Chapter Summaries

Myriad Demon King recalled how he found and nurtured the rare Immortal Spirit Grass before gambling on a fusion that transformed him from an ordinary Demon Eye Magic Tree. He credited his rise to luck, perseverance, and years of secret cultivation, leaving him celebrated as the fifth-ranked among the Ten Great Fierce Beasts.

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• Myriad Demon King recalled that an Immortal Spirit Grass had grown beside him after he awakened his intelligence.
• Myriad Demon King protected and nurtured the Immortal Spirit Grass for a thousand years, earning its trust before swallowing it.
• The Immortal Spirit Grass's resentment made the fusion painful, but Myriad Demon King endured as the transformation took more than a hundred years.
• Myriad Demon King continued developing in secret and devouring weaker Soul Beasts, eventually becoming the fifth-ranked among the Ten Great Fierce Beasts.

The Heavenly Curtain detailed how Myriad Demon King used his opportunity and relentless effort to become one of the Ten Great Fierce Beasts, while plant-type Soul Beasts at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye discussed their long-awaited destined visitor. Myriad Demon King’s account ended, leaving people across the continent praising his rise from obscurity.

• Yan Shaozhe explained why Myriad Demon King had eaten the thousand-year Immortal Spirit Grass before it could grow stronger.
• Infernal Delicate Apricot, Aromatic Silk Beauty, Ink Jade Divine Bamboo, Earth Dragon Golden Melon, and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass discussed the danger plant-type Soul Beasts faced and the destined person Tang San had told them to await.
• The Heavenly Curtain described Myriad Demon King's improved abilities, his Thousand Years in an Instant domain, and his persistence in overcoming his weaknesses.
• People across the continent discussed Myriad Demon King's rise, debating the roles of his opportunity, his lack of a powerful bloodline, and his own effort.

After receiving the Earth Vein Ancestor Vine Seed as his Opportunity Reward, Myriad Demon King began cautiously fusing with it in the Star Dou Great Forest’s forbidden life zone. Di Tian worried that Soul Beasts would fall behind humans in the race to gain rewards from the Heavenly Curtain.

• The Heavenly Curtain ranked Myriad Demon King ninth among the strongest Soul Beasts and praised his perseverance and mastery of spiritual erosion and domains.
• The Heavenly Curtain granted Myriad Demon King the Earth Vein Ancestor Vine Seed, an ancient treasure described as the foundation of a continent.
• Di Tian recognized that Myriad Demon King’s importance to the Star Dou Great Forest would grow and worried that Soul Beasts had too few rankings and rewards compared with humans.
• A streak of light delivered the dark yellow Earth Vein Ancestor Vine Seed to Myriad Demon King, who examined its ancient aura and continent-like patterns.
• Myriad Demon King began carefully fusing with the seed in his lair near the Lake of Life.

Shao Zhuang began absorbing a twenty-seven-thousand-year Blazing Flame Griffin Soul Ring while Mu En agreed to talk with Di Tian about human and Soul Beast relations. The Heavenly Curtain then revealed the eighth-ranked Soul Beast, the Sea Princess, delighting her daughters in the Ice Sea.

• Mu En captured the twenty-seven-thousand-year Blazing Flame Griffin Shao Zhuang had chosen, and Shao Zhuang began absorbing its Soul Ring.
• Di Tian approached Mu En, and the two agreed to discuss relations between humans and Soul Beasts.
• The Heavenly Curtain revealed the Sea Princess as the eighth-ranked Soul Beast, surprising many who had never heard of her.
• Liya excitedly celebrated her mother's ranking, while the Sea Princess and her older daughter shared her happiness.

The Heavenly Curtain revealed the Sea Princess’s immense Spiritual Power and influence as a ruler of the Ice Sea, surprising viewers who had never heard of her. The Sea Princess confidently encouraged her youngest daughter to cultivate, while Evil Emperor reacted furiously to the comparison between them.

