Chapter Summaries

Mu En defeated Long Xiaoyao, killed three captured Holy Spirit Cult Title Douluo, and the tournament concluded with Shrek crowned champion. At the award ceremony, Qiangu Qitian accepted three Soul Bones for the team but handed them to Wang Yan to distribute because he did not want them.

• Mu En overwhelmed Long Xiaoyao, who abandoned the captured Holy Spirit Cult Title Douluo and left after warning that the Body Sect would keep pursuing Huo Yuhao.
• Mu En killed Heavenly Centipede, Crow, and Ten Thousand Souls, shocking the factions and academies that witnessed his power.
• Xu Jiujiu forfeited the individual round, bringing the tournament to an end.
• Xu Jiawei announced Shrek Team as champions, Star Luo Royal Team as runners-up, and Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Team in third place.
• Qiangu Qitian accepted the champions' three Soul Bones and handed them to Wang Yan, saying he was uninterested in them.

After the award ceremony, the Star Luo Royal Family hosted Shrek Academy and sought its support amid rising tensions across the continent. Mu En agreed to an exchange-student program, while Xu Jiujiu looked to strengthen her connection with Qiangu Qitian.

• Xu Jiawei invited the Shrek group to the imperial palace, where Mu En and the others met him, Xu Jiujiu, and Dai Hao.
• Xu Jiawei asked Mu En for his views on the dangerous situation, and Mu En said Shrek would help protect the people but would not provoke a war or be drawn into taking sides prematurely.
• Xu Jiawei proposed an exchange-student program between Shrek and the Star Luo Empire, and Mu En agreed after considering the offer.
• Xu Jiawei privately hoped the exchange would deepen ties with Qiangu Qitian, whom he believed might inherit a god's legacy.
• Xu Jiujiu toasted Qiangu Qitian and asked him to guide her when she attended Shrek Academy, and he welcomed her to cultivate there.

Shrek welcomed Mu En and the others home after their victory, and Mu En confirmed that Long Xiaoyao had joined the Holy Spirit Cult. Qiangu Qitian said he would visit the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain his seventh Soul Ring and bring back a treasure to help Xuan Zi break through to the Limit Douluo realm.

• Yan Shaozhe and the other Shrek leaders waited at the East Gate to welcome Mu En and the returning group.
• Yan Shaozhe greeted the group with a welcome, and Cai Mei'er checked Ma Xiaotao and found her unharmed and stronger.
• Xuan Zi asked whether Long Xiaoyao had truly fallen into darkness, and Mu En confirmed he had joined the Holy Spirit Cult and urged Xuan Zi to break through soon.
• Qiangu Qitian said he could help Xuan Zi break through but needed to visit the Star Dou Great Forest first.
• Qiangu Qitian revealed that he had reached Rank 70 and planned to obtain his seventh Soul Ring, then promised to return with a treasure that could help Xuan Zi break through.
• Mu En offered to accompany Qiangu Qitian to hunt powerful soul beasts, but Qiangu Qitian declined, and Mu En suspected he was undertaking a God Trial.

After a month of rest, Qiangu Qitian traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest and met Di Tian, telling him he had come to show him something that could change relations between Soul Beasts and human Soul Masters. Di Tian took him to the Lake of Life to see what he had in mind.

• Qiangu Qitian rested at Shrek Academy for a month before leaving for the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Qiangu Qitian released his Son of Nature aura and traveled through the forest without being stopped by Soul Beasts.
• Di Tian sensed Qiangu Qitian's arrival and transformed into a human form, while Xiong Jun refused to go meet him.
• Di Tian recognized Qiangu Qitian's rank 70 strength and assumed he had come to obtain his seventh Soul Ring.
• Qiangu Qitian asked to use the Lake of Life and said he wanted to show Di Tian something that could change relations between Soul Beasts and human Soul Masters.
• Di Tian agreed to see what Qiangu Qitian had brought and transported him to the Lake of Life.

