Chapter Summaries

The Snow Empress overwhelmed Long Xiaoyao, Kong Deming, and the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Tool attacks, but Long Xiaoyao detonated his eighth and ninth Soul Rings to gain more power. Xia Ming recognized the forbidden technique and wondered how Long Xiaoyao had learned it.

• The Snow Empress’s extreme-cold domain stopped Long Xiaoyao and Kong Deming from advancing.
• The Snow Empress split the Sun Moon Empire’s seven-position Linked Destruction Ray and destroyed its Soul Tool positions with Emperor Sword: Ice Extreme Peerless.
• Long Xiaoyao attacked the Snow Empress with the Dark Sacred Dragon, but she repelled him with her ice sword and wounded him.
• Kong Deming used the combined Soul Power of nearly three hundred eighth-ranked Soul Engineers to fire a Level-Ten Soul Tool attack, which the Snow Empress froze with Emperor Palm: Great Cold No Snow.
• Long Xiaoyao detonated his eighth and ninth Soul Rings, greatly increasing his power as his body rapidly withered.
• Xia Ming noticed Long Xiaoyao’s Ring Detonation and reacted with disbelief while fighting Zhongli Wu.

Long Xiaoyao detonated two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings to unleash a Demigod-level strike, but Snow Empress barely blocked it with Absolute Zero, leaving both severely weakened. Xia Ming defeated and killed Zhongli Wu while Ice Empress restrained the Evil Monarch Soul Engineer Legion.

• Long Xiaoyao saw that Ye Xishui was losing ground to Mu En and detonated two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings to reach Demigod level.
• Long Xiaoyao struck Snow Empress with a palm that darkened the sky and shattered space.
• Snow Empress used Absolute Zero to repel the darkness and barely blocked Long Xiaoyao's attack, leaving both of them gravely injured.
• Ice Empress trapped the three hundred members of the Evil Monarch Soul Engineer Legion in a freezing domain.
• Xia Ming overwhelmed Zhongli Wu with Ultimate Wind, Ultimate Fire, and Ultimate Light, then killed him with Sky-Rending Tear.

After three Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells failed to turn the battle, the Sun Moon Emperor proposed ending the fighting. Mu En instead demanded that the empire break with the Holy Spirit Cult and help kill Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao, leaving both sides on the brink of war in Ming Capital.

• Ye Xishui grieved Long Xiaoyao's sacrifice but knew her damaged body could not survive detonating her own Soul Rings.
• Xia Ming headed to help the Snow Empress and Long Xiaoyao, but three Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells targeted him, the Snow Empress, and Mu En.
• Xia Ming survived his shell, the Snow Empress weakened hers with frost, and Mu En dissipated his with the Bright Sacred Dragon.
• The Sun Moon Emperor rose and proposed that both sides step back, warning that Ming Capital had more Level 9 shells and reinforcements approaching.
• Mu En demanded that the Sun Moon Empire sever ties with the Holy Spirit Cult and help kill Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao.
• The Sun Moon Emperor rejected Mu En's demands and threatened to fight to the death as Ming Capital's Soul Tool positions targeted the battlefield.

Mu En forced the Sun Moon Emperor to end human trafficking with the Holy Spirit Cult and destroy the Death God Tower, then left Ming Capital with Xia Ming, the Snow Empress, and the Ice Empress. Long Xiaoyao persuaded Ye Xishui to accept the tower’s destruction, and no one dared pursue the departing group.

• Long Xiaoyao admitted the Holy Spirit Cult deserved to be destroyed but warned that he and Ye Xishui would self-destruct if Mu En tried to take her away.
• Mu En agreed to leave Ye Xishui behind after the Sun Moon Emperor accepted his demand to end human trafficking and city massacres tied to the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Mu En demanded that the Sun Moon Empire destroy the Death God Tower, and Long Xiaoyao persuaded Ye Xishui to let it happen.
• Mu En destroyed the Death God Tower with Dragon Emperor Evil-Breaking Split, erasing its resentful spirit aura.
• The Ice Empress escaped the pursuing Evil Monarch Soul Engineer Legion and joined Mu En, Xia Ming, and the Snow Empress as they left Ming Capital unchallenged.

