Chapter Summaries

Ye Mu discussed the Clear Sky Sect’s blockade with the chat group, then arrived at Shrek Academy as Zhao Wuji prepared to lead the students to the Star Dou Great Forest. He asked to travel with them, leaving Zhao Wuji and the students wary of his intentions.

• Ye Mu learned that the Clear Sky Sect was being blockaded by Ning Rongrong’s grandfathers and had resorted to farming and raising pigs to survive.
• Ye Mu advised the group to withdraw before the Clear Sky Sect made a desperate attack, and praised a strategy of retreating, harassing, and pursuing.
• Zhao Wuji gave departure instructions to Dai Mubai, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar outside Shrek Academy.
• Ye Mu rode up to the academy gates, alarming Zhao Wuji and making Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Xiao Wu tense.
• Ye Mu said he planned to visit the Star Dou Great Forest and asked to join the group, then refused to tell Xiao Wu why he was going.

Ye Mu forced Zhao Wuji to let him travel with Shrek Academy to the Star Dou Great Forest, then rested separately from the group in a town tavern. When another academy party arrived, Ye Mu recognized the start of a likely confrontation and explained Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire.

• Tang San advised Zhao Wuji to keep Ye Mu in sight, and Zhao Wuji reluctantly agreed to let him travel alongside Shrek Academy.
• Ye Mu rode ahead of the group and, after a day’s journey, arrived with them at a small town where they planned to stay overnight.
• Zhao Wuji and the students ate together in a tavern while Ye Mu sat at a separate table.
• A middle-aged man and seven young Soul Masters in matching moon-white robes entered the tavern.
• Ye Mu identified Ma Hongjun among the Shrek students and told the others that his Evil Fire had driven him to seek relief since his Martial Soul awakened at age six.

Ye Mu and the chat condemned Ma Hongjun’s lewd behavior and Flender’s failure to guide him. At Shrek Academy, Ma Hongjun openly insulted a girl from Canghui Academy, setting the stage for a confrontation.

• Ye Mu said Ma Hongjun’s mutated Martial Soul and Flender’s unwillingness to spend money had left him without a way to control his Evil Fire.
• At Shrek Academy, Ma Hongjun ogled a girl from Canghui Academy and boasted about her figure to Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai ignored Ma Hongjun, whose crude remarks grew more blatant despite his silence.
• The girl from Canghui Academy, her fellow students, and their teacher reacted with anger and humiliation.
• Oscar told Tang San that Flender taught that Soul Masters who did not dare cause trouble were mediocrities, and Tang San joked about compiling Flender’s sayings.

A staged spill in a tavern triggered a fight between Shrek Academy and Canghui Academy, while Ye Mu watched from the sidelines. As Shrek gained the upper hand, a stray soul skill tore apart Ye Mu’s table and food.

• A Canghui Academy student deliberately bumped into a waiter, but Tang San used Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon to keep the stew from spilling on Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai attacked the student, breaking his arm and sending him crashing through tables, then Ma Hongjun taunted Canghui Academy’s teacher, Ye Zhiqiu.
• Ye Zhiqiu ordered his six students to teach Shrek Academy a lesson, and Xiao Wu, Tang San, Oscar, and the others joined the fight.
• Shrek Academy used its superior strength and experience to gain the advantage as the tavern was wrecked in the battle.
• A stray soul skill struck Ye Mu’s table, tearing it apart and reducing its dishes and food to powder.

Ye Mu unleashed his terrifying Soul Power after the fight between Shrek Academy and Canghui Academy ruined his meal, then brutally defeated the Canghui students. He turned his spear toward Tang San and the other Shrek Academy members and announced that they were next.

• Ye Mu erupted with Soul Power and revealed four black Soul Rings, shocking both academies and the tavern’s diners.
• Ye Mu struck two Canghui Academy students with his Iron Spear, sending them through the tavern wall.
• Ye Mu blocked Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Fire Line with a Rhombic Crystal Shield, then used Wind-Breaking Charge to knock out the remaining Canghui Academy students.
• Ye Mu pointed his Iron Spear at Tang San, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar and said it was their turn.

Ye Mu confronted the Shrek Academy group and beat all five after Ma Hongjun provoked him. The Shrek students were left injured and terrified, having experienced the helplessness Dai Mubai had felt.

