Chapter Summaries

A Jie and Xu Xiao’s forces attacked an underground lair where Soul Masters abused captive women, while a Yellow-grade Mecha captain fought and killed Wang Chuanhe. Xu Xiao assessed the mecha’s combat abilities and considered finding cultivation techniques to strengthen its ordinary pilots.

• A Jie used his mecha to punish the Soul Masters in the underground lair, while Xu Xiao left to check on the Title Douluo accompanying the mission.
• Wang Chuanhe attacked a Yellow-grade Mecha and boasted about killing hundreds of commoners, but the mecha caught his saber and shattered his shoulder.
• Wang Chuanhe unleashed his fourth spirit ability, and the mecha’s shoulder cannons destroyed his attack and killed him.
• The captain sent the coordinates of the location toward which the two released men had gone to the accompanying Title Douluo.
• Xu Xiao evaluated the Yellow-grade Mecha’s strengths and considered finding cultivation techniques to improve ordinary pilots.

Xiao Ya discovered that Sand Emperor Douluo had lied about Martial Soul Awakening and was abusing the boys he kept underground. He escaped toward the surface while Xiao Hu stayed behind to protect him, but Sand Emperor caught up as Xiao Ya reached the exit.

• Sand Emperor Douluo led two servants into his underground playground, where Xiao Hu and Xiao Ya waited for their Martial Soul Awakening.
• Xiao Ya remembered witnessing Big Zhuang Brother screaming during a false awakening and realized Sand Emperor had been harming the boys.
• Xiao Ya tried to divert Sand Emperor from Xiao Hu, but Xiao Hu signaled for him to run as Sand Emperor carried him into the awakening room.
• Sand Emperor revealed his monstrous mouth, devoured one servant, and threw Xiao Hu onto an animal hide.
• Xiao Ya cut through a lock, climbed the long stairs, and opened the final gate, but his foot froze as Sand Emperor's demonic laugh approached.

Xiao Ya escaped Sand Emperor’s restraint and wounded him before Dog Douluo arrived and revealed himself as an Empire Zodiac General. Dog Douluo badly injured Sand Emperor, who unleashed a powerful sandworm attack that threatened to overwhelm him.

• Sand Emperor taunted Xiao Ya, but Xiao Ya broke free, slashed him, and severed his roots with help from an unseen force.
• A masked young man appeared, told Xiao Ya to hide, and revealed himself as Dog Douluo, a Title Douluo and one of the Empire’s Twelve Zodiac Generals.
• Dog Douluo declared Sand Emperor sentenced to death and shattered his three sandstorm tornadoes with his Eighth Spirit Skill, piercing Sand Emperor’s chest.
• Sand Emperor used his essence blood to unleash his Eighty-Thousand-Year Spirit Bone Skill, Sandworm Tide, summoning a vast swarm of worms.
• Dog Douluo fought off the worms from the air, but the swarm and its corrosive fluid surrounded him with nowhere to dodge.

Dog Douluo defeated Sand Emperor Douluo’s sand worms and let Xiao Ya kill him, but Sand Emperor survived by feigning death. Xu Xiao followed the wounded Sand Emperor to a buried Angel God statue, where Sand Emperor agreed to release its imprisoned voice in exchange for the destruction of the Sun Moon Empire.

• Dog Douluo used Endless Gale Slash to shred Sand Emperor Douluo’s worms, then gave Xiao Ya a Soul Tool Dagger to kill Sand Emperor.
• Xiao Ya stabbed Sand Emperor in the heart, believing he had avenged Xiao Hu, and left with Dog Douluo.
• After the others departed, Sand Emperor revived using his Spirit Bone skill Temporary Deathly Stillness and vowed revenge on the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xu Xiao followed Sand Emperor to a buried Angel God statue, where Sand Emperor offered to break its seal if its imprisoned occupant destroyed the Sun Moon Empire.
• The voice agreed, and Sand Emperor struck the statue with his Soul Power.