After Mu En escaped the Sun Moon Empire’s attack and warned the gathered representatives about its alliance with the Holy Spirit Cult, the Ice Empress brought Jing Hongchen to Sea God Pavilion for questioning. That night, she and Snow Empress wondered whether human-made Soul Tools could eventually threaten the soul beasts’ survival.

• Mu En reached the Ming Dou Mountain Range, told the assembled representatives about the Sun Moon Empire’s collusion with the Holy Spirit Cult, and left after Du Busi asked whether Mu En’s allies would support them.
• The Ice Empress brought Jing Hongchen and another captive to Sea God Pavilion, explaining that a Soul Tool attack led by Kong Deming had injured Snow Empress.
• Mu En ordered the Ice Empress to seal Jing Hongchen’s Soul Power and imprison him separately, saying he would not reveal the truth if questioned immediately.
• The Ice Empress asked Snow Empress whether human Soul Tools might eventually wield Limit Douluo-level power with little or no Soul Power, and Snow Empress could not answer.

Mu En announced that Xia Ming would be designated as the next Sea God Pavilion Master and arranged a battle against Xuan Zi to prove his strength. As Xia Ming and Xuan Zi began fighting, Qian Duoduo bet Yan Shaozhe that Xia Ming would win, while Mu En watched with a knowing smile.

• Mu En told Xia Ming he would be designated the next Sea God Pavilion Master and said he would face Xuan Zi to prove his worth.
• Three days later, the Sea God Pavilion elders and other powerful figures gathered to watch Xia Ming fight Xuan Zi outside Shrek City.
• Xuan Zi unleashed the power of his Godly Taotie Bull while Xia Ming's golden light naturally split apart the elder's Soul Power.
• Yan Shaozhe predicted Xia Ming could only last against Xuan Zi, so Qian Duoduo bet him a ninth-grade Soul Tool against a future promise that Xia Ming would win.
• Yan Shaozhe accepted the bet, unaware that Mu En watched from above with an almost imperceptible smile.

Xia Ming used Ultimate Earth and his stacked Soul Skills to overcome Xuan Zi’s Gravity Domain and strike the transformed Super Douluo with overwhelming force. As Xuan Zi recovered, Xia Ming pressed his attack with punches carrying physical and mental assaults, while his thoughts turned to strengthening his spiritual power further.

• Xia Ming’s Ultimate Earth suppressed Xuan Zi’s earth-element Soul Power and slowed its circulation.
• Xuan Zi transformed with his Taotie Godly Bull Avatar and spread his Gravity Domain across the battlefield.
• Xia Ming activated several Soul Rings and met Xuan Zi’s fist with a punch that sent the giant avatar flying.
• Xuan Zi rose without his earlier contempt, recognizing that Xia Ming’s power and elemental suppression could make him lose.
• Xia Ming launched successive Reign Over the World punches, while considering his spiritual progress and plans to reach Form With Substance.

Xia Ming defeated Xuan Zi in their battle, and Mu En stopped the fight before Xia Ming’s final strike could seriously injure him. The elders unanimously confirmed Xia Ming as the Sea God Pavilion’s next Pavilion Master successor, while Xuan Zi was ordered into seclusion.

• Xia Ming overwhelmed Xuan Zi, whose defenses and consciousness faltered under the force of his attacks.
• Mu En intervened, redirected most of Xia Ming’s Sky-Rending Tear, and declared Xia Ming the winner.
• Xuan Zi recovered, admitted defeat, and accepted Mu En’s criticism for underestimating Xia Ming.
• Mu En ordered Xuan Zi to enter seclusion until he broke through Rank 99 and assigned Inspection Corps affairs to Xiao Song.
• Mu En proposed Xia Ming as the next Pavilion Master successor, and all the elders agreed.
• Qian Duoduo reminded Yan Shaozhe of their wager, and Yan Shaozhe accepted his loss.

