Chapter Summaries

Chen Yuan defeated Ma Rulong in a single match, securing the tournament championship for Shrek Academy. Afterward, he praised Ma Rulong as a worthy opponent and left with his companions, while Xuan Zi considered telling Mu En about Chen Yuan’s Ultimate Fire.

• Ma Rulong proposed deciding the individual elimination match in one battle, and Xuan Zi approved Chen Yuan’s agreement.
• Ma Rulong sacrificed his life force and future potential to wield the Sword of Judgment, but Chen Yuan remained unharmed and revealed his armored form.
• Chen Yuan’s Giant Dragon Fireball overwhelmed Ma Rulong and his weapon, forcing referee Huang Jinxu to rescue him and confirming Shrek Academy’s victory.
• The crowd celebrated Chen Yuan and Shrek Academy, while Xuan Zi realized Chen Yuan had reached the level of Ultimate Fire.
• Chen Yuan offered Ma Rulong a hand and praised his resolve, but Ma Rulong stood up on his own and rejected the gesture.
• Xiao Xiao embraced Chen Yuan as he joined his companions, and he reflected on his future plans to investigate the Holy Spirit Cult’s Soul Ring-ageing method.

Chen Yuan and the Shrek students selected their championship rewards from the Star Luo Empire's treasury, where Chen Yuan chose a tracking Soul Bone for Electrolux to study. They returned to Shrek Academy, where Mu En celebrated their success and the academy's progress with Soul Tools and an exchange agreement.

• Xu Jiujiu led Wang Yan, Chen Yuan, and Ning Tian into the Star Luo Empire's treasury to choose three ten-thousand-year Soul Bones.
• Ning Tian identified several promising Soul Bones, while Chen Yuan dismissed options that did not suit the group or meet his standards.
• Chen Yuan asked Xu Jiujiu for a Soul Bone with a tracking ability, and she showed them a 50,000-Year Phantom Wing Flying Luan Skull Bone with the No Miss skill.
• Wang Yan explained that the Phantom Wing Flying Luan was extinct and that its Soul Bone's skill could mark a target and guide attacks toward them.
• Chen Yuan and the others left with an 80,000-Year Bright Unicorn Right Arm Bone, a 70,000-Year Crystal Rock Snake Right Leg Bone, and the Phantom Wing Flying Luan Skull Bone; Chen Yuan planned to give the last one to Electrolux for research.
• Wang Yan asked Xuan Zi to take the group back to Shrek Academy, while Mu En celebrated their tournament results, the Soul Tool Department's development, and the Sun Moon Empire's agreement to an exchange.

Shrek welcomed home the students who won the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament, then convened the Sea God Pavilion to assess their conduct and rewards. As the meeting turned to Chen Yuan and the other students, Shrek and the Sun Moon Empire also prepared for an exchange program and a future rivalry.

• Mu En overruled Yan Shaozhe and approved allowing qualified Sun Moon exchange students to seek admission to Shrek's Inner Court, then ordered Huo Yuhao included in the program.
• Jing Hongchen reviewed the tournament defeat, worried about Chen Yuan's Ultimate Fire, and planned an investigation while accepting Xiao Hongchen's 150 million Gold Soul Coin loss as tuition.
• Xu Sanshi and the returning students reached Shrek, where Yan Shaozhe, Cai Mei'er, Xian Lin'er, and Qian Duoduo welcomed them and announced that their rewards would be presented at Sea God Pavilion.
• At Sea God Pavilion, Yan Shaozhe canceled Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and Ling Luochen's rewards and punishments because their tournament performance made up for their earlier failure; Wang Yan received a promotion and library access.
• Yan Shaozhe began announcing the rewards for Chen Yuan and the other six students.

Shrek rewarded Chen Yuan and his teammates after their tournament victory, and Mu En revealed his identity as the Sea God Pavilion Master before asking Chen Yuan to maintain his ties to Shrek. Chen Yuan agreed not to oppose the academy unless it provoked him, then accepted Mu En’s request to kill Ye Xishui if he became strong enough.

• Yan Shaozhe announced that the champions would receive one Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone each and the lifelong title of Shrek Seven Devils.
• Mu En revealed himself as the Sea God Pavilion Master and assigned Ning Tian to the Library, Jiang Nannan to Cai Mei'er, and the others to cultivation rooms.
• Mu En confronted Chen Yuan about his disappointment in Shrek, and Chen Yuan promised not to oppose the academy unless it provoked him and to help Bei Bei.
• Mu En confirmed that Chen Yuan had Ultimate Fire and asked him to kill Ye Xishui once he was strong enough, while exempting him from joining Shrek's Inspector Group.

