Chapter Summaries

Qin Ze absorbed the One-Eyed Demon Giant’s Soul Ring, reached rank forty-seven, and gained the Dark Demon Domain. After a hidden Limit Douluo attacked them in the valley, Qin Ze and Xiao Kuangdao escaped and reported the danger to Shrek Academy; the chapter ended with Qin Ze asking about Wu Feng's Grandfather's Soul Power Level.

• Qin Ze told Xiao Kuangdao that his Soul Power Level had risen to rank forty-seven after absorbing the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo and the One-Eyed Demon Giant’s Soul Ring.
• Qin Ze demonstrated his fourth Soul Skill, Dark Demon Domain, which strengthened him and weapons with dark elements and suppressed enemies within fifty meters.
• A hidden powerhouse in the cave unleashed a water-attribute attack, and Xiao Kuangdao used Spatial Teleportation to take Qin Ze away from the valley.
• Xiao Kuangdao identified the attacker as at least a Limit Douluo, then encountered Scarlet King, who recognized Qin Ze and glanced toward the Lake of Life.
• Qin Ze and Xiao Kuangdao returned to Shrek City, and Xiao Kuangdao had Qin Ze report the valley events to Shrek Academy’s High Officials.
• Qin Ze asked Xiao Kuangdao about Wu Feng's Grandfather's current Soul Power Level while they drank wine.

Qin Ze returned to Shrek Academy and told the elders about a One-Eyed Demon Giant and an Extreme Water attack in the Star Dou Great Forest. Mu En connected the strange attribute to the Deep Sea Demon Whale statue, leaving the source of the attack unresolved.

• Qin Ze gave Xiao Kuangdao part of the Blazing Glue, and they decided it could help Wu Qingyang become a Titled Douluo.
• Qin Ze went to Sea God Pavilion, where Qian Duoduo revealed that he had built a powerful sixth-grade Fire God Gatling Machine Gun from Qin Ze's blueprint.
• Qin Ze told Mu En, Xuan Zi, Yan Shaozhe, and Qian Duoduo that he had reached rank forty and gained his fourth soul ring from a One-Eyed Demon Giant in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Qin Ze explained that an attack with Extreme Water at Limit Douluo level had struck him and his teacher after they encountered the One-Eyed Demon Giant.
• Xuan Zi said the Star Dou Great Forest had no known soul beasts with Extreme Water, and Mu En recalled the Deep Sea Demon Whale statue.

Mu En revealed that strange statues in the Star Dou Great Forest might be draining its Life Origin, prompting plans to investigate and discuss the danger. The chapter then introduced Qian Duoduo’s Gatling Soul Tool, which he tested on Xuan Zi, who judged it a formidable battlefield weapon.

• Mu En told Yan Shaozhe, Xuan Zi, Qian Duoduo, and Qin Ze that a statue of the Deep Sea Demon Whale had absorbed Life Element from the Star Dou Great Forest and warned that more statues could accelerate the forest’s decline.
• Qin Ze raised the possibility of Evil Soul Masters, and Mu En noted the connection to Gui Wujing before Xuan Zi proposed seeking cooperation with Di Tian.
• Mu En scheduled a Sea God Pavilion meeting, then asked Qian Duoduo to show his Gatling Soul Tool.
• At Qin Ze’s suggestion, Qian Duoduo fired the Gatling Soul Tool at Xuan Zi for half a minute while Yan Shaozhe and Qin Ze watched.
• Xuan Zi emerged unharmed but said the weapon’s rapid stream of beams could threaten even an assault-type Soul Saint using Martial Soul Avatar and would be deadly on a battlefield.

Qian Duoduo demonstrated a powerful Gatling Soul Tool, and Qin Ze gave Mu En an Eight-petaled Immortal Orchid that could cleanse the harmful energy in his body. Qin Ze then returned to the Outer Court and reunited with Bei Bei, Tang Ya, and Xu San Shi.

