Chapter Summaries

Tie Li unleashed a vast sandstorm from the Forgotten Gobi and spread Kraken’s source poison toward Black Rock City, where the storm trapped residents and caused growing madness. As supplies dwindled and the crisis worsened, Xu Jiawei sent seven guardian Douluo to investigate, leaving the Star Luo Empire’s deployable high-level combat power committed to the remote city.

• Tie Li stirred up a massive sandstorm and diluted Kraken’s source poison into the wind, then sent both north toward Black Rock City.
• Zhao Shitou spotted the approaching storm, and Black Rock City’s guards sounded the alarm as residents hurried indoors.
• The sandstorm trapped Black Rock City for days, food and water supplies faltered, and residents began suffering from madness and hallucinations.
• Xu Jiawei received an urgent report from Black Rock City and ordered every guardian Douluo except the Heavenly Fiend Douluo to investigate.
• Xu Jiawei realized he had sent all seven of his deployable Title Douluo to the western border.

Starshatter Douluo and six other Titled Douluo entered the sandstorm and found Tie Li, whom Starshatter Douluo recognized as Blue King. Tie Li demanded that they kill him to leave, but Sky Kun Douluo turned his wide-area attack on the group, triggering a fight with Giant Hammer Douluo.

• Starshatter Douluo led the six Titled Douluo into the sandstorm after Moon Deer Douluo sensed one person at its center.
• Eight tentacles erupted from beneath the sand and attacked the group, then Tie Li emerged and Starshatter Douluo identified him as Blue King.
• Tie Li struck Starshatter Douluo with Dan-Devour, but Xuanji Douluo reflected it with Mirror-Light Reflection, and Tie Li caught the returned attack.
• Tie Li told the seven Titled Douluo to kill him if they wanted to leave and said he would not use Dan-Devour again.
• Sky Kun Douluo unleashed Myriad Rivers Return to Guixu, sweeping his companions into the attack and sending Giant Hammer Douluo flying.
• Giant Hammer Douluo blamed Sky Kun Douluo for attacking their allies and attacked him with his hammer.

Tie Li turned the seven-man team against itself and used Xuanji Douluo as a shield against their attacks. Starshatter Douluo’s Annihilation Vortex killed Xuanji Douluo, leaving Tie Li facing four survivors.

• Starshatter Douluo realized Giant Hammer Douluo had lost control and discovered Moon Deer Douluo was missing.
• Tie Li attacked, impaling Giant Hammer Douluo and restraining Sky Kun Douluo with his tentacles.
• Wingfire Douluo and Purple Light Douluo unleashed their ninth soul skills at Tie Li, who pulled Xuanji Douluo in front of himself.
• Tie Li used Xuanji Douluo to block the fire and lightning, leaving Xuanji Douluo badly burned and electrocuted while Tie Li remained unharmed.
• Starshatter Douluo sent his Annihilation Vortex into Xuanji Douluo, destroying him, while Tie Li slipped clear.
• Tie Li mocked Starshatter Douluo for killing his own comrade as Wingfire Douluo, Purple Light Douluo, and Sky Kun Douluo reacted to the deaths.

Tie Li killed Sky Kun Douluo and used the Blue-Ring Turbo Drill to destroy Starshatter Douluo. He then killed the fleeing Wingfire Douluo and Purple Light Douluo with Mental Power and intensified the sandstorm across the Forgotten Gobi.

• Starshatter Douluo ordered Wingfire Douluo and Purple Light Douluo to escape with the gravely wounded Sky Kun Douluo.
• Tie Li attacked with his tentacles, killed Sky Kun Douluo, and prevented Wingfire Douluo and Purple Light Douluo from reaching him.
• Starshatter Douluo held back Tie Li's tentacles with spatial power, allowing Wingfire Douluo and Purple Light Douluo to flee.
• Tie Li promised to let the others go if Starshatter Douluo survived one attack, then killed him with the Blue-Ring Turbo Drill.
• Tie Li used Mental Power to kill the fleeing Wingfire Douluo and Purple Light Douluo, then burned his Soul Power to expand the sandstorm.

