Chapter Summaries

After the Sun Moon Empire halted its advance, Vina visited Xu Zihuang and confessed her interest, only to discover Wang Qiu'er was already with him. Xu Zihuang and Wang Qiu'er returned to Shrek Academy, where he resumed cultivating and studying Soul Tools.

• The Sun Moon Empire stopped its invasion and fortified its front, easing pressure on the Heaven Dou Empire and Dragon City.
• Vina and Mu Xue found Xu Zihuang at Snowfall Hotel and discovered Wang Qiu'er in his room instead of Ning Tian.
• Vina thanked Xu Zihuang for helping the Heaven Dou Empire and told him she would accept him if he chose to be with her.
• After Vina and Mu Xue left, Wang Qiu'er pulled Xu Zihuang close, and they stayed at the hotel until afternoon.
• Xu Zihuang and Wang Qiu'er returned to Shrek Academy, where Xu Zihuang reported his actions to Elder Song and later cultivated, kept Ning Tian company, and studied Soul Tools.

Xu Zihuang completed Ye Guyi’s upgraded Level 8 sword and discussed the continent’s uncertain future with He Caitou. After Xuan Zi emerged from seclusion as a Limit Douluo, Xu Zihuang revealed that he planned to hunt the Sea Princess for his eighth Soul Ring, and Xuan Zi offered to bring two other Limit Douluos along.

• The Sun Moon Empire retook Mount Dou and drove the Star Luo Empire back, while Dai Luoli returned to the front lines with Dai Yueheng.
• Xu Zihuang finished eight Level 8 core formations for Ye Guyi’s Seven Star Light Flame Sword, officially reaching Level 8 as a Soul Engineer.
• Xu Zihuang warned He Caitou that the continent’s situation could change dramatically within five years, then reunited with Ning Tian as Wang Qiu’er watched and left unnoticed.
• Xuan Zi emerged from closed-door cultivation as a Limit Douluo and learned that Xu Zihuang had also helped Gu and Du Busi reach that realm with immortal herbs.
• Xu Zihuang told Xuan Zi that he intended to hunt the six-hundred-thousand-year-old Sea Princess for his eighth Soul Ring, and Xuan Zi offered to accompany him with Gu and Du Busi.

Xu Zihuang arranged for Elder Xuan, Elder Gu, and Du Busi to help him obtain his eighth Soul Ring from the Sea Princess in the Extreme North Ice Sea. After entrusting Ning Tian to Tang Ya’s care, he set out with the three Limit Douluo.

• Xu Zihuang reassured Ning Tian that Elder Gu had likely become a Limit Douluo and promised to return with her to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after acquiring his eighth Soul Ring.
• Du Busi and Elder Gu arrived at Sea God's Pavilion, where Elder Gu greeted Ning Tian and Xu Zihuang explained his plan to seek the Sea Princess’s Soul Ring.
• Du Busi questioned whether Xu Zihuang could withstand the energy of the Sea Princess’s six-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, but Xu Zihuang said he was confident.
• Elder Xuan urged Du Busi to offer the Body Sect Secret Method as repayment for his favor to Xu Zihuang, and Du Busi suggested teaching it if Xu Zihuang joined the sect.
• Elder Gu urged the group to act quickly, and Xu Zihuang sent Ning Tian to the Inner Court dormitory area with Tang Ya before departing for the Extreme North Ice Sea with the three elders.

Xu Zihuang accepted the Body Sect’s Secret of the Body from Du Busi while traveling with three elders toward the Extreme North Ice Sea. There, the Sea Princess and her daughters confronted the arrival of Xu Zihuang and three Limit Douluo, fearing that the Sea God’s plan to claim the Sea Princess as a Soul Ring and Soul Bones was about to be enforced.

• Du Busi gave Xu Zihuang temporary access to the Body Sect’s Secret of the Body and learned about Xu Zihuang’s Soul Spirit fusion method.
• The Sea Princess and her daughters recalled how Bai Xiuxiu had revealed that the current Sea God’s inheritor helped kill Xiao Bai, the King of the Demon Shark.
• Lijing questioned whether the Sea Princess should obey the Sea God and feared she would lose her mother if she became a human’s Soul Ring.
• Xu Zihuang and three Limit Douluo appeared above the Sea Princess’s palace, and the mermaids recognized Xu Zihuang as the Sea God’s inheritor.
• The Sea Princess suspected that the Sea God had sent Xu Zihuang and the elders to force her to surrender her Soul Rings and Soul Bones.

