Chapter Summaries

After Canghui Academy’s reforms strengthened civilian life and spread faith in the Sun God, Huo Yuhao and Xu Jie investigated a barrier that prevented people from ascending to godhood. Xu Jie revealed that the barrier was likely his own power, and the group set out to examine it with Xiao Yunhan in tow.

• Canghui Academy publicly tried and executed noble soul masters who had persecuted civilians, while its reforms and religious teachings gained support among the people.
• Xu Jie reunited with Xiao Yunhan at the Soul Guidance Experiment Base and affectionately carried him into the conference room.
• Huo Yuhao asked Ji Juechen, Ye Guyi, Dugu Lu, and Qian Ran about the force restricting their progress, and they described barriers that blocked their paths to godhood.
• Ji Juechen said his sword required him to defeat Xu Jie, leading Xu Jie to realize his power might be the barrier and could thwart his plan to confront Tang San after the others became gods.
• Xu Jie admitted the barrier was likely his power and offered to take the group to inspect it; after Huo Yuhao objected to bringing Xiao Yunhan, Xu Jie shielded the toddler from Huo Yuhao’s chilling attack.

Xu Jie demonstrated his power over the barrier surrounding the Douluo Plane, causing the plane to tremble and drawing notice in the God Realm. Tang San discussed Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong with the Shrek Seven Devils, then asked them to descend and check on Xiao Qi when the barrier disappeared.

• At ten thousand meters, Xu Jie explained that the mist surrounding the Douluo Plane was his power and made the mist and plane tremble.
• In the Star Dou Great Forest, a silver-eyed beast briefly opened its eyes in response to the tremor.
• Tang San felt the tremor in the Sea God's Temple and showed the Shrek Seven Devils a portrait of Huo Yuhao, identifying him as the Child of Destiny and Dai Mubai's descendant.
• Tang San worried that Huo Yuhao might betray Xiao Qi and asked the others to check on her once the barrier dissipated.
• Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong agreed to descend, while Ma Hongjun objected that gods must not interfere with the lower realm before Tang San invoked special circumstances and authority as God Realm Enforcer.

Xu Jie demonstrated his control over the golden mist by entertaining Xiao Yunhan, then welcomed Di Tian and discussed the Soul Beast Alliance. The chapter recounted the continent’s rapid Soul Guidance Technology development and Shrek Academy’s growing troubles before Xu Jie handed Di Tian a prepared speech for the Alliance’s launch.

• Xu Jie shaped the golden mist into creatures and people to amuse Xiao Yunhan, easing the tension among those watching.
• Di Tian emerged from a rift and questioned Xu Jie, who invited him and the others to come down and discuss the Soul Beast Alliance.
• Xiao Xiao cultivated as Empress of the Sun Moon Empire while the Sun Moon, Dou Ling, and Star Luo Empires expanded Soul Guidance Technology and trade policies.
• Huo Yuhao, writing as Edison, published research and helped advance a proposed system for research Soul Engineers.
• Shrek Academy struggled with dwindling soul beasts, lost financial support, and Di Tian’s refusal to negotiate with it.
• Xu Jie gave Di Tian a manuscript titled “I Have a Dream” and told him to read it at the Soul Beast Alliance’s official launch.

Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao arranged the Soul Beast Alliance ceremony with Di Tian, who accepted Xiao Yunhan as his disciple and gave him a matching set of soul bones. After Huo Yuhao delivered the ceremony requirements, Du Busi learned of the apprenticeship, grew jealous, and took Xiao Yunhan to bed.

• Xu Jie discussed the Soul Beast Alliance ceremony with Di Tian, including soul beast representatives, attendants, and spectator seats, and Di Tian agreed to give Evil Lord an extra seat before challenging him later.
• Di Tian made Xiao Yunhan his disciple and gave him a complete set of six matching silver soul bones as an apprenticeship gift.
• Xu Jie suggested that Bi Ji attend the ceremony with Di Tian as his wife, and Huo Yuhao said the event would take place in about half a year with Shrek Academy attending only as spectators.
• Huo Yuhao delivered the ceremony requirements to the other soul beast territories, then returned to the academy, where Du Busi complained that Di Tian had become Xiao Yunhan's master.
• Huo Yuhao showed Du Busi the six soul bones, and Du Busi suggested that Di Tian might also take Xiao Yun'er as a disciple before leaving with the sleeping Xiao Yunhan.
• Ju Zi and Huo Yuhao discussed Du Busi's jealousy and returned to work on preparations related to the Soul Beast Alliance.

