Chapter Summaries

Wang Dong'er learned that Wang Qiu'er had dreamed of the Golden Dragon King breaking free and warned Gu Yuena that it might threaten them in the future. After explaining the danger and their shared bond, Wang Dong'er prepared to leave for Heaven Dou City with the others.

• Jing Hongchen agreed to Wang Dong'er's vacation request and revealed that he might involve her and Huo Yuhao in a classified project after they returned.
• Wang Dong'er told Jing Hongchen that the Sun Moon Empire would fail to destroy the Star Luo Empire because gods existed and urged him to seize his opportunity.
• Wang Dong'er found Gu Yuena and Wang Qiu'er together and learned that Qiu'er had dreamed of a giant golden dragon breaking free and wanting to devour her.
• Wang Dong'er told Gu Yuena that the Golden Dragon King would eventually escape and be sealed inside Shura God's son, and Gu Yuena realized Wang Dong'er knew the future.
• Gu Yuena explained that Wang Dong'er, Qiu'er, and she shared blood, souls, and fates, meaning Wang Dong'er could help defend Qiu'er in the spiritual realm.
• Wang Dong'er told the others to pack so they could leave for Heaven Dou City and explained the situation to them.

Wang Dong'er brought her companions into Electrolux's Undead Demiplane, introduced Old Ilex, and established the Bright Hall's principles and future goals. After returning to Heaven Dou City, she reunited with Vina and Xu Jiujiu, who explained why she had spent two years there and why she had grown estranged from her brother.

• Wang Dong'er led her companions into the Undead Demiplane and introduced Electrolux as her teacher, Old Ilex, a demigod from another world.
• Wang Dong'er explained that some soul beasts were allies and established the Bright Hall to oppose Evil Soul Masters, develop civilian technology, and eventually unify the four empires.
• Wang Dong'er named Shrek Academy as her personal enemy and said the new regime would be announced in Mingdu three years later.
• Wang Dong'er and Gu Yuena returned to Heaven Dou City, where Vina and Xu Jiujiu visited her.
• Xu Jiujiu told Wang Dong'er that she had stayed in Heaven Dou City for two years after falling out with her brother over his closeness to Shrek Academy.

Wang Dong'er confronted Du Busi over his attempt to recruit Huo Yuhao and the Lan sisters, demonstrating their Body Martial Soul awakenings and explaining her Bright Hall faction. Vina joined the Body Sect, while Wang Dong'er refused Xu Jiujiu's request to join Bright Hall, leaving Xu Jiujiu questioning whether Wang Dong'er distrusted her because of her brother.

• Vina asked whether Wang Dong'er would compete in the next Soul Fighting Tournament, and Wang Dong'er said she would represent an obscure academy.
• Gu Yuena stopped Du Busi at the courtyard gate, and Wang Dong'er challenged him when he demanded the return of Huo Yuhao, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo.
• Wang Dong'er revealed that Huo Yuhao had achieved a Silver Grade Second Awakening and the Lan sisters had achieved Bronze Grade awakenings, impressing Du Busi.
• Vina accepted Du Busi's offer to join the Body Sect and left with him.
• Xu Jiujiu asked to join Bright Hall, but Wang Dong'er refused and told her to consider her loyalties carefully.
• Xu Jiujiu asked whether Wang Dong'er expected her to return to the Star Luo Empire or distrusted her because of her brother.

Xu Jiujiu joined Bright Hall after deciding to help Wang Dong'er build a new world, and Mu Jin left Shrek Academy to seek a place at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. Ju Zi then told Wang Dong'er she would enter the military and drive Dai Hao into a dead end on the battlefield.

