Chapter Summaries

After Ma Xiaotao absorbed her Soul Spirit and displayed her immense potential, several factions considered how to use or contain the power of Soul Spirits. Ling Yun began bidding on the hundred-thousand-year Radiant Divine Bird Soul Spirit, and Di Tian raised the price to one billion Gold Soul Coins.

• Zhongli Wu realized Ma Xiaotao had two Ultimate Fire Martial Spirits and ordered Holy Spirit Cult Elders to capture her after the auction.
• Yan Shaozhe praised Ma Xiaotao’s new strength, while Ning Qitian considered the Soul Spirits’ value to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School.
• Xiong Jun warned Di Tian that the Starry Sky Auction House might capture Soul Beasts to create Soul Spirits, and Di Tian agreed he would not allow it.
• Ling Yun opened bidding for the hundred-thousand-year Radiant Divine Bird Soul Spirit at five hundred million Gold Soul Coins.
• Yan Shaozhe and Zhongli Wu bid, with Zhongli Wu hoping the Holy Spirit Cult could learn to produce Soul Spirits.
• Di Tian raised the bid to one billion Gold Soul Coins to keep the Soul Spirit from Human Soul Masters and obtain it for his lord to study.

Di Tian outbid the other factions to secure the hundred-thousand-year Radiant Divine Bird Soul Spirit for 2.5 billion Gold Soul Coins. After the auction ended, Shrek Academy and the Soul Beast Clan remained behind, prompting Ling Yun to ask what they wanted.

• Di Tian raised the bid to 2.5 billion Gold Soul Coins, forcing Ning Qitian, Zhongli Wu, and the other factions to withdraw.
• Ling Yun sold the hundred-thousand-year Radiant Divine Bird Soul Spirit to Di Tian's group for 2.5 billion Gold Soul Coins.
• Myriad Demon King questioned whether the Soul Beast Clan had wasted its money if it could not uncover the Soul Spirit's secrets, and Di Tian said he had his own plans.
• Ling Yun announced the auction's end, but Shrek Academy and the Soul Beast Clan stayed behind.
• Ling Yun approached the two factions and asked why they were not leaving.

Xuan Zi asked the Starry Sky Auction House to treat Mu En, and Jiang Li agreed after Shrek Academy accepted the steep price. Di Tian then entered to discuss the Soul Beast Clan’s own transaction.

• Di Tian and Xuan Zi separately asked to make transactions with the Starry Sky Auction House, and Ling Yun led them upstairs.
• Ling Yun took Xuan Zi into a private room to meet Jiang Li while Di Tian waited outside.
• Xuan Zi asked Jiang Li to treat Mu En, and Jiang Li presented a costly list of resources required for the treatment.
• Xuan Zi agreed to pay Shrek Academy’s resources, and Jiang Li promised to treat Mu En at Shrek Academy in three days.
• Di Tian entered the room, and Jiang Li asked what transaction the Soul Beast Clan wanted to make.

Di Tian learned that artificial Soul Spirits would not require captured Soul Beasts and bought an Ultimate Light Martial Soul from Jiang Li for 2.5 billion Gold Soul Coins. He returned to the Star Dou Great Forest and told Gu Yuena that Soul Spirits could change the Soul Beast Clan’s plight.

• Di Tian asked Jiang Li whether Soul Spirits would require capturing Soul Beasts, and Jiang Li assured him they would be artificial.
• Jiang Li explained that a Soul Beast with a Human Transformation Pill and an additional Martial Soul could absorb a Soul Spirit, prompting Di Tian to seek a Martial Soul.
• Di Tian offered 2.5 billion Gold Soul Coins for an Ultimate Light Martial Soul, and Jiang Li accepted the deal.
• Jiang Li gave Di Tian the Bright Light Spirit Kite Martial Soul, which possessed the Ultimate Light Attribute.
• Di Tian and his companions returned to the Lake of Life, where he told Gu Yuena that Soul Spirits could change the Soul Beast Clan’s plight.

