Chapter Summaries

After repelling Jing Hongchen, Mu En collapsed from the strain of shielding Shrek from the explosion, and Long Yaochen used the Holy Blade of Life to stabilize him. Once Mu En recovered, he prepared to issue the Sea God Token.

• Mu En thanked Jing Hongchen for intervening, and Jing Hongchen left after warning that he would return to trample the Sea God Pavilion.
• Mu En returned to the Sea God Pavilion, spat golden blood, and collapsed from the injuries caused by blocking the explosion.
• Long Yaochen used the Holy Blade of Life to stabilize Mu En’s condition while the others watched anxiously.
• Mu En recovered enough to joke that he had fooled Jing Hongchen about his injuries.
• Mu En grew serious and announced that he would issue the Sea God Token.

Mu En issued orders for Shrek’s reconstruction and future leadership, then revealed he intended to leave for Evil Demon Forest despite Long Yaochen’s efforts to save him. He left Xuan Zi as acting Sea God Pavilion Master and named Long Yaochen his successor, with Zhang Lexuan next in line.

• Mu En ordered Shrek to support postwar reconstruction, expand Soul Tool development, and arrange a student exchange with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Mu En told Yan Shaozhe not to recall the Pavilion Elders and declared his instructions to be Sea God Tokens.
• Mu En appointed Xuan Zi acting Sea God Pavilion Master, named Long Yaochen first in line to succeed him, and designated Zhang Lexuan as the next successor if Long Yaochen could not serve.
• Long Yaochen challenged Mu En’s apparent preparations for his death, but Mu En explained that he was tired of spending his life guarding Shrek and wanted to be selfish for once.
• Mu En told Xuan Zi not to disappoint him again, then revealed he planned to go to Evil Demon Forest to visit an old friend.

Long Xiaoyao admitted that Long Yaochen was his son and refused to abandon him, prompting a confrontation with Ye Xishui. Before they could resolve their dispute, Mu En attacked the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters, forcing Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao to fight back.

• Long Xiaoyao stopped Ye Xishui from leaving and said Long Yaochen was too important for him to abandon.
• Ye Xishui confronted Long Xiaoyao about protecting Long Yaochen, and he admitted he had raised the boy since childhood and made him his heir.
• Ye Xishui told Long Xiaoyao to leave, but a brilliant golden light suddenly tore through the clouds above the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Mu En appeared as a Golden Sacred Dragon and attacked the headquarters with a massive dragon claw.
• Ye Xishui summoned a blood-colored demonic phantom while Long Xiaoyao transformed into a black dragon, and they blocked Mu En's strike.
• Mu En laughed and told Ye Xishui that her people outside Shrek City had been just as lively, leaving her and Long Xiaoyao stunned.

Mu En fought Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui at the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters, destroying the cult’s buildings and battling without regard for his own life. As the three Limit Douluo continued their fight, Long Yaochen and the others at Sea God Pavilion caught a brief, broken glimpse of the clash through a trembling light screen.

• Mu En crushed a Titled Douluo and flattened a side hall, enraging Ye Xishui and prompting her to summon the Death God Tower.
• Mu En spread the Dragon Emperor Shakes the Realm domain across the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters, and Long Xiaoyao warned Zhongli Wu to take the cult members and leave.
• Mu En fought through Ye Xishui’s attacks and Long Xiaoyao’s darkness, revealing that he had named Long Yaochen successor of the Sea God Pavilion and had not expected to survive.
• Long Xiaoyao transformed into the Dark Sacred Dragon as Ye Xishui manifested her demonic phantom, and the three Limit Douluo fought until the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters became ruins.
• Long Yaochen and the others at Sea God Pavilion saw a brief image of the battle through the light screen before it vanished.

Mu En fought Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui in the Evil Demon Forest, then returned to Sea God Pavilion as an old man after his life force had been severely depleted. Long Yaochen noticed that the Sacred Life Blade had merged with Mu En’s life aura and asked whether the battle had satisfied him.

• Long Yaochen lost contact with the faint connection within him, and the Ice Empress recognized the black dragon in the vanished image as his teacher.
• Mu En, Long Xiaoyao, and Ye Xishui survived their battle, but the fight devastated the Evil Demon Forest and the Holy Spirit Cult’s former headquarters.
• Mu En said he had fought to his heart’s content and flew away, while Long Xiaoyao stopped Ye Xishui from pursuing him because people from the Sun Moon Empire were approaching.
• Mu En returned to Sea God Pavilion, where his youthful appearance faded and his aura weakened until he looked like the frail old man he had been before.
• Long Yaochen sensed that the Sacred Life Blade had become intertwined with Mu En’s life force and asked whether the battle had satisfied him.

