Chapter Summaries

The Sun Moon Empire’s attacks failed to destroy Huo Yuhao’s Experiment No. 1, and the Tianhun Emperor rallied his soldiers into a renewed charge. Ju Zi ordered a retreat to avoid catastrophic losses, leaving Heaven Dou City temporarily defended but both armies devastated.

• Huo Yuhao discovered that Experiment No. 1 had withstood the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Troupe’s volleys, whose attacks destroyed only its empty weapon housings.
• The Tianhun Emperor charged with his soldiers, and their morale recovered as Huo Yuhao and the Imperial Teacher kept the Dragon Emperor Douluo suppressed.
• Ju Zi judged that further fighting risked a rout and sounded the Sun Moon Empire’s retreat.
• Both armies withdrew without pursuing, then gathered their dead and wounded as the battle ended in heavy losses on both sides.
• Huo Yuhao climbed onto Heaven Dou City’s shattered wall and surveyed the devastation, wondering when the war would end.

After Heaven Dou City repelled the Sun Moon Empire, Huo Yuhao assessed the devastating losses and predicted that Ju Zi would avoid another costly assault. He urged the Tianhun Emperor to spread false information about Shrek reinforcements, while preparing Shrek for its next role in the war.

• Heaven Dou City counted the immense casualties after its costly victory, while Huo Yuhao and Du Busi recovered from their wounds on the wall.
• Huo Yuhao reasoned that Ju Zi would hesitate to attack again because the losses could cripple the Sun Moon Empire’s wider war effort.
• Du Busi agreed with Huo Yuhao’s assessment, and the Tianhun Emperor hurried over to hear their plan.
• Huo Yuhao told the Tianhun Emperor to claim that Shrek’s Elders would soon arrive and to watch the enemy’s deployment at dawn for signs of a shift to attrition warfare.
• Huo Yuhao warned that Shrek must prepare to take the stage, since moving its Elders to Heaven Dou City would leave Shrek City vulnerable to the Holy Spirit Cult.

After Heaven Dou City barely survived the Sun Moon Empire’s assault, Huo Yuhao warned that it could not withstand another full-scale attack, while the defenders hoped false rumors of Shrek Elders’ support would deter Ju Zi. The next day, the Sun Moon Empire resumed its advance with fewer forces, leaving the Heaven Dou Empire to hold the city and wait for an unknown turning point.

• Huo Yuhao told Du Busi and the Tianhun Emperor that Heaven Dou City could not survive another full-scale assault because its defenses and supplies were depleted.
• Du Busi learned that Huo Yuhao had weakened Long Xiaoyao with water from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and took the Yin and Yang Spring Water canteens for himself.
• The Tianhun Emperor left to spread false news that Shrek Elders had arrived to support Heaven Dou City and make Ju Zi cautious.
• The next day, the Sun Moon Empire attacked with fewer Soul Engineer Troupes, while the repaired city walls and Soul Hall’s Milk Bottle charging service helped the defenders prepare.
• The Tianhun Emperor and Du Busi watched the enemy advance and concluded that the Heaven Dou Empire could only defend Heaven Dou City while waiting for a turning point.

Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek City with the Body Sect survivors as the Sun Moon Empire’s advance devastated the Heaven Dou Empire. He told Xuan Zi that the Holy Spirit Cult was poised to act once Shrek launched a fake Beast Tide, with two Beast Kings from the Far North helping lure the cult into a trap.

• Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek City with the Body Sect’s surviving elites, wounded younger members, Long Aotian, Princess Vina, and Tianhun Imperial Family members, and Cai Mei Er received them.
• Xuan Zi told Huo Yuhao that Mu En may have frozen the Golden Ancient Tree and asked him to explain the battle at Heaven Dou City.
• Huo Yuhao recounted the battle, and Xuan Zi reported that the Sun Moon Empire had taken more than a third of the Heaven Dou Empire’s territory while the Heaven Spirit Empire sent reinforcements.
• Xuan Zi described Shrek’s preparations to defend the city and confessed that he struggled with the responsibilities Mu En had carried.
• Huo Yuhao told Xuan Zi that the Holy Spirit Cult was ready to move when Shrek staged a fake Beast Tide, and that two Beast Kings from the Far North would help lure them out.

