Chapter Summaries

After Tang Hao's intervention, Bibi Dong announced the competition results and presented the prizes, then offered Ye Lingling a place of refuge in Spirit Hall. As the ceremony continued, Chen Hong noticed Ning Quan had disappeared and left with Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo.

• Bibi Dong announced Shrek Team as first, Golden Team as second, and Imperial Fighting Team as third, then awarded Shrek Team its spirit bones.
• Bibi Dong encouraged the defeated Golden Team and gave Hu Liena words of comfort while presenting their second-place rewards.
• Bibi Dong recognized the danger of Ye Lingling's unreleased Flower of Reversal and told her that Spirit Hall could shelter her if she ever reached a dead end.
• Chen Hong realized Ning Quan was missing, and Ning Fengzhi left the venue with Sword Douluo behind Chen Hong.

After the Spirit Hall Youth Soul Master Competition, Chen Hong explained to Ning Fengzhi why Bibi Dong had let Tang Hao leave, then went to meet the Pope. The chapter left Chen Hong sprawled at Bibi Dong’s feet after his legs buckled when he entered her private hall.

• Ning Fengzhi asked Chen Hong why Spirit Hall had allowed Tang Hao to leave unharmed, and Chen Hong suggested Bibi Dong had deliberately bolstered Tang Hao’s reputation to ease tensions and conceal Spirit Hall’s intentions.
• Chen Hong advised Ning Fengzhi to remain neutral and said Sword Douluo would understand Spirit Hall and the Technology Guild once he reached the Intent Realm.
• Ning Quan returned and told Chen Hong that Bibi Dong wanted to see him, while Chen Hong teased him about visiting Xu Ke’er.
• Chen Hong entered Bibi Dong’s private hall, where his legs buckled and he slid down before her; Bibi Dong amusedly told him she had never asked him to kneel.

Bibi Dong summoned Chen Hong and questioned him about his unusual fear and his work on the Three Realms of Soul Rings. After learning that he was not ready to choose a side, she asked him to state his position, and he called himself an outsider.

• Chen Hong slipped into a knee-slide and bowed when he entered Bibi Dong’s presence, then explained that he sensed her Level 99 cultivation.
• Bibi Dong recognized that Chen Hong’s mind had descended into chaos and guessed that he had wronged her faction.
• Chen Hong joked that he wanted to abandon the light and join the darkness, and Bibi Dong teased him before turning to business.
• Bibi Dong praised the Three Realms of Soul Rings and asked Chen Hong to speak more casually with her.
• Bibi Dong asked Chen Hong to choose a side in Spirit Hall’s situation, and he replied that he was an outsider.

Chen Hong explained to Bibi Dong that Spirit Hall had abandoned mass armies because its Titled Douluos were rapidly outgrowing ordinary Spirit Masters, and he offered the Technology Guild’s help with her ambitions. He also revealed that he had deliberately slowed Soul Tool development to avoid giving Spirit Hall and the continent terrifying weapons too soon.

• Bibi Dong realized Chen Hong was not mocking her and asked what help he could offer as an outsider.
• Chen Hong inferred that Bibi Dong had let Tang Hao escape to conceal Spirit Hall’s strength while it prepared to defeat the Two Great Empires with its Titled Douluos.
• Chen Hong explained that advanced Soul Ring cultivation and Soul Arts were making human-wave tactics ineffective, so Spirit Hall no longer needed an army of Spirit Masters to unify the continent.
• Bibi Dong praised Chen Hong’s intelligence after he revealed that he had intentionally slowed the development of Soul Tools.
• Chen Hong said he feared that developing Soul Tools too quickly could increase casualties and possibly repeat whatever had caused an ancient Soul Guidance Device civilization to disappear.

Chen Hong explained how he had inferred Bibi Dong’s plan to take control of Spirit Hall and unite the Douluo Continent. Bibi Dong recognized his insight and allowed his ties to Qian Daoliu and the Technology Guild, so long as he continued to acknowledge her as Pope.

