Chapter Summaries

Di Tian won the Chessboard of All Living Beings at the auction for 1.6 billion Gold Soul Coin, driving off the Holy Spirit Cult, Shrek Academy, the Body Sect, and Xu Tianran. After the auction ended, Shrek Academy waited for reinforcements while Zhongli Wu planned to seize its God-Given Soul Ring.

• Xiong Jun threatened anyone who opposed the Soul Beast Clan as the bidding war over the Chessboard of All Living Beings intensified.
• Di Tian outbid Zhongli Wu and the remaining competitors with a final bid of 1.6 billion Gold Soul Coin, and Lei Yao declared the Chessboard sold.
• Gu Yuena told Di Tian to put away the Chessboard so the Soul Beast Clan could study it after returning.
• Yan Shaozhe kept Shrek Academy's group inside the auction house while they waited for the academy's experts to escort them safely.
• Zhongli Wu ordered his followers to observe the situation and seek an opportunity to take Shrek Academy's God-Given Soul Ring.

Shrek Academy left the Starry Sky Auction House expecting to meet its dispatched reinforcements, but Zhongli Wu and the Holy Spirit Cult attacked them to seize the God-Given Soul Ring. The fight turned against Shrek Academy until Old Zhuang, Fan Yu, and the others arrived with the Ninth-Level Soul Tool Thunder Annihilation Cannon.

• Yan Shaozhe learned that Shrek Academy's experts had been dispatched, and he led the group toward the Auction Pavilion's exit while Zhongli Wu ordered his protectors to pursue them for the God-Given Soul Ring.
• Du Busi chose to wait for Shrek Academy and the Holy Spirit Cult to weaken each other, while Ning Qitian declined to commit the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School to either side.
• Outside the Starry Sky Auction House, Zhongli Wu confronted Yan Shaozhe and demanded the God-Given Soul Ring, then attacked Shrek Academy with his Deathgod Demon Puppet Martial Soul and the Spirit Devouring Art.
• Old Song fought Zhongli Wu with her Azure Shadow Divine Eagle Martial Soul but gradually fell behind as the Holy Spirit Cult's Titled Douluo Experts pressured Shrek Academy's other members.
• Old Zhuang, Fan Yu, and the reinforcements arrived carrying the Thunder Annihilation Cannon, giving Shrek Academy a chance to counterattack.

Shrek Academy used the Thunder Annihilation Cannon against Zhongli Wu and the Holy Spirit Cult, but Zhongli Wu absorbed much of its power and wounded Old Song as the academy’s people escaped. Zhongli Wu withdrew with his protectors, planning to regroup and attack Shrek Academy again.

• Yan Shaozhe and Old Zhuang noted that Mu En and Xuan Zi had not emerged from seclusion, but said the Thunder Annihilation Cannon could help them escape.
• Old Song fired the Thunder Annihilation Cannon at Zhongli Wu and the Holy Spirit Cult protectors.
• Zhongli Wu used the Death God's Abyss and the Spirit Devouring Art to absorb the cannon’s power while Shrek Academy’s people fled.
• Zhongli Wu attacked the fleeing group with his Death God Strike, shattering Old Song’s Azure Shadow Shield and leaving her severely injured and unconscious.
• Yan Shaozhe and the others carried Old Song toward Shrek Academy as Old Zhuang tried to heal her.
• Zhongli Wu and his protectors left to regroup and seek another chance to deal with Shrek Academy.

Shrek Academy struggled to save the gravely injured Old Song from Zhongli Wu’s regenerating Evil Power, and Yan Shaozhe’s Light Power could not stop it. With Old Song given only three days, Mu En emerged from seclusion and arrived as Yan Shaozhe began recounting the attack.

