Chapter Summaries

Qiangu Yunche traveled into the Ice Sea to seek cooperation with the mermaid clan by offering his Soul Spirit technology. Mermaid royalty Li Jing agreed to take him to meet her mother, the Sea Princess, but questioned whether Soul Spirits truly existed.

• Qiangu Yunche recalled how the Holy Spirit Cult had deceived the Sea Princess and decided to use Soul Spirits to approach the mermaid clan.
• Qiangu Yunche flew into the Ice Sea, ignored attacking Sea Soul Beasts, and asked a mermaid to arrange a meeting with the Sea Princess.
• Li Jing arrived and introduced herself as the Sea Princess’s daughter, then invited Qiangu Yunche to speak with her mother underwater.
• Qiangu Yunche told Li Jing that he came from the Star Luo Empire, and she questioned whether his Soul Spirit technology was real.

Qiangu Yunche proved the Soul Spirit Method to Li Jing with a thousand-year Flame Lion King Soul Spirit and gained her respect. She brought him to the Mermaid Clan’s undersea palace, where the Sea Princess heard his proposal and agreed to discuss its terms before deciding.

• Qiangu Yunche showed Li Jing and the Mermaids the Flame Lion King Soul Spirit, and Li Jing confirmed that it matched his description.
• Li Jing apologized to Qiangu Yunche, acknowledged the Soul Spirit’s value to the Mermaid Clan, and agreed to call him Yunche.
• Li Jing led Qiangu Yunche through the Mermaid Clan’s glowing undersea settlement and into its coral palace.
• The Sea Princess welcomed Qiangu Yunche and said the Mermaid Clan needed his method.
• Qiangu Yunche explained that the Sea Soul Beasts made into Soul Spirits would need to be taken away and fused with human Soul Masters, with his partner helping find them suitable homes.
• The Sea Princess said she would consider the proposal and asked Qiangu Yunche to discuss the Soul Spirit Method’s key points with her.

Qiangu Yunche negotiated with the Sea Princess to gather Sea Soul Beasts willing to become Soul Spirits, but she exposed his disguise and questioned his ocean Fierce Beast Soul Rings. After the Cangming Thunder Dragon Emperor confirmed that she had willingly become his Soul Ring, the Sea Princess apologized, agreed to gather volunteers, and assigned Li Jing to guide him around Mermaid City.

• The Sea Princess used her Spiritual Power to shatter Qiangu Yunche's disguise and reveal his six Soul Rings, then demanded to know why he possessed Soul Rings from ocean Fierce Beasts.
• Qiangu Yunche summoned the Cangming Thunder Dragon Emperor, who explained that she was a descendant of the Water Dragon King and had willingly chosen to become his Soul Ring.
• The Sea Princess accepted the Cangming Thunder Dragon Emperor's explanation, apologized for damaging Qiangu Yunche's Soul Tool, and offered him a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone as compensation.
• The Sea Princess agreed to spend two or three days gathering willing, near-death Soul Beasts from her clan and its affiliates.
• The Sea Princess appointed Li Jing to guide Qiangu Yunche through Mermaid City while they waited.

Li Jing showed Qiangu Yunche Mermaid City’s sealed undersea prison, then her younger sister Li Ya arrived to summon them to the Mermaid Palace. As Qiangu Yunche prepared to leave, Li Jing felt reluctant to part with him and the world on land he had described.

• Li Jing explained that the ice wall sealed fallen mermaids and evil soul beasts inside a seafloor rift, where they were made to fight under the watch of her people.
• Qiangu Yunche compared the prison to raising gu and wondered whether it might produce a powerful monster, while Li Jing explained how the seal was reinforced by Mermaid City and the ley lines.
• Li Ya arrived, and Li Jing praised her younger sister’s growing strength despite privately feeling disappointed by the gap between their bloodlines.
• Li Ya told Li Jing and Qiangu Yunche that the Sea Princess wanted to meet them at the Mermaid Palace and discuss several matters.
• Qiangu Yunche agreed to go, while Li Jing quietly wished she could follow him to see the land before swimming after him and Li Ya.

Qiangu Yunche showed the Sea Princess the Undead Semi-Plane, where the Sea Soul Beasts could stay while becoming Soul Spirits, and agreed to take Li Jing to the continent. After they reached the Sun Moon Empire’s northern coast, Li Jing’s tail changed into legs, and Qiangu Yunche lent her a robe.

