Chapter Summaries

The nine Soul Masters encountered a swarm of six hundred Forest Devouring Ants, prompting Qian Gu Huang Yu to suggest retreating and then hint that she had another solution. Zang Xin offered to split the spirit power equally, but Qian Gu Huang Yu remained unconvinced.

• Zang Xin led the uneasy group deeper into the Spirit Ascension Platform, with Cao Dezhi scouting ahead.
• Gu Yuena spotted a swarm of about six hundred Forest Devouring Ants led by a Fifty Thousand Year Forest Devouring Ant King.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu teased Qian Gu Dong Feng about repeatedly encountering enemies in unusual places, then proposed that they withdraw.
• Cai Yuer argued with Qian Gu Huang Yu over abandoning the inner court assessment, but Gu Yuena reassured Qian Gu Huang Yu that she had another plan.
• Zang Xin offered to split the spirit power equally, but Qian Gu Huang Yu was not persuaded.

Qian Gu Huang Yu extorted Zang Xin for the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum in exchange for helping his group travel deeper into the Spirit Ascension Platform. She used her Thunderclap Nether Vine to carry everyone into the air toward the Forest Devouring Ants.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu demanded Zang Xin's Thousand Year Miracle Mushroom Reaching Heaven Chrysanthemum, and he agreed in exchange for her group's continued help exploring the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu arranged for Zang Xin to hand the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum to staff for delivery to Qian Gu Feng after they left.
• Cao Dezhi reassured Zang Xin that they could save enough Contribution Points to replace the treasure after completing their mission.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu explained that the group could avoid the Forest Devouring Ants by flying above them, then used Thunderclap Nether Vine to bind and lift Zang Xin and the others.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena flew toward the distant sky with the group, while Di Xuan complained that the flight might count as a work-related injury.

Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena flew over the Star Dou Great Forest as the Forest Devouring Ant army attacked them from below. When the mutated Forest Devouring Ant King took flight and swallowed Qian Gu Huang Yu’s lightning, he unleashed Dragon Thunder Gold Jade and engulfed it in a sphere of golden lightning.

• Gu Yuena looked down at the Star Dou Great Forest and shared her feelings with Qian Gu Huang Yu, who held her hand and promised they would see it again beyond Douluo Star.
• The Forest Devouring Ant army arrived and devoured trees, soul beasts, rocks, and a team of soul masters while firing dark-purple attacks at Qian Gu Huang Yu’s group.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu dodged the attacks from above and taunted the ants, carrying Qian Gu Dong Feng and Qian Gu Qing Feng with the Thunderclap Nether Vine.
• The Forest Devouring Ant King revealed wings and flew after Qian Gu Huang Yu, then swallowed the golden lightning he fired at it.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu used Dragon Thunder Gold Jade, engulfing the Forest Devouring Ant King in a sphere of golden lightning.

Qian Gu Huang Yu injured the Forest Devouring Ant King, but it burned its wings to summon ghostfire wings and charged at her again. She stopped Gu Yuena and the others from intervening, then faced the beast alone to defend her authority as a king.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu used Dragon Thunder Gold Jade to wound the Forest Devouring Ant King’s wings, but decided she could not destroy the ant army with her remaining Soul Power.
• The Forest Devouring Ant King burned its damaged wings to summon Ghost Flame Ghost Wings and rushed toward Qian Gu Huang Yu.
• Gu Yuena attacked with her Silver Dragon Staff and a snow tornado, but the Forest Devouring Ant King broke through at the cost of its speed and strength.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu stopped Gu Yuena from interfering and ignored pleas from Qian Gu Dong Feng, Zang Xin, Cao Dezhi, Cai Yuer, Zhuo Shi, and Feng Wuyu to avoid a solo fight.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu summoned her Spirit Blade and challenged the Forest Devouring Ant King, declaring that she would remain invincible even while protecting seven lives.

