Chapter Summaries

Mu Yuan and the injured Body Sect members escaped Xuan Zi by entering the Undead Semi-Plane, where Electrolux’s God Descent Art helped Mu Yuan withstand Xuan Zi’s attack. Xuan Zi was left outside as Du Busi arrived, furious that the group had vanished.

• Snow Empress used her Hundred-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus power to block Xuan Zi’s strike, but the lotus shattered and she was injured.
• Mu Yuan sent Wei Na and the others through the Gate of the Undead, then called on Electrolux to use the God Descent Art and meet Xuan Zi’s attack with Heavenly Thunder.
• Mu Yuan was wounded but used the impact to fly through the gate; Xuan Zi stopped pursuing when Spatial Rifts formed, and the gate closed.
• Inside the Undead Semi-Plane, Mu Yuan and the others took Life-Extending Pills and began recovering, while Mu Yuan sensed his Soul Power nearing a breakthrough.
• Du Busi arrived at the battle site, could not sense the others, and vowed that his grudge with Shrek Academy would never end.

Xuan Zi fled from Du Busi after the interception failed, while Du Busi carried Yu Gu to Shrek City and unleashed his Poison Domain on Shrek. Mu En emerged to defend the academy, but Du Busi’s attacks forced the aging Limit Douluo to summon his full strength.

• Du Busi caught up to Xuan Zi during the chase, but Xuan Zi escaped toward the Star Dou Forest, leaving Du Busi to head for Shrek City.
• Da Ming and Er Ming returned to the Body Sect without realizing that Xuan Zi had pursued Chi Xiao’s group and provoked Du Busi.
• Du Busi left Yu Gu in a village outside Shrek City and covered the academy with his Death Kingdom Poison Domain.
• Mu En recognized that Du Busi had reached Level 99 and tried to stop him, while Du Busi insisted there was no misunderstanding and continued attacking Shrek’s students.
• Mu En stopped holding back, transformed into a platinum dragon, and rose into the sky to confront Du Busi.

Mu En fought Du Busi in a battle that grew increasingly brutal as Shrek’s elders and students watched from the academy. After more than ten hours, Mu En began to weaken, leaving Shrek’s future in danger.

• Du Busi refused to negotiate and attacked Mu En, who resolved to fight to the death to defend Shrek Academy.
• Mu En and Du Busi clashed with their respective powers over heaven and earth, while Elder Zhuang gathered the Sea God Pavilion members and Inner Court Disciples under the Golden Ancient Tree’s protection.
• Elder Zhuang and the Pavilion Elders wondered why Du Busi had come to Shrek and what had happened to Xuan Zi, Shaozhe, and the competition team.
• As the battle continued for more than ten hours, Du Busi’s Poison Arts grew stronger while Mu En’s Bright Sacred Dragon weakened and began to lose ground.
• Elder Zhuang closed his eyes in despair as Shrek’s Outer Court Core Disciples were brought to Sea God Island and the elders prepared to rely on the Golden Ancient Tree.

Du Busi killed Mu En and left Shrek after a Sea God phantom emerged from the Golden Ancient Tree and deterred him. Mu Yuan and the others recovered, and Wei Na suspected she and the Snow Empress had formed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Du Busi struck Mu En with his twin-dragon attack, causing the Bright Sacred Dragon to collapse and Mu En to die.
• Du Busi stopped Mu En's final Holy Dragon phantom from merging with the Golden Ancient Tree, awakening platinum-patterned vines and a Sea God phantom.
• Du Busi withdrew rather than challenge the Sea God phantom, took Mu En's six Soul Bones, and left Shrek City.
• The Sea God phantom and the vines returned to the Golden Ancient Tree after Shrek's disciples worshipped them.
• Mu Yuan, Chi Xiao, Qi Lin, Wei Na, and the Snow Empress discussed their recovery, and Wei Na suggested she and the Snow Empress had formed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

After escaping Xuan Zi, Xue'er explained that her Snow Lotus Martial Soul's origin had been damaged, while Mu Yuan learned the damage could help advance her human transformation. The group returned safely to the Body Sect, where Du Busi learned they had survived and renewed his anger at Xuan Zi.

