Chapter Summaries

Wang Dong used Flawless to block Yan Feng’s attack, while Xu Tianran confronted Jing Hongchen over the defensive treasure. On the Competition Stage, Lu Genggeng swallowed Jiang Yuheng, leaving Jiang Nannan’s attempted rescue thwarted and the Spirit Pagoda team in danger.

• Wang Dong activated the sapphire ring and used Flawless to withstand Yan Feng’s attack.
• Xu Tianran demanded to know why Jing Hongchen had not reported Flawless, and Jing Hongchen said he had not recognized the transformed ring.
• Lu Genggeng hooked Jiang Yuheng with his Fourth Spirit Skill and pulled him toward his mouth.
• Jiang Nannan teleported to rescue Jiang Yuheng, but Yan Feng trapped her with Burial Ground before she escaped using Invincible Golden Body.
• Yan Feng combined Bone Claw Cage and the arena’s freezing cold to block the Spirit Pagoda members as Lu Genggeng swallowed Jiang Yuheng.

After Jiang Yuheng’s apparent death, Wang Dong and the Spirit Pagoda’s fighters confronted Yan Feng and Lu Genggeng, revealing strength their opponents had underestimated. Wang Dong held Lu Genggeng back while Huo Yuhao faced Yan Feng and unveiled his Golden-Rank Second Awakening.

• Yan Feng and Lu Genggeng mistook the Spirit Pagoda members’ confusion for fear after Jiang Yuheng’s apparent death, while Ju Zi silently worried.
• Wang Dong struck Lu Genggeng with her Clear Sky Hammer and sent him flying out of the arena.
• Wang Dong asked Huo Yuhao to handle Yan Feng and Nannan and Brother He to help hold off the others for three minutes.
• Wang Dong used the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer to force Lu Genggeng onto the defensive.
• Huo Yuhao switched from the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion to his Spirit Eyes and revealed dazzling golden patterns, prompting Long Aotian to identify a Golden-Rank Second Awakening.

Huo Yuhao’s Golden-level Second Awakening stunned those who recognized the Body Sect’s secret technique as the battle turned in his side’s favor. Jiang Yuheng emerged alive from Lu Genggeng and joined Wang Dong to ambush Yan Feng, then revealed his Frost Dragon and swallowed Yan Feng’s Bone Dragon.

• Huo Yuhao completed a Golden-level Second Awakening, boosting his Spirit Eyes’ control power beyond ordinary spiritual defenses.
• Wang Dong’s hammer strikes left Lu Genggeng unable to move, and Jiang Yuheng burst from his abdomen, alive and unharmed.
• Jiang Yuheng and Wang Dong attacked Yan Feng together with the Clear Sky Hammer and Penetrating Ice.
• Jiang Yuheng transformed into his Frost Dragon and overwhelmed Yan Feng with its bloodline pressure.
• The Frost Dragon swallowed Yan Feng’s Bone Dragon as the Chief Judge watched in shock.

Jiang Yuheng defeated Yan Feng, prompting the Imperial Tutor to leave in fury while Xu Tianran ordered Ju Zi to prepare a capture operation. After recovering, Jiang Yuheng avoided explaining his victory and instead reminded Wang Dong of her promised reward, leaving her embarrassed in front of their friends.

• Jiang Yuheng's Frost Dragon devoured Yan Feng and ended the final battle with a Breath of Frost, leaving the audience stunned.
• The Imperial Tutor became enraged, but the Second Elder and Xu Tianran persuaded him not to act rashly; he then left the venue, and the Second Elder followed him.
• Xu Tianran privately ordered Ju Zi to prepare a capture operation, and Ju Zi agreed to carry it out.
• Jiang Yuheng returned to the stage in poor condition, and Wang Dong supported him while He Caitou gave him two cigars to restore his energy.
• When Wang Dong asked about the match, Jiang Yuheng instead asked her to fulfill the reward she had promised, embarrassing her as Huo Yuhao and Xu Sanshi caught on.

Wang Dong, Xu Jiujiu, Vina, and Zhang Lexuan coordinated an assassination plan against Xu Tianran, with Shrek and the Spirit Pagoda agreeing to cooperate. The chapter left the group facing the unresolved problem of escaping Mingdu after the operation.

