Chapter Summaries

Jiang Shengyu and Huo Yuhao defeated the Evil Soul Masters, purified the Sacred Altar and freed its captive souls, including Na Na’s parents. After clearing the underground area, they emerged to meet Captain Jia of the Mingdu Garrison.

• Huo Yuhao stunned two Evil Soul Masters with Soul Impact, allowing Jiang Shengyu to destroy them with his ice sword and Buddha's Angry Fire Lotus.
• Jiang Shengyu used the Purification Lotus Demonic Fire to cleanse the passage to the Sacred Altar of its foul aura.
• Huo Yuhao purified the imprisoned souls with the Eye of Life and Electrolux’s power, while Na Na reunited with her parents before their souls faded away.
• Jiang Shengyu gave smaller flames to the Soul Hall members and Xiao Hongchen so they could burn tainted objects as the group cleared the underground area.
• The group emerged to find civilians and the Mingdu Garrison gathered nearby, where Old Hong introduced them to Captain Jia.

Jiang Shengyu presented evidence of the Evil Soul Master stronghold to the emperor, who ordered him to lead a campaign against the Evil Soul Masters in Mingdu. Afterward, Xu Tianran denied knowing about Jiang Shengyu’s operation beforehand when a shadowy figure questioned him.

• Captain Jia thanked Jiang Shengyu for destroying the stronghold and asked him to notify the garrison about future operations.
• Jiang Shengyu, Na Na, and Old Hong went to the palace, where Jiang Shengyu showed the emperor evidence of the Evil Soul Masters’ stronghold.
• The emperor pardoned Jiang Shengyu and the others for using a Rank Nine Soul Tool, then authorized Jiang Shengyu to eliminate the Evil Soul Masters in Mingdu.
• Kong Deming warned Jiang Shengyu that the emperor had made him a target, but Jiang Shengyu accepted the danger and Kong Deming promised him more Rank Nine Soul Tools.
• Xu Tianran returned to his study and told a shadowy figure that he had not known about Jiang Shengyu’s operation beforehand.

Xu Tianran’s negotiations with the Holy Spirit Cult broke down after its base was destroyed, while Shrek Academy dealt with Ma Xiaotao’s disappearance and investigated Wang Dong’s mysterious protection. The chapter ended with Mu En sending Xuan Zi to escort Jiang Qingtong and Xiao Xiao to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Soul Rings.

• Xu Tianran offered the Holy Spirit Cult a new base, but its representative refused and suspended contact until the Cult Leader gave orders.
• Kong Deming began choosing a Rank Nine Soul Tool for Jiang Shengyu, while Jing Hongchen selected students for the exchange program.
• Mu En rebuked Yan Shaozhe over Ma Xiaotao’s capture and said he would try to contact Long Xiaoyao about her.
• Zhuang Lao reported that a powerful restriction in Wang Dong’s Spiritual Sea of Consciousness had caused her and Huo Yuhao to fall unconscious.
• Mu En arranged for Wang Dong to cultivate on Sea God Island and assigned Xuan Zi to take Jiang Qingtong and Xiao Xiao to the Star Dou Great Forest for Soul Rings.

Mu En urged Wang Dong to remain at Sea God Island and gave Bei Bei a Dragon Core that could help evolve his martial soul and reach Limit Douluo. Xuan Zi took Jiang Qingtong and Xiao Xiao to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Soul Rings, and Jiang Qingtong asked about finding a ten-thousand-year Mental-type Soul Beast.

• Mu En asked Wang Dong to cultivate on Sea God Island, and she agreed despite wanting to accompany Jiang Qingtong and Xiao Xiao.
• Mu En encouraged Bei Bei to grow stronger for Tang Ya and gave him a Dragon Core that could evolve his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon into a Light Sacred Dragon.
• Xuan Zi found Jiang Qingtong and Xiao Xiao, then escorted them toward the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain Soul Rings.
• Xiao Xiao said she wanted a defensive Soul Ring for her Three Lives Soul Calming Cauldron, and Jiang Qingtong asked whether ten-thousand-year Mental-type Soul Beasts were difficult to find.

Jiang Qingtong, Xiao Xiao, and Xuan Zi entered the Star Dou Great Forest in search of soul rings, where they encountered a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear close to ten thousand years old. Xuan Zi proposed it as Xiao Xiao’s soul ring, leaving her unsure whether she could handle it.

