Chapter Summaries

Chen Ping and Zhang Lexuan fought the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff after learning it had stolen the Auspicious Beast’s Mirage Pearl and wounded Scarlet King. Zhang Lexuan was badly injured by its powerful Lion Mastiff Roar but slowed the beast with her Sixth Soul Skill as she urged the others to flee and find Dean Cai.

• The Auspicious Beast told Chen Ping that the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff had stolen her Mirage Pearl, disguised itself, and bitten Scarlet King.
• The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff realized Zhang Lexuan’s Blood Moon Eclipse was damaging it and unleashed a massive Lion Mastiff Roar.
• The roar shattered Zhang Lexuan’s Level 5 Invincible Shield and blasted her backward, leaving her covered in blood.
• Zhang Lexuan used Silver Moon Piercing Kill Light to slow the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff and told the others to find Dean Cai.

Chen Ping and the Auspicious Beast fought the wounded Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff while Ning Tian summoned Shrek Academy reinforcements. Chen Ping injected Dragon Girl's Aria to refresh his Soul Skill cooldowns and struck the beast with overwhelming force, leaving the battle unresolved as it lunged down at him.

• Chen Ping told Ning Tian to seek Dean Cai while he and the Auspicious Beast held off the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff, but Ning Tian fired a distress signal and boosted Chen Ping instead.
• Chen Ping and the Auspicious Beast agreed to attack the weakened beast, and he asked her to leave it alive so he could obtain its Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Chen Ping injected Dragon Girl's Aria into his heart, removing his Soul Skill cooldowns, then activated the Nine Revolutions Soul Transformation Device.
• Chen Ping extended his Jade Scorpion Staff to a hundred meters and pierced the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff, breaking a rib and striking its internal organs.
• The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff ignored its injuries, flashed above Chen Ping, and came crashing down toward him.

Chen Ping used the Nine Revolutions Soul Transformation Device to keep fighting the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff, while the Auspicious Beast pursued it over the stolen treasure. The real Three-Eyed Golden Lion revealed the mastiff’s disguise trick, and Chen Ping prepared to attack alongside her.

• Chen Ping loaded five level seven Milk Bottles into the Nine Revolutions Soul Transformation Device and used the power to maintain his Martial Soul Avatar state.
• Chen Ping dodged the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff’s attacks and struck its head with his Breaking Staff Style, then switched staffs to unleash a barrage of poisonous strikes.
• The wounded Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff tried to flee, but the Auspicious Beast stopped it with Golden Flame and Dragon Claws.
• The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff revealed a patterned shell and released white mist, making the Three-Eyed Golden Lion appear to vanish and leaving two identical mastiffs.
• The real Three-Eyed Golden Lion explained the disguise and the mastiff’s healing ability, and Chen Ping proposed that they attack together.

Chen Ping exposed the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff's hidden true body, allowing the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to strike it with Light of Destiny Stripping. Chen Ping then attacked the stunned beast, but its Domination Domain began suppressing him.

• Chen Ping used his layered marks to expose and immobilize the real Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff hidden beneath its Mirage Gas illusion.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion unleashed Light of Destiny Stripping, blasting the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff into rocks and leaving herself weakened.
• Chen Ping charged the stunned Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff and struck it with the Star Tumor Staff, knocking out several teeth and sending its Seven-Colored Clam Shell flying.
• Chen Ping realized that the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff's Domination Domain enhanced the beast while suppressing its opponents and instilling spiritual fear.

Chen Ping defeated the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff despite the Domination Domain’s suppression and plundered the domain, but the strain left him unconscious. The Auspicious Beast explained the power he had gained, and Chen Ping woke as Cai Meier arrived and asked what had happened to Zhang Lexuan.

• Chen Ping exhausted his Soul Power striking the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff, then seized it and slammed it headfirst into the ground.
• Chen Ping punched the Mastiff until its Domination Domain disappeared, and its Gold-Black Magic Patterns spread across his body before he collapsed.
• Ning Tian tried to use her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to purify Chen Ping, but the Auspicious Beast warned that doing so would harm him and said he would wake soon.
• The Auspicious Beast explained that Chen Ping had plundered the Domination Domain by defeating the Mastiff while resisting its fear.
• Scarlet King and Cai Meier arrived, and Cai Meier asked about Chen Ping and Zhang Lexuan as Ning Tian recounted what had happened.
• Chen Ping opened his eyes, and the Gold-Black Magic Patterns melted into his body.

After using his complete Martial Soul Avatar, Chen Ping recognized that the weakness afterward revealed a major difference between the Douluo eras: earlier Martial Soul Avatars were far more powerful, despite their severe drawbacks. He healed Zhang Lexuan, the Emperor Auspicious Beast, and Scarlet King, then watched a white mist emerge from the Mirage Shell and enter the Emperor Auspicious Beast’s tail.

