Chapter Summaries

Goat Douluo invited the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and the Sea Soul Beasts to Xu Xiao's God of Wine Festival in Ling Hai City, while Huo Yuhao prepared to attend with Wang Dong'er and Huo Yun'er. Their journey from Shrek City was interrupted when a bald, eight-ringed old man blocked the road.

• Goat Douluo delivered Xu Xiao's invitation to the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, who agreed to attend after learning Di Tian would be there.
• Huo Yuhao decided to travel to Ling Hai City for the festival, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm persuaded him to bring Huo Yun'er along.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Huo Yun'er left Shrek City in a luxurious carriage the next day.
• Huo Yun'er recalled her feelings for Xu Xiao and tried to suppress them during the journey.
• Huo Yuhao sensed people with ill intent, and the carriage stopped when a bald old man with eight soul rings appeared in the road.

Yu Hao and Wang Dong'er ambushed a Sun Moon elder with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Golden Road, but the quasi-Title Douluo survived and began breaking free. Yu Hao revealed he had another way to fight as a Soul Engineer.

• The dark-skinned elder threatened to kill Huo Yun'er and Wang Dong'er unless Yu Hao surrendered, while Yu Hao recognized him as a Sun Moon native.
• Wang Dong'er insulted the elder, and she and Yu Hao agreed to end the fight with one strike.
• Yu Hao and Wang Dong'er used Golden Road, engulfing the elder in golden light and leaving him trapped in a golden statue.
• Wang Dong'er struck the statue with Butterfly God Slash, revealing that the elder was still alive and furious.
• As the exhausted pair feared the elder would break free, Yu Hao reminded Wang Dong'er that he was also a Soul Engineer.

Yu Hao and Wang Dong'er survived an ambush when Tian Meng took control of Yu Hao and killed a level-90 quasi-Title Douluo with a Soul Tool. Three days later, they reached Ling Hai City for the God of Wine Festival and met Xu Xiao, who asked Yu Hao and Wang Dong'er to leave so he could speak privately with Huo Yun'er.

• Yu Hao let Tian Meng take control of his body, and Tian Meng killed the dark-skinned old man with an awl-shaped Soul Tool.
• Wang Dong'er helped the exhausted Yu Hao into the carriage, and he recovered during the next three days of travel with Huo Yun'er and Chou Niu Douluo.
• Yu Hao told Huo Yun'er and Chou Niu Douluo that Sun Moon's native factions were to blame for the attack.
• Chou Niu Douluo drove the group into Ling Hai City through a side gate, where guards recognized him and discussed Yu Hao's arrival.
• At the Magnificent Hotel, Chou Niu Douluo reported the journey's events to Xu Xiao, who sent Yu Hao and Wang Dong'er outside so he could speak with Huo Yun'er.

Xu Xiao told Huo Yun'er that becoming his woman could help protect Yu Hao from political enemies, then kissed her and she responded. Their intimate moment ended when Yu Hao called to them from outside the door.

• Xu Xiao asked Huo Yun'er whether she believed he had accepted Yu Hao as his disciple because of her, and she tried to keep her distance.
• Xu Xiao told Huo Yun'er that Yu Hao remained a target for his enemies and that she could become his woman to stand by him.
• Xu Xiao kissed Huo Yun'er, and she returned the kiss as they embraced on the sofa.
• Yu Hao called through the door, interrupting them, and Huo Yun'er pulled away to straighten her dress.

Xu Xiao prepared Yu Hao and Wang Dong'er for the God of Wine Festival while ordering Bai Qi to target powerful members of the Sun Moon Empire’s local factions. Xiao He mobilized the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry to support Bai Qi, and 125 soul masters departed from Shrek City as the purge began.

• Xu Xiao gave Yu Hao and Wang Dong'er the Martial Soul Brewing Method and told them to practice for the festival’s brewing competition.
• Xu Xiao learned that Bai Qi had found no surviving palace servants suspected of belonging to the Sun Moon Imperial Family, then ordered him to eliminate several powerful faction representatives.
• Yu Hao and Wang Dong'er studied the brewing method and decided to focus on improving their brewing efficiency.
• Xiao He received Xu Xiao’s order to cooperate with Bai Qi and deployed five Soul Douluo, twenty Soul Sages, and one hundred Spirit Emperors from the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry.
• A Soul Douluo led 125 Great Snow Dragon Cavalry members out of their camp near Shrek City, including the newly promoted Lei Biao and Lei Hu.

Bai Qi ordered the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry to surround a Sun Moon faction stronghold and prepare to eliminate everyone inside, while Lei Biao organized a stealth attack on its outer sentries. Lei Hu devised a plan, and a lone man pulling a loaded cart approached three Soul Ancestors at a sentry post.

