Chapter Summaries

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong returned to Shrek City with a Soul Crystal refined from Lovesick Heartbreak Red, giving Mu En a chance to survive by merging with the Golden Ancient Tree. After learning that Ah Yin’s soul had devoured generations of Shrek leaders, Mu En asked Electrolux to help him sacrifice himself to destroy her.

• Electrolux found that Lovesick Heartbreak Red contained a small amount of soul energy that could help repair Mu En, and Qian Chaoguang retrieved an Absolute Dark Stone for future research.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong visited Mu En, whose condition had worsened, and Electrolux offered him a fifty-percent chance of reincarnating as a Black Warrior or an unknown chance of merging with the Golden Ancient Tree.
• Mu En chose to merge with the Golden Ancient Tree but asked Qian Chaoguang to identify the sleeping soul within it.
• Qian Chaoguang revealed that the soul was Ah Yin, the first Blue Silver Emperor, Tang San’s mother, and the spouse of the Clear Sky Douluo.
• Mu En realized that Ah Yin had devoured the souls of generations of Shrek leaders and asked Electrolux to help him kill her, even at the cost of his own soul.
• Electrolux explained that he could turn Mu En’s soul into a curse that would destroy Ah Yin within ten years, but Mu En would also perish.

Mu En said farewell to Shrek’s leaders and students, assigned responsibilities, and passed the burden of the Academy’s future to Qian Chaoguang. He began transforming through the Golden Ancient Tree, leaving his fate uncertain as Electrolux worked to stabilize his soul.

• Mu En made Qian Chaoguang promise to kill Sea God Tang San and avenge him and Shrek’s sages.
• Mu En appointed Elder Xuan temporary Sea God Pavilion Master, named Cai Mei'er dean and Zhang Lexuan vice dean, and ordered Shrek to support the Soul Tool Department.
• Mu En reprimanded Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er, then entrusted Beibei’s Light Holy Dragon bloodline to his care and strengthened it before Beibei collapsed.
• Mu En told Qian Chaoguang that Shrek’s future rested on him, and Qian Chaoguang promised to change Sea God Island’s name after killing Tang San.
• Mu En began merging with the Golden Ancient Tree, and Electrolux used Golden Runes and the Soul Crystal refined from the Lovesick Heartbreak Red to hold together Mu En’s cracking soul as golden dragon scales formed.

Mu En sacrificed his body and soul to merge with the Golden Ancient Tree, hoping to cleanse it and curse Ah Yin, the soul devouring Shrek’s ancestors. The Golden Ancient Tree warned him that Ah Yin could be reborn and that her Blue Silver Domain was consuming its life force, leaving Mu En to realize that Tang San’s power was tied to the Blue Silver Emperor.

• Mu En completed the Life Curse, transformed into a Light Holy Dragon, and spread his power over Sea God Island before merging with the Golden Ancient Tree.
• Di Tian heard his awakened lord warn him not to provoke Shrek Academy and that humanity’s reign would near its end when the lord awoke again in ten thousand years.
• Inside the Golden Ancient Tree, Mu En met its consciousness, which explained that Ah Yin had eroded nearly half its body and could be reborn after the curse shattered her soul.
• The Golden Ancient Tree showed Mu En the Blue Silver Emperor’s golden tendrils draining its energy through the Blue Silver Domain.
• Mu En recognized the devouring power as the kind associated with Evil Soul Masters and concluded that Tang San’s Martial Soul was the Blue Silver Emperor, not Blue Silver Grass.

Mu En discovered that the Golden Ancient Tree was being consumed by a Blue Silver Emperor who could revive through divine intervention, while Qian Chaoguang explained Tang San’s hidden allies and the history behind his survival. As Qian Chaoguang and the Golden Ancient Tree began seeking a way to communicate, the tree revealed that it sensed Qian Chaoguang as the source of light and life.

• Mu En saw Ah Yin’s colossal Blue Silver Emperor form draining the Golden Ancient Tree, which said it expected to be overwhelmed within ten thousand years.
• Qian Chaoguang contacted Mu En through their Soul Contract and learned that the Blue Silver Emperor could revive after being killed.
• Qian Chaoguang explained that Tang San’s divine allies, Ning Rongrong and Oscar, could restore the body and soul of someone who had died within one shichen.
• Qian Chaoguang urged Mu En not to sacrifice himself, since the Blue Silver Emperor could be revived again after the resurrection skill’s cooldown.
• The Golden Ancient Tree sensed Qian Chaoguang through Mu En’s soul communication, called him the source of light, and asked to speak with him directly.
• Qian Chaoguang entered the secluded cultivation chamber and wondered whether the Golden Ancient Tree possessed a soul.

