Recaps

Chen Lin showed Hai Ya and the Sea Soul Mercenary Group their new Soul Guidance Steel Armored Ship, named it the Sea Soul Ship, and arranged for the crew to learn how to operate it before its delivery. The ship had no weapons yet, as the Technology Guild planned to focus on expanding the Sea Soul Fleet before developing armaments.

• Chen Lin explained the Steam Turbine power system, and Hai Ya and Sai Hun praised the idea.
• Chen Lin suggested naming the ship the Sea Soul Ship, and Hai Ya enthusiastically accepted.
• Barry told Hai Ya that the ship would be completed in a week and arranged for the crew to train with shipyard workers.
• Hai Ya brought nearly all his core members and remaining wealth to Suotuo City, planning to trade for Soul Tools and fund a long-distance voyage.
• Hai Ya asked Chen Lin about weapons for the ship, and Chen Lin said the guild would add them after its technology advanced and the Sea Soul Fleet had grown.

Chen Hong discussed the Sea Soul Fleet and his soul beast cultivation research with Chen Lin in Suotuo City. He sensed the Shrek Seven Devils had returned with drastically changed auras, leaving him startled and wondering what had happened to them.

• Chen Lin told Chen Hong that the Sea Soul Fleet project had officially begun and that its first Topaz-Class Battleship, the Sea Soul Ship, had cost nearly one hundred million Gold Soul Coins.
• Chen Hong explained that Xiaoying absorbed Soul Power faster than Bajie, leading him to identify bloodline as a key factor in soul beast cultivation speed alongside soul augmentation and environmental energy.
• Chen Hong told Chen Lin that future battleships could cost less as the technology matured, and that Ning Fengxun could help the Sea Soul Fleet become self-sufficient.
• Chen Hong sensed the Shrek Seven Devils through the Suotuo Mental Network and froze when he noticed their familiar but drastically changed auras.

At Shrek Branch Academy, the Shrek Little Monsters cultivated in Ye Lingling’s Life Simulation Environment while reflecting on how her Imperial Fighting Team had become a major contender for the Soul Master Tournament. Tang San returned just as Ma Hongjun wondered when he would come back, leaving the group reunited after several months apart.

• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing praised the benefits of Ye Lingling’s Life Simulation Environment and its Power of Life.
• Ye Lingling’s Imperial Fighting Team earned its Berserker Team reputation through her powerful healing and three-minute Battlefield Oracle state.
• The Shrek Team acknowledged that it would need luck to defeat the Imperial Fighting Team in the tournament.
• Ma Hongjun complained that Tang San had been gone for several months as the tournament preliminaries approached.
• Tang San arrived and greeted his partners after his long absence.

Tang San returned to the Shrek group and distributed Immortal Grade herbs to his companions, revealing that he had transformed his Blue Silver Grass at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He left the group preparing for the Soul Master Tournament, with one herb still unused and his concerns about Dugu Bo and Chen Hong unresolved.

• Tang San reunited with the Shrek group and learned that Yu Xiaogang was working with Heaven Dou Royal Academy teachers on Soul Ring Age calculations.
• Tang San gathered his companions and gave Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Ning Rongrong Immortal Grade herbs suited to them.
• Tang San recalled that he had kept four herbs for himself and used three to transform his Blue Silver Grass and raise his cultivation to the threshold of Level Forty.
• Tang San explained that he had returned from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well because he missed Xiao Wu and did not want to delay the tournament qualifiers.
• Tang San considered confronting Dugu Bo over the herbs but decided against it, fearing that Dugu Yan might tell Ye Lingling and draw Chen Hong's attention to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Tang San distributed Immortal Grade treasures and gave Xiao Wu the Lovesick Heartbreak Red. Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai, explaining that she had come to Shrek Academy to resist her fate, not because she loved him, and that the Technology Guild had changed their prospects.