Qiangu Qitian released the Snow Empress from the God Sealing Platform in the Star Dou Great Forest, where Di Tian and the other ferocious beasts stopped her from attacking him. After learning Qiangu Qitian had saved her and was the Son of Nature, the Snow Empress lowered her attack, and he asked her to talk.

• Qiangu Qitian greeted Di Tian, Bi Ji, and the other ferocious beasts, then warned the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to be careful around humans.
• Qiangu Qitian brought out the God Sealing Platform and told Di Tian that the Snow Empress inside might emerge in a rage.
• Qiangu Qitian released the restraints, and the Snow Empress shattered the frozen God Sealing Platform and unleashed her power across the Lake of Life.
• The Snow Empress recognized the Star Dou Great Forest and prepared to attack Qiangu Qitian, but Di Tian and the ferocious beasts intervened.
• Di Tian told the Snow Empress that Qiangu Qitian had saved her and was the Son of Nature, so she let her Emperor Sword dissipate.
• Qiangu Qitian told the Snow Empress that he wanted to talk and asked whether she wanted to die.

Qiangu Qitian urged the Snow Empress to become his Soul Ring through the Soul Spirit Ritual, which he said could make Soul Beasts enduring partners to humans. Di Tian was deeply moved by the system’s promise, and Electrolux appeared to explain it to the ferocious beasts.

• Qiangu Qitian inferred that the Snow Empress was nearing her limit and asked her to willingly sacrifice herself as his Soul Ring.
• The Snow Empress questioned Qiangu Qitian’s sanity, but listened as he explained that his teacher had created the Soul Spirit Ritual to ease conflict between humans and Soul Beasts.
• Qiangu Qitian said Soul Spirits could endure across generations and grow stronger by absorbing Soul Power in battle.
• Di Tian recognized the ritual’s potential for the Soul Beast race and promised to help Qiangu Qitian deal with Xiong Jun if the claims were true.
• Electrolux emerged from Qiangu Qitian’s body to explain the system, startling Di Tian, who realized Electrolux might be a former god-level expert.

The Snow Empress agreed to become Qiangu Qitian’s Soul Spirit after he swore to revive her when he became a god. Her seven-hundred-thousand-year sacrifice transformed her into an immortal Soul Spirit, raised Qiangu Qitian to level 78, and granted him a supreme torso bone.

• Electrolux explained the Soul Spirit System, and Di Tian accepted his assurance that it was reliable.
• The Snow Empress agreed to sacrifice herself if Qiangu Qitian swore to revive her as a god, and he immediately made the oath.
• Electrolux established the Soul Spirit ritual, and the Snow Empress’s sacrifice triggered her seven-hundred-thousand-year tribulation and sealed the Lake of Life.
• The Snow Empress became an orange-gold Soul Spirit, recovered from her injuries, and gained freedom from the ordinary limits of life.
• The Snow Empress’s energy broke Qiangu Qitian’s level 70 bottleneck and raised him to level 78, while her seven-hundred-thousand-year torso bone formed within him.

Qiangu Qitian absorbed the last of Snow Empress’s Soul Bone energy, reached rank seventy-nine, and was drawn before the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction. They explained that the Dragon God, not the God Realm, had forbidden Soul Beasts from becoming gods, and sent Qiangu Qitian back to correct Di Tian’s misunderstanding.

• Qiangu Qitian absorbed the Soul Bone’s remaining energy and advanced to rank seventy-nine, but remained in deep meditation.
• The Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction sent their power to Qiangu Qitian, alarming Di Tian, who feared the God Realm had found the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Qiangu Qitian was drawn to a higher plane and met the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction.
• The two gods explained that the Dragon God had imposed the ban on Soul Beasts becoming gods and that the God Realm was not suppressing their ascension.
• The God of Destruction told Qiangu Qitian to relay the truth to Di Tian and said the God Realm would accept Gu Yuena if she chose to come.