The Curse Goddess broke free from a seal that had held her for twenty thousand years and confronted Xu Xiao, who attacked her after learning of her murderous past. She survived his strike through the Law of Space and announced that she intended to make him her servant.

• The Curse Goddess emerged from the shattered seal and raged at the angels who had imprisoned her for twenty thousand years.
• She sensed the angel aura on Xu Xiao, threatened him and Ye Guyi, and rejected his offer to take the Sand Emperor instead.
• Xu Xiao summoned a thousand-meter fire dragon, but the Curse Goddess escaped by tearing through space.
• Xu Xiao identified himself as the Emperor of the Sun Moon Empire and killed the Sand Emperor with his Double Pupil.
• The Curse Goddess crossed Xu Xiao's domains and declared that she would make him her servant, laughing off his appeal to morality.

Xu Xiao used his ninth spirit skill, Fire World, to overcome the Curse Goddess’s spatial law and defeat the quasi-god spirit she created from his victims. After imprisoning her with a third sun, he revealed he knew her weakness and prepared to seal her again.

• Xu Xiao activated Fire World, turning the desert into magma and making the Curse Goddess’s Law of Space difficult to use.
• The Curse Goddess summoned the wronged souls of people Xu Xiao had killed and fused them into a quasi-god man whose flames were corrupted by curse power.
• Xu Xiao summoned a Golden Crow, whose golden beam overwhelmed the man’s attack and struck his forehead.
• The Curse Goddess tried to flee, but Xu Xiao summoned a third sun that imprisoned her body, mind, and soul.
• Xu Xiao explained that the Curse Goddess could regenerate through resentment, then rejected her pleas and declared that he would seal her.

Xu Xiao sealed the Curse Goddess in a space tunnel, preserved an Angel God statue fragment, and reflected on how to fight powerful enemies. Elsewhere, Dog awakened Xiao Ya’s martial soul and discovered that the child had innate full soul power and a Time Hourglass martial soul.

• Xu Xiao bound the Curse Goddess with golden chains, sealed her power, and sent her into a space tunnel powered by a miniature sun.
• Xu Xiao collected an Angel God statue fragment, checked his status, and resolved to restrain powerful opponents immediately in future battles.
• Xu Xiao flew toward the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest to rejoin Meng Hongchen and the others.
• Dog asked A Jie to bring Xiao Ya to his tent and personally awakened the child’s martial soul.
• Xiao Ya displayed innate full soul power and manifested an exquisite Time Hourglass martial soul.

Dog Douluo took Xiao Ya as his disciple and invited him to join Shrek Academy. Meanwhile, Xu Xiao encountered Flying Demons from the Demonic Continent, and Meng Hongchen and Ye Guyi faced a larger spatial rupture as a monster attacked them.

• Dog Douluo recognized Xiao Ya’s Time Hourglass martial soul, invited him to Shrek Academy, and agreed to let Xiao Ya call him Master.
• Seven days later, Xu Xiao identified a swarm of Flying Demons as vanguard forces from the Demonic Continent and prepared for an impending war.
• Bear Lord crushed the Flying Demons, then agreed to warn Di Tian about the coming invasion after Xu Xiao explained the threat.
• Xu Xiao followed the battle trail left by Meng Hongchen and Ye Guyi through the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Meng Hongchen and Ye Guyi found a spatial rupture more than ten meters long and prepared to fight the evil creatures within.
• A massive mouth burst through the rupture and lunged at Meng Hongchen and Ye Guyi.

Ye Guyi and Meng Hongchen killed a giant Rat Demon, but Xu Xiao discovered that the Space Tunnel remained open and released nearly a thousand more Rat Demons. He faced the invading creatures as the female Rat Demon leading them noticed him.

