Chapter Summaries

Mu Tianchen, competing as Dragon Emperor, defeated a Copper Soul Fighting Badge holder with his overwhelming strength. As the crowd watched, Blade Demon King recognized Dragon Emperor and looked forward to fighting him.

• Dragon Emperor returned to the stands after defeating War Tiger and discussed his strength and Soul Fighting Arena ranking with Blood Nine.
• The arena matched Dragon Emperor against a rank-seventy-five defensive Soul Saint with a Plate Armor Rhinoceros Martial Soul.
• Dragon Emperor used Holy Light Dragon Fist and Golden Overlord Body to overpower his opponent, smashing him into the arena floor.
• Blade Demon King watched from the stands, recognized Dragon Emperor, and anticipated their future fight.

Mu Tianchen won five Soul Fighting Arena matches, while Blood Eight and Blood Nine also claimed victories, and the three prepared to enter the Advanced Spirit Ascension Platform during its Riot Period. After oversleeping and arriving two hours late, Mu Tianchen followed Leng Yaozhu toward the platform while wondering whether his vivid dream of fighting the Abyss Plane’s three strongest figures foretold the future.

• Mu Tianchen won five consecutive matches, earned ten points, and learned he would have to wait three days for his next scheduled fight.
• Blood Eight and Blood Nine each won their matches, and Blood Nine agreed to accompany Mu Tianchen into the Advanced Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Blade Demon King approached Mu Tianchen, praised his strength, and left after saying he hoped to fight him someday; Blood Eight warned Mu Tianchen to watch his blade.
• Mu Tianchen returned to the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, slept through the night, and forgot his morning plans for the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Leng Yaozhu found Mu Tianchen still asleep at nine in the morning, scolded him for being two hours late, and led him and Blood Eight and Blood Nine toward the platform.
• As they walked, Mu Tianchen recalled a vivid dream in which he reached Rank 99 and faced Spirit Emperor, Emperor Lie, and Devil Emperor, but could not defeat them together.

Mu Tianchen, Blood Eight, and Blood Nine entered the Advanced Spirit Ascension Platform and encountered a ninety-thousand-year Vermilion Clear Ice Toad. The toad targeted Mu Tianchen, and Blood Eight and Blood Nine rushed to protect him.

• Leng Yaozhu explained the Advanced Spirit Ascension Platform’s dangers and sent Mu Tianchen, Blood Eight, and Blood Nine inside.
• Mu Tianchen, Blood Eight, and Blood Nine explored the simulated core region of the Star Dou Great Forest, heading deeper to find powerful soul beasts.
• A violent tremor and poisonous icy energy warned the group that a powerful soul beast was approaching.
• Mu Tianchen used his Holy Dragon of Light power to hold back the ice, and the group identified the approaching beast as a ninety-thousand-year Vermilion Clear Ice Toad.
• The Vermilion Clear Ice Toad attacked Mu Tianchen, prompting Blood Eight and Blood Nine to summon their weapons and charge to his aid.

Mu Tianchen, Blood Eight, and Blood Nine struggled against the ninety-thousand-year Vermilion Clear Ice Toad in the Advanced Spirit Ascension Platform. The Holy Dragon of Light appeared, defeated the beast with overwhelming power, and left behind a mass of spiritual energy.

• Mu Tianchen escaped the Vermilion Clear Ice Toad's icy mist as Blood Eight and Blood Nine attacked, but the fast beast dodged their strikes and countered Blood Nine's attack.
• Mu Tianchen joined Blood Eight and Blood Nine in attacking, and Blood Eight cut a deep wound into the Vermilion Clear Ice Toad.
• The Vermilion Clear Ice Toad unleashed corrosive Icy Poison Rain, injuring Mu Tianchen and forcing Blood Eight and Blood Nine to retreat.
• The Holy Dragon of Light emerged from Mu Tianchen's Sea of Consciousness and used a golden meteor shower to counter the poison rain before slamming the Vermilion Clear Ice Toad into the ground.
• The Holy Dragon of Light summoned the World-Extinguishing Light Pillar, purified the Vermilion Clear Ice Toad into nothingness, and left behind powerful spiritual energy.

