Chapter Summaries

Mu Tianchen defeated Wang Tiansheng’s Bone Dragon attack, but Wang Tiansheng revealed an Undead Domain that replenished his Soul Power with undead Soul Beast phantoms. Mu Tianchen battered through the domain and drove Wang Tiansheng’s Bone Dragon Avatar into the ground with the Sky-Piercing Lance, while a boy in the audience tried to rush to his brother’s aid.

• Mu Tianchen’s golden dragon shattered Wang Tiansheng’s Bone Dragon King phantom, and Wang Tiansheng’s attempt to escape failed to shake off the pursuing attack.
• Wang Tiansheng summoned an Undead Domain and absorbed its undead Soul Beast phantoms to restore his depleted Soul Power.
• Mu Tianchen attacked the domain with Holy Dragons of Light, weakening it and sending Wang Tiansheng flying.
• Wang Tiansheng used his seventh soul skill, Bone Dragon Avatar, and cracked Mu Tianchen’s Dragon Scale Shield with a powerful claw.
• Mu Tianchen summoned the Sky-Piercing Lance and drove the Bone Dragon King into the ground, leaving Wang Tiansheng unable to move.
• A twelve-year-old boy in the audience cried out for his brother and struggled to enter the arena, but a young woman held him back.

Mu Tianchen defeated Wang Tiansheng in the one-against-ten challenge, earning ten thousand points and drawing attention to Wang Tiansheng’s possible connection to the Holy Spirit Cult. After parting from Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi, Mu Tianchen and the Bloods planned to investigate Wang Tiansheng and his family.

• Wang Jinxi and Wang Tiansheng’s girlfriend watched helplessly as Mu Tianchen’s Sky-Piercing Lance overwhelmed Wang Tiansheng’s Bone Dragon Avatar and shattered his Undead Domain.
• Wang Tiansheng admitted defeat, and Mu Tianchen warned him about cultivating with undead Soul Beast souls before waiting for the match’s result.
• Supervisor Xie declared Dragon Emperor the winner of the one-against-ten challenge and awarded him ten thousand points.
• Blood Eight and Mu Tianchen recognized that Wang Tiansheng’s cold aura resembled Dark Hummingbird’s and suspected he might be connected to the Holy Spirit Cult, so they decided to investigate him and his family.
• Mu Tianchen parted ways with Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi; Ye Xinglan vowed to fight and defeat him someday.

Ye Xinglan vowed to defeat Mu Tianchen, while Supervisor Xie recruited him to defend the top tier in an upcoming Soul Fighting Arena tournament. After Mu Tianchen agreed, Leng Yaozhu told him that Qiangu Tinglan had returned and would come watch his match with her.

• Ye Xinglan declared she would defeat Mu Tianchen one day, then dragged Xu Lizhi away after he invited Mu Tianchen to visit Shrek Academy.
• Supervisor Xie invited Mu Tianchen to defend the tenth tier in a fifteen-day challenge tournament, offering daily contribution points and extra rewards for each victory.
• Mu Tianchen accepted the invitation, and he and Supervisor Xie agreed to cooperate.
• Mu Tianchen returned to the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters and learned from Leng Yaozhu that Qiangu Tinglan had come back after hearing he had returned.
• Leng Yaozhu said she would bring Qiangu Tinglan to watch Mu Tianchen's tournament match three days later and warned him not to disappoint them.

Mu Tianchen assessed how to grow strong enough to reach level ninety and survive the Snow God Trial, settling on cultivating his Holy Dragon of Light powers and inheritance skills. Meanwhile, a girl in the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters watched his room and hoped to see him again, proud of her own progress as a Soul Elder and Mecha Designer.

• Mu Tianchen reviewed his level-seventy-three strength and the danger of failing the Snow God Trial if he could not reach level ninety within three years.
• Mu Tianchen considered combining his Holy Dragon of Light bloodline with his physical strength or Soul Power and mastering the Holy Dragon Family’s three inheritance battle skills.
• Mu Tianchen decided to raise his Soul Power, complete the Snow God Trial, and nurture a third Holy Dragon of Light Soul Spirit for his eighth and ninth Soul Rings.
• A girl at the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters watched Mu Tianchen’s lit room and wondered why he had returned without seeking her out.
• The girl recalled that she was a level-forty-three Soul Elder and Level 5 Mecha Designer, but still regarded Mu Tianchen’s Holy Dragon of Light Martial Soul as superior to her Coiling Dragon Staff.

