Chapter Summaries

Mu En used his restored and strengthened power to suppress Ye Xishui with his light-based Self-Created Soul Skills. Though he considered killing her, her many life-saving abilities kept him from turning his advantage into a decisive victory.

• Mu En unleashed Dragon Emperor Evil-Breaking Split, purifying Ye Xishui’s blood-colored domain and shocking her with his increased strength.
• Mu En spread Dragon Emperor Quake Domain, severely suppressing Ye Xishui’s Soul Power and movements.
• Ye Xishui blamed her disadvantage on the unfinished Death God Tower as Mu En resolved to seize the chance to kill her.
• Mu En battered Ye Xishui with waves of golden Soul Power, but her Blood Soul Demon Puppet and resentful spirits deflected his attacks and gave her multiple extra lives.

Mu En fought Ye Xishui in Ming Capital until Kong Deming and the Sun Moon Empire’s Class 9 Soul Engineers arrived to help her. He challenged them all at once, but the forces surrounding him prepared a combined assault as Ye Xishui gathered her strength.

• Mu En realized his attacks had only dissipated a few of Ye Xishui’s wraiths when Soul Guidance Rays and the Sun Moon Empire’s Class 9 Soul Engineers appeared.
• Mu En recognized Kong Deming as a major threat and expanded his Light Domain to draw the newcomers into battle.
• Kong Deming attacked Mu En with a golden ring, but Mu En dodged and struck back, nearly destroying Kong Deming’s Class 9 defensive Soul Tool.
• Kong Deming ordered Jing Hongchen, Ye Yulin, and the other Soul Engineers to attack Mu En together.
• Ye Xishui recovered, turned her hair blood red, and absorbed the phantom Blood Soul Demon Puppet into her body.

Mu En weathered Ye Xishui and Kong Deming’s combined assault, then fought both of them alone while his light power overwhelmed Ye Xishui’s blood and destroyed her vengeful spirits. The battle continued with Ye Xishui increasingly restrained and distressed, while Kong Deming’s close-range support Soul Engineers withdrew.

• Ye Xishui unleashed her Boundless Sea of Blood as Kong Deming and the Level Nine Soul Engineers prepared to attack Mu En.
• Mu En’s golden light erupted against their attacks, creating a devastating shockwave that forced Kong Deming and Ye Xishui to defend themselves and badly shook the supporting Soul Engineers.
• Kong Deming ordered the Level Nine Soul Engineers to retreat and provide only long-range support, leaving him and Ye Xishui to face Mu En.
• Kong Deming fired a storm of Soul Guidance attacks while Mu En dodged with precise movements and focused his counterattacks on Ye Xishui.
• Mu En’s light power destroyed two of Ye Xishui’s century-nurtured vengeful spirit clusters, leaving her panicked as his attacks continued to suppress her Sea of Blood.

Ye Xishui called Long Xiaoyao to repay his debt to her, and he joined her and Kong Deming against Mu En. With the Twin Sacred Dragons fighting again and Kong Deming adding his Soul Tools to the assault, Mu En’s advantage faded and his defeat began to seem inevitable.

• Mu En’s light attacks destroyed more of Ye Xishui’s Blood Souls, weakening her defenses and bringing her close to defeat.
• Ye Xishui called for Long Xiaoyao, who emerged from darkness and faced Mu En.
• Long Xiaoyao admitted that he was standing with Ye Xishui because of what he owed her, and Mu En prepared to fight him.
• Long Xiaoyao and Mu En clashed with their dark and light dragon powers, while Ye Xishui and Kong Deming attacked Mu En as well.
• The combined assault forced Mu En to divide his strength, and his Light Domain contracted as the advantage shifted toward Ye Xishui and her allies.

Mu En withdrew from his battle against Long Xiaoyao, Ye Xishui, and Kong Deming after Long Xiaoyao offered him a chance to leave. After confirming Mu En’s identity, Kong Deming resolved to accelerate the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Tool development, and the three entered the imperial palace to report to the emperor.

• Long Xiaoyao called for the battle to end and urged Mu En to leave, while Ye Xishui and Kong Deming accepted his decision.
• Mu En recognized that continuing the fight would only drain his strength and expose his trump cards, so he nodded and vanished into the night.
• The Sun Moon Empire’s ninth-rank Soul Engineers relaxed after Mu En’s aura disappeared from Ming Capital.
• Ye Xishui confirmed to Kong Deming that their opponent had been the Bright Sacred Dragon, Dragon God Douluo Mu En.
• Kong Deming resolved to accelerate development of Linked Soul Tools and High-Energy Array Compression Soul Tools, then accompanied Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao to the imperial palace.