• Yan Shaozhe and the others brought the unconscious Old Song to Sea God Island, and Xian Lin'er ordered the academy staff to keep the attack secret.
• Old Zhuang tried to heal Old Song with Life Force, but Zhongli Wu’s Evil Power resisted treatment and continued spreading.
• Yan Shaozhe used his Light Phoenix Martial Soul to purify the Evil Power, but after two hours he failed and the effort left him weakened.
• Old Zhuang warned that the Evil Power was eroding Old Song’s heart meridians and that she had three days at most, while the others worried that Mu En and Xuan Zi were still in seclusion.
• Mu En emerged from seclusion and entered the quiet room, and Yan Shaozhe began explaining the auction and Zhongli Wu’s attack.

Mu En discovered that Zhongli Wu had left a trace of his will inside Old Song and treated her alone despite his weakened condition. He purified the Evil Power and saved her, but collapsed after exhausting himself, leaving the others worried about his health.

• Mu En learned that Zhongli Wu's Evil Power had grown several times stronger and that a trace of Zhongli Wu's will remained inside Old Song.
• Mu En sent Yan Shaozhe and the others out, then used his Light Sacred Dragon Martial Soul to draw Zhongli Wu's will from Old Song.
• Mu En fought and destroyed Zhongli Wu's residual will, fully purifying the Evil Power from Old Song.
• Mu En collapsed from exhaustion, and Old Zhuang confirmed that Old Song was out of danger but needed time to recover.
• Old Song slowly opened her eyes as Yan Shaozhe and the others tended to Mu En.

At Sea God Island, Mu En and the Shrek elders discussed Zhongli Wu’s devouring power and the astonishing Chessboard of All Living Beings before sensing a strange eruption from the Star Dou Great Forest. In the forest, a Dark Night Elf Dragon hatched, and Di Tian confronted the approaching Shrek group.

• Old Song awoke after surviving Zhongli Wu’s attack, and Mu En explained that her meridians were badly damaged by the Evil Power.
• Yan Shaozhe showed Mu En the God-Given Soul Ring and a recording of the Chessboard of All Living Beings auction, and Mu En chose to give the ring to Zhang Lexuan.
• A pillar of black-and-green light erupted from the Star Dou Great Forest, and Mu En sensed that something had been born.
• A Dark Night Elf Dragon hatched beside the Lake of Life, absorbed Bi Ji’s life force, and caused plants and dark vortices to surge around it.
• Gu Yuena sensed Shrek’s approach, and Di Tian went to confront the Shrek group as they entered the mixed zone.

Mu En and the Shrek Academy elders investigated the phenomenon in Star Dou Great Forest and feared a continent-wide crisis, while Gu Yuena discovered the Dark Night Elf Dragon’s extraordinary bloodline. The dragon and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion triggered a powerful Bloodline Resonance, giving the Soul Beast Clan new hope of changing its fate.

• Di Tian drove Mu En and the Shrek Academy elders away, but Mu En connected the phenomenon to a Dragon Clan Pet Egg sold by Starry Sky Auction House and warned that the mysterious Soul Beast could endanger Douluo Continent.
• Mu En found rapidly growing fungi infused with unusually pure life energy and dark power, and concluded that the Soul Beast Clan, the Holy Spirit Cult, and the new creature could bring an unprecedented crisis.
• Gu Yuena examined the Dark Night Elf Dragon’s eggshell and declared that its bloodline came from beyond Douluo Continent and surpassed the Dragon God in some respects.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion approached the hatchling, and their eyes sparked a Bloodline Resonance that made Gu Yuena’s bloodline evolve and loosened Di Tian’s bottleneck.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion and the hatchling combined their powers to erase a distant mountain and leave a permanent spatial rift, then both recovered without injury.
• Gu Yuena saw the Auspicious Beast and the Dark Night Elf Dragon as a chance for the Soul Beast Clan to change its fate after tens of thousands of years of human suppression.

Jiang Li used nearly all his Gold Soul Coins on lottery draws and obtained the Boundless Mustard Seed Space, giving him a place to store and sell his many items. He named the vast new world the Starry Sky Treasure Vault.

