Chapter Summaries

Su Yu defeated all seven members of the Heaven Spirit Battle Team in a stunning one-man fight, then attended the delayed Star Luo Empire auction with three treasures in mind. The auction began with a Level 8 Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade, while Su Yu waited to see whether his targets would appear.

• Su Yu used the Godslayer Sword to eliminate Gu Zhu Jian after breaking through his Invincible Shield.
• Su Yu went on to defeat the remaining members of the Heaven Spirit Battle Team, leaving the venue and Shrek’s rest area stunned.
• Old Ma decided to keep Su Yu out of the upcoming round-robin matches so he could recover for the finals.
• Su Yu and his companions attended the delayed Starlight Auction, where he planned to acquire the Gold of Life, the Ice Jade Scorpion’s Left Arm Bone, and the Snow Empress Embryo.
• Xu Jiujiu opened the auction and presented the first item, the Level 8 Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade.

Su Yu acquired the Soul Devouring Carving Knife at the auction, while Old Ma bid aggressively on an Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone for Meng Hongchen. The auction ended its bidding unresolved, with Old Ma’s twenty-million bid drawing a stunned silence.

• Dai Yueheng won the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade after bidding pushed its price to one million five hundred and sixty thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Su Yu bid one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for the Soul Devouring Carving Knife, and Old Ma allowed him to take it after seeing his token.
• Su Yu realized the expected Snow Empress Embryo was absent and learned that the final item was an Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone.
• Meng Hongchen asked Old Ma to help her win the soul bone, and Old Ma opened with a fifteen-million bid.
• Old Ma raised his bid to twenty million, leaving Wang Yan conflicted and the auction hall silent.

Su Yu purified the Soul Devouring Carving Knife with his Ultimate Life and Purple Moon Purification, breaking its curse and revealing the Gold of Life within. As Kong Deming absorbed its Life Force and recovered, a will flooded into Wang Dong at the Shrek Suite.

• Wang Yan withdrew from the bidding for the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone, and Old Ma won it for twenty million Gold Soul Coins.
• Su Yu learned that the Snow Empress Embryo was absent from the auction and decided to wait for news of it.
• Su Yu asked Old Yi to make the carving knife’s purification appear to come from his Ultimate Life and to transfer some of its Life Force to Kong Deming.
• Su Yu purified the Soul Devouring Carving Knife, releasing its Gold of Life, and Kong Deming absorbed the Life Force as it healed his hidden injuries and improved his condition.
• Two Giant Men at the Clear Sky Sect received information through a Deep Blue Light Pillar, while Wang Dong convulsed as a will flooded into her and a Golden Trident appeared on her forehead.

Su Yu completed his fusion with the Gold of Life, gaining major improvements to his body, soul power, cultivation speed, and Sea of Consciousness. Kong Deming broke through to Level Ninety-Five, and Su Yu revealed that the transformed Soul Devouring Carving Knife was now the Blade of Life.

• Su Yu refined the Gold of Life while Old Yi sealed its life-force origin in his Sea of Consciousness and opened his Third Eye.
• Su Yu discovered that the Gold of Life had strengthened his Martial Soul and Blue Silver Grass, improved his cultivation speed, and raised his soul power to level forty-five.
• Su Yu practiced his Second Soul Skill and reasoned that mastering a soul skill's essence without relying on its soul ring could be called Made One's Own.
• Kong Deming manifested a Silver Moon and a sun, broke through from Level Ninety-Four to Level Ninety-Five, and stabilized his cultivation.
• Su Yu explained that he had fused with the Gold of Life, then manifested the transformed carving knife and called it the Blade of Life.

After the Gold of Life transformed Su Yu’s martial soul, Runes, and soul skill, he told Kong Deming that Xu Sanshi was the Profound Nether Sect’s Young Sect Master and a direct descendant of the Dou Ling Empire. The Soul Fighting Tournament finals then began, with the Sun Moon Royal Team facing Shrek in the Team Competition.

