Chapter Summaries

Chen Junting demonstrated the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s Array Formation techniques to Xuan Ziwen, including a Gathering Yuan Formation and an armor that amplified its wearer’s strength. Xuan Ziwen explained how the armor could be developed into a soul tool, and Chen Junting revealed that his sect possessed the stolen Humanoid Soul Tool.

• Chen Junting invited Xuan Ziwen to join the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, and Huo Yuhao showed him five new soul guidance devices.
• Chen Junting carved a Gathering Yuan Formation onto Hidden Sand Shadow, letting it fire by drawing on Primordial Qi rather than Soul Power.
• Chen Junting presented an array-enhanced suit of armor, and Xuan Ziwen tried it on but suffered internal injuries from its physical strain.
• Xuan Ziwen explained that a Humanoid Soul Tool’s internal Core Array could help the armor bear that strain and make an armor-type soul tool possible.
• Chen Junting told Xuan Ziwen that the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect had the Humanoid Soul Tool stolen in the Body Sect’s attack.

Chen Junting and Gu Tianchen investigated the Holy Spirit Sect’s branches in Mingdu after Huo Yuhao revealed evidence of three suspicious sites. They reached one branch under cover of night, where Chen Junting’s spiritual probe was blocked, and began a stealthy assault.

• Huo Yuhao told Chen Junting that the Nine Treasures Pavilion had identified three likely Holy Spirit Sect branches in Mingdu, and Chen Junting said he planned to investigate the Saint Emperor.
• Gu Tianchen suggested the Saint Emperor’s fanatical followers might point to a real deity, and Chen Junting agreed the possibility mattered to his plans to become a god.
• Chen Junting and Gu Tianchen left the Nine Treasures Pavilion at midnight and used the Void Gate to reach an alley near a black courtyard.
• Chen Junting’s spiritual probe failed against the courtyard, and he concluded that the Holy Spirit Sect had installed Soul Tools to block spiritual detection.
• Chen Junting and Gu Tianchen slipped onto the rooftops and used the Void Gate to reach the courtyard’s central building, where they killed two hooded guards.

Chen Junting and Gu Tianchen broke into a secret chamber and captured a powerful Evil Soul Master who had taken the form of a baby. They discovered a Saint Emperor Statue gathering Power of Faith, but Electrolux could not determine what the Holy Spirit Cult intended to do with it.

• Chen Junting and Gu Tianchen entered the secret chamber after Chen Junting used his domain to prepare their approach.
• The baby-shaped Evil Soul Master killed a Great Saint Spirit and consumed his remains before confronting the intruders.
• Chen Junting summoned the Tyrannical Bone Dragon, which defeated the Evil Soul Master, crippled his cultivation, and took him to the Necromancer Demigod Plane.
• Gu Tianchen recognized the Tyrannical Bone Dragon as the corpse from the Greatsword Mountain Secret Realm and warned Chen Junting that his methods could make him seem like an Evil Soul Master.
• Chen Junting and Electrolux examined the Saint Emperor Statue and found that it stored Power of Faith, though they could not determine the Holy Spirit Cult's purpose for collecting it.

After a Holy Spirit Sect ambush left Wang Dong'er with mental trauma, Tai Tan rushed to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and gave her medicine. She woke and recognized her Second Dad.

• Chen Junting and Gu Tianchen returned to Nine Treasures Pavilion after destroying the Evil Soul Master hideout, and Zhang Ming went to investigate a nearby explosion.
• At Clear Sky Fortress, Niu Tian and Tai Tan discussed Xiaodong's boyfriend and the Rakshasa God's Successor, Chen Junting.
• Niu Tian learned that Wang Dong'er was in danger in the Sun Moon Empire and sent Tai Tan to protect her.
• Huo Yuhao explained that a spiritual-type Evil Soul Master had ambushed his and Wang Dong'er's Goddess of Light fusion, injuring Wang Dong'er's Sea of Spirit.
• Tai Tan burst into the medical room, gave Wang Dong'er a pill, and she woke to recognize him as her Second Dad.