Qian Gu Huang Yu battled the Forest Devouring Ant King, using her Spirit Blade and aerial skill to wound it while avoiding its ghostfire. As the ant king risked its life with Ghostfire Body Covering, she began wearing it down, but a terrifying aura descended from above.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu pierced the Forest Devouring Ant King's wing with the Spirit Blade and increased the blade's gravity to drive it deeper.
• The Forest Devouring Ant King engulfed itself and Qian Gu Huang Yu in ghostfire, forcing her to recall the Spirit Blade and retreat while Di Xuan lifted the others to safety.
• Gu Yuena warned that the ant king's Ghostfire Body Covering consumed its Soul Power and could burn through its lifespan.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu resumed attacking, dodging the ant king and slashing it with the Spirit Blade before flying out of reach.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu's confidence in victory faltered when a terrifying aura descended from above.

Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena escaped as a starry formation unleashed Starfall Heavenly Execution, annihilating the Forest Devouring Ant King and its army. The survivors then argued over whether to face the mysterious target or retreat, while the observers outside the Spirit Ascension Platform left the decision to them.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu nearly defeated the Forest Devouring Ant King before a vast, starry formation appeared overhead.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu warned Gu Yuena to flee, and the Forest Devouring Ant King charged greedily toward the formation.
• The formation fired a pillar of white light that destroyed the Forest Devouring Ant King and its army, leaving a huge crater.
• Di Tian identified the attack as Starfall Heavenly Execution, while Bei Gong Li refused to force Qian Gu Huang Yu and the others to leave the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu suggested retreating, but Zang Xin urged the group to attack for the Thousand Year Miracle Mushroom Reaching Heaven Chrysanthemum, and Qian Gu Dong Feng objected that they could not win.

Zang Xin persuaded Qian Gu Huang Yu’s group to help fight the Star Sea Wandering Dragon by promising them an Immortal Herb. After the dragon recovered from its devastating attack and revealed its starry form, the group launched their assault.

• Cai Yuer suggested withdrawing, but Zang Xin explained that the Star Sea Wandering Dragon needed time on the ground to recover after its powerful attack.
• Gu Yuena identified the Star Sea Wandering Dragon as the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform’s guardian, while Qian Gu Die Ting discovered that someone had deliberately lured it away.
• Zang Xin offered a Thousand-Year Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum for the dragon’s defeat, and Qian Gu Huang Yu agreed to help after negotiating for a reward even if they failed.
• The Star Sea Wandering Dragon’s starlit body emerged as its formation dispersed, and Cai Yuer watched it in fascination.
• Zang Xin ordered an attack, Qian Gu Qing Feng hurled Qian Gu Dong Feng toward the dragon, and Gu Yuena boosted his speed as he prepared to swing his Coiled Dragon Staff.

Qian Gu Dong Feng, Cao Dezhi, Zang Xin, and Qian Gu Qing Feng coordinated their attacks against the Star Sea Wandering Dragon, buying time for Qian Gu Huang Yu to form a Black Hole with Gu Yuena's help. After Cao Dezhi destroyed the dragon's left eye, the enraged beast retaliated, and its meteor shower swallowed his attacks.

• Qian Gu Dong Feng stunned the Star Sea Wandering Dragon and swapped Cao Dezhi into position, allowing Cao Dezhi to stab its neck with his Heartless Sword.
• Zang Xin used Once to keep the dragon stunned while Qian Gu Qing Feng's Nether Slash stripped at its soul, giving Cao Dezhi time to pierce and destroy its left eye.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu formed a Black Hole with Gu Yuena's assistance while the others held off the Star Sea Wandering Dragon, with five minutes needed and only thirty seconds elapsed.
• The enraged Star Sea Wandering Dragon launched a meteor shower at Cao Dezhi, whose Heartless Sword attacks were swallowed as he retreated.

Feng Wuyu and Zhuo Shi were eliminated while the others tried to survive the Star Sea Wandering Dragon’s attacks long enough for Qian Gu Huang Yu to form a killing Black Hole. Zang Xin used Traceback and Regret to trap the dragon in its grief, buying the group a chance to continue.