Yan Shaozhe’s soul-hunting party encountered a ten-thousand-year Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear in the Star Dou Great Forest. After Yan Shaozhe wounded it, the beast targeted Xia Ming, but Elder Song deflected its attack and remained on guard.

• Yan Shaozhe, Elder Song, and Elder Zhuang discovered a ten-thousand-year Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear feeding in a clearing.
• Yan Shaozhe confronted the bear and blocked its Dark-Gold Terrorclaw with his Radiant Phoenix.
• Yan Shaozhe struck the charging bear with phoenix flame, scorching it but failing to end the fight.
• The wounded bear redirected its attack toward Xia Ming, whom Elder Song was protecting.
• Elder Song used the Azure Shadow Divine Eagle’s wind blades to knock the claw beam away from Xia Ming.

Yan Shaozhe defeated the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear, allowing Xia Ming to absorb its ten-thousand-year Soul Ring. The group also discovered the bear’s Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Left Palm Bone, which Yan Shaozhe gave to Xia Ming to absorb next.

• Yan Shaozhe used his Martial Soul Avatar and Soul Skills to burn the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear until it could barely move.
• Xia Ming delivered the final blow, then absorbed the bear’s black Soul Ring while Yan Shaozhe and the two elders guarded him.
• Yan Shaozhe extracted the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Left Palm Bone from the bear and identified it as a rare, growth-capable External Soul Bone.
• After about an hour, Xia Ming finished absorbing the Soul Ring and reported that his Soul Power had risen to around the middle of level thirty-eight.
• Yan Shaozhe gave Xia Ming the palm bone, and Elder Song and Elder Zhuang encouraged him to absorb it under their protection.

Xia Ming smoothly absorbed the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Left Palm Bone, reached rank thirty-nine, and demonstrated its power alongside his third soul skill, Sky-Rending Tear. Yan Shaozhe and the elders recognized the skill’s extraordinary ability to pierce Soul Power defenses, leaving Xia Ming with a formidable weapon for challenging stronger opponents.

• Xia Ming fused with the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Left Palm Bone without difficulty, and his Soul Power rose to rank thirty-nine.
• Xia Ming manifested five dark-gold claws and tested them against Yan Shaozhe’s three Soul Douluo-level shields, piercing them and leaving shallow cuts on Yan Shaozhe’s arm.
• Xia Ming explained that Sky-Rending Tear ignored Soul Power defenses and doubled the power of his next attack, while consuming a quarter of his Soul Power.
• Yan Shaozhe, Elder Song, and Elder Zhuang reacted with shock to the skill’s power, and Yan Shaozhe said it could become the nightmare of Xia Ming’s enemies.

Xia Ming challenged a fifty-thousand-year Howling Moon Wolf King that was an ideal seventh Soul Ring target for Zhang Lexuan. He matched the Wolf King's opening strike and began unleashing his Reign Over the World technique.

• Yan Shaozhe explained that Zhang Lexuan needed a powerful, compatible soul beast for her seventh Soul Ring.
• Elder Song discovered a Howling Moon Wolf King nearly fifty-five thousand years old, and Yan Shaozhe identified it as an excellent match for Zhang Lexuan.
• Xia Ming asked to fight the Wolf King himself, and Yan Shaozhe and the elders agreed to guard him.
• Xia Ming entered the valley, summoned his Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff Martial Soul, and activated his Domination Domain and first two Soul Rings.
• The Wolf King attacked with a moonlight-charged claw, but Xia Ming met it with his fist and held his ground.
• Xia Ming gathered spiritual pressure and physical strength into his right fist and shouted, “Reign Over the World!”

Xia Ming defeated the fifty-five-thousand-year Howling Moon Wolf King and told Zhang Lexuan to absorb its Soul Ring. While she was still absorbing it, a Golden Lion-Tiger appeared from the forest.

• Xia Ming overcame the Howling Moon Wolf King's moonlight attacks and charged through its ultimate beam despite being wounded.
• Xia Ming used Sky-Rending Tear to pierce the wolf king's Silver Moon Shield and fatally wound it.
• Yan Shaozhe, Elder Song, Elder Zhuang, and Zhang Lexuan witnessed Xia Ming's victory, and Zhang Lexuan began absorbing the wolf king's Soul Ring.
• A Golden Lion-Tiger emerged from the forest while Zhang Lexuan's absorption was still underway.