• Ye Guyi rescued Meng Hongchen from the giant Rat Demon, and the two fought it with her Angel Slashes and Meng Hongchen's Extreme Cold Purgatory.
• Ye Guyi killed the Rat Demon with her Holy Sword, then flew Meng Hongchen clear of the venom sacs that exploded from its body.
• Ye Guyi urged Meng Hongchen to return to Shrek Academy, and the two flew off before meeting Xu Xiao.
• Xu Xiao examined the Rat Demon's corpse and found that the Space Tunnel had not closed after its death.
• Nearly a thousand Rat Demons poured out of the tunnel, including fifteen with Title Douluo-level strength and a female leader whose power rivaled a Limit Douluo.
• The female Rat Demon grieved over the dead Rat Demon, then noticed Xu Xiao watching from above.

Xu Xiao reunited with Meng Hongchen and Ye Guyi just as a thousand Rat Demons gathered around them. When the mother Rat Demon attacked out of jealousy, Xu Xiao trapped the flying Level 9 Rat Demons in his Fire World domain, where they fused into a giant monster that was swallowed by lava and crushing pressure.

• Xu Xiao prepared to kill the mother Rat Demon after she propositioned him, but Meng Hongchen and Ye Guyi arrived and interrupted him.
• Meng Hongchen and Ye Guyi learned what the mother Rat Demon had said, and Xu Xiao joked about the trouble of being handsome.
• Meng Hongchen embraced Xu Xiao and claimed him as hers, while Ye Guyi hinted that she felt jealous.
• The mother Rat Demon ordered her thousand Rat Demons and fourteen Level 9 Rat Demons to attack the three of them.
• Xu Xiao swept the fourteen flying Rat Demons into his Fire World domain, where one died and the other thirteen fused into a giant monster that was forced into the lava by the domain's crushing pressure.

Xu Xiao watched Meng Hongchen and Ye Guyi fight the mother Rat Demon, then helped draw its attacks toward them. The women unleashed their Duet Dance—Resonance of Ice and Light, freezing and piercing the enormous phantom rat head.

• Xu Xiao identified Meng Hongchen through the system and learned that she was a Level 7 Soul Engineer with Level 84 Soul Power.
• The mother Rat Demon charged Xu Xiao after sensing that her fourteen offspring had died, but Ye Guyi and Meng Hongchen intercepted her.
• Xu Xiao noticed the smaller Rat Demons devouring grass, trees, and corpses, then teleported down to attack them.
• The mother Rat Demon summoned a gigantic phantom head with Spirit Devouring Bite, and Xu Xiao warned the two women about its life-draining fangs.
• Xu Xiao shredded more than a hundred smaller Rat Demons with a punch and tricked the phantom head into swallowing some of its own offspring.
• Ye Guyi and Meng Hongchen performed Duet Dance—Resonance of Ice and Light, freezing the phantom head and piercing it with countless golden beams.

Xu Xiao helped Meng Hongchen and Ye Guyi recover after their exhausting new technique defeated nearly a thousand Rat Demons, then sheltered them for the night. In the Far North, Yu Hao learned that the Demonic Continent’s advance forces had invaded Douluo Continent and set out to complete a final mission for the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry.

• Meng Hongchen and Ye Guyi used their two-person technique to destroy the Rat Demons, but both collapsed from Soul Power exhaustion.
• Xu Xiao warned the women about the technique’s risks, gave them Milk Bottles, and explained that the mother Rat Demon lacked the Power of Space; he then carried them into a tent to rest.
• Yu Hao complained about being separated from Dong'er and Qiu'er until Xue Yao told him Snow Empress had ended his cultivation, but required him to complete one final mission first.
• Xue Yao informed Yu Hao that the Demonic Continent’s advance forces were invading and that their strongest encountered scout had reached Level 7.
• Yu Hao resolved to confront the Demons, confident that his newly tempered physical strength would let him unleash his full power.

