Chapter Summaries

Chen Ming helped Lin Yan inherit the Lava Mountain Suppressing Dragon’s power and sensed that the inheritance had stirred Fate. At Shrek Academy, the elders learned that an Evil Soul Master calling himself the God of Death Emissary had appeared near the Star Luo Imperial Family’s border.

• Lin Yan completed the inheritance, fused with the dragon’s soul bone and bloodline, and evolved his Lava Lord Martial Soul.
• Chen Ming sensed Fate in his Sea of Consciousness and considered it for his Reincarnation Disk’s second soul ring, with Time planned for the third.
• Lin Yan told Chen Ming that the inheritance belonged to the unique Lava Mountain Suppressing Dragon, born from the fused bloodlines of the Mountain Dragon King and Earth Dragon King.
• Chen Ming sealed the dragon’s bloodline origin within Lin Yan and advised him to absorb Dragon Clouds before joining the Reincarnation Tower.
• Chen Ming noticed that the inheritance had awakened dragon souls in the Dragon’s Graveyard, while the elders at Shrek Academy heard that Xuan Zi had gone to find the God of Death Emissary.
• Yan Shaozhe reported that the God of Death Emissary, an Evil Soul Master, had been active near the Star Luo Imperial Family’s border.

At Shrek, Mu En ordered Yan Shaozhe to hunt the Evil Soul Master calling himself the God of Death Emissary and gave Huo Yuhao a chance to compete for a reserve spot after revealing his newly awakened second Martial Soul. On Vast Sea Island, Chen Ming emerged from Dragon Valley and ordered the Reincarnation Army to count casualties as Su Su presented him with the Breath of the Deep Sea.

• Mu En assigned Yan Shaozhe to deal with the God of Death Emissary and sent Xuan Zi to gather intelligence in the Sun Moon Empire.
• Elder Song reported that the ten Mingde Hall exchange students had improved, and Elder Lin said Shrek had chosen its Seven Devils but had not yet selected reserves.
• Mu En directed Shrek to prepare Huo Yuhao for a chance at the reserve team, offering him a Soul Ascension Pill if he reached level twenty within eight months.
• Mu En revealed that Huo Yuhao had recently awakened a second Martial Soul, prompting Yan Shaozhe to reconsider his potential and the elders to support special treatment for him.
• After three months of guarding Vast Sea Island, Chen Ming emerged from Dragon Valley and ordered the Reincarnation Army to count its casualties.
• Su Su flew to Chen Ming and presented him with the Breath of the Deep Sea.

After purging the Vast Sea Sect and reshaping the soul beast forests, Chen Ming prepared to return to Douluo Continent to oversee his next plans. He brought Chen Dong and the Reincarnation Tower members with him, left them to establish a foothold in the Southeastern Forest, and headed for the Body Sect to undergo Martial Soul Second Awakening.

• Chen Ming ordered the remaining Vast Sea Sect followers who believed in the Sea God to be shown no mercy, and the sect was purged three days later.
• Chen Ming led newly advanced quasi-Soul Saints and quasi-Soul Kings in merging and reducing the western soul beast forests, which the Reincarnation Empire renamed Reincarnation Forest.
• Chen Ming asked Chen Dong to return with him, and Chen Dong agreed to lead the Reincarnation Empire's soul masters in establishing footholds on the continent.
• Chen Ming gathered the thirty-seven members of the Reincarnation Tower and invited those willing to conquer Douluo Continent to enter Electrolux's gate to the Undead Demiplane.
• Chen Ming and Chen Dong flew back to Douluo Continent, where Chen Ming directed the Reincarnation Tower members to establish themselves in the Southeastern Forest and gave them maps and Communication Soul Tools.
• Chen Ming set off for the Body Sect to prepare for Martial Soul Second Awakening.

Chen Ming reflected on how his fourth life’s Blue Silver Grass path had inspired the Communication Soul Tools and affirmed that his choices in that life had been right. He returned to the Body Sect at level fifty-six, where Du Busi suspected he had taken an unsuitable soul ring.

