Chapter Summaries

After Chen Junting passed the Inner Court Assessment, Du Weilun brought Di Yao to Shrek Academy, where she demanded an immediate assessment against him. Chen Junting accepted her challenge, and Di Yao unleashed an aura that forced Wu Feng’s martial soul to appear.

• Zhang Lexuan congratulated Chen Junting on passing the Inner Court Assessment and told him to recover before entering the Inner Court.
• Chen Junting teased Wu Feng about her request for a True Dragon Soul Spirit and suggested a Vajra Baboon for Ning Tian’s next soul ring.
• Du Weilun arrived with Di Yao, whose appearance closely resembled Wang Dong’s, and Zhang Lexuan offered to arrange her assessment the next day.
• Di Yao rejected the delay and chose Chen Junting as her opponent, provoking Wu Feng and Wang Dong before Zhang Lexuan allowed the match to begin on the rubble.
• Chen Junting and Di Yao took their positions, and Di Yao’s powerful aura forced Wu Feng’s martial soul to appear while leaving Beibei unharmed.

Di Yao and Chen Junting fought a fierce duel, revealing her Golden Dragon Martial Soul and his Ultimate Gold attribute. Chen Junting won by overwhelming her with his Seven Kills Domain and left his sword at her neck, having held back.

• Di Yao attacked Chen Junting with the Golden Dragon's strength, and Beibei recognized her Martial Soul as the Golden Dragon, the Ancestor of Strength.
• Zhang Lexuan told Ning Tian that Di Yao was going to join the Inner Academy, ending Ning Tian's hopes of recruiting her.
• Di Yao summoned the Golden Dragon Spear and hurled it at Chen Junting, but he revealed his Ultimate Gold attribute, deflected the spear, and flung it into the arena wall.
• Di Yao pressed her attack with Golden Dragon Head, but Chen Junting's Seven Kills Domain and sword techniques pushed her into a disadvantage.
• Chen Junting unleashed the Circular Killing Array, broke apart Di Yao's golden dragon attack, and stopped with his sword at her neck after she was left unable to continue.

Chen Junting and Di Yao joined Shrek’s Inner Academy on Sea God Island and learned its rules and benefits. After settling in, Chen Junting agreed to meet Wu Ming and other trusted students to discuss Soul Spirits, and Wu Ming rushed off to notify Ruoruo.

• Chen Junting and Di Yao crossed Sea God Lake to Sea God Island, where Zhang Lexuan explained the Inner Academy’s cultivation environment, missions, credits, and housing.
• Di Yao asked for the apartment closest to the Golden Ancient Tree, but backed down after learning she would have to defeat Zhang Lexuan to claim it; Chen Junting chose a similarly favorable apartment.
• After completing admission procedures, Chen Junting declined Zhang Lexuan’s tour and went to his apartment, where Wu Ming introduced herself and recognized him as the Reserve Team member who had recruited Inner Academy students for the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Wu Ming invited Chen Junting to the Martial Arts Arena to meet trusted students who needed soul rings and wanted to see his Soul Spirit; Chen Junting tricked her into revealing Dean Cai had suggested the meeting.
• Chen Junting agreed to take part in the Soul Spirit discussion, and Wu Ming flew off to notify Ruoruo.

Over the past year, Chen Junting and Shrek Academy advanced Soul Spirit research, while Shrek developed a tacit arrangement with Twilight Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Forest. As Huo Yuhao and the others prepared to leave for Maple Leaf City, Chen Junting learned the Tang Sect cooperation had succeeded and arrived at the institute to find He Caitou had contracted a ten-thousand-year Golden Mammoth Soul Spirit.

• Chen Junting completed missions and exchanged merits for Inner Academy secret arts, including a method for replacing a soul beast's Soul Ring skill with a Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Ning Tian, Beibei, and others entered the Inner Academy, while Shrek's Soul Spirit research reduced contract failures and established the Spirit Pact Array.
• Twilight Soul Beasts began approaching Shrek's search parties, and Mu En ordered the academy to spare and bring back suitable beasts for Soul Spirit experiments.
• Ning Tian reminded Chen Junting that Huo Yuhao and the others would leave for Maple Leaf City the next day and that they would not meet again for three years.
• Ning Tian told Chen Junting that the Tang Sect cooperation had succeeded half a year earlier, and Chen Junting doubted the sect could rise again.
• Chen Junting and Ning Tian reached the Soul Spirit Research Institute, where He Caitou had just contracted a ten-thousand-year Golden Mammoth Soul Spirit.

