Chapter Summaries

Xu Jiujiu and Star Luo National Academy overwhelmed Shrek Academy in the tournament match, revealing several Soul Sages with Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings before defeating the team with one strike. After news of Shrek’s humiliating loss reached the academy, Mu En instructed Yan Shaozhe to carry out his earlier orders and then vanished.

• Ling Luochen and Su Tong revealed matching Soul Sage cultivation and Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, shocking the spectators and Shrek’s team.
• Xu Jiujiu displayed three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and transformed her Star Crown into a starry sky that suppressed Ma Xiaotao and the other Shrek fighters.
• Xu Jiujiu struck Shrek Academy with a beam of starlight, knocking out the entire team while sparing their lives.
• Xuan Zi arrived too late to stop the attack, and Heavenly Fiend Douluo announced Star Luo National Academy’s victory.
• Xuan Zi handed the injured Shrek members to Wang Yan, while news of the defeat spread to Shrek Academy.
• After Mu En told Yan Shaozhe to carry out his earlier instructions, Yan Shaozhe left and Mu En vanished from his reclining chair.

As the finals began, Xu Jiujiu and Shu Yan prepared to face Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, while the White Tiger Duke worried about Star Luo’s growing power and his own fading influence. Their arrival brought an uncanny snowfall that left even Xuan Zi unable to discern Shu Yan’s abilities.

• The Star Luo team’s overwhelming victory alarmed the other empires, and Dai Hao sensed that Xu Jiawei no longer trusted him as before.
• Xu Jiawei quietly formed a plan while reviewing reports of the Sun Moon Empire’s movements and considering the White Tiger lineage a threat.
• Xu Jiujiu and Shu Yan discussed the future of Soul Tool technology and promised to explore the wider universe together.
• Xu Jiawei and Dai Hao appeared before the packed crowd, and the final began with Xu Jiujiu and Shu Yan facing Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy as their only competitors.
• Snow fell across the arena as Shu Yan and Xu Jiujiu took their places, and Xuan Zi was shocked that he could not see through Shu Yan.

Shu Yan and Xu Jiujiu defeated the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy team, then Shu Yan met with Mingde Hall Master Jing Hongchen to discuss a matter involving the Sun Moon Empire. Their conversation ended with both sides smiling warily as Jing Hongchen raised his own proposal.

• Ma Rulong led the Sun Moon team in a combined assault with the Judgment Sword, Soul Tools, and the Hongchen Siblings' Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Hongchen's Affection.
• Xu Jiujiu absorbed Ma Rulong's opening attack with Starry Sky Feast, and Shu Yan froze the remaining attacks with Breath of Prayer Snow before Jing Hongchen's defensive Soul Tools stopped the icy current.
• The backlash left the Sun Moon team severely injured and unconscious, while Xu Jiujiu took the Judgment Sword and Shu Yan and Xu Jiujiu left the stage.
• Jing Hongchen ordered Elder Ma and Elder Shen to treat Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and the other competitors before departing to meet Shu Yan.
• Shu Yan told Jing Hongchen he was from the Star Luo Empire and had no connection to Shrek Academy, while Jing Hongchen said he also wanted to discuss a matter with the imperial family.

Shu Yan confronted Jing Hongchen over his visit to Star Luo City, forced him to surrender two Level Nine Soul Tools, and warned him about the power protecting the Star Luo Empire. After Jing Hongchen left, Shu Yan and the Snow Empress discussed his coming seclusion, until a sudden inferno erupted near Star Luo Plaza.

• Shu Yan rejected Jing Hongchen’s exchange-program proposal and demanded a ticket fee for entering Star Luo Plaza, counting the Judgment Sword as one of two required Level Nine Soul Tools.
• When Jing Hongchen threatened to unleash his three trigger-type Level Nine Soul Tools, the Snow Empress appeared and warned that she could kill him before he could use them.
• Jing Hongchen chose to surrender Hongchen’s Protection rather than remain in Star Luo City for five years, then asked Shu Yan about his unusual soul rings and received an answer about divine power and humanity’s limits.
• Jing Hongchen gave Shu Yan Hongchen’s Protection and an ice-blue Level Eight Soul Tool, then left after reflecting on the history of the Douluo Three Kingdoms.
• Shu Yan told the Snow Empress he would soon enter seclusion to condense his second Soul Core, but black flames and a phoenix cry suddenly erupted near Star Luo Plaza, accompanied by cries for help.