Huo Yuhao learned how Shrek Academy had organized three Soul Engineer Troupes and approved their preparations while juggling his other responsibilities. He left for the Spirit Pagoda and asked Na Na to compile a report on the academy’s affairs and technological advances.

• Huo Yuhao wandered through the quieter academy and reflected on students leaving to join the war and on his plans against the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Na Na reported that Shrek Academy had established three Soul Engineer Troupes, with the Soul Hall contributing to the third.
• Na Na described the two-hundred-member Shrek Soul Engineer Troupe, led by Xian Lin Er and Qian Duoduo and reinforced by ten Titled Douluo.
• Na Na explained that Teacher Xuan would oversee custom equipment and Combined Soul Tools, and Huo Yuhao asked her to remind him to check whether Experiment No. 1 could be repaired.
• Huo Yuhao declined to visit Dong'er, asked Na Na to compile a report on recent breakthroughs and academy affairs, and headed for the Spirit Pagoda.

Wang Dong'er continued testing soul tools while giving Huo Yuhao room to rest, and Huo Yuhao investigated the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School’s suspicious absence from the war. He reached the Spirit Pagoda, where a Soul Master confronted him for approaching it.

• Wang Dong'er told Na Na she would let Huo Yuhao focus on his work and help carry his burden by testing soul tools.
• Huo Yuhao noted the tension in Shrek City and arranged for Na Na to gather evidence about the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School’s conduct during the Tian Hun Defense War.
• Huo Yuhao considered using any evidence against the school to elevate Ning Ge’s collateral branch.
• Huo Yuhao visited the Spirit Pagoda and reflected that it could soon be made to fly using Anti-Gravity Modules and the Ammonite-Sea God’s power.
• A bearded Soul Master stopped Huo Yuhao and warned him that unrelated people could not approach within a hundred meters of the Spirit Pagoda.

Huo Yuhao arrived at the Spirit Pagoda and met with Xuan Ziwen, who updated him on the progress and limitations of Soul Hall’s research. The chapter left Soul Hall facing dwindling Rare Metal reserves as its expensive research and military support strained its finances.

• Huo Yuhao crossed the Spirit Pagoda’s entrance line before the middle-aged Soul Saint could stop him, startling him and prompting other Soul Masters to leave the area.
• Huo Yuhao met Xuan Ziwen, now a Titled Douluo and Rank Nine Soul Tool Master, who described his artificial Soul Ring and ongoing research.
• Xuan Ziwen explained that Artificial Soul Cores were working, but Artificial Soul Rings lacked Soul Skills and researchers had made no progress on Artificial Soul Bones.
• Xuan Ziwen told Huo Yuhao that Bow Lao’s Beast Pen had been contributed for Soul Spirit experiments, and claimed Bow Lao had wept tears of joy.
• Xuan Ziwen reported that his Super High-Altitude Detection Soul Tool was too expensive to produce, while Soul Hall’s research, construction, and military spending rapidly depleted its Rare Metal reserves.

Huo Yuhao worried that Soul Hall would run out of Rare Metals and struggled to find a new source of funding. Meanwhile, Electrolux’s Artificial Soul Ring experiment reached a crucial test with Jie Chu, and Huo Yuhao arrived to watch.

• Xuan Ziwen showed Huo Yuhao the research department’s achievements and explained that the Three Great Empires could not supply enough Rare Metals to sustain their work.
• Huo Yuhao considered possible sources of Rare Metals, including the ocean, the Far North Land, and the Star Dou Forest, but saw obstacles to each.
• Jie Chu agreed to Electrolux’s experiment so he could gain strength to protect Shrek and his mother, and Huo Yuhao supplied him with Immortal Grade Herb essence.
• Electrolux guided Jie Chu as he condensed a blank Soul Ring and attempted to connect with the Laws to create a Soul Skill.
• Huo Yuhao arrived at the laboratory and wondered whether the experiment was testing a fixed Soul Skill like Martial Soul Avatar.

