Chapter Summaries

Xu Tinglan and his allies confronted Zhang Lexuan’s Shrek Supervisory Corps as they tried to rescue the Tang Sect prisoners from Sun Moon Prison. Xu Tinglan captured the rescuers and left the Tang Sect members still imprisoned, with the Soul Tool Crafting Competition approaching.

• Xu Tinglan learned that intruders had entered the Underground Prison and went there with Xi Yue and Snow Empress.
• Zhang Lexuan led the Shrek Supervisory Corps into the prison to rescue Beibei and the other Tang Sect members, but Xiao Hongchen and his allies ambushed them.
• The Sun Moon Team defeated most of the rescuers, while Ye Nongfeng’s Aging Ray weakened Wu Ming and Jiang Nannan’s Phantom Body blocked Zhang Lexuan’s Blood Moon Eclipse.
• Xu Tinglan arrived and used Yin-Yang Wild Waves and Chaos Black Tortoise to immobilize the Shrek Supervisory Corps.
• Xiao Hongchen shackled the captured rescuers, and Xu Tinglan sent Zhang Lexuan and the others into the Undead Half-Plane.

Xiao Hongchen discovered that Xu Tinglan had used disguised death-row inmates to lure out Zhang Lexuan, while the true Tang Sect members were hidden away. At the imperial palace, Kong Deming’s arrays repelled the attacking Super Douluo, who retreated after failing to reach Xu Tianran.

• Xiao Hongchen opened a prison cell and found a supposed Tang Sect member was actually a disguised death-row inmate, revealing Xu Tinglan’s trap for Zhang Lexuan.
• Kong Deming controlled four High-Energy Compression Arrays to bombard the Super Douluo attacking the imperial palace.
• Ye Xishui asked Kong Deming to let her attack, but he remained wary of her and regretted helping build the Death God Tower’s core.
• Long Xiaoyao fought Xuan Zi and the other Super Douluo, overpowering Xuan Zi while holding back.
• Elder Lin and the Shrek fighters realized Xu Tianran was protected by a Ninth-Grade peak soul tool, and Xuan Zi ordered a retreat.
• The other empires’ Title Douluo fled as well, while Zhongli Wu saw the imperial palace’s forest of gun barrels and recognized the Sun Moon Empire’s strength.

Xu Tinglan uncovered intelligence from Zhang Lexuan and coordinated the Sun Moon Empire’s forces as Shrek’s Title Douluos tried to escape Ming Capital. Yan Shaozhe led them south, only to find Xu Tinglan and all four Hands of the Nation waiting beyond the city barrier.

• Xu Tinglan used Universe Eternal Treasure with Xi Yue’s Power of Fate to suppress Zhang Lexuan and uncover information tied to Shrek, then sent the intelligence to Jing Hongchen.
• Heavenly Sun Douluo and Yan Shaozhe decided the Soul Emperors and Soul Saints should hide in Ming Capital while the Title Douluos attempted to escape; Xue Leng secretly sent Xu Tinglan a message reading “North.”
• Xu Tinglan learned that Kong Deming and Dragon Emperor Douluo would remain behind, then urged Jing Hongchen, Xu Tianran, and the others to proceed.
• Yan Shaozhe feigned a move north, changed course south, and led the Title Douluos through Ming Capital’s defensive barrier.
• The group encountered the Dreadclaw Hand of the Nation and the other three Hands of the Nation, while Xu Tinglan appeared in Martial Imperial Honor and declared that he had long awaited them.

Xu Tinglan and his allies trapped the assembled Douluo forces, then used the Universe Canglan Domain and Level 9 shells to devastate them. As Zhongli Wu tried to claim the dead, Xu Tinglan pulled most of their corpses and wraiths through the pitch-black gate into the Undead Half-Plane, leaving the two sides facing off.

