Chapter Summaries

Moryo began corrupting Xuan Zi into an Evil Soul Master, twisting the Godly Taotie Bull into a monstrous black form. Xuan Zi was left overwhelmed by a ravenous hunger, with his transformation underway.

• Xuan Zi refused Moryo’s offer to become its follower, and Zhongli Wu urged Moryo to reconsider.
• Moryo told Zhongli Wu it would turn Xuan Zi into an Evil Soul Master so his former allies would reject him.
• Moryo hurled Xuan Zi into the sky and forced streams of purple-black Soul Power into his body.
• The malice corrupted the Godly Taotie Bull, turning its golden form pitch-black as Xuan Zi weakened and remembered Mu En.
• Moryo’s corruption awakened an unbearable emptiness and hunger in Xuan Zi, who saw his martial soul transformed into a larger, savage monster.

Moryo manipulated Xuan Zi’s hunger for power and his memories of Mu En until Xuan Zi willingly devoured the purple-black Soul Power. Xuan Zi’s Soul Power turned evil, his hair began turning black, and his strength rose toward the level of a Limit Douluo.

• Xuan Zi succumbed to the purple-black Soul Power’s allure and began absorbing it despite trying to resist.
• Moryo taunted Xuan Zi with memories of Mu En and Shrek Academy to make him feel ashamed of his transformation.
• Moryo stopped the Soul Power from reaching Xuan Zi, intensifying his hunger until Xuan Zi cried that he wanted power.
• Moryo urged Xuan Zi to devour the Soul Power, and Xuan Zi absorbed it without resistance, turning his golden Soul Power dark purple-black.
• Xuan Zi’s white hair began turning black as his strength surged toward the threshold of a level 99 Limit Douluo, and he slumped to the ground after the Soul Power was gone.

Xuan Zi learned that his awakened Taotie Bloodline left him with an endless hunger and that he could only return to normal by regularly devouring Soul Power or breaking through to Level 99. Moryo tempted him to consume Du Busi’s Soul Core, and Xuan Zi gave in to his hunger and charged at him.

• Xuan Zi regained some reason, saw the Evil Soul Master patterns covering his body, and panicked over what he had done.
• Moryo told Xuan Zi he would need to devour Soul Power regularly and explained that reaching Level 99 and condensing a second Soul Core could restore him.
• Moryo suggested that Xuan Zi devour a rank-98 Soul Core, then pointed him toward Du Busi while forbidding him from attacking Zhongli Wu.
• Du Busi urged Xuan Zi to resist, but Moryo’s taunts broke through Xuan Zi’s remaining reason.
• Xuan Zi shouted that he wanted to be satisfied and lunged at Du Busi.

Xuan Zi devoured Du Busi, reaching Level 99 Limit Douluo before realizing he had become the kind of Evil Soul Master he once despised. The Sky Screen’s revelation enraged the Body Sect and alarmed Shrek Academy, where Dai Yueheng began considering how easily Moryo could corrupt even a powerful Super Douluo.

• Xuan Zi choked Du Busi and devoured his Soul Power, spiritual power, and life force, killing the Body Sect Master.
• Xuan Zi reached Level 99 Limit Douluo and condensed a second Soul Core, then recoiled at what he had done.
• Long Aotian calmed the furious Body Sect disciples and said he would seek Elder Jin Peng’s instructions.
• Ling Luochen and Gongyang Mo comforted Ma Xiaotao by reminding her that Xuan Zi had been corrupted by Moryo.
• Dai Yueheng began voicing concern that Moryo could easily corrupt even a rank-98 Super Douluo like Xuan Zi.

Mu En admitted that even he could not purify Moryo’s overwhelming evil aura, though he might be able to help Xuan Zi with the Golden Tree. At the Mingdou Mountain Range front line, Du Busi attacked Xuan Zi over the Sky Screen’s possible future, and Niu Tian intervened to stop them.

• Elder Song asked Mu En whether he could purify Moryo and corrupted Xuan Zi, and Mu En said Moryo was beyond his power but he might be able to help Xuan Zi with the Golden Tree.
• Cai Mei'er and Lin Huiqun suggested replacing Xuan Zi at the front, but Mu En said Xuan Zi would refuse after learning what the Sky Screen showed.
• Du Busi burst into the military tent and attacked Xuan Zi, destroying Dai Hao’s command tent in their clash.
• Du Busi accused Xuan Zi of becoming an Evil Soul Master in the future and attacked him with his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Niu Tian stopped Du Busi and Xuan Zi’s attacks, and told them to treat the Sky Screen as a possible future and prioritize the Alliance’s larger goals.