Xu Jiawei learned that three of the seven guardian Douluo were dead and four were missing after the Forgotten Gobi sandstorm, and concluded that soul beasts were responsible. He summoned Dai Hao, secretly ordered the imperial treasury emptied, and abdicated the throne in Dai Hao’s favor.

• Heavenly Fiend Douluo reported that the sandstorm had dispersed and that Firewing, Violet Light, and Moon Deer were dead, while the other guardian Douluo were missing.
• Xu Jiawei and Heavenly Fiend Douluo concluded that soul beasts had attacked the guardians, and Xu Jiawei ordered Dai Hao brought to court.
• Xu Jiawei secretly ordered the imperial treasury’s valuables packed into storage bags without alerting anyone.
• At morning court, Xu Jiawei announced his abdication and named Dai Hao as his successor.

After the sandstorm, unrest spread through Black Rock City and two neighboring provinces, and Dai Hao suspected soul beasts were involved. He freed six prisoners led by Zhao Chongshan to restore order within a year, and they reached the seemingly abandoned Anyang City.

• Dai Hao learned that seven Guardian Douluo had died and that Black Rock City’s disorder had spread across three provinces.
• Dai Hao ordered six imprisoned Soul Douluo, including Zhao Chongshan, released to quell the unrest in exchange for having their crimes erased if they succeeded within a year.
• Heavenly Fiend Douluo brought the six prisoners out of Star Luo City and gave Zhao Chongshan the assignment and a map.
• After three days on horseback, Zhao Chongshan and the others reached Anyang City, where the open gates, absent guards, and scattered wreckage signaled the city’s collapse.
• Zhao Chongshan drew his saber and led the six men into Anyang City in a cautious formation.

As unrest spread across the Star Luo Empire, reports revealed that soul beasts near the Star Dou Forest had also become violently abnormal. Di Tian suspected the chaos had another cause beyond Kraken and left word for the secluded boss to meet him in the forest, where he found Bi Ji healing an injured soul beast.

• Dai Hao learned from Heavenly Fiend Douluo that violent incidents among soul beasts near the Star Dou Forest had increased, with fifteen hunting teams attacked in one week.
• Dai Hao suspected the incidents were connected to the soul beast in the Forgotten Gobi, and Heavenly Fiend Douluo said the timing made a connection plausible.
• Di Tian visited the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and learned from Yo-Yo that the boss had been secluded for months while attempting to break the five-hundred-thousand-year bottleneck.
• Di Tian told Yo-Yo to have the boss visit him in the Star Dou Forest after leaving seclusion, then descended into the forest’s outer region.
• Bi Ji finished healing a poisoned Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Di Tian returned as she turned to greet him.

Di Tian and Bi Ji suspected that a powerful origin toxin had been sold by the poison-wielding soul beast, who remained in seclusion attempting to reach five hundred thousand years. Huo Yuhao won the Sun-Moon Empire tournament and collected six Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones, but his walk with Wang Chun ended when he sensed something and stopped.

• Di Tian told Bi Ji that the poison-wielding soul beast had recalled his clones and was attempting to cross the five-hundred-thousand-year threshold.
• Di Tian and Bi Ji suspected that the toxin corroding a soul beast's origin had come from someone willing to sell his own origin poison, and Di Tian promised to ask him about it after he emerged from seclusion.
• Huo Yuhao won the tournament, with Vina in second place and Xiao Hongchen in third, and acknowledged Wang Chun in the stands.
• Xu Tianran awarded Huo Yuhao six Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones, Vina three, and Xiao Hongchen one.
• Huo Yuhao told Wang Chun he would absorb two soul bones and save the others, then suddenly stopped as his gaze sharpened while they walked through Radiant City.

