Chapter Summaries

Liu Yuan fought through Mingde Hall and located the sealed chamber containing Snow Empress, while Huo Yuhao also infiltrated the facility to rescue her. Liu Yuan reached the chamber’s guarded entrance and discovered Huo Yuhao hiding nearby.

• Liu Yuan used Electrolux’s Divine Sense and his Double Pupil to search Mingde Hall for Snow Empress.
• Liu Yuan killed several Inner Guard patrols that tried to stop him.
• Electrolux detected Snow Empress’s icy aura in a sealed storage area deep underground, and Liu Yuan hurried toward it.
• Huo Yuhao entered Mingde Hall after the explosions, and the Ice Empress urged him to save Xue'er.
• Liu Yuan reached Snow Empress’s guarded chamber, saw two Spirit Douluo among the defenders, and discovered Huo Yuhao hiding nearby.

Liu Yuan attacked the guards outside Mingde Hall’s core storage area, while Huo Yuhao watched from hiding and recognized him. Huo Yuhao realized Liu Yuan had become far stronger than him as the fight continued.

• Huo Yuhao hid in a ventilation duct and sensed that the masked attacker seemed familiar, while Ice Empress warned him that the Snow Empress was behind the guarded door.
• Liu Yuan spotted Huo Yuhao nearby and decided to break through the guards quickly before reinforcements arrived.
• Liu Yuan killed a Soul Emperor with a Spirit Ray, evaded the guards’ Soul Tool attacks, then killed a Soul Saint with a Qilin Precious Technique and another Soul Emperor with a second ray.
• Huo Yuhao recognized Liu Yuan from his fighting techniques and remembered their encounter at the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Master Tournament.
• Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned Huo Yuhao that Liu Yuan far surpassed him and urged him to wait for an opening to reach the Snow Empress.

Liu Yuan revealed that his fifth Soul Ring was a Hundred Thousand Year ring and used his Forbidden Domain and Dominator abilities to slaughter the Soul Engineers guarding the Core Storage Area. He entered the chamber and set his sights on the Snow Empress, while Huo Yuhao watched in shock.

• Liu Yuan summoned his blood-red fifth Soul Ring, leaving Huo Yuhao, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Ice Empress, and the Soul Engineers stunned.
• Liu Yuan trapped the guards in his Forbidden Domain, severed their connection to outside Soul Power, and bound them with Dark Purple Chains.
• Liu Yuan activated Dominator and killed the Soul Engineers, including the two Eight-Ring Spirit Douluo.
• Huo Yuhao watched Liu Yuan’s victory in disbelief as Liu Yuan approached the Core Storage Area doors.
• Liu Yuan sensed the Snow Empress beyond the doors, broke them down, and entered the chamber, where he saw the God Sealing Platform.

Liu Yuan seized Snow Empress in the God Sealing Platform while Huo Yuhao watched helplessly, unwilling to challenge his overwhelming strength. After destroying Mingde Hall’s Soul Tool facilities, Liu Yuan stole its research records and escaped Ming Capital.

• Huo Yuhao and Ice Empress watched Liu Yuan reach the God Sealing Platform, but Huo Yuhao refused to attack because he knew he could not defeat Liu Yuan.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm regretted choosing Huo Yuhao instead of Liu Yuan as its host.
• Liu Yuan took the God Sealing Platform containing Snow Empress and stored it in his Storage Soul Tool.
• Liu Yuan destroyed high-grade Soul Tool equipment and materials throughout Mingde Hall.
• Liu Yuan found Mingde Hall’s secret library and stored its Soul Tool research, blueprints, and records.
• Liu Yuan escaped Mingde Hall and fled into the night beyond Ming Capital.

Liu Yuan returned to Du Busi with the Soul Beast Embryo and stolen Mingde Hall materials after wrecking its underground facilities. Huo Yuhao, shaken by Liu Yuan’s strength, sent Shrek a secret report about the attack.

• Liu Yuan emerged safely from Mingde Hall and told Du Busi he had taken the Soul Beast Embryo, defeated its guards, and stolen the Library Pavilion’s materials and blueprints.
• Du Busi praised Liu Yuan’s mission and ordered the Body Sect group to withdraw toward the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming returned to the ruined Mingde Hall, discovered the stolen embryo and materials, and identified the Body Sect as the attackers.
• Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm concluded that the powerful fighter was Liu Yuan, and Huo Yuhao sent Shrek a secret message describing the attack and Liu Yuan’s strength.

Xian Zi recovered enough to resume his role as Shrek’s protector, and the Sea God Pavilion elders celebrated a devastating attack on Mingde Hall. Their joy turned to shock and outrage when Huo Yuhao’s report identified Liu Yuan as a likely attacker with astonishing power.