• Chen Ping woke up weak after using his Artifact Soul True Body, and a system prompt alerted him that he had discovered a clue about changes to the Douluo world's rules.
• Chen Ping concluded that Martial Soul Avatars in the Douluo I era were much stronger than those in Douluo Dalu II, despite causing a seven-day weakness period, and linked this difference to the changing balance between humans and soul beasts.
• Cai Meier returned with the unconscious Zhang Lexuan, and Chen Ping used his life force to heal her before treating the Emperor Auspicious Beast and Scarlet King.
• The Emperor Auspicious Beast produced a dragon-scaled Mirage Shell, whose giant pearl opened and released white mist that entered its tail.

Chen Ping learned that the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff had hidden a Rainbow Scale Mystic Light Mirage hatchling, then let Ning Tian kill it for its soul ring. The Auspicious Beast revealed Chen Ping had gained the mastiff’s Domination Domain, though he could only summon a weak version before his Soul Power ran out.

• Scarlet King explained that the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff had pursued the Rainbow Scale Mystic Light Mirage to eat the hatchling concealed in its shell.
• Chen Ping stopped Scarlet King from killing the mastiff immediately, and Ning Tian delivered the final blow so it could provide her with a soul ring.
• The Auspicious Beast told Chen Ping that he had already gained the mastiff’s most precious possession besides its soul ring and revealed the golden-black patterns on his body.
• Chen Ping followed the Auspicious Beast’s instructions and summoned a Domination Domain, shocking Cai Meier because he was only a Soul Ancestor.
• Chen Ping’s Soul Power quickly ran out, and the Auspicious Beast explained that the domain’s strength depended on his confidence, perseverance, and fighting will.

After Chen Ping and the others survived the encounter with the Blood Red Baboon King, Cai Meier praised him and prepared to leave with the students. Chen Ping stopped her with a feast and then asked the Auspicious Beast for the Rainbow Scale Mystic Light Mirage’s Mirage Shell.

• Cai Meier praised Chen Ping for turning a dangerous encounter with the Blood Red Baboon King into good fortune and apologized for arriving late.
• Scarlet King prepared to return the Auspicious Beast to the Great Ferocious Land while Ning Tian began absorbing her Sixth Soul Ring.
• Chen Ping brought out a giant griddle and served Thunder Evil Tyrant for a feast, persuading Cai Meier to leave the students under Scarlet King’s guard.
• Cai Meier departed, and the Auspicious Beast challenged Chen Ping to explain what he wanted from her.
• Chen Ping asked the Auspicious Beast to give him the Mirage Shell that had wrapped the Rainbow Scale Mystic Light Mirage egg.

Chen Ping obtained the Rainbow Scale Mystic Light Mirage’s Mirage Shell and cooked Thunder Evil Tyrant tentacles on a griddle. The Auspicious Beast tried the lightning-charged dish and discovered that its flavor was as sharp as Chen Ping had claimed.

• The Auspicious Beast gave Chen Ping the Mirage Shell, and a white current devoured the cracked pearl’s remaining powder.
• Chen Ping stored the Mirage Shell and began cooking the Thunder Evil Tyrant’s tentacles on a griddle.
• Chen Ping tasted the tentacle roll and praised its crisp texture, rich flavor, and tingling lightning sensation.
• The Auspicious Beast begged Chen Ping for a skewer and eagerly tasted it.
• The Auspicious Beast enjoyed the sharp, crackling flavor, though she tried to appear composed.

Chen Ping replenished his depleted vitality by eating Soul Beast meat and discovered it had greatly increased his Soul Power and sharpened his senses. Ning Tian revealed that her Sixth Soul Skill, Light of the Wild Beast, enhanced both attack and defense, leaving the group astonished by the unusual abilities of her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

• Chen Ping and the others ate the electrically charged Soul Beast skewers, though Ning Tian, Li Yongyue, and Mo Xuan could manage only one before their mouths went numb.
• Chen Ping ate for over an hour, replenishing his blood and vitality while gaining Soul Power and improved clarity from the grilled brain.
• After Scarlet King and the Auspicious Beast left, Chen Ping asked Ning Tian whether her Sixth Soul Skill enhanced attack or defense.
• Ning Tian used Light of the Wild Beast on Chen Ping, who sensed that it increased both his attack and defense by seventy percent.
• Ning Tian explained that the skill combined both enhancements but consumed twice as much Soul Power, and Cai Meier reassured her that the unusual ability was still a major advantage.

After the Soul Hunting Operation ended successfully, Chen Ping reported his new Domain to Mu En and discussed the upcoming Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament. Mu En named Chen Ping captain of the Shrek Team and tasked him with assembling a team to win the championship.

