Chapter Summaries

The Progenitor Spirit Beast confronted Di Tian at the Lake of Life and revealed that its master, Skye, had ascended to the God Realm, proving it with a Soul Seal. Di Tian agreed to help find the reincarnated Ancient Flame Beast in exchange for secrets about spirit beasts becoming gods, then realized the visitor had been an avatar and was summoned back by the Silver Dragon King.

• The Progenitor Spirit Beast restrained the Sky Azure Bull Python with wooden vines, then released it so it could rush to Er Ming's aid when Di Tian appeared.
• The Progenitor Spirit Beast told Di Tian about Skye and the spirit beasts left behind on the Sun Moon Continent, and showed him a Soul Seal that released a god's aura.
• The Silver Dragon King urged Di Tian to investigate Skye and the Progenitor Spirit Beast, while Di Tian questioned why it had come to the Douluo Continent.
• The Progenitor Spirit Beast asked Di Tian to find the reincarnated Ancient Flame Beast, explaining that it had escaped into the Douluo Continent after losing its mind and being subdued.
• Di Tian accepted the task and received an emerald gemstone containing clues and life force that could help heal the Silver Dragon King.
• The Progenitor Spirit Beast vanished, and Di Tian realized it had been an avatar before the Silver Dragon King summoned him back.

The Silver Dragon King learned from the emerald gemstone that spirit beasts might still have a path to godhood and ordered Di Tian to find the reincarnation of the Ancient Flame Beast. Meanwhile, Su Ming forced the Sky Azure Bull Python to fight alongside the Titan Giant Ape, leaving the battle unresolved.

• The Silver Dragon King used the gemstone and received its healing power, then learned secrets about the God Realm, the Sun Moon Continent, and the reincarnation of the Ancient Flame Beast.
• After discovering that the gemstone revealed a possible way for spirit beasts to become gods, the Silver Dragon King ordered Di Tian to search for the Ancient Flame Beast’s reincarnation and intervene if necessary.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python arrived at the fight, found Xiao Wu unconscious but safe, and apologized for Er Ming’s actions while offering compensation.
• Su Ming attacked the Sky Azure Bull Python to harvest Votive Power, and his blades pierced the beast’s Slowness Domain and drained some of his life force.
• When the Sky Azure Bull Python tried to reach Xiao Wu, Su Ming blocked him with the Evil God Hook and demanded a fight before they talked.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape joined forces against Su Ming, who welcomed their attack.

Su Ming ended his duel with the Titan Giant Ape by striking him with a Ring Fusion attack, then reassured the Sky Azure Bull Python that he had no designs on Xiao Wu. After Su Ming revealed the Mind-Heart Casket and its divine inheritance, Di Tian appeared and reached for it, while the Sky Azure Bull Python moved to stop him.

• Su Ming blocked the Titan Giant Ape’s Titan Sky Cannon with Great Unity Wind Curtain and proposed ending the fight with one final move.
• The Titan Giant Ape accepted Su Ming’s challenge, and Su Ming used Ring Fusion to blast him unconscious while holding back the move’s ultimate evil power.
• Su Ming told the Sky Azure Bull Python that he had known Xiao Wu’s true form for six years and regarded her as his little sister.
• Su Ming revealed the Mind-Heart Casket and demonstrated divine power, convincing the Sky Azure Bull Python that he possessed a divine inheritance.
• Di Tian teleported in and reached for the Mind-Heart Casket, and the Sky Azure Bull Python activated his domains and attacked to stop him.

Su Ming revealed that soul beasts could become gods through multiple methods and described the difficult Soul Seal God-Attainment Method to Di Tian. Di Tian listened eagerly, while the Sky Azure Bull Python secretly overheard, and Su Ming left the second method undisclosed.

• Di Tian suppressed the Sky Azure Bull Python, but the Mind-Heart Casket blasted him away when he tried to touch it.
• Su Ming warned Di Tian about the casket, introduced himself as the head of the Trinity Gate, and accepted a sixty-thousand-year Shadow Demon Wolf soul bone as compensation.
• Di Tian asked about soul beasts becoming gods, and Su Ming claimed there was more than one method, stirring Di Tian's excitement and the Sky Azure Bull Python's curiosity.
• Su Ming explained the Soul Seal God-Attainment Method, describing how a soul beast could transform accumulated Soul Power into divine power and warning that the arduous process demanded exceptional aptitude and cultivation.