• Qiangu Yunche opened a portal to the Undead Semi-Plane and brought the Sea Princess, Li Jing, and Li Ya inside to see the undead creatures.
• Electrolux appeared and explained that the undead creatures were his experimental subjects and were not evil soul beasts.
• Qiangu Yunche showed the Sea Princess a vast pit prepared as temporary water-filled residence for the Sea Soul Beasts.
• The Sea Princess asked Qiangu Yunche to take Li Jing to the land, and he agreed.
• Qiangu Yunche transported the Sea Soul Beasts into the semi-plane, accepted the Sea Princess’s gift, and departed with Li Jing for the continent.
• After they landed on the northern coast of the Sun Moon Empire, Li Jing’s fishtail changed into legs, and Qiangu Yunche lent her a robe.

After returning to Star Luo City with Li Jing, Qiangu Yunche triggered Xu Jiujiu’s anger by making her think he had brought home another human partner. Once Li Jing revealed she was a mermaid princess and Yunche explained his dealings with her clan, the women reconciled and began getting acquainted, while Yunche looked ahead to the approaching Soul Fighting Tournament.

• Qiangu Yunche brought Li Jing to the Princess Mansion, where she sensed powerful auras and clung to him for reassurance.
• Xu Jiujiu arrived, saw Li Jing beside Yunche, and angrily accused him of breaking his promise by bringing home another woman.
• Yunche took Xu Jiujiu and Li Jing to the lake, where Li Jing transformed into a mermaid and introduced herself as a Crown Mermaid and princess of the Far North Mermaid Clan.
• Xu Jiujiu asked whether Yunche had become a live-in son-in-law, and he explained his experiences in the Far North and his cooperation with the mermaid clan.
• Xu Jiujiu apologized for her misunderstanding, then chatted with Li Jing until the two grew comfortable with each other.
• Yunche watched the women get along and reflected on his work creating and promoting Soul Spirits before the Soul Fighting Tournament opened in about half a month.

Qiangu Yunche prepared to reveal Soul Spirits in Star Luo City as Shrek Academy’s teams set out on an Inspectorate mission against the Death Hand Bandit Group. On the eve of the tournament, he visited Shrek’s hotel and found Ma Xiaotao badly injured, suggesting the mission had gone disastrously.

• Qiangu Yunche used the approaching tournament and its crowds to prepare for publicizing Soul Spirits, while Li Jing explored Star Luo City with Xu Jiujiu.
• Ling Luochen became captain of Shrek’s official team after gaining Ultimate Ice and a hundred-thousand-year sixth ring, leaving Ma Xiaotao as vice-captain.
• Xuanzi explained the Shrek Inspectorate’s duties to the official and reserve teams, then sent fifteen members on a mission near the Mingdou Mountain Range.
• Qiangu Yunche learned that the Shrek group was heading to confront the Death Hand Bandit Group and resolved to ensure Ling Luochen’s safety.
• The Shrek delegation arrived in Star Luo City on the eve of the tournament, and Qiangu Yunche and Xu Jiujiu visited them at the Star Emperor Hotel.
• Ma Xiaotao appeared at the door badly injured, and Qiangu Yunche recognized that the Death Messenger had likely attacked the team.

Qiangu Yunche and Xu Jiujiu reunited with Ling Luochen and the Shrek group in Star Luo City, while Wang Dong privately told Huo Yuhao that Yunche felt strange to her. After learning how Ling Luochen had protected the team during the Death Messenger’s attack, Yunche asked about the absent leading teachers, and Ling Luochen said they had detoured to the Dou Ling Empire.

• Ma Xiaotao introduced Qiangu Yunche and Xu Jiujiu to Teacher Wang as they arrived at the reception room.
• Ling Luochen greeted Yunche and Jiujiu, while Wang Dong whispered to Huo Yuhao that she sensed something unusual about Yunche.
• Huo Yuhao told Wang Dong that Ling Luochen was reportedly one of Yunche’s girlfriends, and the two bickered about Yunche’s relationships and Huo Yuhao’s hopes for his own future.
• Gongyang Mo noticed Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’s private exchange and secretly shared his discovery with Ma Xiaotao and the others.
• Qiangu Yunche learned that Ling Luochen had shielded the Shrek group from the Death Messenger’s corpse explosion, and that the team had defeated the attacker.
• Qiangu Yunche asked where Sister Ruoruo and Sister Ming were, and Ling Luochen said they had detoured to the Dou Ling Empire and would arrive a few days later.