• Xu Jiujiu rejected her life in the Star Luo Empire and offered to help Wang Dong'er take control of it, then joined Bright Hall.
• Wang Dong'er gave Xu Jiujiu Life Gold and the Star Luo Spirit Pearl, strengthening Xu Jiujiu’s Star Crown Martial Soul.
• Mu Jin told Wang Dong'er how Zhou Yi and Du Weilun had marginalized her at Shrek Academy, prompting her to leave and follow Huo Yuhao to Heaven Dou City.
• Wang Dong'er agreed to bring Mu Jin to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, where she left Mu Jin in Jing Hongchen’s care.
• Xuan Ziwen told Wang Dong'er that research into sealed Milk Bottles was nearly complete and could help usher in a new era.
• Ju Zi told Wang Dong'er that Xu Tianran wanted her to command a legion, and she chose to weaken the imperial family’s military influence by driving Dai Hao into a battlefield dead end.

Wang Dong'er sought Nana to learn more about the Holy Spirit Cult, then accepted Ji Juechen's challenge and defeated him with a single sword strike. After Ji Juechen left to recover, Wang Dong'er asked Nana to take her to the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Wang Dong'er asked Ju Zi to take her to Nana, a student who had been coerced into joining the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Wang Dong'er met Nana during a practical drill, and Electrolux sensed that Nana's soul had been tampered with.
• Ji Juechen challenged Wang Dong'er, and she agreed to fight him after he offered his resources as a reward.
• Wang Dong'er demonstrated her sword form and sent Ji Juechen flying with one strike, leaving him injured but eager to learn from the fight.
• Wang Dong'er told Nana she wanted to go to the Holy Spirit Cult, not fight her.

Wang Dong'er led Bright Hall in destroying the Holy Spirit Cult’s Mingdu branch, freeing its enslaved Holy Servants and rescuing the souls of their loved ones, including Nana’s parents. The captured elder revealed details about the cult’s leaders and Holy Maiden and Sons before an attempt to make him reveal the headquarters’ location triggered his self-destruction.

• Nana told Wang Dong'er that the Holy Spirit Cult had killed her parents, enslaved her, and operated a Mingdu branch led by a Soul Sage elder; Wang Dong'er invited her to help destroy it.
• Wang Dong'er, Gu Yuena, and Huo Yuhao infiltrated the branch with Nana, while Gu Yuena silently killed the Great Holy Spirit and Second Holy Spirit and captured the elder.
• Wang Dong'er purified the branch’s resentful souls and let the Holy Servants reunite with their loved ones; Nana’s parents and several other willing souls entered the Undead Demiplane.
• Nana and the eight Holy Servants pledged to follow Wang Dong'er, who then used Soul-Control Flame to question the elder about the Holy Spirit Cult’s branches, Fire Phoenix Holy Maiden, and two Holy Sons.
• When Wang Dong'er asked for the headquarters’ location, the elder’s head swelled and Gu Yuena suppressed his self-destruction; Wang Dong'er then urged Ju Zi to gather information from Xu Tianran without risking herself.

Wang Dong'er’s group destroyed a Holy Spirit Cult branch in Mingdu, then she pressured Jing Hongchen to release Nana, Ji Juechen, and Jing Ziyan while warning him about the Holy Spirit Cult’s influence. In the God Realm, Tang San and the other God Kings investigated a mysterious roar from the sealed Golden Dragon King, while the Goddess of Life revealed that she had sensed an abnormality in her inheritance.

• Wang Dong'er ordered Xiao Hongchen and Huo Yuhao to level the Holy Spirit Cult’s ruined branch while Gu Yuena protected the surrounding homes, and the Imperial Inspection Squad later found a message claiming Shrek had exterminated evil.
• Xu Tianran heard the report, questioned whether the explosion’s location had held survivors, and then discussed the incident with the Imperial Preceptor, who promised results from the Holy Spirit Cult within five years.
• Wang Dong'er demanded that Jing Hongchen hand over Nana, Ji Juechen, and Jing Ziyan, warned him that Tang San controlled the empires, and urged him to contact her if he heard about Kong Deming or learned more about the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Tang San warned the God of Destruction and the other God Kings of an approaching crisis, but the God of Destruction continued to accuse him of breaking the God Realm’s rules.
• A dragon roar shook the God Realm, and Tang San brought the four God Kings to inspect the Golden Dragon King’s seal, which appeared intact even as the imprisoned dragon urged the God Realm’s destruction.
• The Goddess of Life told the God of Destruction that she had sensed an abnormality in her inheritance.