Su Ming explained the Bestowal God-Attainment Method and its dangers to Di Tian and Da Ming, then revealed a lead to the Soul Seal God-Attainment Method in the Herka Spatial Anomaly. Di Tian accepted Su Ming’s map and offered him an Inverse Scale, leaving to pursue his hope of godhood.

• Su Ming described how the Bestowal Method used a human soul master’s Soul Power to help a connected soul beast attain godhood, but bound their fates and made the soul beast subordinate.
• Su Ming explained that the Fox Demon Clan’s evil version forcibly drained human soul masters, leading to the clan’s extermination and widespread persecution of soul beasts.
• Di Tian abandoned the dangerous Bestowal Method and gave Su Ming his Inverse Scale in exchange for help finding the Soul Seal God-Attainment Method.
• Su Ming told Di Tian that Trinity Gate’s records linked the method to Lei Yi, a soul beast who had attained godhood and protected the Herka Spatial Anomaly.
• Su Ming handed Di Tian a map to Herka, where Di Tian might find the method’s inheritance.

After resolving the conflict with Da Ming, Su Ming accepted a ten-thousand-year Sacred Soul Grass as an apology gift and revealed that he had long known Xiao Wu was a transformed Soul Beast. With Xiao Wu safely condensing her third Spirit Ring, Su Ming prepared to speak with Da Ming about what came next.

• Di Tian left after receiving a scroll from Su Ming, and the Sky Azure Bull Python returned to the Lake of Life to fetch an apology gift.
• Da Ming offered Su Ming a ten-thousand-year Sacred Soul Grass and taught him a way to contact him and Er Ming within the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Su Ming accepted the gift, forgave Er Ming for barging into his camp, and settled the conflict with Da Ming.
• Xiao Wu arrived, mistook Su Ming and Da Ming's conversation for a tense standoff, and learned that Su Ming had known her true identity since they first met.
• Su Ming and Da Ming stood guard while Xiao Wu began condensing her third Spirit Ring, then Su Ming asked Da Ming to talk.

Xiao Wu reached Soul Elder, and Su Ming led the group safely out of the Star Dou Great Forest after the Titan Giant Ape encounter. Back at Shrek Academy, Tang San recounted their experiences to Flender, and Yu Xiaogang returned, saying he believed the bull roar was real.

• Xiao Wu condensed her third Spirit Ring, and Su Ming explained that Da Ming had taken the injured Er Ming back to the Lake of Life.
• Su Ming and Xiao Wu woke the unconscious group, then Su Ming told Zhao Wuji that the Titan Giant Ape had fled after a bull roar stirred the forest.
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang thanked Su Ming and invited him to visit their Exotic Beast Academy before they departed with Meng Yiran.
• Zhao Wuji led the Shrek group out of the Star Dou Great Forest and brought them back to the village near Shrek Academy the next day.
• Tang San told Flender about the expedition, including Su Ming's ten-thousand-year fourth ring and their encounter with the Titan Giant Ape.
• Yu Xiaogang returned and said he believed in the bull roar, prompting Zhao Wuji to ask what it had been.

Yu Xiaogang explained that the Sky Azure Bull Python ruled the Star Dou Great Forest, then Flender granted the students a three-day break. Su Ming used the time to absorb two Soul Bones in seclusion, and when he emerged, representatives of the Great Soul Arena were waiting to approach him.

• Yu Xiaogang told the group about the Sky Azure Bull Python, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast stronger than the Titan Giant Ape that could speak human language.
• Flender gave the students three days off, and Su Ming left for Suotuo City to absorb his Soul Bones privately.
• Ao Xuan learned that Su Ming was in seclusion at Spirit Hall and waited nearby with a recruitment offer and valuable treasures.
• Su Ming absorbed the Emerald Spirit Dragon's Head Soul Bone, gaining Emerald Radiance Protection and reaching Level 50.
• Su Ming absorbed the Shadow Demon Wolf's right leg bone, gaining Shadow Phantom Sprint, then spent the rest of his seclusion reviewing his plans.
• When Su Ming emerged on the final day of the break, Ao Xuan and a female representative of the Great Soul Arena went to meet him.