• Level 9 Soul Masters and Zhongli Wu’s Evil Soul Masters surrounded Xu Tinglan’s group and blocked their retreat.
• Xu Tinglan deployed the Soul-Forged Mysterious Origin Water-Controlling Flag, while Xi Yue and Snow Empress strengthened his Universe Canglan Domain.
• Xu Tinglan ordered four Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells fired at the Super Douluo, killing many and leaving Xuan Zi and other survivors near death.
• Zhongli Wu summoned the Bone Dragon King to devour the dead, but Jing Hongchen and Ye Yulin interrupted his attempt to seize control of the undead.
• Xu Tinglan used the surviving Chaos Aura and Elder Yi’s help to draw nearly all the scattered corpses and wraiths through the gate into the Undead Half-Plane.
• Xu Tinglan faced the furious Zhongli Wu and declared that they would each use their own means.

After the Sun Moon Empire defeated the hostile Title Douluo, Xu Tinglan examined the Soul Bones he had acquired and prepared to refine Heaven and Earth Creation Pills. Xu Tianyuan brought him a captive, whom Xu Tinglan identified as Ye Guyi.

• Jing Hongchen ordered Zhongli Wu and the Evil Soul Masters to leave Ming Capital, and Zhongli Wu departed after the Bone Dragon King lost the Wraiths he hoped to consume.
• Xuan Zi ignited his origin and charged at Jing Hongchen, but his self-destruction failed to kill anyone.
• Xu Tinglan inspected the Soul Bones taken from Huo Yuhao and considered using spirit herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to refine Heaven and Earth Creation Pills.
• Xu Tinglan received Xu Tianyuan at his villa and learned that his men had found the person Xu Tinglan wanted.
• Xu Tinglan uncovered the prison cart and recognized the shackled young woman inside as Ye Guyi.

Xu Tinglan met Ye Guyi after Prince Xu tried to strengthen their ties through an offer of his granddaughter and an exchange of rare metals. After identifying Ye Guyi as the Holy Angel soul master, Xu Tinglan criticized her mission to hunt Evil Soul Masters and asked why he did not intend to rescue her.

• Xu Tinglan recognized the captive girl as a likely member of the Ordinary Alliance and closed the curtain to continue speaking with Xu Tianyuan.
• Xu Tianyuan offered his granddaughter to Xu Tinglan, who declined because he already liked someone and wanted to focus on destroying the Three Kingdoms.
• Xu Tinglan gave Xu Tianyuan Spirit Forged Metal, and Xu Tianyuan exchanged it for rare metals before leaving.
• Xu Tinglan remembered Ye Guyi, lifted the curtain, and removed the soundproof barrier.
• Ye Guyi accused Xu Tinglan of desiring beautiful girls, and he identified her Holy Angel martial soul and her plan to hunt Evil Soul Masters.
• Xu Tinglan told Ye Guyi that her dangerous mission was meaningless and asked why he did not want to rescue her at the last moment.

Xu Tinglan rejected Ye Guyi’s offer, then distributed Xiao Hongchen’s tournament rewards and founded the Yixin Association with the Sun Moon Team. The association quickly grew to more than three hundred elite members, while Xiao Hongchen, Ye Nongfeng, and Lan Xiu evolved their Martial Souls after bonding with Dragon Girls.

• Xu Tinglan told Ye Guyi he could eradicate the Evil Soul Masters without her and sent her to the Undead Half-Plane.
• Xiao Hongchen won the Underground Soul Engineer Crafting Tournament and handed his rewards to Xu Tinglan to distribute.
• Xu Tinglan allocated the Dragon Girls, Soul Tools, and Gold Soul Coins among the team, then invited them to join the Yixin Association.
• Xu Tinglan established the Yixin Association around shared ideals, and its membership grew to more than three hundred, including Ma Rulong, Mika, Xiao Xiafeng, Chen Fei, Chen An, and Lin Xi.
• Xiao Hongchen, Ye Nongfeng, and Lan Xiu bonded with their Dragon Girls and evolved their Martial Souls into the Three-Legged Golden Dragon Toad, the Sun Essence Dragon, and the Body Martial Soul, brain.

