Chapter Summaries

Li Yan and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy students showed the Heaven Dou group the power of Soul Tools, prompting them to take the technology seriously. Xu Nianshuang arrived with Yang Yiyi and Dugu Yan, froze the gathered students with a thought, and noticed Shui Bing’er resisting her cold before a gigantic silver eye appeared over Mingdu.

• Li Yan fought Yu Tianheng to a draw before outlasting him with his Milk Bottle Soul Tool, and the students from both academies continued their sparring with mixed results.
• Xu Nianshuang, Yang Yiyi, and Dugu Yan arrived at the Second Soul Fighting Arena, where Dugu Yan reunited with Ye Lingling and Zui Hongchen nervously greeted Xu Nianshuang.
• Huo Wu challenged Xu Nianshuang, who dismissed her as too weak and unleashed a chill that nearly froze everyone present.
• Shui Bing’er resisted Xu Nianshuang’s cold with her Ice Phoenix and helped the Tianshui group recover, drawing Xu Nianshuang’s interest.
• A gigantic silver vertical eye appeared over Mingdu as golden light spread across it.

Xu Tianyang completed a Golden Grade Second Awakening of his Innate Martial Soul after condensing a Spiritual Attribute Soul Core, reaching rank sixty-six and greatly increasing his strength. He emerged from seclusion as Xu Nianshuang, Yang Yiyi, and Zui Hongchen hurried to the Prince’s Mansion, while a Spirit Hall archbishop reported Mingdu’s formidable powerhouses to Spirit City.

• Xu Sheng calmed Mingdu’s Soul Douluo-level powerhouses and guarded Xu Tianyang as he condensed a Soul Core during his awakening.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Electrolux identified Xu Tianyang’s transformation as a Golden Grade Second Awakening, which could double his strength.
• Xu Nianshuang, Yang Yiyi, and Zui Hongchen left the academy and headed toward the Prince’s Mansion, while the defeated Heaven Dou Team grappled with its crushing loss.
• A Platinum Archbishop in Mingdu recorded the display of the Sun Moon Empire’s powerful figures and sent his report to Spirit City.
• Xu Tianyang opened his eyes after the golden light faded, thanked Electrolux, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and Ice Empress, and learned that his Soul Power had reached rank sixty-six.

Xu Tianyang emerged after condensing his first Soul Core at Rank Sixty and learned there had been no new activity in the Evil Demon Forest. He sent Zhu Zhuqing to infiltrate Shrek Academy, planning to use her to disrupt Tang San’s allies and pursue the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone.

• Xu Tianyang’s breakthrough stirred the Soul Power of those nearby, and he reassured his family that he could control his new strength in time.
• Xu Tianyang asked Xu Yunxiao about the Evil Demon Forest, and Xu Yunxiao reported that Xu Yuan and fifty thousand troops had found no signs of trouble.
• Xu Tianyang met Zhu Zhuqing, praised her growth to Rank Thirty-Three, and gave her a mission to join Shrek Academy and record what she saw and heard.
• Xu Tianyang considered how Zhu Zhuqing’s presence could create conflict with Dai Mubai and weaken the Shrek Seven Devils’ unity.
• Xu Tianyang planned to track Tang Hao around Tang San’s enrollment and Spirit Hall competition, and to obtain the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone.

Xu Tianyang tested the improved Zero Mecha at Mingde Hall and discussed the research needed to make it practical for lower-rank Soul Masters. Later, he examined the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud with Electrolux and the Ice Empress, seeking Electrolux’s insight into the divine artifact.

• Elder Chen and Xuan Hongchen credited Xu Tianyang’s Forging Method with improving Soul Tool materials and introduced the Zero Mecha.
• Xu Tianyang entered the Zero Mecha and used his Spiritual Power to activate its Core Arrays, successfully making it move.
• Xu Tianyang pointed out that the mecha consumed too much energy, and Elder Chen explained that Mingde Hall planned to reduce its size with better materials.
• Xu Tianyang encouraged Elder Chen to continue the research, and Elder Chen renewed his resolve to optimize the mecha.
• Xu Tianyang examined the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud with the Ice Empress and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, then asked Electrolux what he could discern about it.