Su Ming rejected the Great Spirit Arena’s recruitment contract and demanded that its higher-ups negotiate with him as an equal, leaving the Arena to arrange a meeting. After returning to Shrek Academy with Tang San, Su Ming told Flender he might miss part of the upcoming special training to negotiate.

• Ao Xuan invited Su Ming to discuss recruitment, but Zhong Sitian took over the negotiations and offered him a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, future Spirit Rings, and other benefits.
• Su Ming refused the contract and insisted the Spirit Arena’s higher-ups meet with him as equals; Zhong Sitian agreed to arrange it and gave him a special token.
• Zhong Sitian reassigned Ao Xuan while promising not to send him somewhere remote, and Su Ming left Suotuo City.
• Su Ming met Tang San, who told him about making hidden weapons for Ning Rongrong and the strong newcomer Gu He; they returned to Shrek Academy without calling Oscar or Ma Hongjun.
• Flender asked about the negotiations, and Su Ming said he might take leave during special training; Tang San asked what they were discussing.

Su Ming began Shrek Academy’s first stage of special training with an exercise testing the students’ Soul Power control, promising rewards and new skills to motivate them. After assigning the students varied labor and combat tasks, he left Flender and Yu Xiaogang to prepare the next phase.

• Su Ming, Tang San, Du Busi, and Dai Mubai ate breakfast enhanced with herbs, which helped Dai Mubai shake off his fatigue.
• Su Ming challenged the students to break a bowl without touching it with their bodies or tools, and Du Busi, Tang San, and Xiao Wu succeeded while the others struggled.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that the exercise tested Soul Power control, and Su Ming promised the training could help them master new skills.
• Yu Xiaogang assigned the students tasks including cooking, farming, construction, hunting, fishing, and spirit battles, officially starting the first stage of special training.
• Flender questioned whether the plan would work, and Yu Xiaogang reassured him while Su Ming urged him to use good props and charge the expenses to the academy.
• Su Ming planned to adapt later training with Alter Ego battles and alternating storylines so the original protagonists would not fall behind.

At the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena, Gu He faced Meng Qiuzhen, whose unusual soul skills let him evade the Shadow Legion and fight at close range. Meanwhile, Shrek Academy’s special training continued, and Su Ming anticipated the rewards of his plans as his Votive Power grew.

• Dugu Yan brought the Imperial Fighting Team to watch Gu He, warning them that he might challenge Tianheng’s position as vice-captain.
• Ning Fengzhi revealed that Meng Qiuzhen was Shi Nian’s grandson and possessed the mutated Dream Butterfly Gu Martial Soul.
• Meng Qiuzhen activated his Dream Realm Domain and Lingering Dream Shuttle, causing Gu He’s Shadow Soldiers to pass through him harmlessly.
• Gu He attacked Meng Qiuzhen himself, and Meng Qiuzhen formed a real blade with Dream Wing’s Touch to meet him in close combat.
• Dugu Yan told her teammates that she had seen an even greater genius who had helped her and her grandfather with their Martial Soul toxins.
• At Shrek Academy, the students continued their demanding special training while Su Ming sensed his Votive Power increasing.

Meng Qiuzhen defeated Gu He in the spirit battle by rendering his attacks ineffective and putting him to sleep, while Dugu Yan considered asking Su Ming to come to Heaven Dou Imperial City. Gu He accepted the loss as motivation, and the author added a note explaining that a car accident had left them injured and writing from the hospital.