• Bibi Dong asked Chen Hong when he realized Spirit Hall intended to unify the Douluo Continent.
• Chen Hong said the absence of the Qian surname among Spirit Hall’s Pope and Saintess had led him to foresee a major change.
• Chen Hong explained that Bibi Dong needed Qian Daoliu’s tacit consent and a feat like unifying the continent to surpass him in prestige.
• Bibi Dong realized Chen Hong had accurately read her ambitions and admitted she would kill him if he were not on Spirit Hall’s side.
• Bibi Dong told Chen Hong to address her as Your Holiness the Pope and said she would not question his dealings with Qian Daoliu or the Technology Guild as long as he recognized her authority.

Chen Hong secured Bibi Dong’s agreement to remain neutral within Spirit Hall and continued studying its archives, while Tang Hao nursed his injuries beside an unconscious Tang San and Xiao Wu in the forest. The chapter left Chen Hong avoiding Spirit Hall’s factional struggle and Tang Hao reflecting on the cost of his Ring Explosion technique.

• Chen Hong and Bibi Dong agreed that he could retain his freedom and neutrality while working for Spirit Hall.
• Chen Hong returned to the Collection Pavilion with Ning Quan and used his Psychic Power to study its books, unsettled by Bibi Dong’s Level 99 cultivation.
• Chen Hong decided not to take sides in Spirit Hall’s struggle, reasoning that its future was secure and Bibi Dong would remain Pope.
• Tang Hao sat by a campfire near Spirit City while Xiao Wu held the unconscious, bandaged Tang San.
• Tang Hao coughed blood from injuries worsened by using Ring Explosion, then compared his damaging technique with Ye Lingling’s safer sustained version.

By the campfire, Tang Hao confessed that he had used Tang San to pursue revenge against Spirit Hall, but Qian Daoliu’s strength had left him questioning that path. He told Xiao Wu his agreement with the Soul Beast kings still stood, then began to reveal a secret about Tang San.

• Tang Hao reflected on his failure to protect Tang San and admitted he had wanted to use him to oppose Spirit Hall.
• Tang Hao explained that the female Pope and Qian Daoliu’s power had made him despair of challenging Spirit Hall.
• Tang Hao said Spirit Hall was growing stronger and admitted he feared Qian Daoliu, whose defense he could not overcome.
• Tang Hao decided to let go of his hatred and told Xiao Wu that his agreement with the Soul Beast kings still stood.
• Tang Hao said he had concealed one thing from Xiao Wu and began, “Tang San is...”

Tang Hao took the unconscious Tang San to meet Ah Yin and planned for him to visit the City of Slaughter and return to Clear Sky Sect. More than half a year after the Youth Soul Master Competition, Chen Hong reached Level 39, expanded his mental network, and prepared to leave Spirit City with Huang.

• Tang Hao returned Xiao Wu to the Star Dou Great Forest, then carried Tang San toward his secret base and reflected on Tang San's future and Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Hao resolved to bring Tang San to meet Ah Yin, reclaim her gift, and eventually take him to the City of Slaughter and Clear Sky Sect.
• Chen Hong checked his panel in Spirit City's Collection Pavilion and celebrated that he was close to becoming a Soul Ancestor at fifteen.
• Chen Hong described how he and Qian Daoliu cultivated immortal herbs and gathered Soul Power Primordial Liquid, while the herbs began transforming into Plant Soul Beasts.
• Chen Hong and Huang upgraded the Suotuo Mental Network and made a pink spider from the Soul of the Hunt skull bone serve as a network signal tower.
• Chen Hong decided to return to Suotuo City before the pink spider failed and considered gathering more soul bones to use as servers.

Chen Hong left Spirit Hall’s Collection Pavilion after analyzing its records and agreed to organize a refined copy for Spirit Hall. Qian Daoliu offered soul bones for a Bone Spirit, and Chen Hong, weighing his scarce Mental Primordial Liquid against his plans, began considering bringing Qian Daoliu into a Martial Soul Network System.

