Chapter Summaries

At the Medicine King Sect’s founding ceremony, Dugu Bo publicly demonstrated a Martial Soul Evolution pill by helping Ning Fengzhi evolve his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into an Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. Mu Ci then revealed the sect’s formidable strength and used his Abundance Domain to heal the crowd before declaring the sect founded.

• Hu Liena noticed Xue Qinghe’s unusual warmth toward Mu Ci and resolved to warn him about Xue Qinghe if she got the chance.
• Dugu Bo announced that the Medicine King Sect sold Martial Soul Evolution pills and invited Ning Fengzhi to take one publicly.
• Ning Fengzhi swallowed the pill and evolved his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into an Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, astonishing the assembled factions.
• Mu Ci’s four Title Douluo elders displayed their strength, intimidating the guests and raising the Medicine King Sect’s standing among the continent’s powers.
• Mu Ci revealed that he had reached level fifty-three, spread his Abundance Domain across the square, and healed injuries and regrew missing limbs.
• Mu Ci declared the Medicine King Sect founded, and Xue Qinghe, the disciples, and the guests applauded and chanted in celebration.

After the Medicine King Sect’s founding ceremony, Hu Liena took the pill Mu Ci had refined from Heavenly Illusion Heart Grass and transformed her Martial Soul into a Nine-Tailed Demon Fox. She then privately asked Mu Ci for medicine to calm the mind and aid sleep, hoping to bring it back for an elder.

• A disciple recorded Mu Ci’s Abundance Domain as the Thousand-Hand Merciful Medicine King Salvation Scripture.
• Mu Ci gave Ghost Douluo the completed spiritual pill commissioned by the Pope, and Hu Liena went to absorb it in a meditation room.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo praised Mu Ci’s pill-refining skills while trading insults with Dugu Bo.
• Hu Liena emerged with her Martial Soul transformed into a Nine-Tailed Demon Fox and her Soul Power advanced to rank fifty.
• Hu Liena asked Mu Ci to speak privately and requested mind-calming, sleep-aiding pills for an elder.

Mu Ci gave Hu Liena calming pills for Bibi Dong and heard her warn him to avoid Xue Qinghe, whom she mistakenly believed preferred men. After Qian Renxue learned of the warning and grew jealous, Mu Ci redirected her attention to recruiting Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo; the story then shifted to the two elders waiting in a secret chamber in Heaven Dou City.

• Mu Ci agreed to provide Hu Liena with sleep-inducing pills for Bibi Dong, and Hu Liena warned him to keep his distance from Xue Qinghe because she suspected he preferred men.
• Qian Renxue privately questioned Mu Ci about Hu Liena, then learned Hu Liena had mistaken her disguise as Xue Qinghe for a man who liked men and crushed her teacup in anger.
• Mu Ci calmed Qian Renxue and suggested that she recruit Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to her side.
• In a secret chamber at the Heaven Dou City Martial Soul Temple, Chrysanthemum Douluo asked Ghost Douluo why Salas had made them wait.

Qian Renxue won Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo over with rare treasures and instructed them to treat Mu Ci as they would treat her. After they left, Hu Liena returned to Spirit City and reunited with Bibi Dong, who welcomed her warmly.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo met Snake Lance Douluo, Porcupinefish Douluo, and Qian Renxue, then recognized her identity through her Angel Soul Mark.
• Qian Renxue gave Chrysanthemum Douluo a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and promised Ghost Douluo a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, persuading both elders to support her.
• Qian Renxue told the elders to treat Mu Ci as they would treat her and said she would gradually weaken the Pope's support.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo returned to Spirit City with Hu Liena, but the Temple Knight told them Bibi Dong had gone back to her chambers.
• Hu Liena went to Bibi Dong's chambers, embraced her teacher, and heard Bibi Dong remark that she had become even more beautiful.

Hu Liena told Bibi Dong about Mu Ci and used his Mind-Calming Pill to ease the negative emotions tormenting her. A year later, Tang San and Xiao Wu reached Shrek Academy, where Tang San restrained Xiao Wu and resolved to follow the course of events he remembered.

• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that she had reached level fifty and evolved her martial soul into a Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, then praised Mu Ci as the continent’s greatest genius.
• Bibi Dong’s Rakshasa God Trial-induced obsession with Yu Xiaogang overwhelmed her, but she swallowed the Mind-Calming Pill Hu Liena had brought and felt her negative emotions subside.
• Bibi Dong thanked Hu Liena and sent her to rest, then sighed as she thought about Yu Xiaogang.
• One year later, Tang San carried Xiao Wu toward Shrek Academy near Suotuo City, and Xiao Wu complained about the journey and the school’s location.
• Xiao Wu found Shrek Academy shabby and wanted to leave, but Tang San insisted they follow their teacher’s instructions and privately resolved not to stray from the events he remembered.
• Tang San reflected that he could have raised his Soul Power above level twenty-nine, but kept it at the same level he had reached before arriving at Shrek in his previous life.

Tang San and Xiao Wu progressed through Shrek Academy’s entrance assessments with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, while Tang San questioned a difference in Ning Rongrong’s Soul Power. At the fourth assessment, Tang San was shocked to find Yu Tianheng, whose unexpected presence left him staring in disbelief.

• A Spirit Emperor at Shrek’s entrance explained the academy’s strict standards, causing most applicants to leave.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing passed the first assessment, then demonstrated Soul Power Levels of twenty-nine, twenty-nine, twenty-eight, and twenty-seven to bypass the second assessment.
• Xiao Wu accused Tang San of staring at Ning Rongrong, while Tang San privately wondered whether Ning Rongrong had been reborn or his memory was mistaken.
• Dai Mubai led the group to the fourth assessment and called for Yu Tianheng to come out.
• Tang San recognized Yu Tianheng and cried out in disbelief; Xiao Wu explained that Tang San’s teacher, Yu Xiaogang, might be his relative.

Tang San learned that this timeline had diverged around Mu Ci, whose achievements and influence dwarfed anything Tang San remembered. After Yu Tianheng waived the fourth test, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing introduced themselves, and Dai Mubai began to understand his attraction to them.

• Tang San confronted Yu Tianheng, who explained that he had joined Shrek years ago after being expelled from Heaven Dou Royal Academy for harassing Dugu Yan.
• Ning Rongrong identified Mu Ci as the person who had driven Yu Tianheng away and explained that Dugu Yan was Mu Ci’s fiancée.
• Ning Rongrong recounted Mu Ci’s rise, including his discovery of Whale Rubber, his achievements as a young Spirit King, and the founding of the Medicine King Sect.
• Tang San was shaken by how much Mu Ci’s existence had changed the world, then recovered and thanked the others for answering his questions.
• Yu Tianheng waived the fourth test, and Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing introduced themselves and their Martial Souls and ranks.
• Dai Mubai realized what had drawn him to the girls since they arrived.

Tang San arrived at Shrek Academy with the others and learned that Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul had evolved, suggesting Mu Ci had already used the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye. That night, Tang San summoned Tang Hao and urged him to investigate the valley and retrieve immortal herbs, but Tang Hao recognized the danger of drawing Spirit Hall’s attention.

• Yu Tianheng welcomed Tang San and the others to Shrek Academy and said Yu Xiaogang would arrive in two months.
• Ning Rongrong told Tang San that Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul had evolved into a Dark Attribute True Dragon Martial Soul, deepening his fears that Mu Ci had used the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing decided to rent a nearby house rather than stay in Shrek’s poor dormitory, while Xiao Wu stayed with Tang San’s help.
• Tang San met Tang Hao in the woods and revealed the Asura God’s mark, claiming a Deity had chosen him and that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye could help his mother recover.
• Tang San asked Tang Hao to investigate the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye and bring back immortal herbs, but Tang Hao’s plan to seize it was checked by the risk of Spirit Hall pursuing him.