As the Soul Fighting Tournament began, Meng Hongchen spotted Qiangu Yunche and Xu Jiujiu and fell in love with both of them at first sight. She asked Xiao Hongchen to find out everything about them and declared she wanted to become both their girlfriend, just as someone confronted the siblings.

• Huo Yuhao and the other reserve members prepared to represent Shrek Academy in the opening match while the official team rested.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen watched Shrek Academy from Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy's rest area.
• Meng Hongchen noticed a pinkish-blue-haired Shrek reserve member and told Xiao Hongchen she had fallen in love at first sight.
• Xiao Hongchen pointed Meng Hongchen toward Qiangu Yunche and Xu Jiujiu, and she fell in love with both of them.
• Meng Hongchen demanded information about Qiangu Yunche and Xu Jiujiu and said she wanted to become both their girlfriend.
• A low, hoarse voice asked Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen what they were talking about.

As Shrek’s reserve team prepared for the opening match, Xuanzi detected a startling aura and Huo Yuhao used a disguise that made him appear to possess six blood-red Soul Rings. Qiangu Yunche recognized the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm beside him, while the shocked crowd watched the match begin.

• Elder Ma confronted Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, and the Sun Moon team’s captain redirected them toward tactics for their next opponents.
• Xu Jiujiu and Qiangu Yunche discussed Shrek’s decision to field its reserve team against Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy and noticed Meng Hongchen watching them.
• Emperor Xu Jiawei arrived at Star Luo Plaza as Xuanzi ate in a hidden spot, then sensed a powerful aura and vanished to investigate.
• Huo Yuhao and the other Shrek reserves stepped onto the stage for the opening match against Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy.
• Huo Yuhao released a terrifying aura and displayed six blood-red Soul Rings, stunning the crowd and the competing teams.
• Qiangu Yunche saw Li Jing appear beside him and identified the disguise’s source as the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

At the tournament, Huo Yuhao revealed a second Martial Soul tied to a hundred-thousand-year Sea Demon Queen, prompting Qiangu Yunche and Xu Jiujiu to question his sudden rise. After Huo Yuhao declared his ties to Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect, Xu Jiawei asked about his background, while Xu Jiujiu considered how the emperor might use him against the White Tiger Duke Mansion.

• Li Jing explained that Huo Yuhao's second Martial Soul came from a Sea Demon Queen and carried an impure Ultimate Ice attribute mixed with spiritual power.
• Xu Jiujiu questioned how Huo Yuhao had become a genius with two top-tier Martial Souls in a single year, while Qiangu Yunche suggested they watch for now.
• Huo Yuhao declared that he came from Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect, then left the stage with his teammates before the referee ended the match.
• After the day's matches, Xu Jiawei hurried to Qiangu Yunche and Xu Jiujiu and asked what they knew about Huo Yuhao.
• As Qiangu Yunche and Xu Jiujiu walked through the crowded streets, Xu Jiujiu said her brother would inevitably move against the White Tiger Duke Mansion and questioned Dai Hao's loyalty to the imperial family.

Qiangu Yunche and Xu Jiujiu discussed how to exploit the conflict between Huo Yuhao and the White Tiger Duke Mansion before meeting Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen while out shopping. After Xiao Hongchen challenged Qiangu Yunche to a strength contest, Qiangu dragged him away for local food while Xu Jiujiu took Meng Hongchen for late-night snacks.

• Qiangu Yunche told Xu Jiujiu that Huo Yuhao would seek revenge on the White Tiger Duke Mansion and that they could encourage the conflict if an opportunity arose.
• Xu Jiujiu spotted Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen shopping, and Meng approached them to make friends.
• Xiao Hongchen challenged Qiangu Yunche and tried to overpower him with a handshake, but Qiangu crushed his hand in return.
• Qiangu Yunche pulled Xiao Hongchen away under the pretense of treating his acclimatization issues with Star Luo cuisine.
• Xu Jiujiu invited Meng Hongchen for late-night snacks, and Meng left Xiao Hongchen behind despite his silent plea for help.