• Chen Hong packed up after using Mental Primordial Liquid on the Bone Spirit and considered testing its effects on soul beasts.
• Qian Daoliu met Chen Hong outside the Collection Pavilion and asked him to return an organized copy of Spirit Hall’s records.
• Chen Hong promised to analyze and organize the collection after returning to Suotuo City.
• Qian Daoliu gave Chen Hong three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones and asked him to make a Bone Spirit for Spirit City.
• Chen Hong explained that the soul bones might only fund one Bone Spirit a year because Mental Primordial Liquid was needed for many projects.
• Chen Hong considered drawing Qian Daoliu into the Martial Soul Network System.

Chen Hong reviewed the requirements for his Mental Network System and planned to enlist Qian Daoliu’s help in refining faith into Mental Primordial Liquid. After arranging to visit the Angel God, Chen Hong stabilized the Suotuo Network and learned that Tang San had appeared in the Far West Wasteland.

• Chen Hong concluded that the Mental Network System depended on a large population, Bone Spirit as its Root Server, and the ability to refine Faith Turbulence, with his Overclock Divine Mark producing Mental Primordial Liquid.
• Chen Hong decided to persuade Qian Daoliu to help refine faith, but worried that Qian Daoliu would refuse to divert the Angel God’s Power of Faith.
• Chen Hong asked Qian Daoliu to visit the Angel God when Qian Daoliu reached the Artistic Conception stage and condensed his Soul Power Core, and Qian Daoliu agreed.
• After Qian Daoliu left, Chen Hong planned to prepare an Overclock Refiner and opened his Mental Power connection to the lagging Suotuo Network.
• Chen Hong sent Big Head Doll Huang to support Pink Spider, and Huang used its ability to restore order to the network.
• Chen Hong heard that Tang San had appeared in the Far West Wasteland and suspected he had gone to the City of Slaughter to gain another advantage.

The God Kings learned that Angel God had fallen and discussed her successor in the Douluo Realm, where the Asura God King had also chosen a promising heir. Chen Hong returned to Suotuo City and learned that the Shrek Seven Devils had agreed to reunite in three years.

• The Life God King revealed that Angel God's divinity had returned to the God Realm, and the God Kings discussed filling her vacant position.
• The Asura God King confirmed he would leave the God Realm and establish a successor, who was in the Douluo Realm near one of his inheritance sites.
• The God Kings agreed that a conflict between the successors could lead to a divine war and that the stronger candidate would prevail.
• Chen Hong returned to Suotuo City after stabilizing the Suotuo Mental Network, unaware that Angel God had fallen.
• Chen Hong met Oscar and Ma Hongjun at Oscar's Soul Power Restaurant and learned the Shrek Seven Devils had made a Three-Year Agreement to reunite.

Chen Hong visited Oscar’s online Soul Power restaurant and learned how Ma Hongjun used the new map function to make deliveries. After tasting Oscar’s experimental desserts, Chen Hong assessed Oscar’s Soul Skill progress and considered how it might affect his Martial Soul.

• Ma Hongjun returned from a delivery and told Chen Hong that the map function had greatly improved his delivery speed.
• Chen Hong learned that Count Suotuo Chen Lin had worked with Huang to create an online store, where Oscar ran a Soul Power restaurant.
• Oscar offered Chen Hong a new dessert, and Chen Hong praised his progress in turning sausage-shaped Soul Skills into other forms of food.
• Chen Hong reasoned that Oscar’s Soul Skills might eventually affect his Martial Soul and judged that Oscar would likely be the first of the Shrek Seven Devils to reach the Realm of Intent.

Chen Hong discussed Ma Hongjun’s evolved Evil Fire Phoenix and compared its former flaw with Dugu Bo’s poison. He then advised Oscar that he had two possible paths to becoming a powerful Spirit Master, but only began explaining the first.

