Chapter Summaries

Ji Juechen took Er Niu as his disciple while Xu Jie showed Qian Ran and Jing Ziyan his transformed dragon claw and learned that Qian Ran had reached level twenty-five. Xu Jie went to retrieve Ye Guyi from the Undead Demigod Plane, took the Angel Holy Sword from her, and encountered Nana, who recognized him as Brother Ah Da.

• Ji Juechen accepted Er Niu as his disciple and began teaching him swordsmanship.
• Xu Jie showed Qian Ran and Jing Ziyan his dark crimson dragon claw, then learned Qian Ran had reached level twenty-five.
• Xu Jie entered the Undead Demigod Plane and offered to take Ye Guyi out early.
• Xu Jie demanded Ye Guyi's Angel Holy Sword and threatened to make her his disciple's child bride, so Ye Guyi handed over the sword.
• A female phantom named Nana appeared and called Xu Jie Brother Ah Da.

Xu Jie brought Nana and Ye Guyi back from the Undead Demigod Plane to the Body Sect, where Ye Guyi recognized Jing Ziyan and met Qian Ran. The chapter ended with Ye Guyi agreeing to guide Qian Ran's Angel Martial Soul cultivation while Xu Jie arranged for them to stay in the mountain village.

• Xu Jie admitted that Apollo was an alias and took Nana and Ye Guyi out of the Undead Demigod Plane.
• Jing Ziyan recognized Nana, and the two greeted each other at the Body Sect.
• Ye Guyi noticed Qian Ran's pure Angel lineage and sensed that his incomplete Angel Wings had complete attributes.
• Xu Jie stopped Ye Guyi from finishing her offer to teach Qian Ran, then learned she meant to guide his Martial Soul cultivation.
• Ye Guyi agreed to guide Qian Ran in exchange for lodging, and Xu Jie asked Jing Ziyan to arrange rooms for them.

Xu Jie used the Nine-Grade Dragon Ganoderma to accelerate his recovery, then helped Du Busi recruit Xuan Ziwen to lead the Body Sect’s Soul Guidance Hall. After Xu Jie returned to Iron Arm Village, Ye Guyi warned him that Qian Ran’s flawed martial soul was draining his life and threatened any children he might have.

• Xu Jie refined the Dragon King Bone overnight with the Nine-Grade Dragon Ganoderma and estimated that he could move his index finger freely within three days.
• Du Busi brought Xu Jie, Nana, and Jing Ziyan to meet Xuan Ziwen, and Xu Jie persuaded him to stay by promising Colt’s research materials.
• Du Busi appointed Xuan Ziwen a Guest Elder and head of the Soul Guidance Hall, while Xuan Ziwen agreed on the condition that he receive enough Soul Guidance Metal.
• Du Busi suggested that Xu Jie move Qian Ran and the others to the Body Sect headquarters, and Xu Jie agreed before returning to Iron Arm Village.
• Xu Jie inspected the Jade Phosphor Nine Absolute Flowers, then found Ye Guyi warning that Qian Ran’s flawed martial soul was draining his life and that his children would not live past twelve.

Xu Jie explained Qian Ran’s inherited martial-soul flaw and discovered that the Angel Holy Sword answered Qian Ran’s touch, while ancient Angel God soul bones stirred across the world. After moving his group into the Body Sect castle and drawing up firearm designs for Xuan Ziwen, Xu Jie began explaining gunpowder when Xuan Ziwen confronted him about what powered the bullets.

• Xu Jie told Ye Guyi that Qian Ran’s family had preserved its martial-soul inheritance through human sacrifice, then gave Qian Ran the Angel Holy Sword, which awakened his martial soul and seemed to call to him from the south.
• Bi Ji found an Angel God soul bone in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Di Tian told her to preserve it as a potential favor while ordering the cave’s other soul bones destroyed after a successful soul-contract experiment.
• Golden soul bones showed signs of stirring in several locations, but purplish-black mist suppressed one in a burial chamber beside a demonic scythe.
• Xu Jie asked Qian Ran to cultivate with Ye Guyi, wrote to Dugu Lu about a solution to his martial-soul problem, and left firearm and household Soul Tool designs for Xuan Ziwen.
• Xu Jie moved his group into the Body Sect castle, told them the Fire Douluo story, and spent the night refining the power within the Dragon King Bone.
• Xuan Ziwen arrived at Xu Jie’s door at dawn demanding to know what powered the bullets in his original designs, and Xu Jie explained that they used gunpowder and asked whether he had seen fireworks.

