Chapter Summaries

Jiang Xiu ordered Ba Emperor, the Ant Emperor, and the Six-Claw Demon Emperor to lure the Sky Ox Emperor away from his legion so they could use the Seed of Life to defeat him. Ba Emperor also proposed drawing the Black Empress out with the promise of godhood, while Elder Jin suddenly sensed the Seed of Life sprouting inside the Golden Ancient Tree.

• Jiang Xiu assigned the Sky Ox Emperor as the next target and planned to separate him from his twenty Guardian Sky Oxen before using the Seed of Life against him.
• Ba Emperor warned that the Sky Ox Emperor could withstand a god's attack, but Jiang Xiu said Elder Jin's stored power would help break through his defenses.
• Ba Emperor proposed luring the Black Empress outside the Abyss with a chance to reach God Level, and Jiang Xiu considered seeking the Federation Legion and Holy Spirit Cult's help.
• Jiang Xiu ordered the three Abyss Kings to lure the Sky Ox Emperor beyond the Abyss's tenth layer, then left to absorb his second Soul Spirit and the Golden Dragon King Origin.
• Ba Emperor followed Jiang Xiu, while the Ant Emperor and Six-Claw Demon Emperor stayed behind to devise a plan and joked about making Jiang Xiu the Abyssal Lord.
• Elder Jin leaped up in shock inside the Golden Ancient Tree.

Elder Jin discovered that the Seed of Life had sprouted and tracked it briefly beyond the Douluo Continent before it returned to Shrek City. Long Yeyue investigated the Secret of the Body and secretly headed for the Body Sect, where the Ba Emperor sensed an intruder near Jiang Xiu.

• Elder Jin sensed that the Seed of Life had sprouted and worried that Jiang Xiu might have gained its vitality through violence.
• Elder Jin found that the Seed of Life had gone beyond the Douluo Continent, then returned to Shrek City, and resolved to question Jiang Xiu later.
• Long Yeyue studied the Secret of the Body in Shrek Academy's treasure vault and wondered how Mu Ye had grown so powerful.
• Long Yeyue decided to investigate the Body Sect while Mu Ye was in seclusion and Han Tianyi was at the Spirit Pagoda, then slipped away under the moonlight.
• Jiang Xiu woke and began meditating to absorb the Ba Emperor's mental-power feedback while Little Black kept watch.
• The Ba Emperor appeared, reassured Little Black, and then sensed an intruder near Jiang Xiu's room.

Long Yeyue infiltrated the Body Sect looking for its treasury, but Ba Emperor ambushed her and drove her into the wilderness outside Shrek City. There, she revealed her Dark Sacred Dragon Martial Soul and launched an attack after Ba Emperor said he wanted to devour her dragon blood.

• Jiang Xiu sensed an intruder in the Body Sect and sent Ba Emperor to deal with the guest.
• Long Yeyue slipped into the sect and searched the main hall and underground for its treasury.
• Ba Emperor appeared behind Long Yeyue and struck her face, then pursued her as she fled toward the outskirts of Shrek City.
• Long Yeyue stopped in the wilderness, revealed her Dark Sacred Dragon Martial Soul, and confronted Ba Emperor.
• Ba Emperor said he wanted to devour Long Yeyue's dragon blood, and she attacked him with Sacred Dragon Extinction Breath.

Ba Emperor overwhelmed Long Yeyue with relentless attacks, regeneration, and resistance to her dark Soul Power. After Long Yeyue transformed into her Dark Sacred Dragon Martial Soul Avatar, Ba Emperor trapped her Dragon Claw and began devouring her Martial Soul Origin.

• Ba Emperor charged through Long Yeyue’s dark-light attack, healed rapidly, and fought her at close range.
• Long Yeyue found that Ba Emperor’s dark energy strengthened him and that his wounds healed within seconds, while he forced her into retreat.
• Long Yeyue attacked Ba Emperor’s heart with a Dragon Claw, but he struck her other cheek and mocked her matching injuries.
• Long Yeyue transformed into her Dark Sacred Dragon Martial Soul Avatar, leaving her Dragon Claw lodged in Ba Emperor’s body.
• Ba Emperor trapped Long Yeyue’s Dragon Claw with his dragon armor and began devouring her Martial Soul Origin.