Jing Hongchen joined Shrek Academy as the Sea God Pavilion’s Mirror Elder and asked Mu En to bring his grandson, Xiao Hongchen, to Shrek. After inspecting the academy’s outdated Soul Guidance Department, he condemned its poor equipment and methods.

• Jing Hongchen agreed to join Shrek after weighing its strength and Xia Ming’s talent, and Mu En named him Mirror Elder.
• Jing Hongchen asked the academy to bring Xiao Hongchen to Shrek, and Mu En promised to travel to Ming Capital himself.
• Jing Hongchen listed locations and items holding his private research and breakthroughs, and Mu En agreed to recover them.
• Xia Ming led Jing Hongchen through the Soul Guidance Department, where he stopped a test and criticized its obsolete equipment and targets.
• Jing Hongchen condemned Shrek’s reliance on manual forging and declared that the academy’s regard for the Soul Guidance Department was appallingly low.

Jing Hongchen convinced Shrek’s leaders that its Soul Guidance Department had fallen far behind the Sun Moon Empire, and Mu En authorized him to rebuild it under his standards. Jing Hongchen promised that full support would let the department train at least ten high-level Soul Engineers within ten years.

• Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er arrived at the testing area, where Qian Duoduo pledged to let Jing Hongchen change the Soul Guidance Department.
• Qian Duoduo called a Sea God Pavilion meeting to discuss reform, with Xuan Zi absent while attempting to break through to Limit Douluo.
• Several elders objected to replacing the department’s systems and questioned the cost and whether students could adapt.
• Jing Hongchen argued that Shrek lagged an entire era behind the Sun Moon Empire and described the strength of its Soul Engineer Legions.
• Mu En ordered the department’s systems, equipment, and courses rebuilt under Jing Hongchen’s standards and gave him control of staffing and funding.
• Jing Hongchen promised that, with the academy’s full support, the department could train a two-digit number of high-level Soul Engineers within ten years.

Xiao Hongchen challenged Xia Ming, while Huo Yuhao reached Soul Power level ten and asked him to help obtain his first Soul Ring. Xia Ming agreed to take Huo Yuhao out the next morning, intending to use the trip to draw out the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Electrolux, and warned Huo Yuhao to keep everything they encountered secret.

• Jing Hongchen's move to Shrek Academy enraged the Sun Moon Empire, but Mu En secretly brought Xiao Hongchen to safety, and Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen quickly stirred competition among Shrek's students with their rapid cultivation.
• Xiao Hongchen challenged Xia Ming, who told him to ask Jing Hongchen about the reason he had been warned not to provoke him.
• Huo Yuhao arrived after engraving a complete Level-One Soul Guidance Core Array, and Jing Hongchen had taken him as a disciple.
• Huo Yuhao told Xia Ming that his Soul Power had reached level ten and that he was waiting for help to obtain his first Soul Ring.
• Xia Ming agreed to accompany Huo Yuhao the next morning and ordered him not to tell anyone what happened during the hunt.

Xia Ming took Huo Yuhao to the Star Dou Great Forest, where he forced the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to sacrifice itself and become Huo Yuhao’s Soul Ring. When Electrolux entered Xia Ming’s Spirit Sea, Xia Ming offered him a deal to help with the God Trials in exchange for nourishment and a chance at revival and godhood.

• Xia Ming brought Huo Yuhao to the Star Dou Great Forest, while the Snow Empress and Ice Empress followed at a distance.
• Xia Ming pretended to fall unconscious after the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s spiritual attack, then revealed himself and threatened Tian Meng into sacrificing himself to Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao accepted Tian Meng’s sacrifice, and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm began becoming his Soul Ring.
• Electrolux’s gray mist changed course and entered Xia Ming’s Spirit Sea instead of Huo Yuhao’s.
• Xia Ming offered Electrolux Gold of Life and a promise to restore him and help him attain a God Position in exchange for guidance through the God Trials.
• Electrolux accepted Xia Ming’s deal, and Xia Ming asked him to begin researching the Soul Spirit Method.