• Jiang Li learned from the System that he could sell lottery items through the Starry Sky Auction House and count the Gold Soul Coins as income.
• Jiang Li spent nearly all his System Gold Soul Coins on lottery draws over three days, leaving ten million for one final draw.
• Jiang Li won the Boundless Mustard Seed Space, an infinite realm whose environment and flow of time could be changed.
• Jiang Li brought Lei Yao and Ling Yun through a spatial gate and showed them the star-filled world.
• Jiang Li declared that the Boundless Mustard Seed Space would become their Starry Sky Treasure Vault.

Jiang Li finished arranging the Starry Sky Treasure Vault and prepared to open it, drawing the attention of major forces across the Douluo Continent. As the vault’s opening approached, he examined a Summoning Card and wondered who it would bring forth.

• Jiang Li organized the treasures into graded sections inside the Starry Sky Treasure Vault, with rare God-Given Soul Rings at its core.
• Yan Shaozhe reported the Starry Sky Auction House’s unusual spatial fluctuations to Mu En, who ordered Shrek Academy to watch cautiously.
• Zhongli Wu ordered the Holy Spirit Cult to monitor the Starry Sky Auction House’s movements.
• Myriad Demon King warned Gu Yuena that human forces were investigating the Auction House, and she ordered infiltrating Soul Beasts to keep watch.
• Ling Yun told Jiang Li that the continent was watching the Auction House, and Jiang Li instructed her to prepare for the vault’s opening in a few days.
• Jiang Li examined the Summoning Card he had drawn and anticipated what it would summon.

Jiang Li summoned Soul Emperor and restrained him at the Starry Sky Auction House, then offered him a ten-year position as its protector. Soul Emperor agreed, and Jiang Li promised to help him leave the Douluo Continent and find Xiao Yan.

• Jiang Li summoned Soul Emperor, whose arrival overwhelmed Lei Yao and Ling Yun until Jiang Li blocked his aura.
• Soul Emperor attacked Jiang Li, but golden chains and the Invincible Domain rendered him powerless.
• Jiang Li explained that Soul Emperor was in the Douluo Continent and offered him a ten-year role protecting the Starry Sky Auction House.
• Soul Emperor learned that Jiang Li had resurrected him and agreed to serve for ten years while rebuilding his strength.
• Jiang Li promised to show Soul Emperor how to leave the Douluo Continent and help him find Xiao Yan, then sent Ling Yun and Lei Yao to orient him.

As Jiang Li prepared to open the Starry Sky Treasure Vault in three days, Willow God tried to understand how his pavilion converted the power systems of visitors from other worlds. Major factions across Douluo Continent received invitations and began preparing to attend, each with its own aims.

• Willow God observed Soul Emperor's arrival and began deducing how the Starry Sky Auction House converted his power into this world's system.
• Jiang Li sent Lei Yao, Ling Yun, and Soul Emperor to deliver invitations announcing the Starry Sky Treasure Vault's opening in three days.
• At Shrek Academy, Mu En ordered the Sea God Pavilion members to investigate the vault, while Yan Shaozhe worried about its impact on the academy's businesses.
• Di Tian brought Gu Yuena the invitation, and she ordered him to attend and gather information for the Soul Beast Clan.
• Zhongli Wu ordered the Holy Spirit Cult to prepare Gold Soul Coins and treasures, intending to buy top-tier items if the opportunity arose.
• The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School, Body Sect, Clear Sky Sect, and other factions prepared for the opening as attention turned toward the Starry Sky Auction House.

Jiang Li opened the Starry Sky Treasure Vault and introduced its entrance as a gate to the Boundless Mustard Seed Space, drawing powerful groups from across the Douluo Continent. The gathered visitors stepped through the gate and froze in shock at what they saw inside.

• Shrek Academy, Mingde Hall, the Clear Sky Sect, and other major forces arrived at the Starry Sky Auction House, where Jiang Li's Advanced Puppets guarded the entrance.
• Niu Tian warned the Clear Sky Sect disciples to act cautiously after learning that a God-tier expert was connected to the Auction House.
• Jiang Li welcomed the crowd, warned them to obey the Auction House's rules, and explained that the Boundless Mustard Seed Space contained treasures they could obtain for Gold Soul Coins.
• Yan Shaozhe, Jing Hongchen, Niu Tian, Titan, and other experts doubted that the space was truly a livable small world, while Di Tian suspected Jiang Li's claim was accurate.
• The visitors entered the Illusory Space Gate and were stunned by the sight inside the Starry Sky Treasure Vault.