• Su Yu explained to Kong Deming that the Gold of Life had evolved his Blue Silver Grass into an Ultimate Martial Soul, increased his cultivation speed, and revealed that life force could strengthen Runes.
• Kong Deming learned that Xu Sanshi was the Young Sect Master of the Profound Nether Sect and a direct bloodline descendant of the Dou Ling Empire, and considered how to deal with him.
• Su Yu’s Third Soul Skill changed so that its Life Marks could store life force based on his Soul Power; he condensed one highest-level mark and nine ordinary marks in a day.
• The Soul Fighting Tournament finals began with the Team Competition, and the Sun Moon Royal Team and Shrek entered the arena with their seven-member lineups.
• Su Yu said he would handle control and support, and the referee started the match as both teams released their Martial Souls and the Sun Moon Royal Team unleashed Red Dust Affection.

Su Yu and the Sun Moon Royal Team used his Blue Silver Domain and Xiao Hongchen’s cannon barrage to counter Shrek’s attempt to eliminate Su Yu. The battle intensified as Dai Yueheng and Ma Xiaotao attacked Su Yu, while Xiao Hongchen fired at Shrek’s fighters.

• Su Yu expanded his Blue Silver Domain, but Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Fire Wire could not burn away the regrowing Blue Silver Grass.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen used Red Dust Affection, allowing Xiao Hongchen to control 108 Level 5 Soul Guidance Cannons while Su Yu restored their Soul Power.
• Su Yu trapped Jiang Nannan with Blue Silver Grass, and Ma Rulong’s shot forced her to use Invincible Golden Body.
• Shrek’s fighters continued targeting Su Yu as Dai Yueheng broke through with White Tiger Destruction Kill and Ma Xiaotao followed with Phoenix Piercing Cloud Strike.
• Xiao Hongchen fired linked cannon shells at Ye Wushuang and Wang Dong and sent another shot toward Ma Xiaotao, who blocked it with a Level 5 Invincible Shield.

Su Yu led the Sun Moon Royal Team to defeat Shrek after Ma Xiaotao transformed into the Black Phoenix and Shrek forfeited the Team Competition. When Xuan Zi demanded Ma Rulong’s Soul Tool, Kong Deming intervened, and the chapter ended with the two sides facing off.

• Su Yu used his Invincible Shield to recover, then struck Dai Yueheng and helped Ma Rulong’s Sword of Judgment trigger Ma Xiaotao’s transformation into the Black Phoenix.
• Xuan Zi broke the arena barrier, subdued Ma Xiaotao, and withdrew Shrek from the Team Competition, injuring the barrier’s Soul Ancestors in the process.
• Su Yu defeated Ye Wushuang, He Caitou, and the already injured Dai Yueheng in the Individual Elimination Competition, prompting Wang Yan to forfeit and the referee to declare the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy champion.
• Xuan Zi stopped the Sun Moon Royal Team and demanded Ma Rulong’s Soul Tool, but Old Ma stood up to him despite his pressure.
• Kong Deming shielded Old Ma from Xuan Zi’s Soul Power, while Dai Hao guarded Xu Jiawei and Kong Deming demanded an explanation from Xuan Zi.

After Kong Deming exposed the danger of Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire and defended the Sun Moon Royal Team’s soul tool, the team left Star Luo City with the championship trophy. On the journey home, the Body Sect ambushed them, prompting a fierce counterattack and Kong Deming’s challenge to Du Busi.

• Kong Deming rejected Xuan Zi’s demand for Ma Rulong’s soul tool and accused Shrek of ignoring the danger posed by Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire.
• Xu Jiawei stopped the argument, and the Sun Moon Royal Team departed Star Luo City with the championship trophy that day.
• Su Yu questioned Kong Deming about soul tools as they traveled toward the Sun Moon Empire, where Su Yu expected to begin studying Fifth Level Soul Tools.
• The Body Sect ambushed the team in the border buffer zone, and Old Ma used successive Soul Guidance Barriers to shield them from the attack.
• Su Yu and the others killed more than a dozen Soul Kings while Kong Deming drove back the three Titled Douluo with Ninth Level Soul Guidance Lasers.
• Kong Deming challenged Du Busi, asking whether the Body Sect truly intended to become mortal enemies with the Sun Moon Empire.

Kong Deming confronted Du Busi and Xian Lin'er after discovering them near the Sun Moon Royal Team, then fought Du Busi with his soul tools. He locked onto Xian Lin'er with the Sun God Needle, and she called out that she had not come to ambush the team.

