Chapter Summaries

Ning Yunche gave Ning Tian the Aromatic Silk Beauty so she could evolve the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s Martial Soul, while Xia Ming waited for her to absorb it. On his way to the guest room, Wu Feng challenged him over Ning Tian, but Xia Ming defeated her and Wu Long took her away to face punishment.

• Mu En gave Ning Yunche the Aromatic Silk Beauty, and Ning Yunche decided that his daughter Ning Tian should absorb it to become the sect’s second Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Master.
• Ning Tian began absorbing the herb in front of the gathered elders, while Xia Ming left the hall to cultivate during the lengthy process.
• Wu Feng blocked Xia Ming and demanded that he stay away from Ning Tian, then attacked him with her Red Dragon Martial Soul and Dragon Fire.
• Xia Ming caught Wu Feng’s first punch and then knocked her down with a single punch when she attacked again.
• Wu Long arrived, heard Xia Ming’s account, apologized, and took Wu Feng away to punish her.

Xia Ming accepted Wu Feng as his temporary maid, then witnessed Ning Tian awaken as a Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Master. After Ning Tian apologized for Wu Feng and offered him money, Xia Ming returned to the Royal Hotel with Wu Feng.

• Wu Long asked Xia Ming to temper Wu Feng by having her serve as his maid, and Xia Ming accepted after Mu En urged him to agree.
• Ning Tian awakened with nine levels in her Martial Soul, confirming the return of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda after ten thousand years.
• Ning Yunche and the sect elders discussed formally standing with Shrek Academy, while Xia Ming, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng waited outside.
• Xia Ming explained Wu Feng's earlier provocation to Ning Tian, who apologized and offered him a card containing one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Xia Ming declined Ning Tian's money and accepted her apology, while Wu Feng watched their growing ease with unease.
• Ning Tian asked Xia Ming to let her visit him in Heaven Dou City, and he left the sect for the Royal Hotel with Wu Feng.

Mu En gave Xia Ming an Evil Eye Tyrant External Soul Bone as an investment from the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, and Xia Ming successfully absorbed and permanently fused it. The chapter ended with Xia Ming returning to his room, where Wu Feng was waiting as his newly appointed maid.

• Mu En explained that the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect had offered Wu Feng and an Evil Eye Tyrant External Soul Bone to invest in Xia Ming.
• Xia Ming accepted Mu En's advice and began absorbing the azure-blue Soul Bone, which strengthened his spiritual power and granted him a skill that doubled it when activated.
• Mu En used his power to permanently fuse the Soul Bone to Xia Ming so it could never be removed.
• Mu En told Xia Ming that he would teach him Reign Over the World after the tournament and said Xia Ming could decide how to treat Wu Feng.
• Xia Ming left for his room and knocked on the door, where Wu Feng was waiting.

Xia Ming and Wu Feng joined Shrek’s team as the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament began. Shrek faced Plant Academy in the opening match, and Xia Ming stepped onto the stage, drawing widespread disbelief and anger because of his apparent age.

• Xia Ming offered Wu Feng the bed while he meditated through the night, and she struggled to stay awake beside him.
• Xia Ming and Wu Feng joined the others in the conference room, where Mu En told the team to remain calm and expect to win.
• Mu En explained to Xia Ming that Plant Academy had once worked with the Tang Sect to cultivate Blue Silver Grass Soul Masters, a plan that nearly ruined the academy.
• Mu En sent Xia Ming and six reserve team members onto the stage against Plant Academy while Zhang Lexuan held the line.
• The crowd and Plant Academy’s competitors questioned Shrek’s decision to field the seemingly eight- or nine-year-old Xia Ming.

Xia Ming overwhelmed Plant Academy in the first-round team battle, defeating all seven opponents with his physical strength despite having only two Soul Rings. Shrek advanced after Xia Ming cleared the arena in less than a breath, leaving Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng with no chance to fight.

• The referee announced the team-battle rules, and both teams released their Martial Souls when the match began.
• Zhang Lexuan revealed her rank 69 cultivation and six Soul Rings, while Xia Ming displayed two thousand-year Soul Rings.
• Xia Ming broke Plant Academy's captain's vines and knocked him out with one punch.
• Xia Ming tore through the remaining opponents' Soul Skills and sent all six flying from the arena.
• Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng stopped their charge as Xia Ming stood alone at the arena's center.