The group explored the Starry Sky Treasure Vault, an independent world whose power revealed the Starry Sky Auction House’s extraordinary strength. Tang Ya discovered a source that could evolve her Blue Silver Grass martial spirit, and Bei Bei and their companions pooled their resources to help her buy it.

• Xu Sanshi rushed to explore the vault while the experts, including Di Tian, assessed its unusual power and recognized it as an independent world.
• Tang Ya found the Blue Silver King Martial Soul Source Power and realized it could evolve her Blue Silver Grass martial spirit.
• Bei Bei promised to obtain the treasure for Tang Ya, but the ten-million-Gold-Soul-Coin price troubled him because they had not brought enough money.
• Huo Yuhao, Xu Sanshi, Wang Dong, Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, and the others agreed to lend Bei Bei enough Gold Soul Coins to buy the sole portion.

Tang Ya used the group’s Gold Soul Coins to buy a treasure that transformed her Blue Silver Grass, while Jiang Nannan bought and contracted a Soft Bone Rabbit with Xu Sanshi’s help. Huo Yuhao found Dawn Spirit Dew and asked Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Ice Empress for their opinions.

• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Xu Sanshi, Xiao Xiao, and the others pooled Gold Soul Coins so Bei Bei could buy the blue-lit treasure for Tang Ya.
• Tang Ya drank the treasure and transformed her Blue Silver Grass, which gained golden patterns and a stronger, more majestic aura.
• Jiang Nannan admired a Thousand Year Soft Bone Rabbit, and Xu Sanshi bought it for her as a loan.
• Jiang Nannan followed the Contract Ritual and formed a bond with the rabbit, which could merge into her Martial Soul and appear at her command.
• Huo Yuhao examined Dawn Spirit Dew and asked Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Ice Empress whether it would benefit him.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong explored the Starry Sky Treasure Vault, where Huo Yuhao bought Dawn Spirit Dew and Wang Dong found a Light Goddess Butterfly Soul Bone. Wang Dong’s fathers, Niu Tian and Titan, purchased the Soul Bone for her, while Huo Yuhao learned that both men were at least Limit Douluo level.

• Huo Yuhao bought Dawn Spirit Dew, expanding his Mental Power perception by at least fifty meters.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Ice Empress judged that the Starry Sky Treasure Vault was a real world created by an existence beyond ordinary Deities.
• Wang Dong found a fifty-thousand-year Light Goddess Butterfly Right Leg Soul Bone but lacked enough Gold Soul Coins to buy it.
• Niu Tian and Titan arrived, and Titan paid eighty million Gold Soul Coins for the Soul Bone after Wang Dong introduced Huo Yuhao.
• Wang Dong absorbed the Soul Bone, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Ice Empress told Huo Yuhao that Niu Tian and Titan were at least Limit Douluo level.

Niu Tian and Titan assessed the Starry Sky Auction House’s power and gathered supplies to strengthen the Clear Sky Sect while Soul Emperor watched them. Zhang Lexuan chose to buy Frost Moon Essence, hoping it would raise her Martial Soul’s grade.

• Niu Tian and Titan agreed that the Starry Sky Auction House and Boundless Mustard Seed Space were beyond the Clear Sky Sect’s strength, and decided to revise the sect’s plans while prioritizing Dong’er’s safety.
• Niu Tian and Titan collected Soul Power pills, rare ores, and other treasures for the Clear Sky Sect.
• Soul Emperor, acting on Jiang Li’s orders, monitored Niu Tian and Titan as they gathered treasures.
• Ma Xiaotao asked Zhang Lexuan about an ice-blue crystal priced at fifty million Gold Soul Coins, and Zhang Lexuan identified it as Frost Moon Essence suited to her Martial Soul.
• Zhang Lexuan decided to buy the Frost Moon Essence, and Ma Xiaotao wondered whether it could evolve Zhang Lexuan’s Martial Soul into an Ultimate Attribute.

