Chapter Summaries

Zhao Xuanzhen and the four girls joined their wills to withstand the War God Panda’s overwhelming attack in the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform, then learned the beast’s history and its ties to the Qian Gu Family. After Qian Gu Dongfeng hinted at a struggle over the Spirit Pagoda Master position, Leng Yaozhu urged Zhao Xuanzhen to seek the War God as compensation for Qian Gu Dongfeng’s past schemes.

• The War God Panda tore open space and descended on Zhao Xuanzhen, whose Dao Intent joined Na'er, Gu Yue, Ye Xinglan, and Yuanen Yehui’s wills to halt its claw.
• The War God Panda withdrew, and the group escaped the Spirit Ascension Platform after Ye Xinglan’s Sword Intent advanced and Yuanen Yehui’s Fist Intent began to take shape.
• Leng Yaozhu explained that the panda was the War God, a powerful Soul Spirit that cultivated by comprehending will and had aided the Qian Gu Family for three thousand years.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng arrived, learned what had happened, and told Zhao Xuanzhen that he should strive harder because Qian Gu Zhangting lacked talent.
• Leng Yaozhu told Zhao Xuanzhen to find Phantom Brain and pursue the War God as compensation for Qian Gu Dongfeng’s past dirty deeds.

Zhao Xuanzhen subdued Thunderclap Nether Vine and negotiated with Zhang Geyang to help it attempt a hundred-thousand-year breakthrough while secretly plotting to enter Dragon Valley and eliminate Zhang. He created several Sea Soul Beast Soul Spirits, and Gu Yue brutally transformed the Star Pattern Sea Snake Emperor, ending with its hundred-thousand-year right arm Soul Bone in her hands.

• Thunderclap Nether Vine unleashed a destructive storm in the Soul Spirit Room, but Zhao Xuanzhen used his Tai Chi Domain and Zhen character - Thunder to calm it.
• Tuntun relayed Thunderclap Nether Vine's grievances, and Zhao Xuanzhen falsely told Zhang Geyang that his fourth Soul Ring could protect it as it sought a hundred-thousand-year breakthrough.
• Zhang Geyang invited Zhao Xuanzhen to remain in Star Luo City, while Zhao accepted and secretly planned to enter Dragon Valley and kill him.
• Zhao Xuanzhen created a fifty-thousand-year Demon Soul Great White Shark Soul Spirit and sent it to the Phoenix family's Ultimate Spirit Ascension Platform, then made more Sea Soul Beast Soul Spirits.
• Gu Yue took over the Star Pattern Sea Snake Emperor's transformation and tormented it until it became a hundred-thousand-year Soul Spirit.
• Gu Yue presented Zhao Xuanzhen with the Hundred-Thousand-Year Star Pattern Sea Snake Emperor Right Arm Soul Bone.

The Shrek group attended Star Luo City’s auction, where they won several treasures and learned that the Holy Dragon Douluo En Ci had offered a priceless Dragon Crystal to court Zhao Xuanzhen’s favor. The chapter ended with En Ci explaining to Emperor Dai Tianling that he hoped the gift would help the Star Luo Empire prosper and avoid conquest.

• The Shrek group entered the Starry Sky Auction House’s private room, and Zhao Xuanzhen had Yuanen Yehui fund their bid for Star Luo Holy Gold.
• Tang Wulin used his saved rare metals to win a Ten-Thousand-Year Dragon Scale Fruit.
• Ye Xinglan spent her auction privilege to acquire the Golden Earth Dragon King Left Leg Soul Bone.
• The auction’s final lot was a Holy Dragon of Light Dragon Crystal, offered for barter by En Ci through private room number one.
• En Ci told Dai Tianling that he wanted Zhao Xuanzhen’s favor because the Spirit Pagoda stood behind him and the Star Luo Empire needed protection from the Sun Moon Federation.

Zhao Xuanzhen and Jiu Tian fused the Golden Dragon Spear into the Huanglong Spear, restoring it as a Super Divine Artifact, before Zhao Xuanzhen returned to Shrek City and reunited with Leng Yaozhu. Their reunion ended with Leng Yaozhu playfully scolding him for disrespecting his teacher.