• Qian Duoduo explained that the Gatling could fire three hundred Soul Tool rays in half a minute, though its high soul power consumption still prevented mass production.
• Mu En ordered Qian Duoduo to send the improved Gatling technology to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, and Qian Duoduo promised to do so within half a year.
• Qin Ze told Mu En that he sensed his body had lost vitality and brought him to Sea God Pavilion to give him an Eight-petaled Immortal Orchid.
• Mu En hesitated to accept the immortal herb, but Qin Ze closed the jade box and placed it in Mu En's arms before leaving.
• Qin Ze flew to the Outer Court and surprised Bei Bei, Tang Ya, and Xu San Shi, who greeted him in astonishment.

Qin Ze joined Bei Bei and the others as they brought Jiang Nannan to reunite with her mother, who had arrived in Shrek City. The reunion left Xu San Shi hopeful about his relationship with Jiang Nannan, and the group planned to meet for dinner before discussing Haozi's cultivation progress.

• Bei Bei told Qin Ze that Jiang Nannan's mother had arrived and the group was taking Jiang Nannan to see her.
• Qin Ze learned that Xu San Shi and Bei Bei had bought a courtyard from Ning Tian at half price and accompanied the group there.
• Tang Ya led Jiang Nannan to the courtyard, where she reunited with her mother after several years apart.
• While Jiang Nannan spoke with her mother, Xu San Shi worried she might blame him, and Qin Ze encouraged him to keep pursuing her.
• Bei Bei proposed a group dinner, then told Qin Ze that Haozi had reached Soul Power Level twenty-nine and could obtain his third soul ring within a month.

Qin Ze planned for his friends’ futures and visited the Nine Treasures Auction House, where he reunited with Di Yue Li and revealed he had become a Soul Ancestor. He gave Ning Tian the rare Aromatic Silk Beauty, leaving her thrilled by the chance to evolve her martial soul.

• Jiang Nannan thanked Xu San Shi, and Qin Ze and the others quietly left them together.
• Qin Ze declined Bei Bei’s invitation and went to the Nine Treasures Auction House to find Ning Tian.
• Qin Ze entered Ning Tian’s lounge and reunited with Di Yue Li, who said she had returned as a Soul Ancestor.
• Qin Ze revealed that he had also become a Soul Ancestor and said a treasure had helped him advance.
• Qin Ze explained the significance of the Aromatic Silk Beauty and gave the immortal herb to Ning Tian, who eagerly accepted it.

Qin Ze gave Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Di Yue Li immortal herbs to absorb while he stood guard in the auction-house lounge. As Di Yue Li absorbed the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, her wristband released a hidden aura connected to the Silver Giant Dragon beneath the Lake of Life, which suppressed the herb's energy and concealed her true body.

• Qin Ze explained how to absorb the Aromatic Silk Beauty and gave Ning Tian the Fire Dragon Ganoderma, which he said could evolve Wu Feng's Red Dragon Martial Soul into a fire dragon.
• Qin Ze gave Di Yue Li the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and explained that she had to think of the person she loved most and offer it a mouthful of blood.
• Ning Tian arranged for the staff not to disturb them, and Qin Ze stood guard as Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Di Yue Li began absorbing their herbs.
• Di Yue Li's blood triggered a pure white light around her and Qin Ze, and they silently recognized their mutual feelings before she began absorbing the flower.
• Qin Ze noticed Di Yue Li's wristband glowing as her body trembled, while the Silver Giant Dragon beneath the Lake of Life sensed the energy, suppressed it, and concealed the Auspicious Beast's aura.

After the immortal herbs awakened, Ning Tian’s martial soul evolved into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, while Wu Feng’s martial soul and fire attribute grew stronger and Di Yue Li gained five ranks. Qin Ze urged Ning Tian and Wu Feng to aim beyond strengthening their sects and pursue godhood, leaving them considering the ambitions and loved ones that such a path could protect.