The God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life discussed whether the Dragon God could still be alive before offering Qiangu Qitian a choice of Godhoods. Qiangu Qitian rejected the inherited options in favor of creating his own, and the God of Destruction agreed to give him an infusion of Immortal Spirit Qi.

• The Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction debated whether the Dragon God could have survived, then concluded he would not have hidden for so long.
• The God of Destruction introduced himself and the Goddess of Life to Qiangu Qitian and offered him a choice of Godhoods.
• The God of Destruction explained that the Godhood of Ruin had already been inherited by Zhou Weiqing and that the God Realm could accommodate two more First-Level Gods.
• Qiangu Qitian said the offered Godhoods did not suit his path of breaking all techniques with strength and asked whether he could create his own Godhood.
• The God of Destruction approved Qiangu Qitian's decision, kept his Godhoods available if Qiangu Qitian changed his mind, and offered him an infusion of Immortal Spirit Qi.

Qiangu Qitian received the Goddess of Life’s blessing and an Immortal Spirit Infusion, which strengthened his vitality and fused his Soul Bones more deeply with his body. Before returning to the lower realm, he asked the God of Destruction to find potential divine patrons for Zhang Lexuan and Beibei.

• The Goddess of Life gave Qiangu Qitian a Blessing of Life, greatly enhancing his vitality and ability to heal wounds.
• The Goddess of Life infused Qiangu Qitian with Immortal Spirit Qi, transforming his body and deepening the fusion of his Soul Bones.
• Qiangu Qitian felt his power and control over his Soul Bone skills improve, while the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life praised his potential to create his own Godhood.
• The God of Destruction prepared to send Qiangu Qitian back to the lower realm, and Qiangu asked him to consider Zhang Lexuan and Beibei as candidates for divine favor.

Qiangu Qitian returned from the God Realm after refusing several offered inheritances and choosing to pursue godhood through faith. He reassured Di Tian that the God of Destruction and Goddess of Life knew about Gu Yuena but had no intention of harming them, then asked Di Tian to summon Senior Indra for shocking news.

• The God of Destruction agreed to help Qiangu Qitian seek a godhood inheritance for Beibei through the God of Light.
• Qiangu Qitian awakened on the island of the Lake of Life, and the fierce beasts sensed his divine aura.
• Di Tian suspected Qiangu Qitian had undergone a god trial and panicked when he learned the God of Destruction and Goddess of Life knew about Gu Yuena.
• Qiangu Qitian explained that the two deities had offered him several godhoods, but he had refused them to pursue godhood through faith.
• Di Tian asked what Qiangu Qitian had learned in the God Realm and whether Gu Yuena could return there.
• Qiangu Qitian asked Di Tian to summon Senior Indra before sharing information that would shock them.

Qiangu Qitian revealed that the Dragon Clan’s destruction began with an internal rebellion and that the Dragon God had imposed the law preventing Soul Beasts from becoming gods. Di Tian learned that his father had killed the Water Dragon King, his parents later died by suicide, and their remaining divine souls might be in Dragon Valley; he erupted in grief and fury.

• Gu Yuena appeared beside Di Tian, and Qiangu Qitian explained that he would reveal the truth about the God Realm’s ancient war.
• Qiangu Qitian said the Space Dragon King and Time Dragon King rebelled after foreseeing the Dragon Clan’s destruction, and the Dragon God’s grief over his dead son drove him into a frenzy that devastated both sides.
• Qiangu Qitian revealed that Di Tian’s father, the Light Dragon King, had killed the Water Dragon King and that the Dragon God had inscribed the laws “Dragon God Never Returns, Soul Beasts Cannot Become Gods” into the universe.
• Qiangu Qitian told Di Tian that the Light Dragon King had taken his own life and that Di Tian’s mother, the Dark Dragon King, had followed him, with traces of their divine souls possibly remaining in Dragon Valley.
• Di Tian refused to accept the revelations and unleashed an aura surpassing a Limit Douluo.