Huo Yuhao and Ju Zi organized teams of Soul Masters and their contracted Soul Beasts to invite influential powers to learn about the Soul Contract System. After Ju Zi assigned each group its destinations, the teams set off across the continent.

• Huo Yuhao proposed assigning experienced Soul Masters and contracted children to invitation teams, and Ju Zi approved his plan and added members from the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Huo Yuhao returned Xiao Yunhan to his family, then entered the Undead Demigod Plane to continue his undercover life in the Sun Moon Empire.
• Three mornings later, Dugu Lu, Ye Guyi, Jing Ziyan, and Ning Tian gathered with their companions and contracted Soul Beasts at the foot of Dou Mountain.
• Ning Tian led her group away from Wu Feng and the Blazing Dragon after the dragon frightened a child and the group was asked to wait at a distance.
• Ju Zi assigned Dugu Lu and Ye Guyi to visit imperial families and nearby powers, Jing Ziyan to visit forces in the former Heaven Dou Empire, and Ning Tian to visit Shrek Academy and the Star Luo border region.
• Dugu Lu and Jing Ziyan's teams headed west, Ye Guyi's team went southwest, and Ning Tian's team set off south.

Canghui Academy and the Soul Beast Alliance launched a continent-wide publicity campaign as their envoys traveled to invite rulers and factions to a ceremony. Dugu Lu reached Tingfeng City and was welcomed by its defense commander, while Ye Guyi flew toward Star Luo City and Ning Tian and Wu Feng approached another city.

• The Dou Ling and Canghui chambers of commerce distributed Soul Beast Alliance pamphlets and offered eggs to people who listened to the promotion.
• Dugu Lu and Biling arrived over Tingfeng City, where Xu Zhan recognized Dugu Lu as a Canghui Academy and Soul Beast Alliance envoy and escorted the group, including Ah Diu and Wang Dongdong, to the City Lord's Manor.
• Jing Ziyan visited the Horizontal Blade Sect with Ji Juechen to invite the faction to the ceremony and demonstrate the Soul Contract System.
• Ye Guyi flew toward Star Luo City on the enlarged Holy Swan, and the Star Luo Emperor ordered that no one obstruct her after learning she was an envoy.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng approached a city across the Lima Plains, and an earth-yellow streak of light rose from it toward them.

Ning Tian and Wu Feng demonstrated the soul contract system to Xuan Zi, who realized its significance and brought them to Shrek Academy for an emergency Sea God Pavilion meeting. Chen Xu accompanied them to protect them as they entered the newly rebuilt academy.

• Ning Tian called for Xuan Zi as he approached, and Wu Feng explained that the Blazing Dragon was her soul contract partner.
• Wu Feng, Ning Tian, and the two disciples showed Xuan Zi their unusual soul rings, convincing him that the soul contract system was real.
• Xuan Zi considered taking the group to Sea God Pavilion for study, but Chen Xu appeared and made clear that he was accompanying Ning Tian and Wu Feng.
• Xuan Zi led the group through Shrek City's eastern gate and brought them to New Sea God Island, where he convened an emergency Sea God Pavilion meeting.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng met the Sea God Pavilion elders, Xuan Ziwen, Xian Lin'er, Beibei, and a familiar-looking young woman they could not identify.

Ning Tian invited Shrek Academy to the Soul Beast Alliance’s founding ceremony and rejected its elders’ demand for cooperation over the Soul Contract. After Gong Changlong attacked her, Di Tian arrived and confronted the Sea God Pavilion, leaving Shrek Academy facing the threat of his long-standing hatred.

• Ning Tian told Xuan Zi and the Sea God Pavilion elders that she had come only to invite Shrek Academy to the Soul Beast Alliance’s founding ceremony, not to discuss cooperation or reveal the Soul Contract.
• Gong Changlong demanded that Ning Tian show sincerity, but she refused and warned that Shrek had no right to expect access to the Soul Contract.
• Gong Changlong unleashed his power against Ning Tian, and Chen Xu blocked it with his Seven Kill Sword intent.
• The black dragon scale in Ning Tian’s hand opened a rift, and Di Tian stepped into the conference hall.
• Di Tian seized Gong Changlong by the throat and told Xuan Zi that he had long wanted to destroy Shrek Academy.

