Chapter Summaries

Xiao Hongchen absorbed the Sea Princess Eve’s essence, gaining her soul skills and the Oceanic Crown as an External Soul Bone. With Eve’s blessing, he evolved the Eye of Fate again by fusing it with a Spiritual Black Hole Soul Core, and his Soul Power reached level eighty-two.

• Liya and Lijing said goodbye to Eve, who named Liya the next Sea Princess and urged the sisters to protect the Mermaid Clan together.
• Eve fused with Xiao Hongchen, expanding his Sea of Consciousness and granting him the Oceanic Crown, Mermaid Duet, Merfolk Control, Heaven and Earth Overturned, and Merfolk Song.
• Xiao Hongchen condensed a Spiritual Black Hole Soul Core while Eve’s Merfolk’s Blessing strengthened the Eye of Fate’s Power of Destiny.
• Xiao Hongchen fused the Spiritual Black Hole Soul Core into the Eye of Fate, causing it to evolve again.
• Xiao Hongchen’s Soul Power reached level eighty-two, and the Golden Behemoth condensed its eighth soul ring.

Xiao Hongchen gained two powerful Soul Skills and returned to the Hongchen Duke Mansion, where he reunited with Ling Luochen and helped her grow stronger. He also completed the miniaturized High-Energy Compression Array Soul Tool for the Tunnel Walker, a machine Kong Deming judged to meet Level-Ten Soul Tool standards.

• Xiao Hongchen gained Legion Summoning and Devour Heaven and Earth from his eighth Soul Ring, then decided to pursue Xiong Jun as his ninth Soul Ring.
• Xiao Hongchen returned to the Hongchen Duke Mansion and found Ling Luochen, who agreed to join the coming exchange with Shrek Academy.
• Xiao Hongchen revealed his eight Soul Rings to Ling Luochen and gave her Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow as she sought greater strength.
• Xiao Hongchen helped Kong Deming miniaturize the High-Energy Compression Array Soul Tool and install it in the Tunnel Walker.
• Xiao Hongchen used mental control, Ultimate Gold, and Mermaid Duet to improve the Tunnel Walker's mobility and reduce its Soul Power demands.
• Kong Deming praised the Tunnel Walker, saying its overall capabilities met the standard of a Level-Ten Soul Tool.

Xiao Hongchen strengthened Meng Hongchen to Soul Douluo and completed preparations for his trip to Shrek while Jing Hongchen gained influence over the Sun Moon court. As the royal family feared being displaced, the Third Prince sought Xu Tianran’s help against Jing Hongchen.

• Xiao Hongchen gave Meng Hongchen the hundred-thousand-year Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass as her second soul spirit, raising her Soul Power to rank eighty-three and granting her the Frost Poison Domain.
• Xiao Hongchen failed to forge Four-Word Battle Armor but finished placing the Tunnel Walker inside a Starlight Sapphire and set aside the court’s political struggles.
• Jing Hongchen publicized Xiao Hongchen’s victories across the Sun Moon Empire and used the promise of rare metals and Battle Armor to secure the high-ranking Soul Engineer faction’s support.
• The Third Prince’s bid to handle state affairs for the ailing emperor was blocked by Jing Hongchen’s allies, further weakening the royal family’s authority.
• The Third Prince and Xu Tianyuan joined forces against Jing Hongchen, then invited Xu Tianran and Xu Guozhong to plan a response.
• The Third Prince asked Xu Tianran to put aside their grievances and help fight Jing Hongchen, and Xu Tianran considered his remaining hidden forces, including the Shadow Douluo.

Xu Tianran, the Third Prince, and Xu Guozhong planned a massive strike to destroy the Hongchen Family, accepting the deaths of civilians as the price of preserving the Xu Family’s rule. When the attack began weeks later, Xiao Hongchen stayed to protect the people of Ming Capital and sent the incoming shells into the Undead Semi-Plane.

