Chapter Summaries

Xiong Jun arrived at Moyan’s request and repeatedly elbowed Xuanzi, while warning the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear and the Blood Moon Spirit Fox not to interfere. Xuanzi transformed and attacked, but Xiong Jun sent him flying again, and Moyan revealed she had taught the Fierce Beast his elbow strike.

• Xiong Jun struck Xuanzi with an elbow, ordered the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear to leave, and pinned the Blood Moon Spirit Fox with his pressure.
• Moyan arrived with Dugu Luo and confirmed to Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo that she had summoned Xiong Jun to teach Xuanzi a lesson.
• Xiong Jun signaled that he would handle Xuanzi, who recovered and accused him of violating the agreement between humans and soul beasts.
• Xuanzi used his Godly Taotie Bull Avatar and threatened to kill Xiong Jun, but Xiong Jun answered with another elbow strike and sent him flying.
• Han Ruoruo asked why Xiong Jun fought with elbow strikes, and Moyan said she had taught him.

Moyan told Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo that she had summoned Xiong Jun only to beat Xuanzi, then agreed that Lexuan could kill him if she ever chose to. As Xuanzi continued to be beaten, Moyan turned her attention to the Blood Moon Spirit Fox, while Mu En worried about the expedition and Long Xiaoyao reported meeting Beibei.

• Zhang Lexuan asked Moyan whether she had summoned Xiong Jun to kill Xuanzi, and Moyan said she only wanted him beaten, not dead yet.
• Zhang Lexuan asked to kill Xuanzi herself someday, and Moyan agreed to leave him to her so she could avoid the work.
• Han Ruoruo worried that she might be silenced for overhearing them, while Xiong Jun battered Xuanzi and Moyan noticed the Blood Moon Spirit Fox.
• The Blood Moon Spirit Fox realized Moyan was approaching and feared she was finished for the day.
• Mu En worried that something had gone wrong with Xuanzi's soul-hunting expedition, then told Long Xiaoyao to wait for Xuanzi to return with the children.
• Long Xiaoyao said he had met Beibei and praised the boy's devotion, hoping he would inherit his legacy.

Moyan prepared to test a new method for absorbing a hundred-thousand-year soul ring on Zhang Lexuan, while Han Ruoruo worried over her friend and the Blood Moon Spirit Fox was forced to cooperate. Meanwhile, Xiong Jun continued to overpower Xuanzi, who realized too late that the others might be in danger.

• Moyan explained that her family elder had developed an experimental soul-ring absorption method, and Zhang Lexuan agreed to try it despite Han Ruoruo's objections.
• Han Ruoruo defended Zhang Lexuan and warned Moyan not to treat people as test subjects, but Zhang Lexuan insisted the choice was voluntary.
• Moyan pressured the Blood Moon Spirit Fox into cooperating and told Zhang Lexuan that dizziness or pain during the absorption might be normal.
• Dugu Luo suggested Han Ruoruo accompany Zhang Lexuan in case the experiment went wrong, leaving the two friends speechless at his reasoning.
• Xiong Jun taunted Xuanzi by reminding him that Zhang Lexuan, Han Ruoruo, and the Blood Moon Spirit Fox were nearby, then struck Xuanzi with an elbow as he turned to check on them.

Xiong Jun battered Xuanzi while Moyan conducted an experimental Soul Spirit fusion on Zhang Lexuan. Zhang Lexuan successfully absorbed the Blood Moon Spirit Fox as her first Soul Spirit and gained a Hundred-Thousand-Year eighth soul ring, though Moyan still suspected the method had flaws.

• Xiong Jun blocked Xuanzi from reaching the children and sent him crashing through trees with a powerful palm strike.
• Moyan told Jin Tianming she was testing Electrolux's unfinished Soul Spirit Method on Zhang Lexuan, who had agreed to participate.
• Zhang Lexuan's Sea of Consciousness turned red as she received the Blood Moon Spirit Fox Soul Spirit.
• Zhang Lexuan stabilized, opened her eyes with transformed features, and revealed a red eighth soul ring.
• Han Ruoruo celebrated Zhang Lexuan's success, and Moyan asked whether she felt any problems.

