Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiaogang talked Flender out of challenging the Extreme Yin Yang Leopard Clan, but Shao Xin soon reported that Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun had fallen gravely ill. With ordinary treatment failing and a Healing System Soul Douluo difficult to reach, Flender considered seeking Ning Rongrong’s help.

• Yu Xiaogang persuaded Flender that opposing the Extreme Yin Yang Leopard Clan would endanger them and the Shrek students.
• Shao Xin reported that Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun had suddenly fallen ill despite his candy beans.
• Flender and Yu Xiaogang found the four students covered in severe skin lesions, while Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhang Hongruo watched from a distance.
• Shao Xin explained that the illness might require a Healing System Soul Douluo from the Dongfang Divine Cult, whose aid would be costly and hard to obtain.
• Yu Xiaogang refused to ask his family for help and signaled Flender to turn to Ning Rongrong, while Flender hesitated to approach the Star Luo Empire about Dai Mubai.

Flender pleaded with Ning Rongrong to seek help for the sick Shrek students, but she refused and exposed Yu Xiaogang’s incompetence and plagiarism. After Yu Xiaogang recovered, he proposed that Shrek Academy join the Dongfang Divine Cult to secure treatment for Tang San and the others, leaving Flender stunned.

• Flender begged Ning Rongrong to ask the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for help, but she refused, citing the sect’s lack of a Soul Douluo-level Healing System Soul Master and her responsibility to its resources.
• Yu Xiaogang berated Ning Rongrong for refusing, so she slapped him and denounced his teaching, martial soul theories, and plagiarism before he vomited blood and passed out.
• Ning Rongrong left Shrek Academy, while Flender carried Yu Xiaogang and the four unconscious students back to a room.
• After waking, Yu Xiaogang demanded that Flender expel Ning Rongrong, but Flender explained that Shrek depended on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s donations and could not afford to offend it.
• Flender told Yu Xiaogang that a Soul Emperor-level healer could not cure Tang San and the others, so Yu Xiaogang proposed joining the Dongfang Divine Cult in exchange for help from its Soul Douluo-level healer.
• Flender stared at Yu Xiaogang in disbelief and asked whether he had gone mad.

Yu Xiaogang persuaded Flender to take Shrek’s remaining members to the Dongfang Divine Cult, while several teachers and Ning Rongrong left rather than join. At the cult’s headquarters, Dongfang Ren Gui accepted the group but revealed that he planned to exploit them and secretly cripple Tang San before replacing him.

• Yu Xiaogang convinced Flender that joining the Dongfang Divine Cult would secure treatment for the sick students and give them a chance to compete in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Shao Xin, Li Yusong, the Soul Emperor with the Nameless Compass, and Ning Rongrong left Shrek Academy, while Zhu Zhuqing agreed to go with the others for her own reasons.
• Flender and the remaining Shrek members brought the unconscious Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun to the Dongfang Divine Cult’s headquarters in Suotuo City.
• Dongfang Ao Xie told Dongfang Ren Gui that the cult had to support Tang San under Lord Black Demon God’s decree, while secretly weakening him until the cult could replace him.
• Dongfang Ren Gui received the Shrek group, agreed to let them join, and dismissed Yu Xiaogang’s eager declaration of loyalty before warning them that he had conditions.

Flender and the Shrek group joined the Dongfang Divine Cult in hopes of curing Tang San and the others, unaware that the cult planned to corrupt them into Evil Soul Masters. After Flender paid a fortune to protect Yu Xiaogang, the group was forced into the Sacred Cult Spring, where their evil thoughts began to grow.

• Dongfang Ren Gui promised to cure Tang San and the others if Flender and his companions obeyed the cult, while secretly planning to exploit and eventually eliminate them.
• Dongfang Ao Tuo explained the cult's ranks and rules, then rejected Yu Xiaogang's offer to become its strategist and broke his limbs before assigning him to clean latrines.
• Flender paid Dongfang Ao Tuo 350,000 Gold Soul Coins to spare Yu Xiaogang from expulsion and harsher punishment.
• Dongfang Ao Tuo led the group to the Sacred Cult Spring, whose demonic water was designed to magnify evil and turn initiates toward becoming Evil Soul Masters.
• Dongfang Ao Tuo kicked the group into the spring, and Flender's thoughts turned against Yu Xiaogang, Zhuang Xingyu, and the Extreme Yin Yang Leopard Clan as he praised the cult.

