Chapter Summaries

Bibi Dong learned that Na Er remained unchanged and punished Yue Guan and Gui Mei for the losses on their mission before going to comfort Hu Liena. Xie Yue reflected that Yan had already lost any chance with Hu Liena, whose trust in the protagonist had deepened after he stayed behind for her.

• Bibi Dong asked Yue Guan and Gui Mei whether Na Er was still the same, and they confirmed she was.
• Bibi Dong withheld Yue Guan and Gui Mei's salaries for a year and assigned them to teach part-time at Martial Soul Academy.
• Bibi Dong embraced the exhausted Hu Liena as she broke down crying and brought her into the hall.
• Xie Yue considered the casualties from the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast attack and thought Yan had acted recklessly by staying to fight.
• Xie Yue concluded that Yan had already lost because the protagonist had stayed after revealing the truth, earning Hu Liena's deep trust.

After escaping to the Star Dou Great Forest’s outer area, the group rested before preparing to leave. Tang San woke and wanted to search for Xiao Wu, but Yu Xiaogang stopped him, while Liu Erlong began to reconsider her feelings for Yu Xiaogang.

• Flender confirmed that the group had reached the safer outer area, and Ning Fengzhi stopped boosting their speed so everyone could rest.
• Tang San woke and declared that he was going to find Xiao Wu.
• Yu Xiaogang stopped Tang San and argued that searching the vast, dangerous forest would be reckless and could not change the outcome.
• Liu Erlong watched Yu Xiaogang restrain Tang San and recalled their past with the Golden Iron Triangle, then rose as the group prepared to leave the forest.

After the Mandala Snake Emperor defeated the Death Spider Emperor, Lu Yuan helped it transform into a Water Dragon and tasked it with managing the Water Dragon Clan. The chapter ended with Lu Yuan planning to establish both Dragon Clans while mapping out the story's upcoming events.

• Di Tian subdued the wounded Mandala Snake Emperor and Death Spider Emperor, while Er Ming later inspected the battleground and flattened its damaged ground with gravity.
• The Mandala Snake Emperor chose the Water Dragon Clan's ice-blue blood over the Fire Dragon Clan's flame-red blood.
• Lu Yuan gave the Mandala Snake Emperor the Water Dragon blood, and it endured a day and night of painful transformation into an exhausted Water Dragon.
• Lu Yuan appointed the newly transformed Water Dragon to manage the Water Dragon Clan while he was away.
• Lu Yuan planned to establish the Water Dragon and Fire Dragon Clans, repay his debts to the Ice and Fire Dragon King and Gu Yuena, and continue through the upcoming story arcs.

Rumors of powerful Soul Beasts gathering in the Star Dou Great Forest made people fear an imminent Beast Tide, though the Beast Race only intended to select two hundred candidates for the Water Dragon Clan or Fire Dragon Clan. Major human factions and their strongest fighters gathered in the surrounding towns, leaving the story poised for conflict among the arriving Soul Masters.

• Soul Masters reported abnormal Soul Beast movements and circulated stories of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts fighting in the forest.
• People interpreted the sightings as signs of a coming Beast Tide, prompting residents to evacuate and Soul Masters to gather in nearby towns.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Star Luo Royal Academy arrived with their young talents and powerful escorts.
• Spirit Hall's Golden Generation arrived with Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and a mysterious Titled Douluo, while leaders of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect also appeared.
• Rumors placed Clear Sky Sect members near the towns, and the growing crowd of powerful Soul Masters began to create an atmosphere ripe for trouble.

Tang San and Yu Xiaogang clashed with Yan in a restaurant, where Tang San’s chopstick attack was stopped by Xie Yue. As powerful figures watched, Dugu Yan suspected Tang San was being used as a pawn, though Qian Renxue privately denied having such a plan.

• Yan confronted Yu Xiaogang over his disparaging comments about Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation, and Tang San defended his Master.
• Tang San threw bamboo chopsticks at Yan, who dodged the hidden follow-up strike before Xie Yue knocked it aside and steadied him.
• Tang San taunted Yan for failing to withstand a casual attack, while Xue Qinghe silently judged him and watched the gathering spectators.
• Yu Tianheng recognized numerous powerful figures concealed among the restaurant’s onlookers and realized the gathering was no coincidence.
• Dugu Yan called Tang San an expendable pawn in a possible Crown Prince scheme, while Qian Renxue privately insisted she had no intention of recruiting him.