• Yu Tianheng admitted feeling pressured by the many gifted soul masters appearing in Heaven Dou Imperial City, and Dugu Yan encouraged him to focus on improving himself.
• Gu He used his Shadow Binding Technique and Dance of the Iron Thread against Meng Qiuzhen, but Meng Qiuzhen's Dream Butterfly Gu made the spear attack pass harmlessly through him.
• Meng Qiuzhen sent Dream Butterfly Gu into Gu He, making him fall asleep, and the commentator declared Meng Qiuzhen the winner.
• Gu He woke, accepted his defeat without losing heart, and told Gu Rong and Ning Fengzhi he would train to reclaim his honor.
• Dugu Yan thought that Xue Xuan and Su Ming might be able to defeat Meng Qiuzhen and considered writing to Su Ming.
• The author noted that they had been hit by a car, fractured their left leg, and would write from the hospital before recovering at home.

Meng Qiuzhen’s first Spirit Arena victory encouraged Shi Nian to let him pursue fame amid the Godhood Prophecy, while Su Ming revealed that he had orchestrated the prophecy and taken control of the Spirit Arena system. After Di Tian asked about entering the Herka Spatial Anomaly, Su Ming said it was impossible and disclosed that soul beasts could seek godhood in other God Realms.

• Shi Nian praised Meng Qiuzhen for winning his first Spirit Arena battle and told him to attack without holding back in the evening’s two-on-two battle and team match.
• Shi Nian recalled that the Godhood Prophecy had prompted major factions to bring their young prodigies into the open, though they still did not know how to cultivate Invincible Will.
• Su Ming told Shao Zhuang that the prophecy was based on an ancient book containing a trace of divinity, and confirmed that he had arranged its spread through the Spirit Arenas.
• Shao Zhuang reported that the prophecy’s messengers had been concealed and that Di Tian had ended internal opposition within the Spirit Arena system.
• Su Ming dismissed Shao Zhuang and told Di Tian that Lei Yi could not be forcibly reached through the Herka Spatial Anomaly.
• Su Ming explained that soul beasts could not become gods under the laws of their own God Realm and would have to travel to other God Realms to inherit divine positions.

Su Ming revealed to Di Tian that countless worlds and God Realms existed, then helped Flender launch a profitable banquet restaurant at Shrek Academy. The restaurant drew a large crowd on opening day, while Su Ming stayed in seclusion and Meng Shu missed the chance to meet him.

• Su Ming explained the myriad heavens and worlds to Di Tian and said ascended soul masters and soul beasts had gone to other God Realms because of limits on their growth potential.
• Su Ming suggested that Lei Yi might have left opportunities outside the Herka Spatial Anomaly, and Di Tian returned to the Star Dou Great Forest to report what he learned to his lord.
• Su Ming told Flender that Tang San and the others would use the restaurant to profit from Shrek Academy's growing fan base, and Flender agreed to the plan and its profit split.
• A long queue gathered for the restaurant's opening, and Flender showed Zhao Wuji how the buffet-and-banquet setup could serve many guests efficiently.
• Meng Shu praised the restaurant model and asked to see Su Ming, but Flender said Su Ming was away on business and took Meng Shu to inspect other parts of the academy.

The Shrek students completed the first phase of special training with a banquet and stage performance, then began the second phase under Su Ming’s supervision. They set out in weighted equipment for Soto Great Spirit Arena, where Tang San and Du Busi began easing the team’s burden by sharing the weights.

• Ma Hongjun and the others finished their restaurant work, and Tang San’s group performed at the evening banquet to bring the first training phase to a successful close.
• The next morning, Su Ming announced that the second phase would involve weighted training and a journey to Soto Great Spirit Arena, while refusing Ning Rongrong’s request to invite family members to a gathering.
• Su Ming and Flender led the students along the difficult Devil’s Path toward Suotuo City, and Du Busi chose to stay with the group rather than race ahead alone.
• As the team tired, Du Busi and Tang San redistributed some of Ning Rongrong’s and Oscar’s weights; Tang San also took weights from Ma Hongjun and Xiao Wu, while Dai Mubai declined help.

Tang San and the others completed their grueling first phase of training and recovered at Su Ming’s medicinal clinic. The group began its next phase at the Soto Great Spirit Arena, where they would fight for prize money and Silver Spirit Battler badges as part of Shrek Academy’s new strategic partnership.