• Kong Deming detected Du Busi and a disguised Shrek Douluo, whom he recognized as Xian Lin'er, and threatened them with a Ninth Grade Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon Shell.
• Du Busi, angered by Kong Deming's threats, released his martial soul and challenged him to battle.
• Kong Deming and Du Busi exchanged attacks, while Xian Lin'er defended herself from the clash's fallout.
• Kong Deming trapped Du Busi with the Silver Moon Divine Light Cover and blasted him with an Energy Cannon.
• Kong Deming aimed the Sun God Needle at Xian Lin'er, who insisted she had not come to ambush the Sun Moon Royal Team.

Kong Deming used the Sun God Needle to devastate Xian Lin'er and drive Du Busi away before leading the Sun Moon Royal Team back across the border. Xian Lin'er was captured alive, and Kong Deming set plans in motion that threatened to worsen relations between the Sun Moon Empire, Shrek, and the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Kong Deming fired the Sun God Needle at Xian Lin'er, who used her Martial Soul Avatar and an eight-level Invincible Shield but suffered severe injuries.
• Du Busi endured a Sun God Needle strike and fled, while Xian Lin'er dodged the final shot, which destroyed a Star Luo Empire military camp.
• Kong Deming led Su Yu and the Sun Moon Royal Team into the Sun Moon Empire and ordered Luan Feng to search for Xian Lin'er and capture or kill her.
• Kong Deming ordered the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion to launch one Eighth Level Fixed Soul Guidance Cannonball toward the Heaven Dou Empire's side.
• After two days at the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Legion camp, Su Yu and Kong Deming headed for the Sunny River Mountain Range, and Kong Deming revealed that Xian Lin'er had been captured alive.

Su Yu asked Kong Deming why his Second Martial Soul had only four soul rings, and Kong Deming explained how martial-soul conflict and linked soul rings made cultivating Twin Martial Souls difficult. Su Yu proposed using the Rune Method to harmonize that conflict, and Kong Deming began considering a way to use it to absorb his Sixth Soul Ring as Su Yu reminded him why he had come.

• Kong Deming remarked that Qian Duoduo was closely tied to the Sun Moon Empire, and Su Yu thought about Qian Duoduo’s misfortunes.
• Su Yu asked Kong Deming why his Second Martial Soul had only four soul rings, and Kong Deming explained the physical demands and conflict involved in cultivating Twin Martial Souls.
• Kong Deming described how seven soul rings linked together at the Soul Saint level, strengthening a martial soul and amplifying its Soul Skills.
• Su Yu asked whether the Rune Method could strengthen a martial soul, prompting Kong Deming to consider using it to harmonize his martial souls and absorb his Sixth Soul Ring.
• Kong Deming noted that the method’s values needed testing, and Su Yu reminded him why he had come.

Kong Deming became excited by Su Yu’s ideas for advancing his Twin Martial Soul cultivation and decided to pursue a hundred-thousand-year Fifth Soul Ring. After traveling to Blazing Sun Valley, Kong Deming killed a Three-legged Crimson Gold Bird, leaving Su Yu beside its corpse and blood-red Soul Ring.

• Kong Deming considered using rune research and linked Soul Rings to absorb future Soul Rings early and strengthen his Soul Power.
• Su Yu proposed developing a secret technique to link Soul Rings before reaching Seven Rings, and Kong Deming enthusiastically considered the idea.
• Su Yu asked whether Kong Deming could absorb a hundred-thousand-year Fifth Soul Ring with the Blade of Life’s help, and Kong Deming agreed to pursue one.
• Kong Deming chose Blazing Sun Valley, where a hundred-thousand-year Three-legged Crimson Gold Bird suited his Sun Martial Soul, and taught Su Yu Fifth Level Soul Tool theory during their seven-day journey.
• Kong Deming entered Blazing Sun Valley alone, fought for four days, and killed the Three-legged Crimson Gold Bird with prepared soul tools.
• Kong Deming brought Su Yu to the Crimson Gold Bird’s corpse, where Su Yu saw its blood-red Soul Ring.

Su Yu helped Kong Deming absorb a hundred-thousand-year soul ring, allowing him to break through to Level Ninety-Six. At Shrek, the Sea God Pavilion confronted Xian Lin'er's presumed death and argued over who was responsible and how to avenge her.

