Vol. 9Trials and Far North Schemes

Jiang Ming restored the Small World, survived Evil Lord’s tribulations, and reached Level Ninety-Nine before traveling with his companions. After reuniting with his family in Clear Water City, he uncovered Xu Tianran’s plot against the Far North and struck the imperial palace.

  • Jiang Ming awakened the Small World’s Spirits and brought its surviving Soul Beasts to Shrek Academy.
  • Jiang Ming rejected Xu Tianran’s truce proposal and warned Jing Hongchen against starting a war.
  • Jiang Ming endured Evil Lord’s tribulations, stopped his self-destruction, and killed him.
  • Dai Mubai raised Evil Lord’s Spirit Ring to a million years, and Jiang Ming began absorbing it.
  • Jiang Ming absorbed Evil Lord’s Million-Year Soul Ring, reached Level Ninety-Nine, and gained Evil Lord’s Heavenly Eye as a third Martial Soul.
  • Jiang Ming discovered the Water and Fire Dragon Kings beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and helped Wang Qiuer temper her Golden Dragon bloodline.
  • Jiang Ming defeated Du Busi in a spar, then traveled with his companions to Clear Water City and reunited with his family.
  • Jiang Ming uncovered Xu Tianran’s scheme to provoke the Far North and sent a controlled Soul Sage to explode a concealed cannonball in the imperial hall.
Chapters 805–904 Read from ch. 805

Arc 33Awakening the Small World

Jiang Ming strengthens his ties with Ling Luochen and Ma Xiaotao while confronting the Sun Moon Empire’s envoy and preparing Shrek for the threat of war. He awakens the Small World’s Spirits and begins restoring it, then brings its surviving Soul Beasts to Shrek Academy.

  • Jiang Ming suppresses Evil Lord, rejects his offer to become a Spirit Ring, and gathers treasures and attribute energy to strengthen the sleeping Spirits.
  • Ling Luochen and Jiang Ming spend the night together, and she shares his affection during a day around Shrek Academy and Shrek City before Ma Xiaotao takes her turn with him.
  • Jing Hongchen presents Xu Tianran’s truce proposal, but Jiang Ming burns it and refuses cooperation under the current conditions.
  • Jiang Ming shows Jing Hongchen Shrek City and Tang Sect’s Soul Tool Department, warning him of the consequences if Xu Tianran starts a war and trying to persuade him to change sides.
  • Jiang Ming and Ling Luochen, Ma Xiaotao, and Zhang Lexuan awaken Little Ice, Little Lotus, and Little Light, then awaken Evil Lord enough to draw out Little Dark and beat him into submission.
  • Little Dark helps the other awakened Spirits rouse Little Wind, Little Yellow, Little Void, and Little Time, whose power begins restoring the Small World.
  • Jiang Ming reveals to Jing Hongchen that he knows the truth about his identity, then declines to spend the night with the women so he can repair the Small World and pursue his next trial.
  • Gong Changlong completes a new Beast Fighting Area, and Jiang Ming opens a Gate of Space to bring Xiao Bai, Little Prison, a pure-blooded Ice Dragon, and other Soul Beasts to Shrek Academy.
Chapters 805–829 Summaries Read

Arc 34Evil Lord’s Final Tribulation

Jiang Ming endured Evil Lord’s escalating heavenly tribulations, killed the beast before it could self-destruct, and completed his Seventh Trial of Deity. With Dai Mubai’s help, he raised Evil Lord’s Spirit Ring to a million years and began absorbing it, pushing toward the level ninety-eight bottleneck.

