Shrek with his aura and studied Tang San and the team as they prepared to fight.
• The Shrek Seven Devils summoned their Martial Souls, and Ming Lunyu chose to test Ning Rongrong’s Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda rather than target her first.

Ming Lunyu and Ma Hongjun overwhelmed the Shrek Seven Devils in a Soul Master match, with Ma Hongjun knocking out Tang San and Xiao Wu before the rest surrendered. The Shrek team left defeated and humiliated.

• Ming Lunyu revealed his six Soul Rings, including a hundred-thousand-year ring, while Ma Hongjun’s phoenix aura suppressed the Shrek Seven Devils.
• Tang San ordered the Shrek team to attack, but Ma Hongjun blocked Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng’s assault and burned away Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass.
• Ma Hongjun sensed Xiao Wu’s attack, dislocated her leg, and threw her away; Tang San caught her and was then knocked out by Ma Hongjun.
• Ma Hongjun drove back the remaining Shrek fighters, and Dai Mubai surrendered on their behalf.
• Ma Hongjun taunted the defeated team and made a crab-claw gesture as she said, “Pick Nine Lotuses!”

After Ma Hongjun defeated the Shrek Seven Devils, Ming Lunyu announced an exhibition match against Dugu Bo, who would limit herself to her first five soul skills. As the match began, Ming Lunyu unleashed a series of powerful enhancements and combat skills while Dugu Bo watched.

• Dugu Bo declared Sunset Academy the winner after Ma Hongjun crushed the Shrek Seven Devils, who left the arena amid boos.
• Ming Lunyu announced that he and Dugu Bo would fight an exhibition match, drawing the audience and the departing Shrek group back to watch.
• Ming Lunyu prepared to face Dugu Bo, a level ninety-five Titled Douluo whose martial soul and combat abilities had been strengthened through his contract.
• Dugu Bo raised a light screen, and the exhibition match began as Ming Lunyu summoned his folding fan and five tails while Dragon Might swept across the arena.
• Ming Lunyu activated his soul-bone enhancements and summoned fire and water dragon spirits, six fire fans, and a golden-edged attack skill.

Ming Lunyu and Dugu Bo staged a fierce arena battle that showcased the Soul King's ability to withstand a Titled Douluo, though they secretly turned the fight into playful intimacy. They left the arena with the spectators believing they had witnessed a historic clash, while the two agreed they wanted more outdoor play.

• Ming Lunyu opened with Shattering Gold, Breaking Jade, but Dugu Bo used Mystic Scale Inverse Armor to absorb part of his attack and unleash venom.
• Ming Lunyu repeatedly attacked with his second and third soul skills while Dugu Bo gained speed and rushed him with venomous claws.
• Dugu Bo unleashed several soul skills as Ming Lunyu raised Golden City, Hot Springs and fired Scorching Void and Dragon Breath Cannon.
• Inside the resulting poison mist, Dugu Bo clung to Ming Lunyu and checked whether he was hurt, and they secretly shared an intimate moment.
• Ming Lunyu and Dugu Bo leaped apart as the mist cleared, leaving the spectators impressed by their apparent battle and privately agreeing they wanted more outdoor play.

After Ming Lunyu’s exhibition match, the Shrek Seven Devils accepted the gap between their abilities and Tang San broke through by one rank. On the forest path, Tang Hao ambushed Ming Lunyu, but Yang Wudi arrived in time to shield him.

• Ming Lunyu ended his match and left the spirit arena, while the Shrek Seven Devils regained their composure and Tang San advanced one rank.
• Flender reflected that Ming Lunyu had ended the Seven Devils’ belief that they were monsters, but spared them a worse shock later.
• A Titled Douluo ambushed Ming Lunyu on the forest path, and Ming Lunyu identified him as Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and attacked Ming Lunyu, but Yang Wudi blocked the strike with the God Slaying Spear.
• Yang Wudi stood between Tang Hao and Ming Lunyu, identifying herself as Ming Lunyu’s guard.

Tang Hao attacked Ming Lunyu but was overwhelmed by Tang Fu'er and captured. Ming Lunyu ordered his inherited Soul Bones removed and his memories searched, leaving Tang Hao crippled and stripped of his Titled Douluo strength.

• Tang Hao attacked Ming Lunyu and Yang Wudi, but Yang Wudi met his blow with her ninth Soul Skill while Dugu Bo moved to support them.
• Tang Fu'er appeared and kicked Tang Hao into a crater, then Ming Lunyu had Yang Wudi pull him out.
• Ming Lunyu decided to spare Tang Hao's life for Tang Fu'er but ordered Tang Fu'er to search his memories and remove his Soul Bones.
• Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi cut out Tang Hao's left arm and right leg Soul Bones, causing his strength to fall from Titled Douluo to level seventy-nine Soul Saint.

Ming Lunyu’s group stripped Tang Hao of his soul bones and memories, then watched his life story unfold. They concluded that Spirit Hall had been justified in opposing him, while criticizing Qian Renxue’s weakness.

• Ming Lunyu stored Tang Hao’s two soul bones with the eight he had taken from Di Tian and decided to keep them as collectibles or bargaining chips.
• Tang Fu’er forcibly extracted Tang Hao’s memories, leaving him unconscious, and claimed he had suffered an allergic reaction to her soul skill.
• Ming Lunyu and his group watched Tang Hao’s memories of his rise, his relationship with Ah Yin, her sacrifice, and his later efforts to raise Tang San and seek revenge.
• After viewing the memories, Ming Lunyu and the others judged Spirit Hall’s opposition to Tang Hao understandable because they had seen him as a human traitor allied with a soul beast.
• Ming Lunyu and the women criticized Qian Renxue for being too weak to defeat Tang Hao despite the advantage of a group attack.