Mu Tianchen entered a high-level mimicry cultivation room to strengthen his Soul Power before the Soul Fighting Arena competition. Absorbing dense light energy awakened three of his sleeping Soul Spirits, who met the Holy Dragon of Light and Hell Demon Dragon in his Sea of Consciousness.

• Qiangu Tinglan watched Mu Tianchen’s illuminated room through the night, torn between wanting to see him and not disturbing him.
• Mu Tianchen encountered Qiangu Zhangting outside the high-level mimicry cultivation rooms, where Zhangting threatened to defeat him but refused his immediate challenge.
• Mu Tianchen entered a light-focused cultivation room and absorbed its energy, strengthening his Soul Power and transforming his Sea of Consciousness.
• The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff, Golden Behemoth, and Evil Eye Tyrant awakened, displaying their increased power.
• The awakened Soul Spirits met the Holy Dragon of Light and Hell Demon Dragon, and Mu Tianchen told the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff that the two dragons were his newly acquired Soul Spirits.

After awakening his five Soul Spirits, Mu Tianchen assessed their strength and resolved to focus on raising his own rank before challenging powerful opponents such as Tang Wulin and Gu Yuena. Following three days of cultivation, he went with Blood Eight and Blood Nine to the Shrek City Spirit Fighting Arena, where reporters from the Federal Evening News approached them for an interview.

• Mu Tianchen examined his awakened Soul Spirits, felt his spiritual power nearing the Spirit Domain Realm, and recognized that his Domination Domain could help him resist bloodline pressure.
• Mu Tianchen concluded that his own cultivation rank mattered most and felt urgency to advance beyond Rank 73 toward Rank 99.
• After three days in the High-Level Mimicry Cultivation Room, Mu Tianchen raised his Soul Power progress to twenty-five percent of Rank 73.
• Mu Tianchen traveled with Blood Eight and Blood Nine to the Shrek City Spirit Fighting Arena, where Blood Eight identified his growing confidence as Invincible Aura.
• A golden-haired reporter from the Federal Evening News introduced herself and asked Mu Tianchen, Blood Eight, and Blood Nine for an interview.

Mu Tianchen was interviewed about the Shrek City Spirit Fighting Arena tournament and learned that several of the continent’s top powerhouses had gathered to meet Dragon Emperor, his arena identity. As the competition neared its start, Mu Tianchen headed for his assigned arena while the powerful guests waited for him at the main platform.

• Blood Nine pushed Mu Tianchen toward a reporter, and Mu Tianchen told her he was a contestant but would not reveal whether he was a challenger or an Arena Defender.
• The reporter told Mu Tianchen, Blood Eight, and Blood Nine that Yun Ming, Qiangu Dongfeng, Zang Xin, Guan Yue, and other powerful figures had formed the tournament committee to meet Dragon Emperor.
• Blood Eight and Blood Nine realized that the committee had come to meet Mu Tianchen, and Mu Tianchen was surprised to learn that his Dragon Emperor identity had drawn such attention.
• The reporter left for the competition grounds, and Blood Eight urged Mu Tianchen and Blood Nine to hurry; Mu Tianchen said he felt no pressure about fighting in the tenth arena.
• At the main platform, Yun Ming asked Supervisor Xie why Dragon Emperor had not arrived, and Supervisor Xie nervously suggested that they wait a little longer.

The Shrek City Spirit Fighting Arena began its Ladder Tournament, drawing powerful guests and challengers with the promise of rare rewards. Mu Tianchen entered the Soul Fighting Tower just before the competition started, while Tang Wulin, his friends, and Wu Zhangkong prepared to compete for prizes tied to their own needs.

