Chapter Summaries

After leaving confinement, Tang San found that Destruction had sealed the Douluo Plane and warned him not to interfere with the lower realm. Tang San found a way to reach the Clear Sky Sect, but discovered that both his hidden soul fragment and Huo Yuhao’s aura were gone, leaving him alarmed about what had happened during the three years he missed.

• Tang San left confinement after three days in the God Realm and encountered Destruction, who warned him to obey the rules and stop meddling in the lower realm.
• Tang San returned to the Sea God Palace and told Xiao Wu he would investigate the Douluo Continent, but Destruction’s law blocked his divine sense from crossing into the plane.
• Tang San held back from attacking the seal and instead searched for traces of his influence, eventually contacting the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang San discovered that the soul fragment he had secretly sent to the lower realm had vanished and blamed Destruction for destroying it.
• Tang San tried to locate Huo Yuhao, the Child of Destiny he had chosen, but could not sense him and realized that Huo Yuhao’s aura had disappeared too.

Tang San discovered that Xiao Qi was safe at Shrek Academy but her Trident Mark had been badly eroded, and he suspected Destruction God King had used her to provoke him. After hearing Da Ming and Er Ming’s account at the Clear Sky Sect, Tang San decided to leave Xiao Qi at Shrek and turn his attention to the missing Child of Destiny and the Douluo Will.

• Tang San sensed Xiao Qi at Shrek Academy, recognized that rushing into her Sea of Spirit could be a trap, and found that most of her Trident Mark had been eroded.
• Destruction God King told the Goddess of Life that Tang San had left confinement and admitted he had forgotten to clean up his arrangements on the Douluo Plane.
• At the Clear Sky Sect, Da Ming and Er Ming told Tang San that a mysterious intruder had taken Xiao Qi but failed to steal the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Tang San reconsidered whether Destruction God King had been directly involved and suspected the intruder had learned about his arrangements through Xiao Qi’s memories.
• Tang San refused to bring Xiao Qi back to the Clear Sky Sect, ordered Da Ming and Er Ming to keep things as they were, and resolved to challenge the Douluo Will.

Long Yaochen visited Mu En in the Golden Tree, where Mu En mentioned a possible fluctuation in the blue-gold force and gave him a Golden Tree Leaf for emergencies. At Shrek Academy’s welcome for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy exchange students, Meng Hongchen greeted Long Yaochen, Wang Dong’er called her a defeated foe, and Xiao Hongchen challenged him to a duel.

• Mu En told Long Yaochen that the blue-gold force might have fluctuated a few days earlier and gave him a Golden Tree Leaf to carry for protection.
• Wang Dong’er woke Long Yaochen and asked him to accompany her to see the exchange students arriving from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Xuan Zi brought the Sun Moon exchange students to Shrek Academy, where the two groups sized each other up.
• Meng Hongchen greeted Long Yaochen and praised his appearance, while Wang Dong’er linked arms with him and called Meng Hongchen a defeated foe.
• Meng Hongchen recognized Wang Dong’er as a substitute, leaving her stunned.
• Xiao Hongchen approached Long Yaochen and challenged him to a one-on-one fight.

Long Yaochen accepted Xiao Hongchen’s challenge and faced him in Shrek’s Outer Court Soul Fighting Zone. He summoned the Golden Earth Dragon instead of fighting himself, leaving Xiao Hongchen stunned as the powerful Soul Beast appeared.

• Xiao Hongchen challenged Long Yaochen to a solo fight, and Long Yaochen accepted after Xiao accused Shrek of fearing battle.
• Meng Hongchen followed the two and cheered for Long Yaochen while teasing her brother.
• Xiao Hongchen revealed his Three-Legged Golden Toad Martial Soul and deployed a transforming metal cannon sphere.
• Long Yaochen revealed his Eternal Blazing Sun Holy Dragon Martial Soul and five Soul Rings, then told the Golden Earth Dragon to fight Xiao Hongchen.
• The Golden Earth Dragon emerged onto the arena, shocking Xiao Hongchen with its imposing size and aura.

Long Yaochen’s Golden Earth Dragon Soul Spirit overwhelmed Xiao Hongchen’s Soul Tools in a challenge match, revealing its strength to the Sun Moon exchange students. After Long Yaochen recalled it, Ji Juechen appeared and challenged him to a fight without using the Golden Earth Dragon.