• Chen Ming examined the Communication Soul Tools and recalled that their formations came from the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul he had cultivated in his fourth life.
• Chen Ming remembered developing Blue Silver Grass by dividing its consciousness among countless blades, sharing their Life Force, and pursuing the principle of life without end.
• Chen Ming considered how little of Tian Meng’s spiritual origin remained and wished to find him so he could absorb the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow and reincarnate again.
• Tian Meng shivered at the edge of the Extreme North, decided to sleep for a month, and considered visiting Dragon City.
• A month later, Chen Ming returned to the Body Sect and learned Du Busi had still not condensed his Second Soul Core.
• Du Busi saw that Chen Ming had reached level fifty-six and asked whether he had hunted a soul ring himself.

Chen Ming revealed his hundred-thousand-year fifth soul ring to Du Busi, planned his Martial Soul Second Awakening, and gained permission to enter the Soul Master Competition to challenge Shrek Academy. Meanwhile, Yan Shaozhe brought Ma Xiaotao to confront the God of Death Emissary at the Star Luo Empire's border so she could expend her accumulated evil fire in battle.

• Chen Ming showed Du Busi his five soul rings, including the hundred-thousand-year fifth ring, and explained that it came from a Tomb Beast whose soul skill summoned a God Suppressing Stele.
• Chen Ming explained how his first three soul rings enhanced one another, then told Du Busi that he intended to complete his Martial Soul Second Awakening and enter the Soul Master Competition.
• Du Busi approved Chen Ming's plan and urged him to defeat Shrek Academy, explaining the Body Sect's grievances with the school.
• Yan Shaozhe brought Ma Xiaotao and two subordinates to a gloomy valley at the Star Luo Empire's border to fight the God of Death Emissary and help her release her evil fire.

Ma Xiaotao and Yan Shaozhe pursued an Evil Soul Master, while Chen Ming absorbed the Heart of Beautiful Silk and waited for his Body Martial Soul Second Awakening. Three months later, a surge of Heaven and Earth Vital Energy gathered over Chen Ming’s courtyard as the Body Sect leaders and his fellow disciples assembled.

• Yao Haoxuan enhanced Ma Xiaotao with Battle Intent as she charged ahead under Yan Shaozhe’s supervision.
• Ma Xiaotao burned a group of strangely posed people, but Yan Shaozhe stopped her from approaching when their corpses detonated with the Corpse Explosion Technique.
• Yan Shaozhe burned away the Corpse Qi and ordered the group to pursue the Evil Soul Master hiding in a cave.
• Chen Ming swallowed the Heart of Beautiful Silk, causing his soul power to reach its limit as he prepared to complete his Martial Soul Second Awakening before condensing a Soul Core.
• Three months later, Heaven and Earth Vital Energy gathered over Chen Ming’s courtyard, and Du Busi, the Body Sect’s other higher-ups, Long Aotian, and Vina arrived to witness his awakening.

Chen Ming underwent Martial Soul Second Awakening, combining the many powers within his origin and pushing his Body Martial Soul beyond the expected Silver Rank to Gold Rank. He withdrew from the strain after completing the awakening, while Du Busi realized Chen Ming’s achievement could point to an even higher level.

• The Body Sect members gathered outside Chen Ming’s courtyard and expected his Second Awakening to reach Silver Rank at most.
• Chen Ming recognized his body as the foundation of his powers and fused the chaotic forces in his origin into his Body Martial Soul.
• Chen Ming’s Martial Soul phantom manifested a sun, a moon, a God Suppressing Stele, and five unclear balls of light as it absorbed Heaven and Earth Vital Energy.
• Chen Ming’s phantom advanced through Black Iron, Bronze, and Silver Rank before continuing to Gold Rank, stunning the gathered Body Sect members.
• Du Busi concluded that Chen Ming had combined his body and spiritual origins and wondered whether a rank above Gold Rank existed.
• Chen Ming completed the Gold Rank awakening but withdrew it because his body could not endure the strain.

Chen Ming discussed the Gold Rank Second Awakening and dual Soul Cores with Du Busi, whose questions led him to consider condensing a spiritual origin. Chen Ming then noticed a Destiny Power artifact forming in his Sea of Consciousness and took back the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, ending with Du Busi about to correct how he applied it.

