Chapter Summaries

After waking at home, Xiao Qiang explained his connection to Zhang Lexuan to Meng Hongchen, while Zhang Lexuan quietly left after hearing he was safe. At the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, Dai Yueheng recovered his confidence and promised to become a Super Douluo, but the celebration was interrupted by an angry visitor from the Body Sect.

• Xiao Qiang woke at home and learned that Zhang Lexuan had carried him through the forest before Sister Qing Xue brought him back.
• Meng Hongchen questioned Xiao Qiang about risking his life for Zhang Lexuan, and he insisted their connection was limited to their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and his martial ancestor's instruction.
• Zhang Lexuan listened outside Xiao Qiang's room, confirmed he was all right, and quietly left.
• Dai Yueheng regained his confidence after recognizing how much his mother had sacrificed for him, and he apologized to the Duchess.
• Dai Yueheng promised his mother that he would become a Super Douluo, but someone accused the White Tiger Duke's Mansion of bullying members of the Body Sect.

The Body Sect brought Huo Yuhao to White Tiger Duke's Mansion so he could confront Dai Hao and the Duchess over Huo Yun'er. Huo Yuhao accepted Dai Hao's false claim of love for his mother, and the confrontation ended with him draining the Duchess's hand as Dai Yueheng accused the Body Sect of being Evil Soul Masters.

• Du Busi led the Body Sect into White Tiger Duke's Mansion, where Huo Yuhao asked Dai Hao if he remembered Huo Yun'er.
• Dai Hao claimed Huo Yun'er had been the only woman he ever loved, and Huo Yuhao believed him and defended him when Du Busi challenged the claim.
• Du Busi summoned the Duchess, who failed to remember Huo Yun'er, and Dai Hao agreed to hand her over to the Body Sect.
• Dai Yueheng protested that the Body Sect were Evil Soul Masters, but Huo Yuhao seized the Duchess's hand and made it wither.

Huo Yuhao killed the White Tiger Duchess, drained her life force, and captured her soul, while Dai Yueheng denounced the Body Sect as Evil Soul Masters. Du Busi spared Dai Yueheng and left the ruined mansion; Dai Hao then noticed black qi corrupting his son’s eyes.

• Dai Huabin attacked Huo Yuhao, while Dai Yueheng tried to protect his mother and was struck down by a Body Sect Titled Douluo.
• Huo Yuhao drained the Duchess’s flesh and Soul Power, killed her, and captured her soul in his External Soul Bone.
• Dai Yueheng accused the Body Sect of murdering innocents for cultivation, and Du Busi and Dai Hao disputed his claims.
• Du Busi spared Dai Yueheng, warned Dai Hao about his army, and departed with the Body Sect members.
• Dai Hao noticed black qi emerging from Dai Yueheng as his red-and-blue Evil Eyes turned completely black.

Dai Yueheng’s White Tiger Martial Soul mutated toward the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, and he resisted its Evil God will just as Dai Hao tried to cripple him. Xiao Qiang reached level eighty-one and considered searching the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for dragon treasures.

• Dai Hao recognized the black mist around Dai Yueheng as a possible Dark Demon Evil God Tiger mutation and decided to cripple his son rather than risk the Evil God’s influence.
• Dai Yueheng blocked Dai Hao’s attack with a strange blood-red Spirit Ring and demanded to know why his father had let their mother be mistreated.
• Dai Hao praised Dai Yueheng for resisting the Evil God’s will, but Dai Yueheng confronted him over his long-standing neglect and his treatment of their mother.
• Xiao Qiang reflected that the Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring had only raised his Soul Power by one level, bringing him to level eighty-one at seventeen.
• Xiao Qiang looked toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and considered seeking Dragon Souls, Dragon Bones, or a Dragon Pill beneath it.

Xiao Qiang descended into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and found the Ice Dragon King's remains, then used its remnant soul to create a third soul ring for Bing Bing's martial soul. After six months of cultivation, he gained four powerful ice soul skills and reached level eighty-five, leaving him wondering whether he could now face Vengeful Spirit Douluo.