Di Tian subdued Gong Changlong and warned Shrek Academy that the Soul Beast Alliance could destroy it, while Xuan Zi confronted the academy’s decline and its history of mistreating Xu Jie. After Ning Tian offered Shrek ten invitations and prepared to leave, Xuan Zi asked her to demonstrate the Soul Contract.

• Di Tian knocked Gong Changlong unconscious, tossed him to Xuan Zi, and left the meeting room without the elders daring to stop him.
• Xuan Zi reflected that Shrek Academy had lost its former stature and that its past treatment of Xu Jie had helped drive him away.
• Di Tian flew toward Shrek Academy’s new beast-fighting area as Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo followed him.
• Ning Tian placed an invitation for ten Shrek Academy representatives on the conference table and told Chen Xu and Wu Feng to prepare to leave.
• When Xuan Zi called after them, Ning Tian warned that Xu Jie would come if Shrek Academy tried to detain them.
• Xuan Zi clarified that he wanted Ning Tian to demonstrate the Soul Contract using the soul beasts she had brought.

Ning Tian demonstrated Soul Contracts as Di Tian removed the Soul Beasts and destroyed Shrek Academy’s arena, while the contracts spread across the continent. The academy used the resulting upheaval to bring down the Dou Ling Empire and establish the Canghui Empire, with Ju Zi as its new emperor.

• Ning Tian demonstrated Soul Contracts at Shrek Academy, and the elders of Sea God Pavilion saw the unusual Soul Rings.
• Di Tian evacuated the Soul Beasts from Shrek Academy’s arena, destroyed it, and left after Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo escorted the students to safety.
• The Soul Contract system spread across the continent, drawing attention to Huo Yuhao and prompting Soul Masters to seek partners in the Dou Ling Empire, whose borders were placed under heavy surveillance.
• Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao exploited military corruption in the Sun Moon Empire to acquire detection devices and military Soul Tools for the academy.
• Xue Qing abdicated as Ju Zi and the Canghui First Legion brought the Dou Ling Empire under the academy’s control, and Ju Zi founded the Canghui Empire and became its emperor.

Dugu Lu’s delegation arrived in Bright City, where Xu Jie and the Sun Moon Empire’s leaders gathered to learn about Soul Contracts. Wang Dongdong began explaining the system, but Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao noticed that his soul rings and Soul Contract Soul Beast seemed inexplicably ordinary.

• Xu Tianzhen and Xiao Xiao welcomed Dugu Lu’s delegation to Bright City, and Dugu Lu arrived riding with Biling, Ah Diu, and Wang Dongdong.
• Xu Jie finished reviewing a financial report before leading Kong Deming, Jing Hongchen, and the ministers to meet the delegation.
• Xu Jie and Dugu Lu exchanged greetings and jokes through Spiritual Detection Sharing, then Xu Jie asked for an explanation of Soul Contracts.
• Wang Dongdong introduced Soul Contracts while feeding grass to Little Green Horse, whose behavior distracted Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao.
• Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao noticed Wang Dongdong had ordinary white and yellow soul rings, and suspected Little Green Horse was an ordinary animal that had gained Soul Power.

At a banquet in the Sun Moon Empire, Dugu Lu and Xu Jie negotiated thirty soul-contract slots, while Ye Guyi faced an insulting matchmaking event in the Star Luo Empire. Ye Guyi retaliated, and Huo Yuhao arranged for the Soul Beast Alliance to work directly with the Hall of Reverence instead of the Star Luo Imperial Family.

• Dugu Lu and Xu Jie bargained over soul-contract candidates and settled on thirty slots, which the Sun Moon Empire agreed would not be drawn into war.
• Xu Jiawei hosted a matchmaking banquet for Ye Guyi, prompting Huo Yuhao to teleport to Star Luo City after she decided to act.
• Huo Yuhao gave Dai Luoli and Xu Yun gifts and escorted them through the Gate of the Undead, while Ah Da and Ah Er left with Ye Guyi.
• Ye Guyi revealed her Super Douluo strength, knocked the young suitors down, and declared that the Star Luo Imperial Family had lost its soul-contract slots.
• Dark Star apologized, and Huo Yuhao and Ye Guyi offered ten slots to the Hall of Reverence while excluding the Star Luo Imperial Family.