Di Tian revealed that the Starry Sky Auction House could create Soul Spirits and had sold him an Ultimate Light Martial Soul, giving the Soul Beast Clan a chance to gain human-style Soul Rings. Bi Ji volunteered to test the method, and the chapter ended as she absorbed the Bright Light Spirit Kite Martial Soul.

• Di Tian told Gu Yuena that the Starry Sky Auction House could create Soul Spirits without taking them from Soul Beasts, and Gu Yuena examined the Light God Bird's Soul Spirit but could not understand how it worked.
• Di Tian revealed that he had bought an Ultimate Light Martial Soul and that transformed Soul Beasts could absorb Human Martial Souls and Soul Spirits.
• Gu Yuena asked for a volunteer to test the method, and Bi Ji stepped forward, hoping to gain combat power and help the Soul Beast Clan.
• Di Tian gave Bi Ji the remaining Human Transformation Pill, which she swallowed before absorbing the Bright Light Spirit Kite Martial Soul.
• Powerful Light Power erupted around Bi Ji, illuminating the Forest Core Area as the surrounding trees shook beneath the pressure.

Bi Ji successfully merged with a Martial Soul and Soul Spirit, gaining four Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and the ability to fight alongside her Soul Spirit. Gu Yuena resolved to pursue future auction items to strengthen the Soul Beast Clan, while three days later Shrek Academy prepared its defenses for battle.

• Bi Ji manifested the Bright Light Spirit Kite Martial Soul after absorbing a Martial Soul through the Contract Array.
• Bi Ji completed her Soul Spirit merger and gained four Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.
• Bi Ji confirmed she could use her Martial Soul and Soul Skills and fight alongside the Light God Bird Soul Spirit.
• Gu Yuena ordered the Soul Beasts to secure future Martial Souls, Human Transformation Pills, and Soul Spirits from Starry Sky Auction House.
• Three days later, Shrek Academy's experts prepared for battle as hundreds of defensive Soul Tools hovered above the academy.

Jiang Li, Ling Yun, and Lei Yao arrived at Shrek Academy to treat Mu En, whose life was rapidly fading. Ling Yun used her Life God Tree and eighth soul skill to restore his meridians and Origin Power, leaving him essentially healed.

• Jiang Li, Ling Yun, and Lei Yao arrived at Shrek Academy, where Xuan Zi led them to Mu En’s cottage.
• Ling Yun examined Mu En and found that his injuries were severe and his Origin Power was rapidly leaking away.
• Ling Yun asked Xuan Zi and the others to leave while she treated Mu En, and Mu En agreed to proceed.
• Ling Yun filled the cottage with Life Force and slowly infused it into Mu En to prolong the treatment.
• Ling Yun used her eighth soul skill, Life Resurgence, to repair Mu En’s meridians and restore his Origin Power.
• Mu En awoke with his vitality restored, and Ling Yun said that his condition was no longer serious.

Mu En recovered from his injuries and seized the chance to advance within the Limit Douluo realm, while Shrek Academy’s leaders learned the realm’s three stages. The breakthrough strengthened the academy, but Huo Yuhao sensed Elder Mu’s familiar aura and feared something had happened to him.

• Mu En’s healed body let him begin a breakthrough, and Ling Yun told the Sea God Pavilion Members to leave him undisturbed.
• Xuan Zi explained that Mu En had advanced from the Initial Limit Douluo stage, and Jiang Li named the three stages as Quasi-Demigod, Demigod, and Quasi-God.
• Jiang Li, Lei Yao, and the others departed, after which the Golden Tree poured its power into Mu En’s room and a Golden Dragon appeared above Shrek Academy.
• Mu En emerged with his injuries healed and his strength advanced, thanked the others for their sacrifice, and resolved to protect Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yuhao felt a powerful surge of Light Power like Elder Mu’s aura and worried that something had happened to him.