Xia Ming led Shrek Academy to a decisive victory over Plant Academy, drawing attention from the empires and Du Busi. Mu En then asked Du Busi for the Body Sect’s Body-Tempering Secret Art for Xia Ming, but Du Busi refused and left.

• The referee declared Shrek Academy the winner after all seven Plant Academy members were unable to continue fighting.
• The Heavenly Soul Emperor and Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy’s teacher discussed Xia Ming’s strength, while Du Busi judged him a remarkable genius.
• Xia Ming returned to Shrek’s group, where Tang Ya regretted that his power had not been available to save the Tang Sect, and Wu Feng blushed at him.
• After the others left, Du Busi revealed himself as the Body Sect’s sect master and spoke with Mu En, who showed him an immortal herb.
• Mu En asked Du Busi to give Xia Ming the Body-Tempering Secret Art, but Du Busi refused and departed.

Xia Ming spotted a suspicious black-robed figure in Heaven Dou City and pursued him, discovering that he was an Evil Soul Master Soul Saint. With Mu En watching nearby, Xia Ming fought back and sent the enemy crashing into ruins with one punch.

• Chen Zifeng invited Xia Ming and Wu Feng to join the reserve team’s trip to the auction, winning a bet against Yao Haoxuan.
• Xia Ming sensed sinister energy from a black-robed man in an alley, excused himself from the group, and began following him.
• Xia Ming contacted Mu En with a Voice Transmission Soul Tool and reported that he might have found an Evil Soul Master.
• The black-robed man revealed himself as a Soul Saint, and Mu En told Xia Ming to fight while he watched nearby.
• Xia Ming activated his Red-Gold Transformation and Titan Strength soul skills, then struck the Evil Soul Master hard enough to break his arm and hurl him into ruins.

Xia Ming fought a Soul Saint-level Evil Soul Master, enduring his attacks until Mu En intervened with overwhelming light power. Mu En praised Xia Ming but warned him about his limits, then turned his attention to the defeated Evil Soul Master.

• The Evil Soul Master unleashed Blood Bat Soul Devour, but Xia Ming charged through the bats without being harmed and forced his opponent to use Martial Soul Avatar.
• The transformed Evil Soul Master attacked Xia Ming with his fifth and sixth Soul Skills, breaking through Xia Ming's defense and wounding his shoulder.
• Mu En appeared and released a powerful light that healed Xia Ming's wound and suppressed the Evil Soul Saint.
• Mu En advised Xia Ming not to underestimate Soul Saints, and Xia Ming acknowledged that the Evil Soul Master had been a favorable matchup.
• Mu En turned toward the ashen-faced Evil Soul Master.

Mu En and Xia Ming uncovered a Holy Spirit Cult stronghold in Heaven Dou City while investigating who had placed a restriction on an Evil Soul Master. After Mu En destroyed the stronghold’s cover, its leader emerged and ordered the cultists to attack.

• Mu En discovered and carefully removed a powerful restriction from the captured Evil Soul Master, then learned it had been placed by the Holy Spirit Cult’s Supreme Cult Leader.
• The Evil Soul Master revealed the location of a Holy Spirit Cult stronghold in Heaven Dou City, and Mu En killed him after extracting the information.
• Mu En informed Du Busi and brought Xia Ming to the stronghold, which was disguised as a merchant association near the Iron Blood Sect headquarters.
• Mu En sealed off the area, moved ordinary people to safety, and razed the merchant association.
• An elderly black-robed Evil Soul Master emerged from the rubble, spread black mist, and ordered the cultists to attack and escape.

Mu En defeated a group of Holy Spirit Cult Evil Soul Masters and interrogated their surviving elder, learning the cult’s organization and that its headquarters lay in the Evil Demon Forest, under the Evil Emperor’s influence. He sent Xia Ming to reunite with the others while he sought allies to plan their response.

• Mu En used Dragon Emperor Quake Domain to destroy six Evil Soul Saints and capture their Soul Douluo leader alive.
• The captured elder revealed that the Holy Spirit Cult had two leaders, eight elders, and twelve offerings, including Long Xiaoyao, and that its headquarters was in the Evil Demon Forest.
• Mu En realized the Holy Spirit Cult likely had the Evil Emperor’s support and decided he needed another plan before attacking its headquarters.
• Mu En told Xia Ming to meet the others while he went to discuss the threat with several people.
• Mu En informed the arriving soldiers that he had eliminated the Evil Soul Masters, and Xia Ming slipped away before rejoining the reserve team at the auction house.