After the Dou Ling Empire fell and became the Canghui Empire, the Soul Beast Alliance continued operating while Canghui and the Sun Moon Empire cooperated on a continent-wide broadcasting system. Half a year later, engineers began testing synchronized screens in Pale City, Bright City, Heaven Dou City, and Shrek City.

• Ye Guyi and the other diplomatic teams returned to the Dou Ling Empire as its lockdown ended and they discovered it had become the Canghui Empire.
• The Canghui Empire announced that the Soul Beast Alliance would remain open to humans and soul beasts of every nationality, and the Sun Moon Empire agreed to cooperate on the Remote Broadcasting Plan.
• Canghui rejected Shrek Academy's attempt to join the state-level agreement, asking which nation the academy represented.
• Ju Zi reorganized Pale City, turned the former imperial city into office districts and alliance headquarters, and confiscated the residences of convicted nobles.
• Half a year later, Jing Ziyan and Wang Tianfu prepared the first broadcasting test in Pale City, where Scarlet King tried the sound-transmission Soul Tool.
• Huo Yuhao confirmed that Bright City was ready to receive the test signal from Pale City, while Xu Jie and Kong Deming watched from the imperial city wall.

Huo Yuhao and Xu Jie tested a long-distance Soul Tool communication system, which displayed statues in Pale City bearing a cultivation method called Basic Internal Cultivation. Beibei suspected it was stolen from the Tang Sect, while Kong Deming feared it could let ordinary people cultivate Soul Power and greatly strengthen the Canghui Empire.

• Huo Yuhao left Xu Jie and Kong Deming to oversee the first Soul Tool communication test with Pale City.
• The communication test succeeded, and the Soul Tool screen showed statues of Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao in Pale City.
• Beibei recognized the Basic Internal Cultivation carved beneath Xu Jie's statue as a simplified version of the Tang Sect's Mysterious Heaven Skill and accused Xu Jie of taking the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record.
• Xuan Zi promised that Shrek Academy would help the Tang Sect seek justice if Beibei's accusation was true.
• Kong Deming saw that Basic Internal Cultivation claimed to let ordinary people cultivate Soul Power and worried about the impact it could have alongside the Soul Contract System.

Beibei and Xuan Zi investigated whether Basic Internal Cultivation could let ordinary people cultivate Soul Power, while Kong Deming and Xu Jie considered its implications for the Sun Moon Empire. Beibei confirmed the method was real, leaving the Shrek inspection group and the empire facing the consequences of its spread.

• Beibei realized the Mysterious Heaven Skill was missing the opening method found in Basic Internal Cultivation and suspected it had been altered.
• Xuan Zi and Beibei agreed they had to test the cultivation method because its truth could affect the entire continent.
• Kong Deming and Xu Jie discussed how Basic Internal Cultivation and Soul Contracts could make the newly established Canghui Empire a powerful rival to the Sun Moon Empire.
• Kong Deming ordered someone to verify the method and planned for Xu Tianzhen to ask about it during her upcoming delegation to Canghui.
• Beibei tested the method in the square and told Xuan Zi that Basic Internal Cultivation was real.

Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao successfully created a Clone Puppet that carried Xu Jie’s memories and could impersonate Xu Shenkai. They left for the Undead Demigod Plane to work on placing the Golden Dragon Spear inside it before returning to prepare for the Soul Beast Alliance’s founding ceremony.

• Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao tested a Clone Puppet in the Sun Moon Imperial Palace, using Spiritual Power and a memory extracted with the Dark Gold Spirit Staff.
• The Clone Puppet became a copy of Xu Shenkai, identified itself as the emperor and Xu Jie’s clone, and took the emperor’s place without the eunuchs noticing.
• Xu Jie explained that he planned to use the puppet when he dispelled the mist during their future fight against gods, and asked Huo Yuhao to see if the Golden Dragon Spear could be placed inside it to protect Xiao Xiao.
• Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao discussed waiting for Dugu Lu and the danger of facing gods, then agreed to avoid involving Qian Ran if possible.
• Xu Jie opened the Gate of the Undead, and he and Huo Yuhao went to the Undead Demigod Plane to examine the Golden Dragon Spear before the alliance ceremony.