• Tang San reflected on how Chen Hong’s influence protected and constrained him, then handed Xiao Wu the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu embraced as their companions dispersed to cultivate.
• Dai Mubai and Oscar left disappointed after looking at Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Dai Mubai that she had never loved him and had sought him out only because she needed to fight her fate.
• Zhu Zhuqing said the Technology Guild’s rise would eventually force the Star Luo imperial family to yield and declared that Dai Mubai’s abandoned fiancée was not her.

After the Shrek Seven Devils returned to Suotuo City with the effects of their immortal herbs still clinging to them, Chen Hong sensed their unusual auras. Yu Xiaogang presented his Soul Ring Age Formula, and Chen Hong approved its research process and offered to refine its accuracy through the Suotuo Mental Network.

• Oscar silently left Ning Rongrong after realizing he could not bear the meaning of her cherished Dandelion Crown, and he continued cultivating Soul Ring Form Studies while awaiting his own mutation.
• The Shrek Seven Devils returned to Suotuo City by Soul-Powered Car with Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Blue Tyrant Academy students.
• Chen Hong detected the lingering Immortal Grade aura on the seven and joked that Ning Lu might brew them into liquor.
• Yu Xiaogang gave Chen Hong his research report on the Soul Ring Age Formula, which listed the formula, its supporting data, and its contributors.
• Chen Hong checked Yu Xiaogang's research and advised him to circulate the draft and issue an academic statement so the Suotuo Mental Network could help reduce the formula's margin of error.

Yu Xiaogang presented his Soul Ring Age Formula to Chen Hong, who urged him to share the research while its accuracy was refined. After Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong left, Ning Rongrong revealed that her Martial Soul had evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and Ma Hongjun showed off his transformation.

• Chen Hong confirmed Yu Xiaogang's Soul Ring Formula was viable and told him to circulate a report before the formula's margin of error was finalized.
• Yu Xiaogang left the reception hall with Liu Erlong, leaving the Shrek Seven Devils to speak with Chen Hong.
• Ma Hongjun nervously asked whether Lady Ning planned to brew the Shrek group in wine jars, and Ning Rongrong teased him.
• Ning Rongrong revealed her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda after consuming the Aromatic Silk Beauty and reaching the Level Forty bottleneck.
• Ma Hongjun demonstrated his Hen-to-Phoenix transformation, prompting Chen Hong to remark that he looked more human.

Chen Hong inferred that Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils had gained immortal herbs in Sunset Forest and offered Tang San a voluntary exchange. Tang San asked whether the Technology Guild could protect the secret, and Chen Hong assured him that even the Clear Sky Sect could not safely challenge the Guild’s backing from Spirit Hall.

• Chen Hong deduced that Tang San’s trip to Sunset Forest had brought the Shrek Seven Devils unusual gains, using their cultivation levels and Xiao Wu’s concealed aura as clues.
• Chen Hong explained that he did not intend to seize their treasures and urged the group to continue studying Soul Ring Form and Intent Studies.
• Chen Hong offered to exchange something valuable for Tang San’s discovery if Tang San was willing.
• Tang San asked the Shrek companions to keep the discussion secret, then sought a definite answer about the Technology Guild’s ability to protect it.
• Chen Hong said the Clear Sky Sect could not protect its sovereign if he harmed the Technology Guild, which had Spirit Hall’s support and Qian Daoliu’s favor.

Tang San told Chen Hong about the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, hoping he would seize its Immortal Grade herbs from Poison Douluo, but Chen Hong cared only about its effect on plant growth. Realizing that the Well’s tenfold growth speed could combine multiplicatively with his Sage State, Chen Hong saw the potential for a hundredfold increase in plant Soul Beasts’ cultivation and began considering how his methods might affect intelligent beings.

• Tang San told Chen Hong that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well held Immortal Grade herbs and gave plants tenfold growth speed, and he urged Chen Hong to target Poison Douluo.
• Chen Hong dismissed the herbs and Poison Douluo, then focused on the Well’s effect on plant growth.
• Chen Hong applied his Soul Beast Cultivation Formula and reasoned that combining the Well’s environmental boost with Sage State could give plant Soul Beasts a hundredfold cultivation speed.
• Chen Hong speculated that Sage State might eventually affect Spirit Masters and intelligent Red Realm Soul Beasts as his intelligence surpassed theirs.
• Tang San confirmed that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well made plants grow ten times faster, though he doubted the benefit would matter much during his lifetime.