• Xue'er denied that she and Wei Na had formed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill and explained that she needed to borrow Wei Na's Snow Lotus aura to replenish her damaged Martial Soul Origin.
• Electrolux told Mu Yuan that Xue'er's damaged Snow Lotus foundation could stabilize through Wei Na's aura and might accelerate her human transformation.
• Mu Yuan opened the Gate of the Undead, and the group emerged safely before deciding to return to the sect rather than search for Du Busi.
• Du Busi prepared to dismantle the Body Sect's gate and vowed to spend ten years killing Shrek disciples after Xuan Zi's ambush killed two elders and younger disciples.
• Mu Yuan's group returned to the Body Sect, and Du Busi saw that everyone had survived and mocked Xuan Zi for calling himself a Level 98 Super Douluo.

After returning safely to the Body Sect, Xue'er considered Mu Yuan’s advice to reshape her damaged Snow Lotus Martial Soul, while Du Busi examined Mu En’s Soul Bones and the Sword of Judgment. Mu Yuan entrusted the sword’s Core Array to Electrolux for analysis and suspected Xu Tianran had prepared to betray the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Du Busi praised Chi Xiao and the others for surviving Xuan Zi’s attack, then asked whether Xue'er’s damaged Martial Soul origin could be restored.
• Mu Yuan suggested Xue'er use an ice-attributed Heavenly Treasure to reshape her Snow Lotus Martial Soul, and she considered making the Ice Empress her Second Martial Soul.
• Chi Xiao and the others left to rest, and Du Busi examined Mu En’s Soul Bones and planned to let Mu Yuan and the others choose some.
• Mu Yuan asked Du Busi to let him study the Sword of Judgment, and Du Busi handed it over.
• Mu Yuan asked Electrolux to analyze the sword’s Core Array and suspected Xu Tianran had prepared a way to turn against the Holy Spirit Cult.

Mu Yuan studied the Sword of Judgment before the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid he had nurtured became a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and chose to Sacrifice itself to him. As the Soul Ring merged with Mu Yuan, its power began strengthening his body so he could withstand it.

• Mu Yuan found that his level-fifty Soul Power could not fully activate the Sword of Judgment, so he studied its Core Array with Mental Power.
• Three days later, Mu Yuan discovered that the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid he had nurtured in his Second Sea of Consciousness had gained intelligence and become a Soul Beast.
• The Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid transformed into a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, drawing Du Busi, Xue'er, Yu Gu, Chi Xiao, and others to Mu Yuan's room.
• The Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid survived its Hundred-Thousand-Year Lightning Tribulation and then Sacrificed itself to Mu Yuan, forming a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• As the Soul Ring merged with Mu Yuan, the orchid's Soul Power and medicinal potency strengthened his body and helped him endure its force.

Mu Yuan completed the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid's sacrifice and gained a hundred-thousand-year fifth Soul Ring and Soul Bone, along with new abilities. Inspired by the Orchid's spirituality, he resolved to focus on forging and develop Spirit Metal.

• The Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid suppressed Mu Yuan's demonic Qi, sacrificed itself, and preserved its Spirit Body with Electrolux's help.
• After three hours, Mu Yuan awakened with a red fifth Soul Ring and described its Soul Skills: passive Soul Power compression and storage, plus an enhancement that stacked with his existing abilities.
• Mu Yuan fused the Orchid's hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone into his torso, where its passive skill could harmonize with arm bones he fused later.
• Mu Yuan decided to devote himself to forging and develop Spirit Forging, believing he had found a crucial insight into awakening spirituality in Rare Metal.
• Mu Yuan moved into a new room with a forging area and told Electrolux he had a strong premonition about developing Spirit Metal soon.