Mu Ci sparred with Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Huo Wu outside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, overcoming their coordinated attacks and new techniques. After the women surrendered, Mu Ci restored the damaged forest, while Tang Hao headed to investigate the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye and the Asura God was stopped from probing the lower realm.

• Tang Hao left Shrek to investigate the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye after Tang San urged him to seize its remaining Immortal Herbs.
• The God King of Destruction prevented the Asura God from using his divine power to investigate an unfamiliar fluctuation in the lower realm.
• Shui Yue'er, Shui Bing'er, and Huo Wu combined their Soul Skills to attack Mu Ci during their sparring match.
• Huo Wu awakened her Fire Shadow Martial Soul to Bronze Grade and used her fifth Soul Skill, but Mu Ci blocked the attacks and bound Huo Wu and Shui Yue'er with Dark Gold Vines.
• Shui Bing'er surrendered, and Mu Ci released the women and restored the damaged forest with his domain.

After reaching Spirit Emperor, Mu Ci was called to meet an ancient Golden Thunder Mysterious Deer, which offered its life in a Soul Beast Sacrifice. As the sacrifice began, Huo Wu spotted its pillar of light from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye and rushed to alert the Shui sisters.

• Mu Ci broke through to Spirit Emperor while Dugu Bo guarded him, and the three girls left to return to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
• A dying Golden Thunder Mysterious Deer called Mu Ci to the forest, and he went there with Dugu Bo.
• The Mystic Deer asked Mu Ci to accept its Sacrifice and said its injuries had left it near the end of its life.
• Mu Ci accepted the Sacrifice and promised the Mystic Deer it would return to Douluo Continent in complete form when he became a god.
• The Mystic Deer began its Sacrifice in a pillar of red light, and Huo Wu saw it from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye and called for the Shui sisters.

Mu Ci completed the Mystic Deer’s sacrifice, gained a hundred-thousand-year sixth soul ring and an External Soul Bone, and raised his Soul Power to level sixty-five. As Dugu Bo approached him, Tang Hao launched a surprise attack, beginning a deadly battle.

• Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er saw the crimson pillar of light but decided to wait at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye for Mu Ci.
• Tang Hao recognized the pillar as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast’s sacrifice and hurried toward it.
• Mu Ci used Abundance Power and an Abundance God Fruit to preserve the Mystic Deer’s soul as a summonable Soul Spirit.
• The Mystic Deer’s sacrifice gave Mu Ci a hundred-thousand-year sixth soul ring, raised him to level sixty-five, and produced a pair of External Soul Bone horns.
• Tang Hao attacked Mu Ci and Dugu Bo with his Clear Sky Hammer, while Dugu Bo protected Mu Ci and Mu Ci activated his Abundance Domain and Dragon’s Fury.

Mu Ci and Dugu Bo fought Tang Hao after he ambushed them, and Tang Hao used Ring Detonation to break through their combined attacks and target Mu Ci. Mu Ci met Tang Hao’s hammer strike with his lightning spear, and the chapter ended with both fighters preparing to continue their deadly duel.

• Mu Ci and Dugu Bo recognized Tang Hao as the attacker, and Tang Hao revealed his grudge against the Mu Family over his uncle’s death.
• Tang Hao attacked with the Clear Sky Hammer, while Mu Ci used his Abundance Domain and Dugu Bo filled the battlefield with poisonous mist.
• Mu Ci summoned the Mystic Deer, which called down golden lightning as Tang Hao struggled against the combined attacks.
• Tang Hao detonated four Soul Rings and charged at Mu Ci, who told Dugu Bo to keep Tang Hao trapped while he fought alone.
• Mu Ci used his Divine Deer Golden Horn and a lightning-wreathed Dark Gold Spear to meet Tang Hao’s hammer strike, and both were driven back with Mu Ci’s arms bleeding.

Mu Ci used Blood Burning to overpower Tang Hao, then revealed that his attacks had caused Tang Hao’s old injuries, joints, and Soul Power to deteriorate. Tang Hao unleashed the Great Sumeru Hammer to escape, but Dugu Bo intercepted him with his ninth Soul Skill.