Shu Yan prepared for seclusion after Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire erupted and transformed her into a Black Phoenix, then spent two and a half months cultivating a second Soul Core combining Extreme Evil and Space. With Snow Empress’s help, he completed the final step and emerged with a ninth soul ring.

• Xu Jiujiu told Shu Yan that Ma Xiaotao had transformed into a Black Phoenix after clashing with Yue Yin, reached Soul Sage strength, and been sealed by Su Tong and Luo Chen.
• Xu Jiujiu explained that Yue Yin and Ma Xiaotao were both badly hurt, and Shu Yan said he would negotiate with Shrek before entering seclusion to become a Titled Douluo.
• Star Luo’s success in the Soul Fighting Tournament boosted its standing and accelerated its Soul Tool industry while Shu Yan remained unaware in seclusion.
• Shu Yan spent two and a half months trying to form a second Soul Core from Extreme Evil and Space, as the chamber filled with blood-red ice mist and the women waited anxiously.
• Shu Yan and Snow Empress completed the final step of the process, and a ninth orange-gold soul ring settled around Shu Yan.

Shu Yan reached Level 93, awakened the Evil God Scepter as a god-tier second martial soul, and discussed his plans to collect its soul rings and pursue godhood. Back with Xu Jiujiu and the others, he revealed threats to the Douluo Plane and let the women choose a title for him as he prepared for a more difficult journey.

• Shu Yan stabilized at Level 93 as Ice Empress and Snow Empress explained that his Ice God martial soul and Evil God Scepter were both god-tier.
• Shu Yan considered how the Evil God inheritance might grow stronger, then returned to the surface with the two Empresses.
• Shu Yan told Xu Jiujiu and the others that he planned to hunt powerful soul beasts, including oceanic beasts, to fill his second martial soul's nine soul rings.
• Shu Yan rejected Shrek Academy's exchange invitation and revealed that Tang San's mother and Tang Hao threatened the Plane, while the Abyss Plane planned to invade it.
• Shu Yan told the women that the Abyss Plane could offer them a chance to become gods, then agreed to let them choose his Titled Douluo title.
• Shu Yan teased Meng Ning about a reward for choosing his title, and he relaxed with the women while contemplating the burdens of his next journey.

Shu Yan discussed his plans to hunt powerful Sea Soul Beasts and explained the Abyss Plane’s threat to the Douluo Plane. He reassured the women that he would shoulder the responsibility, then embarrassed them by revealing he had ordered a bed large enough for seven or eight people.

• Ice Empress asked when Shu Yan would leave Star Luo City, and he said he planned to head to sea soon to hunt powerful Sea Soul Beasts for Soul Rings.
• Snow Empress warned Shu Yan that the ocean’s strongest Sea Soul Beasts could rival the continent’s top Fierce Beasts, while Ice Empress urged her not to worry because they would protect him.
• Xu Jiujiu told Shu Yan that Zhang Lexuan had become a Titled Douluo after obtaining a Soul Bone and condensing her first Soul Core, and she suggested he take Zhang Lexuan along on his sea journey.
• Shu Yan explained that the Abyss Plane might use Shrek Academy’s Golden Tree as its anchor point and described the strength of its one hundred and eight emperors and the Abyssal Sage King.
• Shu Yan said the Douluo Plane could survive if he became a god before the Abyss Plane descended, and he promised to protect the women and their future children.
• Shu Yan revealed that he had ordered a bed large enough for seven or eight people, prompting the women to scold him while Dugu Yan trembled in embarrassment.

Shu Yan and Zhang Lexuan traveled toward the sea so Zhang Lexuan could obtain her ninth Soul Ring, stopping in Minghai City to seek information from Mad Crocodile Douluo. Countess Iniya introduced her daughter Ling Ling, revealed that she had Twin Martial Souls, and secured Shu Yan’s promise to help guide her before the pair resumed their journey.

• Shu Yan and Zhang Lexuan set out for the sea, where Shu Yan planned to hunt powerful Soul Beasts and find Zhang Lexuan a suitable Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Shu Yan and Zhang Lexuan stopped in Minghai City, where Mad Crocodile Douluo shared what he knew about the southern waters.
• Countess Iniya introduced Ling Ling to Shu Yan, and the girl called him godfather because he was her mother’s trusted friend.
• Countess Iniya revealed that Ling Ling had inherited the Star Crown and Star Dragon Martial Souls, along with Innate Full Soul Power, and asked Shu Yan to help train her with Xu Jiujiu.
• Shu Yan agreed to help Ling Ling and said he might find a Hundred-Thousand-Year Star Dragon for her; Iniya gave him the location of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Purple Moon Whale Emperor compatible with Zhang Lexuan’s Moon Martial Soul.
• Iniya left with Ling Ling, believing that Shu Yan’s guidance and resources would give her daughter the best chance to thrive.

