Chapter Summaries

Li Changsheng recovered from his injuries and purged Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire aura while Jiang Nannan stayed by his side. He and his soul companions discussed the mysterious force that weakened Tang San’s control over Ma Xiaotao, and he prepared to investigate the Sword of Judgment as his conflict with Tang San approached.

• Jiang Nannan insisted on watching over Li Changsheng while he rested, and he agreed before using the Taiji Diagram and Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda to purge Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire aura.
• Jiang Nannan quietly watched Li Changsheng recover and resolved to confess her feelings to him at Sea God’s Fate in a few years.
• After Li Changsheng finished purging the evil fire, he draped an outer robe over the sleeping Jiang Nannan and entered his Sea of Consciousness.
• Li Changsheng asked Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm whether the Grand Pure Daoist Venerable had weakened the black light controlling Ma Xiaotao, but neither had noticed an intervention.
• Li Changsheng decided to investigate the Sword of Judgment in Xuan Zi’s hands to find a way to deal with Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire, with the Taiji Diagram as a fallback.
• Li Changsheng concluded that his conflict with Tang San would begin in earnest after the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament.

Li Changsheng and the Shrek team returned as champions, and Yan Shaozhe invited them to Sea God Pavilion to receive their rewards. There, Mu En’s profound life energy nourished the group and began to loosen their cultivation bottlenecks.

• After the tournament, Elder Xuan led the team back to Shrek Academy, where Yan Shaozhe and the deans welcomed them and praised their victory.
• Yan Shaozhe thanked Li Changsheng for saving Ma Xiaotao and the others from the Death Messenger’s Corpse Explosion, then said the academy’s reward would be given at Sea God Pavilion.
• Yan Shaozhe led Li Changsheng and the others through the forest to Sea God Island and called out to his teacher, Mu En.
• As the pavilion doors opened, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Ice Empress sensed an aura approaching the threshold of a Limit Douluo and argued over its strength.
• Mu En released a surge of pure life energy that strengthened the group’s Soul Power, eased Dai Yueheng’s bottleneck, and began transforming Ling Luochen’s Soul Power.

Yan Shaozhe rewarded the reserve team for winning the tournament, including naming them Lifetime Shrek Seven Devils, but Li Changsheng hesitated to accept the honor. After Mu En revealed his identity to Wang Dong and Jiang Nannan, he asked the three what they truly wanted.

• Yan Shaozhe cleared Dai Yueheng and Ling Luochen of further punishment because their tournament contributions balanced their earlier failure.
• Yan Shaozhe presented the seven reserve team members with three Soul Bones and named them Lifetime Shrek Seven Devils.
• Beibei and the others accepted the honor eagerly, while Li Changsheng asked to discuss it later and Mu En agreed to speak with him privately.
• Mu En kept Li Changsheng, Jiang Nannan, and Wang Dong behind, then revealed that he was the old man they had seen outside the dormitory building.
• Mu En asked what they truly wanted, and Li Changsheng said he had an important task and did not need the title.

Li Changsheng refused Shrek’s Lifetime Shrek Seven Devils title so he could pursue a deity’s inheritance and establish a new faction, and Mu En let him leave. Jiang Nannan and Wang Dong chose to go with him, while Li Changsheng promised to help Ma Xiaotao before departing.

• Li Changsheng told Mu En that a powerful expert’s inheritance required him to establish a new faction, so he could not accept the Shrek title.
• Mu En realized Li Changsheng had received a deity’s inheritance and agreed not to stop him from leaving Shrek Academy.
• Jiang Nannan affirmed that she would leave with Li Changsheng, and Wang Dong accepted his invitation to join them.
• Li Changsheng promised to suppress Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire and find a solution before he left.
• Mu En watched Li Changsheng, Jiang Nannan, and Wang Dong depart, wondering whether the genius could become a god.

Li Changsheng reunited with Huo Yuhao, declined to attend the class competition, and went to suppress Ma Xiaotao’s worsening evil fire. He forced the fire back into her dantian, but the chapter ended before he answered Yan Shaozhe’s question about whether she could be cured.

• Huo Yuhao told Li Changsheng and Wang Dong that Zhou Yi had summoned them for a class competition, but Li Changsheng refused and Wang Dong agreed to go.
• Li Changsheng went to the Inner Court after Yan Shaozhe reported that the ice chamber could no longer contain Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire.
• Li Changsheng used Mysterious Yellow Merit Qi to suppress the black fire and nourish Ma Xiaotao’s scorched meridians.
• Ma Xiaotao’s breathing steadied and the black patterns on her arms receded, and Yan Shaozhe asked whether her condition could be resolved.