Xu Zihuang arrived at the Extreme North Ice Sea with Xuan Zi, Elder Gu, and Du Busi to obtain Sea Princess’s Soul Ring and Soul Bones, but Sea Princess refused and drew them into the ocean. Xu Zihuang unleashed Thunder Hell across the sea, incapacitating many Sea Soul Beasts and breaking the Mermaid Clan’s defenses before Sea Princess and her daughters vanished in bubbles.

• Sea Princess accused the humans of seeking to take her as a Soul Ring and warned them to leave the Extreme North Ice Sea.
• Du Busi attacked, and Sea Princess used Heaven and Earth Exchange to transport Xu Zihuang, Xuan Zi, Elder Gu, and Du Busi a thousand meters beneath the surface.
• Xu Zihuang used Mental Sharing to show the others the gathered Sea Soul Beasts and the Mermaid Clan led by Sea Princess, Liya, and Lijing.
• Sea Princess ordered the Sea Soul Beasts to kill the humans, while Xu Zihuang summoned the Thunder God Spear and unleashed Thunder Hell across the sea.
• Thunder Hell electrocuted many Sea Soul Beasts and shattered the ice armor protecting Sea Princess, Liya, and Lijing.
• Sea Princess and her daughters transformed into bubbles and disappeared.

Xu Zihuang and three Limit Douluos confronted Sea Princess after she refused to become his Soul Spirit, and Xu used Mirror Shatter to cut her off from the sea. While the Limit Douluos fought Sea Princess, Xu blocked her daughters from joining the battle, leaving Liya and Lijing struggling against his superior power.

• Sea Princess revealed her overwhelming spiritual pressure, but Xu Zihuang matched it with his peak Spiritual Power and million-year Soul Ring.
• Xu Zihuang used Mirror Shatter to solidify and shatter the sea around Sea Princess, while protecting the thousands of Sea Clan members caught inside.
• Xuan Zi, Du Busi, and Elder Gu attacked Sea Princess together and drove her into the sky, while her daughters tried to use the surrounding seawater to aid her.
• Xu Zihuang intercepted Liya and Lijing; he resisted Liya's Mermaid's Song and neutralized Lijing's water arrows.
• Lijing attacked with ice spears as Xu Zihuang unleashed Forest of Lightning, forcing both Mermaid Princesses to dodge while he held back from killing them.

Xu Zihuang defeated the Sea Princess after nullifying her ultimate attack, then began absorbing her six-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and mysterious blue-gold External Soul Bone. As he endured the absorption, Du Busi headed back toward the sea to capture the other mermaids for Vina.

• Xu Zihuang suppressed the Sea Soul Beasts and disrupted Liya and Lijing’s efforts to support the Sea Princess.
• The Sea Princess used the Ocean Heart to unleash the Curse of the Ocean Heart, but Xu Zihuang sent the attack into the void with his Golden Eye.
• Elder Gu bound the Sea Princess while Elder Xuan suppressed her with a simulated continent, allowing Xu Zihuang to kill her with the Lightning Blade.
• The Sea Princess left behind a six-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and a blue-gold heart identified as an External Soul Bone, and Xu Zihuang began absorbing both.
• Du Busi flew toward the sea to capture the remaining mermaids as potential Soul Rings for Vina.

Xu Zihuang completed his fusion with the Sea Princess’s Soul Ring and the Ocean Heart, breaking through to rank 80 and reaching god-tier physical and spiritual power. As he awakened, Tang San’s phantom appeared and announced that Xu Zihuang had completed the first eight of the Sea God’s Nine Trials.

• Xu Zihuang learned that the Ocean Heart was an External Soul Bone containing the Mermaid Clan’s inherited memories and the essence that had once become the Sea God’s Heart.
• Du Busi returned with the unconscious Mermaid Princess Lijing, whom he sealed inside a Level 9 God Sealing Platform to save her Soul Ring and Soul Bone for Princess Vena.
• Xu Zihuang spent ten days in Deep Meditation absorbing the Sea Princess’s Soul Ring and the Ocean Heart.
• Xu Zihuang reached the peak of the Immaculate Golden Body, gained demigod-tier Spiritual Power, and displayed eight Soul Rings, including a million-year blue-gold ring.
• Tang San’s phantom appeared behind Xu Zihuang and declared that obtaining the Ocean Heart had completed the first eight Sea God trials and raised his Sea God affinity to ninety percent.