Mu Yuan completed Spirit Forging on Deep Silver, awakening its spirituality and creating spiritual metal for the first time on the Douluo Continent. The metal formed a blood contract with him and merged into his body, while Du Busi and the others felt their Mental Power become more active.

• Mu Yuan’s forging drew disciples and Du Busi to his room as they sensed an unfamiliar spiritual aura growing stronger.
• Electrolux realized Mu Yuan’s forging was awakening life in Rare Metals, aided by Ba Xian’s influence on Mu Yuan’s spirituality.
• Mu Yuan’s final hammer blow unleashed a pillar of spiritual light from Deep Silver, revealing that he had achieved Spirit Forging.
• Mu Yuan recognized that the Spirit-Forged Deep Silver could enhance a Soul Master’s martial soul and cut his hand to stain it with his blood and Blood Qi.
• The Deep Silver formed a blood contract and merged into Mu Yuan’s body as Du Busi and the others quietly felt their Mental Power become more active.

Mu Yuan revealed his successful Spirit Forging method and explained how Spirit-Forged Metal could raise his power and support his ambition to reach God King status. The Body Sect established a Forging Hall under him, and he proposed trading Spirit Metal to obtain the Sun Moon Empire’s technology.

• Mu Yuan emerged after his Spirit Forging breakthrough and told Du Busi and the others that his method had succeeded.
• Mu Yuan explained that Spirit-Forged Deep Silver had raised his martial soul’s strength by five levels and outlined ways it might expand his soul power and meridians.
• The Body Sect disciples enthusiastically agreed to learn forging, and Du Busi established a Forging Hall with Mu Yuan as its hall master.
• Mu Yuan told Du Busi that Spirit Metal could become an industry for the Body Sect and that the sect needed advanced soul tool technology.
• Mu Yuan said the Body Sect could obtain Sun Moon technology by offering what the Sun Moon Empire wanted: Spirit Metal.

Mu Yuan arranged for the Body Sect and Heaven Soul Royal Family to introduce Spirit-Forged Deep Silver to the Sun Moon Empire in exchange for Soul Tool technology. Jing Hongchen confirmed its spiritual properties and ordered an investigation, while Xiao Hongchen began showing signs of a dangerous change.

• Mu Yuan explained to Du Busi that Spirit Metal might eventually be deciphered but decided to reveal it so the Body Sect could obtain advanced Soul Tool technology.
• Mu Yuan asked Wei Na to have the Heaven Soul Royal Family deliver several weaker pieces of Spirit-Forged Deep Silver to Mingde Hall, and Du Busi agreed to support the plan.
• Over three days, Mu Yuan succeeded in five of ten forging attempts and gave Wei Na three lower-quality pieces of Spirit-Forged Deep Silver for delivery to the Sun Moon Empire.
• Jing Hongchen examined the three pieces, sensed their spirituality, and confirmed that it could react with a Soul Master's martial soul.
• Jing Hongchen ordered his people in the Douluo Three Kingdoms to investigate the metal's origin, then left his office as Xiao Hongchen's Soul Power surged amid a blood-red haze and forming Heavenly Thunder Power.

Jing Hongchen visited the Body Sect to discuss Spirit Metal and Soul Tool cooperation, while Du Busi insisted on compensation for his secret approach. The negotiations ended with Jing Hongchen demanding more than finished Soul Tools in exchange for the Sun Moon Empire’s technology.

• Jing Hongchen learned that the Body Sect was promoting Spirit Metal and concluded it was seeking Sun Moon Empire technology.
• Mu Yuan continued forging three pieces of Spirit-Forged Metal each day as Du Busi practiced smelting Deep Silver with his Blood Qi.
• Du Busi sensed Jing Hongchen at the mountain gate and summoned him into the Sect Master Hall, where the elders and disciples gathered.
• Du Busi accused Jing Hongchen of concealing his presence to steal forging techniques and demanded compensation.
• Jing Hongchen proposed cooperation involving Spirit Metal, Soul Tools, and a chance for people from the Douluo Three Kingdoms to study Soul Tool technology.
• Jing Hongchen rejected the offer as insufficient, arguing that Spirit Metal alone could not compensate the Body Sect for sharing Soul Tool technology.

