Chapter Summaries

Xiao Qiang used the enhancement and suppression of his Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, along with Psychological Suggestion, to try to make Ling Luochen loyal to him. He gave Blue Susu and Lan Luoluo Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones and Whale Rubber after they joined his faction, then pressured Ling Luochen to serve him in exchange for further benefits.

• Blue Susu and Lan Luoluo asked whether Nana’s Soul Bones and strength were connected to Xiao Qiang, and he explained that Nana calling him Master was a separate matter.
• Xiao Qiang stopped enhancing Ling Luochen’s attributes and secretly amplified her sense of loss, then resolved to use the contrast between giving and withdrawing the enhancement to control her.
• Xiao Qiang gave Blue Susu and Lan Luoluo one Ten Thousand Year head Soul Bone each and promised to help them awaken their Body Spirits and absorb stronger Spirit Rings.
• Blue Susu and Lan Luoluo joined Xiao Qiang’s faction, and he gave them Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber before they began absorbing the items.
• Xiao Qiang asked Ling Luochen how she felt about the enhancement; after she admitted it had helped her, he told her to massage his shoulders as a subordinate.

Xiao Qiang explained the benefits of Soul Spirits to Ling Luochen and the Lan sisters, presenting them as a safer way to gain powerful soul rings and spirit bones. He ended by revealing that an injured 76,000-year-old Ice Scorpion in the Extreme North was willing to become Ling Luochen’s Soul Spirit.

• Ling Luochen massaged Xiao Qiang while waiting for him to discuss what she would receive in return for attribute sublimation.
• After Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo fused with their spirit bones, Xiao Qiang warned them that his pills could raise them to level thirty-seven but that they must avoid other medicines for a year.
• Xiao Qiang described how Soul Spirits preserved spirit beasts’ consciousness, guaranteed spirit bones, offered additional abilities, and could provide multiple powerful soul rings.
• Lan Susu, Lan Luoluo, and Ling Luochen were shocked by the advantages and the possibility of gaining much stronger soul rings.
• Ling Luochen asked what kind of Soul Spirit she could obtain, and Xiao Qiang revealed that a 76,000-year-old injured Ice Scorpion in the Extreme North was willing to become hers.

Ling Luochen agreed to join Xiao Qiang’s faction after he promised her a seventy-six-thousand-year Ice Scorpion for her later spirit rings and a way to absorb its soul bone. The chapter ended with Xiao Qiang arranging ten-thousand-year fourth spirit rings for Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo, then telling Ling Luochen to come to his room three nights later.

• Ling Luochen reacted with excitement when Xiao Qiang offered her a seventy-six-thousand-year Ice Scorpion for her seventh, eighth, and ninth spirit rings.
• Xiao Qiang assured Ling Luochen that she could absorb the Ice Scorpion’s soul bone if she possessed Extreme Ice during the process.
• Ling Luochen agreed to join Xiao Qiang’s faction but asked not to fight Shrek, and Xiao Qiang promised to keep her off the front lines if possible.
• Xiao Qiang told Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo he would prepare ten-thousand-year fourth spirit rings for them once they reached four rings.
• Xiao Qiang told Ling Luochen to come to his room three nights later, leaving her surprised.

Xiao Qiang arranged Ling Luochen’s next attribute ascension, gave her Invincible Shields, and asked the women to bring their families to join his faction. Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo tried to recruit Xiao Xiao, but she rejected them and remained loyal to Shrek.

• Xiao Qiang clarified that Ling Luochen should visit his room in three days for an attribute ascension, then gave her five Level 6 Invincible Shields.
• Xiao Qiang told Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo to find him when they reached Rank 37 and asked all three women to send letters to their families.
• Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo urged Xiao Xiao to join Xiao Qiang’s faction, saying Ling Luochen had joined and Xiao Qiang promised soul bones and a method for overlevel spirit ring absorption.
• Xiao Xiao refused, accused Xiao Qiang of sending Huo Yuhao and He Caitou to the plantation, and insisted she would stay with Shrek.
• Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo could not reveal that they already possessed two Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones, and their efforts to persuade Xiao Xiao failed.

Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo chose to leave Shrek for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, while Xiao Xiao and Du Wilun tried to persuade Ling Luochen to stay. After Jing Hongchen recovered, Xiao Qiang gave him a heavenly treasure that could help him reach Rank 95.

• Lan Susu gave Xiao Xiao an ultimatum, and she and Lan Luoluo rejected her appeal to stay at Shrek.
• Xiao Xiao reported the sisters' and Ling Luochen's plans to Du Wilun, who contacted Yan Shaozhe for advice.
• Yan Shaozhe told Du Wilun to try to retain Ling Luochen and leave the Lan sisters alone, but accepted that Ling might depart.
• Jing Hongchen recovered from his injuries with the help of Xiao Qiang's Life Water and said he now had confidence to challenge Rank 95.
• Xiao Qiang gave Jing Hongchen a jade box containing a heavenly treasure and said it could turn his confidence into reality.

Xiao Qiang prepared to absorb the Titan Snow Demon King's spirit ring and spirit bone while planning to condense a Soul Core as a Soul Sage. He and the others agreed to pursue an unprecedented path, and Tian Meng proposed using their remaining power to create another Million Year Spirit Ring for Xiao Qiang's seventh ring.

• Xiao Qiang gave Jing Hongchen filtered Life Lake Water and rare treasures to help him safely break through to Rank 95.
• After Xiao Qiang preserved the Titan Snow Demon King's remaining origin, Tian Meng and Ice Empress persuaded the Titan Snow Demon King to join the God Creation Plan.
• Xiao Qiang prepared to absorb the Titan Snow Demon King's spirit ring and put its spirit bone in his right leg, then asked the others about Soul Cores.
• Snow Empress warned Xiao Qiang that condensing a Soul Core early could make later breakthroughs much harder, but Xiao Qiang argued that surpassing the era's limits could create a path to godhood.
• Tian Meng, Ice Empress, Silver Wolf, Other Shore Twin, and the Titan Snow Demon King agreed to Xiao Qiang's plan to condense a Soul Core as a Seven-Ring Soul Sage.
• Tian Meng proposed using Seele's spirit ring as a template, adding the Titan Snow Demon King's remaining power and the others' contributions to create another Million Year Spirit Ring.

Xiao Qiang absorbed the Titan Snow Demon King's Spirit Bone and Spirit Ring, then Tian Meng and the other Mental Type Soul Spirits helped him create a Million Year spiritual Spirit Ring. He gained Limit Douluo-level spiritual power but learned that using its full force could backlash against his body, while his Soul Power reached rank seventy-five.

• Xiao Qiang fused the Titan Snow Demon King's Spirit Bone and Spirit Ring, reaching rank seventy and gaining a right leg Spirit Bone.
• Tian Meng, Silver Wolf, Seele, and the other Mental Type Soul Spirits condensed a Million Year spiritual Spirit Ring for Xiao Qiang during two and a half days of secluded cultivation.
• Xiao Qiang's spiritual power surged to the level of a Limit Douluo, and Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui mistook the powerful aura for evidence that Du Busi might be cooperating with Xu Tianran.
• Tian Meng explained that Xiao Qiang's Spirit Shock could kill powerful opponents but could also seriously injure him when combined with his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Xiao Qiang measured his Soul Power at rank seventy-five and learned that reaching Soul Douluo would reduce the backlash from his spiritual power.

Xiao Qiang helped Ling Luochen undergo an attribute ascension, raising her Soul Power to level sixty-three, and considered her potential as a future combat asset. Mu Qingxue then arrived to discuss finding Angel Spirit soul masters and trustworthy retainers for the Hall of Souls.

• Ling Luochen came to Xiao Qiang's room for an attribute ascension and thanked him for knocking her unconscious when she had overheard secrets before.
• Xiao Qiang circulated his powerful Soul Power through Ling Luochen, and she broke through from level sixty-two to level sixty-three.
• Xiao Qiang assessed the potential of Ling Luochen, Xiao Xiao, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo as future combatants, noting that Xiao Xiao had not come.
• Mu Qingxue entered Xiao Qiang's room and asked about recruiting Angel Spirit soul masters and trusted retainers for the Hall of Souls.