Shu Yan helped Zhang Lexuan kill a Purple Moon Whale Emperor so she could absorb its Soul Ring, then traveled into a storm-wracked deep sea to hunt a powerful Magic Blade Fish. Meanwhile, Countess Iniya brought Yi Ling to Star Luo City, where Xu Jiawei learned that the girl was his daughter.

• Shu Yan and Zhang Lexuan discussed his bond with Xu Jiujiu and Zhang Lexuan’s hopes for Wu Ming, then headed for the Purple Moon Whale Emperor’s territory.
• Shu Yan killed the Purple Moon Whale Emperor, and Zhang Lexuan absorbed its hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring while he guarded her.
• Zhang Lexuan chose to return to Star Luo City to stabilize her cultivation and fuse with the whale’s Torso Bone, while Shu Yan set off alone for the deep sea.
• Countess Iniya introduced Yi Ling to Xu Jiawei as his daughter, and Xu Jiujiu led the girl out so the parents could speak privately.
• The Ice Empress identified the stormy sea region as the territory of a Magic Blade Fish with a cultivation exceeding three hundred thousand years, and Shu Yan drew it out with her aura.

Shu Yan defeated a four-hundred-and-thirty-thousand-year Magic Blade Fish and made it his Soul Spirit, raising his Soul Power to Level 94. After discussing the Ice Empress and Snow Empress’s hopes of regaining physical bodies and the challenge of condensing a third Soul Core, he chose the Evil Orca King as his next target.

• Shu Yan fought the Magic Blade Fish alone, using the Ice God Halberd and his soul skills to withstand its attacks and turn its full-force strike back against it.
• Electrolux confirmed that the Ice Empress and Snow Empress might regain bodies of flesh and blood if Shu Yan became a god, though the research would take time.
• Shu Yan established a master-servant Soul Spirit contract with the weakened Magic Blade Fish, which formed two orange-gold soul rings for his second martial soul and advanced him to Level 94.
• Shu Yan worried that condensing a third Soul Core would require immense energy, while Electrolux urged him to take things one step at a time.
• Shu Yan questioned the Magic Blade Fish Soul Spirit and selected the Evil Orca King, whose clan included at least three Hundred-Thousand-Year Evil Spirit Orcas, as his next target.

Shu Yan hunted powerful sea Soul Beasts for three months, collecting Soul Rings and Soul Bones before setting out to find Demon Empress. He encountered the seven-hundred-thousand-year whale, whose hatred of humans drove her to attack him and Snow Empress.

• Shu Yan killed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Nether Sea Octopus King and recovered its Soul Ring and Right Arm Bone.
• Shu Yan, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress assessed the collected Soul Bones, and Shu Yan assigned several of them to Luo Chen, Qian Gu Yueyin, and his sister.
• After three months of hunting, Shu Yan completed the first six Soul Rings of his second martial soul and flew west toward the waters where Demon Empress was believed to roam.
• Shu Yan found a colossal whale in an undersea abyss, and Snow Empress recognized that Demon Empress had recently surpassed seven hundred thousand years of cultivation.
• Demon Empress recognized Snow Empress and, enraged that Shu Yan was human, attacked the three with her Demonic Extreme Divine Light.
• Shu Yan and Snow Empress struck back together with an icy sword, and their clash shook the sea and killed countless ocean Soul Beasts in the aftershock.

Shu Yan restrained Demon Empress and offered her a chance to seek revenge by becoming his Soul Spirit, promising that the Douluo Plane could gain the strength to oppose the Abyss Plane. Demon Empress agreed on the condition that she could one day kill Sea God Tang San and the others, regain a physical body, and protect her daughter, then recounted how grief and survival had driven her to slaughter and Devour the oceanic races.

