Chapter Summaries

Xia Ming visited He Caitou in Shrek City and revealed that he knew He Caitou’s true identity as Xu He. He offered to help Xu He kill Xu Tianran and reclaim the throne in exchange for the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Tool research secrets, then departed with him for the Sun Moon Empire.

• Xia Ming returned to Shrek City and found He Caitou carving a Level Five Soul Tool core in the laboratory.
• Xia Ming addressed He Caitou as Xu He, revealing that he knew Xu He’s hidden identity and desire for revenge.
• Xia Ming offered to take Xu He to the Sun Moon Empire, kill Xu Tianran, and place Xu He on the throne in exchange for the empire’s Soul Tool research secrets.
• Xu He accepted the bargain, while Xian Lin'er, Qian Duoduo, and Fan Yu waited outside; Fan Yu urged his student to go.
• Xia Ming opened a spatial rift, and he and Xu He vanished through it.

Xia Ming and Xu He confronted Xu Tianran in the Sun Moon Empire’s palace, where Xu He revealed his identity and demanded vengeance for his family. Xia Ming killed Xu Tianran, leaving Xu He to face the emptiness and burden that followed his revenge.

• Xu Tianran imagined using Xia Ming’s presumed death to destroy Shrek and conquer the continent.
• Xia Ming and Xu He appeared before Xu Tianran, who recognized Xu He as the prince long believed dead.
• Xu He accused Xu Tianran’s family of slaughtering the royal family and vowed to reclaim what was his.
• Xu Tianran revealed his Soul Douluo cultivation and tried to break through a wall to escape.
• Xia Ming pierced Xu Tianran’s defensive Soul Tools with a single punch and killed him.
• Xu He felt empty after his vengeance, while Xia Ming walked to the window and gazed into the distance.

After Xu Tianran's death, Xia Ming forced the Sun Moon Empire's senior soul engineers and legion commanders to choose between death and signing Electrolux's contracts under the new emperor, Xu He. By the next morning, Xia Ming controlled the Empire's decisive military power, though the ordinary people had not yet realized that its ruler had changed.

• Xia Ming told Ye Yulin that Xu Tianran was dead and Xu He would become emperor, then secured Ye Yulin's agreement with a contract.
• Xia Ming subdued Wang Yiheng and the Evil Monarch Soul Engineer Legion's leaders, appointed Xia Xuanchen commander after he signed, and killed Wang Yiheng and three loyalists.
• Xia Ming killed Luan Feng and most of the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Legion's senior officers, while incorporating Xu Tianyuan's Imperial Dragon Legion and Liao Mengkai's Dreadclaw Legion.
• Xia Ming visited the remaining Level Nine Soul Engineers, killing those who refused to submit and making many others sign contracts after they learned Kong Deming and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Legion had been slain.
• By the next morning, Xia Ming had taken control of the Sun Moon Empire, while its common people remained unaware of the change in rulers.

Xia Ming destroyed the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters to complete his fourth Qilin trial. The God King Qilin awarded him greater affinity and Soul Ring lifespan, then gave him a fragment of his shattered Half God Position to study as he prepared to reforge the complete God Position.

• Xia Ming traveled to the Evil Demon Forest to find the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters and kill its Evil Soul Masters.
• Xia Ming used Dragon Emperor Domain Suppression to erase the headquarters and kill its core Evil Soul Masters.
• Xia Ming reported his kills to the God King Qilin, who granted him the highest trial reward: fifteen percent more Qilin God Position affinity and ten thousand years of lifespan for all Soul Rings.
• The Evil Emperor's Soul Ring gained another golden pattern and became an eight-hundred-thousand-year Beast Lord Soul Ring.
• The God King Qilin gave Xia Ming a fragment of his shattered Half God Position, and Xia Ming began connecting with and studying the incomplete God Position.

Xia Ming set out to destroy Sea God Island as his Fifth Trial, bringing Di Tian and Snow Empress while the island’s Sea Soul Beasts gathered to defend it. He summoned the Demon Empress Soul Spirit to seize control of the ocean, and the battle began with Di Tian confronting Sea Princess.

• Xia Ming told Di Tian he planned to destroy Sea God Island, and Di Tian agreed to accompany him as Snow Empress joined them.
• Sea God Island’s Sacred Pillar Guardians learned that the High Priest had fallen and that the Sea God’s divine decrees had stopped.
• A divine command to protect Sea God Island awakened four ocean overlords and rallied countless Sea Soul Beasts around the island.
• Xia Ming arrived with Di Tian and Snow Empress, then summoned the Demon Empress Soul Spirit, who asserted control over the sea and suppressed the Sea Soul Beasts.
• Snow Empress and Di Tian engaged the defenders, and Di Tian advanced on Sea Princess before enveloping the sea around them in darkness.