• Tang San and the others reached Suotuo City’s west gate after completing the Devil’s Path, then collapsed from exhaustion and were taken by Flender and Su Ming to a medicinal clinic.
• Tang San woke in a medicinal bath, and Oscar revealed that the clinic belonged to Su Ming, prompting the group to discuss the cost of their recovery.
• The next morning, Flender and Su Ming announced that the second training phase required the students to earn three thousand Gold Soul Coins through Spirit Arena matches and obtain Silver Spirit Battler badges.
• Su Ming announced that Shrek Academy had formed a strategic partnership with the Soto Great Spirit Arena, which would promote the Shrek Academy Battle Team as its local flagship team.

Su Ming left Shrek Academy and traveled toward the Far North Land with Di Tian, who arranged their journey. Along the way, Su Ming told Di Tian the history of Erick and Lei Yi, leaving Di Tian impressed by how both became guardian gods.

• Su Ming assigned the Shrek students their two-versus-two spirit battle pairings and left Flender in charge of their training.
• Su Ming met Di Tian outside Suotuo City, and the two departed for the Far North Land.
• Di Tian arranged their travel and asked Su Ming to explain the Herka Spatial Anomaly and Great God Lei Yi.
• Su Ming recounted how Herka's people created Erick, how he was defeated and sealed, and how Lei Yi later became a guardian god.
• Di Tian reflected on Su Ming's account and accepted his explanation that strength came from one's own effort and talent.

Su Ming and Di Tian reached a northern town and stayed overnight before setting out for the Far North Land. At the inn, they encountered Shui Bing'er and the Skywater Academy group, then began their journey into the dangerous wilderness with Di Tian explaining the region.

• Su Ming accepted Di Tian's suggestion to rest in town before continuing their journey the next day.
• Su Ming met Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and the Skywater Academy group at the inn, then went to his room with Di Tian.
• Shui Bing'er told her teammates that her father suspected Su Ming and Di Tian were powerful figures, possibly Titled Douluo.
• Su Ming and Di Tian set out after breakfast, leaving the Skywater group behind.
• After reaching the warning sign at the edge of the Far North Land, Su Ming asked Di Tian to explain the region, and Di Tian began sharing what he knew.

Su Ming and Di Tian traveled through the Far North Land as Di Tian subdued a Titan Snow Demon and explained that Ice Jade Scorpions possessed the ultimate ice attribute Su Ming needed for his fifth Spirit Ring. Di Tian’s arrival alarmed the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, who feared his overwhelming power and prepared to defend their homeland.

• Di Tian subdued a ten-thousand-year Titan Snow Demon with his pressure while the Skywater Academy group fled the area.
• Su Ming rejected the Titan Snow Demon as a candidate for his fifth Spirit Ring because it lacked the ultimate ice attribute, and Di Tian suggested an Ice Jade Scorpion instead.
• Su Ming and Di Tian continued toward an Ice Jade Scorpion colony, passing the returning Skywater Academy group as Shui He guessed that their power had caused the earlier disturbance.
• Su Ming wondered whether he would see the Snow Empress, and Di Tian hoped his aura would draw her out for a meeting.
• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress discussed Di Tian’s arrival, and the Snow Empress warned that even their combined strength might not be enough to defeat him.

Snow Empress gathered Ice Empress and the Titan Snow Demon King to prepare the Far North Land for Di Tian’s arrival, then went to meet him while Su Ming absorbed a Spirit Ring. Di Tian revealed information about a possible path for soul beasts to become gods, leaving Snow Empress shaken by the possibility.

• Ice Empress argued that the Far North Land could resist Di Tian, but Snow Empress warned that provoking him could bring disaster.
• The Titan Snow Demon King arrived, and Snow Empress ordered him and Ice Empress to keep the Far North’s races calm while she met Di Tian alone.
• Di Tian guided Su Ming to an Ice Jade Scorpion habitat, brought him a 70,000-year Ice Jade Scorpion, and guarded him as he absorbed its Spirit Ring.
• Snow Empress emerged from the snow and asked Di Tian whether he had come because of Su Ming; Di Tian said he had specifically come to seek her out.
• Di Tian gave Snow Empress a scroll about Great God Lei Yi and a possible way for soul beasts to become gods, and she was deeply unsettled by the revelation.