• Xiao Hongchen fired a barrage of Soul Tools at Long Yaochen’s Golden Earth Dragon, but the Soul Spirit charged through the attacks nearly unharmed.
• The Golden Earth Dragon resisted Xiao Hongchen’s powerful beams, broke through his golden barrier, and sent him flying before Long Yaochen stopped it from striking again.
• Long Yaochen recalled the Golden Earth Dragon and told Xiao Hongchen it was a Soul Spirit, while the Sun Moon students questioned what they had witnessed.
• Long Yaochen considered how to upgrade the Golden Earth Dragon as it rested in his Sea of Spirit.
• Ji Juechen approached Long Yaochen and demanded a fight, but told him not to use the Golden Earth Dragon.

Long Yaochen accepted Ji Juechen’s challenge and defeated him with a single punch, though Ji Juechen’s sword cut his knuckles. Ji Juechen was unharmed and eager to spar again, while Jing Ziyan was left paying for the arena damage.

• Long Yaochen agreed to face Ji Juechen in one move and tested his sword intent without using a soul skill.
• Ji Juechen fused with his Meteoric Iron Sword and attacked, but Long Yaochen met the blade with Ruler Over All Under Heaven and sent him flying out of the arena.
• Long Yaochen left with Wang Dong'er after noticing blood on his knuckles, while Jing Ziyan found Ji Juechen grinning amid the rubble.
• A Soul Fighting Zone staff member charged Jing Ziyan twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins for repairs, and Xiao Hongchen had already slipped away.
• Jing Ziyan signed the compensation form and urged Ji Juechen to keep sparring with Long Yaochen; Ji Juechen promised to repay her when he received his salary.

Di Tian summoned the major Ferocious Beasts to explain his plan to cooperate with humans through the Soul Spirit System, hoping to secure a future for Soul Beasts. He began revealing what made the system especially promising, starting with the Flame Lioness King.

• Bear Lord arrived at the Lake of Life, traded insults with Wan Yao King, and shrank into human form at Bi Ji's request.
• Di Tian arrived, and Scarlet King hurried to join the gathering.
• Di Tian announced that he intended to cooperate with humans because Soul Beasts had few options left and humans had frightening potential.
• Di Tian explained the basic Soul Spirit System, which let Soul Beasts retain their consciousness after joining with humans in a form resembling a soul ring.
• Bear Lord joked about wanting offspring with the Flame Lioness King, prompting the other beasts to roll their eyes.

Di Tian told the Star Dou ferocious beasts that soul spirits could continue growing and might enter the God Realm with their human hosts, and that the Snow Empress had become Long Yaochen’s soul spirit. The Lake of Life’s master ordered the beasts to assess their territories and protect soul beasts seeking this path, while Di Tian kept Bear Lord behind for discipline.

• Di Tian explained that the Flame Lion Queen had advanced after becoming a soul spirit, and Scarlet King said the Golden Earth Dragon had recovered its old injuries.
• Di Tian revealed that soul spirits could potentially enter the God Realm with their hosts and that the Snow Empress had become Long Yaochen’s soul spirit.
• Bear Lord rejected the idea of giving up freedom, but the Lake of Life’s master ordered the beasts to report on soul beasts nearing death, badly injured, or uncertain of surviving their next Heavenly Tribulation.
• The master instructed the beasts to stabilize the soul beast clan’s future, and Di Tian warned them not to harm Long Yaochen.
• Di Tian kept Bear Lord behind to teach him how to manage a Dark Golden Dreadclaw Bear, while Wan Yao King and Scarlet King hurried away and Bi Ji stayed to heal him.

Long Aotian was beaten and Vina was kidnapped by a black-robed Title Douluo, who used her to lure out Du Busi. Du Busi tracked them to a cave in Sunset Forest, where he confronted the captor and demanded to know what he wanted.

• The black-robed Title Douluo defeated Long Aotian, took Vina hostage, and ordered him to summon his master.
• Long Aotian returned to the Body Sect and told Du Busi that Vina had been taken.
• Du Busi brought the injured Long Aotian to the ambush site, detected a trace left to lure him, and rushed toward Sunset Forest.
• Du Busi and Long Aotian found Vina tied up in a cave, where the black-robed man emerged from her shadow and threatened her.
• Du Busi held Long Aotian back and asked the black-robed man what he wanted.

Du Busi heard the Holy Spirit Cult’s offer to cooperate against Shrek and learned that Mu En had died. He killed the man in black after freeing Vina, then found Long Aotian comforting her.

• The man in black held Vina hostage to meet Du Busi and proposed that they attack Shrek Academy to seize its Soul Spirit technology.
• The man in black revealed that Mu En had died alongside Zhongli Wu and the Holy Spirit Cult, shocking Du Busi.
• Du Busi agreed to cooperate, then crushed the man in black as soon as he released Vina.
• Du Busi urged Long Aotian to help Vina and apologized that he had arrived too late.

