Chapter Summaries

Mu Xuanheng and Mu En tried to reach Heaven Dou City, but Long Xiaoyao blocked them to protect Ye Xishui’s child. Mu Xuanheng argued that Long Xiaoyao should verify whether Yan Shaozhe was his descendant, and Mu En agreed to return to Shrek with him while Mu Xuanheng headed toward the city.

• Mu En explained that Gu Yuena’s ultimate fire had ignited to send a message, revealing that she knew Mu Xuanheng’s direction.
• Long Xiaoyao confronted Mu En and refused to let him pass, saying he was protecting Ye Xishui’s child.
• Mu En and Long Xiaoyao fought while both held back, leaving Mu Xuanheng unable to land Sin Dragon Prison Judgment.
• Mu En deduced that Long Xiaoyao was guarding against a plan to kill Du Busi, and Mu Xuanheng urged Long Xiaoyao to recognize Yan Shaozhe as his descendant.
• Long Xiaoyao doubted that Ye Xishui had a second martial soul, but Mu En agreed to return to Shrek with him so they could verify the claim while Mu Xuanheng went to Heaven Dou City.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong fought to escape the Sun Moon Empire’s trap and reach Heaven Dou City, while Ju Zi’s forces clashed with Du Busi’s rescue team. At the city gates, they faced Tang Ya and the Holy Spirit Cult, until a mysterious figure arrived with a claim about defeating a Soul Sage.

• Ju Zi’s army waited outside Heaven Dou City while Tang San threatened her, and Wang Dong reunited with Huo Yuhao.
• The rescue team attacked the Sun Moon Empire’s camp, where Jing Hongchen and Zhongli Wu helped Ju Zi’s forces trap Du Busi.
• Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao used a Martial Soul Fusion Skill to escape, while Du Busi fled and Golden Body Douluo self-destructed to cover the retreat.
• At the gates of Heaven Dou City, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong fought Tang Ya and her Evil Soul Masters, defeating all but Tang Ya with three Martial Soul Fusion Skills.
• Tang Ya attacked Huo Yuhao as the Holy Spirit Cult elders mocked him, but a dazzling pair of wings appeared and their owner said they had defeated a Soul Sage as a Soul Ancestor.

Mu Xuanheng arrived on the battlefield and killed Tang Ya, while Liya erased her soul to prevent her return. He then donned the unfamiliar Eternal Moon Battle Armor and effortlessly killed several Holy Spirit Cult Soul Douluo, leaving the battle raging with his power unmatched beneath the Titled Douluo rank.

• Mu Xuanheng arrived at the city gates and warned Zhongli Wu that Long Xiaoyao was absent, distracting Zhongli Wu and allowing Du Busi to wound him.
• Mu Xuanheng froze Tang Ya, restrained her, and killed her after she admitted that her victims had offered their lives to her.
• Mu Xuanheng summoned Liya, who destroyed Tang Ya’s soul and silenced the Holy Spirit Cult members calling for her rescue.
• Jing Hongchen entered the battle with his Soul Tools as Liya’s Mermaid Song enhanced Mu Xuanheng’s side.
• Mu Xuanheng challenged the Holy Spirit Cult, donned his Eternal Moon Battle Armor, and effortlessly slew several Soul Douluo who tried to surround him.

Mu Xuanheng defeated the Netherworld Douluo’s attacks, and the Ice Empress appeared in human form, revealing her identity to the battlefield. As the Holy Spirit Cult’s elders prepared to confront them, an ally arrived from behind Mu Xuanheng.

• The Holy Spirit Cult sent the Fourth Elder, the Netherworld Douluo, to challenge Mu Xuanheng after he killed three Soul Douluo.
• Mu Xuanheng blocked the Netherworld Douluo’s sword qi and shattered his Netherworld Sea of Death with Ice Emperor’s Wrath.
• The Netherworld Douluo ambushed Mu Xuanheng from his accompanying space, but the Ice Empress froze his sword before it could fall.
• The Ice Empress took human form, and Liya and Mu Xuanheng revealed that she was the Ice Empress, a legendary fierce beast.
• Mask Douluo and Nightmare Douluo challenged Mu Xuanheng and the Ice Empress, but an approaching figure declared that Mu Xuanheng was not alone.