Chen Hong secured Tang San’s cooperation over the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and sought Qian Daoliu’s help, saying the discovery could pry up the world. After Qian Daoliu returned from visiting Chen Hong, he took the Worship Hall elders away to see the world, leaving Dugu Bo to wake surrounded by burly men.

• Chen Hong gave Tang San a drop of Mental Primordial Liquid as a deposit for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and sent the Shrek Seven Devils away while he considered his plans.
• Chen Hong concealed his aura, visited the Suotuo Archbishop, and asked to see Qian Daoliu, describing his discovery as something that could pry up the entire world.
• Qian Daoliu broke through to Realm of Form Completion, traveled to meet Chen Hong, then returned to the Worship Hall three hours later.
• Qian Daoliu told the Super Douluo elders to conceal their auras and follow him to see the world, and the Worship Hall announced that they would cultivate in isolation.
• Dugu Bo woke in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to find himself surrounded by burly men.

Dugu Bo awoke in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to find Qian Daoliu, Chen Hong, and Spirit Hall’s Super Douluo Dream Team surrounding him. As the group explored his treasure land, Golden Crocodile Douluo found a golden plant that Chen Hong identified as the Earth Dragon Golden Gourd.

• Dugu Bo woke to Qian Daoliu and seven other powerful Spirit Hall figures, then froze in shock at their presence.
• Chen Hong asked the Super Douluo to let Dugu Bo recover while they explored the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Qian Daoliu explained that Chen Hong had led the group to the secluded treasure land using information Tang San had provided.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo found a golden, dragon-patterned plant and called Chen Hong over to identify it.
• Chen Hong identified the plant as the immortal herb Earth Dragon Golden Gourd.

Chen Hong proposed a deal over the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, offering to protect Dugu Bo’s ownership of its herbs in exchange for the Spirit Hall elders taking control of the site itself. Qian Daoliu agreed that the well was more valuable than the herbs, leaving Golden Crocodile Douluo to consider Chen Hong’s reasoning.

• Chen Hong recalled Tang San’s two demands in exchange for information about the immortal herbs: lessons in Soul Ring cultivation for him and Xiao Wu, and ten drops of Mental Primordial Liquid.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo asked for the Earth Dragon Golden Gourd, and Qian Daoliu left the decision to Chen Hong.
• Chen Hong told Golden Crocodile Douluo to ask Dugu Bo, prompting Dugu Bo to stop pretending to be unconscious and face the Spirit Hall elders.
• Chen Hong proposed that Dugu Bo keep the Rare and Exotic Herbs while the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well itself became the Spirit Hall elders’ private territory.
• Qian Daoliu endorsed Chen Hong’s view that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was the most precious part, while Golden Crocodile Douluo pondered his reasoning.

Chen Hong spared Dugu Bo by letting him choose whether to share the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s immortal herbs, then used his Sage Soul Art on the Earth Dragon Golden Gourd. The gourd absorbed a vast amount of soul power, confirming Chen Hong’s theory that enhanced plants could grow a hundred times faster there.

• Qian Daoliu accepted Chen Hong’s proposal, and Dugu Bo offered the immortal herbs and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to win the Spirit Hall elders’ friendship and spare his life.
• Chen Hong soothed Dugu Bo and then touched the Earth Dragon Golden Gourd, imprinting it with his First Soul Art, Sage.
• The Earth Dragon Golden Gourd showed a faint consciousness and began drawing soul power into a pale golden vortex.
• Qian Daoliu explained that the well’s conflicting hot and cold soul power could cause cultivators to suffer a deviation or die, while plants could endure the environment.
• Chen Hong concluded that Sage could affect immortal herbs and make plant life in the well grow a hundred times faster than outside.