Mu Tianchen absorbed the Vermilion Clear Ice Toad’s spirit power in the Advanced Spirit Ascension Platform, raising his seven Soul Rings to 91,285 years, then persuaded Blood Eight and Blood Nine to hunt soul beasts so they could strengthen their own rings. After three days without finding anything, Mu Tianchen sensed a powerful soul beast waiting for them nearby.

• Blood Nine recognized Mu Tianchen’s Golden Giant Dragon Soul Spirit as a Holy Dragon of Light and urged him to absorb the Vermilion Clear Ice Toad’s spirit power quickly.
• Mu Tianchen concealed his Holy Dragon of Light Soul Spirit and spent three hours absorbing the spirit power, raising each of his seven Soul Rings to 91,285 years.
• Mu Tianchen thanked Blood Eight and Blood Nine for protecting him and encouraged them to use the Advanced Spirit Ascension Platform to improve their Soul Rings.
• Blood Eight and Blood Nine agreed to hunt soul beasts with Mu Tianchen, and the three headed toward the center of the Lake of Life.
• After three days without finding any soul beasts, Mu Tianchen detected one with cultivation at least as high as the Vermilion Clear Ice Toad, waiting in a forest five hundred meters southeast of them.

Mu Tianchen lured a hidden soul beast out of the forest while Blood Eight and Blood Nine concealed themselves nearby. He revealed the attacker as a ninety-five-thousand-year Shadow Leopard King and struck it with enough force to stagger it.

• Mu Tianchen asked Blood Eight and Blood Nine to hide while he drew out the soul beast, and Blood Nine agreed after Mu Tianchen reassured him.
• Blood Eight and Blood Nine used Space Rectifiers to disappear, while the hidden soul beast watched Mu Tianchen from the forest.
• Mu Tianchen approached the ambush, and the Shadow Leopard King lunged at him and drove him backward with a powerful blow.
• Mu Tianchen recognized the attacker as a ninety-five-thousand-year Shadow Leopard King and boosted his strength with Golden Overlord Body.
• Mu Tianchen punched the Shadow Leopard King's head, staggering it and slightly denting its skull.

Blood Nine and Blood Eight attacked the invisible Shadow Leopard King, but Mu Tianchen summoned his Holy Dragon of Light to kill it. Afterward, Mu Tianchen offered Blood Nine the beast’s spiritual energy to help heal his wounds, and Blood Nine tried to hug him in gratitude.

• Blood Nine ambushed the Shadow Leopard King and grievously wounded it, but the beast turned invisible and slashed his back.
• Blood Eight’s blade attack missed when the Shadow Leopard King vanished again, so Mu Tianchen summoned his Holy Dragon of Light Soul Spirit.
• The Holy Dragon of Light’s pillars of light struck and injured the Shadow Leopard King, then its Golden Dragon Breath killed it.
• Blood Nine praised Mu Tianchen’s Soul Spirit, and Mu Tianchen offered Blood Nine the Shadow Leopard King’s spiritual energy to help him recover.
• Blood Eight agreed that Blood Nine could absorb the spiritual energy first, and Blood Nine tried to hug Mu Tianchen, who rejected him with disgust.

After Blood Nine absorbed the Shadow Leopard King's spiritual power and strengthened his Soul Rings, Mu Tianchen realized that high-level Soul Beasts were unusually scarce during the Spirit Ascension Platform's Riot Period. He led Blood Eight and Blood Nine toward the Lake of Life, where they hoped to find the missing beasts and uncover what was happening.

• Blood Nine absorbed the 95,000-year-old Shadow Leopard King's spiritual power, advanced two Soul Rings from hundred-year to thousand-year level, and grew eager to hunt more Soul Beasts.
• Mu Tianchen pointed out that they had encountered very few Soul Beasts and suspected someone was herding them together to harvest their spiritual power.
• Mu Tianchen proposed heading to the Lake of Life's core, where most high-level Soul Beasts lived, and estimated there was an eighty percent chance the missing beasts were there.
• Blood Eight agreed to go to the Lake of Life, and Blood Nine accepted the decision despite worrying that the Beast Kings there could end their expedition.
• Mu Tianchen led Blood Eight and Blood Nine toward the Lake of Life and recalled that Di Tian guarded the Advanced Spirit Ascension Platform.