Xu Jie told Xuan Ziwen he wanted to develop powerful gunpowder bullets to help overturn the aristocracy, then examined Ji Juechen’s broken martial soul without finding a solution. After a week of research and recovery, Dugu Lu and Xiao Xiao finally arrived at the Body Sect.

• Xu Jie persuaded Xuan Ziwen that gunpowder bullets could rival Soul Guidance Bullets and declared that he wanted to overturn the aristocracy.
• Xu Jie examined Ji Juechen’s broken martial soul and determined that he needed to find a way to fuse its two pieces together.
• Xu Jie settled into a routine of researching Ji Juechen and Qian Ran’s martial soul problems, helping Xuan Ziwen, and checking on Huo Yuhao’s recovery.
• After a week, Xu Jie regained movement in his right index finger, but made no progress on the others’ conditions.
• Dugu Lu arrived at the Body Sect with Xiao Xiao.

Xu Jie welcomed Dugu Lu and Xiao Xiao to the Body Sect, where they reunited after years apart and caught up on one another’s circumstances. He led them into the sect and promised them a surprise when they reached Soul Power Level 60.

• Xu Jie told Dugu Lu and Xiao Xiao that Huo Yuhao was safe but still unconscious, and explained that his injured right hand was a side effect of absorbing a soul bone.
• As they climbed the mountain, Dugu Lu revealed he was at level fifty-nine and Xiao Xiao said she was at level fifty-seven; Xu Jie promised them a surprise when they reached level sixty.
• At the Body Sect gate, Xu Jie introduced Dugu Lu and Xiao Xiao to Wang Yanfeng and explained that they had withdrawn from Shrek Academy.
• Xu Jie explained that the Body Sect disciples called him Brother Jie because he had defeated them in the martial arena despite fighting with only his left hand.
• Xu Jie reunited Dugu Lu and Xiao Xiao with Qian Ran, then introduced them to Ye Guyi and led Dugu Lu and Xiao Xiao upstairs.

Xu Jie told Dugu Lu that he had a way to address the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul’s flaw, but required Dugu Lu to pass a test first. He explained his past to Xiao Xiao and revealed that an unnamed person tied to Shrek and the Tang Sect had left Huo Yuhao unconscious, then returned to refining the power in the Dragon King Bone.

• Xu Jie rejected Dugu Lu’s request to improve the Dugu Family’s Poison Scripture, but promised a method with at least an eighty percent chance of success if Dugu Lu passed his test the next day.
• Xu Jie told Xiao Xiao that Huo Yuhao was unconscious and protected by the Body Sect, so she could not visit him until her identity was verified.
• Xu Jie recounted how he had been forced into the Holy Spirit Cult and said he had not killed any innocent people; he also explained that Tang Ya had voluntarily awakened her devouring talent for revenge.
• Xu Jie told Xiao Xiao and Dugu Lu that he now intensely hated Shrek and the Tang Sect because of an unnamed person connected to both, who had caused Huo Yuhao’s unconsciousness.
• Xu Jie showed Xiao Xiao and Dugu Lu around the Body Sect, arranged rooms for them, and later returned to refining the power within the Dragon King Bone.

Xu Jie brought Dugu Lu to Iron Arm Village and proposed that he bond with two Jade Phosphor Nine Absolute Flowers to address the flaw in his Martial Soul. When Dugu Lu balked at feeding the poisonous plants, Xu Jie offered Jade Phosphorous Serpents as a harder alternative and revealed that his method could let Dugu Lu share a soul beast’s traits.

• Dugu Lu moved stones at Iron Arm Village’s entrance, releasing poison mist and exposing two Jade Phosphor Nine Absolute Flowers.
• Xu Jie explained that Dugu Lu needed to bond with the flowers, not absorb their soul rings, and feed them snake venom.
• Dugu Lu warned that producing and releasing venom consumed Soul Power and could worsen his shortened lifespan.
• Xu Jie claimed he had an immortal herb that cured all poisons, but admitted he had not brought it with him.
• Xu Jie offered Jade Phosphorous Serpents as an alternative and said his method required a willing soul beast to share its traits.
• Dugu Lu was surprised when Xu Jie revealed that the method could let him share a soul beast’s traits.

Xu Jie convinced Dugu Lu to bond with the Jade Phosphor Nine Absolute Flower, which could turn the Dugu Family’s poison-related martial soul flaw into an advantage. After returning to the Body Sect, Xu Jie found Huo Yuhao still unconscious and asked Golden Body Douluo where he could find Martial Uncle Poison so they could capture Evil Soul Masters.