Jing Hongchen rushed to the Medical Room after learning Wang Dong'er had been injured, fearing Shrek Academy and the Clear Sky Sect would hold the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy responsible. Tai Tan confronted him and demanded compensation, leaving Jing Hongchen to pay dearly and resolve to make the Holy Spirit Cult answer for the trouble.

• Lin Jiayi told Jing Hongchen that Wang Dong'er had collapsed after going out with Huo Yuhao, and Jing Hongchen hurried to the Medical Room to prevent Shrek's anger from escalating.
• Tai Tan tested Huo Yuhao and Chen Junting with his spiritual pressure, then stopped when Wang Dong'er angrily told him not to bully her friends.
• Tai Tan praised Chen Junting's strength and asked to see his Soul Spirit, but noticed Jing Hongchen arriving before they could proceed.
• Tai Tan blamed the academy for failing to protect Wang Dong'er and threatened to tear it down unless she was satisfied with the compensation.
• Jing Hongchen agreed to provide rare metals and Level 9 Soul Guidance Devices, then resolved to report the matter to the Crown Prince and punish the Holy Spirit Cult.

At a dinner in Ming Capital, Wang Dong'er invited Huo Yuhao and Chen Junting to visit Clear Sky Fortress, where Tai Tan offered Chen Junting access to its cultivation resources. Chen Junting accepted while planning to take advantage of Tang San’s attempt to win him over, and Wang Dong'er began inviting a growing number of friends along.

• After a physician confirmed Wang Dong'er was fine, Chen Junting treated the group to dinner, where Tai Tan and Chen Junting drank heartily.
• Wang Dong'er asked Huo Yuhao and Chen Junting to visit her home, and Tai Tan offered Chen Junting Clear Sky Fortress’s resources to help him approach rank 70.
• Chen Junting considered Tang San’s motives with Electrolux and decided to accept the invitation while refusing to become Tang San’s mole.
• Chen Junting asked to bring friends to Clear Sky Fortress and proposed that Wang Dong'er visit the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect in return.
• Wang Dong'er started naming friends she wanted to invite, while Tai Tan worried that the guest list would exceed ten and the priceless treasures would have to be shared.

Huo Yuhao and his companions left the Ming Capital for Wang Dong'er’s home, but Chen Junting spotted Ju Zi leading a battle against rebels and decided to kill her before she could become a future enemy. Chen Junting’s cannon shells devastated Ju Zi’s forces, and the group continued on their way.

• Huo Yuhao received leave from Fan Yu, Xuan, and Jing Hongchen, then set out with Wang Dong'er, Chen Junting, and Gu Tianchen under Tai Tan’s protection.
• Wang Dong'er tried on Huo Yuhao’s custom Flying Soul Guidance Device and teased Tai Tan about his objections to Soul Tools.
• Chen Junting and the others spotted Ju Zi’s troops fighting rebels, and Chen Junting decided she posed a future threat to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and their allies.
• Chen Junting dropped Level 8 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon Shells into the battle while Tai Tan opened the shield, devastating Ju Zi’s forces.
• Ju Zi used the Crown Prince’s single-use defensive Soul Tool to survive the first barrage, but a later shell struck as Chen Junting and the others departed.

Xu Tianran learned that Juzi had died in battle and used his grief to order retaliation against Duke Huihuang while exploiting the news to target his political rivals. He sent Shadow Douluo Xue Chen to watch his brothers and kill any who seized the opportunity to act against him.

• Xu Tianran discussed the former Douluo Three Kingdoms' two Limit Douluo with Jing Hongchen and said the Holy Spirit Cult could deal with them.
• A messenger reported that Juzi had died while suppressing Duke Huihuang's rebel army, apparently struck by a Level 8 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon Shell.
• Xu Tianran ordered the Hand of the Nation's Protector to destroy Duke Huihuang's duchy, and Jing Hongchen left to carry out the Crown Prince's intentions.
• Xu Tianran appeared to mourn Juzi, then summoned Shadow Douluo Xue Chen and ordered him to watch his brothers and exterminate the families of any who acted against him.

Chen Junting and his companions reached Clear Sky Fortress, where Tai Tan offered them an opportunity for enlightenment in the mountain’s sea of clouds. Chen Junting fused his sword intent with the Intent of Nature to create the Sword Intent of Entrapment, then followed the others toward the fortress.