• Di Tian recognized the Sea Princess but dismissed the ranking because Sea Soul Beasts weakened greatly on land, then returned to speaking with Mu En.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress welcomed the Sea Princess’s ranking and recalled her formidable Spiritual Power and the strength of her clan.
• The Heavenly Curtain described the Sea Princess as a ruler of the Ice Sea whose Spiritual Power could let her contend with the Evil Eye Tyrant Lord in the ocean.
• Liya asked whether her mother’s Spiritual Power was truly so powerful, and the Sea Princess affirmed it before urging her daughter to cultivate diligently.
• Evil Emperor grew enraged in the Evil Forest at the claim that he might not defeat the Sea Princess in the sea.

The Sea Princess’s appearance prompted Soul Masters and major factions to reconsider the ocean as a source of powerful Soul Beasts and resources, despite its dangers. Xu Tianran ordered contact with the Sea Princess Clan, while the Heavenly Curtain revealed the clan’s Golden Bloodline possessed a formidable ability.

• Zhong Liwu tried to calm the enraged Evil Eye Tyrant Lord after the Heavenly Curtain introduced the Sea Princess.
• Zhuang Yusen and Shrek Academy teachers discussed the threat Sea Soul Beasts could pose and proposed investigating coastal waters.
• Du Busi noted that the Body Sect’s centuries of ocean exploration had taught it hard lessons and warned other factions would suffer losses.
• Xu Tianran ordered a Shadow Guard to seek cooperation with the Sea Princess Clan and considered how ocean development could strengthen the Sun Moon Empire.
• The Heavenly Curtain revealed that Golden Bloodline members of the Sea Princess Clan could use Heart of the Ocean to absorb an energy attack and amplify their next strike.

After the Heavenly Curtain revealed the Sea Princess’s once-a-month soul skill and her rank-eight evaluation, she received the Mermaid’s Tear · Crown as her Opportunity Reward. The crown’s connection to the Ocean Origin left her excited about its potential.

• Soul Masters marveled at the Sea Princess’s Curse of the Heart of the Ocean, while others warned that seeking it would be deadly.
• The Sea Princess ordered her clans to warn intruding human Soul Masters and capture those who refused to leave.
• The Heavenly Curtain ranked the Sea Princess eighth, explaining that her strength was limited by her dependence on the ocean.
• The Sea Princess received the Mermaid’s Tear · Crown, formed from royal Merfolk queens’ tears of joy and containing life insights and power that led to the Ocean Origin.
• The Sea Princess recognized the Merfolk as a race much like her own and grew excited about the crown’s potential.

The Mermaid's Tear Crown opportunity stirred the ocean's overlords, as Little White coveted power for her tribe and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King hoped to gain strength for revenge against Tang San. The Sea Princess received the crown and prepared to enter seclusion, leaving her daughters Liya and her eldest daughter in charge of the tribe and Ice Sea.

• Little White considered claiming the Mermaid's Tear Crown to strengthen the Demon Soul Great White Shark tribe and make it the ocean's sole overlord.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King swallowed sea soul beasts while planning to earn an opportunity reward and avenge her husband by taking revenge on Tang San.
• Lan Fuzi watched her revenge-driven mother with worry and tried to persuade her to abandon her hatred.
• A stream of light carried the Mermaid's Tear Crown reward toward the Ice Sea, where the Sea Princess eagerly received it.
• The Sea Princess ordered her eldest daughter and youngest daughter Liya to manage the tribe and Ice Sea during her seclusion.

Sea Princess entered seclusion to refine the Heavenly Curtain’s crown, reasoning that its rankings favored land-based beings and left Sea Soul Beasts at a disadvantage. Meanwhile, Di Tian ended his discussion with Mu En, and Shao Zhuang safely completed absorbing a powerful Soul Ring and demonstrated his new third soul skill.