Huo Yuhao learned that Mu En had likely recovered and broken through with help from a Limit Douluo with the Ultimate Life Attribute. At the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School, the Rare Martial Soul Awakening Stone produced unusually powerful Martial Souls, including a second Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Master, while Jiang Li received Auction Points for both developments.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sensed that Mu En had advanced further within the Limit Douluo realm, and Huo Yuhao suspected the Starry Sky Auction House's Ultimate Life Attribute expert had healed him.
• Ning Qitian oversaw the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School's awakening ceremony and found that the Rare Martial Soul Awakening Stone improved the children's Martial Soul results.
• A child awakened a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul, and Ning Qitian celebrated the sect's second Soul Master with that inheritance.
• Ning Qitian ordered the Elders and disciples to keep the awakening stone's effects and the ceremony's results secret.
• Jiang Li received Auction Points after Mu En's recovery and the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School's successful awakenings, and he was surprised that the stone had produced a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Master.

Zhang Lexuan led the Shrek Seven Devils on a mission to destroy an Evil Soul Master stronghold near the Star Luo Empire–Sun Moon Empire border. They found the group in a cave and launched an attack, leaving the Evil Soul Masters caught off guard.

• Zhang Lexuan told Ma Xiaotao and the others that the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Competition might be moved forward because Evil Soul Masters were becoming more active, then assigned them a mission to eliminate a suspected stronghold.
• Zhang Lexuan and the seven Shrek Seven Devils left Shrek Academy and reached the border after nightfall.
• Zhang Lexuan warned the group that the Holy Spirit Cult had obtained the Spirit Devouring Art, while Ma Xiaotao described how the team had grown stronger.
• Zhang Lexuan led the group into a cave, where they found Evil Soul Masters gathered together.
• Dai Yueheng, Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and the others attacked, and the Death God Envoy recognized them as members of Shrek Academy.

Zhang Lexuan protected Ma Xiaotao and the others from a deadly explosion, then led them to the Evil Soul Masters’ final stronghold and attacked its Soul Douluo guards. As she moved to rejoin her team, Netherworld Douluo confronted her, revealing a powerful Holy Spirit Cult presence at the base.

• The Death God Envoy detonated hidden explosives among the Puppets, and Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng shielded their teammates while Zhang Lexuan weakened the blast with her Full Moon Martial Spirit.
• Zhang Lexuan rebuked the battered team for underestimating their enemies, and Ma Xiaotao and the others admitted their mistake.
• Zhang Lexuan led the team to the Evil Soul Masters’ final stronghold and sent Ma Xiaotao and the others to fight separately while she pursued the Soul Douluo.
• Zhang Lexuan killed three Soul Douluo who were performing a ritual inside a formation.
• As Zhang Lexuan headed to rejoin her team, Netherworld Douluo appeared and attacked her with his blood-red Netherworld Sword Martial Spirit.

Zhang Lexuan fought Netherworld Douluo while Ma Xiaotao and the Shrek Seven Devils fought the Holy Spirit Cult’s Evil Soul Masters. When Netherworld Douluo turned his attack on Ma Xiaotao’s group, Zhang Lexuan prepared to intervene with her 100,000-Year Soul Ring.

• Netherworld Douluo revealed himself and attacked Zhang Lexuan, who countered with her Silver Moon Avatar as their battle began.
• Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and the others rushed to defeat the weaker Evil Soul Masters and help Zhang Lexuan.
• Ma Xiaotao unleashed her Blazing Emperor Heavenly Dragon Martial Soul and World-Destroying Flame, while her Crimson Flame Divine Tiger helped her attack the Evil Soul Masters.
• Netherworld Douluo recognized the Shrek Seven Devils and redirected his assault toward Ma Xiaotao and her companions.
• Zhang Lexuan saw the blood-red palm print about to strike Ma Xiaotao and activated her nine soul rings, including her 100,000-Year Soul Ring.

Zhang Lexuan used her newly awakened Moon Domain and powerful soul skills to defeat and kill Netherworld Douluo. After he fired a signal flare to summon reinforcements, she and the Shrek Inspection Team left the valley to report back to the academy.