Yan and Tang San fought in a restaurant after their dispute with Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation escalated. Tang San’s hidden weapons and Blue Silver Grass injured Yan, but Yan unleashed a burst of speed that left Tang San in grave danger.

• Yan revealed that he was a Level 43 Battle Soul Ancestor and demanded that Tang San apologize and leave.
• Tang San declared himself a Level 30 Quasi-Battle Soul Grandmaster and used his Blue Silver Grass to withstand Yan’s heat.
• Tang San attacked with hidden weapons, and Yan melted most of them with his Hell Flames soul skill.
• Tang San struck Yan’s right arm with Crystal Dragon Whisker Needles, then used Binding and Parasite to attack while Yan’s arm was weakened.
• Yan forced himself to break the vines and used a secret technique to accelerate, narrowly missing Tang San with a strike that left a crater.

Tang San and Yan’s fight ended with both badly wounded after a shopkeeper intervened. Tang San left in anger after Yu Xiaogang demanded he apologize, while Hu Liena paid compensation and departed with Yan and Xie Yue.

• Tang San charged Yan with a hidden weapon, badly injuring Yan’s right arm while scorching his own hand.
• The shopkeeper stepped between the fighters and asked them to stop to spare his restaurant further damage.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered Tang San to apologize, and Tang San left without making a sincere apology.
• Hu Liena threw compensation onto the table and left with Xie Yue and the blood-soaked Yan.

After the restaurant confrontation, Xue Qinghe concealed her confusion over Bibi Dong’s rejection and built ties with the Royal Fight Team. When Yu Tianheng praised Lu Yuan’s talent, Xue Qinghe challenged his standards and revealed how overwhelmingly powerful the greatest young Soul Master she had seen was.

• Qian Renxue compared herself with Hu Liena and struggled to understand why Bibi Dong had chosen to raise Hu Liena instead of her.
• Xue Qinghe politely sent Yu Xiaogang to check on Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang hurried out of the restaurant.
• Xue Qinghe joined the Royal Fight Team for a meal and earned their respect by treating them without arrogance.
• Yu Tianheng asked Xue Qinghe about Lu Yuan and argued that his fight against Yan proved he was exceptionally gifted.
• Xue Qinghe questioned Yu Tianheng’s standards and said Spirit Hall’s current Golden Generation would have less than a ten percent chance of defeating the strongest young Soul Master she had seen, even if they attacked together.

Xue Qinghe told the Royal Fight Team that Lu Yuan could defeat the Golden Generation even if they fought together, leaving them stunned and doubtful. Meanwhile, Lu Yuan finished his business at the Lake of Life and prepared to leave the Star Dou Great Forest with Xiao Wu, considering a visit to Da Ming and Er Ming.

• Yu Tianheng questioned Xue Qinghe about whether he had personally seen Lu Yuan, and Xue Qinghe confirmed it and offered to introduce them.
• Xue Qinghe said Lu Yuan’s strongest follower could match Yu Tianheng and warned the team that Heaven Dou’s young geniuses lagged behind true geniuses.
• Ye Lingling asked whether Lu Yuan was a Battle Soul Master, and Xue Qinghe answered her.
• Lu Yuan watched the dragon transformation of soul beasts, reflected on his gains and debts from the trip, and said goodbye to Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• Lu Yuan told Xiao Wu they should leave the Star Dou Great Forest and asked whether they should visit Da Ming and Er Ming.

Bi Ji told Lu Yuan and Xiao Wu that the Beast Race was preparing a Beast Tide after Di Tian sensed a divine aura among the human Soul Masters gathering near the Star Dou Great Forest. With the situation possibly tied to the God Realm, the Beast Race planned to escort Lu Yuan away so he could continue growing beyond their enemies’ reach.

• Bi Ji interrupted Lu Yuan and Xiao Wu to explain that no harm had come to Da Ming and Er Ming, but tensions between the Beast Race and humanity had prompted plans for a Beast Tide.
• Bi Ji said Di Tian had found human Soul Masters gathering in nearby towns and had sensed a faint aura of a god among them.
• Lu Yuan considered the strength of the Beast Race and concluded that the human Soul Masters were courting disaster by provoking it.
• Bi Ji urged Lu Yuan to leave the Star Dou Great Forest, explaining that the Beast Race could not guarantee his safety there and would escort him back to the human world.
• Lu Yuan wondered who had brought divine power into the conflict and resolved to pick up the pace.