Yan Shaozhe’s team drove off a ninety-thousand-year Golden Lion-Tiger instead of killing it, preserving it as a possible future Soul Ring for Xia Ming. After Zhang Lexuan finished absorbing her Soul Ring, the group prepared to return to Shrek Academy.

• Yan Shaozhe identified the Golden Lion-Tiger as a potential future Soul Ring for Xia Ming and decided to drive it away rather than kill it.
• Elder Song watched for danger while Elder Zhuang prepared healing support as Yan Shaozhe attacked the Golden Lion-Tiger.
• Yan Shaozhe struck the beast with powerful Phoenix soul skills, scorching and wounding it until it retreated into the forest.
• Elder Zhuang restored Yan Shaozhe’s strength after the battle.
• Zhang Lexuan finished absorbing her Soul Ring, and the group set off to return to school.

On Sea God Island, Mu En assigned Xia Ming to break through Qian Duoduo’s defenses without Qian Duoduo fighting back. Xia Ming’s opening strike cracked Qian Duoduo’s Soul Tool shield but failed to move him, and the training continued.

• Xia Ming told Mu En that he had sensed a distant place since gaining his third Soul Ring, though he could not locate it.
• Mu En brought Xia Ming to a training ground and introduced Qian Duoduo as his sparring partner.
• Mu En challenged Xia Ming to make Qian Duoduo take three steps back while Qian Duoduo used his defenses but did not retaliate.
• Xia Ming activated his Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff possession and Domination Domain, then charged Reign Over the World into Qian Duoduo’s Soul Tool shield.
• Xia Ming’s attack cracked the shield, but Qian Duoduo remained unmoved and sent Xia Ming staggering back seven steps.
• Qian Duoduo told Xia Ming to continue as Mu En watched the sparring.

After three months of training, Xia Ming reached level forty, and Mu En prepared him to hunt a ninety-thousand-year Golden Lion-Tiger for his fourth Soul Ring. Xia Ming absorbed the spiritual-power herb Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and transformed his Spirit Sea, then was told to stabilize his new spiritual realm before departing for the Star Dou Great Forest in three days.

• Xia Ming broke through to level forty during training with Qian Duoduo, while Mu En watched.
• Mu En said he would accompany Xia Ming to hunt a ninety-thousand-year Golden Lion-Tiger for his fourth Soul Ring, and gave him Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to strengthen his spiritual power.
• Xia Ming drank the dew, which withered the herb, and entered a deep cultivation state as its power nourished his Spirit Sea.
• After absorbing the herb’s power, Xia Ming’s Spirit Sea turned purple-gold and his spiritual power crossed the threshold of Form Without Substance.
• Mu En told Xia Ming to stabilize his spiritual realm and absorb the remaining medicinal power before they set out for the Star Dou Great Forest in three days.

Three days after beginning their hunt, Xia Ming and Mu En found a dying Golden Lion-Tiger that had reached a hundred thousand years and offered to sacrifice itself as Xia Ming’s fourth Soul Ring. Xia Ming swore to protect its young descendant for a century, and the sacrifice began as Mu En guarded the sleeping cub.

• Mu En led Xia Ming through the Star Dou Great Forest to a valley where they found a mortally wounded, hundred-thousand-year Golden Lion-Tiger.
• The Golden Lion-Tiger recognized Xia Ming and offered to sacrifice itself if he agreed to raise and protect its young descendant for a hundred years.
• Xia Ming swore by his Martial Soul to protect the cub, and the Golden Lion-Tiger began transforming its life force into a blood-red Soul Ring.
• Xia Ming absorbed the Soul Ring as his Soul Power surged, while Mu En protected the sleeping cub nearby.
• Deep in the Star Dou Great Forest, a pair of dark-golden eyes opened toward the valley and then closed again.

After gaining the Golden Lion-Tiger’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and right leg bone, Xia Ming discovered coordinates deep in the sea and decided to set out alone. Mu En agreed to let him leave if he could defeat Qian Duoduo, and their fight began at Shrek Academy.

• Xia Ming absorbed the Golden Lion-Tiger’s sacrifice, rose to level forty-nine, and gained a brilliant-gold right leg bone and four powerful soul skills.
• Xia Ming found coordinates deep in the sea in his Spirit Sea and returned to the academy with Mu En.
• Xia Ming asked to travel alone, and Mu En made his departure conditional on defeating Qian Duoduo without external assistance.
• Three days later, Qian Duoduo released his nine Soul Rings and Soul Tools in the martial arena.
• Xia Ming activated his Martial Soul Possession and Domination Domain, then revealed four Soul Rings as the duel began.