Xu Tianyang activated the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and received the Sea God’s inheritance offer, while Electrolux confronted the Sea God for entering his disciple’s Spiritual Sea of Consciousness. The Sea God urged Xu Tianyang to accept the inheritance, but Xu questioned whether his martial soul was compatible.

• Electrolux reassured Xu Tianyang that he could withstand the divine thought inside the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Xu Tianyang activated the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and the Sea God appeared and offered him the Sea God Divine Seat.
• The Sea God’s divine thought entered Xu Tianyang’s Spiritual Sea of Consciousness and praised its stability before Electrolux challenged him for intruding.
• The Sea God explained that Xu had gained the Heart of the Sea God’s recognition and could undertake the Sea God’s Nine Trials at Sea God Island.
• Xu Tianyang questioned whether his martial soul suited the Sea God Divine Seat, and the Sea God anxiously urged him to accept the inheritance.

Xu Tianyang refused the Sea God's Divine Throne and promised to find another inheritor, while keeping the Sea God as a fallback. He traveled with Snow Empress to an ice cavern in the Extreme North Land, where they found no Profound Ice Marrow but arranged for Xu Nianshuang to receive an Ice Sky Snow Lotus.

• Xu Tianyang rejected the Sea God's inheritance, accepted the Heart of the Sea God, and promised to find a suitable inheritor.
• Xu Tianyang told Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and the Ice Empress that he needed greater power to change the soul beast race's fate, and declared his ambition to surpass the Sea God.
• Xu Tianyang and Snow Empress traveled to the Extreme North Land and explored the ice cavern Sky Dream Ice Silkworm remembered, but found only spent remains of Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow.
• Snow Empress said that cultivating in the cavern would improve her chances of surviving her next great tribulation by thirty percent.
• Xu Tianyang offered Snow Empress the Profound Ice Marrow at his home in exchange for compensation for Xu Nianshuang, and Snow Empress offered an Ice Sky Snow Lotus.

Ning Fengzhi worried that the Sun Moon Empire’s rapid growth in Soul Tools and Titled Douluo could make it more dangerous than Spirit Hall, while deciding to strengthen the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s ties with it. Qian Renxue asked Spirit Hall’s Worship Hall to investigate the empire, and Qian Daoliu ordered several worships to go to Mingdu.

• Ning Fengzhi counted the Sun Moon Empire’s known Titled Douluo and considered whether he could turn its conflict with Spirit Hall to his advantage.
• Ning Fengzhi explained to Sword Douluo Chen Xin that Ning Rongrong had left the sect to gain experience, while Chen Xin objected to her departure.
• Ning Fengzhi reflected on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s lack of successors and resolved to deepen its ties with the Sun Moon Empire over Soul Tools.
• Qian Renxue learned that the Sun Moon Empire had gained another known Titled Douluo and ordered Snake Lance Douluo to alert Worship Hall and request an investigation.
• Qian Daoliu agreed to Qian Renxue’s request and sent Qian Jun, Jiang Mo, and the others to Mingdu to investigate the Sun Moon Empire.

Tang San and Xiao Wu arrived in Suotuo City and clashed with Dai Mubai over the last room at the Rose Hotel. Dai Mubai defeated Tang San and let him keep the room, while Zhu Zhuqing left to pursue Xu Tianyang's mission.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu entered Suotuo City and went to the Rose Hotel after eating.
• The attendant told them only one room remained, and Xiao Wu persuaded Tang San to take it.
• Dai Mubai arrived with two twin women and challenged Tang San and Xiao Wu for the room.
• Tang San fought Dai Mubai, but the Level 37 Dai Mubai defeated the Level 29 Tang San.
• Zhu Zhuqing watched the confrontation, then left to focus on Xu Tianyang's mission.
• Dai Mubai gave Tang San the room and left with the twin sisters.

Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong passed Shrek Academy’s first test and joined Tang San and Xiao Wu for Zhao Wuji’s fourth test. As Zhao Wuji prepared to test the four recruits, Zhu Zhuqing asked whether they could use Soul Tools, revealing that Tang San and Xiao Wu knew little about them.

• Zhu Zhuqing met Ning Rongrong while they waited to enroll, and both criticized Shrek Academy’s harsh handling of rejected applicants.
• Ning Rongrong revealed her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul, and she and Zhu Zhuqing passed the first test.
• Dai Mubai recognized Zhu Zhuqing as his abandoned fiancée, but she ignored him while Ning Rongrong sensed their history.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu passed the earlier tests, and Tang San told Ning Rongrong that there were no useless martial souls, only useless Soul Masters.
• Li Yusong brought the four recruits to Zhao Wuji, who required them to last a stick of incense against him; Zhu Zhuqing asked to use Soul Tools, and Zhao Wuji agreed.

Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing passed Zhao Wuji’s test using Soul Tools, while Zhu Zhuqing’s strength and Ning Rongrong’s resources surprised the team. Afterward, Dai Mubai tried to confront Zhu Zhuqing, who continued to ignore him, and the group returned to Shrek Academy, where Ning Rongrong and Oscar were waiting.

• Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing introduced themselves, and Dai Mubai was shocked that Zhu Zhuqing had reached level thirty-three.
• Tang San proposed a plan for the test, and Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing used Soul Tools to hold off Zhao Wuji until they passed.
• Dai Mubai watched Zhu Zhuqing leave and tried to stop her, but she ignored him, and he restrained himself from attacking her.
• At Shrek Academy’s gate, Tang San and the others found Ning Rongrong waiting with Oscar, who was disappointed that he had failed to charm her.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing confronted Dai Mubai over Zhuqing’s engagement, and the argument escalated when Ning Rongrong shot at him with a Sun Moon Empire Soul Tool Rifle. A black-clad observer witnessed the fight and considered visiting the Sun Moon Empire before pursuing another goal.

• Ning Rongrong urged Zhu Zhuqing to leave Shrek Academy for another school, praising the Sun Moon Empire and Xu Nianshuang.
• Dai Mubai warned Zhu Zhuqing against joining an enemy nation, but Zhuqing called their engagement meaningless after he fled Star Luo City.
• Ning Rongrong offered to ask Sword Grandpa and Bone Grandpa to help dissolve Zhuqing’s engagement, then challenged Dai Mubai when he threatened her.
• Dai Mubai’s outburst nearly sent Ning Rongrong flying, so Zhu Zhuqing rushed to help her; Ning Rongrong used her Soul Tool to land safely.
• Ning Rongrong fired a Third-Grade Soul Tool Rifle at Dai Mubai, and Tang San pulled him clear with Blue Silver Grass after his defenses failed.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu took Ning Rongrong away as Dai Mubai threatened her, while a black-clad observer watched and considered visiting the Sun Moon Empire.

Tang Hao beat Zhao Wuji and left Flender with instructions, while Xu Tianyang found Ah Yin, a weakened Blue Silver Emperor, in a hidden chamber behind a waterfall. After explaining that she had sacrificed her cultivation for Tang Hao, he retrieved a pitch-black object from the chamber wall.

• Tang Hao defeated Zhao Wuji in a brief fight, gave him and Flender instructions, and disappeared.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji discussed the academy and the Soul Tools before returning to Shrek Academy together.
• Xu Tianyang flew to the mountains near Holy Soul Village and discovered a hidden chamber behind a waterfall.
• Xu Tianyang found Ah Yin, a weakened Blue Silver Emperor, and explained that she had given her cultivation to Tang Hao through a sacrifice.
• Xu Tianyang struck the stone wall and caught a pitch-black object that fell from above.

Xu Tianyang found Ah Yin's Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone and took the weakened Blue Silver Emperor plant with him, while Tang Hao felt a brief unease he could not explain. At the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy, Xu Nianshuang sensed the familiar throbbing of her newly evolved Extreme Ice Martial Soul.