• Xu Jie explained how the Jade Phosphor Nine Absolute Flower could help the Dugu Family, and Dugu Lu agreed to cultivate a bond with it.
• Dugu Lu fed Soul Power to the Jade Phosphor Nine Absolute Flower until it unfurled its leaves and showed him goodwill.
• Xu Jie moved the stone block, replenished his Soul Power, and flew Dugu Lu back to the Body Sect.
• Xu Jie checked Huo Yuhao and found no change in his condition or in his Spiritual Sea.
• Xu Jie asked Golden Body Douluo where Martial Uncle Poison was so he could ask for help capturing Evil Soul Masters.

Xu Jie arranged to find Evil Soul Masters for research into repairing Ji Juechen’s broken martial soul, then watched Ji Juechen teach Er Niu his own unconventional sword style. He gave Er Niu an internal cultivation manual and showed Ji Juechen how to wield Spiritual Power without Soul Power, leaving Ji Juechen with a possible way to keep practicing.

• Xu Jie asked Golden Body Douluo to find Evil Soul Masters with tool martial souls for his research into repairing Ji Juechen’s martial soul, then visited the unconscious Huo Yuhao and told him a story.
• Ji Juechen told Xu Jie that Er Niu had learned swordsmanship and led him to watch the boy practice with a wooden sword like a kitchen cleaver.
• Xu Jie questioned Ji Juechen’s kitchen-cleaver-like style, then gave him a manual of simplified Huashan Internal Cultivation to teach Er Niu.
• Ji Juechen asked Xu Jie about repairing his martial soul, and Xu Jie admitted he had no solution yet.
• Xu Jie demonstrated a thrust with the Golden Dragon Spear, called its Spear Intent pure Sword Intent, and explained that Ji Juechen could use Spiritual Power even while he struggled to circulate Soul Power.

Xu Jie tested whether damaged martial souls could be restored by breaking the martial souls of captured Evil Soul Masters, but he had not yet found a repair method. Afterward, Dugu Lu asked how Xu Jie knew the Jade Phosphor Nine Absolute Flowers came from a poison formation made by the Dugu Family ancestor Dugu Bo.

• Xu Jie encouraged Ji Juechen to keep practicing the sword and offered him body-tempering manuals, then advised Xiao Xiao on her cultivation and gave her the Wudang Cotton Palm manual.
• Over two days, Xu Jie continued refining the Dragon King Bone while helping Ji Juechen, Xiao Xiao, and Qian Ran with cultivation; Du Busi captured seventeen Evil Soul Masters from two Holy Spirit Cult strongholds.
• Xu Jie and Gu Hua used a Soul Devouring Ant to force captured Evil Soul Masters to summon their martial souls, then Xu Jie broke those martial souls with the Golden Dragon Spear.
• Xu Jie and Gu Hua completed the experiment on fifteen Evil Soul Masters, leaving five tool-martial-soul survivors alive for future tests.
• Xu Jie visited Dugu Lu and the recovering Jade Phosphor Nine Absolute Flowers, then told Dugu Lu they had grown from a poison formation created by his ancestor Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Lu questioned how Xu Jie knew about Dugu Bo, explaining that his family history preserved the ancestor's name but little else.

Xu Jie told Dugu Lu how Tang San had taken the treasures from Dugu Bo’s Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then waited as Huo Yuhao’s memories began to return. After a month of quiet and preparation across the continent, Huo Yuhao finally woke up, and Xu Jie rushed to see him.

• Xu Jie told Dugu Lu that Tang San had taken the immortal herbs from Dugu Bo’s treasure ground while leaving the Dugu Family only a method that treated their venom problem’s symptoms.
• In a dream, Huo Yuhao rejected a pink-blue-haired girl and attacked a golden-haired man who claimed to be his ancestor, before waking briefly to recognize Xu Jie, Dugu Lu, and Xiao Xiao.
• Over the next month, the continent remained tense and quiet as Xu Tianran became emperor and both the Sun Moon Empire and the three former Douluo Continent nations prepared for war.
• Vina asked Xu Jie for the Colt’s blueprints and manufacturing rights, but Xu Jie refused, while Xuan Ziwen continued studying his manuscript and pestering him about Soul Tool research.
• Xu Jie prepared to use Soul-Forging Runes and fire to repair an Evil Soul Master’s broken martial soul, but Wang Yanfeng interrupted him to report that Huo Yuhao had awakened.
• Xu Jie hurried to Iron Arm Village’s entrance, where Dugu Lu stopped tending his Jade Phosphor Nine Absolute Flowers after hearing that Huo Yuhao was awake.