Xu Zihuang escaped Tang San’s attempt to claim control over him when the God of Time and God of Space erased Tang San’s divine imprint and gave Xu Zihuang access to their artifacts. After returning from the Extreme North Ice Sea, he was approaching Shrek City as Ke Ke arrived there with a mission from Ju Zi to bring him back.

• Tang San’s projection appeared behind Xu Zihuang, but Xu Zihuang met his gaze without fear as Tang San planned to use the Ocean Heart to interfere with him.
• The God of Time and God of Space erased Tang San’s divine imprint and gave Xu Zihuang the runes for the Void Chain and Eternal Spear of Time.
• Xuan Zi, Elder Gu, and Du Busi recovered from the divine display, then left with Xu Zihuang, whose Soul Power had reached rank 85.
• Ke Ke arrived at Shrek City after a difficult journey from the Sun Moon Empire and decided to seek out Xu Zihuang to carry out Ju Zi’s plan.

Xu Zihuang returned to Shrek City, reunited with Ning Tian and Ye Guyi, and prepared to investigate the front line, where he intended to meet Ju Zi. Ke Ke’s sudden appearance in Shrek City left her stunned when she encountered him.

• Ju Zi prepared to carry out her plans and resolved to bear a child only for Yu Tianhuang while the Sun Moon Empire’s three Beast King Soul Engineer Corps held the front line.
• Xu Zihuang reached Shrek City and learned that Ning Tian was with Ye Guyi, whose cultivation had advanced close to the Title Douluo realm.
• Xu Zihuang arranged for Elder Gu to take Ning Tian and Ye Guyi back to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect while he investigated the front line.
• Xu Zihuang reunited with Ning Tian and Ye Guyi, described his trip to the Extreme North Ice Sea, and promised to return after handling his business.
• Wang Qiu'er emerged to meet Xu Zihuang, but he told her he had something important to do, and she left Shrek Academy without meeting him.
• Ke Ke spotted Xu Zihuang at a snack stall, choked in surprise, and pulled him into a dark alley.

Ke Ke brought Xu Zihuang news of Ju Zi’s plan to conceive an heir, and he traveled with her to Ming City to meet Ju Zi. He revealed that Yu Tianhuang was his alias and that he was Xu Zihuang, the son of King Zihuang, while Xu Tianran prepared for the empress’s planned conception without knowing the lovers had reunited.

• Ke Ke told Xu Zihuang that Ju Zi had become empress and that Xu Tianran was pressuring her to conceive a child using another man’s seed.
• Xu Zihuang agreed to help Ju Zi and used his spatial abilities to take Ke Ke from Shrek City to Ming City, where he hid her in a house once bought by Ye Guyi and Na Na.
• Xu Zihuang entered the imperial palace and reunited with Ju Zi, who feared Xu Tianran might discover them.
• Xu Zihuang told Ju Zi that Yu Tianhuang was his alias and that he was Xu Zihuang, the only son of King Zihuang; Ju Zi accepted his identity and remained devoted to him.
• Xu Tianran learned from the imperial physician that Ju Zi’s best time to conceive would be in three days and secretly intended to kill everyone connected to the plan.

Xu Zihuang and Ju Zi joined forces against Xu Tianran, and Xu Zihuang secretly visited her in the Imperial Palace while helping her conceal their relationship. They carried out a plan to kill Xu Tianhe and deceive Xu Tianran, leaving him convinced Ju Zi was still untouched and his plan to secure an heir remained possible.

• Xu Zihuang revealed his identity to Ju Zi, and she affirmed her love and desire to help him reclaim what was his.
• Xu Zihuang sent Ke Ke home to Brilliant Dragon City and visited Ju Zi each night over the following three days.
• Xu Tianran put his plan to use Xu Tianhe to produce an heir into motion, bringing Xu Tianhe to a palace chamber.
• Xu Zihuang immobilized Xu Tianhe and a hidden guard, and Ju Zi killed Xu Tianhe with a dagger.
• Xu Zihuang implanted a false memory in the guard, while Ju Zi reported the killing to Xu Tianran and the imperial physician falsely confirmed she was untouched.
• Xu Zihuang led Ju Zi away after manipulating the physician, while Xu Tianran waited in the palace hall, believing his plan could still succeed.