• Lei Biao reprimanded Lei Hu for showing off after his advancement to rank 81.
• Bai Qi briefed the gathered soldiers on the stronghold, ordered them to prevent anyone from escaping, and appointed Lei Biao temporary commander.
• Bai Qi instructed Lei Biao to silently clear the outer sentries before sunset and said he would handle the Title Douluos.
• Lei Biao found his team lacked Agility Attack and Control System soul masters, so Lei Hu proposed using a Food System Soul Sage’s soul skill to help with the attack.
• Three Soul Ancestors at an outer sentry post discussed their promised rewards as a muscular man pulling a loaded cart approached.

Lei Hu and Lei Biao led a surprise attack on the imperial military stronghold, killing a Soul Saint and surrounding the building complex. Bai Qi confronted its Title Douluo defenders, killing one while another escaped and attacked the Lei Family Brothers.

• Lei Hu posed as a commoner hauling goods, then killed Lord Yun and the Soul Ancestor who brought him into the tent while Lei Biao’s team eliminated the local soul masters outside.
• Lei Biao’s team surrounded the building complex, and Bai Qi announced that the imperial forces had betrayed their master and plotted rebellion.
• A level-92 blue-robed Title Douluo fled instead of helping a level-91 Title Douluo; Bai Qi killed the abandoned elder with a streak of bloody light.
• The blue-robed Title Douluo attacked Lei Biao, Lei Hu, and three other Soul Douluos with his Azure Abyss Spirit-Eater Cannon.
• Lei Biao shielded himself and Lei Hu with a level-nine Soul Guiding Shield, while Bai Qi secretly saved the other three Soul Douluos; the blue-robed Title Douluo continued firing at the brothers.

Bai Qi rescued Lei Biao and Lei Hu by effortlessly killing the blue-robed Title Douluo, then ordered the Soul Douluo to move on to the next stronghold. In Ling Hai City, Xu Xiao entered Yu Hao in the Soul Fighting Arena to win a bet, and Xu Xiao heard cries for help while flying home.

• Lei Biao and Lei Hu charged the blue-robed Title Douluo, who unleashed his Ninth Spirit Skill and offered them a chance to join the Localist Faction.
• Bai Qi blocked the destructive beam with one finger and killed the blue-robed Title Douluo with the Power of Space.
• Bai Qi ordered the five Soul Douluo to clear the battlefield and head to the next core stronghold in five minutes.
• Xu Xiao registered Yu Hao for Soul Fighting Arena matches and bet two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins on Yu Hao winning every match.
• Tian Meng urged Yu Hao to throw the matches so Xu Xiao would lose his bet, but Yu Hao expected that he would be punished for doing so.
• Xu Xiao flew back from the Soul Fighting Arena and heard cries for help below.

Xu Xiao uncovered an Evil Soul Master plot to attack the Sun Moon Empire Emperor during the God of Wine Festival and ordered a purge of the local faction’s collaborators. He left the hunt for the remaining Evil Soul Masters to the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry, while Yu Hao continued fighting elsewhere.

• Xu Xiao saw through a cheongsam-wearing Evil Soul Master’s honey trap, killed him, and captured the watching Evil Soul King.
• Xu Xiao used his Double Pupil to learn that the Evil Soul Masters planned to fire three Rank 9 Fixed Soul Cannon Shells at the Emperor’s residence on the night of the God of Wine Festival.
• The Evil Soul King revealed the Evil Soul Masters’ numbers and gave Xu Xiao the location of their gathering place and a list of their collaborators.
• Xu Xiao ordered Bai Qi to eliminate those connected to the Sun Moon local faction, killed the Evil Soul King, and posted a mission to hunt the Evil Soul Emperor.
• Xu Xiao decided not to send his disciple after the Evil Soul Emperor, while Yu Hao defeated a Rank 73 Assault System Soul Sage and sneezed several times.

Xu Xiao and Snow Empress attended Ling Hai City's God of Wine Festival, where Soul Masters gathered to compete in Martial Soul brewing. As Wang Yan began the event, Xu Xiao and Snow Empress took adjacent stations, while powerful Soul Beasts watched from outside the square.

• Xu Xiao and Snow Empress walked through the festival and noticed Sea Soul Beasts drinking alongside human Soul Masters.
• Wang Yan announced the Martial Soul brewing competition and explained that the crowd would taste and choose the best wine.
• Huo Yuhao stared toward Xu Xiao and Snow Empress, prompting Wang Dong'er and nearby Soul Masters to tease him before she sent him to prepare for brewing.
• Wang Yan, revealed as a Level 91 Titled Douluo, turned away Soul Masters who had failed to claim brewing stations.
• A Hundred-Thousand-Year Deep Sea Demon Whale and Beast God Ditian watched from outside the square as the brewing event prepared to begin.