• Mu Ci activated Blood Moon, Blood Burning and renewed his assault on Tang Hao with a lightning-wreathed hammer.
• Tang Hao detonated four Soul Rings and used the Nine Absolute Clear Sky Techniques to break Mu Ci’s suppression.
• Mu Ci’s attacks and soul skills worsened Tang Hao’s old injuries, caused bone spikes to pierce his joints, and rapidly drained his Soul Power.
• Tang Hao detonated Ah Yin’s hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and used the Great Sumeru Hammer to break through Mu Ci’s wooden hands and flee toward Sunset Forest.
• Dugu Bo fired his ninth Soul Skill, Jade Phosphorous Divine Light, at the fleeing Tang Hao.

Mu Ci and Dugu Bo killed Tang Hao in Sunset Forest, then recovered his Soul Bones and Tang Hao’s head. They began returning to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, leaving behind a small Soul Tool buried beneath the poisonous blood.

• Tang Hao used the Clear Sky Hammer’s Quake technique to evade Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphorous Divine Light, but the poison badly corroded his back.
• Mu Ci sent the Mystic Deer’s Spotted Dragon Touch after Tang Hao, cutting him in half and destroying his soul with golden lightning.
• Mu Ci and Dugu Bo found Tang Hao’s corpse and recovered a torso Soul Bone and four more Soul Bones from his limbs.
• Mu Ci kept Tang Hao’s head in his Soul Tool so he could claim Spirit Hall’s bounty, while Dugu Bo declined to take any Soul Bones and urged Mu Ci to have a child with Yanyan.
• As Mu Ci and Dugu Bo set off for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, Dugu Bo spotted and uncovered a small Soul Tool beneath the poisonous blood.

Mu Ci reunited with Dugu Bo and the three girls at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye and explained his encounter with the Mystic Deer, revealing the powers of his new hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and External Soul Bone. He left them stunned by the golden horn’s ability to increase Soul Ring age and hinted that hidden secrets existed beyond what they knew.

• Mu Ci and Dugu Bo returned to the valley, where Shui Yue'er ran into Mu Ci's arms and Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu teased her.
• Mu Ci told Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Huo Wu about the Mystic Deer's sacrifice and showed them his hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and External Soul Bone.
• Mu Ci promised the three girls that they would eventually obtain hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings through divine inheritances and God-Bestowed Soul Rings.
• Mu Ci described his Soul Ring skills: a threefold all-attribute boost and a powerful lightning attack that could be charged to reach ten times its instant-cast strength.
• Mu Ci explained that the Mystic Deer Golden Horn enhanced his attributes, controlled Evil-Breaking Golden Thunder, and absorbed natural energy from its surroundings.
• Mu Ci revealed that the golden horn transformed absorbed natural energy into power that evenly increased the age of all his Soul Rings, then suggested that some long-existing secrets had never been made public.

Mu Ci explained how divine trials could increase Soul Ring ages, then revealed that Tang Hao had ambushed him and that he had killed him. He distributed Soul Bones from Tang Hao among Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er, while Shui Yue'er gave up her share, and confirmed he had gifts for Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan as well.

• Mu Ci told Shui Yue'er, Dugu Bo, Huo Wu, and Shui Bing'er that the Angel God and Sea God trials could raise Soul Ring ages, and described the trials' ranks and the High Priests' ring configurations.
• Mu Ci presented three high-quality Soul Bones and, pressed by Shui Bing'er, explained that Tang Hao had ambushed him after he absorbed a Soul Ring and had been killed in the fight.
• Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er reacted with fear and anger over the ambush, and Mu Ci comforted them and vowed that the conflict with the Clear Sky Sect would not end there.
• Mu Ci gave Huo Wu the Strength Amplification Right Arm Bone and offered Shui Bing'er a Soul Bone that passively amplified all attributes; Shui Yue'er declined her share so Bing'er could advance sooner.
• Shui Bing'er asked whether Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan had also been provided for, and Mu Ci confirmed that he had prepared something for both of them.