• Xiao Qiang entered the ice spring and discovered the Ice Dragon King's skeleton, Dragon Pill, and remnant soul, as well as the Fire Dragon King's Dragon Pill in the yang spring.
• Tian Meng proposed turning the Ice Dragon King's weakened remnant soul into a third soul ring for Bing Bing's martial soul, and Xiao Qiang agreed.
• Xiao Qiang spent six months refining the remnant soul into an ice-blue soul ring while cultivating beside the Ice Dragon King's Dragon Pill, rising from level eighty-one to level eighty-five.
• Xiao Qiang gained Mystic Ice Dragon Soar, Mystic Ice Dragon Breath, Nine Dragon Mystic Ice, and Absolute Zero from the new soul ring.
• Xiao Qiang wondered whether he could now fight Vengeful Spirit Douluo, whom he regretted encountering too early.

Xiao Qiang, Jing Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen set out for the Extreme North to find Meng a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Spirit, leaving Xiao Hongchen behind. Crown Prince Xu Tianran ordered Jing Hongchen’s location leaked to the Three Douluo Kingdoms and arranged secret support from the Holy Spirit Cult to kill the group, especially Xiao Qiang.

• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen met Xiao Qiang after his seclusion and asked him to help them obtain Hundred Thousand Year Soul Spirits.
• Jing Hongchen decided to take Meng Hongchen and Xiao Qiang to the Extreme North first, while Xiao Hongchen stayed behind to await a suitable Soul Spirit.
• Xiao Qiang asked Jing Hongchen to bring Mu Qingxue, whose strength had risen to the level of a powerful Super Douluo.
• A subordinate reported to Xu Tianran that Jing Hongchen and the others were heading to the Extreme North to obtain a Soul Spirit for Meng Hongchen.
• Xu Tianran ordered Shadow Douluo to sell Jing Hongchen’s location to the Three Douluo Kingdoms.
• Xu Tianran ordered the Holy Spirit Cult to secretly support an attack and ensure Jing Hongchen’s group, especially Xiao Qiang, was killed.

Shrek Academy and the three kingdoms learned that Jing Hongchen and a Sun Moon Empire party were traveling to the Extreme North to obtain a Soul Spirit. They agreed to ambush the weakened group on its return, leaving the alliance preparing to strike on home ground.

• Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei joked as Xue Lingxun and several powerful escorts arrived at Shrek Academy.
• Xu Jiujiu, Vina, and Xue Lingxun met with the Sea God Pavilion elders and confirmed that Jing Hongchen, Xiao Qiang, and others were heading to the Extreme North.
• Vina explained that the group’s route through hostile territory supported the report, though the kingdoms had not identified them directly.
• Xu Jiujiu and Vina argued that hunting a high-level Soul Beast in the Extreme North would leave Jing Hongchen’s party exhausted and vulnerable.
• Xue Lingxun and the others agreed to attack the Sun Moon Empire party as it returned, and Xuan Zi declared that the advantage was theirs on their own territory.

Shrek Academy and the Body Sect argued over who would capture Xiao Qiang, until Mu En intervened and secured an agreement. They finalized a joint operation against Xiao Qiang, Jing Hongchen, and the others, with Mu En joining despite having less than two years to live.

• Xuan Zi said Shrek must capture Xiao Qiang and kill Jing Hongchen when he returned weakened from the Extreme North.
• Du Busi confronted Xuan Zi, rejecting Shrek’s claim to Xiao Qiang and insisting that Xiao Qiang belonged to the Body Sect.
• Vina persuaded Du Busi and Xuan Zi to stop arguing and cooperate against the Sun Moon Empire.
• Du Busi demanded Xiao Qiang for the Body Sect, and Mu En appeared and agreed that the Body Sect could have him after he handed over the method for creating Soul Spirits.
• Du Busi, Xuan Zi, Tianyang Douluo, eight Titled Douluo, and thirty Soul Douluo were assigned to the capture operation, and Mu En said he would accompany them.

Mu En insisted on joining the plan to stop Jing Hongchen, arguing that Shrek and the Douluo Continent could not risk giving the Sun Moon Empire more time to grow. Before setting out, he strengthened Bei Bei and prepared him to lead Shrek in the next tournament, while three nations ordered more Titled Douluo to support Mu En.