Huo Yuhao suddenly collapsed while walking with Wang Chun and remained unconscious for a day and a night despite doctors finding no serious physical problem. After he woke in the academy infirmary, Electrolux asked whether he had heard something, and Huo Yuhao confirmed that he had.

• Huo Yuhao grew pale and fainted on the street while walking with Wang Chun, who caught him and called for help.
• Vina helped Wang Chun take Huo Yuhao to the Radiant City Soul Engineer Academy infirmary, where a healer found no major physical issue and suspected a spiritual problem.
• Wang Chun stayed beside Huo Yuhao overnight as he remained unconscious, with Long Aotian and Vina also keeping watch.
• Huo Yuhao woke the next morning after a day and a night, and Wang Chun and Long Aotian asked how he felt.
• Xu Tianzhen visited Huo Yuhao with fruit and supplements, then left after exchanging pleasantries.
• Electrolux asked Huo Yuhao whether he had heard it, and Huo Yuhao silently confirmed that he had.

After waking from his collapse, Huo Yuhao learned that an unknown force had blocked Electrolux from reaching his consciousness, suggesting his collapse might not have been accidental. Headmaster Luo Ning congratulated him on winning the Soul Engineer Tournament and left him with three metal boxes, whose contents included a cursed Spirit-Eating Engraving Knife and a four-hundred-thousand-year Mermaid Right Arm Bone.

• Snow Empress and Electrolux told Huo Yuhao that an unknown force had repelled Electrolux's attempts to wake him, and Huo Yuhao suspected his collapse was deliberate.
• Headmaster Luo Ning sent the visitors away and praised Huo Yuhao for winning the Soul Engineer Tournament.
• Luo Ning told Huo Yuhao that Wang Yan had arranged his enrollment, then asked him to meet her after he recovered to discuss several matters.
• Huo Yuhao opened the first box and found a Spirit-Eating Engraving Knife; Electrolux warned that its curse had to be purified before he used it.
• Huo Yuhao opened the second box and learned from Snow Empress that it held a four-hundred-thousand-year Mermaid Right Arm Bone.

The Snow Empress explained that Deep Sea led an organization that targeted factions loyal to the Sea God, while also spreading the Sea God's faith across the continent. Huo Yuhao learned that his master, Wang Yan, belonged to the organization, but the chapter left him without an explanation for Wang Yan's involvement.

• The Snow Empress revealed that Deep Sea had helped the Ice Empress reach the Four-Hundred-Thousand-Year level, prompting the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to admit that the Ice Empress had once tried to eat him.
• The Snow Empress explained that Deep Sea formed an organization led by the Demon Empress to purge Sea God loyalists, and said Wang Yan belonged to it.
• The Snow Empress said the Kraken, known as the Blue King, also belonged to the organization and had helped it establish a foothold on land.
• The Snow Empress explained that the organization purged Sea God followers at sea while spreading the faith on the continent, replacing what it took from the east in the west.
• The Snow Empress said the organization wiped out Sea God-worshipping factions below the Four-Hundred-Thousand-Year level but could not afford to attack stronger beings.

Huo Yuhao learned that the organization behind the continent's Soul Beast Breeding Farms had made Soul Masters dependent on its system. A letter addressed to Electrolux revealed that the mysterious deep-sea figure knew about him and might help him regain a physical body, leaving Huo Yuhao wondering why he had been chosen.

• The Snow Empress told Huo Yuhao that the organization led by the Demon Empress had established the Breeding Farms and supplied Soul Beasts for thousands of years.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm reasoned that the farms had made Soul Masters dependent on them, giving the Soul Beasts' organization leverage over humanity.
• Huo Yuhao opened the third metal box and found a letter addressed to Electrolux.
• The letter's writer said the Spirit-Eating Engraving Knife should have helped Electrolux recover and offered to help him regain a physical body.
• Electrolux admitted that he did not know who had written the letter, and the Snow Empress suggested the deep-sea figure had sent it and asked what made Huo Yuhao worth investing in.

