Chapter Summaries

Mo Yan had Xiong Jun stop Xuan Zi and teach him a lesson after the Ten-Thousand-Year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear attacked the humans. Xuan Zi unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar, but Xiong Jun struck him with another elbow and sent him flying again.

• Xiong Jun elbowed Xuan Zi away, ordered the Ten-Thousand-Year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear to leave, and suppressed the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blood Moon Spirit Fox.
• Mo Yan arrived with Dugu Luo and told Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo that she had summoned Xiong Jun to teach Xuan Zi a lesson.
• Xuan Zi recovered, accused Xiong Jun of violating the agreement, and unleashed his Seventh Soul Skill, Taurus God Bull True Body.
• Xiong Jun threw another elbow strike at Xuan Zi's Martial Soul Avatar and sent him flying.
• Han Ruoruo asked why Xiong Jun used elbow strikes, and Mo Yan revealed that she had taught him.

In the Star Dou Great Forest, Mo Yan let Xiong Jun beat Xuan Zi while deciding to spare him for now, and Zhang Lexuan asked to kill him herself if the chance came. Mo Yan then turned her attention to the Blood Moon Spirit Fox, while Mu En and Long Xiaoyao discussed Bei Bei and the trouble surrounding Xuan Zi.

• Zhang Lexuan asked Mo Yan to let her kill Xuan Zi someday, and Mo Yan agreed so she would not have to do it herself.
• Han Ruoruo feared that Zhang Lexuan might silence her, but Zhang Lexuan teased her instead.
• Mo Yan noticed the Blood Moon Spirit Fox and approached her, leaving the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast convinced she was doomed.
• At Sea God Pavilion, Mu En sensed something might go wrong during Xuan Zi's Soul Hunting Operation, though he decided he was probably overthinking it.
• Long Xiaoyao told Mu En that Bei Bei was even more devoted than he was, and Mu En left the youngsters' affairs to Shao Zhe.

Mo Yan prepared to use her family elder’s experimental Spirit Ring absorption method on Zhang Lexuan with the Blood Moon Spirit Fox, while Han Ruoruo worried over her friend. Meanwhile, Xiong Jun continued overpowering Xuan Zi and left him furious after another elbow strike.

• Mo Yan explained that the experimental method could cost Zhang Lexuan one or two Soul Power levels if it failed, and Zhang Lexuan agreed to try absorbing the Blood Moon Spirit Fox’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.
• Han Ruoruo objected to Zhang Lexuan being used as a test subject, but Zhang Lexuan insisted that she was acting willingly and asked her friend to trust her.
• Mo Yan intimidated the Blood Moon Spirit Fox into cooperating, then told Zhang Lexuan to begin the absorption and joked that dizziness or pain could be normal the first time.
• Han Ruoruo asked Dugu Luo whether the experiment would succeed, and he suggested she join Zhang Lexuan so they could face any mishap together.
• Xiong Jun taunted Xuan Zi by reminding him that Zhang Lexuan, Han Ruoruo, and the Blood Moon Spirit Fox were also present, then struck Xuan Zi with an elbow when he became distracted.

Zhang Lexuan completed Mo Yan’s experimental spirit soul method and obtained a Hundred-Thousand-Year Blood Moon Spirit Fox as her eighth spirit ring. The experiment appeared successful, though Mo Yan suspected the method still had flaws, while Xuan Zi remained locked in a brutal fight with Xiong Jun.

• Xiong Jun blocked Xuan Zi from reaching the girls and sent him crashing through trees with a powerful palm strike.
• Mo Yan told Jin Tianming that Zhang Lexuan had agreed to serve as the test subject while absorbing the Blood Moon Spirit Fox’s spirit soul.
• Zhang Lexuan’s Sea of Consciousness turned blood-red as the spirit soul fused with her, and Mo Yan recorded the final stage.
• Zhang Lexuan stabilized her Soul Power, awakened with changed hair and eyes, and revealed a red eighth spirit ring.
• Han Ruoruo celebrated Zhang Lexuan’s success, and Mo Yan asked whether she felt anything wrong as Zhang Lexuan began describing her abundant Soul Power.