Xia Ming left with Huo Yuhao after explaining Soul Spirits to Electrolux, but the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and Scarlet King found them in the Star Dou Great Forest. After Xia Ming knocked Scarlet King unconscious, Snow Empress blocked Di Tian’s attack, and Di Tian invited Xia Ming to meet his lord.

• Xia Ming explained Soul Spirits and the original work’s flaws to Electrolux, with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm set to help refine the system.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion arrived seeking the source of a spiritual fluctuation and asked Xia Ming what had happened.
• Scarlet King attacked Xia Ming, who used his Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff Martial Soul to suppress and knock him unconscious.
• Di Tian struck at Xia Ming, but Snow Empress intercepted the attack and stood against him.
• After receiving information that changed his attitude, Di Tian apologized to Xia Ming and invited him to meet his lord.

The God King Qilin Remnant Soul attacked the Silver Dragon King at the Lake of Life, then realized she was not the Dragon God who had betrayed him. He claimed the Dragon God's soul still existed elsewhere, leaving the Silver Dragon King shaken by doubts about her own identity.

• Di Tian brought Xia Ming to the Lake of Life, where Bi Ji, King of Ten Thousand Demons, Xiong Jun, and Zi Ji waited, and Snow Empress accompanied him.
• The God King Qilin Remnant Soul emerged from Xia Ming and struck the Silver Dragon King, worsening her injuries, then forced Di Tian to his knees.
• The Silver Dragon King said she had no memory of killing the God King Qilin or betraying him, and he recognized that she was not the Dragon God.
• The God King Qilin Remnant Soul said the Dragon God's soul core had not split or vanished and might still be sleeping elsewhere.
• The Silver Dragon King questioned whether she and the Golden Dragon King were independent beings or merely vessels for the Dragon God's bloodline and soul.

The God King Qilin revealed that the Dragon God had imposed the law barring soul beasts from becoming gods, overturning the Silver Dragon King and the Beast Lords’ understanding of their history. He also revealed that the Dragon God killed more than half of the Nine Great Dragon Kings, leaving Di Tian to confront the truth about his ancestor and his own past.

• The Silver Dragon King warned Xia Ming that the God Realm would never allow him to bear the Qilin God Position or become a god.
• The God King Qilin argued that the beast ascension ban predated the Dragon God’s fall and was powerful enough to resist even a God King’s efforts to break it.
• The God King Qilin concluded that only the Dragon God could have created a law so absolute, shocking Di Tian and the other Beast Lords.
• Di Tian erupted in anger and disbelief, asking what his years of loyalty had meant.
• The God King Qilin explained that the Dragon God ambushed and gravely wounded him after the Crown Prince’s sacrifice, then revealed that the Dragon God killed more than half of the Nine Great Dragon Kings.
• Di Tian learned that the Dragon God had killed seven of the Dragon Kings, including the elders he had mourned, and accepted that the God King Qilin’s accusations were true.

Xia Ming gained the Star Dou Great Forest’s support and later offered Scarlet King a chance to become a Soul Spirit, a path that could let him grow alongside Xia Ming instead of dying as a sacrifice. Electrolux arrived to oversee their first Soul Spirit Contract, leaving Di Tian and the other Beast Lords watching tensely as the ritual began.

• Di Tian secured Xia Ming’s agreement to involve the Star Dou Great Forest in his path to godhood, and the Beast Lords pledged their support.
• Six months later, Xia Ming explained the Soul Spirit Method to Scarlet King and asked him to become his Soul Spirit.
• Scarlet King agreed after deciding the method could offer him a path to godhood without sacrificing his life.
• Di Tian, the other Beast Lords, and the Silver Dragon King gathered beside the Lake of Life as Xia Ming prepared to begin the contract.
• Electrolux appeared and identified himself as the creator of the Soul Spirit Method, then began overseeing the first Soul Spirit Contract.