Xu Tinglan, Xi Yue, and the Snow Empress refined nine Heaven and Earth Creation Pills, and Xu Tinglan gave one to Kong Deming to help him break through to Super Douluo. Meanwhile, Zhongli Wu warned Ye Xishui that the Sun Moon Empire would turn against the Holy Spirit Cult after unifying the three kingdoms, but Ye Xishui trusted that her and Xiaoyao’s strength would deter it.

• Xu Tinglan, Xi Yue, and the Snow Empress used the Level 9 Yin-Yang Dual-Color Alchemy Furnace to refine nine Heaven and Earth Creation Pills.
• Xu Tinglan gave Xi Yue and the Snow Empress one pill each, and Xi Yue embraced and kissed him while the Snow Empress watched.
• Xu Tinglan took the remaining pills to Kong Deming, who accepted one and said it could help him advance beyond Rank 94 and develop his Level 10 Silver Moon Divine Light Shield.
• Zhongli Wu told Ye Xishui that the Sun Moon Empire was stringing the Holy Spirit Cult along and would destroy it after unifying the three kingdoms.
• Ye Xishui insisted the Sun Moon Empire would not dare attack the Holy Spirit Cult because she and Xiaoyao could retaliate.

Xu Tinglan gave Jing Hongchen a Heaven and Earth Creation Pill before receiving the title of Martial King in a grand ceremony. At a court gathering, Xu Tianran asked him to identify spies, and Xu Tinglan declared the court loyal to the crown prince.

• Ye Xishui urged Zhongli Wu to try turning Xu Tinglan into an Evil Soul Master, while warning him not to harm Xu Tinglan or provoke the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xu Tinglan gave Jing Hongchen a Heaven and Earth Creation Pill, and Jing Hongchen vowed to follow him unto death if needed.
• Xu Tinglan received the title of Martial King in a grand ceremony at Chengtian Square as Xu Tianran watched without jealousy.
• Xu Tianran led Xu Tinglan and the officials into the imperial hall, took the Dragon Throne, and asked Xu Tinglan whether any spies remained in the court.
• Xu Tinglan sensed the court and told Xu Tianran that when the entire court was loyal to the crown prince, there could be no disloyal subjects.

Xu Tinglan planned to balance a true Yang Attribute Soul Core with the Demon Empress’s Soul Ring, then set out with Jing Hongchen, Xi Yue, and Snow Empress to search the deep sea. After Jing Hongchen broke through to rank ninety-eight, the group scoured the ocean for suitable Soul Beasts but found none of the Ferocious Beasts they encountered suitable.

• Xu Tinglan returned to his private courtyard, reflected on his recent progress, and planned to absorb the Demon Empress’s Soul Ring while condensing a true Yang Attribute Soul Core.
• Jing Hongchen refined the Heaven and Earth Creation Pill under Kong Deming’s guidance, broke through to Super Douluo, and stabilized at rank ninety-eight.
• Jing Hongchen offered to take Xu Tinglan to the deep sea, and Xu Tinglan agreed to search for a suitable Soul Beast.
• Xu Tinglan, Jing Hongchen, Xi Yue, and Snow Empress flew south over the ocean and used Xi Yue’s Power of Fate to search for marine Soul Beasts.
• Over several days, Xu Tinglan rejected the Sea Serpent Dragon, Jellyfish Empress, Ice Halberd Shark, Shadow Giant Squid, and other Ferocious Beasts as unsuitable.

Xu Tinglan and his companions lured out the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King after learning it had slaughtered many sea Soul Beasts. Xu Tinglan unleashed his sea-enhanced power against the Whale King, which ended the chapter declaring that it wanted to sacrifice itself.