Li Changsheng suppressed Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire, while Jing Hongchen visited Shrek Academy to retrieve the Sword of Judgment and was asked to cure her in exchange. After examining Ma Xiaotao, Jing Hongchen admitted he had no solution, and Mu En asked him to compare the strength of Mingde Hall and Shrek Academy.

• Li Changsheng temporarily suppressed Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire and told Yan Shaozhe that fully eradicating it would take time.
• Jing Hongchen asked Elder Xuan to explain the changed exchange regulations and return the Sword of Judgment, and Elder Xuan demanded that he cure Ma Xiaotao in return.
• Mu En suggested that Jing Hongchen examine Ma Xiaotao before deciding whether he could help, and Jing Hongchen agreed.
• Jing Hongchen examined Ma Xiaotao and said he had no solution for completely eradicating her evil fire.
• Mu En asked Jing Hongchen which was stronger, Mingde Hall or Shrek Academy, and Jing Hongchen began comparing himself with Elder Xuan.

Mu En explained why Shrek wanted safeguards and balance in its exchange with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, then rejected Jing Hongchen’s proposal for an alliance. As Shrek prepared for the possibility of war, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told Li Changsheng that he and Bing Bing would train him as sparring partners.

• Mu En revealed that he had visited Mingde Hall years earlier, shocking Jing Hongchen and Elder Xuan.
• Mu En said the exchange should protect Shrek’s disciples and benefit both academies, and Jing Hongchen offered Shrek students access to Mingde Hall’s advanced Soul Tool technology.
• Mu En agreed to keep the original exchange plan but tactfully rejected Jing Hongchen’s proposal to ally with the Sun Moon Empire.
• After Jing Hongchen left, Mu En warned Elder Xuan that the empire had ambitions and Shrek’s disciples must remain vigilant.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm called Li Changsheng into his Sea of Consciousness and told him that he and Bing Bing would serve as his sparring partners.

Li Changsheng began combat training against Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and the Ice Empress in his Sea of Consciousness, using both martial souls against their attacks. He exhausted himself before meeting the three-hour goal, and learned the sparring would continue daily until he could last that long.

• The Ice Empress confirmed that the Grand Pure Daoist Venerable had arranged for her and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to train Li Changsheng by suppressing their strength to match his.
• Li Changsheng summoned the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda and the Taiji Diagram and launched the first attack.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and the Ice Empress countered with their signature skills, trapping and pressuring Li Changsheng with spiritual attacks and extreme ice.
• Li Changsheng fought back with both martial souls but gradually ran low on Soul Power as the battle shook his Sea of Consciousness.
• The exhausted Li Changsheng collapsed, and the Ice Empress told him the daily training would continue until he could last three hours against them.

Li Changsheng left Shrek Academy and entered the Star Dou Great Forest to scout for a Soul Beast suitable for his Fifth Soul Ring. While camping for the night, he sensed a thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear approaching and prepared to face it.

• Li Changsheng left Shrek Academy and traveled alone toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Li Changsheng entered the forest and pushed toward its core region, where high-level Soul Beasts lived.
• Li Changsheng camped for the night and asked the Ice Empress and Tian Meng how he should hunt a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast, then decided to think of a plan himself.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned Li Changsheng that a thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear was approaching his camp.
• Li Changsheng left his tent and faced the darkness, intrigued by the approaching bear.

Li Changsheng defeated a thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear and found an External Soul Bone, which he stored but could not use. The next morning, he ventured deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest, where Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sensed a soul ring suitable for the Taiji Diagram ahead.

• Li Changsheng used the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda to withstand the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear’s attacks and kill it with his third soul skill.
• A rare External Soul Bone formed from the bear’s right claw, and Li Changsheng stored it despite being unable to absorb soul bones.
• Li Changsheng packed his tent and moved deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest, then meditated through the night.
• After recovering his Soul Power the next morning, Li Changsheng continued through the misty forest while sensing for danger.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told Li Changsheng that a soul ring suitable for the Taiji Diagram seemed to lie ahead.

