Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao and Old Tang escaped to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, hoping its treasures would heal Huo Yuhao, but found the valley stripped bare. Huo Yuhao challenged Old Tang’s claims and blamed him for doing nothing but accusing Long Yaochen.

• Huo Yuhao fell into Sunset Forest after Old Tang tore open a rift, badly injured and freezing from Empress Palm.
• Old Tang explained that the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well’s immortal herbs could heal Huo Yuhao and restore his damaged body and Sea of Spirit.
• Huo Yuhao and Old Tang discovered that the valley had been stripped of its herbs and even its soil.
• Old Tang angrily blamed Huo Yuhao for repeatedly losing to Long Yaochen, while Huo Yuhao questioned whether Long Yaochen had stolen the treasures too.
• Huo Yuhao mocked Old Tang, asking whether the so-called god could do anything besides blame others.

Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sacrificed themselves to destroy Old Tang after he revealed his plans to devour Tian Meng and take over Huo Yuhao’s body. A spiritual explosion obliterated the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well valley, leaving Huo Yuhao’s fate at an apparent end.

• Old Tang admitted he had manipulated Huo Yuhao and planned to devour Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s Spiritual Origin before erasing Huo Yuhao’s consciousness.
• Huo Yuhao apologized to Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and they spoke of the better lives they might have had in another time and space.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm released its sealed Spiritual Origin and linked Old Tang to it, while Huo Yuhao decided to settle their grudge by detonating it.
• Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm unleashed the spiritual explosion, which swallowed Old Tang and devastated the valley.
• Rain fell into the massive sinkhole left where the valley had stood, as Huo Yuhao appeared to perish.

After the tournament, Long Yaochen celebrated with the others at a banquet, where Ma Xiaotao and Wang Dong'er competed to serve him food. Wang Yan revealed that Xu Jiawei was asking about the snow-haired woman, and Long Yaochen promised to explain the still-incomplete Soul Spirit System once it could be introduced to the world.

• Ma Xiaotao and Wang Dong'er repeatedly served Long Yaochen food until he stopped them, while Xu Sanshi's teasing earned him Ma Xiaotao's attention.
• Wang Yan told Long Yaochen that Xu Jiawei had been asking about the snow-haired woman from the finals, but Wang Yan had kept her Martial Soul secrets private.
• Long Yaochen considered discussing the Holy Spirit Cult with Long Xiaoyao and wondered whether his teacher would save him or the old granny first if both fell into water.
• Wang Yan pressed Long Yaochen about whether the snow-haired woman was a Soul Beast and how the Soul Spirit System worked.
• Long Yaochen said the system was a successful but incomplete case that could not yet be replicated, and promised to tell Wang Yan more when it was ready to be shared.
• Long Yaochen returned to the table and found that Ma Xiaotao and Wang Dong'er had piled even more food into his bowl.

After the final, Wang Dong'er asked Long Yaochen about Xiao Qi and the fragments of memory suggesting she had come on a mission. He admitted he knew more than he had revealed, leaving Wang Dong'er tired and uncertain about her identity.

• At the banquet, Xu Sanshi claimed he deserved the final’s MVP, but Jiang Nannan and the others mocked his contribution.
• Wang Dong'er asked Long Yaochen to come outside, and Ma Xiaotao privately teased him about her intentions.
• On the terrace, Wang Dong'er told Long Yaochen about a blue-gold world, a voice calling her Xiao Qi, and a supposed mission.
• Long Yaochen reassured her that she was definitely Wang Dong'er, then joked about her temper until her panic eased.
• Wang Dong'er recognized that Long Yaochen dodged questions to hide answers, and he admitted he knew more.
• Wang Dong'er said her recovered memories made her unsure who she was and left her feeling tired.

Long Yaochen revealed that Wang Dong'er’s dreams were real and that the man in them was her father, but he admitted he feared her restored memories might turn her against him. After Ma Xiaotao challenged his hesitation, Long Yaochen resolved to save Wang Dong'er and face Tang San, then went after her.

• Long Yaochen told Wang Dong'er that her father was real and had called her Xiao Qi, but refused to explain more because he feared she might side with her father after recovering her memories.
• Wang Dong'er accused Long Yaochen of guarding against her and left the terrace in tears, insisting she would not turn against him as she was now.
• Ma Xiaotao told Long Yaochen she would die with him and urged him not to leave Wang Dong'er to face her troubles alone.
• Long Yaochen recognized that his fear of future consequences had already hurt Wang Dong'er and decided to stop preserving the original plot.
• Long Yaochen vowed to confront Tang San if necessary and strode after Wang Dong'er.