He Caitou broke through to Level 52 and gained the Golden Mammoth Soul Spirit, while Shrek prepared to reveal Soul Spirits and host the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s exchange students. The Hongchen siblings arrived with the delegation, and Yan Shaozhe said the students would need to pass tests before receiving instruction.

• He Caitou broke through to Level 52, and his Golden Mammoth Soul Spirit appeared and protected him with a Golden Shield.
• Di Yao, Di Tian, and the others waited for Soul Spirits to prove they could generate Soul Rings, while Han Ruoruo explained that Shrek would reveal Soul Spirits during the exchange program.
• Ning Tian told Wang Dong that others knew she was a girl and urged her to tell Huo Yuhao sooner; Wang Dong resolved to act on her feelings before their three-year separation.
• Chen Junting gave Huo Yuhao a Nine Treasures Pavilion token and instructed him to learn Sun Moon Empire Soul Guidance Device Technology and recruit talent.
• Yan Shaozhe brought the ten Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy exchange students to Shrek, where Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen embarrassed themselves while arguing about Chen Junting and Wang Dong.
• Yan Shaozhe welcomed the delegation and said its students would have to pass tests before receiving instruction at Shrek.

Di Yao defeated a Sun Moon Empire prince in the first assessment, then Chen Junting tested his Illusion Formation against Xiao Hongchen. The illusion made Xiao Hongchen believe Meng Hongchen had died, and Chen Junting left the field satisfied with the formation’s effects.

• Di Yao volunteered for the first assessment and brutally defeated the man surnamed Xu, forcing Elder Ma to concede.
• Xiao Hongchen challenged Chen Junting, and Chen Junting entered the field with an eyeball-shaped Formation Artifact as a multicolored Illusion Formation spread across the venue.
• Xiao Hongchen’s Soul Guidance Cannons filled the field, but he was drawn into Chen Junting’s illusion and saw Meng Hongchen dead.
• Inside the illusion, Xiao Hongchen blamed Wang Dong for Meng Hongchen’s supposed death, prompting an awkward reaction from the onlookers.
• Chen Junting left the field after asking Han Ruoruo to announce the result, while the furious Meng Hongchen charged at Xiao Hongchen.

Han Ruoruo brought the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy delegation to watch Wu Ming contract with a soul spirit, revealing Shrek’s new method to their wary observers. The ceremony succeeded, and Elder Ma and Elder Zhong realized the discovery could threaten the Sun Moon Empire’s advantage as news spread to the major forces.

• Han Ruoruo guided the Sun Moon delegation to their quarters after five students passed Shrek’s Inner Court Assessment, while Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen discussed Chen Junting’s unusual crystal ball.
• Wu Ming celebrated reaching rank 80, and Han Ruoruo invited Elder Ma and Elder Zhong to observe a soul spirit contract ceremony.
• Chen Junting prepared the Spirit Pact Array as Wu Ming and the seventy-thousand-year Blazing Flame Falcon took to the sky together.
• Di Yao questioned whether soul spirits could bring peace between humans and Soul Beasts, and Chen Junting and Ning Tian explained that Soul Bones and the limited number of suitable beasts remained problems.
• Chen Junting activated the array, and Wu Ming successfully gained the Blazing Flame Falcon as a soul spirit, which offered her its Soul Bone after burning its corpse.
• Elder Ma and Elder Zhong recognized the strategic importance of soul spirits, while Han Ruoruo noticed their reaction and news of the ceremony spread toward the major forces.

Chen Junting and Mu En discussed Shrek Academy’s plans for expanding Soul Spirits and the support they hoped to secure from the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. After leaving Sea God Pavilion, Chen Junting was asked by Zhang Lexuan to lead a team on a mission to capture an Evil Soul Master who had abducted children.