• Jiang Yuheng led the group back to Mingyue Hotel while Xu Jiujiu, Vina, Zhang Lexuan, and Wang Dong met in disguise at a tavern.
• Vina and Xu Jiujiu questioned Wang Dong about the Spirit Pagoda's hidden strength and Jiang Yuheng's Frost Dragon, but Wang Dong refused to explain and redirected the discussion.
• Wang Dong pressed Xu Jiujiu and Vina for the investigation's results, and Zhang Lexuan confirmed that Shrek's elders would help restrain the Soul Engineer armies while the group attempted to assassinate Xu Tianran.
• Xu Jiujiu, Vina, and Zhang Lexuan began planning the mission, while Wang Dong stayed mostly silent because the Spirit Pagoda's role was limited to detonating bombs beneath Mingdu.
• Wang Dong asked how everyone would escape after the operation, noting that the Sun Moon Empire had detained other groups in Mingdu to use as hostages.

Zhang Lexuan, Xu Jiujiu, and Princess Vina agreed to use an underground escape route after their planned assassination of Xu Tianran, while Wang Dong reported the meeting to Jiang Yuheng. An anonymous message marked “West side safe” led Jiang Yuheng to suspect that Ju Zi, now the Regent King's Consort, had sent them a warning.

• Zhang Lexuan told Xu Jiujiu and Princess Vina that Shrek Academy had planned an escape through underground routes, and they left the details to the Snow Demon Sect.
• Xu Jiujiu, Princess Vina, and Zhang Lexuan ended their meeting with encouragement before everyone returned to the hotel.
• Wang Dong told Jiang Yuheng that the assassination plan did not involve the Spirit Pagoda and discussed the difficulty of destroying the Imperial Palace without harming civilians.
• Wang Dong found an unsigned note beneath an orange that read “West side safe,” and Jiang Yuheng reasoned that its sender was likely a high-ranking Sun Moon Empire official.
• Jiang Yuheng recalled his former fellow student Ju Zi, who had entered the Imperial Palace and become the Regent King's Consort, and Wang Dong realized the danger she had risked by sending the warning.

Jiang Yuheng joined the Xi Shui Alliance’s team for the Underground Soul Tool Competition finals in Mingdu and learned the rules and rewards awaiting the contestants. The chapter ended as the Alliance revealed a surprising reward to the three contestants.

• Jiang Yuheng assured Wang Dong that he had no interest in Ju Zi, and they teased each other while awaiting the finals.
• The Xi Shui Alliance’s Third Elder threatened Chen An for failing to contact Void Young Master, but Student Number Ninety-Six and Nangong Wan intervened.
• Jiang Yuheng arrived at Qingse Hotel, greeted Nangong Wan, and agreed to represent the Xi Shui Alliance in the finals.
• Chen An explained that contestants had to craft a Soul Tool and then fight in a no-rest free-for-all at a venue on Mingdu’s western outskirts.
• Nangong Wan gathered the three contestants behind a rank-8 Soundproof Barrier and the Third Elder opened the safes while activating his Level Nine Defense Soul Tool.
• The contestants felt a powerful bloodlust as the safes opened, then reacted with delight and disbelief at the reward inside.

Nangong Wan presented a Level Nine Fixed Soul Guide Cannonball as the Soul Engineer competition’s championship prize, hoping to attract the contestants to the Xi Shui Alliance. As the expedition set out, he and the Third Elder argued over whether Jiang Yuheng should become Nangong Wan’s successor or the Third Elder’s disciple.

• Nangong Wan revealed the Level Nine Fixed Soul Guide Cannonball and promised it, along with instructions for using it, to the competition’s champion.
• Jiang Yuheng quickly regained his composure after seeing the prize, and the Xi Shui Alliance gave him a carriage of his own.
• Number Ninety-Four questioned the special treatment Jiang Yuheng received, and Nangong Wan appeared and rebuked him.
• The Third Elder offered to train Jiang Yuheng as a Level 9 Soul Engineer, but Nangong Wan refused and said Jiang Yuheng would make a strong inheritor of his legacy.
• Nangong Wan and the Third Elder argued over Jiang Yuheng’s talents while Jiang Yuheng rode alone in the quiet first carriage.