As the Beast Tide approached, Spirit Hall and the two empires prepared for battle while their factions remained divided over supplies. Lu Yuan and Xiao Wu reached the town together, leaving the defenses and the coming conflict ahead of them.

• Hu Liena watched the rain and the Star Dou Great Forest while Xie Yue pulled Yan away before he could confess to her.
• Xue Qinghe went outside as the rain grew heavier and the gathered Soul Masters awaited the coming storm.
• Lu Yuan and Xiao Wu teased each other on the way to the town, then ran together toward its walls.
• Lu Yuan caught Xiao Wu near the town, and the two passed through the wall like phantoms.

Di Tian launched a Beast Tide, sending soul beasts toward the surrounding towns as human forces prepared to resist. After the first wave of Soul Masters rushed out, Flender kept his students inside and announced that they would train against a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast under his and Zhao Wuji’s protection.

• A Sharp-Tailed Swift returned with its report, and Di Tian ordered the Beast Tide to begin.
• Soul beast clan leaders relayed orders while human scouts reported the unrest and towns prepared for the approaching Beast Tide.
• Flender and other veterans drew their curtains before the mass Martial Soul Possessions outside unleashed blinding light, and most Soul Masters poured into the streets.
• Flender explained the light to Oscar and the others, then warned Zhao Wuji not to question his story.
• Flender assigned the Little Monsters to fight a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast together while he and Zhao Wuji guarded them, noting that Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Lu Yuan were absent.

Flender led the Shrek students toward training against ten-thousand-year soul beasts, explaining that arena sparring could not prepare them for real danger. Meanwhile, Lu Yuan and Xiao Wu recovered from the blinding light and discussed the unusual Beast Tide, which Lu Yuan expected to become increasingly deadly.

• Ma Hongjun and the other students questioned why they needed more training after competing in the Soto Grand Soul Arena, but Flender led them out without explaining the difference.
• Zhao Wuji told the students that organized teams from various factions and academies had arrived, and some were stronger than the Shrek students.
• Lu Yuan and Xiao Wu emerged from the shadows after being blinded by the light; Xiao Wu complained while Lu Yuan reassured her that the early-arriving Soul Masters would suffer the heaviest casualties.
• Lu Yuan recalled signs that the Beast Race was planning an unusually large Beast Tide, with the Scarlet King overseeing the first wave and Di Tian expected to lead the final wave.

Qin Ming and the Royal Fight Team were trapped by an unexpectedly powerful Beast Tide, and the team was close to collapse. As Qin Ming prepared to hold off three ten-thousand-year spirit beasts so the others could flee, he suddenly called for the dean to save him.

• Lu Yuan believed the Shrek group would return to the academy rather than rush back to the Beast Tide, though Ning Rongrong and her companions could still disrupt his expectations.
• The battlefield proved far more dangerous than the Heaven Dou Empire's intelligence had predicted, with numerous thousand-year beasts and several ten-thousand-year beasts killing Soul Masters trying to escape.
• Qin Ming stayed with the battered Royal Fight Team because abandoning them could leave the Heaven Dou Empire's younger generation devastated.
• With Yu Tianheng wounded, Ye Lingling exhausted, and Shi Mo and Shi Mo's defenses failing, Qin Ming told the team to break out and seek help while he held off three ten-thousand-year beasts.
• Qin Ming abruptly shouted, "Dean, save me!!!"

Qin Ming called for help, and Flender and Zhao Wuji revealed themselves to rescue him. Zhao Wuji’s devastating aerial attack crippled three ten-thousand-year soul beasts, and Yu Tianheng asked Qin Ming who the rescuers were.

• Qin Ming fired a signal and charged the three ten-thousand-year soul beasts, trusting Flender and his former teachers to come to his aid.
• Flender recognized Qin Ming’s attack and told Zhao Wuji and the others to prepare to rescue their Senior Brother.
• Zhao Wuji activated his Martial Soul Avatar and crushed a seven-thousand-year Thunder Serpent with a gravity-powered aerial strike.
• The impact and Zhao Wuji’s sweeping slap badly injured the three nearby ten-thousand-year soul beasts, though they survived.
• Qin Ming greeted Zhao Wuji with delight, and Yu Tianheng politely asked who the rescuers were.

Lu Yuan waited in a tavern as bait while the Beast Tide raged outside, then overheard two drunk patrons compare Heaven Dou’s Crown Prince favorably with Star Luo’s Crown Prince. Their talk left Lu Yuan visibly shocked.