Zhang Lexuan bought Frost Moon Essence to strengthen her Martial Soul, while Ma Xiaotao and the Mingde Hall group explored the Starry Sky Treasure Vault. Shrek Academy's leaders were left astonished by its vast collection of Soul Rings and Soul Bones.

• Zhang Lexuan bought Frost Moon Essence for fifty million Gold Soul Coins and planned to absorb it after returning to the academy.
• Ma Xiaotao said she had chosen a Fire Attribute Soul Bone but could not afford the other treasures she wanted, then went with Zhang Lexuan to explore more of the vault.
• Jing Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen examined the unfamiliar Soul Tools, and Jing Hongchen told them to record promising items before deciding what to buy.
• Jing Hongchen recorded Soul Tools that caught his attention while Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen searched the displays for items worth researching.
• Yan Shaozhe and the other Shrek Academy leaders marveled at the vault's immense collection of God-Given Soul Rings and Soul Bones, and Qian Duoduo suspected the auction house held even more powerful ones.

Shrek Academy’s group selected treasures within their limited budget, while Wang Dong helped Ling Luochen buy the Ten-Thousand Year Profound Ice she needed for her Martial Soul evolution. The reunited students shared their gains, including secret techniques and Contract Soul Beasts.

• Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er agreed to prioritize God-Given Soul Rings and rare Soul Bones as they chose treasures within the academy’s budget.
• Ling Luochen worried that she could not afford the Ten-Thousand Year Profound Ice needed to evolve her Ice Attribute Martial Soul.
• Wang Dong gave Ling Luochen the ten million Gold Soul Coins she was short, asking her to treat her to a meal after her Martial Soul evolved.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, He Caitou, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan reunited and discussed what they had obtained.
• Xiao Xiao revealed she had acquired the secret technique of Heart Separation Control, while Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan showed off their Contract Soul Beasts.

Huo Yuhao and his companions spent their remaining funds at the Starry Sky Treasure Vault, while Zhang Lexuan returned to Shrek Academy to absorb the Frost Moon Essence. She evolved her Martial Soul and broke through to the Titled Douluo realm, then received a God-Given Soul Ring from Mu En.

• Huo Yuhao admired the Contract Soul Beast, He Caitou chose a Level 5 Soul Tool Blueprint, and Bei Bei obtained an eight-thousand-year Soul Bone.
• Electrolux asked Huo Yuhao to buy a Contract Soul Beast for his research, and Wang Dong lent him Gold Soul Coins so he could purchase one.
• Zhang Lexuan hurried back to Shrek Academy with the Frost Moon Essence and asked Mu En to guard her while she absorbed it.
• Zhang Lexuan evolved her Full Moon Martial Spirit and broke through to the Titled Douluo realm.
• Mu En offered Zhang Lexuan a God-Given Soul Ring, and she initially tried to refuse before he insisted she accept it.

Zhang Lexuan absorbed a God-Given Soul Ring and became a Titled Douluo with two 100,000-Year Soul Rings, while Ling Luochen prepared to use Ten-Thousand Year Profound Ice to pursue Martial Soul Evolution. In Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness, Electrolux appeared and offered to teach him how to break contracts and practice necromancy.

• Zhang Lexuan absorbed the God-Given Soul Ring, gained a second 100,000-Year Soul Ring, and reached Titled Douluo.
• Huo Yuhao and the others returned from the Starry Sky Treasure Vault and were shocked by Zhang Lexuan’s breakthrough; Mu En praised their gains and told them to digest them.
• Ling Luochen returned to her room with the Ten-Thousand Year Profound Ice, hoping it would evolve her Martial Soul toward Ultimate Ice.
• Electrolux manifested in Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness and examined the Contract Soul Beast, finding similarities between contract arts and necromancy.
• Electrolux asked Huo Yuhao to take him as his master, offering to teach him how to break contracts and learn necromancy.