• Tai Tan brought Chen Junting, Ning Tian, Wang Dong'er, Huo Yuhao, Gu Tianchen, and Wu Feng to Heaven Dou City, while Beibei and the others remained away on missions.
• Wang Dong'er and Wu Feng teased each other and briefly brawled until Chen Junting stopped them with a flick to each of their foreheads.
• Tai Tan took Wang Dong'er and Wu Feng toward Clear Sky Fortress and left the other four to pursue enlightenment in the sea of clouds.
• Chen Junting entered a deep state of enlightenment, transforming his spiritual power and merging his sword intent with the Intent of Nature while Huo Yuhao, Gu Tianchen, and Ning Tian gained insights of their own.
• Chen Junting named his new technique the Sword Intent of Entrapment, and the group followed a Clear Sky Fortress disciple up the cloud-covered mountain after Huo Yuhao’s spiritual detection failed.

Chen Junting and the others arrived at Clear Sky Fortress, where Wang Dong'er showed them around and Niu Tian welcomed them. Wang Dong'er led the group to their specially prepared rooms, leaving Chen Junting and Ning Tian’s room assignment for last.

• Chen Junting and the others reached Clear Sky Fortress and felt the dense Primordial Qi filling the summit.
• Niu Tian emerged from the castle, introduced himself, and invited Wang Dong'er’s friends inside.
• Wang Dong'er explained that Wu Feng was resting in a room she had prepared and led the group through the fortress.
• Wang Dong'er opened Wu Feng’s door and caught her happily rolling on a bed made of Crimson Flame Spirit Jade.
• Wang Dong'er showed the others their rooms, including Huo Yuhao’s Cold Jade Room, while Chen Junting and Ning Tian remained unassigned.

At Clear Sky Fortress, Chen Junting and Ning Tian discovered the fortress’s unusual luxuries, while Wang Dong'er arranged rooms for them and secured a chance for them to receive soul rings. Chen Junting began cultivating with a massive Heart of Heavenly Essence, and Wang Dong'er’s sudden question about her real name left Niu Tian and Tai Tan facing an unexpected mystery.

• Wang Dong'er showed Chen Junting and Ning Tian rooms supplied with diluted Frozen Spring, but Niu Tian called her upstairs before she could introduce them.
• Ning Tian questioned why Wang Dong'er and the Clear Sky Sect’s leaders lacked the Tang surname, and Chen Junting offered possible explanations.
• Chen Junting found a human-head-sized Heart of Heavenly Essence in his room and began cultivating its metal-attribute energy while seated on a Deep Sea Silver bed.
• Wang Dong'er persuaded Niu Tian to let her friends each obtain a God-bestowed Soul Ring from Ascension Pavilion after Chen Junting finished his cultivation.
• Wang Dong'er suddenly asked Tai Tan what her real name was.

Wang Dong'er questioned Niu Tian and Tai Tan about her family, received a pouch left by her father, and affirmed her love for Huo Yuhao. The chapter ended with Chen Junting reaching rank 70 and preparing to obtain his seventh soul ring, the Snow Empress.

• Wang Dong'er inferred from Tai Tan's answer that she had inherited her mother's surname, and Niu Tian gave her a brocade pouch left by her father.
• Wang Dong'er asked whether her parents were alive, and Niu Tian told her she would learn where they were once she grew stronger.
• Niu Tian asked whether Wang Dong'er had truly chosen Huo Yuhao, and she showed her determination before storming off when he and Tai Tan discussed the possibility of Huo Yuhao abandoning her.
• Wang Dong'er suspected Niu Tian and Tai Tan were hiding something and vowed that Huo Yuhao would pay if he ever let her down.
• Huo Yuhao sneezed during cultivation as the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sensed Chen Junting nearing a breakthrough.
• Chen Junting absorbed the Heart of Heavenly Essence, advanced to rank 70, and looked forward to meeting the Snow Empress.

After reaching rank 70, Chen Junting brought Snow Empress to the Necromancer Demigod Plane and convinced her that becoming a Soul Spirit was her only path to survival. He returned with her to the Douluo Plane to form their contract, where her Fierce Beast aura alerted Niu Tian, Tai Tan, and the guards at Clear Sky Fortress.