Jiang Yuheng coordinated with Huo Yuhao ahead of their planned infiltration while the Xi Shui Alliance arrived at the Soul Engineer Tournament finals. As the rival powers traded barbs and the competition neared, Jiang Yuheng drew mockery for calmly cutting cake, prompting Xi Shui Alliance Contestant Number Ninety-Four to confront a taunting rival.

• Jiang Yuheng contacted Huo Yuhao through a Sound Stone and told him to describe unfamiliar Soul Tool checkpoints during the infiltration, while limiting their communication to conserve his strength.
• Nangong Wan guided the Xi Shui Alliance carriage to the West Suburb District, where the leaders of the Aodu Chamber of Commerce and Pingfan Alliance mocked the Xi Shui Alliance's small team.
• The three powers entered the inner arena, and the Third Elder learned that Nangong Wan had informed the Vice Cult Master, who might come in person because of Jiang Yuheng.
• With ten minutes left before the contest, Jiang Yuheng cut a chocolate cake while the other contestants rested, drawing ridicule from an Aodu Chamber of Commerce contestant.
• Xi Shui Alliance Contestant Number Ninety-Four rushed over and challenged the mocking contestant.

Jiang Yuheng rebuffed an Aodu Chamber of Commerce contestant who tried to pressure him into sharing his cake, then the Soul Engineer competition began with the three factions announcing their rewards. The chapter left the contestants at the Competition Stage after the Aodu Chamber of Commerce and Pingfan Alliance offered lavish prizes that overshadowed the Xi Shui Alliance’s encouragement.

• Jiang Yuheng defended replenishing his energy before the competition and dismissed the contestants’ curiosity about his hypoglycemia.
• An Aodu Chamber of Commerce contestant tried to make Jiang Yuheng share his cake by arguing that cutting it into portions implied he intended to distribute it.
• Jiang Yuheng ate the cake himself and said he was a selfish merchant who would not share food that belonged to him.
• The contestants left the break and gathered at the Competition Stage for speeches from the three faction leaders.
• An Litong promised two hundred million Gold Soul Coins to the Aodu Chamber of Commerce contestants if they won the championship.
• The Pingfan Alliance offered a Dragon Girl as its prize, while the Xi Shui Alliance’s encouragement was overshadowed.

Jiang Yuheng evaluated the Sun Moon Empire’s lavish tournament prize while Wang Dong’er’s team prepared to infiltrate the palace. Xu Tianran and Ju Zi discussed the empire’s uneasy alliance with the Holy Spirit Cult and the threat posed by Shrek and the Three Great Empires.

• Nangong Wan urged Jiang Yuheng to eliminate the other contestants and promised the Xi Shui Alliance would back him.
• Ye Yulin introduced the Sun Moon Divine Needle, a Level Nine Soul Tool, as the tournament’s championship prize.
• Wang Dong’er led Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, Qiu’er, Xu Sanshi, and Bei Bei through their final preparations for the mission.
• Xu Tianran asked Ju Zi why she would not attend the Underground Soul Engineer Tournament, and she warned that Shrek Academy and the other empires might act against them.
• Xu Tianran acknowledged that the people resented the Holy Spirit Cult and said the empire had allied with it because Shrek and the Three Great Empires posed a serious military threat.

Ju Zi questioned Xu Tianran’s reliance on the Holy Spirit Cult as Long Xiaoyao confronted Du Busi and Xuan Zi outside the palace. While the powerful fighters began battling in the sky, Jiang Yuheng and Sister Luo continued their covert work underground.

• Xu Tianran told Ju Zi he would sacrifice anything to unify Douluo Continent, and Ju Zi warned him that the Holy Spirit Cult might not obey him.
• Xu Tianran ordered Ju Zi to remain by his side as Long Xiaoyao arrived outside the palace and called out his hidden opponents.
• Du Busi confronted Long Xiaoyao, who raised a barrier over the Imperial Palace and summoned Xuan Zi to fight in the sky.
• Du Busi, Xuan Zi, and the Holy Spirit Cult’s hidden fighters rose into the air, beginning the battle that was meant to draw out the cult’s high-level fighters.
• Jiang Yuheng explained to Sister Luo that the aerial battle would give Princess Jiujiu and the others a chance to assassinate their targets while they continued digging underground.
• Jiang Yuheng reported that Yuhao and the others were close to breaking the first password gate as he slowly polished metal for his Soul Tool.