• Zhang Lexuan activated Moon Domain, slowing Netherworld Douluo and weakening him with Purification Power as she attacked.
• Ma Xiaotao and the others fought off the remaining Evil Soul Masters while Zhang Lexuan confronted Netherworld Douluo alone.
• Netherworld Douluo tried to escape and fired a signal flare calling for aid from nearby strongholds.
• Zhang Lexuan killed Netherworld Douluo with her Moonlight Divine Sword.
• Zhang Lexuan warned Ma Xiaotao and the others that more Evil Soul Masters would arrive, and the team left the valley to report to the academy.

After Shrek Academy killed Netherworld Douluo and destroyed the Holy Spirit Cult’s border strongholds, Zhongli Wu launched the second phase of the Doomsday Plan and sent Feng Ling toward Shrek City. Zhang Lexuan and her team returned to Shrek Academy with evidence of the cult’s schemes, prompting Xuan Zi to convene a response.

• Zhongli Wu learned that Shrek Academy had killed Netherworld Douluo and eradicated seventeen Holy Spirit Cult strongholds along the Sun Moon and Star Luo borders.
• Zhongli Wu ordered the First Evil Soul Master Legion to assemble for an attack on Shrek City and summoned Feng Ling to lead the operation.
• Zhongli Wu gave Feng Ling the Martial Soul Duplication Mirror and told her to use it against Mu En or Xuan Zi if they appeared.
• Zhang Lexuan led Ma Xiaotao and the others safely back to Shrek Academy, where Xuan Zi asked about their mission.
• Zhang Lexuan told Xuan Zi that Netherworld Douluo had appeared at the final stronghold, and Xuan Zi sent the team away to discuss the Holy Spirit Cult’s plans with Mu En and the others.

Xuan Zi ordered Shrek Academy to reinforce Shrek City's defenses and watch the Holy Spirit Cult, while Jiang Li learned that the cult had sent an army and infiltrators toward the city. After gathering enough Auction Points from the escalating conflict, Jiang Li considered using a card that would raise him to Rank 99 Limit Douluo.

• Xuan Zi told Zhang Lexuan to strengthen Shrek City's defenses and mobilize informants, then contacted Elder Mu to convene a Sea God Pavilion Meeting.
• Jiang Li received a surge of Auction Points as the Holy Spirit Cult's planned retaliation and the brewing war changed Douluo Continent's future.
• Jiang Li ordered Soul Emperor to investigate the Holy Spirit Cult's plans and search for clues across the continent.
• Soul Emperor discovered that Feng Ling was leading a Rank 98 Peak Douluo and five Titled Douluo Experts toward Shrek Academy, while disguised Evil Soul Masters sabotaged Shrek City's defenses.
• Jiang Li reflected that Shrek Academy could withstand the attack and turned his attention to the Limit Douluo Soul Power Enhancement Card he could now afford.

Jiang Li used a Soul Power Upgrade Card to reach Limit Douluo and watched for the conflict between the Holy Spirit Cult and Shrek Academy to escalate. Three days later, the Holy Spirit Cult infiltrated Shrek City and began its attack, while Jiang Li observed as explosions engulfed the city and academy.

• Jiang Li crushed the upgrade card and broke through to a Limit Douluo, impressing Soul Emperor with the purity and strength of his Soul Power.
• Jiang Li ordered Soul Emperor to monitor the Holy Spirit Cult and Shrek Academy, then considered secretly worsening their conflict to earn more Auction Points.
• Three days later, Feng Ling led Holy Spirit Cult Elders and Evil Soul Masters in an infiltration of Shrek City, after they compromised its defenses and planted Soul Guidance Cannonballs.
• Soul Emperor warned Jiang Li that the Holy Spirit Cult had infiltrated Shrek City, but Jiang Li chose to wait and see what trouble they caused.
• Hidden cannonballs exploded across Shrek City, and flames and shockwaves swept through the city and Shrek Academy.