Gu Yuena arrived during the battle, and Mu Xuanheng’s hidden bonds with Snow Empress and Ice Empress became public. As Gu Yuena revealed her Battle Armor and the Holy Spirit Cult called on its Worships, the confrontation escalated.

• Gu Yuena arrived and explained that Qiu'er had been stopped by the black dragon, while privately revealing she had locked Qiu'er up herself.
• Gu Yuena questioned Mu Xuanheng about Ice Empress and his other Equal Contracts, prompting him to reveal that Snow Empress had provided his orange soul ring.
• Snow Empress appeared beside Mu Xuanheng and teased that he seemed to find a new confidante about once a year, leaving the gathered fighters stunned.
• Gu Yuena summoned her Two-Word Battle Armor, Yue Heng, and the Holy Spirit Cult’s elders sought help from the Sun Moon Soul Engineers, who refused to intervene.
• Mask Douluo called for the Holy Spirit Cult’s Worships, and Netherworld Douluo revealed the cult had twelve Worships besides its eight elders.

Mu Xuanheng and Gu Yuena countered the Holy Spirit Cult’s attack on Heaven Dou City with overwhelming teamwork. They defeated nearly all the cult’s Title Douluo, leaving only Dark Cloud standing.

• The Holy Spirit Cult revealed several Title Douluo, including the Super Douluo Dark Cloud, and threatened Mu Xuanheng and the people of Heaven Dou City.
• Mu Xuanheng used Thousand Ruins Forbidden: Snow Slumber to freeze the Holy Spirit Cult’s fighters and seal their escape.
• Gu Yuena combined Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Fire, then used metal chains and multiple ultimate attributes to control and attack the Evil Soul Masters while Mu Xuanheng coordinated the assault.
• Dark Cloud activated his Martial Soul Avatar, but Mu Xuanheng, the Snow Empress, and the Ice Empress struck him and nearly tore off his wing.
• Mu Xuanheng used Sin Dragon Prison Judgment against the remaining Evil Soul Masters, leaving Dark Cloud as the only one still standing.

Mu Xuanheng and Gu Yuena forced Dark Cloud to surrender, then Mu Xuanheng persuaded Jing Hongchen to turn against the Sun Moon Empire during the battle. Jing Hongchen wounded Zhongli Wu and declared a rebellion, while Mu Xuanheng and Gu Yuena let Zhongli Wu escape.

• Dark Cloud surrendered to Mu Xuanheng and Gu Yuena, claiming he had been forced to join the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Mu Xuanheng sent Dark Cloud into his demi-plane, where Electrolux restrained his soul and began his reformation.
• Mu Xuanheng urged Jing Hongchen to leave the Sun Moon Empire, and Du Busi and Zhongli Wu added pressure from opposing sides.
• Jing Hongchen activated his Class 9 Soul Tools and pierced Zhongli Wu's defenses, then declared that he was rising in rebellion.
• Du Busi severely wounded Zhongli Wu, but Mu Xuanheng and Gu Yuena let him escape because they were exhausted and Du Busi was badly injured.

Mu Xuanheng and Gu Yuena secured the Earth Dragon Sect’s Ten Thousand Year Mystic Ice Cave while Du Busi decided to abandon Heaven Dou City for Shrek City. After moving the cave’s treasures into the demi-plane, Mu Xuanheng agreed to help Snow Empress make final arrangements in the Extreme North.

• Jing Hongchen pledged himself to Mu Xuanheng and Gu Yuena, while Du Busi asked Mu Xuanheng for Battle Armor and learned Xiao Hongchen was already researching it.
• Mu Xuanheng said he had come to claim the Earth Dragon Sect’s cold spring, and Nan Shui Shui agreed to let him and Gu Yuena visit Dragon City.
• Du Busi ordered the evacuation of Heaven Dou City to Shrek City because the city could not withstand the Sun Moon Empire’s forces.
• Mu Xuanheng and Gu Yuena flew to Dragon City unopposed and found the Ten Thousand Year Mystic Ice Cave beneath the Earth Dragon Sect’s secret grounds.
• Mu Xuanheng, Gu Yuena, Snow Empress, and the Ice Empress moved all the Ice God Crystals and Ten Thousand Year Mystic Ice Marrow into the demi-plane.
• Snow Empress asked Mu Xuanheng to return with her to the Extreme North, and absorbing some of the marrow raised his Soul Power Level to Level 64.