Chen Yuan’s cultivation beneath the Golden Tree made him the Son of Nature and gave him the Seed of Nature, while Mu En learned that Chen Yuan could no longer be perceived as before. After Chen Yuan declared his resolve to burn away evil across Douluo Continent, Mu En gave him two Soul Bones, including a newly fused seventy-thousand-year fire-attribute right leg bone.

• Mu En told Yan Shaozhe not to investigate Huo Yuhao’s second Martial Soul and explained that Chen Yuan did not need to join the Inspector Group as long as he fought Evil Soul Masters.
• As Chen Yuan cultivated beneath the Golden Tree, the Heart of Life released immense life force, bathing the tree and the sky above Shrek Academy in green light.
• Electrolux explained that the Golden Tree had given Chen Yuan the Seed of Nature, making him the Son of Nature and tying his survival to Douluo Continent’s future.
• Chen Yuan left his meditation with rank fifty-four Soul Power, and Mu En was astonished that he could no longer see through him.
• Chen Yuan told Mu En that his path was to make his flames burn across the continent and destroy the lives and sins of evil-doers.
• Mu En gave Chen Yuan a seventy-thousand-year fire-attribute right leg Soul Bone and the Phantom Wing Flying Luan skull bone, explaining that Gong Changlong had helped provide the leg bone.

Chen Yuan returned from the Inner Court without absorbing the Blazing Pegasus Soul Bone, hoping to evolve it into a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone. He reunited with Gong Changlong at the Beast Pen, where they discussed the risks of Soul Bone fusion and the breeding habits of Soul Beasts.

• Mu En advised Bei Bei to absorb pure Light Attribute Soul Beasts so his Bright Sacred Dragon bloodline could awaken fully, while Chen Yuan considered the Heavenly Dragon Horse as a future Soul Beast for him.
• Chen Yuan declined to absorb the Blazing Pegasus Right Leg Bone and asked to attempt evolving it first, so Mu En sent him back to the Outer Court.
• Wu Feng attacked Chen Yuan and demanded to know where Ning Tian was; Chen Yuan broke Wu Feng's arm, threw her aside, and left to avoid the crowd.
• Chen Yuan met Gong Changlong at the Beast Pen and explained that he wanted to evolve the Soul Bone, but Gong Changlong warned that another fusion could destroy it.
• Gong Changlong showed Chen Yuan his captured Soul Beasts, including a female Golden Tiger he planned to mate with his Golden Lion Mastiff, and explained that Soul Beasts generally could crossbreed outside their own species.

Chen Yuan discovered that Tang Ya’s Blue Silver Grass had become Dark Blue Silver Grass after she awakened its Devour talent, and helped her tell Bei Bei the truth. The three considered the dangers of her power and decided to inform Mu En, while Tang Ya’s revenge and future remained unresolved.

• Chen Yuan returned to the dormitory and learned that Tang Ya wanted to withdraw from Shrek Academy and return to Heaven Dou City to help revive the Tang Sect.
• Bei Bei told Chen Yuan he feared for Tang Ya’s safety, so Chen Yuan brought them to a secluded grove to discuss her situation.
• Chen Yuan sensed dark energy from Tang Ya and confronted her about her martial soul; Tang Ya revealed her four Soul Rings and Dark Blue Silver Grass to Bei Bei.
• Bei Bei embraced Tang Ya and promised to help her return to normal, while Chen Yuan examined her martial soul and learned she had activated its Devour talent.
• Chen Yuan warned Tang Ya to avoid using Devour or absorbing animal life force, and suggested destroying the dark side of her martial soul after her revenge.
• Bei Bei decided that he and Tang Ya should tell Mu En about her changed martial soul.

Tang Ya received Mu En’s help in resisting the darkness within her, while Xiao Xiao returned from cultivation and reunited with Chen Yuan and Ning Tian. Their conversation was interrupted when Du Busi led the Body Sect to Shrek Academy and demanded that Shrek hand over one of its disciples.