• The Third Prince proposed razing Hongchen Mansion with Level 9 shells and other munitions, and Xu Tianran and Xu Guozhong agreed to support the attack.
• Xu Tianran arranged for Shadow Douluo to assist and insisted they strike while Elder Kong was away from the Worship Hall.
• Several weeks later, the Eye of Fate warned Xiao Hongchen of ten Level 9 shells and hundreds of other projectiles closing in on Hongchen Mansion.
• Xiao Hongchen refused to flee, told Jing Hongchen to leave, and prepared to use spatial gates to divert the shells into the Undead Semi-Plane.
• Ye Guyi, Meng Hongchen, and Di Qiuer stayed to help as civilians looked to Xiao Hongchen for rescue.
• Xiao Hongchen opened spatial gates that swallowed the incoming shells, which detonated in desolate regions of the Undead Semi-Plane.

Xiao Hongchen and his allies stopped an attack on Ming Capital, then uncovered the Xu Family’s role and crushed the royal faction responsible. Xiao seized control of the emperor through a Soul Seal, leaving the throne under his influence.

• Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, Ye Guyi, Di Qiuer, and Jing Hongchen destroyed or contained the incoming shells, preventing casualties and damage in Ming Capital.
• Xiao Hongchen sent Snow Empress after the attackers, and she froze Xu Tianyuan, Xu Guozhong, and their troops inside their barrier.
• Xiao Hongchen used Necromancy to learn that the Xu Family had launched the attack, then turned Xu Tianyuan and other Soul Engineers into puppets who confessed before the court.
• Jing Hongchen sentenced Xu Tianran and the Third Prince to death, while Xiao Hongchen killed Shadow Douluo when he tried to intervene.
• Xiao Hongchen used Gold of Life to treat the emperor and secretly implanted a Soul Seal, making the emperor his servant while postponing his abdication.

At a Sea God Pavilion meeting, Mu En agreed to let the exchange proceed while secretly considering killing Xiao Hongchen and the other Sun Moon students if they proved an irreconcilable threat. On the way to Maple Leaf City for Exchange Day, Huo Yuhao and the others were struck by a powerful Bewitching Sound, and Huo Yuhao secretly sought help while pretending to remain unconscious.

• Yan Shaozhe warned the Sea God Pavilion that Xiao Hongchen and Ye Guyi had reportedly grown powerful enough to kill Title Douluo, and Mu En confirmed Xiao Hongchen's rise and control of the Hongchen Family.
• Yan Shaozhe urged Mu En to eliminate the Sun Moon exchange students, and Mu En agreed to consider a strike at the end of the exchange if their hostility proved irreconcilable.
• Mu En ordered the exchange student plan to proceed, including Huo Yuhao and Bei Bei.
• Yan Shaozhe led Huo Yuhao, Bei Bei, and the other Shrek students toward Maple Leaf City for Exchange Day.
• A mysterious song and drifting musical notes dazed the group, but Sky Dream Ice Silkworm awakened Huo Yuhao and warned that the singer's spiritual realm rivaled his own.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Sharing to seek Yan Shaozhe's help while staying apparently unconscious, and he suspected Xiao Hongchen might be behind the attack.

Xiao Hongchen ambushed Huo Yuhao and the Shrek group with Sea Princess Eve’s illusion song, then confronted them and revealed that he knew Huo Yuhao was Dai Hao’s son. Yan Shaozhe awakened and transformed to fight Xiao Hongchen, believing he could defeat him and lead the Shrek students to safety.

• Sea Princess Eve used her Merfolk Song to trap the Shrek group and Yan Shaozhe in an illusion while Xiao Hongchen prepared to attack Huo Yuhao.
• Xiao Hongchen’s Gold Piercing struck Yan Shaozhe’s ear, but the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm woke him through Spiritual Sharing before the attack could kill him.
• Yan Shaozhe told Huo Yuhao to pretend to remain unconscious, but Xiao Hongchen appeared and openly challenged them.
• Xiao Hongchen revealed Huo Yuhao’s connection to Dai Hao, and Huo Yuhao affirmed that Shrek was his home despite being Dai Hao’s son.
• Yan Shaozhe summoned his nine soul rings and transformed into a Light Phoenix, preparing to fight Xiao Hongchen.

Xiao Hongchen revealed his Twin Martial Souls and overwhelming power as he defeated Yan Shaozhe, who tried to protect Shrek’s students. Yan Shaozhe survived the battle but was left at Xiao Hongchen’s mercy, and Xiao began humiliating him.