Long Yaochen reconciled with Wang Dong'er, and the Shrek group returned home to a warm welcome from Mu En. Meanwhile, Qian Duoduo tracked Long Yaochen's would-be assassin to a hidden stronghold in the Evil Demon Forest, where an unseen force erased his detection Soul Tool.

• Long Yaochen caught up with Wang Dong'er, promised to help her recover her memories, and agreed to pull her back if she changed.
• The Shrek group departed Star Luo City and learned that Qian Duoduo was pursuing the Title Douluo who had tried to assassinate Long Yaochen.
• The group returned to Shrek City, where Yan Shaozhe and the others welcomed them before they sailed to Sea God Island and greeted Mu En.
• Qian Duoduo followed the Title Douluo into the Evil Demon Forest and detected powerful Soul Power fluctuations beneath the seemingly ordinary forest.
• An irresistible force erased the Soul Power from Qian Duoduo's detection Soul Tool, and he realized he had found a place he should not have touched.

Nether Douluo reported the failed assassination and Long Yaochen’s extraordinary Martial Souls to Zhongli Wu. Zhongli Wu went to Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao, warning them that a young man with two Martial Souls and six ultimate attributes threatened the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Nether Douluo told Zhongli Wu that Qian Duoduo had disrupted the assassination in Star Luo City and harried him during his retreat.
• Nether Douluo reported that Long Yaochen’s first Martial Soul had at least three ultimate attributes: Light, Holiness, and Fire.
• Zhongli Wu concluded that Long Yaochen might have two Martial Souls and six ultimate attributes, then decided to consult Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao.
• Zhongli Wu interrupted Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao’s chess game and told them a young man with two Martial Souls and six ultimate attributes was a nemesis of the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Long Xiaoyao froze with a chess piece in hand when Zhongli Wu revealed Long Yaochen’s abilities.

Ye Xishui ordered the Holy Spirit Cult to accelerate its plan to kill Mu En, while Long Xiaoyao confronted Qian Duoduo outside the cult's headquarters. Long Xiaoyao let Qian Duoduo escape with a warning for Long Yaochen, then returned to Ye Xishui, who asked why he had spared him.

• Ye Xishui learned that a remarkable person from Shrek had appeared and ordered him killed, then asked whether the bait for the plan against Mu En was ready.
• Zhongli Wu reported that four Titled Douluo, one Super Douluo, and seven Soul Douluo were in position to kill Mu En; Long Xiaoyao declined to join the attack.
• Long Xiaoyao found Qian Duoduo spying outside the Holy Spirit Cult's headquarters and struck him, sending him beyond the headquarters while privately telling him to warn Long Yaochen to run.
• Qian Duoduo realized the Holy Spirit Cult's headquarters likely held multiple Limit Douluo and flew toward Shrek Academy to warn them.
• Long Xiaoyao returned to the courtyard, where Ye Xishui won their chess game and asked why he had not killed Qian Duoduo.

Ye Xishui realized Long Xiaoyao had a personal connection to Long Yaochen and offered to spare him if he joined the Holy Spirit Cult as its Holy Son. Long Xiaoyao resisted her plan, but Ye Xishui left intent on finding a way to make Long Yaochen agree.

• Long Xiaoyao explained that he had spared Long Yaochen because he was the son of an old friend, and Ye Xishui recognized how much he cared about the youth.
• Ye Xishui said she would spare Long Yaochen and offered to bring him to the Holy Spirit Cult, where she and Long Xiaoyao would nurture his second martial soul and make him Holy Son.
• Long Xiaoyao said Long Yaochen would not abandon Shrek or agree to be controlled, but Ye Xishui suspected he was chiefly trying to keep the youth out of her hands.
• Ye Xishui said she would find a way to make Long Yaochen willing, then ended their game and left Long Xiaoyao behind.
• Long Xiaoyao watched the black stone crack apart in his palm and bitterly realized the day he had feared had come sooner than expected.

Long Yaochen broke through a spiritual-power bottleneck and discovered that Ah Yin was parasitizing the Golden Tree, resolving to find a way to separate her from it. He reunited with Zhang Lexuan, but their quiet moment was interrupted by Qian Duoduo reporting a crisis outside Sea God Island.

• Long Yaochen's consciousness entered the Golden Tree and sensed its struggle against Ah Yin's blue life force, after which he decided to rescue the tree without harming it.
• Long Yaochen realized his spiritual power had broken through and left his room.
• Long Yaochen reunited with Zhang Lexuan, who had been waiting for him, and the two embraced and shared a quiet moment.
• Qian Duoduo's weakened voice echoed through Sea God Pavilion, calling for Mu En and Long Yaochen because something terrible had happened outside Sea God Island.

Qian Duoduo arrived at Sea God Pavilion gravely injured and delivered Long Yaochen a warning from Long Xiaoyao to run if he could. After receiving treatment, Qian Duoduo woke and prepared to explain what had happened.