Electrolux and Jie Chu attempted to create a customizable Artificial Soul Ring, but Electrolux could not complete the final imprint. He realized Huo Yuhao had to press the custom soul skill into Jie Chu’s Blank Soul Ring and asked him to do it.

• Jie Chu formed a Blank Soul Ring after establishing a preliminary connection with the law.
• Electrolux erased the Martial Soul Avatar assigned by the law and used his Divine Soul power to protect Jie Chu while they inscribed a custom soul skill.
• Electrolux managed to inscribe the soul skill’s Runes but could not imprint them into Jie Chu’s Soul Ring.
• Electrolux realized Huo Yuhao was the person needed to complete the imprint and called him over.
• Electrolux told Huo Yuhao to use his Mental Power to imprint the Runes onto Jie Chu’s Blank Soul Ring.

Huo Yuhao unexpectedly succeeded in imprinting a custom Soul Skill onto an artificial Soul Ring, marking a breakthrough for the Spirit Pagoda researchers. Electrolux realized Huo Yuhao had gained special authority over the world, then asked him to fund the Spirit Pagoda.

• Huo Yuhao pressed the Runes onto the Soul Ring, which accepted the custom Soul Skill and began absorbing around Jie Chu.
• The researchers celebrated the successful artificial Soul Ring experiment and discussed how it could change the Soul Master world.
• Electrolux took Huo Yuhao to the rest room and teased him about making his teachers work for him.
• Electrolux reasoned that Huo Yuhao had gained permission to customize Soul Rings, unlike him and the Gods.
• Electrolux told Huo Yuhao that the Spirit Pagoda was out of money and asked him to pay.

Huo Yuhao learned that high-level Artificial Soul Rings remained too costly for widespread use, while the war continued to strain both empires. Ju Zi's plans faced mounting setbacks, and the chapter left her under pressure as sabotage disrupted the Sun Moon Empire's campaign.

• Electrolux told Huo Yuhao that producing high-level Artificial Soul Rings required too much energy and remained impractical outside the laboratory.
• Dai Hao sent Soul Master squads across the border to sabotage Sun Moon Empire facilities, diverting troops and slowing its advance.
• The Sun Moon Empire's daily siege of Heaven Dou City drained the defenders' supplies and lives, leaving the Tianhun Emperor without a way to break the stalemate.
• Ju Zi reviewed how failed assaults on Heaven Dou City and guerrilla attacks at the Ming Dou Mountain Range had weakened her authority and disrupted her plans.
• Ju Zi worried that further setbacks in her plan to sustain the war through war could cost her control of the military.

Huo Yuhao used intelligence from Shrek’s high-altitude detection soul tools to discover that Ju Zi’s army had stopped at Dragon City to mine Rare Metals. Meanwhile, he and Shrek’s researchers prepared to observe Xiao Bai’s 300,000-year Heavenly Tribulation, leaving Huo Yuhao poised to pursue the resources Ju Zi had uncovered.

• Xing Luo Soul Master squads raided the Sun Moon Empire’s border regions, forcing the empire to recall Soul Engineer Troupes and strengthen its defenses.
• Zhongli Wu welcomed the losses caused by Ju Zi’s campaigns because the deaths would strengthen the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Huo Yuhao and Shrek’s researchers prepared the Undead Demiplane’s testing area for Xiao Bai’s Heavenly Tribulation, and Xiao Bai transformed into his true form.
• Huo Yuhao told Qian Duoduo that Xiao Bai was one of the two trump cards he had prepared.
• After Huo Yuhao exhausted his Rare Metals, Xuan Ziwen obtained more from the academy and used Super High-Altitude Detection Soul Tools to monitor Ju Zi’s army.
• Huo Yuhao learned that Ju Zi’s Fire Phoenix Legion had stopped at Dragon City, likely to mine Rare Metals, and decided to pursue the opportunity.