Zhu Zhuqing, Flender, Zhao Wuji, and others were corrupted by the Dongfang Divine Cult’s Sacred Cult Spring, while Yu Xiaogang was abused as a latrine cleaner. Five days later, Tang San joined the cult as a Black Rank believer but discovered he could no longer absorb Soul Power and began searching for the cause.

• Zhu Zhuqing and the others transformed their Soul Power into Demonic Energy, and Zhu Zhuqing renounced her ties to the Star Luo Empire.
• Zhao Wuji praised the Dongfang Divine Cult, recounted his grievances against Spirit Hall, and begged Dongfang Ao Tuo to accept him as an adoptive son.
• Yu Xiaogang was forced to clean latrines, beaten by the night-soil workers, and reduced to barking and begging for mercy.
• Five days later, Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun had their toxins removed, entered the Sacred Cult Pool, and joined the Dongfang Divine Cult.
• Tang San’s Demonic Seed matured, making him an Evil Soul Master and a Black Rank believer, but he found he could no longer absorb Soul Power and suspected someone had poisoned him.

Tang San received the West Demon Sacred Scripture and two Storage Soul Tools from Dongfang Ao Xie, then read the scripture in his cultivation room. Its doctrine matched Tang San’s own beliefs and encouraged him to widen his plans to kill those who would not submit to him.

• Tang San went to Dongfang Ao Xie after being summoned and concealed his anger while kneeling before him.
• Dongfang Ao Xie declared Tang San a trusted Evil Soul Master, explained the cult’s goal, and gave him the West Demon Sacred Scripture.
• Dongfang Ao Xie also gave Tang San two twenty-cubic-meter Storage Soul Tools, which Tang San accepted.
• Tang San read the scripture’s rules, agreed with its doctrines, and resolved to kill anyone who would not submit to him.
• Tang San continued reading about devouring other beings’ life force and Soul Power to strengthen Evil Soul Masters.

Tang San became an Evil Soul Master and used the West Demon Sacred Scripture to devour a servant, gaining Soul Power while ruining his future prospects. Meanwhile, Emperor Xue Ye left Heaven Dou City to welcome the arriving Extreme Yin Yang Leopard Clan ahead of the empire’s 3,500th anniversary celebration.

• Tang San killed a servant and devoured his life force and Soul Power, then celebrated his rapid increase in strength.
• Tang San decided that his Mysterious Heaven Skill, Little Sunflower Manual, and West Demon Sacred Scripture would let him surpass the continent’s other young prodigies, though his damaged body and Evil Soul Master cultivation had doomed his future.
• Xue Ye brought Xue Yi, Xue Er, and Xue Wuming through Heaven Dou City as citizens cheered the emperor and praised the improvements under his rule.
• Xue Ye’s procession stopped outside the city, where the crowd speculated about which major power he was waiting to welcome.
• The Extreme Yin Yang Leopard Clan arrived under its leopard banner, and the people welcomed its members, many of whom had helped them through the Task Pavilion.

Zhuang Xingyu arrived in Heaven Dou City with the Extreme Yin Yang Leopard Clan, where Xue Ye publicly welcomed him and promoted their alliance. Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, tried to recruit him, but Zhuang Xingyu rebuffed her invitation and left their partnership at the level of lofty promises.

• Xue Ye warmly welcomed Zhuang Jingxing and the Extreme Yin Yang Leopard Clan, and Heaven Dou outlets spread favorable stories about their alliance.
• Xue Qinghe greeted Zhuang Xingyu with excessive affection, while Qian Renxue secretly assessed his strength and found him superior to her.
• The convoy entered Heaven Dou City, and Zhuang Xingyu observed the city’s residents, defenses, and strategic value as a future imperial capital.
• Xue Qinghe invited Zhuang Xingyu to stay at King Qi’s Manor and proposed cooperation between their successors, but Zhuang Xingyu declined and invited him to visit the Northern Plains instead.
• Qian Renxue tried to draw Zhuang Xingyu into an alliance, but he answered with broad promises to cooperate with anyone seeking a golden age for humanity.

Zhuang Xingyu toured Heaven Dou City with Qian Renxue and visited Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where he met its leaders and students. On his way back, he humiliated Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue after their carriage blocked his, and Hu Liena challenged him to a duel at the upcoming celebration.

