Chapter Summaries

Qin Heng prepared to leave his Illusion Body, Electrolux, and the Ice Empress guarding the rebuilt Spirit Hall in Ming Capital before tearing open a space-time fissure and returning to Douluo Continent ten thousand years earlier. He arrived only ten minutes after departing, now a Rank 85 Soul Douluo, and told Mighty Lion Douluo he needed to find Xiaoxue and complete her Soul Spirit Contract.

• Envoys from major empires and factions gathered at Spirit Hall in Ming Capital to establish ties with Qin Heng, who had already left with his true body.
• Qin Heng arranged for Electrolux and the Ice Empress to support his Illusion Body in Ming Capital, then sent the Snow Empress into the Soul Spirit Orb before opening a space-time fissure with his Asura Armor and halberd.
• The Ice Empress witnessed Qin Heng vanish through the fissure, accepted that he truly came from ten thousand years ago, and decided to head to Ming Capital.
• Qin Heng emerged in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well ten thousand years earlier, where Mighty Lion Douluo was astonished to see his new Rank 85 strength and eight soul rings.
• Qin Heng told Mighty Lion Douluo that much more time had passed for him and said he would explain later, then set out to find Xiaoxue and complete her Soul Spirit Contract.

Qin Heng brought Qian Renxue and Xiao Wu together to perform a Soul Spirit Contract, turning Xiao Wu's bloodline and life force into a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and a left-leg Soul Bone. Xiao Wu survived the process and realized she had spent the past year needlessly assuming the contract would kill her, leaving her mortified as Qian Renxue checked on her.

• Qin Heng teleported to the Martial Soul Holy Hall and told Xiao Wu to prepare to sign a Soul Spirit Contract with Qian Renxue.
• Qin Heng brought Qian Renxue to the back garden and drew the contract array while Qian Renxue gently comforted the uneasy Xiao Wu.
• Qin Heng activated the array, which drew bloodline power and life force from Xiao Wu and formed a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, a left-leg Soul Bone, and Xiao Wu's Soul Spirit Orb.
• Qian Renxue accepted the Soul Ring and Soul Bone as Xiao Wu collapsed, weakened but alive.
• Xiao Wu realized the contract had not killed her and felt ashamed about spending the past year idling; Qian Renxue crouched beside her and asked if she was all right.

Qin Heng explained the Soul Spirit Method to the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings and offered them a chance to preserve their souls and eventually be resurrected. The Dragon Kings agreed to a contract, and Qin Heng formed the Ice Dragon King as his second martial soul while the Fire Dragon King was to become its soul spirit.

• Xiao Wu returned to the Soul Spirit Orb to recover, and Qin Heng explained to Qian Renxue why she had absorbed Xiao Wu's hundred-thousand-year soul ring so quickly.
• Qin Heng returned to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and told the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings that the Soul Spirit Method could give them a chance at resurrection.
• Snow Empress confirmed that the Soul Spirit Method could preserve their souls, persuading the Dragon Kings to consider Qin Heng's proposal.
• Qin Heng explained that his blank second martial soul could accommodate the Dragon Kings, and they agreed that the Ice Dragon King would become the martial soul while the Fire Dragon King became its soul spirit.
• Qin Heng carved an enhanced Soul Spirit Contract formation and completed the contract that transformed his second martial soul into the Ice Dragon King.

Qin Heng formed a Soul Spirit Contract with the Fire Dragon King, who helped him condense a God Level Soul Ring and raised him to level 89. The Ice Dragon King then advised Qin Heng on how to develop three Soul Cores and create his own Divine Position.

• Qin Heng formed a Soul Spirit Contract with the Fire Dragon King, adding him to a Soul Spirit Orb.
• The Fire Dragon King sent his power through Qin Heng, and Taiji True Meaning balanced it against the Ice Dragon King's extreme cold.
• The opposing powers merged into a golden-red God Level Soul Ring around Qin Heng's second Martial Soul, raising his Soul Power Level from 85 to 89.
• Qin Heng realized he needed to condense a second Soul Core to reach level 90 and become a Titled Douluo.
• The Ice Dragon King advised Qin Heng to form a Spiritual Power Core and a Bloodline Soul Core, then use all three Soul Cores and yin-yang balance to create his own Divine Position.