Qian Chaoguang discovered the Golden Ancient Tree could survive having its soul divided, then worked with Electrolux to save Mu En and move the tree’s Origin Seed into the Undead Demi-plane. As Mu En recovered, Shrek Academy mourned his apparent death and prepared for an approaching continental war, while the Shrek Team and Tang Sect’s contestants gathered to leave for the Sun Moon Empire.

• Qian Chaoguang contacted the Golden Ancient Tree, learned it could divide its soul without losing its memories, and gained its allegiance.
• Qian Chaoguang learned the Golden Ancient Tree’s life depended on its Origin Seed and planned to remove it, leaving Ah Yin’s occupation of the tree’s body to collapse.
• With Electrolux’s help, Qian Chaoguang separated and repaired Mu En’s soul and placed it with the Golden Ancient Tree in a new body in the Undead Demi-plane.
• Qian Chaoguang left the Golden Ancient Tree’s original body behind, causing Shrek Academy to believe Mu En had died and leaving the tree’s remaining life and light to run out.
• Shrek’s elders mourned Mu En and secretly stockpiled weapons and supplies as they anticipated war with the Sun Moon Empire and Holy Spirit Cult.
• The Shrek Team and Tang Sect contestants, including Tang Ya, Zhou Sichen, and Cao Jinxuan, gathered outside Shrek Academy, where Elder Song, Xian Lin'er, and Zhang Lexuan arrived.

Shrek and its allies prepared a secret operation to kill Xu Tianran and Ju Zi during the tournament, while the competing teams traveled toward Mingdu. Xu Tianran discussed his succession plans with Ju Zi, and the chapter left the Tang Sect resting outside the capital in Qian Chaoguang’s lavish convoy.

• Shrek, the Heaven Dou Empire, the Star Luo Empire, and the Body Sect agreed to cooperate in a decapitation operation against Xu Tianran and Ju Zi.
• The expanded tournament drew 167 teams to Mingdu, where the Sun Moon Empire offered high-level Soul Tools as prizes.
• Xu Tianran learned that his father was near death, reviewed the military’s loyalties with Ju Zi, and promised to make her empress after ascending the throne.
• Xu Tianran told Ju Zi that Shrek’s Dragon God Douluo had likely died and that the empire’s war of unification was approaching.
• The Tang Sect group stopped about a hundred kilometers from Mingdu and rested beside a convoy of luxurious carriages pulled by contracted Demonic Soul Horses.

Qian Chaoguang displayed his advanced Soul Tool carriages, sold five customized units to Ning Tian, and rested with the Shrek and Tang Sect members during their journey. Their peaceful stop ended when Feng Ling, the rude Young Gate Master of Chongtian Sect, provoked Ji Juechen, who drew his sword and made Feng Ling wary.

• Qian Chaoguang explained that his Soul Tool carriages could fly, travel at high speeds, and withstand attacks, then quoted Xu Sanshi a friendship price of three million Gold Soul Coins per carriage.
• Ning Tian ordered five customized carriages for the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for thirty million Gold Soul Coins.
• Huo Yutong asked Qian Chaoguang to activate the aura suppressors after nearby riders' Horned Kylin Horses were frightened by the Demonic Soul Horses, and the group rested in the shade.
• Feng Ling and the other yellow-clad Soul Masters arrived, disrupted the rest, and demanded food while Feng Ling leered at Jing Ziyan.
• Ji Juechen told Feng Ling to get lost, and Jing Ziyan dismissed Chongtian Sect before Ji Juechen drew his sword and pointed it at Feng Ling.

Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan confronted the Chongtian Sect after Feng Ling insulted Qian Chaoguang, using the Pixiu Merchant Association’s armed Soul Engineers to force the sect to back down. Qian Chaoguang spared them, but Jing Ziyan made them punish Feng Ling themselves.