Ba Emperor attacked Long Yeyue and Devoured nearly half the origin of her Dark Sacred Dragon Martial Soul. Long Yeyue escaped using her Four-Word Battle Armor, but Ba Emperor kept part of her origin and planned to Devour the rest when they met again.

• Ba Emperor trapped Long Yeyue and began Devouring her Dark Sacred Dragon Martial Soul Origin, growing stronger as her Martial Soul regressed.
• Long Yeyue revealed her Four-Word Battle Armor, Yin-Yang Vastness, and used its power to break free after Ba Emperor had Devoured nearly half her Martial Soul Origin.
• Long Yeyue switched to her Radiant Sacred Dragon Martial Soul to suppress her injuries, then fled when Ba Emperor charged at her.
• Ba Emperor kept a portion of Long Yeyue's Martial Soul Origin, resolved to Devour the rest later, and headed back to the Body Sect.
• After Ba Emperor left, a figure in black robes appeared.

Dark Hummingbird prepared to infiltrate Shrek City and help the Holy Spirit Cult smuggle in powerful soul-guidance shells. After Ba Emperor Devoured much of her Martial Soul Origin, Long Yeyue feared losing her Limit Douluo cultivation and having her Dark Sacred Dragon Martial Soul turn into a pig, so she flew toward the Sea God Legion.

• Dark Hummingbird watched the aftermath of Ba Emperor and Long Yeyue’s battle, wondered who Ba Emperor was, and resumed his mission to bribe Shrek City’s garrison and arrange the smuggling of soul-guidance shells.
• Long Yeyue escaped to a coastal area and realized Ba Emperor had Devoured nearly half of her Martial Soul Origin.
• Long Yeyue suspected the Body Sect was placing people in powerful positions to influence Federation policy, while mistakenly believing Hu Jie and Jiang Xiu posed no concern.
• Long Yeyue discovered her Dark Sacred Dragon Martial Soul was regressing toward a pig-like form and that her cultivation was wavering as its light and dark attributes fell out of balance.
• Fearing an ambush if she returned to Shrek City, Long Yeyue decided to seek help from someone she knew and flew toward the Sea God Legion.

Jiang Xiu learned that Ba Emperor had wounded Long Yeyue and escaped, then considered how to exploit Ba Emperor’s devouring power and lure the Sky Ox Emperor out of the Abyss. He assigned Ba Emperor to investigate the bait while planning to find old bamboo spirit medicine, and prepared to fuse with the Scorpion Tiger the next day.

• Ba Emperor reported that Long Yeyue had escaped after using her Four-Word Battle Armor, and Jiang Xiu identified her by her Dark Sacred Dragon and Light Sacred Dragon Martial Souls.
• Ba Emperor revealed that he had devoured half of Long Yeyue’s Dark Sacred Dragon Martial Soul Origin, greatly injuring her and increasing his own strength.
• Jiang Xiu inferred that Long Yeyue had fled south toward the Sea God Legion and considered how Chen Xinjie might help her recover.
• Ba Emperor asked whether Abyss Kings could wear Battle Armor, and Jiang Xiu suggested that Ant Emperor could make armor tailored to their shadow forms.
• Jiang Xiu ordered Ba Emperor to lure the Sky Ox Emperor out of the Abyss’s tenth layer, and Ba Emperor suggested using the Emperor’s fondness for old bamboo spirit medicine as bait.
• Jiang Xiu agreed to find the bamboo medicine and continued meditating, planning to fuse with the Scorpion Tiger at the Spirit Pagoda the next day.

Jiang Xiu reunited with A Ruheng, gave him an eighty-thousand-year-old Soul Bone, and learned that Hu Jie had come to gather spirit herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. When Hu Jie revealed the Tang Sect had accepted an order for eight Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells, Jiang Xiu realized the buyer was likely the organization planning to destroy Shrek.

• Jiang Xiu returned to the Body Sect, and A Ruheng welcomed him back and accepted the eighty-thousand-year-old Diamond Mammoth Soul Bone Jiang Xiu offered.
• Hu Jie arrived and was impressed to learn Jiang Xiu had reached Level 40 at eleven.
• Hu Jie said he planned to collect supplies from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Jiang Xiu asked him to bring back old bamboo-type spirit herbs.
• A Ruheng learned that Hu Jie had spent the past two months overseeing the Tang Sect's order for eight Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells.
• After discussing who could have bought the shells, Jiang Xiu realized the order likely came from the organization plotting to blow up Shrek.

