Chapter Summaries

Chen Hong visited Oscar and Ma Hongjun in Suotuo City, then brought pastries to Ye Lingling at the research institute. As they discussed his upcoming fifth soul ring, Ye Lingling suggested the Heaven and Earth Embryonic Pattern could transform humans into soul beasts and soul beasts into humans.

• Chen Hong visited Oscar and Ma Hongjun, praised Ma Hongjun’s improved physique and Oscar’s Soul Power Food, and took pastries for Ye Lingling.
• Oscar decided he and Ma Hongjun should outsource the restaurant business so they could prepare for the Shrek Seven Devils’ reunion and his next stage of training.
• Chen Hong gave Ye Lingling the pastries and said he was preparing to leave for his fifth soul ring.
• Ye Lingling identified the Heaven and Earth Embryonic Pattern’s Life Node with the Emerald Swan and proposed that the pattern could remake life forms, potentially turning humans into soul beasts and soul beasts into humans.

Chen Hong asked the Ice Empress to let him imprint a Soul Ring and offered to trade for it. He promised to reveal the Ice Dragon King's ruins and use his Martial Soul Fusion Skill to give her a male body, and the Ice Empress agreed.

• Chen Hong met the Ice Empress and Snow Empress in the Far North and asked to imprint the Ice Empress's Soul Ring.
• The Snow Empress asked what Chen Hong would offer in exchange, while the Ice Empress asked how he resisted lightning tribulations.
• Chen Hong said he would share future research on the Heaven and Earth Embryonic Pattern but ruled it out as payment.
• Chen Hong offered Soul Beast cultivation knowledge and knowledge about Divine Runes, but the Ice Empress and Snow Empress were not persuaded.
• Chen Hong offered to reveal the Ice Dragon King's ruins and said his Martial Soul Fusion Skill could restore the Ice Empress to her innate state by giving her a male body.
• The Ice Empress accepted Chen Hong's deal, leaving the Snow Empress, Qian Daoliu, and Little White stunned.

Chen Hong proved that the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings' Remains were real and invited Snow Empress and Ice Empress to negotiate a deal. The group moved to Snow Empress's palace to discuss his conditions.

• Snow Empress stopped Ice Empress and Chen Hong's suggestive exchange, and Ice Empress asked whether the Ice Dragon King Remains were real.
• Chen Hong showed Snow Empress a Yellow Tier Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass as evidence that the remains existed alongside the Fire Dragon King Remains.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress judged the remains valuable, while Snow Empress asked Chen Hong to state his conditions.
• Xiaobai suggested capturing Chen Hong and Qian Daoliu, but Snow Empress warned it that the two men were dangerous and had overheard its Mental Sound Transmission.
• Snow Empress invited Chen Hong and Qian Daoliu to her Ice and Snow Palace, where Chen Hong began discussing the deal.

Chen Hong offered the Ice and Snow Empresses the Ice Dragon King's Remains on the condition that they stay in place for decades, then admitted he expected to clash with a god while pursuing the unification of Soul Beasts. The Snow Empress and Ice Empress accepted his sincerity and agreed to help him.

• Chen Hong offered the Ice Dragon King's Remains, asking the Ice and Snow Empresses not to remove them for at least fifty years.
• Chen Hong apologized for his past arrogance and gave the Snow Empress a Spatial Ring containing his research on Soul Beasts and Soul Guidance Devices.
• Chen Hong revealed that he might oppose a god and needed the Dragon King Remains as a fallback.
• The Snow Empress recognized the god as the one who had ascended through the faith of Sea Soul Beasts and said the Soul Beasts should support Chen Hong.
• The Ice Empress agreed to offer sacrifice and wished that Chen Hong could reclaim his former glory.

Chen Hong began a carefully controlled sacrifice ritual with the Ice Empress, using his Divine Marks to preserve their awareness and limit damage to her soul. He led her across their linked Seas of Consciousness, leaving her in the golden ocean beside him.