• After three months of treatment, Xian Zi regained most of his cultivation, and Yan Shaozhe and the elders congratulated him.
• A scout reported that an unknown force had devastated Mingde Hall in Ming Capital, prompting Xian Zi and the others to celebrate Jing Hongchen’s losses.
• Yan Shaozhe received Huo Yuhao’s detailed report, which suspected the Body Sect and Du Busi were behind the attack and said Liu Yuan had killed two Level 8 Soul Engineers.
• Huo Yuhao reported that Liu Yuan had a hundred-thousand-year fifth spirit ring and that Mingde Hall’s Library Pavilion had been looted.
• Xian Zi rejected the possibility that Liu Yuan could have reached such strength and erupted in outrage.

Xuan Zi dismissed concerns about Liu Yuan’s power and the Body Sect, then privately resolved to kill Liu Yuan after reaching Level 99. Below the Sea God Pavilion, Bei Bei sought an audience with Xuan Zi to ask where Mu En’s Radiant Dragon Core had gone.

• Xuan Zi rejected the elders’ concerns about Liu Yuan and claimed the Body Sect would not know how to use stolen Soul Tool research.
• After the others left, Xuan Zi admitted to himself that Huo Yuhao’s report was likely true and decided Liu Yuan had to die.
• Xuan Zi resolved to break through to Level 99 so he could defeat Du Busi and destroy the Body Sect.
• Bei Bei recalled that Mu En had intended the Radiant Dragon Core as compensation for Liu Yuan and grew suspicious that Xuan Zi had kept it.
• Bei Bei requested an audience with Xuan Zi to ask about the Dragon Core.

Bei Bei confronted Xuan Zi about the Radiant Dragon Core that Mu En had entrusted to him for Liu Yuan, and learned that Xuan Zi had consumed it. Bei Bei left Sea God Pavilion disappointed and powerless, fearing that Xuan Zi's actions had set Shrek on an irreversible path.

• Bei Bei asked Xuan Zi where Mu En's Radiant Dragon Core was and why it had not been given to Liu Yuan.
• Bei Bei explained that Mu En had privately told him the core was meant to repay Shrek's debt to Liu Yuan and build goodwill.
• Xuan Zi learned that Bei Bei was the only person who knew about Mu En's instructions, then admitted he had consumed the Dragon Core.
• Xuan Zi claimed he had taken the core to protect Shrek and said Mu En had agreed to put the academy's needs before Liu Yuan's compensation.
• Bei Bei rejected Xuan Zi's explanation, left without exposing the matter, and warned that Xuan Zi might regret using the core to pursue a breakthrough to Limit Douluo.

Xuan Zi feared Bei Bei would expose his theft of the Dragon Core and resolved to pursue a breakthrough to Rank 99. Back at the Body Sect, Liu Yuan revealed that the treasure the group had recovered was the Snow Empress, leaving Du Busi and the elders to consider how to handle her.

• Xuan Zi secretly followed Bei Bei back to the Tang Sect dormitory, then returned to the Sea God Pavilion and vowed to break through to Rank 99 so no one could challenge him.
• Liu Yuan and the others returned safely to the Body Sect, where Elder Zhang reported their attack on Mingde Hall and praised Liu Yuan for killing two Level 8 Soul Engineers and emptying its Library Pavilion.
• Liu Yuan presented the sealed God Sealing Platform, and the elders initially urged Du Busi to reserve its supposed hundred-thousand-year soul beast for Liu Yuan.
• Liu Yuan explained that the embryo contained the Snow Empress, a nearly seven-hundred-thousand-year-old ruler of the Extreme North who had been captured while attempting to reincarnate as a human.
• Du Busi asked whether Liu Yuan was certain, and Liu Yuan said the Snow Empress's damaged origin left the Body Sect holding the initiative.

Liu Yuan persuaded the Body Sect elders to let him try to subdue the weakened Snow Empress rather than turn her into a Soul Ring. With the elders ready to protect him, he opened the God Sealing Platform.

• Elder Chen, Du Busi, and the other elders questioned Liu Yuan about what he planned to do with the Snow Empress.
• Liu Yuan declared that he wanted to subdue her and explained how Electrolux could help repair her origin while her dependence on Liu Yuan gave them leverage.
• Liu Yuan argued that the Snow Empress could be persuaded through sincerity and that saving her from death or becoming a soul tool offered her a chance to grow stronger.
• Du Busi agreed to support Liu Yuan's attempt but warned that the elders would erase the Snow Empress's consciousness if she threatened him.
• Du Busi and the Title Douluo elders formed a defensive perimeter as Liu Yuan touched the God Sealing Platform's switch and opened it.