Jiang Xiu accepted Hu Jie's invitation to enter Dragon Valley and considered the treasures and opportunities he might find there. He also revealed plans to help the Body Sect recruit disciples and presented Hu Jie and A Ruheng with a remarkably complete Body Secret Manual.

• Hu Jie told Jiang Xiu about Tang Sect's Dragon Valley, its Dragon Souls and Dragon Clouds, and its level restriction; Jiang Xiu agreed to go.
• Hu Jie warned Jiang Xiu to enter below level fifty and to notify him before traveling to the entrance on Star Luo Continent.
• A Ruheng lamented the Body Sect's lack of disciples and resources, while Jiang Xiu considered using the Spirit Pagoda to recruit Soul Masters with Body Sect Martial Souls.
• Hu Jie urged A Ruheng to expand the sect's combat techniques, and Jiang Xiu handed Hu Jie a thick manual.
• Hu Jie and A Ruheng read the manual and were stunned by how complete the Body Secret Manual was.

Jiang Xiu revealed that Shrek Academy had kept the complete Secret of the Body, and Hu Jie planned a careful counterattack using evidence and the Body Sect’s reputation. Na’er arrived to take Jiang Xiu to the Spirit Pagoda for his second Soul Spirit, while Hu Jie secretly set out to punish Zhuo Shi.

• Jiang Xiu told Hu Jie and A Ruheng that he had obtained the complete Secret of the Body from Shrek Academy, and Hu Jie urged them to wait until their master could confront Yun Ming with solid evidence.
• Jiang Xiu said Elder Jin had supplied the manual and revealed that Zhuo Shi had used it to create the Nine Styles of the Red Dragon; Hu Jie ordered everyone to keep the matter secret until their master left seclusion.
• Na’er arrived and told Jiang Xiu that his second Soul Spirit was ready at the Spirit Pagoda, so Jiang Xiu left with her to pursue his Soul Ancestor breakthrough.
• Hu Jie emerged after Jiang Xiu and Na’er departed and hinted that he would secretly teach Zhuo Shi a lesson.
• A Ruheng resolved to work harder for the Body Sect and summoned eight silver vials, declaring that he would prove himself the true master of the body.

Gu Yue learned that Di Tian had found a way for her to enter Dragon Valley and planned to prepare for her arrival at Shrek Academy. Meanwhile, a wounded black-robed figure confronted Chen Xinjie during a Sea God Legion exercise, and Chen Xinjie recognized the visitor as Yue'er.

• Gu Yue emerged from seclusion, and Di Tian reported that he and Xiong Jun could open a temporary passage into Dragon Valley when the Tang Sect opened its route.
• Gu Yue vowed that the Tang Sect would pay for claiming Dragon Valley, then learned Na'er had stopped waiting for Jiang Xiu and had not enrolled at Shrek Academy.
• Gu Yue planned to enter Shrek Academy in two years and ordered Di Tian to have Xiong Jun study Battle Armor forging and the King of Ten Thousand Demons study Mecha design.
• During the Sea God Legion's annual exercise, a wounded figure in a black robe appeared above the warships and called for Chen Xinjie.
• Chen Xinjie approached the black-robed figure with shock and joy, saying, "Yue'er... you finally came..."

Long Yeyue reunited with Chen Xinjie and asked him to use his Martial Soul Origin to stabilize her damaged Dark Sacred Dragon Martial Soul, which was regressing toward a pig-like form. Meanwhile, Qiangu Dongfeng learned that Jiang Xiu and Na'er had arrived at the Spirit Pagoda and summoned Qiangu Zhangting for a task.

• Long Yeyue rejected Chen Xinjie's advances, and he canceled the Sea God Legion's drill and took her away from the officers.
• Chen Xinjie declared that Long Yeyue was the only woman he considered his wife, and she revealed that her Martial Soul Origin was damaged and asked him to help stabilize it.
• Long Yeyue fainted from exhaustion, and Chen Xinjie caught her and channeled his Martial Soul Origin into hers.
• Chen Xinjie saw that Long Yeyue's Dark Sacred Dragon was already transforming into a pig-like form.
• Qiangu Dongfeng learned that Jiang Xiu and Na'er were heading to Leng's office, then called Qiangu Zhangting to give him a task.