• Xuan Zi and Du Busi tried to dissuade Mu En from fighting, but Mu En said the risk of allowing Jing Hongchen and Xiao Qiang to escape was too great.
• Du Busi pledged that the Body Sect would not initiate conflict with Shrek unless Shrek provoked it.
• Mu En summoned Bei Bei, dismissed his guilt over losing the Dragon Pill, and used his Soul Power to strengthen him and stabilize his bloodline.
• Mu En said Bei Bei's Martial Soul would transform into a Bright Holy Dragon and his Soul Power would break through rank sixty, preparing him to lead Shrek in the next tournament.
• Xu Jiujiu, Vina, and Xue Lingxun informed their emperors that Mu En would act, and the three rulers ordered more Titled Douluo to be sent to support him.

The three empires assembled eighteen Titled Douluo under Mu En to capture Jing Hongchen, while Xu Tianran arranged an ambush and planned to exploit Xiao Lan’s grief over Xiao Qiang. In the Extreme North, Meng Hongchen completed her absorption of a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring and spirit bone, reaching the peak of level sixty-six.

• The three empires increased their force from eight Titled Douluo to eighteen after Mu En agreed to oversee the operation, and the Star Luo Emperor transferred five Titled Douluo despite Xu Jiujiu’s concerns.
• Shadow Douluo told Crown Prince Xu Tianran that the Holy Spirit Cult had prepared an ambush for Jing Hongchen, and Xu Tianran demanded that the targets all be killed.
• Xu Tianran learned that Xiao Lan had rejected his invitation and planned to approach her after Xiao Qiang’s death, offering to act as her brother and bring her under his command.
• Meng Hongchen completed her absorption of the Hundred Thousand Year Crimson Ice Toad Spirit Ring and spirit bone, reaching the peak of level sixty-six and comparing her progress favorably with Xiao Hongchen’s.

After leaving the Extreme North, Xiao Qiang and Jing Hongchen stopped in Dragon City, where Xiao Qiang revealed his strength and learned that their pursuers had already discovered them. Nan Qiūqiū and Yu Tianlong approached, and Yu Tianlong challenged Xiao Qiang before Shrek's attack began.

• Jing Hongchen and the others left the Extreme North, and their movements were reported to the former Three Douluo Kingdoms.
• Xiao Qiang persuaded Jing Hongchen to stay in Dragon City, revealing that he and Mu Qingxue could face powerful attackers and that his Soul Power had reached rank eighty-five.
• Nan Qiūqiū introduced herself to Xiao Qiang and offered to befriend him despite his warning that he was being hunted.
• Mu Qingxue told Yu Tianlong to defeat Xiao Qiang if he wanted to get acquainted with her, and Yu Tianlong challenged Xiao Qiang.
• Shrek's attack arrived before Xiao Qiang could answer Yu Tianlong.

Xuan Zi attacked the hotel to eliminate Xiao Qiang and his companions, killing civilians and prompting Du Busi to recruit Xiao Qiang into the Body Sect. When Xiao Qiang refused, Mu Qingxue countered Du Busi’s poison, while a group of powerful Soul Masters surrounded Xiao Qiang and Cheng Gang challenged him.

• Xuan Zi struck the hotel with a massive palm, killing civilians, while Du Busi and Jing Hongchen condemned his reckless attack.
• Du Busi offered Xiao Qiang the position of Young Sect Master, but Xiao Qiang refused and said he was already the Spirit Hall Master.
• Mu Qingxue stepped in to face Du Busi, using Extreme Fire to dispel his poison and declaring that she was his opponent.
• Du Busi ordered the other powerful Soul Masters to seize Xiao Qiang, and Yu Tianlong and Nan Qiūqiū hid inside Xiao Qiang’s Soul Tool.
• Cheng Gang charged Xiao Qiang, but Xiao Qiang sent him flying with a single punch.