• Ning Fengzhi summoned Ning Rongrong and ordered her to handle sect affairs and receive guests, despite her pleas to rest.
• Qian Renxue took Zhuang Xingyu to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Meng Shenji introduced its leaders, students, and teachers.
• Zhuang Xingyu and Xue Qinghe toured the academy while students from the two academies held friendly sparring matches.
• Zhuang Xingyu's carriage met Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue's luxurious carriage in a narrow alley, and he stopped it with his Soul Power, throwing them into a drain.
• Yan attacked Zhuang Xingyu but was severely injured, while Hu Liena offered compensation and then challenged Zhuang Xingyu to a fair fight at the Heaven Dou celebration.
• Yan misread Hu Liena's scolding as concern for him and promised to defeat Zhuang Xingyu for her.

Zhuang Xingyu visited the Nine Heart Begonia Family and secured its allegiance to the Extreme Yin Yang Leopard Clan by promising to resolve the flaw in its martial soul. He gave Ye Nishang a Nine Heart Ginseng Pill, and she asked permission to give it to her daughter Ye Lingling.

• Zhuang Xingyu ordered his attendant to tell the Nine Heart Begonia Family he would visit, while Xue Ye learned of the visit and reluctantly accepted that the family might join the Extreme Yin Yang Leopard Clan.
• Ye Nishang welcomed Zhuang Xingyu with her daughter Ye Lingling and the clan, whose small, declining family possessed only two inherited Nine Heart Begonia martial souls.
• Zhuang Xingyu offered to make the family join his clan and solve its martial soul problem, and Ye Nishang swore allegiance on behalf of everyone and presented him with the Nine Heart Begonia Token.
• Zhuang Xingyu gave Ye Nishang a Nine Heart Ginseng Pill, which stirred the Nine Heart Begonia martial souls and promised to remove their flaw and possibly help them evolve.
• Ye Nishang reaffirmed her loyalty and asked to give the pill to Ye Lingling, and Zhuang Xingyu allowed her to decide how to use it.

Ye Lingling absorbed the Nine Heart Ginseng Pill and evolved her Nine Heart Begonia martial soul, earning the Ye Clan’s gratitude and strengthening its ties to Zhuang Xingyu’s clan. She awoke after her Soul Power rose to level 40, as Ye Nishang and the clansmen anxiously asked whether the martial soul’s flaw was gone.

• Zhuang Xingyu decided to assimilate the Nine Heart Begonia Family by cultivating its next generation through his union with Ye Lingling, while refusing to let Ye Nishang remove her martial soul’s flaw or remarry.
• Ye Nishang urged Ye Lingling to absorb the Nine Heart Ginseng Pill, and Ye Lingling finally swallowed it.
• Ye Lingling’s Nine Heart Begonia evolved from nine petals to twenty-one, and the martial soul’s flaw disappeared as the Ye Clan felt its lingering pressure lift.
• Ye Lingling’s Soul Power rose from level 37 to level 40, with more of the pill’s power remaining in her meridians.
• Ye Lingling awakened, and Ye Nishang and the clansmen asked whether her martial soul’s flaw was gone.

Ye Lingling's Martial Soul evolved, and Zhuang Xingyu named it the Nine Heart Begonia Emperor as the Nine Heart Begonia clan prepared to relocate to the Northern Plains under his protection. That night, Ye Lingling visited Zhuang Xingyu privately and began an intimate encounter with him.

• Ye Lingling discovered that her Martial Soul had evolved, her Soul Power had risen to rank 40, and its flaw had vanished.
• Zhuang Xingyu named Ye Lingling's new Martial Soul the Nine Heart Begonia Emperor and arranged for her clan to move to the Northern Plains after the Heaven Dou Empire's anniversary celebration.
• Ye Nishang led the clan in preparing to relocate and holding an ancestral worship ceremony before their departure.
• Ye Lingling brought Zhuang Xingyu pastries and begonia tea late at night, and he asked her to call him Brother Yu.
• Zhuang Xingyu pulled Ye Lingling into his arms and kissed her, and she responded by undressing him.

Zhuang Xingyu settled the Nine Heart Begonia Family’s affairs, then attended the Heaven Dou Grand Auction and secretly acquired a rare Star Essence Flower Stone. He fused it into Puppet Zhuang Shushen, raising her Soul Power to the completion of Rank 98 and greatly enhancing her body and resistance to poison.