• Spectators gathered as the arena introduced its ten-level Ladder Tournament, its Arena Defenders, and rewards that grew more valuable at each level.
• Qiangu Zhangting grew angry after hearing spectators doubt that he could defeat Dragon Emperor and vowed to prove himself.
• Mu Tianchen arrived moments before the deadline, entered the Soul Fighting Tower, and impressed the old staff member with his powerful martial souls and Soul Spirits.
• Supervisor Xie announced the competition’s rules and officially opened the Ladder Tournament.
• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan attended as Shrek Academy outer court students, hoping to win rare spirit fruits that could help Tang Wulin control his Golden Dragon King bloodline.
• Wu Zhangkong joined as a contestant because one of the tournament’s prizes was important to him.

Tang Wulin and his friends watched the Soul Fighting Ladder Tournament begin and heard Xie Xie speculate that the masked Dragon Emperor might be Mu Tianchen. While Mu Tianchen cultivated on the tower’s tenth floor, Wang Tiansheng defeated a powerful challenger on the seventh floor.

• Xie Xie told Tang Wulin that the young Dragon Emperor, who wielded the Holy Dragon of Light, might be Mu Tianchen, but Tang Wulin doubted his brother had come to the tournament.
• Wu Zhangkong directed Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan to study the first match because most of them would compete on the second floor.
• Mu Tianchen cultivated on the tenth floor, taking advantage of the tower’s dense spiritual energy and planning to earn enough points to exchange for a Black-Grade Mecha.
• A colonel from the Southern Legion challenged Wang Tiansheng on the seventh floor and attacked with his Rising Dragon Strike.
• Wang Tiansheng summoned and possessed the Bone Dragon King, then struck the colonel with a giant death-energy dragon claw and blasted him back a hundred meters.

Wu Zhangkong entered the Soul Fighting Tower’s seventh-floor arena to challenge Wang Tiansheng, whose Bone Dragon King Martial Soul and unnatural power had already drawn Wu’s suspicion. Their battle began in an icy world, where Wu countered Wang’s opening attacks, and the chapter ended with him holding firm behind his Frost Trace shield.

• Wu Zhangkong sensed that Wang Tiansheng’s frightening strength seemed acquired at a cost, while Gu Yue concealed that she had noticed the same abnormality.
• Over three days, Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie defeated their opponents and claimed rewards, while Xu Xiaoyan failed to win; Tang chose a Millennium Earth Dragon Tendon.
• Wu Zhangkong entered the competition after his students encouraged him and appeared in an ice-and-snow arena against Wang Tiansheng.
• Wang Tiansheng struck with a Bone Dragon King punch, but Wu deflected it with one sword strike and impressed him with his control.
• Wang unleashed the Fist of the Bone Dragon King, and Wu used his first soul skill, Frost Trace, to form a shield that withstood the attack.

Wu Zhangkong unleashed Sword Soul to defeat Wang Tiansheng on the Soul Fighting Tower’s seventh floor. Afterward, he revealed that he had entered the tournament to reclaim the Ice God Ring, a memento of his late wife, Long Bing, and faced the remaining floors of the tower.

• Wang Tiansheng overwhelmed Wu Zhangkong with his Bone Dragon King Martial Soul, but Wu Zhangkong answered with Sky Frost Sword Intent.
• Mu Tianchen watched their battle from the tenth floor and recognized Wu Zhangkong, judging that Sword Soul could turn the fight in his favor.
• Wu Zhangkong entered the Sword Soul realm, fused with the Sky Frost Sword, and destroyed Wang Tiansheng’s Martial Soul Avatar with forty-nine strikes before defeating him.
• After the match, Wu Zhangkong knelt with the Sky Frost Sword and resolved to continue through the remaining floors.
• Wu Zhangkong recalled that he had entered the tournament to retrieve the Ice God Ring he had made with his late wife, Long Bing.

Wu Zhangkong faced the formidable Blade Demon King on the Soul Fighting Tower’s eighth floor, where his sword attacks could not overcome the opponent’s strength and defense. After Wu Zhangkong used two Tang Sect secret arts to evade him, the Blade Demon King drew his blade, and the battle escalated.

• Wu Zhangkong entered the desert arena and recognized the Blade Demon King as one of the strongest Soul Saints in the Shrek City Spirit Fighting Arena.
• Mu Tianchen watched from the tenth floor as the Blade Demon King challenged Wu Zhangkong to show his strength.
• Wu Zhangkong summoned the Sky Frost Sword and struck the Blade Demon King, but his attack left no mark, and the Blade Demon King punched him more than a hundred meters away.
• Wu Zhangkong tried another sword attack, then activated the Purple Demon Eye and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to disappear from the Blade Demon King’s sight.
• The Blade Demon King recognized Wu Zhangkong’s Tang Sect techniques, became interested in the fight, and drew his blade.