Jin Tianming offered Ju Zi a chance to take revenge on the White Tiger Duke by exploiting trouble in the Star Luo Empire. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Mo Yan recruited Han Ruoruo into her family after demonstrating the soul spirit method, but Dugu Luo reminded them that someone had been forgotten.

• Jin Tianming read news about the Star Luo Emperor and urged Ju Zi to seize the chance to take revenge on the White Tiger Duke.
• Zhang Lexuan summoned a Blood Moon Spirit Fox as a soul spirit, though Mo Yan and Dugu Luo questioned whether its tiny size meant the method had failed.
• Han Ruoruo eagerly asked Mo Yan how the soul spirit method worked, and Mo Yan offered to share the knowledge if Han Ruoruo joined her family.
• Han Ruoruo agreed to join while setting a boundary that she would not act against the academy, and Mo Yan welcomed her and gave her a Dragon Soul.
• Zhang Lexuan reassured Han Ruoruo about Mo Yan's standing, then Dugu Luo pointed out that they had forgotten someone.

Mo Yan and the others found Xuan Zi beaten unconscious by Xiong Jun and chose to keep him alive for future plans. While they waited for him to wake, Han Ruoruo and Dugu Luo examined Xiong Jun, and Zhang Lexuan learned that Mo Yan and Jin Tianming had hidden their full strength during the last Soul Master Tournament.

• Han Ruoruo suggested checking on Xuan Zi, and Mo Yan agreed to visit the battlefield.
• Xiong Jun left Xuan Zi alive after beating him unconscious and burying him beneath rubble.
• Mo Yan decided Xuan Zi was more useful alive at Shrek Academy and told the group to wait for him to wake.
• Han Ruoruo touched Xiong Jun and took notes while Dugu Luo collected some of his fur for experiments.
• Zhang Lexuan asked whether Mo Yan had fought at full strength in the last Soul Master Tournament, and Mo Yan said Jin Tianming had also kept a trump card hidden.

Tang San, Tang Ya, and Bei Bei were forced to stand beneath the Sea God statue with their Soul Power sealed, and Mo Yan and Dugu Luo mocked Tang San and photographed him. Mo Yan then warned Yan Shao Zhe that he might need to convene a Sea God meeting, leaving Mu En uneasy about what was coming.

• Yan Shao Zhe kept Tang San, Tang Ya, and Bei Bei standing beneath the statue as punishment, despite Du Wilun's concern for their condition.
• Tang Ya struggled to remain upright, Bei Bei silently worried over her, and Tang San resented being punished for Tang Ya's actions.
• Mo Yan and Dugu Luo arrived, taunted Tang San, and made him pose for a photograph beneath the statue.
• Mo Yan told Yan Shao Zhe that he might need to convene a Sea God meeting, then left for the Inner Court with Dugu Luo.
• Yan Shao Zhe left Du Wilun to watch the punished students and returned to the Inner Court, while Mu En sensed trouble approaching Shrek Academy.

Xuan Zi returned to Shrek Academy with Zhang Lexuan, Han Ruoruo, and only four students from the Soul Hunting Operation, then confessed the loss to Mu En. The chapter left Mu En and Yan Shao Zhe stunned as Xuan Zi knelt and apologized.

• Outside Shrek City, Xuan Zi dreaded facing Mu En, while Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo tried to comfort him.
• Mu En grew uneasy when Yan Shao Zhe said Mo Yan had returned early, and Mo Yan hinted that the Soul Hunting Operation had brought several surprises.
• Xuan Zi rushed into the Sea God Pavilion, knelt before Mu En, and apologized for failing the academy.
• Xuan Zi said Zhang Lexuan had obtained her eighth soul ring but that he had brought back only four students.
• Mu En sat back in his wheelchair and demanded that Xuan Zi repeat how many students had returned.

Mu En learned that Xuan Zi had returned with only four students and, after Zhang Lexuan revealed Xuan Zi’s negligence during the mission, beat him in a rage. The chapter ended with Mu En calling a Sea God Council while Xuan Zi floated in Sea God Lake.