• Xiao Hongchen trapped Yan Shaozhe in a sphere of water and revealed three red soul rings and his Twin Martial Souls.
• Yan Shaozhe broke free and unleashed his ninth soul skill, but Xiao Hongchen erased its flames with the Heart of the Ocean.
• Xiao Hongchen struck Yan Shaozhe with the Curse of the Heart of the Ocean, forcing him to destroy his Soul Core to escape the blast.
• Yan Shaozhe, badly injured, begged Xiao Hongchen to spare Shrek’s students and agreed to lick his shoes.
• Xiao Hongchen mocked Yan Shaozhe, stomped his head into the ground, and used him to clean his shoes.

Xiao Hongchen trapped Yan Shaozhe and subdued Huo Yuhao, whose soul companions chose to submit rather than risk being destroyed. After absorbing Tian Meng's spiritual origins, Xiao Hongchen advanced into the Divine Origin Realm, while Huo Yuhao was left devastated by the betrayal.

• Yan Shaozhe tried to escape through Phoenix Nirvana, but Xiao Hongchen sealed the area with Elder Kong's Silver Moon Divine Light Shield.
• Xiao Hongchen captured Huo Yuhao and sealed his Martial Souls, preventing Sky Dream Ice Silkworm from teleporting him to safety.
• Tian Meng and Ice Empress admitted they would leave Huo Yuhao to survive and pursue a chance at godhood with Xiao Hongchen.
• Tian Meng emerged and agreed to submit, then helped Xiao Hongchen transfer his nine Spiritual Power origin seals from Huo Yuhao.
• Xiao Hongchen absorbed Tian Meng's origins, advanced from late Form and Substance to the Divine Origin Realm, and gained Divine Sense.

After reaching the Divine Origin Realm, Xiao Hongchen captured Yan Shaozhe and turned him into his puppet, then beat Huo Yuhao and prepared to transfer the Ice Empress’s essence to Meng Hongchen. The chapter left Meng Hongchen poised to accept the Ice Empress while Ling Luochе relinquished the opportunity.

• Xiao Hongchen saw Ye Guyi and Di Qiuer bring the weakened Yan Shaozhe to him, then used Soul Devouring to bind Yan Shaozhe’s soul and make him his puppet.
• Huo Yuhao denounced Xiao Hongchen as an Evil Soul Master and accused Ye Guyi of betraying her duty, but Ye Guyi defended Xiao and nearly attacked him.
• Xiao Hongchen stopped Ye Guyi, told her Huo Yuhao was useful, and struck Huo Yuhao when he continued to argue.
• Xiao Hongchen summoned the Ice Empress and told Meng Hongchen to absorb her essence while he stood guard.
• Meng Hongchen suggested Ling Luochе take the Ice Empress instead, but Xiao Hongchen insisted she accept the opportunity, and Ling Luochе said she did not mind.

Meng Hongchen prepared to absorb the Ice Empress's essence as Huo Yuhao confronted Ling Luochеn over leaving Shrek. Xiao Hongchen silenced Huo Yuhao and began transferring the Ice Empress to Meng, intending to keep him alive to witness his losses.

• Xiao Hongchen reassured Ling Luochеn that she could eventually obtain an Ice Bear King Soul Spirit, and she embraced him affectionately.
• Huo Yuhao accused Ling Luochеn of betraying Shrek, but she blamed the academy's leaders for her punishment and near-death mission.
• Ling Luochеn kicked Yan Shaozhe and defended her choice to leave Shrek, while Huo Yuhao insisted she should have honored her oath.
• Huo Yuhao lost control as those present looked at him with pity, and Xiao Hongchen stitched his mouth shut with metal wire.
• Xiao Hongchen began the Ice Empress's transfer to Meng Hongchen and resolved to keep Huo Yuhao alive to suffer the loss of everything he valued.

Xiao Hongchen stripped the Ice Empress Trunk Soul Bone from Huo Yuhao and convinced Ice Empress to become Meng Hongchen’s Soul Spirit. With Ice Empress’s help, Meng absorbed her trunk bone, condensed her first Ultimate Ice Soul Core, and reached rank eighty-eight.