• Tang San and Ma Hongjun warned Ye Mu that Zhao was upstairs and would stop him, but Ye Mu blamed Ma Hongjun for provoking the fight.
• Ye Mu threatened to make Ma Hongjun suffer the same fate as Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun begged him for mercy.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, and the others attacked Ye Mu, but he defeated all five with his Iron Spear without using a soul skill.
• Ma Hongjun was left especially badly beaten, and the Shrek group stared at Ye Mu in terror.
• Someone shouted at Ye Mu, asking what he was doing.

Ye Mu used the Pope Order to stop Zhao Wuji and make Ye Zhiqiu answer for the disturbance at the tavern. He defeated Ye Zhiqiu with a single spear technique, leaving Zhao Wuji to witness his strength and Spirit Hall authority.

• Zhao Wuji rushed downstairs and found his five students beaten, but Ye Mu halted him by throwing him the Pope Order.
• Zhao Wuji recognized the token as one of Spirit Hall’s highest symbols of authority and noticed that Ye Mu now had four black Soul Rings.
• Ye Mu demanded that Ye Zhiqiu take one attack and compensate for the tavern damage, and Ye Zhiqiu agreed rather than risk offending him.
• Ye Zhiqiu activated his strongest defensive Soul Skills, but Ye Mu’s Nine Star Array-Breaking Spear shattered them and severely injured him.

Ye Mu drove off Ye Zhiqiu and his students, then continued with Zhao Wuji and the Shrek students to the Star Dou Great Forest. When they encountered a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent suited to Oscar, the Live Broadcast commenters wondered if it was Meng Yiran’s.

• Ye Mu’s spear strike severely injured Ye Zhiqiu, who paid compensation before leaving with his students.
• Ye Mu departed for the night, and the next morning he traveled with Zhao Wuji and the Shrek students to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Zhao Wuji warned the students to stay close and avoid engaging Soul Beasts without his orders.
• Zhao Wuji sensed an approaching creature and sent Xiao Wu to identify it.
• Xiao Wu spotted a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent estimated to be a little over a thousand years old, and Zhao Wuji said its Soul Ring would suit Oscar.
• The Live Broadcast commenters wondered whether the serpent was the one Meng Yiran had been pursuing.

Ye Mu and the Shrek group encountered the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, but Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran arrived and claimed it first. Meng Yiran met Ye Mu, openly admired his looks, and blushed when he complimented her.

• Ye Mu agreed that he would take the group to Sea God Island when they had the chance.
• Xiao Wu failed to stop the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Zhao Wuji helped the group subdue it so Oscar could claim its Soul Ring.
• Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran arrived and objected to Oscar taking the serpent, claiming they had found and tracked it first.
• Meng Yiran approached Ye Mu, told him he was handsome, and blushed when he called her beautiful.

Ye Mu reunited with Meng Yiran during the dispute over the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and their flirtation stunned both sides. He told Meng Yiran he would find her a better Soul Beast and took her away on his horse, leaving the others to claim the serpent.

• Ye Mu teased Meng Yiran about being shy in person, and she blushed while admitting that meeting him was different from watching his livestream.
• Chao Tianxiang, Zhao Wuji, and the others noticed Ye Mu and Meng Yiran's closeness, while Ma Hongjun envied Ye Mu and Dai Mubai resented him.
• Chao Tianxiang ordered Meng Yiran back to focus on the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Zhao Wuji worried that Ye Mu might side with her.
• Meng Yiran asked Ye Mu whether she should help her grandmother, but Ye Mu offered to find her a better Soul Beast and let the others have the serpent.
• Meng Yiran accepted Ye Mu's hand, and he pulled her onto the Wind-Galloping Horse in front of him.

Ye Mu rode off with Meng Yiran, leaving Chao Tianxiang to learn that he was a Spirit Hall Soul Ancestor with four ten-thousand-year Soul Rings. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Ye Mu discussed Meng Yiran’s cultivation path and set out to find her a powerful snake-type Soul Beast.