Jin Tianming urged Ju Zi to use the Star Luo Emperor’s troubles as an opportunity for revenge against Duke White Tiger. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Moyan successfully made the Blood Moon Spirit Fox a soul spirit and recruited Han Ruoruo, who joined her faction in exchange for access to its knowledge.

• Jin Tianming gave Ju Zi news about the Star Luo Empire and offered her a chance to pursue revenge against Duke White Tiger.
• Han Ruoruo, Zhang Lexuan, and Dugu Luo examined the shrunken Blood Moon Spirit Fox after it became a soul spirit.
• Moyan offered to teach Han Ruoruo the soul spirit method if she joined Moyan’s master’s faction, and Han Ruoruo asked to keep her academy library position.
• Han Ruoruo pledged to protect the faction’s secrets while declaring she would avoid any move against the academy, and Moyan welcomed her into the family.
• Moyan placed a Dragon Soul inside Han Ruoruo, and Dugu Luo reminded the others that they had forgotten someone.

Moyan and the others found Xuanzi badly injured after Xiong Jun beat him, but Moyan chose to leave him alive for future plans. As they waited for him to wake, Zhang Lexuan asked about Moyan's strength in the previous Soul Master Competition and learned she might have fought Jin Tianming to a draw if he had revealed his trump card.

• Han Ruoruo suggested checking on Xuanzi, and Moyan agreed to go with the others.
• Xiong Jun defeated Xuanzi and left him unconscious beneath rubble, having interpreted Moyan's order to teach him a lesson as permission to hurt him but not kill him.
• Moyan decided to keep Xuanzi alive because his presence at Shrek Academy could matter to future plans, while Han Ruoruo and Dugu Luo examined Xiong Jun and collected some of his fur.
• Moyan said they would wait for Xuanzi to wake, and Zhang Lexuan remarked that leaving him alone was a strange reward.
• Zhang Lexuan asked whether Moyan had used her full strength in the previous Soul Master Competition, and Moyan said she might have fought Jin Tianming to a draw if he had revealed his trump card.

Tang San, Tang Ya, and Beibei endured punishment beneath the Sea God statue while Moyan and Dugu Luo mocked Tang San and took his photo. Moyan warned Yan Shaozhe that a Sea God Conference might soon be needed, leaving Mu En uneasy about trouble approaching Shrek Academy.

• Yan Shaozhe kept Tang San, Tang Ya, and Beibei standing with their Soul Power sealed, while Du Wilun questioned the punishment.
• Tang Ya struggled to stay upright, Beibei silently worried about her, and Tang San resented being punished as collateral damage.
• Moyan and Dugu Luo arrived at Shrek Academy, teased Tang San about his punishment, and made him pose for a photo.
• Moyan told Yan Shaozhe that he might need to convene a Sea God Conference, then left with Dugu Luo for the Inner Court.
• Yan Shaozhe ordered Du Wilun to watch the three punished students and went to investigate, while Mu En sensed that trouble was approaching Shrek Academy.

Xuan Zi returned to Shrek Academy after a disastrous soul-hunting operation, fearing Mu En’s reaction because he had brought back only four students. He confirmed that Zhang Lexuan obtained her eighth soul ring, but the students’ fate remained unexplained as Mu En demanded to know exactly how many had returned.

• Outside Shrek City, Xuan Zi hesitated to enter the academy while Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo tried to reassure him.
• Yan Shaozhe returned to the Sea God Pavilion after Moyan told him a Sea God Conference might be held, and Mu En realized something was wrong when he learned Moyan had returned early.
• Moyan entered the Sea God Pavilion and hinted to Mu En that the soul-hunting operation had brought one surprise after another.
• Xuan Zi rushed into the pavilion, knelt before Mu En, and apologized for letting him and the academy down.
• Xuan Zi said Zhang Lexuan had obtained her eighth soul ring but that he had brought back only four students, shocking Mu En and Yan Shaozhe.
• Mu En sat back in his wheelchair and asked Xuan Zi to repeat exactly how many students he had brought back.