• The Ice Empress revealed her Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion form and questioned Chen Hong about his sacrifice method.
• Chen Hong pressed his forehead to hers and used his Sage Divine Mark to preserve their consciousness during the ritual.
• Chen Hong explained how the Sage, Contract, and Overclock Divine Marks would trigger a controlled sacrifice while keeping their souls intact.
• Chen Hong linked their Seas of Consciousness and guided the Ice Empress into the sacrificial state.
• The Ice Empress appeared as a twin-tailed girl, questioned whether Chen Hong deserved her trust, and followed him across the dividing line into the golden ocean.

Chen Hong gained Ice Empress’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, rose to Level 59, and awakened a strange new soul skill as Ice Empress recovered from her sacrifice. The chapter ended with a cosmic battle in which a white figure received a crown and ascended to the ninth step of the Stairway to Godhood.

• A mysterious Divine Rune restored Ice Empress’s consciousness during her sacrifice, while an incomprehensible presence touched the rune in a higher-dimensional void.
• Chen Hong’s new scarlet Soul Ring appeared, and his Soul Power surged to Level 59 while his Mental Power reached Level 86.
• Qian Daoliu urged Chen Hong to test his new soul skill after his aura stabilized, and Ice Empress woke and asked what ability he had gained.
• Chen Hong challenged Ice Empress to try his strange spiritual-type skill, while Snow Empress sensed that the wind and snow had stopped.
• In a cosmic battle, a white figure received a crown, completed her concept, and stepped onto the ninth stair of the Stairway to Godhood.

Chen Hong used his fifth Soul Skill, No-Self, to freeze the Ice Empress’s thoughts and revealed his preliminary mastery of the Soul Ring Domain Realm. He released her from the effect and discovered that the Domain Realm Divine Rune had barely lost any energy.

• Chen Hong used No-Self to strike the Ice Empress with a rune that stopped her mental activity, causing her to collapse into the Snow Empress’s arms.
• The Snow Empress found the Ice Empress’s body and Soul Power stable but could not wake her, then demanded to know what Chen Hong had done.
• Qian Daoliu recognized Chen Hong’s technique as a preliminary application of the third Soul Ring realm, which used Heaven and Earth Energy to unleash a Soul Skill.
• Chen Hong explained that No-Self froze thought and that the Far North’s terrain had helped him use the Domain Realm.
• Chen Hong removed the effect by reclaiming the rune and found that the Selfless Divine Mark had lost almost no energy.

Chen Hong demonstrated how his Selfless Divine Mark could freeze Ice Empress’s thoughts, then left with Qian Daoliu after offering the Ice and Snow Empresses access to the Ice Dragon King’s Remains. Snow Empress concluded that soul beasts had little choice but to negotiate with humans, while Ice Empress questioned Chen Hong’s confidence about challenging the Sea God.

• Chen Hong withdrew his Selfless Divine Mark, and Ice Empress forgot that her thoughts had been frozen for one or two minutes.
• Snow Empress warned Ice Empress about the danger of Chen Hong’s mental skill, and Ice Empress declined his offer to experience a weaker version.
• Chen Hong told the Ice and Snow Empresses to seek him in Suotuo City when they wanted the Ice Dragon King’s Remains, then departed with Qian Daoliu.
• Snow Empress explained that Chen Hong’s Sage ability and the Dragon King’s treasured land could let plant soul beasts cultivate up to a hundred times faster, while Selflessness could hinder their cultivation.
• Snow Empress decided that the Ice and Snow Empresses should enter the game and negotiate from their disadvantaged position, and Ice Empress called Chen Hong arrogant for planning to challenge the Sea God without having truly faced him.

Chen Hong discussed the implications of his Selfless Divine Mark with Qian Daoliu, then returned to Suotuo City and began preparing a second-stage wood-element Soul Core Engine modification with Ye Lingling. Half a year later, Oscar and Ma Hongjun returned to Shrek Academy’s old campus and spotted Dai and the others waiting there.