Du Busi took Vina home after realizing the Holy Spirit Cult had used their supposed cooperation to tell him that Mu En was dead. At the Holy Spirit Cult, Tang Ya trained under Ye Xishui as Zhongli Wu reported that Du Busi had agreed to join their attack on Shrek, leaving Tang Ya outwardly calm but secretly shaken.

• Du Busi covered Vina with a coat and left the cave with Long Aotian, resolving to remember the Holy Spirit Cult's grudge after realizing Mu En's death had been the real reason for their meeting.
• Two years later, Tang Ya arrived at the Holy Spirit Cult's main altar for training, looking markedly changed and carrying six Soul Rings.
• Ye Xishui told Tang Ya to continue cultivating and watched as Tang Ya drained the power from a dying Soul Beast with her Blue Silver Grass.
• Zhongli Wu arrived and reported to Ye Xishui that Du Busi had agreed to join the Holy Spirit Cult in attacking Shrek once their preparations were complete.
• Tang Ya kept her expression still as Zhongli Wu celebrated Mu En's death and Shrek's coming destruction, though she was secretly shaken.

Tang Ya concealed her reaction while Ye Xishui planned to use Du Busi to scout Shrek Academy, and Long Xiaoyao visited Long Yaochen to explain how he had restrained Ye Xishui. The visit ended with Long Yaochen rejecting Long Xiaoyao’s argument for keeping the Holy Spirit Cult in check and resolving to destroy Evil Soul Masters at their root.

• Ye Xishui sent Zhongli Wu to prepare manpower and suspected Du Busi would visit Shrek Academy to scout for her.
• Tang Ya finished absorbing a Soul Beast’s vitality, addressed Ye Xishui as her master's wife, and left without revealing her feelings.
• Long Xiaoyao visited Long Yaochen at Sea God Pavilion and claimed his interventions had stopped Ye Xishui from targeting Tang Ya and cultivating with humans.
• Long Yaochen questioned why Long Xiaoyao would not help eliminate the Holy Spirit Cult, but Long Xiaoyao argued that his presence kept its evil restrained.
• After Long Xiaoyao left, Long Yaochen decided that Evil Soul Masters, especially the Holy Spirit Cult, should be killed until their lineage was wiped out.

Long Yaochen dealt with Ji Juechen and Meng Hongchen’s request to see his second Martial Soul before Zhang Lexuan summoned him to the Sea God Pavilion with a letter. The letter revealed that the Holy Spirit Cult had joined forces with Du Busi and intended to attack Shrek.

• Long Yaochen defeated Ji Juechen again and collected the usual payment from Jing Ziyan.
• Meng Hongchen asked Long Yaochen to show her his second Martial Soul, but Zhang Lexuan arrived and teased him over the misunderstanding.
• Zhang Lexuan brought Long Yaochen to the Sea God Pavilion with a letter from Tang Ya.
• Long Yaochen read that the Holy Spirit Cult had joined forces with Du Busi and planned to attack Shrek.

After reading Tang Ya’s letter, Long Yaochen suspected that Ye Xishui had staged a false alliance between the Holy Spirit Cult and Du Busi to isolate Tang Ya and lure Long Xiaoyao into a trap. He decided to keep Shrek from raising the alarm and took Zhang Lexuan to the Star Dou Great Forest to seek help.

• Long Yaochen and Zhang Lexuan read Tang Ya’s letter about the Holy Spirit Cult and Du Busi, then considered asking Long Xiaoyao for help.
• Long Yaochen noticed that Ye Xishui had stopped Tang Ya from leaving before Zhongli Wu revealed the supposed alliance.
• Long Yaochen reasoned that Ye Xishui had fabricated the alliance to make Long Xiaoyao’s response expose Tang Ya as the source of the information.
• Long Yaochen warned that the Body Sect could still pose a serious threat even if the Holy Spirit Cult was not involved.
• Long Yaochen told Zhang Lexuan not to convene a Sea God Pavilion meeting or alert Shrek, then led her toward the Star Dou Great Forest to seek help.

Long Yaochen and Zhang Lexuan entered the Star Dou Great Forest to challenge a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, drawing the Silver Radiance Moon Deer King out in the Core Area. Zhang Lexuan overwhelmed the deer king with her Cold Moon skills and swallowed it in a powerful beam of light.

• Long Yaochen asked Zhang Lexuan to test her strength against a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, and she agreed despite worrying about Di Tian.
• Zhang Lexuan used her martial soul possession to carry Long Yaochen into the forest on a beam of moonlight, alarming soul beasts and soul masters along the way.
• The Silver Radiance Moon Deer King confronted the pair and demanded that they leave its territory.
• Zhang Lexuan attacked the deer king, forcing it backward with her first three soul skills and freezing it with Radiant Moon Stasis.
• Zhang Lexuan used her Martial Soul Avatar and Cold Moon Erosion, engulfing the deer king in a massive pillar of moonlight.