After awakening from a painful dream, Huo Yuhao reunited with Xu Jie, learned that Snow Maiden and Octagonal had become his Soul Contract Soul Beasts, and heard Electrolux warn that Tang San sought to control his identity. Three days later, Xu Jie prepared to test whether a Soul Contract with the Jade Phosphor Nine Absolute Flowers could solve Dugu Lu’s martial soul problem.

• Xu Jie arrived as Huo Yuhao awoke, and Huo Yuhao greeted Du Busi, Golden Body Douluo, and Dugu Lu after recovering his memories and discovering his Soul Power and Spiritual Power had greatly increased.
• Snow Maiden introduced herself and Octagonal as Huo Yuhao’s Soul Contract Soul Beasts, and Huo Yuhao disguised Snow Maiden as a human child so she could explore the human world.
• Xu Jie showed Huo Yuhao the Crimson Gold Profound Flame granted by the Dragon King Bone, and Huo Yuhao described his dream before denying that it had changed his feelings or given him new techniques.
• Electrolux’s message warned Huo Yuhao that Tang San intended to rewrite his soul consciousness, and Xu Jie confirmed that the long-haired figure was Tang San before offering to explain what had happened during Huo Yuhao’s coma.
• Three days later, Xu Jie proposed reversing inscription patterns so Dugu Lu could form a Soul Contract with the Jade Phosphor Nine Absolute Flowers and share their talents to address his martial soul problem.

Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao began testing the Soul Contract System with Dugu Lu and the Jade Phosphor Nine Absolute Flower. The contract succeeded, strengthening Dugu Lu and leaving Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao ready to test its effects.

• Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao explained the Soul Contract System to Dugu Lu and asked him to be their test subject.
• Huo Yuhao showed Dugu Lu his Silver Spirit Beast partner, and Dugu Lu agreed to try forming a soul contract.
• The Snow Maiden and Octagonal communicated with the Jade Phosphor Nine Absolute Flowers, which agreed to contract with Dugu Lu.
• Xu Jie performed the contract while Huo Yuhao, Du Busi, and the Golden Body Douluo watched; the Jade Phosphor Nine Absolute Flower became Dugu Lu's soul contract partner.
• Dugu Lu's new soul ring fused with his existing rings, his level rose to sixty-five, and Jade Phosphor Snake Venom in his body began turning into Soul Power.
• Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao prepared to test the successful contract, while Du Busi and the Golden Body Douluo criticized Shrek Academy for losing Huo Yuhao and Xu Jie.

Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao tested the Soul Contract System on Dugu Lu and began repairing Ji Juechen’s martial soul. The chapter revealed Xiao Yun’er captive beneath Shrek Academy, where Tang Hao and Ah Yin attempted to merge her with the Golden Ancient Tree, and ended with Xu Jie’s repair experiment producing a changed Broken Sword.

• Huo Yuhao examined Dugu Lu and confirmed that the Azure Jade Nine-Petal Flower’s contract had succeeded, while Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao hoped it could provide Dugu Lu with future soul rings.
• Du Busi and the Golden Body Douluo took Dugu Lu to the Body Sect to investigate the contract’s effects, while Xu Jie kept the remaining Azure Jade Nine-Petal Flower sealed away.
• Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao learned that Tang Hao and Ah Yin had abducted Xiao Yun’er and could not be tracked down.
• Tang Hao and Ah Yin found that Electrolux’s gray restriction blocked the Golden Ancient Tree from reaching Xiao Yun’er’s brow, then Ah Yin merged with the tree and a white dragon emerged as a platinum Dragon Egg.
• Xu Jie melted and refined the Evil Soul Master’s broken martial-soul fragment, merged it with Broken Sword, and had Huo Yuhao cool the weapon after it turned black and pitted.

Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao examined the Evil Soul Master and began using Soul Forging Runes and Xu Jie’s golden-red flames to repair Ji Juechen’s Broken Sword. The repair began with the sword tip melting, while Ji Juechen endured the pain and manifested many kinds of Sword Intent.