Xiao Qiang stunned the Star Luo Empire’s experts by defeating Might Douluo in a contest of strength, then used his Ice Age domain to overwhelm their siege. He left the five surviving Super Douluos frozen in place and asked them whose advantage they thought it was.

• Xiao Qiang punched Cheng Gang, the Might Douluo, flying, shocking the assembled Titled Douluos with his strength.
• Yu Tianlong watched from inside Xiao Qiang’s Storage Soul Tool as Nan Qiūqiū mocked him, and he vowed to one day defeat his father and become Heavenly Dragon Gate’s new Titled Douluo.
• The besieging experts lost their contempt for Xiao Qiang, but one Titled Douluo tried to rally them by claiming their greater numbers gave them the advantage.
• Xiao Qiang unleashed his Ice Age domain, freezing the Soul Douluos and weakening the Titled Douluos before freezing most of them with Freeze Moment.
• Xiao Qiang left five Super Douluos alive and asked them whose advantage it was.

Xiao Qiang faced the last five Super Douluo after the other Soul Douluo and Titled Douluo had fallen, and defeated them despite having less than forty percent of his Soul Power remaining. With only Xuan Zi and Du Busi still fighting, the forces that had come to Dragon City to deal with Xiao Qiang and his companions were annihilated.

• The five remaining Super Douluo considered retreating, but Tianyang Douluo urged them to attack after deducing that Xiao Qiang had spent much of his Soul Power.
• The group used the Xuanming Turtle Shell Shield to withstand Xiao Qiang's explosive attacks, while Tianyang Douluo replaced the shield with a flame near Extreme Fire.
• Xiao Qiang summoned nine frost dragons, and Tianyang Douluo combined the Soul Power of the other four Super Douluo to counter them with his ninth soul skill.
• As Tianyang Douluo tried to use his soul bone's power, Xiao Qiang appeared behind the group and froze all five with Absolute Zero.
• The other attackers were annihilated, leaving Xuan Zi and Du Busi as the only remaining combatants.

Mu En arrived just in time to save Xuan Zi and Du Busi from Mu Qingxue and Jing Hongchen’s attacks. Xiao Qiang confronted the Dragon God Douluo, and the battle remained unresolved.

• Du Busi awakened his Golden-grade Body Spirit and charged Mu Qingxue, but she fused her spirit rings into a Million Year Spirit Ring and matched his strength.
• Xiao Qiang threatened to use Rank 97 Tianyang Douluo as an Ice Burst weapon, distracting Du Busi and Xuan Zi.
• Mu Qingxue attacked Du Busi while Jing Hongchen aimed a Soul Tool Piercing Ray at Xuan Zi.
• Mu En blocked both fatal attacks with his dragon claws and pulled Xuan Zi and Du Busi to safety.
• Xiao Qiang addressed Mu En, while Du Busi urged him to kill the opposing fighters.

Mu En revealed that he had held back because he sensed the Snow Empress and warned that his peak condition would end with his death. Facing Xiao Qiang’s advantage and Mu Qingxue’s weakened state, Mu En offered Shrek’s Soul Bones and his own life to save Xuan Zi and Du Busi.

• Xuan Zi rebuked Du Busi for disrespecting Mu En and explained that Mu En’s Dragon's Pride suppressed his injuries at the cost of his life.
• Mu En revealed that he had avoided attacking because he sensed a powerful presence, and Xiao Qiang called the Snow Empress out of his Storage Soul Tool.
• Xuan Zi and Du Busi realized the Snow Empress was a Limit Douluo and apologized to Mu En for doubting him.
• Mu En argued that continuing the battle would endanger Mu Qingxue and proposed negotiations with Xiao Qiang.
• Mu En offered four Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones, eight Spirit Bones over fifty thousand years old, and his life in exchange for Xuan Zi and Du Busi being allowed to live.

Mu En negotiated with Xiao Qiang to spare Xuan Zi and Du Busi in exchange for a large cache of Spirit Bones and Soul Bones, while also asking to free Zhang Lexuan. As Mu En prepared to say his final words, he told Du Busi that he had saved him to protect the Douluo Continent and asked him for a favor.