• Ning Tian broke through to rank forty, and Wu Feng awakened at rank thirty-seven with a powerful Dragon Might and an intense flame aura.
• Ning Tian discovered that her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda had evolved into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Di Yue Li awakened and said that her soul power had increased by five ranks.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng decided to return to their sect after requesting leave, and Qin Ze suggested Ning Tian could absorb her fourth soul ring there.
• Qin Ze asked Ning Tian and Wu Feng about their futures, then urged them to follow Ning Rongrong’s example and pursue godhood.
• Wu Feng said she wanted to become a god so she could bring her grandfather into eternal life, and she also hoped to live forever with Ning Tian.

Over a year passed as Qin Ze and his companions advanced in strength and Shrek Academy introduced reforms. At fourteen, Qin Ze went to the library to research how humans had evolved from soul beasts.

• Qin Ze urged Ning Tian and Wu Feng to aim to become gods by the age of thirty, and Bei Bei held a gathering with their teammates.
• Qin Ze reached soul power level fifty, received the Snow Empress Embryo from Xiao Kuangdao, and was assigned an early Inner Court assessment by Mu En.
• Di Yue Li, Bei Bei, Xu San Shi, and Jiang Nannan made progress, while Bei Bei and Tang Ya established a new Tang Sect site in Shrek City.
• Ning Tian's martial soul evolved into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, prompting the sect to send Wu Qingyang to Shrek City and Mu En to arrange special instruction for her.
• Shrek Academy required Outer Court students to study soul tools and equipped Inner Court students with them, while Ma Xiaotao advanced to Soul Saint and Dai Yueheng joined the Star Luo Empire Army.
• Qin Ze asked Mu En about how humans evolved from soul beasts, received permission to enter the library, and hurried there to read its historical records.

Qin Ze visited the library to research whether humans could produce Soul Rings themselves and found a book written by young Bibi Dong that raised similar questions. After discussing Martial Souls, bloodlines, and soul beasts with Wang Yan, he began considering a way to help humans create their own Soul Rings, though it would require soul beasts.

• Qin Ze met Wang Yan in the library and asked him for a book about human evolution.
• Wang Yan took Qin Ze to the fifth floor and showed him Martial Soul and Soul Ring, a book signed by Bibi Dong.
• Qin Ze read Bibi Dong's questions about how Martial Souls originated and whether humans could create Soul Rings themselves.
• Wang Yan explained that Martial Souls were connected to shared origins, evolution, bloodlines, and Soul Power talent.
• Qin Ze considered using bloodlines and Soul Power to develop a way for humans to produce Soul Rings, but realized the method would need soul beasts.

Qin Ze discussed the possibility of creating Soul Rings with Wang Yan, whose theory gave him a direction to research. He got Mu En’s permission to join the exchange trip to Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and to visit his hometown, then invited Di Yue Li to go with him.

• Qin Ze asked Wang Yan how humans might produce Soul Rings, and Wang Yan proposed that Soul Power and bloodline talent might be combined through some process to create them.
• Wang Yan revealed that he had tried to test his theory but had failed, while Qin Ze considered it a promising research direction.
• Qin Ze returned the library token to Mu En and received permission to join the exchange trip and visit his village, though his Inner Court assessment would be paused.
• Qin Ze invited Di Yue Li to visit his hometown with him, and she agreed.
• Yan Shaozhe learned that Qin Ze was leaving and was stunned because he had planned Qin Ze’s cultivation schedule for the next half year.

Qin Ze and Di Yue Li left Shrek Academy for a trip to Maple Leaf Village, stopping in Fanyun City and Silvis City along the way. In Silvis City, Qin Ze told Di Yue Li about his idea for humans to create soul rings themselves, and she insisted that humans and soul beasts could cooperate.

• Yan Shaozhe approved Di Yue Li's leave, and Qin Ze and Di Yue Li departed two days later with an improved Gatling gifted by Qian Duoduo.
• Qin Ze confirmed he would join the exchange student plan in three months to broaden his horizons and recruit soul engineers for the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Qin Ze and Di Yue Li set off for Maple Leaf Village, stopping in Fanyun City to watch the sunset over a sea of clouds.
• Qin Ze and Di Yue Li arrived in Silvis City during its Lantern Festival and booked the hotel's last deluxe suite.
• Qin Ze told Di Yue Li about his idea for humans to produce soul rings themselves, and Di Yue Li declared that cooperation with soul beasts was possible.