Mu En learned that Xuanzi had returned with only four students and discovered that Xuanzi had abandoned the group to Zhang Lexuan. After beating Xuanzi, Mu En called for a Sea God Conference, while Xuanzi ended up in Sea God Lake.

• Mu En angrily confronted Xuanzi for bringing back only four students, and Long Xiaoyao calmed him down.
• Xuanzi claimed the group had encountered Xiong Jun and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, but Mu En asked Moyan and the surviving students to explain what happened.
• Zhang Lexuan explained that Xuanzi had left the students in her care while he went elsewhere, and Mu En blamed him for their danger.
• Mu En struck Xuanzi twice and sent him flying into Sea God Lake.
• Mu En ordered Yan Shaozhe to convene the Sea God Conference while Moyan, Zhang Lexuan, and Han Ruoruo drank tea.

Jin Tianming learned that Moyan's soul spirit method had succeeded with flaws, while Shrek Academy's elders gathered to hear how Xuanzi had endangered students in the Star Dou Great Forest. The elders suspected Xuanzi might be a spy, but Mu En insisted he trusted his identity and judgment.

• Moyan told Jin Tianming that the soul spirit method had succeeded but needed adjustments, then shared that the Supreme Elder had left only four students after three days.
• Jin Tianming and Moyan traded insults over their spiritual link, and Moyan crushed her teacup in frustration.
• Mu En summoned a Sea God Conference and said Xuanzi's actions made him want to kill him, briefly overwhelming the elders with his pressure.
• Zhang Lexuan recounted what had happened in the Star Dou Great Forest and mentioned the soul ring she obtained, while leaving out Moyan's injury to someone.
• Elder Zhuang asked whether Xuanzi's identity had been verified, and Mu En said he trusted Xuanzi and his senior brother's judgment.
• Long Xiaoyao silently disagreed with Mu En and thought Zhao Xin's conduct showed that he was no good person.

Mu En managed the Sea God Pavilion elders’ doubts about Xuanzi and refused to reconsider Moyan as his successor, even after Zhang Lexuan revealed her hundred-thousand-year eighth soul ring. The meeting ended with Mu En and Long Xiaoyao alone, where Long Xiaoyao reminded him that Mu En had lost their bet.

• Mu En guaranteed Xuanzi was not an impostor, ordered that an elder accompany him on future missions, and asked Zhang Lexuan to reveal her eighth soul ring.
• Zhang Lexuan displayed her hundred-thousand-year eighth soul ring and transformed martial soul, shocking the elders; Mu En asked her to withdraw them after questioning whether she had become an Evil Soul Master.
• Han Ruoruo asked Moyan whether she could gain a similar soul ring, and Moyan said it was unlikely for her eighth but possible for her ninth.
• An elder urged Mu En to reconsider the next Sea God Pavilion Master after Zhang Lexuan’s breakthrough, but Mu En knocked him into Sea God Lake and reaffirmed his decision.
• Mu En ended the meeting and asked Long Xiaoyao whether Xuanzi might be an infiltrator; Long Xiaoyao dismissed the idea, then reminded Mu En that he had lost their bet.

Jin Tianming began training Huo Yuhao, Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, Ji Juechen, and Jing Ziyan after their growth in the Far North. The match began with Xiao Hongchen being swiftly defeated, while the others pressed their attack and the Snow Empress watched Jin Tianming with growing suspicion.

• Jin Tianming waited on the fighting stage as Huo Yuhao and the Hong Chen siblings arrived with Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan, while Ye Xishui, the Snow Empress, and the Ice Empress watched from the stands.
• Meng Hongchen revealed that she had invited Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan to join the training match, and the five gathered to plan their strategy.
• The Snow Empress told Ye Xishui that Jin Tianming's aura seemed unusually similar to her own, but she needed to observe the match before judging what it meant.
• Jin Tianming challenged the five to force him to reveal his Martial Soul, and Xiao Hongchen boasted that they would defeat him before charging in with his Golden Dragon Martial Soul.
• Jin Tianming kicked Xiao Hongchen away in three seconds, then blocked Jing Ziyan's sneak attack as the other four surrounded him.