Holy Spirit Cult launched a coordinated attack on Shrek Academy and Shrek City, prompting Xuan Zi and the academy’s experts to fight back and protect civilians. Xuan Zi pursued the attacking Elder until Feng Ling intervened, and he recognized her as Yan Shaozhe’s former lover.

• Explosions and alarms erupted across Shrek Academy and Shrek City as Evil Soul Masters attacked, and the teachers evacuated students while Shrek’s experts mobilized.
• Xuan Zi killed an Evil Soul Master and confronted Yan Shaozhe about the breached defenses, but Old Zhuang and Xian Lin'er urged everyone to focus on the crisis.
• Xuan Zi used his Mental Power to locate the Holy Spirit Cult Elder directing the attack and pursued him as the Elder fled and called for help.
• Feng Ling rushed to protect the Elder and intercepted Xuan Zi with an attack, confident that her Martial Soul Duplication Mirror could help her face a Limit Douluo.
• Xuan Zi recognized Feng Ling and recalled that she had once loved Yan Shaozhe before her evil Martial Soul awakened and she tried to devour his Light Phoenix.

Feng Ling used the Martial Soul Duplication Mirror to copy Xuan Zi’s Limit Douluo strength and attacked Shrek Academy while the Holy Spirit Cult withdrew its people. Xuan Zi stopped her Ninth Soul Skill from destroying the entire academy, but nearly half of Shrek was left in ruins, and Jiang Li suspected the Cult’s attack concealed a greater plan.

• Xuan Zi confronted Feng Ling about the Holy Spirit Cult’s long-planned turmoil, and she revealed that Shrek’s earlier raids had cost the Cult powerful members and resources.
• Feng Ling used the Martial Soul Duplication Mirror to copy Xuan Zi’s Martial Soul, Soul Rings, Soul Power Level, and aura, then fought him above Shrek Academy.
• Feng Ling unleashed the copied Ninth Soul Skill toward the academy, forcing Xuan Zi to block its attack and leaving him unable to stop her signal for the disguised Evil Soul Masters to retreat.
• Feng Ling escaped as Xuan Zi’s defense failed to prevent extensive destruction, with nearly half of Shrek Academy collapsing and Xuan Zi injured.
• Jiang Li watched from the Starry Sky Auction House and suspected the Holy Spirit Cult’s destruction was meant to conceal a larger conspiracy.

A month after the battle between Shrek Academy and the Holy Spirit Cult, Jiang Li hosted a new auction as the rival factions eyed one another warily. He presented three mysterious wooden puppets, whose purpose remained unknown.

• Jiang Li tallied the Auction Points gained from the battle and decided the Starry Sky Auction House should prepare for its next auction.
• A month passed, and the continent's powers gathered at the Starry Sky Auction House while Shrek Academy and the Holy Spirit Cult watched each other.
• Xuan Zi restrained his anger toward the Holy Spirit Cult at Mu En's urging, while Feng Ling said the cult was prepared and protected by the Martial Soul Duplication Mirror.
• Jiang Li opened the auction and summoned three palm-sized wooden puppets that gave off no discernible aura.

Jiang Li revealed the abilities of the Substitute Death Puppet, Clone Puppet, and Curse Puppet, prompting the factions at the auction to plan how to obtain them. Gu Yuena ordered Di Tian to secure all three for the Soul Beast Clan, while the Holy Spirit Cult also resolved to compete for them.

• Jiang Li explained that the Substitute Death Puppet could save its bearer from a fatal crisis by teleporting them to an unpredictable location.
• Jiang Li said the Clone Puppet created a copy with half the user's strength, and destroying the copy did not harm the original.
• Jiang Li revealed that the Curse Puppet could secretly inflict a deadly curse on a weaker target or severely injure a stronger one without harming the caster.
• Di Tian urged Gu Yuena to obtain the puppets, and Gu Yuena ordered him to spare no expense, intending to use the Curse Puppet against a God King.
• An Elder of the Holy Spirit Cult urged Zhongli Wu to obtain the puppets and use the Curse Puppet against powerful Shrek Academy experts such as Mu En or Xuan Zi.