• Mu En accepted that Tang Ya’s Dark Attribute did not make her evil, but placed an imprint in her Sea of Consciousness to restrain her darkness and destroy her consciousness if she fell into evil.
• Xiao Xiao returned from seclusion at Soul Power level 35, and Chen Yuan told her that Ning Tian had been studying in the Library while Wu Feng worried about her.
• Ning Tian said she had read all the Library books about Martial Soul Evolution but found no known path for evolving the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda; she also offered Chen Yuan a reward from the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect.
• Chen Yuan requested a Blazing Pegasus Right Leg Bone and a Secret Technique Soul Bone, and Ning Tian privately decided to seek a much older Blazing Pegasus Soul Bone than he had asked for.
• Du Busi arrived with more than twenty Body Sect experts, accused Shrek of bullying his sect, and demanded that Xuan Zi hand over a Body Martial Soul disciple.
• Du Busi released his immense power and nine Soul Rings as Xuan Zi faced him outside Shrek Academy.

Chen Yuan used his Domination Domain and Flame Lion attack to overwhelm Yu Tao and force Lang Ya to rescue him. After Du Busi learned Chen Yuan had no teacher, he tried to recruit him as a disciple, but Xuan Zi objected and resumed their battle.

• Xuan Zi and Du Busi clashed in the sky above Shrek Academy, forcing the onlookers to descend.
• Yu Tao attacked Chen Yuan, but Chen Yuan activated his Domination Domain and struck back with Lion's Fang, badly injuring Yu Tao's arm.
• Lang Ya rescued Yu Tao from Chen Yuan's Flame Lion, which exploded after traveling a thousand meters, while Chen Yuan safely led Xiao Xiao and Ning Tian out of the fire.
• Du Busi learned that Chen Yuan had a powerful domain, a Self-Created Soul Skill, and no teacher, then offered to take him as a disciple.
• Xuan Zi stepped in to stop Du Busi from recruiting Chen Yuan, and the two Super Douluo flew off to resume their fight.

Du Busi abandoned his attempt to take Huo Yuhao and instead demanded that Chen Yuan become his disciple, but Mu En and Xuan Zi protected Chen Yuan’s right to choose. Du Busi left after giving Chen Yuan a token, which Chen Yuan promptly sold to Ning Tian after she identified it as Deep Sea Sinking Silver.

• Du Busi overwhelmed Xuan Zi and demanded that Shrek hand over its Body Sect members and Chen Yuan, but the Sea God's Light appeared and Mu En revealed himself.
• Du Busi shifted his attention to Chen Yuan, inspected his vigorous vitality, and asked him to become his disciple; Chen Yuan requested time to decide.
• Mu En insisted that Chen Yuan’s choice be respected, while Du Busi insisted on waiting until Chen Yuan agreed and Xuan Zi ordered him to leave.
• Du Busi gave Chen Yuan a token and withdrew with the Body Sect members, warning Chen Yuan not to throw the token away.
• Ning Tian recognized the token as Deep Sea Sinking Silver, and Chen Yuan handed it to her to sell for him.

Chen Yuan led Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yuhao into the Star Dou Great Forest to find Soul Beasts for their next Soul Rings. The group entered the Mixed Zone, while Xuan Zi and Zhang Lexuan secretly followed in case they were in danger.

• Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi reached Rank 50, Xiao Xiao reached Rank 40, and Huo Yuhao reached Rank 30, leaving all four in need of Soul Rings.
• Chen Yuan joined the expedition to help the two Soul Ancestors hunt powerful Soul Beasts and to keep Huo Yuhao from encountering the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• Xu Sanshi sought a turtle-type Soul Beast, Bei Bei wanted one with Light Attribute and Dragon Clan bloodline, Xiao Xiao needed a suitable fourth ring, and Huo Yuhao needed a Spiritual Attribute ring.
• Mu En sent Xuan Zi and Zhang Lexuan to follow the group secretly and intervene only if their lives were in danger.
• Chen Yuan led the group through the Star Dou Great Forest using Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection Sharing, and they headed into the Mixed Zone to search for suitable Soul Beasts.

Xiao Xiao absorbed a Soul Ring from a mysterious horned Soul Beast and gained a powerful Fourth Soul Skill while Chen Yuan’s group camped beside Vina and Mu Xue. The next day, Huo Yuhao led them toward a fight involving a Soul Beast suitable for him, and Chen Yuan’s group spotted the Three-Eyed Golden Lion pursuing a Twin Cyclops Giant.

• Chen Yuan subdued a horned, sheep-like Soul Beast, and Xiao Xiao killed it and began absorbing its Soul Ring.
• Vina, Mu Xue, and Mo Feiyun arrived at the group’s campsite, where they sensed that Chen Yuan was dangerous and chose to keep their distance.
• Xiao Xiao finished absorbing the Soul Ring, reached Rank 41, and gained the Mountain-Suppressing Seal Soul Skill.
• Huo Yuhao detected a suitable Soul Beast nearby and persuaded Chen Yuan’s group to investigate despite Bei Bei’s concern about its age.
• Chen Yuan’s group saw a Twin Cyclops Giant fleeing from the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, which Chen Yuan hoped to capture for his plans.