• Jiang Qingtong explained that she wanted a soul ring for her Mental-type martial soul, and Xuan Zi promised they would find a suitable beast in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The group entered the forest, where Jiang Qingtong used Mental Detection Sharing while Xiao Xiao searched for a soul beast suitable for herself.
• Xuan Zi sensed a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear approaching from the outer perimeter, and it reached the group within moments.
• Xuan Zi released his Rank Ninety-Eight aura, pinning the near-ten-thousand-year bear in place, but the beast did not flee.
• Xuan Zi suggested that Xiao Xiao use the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear for her Three Lives Soul Calming Cauldron, and Xiao Xiao worried that its age was beyond her ability.

Jiang Qingtong and Xiao Xiao attempted to secure a Soul Ring from a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, but Xiong Jun arrived and challenged Xuan Zi. As Jiang Qingtong fled with Xiao Xiao, purple-black vines rose ahead of them and blocked their escape.

• Jiang Qingtong reasoned that a Soul Ring might be made absorbable by imprinting its attributes, while Xiao Xiao agreed to deliver the final blow to the restrained bear.
• The restrained Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear roared, summoning a more powerful Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear identified by Xuan Zi as Xiong Jun.
• Xiong Jun accused Xuan Zi of taking a clan member for a Soul Ring and rejected the agreement between the beast clan and Shrek Academy.
• Xuan Zi entered his Martial Soul possession state and fought Xiong Jun while ordering Jiang Qingtong to take Xiao Xiao away.
• Jiang Qingtong used Void Wander to flee with Xiao Xiao, but the Ten Thousand Demons King raised a wall of vines in their path.

Jiang Qingtong and Xiao Xiao escaped Ten Thousand Demons King's vines, but Di Tian disrupted their spatial transfer and Bi Ji went to retrieve them. The Three-Eyed Golden Lion found Jiang Qingtong and linked minds with her, while Scarlet King arrived and was stopped from eating the humans.

• Jiang Qingtong used Past Moon to escape Ten Thousand Demons King's vines, but Di Tian sealed the surrounding space and interrupted her transfer.
• Jiang Qingtong and Xiao Xiao fell from the spatial passage, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion pounced on Jiang Qingtong and pressed her third eye to Jiang Qingtong's forehead.
• Jiang Qingtong and Jiang Shengyu both lost consciousness, alarming Kong Deming, who called for Heavenly Sound Douluo.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion told Scarlet King she had felt compelled to find Jiang Qingtong, and Scarlet King recognized that the humans had likely fled from the battle.
• Scarlet King tried to eat Jiang Qingtong and Xiao Xiao, but Bi Ji stopped him, explaining that Di Tian had specifically named them.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion brought the unconscious Jiang Qingtong to Di Tian, whose Spiritual Power could not penetrate her soul and whose suspicions grew when her martial soul appeared. In a golden soul space, Jiang Qingtong and Jiang Shengyu met Destiny, the god who had brought Jiang Shengyu to Douluo Continent and bestowed Mirror Flower, Water Moon on him.

• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion told Bi Ji that a strange premonition had drawn her to Jiang Qingtong, so Bi Ji took them to Di Tian in the Core Region.
• Di Tian rebuked Scarlet King for failing to keep the Three-Eyed Golden Lion safe, but she defended him and explained why she had sought Jiang Qingtong.
• Di Tian's Spiritual Power was repelled from Jiang Qingtong's Spiritual Sea of Consciousness, and her Mirror Flower martial soul appeared with one purple and two black Soul Rings.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion stopped Di Tian from killing Jiang Qingtong and insisted that she liked her.
• Jiang Qingtong and Jiang Shengyu found themselves together as separate personalities in a golden soul space, where Destiny revealed that it had brought Jiang Shengyu to Douluo Continent and given him Mirror Flower, Water Moon.
• Jiang Shengyu asked if Destiny was his cheat, and Jiang Qingtong complained that it had appeared only after she had cleared several dungeons.

Destiny explained that it had brought Jiang Shengyu and Jiang Qingtong to Douluo Continent to oppose Tang San, whose interference had weakened the realm’s original rules. After learning that Tang San had noticed them and planned to win them over through his daughter, the pair chose to stand with Destiny.