After recovering from his injuries, Huo Yuhao set aside a mysterious letter addressed to Electrolux and left the academy to meet Du Busi. Du Busi learned that Vina had reunited with Tianyang Douluo and was being taken to meet her father.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Electrolux told Huo Yuhao that the letter and gifts were intended for Electrolux, and Electrolux chose to wait until the sender revealed himself.
• Huo Yuhao rested at the academy for five days, then left his dormitory after his Soul Power had returned to normal.
• Long Aotian told Huo Yuhao that events had occurred elsewhere on the continent and led him to a warehouse outside the academy.
• Huo Yuhao met Du Busi, who asked about his recovery and congratulated him on winning the championship and receiving six Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones.
• Long Aotian told Du Busi that Tianyang Douluo had acknowledged Vina and was taking her to meet her father, and Du Busi approved of their reunion.

Long Aotian and Wang Yan explained that a Four-Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast had caused Star Luo Empire’s collapse, then revealed Shrek Academy had split into three groups to pursue separate plans. Du Busi was left questioning whether Mu En’s group hunting Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts would provoke an all-out war.

• Long Aotian told Du Busi and Huo Yuhao that seven Guardian Douluo had died in the Forgotten Gobi and disorder had spread across Star Luo Empire.
• Long Aotian explained that Xu Jiawei had abdicated and returned the throne to the Dai family, while neighboring empires reacted to the crisis in different ways.
• Wang Yan arrived and told Du Busi, Long Aotian, and Huo Yuhao that a Four-Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast’s avatar had killed the Guardian Douluo and caused the plague-bearing sandstorm.
• Wang Yan explained that Xuan Zi had organized Shrek Academy into three groups after learning Blue King was preparing for a tribulation.
• Wang Yan said Yan Shaozhe’s group would build a new Shrek Academy, Xuan Zi’s group would hunt Blue King, and Mu En’s group would hunt Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
• Du Busi challenged the plan to hunt Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, fearing it would declare all-out war against the Soul Beasts.

Wang Yan told Huo Yuhao and Du Busi that soul beasts destroyed the Body Sect, but were not responsible for ordering the attack. Du Busi ordered Long Aotian to investigate, while Huo Yuhao sought answers from the beings in his Spiritual Sea.

• Wang Yan revealed that Wang Dong and the others at New Shrek Academy had died, and that the Body Sect was destroyed around the same time.
• Du Busi demanded an explanation, but Wang Yan left after saying the destruction had nothing to do with soul beasts even though soul beasts had carried it out.
• Long Aotian suggested Wang Yan's statements pointed to a hidden truth, and Du Busi ordered him to investigate the attack.
• Du Busi told Huo Yuhao to ask Wang Yan which soul beast destroyed the Body Sect when they met again.
• Huo Yuhao consulted Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Snow Empress, and Senior Electrolux, and Snow Empress said the soul beasts had carried out the attack but had not given the orders.

After recovering, Huo Yuhao visited Dean Luo Ning to ask about his master and the three boxes, but she said she knew nothing about their contents and explained that the organization had only used her to deliver them. She then told him the Blue King had secretly manipulated tournament matchups, and Huo Yuhao learned from the Snow Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that the Blue King had four soul cores.

• Electrolux reminded Huo Yuhao that Dean Luo Ning had asked to see him after he recovered, so he went to her office.
• Huo Yuhao asked Luo Ning whether she and his master came from the Deep Sea and whether she knew about Elder Yi, but she did not recognize the name.
• Luo Ning said the organization had given her the three boxes to deliver and that she did not know what was inside them.
• Luo Ning explained that the Blue King had manipulated past tournament matchups to help Shrek Academy avoid teams partnered with farm-raised soul beasts.
• After Huo Yuhao called the Blue King a man with too much time on his hands, Luo Ning warned that he could hear them.
• The Snow Empress told Huo Yuhao that the Blue King had four soul cores and had defeated the Ice Empress, leaving the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm shocked.