• Chen Hong asked Qian Daoliu whether he seemed arrogant after the Ice Empress took offense at his indifference toward recruiting her and the Snow Empress.
• Qian Daoliu realized that Chen Hong’s Selfless Divine Mark could suppress soul-beast intelligence, and Chen Hong said he could theoretically use it to affect Sunset Forest over time.
• Chen Hong returned to Suotuo City, showed Ye Lingling his increased Soul Power level and new Fifth Soul Skill, and discussed beginning the second-stage wood-element Soul Core Engine modification.
• Half a year later, Oscar and Ma Hongjun visited Shrek Academy’s old campus and headed toward a lawn where Oscar believed Dai and the others had gathered.

Three years after their separation, Oscar and Ma Hongjun reunited with the other Shrek Seven Devils, including a transformed Tang San. Oscar challenged Tang San to a spar and revealed that his training had made him a combat-ready Soul Emperor.

• Oscar and Ma Hongjun approached Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and the blue-haired Tang San, whom Oscar recognized after a moment.
• Tang San explained that training had revealed the mystery of his origins and changed his appearance.
• Oscar proposed a spar to show the others the results of his three years of cultivation, and Ma Hongjun praised Oscar's recent training with Ning Quan.
• Ning Rongrong told Tang San that Support Soul Masters had begun becoming combat-oriented, and Tang San accepted Oscar's challenge.
• Tang San warned Oscar that he was a Soul Emperor, but Oscar revealed his own six Soul Rings and conjured a high-temperature flaming sword.

Oscar demonstrated how his Ice and Fire derivative soul skills had transformed him into a formidable combatant, then conceded his spar with Tang San after testing his new abilities. As the Shrek Seven Devils watched the sunset, Ning Rongrong wondered what path belonged to her.

• Oscar wore down Tang San's Blue Silver Grass attacks with repeated Ice Shields and conceded the spar after healing his injuries.
• Tang San reflected that Oscar's Ice and Fire attacks and defenses made him feel like he was facing an entire Soul Master team.
• Dai Mubai and the other Shrek Seven Devils reacted with astonishment to Oscar's transformation, while Ning Rongrong felt uncertain about her own path.
• Someone pointed out the seven-colored sunset clouds, drawing the group's attention to the horizon.

A spectacular convergence of Heaven and Earth Energy over Suotuo City revealed that Chen Hong was likely creating a powerful new Soul Tool. As the energy gathered, Ning Fengzhi and others considered the Technology Guild’s impact on the future of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Chen Lin judged the ongoing project’s potential.

• Tang San used his Purple Demon Eye to see colorful clouds and Soul Power converging on central Suotuo City, and Oscar suspected Chen Hong was responsible.
• Ma Hongjun and the others recalled how Chen Hong’s influence had driven the seven of them apart.
• Ning Quan and the girl watched the sky, and Ning Quan complained that Chen Hong’s second round already surpassed his own five rounds.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo discussed the Technology Guild’s influence and decided to visit Suotuo to learn about a newly mutated Support Soul Master and ask Chen Hong about the sect’s future.
• Chen Lin observed the gathering energy and estimated that Chen Hong’s project could become an outstanding Level One Divine Artifact if all five rounds succeeded.

Chen Hong reached Soul Power level 60 by balancing his Soul Core Engine’s life-force cycle with his Life Divine Mark, while his Mental Power reached level 89. As he celebrated his progress, he learned that Chen Lin had secretly advanced to level 69 and was spending his time forging.