Wang Dong'er’s team searched the hidden underground armory in Mingdu, using Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Detection and Jiang Yuheng’s guidance to bypass its Soul Tool defenses. They reached a vast Rare Metal warehouse, where they realized the facility was both an armory and a storage room.

• Wang Dong'er used Princess Jiujiu’s key to open a concealed door after Huo Yuhao detected its lock, then insisted that he check for defenses before the team entered.
• Bei Bei agreed with Wang Dong'er’s caution, and Xu Sanshi joked about surviving for Nannan’s sake.
• Huo Yuhao contacted Jiang Yuheng, who explained how to analyze the Soul Tool defenses using the Frost Dragon Butterfly and Spirit Detection.
• Huo Yuhao deciphered the Soul Tools and helped the team unlock successive doors, while Jiang Yuheng handled the core components remotely.
• Wang Dong'er and the others reached a large Rare Metal warehouse on the second-to-last underground level and recognized that the hidden facility also served as a storage room.

Huo Yuhao and his companions found a chamber full of Soul Tool Bombs but faced a cipher device too complex for him to decipher alone. As Jiang Yuheng guided Huo Yuhao through it, the allied assault on Xu Tianran began, with Xuan Zi and Du Busi confronting Long Xiaoyao to hold him back.

• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao discussed the danger of Xu Tianran taking control of the Sun Moon Empire and hoped the assassination would prevent war.
• Huo Yuhao's group reached the final secret chamber, found countless Soul Tool Bombs, and discovered that its cipher device was beyond his ability to solve unaided.
• Wang Dong'er decided to send the blue signal early and activate the forced plan for Number Two.
• Jiang Yuheng explained how Huo Yuhao could use the Frost Dragon Knot's devouring attribute to disable the device's central point, then ended the call to focus on the competition.
• Shrek Academy, the Star Luo Empire, and the Heaven Dou Empire launched their assault on the Imperial Palace to assassinate Xu Tianran.
• Long Xiaoyao confronted Xuan Zi and Du Busi in the sky, and the two elders fought him to keep the assassination force moving.

Zhang Lexuan’s allied force attacked Xu Tianran’s Imperial Palace, but his Peak Level 9 defensive Soul Tool thwarted their assassination attempt and forced them to retreat. Wang Dong’er then caused the palace grounds to collapse, destroying the armory and inflicting heavy losses as Xu Tianran escaped with Ju Zi.

• Zhang Lexuan led Soul Sages from three major powers through the Royal Soul Engineer Legion’s defenses, while Xu Tianran watched with Ju Zi and relied on the palace’s preparations.
• Zhang Lexuan unleashed her eighth Soul Skill, Blood Moon Eclipse, toward Xu Tianran, but Ju Zi moved to shield him and he escaped with her using a Peak Level 9 defensive Soul Tool.
• Zhang Lexuan called for Princess Jiujiu and Princess Vina to retreat, and the allied forces withdrew while Long Aotian and other powerhouses covered them.
• The Imperial Palace grounds suddenly cracked and collapsed, sweeping many Soul Engineers and Evil Soul Masters into the chasm while Xu Tianran and Ju Zi stabilized themselves in midair.
• Wang Dong’er revealed that the collapse had destroyed Xu Tianran’s armory, and she noted that he would also discover the allied forces had escaped.

As the palace attack faltered, Du Busi poisoned the Imperial City’s guards before withdrawing, while the Soul Engineer Tournament finals began with Ye Guyi of the Pingfan Alliance facing the Xi Shui Alliance’s Void Young Master. Jiang Yuheng prepared to find a discreet way to rescue Ye Guyi as she openly challenged the suspected Evil Soul Masters.

• Bei Bei and the others watched the palace grounds collapse, while Xuan Zi withdrew toward the rendezvous point and Du Busi stayed behind to confront Long Xiaoyao.
• Du Busi unleashed poisonous rain over the Imperial City, poisoning the Royal Family’s guards despite Long Xiaoyao protecting the palace, then departed.
• Ye Yulin recognized Ye Guyi’s Sacred Angel Martial Soul and regretted that her identity had been revealed before he could protect her.
• Ye Guyi descended onto the Competition Stage and pointed her bloodstained sword at Jiang Yuheng, provoking the Xi Shui Alliance.
• The tournament announced the final between the Xi Shui Alliance’s Void Young Master and Ye Guyi, and Jiang Yuheng considered how to rescue her discreetly.