• Chen Junting asked Snow Empress to become his Seventh Soul Ring, and Tyrant showed her his ancient Bone Dragon body and warned that Soul Beasts could never become gods.
• Snow Empress agreed to become Chen Junting's Soul Spirit, and he released her from the Deification Platform, where she took the form of a little girl.
• Chen Junting stopped Snow Empress from forming the contract in the Necromancer Demigod Plane and returned with her to the Douluo Plane instead.
• Niu Tian and Tai Tan sensed Snow Empress's Fierce Beast aura in Clear Sky Fortress and rushed toward the Heavenly Essence Room, where Titled Douluo guards had gathered.

Niu Tian and Tai Tan realized the Snow Empress intended to become Chen Junting’s Soul Spirit, and they watched as she completed the pact with him. Chen Junting gained her left arm bone and broke through the level 70 bottleneck, while the Snow Empress entered Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Spirit.

• Niu Tian and Tai Tan inferred that the Snow Empress planned to become Chen Junting’s Soul Spirit and Seventh Soul Ring.
• The Ice Empress sensed the Snow Empress nearby and urged Huo Yuhao to investigate.
• Huo Yuhao stopped Niu Tian from opening the Cold Jade Room until Chen Junting invited them inside.
• Chen Junting and the others saw the Snow Empress as a child, and Niu Tian advised Chen Junting to choose an arm bone.
• The Snow Empress completed the Spirit Pact, gave Chen Junting a left arm bone, and entered Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Spirit as Chen Junting broke through level 70.

Chen Junting insisted on condensing a soul core before reaching Titled Douluo, and Niu Tian and Tai Tan ultimately agreed to help him. With Tai Tan supervising and Electrolux secretly protecting him, Chen Junting successfully formed his first soul core from the Seven Kills Sword’s slaughter attribute.

• Tai Tan assessed Chen Junting’s strength and warned him that condensing a soul core early was dangerous, while Niu Tian explained the risks to his future cultivation and divine inheritance.
• Chen Junting remained determined, and Niu Tian concluded that forming a soul core might be one of his inheritance trials, so he told Tai Tan to teach him.
• Chen Junting sent Huo Yuhao away with the Snow Empress, giving her a chance to investigate the Ice Jade Scorpion’s connection to Bing’er.
• Tai Tan taught Chen Junting about soul cores and advised him to use the slaughter attribute in his Seven Kills Sword rather than ultimate gold.
• Chen Junting compressed his soul power and killing intent as Tai Tan, Niu Tian, and the others watched, while Electrolux and the gold of life protected him.
• Chen Junting’s soul power collapsed into a black-hole vortex containing the image of a sword, forming his first soul core, the seven kills soul core.

Chen Junting successfully fused his Seven Kills Soul Core into his upper dantian, then persuaded Titan to share the Yin-Yang Complementary Dual Soul Core Method and a way to strengthen the body with life force. He planned to use the knowledge to help his teacher, while Electrolux began refining the strengthening method with the Gold of Life available.

• Chen Junting chose to place his first Soul Core in his upper dantian, and the Snow Empress entered his Sea of Spirit to watch over the dangerous fusion.
• Chen Junting drew the Seven Kills Soul Core into the space between his brows and successfully fused with it, earning praise from Tai Tan.
• Chen Junting asked Titan for the Yin-Yang Complementary Dual Soul Core Method so he could help his teacher pursue rank 99, and Titan warned that the method's pulling force could kill anyone with an insufficiently powerful body.
• Chen Junting told the Snow Empress that the Clear Sky Sect's two sect masters resembled the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python, who had sacrificed themselves for Tang San and later been revived.
• Titan gave Chen Junting the Dual Soul Core method and a gradual, life-force-based body-strengthening method, and Electrolux began studying how to improve it.

After recovering from condensing a Soul Core, Chen Junting joined Ning Tian and the others for dinner, then accompanied them to the Clear Sky Sect’s secret Ascension Pavilion. There, Wang Dong'er explained how the pavilion provided tailored, unusually powerful Soul Rings as Niu Tian and Tai Tan prepared to honor their promise.