• Ye Nishang welcomed Zhuang Xingyu with breakfast, and he invited her and Ye Lingling to eat with him, announcing that he and Ye Lingling would become engaged.
• Zhuang Xingyu traveled to the Heaven Dou Auction House, where Zhuang Taosheng reported that the preparations were complete.
• Zhuang Xingyu learned that the auction house had received a rare Star Essence Flower Stone and secretly bought it from its seller.
• Zhuang Xingyu used his Innate Ice Fire Yin Yang Flame to fuse the Star Essence Flower Stone into Puppet Zhuang Shushen.
• Zhuang Shushen’s Soul Power rose from Rank 96 to the completion of Rank 98, and her body gained a violet-blue glow, the stone’s fragrance, and resistance to poisons below Rank 100.

At the Heaven Dou Grand Auction, Xue Ye used the sale of imperial forest plots to recover enormous amounts of wealth embezzled by the empire’s nobles, while Zhuang Xingyu recognized the Dongfang Divine Cult’s supposed ancient city as fabricated history. The auction exposed the limits of Xue Ye’s campaign, as rival nobles killed seven holdouts to prevent their own crimes from being revealed.

• Zhuang Xingyu inspected the auction list and recognized the Barak Royal Family’s 450,000-year-old city as a fake intended to invent an ancestral history for the Dongfang Divine Cult.
• Zhuang Taosheng opened the Heaven Dou Grand Auction, and the auctioneers began selling forest plots in Heaven Dou City on behalf of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
• Zhu Rongming bid 35 million Gold Soul Coins for Liberation Forest, setting an example for nobles who were expected to return wealth embezzled from the empire.
• Fifty-six noble houses bought the plots and returned cash and assets worth billions of Gold Soul Coins to Xue Ye, while seven families refused to surrender their wealth.
• Other nobles secretly killed the detained heads of the seven stubborn families and blamed their deaths on guilt, preventing them from exposing the nobles’ wider corruption.
• Zhuang Xingyu watched the auction and judged Xue Ye too merciful, while acknowledging that purging the nobles would risk destabilizing the empire and weakening its Soul Master forces.

The auction sold Desert Eagle 2.0s to five major factions and then saw Dongfang Ao Xie secure an ancient city ruin for the Dongfang Divine Cult at a record price. He publicly promised to share the excavation, though the cult had secretly controlled the Barak Royal Family and stood to retain the benefits.

• The auctioneer presented ten Desert Eagle 2.0s, and the Extreme Yin Yang Leopard Clan’s firearms drew astonishment from the bidders and concern from Bibi Dong.
• Five factions—Star Luo, Heaven Dou, Spirit Hall, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and the Dongfang Divine Cult—each bought two Desert Eagles for a total of 4,500,000 Gold Soul Coins.
• The Barak Royal Family’s ancient city ruin was auctioned after the possibility of lost Soul Tool production methods sparked interest among the factions.
• Dongfang Ao Xie bid 100,000,000 Gold Soul Coins and won the ruin, while Zhuang Jingxing condemned his hypocrisy and Zhuang Xingyu urged his father not to engage with him.
• Dongfang Ao Xie announced that everyone could excavate the ancient city together after the Heaven Dou celebration, and the gathered factions praised him despite suspecting his motives.

The Heaven Dou Empire began its 3,500th anniversary celebration with Emperor Xue Ye addressing a vast crowd and praising the Empire’s history and his own rule. At the night’s bonfire banquet, Zhuang Xingyu drew the young heirs’ attention, while Dongfang Ren Gui planned to challenge Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan to establish his authority.

• The Heaven Dou Empire’s anniversary celebration began at midnight, and the city’s people celebrated through the night.
• Xue Ye traveled from the imperial palace to Heaven Dou Central Plaza, where he addressed more than 300,000 people and recounted the Empire’s history and his reign.
• Xue Ye officially opened the celebration, and the day’s ceremonies, free public luncheon, and speeches by faction representatives followed.
• The major factions gathered for a bonfire banquet, where Zhuang Xingyu sat with Zihan, Huangfu Ruiyao, Shui Bing'er, and Ye Lingling as many heirs and young women tried to approach him.
• Dongfang Ren Gui resented the attention Zhuang Xingyu received and decided to test himself against Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan.

Dongfang Ren Gui provoked Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan into a challenge, then exposed Spirit Hall’s past and forced Bibi Dong into a political confrontation. Bibi Dong yielded to a coalition of rival powers and withdrew, while Dongfang Ren Gui defeated the three Spirit Hall youths.