Xu Zihuang secured Ju Zi’s pregnancy, revealed his royal identity to Jing Hongchen, and offered him a choice about whether to support his claim to the throne. The chapter ended with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Corps destroying the Heavenly Soul Empire’s imperial palace and annihilating its royal family.

• Xu Tianran had the imperial physician and the guards who knew about his plan killed, while Xu Zihuang secretly watched and later continued meeting Ju Zi until she became pregnant.
• Xu Zihuang visited Jing Hongchen at Mingde Hall, where he revealed his eight Soul Rings and the Purple Blazing Sky Dragon Martial Soul.
• Xu Zihuang told Jing Hongchen that he was King Zihuang’s son and gave him the choice to expose his identity to Xu Tianran or keep it secret until Xu Zihuang reclaimed the throne.
• Jing Hongchen considered supporting Xu Zihuang, valuing his talent and the prospects he offered the Hongchen Family.
• Kong Deming led three hundred members of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Corps in a surprise attack on the Heaven Dou City imperial palace, annihilating the Heavenly Soul Empire Royal Family.

The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Corps and Holy Spirit Cult attacked the Heavenly Soul Empire Imperial Palace, killing the royal family as Du Busi and Elder Gu fought to stop them. Xu Zihuang arrived and used his eighth soul skill, Mirror Flower, Water Moon, to undo Ye Xishui’s surprise attack and seize the advantage.

• Kong Deming led the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Corps and Holy Spirit Cult enshrined elders in a surprise assault that destroyed the Heavenly Soul Empire Royal Family, leaving Princess Vena as its only surviving direct descendant.
• Du Busi battled Kong Deming, threatened to attack Ming City, and forced Kong Deming to withdraw the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Corps with the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield.
• Elder Gu fought Ye Xishui while Long Xiaoyao appeared and tried to stop her from attacking Xu Zihuang.
• Xu Zihuang arrived, but Ye Xishui pierced his chest before he could respond.
• Xu Zihuang used his eighth soul skill, Mirror Flower, Water Moon, to reverse the attack, then grabbed Ye Xishui and struck her twice.

Xu Zihuang overwhelmed Ye Xishui despite her Limit Douluo cultivation, cutting her face with his spatially empowered Lightning Blade and then striking her again with his Immaculate Golden Body. The battle remained unresolved as Ye Xishui was sent flying and forces in Heaven Dou City prepared to withdraw or regroup.

• Xu Zihuang used Lightning Blade and spatial cutting to counter Ye Xishui’s escape and slash across her face.
• Ye Xishui saw the blood on her hands, panicked over her ruined appearance, and pushed Long Xiaoyao away when he tried to comfort her.
• Kong Deming withdrew with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Corps, while Du Busi ordered the Body Sect elders to stop pursuing and regroup near Xu Zihuang.
• Xu Zihuang activated his Immaculate Golden Body, struck Long Xiaoyao aside, and punched Ye Xishui in the face, sending her flying a thousand meters.

Xu Zihuang fought Ye Xishui with his Immaculate Golden Body and Thunder God Armor while Long Xiaoyao tried to reach her through Du Busi and Elder Gu. The chapter ended as Ye Xishui unleashed her enormous, cursed Fallen Blood Light toward Heaven Dou City.

• Long Xiaoyao confronted Xu Zihuang over his attack on Xishui, but Xu Zihuang declared their fight was to the death and charged Ye Xishui.
• Xu Zihuang activated Source of Lightning and Thunder God Armor, then battered Ye Xishui with attacks that her Soul Skills struggled to overcome.
• Long Xiaoyao struck Du Busi and broke through his blockade, but Elder Gu moved to stop him from reaching Xu Zihuang.
• Long Xiaoyao refused to retreat from protecting Xishui and challenged Du Busi and Ancient Dragon to face him together.
• Ye Xishui merged with the Blood Soul Demon Puppet and unleashed her ninth Soul Skill, Fallen Blood Light, threatening Heaven Dou City.

