Chapter Summaries

At the Body Sect, Du Busi learned that rumors of the Reincarnation Shop’s powerful shapeshifted Soul Beasts included the death of Xuan Zi at the hands of an ultimate-level Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. He wanted the sect to claim the beasts’ treasures, but strategist Xiong Zhi warned that attacking could cost them their lives.

• Du Busi questioned a scout about reports of shapeshifted Soul Beasts at the Reincarnation Shop and learned that the rumors came from the Dou Ling Empire.
• The scout reported that Xuan Zi and several other powerful figures had died in the conflict between the Reincarnation Shop and Shrek Academy.
• Du Busi mourned the death of his old rival Xuan Zi and recognized the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger as a threat comparable to himself.
• Xiong Zhi said the Heaven Spirit Royal Family had confirmed the reports and argued that the Body Sect would suffer devastating losses if it tried to hunt the beasts.
• Xiong Zhi urged Du Busi to abandon any plan to go to Wu Ling City, warning that the sect’s members might die before they could claim the soul rings and soul bones.

Du Busi and the Body Sect decided not to risk hunting the soul beasts near Wu Ling City and instead planned to take advantage of Shrek Academy’s coming conflict with the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. Believing Shrek had tried to use them as cannon fodder, Du Busi led the sect toward Shrek City to teach the academy a lesson.

• Du Busi reconsidered attacking the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger after Xiong Zhi warned that the Body Sect could not recruit enough allies to share the cost.
• Du Busi decided the Body Sect would wait for Shrek Academy to fight the tiger and strike if it was badly weakened.
• Xiong Zhi accused Shrek Academy of leaking the soul beast rumors to make the Body Sect act as cannon fodder, and Du Busi agreed that Shrek had plotted against them.
• Du Busi resolved to visit Shrek Academy and test its strength, while ruling out destroying it because of Shrek City, its allies, and the Sun Moon Empire’s threat.
• Xiong Zhi urged the Body Sect to avoid provoking the rumored god-linked First Generation Demonic Evil Tiger, and Du Busi agreed to suspend interest in the Reincarnation Shop’s soul beasts.
• Du Busi and the Body Sect’s other leaders gathered their people and set out for Shrek City.

Du Busi arrived at Shrek City with more than twenty Body Sect powerhouses to test rumors that Xuan Zi had died. After confirming Shrek would not produce Xuan Zi, he attacked Yan Shaozhe and continued probing the academy’s strength, leaving the two sides on the verge of battle.

• Du Busi called for Xuan Zi to come out, and Mu En recognized the visitor as a Rank 98 powerhouse who had come to test the rumors.
• Yan Shaozhe and other Shrek powerhouses confronted Du Busi above the city wall as more than twenty Body Sect experts gathered behind him.
• Yan Shaozhe claimed Xuan Zi was away handling matters, but Du Busi concluded that Xuan Zi had been killed by the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• Du Busi said he wanted to test whether Shrek still had anyone capable of contending with him, then struck the group with a dark-green hand of Soul Power.
• Yan Shaozhe countered with his fourth Soul Skill but was knocked back, and Xian Lin'er angrily challenged Du Busi as Shrek's Soul Tools aimed at him and his forces.
• Du Busi answered Xian Lin'er with another attack.

Mu En appeared to stop Du Busi’s renewed attack on Shrek Academy and forced the Body Sect to retreat. After they left, Mu En ordered Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er to calm the academy and gather its elders for a meeting.

• Mu En’s powerful attack neutralized Du Busi’s strike, and Du Busi ordered the Body Sect members to fall back.
• Mu En revealed himself, shocking Du Busi and the Body Sect experts, who recognized the Dragon God Douluo as the man who had killed Du Busi’s brother.
• Mu En challenged Du Busi to attack, but Du Busi hesitated, wary of Mu En’s strength and Shrek City’s defenses.
• Mu En began counting down and threatened to kill the Body Sect if they stayed, so Du Busi vowed revenge and led his people away.
• Mu En told Yan Shaozhe to calm the students and teachers and instructed Xian Lin'er to summon the elders and reserve elders to a meeting.

Shrek Academy warned the Dou Ling Emperor to sever ties with the Reincarnation Shop or face Shrek as an enemy. The Dou Ling Emperor refused and secured Jing Chen's promise that the Reincarnation Shop would help the Dou Ling Empire resist Shrek.