At the Heaven Dou Auction House, Xia Ming bought a damaged crown after his Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff Martial Soul reacted violently to it. The crown vanished into his body, and even Mu En could detect no trace of it, leaving Xia Ming to wonder whether it was connected to a God Position.

• At the auction, Xia Ming bid five hundred Gold Soul Coins for the Incomplete Crown after sensing its powerful connection to his Martial Soul.
• After the auction, Xia Ming took the crown to his hotel room, where his Martial Soul possessed him and the crown turned into light and entered his body.
• Xia Ming examined himself but found no change, then sought out Mu En and explained what had happened.
• Mu En searched Xia Ming's body with his Soul Power but found no sign of the crown, and said its presence might serve an unexpected purpose someday.
• Xia Ming suspected the crown was connected to a deity's God Position and wondered whether such an inheritance could still exist beyond God King Tang's control.

Xia Ming trained in Mu En’s Reign Over the World technique before Shrek Academy began the round-robin stage against Mingdu Soul Master Academy. Mu En sent Xia Ming to open their match, where he charged at Soul Engineer Chen Yan and his artillery array.

• Mu En taught Xia Ming Reign Over the World, and Xia Ming began to fuse spiritual power with his soul power.
• Xia Ming made progress on the technique as the round-robin stage began.
• Shrek Academy drew Mingdu Soul Master Academy for a one-on-one elimination match, and Mu En chose Xia Ming as the first competitor.
• Xia Ming faced Chen Yan, who deployed a large array of Soul Tools and a Force Gathering Soul Cannon.
• Xia Ming charged straight at Chen Yan’s artillery fortress.

Xia Ming crushed Chen Yan and his Soul Guidance Artillery Platform to win the first match for Shrek Academy. He then faced Luo Jiang, a Soul King and Level Five Soul Engineer, who opened with a powerful defensive Soul Tool.

• Chen Yan unleashed a fan-shaped barrage from more than thirty Level Four Soul Guidance Rays, but Xia Ming endured it using two soul skills.
• Xia Ming smashed Chen Yan and his artillery platform with a punch, knocking Chen unconscious and winning the first match for Shrek Academy.
• The referee declared Shrek Academy the winner, and Chen Yan later discovered that more than seventy percent of his treasured platform had been destroyed.
• Mingdu Soul Master Academy sent Luo Jiang, one of its three Soul Kings, to face Xia Ming.
• Luo Jiang summoned a Level Five defensive Soul Tool shield and planned to wear down Xia Ming by letting him attack.

Xia Ming defeated Luo Jiang with his newly formed Self-Created Soul Skill, Reign Over the World, despite Luo Jiang’s shield blocking his physical attacks. Zhang Lexuan then swept aside Mingdu Soul Master Academy’s remaining fighters, securing Shrek Academy’s victory.

• Xia Ming battered Luo Jiang’s shield with enhanced attacks, but its defenses absorbed every blow.
• Xia Ming gathered his power and struck the shield with a punch that carried spiritual force, knocking Luo Jiang unconscious.
• The referee declared Shrek Academy the winner of Xia Ming’s bout, and Xia Ming left the stage as Zhang Lexuan took his place.
• Zhang Lexuan quickly eliminated Mingdu Soul Master Academy’s fighters, defeating the remaining Soul Kings and Soul Ancestors in a one-sided match.
• The referee announced Shrek Academy’s victory as the arena erupted in applause and discussion.

Shrek Academy swept the round-robin stage and faced Canglan Academy in the round of sixteen. After Shrek won the team battle, Mu En sent Xia Ming into the individual match with orders to defeat two Soul Kings or eliminate Canglan’s captain, Huyan Yu.

• Mu En rotated Shrek’s reserve members through the remaining group matches, and Shrek finished the round-robin stage with seven straight victories.
• Canglan Academy drew Shrek in the round of sixteen, and Zhang Lexuan led Shrek’s main team to a quick victory in the team battle.
• Before the individual matches, Mu En stopped Zhang Lexuan and ordered Xia Ming to defeat at least two Soul Kings or eliminate Canglan’s captain.
• Xia Ming accepted Mu En’s request and faced Huyan Yu, who resolved to win the match and restore Canglan’s dignity.
• The referee started the match, and Huyan Yu released his five Soul Rings as powerful Soul Power swept across the venue.