• Mu En told Yan Shaozhe to prepare for negotiations about Soul Spirits and said he would seek Di Tian’s cooperation in Star Dou Forest.
• Mu En asked Chen Junting to advance research into Soul Spirits granting different numbers of soul rings, and explained that he hoped the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect would help Shrek Academy in a future crisis.
• Chen Junting agreed to Mu En’s request in his own name but declined to make a promise on behalf of his sect.
• Zhang Lexuan told Chen Junting that an Evil Soul Master with Soul King cultivation had abducted children in the Heaven Dou Empire and asked him to lead a team to capture the culprit.
• Chen Junting accepted the mission and agreed to take Yao Heng and two members from Beibei’s group.

Chen Junting gathered Beibei, Dai Yueheng, and Ning Tian for a mission to capture a Bone Dragon Evil Soul Master on the Heaven Dou Empire’s southeastern border. The group reached Chen Junting’s transformed hometown, Shanyang Village, and reunited with the old village chief.

• Chen Junting recruited Beibei for a Supervision Group mission, and Beibei agreed to set out the next day.
• Dai Yueheng reunited with Chen Junting, Beibei, and Ning Tian, then explained that this would be his final mission before graduating and joining the army.
• Chen Junting briefed the group on a Soul King Evil Soul Master who abducted servants and killed nobles in Qianye City; Ning Tian and Dai Yueheng discussed the slave trade behind the case.
• Chen Junting led the group to the southeastern border and said they would stop in Shanyang Village to deliver gifts and ask the village chief about suspicious newcomers.
• Chen Junting knocked on the village chief’s door, and the old man recognized him and joyfully welcomed him home.

Chen Junting and his companions investigated Shanyang Village for a suspected Evil Soul Master and learned that the man staying in Chen Junting’s old house had been returning children abducted by traffickers. They went to question the children and found that there were many more of them than expected.

• Chen Junting reunited with the old village chief, shared news of his life, and gave him a Dragon Head Cane filled with gifts for the villagers.
• After the old village chief reported no suspicious newcomers, Chen Junting ordered the group to split up, sending one search through the sect’s intelligence network while he planned to investigate Guyun City.
• Chen Junting learned that a man and several children had been allowed to stay in his old house and that the man had been returning children rescued from traffickers.
• Ning Tian questioned two sect disciples, and Chen Junting concluded that the supposed Evil Soul Master might differ from the rumors.
• The old village chief knocked on the house door, and Chen Junting’s group saw more than ten children peeking out from inside.

Chen Junting and the Shrek Monitoring Group stopped two Soul Emperors from killing Gu Tianchen after confirming he was not an Evil Soul Master. Gu Tianchen explained how he had escaped enslavement and become a wanderer who rescued abducted children, while the group learned his Bone Dragon martial soul gave him spatial abilities.

• Two Soul Emperors cornered the exhausted Gu Tianchen, but Chen Junting arrived and blocked their attack.
• Chen Junting declared Gu Tianchen was not an Evil Soul Master and ordered the Soul Emperors to leave; Dai Yueheng, Beibei, and Ning Tian arrived to reinforce him.
• Ning Tian gave Gu Tianchen medicine, and Chen Junting set up formations to help him recover while Beibei assessed his fighting style.
• Gu Tianchen introduced himself as the Bone Dragon martial soul owner and revealed that his eerie abilities came from spatial powers.
• Gu Tianchen told the group that a noble had enslaved him, tried to have him killed after his martial soul awakened, and forced him to flee.
• Gu Tianchen explained that he later hunted human traffickers, returned stolen children to their families, and intervened when nobles mistreated their servants.

Chen Junting brought Gu Tianchen, a rare Bone Dragon Soul Master, into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, where Gu received support and rapidly improved. Later, Chen studied the combined attack skill created by Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong as a starting point for his own research.