Mu Tianchen, Blood Eight, and Blood Nine reached the Lake of Life in the Advanced Spirit Ascension Platform, where Bear Lord killed them with one attack as Di Tian gathered power from the soul beasts. After they awakened, Spirit Pagoda suspended platform training for three months, and Mu Tianchen told Leng Yaozhu he wanted Soul Fighting Arena points to buy a Black-Grade Mecha.

• Mu Tianchen, Blood Eight, and Blood Nine discussed Spirit Pagoda's control of the Star Dou Great Forest as they approached the Lake of Life.
• Mu Tianchen, Blood Eight, and Blood Nine found Di Tian above the lake, surrounded by reverent soul beasts, and Bear Lord attacked them with his Sky-Rending Claw.
• Bear Lord's claw tore apart Mu Tianchen, Blood Eight, and Blood Nine, forcing them out of the Advanced Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Leng Yaozhu told Mu Tianchen, Blood Eight, and Blood Nine that a mechanical malfunction had closed Spirit Pagoda Headquarters' Spirit Ascension Platform for three months.
• Blood Eight said she and Blood Nine planned to enter the Soul Fighting Tournament, and Mu Tianchen told Leng Yaozhu he had already entered to earn points for a Black-Grade Mecha.

Mu Tianchen, Blood Eight, and Blood Nine headed to the Shrek City Spirit Fighting Arena after the Spirit Ascension Platform malfunctioned. Meanwhile, Di Tian reclaimed his divine consciousness and proposed that the Soul Beasts study human Mechas and Battle Armor before launching a counterattack.

• Mu Tianchen suggested that he and Blood Nine enter the Soul Fighting Tournament to see the advanced Mechas, and Blood Eight followed them.
• Di Tian absorbed the energy from his recovered divine consciousness at the Lake of Life as Bear Lord asked whether he had returned to his peak.
• Di Tian explained that he had once entrusted part of his divine consciousness to the Spirit Pagoda’s facilities, but humans had failed to improve relations with Soul Beasts.
• Bear Lord urged Di Tian to choose a time to attack humanity, but Di Tian warned that the Soul Beasts could not defeat humanity by force alone.
• Di Tian proposed that the Soul Beasts study human Mechas and Battle Armor and develop their own equipment to prepare for a future counterattack.

Blood Nine followed the scent of grilled fish to a mother-and-daughter stall near the Soul Fighting Arena and ordered ten fish, drawing Blood Eight and Mu Tianchen into the meal. As they waited, Mu Tianchen noticed two teenage customers who seemed strangely familiar.

• Blood Nine caught the smell of grilled fish and led Mu Tianchen and Blood Eight away from the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Blood Nine ordered ten grilled fish from the young girl, startling her and her mother.
• Blood Nine paid five hundred Federal Coins in advance, and the mother began preparing the fish.
• Blood Eight and Mu Tianchen joined Blood Nine at the stall, and Blood Eight sat down to eat with them.
• Mu Tianchen noticed a teenage boy and girl at the stall and found them strangely familiar.

Mu Tianchen encountered Shrek Academy inner court students Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi, then followed them to the Soul Fighting Arena to watch Ye Xinglan compete. After meeting them again in the stands, he claimed to know Sky-Piercing Douluo Yun Ming, leaving Xu Lizhi astonished and Ye Xinglan skeptical.

• Mu Tianchen recognized Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi as Shrek Academy inner court students while they ate grilled fish, but Ye Xinglan led Xu Lizhi away cautiously.
• Mu Tianchen, Blood Eight, and Blood Nine ate grilled fish before entering the Soul Fighting Arena, where Mu Tianchen planned to watch Ye Xinglan's match before his own.
• Mu Tianchen led Blood Eight and Blood Nine to Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi in the stands, prompting Ye Xinglan to question their intentions.
• Mu Tianchen said he knew Sky-Piercing Douluo Yun Ming, which Ye Xinglan doubted while Xu Lizhi reacted with astonishment.