Jing Hongchen faced Du Busi’s pressure at the Body Sect and tried to negotiate a trade and an academy exchange. Du Busi then demanded the Sun Moon Empire’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, while Jing Hongchen weighed the risk to Xiao Hongchen and kept the exchange proposal alive.

• Du Busi intimidated Jing Hongchen, revealed that the Body Sect had dismantled his deployed Soul Tool Cannons, and rejected his unequal trade terms.
• Jing Hongchen conceded that he could not approve a deal without the imperial family, and Du Busi argued that the Sun Moon Empire had already benefited from the Body Sect’s Spirit-Forged Deep Silver.
• Du Busi asked for the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone auctioned in Star Luo City, which Jing Hongchen had brought up before.
• Jing Hongchen recalled that Xiao Hongchen had failed to fuse with the Soul Bone because its concealed Mental Attribute attack exploited his fear of Mu Yuan.
• Jing Hongchen proposed an exchange between the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy and the Body Academy, and Du Busi recognized that Mu Yuan had predicted the proposal.

Jing Hongchen negotiated with Du Busi over an exchange program and the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, paying a steep price to secure his release. He left the Body Sect stripped of valuable equipment but convinced his life was worth at least two billion Gold Soul Coins.

• Jing Hongchen agreed to let Body Sect members study at Mingde Hall and travel throughout the Sun Moon Empire to learn technology.
• Du Busi demanded the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, and he and Jing Hongchen bargained over its price in Spirit Metal.
• Jing Hongchen agreed to exchange the Soul Bone for ten pieces of Spirit Metal, accepting a two-to-one conversion between high- and low-quality metal.
• Jing Hongchen completed the handover, left Red Dust Protection with the Body Sect, and Du Busi gave it to Mu Yuan.
• Jing Hongchen found that the deployed Soul Tool Cannons had been dismantled, then left the Heaven Dou Empire borders while telling himself his life was worth at least two billion Gold Soul Coins.

Mu Yuan agreed to study Soul Tool techniques at Mingde Hall while concealing his mastery of Spirit Forging. He proposed that the Body Sect recruit disciples in the Sun Moon Empire, leaving Wei Na troubled by the prospect of the sect becoming neutral.

• Du Busi asked Mu Yuan to consider studying at Mingde Hall, and Mu Yuan weighed the dangers and benefits before agreeing to go.
• Du Busi and Wei Na agreed to keep Mu Yuan's Spirit Forging ability secret, with Du Busi pretending to be its master.
• Mu Yuan proposed that the Body Sect recruit Soul Masters with Body Martial Souls in the Sun Moon Empire.
• Du Busi considered the proposal after Mu Yuan argued that the Sun Moon Empire might have even more Body Martial Soul users than the Douluo Three Kingdoms.
• Wei Na worried that recruiting there would make the Body Sect neutral and weaken its ties to the Heaven Soul Royal Family.

Mu Yuan led a delegation from the Body Sect and the Douluo Three Kingdoms to an exchange at Mingde Hall, while Shrek Academy forced its way into the group. The visitors began their examination at Mingde Hall, where Huo Yuhao’s exceptional physical measurements astonished everyone.

• Du Busi agreed to have the Body Sect search the Sun Moon Empire for Body Martial Soul masters, and Mu Yuan later departed with Soul Engineers for the exchange.
• Xuan Zi decided Shrek Academy would join the exchange, and Fan Yu negotiated its participation with the Sun Moon Empire representative.
• Mu Yuan secured two additional slots for Elder Chi Xiao and Elder Qi Lin after Shrek added Fan Yu, Huo Yuhao, and He Caitou.
• Jing Hongchen welcomed the delegation to Mingde Hall and arranged for them to undergo comprehensive examinations.
• Huo Yuhao went first at the Soul Tool Physical Tester, and its precise results revealed that his physical strength and toughness far exceeded his Soul Power cultivation.