• Cai Meier led Chen Ping and Ning Tian through a smooth inspection of the Mining Area, then subdued the Three-Life Wolf Apes and Li Yongyue obtained a Soul Ring from one of them.
• The academy recovered all three Three-Life Wolf Ape Soul Bones, while Chen Ping, Ning Tian, Mo Xuan, and Li Yongyue returned with their respective gains from the operation.
• Chen Ping reported his Domination Domain to Mu En, who advised him that it would grow through battles and pointed to the coming tournament as an opportunity to improve it.
• Chen Ping declared that he would reach Rank Fifty before the tournament and bring back another championship.
• Mu En appointed Chen Ping captain of the Shrek Team and told him to recruit more members, leaving Chen Ping stunned as he asked about Big Brother Bei Bei and the others.

Mu En explained why the Tang Sect would enter the tournament independently and prepared Chen Ping for the new competition format, which would be held in the Sun Moon Empire. He sent Chen Ping to recruit promising Outer Courtyard students for Shrek’s team.

• Mu En said Bei Bei had gathered Tang Ya, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan to restore the Tang Sect and form an independent tournament team.
• Chen Ping assured Mu En that Shrek’s soul masters could match the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy in individual combat and Soul Tool use.
• Mu En revealed that the tournament would take place in the Sun Moon Empire under a new format, with more teams and a longer competition period.
• Mu En said powerful sects such as the Body Sect would enter, and the tournament’s rewards would likely increase.
• Chen Ping asked who would find the Tang Sect’s remaining Main Team Members, and Mu En said the Tang Sect would have to recruit them itself.
• Mu En instructed Chen Ping to select promising Outer Courtyard students to gain experience and prepare for the next tournament.

Chen Ping selected students from the Outer Courtyard for two Reserve Teams, then sent one team to represent the Tang Sect. After learning Dai Huabin had joined the Tang Sect Team, Huo Yuhao volunteered to face him in the tournament.

• Chen Ping gathered student records from Du Weilun and chose candidates for two Reserve Teams, following Mu En's plan to send an additional team.
• Chen Ping met Mu Jin, who recommended students from her class and summoned top students from other grades for him to assess.
• Chen Ping held Soul Fighting matches, selected the Reserve Team members, and sent one team to the Tang Sect.
• Bei Bei and Tang Ya accepted Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Xie Huanyue as temporary Tang Sect members, strengthening the team with four Soul Emperors and three Soul Kings.
• Chen Ping planned to put Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yuhao on the Main Team, and Huo Yuhao volunteered to confront Dai Huabin.

Two months after reaching level fifty, Chen Ping prepared to absorb a God-Bestowed 100,000-Year Soul Ring as his fifth ring while Mu En and Xuan Zi watched over him. The pearl shattered and its golden mist enveloped him as he began the absorption, determined to surpass Tang San’s achievements.

• Chen Ping explained that the God-Bestowed Soul Ring preserved by the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School could let him attempt a 100,000-Year fifth ring without the resentment or impure soul power of a soul beast ring.
• Mu En and Xuan Zi agreed to protect Chen Ping and witness his attempt after learning that Electrolux’s extracted energy had formed the God-Bestowed Soul Ring.
• Chen Ping gathered his strength and prepared to absorb the ring, relying on his sturdy foundation and the purity of its divine power.
• The golden pearl shattered, releasing dense mist around Chen Ping as his four existing soul rings and Domination Domain surfaced to support the absorption.
• Chen Ping set out to gain a 100,000-Year Soul Ring at level fifty, surpassing Tang San’s level-seventy achievement.

Chen Ping endured the God-Bestowed Soul Ring’s brutal trial as he attempted to obtain a 100,000-Year Fifth Soul Ring while advancing from Soul Ancestor to Soul King. As golden rings struck him and blood seeped from his body, Xuan Zi feared Chen Ping was close to being torn apart, but Chen Ping continued to endure.

• Chen Ping activated the full strength of his tempered bones, domain, soul ring, and other abilities to begin absorbing the God-Bestowed Soul Ring at a higher level.
• Golden Threads formed around Chen Ping, and his Spiritual Power, Gold of Life, and other strengths helped him withstand the mounting pressure.
• After half an hour, the Golden Threads became nine Golden Rings that repeatedly slammed into Chen Ping and made his body bleed and spasm.
• Chen Ping drew on his determination to protect his loved ones and kept enduring the pain of the attempted 100,000-Year Soul Ring absorption.
• Xuan Zi considered forcibly stopping Chen Ping because Shrek Academy’s ancient records warned that his bleeding signaled a near-certain death.