• Mu En ordered Yan Shaozhe to send the Dou Ling Emperor a warning letter threatening Shrek's retaliation unless the empire broke with the Reincarnation Shop.
• Yan Shaozhe sent the letter to Ling Dou City without going himself, fearing the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger might intercept him.
• Du Busi vented his anger at Mu En by smashing a mountain, then discussed with Xiong Zhi why the Body Sect should not rush into cooperation with the Reincarnation Shop.
• Du Busi agreed to return to the Body Sect and leave his revenge against Shrek for another time.
• The Dou Ling Emperor showed Jing Chen and the Ice King Shrek's warning letter and declared that he would continue supporting the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• Jing Chen promised that the Reincarnation Shop would help the Dou Ling Empire resist Shrek Academy.

After the Dou Ling Emperor refused to take a clear position, Shrek Academy planned to support rival branches of the Heaven Spirit Royal Family and spread the news of its losses to weaken the Reincarnation Shop’s support. Mu En also sought help from an ultimate powerhouse, while the Sun Moon Empire learned that Shrek had lost eleven Titled powerhouses.

• The Dou Ling Emperor ignored Shrek Academy’s demand, so Mu En ordered Yan Shaozhe to contact collateral branches of the Heaven Spirit Royal Family and help them seize power.
• Du Busi and the Body Sect spread confirmation that Xuan Zi and other Shrek experts had fallen, making rumors of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s strength more believable.
• Factions that had considered hunting the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger held back, while Shrek avoided a direct invasion that could provoke the Dou Ling Empire.
• Shrek secretly supported disloyal royal branches and expected they could take power within two years, cutting the Reincarnation Shop off from the empire.
• Mu En met a black-clad old man in the Sun Moon Empire and discussed whether the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was the legendary First Generation Demonic Evil Tiger.
• The Sun Moon Empire’s royal intelligence agency reported that Shrek Academy had lost eleven Titled powerhouses and weakened.

Mu En asked Long Xiaoyao to help Shrek Academy hunt a Limit Douluo-level Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, but Long Xiaoyao explained the deadly risks and rejected Mu En’s offer of payment. The request remained unresolved as Long Xiaoyao refused to be persuaded by soul bones or the tiger’s treasures.

• Long Xiaoyao listened as Mu En explained Shrek Academy’s losses and asked him for help.
• Long Xiaoyao warned Mu En that fighting the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger could leave him gravely injured or dead, especially because of its Life and Death Arena skill.
• Mu En offered Long Xiaoyao the tiger’s treasures and two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones in exchange for his help.
• Long Xiaoyao declined, saying he had no use for the soul bones and would not risk hunting even a treasure-rich opponent like Di Tian.

Mu En failed to persuade Long Xiaoyao to help Shrek Academy kill the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, leaving the beast alive for now. Jing Chen then negotiated with the Dou Ling Emperor over a Soul Tool Automobile partnership, demanding control of core components and staff and a seventy-percent share of profits.

• Mu En offered to fight alongside Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui, but Long Xiaoyao refused because he would not risk his life for Shrek Academy and Ye Xishui would not support it.
• Long Xiaoyao told Mu En that Ye Xishui still barely paid attention to him, then left the mountaintop; Mu En concluded that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger would have to live longer.
• The Dou Ling Emperor asked Jing Chen what his family elders had decided about cooperating on Soul Tool Automobiles.
• Jing Chen said the Reincarnation Shop would keep manufacturing the Soul Power Ejection Devices and staffing its branches, while other workshops could make the remaining components.
• Jing Chen asked for seventy percent of the partnership's profits, arguing that his shop bore the costs of producing the automobiles' core components.

Jing Chen agreed with the Dou Ling Emperor on a seventy-thirty commercial partnership, then refused offers to stay in Ling Dou City or transfer to Dou Ling Royal Academy. After returning to Wu Ling City, he gave Ma Ming instructions for expanding Reincarnation Shop.

• Jing Chen proposed limiting cooperation with the Dou Ling Empire to mutual assistance, and the Dou Ling Emperor accepted a seventy-thirty split for their commercial partnership.
• Jing Chen outlined development plans for the partnership and said he and his sister would return to Wu Ling City.
• The Dou Ling Emperor tried to persuade Jing Chen to settle in Ling Dou City and join Dou Ling Royal Academy, but Jing Chen insisted on staying with Tian Ling Advanced Soul Master Academy and competing with it.
• Jing Chen and the Ice King left Ling Dou City using Space Shuttle and returned to Wu Ling City.
• Jing Chen met Ma Ming and explained the shop's expansion plans, instructing him to oversee the work and prevent the Heaven Spirit Royal Family from infiltrating the shop.

Jing Chen expanded the Reincarnation Shop with Ma Ming while Shrek Academy retaliated against the Dou Ling Empire for supporting the shop. As soul masters withdrew from the empire’s service, Jing Chen told the Dou Ling Emperor that the withdrawals might not be a bad thing.