Tang San planned to seize control of Douluo Star while the New Tang Sect and Shrek Academy prepared for the approaching tournament, and Wang Dong’er’s Kindling technologies spread through the Sun Moon Empire. The chapter ended with three mysterious old men confronting a Moonflower Sect group in the Star Dou Forest and ordering them to help.

• The Goddess of Life sensed that Xiao Qi had received her blessing, while the God of Destruction warned that Tang San might be plotting against the God Realm.
• Tang San planned to weaken Douluo Star’s will so Tang Hao could control the plane, and he considered using the Golden Dragon King’s power for himself.
• Bei Bei expanded the New Tang Sect, Shrek Academy strengthened its tournament team, and Xuan Zi prepared to lead students on a Soul Hunting expedition.
• Wang Dong’er’s Kindling research introduced new technologies in Mingdu as she and others continued investigating the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Three identical old men encountered Moonflower Sect members in the Star Dou Forest and demanded that they help with a task.

Wang Yan’s Shrek group, disguised as the Moonflower Sect, followed the Zhongli Three Brothers to a Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear’s den and discovered their plan to use them as bait. When Wang Yan ordered an attack, the brothers turned on the group, leaving Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming to hold off two bears while the students fled and Elder Xuan remained absent.

• The Zhongli Three Brothers forced Wang Yan and Han Ruoruo’s group to help them hunt a soul beast, promising to let them leave afterward.
• Zhongli Ren lured a ten-thousand-year Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear from its den, while Wang Yan realized the brothers might be targeting its cubs.
• Zhongli Tian summoned the captive soul of the bear’s mate, and Wang Yan ordered the Shrek group to attack him before the brothers could carry out their plan.
• Zhongli Tian vanished in green smoke and sent the phantom bear against the group; Han Ruoruo took a blow meant for Wang Yan as the living bear charged them.
• Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming stayed behind to hold off the bears while Wang Yan organized the students’ retreat, and Bei Bei secretly consulted his second personality, Zhuge.

Zhang Lexuan rescued Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming, while Di Tian confronted Xuan Zi over the disappearance of Star Dou Forest’s soul beasts. Xuan Zi reached Wang Yan’s group after a student was killed, but Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming remained missing, and Wang Yan blamed himself for the disaster.

• Zhuge persuaded Bei Bei to wait for Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming to weaken the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bears so he could absorb one’s soul and advance his seventh soul ring.
• Zhang Lexuan rescued Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming, told them that Shrek Academy had betrayed her, and left them behind as the bears broke free.
• Di Tian accused Xuan Zi of slaughtering soul beasts, then left to report that many had disappeared without a trace to Gu Yuena.
• Wang Dong'er followed Electrolux’s guidance toward a violent, bloody soul fluctuation while Wang Yan’s group fled from a Dark Demon Tiger that killed a student.
• Xuan Zi arrived, killed the Dark Demon Tiger, and later found Bei Bei, who reported that Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming were missing.
• Wang Yan recounted the events to Xuan Zi and blamed himself for what had happened.

Xuan Zi led Shrek Academy’s survivors out of the Star Dou Forest while Wang Dong’er and Gu Yuena rescued the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bears and dealt with the Zhongli Three Brothers. Zhang Lexuan secured a ninth spirit ring, then convinced Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming to leave Shrek Academy with her; the chapter ended as she introduced them to Wang Dong’er.