Mu Qingxue told Xiao Qiang about the Qian Feng Family's ancient agreement to serve the Angel Spirit if one of its members met extraordinary requirements. Since Mu Qingxue now fulfilled those conditions, Xiao Qiang agreed to travel with her to seek the family, but their journey was interrupted when Shrek people arrived at their hotel.

• Mu Qingxue explained that the four families once tied to the Angel Spirit had mostly vanished or defected, and Xiao Qiang suspected the Qiangu Family had become part of Shrek.
• Mu Qingxue revealed that the Qian Feng and Qian Li families had promised to become the Angel Spirit's vassals again if a member reached Soul Douluo before thirty and possessed two Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Rings.
• Mu Qingxue said her rank eighty-six Soul Douluo strength, six black and two red spirit rings, and Extreme Fire could persuade the weakened Qian Feng Family to honor the agreement.
• Mu Qingxue described the Qian Feng Family as having three Soul Douluo and eleven Soul Sages, and Xiao Qiang decided they would leave the next day.
• Xiao Qiang, Xiao Lan, Mu Qingxue, and Nana traveled toward the Qian Feng Family, but Shrek people arrived at the same hotel as them.

Xiao Qiang’s group was harassed by Lu Qi and his companions at a hotel in Qingmu City, but Mu Qingxue’s strength made them realize they had provoked a powerful opponent. Xiao Qiang rejected Lu Qi’s threats and ordered Nana to kill them, leaving their confrontation about to turn deadly.

• Xiao Qiang brought Mu Qingxue, Nana, and Xiao Lan to a Qingmu City hotel to eat and rest.
• Lu Qi and his companions leered at the women and Lu Qi approached their table, offering them wine in exchange for favors.
• Mu Qingxue shoved Lu Qi to the floor with Soul Power, and he realized she was likely a Soul Emperor.
• Lu Qi’s companions insulted the group and demanded that the women apologize and sleep with them, while Lu Qi found himself unable to escape Mu Qingxue’s killing intent.
• Xiao Qiang gave Lu Qi three sentences to speak before death, and Lu Qi invoked his family and Shrek Academy.
• Xiao Qiang ordered Nana to kill Lu Qi and his companions with her Eight Spider Lances.

Nana and Xiao Qiang killed Lu Qi and his father, City Lord Lu Feng, after Lu Qi’s group attacked them. Three days later, a rank-ninety-three Titled Douluo arrived in Qingmu City and declared that whoever killed a Shrek member would die.

• Nana used her Eight Spider Lances to poison Lu Qi’s group, then Xiao Qiang killed Lu Qi despite his threats of Shrek’s revenge.
• Lu Feng arrived with the city defense troops, but Xiao Qiang overwhelmed him and ordered Nana to absorb his life force and cultivation with her Eight Spider Lances.
• Nana struggled with killing in a way that resembled an Evil Soul Master, and Xiao Qiang told her to show no mercy to enemies while recognizing who they were.
• Xiao Qiang and Nana left to pursue their original task, expecting Lu Qi’s rank-eight Soul Douluo relative might appear after they returned.
• Three days later, Lu Hu told a Titled Douluo that Lu Qi had been killed by a Soul Douluo above rank eighty-five.
• The Titled Douluo dismissed Lu Hu’s explanation and declared that anyone who killed a Shrek member must die.

Divine Power Douluo ordered nearby city lords to help hunt down Shrek's enemies, while privately admitting Shrek was using revenge to consolidate its power. At the Qian Feng Family estate, Mu Qingxue revealed her strength, prompting Qian Feng Lie to accept her as his lord.

• Lu Hu thanked Divine Power Douluo for avenging his son and grandson and promised Qingmu City’s support.
• Divine Power Douluo ordered Lu Hu to rally nearby city lords and prepare to help execute those who killed a Shrek student.
• Divine Power Douluo reflected that Shrek was exploiting the incident to pressure unaffiliated families and strengthen its influence.
• Xiao Qiang and his companions visited the Qian Feng Family, where Qian Feng Lie learned that Mu Qingxue possessed the Angel Spirit and two Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Rings.
• Mu Qingxue displayed her Spirit Rings and Extreme Fire, claimed she could fight powerful Titled Douluos, and Qian Feng Lie declared his allegiance to her.