• Xiao Hongchen kept Huo Yuhao alive through the painful removal of his Ice Empress Trunk Soul Bone, then forged him a metal torso skeleton.
• Ice Empress resisted becoming Meng Hongchen’s host until Snow Empress appeared and urged her to accept her fate.
• Ice Empress reunited with Snow Empress, learned of her feelings for Xiao Hongchen, and accepted that she would become Meng’s Soul Spirit.
• Meng Hongchen absorbed Ice Empress’s origin and four-hundred-thousand-year trunk soul bone, condensed her first Ultimate Ice Soul Core, and rose to rank eighty-eight.
• Meng Hongchen gained Ice Emperor’s Wrath and Domain of Eternal Freezing from her trunk soul bone, while Ice Empress described two soul skills she could develop later.

Xiao Hongchen revealed his plans for Shrek’s exchange students and used Tang Ya’s fate to provoke Bei Bei. He killed Xu He as a warning, then flew toward Shrek with his companions, leaving the others imprisoned as hostages.

• Xiao Hongchen awakened Huo Yuhao, mocked his lost powers, and explained that he planned to use people from the Three Douluo Kingdoms to strengthen the Sun Moon population through intermarriage.
• Elder Kong trapped the Shrek exchange students, including Huo Yuhao, inside the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield, and Xiao Hongchen ordered him to execute anyone who sent a distress message.
• Bei Bei confronted Xiao Hongchen, who taunted him with the claim that he had killed a purple-haired evil soul master with Dark Blue Silver Grass, causing Bei Bei to collapse in grief.
• Xiao Hongchen killed Xu He with Warlock Reversal, He, and Huo Yuhao mourned He Caitou as the others cried out.
• Xiao Hongchen warned the captives not to resist and flew toward Shrek with Ye Guyi, Qiu'er, Ling Luochen, and Xu Tianzhen.

Xiao Hongchen brought Xu Tianzhen and his group to Shrek Academy for an exchange, where the Shrek elders learned that Ling Luochen was alive and had joined the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy. After Wu Ming insulted Ling Luochen, she challenged her to a fight under a Life and Death Agreement, which Wu Ming accepted.

• Xiao Hongchen sent Kong Deming back to the Sun Moon Empire, then led Yan Shaozhe and the others toward Shrek Academy.
• At Shrek, Yan Shaozhe brought the group before Mu En and the inner court students for the assessment to enter the Golden Tree.
• Wu Ming and the Shrek elders recognized Ling Luochen, who refused to explain how she survived or reveal what had happened on the mission.
• When Wu Ming insulted Ling Luochen, Xiao Hongchen's spiritual pressure overwhelmed Wu Ming and forced Xian Lin'er to release her Martial Soul to shield her.
• Ling Luochen challenged Wu Ming and proposed a Life and Death Agreement, which Wu Ming accepted despite Mu En's attempt to intervene.

Ling Luochеn used her Three-Word Battle Armor and Frostradiance Ring to defeat Wu Ming, while Xiao Hongchen stopped Xuan Zi from interfering. The two passed Shrek’s inner courtyard assessment, and Ling Luochеn left Shrek with a final denunciation.

• Ling Luochеn activated her Battle Armor and overwhelmed Wu Ming’s Golden Crow True Fire with her ice abilities.
• Ling Luochеn chanted and unleashed Frostradiance Ring, freezing Wu Ming and the Martial Arts Arena.
• Xuan Zi tried to intervene, but Xiao Hongchen restrained him with his Behemoth Heaven-Prisoning Palm.
• Ling Luochеn challenged the gathered Shrek students, and Zhang Lexuan declared that she and Xiao Hongchen had passed the assessment.
• Ling Luochеn denounced Shrek as shortsighted and said she was ashamed to have studied there.

After Xiao Hongchen subdued Xuan Zi at Shrek, he lured Mu En outside the city under the pretense of discussing a trade. Xiao Hongchen ambushed Mu En and turned the Dragon God Douluo into his third puppet.

• Xiao Hongchen demanded an explanation from Shrek for Xuan Zi's interference, then agreed to meet Mu En outside Shrek City.
• Wang Dong watched Xiao Hongchen's display of power and worried that Yuhao could not avenge himself, while Tang Xiaogang resolved to kill Xiao Hongchen for Young Master.
• Xiao Hongchen met Mu En outside the city and claimed he wanted to trade humanoid soul tools, then showed him his battle armor.
• Xiao Hongchen used his spiritual and soul skills to suppress Mu En, prevent him from activating his ninth soul skill, and trap him in a water prison.
• Xiao Hongchen restrained Mu En, dismantled his mental defenses, weakened his body, and used necromancy to make him his third puppet.

