Chapter Summaries

Zichuan briefly suppressed Ye Xishui with his twin Soul Cores, but she unleashed her Demon Puppet Avatar and overwhelmed him. He chose to retreat by firing the Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign’s Light of Time and Space at her, leaving her movements slowed as the attack reached her.

• Zichuan battered Ye Xishui’s blood-colored shield with alternating punches of destruction and life, forcing her onto the defensive.
• Ye Xishui summoned her Demon Puppet Avatar and struck Zichuan with its blood-colored scythes, sending him flying and injuring his hands.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Evil Eye Tyrant warned Zichuan that he could not win a prolonged fight against Ye Xishui, and he decided to retreat.
• Zichuan gathered the Light of Time and Space through the Evil Eye Tyrant Skull and fired it at Ye Xishui.
• The Light of Time and Space slowed Ye Xishui’s movements for an instant, preventing her from fully dodging it.

Zichuan escaped Ye Xishui after injuring her with the Light of Time and Space, but mourned the God of Destruction’s sacrifice while recovering. As he prepared to leave the Demonic Forest, Long Xiaoyao tracked him down and appeared nearby.

• Zichuan struck Ye Xishui with the Light of Time and Space, then trapped her with vines before fleeing the Demonic Forest.
• Ye Xishui told Long Xiaoyao to pursue Zichuan and bring him back to become the Holy Spirit Cult’s Holy Son, while Long Xiaoyao only pretended to pursue him seriously.
• Zichuan reached a hidden mountain hollow and mourned the God of Destruction, whose divine sense had vanished to help him condense his Soul Cores.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and the Evil Eye Tyrant comforted Zichuan and urged him to keep living and growing stronger so he could reunite with the God of Destruction.
• Zichuan sensed someone tracking him, and Long Xiaoyao emerged from the forest.

Long Xiaoyao let Zichuan escape from the Holy Spirit Cult, and Zichuan returned safely to the Body Sect after several days of travel. He reunited with Du Busi and Long Aotian and began telling them about his ordeal, while keeping the God of Destruction’s sacrifice secret.

• Long Xiaoyao explained that he opposed the Holy Spirit Cult and allowed Zichuan to leave, promising to tell Xi Shui he had failed to catch him.
• Zichuan crossed into the Heaven Dou Empire and hurried toward the Body Sect, avoiding towns and potential threats along the way.
• Du Busi worried that Zichuan had gone missing for nearly a month and decided to search for him himself, despite Long Aotian urging him to wait.
• Zichuan arrived at the Body Sect meeting hall, where Du Busi and Long Aotian welcomed him with relief and concern.
• Zichuan recounted his experiences in the Demonic Forest, but concealed the God of Destruction’s sacrifice and said he had succeeded in forming twin Soul Cores at great cost.

After returning to the Body Sect, Zichuan told Du Busi and Long Aotian about his escape from the Holy Spirit Cult and revealed his twin Soul Cores and rank seventy cultivation. He focused on strengthening the sect and preparing for the upcoming tournament, but the plan to establish Body Academy faced a shortage of qualified teachers.

• Du Busi grew furious when Zichuan recounted Ye Xishui's Blood Soul Mark and forced appointment as Holy Son, but Zichuan calmed him by explaining his escape and breakthrough to Soul Sage.
• Du Busi and Long Aotian celebrated Zichuan's return at a banquet, and Zichuan resolved to strengthen the Body Sect and complete the Godly Trials to reunite with Old Zi.
• Zichuan asked about the upcoming tournament, and Du Busi said he had entered Zichuan and Long Aotian to compete for the Body Sect.
• Du Busi told Zichuan that the Heaven Dou Empire had provided land and funding for Body Academy, while students from Shrek Academy had begun expressing interest in transferring.
• Du Busi explained that Body Academy lacked teachers who could teach ordinary soul masters, leaving Zichuan concerned about how to build its faculty.

Zichuan promised Du Busi that he would find teachers for Body Academy, then went to the Star Dou Great Forest seeking a hundred-thousand-year soul beast for his seventh soul ring. He revealed his goal to Di Tian and the other fierce beasts, who reacted with anger and suspicion.