Qin Ze and Di Yue Li celebrated the Lantern Festival in Silvis City before flying toward Maple Leaf Village. Along the way, Qin Ze noticed villages worshipping identical faceless blue statues, and he found Maple Leaf Village’s entrance renamed Haihe Village.

• Qin Ze and Di Yue Li watched the Lantern Festival floats, shared street food, and released a lotus water lantern bearing both their names.
• The next morning, Qin Ze and Di Yue Li continued toward Maple Leaf Village by Flying Soul Tool.
• Qin Ze spotted villagers across the mountain villages worshipping identical faceless, deep-blue statues.
• Qin Ze and Di Yue Li arrived near Maple Leaf Village, surrounded by red maple forests, and stopped outside to avoid alarming the villagers.
• Qin Ze reached the village entrance and saw that the Maple Leaf Village sign had been replaced with one reading Haihe Village.

Qin Ze and Di Yue Li returned to Maple Leaf Village and discovered that its residents worshiped a Sea Goddess whose followers were tied to an Evil Soul Master and claims of evolving martial souls. Qin Ze then reunited with the ailing Village Chief Ke Lan, who was overjoyed to see him.

• Qin Ze and Di Yue Li entered Maple Leaf Village and secretly watched hundreds of villagers pray to a statue called the Sea Goddess.
• Ke Lan and the villagers received a blessing from an illusory woman whose aura Di Yue Li recognized as belonging to a powerful soul beast.
• A wealthy young man with an Evil Soul Master’s sinister aura gave Ke Lan something and left with three companions; villagers later praised the Sea Goddess’s followers for protecting them and supplying martial-soul-evolving medicine.
• Qin Ze decided to investigate what had happened to the village, then quietly went with Di Yue Li to Ke Lan’s house.
• Ke Lan recognized Qin Ze, tried to stand in excitement, and welcomed him back.

Qin Ze learned that the so-called Sea Goddess spokespeople had deceived Haihe Village into worshipping a statue and distributing Blood Soul Pills to children. After discovering that many children had been taken to Baihe City, he realized the Evil Soul Masters’ scheme extended across the surrounding villages.

• Ke Lan told Qin Ze that people claiming to represent the Sea Goddess had driven off Evil Soul Masters, renamed the village Haihe Village, and built a statue in exchange for the villagers’ worship.
• Ke Lan gave Qin Ze three Sacred Soul Pills, which Qin Ze recognized as evil Blood Soul Pills that could corrupt martial souls and shorten lives.
• Qin Ze warned Ke Lan that the pills came from Evil Soul Masters, and Ke Lan realized the supposed spokespeople had likely staged their protection.
• Ke Lan revealed that many village children had taken the pills and been brought to Baihe City.
• Qin Ze concluded that Baihe City’s lord was probably cooperating with the Evil Soul Masters, who had spread their scheme through the surrounding villages.

Qin Ze and Di Yue Li kept his return to Maple Leaf Village secret while he investigated the Evil Soul Masters’ scheme and paid respects at his grandmother’s grave. The next morning, they left for Baihe City, where they entered by climbing over the wall after finding the gate guards asleep.

• Qin Ze assured Ke Lan he would investigate the Evil Soul Masters without exposing himself, and Ke Lan told him his grandmother’s grave seemed protected by a strange power.
• Qin Ze and Di Yue Li visited his grandmother’s grave, paid their respects, and spent the night at his old home, where Di Yue Li wondered whether Qin Ze had hinted at confessing to her.
• At dawn, Qin Ze and Di Yue Li left Maple Leaf Village before the approaching figures could see them and flew toward Baihe City.
• Qin Ze told Di Yue Li he would scout the city while she waited at a hotel, and she agreed not to accompany him.
• Qin Ze and Di Yue Li landed outside Baihe City, found the gate guards asleep, and climbed over the city wall to enter.