• Zhen Hua said he could not forge Zhao Xuanzhen's future Four-Word Battle Armor, and Zhao Xuanzhen trusted Jiu Tian to take over the work.
• Zhao Xuanzhen broke the sixth seal on the Gold Dragon King and revealed the Golden Dragon Spear to the Huanglong King.
• Zhao Xuanzhen, Teng Snake, and Jiu Tian fused the Golden Dragon Spear into the Huanglong Spear, restoring it as a Super Divine Artifact.
• Leng Yaozhu received official documents and a Federation legion's letter requesting Zhao Xuanzhen's enlistment now that he was eighteen.
• Zhao Xuanzhen returned to Shrek City and embraced Leng Yaozhu, who welcomed him home and lightly knocked him for disrespecting his teacher.

Zhao Xuanzhen passed Leng Yaozhu’s assessment and learned that she planned to recruit Gu Yue into the Spirit Pagoda, while he resolved to claim a greater place in Leng Yaozhu’s heart. Alone on the ninety-ninth floor, he used Eight Trigrams Qimen to summon the first of the Eight Deceitful Gods, Tengshe.

• Na'er left to answer Phantom Brain’s summons after Leng Yaozhu revealed she had struggled with the Mecha Repair exam.
• Leng Yaozhu tested Zhao Xuanzhen’s Mecha Design and Manufacturing by challenging him to make a Soul Tool within two hours, and she distracted him while he worked.
• Leng Yaozhu told Zhao Xuanzhen about Gu Yue’s unusual elemental abilities and her plan to visit Eastsea City to bring Gu Yue into the Spirit Pagoda.
• Zhao Xuanzhen finished a modified Charged High Explosive Bomb, and Leng Yaozhu recognized his fourth-rank Mecha Manufacturer and Designer skills and praised his achievement.
• Zhao Xuanzhen returned to the ninety-ninth floor, sealed it with Eight Trigrams Qimen, and used the Divine Disk to summon Tengshe.
• Tengshe emerged from the Abyss and greeted Zhao Xuanzhen as the Lord of Qimen.

Gu Yue and Na'er argued over their identities and loyalties as halves of the Silver Dragon King, then struck a pact to protect Na'er's loved ones and keep Gu Yue's identity secret. After Na'er left, Gu Yue secretly planned to break the pact, devour her, and win Zhao Xuanzhen's loyalty.

• Na'er told Gu Yue she identified with humanity and refused to be treated as a sacrifice, while Gu Yue insisted they had to lead the soul beasts against humanity.
• Gu Yue and Na'er confronted each other with their Silver Dragon King bloodlines, then discussed Gu Yue's plans for the Spirit Pagoda and her threat to kill Zhao Xuanzhen and Aunt Leng if they opposed her.
• Na'er threatened to expose their identities and destroy her soul if Gu Yue tried to devour her, forcing Gu Yue to agree not to attempt it until she reached the Limit Douluo level.
• Gu Yue and Na'er sealed a pact: Gu Yue would spare Na'er's loved ones during a racial war, and Na'er would keep Gu Yue's identity secret and avoid interfering with her plans.
• Na'er asked why Gu Yue had not taken Tang Wulin's Gold Dragon King bloodline; Gu Yue complained that his bloodline had regressed and that the Star Dou Fierce Beasts had been badly injured.
• After Na'er left, Gu Yue decided to exploit Na'er's attachment to Zhao Xuanzhen, break the pact when useful, and make Zhao Xuanzhen choose her.

Ye Xinglan confronted the cost of pursuing a Starry Sky Unicorn soul spirit and received help from Zhao Xuanzhen, Na'er, Gu Yue, and Yuanen Yehui to challenge the Soul Spirit Tower. After clearing twelve levels together, they faced the Starry Sky Unicorn on the thirteenth.