• Destiny reminded Jiang Shengyu and Jiang Qingtong that it had revived them after a Soul Beast killed them and created their Mirror Flower, Water Moon martial soul.
• Destiny explained that Tang San’s interference had weakened it and that it had brought the pair from another world to help restore Douluo Star’s order alongside Huo Yuhao.
• Destiny revealed that Huo Yuhao had drawn Tang San’s attention, and Tang San had noticed Jiang Shengyu and Jiang Qingtong and intended for his daughter to win them over.
• Destiny showed the pair scenes involving Wang Dong and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, then asked whether they would remain loyal to it.
• Jiang Shengyu and Jiang Qingtong rejected Destiny’s matchmaking and declared they would stand with it against Tang San.
• Destiny reassured them that their Mirror Flower, Water Moon martial soul gave them unprecedented talent, even surpassing Huo Yuhao’s.

Jiang Shengyu learned more about Mirror Flower, Water Moon and Destiny’s promise to shield him from the God Realm. In the Star Dou Great Forest’s Core Region, Jiang Qingtong challenged Di Tian’s belief that humans and Soul Beasts could never reconcile by demonstrating that she could break through without hunting a Soul Beast.

• Destiny explained that Mirror Flower could imprint martial souls while Water Moon offered illusory skills from beyond the world, and promised to protect Jiang Shengyu from the God Realm until he grew stronger.
• Jiang Shengyu woke among Kong Deming and the others, who worried over his sudden fainting, while Jiang Qingtong awoke surrounded by Di Tian, Bi Ji, the Scarlet King, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion asked to keep Jiang Qingtong in the forest, but Di Tian refused and said he needed to use the humans to negotiate with Shrek Academy.
• Jiang Qingtong argued that humans and Soul Beasts could reconcile if Soul Masters no longer needed to hunt Soul Beasts for soul rings.
• Jiang Qingtong released her suppressed Soul Power, broke through rank forty, and formed a new soul ring without hunting a Soul Beast, leaving Di Tian wondering whether she was a god’s inheritor.

Jiang Qingtong convinced Di Tian that her research into God-given Soul Rings and Soul Tools could eventually end the need for soul masters to hunt Soul Beasts, leading him to propose cooperation. Their discussion drew the Silver Dragon King's attention, and Di Tian told Jiang Qingtong that their Master wished to meet her.

• Di Tian realized Jiang Qingtong was a Deity's inheritor and warned that he might kill her to prevent another human Deity from arising.
• Jiang Qingtong argued that her research with Jiang Shengyu could let soul masters cultivate without hunting Soul Beasts and that Soul Tools might eventually replace Soul Bones.
• Jiang Qingtong revealed that she was from the Sun Moon Empire and described its advanced Soul Tool Technology, prompting praise from the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and Bi Ji.
• Di Tian agreed to cooperate with Jiang Qingtong, recognizing that her research needed the Star Dou Great Forest's Soul Beasts.
• A heavy presence emerged from the Lake of Life, and Di Tian, Bi Ji, and the others bowed to their Master.
• Di Tian told Jiang Qingtong that the Silver Dragon King wished to see her, and Jiang Qingtong tried to hide her surprise.

Jiang Qingtong met the Silver Dragon King, who offered her protection after hearing her belief that sentient beings were equal. The Silver Dragon King revealed that the Gods were eroding her consciousness and asked Jiang Qingtong to help resist them; Jiang Qingtong accepted her alliance.

• Di Tian opened a passage into the Lake of Life, and Jiang Qingtong descended to meet the Silver Dragon King.
• The Silver Dragon King sensed Destiny's aura on Jiang Qingtong and asked how she viewed Soul Beasts and humans.
• Jiang Qingtong said that all sentient beings were equal, and the Silver Dragon King offered her friendship, protection, and a silver dragon scale.
• Jiang Qingtong questioned the Silver Dragon King's quick offer, and the Silver Dragon King explained that the Gods' restrictions were eroding her consciousness.
• The Silver Dragon King asked Jiang Qingtong to help her resist the Gods, and Jiang Qingtong accepted the alliance.