After Qiangu Yunche defeated Xiao Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen struggled with the blow while the tournament advanced to its round-robin stage. Xu Jiujiu prepared a Starlight Auction House event to reveal Soul Spirits, and Huo Yuhao’s group traveled there curious about its significance.

• Xiao Hongchen returned to the hotel upset after losing to Qiangu Yunche, and Meng Hongchen tried to comfort him.
• The elimination matches ended and the round-robin stage began, while Qiangu Yunche and Xu Jiujiu left Star Luo National Academy’s matches to Huang Heyun.
• Xu Jiujiu planned an event at the Starlight Auction House to announce Soul Spirits and promote an upcoming top-tier auction.
• Xu Jiujiu arranged a day-long tournament suspension and sent invitations to the participating academies and eligible guests across Star Luo City.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and their companions rode to the auction house, where Wang Yan explained its ties to the Star Luo Imperial Family.

The Shrek Academy team arrived at the Starlight Auction House and learned more about the threat posed by Qiangu Yunche and Xu Jiujiu, while Wang Yan tried to restore their confidence. As Xu Jiujiu prepared to host the auction with Qiangu Yunche, she ordered her staff to be ready and threatened anyone who failed her.

• The Shrek Academy group encountered the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy at the auction house entrance, and Wang Yan named them Shrek's greatest championship rivals.
• Ling Luochen corrected Wang Yan, saying Star Luo National Academy was the greater threat, and described Xu Jiujiu's abilities and Qiangu Yunche's past victory over an Evil Soul Master Soul Douluo.
• Ma Xiaotao revealed that Qiangu Yunche had subdued her evil fire in less than a minute, shocking the Shrek team before Wang Yan urged them to focus on their upcoming matches.
• An attendant escorted the Shrek group to its VIP lounge while Xu Jiujiu prepared backstage with Qiangu Yunche.
• Nebula Douluo told Xu Jiujiu and Qiangu Yunche that the invited teams and prominent guests had arrived, and Xu Jiujiu ordered everyone to prepare under threat of execution.

Xu Jiujiu revealed her identity as a Star Luo princess while presenting the danger that humanity’s growing demand for Soul Rings could outpace Soul Beasts’ ability to replenish their numbers. The chapter left the audience considering the possibility that Soul Beast extinction would devastate nature and threaten humanity’s survival.

• Xu Jiujiu appeared on the screens and performed a royal salute, leading Elder Ma to identify her as a princess of the Star Luo Empire.
• Elder Ma confronted Xiao Hongchen for using Mingde Hall’s channels to investigate Qiangu Yunche and Xu Jiujiu, and Xiao Hongchen argued that Qiangu Yunche deserved attention as an opponent.
• Xiao Hongchen challenged one of the main team members to fight him, but Elder Ma stopped the dispute and ordered everyone to watch Xu Jiujiu’s presentation.
• Xu Jiujiu traced humanity’s rise from prey to powerful Soul Masters and described the long history of humans hunting Soul Beasts for Soul Rings.
• Xu Jiujiu warned that human demand for Soul Rings could eventually exceed the replenishment of Soul Beasts, causing their extinction and a collapse of nature that would endanger humanity.

Xu Jiujiu unveiled Soul Spirits, a technique that lets willing Soul Beasts become inheritable companions who provide Soul Rings, and demonstrated one fusing with Huang Hefeng. She offered the first thousand Soul Spirits to qualified Soul Masters from the original three Douluo nations in exchange for oaths favoring the Star Luo Empire, leaving the guests to deliberate and apply.

• Xu Jiujiu revealed a chamber containing more than a thousand Soul Spirits and explained how they could fuse with Soul Masters and assist them in battle.
• Xu Jiujiu selected an eighteen-hundred-year Black-Patterned Unicorn Whale Soul Spirit for Huang Hefeng, who voluntarily began the fusion.
• The Black-Patterned Unicorn Whale entered Huang Hefeng, granting him a purple Soul Ring and forming a spiritual connection that let it imitate his Soul Skill.
• Xu Jiujiu explained that Soul Spirits could be inherited and that higher-cultivation Soul Spirits could provide multiple Soul Rings.
• Xu Jiujiu restricted the first batch to qualified Soul Masters from the original three Douluo nations, required them to swear three oaths, and gave the guests half an hour to deliberate before submitting applications.