• Xuan Zi found Bei Bei and led Shrek Academy’s group away from the Star Dou Forest after two students died and Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming went missing.
• Wang Dong’er soothed the Blood-Red Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear while Gu Yuena reunited the female bear with her cub, and Di Tian captured the Zhongli Three Brothers.
• Wang Dong’er questioned the Zhongli Three Brothers about the Holy Spirit Cult, then killed them when they refused to answer; Di Tian took the bears away.
• Bi Ji vouched for Zhang Lexuan, who gained a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Spirit as her ninth spirit ring and then left the Star Dou Forest.
• Zhang Lexuan told Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming why she had left Shrek Academy, and both agreed to go with her despite their lingering doubts.
• Wang Dong’er and Gu Yuena arrived, and Zhang Lexuan introduced Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming to Wang Dong’er.

After the Star Dou Forest disaster, Shrek's elders discussed the deaths and disappearances and prepared for the Soul Fighting Tournament in Mingdu. As the tournament approached, Wang Dong'er warned Du Busi that Xu Tianran planned to attack the participating teams, while secret letters were already being delivered to competitors.

• Xuan Zi told the Sea God Pavilion elders that two students had died and Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming had gone missing after the Star Dou Forest incident, then assigned compensation, investigations, and preparations for the tournament.
• The Sun Moon Empire announced generous Soul Tool prizes for the tournament, while Xu Tianran discussed his plans with Ju Zi and promised to make her empress after taking the throne.
• Ju Zi privately maintained her spy role and passed Xu Tianran's known plans to Wang Dong'er without deliberately sabotaging them.
• Wang Dong'er and the Bright Hall team registered early in Mingdu and moved into a luxurious suite at Mingyue Hotel.
• Du Busi visited Wang Dong'er, who confirmed Xu Tianran planned to attack the tournament teams and said she intended to let them witness the conspiracy rather than destroy it in advance.
• Huo Yuhao used Simulated Concealment to place secret letters in the rooms of several participating teams.

Wang Dong'er warned Xu Jiujiu about the Holy Spirit Sect and the tournament rules favored Soul Engineers, while the Mingdu Tournament opened with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy facing the Dragon Slaying Sect. Meng Hongchen defeated the Dragon Slaying Sect's first fighter with her poison, and she had begun fighting their second as Bei Bei grew furious over her use of Tang Sect footwork.

• Wang Dong'er told Xu Jiujiu to forfeit if she encountered the Holy Spirit Sect, and Xu Jiujiu agreed to keep watching for signs of Evil Soul Masters.
• Wang Dong'er received the tournament rules, which moved the elimination arena outside Mingdu and allowed unrestricted height.
• Xu Tianran arrived at the opening ceremony with Ju Zi, and an unidentified voice silenced the crowd with a pressure that Xuan Zi recognized as belonging to a Limit Douluo.
• The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy faced the Dragon Slaying Sect in the first match, and Meng Hongchen used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to evade their first fighter's attacks.
• Meng Hongchen poisoned the Dragon Slaying Sect fighter and agreed to detoxify him only after his captain promised he would miss the team match.
• Bei Bei suspected Huo Yuhao had taught Meng Hongchen Tang Sect techniques, while Wang Yan warned Shrek Academy not to be careless; Meng Hongchen then began fighting Feng Shen.

Meng Hongchen led the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to a decisive victory over the Dragon Slaying Sect, and Shrek Academy began its tournament campaign against the Heavenly Armor Sect. Shrek dominated the individual matches, but the Heavenly Armor Sect revealed an unexpected martial soul combination skill as the team battle began.