• Huo Yuhao blocked the Evil Soul Master’s attempt to kill himself, and Xu Jie sealed his Soul Power for further tests.
• Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao examined the Evil Soul Master for two hours and found that Xu Jie’s method could weaken a Martial Soul and its soul skills.
• Ji Juechen refused to wait for further experiments and asked Xu Jie to repair his Martial Soul immediately.
• Xu Jie ended the Evil Soul Master’s life and sent his corpse to the Undead Demigod Plane.
• Huo Yuhao and Xu Jie formed nine Soul Forging Runes and sent them into Ji Juechen’s Broken Sword and its severed tip.
• Xu Jie heated the sword tip until it began to melt as Ji Juechen endured the pain and displayed more than a dozen kinds of Sword Intent.

Ji Juechen reforged his broken martial-soul sword with Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao watching, enduring the pain as he hammered it with his Sword Intent. His six soul rings began to fuse, and a transparent Colorless Ring rose beneath his feet.

• Xu Jie melted Skyfall Meteorite and fused the molten gold with Ji Juechen's broken sword, restoring its shape.
• Ji Juechen took a steel hammer from Huo Yuhao and began forging his martial-soul sword on an anvil, pouring his Sword Intent into every strike.
• Ji Juechen's hands bled as he hammered, while his Sword Intent solidified and his six soul rings drew tightly together.
• Ji Juechen's aura turned gray, and his final strike made his Sword Intent fully solidify as his six soul rings began to fuse.
• The white light faded to reveal a sword patterned with blood-red marks, and a transparent soul ring rose beneath Ji Juechen's feet.

Ji Juechen’s martial soul recovered as his Sword Intents restored his cultivation and propelled him past Rank 70, triggering a heavenly tribulation. He faced the lightning alone, adapting his swordsmanship to each strike as Xu Jie, Huo Yuhao, and the arriving Body Sect elders watched from a distance.

• Ji Juechen’s shifting Sword Intents restored his cultivation to Rank 70, and his sword techniques formed complete sword patterns on the transparent soul ring.
• Ji Juechen thrust his Broken Sword toward the sky, broke through to Rank 71 without absorbing a soul ring, and triggered a heavenly tribulation.
• The Ice Empress warned Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao not to interfere, so they fled Iron Arm Village while Ji Juechen stood alone beneath the storm.
• Du Busi and Golden Body Douluo rushed toward Iron Arm Village, while Body Sect members and Princess Vina noticed the dark clouds and reacted to the danger.
• Ji Juechen split the first lightning bolt with his Broken Sword, endured later strikes, and repeatedly rose as his Sword Intent shifted through different forms.

Ji Juechen endured six lightning strikes before concealing his presence and drawing a gray sword attack that provoked a devastating final bolt. The lightning left him apparently unharmed, and Xu Jie realized the Narcissus Jade Bone might have been activated as five colored lights flashed behind Ji Juechen’s head.

• Ji Juechen stood battered and exhausted as the dark clouds gathered strength, while Du Busi warned that the next strike could seriously injure even him.
• Xu Jie, Huo Yuhao, and the others watched anxiously as Ji Juechen’s Sword Intent and presence vanished, making the heavenly tribulation lose track of him.
• Ji Juechen drew his broken sword and sent a gray streak that cut through space, revealing his position to the heavens.
• A lightning bolt three times thicker than the earlier strikes shattered Ji Juechen’s sword attack and blasted him to the ground, after which the clouds dispersed.
• Xu Jie checked Ji Juechen and found him alive, while Huo Yuhao discovered that he had no injuries and Xu Jie recognized the fragrance of the Narcissus Jade Bone.
• Xu Jie wondered whether the lightning had activated the herb as five colored lights flashed behind Ji Juechen’s head unnoticed by everyone.

The God-Seeking Instrument detected a potential Second-Rank God in the Douluo Plane, prompting the God of Destruction, the Goddess of Life, and Tang San to gather at the God Realm Committee palace. Tang San said the force obscuring the plane was weakening but would take up to twenty years to disappear, leaving the gods unable to investigate the new god’s identity yet.

• The God-Seeking Instrument activated and indicated that a potential Second-Rank God had appeared in the Douluo Plane.
• The Thin God Official and Fat God Official notified Tang San, the God of Destruction, and the Goddess of Life.
• Tang San and the God of Destruction exchanged accusations over the trouble in the Douluo Plane, but the Goddess of Life turned their attention to the instrument.
• The Goddess of Life explained that the instrument’s five lit gems signaled a seed capable of becoming at least a Second-Rank God.
• Tang San said he could not locate the seed because a powerful force obscured the Douluo Plane, though it was weakening and would dissipate within twenty years of lower-realm time.