Qin Heng condensed a spiritual Soul Core, broke through to Title Douluo, and accepted a ninth Soul Ring forged from Snow Empress’s bloodline and life essence. After Snow Empress returned to the Soul Spirit Orb to recover, Qin Heng discovered his new powers and reached level ninety-four.

• Qin Heng agreed to let Snow Empress forge his ninth Soul Ring, provided she returned to the Soul Spirit Orb afterward to recuperate.
• Qin Heng used his Divine Origin Realm spiritual power to condense a spiritual Soul Core, whose resonance with his first Soul Core broke his Soul Power threshold and made him a Title Douluo.
• Snow Empress sacrificed her bloodline and life essence to form a blood-red ninth Soul Ring, which Qin Heng absorbed into his Asura Armor martial soul.
• Qin Heng caught the weakened Snow Empress and helped her return to the Soul Spirit Orb to recover.
• Qin Heng found that his Soul Power had reached level ninety-four, his external soul bones had advanced, and his new Soul Skills had greatly increased his strength.

After stabilizing his Title Douluo cultivation, Qin Heng searched for Qian Renxue and Ye Lingling, then learned that Ye Lingling was traveling with Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s team. Curious about how his changes had affected the Shrek Seven Devils, he went to Suotuo City and found the team near Barak City, where he approached Ye Lingling.

• Qin Heng finished stabilizing his Rank 94 cultivation at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and traveled to Heaven Dou City.
• Qin Heng found Qian Renxue absent from the Crown Prince Residence and imperial palace, and Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan absent from Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Dugu Bo told Qin Heng that Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan were traveling with Qin Ming’s Heaven Dou Royal Academy team for spirit-fighting training in the Balak Kingdom.
• Qin Heng realized the timeline had reached the Shrek Seven Devils’ gathering and traveled to Suotuo City to see what had become of them.
• Qin Heng located the academy team near Barak City and appeared behind Ye Lingling, gently patting her shoulder.

Qin Heng reunited with Ye Lingling and offered to break the Nine-Heart Begonia lineage curse with a rare Immortal Herb, then began explaining Soul Spirits as a way to strengthen her. He left her with the Sacred Heart Begonia and a Soul Spirit Orb, but the chapter ended before she accepted either or tried the method.

• Ye Lingling recognized Qin Heng from their childhood meeting, and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy group bowed to him after Dugu Yan identified him.
• Qin Heng took Ye Lingling to a mountain outside Barak City to speak with her privately, while Yu Tianheng decided to pursue Dugu Yan instead.
• Ye Lingling told Qin Heng that her Soul Power had reached level 39 and reflected that she could no longer hear his inner voice.
• Qin Heng gave Ye Lingling a Sacred Heart Begonia, saying it could remove the Nine-Heart Begonia lineage curse and improve her talent.
• Qin Heng showed Ye Lingling a Soul Spirit Orb and explained how a Soul Spirit could provide a Soul Ring and battle partner without killing a Soul Beast.

Ye Lingling consumed the Sacred Heart Begonia, which removed the Nine-Heart Begonia curse, evolved her Martial Soul, and raised her Soul Power beyond level forty. Qin Heng then bound her to a powerful Blazing Flame Lion as a Soul Spirit, bringing her to level forty-six.

• Ye Lingling ate the Sacred Heart Begonia, and its power purged the curse that had killed her mother and generations of Nine-Heart Begonia wielders.
• Ye Lingling's Nine-Heart Begonia evolved, gaining the ability to restore Soul Power, while the herb's remaining power raised her to at least level forty-four.
• Qin Heng revealed that he had beaten a Blazing Flame Lion into agreeing to become Ye Lingling's Soul Spirit.
• Qin Heng formed the Soul Spirit Contract Array, and Ye Lingling contracted with the Blazing Flame Lion and received a black Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Ye Lingling's Soul Power rose to level forty-six after the contract.