Chen Yuan warned the group that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was an Auspicious Beast whose capture could provoke a Beast Tide, but Xuan Zi seized her and demanded several Soul Beasts in exchange. After Chen Yuan stopped Huo Yuhao from approaching the Golden Lion, Xuan Zi took everyone toward the Star Dou Great Forest’s Outer Zone.

• Chen Yuan explained the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s importance, and Xuan Zi left to capture her despite the risk of provoking the forest’s Soul Beasts.
• Scarlet King confronted Xuan Zi, but Xuan Zi trapped him briefly and seized the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• Xuan Zi demanded several Soul Beasts from Scarlet King in exchange for the Golden Lion, and Scarlet King flew away to gather help.
• Chen Yuan stopped Huo Yuhao from touching the Golden Lion’s forehead and warned him against risking a conflict between Shrek Academy and Star Dou.
• Xuan Zi took the group and the restrained Three-Eyed Golden Lion toward the Outer Zone.

Chen Yuan faced Di Tian and the gathered Ten Great Fierce Beasts after helping Xiao Xiao and the others leave the forest’s core, and he was revealed as both a Deity Inheritor and the Son of Nature. He asked Di Tian for a four-hundred-year Life Evergreen Vine, leaving the beasts to reckon with his importance.

• Chen Yuan apologized to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion for using her in a trade scheme and offered drops of his blood as compensation.
• Chen Yuan and the others waited in the Outer Zone until Scarlet King summoned Bear Lord, Ten Thousand Demon King, Di Tian, Zi Ji, Bi Ji, and the other fierce beasts to confront them.
• When Bear Lord prepared to attack, Di Tian and Ten Thousand Demon King restrained him and blasted him away after sensing something unusual about Chen Yuan.
• Ten Thousand Demon King identified Chen Yuan as the Son of Nature, which alarmed Di Tian and the other fierce beasts.
• Chen Yuan asked Di Tian to give him a four-hundred-year Life Evergreen Vine.

Chen Yuan negotiated for a Life Evergreen Vine in exchange for the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, while Di Tian and the Ten Thousand Demon King recognized him as the Son of Nature. Di Tian seized Chen Yuan and took him into the Core Zone, leaving Xuan Zi to pursue and Zhang Lexuan to restrain the students.

• Chen Yuan asked for a four-hundred-year-old Soul Beast, and the Ten Thousand Demon King identified him as the Son of Nature and explained his importance to the other ferocious beasts.
• Xuan Zi demanded several Soul Beasts as compensation, but Chen Yuan requested only a Life Evergreen Vine; Di Tian agreed to provide it and ordered the Ten Thousand Demon King to fetch the beasts.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion thanked Chen Yuan for his blood, and the Life Evergreen Vine grew upon touching him before Xuan Zi released the Auspicious Beast.
• Di Tian captured Chen Yuan in a spatial rift and vanished with him, prompting Xuan Zi to fly toward the Core Zone.
• Xiao Xiao charged after them, but Zhang Lexuan knocked her unconscious and forced the remaining students to return to the academy.

After Di Tian brought Chen Yuan to the Lake of Life, he revealed that he knew Chen Yuan was the Son of Nature and asked him to plant the Seed of Nature in the Star Dou Great Forest. Chen Yuan agreed in principle but demanded the forest’s unconditional support for his plan to transform the Soul Master world.

• Chen Yuan woke beside the Lake of Life, where Di Tian questioned him about Dali Gu and threatened him over the Auspicious Beast’s kidnapping.
• Chen Yuan used his Domination Domain to repel Di Tian’s pressure, and Di Tian revealed that he had discovered Chen Yuan’s false claim to be a god’s inheritor.
• Di Tian offered Chen Yuan Soul Rings, Soul Bones, and honored guest status in exchange for planting the Seed of Nature in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Chen Yuan explained that he valued Shrek only as an academy and said he had considered the Star Dou Great Forest his first choice for the Seed of Nature.
• Chen Yuan asked Di Tian to have the Star Dou Great Forest support him unconditionally in a plan to overturn the Soul Master world, and Di Tian asked what he intended to do.