Mu Qingxue revealed her power and Extreme Fire, causing Qian Feng Lie to submit and explain the Qian Feng Family’s strength to her and Xiao Qiang. The chapter leaves the family’s Light Knight Spirit’s key flaw revealed: it could not produce warhorses for the Qian Feng Knights.

• Mu Qingxue displayed her soul rings and Extreme Fire, and Qian Feng Lie knelt rather than risk opposing someone with the strength of a Super Douluo.
• Mu Qingxue told Qian Feng Lie to rise and explain his family’s strength to Xiao Qiang, whom she identified as the Hall of Souls’ Hall Master and her superior.
• Qian Feng Lie described the Light Knight Spirit and listed the Qian Feng Family’s elders, soul masters, and household servants.
• Mu Qingxue explained how the loss of Spirit Hall’s monthly payments had left many low-level soul masters with few options besides household servitude.
• Qian Feng Lie explained that the Light Knight Spirit could not create warhorses, leaving even the Qian Feng Knights without suitable mounts.

Xiao Qiang learned how the Qian Feng Family’s dependence on suitable mounts had crippled its knights’ cultivation and promised to help after they relocated to the Sun Moon Empire. Meanwhile, Divine Power Douluo ordered an army to surround the Qian Feng Family and held Su Tong captive after discovering she was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

• Qian Feng Lie explained that the Qian Feng Family’s knights cultivated quickly with mounts at low levels but struggled to advance when they could no longer find sufficiently powerful horse-type soul beasts.
• Xiao Qiang told Qian Feng Lie to prepare the family to relocate to the Sun Moon Empire and promised he might be able to improve their strength.
• Li Hu reported to Divine Power Douluo that he had assembled forces to attack those responsible for Shrek’s deaths, and Divine Power Douluo ordered him to surround the Qian Feng Family and capture the culprits alive.
• Li Hu saw Su Tong restrained in a cage and learned through the narration that Divine Power Douluo had exposed her as a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Divine Power Douluo said he would take Su Tong back to Shrek Academy after dealing with the person who had provoked Shrek.

Divine Power Douluo led more than two thousand Soul Masters to surround the Qian Feng Family and capture Mu Qingxue’s group. Xiao Qiang struck first, devastating the assembled force and challenging its claim of superiority.

• Divine Power Douluo stored Su Tong in his Storage Soul Tool and ordered his forces to surround the Qian Feng Family and everyone who had opposed Shrek.
• Qian Feng Lie rejected the Second Elder’s suggestion to abandon Mu Qingxue’s group and told Qian Feng Luo to lead the younger clan members to safety if a gap opened.
• Xiao Qiang used his Psychological Suggestion domain to interrupt the family’s despair, then appeared above the assembled Soul Masters.
• A Soul Douluo urged the Shrek forces to trust their numerical advantage, but Xiao Qiang froze him with Freezing Ray and used Ice Burst Technique to set off a chain of explosions.
• Within two and a half minutes, more than half of the Shrek force had been killed or injured, and Xiao Qiang asked where their advantage had gone.

Xiao Qiang devastated the allied Soul Masters gathered by Shrek, then faced the Divine Power Douluo when he appeared to challenge him. The Divine Power Douluo’s ninth soul skill failed to land a blow, and Xiao Qiang left him smashed into a crater.

• Xiao Qiang’s Ice Burst Techniques and Psychological Suggestion domain left the allied Soul Masters with more than half their force dead and the survivors terrified.
• The Divine Power Douluo confronted Xiao Qiang and ordered the other Soul Douluos to hold back the Qian Feng Family while he attacked.
• Qian Feng Lie rallied his family to fight the allied Soul Masters as the ground battle began.
• The Divine Power Douluo unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar and charged Xiao Qiang with his ninth soul skill, One Force Breaks Ten Thousand Laws.
• Mu Qingxue prepared to reveal her Angel Spirit, but a massive hand slapped the Divine Power Douluo into the ground before she could act.
• Xiao Qiang looked down at the Divine Power Douluo in the crater and asked how he differed from Fan Yu.