Xia Ming fought Huyan Yu, whose Diamond Mammoth Martial Soul and Soul Guidance Thruster gave him overwhelming strength, defense, and charging speed. Xia Ming’s spiritual attacks disrupted Huyan Yu’s consciousness, leaving Huyan Yu alarmed and searching for a way to break the vicious cycle.

• Huyan Yu activated his Soul Guidance Thruster and charged Xia Ming, then overpowered him in a direct fist clash.
• Xia Ming’s fist carried a spiritual shock that blurred Huyan Yu’s consciousness and stopped his follow-up attack.
• Xia Ming pressed forward with another punch, physically failing to penetrate Huyan Yu’s defense while inflicting further spiritual pain.
• Huyan Yu forced himself to retreat with his thruster and realized that closing in on Xia Ming would expose him to more spiritual attacks.

Xia Ming and Huyan Yu fought a brutal head-on battle until Xia Ming was knocked to the arena’s edge. Huyan Yu’s final charge sent Xia Ming toward the boundary, but Xia Ming revealed a concealed Soul Guidance Thruster and landed safely, leaving the match unresolved.

• Huyan Yu suppressed his fear and charged Xia Ming, choosing to fight through direct clashes.
• Huyan Yu endured Xia Ming’s repeated mental attacks while the two exchanged powerful blows across the arena.
• Huyan Yu struck Xia Ming to the edge of the platform and gathered his remaining strength for a finishing charge.
• Xia Ming met Huyan Yu’s final punch and was propelled toward the arena boundary.
• Xia Ming activated a concealed Soul Guidance Thruster to cancel his momentum and land safely at the platform’s edge.

Shrek Academy won the tournament after Xia Ming defeated Huyan Yu and Zhang Lexuan swept the remaining matches, then claimed the championship Soul Bones. Mu En advised Xia Ming to hold out for powerful future Soul Bones and urged him to say goodbye to his maid before the team left Heaven Dou City.

• Xia Ming defeated Huyan Yu, who collapsed unconscious, and the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner.
• Zhang Lexuan defeated the two remaining Soul Kings, and Shrek Academy advanced to the top eight.
• Zhang Lexuan led Shrek Academy through the tournament, including its victory over Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, to win the championship and three ten-thousand-year Soul Bones.
• Mu En asked Xia Ming whether he envied the prizes, then urged him to seek a Hundred-Thousand-Year sixth Soul Ring and never settle for an inferior final Soul Bone.
• Mu En told Xia Ming to say goodbye to his little maid before Shrek Academy left Heaven Dou City the next day.

Xia Ming comforted Wu Feng before leaving Heaven Dou City, promising to meet her at Shrek Academy in four years. Meanwhile, Mu En accepted a grave responsibility from the Heavenly Soul Emperor on behalf of the Heaven Dou Empire and the Body Sect.

• Wu Feng asked Xia Ming to stay at the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and offered to secretly take Soul Bones from her grandfather, but he declined and said he would return to Shrek.
• Xia Ming took Wu Feng on a nighttime walk through Heaven Dou City, where they browsed the lively streets and he bought her small trinkets.
• After returning to the hotel, Xia Ming promised to wait for Wu Feng at Shrek Academy's gates on the day new students reported in four years later, as her friend.
• In the Heaven Dou Empire's imperial palace, the Heavenly Soul Emperor entrusted a matter to Mu En, and Mu En said he would entrust it to the Heaven Dou Empire and the Body Sect.

Xia Ming and Zhang Lexuan set out for the Star Dou Great Forest with an elite Shrek escort to hunt for powerful Soul Rings, while Mu En investigated the Xishui Alliance in Ming Capital. His spiritual probe exposed Ye Xishui, and the two Limit Douluo faced off above the city as she attacked him.

• Xia Ming and Zhang Lexuan traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest with Yan Shaozhe, Elder Song, Elder Zhuang, and the academy's escort force to hunt for Soul Rings.
• Mu En used spatial power to reach Ming Capital and traced a clue from Shrek's investigation to a stronghold of the Xishui Alliance.
• Mu En's spiritual probe touched the building's core, where Ye Xishui detected him and recognized him.
• Ye Xishui erupted from the stronghold and attacked as Mu En revealed his Bright Sacred Dragon and nine Soul Rings.
• Mu En and Ye Xishui confronted each other above Ming Capital, and Ye Xishui unleashed one of her blood-red Soul Rings against him.