  • Jiang Ming sealed Evil Lord in a gigantic block of ice and used Electrolux’s formation to convert the beast’s Spiritual Power cultivation into Soul Power cultivation.
  • As Evil Lord’s cultivation rose toward eight hundred thousand years, Jiang Ming carried him away from Shrek and endured the first tribulation strikes with his body while powerful factions and Soul Beasts gathered to watch.
  • Jiang Ming survived successive tribulations, absorbed their lightning to strengthen himself, and studied the Lightning Laws as the ordeal continued for more than ten days.
  • When Evil Lord approached nine hundred thousand years, Jiang Ming and Snow Empress joined forces against the seventh tribulation, while Jiang Ming used the lightning to cultivate his body.
  • Jiang Ming opened Evil Lord’s seal during the eighth tribulation, stopped his attempted self-destruction, and destroyed his Sea of Consciousness before the lightning killed him.
  • Evil Lord’s death left a nine-hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring, and the Thunder God declared Jiang Ming’s Seventh Trial complete after the Sun God and War God intervened on his behalf.
  • Dai Mubai raised Evil Lord’s Spirit Ring to a million years, and Jiang Ming began absorbing it while Snow Empress, Little Prison, and Rongrong blocked the remnant soul’s backlash.
  • Jiang Ming endured the Spirit Ring’s immense origin power and guided it toward his two Soul Cores as his meridians neared their limit and he prepared to break through level ninety-eight.
Chapters 830–854 Summaries Read

Arc 35The Million-Year Breakthrough

Jiang Ming absorbed Evil Lord’s Million-Year Soul Ring, reached Level Ninety-Nine, and uncovered the Water and Fire Dragon Kings beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. After helping Wang Qiuer temper her Golden Dragon bloodline, he traveled with his companions to Heaven Dou City, where Du Busi challenged him to a spar.

  • Jiang Ming broke through to Level Ninety-Nine by forming a stable third Soul Core, then absorbed Evil Lord’s Heavenly Eye as a third Martial Soul.
  • Jiang Ming set out with Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, Liya, and Wang Qiuer to visit companions and their families before his final Deity Trials.
  • Jiang Ming visited the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen tested its extreme springs and he discovered the Water and Fire Dragon Kings’ remains deep below.
  • Jiang Ming gave Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen dragon-shaped phantoms to aid their cultivation, then helped Wang Qiuer temper and subdue her Golden Dragon bloodline without taking her Fate Power.
  • Jiang Ming and the women left the well and visited Ma Xiaotao’s family in Heaven Dou City, where Ma Lingyun asked Jiang Ming about marriage and their future plans.
  • At the Heaven Dou Auction House, Wang Qiuer beat the Third Prince after he harassed the women, and Jiang Ming arrived as Du Busi came to intervene.
  • Du Busi met Jiang Ming, revealed he had reached Limit Douluo, and asked for a spar to test his strength.
  • Jiang Ming agreed to fight Du Busi in the sky and released his Million-Year Soul Ring as Du Busi prepared to withstand one of its Soul Skills.
Chapters 855–879 Summaries Read

Arc 36The Far North Conspiracy

Jiang Ming traveled with Zhang Lexuan and the others from Heaven Dou City to Clear Water City, where he reunited with his family and dealt with a Soul Beast tide. He uncovered the Sun Moon Empire’s plot to provoke the Far North and struck back at Xu Tianran’s palace.

  • Jiang Ming defeated Du Busi with the Evil Emperor Seal, then healed him and returned to Ma Xiaotao at the Ma residence.
  • Ma Xiaotao received her mother’s Phoenix Hairpin, and Jiang Ming gave Ma Lingyun protective Soul Tool Battle Armor before the group left Heaven Dou City.
  • In Xuanbing City, Jiang Ming won Ling Xiao’s trust, removed the evil substance causing his Martial Soul’s backlash, and helped Ling Tianfeng confront the Su Family.
  • Jiang Ming returned to Clear Water City with Ling Luochen and the others, introduced the Snow Empress to Nie Heng and Jiang Lan, and began planning the city’s defenses.
  • Jiang Ming trained students at Clear Water City’s academy by pushing them to cultivate under intense pressure.
  • Jiang Ming stopped a Beast Tide and learned that Soul Engineers using Clear Water City uniforms had abducted Soul Beast young and provoked the Far North.
  • Jiang Ming rescued the captured cubs, then saved an Ice Bear family from another attack and learned that Xu Tianran’s side had ordered the scheme.
  • Jiang Ming sent a controlled Soul Sage to Xu Tianran’s palace with a concealed Class 8 Incendiary Fixed Soul Cannonball, which exploded in the imperial hall.
Chapters 880–904 Summaries Read
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