• Xu Tianyang opened the box containing the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone and learned that it carried flight and a powerful recovery ability.
• Ah Yin's Blue Silver Grass reacted to Xu Tianyang, and Electrolux determined that her soul was extremely weak and would take a long time to recover.
• Xu Tianyang removed Ah Yin with the surrounding soil and took her away, intending to bring her to the Blue Silver Ancestral Land with Yiyi.
• Tang Hao briefly felt uneasy while traveling toward the Sun Moon Empire, then dismissed the feeling and continued on his way.
• Xu Nianshuang cultivated at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy, where her level had reached fifty-seven and her Martial Soul had evolved into Extreme Ice.
• Xu Nianshuang sensed the familiar throbbing in her Martial Soul again as someone called from outside.

Xu Nianshuang discovered that she and Shui Bing'er could use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, which also doubled their cultivation speed. Xu Tianyang and his spirit advisors decided Shui Bing'er and the Shui Family were worth winning over.

• Shui Bing'er visited Xu Nianshuang, and the two tested the attraction between their ice-based Martial Souls.
• Xu Nianshuang and Shui Bing'er fused their Soul Powers, confirming they had a Martial Soul Fusion Skill and could cultivate twice as fast together.
• Xu Nianshuang urged Shui Bing'er to join the Sun Moon Empire, but Shui Bing'er refused and fled to collect her thoughts.
• Xu Tianyang learned of the fusion, and the Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm advised him to pursue Shui Bing'er and win over the Shui Family.

Tang Hao and Spirit Hall’s Thousand Jun Douluo and Falling Devil Douluo separately infiltrated Mingde Hall, where Xu Tianyang secretly guided them toward a confrontation. The chapter ended with Tang Hao facing the two brothers inside the room holding a powerful Fixed Soul Cannon Shell.

• Tang Hao arrived in Mingdu, marveled at the Sun Moon Empire’s growth, and entered a tavern.
• Thousand Jun Douluo and Falling Devil Douluo discussed investigating Mingde Hall and decided to break in.
• Xu Tianyang sensed three powerful intruders approaching Mingde Hall and alerted the imperial palace.
• Tang Hao, Thousand Jun, and Falling Devil separately sneaked deeper into Mingde Hall while Xu Tianyang used Spiritual Simulation to lead them toward Test Area No. 1.
• Tang Hao discovered a launch platform he believed held the Fixed Soul Cannon Shell, then confronted Thousand Jun and Falling Devil as they entered the room.

Tang Hao encountered Qian Jun and Jiang Mo at Mingde Hall, and the two Spirit Hall consecrates pursued and fought him. As the battle intensified, Tang Hao used Clear Sky True Body against their coordinated Dragon Coiling True Bodies, while Xu Yunxiao and the others watched and prepared to exploit the conflict.

• Tang Hao saw Qian Jun and Jiang Mo and tried to flee, but the two brothers pursued him after a mysterious strand of Spiritual Power swept over them.
• Qian Jun and Jiang Mo fought Tang Hao with their Dragon Coiling Staffs, and Tang Hao countered with his Clear Sky Hammer and Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Xu Yunxiao, Dugu Bo, Feng Tianxiang, Mu Mengyu, and Elder Chen watched from nearby after evacuating the students around No. 1 Experimental Field.
• Xu Yunxiao said the Sun Moon Empire would use the fight to weaken Spirit Hall and suggested that the Clear Sky Sect would not be allowed to stay out of the matter.
• Tang Hao's old wounds flared under the brothers' assault, so he activated Clear Sky True Body; Qian Jun and Jiang Mo answered with Dragon Coiling True Body and attacked together.

Tang Hao unleashed the Great Sumeru Hammer and Exploding Ring to fight Qian Jun and Jiang Mo at Mingde Hall despite his worsening injuries. As the three clashed, the battle’s disturbance spread across Mingdu, where a powerful voice declared that trespassers would be killed without mercy.