• Ye Mu took Meng Yiran away on the Wind-Galloping Horse, leaving Chao Tianxiang and the Shrek group behind to deal with the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.
• Oscar absorbed the serpent’s purple Soul Ring while Zhao Wuji told Chao Tianxiang that Ye Mu was a powerful Spirit Hall Soul Ancestor with four ten-thousand-year Soul Rings.
• Chao Tianxiang left for the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest after deciding to accept Meng Yiran’s choice to go with Ye Mu.
• Ye Mu read the group chat as Meng Yiran rode with him, then questioned her Control System path and advised her to pursue strong attack instead.
• Ye Mu and Meng Yiran began looking for a powerful snake-type Soul Beast for her next Soul Ring.

After Meng Yiran absorbed her third Soul Ring, Ye Mu took her to watch Shrek Academy face a sudden threat. A Titan Giant Ape appeared at the camp, and Ye Mu said its arrival had something to do with Xiao Wu.

• Meng Yiran became a Soul Elder, and Ye Mu took her to watch a show near Shrek Academy's camp.
• Meng Yiran joked about finding girlfriends for Ye Mu, while the livestream participants discussed whether they liked him.
• Zhao Wuji sensed danger and ordered the Shrek Academy students out of their tents and behind him.
• The Titan Giant Ape emerged from the forest, and Tang San identified it as a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast.
• Ye Mu said the Titan Giant Ape's appearance had something to do with Xiao Wu and began to explain.

The Titan Giant Ape overwhelmed Shrek Academy and carried Xiao Wu away, leaving Tang San devastated and Zhao Wuji badly injured. Ye Mu then began explaining Fierce Beasts, saying the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python were only like gatekeepers beside them.

• Zhao Wuji, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Tang San attacked the Titan Giant Ape, but their attacks could not harm it.
• The Titan Giant Ape struck Zhao Wuji down, severely injuring him and leaving him unable to fight.
• The Titan Giant Ape seized Xiao Wu and carried her into the forest despite Tang San's desperate Hidden Weapon attacks.
• Tang San collapsed in despair as the others watched, while the chat discussed his feelings for Xiao Wu and his lack of strength.
• Ye Mu began explaining Fierce Beasts and said the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python were like gatekeepers compared with them.

Ye Mu explained the Star Dou Great Forest’s powerful Fierce Beasts and the strength of their bloodlines, including how Ultimate Martial Souls worked. He ended by warning everyone to avoid fighting Xiong Jun, whose Sky-Ripping Claw could injure even a Pure-Blooded True Dragon.

• Ye Mu explained that Fierce Beasts were Soul Beasts with over two hundred thousand years of cultivation and described Zi Ji as a formidable Pure-Blooded True Dragon.
• Ye Mu described Scarlet King’s near-Ultimate Hellfire and explained the traits of Ultimate Martial Souls, naming the Six-Winged Angel as an example.
• Ye Mu introduced Xiong Jun as a four-hundred-thousand-year-old Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear with immense offensive power and part of a Behemoth bloodline.
• Ye Mu explained that Behemoths were extinct on Douluo Planet and that adult Golden Behemoths could reach God King level.
• Ye Mu warned that Xiong Jun’s Sky-Ripping Claw could injure a Pure-Blooded True Dragon and urged the women to avoid fighting him.

Ye Mu explained the origins and abilities of the Star Dou Great Forest’s most powerful Fierce Beasts, culminating in Di Tian, the Soul Beast King infinitely close to a god. He then began introducing the Three Heavenly Kings of the Extreme North, leaving their identities and details for what came next.

• Ye Mu explained that King of Ten Thousand Demons became the strongest Plant-type Soul Beast after consuming an Immortal Spirit Herb.
• Ye Mu described Bi Ji as the kindest and strongest Healing System Soul Beast, with nearly six hundred thousand years of cultivation.
• Ye Mu revealed that Di Tian was the strongest being beneath the God Realm, taught the Dragon God Claw by the Dragon God and born to the Light Dragon King and Dark Dragon King.
• Meng Yiran asked what they should do if they encountered such a powerful Soul Beast, and Ye Mu said the Fierce Beasts were likely asleep and guarding someone connected to the Dragon God.
• Ye Mu finished discussing the Star Dou Great Forest and introduced the Three Heavenly Kings of the Extreme North.