• Feng Wuyu saved Cao Dezhi from the Star Sea Wandering Dragon’s meteor shower and was eliminated in his place.
• Zhuo Shi attacked the dragon with Earth Shaking Red Dragon, but it knocked Cai Yuer unconscious and eliminated Zhuo Shi.
• Zang Xin, Cao Dezhi, Qian Gu Dong Feng, and Qian Gu Qing Feng dodged the dragon’s starlight attacks and agreed to use their strongest techniques for rewards.
• Zang Xin used Traceback to reach the Star Sea Wandering Dragon through its energy attack, then used Regret to overwhelm it with remorse over its dead child.

Qian Gu Dong Feng used the Qian Gu Family’s Unyielding Staff Technique to wound the Star Sea Wandering Dragon, but the backlash eliminated him. With the dragon recovering and the group still needing to endure three more minutes, Qian Gu Qing Feng risked his life by unleashing Ring Fusion and attacked it with a colossal Purgatory Halberd.

• Qian Gu Dong Feng enlarged the Coiled Dragon Staff and prepared to use Battle Heaven Battle Earth, the opening move of the Unyielding Staff Technique.
• Qian Gu Dong Feng struck the Star Sea Wandering Dragon, tearing a dimensional rift in its body, but his own body shattered and he was eliminated.
• The Star Sea Wandering Dragon healed the rift by consuming Star Power, while Qian Gu Qing Feng reflected on Dong Feng’s determination to grow stronger.
• Qian Gu Qing Feng activated Ring Fusion, gathering the power of all five soul rings into a giant Purgatory Halberd despite the damage it caused him.
• Qian Gu Qing Feng swept the hundred-meter phantom halberd toward the Star Sea Wandering Dragon.

Qian Gu Qing Feng withdrew after the Star Sea Wandering Dragon shattered his Purgatory Halberd, leaving Zang Xin and Cao Dezhi to restrain the beast while Qian Gu Huang Yu prepared a Black Hole. Their Martial Soul Fusion Skill trapped it, but the dragon unleashed Starfall Heavenly Execution again, targeting the immobile pair with only forty-five seconds remaining.

• The Star Sea Wandering Dragon destroyed Qian Gu Qing Feng's Purgatory Halberd, and Qian Gu Qing Feng withdrew from the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Zang Xin and Cao Dezhi decided to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to hold the Star Sea Wandering Dragon until Qian Gu Huang Yu could create a Black Hole.
• Zang Xin and Cao Dezhi joined the Amorous Sword and Heartless Sword, using Emotion Touching Heaven to seal the Star Sea Wandering Dragon.
• The Star Sea Wandering Dragon secretly triggered Starfall Heavenly Execution while sealed, and a pillar of light descended toward Zang Xin and Cao Dezhi.
• Zang Xin and Cao Dezhi remained unable to move beneath the attack as forty-five seconds remained.

Zang Xin and Cao Dezhi failed to stop Star Sea Wandering Dragon, leaving Qian Gu Huang Yu to hold it off with Gu Yuena. After Gu Yuena sacrificed herself to divert the dragon’s attack, Qian Gu Huang Yu unleashed Proton Shriek at the final moment, and the chapter ended before its effect was revealed.

• Cao Dezhi forcibly broke Emotion Touching Heaven and threw Zang Xin out of Starfall Heavenly Execution, then was eliminated as the fifth person.
• Star Sea Wandering Dragon broke free and fired a devastating starlight attack at Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena.
• Gu Yuena used Chaos Void Annihilation to transfer the dragon’s attack far away, then left the Spirit Ascension Platform as the sixth person eliminated.
• Star Sea Wandering Dragon charged Qian Gu Huang Yu while he was still gathering power, with only fifteen seconds remaining.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu changed the elemental balance in his incomplete Black Hole and fired Proton Shriek, piercing the incoming Dragon Splitting Star Claw.