• Ye Xinglan worried that her family had already decided her future and offered only half the resources needed for her tower challenge.
• Zhao Xuanzhen, Na'er, Gu Yue, and Yuanen Yehui joined Ye Xinglan, and the five entered the Soul Spirit Tower as a team.
• Ye Xinglan and Yuanen Yehui defeated the first level’s Brute Ox herd, then Na'er and Gu Yue cleared the second level’s Gale Magic Wolves.
• The five took turns fighting through the tower’s levels and reached the twelfth, where Zhao Xuanzhen killed a Golden Dragon Python with his Dark Gold Dreadclaw.
• Zhao Xuanzhen warned Ye Xinglan that the Golden Dragon Python might have been arranged to stop her, and the group entered the thirteenth level.
• A Starry Sky Unicorn emerged from the metal door before the group.

Zhao Xuanzhen sparred with the War God Panda, discussed becoming its future Soul Spirit, and stayed to cultivate his Dao Intent. At Shrek Academy, Ye Xinglan defeated Wu Sido to secure the final competition spot and said she could finally walk the road ahead with Zhao Xuanzhen.

• Zhao Xuanzhen exchanged martial techniques and clashed wills with the War God Panda, which demonstrated its martial path and drove a waterfall upward with a Black and White Light Orb.
• The War God Panda explained its old contract with the Qian Gu Family, and Zhao Xuanzhen proposed becoming its partner so it could pursue godhood through him.
• The War God Panda said Zhao Xuanzhen needed a Spirit Domain Realm spiritual realm and Super Douluo-level physical strength before they could fuse, then invited him to cultivate Dao Intent together.
• Tang Wulin defeated Luo Guixing to claim the upper-bracket spot in Shrek Academy's qualifying competition.
• Ye Xinglan unleashed her Sword Intent and defeated Wu Sido's Hell White Tiger, securing a place on the joint team and the first year's Vice Class Leader position.
• Ye Xinglan looked toward Zhao Xuanzhen's empty seat and said she could finally walk the road ahead with him.

Zhao Xuanzhen defeated a seventy-thousand-year Sea Ice Armor Dragon with Holy Evil Transformation and Holy Brilliant Evil God Lightning, then returned to the Star Luo Giant Ship with Muye. Muye began preparing Zhao Xuanzhen for the Body Sect’s Third Awakening by putting him into an iron pot for Ice Fire Golden Body Refinement.

• The Sea Ice Armor Dragon unleashed its Ice Field, but Zhao Xuanzhen countered it with his Tai Chi Domain and Kan Character, Raging Tide.
• Zhao Xuanzhen used Holy Evil Transformation to withstand the dragon’s extreme-cold breath, then broke its ice armor with his Tai Chi Fist in the Dao Soul state.
• The Sea Ice Armor Dragon transformed into Mysterious Ice Dragon, but Zhao Xuanzhen struck it down with Holy Brilliant Evil God Lightning amplified by Zhen Character, Thunderstorm.
• Muye harvested the dragon and gave Zhao Xuanzhen its Right Arm Soul Bone, which Zhao Xuanzhen stored away because its attributes did not suit him.
• Back aboard the Star Luo Giant Ship, Muye began the preliminary Ice Fire Golden Body Refinement for Zhao Xuanzhen’s Third Awakening and told him to get into the bubbling iron pot.

Zhao Xuanzhen crushed Fox King Su Mu in the tournament before taking Gu Yue on a date to Tianxing Theater. As Green Skeleton launched another attack on the theater, Zhao Xuanzhen left Gu Yue and prepared to respond.

• Su Mu unleashed his Nine-Tailed Fox's fused Annihilation Ring, but Zhao Xuanzhen bound and destroyed it with Qi Moves Mountains and Rivers, defeating the Fox King.
• Gu Yue defeated her opponent with a Blue Flame Fireball, then linked arms with Zhao Xuanzhen and took him on a date.
• Zhao Xuanzhen and Gu Yue watched a film of Huo Yuhao fighting the Gold-eyed Black Dragon King, whose display of Hao Dong's Three Ultimate Moves embarrassed Gu Yue and amused Zhao Xuanzhen.
• Wind birds alerted Zhao Xuanzhen that Green Skeleton had come to attack Tianxing Theater, so he told Gu Yue he was going to the restroom and left to deal with the threat.