After Mu Xuanheng returned to Shrek, the women in his life confronted him about his relationships and insisted on accompanying him to the Extreme North. Meanwhile, Yan Shaozhe struggled with learning his lineage, Jing Hongchen reunited with his grandchildren and joined Shrek, and Mu Xuanheng prepared to depart.

• Qiu'er joined Gu Yuena, Liya, and Snow Empress in confronting Mu Xuanheng, and the women agreed that he must not pursue anyone else.
• Yan Shaozhe learned that Long Xiaoyao was his father and Ye Xishui was his grandmother or great-grandmother, and he rejected them both.
• Xian Lin'er brought Jing Hongchen to reunite with Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, who told him about Mu Xuanheng's plans and their progress at Shrek.
• Jing Hongchen advised Xiao Hongchen to focus on Battle Armor design and told Xian Lin'er that he had joined Mu Xuanheng, not Shrek itself.
• Mu Xuanheng, Gu Yuena, and Qiu'er prepared to travel to the Extreme North, with Qiu'er insisting she would go along.

Mu Xuanheng and his companions traveled to the Extreme North as the Snow Empress arranged for A Tai to rule in her place and took Xiao Bai onto a new path. After Xiao Bai sacrificed itself under a Spirit Contract, Mu Xuanheng gained a powerful soul bone, but an enemy appeared as the arrangements seemed complete.

• Mu En and Long Xiaoyao secretly followed Mu Xuanheng and his companions toward the Extreme North, while Xu Tianran gained a new ally and Zhongli Wu set out with Feng Ling to kill Mu Xuanheng.
• Snow Empress summoned the Extreme North’s soul beasts, named A Tai her successor, and gave him the Snow Empress Token.
• Snow Empress took Xiao Bai with her because the Ice Bear King was stronger than A Tai and would not accept his rule, then introduced Xiao Bai to Mu Xuanheng as his master.
• After absorbing Ten Thousand Year Mystic Ice Marrow, Xiao Bai reached three hundred thousand years of cultivation and sacrificed itself under a Spirit Contract, leaving a left leg bone that became Mu Xuanheng’s fifth soul bone and raised his Soul Power to rank 67.
• A Tai received Ten Thousand Year Mystic Ice Marrow from Snow Empress and began ruling the Extreme North, until an unseen attacker remarked that A Tai had finally left.

Mu Xuanheng, Gu Yuena, and the Snow Empress overwhelmed Zhongli Wu’s forces in the Extreme North, and Zhongli Wu faced certain death after Long Xiaoyao intervened to save him. Zhongli Wu unleashed three level-nine fixed-installed soul cannon shells, and Mu Xuanheng took control as the blast arrived.

• Zhongli Wu gathered the Holy Spirit Cult’s Title Douluo to attack Mu Xuanheng and his companions, while Mu En kept Long Xiaoyao from intervening.
• The Snow Empress killed a charging Title Douluo, and Mu Xuanheng used Battle Armor and Thousand Ruins Forbidden Snow Slumber to seal nearly all the attackers.
• Feng Ling empowered Zhongli Wu, but Mu Xuanheng, Gu Yuena, and the Snow Empress unleashed their Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Skill, letting Mu Xuanheng wound Zhongli Wu with Sin Dragon Prison Judgment.
• Long Xiaoyao blocked Mu Xuanheng’s next attack and was blasted back, while the Snow Empress’s Emperor Sword pierced Zhongli Wu and began freezing him.
• Zhongli Wu threw three level-nine fixed-installed soul cannon shells, and Mu Xuanheng wrapped them in dragon aura to reduce the blast as Gu Yuena fought him for control.

Qiu'er survived the artillery blast by signing a contract with Mu Xuanheng, revealing herself as the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and transferring her destiny to him. Gu Yuena's identity and feelings were exposed, and she left with Di Tian after a fierce battle in the Extreme North, while Mu Xuanheng vowed to bring her back.