Xu Xiao, Snow Empress, and the other contestants continued the two-hour brewing round as several soul masters were eliminated after their jars broke. Gu Yuena watched Xu Xiao and considered whether he could help the soul beasts challenge the God Realm, while the chapter ended with a cracking sound at Xu Xiao’s brewing station.

• Xu Xiao and Snow Empress began brewing with precise control of their Soul Power as the contestants started the two-hour round.
• A young master's broken jar disrupted nearby contestants, and staff refused his and a Spirit Emperor's requests to restart; another Soul Ancestor failed to bribe the staff.
• Gu Yuena arrived with Di Tian, learned about Xu Xiao, and watched him brew while considering his potential to help the soul beasts counterattack the God Realm.
• After an hour, fewer than half the contestants remained, and Huo Yuhao stood among the top performers despite having the weakest Soul Power on the field.
• Wang Yan announced that fifty-five soul masters remained with one hour left, and a cracking sound came from Xu Xiao's brewing station.

Xu Xiao and Snow Empress watched the brewing contest as Xu Xiao noticed Gu Yuena, the Silver Dragon King, among the spectators and tried to hide his interest from Snow Empress. Yu Hao completed his brew, but his shout sparked a confrontation with a contestant whose alcohol had been ruined.

• Xu Xiao lowered his finished wine jar onto the brewing platform, and Snow Empress soon completed her own brew.
• Snow Empress sensed Gu Yuena's powerful bloodline, and Xu Xiao recognized the silver-haired woman as the Silver Dragon King.
• Gu Yuena noticed Xu Xiao watching her, while Snow Empress stepped closer and questioned his attention.
• Yu Hao shouted as he finished brewing, startling a bespectacled fat contestant and ruining the man's nearly completed alcohol.
• The fat contestant argued with a supervising Spirit Emperor, and Yu Hao stepped between them as the man began cursing at him.

Xu Xiao joined the God of Wine Festival’s tasting and explained to Snow Empress that he intended to use the alcohol to wear away his murderous aura before attempting a breakthrough. When Gu Yuena tested him with an illusion, he resisted, touched her hair, and faced her Dragon King’s wrath without backing down.

• Xu Xiao stopped the pig-faced Soul Master’s cursing and told a staff member to punish him after taking him away.
• Wang Yan invited Gu Yuena, Di Tian, and other powerful representatives to join the tasting, then explained the voting rules to the fifty tasters.
• Xu Xiao told Snow Empress that winning the competition did not matter to him because he wanted to cleanse his murderous aura.
• Xu Xiao mistook Gu Yuena for Snow Empress, held her hand, and praised her beauty after realizing his mistake.
• Gu Yuena’s mental beguilement overwhelmed Xu Xiao until his system shocked him awake.
• Xu Xiao accused Gu Yuena of using a dirty trick, touched her hair, and met her Dragon King’s might with his own golden aura.

Xu Xiao drank the God of Wine Festival’s Martial Soul Brewed Alcohol to purge the baleful aura from his body, while teasing Gu Yuena before she departed with Di Tian. The festival’s brewing competition awards were then announced, with the first-place prize still unrevealed.

• Gu Yuena withdrew her dragon might and tasted the wine after discovering she could not suppress Xu Xiao.
• Xu Xiao drank jar after jar of Martial Soul Brewed Alcohol, which dissolved his immense baleful aura and left him tranquil; Gu Yuena observed that he was one step from the ultimate realm.
• Xu Xiao called Gu Yuena “Na’er,” provoking her before she entered a Space Tunnel with Di Tian; the Snow Empress then took Xu Xiao’s hand and explained that a closer bond with Gu Yuena could strengthen the alliance between humans and soul beasts.
• Wang Yan announced the rewards for the God of Wine Festival brewing competition’s fourth through tenth, third, and second places, then teased the crowd by withholding the first-place prize.

At the God of Wine Festival, Huo Yuhao won first place and received a Level 10 Soul Tool from Xu Xiao. After returning to Shrek Academy, Xu Xiao prepared to enter seclusion to break through into the extreme realm, leaving the Empire in the care of his allies.

• Wang Yan announced the festival results, revealing Snow Empress as third, Xu Xiao as second, and Huo Yuhao as the winner.
• Xu Xiao gave Huo Yuhao a Level 10 Soul Tool and told him to protect Huo Yun'er while he entered seclusion.
• Xu Xiao and Snow Empress returned to Shrek Academy, where Bai Qi reported that the forces targeting Huo Yun'er and her son had been eliminated; Lei Biao had advanced to Level 89.
• Xu Xiao heard reports from the Title Douluos, ordered them to let Evil Soul Masters survive as training targets, and asked Mu En to train Huo Yuhao.
• Xu Xiao entrusted the Empire to his allies and entered a cultivation chamber beneath Sea God Lake to begin secluded cultivation.