• Shu Yan, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress combined their domains to freeze the sea and restrain Demon Empress.
• Shu Yan told Demon Empress that the Abyss Plane threatened the Douluo Plane and offered her a role as his Soul Spirit, with the promise of future revenge.
• Snow Empress demonstrated how she could merge with Shu Yan, then explained the Soul Spirit method to Demon Empress.
• Demon Empress agreed to cooperate if Shu Yan promised she could kill Sea God Tang San and the other six, restore her body, and protect her daughter.
• Demon Empress described how humans and Sea Soul Beasts destroyed her family, how she began Devouring clans, and how she knowingly sacrificed her sanity to gain power.

Shu Yan persuaded Demon Empress to become his Soul Spirit, gained two orange-gold soul rings, and rose to Rank Ninety-Seven. He then traveled to the Sun Moon Empire and approached the Evil Demon Forest, where he planned to hunt Evil Emperor and confront the nearby Holy Spirit Cult.

• Shu Yan revealed the Evil God Scepter and his divine inheritances, then promised Demon Empress that he could fulfill her wishes.
• Electrolux purified the hatred clouding Demon Empress's mind, and she agreed to enter Shu Yan's golden formation and become his Soul Spirit.
• Shu Yan gained two orange-gold soul rings, advanced to Rank Ninety-Seven, and received Demon Empress's seven-hundred-thousand-year Right Arm Bone; Demon Empress agreed to let her daughter Lan Fuzi travel with them.
• After spending nearly half a month hunting sea Soul Beasts and gathering Soul Bones, Shu Yan reached the Sun Moon Empire and headed toward the Evil Demon Forest.
• Snow Empress described Evil Emperor's formidable strength, while Shu Yan prepared to kill it and draw out the nearby Holy Spirit Cult's leaders.

Shu Yan convinced the Evil Emperor to become his Soul Spirit, absorbing the beast’s power and an eight-hundred-thousand-year head Soul Bone to reach the peak of Level 98. He then appeared before the Holy Spirit Cult and annihilated its forces, leaving Zhong Liwu and Feng Ling barely alive.

• Shu Yan confronted the Evil Emperor in the Evil Demon Forest and offered him a chance to become a Soul Spirit and pursue divinity.
• The Evil Emperor accepted, and Electrolux presided over his transformation into Shu Yan’s ninth Soul Ring and the fusion of his head Soul Bone.
• The Evil Emperor’s accumulated energy pushed Shu Yan to the peak of Level 98 and filled his body, Soul Power, and Spiritual Power with divinity.
• Zhong Liwu, Feng Ling, and the Holy Spirit Cult’s forces gathered near the forest, where they sensed the Evil Emperor’s aura disappear and feared something had happened to him.
• Shu Yan struck the Holy Spirit Cult with the Light of Time and Space, killing most of its members and severely injuring Zhong Liwu and Feng Ling despite the Ancient Dragon King’s protection.
• Zhong Liwu and Feng Ling faced Shu Yan as he approached with nine orange-gold soul rings.

Shu Yan annihilated the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters and killed Long Xiaoyao, revealing Ye Xishui's role in his past and that Yan Shaozhe descended from their son. He returned to Star Luo City, while Ye Xishui sensed Long Xiaoyao's death and raced west in alarm.

• Shu Yan killed Zhong Liwu and Feng Ling, then looted the Holy Spirit Cult's treasury and destroyed its underground headquarters.
• Shu Yan confronted Long Xiaoyao and revealed that Ye Xishui had schemed to turn him against Mu En and had borne his son, whose descendants included Yan Shaozhe.
• Shu Yan defeated and killed Long Xiaoyao, taking his Soul Bones and energy while preserving his corpse.
• Shu Yan returned to Star Luo City and spent the night with Ling Luochen while Xu Jiujiu remained away at the Starlight Auction House.
• Ye Xishui felt her connection to Long Xiaoyao vanish, realized disaster had struck, and flew west toward the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters.

Shu Yan returned to Star Luo City, reunited with Xu Jiujiu and the others, and distributed rare Soul Bones while recounting his assault on the Holy Spirit Cult. He left the chapter planning to visit Shrek Academy before hunting the Azure Dragon and Titan Giant Ape to gather energy for his third Soul Core.