Xiao Hongchen subdued Mu En, then secured the Sea God Pavilion for a seclusion to drain the Golden Ancient Tree. He and his companions began absorbing its life force, while Mu En, the Bone Dragon King, and the Snow Empress guarded them.

• Xiao Hongchen searched Mu En's memories, learned of his planned ambush with Long Xiaoyao, and took Mu En under his control.
• Xiao Hongchen ordered the Snow Empress to freeze Sea God Island if Shrek tried to interfere, then brought Mu En back to the Sea God Pavilion.
• Xiao Hongchen demanded exclusive use of the Sea God Pavilion for his group, and Mu En agreed to guard them while they cultivated.
• Xiao Hongchen gave Dragon Cores to Meng Hongchen, Ye Guyi, and Di Qiuer, and split the last Universe Creation Pill between Xu Tianzhen and Ling Luochen.
• Di Qiuer stabbed the Golden Dragon Spear into the Golden Ancient Tree, and Xiao Hongchen plunged a false Life Sword into it as they began absorbing its life force.

Xiao Hongchen absorbed the Golden Tree’s energy while the Sea God Pavilion elders argued over whether to stop him. The Snow Empress drove the elders back, and Xiao Hongchen consumed the phantom former Pavilion Masters, leaving the women to continue absorbing the tree’s energy.

• Elder Song, Elder Lin, and other Pavilion elders urged Mu En to stop Xiao Hongchen as the Golden Tree’s energy rapidly declined, but Mu En refused.
• Elder Song attacked the Golden Tree, and the Snow Empress struck her down with the Emperor Sword before warning the elders not to approach.
• Elder Zhuang stabilized Elder Song, while Mu En revealed that he could not draw on the Golden Tree’s power and was no match for the Snow Empress.
• Inside the Golden Tree, Xiao Hongchen encountered phantom former Sea God Pavilion Masters and used his necromantic power to absorb them.
• Xiao Hongchen told the awakened women to keep absorbing the Golden Tree’s energy, speculating that Ah Yin was inside it.

Xiao Hongchen killed Ah Yin after draining the Golden Tree and absorbed the green-gold soul ring and its soul bone. With his Soul Power at level eighty-nine, he began condensing a golden Soul Core to break through to Titled Douluo.

• Ah Yin awakened and attacked Xiao Hongchen and his companions as they absorbed the Golden Tree's energy, but the Bone Dragon King burned away her Blue Silver Emperor vines.
• Tang Hao noticed Ah Yin was in danger and tried to abandon his plan to rescue her, but the Plane Consciousness restrained him and suppressed Niu Tian and Tai Tan.
• Xiao Hongchen reached Ah Yin inside the shrinking Golden Tree and killed her by destroying her body and extinguishing her life force.
• Xiao Hongchen absorbed Ah Yin's green-gold soul ring and obtained the Endless Vitality Domain and Elemental Deprivation Domain, along with a soul bone granting Repulsive Golden Ring and Sage Mode.
• Xiao Hongchen reached level eighty-nine Soul Power, then swallowed a Universe Creation Pill and a gold-attribute Top-Tier Dragon Core and began condensing a golden Soul Core.

Xiao Hongchen drained the Golden Tree, killed Ah Yin, and absorbed her Soul Ring and soul bone. After raising his Soul Power to level eighty-nine, he began condensing a golden Soul Core to break through to Titled Douluo.

• Ah Yin awoke and attacked Xiao Hongchen and his companions, but the Bone Dragon King burned away her Blue Silver Emperor vines as the Golden Tree's energy was drained.
• Tang Hao sensed Ah Yin was in danger, but the Plane Consciousness restrained him and prevented him from going to save her.
• Xiao Hongchen immobilized Ah Yin, destroyed her body, and absorbed the green-gold Soul Ring she left behind.
• Xiao Hongchen gained the Endless Vitality Domain and Elemental Deprivation Domain, along with the Blue Silver Emperor and Golden Tree left arm soul bone and its skills.
• Xiao Hongchen swallowed a Universe Creation Pill and a gold-attribute Dragon Core, then compressed his Ultimate Gold Soul Power into a golden Soul Core.