Representatives from Shrek and the various factions gathered at Shrek City’s west gate for the Spirit Pagoda’s opening, where Hun Tiandi revealed his immense power. The Holy Spirit Cult prepared to ambush the gathered soul masters, confident that Long Xiaoyao could still fight and that Shrek’s defenses had been drawn away.

• Bei Bei and the Tang Sect members joined the gathering at the west gate, where representatives from the royal family, sects, and academies had assembled.
• Qian Duoduo and Teacher Fan Yu arrived as Shrek Academy’s representatives, prompting others to wonder why Shrek had sent so few people.
• Hun Tiandi appeared as a Mental Power construct and introduced himself as the Lord of the Soul Hall, alarming the watching Sun Moon Empire and Holy Spirit Cult members.
• Zhongli Wu questioned Long Xiaoyao about Hun Tiandi, and Long Xiaoyao told him to proceed according to the original plan.
• Zhongli Wu resolved to kill the gathered soul masters, then join Hun Tiandi and the Beast Tide in attacking Shrek’s remaining Elders.

Song Shi, Ai Lu, Chu Tonglu, and Lapis Lazuli descended into the depth 4 Great Glacier and moved toward the Divine Wisdom Tower network domain. After Song Shi detected a Third-Ring Divine Sense network and abandoned stealth, the group saw the enormous Buzhou Abyssal Submersion Rail Structure.

• Lapis Lazuli gave the group Filter Devices to reduce the abyss's pressure and marked a safe route through the glacier.
• Song Shi refused a Filter Device, saying the depth 4 abyss's pressure stimulated him.
• Lapis Lazuli guided the group quickly across the snowfield while warning them to avoid damaged data channels.
• Song Shi detected an expert Third-Ring Divine Sense network and said they could no longer advance undetected.
• Chu Tonglu crossed the glacier and saw the colossal Buzhou Abyssal Submersion Rail Structure rising from the snowfield.

Huo Yuhao successfully guided Dai Loli and the Giant-Palm Black Tiger through a Contract Incantation, creating a Soul Spirit and granting Dai Loli a new black Soul Ring. Their celebration was cut short when a terrifying Beast roared from Shrek East City, signaling an approaching threat.

• Huo Yuhao used his Mental Power and a golden ritual to guide Dai Loli and the Giant-Palm Black Tiger through the Contract Incantation.
• The Giant-Palm Black Tiger died as its energy and symbols flowed into Dai Loli, who gained a new black Soul Ring.
• The Giant-Palm Black Tiger reappeared as a Soul Spirit, and Dai Loli demonstrated their combined power and speed.
• The Soul Masters celebrated the successful creation of a Soul Spirit.
• A powerful Beast roar came from Shrek East City, alarming the Soul Masters and prompting Soul Heavenly Cripple to feign horror.

A Beast Tide from the Star Dou Great Forest advanced on Shrek City, catching the city with many of its Elders away. As the defenders prepared for battle, Old Song flew out to confront the Soul Beasts, bringing their advance to a halt.

• Qian Duoduo and Yan Shaozhe recognized the approaching darkness as a Beast Tide and ordered people below Seven Rings to shelter in the Spirit Pagoda.
• The City Defense Army, Soul Masters, and Inner Court disciples prepared Shrek City's east wall for an attack.
• The Soul Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest approached in an organized formation, and Qian Duoduo sensed at least two powerful Beasts among them.
• Old Song stepped onto the battlements, challenged the advancing Soul Beasts with a roar, and rose into the sky in blazing azure light.

Jing Hongchen and Zhongli Wu watched the Beast Tide draw Shrek’s defenders away, then launched an assault on the Spirit Pagoda. Zhang Peng’s attack failed against its hidden defenses, and a God Conferring Ball pursued him as he realized Soul Hall technology was inside.