After Dugu Bo left, Mu Ci stayed with Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er while the two women absorbed their Soul Bones. He explained that Shui Bing'er’s next Soul Ring would require a journey to the Far North, where a powerful Ice Jade Scorpion race lived, and her concerns about the Ice Empress’s strength remained unanswered.

• Dugu Bo left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye for the Medicine King Sect, and Mu Ci stayed to watch over Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er as they absorbed their Soul Bones.
• While the two women meditated, Mu Ci comforted Shui Yue'er with a kiss and held her until they finished.
• Huo Wu reported that her Soul Bone raised her Soul Power from Rank 51 to Rank 53, improved her physical condition by over thirty percent, and increased her Fire Shadow fusion rate.
• Shui Bing'er reported that her two Power-Type Soul Bones nearly doubled her physical strength and raised her Soul Power from Rank 46 to the peak of Rank 49; Mu Ci said she could soon seek her Fifth Soul Ring.
• Mu Ci revealed that Shui Bing'er's Fifth Soul Ring would come from the Far North's Ice Jade Scorpions, whose royal Ice Jade King Scorpions could awaken the Ice Explosion Technique.
• Shui Bing'er asked whether hunting near the three-hundred-thousand-year Ice Empress would put them in danger.

Mu Ci reassured Shui Bing'er about their trip to the Far North and learned Huo Wu would return to Blazing Fire Academy to prepare for the tournament. He went to Crown Prince Manor to speak with Qian Renxue about Tang Hao, and their reunion grew intimate.

• Mu Ci told Shui Bing'er he would handle the dangers of the Far North while she focused on absorbing her Soul Ring.
• Huo Wu explained that her grandfather had summoned her back to Blazing Fire Academy, and Mu Ci comforted her about their coming separation.
• Mu Ci arranged to take Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er to Skywater Academy after the Far North trip, then left for Crown Prince Manor to see Qian Renxue about Tang Hao.
• Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo watched Mu Ci enter Qian Renxue's courtyard and discussed the Spirit Hall's apparent acceptance of their relationship.
• Qian Renxue invited Mu Ci to sit beside her, then wrapped her arms around his as he joined her on the sofa.

Mu Ci gave Qian Renxue Tang Hao’s severed head as a gift, helping her confront the man tied to her family’s past. Qian Renxue and Mu Ci spent the night together, and the chapter left them the next morning as Mu Ci used Abundance Power to ease her discomfort.

• Mu Ci visited Qian Renxue and presented her with Tang Hao’s head, which she recognized as a gift connected to her hatred of him.
• Qian Renxue thanked Mu Ci and embraced him, while Mu Ci kept Bibi Dong’s role in Qian Xunji’s death from her.
• When Mu Ci tried to leave, Qian Renxue kissed him and chose to spend the night with him.
• Qian Renxue asked Mu Ci to remove Tang Hao’s head from the room, and he used a blue-gold vine to move it into a corner and cover it with an Azure Wood Barrier.
• The next morning, Mu Ci noticed Qian Renxue was uncomfortable and used Abundance Power to soothe and restore her.

Mu Ci told Qian Renxue about killing Tang Hao and suspected the Asura God had arranged the ambush to alter fate. He asked Qian Renxue to conceal Tang Hao’s death and use him as bait, then three days later said goodbye to Huo Wu as she returned to Blazing Fire Academy.

• Qian Renxue asked Mu Ci whether she was his first, and he reassured her that she was.
• Mu Ci told Qian Renxue how Tang Hao had ambushed him after he received the Mystic Deer’s sacrifice, then wondered whether the Asura God had sent Tang Hao to kill him.
• Mu Ci asked Qian Renxue to take Tang Hao’s head to Spirit Hall and hide his death until after the Spirit Master Competition, potentially using him as bait.
• Three days later, Mu Ci asked Huo Wu whether she had packed the pills he had prepared for her family before she returned to Blazing Fire Academy.