Jiang Qingtong agreed to join forces with the Silver Dragon King against the gods, received a protective dragon scale, and learned that Di Tian would give Jiang Shengyu his Reverse Scale. After leaving the Lake of Life, Jiang Qingtong prepared to return to the human world while promising to visit the Three-Eyed Golden Lion again.

• Jiang Qingtong and the Silver Dragon King agreed to cooperate against the gods, and the Silver Dragon King gave her a Seven-Colored Silver Dragon Scale that could summon protection in a life-or-death moment.
• The Silver Dragon King said Di Tian could give Jiang Shengyu his Reverse Scale, then revealed her adult human form to Jiang Qingtong before she left.
• Jiang Qingtong emerged from the passage into the Lake of Life, told Di Tian and the others about her meeting, and Di Tian agreed to travel to the Sun Moon Empire to give Jiang Shengyu his Reverse Scale.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion asked Jiang Qingtong to stay in the Core Region, but Jiang Qingtong and Di Tian explained that she had to return to the human world and promised she would visit.
• Jiang Qingtong asked about Xiao Xiao, and Bi Ji explained that she had put Xiao Xiao back to sleep to keep Jiang Qingtong's secret from being exposed.

Jiang Qingtong and Bi Ji woke Xiao Xiao and reassured her that the Ferocious Beasts would not harm her, while Di Tian prepared to negotiate with Shrek Academy. Di Tian and the others arrived to stop Xiong Jun and Xuan Zi’s battle, but Xiong Jun demanded that Di Tian let him finish the fight.

• Di Tian refused to let Xiao Xiao hunt Soul Beasts for a Soul Ring, and Bi Ji woke her after the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and Scarlet King left.
• Xiao Xiao panicked when Jiang Qingtong introduced her to Di Tian and Bi Ji, but Bi Ji reassured her that the Ferocious Beasts would not harm her because of their agreement with Shrek Academy.
• Di Tian said it was time to speak with Shrek Academy, and Bi Ji led Jiang Qingtong and Xiao Xiao toward the battlefield.
• Xiong Jun and Xuan Zi continued their fierce battle while Ten Thousand Demons King watched, leaving both fighters injured and exhausted.
• Di Tian and Bi Ji arrived with Jiang Qingtong and Xiao Xiao and stopped the fight, prompting Xiong Jun to demand that Di Tian let him finish off Xuan Zi.

Di Tian captured Jiang Qingtong and Xiao Xiao and demanded that Mu En come negotiate, while Xuan Zi returned to Shrek badly injured. Mu En gathered the academy’s elders, but his declining health left the others worried about the danger of meeting Di Tian.

• Di Tian dismissed Xiong Jun’s objections and ordered Xuan Zi to call Mu En, while Xuan Zi failed to get Jiang Qingtong and Xiao Xiao back.
• Xuan Zi left the Star Dou Great Forest and told the Shrek guards that Ferocious Beasts had captured his students, prompting Shi Nian to escort him to the Sea God Pavilion.
• Mu En sent Bei Bei away after handing him the remaining Dragon Core power, then rebuked Xuan Zi for his failure.
• Shi Nian gathered the Venerable Elders and deans, and Zhuang Lao treated Xuan Zi’s severe wounds.
• Mu En confirmed that Di Tian wanted to negotiate with him, and Cai Meier warned him against going because of the danger to his life.

Mu En went to the Star Dou Great Forest with Song Lao to negotiate with Di Tian over the Ferocious Beasts’ attack on Shrek Academy’s people. At the forest’s edge, Di Tian and Mu En disputed who had broken their agreement, and Xiong Jun accused Taotie Douluo of attacking his clansman.

• Mu En insisted on meeting Di Tian despite Yan Shaozhe and Cai Meier’s concerns, and he arranged for Song Lao to protect Jiang Qingtong and Xiao Xiao.
• Song Lao took Mu En to the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest, where Mu En called for Di Tian and refused to enter the forest.
• Di Tian also refused to approach, so they agreed to negotiate from opposite sides of the forest boundary.
• Mu En accused the Ferocious Beasts of breaking their agreement by attacking Shrek’s people in the Outer Perimeter Zone.
• Di Tian said Shrek’s people had attacked first, and Xiong Jun claimed Taotie Douluo had tried to take the Soul Ring of a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.