Chen Yuan defeated the inexperienced Three-Eyed Golden Lion and secured Di Tian’s support, Soul Bones, and a Reverse Scale pendant before leaving the Star Dou Great Forest. He returned through a spatial passage to the forest beside Sea God Lake, near Shrek.

• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion challenged Chen Yuan, who knocked her out with one punch and learned from Di Tian that she lacked combat experience.
• Chen Yuan learned that Xiao Xiao and the others had left the Star Dou Great Forest, then asked Di Tian to send him back to Shrek so he could reunite with the woman he cultivated with.
• Chen Yuan asked Di Tian for Soul Bones, and Di Tian brought him Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear claw bones and a Soul Bone from a one-hundred-ninety-thousand-year Blazing Pegasus King.
• Di Tian gave Chen Yuan a Reverse Scale pendant that would let him summon Di Tian in danger and protect him from the gods until the Seed of Nature was planted.
• Di Tian opened a spatial passage, and Chen Yuan and Dali Gu traveled through it to the small forest beside Sea God Lake.

Chen Yuan fused two Blazing Pegasus Right Leg Bones with a Secret Technique Soul Bone, gaining a beast-level Soul Bone and breaking through to Rank 60. After testing its Galloping Pegasus Domain and returning safely to Shrek Academy, he reassured Gong Changlong, while a mysterious ray left Wang Dong'er's Trident mark and flew toward the Sun Moon Empire.

• Chen Yuan fused the seventy-thousand-year and one hundred ninety-thousand-year Blazing Pegasus Right Leg Bones using the ten-thousand-year Secret Technique Soul Bone, creating a Soul Bone over two hundred thousand years old.
• Chen Yuan absorbed the Soul Bone, strengthened his physique, illuminated the Sagittarius Constellation star chart, and advanced from Rank 58 to Rank 60.
• Chen Yuan activated the Galloping Pegasus Domain, discovered that it let him fly and enhanced his speed, and raced across Sea God Lake to the Golden Tree.
• Mu En told Chen Yuan to come down and reassure Gong Changlong, who inspected him and learned that Chen Yuan had reached Rank 60.
• Chen Yuan told Gong Changlong that he had seen Lake of Life after Di Tian took him away, and Gong Changlong marveled that he had returned from the Land of Great Evil.
• A light emerged from Wang Dong'er's Trident mark and silently flew toward the Sun Moon Empire.

Chen Yuan returned safely from the Land of Great Evil, discussed Soul Cores with Gong Changlong, and revealed his Fire Elephant Star Seal, a God Exam mark. Gong Changlong warned him to trust no one and agreed to cover for Chen Yuan’s upcoming Sixth Soul Ring hunt before Chen Yuan reunited with Xiao Xiao, Bei Bei, and Xu Sanshi.

• Mu En asked Chen Yuan to map what he remembered of the Land of Great Evil, and Chen Yuan agreed to draw what he could.
• Gong Changlong explained how Title Douluo condensed Soul Cores and warned Chen Yuan to improve his Spiritual Power before attempting it.
• Chen Yuan showed Gong Changlong the Fire Elephant Star Seal, and Gong Changlong recognized it as a God Exam mark and urged Chen Yuan to beware everyone.
• Chen Yuan asked Gong Changlong to hide for two days and claim he had helped hunt Chen Yuan’s Sixth Soul Ring, and Gong Changlong agreed.
• Chen Yuan returned to find Xiao Xiao confronting Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi as she tried to search for him.
• Xiao Xiao recognized Chen Yuan and embraced him, while Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi jokingly threatened to beat him up.

Chen Yuan set out with Gong Changlong to find a Soul Ring in Sunset Forest, leaving Xiao Xiao behind at Shrek Academy. Guided by Electrolux, he discovered a vast field of Jade Scale Seven Absolute Flowers surrounded by poisonous miasma.

• Xiao Xiao reunited with Chen Yuan, asked him to stop cultivating, and wanted to join his next Soul Beast hunt, but he told her to stay at the academy.
• Chen Yuan reached level sixty, and Gong Changlong took him away from Shrek Academy to hunt for a Soul Ring.
• Chen Yuan and Gong Changlong traveled to Heaven Dou City, where Gong Changlong stayed behind while Chen Yuan continued toward Sunset Forest.
• Chen Yuan called on Electrolux to locate the poisonous miasma and flew into the increasingly desolate forest.
• Chen Yuan found a vast field of Jade Scale Seven Absolute Flowers, whose poison had devastated Sunset Forest, and noticed that some plants might be Soul Beasts.