• Chen Ming replenished his strength and considered how a Soul Core might help him use his Gold Rank Second Awakening and complicate the creation of a second Soul Core.
• Du Busi explained that he believed he had a chance to break through to the limit and that dual Soul Cores were theoretically possible.
• Du Busi guessed Chen Ming had sensed both bodily and spiritual origins during his awakening, and proposed exploring a spiritual origin for the Second Soul Core.
• Chen Ming noticed that a sphere formed from the Power of Destiny had taken shape in his Sea of Consciousness, along with an eye-shaped artifact linked to the Reincarnation Disk's second soul ring.
• Chen Ming asked Du Busi for the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, received it, and dripped it onto his brow as Du Busi prepared to tell him to use his eyes.

Chen Ming gained the Eye of Destiny and clarified his cultivation path while discussing Du Busi’s breakthrough and the Body Martial Soul’s future. With two months remaining before the Soul Master Competition, he joined the Body Soul Master Academy’s team and began preparations for training.

• Chen Ming absorbed the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, formed the Eye of Destiny, and sensed that his Destiny Soul Ring was nearing completion.
• Chen Ming agreed to help Du Busi explore a realm beyond Gold Grade, then offered him three Hundred Thousand Year True Dragon Soul Bones.
• Chen Ming’s remarks about destiny accelerated the Destiny Soul Ring’s formation, and he learned that Du Busi had assembled a seven-person team for the Soul Master Competition.
• Du Busi warned Chen Ming to avoid using his Gold Rank Second Awakening at the competition, then left to cultivate with the soul bones.
• Chen Ming met Long Aotian and the academy’s other five competitors, who planned to train by fighting him together each day.

Chen Ming sparred with Long Aotian and the others, revealing their abilities before they split into two teams to train without him. Meanwhile, Xuan Zi was recognized in Sun Moon Empire territory and considered silencing the silver-haired man who had identified him.

• Long Aotian combined his Soul Skills with the Power of Heaven and Earth, while Yuan Liu secretly doubled his strike and broke through Chen Ming's golden lotus defense.
• Zhang Yuanlong charged Chen Ming, but Long Aotian soon called off the spar because the group could not overcome Chen Ming's defenses or teleportation.
• Long Aotian divided the six into two teams, and Chen Ming watched as they practiced and displayed their abilities.
• Electrolux sensed that Yuan Liu's unusual martial soul was a body martial soul, though he could not identify what it was.
• In Sun Moon Empire territory, a silver-haired man recognized Xuan Zi, who worried that discovery could endanger the Shrek students at Mingde Hall and considered killing the witness.

Xuan Zi encountered Zhong Liwu, a level ninety-eight Evil Soul Master in the Sun Moon Empire, and escaped back to Shrek Academy convinced the empire was allied with Evil Soul Masters. Shrek’s elders considered how to protect their people at Mingde Hall and avoid provoking a continent-wide war; a month later, the Body Soul Master Academy delegation reached Star Luo City.

• Xuan Zi recognized Zhong Liwu as a level ninety-eight Super Douluo, fought him, and fled toward the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Zhong Liwu pretended to be injured while pursuing Xuan Zi, then returned to Mingdu, hoping the incident would make Xu Tianran more decisive.
• Xuan Zi told Mu En and the Sea God Pavilion elders that a corpse-controlling Evil Soul Master had exposed him in the Sun Moon Empire.
• Mu En asked Qian Duoduo to warn Fan Yu, directed Cai Meier to watch Mingde Hall’s people, and decided Shrek would wait to see how the Sun Moon Empire responded.
• A month later, the Body Soul Master Academy delegation and Body Sect members set out, and the academy’s two Soul Saint teachers arrived in Star Luo City to join Lei Zhen.

Chen Ming prepared to challenge Shrek Academy’s standing at the Soul Master Competition after spotting Bei Bei and Huo Yuhao on Shrek’s full-strength team. Bei Bei recognized Chen Ming and warned Wang Yan that the Body Sect could be a serious tournament opponent.