Mu En and Di Tian negotiated over Shrek’s captive students and agreed to new restrictions on entering the Star Dou Great Forest. After Jiang Qingtong and Xiao Xiao returned safely, Di Tian revealed that he had only made a show of negotiation on his Master’s orders because Mu En was nearing the end of his life.

• Bi Ji explained that the Soul Beasts had increased patrols after Long Xiaoyao revealed his aura, and that Xiong Jun had fought Taotie Douluo over a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.
• Di Tian demanded that Shrek swear a soul oath barring anyone above Titled Douluo from entering the forest without an invitation, but Mu En refused even with Jiang Qingtong and Xiao Xiao held captive.
• Di Tian proposed that anyone with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring stay out of the forest and that Soul Beasts over ten thousand years old avoid the Outer Perimeter Zone except on patrol; Mu En accepted and swore an oath.
• Bi Ji returned Jiang Qingtong and Xiao Xiao unharmed, and Mu En led them and Song Lao back toward Shrek Academy.
• Xiong Jun challenged Di Tian’s decision to trust the humans, and Di Tian said his Master had ordered the arrangement because Mu En’s blood and vitality were declining.

Mu En told the Sea God Pavilion about his pact with Di Tian, then used his remaining strength to arrange Shrek Academy’s leadership before speaking with the younger students. He revealed that he knew Wang Dong’er was a girl, leaving Xiao Xiao shocked.

• Di Tian returned to the Core Region, and Bi Ji told Xiong Jun that the Silver Dragon King had intended to protect the human girls.
• Mu En returned to Shrek City and called a Sea God Pavilion meeting, including Shi Nian, to report his pact with Di Tian.
• Yan Shaozhe objected to the pact, and Mu En rebuked him before revealing that he was near death and arranging for Xuan Zi to succeed him, Song Lao to become vice pavilion master, and Yan Shaozhe to guide Jiang Qingtong.
• Mu En spoke with Bei Bei, Wang Dong’er, Xiao Xiao, and Jiang Qingtong, urging Bei Bei to live up to his family’s hopes.
• Mu En addressed Wang Dong’er by name, and Jiang Qingtong explained that the Light Goddess Butterfly had revealed Wang Dong’er was a girl, shocking Xiao Xiao.

Mu En died after displaying his power and merging his soul into the Golden Tree, leaving the Soul Contract Pearl as a symbol of Shrek Academy’s agreement with the Soul Beasts. Several days later, Shrek resumed its work and selected students and teachers for the exchange with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

• Jiang Qingtong explained that she had kept Wang Dong’er’s identity secret out of respect, and Mu En encouraged the students before departing.
• Mu En transformed into his youthful form, displayed the Light Sacred Dragon, and merged his soul into the Golden Tree, while the Soul Contract Pearl remained above the Sea God Pavilion.
• In the Star Dou Great Forest, Xiong Jun urged Di Tian to attack Shrek City, but Di Tian refused and subdued Xiong Jun before leaving to find the girl’s brother.
• Several days after Mu En’s death, Yan Shaozhe arranged for Xiao Xiao to obtain another Soul Ring, and Shrek Academy continued its regular operations.
• Shrek selected Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, Dai Huabin, Xu Sanshi, and Soul Tool Department students for the Sun Moon exchange, with Fan Yu and Wang Yan as lead teachers; Xian Lin'er excluded He Caitou over concerns for his safety.

Shrek and Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy sent their exchange students toward the Star Luo Empire, while Jiang Qingtong avoided Wang Dong'er’s request to move in with her. The Sun Moon group neared Yu Ming City, where a sudden ominous cloud and terrifying aura appeared ahead.

• Yan Shaozhe sent the Shrek exchange students off, and Wang Dong'er asked Jiang Qingtong to share a room with her; Jiang Qingtong claimed she would live with her arriving brother instead.
• Jing Hongchen led Jiang Shengyu, Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, Huo Yuhao, Ai Cao, and the other Sun Moon exchange students toward Yu Ming Pass by Soul Bus.
• The Sun Moon group passed through Yu Ming Pass after the guards confirmed they were participating in the exchange.
• Xiao Hongchen complained that Shrek’s students were waiting in Yu Ming City, while Jing Hongchen warned him to control his temper.
• As the group approached Yu Ming City, inky green clouds spread across the sky and Jing Hongchen stepped in front of everyone, warning them to be careful.