• Xu Tinglan learned from a Demon Soul Great White Shark that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had killed many of its kin and other sea Soul Beasts.
• Xu Tinglan promised to help avenge the dead, and Jing Hongchen revealed his Battle Armor and giant Humanoid Soul Tool to demonstrate his strength.
• The Demon Soul Great White Shark wounded itself to lure out the Whale King while Xu Tinglan and Xi Yue concealed their group with the Power of Fate.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King emerged and mocked Xu Tinglan, who answered with his domain and sword techniques.
• The Whale King attacked with a massive surge of seawater, but Xu Tinglan drew power from the sea through the Mysterious Origin Water-Controlling Flag and fought back.
• Alarmed by Xu Tinglan's strength, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King announced that it wanted to sacrifice itself.

Xu Tinglan accepted the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's offer of a self-sacrifice in exchange for help against Tang San and information about the Black Tortoise Ruins. After forming a Soul Spirit contract with her, he condensed a Yang Attribute Soul Core and emerged with his Soul Power at level eighty-nine.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King offered to sacrifice herself to Xu Tinglan and reveal the Black Tortoise Ruins if he helped her defeat her enemy, and Xu Tinglan agreed.
• Xu Tinglan preserved the Demon Empress as a Soul Spirit, forming an eighth Soul Ring with five black-gold patterns.
• Xu Tinglan began condensing a Yang Attribute Soul Core, while the Demon Empress's Yin energy and Chaos energy helped balance its power.
• Elder Yi used Light Power to calm the Soul Core's violent energy, and Life Gold helped Xu Tinglan survive the burning pain and damage.
• By nightfall, Xu Tinglan had stabilized the Yang Soul Core and reached level eighty-nine Soul Power; the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's body had disappeared.

Xu Tinglan reached the remains of a Black Tortoise in the depths of the sea and absorbed its bloodline power, greatly increasing his strength. After gaining two abilities from his eighth Soul Ring, he used Ten Thousand Soul Tide to enslave the Wraiths of more than twenty Title Douluos.

• The Demon Empress told Xu Tinglan about a Black Tortoise skeleton buried beneath the sea, and he descended toward it with Jing Hongchen.
• Jing Hongchen could not withstand the deep-sea pressure, so Xu Tinglan sent him back to the surface and continued alone.
• Xu Tinglan reached the skeleton but was pinned down by its Suppression Power until his Black Tortoise Bloodline awakened and let him approach.
• The skeleton's power flowed into Xu Tinglan, strengthening his bloodline and Battle Armor before the remains dimmed and his bloodline reached saturation.
• Xu Tinglan returned to the surface and discovered that his eighth Soul Ring granted him Ten Thousand Soul Tide and Eternal Fall.
• Xu Tinglan gathered more than twenty powerful Wraiths, including Xuan Zi, Elder Song, and Yan Shaozhe, then used Ten Thousand Soul Tide to enslave them.

Xu Tinglan enslaved the Sea God Pavilion elders and traveled to the Mingdou Mountain Range to kill Dai Hao. There, he learned that the Sun Moon Empire’s Emperor had died and that Zhongli Wu’s forces were nearby.

• Xu Tinglan turned Elder Song and the other Sea God Pavilion elders into enslaved ghosts, saying they could contribute to peace in the continent.
• Xu Tianran’s father died after warning him about war and Evil Soul Masters, and Xu Tianran concealed the death.
• Xu Tinglan, Jing Hongchen, Xi Yue, and the Snow Empress reached the Mingdou Mountain Range to deal with Dai Hao.
• Ye Yulin told them that the old Emperor had died, the Holy Spirit Cult was escalating the war, and Zhongli Wu’s forces were in the range.
• Xu Tinglan said there was no need to wait for the other Beast King Soul Engineer Regiments to arrive.

Xu Tinglan attacked the Northwest Army during a supernatural rainstorm, stripped Dai Hao and Xuanji Douluo of their powers, and killed them before taking their souls to the Undead Half-Plane. There, he confronted Xuanji Douluo, who failed to recognize him.