• Zichuan assured Du Busi that he would find qualified teachers within a month and began considering Tang Ya and other potential recruits.
• Zichuan left the Body Sect and headed for the Star Dou Great Forest, determined to obtain a hundred-thousand-year seventh soul ring.
• Zichuan entered the forest's core region and called the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to him, where they reunited warmly.
• Zichuan met Di Tian and the other fierce beasts by the Lake of Life, and Di Tian learned that Zichuan had successfully condensed twin Soul Cores.
• Zichuan told Di Tian that he had come to hunt a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, prompting Bear Lord and the King of Ten Thousand Demons to object.

Zichuan asked the Star Dou Great Forest beast kings for a willing Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast to sacrifice itself and provide his seventh soul ring. After revealing the Marks of Destruction and Life and promising to seek a path to preserve the sacrificed soul’s origin, he won their interest, and Di Tian decided he did not need to go to the Far North.

• Zi Ji, Bi Ji, Scarlet King, and Di Tian objected when Zichuan appeared to ask permission to hunt Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
• Zichuan clarified that he sought a willing soul beast near the end of its life to sacrifice itself for him.
• Zichuan revealed the Marks of Destruction and Life and explained that he had inherited the God Kings’ powers and passed six trials.
• Zichuan promised to try to bring a sacrificed soul beast’s soul origin to the God Realm, prompting Bear Lord, the King of Ten Thousand Demons, and Bi Ji to express interest in sacrificing themselves.
• Di Tian warned that a sacrifice required mutual willingness and soul compatibility and would affect the Star Dou Great Forest’s balance.
• When Zichuan mentioned seeking the Ice Empress or Snow Empress in the Far North, Di Tian told him there was no need to go there.

Zichuan learned that the Beast Kings were eager to sacrifice themselves to help him pursue godhood. Di Tian chose Bear Lord and Bi Ji to accompany Zichuan, entrusting him with the future of the Star Dou Great Forest and the soul beast race as they departed.

• Bear Lord, the King of Ten Thousand Demons, Zi Ji, and Bi Ji competed to be chosen for sacrifice to Zichuan.
• Di Tian quieted the Beast Kings and explained that he could not sacrifice himself because the Star Dou Great Forest needed his leadership.
• Di Tian limited the sacrifices to two Beast Kings and selected Bear Lord and Bi Ji.
• Bear Lord and Bi Ji accepted Di Tian's decision, and Zichuan promised to help the soul beast race find a path to godhood.
• Di Tian told Bear Lord and Bi Ji to follow Zichuan and turned away without seeing them off.

Zichuan accepted the simultaneous sacrifices of Bear Lord and Bi Ji, enduring their power and gaining two hundred-thousand-year soul rings as his soul power surged to rank seventy-eight. Overwhelmed by the new strength, he lost control and attacked Scarlet King, leaving Di Tian to intervene.

• Zichuan confirmed Bear Lord and Bi Ji were willing to sacrifice themselves together, then prepared his Dual Soul Cores to absorb their powers.
• Bear Lord's destructive strength and Bi Ji's life force flooded Zichuan, who endured the pain and guided each power into its corresponding heart.
• Bear Lord and Bi Ji completed their sacrifices, and Zichuan gained a dark-gold seventh soul ring, an emerald-green eighth soul ring, and rank seventy-eight soul power.
• Zichuan's Destruction Form and Life Form activated uncontrollably, and he blasted a massive crater into the ground.
• Scarlet King approached to calm Zichuan, but Zichuan turned on it and threw a punch as Di Tian warned it to be careful.

Zichuan, overwhelmed by immense power and fighting intent, battled Di Tian to vent and stabilize his energy. Di Tian struck him with the Dragon God Claw while Zichuan lay exhausted in a crater, leaving his fate unclear.

• Zichuan knocked Scarlet King flying with one punch, startling the beast kings with his strength.
• Di Tian confronted Zichuan and exchanged blows with him above the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Zichuan attacked relentlessly as his twin Soul Cores supplied energy, while Di Tian controlled the fight and helped temper his power.
• Di Tian finally sent Zichuan deep into the earth with a Divine Dragon Tail Sweep, and Zichuan lost the strength to rise.
• Di Tian unleashed the Dragon God Claw on the helpless Zichuan, blasting the crater apart and filling the area with smoke and dust.

After surviving Di Tian’s tempering, Zichuan stabilized his cultivation at rank seventy-eight and returned to the Body Sect, where he prepared for the upcoming tournament. As the competition approached, he entered seclusion while Shrek Academy’s preparations carried an uneasy air.

