Chapter Summaries

Tang San gathered the gods to resist the Space-Time Turbulence as the Divine Realm faced destruction. The God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life sacrificed themselves to weaken the turbulence, but the Golden Dragon King attacked, and Tang San prepared to evacuate the surviving gods.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu faced the approaching Space-Time Turbulence, and Tang San summoned the gods to defend the Divine Realm.
• The God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life merged their powers and unleashed the Flower of Creation, destroying the turbulence’s outer cloud belts before their Seed of Destruction and Life was knocked away.
• The Golden Dragon King charged toward the God Realm Hub, seeking vengeance for the divine beasts who had been hunted and imprisoned.
• Tang San used the Sword of the Three Realms Judgment to kill the Golden Dragon King, who cast his God Core out of the Divine Realm before dying.
• Tang San told Rong Nianbing that the gods had to leave soon, even though the weaker gods might not survive the spatial transfer.

During a coup in the Sun Moon Empire, the Prince seized the palace, but the Sun Moon Emperor and Princess Consort died before the Prince’s newborn son was named Lan Qing. Strange golden and gray powers entered the baby, while a dragon’s roar beneath the Lake of Life stirred Di Tian’s hopes of his lord’s awakening.

• The Prince’s forces overwhelmed the Imperial Guards, and Zheng Zhan shielded the Prince from the commander’s final attack.
• Ying Sha Douluo tried to assassinate the Prince, but Ye Yulin killed Ying Sha and the Sun Moon Emperor from the sky.
• The dying Princess Consort gave birth to a boy, named him Lan Qing, and died in the Prince’s arms.
• Golden light and a gray remnant entered Lan Qing, forming a balance inside him as the strange phenomena faded.
• A dragon roared beneath the Lake of Life, and Di Tian knelt in excitement, believing his lord might awaken.

Six-year-old Xu Lanqing underwent his Martial Soul Awakening and revealed an Ultimate Ice Phoenix and a second dragon Martial Soul. Electrolux sealed the dangerous power within Xu Lanqing, who collapsed, unable to use his Second Martial Soul for now.

• Xu Tianzhen awakened the Sun Martial Soul and tested at Innate Soul Power Rank Nine.
• Xu Lanqing awakened the Ice Phoenix Martial Soul, which suppressed the elder's Sun Martial Soul.
• Xu Lanqing manifested the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon as his second Martial Soul, but a golden dragon shadow swallowed it and changed its scales to gold.
• Electrolux sealed the golden crystal in Xu Lanqing's Sea of Consciousness and warned him that using his Second Martial Soul could break the seal.
• Xu Lanqing endured the struggle and collapsed after Electrolux finished sealing the crystal.

After Xu Lanqing’s Martial Soul mutation, Electrolux explained that the Golden Dragon King’s God Core had become his Martial Soul, leaving him stronger but unable to cultivate safely. Xu Lanqing woke, discovered his strength and hunger had increased, and told the Sun Moon Emperor he could no longer use his Second Martial Soul, prompting the Emperor to summon Kong Deming to examine him.

• A physician told the Sun Moon Emperor that Xu Lanqing was physically healthy and his spiritual power was safe, but that he would need to wake on his own.
• Inside Xu Lanqing’s Sea of Consciousness, Electrolux explained that he had regressed to his weakened state and that the Golden Dragon King’s God Core had become Xu Lanqing’s Martial Soul.
• Xu Lanqing woke, tested his enhanced strength by punching a marble table, injured his hand, and asked the guards for a large amount of food.
• The Sun Moon Emperor visited Xu Lanqing, who said he could no longer use his Second Martial Soul.
• The Sun Moon Emperor summoned Elder Kong, and Kong Deming appeared to examine Xu Lanqing’s Martial Soul.

Kong Deming examined Xu Lanqing’s dangerous Martial Soul and advised him to cultivate his Ice Phoenix Martial Soul before seeking help at the Ancestral Land. The emperor arranged for Kong Deming to become Xu Lanqing’s teacher, and Kong Deming gave him a powerful defensive Soul Tool.

• Kong Deming examined Xu Lanqing and identified the violent aura in his mutated Martial Soul as a danger to his mind.
• Kong Deming suggested that Xu Lanqing cultivate his Ice Phoenix Martial Soul before entering the Ancestral Land, and the emperor agreed.
• The emperor asked Kong Deming to become Xu Lanqing’s teacher, and Kong Deming accepted.
• Xu Lanqing consulted Electrolux in his Sea of Consciousness, then knelt and acknowledged Kong Deming as his teacher.
• Kong Deming gave Xu Lanqing Starry Night Guardian, a Level 9 Soul Tool that could withstand one full-power attack from a Titled Douluo.