Mu En recounted how he had defeated Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao before revealing that his physical body had dissipated and only his last trace of divine soul essence remained. He said his soul would return to the Sea God Pavilion and asked Long Yaochen to see him off.

• Mu En laughed as he told Long Yaochen that he had beaten Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao, and said Long Xiaoyao had not yet understood that actions mattered more than words.
• Mu En told Yan Shaozhe to act like a proper dean, reminded Xuan Zi of his promise, and comforted the tearful Zhang Lexuan.
• Mu En revealed that his body had dissipated when he returned to Shrek and that his visible form was condensed from his final divine soul essence.
• Mu En said he was content to have his body scattered at Shrek and his soul return to the Sea God Pavilion, then urged Zhang Lexuan to pursue what she truly wanted.
• Mu En rose and asked Long Yaochen to see him off for the final stretch.

Mu En said farewell to Long Yaochen and merged into the Golden Tree, leaving Long Yaochen to mourn him. After sensing a faint connection between the tree and the Sacred Life Blade, Long Yaochen wondered whether Mu En’s final gift had reached him.

• Mu En asked Long Yaochen to take responsibility for Shrek, and Long Yaochen solemnly promised he would.
• Mu En gave Long Yaochen the blade, then turned to the Golden Tree and dissolved into golden light that merged with it.
• The people at Sea God Pavilion mourned Mu En, and Long Yaochen realized he had wanted Mu En to live because he cared about him.
• A golden leaf fell into Long Yaochen’s palm, and he sensed a faint connection to the Sacred Life Blade.
• Electrolux sensed numerous auras within the Golden Tree, and Long Yaochen felt the connection tremble once before the tree’s branches swayed.

After Mu En's death, Long Yaochen received the master's Ruler Over All Under Heaven booklet from Zhang Lexuan and considered his growing role in Shrek. He left the Sea God Pavilion resolved to develop Shrek and make his own rules.

• Long Yaochen returned to the Sea God Pavilion and told Zhang Lexuan he planned to leave the Outer Court and stay there with her.
• Zhang Lexuan gave Long Yaochen the booklet Ruler Over All Under Heaven, which Mu En had left for him in case he died before passing it on.
• Long Yaochen sensed Mu En's powerful spiritual will in the booklet and recognized the technique as a valuable guide for his own fighting style.
• Zhang Lexuan reassured Long Yaochen that she trusted him, then left the pavilion.
• Long Yaochen reflected that Shrek was about to become his responsibility and vowed to grow strong enough to establish his own rules.

Long Yaochen confronted Long Xiaoyao over the Holy Spirit Cult’s attack and demanded compensation, first asking for the Emperor Auspicious Beast and then accepting a soul ring instead. After Long Xiaoyao agreed to find him a soul beast, Long Yaochen declared he would destroy the Holy Spirit Cult but spare Ye Xishui for his teacher’s sake.

• Long Yaochen sensed Long Xiaoyao’s arrival and mocked him for visiting Shrek after the Holy Spirit Cult’s defeat.
• Long Xiaoyao checked that Long Yaochen was unharmed, while Long Yaochen demanded that he avenge Elder Mu or wipe out the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Long Xiaoyao refused those demands but offered to find Long Yaochen anything he wanted as compensation.
• Long Yaochen asked for the Emperor Auspicious Beast, prompting Long Xiaoyao to try to leave because he feared provoking Di Tian.
• Long Yaochen persuaded Long Xiaoyao to find him a soul ring, and Long Xiaoyao agreed to take him for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast the next morning.
• Long Yaochen vowed to kill the Holy Spirit Cult but promised to spare Ye Xishui for Long Xiaoyao’s sake.

Bei Bei returned to Sea God Pavilion grief-stricken and apologized for arriving too late, then told Long Yaochen and Zhang Lexuan that Tang Ya had disappeared. He recounted how Tang Ya had mourned Huo Yuhao after Shrek returned from winning the championship, leaving Long Yaochen with the chance to help find her.

• Bei Bei arrived at Sea God Pavilion looking exhausted, knelt before it, and apologized to Great-Grandfather Xuan for returning late.
• Long Yaochen and Zhang Lexuan urged Bei Bei to stand and asked what had happened; Bei Bei revealed that Tang Ya had disappeared.
• Bei Bei explained that after Shrek returned as champions, Tang Ya asked whether Huo Yuhao had betrayed them, and Bei Bei comforted her as she broke down.
• Tang Ya said she had been waiting for Huo Yuhao to return, help revive the Tang Sect, and grill fish for her; Bei Bei could not bring himself to tell her Huo Yuhao was dead.
• Tang Ya asked whether Huo Yuhao had been happy, and Bei Bei told her he had not before she blamed herself for failing the Tang Sect and losing him.