• Meng Hongchen defeated Feng Shen by combining Ice Refraction with her Soul Tool, then won four more matches before conceding to the Dragon Slaying Sect captain; the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy won the match and earned eleven points.
• Xuan Zi warned Shrek Academy’s team that the Body Sect was competing under the Snow Demon Sect’s identity and urged them to be wary of body soul masters.
• Shrek Academy entered the tournament on the second day with Bei Bei held back, and Dai Huabin defeated Han Yu and another Heavenly Armor Sect competitor before Zhu Lu and Xie Huanyue each won two matches.
• Han Jian conceded the individual elimination match after six Heavenly Armor Sect members were defeated, but his team chose to continue into the team battle.
• As Shrek Academy’s team battle formation faced the Heavenly Armor Sect, the opposing team threw apart their shields, prompting Wang Yan to recognize a martial soul combination skill rather than a seven-in-one fusion skill.

Shrek Academy defeated the Heavenly Armor Sect but paid dearly after underestimating its combined attack, while the Holy Spirit Sect’s first match ended in a gruesome death. Wang Dong’er’s Bright Hall then faced Zheng Tian Academy, where her team overwhelmed Ye Wuqing’s students without her needing to fight.

• The Heavenly Armor Sect’s seven members used their Combined Heavenly Armor Needle, but Cao Jinxuan reversed time briefly, Xu Shishi defended, and He Caitou’s cannons broke their formation.
• Shrek Academy defeated the Heavenly Armor Sect, whose members were badly injured by the team’s retaliatory attacks after Han Zhanhu surrendered.
• A Holy Spirit Sect contestant killed a Heavenly Capital Academy fighter by devouring his soul, prompting the academy to withdraw from the tournament.
• Zhang Lexuan and Wang Dong’er recognized Ma Xiaotao’s voice among the Holy Spirit Sect, confirming that she had become its Fire Phoenix Holy Maiden.
• Wang Dong’er met Ye Wuqing again and agreed to go easy on Zheng Tian Academy, then sent Ning Tian, Wu Feng, Nana, the Lan sisters, and Huo Yuhao to compete.
• Bright Hall swept Zheng Tian Academy’s individual matches and crushed its team in battle while Wang Dong’er watched and Huo Yuhao supported his teammates with Mental Detection and Mental Sharing.

Xu Tianran and Ju Zi discussed the tournament, while Wang Dong'er entered Bright Hall's second-round match against Earth Dragon Sect alone and overwhelmed its contestants with a giant close-combat Soul Tool. After defeating several opponents without releasing her martial soul, Wang Dong'er faced another challenger as Earth Dragon Sect's captain prepared to take the stage.

• Ju Zi told Xu Tianran that eliminated teams were staying in Mingdu, and he ordered that they be sent off with dignity after the tournament.
• Wang Dong'er entered the arena alone to fight Earth Dragon Sect, drawing disbelief from the audience and Bei Bei.
• Wang Dong'er used a giant seventh-grade Close-Combat Soul Tool to batter Xu Shenshu until he surrendered, and her unveiled face captivated the audience.
• Wang Dong'er defeated Feng Jue and then sent Earth Dragon Sect's subsequent contestants flying without releasing her martial soul.
• An Earth Dragon Sect contestant offered to wear Wang Dong'er down before their female captain took the stage.

Wang Dong'er defeated the Earth Dragon Sect’s six Soul Masters without revealing her Martial Soul, then faced captain Nan Qiuqiu and unveiled her Light Goddess Butterfly and three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings. Her display stunned the tournament, Shrek Academy, and the Sun Moon Empire, leaving Nan Qiuqiu facing an overwhelming opponent.

• Wang Dong'er defeated Xiao Ye after breaking through the darkness created by his Night Dragon Martial Soul, completing her sweep of the Earth Dragon Sect’s first six fighters.
• Nan Qiuqiu introduced herself as the Earth Dragon Sect’s captain and attacked Wang Dong'er with her Rouge Dragon’s Annihilation Ray, melting a hole through Wang Dong'er's greatsword.
• Wang Dong'er threw the damaged greatsword aside, released her Light Goddess Butterfly, and revealed seven Soul Rings, including three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.
• Nan Qiuqiu was discouraged by Wang Dong'er's strength as spectators erupted in cheers at the first Soul Sage and Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings in the tournament.
• Bei Bei, Wang Yan, and Xuan Zi watched in disbelief, while the black-robed Imperial Preceptor recognized Wang Dong'er's powerful holy Light Attribute as a threat to Evil Soul Masters.