Di Tian learned that the Dragon Clan’s destruction stemmed from the Dragon God’s violent resentment and the Time and Space Dragon Kings, and resolved to seek the truth in Dragon Valley. Gu Yuena then allied Star Dou Great Forest with Qiangu Qitian’s Spirit Pagoda, leaving Di Tian to coordinate their first Soul Spirits.

• Gu Yuena sealed Di Tian’s aura when he revealed his resolve to die, and Qiangu Qitian urged him to search Dragon Valley for the truth and the chance to give dragon remnants a second life as Soul Spirits.
• Di Tian accepted that the Dragon God and the Time and Space Dragon Kings had contributed to the Dragon Clan’s ruin, and promised to help Gu Yuena revive the Dragon Clan and Soul Beast race.
• Gu Yuena thanked Qiangu Qitian for sharing the information and declared that Star Dou Great Forest and the Spirit Pagoda would be eternal friends, with Di Tian coordinating the first Soul Spirits.
• Qiangu Qitian welcomed the partnership, and Di Tian promised to attend the Spirit Pagoda’s establishment as Gu Yuena’s representative and support the connection between Soul Beasts and humans.

Di Tian and Qiangu Qitian agreed to cooperate on the Soul Spirit System, and Di Tian organized the Star Dou Great Forest’s first conversions. Qiangu Qitian then took Snow Empress to the Far North, where her return drew several powerful figures toward them.

• Di Tian and Qiangu Qitian shook hands after agreeing to cooperate on the Soul Spirit System and the future of Soul Masters.
• Snow Empress asked Qiangu Qitian to take her back to the Far North, and he left the Star Dou Great Forest with her.
• Di Tian told the fierce beasts to gather irreparably injured Soul Beasts and choose clan juniors for the first Soul Spirit conversions.
• Qiangu Qitian carried Snow Empress to the Far North in one day and reflected on the powers he had gained from her Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Snow Empress returned to her full form and released her aura, prompting several powerful figures in the Far North to rush toward them.

The Snow Empress told the Ice Empress that she had willingly become Qiangu Qitian’s Soul Spirit and was leaving the Far North, appointing the Ice Empress as its new ruler. Qiangu Qitian offered to help the Ice Empress survive her four-hundred-thousand-year tribulation with knowledge of Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, as the Titan Snow Demon King and Ice Bear King approached.

• The Snow Empress appointed the Ice Empress King of the Far North and said she would help her survive her four-hundred-thousand-year tribulation.
• The Snow Empress revealed that she had willingly sacrificed herself to Qiangu Qitian and become his Soul Spirit, leaving the Ice Empress distraught and suspicious of him.
• The Snow Empress explained Soul Spirits to the Ice Empress, who accepted Qiangu Qitian’s role in saving her and offered to become his Soul Spirit.
• Qiangu Qitian declined the Ice Empress’s offer, said he had chosen his eighth and ninth Soul Rings, and promised to reveal a source of Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow to help her.
• The Titan Snow Demon King and the Ice Bear King approached the Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Qiangu Qitian.

Qiangu Qitian challenged A-Tai to prove his strength and test the power he gained from Snow Empress’s Soul Ring. Their domains clashed, and Qiangu Qitian activated his Martial Soul Avatar to match A-Tai’s strength as their duel continued.

• Snow Empress explained her Soul Spirit plan to A-Tai and Xiao Bai, while A-Tai doubted Qiangu Qitian could bring cooperation between humans and Soul Beasts.
• Qiangu Qitian challenged A-Tai, and A-Tai accepted before shrinking into human form and unleashing his Frost Prison Domain.
• Qiangu Qitian countered with his Domination Domain, which shattered A-Tai’s domain and let him strike from above.
• Qiangu Qitian activated his Martial Soul Avatar, and its powerful amplification brought his aura level with A-Tai’s.
• A-Tai acknowledged that Qiangu Qitian had broken his domain and launched Titan Meteor.