After discovering the Demon Plane's vanguard could match a Limit Douluo, Xu Xiao planned an offensive through the Plane Channel and a contest to choose the empire's strongest fighters. He decided to hold the contest in Ling Hai City so the public could witness the empire's strength and rally behind its defense.

• Ye Guyi voiced concern after Xu Xiao explained that the Demon Plane's vanguard possessed Limit Douluo-level combat strength.
• Xu Xiao planned to send fewer than seven Title Douluos through Ling Hai City's Plane Channel, rotating fighters and reserving one spot for a healer.
• Xu Xiao proposed a competition to select the seven strongest candidates, with himself excluded because he had reached Level 97 Soul Power.
• Xu Xiao chose Ling Hai City as the competition site, despite Meng Hongchen and Ye Guyi worrying that the battles could damage the front line.
• Meng Hongchen and Ye Guyi realized the public contest could reassure civilians, build unity, and encourage people to join the Yellow-grade Mecha Legion.
• Xu Xiao praised Meng Hongchen and Ye Guyi, and Meng Hongchen teased him for showing off.

As Xu Xiao, Ye Guyi, and Meng Hongchen headed to Ling Hai City, the women pressed him for permission to compete, and the system warned him that an Inner Demon was growing inside him. Xu Xiao agreed to let them participate and pretended to meditate so the Inner Demon would reveal itself, while the women watched over him and teased each other about his tells when he lied.

• Xu Xiao explained that Bai Qi would guard the Plane Channel and that temporary stands could be set up along Ling Hai City's ruined coastline.
• Ye Guyi and Meng Hongchen asked Xu Xiao whether he would let them compete, and he struggled with the danger they might face inside the Plane Channel.
• The system told Xu Xiao that the Demon Plane's negative energy had brought an Inner Demon into him, which had been drawn to his excessive desire for slaughter.
• Xu Xiao followed the system's advice, agreed to let both women compete, and claimed he needed to cultivate before entering meditation.
• Meng Hongchen and Ye Guyi took turns identifying the small signs Xu Xiao showed when he lied, then Meng teased Ye Guyi about how closely she observed him.

Xu Xiao faced his Inner Demon in the Sea of Spirit, rejecting its accusations and resisting its attempts to exploit his relationships. He left the trial calm and unmoved, while the Inner Demon struggled to find a weakness it could use against him.

• Xu Xiao confronted the Inner Demon after it appeared on the surface of the Sea of Spirit and dismissed its accusation that he was a fiend.
• The Inner Demon showed Xu Xiao Old John, but Xu Xiao blamed the dead Heavenly Soul Emperor and the nobles for the man's suffering, causing the illusion to shatter.
• The Inner Demon exposed Xu Xiao's heart and used an illusion of Feng Ling to accuse him of killing her husband and exploiting her, but Xu Xiao refused to be hurt by her supposed hatred.
• The Inner Demon showed Xu Xiao Huo Yun'er asking him to love only her, briefly stirring his emotions before he calmed the Sea of Spirit.
• Xu Xiao told the Inner Demon that power would let him have whatever he wanted, leaving it stunned by his resistance.

Xu Xiao defeated the Inner Demon and woke to find Meng Hongchen and Ye Guyi keeping watch over him. Meanwhile, Xiao He assigned Chou Niu and Rooster to represent the Empire in the Title Douluo competition while Si She stayed to guard the imperial capital.

• The Inner Demon dissipated after failing to corrupt Xu Xiao, and Xu Xiao discovered his lingering negative emotions were gone and his cultivation speed had tripled.
• Xu Xiao woke late at night, and Meng Hongchen and Ye Guyi checked on him after keeping watch while he was unconscious.
• Xiao He summoned Rooster, Si She, and Chou Niu to decide who would guard the capital and who would enter the competition.
• Chou Niu volunteered to compete, Rooster joined to test himself against demonic creatures, and Si She agreed to remain in the capital.
• Xiao He stopped Chou Niu and Si She from fighting, then gave competition tokens to Chou Niu and Rooster.
• Rooster realized Xiao He had likely arranged the meeting knowing Chou Niu would be unsuitable to remain alongside Si She.