The Blade Demon King used the Magic Blade Art’s first and third styles against Wu Zhangkong, whose Sword Soul let him withstand the otherwise unavoidable third-style strike. As their battle continued, Shen Yi, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, and Zhuo Shi watched from outside the arena, with Zhuo Shi urging Wu Zhangkong to fight without holding back.

• The Blade Demon King’s Demon Suppression shattered Wu Zhangkong’s Frost Trace shield, but Wu Zhangkong dodged the strike with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• The Blade Demon King used Magic Spacetime Blade, sending his attack through the void, and Wu Zhangkong met it with his Ice Sword Soul.
• Wu Zhangkong’s Sword Soul clashed with the Blade Demon King’s attack, and the explosion blasted them both backward.
• Shen Yi worried about Wu Zhangkong while Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan encouraged her to believe he would win.
• Zhuo Shi appeared behind Shen Yi and told her to let Wu Zhangkong fight without holding back, while guilt showed in his eyes.

Red Dragon Douluo Zhuo Shi arrived to watch Wu Zhangkong's match and offered to teach Tang Wulin powerful techniques after recognizing his exceptional bloodline and solid Soul Power. As Wu Zhangkong faced the Blade Demon King's overwhelming final attack, he was blasted into fragments, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Shen Yi introduced Tang Wulin and the others to Zhuo Shi, who learned that Tang Wulin was a Spirit Pagoda council member and Mu Tianchen's younger brother.
• Tang Wulin revealed that his Innate Soul Power was only level one, but Xie Xie explained that he had reached level twenty-eight before turning thirteen.
• Zhuo Shi praised Tang Wulin and invited him to find him at the academy for instruction in powerful techniques, which Tang Wulin gratefully accepted.
• Gu Yue watched the match while thinking about Mu Tianchen's strength and how it might threaten her plan to lead the soul beast army against humanity.
• The Blade Demon King unleashed his eighth Magic Blade form against an exhausted Wu Zhangkong, who was blasted into fragments as frost continued to drift in the air.

After losing to the Blade Demon King, Wu Zhangkong was urged by Zhuo Shi to regain his resolve and grow stronger. Mu Tianchen then revealed himself as the Dragon Emperor to Tang Wulin and reunited with the group.

• Mu Tianchen watched Wu Zhangkong lose to the Blade Demon King and reflected on the opponent’s talent and Sima Jinchi’s potential.
• Zhuo Shi confronted Wu Zhangkong after his defeat, ordered him to reach level seventy-five before visiting again, and left with Shen Yi.
• Wu Zhangkong promised Tang Wulin and the others that he would become strong enough to protect them, renewing his resolve to cultivate.
• Mu Tianchen appeared before Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Gu Yue, and Wu Zhangkong and removed his Golden Mask, revealing that he was the Dragon Emperor.
• Tang Wulin recognized Mu Tianchen as his elder brother, and Wu Zhangkong sensed that Mu Tianchen had become far stronger than before.

Mu Tianchen reunited with Tang Wulin and promised to visit their parents with him before taking Wulin and his friends to explore Shrek City. At the Shrek City Auction House, he offered to buy each of them a thousand-year treasure, giving Tang Wulin a chance to seek items needed to break his Golden Dragon King seals.

• Tang Wulin asked Mu Tianchen where he had been, and Mu Tianchen said he had visited a place he could not yet discuss.
• Tang Wulin urged Mu Tianchen to visit their parents, and Mu Tianchen promised they would go together during his remaining half-month in Shrek City.
• Mu Tianchen invited Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, and Gu Yue to explore Shrek City and offered to pay for their purchases.
• Mu Tianchen took the group to the Shrek City Auction House, where Tang Wulin saw the thousand-year treasures he needed for his next Golden Dragon King seal.
• Mu Tianchen offered to buy each of the others one thousand-year item, but Gu Yue declined because her teacher and family already provided for her.