Zhao Xuanzhen used his Spirit Domain and True Self Martial Soul Avatar to defeat and kill the three-hundred-thousand-year Evil Orca King. He claimed its right leg Soul Bone, while its Soul Ring was left for Dragon King.

• The Evil Orca King trapped Lan Fuzi with Demon Mirror Capture and summoned the souls of the Sea Soul Beasts it had devoured.
• Zhao Xuanzhen appeared and used Only I Am Supreme to break the control skill and crush the wraiths with spiritual pressure.
• Zhao Xuanzhen summoned Lan Fuzi, Tuntun, and Yin Yang to attack the Evil Spirit Orcas while he confronted the Evil Orca King.
• Zhao Xuanzhen transformed into his True Self Manifestation and shattered the Evil Orca King's attacks before killing it with Sun and Moon Shine Together.
• Zhao Xuanzhen released his Martial Soul Avatar, cut the Evil Orca King's corpse in half, and obtained its three-hundred-thousand-year right leg Soul Bone.

Na'er refused Yun Ming’s offer to become his disciple but agreed to fight him for the chance to receive Golden Tree Enlightenment with Zhao Xuanzhen. She defeated him by breaking his wooden spear, and Yun Ming invited her to the Sea God Pavilion the next day; afterward, Na'er told Zhao Xuanzhen she had won them the opportunity.

• Yun Ming offered to take Na'er as his Direct Disciple and teach her the spear path of the Sky Pillar Lineage, but she refused to leave Spirit Pagoda.
• Na'er asked Yun Ming to let her and Zhao Xuanzhen receive Golden Tree Enlightenment, and he agreed on the condition that she defeat him in a spear-only duel.
• Na'er and Yun Ming exchanged spear techniques, and Na'er used her Soul Skills and a feint to shatter his wooden spear and claim victory.
• Yun Ming accepted Na'er's win and told her to meet him at the Sea God Pavilion the next afternoon for Golden Tree Enlightenment.
• Na'er messaged Zhao Xuanzhen that she had secured Golden Tree Enlightenment for them, and he hailed her as king.

Zhao Xuanzhen sparred with Yuanen Yehui to study both her Martial Souls, but Yue Zhengyu interrupted their fight and embarrassed Yuanen with his talk of a secret room. The next morning, Zhao led the class to practical combat training, where he, Gu Yue, and Ye Xinglan were chosen as the first group to fight a teacher.

• Zhao Xuanzhen fought Yuanen Yehui, redirecting the Titan Giant Ape's strength before asking her to switch to her Fallen Angel Martial Soul.
• Yuanen Yehui attacked Zhao Xuanzhen with the Fallen Sky Screen and Dark Demon Sword, but he countered her abilities and kept her at a disadvantage.
• Yue Zhengyu mistook Yuanen Yehui for an Evil Soul Master and attacked her with Light Judgment, which Zhao Xuanzhen deflected.
• Yue Zhengyu suggested capturing Yuanen Yehui and locking her in a secret room, making her blush and leaving Zhao Xuanzhen to clear up the misunderstanding.
• The next morning, Zhao Xuanzhen led the freshmen to the sparring arena for practical combat class.
• Wu Changkong named Zhao Xuanzhen, Gu Yue, and Ye Xinglan as the first group and ordered them to choose a teacher to challenge.

Zhao Xuanzhen and the Bai sisters captured more Holy Spirit Cult Evil Soul Masters and learned that the cult was collecting Life Energy across Douluo Continent. After reaching Heaven Dou City, he reunited with Gu Yue and Na'er, met A Ruheng, and joined Muye to discuss the Body Sect’s Third Awakening; the chapter ended with Muye asking when Zhao Xuanzhen last underwent extreme training.