• Jing Hongchen watched Shrek’s walls through detection Soul Tools, and a Super Douluo destroyed the lower-altitude detector.
• Zhongli Wu learned the Beast Tide contained roughly ten thousand elite Soul Beasts and chose to wait until Shrek’s defenders were engaged.
• Bear Lord and other powerful opponents drew Shrek’s top defenders into battle, so Zhongli Wu ordered the Evil Soul Masters and Sun Moon Empire Soul Tool Masters to attack.
• Zhang Peng unleashed Scorpion Tail Needle against the Spirit Pagoda, but its formations and Runes absorbed the volley without damage.
• A God Conferring Ball flew from the Spirit Pagoda and pursued Zhang Peng with a powerful force that carried traces of Space Power.

Zhang Peng escaped the God Conferring Ball, but Shrek revealed its hidden forces and confronted the Holy Spirit Cult and Sun Moon Empire. As the battle began, Long Xiaoyao spotted Qian Duoduo and Yan Shaozhe approaching, raising an ominous question about who had been left to face the Beast Kings.

• Zhang Peng used Golden Cicada Shedding its Shell to escape the God Conferring Ball, but Elder Xuan intercepted him and crushed his Martial Soul Avatar before Zhongli Wu's Staff helped him break free.
• Shrek's Title-level Elders surrounded the enemy forces, and Huo Yuhao revealed his identity to Zhongli Wu.
• Long Xiaoyao emerged to support Zhongli Wu, but Du Busi appeared from the Spirit Pagoda and challenged him.
• Elder Xuan attacked Zhongli Wu, who summoned a massive Bone Dragon and declared that Shrek would not withstand the Beast Tide.
• The experts on both sides charged into battle as Du Busi and Long Xiaoyao flew skyward.
• Long Xiaoyao saw Qian Duoduo and Yan Shaozhe racing toward them from Shrek East City and wondered who had been left to face the two Beast Kings.

The battle between Shrek and the Sun Moon Empire’s powerful fighters intensified as Qian Duoduo and Yan Shaozhe joined the fray. The Titan Snow Demon King and Xiao Bai arrived as reinforcements, while Du Busi pressed Long Xiaoyao in a fight to the death.

• Qian Duoduo and Yan Shaozhe joined the battlefield and attacked the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Tool Masters and Evil Soul Masters.
• Zhongli Wu sent the Bone Dragon after Yan Shaozhe and struck Qian Duoduo away, increasing the pressure on Xuan Zi.
• The Titan Snow Demon King arrived and battered the Bone Dragon, hurling it into the ground.
• Xiao Bai struck Zhongli Wu and unleashed a wave of frost, while Old Song appeared as an Azure Shadow Divine Eagle and killed Evil Soul Masters.
• Du Busi accused Long Xiaoyao of serving the Sun Moon Empire and charged at him, determined to fight to the death.

After the battle, Huo Yuhao and the Shrek elders assessed their losses and prepared to turn the victory into political pressure on the Sun Moon Empire and Holy Spirit Cult. Huo Yuhao sent the Far North Soul Beasts home, but the Titan Snow Demon King noticed something that made him delay his return.

• Long Xiaoyao rescued Zhongli Wu and the other surviving enemies, while Du Busi stopped pursuing them to avoid risking another rank-99 fighter.
• Xuan Zi and Old Song reported that Shrek had lost no one, while the Sun Moon Empire lost two Rank Nine Soul Tool Masters and the Holy Spirit Cult lost five Titled Douluo.
• Huo Yuhao ordered grand burials for the Soul Tool Masters and a public Jingguan made from the Evil Soul Masters' bodies.
• Huo Yuhao gave the Titan Snow Demon King the promised Ten Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow and told Xiao Bai he would remain at Shrek for further experiments.
• Huo Yuhao opened the Gate of the Undead and the Titan Snow Demon King escorted the Far North Soul Beasts through it, but he frowned and decided to stay longer.