Wang Dong'er defeated Nan Qiuqiu in the tournament and invited Earth Dragon Sect master Nan Shuishui to negotiate over a secret mine in exchange for helping Nan Shuishui and Nan Qiuqiu grow stronger. At Bright Hall’s sky villa, Wang Dong'er revealed her twin martial souls and seven extraordinary Spirit Rings, leaving Nan Shuishui and Nan Qiuqiu stunned.

• Nan Qiuqiu used Annihilation Chain Blast and Rouge Annihilation Sword against Wang Dong'er, but Wang Dong'er dodged her attacks and defeated her with a flick to the forehead.
• Wang Dong'er beat the Earth Dragon Sect team single-handedly, earning Bright Hall twelve points and prompting the audience to cheer for her one-against-seven victory.
• Nan Shuishui learned that Wang Dong'er wanted to discuss a deal and took Nan Qiuqiu to Bright Hall’s sky villa that night.
• Wang Dong'er offered to help Nan Shuishui become a Titled Douluo and improve Nan Qiuqiu’s aptitude and Spirit Rings in exchange for the Earth Dragon Sect’s ice-element rare-metal mine.
• Wang Dong'er revealed an octagonal ice crystal, her twin martial souls, and seven mostly orange Spirit Rings, shocking Nan Shuishui and Nan Qiuqiu.

Wang Dong'er secured Nan Shuishui's cooperation against the Holy Spirit Cult and gained Nan Qiuqiu as a tournament companion, while Nan Qiuqiu absorbed an immortal herb. At the Soul Fighting Tournament, Xu Shishi's lecherous antics angered Wang Chengxi, whose unexpected powers and attacks forced him to defend himself.

• Wang Dong'er agreed to take Nan Qiuqiu along during the tournament, warned Nan Shuishui about Xu Tianran and the Holy Spirit Cult, and revealed that its leaders included two Limit Douluo.
• Wang Dong'er gave Nan Shuishui a key to a Mingdu property and presented Nan Qiuqiu with the Earth Dragon Golden Melon, which Nan Qiuqiu absorbed overnight.
• Wang Yan sent Xu Shishi to face the Iron Sword Sect's Wang Chengxi in Shrek Academy's match.
• Xu Shishi made lewd remarks and grabbed Wang Chengxi's hand, then was caught off guard when the referee started the match as he turned away.
• Wang Chengxi attacked Xu Shishi with her iron sword, then revealed a second set of strange abilities, including snake-like hair and beams that petrified his shield.
• Xu Shishi activated Mysterious Turtle Power to free his shield from Wang Chengxi's petrifying attack.

Xu Shishi and Bei Bei forced the Iron Sword Sect to surrender after their match, while Wang Dong'er organized a plan to enter the underground Soul Engineer Competition and pursue Ye Guyi. The chapter ended with Shrek Academy drawing Bright Hall as its opponent in the tournament's third round.

• Xu Shishi struck Wang Chengxi after escaping her Medusa's Gaze, and Bei Bei pressured the Iron Sword Sect into surrendering and healing Xu Shishi.
• Nana explained the underground Soul Engineer Competition, and Wang Dong'er sent Huo Yuhao to compete for the Xishui Alliance while she entered the Ordinary Alliance competition to look for Ye Guyi.
• Huo Yuhao, Ji Juechen, and Jing Ziyan registered at the Xishui Alliance's Qingse Hotel, while Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Qiu'er entered the Ordinary Alliance's qualifiers at Pingfan Hotel.
• Both groups qualified for the next round, and the second round of the academy tournament ended with forty-two teams advancing.
• The third-round draw paired Shrek Academy against Bright Hall.