Chen Hong explained that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well might accelerate plant growth a hundredfold, but Ice Fire Wind periodically damaged plants’ intelligence and prevented them from becoming Soul Beasts. He asked the Titled Douluo to wait a year while he tried to awaken the immortal herbs, leaving open the prospect of Spirit Masters gaining access to their power.

• Chen Hong told the gathered Titled Douluo that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well could theoretically make plants grow a hundred times faster, while noting that plants there struggled to develop intelligence.
• Chen Hong questioned Dugu Bo about seasonal phenomena, and Dugu Bo explained that Ice Fire Wind swept through the valley every two or three years.
• Chen Hong concluded that Ice Fire Wind regularly destroyed plants’ developing intelligence, explaining why the valley’s immortal herbs had not become Plant Soul Beasts.
• Chen Hong said he had twice guided Soul Beasts into the White Realm within a year and urged the Titled Douluo to leave the immortal herbs alone for a year while he tested whether he could awaken them.

Chen Hong explained his Soul Beast Cultivation Studies and used it to account for why the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well contained immortal herbs but no Plant Soul Beasts. After he said the theory still needed research, Qian Daoliu and the Elder Hall pledged Spirit Hall’s support for his work there.

• Chen Hong explained how Soul Power absorption, dissipation, cultivation, bloodline, and environment affected the growth of Soul Beasts and Spirit Masters.
• Chen Hong said his ability and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s environment could combine to produce a hundredfold growth speed, though the plants still could not become Plant Soul Beasts.
• The Titled Douluo questioned Chen Hong about Soul Beast Cultivation Studies, while Dugu Bo listened in confusion.
• Chen Hong declined to share his unfinished theory and said further research at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was needed.
• Qian Daoliu and the Elder Hall promised to support Chen Hong’s research, and Qian Daoliu asked for the first manuscript as a keepsake.
• Dugu Bo silently wondered how Chen Hong had won the strongest Douluo faction’s support so easily.

Chen Hong secured Dugu Bo’s agreement over the remaining immortal herbs and explained why he refused to take them by force. While investigating the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Qian Daoliu, Chen Hong fused a drop from each spring and proposed an experiment.

• Chen Hong won over the Douluo Dream Team with his research, then helped arrange for Dugu Bo to keep the remaining immortal herbs and receive offspring plants from transformed Immortal Herb Soul Beasts.
• Chen Hong told Golden Crocodile Douluo that he would not seize renewable herbs from Dugu Bo, saying he kept his courage for the strong and mercy for the weak.
• Qian Daoliu raised a theory about Soul Power absorption and dissipation as Chen Hong probed the Fire Spring with Psychic Power and found that its water affected his mind.
• Chen Hong collected drops from the Fire Spring and Ice Spring, carefully fused them, and produced a clear droplet with dense Soul Power fluctuations.
• Chen Hong offered Qian Daoliu a chance to make a sacrifice for science.

Chen Hong successfully created Soul Power Primordial Liquid by carefully reacting the Ice and Fire spring water, while Qian Daoliu’s attempt to copy the process caused an explosion. Qian Daoliu promised not to act recklessly again and told Chen Hong to reach level thirty so they could hunt for his Third Soul Ring in Sunset Forest.

• Qian Daoliu drank a drop of Soul Power Primordial Liquid and compared its energy to that of an ordinary One-Ring Soul Master.
• Qian Daoliu forcibly combined water from the Ice Spring and Fire Spring, triggering an explosion that left him with frost and burns while Chen Hong stayed unharmed.
• Chen Hong explained that he had carefully controlled the reaction to produce Soul Power Primordial Liquid and warned Qian Daoliu about the risks of experimenting in the volatile environment.
• Qian Daoliu admitted he had oversimplified the process, and Chen Hong offered to write instructions on Elemental Reactions for him.
• Qian Daoliu urged Chen Hong to use the liquid to reach level thirty, then said he would take him to Sunset Forest to hunt for his Third Soul Ring.