Du Busi swallowed his anger after Niu Tian forced him to stand down, then began considering whether the Body Sect held hidden power or treasures. On the Sky Screen, Moryo possessed Xuan Zi and revealed that he still needed to reclaim his original body to regain God Level strength.

• Niu Tian pressured Du Busi into putting away his Martial Soul Avatar, and Du Busi watched him leave with Xuan Zi, resentful of his own lack of Limit Douluo strength.
• Du Busi considered whether the Body Sect had a hidden powerhouse or God Level treasure after seeing the Sky Screen's revelations.
• Moryo's soul power core pierced Xuan Zi's attack and entered his body, leaving Xuan Zi motionless as Moryo took control.
• Zhongli Wu approached the possessed Xuan Zi and congratulated Moryo, who explained that Xuan Zi's Rank Ninety-Nine body was only temporary.
• Moryo told Zhongli Wu that Qingming and the others had sealed him millions of years earlier and separated his flesh from his soul.

Zhongli Wu learned that Moryo needed descendants of the Star Crown Martial Soul to reshape his body and identified the Star Luo Empire’s imperial family as his target. Moryo summoned an army of more than a hundred thousand undead stone warriors, while the enormous wave repelled earlier rushed back toward them.

• Moryo explained that a warrior with the Star Crown Martial Soul and his descendants could serve as materials to create a new body.
• Zhongli Wu recognized the Star Crown Martial Soul as the Xu Family’s imperial inheritance and told Moryo he already had a lead.
• Moryo declared that he would devour the Star Luo Empire’s imperial family, and Zhongli Wu invited him to the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Moryo summoned an Undead Legion of more than a hundred thousand stone warriors from the ground.
• A massive wave surged back toward them, and Zhongli Wu explained that it had previously been repelled by Shinra Tensei.

Moryo and the Undead Legion split the returning sea and continued through the passage, leaving Zhongli Wu stunned by their strength. After the Sky Screen went dark, panic and unrest spread through Star Luo City, while Xu Jiawei collapsed under a sudden sense of malice tied to Moryo’s plan to reforge his body using the Xu family’s Star Crown bloodline.

• Moryo ordered the Undead Legion to combine their attacks into a massive blade that split the ocean and held back the waves.
• Zhongli Wu followed Moryo and the Undead Legion through the passage, abandoning concern for the Holy Spirit Cult elders he had brought.
• The Sky Screen froze on Moryo and the marching Undead Legion, and its final image threw the Douluo Continent into an uproar.
• Panicked civilians crowded Star Luo City’s closed gates and demanded to leave, while the guards struggled to contain them.
• Xu Jiawei felt overwhelming malice after Moryo identified the Xu family’s Star Crown bloodline as his target, then collapsed on his throne.
• Giant Strength Douluo Cheng Gang rushed into the inner hall, and Xu Jiawei told him that his heart had briefly seized up.

Xu Jiawei and Dai Hao reacted to the threat of Moryo and the unrest it caused, while Dai Hao considered whether the crisis could help him reclaim the Star Luo throne. Several days later, Soul Engineers in Ming Capital began exploiting Qingming’s appearance in the Sky Screen to sell supposed ancient Soul Tools and inherited technology.

• Xu Jiawei ordered the Offering Hall’s Title Douluo to guard Star Luo City’s gates and told Dai Hao to hasten the effort to contain Moryo.
• Dai Hao considered using the turmoil to reclaim the throne, but doubted whether Matatabi and their allies could defeat Moryo and its Undead Legion.
• A messenger delivered Xu Jiawei’s urgent report that Star Luo City was in turmoil and its gates had been shut; Dai Hao promised to manage the front line.
• Several days later, scammers in Ming Capital’s Soul Tool market claimed to sell ancient relics and Soul Tool secrets, with one posing as a descendant of Qingming.

Meng Hongchen accompanied Xiao Hongchen through the Soul Tool market as he searched for genuine relics connected to Qingming, despite having already been fooled by a scammer. As they were about to leave, Xiao Hongchen spotted one last stall and persuaded Meng to give it a chance.

• Rumors spread that Xiao Hongchen had spent tens of thousands of Gold Soul Coins on a fake Qingming Soul Tool core, and Meng Hongchen teased him about being scammed.
• Xiao Hongchen admitted he had brought Meng to the market because Jing Hongchen had confiscated his money, and Meng agreed to lend him Gold Soul Coins if he paid her back.
• A gloomy long-haired man watched the siblings as they entered the crowded Soul Tool market, then vanished into the crowd.
• After wandering all afternoon without buying anything, Xiao Hongchen explained that he hoped to find genuine Qingming relics in the market, and Meng headed for the exit in disappointment.
• Xiao Hongchen pointed out a stall he thought looked like one from a storybook and asked Meng to inspect it as their final stop; Meng asked if he would really stop bothering her afterward.

Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen visited a mysterious stall, where its black-robed vendor offered Xiao the Banana Leaf Fan and trapped him with sinister power. The vendor revealed himself as Orochimaru, leaving Meng Hongchen secretly activating an emergency communication Soul Tool while trying to save her brother.

• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen approached a stall selling bottles and jars, where the black-robed man claimed they contained snake venom.
• The black-robed man caught a jar with startling speed, making Meng Hongchen wary while Xiao Hongchen asked about unusual Soul Tools connected to Qingming.
• The vendor produced the enormous Banana Leaf Fan and claimed it was connected to Qingming and the Sage of Six Paths.
• Xiao Hongchen took the fan and was immobilized by an icy, sinister aura as Meng Hongchen pulled away and summoned her Martial Soul.
• The black-robed man identified himself as Orochimaru, and Meng Hongchen questioned his presence in the Sun Moon Empire and secretly crushed an emergency communication Soul Tool.

Orochimaru immobilized Xiao Hongchen and revealed that he had come to make him a vessel, then decided to take Meng Hongchen as one too. Meng Hongchen attacked with her Ice Toad Poison as she waited for Jing Hongchen to arrive, but Orochimaru began an unknown move.

• Meng Hongchen secretly sent an emergency distress signal to Jing Hongchen while Orochimaru watched without stopping her.
• Orochimaru touched Xiao Hongchen and called him a suitable backup vessel, terrifying both siblings.
• Orochimaru explained that he had come specifically for Xiao Hongchen and announced that he would take Meng Hongchen as well.
• Meng Hongchen prepared to fight, spreading poisoned ice across the ground with her First Soul Skill, Ice Toad Poison.
• Orochimaru placed two fingers beneath his right eye, drawing Meng Hongchen's attention as she prepared another attack.

Orochimaru incapacitated Meng Hongchen with his killing intent and planted a Cursed Seal on Xiao Hongchen, leaving both unconscious. Before he could take Meng, Jing Hongchen arrived and confronted him.

• Orochimaru overwhelmed Meng Hongchen with his killing intent, causing her to collapse and her martial soul to disperse.
• Orochimaru bit Xiao Hongchen and planted a Cursed Seal, draining his Soul Power and leaving him writhing in pain.
• Xiao Hongchen lost consciousness after Orochimaru told him he could become his vessel if he endured the seal.
• Orochimaru turned to take Meng Hongchen, but leapt away when a heavy sword smashed into the ground beside him.
• Jing Hongchen arrived, released his level 94 Soul Power, and demanded to know what Orochimaru intended to do to his grandchildren.

Jing Hongchen confronted Orochimaru in Ming Capital and challenged him after learning Orochimaru had attacked his grandchildren. Orochimaru explained that he acted because the Sky Screen had exposed members of the Dawn Organization, then blocked Jing Hongchen’s crushing sword strike with a blade he drew from his mouth.

• Jing Hongchen questioned Orochimaru about the Dawn Organization’s ties to the Holy Spirit Cult, but Orochimaru said that alliance was another member’s business.
• Jing Hongchen suspected Orochimaru had attacked Xiao Hongchen and his granddaughter to aid the three great empires, but Orochimaru said he wanted to act before the Sky Screen’s revelations put his organization at a disadvantage.
• Jing Hongchen activated his Judgment Sword and challenged Orochimaru to test the strength of a Dawn Organization member.
• Orochimaru opened his mouth unnaturally wide and drew a slender sword from his throat.
• Jing Hongchen charged and struck down with the Judgment Sword, but Orochimaru blocked the blow with his slender blade, shattering the stall beneath him.

Orochimaru fought Jing Hongchen, whose Judgment Sword pierced and bisected him after losing a clash with the Kusanagi Sword. Jing Hongchen discovered Orochimaru could shed his ruined body and emerge unharmed, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Jing Hongchen challenged Orochimaru to a sword contest, but Orochimaru blocked his strikes and damaged the Judgment Sword with the Kusanagi Sword.
• Jing Hongchen used the Judgment Sword’s darkness attribute to pierce Orochimaru’s abdomen and disrupt his Soul Power.
• Jing Hongchen followed with a light-attribute slash that cut Orochimaru in half, then carried Xiao and Meng away, believing the fight was over.
• Orochimaru rose from his severed upper body, crawled out of its mouth in a fully healed state, and left Jing Hongchen stunned by his apparent immortality.