• Chen Junting told Ye Xuanji about sixteen-year-old Gu Tianchen, a rank-fifty-one Defense System Battle Soul King whose Bone Dragon Martial Soul had two rare space-attribute Soul Skills.
• Ye Xuanji agreed to give Gu Tianchen a generous gift, help him establish an orphanage, and punish the nobles involved in the slave trade.
• Gu Tianchen studied at the Nine Treasures Pavilion and entered Shrek's Inner Academy, then rose from rank fifty-one to rank fifty-five after receiving a seventy-thousand-year Right Arm Bone.
• The Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and Shrek Academy helped spur a joint crackdown on the slave black market, while other factions held back from challenging the Sect over soul spirits.
• Ning Bo Wen gave Chen Junting the scroll detailing the combined attack skill created by Chen Xin and Gu Rong, and Chen chose to begin his research with their technique.

Chen Junting and Wu Feng discovered the Body Sect infiltrating the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, triggering a battle over the sect’s hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast Embryo. As the fight continued, Ning Bo Wen calmly reassured Chen Junting that the attackers were restraining themselves and would not slaughter the disciples.

• Chen Junting and Wu Feng encountered Body Sect Soul Saints emerging inside the sect, escaped through a Space Gate, and raised an alarm with a signal flare.
• Du Busi led the Body Sect attack and declared that Mingde Hall wanted both the Soul Beast Embryo and the Soul Spirit method, while Mad King evaded his strike.
• Ye Xuanji, Zhiyong, and Yang Zihan arrived with powerful Soul Spirits and confronted Du Busi and the other Body Sect Titled Douluo.
• Gu Tianchen escorted Chen Junting and Wu Feng to the main hall, where Ning Bo Wen served them tea and explained that the Body Sect was robbing the sect, not trying to slaughter its disciples.

Ning Bo Wen and Ye Xuanji forced Du Busi’s attack on the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect to fail, then demanded a ransom for the captured Body Sect disciples. Du Busi left empty-handed and decided to gather the Body Sect and raid Mingde Hall for Soul Tools.

• Du Busi attacked the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and demanded the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo, while Ye Xuanji fought back with the Stargod Sword.
• Ning Bo Wen entered the battlefield with a Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon Shell and warned Du Busi that the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect had captured his disciples.
• Du Busi conceded defeat, but Ning Bo Wen blocked his departure and demanded ransom for the captured Body Sect members.
• After leaving the Sect, Du Busi ordered the Body Sect to gather and raid Mingde Hall for Soul Tools and Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon Shells.

After the Body Sect’s failed attack, Chen Junting discussed the sect’s recovery and prepared Qin Lan to help win Di Tian’s support for Soul Spirits. The chapter ended with Gu Tianchen warning that Soul Spirits could worsen the threat to soul beasts, and Chen Junting revealing that they were only the first step.

• Ye Xuanji, Zhiyong, Yang Zihan, and Ning Bo Wen assessed the Body Sect’s attack, planned repairs and stronger defenses, and arranged to warn Huo Yuhao.
• Ning Tian learned from Chen Junting and Wu Feng that no one had died, the sect had captured Body Sect disciples, and the attackers had damaged buildings and Soul Tools.
• Chen Junting heard Electrolux urge him to travel during the next three years, then learned Qin Lan expected to reach rank 40 within half a month.
• Chen Junting told the sect’s core disciples that Di Tian might endorse Soul Spirits if Qin Lan helped secure his support, leaving Qin Lan overwhelmed by the responsibility.
• Gu Tianchen warned Chen Junting that human greed could make Soul Spirits accelerate soul beasts’ extinction, and Chen Junting replied that Soul Spirits were only the first step.

Shrek Academy hosted representatives from the Douluo Three Kingdoms’ major powers for a meeting likely centered on Soul Spirits. Du Busi arrived with stolen Mingde Hall research as ransom for captured Body Sect members, leaving Chen Junting to pass the matter to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s Sect Master.

• Dai Yueheng represented the White Tiger Duke's Mansion as the major powers arrived at Shrek Academy.
• The Body Sect arrived, and Xuan Zi insisted that Du Busi enter through the front gate instead of flying in.
• Du Busi gave Chen Junting a Storage Soul Tool containing a humanoid soul tool and Mingde Hall research, calling it ransom for the release of his sect members.
• Du Busi warned that the Body Sect would attack the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect if its people were not released, while the Hongchen Siblings turned their attention to Chen Junting.
• Xian Liner proposed that they research the stolen items together, but Chen Junting said the Sect Master would decide what to do with them.