• Ji Juechen drew a sword line before Feng Ling and pursued him when he ran back to the Chongtian Sect.
• Jing Ziyan demanded an apology and compensation from the Chongtian Sect, whose leaders released their Martial Souls and Soul Tools.
• Ji Juechen, Jing Ziyan, and the ten Soul Engineers revealed their formidable weapons and armor, prompting the Chongtian Sect to recognize the Pixiu Merchant Association and beg for mercy.
• Qian Chaoguang told Jing Ziyan to stop frightening the sect and spare them, but she ordered them to beat Feng Ling as punishment.
• The Chongtian Sect members revived Feng Ling and joined in beating him.

Jing Ziyan punished Feng Ling and forced Chongtian Sect to accept a humiliating public apology, while Qian Chaoguang brought the Shrek teams into Mingdu for the tournament. At Mingyue Hotel, Xu Jiujiu met Qian Chaoguang, and the Shrek team began registration and age testing.

• Jing Ziyan had Chongtian Sect disciples beat Feng Ling, then ordered him to recite a humiliating sentence at the tournament and declared the sect blacklisted by the Pixiu Merchant Association.
• Qian Chaoguang defended Jing Ziyan’s actions to Zhang Lexuan, joked about Shrek’s motto, and took the group to Mingdu.
• The teams entered Mingdu, where they registered at Mingyue Hotel and waited in separate lounges.
• Xu Jiujiu greeted Qian Chaoguang and learned that Shrek had sent two teams to the tournament.
• Qian Chaoguang and the others joined the registration line, took photographs, and underwent bone age testing.

Qian Chaoguang registered the Shrek Team, advanced his plans to weaken the Sun Moon Empire and establish the Undead Empire, and recruited Dai Luoli as an apostle. The chapter ended with Dai Luoli joining the Undead Empire and his faith strengthening the God of Light’s Divine Fire.

• Qian Chaoguang’s physique again defeated the Soul Tool Body Measurement Instrument, and Lin Jiayi personally arranged Shrek’s registration and luxury accommodations.
• At dinner, Qian Chaoguang connected Beibei and Tang Ya with Pixiu Merchant Association members to support their commercial negotiations and discussed using trade to prepare for his future rule.
• Qian Chaoguang reflected on his plans to conquer the continent and establish the Undead Empire, while considering whether he would leave Douluo Star rather than become like Tang San.
• Qian Chaoguang warned Dai Luoli about his plans for the Duchess, Dai Hao, and the Star Luo Empire, and Dai Luoli chose to support him.
• Dai Luoli signed a Soul Contract and received an explanation of the Undead Empire and its divine faith system.
• Dai Luoli became a devoted apostle whose faith strengthened the God of Light’s Divine Fire, though he defined no new authority for it.

Qian Chaoguang gave Dai Luoli an Immortal Herb that strengthened his Martial Soul and helped him advance to Quasi Soul King, then prepared for the tournament under its revised rules. In seclusion, he fused the Water and Fire Dragon King torso bones, and their opposing elements merged into an unprecedented storm.

• Qian Chaoguang gave Dai Luoli Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, and Dai Luoli entered deep meditation and advanced to Quasi Soul King.
• The Sun Moon Empire announced revised tournament stages, aerial-combat rules, and elimination-round scoring.
• Qian Chaoguang reviewed Shrek's aerial-combat preparation before beginning seclusion in the Undead Demi-plane.
• Qian Chaoguang discovered that the Water Dragon King and Fire Dragon King torso bones yearned to fuse and decided to risk combining them.
• Qian Chaoguang used Shrek's Soul Bone Fusion Secret Method, and the bones merged as their water and fire elements formed a rotating elemental storm.

Qian Chaoguang fused the Water Fire Dragon Kings’ torso bones into a god-tier Soul Bone and absorbed it, triggering an enlightenment that raised his cultivation and Spiritual Power. Dragon One explained its former strength as the dragon race’s leader while Dragon Two and Dragon Three evolved using the dragon souls and skulls.

• Electrolux captured the lingering echoes of the Water Fire Dragon Kings and used their souls and skulls to strengthen Dragon Two and Dragon Three.
• Qian Chaoguang completed the fusion of the Water Fire Dragon Kings’ torso bones into a single Soul Bone.
• Dragon One revealed that it had once been Magicbane, a near-God-King-level dragon leader with immense spiritual power and resistance to magic.
• Qian Chaoguang absorbed the new Water Fire Dragon King torso Soul Bone while Dragon One guarded him.
• Qian Chaoguang gained enlightenment from the balance of water and fire, advanced to the Quasi Soul Emperor stage, and completed the second realm of the Spirit Communication Art.