Qiangu Qitian overpowered A-Tai with his staff technique and unveiled a ninth form powerful enough to rival a Limit Douluo. Snow Empress stopped their final attacks, leaving Qiangu Qitian determined to grow stronger and establish the Spirit Pagoda when he returned.

• A-Tai gathered his Soul Power and attacked Qiangu Qitian, but Qiangu Qitian matched him with the Indomitable Staff Technique and suppressed him through sheer strength.
• Ice Empress, Ice Bear King, and Snow Empress assessed the fight, with Snow Empress reflecting on Qiangu Qitian's extraordinary potential and his rejected Godhood inheritance.
• Qiangu Qitian used his sixth and fifth Soul Skills to strike A-Tai, who was badly injured and thrown into the ice before charging back with a powerful counterattack.
• Qiangu Qitian unleashed the newly created ninth form of the Indomitable Staff Technique, while A-Tai suppressed his urge to flee and prepared to fight to the death.
• Snow Empress intervened with Emperor Palm: Great Cold Without Snow and stopped both attacks; Qiangu Qitian resolved to grow stronger and establish the Spirit Pagoda after returning.

After defeating A-Tai, Qiangu Qitian spent half a month refining his ninth staff strike while the Snow Empress stayed with the Ice Empress in the Far North. He then left with the Snow Empress and returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to refine Universe Creation Pills for Xuan Zi and Elder Song.

• A-Tai admitted defeat to Qiangu Qitian, and the Snow Empress asked the Ice Empress to lead the Far North's first Soul Beast conversions to the Soul Spirit System.
• Qiangu Qitian offered the Snow Empress time to stay in the Far North, and she agreed to spend several days with the Ice Empress while he entered seclusion.
• Qiangu Qitian spent half a month studying and refining his ninth staff strike, while the Snow Empress and Ice Empress stayed together.
• Qiangu Qitian and the Snow Empress prepared to leave the Far North, and the Ice Empress resolved to become its new ruler.
• Qiangu Qitian headed to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to refine Universe Creation Pills for Xuan Zi and Elder Song, freezing the surrounding poison with his Ultimate Ice as he entered.

Qiangu Qitian refined the Universe Creation Pill at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Electrolux's guidance, while the Snow Empress explored the icy spring. In the God Realm, Tang San grew alarmed by Qiangu Qitian's progress and decided to have Wutong win him over before he inherited Godhood.

• Qiangu Qitian took Aromatic Silk Beauty out of his Soul Tool, apologized to Youyou, and ordered it to stay silent.
• Qiangu Qitian enlisted Jiaojiao to heat the pill furnace and refined the Universe Creation Pill with Electrolux's guidance as the Snow Empress investigated the icy spring.
• Qiangu Qitian completed the Universe Creation Pill, sending precious light into the sky and filling the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with its fragrance.
• Tang San sensed the pill's completion and became furious that Qiangu Qitian had used the booklet he had meant for a future Child of Luck.
• Tang San decided Wutong had to win over Qiangu Qitian quickly before he became a god, and he had already ordered Erming to withdraw.

Qiangu Qitian finished refining nine flawless Universe Creation Pills and explained to Snow Empress that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well hid the remains of the Water Dragon King and Fire Dragon King. After harvesting some Immortal Herbs and taking the Infernal Delicate Apricot, he returned to Shrek Academy, where Snow Empress sensed the power of Mu En.

• Qiangu Qitian refined nine top-quality Universe Creation Pills with Elder Yi's guidance and planned to bring Xuan Zi out of seclusion.
• Snow Empress sensed something hidden beneath the ice spring, and Qiangu Qitian identified the fallen Water Dragon King and Fire Dragon King as its source.
• Qiangu Qitian decided to leave the Dragon Kings' remains alone until Di Tian and Gu Yuena could investigate, and he reasoned that shamelessness could spare him trouble.
• Qiangu Qitian took the Infernal Delicate Apricot and harvested some Immortal Herbs while leaving their roots behind.
• Qiangu Qitian returned to Shrek Academy with Snow Empress, who sensed Mu En's powerful aura.