• Mu En furiously confronted Xuan Zi for bringing back only four students, and Long Xiaoyao calmed him with Soul Power.
• Xuan Zi blamed the losses on an encounter with Xiong Jun and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, but Mo Yan called Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo in to explain what had happened.
• Zhang Lexuan recounted that Xuan Zi had left the team in her care and neglected his duty, prompting Mu En to slap Xuan Zi flying and beat him.
• Mo Yan, Zhang Lexuan, and Han Ruoruo brewed tea on the Sea God Pavilion conference table while Mu En vented his anger.
• Mu En returned, ordered Yan Shao Zhe to convene the Sea God Council, and left Xuan Zi floating in Sea God Lake.

Jin Tianming learned that the Soul Spirit Method had succeeded with minor flaws, while Mo Yan shared news about the losses in the Grand Elder’s team. At a Sea God Council meeting, Zhang Lexuan described Xuan Zi’s reckless conduct in the Star Dou Great Forest, leaving the elders questioning whether he was a spy.

• Jin Tianming accepted Mo Yan’s Mental Link and learned that the Soul Spirit Method had succeeded but needed adjustments from Senior Electrolux.
• Mo Yan told Jin Tianming that the Grand Elder’s team had lost more than a dozen Inner Court students, leaving only four, including her and A Luo.
• Mu En summoned a Sea God Council meeting and expressed his fury at Xuan Zi before asking Zhang Lexuan to recount what had happened in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Zhang Lexuan described Xuan Zi’s actions and reported obtaining her eighth soul ring, prompting the elders to suspect Xuan Zi might be a spy.
• Elder Zhuang asked whether Xuan Zi’s identity had been verified, and Mu En insisted that his senior brother’s judgment could not have been so poor.
• Long Xiaoyao privately disagreed with Mu En and believed Xuan Zi would eventually ruin Shrek Academy.

Mu En defended Xuan Zi after the elders questioned his role in the students’ deaths, then upheld Mo Yan as his chosen heir despite Zhang Lexuan revealing her eighth Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring. After the meeting, Long Xiaoyao told Mu En that he had lost their bet.

• An elder questioned whether Xuan Zi’s actions and the students’ deaths had been premeditated, so Mu En promised that an elder would accompany him whenever he led a team.
• Zhang Lexuan revealed her eighth Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and the accompanying changes to her martial soul and body, astonishing the elders.
• An elder urged Mu En to reconsider Mo Yan as the Sea God Pavilion heir, but Mu En sent him into Sea God Lake and reaffirmed his decision.
• Mu En ended the meeting and later asked Long Xiaoyao whether Xuan Zi might be a Holy Spirit Cult spy, but Long Xiaoyao said it was unlikely.
• Long Xiaoyao told Mu En that he had lost their bet, prompting Mu En to threaten to hit him.

Jin Tianming gathered Huo Yuhao and the Hongchen siblings for training, but Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan joined their challenge as well. The group began a five-on-one fight, which ended with Xiao Hongchen swiftly kicked away and Jin Tianming calmly facing the other four.

• Jin Tianming waited on the arena platform as Huo Yuhao, Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, Ji Juechen, and Jing Ziyan arrived, with observers including Ye Xishui, the Snow Empress, and the Ice Empress watching.
• Meng Hongchen admitted that she had invited Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan, and the five gathered to plan their approach against Jin Tianming.
• The Snow Empress sensed something unusual in Jin Tianming's aura and said she needed to watch the match before judging it, prompting Ye Xishui's curiosity.
• Jin Tianming challenged the five to force him to reveal his martial soul, while Xiao Hongchen boasted that they would defeat him and charged first.
• Jin Tianming kicked Xiao Hongchen away in three seconds, then blocked Jing Ziyan's sneak attack with a golden thread as the other four surrounded him.

Jin Tianming dominated a sparring match against Xiao Hongchen, Ji Juechen, and Jing Ziyan, then let Meng Hongchen and Huo Yuhao prepare an Ultimate Ice attack. He touched their attack without dodging, as Ye Xishui explained his instinctive confidence that he could neutralize it.

• Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming watched Jin Tianming defeat Xiao Hongchen, and Kong remarked that Jing’s talent was wasted on his grandson.
• Ji Juechen attacked Jin Tianming with a sword spirit protecting his Extreme Gold weapon, but Jin grabbed the blade and punched him away.
• Jing Ziyan tried to use purple smoke to help Ji Juechen, but Jin punched her in the abdomen and knocked her unconscious.
• Meng Hongchen asked Huo Yuhao to help push her Martial Soul into its Ultimate Ice state, then mocked Xiao Hongchen as a “Three-second Bro.”
• Huo Yuhao used his Ice Scorpion Martial Soul to support Meng Hongchen as she transformed and fired an Ultimate Ice attack at Jin Tianming.
• Jin Tianming touched Meng Hongchen’s attack without evading, and Ye Xishui said he intended to experience and neutralize its unknown qualities.

Jin Tianming effortlessly withstood Meng Hongchen and Huo Yuhao’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill, prompting them to leave the stage. He then prepared to take Ice Empress and Snow Empress to deal with Zhong Wuwu, while Ye Xishui stayed behind after Jin Tianming invoked Shengyangyue.

• Jin Tianming let Meng Hongchen and Huo Yuhao’s Ultimate Ice freeze his palm, then shattered the ice with a casual shake.
• Meng Hongchen jumped off the stage and Huo Yuhao followed, while Meng Hongchen teased Xiao Hongchen and refused his challenge to duel.
• Ice Empress called Jin Tianming a monster, and he told her they were ready to begin dealing with Zhong Wuwu.
• Snow Empress asked to accompany them, and Jin Tianming agreed.
• Ye Xishui tried to join them, but Jin Tianming refused and asked her to stay for Shengyangyue’s sake; Ye Xishui reluctantly agreed.

Jin Tianming explained to Snow Empress and Ice Empress how human schemes had ensnared the Blue Silver Emperor before Long Yaoqing led them into the Ice-Fire Small World. The group reached a house where they were about to meet the person for whom the two Soul Beasts had agreed to sacrifice themselves.

• Jin Tianming warned Snow Empress and Ice Empress that humans could deceive Soul Beasts, using the Blue Silver Emperor as an example.
• Long Yaoqing appeared through a spatial rift and told Jin Tianming that someone was waiting for him.
• Ye Xishui emerged after the rift closed and realized Long Yaoqing had detected her despite her use of the Authority of Space.
• Long Yaoqing led Jin Tianming, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress into the Ice-Fire Small World, where Snow Empress asked whether Long Yaoqing was a Soul Beast.
• Long Yaoqing assured Snow Empress and Ice Empress that their sacrifice would bring them excellent recompense, then asked if they were ready to meet Him.

Tian Mucheng met the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, and the Snow Empress recognized his divine connection to Jin Tianming. After learning that Tian Mucheng had agreed with the Silver Dragon King to treat Soul Beasts equally, the Snow Empress accepted his offer to work for him, and he arranged for both Empresses to rest before beginning the next day.

• Long Yaoqing, Jin Tianming, the Snow Empress, and the Ice Empress visited Tian Mucheng, and the Snow Empress sensed a divine connection between him and Jin Tianming.
• The Snow Empress identified Tian Mucheng as a god, and he praised her insight and offered her work instead of making her a soul ring.
• The Ice Empress learned that Tian Mucheng considered her less intelligent than the Snow Empress and protested, while Long Yaoqing's glare kept her quiet.
• The Snow Empress asked how Tian Mucheng would treat Soul Beasts after regaining his strength, and he promised equal treatment and said he had already reached an agreement with the Silver Dragon King.
• The Snow Empress accepted Tian Mucheng's offer, covered the Ice Empress's mouth before she could object, and took both of them to rest with Xiao Xue.
• After leaving the room, the Snow Empress called the Ice Empress stupid, and the Ice Empress angrily shouted at her.