• Qian Duoduo crashed into Sea God Pavilion and warned Long Yaochen that Long Xiaoyao had told him to run if he could.
• Mu En stabilized Qian Duoduo, and Long Yaochen noticed the dark aura among the traces of several attackers’ Soul Power.
• Long Yaochen suspected Ye Xishui might be with Long Xiaoyao and sent a silent message through the dragon scale.
• Elder Zhuang treated Qian Duoduo and confirmed his injuries were serious but had not damaged his foundation.
• Qian Duoduo woke and urged Long Yaochen to flee, then agreed to explain what had happened.

Qian Duoduo reported that the Holy Spirit Cult’s headquarters lay deep in the Evil Demon Forest and that its members had pursued him after Long Xiaoyao let him go. Long Yaochen realized the cult was preparing to attack Shrek and target Mu En, but he refused to leave the academy when Mu En ordered Xuan Zi to take him away.

• Qian Duoduo recounted how Long Xiaoyao struck him away from the Holy Spirit Cult’s headquarters, after which cult members pursued him to silence him.
• Long Yaochen asked which Sea God Pavilion Elders remained at Shrek and concluded that the Holy Spirit Cult was likely preparing an attack aimed at Mu En.
• Mu En refused Yan Shaozhe’s plan to summon all the Pavilion Elders, explaining that recalling them would expose Qian Duoduo’s warning and put the returning Elders at risk.
• Long Yaochen said the Holy Spirit Cult’s true target was Mu En, and Mu En ordered Xuan Zi to take Long Yaochen away to find a Soul Ring.
• Mu En revealed he had preserved the remaining medicinal power of the Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma for a crisis, while Xuan Zi offered to stay and defend Shrek.
• Long Yaochen defied Mu En’s order and declared that he would not leave.

Long Yaochen persuaded Mu En not to sacrifice himself or relocate Shrek on a large scale, proposing to wait for an opportunity involving Jing Hongchen before following Mu En’s original plan. Three days later, Long Yaochen continued preparing for a wilderness trip while waiting for that opportunity, with the group set to leave Shrek City at dawn if nothing happened.

• Long Yaochen refused to leave Shrek and warned Mu En that the Holy Spirit Cult could use suicide attacks, Super Douluo, or Class 9 fixed Soul Tool shells against Shrek.
• Qian Duoduo confirmed the danger posed by Class 9 fixed Soul Tool shells, and Long Yaochen argued that Shrek could not afford to lose Mu En merely to repel one attack.
• Mu En asked for Long Yaochen’s plan, and Long Yaochen proposed waiting for an opportunity involving Jing Hongchen before resorting to Mu En’s original plan.
• Three days later, Long Yaochen bought supplies in Shrek City while Zhang Lexuan accompanied him, and the group planned to leave at dawn if nothing happened that day.

While waiting for Zhang Lexuan in Shrek City, Long Yaochen exposed Jing Hongchen, the master of Illustrious Virtue Hall, who tried to recruit him to Sun Moon. Long Yaochen warned that Jing Hongchen did not understand a Limit Douluo, and a bright yellow light appeared beside Jing as the chapter ended.

• Zhang Lexuan entered an accessory shop while Long Yaochen waited outside with their shopping bags.
• Long Yaochen reflected on his final contingency plan to bring Da Ming and Er Ming to Shrek if necessary.
• Long Yaochen entered a small shop and recognized the disguised merchant as Jing Hongchen after asking about Fixed Soul Tool Cannon Shells.
• Jing Hongchen revealed his identity and urged Long Yaochen to return to Illustrious Virtue Hall, promising resources and personal training.
• Long Yaochen said Jing Hongchen did not understand a Limit Douluo, and a bright yellow light appeared beside Jing.

Jing Hongchen encountered the mysterious Mu En, who made him give Long Yaochen a valuable defensive Soul Tool. As Jing Hongchen prepared to leave Shrek, Long Yaochen hinted that the Holy Spirit Cult might attack the academy with high-grade fixed-installation Soul Tools, leaving Jing Hongchen alarmed.

• Mu En appeared beside Jing Hongchen without any detectable Soul Power and identified himself as a senior of Shrek.
• Mu En confronted Jing Hongchen for secretly entering Shrek City and trying to recruit Long Yaochen.
• Mu En demanded a meeting gift, and Jing Hongchen gave Long Yaochen a ninth-grade defensive Soul Tool called Red Dust Blessing.
• Mu En invited Jing Hongchen to stay and watch a grand show, but Jing Hongchen declined and prepared to return to Illustrious Virtue Hall.
• Long Yaochen warned Jing Hongchen about Shrek being bombarded by high-grade fixed-installation Soul Tools, prompting Jing Hongchen to ask if the Holy Spirit Cult planned to attack Shrek.