• Chen Hong absorbed the dense Soul Power in the Energy Aggregation Tower, and his Soul Power reached level 60 as his Mental Power reached level 89.
• Chen Hong explained to Ye Lingling how his Soul Core Engine and Life Divine Mark let him cycle life force and Soul Power, and he said he planned to wait before forming his sixth Soul Ring.
• Ye Lingling told Chen Hong that Ning Lu had reached level 67 and that Chen Lin had already reached level 69.
• Chen Hong used the Soul Crystal screen to find Chen Lin forging metal in the Smelting Department, but Chen Lin dismissed the screen when he noticed it.
• Ye Lingling explained that Chen Lin destroyed his Soul Tools whenever he was dissatisfied, and the chapter recounted how he had deciphered Soul Power Divine Marks and helped Oscar understand his food martial soul.

Chen Lin sealed Chen Hong’s dangerous induced Soul Ring explosion research in the Technology Guild’s vault. Chen Hong then revealed that his Seventh Soul Ring might not be a traditional Martial Soul Avatar, but a Dao technique that revealed one’s origin.

• The chapter described the Technology Guild’s rapid growth and listed several sealed or restricted technologies developed by Chen Hong, Chen Lin, Ning Yi, Ning Lu, and Ye Lingling.
• Chen Lin discovered Chen Hong’s research into making humans explode Soul Rings, confiscated his data, and sealed it in the Technology Guild’s database.
• Chen Hong reflected that he already had candidates for his sixth, eighth, and ninth Soul Rings and believed he could advance toward Level 99 if his plan worked.
• Ye Lingling questioned why Chen Hong had not absorbed his Seventh Soul Ring, and Chen Hong said its form might differ from a traditional Martial Soul Avatar.
• Chen Hong recalled Ning Quan’s account of accidentally condensing a Seventh Soul Ring before his cultivation was reset, describing it as a Dao technique that revealed one’s origin.

Chen Hong and Ye Lingling discussed the Shrek Seven Devils’ progress and the limits of Soul Ring cultivation. Ye Lingling realized that Ning Fengzhi’s visit was likely about the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s future, and she explained how Chen Hong had already pointed them toward their own path.

• Chen Hong emerged from the Life Support Pod and asked Ye Lingling about the Shrek Seven Devils’ reunion.
• Ye Lingling reported Tang San’s Blue Silver Empress, Ma Hongjun’s progress, and the group’s achievements in Soul Ring Intent.
• Ye Lingling said Ning Fengzhi wanted to see Chen Hong, and Chen Hong suggested the visitors were really there to see her.
• Ye Lingling reflected that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had struggled to choose its own direction despite Chen Hong’s guidance.
• Ye Lingling cited Soul Ring Form and Intent Studies and said Chen Hong had already given the sect the answer it needed.

Chen Hong explained to Ye Lingling that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda could develop beyond its traditional support role, then revealed his theory that it originated from an ancient divine artifact. He entrusted Ning Fengzhi’s matter to Ye Lingling as new information arrived and the others approached.

• Ye Lingling argued that Ning Quan and Ning Ji showed how the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda could provide powerful support without being limited to its traditional form.
• Chen Hong questioned Ye Lingling about the Pagoda’s fixed soul rings and explained how Tool Spirits might have originated through bloodline degeneration and Martial Soul Variation.
• Chen Hong suggested that the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda had been an ancient divine artifact whose fixed abilities shaped the martial soul.
• Chen Hong theorized that the Ning family ancestor had inherited only the seven-tiered form and that an immortal herb might have been one of the artifact’s materials.
• Chen Hong assigned Ning Fengzhi’s matter to Ye Lingling, received new information from Huang, and told her that the others had arrived.

Chen Hong escorted Qian Daoliu, Ice Empress, and Snow Empress to the transformed Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, testing a Flying Soul Guidance Device along the way. At the valley, Ice Empress explained the origins of soul beasts’ Soul Bones and Soul Rings, revealing that they were fragments of innate powers.