Qian Gu Huang Yu used the Proton Shriek to badly wound the Star Sea Wandering Dragon, but it began regenerating and struck her down. She rose and beheaded it with Durandal, then concealed that the sword came from the Gate of Babylon.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu redirected the Proton Shriek toward the Star Sea Wandering Dragon's head, but its tail struck her and sent her flying, causing the attack to cut the dragon in half instead.
• The Star Sea Wandering Dragon began regenerating by absorbing Star Power and prepared to kill Qian Gu Huang Yu.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu stood again and gathered her remaining strength as golden lightning surrounded her.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu unleashed the Immortal Path Killing Move, Five Finger Fist Heart Sword, and severed the Star Sea Wandering Dragon's head with Durandal.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu recalled Durandal into the Gate of Babylon to conceal the treasure sword's origin.

Qian Gu Huang Yu killed the Star Sea Wandering Dragon with Durandal and discovered that it had left behind a rare External Soul Bone. As she prepared to absorb it, Cai Yuer woke and demanded that Qian Gu Huang Yu hand it over.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu used Durandal to behead the Star Sea Wandering Dragon after her Soul Power was depleted.
• The dragon vanished and left behind a star-blue wing bone, which Qian Gu Huang Yu recognized as a precious External Soul Bone.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu asked Mountain Dragon Tai Kun whether she could absorb the wing bone, and Tai Kun said her bloodline would let her fuse with it.
• Cai Yuer woke inside the Spirit Ascension Platform and sensed that the wing bone resonated with her martial soul.
• Cai Yuer demanded that Qian Gu Huang Yu give her the Soul Bone, while Zang Xin struggled to stop her.

Qian Gu Huang Yu killed Cai Yuer and Zang Xin after they challenged her claim to the Star Sea Wandering Dragon Wing Bone, then fused with it with Electrolux’s help. She gained the offensive ability Starfall Heavenly Execution, though she was disappointed not to gain the dragon’s star-absorbing ability.

• Cai Yuer accused Qian Gu Huang Yu of stealing the Star Sea Wandering Dragon’s death and secretly tried to attack her, but discovered she could not use her Soul Power.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu pierced Cai Yuer with a golden dragon claw and sent her out of the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Zang Xin arrived and tried to speak with Qian Gu Huang Yu, but she pierced his neck with her Spirit Blade and sent him out painlessly.
• Electrolux advised Qian Gu Huang Yu to separate the dragon’s spiritual consciousness during the fusion and send it to his Undead World.
• Electrolux extracted the dragon soul, allowing Qian Gu Huang Yu to fuse with the wing bone and gain Starfall Heavenly Execution.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu regretted that she had not gained the ability to absorb star power, while Electrolux went to check on the dragon soul.

After escaping the Spirit Ascension Platform, Qian Gu Huang Yu explained her sword strike and assessed Zang Xin and Cao Dezhi. She realized that someone had manipulated the monsters they encountered, and the group began piecing together what had happened.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu returned to the metal chamber after killing the Star Sea Wandering Dragon, and her companions recovered and celebrated their survival.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu credited her final sword strike to a technique Di Tian had demonstrated, and Di Tian supported her explanation.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu assessed Cao Dezhi as capable and decisive, praised Zang Xin's troublesome Soul Skills, and suspected Zang Xin had planned the group's predicament.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu pointed out that the Frenzied Feather Crocodile Vultures, Forest Devouring Ants, and Star Sea Wandering Dragon had behaved unnaturally, leading Gu Yuena and the others to conclude someone had influenced them.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu began reconstructing the events in the Spirit Ascension Platform for the group.