Tian Mucheng and his allies prepared to take control of the Sun Moon Empire and begin a war after the Soul Master Tournament. During Ice Empress’s painless soul-ring transfer, Tian Mucheng discovered that his eighth Dragon Soul had the power of ultimate destruction, leaving him with a new trump card: the Annihilation Ancient Dragon.

• Tian Mucheng asked Jin Tianming about preparations in the Sun Moon Empire, and Jin Tianming said he was ready to take control of its upper ranks after the Soul Master Tournament.
• Long Yaoyan led Snow Empress and Ice Empress to the cultivation site, where Electrolux and the others gathered for Ice Empress’s ritual.
• Electrolux used necromantic and light magic to transfer Ice Empress’s soul ring to Tian Mucheng without causing her pain.
• Tian Mucheng entered his Sea of Consciousness and found that his eighth Dragon Soul possessed neither Ultimate Ice nor Ultimate Water.
• The Dragon Soul showed Tian Mucheng a vision of chaos, and he recognized its ultimate destruction power as the basis for an Annihilation Ancient Dragon.

Gu Yuena arrived while Tian Mucheng absorbed Ice Empress's soul ring and explained that she had sensed a faint aura of destruction. When the power erupted from Tian Mucheng, the others moved to contain it, and Jin Tianming sensed a threat capable of annihilating him.

• Gu Yuena met Snow Empress and joked that Long Yaoqing had sidelined her as a mascot, while Snow Empress wondered who truly controlled the soul beasts.
• Gu Yuena asked Long Yaoqing and Long Yaoyan whether they had sensed a destruction aura, but both denied it.
• Gu Yuena asked Jin Tianming about the aura, and he said the answer would come if they waited.
• Tian Mucheng released a terrifying power of destruction while absorbing Ice Empress's soul ring, and Electrolux warned everyone to isolate it.
• Long Yaoqing and Long Yaoyan reinforced the small world's spatial barrier as Gu Yuena shielded Tian Mucheng and Ice Empress.
• Jin Tianming sensed that the Dragon Soul emerging from Tian Mucheng could annihilate him.

The God of Destruction sensed a power near Douluo Star that surpassed his Law of Destruction and began seeking its owner, while Tang San feared it could disrupt his plans. In the Ice-Fire Small World, the Annihilation Ancient Dragon Jade appeared before Tian Mucheng and declared himself a final safeguard for his lord.

• The God of Destruction sensed an aura near Douluo Star stronger than his Law of Destruction, and Tang San hurried to the God of Destruction Temple to stop him from investigating.
• The God of Destruction told the Goddess of Life that the aura’s owner could inherit and elevate his God Position, and he planned to find that person as a way to restrain Tang San.
• After the terrifying aura around Tian Mucheng dissipated, Jin Tianming dodged a claw that tore through space.
• A black-suited youth emerged, identified himself as the Annihilation Ancient Dragon, Jade, and said he had tested Jin Tianming’s resolve and strength.
• Jade bowed to Tian Mucheng and said he would destroy the world for his amusement, then told Gu Yuena he would serve as a final safeguard if her plan failed.
• Jin Tianming confronted Jade over his willingness to see their main body fall, and Jade clarified that his purpose was to accompany his lord and the world into destruction if their plan reached a dead end.

Tian Mucheng’s eighth clone, Jade, revealed an annihilation power that terrified Jin Tianming and nearly drove him to destroy himself. Later, Jin Tianming warned the other Dragon Soul Clones that Jade might annihilate Douluo Star if their plan failed.

• Jade used a power that nearly compelled Jin Tianming to annihilate himself, and Jin Tianming stabbed his palm to break free.
• Jade withdrew his power, greeted Tian Mucheng, and reminded everyone to save the still-sleeping Ice Empress.
• Jin Tianming contacted Mo Yan in the middle of the night and told her that he had lost a spar against Jade.
• Jin Tianming explained that Jade’s ability could affect anyone with weaker Spiritual Power and that Jade might annihilate Douluo Star if their plan failed.
• Wen Yu, Black, and Bai Yu joined the Mental Link conversation, while Jin Tianming noted that he had not called Lei Ze.