Jing Hongchen realized his hidden soul-tool deployment could implicate the Sun Moon Empire in a Holy Spirit Cult attack on Shrek, so he agreed to stay and witness Mu En’s power. The next day, Long Yaochen left Shrek as planned, and the Holy Spirit Cult decided to keep watching the academy while waiting for its opportunity.

• Jing Hongchen reconsidered leaving after Mu En revealed he knew about the eight high-tier soul tools outside Shrek City.
• Long Yaochen persuaded Jing Hongchen to stay and observe what a Limit Douluo could do.
• Long Yaochen met Zhang Lexuan outside the shop, and she gave him a small gift she had bought for him.
• The next day, Long Yaochen left Shrek Academy without drawing attention, while an unseen watcher reported his departure to the Holy Spirit Cult.
• The Holy Spirit Cult suspected Xuan Zi was secretly following Long Yaochen and ordered its members not to attack him, but to keep watching Shrek.

Jing Hongchen prepared defenses around Shrek and agreed with Mu En to arrange an exchange program between their academies. Meanwhile, Holy Church forces launched their long-planned operation, drawing Shrek’s attention with an open display of power outside the city.

• Jing Hongchen waited for trouble to emerge at Shrek, arranged an academy exchange with Mu En, and built a temporary Soul Tool defense system outside Shrek City.
• Mu En recalled Long Yaochen’s explanation that Jing Hongchen would fight hard to prevent Shrek’s destruction because an attack blamed on Sun Moon could unite the other nations against it.
• Holy Church commanders decided to act before Shrek could strengthen its defenses and ordered their forces to follow the original plan, even if Xuan Zi was present.
• At night, five Titled Douluo and seven Soul Douluo appeared dozens of li from Shrek City and unleashed their auras, with their strongest Soul Power sweeping toward the city.

Mu En left the Sea God Pavilion and faced five Holy Spirit Cult Titled Douluo outside Shrek City while the Sea God Pavilion elders sealed off the battlefield. He revealed his Radiant Sacred Dragon martial soul, whose light suppressed the cult’s evil aura and weakened its fighters.

• Mu En transformed from an aged man into his youthful form and summoned the Sea God Pavilion elders to confront the Holy Spirit Cult beyond Shrek City.
• Jing Hongchen activated Shrek City’s defensive system as Mu En and the elders headed outside the city.
• Xuan Zi agreed to take Long Yaochen back to Shrek so they could assess the battle and reinforce the academy.
• Mu En ordered Xuan Zi, Yan Shaozhe, and the other elders to contain the cult’s seven Soul Douluo while he faced its five Titled Douluo alone.
• Mu En summoned the Radiant Sacred Dragon, and its pure light melted the cult’s evil aura and suppressed its fighters.

Mu En swiftly killed two Evil Soul Masters and suppressed another's attempted self-destruction, while the leading Super Douluo began to suspect that Mu En's strength had a cost. The Holy Spirit Cult then revealed seven Rank Nine Fixed Soul Tool Cannon Shells, shocking Jing Hongchen in Shrek City.

• Mu En killed the first charging Title Douluo with a golden strike.
• Mu En crushed a second Title Douluo with a dragon-scaled palm and a pillar of light.
• The leading Super Douluo recognized that Mu En's powerful state might require a sacrifice, while another Evil Soul Master attempted to self-destruct.
• Mu En suppressed the self-destructing Evil Soul Master's Soul Power and killed him.
• Seven Soul Douluo revealed Rank Nine Fixed Soul Tool Cannon Shells, and Jing Hongchen realized the Holy Spirit Cult had acquired seven of them.

Mu En faced seven Class 9 Fixed Soul Tool Cannon Shells and two Titled Douluo’s self-destruction alone while Shrek’s defenders shielded the city. He survived the blast and returned to Shrek, but Long Yaochen sensed a faint crack within his aura.

• Mu En sent Xuan Zi, Yan Shaozhe, and the other defenders back to protect Shrek City while he stayed behind to face the Holy Spirit Cult.
• The seven cannon shells detonated alongside the self-destructive blasts of two Titled Douluo, and Mu En used his Radiant Sacred Dragon Martial Soul Avatar and Dragon Emperor Shakes the Realm to contain the destruction.
• Jing Hongchen and five Titled Douluo reinforced Shrek’s defensive system, which stopped the remaining shockwave after the outer walls were badly damaged.
• Mu En emerged from the sea of fire unharmed and returned to Shrek City, relieving Yan Shaozhe, Xuan Zi, and Jing Hongchen.
• Long Yaochen sensed a faint crack deep within Mu En’s otherwise vast aura of light.