• Tang Hao used Exploding Ring and struck Qian Jun and Jiang Mo hard enough to force them back, though the backlash worsened his injuries.
• Qian Jun challenged Tang Hao to keep fighting, and Tang Hao answered defiantly despite his bloodied condition.
• Tang Hao shattered another Soul Ring and used Chaotic Wind to battle Qian Jun and Jiang Mo’s Unbending Staff Technique.
• The fighters’ clashes created a pillar of blood-gold light, alerting powerful figures throughout Mingdu to the disturbance at Mingde Hall.
• An overwhelming pressure spread over Mingdu as a voice warned that those who trespassed there would be killed without mercy.

Tang Hao defeated Qian Jun and Falling Devil Douluo in Mingdu after Xu Tianyang’s spiritual attack immobilized them. As Xu Yunxiao’s forces arrived, Nether Prison Douluo appeared to help Tang Hao escape, and Xu Yunxiao declared that he would execute the Evil Soul Master.

• Xu Tianyang attacked Tang Hao, Qian Jun, and Falling Devil Douluo with Evil Eye Gaze, briefly immobilizing the two worships.
• Tang Hao shattered his sixth Soul Ring and unleashed his Clear Sky Hammer’s eighth Soul Skill, grievously injuring Qian Jun and Falling Devil Douluo.
• A blood-red Hexagram Array transported Qian Jun and Falling Devil away, leaving onlookers to believe Tang Hao had killed them.
• Xu Yunxiao arrived with reinforcements and confronted Tang Hao, whose body was near collapse from using the Great Sumeru Hammer.
• Nether Prison Douluo appeared through an Undead Gate and promised to help Tang Hao escape.
• Xu Yunxiao vowed to execute Nether Prison Douluo for being an Evil Soul Master.

Xu Tianyang subdued Tang Hao, extracted the Great Sumeru Hammer from his mind, and secretly marked him before Tang Hao awoke beside Nether Prison Douluo. Fearing threats against Moonlight Pavilion, Holy Soul Village, and Shrek, Tang Hao agreed to carry a snow-white herb into the City of Slaughter’s Hell Road.

• Nether Prison Douluo fought off Xu Yunxiao and the others while escaping with Tang Hao, and Mingdu returned to calm after the battle.
• Xu Tianyang and the Ice Empress examined the Great Sumeru Hammer and discussed how Tang Hao’s Blue Silver Emperor Soul Ring had helped him survive using it.
• Xu Tianyang concealed silver energy inside the unconscious Tang Hao, who soon woke beside Nether Prison Douluo and the Undead Bone Dragon.
• Nether Prison Douluo argued that Tang Hao was like him because of the bloodshed tied to the City of Slaughter, then demanded repayment for saving his life.
• Nether Prison Douluo threatened Moonlight Pavilion, Holy Soul Village, and Shrek, prompting Tang Hao to agree to take a snow-white herb into the Hell Road.

Nether Prison Douluo gave Tang Hao Snow Swan Kiss and forced him to target the City of Slaughter, while Xu Tianyang considered how the deaths of two Spirit Hall Worships could destabilize the continent. Spirit Hall declared war on Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect, and Golden Crocodile Douluo revealed that Qian Daoliu had gone to Mingdu.

• Nether Prison Douluo gave Tang Hao Snow Swan Kiss and threatened Shrek and Holy Soul Village to make him destroy the City of Slaughter.
• Xu Tianyang reflected that Tang Hao’s killing of Qian Jun and Jiang Mo would force Spirit Hall to respond, then headed for Mingdu.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo, Qing Luan Douluo, Mighty Lion Douluo, and Light Feather Douluo attended Spirit Hall’s grand council.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo announced that the Worship Hall would annihilate the Clear Sky Sect in retaliation for Tang Hao’s killing of two Worships.
• Bibi Dong backed the decision and ordered a continent-wide kill order for Tang Hao and Nether Prison Douluo.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo told Bibi Dong that Qian Daoliu had gone to Mingdu and that the Sun Moon Empire would also be held responsible.