Xu Tianran plotted with the Star Luo Empire against Xu Lanqing after learning that Kong Deming had taken him as a disciple. The next morning, an assassin attacked Xu Lanqing, but Kong Deming arrived in time to subdue her and ordered her interrogation.

• Xu Tianran learned that Xu Lanqing had acknowledged Kong Deming as his master and feared the boy would become Crown Prince.
• Xu Tianran ordered his subordinate to pass the news to an underground Star Luo Empire outpost and said he accepted their terms.
• A disguised maid attacked Xu Lanqing, but he activated the Starry Night Guardian and blocked her dagger strike.
• Kong Deming arrived and subdued the eight-ring female assassin before she could kill herself.
• Kong Deming identified her White Tiger Dagger Martial Soul as one associated with the Star Luo Empire and ordered the Royal Law Enforcement Team to interrogate her.

Xu Lanqing visited the imprisoned assassin and used Electrolux’s soul-searching technique to uncover who had supplied her with a map and instructions. He learned the culprit was a powerful figure inside the Imperial City, but their identity remained unknown, so he went to see his father.

• Xu Tianran learned that his would-be allies demanded state support for their faith and told his agent to demand proof of their sincerity.
• Xu Lanqing decided to question the female assassin and traveled to the dungeon with Zheng Zhan, his new protector.
• Xu Lanqing entered the interrogation room alone and let Electrolux search the assassin’s soul for her recent memories.
• Xu Lanqing saw that a black-cloaked figure from inside the Imperial City had given the assassin a map and instructions, but the figure’s face was hidden.
• Xu Lanqing left the dungeon with Zheng Zhan and went to see his father.

Xu Lanqing asked the emperor to let him leave the palace to obtain his First Soul Ring and use the journey to draw out his enemies. After receiving powerful protections and guards, he departed Mingdu, and the chapter ended as his carriage approached the city gates without incident.

• Xu Lanqing told the emperor he wanted to become stronger and planned to use his trip as bait to uncover those plotting against him.
• The emperor gave Xu Lanqing a nameless Space Soul Tool that could teleport him hundreds of miles and arranged for Jing Hongchen and Zheng Zhan to protect him, with Ye Yulin following at a distance.
• Xu Lanqing praised Jing Hongchen and implied he needed more protection, prompting Jing Hongchen to give him the Red Dust Protection Soul Tool.
• A few days later, Xu Lanqing rode out of Mingdu in a royal carriage with Jing Hongchen and Zheng Zhan, and the journey to the city gates passed without incident.

Xu Lanqing traveled toward the Far North with Jing Hongchen and Zheng Zhan to seek a Soul Ring, suspecting that Xu Tianran had arranged an assassination. Holy Spirit Cult elders tracked them and prepared an ambush as they approached their destination.

• Jing Hongchen and Zheng Zhan carried Xu Lanqing from Mingdu toward the Far North on their Flying Soul Tools.
• Jing Hongchen reported that someone had been watching them, and Xu Lanqing realized Xu Tianran might be behind the threat.
• The group reached a town near the Far North at dusk and stopped to rest before searching for Soul Beasts.
• Nangong Wan and the Holy Spirit Cult elders watched Xu Lanqing through a Soul Skill, then decided to follow him to the Far North and prepare an ambush.

Mu En intercepted the Holy Spirit Cult and fought its Titled Douluo, killing several before using his Dragon Pill to defeat Zhongli Wu. The remaining Evil Soul Masters escaped, and Mu En was left weakened and worried about the growing threats facing Shrek.

• Mu En stopped Zhongli Wu and nine other Holy Spirit Cult Titled Douluo, then revealed his Bright Sacred Dragon Martial Soul and wounded the Scorpion Tiger Douluo.
• Mu En unleashed his Dragon God Domain and Dragon God Descent, killing the Skeleton Douluo, the Dark Douluo, and two Titled Douluo who had been hiding.
• Zhongli Wu attacked Mu En with the Bone Dragon King and a combined wind-and-fire assault, leaving Mu En badly wounded.
• Zhongli Wu approached the seemingly defeated Bright Sacred Dragon to devour it, but Mu En’s Dragon Pill immobilized him and killed him.
• The Evil Phoenix Douluo, the Scorpion Tiger Douluo, the Bone Dragon King, and two Titled Douluo escaped, while Mu En lamented his dwindling strength and worried about Shrek’s future.

Xu Lanqing visited Ju Zi Barbecue and met Ju Zi, a young Soul Grandmaster who was preparing to leave town with her mother for an academy in Mingdu. After learning that Ju Zi missed her late father, Xu Lanqing left, while Ju Zi later thought about him and vented her frustration by throwing a Ju Zi fruit at the wall.