At a meeting in the Sea God Pavilion, Yan Shaozhe and Ning Bo Wen presented Soul Spirits and claimed they could provide multiple soul rings based on their age. Mu En brought the gathered representatives outside to welcome the Beast God Di Tian, who arrived alone to attend the banquet despite his wariness of Shrek Academy.

• Yan Shaozhe demonstrated how soul masters fought alongside their contracted Soul Spirits and explained that older Soul Spirits could provide multiple soul rings.
• The representatives questioned whether Soul Spirits could truly condense soul rings, and Ning Bo Wen said the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect had prepared proof and was waiting for an important guest.
• Mu En appeared before the gathering, revealed that he had personally invited the guest, and led everyone outside to welcome him.
• Dark clouds covered Shrek City, and Du Busi recognized the enormous dragon as Di Tian, the Beast God.
• Di Tian transformed into human form, confronted Du Busi with killing intent, and Mu En intervened to dissolve the pressure.
• Di Tian declared that he had come to attend the banquet, while remaining wary of the Sea God Pavilion and the Golden Ancient Tree.

Qin Lan proved that a Soul Spirit could grant multiple Soul Rings, and the factions negotiated how to distribute and protect the Spirit Pact Array. With Di Tian agreeing to cooperate but distrustful of humans, Chen Junting proposed a Spirit Pagoda to oversee relations between soul masters and Soul Beasts.

• Di Tian watched Qin Lan contract with the Netherworld Wind Wolf, and Qin Lan gained a second Soul Ring from it and broke through the level 40 bottleneck.
• The gathered factions asked how they could obtain Soul Spirits, and Ning Bo Wen said the Spirit Pact Array would be protected and arranged only by its creator.
• After the representatives swore not to harm or expose the creator, Ning Bo Wen revealed that Chen Junting had created the Soul Spirit method, and Di Tian promised to act for him three times.
• Ning Bo Wen negotiated terms for Spirit Pact Array installations, and Chen Junting secretly added a way to gain Power of Faith whenever people thanked him for contracting Soul Spirits.
• Di Tian warned that humans might exploit Soul Beasts and said he did not trust them, so Chen Junting proposed establishing a Spirit Pagoda to oversee cooperation.

After helping establish spirit pacts and strengthening the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, Chen Junting received permission to travel with Gu Tianchen. He left Shrek Academy for a journey that he told Ning Tian would last two and a half years, though Gu Tianchen pointed out that Chen Junting had planned for three.

• Di Tian visited the Demon Forest, noticed an aura resembling that of the culprit behind the Star Dou Forest massacre, and kept his suspicion to himself.
• The Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's eight Titled Douluo gained three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings each, while its Grand Elders and Soul Guidance Research Institute also grew stronger.
• Chen Junting finished his spirit-related duties and applied to Yan Shaozhe for a leave of absence to travel.
• Yan Shaozhe approved the application, and Chen Junting said he would travel without Ning Tian and the others.
• Chen Junting and Gu Tianchen said goodbye to Ning Tian and departed from Shrek Academy; Gu Tianchen reminded Chen Junting that their trip was planned to last three years.

Chen Junting and Gu Tianchen visited Greatsword Mountain to investigate its rumored connection to a Deity. Guided by Chen Junting’s Eye of Destiny, they discovered a hidden space and entered Gu Tianchen’s Void Gate as gray energy flowed into the spatial rift.

• Chen Junting brought Gu Tianchen to Greatsword Mountain, hoping to investigate the legend that a Divine Sword had become the mountain.
• At the summit, Chen Junting used his Eye of Destiny to sense an unusual disturbance near the Sword Hilt Zone.
• Chen Junting revealed spatial ripples hidden in the mountain wall, and Gu Tianchen confirmed that a powerful secret realm lay beyond them.
• When Gu Tianchen warned that the realm’s Space Power could destroy them, Chen Junting told him to use his Void Gate and trust him.
• Gu Tianchen enclosed them both in the Void Gate, and gray energy followed the lingering Power of Destiny into the spatial ripples.