Ye Lingling reached level forty-six after absorbing the Blazing Flame Lion soul ring, and she chose to leave the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team with Qin Heng. Qin Heng took her to Shrek Academy, where they encountered Li Yusong and Yu Xiaogang.

• Ye Lingling revealed that she had reached level forty, and Qin Ming said the Emperor Team had won its spirit battle despite her absence.
• Qin Heng decided to head to Suotuo City early, and Ye Lingling insisted on accompanying him.
• Qin Heng brought Ye Lingling to the shabby Shrek Academy, where Li Yusong recognized him as the creator of the Meridian Cultivation Method and welcomed him inside.
• Qin Heng identified Yu Xiaogang and told Ye Lingling that his Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul was plagiarized; Ye Lingling questioned how the Pope had fallen for him.

Qin Heng watched Shrek Academy’s students run laps and discovered that Tang San had arrived with a partially awakened Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline and far greater cultivation than in the original story. He considered killing Tang San but hesitated after recalling the Asura God’s intervention in his battle with Tang Hao.

• Qin Heng assessed Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong, noting that their cultivation had advanced beyond its original-story levels.
• Qin Heng recognized Tang San, saw that his Blue Silver Grass had evolved into the Blue Silver King, and discovered that he had reached level thirty-seven.
• Ye Lingling told Qin Heng that her Nine-Heart Begonia sensed a connection to Tang San, and Qin Heng explained his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline and heritage.
• Qin Heng wondered what the Shrek students might accomplish together and contemplated killing Tang San, but remembered that the Asura God had once sent divine power to protect Tang Hao.

Qin Heng confronted Yu Xiaogang at Shrek Academy, recognized Tang San despite his changed appearance, and summoned Tang Hao. He challenged Tang Hao to a wager: if Tang Hao’s Nine-Ring Detonation made Qin Heng take even one step back, Tang Hao and Tang San could live; otherwise, Qin Heng would kill him.

• Yu Xiaogang questioned Qin Heng and Ye Lingling, then recognized Qin Heng and asked why he had come to Shrek Academy.
• Qin Heng pointed out Tang San’s awakened Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline, and Tang San realized Qin Heng had recognized him despite his new name and appearance.
• Qin Heng called for Tang Hao, threatening Tang San, and the students learned that Tang Yin was Tang Hao’s son.
• Tang Hao arrived with his Clear Sky Hammer and demanded that Qin Heng release Tang San.
• Qin Heng proposed a wager over whether Tang Hao’s Nine-Ring Detonation could make him take one step back, staking Tang Hao and Tang San’s lives on the outcome.

Qin Heng defeated Tang Hao at Shrek Academy, shattered his Martial Soul, and killed him despite Tang San’s desperate pleas. He left Tang San alive and departed with Ye Lingling, while Tang San was left kneeling amid his father’s ashes.

• Tang Hao revealed his Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and unleashed the Great Sumeru Hammer’s Nine-Ring Detonation against Qin Heng.
• Qin Heng revealed his Titled Douluo strength and extraordinary Soul Rings, then used the Asura Purgatory Halberd to cleave Tang Hao’s giant hammer apart.
• The collision’s shockwave injured the onlookers, while Ye Lingling caught Ning Rongrong and was protected by Qin Heng’s barrier.
• Qin Heng’s halberd shattered Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul and left him mortally wounded.
• Qin Heng killed Tang Hao, burned his corpse to ashes, and collected the five Soul Bones as Tang San watched helplessly.
• Qin Heng left Tang San alive and walked out of Shrek Academy with Ye Lingling, ignoring Tang San’s roar.

After Tang Hao’s death, Tang San regained his resolve and set out to find the Clear Sky Sect through his aunt at Moonlight Pavilion. Meanwhile, Qin Heng confronted Di Tian at the Lake of Life, where Di Tian recognized the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ auras within Qin Heng’s armor.

• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to seek revenge with help from the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang San decided to find his aunt at Moonlight Pavilion.
• Ning Rongrong suspected Tang Yuehua was Tang San’s aunt but stayed silent, and Tang San left Shrek Academy.
• Qin Heng sent Ye Lingling back to the Emperor Team and appeared openly above the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape attacked Qin Heng, but his Illusion Pupil made them embrace each other and call out to Sister Xiao Wu.
• Qin Heng probed beneath the Lake of Life, prompting Di Tian to emerge and confront him.
• Di Tian sensed the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King within Qin Heng’s Asura Armor and demanded to know what was on his chest.

Qin Heng revealed the Soul Spirit Method to Di Tian, explaining how it could let Soul Beasts form contracts with human soul masters without being killed. Di Tian agreed to help spread it, while Qin Heng required Soul Beasts to know he had created it.

• Di Tian recognized the Dragon Scales Qin Heng carried as proof that the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings trusted him, and his hostility eased.
• Qin Heng released the Fire Dragon King's remnant soul from a Soul Spirit Orb, and she reunited with Di Tian, calling him her nephew.
• The Fire Dragon King told Di Tian that Qin Heng possessed something that could change the Soul Beast race's circumstances.
• Qin Heng explained that the Soul Spirit Method let Soul Beasts form contracts with human soul masters and survive without facing Heavenly Tribulations.
• Di Tian asked what Qin Heng wanted in return, and Qin Heng offered to teach him the method so it could spread among Soul Beasts.
• Qin Heng asked only that Soul Beasts know he created the method, seeking to gain their faith.

Qin Heng taught the ferocious beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest how to make Soul Spirit Contracts before leaving with Di Tian’s promise of aid. In Heaven Dou City, Tang San reunited with Tang Xiao, who swore to kill Qin Heng and began studying Tang Hao’s secret techniques.

• Qin Heng taught the ferocious beasts the Soul Spirit Contract, and Yao Ling proved especially skilled at inscribing Soul Spirit Orbs.
• Di Tian assigned Xiong Jun and Scarlet King to help Yao Ling, then gave Qin Heng his Dragon Scale as a token of friendship before Qin Heng departed.
• Tang Yuehua introduced Tang San to Tang Xiao, and Tang San begged his uncle to avenge Tang Hao.
• Tang San gave Tang Xiao Tang Hao’s booklets on the Great Sumeru Hammer and Ring Detonation, and Tang Xiao vowed to kill Qin Heng.
• Tang Xiao entered a stone chamber and opened the first booklet to study Tang Hao’s techniques.

Tang Xiao mastered the Great Sumeru Hammer’s Nine-Ring Detonation in Sunset Forest and challenged Qin Heng to a fight to the death. Spirit Hall’s Worship Hall treated the challenge as a provocation, and Golden Crocodile Douluo rushed toward Heaven Dou City intending to kill Tang Xiao and uncover the Clear Sky Sect’s hidden stronghold.

• Tang Xiao studied Tang Hao’s notes, then secluded himself in Sunset Forest to learn the Great Sumeru Hammer and Ring Detonation.
• After more than half a month of practice, Tang Xiao detonated all nine Soul Rings and raised his combat strength to level ninety-eight.
• Tang Xiao returned to Heaven Dou City and delivered a Challenge Letter to Qin Heng at the Martial Soul Holy Hall, naming Sunset Peak as their meeting place three days later.
• Qin Heng questioned whether Tang Xiao had gone mad, while the Worship Hall’s offerings condemned the challenge as an insult to Spirit Hall.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo flew toward Heaven Dou City to kill Tang Xiao and capture him for information about the Clear Sky Sect’s mountain gates.
• Qian Daoliu allowed Golden Crocodile Douluo to go and declared that Tang Xiao should not expect to return.