Xia Ming attacked Sea God Island with the ocean’s power, but its seven Sacred Pillars raised a faith-fueled barrier that endured his first strike. He battered the barrier until its light nearly failed, then gathered strength for a final blow as the island’s defenders and inhabitants faced collapse.

• Xia Ming unleashed his Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff Martial Soul Avatar and struck Sea God Island with a punch infused with Qilin Divine Power and the ocean’s elements.
• The seven Sacred Pillars joined their power to form a barrier that absorbed Xia Ming’s strike by drawing on ten thousand years of stored faith.
• Xia Ming resolved to overwhelm the barrier with repeated blows and began pounding it until the island shook and the barrier’s light flickered.
• Sea Dragon Douluo and the other Sacred Pillar Guardians burned through their strength and life essence to sustain the barrier as Sea Soul Masters across the island panicked.
• Xia Ming gathered power for a final, devastating strike, and the barrier dimmed to its limit.

Xia Ming shattered the Sea God Barrier, punched through Sea God Island, and killed its remaining defenders as the island sank beneath the sea. With Sea God Island destroyed, the Sea Soul Beasts' defeat became inevitable against Di Tian, Snow Empress, and Demon Empress.

• Xia Ming broke the Sea God Barrier and struck Sea God Island's core, splitting the island and sending it sinking into the sea.
• Sea Soul Masters tried to flee, but Xia Ming's pressure trapped most of them, and he killed the Title Douluos who escaped into the air.
• The Seven Sacred Pillar Guardians attacked Xia Ming with the Sea God's Divine Power, but he tore them apart with a dark-gold claw strike.
• Sea God Island disappeared beneath the waves, and the Sea Soul Beasts were shaken as their mission failed.
• Di Tian and Snow Empress overwhelmed their Limit-level opponents while Demon Empress slaughtered the Sea Soul Beast army.

Xia Ming arrived at the sea battlefield and swiftly annihilated the Sea Soul Beast forces, joining Snow Empress and Di Tian after the destruction of Sea God Island. The God King Qilin announced the Sixth Trial: Xia Ming had to go to the Clear Sky Sect, kill Er Ming, and seize his Soul Ring, though Da Ming and Er Ming were both God Officials.

• Xia Ming killed the Limit Beast Lord fighting Snow Empress, the wounded Sea Soul Beast fighting Di Tian, and the Sea Princess.
• Xia Ming unleashed his composite domain to slaughter the Sea Soul Beast legion and its remaining Beast Lords in moments.
• Demon Empress returned to Xia Ming's Spirit Sea, relieved after witnessing Sea God Island's destruction and the deaths of its followers.
• The God King Qilin confirmed the Fifth Trial's rewards and assigned Xia Ming the Sixth Trial of killing Er Ming at the Clear Sky Sect.
• Xia Ming considered the threat posed by Er Ming and Da Ming, both God Officials, and wondered how to strengthen his Holy Qilin Martial Soul.

Xia Ming successfully fused the Evil Emperor Soul Bone into his External Soul Bone, bringing it close to God Rank and pushing his mental power toward a breakthrough. By absorbing the Sea Princess Skull and resisting its resentment, he broke through to God Rank mental power.

• Xia Ming completed a secret technique for fusing Soul Bones of the same source and considered how it might enable Artificial Soul Bones.
• Xia Ming fused the Evil Emperor's eyeball Soul Bone into his Evil Eye External Soul Bone, greatly strengthening it and pushing his mental power close to the Demigod threshold.
• Xia Ming began absorbing the Sea Princess Skull and endured its powerful resentment, illusions, and curses.
• Xia Ming's mental power broke through its bottleneck and reached God Rank.

After Xia Ming’s spiritual power broke into the God Domain and his Soul Power reached Rank 80, he allowed Ma Xiaotao to compete in the finals on the condition that she showed restraint. Shrek Academy overwhelmed Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, and the tournament ended when its opponents surrendered.

• Xia Ming’s fusion of two top-tier Soul Bones advanced his spiritual power into the God Domain and his Soul Power to the threshold of Rank 80.
• Ma Xiaotao asked Xia Ming to let her compete, and he agreed after warning her not to seriously injure or kill anyone.
• Xia Ming selected Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Gongyang Mo, Bei Bei, Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Huo Yuhao for the final team battle.
• Xia Ming appeared at the arena, ending speculation that he had left Star Luo City and dispelling the final suspense surrounding the match.
• Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Meteor Shower shattered the Sun Moon Team’s barriers, and Ma Rulong surrendered after seeing her prepare another attack.
• Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy forfeited the individual and two-two-three matches, conceding the finals to Shrek Academy.

