Chapter Summaries

Jing Chen persuaded Snow Empress to stop cultivating so he could sleep, and the next morning they joined Tian Ling Advanced Soul Master Academy at the Soul Master Tournament in Star Luo City. Seeing fourteen contestants with Shrek Academy, Jing Chen realized history had changed because Shrek had avoided the mission that caused casualties in the original story.

• Jing Chen told Snow Empress that her Soul Power fluctuations were keeping him awake, and she agreed to lie down beside him.
• At dawn, crowds filled Star Luo City and gathered at Star Luo Plaza for the Soul Master Tournament.
• The Star Luo Emperor, his empress, and officials watched from the city wall as the academies assembled in the contestant area.
• Jing Chen and Snow Empress stood with Tian Ling Advanced Soul Master Academy near the back, while Shrek Academy stood at the front.
• Jing Chen counted fourteen Shrek contestants and inferred that they had avoided the casualties from the original story because Xuan Zi was dead and the Ming Dou Mountain Range mission had been canceled.

Jing Chen and Snow Empress sensed a familiar aura around Huo Yuhao, while Tian Ling Advanced Soul Master Academy drew an opponent other than Shrek. The tournament opened with Shrek Academy facing Green Forest Academy, whose members expected to lose.

• Snow Empress recognized the aura she had sensed the previous night around Huo Yuhao and asked Jing Chen to help her approach him after the day's matches.
• Zhao Weiye returned with the draw results, revealing that Tian Ling Advanced Soul Master Academy would face an academy from the Heaven Dou Empire rather than Shrek.
• The Star Luo Emperor inaugurated the tournament before the assembled spectators and competing teams.
• The host announced Shrek Academy's opening match against Green Forest Academy and praised Shrek while the audience chanted its name.
• Green Forest Academy's contestants entered the field with miserable expressions, blaming their team-leading teacher's bad luck for drawing Shrek first.

Shrek Academy crushed Green Forest Academy in the tournament’s opening match, while Jing Chen and the Snow Empress planned to investigate Huo Yuhao later that night. Jing Chen then led Tian Ling Advanced Soul Master Academy onto the stage, where an intelligence official recognized him without recalling why.

• Ma Xiaotao led Shrek Academy’s team against Green Forest Academy, and Shrek swept all seven opponents off the stage in under a minute.
• The Snow Empress told Jing Chen she was certain she could defeat Ma Xiaotao because her Extreme Ice countered Ma Xiaotao’s fire.
• The Snow Empress wanted to approach Huo Yuhao, but Jing Chen persuaded her to wait until night, when Yi Yi could help them find him discreetly.
• After waiting through several matches, Jing Chen led Tian Ling Advanced Soul Master Academy onto the stage for its match.
• A Star Luo Empire intelligence official saw Jing Chen and felt he looked familiar, but could not remember where he had seen him.

Jing Chen and the Snow Empress led Tian Ling Advanced Soul Master Academy to an easy victory over Winter Academy using improved Lightning Soul Cannons. Sun Moon Royal Academy recognized the weapons’ significance, and Jing Chen returned to the Star Emperor Grand Hotel, where he sent Yi Yi to investigate upstairs.

• Jing Chen and the Snow Empress declined to release their martial souls and ordered Tian Ling Advanced Soul Master Academy’s team to fire their Lightning Soul Cannons.
• The cannons’ coordinated lightning shells paralyzed Winter Academy’s seven members, and the referee declared Tian Ling Advanced Soul Master Academy the winner.
• Sun Moon Royal Academy’s leading teacher judged the improved Lightning Soul Cannon might require a Rank 9 Soul Engineer and planned to report it to the Empire’s higher-ups.
• Zhao Weiye praised Jing Chen after the match, and Jing Chen collected the borrowed cannons from the students’ Storage Rings before leaving with the Snow Empress.
• Jing Chen and the Snow Empress returned to the Star Emperor Grand Hotel, where Jing Chen sent Yi Yi to investigate the situation upstairs.

Jing Chen and Snow Empress abducted Huo Yuhao from his hotel room with Yi Yi’s Space Shuttle skill. Wang Dong and Shrek Academy’s elders began searching for him, while Jing Chen prepared to investigate the secrets within him.

• Jing Chen and Snow Empress waited until midnight, then Yi Yi transported them into Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’s room.
• Yi Yi concealed their auras, but the beings in Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness sensed them and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm tried to warn him.
• Snow Empress restrained Huo Yuhao, and Yi Yi transported him away before Wang Dong could stop them.
• Wang Dong alerted Lin Huiqun, who ordered her to warn the others and went to search for the abductor.
• Wang Yan organized Ma Xiaotao and the others to search the hotel and its surroundings, while Jing Chen anticipated the commotion caused by Huo Yuhao’s disappearance.

