Chapter Summaries

Wang Qiuer showed off her transformed appearance and strength before receiving the Sun Moon team’s challenge with Shrek. As the team battle began, she charged toward Xiao Hongchen through a storm of Soul Tool fire.

• Wang Qiuer defeated three opponents in the individual round, and Gu Yuena explained that her power and changed appearance came from absorbing a trace of Gu Yuena’s power and gaining a hundred-thousand-year soul ring.
• Gu Yuena placed a soul ring in each of Xu Jiujiu’s and Wei Na’s Sea of Consciousnesses, allowing them to absorb it later at an age of up to two hundred thousand years.
• Shrek and the Sun Moon team announced their lineups and released their martial souls and Soul Tools before the match.
• Zheng Zhan started the team battle, and the Sun Moon team opened fire with a barrage of energy beams.
• Wang Qiuer charged through the attack with her Golden Dragon Spear and lunged at Xiao Hongchen.

Shrek and the Sun Moon Team split the arena into three fierce battle zones as Wang Qiuer fought Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, the Hell White Tiger faced a Soul Tool barrage, and Ning Tian’s allies defended her. The Hell White Tiger and several Shrek fighters were eliminated, leaving Wang Qiuer, Ning Tian, and Cao Jinxuan facing Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Lan Xiu.

• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to become the Hell White Tiger, while Ning Tian’s enhancements strengthened it and Wang Qiuer attacked Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen.
• Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen combined poison and Soul Tool attacks against Wang Qiuer, but she pushed forward without using any Soul Ring skills.
• Lan Xiu trapped the Hell White Tiger in a Nine Luminaries barrier as his teammates attacked it, while Ye Canshang targeted Ning Tian and the Lan sisters and Cao Jinxuan protected her.
• After enduring the bombardment, the Hell White Tiger broke through its attackers’ defenses, but Lan Xiu’s powerful beam dispersed it and left Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu near death.
• The Lan sisters used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to throw Ye Canshang and his skeleton out of bounds, then collapsed after he detonated his Soul Tool cannons.
• Cao Jinxuan sent the injured and unconscious Shrek fighters off the arena for treatment, leaving Wang Qiuer, Ning Tian, and himself against Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Lan Xiu.

Wang Qiuer rejected Huo Yuhao’s offer to join her through a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, then revealed she had become a Soul Saint with a 100,000-Year Soul Ring. She defeated the Hongchen siblings with her Golden Dragon abilities, securing Shrek’s victory.

• Lan Xiu trapped Wang Qiuer with the Nine Radiance Soul Tool, but she shattered its energy field with the Golden Dragon Spear and knocked him unconscious.
• Huo Yuhao urged Wang Qiuer to merge with him and fight the Hongchen siblings, but she severed their spiritual connection and refused his help.
• Wang Qiuer revealed seven Soul Rings, including a 100,000-Year seventh ring, shocking the arena and the VIP guests.
• The Hongchen siblings unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Red Dust Attachment, while Wang Qiuer countered with her Golden Dragon Soul Skills.
• Wang Qiuer survived the clash and stood victorious as the Hongchen siblings fell, and Zheng Zhan declared Shrek Academy the winner.

After Wang Qiu'er defeated the Hongchen siblings, Qian Renxue and Gu Yuena punished Huo Yuhao by forcibly removing the Snow Empress from his Sea of Consciousness. The Snow Empress became Qian Renxue and Gu Yuena’s maid, while Huo Yuhao’s companions struggled to save his collapsing Sea of Consciousness.

• Xu Tianran asked Zhongli Wu whether the Holy Spirit Sect could defeat Shrek, but Zhongli Wu refused to guarantee victory against Wang Qiu'er.
• Qian Renxue proposed taking the Snow Empress from Huo Yuhao as punishment for his cheating, and Gu Yuena agreed.
• Gu Yuena invaded Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness, seized the Snow Empress, and severed her connection to him.
• Huo Yuhao collapsed as his mental power ran wild, while the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sacrificed three soul rings to stabilize his collapsing Sea of Consciousness.
• Gu Yuena brought the restored Snow Empress to the Snow Demon Sect’s rest area, where the Snow Empress accepted her new role as Qian Renxue and Gu Yuena’s maid.