Qian Chaoguang fused the Water Fire Dragon King Torso Bone into a pair of powerful Wings of the Divine and emerged from seclusion as a Level Sixty-One Soul Emperor. As the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament began in Mingdu, he spotted the Holy Spirit Cult team and met Zhang Peng’s hostile gaze.

• Qian Chaoguang manifested water-and-fire dragon wings, fused them with Holy Light feathers, and named the resulting wings the Wings of the Divine.
• After stabilizing his cultivation, Qian Chaoguang emerged as a Level Sixty-One Soul Emperor and told his teammates he had obtained Soul Rings while away with Xiao Tong.
• Qian Chaoguang’s subordinates reported that the Tang Sect had secured large armament orders from Star Luo, Heaven Soul, and Dou Ling, setting the undead workers to mass production.
• Qian Chaoguang refused a first-round bye for Shrek at the tournament drawing, while Beibei drew a bye for the Tang Sect.
• The teams arrived at the tournament grounds, where the Sun Moon Empire had barred ring-outs from counting as victories and installed large Soul Guidance screens.
• Qian Chaoguang recognized Zhang Peng leading the Holy Spirit Cult team and stared him down as the team entered the canopy area.

Xu Tianran opened the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament, and Qian Chaoguang stirred the crowd by entering Shrek’s first match alone. As the Dragon Slaying Sect’s Soul King charged to begin the fight, Xu Tianran and his allies discussed Qian Chaoguang’s threat, unaware that he was listening.

• Xu Tianran arrived at the tournament with Ju Zi and Jing Hongchen, and Ju Zi announced the opening of the competition.
• Qian Chaoguang entered the arena alone to face the Dragon Slaying Sect, and spectators recognized and cheered for him as the hero of the previous tournament.
• Jing Hongchen warned Xu Tianran that Qian Chaoguang was dangerous and recounted his past achievements, prompting Xu Tianran to issue several orders.
• Zhong Liwu recalled that Long Xiaoyao had once retreated rather than fight Qian Chaoguang, while Qian Chaoguang secretly overheard their conversation with his Divine Sense.
• The referee started the match, and the Dragon Slaying Sect’s five-ring Soul King charged at Qian Chaoguang to close the distance.

Qian Chaoguang overwhelmed the Dragon Slaying Sect’s first contestant and revealed his genuine six Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, then unveiled his Divine Angel martial soul against Feng Shen. As Feng Shen charged at him as an Electric Light Falcon, Qian Chaoguang unleashed his true Archangel’s Judgment.

• Qian Chaoguang defeated the Dragon Slaying Sect’s first contestant in less than a second with a swift strike, revealing six genuine Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Zhong Liwu confirmed that Qian Chaoguang’s Soul Rings were real, while Xu Tianran and the spectators reacted with shock.
• Feng Shen asked to see Qian Chaoguang’s martial soul, and Qian Chaoguang revealed his Divine Angel form and Wings of the Divine.
• Qian Chaoguang created a massive holy sword with his Blade of Judgment and Light Judgment Soul Skills as Feng Shen transformed into an Electric Light Falcon.
• Feng Shen charged toward Qian Chaoguang at full speed, and Qian Chaoguang commanded the holy sword to descend with the word “Judgment.”

Qian Chaoguang swept the Dragon Slaying Sect’s team in the tournament’s Individual Elimination Match, destroying the arena with his holy sword and earning the nickname God of Light. Shrek advanced with a perfect score, while Tang Sect and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy reassessed their chances against him as the tournament continued.

• Qian Chaoguang immobilized Feng Shen with Light Judgment, struck him unconscious with the holy sword, and won Shrek’s match against Dragon Slaying Sect.
• Qian Chaoguang defeated the Dragon Slaying Sect’s remaining contestants one by one, giving Shrek a perfect Individual Elimination Match victory and twelve points.
• Xu Sanshi, Beibei, and the other Tang Sect members discussed how little chance they would have against Shrek in a Team Battle.
• The tournament’s first day continued, with the Snow Demon Sect and Holy Spirit Sect advancing and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy taking second place in points.
• Chongtian Sect’s Feng Ling drew attention by transforming into Brother Tiger, while Qian Chaoguang remained the only contestant to defeat seven opponents alone.