• Ling Luochen woke after spending the night with Shu Yan, received two powerful Sea Soul Beast Soul Bones from him, and decided to forgive him.
• Shu Yan reunited with Meng Ning and Xu Jiujiu, gave Xu Jiujiu two Soul Bones, and displayed the many Soul Bones he had collected.
• Shu Yan told Xu Jiujiu that he had killed most of the Holy Spirit Cult's high-ranking fighters and destroyed its headquarters, then gave her four Grade 9 Fixed Soul Cannon Shells and their cannon.
• Dugu Yan and Meng Ning each selected a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, while Xu Jiujiu began sorting the remaining Soul Bones for distribution.
• Shu Yan decided to hunt the Azure Dragon and Titan Giant Ape to obtain enough energy to condense his third Soul Core, and planned to visit Shrek Academy first.

Shu Yan led Xu Jiujiu and their companions to Shrek Academy, where the deans welcomed them and showed them around. As the group prepared to enter the Inner Court, a red-haired girl recognized Shu Yan and confronted him.

• Xu Jiujiu told the group that their visit to Shrek Academy had been arranged, and Shu Yan said they would depart in three days with Nebula as their guard.
• Shu Yan and the others flew to Shrek City, where Xuan Zi and the academy's deans greeted them before Yan Shaozhe led a tour of the campus.
• Xian Lin'er questioned Luo Qinghan and Meng Ning about their spiritual martial souls and learned that Luo Qinghan carried the Qing Luan inheritance.
• Yan Shaozhe guided the visitors past the Ten Ancestors and toward their Inner Court residences near Sea God Lake.
• A red-haired girl standing beside Ning Tian saw Shu Yan and exclaimed, "It's you..."

Shu Yan brought the Star Luo National Academy group to the Inner Court, where he discovered that the Blue Silver Emperor had parasitized the Golden Tree’s origin. That night, Ning Tian met him secretly and asked for Star Luo’s support as the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect prepared to relocate.

• Yan Shaozhe recognized Ning Tian and Wu Feng at the Sea God Lake Shore, and Ning Tian led Wu Feng away after greeting him.
• Yan Shaozhe gave Shu Yan’s group Ling Luochen’s former residence as their Inner Court dormitory.
• Shu Yan used his soul bones to break through a barrier inside the Golden Tree and confirmed that the Blue Silver Emperor had parasitized its origin.
• Mu En sensed the Golden Tree stir but received no response when he sent it golden light.
• Ning Tian told Shu Yan that her faction planned to move the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to Star Luo because the Body Sect’s growing alliance with Heavenly Soul threatened the sect’s survival.
• Shu Yan confirmed that Tianyan Chamber of Commerce belonged to the Star Luo imperial family and welcomed the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Ning Tian explained that her mother and supporters would relocate the sect’s people and valuables.

Shu Yan and Xu Jiujiu met Mu En at Sea God Pavilion, where Shu Yan revealed Snow Empress as his Soul Spirit and explained how Soul Spirits could provide soul rings without killing soul beasts. Their discussion was interrupted by a terrifying disturbance coming from the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Shu Yan warned Ning Tian that the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect should not risk aiding its kin and told her the continent would inevitably be unified.
• Yan Shaozhe invited Shu Yan and Xu Jiujiu to Sea God Pavilion, and Shu Yan gave the women marks that could let them escape into the Undead World.
• Mu En recognized Shu Yan as the descendant of Su Min and said he hoped Star Luo would unify the continent rather than let foreign races rule it.
• Shu Yan revealed Snow Empress as his Soul Spirit, and Mu En asked whether ordinary soul masters could use Soul Spirits instead of hunting soul beasts for soul rings.
• A terrifying disturbance came from the Star Dou Great Forest as dark clouds gathered and space began to twist and shatter.

Shu Yan and Mu En investigated a growing Space Tunnel in the Star Dou Great Forest, where Di Tian warned that hostile beings from another plane could invade. The humans and soul beasts agreed to prepare together, and Shu Yan went with Di Tian to meet the Lord.

• Mu En decided to investigate the spatial disturbance, and Shu Yan joined him after revealing his overwhelming Level 98 aura and opening a Space Tunnel.
• Di Tian told the gathered fierce beasts that the expanding passage connected to another plane whose powerful inhabitants threatened the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Shu Yan revealed that Evil Emperor had become his Soul Spirit, astonishing Di Tian, Mu En, and the other fierce beasts.
• Bi Ji explained the threat to Mu En, and Shu Yan said he had sensed similar fluctuations elsewhere; Mu En agreed to warn the four great empires while Di Tian sent soul beasts to search the forest.
• After Mu En and the other fierce beasts departed, Shu Yan described his Soul Cores and path toward godhood to Di Tian, who then brought him to meet the Lord.