Mu Tianchen met Xu Lizhi and Ye Xinglan at the Soul Fighting Arena and revealed that his younger brother Tang Wulin would soon take Shrek Academy’s entrance examination. Ye Xinglan won her match as the Sword Maiden, impressing Mu Tianchen, Blood Eight, and Blood Nine with her skill and potential.

• Mu Tianchen recalled how Yun Ming had invited him to study at Shrek Academy after helping reinforce the Abyss Passage seal, and he said he planned to visit when he had time.
• Mu Tianchen told Xu Lizhi and Ye Xinglan that Tang Wulin was his younger brother and would soon take Shrek Academy’s entrance examination; Xu Lizhi was delighted, while Ye Xinglan remembered Tang Wulin’s old meal prank.
• Ye Xinglan went to compete, and Xu Lizhi told Mu Tianchen, Blood Eight, and Blood Nine that she held a Gold Soul Fighting Badge with a record of thirty-eight wins and three losses.
• Ye Xinglan used her Stargod Sword and Starry Sword Intent to overpower her level-thirty-five opponent, then defeated him with her third soul skill, Sword Star Fall.
• The host declared Ye Xinglan the winner as the Sword Maiden, and Blood Eight and Blood Nine praised her fighting focus and potential.

Ye Xinglan watched Soul Fighting Tournament matches with Mu Tianchen, Xu Lizhi, Blood Eight, and Blood Nine, doubting his claims about his strength. When Mu Tianchen led them to a Seven-Ring Soul Saint venue and entered masked, the crowd greeted him as the famous Dragon Emperor, leaving Ye Xinglan stunned.

• After Ye Xinglan won her match, Mu Tianchen invited her and Xu Lizhi to watch other fights while he waited for his own tournament bout.
• Mu Tianchen described Five-Ring Soul Kings and Six-Ring Soul Emperors as not especially powerful, and Ye Xinglan called him arrogant.
• As his match time approached, Mu Tianchen led the group to a Seven-Ring Soul Saint venue, making Ye Xinglan wonder whether he had reached that rank before turning twenty.
• Mu Tianchen put on a mask and entered the arena as spectators loudly cheered for the Dragon Emperor, stunning Ye Xinglan.

Mu Tianchen faced a seven-ringed Soul Saint whose Phantom Fire Fox martial soul could unleash powerful flames and rebound male attacks. He defeated her with his Holy Light Dragon Fist, then caught her before she fell from the arena, leaving Ye Xinglan astonished by his strength.

• Mu Tianchen's opponent transformed into the Phantom Fire Fox and attacked him with flames and claw strikes.
• Mu Tianchen shattered her flames with a punch and blocked her claws with a dragon-scale shield that reflected light energy back at her.
• The Phantom Fire Fox unleashed her powerful flame attack, but Mu Tianchen's Holy Light Dragon Fist swallowed the flames and struck her down.
• Mu Tianchen caught the defeated Soul Saint before she fell out of the arena, and she admitted defeat.
• Ye Xinglan marveled at Mu Tianchen's strength, and Blood Nine confirmed that his martial soul was the Holy Dragon of Light.

Mu Tianchen agreed to become the arena champion in a new challenge format at the Shrek City Spirit Fighting Arena, where seven-ring Soul Saints could challenge him for points. The chapter ended as the first challenger leaped onto the platform to face him.

• Ye Xinglan recognized Mu Tianchen’s Holy Dragon of Light Martial Soul and considered his potential, while Mu Tianchen teased her about his recent battle.
• Supervisor Xie offered Mu Tianchen a special challenge competition and a twenty percent discount on exchanges, and Mu Tianchen accepted to earn points quickly.
• Supervisor Xie announced that the seven-ring divisions would be replaced by one arena challenge centered on Dragon Emperor, with points awarded to challengers who won and no points deducted from those who lost.
• A crowd of seven-ring Soul Saints gathered after hearing about the chance to earn points, and Supervisor Xie explained that Mu Tianchen would have to complete ten consecutive matches before restoring his Soul Power.
• An exceptionally burly Soul Saint registered as the first challenger, leaped onto the platform, and faced Mu Tianchen.

