Vol. 9The Northern War and Beast Tide

Chen Ping built alliances and gathered power while striking the Sun Moon Empire and opposing Tang San’s followers. He returned to Shrek as the Beast Tide threatened the city, and the volume ended with him studying Ring Detonation.

  • Chen Ping drove Ye Xishui from the Star Luo border, uncovered the Golden Ancient Tree’s threat, and formed a Soul Core.
  • After Xu Tianran renewed the invasion, Chen Ping prepared to seek allies in Dragon City and left to meet Xian Yong Shuang.
  • Chen Ping gathered allies and treasures in Dragon City, then destroyed Oak City’s military supplies and infiltrated Dongyang City.
  • He escaped the Evil Soul Masters with Lan Fuzi, learned she was investigating Liya and the missing Sea Princess Clan, and faced Xiao Bai’s accusation.
  • Chen Ping killed Xiao Bai and two Evil Soul Master Titled Douluos, then reunited Liya with the Sea Princess Clan and returned to Shrek with valuable materials.
  • He helped Shrek seek a new power source for the Death God Tower, cultivated to level seventy-three, and learned soul beasts were gathering.
  • Chen Ping and Shrek’s defenders resisted the Beast Tide with fortified walls, artillery, traps, and his undead army.
  • After Du Busi shielded Shrek City from Di Tian’s attack, Chen Ping turned to learning Ring Detonation.
Chapters 804–905 Read from ch. 804

Arc 33Soul Core and the Northern Front

Chen Ping helped drive Ye Xishui from the Star Luo border, uncovered the Golden Ancient Tree’s threat, and formed his first Soul Core. As Xu Tianran renewed the invasion of the Heaven Dou Empire, Chen Ping prepared to seek allies in Dragon City and left to meet Xian Yong Shuang.

  • Ye Xishui fought the Star Luo Titled Douluos, but Xuanji Douluo’s Sun and Moon God Needle destroyed the Death God Tower and Chen Ping’s Rank 9 Fixed Cannonball forced her retreat.
  • Chen Ping’s Metal Storm devastated the Mingdou Mountain Range, and the Star Luo forces recovered him alive and offered compensation for his aid.
  • Chen Ping returned to Shrek Academy and discovered through Zhao Wuji’s memory that the Golden Ancient Tree weakened Soul Masters while serving Tang San’s purposes.
  • Chen Ping condensed and swallowed a Soul Core, reaching Level 70, while Electrolux developed low-speed Soul Cores to help undead cultivate.
  • Long Ao Tian told Chen Ping that Xu Tianran had executed Ju Zi, reorganized the Sun Moon Empire’s army, and captured four Heaven Dou cities.
  • Chen Ping advised the Heaven Dou Empire on resisting the invasion and planned to seek help from the Dragon gates and investigate Xu Tianran’s supply line.
  • Nan Qiūqiū joined Chen Ping for the trip to Dragon City, and he visited Xian Yong Shuang, who had become a Four-Ring Soul Ancestor and skilled Soul Guidance Device crafter.
Chapters 804–828 Summaries Read

Arc 34Dragon Valley and Northern Raid

Chen Ping gathered allies and treasures in Dragon City, then destroyed Oak City’s military supplies through space portals before infiltrating Dongyang City. He escaped the Evil Soul Masters with Lan Fuzi, learned why she was hunting them, and faced Xiao Bai’s accusation.