Huo Yuhao awoke after a powerful being took Snow Empress and destroyed much of his strength, then insisted on attending the Soul Tool tournament. Wang Qiuer visited Gu Yuena and revealed her loyalty to her as Du Busi realized Gu Yuena’s connection to Beast God Di Tian.

• The Ice Empress told Huo Yuhao that Snow Empress had been taken, four of his Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Soul Rings were gone, and she and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm would fall asleep while recovering.
• Huo Yuhao woke, discovered his strength and cultivation had sharply declined, and decided to attend the Soul Tool tournament despite Wang Dong'er’s concerns.
• Huo Yuhao asked Wang Dong'er to take him to the tournament in a wheelchair, and she reluctantly agreed.
• Wang Qiuer arrived at Bright Joy Hotel and knelt before Gu Yuena, thanking her for removing a hidden danger within her.
• Gu Yuena teased Wang Qiuer about her wild behavior in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Du Busi recognized the name Di Tian as the Beast God’s.
• Gu Yuena gave Du Busi a cold warning after he spoke aloud, leaving him terrified.

Wang Qiuer thanked Gu Yuena, confirmed her plans for the tournament, and received a dragon cultivation art. After learning that Gu Yuena was the Lord of Soul Beasts, Du Busi begged for the Body Sect to be spared, and Gu Yuena ordered them to protect Star Dou and stop hunting powerful soul beasts.

• Wang Qiuer visited Gu Yuena, thanked her, and asked whether she intended to win the Soul Master Tournament; Gu Yuena said Qian Renxue would ensure the Snow Demon Sect won.
• Wang Qiuer chose to remain at Shrek and pursue godhood, so Gu Yuena gave her the Dragon Transformation Art and forbade her from passing it on.
• Qian Renxue revealed to Du Busi and the others that Gu Yuena was the Lord of Soul Beasts, terrifying the Body Sect because of its history of hunting powerful soul beasts.
• Du Busi knelt and offered to die for the Body Sect's past crimes, while his disciples pleaded to share his punishment.
• Gu Yuena spared them but ordered the Body Sect to guard the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest and prevent anyone from hunting soul beasts over fifty thousand years old.
• Qian Renxue warned that the Body Sect would decline without powerful soul rings, and Du Busi eagerly pledged that the sect would serve Gu Yuena for generations.

Qian Renxue overwhelmed Huo Yuhao in the Tang Sect’s individual match against the Snow Demon Sect, forcing the Tang Sect to concede the first round. Xu Sanshi then entered the arena and tried to use spatial displacement against her, but she shattered his soul skill.

• Qian Renxue cut apart Huo Yuhao’s Sovereign’s Descent with a willow branch, stunning the spectators with her sword qi.
• Huo Yuhao used his Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion abilities, but Qian Renxue evaded his attack and repeatedly whipped him across the arena.
• Beibei surrendered for the Tang Sect, and Qian Renxue claimed the first round before Wang Dong’er helped the injured Huo Yuhao down.
• Xu Sanshi entered the arena, teased Qian Renxue, and ran toward the edge before using Xuanming Displacement to try to switch their positions.
• Qian Renxue used Inch Burst to shatter Xu Sanshi’s spatial soul skill, leaving him staring in disbelief.

The Tang Sect’s Jiang Nannan and Beibei were swiftly defeated by Qian Renxue, whose strength and light power alarmed Huo Yuhao and Zhongli Wu. Huo Yuhao challenged her eligibility and demanded a bone-age retest, leaving the decision to Xu Tianran as the crowd called for an examination.

• Jiang Nannan attacked Qian Renxue with her gravity and grappling skills, but Qian Renxue struck her out of the arena, where Xu Sanshi caught her.
• Beibei unleashed his Holy Light Dragon and strongest attacks, but Qian Renxue’s white sword aura pierced his defenses and left him badly wounded.
• Zhongli Wu recognized the purity of Qian Renxue’s light power and resolved to eliminate her after the tournament.
• Huo Yuhao accused Qian Renxue of concealing her age and demanded a bone examination, prompting contestants and spectators to join the call for a retest.
• Zheng Zhan refused to act without approval and turned to Xu Tianran, whose expression darkened as the crowd awaited his decision.