• Xu Lanqing noticed a golden light in the sky and learned that powerful Soul Masters were likely fighting nearby.
• Xu Lanqing entered Ju Zi Barbecue, where Jing Hongchen noted that the woman grilling meat was a Five-Ring Soul King.
• Ju Zi told Xu Lanqing that she and her mother would close the shop soon and go to an academy in Mingdu, and that the shop was all her father had left her after the war took him.
• Xu Lanqing introduced himself and learned that the girl was named Ju Zi before leaving the shop with Jing Hongchen and Zheng Zhan.
• Ju Zi's mother comforted her when she said she had been thinking of her father.
• Alone in bed with her father's portrait, Ju Zi thought of Xu Lanqing, then threw an orange-red Ju Zi fruit at the wall while imagining pelting him with them.

Xu Lanqing and his companions searched the Far North’s Outer Region for a suitable Soul Beast, but Electrolux sensed that a powerful being was controlling the blizzard around them. Xu Lanqing urged Jing Hongchen to retreat, just as a dark figure emerged through the snow.

• Jing Hongchen carried Xu Lanqing over the deep snow while Zheng Zhan dismissed concerns about the heavy snowfall.
• Xu Lanqing and his companions found a frightened White Tiger that was too young to provide a suitable Soul Ring, so Zheng Zhan spared it.
• Electrolux warned Xu Lanqing that a Soul Beast was controlling the blizzard and urged him to flee before entering its territory.
• Xu Lanqing told Jing Hongchen to get them out, but Jing Hongchen and Zheng Zhan spotted a dark figure approaching through the snow.
• Zheng Zhan summoned his silver-white shield, entered Martial Soul Possession, and faced the approaching figure.

A sudden blizzard traps Xu Lanqing, Jing Hongchen, and Zheng Zhan in the Far North as they encounter the Holy Spirit Cult elders and a powerful Soul Beast. The Soul Beast refuses to let anyone leave, and its enormous claws strike down Nangong Wan, Ming Lei, and Youming as they try to escape.

• Xu Lanqing and his companions were cut off by a violent blizzard that suppressed their vision and perception.
• Ye Yulin sent Lao Huang with him to support Xu Lanqing and gave Lao Mo a Level Nine Fixed Soul Cannonball to use if necessary.
• Nangong Wan, Ming Lei, and Youming were thrown from the blizzard after losing four Soul Douluo subordinates to their pursuers.
• Nangong Wan proposed that his group and Xu Lanqing's cooperate to escape, but Xu Lanqing rejected him and mocked the Holy Spirit Cult elders.
• The Strong Man appeared, declared that all the humans would remain in the Far North, and ignored Nangong Wan's group as they fled.
• A roar sounded, and five enormous claws struck Nangong Wan, Ming Lei, and Youming into the snow.

Ice Bear King Xiaobai fought Tianwu Douluo Nangong Wan and Youming Douluo while Ming Lei Douluo attacked the snow curtain. On the other side, Zheng Zhan and Jing Hongchen held off the Strong Man as cracks appeared in the barrier, and Jing Hongchen transformed into his Three-Legged Golden Toad Martial Soul Avatar.

• Nangong Wan and Youming Douluo attacked Ice Bear King while Ming Lei Douluo bombarded the snow curtain with Soul Tools.
• Ice Bear King shattered Nangong Wan’s carapace and resisted Youming Douluo’s mental attack, but the two Douluos kept him occupied.
• The Strong Man struck Zheng Zhan’s shield, shattering it repeatedly as Zheng Zhan used rare metal to repair it.
• Ming Lei Douluo’s assault made the snow curtain tremble and crack, and Xu Lanqing realized they might soon escape.
• The Strong Man prepared to intensify his attack, and Jing Hongchen transformed into his Three-Legged Golden Toad Martial Soul Avatar.

Jing Hongchen and Zheng Zhan fought the Titan Snow Demon King while Ye Yulin opened a way through the blizzard’s wall of snow. Xu Lanqing and the others escaped, but Ming Lei Douluo was left cornered by the Titan Snow Demon King.

• Jing Hongchen unleashed thousands of Soul Tool beams at the Titan Snow Demon King after Zheng Zhan held the giant back, but his attack only wounded the beast.
• The Titan Snow Demon King struck Zheng Zhan through his defenses, leaving him badly injured beside Xu Lanqing.
• Ye Yulin opened a gap in the wall of snow, and he led Xu Lanqing, Jing Hongchen, and Zheng Zhan out to safety.
• The Titan Snow Demon King turned his rage on Nangong Wan and the others as Tianwu Douluo and Youming Douluo escaped through the gap.
• The Titan Snow Demon King blocked Ming Lei Douluo’s escape, and Ming Lei Douluo prepared to fight with a feverish smile.