• Zhao Xuanzhen used Wind Chains to capture Dark Tortoise and explained that the Holy Spirit Cult was slaughtering living beings to collect Life Energy.
• Zhao Xuanzhen told the Bai sisters to wait for Jiu Tian to forge their Heavenly Forged Metal, then arrived in Heaven Dou City and reunited with Gu Yue and Na'er.
• Muye introduced his eldest disciple A Ruheng, and Zhao Xuanzhen stayed at the Blacksmith Association after dinner.
• Na'er secretly left the room to absorb Abyss Energy from a Demon Charm while Zhao Xuanzhen watched, and Gu Yue discovered them in the kitchen.
• The next morning, Zhao Xuanzhen returned the Secret of the Body to Muye, who proposed that Third Awakening required breakthrough through desperate situations and asked when Zhao Xuanzhen last underwent extreme training.

Zhao Xuanzhen defeated Xu Tianzhao and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s five other students, then claimed the Silver Dragon’s Dragon Core as his prize. As his victory strengthened his reputation and following, Spirit Pagoda Master Qian Gu Dongfeng resolved to have the Holy Spirit Cult act against him.

• Xu Tianzhao ordered Long Chen and the others to attack Zhao Xuanzhen, and they unleashed their combination skills and martial soul fusion skills alongside Xu Tianzhao’s World-Ending Blazing Dragon Strike.
• Zhao Xuanzhen’s Chaos Lotus overwhelmed all six opponents, leaving Xu Tianzhao broken and weeping as Zhao Xuanzhen emerged unscathed and stood victorious before the spectators.
• Mo Hongchen received Yun Ming’s order to give Zhao Xuanzhen the promised item, then led him to the academy’s treasure vault and offered him a place at Sun Moon, which Zhao Xuanzhen refused.
• Mo Hongchen handed Zhao Xuanzhen the Silver Dragon’s Dragon Core, and Zhao Xuanzhen accepted it before leaving the vault.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng watched Zhao Xuanzhen’s victory and worried that his growing influence threatened the Qian Gu Family’s control of Spirit Pagoda.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng called the Ghost Emperor and asked the Holy Spirit Cult to act for him.

Xuan Yue and Gu Yue were ambushed by Leng Yulai and Dark Blood Eyes, who overwhelmed Zi Ji and destroyed their escape route. After Gu Yue failed to knock Zhao Xuanzhen unconscious, Zhao summoned Zhi Fu, who defeated Leng Yulai and left her captured and despairing.

• Dark Blood Eyes and Leng Yulai attacked Zi Ji while Dark Mist trapped Zhao Xuanzhen and Gu Yue at the scene.
• Leng Yaozhu's Phoenix Pendant protected Zhao Xuanzhen from a meteor, and Leng Yaozhu sensed the danger and flew toward him.
• Leng Yulai destroyed the Phoenix Pendant's Heavenly Phoenix True Fire and charged at Zhao Xuanzhen, while Gu Yue tried to knock him unconscious so she could summon Di Tian.
• Zhao Xuanzhen stopped Gu Yue and summoned Zhi Fu, who emerged from the earth and struck Leng Yulai down with the Sky Halberd.
• Zhi Fu split Leng Yulai's Dark Phoenix Eclipse Sun, captured her, and delivered her to Zhao Xuanzhen.

Zhao Xuanzhen learned that Qian Gu Dongfeng had hired the Holy Spirit Cult to assassinate him and uncovered a broader alliance against Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect. The Shrek inter-court exchange tournament began with the Outer Court and Inner Court teams assembled, and its first contest was to craft Battle Armor on the spot.

• Zhao Xuanzhen visited Leng Yulai and Dark Blood Eyes in Silver Sparrow Terrace’s Underground Secret Room and ordered Teng Snake to search Dark Blood Eyes’s memories.
• Teng Snake discovered that Qian Gu Dongfeng had hired the Holy Spirit Cult to kill Zhao Xuanzhen and that the Holy Spirit Cult, Spirit Pagoda, and Sun Moon Federation had joined forces against Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect.
• Zhao Xuanzhen decided to keep Dark Blood Eyes alive as a witness and left Leng Yulai imprisoned, telling her to repent for her past as an Evil Soul Master.
• The Outer Court and Inner Court teams gathered at Shrek’s Soul Fighting Arena for the exchange tournament, where Na'er joined the Inner Court revenge team and greeted Zhao Xuanzhen.
• Shen Yi announced that four representatives from each team would craft Battle Armor pieces for a Darkness Holy Dragon martial soul, with the Inner Court making the Left Hand Armor and the Outer Court making the Right Hand Armor.