Qin Ze and Di Yue Li investigated Baihe City and discovered that the City Lord was welcoming powerful Evil Soul Masters. At lunch, Qin Ze recognized Shen Tianlei, the Soul Master who had once hidden Qin Ze’s talent, and learned that Shen and his companions had been dismissed.

• Qin Ze booked a room with Di Yue Li, then spent the day exploring the area around the City Lord's mansion.
• Qin Ze saw five black-robed figures enter the mansion while its guards greeted them without question.
• Qin Ze overheard Shen Tianlei and two former colleagues discussing their dismissal and the strange arrival of Evil Soul Masters in nearby villages.
• Old Li told Shen Tianlei and the green-haired youth that he planned to leave Baihe City and become a caravan guard in Nine Treasures City.
• Qin Ze recognized Shen Tianlei as the man who had concealed Qin Ze's exceptional talent after his martial soul awakening.

Qin Ze reunited with Shen Tianlei, the awakening deacon who had helped him as a child, and learned that a group claiming to serve the Sea Goddess had arrived in Baihe City. Qin Ze identified them as Evil Soul Masters and left Shen Tianlei stunned by the revelation.

• Qin Ze and Di Yue Li followed Shen Tianlei home after he parted from his companions.
• Qin Ze reminded Shen Tianlei that he had awakened with Innate Full Soul Power in Maple Leaf Village eight years earlier, and Shen Tianlei recognized him.
• Qin Ze told Shen Tianlei that he had joined the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and later studied at Shrek Academy.
• Shen Tianlei explained that around twenty or thirty Sea Goddess spokespeople had come to the area, stayed at Baihe Hotel, and went out in groups of four about once a week.
• Qin Ze revealed that the group were Evil Soul Masters and explained how their auras could expose them.

Qin Ze learned from Shen Tianlei that Evil Soul Masters had infiltrated Baihe City, then secretly entered the city lord's manor to listen in on the city lord and one of their leaders. He overheard plans involving nearby villages and towns and learned that a higher-ranking figure was expected to arrive.

• Shen Tianlei told Qin Ze that the city lord had changed dramatically after Evil Soul Masters arrived and that former manor workers had been dismissed or killed.
• Qin Ze reassured Shen Tianlei that sect experts would handle the Evil Soul Masters, gave him a medicine bottle and a note, and left with Di Yue Li.
• Qin Ze admitted to Di Yue Li that he had not actually notified the sect and said he would return to the manor after nightfall.
• Qin Ze infiltrated the city lord's manor and eavesdropped on the city lord, Bai Li, discussing plans involving twenty-four villages and five towns near Baihe City.
• Bai Li learned that a higher-ranking Holy Cult member would arrive, while the hoarse-voiced leader planned to leave Baihe City the next morning with ten people staying behind.
• Qin Ze hid as the hoarse-voiced leader left the office, and the Soul Guiding Lamps flickered as the figure passed.

Qin Ze and Di Yue Li followed a group of Blood Soul Pill-using Evil Soul Masters from Baihe City to an abandoned pier, where they planned to ambush the group. After waiting for hours, they saw a ship carrying the mysterious figure the Evil Soul Masters had been ordered to welcome draw near.

• Qin Ze told Di Yue Li what he had overheard and said he had requested sect support for their planned attack.
• Qin Ze and Di Yue Li watched thirteen people leave Baihe Hotel and followed their carriages east out of Baihe City.
• Qin Ze recognized the group’s red-tinged eyes as a sign they had taken Blood Soul Pills and heard them joke about their orders and the visitor they would welcome.
• The Evil Soul Masters left the main road for an old route to the Abandoned Pier, where Qin Ze and Di Yue Li hid on a nearby hillock and waited.
• After three and a half hours, a ship approached the pier, and Qin Ze spotted a figure aboard whom he suspected was the expected visitor.