Xu Zihuang used the Ocean Heart and Mermaid Multiphony to counter Ye Xishui’s Fallen Blood Light, badly injuring her and Long Xiaoyao before they escaped. In the aftermath, Vina became the Heaven Dou Empire’s first Empress, and Xu Zihuang and Ning Tian welcomed their daughter, Yu Ningqing.

• Ye Xishui unleashed Fallen Blood Light on Xu Zihuang, who used the Ocean Heart to negate it and then amplified its energy into a devastating spiritual counterattack.
• Long Xiaoyao shielded Ye Xishui from Xu Zihuang’s strike, and the injured pair escaped into the Void.
• Xu Zihuang asked Du Busi to bring Vina back to help stabilize the Heavenly Soul Empire, while he returned to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Elder Gu.
• Vina ascended the throne two months later as the Heaven Dou Empire’s first Empress in ten thousand years.
• After months at the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Xu Zihuang and Ning Tian welcomed a daughter, whom they named Yu Ningqing.

Xu Zihuang brought Ning Tian to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to help her obtain a Seventh Soul Ring, where the Hundred-Thousand-Year Aromatic Silk Beauty agreed to become her Soul Spirit. After the fusion, Ning Tian gained a red Seventh Soul Ring and a Torso Soul Bone, while Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass asked Xu Zihuang to take it along too.

• At the Holy Spirit Cult's Demon Forest stronghold, Zhongli Wu oversaw the evacuation of its supplies after Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui returned severely injured from their battle with Yu Tianhuang.
• Xu Zihuang left the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Ning Tian, who had recently reached rank seventy, and took her to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Xu Zihuang asked the Hundred-Thousand-Year Aromatic Silk Beauty to become Ning Tian's Soul Spirit, and it agreed if he could transform it like the Thunderclap Nether Vine.
• Xu Zihuang used the Equal Contract Method to fuse the Aromatic Silk Beauty with Ning Tian, granting her a pale golden Torso Soul Bone and a blood-red Seventh Soul Ring.
• The Aromatic Silk Beauty offered to modify Ning Tian's Golden Sun Flower Right Arm Soul Bone, and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass asked Xu Zihuang to take it with him.

Xu Zihuang and Ning Tian gathered treasures at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass agreed to become the Soul Spirit of their daughter, Ning Qing. After refining the Nine Revolutions Thunder Spirit Pills, Xu Zihuang spent a year cultivating until he reached the peak of Level 89 and prepared to break through and take revenge on Xu Tianran.

• Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass agreed to become Ning Qing's future Soul Spirit, and Xu Zihuang promised to bring her to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well when she was six.
• Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass gave Xu Zihuang its Octagonal Mysterious Ice Crystal, which he set aside for Ning Qing's future Natal Soul Tool.
• Xu Zihuang and Ning Tian collected the plant-type Soul Beasts' essences, then Xu Zihuang returned to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to refine pills.
• Xu Zihuang used lightning to refine ten Nine Revolutions Thunder Spirit Pills, which could be absorbed only by Soul Masters at Title Douluo level or above.
• Over the next year, Xu Zihuang consumed seven pills and reached the peak of Level 89, while Ye Guyi continued trying to condense her second Soul Core.
• Xu Zihuang resolved to condense a second Soul Core with Yin-Yang Complementarity, break through to the Title Douluo realm, and take revenge on Xu Tianran.

After reaching peak Level 89, Xu Zihuang revealed that he planned to form a dangerous Yin-Yang Complementary second Soul Core before breaking through to the Title Douluo realm. He accepted Vina’s invitation to the imperial palace, where the newly crowned Empress embraced him and asked for help.

• Xu Zihuang told Ning Xingxu and Elder Gu that he intended to cultivate a Yin-Yang Complementary second Soul Core, and Ning Xingxu accepted his decision to pursue a breakthrough.
• Ning Xingxu gave Xu Zihuang a letter from Vina, who invited him to the Heavenly Soul Empire Imperial Palace to discuss important matters.
• Xu Zihuang left for the palace while Ye Guyi and Ning Tian waited with Ning Qing, and Ye Guyi teased Ning Tian about his meeting with Vina.
• Two maidservants escorted Xu Zihuang into a quiet palace, where Vina appeared in her imperial attire and asked him to help her.