Heaven Dou City’s experts debated who should enter the competition before Elder Shui persuaded Sheep to go to Ling Hai City himself. Meanwhile, Chen Long departed the Star Dou Great Forest, and the Faceless Monster slaughtered a town and continued toward Ling Hai City in disguise.

• In Heaven Dou City, Xuan Gu and a newly promoted Title Douluo argued over who should enter the competition until Elder Shui intervened.
• Elder Shui recommended that Sheep personally participate, explaining that the competition allowed Super Douluo and stronger experts and that Sheep’s ice martial soul could help Lord.
• Sheep assigned Heaven Dou City's defenses and administration to Elder Shui, then transformed into a blue aurora and flew east toward Ling Hai City.
• Chen Long bid farewell to Di Tian, transformed into a golden giant dragon, and flew away from the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The Faceless Monster killed the bird soul beasts in a valley and vowed to take Xu Xiao's eyes.
• The Faceless Monster used the Law of Black Mist to transform a small town's residents, disguised herself as another woman, and continued toward Ling Hai City.

Outside Ling Hai City, the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry captured the disguised Thousand-Faced Puppet Master during an inspection and revealed that the Empire had been imprisoning Evil Soul Masters in a vast underground facility. The Puppet Master realized he had been brought to join countless other prisoners.

• A Spirit King inspected a family arriving at Ling Hai City and sent the father and child into a tent after the child could not produce an identity tag.
• The man and child fell into a prepared Rank 7 Soul Tool cage, where the guards exposed them as the Thousand-Faced Puppet Master.
• The Puppet Master revealed his seven black soul rings and failed to break out of the cage.
• The Spirit King identified the Puppet Master as a Level 73 Evil Soul Saint who had controlled more than a hundred Soul Masters and killed 1,342 civilians.
• The guards transported the Puppet Master underground, where he saw rows of cages holding many other Evil Soul Masters.

Chou Niu Douluo caught a teacher discriminating against students from the former Three Kingdoms and brought him to the underground detention area, where Xu Xiao and Meng Hongchen had arrived. Ye Guyi began judging the imprisoned Evil Soul Masters, and Xu Xiao suggested the chance might help her advance to Super Douluo.

• A teacher's students accused him of discrimination against students from the former Three Kingdoms and mistreating them in favor of students from the Sun Moon Continent.
• Chou Niu Douluo confronted the teacher, cited Imperial laws against discrimination, and carried him into Ling Hai City for detention.
• Rooster Douluo told Chou Niu that Xu Xiao and the two Mistresses were waiting underground, and revealed that the teacher's record included evidence against others.
• Chou Niu locked the teacher in a transparent cell and discovered a vast underground prison filled with Evil Soul Masters.
• Ye Guyi began judging the Evil Soul Masters with the Angel Martial Soul's Light of Judgment, while Xu Xiao and Meng Hongchen discussed her potential advancement.

Ye Guyi purified the Evil Soul Masters imprisoned in the cages, and the final judgment raised her Soul Power to Level 96 and let her begin comprehending the Law of Light. Afterward, she confronted Xu Xiao over his thoughts about another woman.

• Ye Guyi used her angelic power to purify the imprisoned Evil Soul Masters, stopping one from self-destructing with her Title Douluo pressure.
• The Thousand-Faced Puppet Master disguised himself as a crying little girl, but Ye Guyi saw through his act and destroyed his Thousand Puppet True Body.
• Ye Guyi freed the wrongfully slain resentful spirits, then absorbed the power released by the purifications and rose three levels to Level 96.
• Xu Xiao checked Ye Guyi's information and saw that she had begun comprehending the Law of Light at one percent.
• Ye Guyi caught Xu Xiao thinking about another woman and confronted him at close range.