Qiangu Dongfeng coached his grandson Qiangu Zhangting to challenge Jiang Xiu for Na’er's favor, giving him the Evil Demon Wings Soul Bone as bait. After Zhangting left, Dongfeng considered schemes against Leng Yaozhu, Jiang Xiu, and the Body Sect, while a purple-green pearl glowed inside his Storage Soul Tool.

• Qiangu Dongfeng asked Qiangu Zhangting about his efforts to court Na'er and explained that Jiang Xiu stood in his way.
• Qiangu Zhangting suggested having Jiang Xiu assassinated, but Qiangu Dongfeng rejected the reckless plan and advised him to challenge Jiang Xiu instead.
• Qiangu Dongfeng gave Qiangu Zhangting the Evil Demon Wings Soul Bone to tempt Jiang Xiu into accepting a duel, and reminded his grandson to cultivate the Qiangu Family's Heaven-Battling Will.
• Qiangu Zhangting left, confident he would defeat Jiang Xiu and win Na'er’s favor.
• Qiangu Dongfeng considered using the Holy Spirit Cult against Jiang Xiu and the Body Sect, while a purple-green pearl inside his Storage Soul Tool emitted a faint glow.

Jiang Xiu visited the Soul Spirit Research Lab, where Leng Yaozhu revealed the ten-thousand-year-old Scorpion Tiger intended to become his second Soul Spirit. As the Scorpion Tiger resisted, Na'er sensed the incomplete Evil God bloodline within it, leaving Jiang Xiu poised to attempt the dangerous absorption.

• Na'er noticed Jiang Xiu's unusual, nature-filled aura as they headed to the Soul Spirit Research Lab.
• Jiang Xiu reunited with Leng Yaozhu, who checked that he was safe after his time at Shrek Academy.
• Leng Yaozhu revealed the Scorpion Tiger and warned Jiang Xiu that previous Soul Masters had suffered severe backlash trying to absorb it.
• Jiang Xiu declared that he would attempt to absorb the Scorpion Tiger as his second Soul Spirit.
• Na'er exerted her pressure on the Scorpion Tiger and sensed a gray-robed figure formed from its incomplete Evil God bloodline resisting her.

Jiang Xiu tried to subdue the Scorpion Tiger as a Soul Spirit, but the beast feigned submission and attempted to ambush him. After Na'er suppressed the Evil God's bloodline, Jiang Xiu and the Shadow Monarch beat the Scorpion Tiger into submission, leaving it terrified and still refusing to answer him.

• Na'er used her Silver Dragon power to suppress the Evil God phantom inside the Scorpion Tiger, while the beast remained defiant.
• Jiang Xiu showed the Scorpion Tiger the time attribute in his Soul Power, tempting it with the chance to complete its bloodline reversion.
• The Scorpion Tiger pretended to submit and planned to ambush Jiang Xiu, so Leng Yaozhu opened its cage at his request.
• The Scorpion Tiger lunged at Jiang Xiu, but he struck first and used time-freezing clocks while the Shadow Monarch and Jiang Xiu unleashed a barrage of heavy blows.
• Jiang Xiu asked the battered Scorpion Tiger whether it would talk, but it remained silent, and he ordered the beating to continue.

Jiang Xiu beat Scorpion Tiger into submitting and completed their Soul Spirit contract, becoming an eleven-year-old Soul Ancestor with two Ultimate Martial Souls. He learned that Scorpion Tiger’s inner core and External Soul Bone were taken by Qiangu Dongfeng, and the chapter ended as Qiangu Zhangting approached them in the corridor.

• Jiang Xiu forced Scorpion Tiger to surrender, and Leng Yaozhu presided over their Soul Spirit Contract ceremony.
• Scorpion Tiger became Jiang Xiu’s second Soul Spirit, and Jiang Xiu advanced to Soul Ancestor with a fourth Soul Ring.
• Scorpion Tiger began transforming under the Shadow Monarch’s influence and told Jiang Xiu that his inner core and External Soul Bone had been taken.
• Leng Yaozhu said Qiangu Dongfeng had taken the inner core and External Soul Bone fifty years earlier, but promised to seek a way to retrieve them.
• Na'er suggested celebrating Jiang Xiu’s breakthrough, and the three left the Soul Spirit Research Lab with Leng Yaozhu.
• Qiangu Zhangting, who had been waiting, approached them around a corridor bend.