  • Yong Shuang asked Chen Ping to find surviving members of her scattered clan, and he agreed to help as he traveled north with Nan Qiūqiū.
  • Chen Ping bought Earth Dragon Gate’s cold spring secret realm from Nan Shuǐshuǐ, discovered a Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Cave, and absorbed its marrow with Snow Empress’s help.
  • The Old Sect Master gave Chen Ping the Dragon Pearl and asked him to bring Heavenly Dragon Gate’s young disciples to Shrek Academy before the Sun Moon Empire attacked.
  • Chen Ping and Huo Yuhao coordinated an assault through three Space Doors, and Shrek’s Soul Engineer Legions destroyed Oak City’s defenses and supplies.
  • Chen Ping escaped Oak City with Snow Empress and Scarlet King, then entered Dongyang City disguised as Tang San and helped Qian Renxue fight Evil Soul Masters.
  • Chen Ping and Qian Renxue confronted Myriad Souls Douluo and Abomination Douluo, but fled toward the Ice Sea after Myriad Souls Douluo released vengeful spirits including Liya.
  • Chen Ping revealed that he opposed Tang San, and Lan Fuzi explained that she was investigating Liya and the missing Sea Princess Clan before Xiao Bai arrived and accused them of disrespecting Tang San.
Chapters 829–854 Summaries Read

Arc 35The Sea God’s Hearts

Chen Ping killed Xiao Bai and the two Evil Soul Master Titled Douluos, then reunited Liya with the Sea Princess Clan and returned to Shrek with valuable materials. He helped the Academy seek a new power source for the Death God Tower, continued cultivating, and learned that soul beasts were gathering in large numbers.

  • Chen Ping defeated Xiao Bai with Lan Fuzi’s help, absorbed her 300,000-year Soul Ring, and evolved his Beast Staff into the Demon Shark Spear.
  • Chen Ping killed Abomination Douluo and Myriad Souls Douluo, purified the vengeful spirits, and collected supplies from Dongyang City.
  • Chen Ping and Lan Fuzi visited the Sea Princess Clan, where Chen Ping returned Liya’s soul and helped restore her to her body.
  • Chen Ping obtained Sky Banning Conches and Deep Sea Dark Silver from the Sea Princess Clan, then returned to Shrek Academy with the materials.
  • Chen Ping told Huo Yuhao, Qian Duoduo, and Xuan Ziwen about his journey and suggested using Immortal Spirit Qi as a power source for the Death God Tower.
  • Chen Ping cultivated at Shrek for two months, reaching level seventy-three and continuing to advance, before a graduate reported that soul beasts were gathering in large numbers.
Chapters 855–879 Summaries Read

Arc 36The Beast Tide of Shrek

Shrek City endured the Star Dou Forest’s Beast Tide with fortified walls, traps, artillery, and Chen Ping’s undead army. After Du Busi arrived to shield the city from Di Tian’s attack, Chen Ping turned his attention to learning Ring Detonation.

  • Chen Ping suspected the Holy Spirit Cult had provoked the Soul Beasts, but Di Tian led the Beast Tide against Shrek City after more than five Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were killed.
  • Shrek’s defenders prepared the city’s fortified walls as Xuan Zi confronted Di Tian, then used the Sea God’s Brand and Taotie Energy Armor to seal him away.
  • Shi Xing’s traps and artillery devastated the Beast Tide’s first assaults, while Bi Ji healed the Soul Beasts and Shrek’s defenders suffered casualties and equipment losses.
  • The Soul Beasts attacked again, but Shrek’s reinforced walls resisted their bombardment as the Four Great Ferocious Beasts joined the assault.
  • Zi Ji’s freezing rain extinguished Shrek’s incendiary bombs, and the Soul Beasts gained ground until Chen Ping’s undead army attacked their rear with Soul Guidance Devices powered by Milk Bottles.
  • The undead raised slain Soul Beasts into new soldiers, forcing Bi Ji to withdraw the Beast Tide as the Undead retreated through Space Portals with captured equipment and bones.
  • Di Tian broke Xuan Zi’s seal and unleashed Black Dragon Annihilation, but Du Busi arrived and used his newly cultivated Body Dharma Aspect to shield Shrek City.
  • Chen Ping reflected on the Demonic Whale King’s power and the Great Sumeru Hammer, then focused on finding a way to use Ring Detonation.
Chapters 880–905 Summaries Read
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