• Qiu'er took control of the fusion skill during the artillery blast, suffered its greatest damage, and asked Mu Xuanheng to sign a contract with her.
• Mu Xuanheng contracted Qiu'er as a soul beast, transferring the destiny of the Star Dou Great Forest and inheriting her powers and soul bone.
• Gu Yuena realized Mu Xuanheng knew Qiu'er's identity, and Di Tian arrived to take her away and attack the others.
• Long Xiaoyao transformed to block Di Tian, while Mu En, the Snow Empress, and the others joined the battle.
• The Snow Empress and the Sacred Dragons turned the fight against Di Tian in the Extreme North, and Gu Yuena ordered him to leave with her.
• Mu Xuanheng watched Gu Yuena depart and promised that their separation was not their final farewell.

Mu Xuanheng punished Long Xiaoyao for his crimes, then collapsed from exhaustion as the war and political situation shifted around him. The chapter ended with Xuan Zi delivering Gu Yuena an invitation, leaving its purpose unknown.

• Mu Xuanheng turned Long Xiaoyao into an undead servant and assigned him to guard the plants at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Snow Empress and Liya put Mu Xuanheng to sleep, while Mu En announced that he had killed Long Xiaoyao and Mu Xuanheng received credit for defeating the Holy Spirit Cult.
• After Mu Xuanheng recovered, the Sun Moon Empire’s advance stalled when its supply lines were cut, and the war settled into a tense pause.
• Qiu'er told Mu Xuanheng that Gu Yuena had remained calm in the Star Dou Great Forest, while Gu Yuena told Di Tian they needed to find Mu Xuanheng’s method.
• Xuan Zi delivered Gu Yuena an invitation, which she studied thoughtfully.

Mu Xuanheng waited for Gu Yuena while Shrek held Sea God Fate, insisting that he was not a contestant because he was already in a relationship with her. The event began without him, leaving the students wondering whether he would take part.

• Bei Bei offered to share Mu Xuanheng's burden, but learned that he had invited Gu Yuena without planning to participate in Sea God Fate.
• Xu Sanshi urged Mu Xuanheng to join, but Mu Xuanheng said he was not single and expected Gu Yuena might be watching to see what he would do.
• Xu Sanshi went to participate and make his relationship with Jiang Nannan official, while Mu Xuanheng stayed by the lake with Snow Empress, Liya, Qiu'er, and Ice Empress.
• Zhang Lexuan hosted Sea God Fate after Mu En gave the opening speech, and the male students competed for the forty pillars of light.
• Xu Sanshi used Xuanming Displacement to reach his chosen target, while Huo Yuhao searched for one of the God King's three daughters.
• The first competition ended, and students turned toward Mu Xuanheng, wondering why he had not joined.

Sea God Fate continued without Mu Xuanheng or Gu Yuena, and Huo Yuhao became the event’s most popular choice before winning a challenge match with Wang Dong’er. As the gathering ended, Gu Yuena arrived atop Di Tian and answered Mu Xuanheng’s invitation.

• Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan happily reunited, but Xian Lin'er tossed them out for disrupting the proceedings.
• Dai Huabin and Huo Yuhao introduced themselves, and many contestants chose Huo Yuhao, including Wang Dong’er, who revealed her identity and embraced him.
• Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Dai Huabin challenged Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’er, who accepted a group match and swept the battlefield with their Martial Soul Fusion Skills.
• Zhang Lexuan declared Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’er a couple and ended Sea God Fate, while the crowd stayed to watch Mu Xuanheng.
• Di Tian arrived over Shrek City with Gu Yuena standing atop his head, and Mu Xuanheng welcomed her back.

Mu Xuanheng revealed that he had known Gu Yuena’s identity from their first meeting and confessed that he loved her, offering to help secure the future of soul beasts. Gu Yuena challenged him to defeat her before she would discuss marriage, while Electrolux’s appearance confirmed Mu Xuanheng’s origins.