After Liu Yuan opened the God Sealing Platform, Snow Empress emerged and attacked him, but Electrolux effortlessly suppressed her. Liu Yuan approached the restrained Snow Empress and asked her to calm down so they could talk.

• Liu Yuan broke the God Sealing Platform's barrier and released Snow Empress, whose overwhelming presence chilled the Council Hall.
• Snow Empress mistook Liu Yuan for her captor and attacked him with Ultimate Ice needles and a Soul Shock.
• Liu Yuan called on Elder Yi, and Electrolux appeared and froze Snow Empress's attack before binding her with gray soul chains.
• Electrolux explained that Snow Empress was weakened and that his restored power made him especially suited to suppress her soul.
• Liu Yuan approached Snow Empress and told her she could not escape or kill him in her current state, then asked to talk.

Liu Yuan offered Snow Empress a hundred-year alliance in exchange for helping her restore her origin and survive her coming tribulation. After Electrolux demonstrated that he could genuinely heal her, Snow Empress accepted and agreed to safeguard Liu Yuan’s path.

• Snow Empress accused Liu Yuan of seeking to exploit her, but he offered to restore her origin in exchange for one hundred years of protection.
• Liu Yuan reminded Snow Empress that her Seven Hundred Thousand Year Tribulation was approaching and claimed he could improve her chance of surviving it.
• Snow Empress mocked Liu Yuan’s promise until he asked Electrolux to demonstrate his abilities.
• Electrolux used purified life energy to repair Snow Empress’s damaged origin, convincing her that Liu Yuan could help her recover.
• Liu Yuan gave Snow Empress the choice between accepting his terms and being sealed away, or eventually being killed for her Soul Ring or Spirit Bone.
• Snow Empress accepted the hundred-year deal and agreed to safeguard Liu Yuan’s path.

Liu Yuan secured Snow Empress’s hundred-year protection by making her swear an oath to the Ice God, then brought her into his Spirit Sea with Electrolux to restore her origin. He presented the Body Sect with stolen level-eight and level-nine Soul Tool research, but the elders dismissed it as useless trash.

• Liu Yuan required Snow Empress to swear an oath to the Ice God, binding her to protect him for a hundred years while he helped restore her origin and guide her through tribulation.
• Snow Empress swore the oath, and Electrolux took her into Liu Yuan’s Spirit Sea to recover.
• Du Busi and the elders praised Liu Yuan for securing Snow Empress as a future guardian of the Body Sect.
• Liu Yuan revealed that he had emptied Mingde Hall’s core library and brought back research on level-eight and level-nine Soul Tools.
• The elders rejected the Soul Tool materials as cumbersome, low-potential trinkets and showed little interest in studying them.

Liu Yuan persuaded Du Busi and the Body Sect elders that they needed to understand Soul Tools, even if their disciples did not become Soul Engineers. He then revealed that the stolen Mingde Hall materials were intended to help Heaven Dou Empire recruit high-level Soul Engineers.

• Liu Yuan warned Du Busi and the elders that Soul Tools would become mainstream and that Body Sect disciples could be killed by weapons they did not understand.
• Elder Chen pointed out that the sect lacked the time and talent to research Soul Tools, and Liu Yuan clarified that they only needed to learn their capabilities and weaknesses.
• Du Busi agreed that the sect needed a general understanding of Soul Tools but worried that the stolen materials would be useless to them.
• Liu Yuan said he planned to use the materials to attract high-level Soul Engineers to Heaven Dou Empire by offering them advanced concepts and greater benefits.

Liu Yuan persuaded Du Busi and the Body Sect elders to use Mingde Hall’s stolen Soul Tool blueprints to recruit high-level Soul Engineers for the Body Sect and Heaven Dou Empire. After Liu Yuan presented proof of the Level 9 technology to the Heavenly Soul Emperor, the emperor praised the recruitment plan and considered its potential.

• Liu Yuan proposed using Mingde Hall’s advanced blueprints and resources to attract Soul Engineers from Shrek and other powers, winning Du Busi and the Body Sect elders’ approval.
• Liu Yuan urged Du Busi to seek the Heavenly Soul Emperor’s support, and the two traveled to the imperial capital.
• Liu Yuan told the Heavenly Soul Emperor that he had taken Mingde Hall’s core technologies, including Level 9 weapon materials and Core Array designs.
• Liu Yuan showed the emperor a diagram from the Level 9 Red Dust Protection soul tool, and the emperor believed it was genuine and saw the potential to strengthen the empire’s military.
• Liu Yuan proposed recruiting high-level Soul Engineers with the blueprints and imperial rewards, and the Heavenly Soul Emperor praised the idea.