Li Changsheng discovered that the soul beast Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sensed as compatible with the Taiji Diagram was the Imperial Beast, Star Dou Great Forest’s bearer of fortune. After Ice Empress warned that harming it would provoke the entire forest, Li Changsheng chose not to approach or attack it.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sensed a soul beast whose aura resonated with the Taiji Diagram and led Li Changsheng toward it.
• Li Changsheng found a golden, three-eyed creature resting in a clearing and recognized it as the Imperial Beast.
• Ice Empress explained that killing the Imperial Beast could bring the wrath of Star Dou Great Forest’s soul beasts upon them.
• Ice Empress berated Sky Dream Ice Silkworm for failing to recognize the creature, while Li Changsheng stopped their argument.
• Li Changsheng accepted Ice Empress’s warning and refrained from provoking the Imperial Beast, despite its compatibility with the Taiji Diagram.

Li Changsheng was attacked by the Imperial Beast, then restrained it with the Taiji Diagram and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s spiritual pressure. He warned the furious beast to behave, but ended the chapter by lifting it and smacking its backside.

• The Imperial Beast suddenly attacked Li Changsheng, and he dodged its flaming claws before blocking a charge with the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda.
• Li Changsheng threatened to skewer and roast the Imperial Beast if it attacked again, provoking it into a fiercer assault.
• Li Changsheng used Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s spiritual pressure and the Taiji Diagram to pin the Imperial Beast to the ground.
• Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned Li Changsheng that provoking the Imperial Beast could attract Di Tian, but he kept it restrained.
• Li Changsheng eased the restraint while warning the Imperial Beast, then lifted it and smacked its backside when it continued glaring at him.

Li Changsheng frightened the Imperial Beast but released it unharmed, then faced an attack from the Three-Headed Crimson Demon Mastiff. Ice Empress intervened to protect him and challenged the beast, leaving the two powerful soul beasts on the brink of conflict.

• Li Changsheng scared the Imperial Beast into submission, released it, and turned to leave.
• The Three-Headed Crimson Demon Mastiff charged in and attacked Li Changsheng with three streams of fire.
• Ice Empress appeared and stopped the flames, then declared that Li Changsheng was hers and could not be touched.
• Ice Empress told the Three-Headed Crimson Demon Mastiff that the Imperial Beast was unharmed and warned it not to interfere.
• The Three-Headed Crimson Demon Mastiff bristled at Ice Empress's challenge and insisted Star Dou had the courage to fight.

The Ice Empress defeated the Three-Headed Crimson Demon Mastiff, revealing that her restored strength carried the might of the Heaven and Earth Laws. Di Tian arrived to confront her and questioned why she was protecting Li Changsheng, while the Ice Empress openly declared him hers.

• The Ice Empress blocked the Three-Headed Crimson Demon Mastiff's flames, pierced it with Ice Cones, and sent it crashing through ancient trees with a palm strike.
• Li Changsheng asked Sky Dream Ice Silkworm how the Ice Empress had become so powerful, and Sky Dream explained that the Grand Pure Daoist Venerable had restored her with a Great Divine Ability.
• Di Tian warned the Ice Empress to stop, but she refused to back down and said she would not tolerate anyone bullying her Chang Sheng.
• Di Tian appeared in person, sensed the unfamiliar Daoist charm in the Ice Empress's power, and studied Li Changsheng with suspicion.

Ice Empress fought Di Tian to protect Li Changsheng, revealing a startling increase in power and help from Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. Li Changsheng stopped the battle and explained that Ice Empress had only intervened after the Scarlet King attacked him, leaving Di Tian to set aside his suspicions for now.

• Di Tian attacked Ice Empress to test her unfamiliar power, and she blocked his Dragon Claw with the Extreme North Ice Prison.
• Ice Empress fought Di Tian with ice wings, spears, and armor, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm emerged from Li Changsheng’s Sea of Consciousness to defend them both.
• Di Tian’s stronger Dragon Claw shattered Ice Empress’s ice prison and injured her, as Bi Ji, Ten Thousand Monster King, and Xiong Jun arrived to watch.
• Li Changsheng stepped between the combatants and said he had only had a minor conflict with the Imperial Beast before the Scarlet King attacked him.
• Di Tian withdrew his Dragon Claw after seeing the cowering Imperial Beast, though he remained suspicious of Ice Empress’s power.

Li Changsheng proposed a deal to Di Tian, promising a new path to protect the soul beast race in exchange for Di Tian’s help. Di Tian brought him and the others to the Lake of Life, where he asked Li Changsheng to explain his method.