Xiao Qiang defeated Divine Power Douluo and discovered Su Tong, a captured hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast who had chosen humanoid transformation to seek godhood. After learning Soul Beasts were barred from becoming gods, Su Tong was invited to join a God Creation Plan, and Xiao Qiang proposed starting a separate one for her.

• Xiao Qiang defeated the allied Soul Masters, killed Divine Power Douluo, and turned his corpse and soul into undead creatures.
• Xiao Qiang found Su Tong imprisoned in Divine Power Douluo's Storage Soul Tool, and Snow Empress freed her and ordered Divine Power Douluo's soul tortured.
• Su Tong told Xiao Qiang and Snow Empress that she had chosen humanoid transformation to pursue godhood after an injury made her next great tribulation seem unsurvivable.
• Xiao Qiang explained that Dragon God had forbidden Soul Beasts from becoming gods, leaving Su Tong distressed about her shortened lifespan.
• Snow Empress proposed that Su Tong pursue godhood with Xiao Qiang's group, but Xiao Qiang suggested creating a separate God Creation Plan for her.

Xiao Qiang planned to make Su Tong Xiao Lan’s Second Martial Soul and Head Spirit Bone as part of another God Creation Plan. Meanwhile, Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo tried to recruit Xiao Xiao to the Hall of Souls, but she refused to betray Shrek.

• Xiao Qiang proposed using Su Tong as Xiao Lan’s Second Martial Soul, and Snow Empress and Tian Meng agreed that the plan was feasible.
• Xiao Qiang chose Su Tong to become Xiao Lan’s Head Spirit Bone and went to fetch her.
• As the Hall of Souls prepared to introduce Soul Spirits, Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo visited Xiao Xiao to urge her to join before its resources for newcomers diminished.
• Xiao Xiao refused, saying she would not betray Shrek and trusting that her Twin Martial Souls would secure her strength and status.

Xiao Qiang explained to the Sun Moon Emperor how Soul Spirits could help the Sun Moon Empire overcome its disadvantages in martial souls and soul rings. The emperor learned why Soul Spirits mattered strategically, and the chapter ended as Xiao Qiang described how they could strengthen Soul Masters throughout their cultivation.

• The recovered Sun Moon Emperor summoned Xiao Qiang to explain the Soul Spirits he had created.
• Xiao Qiang explained that the Sun Moon Empire struggled to obtain soul rings because the Star Dou Great Forest lay in enemy territory and sea spirit beasts were poorly suited to most Soul Masters.
• Xiao Qiang said Soul Spirits could produce multiple soul rings and allow Soul Masters to absorb spirit beasts beyond ordinary limits.
• Xiao Qiang outlined how Soul Spirits could improve a Soul Master's early foundation and support stronger soul rings at higher ranks.

Xiao Qiang convinced the Sun Moon Emperor that Soul Spirits offered major benefits, including Overlevel Spirit Ring Absorption, and the emperor funded the Hall of Souls and assigned Princess Xu Tianzhen to help. When news of Soul Spirits reached Shrek, Yan Shaozhe reacted with disbelief to their claimed ability to raise Spirit Ring absorption limits.

• Xiao Qiang described how Soul Spirits shared vision, aided Soul Engineers, fought independently, and enabled Overlevel Spirit Ring Absorption.
• The Sun Moon Emperor pledged six Level Eight Soul Masters and two hundred million Gold Soul Coins to the Hall of Souls, assigning Xu Tianzhen to lead the effort.
• The Sun Moon Emperor ordered the empire to publicize Soul Spirits and put its border forces on alert, and the news spread throughout the empire in just over half a month.
• Du Wilun told Yan Shaozhe that the Sun Moon Empire had developed Soul Spirits and explained their claimed Spirit Ring benefits.
• Yan Shaozhe rejected the claim that Soul Spirits could enable Overlevel Spirit Ring Absorption, declaring it more impossible than Ancestor Tang San being an Evil Soul Master.