Jin Tianming effortlessly defeated Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan before letting Meng Hongchen and Huo Yuhao prepare an Extreme Ice attack. As Meng Hongchen unleashed it, Jin Tianming reached out to face it directly, and Ye Xishui explained his refusal to retreat.

• Kong Deming told Jing Hongchen that Xiao Hongchen was wasting his talent, and Jing Hongchen admitted his grandson was disappointing.
• Ji Juechen attacked Jin Tianming with a sword Jin Tianming had forged, but Jin Tianming overpowered him and punched him off the stage.
• Jin Tianming struck Jing Ziyan in the abdomen after she asked him not to hit her face, knocking her unconscious.
• Meng Hongchen enlisted Huo Yuhao to empower her Martial Soul, then launched an Extreme Ice attack at Jin Tianming while Xiao Hongchen protested being called a three-second man.
• Jin Tianming reached out to touch Meng Hongchen's Extreme Ice attack, and Ye Xishui said he trusted himself to experience and neutralize the unknown rather than dodge.

Jin Tianming effortlessly defeated Meng Hongchen and Huo Yuhao’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill, prompting them to withdraw from the stage. He then prepared to take Ice Empress and Snow Empress with him, while Ye Xishui reluctantly stayed behind after he invoked Shengyang Yue.

• Ye Xishui compared Jin Tianming’s confidence and extreme personality to Shengyang Yue, and Snow Empress grew curious about Jin Tianming’s family.
• Jin Tianming touched Meng Hongchen and Huo Yuhao’s frigid attack, shattered the ice on his palm, and left them stunned.
• Meng Hongchen jumped off the stage, and Huo Yuhao followed; Xiao Hongchen confronted his sister, who mocked him and refused his challenge.
• Ice Empress praised Jin Tianming for blocking the attack without using his Martial Soul, then agreed to leave with him.
• Snow Empress asked to join them, and Jin Tianming agreed, but he refused Ye Xishui and persuaded her to stay by invoking Shengyang Yue.

Jin Tianming explained to Snow Empress and Ice Empress why humans could be dangerous to soul beasts, then Long Yaoqing led them into the Ice Fire Small World. They reached a house, where Long Yaoqing asked whether they were ready to meet Him.

• Jin Tianming warned Snow Empress and Ice Empress that humans might scheme against soul beasts in human form, using Ah Yin as an example.
• Long Yaoqing appeared through a spatial rift and told Jin Tianming that He was waiting for him.
• Ye Xishui emerged after the wormhole closed and suspected that Yang Yue's family contained a god, then left.
• Long Yaoqing led Jin Tianming, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress through the Ice Fire Small World, while Snow Empress asked whether Long Yaoqing was a soul beast.
• Snow Empress said she felt reassured about sacrificing herself, and Long Yaoqing promised excellent returns before asking if the two were ready to meet Him.

Snow Empress realized Tian Mucheng was a god connected to Jin Tianming, and he sought her help rather than making her his soul ring. After learning he supported equal treatment for soul beasts and had reached an agreement with the Silver Dragon King, Snow Empress agreed, while Ice Empress remained confused and annoyed.

• Long Yaoqing, Jin Tianming, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress arrived to visit Tian Mucheng, and Snow Empress sensed his connection to Jin Tianming.
• Snow Empress identified Tian Mucheng as a god, prompting Long Yaoqing and Xiao Xue to prepare for a possible threat.
• Tian Mucheng praised Snow Empress's insight and said he wanted her to work for him, while Ice Empress learned she was becoming his soul ring because she was less clever.
• Snow Empress asked how Tian Mucheng would treat soul beasts, and he promised equal treatment and revealed he had already discussed matters with the Silver Dragon King.
• Snow Empress agreed to Tian Mucheng's arrangement, then covered Ice Empress's mouth and led her away with Xiao Xue to rest.
• After they left, Snow Empress teased Ice Empress for failing to recognize Tian Mucheng's identity, and Ice Empress angrily shouted at her.