• Sea Princess prayed to the Sea God and resolved not to leave seclusion until she had refined the crown.
• Sea Princess concluded that the Heavenly Curtain evaluated strength with the continent as its primary plane, disadvantaging Sea Soul Beasts whose power depended on the ocean.
• Di Tian and Mu En discussed the Heavenly Curtain before Di Tian returned to the Lake of Life.
• Shao Zhuang completed absorbing the Blazing Flame Griffin’s Soul Ring, and Mu En checked that he was unharmed.
• Shao Zhuang demonstrated his powerful third soul skill, and Mu En praised its lasting usefulness.

Shao Zhuang revealed that his third Soul Skill could conjure powerful weapons from crimson-gold flames and grow stronger as the flames absorbed Soul Power or other resources. Mu En praised its potential but warned Shao Zhuang to keep its growth secret, while worrying the Heavenly Curtain might expose it.

• Shao Zhuang demonstrated that his crimson-gold flames could transform into any of the eighteen martial weapons, enhanced by fire, holy power, and his Martial Soul's attributes.
• Shao Zhuang explained that the flames could grow stronger by absorbing Soul Power or other resources, increasing both the weapons' power and the Soul Ring's age.
• Mu En realized the Growth-type Soul Skill could eventually rival one from a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and praised its promise for Shao Zhuang's future Divine Trial.
• Mu En warned Shao Zhuang to keep the Soul Skill's growth secret and worried that the Heavenly Curtain might reveal it.
• Shao Zhuang reassured Mu En that he had his teacher's support.

After discovering that the restriction could kill her, Wang Dong resolved to oppose her father, Tang San, and began seeking allies and ways to grow stronger. Three months later, as the Freshman Assessment arrived, Shao Zhuang, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Xiao had all advanced while Wang Dong had built a friendship with Shao Zhuang.

• Wang Dong analyzed the restriction and sensed that it posed an extreme danger to her, so she resolved to cut ties with Tang San and prepare to fight him.
• Wang Dong considered recruiting the Heavenly Ranking students, especially Shao Zhuang, whose Divine Trial gave her hope of gaining a powerful ally.
• Over the next three months, Shao Zhuang's Soul Power reached level thirty-seven and a half, Huo Yuhao advanced with the Soul Tool Department's support, and Xiao Xiao evolved her Martial Souls after refining the Eternal Zhen Lotus.
• Wang Dong cultivated diligently and strengthened her relationships, establishing a good friendship with Shao Zhuang before the Freshman Assessment arrived.

Dai Huabin's team won the Freshman Assessment championship, but he took little satisfaction in a victory he felt others had left to him. The Heavenly Curtain restarted the Strongest Personal Monologue Ranking, and Di Tian began considering what its one-hundred-year limit meant and whether its future entrants could be eliminated.

• Du Weilun announced Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Cui Yajie as the Freshman Assessment champions.
• The Heavenly Curtain announced that the Strongest Personal Monologue Ranking would begin, covering people of the present era within a hundred-year range and granting rewards to those listed.
• Humans and Soul Beasts speculated about who could rank above the three Limit Douluo and what the ranking's rewards and revelations might bring.
• Di Tian realized the ranking's one-hundred-year limit could explain its scope and considered targeting humans with the potential to become powerful.
• Di Tian thought Shao Zhuang would make the ranking but decided he could not act against him while Dragon God Douluo protected him.

The Heavenly Curtain revealed that Yu Guanzhi ranked ninth on the Strongest Human Monologue Ranking, surprising the continent’s factions and intensifying their efforts to recruit him. His monologue described his humble origins, Divine Brush awakening, and decision to leave his homeland in search of a broader world.