• Zhao Wuji led Qin Ming and the Royal Fight Team through the Beast Tide, clearing a path for their retreat.
• Lu Yuan sat conspicuously in a small tavern, playing the smokescreen role assigned to him by the Beast Race.
• Xiao Wu teased Lu Yuan with her charm, but he quickly resisted and warned her to stop.
• Lu Yuan overheard a drunk patron praise Heaven Dou’s Crown Prince for anticipating danger and overseeing the crisis while criticizing Star Luo’s Crown Prince for staying away.
• The other patron silenced his friend and dragged him out of the tavern, leaving Lu Yuan startled by what he had heard.

Lu Yuan left the tavern with Xiao Wu after learning that Xue Qinghe, Ning Fengzhi, and others had stayed, and he braced himself for a possible misunderstanding. Elsewhere, Xue Qinghe assessed Xie Yue as Hu Liena arrived and Xie Yue stopped Yan from rushing to confess to her.

• Lu Yuan steadied himself, took Xiao Wu with him, and left two Silver Soul Coins in a wine cup as they vanished from the tavern.
• Xue Qinghe probed Xie Yue’s abilities while Xie Yue reflected on Spirit Hall’s purpose and worried about Yan’s impulsiveness.
• Xie Yue wondered whether the missing Lu Yuan could be more useful to Spirit Hall than Yan, while noting that the Holy Daughter Token and Na Na were also missing.
• Hu Liena entered, and Xie Yue restrained Yan as he prepared to rush over and confess to her.
• Xue Qinghe judged Xie Yue a talented Soul Master, then watched Hu Liena and found her seductive manner off-putting.

Lu Yuan went to find Xue Qinghe to learn what had happened and locate the Shrek group, choosing him over Ning Fengzhi because he wanted to avoid Ning Rongrong and save time. He reached the hotel, unaware that it housed several factions, leaving his seemingly sensible choice potentially troublesome.

• Hu Liena ignored Yan's advances, and Xie Yue stopped him as Xue Qinghe watched.
• A guard stopped Lu Yuan at the hotel entrance until Xue Qinghe recognized him as a friend and ordered the guard to let him in.
• Lu Yuan reasoned that Xue Qinghe or Ning Fengzhi could explain events and help him find the Shrek group, but he chose Xue Qinghe to avoid facing Ning Rongrong.
• Lu Yuan entered the hotel with the girl accompanying him, unaware that the hotel had been divided among Heaven Dou, Spirit Hall, and the Star Luo Empire.

Lu Yuan warned Qian Renxue that a divine presence and the Beast Race’s preparations could trigger a God War, then left to act while she protected Xiao Wu. Qian Renxue gave him a Storage Ring and a Six-Winged Angel statue, then ordered Hu Liena and the others to obey her and keep quiet.

• Lu Yuan asked Xue Qinghe whether Shrek Academy had evacuated, and she said they had likely left the city.
• Lu Yuan warned Xue Qinghe that a god’s aura was present and the Beast Race had prepared to counter it, making a God War imminent.
• Lu Yuan told Qian Renxue to leave immediately or bring a Pillar of the Sea to hold the fort, and she promised to keep Xiao Wu safe.
• Qian Renxue handed Lu Yuan a Storage Ring and a Six-Winged Angel statue, and told him that the search for seeds had been slowed by Tang Hao.
• Lu Yuan left, and Qian Renxue ordered Hu Liena and the others to keep quiet and follow her orders.

Qian Renxue struggled to get the Spirit Hall Golden Generation to accept that Xue Qinghe was a spy while the battle around Qin Ming’s team worsened. Masked assassins then attacked the exhausted fighters with poisoned mithril bolts, leaving Dai Mubai and several others wounded as the team remained surrounded.

• Qian Renxue grew frustrated at the Golden Generation’s silence, and Xie Yue accepted her authority after recognizing her ties to the Worship Hall.
• Qin Ming refused Ye Lingling’s attempt to heal him as he and the Soul Saints struggled to protect their young fighters from the besieging soul beasts.
• A masked team led by a Soul Douluo arrived and fired poisoned mithril bolts from repeating crossbows at the battered group.
• The attackers withdrew after their volley, shattering the Shi Mo brothers’ defense and hitting Dai Mubai and several other Soul Masters.
• Dugu Yan tried to protect the nearly unconscious Ye Lingling while Yu Tianheng reached them, but Ma Hongjun could not leave the surrounded group to help.