• Zichuan thanked Di Tian for tempering him, then left the Star Dou Great Forest after promising to remember the Soul Beast race’s aid.
• After Zichuan departed, Di Tian revealed that the ordeal had injured him and said Zichuan’s physical strength could rival an ordinary Limit Douluo.
• Zichuan returned to the Body Sect two days before the tournament and told Du Busi that he had reached rank seventy-eight after receiving two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast sacrifices and forming twin Soul Cores.
• Du Busi told Zichuan the tournament would begin in three days in Xingluo City, and Zichuan returned to his room to consolidate his cultivation.
• At Shrek Academy, students eagerly discussed the tournament, while Xuan Zi faced seven young competitors in a tense inner-courtyard meeting.

Shrek Academy’s tournament team feared Zichuan might compete, but Xuan Zi urged them to overcome that fear and fight. At the tournament’s opening in Xingluo City, Zichuan and Long Aotian represented Body Academy as a two-person team and were mocked for their small numbers and lack of fame.

• Ma Xiaotao asked Xuan Zi whether the Body Sect would enter the tournament, and he admitted he did not know.
• Xuan Zi told Shrek Academy’s team not to fear the Body Sect, and Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and the others renewed their resolve to fight.
• Three days later, the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament opened in Xingluo City, where Shrek Academy received prominent treatment.
• Zichuan and Long Aotian arrived as Body Academy’s only participants and were assigned an ordinary spot in the plaza.
• A tournament staff member questioned how two people could compete, while students from other academies mocked Body Academy.

Zichuan showed Long Aotian two Hundred Thousand Year soul bones and gave him the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear right arm bone, explaining that it suited Long Aotian better than it suited him. Long Aotian accepted the treasure in shock, while Zichuan kept the Emerald Swan Bi Ji torso bone.

• Zichuan calmed Long Aotian after other contestants mocked them and looked forward to meeting them in the group stage.
• That night, Zichuan brought out the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear right arm bone and the Emerald Swan Bi Ji torso bone, both Hundred Thousand Year soul bones.
• Long Aotian was stunned by the treasures and refused at first to take the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear bone, despite his obvious longing for it.
• Zichuan gave Long Aotian the right arm bone, explaining that his own growth-type External Soul Bone made it a poor fit for him and that Long Aotian's Jade Gold True Body and fighting style suited it.

Zichuan gave Long Aotian a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear right arm bone and asked him to help protect the Body Sect if Zichuan left someday. As they began absorbing their soul bones, Cheng Gang, the Giant Strength Douluo, broke into their room and tried to seize them.

• Zichuan told Long Aotian that he might leave the Body Sect for a distant place and asked him to grow stronger and shoulder responsibility for the sect.
• Long Aotian vowed loyalty to Zichuan, then sat down to absorb the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear right arm bone while Zichuan prepared to absorb the Emerald Swan torso bone.
• Cheng Gang kicked down their door and spotted the two soul bones.
• Cheng Gang claimed the soul bones were stolen and announced that he would confiscate them, while Long Aotian called him a greedy bandit.

Cheng Gang tried to seize the soul bones from Long Aotian and Zichuan, but Zichuan defeated the level ninety-two Titled Douluo with one punch. Cheng Gang was left injured in the rubble as Long Aotian returned to absorbing the soul bone.

• Cheng Gang used his Titled Douluo pressure and demanded that Long Aotian and Zichuan hand over the soul bones.
• Zichuan warned Cheng Gang to leave, but Cheng Gang declared he would take the soul bones and lunged for the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear right arm bone.
• Zichuan stepped in front of Long Aotian and knocked Cheng Gang through the corridor wall with a single punch.
• Cheng Gang spat blood and stared in terror at Zichuan, who told Long Aotian to close the door and continue absorbing the soul bone.
• Long Aotian recovered from his shock and shut the battered door.

Zichuan confronted Cheng Gang after the Titled Douluo tried to seize his and Long Aotian’s soul bones. After Zichuan revealed his extraordinary soul rings, he overwhelmed Cheng Gang and began beating him into the rubble.

• Cheng Gang ordered the onlookers away, then summoned his Great Strength Vajra Ape Martial Soul and threatened to kill Zichuan and Long Aotian.
• Zichuan told Long Aotian to stand back and revealed seven soul rings, including five red rings, an orange-gold ring, and a brilliant gold ring.
• Cheng Gang froze in shock at Zichuan’s soul ring configuration, and Zichuan activated three enhancement skills before striking him again.
• Zichuan sent Cheng Gang crashing through a wall and followed him into the rubble.
• Zichuan punched Cheng Gang repeatedly, breaking both of his arms while confronting him about coveting the soul bones and threatening them.