The Outer Court won the Shrek exchange event, and Zhao Xuanzhen was chosen to travel to the Star Luo Continent with the academy’s delegation. Before the journey, Leng Yaozhu took him to the Ultimate Spirit Ascension Platform to meet his intended Second Soul Spirit, where Tuntun reunited with an old friend.

• Yun Ming announced the Outer Court’s victory and named Zhao Xuanzhen, Gu Yue, Ye Xinglan, Yuanen Yehui, Yue Zhengyu, Tang Wulin, and Xu Lizhi as Shrek’s Star Luo Continent delegation.
• Shen Yi assigned Wu Sido as class leader while Zhao Xuanzhen and four other first-year students prepared to leave for the exchange event.
• Leng Yaozhu told Zhao Xuanzhen she would arrange a dormant Second Soul Spirit for him and brought him to the Ultimate Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Leng Yaozhu summoned the Hundred-Thousand-Year Yin Yang Chaos Bird, intending it to become Zhao Xuanzhen’s Second Soul Spirit.
• Tuntun greeted the Yin Yang Chaos Bird as Brother Chicken, and the two soul beasts joyfully embraced as old friends.

Zhao Xuanzhen saved Ye Xinglan from the Star Pattern Sea Snake Emperor, and Muye defeated the beast tide before Zhao claimed the captured emperor for the Body Sect. After the group reached Star Luo Continent, Zhao predicted another attack on their train, and Green Skeleton Mechas appeared to prove him right.

• The Star Pattern Sea Snake Emperor ambushed Ye Xinglan, but Zhao Xuanzhen blocked its bite and wounded it with Chaos Lotus before Muye captured it.
• Ye Xinglan thanked Zhao Xuanzhen, while Xu Lizhi watched her feelings for him deepen and Gu Yue and Yuanen Yehui rushed to check on Zhao.
• Muye defeated the remaining Sea Soul Beasts, which retreated and left their dead and Soul Rings behind.
• Zhao Xuanzhen accepted the Star Pattern Sea Snake Emperor and planned to take it to the Star Luo Continent Spirit Pagoda, accompanied by Muye and Gu Yue.
• The Star Luo Ship reached Star Luo Continent, and the group boarded a Soul Tool train for Star Luo City.
• Zhao Xuanzhen predicted an Evil Soul Master attack, and Green Skeleton Mechas appeared outside the train as Tang Wulin wondered whether his presence had triggered it.

Zhao Xuanzhen befriended Lan Fuzi, a Deep Sea Demonic Whale who guided him to Devil Island, where his Domain of Destruction and the Dragon King's power stirred the island's life and destruction energies. As Lan Fuzi absorbed life energy and Sea Soul Beasts gathered outside, Shrek Academy's Seven Old Devils decided to confront them.

• Zhao Xuanzhen invited the Deep Sea Demonic Whale to eat, and she transformed into a girl named Lan Fuzi.
• Lan Fuzi explained Devil Island's balance of life and destruction and offered to guide Zhao Xuanzhen there in exchange for food.
• After a month at sea, Zhao Xuanzhen and Lan Fuzi reached Devil Island, where Zhao Xuanzhen used his Domain of Destruction to absorb its destructive energy.
• Zhao Xuanzhen found the Destruction Fragments, and the Dragon King absorbed their destruction energy along with life energy drawn from the island.
• Zhao Xuanzhen invited Lan Fuzi to absorb life energy as Sea Soul Beasts gathered outside Devil Island.
• The Seven Old Devils saw Zhao Xuanzhen and Lan Fuzi at the Destruction Fragments and agreed to teach them a lesson.