• Du Busi envied Shrek Academy’s promising Soul Masters and said the Body Sect was still searching for Yu Guanzhi to recruit him.
• Xu Jiawei and other factions hoped the next ranked Soul Master would not come from the Sun Moon Empire, while Shrek Academy celebrated its chances.
• Xu Tianran resented Shrek Academy’s likely advantage and privately anticipated eventually taking the Sun Moon Empire’s throne.
• The Heavenly Curtain announced Yu Guanzhi as ninth on the Strongest Human Monologue Ranking, shocking the world and driving factions to pursue him.
• Yu Guanzhi’s monologue recounted his ordinary birth, his Divine Brush awakening at age six, his rejection of major factions, and his departure to seek stronger Soul Masters.
• Observers concluded that Yu Guanzhi’s homeland lacked the resources to support Soul Masters reaching higher realms.

The Heavenly Curtain revealed Yu Guanzhi’s backstory: he left his barren homeland through a one-way teleportation formation and arrived on the Douluo Continent. His arrival at Shrek Academy now seemed likely, while factions across the continent searched for him based on mistaken assumptions about how he had traveled.

• Xu Tianran sent more people overseas to find Yu Guanzhi and recruit him for the Sun Moon Empire, as other factions also searched for him.
• The Heavenly Curtain showed Yu Guanzhi reaching Soul Emperor rank after twelve years and choosing to leave his homeland through a one-way teleportation formation said to have been left by an ancestor who became a God.
• Shao Zhuang watched the account from the Sea God Pavilion and explained that he had fabricated Yu Guanzhi’s origins to make people recognize the wider world and help his plans.
• Yu Guanzhi arrived in an unfamiliar land, learned that it was the Douluo Continent, and was impressed by the claim that seven Gods had emerged from Shrek Academy ten thousand years earlier.
• Factions realized Yu Guanzhi might choose Shrek Academy, and Xuan Zi celebrated the prospect of gaining him.

The Heavenly Curtain revealed Yu Guanzhi’s origins: after reaching Soul Emperor, he left his impoverished homeland through a one-way teleportation formation and arrived on the Douluo Continent. The revelation suggested that Shrek Academy’s reputation for producing Gods drew him toward joining it, while Shao Zhuang watched his fabricated history take effect.

• Xu Tianran ordered more people to search for Yu Guanzhi and recruit him into the Sun Moon Empire.
• The Heavenly Curtain revealed that Yu Guanzhi reached the Soul Emperor realm after twelve years and used a one-way formation to leave his homeland.
• Shao Zhuang watched the revelations and explained that he had fabricated Yu Guanzhi’s background to shape the Douluo Continent’s future.
• Yu Guanzhi arrived on the Douluo Continent, learned of Shrek Academy’s history of producing Gods, and became drawn to the academy.
• Xuan Zi celebrated after realizing why Yu Guanzhi had joined Shrek Academy.

The Heavenly Curtain revealed that Shao Zhuang had pioneered Soul Spirits, a new way for Soul Masters to gain power while reducing harm to Soul Beasts. The chapter ended with the method’s potential benefits for both sides being explained as Soul Beasts watched and judged the invention.

• The narrator explained that they had joined Shrek Academy but, under Shao Zhuang’s arrangements, went to audit classes at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and help with his research.
• The narrator volunteered for Shao Zhuang’s Soul Spirit experiments and became the first person besides him to contract a Soul Spirit.
• Soul Masters and leaders across the world reacted with shock and praise as the Heavenly Curtain revealed that Soul Spirits could assist their partners and provide multiple Soul Rings.
• Xiong Jun and Scarlet King condemned the invention and called for an attack, but Di Tian ordered them to keep watching because it might benefit the Soul Beast race.
• The Heavenly Curtain revealed that Soul Spirits could give dying Soul Beasts a second life, reduce Soul Beast hunting, and be inherited or freed to form new contracts when their Soul Master died.

Xu Tianran realized Yu Guanzhi was unlikely to leave Shrek Academy after learning how Shao Zhuang had saved him and inspired him to join. The revelations also pushed Xu Tianran to plan to eliminate the Evil Soul Masters and the increasingly unreliable Holy Spirit Cult.