Chen Ping endured the violent backlash of absorbing a 100,000-Year Soul Ring and emerged as a Level 53 Soul King. Mu En and Xuan Zi discussed his unprecedented strength and possible Martial Soul evolution as Chen Ping continued integrating his Fifth Soul Ring.

• Chen Ping held on through the Soul Ring's destructive impacts while Mu En noticed the Golden Ancient Tree absorbing his blood through its branches and trunk.
• The nine Golden Rings turned into a blood-colored halo, and a burst of blood mist made Xuan Zi fear Chen Ping had exploded.
• Chen Ping survived as another of his Eight Extraordinary Meridians opened, and his Soul Power surged while Gold of Life repaired his body.
• Mu En noted that Chen Ping had reached Level 53 and now possessed five Soul Rings, including a 100,000-Year Soul Ring.
• Mu En and Xuan Zi speculated that Chen Ping might devour the Hell Rampage Dragon skull to unlock a new Insect Staff or Beast Staff.
• Mu En noticed that the Golden Ancient Tree swiftly absorbed the blood mist and wondered whether its ability was more like devouring than absorption.

While Chen Ping remained in deep meditation after absorbing his 100,000-Year Soul Ring, his prepared orders led to the Alchemy Pavilion unveiling long-range cannon technology. The new weapon drew representatives from several empires to negotiate, and Chen Ping’s absence left his wartime plans advancing without him.

• Chen Ping meditated for ninety days, broke through to Level 54, and remained still as he subdued the power of his 100,000-Year Soul Ring.
• The Alchemy Pavilion opened beside the One Dragon Bathing Center and began selling Level 4 Fixed Ammunition, launch devices, and Great Strength Pills to conceal its real business.
• Chen Ping’s Thousand Refined Metal technique enabled durable, long cannon barrels that could fire fixed ammunition at least fifteen kilometers.
• After the Alchemy Pavilion presented a cannon, Xu Jiujiu, Dai Yueheng, Princess Vena, and a Prince from the Dou Ling Empire arrived to negotiate.

The Alchemy Pavilion sold long-range Level 4 Soul Guidance Cannons and soldier enhancement packages to the Three Great Empires, rapidly expanding its business and recruiting talent. Meanwhile, Chen Ping awakened from nearly four months of secluded cultivation, as Xuan Zi watched in disbelief.

• The Star Luo, Heaven Dou, and Dou Ling Empires bought long-range cannons, ammunition, and medicine packages from the Alchemy Pavilion.
• The Alchemy Pavilion expanded production and recruitment, using its Thousand Refined Metal monopoly to protect its cannons from effective imitation.
• Nana and the other employees grew the Alchemy Pavilion into a major arms business while Chen Ping remained in secluded cultivation.
• Chen Ping stirred and awakened in the Sea God Pavilion after nearly four months, and Xuan Zi wondered if he had imagined the movement.

Chen Ping emerged from more than a hundred days of meditation with a new 100,000-year soul ring, two soul skills, and Level Fifty-Four-and-a-half cultivation. Half a month later, Shrek’s tournament team gathered to depart for the Sun Moon Empire, where it would compete against Tang Sect and other teams.

• Chen Ping awakened in the Golden Ancient Tree, revealed five soul rings including a 100,000-year ring, and sensed his new Poison Demon Dance and Earth Demon Cleave skills.
• Xuan Zi told Chen Ping that he had meditated for over a hundred days and nearly missed the tournament, while his subordinates had kept his affairs running smoothly.
• Chen Ping learned that absorbing the God-Bestowed Soul Ring had raised him to Level Fifty-Four-and-a-half, and postponed his planned visit to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well until after the tournament.
• Half a month later, Chen Ping and the Shrek Team gathered outside Shrek Academy to leave for the tournament in the Sun Moon Empire.
• Chen Ping observed Tang Ya’s formidable Tang Sect Team and dismissed its hopes of claiming Shrek’s place as the academy’s orthodox team.

As teams traveled to Mingdu for the expanded competition, Xu Tianran discussed the Empire’s political and military position with Ju Zi and ordered her to watch for Chen Ping. The chapter left Xu Tianran relaxed in the imperial garden while Ju Zi went to carry out his instructions.

• The teams activated their Flying Soul Guidance Devices and flew toward Mingdu for the competition, which had reopened participation to Sects and attracted 167 teams.
• Ju Zi told Xu Tianran that the Emperor was nearing death and described how much of the military had come under their control.
• Xu Tianran warned Ju Zi not to act prematurely against the remaining commanders, reminding her of the consequences of her earlier unauthorized operation.
• Xu Tianran ordered Ju Zi to watch for Chen Ping and detain him if an opportunity arose, citing the Empire’s need to obtain Thousand Forging Technology.
• Ju Zi left to follow his instructions while Xu Tianran closed his eyes in the rear garden.