• Dai Hao rallied the Northwest Army’s senior officers by recalling his victories and insisting their numbers gave them the advantage.
• A colossal Giant Whale appeared in the storm clouds, then changed into the Demon Empress beside Xu Tinglan.
• Xu Tinglan used the Universe Eternal Treasure to deprive Dai Hao of his Soul Power, Soul Rings, and Soul Bones, then killed him with Heavenly Evil Rending Execution.
• Xuanji Douluo tried to escape with his Xuanji Umbrella and Star Shift, but Xu Tinglan stripped away his powers and killed him with Black Lightning.
• Xu Tinglan used Ten Thousand Soul Tide to erase the two men’s souls, then carried them into the Undead Half-Plane.
• Xu Tinglan asked Xuanji Douluo whether he remembered him, but Xuanji Douluo could not recognize him.

Xu Tinglan confronted Dai Hao and Xuanji Douluo, revealed he had not been possessed by an Evil Soul Master, and tortured Xuanji Douluo while questioning Dai Hao about his newly expanded White Tiger Imperial Guard. The chapter ended with Dark Knights repeatedly tearing Dai Hao and Xuanji Douluo apart.

• Dai Hao recognized Xu Tinglan and wrongly suspected an Evil Soul Master had possessed him.
• Xu Tinglan ordered five Dark Knights to bind and repeatedly tear Xuanji Douluo apart, leading the old man to realize Xu Tinglan had been the Evil Slaughter Demon Ghost.
• Xu Tinglan confronted Dai Hao about expanding the White Tiger Imperial Guard from five hundred elite Soul Masters into three battalions of mostly ordinary soldiers.
• Xu Tinglan inferred that Dai Hao had used the ordinary guards in a staged display of loyalty and righteousness.
• Xu Tinglan sent five Dark Knights to bind Dai Hao, and they repeatedly tore him and Xuanji Douluo apart.

Xu Tinglan learned that Zhongli Wu and the Xishui Alliance had supplied the Star Luo Empire with Soul Tools to prolong the war and harvest Wraiths, then unleashed his undead forces against the White Tiger Imperial Guard. The wraiths began slaughtering the camp as the chapter ended.

• Xu Tinglan condemned Dai Hao and Dai Hao's sons, then left the Undead Half-Plane for the Mingdou Mountain Range.
• Zhongli Wu confronted Xu Tinglan, who confirmed Dai Hao's death and learned that the Xishui Alliance had armed Star Luo to fuel the war and devour Wraiths.
• Zhongli Wu admitted that the Death Messenger had served him and asked Xu Tinglan to share the Wraiths.
• Xu Tinglan opened the Undead Half-Plane to intimidate Zhongli Wu, who withdrew without challenging him.
• Xu Tinglan sent more than twenty Title Douluo-level wraiths into the Mingdou Mountain Range and ordered them to destroy the White Tiger Imperial Guard.
• The wraiths broke through the camp's defenses and began killing soldiers throughout the White Tiger military camp.

After Xu Tinglan’s rain-driven victory shattered the Star Luo Northwest Army, he organized the Mystic Armor Soul Engineer Regiment and led it on an advance from Xiling City into Star Luo territory. The regiment captured cities without looting or massacring their people, leaving the Sun Moon Empire’s black Demon Ghost advancing toward the interior.

• Xu Tianyuan and the other commanders learned that Xu Tinglan had killed Dai Hao and routed the Northwest Army, and Juzi urged them to take over Star Luo’s abandoned defensive positions.
• Xiao Hongchen told Xu Tinglan that he had formed a three-hundred-member Mystic Armor Soul Engineer Regiment and distributed fifty standardized Two-Word Battle Armor sets.
• Xiao Hongchen reported that the princes were opposing Xu Tianran and that the Holy Spirit Cult was not helping him; Xu Tinglan concluded the cult might be exploiting the turmoil.
• Xu Tinglan addressed the regiment, declaring that the Star Luo Empire’s repeated border violations would be answered by an invasion of their own.
• The regiment captured city after city with Soul Guidance Cannon fire, killed nobles who resisted, spared the rest of the population, and burned Star Luo flags.
• News spread that the Sun Moon Empire’s jet-black Demon Ghost had advanced from Xiling City.