Xu Lanqing escaped the pursuing Ming Lei Douluo by using a teleportation orb as the Douluo self-destructed and a Level Nine Fixed Soul Cannonball closed in. He vanished through a rift, leaving Jing Hongchen and the others to track him afterward.

• Ming Lei Douluo ignited his Soul Core and chased Xu Lanqing while the Titan Snow Demon King and Ice Bear King pursued Nangong Wan and Youming.
• Jing Hongchen identified the black object pursuing them as a Level Nine Fixed Soul Cannonball.
• Xu Lanqing asked Jing Hongchen for a tracking Soul Tool and chose to stay behind so the others could escape.
• Jing Hongchen gave Xu Lanqing a tracking Soul Tool, and Ye Yulin withdrew his protection and flew away with the others.
• Xu Lanqing activated Starry Night Guardian and Red Dust Protection, crushed a silver orb, and vanished through a black rift just before Ming Lei Douluo reached him.

Ju Zi watched a powerful explosion devastate the Far North and worried about Xu Lanqing, who had been teleported away. Xu Lanqing regained consciousness trapped in an icy fissure near the Far North’s core, where the cold pierced him despite his Ultimate Ice Martial Soul.

• Ju Zi saw a blinding explosion from her barbecue shop and hid under a table as an earthquake shook the town, worrying that Xu Lanqing might have died.
• Jing Hongchen and his companions survived the blast but could not locate Xu Lanqing, so they split up with Soul Tools to search for him.
• The Titan Snow Ape and Ice Bear King stopped pursuing the Evil Soul Masters, while Nangong Wan and Youming Douluo escaped badly injured.
• A beam of emerald light rose from deep in the Far North, and a bewildered voice wondered what had caused the immense energy surge.
• Xu Lanqing woke in a dark, cramped fissure beneath the ice and realized he had been teleported near the Far North’s core.

Xu Lanqing followed an ice tunnel to a hidden palace in the Far North, where he found a Titled Douluo trying to push a tray of gemstones through a barrier surrounding a mass of white airflow. Electrolux insisted that two people were inside, and Xu Lanqing began to suspect the second was connected to the airflow.

• Unable to fit through the passage above, Xu Lanqing continued through the long ice tunnel and asked Electrolux to sense what lay ahead.
• Electrolux detected two human auras, including one at the Titled Douluo level, and concealed Xu Lanqing with a barrier that would last three hours.
• Xu Lanqing reached a vast icy chamber sealed by gale winds and spotted an elegant palace with its doors open.
• Xu Lanqing crept into the palace and saw a gaunt old man struggling to push a gemstone-laden tray through a barrier toward a hovering mass of white airflow.
• When Xu Lanqing saw only the old man, Electrolux reaffirmed that two people were inside, prompting Xu Lanqing to suspect the airflow was the other one.

Xu Lanqing disrupted an old man's attempt to seal and absorb the Snow Empress's human-reincarnation embryo. The freed Snow Empress unleashed her power, killing the old man with one sword while Xu Lanqing fell frozen in the palace.

• Xu Lanqing recognized the white airflow as the Snow Empress's embryo and saw the old man use the God-Sealing Platform to trap it.
• With Electrolux's help, Xu Lanqing concealed himself and struck the old man with a white flame just as the God-Sealing Platform enclosed the embryo.
• The old man lost control for two seconds, causing the God-Sealing Platform to fall and its golden seal to vanish.
• The Snow Empress awakened, unleashed a wave of extreme cold, and froze Xu Lanqing as the old man fled.
• The Snow Empress's ice-blue sword cut the fleeing old man in two, killing him instantly.

Xu Lanqing faced the Snow Empress’s sword after she took human form, but he tried to persuade her that he could help her survive the failed reincarnation. The chapter ended with the Snow Empress refusing to accept help from a human, even if it meant dying.

• The Snow Empress pinned Xu Lanqing to the ground with her killing intent and held an ice-blue sword to his forehead.
• Xu Lanqing argued that he had saved the Snow Empress from being sealed by the old man, but she condemned humans for hunting Soul Beasts.
• Xu Lanqing recognized the Snow Empress and warned that interrupting her reincarnation would cause fatal backlash.
• Xu Lanqing claimed his teacher had a way to keep the Snow Empress alive.
• The Snow Empress said she would never accept charity from a human, even if she died.