Jiang Yuheng and Ye Guyi fought in the tournament, while he tried to convince her that he was not her enemy. He stopped time to explain that he wanted to recruit her into the Spirit Pagoda, leaving Ye Guyi to consider his offer.

• Ye Yulin started the match between Jiang Yuheng and Ye Guyi after directing them to their positions.
• Ye Guyi attacked Jiang Yuheng with her Angel Sacred Sword, but he suppressed her with his superior abilities.
• Jiang Yuheng warned Ye Guyi that revealing her Holy Power could expose her to danger from the Xi Shui Alliance and Xu Tianran.
• Ye Guyi summoned her Sacred Angel Martial Soul and unleashed the Holy Sword against Jiang Yuheng.
• Jiang Yuheng stopped time while allowing Ye Guyi to move, then revealed that he was the master of the Spirit Pagoda and wanted her to join it.

Jiang Yuheng revealed his identity to Ye Guyi, then used his abilities to defeat her and claim victory in the Soul Tool Tournament. He received the Sun Moon Divine Needle as champion while the competition venue remained under the control of the Evil Soul Masters.

• Jiang Yuheng showed Ye Guyi his Tower Master Token and revealed that he was Spirit Pagoda team member Jiang Yuheng, earning her trust.
• Jiang Yuheng used the Frost Dragon and Extreme Ice on Ye Guyi, who pretended to be seriously injured.
• Jiang Yuheng swallowed Ye Guyi in front of the crowd, shocking the contestants and strengthening Ye Yulin's resolve to kill him.
• The Vice Cult Master and Holy Spirit Cult Elders applauded, and Ye Yulin announced Void Young Master of Xi Shui Alliance as the winner.
• Jiang Yuheng demanded his prize, and Ye Yulin handed him the Sun Moon Divine Needle and its instructions before leaving with the judging panel.

After Xi Shui Alliance won the Soul Tool Tournament, its Vice Alliance Leader tried to recruit Jiang Yuheng into the Holy Spirit Cult, but he escaped when an explosion struck Mingdu. He reunited with Xuan Zi and Du Busi, who scolded him for risking his safety to win the rare metals.

• Nangong Wan demanded that President An and Shangguan Wan'er honor their agreement and hand over the items after Xi Shui Alliance won the tournament.
• The Vice Alliance Leader praised Jiang Yuheng and offered him the Holy Son position and succession to the Holy Spirit Cult, but he stayed silent and counted down to the planned attack.
• An underground explosion near the Imperial Palace collapsed the ground and released poisonous gas, drawing the Holy Spirit Cult's attention toward Mingdu.
• Jiang Yuheng used Time Stop to leave the competition venue while the Vice Alliance Leader and Elders turned toward the disaster.
• Xuan Zi and Du Busi confirmed Jiang Yuheng was safe and reprimanded him for risking himself, and he explained that the promised prizes had tempted him to compete.

Jiang Yuheng received two powerful Level Nine Soul Tools as prizes and defended the plan that caused an explosion beneath Mingdu's Imperial Palace, while Xuan Zi worried about civilian casualties. Xu Tianran's investigation ended with the Supervision Team leader executed, and he remained troubled by how the attackers had planted the bombs.

• Jiang Yuheng rejected Xuan Zi and Du Busi's suggestion to dismantle the Sun Moon Divine Needle and Level Nine Fixed-Mounted Soul Tool Shell, warning that anti-peeping mechanisms could destroy them.
• Wang Dong'er assured Xuan Zi that the explosion beneath Mingdu's Imperial Palace had not harmed civilians, and Jiang Yuheng said he would show no mercy when war began.
• Xu Tianran flew into a rage over the Imperial Palace's collapse, but Ju Zi calmed him and urged him not to fall for an enemy scheme.
• The leader of the Supervision Team claimed the bombs had been planted that night and could not have been detected earlier.
• Xu Tianran ordered Shadow Douluo Xue Chen to kill the Supervision Team leader and wondered how the attackers had obtained and planted so many bombs.