Jing Chen and Snow Empress confronted Huo Yuhao after Yi Yi transported them away from Star Luo City. Snow Empress and Ice Empress reunited through Huo Yuhao, and Ice Empress began explaining how she had ended up in his body.

• Yi Yi transported Jing Chen, Snow Empress, and Huo Yuhao to a dark place west of Star Luo City.
• Jing Chen illuminated the area, and Huo Yuhao saw that his captors were Jing Chen and Snow Empress.
• Ice Empress recognized Snow Empress and took control of Huo Yuhao’s body, releasing a wave of cold that Snow Empress recognized.
• Ice Empress appeared above Huo Yuhao, and she and Snow Empress joyfully confirmed each other’s identities.
• Snow Empress stopped herself from discussing her own experiences and asked Ice Empress to explain what had happened to her.
• Ice Empress told Snow Empress her story and said she had come to see her situation as a possible opportunity to become a god.

Jing Chen challenged Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s confidence that Huo Yuhao could become a god, while Snow Empress offered to help Ice Empress escape her bond with him. The argument ended without a resolution, as Ice Empress said she would need Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow to gain a suitable body.

• Snow Empress said Huo Yuhao’s talent gave him little chance of becoming a god, and Jing Chen agreed that destiny and extraordinary opportunities had been crucial to his prospects.
• Ice Empress said she would continue helping Huo Yuhao because she had already chosen him and had no better option.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm appeared, defended Huo Yuhao, and claimed he was sixty to seventy percent confident that Huo Yuhao could become a god.
• Jing Chen countered that Huo Yuhao’s diligence and growth could not compare with Snow Empress’s, and suggested Ice Empress follow Snow Empress instead.
• Snow Empress offered to help Ice Empress reconstruct a body, but Ice Empress said they would need Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow.

Jing Chen decided to imprison Huo Yuhao until Ice Empress could reconstruct her body, then kill him because he knew Snow Empress’s identity. Snow Empress accepted his decision, while Ice Empress resisted and Huo Yuhao feared for his life.

• Jing Chen considered whether to give Ice Empress Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, but decided to wait and see whether she would help him after recovering.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Huo Yuhao urged Snow Empress and Ice Empress to abandon body reconstruction and pursue godhood instead.
• Jing Chen said Huo Yuhao had to die to keep Snow Empress’s identity secret, and Snow Empress insisted that Ice Empress must survive.
• Ice Empress asked Jing Chen and Snow Empress to spare Huo Yuhao, but Jing Chen declared that he would imprison Huo Yuhao first and kill him once Ice Empress no longer depended on him.
• Snow Empress accepted Jing Chen’s plan and warned Ice Empress that resisting could damage her origin and anger Jing Chen and Yi Yi.

Electrolux emerged from Huo Yuhao’s body and tried to negotiate a peaceful departure, but Jing Chen refused to release Huo Yuhao and threatened those who resisted. The standoff sharpened when Jing Chen unleashed Yi Yi’s full limit-level aura.

• Jing Chen demanded that Sky Dream Ice Silkworm surrender and told Ice Empress not to resist, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm vowed to protect Huo Yuhao.
• Electrolux appeared from Huo Yuhao’s body and warned Jing Chen that he, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and Ice Empress could fight together; Huo Yuhao also promised to keep Snow Empress’s secret.
• Snow Empress proposed letting Huo Yuhao go, but Jing Chen insisted on capturing and imprisoning him, warning that resistance would mean death.
• Jing Chen let Yi Yi leap from his arms and grow larger, unleashing its terrifying limit-level aura and putting Electrolux, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and Ice Empress on guard.

Jing Chen gave the Ice Empress, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and Electrolux a final chance to abandon Huo Yuhao, but Electrolux chose to protect him. Yi Yi attacked while Huo Yuhao fled toward Star Luo City, and the battle continued as Yi Yi pursued him.

• Jing Chen warned the Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that Yi Yi would show no mercy if they opposed him, and offered to help Sky Dream Ice Silkworm separate from Huo Yuhao.
• Electrolux refused to abandon Huo Yuhao because he felt indebted to him, despite their limited time together.
• Jing Chen ordered Yi Yi to attack and sent himself and the Snow Empress away before the fighting began.
• Electrolux used magical chains and spells to hold off Yi Yi while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and the Ice Empress helped Huo Yuhao flee toward Star Luo City.
• Yi Yi countered Electrolux's attacks with Dark Demonic Evil Thunder and pursued Huo Yuhao with its Dark Wings.