Mu Tianchen bought Xie Xie a thousand-year Cloud Dragon Fruit to strengthen his speed, invisibility, and cultivation. After Xie Xie put it away, Tang Wulin asked Mu Tianchen to help Xu Xiaoyan find a suitable spiritual item, and Mu Tianchen agreed.

• Xie Xie explained that his close-combat martial souls made speed especially important, and Mu Tianchen offered to find him a suitable spiritual item.
• Wu Zhangkong explained that the thousand-year Cloud Dragon Fruit could raise Soul Power and speed, enhance dragon traits, and potentially improve Xie Xie's invisibility.
• Mu Tianchen bought the Auction House's last Cloud Dragon Fruit for 9.5 million Federal Coins and gave it to Xie Xie.
• Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue warned Xie Xie not to display the fruit, and he stored it after Mu Tianchen agreed with them.
• Tang Wulin described Xu Xiaoyan's Star Staff and control abilities, then asked Mu Tianchen to help find her a spiritual item; Mu Tianchen agreed.

Mu Tianchen sought a way to give Xu Xiaoyan powerful combat abilities, and she chose to become a support-type Soul Master who could fight for her friends. He brought her to find an Ice Demon Fruit, but learned it required military approval; after contacting Blood One, he left the others stunned by his apparent Spirit Domain Realm spiritual power.

• Mu Tianchen asked Xu Xiaoyan whether she wanted stronger support abilities or combat power, and she chose to gain strength of her own so she could protect her friends.
• Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, and Gu Yue promised to protect Xu Xiaoyan, but she insisted that Mu Tianchen find a way to make her stronger.
• Mu Tianchen took the group to an ice-fruit counter and asked about Ice Demon Fruits, which could grant the powerful Ice Demon Transformation but were reserved for the military.
• A woman in red explained that military approval was required to obtain an Ice Demon Fruit, so Mu Tianchen contacted Blood One through his Blood God Ring.
• The woman and Wu Zhangkong could no longer sense Mu Tianchen’s presence and realized his spiritual power might have reached the Spirit Domain Realm.

Mu Tianchen asked Cao Dezhi to obtain a Millennium Ice Demon Fruit for Xu Xiaoyan, hoping to help the auxiliary Soul Master gain combat strength. Cao Dezhi arranged to get one from the Shrek City Auction House, while warning Mu Tianchen about the risks and reminding him to return to the Blood God Legion for his overdue assessments.

• Mu Tianchen told Cao Dezhi about his recent experiences, including the Holy Spirit Cult attack and gaining the Holy Dragon of Light and Hell Demon Dragon Soul Spirits.
• Mu Tianchen asked Cao Dezhi for an Ice Demon Fruit for Xu Xiaoyan, and Cao Dezhi agreed to approve a Millennium Ice Demon Fruit.
• Cao Dezhi explained that auxiliary Soul Masters might not withstand the Ice Demon Fruit unless they first strengthened their bodies with costly spiritual medicines.
• Cao Dezhi warned Mu Tianchen to use the fruit carefully and told him to return to the Blood God Legion after his business in Shrek City.
• Cao Dezhi called the person in charge of the Shrek City Auction House and requested a Millennium Ice Demon Fruit for Mu Tianchen.
• The auction house official asked Cao Dezhi who Mu Tianchen was and whether he could withstand the Ice Demon Fruit's side effects.

After helping Xu Xiaoyan obtain a dangerous Ice Demon Fruit, Mu Tianchen agreed to take her and the others to the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters. The group then reached an Amber Opening event, where Mu Tianchen sensed something unusual inside a small piece of amber and decided to buy it.

• Mu Tianchen warned Xu Xiaoyan that absorbing the Ice Demon Fruit could cripple her and advised her to seek help at the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters from Blood Eight and Blood Nine.
• Xie Xie and Tang Wulin eagerly agreed to accompany Mu Tianchen and Xu Xiaoyan to the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters.
• Mu Tianchen's group followed Xie Xie to an Amber Opening event at the Shrek City Auction House, and Mu Tianchen led them through the crowd.
• A slovenly young man who controlled the Shrek City Auction House watched Mu Tianchen with interest as the group reached the event's front.
• After learning the prices and grades of the amber, Mu Tianchen used Holy Dragon perception to find something unusual inside a small piece and decided to buy some amber.