Luo Ning asked Huo Yuhao to persuade Xu Tianran to let the Loulan Empire host the next Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament. After Huo Yuhao explained why Xu Tianzhen might not have enough influence to help, Luo Ning revealed that she wanted him to romance the princess.

• Luo Ning explained that the Snow Empress had defeated the Ice Empress despite having far less cultivation, while the Snow Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm argued about her current cultivation breakthrough.
• Luo Ning told Huo Yuhao that turmoil among the empires could change the next tournament and asked him to convince Xu Tianran to give Loulan the hosting rights.
• Huo Yuhao warned that Xu Tianran had prepared extensively for the tournament and that Xu Tianzhen might not have the influence or willingness to help.
• Luo Ning clarified that she did not expect Xu Tianzhen to argue with Xu Tianran and instead wanted Huo Yuhao to romance her.

Luo Ning proposed that Huo Yuhao court and marry Xu Tianzhen so he could inherit the Sun-Moon Empire, then revealed that the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape had attacked the Body Sect. Huo Yuhao left with leave approved for Long Aotian and a warning that the organization had other agents in the Sun-Moon Empire, while Luo Ning feared many people would die if he failed to end up with Xu Tianzhen.

• Luo Ning told Huo Yuhao to marry Xu Tianzhen and assassinate Xu Tianran to claim the throne, and Huo Yuhao asked for time to consider it.
• Huo Yuhao returned to Luo Ning's office and learned that the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape had destroyed the Body Sect.
• Snow Empress explained that the two soul beasts had once ascended to the God Realm with Tang San, while Luo Ning said she did not know how they returned to the continent.
• Huo Yuhao requested leave for Long Aotian, and Luo Ning approved seven years.
• Luo Ning warned Huo Yuhao that he was not the organization's only agent in the Sun-Moon Empire, then worried that many people would die if he did not end up with Xu Tianzhen.

Long Aotian crossed into the plague-stricken Star Luo Empire on his way to Loulan and encountered an Earth Cave Demon Spider. It warned him that sandstorm-tainted dust could cause madness, and that dust had already landed on him.

• Long Aotian traveled north through an empty village in the Star Luo Empire and found no signs of the Soul Beasts meant to guard it.
• A surge of Hundred-Thousand-Year-level Soul Power erupted underground, and an Earth Cave Demon Spider emerged to confront Long Aotian.
• The Earth Cave Demon Spider warned Long Aotian that the area remained dangerous even after the sandstorm had ended, because contaminated people and Soul Beasts could go mad.
• The Earth Cave Demon Spider told Long Aotian that dust from its emergence had contaminated him, though he felt no symptoms.
• Long Aotian asked why the Earth Cave Demon Spider had not attacked him, and it replied that it had not gone mad yet.

Long Aotian accepted the Earth Cave Demon Spider’s sacrifice in exchange for rescuing more than eleven thousand survivors sheltering underground. After absorbing its power and gaining a new spirit bone, he reached the survivors and told them he would take them to safety.

• The Earth Cave Demon Spider warned Long Aotian that he needed a powerful Purification-type healer and revealed that both of them had been infected by the plague.
• The Earth Cave Demon Spider offered to sacrifice itself if Long Aotian rescued the uninfected survivors from seven underground villages, numbering more than eleven thousand.
• The Earth Cave Demon Spider explained that a Food-type Soul Master and an eighty-thousand-year Crystal Armor Turtle’s sacrifice had helped the survivors endure the plague.
• Long Aotian accepted the deal, and the Earth Cave Demon Spider sacrificed itself to him.
• Long Aotian’s cultivation rose from level sixty-three to level seventy-one, and he gained eight spider-leg-like bones on his back.
• Long Aotian followed the cave passages to the underground settlement and told the survivors he had come to take them to safety.