Qian Renxue agreed to have her bone age verified after demanding the Tang Sect’s Godly Zhuge Crossbow Cannon and sealed Milk Bottles as stakes. After multiple examiners confirmed she was eighteen, the Tang Sect conceded, and Qian Renxue accepted the promised Level 9 Soul Tool before leaving the arena.

• Xu Tianran offered to repeat Qian Renxue’s age test and promised her a ninth-grade Soul Tool if she cooperated.
• Qian Renxue demanded the Tang Sect’s Godly Zhuge Crossbow Cannon and sealed Milk Bottles if the test confirmed she was under twenty, and Huo Yuhao accepted the wager.
• More than a dozen qualified female Soul Dulos examined Qian Renxue and confirmed she was eighteen; Zhang Lexuan repeated the test three times before agreeing.
• Huo Yuhao handed over the Godly Zhuge Crossbow Cannon and sealed Milk Bottles, and the Tang Sect conceded the match.
• Ji Juechen left with the Tang Sect after vowing to become strong enough to challenge Qian Renxue.
• Zheng Zhan presented Qian Renxue with the Level 9 Soul Tool Star’s Brilliance, and she accepted it before leaving the arena.

Xu Jiujiu forfeited Star Luo Royal Academy’s match against Holy Spirit Sect, and the semifinals were set. Later, Xu Jiujiu and Wei Na sought support for assassinating Xu Tianran; Zhang Lexuan agreed to prepare Shrek for the dangerous plan after seeing their powerful sword technology.

• Xu Jiujiu forfeited Star Luo Royal Academy’s match against Holy Spirit Sect after Gu Yuena warned her that Yan Feng was a Soul Saint, and Holy Spirit Sect advanced.
• Zheng Zhan announced the semifinal matchups: Shrek Academy against Heavenly Dragon Sect and Snow Demon Sect against Holy Spirit Sect.
• Xu Jiujiu and Wei Na told Qian Renxue they intended to assassinate Xu Tianran, and Qian Renxue promised to secure their retreat but refused to take part.
• Xu Jiujiu and Wei Na privately showed Zhang Lexuan a sword unlike a Soul Tool and asked her to support their plan to assassinate Xu Tianran.
• Zhang Lexuan decided Shrek needed the sword technology and went to consult Elder Xuan, while Huo Yuhao worried about the danger and the Tang Sect’s need for funds.

The Soul Engineer Elite Tournament’s finalists gathered for the finals, where the Duskwater Alliance offered a Class 9 fixed-installation Soul Tool shell as a prize. As Qian Renyou armed Xu Jiujiu and Wei Na with powerful pendants, the alliance’s elders plotted to recruit her and Huo Yuhao; the chapter ended as a mysterious, well-dressed man appeared on the judges’ platform.

• Nangong Wan announced the finals’ three-hour Soul Tool contest and displayed the Class 9 shell reserved for the Duskwater Alliance champion.
• Ming Lei Dulo returned Qian Renyou’s 105-million wager winnings and urged her to join the Duskwater Alliance, but she postponed the discussion.
• Qian Renyou gave Xu Jiujiu and Wei Na protective pendants, and both women offered to trade for more.
• The Second and Third Elders praised Qian Renyou’s talent and planned to recruit her and Huo Yuhao, even suggesting Soul Tool prosthetics for him.
• The finalists arrived at the packed western-outskirts arena, where a tall, golden-haired man in a crimson robe appeared on the judges’ platform.

The Bright City Soul Engineer Elite Tournament finals began with speeches, lavish prizes, and Ye Yulin displaying the Sun Moon Divine Needle. The nine contestants took their stations for the first three-shichen creation round, and eight had begun working as the chapter ended.

• Lu Qi introduced the final round and invited the tournament organizers to speak.
• Nangong Wan backed the Duskwater Alliance, An Litong pledged one hundred million Gold Soul Coins for the Aodu Chamber of Commerce contestants, and Shangguan Weier offered three dragon maid slaves as the champion’s prize.
• Nangong Wan offered to buy the dragon maidens from Qian Renyou, but she refused to treat them as commodities.
• Ye Yulin demonstrated the Sun Moon Divine Needle and warned the winner not to analyze it.
• Lu Qi started the first round, and Qian Renyou and Huo Yuhao took their workstations among the nine contestants.
• Eight contestants began cutting metals, engraving formations, and assembling components under the judges’ supervision.