• Su Yu used the Blade of Life and his soul skills to restore Kong Deming before Kong Deming began absorbing the Crimson Gold Bird's blood-red soul ring.
• Kong Deming spent ten days refining life force during the absorption and broke through to Level Ninety-Six.
• Kong Deming urged Su Yu to return with him to Ming Capital so he could study the Rune Method.
• At the Sea God Pavilion, the elders acknowledged that Xian Lin'er had vanished after fleeing wounded and was presumed dead, while the Star Luo Empire questioned Shrek over its losses in the battle.
• Qian Duoduo blamed Yan Shaozhe for sending Xian Lin'er into danger, and Yan Shaozhe insisted that her vengeance had to be taken.
• Qian Duoduo questioned who they could blame, while Lin Lao declared that they could not do nothing.

Lin Lao urged the Sea God Pavilion to respond as the Sun Moon Empire’s attacks devastated allied forces and threatened the front. In Ming Capital, Su Yu explained that the Rune Method and a cultivation technique could help Huo Yuhao overcome the slow cultivation caused by his Ultimate Ice, persuading Jing Hongchen not to visit Shrek Academy.

• Qian Duoduo reported that the Sun Moon Empire’s Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion had hit the Heaven Soul Legion with an Eighth Level Fixed Soul Guidance Cannonball, inflicting heavy losses.
• Xu Jiawei learned that a Ninth Level Soul Tool had intercepted the White Tiger Duke’s Seventh Level Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon and that the Sun Moon Empire had also attacked with Seventh Level cannons.
• Jing Hongchen told Su Yu, Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Huo Yuhao that he planned to visit Shrek Academy to seek help with Huo Yuhao’s Ultimate Ice cultivation.
• Su Yu explained that a cultivation method and the Rune Method could actively compress Soul Power and improve cultivation for soul masters with Ultimate Martial Souls.
• Jing Hongchen canceled his planned visit and asked Huo Yuhao to follow Su Yu’s cultivation method for a while.

Jing Hongchen urged his grandchildren to cultivate Runes, while Su Yu helped Huo Yuhao refine the Condensation Rune and advised him to resume the Mysterious Heaven Skill and Purple Demon Eyes for now. Huo Yuhao then asked about joining the Body Sect, and Su Yu explained why its knowledge of Body Martial Souls could benefit him.

• Jing Hongchen encouraged Xiao and Meng to advance their Rune cultivation, while Huo Yuhao's Gathering Rune developed quickly with the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's help.
• Su Yu taught Huo Yuhao the Condensation Rune and improved its structure with insights from the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• Su Yu advised Huo Yuhao to keep cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Skill until Su Yu perfected his own technique, easing Huo Yuhao's guilt toward the Tang Sect.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to continue the Mysterious Heaven Skill and Purple Demon Eyes, then asked Su Yu about the Body Sect.
• Su Yu explained the Body Sect's expertise in Body Martial Souls and its method for a Second Awakening, which interested Huo Yuhao.

Su Yu and Huo Yuhao discussed the Second Awakening of Body Martial Souls before Jing Hongchen asked them to help Meng Hongchen absorb an Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone. Huo Yuhao warned that only a soul master with Ultimate Ice could absorb it, and the chapter left Su Yu considering a rune system for inscribing soul-bone-like power onto a person’s own skeleton.

• The Ice Empress explained that Body Martial Souls could undergo a Second Awakening by being pushed to their limits, and Su Yu told Huo Yuhao to focus on cultivation.
• Su Yu continued teaching Huo Yuhao the Condensation Rune while developing a Life Character Rune of his own.
• Jing Hongchen summoned Su Yu and Huo Yuhao to help Meng Hongchen absorb the Ice Jade Scorpion soul bone she had acquired.
• Huo Yuhao said Meng could not absorb the soul bone because Ice Jade Scorpion bones required Ultimate Ice, and he shared a story about a Vermillion-Eyed Ice Toad that had died after gaining the attribute.
• Jing Hongchen gave the soul bone to Huo Yuhao, while Su Yu considered whether runes could turn a soul master’s own bones into soul-bone-like existences.