Zichuan severely injured Cheng Gang after the protecting-nation Douluo tried to seize his belongings, then refused Dai Hao’s demand to come in for questioning. Dai Yueheng recognized Zichuan as the Body Sect’s Young Sect Master and persuaded his father not to pursue the matter.

• Zichuan beat Cheng Gang until the rank ninety-two Titled Douluo lay broken and barely alive.
• Dai Hao arrived with Dai Yueheng and demanded to know who had injured Cheng Gang.
• Cheng Gang accused Zichuan of being an Evil Soul Master, while Long Aotian said Cheng Gang had tried to steal their soul bone.
• Zichuan told Dai Hao that Cheng Gang had tried to steal his belongings and refused to return with him for an investigation.
• Dai Yueheng identified Zichuan and Long Aotian, explained that Zichuan had defeated Shrek Academy’s Inner Court main team, and urged Dai Hao to drop the matter.
• Dai Hao accepted Dai Yueheng’s account and reconsidered pursuing Zichuan.

After Zichuan rebuffed Dai Hao’s apology, Du Busi arrived and learned that Cheng Gang had attacked his disciples and coveted their soul bones. The furious Body Sect Master was left ready to confront those responsible.

• Dai Hao apologized to Zichuan, who declined to pursue the matter and returned to his room with Long Aotian.
• Dai Hao ordered his men to take the injured Cheng Gang away and remarked to Dai Yueheng that their teams had little chance of winning the tournament.
• Du Busi arrived at the wrecked corridor after sensing the battle and demanded to know what had happened to his disciples.
• Long Aotian recounted Cheng Gang’s intrusion, accusations, and attempted theft and murder, emphasizing the attack on Zichuan.
• Du Busi grew furious as he listened to Long Aotian’s account.

Du Busi threatened to make a mess of Xingluo City unless Dai Hao gave him a reasonable explanation, then unleashed the pressure of a Ninety-Ninth Level Limit Douluo. Dai Hao recognized Du Busi’s strength and feared the consequences for the Xingluo Empire if he acted on his threat.

• Du Busi demanded an explanation from Dai Hao and threatened to attack Xingluo City if he did not receive one.
• Du Busi released his Limit Douluo pressure, shaking the corridor and forcing several of Dai Hao’s guards to collapse.
• Dai Hao used his Soul Power and White Tiger Martial Soul to withstand the pressure, though he nearly fell to his knees.
• Dai Hao realized Du Busi was far stronger than a Ninety-First Level Title Douluo and identified him as a Ninety-Ninth Level Limit Douluo.
• Dai Hao feared that the Xingluo Empire could not stop Du Busi without suffering catastrophic losses.

Dai Hao appeased Du Busi after Cheng Gang offended Zichuan, offering compensation and punishment for the Protector Douluo. With the dispute settled, Zichuan and his companions looked forward to the tournament, where the Body Sect expected him to dominate.

• Dai Hao apologized to Du Busi and offered a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, Cheng Gang's assets, and life imprisonment for Cheng Gang.
• Cheng Gang protested, but Dai Hao threatened to execute him if he spoke again.
• Du Busi checked Zichuan's approval of the settlement and accepted the terms before sending Dai Hao and his group away.
• Du Busi teased Zichuan for defeating a rank ninety-two Titled Douluo, and Zichuan defended his tournament eligibility.
• Du Busi and Zichuan anticipated the tournament and the reactions of the other nations' competitors.

The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament opened in Xingluo City as the teams entered before the assembled spectators and dignitaries. Shrek Academy received the loudest welcome, with Xuan Zi quietly surveying their rivals as his team prepared to compete.

• Xingluo City's officials, foreign envoys, sect leaders, and spectators gathered at Xingluo Plaza for the tournament's opening.
• Host Lin Xuan welcomed the audience and announced that thirty-two academy teams would compete for the championship.
• Star Luo Royal Academy, Tianhun Imperial Academy, Dou Ling Imperial Academy, and Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy entered the arena.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen led Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy into the plaza with confident, composed expressions.
• Shrek Academy entered to thunderous cheers, with Xuan Zi assessing the venue while Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and the other main team members showed their resolve.