Qian Renyou used her formidable mental power and two magic-tool engraving knives to shape and fuse unfamiliar metals at astonishing speed, captivating the arena. As she continued, a complex soul tool began to take form, leaving the judges and spectators waiting to see what she would create.

• Qian Renyou studied the unfamiliar metals on her workbench with her mental power, then raised dozens of them into orderly rows.
• Qian Renyou carved the metals with her flame and ice engraving knives, shaping precise components without using the standard instruments.
• Qian Renyou’s speed created fierce winds that shattered her soundproof barrier, prompting Starry Sky Douluo Ye Yulin to order protective barriers around the other contestants.
• Qian Renyou used alternating heat and cold and rapid strikes to fuse the metals and force out their impurities.
• The spectators and judges watched as Qian Renyou’s work took the outline of an intricate soul tool, while the bespectacled girl from the Commoner Alliance felt an inexplicable closeness to her.

Qian Renyou used Ye Yulin’s rare materials to complete the Nine Luminaries Starry Sky Staff, a Soul Tool that drew power from the stars and stunned the judges. As they examined it, she sensed a fierce battle in the distance, while Huo Yuhao continued secretly supporting Wang Qiu’er and the others in Bright City.

• The Snow Empress asked Gu Yuena whether she could revive the Ice Empress, and Gu Yuena said she would decide after Qian Renyou finished her work.
• Qian Renyou ran short of materials, so Ye Yulin offered rare metals and crystals from his personal collection for her to use.
• Qian Renyou completed the Nine Luminaries Starry Sky Staff and drew streams of stellar power into it.
• The judges identified the staff as a likely Level 9 Soul Tool and eagerly examined it, neglecting the other contestants.
• Qian Renyou sensed two Level 98 Super Douluo fighting under the pressure of a Level 99 Limit Douluo, while Huo Yuhao watched the staff and kept supporting Wang Qiu’er and the others in Bright City.

Long Xiaoyao confronted Du Busi and Xuan Zi above Bright City while a wider battle erupted around the palace, killing thousands of soldiers. Du Busi revealed gauntlets that raised his strength close to Long Xiaoyao’s, and he and Xuan Zi renewed their attack as the fighting continued.

• Long Xiaoyao challenged Du Busi and Xuan Zi in the sky above Bright City, and the three began fighting while their forces gathered below.
• Long Xiaoyao’s attacks overwhelmed Du Busi and sent Xuan Zi flying, while Xu Tianran watched the battle from his study and lamented his crippled legs and ruined cultivation.
• Zhongli Wu ordered his forces to attack, triggering a chaotic battle that spread toward populated areas and destroyed palace buildings, killing thousands of soldiers.
• After half an hour, Du Busi equipped special gauntlets that raised his strength close to Rank 99, and he and Xuan Zi charged Long Xiaoyao again.

Qian Renyou’s Nine Luminaries Starry Sky Staff was declared an eighth-tier Soul Tool, earning her the tournament championship and drawing the Holy Spirit Cult’s attention. Starry Sky Dulo Ye Yulin knelt to ask her to teach him, and she accepted him as a registered disciple.

• The judges unanimously rated Qian Renyou’s Nine Luminaries Starry Sky Staff an eighth-tier Soul Tool, and Ye Yulin announced her as the tournament champion.
• Vice Leader Feng Ling ordered Nangong Wan to notify the Supreme Leader and ensure the Holy Spirit Cult recruited Qian Renyou.
• Ye Yulin knelt before Qian Renyou and begged her to accept him as her disciple, explaining that he wanted to learn the staff’s star-power technology.
• Qian Renyou accepted Ye Yulin as a registered disciple after he offered his materials as an apprenticeship gift.
• Ye Yulin escorted Qian Renyou to the judges’ table, where he served her tea and admired the Nine Luminaries Starry Sky Staff.