• Oscar and Ma Hongjun asked Chen Hong about Martial Soul evolution, and Oscar teased Ma Hongjun about his Evil Fire no longer troubling him.
• Chen Hong explained how the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower had completed Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire Phoenix and compared Ma Hongjun’s former problem with Dugu Bo’s snake venom.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar were surprised to hear that Dugu Bo’s poison might stem from a missing inheritance, while Chen Hong speculated that the Jade Scale Snake Emperor’s origin venom could be extraordinarily potent.
• Chen Hong praised the potential of Oscar’s Soul Power Food, then accepted orange juice made by a Ju Zi Martial Soul Food Soul Master working at Oscar’s restaurant.
• Oscar asked Chen Hong for guidance about his future, and Chen Hong began outlining two paths, starting with solving problems through soul skills within the existing Soul Master System.

Chen Hong explained two ways Oscar could gain combat ability: seek a Mirror Beast soul skill or develop offensive Soul Arts. He then described his view of Food Soul Masters’ essence and used Ye Lingling’s Nine Heart Begonia as an example, leaving his explanation focused on how it converts Soul Power into life force.

• Chen Hong told Oscar that Mirror Beasts in the Northern Snow Ridge could grant illusion-transformation abilities, though they generally copied only seventy to eighty percent of a target’s combat power.
• Ma Hongjun questioned the limits of mirror abilities, and Chen Hong said Soul Ring Form and Intent Studies could help them replicate more of a target’s abilities.
• Oscar asked Chen Hong to explain his second plan, and Chen Hong described the Soul Art route, which could let Oscar develop offensive versions of his support abilities.
• Chen Hong said Oscar could combine both routes by gaining a mirror soul skill and later cultivating it into a Soul Art.
• Chen Hong defined the essence of a Food Soul Master as converting inedible Soul Power into edible Soul Power, then began explaining this through Ye Lingling’s Nine Heart Begonia and its conversion of Soul Power into life force.

Chen Hong discussed Oscar’s potential to develop energy immunity and pursue a path suited to his Food Soul Master abilities. After hearing how Shrek Academy had separated from the Technology Guild, Chen Hong reflected on Yu Xiaogang’s unexplained absence since his breakthrough to Soul Elder.

• Chen Hong told Oscar that his potential could lead to energy immunity, and Oscar resolved to follow a cultivation path suited to his talents.
• Ma Hongjun explained that he and Oscar had gone to Suotuo City to earn money while training after the Shrek Seven Devils disbanded.
• Chen Hong recalled how Shrek Academy shifted its focus away from the Technology Guild, prompting Count Suotuo Chen Lin to reduce funding while allowing the separation to proceed peacefully.
• Chen Hong noted that Shrek Academy had gained backing from several major sects and had strong prospects for development.
• Chen Hong wondered what had happened to Yu Xiaogang, whom he had not seen since reaching level thirty.

Chen Hong learned what the Shrek Seven Devils had been doing and reflected on the opportunities Yu Xiaogang had missed. Oscar and Ma Hongjun described their friends’ whereabouts, leaving Chen Hong to consider the dangers and possibilities surrounding Xiao Wu’s return to the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Chen Hong reflected that Yu Xiaogang had missed major opportunities with Bibi Dong, Tang San, and now Chen Hong, but still intended to study his externally spiritual Martial Soul someday.
• Oscar told Chen Hong that he and Ma Hongjun were cultivating while earning money, Dai Mubai remained at the academy, and Tang San had left with his father for solitary cultivation.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun suspected Xiao Wu had returned to the Star Dou Great Forest, and Chen Hong decided it was too early to investigate its secrets.
• Oscar explained that Ning Rongrong had returned to Treasure Sword City to build a Soul Guidance Industrial System, which Chen Hong hoped might reveal the Star Dou Great Forest’s reaction.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun revealed that Zhu Zhuqing was teaching at the Technology Academy and had distanced herself from Dai Mubai, while Shrek’s teachers tolerated her choice to prevent the Seven Devils from splitting up.