Qian Gu Huang Yu deduced that Zang Xin and Cao Dezhi had provoked the Star Sea Wandering Dragon by killing its young to weaken it and manipulate the Spirit Ascension Platform’s chaos. After Qian Gu Die Ting confirmed the scheme, two youths delivered a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and a Secret Method Soul Bone, leaving everyone puzzled about Zang Xin’s motives.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu explained that Zang Xin had likely provoked and worn down the Star Sea Wandering Dragon so he and Cao Dezhi could recruit allies to help kill it.
• Qian Gu Die Ting showed surveillance footage and confirmed that Zang Xin and Cao Dezhi had killed the Star Sea Wandering Dragon’s young, triggering its rampage and scattering soul beasts across the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Gu Yuena felt troubled by the humans’ scheme, while Qian Gu Huang Yu comforted her and lamented that Zang Xin would probably not send the promised Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.
• Bai Yin Qing delivered two wooden boxes from two youths, addressed to Qian Gu Feng, and Qian Gu Die Ting opened them to reveal a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and a Secret Method Soul Bone.
• Bei Gong Li explained how Secret Method Soul Bones were obtained and what they could do, while Gu Yuena, Di Tian, and the others wondered why Zang Xin and Cao Dezhi had sent the items.

Chen Yi accepted Zang Xin’s assessment and warned him to manage his companions rather than rely only on schemes. At the Lake of Life, Qian Gu Huang Yu comforted Gu Yuena, and they buried the Secret Method Soul Bone to honor the dead soul beasts.

• Chen Yi told Zang Xin that he had passed, then warned him that luck had helped him and that he needed to manage his companions and rely on strength.
• Chen Yi told Zang Xin to reflect and choose his Immortal Herbs before leaving.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena returned to the Star Dou Great Forest after receiving the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and Secret Method Soul Bone.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu comforted Gu Yuena as she grieved over the cruel treatment of her people.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu suggested building a gravestone and holding a funeral, and Gu Yuena agreed.
• Gu Yuena shattered the Secret Method Soul Bone, and she and Qian Gu Huang Yu buried it and erected a gravestone.

After burying the Secret Method Soul Bone, Qian Gu Huang Yu confided in Gu Yuena about her loneliness and her past life, and the two grew closer. With a month before the Shrek entrance exam, Qian Gu Huang Yu began studying multi-element control under Gu Yuena.

• Gu Yuena asked Qian Gu Huang Yu about the Five Finger Fist Heart Sword, and Qian Gu Huang Yu explained its origin and the loneliness she felt as a survivor of her previous era.
• Gu Yuena embraced Qian Gu Huang Yu and assured her that they understood each other, then asked why the sword cultivator she had described failed to reach the supreme realm.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu joked that the cultivator probably failed because he could not recite poetry, and later told Gu Yuena she planned to rest before the Shrek entrance exam.
• Gu Yuena agreed to teach Qian Gu Huang Yu multi-element control, while Qian Gu Huang Yu also expressed interest in learning Di Tian's powerful punch.
• The next day, Gu Yuena taught Qian Gu Huang Yu how to multitask and improve her Heart Separation Control, while Qian Gu Huang Yu admired her appearance.

Qian Gu Huang Yu trained Heart Separation Control with Gu Yuena, then ended their month-long tour of the Sun Moon Federation to prepare for Shrek Academy. After Leng Yang Jun described Shrek’s exploitative culture, Qian Gu Huang Yu tried to use forged credentials and a Spirit Transmission Token to secure Gu Yuena a place where she could attend without kneeling, but his final answer was left unresolved.

• Gu Yuena guided Qian Gu Huang Yu through practical Heart Separation Control training, helping her use lightning and gravity in separate hands.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu took Gu Yuena around the Sun Moon Federation for a month before they returned to Spirit Pagoda headquarters ahead of Shrek’s enrollment.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu, Gu Yuena, and Qian Ren Xue asked Leng Yang Jun about Shrek Academy, and he explained that students had to work for Contribution Points and submit to the academy’s demands.
• Leng Yang Jun said Shrek’s talented inner court students could still be treated as beggars by the Sea God Pavilion elders, prompting Gu Yuena to insist that she wanted to stand while attending school.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu presented forged identity papers claiming Gu Yuena was a twelve-year-old with rank forty-five Soul Power, but Leng Yang Jun said she would still have to kneel.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu added a Spirit Transmission Token to the papers and asked if the combination would let Gu Yuena attend standing, but the chapter ended before Leng Yang Jun answered.