Xu Xiao fused his Soul Core, Spiritual Power, and Law of Fire to break through to Limit Douluo without forming a second Soul Core. A deity’s seal made the bottleneck far harder to overcome, and as Xu Xiao launched a renewed assault, an eerie laugh sounded in the secret chamber.

• Xu Xiao chose to refine his Sun Soul Core with the Law of Fire rather than condense a second Soul Core.
• Xu Xiao endured the dangerous fusion of his Soul Power, Spiritual Power, and Law of Fire, transforming his Soul Core with a halo of law power.
• Xu Xiao attacked the bottleneck between ranks ninety-eight and ninety-nine, but the boundary resisted his first strike.
• The system revealed that a deity had planted a seal on Xu Xiao, making his breakthrough several times more difficult.
• Xu Xiao renewed his assault on the reinforced bottleneck, and an eerie laugh suddenly rang out in the secret chamber.

As Xu Xiao broke through, his Inner Demon attacked him with illusions built from his desires and memories, but he saw through them and destroyed it. He returned to his Dantian World, shattered his bottleneck, and his power surged to a level far beyond a Super Douluo.

• Xu Xiao recognized the Demonic God as an Inner Demon, but it entered his spiritual space and trapped him in an illusion.
• The Inner Demon tempted Xu Xiao with a luxurious palace and beautiful women, but he feigned surrender before killing them and breaking the illusion.
• The Inner Demon placed Xu Xiao in a modern city and a melodramatic wedding scene, where he killed the bride and groom before destroying the illusion with a purple beam.
• Xu Xiao returned to his Dantian World, where his Soul Core, Spiritual Power, and laws merged and his phantom struck the bottleneck.
• Xu Xiao shattered the bottleneck, and his Soul Power surged until his aura surpassed that of a Super Douluo.

After reaching Level 99 Limit Douluo, Xu Xiao learned that the Earth Core People had appeared in the Sun Moon Empire and threatened war, so he prepared to investigate their strength. He went to recruit Mu En, who agreed to accompany him and asked that Zhang Lexuan come along too.

• Xu Xiao broke through to Level 99 and discovered he could tear open space and teleport over short distances.
• Xiao He told Xu Xiao that the Earth Core People claimed the continent as their own and had threatened to start a war unless its inhabitants left within a week.
• After learning that several Soul Douou had gone missing while investigating underground, Xu Xiao ordered Horse Douluo to watch the Earth Core People and assigned two Title Douluo to support him.
• Xu Xiao decided to travel with Mu En and Elder Zu, believing the Earth Core People might have quasi-god-level fighters but no gods.
• Xu Xiao arrived at Shrek Academy and asked Mu En to accompany him to Horse Douluo's post; Mu En agreed and asked Xu Xiao to bring Zhang Lexuan as well.

Xu Xiao and Zhang Lexuan grew closer while camping, and their Sun and Silver Moon Martial Souls resonated. They confessed their feelings, but Mu En and Elder Zu interrupted before they could spend the night together.

• Mu En and Elder Zu pretended to feel ill and left Xu Xiao and Zhang Lexuan alone by the campfire.
• Xu Xiao learned that Zhang Lexuan had a Silver Moon Martial Soul and advised her not to rush her cultivation.
• Xu Xiao asked Zhang Lexuan to activate her Martial Soul, and its resonance with his Sun Martial Soul prompted them to consider fusion.
• Xu Xiao confessed that he had been drawn to Zhang Lexuan, and she admitted that she had feelings for him despite his other partners.
• Mu En and Elder Zu returned, separated the pair for the night, and assigned Xu Xiao his own tent.

Horse Douluo interrupted an Evil Soul Master ritual but failed to prevent Calons, a powerful Earth Core Person, from emerging. She fought him with her spatial abilities, but he broke free of her prison, leaving her facing a dangerous battle.

• A red-robed Evil Soul Master sacrificed captives and shattered his soul rings to activate a teleportation ritual inside a castle.
• Horse Douluo detected the ritual and attacked the castle, killing the Evil Soul Masters but arriving too late to stop the teleportation.
• Calons emerged from the ritual and overwhelmed Horse Douluo with pressure, then attacked her with an enormous claw.
• Horse Douluo evaded Calons’s attacks and struck him with Blades of Space before trapping him in a spatial prison.
• Calons enlarged his body and shattered Horse Douluo’s spatial prison.