• Mu En offered to let Xuan Zi and Du Busi live if Xiao Qiang accepted his terms, but Du Busi initially refused to leave without Mu En.
• Xiao Qiang judged that fighting Du Busi after he burned his life could lead to mutual destruction, and agreed to spare both men for double the proposed Spirit Bones and a guarantee against revealing the negotiations.
• Mu En asked Xiao Qiang to release Zhang Lexuan as an additional favor, and Xiao Qiang agreed if Mu En could persuade his grandmaster.
• Xiao Qiang warned Mu En not to pass on his cultivation, then kept watch with the Snow Empress and Jing Hongchen while Mu Qingxue rested in her Storage Soul Tool.
• Du Busi offered to compensate Shrek, but Mu En refused and said he had saved him to keep the Douluo Continent from becoming the Sun Moon Continent; Mu En then asked Du Busi for a favor.

As Douluo Continent faced defeat by the Sun Moon Empire, Mu En persuaded Du Busi to merge the Body Sect with Shrek and become its new Sea God Pavilion Master. Mu En also arranged for Zhang Lexuan’s return and protection, then stayed behind with Xuan Zi while Du Busi hurried to Shrek.

• Mu En asked Du Busi to become Shrek’s new Sea God Pavilion Master and merge the Body Sect with Shrek to preserve Douluo Continent’s influence and strength.
• Du Busi agreed, and Mu En reflected that the alliance was the best way to limit Shrek’s losses after its Spirit Bone reserves were devastated.
• Mu En asked Du Busi to protect Zhang Lexuan’s cultivation and help her obtain a final Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring once she reached Rank 90; Du Busi promised to assist her.
• Xiao Qiang imposed a Commandment on Xuan Zi and Du Busi, forbidding them from revealing information about Mu Qingxue or the Angel Spirit.
• Mu En and Xuan Zi stayed behind while Shrek prepared to exchange Spirit Bones for Xuan Zi, and Jing Hongchen lent Du Busi a flying Soul Tool so he could hurry to Shrek.

At Shrek's Sea God Pavilion, Elder Song and Yan Shaozhe awaited Mu En and Elder Xuan, confident their mission to capture Jing Hongchen had succeeded. Du Busi arrived alone and revealed that Xiao Qiang and his allies had overwhelmed Shrek's forces, leaving Shrek to face a desperate demand to exchange Soul Bones for Xuan Zi's life.

• Elder Song voiced her unease about Mu En and the others, while Yan Shaozhe reassured her that Shrek had the advantage.
• Yan Shaozhe received word that Du Busi was approaching Shrek City alone and told Elder Song to stall him until Mu En and Elder Xuan returned.
• Du Busi demanded eight Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones and sixteen Soul Bones over fifty thousand years old to save Xuan Zi.
• Du Busi explained that Xiao Qiang had killed the Soul Douluo and Titled Douluo in their party, while Jing Hongchen and a powerful ally had held back Xuan Zi and Du Busi.
• Du Busi revealed that Mu En had negotiated their release in exchange for the Soul Bones, and that Shrek had to complete the deal before Mu En died.

Star Luo Emperor Xu Jiawei learned that the allied force sent to capture Jing Hongchen had been nearly wiped out, leaving him unconscious and the neighboring kingdoms in turmoil. Afterward, Jing Hongchen discussed the spoils and the likelihood of war with Xiao Qiang, deciding to pursue the tenth-level Soul Engineer realm.

• Xu Jiawei reviewed the Royal Soul Master Corps and expected news that Jing Hongchen had been captured.
• Xu Jiujiu told Xu Jiawei that the forces from Star Luo, Heavenly Soul, and Dou Ling had been wiped out, with only Du Busi and Xuan Zi surviving.
• Xu Jiawei collapsed in shock, while the Dou Ling Empire changed emperors the following day after losing many high-level combatants.
• Jing Hongchen lamented that he had been unable to eliminate all his enemies, while Xiao Qiang reminded him that they had won and gained many Soul Bones.
• Jing Hongchen said he would attempt to become a Tenth Level Soul Engineer and explained to Xiao Qiang why the Sun Moon Empire was unlikely to start a war soon.