Xia Ming absorbed Scarlet King's three-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and origin, then condensed a Blood-Qi Soul Core. Confident in his new strength, he challenged Xiong Jun, whose Sky-Rending Claw descended as Xia Ming met it with a punch.

• Electrolux performed the formation that let Xia Ming absorb Scarlet King's Life force and gain his Soul Ring, while Scarlet King's illusory figure emerged from Xia Ming's chest.
• Xia Ming used Scarlet King's origin to condense a Soul Core, awakening to a dramatic increase in power.
• Xia Ming judged himself capable of contending with many Limit Douluos and called on Xiong Jun to fight.
• Xiong Jun unleashed his full strength with Sky-Rending Claw, and Xia Ming raised his fist to meet the attack head-on.

Xia Ming fought Xiong Jun in a head-on battle, overcoming the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear’s strength with his Demon-Breaking Fist and spiritual attacks. Di Tian stopped Xiong Jun before he could unleash a desperate final strike, and Xia Ming concluded that no opponent below the Limit could threaten him.

• Xiong Jun’s Sky-Rending Claw badly wounded Xia Ming, but Xia Ming’s Indomitable Fighting Spirit rapidly restored his strength.
• Xia Ming used his sixth Soul Skill to break through Xiong Jun’s claws and injure his chest.
• Xia Ming and Xiong Jun traded dozens of blows as Xia Ming’s punches repeatedly struck Xiong Jun’s body and spirit.
• Xia Ming landed a blow that shattered Xiong Jun’s bones, and Xiong Jun began preparing a life-or-death attack.
• Di Tian struck Xiong Jun down and declared that he had lost.
• Xia Ming assessed his victory and decided that no powerhouse below the Limit remained a rival to him.

Xia Ming completed the Soul Spirit Method and showed that Scarlet King could continue existing as a Soul Spirit. Di Tian agreed to establish a Soul Spirit contract organization with the Star Dou soul beasts, while Xia Ming took responsibility for bringing the method to the human world; the God King Qilin then began granting him the second trial’s highest-tier reward.

• Xia Ming announced that the Soul Spirit Method had succeeded, and Scarlet King emerged as his first Soul Spirit, with its consciousness intact but its strength restricted.
• Di Tian asked whether others could perform the Soul Spirit Contract Ritual, and Xia Ming explained that it could be learned and that Soul Spirits could find new hosts after their Soul Masters died.
• Xia Ming explained that passing Soul Spirits between hosts could let soul beasts live beyond a human Soul Master's lifespan, winning the Beast Lords' quiet approval.
• Di Tian agreed to organize the Star Dou soul beasts and establish a Soul Spirit contract organization, while Xia Ming promised to handle the human side.
• Xia Ming practiced his new soul skills and explored Scarlet King's Soul Spirit state before setting out for Shrek Academy.
• The God King Qilin sensed Faith Power, urged Xia Ming to pursue the Soul Spirit method, and began granting him the highest-tier reward for the second trial.

Xia Ming received a powerful enhancement to his Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff Martial Soul and learned that his third trial required him to defeat Mu En. After reporting the Soul Spirit method to Mu En, they arranged a gathering to discuss its future, while Snow Empress set out to inform the Far North.

• The God King Qilin increased Xia Ming’s affinity with the Qilin God Position and strengthened the origin of his Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff Martial Soul until it matched the Holy Qilin.
• The God King Qilin set Xia Ming’s third trial: defeat the strongest human on the continent, Mu En, without Mu En deliberately holding back.
• Xia Ming visited Mu En at Shrek Academy and reported his sixth Soul Ring, his Soul Spirit contract with Scarlet King, and his agreement with Di Tian.
• Mu En declared that Soul Spirits concerned the future of the entire Soul Master system and arranged a gathering of the continent’s top powers for one month later.
• Snow Empress agreed to return to the Far North and explain the Soul Spirit method to A-Tai and the others.