After Shrek Academy won the tournament, Xia Ming returned to the academy and confirmed that the Blue Silver Emperor was parasitizing the Golden Tree. Unable to remove it yet, he learned the route to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and immediately set out.

• Shrek Academy won the finals, and Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and the other core members declined the Star Luo Empire's Soul Bone rewards while Dai Yueheng accepted one.
• Xia Ming met Emperor Xu Jiawei, who thanked him and asked him to arrange for Xu Jiujiu to study at Shrek Academy; Xia Ming agreed to admit her directly to the Inner Court.
• After returning to Shrek Academy, Xia Ming used his spiritual power to confirm that the Blue Silver Emperor was draining the Golden Tree's life force.
• Mu En said he had failed to damage the Blue Silver Emperor and resolved to guard the Golden Tree while Xia Ming waited until he was strong enough to remove it.
• Xia Ming asked Mu En for the location of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, received directions, and departed Shrek Academy at once.

Xia Ming entered the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, erased the intelligence of its Fairy Herbs, and collected them. At the bottom, he absorbed the Water and Fire Dragon Kings’ remaining power to form two God Rank Soul Rings for his Holy Qilin Martial Soul, greatly strengthening his command of the elements.

• Xia Ming told Aromatic Silk Beauty that he was Tang San’s enemy, then defeated the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass with a single punch.
• Xia Ming used his spiritual power to erase the consciousness of every intelligent Fairy Herb in the valley and collected them.
• Xia Ming dived into the spring and found the remains of the Water and Fire Dragon Kings at its bottom.
• Xia Ming used a scale bearing Gu Yuena’s aura and the Qilin God Position to purify and absorb the Dragon Kings’ lingering power.
• Xia Ming formed two God Rank Soul Rings, one of extreme ice and one of extreme fire, and attached them to his Holy Qilin Martial Soul.

After testing the power of his new God Rank Soul Rings, Xia Ming returned to the Star Dou Great Forest and tried to persuade Xiong Jun to become his Soul Spirit. Xiong Jun refused, so Xia Ming provoked his pride by claiming he could not defeat Scarlet King.

• Xia Ming tested how Myriad Transformation and Elemental Sanctuary amplified his new Soul Rings, even producing a brief fluctuation of time-element power.
• Xia Ming scanned the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, found no hidden divine consciousness from Tang San, and left the valley after his experiment destroyed the Jade Phosphor Seven-Absolute Flowers.
• Xia Ming reached the Lake of Life and showed Gu Yuena the two Soul Rings bearing the Water and Fire Dragon Kings' origins.
• Xia Ming asked Xiong Jun to become his Soul Spirit, but Xiong Jun refused to attach himself to a human.
• Xia Ming claimed Xiong Jun could not defeat Scarlet King, enraging Xiong Jun into demanding a one-on-one fight.

Xia Ming summoned Scarlet King to fight Xiong Jun, and Scarlet King defeated his old rival with his transformed Ultimate Fire. Xia Ming stopped Xiong Jun before he could continue, leaving Xiong Jun stunned by both his loss and the power behind Scarlet King.

• Xia Ming summoned Scarlet King and asked him to fight Xiong Jun at full strength.
• Scarlet King confronted Xiong Jun, who attacked with his Sky-Rending Claw.
• Scarlet King broke through Xiong Jun's Sky-Rending Claw with Ultimate Fire and engulfed him in flames.
• Scarlet King pierced Xiong Jun's abdomen with a concentrated beam of Ultimate Fire.
• Xia Ming suppressed Xiong Jun and declared that he had lost, leaving Xiong Jun shocked by Scarlet King's strength.

Xia Ming contracted with Xiong Jun, gaining his eighth Soul Ring and rising to Soul Power Level eighty-five, with combat power in the God Rank domain. He judged that he still needed greater strength before confronting the Clear Sky Sect, killing Er Ming, and completing his God Trial.

• Xia Ming persuaded the weakened Xiong Jun to become his Soul Spirit, and Xiong Jun agreed so he would not remain weaker than someone he had once defeated.
• Di Tian, Bi Ji, King of Ten Thousand Demons, and the other Beast Lords arrived as Xia Ming prepared the contract ritual.
• Electrolux presided over the ritual, transforming Xiong Jun's life imprint and soul origin into a Soul Spirit and forming Xia Ming's eighth Soul Ring.
• Xia Ming absorbed the power of the contract and rose to Soul Power Level eighty-five, entering the God Rank domain in pure combat strength.
• Xia Ming decided his new power was still insufficient for his plans against the Clear Sky Sect and Er Ming.