• Gu Yuena questioned when Mu Xuanheng had discovered her identity, and he told her he had known from the moment they met.
• Di Tian attacked Mu Xuanheng, but Mu En and Xuan Zi intervened, while Snow Empress revealed that Mu Xuanheng knew Gu Yuena’s secret.
• Mu Xuanheng confessed that he had fallen in love with Gu Yuena and proposed helping her find a future for soul beasts through his Contracts and demi-plane.
• Mu Xuanheng revealed that he had come from the Divine Seal World, and Electrolux appeared to confirm his account and explain that he had created the demi-plane.
• Mu Xuanheng asked Gu Yuena to marry him, and she told him to defeat her first.

Mu Xuanheng and Gu Yuena fought a fierce match, escalating from spear techniques to their Battle Armors and strongest abilities. Mu Xuanheng ultimately gained the advantage with his self-created soul skill, Star Scorching Water Overturn.

• Gu Yuena challenged Mu Xuanheng to fight, and he refused to let Snow Empress join in.
• Mu Xuanheng returned the Golden Dragon Spear to Qiu'er and switched to the Emperor Sword, while Gu Yuena matched his elemental attacks and techniques.
• Mu Xuanheng and Gu Yuena summoned their Two-Word Battle Armors, Eternal Moon and Yue Heng, greatly increasing their power.
• Gu Yuena used spatial control, an explosive waterspout, and a spiritual attack, while Mu Xuanheng countered with his dragon claws, Ice Age, and Ice Emperor's Wrath.
• Mu Xuanheng unleashed his self-created soul skill, Star Scorching Water Overturn, and pointed at Gu Yuena's brow with victory in his grasp.

After Mu Xuanheng defeated Gu Yuena, they agreed to face the humans and soul beasts together, then reunited privately with his other partners. The chapter ended with Qiu'er asking whether a Contract with Mu Xuanheng would let him use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill without needing her.

• Mu Xuanheng defeated Gu Yuena, and she agreed to stand together with him as humans and soul beasts watched.
• Mu Xuanheng and Gu Yuena returned to their room, where she explained her Living Water Source Collapse technique and asked him to bring out the other four women.
• Gu Yuena questioned the Snow Empress and Mu Xuanheng about whether he had pursued anyone else while she was gone, then heard his partial admission that he knew some of the future.
• Gu Yuena and the others discussed their relationships with Mu Xuanheng and negotiated their status and share of his time.
• Qiu'er asked whether signing a Contract with Mu Xuanheng would let him use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill without her.

Mu Xuanheng explained contracts and the need for a demiplane to protect soul beasts from future extinction. He and Gu Yuena proposed creating the Soul Contract Pavilion, with soul beasts participating in its work.

• Mu En asked Mu Xuanheng to explain contracts, and Mu Xuanheng described how soul beasts could provide soul rings through them.
• Mu Xuanheng explained that he used only Equal Contracts, while the Ice Empress and Liya demonstrated Master-Servant Contracts.
• Mu Xuanheng outlined Spirit, Remote, and Out-of-Body Contracts and said Di Tian could provide an orange soul ring if he agreed.
• Mu Xuanheng explained that a demiplane would protect soul beasts if humans developed substitutes for them and competition threatened their survival.
• Mu Xuanheng and Gu Yuena proposed establishing the Soul Contract Pavilion to coordinate contracts, with participation from soul beasts.

Gu Yuena and Mu Xuanheng established the Soul Contract Pavilion and arranged pilot contracts, including sending Myriad Demon King to the demiplane to cultivate its plants. Their announcement drew representatives from across Douluo Continent, while the Holy Spirit Cult prepared to investigate and a mysterious altar answered a call to connect with the continent.

• Gu Yuena and Mu Xuanheng assigned Myriad Demon King to the demiplane, persuading him with the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and rare immortal herbs.
• Mu Xuanheng proposed pilot programs for all three contract types, and Elder Zhuang offered to sign an Out-of-Body Contract with a weak soul beast.
• Shrek and the Star Dou Great Forest established the Soul Contract Pavilion and invited witnesses to its contract pilot programs.
• The empires and sects sent representatives, while the Sun Moon Empire dispatched Zheng Zhan and several Class 9 Soul Engineers.
• Mu Xuanheng selected people and Gu Yuena and Qiu'er coordinated soul beasts for contracts as he hoped to cultivate in peace.
• A Holy Spirit Cult altar erupted in celebration, and someone declared willingness to connect the Holy Emperor with Douluo Continent.