Xia Ming used his Golden Domain, injury-enhancing Soul Bone skill, and other boosts to challenge Qian Duoduo, then unleashed his final trump card. He shattered Qian Duoduo’s Black Dragon Shield and defeated him, revealing power that could contend with a Super Douluo while the skill lasted.

• Xia Ming activated his hundred-thousand-year Golden Domain and suppressed Qian Duoduo’s combat strength.
• Xia Ming injured his own shoulder to trigger Indomitable Fighting Spirit, then raised his strength to the level of a Title Douluo and struck Qian Duoduo’s shield.
• Qian Duoduo withstood Xia Ming’s punch but said it had not broken his defense, and Xia Ming prepared to use another Soul Skill.
• Xia Ming activated his trump card and tore apart the Black Dragon Shield with his Dark-Gold Terrorclaw, sending Qian Duoduo crashing into the barrier.
• Qian Duoduo admitted defeat, and the spectators realized Xia Ming could contend with a Super Douluo while his trump card lasted.

Xia Ming reached the Dou Ling Empire's East Coast seeking a ship to take him into the far seas and learned of the damaged Soul Tool ship Black Pearl. He offered to avenge its crew by defeating the Sea Soul Beast that attacked it, but its captain dismissed him and attacked.

• Xia Ming arrived at the East Coast after leaving Shrek Academy alone and searched for a way to reach a distant place across the sea.
• A local man told Xia Ming that the Black Pearl had been wrecked by a powerful Sea Soul Beast and that its surviving crew wanted revenge.
• Xia Ming found the Black Pearl and offered to take it into the far seas in exchange for avenging its crew.
• The captain, a Soul King, refused to believe Xia Ming could defeat the beast and attacked him with his third Soul Ring.

Xia Ming avenged the one-armed man’s crew by killing an eighty-thousand-year whale soul beast in a single attack. A far more powerful Deep Sea Demon Whale then emerged from the depths and confronted him, intrigued by his hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff.

• Xia Ming proved his strength to the one-armed man, who agreed to lend him the Black Pearl in exchange for revenge against the beast that killed his crew.
• The one-armed man sailed the Black Pearl to the whale’s hunting grounds, where Xia Ming sensed the beast and flew out to meet it.
• Xia Ming used his Golden Domain and Sky-Rending Tear to split the eighty-thousand-year whale soul beast in two and kill it within ten breaths.
• After the whale died, a much greater presence stirred beneath the sea, and the Deep Sea Demon Whale emerged to examine Xia Ming.
• The Deep Sea Demon Whale recognized Xia Ming’s hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff, then called him a human with many secrets.

Xia Ming confronted the Demon Empress, convinced her he hated Tang San, and was allowed to leave her waters. She offered him a trial and a fortuitous opportunity before he obtained his ninth Soul Ring, while she wondered whether a mysterious place might help her become a god.

• Xia Ming concealed his identity as a Shrek Academy student and told the Demon Empress that he bore an irreconcilable hatred for Tang San.
• The Demon Empress recognized Xia Ming's extraordinary talent and accepted that his grudge against Tang San could be genuine.
• The Demon Empress let Xia Ming leave, warning him not to kill Soul Beasts in her waters.
• The Demon Empress invited Xia Ming to seek her out before obtaining his ninth Soul Ring and offered him a trial for a fortuitous opportunity.
• After Xia Ming departed, the Demon Empress reflected on his Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff Martial Soul and wondered if a certain place could offer her a path to godhood.

Xia Ming followed the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff Martial Soul’s resonance to a solitary island, where an ancient bloodline trial forced him to endure crushing pressure as he approached its center. He reached the altar and met the phantom of the God King Qilin, the progenitor of his Martial Soul.

• Xia Ming returned to the Black Pearl after killing the whale and ordered the crew to take him to the place calling to his bloodline.
• For half a month, Xia Ming guided the ship through increasingly strange waters until it reached a lone, lion-shaped island.
• Xia Ming flew to the island, where ancient patterns and a golden light curtain awakened and subjected him to overwhelming bloodline pressure.
• Xia Ming struggled toward the island’s center, enduring escalating pressure while golden energy repeatedly healed his injuries.
• Xia Ming reached the altar, where the phantom introduced itself as the God King Qilin, progenitor of his Martial Soul.