After the Shrek Seven Devils graduated early, Chen Hong wandered through Suotuo City and reflected on its thriving technology and people’s openness to new inventions. Near the Technology Academy, he spotted Zhu Zhuqing, but she turned back after he had already left.

• Chen Hong said goodbye to Ma Hongjun and Oscar, then explored Suotuo City and used the city's Weak Mental Field to extend his Spiritual Perception Domain.
• Chen Hong admired the city’s soul-powered scooters, traffic lights, and household devices as he walked toward the Technology Guild Headquarters.
• Chen Hong observed the Technology Academy, where students of all ages could study and take entrance exams based on intelligence rather than Soul Power Level.
• Chen Hong recognized Zhu Zhuqing among the children outside the academy as she helped Ye Han tidy his clothes and sent him home with his sister.
• Zhu Zhuqing looked toward Chen Hong after sensing him, but he had already crossed the road; Chen Hong watched her from nearby and wondered if she had Cat's Intuition.

Chen Hong toured the Technology Academy with Zhu Zhuqing and learned why she had chosen a peaceful life away from the Star Luo Empire. Zhu Zhuqing reflected on how she had observed Chen Hong and ended by revealing that Tang San was a girl.

• Chen Hong inspected the Technology Academy with Zhu Zhuqing and praised its facilities and planning.
• Chen Hong asked whether Zhu Zhuqing intended to stay at the academy, and she explained that she wanted to avoid returning to the Star Luo Empire and its royal family trial.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she was satisfied with her work and peaceful life, then asked Chen Hong why Oscar and Ma Hongjun kept traveling together.
• Chen Hong suggested Oscar and Ma Hongjun might be lonely, and Zhu Zhuqing asked whether he was lonely too.
• Zhu Zhuqing described how she had observed Chen Hong’s flaws and pointed out that Dai Mubai would return to fight for the throne and might marry his sister-in-law.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Chen Hong that Tang San was a girl.

Xiao Wu told the Azure Sky Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape that Tang San was a girl, while Zhu Zhuqing explained how she had realized the same to Chen Hong. Chen Hong accepted the revelation and encouraged Zhu Zhuqing to pursue a future in the Technology Guild's Research Department before returning to work.

• Xiao Wu told the Azure Sky Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape that Tang San was a girl, and they struggled to reconcile that with their memories of her.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Chen Hong that Tang San was a flat-chested girl and described the habits that had led her to notice.
• Chen Hong admitted that his assumptions had kept him from recognizing Tang San's identity and said it mattered less to him than her status as a Half-Vegetative Person.
• Chen Hong praised Zhu Zhuqing's powers of observation and suggested she could join the Technology Guild's Research Department.
• Chen Hong returned to the Technology Guild Headquarters, and Zhu Zhuqing watched him leave before privately comparing him to a New God who had not shed his humanity.

Chen Hong turned his attention to the Sea Soul Fleet and its newly secured Sea Soul Islands, where the Technology Guild planned an overseas shipbuilding base. As the fleet was ordered to return to the islands for a mysterious guest, Hai Ya anticipated the next stage of the project: powerful cannons for the fleet.

• Chen Hong learned that Ning Quan had left to travel across Douluo Continent with Xu Ke'er and decided to focus on the distant western seas.
• Hai Ya received orders to return the Sea Soul Fleet to Sea Soul Island after its pirate-suppression operation ended.
• The chapter described how the fleet had taken control of the resource-rich Sea Soul Islands and gained the support of more than a million islanders through development and administration.
• Suotuo Shipyard launched the first experimental Purple Radiance-Class battleship, the Sea Serpent Ship, as the Technology Guild prepared to establish an overseas shipbuilding base.
• Hai Ya looked forward to the next step after building strong ships: equipping them with sharp cannons.