Ye Mu explained the Extreme North’s powerful Soul Beasts and suggested that Bibi Dong might develop a Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Meanwhile, Tang San fought a Man Faced Demon Spider for his Third Soul Ring, while Ye Mu and Meng Yiran watched from nearby.

• Ye Mu described the Titan Snow Demon King, Ice Empress, and unique Heavenly Snow Woman to Meng Yiran and the others in the chat.
• Ye Mu admitted he wanted to sleep with the Snow Empress, prompting the others to tease him and discuss the Ice Empress and Snow Empress’s powerful combined move.
• Ye Mu and Meng Yiran followed Tang San and watched him fight the Man Faced Demon Spider; Ye Mu said Tang San needed a Soul Ring, despite claiming he was rescuing Xiao Wu.
• Ye Mu suggested that Bibi Dong might use her two spider Martial Souls to create a Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Bibi Dong agreed to study the idea cautiously.
• Tang San continued fighting with shallow wounds, determined to claim the Man Faced Demon Spider as his Third Soul Ring.

Ye Mu knocked Tang San unconscious, killed the Man Faced Demon Spider, and absorbed its External Soul Bone. The system transformed the Eight Spider Lances into the Eye of the Firmament and granted Ye Mu the Eight Inner Gates as he prepared to leave for Heaven Dou City with Meng Yiran.

• Ye Mu struck Tang San unconscious, then killed the wounded Man Faced Demon Spider with his Iron Spear.
• Ye Mu extracted the spider's External Soul Bone while Meng Yiran watched, then absorbed it and left Tang San behind.
• Ye Mu rode away with Meng Yiran and told the livestream viewers that their next stream would be their trip to Heaven Dou City.
• The system transformed Ye Mu's Eight Spider Lances into the Eye of the Firmament, granting him four Soul Skills.
• Ye Mu received the Eight Inner Gates secret technique and planned to use it against Tang San in the future.

After Tang San was found unconscious, Xiao Wu returned alive and explained how she escaped the Titan Giant Ape and gained her Third Soul Ring. With the attacker who knocked Tang San out still unknown, Zhao Wuji led the group to leave the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Zhao Wuji and the others searched for Tang San and found him unconscious beside a fallen tree, with injuries that were not serious.
• Xiao Wu emerged from the bushes, rushed to Tang San, and asked what had happened to him.
• Tang San awoke and recalled fighting a Man Faced Demon Spider before someone struck him from behind and knocked him out.
• Zhao Wuji ruled out Ye Mu as the attacker, while Tang San admitted he had not seen who ambushed him.
• Xiao Wu said the Titan Giant Ape fled after a more terrifying aura appeared, and she absorbed a dying thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit to gain her Third Soul Ring.
• Zhao Wuji ordered everyone to stay together and leave the Star Dou Great Forest.

Meng Yiran chose to leave with Ye Mu after obtaining her third Soul Ring, and Chao Tianxiang reluctantly accepted her decision. In Spirit City, Bibi Dong assigned Yue Guan and Gui Mei a public opinion campaign targeting Dai Mubai.

• Ye Mu and Meng Yiran returned to Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Yiran showed off her third Soul Ring.
• Meng Yiran refused to return home and told Chao Tianxiang she had decided to travel with Ye Mu to grow stronger.
• Chao Tianxiang accepted Meng Yiran's choice and asked Ye Mu to take good care of her.
• Chao Tianxiang left, and Ye Mu comforted Meng Yiran as they prepared to set out together.
• Bibi Dong summoned Yue Guan and Gui Mei and explained that their new assignment was a public opinion campaign against Dai Mubai.

Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to launch a public opinion campaign to disgrace Dai Mubai and force the Star Luo Royal Family to expel him. In Suotuo City, Meng Yiran asked Ye Mu if their walk together counted as a date, and he agreed that it did if she thought so.

• Bibi Dong outlined rumors attacking Dai Mubai's private life, royal dignity, abilities, and character, and ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to spread them.
• Bibi Dong said the campaign's goal was to make the Star Luo Royal Family publicly strip Dai Mubai of his royal status and privileges.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei accepted Bibi Dong's orders to begin the public opinion campaign.
• In Suotuo City, Meng Yiran nervously asked Ye Mu whether their walk together counted as a date.
• Ye Mu told Meng Yiran that it counted if she thought it did, and she happily agreed.