Su Yu abandoned the idea of using doppelgangers to improve his research and instead learned support Magic from Old Yi, turning two spells into runes that enhanced his comprehension. After developing more runes, he went to meet Shrek's delegation at Illustrious Virtue Hall, where Qian Duoduo asked Jing Hongchen about the Martial God Douluo's disappearance.

• Old Yi advised Su Yu to deepen his own Mental Power rather than split his consciousness into doppelgangers, and Su Yu agreed.
• Old Yi taught Su Yu the Clarity Spell and Soul Clarity Spell, which Su Yu converted into the "Clarity" and "Lucidity" runes.
• Su Yu planned research into improving the Godslayer Sword and raising Soul Ring limits, then developed the "Vitality" and "Body" runes over the next half month.
• Jing Hongchen brought Su Yu to Illustrious Virtue Hall's reception room to watch Shrek's delegation arrive.
• Qian Duoduo asked Jing Hongchen for details about the clash between the Martial God Douluo and Old Kong at the Star Luo Empire border, after which the Martial God Douluo disappeared.

Qian Duoduo visited Illustrious Virtue Hall to propose an academic exchange and investigate his missing wife and nephew, but Jing Hongchen rejected the proposal and revealed that Qian Buduo was being held there. Qian Duoduo traded a branch of the Golden Ancient Tree for a visit and a promise of fair treatment, then followed Su Yu to the prison.

• Qian Duoduo proposed an academic exchange with Illustrious Virtue Hall, but Jing Hongchen refused.
• Jing Hongchen warned Qian Duoduo not to contact Qian Buduo, revealing that the boy had been discovered.
• Qian Duoduo asked to see Qian Buduo and offered a branch of the Golden Ancient Tree in exchange for a visit and a promise that Illustrious Virtue Hall would not mistreat him.
• Jing Hongchen accepted the branch and told Su Yu to take Qian Duoduo to see his nephew.
• Qian Duoduo followed Su Yu toward the prison and recognized him as the famed genius from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

Su Yu challenged Qian Duoduo’s defense of Shrek and its fight against Evil Soul Masters, while Huo Yuhao told Fan Yu he had chosen to stay at Illustrious Virtue Hall. Qian Duoduo visited his nephew Qian Buduo in his cell and learned Su Yu’s Ultimate Life martial soul was tied to why Qian Buduo had been captured.

• Su Yu told Qian Duoduo that Shrek had inherited responsibility for Evil Soul Masters after Tang San destroyed Slaughter City and Spirit Hall.
• Fan Yu reunited with Huo Yuhao, who admitted he had left Shrek because Illustrious Virtue Hall offered him better support and did not hinder his revenge.
• Jing Hongchen argued that Illustrious Virtue Hall surpassed Shrek in resources and criticized Shrek for misjudging Huo Yuhao’s Body Martial Soul.
• Su Yu brought Qian Duoduo to visit Qian Buduo, who initially thought he was dreaming before greeting his uncle.
• Qian Buduo quietly told Qian Duoduo that Su Yu had an Ultimate Life martial soul and came from the Star Luo Empire, prompting Qian Duoduo to realize why his nephew had been captured.

Qian Duoduo returned from Illustrious Virtue Hall questioning why students like Huo Yuhao were drawn to the Sun Moon Empire, while Su Yu considered how Xuan Ziwen's research could improve his Rune Method. Jing Hongchen confronted the Crown Prince's agents at Xuan Ziwen's lab, and Xu Tianran examined a sealing Soul Tool called the God Conferral Platform.

• Qian Duoduo listened as Su Yu argued that Shrek had hindered Soul Tool development and obtained Qian Duoduo's contact information.
• Qian Duoduo learned that the blue-haired youth at Illustrious Virtue Hall was Huo Yuhao and reflected on why people chose the Sun Moon Empire.
• Old Ma told Jing Hongchen that the Crown Prince's men had gone to visit Xuan Ziwen, and Jing Hongchen angrily headed for the research lab.
• Su Yu suspected the Crown Prince's agents were Evil Soul Masters seeking Xuan Ziwen's Sealed Milk Bottle technology and considered using it to prevent his runes from collapsing.
• Xu Tianran questioned a Soul Engineer about the God Conferral Platform and the Demon Sealing Faction's sealing Soul Tool technology.