Bei Bei told Long Yaochen that Tang Ya had vanished after becoming obsessed with cultivation, and Long Yaochen agreed to find her in the Holy Spirit Cult. He planned to use her position there to gain an inside observer, while Long Xiaoyao set out to locate her, warning that Ye Xishui might take an interest in her.

• Bei Bei recounted how Tang Ya left Shrek and how he failed to find her at the former Tang Sect site in Heaven Dou City.
• Long Yaochen reassured Bei Bei that Tang Ya was probably safe and promised to handle the search, but Bei Bei collapsed from exhaustion after entrusting the matter to him.
• Long Yaochen asked Zhang Lexuan to watch over Bei Bei, then summoned Long Xiaoyao and explained that Tang Ya had likely been taken by the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Long Yaochen persuaded Long Xiaoyao to find Tang Ya and let Ye Xishui notice her, hoping to use her as an observer inside the cult.
• Long Xiaoyao departed for the Holy Spirit Cult, warning that he could not control what Tang Ya might become if Ye Xishui took an interest in her.

Long Yaochen and Long Xiaoyao secured a captured girl in the Holy Spirit Cult’s new headquarters, then searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a suitable fifth Soul Ring. After three days without finding a match, Long Xiaoyao agreed to keep searching as they entered the Core Area.

• Long Xiaoyao told Long Yaochen that he had found the captured girl and sent her to the Holy Spirit Cult’s new headquarters, where Long Yaochen left her in his care.
• Long Yaochen and Long Xiaoyao traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to find a light-attributed Soul Beast for Long Yaochen’s fifth Soul Ring.
• Long Yaochen rejected a fifty-seven-thousand-year Blazing Light Lion King because it was too young and likely to grant an offensive Soul Skill.
• Long Yaochen rejected a nearly seventy-thousand-year Soul Beast with purification abilities because its attributes were mixed and he did not need its spiritual ability.
• After three days of searching without finding a suitable Soul Beast, Long Yaochen insisted on continuing, and he and Long Xiaoyao entered the forest’s Core Area.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion sneaked away from the core area’s guardians and followed an enticing scent to Long Yaochen and Long Xiaoyao. Scarlet King caught up with them and demanded that the humans leave, setting up a confrontation.

• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion escaped Scarlet King and Di Tian’s supervision and wandered through the forest after catching a pleasant scent.
• She found Long Yaochen and Long Xiaoyao, hid in the bushes, and was captivated by Long Yaochen’s appearance and aura.
• Long Yaochen sensed that something might be watching them, but Long Xiaoyao detected nothing unusual.
• Scarlet King arrived, confronted the two humans, and ordered them out of the core area.
• Long Yaochen recognized Scarlet King and watched Long Xiaoyao as Scarlet King demanded that he leave.

Long Xiaoyao fought Scarlet King and subdued him, then Long Yaochen seized the chance to capture the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. Long Yaochen demanded that Scarlet King find him a suitable Soul Beast in exchange for releasing the Auspicious Beast.

• Scarlet King confronted Long Xiaoyao and attacked him with dark crimson flames.
• Long Xiaoyao overwhelmed Scarlet King with his Dark Sacred Dragon power and pinned him to the ground.
• The battle cleared the forest around the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, revealing her hiding nearby.
• Long Xiaoyao lifted the Three-Eyed Golden Lion into the air while Scarlet King warned her to run.
• Long Yaochen threatened to tell Di Tian that Scarlet King had lost the Auspicious Beast unless he found a suitable Soul Beast for him.

Long Yaochen asked the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to help him find a Soul Beast with specific attributes and a dragon bloodline. She led him to a desolate valley, where he found a powerful but crippled Golden Earth Dragon.

• Long Yaochen specified the Soul Beast’s age, attributes, support abilities, and dragon bloodline, leaving Scarlet King convinced he could not find one.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion said she knew a Soul Beast that matched the requirements and agreed to lead the group to it.
• Long Xiaoyao released the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and Scarlet King, and Long Yaochen caught the falling Auspicious Beast before she hurried away.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion led the group into a quiet, desolate valley, where Long Yaochen sensed a strong reaction from the Eternal Blazing Sun Holy Dragon within him.
• Long Yaochen found a massive Golden Earth Dragon with a twisted hind leg and an old, severe scar, and realized it was crippled.

Long Yaochen learned how the crippled Golden Earth Dragon had lost his strength and decided a Soul Spirit would suit him better than a Soul Ring. When the dragon challenged him to take his Soul Ring by force, Long Yaochen accepted the fight.