Xu Jie revealed that the Golden Dragon Spear had transformed into a divine weapon, named it the Sun God Spear—Helios, and gave it to Huo Yuhao to study. After the two returned to Pale City, they learned that Princess Tianzhen was demanding to see Xu Jie.

• Xu Jie showed Huo Yuhao the transformed Golden Dragon Spear and explained that it had likely changed after absorbing his faith power and Sun martial soul.
• Xu Jie handed the spear to Huo Yuhao, who stored it in his Spiritual Sea of Consciousness and saw the name Helios appear on its shaft.
• Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao used the Gate of the Undead to return to Pale City.
• Wang Dongdong told Ju Zi that Princess Tianzhen would not leave without seeing Xu Jie, and Ju Zi decided to let Xu Jie handle the matter himself.
• Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao appeared in Ju Zi's office, where Xiao Yunhan ran to them and Huo Yuhao scooped him up first.

Xu Jie met with Xu Tianzhen, who accepted that their past relationship was over because of her brother’s death and Xu Jie’s ties to Long Xiaoyao. After handling government affairs and making plans for Xiao Xiao’s stay, Xu Jie joined his friends and family for a reunion dinner ahead of the Soul Beast Alliance’s establishment, while Old Tang remained in seclusion to pursue a breakthrough.

• Xu Jie admitted to Wang Dongdong that he had once been Xu Tianzhen’s fiancé and had arranged Xu Tianran’s death, then told Xu Tianzhen that Long Xiaoyao was his master.
• Xu Tianzhen declined Xu Jie’s offer to teach her a different cultivation technique and left after understanding that their relationship could not continue.
• Xu Jie discussed restoring Wang Dongdong’s right leg and discovered that Sun God health products had caused a sudden surge in his power of faith.
• Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao joked about the Sun God brand, and Xu Jie kicked Huo Yuhao before turning back to government work.
• Xu Jie, Ju Zi, Wang Dongdong, and Xiao Xiao finished their affairs, then gathered with their friends and family for a reunion dinner before the Soul Beast Alliance’s establishment.
• Du Busi said Old Tang was in seclusion while attempting to become a Limit Douluo.

Xu Jie walked through Pale City with his companions, discussed their divine trials, and announced that he planned to open the barrier within one or two years. At the Sun God Temple, he revised the temple master's health supplement formulas and ordered changes to the products' names and packaging.

• Xu Jie and Xiao Xiao talked about making their relationship official while the group strolled along Pale City's walls.
• Dugu Lu said he was nearing the end of his ninth divine trial, while Qian Ran and Ye Guyi described their slower progress; Xu Jie said he planned to open the barrier within a year or two.
• Ji Juechen's sword briefly dimmed Dugu Lu's Rakshasa Demonic Scythe, and Huo Yuhao agreed to fight Ji Juechen another time.
• Xu Jie visited the Sun God Temple and examined the temple master's original health supplement formula.
• Xu Jie gave the temple master two improved formulas named Destiny God and Rakshasa God, ordered him to gradually change the Sun God name, and told him to put Dugu Lu's photo on the Rakshasa God packaging.

As Pale City prepared for the Soul Beast Alliance’s founding ceremony, Xu Jie arranged for the gathered soul beasts to attend and gave Dugu Lu a plan to upgrade his Rakshasa Demonic Scythe. The ceremony was about to begin, with the alliance’s human and soul beast representatives assembled.

• Xu Jie and Xiao Xiao spent the night together in the pink-decorated room, and Huo Yuhao woke them early the next morning before Xu Jie renovated the room and began writing about faith’s effects on divine artifacts.
• Huo Yuhao helped Ju Zi and Xiao Yunhan prepare for the ceremony while Long Xiaoyao, Ye Xishui, Du Busi, Di Tian, and other soul beasts got ready to attend.
• Sea Princess showed Lijing and Liya a divine-power aura and urged Lijing to represent the Mermaid Clan at the ceremony.
• Pale City admitted the ceremony’s human audience and faction delegations in an orderly fashion, while soul beast representatives entered the venue with their companions.
• Xu Jie found Dugu Lu and gave him a paper outlining a way to upgrade the Rakshasa Demonic Scythe, promising to provide the power of faith needed within a month.