Yi Yi caught Huo Yuhao and imprisoned him while the Ice Empress refused to intervene, choosing loyalty to the Snow Empress. Electrolux fought Yi Yi to free Huo Yuhao, and the chapter ended with Yi Yi counterattacking after surviving Electrolux's Death Spirit Arrow.

• Electrolux pursued Yi Yi with magical attacks that prevented it from opening a Spatial Passage, while Yi Yi rapidly closed in on Huo Yuhao.
• Yi Yi used Space Imprisonment to immobilize Huo Yuhao, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm failed to break the restraint.
• The Ice Empress refused to help, explaining that she chose the Snow Empress over Huo Yuhao, and withdrew her power despite their pleas.
• Yi Yi ignored Huo Yuhao and guarded him from Electrolux, smashing aside Electrolux's magical attacks as he tried to reach the prisoner.
• Electrolux fired a Death Spirit Arrow that drove Yi Yi backward and damaged its barrier, but failed to break through Evil God's Protection.
• Yi Yi countered with four Evil God Wind Thunder Waves that curved through the air to pursue Electrolux.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Electrolux summons two Death Spirit Puppets to fight against Yi Yi, but they are destroyed, injuring Electrolux further.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm uses Huo Yuhao's body to launch a Title Douluo-level spiritual attack on Yi Yi, which is easily blocked.
• Yi Yi traps Huo Yuhao in an energy barrier and attacks Electrolux, severely injuring him.
• Electrolux, in his remnant soul state, uses his final power to transform into a vast amount of Death Qi and summons countless Undead Creatures to attack Yi Yi.

Character Developments

• Electrolux's condition worsens due to the destruction of his Death Spirit Puppets, leading to his eventual demise.
• Yi Yi demonstrates its overwhelming power and ultimate-level spiritual defense, easily blocking a Title Douluo-level spiritual attack.
• Huo Yuhao is injured by the spiritual attack he used against Yi Yi, but is protected by Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

Significant Themes

• The power of ultimate-level beings (Yi Yi) vs remnant souls (Electrolux).
• The cost of using powerful attacks (Huo Yuhao's injury from the spiritual attack).
• The desperation of a cornered opponent (Electrolux's final attack).

Character Interactions

• Yi Yi and Electrolux engage in a fierce battle, with Yi Yi having the upper hand due to its superior power level.
• Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm attempt to attack Yi Yi, but fail and are injured in the process.
• Electrolux expresses gratitude towards Huo Yuhao for providing him a temporary place for his soul to reside before his final attack.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Yi Yi, despite being injured, defeats Electrolux and absorbs his energy, increasing its cultivation by over 2000 years.
• Yi Yi captures Huo Yuhao and brings him to Jing Chen.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm betrays Huo Yuhao, offering to help Jing Chen reforge his body in exchange for his life.

Character Developments

• Yi Yi demonstrates its formidable power and resilience, growing stronger after the battle.
• Huo Yuhao shows courage and dignity in the face of death.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm reveals his selfish nature, prioritizing his own survival over Huo Yuhao's.

Significant Themes

• Betrayal and loyalty: Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's betrayal of Huo Yuhao highlights the theme of loyalty and its absence.
• Power dynamics: The power imbalance between characters is evident, with Yi Yi's strength and Jing Chen's authority determining the fate of others.

Character Interactions

• Yi Yi and Jing Chen: Yi Yi shows affection towards Jing Chen, and Jing Chen cares for Yi Yi's wellbeing.
• Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm: Huo Yuhao feels betrayed by Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm prioritizes his own survival.
• Jing Chen and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm: Jing Chen considers Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's offer, weighing the potential benefits and risks.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jing Chen proposes to Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that he slowly release his energy for them to absorb and cultivate with, in exchange for helping him reforge his body later.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm refuses, revealing that he has very little origin energy left due to years of being drained by other soul beasts.
• Jing Chen insists on absorbing Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's energy, giving him two choices: cooperate or face death.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm agrees to cooperate, hoping Jing Chen will keep his promise to spare him after gaining sufficient benefits.

Character Developments

• Jing Chen: Shows ruthlessness in pursuing his goals, but also displays some understanding and sympathy for Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's plight.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm: Accepts his dire situation and decides to cooperate with Jing Chen, hoping for a chance to survive.
• Snow Empress: Pleads for Ice Empress, showing concern for her friend's well-being.
• Huo Yuhao: Expresses disappointment in Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's decision to cooperate with Jing Chen.