• Lei Zhen and Chen Ming discussed their recent cultivation, and Lei Zhen told Chen Ming that Star Luo City’s auctions offered a chance to prepare for the competition.
• Chen Ming saw Shrek Academy’s team in the hotel lobby and noticed Bei Bei and Huo Yuhao among its members, then resolved to undermine Shrek’s prestige.
• Bei Bei recognized Chen Ming, reacted with agitation, and told Xu Sanshi that Chen Ming had once defeated him despite being at a lower rank.
• Bei Bei gathered Shrek’s substitutes and Wang Yan, warned them that the Body Sect might be another major opponent, and urged Wang Yan to investigate its contestants.

Wang Yan and Shrek’s teams assessed the Body Sect’s competitors, while Chen Ming planned to hide his strength until Shrek became his opponent. The tournament’s opening ceremony began with Shrek’s exhibition match, where Chen Ming noticed Xiao Xiao was absent from the lineup.

• Wang Yan obtained the Body Sect’s roster, and Bei Bei warned Shrek’s members that Chen Ming had once possessed a thousand-year first Soul Ring and might now be a Soul Ancestor.
• Wang Yan judged that the older Body Sect competitors were the likeliest to have undergone a Martial Soul Second Awakening, while Huo Yuhao wondered how to achieve one himself.
• Chen Ming told his six teammates he would conceal his Soul Rings and strength and leave their matches to them until they faced Shrek.
• Five days later, Chen Ming watched Shrek dominate its opening-ceremony exhibition match and noticed that Xiao Xiao was missing from the seven-person lineup.

Chen Ming confronted Bei Bei and Shrek’s team after the opening ceremony, demanding they field their strongest lineup and threatening to break Dai Yueheng’s leg when Dai challenged him. Shrek’s team discussed how to prepare for the Body Sect, while Chen Ming’s confidence became a talking point across Star Luo City, drawing Du Busi’s amusement.

• Bei Bei challenged Chen Ming to fight when Shrek faced the Body Team, and Chen Ming stopped his teammates from intervening.
• Chen Ming told Wang Yan to field Shrek’s strongest lineup, and Bei Bei challenged him to a one-on-one match.
• Dai Yueheng backed Bei Bei’s challenge, and Chen Ming told Dai he would break one of his legs before Long Aotian cleared the way for the Body Team to leave.
• Wang Yan urged Bei Bei and the Shrek team to stay calm and study the Body Team before choosing their strongest lineup.
• People across Star Luo City mocked the Body Soul Master Academy’s small roster and confidence, while Du Busi laughed at the commotion and wondered whether Bei Bei was the person Chen Ming had defeated years earlier.

Chen Ming remained stalled at level fifty-nine while preparing to condense a Soul Core, and Body Soul Master Academy began the competition against Heavenly Spirit Advanced Soul Master Academy. Long Aotian’s age, Soul King rank, and two Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings stunned the watching teams, while Chen Ming still had not revealed his Soul Rings.

• Chen Ming warned his subordinates about the danger posed by rampant Evil Soul Masters, then continued meditating to find a way to condense a Soul Core.
• Body Soul Master Academy drew Heavenly Spirit Advanced Soul Master Academy as its first-round opponent in the competition.
• Wang Yan warned Shrek Team that Chen Ming seemed to command Body Team and might have reached the Soul Ancestor rank.
• Long Aotian revealed himself as a fifteen-year-old Soul King with two Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, shocking the opposing teams and spectators.
• Wang Yan identified Long Aotian as the Soul Master who had undergone a Martial Soul Second Awakening, while Bei Bei wondered why Chen Ming had not released his Soul Rings.

The Shrek team and the Star Luo Empire’s leaders assessed the Body Team’s formidable strength after Long Aotian’s overwhelming victory over the Heavenly Spirit Team. Shrek realized the upcoming match would be a serious test, especially if a Body Team member had undergone Martial Soul Second Awakening.

• Wang Yan warned Wang Dong and the other Shrek students that Long Aotian could become a Soul Emperor by the next competition, while affirming that Shrek remained stronger this year.
• Xu Jiawei questioned Xu Jiujiu’s intelligence about Long Aotian, and Wang Xian’er explained how growing up in the Body Sect could help Body Martial Soul users absorb powerful Soul Rings.
• Kong Kong sealed Li Tianyi’s fourth and fifth soul skills, then Long Aotian struck him twice with his ten-thousand-year fourth soul skill, leaving him unconscious and securing the Body Team’s victory.
• The audience cheered as Long Aotian’s soul skill drew on the Power of Heaven and Earth, and Xuan Zi explained its potential to greatly enhance strength.
• Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng recognized the danger of the Body Team’s possible Martial Soul Second Awakening and considered how its Soul Kings could challenge Shrek’s strongest fighters.