• Jing Chen approved Ma Ming’s plan to recruit more workers and expand the shop’s production to meet its growing orders.
• Jing Chen prepared to open Reincarnation Shop branches in ten Dou Ling Empire cities, leaving Ma Ming to manage locations, hiring, and supplies.
• Shrek City imposed a thirty percent tax on Dou Ling merchants, restricted their purchases, and cut the empire’s annual Shrek Academy admission slots to one hundred.
• Shrek Academy urged its graduates to avoid or leave official Dou Ling Empire positions, prompting hundreds of soul masters to withdraw and weakening the empire.
• The Dou Ling Emperor asked Jing Chen to arrange a meeting with the Reincarnation Shop’s higher-ups, and Jing Chen replied that the elders would not appear.
• Jing Chen told the Dou Ling Emperor that the continuing withdrawals of soul masters might not necessarily be a bad thing.

Jing Chen persuaded the Dou Ling Emperor to treat the departing soul masters as a chance to rebuild a more loyal force, while suspecting Shrek Academy might still have agents among those who stayed. As the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Competition approached, Jing Chen planned to travel to Star Luo City separately and wondered whether Snow Empress would be ready to compete.

• Jing Chen told the Dou Ling Emperor that soul masters who answered Shrek Academy's call were not sufficiently loyal and recommended recruiting replacements, with support from the Reincarnation Shop and Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• The Dou Ling Emperor ordered a widespread recruitment of soul masters, and Jing Chen returned to Wu Ling City to continue researching Mecha production and Battle Armor while cultivating.
• With ten days remaining before the competition, a Tian Ling Advanced Soul Master Academy teacher told Jing Chen the team would leave in two days.
• Jing Chen told the teacher he would travel to Star Luo City on his own and arrive the day before the competition began.
• Jing Chen wondered whether Snow Empress's cultivation would let her compete after she had asked to join the academy's roster and contribute to his plan.

Jing Chen prepared to leave for the Soul Master Tournament in Star Luo City while warning Little White and the others to stay alert. Snow Empress emerged from seclusion at level forty-nine and announced she would compete alongside him.

• Jing Chen told Little White, Ice King, and the Ice Crystal Turtle King that they should be wary of possible attacks while he and Yi Yi were away.
• Jing Chen and the others went to Snow Empress's room, where she emerged looking older and more mature.
• Snow Empress revealed that she had finished absorbing the heavenly treasures four days earlier and had stayed in seclusion to consolidate her cultivation.
• Jing Chen sensed how much stronger Snow Empress had become and asked whether she had reached the Soul Ancestor level.
• Snow Empress declared that she had reached level forty-nine and reminded Jing Chen that she had promised to surpass him.

After the Snow Empress revealed that she had reached Soul Power Level forty-nine, she challenged Jing Chen to a spar to test whether his combat strength exceeded hers. The two began charging at each other, with Yi Yi and the others watching.

• The Snow Empress revealed that she had surpassed Jing Chen in cultivation, and Jing Chen congratulated her despite feeling briefly discouraged.
• The Snow Empress asked to spar with Jing Chen so she could experience fighting with a martial soul and Soul Skills and assess his true strength.
• Jing Chen agreed after they established that the match was a friendly spar and neither would hold a grudge over injuries.
• Jing Chen and the Snow Empress traveled south of Wu Ling City, where Little White, Ice King, the Ice Crystal Turtle King, and Yi Yi gathered to watch.
• The spar began as Jing Chen and the Snow Empress charged forward together without releasing their martial souls.

Jing Chen and the Snow Empress fought without releasing their Martial Souls until the Snow Empress was pressured into summoning hers. Jing Chen then revealed his Qilin Martial Soul and extraordinary soul rings, confirming the Snow Empress’s suspicions about his combat strength.

• The Snow Empress opened the fight with ice blades, and Jing Chen blocked them with an ice shield before the two closed in for hand-to-hand combat.
• Jing Chen’s punch forced the Snow Empress to evade, and she struck his crossed arms with a powerful palm that he managed to withstand.
• Jing Chen pursued the Snow Empress through repeated clashes, countering her ice blades with shields until she released her Martial Soul after nearly a hundred exchanges.
• The Snow Empress summoned her Heavenly Snow Woman Martial Soul and revealed four soul rings: one yellow, two purple, and one black.
• Jing Chen released his Qilin Martial Soul, gained light-blue Ice Scales, and displayed yellow, purple, red, and black soul rings that overwhelmed the Snow Empress’s in presence.

Jing Chen fought Snow Empress through her Ice Snow Storm, using his Behemoth Battle Body and close-range strength to push her back. Snow Empress trapped him in an Ice Snow Cage and began forming a small ice sword that Jing Chen suspected was her Emperor Sword.