• Chen Hong met Qian Daoliu, Ice Empress, and Snow Empress outside Suotuo City-State and flew toward Sunset Forest using a mechanical Flying Soul Guidance Device.
• Qian Daoliu praised the device’s speed, while Chen Hong explained that its high Soul Power consumption limited its usefulness.
• Chen Hong and the others arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Golden Crocodile Douluo and Dugu Bo greeted them.
• Chen Hong congratulated Dugu Bo on reaching rank 92, and Dugu Bo credited Chen Hong’s advice for helping him turn his poison into a potent Soul Bone Poison Sac.
• Ice Empress explained that Soul Bones and Soul Rings were fragments of soul beasts’ innate body and spirit powers, and Chen Hong described how they formed after a soul beast died.

Chen Hong and Ice Empress explained how soul beast Inner Cores related to soul bones and poison, while Snow Empress offered to help with Chen Hong’s sixth soul ring. At the transformed Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Snow Empress sensed a dragon-shaped shadow in the Ice Spring but decided that pursuing godhood was not her path.

• Ice Empress explained that soul bones were fragments of soul beast Inner Cores and that the Jade Scale Snake Emperor’s strongest venom was stored as Energy Toxin.
• Dugu Bo thanked Ice Empress for confirming the path toward developing his poison, and Golden Crocodile Douluo and Dugu Bo led the group deeper into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Chen Hong privately told Ice Empress and Snow Empress that he had nearly figured out how to make humans explode Soul Rings, and Snow Empress offered to assist with his sixth soul ring.
• Chen Hong and the others reached the transformed Ice and Fire Spring Eye, where the gathered Immortal Herb Soul Beasts had greatly increased its energy and life force.
• Snow Empress saw a blue dragon-shaped shadow beneath the Ice Spring and concluded that godhood was not her path.

Snow Empress recognized the Ice Dragon King's Remains beneath the Ice Spring and warned Chen Hong that the Star Dou Great Forest held a dangerous secret. She and Ice Empress declined to disturb the springs and agreed to receive Chen Hong's sixth soul ring, asking him to share future research that could benefit them.

• Snow Empress explained that beings pursuing elemental power could undergo Dragon Transformation or source transformation, and said the Star Dou Great Forest contained dragon auras that might reveal the secret of soul beasts.
• Snow Empress warned Chen Hong that a dangerous existence in the Star Dou Great Forest could defeat Qian Daoliu, while concealing what she knew about Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• Chen Hong assured Snow Empress that he would not explore the Star Dou Great Forest without sufficient strength.
• Snow Empress stopped Ice Empress from seeking the Ice Dragon King's Remains, warning that disturbing the Ice Spring could destroy the Plant Soul Beasts' paradise.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress agreed to receive Chen Hong's sixth soul ring and asked him to share research results that might help them.

Chen Hong began Soul Ring Imprinting with Snow Empress, while Qian Daoliu argued that the changing Soul Master System could eventually let humans challenge powerful Soul Beasts. On the Mental Bridge, Chen Hong and Snow Empress joined hands and discussed his journey across the ocean and humanity’s ancient role as inheritors of Soul Beast Civilization.

• Chen Hong pressed his forehead against Snow Empress’s to establish a Mental Bridge and begin Soul Ring Imprinting.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo and Dugu Bo felt Snow Empress’s overwhelming aura as Qian Daoliu predicted that future advances would let powerful Soul Masters challenge Fierce Beasts.
• Ice Empress rebuked Qian Daoliu for boasting about surpassing her and fell silent as he defended the Soul Master System’s progress.
• Qian Daoliu considered how better relations with Fierce Beasts could help Qian Renxue obtain powerful Soul Rings for her future trials.
• On the Mental Bridge, Chen Hong asked Snow Empress to call herself Xue’er and said he planned to cross the ocean to gain the power to pry open the world.
• Chen Hong and Snow Empress clasped hands, introduced themselves as Chen Hong and Snow Woman, and Snow Empress spoke of ancient humans as the legitimate inheritors of Soul Beast Civilization.