Shrek Academy faced Heavenly Armor Sect in the second round of the Elimination Tournament, and He Caitou entered the match alone to display Shrek’s mecha technology. The chapter ended as He Caitou transformed his mecha into a cannon fortress and aimed its massive central barrel at Han Yu.

• The Elimination Tournament’s first round eliminated half the teams, and the second round began without a rest period.
• Qian Chaoguang drew Heavenly Armor Sect as Shrek’s opponent and sent only He Caitou to compete.
• Qian Chaoguang instructed He Caitou to reveal Shrek’s mecha technology to unsettle Xu Tianran and hide the team’s true capabilities.
• Han Yu took a defensive stance against He Caitou, who revealed his Soul Emperor cultivation and transformed into a mecha.
• He Caitou converted the mecha into a fortress bristling with cannons and aimed its enormous central barrel at Han Yu.

He Caitou used a transforming mech and a one-man fortress to defeat Han Yu in the first match of the Individual Elimination Match, shocking the Sun Moon Empire’s leaders and Soul Engineers. Shrek Academy won, while the damaged arena and injured referee left the tournament’s other teams wary of the fortress’s firepower.

• Jing Hongchen and Xu Tianran watched He Caitou’s mature Humanoid Soul Tool transform into a heavily armed fortress and were stunned by Shrek’s technological progress.
• Xiao Xiao excitedly read the turret slogans on the fortress, while Wang Dong questioned her enthusiasm and Xiao Xiao revealed her admiration for the Cult of Many Turrets.
• Han Yu raised his Heavenly Armor Shield against He Caitou’s fortress, but He Caitou fired a powerful Sky Thunder Great Cannon blast that the referee intercepted with two Soul Tool Shields.
• The referee survived the blast with serious injuries and destroyed equipment, then declared Han Yu defeated and awarded the match to Shrek Academy.
• The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy team, including Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen, realized they might not be able to withstand He Caitou’s attack.

Shrek Academy swept the Heavenly Armor Sect with He Caitou’s mech and advanced, while Qian Chaoguang outlined a covert plan to kill Xu Tianran. The next day, Zhang Bowen unexpectedly became a saint of the God of Light, adding the authorities of Justice and Judgment.

• He Caitou defeated three Heavenly Armor Sect Soul Kings with his mech, and Han Zhanhu conceded the Individual Elimination Match, sending Shrek Academy into the third round.
• Qian Chaoguang told Zhang Lexuan that Princess Veena had Twin Martial Souls and that the Heaven Dou Empire, Star Luo, and Body Sect had joined a secret operation against Xu Tianran.
• Qian Chaoguang directed Zhang Lexuan to have Xuan Zi and Du Busi build up their public presence while his allies spread false rumors about Mu En to mislead Sun Moon Empire spies.
• The next day, Qian Chaoguang sensed that Zhang Bowen had become a saint after concluding that Qian Chaoguang was the God of Light, adding Justice and Judgment to the Divine Fire.

After Zhang Bowen became a saint, Qian Chaoguang recruited him into the Undead Empire and tasked him with drafting its scripture. Qian Chaoguang then attended an underground Soul Engineer tournament and reviewed the empire’s expansion, where he warned against coercive recruitment and widespread Undead Being rebirth.

• Qian Chaoguang returned to the Pixiu Merchant Association after learning Zhang Bowen had become a saint, and Mo Xuan received an Aromatic Silk Beauty as a reward for bringing him in.
• Zhang Bowen signed a Soul Contract, accepted his appointment as future pope, and began planning the Undead Holy Church’s scripture.
• Qian Chaoguang gave Zhang Bowen an immortal herb and left him to work while he returned to Mingdu for the underground Soul Engineer tournament.
• On the way to the tournament, Nana reported progress on the merchant association’s branches, restaurants, spice cultivation, and recruitment across the nations.
• Nana reported that the Undead Empire had secured another mining area, but Qian Chaoguang forbade coercive control and private Undead Being rebirth rituals, warning that widespread rebirth would destroy humanity and the empire.