Significant Themes

• Power Dynamics: The power imbalance between Jing Chen and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm is evident, with Jing Chen holding all the cards.
• Sympathy vs. Self-Interest: Jing Chen feels some sympathy for Sky Dream Ice Silkworm but ultimately prioritizes his own interests.
• Cooperation vs. Defiance: Sky Dream Ice Silkworm chooses to cooperate with Jing Chen to maintain a slim chance of survival, rather than defying him and facing certain death.

Character Interactions

• Jing Chen and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm: Jing Chen manipulates and threatens Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, who reluctantly cooperates.
• Snow Empress and Jing Chen: Snow Empress pleads for Ice Empress, and Jing Chen agrees not to make things difficult for her.
• Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm: Huo Yuhao expresses disappointment in Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's decision to cooperate with Jing Chen.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Ice Empress learns about Jing Chen's grand plan to rule the human world from the Snow Empress.
• Jing Chen and the Snow Empress decide to help the Ice Empress rebuild her body, requiring over a dozen pieces of Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow each.
• They plan to search for Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow in an exceptionally cold, non-Far North land.
• Huo Yuhao is sent to Wu Ling City under the guard of Little White and the others.
• In Star Luo City, the imperial family and Shrek Academy are searching for Huo Yuhao.

Character Developments

• The Ice Empress gains respect for Jing Chen's noble purpose.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's hatred for Jing Chen remains, but his attitude changes slightly.
• Huo Yuhao is shocked by the soul beasts' grand plan.

Significant Themes

• Power and Ambition: Jing Chen's desire to rule the human world is a central theme, driving the plot and character interactions.
• Alliance and Cooperation: The soul beasts' decision to help each other, despite their initial reservations, highlights the importance of unity in achieving their goals.

Character Interactions

• Jing Chen and the Snow Empress: They work together, seeking approval from each other before making decisions, showing a level of mutual respect and understanding.
• The Ice Empress and the Snow Empress: They share their stories and plans, fostering a sense of camaraderie and trust.
• Huo Yuhao and the Soul Beasts: Huo Yuhao is kept in the dark about the soul beasts' plans, highlighting the power imbalance between them.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Huo Yuhao's disappearance from the hotel sparks concern and investigation from various parties, including Shrek Academy students and Star Luo Empire officials.
• Jing Chen and Snow Empress return to their rooms, ignoring the commotion. Jing Chen discovers the Undead Demiplane in his possession.
• Jing Chen decides to fuse the Undead Demiplane with the Time and Space Divine Tower to expand its internal space. He and Yi Yi work together to extract the demiplane's spatial power.
• As the demiplane's power drains, an Undead Creature escapes, which Yi Yi quickly defeats and absorbs.

Character Developments

• Wang Dong shows concern and anger over Huo Yuhao's disappearance, venting her frustration at the Star Luo Empire officials.
• Jing Chen demonstrates his strategic thinking and resourcefulness in deciding to fuse the Undead Demiplane with the Time and Space Divine Tower.
• Yi Yi exhibits its eagerness to absorb energy from the Undead Creatures, showing its growth and hunger for power.

Significant Themes

• The value and importance of the Undead Demiplane and its potential benefits for Jing Chen and Yi Yi.
• The theme of fusion and absorption, both in the context of the demiplane and the Undead Creatures' energy.

Character Interactions

• Wang Dong interacts with the Star Luo Empire officials, expressing her frustration and anger.
• Jing Chen and Yi Yi work together to extract the demiplane's spatial power and prepare for the arrival of Undead Creatures.
• No significant interactions occur between Jing Chen and other characters in this chapter.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Huo Yuhao is abducted by a mysterious powerhouse from his hotel room in Star Luo City.
• Shrek Academy and Star Luo Empire officials gather to discuss and search for clues about Huo Yuhao's disappearance.
• They consider and dismiss Dai Huabin as a suspect due to lack of motive and insufficient strength.
• They discuss the residual energy from the abduction, which is primarily spatial but also contains darkness attributes.
• They consider and dismiss two Super Douluo as suspects.
• Elder Lin suggests the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger as a suspect due to its possession of spatial and darkness attributes and its Rank 99 strength.

Character Developments

• Wang Dong shows concern and distress over Huo Yuhao's disappearance and actively participates in the search for clues.
• Elder Lin demonstrates his analytical and leadership skills in coordinating the search and investigation.

Significant Themes

• The power dynamics and politics of the soul master world, with the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger being an ultimate power that even Shrek Academy and Star Luo Empire officials feel they cannot challenge.
• The importance of motive and evidence in investigating a crime, as seen in the process of eliminating suspects.