Chen Ming and the Body Team attended a top-tier auction at the Starlight Auction House after winning their tournament group. The auction began by presenting an eighth-grade blade from Mingde Hall, while Chen Ming reflected on Soul Tool technology’s potential to transform the continent.

• The Body Team took first place in its group and advanced to the tournament’s top sixteen, with Long Aotian and Yuan Liu carrying the team through the round-robin stage.
• After half a month of waiting, Chen Ming joined the Body Team at the Starlight Auction House’s top-tier auction during the tournament break.
• Qing Li showed the group a light-guiding screen powered by a mineral rather than soul power, prompting Lei Zhen to question its implications before she reassured him about its limited energy.
• Chen Ming considered how advances in Soul Tools and Milk Bottle technology could eventually spread access to soul power beyond soul masters.
• Auctioneer Xu Jiujiu introduced the first lot, an eighth-grade Overlord Tiger Soul Refining Blade from Mingde Hall with a soul skill forged from a ten-thousand-year Tyrant Tiger right arm bone.

At the auction, Chen Ming let Shrek buy several valuable items while joking that he planned to break Dai Yueheng’s leg and take the Overlord Tiger Soul Refining Blade afterward. As the bidding continued, he helped Shrek win more equipment and waited for the final two lots.

• Xu Jiujiu introduced the Overlord Tiger Soul Refining Blade, and Dai Yueheng won it for one million five hundred and sixty thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Chen Ming told Lei Zhen that he would break Dai Yueheng’s leg when they faced the Shrek team and then see whether the leg was worth more than the blade.
• Xu Jiujiu presented twelve sixth-level Fixed Soul Guiding Cannonballs, and Private Room One was the only room to bid on them.
• Chen Ming raised Shrek’s bids on the cannonballs, several soul bones, rare metal, and the eighth-level Heaven-Opening Earth-Splitting Cannon, helping Private Room One secure the items.
• Chen Ming waited for Xu Jiujiu to introduce the final two auction items.

Xu Jiujiu introduced the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone, and Chen Ming decided to acquire it as a catalyst for developing Human Bone Transformation Soul Bone. When Ling Luochen competed for it, Chen Ming warned the auction house that only a soul master with the Extreme Ice attribute could absorb it, prompting Xu Jiujiu to halt the auction and publicly confirm the danger.

• Xu Jiujiu presented the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone and explained its power, fixed Ice Blast skill, and risks.
• Lei Zhen and the other Body Sect Soul Sages urged Chen Ming to bid, and Chen Ming decided the bone could help him master Ice Blast.
• Ling Luochen competed with Chen Ming for the soul bone, but Chen Ming stopped bidding and warned Qing Li that absorption required the Extreme Ice attribute.
• Xu Jiujiu questioned Chen Ming about his claim and learned the auction house had never tested whether anyone could absorb the bone.
• Xu Jiujiu announced that the soul bone could kill anyone without the Extreme Ice attribute and guaranteed the warning in the name of the Starlight Auction House and the Star Luo Imperial Family.

After the auction, the Body Team drew the Sun Moon Royal Team in the advancement matches, and their team battle began with the Sun Moon Royal Team unleashing its artillery. Chen Ming warned his teammates about Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen and offered to step in if needed.

• Ling Luochen continued bidding for the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone, and Shrek won it after Chen Ming stopped competing.
• Xu Jiujiu revealed that the final item was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo sealed in a Class 9 Soul Tool, and the Sun Moon Royal Team acquired it.
• The Body Team drew the Sun Moon Royal Team for a team battle and an individual elimination match, with the latter scheduled for three days later.
• Chen Ming told Long Aotian and the others to follow their rehearsed plan and warned them about Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen.
• The team battle began, and five Sun Moon Royal Team members set up artillery platforms and fired more than ten Soul Guiding Cannon shells.