Mu Yuan and the Shrek students completed physical tests at Mingde Hall, where Mu Yuan’s extraordinary Soul Power and physical abilities shocked everyone. Jing Hongchen ordered Elder Ma to monitor Mu Yuan and find out whether he was a Soul Engineer and which mentor he would choose.

• Mu Yuan’s scan revealed Soul Power at level fifty-six, peak Soul Saint-level strength and resilience, and two Soul Bones, including a suspected Secret Technique Soul Bone.
• Huo Yuhao, He Caitou, and the other students completed strength and reaction-speed tests, with Mu Yuan recording explosive strength at level seventy-one.
• Elder Ma reported the results to Jing Hongchen, who speculated that Mu Yuan could not fuse the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone because of his cultivation of Demonic Qi.
• Jing Hongchen ordered Elder Ma to monitor the Shrek students for attempts to steal Core Array technology and to watch Mu Yuan’s activities and mentor choice.

Jing Hongchen focused on strengthening individuals after his visit to the Body Sect, while Mu Yuan fused a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone that produced yin-aspected Heavenly Thunder and balanced his Demonic Qi. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao copied the testing instrument’s Core Arrays, and Fan Yu planned to provoke conflict between the Body Sect and Mingde Hall.

• Jing Hongchen reconsidered Soul Engineer development and became interested in engraving Core Arrays onto the body after learning the value of individual strength.
• Mu Yuan fused the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone with his Secret Technique Soul Bone, and yin-aspected Heavenly Thunder invaded his Spirit Sea.
• Mu Yuan endured the lightning’s effects and gained a Yang-to-Yin Heavenly Thunder Right Arm Bone whose Thunder Seed harmonized with his Demonic Qi.
• Huo Yuhao reproduced the testing instrument’s Core Arrays and gave them to Fan Yu, who praised his work.
• Fan Yu warned Huo Yuhao and He Caitou that Mu Yuan was too strong to confront and proposed inciting conflict between the Body Sect and Mingde Hall from outside.

Lin Jiayi explained the exchange students’ study rules and assigned teachers, allowing Mu Yuan to choose his own mentor. Mu Yuan chose Xuan Ziwen, the youngest teacher and Mingde Hall’s foremost researcher.

• Lin Jiayi told the delegation that they would study as sixth-year students at the academy for three months before gaining access to Mingde Hall, with assessments available to improve their treatment.
• Lin Jiayi warned that Mingde Hall staff would not be required to explain their work to visiting students, then announced that teachers would be assigned by lot.
• Mu Yuan asked to choose his own mentor because he was the Body Sect’s only Soul Tool student, and Lin Jiayi agreed.
• Mu Yuan questioned the teachers’ abilities, then selected Xuan Ziwen after Lin Jiayi confirmed that the young researcher was highly capable.

Mu Yuan began his apprenticeship with Xuan Ziwen at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy and faced a test of his Soul Tool skills. After learning Mu Yuan was nearly thirteen and could master Level 5 Core Arrays, Xuan Ziwen tasked him with making a Level 5 Soul Tool in one day, and Mu Yuan quickly began crafting one from Spirit Iron.

• The Sun Moon Empire trained students in Soul Tool combat through the Actual Control Department rather than establishing a separate Martial Soul Department.
• Xuan Ziwen led Mu Yuan to the Third Laboratory and declared that Mu Yuan had to pass his test to receive instruction.
• Mu Yuan told Xuan Ziwen that he was almost thirteen and had mastered Level 5 Core Arrays, surprising his new teacher.
• Xuan Ziwen gave Mu Yuan one day to create a Level 5 Soul Tool that showed his ideas and creativity, then left him in the laboratory.
• Mu Yuan selected Spirit Iron, forged it into a folding plate, and began carving it into a new Soul Tool.