After Xu Jiujiu unveiled Soul Spirits, Qiangu Yunche and the Shrek Academy students discussed their value and impact, while the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy considered how to obtain them. Huo Yuhao was left wondering why Soul Spirits felt familiar to him.

• Qiangu Yunche praised Xu Jiujiu's presentation, and she explained that she planned to use the Sun Moon Empire's desire for Soul Spirit technology to gain advanced Soul Tools and technology.
• Nobles and Soul Masters clamored for a chance to try Soul Spirits after learning they could safely provide Soul Rings and bond with their hosts.
• At Shrek Academy, Dai Yueheng called Soul Spirits a miracle, while Ma Xiaotao questioned their fixed Soul Ring cultivation ages.
• Wang Yan argued that Soul Spirits could safely benefit ordinary and commoner Soul Masters, leading Ma Xiaotao to acknowledge that her view had been one-sided.
• Huo Yuhao privately asked Sky Dream Ice Silkworm about his inexplicable familiarity with Soul Spirits but could not identify its source.
• At the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, Xiao Hongchen suggested the Star Luo Empire was trying to make them anxious enough to offer something in exchange for access, while Elder Ma remained furious.

After the Soul Spirit auction, Li Jing was ambushed by Xuanzi, who mistook her for an evil Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and tried to capture her. Qiangu Qing intervened before Xuanzi could seize her, leaving Li Jing safely behind him and Xuanzi stunned.

• More than three hundred Soul Spirits were secretly purchased, earning the Star Luo Empire over sixty million Gold Soul Coins, and Wang Yan bought a century-old Soul Spirit for Shrek Academy.
• After confirming that the Soul Spirits were being matched with suitable masters, Li Jing left alone for the Princess Mansion.
• Xuanzi confronted Li Jing in an alley, identified her as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and tried to capture her for Sea God Pavilion.
• Li Jing struck Xuanzi with Spiritual Shock and fled while sending Qiangu Yunche messages for help, but Xuanzi quickly caught up and attacked again.
• Qiangu Qing appeared between Li Jing and Xuanzi, stopping the attack, and Li Jing took shelter behind him.

Xuanzi learned that Qiangu Qing was protecting Li Jing and apologized after mistaking her for a threat. Li Jing then claimed seniority over Xuanzi through her descent from the first-generation Sea God, leaving him unable to answer.

• Xuanzi recognized Qiangu Qing as the former patriarch of the Qiangu Clan and learned that he was protecting Li Jing, a contributor to the Soul Spirit system.
• Qiangu Qing realized Xuanzi had missed the Soul Spirit unveiling, while Xuanzi awkwardly avoided explaining that he had gotten drunk and fallen asleep.
• Qiangu Yunche and Xu Jiujiu arrived, and Li Jing clung to Qiangu Yunche for comfort, drawing Xu Jiujiu's jealous attention.
• Xuanzi apologized to Li Jing for trying to capture her, and Li Jing told him to respect her as an ancestor.
• Li Jing explained that her mother was the daughter of the first-generation Sea God, making her senior to Shrek Academy's descendants; Xuanzi was left speechless.

Li Jing and Xuanzi settled their awkward ancestral connection, and Xuanzi explained why Shrek Academy’s team had gone to confront Evil Soul Masters. After Xuanzi left, Qiangu Qing and Xu Jiujiu questioned Li Jing’s feelings for Qiangu Yunche, leaving her unsure whether he was only a friend or someone she liked.

• Xuanzi struggled with whether he should call Li Jing his ancestor, but Li Jing told him not to and asked Shrek Academy to treat her politely.
• Xuanzi told Qiangu Yunche that Ruoruo, Ming'er, and Zhang Lexuan had gone with Sea God Pavilion elders to deal with Evil Soul Masters near Spirit Dou City.
• Qiangu Yunche warned Xuanzi that he had missed an important event by drinking, then Qiangu Qing scolded Yunche for letting Li Jing go out alone.
• Li Jing defended Qiangu Yunche, and Qiangu Qing and Xu Jiujiu questioned whether she saw him as a friend or a romantic partner.
• Li Jing could not explain her feelings for Qiangu Yunche, while Xu Jiujiu comforted her and warned Yunche with a glare.