Zhang Lexuan defeated the Silver Radiance Moon Deer King with three Cold Moons, but spared it before the Wan Yao King arrived and threatened the humans. Long Yaochen identified the Ferocious Beast and demanded that he summon Di Tian.

• The Silver Radiance Moon Deer King restored its strength with moonlight, charged Zhang Lexuan's Cold Moon, and was frozen when she split it into three moons and blasted it.
• Zhang Lexuan and Long Yaochen spared the deer king after it broke free from the ice and gave up fighting.
• The Wan Yao King emerged from the forest, scolded the deer king, and prepared to attack Zhang Lexuan and Long Yaochen.
• Long Yaochen asked the newcomer if he was a Ferocious Beast, and the figure identified himself as the Wan Yao King.
• Long Yaochen introduced himself and ordered the Wan Yao King to fetch Di Tian, leaving the Wan Yao King dumbfounded.

Long Yaochen invited Di Tian to visit Shrek and offered Star Dou a seat in the Sea God Pavilion as a channel for cooperation. Di Tian refused to go himself but offered to send Wan Yao King, leaving Wan Yao King stunned when Di Tian called for Bear Lord instead.

• Wan Yao King welcomed Long Yaochen and hurried off to fetch Di Tian, while Zhang Lexuan restored the Silver Radiance Moon Deer King's spirits with Moonlight Power.
• Di Tian arrived and questioned Long Yaochen about his organization, then heard his invitation to visit Shrek as Star Dou's representative.
• Long Yaochen offered Star Dou a temporary Sea God Pavilion elder's seat that could become permanent once the Soul Spirit organization was established.
• Di Tian refused to go to Shrek himself but offered to send a Ferocious Beast in his place.
• Di Tian named Bear Lord as his choice, and Wan Yao King cracked with disappointment at being passed over.

Long Yaochen persuaded Di Tian to send Bear Lord to Shrek as a representative, and Bear Lord reluctantly agreed to go. At Shrek’s Sea God Pavilion, Xuan Zi was startled to find the formidable Bear Lord arriving with Long Yaochen and Zhang Lexuan.

• Long Yaochen accepted Di Tian’s suggestion to take Bear Lord to Shrek, while Wan Yao King left to fetch him.
• Bear Lord objected to visiting humans, but chose the Shrek mission over staying behind to be beaten by Di Tian.
• Di Tian warned Bear Lord not to disgrace Star Dou Great Forest or damage its relationship with Shrek, then departed.
• Long Yaochen and Zhang Lexuan traveled to Shrek with Bear Lord, who praised the place’s life energy and promised to beat up anyone he met.
• Xuan Zi saw Bear Lord enter the Sea God Pavilion and greeted him in shock; Bear Lord taunted him about their reunion.

Long Yaochen persuaded Xuan Zi to accept Bear Lord as a temporary Sea God Pavilion elder, arguing that Star Dou’s alliance would help protect Shrek. As Bear Lord prepared to spar with Xuan Zi, Du Busi arrived and challenged Mu En to fight.

• Xuan Zi angrily confronted Long Yaochen and Bear Lord over bringing a Ferocious Beast into the Sea God Pavilion.
• Long Yaochen asked whether Xuan Zi could defeat Du Busi or stop another attack, and Xuan Zi admitted he could do neither.
• Long Yaochen explained that making Bear Lord an elder would bind Star Dou and Di Tian to Shrek’s future, persuading Xuan Zi to agree.
• Long Yaochen told Xuan Zi to keep Bear Lord occupied as a sparring partner, and Xuan Zi challenged Bear Lord to a fight.
• Du Busi arrived beneath dark green clouds and called for Mu En to come out and fight, while Bear Lord wondered who the newcomer was.

Du Busi attacked Shrek and demanded its Soul Spirit Technology and Long Yaochen, claiming the sect owed him for Huo Yuhao’s injuries. Long Yaochen persuaded Bear Lord to confront Du Busi in exchange for a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, and the chapter ended as Bear Lord struck.

• Du Busi tested Xuan Zi in a brief fight, then declared Mu En dead and demanded an explanation for the Body Sect disciple Huo Yuhao’s injury.
• Du Busi demanded Shrek hand over its Soul Spirit Technology and Long Yaochen, threatening to bring the Body Sect against the academy if Xuan Zi refused.
• Long Yaochen offered Bear Lord a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum in exchange for taking one of Du Busi’s arms, and Bear Lord agreed to fight outside Shrek.
• Bear Lord attacked Du Busi with a dark-gold giant claw while Xuan Zi withdrew, leaving the two to fight.