Mu Tianchen defeated two seven-ring Soul Saints with powerful golden punches in the Soul Fighting Arena, then faced a skilled female Soul Saint wielding a silver spear. After she strengthened her weapon with two Soul Skills, she continued attacking, leaving their match unresolved.

• Mu Tianchen knocked an Earth Violent Bear Soul Saint out of the arena with one punch, earning a thousand points and qualifying for a Copper Soul Fighting Badge.
• Mu Tianchen defeated a Dark Demon Eagle Soul Saint by blocking his feathers, taking to the air, and striking him with another golden punch.
• A female Soul Saint with a Soul-Extinguishing Spear challenged Mu Tianchen, and he blocked her three-pronged spear attack with Dragon Scale Shields before smashing one spear shadow with a punch.
• The female Soul Saint strengthened her spear with two thousand-year Soul Rings and brought it down with enough force to shake the ground.

Mu Tianchen defeated a female Seven-Ring Soul Saint with a silver spear, then challenged ten Seven-Ring Soul Saints at once after the crowd fell silent. Ten challengers entered the arena, led by the Bone Dragon King, and the battle was about to begin.

• Mu Tianchen beat the female Seven-Ring Soul Saint with a silver spear using his strength and forced her to concede after one minute.
• The female Soul Saint recognized a soldier's aura in Mu Tianchen and said she hoped to meet him again in the Federation military.
• Supervisor Xie announced Mu Tianchen's third consecutive victory, but no one in the stands volunteered to challenge him.
• Mu Tianchen offered to fight ten opponents at once, prompting ten Seven-Ring Soul Saints to enter the arena.
• Mu Tianchen and the ten challengers revealed their Martial Souls and Soul Rings, while Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi watched in alarm.
• The Bone Dragon King, a level seventy-eight Soul Saint from a great family in Shrek City, led the group as spectators predicted Mu Tianchen might lose.

Mu Tianchen fought ten Soul Saints in the Shrek City Spirit Fighting Arena and quickly knocked one of them out with a two-hit attack. As the other nine attacked together, he unleashed his Domain of the Holy Dragon and summoned a golden sword, which began descending toward them.

• A Dark Demon Bear Soul Saint charged Mu Tianchen, but Mu dodged his attack and stomped him into the ground.
• The Dark Demon Bear Soul Saint activated Martial Soul Possession and attacked again, but Mu struck him with a golden fist and a golden dragon, blasting him out of the arena.
• Supervisor Xie activated the arena's defensive barrier, while the remaining nine Soul Saints agreed to attack Mu together.
• Mu used Sky Soaring Dragon Flash to evade their combined attacks, then spread his Domain of the Holy Dragon across the arena.
• Mu summoned the Holy Dragon Judgment Sword above the Soul Saints and sent it plunging toward them.

Mu Tianchen’s arena-wide strike eliminated most of the Soul Saints, leaving Wang Tiansheng as his strongest opponent. After trading heavy attacks, the two unleashed their dragons against each other, and their final clash remained unresolved.

• Mu Tianchen’s golden greatsword attack blasted six Soul Saints out of the arena, leaving Wang Tiansheng, a Mammoth Giant Elephant Soul Saint, and a Shadow Soul Saint standing.
• Wang Tiansheng dismissed the Shadow Soul Saint and challenged Mu Tianchen to a one-on-one fight, revealing that he held a Gold Soul Fighting Badge.
• Wang Tiansheng attacked with Dark Bone Dragon Claw, but Mu Tianchen blocked it with his Dragon Scale Light Shield and countered with a powerful golden fist.
• Mu Tianchen overwhelmed Wang Tiansheng with a rapid combo of golden punches and knocked him onto the arena platform.
• Wang Tiansheng rose in fury and unleashed Dark Dragon Fist, sending a giant gray Bone Dragon King toward Mu Tianchen.
• Mu Tianchen answered with a golden Holy Dragon of Light, and the two dragons collided in midair.