Orochimaru attacked the Hongchen siblings and escaped after Jing Hongchen turned on him with dozens of Level 9 Soul Guidance Cannons. Far beneath the Mingdou Mountain Range, Shi Luo reflected on how he had patched a loophole in the Sky Screen.

• Orochimaru told Jing Hongchen that he would not kill him because he needed him to protect his vessels, then said he would put an insurance policy on Meng Hongchen.
• Orochimaru bit Meng Hongchen's neck, and she briefly awoke in pain before fainting again.
• Jing Hongchen found Meng Hongchen's vitality rapidly draining and Xiao Hongchen without signs of life, then summoned dozens of Level 9 Soul Guidance Cannons.
• Orochimaru told Jing Hongchen to watch his vessel, transformed into a giant white snake, swallowed himself, and escaped in a cloud of smoke.
• Shi Luo opened his eyes in the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's Spirit Sea and said he had patched a loophole in the Sky Screen.

Shi Luo nearly consumed Shukaku but put it away after learning Dai Hao was searching for it at sea. Dai Hao and Xuan Zi’s fleet searched for Shukaku while racing to return to the mainland, until a terrifying presence approached from beneath the water.

• Shi Luo took out Shukaku and prepared to refine it, but news from Dai Hao made him put the tailed beast away.
• Dai Hao and Xuan Zi searched the sea for Shukaku with a fleet, relying on Dai Hao’s ability to sense other Tailed Beasts.
• Dai Hao said they had searched half the likely area without finding Shukaku, and Xuan Zi urged the fleet to hurry back.
• Xuan Zi thanked Dai Hao for bringing him along, explaining that the mission had given him respite from others’ scrutiny over his possible future as an Evil Soul Master.
• A terrifying aura surged from the deep sea, and Xuan Zi and Dai Hao prepared to fight as a massive black shadow approached their ship.

Dai Hao and Xuan Zi met Shukaku at sea, where Matatabi took control of Dai Hao to stop Shukaku’s attack and persuade him to cooperate against the Ten-Tails. Shukaku began to reconsider, but questioned how Dai Hao carried Matatabi’s power.

• Dai Hao sensed Matatabi’s aura from the approaching sea shadow and told Xuan Zi that Shukaku had likely come to meet them.
• Shukaku emerged from the sea, mistook the ships for humans seeking to capture him, and attacked them.
• Matatabi possessed Dai Hao, blocked Shukaku’s claw, and said they could talk.
• Matatabi warned Shukaku that the Dawn Organization and the Ten-Tails threatened them both, persuading Shukaku to reconsider fighting alone.
• Shukaku asked why Dai Hao had Matatabi’s power, and Matatabi denied that humans had learned to seal beings like them.

Dai Hao and Xuan Zi secured Shukaku’s cooperation, with Shukaku placing part of its power inside each of them. As their fleet headed back toward the continent, the sea began to shake and the Sky Screen reopened, likely to show Moryo’s attack on the Star Luo Empire.

• Matatabi and Xuan Zi persuaded Shukaku that cooperating with the alliance would help it defend the seal against the Dawn Organization.
• Shukaku gave Xuan Zi a portion of its Soul Power, which could let him briefly reach Limit Douluo strength in Tailed Beast Mode.
• Matatabi withdrew its power from Dai Hao, and Shukaku sank back into the sea after telling them to activate its Soul Power when they needed its help.
• Dai Hao and Xuan Zi redirected the fleet toward the continent, but violent waves rocked the ships and Dai Hao fell on the deck.
• A golden light appeared before Dai Hao, and he and Xuan Zi realized that the Sky Screen had reopened.

Xu Jiawei gathered the Star Luo Empire’s powerful soul masters after Dai Hao was murdered and the White Tiger Duke Mansion was destroyed. Wang Xian'er suspected a Title Douluo-level Evil Soul Master, and Xu Jiawei pledged to find the culprit with help from Shrek Academy.

• The Sky Screen showed the desolate Star Luo Empire capital and Dai Hao’s coffin in the imperial palace, where Xu Jiawei confronted his experts over their failure to identify the killers.
• Moon Deer Douluo reported that two black-robed attackers with red clouds had killed the White Tiger Douke Mansion’s residents and left no trace.
• Star-Shattering Douluo reassured Xu Jiawei that the empire would find the culprits, easing Xu Jiawei’s public show of anger over Dai Hao’s death.
• Wang Xian'er said Dai Hao’s heart had been torn out while he was alive and suspected a Title Douluo-level Evil Soul Master.
• Xu Jiawei vowed to avenge Dai Hao and said he had sent Jiujiu and Star Cloud Douluo to contact Shrek Academy for help with the investigation.