Liu Yuan and Du Busi stayed in the Heavenly Soul Imperial City while the emperor prepared to recruit Soul Engineers, and Liu Yuan explained why Fan Yu was a particularly valuable target. Fan Yu received a fabricated urgent summons about the empire’s northern defenses and secretly left Shrek for the Imperial City.

• Liu Yuan told the Heavenly Soul Emperor that the emperor would need to handle recruitment strategy, while Liu Yuan would provide Mingde Hall’s Level 9 core data as bait.
• The Heavenly Soul Emperor asked Du Busi and Liu Yuan to remain in the Imperial City, and Du Busi agreed to stay with Liu Yuan at Qingfeng Garden.
• Liu Yuan told Vina that recruiting Fan Yu could cripple Shrek’s Soul Guidance Department because Fan Yu held its technical secrets and mentored its students.
• City Lord Li contacted Fan Yu with a false top-secret summons, claiming the Northern Frontier Defense Line was in danger and the Heaven Dou Empire needed him.
• Fan Yu left a note claiming he had urgent family matters, gathered research notes, and departed Shrek City overnight for the Heavenly Soul Imperial City.

The Heavenly Soul Emperor and Liu Yuan learned that Fan Yu had left Shrek for the Heaven Dou Empire, where Liu Yuan planned to entice him with Level 9 Core Arrays. At Shrek, Yan Shaozhe dismissed concerns about Fan Yu’s absence, convinced he would return.

• The Heavenly Soul Emperor praised Fan Yu for rushing toward the Imperial City and sent word to Liu Yuan that the plan had drawn its first target in.
• Liu Yuan told Vina he was certain Fan Yu would stay once he saw the Level 9 Core Arrays, and looked forward to Shrek’s reaction.
• Yan Shaozhe heard that Fan Yu had left Shrek to handle an urgent family matter in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Yan Shaozhe rejected the suggestion to investigate Fan Yu’s absence, insisting that Fan Yu’s ties to Shrek would bring him back.

Fan Yu returned to the Heavenly Soul Imperial City after being tricked into believing the northern frontier was in danger, and the Emperor tried to persuade him to leave Shrek and serve the Empire. Fan Yu rejected the offer until the Emperor presented research that stunned him, leaving him demanding to know where it came from.

• Fan Yu arrived at the Imperial Study and asked the Heavenly Soul Emperor about the supposed crisis at the northern frontier.
• The Emperor admitted he had fabricated the emergency to bring Fan Yu back and accused him of serving Shrek instead of his homeland.
• The Emperor offered Fan Yu a title, resources, and rare materials if he would return to the Imperial City and oversee the Soul Engineer Department.
• Fan Yu refused, citing his loyalty to Shrek, Mu En, and Dean Xian.
• The Emperor showed Fan Yu handwritten pages containing advanced Red Dust Protection core-formation logic, and Fan Yu became absorbed in analyzing them.
• After recognizing the pages' extraordinary insights, Fan Yu asked the Emperor where the materials had come from.

The Heavenly Soul Emperor tempted Fan Yu with advanced Soul Tool research and imperial resources, persuading him to leave Shrek and return to the Heaven Dou Empire. The emperor then prepared to take Fan Yu to Qingfeng Garden and summon Sect Master Du and Liu Yuan.

• Fan Yu examined the formation-array documents and asked where they had come from.
• The Heavenly Soul Emperor explained that Liu Yuan had taken the materials from Mingde Hall’s core library after the Body Sect attack.
• The emperor offered Fan Yu a count’s title, wealth, a laboratory, and access to the research if he formally left Shrek.
• Fan Yu weighed his ties to Shrek against the chance to pursue advanced Soul Tool research, then knelt and pledged to serve the Heaven Dou Empire.
• The emperor welcomed Fan Yu’s decision and ordered a carriage to Qingfeng Garden, telling his guards to invite Sect Master Du and Liu Yuan.

Liu Yuan met Fan Yu at the Heavenly Soul Imperial Palace and gave him ninth-level soul-tool research after Fan Yu joined the Heaven Dou Empire. At Shrek Academy, Yan Shaozhe received an urgent report about Fan Yu, but the news was not yet revealed.

• Imperial guards summoned Liu Yuan to meet Fan Yu, and Liu Yuan and Du Busi went to the palace.
• Fan Yu told Liu Yuan he had left Shrek and joined the Heaven Dou Empire, and Liu Yuan handed him a complete ninth-level core-array diagram and notes on Energy Core Compression Technology.
• Fan Yu became absorbed in the research, while Liu Yuan and Du Busi anticipated Shrek's reaction to his defection.
• Yan Shaozhe praised Shrek's prospects and considered giving Fan Yu more funding before an intelligence staff member rushed in with an emergency report from the Heaven Dou Empire about Fan Yu.