Du Busi, Xuanzi, and Long Xiaoyao ended their battle as the former three nations retreated, while the tournament resumed with Ye Guyi fighting Huo Yuhao. Ye Guyi unleashed her angelic power against him, but his Bone Dragon shattered her Holy Spirit Slash, leaving her stunned.

• Du Busi and Xuanzi combined their killing moves against Long Xiaoyao, who countered with Evernight Twin Dragon Execution as both armies withdrew behind their leaders.
• Du Busi ordered the former three nations to retreat after the fighting left five of their Titled Dulos dead, while Long Xiaoyao reported three injured consecrates and three dead Level 9 Soul Engineers.
• He Caitou defeated Zhao Shouze, and Ye Guyi entered the arena to fight Tang Wu, unaware that he was Huo Yuhao.
• Ye Guyi attacked Huo Yuhao as an evil Soul Master, forcing him back until he used Sovereign's Descent, his Spirit Eyes abilities, and a skull-carved staff to summon skeletal claws.
• Ye Guyi transformed with her Angel Martial Soul and struck with Holy Spirit Slash, but Huo Yuhao's Bone Dragon smashed the sword beam with one claw, shocking her.

Huo Yuhao battled Ye Guyi with the Gate of the Dead until Qian Renyou intervened and saved her from being dragged inside. Feng Ling ordered the city gates sealed so the Holy Spirit Cult could deal with Ye Guyi and Tang Wu when its Supreme Leader arrived.

• Feng Ling recognized Ye Guyi's Holy Angel Martial Soul and vowed to kill her while seeking to recruit Tang Wu for the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Ye Yulin explained to Qian Renyou that Ye Guyi could grow powerful by killing Evil Soul Masters, but the empire might not be able to protect her.
• Huo Yuhao summoned the Gate of the Dead and sent waves of skeletons against Ye Guyi, who exhausted herself purifying them with her sixth soul skill.
• A golden figure emerged from the gate and moved to drag Ye Guyi inside, but Qian Renyou shattered it and caught Ye Guyi as she fell.
• Feng Ling ordered the city gates sealed and commanded her people to bring Tang Wu into the cult and kill Ye Guyi when the Supreme Leader arrived.

Qian Renyou shattered Huo Yuhao’s Gate of the Dead, while Gu Yuena stripped away his Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion martial soul, Ice Empress, and soul bone. The chapter ended with Qian Renyou and her allies calmly surrounded by Soul Engineers and Titled Dulos preparing to confront them.

• Qian Renyou destroyed Huo Yuhao’s Gate of the Dead with a gesture, leaving him badly wounded.
• Qian Renyou teased Ye Guyi before Gu Yuena separated them and forcibly extracted Huo Yuhao’s Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion martial soul, Ice Empress’s soul, and soul bone.
• Gu Yuena revealed her identity, and Snow Empress recognized Ice Empress and led her away.
• Shangguan Weier and others surrounded Qian Renyou and her allies, demanding explanations about Ice Empress and Gu Yuena’s power.
• Qian Renyou and Gu Yuena accepted that the night would bring a confrontation as the encirclement tightened.

After an explosion devastated a third of Bright City, Gu Yuena revealed that Huo Yuhao’s group had triggered it while raiding a military armory. As the Sun Moon Empire’s forces prepared to attack, Qian Renyou unveiled her twelve-winged fallen angel form and began to unleash her power.

• Xuanzi rescued the unconscious Huo Yuhao and He Caitou from the arena and fled, while Feng Ling decided not to pursue them.
• Gu Yuena described the devastation in Bright City and showed the gathered fighters a vision of Huo Yuhao’s group planting bombs in the military armory.
• The vision revealed that the bombs had set off soul cannons and ninth-rank shells, killing over a million people and making Huo Yuhao the apparent culprit.
• Feng Ling and the others weighed whether to pursue Gu Yuena’s group or absorb the many resentful spirits, while the Sun Moon Divine Needle finished charging.
• Qian Renyou released her silver hair, spread twelve black wings, and overwhelmed the surrounding Titled Dulos with her pressure.
• Qian Renyou shouted “Fallen Tide” and unleashed a pillar of black light that pierced the sky.