Chen Hong refined Soul Power Primordial Liquid at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and explained how the valley could enter a stable era. His deductions led Qian Daoliu to a breakthrough idea for creating a Soul Core, while a later passage followed Mu En reflecting on the hardships faced by ancient Spirit Masters.

• Chen Hong reasoned that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s energy intake limited how quickly its visitors could refine Soul Power Primordial Liquid, and he planned to stabilize the valley by matching that rate.
• Chen Hong refined Soul Power Primordial Liquid beside the springs while Qian Daoliu watched and tried to learn his method.
• Chen Hong deduced that sufficiently dense Soul Power might siphon Heaven and Earth Soul Power, and suggested that Soul Power condensed like a soul bone could avoid reacting with external energy.
• Qian Daoliu realized that compressing Soul Power could create a Soul Core.
• Mu En lamented that ancient Titled Douluo had struggled against powerful soul beasts and challenged Di Tian to spar.

After reaching level thirty at fourteen, Chen Hong prepared to leave the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Qian Daoliu to hunt for his third Soul Ring. Qian Daoliu arranged protection for the valley while pursuing a new breakthrough: condensing a Soul Crystal Core within his body.

• Chen Hong completed his cultivation breakthrough and celebrated reaching level thirty at fourteen.
• Qian Daoliu compared Chen Hong's growth with the Spirit Hall Saintess and explained that his progress relied on Soul Wine, herbs, and improvements to his constitution.
• Qian Daoliu told Chen Hong they had to leave the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well so he could hunt for his third Soul Ring.
• Qian Daoliu and Chen Hong agreed to keep the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well secret, while Spirit Hall's elders arranged rotating guards for the valley.
• Inspired by Chen Hong's theory that Soul Power was fragments of rules, Qian Daoliu decided to try condensing a Soul Crystal Core within himself.

Chen Hong advised Qian Daoliu on how to pursue a Soul Power Core, then distributed information about the immortal herbs found in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. The chapter ended with Qian Daoliu questioning why Chen Hong was offering him the Star Luo Spirit Pearl when it seemed better suited to Chen Hong’s uncle.

• Chen Hong suggested that Qian Daoliu use soul bones as a reference and compress Soul Power within a Divine Rune framework to form a crystal core, potentially developing it into a Soul Core.
• Qian Daoliu praised Chen Hong’s connected theories, while Chen Hong said he needed to return and make Philosopher’s Stones.
• Spirit Hall’s Super Douluo elders and Dugu Bo gathered at Chen Hong’s Fu Peak, where Chen Hong agreed to turn Dugu Bo’s Ten-Thousand-Year Jade Scale Seven Absolutes Flower into a Plant Soul Beast.
• Chen Hong recommended the Star Luo Spirit Pearl, which refined and compressed Soul Power, as a suitable aid for Qian Daoliu’s Soul Power Core research.
• Qian Daoliu asked why Chen Hong was offering him the Star Luo Spirit Pearl when its compatibility seemed better suited to Chen Hong’s uncle with the Seven Star Sword Martial Soul.

Qian Daoliu declined the Star Luo Spirit Pearl as a shortcut for condensing a Soul Power Core, preferring to forge a path others could follow, but accepted some Star Grass to ease his cultivation. He urged Chen Hong to save the pearl for Ning Quan, and Chen Hong’s Affection Level toward Qian Daoliu increased.

• Qian Daoliu refused to use the Star Luo Spirit Pearl to condense his Soul Power Core, saying his experience should guide later generations.
• Qian Daoliu reflected that he could now challenge Tang Chen and hoped to master Ring Explosion and advance through a Soul Power Core.
• Qian Daoliu asked Chen Hong for Star Grass while declining the more precious immortal herb.
• Qian Daoliu recommended that Chen Hong give the Star Luo Spirit Pearl to Ning Quan, whose Seven Star Sword might surpass Sword Douluo Chen Xin.
• Chen Hong thanked Qian Daoliu on Ning Quan’s behalf, and Qian Daoliu’s Affection Level rose to Respect (0/1000).