• Di Tian set aside the conflict with Li Changsheng and the Ice Empress, but Li Changsheng stopped him and proposed a deal concerning the soul beast race’s future.
• Li Changsheng warned that human Soul Masters and Soul Tools were driving soul beasts toward extinction, then promised to find them a way to live in peace if Di Tian became his assistant.
• Di Tian agreed to hear him out and led Li Changsheng, the Ice Empress, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Bi Ji, Ten Thousand Monster King, and Xiong Jun toward the Lake of Life.
• At the lake, Di Tian described it as the Star Dou Great Forest’s lifeline and asked Li Changsheng to reveal his method.

Li Changsheng explained that the soul beast race could either eliminate humanity or change the rules that forced soul masters to hunt soul beasts for soul rings. He claimed he would change those rules after becoming a god, then revealed the Taiji Diagram and said the Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had sacrificed themselves to him and now existed only as souls.

• Li Changsheng told Di Tian, Bi Ji, Xiong Jun, and the others that eliminating humanity was one way to end the conflict, shocking them.
• Di Tian and Bi Ji argued that humanity’s Soul Tools made extermination impossible and would invite devastating retaliation.
• Li Changsheng proposed changing the rule that made soul masters depend on soul beasts for soul rings, and said he would do so when he became a god.
• Xiong Jun mocked Li Changsheng’s ambition, but Li Changsheng formed a Taiji Diagram whose aura made the others feel compelled to submit.
• Li Changsheng told Di Tian that the Ice Empress and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had sacrificed themselves to him and now existed only as souls.

Li Changsheng promised that soul beasts who sacrificed themselves to him could retain their consciousness and eventually become gods, while his martial soul could alter Douluo Star’s rules. Gu Yuena ordered Di Tian to test his claims, and the chapter ended as Li Changsheng called for Scarlet King to undergo the sacrifice.

• Di Tian questioned how Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had survived their sacrifices, and Li Changsheng said his method made it possible.
• Li Changsheng declared he could become a god and use the Taiji Diagram to change the rules of Douluo Star, offering soul beasts immortality and ascension.
• Bi Ji, Ten Thousand Monster King, and Xiong Jun reacted to Li Changsheng’s promise, while Di Tian demanded proof.
• Gu Yuena commanded Di Tian to have Scarlet King sacrifice himself so she could witness the result.
• Di Tian agreed to verify Li Changsheng’s claim, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm secured the Grand Pure Daoist Venerable’s approval, and Li Changsheng called for Scarlet King.

Li Changsheng guided Scarlet King through a sacrifice that created a three-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring without destroying Scarlet King's soul. Scarlet King survived in a weakened Soul Form as the watching soul beasts accepted that the method worked.

• Di Tian ordered Scarlet King to undergo the sacrifice, and Bi Ji offered to take its place, but Scarlet King refused because the forest needed her more.
• Li Changsheng and the other soul beasts provoked Scarlet King into accepting the test, and it walked up to him and agreed to begin.
• Li Changsheng summoned the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda, revealing his Twin Martial Souls to Di Tian and the others.
• Scarlet King sacrificed itself amid stable flames, and its three hundred thousand years of cultivation formed a red Soul Ring with three golden patterns.
• Scarlet King's body condensed into a small Soul Form instead of dissipating, and Bi Ji, Di Tian, Xiong Jun, and Ten Thousand Monster King realized the method had succeeded.
• Li Changsheng asked Scarlet King how it felt, and Scarlet King replied that it was alive but weak.

Gu Yuena emerged at the Lake of Life and confirmed that Scarlet King's soul remained intact after sacrificing himself to Li Changsheng. She challenged Li Changsheng to demonstrate how he would restore Scarlet King, leaving the fate of the soul beast race in question.

• Silver light erupted from the Lake of Life, and Di Tian welcomed the arriving Gu Yuena as his liege.
• Di Tian identified Gu Yuena as the Silver Dragon King, the soul beast sovereign whose cultivation had reached God Tier.
• Gu Yuena examined Scarlet King's soul, healed it, and confirmed that it was complete and stable.
• Gu Yuena questioned Li Changsheng about his promise to change the soul beasts' fate, and he said they could escape extinction and ascend to the God Realm with his help.
• Gu Yuena asked Li Changsheng to show her how he would restore Scarlet King.