• Ning Tian scolded Chen Junting for risking his life, then embraced and kissed him before Wang Dong'er unexpectedly entered and caught them.
• Wang Dong'er returned to the dining hall distracted, and Chen Junting and Ning Tian later joined the group for dinner.
• Chen Junting told Gu Tianchen that condensing a Soul Core was dangerous but might suit him if his spiritual power, physical constitution, and Soul Power were sufficient.
• Niu Tian and Tai Tan explained that Ning Tian and Gu Tianchen had reached ranks 60 and 70, then took the group to the Clear Sky Sect’s restricted Ascension Pavilion.
• Wang Dong'er explained that the Ascension Pavilion granted suitable Soul Rings without hunting Soul Beasts or forming Soul Spirit Contracts, and the group promised to keep its secrets.

Chen Junting used the Eye of Destiny to study the God-bestowed Soul Rings as Ning Tian and Gu Tianchen absorbed theirs, concluding that their patterns came from life imprints and heaven and earth’s memory. Gu Tianchen gained a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, and Tai Tan created three Golden Beads for Chen Junting, Wu Feng, and Huo Yuhao to use as God-bestowed Soul Rings.

• Gu Tianchen touched the Sea God Sacred Pillar and began absorbing a God-bestowed Soul Ring while Chen Junting watched through the Eye of Destiny.
• Ning Tian absorbed a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring whose patterns came from the life imprint within her body.
• Chen Junting observed Gu Tianchen’s Soul Ring patterns forming from heaven and earth, and connected the process to his theory of Self-Condensed Soul Rings.
• Ning Tian finished absorbing her Soul Ring, while Gu Tianchen’s Soul Ring reached a hundred-thousand-year level and awakened his Bone Dragon phantom.
• Tai Tan drew three Golden Beads from the Sea God Sacred Pillar and gave them to Chen Junting, Wu Feng, and Huo Yuhao as future God-bestowed Soul Rings.

Chen Junting sparred with Gu Tianchen while trying to combine the Snow Empress’s cold and deathly power into a new sword intent, and Ning Tian helped him realize what was missing. As Chen Junting and Huo Yuhao prepared to leave for the academy, Gu Tianchen found himself unexpectedly drawn to Wu Feng.

• Chen Junting used the Snow Dance Extreme Ice Domain and Emperor Sword against Gu Tianchen, whose Bone Dragon Avatar and Void Gates countered his attacks.
• Huo Yuhao sensed that Chen Junting’s snow carried death, and he explained Emperor Sword, Ice Extreme Peerless and the other Annihilates to the others.
• Gu Tianchen ended the spar, and Chen Junting explained that he was trying to combine extreme cold and death into a Sword Intent of Severance.
• Ning Tian suggested Chen Junting had left something out, prompting him to realize that dead silence could manifest the state of frozen severance.
• Chen Junting and Huo Yuhao spoke with Ning Tian and Wang Dong'er about their impending departures, while Chen Junting promised Ning Tian a surprise.
• Wu Feng teased Gu Tianchen about eating two servings of dog food, and Gu Tianchen realized he was attracted to her before she called him out.

After the academy exchange ended, Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan withdrew from Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, while Xuan Ziwen resigned and left to continue his research with Huo Yuhao. The Shrek students returned home under Xu Tianran’s watchful approval, where Meng Hongchen’s dismay at learning Wang Dong’er was a girl was apparent.

• Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan submitted withdrawal applications, with Ji Juechen explaining that he wanted to join the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect to spar with Chen Junting.
• Jing Hongchen discovered that Xuan Ziwen had resigned and left with his research results, and he blamed Huo Yuhao for luring the chief soul engineer away.
• At the farewell ceremony, Chen Junting told Gu Tianchen that Xu Tianran had supported the Holy Spirit Cult, turning Gu Tianchen against the Crown Prince.
• Xu Tianran told Jing Hongchen not to stop the departing students and approved letting them accompany the Shrek party.
• Jing Hongchen escorted the Shrek students to the exchange point, where they reunited with Yan Shaozhe, Xian Liner, and the Hongchen Siblings; Meng Hongchen stared despondently at Huo Yuhao after learning Wang Dong’er was a girl.