Qiangu Zhangting challenged Jiang Xiu to a duel after provoking Na'er, wagering a Scorpion Tiger External Soul Bone. Jiang Xiu accepted, with the match about to begin under Leng Yaozhu’s supervision as Qiangu Dongfeng watched remotely.

• Qiangu Zhangting approached Leng Yaozhu, Na'er, and Jiang Xiu, then challenged Jiang Xiu to test the Body Sect’s combat techniques.
• Na'er mocked Qiangu Zhangting for challenging someone much younger and weaker, then tried to leave with Jiang Xiu.
• Qiangu Zhangting offered a Scorpion Tiger External Soul Bone as the prize, and Jiang Xiu accepted on the condition that Zhangting stay away from Na'er if he lost.
• Leng Yaozhu escorted them to the arena and ordered Qiangu Zhangting to suppress his cultivation to Jiang Xiu’s level forty-two.
• Qiangu Zhangting and Jiang Xiu took their positions as Leng Yaozhu prepared to start the match, while Qiangu Dongfeng watched from his office.

Jiang Xiu fought Qiangu Zhangting in the duel ring, matching his Coiling Dragon Staff with the Shadow Monarch and his own attacks. As Qiangu Zhangting unleashed the Qiangu Family’s Battle Heaven Concept, Jiang Xiu activated his fourth Soul Skill, Dark God Evil Demon Transformation, and his aura surged.

• Qiangu Zhangting and Jiang Xiu summoned their Martial Souls and began fighting, with the Shadow Monarch matching the Coiling Dragon Staff despite Qiangu Zhangting’s enhanced strength.
• Qiangu Zhangting used Heaven Shaker, but Jiang Xiu countered with his Dark Gold Terrorclaw, Bloodline Power, and Shadow Monarch.
• Qiangu Zhangting unleashed the Battle Heaven Concept and briefly halted Jiang Xiu’s advance, then challenged him to surrender.
• Jiang Xiu activated his fourth Soul Skill, Dark God Evil Demon Transformation, merging with the Shadow Monarch and releasing a powerful dark aura.

Jiang Xiu used Dark God Evil Demon Transformation to overpower Qiangu Zhangting and expose his reliance on concealment and ambushes. After Qiangu Zhangting refused to surrender and attacked again, Qiangu Dongfeng blocked Leng Yaozhu while Na'er rushed toward Jiang Xiu.

• Jiang Xiu transformed and drove Qiangu Zhangting to the arena’s edge with his enhanced speed and strength.
• Qiangu Zhangting used the Silent Breath Soul Bone Skill to hide, but Jiang Xiu found him and struck him with three lightning-charged punches.
• Jiang Xiu explained that he had tracked Qiangu Zhangting’s shadow and mocked his claim to possess the will to battle heaven and earth.
• Qiangu Zhangting pretended to surrender, then unleashed his full power and swung his Coiling Dragon Staff at Jiang Xiu.
• Qiangu Dongfeng blocked Leng Yaozhu as she moved to intervene, and Na'er shot toward Jiang Xiu while Qiangu Zhangting attacked.

Jiang Xiu trapped Qiangu Zhangting in a Shadow Illusion, stopping his attack and leaving him raving about becoming a god. Leng Yaozhu negotiated with Qiangu Dongfeng and left the arena with Jiang Xiu and Na'er, while Qiangu Dongfeng secretly called on the Ghost Emperor to have the Underworld Emperor kill Jiang Xiu.

• Jiang Xiu's Shadow Mockery Abyss trapped Qiangu Zhangting in an illusion, and Qiangu Dongfeng rushed into the arena to check on him.
• Leng Yaozhu confronted Qiangu Dongfeng and demanded that Qiangu Zhangting's arms be broken or they would fight.
• Qiangu Zhangting emerged from the illusion raving about mastering the Battle Heaven Concept and becoming a god, until Qiangu Dongfeng slapped him back to his senses.
• Jiang Xiu privately urged Leng Yaozhu to negotiate instead, and she dismissed her wall of flame as Qiangu Zhangting fled, leaving behind the jade box containing the External Soul Bone.
• Leng Yaozhu reached an agreement with Qiangu Dongfeng and led Jiang Xiu and Na'er away from the arena.
• Qiangu Dongfeng called the Ghost Emperor and ordered him to ask the Underworld Emperor to kill Jiang Xiu.