• Snow Empress unleashed Ice Snow Storm, but Jing Chen activated Behemoth Battle Body and advanced through the hail and cutting snow.
• Jing Chen struck Snow Empress with a powerful kick, forcing her backward despite her attempt to block.
• Snow Empress sent an Ice Snow Shield at Jing Chen, but he leaped over it as she prepared another skill.
• Snow Empress used Ice Snow Cage to gather the storm into a vast crystal dome around Jing Chen.
• Jing Chen dented one of the cage's thick crystals with a full-strength punch, then noticed Snow Empress forming a small ice sword and suspected it was her Emperor Sword.

Jing Chen defeated Snow Empress by blocking her Emperor Sword with his Golden Barrier, and Snow Empress accepted the result. After resting and having lunch, Jing Chen and his companions traveled to Star Luo City, where crowds had gathered for the Soul Master tournament.

• Jing Chen asked Snow Empress to use her full strength, and she launched her Emperor Sword at his Golden Barrier.
• Jing Chen's Golden Barrier withstood the Emperor Sword until Snow Empress's attack ran out of power, leaving Jing Chen unharmed.
• Snow Empress admitted defeat, and Jing Chen broke the Ice Snow Cage with his fourth Soul Skill.
• Jing Chen and Snow Empress returned to the estate to rest, then left Wu Ling City after lunch using Yi Yi's Space Shuttle skill.
• Jing Chen and his companions entered crowded Star Luo City on foot to avoid drawing attention.

Jing Chen and the Snow Empress reached the Star Emperor Grand Hotel and reunited with Tian Ling Advanced Soul Master Academy’s team. Jing Chen learned their accommodations had been arranged and prepared to compete without becoming involved in other tournament matters.

• Jing Chen and the Snow Empress made their way through crowded Star Luo City to the Star Emperor Grand Hotel.
• A young contestant tried to approach the Snow Empress, but she told him to scram, and Jing Chen used his Soul Power to make him leave.
• Jing Chen found room 3040 and reunited with team leader Zhang Weiye, introducing the Snow Empress as his younger sister, Jing Xue.
• Jing Chen told Zhang Weiye that they would only compete and asked where he and Jing Xue would stay.
• Zhang Weiye said Jing Chen and Jing Xue had been assigned to share a room.

Jing Chen and Snow Empress accepted sharing a hotel room for the night, then toured Star Luo City before Zhao Weiye gathered them to meet their teammates. The chapter left them meeting Yang Junyi, who was nervous around them because of the Reincarnation Shop.

• Zhang Weiye explained that the hotel had no single rooms and that the academy’s uneven gender ratio meant Jing Chen and Snow Empress had to share a room.
• Jing Chen and Snow Empress chose separate beds, then went sightseeing and learned about the city’s food, shops, and customs.
• After they returned to the hotel, Zhao Weiye invited them to meet the other team members before the competition began.
• Jing Chen introduced himself and Snow Empress as his younger sister, Jing Xue, to Yang Junyi, who praised the Reincarnation Shop and nervously expressed his admiration.

Jing Chen and the Snow Empress met the other tournament competitors, and Jing Chen took charge of the team’s preparations for the next day’s match. During cultivation, the Snow Empress sensed a faint, familiar aura nearby, leaving Jing Chen wondering what she had detected.

• Zhang Weiye gathered the students, who introduced their martial souls and Soul Power levels to Jing Chen and the Snow Empress.
• Jing Chen introduced himself, and the students were stunned when Jing Xue claimed to be a level forty-nine Soul Ancestor.
• Jing Chen said he would direct the team during the tournament, and Zhao Weiye and the students agreed to follow his arrangements.
• Jing Chen and the Snow Empress returned to their room and began cultivating, while the Snow Empress noticed Jing Chen’s cultivation speed nearly matched hers.
• After more than an hour, the Snow Empress stopped cultivating and told Jing Chen she had sensed a faint, familiar aura.

Jing Chen and Snow Empress sensed a faint familiar aura, while Huo Yuhao’s cultivation let Ice Empress recognize it as possibly Snow Empress’s. Ice Empress doubted her perception as Sky Dream Ice Silkworm tried to persuade her to recruit Snow Empress for his plan to become gods.

• Jing Chen suggested that Snow Empress investigate the familiar aura, but she declined because it was too faint.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong cultivated together in their Shrek Academy room at the Star Emperor Grand Hotel.
• As Huo Yuhao cultivated, Ice Empress sensed an aura she thought might belong to Snow Empress.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm urged Ice Empress to persuade Snow Empress to join them, but Ice Empress refused and warned him not to approach her.
• Ice Empress argued with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and then wondered whether she had mistaken the familiar aura.