• Ning Rongrong compared herself with Zhuang Xingyu while Hu Liena persuaded Xie Yue and Yan to challenge him.
• Dongfang Ren Gui interrupted the challenge and baited Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan into fighting him instead.
• Hu Liena insulted the Dongfang Divine Cult, and Dongfang Ren Gui attacked Spirit Hall and Bibi Dong with accusations about their past.
• Dongfang Ao Xie and Zhuang Jingxing confronted Bibi Dong, while their Titled Douluo and Spirit Hall’s forces raised the palace standoff to the brink of violence.
• Xue Ye arbitrated against Spirit Hall, and Zhuang Xingyu, the Star Luo Emperor, Ning Fengzhi, and Yu Yuanzhen supported his demand that Bibi Dong apologize.
• Bibi Dong blamed Hu Liena and the other two, then withdrew as Dongfang Ren Gui beat them badly outside the palace.

Dongfang Ren Gui revealed his level-sixty-eight strength and defeated Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue, but Zhuang Xingyu then overwhelmed him in a brief duel. Dongfang Ao Xie backed down and promised Spirit Bone compensation after Zhuang Xingyu and his clan threatened him.

• Dongfang Ren Gui revealed six Soul Rings and defeated Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue, leaving Hu Liena unconscious and distraught.
• Dongfang Ren Gui challenged Zhuang Xingyu, who agreed to fight after allowing him to recover his Soul Power.
• Zhuang Xingyu displayed six powerful Soul Rings, including two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, and defeated Dongfang Ren Gui in three seconds with a spiritual attack.
• Dongfang Ao Xie accused Zhuang Xingyu of striking too harshly, but Zhuang Xingyu slapped him while Zhuang Jingxing and Zhuang Shushen confronted him.
• Dongfang Ao Xie abandoned his threat and agreed to deliver three or four Spirit Bones over twenty thousand years old within five days.

After Zhuang Xingyu’s extraordinary soul ring configuration became famous, Yu Xiaogang dismissed the reports while enduring punishment in the Dongfang Divine Cult. Dongfang Ao Xie warned the Black Demon God about the Extreme Yin Yang Leopard Clan, and the Black Demon God empowered him and ordered him to plunge the continent into chaos while secretly preparing to use its fate to create a vessel for devouring the Douluo Universe.

• Qian Renxue vowed to defeat Zhuang Xingyu after improving her cultivation and completing more of the Angel God’s inheritance.
• The Heaven Dou Celebration’s aftermath brought widespread awe and speculation about Zhuang Xingyu’s soul rings and the Extreme Yin Yang Leopard Clan’s hidden strength.
• Yu Xiaogang insisted that reports of Zhuang Xingyu’s soul rings were fabricated, then received harsher punishment from Ri Chuan Gang Ban for talking instead of working.
• Dongfang Ao Xie reported the Extreme Yin Yang Leopard Clan’s rapid rise and Zhuang Xingyu’s purifying domain to the Black Demon God, who rebuked him for the delay.
• The Black Demon God raised Dongfang Ao Xie’s Soul Power to level 98 and strengthened his Black Demon Bead, while ordering him to destroy non-Evil Soul Master forces and gather the continent’s fate.
• The Black Demon God revealed that his true plan was to use the Black Demon God Statue as a divine body, attach part of his soul to it, and devour the Douluo Universe.

As the factions traveled toward the Suotuo City Ancient Ruins, Zhuang Xingyu met with Chen Xin, who sought guidance on swordsmanship. Zhuang Xingyu pointed out flaws in Chen Xin’s approach and offered broad theories, leaving the Sword Douluo shaken but determined to reconsider his craft.

• Ning Fengzhi caught up with Zhuang Jingxing, Xue Ye, and Huangfu Bari, and their convoys traveled together toward the Suotuo City Ancient Ruins.
• Zhuang Jingxing and Huangfu Bari argued that the Dongfang Divine Cult’s supposedly 450,000-year-old ruins were fabricated, while Ning Fengzhi cautiously agreed that the claims were suspicious.
• Chen Xin visited Zhuang Xingyu, offered him a sword manual and a thirty-thousand-year right arm bone, and asked for guidance on swordsmanship.
• Zhuang Xingyu identified flaws in Chen Xin’s plan to create swordsmanship suitable for everyone and advised him to build on his family’s inherited sword art instead.
• Zhuang Xingyu shared broad sword theories with Chen Xin, who became overwhelmed and left the carriage doubting his abilities as a swordsman.