Xia Ming used Qilin Divine Power to transform Xiong Jun’s Dark-Gold Terrorclaw into a divine artifact and raised his Evil Eye External Soul Bone to God Rank. After the Beast Lords protected him through the process, Di Tian challenged him to test the new claw, and Xia Ming accepted.

• Xia Ming revealed Xiong Jun’s four-hundred-thousand-year Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Right Palm Bone and sensed that it was close to becoming a divine artifact.
• Xia Ming poured Qilin Divine Power into the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw, beginning its transformation as Di Tian and the Beast Lords guarded the area.
• After two hours, the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw’s evolution succeeded, and Xia Ming also advanced his Evil Eye External Soul Bone to God Rank.
• Xia Ming thanked the Beast Lords for protecting him, and Di Tian challenged him to test the newly evolved divine artifact.
• Xia Ming accepted Di Tian’s challenge while King of Ten Thousand Demons silently considered what was happening.

Xia Ming tested his newly completed Dark-Gold Terrorclaw against Di Tian’s Dragon God Claw in a clash that shook the sky and threatened the surrounding land. Di Tian fell behind and realized he would need to change his approach to avoid defeat.

• Xia Ming told Di Tian he would use only the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw, while Di Tian chose to fight with the Dragon God Claw.
• Di Tian unleashed the Dragon God Claw, and Xia Ming met it head-on with five dark-gold claw lights.
• Their collision created a vast explosion and shockwaves that stunned Bi Ji, King of Ten Thousand Demons, and Zi Ji below.
• Di Tian slid backward after the clash as Xia Ming’s God Rank strength and artifact sharpness overwhelmed his attacks.
• Di Tian realized that he would likely lose unless he changed his approach.

Xia Ming defeated Di Tian in their spar, proving the gap between their strength. Di Tian accepted his defeat and promised that Xia Ming could come to him for his Soul Ring when he was ready to complete the rings for his second Martial Soul.

• Xia Ming concentrated his dark-gold claw lights and shattered Di Tian's Dragon God Claw phantom.
• Xia Ming's remaining attack struck Di Tian in the chest, badly injuring him and ending the spar.
• Di Tian acknowledged that he had lost and recognized that Xia Ming had held back.
• Di Tian asked whether Xia Ming had chosen the Soul Rings for his second Martial Soul, and Xia Ming said he had not.
• Di Tian promised Xia Ming could seek him out in the future to obtain the Soul Ring of the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King.
• Xia Ming understood the weight of Di Tian's promise and solemnly accepted it.

After gaining Xiong Jun’s Soul Power and reaching Soul Douluo, Xia Ming returned to Shrek Academy and told Wang Dong’er he planned to kill Er Ming at the Clear Sky Sect. Wang Dong’er asked to accompany him, and Xia Ming later told Mu En that Di Tian had reserved a Soul Ring for his second Martial Soul.

• Xia Ming left the Star Dou Great Forest after securing Di Tian’s promise and obtaining Xiong Jun’s Soul Power for his eighth Soul Ring.
• Xia Ming told Wang Dong’er he intended to kill Er Ming, and she asked to go with him to the Clear Sky Sect so she could meet Da Ming and Er Ming and help guide him.
• Xia Ming agreed to take Wang Dong’er, explaining that he would not go to the Clear Sky Sect for at least two or three years.
• Xia Ming returned to Sea God Pavilion, where Mu En had been monitoring the Blue Silver Emperor parasitizing the Golden Tree.
• Xia Ming told Mu En that he had reached Soul Douluo with Xiong Jun’s Soul Spirit and that Di Tian had reserved a Soul Ring for his second Martial Soul.

Mu En explained that the Dragon Core’s dangerous aura had been purified and entrusted it to Xia Ming as a chance to create a God Rank Soul Ring. Xia Ming swallowed the core and began guiding its overwhelming energy toward the fifth Soul Ring of his Holy Qilin Martial Soul.

• Mu En accepted Di Tian’s choice to become Xia Ming’s Soul Spirit and understood why a powerful soul beast might make that choice.
• Mu En revealed that the Dragon Core had once helped him reach Rank Ninety-Nine, but its vicious aura had later damaged his foundation.
• Mu En explained that he had spent a century purifying the Dragon Core and gave it to Xia Ming to help him attempt to condense a God Rank Soul Ring.
• Xia Ming returned to his courtyard and swallowed the Dragon Core, unleashing its immense energy throughout his body.
• Xia Ming summoned the Holy Qilin to withstand the Dragon Core’s power and began directing it toward his Martial Soul’s fifth Soul Ring.