Character Interactions

• Wang Dong and Elder Lin work together to search for clues and discuss suspects.
• Elder Lin and Dai Yueheng discuss the strength and capabilities of the White Tiger Duke's Residence.
• The group discusses and considers various suspects, ultimately settling on the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger as the most likely culprit.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Huo Yuhao's disappearance prompts Shrek Academy to suspect the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• Wang Dong insists on confronting the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger immediately, but Elder Lin advises caution.
• The Star Luo Empire agrees to help confirm Huo Yuhao's whereabouts through the Reincarnation Shop.
• Shrek students search Star Luo City for Huo Yuhao throughout the night.
• The Star Luo Emperor decides to ally with Shrek against the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• Jing Chen and the Snow Empress leave Star Luo City to travel to Dragon City.

Character Developments

• Wang Dong shows her determination and anxiety over Huo Yuhao's safety, demonstrating her growth as a leader.
• The Star Luo Emperor reveals his strategic thinking and ambition to unify the continent.

Significant Themes

• Friendship and Loyalty: Wang Dong's concern for Huo Yuhao highlights the strong bond between Shrek students.
• Political Alliances: The Star Luo Emperor's decision to ally with Shrek underscores the importance of political maneuvering in the Soul Master world.

Character Interactions

• Wang Dong and Elder Lin: Wang Dong's impulsiveness contrasts with Elder Lin's wisdom and caution.
• The Star Luo Emperor and Elder Lin: Their meeting signals the beginning of a political alliance.
• Jing Chen and the Snow Empress: Their journey to Dragon City strengthens their bond and hints at a shared mission.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jing Chen and Snow Empress find the Earth Dragon Gate sect grounds after asking around.
• They are initially dismissed by the gatekeepers but are taken seriously after Jing Chen reveals the presence of a Titled Douluo (Yi Yi).
• Nan Shuishui, the master of the Earth Dragon Gate, meets them. She is a powerful soul master with a Rouge Dragon martial soul and Soul Power at rank eighty-nine.
• Yi Yi reveals herself, demonstrating her immense power and causing the Earth Dragon Gate soul masters to tremble in fear.
• Jing Chen explains that he has come to make a deal on behalf of Yi Yi.

Character Developments

• Jing Chen: Shows maturity and confidence in dealing with the Earth Dragon Gate, using Yi Yi's presence to gain respect and attention.
• Nan Shuishui: Recognizes the power of the Titled Douluo (Yi Yi) and shows respect and courtesy despite her high status.
• Yi Yi: Demonstrates her immense power and intimidates the Earth Dragon Gate soul masters, showing her status as a Titled Douluo.

Significant Themes

• Power and Respect: The Earth Dragon Gate soul masters show respect to Jing Chen and Yi Yi due to their power.
• Deals and Alliances: The chapter hints at the potential deal or alliance that Jing Chen wants to discuss with Nan Shuishui.

Character Interactions

• Jing Chen and Nan Shuishui: They interact with mutual respect, with Nan Shuishui showing deference to Jing Chen due to Yi Yi's power.
• Jing Chen and Yi Yi: They work together, with Jing Chen using Yi Yi's power to gain respect and attention from the Earth Dragon Gate.
• Yi Yi and the Earth Dragon Gate Soul Masters: Yi Yi intimidates the Earth Dragon Gate soul masters, demonstrating her power and causing them to tremble in fear.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jing Chen reveals knowledge of a hidden land within the Earth Dragon Gate, seeking to trade for it.
• He offers five Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones, all over fifty thousand years old and of exceptional quality, worth over one hundred million Gold Soul Coins.
• Nan Shuishui and the Earth Dragon Gate elders are tempted by the offer but hesitate due to the land's historical significance.

Character Developments

• Jing Chen: Shows determination and resolve in obtaining the hidden land, using both negotiation and threat.
• Nan Shuishui: Struggles with the decision, torn between the value of the soul bones and the historical importance of the hidden land.

Significant Themes

• Temptation vs. Loyalty: Nan Shuishui grapples with the temptation of the soul bones versus her loyalty to her sect's history.
• Power Dynamics: Jing Chen uses his connection to an ultimate-level powerhouse to intimidate the Earth Dragon Gate.

Character Interactions

• Jing Chen & Nan Shuishui: Engage in a tense negotiation, with Jing Chen using both carrot (soul bones) and stick (threat of force).
• Nan Shuishui & Other Elders: Discuss the trade in private, with one elder encouraging the deal while Nan Shuishui remains hesitant.