Chen Hong joined Qian Daoliu’s group on a hunt for a Third Soul Ring and explained his unusual, evolving Martial Soul. He chose a Cave Demon Spider for a dangerous experiment, prompting an angry warning from the soul beast race in a record from a later era.

• Qian Daoliu’s group left Dugu Bo, Light Feather Douluo, and Mighty Lion Douluo to guard the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well before escorting Chen Hong through Sunset Forest.
• Chen Hong told the Titled Douluo that he expected his Third Soul Skill to be mental-type and wanted to use the ring to research his Martial Soul.
• Chen Hong requested a soul beast around twenty thousand years old, and Qian Daoliu’s group surrounded a Black 1 Realm Cave Demon Spider.
• Chen Hong unleashed Divine Flame Amaterasu and the Divine Soul Annihilation Melody on the immobilized Cave Demon Spider, beginning a forbidden forced-sacrifice experiment.
• A later-era record quoted warnings from the soul beast race that Chen Hong had insulted the Dragon God and threatened peace between humans and soul beasts.

Chen Hong failed to make the Ten-Thousand Year Demonic Spider willingly sacrifice itself, so he killed it with his soul-destroying Soul Art and absorbed its Soul Ring. His mysterious Psychic Martial Soul Phantom refined the ring, raising him from Soul Power Level thirty to level thirty-four, and the chapter ended as the ring reappeared in his hand and his expression changed.

• Chen Hong concluded that he could not trigger the Ten-Thousand Year Demonic Spider's Forced Sacrifice and explained to Qian Daoliu why he believed he could safely absorb its Soul Ring.
• Chen Hong used his Psychic Power and Soul Art to shatter the spider's soul and kill it, causing its black Soul Ring to appear.
• Chen Hong touched the Soul Ring, and an invisible Psychic Martial Soul Phantom swallowed and refined it.
• Chen Hong's Soul Power rose from level thirty to level thirty-four over half an hour.
• Chen Hong summoned the black Soul Ring into his palm, and his expression suddenly changed.

Chen Hong discovered that his third soul skill, Mental Contract, trapped him in a contract with himself until Qian Daoliu broke the effect with a mental attack. Back in Suotuo City, Chen Hong returned to his research lab with a rare Head Soul Bone and other materials, ready to investigate his martial soul and new skill.

• Chen Hong activated his third soul ring, became bound by his own Mental Contract, and asked Qian Daoliu to interrupt the effect.
• Qian Daoliu struck Chen Hong with Mental Power, freeing him, and Chen Hong explained that his skill could bind and punish a target's Soul Body but was not yet developed enough to use on others.
• Qing Luan Douluo found a Ten-Thousand-Year Head Soul Bone in the dead Demonic Spider, and Chen Hong accepted it.
• Qian Daoliu escorted Chen Hong back to Suotuo City, where Chen Hong learned that Flender, Liu Erlong, and the Shrek Seven Devils had gone to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Chen Hong returned home, saw the mermaid Kelly flee into the water, and went to his Research Lab, where he gathered his trip's gains and a Space Stone full of Spirit Hall archives.

Chen Hong studied the Ten Thousand Year Head Soul Bone, then completed version 1.6 of the Suotuo Mental Network with Huang. He left Huang building a rewards and ranking system for the Soul Skill Database while he reviewed his own profile and Contract ability.

• Chen Hong used Soul Power Primordial Liquid and examined the Soul of the Hunt Head Soul Bone, learning that its Hunt Sensing skill projected everything in range into his mind.
• Chen Hong entered the Suotuo Mental Network with Huang and finished compiling its system framework.
• The Suotuo Mental Network announced version 1.6, adding Soul Master profile and Soul Skill templates along with the Soul Skill Database.
• Chen Hong instructed Huang to create an Honor Roll that rewarded useful Soul Skill information and penalized misleading submissions.
• Chen Hong viewed his Mental Power Virtual Panel and reflected on how his Contract and Sublime Virtue abilities affected others.