Tian Mucheng and his allies prepared to take control of the Sun Moon Empire while Electrolux transferred Ice Empress's soul ring to Tian Mucheng. The ritual succeeded without pain, and Tian Mucheng discovered that his eighth Dragon Soul embodied ultimate destruction, which he named the Annihilation Ancient Dragon.

• Long Yaoqing criticized Gu Yuena's intelligence, and Jin Tianming reported that the Sun Moon Empire was ready for Tian Mucheng to seize control after the Soul Master Competition.
• Long Yaoyan led Snow Empress and Ice Empress to the cultivation site, where Electrolux prepared to transfer Ice Empress's soul ring to Tian Mucheng.
• Electrolux used undead and light magic to move Ice Empress's soul ring onto Tian Mucheng without causing her pain.
• Tian Mucheng entered his Sea of Consciousness and found that his eighth Dragon Soul had a chaotic appearance rather than an ice or water attribute.
• The eighth Dragon Soul showed Tian Mucheng a shocking vision, revealed its ultimate destruction power, and was named the Annihilation Ancient Dragon.

Gu Yuena arrived while Tian Mucheng absorbed Ice Empress’s soul ring, and Long Yaoqing revealed that the Silver Dragon King had delegated most of her authority over the soul beasts. Gu Yuena then investigated a destruction aura she had sensed, which erupted from Tian Mucheng and prompted everyone to contain it.

• Snow Empress greeted Gu Yuena, who joked that Tian Mucheng had chosen her and Ice Empress because they were among his preferred soul-ring candidates.
• Long Yaoqing told Snow Empress that Gu Yuena was effectively a mascot after handing responsibility for the soul beasts to Di Tian and Tian Mucheng.
• Gu Yuena asked whether Long Yaoqing and Long Yaoyan had sensed destruction aura, and they said they had not.
• Gu Yuena asked Jin Tianming about the aura, and he suggested waiting for an answer as Tian Mucheng began radiating destruction power.
• Electrolux warned everyone to isolate the outside world, Long Yaoqing and Long Yaoyan reinforced the spatial barrier, and Gu Yuena shielded Tian Mucheng and Ice Empress.
• Jin Tianming sensed the threat from the emerging Dragon Soul and feared that confronting it would mean annihilation.

The God of Destruction sensed a power stronger than his own near Douluo Star and decided to seek its owner as a successor and a check on Tang San. In Ice Fire Small World, Jia De emerged before Tian Mucheng and Jin Tianming, declaring himself a final safeguard for his lord.

• The God of Destruction sensed a powerful aura near Douluo Star, while Tang San tried to conceal his concern about it.
• The God of Destruction told the Goddess of Life that the aura's owner could inherit and elevate his divine position, and he planned to find them.
• Jin Tianming dodged a claw attack as Jia De emerged from a spatial rift in Ice Fire Small World.
• Jia De introduced himself as the Annihilation Ancient Dragon and bowed to Tian Mucheng, offering to destroy the world to please him.
• Jia De explained that he would serve as a final safeguard if Tian Mucheng's plan failed, prompting Jin Tianming to confront him.

Tian Mucheng’s eighth avatar, Jia De, revealed a terrifying power that nearly drove Jin Tianming to destroy himself. Later, Jin Tianming warned the other Dragon Soul avatars that Jia De might annihilate Douluo Star if their plan failed.

• Jin Tianming unleashed his full Authority of Dazzling Gold against Jia De, who answered with a power that made Jin Tianming feel compelled to annihilate himself.
• Jin Tianming stabbed his palm with a golden blade to break Jia De’s influence, and Jia De withdrew the power before greeting Tian Mucheng.
• Jia De described his ability as a minor trick and reminded the others to save Ice Empress, who was still lying on the ground.
• That night, Jin Tianming contacted Moyan and told her he had lost a brief spar with Jia De, whose power could make weaker minds annihilate themselves.
• Jin Tianming warned Moyan, Wen Yu, Black, and Bai Yu that Jia De recognized only Tian Mucheng and might annihilate Douluo Star if their plan failed.