• Xu Tianran reasoned that Shrek Academy could not give Yu Guanzhi its greatest resources, and considered promising him a better future in the Sun Moon Empire.
• The Heavenly Curtain revealed that Yu Guanzhi had been badly injured while fighting Evil Soul Masters and that Shao Zhuang had rescued him with a sacred power.
• Yu Guanzhi recounted how Shao Zhuang's talent and ideas about Soul Spirits, Battle Armor, and mechas inspired him to join Shrek Academy.
• Xu Tianran recognized that the Sun Moon Empire had lost the advantage of making a good first impression and would need to offer greater benefits to recruit Yu Guanzhi.
• Xu Tianran decided to eliminate the Evil Soul Masters as the Holy Spirit Cult reduced its support and began preparing escape plans.

The Heavenly Curtain revealed that Shao Zhuang had pioneered Soul Spirits, which could assist Soul Masters and provide multiple Soul Rings while reducing harm to Soul Beasts. Di Tian silenced Xiong Jun and Scarlet King and waited to learn how the invention might benefit the Soul Beast race.

• The Heavenly Curtain showed that Shao Zhuang had joined Shrek Academy but studied at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy while assisting Shao Zhuang with research.
• The account explained that Shao Zhuang and his teacher had developed Soul Spirits by sealing and transforming Soul Beast souls, and that the narrator had volunteered to become the first Soul Spirit contractor after Shao Zhuang.
• People across the continent reacted with shock and excitement to the possibility that Soul Spirits could assist Soul Masters and provide multiple Soul Rings.
• Mu En and Yan Shaozhe welcomed the invention, while Xiong Jun and Scarlet King condemned it and called for an attack on Shrek Academy.
• Di Tian ordered Xiong Jun and Scarlet King to wait, then listened as the Heavenly Curtain explained that Soul Spirits could give dying Soul Beasts a second life, reduce hunting, and become free to form new contracts when their Soul Masters died.

Di Tian and other Soul Beasts reconsidered Shao Zhuang after learning about the Myriad Beast Platform, though the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King remained hostile to humanity. Shao Zhuang planned further revelations about Soul Spirits, while Ji Juechen’s account described his future at Shrek Academy and the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

• Di Tian approved of the Soul Spirit method but feared humans would use it to slaughter Soul Beasts, while some peaceful Soul Beasts saw it as a way to ease the conflict.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King condemned humanity and wished for its destruction, despite being unable to destroy it herself.
• Yu Guanzhi revealed that Shao Zhuang had created the Myriad Beast Platform as a home for Soul Spirits, prompting Soul Beasts to reassess him.
• Shao Zhuang planned to reveal Soul Spirit information gradually and intended to later disclose that Soul Spirit age could evolve.
• Ji Juechen recalled absorbing his first Soul Spirit after reaching rank seventy, joining Shrek Academy, and meeting Zang Xin and Cao Dezhi.
• Ji Juechen described competing in the Sun Moon Empire’s Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament after Yun Ming and the others yielded him a competition slot.

The Heavenly Curtain revealed that the Holy Spirit Cult’s supposed killing ground was Qiankun Asking Love Valley, a treasure basin that tested people’s love and punished liars. Xu Tianran moved to seize the site, while Zhong Liwu learned that the cult had mistaken its true nature.

• Du Busi and others inferred what followed the tournament as the Heavenly Curtain described the Sun Moon Empire’s manhunt and Shrek Academy’s escape into Qiankun Asking Love Valley.
• Yu Guanzhi’s account explained that true lovers could pass the valley’s trial, while deceivers faced severe punishment, and that successful entrants could receive rewards.
• Xu Tianran recognized the valley’s location and ordered troops to occupy West Mountain and bar anyone from entering.
• Zhong Liwu realized that the Holy Spirit Cult had mistaken the valley for a killing ground and recalled that its earlier attempts to investigate had left no survivors.