• Scarlet King explained that the Golden Earth Dragon once held a territory in the Core Area, but a battle with Bear Lord's Dark Golden Dreadclaw Bear descendant crippled him and damaged his origin.
• Long Yaochen recognized that the Golden Earth Dragon's abilities suited his needs, but decided he would rather make him a Soul Spirit than kill him for a Soul Ring.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion told the Golden Earth Dragon that Long Yaochen was seeking a Soul Beast with requirements like his, and the dragon asked whether Long Yaochen wanted his Soul Ring.
• The Golden Earth Dragon forced himself to stand and challenged Long Yaochen to take his Soul Ring in a fight.
• Long Yaochen met the challenge and called for battle.

Long Yaochen began his battle with the crippled Golden Earth Dragon, trading powerful blows despite being badly outmatched. After both were injured, the Golden Earth Dragon charged again, and Long Yaochen braced himself for another attack.

• Long Yaochen used his Eternal Blazing Sun Holy Dragon Martial Soul and blocked the Golden Earth Dragon’s opening strike with Sacred Armor of Radiant Sun.
• Long Yaochen restored himself with Prayer Light, charged the Golden Earth Dragon, and struck its jaw before its tail sent him crashing into rubble.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion moved to help Long Yaochen, but Scarlet King stopped her and reminded her that Long Xiaoyao was watching.
• Long Yaochen rose from the rubble and resumed the fight, while the Golden Earth Dragon celebrated the first satisfying battle it had had in years.
• The Golden Earth Dragon and Long Yaochen exchanged devastating attacks, leaving both injured before the dragon charged again using its battered body to keep fighting.

Long Yaochen fought the Golden Earth Dragon head-on, gradually bringing his Soul Power, spiritual power, and will together. As the dragon unleashed its domain, Long Yaochen grasped the final step toward Ruler Over All Under Heaven.

• Long Yaochen repeatedly charged the Golden Earth Dragon, enduring its blows and landing punches of his own despite his shattered armor and injuries.
• Three-Eyed Golden Lion and Scarlet King watched in disbelief as Long Yaochen traded blows with the seventy-thousand-year-old dragon, while Long Xiaoyao noticed his Soul Power and spiritual power beginning to converge.
• Long Xiaoyao realized that Long Yaochen was being tempered by the fight and suspected Mu En had taught him this method.
• The Golden Earth Dragon praised Long Yaochen's punch, then unleashed its domain and suppressed its pain and injuries to keep fighting.
• Prayer Light healed Long Yaochen as he understood how to unite his Soul Power, mental strength, and will, and an invisible aura rose from him.
• Long Xiaoyao recognized the aura as Ruler Over All Under Heaven.

Long Yaochen defeated the Golden Earth Dragon and offered it a chance to become his Soul Spirit instead of dying. The Golden Earth Dragon agreed, and Long Yaochen began the process himself with Electrolux watching over him.

• Long Yaochen struck the Golden Earth Dragon down with Ruler Over All Under Heaven after its damaged body faltered.
• Long Yaochen refused to kill the fallen Golden Earth Dragon and offered to preserve its soul and origin as his Soul Spirit while gaining its Soul Ring.
• Long Yaochen summoned the Ice Empress, whose Soul Spirit form showed the Golden Earth Dragon and the others that a Soul Beast could live on in another form.
• Long Yaochen promised the Golden Earth Dragon a chance to recover and continue advancing, and it agreed to accompany him as his Soul Spirit.
• Long Xiaoyao helped stabilize Long Yaochen's injuries, and Long Yaochen began the Soul Spirit ritual himself with Electrolux watching for danger.

Long Yaochen successfully transferred the Golden Earth Dragon’s soul and origin into himself, beginning their fusion as a fifth Soul Ring formed. At the Lake of Life, its ruler ordered Di Tian to link the Auspicious Beast’s fate with Long Yaochen, judging him a variable worth investing in.

• Long Yaochen guided the Golden Earth Dragon’s soul and Soul Beast Origin out of its dying body and into himself.
• Long Yaochen’s four Soul Rings appeared as the Golden Earth Dragon’s immense power began forming a fifth ring and engulfing him.
• Long Xiaoyao warned Three-Eyed Golden Lion not to touch Long Yaochen during the fusion, while Scarlet King watched in stunned silence.
• Di Tian asked the voice beneath Lake of Life whether he should retrieve the Auspicious Beast, but his Lord refused.
• The Lord explained that Long Yaochen’s strange fate had altered a Soul Beast’s destiny and affected the Star Dou Great Forest’s fortune.
• The Lord sent Di Tian to have the Auspicious Beast establish a fate link with Long Yaochen, and Di Tian departed.