Golden Crocodile Douluo found Qin Heng and learned he was confident he could defeat Tang Xiao, while preparing to trap him in Heaven Dou City. Three days later, Qin Heng and Tang Xiao faced off at Sunset Peak, and Tang Xiao charged as their battle began.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo visited Qian Renxue, learned Qin Heng was at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and hurried to find him.
• Qin Heng told Golden Crocodile Douluo he could defeat Tang Xiao, while Golden Crocodile Douluo revealed he had arranged a trap around Sunset Peak.
• Qin Heng considered how Tang Xiao's death might provoke the Clear Sky Sect and give him a chance to destroy it.
• At Sunset Peak, Tang Xiao and Qin Heng revealed their cultivation and Soul Rings before Tang Xiao declared that only one would leave alive.
• Tang Xiao charged Qin Heng with his Clear Sky Hammer as Ye Lingling, Ye Renxin, Golden Crocodile, and Qian Renxue watched from the foot of the mountain.

Qin Heng defeated and killed Tang Xiao on Sunset Peak, then extracted the Clear Sky Sect’s location and defenses from his soul. He set out to destroy the sect, joined by Golden Crocodile Douluo and Qian Renxue, while Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo followed.

• Tang Xiao attacked Qin Heng with the Break Art, but Qin Heng sent him crashing into the cliff with a one-handed halberd strike.
• Tang Xiao used the Great Sumeru Hammer and detonated all nine Soul Rings, raising his strength to Rank 98 and forming a colossal blood-red hammer.
• Qin Heng used the Wings of the Ice God, Hundredfold Gravity, and Judgment Domain to pierce and shatter Tang Xiao’s hammer, killing Tang Xiao with the Asura Purgatory Halberd.
• Qin Heng read Tang Xiao’s soul to learn the Nine Absolute Clear Sky Techniques, the Clear Sky Sect’s location and defenses, and its three escape tunnels.
• Qin Heng invited Golden Crocodile Douluo to help destroy the Clear Sky Sect, and Golden Crocodile Douluo agreed.
• Qian Renxue joined Qin Heng and Golden Crocodile Douluo as they flew toward the Clear Sky Sect, with Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo following.

Qin Heng, Qian Renxue, and Golden Crocodile Douluo attacked the Clear Sky Sect, using intelligence taken from Tang Xiao to block its escape routes. Qin Heng destroyed the sect’s stronghold with one strike and killed Second Elder Tang Qingqing, leaving the surviving disciples facing the assault.

• Qin Heng told Golden Crocodile Douluo that Tang Xiao’s memories revealed the Clear Sky Sect’s defenses and three secret passages.
• Qin Heng sent Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo to guard two passage exits while he, Qian Renxue, and Golden Crocodile Douluo advanced on the sect.
• Qin Heng unleashed Wind-Thunder Burst, splitting the Clear Sky Sect’s gate and central buildings and plunging the sect into chaos.
• Second Elder Tang Qingqing confronted the attackers and accused Spirit Hall of breaking its promise.
• Qin Heng appeared behind Tang Qingqing and killed him with a single strike, declaring that he had come to wipe out the sect.

Qin Heng, Golden Crocodile Douluo, and Qian Renxue annihilated the Clear Sky Sect and its defenders. After Qian Renxue chose to seize the Heaven Dou Empire before accepting the Angel God’s inheritance, Qin Heng flew to Spirit City to persuade Qian Daoliu to travel with him to Douluo II and pursue godhood there.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo, Qin Heng, and Qian Renxue killed the five remaining Clear Sky Sect elders after Qin Heng trapped them in his Illusion Dream spiritual world.
• The three slaughtered the Clear Sky Sect disciples, while Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo killed the children who escaped through secret passages.
• Qian Renxue’s state of mind became complete and her Soul Power rose to level seventy-seven; she told Golden Crocodile Douluo and Qin Heng that she would take the Heaven Dou Empire before returning to Spirit Hall.
• Qian Renxue planned to use Dugu Bo to trigger the poison in Xue Ye and take the throne, and Golden Crocodile Douluo agreed to stay and help her.
• Qin Heng flew to Spirit City to report the sect’s destruction and persuade Qian Daoliu to accompany him to Douluo II to seek a path to godhood.